It Is Wrong To Kneel Down To Propose To A Lady - Ahmed Isah Of Brekete

 It is wrong to kneel down to propose to a lady. It is not African - says Ahmed Isah of Brekete Family

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Nnamdi Kanu Files ₦‎20 Billion Suit Against AGF Malami Over Defamation

 The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has sued the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, over an alleged defamatory publication, IGBERETV reports.

Through his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, Kanu accused the AGF of defaming him by claiming he jumped bail. He went on to demand N20bn for damages.

Ejimakor, who shared copies of the suit on his Twitter page on Tuesday, January 17, 2022 noted that Malami’s ''defamatory publication'' was injurious to Kanu’s pending cases.

Ejimakor tweeted, 

"Last week, I filed a Suit against AGF Malami to stop him from making any further defamatory publication that Onyendu #MNK jumped bail. Such publication is highly prejudicial & injurious to MNK’s other cases pending in various courts. It has to stop!"
https://twitter.com/AloyEjimakor/status/1615286925371260930?t=d_tzTa2FjgGKsFqFuMx1eQ&s=19

In the suit, Kanu demanded, "a declaration of this Honorable Court that, in view of the said Judgment of Abia State High Court, the Defendant’s published statements or utterances to the effect that Claimant jumped bail, as published in the said Vanguard newspaper publication, are libelous and defamatory;

"An order of this Honourable Court directing the Defendant to retract the said Vanguard newspaper publication through another press statement to the Vanguard newspaper;

"An order of this Honorable Court directing the Defendant to write and deliver to the Claimant, an unreserved letter of apology. The letter of apology shall be prominently and boldly published full-page in two Nigerian Newspapers of national circulation, namely: Guardian Newspaper and Sun Newspaper.

"An order of perpetual injunction restraining the Defendant from further and forever uttering the said defamatory and libelous words about or concerning the Claimant;

"An order of this Honorable Court directing the Defendant to pay to the Claimant the sum of N20,000,000,000.00 (Twenty Billion Naira only) being general and exemplary damages."

Kanu Don’t Need Your Surety, IPOB Tells Soludo

 The leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has repudiated Anambra State governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo’s appeal to the federal government to release their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, offering to stand as a surety for his release.

The group rather insisted that Soludo should be bold enough and tell the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government that its continued incarceration of Nnamdi Kanu in prison is contemptuous to the judgement of the Court of Appeal that discharged and acquitted him of all the charges against him, and, ordered that he should be released “unconditionally”.

The IPOB in a statement by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, argued that Soludo by his plea and offer to stand as surety for Nnamdi Kanu’s release portrays the federal government as not acting in contempt of her own court and breaching the constitution of the country by detaining the IPOB leader in the facilities of the Department of the State Services (DSS) since 13th of October, 2022, after Appeal Court delivered judgement on the case against him.

The group insisted that the Court of Appeal, Abuja judicial division, in its erudite judgement delivered on 13th October, 2022, discharged and acquitted the leader of IPOB and all the remaining eight-count amended charge preferred against him, and consequently directed for his unconditional release.

IPOB stated that the landmark judgement further prohibited the Federal Government of Nigeria from detaining their leader or even presenting him for trial on any indictment or offence whatsoever before any court in Nigeria.

“It is important therefore, to clarify that our leader Mazi Nnamdi KANU has no any form of indictment or even charge pending against him today before any court by the authority of this Judgement.

“The issue of granting bail or otherwise does not arise by any stretch of consideration or imagination, because it is the Federal Government that is today in breach of this order of superior court of competent Jurisdiction,” he added.

Soludo who was a few days ago appointed national leader of his party, All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, during the party’s kick-off campaign for the 2023 general election held at Alex Ekwueme square, Awka, weekend appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to release the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu “unconditionally” and promising to stand as surety for his release.

The Anambra State governor had claimed that the continued incarceration of the IPOB leader was partly responsible for the increased insecurity in South East.

But the IPOB leadership in a swift response insisted since Nnamdi Kanu has been discharged and acquitted by the Appeal Court on 13th October, 2022, “we have gone beyond issue of surety or no surety, every genuine call/demand in the prevailing circumstance should be firmly directed at calling out on the Federal Government of Nigeria to immediately obey the order for the unconditional release of Onyendu (Nnamdi Kanu) made by its (Federal government’s) own court”.

IPOB even expressed disappointment with Soludo for having not mounted pressure on the federal government to obey the Appeal Court judgement and free Kanu since over three months ago that the Court gave order to that effect.

According to IPOB, “Soludo and others should know that current incarceration (of Nnamdi Kanu) is not sanctioned by any law known to man, it is unconstitutional and affront to constitutional democracy and rule of law.”

The group insisted that based on the Appeal Court judgement Nnamdi Kanu has no case to answer again, “therefore, the need for surety does not arise, instead Governor Soludo should gear all his efforts towards persuading and compelling on the lawless rulers of Nigeria to obey their own Law”.

“It is to be pointed out further, that this kind of plea is the reason why the rulers of the federal government of Nigeria have no regard for the rule of Law (otherwise) why should we be pleading with them to obey their own court orders directing for the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu? It’s compelling and mandatory on their part to obey their own court orders.

“Federal government is today in grave contempt of the orders of its own court , and their appeal before the Supreme Court cannot justify the present illegal incarceration of our leader in a solitary confinement in DSS,” IPOB said.

NASS Resumes Today, ₦‎23.7 Trillion Loan Restructuring Tops Agenda

 The National Assembly will on Tuesday (today) resume from its Christmas and New Year break to attend to pending issues of national interest, one of which is the request by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for restructuring of Ways and Means Advances from the Central Bank of Nigeria.

On December 28, 2022, the National Assembly passed the 2023 Appropriation Bill, the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Bill and the Finance Bill 2022 and embarked on the break.

A few days earlier, Buhari had requested the Senate and the House of Representatives to approve the restructuring of the WMAs given to the Federal Government by the CBN, noting that the balance, as of December 19, 2022, was N23,719,703,774,306.90.

While the House has yet to consider the presidential request, it suffered a setback at the Senate on December 28, 2022, after the chamber gave it accelerated processing.

Buhari later warned that the country would pay N1.8tn additional interest this year if the National Assembly rejected a loan-to-bond swap request on the CBN overdrafts to the government.

The PUNCH recently reported that the Federal Government paid interests of N4.12tn between 2019 and 2022 on the loans it got from the CBN through Ways and Means Advances, according to data from the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Papers and the public presentation documents of the approved budgets by the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning.

However, the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, had also at least twice after the Senate rejection said the lawmakers would revisit the domestic borrowing.

However, there are indications that the presidential request may suffer a similar fate at the House, as some members who spoke to our correspondent are divided over it.

Some members of the House stated that the domestic borrowing not only breached the CBN Act but also the Fiscal Responsibility Act. Others, however, argued that the government must borrow to make life easier for the people.

Another member from Delta State, Nicholas Ossai, recalled how he was ruled out of order when he rose to speak about the growing debt profile of the country under the current regime. He, however, noted that the government had no choice but to take loans to address emergency issues affecting the people.

At Chatham House, Obi Vows To Destroy "Structure Holding Nigerians Captive"

 Promises to tackle devastating poverty in north 

•Maintains ethnic agitations products of failed leadership

The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, yesterday said Nigeria’s Presidency with him and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, in charge would dismantle inefficiency and eliminate transactional policies that breed corruption in government.

He once more appealed to Nigerians to give him the opportunity to set the country on the path of progress and unity.

The former Anambra State Governor, who spoke at Chatham House in the United Kingdom, also hinted on how he would address the high level of poverty in country, especially northern part of the country where it is more prevalent.
Fielding questions from Nigerians at the session, Obi said equity, justice and fairness would solve the problem of agitations in the country, noting that his administration would prioritise securing Nigeria by first engaging all aggrieved groups in the country for talks.

He noted that improving security, agriculture and education would be some of his top targets for the region.

He said: “Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come. I am asking you to give us an opportunity to have a better Nigeria.”
The LP presidential candidate also vowed to increase Nigeria’s electricity generation and distribution capacity by declaring war on the power sector if elected president next month.

He said: “We are going to turn around the power sector. Nigeria today generates about 5,000 megawatts for 200 million people and South Africa, the second biggest in terms of economy on the continent, 60 million people, generates over 40,000 megawatts, yet, they have declared an emergency in the power sector.
“If a country with 60 million population generating over 40,000MW is declaring emergency on power, what do you think somebody with 200 million people generating between 5,000MW and 6,000MW will do? I am going to declare war on power and I will solve it. Anybody who stands on the way, so be it.”

Atiku: It’s Too Risky To Hand Over Nigeria To Tinubu Or Obi

 The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, yesterday said it would be too risky for Nigerians to hand over their future to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, or that of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, in next month’s election.

This was just as former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, said the 2023 general election would be a referendum on the performance of the APC-led government, adding that Nigerians would not reward failure.

But the Spokesman of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Mr. Festus Keyamo, countered Saraki, saying that the ruling party was in pole position to win the forthcoming elections

Speaking at the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) Presidential Dialogue on the Economy in Lagos yesterday, Atiku said he has a good understanding of the challenges bedeviling Nigeria.

Analysts have narrowed the race to Atiku, Tinubu and Obi.

The former vice president described Obi as a greenhorn and alleged that the APC-led government brought Nigerians to “this sorry situation.”

Atiku said: “Experience is important and we must avoid the mistakes of the recent past. It is too risky for Nigerians to hand over their future to a greenhorn or to the national leader of the very party that brought us to this sorry situation.

“This is election season. So, you will see and hear from snake-oil salespeople, false prophets and purveyors of false hope and misleading statistics. There is, therefore, the need for caution.

“We must also remember that we cannot trust the doctor that poisoned and continues to poison the patient to be the one who provides the curative treatment. The stakes are too high; so, we must get it right. This may well be our last chance to do so.

“The Nigerian economy is barely growing. Per capita income, a measure of citizens’ well-being, has progressively fallen since 2015 because of declining output and a fast-growing population. Our people are worse-off today than they were in 2015.

“The oil and gas sector, which is the country’s main foreign exchange earner, has declined for most of the period since 2014. For many economic sectors and for the ordinary citizens it still feels like we are in a recession.

“Under the current administration our people are not working. More than 23 million people are out of jobs. In just five years between 2015 and 2020, the number of fully employed people dropped by 54 per cent, from 68 million to 31 million people. This is frightening in a country of 200 million people.

“And the majority of the unemployed are young men and women, who lack not only the means to survive but any hope for the future. The number of unemployed youths increased by nine million from four million in 2015 to 13 million in 2020.

“High youth unemployment and limited employment opportunities pose serious economic and security challenges. It is, therefore, an urgent matter to ensure that there are enough jobs for Nigeria’s youth. More Nigerians are poorer and more miserable today than in 2015,” Atiku explained.

Voting APC is Rewarding Failure, Says Saraki

Meanwhile, Saraki has insisted that the ruling party has failed Nigerians in all ramifications, including security and economy, stressing that more Nigerians have been plunged into poverty since the APC came into power in 2015 while insecurity had been the order of the day.

Speaking on ARISE NEWS Channel, a sister broadcast arm of THISDAY Newspapers on the 2023 election, as well as the chances of Atiku, the former senate president argued that the ruling party had failed to deliver on virtually all the promises it made to Nigerians in 2015.

He said Nigerians now have a choice to choose a better party that would rescue the country from the precipice, adding that the PDP remained the better alternative.

Commenting on sundry national issues, Saraki insisted that most progressive Nigerians would not vote for the ruling party in the forthcoming elections because of its unimpressive performance over the past seven years.

He said the country is no longer united under the APC, while unemployment, insecurity, poverty and economic woes are the hallmark of the present administration.

Saraki expressed the confidence that the main opposition party would come back to reclaim the seat of power at the elections, stressing that the PDP remains the only hope to rescue the country.

He boasted that the party has the capacity to secure the 25 majority votes in over 24 states as required by the constitution.

He argued that the PDP would win four zones, including the South-south, South-east, North-central, and North-west.

He, however, admitted that the South-east remains a challenge for the party because of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

He, however, argued that the Labour Party lacks the structure and spread to win the presidential elections, pointing out that even if Obi wins, he would find it difficult to deliver on his mandate because his party would also lack majority seats in the parliament.

Saraki said: “First, I strongly believe that the 2023 election is a referendum on the performance of the APC government and party and I believe that a country like ours, a very progressive country with a lot of progressive individuals – would never reward failure.

“The question that Nigerians must ask is: Has this government and party failed or done well in the last seven years plus?

“And let’s take the indices one by one because I want to stay on issues and move away from sentiments. In 2015, their promise to Nigerians was that we would fight insecurity, we would improve the economy, we would create jobs for the youths – those were the major issues.”

Speaking further, he said, “In 2015 if you can remember very clearly, issues of insecurity were limited to the North-east. Since then, till today, we’ve seen insecurity in the North-west – farmers cannot go to their farms, people are being killed and kidnapped; we’ve seen herdsmen and farmers clash in the North-central and we’ve seen the highest level of oil theft in the South-south – and we’ve seen kidnapping. So, on the issue of security, they have not performed, they have failed.

“Let’s take the economy, and again, I will take them one by one and I will challenge you because you are know these issues; let’s take inflation – the inflation level today is about 16 per cent, which was never like this in the time of PDP in the single digit. You have the highest number of Nigerians below the poverty line at 133 million; it was not like that. Unemployment under PDP was about six per cent to seven per cent; today it is 33 per cent, and youth unemployment is about 40 per cent. Foreign Direct Investment if we are lucky may be just about $2 billion compared to $8 billion to $9 billion.

“These are facts we cannot run away from; on the economy as well, the exchange rate was N200, the official rate was probably N195 and the parallel market N230 – today official about N450 and the black market N735. It’s never been like this. And these are facts.”

According to him, “When you take all these issues, they have failed and as they’ve failed as a political party, we cannot reward failure. So, I don’t even think that the race should be about APC; they’ve had an opportunity to make Nigerians’ lives better but they have not.

“The question now goes as you’ve all asked – who next? Some would say oh, do we want to go back to PDP? Let’s talk about that back to PDP- the PDP days.

“The PDP days, as I said, we had insecurity limited to just one part of the country. In the PDP days we are talking about, we had GDP growth of about six per cent to 7 per cent. Now, we are seeing GDP growth of about 2 per cent, less than the population growth.”

He said: “In the PDP days we talked about, we had Foreign Direct Investment into this country – about $8 billion – and the largest economy in Africa. These were the PDP days, the exchange rate was not N700 inching to N1000 at a time, these were the PDP days.

“PDP days, the country was more united but now it is no more; now, it is normal in democratic settings that the populace has a choice especially when you get tired of a party and you say oh, I want to try another party. But when the party has failed, you come back to what they call the good days and that is what PDP offers under Atiku Abubakar.

“When you talk about other parties – with great respect to them – to the individuals, particularly, Peter. But don’t forget again that what we run in Nigeria, we run a presidential system. When you go to that ballot box on election day, you are voting for the party.

“Now, a party where from day one, you don’t have candidates in all the parliamentarian seats; so, already from day one, there’s a recipe for disaster because you know that the executives and legislature are not going to have a majority. And a lot of people when you ask them what is their concern, they tell you about restructuring. These are things that need constitutional review. These are things that you also need to have a majority in the National Assembly.”

Saraki, among other things, said, “Investors are no longer satisfied with Executive Orders. They want to see legislation to support investment. So, if as a small party, you don’t have a spread; we’ve seen our experience in 2015 – let’s move away from internship to reality and practicality.

He said: “Now, that takes me back to Atiku Abubakar. In Atiku Abubakar, you have a candidate that is ready from day one to run. The experience he has is even at the federal level.”

APC in Pole Position to Win the Forthcoming Elections, Says Keyamo

While also responding on ARISE NEWS Channel, Keyamo said the APC was in pole position to win the forthcoming elections.

Though Keyamo admitted that Obi had made a significant impact in the North-west, he argued that it would be an advantage to the APC, because the LP presidential candidate has been able to appeal to the Christians going by his campaign techniques so far and he would be taking a chunk of votes from the PDP.

In the North-west, Keyamo explained that the defection of the former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) would affect the electoral fortune of the PDP, while the ruling party would maintain its strong hold on the region.

In the North-east, Keyamo recalled that in 2019 elections, Atiku had no one to contend with – either presidential or vice presidential candidates, yet he lost four of the six states, adding with Kashim Shettima, the vice presidential candidates of the party from the region, that would pose another problem for the PDP.

He said while the APC might not win the South-east and South-South, the South-west was for the ruling party to lose.

He concluded that ruling party would win the presidential election.

Chatham House: I Love Peter Obi's Stinginess - Charly Boy

 He tweeted this some minutes ago...

I can finally confirm the stinginess of Peter Obi after watching his Chatham house interview.
Unlike his follow presidential candidates, whose questions are shared to staffs in the name of team work.
Peter Obi, didn’t share one question to anyone. 
I love dis mans stinginess.