2018: Ekiti APC Elders Advice Fayemi, Oni Not To Contest

Ahead of the next year's (2018) governorship elections in Ekiti State, the state All Progressives Congress (APC) elders have advised the two former governors, Engr. Segun Oni and Dr. Kayode Fayemi not to contest.
It was recalled that, Engr. Segun Oni is prepare to officially declare his governorship intention on July 17, 2017. Prominent leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have told him to shelve the
idea in the interest of the party.
The leaders also enjoined the formers governor of the state and Minister of Solid Mineral, Dr. Kayode Fayemi not to join

the
governorship race. They admonished the two former governors to emulate the first
civilian governor of the State, Otunba Niyi Adebayo by playing fatherly roles.
This bombshell was released in the presence of the three former governors of the State on Saturday at the premises of General Robert Adebayo in Iyin Ekiti. The three former governors are; Otunba Niyi Adebayo, Engr, Segun Oni and Dr. John Kayode Fayemi.
They are all leaders if APC in Ekiti State.
Blowing the whistle at the very crucial meeting was the veteran politician and pioneer Senatorial Chairman of Ekiti central under the Alliance for Democracy (AD), Chief
Femi Oyebanjo. He urged Oni and Fayemi to emulate Otunba Niyi Adebayo who had chosen to not to re-contest for the governorship again as a worthy leader of the party in the State. The Aro of Idao
popularly known as "The Boy" observed that God had already elevated the trio politically
and as such they should develop the upcoming generation.
Another prominent leader who spoke in a clear terms was Chief Tejioye from Ikun Ekiti in Moba local government. He described the position of the Deputy National Chairman of a ruling party as more honourable prestigious than coming to Ekiti to join the fray of governorship race which he said would heat up the polity.
It will be recalled that Engr Segun Oni first dropped the hint of joining the guber race at a feast organized by the Special Adviser to the President, Senator Babafemi Ojudu in his Ado country home early this year. Since then
many of his followers have engaged in a battle of wits with the supporters of another contestant over his dual status.
Meanwhile, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has never, at any time, declared any intention to contest the 2018 Governorship election. He had only maintained that the June 14, 2014 governorship election was an "uncompleted assignment".
However, there have been speculations that the minister is still eyeing the governorship
seat following the subterranean moves by some of his followers in making consultations with the leaders across the state over the possibility of Fayemi's joining the race.
This crucial meeting which was the first o its kind to deliberate on the 2018 governorship election was to be attended by two selected leaders from each of the 16 local government areas of the State but some supporters of governorship aspirants were sighted at the meeting. Some of them are: the Director General of Segun Oni's campaign Dr. Ife Arowosoge and Senator Tony Adeniyi.
The State Chairman of the party, Chief Jide Awe was not left out at this meeting while the Chairman of Afenifere Socio cultural group, Elder Yemi Alade, Efon Alaaye
Community leader, Chief Alake and Ado Ekiti Community leader, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi were also present.
Speaking at the occasion, Otunba Adebayo reiterated that he was neutral and that he had no vested interest in any of the governorship aspirants. He said that there would be a level playing ground for the aspirants. He called on the aspirants to first
of all develop the party on which platform they wished to contest because if there was no party there couldn't be an aspirant.
Many issues affecting the party ranging from national appointments to the running
of the party were discussed and the Minister assured them that members would benefit more dividends of democracy in the coming months.

See Complete List Of Nigerian Army Rank And Salary, You Will Be Shocked By How Much Nigerian Generals Recieve

The Nigerian

Army unlike the police is saddled with the responsibility of protecting the nation’s land territory against aggressive external invasion by foreign bodies. The Nigerian Army is the largest component of the Nigerian Armed Forces, and responsible for land warfare operations. It is governed by the Nigerian Army Council, it was formed in the year 1960 with its headquarters in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Just like the Nigerian police, navy and air force, the Nigerian army has its own salary structure too, it is way better than the Salaries of the Nigerian police, its not surprising as the Nigerian army has a greater responsibility when compared to the other arms of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

It would be worthy to note that these salaries are excluding allowances and bonuses.

The Nigerian Army: Monthly Salary Scale For All Ranks

1. Private

Monthly Salary – N49,000

Annual Salary -  N588,000



2. Lance Corporal

Monthly Salary – N55,000

Annual Salary -  N660, 000


3. Corporal

Monthly Salary – N58,000

Annual Salary - N696,000


4. Sergeant

Monthly Salary – N63,000

Annual Salary - N756,000


5. Staff Sergeant

Monthly Salary – N68,000

Annual Salary - N816,000


6. Warrant Officer

Monthly Salary – N80,000

Annual Salary - N960,000


7. Master Warrant Officer

Monthly Salary – N90,000

Annual Salary - N1,080,000


Nigerian Army Salary Structure for Commissioned Officers


8. Second Lieutenant

Monthly Salary – N120,000

Annual Salary - N1,440,000


9. Lieutenant

Monthly Salary -N180,000

Annual Salary - N2,160,000


10. Army Captain

Monthly Salary -N220,000

Annual Salary - N2,640,000


11. Major

Monthly Salary -N300,000

Annual Salary - N3,600,000


12. Lt. Colonel

Monthly Salary -N350,000

Annual Salary - N4,200,000


13. Colonel

Monthly Salary – N550,000

Annual Salary - N6,600,000


14. Brigadier General

Monthly Salary – N750,000

Annual Salary - N9,000,000


15. Major General

Monthly Salary – N950,000

Annual Salary - N11,400,000

16. Lt. General

Monthly Salary – N1 million

Annual Salary - N12,000,000

17. General

Monthly Salary – N1.5 million

Annual Salary - N18,000,000

NB: The commissioned officers in this case refers to the core officers that passed through the Nigerian Defence Academy and graduated successfully to become officers. For more information about the Nigerian army, be it recruitment, information on their short service or questions related to the force, visit their official website on http://army.mil.ng.

Evans And All That is To the Billionaire Kidnapper’s Arrest

So much has happened in the

  last week after the notorious kidnap kingpin, Chukwudi Onwuamadike (popularly known as Evans), was finally arrested. From Nigerians starting a social media plea with the hashtag freeevans, to him sobbing over the state of his prison room, and then to his wife begging Nigerians to help beg for her husband.

Not sure how someone this wicked and dangerous could win the hearts of Nigerians, so much that they want him released.

Reports have it that it was one of his most trusted girlfriends that gave him away.



Evans was one to always change his location, making it difficult for the police to lay hold on him, so a N30million reward was promised to anyone who gave any useful information on him. Hence, prompting three women believed to be Evans girlfriends, to give him away. They go by the names Amaka, Ijeoma  and Ngozi.

Amaka, who he was very fond of was the one the police used in catching Evans. On the day he was arrested, according to sources, he was said to be unaware that operatives had located his apartment in Magodo, when he contacted Amaka on Saturday morning.\

“He was said to have called her on the phone around 4:15am, without knowing that some policemen were with her and asked her to wait outside her compound to meet him.
She reportedly joined him later at the spot and as soon as she got into the car, he attacked her, threatening to kill her for not informing him about the police presence in her house.
Evans was said to have gotten angry and drove away with her in his Grand Cherokee SUV and they had an accident at Iyana-Ipaja area where he abandoned the vehicle, seized Amaka’s phone and asked her to go home.  It was from there that he picked a cab to his residence at Magodo to pick some few things towards travelling out of the country. After then, we swooped on him and arrested him inside his bedroom.”

Since his arrest, his wife and children who don’t reside in the country have been making videos asking Nigerians to beg and help free her husband. She has claimed she didn’t know he was into crime as he gave her the impression that he had no money.



Many of his victims have come out to speak; James Uduji, the Chairman of Cometstar Cable Manufacturing Limited was kidnapped by the Evans gang for for 42 days in 2015 and to get his freedom, he paid the gang $1.2m, the highest ransom ever paid by any of Evans victims. You see this man didn’t come to Lagos to count bridges.

While making his public speech, Evans made it clear that his mother was very well aware of what he did for a living and that he gave his witch doctor 10% of every ransom money he got, just to keep him in check.

Sadly his last mission proved to be a great error… Kidnapping the pharmacist and the owner of Maydon Pharmaceutical Company, Ilupeju, Lagos, Donatus Dunu.

Evans requested for one million euros to be paid as ransom. The family had given him N100million and were still in the begging process when Dunu jumped into his freedom.

Evans should be locked up for life. His mother is still on the run and people are clamoring for his release.

BREAKING NEWS: Fayose Defeats EFCC At Appeal Court

The Appeal Court sitting in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 dismissed the application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for injunction restraining the Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose from operating his accounts in Zenith Bank Plc, describing the application as lacking in merit.

The Appeal Court said that; “EFCC did not come with clean hands on the application for injunction it filed because it suppressed material facts, for example that a similar application the EFCC filed was earlier refused by Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti,” agreeing with Governor Fayose’s Counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) that the entire application filed by the EFCC counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo was entirely unmeritorious.

On December 13, 2016, Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti had ordered the EFCC to immediately unfreeze the accounts of Governor Fayose, saying the action of the EFCC was against due process and that the anti-graft agency did not follow the laid down regulations in freezing the governor’s accounts.

EFCC had appealed the judgment of the Federal High Court and sought an injunction, restraining the governor from operating the accounts pending the determination of the appeal.

Dismissing the appeal today, the Appeal Court, in a unanimous ruling delivered by Justice Fatima Omoro Akinbami said that the EFCC did not attach notice of appeal and the Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti judgment of December 13, 2016, which ordered the anti-graft agency to unfreeze the governor’s account that the EFCC appealed against.

The court also said that the alleged damning intelligent report by the EFCC, which it claimed to have received concerning money purportedly paid into Governor Fayose’s account by Senator Musiliu Obanikoro was not provided nor attached for the court to see.

The appeal court agreed with Governor Fayose’s counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) that “Fayose, being a sitting governor covered with immunity under Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution as admitted by EFCC counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, has been shown to have been tried nor found guilty by any court of law such as to tagged his bank accounts as proceeds of crime.”

The court described EFCC’s claim on the receipt of an intelligent report concerning money purportedly paid into Governor Fayose’s account by Senator Musiliu Obanikoro as mere speculation, saying; “the court does not embark on speculation.”

The appeal court also held that since the EFCC had admitted that N80 million had already been withdrawn from the accounts, saying that Chief Ozekhome was right to say that the cat had already been completed and an injunction cannot be granted for act already completed.

Describing the judgment as another victory over tyranny, Chief Ozekhome hailed the judiciary for standing firm in protecting rule of law in the country.

He said EFCC must learn to act within the laws of the country and stop hiding under anti-corruption fight to commit illegalities.

I will defeat Buhari in 2019 – Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, said on Friday he would defeat President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election.
The governor, who spoke at a meeting with political office holders at the Government’s House, Ado Ekiti, claimed he has the attributes to unseat Buhari in two years time.

Fayose boasted he would become Nigeria’s next president in 2019.

He said: “I have penchant for taking powers; that one in Buhari’s hand. I would take it. I’m going straight to that Villa. I’m the next president.

“I want to be the next president of Nigeria. My own won’t be this change that has brought nothing. We are going to represent the people well and tell them the truth.”
Fayose insisted that two former governors of Ekiti – Segun Oni and Kayode Fayemi – would fail if they contest the 2018 governorship election in the state.

He added: “Just because Ayo Fayose has won a second term to become governor of Ekiti, some people also think they can come back now. But I want to tell them that it is not possible. I am the man wholeheartedly loved by Ekiti people because of the many developmental projects that have brought great infrastructural and developmental advancement to Ekiti.
“If you go around Ekiti, you will see my handiwork dotting various parts of the state. This is why I am the man who every Ekiti people will follow in 2018.”

2019: I will be president after Buhari – Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Friday in Ado Ekiti, declared that he would become the next president of Nigeria.

The chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, boasted that he would oust President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress, APC, from power in 2019.

His words: “I have penchant for taking powers; that one in Buhari’s hand. I will take it. I’m going straight to that villa. I’m the next president.

“I want to be the next president of Nigeria. My own won’t be this change that has brought nothing, we are going to represent the people well and tell them the truth.”

‎2019: I will be president after Buhari – Fayose

Meanwhile, Fayose has said that irrespective of the outcome of the forthcoming Supreme Court ruling on the leadership crisis rocking the PDP, members will remain united.

Fayose said all stakeholders had resolved that the anticipated judgement of the Apex Court will be considered as a ‘No Victor, No vanquished’ position.

NYSC BATCH A STREAM Ll HAS OFFICIALLY RELEASE DATE FOR CAMP RESUMPTION.

NYSC Mobilization Time Table For 2017 Batch A, Stream II

1.On-line Printing of Call-up Letters
by stream II PCMs Starts from 28th June 2017
2. Delivery/Collection of Call-up Letters to Institutions (those that did not pay) Starts 29th June 2017

3. 2017 Batch A Stream II Orientation Course July 4th- 23rd July 2017.