U.S. Ambassador Hails Buhari On Economy, Corruption War

<div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiMKJ3q9d5FwMrIAa0kBLKg541zDHS5uR7cQk_2radk8yn4NuLkT5x9j4W0g_MIVlDQ6gjqcSZL8Y2JM56tF-9dW44KvBYZbKhef5BC8K49vMaA_EIEuqIDlbPl8WnkJFRptRGlnc8aYZB/s1600/Entwistle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiMKJ3q9d5FwMrIAa0kBLKg541zDHS5uR7cQk_2radk8yn4NuLkT5x9j4W0g_MIVlDQ6gjqcSZL8Y2JM56tF-9dW44KvBYZbKhef5BC8K49vMaA_EIEuqIDlbPl8WnkJFRptRGlnc8aYZB/s320/Entwistle.jpg" width="320" /></a> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The outgoing United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, has praised President Muhammadu Buhari’s record in the last one year, saying the administration has done well on the economy, fight against corruption and insecurity, given the circumstances it inherited.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr. Entwistle will be leaving Nigeria at the end of July, ahead of his retirement from the U.S. Foreign service, after a career spanning 35 and half years.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He told a select group of media representatives, on Friday that considering the very difficult situation Mr. Buhari inherited, the president did well in his first one year in office.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The envoy, who drew a parallel between President Obama and President Buhari, said although it was understandable for Nigerians to have high expectations of change, they, like the American people, should be patient with the administration.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “I see a parallel between President Buhari and President Obama. President Obama had not been in office very long before the people had the same kind of impatience. A lot of people forgot what difficult situation President Obama inherited,” Mr. Entwistle said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “I think the same thing is happening to President Buhari. It is completely understandable for the people to have high expectations. They are impatient, because they want to see change. But, the president inherited very difficult circumstances.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Some of the things he identified that needed to be done, like ending corruption, reforms in the petroleum sector, ending of the conflict in the North East, are things that even when you work as hard as you can, they are going to take some time to yield the kind of result you expect. People should be patient.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “It is good that the expectations from Mr. President are very high. But, I think people should remember what he inherited. And in my opinion, I try to be neutral and balanced, I think Mr. President and his team have done a good job in this first year,” Mr. Entwistle said.<img height="0" src="http://cat.fr.eu.criteo.com/delivery/lg.php?cppv=1&cpp=qLWp%2BHx0MXdhRmRvWC9LaDY5OWNTRnVKOUJHT0xWZnFwbU50ODVXMXpMeVpzQU5RVVVuWUZHTGwrOVUwK3lNYklYSjdFMjQvaktJT0ZSb2RlUFR1Qjk2OVJjMEJNRGt5MExlSnlGZ2t3dHVkdkZ4ZHhMeFhiU1YyRlBWSkl2VlUxOXpld3FmS25ESThsZHEybU1wTXAyOEovSDVKWGhqSGNydENKaEFYMVgzWEZhUlA5SGVJVW1JM0VNa2JqRlpWVGhYYVM1N240eGxzb2JMVmdoN1hURzhCeVpXVGF6M2l2SlVHS2tWeVpZQU5TdUdvPXw%3D" width="0" /> <img height="0" src="http://rtb.metrigo.com/delivery/sync/criteo/pixel_match?redirect=http%3a%2f%2fdis.criteo.com%2frex%2fmatch.aspx%3fc%3d21%26uid%3d%25%25USER_ID%25%25" width="0" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> On the economy, the out-going ambassador said the sliding oil prices affected most economies, including Nigeria’s. He said these days no country is an “economic island” and what happens in one economy, affects others.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said President Buhari’s economic team has done a lot, particularly in the areas of exchange rate and removal of fuel subsidy, which he said could see the economy begin to do well.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr. Entwistle also gave President Buhari “very good marks” for his handling of the economy.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> On the fight against corruption, the ambassador said he has a lot of respect for President Buhari, saying he has remained consistent with his campaign promise to make it the focus of his administration.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Credit: PremiumTimes</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div>

U.S. Ambassador Hails Buhari On Economy, Corruption War

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N22.8bn Alleged Fraud: Amosun, Others Opt For Plea Bargain

<div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9EDbYRQNbBd3LagxAarfEfA067yFKA4eWTGsvKOHqcArchHfVTLXwyfqclD8Gy3H90y61UR9d-wLGMxxDPCh7b1w3kpikqyHQR-SdDYXftgtYulCRJoZn542szHQXF0cPBwLgF1xgl__j/s1600/amosu.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9EDbYRQNbBd3LagxAarfEfA067yFKA4eWTGsvKOHqcArchHfVTLXwyfqclD8Gy3H90y61UR9d-wLGMxxDPCh7b1w3kpikqyHQR-SdDYXftgtYulCRJoZn542szHQXF0cPBwLgF1xgl__j/s320/amosu.jpg" width="320" /></a> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosun (rtd) and two senior serving Air Force officers have opted for plea bargain in their ongoing trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged corruption</div> <div class="td-g-rec td-g-rec-id-content_inlineleft " style="text-align: justify;"> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3295515171382151" data-ad-slot="5803784821" data-adsbygoogle-status="done"><ins id="aswift_2_expand"><ins id="aswift_2_anchor"></ins></ins></ins>Amosun and the two serving senior air force officers, Air Vice Marshal Adigun, Commodore Olugbenga and some companies were charged before the court on June 29, for the alleged offences.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  The companies were Delfina Oil and Gas Limited, McAllan Oil and Gas Limited, Hebron Housing and Properties Company Limited, Trapezitrs Bureau De Change ((BDC), Fonds and Pricey Limited, Deegee Oil and Gas Limited, Timsegg Investment Limited, and Solomon Health Care Limited.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  The accused persons were alleged to have committed the offences between March 5, 2014, and May 4, 2015.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  The offences according to the EFCC are contrary to sections 18(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) (Amendment) Act, 2012, and punishable under Section 15(3) of the same Act.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  They all pleaded not guilty to the charge.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> At the resumed hearing of the case yesterday, the EFCC prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo, informed the court that the defendants had commenced a move to enter into a plea bargain with the federal government.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He tendered a draft copy of the terms of the plea bargain to the court, which he said he had served on the defendants.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But the defence counsel, comprising Mr. Norrison Quakers (SAN), Mr. Kemi Balogun (SAN), Chief Bolaji Ayorinde (SAN) and Mr. A. Etuokwu, informed the court that the business of the day was for report of compliance with the order of the court regarding the verification of the defendants’ bail conditions.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Quakers argued that though the defendants were the ones who broached the idea of a plea bargain, they needed to be out of the EFCC custody first before they would be able to negotiate properly with the prosecution.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “When a man is in a custodian environment, anything you want him to say, he’d say; anything you want him to do, he will do. We should not be stampeded or boxed into a corner,” Quakers said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Noting that the draft copy of the plea bargain was only just served on the defence counsel <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1778368577" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Friday</span></span> (yesterday) morning, Quakers argued that defendants were entitled under Section 36(6) (b) of the 1999 Constitution to be given adequate time and facility to prepare their defence.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Also, Ayorinde and Etuokwu aligned with the argument and insisted that the order of the court on the bail of the defendants must first be complied with.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Opposing, EFCC lawyer insisted that the business of the day was for the trial to commence, noting that he had a witness ready in court.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Credit: Thisday</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div>

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Woman Finds Photos Of Her Husband Having Sex With Her Mom

<div class="float-with-ad" style="text-align: justify;"> <strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVWnoLSqoGSmWjixKKg2KERWeZHQbBzcU_mWT_6oAv68h8vj0IB-snJ8bFS2w89jLTjZK1nddEFjpjg59H062-NEv9H7EotIplw5Mf_TcEITrNMLRPGxKgBnPmTv3gq8eVI21mQynj1nxX/s1600/crying-nurse.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVWnoLSqoGSmWjixKKg2KERWeZHQbBzcU_mWT_6oAv68h8vj0IB-snJ8bFS2w89jLTjZK1nddEFjpjg59H062-NEv9H7EotIplw5Mf_TcEITrNMLRPGxKgBnPmTv3gq8eVI21mQynj1nxX/s320/crying-nurse.jpg" width="320" /></a></strong> </div> <div class="float-with-ad" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="float-with-ad" style="text-align: justify;"> Distraught Reddit user <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/3urd49/found_pictures_of_my_mom_having_sex_with_my/"><u data-redactor-tag="u">Awakiri2</u></a> told the site she’d found photos of her mother having sex with her husband in an old shoebox and had no idea how to confront him about it.</div> <div class="float-with-ad" style="text-align: justify;"> In the post, she says she was cleaning out a bunch of shoeboxes when she found a USB drive inside one of them and decided to check out what was on it. Bizarrely, she found over 50 photos of her husband and her mother having sex that she says were taken before they got married because “they were at my mom’s house but she doesn’t own that house anymore.”</div> <div class="float-with-ad" style="text-align: justify;"> She explained that she originally met her husband because he was working for her mother, but it never occurred to her that they could’ve been interested in each other since her mother is 30 years older than he is and now she has no idea what to do with this information.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The rest of Reddit chimed in with similar stories (one user said she knew a woman who dated a younger man and later introduced him to her daughter, who he married) and advice for her.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <strong>Cosmopolitan</strong></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <strong><br /></strong></div>

Woman Finds Photos Of Her Husband Having Sex With Her Mom

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North Korea Missile Test Fails

<div style="text-align: justify;">  <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zBDvRsrtdUnB3oUoXqCieJCTzkhq8drBV5WgnY3453JdeaczX0Q2rpCNsQheYuu7-z2jhNW4Y2UWI005oWeTfLgvzlQhf84Q-OFJAI6A7JWzO_oNPOs8y7hpSRkVoxIcnT-5QPBgHPhS/s1600/kimmm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zBDvRsrtdUnB3oUoXqCieJCTzkhq8drBV5WgnY3453JdeaczX0Q2rpCNsQheYuu7-z2jhNW4Y2UWI005oWeTfLgvzlQhf84Q-OFJAI6A7JWzO_oNPOs8y7hpSRkVoxIcnT-5QPBgHPhS/s320/kimmm.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> North Korea has test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine but it failed in its initial flight stage, South Korea’s military said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It said the missile was launched in waters east of the Korean peninsula – the latest in a recent series of tests.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It comes less than three months after a previous attempt to launch a missile from a submarine failed, the BBC reports.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> North Korea, believed to be developing nuclear weapons, is banned by the United Nations from any use of ballistic missiles.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The SLBM (submarine-launched ballistic missile) was ejected from the submarine normally, but is estimated the initial flight was unsuccessful,” the BBC quoted the South Korean military as saying in a statement.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Our military strongly denounces such provocative acts by North Korea,” it added.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The missile had been launched at about 11:30 local time (02:30 GMT) off North Korea’s port of Sinpo.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The United States and South Korea on Friday agreed to deploy a missile defence system to counter threats from Pyongyang.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It remains unclear exactly where the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system will be sited and who will have final control.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Credit: Nation</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div>

North Korea Missile Test Fails

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NNPC Commences Dialogue With PENGASSAN

<div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPfY3NRK3M1B27eDMDFTpPeKy5iWT8EQC3WM2JJ-yTRGdkFLi4ZT4Ms-A8Mp-KTZdg01jIQZ9qP_In_cSLCvh0KFgxiyrJLmtL9mtopIExm5qj9Rqzd3dFWbCLyRgHSa1xCB2Z9iL98kdW/s1600/1-1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPfY3NRK3M1B27eDMDFTpPeKy5iWT8EQC3WM2JJ-yTRGdkFLi4ZT4Ms-A8Mp-KTZdg01jIQZ9qP_In_cSLCvh0KFgxiyrJLmtL9mtopIExm5qj9Rqzd3dFWbCLyRgHSa1xCB2Z9iL98kdW/s1600/1-1.png" /></a> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC on Friday opened discussion with the leadership of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN).</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The move is to stop the union members from going ahead with their proposed industrial ac­tion.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Group General Manager, Public Affairs Di­vision, NNPC, Garba Deen Muhammad, said in a statement in Abuja Friday that the Corpo­ration has commenced talks with the leader­ship of the Union to address their grievances.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mohammed further said, NNPC has assured that it is doing everything possible to guaran­tee that the prevailing sanity in the supply and distribution of petroleum products across the country, which was achieved with the recent downstream liberation policy is sustained.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He however, cautioned members of the pub­lic from embarking on any form of panic buy­ing of petroleum products in anticipation of product scarcity due to the strike by members of the union.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said the corporation has in stock enough products to satisfy local consumption for the next 45 days noting that there is no need for motorists and other users of petroleum prod­ucts to embark on frenzied wholesale purchase in anticipation of scarcity.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Credit: Sun</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div>

NNPC Commences Dialogue With PENGASSAN

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Crude Oil Production Rises To 1.9M Barrels Per Day

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpodfiNknElSUPw89hI7jXN5WpGspC69TM-DGRlI4GcL7syXsT0UGzk8JbGJaTuLDzFFVTdmWXrJr1xEmseqEZ94OtyNSQNkn-wPoJn4yShif3JH6bWbnBkGjvx9bitRS3tWz3V2yFXOjS/s1600/barrels-containing-crude-oil.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpodfiNknElSUPw89hI7jXN5WpGspC69TM-DGRlI4GcL7syXsT0UGzk8JbGJaTuLDzFFVTdmWXrJr1xEmseqEZ94OtyNSQNkn-wPoJn4yShif3JH6bWbnBkGjvx9bitRS3tWz3V2yFXOjS/s320/barrels-containing-crude-oil.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Nigeria’s crude oil production has risen to 1.9million barrels per day, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu disclosed yesterday.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Speaking when he formerly handed over to the newly appointed Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Dr. Maikanti Baru, the minister said the upstream sector of the oil industry was being repositioned to attain about 3million barrels per day.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Lately, Nigeria’s crude production had dropped to about 1.1 million barrels following attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta region by the militant group, Niger Delta Avengers.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Expressing satisfaction in the performance of NNPC under his leadership, the minister said the Corporation has been positioned as a profit focus organisation, compared to what it was before he came on board.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> While thanking President Muhammadu Buhari for giving him the opportunity to serve as both the Minister of State Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of NNPC, Kachikwu noted that public perception of NNPC was gradually changing for the better.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Credit: Leadership</div>

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‘I’m Counting On Him!’ – Guardiola Happy With Yaya Toure Reunion

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPYQ7J_RAZNdTfzsGyagf5br-6tdcZ9ygxQUSK6MyeDaLEcUTdiLDOD7z5W3hxdWL4inq7Cm1hrodThquu605thmef9iDE9zXQHcZKOxyFswXyTSUln2LT-GdmbFXeqNGyZG0NLsrhE-O/s1600/yaya-toure-manchester-city_1gneqws4s6qlm1rh440p17d51e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPYQ7J_RAZNdTfzsGyagf5br-6tdcZ9ygxQUSK6MyeDaLEcUTdiLDOD7z5W3hxdWL4inq7Cm1hrodThquu605thmef9iDE9zXQHcZKOxyFswXyTSUln2LT-GdmbFXeqNGyZG0NLsrhE-O/s320/yaya-toure-manchester-city_1gneqws4s6qlm1rh440p17d51e.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image"> <br /> </div> <div class="leading" style="text-align: justify;"> The Catalan coach denied his protege at Camp Nou was set to be sold this summer, stating he would take time to evaluate him in pre-season before making a decision</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> New Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola states he is counting on Yaya Toure ahead of his maiden season in the Premier League.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It was rumoured the Ivorian, who was sold by Guardiola in their time together at Barcelona, was set to be part of a major summer clearout at the Etihad Stadium.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Inter have been the favourites for Toure’s signature, with former City manager Roberto Mancini a known admirer of his ex-player.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> However, Guardiola was happy to confirm he would be counting on the 33-year-old for now, even though he failed to rule out the midfielder being sold on.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “All the players are coming back from holiday, they’re only beginning to train now. Not just Yaya, but everybody,” he told reporters at his first press conference as City boss.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “I’ve know Yaya for a long time. He did very, very well in Barcelona and here as well. He’s a huge, huge talent and of course all the players who are here right now count on me.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “After that we’re going to see what’s happening in the future. Not just in the case of Yaya, but the other players too. But Yaya is here, I count on him.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Toure has made over 250 appearances in all competititons for City since joining them from Barcelona in 2010, winning two Premier League titles as well as an FA Cup in that time.</div> However, he was part of the club’s slump in the second half of last season that saw Manuel Pellegrini’s men fall out of contention for the title, prompting talk he was set to be sold

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I want people to follow my good example- 2face Idibia

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghp0B2v4B96g2n-f4HQMSi8i7A9HyfCDUUVAQpOv1JQGB68lYYcVwhOhFqOOb3yhiz9flJI42IljIZuq7W7u2z06k9MBi27V6y0ojqDSGWj43phHpvjShxeTTiG1H2FUVC4SvUiexXQiU/s1600/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghp0B2v4B96g2n-f4HQMSi8i7A9HyfCDUUVAQpOv1JQGB68lYYcVwhOhFqOOb3yhiz9flJI42IljIZuq7W7u2z06k9MBi27V6y0ojqDSGWj43phHpvjShxeTTiG1H2FUVC4SvUiexXQiU/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> In an interview with CNBC Africa, music legend Tuface Idibia talked about how he is growing as an individual and as a singer. He also talked about how he has inspired a lot of people through his music. He said a lot of people have come to him to say that they achieved success by following his example.<br /> He said:<br /> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><br /> <blockquote> “I have heard people say that I have mentored them, I would like to say that I am just doing my own thing and I am trying to grow and if you see the positive ways that I am following, follow it. “I’m human, many things take place in people’s lives so I want them to follow my good example.”</blockquote>

I want people to follow my good example- 2face Idibia

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Federal High Court Affirms Ikpeazu As Governor Of Abia State

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf-kTb8n8fzcYJ0tWXGtqT6y5W490zTf348XRVP35tQMlRzm5F-f0L_REtiijgB29DPSgXhE0q4x81ItlTM9Cs5Il5pZl0kyZqOIBLb7GUfQ_azzvwTXNnNqRecwlDaECndHSoSCG7rIEw/s1600/Dr-Okezie-Ikpeazu.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf-kTb8n8fzcYJ0tWXGtqT6y5W490zTf348XRVP35tQMlRzm5F-f0L_REtiijgB29DPSgXhE0q4x81ItlTM9Cs5Il5pZl0kyZqOIBLb7GUfQ_azzvwTXNnNqRecwlDaECndHSoSCG7rIEw/s320/Dr-Okezie-Ikpeazu.jpg" width="222" /></a> <br /> <br /> Justice A.I Allagoa of the Federal High Court in Owerri, has, Friday, affirmed the election of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State. Ruling on the matter filed by Mr. Friday Nwosu against, Ikpeazu on alleged forgery of tax documents, the court ruled that the plaintiff, (Nwosu) was unable to prove that the tax documents were forged.<br /> The court ruled that the tax documents were not forged, and went further to dismissed the matter.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf-kTb8n8fzcYJ0tWXGtqT6y5W490zTf348XRVP35tQMlRzm5F-f0L_REtiijgB29DPSgXhE0q4x81ItlTM9Cs5Il5pZl0kyZqOIBLb7GUfQ_azzvwTXNnNqRecwlDaECndHSoSCG7rIEw/s1600/Dr-Okezie-Ikpeazu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div>

Federal High Court Affirms Ikpeazu As Governor Of Abia State

Justice A.I Allagoa of the Federal High Court in Owerri, has, Friday, affirmed the election of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State. Ru...

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Banky W writes open letter to all single people as he debuts his new music, GidiLove

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfZgA5XrL35F0chcs5nzVOFWTHDBh3WnYung2mbcXOC-BCoXqDpSIwZ2WrVh9K6j_XG0fycKLcFngEsXs6xIccwOom94hCOOyn0gGkdESLOSKhWV3PY830IoiwDGEzHFpu8DnItB-fWw/s1600/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfZgA5XrL35F0chcs5nzVOFWTHDBh3WnYung2mbcXOC-BCoXqDpSIwZ2WrVh9K6j_XG0fycKLcFngEsXs6xIccwOom94hCOOyn0gGkdESLOSKhWV3PY830IoiwDGEzHFpu8DnItB-fWw/s400/9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> If I got a million naira every time I am asked when I will marry, I'd be a billionaire but thankfully, I am not the only person in this situation. Many other single folks, even the men, are being hounded everyday to get married...by fire, by force:-). Banky wrote a funny piece to introduce a hot new song he just released titled 'Gidi Love', addressing this. Read his write up & listen to the song after the cut<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>My fellow Bachelors & Bachelorette<br /> For too long we have been teased, harassed and tormented by Society with "When will you marry" and "when is your wedding" ?? It is getting out of hand. U don't see us going around to old people asking them " please when is your funeral"? These days, I can't even post "Good morning" on social media, without someone saying "yes but it will be a better morning WHEN YOU MARRY!"<br /> <br /> It is with this in mind, that #GidiLove was created. The song is in defense of all single people in Lagos and all over the world. Some of us are just not ready. Some of us are single and searching but it hasn't worked out yet. There are others who may just not want to get married at all. The point is that, in the words of the great @youngskales, it's Nobody's Business.<br /> <br /> By God's grace we will get there.. we will settle down with the right person and live happily ever after. But until then, pls leave us alone. Because the same people who are pressuring us and talking us into marriage, are the same people who will mock us and talk ABOUT us if the marriage ends quickly. If it's party rice you people want, we will give you party rice. And peppered fish. And some ciroc to wash it down. But leave us and our single status alone.<br /> <br /> My fellow Single people, waste no time in downloading #GidiLove today. So the next time someone asks u those annoying questions, just smile and play the jam for them. By Order of the most Eligible Bachelor in Lagos, <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 13px;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mr W. <img alt="😂" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f602" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f602" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /><img alt="😅" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f605" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f605" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /><img alt="😂" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f602" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f602" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /><img alt="😅" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f605" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f605" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /><img alt="😂" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f602" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f602" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /><img alt="😅" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f605" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f605" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></span></span></div> <div style="font-size: 13px;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Download links:</span></span></div> <div style="font-size: 13px;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://soundcloud.com/bankyw/gidi-love&source=gmail&ust=1468155280566000&usg=AFQjCNG7_cxOZXf9ixsdMcaEeYiPYWRwLA" href="https://soundcloud.com/bankyw/gidi-love" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/bankyw/<wbr></wbr>gidi-love</a></span></span></div> <div style="font-size: 13px;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="font-size: 13px;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.hulkshare.com/qc7ornta23uo&source=gmail&ust=1468155280566000&usg=AFQjCNENVLwmGGWIQZkv7c9JIr4ppOiLmQ" href="https://www.hulkshare.com/qc7ornta23uo" target="_blank">https://www.hulkshare.com/<wbr></wbr>qc7ornta23uo</a></span></span></div> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Also available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon, Tidal and all other digital music platforms.</span></span>

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Serena Williams beats Angelique Kerber to claim 7th Wimbledon title

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJ1hzWPjxhFWKaUDNbuQd6SK1c-bs22rf15TgeOrKERoDeH4RgAYNPFqkyuICPwnoDPmeysmztXPq5i5qL8etN7BZQ8u43ceXsHo4dHQ8fyonkFEOpldrGKMHHHgRhn2agPWbvoTS4g0/s1600/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJ1hzWPjxhFWKaUDNbuQd6SK1c-bs22rf15TgeOrKERoDeH4RgAYNPFqkyuICPwnoDPmeysmztXPq5i5qL8etN7BZQ8u43ceXsHo4dHQ8fyonkFEOpldrGKMHHHgRhn2agPWbvoTS4g0/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> Tennis Champion Serena Williams finally clinched a record 22nd grand slam singles title in the Wimbledon final today. The world number one is now tied with Steffi Graf at the top of the open era women's champions list and just two short of Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 titles. Beyonce and Jay Z, Natalie Portman, singer Alesha Dixon and others were present to watch the Wimbledon ladies final. See more photos after the cut....<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLmf-OtM_AzFySeK6EE8Swq2psBl4vBZNSlVf0SmU951roLcvDKlv03OtpWtw3gPpc0DzKB-jvKf-j1ka76yAXvMnz7_VxbfqX0PycV4e6WumA0MRBMi8QyIC1YINhLkrEkwDhc-kA0Mg/s1600/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLmf-OtM_AzFySeK6EE8Swq2psBl4vBZNSlVf0SmU951roLcvDKlv03OtpWtw3gPpc0DzKB-jvKf-j1ka76yAXvMnz7_VxbfqX0PycV4e6WumA0MRBMi8QyIC1YINhLkrEkwDhc-kA0Mg/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZfz7ZVldSPsIZrXXhLvtImNU2el2trDOUHxSyV9mxCM8thddzKgK4QpNW0gF4_VhDo5U2jJBJS5skngAwRBw_PCAbgo5nT-XRSGyyw0rS-4cZnCa9sA-kkP0jotwJ07YsB9WYkNk2cA/s1600/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZfz7ZVldSPsIZrXXhLvtImNU2el2trDOUHxSyV9mxCM8thddzKgK4QpNW0gF4_VhDo5U2jJBJS5skngAwRBw_PCAbgo5nT-XRSGyyw0rS-4cZnCa9sA-kkP0jotwJ07YsB9WYkNk2cA/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAZ76UIlGbjJlGy-teVrmoeMTO66hE5nQLXrsHRwAomAILaGlonyLa2kIw-mp8HRZuE3y8iH7AwKqnJT2a1FYQPEfuQy8nKynyBu5aW1EV4arwiDx46AY8br3pZEy1IzRGgAdG9VB4C8w/s1600/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAZ76UIlGbjJlGy-teVrmoeMTO66hE5nQLXrsHRwAomAILaGlonyLa2kIw-mp8HRZuE3y8iH7AwKqnJT2a1FYQPEfuQy8nKynyBu5aW1EV4arwiDx46AY8br3pZEy1IzRGgAdG9VB4C8w/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSiF8sdjNHv3v-rO9X81o1xR_yJaD7kbL4Q0hDF5oj4v-fuSxEJ3JDe-tupXBujLxYBrtMkGV36dEdFSA6GUhR4ILm1TRkjttSkHRonth5f7iZA4vIVl10sSZo6BnJ9Oiz78HX6yxy1U0/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVjdWpOQWfFQbsvAr4Nr_wHbCk_74RLihM1FYEun1RXZctRXmkk9DpJSBTZNzSKmUfkJPVKOfOjbVB9_i0oh1VRGuZPEuk2_345OpmPlu0M2U3RAhEaCFDdcgfd0q0evXORq3y0kw73s/s1600/index.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVjdWpOQWfFQbsvAr4Nr_wHbCk_74RLihM1FYEun1RXZctRXmkk9DpJSBTZNzSKmUfkJPVKOfOjbVB9_i0oh1VRGuZPEuk2_345OpmPlu0M2U3RAhEaCFDdcgfd0q0evXORq3y0kw73s/s400/index.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyes3yhNWhXTjMdjqCP9k1rsI6atOMkXLkxr8G6vZChIkg28uk8W3ZbhDLg3EyFFPT0LXEqJQm2US2pVO2Zo5B775NomH9DKTI8KuafaVuLpgwq5P0WdcotP869GiZwEEpDxZA32d9UXM/s1600/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyes3yhNWhXTjMdjqCP9k1rsI6atOMkXLkxr8G6vZChIkg28uk8W3ZbhDLg3EyFFPT0LXEqJQm2US2pVO2Zo5B775NomH9DKTI8KuafaVuLpgwq5P0WdcotP869GiZwEEpDxZA32d9UXM/s400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>

Serena Williams beats Angelique Kerber to claim 7th Wimbledon title

Tennis Champion Serena Williams finally clinched a record 22nd grand slam singles title in the Wimbledon final today. The world number on...

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Pendulum: How They Mislead Our Leaders

<p dir="ltr">By Dele Momodu </p> <p dir="ltr">Fellow Nigerians, let me start by apologising for my absence on this page last week. I could not believe the torrents of comments on social media and the number of calls from friends and well-wishers from far and near enquiring about my welfare. Everyone was concerned because they know how much dedication and discipline goes into writing a weekly column. Even I sometimes wonder how I’m able to keep a date with you week in and week out.</p> <p dir="ltr">Once in a while we all suffer from what’s often referred to as mental block. It is a writer’s affliction that makes it impossible for you to think and write meaningfully. That was exactly what happened to me and I’m glad you understood and accepted my predicament in good faith. Your love for Pendulum propels and keeps me going. Once again, I experienced that love last week and I was deeply touched. From the bottom of my heart, I say thank you and may God shower you with His abundant favours always.</p> <p dir="ltr">Thank God, I’m back this week with my weekly epistle to fellow Nigerians and Africans. You must be wondering about the title of my article today, especially the word “they” and who it refers to ultimately. You don’t have to guess too much as I will explain to you in a jiffy. The “they” are those groups of men and women who litter the corridors of power in our dear beloved country Nigeria. They are some wonderful people who understand how to manoeuvre their ways through the labyrinth of power. They are professional hijackers who know how to hold powerful people, particularly our leaders, hostage. Nigerians usually call them the cabal or Mafia or whatever nomenclature is in vogue at the time. Truth is, they exist in reality.<br> What is often baffling is that these folks perch like rattlesnakes and pounce at the slightest opportunity on the men of power. They inflict their poison and, sooner than later, their victim begins to behave unusually, even sometimes irrationally. The more the poison permeates the body, the more the victim sinks deeper into the abyss and onlookers begin to observe a complete transformation and transfiguration. Surprisingly, these guys were and are never around during the struggles. Once the struggle is over, they crawl out of whatever holes they were ensconced in whilst things were hot! And they soon become the greatest beneficiaries of a campaign they never partook of. Trust me, every government has them. If you ask me, it is one reason most of our governments have failed so spectacularly.</p> <p dir="ltr">My preamble is predicated on my deep observation of what is going on in Nigeria at the moment. I can say I know President Muhammadu Buhari reasonably well even if I was a latter day convert to Buharism. But once I got hooked like a drug addict, I was ready to go the whole hog and I have never looked back. Buhari’s appeal is based on his populist credentials. We all saw him as a man of the people and a Mr Scrooge who would never waste scarce resources on frivolities. But the “they” of Nigeria have repackaged Baba to the extent that many now refer to him as the “Gucci President”. Every fashion designer’s delight, as he has become a veritable fashion trendsetter. Of course, this is not to denigrate the President because his previous austere style suits him as much as his now trendy look becomes him! The fact is that by his handsome, gangling and fit nature, the President will always appear impeccably turned out and well groomed. However, now, his paraphernalia of power has become somehow bloated and overly flamboyant as well. How are the mighty changing!</p> <p dir="ltr">The existing theory is that President Buhari has inadvertently fallen victim of political 419ners who have persuaded him about how powerful a Nigerian President is and why he must play the part always by being overtly fashionable. I’m sorry to say that they are stylishly setting Baba up for monumental failure. I expect their agents to swarm the internet and abuse anyone who dare say anything about the grand scam currently going on but it won’t be strange. Every government I have known since I became an adult had such acolytes to sing their praises and hold them up as infallible. But no sooner than the baton of power changes than they disappear only to reappear sometime and somewhere in the no distant future screaming adulations of the unsuspecting new leader.</p> <p dir="ltr">I vividly remember the period of the Shehu Shagari Presidency. The poor teacher and humble farmer could do no wrong. There was a popular Yoruba song specially composed and sang for him: “Oluwa lo yan Shagari, Shehu Shagari…” Shagari’s apotheosis was instantly assured. Those who saw the rot in the outlandishly profligate government were tagged dangerous dissidents and told to shut their traps up. Wole Soyinka, our own William Shakespeare, was one of the most vociferous critics at the time.</p> <p dir="ltr">As days climbed days and months rode on months, the Shagari government became neurotic and saw enemies everywhere real or imagined. Out of fear for its safety and stability, the Nigeria Police Force was over-militarised as if in competition with the Nigerian Army. We watched incredulously as the police under the iron grip of probably the most powerful Inspector-General Police Nigeria ever employed, Mr Sunday Adewusi, became ostensibly omnipotent. The Shagari government controlled the heavens and the earth. The 1983 general elections was the last straw that broke the back of that government.<br> The end came on December 31, 1983. A terse announcement by a relatively unknown soldier at the time, named Sani Abacha, shattered the invincibility of the Shagari regime into smithereens. A new Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari and his ‘deputy’, Babatunde Idiagbon were promptly installed. They in turn wasted no time in pronouncing the direction of their government which was predicated on ‘war against indiscipline’ (WAI). That war encapsulated everything that was wrong with Nigeria. While it was a worthwhile, expedient and necessary move, the government failed to understand the complexity of Nigerians. Our people love the concept of change in the metaphysical sense but not in any way that hurts them and their families or friends. That was the reality that soon hit Buhari and Idiagbon like thunderbolts. While they were busy jailing and punishing the corrupt politicians, they were undoubtedly amassing enemies. They were goaded on by fifth columnists within and before long, it was time to strike. The end came on August 27, 1985.<br> The same Abacha who announced Buhari’s arrival pronounced his departure. It was such a cruel twist of fate. A supposedly friendlier, humane and urbane Head of State, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, was catapulted on to the national stage. He was projected as Buhari’s fairer alter ego. He opened up the cells and disgraced and humiliated politicians in their various stages of dilapidation spilled out like locusts. Buhari immediately became the bad guy and Babangida the benevolent dictator. Where Buhari was stern-faced, Babangida wore his famous toothy smile like the archetypal good guy. That was it. Everything Buhari had built got dismantled. The solid foundation of discipline and incorruptibility he was laying was uprooted in one fell swoop! Nigerians’ penchant for good life and happy living won the day.<br> It wasn’t long before the “they” started digging the grave for Babangida himself. He assembled arguably one of the best teams ever, no doubt, but it remains a mystery who his real advisers were that persuaded him to turn Nigeria into a game of football. His sobriquet of Maradona, though very apt, was also an albatross. He dribbled so much and resorted to endless transition time tables. So much so, that he eventually dribbled himself into scoring an own goal. Politicians were banned and unbanned according to the whims and caprices of one man. When the elections eventually took place, on June 12, 1993, they were programmed to fail spectacularly. Till this day no one knows what truly happened that led to our best elections ever being truncated and annulled. Pity that none of the influencers in the Nigerian polity could dissuade Babangida from committing this unfortunate and costly hara-kiri. Even worse, no one or group has come out to say they advised him against such perfidious act but he did not listen. Nigeria is yet to recover from that stupendous tragedy.</p> <p dir="ltr">The fall came on August 27, 1993, when he suddenly stepped aside and handed over to a lame duck Interim National Government (ING) headed by Chief Ernest ‘Degunle Shonekan.<br> This government was as weak as they come. It lacked the liver to deliver on revalidating the annulled mandate freely given to the winner of the Presidential election, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. This would have enjoyed the wide support of the people but sadly such opportunity was missed by the inept team and the interim government was soon sacked by General Sani Abacha. Babangida had apparently set up the ING with a view to returning as a civilian President but man proposes and God disposes. His nemesis was Abacha his erstwhile compatriot and friend!</p> <p dir="ltr">The understanding when Abacha seized power in a military coup was that he was going to right the wrongs of the June 12 elections, clean up the remnants of the Babangida loyalists and give power back to the man elected freely by Nigerians. That turned out to be a classic case of naiveté at its most ludicrous. The man simply collected power pronto and sat down pretty. No Jupiter was going to remove him from that gilded cage. The Abacha government failed like others to learn the lessons of history and most importantly that no leader had ever succeeded in enslaving Nigerians…<br> I’ve deliberately taken us down memory lane to demonstrate how the demons of power have sentenced Nigeria perpetually to stupidity and backwardness. And it seems a fool at 56 is almost irredeemable from its tomfoolery unless a miracle happens. That’s the miracle we gave to President Buhari last year on a platter of gold after his fourth attempt. But things seem to be spiralling out of control. I know the President would be told all is well by those benefitting from the current state of things but, walahi, I will always tell Baba the truth. I’ve come to see him as the last hope of the masses and if he fails we all fail.<br> The first truth is that this government is looking too elitist and ceremonial. I’m not sure this is intentional. The amount of time, energy and resources being deployed on hosting this and that is becoming ridiculous. Whoever suggested that the President should break Ramadan fasts with so much fanfare did not do any good for a government with too many horrendous challenges. If I had any influence in this government, I will advise that government needs to demonstrate its commitments and seriousness at tackling the intractable problems. We should see pictures of brainstorming sessions. We should have and see a brilliant economic team at work. We should see the President supervising projects nationwide in his jackboots. We should see the President appointing the many Nigerian geniuses that litter every part of the world to assist him use the power God has bestowed on him to benefit ordinary Nigerians. The qualities of appointments we are seeing lately have become appallingly lacklustre. This is not the best Nigeria can offer.<br> I do not really care if even if all appointees come from Daura, I would leave that agitations to others, who may be myopic or selfish. I’m more interested in the merit, competence and patriotism of such people. President Buhari can make do with a star-studded team regardless of political and religious affiliations. 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Pendulum: How They Mislead Our Leaders

By Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, let me start by apologising for my absence on this page last week. I could not believe the torrents of com...

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Avengers bomb NNPC pipeline in Eleme, Rivers state

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgifIrn25oQ7hssnaGHBX9sDLPrZaXzGeN-JlccAO6Uoc5FHQT03qbO-IgW4Vp1w1J3HdP9OxEUnR_WySfCir-0mV1phBtDBxhr3N9WIQkeOgaOxiU87M3I92nTrEVXNu_5I0rBYKggzidc/s1600/index.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgifIrn25oQ7hssnaGHBX9sDLPrZaXzGeN-JlccAO6Uoc5FHQT03qbO-IgW4Vp1w1J3HdP9OxEUnR_WySfCir-0mV1phBtDBxhr3N9WIQkeOgaOxiU87M3I92nTrEVXNu_5I0rBYKggzidc/s400/index.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> Militant group, Niger Delta Avengers claim to have blown up an NNPC, pipeline at Eleme leading to the Nigeria Liquefied National Gas, NLNG in the state. The group in a statement shared on their Facebook wall, claimed the attack was carried out at about 3am yesterday July 6th;<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq">  “By 3.00 am, yesterday, strike team 2, carried out a major strike, bombing NNPC pipeline at Eleme leading to NLNG. You won’t stop us.”their statement read</blockquote> In a related development, the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force, JNDLF, yesterday threatened to attack seven flow stations in Bayelsa state.<br /> <br /> Their Facebook page has since been taken down!

Avengers bomb NNPC pipeline in Eleme, Rivers state

Militant group, Niger Delta Avengers claim to have blown up an NNPC, pipeline at Eleme leading to the Nigeria Liquefied National Gas, NLN...

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Adele hints she's waiting for her baby daddy to ask her to marry him

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIlBe1ALGyn2Wjcy5UX7G0g9kPc-gkNXbHRJqyN7HhtKUv3uqUJ_ulmVtAKD4BUEdC-4YTIW7Ylc9CJZ-Dp8CWC9HOWHXGKfkCNP7qFrA6cPoqab65r-UVyHYNii9R6XrMfa5E5ApJ1Cb/s1600/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIlBe1ALGyn2Wjcy5UX7G0g9kPc-gkNXbHRJqyN7HhtKUv3uqUJ_ulmVtAKD4BUEdC-4YTIW7Ylc9CJZ-Dp8CWC9HOWHXGKfkCNP7qFrA6cPoqab65r-UVyHYNii9R6XrMfa5E5ApJ1Cb/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> 'Hello' hit singer Adele has revealed that she is waiting for her baby daddy, CEO of a Charity organization, Simon Konecki who she's been dating for four years, to pop the question.<br /> <div> </div> <div> Pouring cold water on rumours they've already secretly wed, she told the crowd at her concert at the Xcel Center in Minnesota <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1090791271" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Tuesday</span></span> night: "I might as well be married, but I'm not. I would tell you if I did.  I wouldn’t be able to contain myself. He simply hasn’t proposed yet, so let’s move on from that.”</div> <div> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOrCiTv0ktBqaVE7Ah-l7nySv2tiEfTx-zFdUT1LxUwSDq02Hr4i6A0yxPMpxgj8ovkdklUUUk54obS2PQ3P_oM6jb_N4kAICe0Q2-ycp5lXSsHZe4moUfvWc2YK8ilrwiOKqvTlfywQ5/s1600/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOrCiTv0ktBqaVE7Ah-l7nySv2tiEfTx-zFdUT1LxUwSDq02Hr4i6A0yxPMpxgj8ovkdklUUUk54obS2PQ3P_oM6jb_N4kAICe0Q2-ycp5lXSsHZe4moUfvWc2YK8ilrwiOKqvTlfywQ5/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div> </div> <div> Meanwhile, the 28-year-old songstress - who has been with Simon for four years - also reminded her fans that she will be going on hiatus as soon as she finishes her world tour so she can look after her son who will start school soon.</div> <div> </div> <div> "My kid is starting school, you see - hence why I'm so busy trying to get all my shows out of the way. I don't think I'll be away for as long."</div> <div> </div> <div> <div> Adele also admitted she doesn't plan on giving her little boy any brothers or sisters.</div> <div> </div> <div> She said: "I don't think I can have another child. I mean, I can. But I don't think I want two."</div> </div>

Adele hints she's waiting for her baby daddy to ask her to marry him

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'God so loves Nigeria that he brought Buhari at this time'- Oshiomole

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAH0SVtjBoSJ9HsSK-f8LC-nR8UefOtFC-RBr1GAMImokSNF_8P3rxtYRGTX1ULPQjdtEnPHokt_0GiKa5UcPYAE9cssGwr_h5g266do9MBhkjYrPK61byL_TMul9awNgKrobWo8JvrBT/s1600/index.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAH0SVtjBoSJ9HsSK-f8LC-nR8UefOtFC-RBr1GAMImokSNF_8P3rxtYRGTX1ULPQjdtEnPHokt_0GiKa5UcPYAE9cssGwr_h5g266do9MBhkjYrPK61byL_TMul9awNgKrobWo8JvrBT/s320/index.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomole says God loves Nigeria so much that he made Buhari President at this time in Nigeria's history. Oshiomole said this while entertaining some Muslims in the state during the Eid Mubarak ceremony yesterday July 6th<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> “We have to thank Allah for making it possible for Buhari to emerge. God so loves Nigeria that he brought Buhari at this time. If Buhari had not come, we will not know why the Nigeria government failed to tackle Boko Haram. They are now confessing like witches” he said<br /> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a></blockquote> According to Oshiomole, the vengeance of God has fallen on PDP and he said it can be seen in the confusion that has trailed the leadership of the party in recent times. <br />

'God so loves Nigeria that he brought Buhari at this time'- Oshiomole

Governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomole says God loves Nigeria so much that he made Buhari President at this time in Nigeria's history...

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No Nigerian bank is in distress – CBN

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8aMJ4hIfQQEj68IU2xiNg6LC2qI7yE59LpRyf-gRGhvJ5UCOY-AWq5asLUBKlJ8_LdTzf1xPe8opsVKPInEk2OnWPtDjM3TQtOXeuCu-mZ7h2xxNt4LhcOU0ofHTidlY0XpMhUggmYISh/s1600/1a.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8aMJ4hIfQQEj68IU2xiNg6LC2qI7yE59LpRyf-gRGhvJ5UCOY-AWq5asLUBKlJ8_LdTzf1xPe8opsVKPInEk2OnWPtDjM3TQtOXeuCu-mZ7h2xxNt4LhcOU0ofHTidlY0XpMhUggmYISh/s400/1a.png" width="400" /></a></div> The Central Bank of Nigeria has discredited claims that some banks in Nigeria are distressed. In a statement signed by its acting Director of Corporate Communications, Isaac Okorafor and released today July 6th, the apex bank stated that neither Skye Bank which it took over its management few days ago nor any other bank in Nigeria, was distressed. The bank in the statement assured Nigerians of the safety of their deposits in any Nigerian bank and advised against panic withdrawals. The statement read:<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a> <br /> <blockquote> “The CBN wishes to reiterate in the strongest terms that these rumors and speculations are untrue and do not reflect the actual health of the individual banks and, indeed, the entire banking industry. For the avoidance of doubt, the infusion of a new Board and Management for Skye Bank PLC is a proactive regulatory action meant to ensure that the bank does not continue to fail in its relevant prudential ratios. Neither Skye Bank nor any other bank in the industry is in distress. Going by both the CBN’s Examination Reports as well as analysis from market watchers, International Credit Rating Agencies and Development Finance Institutions, the Nigerian banking industry remains strong in spite of the global economic challenges emanating from the collapse of global commodity prices. We therefore urge the banking public to remain calm and go about their normal businesses without panic.” </blockquote>

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Ciara and Russell Wilson are married!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ipxeWzvDUZEPagDf6SEc7NEHNr3zP8KQ08bVGlrj_AY28owhnpd6GMrnwiIJRZWIxpz-fA-xsO3FVnLnIrQjFrP66ZxUjQSTaZIgpEpjoUFF4SxFCY1-gplZh0OiOLcP8zBia6MtxyLc/s1600/1a2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ipxeWzvDUZEPagDf6SEc7NEHNr3zP8KQ08bVGlrj_AY28owhnpd6GMrnwiIJRZWIxpz-fA-xsO3FVnLnIrQjFrP66ZxUjQSTaZIgpEpjoUFF4SxFCY1-gplZh0OiOLcP8zBia6MtxyLc/s400/1a2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">  NFL player Russell Wilson and singer Ciara are now officially man and wife and can now officially consummate their relationship! Lol.  The two tied the knot at Peckforton Castle in Liverpool, England in front of friends and family. She wore a Roberto Cavalli dress. Both Jennifer Hudson and Kelly Rowland were among the select few invited to the wedding. More photos after the cut....</div> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">  <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixGGX2ODe0FjbUPd4P-XC0oh3WWOMte72XjGDpULcgvEiM8ySONemaF6JM5WxboEjJBs-fry-1xvKHMtEqN5rsBXLRiIPF6o0BStHWIDUFrlzGSQ_GDLG6R8zU_Yt__DAInkjDW71eAzt-/s1600/1a1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixGGX2ODe0FjbUPd4P-XC0oh3WWOMte72XjGDpULcgvEiM8ySONemaF6JM5WxboEjJBs-fry-1xvKHMtEqN5rsBXLRiIPF6o0BStHWIDUFrlzGSQ_GDLG6R8zU_Yt__DAInkjDW71eAzt-/s400/1a1.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vmUr64lGdSsvUx5t_w7TtLq4SUodMV8Nx-AP_kR-o8JB3VnxVNrsDN6K0QogKZEaN0cy42kjBlzNuJPPl6SRS2pkn2_ItobSB2cUxPkAesSBnCMTC8EjzpClY2io0VzrBVd-UUZPF90f/s1600/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vmUr64lGdSsvUx5t_w7TtLq4SUodMV8Nx-AP_kR-o8JB3VnxVNrsDN6K0QogKZEaN0cy42kjBlzNuJPPl6SRS2pkn2_ItobSB2cUxPkAesSBnCMTC8EjzpClY2io0VzrBVd-UUZPF90f/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPLt2vNibQ0OALDrn594ovh8iPUYlQsnNfkm3_bvwiRCrSbmXMSA3mcwKwNQlYdzUQYa4NSyowxavmUczU9-3RTMVr6JN-4gAHOpS0ZWNr9VoiLfVJLp4rDXuRbPkFpbBopOHGfazwtpC/s1600/1a.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPLt2vNibQ0OALDrn594ovh8iPUYlQsnNfkm3_bvwiRCrSbmXMSA3mcwKwNQlYdzUQYa4NSyowxavmUczU9-3RTMVr6JN-4gAHOpS0ZWNr9VoiLfVJLp4rDXuRbPkFpbBopOHGfazwtpC/s400/1a.png" width="400" /></a></div>

Ciara and Russell Wilson are married!

 NFL player Russell Wilson and singer Ciara are now officially man and wife and can now officially consummate their relationship! Lol.  ...

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Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa condemns stabbing to death of Nigerian teenager in London

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdnWf5s890QpXMawuqSAlVJCqZ-AjD3PB9wSVAhKEfNALbazHkudtlW52LK6vz-9Z6SnYD4gGNNmP-1LiBTxlO4U87889cZu4PfUqGeqAAdoY8RfjZ4H3CeNxh0D65bWoCu5X51hoRzw0/s1600/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdnWf5s890QpXMawuqSAlVJCqZ-AjD3PB9wSVAhKEfNALbazHkudtlW52LK6vz-9Z6SnYD4gGNNmP-1LiBTxlO4U87889cZu4PfUqGeqAAdoY8RfjZ4H3CeNxh0D65bWoCu5X51hoRzw0/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora has condemned the gruesome stabbing to death of another Nigerian teenager in London. In a statement by her Special Assistant on Media, Abdur-Rahman Balogun in Abuja, Dabiri-Erewa said the killing of 17-year old Fola Orebiyi, was unacceptable to the government and people of Nigeria. <br /> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>Dabiri-Erewa said the killing of Orebiyi and other extra judicial killing of Nigeria citizens in UK was becoming worrisome. She called for full investigation of the incident and urged the UK government to make sure that justice prevails.<br /> <br /> While condoling the family of the deceased boy on the ugly incident, she prayed unto God to give the bereaved family the fortitude to bear the painful loss. She said that while Nigeria will not condone crime and criminal tendencies, it takes exception to the harassment, killing and execution of her nationals abroad unjustifiably. Dabiri-Erewa urged Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari administration in making Nigeria a better place, urging them to support the administration war against corruption.<br /> <br /> A Nigerian student, Fola Orebiyi, was reportedly stabbed to death in a street clash on Sunday July 3, in Notting Hill, London, by a gang of youths. He was reportedly involved in a fight on a nearby estate with a gang of youths, who chased him into the busy road where he was stabbed in the neck in front of shocked passersby and tourists. Following the stabbing, he collapsed and bled to death and all efforts by the Police and paramedics to resuscitate him, proved abortive. The deceased’s neighbour, Osman Sahal, told the police: <br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> “He was a nice boy and very considerate; none of us can understand how this could have happened. “As far as I knew, he was never in trouble. I suppose we must now wait for the police to investigate.”</blockquote> Orebiyi, who completed his General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) at Holland Park in London, was studying for his A levels at the Chelsea Academy before his death. After the incident, a yet-to-be identified 15-year-old boy was arrested by the London police in connection with the death. An anonymous teenager was quoted to have told the police: <br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> “I know what happened; he was protecting a friend over a silly beef which turned violent.”  </blockquote> She said:<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> “It was traumatising. It took half an hour for the ambulance to arrive even though there are hospitals all around. I spoke to the person who called the police and he said it took them so long to get here. </blockquote>

Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa condemns stabbing to death of Nigerian teenager in London

Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora has condemned the gruesome stabbing to...

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Former presidential aspirant and federal commissioner Alhaji Umaru Aliyu Shinkafi is dead.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdspwGGVBeHp8t9liykzr-ZCQIFzctwfT7EhfQZUlKVuDy9pyx0QM2cRZvUTrMaoJZ0KMSYaK5ob2l8m_WVuc9tYIjNSm33OB6OLcv2f96yFXe3vQ57DMDEt_LperrHADrcsrzd2wIA8e/s1600/1a.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdspwGGVBeHp8t9liykzr-ZCQIFzctwfT7EhfQZUlKVuDy9pyx0QM2cRZvUTrMaoJZ0KMSYaK5ob2l8m_WVuc9tYIjNSm33OB6OLcv2f96yFXe3vQ57DMDEt_LperrHADrcsrzd2wIA8e/s400/1a.png" width="400" /></a></div> Alhaji Shinkafi died on Wednesday in London at about 4:07 pm Nigerian time. A top source who spoke in confidence said the late Marafan Sokoto had initially received treatment at both St. Nicholas Hospital and Reddington Hospital, Ikeja in Lagos before he was flown abroad in January after a health relapse,The Nation reports:<br /> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><br /> <blockquote> "We lost Shinkafi in London at about 4pm where he was flown to in January with some members of his immediate family and three medical doctors. In the last six months, he had been battling with his health. But it has pleased Allah to call him home. From Allah we came and unto Him we shall return. Arrangements are being made to bring his corpse to Nigeria for burial on or before Friday because of flight logistics."</blockquote> Shinkafi was a former Director-General of the Nigerian Security Organization (NSO), now Department of State Security Service ( DSS) from October 1979 to November 1983.xxxHe is survived by three wives and five children including, Zainab, wife of Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu and Hadiza, wife of Zamfara State Governor, Abdul Azeez Yari.<br /> <br /> Shinkafi was also a graduate of the University of Lagos where he bagged his LLB degree in Law in 1973. He was a leading presidential aspirant under the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC) in 1992 before the the Military regime of ex-President Ibrahim Babangida aborted the primaries.<br /> <br /> He however succeeded in being the vice-presidential candidate of Olu Falae in the APP/AD alliance in 1999. The alliance was defeated at the poll in 1999 by the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) which fielded Olusegun Obasanjo/Atiku Abubakar for the presidential race.

Former presidential aspirant and federal commissioner Alhaji Umaru Aliyu Shinkafi is dead.

Alhaji Shinkafi died on Wednesday in London at about 4:07 pm Nigerian time. A top source who spoke in confidence said the late Marafan So...

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Photos from the burial of actress Bukky Ajayi

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjldaaVVV1t7bguMQxHDcIsWxUFH0eH6b0pcDDb1bLpzXYjonCnpb-GxByIfNeKwmqdoq19PWlmwUmXestQSZRQlRNUegAz5dlAbfIPCdJGfiXH9EQ6dFTtkdSrUTExz2Zx5oFI0QzClkVJ/s1600/1a1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjldaaVVV1t7bguMQxHDcIsWxUFH0eH6b0pcDDb1bLpzXYjonCnpb-GxByIfNeKwmqdoq19PWlmwUmXestQSZRQlRNUegAz5dlAbfIPCdJGfiXH9EQ6dFTtkdSrUTExz2Zx5oFI0QzClkVJ/s400/1a1.png" width="400" /></a></div> The veteran actress who died earlier today, has been laid to rest at the Atan cemetery according to Muslim rites. Another photo after the cut...<br /> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9c-2y_yceGEODPj4GsTYv0fgVb6XpuAAmplQyLGDMFiEPCsMgBeOllzcf6KeAVp7srNQbDh3KcMHzo7sCaA_1Y_uL1ZAbEYzYgBs9P0qL9Wgi9vxcKlYWWXcXtnz6CZBM0az2BjYwSxT-/s1600/1a.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9c-2y_yceGEODPj4GsTYv0fgVb6XpuAAmplQyLGDMFiEPCsMgBeOllzcf6KeAVp7srNQbDh3KcMHzo7sCaA_1Y_uL1ZAbEYzYgBs9P0qL9Wgi9vxcKlYWWXcXtnz6CZBM0az2BjYwSxT-/s400/1a.png" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1fvJC08ca0lkWFXO28ypASbt0f03ZdFabYVb9QPNfULBC5F4h9EBK5Sn7HqvOGZJYpOEuKLQ16ZxgGqwbAesZBrcVmqEw7zg-ibzgqLihIQKadpBlu8HetvTbyzvuA2cGbcmQRj0zDiWm/s1600/20160706_155127.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1fvJC08ca0lkWFXO28ypASbt0f03ZdFabYVb9QPNfULBC5F4h9EBK5Sn7HqvOGZJYpOEuKLQ16ZxgGqwbAesZBrcVmqEw7zg-ibzgqLihIQKadpBlu8HetvTbyzvuA2cGbcmQRj0zDiWm/s400/20160706_155127.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0ClwR5Cg-5GsohXLi-r1qD4QiRVYr-fFbDlks_CTwPoOLuIVUnUKXkt8ADN9EhLwmU7I2HITZ_GETPpfWPrqg6t3Skq1W_0iD8tyVPiYWtveZkld8Vh2-vIRh8XiMahVroO9PgzuQhW5/s1600/20160706_155109.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0ClwR5Cg-5GsohXLi-r1qD4QiRVYr-fFbDlks_CTwPoOLuIVUnUKXkt8ADN9EhLwmU7I2HITZ_GETPpfWPrqg6t3Skq1W_0iD8tyVPiYWtveZkld8Vh2-vIRh8XiMahVroO9PgzuQhW5/s400/20160706_155109.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_8FMP-t0WXRxfm8Jj8_enft0QNfKhBTahzQZawEGqFFLLXvZL2h5XLc-_7-NN-8cw_ySvB5_BhJnTBpcp_2rlZE3N9dak02L6XcqkXmx7bFm0i-WFogP1GU89BsgrVf4ruM2nHbvOtWm3/s1600/20160706_155046.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_8FMP-t0WXRxfm8Jj8_enft0QNfKhBTahzQZawEGqFFLLXvZL2h5XLc-_7-NN-8cw_ySvB5_BhJnTBpcp_2rlZE3N9dak02L6XcqkXmx7bFm0i-WFogP1GU89BsgrVf4ruM2nHbvOtWm3/s400/20160706_155046.png" width="389" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> ‎May her soul rest in perfect peace Amen.</div>

Photos from the burial of actress Bukky Ajayi

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Fayose: Buhari is using corrupt EFCC to fight corruption, says; "EFCC should stop media trial"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO8GpQsJXUYwW_Su7-DtISVo7d4xruKKXjRpmJsk6TejJKtiBtobTm1-3qFEr4YWUjm-f6foQOU6M225oVws5qC1SIBi9RupllyL9tv_Ej5U_Fy4peVQV-Jt0N2ettoWNemb1ClQm-lyvi/s1600/1a.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO8GpQsJXUYwW_Su7-DtISVo7d4xruKKXjRpmJsk6TejJKtiBtobTm1-3qFEr4YWUjm-f6foQOU6M225oVws5qC1SIBi9RupllyL9tv_Ej5U_Fy4peVQV-Jt0N2ettoWNemb1ClQm-lyvi/s400/1a.png" width="400" /></a></div> Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has declared that President Mohammadu Buhari was using an equally corrupt Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to stamp out corruption in Nigeria, insisting that the President must start the corruption fight from his party and immediate aides since charity begins from home.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>The governor said:<br /> <br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> “EFCC opinions remain their opinions and if they are so sure of whatever information they have, they should go to court and stop subjecting Nigerians to media trial and that no amount of media trial from the same elements that orchestrated my removal in 2006 can erode my popularity among Ekiti people."</blockquote> He said any property that may be linked to him or his company was bought legitimately and his properties were duly declared in his assets declaration form and sources of such funds were not illicit.<br /> <br /> In a release issued on Wednesday by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, maintained that his election was funded by Zenith Bank as well as donations from friends and associates, adding that;<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> "As a promising candidate of my party, I cannot stop Nigerians from supporting my election like every other candidates of other political, including President Buhari."</blockquote> He said since the money he got for his election was from legitimate sources and not from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) as being concocted, how the money was spent remained his own business and not that of anyone.<br /> <br /> The governor also debunked the reported allegation by the EFCC that he received bribe from any contractor in Ekiti; saying; "if they have anything against me, they should keep their gun powder dry. <br /> <blockquote> "Because in 2006 when they took me to court, their allegations crumbled like pack of cards because court decisions are founded on facts and law, and not on media trial as currently being done by the EFCC as teleguided by the APC in their desperation to set the people against me knowing fully that they are not on ground."</blockquote> He added:<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> "having failed to buy the conscience of Ekiti House of Assembly members, the APC people have become increasingly afraid of 2018 and that the agencies of the Federal Government should know that no matter how hard they try, Ekiti electorate will not be deceived by their blackmail and media trial.</blockquote> Governor Fayose said <br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> “The EFCC should be told in clear terms that this is 2016 and not 2006 when impeachment notices against governors were signed on the table of EFCC operatives. Those who are teleguiding the EFCC now should also be reminded that they did more than what they are doing now in 2006, yet I was overwhelmingly voted for by the Ekiti people eight years after the orchestrated impeachment which the Supreme Court declared illegal.</blockquote> The governor asked;<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> "Should Nigerians now conclude that EFCC is an appendage of APC? Is the EFCC for investigation of corrupt practices among all Nigerians or members of opposition parties alone?"</blockquote> The governor said;<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> “As at today, I have not been accused of stealing a dime from Ekiti treasury. EFCC has not also said that Ekiti money was stolen and that my election was funded with Ekiti State money."</blockquote> Accusing the EFCC of carrying out the APC agenda to force him out of office as was done in 2006, the governor said; “It is sad that some politicians from Ekiti State now resume and close in EFCC offices in Lagos and Abuja and we wonder whether those politicians have now taken over the job of EFCC.”<br /> He maintained that he will continue to speak his mind on issues affecting Nigerians and can never be cowed, saying;<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> "Nigerians are suffering. States can no longer pay workers salary, a litre of kerosene is now N220, a bag of rice is now N20,000 and some people will sit in Presidential Villa and expect that all of us should keep silent? That's not possible! </blockquote> <blockquote> "No amount of media trial by agents of the Buhari-led APC government will make me to stop baring my mind on the cluelessness of the Federal Government."</blockquote>

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C. Ronaldo and Nani Masterclass ensure Portugal reach EURO 2016 final after 2-0 win over Wales

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnigkqLA0F_PIvZro8N190q91JHX8LsbvzJX3OKzdccoOJZO2mBsanuCm-MP1x36mQk6Teb5VFXk9ANAf5lZdfXLTqbdPEEmXUgQoP3PauWFFBDnijfoTCSe6wmS0fA0lHFqCNJ6YKEFao/s1600/portwinnnnn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnigkqLA0F_PIvZro8N190q91JHX8LsbvzJX3OKzdccoOJZO2mBsanuCm-MP1x36mQk6Teb5VFXk9ANAf5lZdfXLTqbdPEEmXUgQoP3PauWFFBDnijfoTCSe6wmS0fA0lHFqCNJ6YKEFao/s400/portwinnnnn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani showed Wales just how champions play after leading Portugal to a 2-0 win, for the very first time on foreign soil.<br /> Before the match the media headlines were dominated by talk of a Ronaldo and Bale rivalry, but Ronaldo, who matched Michel Platini's record of goals in Euro tournaments, dismissed talks of comparison between him and the Welshman with a goal and an assist.<br /> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvrx6qaymUmyJleMR_0hr51oOvzko-HkmgwART8z8XdnSuLN3IKs_L25_o7nODiUVq8K-ZLkRmfUPrOkT5-VRWRx5NkrR5hQilxbTuVj7Gp8pL6HAOzkVZ53o8sEoNXjw70An5rzFO3aNr/s1600/portwinnnn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvrx6qaymUmyJleMR_0hr51oOvzko-HkmgwART8z8XdnSuLN3IKs_L25_o7nODiUVq8K-ZLkRmfUPrOkT5-VRWRx5NkrR5hQilxbTuVj7Gp8pL6HAOzkVZ53o8sEoNXjw70An5rzFO3aNr/s400/portwinnnn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani showed Wales just how champions play after helping Portugal to a 2-0 win, for the very first time on foreign soil.<br /> <br /> <div> Before the match the media headlines were dominated by talk of a Ronaldo and Bale rivalry, but Ronaldo, who matched Michel Platini's record of goals in Euro tournaments, dismissed talks of comparison between him and the Welshman with a goal and an assist.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVczlkG25YxCyu_xeOERteV-GCe22J39YkcEA2AzqiuLg6s7DLOFVR6MctOkxZARBflkc51VedtcLEsh3Y9R3ttSQ8daEKNllBZy11_2Vi2DynM4_yi85QXr5eCJ5Re8OIklL8vorJ-5jp/s1600/portwinnn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVczlkG25YxCyu_xeOERteV-GCe22J39YkcEA2AzqiuLg6s7DLOFVR6MctOkxZARBflkc51VedtcLEsh3Y9R3ttSQ8daEKNllBZy11_2Vi2DynM4_yi85QXr5eCJ5Re8OIklL8vorJ-5jp/s400/portwinnn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div> Portugal started with their preferred 4-4-2 formation starting Ronaldo and Nani as strikers, while Wales, who have enjoyed a fairy-tale journey in the tournament so far, started with  Gareth Bale and Robson-Kanu in attack with Aaron Ramsey missing through suspension.</div> <div> </div> <div> The game started with dour flashes of possession between both teams as both teams tried to approach the match tactically.</div> <div> </div> <div> <div> Portugal probably should have had a penalty when Collins had Ronaldo in a headlock early in the half but the referee said no.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJD_F4Jn4o_KGnTF3-lcuShjJwlGiEhpeIgaigf4ZOBOSGMCwk0Xv4M5D5LI4uplxpwHGMY4gzw5_aMB_Y_HwHzSQDWFj0X4Zrn-e8gXIHBds6c60xgS0XhcuefxAIMz4TcMxPwkJ_G58g/s1600/portwinnnnnnnnn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJD_F4Jn4o_KGnTF3-lcuShjJwlGiEhpeIgaigf4ZOBOSGMCwk0Xv4M5D5LI4uplxpwHGMY4gzw5_aMB_Y_HwHzSQDWFj0X4Zrn-e8gXIHBds6c60xgS0XhcuefxAIMz4TcMxPwkJ_G58g/s400/portwinnnnnnnnn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div> Down the other end Wales threatened a few times. Bale had a pop on goal, the only shot on target in the first half, and Andy King flashed a header over.</div> <div> </div> <div> Wales were probably the happiest in the first half and looked a threat, but on the break it was 0-0.</div> </div> <div> The second half started with no changes.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAffanhaKRXCc74GobeP8VDthjMJIJcDtdCKdPgsHOJuXgjdOiXx4_U00QyP-1kc85fJIUXKOnacHfZYYQBAvY7V5P62dQ1o7sLu8XScLKnQtlgBZesksAVQUGGFvsvLVM4SEWMl38jim3/s1600/portwinnnnnnn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAffanhaKRXCc74GobeP8VDthjMJIJcDtdCKdPgsHOJuXgjdOiXx4_U00QyP-1kc85fJIUXKOnacHfZYYQBAvY7V5P62dQ1o7sLu8XScLKnQtlgBZesksAVQUGGFvsvLVM4SEWMl38jim3/s400/portwinnnnnnn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div> Then the moment came, Joe Allen fouled Adrian Silva 45 yards out and Ronaldo decided against shooting shot at goal. But from the resulting corner, a goal ensued. GOOOOAAAAALLLL!!! 1-0 in Portugal's favour. Ronaldo leaped highest and scored from the corner.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh4eTlw7LxPOegcOLF3xOMA4j8CNdS_vqPX0on4SG4Q6zBiP6ORpRhx4cA5V9kvZ4_3E2CHOemOG-myor0NP10fKm0roQ3j4Doxn7CzjspUqz4tLDe8ATsXsPGViVk-Odu88n3rCI2UzhN/s1600/portwinn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh4eTlw7LxPOegcOLF3xOMA4j8CNdS_vqPX0on4SG4Q6zBiP6ORpRhx4cA5V9kvZ4_3E2CHOemOG-myor0NP10fKm0roQ3j4Doxn7CzjspUqz4tLDe8ATsXsPGViVk-Odu88n3rCI2UzhN/s400/portwinn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div> Minutes later, a miscued shot from Ronaldo from 20 yards that seemed to be going off until NANI stuck out a leg and diverted it past Wayne Hennessey. </div> <div> 2-0.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLt7B_O_WoKdTLSsvg2Jods0RPfrkPX2qbtauLIOsHAjrax2fIFEFuYKigOWAGoqUKadD-YLAtwB5xvqNkDXKtStH1-7OdOtEBfEY8WjiIAh1kwtmqa7thiVfr6vcePHlKQnWLhFKaV7G/s1600/portwin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLt7B_O_WoKdTLSsvg2Jods0RPfrkPX2qbtauLIOsHAjrax2fIFEFuYKigOWAGoqUKadD-YLAtwB5xvqNkDXKtStH1-7OdOtEBfEY8WjiIAh1kwtmqa7thiVfr6vcePHlKQnWLhFKaV7G/s400/portwin.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div>  </div> <div> Portugal rallied for the win and with substitutions that included  Moutinho and Quaresma played out a 2-0 win over Wales.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeXxyNo6J94ozXxj7VchVT8tP2QZCif-PzYGDl7OHy_fP9GP5u_bOFadF7MWaE4mg2ynuyDEtaOsR_dgmLIssBVMoqJausGUOGestZYUuwCTfAPtocGGd2t5t4YCTv1uPvewscXcJ7bX52/s1600/portwinnnnnnnnnnnnn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeXxyNo6J94ozXxj7VchVT8tP2QZCif-PzYGDl7OHy_fP9GP5u_bOFadF7MWaE4mg2ynuyDEtaOsR_dgmLIssBVMoqJausGUOGestZYUuwCTfAPtocGGd2t5t4YCTv1uPvewscXcJ7bX52/s400/portwinnnnnnnnnnnnn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div> This is Ronaldo's 61st international goal for his country and Portugal will play either France or Germany in the final.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPZo8mindodKo7QauhLnwDDKXFw6p63xY5t009jLDQZ5fDkWdwUw4k23CwDF65c4cwbedTfGbW-Sa7_fGoKBLn_hktYQkaSATTg_prmdKqM7s8H69nwaNiPtgkPmxdmh5Q5TyT3lQUcme/s1600/portwinnnnnnnnnnnnnn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPZo8mindodKo7QauhLnwDDKXFw6p63xY5t009jLDQZ5fDkWdwUw4k23CwDF65c4cwbedTfGbW-Sa7_fGoKBLn_hktYQkaSATTg_prmdKqM7s8H69nwaNiPtgkPmxdmh5Q5TyT3lQUcme/s400/portwinnnnnnnnnnnnnn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdJ3Zw6rSKdz8Jy6gXaffruc4zq2VjbHIRdR-c9Fof-CihFocXmWUd1fZtUGHj-d1N63mpq5nb_H0t4Z1X6pgH5L-m327jvX41ucfGkxzudAwzrsRMEc4mYCNecylrIcT0gLSNw4HLMLS/s1600/portwinnnnnnnnnnnn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdJ3Zw6rSKdz8Jy6gXaffruc4zq2VjbHIRdR-c9Fof-CihFocXmWUd1fZtUGHj-d1N63mpq5nb_H0t4Z1X6pgH5L-m327jvX41ucfGkxzudAwzrsRMEc4mYCNecylrIcT0gLSNw4HLMLS/s400/portwinnnnnnnnnnnn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>

C. Ronaldo and Nani Masterclass ensure Portugal reach EURO 2016 final after 2-0 win over Wales

Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani showed Wales just how champions play after leading Portugal to a 2-0 win, for the very first time on foreign s...

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