Thursday, December 10, 2015
Okonjo-Iweala's Letter To Jonathan Asking For Permission To Send $300m To Dasuki
Kogi Speaker Momoh Jimoh-Lawal Impeached
Although, speaker’s camp deny that he has not been impeached.
Details shortly….
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Nigerian Man Builds Handmade Excavator (Photo)
God that inspired him to make the excavator. .
He said: “I am truly gifted from God and I have the spirit that enlightens me on what to do. I have a lot to offer my country, my plan is to develop this excavator. We all know that Nigeria is technologically challenged, and we Nigerians and the government are ignorant about this. .
Technologies like this can bring about the improvement of our economy, that’s why I am eager to let Nigerians and the world know that we can develop our own technology. Getting in touch with the government and private investors to support my work was difficult. .
At my first visit to the House of Assembly to get my work viewed, I was accused of being a Boko Haram member and sent away. The government is supposed to see my work, especially the president, the president is like our father and I believe one day I would get the support I need.”
Nwachukwu said that he spent N200,000 on the prototype excavator and he needs N12,550,000 to buy the necessary equipment to launch full production….. sorry bro, Eze Nkita wants us to make donations to dogs instead
Toolz Wows In Wedding Dress For Genevieve Magazine's Bridal Issue (photos)
For the issue, bares it all on her love journey with Tunde Demuren;According to the magazine,
" a journey which started from “I’ll burn your house, Banky W, if Tunde does anything horrible to me!”, to saying “I do” to a beautiful future. And in a candid manner, she talks about looking forward to marriage and not succumbing to societal expectations."
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
N2.1bn Arms Money Scandal: What I Know About EFCC Probe Of Dokpesi — Mike Ozekhome
Mr. Ozekhome also said reports that Mr. Dokpesi was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ,EFCC, over the alleged payment, were not correct because Mr. Dokpesi went on his own to the anti-graft agency after receiving a call from its chairman.
“I am not aware the chief collected any money,” he said, referring to Mr. Dokpesi.
A source at the EFCC had told PREMIUM TIMES that Mr. Dokpesi was interrogated by investigators because he received N2.1 billion from the NSA’s office on the eve of the 2015 general election.
The EFCC said it suspected the money was payment for documentaries and advertisements by Daar communications during the electioneering campaign.
“The chief called me earlier in the afternoon to say he received a call from the chairman of the EFCC wanting to see him and I sent one of my lawyers to accompany him. He was not arrested by any group of operatives,” he said.
Mr. Ozekhome said prior to Tuesday’s invitation of Mr. Dokpesi, there was no formal communication from the EFCC to him.
“What I know is that the EFCC wrote to Daar Holdings asking for a list of directors and whether it has done any business or contract with the office of the NSA in the past and how much was involved.
“We wrote them a reply to say Daar did not do any contract with the office of the NSA and we are ready to give them all the information they need,” he said.
The EFCC has arrested a number of individuals indicted by a presidential investigations committee into arms procurement by the Goodluck Jonathan administration.
The committee had in its interim report said that it found extra-budgetary spending by the Jonathan administration to the tune of N643.8 billion and an additional $2.2 billion in foreign currency component.
A competent source at the EFCC had earlier told us that Mr. Dasuki had received N2.1 billion from the money.
“Chief Dokpesi received N2.1 billion from the NSA’s office but investigators cannot see any clear reason for the payment,” he said.
The source said investigators were “suspicious that the money was passed to him as payment for the damaging documentaries and campaigns his station ran on Buhari, Tinubu and Amaechi”.
President Muhammad Buhari, Ahmed Tinubu and Chibuike Amaechi are leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress.
At the time the money was allegedly paid, Mr. Buhari was the party’s presidential candidate.
“They believe the funds were budgeted for arms procurement but was diverted to Mr. Dokpesi,” the source said.
SOURCE: PREMIUM TIMES NG
Agony, hardship as power supply drops to six hours daily
This was in negation of recent claims by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, two weeks ago, that power supply had hit a new high of 4,488 megawatts (MW).
Vanguard observed that over a month, the power situation in Abuja took a turn for the worse, with households having to grapple with exorbitant electricity bills despite the absence of electricity.
However, only a few high-brow areas and selected areas like Asokoro, Maitama, Wuse 2, Gwarimpa, among others and some areas with lesser population, like Dutse-Sokale,
Dutse-Alhaji; some selected streets in Arab Road and Fate Foundation in Kubwa, all in Bwari Area Council, can boast of a near stable supply of electricity.
In a chat with Vanguard on the epileptic power situation in Abuja, the spokesperson for the AEDC, Mr. Oyebode Fadipe, blamed the drop in power supply to a decline in power generation and some challenges experienced in the area of transmission.
He stated that Nigerians should not expect a drastic improvement in power supply at the moment, as 24 months is still not enough time to do the radical change that people desire to see in the power sector.
Fadipe disclosed that AEDC has spent over N2 billion for the rehabilitation of legacy projects, while it is currently spending N1 billion for ongoing projects, adding that all these is to enable it bring the network to the point of significant improvement.
He said, “It is because of these investments that we are even talking about the electricity we have today, otherwise, 24 months ago it was really drastic.
Shortly before the election in May it was a very bad situation; where even as a company we got only 18 megawatts Then how do you share such megawatts, we do not have licence to generate, we only have licence to distribute.
He, however, blamed the low power supply in some areas on the fact that some of the areas are highly populated and are high consumers of electricity.
He said, “The second side of it is that there may be local problem and coincidentally you find out that areas such as Kubwa, Karu, Nyanya, Lugbe among others, are high density areas. Kubwa is the largest satellite town in Abuja, and then you have Karu, Nyanya and isolated cases like the case of Garki.
“The issue is not even about population, the basic issue is availability, it will either be at the point of available generation or there is equipment inadequacy.”
Despite the assurances by, residents in Apo Village told Vanguard that they have not had electricity for about two months due to a faulty transformer.
One of the residents, Kokoma Gabriel, said that efforts to get AEDC to fix the transformer had been unsuccessful, as some staff and agents of the company have requested for financial motivation before the transformer would be fixed.
In Kubwa, residents staying near the village market claim they hardly get electricity for about four hours daily, while residents in Phases Two, Three and Four, PW and environs claim they only get electricity for about six hours, mainly at night.
In Lagos Street, some area of Gado Nasko, 2-1 Market and environ, ‘loss of phase’ has become a permanent feature as some lines goes off for the few hours power supply is restored.
One of the residents, Mr. Chisom Umeh stated that several attempt to get officials of AEDC to fix the problem permanently had not been successful, as the problem always resurfaced, sometimes, one hour after it is rectified.
Also, Kubwa is littered with abandoned power projects as a World Bank assisted programme to supply small-size transformers to residents in the area appeared to have been abandoned for almost two years since the project commenced.
In the twilight of the Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, polls that were meant to bear the transformers were quickly installed by some contractors who told Vanguard that the programme was a World Bank project. About a year after, the poles are still standing while no transformer had been installed.
Residents in some areas in Nyanya, Karu, Jikwoyi, Mararaba, Kuje also lamented the epileptic power situation and ineffectiveness of AEDC, stating that they scarcely get electricity for an average of six hours daily.
Area 7 and Area 8 in Garki, in the Central Area was not left out, as many organisations around the area had to resort to the use of generating sets to power their business premises.
Also, some areas are condemned to rationing or load –shedding, as they see electricity on some days while on some other days they stay in darkness.
Specifically, one resident in Lugbe, Mr. Samuel Abass, said power supply to their area is on a “One day on, one day off,” basis.
He called on the Federal Government to come to their aid and save them from the ineffectiveness and exploitative tendencies of the power companies.
SOURCE: VANGUARD NG
