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Some persons see travelling as a normal way of moving;Going to see places but in another hand travelling is path of education,it is also a path of experience.at the long run after i traveled to so many places i found out that most of our express road in Nigeria are very bad and dangerous..This dangerous express road are as follows.. 1)First on the list is Abuja-Lokoja-Okene-Kabba : If you choose to travel round in the Southwest of Nigeria to Abuja through the Lokoja-Okene road in Kogi State, then you will understand that this is a road of death,journey of no return.apart from this bad road you should also know that gentle men on the highway are still on guard waiting like a lion looking for who to devour,because of this thousands of passengers travelling the Lokoja-Okene road to Abuja or to Ondo State have been waylaid by armed bandits and dispossessed of their goods. The same can be said of the Ilorin-Kabba-Lokoja road and the Lokoja-Obajana-Kabba road among others along that same...

Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources, Downstream, Senator Kabiru Marafa, APC, Zamfara Central, yesterday, explained why he stopped the war with Senate president, Bukola Saraki, and the leadership of the 8th Senate. Marafa said he had to put an end to the fight with the Senate president, following the intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling  All Progressives Congress, APC, that asked him to sheath his sword and embrace peace for national development. He also declared that his reason for dong that had nothing to do with chairmanship position of a “juicy committee” as being insinuated. Senator Marafa, who made the clarification against the backdrop of claims by a coalition of northern youths which had alleged that he had transmuted from a protagonists to shareholder since he became chairman of the committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) on July 21, 2016, said there was no truth in the claim and allegations. Marafa had earlier been...

EVERY POLITICIAN YOU KNOW IN NIGERIA THAT (CROSS-CARPETED) DECAMPED FROM ONE PARTY TO ANOTHER IS FANTASTICALLY CORRUPT. JUST LIKE THE SAYING GOES, WHEN DINNING WITH THE DEVIL USE A LONG SPOON, I WANT NIGERIANS TO KNOW THAT ALL THOSE DECAMPEES CANNOT BE TRUSTED. THREAD CAUTIOUSLY WITH THEM IN ANYTHING YOU DO, FOR THEY ARE PART OF DEMOCRACIES BIGGEST PROBLEMS. Long before the return of democracy, Nigerian politicians had been known to hold no scruples when it came to dumping a political party to which they had once sworn allegiance. Indeed, for our politicians, the saying that in politics there are no permanent friends or enemies but permanent interest is a truism. Since the First Republic, when the first mass defection occurred, politicians have been known to ditch their parties so long as their interest is no longer served. With the recent defections that have hit the PDP, it appears our politicians have still not learnt the democratic principles of party allegiance as...

Constitution amendment : Reps fix minimum age for presidential aspirants at 35 • No second term for VP, Deputy-Governors who succeed dead incumbent • Road cleared for independent candidates • Local governments to get financial autonomy • 35 percent appointments reserved for women Future presidential elections in the country may be thrown open to interested Nigerians from the age of 35 and above, if constitution amendment proposals now before the House of Representatives are adopted. THE CURRENT MINIMUM AGE FOR QUALIFICATION FOR THE OFFICE IS 40 . Besides, Nigerians from the age of 25 years may also be allowed to seek election into the state assemblies and the House of Representatives, down from the present 30 years. These are some of the highlights of the report of the fourth alteration of the 1999 Constitution laid before the House by the Lasun Yusuf- headed Constitution Review Committee last Thursday. The report is scheduled to be considered and adopted throu...

Its such a shame that after been part of those that brought Nigerian and Nigerians into this present state,he has the gods to call for restructuring,  claiming that Nigeria as currently constituted is an entity that is rooted in corruption, impunity and injustice and thus must be reconstituted Information detailing the corrupt activities of the Former Vice President – Mr. Atiku Abubakar, as gathered reveals the extent of Atikus corruption was more wide reaching as original perceived by Nigerians. It was  learnt that Atiku whose financial status was modest prior to his ascension to the office of the Vice President has exponentially increased in his financial wealth to the extent he  now owns 146 homes in Yola, Adamawa State  in addition a slew of transaction that run into the high millions. It is believed that former president Obasanjo and former Vice President Atiku are equally messed in corruption.    ATIKU   served the Nigerian Custom...

Delta State Secretariat, Delta Broadcasting Service, (DBS), former legislative quarters (Fine Homes), State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Okpanam, SSS Roads and others were all submerged by over three hours heavy down pour in Asaba. The Saturday down pour which started at about 6:00 am unleashed havoc on the entire state capital and its environs, damaging properties worth millions of naira. At the state secretariat, officials files, documents and other valuables belonging to Establishment, Post Primary Education Board, (PPEB), Fire Service, Ministry of Information, Delta State Rural Development Agency and other offices were completely destroyed and floating on water. Cross section of residents who spoke with our correspondent blamed the flood on the “I don’t care” attitude of governor Ifeanyi Okowa who they alleged of of awarding juice contracts to himself, family members and cronies and folds his arm while the people die and ravaged by flood. They accused Okowa of...

IN what is seem as a battle for supremacy in Delta state over the upcoming 2019 general elections, we can reliably report that the seemingly godfather of Delta state PDP, James Onanefe Ibori, may have drawn the battle line with his godson, Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa as he has vowed not to attend any meeting called at the instance of the governor. His decision may not be unconnected with the poor performance of Mr Okowa as the Governor of Delta state. It would be recalled that Chief Ibori was equally absent in the Delta central mega rally which took place in Sapele only to attend the Thanksgiving service of the erstwhile speaker of the Delta state house of Assembly, Hon Ovwigho Igbuya in the same Sapele the next day. According to reports, the desperation of Okowa to put up a different political empire loyal to him and incapacitate perceived politicians loyal to Ibori is another possible reason why he has continually shun any meeting organised by the governor. It would also be recalled t...

SOME PEOPLE CALL HIM LEADER,WHILE SOME CALL HIM JAGABAN, BUT AFTER MY OWN FINDINGS I THINK I WOULD CALL HIM THE JAGABAN OF CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA.. You cannot fight corruption with coruption, for all forest fire starts from small and eventually grow massive. Anti-corruption is just a slogan,shouting about anti-corruption doesnt make you a pro-clean government person,it is your actions that count. If you know the party you support and its leaders are corrupt and you decide to close your eyes, my dear you are not part of the solution but part of the problem. Our ignorance on corruption is their power. And that brings me to my question, WHY HAS THE EFCC NOT COMMENCED INVESTIGATION ON JAGABAN??  IS IT BECAUSE HE IS ONE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS AND CHIEF SPONSOR/FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE INCUMBENT GOVERNMENT?? DO you know that "Before 1999, Tinubu had none of these: I never concured the story when i first saw it online, but after checking it out my brother na true sto...

Disability advocate ready to replace Scott Ludlam in Western Australian Senate seat   A 22-year-old disability advocate is set to become Australia’s newest and youngest senator, filling the Greens seat left vacant by Scott Ludlam. The Greens have endorsed Jordon Steele-John as Ludlam’s replacement for the Western Australian Senate seat. It follows Ludlam’s resignation last week amid revelations he was a dual citizen, still holding citizenship in his country of birth, New Zealand.     Replacing Greens' Scott Ludlam and Larissa Waters can't start until parliament resumes The question of Ludlam’s eligibility must first be determined by the high court, sitting as the court of disputed returns. The WA Greens released a statement on Thursday night confirming backing for Steele-John if he is elected to the Senate as a result of a countback. “Jordon has been an active Greens member for many years, and is well known and respected outside the party for his wor...

Australian girls will travel from Australia to Canada and spend $2,000 dollars for flying ticket which is nearly One Million naira and travel a distance of 17 hours on air to visit a man,American girls will spend over $2,500 dollars which is over #1M naira to buy air ticket and travel almost 18 hours journey on air from America to England to visit a man and also buy expensive gifts for him, European girls will spend over £2,000 euros which is around #1M naira and buy plane ticket to fly 17 hours all the way from Europe to Asia to visit a man. But a Nigerian lady cannot travel a journey of 15minutes that cannot cost #500 to visit a man inside her own country, she will ask for transport fare ; yet she will tell the Nigerian guy that she needs good and caring man. Copyright: Ike's Blog.   All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this Blog Page, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior...

As the race for the November governorship race gets closer, the State Governor, Mr Willie Obiano has perfected plans to wreck other candidates financially, while ripping them financially to his benefit. One of the strategies put in place by him is imposing bills on aspirants who want to make use of billboards situated in the state. This revelation was made by one of the aspirants Osita Chidoka of United Peoples Party (UPP). According to him “under the draconian tariff, candidates are required to pay N5 million per view side of Unipoles; N5 millon per view side of gantries and bridge panels; and N10 million for LEDs. The state is also charging the candidates N5 million for posters per senatorial zone, N2 million per Federal Constituency and N500, 000 per Local Government. Our state has three senatorial zone, 11 federal constituencies and 21 Local Government Areas. If my campaign were to erect 3 Unipoles billboards per Local government, the 21 Local Governments in the state will...

New insight into recent altercations between the Senate and the Comptroller General, CG, Col. Hameed Ali, of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, are beginning to emerge which invariably points to actions of a major smuggler, airline owner and political financier, Dahiru Mangal. As gathered exclusively , Senate hard stance on the CG came barely days after a major operation to extradite Mangal from Chad to answer to alleged smuggling charges went awry. The smuggler and owner of Max Airline, a principal carrier for pilgrims to hajj, is believed to be the biggest smuggler in the country. He was major financier of Late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s election among other top politicians from the North. Apart from politicians, traditional rulers, chiefly from Katsina, his home state are beholden to him. He is said to have a lot of customs officers in his pocket, brings in as much as 400 trailers of contraband on each trip from the Northern borders; and escorts each of the convoy in a...

The Federal Government has said it is currently investigating the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over debts owed contractors to the time of about N1 trillion. The Government said it wants to access the activities of the commission with the probe as well as establish what has been happening with the huge funds sunk into it over the 17 years of its existence. Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani, who stated this in Abuja on Thursday, also stated that the probe will among other things verify all projects and resources deployed to the commission since it was created in the year 2000. This is coming at a time the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has seized a mansion allegedly belonging to a former Executive Director, Finance and Administration, of the commission, Henry Ogiri. According to Usani, there is also need to clean up the commission over allegations that some staff are in the business of demanding for percentages bef...

The battle by the Senator representing Delta North, Mr Peter Nwaoboshi is getting messier as information  reveals that the embattled Senator has secured the state government approval but through the backdoor to help him recover Guinea House which is under seal by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to our insider sources, Nwaoboshi approached the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Peter Mrakpor and his wife and allegedly enticed them with the sum of N100 million with more promise of contracts from NDDC which he oversees in the Senate if they stand by him to get back his house. The plot we gathered is for Mrakpor to tell the Judge handling the case in Asaba that the property was not undervalued and sold legally to the Senator. They have also planned to tell the judge to hands off the case since it’s a state property and not a Federal property. The 60 years old Senator last week wasted over N70 million just to celebrate his new...

The deputy secretary general of the United Nations Amina Mohammed met with some of the rescued Chibok girls  Amina said she feels humbled to have met the girls She also said the girls are an inspiration to many in Nigeria The meeting which took place in Abuja, was aimed at inspiring women and some of the girls cut up in conflict related areas in Nigeria. Tweeting on her meeting with the girls, Amina said: "Women & girls are not only survivors but also crisis prevention agents. Inspiring chat with women leaders & conflict affected girls #DSGinNG." Stating that survivors of conflicts are strong people, the UN scribe said she is humbled to have met and dined with the rescued Chibok girls. Mohammed said she feels humbled to have met the girls. Source: Twitter, Amina Mohammed "Survivors are strong. You have aspirations, drive and inspiration. I am humbled to have met, danced and dined with #ChibokGirls #DSGinNG," Mohammed said in a tweet...

The Appeal Court sitting in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, has discharged and acquitted a former governor of the state, Bala Ngilari. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had accused Ngilari of corruption and alleged violation of procurement laws in the award of N167 million contract to one El-Yadi Motors Limited for the supply of 25 units of operational vehicles (Toyota Corolla). Following the allegation, the EFCC instituted a 19-count charge against Ngilari, his former Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Ibrahim Welye and his former Commissioner of Finance and Budget, Sanda Lamurde. The three pleaded not guilty and their lawyers applied for bail on their behalf, but the prosecution opposed the appeal. Ngilari was later jailed by a Yola High Court that found him guilty of ignoring due process in the procurement of 25 vehicles for N169 million. He was however granted bail under controversial circumstances, on health grounds, by a Yola High Court 1, pr...

The Senate, on Thursday, rej‎ected the nomination of Professor Mustapha Zubairu from Niger State, as a Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The confirmation of three other nominees were suspended till further notice. Prominent on the list is Ambassador Rufus Oloruntoyin Akeju from Lagos State. Others are Ahmad Bello Mahmud from Zamfara State and Mahmuda Isah from Kebbi State. The suspension and rejection of the three nominees, followed the adoption of a report of the committee on INEC, chaired by Suleiman Nazif from Bauchi State. Details later… Copyright: Ike's Blog.   All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this Blog Page, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from Ike's blog CONTACT: okoroikechukwu031@gmail.com

Niger State Command Special Anti-Kidnapping Squad, arrested two notorious Kidnapping kingpins who have been on the wanted list of the Nigeria Police in their hideout at Sauka Kahuta area Minna.  The suspects Abraham Jatto 'm' and Idowu Mafe 'm' all graduates, specialize in Kidnapping undergraduate students and demanding for ransom from their parents.  The suspects most often disposses their victims of their valuables such as laptops, handsets, jewelries and money. The criminal gang is responsible for the kidnap of one Esther Okwe a 500 level student of Estate Management Dept. Federal University of Technology Minna, where they collected the sum of #500,000 from her parents before she gained her freedom. They are also responsible for the kidnap of one Agbo Sylvanus, a 500 level student of Mathematics Dept. FUT and Peter Adawn a 400 level student of same university. Police recovered a Honda Accord vehicle used by the suspects in Kidnapping their victims. Susp...

Top Democrats on the House and Senate Russia investigations and a top digital staffer from the campaign of President Donald Trump split sharply on whether the campaign colluded with Russia, but many agree that Facebook holds the answers investigators are looking for and they want the social media giant to give up the goods. Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee, met with Facebook officials in California more than a month ago as part of his committee's investigation into potential collusion or election interference, and he's convinced the company can explain whether anyone from the Trump campaign helped Russians boost fake news articles targeting Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.  Warner is testing the theory popular among Democratic operatives that Russia was behind spikes in fake news that were anti-Clinton and that Russia had help targeting those articles from US political operatives. "If the Russians kno...

Senator Andy Uba was accompanied by other senators, including Shehu Sani, Danjuma Goje, Dino Melaye, and Usman Bayero Nafada among others to pick up the Governorship nomination form.  The Senator responded to questions from journalists after picking up the Nomination and Expression of Interest forms. He reported that “41 senators followed him to the National Secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)”. He said he remained the only aspirant who was competent enough to un-seat Governor Willie Obiano, having had the opportunity to become governor and two-term senator. When questioned on the alleged certificate forgery and the insinuation that he was planning to return to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), he said, “It is a very wicked lie. It is blackmail. They are just trying to sabotage me”. “They know that I’m on the ground. They know what I have done for Anambra State and constituency, you can go and check. No senator has done what I have done ...

Hon umar bago mohammed is the current member  federal house of representative chanchaga federal constituency, Niger state. This is what a member of his contituency has to say about him, Chanchaga local govt have only eleven ward and i can go round the wards in 2hours, in the history of the local govt nobody has represent us twice in green chamber except umar bago,  no good projects, no scholaship, no job oppotunities, imagine minna is the capital city of Niger state and we are the power state and dat is wia he is representing we dnt have stable light he has never pass a bill about that, he always come back during election time and start sharing some bikes and 206 cars to his codinators what about the remaining people that waist dia time, money and energy to vote him,  why can't he use that money and pay waec for our brazas and sistas? why can't he sponsor people to study medicine abroad the way lado suleja is doing?  enough is enough plz i am cal...