Daily Sun gathered authoritatively that a top Presidency official invited the PSC Chairman, Parry Osayande to the Villa to direct to him to work out a modality to reabsorb Ribadu into the force with his AIG rank. It was also gathered that, when Osayande pointed it out to the Presidency the damage the action could do to the service and destruction it could do to the psyche of other officers whose irregular promotions were reversed, the Presidency was said to have insisted that it must be done to avoid a rancorous situation in the polity.
A reliable source close to the Presidency confided in Daily Sun that the insistence of the Presidency to get the adjustment done might not be unconnected with the intensive pressure from both the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) in particular, on the Presidency to bring back Ribadu into the system.
The two powerful Western nations were quoted as holding the stance that Ribadu had done well for Nigeria in the war against corruption to their admiration and as such, should be brought back home to contribute more in the anti-graft war.
Acting on the briefs received from the Presidency, Osayande was said to have convened an emergency meeting of his Commission to deliberate on the matter.
The PSC, it was learnt, asked Ribadu to write a formal letter of apology for whatever must have happened and then demand that his dismissal be commuted to retirement while his rank be restored to the former controversial AIG.
A source close to the PSC meeting held on Monday, who spoke with Daily Sun on condition of anonymity said Osayande had a Herculean time convincing his members to do the Presidency’s bidding.
“All the Commission’s members, except Osayande himself, did not support the project as they did not speak well of Ribadu,” the source disclosed, adding that “the members were apprehensive of litigations that others in Ribadu’s shoes might institute.”
The Commission’s members, though admitted that Ribadu truly wrote a letter of apology, they smelt arrogance in the letter as they observed that the letter was more of justifications of Ribadu’s actions in the recent past.
At the end of the deliberations, Daily Sun learnt that the consensus of the members, which was at the instance of Osayande, who they respected so much, was that Ribadu could only be reinstated and be retired immediately with his AIG rank.
Confirming the reinstatement, the Executive Director, Communication, Mrs. Comfort Obi, explained that the Commission, though accepted Ribadu’s appeal by reinstating his rank, had to effect his immediate retirement after considering that his continued stay in the police force could affect the morale of the men in the service.
Ribadu was dismissed from the Force on December 23, 2008, following indictment over acts of insubordination by a panel headed by the current IGP, Onovo, who was then a Deputy Inspector-General of Police, while Mike Okiro was the IG.
Earlier, Ribadu was believed to have gained controversial promotion to the rank of AIG for being a loyal aide to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, but was demoted from the rank to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) after running into troubled water with the late President Umaru Yar’Adua, who removed him as the boss of EFCC.
Ribadu was then a student at the Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) when his demotion came but he refused to wear police uniform bearing the rank of a DCP during the graduation of the his set in NIPSS and the set’s visit to the late President Yar’Adua as was the customary for graduating students.
Ribadu was transferred to Benin but he refused to report for duty at his new duty post, saying he did not accept his demotion.
The disagreement between him and police authorities led to his trial by a panel constituted by the PSC which found him wanting, indicted him and recommended his dismissal.
Based on this report, the PSC board met and approved the recommendation and ordered his dismissal forthwith.
Ribadu, who went on exile after his dismissal, was later charged before the Code of Conduct Tribunal for non-declaration of assets, but had the charges dropped last week by the government.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
INEC chairmanship: Jonathan’s dilemma
Government’s decision on the vacant position of chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) remained shrouded in uncertainty last night as conflicting reports severally fingered former Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) chairman, Mr. Olisa Agbakoba , and serving Information and Communication Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili, as President Goodluck Jonathan’s choices for the job.
There were strong indications last weekend that the presidency had settled for Agbakoba, a Senor Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and leading human rights campaigner in keeping with his recent promise to the international community that his choice for the position would be acceptable to civil society groups.
Daily Sun learnt in Abuja yesterday that Agbakoba’s name had indeed featured during cabinet-level discussions, prompting speculations that the search for Prof. Maurice Iwu’s replacement might have been zeroed-in on him. The sudden re-emergence of Akunyili in the equation was said to be a natural response to “pockets of opposition to Agbakoba in certain quarters.”
Akunyili was said to have been Jonathan’s first choice for the job, precipitating the glaring omission of her name from the first ministerial list submitted to the senate by Jonathan, then an acting president.
Akunyili was known to have confided in her close allies that she had been penciled down for the INEC job, and was indeed preparing for the announcement only for her name to inexplicably surface on the ministerial list, a week later.
Some powerful elements in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were said to have strongly kicked against the move to draft Akunyili to INEC. They said she was too principled for their liking. They were believed to have insisted on a more flexible person, raising fears that she would be too independent-minded, self-willed and difficult to manage, thus possibly affecting the fortunes of the party in the forthcoming elections.
Besides, those that were worried by what they described as Akunyili’s uncompromising attitude, opposition also came from pro-Yar’Adua elements who were not happy with the role the minister played in the run-up to the emergence of Jonathan as acting president while his boss was confined to his sick bed.
However, there were feleers from Abuja that the presidency might not be very keen on appointing an outsider to head INEC with only a few months remaining before the next general elections. Depending on what the National Assembly eventually comes up with in its on-going amendment of the electoral laws, the elections might commence as early as next January.
The presidency was said to be reluctant in appointing a green horn to man INEC against the backdrop that there were only three serving national commissioners in the commission at present, with one of them completing his tenure, next month. With 10 brand new national commissioners and a rookie chairman at the helms, government was said to be worried that INEC might not be in the position to take full command during the elections.
Last week, the Federal Government reversed its earlier order directing the national commissioner in charge of legal matters, Mr. Victor Chukwuani, to proceed on disengagement leave alongside Iwu to return to complete his tenure. Chukwuani’s tenure was expected to lapse one week after Iwu’s. However, with the glaring dearth of experienced hand among the commissioners presently, government was said to be contemplating reappointing Chukwuani into the commission when his current tenure expires next month.
Jonathan was said to have tinkered with the appointment of Dr. Ishmail Igbani, a former national commissioner in the commission to replace Iwu in a bid to ensure that the in-coming chairman would not have to be a green horn. However, the death of Yar’Adua and the increasing possibility that Jonathan himself might be a candidate in the presidential election meant that, it would not be wise to appoint Igbani who hailedfrom the same geo-political zone with him to be the electoral umpire.
There were strong indications last weekend that the presidency had settled for Agbakoba, a Senor Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and leading human rights campaigner in keeping with his recent promise to the international community that his choice for the position would be acceptable to civil society groups.
Daily Sun learnt in Abuja yesterday that Agbakoba’s name had indeed featured during cabinet-level discussions, prompting speculations that the search for Prof. Maurice Iwu’s replacement might have been zeroed-in on him. The sudden re-emergence of Akunyili in the equation was said to be a natural response to “pockets of opposition to Agbakoba in certain quarters.”
Akunyili was said to have been Jonathan’s first choice for the job, precipitating the glaring omission of her name from the first ministerial list submitted to the senate by Jonathan, then an acting president.
Akunyili was known to have confided in her close allies that she had been penciled down for the INEC job, and was indeed preparing for the announcement only for her name to inexplicably surface on the ministerial list, a week later.
Some powerful elements in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were said to have strongly kicked against the move to draft Akunyili to INEC. They said she was too principled for their liking. They were believed to have insisted on a more flexible person, raising fears that she would be too independent-minded, self-willed and difficult to manage, thus possibly affecting the fortunes of the party in the forthcoming elections.
Besides, those that were worried by what they described as Akunyili’s uncompromising attitude, opposition also came from pro-Yar’Adua elements who were not happy with the role the minister played in the run-up to the emergence of Jonathan as acting president while his boss was confined to his sick bed.
However, there were feleers from Abuja that the presidency might not be very keen on appointing an outsider to head INEC with only a few months remaining before the next general elections. Depending on what the National Assembly eventually comes up with in its on-going amendment of the electoral laws, the elections might commence as early as next January.
The presidency was said to be reluctant in appointing a green horn to man INEC against the backdrop that there were only three serving national commissioners in the commission at present, with one of them completing his tenure, next month. With 10 brand new national commissioners and a rookie chairman at the helms, government was said to be worried that INEC might not be in the position to take full command during the elections.
Last week, the Federal Government reversed its earlier order directing the national commissioner in charge of legal matters, Mr. Victor Chukwuani, to proceed on disengagement leave alongside Iwu to return to complete his tenure. Chukwuani’s tenure was expected to lapse one week after Iwu’s. However, with the glaring dearth of experienced hand among the commissioners presently, government was said to be contemplating reappointing Chukwuani into the commission when his current tenure expires next month.
Jonathan was said to have tinkered with the appointment of Dr. Ishmail Igbani, a former national commissioner in the commission to replace Iwu in a bid to ensure that the in-coming chairman would not have to be a green horn. However, the death of Yar’Adua and the increasing possibility that Jonathan himself might be a candidate in the presidential election meant that, it would not be wise to appoint Igbani who hailedfrom the same geo-political zone with him to be the electoral umpire.
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Secondly, don’t force yourself into any business that you know too little about, because you will find it difficult to make much progress in that business. It is also important that you have a genuine interest for anything you wish to start both online and offline.
Most importantly, try to gather the necessary skills required to excel in any business you wish to start.
Let nobody deceive you, you must show some commitment and hardwork for you to make great progress online. The major difference between working online and offline is that you decide how and when to work online in most cases.
Working online is great because there is nobody to query you or boss you around, and you have the opportunity of getting involved in many opportunities in the shortest period of time.
As a Nigerian, instead of wasting a lot of time on the internet seeking whom to defraud, you can use less time to achieve great things.
Some of the genuine online opportunities you can start today include Blogging, article publishing, affiliate marketing, commodities trading, forex trading, options trading, or you can also join the revenue sharing system organized by Google known as Google adsense.
All the above are some of the genuine ways of earning online especially as a Nigerian, but the most important thing is to acquire the necessary skills needed to excel in each of them. For this reason, I have packaged an e- book that will help you to excel in blogging, article publishing, affiliate marketing, etc, and I am also giving out Forex tutorial manual, a guide on how to make money from the Nigerian Stock Market, Google adsense blueprint and two powerful motivational books as bonuses for purchasing this simple but powerful e-book “THE AFFILIATES GUIDE”
Inside this book, you will learn how to become a better affiliate and make consistent income from affiliate commissions; how you can use a free blog to earn great income; how to earn from publishing articles online, the easiest ways to attract visitors to your webpage, how you can easily sell your own products to greater number of people, etc. Don’t forget that this e- book comes with mouth- watering bonuses that you cannot afford to miss.
This package with all the bonuses will only cost you 2,000 naira(two thousand naira)- the cheapest you can ever get considering the quality of the e-book and the bonuses that come with it.
What you need to start;
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• A computer with an internet connection.
HURRY AND GRAB A COPY BECAUSE IF YOU DELAY, IT COULD BE DANGEROUS. USE THE PAYMENT DETAILS BELOW TO ORDER FOR YOUR COPY.
Payment details:
Oceanic bank international Plc.
Acct no: 0050001022931.
Acct name: Asiegbu, Tochukwu Ebuka.
After payment, text your name, e mail, teller no to 08064004963 or send a mail to (asiegbutch@yahoo.com) with the subject "Affiliate", and your copy will be forwarded to your e mail address immediately the payment is confirmed.
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Friday, May 7, 2010
Lebanese colonel charged with spying
A Lebanese prosecutor has charged an army colonel with spying for Israel and referred him to a military court, security sources said.
Colonel Gazwan Shahin was arrested a few months ago and was the fourth officer arrested on suspicion of espionage since last year, Reuters reported on Friday.
A security source said Shahin provided Israeli intelligence agents pictures, information, and coordinates of civilian sites and military posts during and after Israel's 33-day war against Lebanon in 2006.
An investigation into Israel's espionage activities in Lebanon has led to more than 50 arrests since last year, and over 20 have been formally charged.
The arrests have dealt a major blow to Israel's spy network in Lebanon.
One of the detained suspects confessed to having helped in the assassination of a Hezbollah commander in 2004.
Israel has not commented on the arrests.
Colonel Gazwan Shahin was arrested a few months ago and was the fourth officer arrested on suspicion of espionage since last year, Reuters reported on Friday.
A security source said Shahin provided Israeli intelligence agents pictures, information, and coordinates of civilian sites and military posts during and after Israel's 33-day war against Lebanon in 2006.
An investigation into Israel's espionage activities in Lebanon has led to more than 50 arrests since last year, and over 20 have been formally charged.
The arrests have dealt a major blow to Israel's spy network in Lebanon.
One of the detained suspects confessed to having helped in the assassination of a Hezbollah commander in 2004.
Israel has not commented on the arrests.
HOW TO START MAKING MONEY ONLINE AS A NIGERIAN IN GENUINE WAYSHOW TO START MAKING MONEY ONLINE AS A NIGERIAN IN GENUINE WAYS
Before going into the real business of the day, I would like to warn that if you are one of those that take pleasure in defrauding people, I don’t think this useful piece of information is for you.
Secondly, don’t force yourself into any business that you know too little about, because you will find it difficult to make much progress in that business. It is also important that you have a genuine interest for anything you wish to start both online and offline.
Most importantly, try to gather the necessary skills required to excel in any business you wish to start.
Let nobody deceive you, you must show some commitment and hardwork for you to make great progress online. The major difference between working online and offline is that you decide how and when to work online in most cases.
Working online is great because there is nobody to query you or boss you around, and you have the opportunity of getting involved in many opportunities in the shortest period of time.
As a Nigerian, instead of wasting a lot of time on the internet seeking whom to defraud, you can use less time to achieve great things.
Some of the genuine online opportunities you can start today include Blogging, article publishing, affiliate marketing, commodities trading, forex trading, options trading, or you can also join the revenue sharing system organized by Google known as Google adsense.
All the above are some of the genuine ways of earning online especially as a Nigerian, but the most important thing is to acquire the necessary skills needed to excel in each of them. For this reason, I have packaged an e- book that will help you to excel in blogging, article publishing, affiliate marketing, etc, and I am also giving out Forex tutorial manual, a guide on how to make money from the Nigerian Stock Market, Google adsense blueprint and two powerful motivational books as bonuses for purchasing this simple but powerful e-book “THE AFFILIATES GUIDE”
Inside this book, you will learn how to become a better affiliate and make consistent income from affiliate commissions; how you can use a free blog to earn great income; how to earn from publishing articles online, the easiest ways to attract visitors to your webpage, how you can easily sell your own products to greater number of people, etc. Don’t forget that this e- book comes with mouth- watering bonuses that you cannot afford to miss.
This package with all the bonuses will only cost you 2,000 naira(two thousand naira)- the cheapest you can ever get considering the quality of the e-book and the bonuses that come with it.
What you need to start;
• The skills which the e-book will provide.
• A computer with an internet connection.
HURRY AND GRAB A COPY BECAUSE IF YOU DELAY, IT COULD BE DANGEROUS. USE THE PAYMENT DETAILS BELOW TO ORDER FOR YOUR COPY.
Payment details:
Oceanic bank international Plc.
Acct no: 0050001022931.
Acct name: Asiegbu, Tochukwu Ebuka.
After payment, text your name, e mail, teller no to 08064004963 or send a mail to (asiegbutch@yahoo.com) with the subject "Affiliate", and your copy will be forwarded to your e mail address immediately the payment is confirmed.
Have a great online money making experience!!!
Secondly, don’t force yourself into any business that you know too little about, because you will find it difficult to make much progress in that business. It is also important that you have a genuine interest for anything you wish to start both online and offline.
Most importantly, try to gather the necessary skills required to excel in any business you wish to start.
Let nobody deceive you, you must show some commitment and hardwork for you to make great progress online. The major difference between working online and offline is that you decide how and when to work online in most cases.
Working online is great because there is nobody to query you or boss you around, and you have the opportunity of getting involved in many opportunities in the shortest period of time.
As a Nigerian, instead of wasting a lot of time on the internet seeking whom to defraud, you can use less time to achieve great things.
Some of the genuine online opportunities you can start today include Blogging, article publishing, affiliate marketing, commodities trading, forex trading, options trading, or you can also join the revenue sharing system organized by Google known as Google adsense.
All the above are some of the genuine ways of earning online especially as a Nigerian, but the most important thing is to acquire the necessary skills needed to excel in each of them. For this reason, I have packaged an e- book that will help you to excel in blogging, article publishing, affiliate marketing, etc, and I am also giving out Forex tutorial manual, a guide on how to make money from the Nigerian Stock Market, Google adsense blueprint and two powerful motivational books as bonuses for purchasing this simple but powerful e-book “THE AFFILIATES GUIDE”
Inside this book, you will learn how to become a better affiliate and make consistent income from affiliate commissions; how you can use a free blog to earn great income; how to earn from publishing articles online, the easiest ways to attract visitors to your webpage, how you can easily sell your own products to greater number of people, etc. Don’t forget that this e- book comes with mouth- watering bonuses that you cannot afford to miss.
This package with all the bonuses will only cost you 2,000 naira(two thousand naira)- the cheapest you can ever get considering the quality of the e-book and the bonuses that come with it.
What you need to start;
• The skills which the e-book will provide.
• A computer with an internet connection.
HURRY AND GRAB A COPY BECAUSE IF YOU DELAY, IT COULD BE DANGEROUS. USE THE PAYMENT DETAILS BELOW TO ORDER FOR YOUR COPY.
Payment details:
Oceanic bank international Plc.
Acct no: 0050001022931.
Acct name: Asiegbu, Tochukwu Ebuka.
After payment, text your name, e mail, teller no to 08064004963 or send a mail to (asiegbutch@yahoo.com) with the subject "Affiliate", and your copy will be forwarded to your e mail address immediately the payment is confirmed.
Have a great online money making experience!!!
Monday, May 3, 2010
US has 5,113 launch-ready nukes
"Increasing the transparency of global nuclear stockpiles is important to non-proliferation efforts" and more progress on arms control, AFP quoted a Pentagon statement as saying on Monday.
The figure only refers to operational warheads and excludes outdated nuclear missiles and nuclear weapons slated for dismantlement, which are estimated to number around 4,600, Reuters reported, citing the figure from the Federation of American Scientists.
The US government says it has reduced its nuclear weapons stockpile by about 84 percent from its maximum level of 31,225 warheads at the end of fiscal year 1967.
The US government last revealed the size of its nuclear arsenal in 1961.
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