President Muhammadu Buhari has been offered an unusual gift by DAAR Communications, owner of AIT and Ray Power.
According to Femi Adesina, the president’s special adviser on media
and publicity, a team from the company stormed the state house in Abuja
today Tuesday, January 5, 2016, to present a giant seasonal card marking
Eid el Maulud, Christmas, and New Year to the president.
Adesina took to his Facebook page to share some photos from the presentation, read his post below:
A team from DAAR Communications, owners of AIT and Ray Power F.M, was at
State House, Abuja, today, to present a giant seasonal card
marking Eid el Maulud, Christmas, and New Year, to President Muhammadu
Buhari.
The team consisted of Mr Raymond Dokpesi Jnr (Chairman), Mr Tony
Akiotu (Group MD), Imoni Mac Amarere (MD, DAAR News Services), Paulyn
Ugbodaga (Head, Human Resource) and Kunle Onime (Head, Corporate
Communications).
They were received by Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser, Media and
Publicity to President Buhari, as well as Mr O.J Abuah, Director of
Information.
This is coming on the heels of the recent trial of Chief Raymond Dokpesi
by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over his
involvement in the $2.1billion for which Sambo Dasuki is presently being
tried.
Tuesday, 5 January 2016
EXPLOSIVE! Arm Deal: Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina collected N50m – Obaigbena
Chairman and editor-in-chief of Thisday newspaper, Nduka Obaigbena, on
Monday revealed the Nigerian Guild of Editors collected N50 million from
the Office of the National Security Adviser, in a further widening of
the arms purchase scandal.
Special adviser to President Muhamamdu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, was the President of Nigerian guild of editors at the time.
Mr. Obaigbena, who is also The president of Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPA, stated this in a letter to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, dated December 30, 2015, obtained by our correspondent.
The EFCC had last December invited the NPAN president in connection with the ongoing probe into the $2.1 billion arms procurement fund allegedly misappropriated by the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.
Mr. Dasuki, alongside some top officials of the Peoples Democratic Party, and other former senior officials are currently being investigated for allegedly receiving the arms fund.
Special adviser to President Muhamamdu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, was the President of Nigerian guild of editors at the time.
Mr. Obaigbena, who is also The president of Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPA, stated this in a letter to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, dated December 30, 2015, obtained by our correspondent.
The EFCC had last December invited the NPAN president in connection with the ongoing probe into the $2.1 billion arms procurement fund allegedly misappropriated by the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.
Mr. Dasuki, alongside some top officials of the Peoples Democratic Party, and other former senior officials are currently being investigated for allegedly receiving the arms fund.
Radio Biafra: Ericsson audits mast sites
Ericsson Nigeria on Monday said that it had audited all mast sites in
Enugu and Port Harcourt regions, and conducted FM scanning, in order to
avoid illegal transmitter installation for unlicensed radio stations.
In a statement made available to our correspondent, the company said it
took the decision to audit the mast sites after one of its contracted engineers illegally installed transmitters on masts in Enugu and Anambra states for Radio Biafra.
The statement was signed by the Managing Director, Ericsson Nigeria, Johan Jemdahl.
It read in parts, “Ericsson views this incident in an extremely serious light. It is the result of a violation of its process, which permitted access to its mast sites.
“As a result, Ericsson has initiated immediate action to foil any similar attempts. All mast sites in Enugu and Port Harcourt regions have been audited, while FM scanning was conducted.”
The statement noted that in auditing the mast sites, Ericsson Nigeria gave critical attention to all high masts and sites located in mountainous areas, i.e. locations attractive to illegal activities.
“In addition, the Site Access Process will be reviewed for all employees and third parties. We sincerely regret the unfortunate incident, which violates our Code of Business Ethics and Code of Conduct, contracted responsibilities as well as our company values,” it stated.
The statement added, “Illegal FM transmitting equipment was discovered connected to an outsourced MTN mast, managed by Ericsson, in Enugu in eastern Nigeria. The equipment was immediately confiscated and the authorities were notified.
“A contractor to Ericsson has subsequently been taken into police custody after his involvement was discovered. He has been discharged from his contracted responsibilities with Ericsson.”
In a statement made available to our correspondent, the company said it
took the decision to audit the mast sites after one of its contracted engineers illegally installed transmitters on masts in Enugu and Anambra states for Radio Biafra.
The statement was signed by the Managing Director, Ericsson Nigeria, Johan Jemdahl.
It read in parts, “Ericsson views this incident in an extremely serious light. It is the result of a violation of its process, which permitted access to its mast sites.
“As a result, Ericsson has initiated immediate action to foil any similar attempts. All mast sites in Enugu and Port Harcourt regions have been audited, while FM scanning was conducted.”
The statement noted that in auditing the mast sites, Ericsson Nigeria gave critical attention to all high masts and sites located in mountainous areas, i.e. locations attractive to illegal activities.
“In addition, the Site Access Process will be reviewed for all employees and third parties. We sincerely regret the unfortunate incident, which violates our Code of Business Ethics and Code of Conduct, contracted responsibilities as well as our company values,” it stated.
The statement added, “Illegal FM transmitting equipment was discovered connected to an outsourced MTN mast, managed by Ericsson, in Enugu in eastern Nigeria. The equipment was immediately confiscated and the authorities were notified.
“A contractor to Ericsson has subsequently been taken into police custody after his involvement was discovered. He has been discharged from his contracted responsibilities with Ericsson.”
BREAKING!!! Fulani Herdsmen Set Multi Million Naira Rice Farm Ablaze in Anambra
Three Fulani herdsmen in the early hours of yesterday set commercial rice farms worth about N20 million ablaze in Ugbene community, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
The rice fields belonging to farmers in Umualor and Umuagunwoke villages occupy about 75 hectares of land.The residents decried that the dastardly act was as a result of their lingering feud which started last year when the herdsmen allegedly trespassed into their farms; an incidence, they disclosed resulted into open confrontation of each other with firearms.
Conducting newsmen around the smouldering scene, the farmers, some of who had tears cascading down their cheeks lamented that they took loans to embark on the agribusiness with the hope of paying back after sales.
A community leader, Mr Emmanuel Ifesinachi Okoye, lamented that “a message came to us this morning that our farm known as Area 1 was set ablaze by the Fulani herdsmen. We rushed to the scene and beheld our massive rice farm on fire. Most of us took loans to embark on the farming and that’s why there is sadness and wailing all over the community. We saw them running into the distance with their cows, and as such, we couldn’t chase after them.”
Contacted, the zonal Chairman (South East), Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Gidado Siddiki said “it is not true. Fulani herdsmen cannot do something like that. It’s those people that burnt their rice farm. We have a committee that looks into such matter in Anambra. They should go and report the matter there.”
Also, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ali Alphonsus Okechukwu, DSP, said the matter has not been tabled to him but said he’ll contact Achalla Police Division for details and necessarily actions.
The rice farm allegedly burnt by Fulani herdsmen in Ugbene community, Awka North
PDP Raises Alarm Over Plans To Poison Metuh In Detention
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised an alarm over
alleged plans by the Economic Crimes and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) to poison its national publicity, Chief Olisa Metuh, who was
arrested earlier today.
According to a press statement obtained by Naij.com the opposition party believes that the anti-graft agency may be planning to break Metuh and possibly posion him.
Read the statement below:
“The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands animmediate release of the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, who was Tuesday morning invited and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
“This development, which did not come to us as a surprise given series of threats to our party’s spokesman by the APC and the Federal Government, who are obviously not comfortable with our stance on the confused state of the nation under their watch, is a continuation of APC’s grand design to silence and decimate the PDP.
“The arrest of Chief Metuh today underscores the growing political intolerance in our country and the foisting of a police state which was last Wednesday underscored by the President and Commander-in-Chief himself, who defended why a government in a democracy should flout constitutional provision and brazenly disobey court orders.
“This onslaught against our spokesman, according to intelligence available to us is part of a larger script by the government to ensure that PDP wings are finally clipped in their mission to install a dictatorial one-party state in the country.
“The excesses of security agencies under this government, especially the Directorate of Security Services (DSS) and the EFCC, in abridging the human rights of PDP members have become worrisome and a threat to our democratic evolution.
“Nigerians and the international community will recall that on a number of occasions, the PDP, through its spokesman has been outspoken on some undemocratic proclivities being exhibited by the APC-led Federal Government in the last seven months.
“The PDP insists that for whatever reason Chief Metuh was arrested, his rights as a citizen under the law must not be trampled upon. We therefore demand for his immediate release and that due process of investigation and prosecution concerning him should be strictly adhered to.
“We state this because we have been made aware of top directives to break Chief Metuh and if possible poison him during his detention by the EFCC.
“Chief Metuh, has since his arrest at about 10 am, has been kept incommunicado, with his lawyers denied access to him.
“The PDP declares the arrest of our spokesman as the last straw that may break our democracy. We therefore forewarn the Federal Government and its agencies to save our democracy and forthwith release our National Publicity Secretary.
“We are also calling on the international community and well-meaning Nigerians to stand up for this democracy, which our party nurtured for 16 years and deepened to a level where the opposition, for the first time in our political history, had the opportunity to win in a general election.”
As at the time of filing this report, it was not clear what the situation was with the PDP publicity secretary as no one had been able to hear from him.
According to a press statement obtained by Naij.com the opposition party believes that the anti-graft agency may be planning to break Metuh and possibly posion him.
Chief Olisa Metuh, the national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is presently in EFCC custody.
“The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands animmediate release of the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, who was Tuesday morning invited and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
“This development, which did not come to us as a surprise given series of threats to our party’s spokesman by the APC and the Federal Government, who are obviously not comfortable with our stance on the confused state of the nation under their watch, is a continuation of APC’s grand design to silence and decimate the PDP.
“The arrest of Chief Metuh today underscores the growing political intolerance in our country and the foisting of a police state which was last Wednesday underscored by the President and Commander-in-Chief himself, who defended why a government in a democracy should flout constitutional provision and brazenly disobey court orders.
“This onslaught against our spokesman, according to intelligence available to us is part of a larger script by the government to ensure that PDP wings are finally clipped in their mission to install a dictatorial one-party state in the country.
“The excesses of security agencies under this government, especially the Directorate of Security Services (DSS) and the EFCC, in abridging the human rights of PDP members have become worrisome and a threat to our democratic evolution.
“Nigerians and the international community will recall that on a number of occasions, the PDP, through its spokesman has been outspoken on some undemocratic proclivities being exhibited by the APC-led Federal Government in the last seven months.
“The PDP insists that for whatever reason Chief Metuh was arrested, his rights as a citizen under the law must not be trampled upon. We therefore demand for his immediate release and that due process of investigation and prosecution concerning him should be strictly adhered to.
“We state this because we have been made aware of top directives to break Chief Metuh and if possible poison him during his detention by the EFCC.
“Chief Metuh, has since his arrest at about 10 am, has been kept incommunicado, with his lawyers denied access to him.
“The PDP declares the arrest of our spokesman as the last straw that may break our democracy. We therefore forewarn the Federal Government and its agencies to save our democracy and forthwith release our National Publicity Secretary.
“We are also calling on the international community and well-meaning Nigerians to stand up for this democracy, which our party nurtured for 16 years and deepened to a level where the opposition, for the first time in our political history, had the opportunity to win in a general election.”
As at the time of filing this report, it was not clear what the situation was with the PDP publicity secretary as no one had been able to hear from him.
Disobedience to court orders: See What Judges Are Planning To do to Buhari
Angered
by President Muhammadu Buhari’s disdain for court orders, some
concerned judges have vowed to defend the independence of the judiciary
by always looking at the letters of the law, ahead of the president’s famous body language and emotions in discharging their duties.
During last Wednesday’s President Buhari’s maiden media chat, he dismissed concerns of the penchant of security agencies under him to flagrantly violate valid court orders, especially as it relates to the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki and the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.
The president’s aloofness as it concerns the growing disobedience to court orders has ruffled some feathers especially senior lawyers who have raised the alarm that it is a sure way to anarchy.
A very close source in the judiciary confided in Teamreporters that the judges across the three echelons of the judiciary; high court, appeal court and Supreme Court are feeling ill at ease with the president and therefore have vowed to give their all to maintain the sanctity of the judiciary.
The source said, the vociferous opposition from the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA and other senior lawyers against President Buhari was just the vent through which the bench is ventilating its frustrations with the president.
“I can tell you that the famed body language of the president won’t sway these judges. They have vowed to continue to follow the letters of the law, grant bail where the law says so, without let or hindrance, without even considering the sentiments and effusive emotions of the president on any matter.
“The judges are really seething with anger and you can see how easy it was for a federal high court judge in Abuja to do the Pontius Pilate in the case of Nnamdi Kanu; wash off his hands. That is just the sign of how frustrated these judges are. The other time, Justice Kolawole berated the security agencies and gave them strict orders never to re-arrest the AIT man on any frivolous charges.
“I can tell you that it may get to a point where judges will one after the other excuse themselves from corruption cases, because their thinking is that the president is inciting Nigerians against them. And they are no longer comfortable with it,” the source disclosed.
The president has faced growing discontentment and has come under vitriolic attacks owing to his justification for disobedience to rule of law. A US based lawyer has even petitioned the UN and the US president over the issue and has even gathered up to 1000 online signatures to force the president to resign if he continues to flout court orders.
During last Wednesday’s President Buhari’s maiden media chat, he dismissed concerns of the penchant of security agencies under him to flagrantly violate valid court orders, especially as it relates to the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki and the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.
The president’s aloofness as it concerns the growing disobedience to court orders has ruffled some feathers especially senior lawyers who have raised the alarm that it is a sure way to anarchy.
A very close source in the judiciary confided in Teamreporters that the judges across the three echelons of the judiciary; high court, appeal court and Supreme Court are feeling ill at ease with the president and therefore have vowed to give their all to maintain the sanctity of the judiciary.
The source said, the vociferous opposition from the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA and other senior lawyers against President Buhari was just the vent through which the bench is ventilating its frustrations with the president.
“I can tell you that the famed body language of the president won’t sway these judges. They have vowed to continue to follow the letters of the law, grant bail where the law says so, without let or hindrance, without even considering the sentiments and effusive emotions of the president on any matter.
“The judges are really seething with anger and you can see how easy it was for a federal high court judge in Abuja to do the Pontius Pilate in the case of Nnamdi Kanu; wash off his hands. That is just the sign of how frustrated these judges are. The other time, Justice Kolawole berated the security agencies and gave them strict orders never to re-arrest the AIT man on any frivolous charges.
“I can tell you that it may get to a point where judges will one after the other excuse themselves from corruption cases, because their thinking is that the president is inciting Nigerians against them. And they are no longer comfortable with it,” the source disclosed.
The president has faced growing discontentment and has come under vitriolic attacks owing to his justification for disobedience to rule of law. A US based lawyer has even petitioned the UN and the US president over the issue and has even gathered up to 1000 online signatures to force the president to resign if he continues to flout court orders.
Fresh Plot To Arrest Shia Muslim Leaders Around The Country
Information reaching 247ureports.com indicates that there is a new
Plots to arrest leaders of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria Leaders. The
plot, according to the available information involves the collaborative
efforts of the Zazzau Emirate council, the Department of Security
Services [DSS], the Nigerian Police, and Nigerian Army.
According to a competent source within the Zazzau Emirate Council, a
behind the doors meeting involving – the district heads of the Council,
the DSS, Local Government security Chiefs, the Nigerian Army, and the
Police – were held in Salanken Zazzau, inside Alhaji Bello Abdulkadir’s
office.
According to the source, the meeting was held in order to devise
ways of arresting and detaining members of the Islamic Movement in
Nigeria under the stewardship of and their leaders in Zaria.
The secret meeting was held between 1 to 2 o’clock pm. At the close
of the meeting, a list of Shia leaders were compiled. The names on the
list were slated for arrests and detention.
A prison in Zaria has already relocated more than one hundred
arrested Shias so that the enlisted Shias will fill the void once they
are arrested.
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