TraderMoni: Why We Are Giving N10,000 Collateral Free Loans – Presidency - Politics

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The presidency said yesterday that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration would intensify efforts to empower Nigerians economically, as it continues to launch the TraderMoni N10,000 collateral free loans for petty traders.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President, Office of the Vice- President, Mr. Laolu Akande, gave an update on the microcredit scheme.

To qualify for the TraderMoni scheme, he said no documentation of any kind was required.

Akande spoke against the backdrop of claims about Permanent Voter Card (PVC) being a requirement for the loans.

He said: “The traders are not required to show PVC or any document for that matter. They are only expected to show they are petty traders and this is why the enumeration is done in the markets and wherever the traders ply their trades.”

Akande said those who questioned the timing of the loans have forgotten that the credit scheme is part of the Social Investment Programme of the Buhari presidency, and it began in 2016.

Stressing that the TraderMoni was conceived in 2016, he said: “Must we then suspend the empowerment of the traders just because some people will insinuate motivations?

“The petty traders, whose trades and lives are being positively impacted as they receive the N10,000, are telling a different story from those making political insinuations. And it is their stories that inspire us.

“Nigerians already know that the Buhari administration is one that is projecting the interests of the common man, Nigerians who are at the lower rungs, and this is not a new perception at all,” Akande said.

This week, the interest free loans, which have now been launched in eight states, including the FCT, will be extended to more states, including Oyo, Cross Rivers and Kaduna.

According to him, the micro-credit scheme has been introduced in the following states: Lagos, Kano, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Katsina, Osun, Kogi and FCT.

Abacha Loot: Swiss Lawyer Tackles Malami Over Dubious N7bn Legal Fees - Politics -

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by Femi Owolabi



Enrico Monfrini, the Swiss lawyer hired by Nigeria to recover Abacha Loot, says Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation (AGF), is trying to change the facts on the $321 million recovered from Luxembourg.

TheCable had reported how Malami engaged Oladipo Okpeseyi and Temitope Adebayo, two Nigerian lawyers, for a fee of $17 million (about N7 billion) to do a job already completed by Monfrini.

In an interview with New Telegraph on August 26, Malami, questioning the services of Monfrini, alleged that the Jonathan administration agreed to pay Monfrini 20 to 30 percent as his fees before the final repatriation of the money to Nigeria— an idea the AGF said the Buhari administration frowns at.

“And he was indeed paid an amount which was not clear as to the concept and extent of what services he rendered whether this $321 million was part of his facilitation. But a point of interest is that as at the time this government came in the $321 million was not paid by the Swiss government,” Malami said in the interview.

Speaking with TheCable, however, Monfrini, a world renowned lawyer, said Malami has chosen to publicly make allegations and statements which tend to smear his reputation.

“I read the content of the article published by the New Telegraph on 26 August 2018 in which Mr. Malami is trying through lengthy statements to get people to believe different facts which are, to say the least, untrue,” he said.

Before President Muhammadu Buhari came into office, the Swiss lawyer said he had never heard of any professional fees “of 10 to 20 per cent” paid to lawyers.
“As far as I am concerned, my fees were always fixed at 5% or most of the time substantially lower. If one comes to the matter of the $ 321,000,000, I want to strongly stress the fact that this money was not what Mr. Malami calls ‘part of my facilitation’. 

It was money which had illegally been received by some members of the Abacha Family which I had started to search as of September 1999, found through researches operated by my firm and myself in Luxembourg in 2000, frozen in said country thanks to my intervention and finally forfeited thanks to my intervention in Switzerland in December 2014. I do not consider that all the enormous work invested by my firm and myself in this matter could possibly be quoted as a ‘facilitation’,” he said.


‘NO NEED TO PAY LAWYERS AGAIN’

Malami, in the interview, said Monfrini was considered to be among others for the recovery of the $321 million but he was asking for 20-30 percent as against the conventional five percent approved by the federal government. He said he had, however, convinced Buhari on a 10 to 15 percent pay for the Swiss lawyer but Monfrini rejected, insisting on 20 to 30 percent cut — which the president was not going to approve.

“It was against this background that a consortium of lawyers of Nigerian origin now submitted their proposals and we accepted their letters and they swung into action,” he said, adding that he had already proposed to the ministry of finance for the Nigerian lawyers to be paid a five percent cut from $321 million.

But Monfrini insisted he had already completed this job and his fees, in about 20 years recovering Abacha Loot, was around five percent.

“I sternly deny having ever asked Mr. Malami or any other public Officers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to pay me anything more than the 5 % I was entitled to,” he told TheCable.

“I also have to repeat that the payment of my fees [happened] in December 2014 upon receipt by the Geneva Attorney General of $321,000,000 paid by the government of Luxembourg thanks to my intervention.

“It’s equivalently false to state, as Mr. Malami does, that at the time this government came in, the $321,000,000 was not paid by the Swiss Government as it was the subject of judicial pending before a court and to write that this situation was ‘the crux of the matter’ is so untrue that it becomes laughable.

“The truth is that the money was available to the government of Nigeria as early as December 2014 and as I said before, the matter for which Mr. Malami chose to appoint two new Nigerian lawyers for fees exceeding $ 17,000,000 [could have been done] in writing a letter to the Geneva Attorney General or to the government of Switzerland requesting the money to be paid back to Nigeria. Again, such an activity is not to be developed by lawyers but only through diplomatic consultations between States.”


DELAY TACTICS

In April, Monfrini had denied asking for additional fees when a syndicated article in Nigerian media sought to justify the duplication of his job by Malami.

Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation (CNJF), a partner organisation with TheCable, for eight months, has continually written the AGF, seeking information and documents on the recovery of $321 million but the AGF is yet to respond.

CNJF has gone to court, seeking an order of mandamus compelling the AGF to make available the information and documents requested from its office pursuant to the freedom of information (FoI) act 2011.

TheCable had also asked the AGF what the newly engaged lawyers did to merit N7 billion.

The only time he responded to TheCable’s email enquiry, Malami said, “I am not ready to make any comments on my private email over the matter.”

The house of representatives has described the engagement of new lawyers for an already completed job as height of injustice. An ad-hoc committee was set up to look into the matter, but Malami resorted to delay tactics to frustrate the investigation .

Incidentally, Okpeseyi and Adebayo were lawyers to the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the legacy party of President Buhari, while Malami was legal adviser.

“Well, the truth of the matter is a relationship between the lawyers and I exist. There is no doubt about that,” Malami disclosed in the interview with New Telegraph.

Senator Ademola Adeleke Twerking: Davido Says Man In Viral Video Not Him - Politics -

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rom LailasNews.com
A video went viral today that featured a man, apparently a Nigerian man, twerking at a party.

If you are one of those who thought that was Senator Ademola Adeleke aka the Dancing Senator, you may be wrong. Davido just said that isn't his uncle.

Here is Davido's reply when he was asked to confirm if that was his uncle.

Source - https://lailasnews.com/senator-ademola-adeleke-twerking-davido-says-man-in-viral-video-not-him/

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Tiwa Savage Will Never Date Billionaires Not To Talk Of Wizkid - Teebillz - Celebrities

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Tunji Balogun aka Teebillz has finally spoken concerning rumors of a relationship between Wizkid and his estranged wife Tiwa Savage.

The rumors started when pictures flooded the internet showing Wizkid and Tiwa Savage looking good together like couples. From posing together in a private jet to showing up at restaurant together, both singers who have a hit song together have fueled rumors of a dating relationship.

Reacting to the reports suggesting that Tiwa Savage may have moved on from being married to him to now dating Wizkid, Teebillz took to Instagram to clear the air.

According to him, Tiwa will never date billionaires not to talk of Wizkid who is a young bro to him. He also revealed that Wizkid will never cross his path in such manner.

Read his words below.

''Weather you like or not Ayo is my lil bro and he knows not cross me blood Gang..... we don’t play that poo on 400 blocks! That’s my lil Nigga and is Big Hommie Sauce kid guaranteed me on the lil homie even though he’s my blood and I will ride for him.......... I’m just saying this to the general public that tend to come at me on some disrespectful poo..... Tiwa Savage/MamaJamil will never Bleep with your billionaires not to talk of my lil bro for your information! Thank you Titi for respecting me! FFF your opinion on her and my lil bro WiZ..... it’s all #EntertainmentandStyle.''

https://www.wotzup.ng/2018/09/tiwa-savage-wizkid-teebillz/

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Ikpeazu Kneels Down As Assemblies Of God Pastors Pray For Him To Win 2nd Tenure - Politics -

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“We call on God to disgrace every
Sanballat and Tobiah fighting against Ikpeazu-Assemblies of God Church

Members of Assemblies of God Church, Ukaegbu road Aba, have prayed for the resounding success of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu in 2019 election and called on God to disgrace his opponents.

According to the district superintendent of the church, Rev  Emma Sylva, PhD, who led the prayer, “Governor Ikpeazu fixed our Ukaegbu road among the very first within 100 days of his administration and we gave him the award of “Nehemiah”. Today, we pray that every  Sanballat and Tobiah plotting or contending against our Nehemiah will be disgraced in Jesus name.”

The men’s ministry of the church later bestowed on Governor Ikpeazu the award of “Dependable Governor” and called on all their members to support the re-election bid of the Governor.

In his response, Governor Ikpeazu thanked the church for supporting his administration with prayers and promised not to be distracted in his quest to renew and add to the road infrastructure stock of the state.

“We are certainly not where we were in 2015, in terms of road infrastructure but we are aware of the need to do more than we have done because of the need to further improve our road infrastructure.

“We promise our people that we will do much more than we have done already. Others will certainly enjoy what residents of Ukaegbu, Ehere, Umuola and all those living or doing business along the more than 67 completed road projects we have executed are enjoying.”


Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2018/09/we-call-on-god-to-disgrace-every.html

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Money Heist: N100 Naira Note In A Netflix Movie Montage - TV/Movies -

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One of the most interesting movies on Netflix- La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) has the Nigerian One Hundred Naira note in its opening montage. You can clearly see Obafemi Awolowo's N100 face at 00:48- 00:50.
The producers must have a reason why they have chosen the Naira for the montage instead for example of the Spanish Pesos.

I felt quite proud though seeing the Naira note shown in the montage.

See video: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yzh2cfbrxE

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Saraki Is Mr. Poverty Transfer, Kwara Must Change Fires Back At Toyin Saraki - Politics -

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.Saraki is Mr. Poverty transfer, Kwara Must Change fires back at Toyin Saraki

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Kwara Must Change, a pro Democracy group in Kwara State has fired back at Mrs Toyin Saraki, wife of the Senate president over certain comments she made on the social media. In a statement released by its president, Abdulrazaq O Hamzat, the group describes Mr Saraki as Mr poverty transfer.

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The attention of Kwara Must Change has been drawn to some fallacious claims made by Mrs Toyin Saraki, wife of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who claimed in an Instagram post that an imaginary project she referred to as conditional cash transfer took place in Kwara State during the administration of her husband, Bukola Saraki.

Kwara Must Change, a pro-Democracy group in Kwara State hereby informs the general public that the claim of Mrs saraki is a fat lie, being told openly by the wife of a discredit man who has dragged many Kwarans further into the ditch due to excessive mismanagement of Kwara common wealth and high level corruption.

Kwara Must Change maintained that, the only project executed during the administration of Bukola Saraki as Governor of Kwara State was the domestication of poverty, endemic corruption and conditional poverty transfer, whose effect we are still witnessing today.

Recall that an Instagram user, who goes by the name Crystal_Cellina had rightly alleged that the Saraki family is a family of thieves and saboteurs and Kwara Must Change can’t agree less with such fact.

However, what the user is yet to be aware of is the fact that, the atrocities committed and being committed on daily basis by the characters in question is far beyond thievery and sabotaging.

While responding to the comment of the user, Mrs Saraki had launched a series of falsehood under the guise of image laundering and embracing free expression, which include the false claim of imaginary conditional Cash Transfer to alleviate poverty and vulnerability.

We reiterate that Bukola Saraki domesticated poverty in Kwara State through series of initiatives which include forceful joint account with local government, which prevented local government that is closest to the people from being able to cater for their basic responsibilities.

The takeover of tax collection within the area designated for local government by Saraki’s administration without any pro masses consideration finally crippled the Kwara local administration in such a way that a whole local government cannot implement any project as small as N500,000.

This is in addition to deliberate mismanagement, endemic corruption, illegal acquisition of state resources and failing to implement the minimum wage policy as stipulated by the National Assembly in Kwara State.

The result of the above, is the unimaginable increase in the rate of poverty, crime and criminality, lack of education and youth restiveness.

Kwara Must Change hereby restate that the user who describe Saraki family’s as family of thieves and saboteurs is correct and in fact, contrary to the claim of Mrs Toyin Saraki, the Bukola Saraki’s administration in Kwara State should simply be described as the administration of poverty transfer from generation to generation and he should be regarded as Mr Poverty transfer.

Abdulrazaq O Hamzat
Kwara Must Change

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