TSA: We realised N2.2trn in 3 months – Buhari

PRESIDENT Mu-hammadu Buhari has revealed that his administration has within three months saved N2.2 trillion for the nation through the enforcement of the Treasury Single Account, TSA. The president made the revelation in London during a meeting with Nigerians resident in the city on Thursday night. President Buhari who was in the United Kingdom for the Supporting Syria and the Region Conference in London, British capital was speaking of the problems bedevilling the oil and gas sector of the economy which he said were part of the challenges he inherited upon an assumption of office
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Oliseh Betrayed NFF Over Unpaid Bonuses Claim- Chris Green

Nigeria Football Federation's Technical Committee chairman, Barrister Christopher Green, has blasted the Super EAgles coach, Sunday Oliseh, for saying the football federation did not motivate his players at the ongoing African Nations Championship in Rwanda.
 The Nigerian home-based Eagles crashed out of the tournament in the early stages of the tournament after losing 1-0 to Guinea, and coach Oliseh claimed his team failed because they were owed camp allowances and match bonuses by the NFF.
 Green felt Oliseh betrayed the NFF for such statement, saying that Samson Siasia and Emmanuel Amunike were not even given a dime but went ahead to make Nigerians proud in their respective championships.
“I don’t think it is very fair to the NFF that Sunday Oliseh will say the team was not motivated. Of course, he sent his programme to the NFF, for him to camp in Nigeria as well as Pretoria in South Africa and that programme was executed. In South Africa, he had good matches to play, which he played,” Green told The Cable.
“These were part of the preparations for the CHAN tournament. Ordinarily, in a tournament where one will have domestic players, one would have said they should remain in the country and prepare.
“But in this case, in total obedience to the programme of the coach, they had to leave Nigeria and went to Pretoria. And so, I will not want to say that the NFF did not motivate the team.
“What about Samson Siasia’s team that played all the way to the final and won the cup without being paid their match bonuses and allowances? What about Emmanuel Amuneke that played till the final and won the World Cup in Chile without being paid?
“Also, what about the girls that went to Namibia and won? They all know that their money will be paid to them. And I can assure you that very soon, all debts will be cleared when the NFF receives its money."
“It is quite unfortunate that Oliseh will say that. I think if that kind of story is true or false, it’s not for public consumption. That’s not good management,” he continued.
“If there’s anything like that, that matter should be proper dealt inside. It is not something that should be peddled for the citizens to hear. It is like you are more or less instigating the players against their managers over unpaid debts.
“But what I can assure you is that every players that’s owed will be paid to the last kobo. We have a president that is so passionate, that is so concerned about the welfare of players, especially players of the national teams.
“ He will be working round the clock to make sure that he gets money from anywhere to settle all these debts, so that by the next time we will be talking, you will hear that all debts have been settled,” he concluded.
 The technical committee will meet on Thursday evening to discuss the Eagle’ ill-fated flight in Rwanda.


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Pluto's mysterious, floating hills

Hills of water ice on the dwarf planet believed to be floating in a sea of frozen nitrogen like icebergs in Earth's Arctic Ocean

The nitrogen ice glaciers on Pluto appear to carry an intriguing cargo: numerous, isolated hills that may be fragments of water ice from the dwarf planet's surrounding uplands.
These hills individually measure one to several miles across, according to images and data from Nasa's New Horizons mission.
Because water ice is less dense than nitrogen-dominated ice, scientists believe these water ice hills are floating in a sea of frozen nitrogen and move over time like icebergs in Earth’s Arctic Ocean.
The hills are likely fragments of the rugged uplands that have broken away and are being carried by the nitrogen glaciers into Sputnik Planum, the informal name for the vast ice plain within Pluto's 'heart'.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/12141613/Plutos-mysterious-floating-hills.html

US election: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Goes Head To Head

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are preparing to go head-to-head for the first time, as they vie to be the Democratic presidential pick.
The TV debate in New Hampshire is their first since the Democratic race was whittled down to two this week.
The first state-by-state contest, in Iowa on Monday, was won narrowly by Mrs Clinton ahead of Mr Sanders.
Since that vote, they have been exchanging barbs over who boasts the stronger liberal credentials.
Their arguments centre on who can best deliver on policies dear to the left-wing of the party, such as providing universal healthcare access, improving income equality and protecting worker rights.


http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-35499180

Asset Declaration CCT As Saraki Knows Faith Today

The Supreme Court will today, deliver judgment on the appeal seeking to quash the 13-count charge the Federal Government filed against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, before the Code of Conduct Bureau.
The judgment will be delivered by a seven-man panel of Justices of the apex court, led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed.
The government had, in the charge it filed before the CCT, alleged that Saraki tampered with the assets declaration form he filled prior to his emergence as the Senate President.
He was said to have  deliberately manipulated the assets declaration form by making anticipatory declarations.
Aside the allegation that he operated a foreign bank account while in office as a public servant,  Saraki was also accused of acquiring wealth  beyond his legitimate earnings.
All the offences contained in the charge were said to have been committed while Saraki held sway as the governor of Kwara State.


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Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Udom Emmanuel In Akwa Ibom Election

n Wednesday, the Supreme Court sitting in Abuja ruled in favor of Governor Udom Emmanuel, according to SaharaReporters correspondents at the scene. The ruling follows a long legal battle between Governor Emmanuel’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his opponent in the All Progressives Congress (APC) Umana Okon Umana stretching back to the dramatic April 11th, 2015 gubernatorial elections.
The summary judgement was delivered today by a 7-man panel presided over by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mahmud Mohammed. The panel announced it will give the reasons for their judgement on February 15th.                
Both the PDP and APC Parties in Akwa Ibom State submitted appeals for either a partial or total re-run election exercise with both citing violence and pervasive polling irregularities.
The Akwa Ibom State Election Petition Tribunal had earlier ordered a re-run in 18 of the 31 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the State. On December 18th, the Appeal Court nullified the election won by Governor Udom.
Governor Udom, however, was not satisfied with the judgements of the appeal court and he asked the apex court to set aside the decision of the court of appeal.


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Goodluck Jonathan Reveals: Says An African Leader Asked Me Not to Leave Office After I Lost

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed that he was asked not to handover to President Muhammadu Buhari despite his defeat at the polls.
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 Jonathan made the disclosure during an interview session with SUN NEWS. He said, ''Let me tell you a story that will shock you. When the results of the elections were declared and I got almost 13 million votes, while the incumbent president won with over 15 million votes, I recall one African leader telling me that if I decided to leave office, it would only be because I must already be tired of remaining in office. The implication of that statement was that many other leaders in my position would have stayed put, but that is just not me. My place in governance was to do my best and quit and not to sit tight and destroy everything I had built.
 ''I believe that sometimes, one will have to make that kind of sacrifice in the interest of his people and nation that God had graciously allowed you to lead.
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If you make me a “Wailing Wailer” for objectively criticizing PMB’s government, you are an “Ailing Hailer” – Sayo Aluko

I found this article very interesting and I believe it will educate a lot of people out there.
A crop of creatives made by a consistent statistics firm in Nigeria, BudgIT, containing some alleged but fact-based and figure-backed discrepancies in the budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari, surfaced online earlier in the week. I was in the company of some learned friends with whom I saw the creatives…I became a bit livid, and naturally inclined towards the line of thought put on the creatives.
These BudgIT guys have done a great job raising this needed dust and we should take it in from there with the hope of getting answers or keep tasking with asking till some tenable clarification is made, so I felt.
But, to my utter surprise, 3 of my friends became gaga in their animated defense of Buhari and the budget, tagging the alleged facts as faux-naif, and they kept summarizing all their self-acclaimed sense of patriotism in one puerile line, “…..wailers gonna wail, haters gonna hate, potatoes gonna potate…”, repeating it like a frenzied jingle.
All the while, I looked bemused.
These 3 friends of mine had friends on the social media too; I logged in to see many like them who were just hooked on Buharijuana, obviously oblivious of a right sense of patriotism that tasks a citizenry to make their elected governments accountable by asking questions.
During past governments, we lost the ability to ask questions when government actions and policies that seem unclear and fraudulent were made…we lost that ability while we didn’t even know we possessed it. If we were a nation where citizens practiced the act of asking questions without the risk of being tagged as wailing opposition by shenanigan supporters, it’s a no-brainer that we’d have been better by far as a country.
Unknown to my friends above, like them, I voted for the Buhari mandate out of a conviction too. That even unlike them, some like myself went a step further to work for the campaign assiduously; more importantly, unlike them, I know that my vote wasn’t a mere support, it is an investment, one that gives me the full right to know how well or otherwise it’s doing.
One of our bane as a country is that apart from the cheap emotions of a majority of the citizenry, most of us Nigerians are emotionally unintelligible. If only we all knew that our votes for a mandate is actually an investment of our conviction that knights us with a responsibility to ask questions, that it is more than being a mere ounce of ‘support’, gaskiya, awa lives for don beta tey tey…
Of course, we all have a right to our opinions, as varying as possible; but, when we hurriedly throw away an opportunity to be objectively opinionated about this government and replace that with knee-jerk name-calling at every turn, it shows that our mindsets has Zika virus….innately defective.
If you think asking the right questions (and even the emotionally intoned question or the one borne out of paranoia) makes one a Wailer, you are an errorist, and you are just one ‘T’ away from being a bokofied Haram.
If you think I’m a wailing wailer when I employ commonsensical patriotic wit to ask questions about dodgy details in this budget that are statistically up to the tune of a trillion, you are a bemusing Ailing Hailer.
If you think I’m a wailing wailer when I say that this Buhari government can do more than wield just a “fighting-corruption” policy, you are an ailing hailer.
If you think I’m a wailing wailer when I decry the illogicality and insensitivity in Buhari’s perennial foreign traipse and jet-fleeting while Dalori for example is on fire, you are an ailing hailer.
If you think I’m a wailing wailer when I say it’s insensitive, wrongful timing and a lack of good-faith when this government raises, places and/or hikes tariffs, taxes on the same citizens that just endured a Jonathanian era, you’re an amazing ailing hailer.
Make we stop dia first…
If you look at these BudgIT creatives and you don’t feel any natural urge and deserved right to task and thirst for a tenable clarification from your government, and rather switch to “defend Buhari” mode, oh boy, you’re an awesome ailing hailer, SEEK HELP!


http://www.viva-naija.com/if-you-make-me-a-wailing-wailer-for-objectively-criticizing-pmbs-government-you-are-an-ailing-hailer-sayo-aluko/

Obama denounces anti-Muslim prejudice in US mosque visit

President Barack Obama visited a U.S. mosque on Wednesday and declared that attacks on Islam were an attack on all religions, in an effort to counter rhetoric from Donald Trump and other Republican presidential candidates that has alienated Muslims.
“We have to understand that an attack on one faith is an attack on all our faiths,” Obama said at the mosque in Catonsville, Maryland, outside Baltimore. “When any religious group is targeted, we all have a responsibility to speak up.”
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States after a California couple who killed 14 people last December were described by authorities as radicalized Muslims inspired by Islamic State militants.
Republicans vying to be the party’s candidate for the Nov. 8 presidential election also have argued against Obama’s plan to accept 10,000 refugees fleeing Syria’s war, saying it raised national security risks.
Obama urged people watching on television who had never been to a mosque to think of it as similar to their own houses of worship.
“Think of your own church or synagogue or temple, and mosques like this will be very familiar,” he said.
Before Obama’s remarks a man and woman did a recitation from the Koran, then an honor guard of two boys and two girls carried the American and Maryland state flags into the mosque. The children led the audience, with some men in prayer caps and most women in head scarves, in the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance.
Obama urged young Muslims not to embrace a worldview that required them to choose between faith and patriotism.
“You fit in here. Right here,” he said. “You’re not Muslim or American. You’re Muslim and American.”
The president, who is a Christian, said it was important to have more Muslim characters portrayed on television unrelated to national security themes, and he said engagement with Muslim American communities must not be a cover for surveillance.
To counter perverted versions of their religion portrayed by extremist groups such as Islamic State, Obama urged regular Muslims to “let your light shine,” a Christian expression.
“This is a struggle between the peace-loving overwhelming majority of Muslims around the world and a radical tiny minority,” he said. “Ultimately I’m confident that the overwhelming majority will win that battle.”
Obama’s motorcade zipped past two women holding signs protesting his visit and equating Islam to terrorism.
(REUTERS)

Fayose To Buhari: Stop Foreign Trips It's Bleeding The Economy

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has asked President Mohammadu Buhari to stay at home and find solution to the myriad of problems confronting the country, rather than wasting the nation’s resources on unnecessary foreign trips.
According to the Governor; “Foreign countries won’t solve our problems for us and the President’s incessant foreign trips is already bleeding the economy with about $1 million being spent per trip.”
Fayose, who said most of the trips embarked on by the President were unnecessary, added that ministers or at best the Vice President could have been made to attend most of the functions being attended abroad by the President.
According to a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said that “the President should rather listen more to those of us who criticise him instead of those hailing every of his wrong steps either because of what they intend to gain or for fear of persecution.”


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Jews leave France in record numbers - CNN.com

Yoav Krief remembers the day he knew it was time to move to Israel: January 9, 2015. It was a Friday. Four Jews had just been killed in the Hyper Cacher, a kosher supermarket in Paris, two days after the Charlie Hebdo attack. One of them was Krief's friend.
"I was not good, really not good," Krief says of how he felt at the time. "I talked to my mom, and I said, 'We must go to Israel. We need to go to Israel.'"

 Krief decided to leave France after a friend was killed in a terror attack.
Krief, a French Jew who had just finished high school, moved to Israel with his family six months later, as part of the largest migration of Jews from Western Europe to Israel since the modern state of Israel was created.
Nearly 8,000 French Jews moved to Israel in the year following the Charlie Hebdo attack, according to the Jewish Agency, which handles Jewish immigration, or aliyah, to Israel.

Moscow may hit Google, Apple and Facebook with a 'technology tax' Putin advisor warns

According to dailymail, Silicon Valley internet giants Google, Apple and Facebook may be hit by a significant Russian tax bill as the country moves to enable 'more equal working conditions' to level the playing field for domestic IT companies.
German Klimenko told Russian radio that foreign internet companies need to be equal 'before the law' and pay VAT, which amounts to 18 per cent.
'There should no doubt be equality of Russian and foreign companies before the law,' Klimenko told Russian News Service radio.
'I'd like to know how much Google earns on the territory of Russia and to add 18 percent to it,' he said.
'I'm really interested in the figure. When we learn it, then we'll make conclusions.'
Global video streaming websites like Netflix have the upperhand on their Russian rivals as they have access to more content, as well as the tax-break.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an executive order to toughen up the rules for foreign internet companies last week.
And his advisor Klimenko has warned that social media websites would be blocked 'sooner or later' if they did not comply with legislation passed in August requiring companies storing Russian data to keep it on Russian soil.
The suggestion of a 'value-added tax' has previously been floated by lawmakers who have also suggested a 'sales tax' for goods bought online from foreign companies.

Albert Einstein's Notebook, Scrolls fragments among historic manuscripts struggling to find buyer

Featuring fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls, sheet music signed by Mozart and Albert Einstein’s notebook, it is certainly an eclectic collection.
But this treasure trove of more than 130,000 historic manuscripts – seized by the French courts from an investment firm now under investigation for fraud – appears to be struggling to find a buyer.
The value of the collection amassed by the Aristophil group has been estimated – by some – at hundreds of millions of euros, and the liquidators are determined that it should be sold together.
So anyone wanting an original of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species will also have to cough up for Louis XVI’s last letter to the French people before he was executed and Honoré de Balzac’s journals.
Initial approaches to specific potential buyers appear to have fallen flat, with a spokesman for the sale saying they had now “decided to widen the scope”. 
The buyer has to present “serious guarantees regarding his ability for the custody, safekeeping, management, valorisation, sale or redemption of this outstanding collection,” according to the terms of the sale document.
The sellers are acutely aware that a flood of the documents could cause a collapse in prices in the niche market of historical documents. The spokesman said: “The pieces could not flow on to the market altogether at the same time.”
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Catholic Leadership Explains Why Fr Mbaka Was Transferred

The Leadership of the Catholic Church in Nigeria has explained the reason behind the recent transfer of controversial Catholic priest, Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka from Enugu to Emene. According to the Secretary-General of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Reverend Father Ralph Madu‎, Mbaka's transfer was to make him more useful in his service. He refuted claims by Mbaka that his transfer was a punishment and a calculated move to make him suffer.
"‎Mbaka’s transfer is not an exception; the Bishop has the right to post any priest wherever he feels his service would be more useful to the church.
 His posting should have been a privilege, not a punishment which the Bishop can do because he has the power. If he says it’s a punishment, then it’s open for further investigation. Posting is a regular thing, a priest can be transferred after two, three, four, or more years. It depends on the discretion of the Bishop. That ministry (Adoration Ministry) is his private ministry. It does not belong to the church. Overseeing a parish is a full time job. Overseeing a ministry is a bigger task. If the church decides to take him somewhere where he’ll have more time to carry out his ministry, how is it punitive? That should not be the language.”he said
Madu said Mbaka had done things that were unacceptable to the church in the past but received no punishments for them.
“He is supposed to be a missionary. What if the Bishop had closed down the ministry , which is within his power to do? Sometimes, transfers can be for the good of the priest as something can be going wrong which he might not be aware of. The Bishop is free to move any priest at any time, it is his prerogative.”
Fr Mbaka is to resume immediately at his new post at the Our Lady Parish, Emene. The priest, who is as fiery as he is controversial, had described his re-posting by the church as a “calculated move” to make him suffer.”
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Zika virus outbreak IS a 'global public health emergency', says World Health Organisation

Outbreak of the Zika virus is a global public health emergency, the World Health Organisation warned today
•The alert puts the mosquito-borne disease in the same category as Ebola, which killed 11,000 people in West Africa
•Experts predict there could be four million cases of the virus, which has spread to 23 countries, this year
•WHO director general Dr Margaret Chan called it an 'extraordinary event' and called for an international response
•There is no cure or vaccination for the virus, which is linked to babies being born with abnormally small heads
•For more of the latest news on the Zika virus visit www.dailymail.co.uk/zikavirus

Guinness Nigeria Appoints Ex Minister Omobola Johnson as Director

Guinness Nigeria has announced the apointment of Dr.Omobola Johnson as a non-executive director of the Company.
 Dr. Johnson is an alumnus of the prestigious University of Manchester, University of London and Cranfield University, all in the United Kingdom. She started her professional career in management consulting in the London Office of Arthur Anderson/Anderson Consulting (now Accenture) in 1985. She rose through the ranks and was admitted into the Accenture Partnership in September 2000, with responsibility for financial services practise in the Nigerian market.
 She was appointed Nigeria’s Minister of Communication Technology in 2011, and, during her four year tenure at the ministry, she oversaw the creation and implementation of policy to enable affordable Internet, including the development and presentation of the country’s 2013-2018 National Broadband Plans. During her time as Minister, the percentage of Internet users in the country nearly doubled from 24% (2010) to 43% (2014). She served meritoriously in that capacity until May 2015.
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President Buhari to embark on an official visit to France and Britain Today

President Buhari will today Tuesday, February 2 begin an official visit to France and Britain, a statement released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina reads.
At his first stop in Strasbourg, France, President Buhari will on Wednesday, February 3, address a special session of the European Union Parliament to be attended by members of the executive and legislative arms of the Union.
The President's address is expected to focus on terrorism, violent extremism, corruption, Nigeria and Africa's current security, economic and developmental challenges, as well as the need for greater support from the European Union and advanced nations for their rapid resolution.



 President Buhari will also hold talks with the President of the European Parliament, Mr. Martin Schulz and the President of the European Commission, Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker on the same issues before leaving Strasbourg for London to join other world leaders at the Supporting Syria and The Region Conference scheduled to open in the British capital on Thursday, February 4, 2016.



 The President will use the opportunity of his participation in the conference which is being co-hosted by Britain, Germany, Norway, Kuwait and the United Nations to continue his push for more global understanding, collaboration and support for Nigeria and other countries in the frontlines of the war against terrorism who are striving to overcome its very adverse effects on affected populations.

He is due back in Nigeria at the weekend.

Article: WHAT U NEED TO DO

Great thought always brings positive results!
1. It happened some time ago. I was in an audience listening to a motivational speaker. The speaker got out his wallet & pulled out a 500 Naira note. Holding it up, he asked, “Who wants this 500 naira note?” Lots of hands went up. Including mine. A slow chorus began to build as people began to shout “Me!” “Me!” I began to wonder who the lucky one would be who the speaker would choose. And I also secretly wondered (and I am sure others did too) why he would simply give away 500 naira.
Even as the shouts of “I want it” grew louder, I noticed a young woman running down the aisle. She ran upon to the stage, went up to the speaker, and grabbed the five 500 naira note from his hand. “Well done, young lady,” said the speaker into the microphone.
The speaker simply say “Most of us just sit and wait for good things to happen. That’s of no use. You’ve got to make things happen. Make a move” ‘Simply thinking about doing something is of no use and not good enough’. Our lives are like that. We all see opportunities around us. We all want the good things. But the problem is we don’t take action. We all want the 500 naira notes on offer. But we don’t make the move. We look at it longingly. Get up, and do something about it. Don’t worry about what other people might think.
TAKE ACTION!
2. Later, the speaker got another 500 naira note and held it up for all to see, I thought I knew what’s up. But he just asked a simple question. “How much is this worth?” “Five Hundred naira!” the crowd yelled in unison. “Right,” said the speaker. He then took the note and crumpled it into a ball and asked “How much is it worth now?”
“Five Hundred naira!” screamed the audience. He then threw the note on the ground, stamped all over it and picked up the note and asked one more time: “And how much is it worth now?” “Five Hundred naira!” was the response. “I want you to remember this,” said the speaker.
“Just because someone crumples it, or stamps on it, the value of the note does not diminish. We should all be like the 500 naira note.. In our lives, there will be times when we feel crushed, stamped over, beaten. But never let yourself-worth diminish. Just because someone chooses to crush you — that doesn’t change your worth one bit!
Don’t allow your self-worth to diminish because someone says something nasty or does something dirty to you.”
Never let your self-worth diminish. Its the last day of january and I pray for SPEED – to overtake and recover all lost grounds in your life.
#HappyNewMonth
#happynewweek
#happynewme
#happygbishan

Finding your way in a country without street addresses

In Ghana, finding your way around can be a challenge.
Since properties often don't have a house number or name and street signs are rarely visible, local landmarks like bars, banks or even trees are used instead to help people find their way.
But a new, home-grown mobile app wants to change how people get around, putting an end to the confusion faced by everyone from ambulance drivers, to bus drivers, taxis and couriers.
The SnooCode app generates a unique code for every property in Ghana, pinpointing each specific location with GPS technology.
Once you have your new address, in the form of the code, you enter it into the app's mapping service to find the best route.




It's a radical shift from the way many Ghanaians currently navigate, according to founder Sesinam Dagadu:
"[When giving directions] People always say: 'It's by the chop bar', 'beside the mango tree' or 'after the blue kiosk' and that isn't the way it should be… I wanted to change that."
"Without a proper address system, things like ambulance services and food delivery services don't work. Then there's a whole class of jobs revolving around delivery industries which simply doesn't exist," he says.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35385636

2016 Season Of Beef In Entertainment Business

Davido vs Sophie
Hardly had the New Year begun before the entertainment scene started to rock with beefs, scandals and hilarious controversies. Some have been settled amicably while others are yet to be resolved. In no particular order, we take a look at the beefs and controversies brewing in 2016.
beefThe first of its kind was the Davido and his babymama dispute. Before the hilarious dispute hit news stands in the concluding part of 2016, reports had it that the HKN boss, Davido and the Momodu dynasty were already engaged in a closed door feud.
 What brought the initial closed door dispute to limelight was Sophia’s gross parental incapacitation, which greatly affected Imade’s health, Davido and Sophia Momodu’s out of wedlock born daughter.
Don Jazzy vs Olamide
Shockingly, the very first day of 2016 was a bit dramatic for the entertainment industry. Olamide Adedeji, a.k.a ‘Olamide badoo’ and Don Jazzy, threw tantrums at each other at the 10th edition of the Headies Awards.
The YBNL boss climbed the Headies stage to express his discontent on the Next Rated Award Category given to Mavin signee, Reekado Banks. Don Jazzy promptly responded to Olamide’s reaction when he climbed the stage to receive a Special Recognition Award. The feud has long been resolved.
Dammy Krane vs Wizkid
Subsequently, it began to look like the entertainment industry was being bewitched. Shortly after the Olamide/Don Jazzy drama, Dammy Krane took to his social media page to accuse Wizkid of stealing his lyrics and slangs, which Wizkid used in one of his songs.
 The duo even went as far as engaging in a physical brawl at Quilox Night Club. Owner of the club, Shina Peller orchestrated the settlement of this disgraceful incident between the two music stars.
Blackface vs Wizkid
After Dammy Krane and Wizkid’s fight, it seemed the music industry had been destined to crumble with scandals and controversies. Erstwhile rapper of the defunct Plantashun Boyz, Blackface, also publicly accused Wizkid of stealing his song. The dancehall, ragga and reggae artiste claimed that Wizkid’s ‘Ojuelegba’ is replete with his (Blackface’s) lyrics.
 The rapper who has been behind the scenes in the music industry for some time now has been accused by music lovers of being a social climber, seeking public attention because he needs to reintegrate into the entertainment circle.
Chioma Akpotha vs Uche Jumbo and others Like a premeditated Nollywood script, some Nollywood stars have joined in the series of beefs making the headlines in 2016. No one saw it coming when Chioma Akpotha took to Twitter and tweeted a picture of Blessing Egbe, Uche Jumbo, Emem Isong, Ufuoma Mc-Dermott and Omoni Oboli with the statement: “Sometimes, sisters aren’t really sisters #2016Mindingmyownbusiness #Stayingonmylane #Movingon.
No one really knows what prompted the twitter outburst but the actresses who are in the picture didn’t find it flattering as they have all responded to her tweet.
 Blessing Effiom Egbe puts it this way: “And you know this because? If this is your way of announcing your interest? You don fail be that”
Omoni Oboli was much more direct in her response: “Ok, what is all this about? Minding your business by posting my picture? #TooEarlyInTheYear
 Ufuoma McDermott put hers this way: “See trouble oo! Too early in the year for this please! Really what a way to mind your business”
Uche Jumbo Rodriguez’s response came straight from the heart: “Shaking my head to all these rubbish I am seeing. No words! You have my number, don’t let the devil use you”
The social media is agog with questions stemming from Chioma’s tweet with everyone asking what prompted her Twitter outburst.
Cynthia Morgan vs Davido
Dancehall star, Cynthia Morgan clinched the best dancehall act at the 2015 Headies. However, she took to her Snapchat platform cursing Davido for endorsing Lil Kesh as his favourite Next Rated artiste. She used a derogatory word in describing him and also took shots at his label mates.
 Observers in the entertainment circle were expecting Davido to lash out at her in a more condescending manner, He however took another route. He simply said: “I hope you reach where I have conquered”
Blackface vs 2face
Blackface, a member of thedefunct Plantashun Boyz took to Twitter to express his aversion for how 2face allegedly stole his song. He stated that his former partner 2face stole from him .He also threatens to sue the African Queen sensation. Recall that Let somebody love you is a song on 2face’s Ascension album and features Bridget Kelly.
2face in a recent interview was asked what his thoughts were about Blackface’s allegation. He simply said: “It is just so unfortunate. I do not know where it is coming from but I am trying to think of different reasons. We will trash the whole matter but I got nothing but love and respect for him and it is just so unfortunate that he is coming at me like that”.


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Keep Your God-Man" Message for Today;

Single Queen, it is alright to think or desire to have the "Mrs" Tag. As a matter of fact and truth, it's always a good thing to desire to be a "wife". Beyond the desire, an important thing to be in check for is that the "Mrs tag" hasn't become what your entirety depends on for happiness even to the point of making it a "must have " or "I die" affair. That way you are gradually derailing from the essence of it all. You are slowly switching your personal happiness for a "status change".  Definitely, the tag may satisfy you with happiness briefly but it wouldn't sustain you for life. After the honeyblues, you would realise that the happiness you seek is not found in a change of marital status. The best of happiness is found in living by participating and contributing to a world that needs you to be who you were designed to be. Queen,when you get the "Mrs tag", remember it comes with a duty. In fact it is for a purpose so if your desire is to have it by all means, be certain it's because you want to pursue the purpose for which it was invented. Be careful not to ruin your journey or another's out of uncertainty or a decision to be a  "Mrs" just for show or to get off the single's market. Your time and life is worth more than going in and coming out of a marriage because you weren't prepared for what lies ahead. Remember, he who finds you should find a good thing. Even though there is a "wife in you", your first focus should be how to be the good thing. That will set the stage for the type of marriage God had in mind for you even before you met and knew yourself. Don't be in a haste to have what you would eventually have if you set the stage right.
Love.
-Eniola Ake(Supersoullifter)
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Jonathan Reveals The 'Real Reasons' Why he Conceded to Buhari

Nigeria's former President Goodluck Jonathan during an event in Geneva, has spoken of the tensed moments he faced on March 28, 2015 ahead of his decision to concede victory to President Muhammadu Buhari after that year’s presidential election.
“I was actually in that valley on March 28, 2015. I never knew that the human brain had the capacity for such enhanced rapid thinking.
 "One hundred and one things were coursing through my mind every second. My country was at the verge of collapse. The tension in the land was abysmally high and palpable, in the months and days leading to the election.
 "The country became more polarized more than ever before, such that the gap between the North and the South and between Christians and Muslims became quite pronounced. In fact, it became so disturbing that some interest groups in the United States began to predict that Nigeria would disintegrate in 2015.
 "And, indeed, many Nigerians did buy into this doomsday prophesy as they began to brace themselves for the worst. As the President, I reminded myself that the Government I led had invested so much effort into building our country. I worked hard with my top officials to encourage Nigerians and non-Nigerians to invest in our country to be able to provide jobs and improve the lives of our people.
 "We worked hard to grow our economy and to improve and bring Nigeria up as the biggest economy in Africa, with a GDP of about half a trillion dollars.
“Should I then, for the love of power, watch Nigeria slide into a theatre of war, with my fellow country men and women dying, and many more pouring into other nations in Africa and beyond, as refugees?
 "Should I hang on to power and tussle with my challengers, while the investments of hard working citizens of the world go down the drain? I then said to myself, NO!

 Nigerian Eye