Olakiitan Victor writes that the ministerial appointment of a former governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has a role to play in the politics of the state
The appointment of former Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State by President Muhammadu Buhari as a minister weighs in many direction to the average Ekiti person, particularly the political class. Some see it as an opportunity for the former governor to re-launch himself back into reckoning in both the politics of the state and the nation, while some reckon it still would make no significant value.
Some are even of the opinion that it would further widen the polarisation in the All Progressives Congress (APC). Different reasons are being adduced, but whichever way anyone looks at it, the appointment has its own strategic
reason and there is the widespread belief that it would surely have a huge influence on the politics of the state.
Fayemi, certainly, cannot forget in a hurry how he lost the last election to the incumbent, Mr. Ayodele Fayose. This defeat has been described by political analysts as the worst ever suffered by any incumbent in the political history of the country. In a country like Nigeria where the end justifies the means, many reckon that a good politician would always find a means to redeem such a humiliation.
It is on this premise that Fayemi himself must have thought of how he could re-launch back to stardom after the failed election. Some have also argued that Fayemi could act like a former governor of Gombe State and now Senator, Alhaji Danjuma Goje, who became senator through the instrumentality of the ministerial position he held under former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The most recent was the case of the River State governor, Nyesom Wike, who rode on the crest of Mrs. Patience Jonathan to ride to the Government House after holding sway in the Ministry of Education, albeit in the junior cadre.
Fayose too once bestrode the Ekiti political hemisphere like a colossus in 2003 but was ignominiously impeached by the then House of Assembly for sundry offences, particularly the misappropriation of the N1.3billion Integrated Poultry Project. He later went into self-imposed exile for two years before resurfacing. The governor was not oblivious of the fact that the impeachment would continue to be his greatest undoing and he had since been fighting like a wounded lion to ensure that he rewrites such a sordid history and he eventually got it.
This is why some analysts believed that Fayemi too must not give up. For them, he must continue to use his connection with the presidency, the most powerful place to bring APC back to limelight in Ekiti. Some opined that the position of a minister is no small means to political survival in this country and Fayemi must make strategic use of the opportunity to significantly disabuse the minds of those who might have had the erroneous thinking he was more of a technocrat than a good politician.
Putting it succinctly, the future of the APC in the state rests heavily on the quartet of former Governors Niyi Adebayo, Segun Oni, Kayode Fayemi and Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele. Any federal position ceded to any of them would automatically be interpreted to mean a serious boost and impetus for the party. Fayemi’s qualification for the plum job is not in doubt. His administrative acumen and astuteness in delivery cannot be questioned and these made his defeat more confounding to some in view of his impressive performance while in the saddle in Ekiti.
Even among his political traducers, they hold the belief that he is able and capable. Governor Fayose had in the heat of his impending screening at the senate canvassed for speedy screening for Fayemi. He went ahead and instructed the three senators from Ekiti to back his nomination. This conveyed serious signal that Fayemi, even among his political enemies still enjoys acceptability in terms of competence and this, he should ensure reflects on his party in terms of performance during elections.
A member of the seventh House of Representatives, Hon Bamidelem Faparusi saw Fayemi’s appointment as strategic and one that would impact on the politics of the state, just as he branded it opportunity to reunite the party and re-launch himself back to reckoning after losing the governorship poll.
Faparusi said Fayemi as a minister in the cabinet of President Buhari, would automatically become the rallying point for the party, which would afford him the opportunity to unite the party and make it a formidable structure to be able to defeat the incumbent. Faparusi was emphatic that Fayemi’s new position would definitely have an impact on the direction of the state’s politics.
He therefore expressed confidence in Fayemi’s ability to replicate the achievements in Ekiti at the federal level, but added that there is need for him to address all the contending issues back home for him to earn respect of his colleagues at the Federal Executive Council.
“Though having interest groups in opposition party is not alien to politics and politicking, but there must be a will to be able to align all these forces at the right time for us to face the uphill task of winning the governorship poll in 2018. His ministerial position is strategic to us in APC being our leader and a rallying point.
“As much as I congratulate the former governor and our leader for this feat, I want to advise that he must rise above primordial sentiments and ensure a speedy process of reconciliation as soon as he is assigned a portfolio,” he said.
Former Information Commissioner in Lagos State, Hon Bamidele shared similar view. He said Fayemi as one of the reliable leaders the APC rests on cannot but have an influence on the politics of the state, particularly while holding such a sensitive position of a minister.
He advised Fayemi to serve as a rallying point for APC members and act as the real change agent to bring rapid economic recovery to the country and implant the party to be in control of the state. Bamidele specifically advised former governors of Lagos and Ekiti States, Babatunde Raji Fashola and Fayemi to bring their experiences to bear and save the country from its present parlous economic situation.
Expectedly, the PDP sees the ministerial appointment differently. The party’s Publicity Secretary, Jackson Adebayo said Fayemi as a governor plunged Ekiti into a huge debt totaling N76billion and that this is still fresh in the minds of the Ekiti populace, which he said would make it difficult for the ex-governor to influence anything in the politics of the State.
He added that it was foolhardy for APC to be expecting something spectacular from Fayemi as a minister, having failed to influence the party in a positive manner as a governor.
“In the first instance, what are Fayemi’s antecedents in Ekiti to be able to influence anything? We are not afraid of his new position. His governorship position in Ekiti was fraught with vices and he ran the state in a manner that affected every facet of the society. Ekiti APC will be living in fool’s paradise if they rely on Fayemi to do wonders as a minister. He failed as a governor and he will fail again.
“What do you expect Ekiti people to do with someone, who plundered their commonwealth? The way he ran Ekiti is still ringing in the minds of the people and the people are ready to reject whatever he associates with politically. We defeated him in all the 16 councils during the last election and we shall repeat same if he brings his protégé in 2018.
“Ekiti people are not fools. They knew those who can serve them conscientiously and that is the person they will follow. Governor Ayodele Fayose is a man of the people. He takes the welfare of the people with priority. He was the initiator of the stomach infrastructure that has become a brand in many states in Nigeria. I want to tell you confidently, anytime anyday that Fayose and his party, the PDP will continue to win elections here in Ekiti with or without Fayemi as Minister,” he said.
Adebayo said the PDP was firmly on the ground in the state and that nothing could be done by Fayemi as a minister to debase it, urging those having the impression that the ex-governor would wrest power from the ruling PDP to bury such unattainable feat, particularly with Fayose, a more politically savvy and acceptable governor in the saddle.
Another chieftain of the party, Mrs. Sade Akinrinmola described the PDP as a brand in the state and that it would be difficult for APC to make inroad into the state. She described Fayemi’s new position as a fluke that cannot erode PDP’s solid base.
“Politics is not played on the pages of newspapers. Neither would the fate of Ekiti people be decided in Abuja. Our people would continue to take their destinies in their hands. And as long as Ekiti election will be decided by the people here, the PDP will continue to triumph whether Fayemi is appointed a minister or not. “The PDP is in a vantage position because while Fayemi is answerable to President Muhammadu Buhari, Fayose will be answerable to the people. On the day of election, the APC will know that there is a difference between someone, who relies on the people to win election and someone who relies on federal power.
“Fayose brought the PDP to limelight in Ekiti by riding on the popular will of the people. He didn’t win because he relies on federal might. I want to appeal to APC to put their house in order and stop fooling themselves that someone, who had failed them in the past even as a governor would now turn around to chase the PDP out of power while in faraway Abuja.”
In spite of the divergent opinions, what is certain is that Fayemi still enjoys some goodwill in Ekiti because of his performance in government. His government instituted the social security scheme, where 25,000 indigent elders benefited N5,000 monthly stipend, built the new Government House, tarred many city and intercity roads, built
the state pavilion and many other legacy projects.
All Fayemi needs at this point is a viable appointment to enable him galvanise his political structure and this ministerial offer affords him such opportunity. In this context, therefore, it will be suicidal for Fayose and the PDP to underrate him, given the nature of Nigeria’s politics and the power that the presidency wields. Fayemi’s position will definitely play a role in Ekiti politics and the PDP must up its game if truly, it is desirous of
retaining power in Ekiti.
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5 Things that the President of Nigeria Can Do to Get His Country Back on Track
President Muhammadu Buhari, who was inaugurated May 29, is the antithesis of the stereotypical Nigerian politician: incorruptible, soft-spoken, self-effacing and deliberate. He embraces the nickname “Baba Go-Slow and Steady.” Buhari’s unhurried style has its downsides, however: It took him an unprecedented four months to name a solid but unextraordinary cabinet. His reform agenda appears to be sauntering out of the gates, according to the civil society-run Buharimeter.
In the meantime, the challenges facing Africa’s most populous nation and largest economy continue to grow: Oil revenues are down, currency value has slipped and Boko Haram has killed more than 1,700 since June. Nigerians nevertheless expect their new president’s reform agenda to show tangible results, and soon. Given these imperatives, here are five things Buhari can do to get the ball rolling:
1. Carefully clean house
Buhari’s reform agenda probably faces its greatest threat from corrupt, old-school politicians within his own All Progressives Congress (APC) party. Buhari should neutralise some of the APC’s shadiest figures, who could emerge as “veto players,” as described in Carl LeVan’s recent book.
Examples of these kleptocrats are not hard to find. The U.S. Department of Justice has accused one sitting APC governor of helping former dictator Sani Abacha steal at least $458 million from state coffers. Likewise, both APC candidates in the upcoming Kogi and Bayelsa State governorship elections have been indicted by Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency.
Admittedly, housecleaning carries political risks for Buhari. After all, his victorious electoral coalition included powerful defectors from former President Goodluck Jonathan’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). If he unduly antagonises these establishment figures, they could derail his party’s newfound dominance by joining their former comrades in the opposition PDP.
2. Pare down the parastatals
Buhari has an opportunity to realise immediate savings by eliminating or merging some of Nigeria’s more than 500 federal parastatals and boards. Parastatals are government-operated companies or commercial agencies. Pundits allege that past presidents used parastatal appointments to cultivate national political allies and provincial cronies. These institutions, which range from the lucrative to the modest to the moribund, have long been a cornerstone of corruption in Nigeria — a complicated topic expertly explained by Daniel Jordan Smith.
Buhari may also want to disband some nice-to-have but non-essential parastatals in light of competing priorities and current fiscal constraints. Does Nigeria need to spend more than $4 million annually on a Centre for Space Transport and Propulsion? Is there an effort underway to rescue the supposedly stranded Nigerian astronaut featured in this legendary scam letter?
3. Tame the white elephants
Buhari’s apparent determination to revive two “white elephant” economic sectors — domestic oil refineries and steel mills — worry industry experts. Nigeria is replete with these kinds of investment projects where state-owned enterprises are funded for long periods even if they incur huge losses. For decades, Nigerian leaders have thrown good money after bad at these projects because, as Robinson and Torvik argue, white elephant projects yield short-term political gains.
Buhari, like any of the rest of us, could stumble into a sunk cost dilemma where his efforts to maximise future returns of Nigeria’s white elephants only increase their cumulative losses. Instead, he should address the graft, inconsistent policies and opaque privatisation deals that experts say turned these industries into white elephants in the first place.
4. Rein in subnational debt
As Buhari tries to put Nigeria’s public finances back in order, the balance sheets of the country’s 36 states are sinking deeper into the red. In a decentralised federal system like Nigeria’s, state budgets typically affect the lives of ordinary citizens more than federal spending does. Since taking office, Buhari has already bailed out 27 cash-strapped states to the tune of $2.1 billion. States’ borrowing trends are risky and need to be addressed, according to a recent report by the African Development Bank.
All but a few states generate minimal revenue outside of their monthly allocation of Nigeria’s anemic oil income. While Nigeria’s national debt is still relatively low by global standards, fiscal federalism means that if states default on their debts, the federal government foots the bill. Buhari’s reasons for watching state borrowing should also be personal: One of the stated reasons for the 1983 military coup that first brought him to power was runaway borrowing by state governors.
5. Legislate for the long run
Nigeria will need to feel the “Buhari Effect” (the sense, evident in a recent New York Times article, that there is a new sheriff in town) long after the president’s tenure is over. The best way for him to protect his legacy is to partner with the National Assembly to enact legislation enshrining key reforms. With few other politicians like him on the horizon, Buhari should put his legacy in writing.
A good place to start would be an act prohibiting the use of “security votes.” Both a definitive article by Uche et al. and a 2007 Human Rights Watch report illustrate how these secretive budgetary line items are used by officials at all levels of government as slush funds. Even Nigeria’s leading anti-corruption agency had a $1,000,000 security vote included in its 2014 budget. Buhari has his work cut out for him.
• Culled from Washington Post
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/5-things-that-the-president-of-nigeria-can-do-to-get-his-country-back-on-track/224600/
In the meantime, the challenges facing Africa’s most populous nation and largest economy continue to grow: Oil revenues are down, currency value has slipped and Boko Haram has killed more than 1,700 since June. Nigerians nevertheless expect their new president’s reform agenda to show tangible results, and soon. Given these imperatives, here are five things Buhari can do to get the ball rolling:
1. Carefully clean house
Buhari’s reform agenda probably faces its greatest threat from corrupt, old-school politicians within his own All Progressives Congress (APC) party. Buhari should neutralise some of the APC’s shadiest figures, who could emerge as “veto players,” as described in Carl LeVan’s recent book.
Examples of these kleptocrats are not hard to find. The U.S. Department of Justice has accused one sitting APC governor of helping former dictator Sani Abacha steal at least $458 million from state coffers. Likewise, both APC candidates in the upcoming Kogi and Bayelsa State governorship elections have been indicted by Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency.
Admittedly, housecleaning carries political risks for Buhari. After all, his victorious electoral coalition included powerful defectors from former President Goodluck Jonathan’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). If he unduly antagonises these establishment figures, they could derail his party’s newfound dominance by joining their former comrades in the opposition PDP.
2. Pare down the parastatals
Buhari has an opportunity to realise immediate savings by eliminating or merging some of Nigeria’s more than 500 federal parastatals and boards. Parastatals are government-operated companies or commercial agencies. Pundits allege that past presidents used parastatal appointments to cultivate national political allies and provincial cronies. These institutions, which range from the lucrative to the modest to the moribund, have long been a cornerstone of corruption in Nigeria — a complicated topic expertly explained by Daniel Jordan Smith.
Buhari may also want to disband some nice-to-have but non-essential parastatals in light of competing priorities and current fiscal constraints. Does Nigeria need to spend more than $4 million annually on a Centre for Space Transport and Propulsion? Is there an effort underway to rescue the supposedly stranded Nigerian astronaut featured in this legendary scam letter?
3. Tame the white elephants
Buhari’s apparent determination to revive two “white elephant” economic sectors — domestic oil refineries and steel mills — worry industry experts. Nigeria is replete with these kinds of investment projects where state-owned enterprises are funded for long periods even if they incur huge losses. For decades, Nigerian leaders have thrown good money after bad at these projects because, as Robinson and Torvik argue, white elephant projects yield short-term political gains.
Buhari, like any of the rest of us, could stumble into a sunk cost dilemma where his efforts to maximise future returns of Nigeria’s white elephants only increase their cumulative losses. Instead, he should address the graft, inconsistent policies and opaque privatisation deals that experts say turned these industries into white elephants in the first place.
4. Rein in subnational debt
As Buhari tries to put Nigeria’s public finances back in order, the balance sheets of the country’s 36 states are sinking deeper into the red. In a decentralised federal system like Nigeria’s, state budgets typically affect the lives of ordinary citizens more than federal spending does. Since taking office, Buhari has already bailed out 27 cash-strapped states to the tune of $2.1 billion. States’ borrowing trends are risky and need to be addressed, according to a recent report by the African Development Bank.
All but a few states generate minimal revenue outside of their monthly allocation of Nigeria’s anemic oil income. While Nigeria’s national debt is still relatively low by global standards, fiscal federalism means that if states default on their debts, the federal government foots the bill. Buhari’s reasons for watching state borrowing should also be personal: One of the stated reasons for the 1983 military coup that first brought him to power was runaway borrowing by state governors.
5. Legislate for the long run
Nigeria will need to feel the “Buhari Effect” (the sense, evident in a recent New York Times article, that there is a new sheriff in town) long after the president’s tenure is over. The best way for him to protect his legacy is to partner with the National Assembly to enact legislation enshrining key reforms. With few other politicians like him on the horizon, Buhari should put his legacy in writing.
A good place to start would be an act prohibiting the use of “security votes.” Both a definitive article by Uche et al. and a 2007 Human Rights Watch report illustrate how these secretive budgetary line items are used by officials at all levels of government as slush funds. Even Nigeria’s leading anti-corruption agency had a $1,000,000 security vote included in its 2014 budget. Buhari has his work cut out for him.
• Culled from Washington Post
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/5-things-that-the-president-of-nigeria-can-do-to-get-his-country-back-on-track/224600/
FG’s indebtedness to oil marketers now N470bn
By Clara Nwachukwu & Ediri Ejoh
THE Federal Government’s outstanding indebtedness to oil marketers has risen to N470 billion, arising from a backlog of unpaid subsidy claims since August 1, 2014 till date.
Subsidy-Incorporated
This is even as the marketers say they require in excess of $2 billion dollars to pay off their foreign suppliers, otherwise they will not be able to continue to import more petroleum products into the country.
Marketers, who spoke to Vanguard in confidence yesterday, lamented that government has not been able to fulfil its promise to offset all outstanding marketers’ claims between October and second week in November. This is just as the promise by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to assist marketers in accessing dollars to pay off their foreign suppliers has also not yielded fruit.
One of the marketers said: “We had another meeting with the Vice President (Yemi Osinbajo) two weeks ago and he promised that they would pay us. Right now I can tell you that no marketer has any money or line of credit to import even one litre of fuel.
“The last time any marketer was paid
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/fgs-indebtedness-to-oil-marketers-now-n470bn/
THE Federal Government’s outstanding indebtedness to oil marketers has risen to N470 billion, arising from a backlog of unpaid subsidy claims since August 1, 2014 till date.
Subsidy-Incorporated
This is even as the marketers say they require in excess of $2 billion dollars to pay off their foreign suppliers, otherwise they will not be able to continue to import more petroleum products into the country.
Marketers, who spoke to Vanguard in confidence yesterday, lamented that government has not been able to fulfil its promise to offset all outstanding marketers’ claims between October and second week in November. This is just as the promise by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to assist marketers in accessing dollars to pay off their foreign suppliers has also not yielded fruit.
One of the marketers said: “We had another meeting with the Vice President (Yemi Osinbajo) two weeks ago and he promised that they would pay us. Right now I can tell you that no marketer has any money or line of credit to import even one litre of fuel.
“The last time any marketer was paid
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/fgs-indebtedness-to-oil-marketers-now-n470bn/
Buhari: We'll Tell Investors the Truth About our Economy
President Mohammadu Buhari
• Says constitution provides for 36 cabinet members not ministries
Tobi Soniyi and Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja
President Mohammadu Buhari on Tuesday dismissed the opinion of his critics who accused him of scaring investors with his pronouncements, insisting that he will always tell investors the truth about the nation's economy.
Buhari, who reasserted his stance when he received a report on the confirmation of the last batch of ministerial nominees from the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, gave account of the economy since his assumption of office in May and submitted that "we are so much battered."
According to him, "the economy as I have seen it now since my sitting here for the last four months, that we are so much battered. Although some people are saying I am giving bad publicity and scaring away investors.
"Any investor who is interested in investing in Nigeria will seem to know more about the economy more than ourselves. So when I come and tell the truth about the position of the economy of the country, I am going out looking for investors.
"But I am confirming to them that we are truthful, that we need them to come and help us help ourselves by getting in industries, manufacturing and services.
"They know our needs. The economy of human resources, I believe, will make them come eventually and help us," he assured.
Commending the President of the Senate and its leadership for supporting his determination to follow constitutional provision on the appointment of ministers, the President noted that though the constitution stipulated the appointment of 36 cabinet members, it did not provide for 36 ministries where the cabinet members would serve.
"If I can remember, there must be a member from each of the 36 states. That was why I limited the number of my nominees to that number, 36.
"The Senate worked extremely hard and they have passed all the nominees. I think there is some enthusiasm in some parts of the Presidency today that portfolios are to be given to the 36.
"The constitution certainly said there must be one member of the cabinet from all the states but the constitution did not say I must have 36 ministries.
"Mr. Senate President, I thank you very much for leading the Senate to do this hard work technically within record time.
"I assure you that we will follow the constitution and all the 36 will be sitting in the cabinet as the constitution stipulates," he further said.
Earlier, Saraki had told the president that the Senate concluded the screening of the last batch of the ministerial nominees last Thursday.
He said: "We waited for our vote of proceedings today (yesterday) which we passed this morning. I want to formally present the list of the 18 ministers who have now been cleared to you and that makes a total of all your 36 ministerial nominees that have been cleared by the Senate.
"I was just engaging the SSA to check in the record when last that has happened. So it must be credit to the nominees that were submitted and also credit to the Senate."
While fielding questions from journalists after the presentation, Saraki spoke on the challenges of screening the nominees in the Senate revealing that the task of screening and confirming the nominees was not difficult because of the quality of the nominees that were presented by the president.
"It is the fact that we put in the time to vigorously put the nominees to answer the questions and at the end of the day we found out that most of them met the requirement and the Senate was satisfied.
"You noticed that in some cases we delayed the number of one or two, it is all part of politics, of behind the scene, but at the end of the day we finished with them, that is all about give and take and eventually I'm happy with what the senators have done.The entire 108 senators, we have done a good job and I believe we have laid the platform for the government to fully take off, Senator Saraki further said.
When asked for his reaction to the assertion of Buhari that there would be ministers without portfolio, he said; "well I think we have had ministers of state in the past. I dont think there is anything new, there was minister for special duties which really does not have portfolio.
"I think the key issue is being in cabinet, is being part of government and those that would have the responsibilities of ministering are those that at the end of the day would do that.
"So minister of state is not new. We had it before if you remember that very well. Honestly I believe we need to move away from the small issues and begin to focus on the major issues. I think the country presently now is at a very trying time no doubt about it," the President of the Senate advised.
Expressing the determination of the Senate to provide necessary support for the executive in its desire to move the nation forward, Senator Saraki drew the attention of Nigerians to the challenges currently facing the nation.
"We have the challenges of revenue drop, the challenges of trying to boost our economy. We are faced with the challenges of creating jobs and you know we have some of these issues which we really need to address. These are some of the issues we looked at as a Senate and we resolved to give support to the executive to move the country forward.
"I think all of us apart from those in the legislature and the executive and even those of you in the media, we must begin to proffer solution and put our country in a positive view otherwise there is no way we are going to have those major issues addressed, he added.
Asked why he chose to bring the letter personally to the president, he said, "Because there were other things we discussed. As you can see after you left we discussed for about 20 minutes on some major issues as well. So it wasn't just about the letter."
He said: "I have a constituency which is the Senate which I must first engage and I am sure with time,the major issue has to do with moving Nigeria forward."
When asked if the issue of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal came up, he replied, "Did you think that will come up in this kind of situation ? No it didn't come up.
Informed Presidency sources told THISDAY last night that Buhari's discussion with Saraki centred on the composition of the cabinet and allocation of portfolios.
The President was said to have been concerned about the position of the Constitution and sought to know the opinion of the Senate on the number of ministries that he could have.
Meanwhile, there was a mild drama earlier in the Senate when Senators of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) refused to second the motion moved for the passage of the Votes and Proceedings of last Thursday to make the confirmation of the ministerial nominees formal.
The PDP senators who were yet to overcome the the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) controlled-Senate to confirm the appointment of former Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, as a minister last Thursday, unanimously withdrew their support for the approval of votes and proceedings of last week Thursday.
The opposition senators had staged a walkout from the chamber after all efforts to convince their counterparts to adopt the recommendation of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions which had recommended Amaechi's rejection proved abortive.
The committee had recommended that Amaechi should not be confirmed because the matter contained in a petition against his nomination was already sub-judice and hence his confirmation should be stopped in accordance with Order 53(5) of the Senate Standing Rules.
The petitioners had alleged that Amaechi diverted N70 billion proceeds of the sales of four independent power projects belonging to Rivers State into his private account.
Consequently, they demanded the rejection of Amaechi as a ministerial nominee on the grounds that he had breached public trust and hence, lacked the moral fortitude to hold another public office.
However, the re-play of Thursday's hostility began yesterday when Saraki who cleared the coast for Amaechi's confirmation, called Senator Isiaka Adeleke (Osun West) to move a motion for the adoption of the votes and proceedings of Thursday October 29.
After the motion was promptly moved by Adeleke, Saraki in accordance with parliamentary procedure, called a PDP senator, Peter Nwaoboshi (Delta North), to second the motion. But in probably an unprecedented manner in the Nigerian Senate, Nwaoboshi politely turned down Saraki's call and gave an excuse for his action.
"My president, I will not be able to second the motion because I was not at the plenary to know what was done," Nwaoboshi said.
Therefore, Saraki perceiving that the action was a spill over effect of Thursday's grievances, quickly turned to APC caucus and called Senator Ibrahim Gobir (Sokoto North) to second the motion. Expectedly, Gobir seconded the motion.
Then Saraki put the motion for approval of the proceedings of the last plenary to a voice vote.
Surprisingly, while APC senators chorused "ay," their PDP senators, in an unusual manner, rejected the approval vote with a loud shout of “nay."
But expectedly, Saraki overruled the PDP caucus' rejection as he hit the gavel, saying the "ayes" have it.
It is an unusual episode in a parliamentary practice for senators to oppose the approval of votes and proceedings after the votes have been examined and found that they corresponded with the previous sitting activities.
thisdaylive
• Says constitution provides for 36 cabinet members not ministries
Tobi Soniyi and Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja
President Mohammadu Buhari on Tuesday dismissed the opinion of his critics who accused him of scaring investors with his pronouncements, insisting that he will always tell investors the truth about the nation's economy.
Buhari, who reasserted his stance when he received a report on the confirmation of the last batch of ministerial nominees from the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, gave account of the economy since his assumption of office in May and submitted that "we are so much battered."
According to him, "the economy as I have seen it now since my sitting here for the last four months, that we are so much battered. Although some people are saying I am giving bad publicity and scaring away investors.
"Any investor who is interested in investing in Nigeria will seem to know more about the economy more than ourselves. So when I come and tell the truth about the position of the economy of the country, I am going out looking for investors.
"But I am confirming to them that we are truthful, that we need them to come and help us help ourselves by getting in industries, manufacturing and services.
"They know our needs. The economy of human resources, I believe, will make them come eventually and help us," he assured.
Commending the President of the Senate and its leadership for supporting his determination to follow constitutional provision on the appointment of ministers, the President noted that though the constitution stipulated the appointment of 36 cabinet members, it did not provide for 36 ministries where the cabinet members would serve.
"If I can remember, there must be a member from each of the 36 states. That was why I limited the number of my nominees to that number, 36.
"The Senate worked extremely hard and they have passed all the nominees. I think there is some enthusiasm in some parts of the Presidency today that portfolios are to be given to the 36.
"The constitution certainly said there must be one member of the cabinet from all the states but the constitution did not say I must have 36 ministries.
"Mr. Senate President, I thank you very much for leading the Senate to do this hard work technically within record time.
"I assure you that we will follow the constitution and all the 36 will be sitting in the cabinet as the constitution stipulates," he further said.
Earlier, Saraki had told the president that the Senate concluded the screening of the last batch of the ministerial nominees last Thursday.
He said: "We waited for our vote of proceedings today (yesterday) which we passed this morning. I want to formally present the list of the 18 ministers who have now been cleared to you and that makes a total of all your 36 ministerial nominees that have been cleared by the Senate.
"I was just engaging the SSA to check in the record when last that has happened. So it must be credit to the nominees that were submitted and also credit to the Senate."
While fielding questions from journalists after the presentation, Saraki spoke on the challenges of screening the nominees in the Senate revealing that the task of screening and confirming the nominees was not difficult because of the quality of the nominees that were presented by the president.
"It is the fact that we put in the time to vigorously put the nominees to answer the questions and at the end of the day we found out that most of them met the requirement and the Senate was satisfied.
"You noticed that in some cases we delayed the number of one or two, it is all part of politics, of behind the scene, but at the end of the day we finished with them, that is all about give and take and eventually I'm happy with what the senators have done.The entire 108 senators, we have done a good job and I believe we have laid the platform for the government to fully take off, Senator Saraki further said.
When asked for his reaction to the assertion of Buhari that there would be ministers without portfolio, he said; "well I think we have had ministers of state in the past. I dont think there is anything new, there was minister for special duties which really does not have portfolio.
"I think the key issue is being in cabinet, is being part of government and those that would have the responsibilities of ministering are those that at the end of the day would do that.
"So minister of state is not new. We had it before if you remember that very well. Honestly I believe we need to move away from the small issues and begin to focus on the major issues. I think the country presently now is at a very trying time no doubt about it," the President of the Senate advised.
Expressing the determination of the Senate to provide necessary support for the executive in its desire to move the nation forward, Senator Saraki drew the attention of Nigerians to the challenges currently facing the nation.
"We have the challenges of revenue drop, the challenges of trying to boost our economy. We are faced with the challenges of creating jobs and you know we have some of these issues which we really need to address. These are some of the issues we looked at as a Senate and we resolved to give support to the executive to move the country forward.
"I think all of us apart from those in the legislature and the executive and even those of you in the media, we must begin to proffer solution and put our country in a positive view otherwise there is no way we are going to have those major issues addressed, he added.
Asked why he chose to bring the letter personally to the president, he said, "Because there were other things we discussed. As you can see after you left we discussed for about 20 minutes on some major issues as well. So it wasn't just about the letter."
He said: "I have a constituency which is the Senate which I must first engage and I am sure with time,the major issue has to do with moving Nigeria forward."
When asked if the issue of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal came up, he replied, "Did you think that will come up in this kind of situation ? No it didn't come up.
Informed Presidency sources told THISDAY last night that Buhari's discussion with Saraki centred on the composition of the cabinet and allocation of portfolios.
The President was said to have been concerned about the position of the Constitution and sought to know the opinion of the Senate on the number of ministries that he could have.
Meanwhile, there was a mild drama earlier in the Senate when Senators of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) refused to second the motion moved for the passage of the Votes and Proceedings of last Thursday to make the confirmation of the ministerial nominees formal.
The PDP senators who were yet to overcome the the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) controlled-Senate to confirm the appointment of former Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, as a minister last Thursday, unanimously withdrew their support for the approval of votes and proceedings of last week Thursday.
The opposition senators had staged a walkout from the chamber after all efforts to convince their counterparts to adopt the recommendation of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions which had recommended Amaechi's rejection proved abortive.
The committee had recommended that Amaechi should not be confirmed because the matter contained in a petition against his nomination was already sub-judice and hence his confirmation should be stopped in accordance with Order 53(5) of the Senate Standing Rules.
The petitioners had alleged that Amaechi diverted N70 billion proceeds of the sales of four independent power projects belonging to Rivers State into his private account.
Consequently, they demanded the rejection of Amaechi as a ministerial nominee on the grounds that he had breached public trust and hence, lacked the moral fortitude to hold another public office.
However, the re-play of Thursday's hostility began yesterday when Saraki who cleared the coast for Amaechi's confirmation, called Senator Isiaka Adeleke (Osun West) to move a motion for the adoption of the votes and proceedings of Thursday October 29.
After the motion was promptly moved by Adeleke, Saraki in accordance with parliamentary procedure, called a PDP senator, Peter Nwaoboshi (Delta North), to second the motion. But in probably an unprecedented manner in the Nigerian Senate, Nwaoboshi politely turned down Saraki's call and gave an excuse for his action.
"My president, I will not be able to second the motion because I was not at the plenary to know what was done," Nwaoboshi said.
Therefore, Saraki perceiving that the action was a spill over effect of Thursday's grievances, quickly turned to APC caucus and called Senator Ibrahim Gobir (Sokoto North) to second the motion. Expectedly, Gobir seconded the motion.
Then Saraki put the motion for approval of the proceedings of the last plenary to a voice vote.
Surprisingly, while APC senators chorused "ay," their PDP senators, in an unusual manner, rejected the approval vote with a loud shout of “nay."
But expectedly, Saraki overruled the PDP caucus' rejection as he hit the gavel, saying the "ayes" have it.
It is an unusual episode in a parliamentary practice for senators to oppose the approval of votes and proceedings after the votes have been examined and found that they corresponded with the previous sitting activities.
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Tuesday, 3 November 2015
How Happy are People?
Contrary to many reports of abundant misery ("Our pains greatly exceed our pleasures," said Rousseau), most people report being "fairly" or "very" happy and relatively few (some 1 in 10 in many countries, including the USA) report being "not too happy." Pioneering happiness researcher Ed Diener aggregated SWB data from 916 surveys of 1.1 million people in 45 nations that represent most of the human population. When responses were converted to a 0 to 10 scale (with 5 being neutral), the average SWB score was near 7.
Likewise, when people’s moods have been sampled using pagers or in national surveys, most people report being in good rather than bad moods.
These generally positive self-reports come from people of all ages and both sexes worldwide, with a few exceptions: people hospitalized for alcoholism, newly incarcerated inmates, new therapy clients, South African blacks during the apartheid era, homeless people, sex workers, and students living under conditions of political suppression.
When surveyed, there is some tendency for people to overreport good things (such as voting) and underreport bad things (such as smoking). Yet people’s SWB reports have reasonable reliability across time and correlate with other positive indicators of well-being, including friends' and family members' assessments. Positive self-reports also predict sociability, energy, and helpfulness, and a lower risk for abuse, hostility, and illness.
Happiness does, however, vary somewhat by country. Recent (1999 to 2001) World Values Survey data collected by Ronald Inglehart from 82 countries indicate highest SWB (happiness and life satisfaction) in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, and Switzerland, and the lowest in Moldova, Russia, Armenia, Ukraine, Zimbabwe, and Indonesia.
Who is Happy?
Despite presumptions of happy and unhappy life stages or populations, there are mostly happy and a few unhappy people in every demographic group. Happiness is similarly common among people of differing
age: Emotionality subsides with maturity and happiness predictors change with age (as satisfaction with health, for example, becomes more important). Yet World Values Surveys indicate comparable SWB reports across the lifespan. For example, self-reported happiness does not nosedive during men's supposed early 40s "midlife crisis" years or parents' supposed "empty nest syndrome" years.
gender: There are gender gaps in misery: When troubled, men more often become alcoholic, women more often ruminate and get depressed or anxious. Yet in many surveys worldwide, women and men have been similarly likely to declare themselves "very happy" and "satisfied" with life.
race: African-Americans are only slightly less likely than European-Americans to report feeling very happy. Moreover, note social psychologists Jennifer Crocker and Brenda Major, "A host of studies conclude that blacks have levels of self-esteem equal to or higher than that of whites." People in disadvantaged groups maintain self-esteem by valuing the things at which they excel, by making comparisons within their own groups, and by attributing problems to external sources such as prejudice.
Other indicators do offer clues to happiness.
The traits of happy people: Extraversion, self-esteem, optimism, and a sense of personal control are among the marks of happy lives. Twin and adoption studies reveal that some of these traits, such as extraversion, are genetically influenced, as is happiness itself. Like cholesterol level, happiness is genetically influenced, yet also somewhat amenable to volitional control.
The work and leisure of happy people: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi reports increased quality of life when work and leisure engage one's skills. Between the anxiety of being overwhelmed and the boredom of being underwhelmed lies the unself-conscious, absorbed state of flow.
The relationships of happy people: Humans are social animals, with an evident need to belong. For most people, solitary confinement is misery. Having close friends, and being with them, is pleasure. In National Opinion Research Center surveys of more than 42,000 Americans since 1972, 40 percent of married adults have declared themselves very happy, as have 23 percent of never married adults. The marital happiness gap also occurs in other countries and is similar for men and women. The causal arrows between marriage and happiness appear to point both ways: an intimate marriage, like other close friendships, offers social support; but happy people also appear more likely to attract and retain partners.
The faith of happy people: The same National Opinion Research Center surveys reveal that 23 percent of those never attending religious services report being very happy, as do 47 percent of those attending more than weekly. In explaining the oft-reported greater happiness and ability to cope with loss among people active in faith communities, psychologists have assumed that faith networks may offer social support, meaning, and assistance in managing the "terror" of one's inevitable death.
http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Psychology_of_happiness
Likewise, when people’s moods have been sampled using pagers or in national surveys, most people report being in good rather than bad moods.
These generally positive self-reports come from people of all ages and both sexes worldwide, with a few exceptions: people hospitalized for alcoholism, newly incarcerated inmates, new therapy clients, South African blacks during the apartheid era, homeless people, sex workers, and students living under conditions of political suppression.
When surveyed, there is some tendency for people to overreport good things (such as voting) and underreport bad things (such as smoking). Yet people’s SWB reports have reasonable reliability across time and correlate with other positive indicators of well-being, including friends' and family members' assessments. Positive self-reports also predict sociability, energy, and helpfulness, and a lower risk for abuse, hostility, and illness.
Happiness does, however, vary somewhat by country. Recent (1999 to 2001) World Values Survey data collected by Ronald Inglehart from 82 countries indicate highest SWB (happiness and life satisfaction) in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, and Switzerland, and the lowest in Moldova, Russia, Armenia, Ukraine, Zimbabwe, and Indonesia.
Who is Happy?
Despite presumptions of happy and unhappy life stages or populations, there are mostly happy and a few unhappy people in every demographic group. Happiness is similarly common among people of differing
age: Emotionality subsides with maturity and happiness predictors change with age (as satisfaction with health, for example, becomes more important). Yet World Values Surveys indicate comparable SWB reports across the lifespan. For example, self-reported happiness does not nosedive during men's supposed early 40s "midlife crisis" years or parents' supposed "empty nest syndrome" years.
gender: There are gender gaps in misery: When troubled, men more often become alcoholic, women more often ruminate and get depressed or anxious. Yet in many surveys worldwide, women and men have been similarly likely to declare themselves "very happy" and "satisfied" with life.
race: African-Americans are only slightly less likely than European-Americans to report feeling very happy. Moreover, note social psychologists Jennifer Crocker and Brenda Major, "A host of studies conclude that blacks have levels of self-esteem equal to or higher than that of whites." People in disadvantaged groups maintain self-esteem by valuing the things at which they excel, by making comparisons within their own groups, and by attributing problems to external sources such as prejudice.
Other indicators do offer clues to happiness.
The traits of happy people: Extraversion, self-esteem, optimism, and a sense of personal control are among the marks of happy lives. Twin and adoption studies reveal that some of these traits, such as extraversion, are genetically influenced, as is happiness itself. Like cholesterol level, happiness is genetically influenced, yet also somewhat amenable to volitional control.
The work and leisure of happy people: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi reports increased quality of life when work and leisure engage one's skills. Between the anxiety of being overwhelmed and the boredom of being underwhelmed lies the unself-conscious, absorbed state of flow.
The relationships of happy people: Humans are social animals, with an evident need to belong. For most people, solitary confinement is misery. Having close friends, and being with them, is pleasure. In National Opinion Research Center surveys of more than 42,000 Americans since 1972, 40 percent of married adults have declared themselves very happy, as have 23 percent of never married adults. The marital happiness gap also occurs in other countries and is similar for men and women. The causal arrows between marriage and happiness appear to point both ways: an intimate marriage, like other close friendships, offers social support; but happy people also appear more likely to attract and retain partners.
The faith of happy people: The same National Opinion Research Center surveys reveal that 23 percent of those never attending religious services report being very happy, as do 47 percent of those attending more than weekly. In explaining the oft-reported greater happiness and ability to cope with loss among people active in faith communities, psychologists have assumed that faith networks may offer social support, meaning, and assistance in managing the "terror" of one's inevitable death.
http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Psychology_of_happiness
Must Read! Security Tips For Everybody
Security Tips For Everybody.
It's possible you've read it somewhere.Happy reading!
WRITTEN BY A COP: Everyone should take 5 minutes to read this. It may save your life or a loved one's life. In daylight hours, refresh yourself of these things to do in an emergency situation... This is for you, and for you to share with your wife, your children, & everyone you know. After reading these 9 crucial tips, forward them to someone you care about. It never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in.
1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do :The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do!
2. Learned this from a tourist guide. If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse,
DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you... Chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you, and he will go for the wallet/purse.
RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!
3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy.. The driver won't see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives.
4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc.
DON'T DO THIS!) The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your head,
and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR ,
LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE..
If someone is in the car with a gun to your head DO NOT DRIVE OFF, Repeat:
DO NOT DRIVE OFF! Instead gun the engine and speed into anything, wrecking the car. Your Air Bag will save you. If the person is in the back seat they will get the worst of it. As soon as the car crashes bail out and run. It is better than having them find your body in a remote location.
5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage:
A.) Be aware:look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor ,
and in the back seat.
B.) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door.
Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars. C.) Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the passenger side.. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out. IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.)
6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot. This is especially true at NIGHT!)
7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN!
The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; and even then,
it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN, Preferably in a zig -zag pattern!
8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP It may get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked 'for help' into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim.
9. Another Safety Point: Someone just told me that her friend heard a crying baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police because it was late
and she thought it was weird.. The police told her 'Whatever you do, DO NOT
open the door..' The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a window, and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over. The policeman said, 'We already have a unit on the way,
whatever you do, DO NOT open the door.' He told her that they think a serial killer
has a baby's cry recorded and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby.. He said they have not verified it, but have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby's cries outside their doors when they're home alone at night.
10. Water scam! If you wake up in the middle of the night to hear all your taps outside running or what you think is a burst pipe, DO NOT GO OUT TO INVESTIGATE! These people turn on all your outside taps full blast so that you will go out to investigate and then attack.
Stay alert, keep safe, and look out for your neighbors! Please pass this on
This e-mail should probably be taken seriously because the Crying Baby Theory was mentioned on America 's Most Wanted when they profiled the serial killer in Louisiana
I'd like you to forward this to all the women you know.
It may save a life. A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle..
I was going to send this to the ladies only,
but guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc.,
you may want to pass it onto them, as well.
Send this to any woman you know that may need
to be reminded that the world we live in has a lot of wicked souls in it and it's better to be safe than sorry..
Everyone should take 5 minutes to read this. It may save your life or a loved one's life
source: Jagunmolu Oluwadare Lasisi
It's possible you've read it somewhere.Happy reading!
WRITTEN BY A COP: Everyone should take 5 minutes to read this. It may save your life or a loved one's life. In daylight hours, refresh yourself of these things to do in an emergency situation... This is for you, and for you to share with your wife, your children, & everyone you know. After reading these 9 crucial tips, forward them to someone you care about. It never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in.
1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do :The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do!
2. Learned this from a tourist guide. If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse,
DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you... Chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you, and he will go for the wallet/purse.
RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!
3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy.. The driver won't see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives.
4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc.
DON'T DO THIS!) The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your head,
and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR ,
LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE..
If someone is in the car with a gun to your head DO NOT DRIVE OFF, Repeat:
DO NOT DRIVE OFF! Instead gun the engine and speed into anything, wrecking the car. Your Air Bag will save you. If the person is in the back seat they will get the worst of it. As soon as the car crashes bail out and run. It is better than having them find your body in a remote location.
5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage:
A.) Be aware:look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor ,
and in the back seat.
B.) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door.
Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars. C.) Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the passenger side.. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out. IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.)
6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot. This is especially true at NIGHT!)
7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN!
The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; and even then,
it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN, Preferably in a zig -zag pattern!
8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP It may get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked 'for help' into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim.
9. Another Safety Point: Someone just told me that her friend heard a crying baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police because it was late
and she thought it was weird.. The police told her 'Whatever you do, DO NOT
open the door..' The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a window, and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over. The policeman said, 'We already have a unit on the way,
whatever you do, DO NOT open the door.' He told her that they think a serial killer
has a baby's cry recorded and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby.. He said they have not verified it, but have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby's cries outside their doors when they're home alone at night.
10. Water scam! If you wake up in the middle of the night to hear all your taps outside running or what you think is a burst pipe, DO NOT GO OUT TO INVESTIGATE! These people turn on all your outside taps full blast so that you will go out to investigate and then attack.
Stay alert, keep safe, and look out for your neighbors! Please pass this on
This e-mail should probably be taken seriously because the Crying Baby Theory was mentioned on America 's Most Wanted when they profiled the serial killer in Louisiana
I'd like you to forward this to all the women you know.
It may save a life. A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle..
I was going to send this to the ladies only,
but guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc.,
you may want to pass it onto them, as well.
Send this to any woman you know that may need
to be reminded that the world we live in has a lot of wicked souls in it and it's better to be safe than sorry..
Everyone should take 5 minutes to read this. It may save your life or a loved one's life
source: Jagunmolu Oluwadare Lasisi
Objectivity In Fighting Corruption By Adefemi
In information circles, objectivity is very vital and I will start this piece by saying "If Goodluck, associates or his men are found to be corruptly enrich themselves they should be propelled to refund the money and if eventually they are innocent, people should stop media corruption propaganda". Meanwhile, as this whole blame game continues that GEJ's government is corrupt as it has been the subject of discussion accross the land. I am of the opinion that why can't statutory body that is vast in investigative approach to kindly carried out analysis of GEJ's government and compare side by with previous government most especially OBJ's government? The onus will be to ascertain the massive level of corruption in all these government so that citizens can be well informed. In fairness opinion, it seems to me that some selected Individuals are hell bent in using propaganda's to portray or branded GEJ if at all they are right as most corrupt person/government in the history of our great nation. This need to be to be clearly clarified for prosperity's sake. I need to state this for more clarity that! are these people claiming corruption everywhere telling me that nobody will strike any deal or make more money under PMB's government? Time will tell if only they will avails us the truth. I wish President Buhari Goodluck in his recoveries of our looted funds.
Adefemi Pcfr
Adefemi Pcfr
A record 218,000 migrants crossed the Mediterranean in October
Record 218,000 migrants crossed the Mediterranean in October – 2,000 more than the amount for the whole of 2014, UN reveal
Last month, 218,394 migrants and refugees crossed the Mediterranean
•In total, 216,054 arrived in the EU after making the crossing in 2014
•Four dead and six missing after sinking on Monday, say Greek coast guard
•For more on the EU refugee crisis visit www.dailymail.co.uk/refugeecrisis
Last month, 218,394 migrants and refugees crossed the Mediterranean
•In total, 216,054 arrived in the EU after making the crossing in 2014
•Four dead and six missing after sinking on Monday, say Greek coast guard
•For more on the EU refugee crisis visit www.dailymail.co.uk/refugeecrisis
Jonathan visits Buhari at Aso Rock
By Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA – For the second time since he exited office on May 29, former president Goodluck Jonathan Monday visited his successor, President Mohammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan (L) With President Muhammadu Buhari, After A Close Door Meeting At The Presidential Villa In Abuja On Monday (2/11/15).
Former President Goodluck Jonathan (L) With President Muhammadu Buhari, After A Close Door Meeting At The Presidential Villa In Abuja On Monday (2/11/15).
The meeting which held behind closed doors at the New Banquet Hall of the State House barely lasted for ten minutes.
Jonathan arrived at about 2.00 pm and left at 2.13pm after the meeting.
Though the reason for his visit was not disclosed, feelers said he may have visited to intimate president Buhari on the outcome of the election in Tanzania.
It would be recalled that the former President led the Commonwealth Election Observer Group to observe the conduct of the Tanzanian General election which held recently.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/jonathan-visits-buhari-at-aso-rock/
ABUJA – For the second time since he exited office on May 29, former president Goodluck Jonathan Monday visited his successor, President Mohammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan (L) With President Muhammadu Buhari, After A Close Door Meeting At The Presidential Villa In Abuja On Monday (2/11/15).
Former President Goodluck Jonathan (L) With President Muhammadu Buhari, After A Close Door Meeting At The Presidential Villa In Abuja On Monday (2/11/15).
The meeting which held behind closed doors at the New Banquet Hall of the State House barely lasted for ten minutes.
Jonathan arrived at about 2.00 pm and left at 2.13pm after the meeting.
Though the reason for his visit was not disclosed, feelers said he may have visited to intimate president Buhari on the outcome of the election in Tanzania.
It would be recalled that the former President led the Commonwealth Election Observer Group to observe the conduct of the Tanzanian General election which held recently.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/jonathan-visits-buhari-at-aso-rock/
Of Power probes and national interest
Going through the news streaming from various media on the activities of the Boko Haram sect, one is hit by a deja vu feeling, of history repeating itself and our hopelessness in the midst of glaring options. We are once again faced with the multiple ‘IF’ questions.
If we had handled the Boko Haram differently, if we had dealt more decisively with them at inception, if we had been more careful with the happenings in our surroundings, if we had connected more with the grassroots, if we had not seen it as a purely Christian problem initially, if we had not seen it as a Muslim problem, if we had not politicised it, if we had not seen it as a northern problem, if we had properly monitored the almajiris, if we had placed proper surveillance on our Mullahs and itinerant preachers, if we had truly allowed everyone to practice his/her own religion in all parts of the country without discrimination, if the government had maintained true secularity in matters of religion, if the people of the ravaged areas had collectively agreed to take the bull by the horn, if the communities had been more active and proactive to security issues – so many ifs.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/of-power-probes-and-national-interest-2/
If we had handled the Boko Haram differently, if we had dealt more decisively with them at inception, if we had been more careful with the happenings in our surroundings, if we had connected more with the grassroots, if we had not seen it as a purely Christian problem initially, if we had not seen it as a Muslim problem, if we had not politicised it, if we had not seen it as a northern problem, if we had properly monitored the almajiris, if we had placed proper surveillance on our Mullahs and itinerant preachers, if we had truly allowed everyone to practice his/her own religion in all parts of the country without discrimination, if the government had maintained true secularity in matters of religion, if the people of the ravaged areas had collectively agreed to take the bull by the horn, if the communities had been more active and proactive to security issues – so many ifs.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/of-power-probes-and-national-interest-2/
2015 Glo CAF Awards: No Nigerian player in Africa’s top ten
No Nigerian player made the top ten shortlisted for the 2015 African Player of the Year award. According to the list of the final ten released by the Confederation of African Football there is no Nigerian that made the cut.
CONGRATULATION: Enyeama (l) congratulates Yaya Toure at the Glo-CAF Award ceremony
CONGRATULATION: Enyeama (l) congratulates Yaya Toure at the Glo-CAF Award ceremony
The list, which initially comprised of 23 players have now been trimmed to 10 after the announcement on CAF’s website.
The duo of Ahmed Musa and Vincent Enyeama, who were finalists in the last edition have been ousted, while the current holder of the award, Yaya Toure made the top ten cut.
CAF also released the names of the best ten African players playing in Africa, and still, Nigeria is missing on that one too.
Winners for the two categories; African Player of the Year 2015 and African Player of the Year (Based in Africa) 2015 will be decided by votes of the Coaches or Technical Directors of the National Associations affiliated to CAF.
The awards gala will be held on Thursday, 7 January 2016 in Abuja, Nigeria.
Vanguard
CONGRATULATION: Enyeama (l) congratulates Yaya Toure at the Glo-CAF Award ceremony
CONGRATULATION: Enyeama (l) congratulates Yaya Toure at the Glo-CAF Award ceremony
The list, which initially comprised of 23 players have now been trimmed to 10 after the announcement on CAF’s website.
The duo of Ahmed Musa and Vincent Enyeama, who were finalists in the last edition have been ousted, while the current holder of the award, Yaya Toure made the top ten cut.
CAF also released the names of the best ten African players playing in Africa, and still, Nigeria is missing on that one too.
Winners for the two categories; African Player of the Year 2015 and African Player of the Year (Based in Africa) 2015 will be decided by votes of the Coaches or Technical Directors of the National Associations affiliated to CAF.
The awards gala will be held on Thursday, 7 January 2016 in Abuja, Nigeria.
Vanguard
Monday, 2 November 2015
Marriage Turned Sour
A happy wedding about to happen turned out to be an shocking unexpected tragedy for a Chinese family after the bride was left unconscious by a prank that went wrong. Here's what happened.
'The bride arrived at the hotel to meet the groom for the wedding banquet. Several groomsmen were sent to welcome her at the front gate. Wedding shenanigans are usually expected at this point according to Chinese traditions, so the groomsmen picked up the bride and threw her into the air, pretending to scare her.
The twist however was that they failed to catch the bride when she fell. She landed on the ground headfirst and was knocked into a coma. Her panic-stricken family members immediately called the police for help.'
She was treated in the hospital for a few days and is now in a stable condition.
http://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2015/11/chinese-bride-left-in-coma-after.html?m=1
'The bride arrived at the hotel to meet the groom for the wedding banquet. Several groomsmen were sent to welcome her at the front gate. Wedding shenanigans are usually expected at this point according to Chinese traditions, so the groomsmen picked up the bride and threw her into the air, pretending to scare her.
The twist however was that they failed to catch the bride when she fell. She landed on the ground headfirst and was knocked into a coma. Her panic-stricken family members immediately called the police for help.'
She was treated in the hospital for a few days and is now in a stable condition.
http://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2015/11/chinese-bride-left-in-coma-after.html?m=1
Trump revels in Rubio-Bush feud
Donald Trump reveled in the brewing feud between the two rival Republican candidates he often criticizes on Sunday.
Trump posted a half dozen tweets on Sunday morning calling out both Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush and seeming to take quite a bit of pleasure in their feud.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/trump-revels-rubio-bush-feud
Trump posted a half dozen tweets on Sunday morning calling out both Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush and seeming to take quite a bit of pleasure in their feud.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/trump-revels-rubio-bush-feud
I won’t stop talking of corruption during Jonathan’s govt—BUHARI
President’s statement on economy chasing away investors—PDP
Henry Umoru & Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA—President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed not to shy away from telling Nigerians how the immediate past administration allegedly plundered the economy, irrespective of anyone’s feelings.
Responding to allegations by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that he was demarketing the country and dissuading foreign investments, the President vowed that the relentless tackles of the opposition party would not in any way dissuade him from his obligations to the citizenry and the international community.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh had, yesterday, attacked the President’s claim in India that Nigeria was broke, saying that such claims at international fora tended to worsen the country’s investment climate.
President Muhammadu Buhari
Metuh had, in his statement, alleged that such claims by the President were essentially because of his lack of a viable economic plan.
Responding to PDP yesterday, presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, said that Metuh’s attempts to distract the President from focusing on his job would fail, maintaining that he was a broken record.
The statement read in part: “Our attention has been drawn to the latest statement by the PDP spokesman, Olisa Metuh, alleging that President Muhammadu Buhari is ‘demarketing Nigeria’.
“We restate for the umpteenth time to Mr. Metuh and his ilk that their attempts to distract President Buhari from the job he has been elected to do will fail.
“President Buhari will remain true to the virtues of honesty, integrity, sincerity, incorruptibility and plain-speaking, which endeared him to Nigerians and made them prefer his leadership to that of a lying and deceptive PDP administration.
“The President will not, in the guise of ‘marketing’ the country, refrain from telling Nigerians and the world, the emerging truths about the abject state in which years of plundering by a PDP leadership has left the Nigerian treasury and economy.
“President Buhari will not in the name of ‘marketing’ or ‘attracting’ investors, follow in the footsteps of the ousted PDP administration and its discredited officials, who shamelessly lied to Nigerians and the world about the buoyancy and vibrancy of an economy they had bled dry for personal gain, when it was very obvious to the discerning, that the Nigerian economy was headed for serious trouble.”
PDP’s reaction
Earlier in his statement, Metuh had said: “Mr. President’s recent announcement to the world that the nation, with its abundant human and natural resources, is broke and cannot pay cabinet ministers, not only sends a discouraging signal to the domestic and international business community, but also exposes the ineptitude of the present administration to meaningfully and sincerely exert itself and work with industrious and innovative investors to create and manage wealth.
“We ask how can any reasonable investor still have the confidence to invest in a country where the President himself continues to alert that his country reeks of corrupt people and that the government is broke to the extent it cannot pay cabinet ministers?
“Is the President not directly advising investors against having confidence in Nigeria and the system, and that they risk not being paid for jobs awarded by government at any level?
“More worrisome is the fact that Mr. President makes his damaging comments in international fora with potential investors in attendance. It reminds one of the proverbial father who, in the presence of potential suitors, often portrays his daughters as wayward and yet constantly complain of their inability to find husbands.”
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/i-wont-stop-talking-of-corruption-during-jonathans-govt-buhari/
Henry Umoru & Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA—President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed not to shy away from telling Nigerians how the immediate past administration allegedly plundered the economy, irrespective of anyone’s feelings.
Responding to allegations by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that he was demarketing the country and dissuading foreign investments, the President vowed that the relentless tackles of the opposition party would not in any way dissuade him from his obligations to the citizenry and the international community.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh had, yesterday, attacked the President’s claim in India that Nigeria was broke, saying that such claims at international fora tended to worsen the country’s investment climate.
President Muhammadu Buhari
Metuh had, in his statement, alleged that such claims by the President were essentially because of his lack of a viable economic plan.
Responding to PDP yesterday, presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, said that Metuh’s attempts to distract the President from focusing on his job would fail, maintaining that he was a broken record.
The statement read in part: “Our attention has been drawn to the latest statement by the PDP spokesman, Olisa Metuh, alleging that President Muhammadu Buhari is ‘demarketing Nigeria’.
“We restate for the umpteenth time to Mr. Metuh and his ilk that their attempts to distract President Buhari from the job he has been elected to do will fail.
“President Buhari will remain true to the virtues of honesty, integrity, sincerity, incorruptibility and plain-speaking, which endeared him to Nigerians and made them prefer his leadership to that of a lying and deceptive PDP administration.
“The President will not, in the guise of ‘marketing’ the country, refrain from telling Nigerians and the world, the emerging truths about the abject state in which years of plundering by a PDP leadership has left the Nigerian treasury and economy.
“President Buhari will not in the name of ‘marketing’ or ‘attracting’ investors, follow in the footsteps of the ousted PDP administration and its discredited officials, who shamelessly lied to Nigerians and the world about the buoyancy and vibrancy of an economy they had bled dry for personal gain, when it was very obvious to the discerning, that the Nigerian economy was headed for serious trouble.”
PDP’s reaction
Earlier in his statement, Metuh had said: “Mr. President’s recent announcement to the world that the nation, with its abundant human and natural resources, is broke and cannot pay cabinet ministers, not only sends a discouraging signal to the domestic and international business community, but also exposes the ineptitude of the present administration to meaningfully and sincerely exert itself and work with industrious and innovative investors to create and manage wealth.
“We ask how can any reasonable investor still have the confidence to invest in a country where the President himself continues to alert that his country reeks of corrupt people and that the government is broke to the extent it cannot pay cabinet ministers?
“Is the President not directly advising investors against having confidence in Nigeria and the system, and that they risk not being paid for jobs awarded by government at any level?
“More worrisome is the fact that Mr. President makes his damaging comments in international fora with potential investors in attendance. It reminds one of the proverbial father who, in the presence of potential suitors, often portrays his daughters as wayward and yet constantly complain of their inability to find husbands.”
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/i-wont-stop-talking-of-corruption-during-jonathans-govt-buhari/
Leadership And Sub-conscious Mind By Adefemi
On the long journey within the heart where understanding is key to human existence. We have lived a life of sustainable values when we decided to be very detailed about what we really want for ourselves. Leadership should always be by example not by complaining like an enstranged person. What do we really need to better our lives? If as a leader you have been entrusted with the mantle of leadership in order for you to lead then why the usual rantings? You go everywhere painting the name of your country in bad light and you keep saying you are saying the truth. What truth?
If I may ask you, what exactly is your plan for all your children because they will always look up to you? The best option has been given to you on a platter of gold just by riding
On the goodwill of leadership quality. People loves you and you can't afford to fail because they will all asked you questions. What is bothering you or challenging you about the whole system? Often time you make some disgusting remarks that belittle the high profile of your office. You need to watched what you say and how you say it matters most. There is greatness within us and we must act fast. It is all about collective responsibility and it begins with you and I.
Adefemi Pcfr
If I may ask you, what exactly is your plan for all your children because they will always look up to you? The best option has been given to you on a platter of gold just by riding
On the goodwill of leadership quality. People loves you and you can't afford to fail because they will all asked you questions. What is bothering you or challenging you about the whole system? Often time you make some disgusting remarks that belittle the high profile of your office. You need to watched what you say and how you say it matters most. There is greatness within us and we must act fast. It is all about collective responsibility and it begins with you and I.
Adefemi Pcfr
Ministerial portfolios: Presidency denies speculated list
By Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA – Ahead of the swearing in of the ministerial nominees following their successful screening and confirmation by the senate last week, the Presidency has denied releasing any list that assigned portfolios to them.
The denial followed the speculated list of portfolios which made the rounds especially on social media on Sunday.
Responding to Vanguard on the issue, the Special Adviser to President Mohammadu Buhari, Mr. Femi Adesina said that the list did not emanate from the presidency as it was not officially signed.
“Any communication from the presidency must be officially singed. Was that list signed by me or Mr. Garba Shehu? Please, ignore it”, he said.
He also did not reveal when the inauguration ceremony of the Ministers would hold.
Meanwhile, the speculated portfolios go as follows:
Agric and Natural Resources Audu Ogbeh (Benue), Agriculture and Natural Resources, Geoffrey Onyema (Enugu), Attorney General, James Ocholi (Kogi), Aviation Sen Hadi Sirika (Katsina) ,Defense Abdulrahman Dambazau(Kano), Defence (State) Dan Ali (Zamfara), Education; Isaac Adewole (Osun) , FCT (State) Solomon Dalong (Plateau), Federal Capital Territory Abubakar Bawa Bwari (Niger), Finance; Okechukwu Enelamah (Abia) Finance (State) Kemi Adeosun (Ogun) , Foreign Affairs . Kayode Fayemi- (Ekiti), Foreign Affairs (State) Adamu Adamu
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/ministerial-portfolios-presidency-denies-speculated-list/
ABUJA – Ahead of the swearing in of the ministerial nominees following their successful screening and confirmation by the senate last week, the Presidency has denied releasing any list that assigned portfolios to them.
The denial followed the speculated list of portfolios which made the rounds especially on social media on Sunday.
Responding to Vanguard on the issue, the Special Adviser to President Mohammadu Buhari, Mr. Femi Adesina said that the list did not emanate from the presidency as it was not officially signed.
“Any communication from the presidency must be officially singed. Was that list signed by me or Mr. Garba Shehu? Please, ignore it”, he said.
He also did not reveal when the inauguration ceremony of the Ministers would hold.
Meanwhile, the speculated portfolios go as follows:
Agric and Natural Resources Audu Ogbeh (Benue), Agriculture and Natural Resources, Geoffrey Onyema (Enugu), Attorney General, James Ocholi (Kogi), Aviation Sen Hadi Sirika (Katsina) ,Defense Abdulrahman Dambazau(Kano), Defence (State) Dan Ali (Zamfara), Education; Isaac Adewole (Osun) , FCT (State) Solomon Dalong (Plateau), Federal Capital Territory Abubakar Bawa Bwari (Niger), Finance; Okechukwu Enelamah (Abia) Finance (State) Kemi Adeosun (Ogun) , Foreign Affairs . Kayode Fayemi- (Ekiti), Foreign Affairs (State) Adamu Adamu
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/ministerial-portfolios-presidency-denies-speculated-list/
Sunday, 1 November 2015
Cover of forthcoming Hillary Clinton book courts controversy
It’s not just Republicans who get riled by the thought of Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton ascending to the presidency. Some people on the left lock horns over Clinton often enough to suggest that Team Hillary still has a long way to go before she has shored up the traditional base of progressive voters.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/cover-forthcoming-hillary-clinton-book-courts-controversy
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/cover-forthcoming-hillary-clinton-book-courts-controversy
Liverpool beats Chelsea
Not necessary a good time for the blues as Philippe Coutinho scored twice as Liverpool came from behind to beat Chelsea 3-1 at Stamford Bridge and pile pressure on under-fire manager Jose Mourinho.
The Blues have endured a torrid start to the season – winning just three times – and headed into the game with questions persisting over Mourinho’s future, though Ramires opened the scoring with a fourth minute header.
The Reds hit back, however, with Coutinho curling a brilliant effort past Asmir Begovic from the edge of the box to level the scores prior to half-time.
Coutinho then grabbed his second in the 74th minute, his effort deflecting off John Terry, before Christian Benteke completed the scoring with a low finish from just inside the box 10 minutes later.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/liverpool-beats-chelsea/
The Blues have endured a torrid start to the season – winning just three times – and headed into the game with questions persisting over Mourinho’s future, though Ramires opened the scoring with a fourth minute header.
The Reds hit back, however, with Coutinho curling a brilliant effort past Asmir Begovic from the edge of the box to level the scores prior to half-time.
Coutinho then grabbed his second in the 74th minute, his effort deflecting off John Terry, before Christian Benteke completed the scoring with a low finish from just inside the box 10 minutes later.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/liverpool-beats-chelsea/
Marriage is Key for me but I am afraid of divorce Says Genevieve
Despite probably being the most popular name in Nollywood, screen goddess Genevieve Nnaji, is yet to find a man to call her own.
genevieve-nnaji-new
One name that has been linked to the pretty actress is that of the self acclaimed ‘Koko master’, D’Banj.
The Imo State-born screen diva is a single-mother who revealed in an interview that she is still single because she is afraid of divorce.
“If I get married, I really want to stay married and staying married is not an easy thing. It means you are completely in tune with your partner.
It means you have found your soul-mate because you will have to be able to stand a lot of disappointments that would definitely come but then again you have to learn to forgive,” she said.
Vanguard
genevieve-nnaji-new
One name that has been linked to the pretty actress is that of the self acclaimed ‘Koko master’, D’Banj.
The Imo State-born screen diva is a single-mother who revealed in an interview that she is still single because she is afraid of divorce.
“If I get married, I really want to stay married and staying married is not an easy thing. It means you are completely in tune with your partner.
It means you have found your soul-mate because you will have to be able to stand a lot of disappointments that would definitely come but then again you have to learn to forgive,” she said.
Vanguard
HAPPY NEW MONTH TO MY ESTEEMED READERS
Life creates in us abundant knowledge in order to know what is left for us to be strong. I am using this platform to wish all Mc Lokkos Blog (MLB) readers happy new month and I pray that favour and mercy of God will never depart from us.
Thank you all
Adefemi
Thank you all
Adefemi
You must not equate excessive jealousy with love!
AT a recent funeral reception this male face tried catching my eye and when he did he would smile. I gave a tentative smile after a while and he sauntered over to my table. “Sunkanmi?”, I asked, the penny finally dropping! I’d known him for ages. I got to know him through a very dear friend and we were often going out in a group. His girlfriend, Dora, worked with an airline and was always travelling.
love
love
In spite of having a thriving business, Sunkanmi seemed to have all the time for Dora. He was virtually her shadow – you seldom saw one without the other. His attention was so stifling that Dora was getting fed up with his unfounded jealousy.
“His kind of love is turning into something sinister,” Dora confessed a few years into their being a couple. We were out to lunch, her treat, as she wanted my opinion
on how to handle this dark side of her man. “I know he loves me”, she continued, “and treats me like a princess. The only problem is his jealousy. I daren’t keep in touch with male friends and
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/you-must-not-equate-excessive-jealousy-with-love-2/
love
love
In spite of having a thriving business, Sunkanmi seemed to have all the time for Dora. He was virtually her shadow – you seldom saw one without the other. His attention was so stifling that Dora was getting fed up with his unfounded jealousy.
“His kind of love is turning into something sinister,” Dora confessed a few years into their being a couple. We were out to lunch, her treat, as she wanted my opinion
on how to handle this dark side of her man. “I know he loves me”, she continued, “and treats me like a princess. The only problem is his jealousy. I daren’t keep in touch with male friends and
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/you-must-not-equate-excessive-jealousy-with-love-2/
God has hand in Nigeria’s affairs—Pastor Adeboye
By Olayinka Latona
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has described mercy of God as one of the major reasons the country has not witnessed another civil war amid the challenges confronting Nigeria.
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, G.O, RCCG
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, G.O, RCCG
Adeboye, who spoke during a special programme for the country, held under the theme, ‘Free Indeed,’ at the national headquarters of the RCCG in Ebute-Metta, Lagos, said that despite the frustrating circumstances in Nigeria, the country is still united due to God’s grace.
The cleric said it was possible for a country to witness freedom while its citizens would still be in bondage.
His words: “It is possible for a country to be free, but its citizens are not. Nigeria has been free for 55 years, but many of us are not free. If not for God’s intervention, Nigeria would have been in another civil war. Without His intervention in this land, we would not be experiencing peace. We should keep praying for His peace to reign.
“We should also keep praying for the President and the Vice President so that
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/god-has-hand-in-nigerias-affairs-pastor-adeboye/
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has described mercy of God as one of the major reasons the country has not witnessed another civil war amid the challenges confronting Nigeria.
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, G.O, RCCG
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, G.O, RCCG
Adeboye, who spoke during a special programme for the country, held under the theme, ‘Free Indeed,’ at the national headquarters of the RCCG in Ebute-Metta, Lagos, said that despite the frustrating circumstances in Nigeria, the country is still united due to God’s grace.
The cleric said it was possible for a country to witness freedom while its citizens would still be in bondage.
His words: “It is possible for a country to be free, but its citizens are not. Nigeria has been free for 55 years, but many of us are not free. If not for God’s intervention, Nigeria would have been in another civil war. Without His intervention in this land, we would not be experiencing peace. We should keep praying for His peace to reign.
“We should also keep praying for the President and the Vice President so that
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/god-has-hand-in-nigerias-affairs-pastor-adeboye/
On running after one’s hat by Chesterton G.K
after one’s hat
I feel an almost savage envy on hearing that London has been flooded in my absence, while I am in the mere country. My own Battersea has been, I understand, particularly favoured as a meeting of the waters. Battersea was already, as I need hardly say, the most beautiful of human localities. Now that it has the additional splendour of great sheets of water, there must be something quite incomparable in the landscape (or waterscape) of my own romantic town. Battersea must be a vision of Venice. The boat that brought the meat from the butcher’s must have shot along those lanes of rippling silver with the strange smoothness of the gondola. The greengrocer who brought cabbages to the corner of the Latchmere Road must have leant upon the oar with the unearthly grace of the gondolier. There is nothing so perfectly poetical as an island; and when a district is flooded it becomes an archipelago.
Some consider such romantic views of flood or fire slightly lacking in reality. But really this romantic view of such inconveniences is quite as practical as the other. The true optimist who sees in such things an opportunity for enjoyment is quite as logical and much more sensible than the ordinary “Indignant Ratepayer” who sees in them an opportunity for grumbling. Real pain, as in the case of being burnt at Smithfield or having a toothache, is a positive thing; it can be supported, but scarcely enjoyed. But, after all, our toothaches are the exception, and as for being burnt at Smithfield, it only happens to us at the very longest intervals. And most of the inconveniences that make men swear or women cry are really sentimental or imaginative inconveniences—things altogether of the mind. For instance, we often hear grown-up people complaining of having to hang about a railway station and wait for a train. Did you ever hear a small boy complain of having to hang about a railway station and wait for a train? No; for to him to be inside a railway station is to be inside a cavern of wonder and a palace of poetical pleasures. Because to him the red light and the green light on the signal are like a new sun and a new moon. Because to him when the wooden arm of the signal falls down suddenly, it is as if a great king had thrown down his staff as a signal and started a shrieking tournament of trains. I myself am of little boys’ habit in this matter. They also serve who only stand and wait for the two fifteen. Their meditations may be full of rich and fruitful things. Many of the most purple hours of my life have been passed at Clapham Junction, which is now, I suppose, under water. I have been there in many moods so fixed and mystical that the water might well have come up to my waist before I noticed it particularly. But in the case of all such annoyances, as I have said, everything depends upon the emotional point of view. You can safely apply the test to almost every one of the things that are currently talked of as the typical nuisance of daily life.
For instance, there is a current impression that it is unpleasant to have to run after one’s hat. Why should it be unpleasant to the well-ordered and pious mind? Not merely because it is running, and running exhausts one. The same people run much faster in games and sports. The same people run much more eagerly after an uninteresting, little leather ball than they will after a nice silk hat. There is an idea that it is humiliating to run after one’s hat; and when people say it is humiliating they mean that it is comic. It certainly is comic; but man is a very comic creature, and most of the things he does are comic—eating, for instance. And the most comic things of all are exactly the things that are most worth doing—such as making love. A man running after a hat is not half so ridiculous as a man running after a wife.
Now a man could, if he felt rightly in the matter, run after his hat with the manliest ardour and the most sacred joy. He might regard himself as a jolly huntsman pursuing a wild animal, for certainly no animal could be wilder. In fact, I am inclined to believe that hat-hunting on windy days will be the sport of the upper classes in the future. There will be a meet of ladies and gentlemen on some high ground on a gusty morning. They will be told that the professional attendants have started a hat in such-and-such a thicket, or whatever be the technical term. Notice that this employment will in the fullest degree combine sport with humanitarianism. The hunters would feel that they were not inflicting pain. Nay, they would feel that they were inflicting pleasure, rich, almost riotous pleasure, upon the people who were looking on. When last I saw an old gentleman running after his hat in Hyde Park, I told him that a heart so benevolent as his ought to be filled with peace and thanks at the thought of how much unaffected pleasure his every gesture and bodily attitude were at that moment giving to the crowd.
The same principle can be applied to every other typical domestic worry. A gentleman trying to get a fly out of the milk or a piece of cork out of his glass of wine often imagines himself to be irritated. Let him think for a moment of the patience of anglers sitting by dark pools, and let his soul be immediately irradiated with gratification and repose. Again, I have known some people of very modern views driven by their distress to the use of theological terms to which they attached no doctrinal significance, merely because a drawer was jammed tight and they could not pull it out. A friend of mine was particularly afflicted in this way. Every day his drawer was jammed, and every day in consequence it was something else that rhymes to it. But I pointed out to him that this sense of wrong was really subjective and relative; it rested entirely upon the assumption that the drawer could, should, and would come out easily. “But if,” I said, “you picture to yourself that you are pulling against some powerful and oppressive enemy, the struggle will become merely exciting and not exasperating. Imagine that you are tugging up a lifeboat out of the sea. Imagine that you are roping up a fellow-creature out of an Alpine crevass. Imagine even that you are a boy again and engaged in a tug-of-war between French and English.” Shortly after saying this I left him; but I have no doubt at all that my words bore the best possible fruit. I have no doubt that every day of his life he hangs on to the handle of that drawer with a flushed face and eyes bright with battle, uttering encouraging shouts to himself, and seeming to hear all round him the roar of an applauding ring.
So I do not think that it is altogether fanciful or incredible to suppose that even the floods in London may be accepted and enjoyed poetically. Nothing beyond inconvenience seems really to have been caused by them; and inconvenience, as I have said, is only one aspect, and that the most unimaginative and accidental aspect of a really romantic situation. An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. The water that girdled the houses and shops of London must, if anything, have only increased their previous witchery and wonder. For as the Roman Catholic priest in the story said: “Wine is good with everything except water,” and on a similar principle, water is good with everything except wine.
I feel an almost savage envy on hearing that London has been flooded in my absence, while I am in the mere country. My own Battersea has been, I understand, particularly favoured as a meeting of the waters. Battersea was already, as I need hardly say, the most beautiful of human localities. Now that it has the additional splendour of great sheets of water, there must be something quite incomparable in the landscape (or waterscape) of my own romantic town. Battersea must be a vision of Venice. The boat that brought the meat from the butcher’s must have shot along those lanes of rippling silver with the strange smoothness of the gondola. The greengrocer who brought cabbages to the corner of the Latchmere Road must have leant upon the oar with the unearthly grace of the gondolier. There is nothing so perfectly poetical as an island; and when a district is flooded it becomes an archipelago.
Some consider such romantic views of flood or fire slightly lacking in reality. But really this romantic view of such inconveniences is quite as practical as the other. The true optimist who sees in such things an opportunity for enjoyment is quite as logical and much more sensible than the ordinary “Indignant Ratepayer” who sees in them an opportunity for grumbling. Real pain, as in the case of being burnt at Smithfield or having a toothache, is a positive thing; it can be supported, but scarcely enjoyed. But, after all, our toothaches are the exception, and as for being burnt at Smithfield, it only happens to us at the very longest intervals. And most of the inconveniences that make men swear or women cry are really sentimental or imaginative inconveniences—things altogether of the mind. For instance, we often hear grown-up people complaining of having to hang about a railway station and wait for a train. Did you ever hear a small boy complain of having to hang about a railway station and wait for a train? No; for to him to be inside a railway station is to be inside a cavern of wonder and a palace of poetical pleasures. Because to him the red light and the green light on the signal are like a new sun and a new moon. Because to him when the wooden arm of the signal falls down suddenly, it is as if a great king had thrown down his staff as a signal and started a shrieking tournament of trains. I myself am of little boys’ habit in this matter. They also serve who only stand and wait for the two fifteen. Their meditations may be full of rich and fruitful things. Many of the most purple hours of my life have been passed at Clapham Junction, which is now, I suppose, under water. I have been there in many moods so fixed and mystical that the water might well have come up to my waist before I noticed it particularly. But in the case of all such annoyances, as I have said, everything depends upon the emotional point of view. You can safely apply the test to almost every one of the things that are currently talked of as the typical nuisance of daily life.
For instance, there is a current impression that it is unpleasant to have to run after one’s hat. Why should it be unpleasant to the well-ordered and pious mind? Not merely because it is running, and running exhausts one. The same people run much faster in games and sports. The same people run much more eagerly after an uninteresting, little leather ball than they will after a nice silk hat. There is an idea that it is humiliating to run after one’s hat; and when people say it is humiliating they mean that it is comic. It certainly is comic; but man is a very comic creature, and most of the things he does are comic—eating, for instance. And the most comic things of all are exactly the things that are most worth doing—such as making love. A man running after a hat is not half so ridiculous as a man running after a wife.
Now a man could, if he felt rightly in the matter, run after his hat with the manliest ardour and the most sacred joy. He might regard himself as a jolly huntsman pursuing a wild animal, for certainly no animal could be wilder. In fact, I am inclined to believe that hat-hunting on windy days will be the sport of the upper classes in the future. There will be a meet of ladies and gentlemen on some high ground on a gusty morning. They will be told that the professional attendants have started a hat in such-and-such a thicket, or whatever be the technical term. Notice that this employment will in the fullest degree combine sport with humanitarianism. The hunters would feel that they were not inflicting pain. Nay, they would feel that they were inflicting pleasure, rich, almost riotous pleasure, upon the people who were looking on. When last I saw an old gentleman running after his hat in Hyde Park, I told him that a heart so benevolent as his ought to be filled with peace and thanks at the thought of how much unaffected pleasure his every gesture and bodily attitude were at that moment giving to the crowd.
The same principle can be applied to every other typical domestic worry. A gentleman trying to get a fly out of the milk or a piece of cork out of his glass of wine often imagines himself to be irritated. Let him think for a moment of the patience of anglers sitting by dark pools, and let his soul be immediately irradiated with gratification and repose. Again, I have known some people of very modern views driven by their distress to the use of theological terms to which they attached no doctrinal significance, merely because a drawer was jammed tight and they could not pull it out. A friend of mine was particularly afflicted in this way. Every day his drawer was jammed, and every day in consequence it was something else that rhymes to it. But I pointed out to him that this sense of wrong was really subjective and relative; it rested entirely upon the assumption that the drawer could, should, and would come out easily. “But if,” I said, “you picture to yourself that you are pulling against some powerful and oppressive enemy, the struggle will become merely exciting and not exasperating. Imagine that you are tugging up a lifeboat out of the sea. Imagine that you are roping up a fellow-creature out of an Alpine crevass. Imagine even that you are a boy again and engaged in a tug-of-war between French and English.” Shortly after saying this I left him; but I have no doubt at all that my words bore the best possible fruit. I have no doubt that every day of his life he hangs on to the handle of that drawer with a flushed face and eyes bright with battle, uttering encouraging shouts to himself, and seeming to hear all round him the roar of an applauding ring.
So I do not think that it is altogether fanciful or incredible to suppose that even the floods in London may be accepted and enjoyed poetically. Nothing beyond inconvenience seems really to have been caused by them; and inconvenience, as I have said, is only one aspect, and that the most unimaginative and accidental aspect of a really romantic situation. An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. The water that girdled the houses and shops of London must, if anything, have only increased their previous witchery and wonder. For as the Roman Catholic priest in the story said: “Wine is good with everything except water,” and on a similar principle, water is good with everything except wine.
Saturday, 31 October 2015
WHAT IS THIS LIFE AFTERALL?
A man is born today, Tomorrow he is dead.
A man lives in a mansion today, Tomorrow he lives in 6ft below apartment (underground).
A man drives a car today, Tomorrow an ambulance drives him.
A man reads biology today, Tomorrow a biography is been read for him.
A man eats whatever he wants today,Tomorrow he becomes food for insects.
A man is always early for work today,Tomorrow he is termed late Mr/Mrs.
A man is seen resting in his house today, Tomorrow he is resting in a coffin.
A man wants to be a hero and goes to war for his country but in return, he is termed FALLEN HERO.
A man eats all kinds of fruits in his house today, Tomorrow he becomes manure to those trees.
A man is on suit today, Tomorrow he is on white garment.
A man is known today as the richest man ever, Tomorrow he doesn't even know where or what will happen to his riches.
What is life after all?
Plan your life because of tomorrow.
But when your life is well planned you won't be afraid of any thing.
THINK ABOUT THESE WORDS AND LIVE GODLY FOR A BETTER ETERNAL FUTURE.
Good morning.
#Serah
Alleged false declaration of assets: Saraki loses appeal, goes to S-Court
•Appeal Court Justices disagree over legality of charge
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
Legal dispute over the propriety of the13-count criminal charge pending against the Senate President, Dr. Olubukola Saraki, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, has shifted to the Supreme Court.
This was even as Justices of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, yesterday, disagreed on whether or not the charge which was preferred against Saraki by the Federal Ministry of Justice, ought to be quashed.
Saraki
Saraki
Whereas two of the appellate court Justices that heard Saraki’s appeal, Justices Moore Adumein and M. Mustapha, were of the view that the criminal case was properly instituted, a third member of the panel, Justice Joseph Ekanem , in his dissenting verdict yesterday, not only declared the charge before the CCT as incompetent and legally defective, he went ahead and discharged the accused person.
Meantime, before he dismissed Saraki’s appeal, Justice Adumein
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/alleged-false-declaration-of-assets-saraki-loses-appeal-goes-to-s-court/
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
Legal dispute over the propriety of the13-count criminal charge pending against the Senate President, Dr. Olubukola Saraki, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, has shifted to the Supreme Court.
This was even as Justices of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, yesterday, disagreed on whether or not the charge which was preferred against Saraki by the Federal Ministry of Justice, ought to be quashed.
Saraki
Saraki
Whereas two of the appellate court Justices that heard Saraki’s appeal, Justices Moore Adumein and M. Mustapha, were of the view that the criminal case was properly instituted, a third member of the panel, Justice Joseph Ekanem , in his dissenting verdict yesterday, not only declared the charge before the CCT as incompetent and legally defective, he went ahead and discharged the accused person.
Meantime, before he dismissed Saraki’s appeal, Justice Adumein
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/alleged-false-declaration-of-assets-saraki-loses-appeal-goes-to-s-court/
Orubebe for arraignment at CCT Nov 9 over alleged N70m bribery
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA – The Federal Government has instituted a four-count criminal charge against the erstwhile Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Peter Orubebe, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja.
Already, the Justice Danladi Umar-led tribunal has fixed November 9 to take the plea of the former Minister who is facing charges bordering on false declaration of assets and his alleged acceptance of bribe to the tune of about N70million.
Orubebe was okayed for trial by the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, through the office of the Attorney General of the Federation.
The charge against him which is dated October 8, was signed by a senior legal officer at the CCB, Mr. Peter Danladi.
Specifically, Orubebe was in the charge pending against him before the CCT, accused of failing to declare his ownership of two choice properties in Abuja.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/orubebe-for-arraignment-at-cct-nov-9-over-alleged-n70m-bribery/
ABUJA – The Federal Government has instituted a four-count criminal charge against the erstwhile Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Peter Orubebe, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja.
Already, the Justice Danladi Umar-led tribunal has fixed November 9 to take the plea of the former Minister who is facing charges bordering on false declaration of assets and his alleged acceptance of bribe to the tune of about N70million.
Orubebe was okayed for trial by the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, through the office of the Attorney General of the Federation.
The charge against him which is dated October 8, was signed by a senior legal officer at the CCB, Mr. Peter Danladi.
Specifically, Orubebe was in the charge pending against him before the CCT, accused of failing to declare his ownership of two choice properties in Abuja.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/orubebe-for-arraignment-at-cct-nov-9-over-alleged-n70m-bribery/
Friday, 30 October 2015
Kyle Jenner Admits That Fame Is Hard To Cope With
Kylie Jenner has faced public scrutiny ever since she was a little girl.
When Keeping Up With the Kardashians started filming, Kylie was just nine-years-old which drastically interrupted her "normal" lifestyle growing up in Calabasas.r3
Related: Kylie Steals Kim Kardashian's Style For Date Night With Tyga
Now that Jenner is older, she's able to reflect on what she has lost AND what she has gained from her fame. The reality star admitted:r1
"All the time. I dream about it. I never wish to have somebody else's life—I was meant to have this life for a reason, and I'm going to make the best out of it. But I have normal friends. I sit at my house, and they practically live with me, and I watch them get ready to go to a high school party, hang out with their friends, go to concerts."
Hmm, we find that kind of statement pretty sad considering Kyles never had a choice in whether or not she wanted to be famous.
Despite the occasional daydreaming, the 18-year-old realizes her blessings, saying:
"I can't just get up and go to a concert. I've never been to a concert like that with my friends. So there's a lot of stuff I've missed out on, but there's a lot of experiences that I've had that they were never able to experience."
http://mobi.perezhilton.com/2015-10-29-kylie-jenner-miss-out-experiences-dream-concert-friends-sad-high-school
When Keeping Up With the Kardashians started filming, Kylie was just nine-years-old which drastically interrupted her "normal" lifestyle growing up in Calabasas.r3
Related: Kylie Steals Kim Kardashian's Style For Date Night With Tyga
Now that Jenner is older, she's able to reflect on what she has lost AND what she has gained from her fame. The reality star admitted:r1
"All the time. I dream about it. I never wish to have somebody else's life—I was meant to have this life for a reason, and I'm going to make the best out of it. But I have normal friends. I sit at my house, and they practically live with me, and I watch them get ready to go to a high school party, hang out with their friends, go to concerts."
Hmm, we find that kind of statement pretty sad considering Kyles never had a choice in whether or not she wanted to be famous.
Despite the occasional daydreaming, the 18-year-old realizes her blessings, saying:
"I can't just get up and go to a concert. I've never been to a concert like that with my friends. So there's a lot of stuff I've missed out on, but there's a lot of experiences that I've had that they were never able to experience."
http://mobi.perezhilton.com/2015-10-29-kylie-jenner-miss-out-experiences-dream-concert-friends-sad-high-school
PDP senators walk out as Amaechi is confirmed
By Henry Umoru and Joseph Erunke
ABUJA — The intrigues that shadowed the confirmation hearing of the 36 ministerial nominees reached an anti-climax yesterday when all but one senator in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP caucus walked out to protest the confirmation of former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, as minister.
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WALK-OUT—PDP Senators, led by Senate Minority Leader and ex-Akwa Ibom governor, Godswill Akpabio (left), walking out of the Senate Chamber to register their opposition to confirmation of ex-Governor Rotimi Amaechi as minister by the Senate, yesterday. Photo: Gbemiga Olamikan.
In their absence, Amaechi was unanimously confirmed after the Senate had summarily dismissed the report of its Committee on Ethics and Privileges that had recommended that the nomination be put on hold.
Besides Amaechi, 17 other ministerial nominees were also confirmed by the Senate in a session that was dramatically sketched in partisan political hues.
Responding to the spirit of unanimity APC senators brought to bear in the confirmation of Amaechi, one of the drivers of the party’s victorious
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/pdp-senators-walk-out-as-amaechi-is-confirmed/
ABUJA — The intrigues that shadowed the confirmation hearing of the 36 ministerial nominees reached an anti-climax yesterday when all but one senator in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP caucus walked out to protest the confirmation of former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, as minister.
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WALK-OUT—PDP Senators, led by Senate Minority Leader and ex-Akwa Ibom governor, Godswill Akpabio (left), walking out of the Senate Chamber to register their opposition to confirmation of ex-Governor Rotimi Amaechi as minister by the Senate, yesterday. Photo: Gbemiga Olamikan.
In their absence, Amaechi was unanimously confirmed after the Senate had summarily dismissed the report of its Committee on Ethics and Privileges that had recommended that the nomination be put on hold.
Besides Amaechi, 17 other ministerial nominees were also confirmed by the Senate in a session that was dramatically sketched in partisan political hues.
Responding to the spirit of unanimity APC senators brought to bear in the confirmation of Amaechi, one of the drivers of the party’s victorious
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/pdp-senators-walk-out-as-amaechi-is-confirmed/
Thursday, 29 October 2015
Popular MTV Star Sam Sarpong Dead At 40
This is so incredibly sad.
Sam Sarpong, who hosted MTV's reality show Yo Momma, has passed away.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the model's publicist said:
"It is with great sadness that the family of Samuel ‘Sam' Sarpong, Jr. must share the news that Sam has passed away… The family appreciates the thoughts prayers and other expressions of sympathy, and request their privacy be respected at this extremely difficult time."
According to the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner, the actor reportedly committed suicide by jumping off a bridge in Pasadena.
An autopsy is currently pending.
His co-host Wilmer Valderrama released the following statement
:
"I am so sad and so confused.. Sam did it all, believed in dreaming bigger than anyone around him.. We made memories together that will last us forever, thank you for sharing your talent with me and the world.. Find your peace my brother! And to everyone in a dark place.. PLEASE, please talk to someone.. Anyone.. Trust me that we WILL listen. My prayers and heart are with family and friends that were blessed to know his beautiful soul."
Our prayers go out to Sam's family during this difficult time.
source: PerezHilton
Sam Sarpong, who hosted MTV's reality show Yo Momma, has passed away.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the model's publicist said:
"It is with great sadness that the family of Samuel ‘Sam' Sarpong, Jr. must share the news that Sam has passed away… The family appreciates the thoughts prayers and other expressions of sympathy, and request their privacy be respected at this extremely difficult time."
According to the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner, the actor reportedly committed suicide by jumping off a bridge in Pasadena.
An autopsy is currently pending.
His co-host Wilmer Valderrama released the following statement
:
"I am so sad and so confused.. Sam did it all, believed in dreaming bigger than anyone around him.. We made memories together that will last us forever, thank you for sharing your talent with me and the world.. Find your peace my brother! And to everyone in a dark place.. PLEASE, please talk to someone.. Anyone.. Trust me that we WILL listen. My prayers and heart are with family and friends that were blessed to know his beautiful soul."
Our prayers go out to Sam's family during this difficult time.
source: PerezHilton
Serena Williams Pregnant With Drake’s Baby?
Love they say is a beautiful thing! Could it be true that Serena Williams is pregnant with Drake’s baby? It all depends on which media outlet you believe.
If you believe Media Take Out, then the answer is yes, Williams is absolutely pregnant. The rumor website insists emphatically that Serena is going to be a mother. The website cites a “snitch close to Serena” and a photo of Serena, which the website claims shows a baby bump.
“Serena Williams is going to be a mom and Drake is going to be a father. This is not rumor y’all… it’s fact. MediaTakeOut.come spoke with a snitch close to Serena who told us that Serena was actually pregnant during the US Open. The child, we’re told, is Drake’s… but the couple is not together.”
Media Take Out is just about the only gossip site that believes the Serena Williams pregnancy report to be true. In fact, Gossip Cop slammed the report from Media Take Out, saying that perhaps MTO needs a better source.
“MediaFakeOut might want to work on finding better ‘snitches,’ because Williams is absolutely NOT pregnant with Drake’s baby. In fact, she’s not expecting anyone’s baby, period. Gossip Cop is exclusively told by Williams’ rep that the webloid’s “fact” is actually just a false ‘rumor.'”
Gossip Cop goes on to report that MTO has falsely reported many other celebrities to be pregnant in the past, including Rihanna, Gabrielle Union, Karrueche Tran, and Khloe Kardashian.
Hollywood Life also is reporting the Serena Williams-Drake-pregnancy rumor to be false, writing that Serena Williams wouldn’t even consider having a child out of wedlock.
“[Serena’s] definitely not [pregnant]. She took a break from tennis because she needed to unwind and be stress free for a few months. She is not ready to have a child with anyone, especially with it being out of wedlock. She is not having Drake’s child.”
http://www.inquisitr.com/2525024/serena-williams-pregnant-with-drakes-baby-conflicting-reports-question-if-the-tennis-player-is-expecting/
If you believe Media Take Out, then the answer is yes, Williams is absolutely pregnant. The rumor website insists emphatically that Serena is going to be a mother. The website cites a “snitch close to Serena” and a photo of Serena, which the website claims shows a baby bump.
“Serena Williams is going to be a mom and Drake is going to be a father. This is not rumor y’all… it’s fact. MediaTakeOut.come spoke with a snitch close to Serena who told us that Serena was actually pregnant during the US Open. The child, we’re told, is Drake’s… but the couple is not together.”
Media Take Out is just about the only gossip site that believes the Serena Williams pregnancy report to be true. In fact, Gossip Cop slammed the report from Media Take Out, saying that perhaps MTO needs a better source.
“MediaFakeOut might want to work on finding better ‘snitches,’ because Williams is absolutely NOT pregnant with Drake’s baby. In fact, she’s not expecting anyone’s baby, period. Gossip Cop is exclusively told by Williams’ rep that the webloid’s “fact” is actually just a false ‘rumor.'”
Gossip Cop goes on to report that MTO has falsely reported many other celebrities to be pregnant in the past, including Rihanna, Gabrielle Union, Karrueche Tran, and Khloe Kardashian.
Hollywood Life also is reporting the Serena Williams-Drake-pregnancy rumor to be false, writing that Serena Williams wouldn’t even consider having a child out of wedlock.
“[Serena’s] definitely not [pregnant]. She took a break from tennis because she needed to unwind and be stress free for a few months. She is not ready to have a child with anyone, especially with it being out of wedlock. She is not having Drake’s child.”
http://www.inquisitr.com/2525024/serena-williams-pregnant-with-drakes-baby-conflicting-reports-question-if-the-tennis-player-is-expecting/
Good Development As UCH, USA varsities discover cure for sickle cell anaemia
By Ola Ajayi
Ibadan — OVER five million sickle cell patients in Nigeria and other African countries can now heave a sigh of relief as the University of Ibadan in partnership with the University of Illinois, Chicago, USA and University of Loyola, Chicago have discovered a permanent cure for the terminal disease.
The cure of the deadly disease, according to the Professor of Medicine, Victor Gordeuk, who is the Director, Sickle Cell Centre, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA and his colleagues, Prof. Damiano Rondelli, also from the same university and Prof. Bamidele Tayo, University of Loyola, Chicago this new treatment is done through bone marrow transplant and that it is less risky.
This was revealed yesterday at the University College Hospital, Ibadan after a three-day brainstorming session with other experts in the teaching hospital.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/uch-usa-varsities-discover-cure-for-sickle-cell-anaemia/
Ibadan — OVER five million sickle cell patients in Nigeria and other African countries can now heave a sigh of relief as the University of Ibadan in partnership with the University of Illinois, Chicago, USA and University of Loyola, Chicago have discovered a permanent cure for the terminal disease.
The cure of the deadly disease, according to the Professor of Medicine, Victor Gordeuk, who is the Director, Sickle Cell Centre, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA and his colleagues, Prof. Damiano Rondelli, also from the same university and Prof. Bamidele Tayo, University of Loyola, Chicago this new treatment is done through bone marrow transplant and that it is less risky.
This was revealed yesterday at the University College Hospital, Ibadan after a three-day brainstorming session with other experts in the teaching hospital.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/uch-usa-varsities-discover-cure-for-sickle-cell-anaemia/
FIFA U-17 World Cup: Eaglets beat Australia 6 – 0
The Nigerian Golden Eaglets beat their counterpart from Australia 6 0 thereby advancing to the FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015 quarter-finals.
They are to play Brazil who edged past New Zealand by one goal in Vina Del Mar.
The match which will be played on Sunday will be a battle between world’s number one in the U-17 category which is Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets and Brazil the number two.
VINA DEL MAR, CHILE - OCTOBER 28: Udochukwu Anumudu (R) of Nigeria and Joshua Laws of Australia battle for the ball during the FIFA U-17 Men's World Cup 2015 round of 16 match between Nigeria and Australia at Estadio Sausalito on October 28, 2015 in Vina del Mar, Chile. FIFA
VINA DEL MAR, CHILE – OCTOBER 28: Udochukwu Anumudu (R) of Nigeria and Joshua Laws of Australia battle for the ball during the FIFA U-17 Men’s World Cup 2015 round of 16 match between Nigeria and Australia at Estadio Sausalito on October 28, 2015 in Vina del Mar, Chile. FIFA
Reigning FIFA U-17 World Cup champions Nigeria advanced to a quarter-final meeting against Brazil on the back of a hat-trick from the impressive Victor Osimhen, ending Australia’s run with a one-sided 6-0 victory in Vina Del Mar.
The tale of the first half was compacted into a three-minute period as Nigeria scored twice sandwiched either side of a gilt-edged opening for Australia.
It was 2-0 at the interval, and the game
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/nigeria-beat-australia-6-0/
They are to play Brazil who edged past New Zealand by one goal in Vina Del Mar.
The match which will be played on Sunday will be a battle between world’s number one in the U-17 category which is Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets and Brazil the number two.
VINA DEL MAR, CHILE - OCTOBER 28: Udochukwu Anumudu (R) of Nigeria and Joshua Laws of Australia battle for the ball during the FIFA U-17 Men's World Cup 2015 round of 16 match between Nigeria and Australia at Estadio Sausalito on October 28, 2015 in Vina del Mar, Chile. FIFA
VINA DEL MAR, CHILE – OCTOBER 28: Udochukwu Anumudu (R) of Nigeria and Joshua Laws of Australia battle for the ball during the FIFA U-17 Men’s World Cup 2015 round of 16 match between Nigeria and Australia at Estadio Sausalito on October 28, 2015 in Vina del Mar, Chile. FIFA
Reigning FIFA U-17 World Cup champions Nigeria advanced to a quarter-final meeting against Brazil on the back of a hat-trick from the impressive Victor Osimhen, ending Australia’s run with a one-sided 6-0 victory in Vina Del Mar.
The tale of the first half was compacted into a three-minute period as Nigeria scored twice sandwiched either side of a gilt-edged opening for Australia.
It was 2-0 at the interval, and the game
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/nigeria-beat-australia-6-0/
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
American Politics: Hillary Clinton on Colbert: I would let the big banks fail
New York (CNN)—Hillary Clinton told Stephen Colbert on Tuesday that, as president, she would let the big banks fail if they were to get into trouble.
That's a departure from what her former boss, President Barack Obama, did in 2009.
"If you're president and the banks are failing, do we let them fail?" asked Colbert, host of CBS' "The Late Show."
"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes," Clinton said emphatically. "First of all, under Dodd-Frank, that is what will happen because we now have stress tests and I'm going to impose a risk fee on the big bank if they engage in risky behavior but they have to know, their shareholders have to know that yes, they will fail and if they're too big to fail. Then under my plan and others that have been proposed, they may have to be broken up."
The answer is the most direct Clinton has given on what would happen if the nation's biggest financial institutions were to get into trouble if she were in the White House. Clinton has embraced Dodd-Frank, a financial regulation reform law passed in the wake of the 2007-8 financial crisis, and has proposed increasing accountability on Wall Street by punishing criminal behavior and instituting a fee on excessive leverage and short-term borrowing.
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/27/politics/hillary-clinton-colbert-big-banks-fail/index.html?sr=fbpol102815hillary-clinton-colbert-big-banks-fail/1229AMStoryLink&linkId=18303867
Three Palestinians shot dead after knife attacks: Israeli army
Israeli stun grenades scatter Palestinian protesters
By Jeffrey Heller
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Three Palestinians were shot dead after attacking Israeli soldiers with knives in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the military said, and an American-Israeli wounded in an attack two weeks ago died of his injuries, an Israeli hospital said.
Religious and political tensions over a Jerusalem site sacred to both Muslims and Jews have fuelled the worst wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence since the 2014 Gaza war.
The Israeli military said that soldiers had approached two Palestinians they found acting suspiciously at a junction near a Jewish settlement. When the suspects stabbed and wounded one of the soldiers, they were shot, the army said in a statement.
A military spokesman said they had been killed. Their families said they were 17 and 22 years old.
Hours later, the army said it had shot dead another Palestinian who tried to stab a soldier in the Palestinian city of Hebron.
Since Oct. 1, at least 59 Palestinians, 32 of whom Israel has said were armed assailants, have been shot dead by Israelis at the scene of attacks or during protests in the West Bank and in Gaza. Many of the attackers have been teenagers.
Many Palestinians say Israeli police and soldiers are using excessive force, while Israel says lethal force is justified against deadly threats.
Amnesty International said on Tuesday that it had found some of the killings of Palestinians had been unjustified, and that Israeli forces were using "extreme and unlawful measures".
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0SL1QY20151027
Goodluck Jonathan’s rise to statesmanship
By Rotimi Fasan
SINCE his ouster from power via the March 28 presidential election, President Goodluck Jonathan has maintained a rather low profile. He has minded his business and has said little that could even been vaguely interpreted as political. This should not be surprising for a man who must have been at the end of his tether by the time the results of the March polls were announced. Not only had he been trounced by his opponent but his party was more or less like a sinking ship that was being deserted by its inmates.
PRESIDENT JONATHAN INAUGURATES ARMED FORCES RADIO STATION IN ABUJA
JONATHAN
It was in such tatters that it’s yet to find its bearing six months since it was sent into the opposition corner of Nigerian politics. But in spite of the travails of the Peoples Democratic Party, not least the in-fighting that has brought it to the brink of disintegration, Jonathan has so far maintained the stance of a bystander.
He has been content to watch from the sideline as his erstwhile supporters in the PDP fight one another dirty over control of the carcass that their party has since become.
Some of these remnant warlords in the PDP who still pretend to be keeping faith with the party are alleged to have set Jonathan’s re-election ambition on the rocks by their pilfering of campaign funds and barely concealed backstabbing antics. Now they’ve succeeded in showing themselves for the common thieves that they are by making it relatively easy to push both Jonathan and their discredited party out of power, they are with one hand trying to hold together at the seams the torn garments of their party, while using the other hand to battle their opponents both within and outside the PDP.
Even as this drama unfolds, Jonathan has yet said nothing. It is easy to imagine him contemplating from the detached remove of his political sabbatical the unending treachery of the same people who propped him up as the candidate to beat even when they knew he was already a stale presidential product.
The scales must have fallen from Jonathan’s eyes immediately the results of the March presidential polls came in. He must have realised he had been defeated in spite of the intimidating war chest of both local and foreign currencies he had set up among party stalwarts to ensure his return to Abuja. But rather than allowing himself to be further taken for a ride by contesting the result of the election as the likes of Godsday Orubebe would have wanted, Jonathan took the honourable path of conceding defeat and thereafter got down to the task of ensuring a smooth handover of power, not minding the contrary advice of both family and party members. Jonathan looked truly tired and worn after the election. He did well to take what he himself described as a deserved vacation during which he stayed far from politics.
He was rarely seen in public and had virtually no word for the press, not even when some of his ardent supporters were being shown to have bankrupted the national treasury under his watch. He has only just started making his comeback to the public space and not even the damning verdict of his self-confessed number one supporter and adoptive political father, Chief Edwin Clark, that he watched while corruption took on a life of its own under his administration- not even this denial by his own ‘father’ would chafe him. Silence has since been the word from his end. But when he finally chose to make his entry, it was in deliberately measured steps. What better way to do this than by announcing the establishment of his foundation, coming along with his selection as the head of a Commonwealth monitoring group to the Tanzanian elections that tool place four days ago? By‘re-launching’ himself in this manner Jonathan is taking his destiny in his own hand. He must henceforth determine for himself and by his own effort what would be his legacy after serving as president.
Had Jonathan chosen to contest the outcome of the last presidential election, not many Nigerians would have thought it odd. He would only be following the beaten path of Nigerian politicians. He would not have been short of supporters either, including his political father who now considers him too soft on corruption.
The odd thing he did was not to have travelled down the winding path of the electoral tribunal and called into question everything connected to the election. He disappointed many, if not all, of his ardent party and ethnic supporters on this score. He denied them the opportunity to further milk him dry while pretending to be fighting a patriotic cause.
But had Jonathan taken the advice of those who wanted him to reject the result of the election, his name would by now be anathema outside Nigeria and in many parts of the country. It would have led to a calamity of unimaginable proportion, throwing the entire country into chaos.
It was evidently in recognition of his ‘sacrifice’ that he was appointed to lead the Commonwealth observer group to the Tanzanian election. He has taken that role seriously and has rightly warned the Tanzanians to learn from his experience in the Nigerian election. An incumbent that could relinquish power is the perfect ambassador against African sit-tight syndrome. He would be less amenable to condone electoral fraud and more likely to urge acceptance on a defeated candidate particularly an incumbent bent on retaining power. Goodluck Jonathan sure earned the recognition that befits his acceptance of defeat in the March election.
This one ‘dividend’ of his democratic posture is well deserved and should not be denied him. If we would have condemned him had he chosen to reject the result of the last election, we ought also to commend and celebrate him for the positive outcome of the choice he made not to reject the result.
His estranged godfather, Olusegun Obasanjo who was head of the ECOWAS observer group that monitored the Ivorian presidential election that held same day as the Tanzanian election, did no more than Jonathan (that is ensured a free and peaceful transition of power) before he became the celebrated leader that is today feted around the world.
Obasanjo built his international profile and launched his career as a writer on this singular act. He was, thereafter, well on his way to becoming an international statesman with more international clout today than any other Nigerian leader living and, arguably, dead. President Goodluck Jonathan could also begin the gradual process of ensuring a positive legacy for himself even after the massive corruption that marked the end of his administration. He might serve Nigeria and the world better in retirement than when in power. Now is his time to become a statesman.
SINCE his ouster from power via the March 28 presidential election, President Goodluck Jonathan has maintained a rather low profile. He has minded his business and has said little that could even been vaguely interpreted as political. This should not be surprising for a man who must have been at the end of his tether by the time the results of the March polls were announced. Not only had he been trounced by his opponent but his party was more or less like a sinking ship that was being deserted by its inmates.
PRESIDENT JONATHAN INAUGURATES ARMED FORCES RADIO STATION IN ABUJA
JONATHAN
It was in such tatters that it’s yet to find its bearing six months since it was sent into the opposition corner of Nigerian politics. But in spite of the travails of the Peoples Democratic Party, not least the in-fighting that has brought it to the brink of disintegration, Jonathan has so far maintained the stance of a bystander.
He has been content to watch from the sideline as his erstwhile supporters in the PDP fight one another dirty over control of the carcass that their party has since become.
Some of these remnant warlords in the PDP who still pretend to be keeping faith with the party are alleged to have set Jonathan’s re-election ambition on the rocks by their pilfering of campaign funds and barely concealed backstabbing antics. Now they’ve succeeded in showing themselves for the common thieves that they are by making it relatively easy to push both Jonathan and their discredited party out of power, they are with one hand trying to hold together at the seams the torn garments of their party, while using the other hand to battle their opponents both within and outside the PDP.
Even as this drama unfolds, Jonathan has yet said nothing. It is easy to imagine him contemplating from the detached remove of his political sabbatical the unending treachery of the same people who propped him up as the candidate to beat even when they knew he was already a stale presidential product.
The scales must have fallen from Jonathan’s eyes immediately the results of the March presidential polls came in. He must have realised he had been defeated in spite of the intimidating war chest of both local and foreign currencies he had set up among party stalwarts to ensure his return to Abuja. But rather than allowing himself to be further taken for a ride by contesting the result of the election as the likes of Godsday Orubebe would have wanted, Jonathan took the honourable path of conceding defeat and thereafter got down to the task of ensuring a smooth handover of power, not minding the contrary advice of both family and party members. Jonathan looked truly tired and worn after the election. He did well to take what he himself described as a deserved vacation during which he stayed far from politics.
He was rarely seen in public and had virtually no word for the press, not even when some of his ardent supporters were being shown to have bankrupted the national treasury under his watch. He has only just started making his comeback to the public space and not even the damning verdict of his self-confessed number one supporter and adoptive political father, Chief Edwin Clark, that he watched while corruption took on a life of its own under his administration- not even this denial by his own ‘father’ would chafe him. Silence has since been the word from his end. But when he finally chose to make his entry, it was in deliberately measured steps. What better way to do this than by announcing the establishment of his foundation, coming along with his selection as the head of a Commonwealth monitoring group to the Tanzanian elections that tool place four days ago? By‘re-launching’ himself in this manner Jonathan is taking his destiny in his own hand. He must henceforth determine for himself and by his own effort what would be his legacy after serving as president.
Had Jonathan chosen to contest the outcome of the last presidential election, not many Nigerians would have thought it odd. He would only be following the beaten path of Nigerian politicians. He would not have been short of supporters either, including his political father who now considers him too soft on corruption.
The odd thing he did was not to have travelled down the winding path of the electoral tribunal and called into question everything connected to the election. He disappointed many, if not all, of his ardent party and ethnic supporters on this score. He denied them the opportunity to further milk him dry while pretending to be fighting a patriotic cause.
But had Jonathan taken the advice of those who wanted him to reject the result of the election, his name would by now be anathema outside Nigeria and in many parts of the country. It would have led to a calamity of unimaginable proportion, throwing the entire country into chaos.
It was evidently in recognition of his ‘sacrifice’ that he was appointed to lead the Commonwealth observer group to the Tanzanian election. He has taken that role seriously and has rightly warned the Tanzanians to learn from his experience in the Nigerian election. An incumbent that could relinquish power is the perfect ambassador against African sit-tight syndrome. He would be less amenable to condone electoral fraud and more likely to urge acceptance on a defeated candidate particularly an incumbent bent on retaining power. Goodluck Jonathan sure earned the recognition that befits his acceptance of defeat in the March election.
This one ‘dividend’ of his democratic posture is well deserved and should not be denied him. If we would have condemned him had he chosen to reject the result of the last election, we ought also to commend and celebrate him for the positive outcome of the choice he made not to reject the result.
His estranged godfather, Olusegun Obasanjo who was head of the ECOWAS observer group that monitored the Ivorian presidential election that held same day as the Tanzanian election, did no more than Jonathan (that is ensured a free and peaceful transition of power) before he became the celebrated leader that is today feted around the world.
Obasanjo built his international profile and launched his career as a writer on this singular act. He was, thereafter, well on his way to becoming an international statesman with more international clout today than any other Nigerian leader living and, arguably, dead. President Goodluck Jonathan could also begin the gradual process of ensuring a positive legacy for himself even after the massive corruption that marked the end of his administration. He might serve Nigeria and the world better in retirement than when in power. Now is his time to become a statesman.
Another Blow As Supreme court dismisses Wike’s suit against tribunal
The Supreme Court on Tuesday, dismissed the suit filed by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, challenging the jurisdiction of the Rivers governorship election petition tribunal to hear a petition by candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dakuku Peterside.
Wike and Peterside
Wike and Peterside
In his argument, Wike had argued that the tribunal sitting in Abuja had no jurisdiction over matters that transpired in the state, contending however, that the tribunal should have sat in Rivers State and not Abuja.
However, the tribunal was moved to Abuja on the ground of security concerns, like those of Akwa Ibom, Yobe, Adamawa and Borno.
The appeal court had earlier ruled that the tribunal could sit in Abuja to handle Rivers election petitions.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/breaking-supreme-court-dismisses-wikes-suit-against-tribunal/
Wike and Peterside
Wike and Peterside
In his argument, Wike had argued that the tribunal sitting in Abuja had no jurisdiction over matters that transpired in the state, contending however, that the tribunal should have sat in Rivers State and not Abuja.
However, the tribunal was moved to Abuja on the ground of security concerns, like those of Akwa Ibom, Yobe, Adamawa and Borno.
The appeal court had earlier ruled that the tribunal could sit in Abuja to handle Rivers election petitions.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/breaking-supreme-court-dismisses-wikes-suit-against-tribunal/
Jubilation in Ife as 41-yr old Ogunwusi named Ooni-elect
ILE-IFE—The Ooni of Ife-designate, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, will officially arrive the ancient town of Ile-Ife either today or latest tomorrow. He will be arriving in company of his family members, friends and well-wishers.Ooni of Ife-designate, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi
According to his itinerary revealed to Vanguard, yesterday, he will storm his traditional base to thank the king-makers after which the coronation rites as enshrined in the customs of the Ife people will be expected to start.
When Vanguard got across to his Lagos home in Lekki area, yesterday, preparations for his trip were in top gear with his aides putting finishing touches, while he was on hand to issue instructions.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/jubilation-in-ife-as-41-yr-old-ogunwusi-named-ooni-elect/
Lamar Odom kidney transplant: Star’s organs not functioning; surgery surgery may be the next action
Though embattled former NBA star Lamar Odom’s health has stabilized and he’s no longer near death, Lamar Odom kidney transplant rumors have begun to swirl in light of recent reports highlighting damage to Odom’s organs. According to those reports, Odom’s kidneys and lungs are in bad shape, and doctors are exploring the likelihood of a quick transplant.
People cites “a source close to the Kardashian family” in its report of the possibility of a Lamar Odom kidney transplant; according to that source, “It’s two steps forward, then a step back.” Though Odom’s condition continues to fluctuate, “it does feel like some progress is being made,” says that source, who, it’s believed, has been sitting with the family at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
“There’s still a black cloud, like, ‘Okay, what’s next,'” the insider continued. “The pneumonia was a huge setback, and now there’s worry about permanent scarring of the lungs. His kidneys are still not functioning correctly, but he’s nowhere near strong enough to even think of a transplant, so he’s on dialysis.”
http://starcasm.net/archives/332803#dsq-add-new-comment
People cites “a source close to the Kardashian family” in its report of the possibility of a Lamar Odom kidney transplant; according to that source, “It’s two steps forward, then a step back.” Though Odom’s condition continues to fluctuate, “it does feel like some progress is being made,” says that source, who, it’s believed, has been sitting with the family at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
“There’s still a black cloud, like, ‘Okay, what’s next,'” the insider continued. “The pneumonia was a huge setback, and now there’s worry about permanent scarring of the lungs. His kidneys are still not functioning correctly, but he’s nowhere near strong enough to even think of a transplant, so he’s on dialysis.”
http://starcasm.net/archives/332803#dsq-add-new-comment
Sunday, 25 October 2015
Election Tribunal annuls Wike’s election
The River State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja has annulled the election of Chief Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the April 11, 2015 governorship poll in the State.
Justice Mahmud Mohammed CJN and Wike
Justice Mahmud Mohammed CJN and Wike
The tribunal ordered that elections should be conducted within ninety day in the state.
The three-member tribunal, presided over by Justice Suleiman Ambursa, gave the orders in its judgment in a petition filed against the election of Wike by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate in the April 11 election in the state, Dr Dakuku Peterside.
In the judgment, which was read by Ambursa for about three hours, the tribunal held that the petitioners successfully proved their case that the election was conducted in total disregard to electoral guidelines.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/breaking-news-election-tribunal-annuls-wikes-election/
Justice Mahmud Mohammed CJN and Wike
Justice Mahmud Mohammed CJN and Wike
The tribunal ordered that elections should be conducted within ninety day in the state.
The three-member tribunal, presided over by Justice Suleiman Ambursa, gave the orders in its judgment in a petition filed against the election of Wike by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate in the April 11 election in the state, Dr Dakuku Peterside.
In the judgment, which was read by Ambursa for about three hours, the tribunal held that the petitioners successfully proved their case that the election was conducted in total disregard to electoral guidelines.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/breaking-news-election-tribunal-annuls-wikes-election/
HUMANITY AND SELF DETERMINATION By Adefemi
When asked what surprised him most about humanity the Dalai Lamar answered. Man sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived. As my great country focus on deviating from the norms that can bring equality to the life of every citizens, I am of the opinion that they should make it an enviable place for people to live their dream rather than living without impact. There is greatness in us and it begins with you and I that we must be steadfast and devoid our thinking away from things that can never contribute to our progress. The most adorable talents have been buried in the graveyard and I pray that our talents will not be buried. We must wake up from our subconscious mind in order to achieve our set goals and objectives. No doubt we have tried but we need to do more by depending on our intellectual capacity as been guided by God's wisdom. Let's change the way we think and never dwell much of our energy on negativity. It is well with us. With inner strength kindly speak out that I can, I must and I will achieve greatness coupled with excellent favour. Amen
Adefemi Pcfr
Adefemi Pcfr
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