$250m bribery claim Denied: Lamido lied against me – President Goodluck Jonathan

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President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday denied a claim by Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State he reported a portion minister who allegedly collected a $250m bribe from an oil company without the Pres Saying anything.on the information.

A source had on Friday quoted the governor, who is among the seven aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party governors, as making the claim in a interview with an Abuja-based radio station on Thursday.

Lamido was quoted as saying: 

“Do you know that recently a top minister received a $250 million (about 42.25 billion) bribe for himself… he (the minister) is in the cabinet; he's in this current regime; he knows and I know, and I told the President.”

"I Cannot Survive In Nigerian Politics" , Says Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

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Lamido Sanusi has informed HARDtalk he will not be entering politics when he ends his term as governor of the Key Bank of Nigeria.

 “Being a good central banker does not make you a good politician,” he said, adding he had seen enough successful people enter politics only to “destroy everything they have built.”

Asked if he could persuaded to change his mind, Mr Sanusi said:

 “I have been in Abuja long enough to know that I cannot survive for one year in that space.”

 

We will publish names of banks’ debtors – Lamido Sanusi

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The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, says those who failed to pay up loans taken from banks will soon be brought to book. He spoke at a forum in Lagos; OYETUNJI ABIOYE was there

What have been your major achievements as the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria so far?

In the last three years, we have had stability. From January to date, for the first time since 2008, we have had a consistent stretch of inflation at below 10 per cent. Last month, it was 8.2 per cent. By the end of this year, we would be under eight per cent and we will keep inflation in single digit throughout 2014.
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Jonathan can contest in 2015 - Lamido

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Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido said President Goodluck Jonathan is free to contest the 2015 Presidential election through a fair and transparent process.

He made the comment yesterday when 50 ex-1979 legislators paid him a courtesy call in Dutse.

Lamido is among the G-7 governors who are reported to be opposed to the president standing for re-election.

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Primaries: Jonathan not afraid of Lamido, says Presidency

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The Presidency on Tuesday said President Goodluck Jonathan was not afraid to contest the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential ticket with Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State in 2015.

The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, said this in an interview with one of our correspondents.

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Common man In Nigeria is already living in hell; he cannot lose anything more than this hell.” - Sule Lamido

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“Nigeria will not break. It is too weak to break. Who will break it? The ordinary person in Jigawa or the ordinary person in Sokoto or the ordinary person in Bayelsa?  Is it the Ibo vulcaniser or the Yoruba woman that is selling kerosene by the roadside or the Okada man in Delta? They don’t have the capacity to unite because they are burdened by poverty.   We have taken away from them their dignity, their self esteem, their pride and self worth so that they cannot even organise. Up there, we (elite) unite, we sing and so we will never allow Nigeria to break because once it breaks, we will lose.

But the common man loses nothing. What is he losing? He is already living in hell; he cannot lose anything more than this hell.”

––Says Sule Lamido, Governor of Jigawa State

Nine PDP govs voted for Amaechi – Lamido

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Jigawa Sate Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, on Tuesday said nine Peoples Democratic Party governors voted for the incumbent chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, at the June 4 election that later divided the forum.

Lamido gave a specific insight into what happened during the NGF election while speaking in an interview with the Hausa Service of the Voice of America monitored in Abuja, on Tuesday

Speaking specifically about the election of Ameachi as Chairman, NGF, Lamido said,

“I also voted for Ameachi. Look, in the PDP, myself, the governor of Kano, the governor of Niger, the governor of Kebbi, the governor of Sokoto, the governor of Kwara, the governor of Rivers, the governor of Adamawa, nine of us PDP governors voted for him.

Lamido, Amaechi Deny Eyeing Aso Rock As Campaign Vehicle Surfaces In Kaduna

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Following the sighting of a branded Honda saloon car popularly called ‘End-of-Discussion’ with a Lamido/Amaechi 2015 picture on the ever-busy Muhammadu Buhari Way (formerly Wharf Road), Kaduna, on Thursday, which led to speculations that indeed, Lamido, the governor of Jigawa state is nursing a presidential ambition, his spokesperson, Alhaji Umar Kyari, has said it is too early for anyone to link his boss with the 2015 presidential poll.

He said, “We are just in the first quarter of 2013 and people are already talking about 2015.

“His Excellency, the governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, is in Jigawa, concentrating on repairing the damage done to our state by the previous administration.

Gov Lamido's Son TO Stay In Jail For Money Laundering.

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Aminu Sule Lamido, son of Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido before Justice Fatu Riman of the Federal High Court, Kano on a count charge of Money Laundering.

Aminu's charge was read by the court as follows, “that you Aminu Sule Lamido on or about 11th day of December, 2012 at the Mallam Aminu International Airport, Kano within the Jurisdiction of the Federal High Court while transporting in cash, the sum of $50,000 from Nigeria to Cairo, Egypt, falsely declare to the Nigerian Customs the sum of $10,000 instead of the said sum of $50,000.

He pleaded not guilty, but was reminded in prison till the next court session.