I Will Continue To Blame My PDP For Nigeria’s Woes– Buhari

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="Muhammadu-Buhari-e1424869737677-640x451" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="451" src="http://4a7jjc25uykf24u8sd3k8m5n.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Muhammadu-Buhari-e1424869737677-640x451.jpg" width="640" /> </div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said despite the criticisms of many, he would continue to blame his predecessors for Nigeria’s woes.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said passing the buck, which people have been frowning at, was important in order for Nigerians to know what went wrong with the country.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Buhari spoke at an event tagged, “The Conversation: An evening with creative youths,” held inside the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The event, attended also by the President’s wife, Aisha; Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and his wife, Dolapo; as well as governors and other top government officials, had “Creative youth as drivers of the change agenda” as its theme.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Buhari said, “I am going to bore you with what we met. I know that I am being accused in the papers of passing the buck, but passing the buck is sometimes absolutely necessary to remind people who take things for granted.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “When we came in, I screamed to high heavens because I had promised a lot while seeking votes.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “I said where is the saving? There was no saving. There was no infrastructure, power, rails, roads, there was none. What did we spend the money on? I was told buying food and petrol.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Where were the billions going? We conducted a study and found out that the oil marketers were committing fraud on at least one third ?of what they were importing, which is about 25 per cent of our foreign exchange.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> ?”The youth must watch our elite, especially with the condition we found ourselves. It is unpatriotic for anybody to pretend that economically we have no problem.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “I have bored you with this long explanation because there are things that could be hidden from you by those that have mismanaged the country in the last 16, 17 years.”</div>

I Will Continue To Blame My PDP For Nigeria’s Woes– Buhari

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Wife of Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, Emefiele, Kidnapped.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="Emefiele" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="347" src="http://4a7jjc25uykf24u8sd3k8m5n.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Emefiele.jpg" width="600" /> </div> <br /> <br /> We have learned that a group of heavily armed kidnappers yesterday abducted Margaret Emefiele, the wife of Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele.<br /> <br /> A source close to Mr. Emefiele told our correspondent that Mrs. Emefiele was kidnapped along the Benin-Agbor Road. Our source disclosed that the kidnappers have made contact with their victim’s husband, adding that they were demanding a huge sum in ransom.<br /> <br /> Mrs. Emefiele’s kidnap represents one of the most high-profile kidnap cases in 2016<br /> <br /> Our effort to reach the CBN governor were unsuccessful.<br /> <br /> <em><strong>Source: Sahara Reporters</strong></em>

Wife of Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, Emefiele, Kidnapped.

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Shaping Nigeria’s Future is Your Responsibility – India Tells FG

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="The Vice President, Mohammad Hamid Ansari addressing at the release of the book titled ?Rescuing the Future Bequeathed Misperceptions in International Relations?, authored by Dr. Jagat Singh Mehta, in New Delhi on February 1, 2008." class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" src="http://4a7jjc25uykf24u8sd3k8m5n.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Mohammed-Hamid-606x450.jpg" /> <div class="caption"> The Vice President, Mohammad Hamid Ansari addressing at the release of the book titled ?Rescuing the Future Bequeathed Misperceptions in International Relations?, authored by Dr. Jagat Singh Mehta, in New Delhi on February 1, 2008.</div> </div> <br /> <br /> The Vice-President of the Republic of India, Mohammed Hamid, yesterday at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), charged the federal government to recognise its enormous responsibilities in shaping the future of the country.<br /> Hamid, who stated this in a lecture at the University of Lagos, entitled Legacy of Indian Freedom Movement,’ said: “Nigeria and India, as large developing countries with multi-religious, multi-ethnic and multi-lingual societies, have enormous responsibilities within their countries and in shaping the future of their region and beyond.<br /> “Our youth, with 60% Nigerians under the age of 25 years and more than two-thirds of India’s 1 .2 billion population under the age of 35 years, are our strength. We have a great opportunity to work together to channelize this demographic dividend.”<br /> He disclosed that Nigerian youths in India were contributory and constituting their strength, considering their size.<br /> Hamid, who urged the youths to have a sense of history, said that natural experiences could have relevance beyond borders in a fast shrinking world.<br /> According to him, legacies do endure but no legacy, however, strong can last forever, adding that legacy tended to erode and become irrelevant unless reinforced and developed.<br /> ‘’Youth should know that the environment that encourages their aspirations was built on the sacrifice and toil of others before them,’’ he said.<br /> He further charged youths to emulate the legacies of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi of India, Nelson Mandela of South Africa, Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana and Aminu Kano of Nigeria who positively influenced their generations.<br /> He said: ‘’India was blessed that a set of people of incredible talent and wisdom graced the period marking our struggle.<br /> ‘’The possessed moral integrity of the highest order; the tallest among them was Mohanda Karamchand Gandhi, whose singular efforts transformed the struggle from a campaign by the elites into a true mass movement.’’

Shaping Nigeria’s Future is Your Responsibility – India Tells FG

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BREAKING: House suspends Jibrin for 180 days over budget-padding allegations

<p dir="ltr">The house of representatives has suspended Abdulmumin Jibrin, former chairman of the appropriations committee, over an alleged breach of legislators’ privileges.<br> The breach in question were the budget-<br> padding allegations he levelled against Yakubu Dogara, the speaker, four other principal officers and other lawmakers.<br> Jibrin, who failed to show up at the ethics and privileges committee to defend himself, was suspended following the report and recommendations laid before the house by the committee after the conclusion of its hearing.<br> The lawmaker was suspended for 180 legislative days after the house considered the recommendations of the ethics committee.<br> Apart from raising budget padding allegations, Jibrin had also said some lawmakers were not “worthy” to belong to the house.<br> Femi Falana, counsel to the former appropriations chairman, had urged the speaker to suspend the probe, saying it was a contravention of Order 9 rule 5 of the house standing rules.<br> Credit: thecableng </p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9h0G6Is-RGFtlZK2uelOpdXV_4GTrrymafXLPyVf2-1bZLWDTdyfeNV0VX5TXD1HOun1-RqqGJXjRt3EjyAEpEiGed3hB0FB_c1METj59Kw-Puyu3WVSpHbhyphenhyphenU-a60D455NFl4brg9F6X/s1600/IMG_20160928_183252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9h0G6Is-RGFtlZK2uelOpdXV_4GTrrymafXLPyVf2-1bZLWDTdyfeNV0VX5TXD1HOun1-RqqGJXjRt3EjyAEpEiGed3hB0FB_c1METj59Kw-Puyu3WVSpHbhyphenhyphenU-a60D455NFl4brg9F6X/s400/IMG_20160928_183252.jpg"> </a> </div>

BREAKING: House suspends Jibrin for 180 days over budget-padding allegations

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Trump promise to release tax records when Hillary releases 33,000 deleted emails: U.S Presidential debate

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp-OoauPBXxQ73dPMKgZnofLgEC3QgU4urYN0gLraGl8KwmiuJuaKMyHa5e6WQkSLSkPCiM-h1L_S8-Kro4uPJhubKHHi0NiazsXKrRl9dO9-XCYa1A82Nma6ndkUC6fXV9tXAeJO9XEA/s1600/a.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp-OoauPBXxQ73dPMKgZnofLgEC3QgU4urYN0gLraGl8KwmiuJuaKMyHa5e6WQkSLSkPCiM-h1L_S8-Kro4uPJhubKHHi0NiazsXKrRl9dO9-XCYa1A82Nma6ndkUC6fXV9tXAeJO9XEA/s1600/a.png" /></a></div> So <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_884265313" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Tuesday</span></span> morning (Nigerian time), U.S presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton took to the stage to have the first presidential debate ahead of the November 2016 elections.<br /> <div> Donald Trump did well in the first 20 minutes while Hillary had the upper hand during the closing stages of the debate. A lot of political analysts believe Hillary defeated Trump overall during the debate with the way she tackled some important issues looking more prepared and assured during the debate. See the major talking points after the cut....</div> <div> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqh2lJvVZtYIDV9_GOy7-7qNVefXcyp9ZDnXX9sauMn-Q1KLG0TR1IE1BZjKOnq3KGFyYKJ74hdlE5wrZMhnjUcFH3Uqh5JyDg643XICn-i354yY81sh_tPRJpV-D92qF21r8lxOCq7uw/s1600/b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqh2lJvVZtYIDV9_GOy7-7qNVefXcyp9ZDnXX9sauMn-Q1KLG0TR1IE1BZjKOnq3KGFyYKJ74hdlE5wrZMhnjUcFH3Uqh5JyDg643XICn-i354yY81sh_tPRJpV-D92qF21r8lxOCq7uw/s400/b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div> </div> <div> Asked about a remark he made that Mrs. Clinton lacked a presidential “look,” Mr. Trump repeated the claim saying  “she doesn’t have the stamina.” </div> <div> </div> <div> Mrs. Clinton replied him saying 'Mr. Trump can talk to me about stamina when he accomplishes as much. “He tried to change from looks to stamina, but this is a man who has called women pigs, slobs and dogs,”</div> <div> </div> <div> “Donald supported the invasion of Iraq,” she said. “That is absolutely proved over and over again.' To which Trump interjected ' Wrong , wrong'.</div> <div> </div> <div> Mr. Trump insisted again that he had opposed the Iraq war, calling any suggestion otherwise “a mainstream media nonsense.”</div> <div>  “my strongest asset is my temperament, maybe by far,” ''Hillary doesn't have the temperament to be president''</div> <div> </div> <div> Hillary also said Trump invited Russian president Vladmir Putin to hack into American email servers while Mr Trump categorically stated that no one knows who hacked into American servers.</div> <div> </div> <div> 'No one knows if Russia was behind the recent hacks'  'It might  be China or a single hacker who weighs 400 pounds and sits at home.'</div> <div> </div> <div> Clinton suggested she was worried about Mr. Trump getting his hands on the nuclear codes, Mr. Trump replied, “That line is getting a little bit old.” </div> <div> </div> <div> Asked about the conspiracy theory that questioned Obama’s birth place, Trump said Clinton's campaign first started the birther conspiracy theory when she was contesting against Obama.</div> <div> </div> <div> “She failed to get the birth certificate,” he said. “When I got involved, I didn’t fail.” while Mrs. Clinton said “He's really started his political activity based on this racist lie that our first black president was not an American citizen” </div> <div> </div> <div> Pressed on his refusal to release his tax returns, Mr. Trump said; “I'll release my tax returns, against my lawyers’ wishes, if Mrs. Clinton agreed to release her 33,000 deleted emails.</div> <div> </div> <div> Mr. Trump defended his plans to lower taxes on the wealthy unlike Clinton who wanted to increase taxes on the wealthy Mrs. Clinton then joked, “I have a feeling that by the end of this evening, I’m going to be blamed for everything that’s ever happened.” Mr. Trump replied, “Why not?” </div> <div> </div> <div> Trump then blasted Clinton saying he's been travelling all round America suggesting Clinton stayed at home preparing for the speech.</div> <div> “You’ve seen me, I’ve been all over the place,” he said. “You decided to stay home and that’s okay.''</div> <div>  Clinton replied 'I prepared for the debate, and i'm preparing to be president, too.'</div> <div> </div> <div> Clinton also wondered if Trump was hiding secrets by not releasing his tax returns and also defended her deleted emails.</div> <div> </div> <div> “I made a mistake using a private email,” she said. Mr. Trump cut in, “That’s for sure.” Mrs. Clinton added, “I’m not going to make any excuses. It was a mistake.”</div> <div> </div> <div> Mrs. Clinton, looking toward Mr. Trump, said it was “good to be with” him on the same stage at last. “You have to judge us,” she said, in a response to a question about job creation. “Who can shoulder the immense, awesome responsibilities of the presidency?” Mr. Trump replied that “our jobs are fleeing the country.”</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> Quotes from CNN...</div>

Trump promise to release tax records when Hillary releases 33,000 deleted emails: U.S Presidential debate

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Slaughter any straying cow found in Abuja City -Senate

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEYIyM0jTQRfoG6hyphenhyphenA2bUMt_9Ob3Wb4pXzQ2QhhWTgNmI5Q_FJQW7zKrBqBs4owuh6mPSwh8P8yjfKE4wxixISm0vqLsjFF0LWtzkZGnOZX1UU7rDbIDAMtBIYhW5EQvU3Wv35sBqk54/s1600/unnamed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEYIyM0jTQRfoG6hyphenhyphenA2bUMt_9Ob3Wb4pXzQ2QhhWTgNmI5Q_FJQW7zKrBqBs4owuh6mPSwh8P8yjfKE4wxixISm0vqLsjFF0LWtzkZGnOZX1UU7rDbIDAMtBIYhW5EQvU3Wv35sBqk54/s400/unnamed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> Chairman of the Senate Committee on FCT, Dino Melaye, yesterday asked residents of the FCT to, henceforth, slaughter straying cows found in the city. He said this when the Minister of the FCT, Mohammed Bello, appeared before the committee ‎yesterday September 26th.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>Melaye who gave the order in a speech read at the session, said it was very disappointing, annoying and embarrassing that inspire of the ban placed on cattle grazing in FCT by FCTA authority, some stubborn herdsmen still go about the city grazing their cows. He ordered the FCT Minister to go beyond the ban by facilitating the slaughtering order issued by the senate committee.<br /> <br /> "The Senate is not happy at how herdsmen continue to move their cows across the city centre, which we are aware you had given directive against some time ago. From now on, get knives and ask your men to slaughter cows found in the capital city or prosecute herdsmen seen with cows in the city centre with a fine of N50,000 per cow. This order must be carried out.”

Slaughter any straying cow found in Abuja City -Senate

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Ambode: Lagos Deserves World Class Sea Ports

<div class="image-container" itemprop="image"> <img alt="akinwunmi-ambode-631x450" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="450" src="http://4a7jjc25uykf24u8sd3k8m5n.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/akinwunmi-ambode-631x450.jpg" width="631" /> </div> The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday said the State has all it takes to have as many world class Deep Sea Ports as possible, expressing the readiness of his administration to partner with investors to develop the maritime sector.<br /> Governor Ambode spoke at the Lagos House, Ikeja when he met with the International Management of Dubai Port World, led by its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem.<br /> He said the State is open for real investment and that government is willing to partner with interested investors to develop its port.<br /> He said Lagos, being a coastal city, deserved to have its port and that the decision of DP World to partner with the State in the area of developing a Deep Sea Port and other areas was cheering and encouraging.<br /> Aside the natural endowments for Lagos, Governor Ambode said the State is also blessed with the market to drive any investment, adding that there are favorable fundamentals for investments.<br /> He said: “I want to thank the management of DP World for their confidence in the Nigerian economy and Lagos economy. As a matter of fact, the decision of the firm is cheering because they are investing at a time of economic turbulence and this is a further assurance that the country will come out of recession even stronger.”<br /> The Governor also promised that his administration would continue to provide all the resources needed for the investment to thrive, especially in areas of security and infrastructure, as well as other incentives needed for ease of doing business.<br /> Earlier, Sulayem said his team was at Lagos House on a fact finding mission to look at opportunities for investment in logistics and other areas.<br /> He said: “We believe the economy of Nigeria has a lot of potentials and we believe the economic fundamentals of Lagos are very strong still. We are of a strong opinion that there are opportunities in Lagos and in Nigeria and we believe there are many ways to unlock the opportunities and we believe the fundamentals are very strong for Nigeria.<br /> “We are looking at opportunities and have received information and we are going to study them to see which part to invest. We have 77 terminals all over the world. We are not just into port management, we also specialize in logistics and many others.”<br /> credit: omojuwa

Ambode: Lagos Deserves World Class Sea Ports

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3 People You Should Never Take Relationship Advice From

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="315" src="http://4a7jjc25uykf24u8sd3k8m5n.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1-191.jpg" width="349" /> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">  </div> <br /> <br /> <h2 style="text-align: justify;"> 1. Anyone who is angry and bitter</h2> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Was your best friend a jilted bride or a groom who was stood up at the altar? Don’t ask friends or family with a chip on their shoulder how to win at love. If you hang around them long enough, their attitude could rub off on you. Then no one will want to date you because you have such a bad attitude. Don’t let someone else’s bad experiences warp how you see relationships. Psychologist Randi Gunther said bitterness may temporarily protect you from experiencing painful feelings, but it will only hold you back from finding a fulfilling relationship in the long run. Gunther describes bitterness as emotional poison. “Bitterness hurts, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. People appear to hold on to it to protect themselves from more pain. It does shield them from more hurt, but also from love as well. Cynical relationship seekers, bitter from the heartbreaks of the past, may not allow for a new and dangerous future. That engulfing sorrow holds open a painful wound of disappointed memories, even when the lovers who caused them are long gone,” said Gunther.</div> <h2 style="text-align: justify;"> 2. Someone who hasn’t had a successful relationship</h2> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It’s possible you could learn a thing or two about what not to do, but that may not get you very far. When seeking quality love advice, go to someone who has actually had quality relationships. Personal development expert Michael Hyatt said it’s best to get advice from those who have the results you seek. “Here’s my rule of thumb, and it rarely fails me: Never take advice from people who aren’t getting the results you want to experience. If you don’t like what you see in the life of the messenger, it’s usually best to ignore the message,” said Hyatt.</div> <h2 style="text-align: justify;"> 3. Players</h2> <div style="text-align: justify;"> If you’re seeking advice from someone who thinks being in a relationship is a game, and quickly getting someone into bed means you’ve “won,” you’re looking in the wrong place. Steer clear of anyone who thinks of relationships simply as a way to pass the time. Mari Ruti, associate professor of critical theory at the University of Toronto, said those who are careless when it comes to love are only doing themselves a disservice. Focusing all of your energy on winning will lead you nowhere. “The trouble with the games of romance is that eventually the mask will have to come off. Eventually you’ll have to reveal who you actually are, and then what? The rules of love may allow you to hoodwink your partner for a while, but ultimately they’ll lead you to a dead end,” said Ruti.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Credit: thecheatsheet</div>

3 People You Should Never Take Relationship Advice From

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Patience Jonathan To Drag EFCC Before West African Court

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="patiencejo" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="213" src="http://4a7jjc25uykf24u8sd3k8m5n.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/patiencejo.jpg" width="400" /> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">  </div> <br /> <br /> Former first lady, Mrs Patience Ibifaka Jonathan has concluded plans to drag the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to the African Commission of Human and Peoples Right in Gambia.<br /> Sources close to the legal team said they took the decision to seek legal redress in a court free from manipulation.<br /> Already a new group, The Rebranded Indigenous People of Biafra (TRIPOB) has thrown its weight behind the decision to drag the EFCC before the African Commission of Human and Peopless Right over its case Mrs Jonathan.<br /> The group, in statement by its spokesman, Chima “Phillip Effiong” Osuji, condemned what it called the “the undue harassment and campaign of calumny masterminded by the EFCC against Patience Jonathan.”<br /> The group insisted Mrs Jonathan “cannot get fair trial in a Nigerian court commended and Mr Timipa Jenkins Okonipere for his decision to drag the EFCC before the West African Court.<br /> “TRIPOB believes that under the current political dispensation in Nigeria, Mrs. Jonathan cannot obtain fair and impartial judgment. Furthermore, by virtue of the enviable political height which the Goodluck Jonathan family has attained, it would be most advisable if Mrs. Jonathan tgoes outside for relief…”<br /> because, we strongly believe that, there is a premeditated plot to humiliate and disgrace the former First Lady.<br /> We therefore commend international lawyer and human rights activist, Mr. Timipa Jenkins Okponipere for the wise decision to drag the EFCC before the African Commission of Human and Peoples Rights based in Banjul, The Gambia, if the EFCC failed to stop the harassment of Mrs. Jonathan within 14 days. It is a welcome decision.<br /> Accordingly, TRIPOB advises the Goodluck Jonathan Family to remain calm and put their trust in God Almighty; as they shall surely be vindicated.”

Patience Jonathan To Drag EFCC Before West African Court

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Labour threaten to shutdown Nigeria over planned national assets sale

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="Nigeria-Labour-Congress" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="247" src="http://4a7jjc25uykf24u8sd3k8m5n.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Nigeria-Labour-Congress.jpg" width="640" /> </div> <br /> <br /> Oil workers, under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, have threatened to shut down the country should the Federal Government carry out its plan to sell national assets to augment revenue shortfall.<br /> Also, the Trade Union Congress on Sunday said it would join PENGASSAN to shut down the country if the government remained adamant on its plan to sell some national assets.<br /> PENGASSAN, in a statement on Sunday by its National Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojugbana, said the government should look into other ways to increase its revenue base while plugging loopholes and leakages in government’s finances.<br /> The union, which described the plan to sell the national assets as a self-destructive move for Nigeria, said, “The plan meant to solve short-term financial obligations is targeted at handing over our collective wealth to a few individuals and further impoverish the rest of our countrymen and women.”<br /> It said government at all levels should pump money into the economy through the execution of capital projects and payment of workers’ salaries to revive the economy.<br /> PENGASSAN said it would not sit back and watch the sale of national assets, especially those in the oil and gas industry, such as the Nigeria LNG that had become a huge revenue-earner for Nigeria; refineries and shares in the upstream oil and gas JV operations being shared among those in power and their cronies.<br /> It said, “Any attempt to sell these national assets will be met with stiff resistance from the association, as PENGASSAN will galvanise every support, including that of our sister union and labour centres to shut down this country by ensuring that every activity in the oil and gas sector is brought to a complete halt.<br /> “Some opportunists in the clothes of businessmen and short-sighted politicians had earlier advocated the sale of public assets such as the NLNG, four state-owned refineries, Nigeria’s stakes in the Africa Finance Corporation, the nation’s airports and reduction of government’s shares in upstream oil joint venture operations and this was approved by the National Economic Council.”<br /> Reacting to the recent approval of the sale of the national assets by the NEC, Ojugbana said the sale of the assets would further compound the economic and security problems in the country.<br /> He added, “They should tell us what will happen after the recession if we have sold the assets to greedy individuals. Will the country go cap in hand begging those individuals who bought the assets and borrowing from them?”<br /> He said the plan “is ill-timed and unwarranted as it does not serve national interest,” adding that no nation could develop, survive or feel secure after selling all its national assets.”<br /> PENGASSAN stated, “Doing this will further mortgage the future of our great country in the hands of few cabals. These individuals are just looking for advantage to further loot the country through illegal acquisition of the national assets as in the case of various oil blocks held by a few powerful Nigerians.<br /> “The sale of national assets is not only surprising but also embarrassing for a nation experiencing economic recession. The proponents of the sale of national assets are those who have been actively involved in the operations of the nation’s economy in the past. They were part of those responsible for the country’s current economic situation.”<br /> According to him, such sales in the past, including the power and steel sectors privatisation, are just a shift from public monopoly to private monopoly, which has further worsen those sectors.<br /> “It is, therefore, the candid position of PENGASSAN that such a plan should be thrown into the trash bin. Government should continue to seek better ways to address the present economic challenges and reduce areas of wastage. The long overdue calls for diversification of the economy should be driven with all seriousness; more action is required urgently than propaganda mechanism,” he said.<br /> The President of the TUC, Bala Kaigama, said on the telephone on Sunday that the Congress would collaborate with the two major unions in the oil sector because the planned sale of the assets was flawed.<br /> He noted that if those who invested in the assets had sold them, the current administration would not have met them.<br /> Kaigama said, “We will solidarise with them. You cannot sell vital assets like that. You don’t. If those who invested in the assets had sold them, would they have met them?<br /> “Of course, these business people, who are saying sell and sell, let them pay the appropriate taxes. Those people who are not paying the appropriate taxes, let them pay the appropriate taxes and money will accrue to the Federal Government.<br /> “TUC will solidarise with NUPENG and PENGASSAN to shut down the country.”<br /> The Nigeria Labour Congress, on its own, said while it would take necessary steps on the issue, it had not taken the decision to shut down the country.<br /> The General Secretary of the NLC, Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson, stated on Sunday that the congress would inform Nigerians when the decision was taken.<br /> Ozo-Eson added, “No. We are a democratic organ; we have our processes. We have not taken a decision; when we take a decision, we will let the country know.<br /> “If individual unions have announced, we have no quarrel with that. We are opposed to it (assets sale) and we will take the necessary steps. We have not yet taken that decision of shutting down the country or whatever. We will inform the nation when we take that decision.”<br />

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Despite recession, Dangote vows to scale up investments in Nigeria, Africa

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="Aliko-Dangote" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="428" src="http://4a7jjc25uykf24u8sd3k8m5n.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Aliko-Dangote.jpg" width="640" /> </div> <br /> <br /> In recognition of his immense contribution to human capital development in Africa through the establishment of businesses across the African continent, a United States of America-based Organization, Africa-America Institute (AAI) has honoured the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, with the “2016 African Business Leader Award.”<br /> The business guru was named and presented the award at a colourful ceremony held on the side-line of the United Nations Congress held in New York city, United States alongside other prominent Africans like Stephen Hayes, President and CEO of the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA), who won the AAI ‘2016 U.S. Business Leader Award’; and Sunil Benimadhu, Executive Director of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM), who won the AAI ‘2016 Distinguished Alumnus Award.’<br /> Dangote said he was humbled by the award considering the pedigree of the award which celebrates African achievement at the global stage and promised that he would not be deterred by the current economic challenges in Nigeria but would intensify the expansion of his businesses across Africa.<br /> At the award Gala themed “Education: The Key to Africa’s Economic Growth,”, Dangote expressed delight that the Institute brought education in Africa to the front burner., noting “I have always been passionate about education because I believe it is a weapon of liberation.<br /> Drawing a reference from a Nelson Mandela quote that: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”, the Chairman of Dangote Cement, global, said he identified himself with laudable initiatives that seek to promote educational growth and development, particularly in Africa.<br /> “As a matter of fact, I am a founding member of the Gordon Brown-led Global Business Coalition for Education. Education is also one of the cardinal areas that the Aliko Dangote Foundation focuses on.<br /> “I believe quality and affordable education will address the immense social and economic inequalities that often breed discontent in many parts of Africa. I also believe education will strengthen the human capital that will drive Africa’s development in the 21st Century.<br /> “I am happy to note that AAI has been contributing to Africa’s development, through training and education, since it was founded 63 years ago. This award is coming at a time the Dangote Group is rapidly expanding its footprints across Africa, and into new sectors.<br /> “Last year alone, we commenced cement operations in Ethiopia, Zambia, Cameroon, South Africa, Senegal and Tanzania. By 2019, we will have operations in 18 countries with a total capacity of nearly 80MMTPA, thus making us the largest cement producer in Africa and the 6th largest in the world.<br /> “Over the next few years, we will be investing nearly $20billion in projects ranging from a petroleum refinery, petrochemicals, fertiliser, gas pipeline, and backward integration in sugar and rice production.<br /> “These projects will create over 250,000 jobs and provide foreign exchange earnings and savings of $16 billion for the country and help diversify our economy. Central to this developmental trajectory is the need for capacity building and ramping up of the quality of skills of a fast growing African workforce.<br /> “Despite the current economic challenges, we will continue to scale up the value of our investments not only in Nigeria but also across the entire continent, because we believe in Nigeria’s and Africa’s potential. We believe that it is only by sustained massive investments in infrastructure across the continent, supported with access to education, that Africa can reach its full potential.<br /> “This award will further encourage us to redouble our efforts as we work towards promoting Africa’s economic renaissance. We are grateful to the organisers for recognising our modest efforts to transform Africa”, he stated.<br /> Founded in 1953, The Africa-America Institute (AAI) is a premier U.S.-based international organization dedicated to strengthening human capacity of Africans and promoting the continent’s development through higher education and skills training, convening activities, program implementation and management.<br /> Its primary model is to identify capacity-building projects and coordinate the programmatic, financial administration and evaluation necessary to deliver high-impact results.<br /> credit: omojuwa

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You have not seen the worst – Shekau

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="Shekau2" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="263" src="http://4a7jjc25uykf24u8sd3k8m5n.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Shekau2.jpg" width="510" /> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">  </div> <br /> <br /> The leader of Boko Haram has mocked claims he was seriously injured by the Nigerian military and warned “you have not seen the worst yet”.<br /> In a video posted on social media, Abubakar Shekau dismissed claims by the Nigerian air force that he had been seriously wounded in a raid, telling them: “I will not get killed until my time comes”.<br /> The leader of the Islamist militant group also taunted parents of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls, telling them their children would only be released if the government swaps them for detained Islamic extremist leaders.<br /> Some 218 of the 276 schoolgirls abducted in April 2014 remain missing.<br /> Shekau said: “You broadcast the news and published it in your media outlets that you injured me and killed me and here I am.<br /> “Oh tyrants, I’m in a happy state, in good health and in safety.”<br /> He added: “If you want your girls, bring back our brethren.”<br /> In a statement, army spokesman Sani Usman said the footage was “unstable” and came as “another sign that the end is near for him”.<br /> He said: “Boko Haram terrorism as it was known, is gone for good.<br /> “We are just counting down to the day when all the few remnants will be totally wiped out or brought to justice.”<br /> The air force’s announcement that Shekau had been seriously injured came days after Islamic State announced Abu Musab al Barnawi as the new Boko Haram leader.<br /> In a 10-minute audio clip posted on social media, Shekau rejected the claim and dismissed Barnawi as an infidel who condoned living in an un-Islamic society without waging jihad.<br /> Shekau became Boko Haram leader after founder Mohammed Yusuf was killed by security forces in 2009.<br /> Boko Haram has killed approximately 15,000 people and displaced more than two million in a seven-year insurgency aimed at creating a state adhering to strict Islamic laws.<br /> In the last week 10 soldiers were killed and 24 injured in a resurgence of violence in northeast Nigeria.<br /> On Sunday, Boko Haram fighters ambushed a patrol in Abadam, Borno State, killing four soldiers and injuring 16 others.<br /> credit: omojuwa

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Shettima: No amount of intimidation will stop our reconstruction efforts

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="Governor Kashim Shettima" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="360" src="http://4a7jjc25uykf24u8sd3k8m5n.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Gov_Kashim_Shettima01.jpg" width="540" /> <div class="caption"> Governor Kashim Shettima</div> </div> <br /> <br /> <div class="description mt"> <i>Governor Kashim Shettima</i></div> Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno on Monday said he was going ahead with the planned rebuilding of damaged buildings in spite of recent attacks by Boko Haram insurgents in some parts of the state.<br /> Shettima stated this while interacting with newsmen in Bama, headquarters of Bama Local Government Area of the state.<br /> He was reacting to the recent attacks by insurgents at the border villages of Logumani and Dara/Jamal, where an army officer and two soldiers were killed.<br /> The governor, who relocated his office to Bama since last Wednesday to launch the reconstructions and renovation of over 2,500 destroyed houses, shops and public buildings in Bama in 2014, said “the Boko Haram insurgents are merchants of fear.<br /> “They are also vendors of fear. They want to instill fear in us.<br /> “I think we should be stubbornly enough to follow our convictions against the wanton destruction of lives and property not only in this state, but the entire affected sub-region of the country.<br /> “We have the courage to realise our dreams of an enduring peace in the state and the North East.<br /> “The Borno State Government and its entire citizens must put hands together to rebuild Borno brick by brick, as the rebuilding and rehabilitation processes of Bama has commenced last Wednesday.<br /> “Any life that does not involve taking risk is not a life worth living. At the end of the day what story are you going to tell your grandchildren,” he asked.<br /> Shettima added that the relocation of the Borno governor’s office to Bama since last Wednesday was an indication<br /> that the Boko Haram insurgents have already been defeated physically and psychologically.<br /> “So, let us maintain the tempo of visiting some of the affected towns and communities; lets visit those places and ensure that they are safe before the displaced persons return to their ancestral homes,” the governor added<br /> credit: omojuwa

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Boko Haram Leader Shekau Mentally Ill – Army

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="abubakar-shekau-690x450" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="417" src="http://4a7jjc25uykf24u8sd3k8m5n.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/abubakar-shekau-690x450.jpg" width="640" /> </div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Nigerian Army has described the embattled leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, as mentally ill following the release of the latest video in which the terror group leader denied claims made by the army that he was seriously injured.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The video has shown beyond all reasonable doubt the earlier suspicion that the purported factional terrorist group leader is mentally sick and unstable,” the spokesman for the Nigerian Army, Sani Usman, said in a statement on Sunday.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The ranting is also another sign that the end is near for him which is part of the signs of all wicked people.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Usman insisted that Shekau was indeed wounded in an air strike in August and the troops in the northeast were doing enough to check the activities of the terror group.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Nigerian authorities have reported him dead several times before, but the army’s latest claim was bolstered when Boko Haram — which pledged allegiance last year to the Islamic State (IS) group — released a video on September 13 without Shekau in it.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> However, in the video released Sunday, Shekau points to a date on an Islamic calendar corresponding to September 25, 2016.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Speaking in Hausa, Arabic and English and in dialects spoken in northeast Nigeria, he appears to be in good physical health.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He uses the video to issue threats against President Muhammadu Buhari, who appealed to the United Nations this week for help in negotiating the release of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by the militants more than two years ago.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “If you want your girls, bring back our brethren,” Shekau said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But Usman said Nigerian Army was intent on clearing “the remnants of the terrorists and rescue all persons held hostage by them especially the abducted Chibok Secondary School girls.”</div>

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Edo APC sets up Free Akara spots ahead of the state governorship election

<div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"> <div dir="ltr"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3Opk5nI4yEWFcxbeMTiyBR-aqGPOl0SBEQfgPfg4GBvq0necExCan7Iyp29ApICJBOeln7XCA9dlnihbeZ7Qwy_27QL6y4K5flOTD-__zG1t8vmPYTwrHW4zVLIe8-moECIniadU-Yk/s1600/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3Opk5nI4yEWFcxbeMTiyBR-aqGPOl0SBEQfgPfg4GBvq0necExCan7Iyp29ApICJBOeln7XCA9dlnihbeZ7Qwy_27QL6y4K5flOTD-__zG1t8vmPYTwrHW4zVLIe8-moECIniadU-Yk/s1600/2.jpg" /></a></div> <div> Ahead of the <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_425084112" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Wednesday September 28th</span></span> governorship election, APC members in Edo state have set up these free Akara spots in the state where residents can go and collect free Akara to feed. </div> </div> </div>

Edo APC sets up Free Akara spots ahead of the state governorship election

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Cristiano Ronaldo and his mum react after he is substituted by coach Zinedine Zidane for 1st time in Real Madrid career

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9EDgku06GcLSMRMVjeI4qODBfuNZka00bqDiQcsGETS6dI_WREv4RfMcNGfcIlCILBECHybCF0o8pfwPQXc1sZy0_Z5oNpAaZwlJnZ_Qd7v-GAlf7jAR1cvBwYFsQK4r1wMkxDerIBSA/s1600/0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9EDgku06GcLSMRMVjeI4qODBfuNZka00bqDiQcsGETS6dI_WREv4RfMcNGfcIlCILBECHybCF0o8pfwPQXc1sZy0_Z5oNpAaZwlJnZ_Qd7v-GAlf7jAR1cvBwYFsQK4r1wMkxDerIBSA/s1600/0.png" /></a></div> Cristiano Ronaldo reacted angrily after he was tactically substituted for the first time in his Real Madrid career in the 2-2 draw with Las Palmas over the weekend.<br /> <br /> <div> <div> Ronaldo who recently came back from injury endured a frustrating evening as he failed to score and was shocked to be taken off in the 72nd minute of the La Liga clash - a decision that backfired after Sergio Araujo scored a late equaliser to force a 2-2 draw.</div> <div> </div> <div> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a></div> <div> The Portuguese was visibly unhappy as he walked off the pitch and barely acknowledged coach Zinedine Zidane, prompting his mother Dolores Aveiro to tweet a picture of her son from Real's bench, with the caption: 'Never lower your head'.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ455D6za8ama4-nxp9L06v03Y269X8wSBuaJCxLYNTeEFy6CQ4S8yB8sW2JAkEtbBTvoce10BCKc8HMOUTZAfqss8brxQrs9nJpxvF-l3d17OsMNctyDl0Y-kIXOYBYjBaIS4EWuRP_k/s1600/c.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ455D6za8ama4-nxp9L06v03Y269X8wSBuaJCxLYNTeEFy6CQ4S8yB8sW2JAkEtbBTvoce10BCKc8HMOUTZAfqss8brxQrs9nJpxvF-l3d17OsMNctyDl0Y-kIXOYBYjBaIS4EWuRP_k/s400/c.png" width="388" /></a></div> </div> <div> </div> </div> <div> Real Madrid coach Zidane meanwhile has denied he took off Ronaldo because he was playing badly, saying he took him of bcause he needed him to rest ahead of <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_28686849" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Tuesday's</span></span></span> champions league encounter.</div> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> 'I did not take Cristiano off because he was playing badly, but because we play another game <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_28686850" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Tuesday</span></span></span> and he has to rest.'Zidane said.  </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> He was playing well, like the others, but I had to think about <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_28686851" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Tuesday</span></span></span>.We have a game <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_28686852" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Tuesday</span></span></span> and I thought it was the time to take him off, 20 minutes from the end, thinking about <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_28686853" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Tuesday</span></span></span>,' added Zidane. </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> I know he always wants to play and always wants to stay on the field, but I also have to think about the players and for me it was best to rest and think about <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_28686854" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Tuesday</span></span></span>,'</blockquote> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8Xi4qIHKrMETN2yzykwuJcDMVVjO8Z8fHELnaybNRQHuptaEDJPTiF2DVeeP1y4A1RT_OrmiSZkUUEizsYExTlyYwdSwxAgM3PE5SRLu2SqyAV31wuyzgvspKFCf3vGsoApLtn1RUzY/s1600/a.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8Xi4qIHKrMETN2yzykwuJcDMVVjO8Z8fHELnaybNRQHuptaEDJPTiF2DVeeP1y4A1RT_OrmiSZkUUEizsYExTlyYwdSwxAgM3PE5SRLu2SqyAV31wuyzgvspKFCf3vGsoApLtn1RUzY/s400/a.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxk78MwnjhldAhPH_TMTKIqHTwrp2n2xVAk8djTpjHXPrGZYybs3kH3JhJIvK65djPIu7NKTR-onfBMZ4Oi8zCHPaHVwwpQwVD2zEgopwyEGYMcM6w0APFoqG98TtAIibHy0qWf6rA-94/s1600/b.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxk78MwnjhldAhPH_TMTKIqHTwrp2n2xVAk8djTpjHXPrGZYybs3kH3JhJIvK65djPIu7NKTR-onfBMZ4Oi8zCHPaHVwwpQwVD2zEgopwyEGYMcM6w0APFoqG98TtAIibHy0qWf6rA-94/s400/b.png" width="400" /></a></div>

Cristiano Ronaldo and his mum react after he is substituted by coach Zinedine Zidane for 1st time in Real Madrid career

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Olayinka Oladiran is pronounced winner of MTV base VJ search 2016!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgacP4ZhFY-5N1fqiQgNwoJgSTQ-yOzWwrN_mvOmaUzr2fz0MFgc9wpm0Dx0lHDOEzIek2dGV70wWdfsyGxhb9HdniMdTm5eE8KjV_B3Uy-Y-_49lOUZhbtTxr8C_fZujE3rh8VzWkgaaU/s1600/000.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgacP4ZhFY-5N1fqiQgNwoJgSTQ-yOzWwrN_mvOmaUzr2fz0MFgc9wpm0Dx0lHDOEzIek2dGV70wWdfsyGxhb9HdniMdTm5eE8KjV_B3Uy-Y-_49lOUZhbtTxr8C_fZujE3rh8VzWkgaaU/s400/000.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> After a nail-biting two month nationwide search, 23 year old Olayinka Oladiran from Abeokuta was finally revealed as the winner of the <b>2016 MTV Base VJ Search – Nigeria on MTV Base</b> (DStv channel 322) on Friday 23 September.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><br /> Four finalists from all over the country slugged it out for the top slot during the televised grand final in front of Viacom executives<b> Alex Okosi</b> and<b> Katung Aduwak,</b> as well as famous faces from the entertainment industry including Olisa Adibua, Vector Tha Viper, Ikechukwu, Niniola, among many others<br /> <br /> Olayinka Oladiran beat fellow finalists <b>Tomiwa Olorunfemi</b> (23), <b>Tochukwu Onwubiko</b> (21) and 19 year-old twins, <b>Grace and Glory Danbaki</b> after competing with thousands of hopefuls in Lagos, Enugu and Abuja plus online and social media applicants.  While all the competitors brought their “A-Games” to the finale, K’Ola outstripped the competition thanks to her bubbly personality, relaxed stage presence, and the ability to relate to the audience.<br /> <br /> The other finalists also went home with contracts and will be representing MTV Base as VJs on new shows coming to the channel.<br /> <br /> Speaking about the victory, <b>Alex Okosi</b>, <b>Senior Vice President</b> &<b> Managing Director, Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Africa</b>, commented, “Congratulations to K’Ola, who really has shown the rare combination of qualities we look for in an<b> MTV Base VJ</b>.  We are so excited to welcome K’Ola to our<b> MTV Base</b> and <b>VIMN Africa</b> family and look forward to seeing her on screen on MTV Base in the coming weeks.  The finalists were so strong and amazing this year that we plan on contracting all of them to represent the brand as VJs” <br /> <br /> K’Ola who could not contain her excitement after being named as the latest <b>MTV Base VJ</b> commented, “I feel very blessed by this experience and I’ve learnt that any dream that is worth having is worth pursuing.”<br /> <br /> Olayinka Oladiran will now join <b>Ehiz Okoeguale</b>, popularly known as “Dadaboy Ehiz” on <b>MTV Base’s</b> in-house talent roster, where she will start off presenting ‘Word on the Street” and “Newsish” on <b>MTV Base.  K'Ola</b>, who also walked away with a contract worth 20million Naira, will also get the opportunity to travel around the world with the MTV Base team on a wide range of glittering entertainment events such as the <b>MTV Africa Music Awards Johannesburg 2016, the MTV EMAs, BET Awards, BET Experience Africa</b>, and many other events in the<b> Viacom</b> portfolio.<br /> More photos...<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Olayinka Oladiran is pronounced winner of MTV base VJ search 2016!

After a nail-biting two month nationwide search, 23 year old Olayinka Oladiran from Abeokuta was finally revealed as the winner of the 20...

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Shekau’s New Video A Propaganda- Nigerian Army

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="army logo" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="300" src="http://4a7jjc25uykf24u8sd3k8m5n.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/army-logo.jpg" width="480" /> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">  </div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The military yesterday said the factional leader of the terrorist group Boko Haram Abubakar Shekau is “unstable and irrational saying he must release the abducted Chibok girls unconditionally.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Army  was  responding to the latest video released by  Shekau, describing it as propaganda and sign of desperation.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Boko Haram on Sunday released another video in which Shekau appeared for 38 minutes, speaking in Arabic, Fulfulde, Hausa and a line in English. Shekau appeared before a black background with two armed members of the group by his side and about 15 big copies of the Holy Quran in front of him.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He spoke mostly in Arabic and denied being killed or wounded in any Nigerian Air Force raid. He also sent messages to President Muhammadu Buhari, Chief of Army Staff Lt.-General Tukur Buratai, and President Idris  Deby of Chad.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The unbelievers of Nigeria I am going to be addressing you and Buhari and Idris Deby. The whole world should listen. I am alive. when my days are over you people will not see me again.</div> <div id="adcode" style="text-align: justify;"> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-5089981496810613" data-ad-slot="6482008575" data-adsbygoogle-status="done"><ins id="aswift_4_expand"><ins id="aswift_4_anchor"></ins></ins></ins></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “You should make all the preparations you want to make, you and your Ban kii Moon.  I am trying to make the whole world to know that we are not gentle people or sociologists; it is because of God that we evade you when you throw out your bombs,” Shekau said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said democracy is evil and for unbelievers on “his brothers and sisters” to return to the right way. “ Do you think democracy is religion, you Hausa of Nigeria? If not for God where will we be? My brothers and sister, return to the Quran.  You Buhari,  go and beg people for money claiming you will collect the young girls back when it is all a lie,” he said.</div>

Shekau’s New Video A Propaganda- Nigerian Army

    The military yesterday said the factional leader of the terrorist group Boko Haram A...

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Shekau Appears In New Video, Says He Is In Good Health

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="Shekau2" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="263" src="http://4a7jjc25uykf24u8sd3k8m5n.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Shekau2.jpg" width="510" /> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">  </div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A factional leader of the Boko Haram militant group, Abubakar Shekau, has appeared in a new video released on YouTube.<br /> Shekau, who sat throughout the 40-minute video, denied claims by the Nigerian military that he was killed or badly injured in recent air strikes.</div> <div class="copy-paste-block" style="text-align: justify;"> Speaking in Arabic, Hausa and Kanuri, he said he was still in charge of the militant group.<br /> “Oh tyrants, I’m in a happy state, in good health and in safety,” he said.<br /> Earlier this month, the Islamic State in the Levant and Syria (ISLS) announced Shekau’s replacement with Abu Musab Albarnawi, the son of the late Boko Haram founder, Muhammed Yusuf. Shekau rejected the move. It is not certain when the latest video was recorded.<br /> Defence spokesman, Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar, in his reaction said it was immaterial whether Shekau was alive or not.<br /> He said the military was not bothered if he was alive, adding that the most important thing was to finish the decimation of Boko Haram.<br /> “We will continue to hit them hard, so the only soft ground for them is the non-traditional media, where all stories can be fashioned to serve their evil and inglorious acts.”<br /> “They know what we have done and what we are up to, they are losing by the days, their members are surrendering on daily basis, we are urging you and your followers to turn yourselves in for your own good before it’s too late,” he said. Read More: <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/shekau-appears-in-new-video/163850.html" style="color: red;">dailytrust</a></span></div>

Shekau Appears In New Video, Says He Is In Good Health

    A factional leader of the Boko Haram militant group, Abubakar Shekau, has appeared in ...

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Thousands Of Zimbabweans Lose Money As MMM Crashes

<div class="image-container" itemprop="image"> <img alt="Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe eats ice cream after addressing the crowd at his inauguration and swearing-in ceremony on August 22, 2013 at the 60,000-seater sports stadium in Harare. Veteran Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was sworn in as Zimbabwe's president for another five-year term before a stadium packed with tens of thousands of jubilant supporters. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER JOE (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images)" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="415" src="http://4a7jjc25uykf24u8sd3k8m5n.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/14.jpeg" width="630" /> <div class="caption"> Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe eats ice cream after addressing the crowd at his inauguration and swearing-in ceremony on August 22, 2013 at the 60,000-seater sports stadium in Harare. Veteran Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was sworn in as Zimbabwe's president for another five-year term before a stadium packed with tens of thousands of jubilant supporters. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER JOE (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images)</div> </div> Thousands of people, among them civil servants and vendors, have lost thousands of dollars to fraudulent online pyramid scheme MMM Global Zimbabwe after it collapsed recently. The social financial network, which relied on an accelerating number of new members to pay off the old, abruptly terminated its services last week leaving participants stranded.<br /> This comes as Econet’s mobile financial service platform, EcoCash yesterday distanced itself from the pyramid scheme. Participants claimed they were using EcoCash for their transactions.<br /> Zimbabweans have in the past months been joining the online investment scheme in droves in a bid “to get rich quickly”. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe warned people that the scheme was fraudulent and there was no legal recourse in the event they lost their money.<br /> The central bank said MMM, which advertises its operations through a website and recruiting agents, was not a registered or regulated entity. EcoCash yesterday said: “We have noted that some of these pyramid schemes are allegedly advertising in a manner that suggests that the Ecocash facility is a medium for prospective members to deposit their money. This is not correct.<br /> “We advise our valued customers and all stakeholders that Ecocash is a licensed mobile payment platform that enables customers to make financial transactions such as sending money, buying prepaid airtime as well as paying for goods and services within the confines of the law of Zimbabwe. EcoCash promotes safe and legal transactions but will not be held liable for any losses arising from the use of EcoCash to engage in illegal activities such as Ponzi schemes.”<br /> The scheme advertises itself as a mutual aid fund under which recruited members contribute money to assist others and are promised investment returns of 30 percent per month. Some of the people left counting their losses told The Herald that they received emails that the scheme had been suspended until September 15.<br /> “All along things were moving in the right direction and we now have nowhere to claim our investments,” said Mr Tinashe Muza of Harare.<br /> “When we started putting our funds in the scheme one could get assistance within seven days but things later changed to 14 days and when we were shut out the waiting period was 21 days. What it simply means is that the number of people in need of help has outnumbered the number of people joining. Right now we have nowhere to get our money which we invested.”<br /> MMM stands for Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox and takes its name from its founder, Sergei Panteleevich Mavrodi of Russia. He founded MMM in 1989 and the scheme was declared bankrupt three years later leading to the disappearance of Mavrodi until his arrest in 2003.<br /> Another victim, Mrs Rosemary Mawonde said: “We never thought the scheme would end this way as we believed that by using EcoCash to do the transactions, things were in order. I am surprised that EcoCash is also distancing itself from the scheme and it is clear that I will never recover the $300 that I invested.”<br /> While some people who were skeptical about the scheme started with small amounts, it is believed some poured in thousands of dollars anticipating higher returns. The RBZ said the schemes were fraudulent as existing investors were ‘paid money not from genuine market investment of their funds, but from contributions made by new investors, until a point when the scheme can no longer attract new investors,”<br /> “The participants are made aware that they make their money by recruiting new members who in turn must recruit more members,” warned the Central Bank.

Thousands Of Zimbabweans Lose Money As MMM Crashes

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Trump Leads Clinton In New National Poll

<div class="image-container" itemprop="image"> <img alt="1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="366" src="http://4a7jjc25uykf24u8sd3k8m5n.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1-184.jpg" width="650" /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is leading his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by 1 point nationally in the race for the White House, a new poll shows.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The new Morning Consult survey released on Tuesday, shows the New York billionaire is favored by 39 percent of likely voters and the former secretary of state is backed by 38 percent.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson has 9 percent and Green Party candidate Jill Stein has 4 percent.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Trump leads Clinton 10 points, 44 to 33 percent. But Clinton has solid lead over her Republican rival among Hispanic likely voters, 54 to 20 percent and among African-American voters, 75 to 7 percent.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> However, Clinton leads Trump by 2 points among likely voters, 44 to 42 percent, in a head-to-head matchup.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In the same poll conducted on September 15-16, Clinton had a 2-point lead over her Republican rival in a four-way matchup.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Clinton has maintained a 2.5 point lead in the most recent RealClearPolitics average of polls</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In the <em>Washington Post</em>/ABC News poll, also released Sunday, the two candidates were locked in a dead heat among registered voters, each enjoying 41 percent support.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Clinton held a narrow 2-point edge over Trump among likely voters, leading him 46 percent to 44 percent. The slim lead falls well within the survey’s margin of error.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Read More: <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/09/26/486473/Trump-lead-Clinton-new-national-poll" style="color: red;">presstv</a></span></div>

Trump Leads Clinton In New National Poll

US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is leading his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by 1...

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Oil Edges Higher Ahead Of OPEC Meeting

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="OIL_PRICES" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="300" src="http://4a7jjc25uykf24u8sd3k8m5n.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/OIL_PRICES.jpg" width="400" /> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">  </div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Oil prices rose modestly in Asia on Monday ahead of a producers’ meeting this week that might agree to cap supplies.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But analysts warned that optimism should be tempered by experience of two years of gluts and disagreement among members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> OPEC and Russia are slated to begin meeting later Monday on the sidelines of the International Energy Forum in Algiers, looking for ways to stabilise prices that have been depressed since 2014.Pre-forum talks last week between OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia and member Iran were bleak, with neither willing to commit to freezing production, sending prices plunging more than 3.0 percent on Friday.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> However, both major contracts rebounded on Monday after Algeria’s energy minister said all options were still on the table, said OANDA market analyst Jeffrey Halley.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “With OPEC meeting on the sidelines of International Energy Forum for the next three days, and with the first (US) presidential debate happening tomorrow morning Asia time, expect oil to move on comments that range from hope to reality,” he said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> At about 0740 GMT US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for November delivery was up 29 cents at $44.77 while Brent crude gained 23 cents to $46.12.</div>

Oil Edges Higher Ahead Of OPEC Meeting

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Fashola: Buhari Inherited N1.5trn Debt on Road Contracts

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="Raji Fashola" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="400" src="http://4a7jjc25uykf24u8sd3k8m5n.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Raji-Fashola.jpg" width="324" /> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">  </div> <br /> <br /> The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari inherited road contractual liabilities worth N1.5tn, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has said.<br /> Fashola said this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday by his Special Adviser, Communications, Mr. Hakeem Bello.<br /> The minister said the ministry inherited 206 roads that were not budgeted for or poorly funded, but added that it had now developed a road map consisting of identifying and prioritising heavy traffic bearing roads for conveying essential goods and services across the country.<br /> He said, “We have to build roads that evacuate our sea and airports; roads that drive our energy for now; roads that go to the tank farms to evacuate fuel from the South to the North; and roads that sustain us, that is roads that bring in our feed stock, cattle and vegetables and livestock from the North down to the South.<br /> “And that is why you see us building from Lagos to Ibadan, to Ilorin, to Jebba to link all the way to Kaduna and Kano, and go on up North. And we are doing the same thing trying to connect River Benue through the Loko-Oweto Bridge and the Second Niger Bridge; Kano-Kaduna, and Kano-Maiduguri. Those are the choices we have made because this is a period of hard choices, trying to do more with less.”<br /> Fashola added, “Those are the choices that we have made; they are not esoteric choices, they are simple and rational choices. All the roads we are working on had been awarded before I got into office by the previous administration – over 206 roads. You don’t have resources to build 206 roads; so, where you put your limited resources is in those areas.<br /> “The total outstanding contractual liabilities are in the region of N1.5tn and this administration is taking them in batches, starting from the critical heavy traffic highways that evacuate goods from ports, fuel from tank farms and move foodstuffs and agro-produce across the country.”<br /> The minister also said Nigeria lost more than 3,000 megawatts of electricity to the activities of vandals in the last six months.<br /> Fashola said this in a presentation titled, ‘Leadership and the Politics of Reforms in Africa: Lessons from Nigeria’ at the Wilson Centre, Washington DC, United States.<br /> The minister added that electricity supply increased by 4,00MW in the last two weeks due to increase in the generating capacity of the hydropower plants occasioned by the repair and maintenance carried out on them in the last one year.<br /> He attributed the loss of over 3,000MW of power to consistent vandalism and sabotage of oil and gas pipelines and assets.

Fashola: Buhari Inherited N1.5trn Debt on Road Contracts

    The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari inherited road contractual liabiliti...

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Buhari approves 56th independence anniversary programme

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="Group of People Waving Flag of Nigeria in Back Lit" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="256" src="http://4a7jjc25uykf24u8sd3k8m5n.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/12.jpg" width="400" /> </div> <div class="image-container" itemprop="image" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">  </div> <br /> <br /> President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the programme of events for the commemoration of Nigeria’s 56th independence anniversary.<br /> Bolaji Adebiyi, Director of Press in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF), said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.<br /> Mr. Adebiyi said an interdenominational thanksgiving church service had been scheduled for September 25 at the National Worship Centre, Abuja at 4p.m.<br /> A public lecture and Jumma’at prayers are slated for September 30 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. respectively at the National Mosque, Abuja.<br /> He said the Church service, public lecture and Jumma’at prayers were open to members of public.<br /> Mr. Adebiyi added that attendance to the Presidential Change of Guard scheduled for Oct. 1 at the Presidential Villa, Abuja at 3 p.m. would be strictly by invitation.

Buhari approves 56th independence anniversary programme

    President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the programme of events for the commemoration...

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