PRESS RELEASE: Buhari should speak to Nigerians via a Video Chat, instead of the circulation of pictures.

PRESS RELEASE: Buhari should speak to Nigerians via a Video Chat, instead of the circulation of pictures.
In the past few days, the social and traditional media has been rented with series of news and rumours that the President is dead, critically ill and was flown abroad in an emergency state, contrary to the information made available to Nigerians by the Presidency that Mr. Buhari is hale and hearty and having a vacation.
Since the different versions and reasons why Mr. President is in the UK is a speculation, and the Presidency has released two different photographs in a bid to convince the Nigerian people, and that has only ended up stirring more doubts, with news of possible extension to Mr Buhari's stay abroad beyond 10 days.
Therefore we call on the President of Nigeria, Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari to address the Nation via a Video chat which could be transmitted through the National Television Authority (NTA) and other independent Television Stations around the world.
Mr Buhari is an employee of the nation, as such, he should not keep his employers, the Nigerian people out of communication since he is just out on a Holiday and not a medical trip with the information made available by the Presidency. He is the same man who declared to be against the idea of going abroad to seek medicare, yet ever since his assumption of office as president, he travels abroad every so often for the medical treatment. In as much as we want to believe that he is Hale and hearty and on vacation, we demand that he clears the air, the doubts and the rumours by taking a bold step to speak on a video chat to Nigerians.
It is believed that Pictures can not depict the true state of President Buhari since he has not physically communicated with the people, however, a Video chat can do that to dispel all the rumors and make the Nigerian people to be cleared of any doubts from all the misinformation about his health and/or possible death all around in the media.
The Nigerian Wailers pray and wish him a safe return from his 10 days vacation in the United Kingdom which is billed to end by February 6th, 2017, if that is correct. The Nigerian people are equally looking forward to his return hoping that he must have relaxed enough, going by the other version of the story. And that he will begin to truly and sincerely change and return the country to the path of economic recovery for greater good of all Nigerians.
Furthermore, we call on all the Nigerian people to continue to wish the country the best always, and pray for better days.
Ibrahim Sani Ringim
National Publicity Secretary
The Nigerian Wailers
Headquarters, FCT, Abuja.

Our Daily Bread Devotional, January 28, 2017 - Always Loved, Always Valued

Our Daily Bread Devotional, January 28, 2017 - Always Loved, Always Valued

Topic: Always Loved, Always Valued [Saturday January 28, 2017]
Read: Romans 8:31–39, Bible in a Year: Exodus 19–20; Matthew 18:21–35
 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? Romans 8:35
 We serve a God who loves us more than our work.
 Oh, it’s true that God wants us to work to feed our families and to responsibly take care of the world He created. And He expects us to serve the weak, hungry, naked, thirsty, and broken people around us even as we remain alert to those who have not yet responded to the Holy Spirit's tug on their lives.
 And yet we serve a God who loves us more than our work.
 We must never forget this because there may come a time when our ability to “do for God” is torn from us by health or failure or unforeseen catastrophe. It is in those hours that God wants us to remember that He loves us not for what we do for Him but because of who we are: His children! Once we call on the name of Christ for salvation, nothing—“trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword”—will ever again separate us “from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 8:35, 39).
 When all we can do or all we have is taken from us, then all He wants us to do is rest in our identity in Him.
Prayer: Father, help us never lose sight of the unconditional love You have for us, and let us hold on to that hope when our labor—and the fruit of our labor—are gone.
 The reason we exist is to be in fellowship with God.
Insight:
 Are you as convinced as Paul was that nothing can separate you from the love of God? Paul was raised with a belief that his compliance with Mosaic law gave him acceptance with God. Yet all of that changed when he discovered that the Jesus he hated was the God who loved him. Through a direct encounter with the resurrected Christ, he learned that the love of God is not earned, but accepted as a gift of grace and mercy (Rom. 4:4–5). It comes to us not because of what we have done for Him or others but because of what God in His mercy has done for us.
This message was written By Randy Kilgore [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]

BBN controversy: Yemi Alade, Fidelis Duker fired back at FG

BBN controversy: Yemi Alade, Fidelis Duker fired back at FG
 AFRO-pop queen,Yemi Alade, and renowned film maker, Fidelis Duker, are among the Nigerian entertainers who have frowned at the Federal Government’s decision to probe the shooting of the ongoing Big Brother Naija, BBN, reality TV show, in South Africa. The “Johnny” crooner took to Twitter page to react to the issue. According to the singer, federal government shouldn’t probe the Big Brother Naija and if they want to, they must tell the world why they mistakenly bomb IDP camp.
 Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/01/bbn-controversy-yemi-alade-fidelis-duker-fired-back-fg/

APC SUMMONS SENATOR SHEHU SANI OVER TIRADE AGAINST PRESIDENT

APC SUMMONS SENATOR SHEHU SANI OVER TIRADE AGAINST PRESIDENT
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has written to the Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani to come and explain his utterances regarding the anti-corruption crusade of President Muhammadu Buhari.
THISDAY gathered that the party’s National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun drafted a letter yesterday evening to be sent to the senator inviting him to the party’s office in Abuja to discuss his criticism of the president’s handling of the allegations of corruption levelled against the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir David Lawal.
Senator Sani had thrown a tirade on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday accusing the presidency of lies and hypocrisy, after the president wrote a letter to the Senate exonerating Lawal of corruption allegations.
The senator was miffed by the content of Buhari’s letter read by Senate President Bukola Saraki on the floor of the Senate, in which the president accused the ad hoc Committee on the Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in North-east chaired by Sani, of denying the SGF fair hearing by failing to invite him to defend himself during the investigation on the mismanagement of funds allocated to the North-eastern section of the country as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency.
The president, in his letter, also concluded that the ad hoc committee’s report was an interim one, obviously forgetting that the presidency had indicted and ordered the arrest and arraignment of the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, among others, in 2015, on the basis of an interim report submitted to it by a presidential committee set up to investigate the utilisation of funds for the procurement of arms by past administrations.
Sani had described the letter as the funeral of Buhari’s anti-corruption war, pointing out that when the president wants to fight corruption outside the presidency, he uses a disinfectant but when it is within the presidency, he uses a deodorant.
-Thisday

Nigerians we are lucky!!! by Adefemi

Nigerians we are lucky!!!
President Buhari is the best messiah that has ever happened to us in Nigeria because he's not tribalistic and he loves us. He's very intelligent and a good manager of our economy. He's a man that his body language alone has affected so many things positively. Look at prices of commodities the way they are stabilized. Look at our foreign reserves the way is increasing. His fight against corruption is unprecedented. He's a lover of democracy and a respecter of rule law. He loves agriculture so much that he supported land grazing for herdsmen. That is why you cannot hear of killings from herdsmen again. He's a man of integrity and love to keep to his words. That is why he only travels on vacation just to rest from stress. He loves made in Nigeria so much. He only patronize foreign medical care based on recommendations of ENT. He's a listening President to the extent that when cows were seized in Ekiti state, he sent #Ojudu to mediate. His stand on security is very firm and that is why till today #BokoHaram has been technically defeated. He loves information and he's a social media person. He has a twitter account that updates citizens of his activities. E.g. Just like he traveled to watch #ChannelTv in UK. He believes so much in freedom of speech but freedom after speech I doubt just like #GovElRufai is a very decent user of social media most especially his #twitter account from 2012 is full of motivation words on governance. You can check archive! PMB hates corruption with passion and that is why he's recovering our looted money but yet to give figures because they are still object of litigations. He's plain and caring.. He clear's things easily to instill discipline. He cleared Magu, He cleared SGF, He cleared Amaechi, Yet! He doesn't own a clearing firm. He's a lover of judiciary and he believes so much in credible election. E.g Bayelsa, Edo, Ondo and Rivers.. Seen is believing. In PMB's government no citizens, Pastors, Imam, Babalawo etc can be maltreated, arrested or mistakenly beaten, even in IDP camp it can never happen. Our military are the best in the world and they are decent and hardworking. PMB is an energetic man and he believes in the other room..... To crown it all, you can testify that job loss under PMB has reduced drastically.
#OneNigeria
#GoodDemocracy
LokkosaysThankyouLord
#Sarcasm.. Is a way of life.

President Buhari has been transfered to Kings Hospital in the United Kingdom on a life support machine.

Nigerian President, General Muhammadu Buhari who is battling with an undisclosed illness has been transfered to Kings Hospital in the United Kingdom on a life support machine.
The Issues surrounding his health became open to the public when the news broke that he was dead on www.metro-uk.com website, ever since then, Nigerians have been asking questions to know the whereabout and the state of Mr. Buhari’s health.
The Presidential aides has not even helped the matters, with the controversial picture of the President released online, which raised a lot of concerns and cast doubt in the minds of the Nigerian populace, suggesting that all might not be well with the Nigerian Leader.
To conceal the true situation to the public, the Presidency also planned to release an audio message of Mr Buhari instead of Video Chat via Skype, facetime or other video technology that can enable the leader reach out to Nigerians to dispel whatever rumor which may make the situation looks like the Yar-Adua era in 2010.
Nigerians have been putting more pressure on the Presidency, and the ruling All Progressive Congress leaders because they want to know exactly what is happening to the man they voted for en mass as their President in 2015 but the way and manner the issue is being treated suggests that something terrible might going on with the President.
Few days ago, a report filtered on Social Media that the Northern Governors and its eminent personalities were having a secret meeting, this also raised the doubt the people has about the state of Mr. Buhari’s health.
In a simple enquiry made by WAILERSNG, a Nigerian who works in kings hospital who rather wants to remain unnamed said that he will say categorically that he had heard Buhari screamed loudly.
He went further to say that the stage of Buhari’s transplant at the Hospital might not be possible again because Buhari organs maybe shutting down and his body might not be able to sustain or even absorbs any transplant due to old age. As we speak, he his on a life support meaning that his in a vegetative state.
Due to his incapacitation, people close to the President has been briefed by the UK Doctor, that Mr. Buhari should resign immediately to avoid leaving a vacuum which is capable of causing another political tension in the country. This advise may have been the reason Northern Leaders summon an emergency meeting.
For those in doubt of what is currently going on, the 10 days vacation is coming to an end soon, Nigerians will see if an additional days will be requested for Mr. Buhari or he will return to the country to clear the air.


Source: Wailerng.com

WorldStarHipHop founder Lee O'Denat -- known as "Q" -- has died

WorldStarHipHop founder Lee O'Denat -- known as "Q" -- has died ... TMZ has learned.
 We're told Q, the face and CEO of WorldStar, died in his sleep Monday night.
 Q founded the premiere hip-hop website in 2005 when he started posting mixtapes, which gradually progressed into a mash-up of hip-hop videos, fight clips and other outrageous camera footage.
 An autopsy is scheduled for later Tuesday ... although one source tells us Q died of a heart attack.
 He was 43.
 RIP
TMZ

[A MUST READ]: Patriotism is key! Stop wishing President Buhari Death, @AdeyanjuDeji caution Nigerians

[A MUST READ]: Patriotism is key! Stop wishing President Buhari Death, @AdeyanjuDeji caution Nigerians
I have read the rumours of the death of President Muhammadu Buhari at an unknown hospital and the reactions that have trailed those rumours with a growing sense of dismay. While the rumours have since been dispelled, it is very disconcerting to watch many Nigerians wish President Buhari ill health & death.
It is a well known fact that I am not a fan of President Buhari or his administration. It is also very well publicised that I do not feel he has the capacity to deliver the socio-economic and political growth and development Nigeria desperately needs.
However, I believe we must draw the line somewhere. And the appropriate place to draw the line must be when we wish death and ill health on our President. I do not believe that such wishes are in keeping with our traditions – regardless of the ethnic groups to which we belong – or in keeping with our faiths – regardless of the gods to whom we pray.
It is not sufficient to say that members of President Buhari’s party resorted to similar antics while they were in the opposition. As true as this may be, those antics were despicable then and laid foundation for the deep seated divisions that pervade Nigeria today. It is my belief that to set Nigeria on the path to healing, we have to deviate from that negative trajectory – even when we disagree.
I have noticed that many people have wished President Buhari ill in the name of playing opposition politics. I believe that this course of action is erroneous. Opposition politics should be about proffering credible alternatives; critiquing government policies and showing Nigerians how we can do better with similar resources; how our plans, policies and projections will improve the quality of life of the average Nigerian citizen from Sokoto to Port Harcourt, Kano to Lagos and Calabar to Maiduguri.
Only then can we convince Nigerians that we deserve much better than this government is giving us at the moment. If we say we are better, we must be better.
I urge Nigerians to remember the ethnic and religious tensions that the death of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua (of blessed memory) threw Nigeria into, tensions that I do not think we have recovered from. As unpleasant as it might be to say this, the sad reality of our geo-political construct is that the death of President Buhari may return Nigeria to those days.
Do not get me wrong. I am very unhappy with President Buhari’s stewardship of Nigeria. I am unhappy that there is a 100% rise in the price of food, drugs and other necessary day to day items. I am unhappy that we have to pay N145 per litre of fuel. I am unhappy that there is an absolute disregard for the rule of law. I am unhappy that our government sends our military out to kill protesters, no matter how misguided their protests may be. I am unhappy that our exchange rate is N499-$1. I am unhappy that we barely generate 2000mw of power. I can go on and on.
All I am saying is that instead of being motivated by our unhappiness to wish President Buhari death, let us put that unhappiness to good use by registering to vote, explaining to as many people as possible how his policies are impoverishing millions of Nigerians and ensuring that we vote him out in 2019.
That is the ideal to which we must aim.
God bless Nigeria.
Deji Adeyanju is the Convener of the Concerned Nigerians Movement, a Civil Advocacy Group aimed at promoting accountability and transparency in government in Nigeria.  He tweets from@adeyanjudeji.

Garba Shehu, hide your head in shame over your comment on Southern Kaduna killings- PDP

Garba Shehu, hide your head in shame over your remarks on Southern Kaduna killings- PDP


  This is a press statement released and signed by Prince Dayo Adeyeye, the National Publicity Secretary of People's Democratic Party (PDP).
 We condemn in totality the statement credited to the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity (SSA), Garba Shehu, on Channels Television today, Monday, January 23, 2017 wherein he shamelessly alledged that the killings in Southern Kaduna is partly the fault of the PDP because it is the only Senatorial District in the North West with PDP Senator. How sad!
 2. We are baffled that such a callous, irresponsible and insensitive statement could come from a person who speaks for the President of Nigeria. This shows the extent to which every issue in the Country today is viewed from the APC's and the Presidency's extremely narrow and jaundiced partisan political prism.
 3. Is Garba Shehu inferring that the hapless people of southern Kaduna were singled out for genocide because they elected a PDP senator? Or that the People invited such mindless violence upon themselves by choosing to be different in a sea of APC domination? Or is the Southern Kaduna massacre really an action to teach the people a bitter lesson for voting PDP and not APC? It is really unimaginable that any reasonable person can make such a reckless statement.
 4. One really wonders when the APC would finally accept responsibility for its incompetence and maladministration and end the blame game. They have spent the last two years doing nothing but blame the PDP for their woes. They will from all indications, spend the next two years doing the same. May be that's what they were elected to do after all. Even then, they need not descend to the gutter as Garba Shehu did on Channels TV  this morning.
 5. It is high time those in authority learned that we can not reduce everything to partisan politics.  You do not play politics with the lives of millions of people. That's exactly what APC Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el Rufai and President Buhari have been doing with the lives of the people of Southern Kaduna. Beyond politics, we are all accountable to God almighty.
 6. We once again call for an international inquiry into the Southern Kaduna massacre. We have little faith that those at the helm of affairs at the State and National levels will do justice in the matter.
 7. Finally we call on Garba Shehu to tender an unreserved apology to all Nigerians for his unguarded, reckless and irresponsible statement failing which we would call on President Buhari to relieve him of his duties.
 Long live the people of Kaduna State and in particular, the Southern Kaduna constituents!
 Long live the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)!!
 Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria!!!
   

This is long but you wont regret reading it

*This is long but you wont regret reading it.*
 Michael Jordan was born in 1963, in the slums of Brooklyn, New York.
He had four  siblings and his father's earnings were not sufficient to provide for the whole family.
He grew up in a poor neighbourhood. Exposed to mindless violence and heavy discrimination in the slums, he saw for himself only a hopeless future.
His father saw in Michael, a lost soul and decided to do something.
He gave Michael, who was 13 years old, a piece of used clothing and asked: "What do you think the value of this outfit would be?"
Jordan replied,"Maybe one dollar."
His father asked, "Can you sell it for two dollars? If you can sell it, it would mean that you are a big help to your family."
Jordan nodded his head, "I'll try, but no guarantee that I'll be successful."
Jordan carefully washed the cloth clean. Because they didn't have an iron, to smoothen the cloth, he levelled it with a clothes brush on a flat board, then kept it in the sun to dry. The next day, he brought the clothes to a crowded underground station. After offering it for more than six hours. Jordan finally managed to sell it for $2. He took the two dollar bill and ran home.
After that, everyday he looked for used clothing, washed and ironed it, and sold it in the crowd.
More than ten days later, his father again gave him a piece of used clothing, "Can you think of a way you can sell this for 20 bucks?"
Aghast, Jordan said, "How is it possible? This outfit can only fetch two dollars at the most."
His father replied, "Why don't you try it first? There might be a way."
After breaking his head for a few hours, finally, Jordan got an idea.
He asked for cousin's helpto paint a picture of Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse on the garment. Then he tried to sell it in the school where the children of the rich study.
Soon a housekeeper, who was there to pick his master, bought that outfit for his master. The master was a little boy of only 10 years. He loved it so much and he gave a five dollar tip. 25 dollars was a huge amount for Jordan, the equivalent of a month's salary of his father.
When he got home, his father gave him yet another piece of used clothing, "Are you able to resell it at a price of 200 dollars?" Jordan's eyes lit up.
This time, Jordan accepted the clothes without the slightest doubt. Two months later a popular movie actress from the movie "Charlie's Angels", Farah Fawcett came to New York for her Movie promos. After the press conference, Jordan made his way through the security forces to reach the side of Farah Fawcett and requested her autograph on the piece of clothing. When Fawcett saw this innocent child asking for her autograph, she gladly signed it.
Jordan was shouting very excitedly, "This is a jersey signed by Miss Farah Fawcett, the selling price is 200 dollars!" He auctioned off the clothes, to a businessman for a price of 1,200 dollars!
Upon returning home, his father broke into TEARS and said, "I am amazed that you did it My child! You're really great! "
That night, Jordan slept alongside his father. His father said, "Son, in your experience selling these three pieces of clothing, what did you learn about success?"
Jordan replied, "Where there's a will, there's a way."
His father nodded his head, then shook his head, "What you say is not entirely wrong! But that was not my intention. I just wanted to show you that a piece of used clothing which is worth only a dollar can also be increased in value, Then how about us - living & thinking humans? We may be darker and poorer, but what if we CAN increase our VALUE."
This thought enlightened young Jordan. Even a piece of used clothing could be made dignified, then why not me? There is absolutely no reason to underestimate myself.
From then on, Michael Jordan felt that his future would be beautiful and full of hope.
He went on to become the greatest basketball player of all times.
How can I increase my own value? I am finding it a very interesting thought. I am sure, you too, will.

#GovFayoseOnChannelsTv

#GovFayoseOnChannelsTv: Let me appreciate Nigerians again and thank you for inviting me over.  I didn’t beg or lobby for the position of PDP Governors' Forum,  I don't want to join issues with Senator Buruji Kasamu, when he becomes a governor, he may have his input on what governor does.
#GovFayoseOnChannelsTv: I can always speak my mind on issues without being the Chairman,  being a Chairman of PDP Governors is an added advantage.
#GovFayoseOnChannelsTv: I told you a dictator starts with someone,they started with the politicians, then the judiciary,  now they are on Journalists.
#GovFayoseOnChannelsTv: My predictions are already coming to pass, watch out.
#GovFayoseOnChannelsTv: As at today, we have lost more than 2000MW of electricity.
#GovFayoseOnChannelsTv: The Chibok girls  story was a ruse, it was orchestrated to oust former president Jonathan.
#GovFayoseOnChannelsTv: On Chibok girls, even Ekiti State, the Fountain of Knowledge does not have any school where 250 pupils will be writing Physics at the same time, Physics students that can't speak English language.
#GovFayoseOnChannelsTv: I  don't follow multitudes to lie, I am a blunt person,  you may not like me but you have to live with it,  people are at liberty to  choose what to believe.
#GovFayoseOnChannelsTv: On North East,  the Nigerian government created an IDP camp, the same government went there to bomb them. The government should have made inquiries,  not to tell us that it was just a mistake.
#GovFayoseOnChannelsTv: A good leader use carrot and stick approach, that is what they need do in the Niger Delta.
#GovFayoseOnChannelsTv: This government does not have an economic plan that can last the test of time.
#GovFayoseOnChannelsTv: I am not here to massage ego, the FG should begin to fulfil the previous promises, enough of these empty promises.
#GovFayoseOnChannelsTv: Salaries are being owed, I am owing 4 months and I rank 2nd in terms of regular salary payment in the South-West. This month, I got #1.4b as allocation(Ekiti State wage bill is about #2.6b monthly).
#GovFayoseOnChannelsTv: On agriculture,  I am spending #100m on land clearing in each LG.
#GovFayoseOnChannelsTv: SSS submitted a damning report on Magu yet nothing was done, the same SSS  report forced judges to step down. It’s different laws for different people in this administration.
#GovFayoseOnChannelsTv: The protest at EFCC of against my emergence as Chairman of PDP Governors' Forum  is political, they are miscreants, if they have anything against me, they should keep their gun powder dry till I am through in 2018.
#GovFayoseOnChannelsTv: Thanks for having me here Seun, let's have another time to talk extensively but for now, tell Mr. President to do something very quickly about the hunger ravaging Nigeria.
22/01/2017.

Our Daily Bread devotional, January 22, 2017 - God’s Face

Our Daily Bread devotional, January 22, 2017 - God’s Face

Topic: God’s Face [Sunday January 22, 2017]
Read: 2 Corinthians 4:4–15, Bible in a Year: Exodus 4–6; Matthew 14:22–36
For God . . . made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:6
 Much of my career as a writer has revolved around the problem of pain. I return again and again to the same questions, as if fingering an old wound that never quite heals. I hear from readers of my books, and their anguished stories give human faces to my doubts. I remember a youth pastor calling me after he had learned that his wife and baby daughter were dying of AIDS because of a tainted blood transfusion. “How can I talk to my youth group about a loving God?” he asked.
 I have learned to not even attempt an answer to these “why” questions. Why did the youth pastor’s wife happen to get the one tainted bottle of blood? Why does a tornado hit one town and skip over another? Why do prayers for physical healing go unanswered?
 One question, however, no longer gnaws at me as it once did: “Does God care?” I know of only one way to answer that question, and the answer is Jesus. In Jesus, God gave us a face. If you wonder how God feels about the suffering on this groaning planet, look at that face.
“Does God care?” His Son’s death on our behalf, which will ultimately destroy all pain, sorrow, suffering, and death for eternity, answers that question. “For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ” (2 Cor. 4:6).
 God’s love for us is as expansive as the open arms of Christ on the cross.
This message was written By Philip Yancey [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]