Governor Mimiko Disgraced And Treated Like A Criminal By The DSS.

Yesterday afternoon, on his way to Bayelsa to visit Governor Dickson of Bayelsa state and also accompany him to some last minute campaign outing, Governor
Mimiko's plane was invaded by men of the DSS immediately they landed in Port Harcourt.
The DSS team who claimed to be working with orders from above denied the occupants of the plane exit from the plane for almost 2 hours. They ransacked the jet and all the bags onboard. The passengers, including the Governor were searched thoroughly by the men of the DSS before letting them go as nothing was found on them. They did not disclose reasons for their action or what it was they were looking for to the terrified Governor.
There's speculations that the DSS was hoping to find money or ballot papers but nothing of such was found.


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Cannabis Issue; Dele Momodu Reacted On Davido's Baby Mama Saga.

Apparently this os not a good time as the whole drama continues between Davido and Dele Momodu. Vanguard reported and below is the details.
It seems the babymama drama involving 23-year-old pop artiste, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido and 28-year-old Sophia Momodu, the niece of popular publisher, Dele Momodu, will not end soon.
In what look to be an indirect response to the allegation by Davido that Sophia infected their daughter, Imade with Cannabis; Dele Momodu threatened that Nigerians will soon know the king of cannabis when the case is fully disclosed.
The veteran journalist disclosed this in a tweet, hinting that he is not fighting anyone but oppression of his niece by the rich and powerful.
DeleDavido
Davido and Sophia
Davido and Sophia
“Good morning Africa! Thanks to all the journalists calling to ask my side of the raging story but I can’t talk because lawyers are involved”.
“It is also pertinent to establish the rule of law rather than brigandage but we shall soon know the king of cannabis in Nigeria!”
“The rich and powerful always think they can get away with anything but under a CHANGE government we shall test the laws protecting the weak!,” Momodu posted on Twitter.
On Sunday, Davido rebuffed claims by his estranged lover, Sophia Momodu on the circumstances surrounding the removal of their daughter, Imade, from Sophia’s custody.
In a lengthy narrative issued, Adeleke alleged that Sophia had been in weekly contact with Imade up till last week and claimed that hospital authorities had sought to transfer the baby to officials of the Lagos State Children Welfare Authority on account of alleged drug use by Sophia.
Adeleke in his narrative said the hospital authorities recanted only after Sophia agreed to surrender the baby for care with him, saying his estranged lover had kept to the agreement until she recanted last week as she insisted on going along with the Adeleke family for the treatment and family vacation in Dubai.
Adeleke in the narrative poured invectives on the respected veteran journalist, Dele Momodu, who he accused of not taking care of his niece, Sophia, alleging that Mr. Momodu and his wife entered the scene as busybodies who he claimed did not bother about the welfare of their niece until she had a baby for him.

Download Lil Kesh Ibile Produced by (Pheels & Young John)

According to Vibes2lyrics,YBNL acclaimed ‘Net Rated’ winner Lil Kesh finally dish out a new track after the whole of #TheHeadiesAwards 2015 titled ‘IBILE’
Meanwhile, Couple of mins prior, Lil kesh posted on twitter that someone said he ought to change his fans in light of the fact that they are local and he answered saying, i Love my Local Fans, So he offered this to the local fans.
Download, Comment and Share Lil Kesh – Ibile (Prod By Pheel x Young John)
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Taking Panadol For Another Person's Headache

This is a must read as it's culled from SDK's Page.
WEDDING CALLED OFF DUE TO VERBAL ALTERCATION
OVER OLAMIDE AND DON JAZZY BROUHAHA


Dear Stella, I have been following ur blog since 2012. Call me a monitoring spirit cos I know everything happening over there but I have never commented. No, I commented once but it wasn't posted. Lol. So here goes my chronicle.



I'm 33, by the way. I've been dating this guy since 2008. We served together but started dating after service. He left the country in 2008 but we have been dating since then. I've had a couple of "serious relationships" but somehow they keep getting messed up and I keep going back to him. He has been awesome and treats me well. He loves and respects me and sometimes I get irritated because he doesn't have a mind of his own.



We do anything I want to do, and I'd prefer someone who would make major decisions sometimes. I have visited him a couple of times in the UK.


So day before yesterday we were skyping and inside the gist he asked me what I think about the Olamide/Donjazzy ish. And I said I think they were both wrong, Olamide shouldn't have thrown a tantrum and Don J should have just ignored. Boyfriend starts saying Donjazzy is a pretender, etc etc and as far as Olamide has apologized it's ok.



I told him not to judge as he doesn't know what goes on in the life of these people but My crime was to say that saying sorry does not wipe away your f-up as you might say sorry and the person says it's ok but it doesn't change what you have done or the pain you have caused. Gbam.



My guy starts shouting that I am mean and unforgiving. At first I thought it was a joke because we were having a healthy argument till‎ I realised he wasn't joking.  Like joke he ended the relationship saying he's not sure he can be with someone who can make a comment like that (saying sorry doesn't right your wrongs) and went off the line. I'm still confused.



 I can categorically state that I never disrespected him or raised my voice.  A part of me is finding it funny cos if someone asks why we are not together am I supposed to say we broke up on top of Donjazzy and Olamide argument?






 I called yesterday and all he said was that it wouldn't work. I can't apologize for having an opinion but I'm scared. Will I meet someone else? Or am I supposed to remove my heart from a 7 year relationship because of this? I know it sounds unbelievable because people have posted chronicles and I have rolled my eyes and asked myself "who dis one wan lie to", but it is true. Please post this, Stella, under chronicles or in house gists I don't even know. I shouldn't be finding it funny because we were supposed to do our traditional wedding in April.



Someone Please help me make sense. Am I supposed to beg?

The Face of Unexpected and New Beginnings

I found this article interesting and I believed I should share it with my esteemed readers. Read below;
Not even two years ago, I wrote about moving out of the townhome where I spent many of my single years and experienced many changes. At that time, I had no idea the twists and turns the coming months would hold. There was adversity. There was growth. There was love. There was life. Our first 18 months in our new home went nothing like I expected, and yet God was incredibly active and present.
Now we find ourselves on the brink of another new beginning. After 15 years of living in Colorado, I will be moving with my family to Bakersfield, California, where my husband, Kevin, will take on the role of a family pastor. If I told you the whole story of how God brought this about, you would be amazed. One thing is very clear to me: We did not do this. God created a chain reaction of events that propelled us toward this unlikely change. I have found Proverbs 16:9 to be very accurate: “The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.”
Our hearts (at first) didn’t lead us away from the mountainous beauty of Colorado or prompt us to leave our family and friends here. Our hearts didn’t compel us to seek out the unknowns of a new community (and climate!). But God most certainly directed our steps. There were days where we had no plan and simply had to trust that God did, and that He would reveal it to us in His perfect time. That was uncomfortable (as the unknown usually is) and even painful.
Then, at the right time, we saw what God had been doing — and it led us straight to California. It was then that our hearts followed as we began to fall in love with the people, church and community God was leading us to and had prepared us for. During that time, I told someone, “Not only did God answer our prayers, but at times it seemed like He was showing off in the way He did it.” Isn’t that just like our God? He never does things halfway.
As we pack up this week, I am in awe again of the way in which God orchestrates the events of our lives and how completely trustworthy He is. If I’m honest, 2015 has not been the easiest year for the Gosselins. But a difficult season has given way to a new, promising beginning. As we head into 2016, leaving many precious things behind — including 15 years of life and friendship in Colorado — Isaiah 64:4 is particularly meaningful to me:
“
From of old no one has heard
 or perceived by the ear,
 no eye has seen a God besides you,
 who acts for those who wait for him.
God is a God who acts on our behalf. And for that, I am truly thankful.


By Suzanne Hadley Gosselin

Davido Joined On Stage By His Billionaire Dad During Performance In Gambia

It is good to say that when you are doing good your parents will be proud of you. Nigerian singer, Davido is presently enjoying a nice time with his family in Gambia. The HKN boss alongside members of his HKN label where spotted at the club where Davido was joined by his billionaire dad, Elder Deji Adeleke at the club where he performed. Below is a link to the shared via a Twitter page.
 http://www.nigerianmag.com/2016/01/video-davido-joined-on-stage-by-his.html?m=1

The Real Story Behind Davido's Baby Mama As He Opened Up.

As culled from LIB, Davido pours out his heart in this long and revealing piece. Please read below...


Birth of Imade Adeleke
When the second trimester of Sophia’s pregnancy was closing, she tortuously announced to me that she was in the family way.
My mind was bemused,and so was my soul confused. But I quickly realized that nothing more could be done to alter my status as a father-to-be. I knew that i was not ready to be a dad. Still, I adjusted myself to the realities of my new situation and the consequences of my past personal indiscretions.



I made the determination that I was going to be a good dad. I also reasoned that my blunder is not enough pretext to make me a husband. I was just 21. And so I decided to be a responsible dad without being husband to the mother of my baby. I never was in love with Sophia neither was marriage ever in the offing.


Without knowing for sure that I was the real dad of the baby, I entrusted Sophia to the services of a private hospital for both pre-natal and post-natal medical cares. An apartment at Lekki was leased for 2 years, and paid for by me. The burden of medical bills, feeding, transportation and sundry costs rested on my person. No family member of Sophia including Uncle Dele Momodu rose to help nor guide Sophia.



I own my property at Lekki and had allowed Sophia to stay in the house because she claimed that she knew nobody in Lagos and that her father was deceasedwhilst her mother was resident in Abuja. For real, Sophia was a drifter without a dime, education nor career. My compassion, ignorance, naivety and poor judgment had combined to make me a victim to a much older lady with super cunning sense that was mixed with a vicious and diabolical nature. I stand accused but calmly accepted my responsibility for the sad misadventure that caused me to be a seat-mate with Sophia on a plane that was flying nowhere.



All along, I have only been generous with Sophia without knowing for sure I was the father to the baby she was carrying. On May 14, 2015, Sophia delivered her baby named Imade. It was after Sophia had deliveredthe baby that DNA testing medically confirmed that I was indeed the biological father of our child named Imade.



Once this status was obtained, Sophia started to apply maximum financial demands on me. I bought all the baby things and fully furnished her apartment. Sophia knew well how to spend money and yet contributed zero to the vast expenses that I incurred. None in her family contributed even a fake coin to the cost of having Imade.



Uncle Dele Momodu, now the pompous moralist, never visited Sophia nor even delivered an ordinary greeting cardto Imade nor to her mum. Throughout the many months that Sophia stayed at my house when she claimed she has no family in Lagos, Uncle Dele Momodu and his bossy wife never showed up at my house to say hello to either of us.



When the going was good, Sophia had told me plenty things about her uncle Dele Momodu that I need not repeat here. And she never invited me to go with her to visit him and I don’t have the knowledge that she ever visited him throughout the time she stayed in my house. She always explained that a visit to Uncle Dele was needless and unnecessary. Uncle Dele Momodu never liked, and still does not like Sophia. He is now just grandstanding because Sophia had a baby for a fairly prominent family and famous Davido.



The case of MrsMomodu baffles me even more. Why did she not think it necessary to move to Sophia’s apartment to help her out and show her the tricks of motherhood when Imade was newly born. Not once did she visit Sophia and her baby until December 2015. She gave neither care, love nor financial support to Sophia. Now, at 7 months old, and a child with special medical needs, MrsMomodu rushed to the Lagos Airport to make an awful botch of her standing as a mother: MrsMomodu certainly not a good person. She put time and energy to prevent my daughter and I,the real father of Imade, from travelling aboard to keep an appointment with the American Hospital, Dubai. At the point of dying in November, 2015Imade had been rushed to this medical facility in Dubai, where she received helpful and adequate treatment, and was duly returned to Nigeria, without any side excursions.



What then suddenly propels the fear or dangerous love ofMr&MrsMomodu for Sophia? I deeply sense this couple never loved Sophia nor her late father. They also resent her mum, and probably are jealous that Sophia ever became a mum herself, and thus, wish that Sophia’s daughter who is also my daughter, must needlessly perish.



Where is the inherent value in a callous human ploy that directly intends to prevent a child from receiving necessary medical care aboard once the biological father, DavidAdeleke, the child’s grandfather and all my siblings who are uncles and aunties to Imadeare booked to fly on this essential medical trip to which we have attached a restful family vacation? Sophia ain’t a member of our family, period.



Surely, Sophia was not with Imade when she first visited Dubai, and yet Imade was promptly returned to Nigeria. And no one said Sophia cannot come to Dubai except that I declared that I don’t want the trip to seem like a spousal get-away. Sophia ain’t my wife and I refuse to let any action conspire to make us look like a couple. She seemed unable or unwilling to pay her way to Dubai. Also, her boastful Uncle, alas, refused to volunteer to pay her way to Dubai. I never suggested to an elder what he should take up as his personal responsibility if indeed he cared at all for Sophia as his robust involvement in our odd relationship wishes to establish.MrMomodu never bought the ticket but wanted to enforce his cosine to join my family on this Dubai trip.



Dangerous lights are furiously blinking red around my daughter, Sophia and my person. Uncle Dele Momodu and his wife are providers of the energy espousing the idea of a needless death to my daughter. I now say it loud and clear, should my daughter die, this strange couple are mainly responsible. Mr Dele Momodu should just leave me and my family alone! His daughter is not who had a baby for me, and he has been too much of an absentee uncle to Sophia to have any traction on the moral authority that commands the soul and heart of this matter. Sophia Never formally introduced him nor his wife to me, at anytime. Why are they now crowding my space and that of my daughter?



Custody, Lifestyle and Imade’s Loss of Wellness



In May, the same month Imade was born, Sophia settled in her fancy apartment for which I paid a hefty bill for a 2 year lease. Her baby was healthy. And she seemed happy.  I would take care of all the financial needs of Imade and still pay Sophia a living allowance of 300,000 Naira plus utility bills.



Within a matter of weeks, Sophia missing and lusting for the streets of Lagos, especially the glitzy night life. She often left Imade home for clubbing, binge drinking and a life of debauchery and deviant living. She would sleep all day and party all night. When awake, she was addicted to the telephone and cannabis. She paid the baby no attention at all and seem to despise motherhood and parenting.
Imadewas in her custody for2 straight months, unchallenged and uninterrupted, until the baby took badly and severely ill in July. Imade cried, ceaselessly, for 48 hours. She was rushed to the hospital where her condition confounded medical experts. Several tests were conducted on her and later on the mother. Medical reports, herein attached(exhibit 1), proved that Sophia’s blood was polluted to the maximum level with cannabis and she had by the process of breast feeding infected her child with complicated medical conditions associated with the use of alcohol and especially cannabis. The trouble spot for Imade was her lungs. She had difficulty breathing largely because of the contaminated breast milk and the severity of the “Second Smoke” of marijuana inhaled by the poor child.



The medical experts at the hospital were enraged by the callous treatment of Imade by her own mother and declared her unfit for the caring and the nursing of a delicate baby. The team determined that they would hand over the baby to the Children’s Welfare Authority of Lagos State Government. My family started to plead with the hospital management. For the first time, Sophia too was sober, sorry and contrite. We pleaded that the baby would be kept from the mother once she was returned to us, and that we would take over responsibilities for Imade’s welfare.
Voluntarily, Sophia, in the attempt to avoid the handing over of the baby to the children welfare authority, agreed to a compromise position that she would transfer Imade to the Adeleke family until the cannabis in the systems of both mum and daughter was completely outand comprehensively cleaned out. The medical expert also indicated that the full damage to Imade’s person could not be ascertained right away and that her mental state now or in d future could not be determined nor predicted until perhaps when she would have attained adulthood. This was why and how Imade was transferred tothe custody of the Adeleke family.
Soonest, Sophia began to make vigorous demands for the brand new car promised to her by me in May. My father stood out of all this matter and pointedly told me that although I was very young but I was already making big income and therefore must learn to be a responsible adult who takes care of business properly and accordingly. He had instructed since May, that i should provide the mother of my baby with a car, without delay.
 But I have since had a change of mind on this issue because, of Sophia’s night crawling activities and reckless partying at night clubs. Her clubbing rendezvous escalated. In fact, she had gone to a club on Victoria Island and spent 250,000 Naira in one night. Unashamedly,she told the management of the club to slap “Davido” with the bill. I have refused to pay but till date, the club has never let off the harassment of my person for the settlement of this wild bill. I still don’t believe that my obstinacy will finally absorbed from the payment of this reckless charge. This was one of the main reason I put the purchase of the car on hold



Meanwhile,Imade was increasingly worse off in wellness and she had to be flown to the American hospital in Dubai. I wrote a letter of release authorizing my sister to travel to Dubai with Imade. The hospital saved Imade who was returned to Nigeria with a medical equipment that had to be used daily to enable Imadeto gain restful sleep and balanced respiratory rhythm. The photograph of this equipment is hereby attached.





If Imade had not gone to Dubai, it is fair to say that she may not be alive today. Still, some people prevented her from keeping a follow-up appointment at the American Hospital in Dubai.For the silliest possible reason.My family would not pay for Sophia’s flight ticket and thus Imade would be disallowed from traveling for the vital purpose of medical conditions that lend oxygen to her life. Which is more important to Mr Dele Momomdu, the ticket for his cousin or the overall wellness of Imade? And why can’t this glamorous uncle buy the ticket for Sophia so that the life of imade is not compromised?



The claim has been made that the aborted trip to Dubia was to takeImade to America. This is not true.Imade’s Nigerian passport is right now with the Immigration Office with no American Visa embossed on it and Imade, though qualified to possess an American Passport because her dad is an American citizen,still does not possess an American passport. True,her passport is being processed but the truancy of her mother has caused a major delay. I therefore ask, how willImade have entered America without a visa on her Nigerian passport? The great dynamics of lying is that the liar is the first to know that he has told a lie, and the lies told would certainly demolish his integrity and the peace of his soul. Uncle Dele Momodu, beware! 



So poor in understanding is the cerebral capacity of your cousin or niece that she cannot even operate the equipment that stabilizes her child’s lungs despite rigorous training offered to her (Exhibit2). She is dismally inattentive. But she is a fabulous cannon fodder for all the frivolities of life. What more can I do for a woman who is not my wife? I am 23. I ain’t ready for marriage or even fatherhood. But I have accepted my responsibilities as my father raised me to understand life and deal with all its challenges.



The only reason why some of us are dancing naked in the market place today is because Sophia’s request to go to Dubai on my ticket was declined. She is demanding for her new car and a raise of her allowance to one million naira per month. The sole reason why she’s demanding for the custody of Imade is to justify the necessity for this delusional one million naira. A domestic matter that could have been quietly and sensibly settled has been tossed to the public domain with the brutal consequences to the most innocent actor in this drama, Imade.



From December 23-28, Sophia lived at my father’s Lekki residence in peace except for the first one hour when a medication was misapplied by her and Imade speedily vomited for a fearfully long time. Sophia did not know how to even bathe her own baby. She brought a friend to stay with her in a 3-bedroom flat with a resident professional nurse and nanny. Overall, her stay was joyful and in alignment with the thrills of the Christmas holiday season.



On December 29, less than 24hours of leaving my father’s house, Sophia was at the airport in the company of her uncle and his wife with malice aforethought and the aim to do maximum damage that would obstruct her child from traveling aboard to receive necessary and needful medical care. She was welcome to join us if she had bought her ticket or her uncle had funded her for the trip.
 I offered to buy her a car and suggested a Toyota brand or Hyundai. She lost her cool and told me off. She wanted a fancy jeep and preferably, a Mercedes Benz Jeep. I laughed because she just wanted to be a Lagos Big Girl for nothing. She hardly can cope with the cheapest car much less the ruinous cost of maintaining a Mercedes Benz vehicle. In December she received 500,000 naira as her allowance without doing anything for Imade. Life is not a bed of roses. Neither have I ever promised Sophia a rose garden. Her spontaneous motions of delusions utterly baffle me!



On her twitter page, she claimed she has recovered Imade from captivity. But Imade never was in captivity. Sophia certainly knows where Imade is. And it is where she left her on December 28, at my father’s house. What is the lie about? Sophia also claimed that she hasn’t seen her daughter in 5 months  This cannot be true. Sophie spent every Sunday with her baby at my father’s house since July 2015 when she voluntarily transferred Imade to the Adeleke family after the cannabis incidence. She and her daughter constantly appear on her face book and twitter pages throughout this period of 5 months. What manner of unreliable and lying person is Sophia.? The picture of your reconciliation with Imade after “captivity” that you posted on your twitter page came directly from the photo shoot that you posed for at my father’s house during your Christmas stay. Why can’t you ever be affable with truth nor have a relationship with honour?



Uncle Dele Momodu was the first to bring this domestic matter online and onto the internet. Uncle Dele Momodu ran smack into the internet highway on December 30 with Video recordings that he dishonestly, immorally and unlawfully recorded at a government facility and office at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. Uncle, you are wrong and you are not doing the right thing. By doing a thing so unlawful over a domestic mater between a 23-yearold boy and your niece is a bothersome slight that proved your niece must have learnt her sleazy ways from your own accomplished slap-happy conduct.



Life is beautiful if we all live in simple ways and do not engage criminal gadgets to replace integrity and honour. Your worthless videorecordings has achieved nothing.But exposed your naivety and lack of decorum. Your recordings cannot alter the fact that I am “Davido” father of Imade and it cannot force me to be the husband of your cousin. In truth, I don’t know if you are uncle or cousin to Sophia. The word uncle has lost it esteem since the timethat sleazebucket took over our land. Still, Uncle Dele Momodu, it is immoral, unlawful and unethical to clandestinely record anyone, especially friends and family members. This scandalous act truly got you slaughtered and put a new slant on your person.



Late evening on December 30, I responded to your vicious internet publications that attacked me and my family. As you well know, my response was a slam dunk that hurt you badly and diminished your person. You perhaps deserved what you got. But my father’s counsel and the love I have for Imade prompted me to recall the arrow aimed at you. You see, my father raised me well, and I promptly complied with his advise. I thus deleted all references to the issue of December 29 at the Airport and apologized to you in particular along with all my fans. I showed you respect even if u had drunkenly provoked me.



Instead of reciprocating with love and elderly wisdom, you sustained your attack of me with even more venom and hatefulness. With all due respect for my dad, I am compelled to speak to your lies and your simulation of grand self-importance. I am 23 and you are almost 60. Your cousin has a baby for me. Rather than bring us together as a family, you wished for glowing embers to come out of cool cucumber. You know damn well how to grandstand. This is why you instructed your lawyers to put  garbage on the internet in a matter that should be showcased in the court of law. Uncle, who offended you? Is it Davido, Sophia or Imade? It cannot be my late mum after whom I named Imade. Is it my gentle dad? Why have you engaged yourself in a bitter private vendetta with my family?  Uncle, you will have your day in court. But you will soonest be forced to embrace the fact that the crowning glory of your puffing and pride rests in your stunning emptiness. Again, I dare you, publish the garbage in your vanity trunk or perish!.
I am 23 and a performing artiste that God immensely blessed and I have joyfully made good in the industry. I won’t do this forever, and I shall timely step aside in the nearest future. I have a degree and I am stashing my monies aside so that I can build a decent future for Imade plus my future wife and family. I believe as the bible says, “every good gift is from above”.

There is nothing better in life than to tell the truth and pray. May God ever stand by me and deliver to me my dreams and wishes. May He also deliver to your own children their dreams and desires. Uncle Dele Momodu, please, please leave me and my family alone even if it is clear, by God’s will, that you can’t do us a thing. As for me, this is the end of this conversation.
May God lead both of us to the righteous path.I thank you very much, sir.  ImadeAdeleke breathing Exercise Administered Nightly to help her Lungs because of exposure to second hand Smoke and cannabis infected Breast Milk

Must Read: Dj Jimmy Jatt Alleged Open Letter To Headies Award Organisers

Take your time to read his piece below;
When i wrote my first open letter to Headies on December 29, 2013, the majority opinions i got was that i was correct while others felt i was just an “Attention seeker”.
Headies as an award should be credibile and not just over hyped. We have hundreds of award shows every year in Nigeria and they are not as controversial as this one. Headies as an award are still not appreciating certain artiste, producers, entertainers and Dj’s who work 24/7 to make sure they bring out the best. They give us the impression that once you are not nominated or you do not win, you have not started your career;This is a BIG LIE. Over the years, All Ayo Animashaun and HipTv family have proven that it is Money over Integrity and that is why he always ignores the choices of majority of Nigerians or could it be that they innocently don’t even know what they are doing?
 I am not here to analyse the faults of headies in full but you can read the other complains on twitter with the hashtag #TheHeadies2015.
 Firstly, I noticed your hall was half empty. Your live broadcast that you always brag about had the picture quality of NTA channel 10 and your technical crew were going offline every time things became awkward and they immediately have to switch to “lyrics on the go” to cover up your shame. I watched BET African awards live and Mtv and i can see a very huge difference in all aspects. You still have a lot to learn. Another disturbing fact is that headies as an award is
 creating bad blood among colleagues in the Nigerian music scene. Headies is the reason why we have not seen collaborations among certain musicians. Tell me why Phyno,Davido, Falz, Solidstar and many other music producers and artiste who have been topping charts this year where not recognized?
Next Rated
Now Of all the categories, this is the only one worth arguing over.Even though this is not a voting category, I stand by million of Nigerians to say that Lil Kesh or Kiss daniel deserve the award. What are the reasons? Lil Kesh has more hit tracks, Swag, Stage performance, Composure and in the long run Lil Kesh may last longer for years to come. Infact, i will rather invest N10m on Lil kesh career than Reekado’s. That is not to say Reekado is not hardworking or he does not have the talent but lil kesh has that special something. Infact Reekado still does not have any Hit track to date. Yes !!!!! I say that with all sense of authority. Songs like Corner, Sugar baby, Catapult are NOT hit tracks, they are just popular and they could have gone National but they are NOT hit tracks. Dont confuse a popular song with a Hit track. Let me explain, As a DJ if i dont play “Gbese” “Efejoku” “Shoki” “Reggae Blues” “Woju” “Laye” “Godwin” at any party, i will have loads of people coming to request for them but people dont disturb me if i do not play Reekado banks songs. Do you get the point? In fact another proof Reekado still does not own a hit track is that an average Nigerian parent who do not follow music still know songs like “Woju” “Bobo”, “Ojuelegba” and “Efejoku”. While i was writing this, i played reekado’s songs to the older generation and they claimed never to have heard them.
YBNL VS MAVIN
This was actually the most interesting part of the show for those who stayed awake to attend or watch the show. Now the beef is official and it is part of the bad blood that headies have caused. Olamide was not referring to anybody in particular during Adekunle Gold’s acceptance speech but Don Jazzy had to mention Olamide’s name and the beef became real on twitter with Olamide referring to the Don as a “Bastard”. Don jazzy should NOT have mentioned Olamide’s name in the first place and saying “he should come and collect the car if he wants”. Now people are taking sides and everyone saw when Olamide threw the microphone away and his beloved “red cup’ he poses with in almost all his music videos. In my own view, It shows how unruly and empty he is intellectually. Olamide wants to be a Kanye west so bad and he feels he can do anything and go scott free. This was the same guy who cursed Linda Ikeji for reporting a story about his “love child” and claimed it was a rumour till we confirmed it was actually true. Baba Miliano (Olamide) your alter ego Kanye west started becoming responsible when he gave birth, when will you stop sounding like a thug in your songs and be a role model for those who are watching you? You refer to yourself as a Rapper but i say it to your face that you are now a bloody singer so shut up. I wonder why you where not nominated in the R&B category since you are now a professional singer.
 Back to the Mavins, If we look at this from another angle, Reekado needs the car more than Lil kesh since Olamide already bought Kesh a black Range Rover sport around March, 2015. Instead of Jazzy to buy his “children’ (as he refers to his label mates) a car, he will be giving out free recharge card on twitter to buy peoples heart. At least Reekado, Korede and Di’ja will stop going around lagos with Cabs. It should be noted that Davido is also a major cause of this, he tweeted it some months back that Lil Kesh should pull a “Kanye” on Headies if he does not win. Kesh was probably too timid so his oga OluwaKanye Olamide did the dirty job and refered to that as “Fighting for the poor boy”
In conclusion
 All Nigerian artiste and producers, do not place your hope on the Headies which should now be referred to as “The Leggings”. Do not say because you where not recognized it means you are not trying, keep doing what you are doing and let the headies keep on doing what they are known for – NONSENSE.. !!! Do not forget to send your insults and blessing to the writer @Baddestdjtimmy and tell me exactly how you feel. I also need someone to clear this please, Don Jazzy said ” The organizers told him to call Reekado to come…So he left Alibaba’s show” Does that mean he knew Reeky was going to win that category? Cynthia Morgan was absent and i am sure the organisers did not tell Jude Okoye to tell Cynthia Morgan to rush down there. You be the judge !!!!!

Otunba Olasubomi Balogun: The Prince as Pathfinder

OTUNBA Michael Olasubomi Balogun has been described by many as a man of excellence, integrity, an exemplary leader.  He is the Founder of FCMB Group  and a  trail blazer and pioneer extraordinaire in the  Nigerian financial and business sector. Otunba Subunmi Michael Balogun has also been frequently referred to in the Nigeria financial circle as the Grand-master and Baron of the Nigerian Capital and Money Market for his pioneering efforts in the development of the Nigeria financial markets.
He surprised detractors with his can do and a no guts, no glory instincts and made history by founding the first ever Nigerian private bank to be established in Nigeria without foreign direct investments or funding from the Nigerian government. Of the several of such ventures, his has remained an enduring legacy.
Subunmi’s life journey story inspires confidence and tenacity; Rather than staying down and remaining vengeful after being unfairly treated by his employers for a role he more than deserved in a company he had even helped drive to the peak with his expertise; Otunba Subunmi Balogun pulled himself together and took a giant leap of faith in venturing out on his own.
Giant leap of faith
A move that has not only paid off, but fruit of that move the First City Monument Bank has become a legacy which has now been handed down to a new generation of leaders and is
currently headed by his son Mr. Ladi Balogun.
In an interview with Vanguard when he clocked 80, Subunmi said “I am not a pharisee of real life experience, my journey to what you now see had been divinely guided, and if you care to know, I am happy and thankful. If any of you go to PrimroseTower, the headquarters of FCMB, this block prim-rose-tower is dedicated to the glory of God as an embodiment of a young man’s faith in the unfailing support of the Almighty God and in his own destiny, in spite of the seemingly insurmountable obstacles. “It is also a monument of a young Nigerian’s determination to succeed and prove that given the opportunity, Nigerians have the capacity to attain a commanding height in the management of financial institutions. Lastly, it serves as a lesson to all and mankind that in all things, men may have their say but in the final analysis, the Almighty God will have His way”.
When you mention courage, tenacity, inventiveness, brilliance, distinction and visionary leadership, all of these attributes added to faith, personifies the life story of Subunmi Balogun. Born to Muslim parents, he has never been one to shy away from his converted Christian beliefs and unwavering faith and the importance of Godly practices both in his personal walk and business life.
This move bears testimony to his courage, independence and willingness to go against the grain. These combined with his resolve to make the best of life and be the best, are the virtues that helped him quit his job and set up a bank in a way no one had ever done before at the age of 42.
The Ijebu people had long been nicked named tight-fisted people, but Otunba Subunmi Micheal Balogun has proved this assumption a wrong one too many times and continues to do so with his philanthropy.
He has touched and continues to touch lives with his hundreds of scholarships and support to the under privileged and many other charitable undertakings. He is one man that has said to himself that no child in Nigeria should ever die of a curable disease.
His charitable actions are too many to be listed here. He donated the Otunba Tunwase National Paediatric Centre, OTNPC, Ijebu Ode to the University of Ibadan.
The beginning of the journey: I had a dream, I had a vision. I was cheated, I was an employee in an institution created by Nigerians and Americans, but I was the brain behind the whole thing. I went on a course in the US and I came back with ideas with which we should set up a merchant bank.
The whole of the company was aware that I was behind it. But when it came to selecting the Chief Executive, I was told that in spite of all entreaties, that I could not be the Chief Executive because I happened to have a basic training in law. I was 42 and they brought a young man with little or no experience, from America, at 32, to take my place.
Tenacity of purpose
One of the gifts God gave me is courage and tenacity of purpose. I decided to pray in addition to my decision to fight it out, so that was what happened to the dream and the vision which was clear. By nature God gave me what we call courage, tenacity of purpose, discipline, I knew where I was going but the vista was as misty and unbelievable.
I was trying to prove a point, that I wasn’t arrogant or envious, but with the support I had and with the grace of the Almighty God so when I felt cheated by not being allowed to head an institution created by foreign institutions and then former employers. I had a courage to desire and without anything in my pocket except my God, I decided to start a on a journey of self actualisation.
It wasn’t a proud journey; it was a journey of faith, a journey on the handbill of my God. my confidence in myself and my trust in the Lord God our Savior. In the course of the whole journey, it has been turbulent. I had a focus, I had courage, and I had an unstated faith that the good Lord will carry me through, come rain come sunshine that mortals may have their say, but in the final analysis, the Almighty God will have His way.
Maybe that was one of the reasons why I was made the Asiwaju of the Ijebu Christians association, but that faith was very strong. So 35 years ago without thinking of what to do, I threw in my letter of resignation.
One of the things we have come to learn in this country is that in the first process of having a vision or a dream, only an individual does dream, other people would join later on. And in this country in those days, it was an anathema for an individual to   set up an institution; one man show; one man show, as if when you’re dreaming, more than one man can dream.
Born March 9, 1934
Graduated from Igbobi College 1952 with Grade 1
Graduated with LLB Honours from the London School of Economics June 1959
Called to the English Bar December 1959
Assistant Parliamentary Counsel 1962
First Principal Counsel and Company Secretary to the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank 1966 – 1975
Stock broking and issuing house
Director of Operations for Icon Securities Limited 1973
Member of the Council of Stock Exchange representing City Securities Limited and Icon Securities 1973 – 1988
Resigned from Icon Limited (Merchant Bankers) December 1977
Set up his own company, City Securities Limited the first Nigerian institution to combine stock broking and issuing house December 1977
Set up the first solely Nigerian owned merchant bank known then as First City Merchant Bank 1979
Set up a Chair for Capital Market Studies in the Department of Economics, University of Ibadan 1987
Became a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Management August 1988
Donated the “IyeSubomi’s Child Care Centre to the Ijebu-Ode General Hospital 1989
Commenced the construction the “Otunba Tunwase National Paediatric Centre” 1994
Established the “Otunba Tunwase Foundation” 2000
Published his memoirs “The Cross, The Triumph and The Crown” August 2000
Commissioned the “Otunba Tunwase National Paediatric Centre” as a gift to the nation 2004.


By Omoh Gabriel, Business Editor
Vanguard

The 10 Basic Rules Of Engagement About Falling In Love

The following principles are terms to be the hallmark principles and people are free to add theirs.
1. Similarity
2. Reciprocal feelings
3. Characteristics that is full of desires
4. Need fulfillment
5. Social acceptability
6. Sense of humor
7. Arousal
8. Relationship Consciousness
9. Time management
10. Mysterious/ intriguing features


Add yours

Relationship: Strong, silent types DO get the girl

Relationship tips varies but the contents are enormous.
Women find men who use shorter words and talk less to be most attractive
•On average women talk three times as many words each day as men
•As a result, speaking less in concise sentences is a sign of masculinity
•By appearing more masculine, 'silent types' are considered better looking
•This explains why masculine, deep voices are seen as attractive too
•Study also found people prefer partners with a similar accent and tone
•While 'breathy’ voices in women were seen as more attractive and youthful

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For decades, experts believed women flocked to silent types because of their aloof and mysterious nature - but new research suggests its because the trait is actually an ultimate sign of masculinity.
On average, women talk three times as many words each day than men, and their brains are wired to recognise this trait.
When a women meets a man who talks a lot, they consider them to be more feminine and less attractive, yet men who use shorter words and speak more concisely were seen as more attractive because they appeared more masculine.

Canadian researchers discovered that men who use shorter words and speak more concisely, dubbed 'silent types', are more attractive to women because the trait is associated with masculinity. Silent types who also have deep voices, such as Hollywood actor George Clooney, pictured, were considered most attractive

Canadian researchers discovered that men who use shorter words and speak more concisely, dubbed 'silent types', are more attractive to women because the trait is associated with masculinity. Silent types who also have deep voices, such as Hollywood actor George Clooney, pictured, were considered most attractive
Click the link below to read more.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2564682/Strong-silent-types-DO-girl-Men-use-fewer-shorter-words-seen-manly-attractive.html

HEADIES 2015/2016

In the recent concluded Headies Award in Lagos, Here is the list of the winners.
See the full list of winners below.
•Best Street-Hop Artiste – Olamide (Bobo)
•Best Pop Single –Korede Bello (Godwin)
•Best Vocal Performance (Male) – Timi Dakolo (Wish Me Well)
•Best R&B Single – Timi Dakolo (Wish Me Well)
•Best Rap Single – Vector (King Kong)
•Hall of Fame Recipient – 2Face Idibia
•Best Vocal Performance (Female) – Aramide (Iwo Nikan)
•Best Reggae Dancehall Single – Cynthia Morgan (German Juice)
•Best Music Video – Unlimited LA for Reekado Banks (Katapot)
•Best Collaboration – Reminisce ft. Olamide & Phyno (Local Rappers Remix)
•Best Rap Album – M.I Abaga (Chairman)
•MTN Music+ Next Rated – Landy (Akanchawa)
•Producer of the Year – Legendury Beatz (Ojuelegba)
•Lyricist of the Year – Vector (King Kong)
•Next Rated Artiste – Reekado Banks
•Hip-Hop World Revelation of the Year – Yemi Alade
•Recording of the Year – Timi Dakolo (Wish Me Well)
•Best Alternative Song – Adekunle Gold (Sade)
•Special Recognition –  Don Jazzy
•Best RnB & Pop Album – Wizkid (Ayo)
•Song of the Year – Wizkid (Ojuelegba)
•Artiste of the Year – Olamide

Health Diet: What Will Be Good For Our Health In 2016

Healthy eating and healthy living are inseparable. Eat more fruits and vegetables
Eat at least one vegetable or fruit at every meal. Keep cut-up raw veggies in the front of the fridge and fruit on the counter where you’ll see it.
Have healthy dips on hand, like hummus, peanut butter, and low-fat yogurt. Load extra veggies into your sandwiches, pizzas, salads, soups, and omelets. Pureed veggies like butternut squash can thicken soup and other dishes and add nutrients to them. Mix cauliflower puree in with mashed potatoes.
vegetable
Eat healthy…
Reduce fast-food temptations
 Keep fruit or nuts with you to tide you over until you get home or to work. If you can’t resist, choose lower-calorie options like grilled chicken or low-fat chili. And look for fruit or veggie options like a salad (watch the dressing) or plain baked potato as a side. Order regular or small sizes, and avoid value meals. Sip water or diet soda instead of sugary soda.want to snack healthier.
Eat a healthy snack a day
 Instead of reaching for cookies or chips, enjoy a small handful of nuts or low-fat yogurt (watch for added sugar). Take advantage of fresh fruit in season. Oranges and grapes are especially good because they take time to peel and eat. Snack only when you’re really hungry — not just bored or stressed — and only eat one serving.
Avoid mindless eating
 Eat only when you’re actually hungry. When you feel satisfied, before you feel full, stop eating, even if there’s still food on your plate. Don’t sit in front of the TV or computer when you eat. Multitasking leads to overeating. Pay attention to your food.
Snack less at work
 Get unhealthy snacks out of your office — or at least out of plain sight. You’ll eat less if you don’t have food within easy reach. If you tend to graze mindlessly at work, don’t keep food at your desk. Keep it far away from where you sit. The distance makes you think each time you grab a bite. Take time for a real lunch break, away from your desk.
Eat smart at restaurants
 Just like eating at home, planning can help you make smarter choices in restaurants. Find one that serves a children’s menu or smaller portion sizes. Don’t let yourself get so hungry that you overeat. Have a healthy snack beforehand. Or start with a clear (not creamy) soup or salad. Cut your meal in half and take one half home. Or split an entrée with a friend. Ask the waiter not to bring any bread or tortilla chips to your table.
Eat less sugar
 Give up one soft drink a day. Cutting just one can of regular cola means losing more than 30 grams of sugar or about eight teaspoons from your diet. Replace sugary drinks with diet soda, water or unsweetened tea. Other ways to cut sugar include taking fresh fruit or fruit canned in water. Choose unsweetened cereals.
Eat breakfast every day
 If you’re too rushed in the morning to make breakfast, take it with you to eat at school or work. Portable breakfast items can include breakfast bars, containers of yogurt, instant oatmeal packets, or pieces of fresh fruit. Even if you don’t like typical breakfast foods, it’s important to eat something in the morning to fuel your body.
Don’t overeat
 Think small. Trade your large plates and silverware for small ones. Research proves that people eat less on a smaller plate. Use a tablespoon, not a serving spoon, to dish out portions. Think about what you put on your plate to make sure you really want it. Serve from the pot on the stove instead of the table, so second helpings aren’t right in front of you. Eat slowly so your body has time to tell your brain you’re full. Happy new year!


Vanguard

What Do You Have At Stake To Be Great By Adefemi

As life begins from inside with great passion for success, human exists to make impact either successfully or aggressively. When we look beyond our predicaments as human being, we will always do great exploits. I have come to realize that success is a passion and as well a drive. Do you want to succeed? That's a great question that everybody must ask themselves at every stages of their lives. When we think about our challenges as humans, I believe there must be great passion about what we can do because thinking too much can affect progress from within. It is better to identify the problem and device a means to tackle it headlong. Every human has been destined for greatness all we need to do is to keep the fire burning with positive energy. I see better future ahead and one thing that is very very important is that we must fear GOD with passion and stay loyal, focus on our goals. There is greatness lies within us. Stay blessed.
By Adefemi

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL ESTEEMED READERS

In everything I give glory and adoration to almighty God for his mercy over my life and my entire family. Sometimes I look at myself and the best thing I can say is thank you God because he has been so good to me. He knows my struggles and he has been my comforter. As we enter this new year, I pray that what ever we laid our hands upon shall turn to glory and success. We will not die untimely death and God in his infinite favor will shower his mercy and blessing upon us. All our wishes will be granted by God and this year will be a successful year for us. Congratulations to each and everyone all over the world. I love you all.

None of my ministers is corrupt – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, made a robust defence of the integrity of all 36 ministers in his cabinet challenging anyone with a contrary view to present evidence against such a minister.
Speaking in his first media chat, the president said the first gains of the war against corruption would become evident by the end of March, next year, even as he accused erstwhile National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.) of having allegedly committed atrocities against Nigeria through reckless disbursement of billions of government funds.
The president made his first dismissal of the agitation for Biafra stating that Igbo were in strategic position in the cabinet including holding the petroleum and labour portfolios besides the stewardship of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.
Media Chat 4: L-R SA Media to President Buhari Mr Femi Adesina, Premium Times Editor Mr. Ibanga Isine, Anchor/Media Practitioner Mr Kayode Akintemi, President Muhammadu Buhari, Dr Ngozi Ayaegbunam, Daily Trust Editor Mannir Dan-Ali and SSAP Mallam Garba Shehu shortly after the Presidential media chat at the State House in Abuja on 30th Dec 2015
 President Muhammadu Buhari,  and the panel of journalists during the President maiden presidential media chat at the State House in Abuja yesterday.
President Buhari also assured of the administration’s readiness to implement the N5,000 monthly transfer to vulnerable Nigerians even as he said the campaign promise did not emanate from him but from his then running mate, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. He also frowned at the allocation of N47.7 billion for the purchase of vehicles by the National Assembly even after the lawmakers had collected car loans from the government.
The president, who expressed his readiness to negotiate with any credible leadership of the Boko Haram sect for the release of the kidnapped Chibok girls also disclosed his readiness to consider a ban on the use of hijab should the trend of bombing through young veiled girls continue.
Noting the dire economic conditions facing the country, President Buhari was, nevertheless, against the immediate devaluation of the naira even as he revealed that N1.5 trillion had been recovered into the federation account through the implementation of the Treasury Single Account.
The president also spoke on the fate of the Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, saying that he had allowed the Kaduna State government and the military authorities to take the lead in the investigations. He affirmed that the cleric had over time overstepped his bounds to the distress of the communities he lived.
On the panel that interviewed the president yesterday were Kayode Akintemi, Channels TV; Dr. Ngozi Anyaegbulam, Media World International; Munir Dan Ali, Daily Trust and Ibanga Isine, Premium Times.
On the ministers
“I don’t think I tolerate corruption, I don’t think I picked anybody that I know will embarrass my government. But if you have any evidence about any of my ministers, I accept responsibility for the 36 ministers that I have.
“I don’t think I took anybody among the ministers who has got a case in court. Tell me one out of the 36. I don’t think I will deliberately make that mistake.”
Asked if he would sack any of the ministers if he or she is charged to court for corruption, he said:
“No, I will insist that the case go through the courts.”
On the location and condition of the Chibok girls, he said he would be prepared to negotiate with credible elements in the Boko Haram leadership if there is precise intelligence that could help return the girls to their parents. He, however, affirmed that presently he did not superior intelligence on the fate of the girls.
“We are still keeping our options open. If a credible leadership of Boko Haram can be established and they tell us where those girls are, we are prepared to negotiate with them without any pre-condition. This we have made absolutely clear. But while they are keeping the Chibok girls, they must not get away with the idea that we will not attempt to secure the rest of Nigeria.
“We have no firm intelligence on where they are physically and what condition they are in. But what we believe from our intelligence, they keep taking the girls around, they are not keeping all the girls in one place, we don’t know how many divisions they made of them and where they are.
On the crisis in Kaduna involving followers of the Shite leader, Sheikh El-Zakzaky, he said:
“I expect the Kaduna State Government to set up a judicial inquiry because it happened in Kaduna, in one of the cities and it has been there for the last twenty years from what I have been reading from papers. They will occupy a federal highway, sometimes from Kano to Kaduna. This is what I heard.
“We have a system of investigation, the military that was involved too have a tradition of investigation and I am the head of the federal government, I have to wait for the official report before I can come out as head of the federal government and make a statement. So I am allowing the Army and the Kaduna State government to submit their report of inquiry. Meanwhile it does not mean that the police, the SSS and other directorate involved are not doing their own part of constitutional role.
Frowning at the activities of the group, he said:
“Unfortunately it is very serious. How can any group proclaim statehood in a state? I don’t want to speak about it in details now, I better leave it still after the report of the inquiry but there are a number of clips I saw, where some excited teenagers were visually hitting the chest of a general, mounting road blocks and threatening them with missiles.
On the contentious issue of subsidy, the president said that by the end of the next quarter that there would be no more talk about subsidy in the price of petroleum.
Money recovered
“Money has been recovered but whatever we recover, has to end up in court because I feel personally that Nigerians are entitled to know the truth and the truth will be what the court has discovered by the submission made to them in terms of documentation and the documentation includes the bank statement of where our money was lodged, when it was lodged and how much. Whether it is petrol from NNPC or Customs and Excise or money directly from the Central Bank of Nigeria.”
Told that he was limited in his disclosure of his assets, the president said that he had declared his assets at least four times in the past.
 The president expressed reservation on proposals by the National Assembly to commit N47.7 billion to purchase new vehicles after members had collected car loans from the government.
N5,000 monthly stipend for the less privileged
“When my VP was quoted, how can I come here and disown it? First, I believe in getting facts, how many are involved? How are we going to do it? Is it state by state or geo-political zone by geo-political zone? In trying to get the bottom of the problem, a lot of work has to be done and if it is undertaken, we have to look at it very well.”
On Dasuki, Kanu and others
Asked on the alleged flouting of court orders by the state on the issue of Dasuki and detained Biafran agitator, Nnamdi Kanu, he said:
“Technically, if you see the kind of atrocities those people committed, if they jump bail? I am sorry to say this publicly…the former president just wrote to the governor of the CBN and said give N40 billion to someone while you have two million Internally Displaced Persons, what kind of country do you want to run?
“The one you called Kanu, do you know he has two passports? One Nigerian, one British and he came to this country without using any passport? Do you know that he brought sophisticated equipment into this country and started broadcasting for Radio Biafra? There is a treasonable charge against him and I hope the court will listen to the case.
Biafra and marginalisation of Ndigbo
“They say they are marginalised but they have not defined the extent of marginalisation. Who is marginalising them? Where? Do you know? Choosing a minister is not a matter of ethnicity, it is a matter of the constitution. I am limited by what the constitution says that there must be a member of the executive council from each state. There is a lot of partisan politics in it. Who is the Minister of State for Petroleum? Is he not an Igbo? Who is the governor of the CBN? Is he not an Igbo? Who is the Minister of Labour? Who is the Minister of Science and Technology? What do they want? I stood elections and I won, I am limited by the constitution, I have a member of every state in the Federal Executive Council and I have to listen to them when I sit as chairman. That is the limit the constitution gave me”.
Asked if he would consider banning the use of hijab in the face of the continued use of veiled girls in suicide missions in the Northeast, the president said:
“Placing ban on hijab is not enough. However, if this continues it will be banned. Because it is for the safety of the people generally.”
Vanguard

WAILING WITH COMMONSENSE By Adefemi Pcfr

My introduction to this piece will be first to enlighten a lot of people. According to a well structured online dictionary, WAILING is to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain. 2. to make mournful sounds, as music or the wind.
The question is simple! Are you wailing inside or outside? Is everybody wailing or pretending? A graduate of 10years still looking for job in a country of plenty resources.. Are you not a wailer? You have been working effectively and no progress are you not wailing? Official price of petrol is 87naira on pump price but you are buying it at 120naira thinking you don't have option are you not wailing inside? You have children abroad but they cannot use their master cards due to one policy or the other are you not wailing inside?
The deep question is that... Is everything in your life, this country okay with you? Be sincere to answer the question. Depends on how you answer it all I know is that EVERYBODY IS WAILING just that some are wailing than the other. Remember animal farm by George Orwell. "All animals are equal but some are equal than the other" may be I'm right?....... Read the book.
Many political drama and abracadabra, at the initial stage it was just like paradise of hope rather it was full of deceits by the committee of hypocrites. Is there exception? Hmmm! Time will tell.
It started in 1999 When OBJ seized the allocation of Lagos state because Bola Tinubu created LCDA. Tinubu called OBJ many names
but today OBJ us actually the navigator of Tinubu's political ship in 2015.
Rtd General Buhari now our amiable President in 2015 truncated elected government in 1982/83, in fact there was serious issues of 53 suite cases which as at that time Atiku was still in custom.. Hmm what happened next? Ask Google but today both are chilling together in the same ship.
Femi Fani Kayode a loquacious intelligentsia was once a minister of aviation under OBJ and later he moved to APC which was widely celebrated. Immediately he raised the issue of Muslim/Muslim ticket towards 2015 election, oh boy he was tagged and black mailed but today he is back to PDP as a normal vociferous vocalists.
Abubakar Bukola Saraki now Senate President and a great part of 16 years government of PDP is now a great leader in Changed APC of holy Mary. Smiles
Ayodele Fayose the Present Governor of Ekiti State a.k.a Oshokomole 1. Was a staunch PDP from blood but he had issue of Poultry with OBJ and went into exile. He helped Fayemi of ACN now APC single handedly to victory in Ekiti State election over Segun Oni. Today Segun Oni and Fayemi are in the same APC.
Oh no what of Oyinlola and Aregbesola in Osun State? Many lost their lives just because  they are followers of these two. Infact Oyinlola a great PDP to the blood is now a formed loyalists in APC and is chilling with Aregbesola. What of those that lost their lives? May their souls rest in peace.
Ehhhh Amaechi of strong character and a sharp friend of Goodluck Jonathan the former  President. A full blooded PDP and part of solid 16 years of their government. Yes he had issue with Goodluck over NGF election, Excess crude account and Soku oil including Jonathan's wife but today he is an honourable minister in APC.. Smiles Remember that Wike the Present Governor may be to be removed of Rivers State was a staunch Amaechi close pal.
Only difference among them that is not switching like a switch is Goodluck Ebele Jonathan GCFR a graduate of University of PortHarcout, a lecturer, an administrator, a leader per excellence, a teacher and come politician was formerly a deputy governor, Governor, Vice President, Acting President and President till he lost in 2015 and simply left the podium of Aso Rock for another intake without sharing nor shedding blood. Infact going strolling nor going into tribunal. He is a full blooded PDP and part of 16years of their government but he was loyal and I believe is still loyal. Anyway thanks to Baba OBJ for actually been an instrumental. That is a fact.
There are so many factors to bring out but what prompt this piece is that for those that still believes so much in Goodluck Jonathan despite the alleged bandwidth of propaganda against his person on Chibok girls, Boko haram and labelled corruption, I so much believe that if all these things are true! All I ever wanted is that let Justice prevailed but if they are all cheap blackmail just to score political gains over his person, I pray 🙏 that may he continue to enjoy great prosperity and recognition all over the word and his haters will have no option than to say sorry they made mistake in future.
Yes, no perfect human being on earth and all those supporting the present President Buhari have great rights to do so but they must gives room for constructive criticism and stop been hypocritical.
It is good to Wail and Chilled but know the basic reasons why you are wailing. Everybody wails but some are seriously wailing inside their heart because of hypocrisy. Free yourself from the shackles of timidity's and be free to express your concern opinions. You are free to Wails.
The bottom-line of my piece is that shine your eyes if at all you must follow any politicians and be a person of realist. Politicians are all the same. Do not kill yourself for them rather ask for their son's and daughters to join you. Smiles
I wish each an everyone Happy New Year and 2016 will be a year of multiple of favour, blessing and unlimited success.
Adefemi Pcfr Wailer, Chiller, Realists,

Why Lai Mohammed Must Be Fired Immediately Opinion By Femi Aribisala

This is opinion article written by Femi Aribisala. He said Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf was the Minister of Information in the dying days of Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq. Nicknamed “Comical Ali” by British tabloids, al-Sahaf made a fool of himself during the Iraqi war by constantly fabricating victories of the Iraqi army, even as territory after territory fell to the American-led allied forces.
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 What was so ridiculous about him was that his lies were so blatant, only fools could believe them. Even when American tanks rolled into Baghdad, Comical Ali declared: “There is no presence of the American columns in the city of Baghdad at all. We besieged them and we killed most of them. Today, the tide has turned. We are destroying them. The Americans are going to surrender or be burned in their tanks.”
Comical Lai
 Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, is Nigeria’s home-grown “Comical Ali.” It would not be unfair to fashion him as “the Minister of FABU.” Barely two months of assuming office, Mohammed has established himself as an instrument of cheap propaganda and disinformation. On internet blogs today, he is now generally referred to by his traducers as “Liar Mohammed.” Without a doubt, he has earned this sobriquet by his penchant to be extremely economical with the truth.
 Lai Mohammed’s tall tales have now reached epidemic proportions. It is a contradiction in terms that a government that claims to be anti-corruption, and a president that boasts to be a man of integrity, should have a “Comical Ali” as its face and spokesman. It is doubtful that Mohammed can stop being himself. However, if President Buhari is interested in redeeming his now battered image, he needs to admit he made a big error of judgment in appointing Mohammed as a minister.
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 Lai Mohammed must be fired immediately. Barring which, the only honourable thing left for the Honourable Minister to do is to resign. A Minister of Information should not be allowed to become a Minister of Misinformation.
Fictitious Victory
 On December 23, 2015, Mohammed told a meeting of editorial heads of media houses in Lagos that the Nigerian military has met President Buhari’s deadline to defeat Boko Haram before December 31, 2015.
 Said Mohammed: “Today, I can report that the war against Boko Haram is largely won. Today, I can report to you that the entire 70 plus kilometres stretch from Maiduguri to Bama and all the way to Banki which leads to Cameroun and the Central African Republic are in the hands of our gallant troops. They have so degraded the capacity of Boko Haram that the terrorists can no longer hold on to any territory just as they can no longer carry out any spectacular attack.”
Rather than call his minister to order, President Buhari backed him up in the bid to white-wash the gaffe of predicting Boko Haram would be defeated before the end of the year. He told the BBC: “Boko Haram has reverted to using improvised explosive devices. They have now been reduced to that. But articulated conventional attacks on centres of communication and populations… they are no longer capable of doing that effectively. So I think technically we have won the war because people are going back into their neighbourhoods. Boko Haram as an organised fighting force, I assure you, that we have dealt with them.”
The president conveniently forgot he had said at his inaugural address that: “We cannot claim to have defeated Boko Haram without rescuing the Chibok girls and all other innocent persons held hostage by insurgents.” We have heard nothing about the Chibok girls. Nevertheless, the president now says Boko Haram has been technically defeated. Are we therefore to conclude that the Chibok girls have also been technically rescued?
Boko Haram Response
 The victory declarations of Lai Mohammed and President Buhari turned out not only to be palpably false, but outrightly dangerous. Just two days after Mohammed’s declaration, the Boko Haram who he says “can no longer carry out any spectacular attack” attacked Kimba in Borno State. They killed 14 hapless people and razed the village to the ground. According to eye-witness reports, “not a single house was spared in the arson.”
One day later, a coordinated fighting unit of Boko Haram infantry attacked Maiduguri. They came in a military convoy, precisely the manner the president boasted is now impossible. They then dug in for a pitched battle against the Nigerian army. Thereafter, two female suicide-bombers detonated explosives in the Jiddari area of Maiduguri, with casualty figures yet to be determined.
 There is no doubt these attacks were direct responses to APC’s vain propaganda. Boko Haram decided to give the lie to the bombastic statements that it has been defeated, either technically or in actuality. To drive home the point beyond reasonable doubt, the insurgents chose to attack Maiduguri, the very command and control epicentre of Nigeria’s military operations in the North-East.
 Clearly, the defeat of Boko Haram only exists as figments in the imaginations of APC propagandists. Having won the election by manipulating the press, they now seek to govern by employing a cacophony of jobless youth whose charge is to post “SAI Buhari” comments on as many internet blogs as possible. They also have the mandate to attack anyone who refuses to buy the many-splendored FABUS of the APC government.
 APC’s bogus propaganda is partly responsible for the deaths and destruction in Kimba, Aladuwari and Maiduguri, the full extent of which are yet to be determined. The false victory procession of APC chieftains provoked the Boko Haram to contradict them at the cost of Nigerian lives. It is way too early to call for the impeachment of Mr. President. But it is high time to call for the retirement of Lai Mohammed. We must not allow this local “Comical Ali” to continue to use Nigerian lives to score cheap political points.
 While the APC was busy celebrating the fictitious death of Boko Haram, the New York-based Institute for Economics and Peace declared in its latest Global Terrorism Index that Boko Haram “has become the most deadly terrorist group in the world.” The day before Mohammed’s bombast, UNICEF declared that Boko Haram has succeeded in keeping over one million children out of school, warning that this is likely to add fuel to the insurgency by radicalising the youth in the North-East.
Campaign Recantations
 It was Lai Mohammed who told Nigerians the promises of the APC during the election were actually not from the APC. The APC denied its key presidential campaign documents: “My Covenant with Nigerians” and “One Hundred Things Buhari Will Do in 100 Days.” Buhari himself presents one of the documents in the first person, saying: “The covenant is derived from the manifesto of my party, the All Progressives Congress. It however represents my pledge to you all when I become your president.”
But once he became president, Mohammed denied them. He swore that: “Buhari never promised to do anything in 100 days, that’s the honest truth.” However, when APC Senators were forced to vote against their own campaign promise to provide N5,000 monthly to 25 million unemployed Nigerians, Mohammed declared that the government already has 1.4 trillion naira recovered from banks through the TSA ready to fulfil the promise. He said we should expect it in the 2016 budget.
 These are his words: “The non-implementation of the payment policy so far is due to the fact that it was not included in the 2015 budget. The Muhammadu Buhari administration has been busy putting in place measures that will make it possible to start the implementation of this project.”
This has turned out as usual to be another tissue of lies. The 2016 budget has now been announced, and there is nothing about the N5000 stipend for the 25 million unemployed.
Presidential Doublespeak
 The government of President Buhari is replete with contradictions and doublespeak.
 At the APC South-East rally in Owerri, Buhari declared he would make the naira equal to the dollar if voted into office. He continued: “It is sad that the value of the naira has dropped to more than 230 to one dollar. This does not speak well for the nation’s economy.” How does it speak for the economy now that the value of the naira has dropped under Buhari to 280 to the dollar?
 Buhari said: “Boko Haram is a typical example of small fires causing large fires. An eccentric and unorthodox preacher with a tiny following was given posthumous fame and following by his extra-judicial murder at the hands of the police.” What then are we to say about the extra-judicial massacre of over 300 Shiite Muslims in Zaria at the hands of the Nigerian army under this Buhari administration?
 Buhari said during the campaign: “You are all my people; I will treat you all as mine. I will work for those who voted for me, voted against me and those who didn’t vote at all.” Then he said after the campaign: “The constituents (that) gave me 97 percent cannot in all honesty be treated on some issues with constituencies that gave me 5 percent.”
On his election, the president said: “Our long night is over and a new dawn has come… Democracy and rule of law will be put in place.” “I pledge myself and the government to the rule of law, in which none shall be so above the law that they are not subject to its dictates, and none shall be so below it that they are not availed of its protection.” But under his administration, democracy and the rule of law has continued to be violated. The DSS ignores court verdicts with impunity, as happened in the case of Dasuki and Kanu.
 Justice Muazu Pindigi was summarily replaced by Justice Ambrosa as chairman of the Rivers State governorship petitions tribunal and PDP’s victory was quickly annulled. Pindigi said: “The Supreme Court has said that for an election to be annulled, the petitioner has to prove that elections didn’t hold at the polling units where the winner was returned elected. I’m not sure that the Ambrosa’s judgment arrived through that route.”
During the election, Buhari declared the maintenance of the presidential fleet of aircrafts a colossal waste of money. He said: “For me, when we come into office, all these waste will be blocked and properly channeled into our economy.” However, since he became president, not a single plane has been sold. Billions of naira continue to be spent as the president has gone on one international junket after the other.

Revealed: Jonathan Spent $4M To Lobby Bring Back Our Girls Campaign Says US Laywer

Information reaching is that A U.S.-based human rights lawyer and humanitarian worker said on Tuesday that former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan spent more than $4 million on lobbying against the Bring Back Our Girls movement last year, after Boko Haram abducted hundreds of schoolgirls from the northeast town of Chibok.
 In an interview with a Nigerian newspaper, Emmanuel Ogebe said the Jonathan administration’s response to the kidnapping was a “colossal failure.”

“The Jonathan-led-government had spent over $4 million fighting the Bring Back Our Girls campaign and almost fighting the veracity of the abduction, saying it wasn't true,” Ogebe told Premium Times Tuesday. “The response was a colossal failure, it was an unmitigated disaster.”
Boko Haram militants descended on a boarding school in northeast Nigeria on the night of April 14, 2014. By morning, the militant group had herded 276 schoolgirls into trucks and vanished behind the forest brush in the town of Chibok. Some of the girls have managed to escape on their own since then, but over 200 are still missing, and government search efforts have been unsuccessful despite a global social media campaign and pleas from international leaders.


 http://www.ibtimes.com/goodluck-jonathan-spent-over-4m-lobbying-against-nigerias-bring-back-our-girls-2242344
 

Petrol to sell for N86/litre from January, 2016 – FG

*Marketers to sell at N86.50;
*New price regime to last for 3 months
 *We’ll resist fuel subsidy removal with all our might — NLC
By Victor Ahiuma-Young & Michael Eboh
ABUJA— The Federal Government, yesterday, stated that effective January 1, 2016, Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, would be sold at N86 per litre by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC Retail stations, while other oil marketers would sell at N86.50 per litre.
The Nigerian Labour Congress said, however, that it would resist with all its might, any attempt to remove fuel subsidy.
Speaking to newsmen in Abuja, Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, Mr. Farouk Ahmed, also announced the first quarter 2016 PMS import allocation of three million metric tonnes to the NNPC and other oil marketers.
On the review of the price of petrol, Ahmed said the reduction in the price of the commodity was due to an implementation of the revised components of the Petroleum Products Pricing Template for PMS and household kerosene.
According him, the revised template, which would be reviewed on quarterly basis and which would soon be presented to oil marketers, is geared towards ensuring an efficient and market-driven price that would reflect current realities.
He said: “Since 2007, while crude oil price had been moving up and down, the template remained the same. This had made it necessary for us to introduce a mechanism whereby the template would be sensitive to the price of crude oil.
“However, the template is not static, as there would be a quarterly review and if there is any major shift, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources would be expected to call for a review, either upward or downward, depending on the market condition.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/petrol-to-sell-for-n86litre-from-january-2016-fg/

Top 10 Countries With the Highest Salaries in 2015

Do you ever wonder which country pays its workers the highest salary? Have you ever thought that you’re not truly being paid what you’re worth? Let’s take a quick look at the top 10 countries where people enjoy the highest level of disposable income. What is disposable income? It’s the amount of money that a household gains each year after taxes and transfers, so it basically represents the money available to a household for spending on goods or services. These averages are based on the OECD research calculated for single workers without children. Do you think your country is on the list? Let’s find out!
#10 France
Well, the infamously discontent French made it to the top 10 list! France is ranked the world’s seventh largest economies. To explain why the French per capita GDP is lower than that of the United States, the economist Paul Krugman stated that “French workers are roughly as productive as US workers”, but that the French have allegedly a lower workforce participation rate and “when they work, they work fewer hours”. That may be due to the 35-hour workweek law introduced in 1999. By the way, the French receive $28,799 a year after all taxes, which are 49.4% on the average. This is the second largest tax wedge across the OECD countries.
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APC Suspends Senator Shehu Sani for Criticizing El-Rufai's Policies

Information reaching According to PREMIUM TIMES, In a letter to the senator dated December 27, the party said the suspension is for a period of 11 months. The letter was signed by the Secretary of the ward, Ahmed Abdulhamid, the Public Relations Officer, Auwal Mai Anguwa, and ex-officio member, Aminu Alilan.
 Offences listed against Senator Sani include: uttering statements that allegedly “violate the rules of engagement of the party, factionalizing the party, and engaging in anti-party activities by criticizing the policies of Governor Nasir El-Rufai.”
 “Hardly a week passes by that his group will not be on air criticizing and challenging the enduring legacies of Mallam Nasir ElRufai, that his statement on national issues is not in conformity with that of the state government and government of Kaduna State''.

Arsenal Defeats Bournemouth 2 Nil

Mesut Ozil inspired Arsenal to reclaim top spot in the Premier League, at least for 24 hours, as they won their first league meeting with Bournemouth.
After a tense opening, Ozil's corner was met with a firm header by defender Gabriel for his first goal in English football.
Ozil made it 2-0 after the break from a slick one-two with Olivier Giroud.
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CBN: Restriction on Use of Bank Cards Abroad to Remain

Nigerian students in diaspora protest ban
James Emejo in Abuja 
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that the recent restriction placed on the use of bank cards abroad will remain until the country’s foreign reserves grow to significant levels.
Commercial banks in the country reversed one of the major gains of the consolidation era when they sent text messages to their customers last week informing them that they would no longer be allowed to use their naira-denominated debit and credit MasterCard to pay for transactions or withdraw money from ATMs overseas.
The ban, which has the backing of the CBN, stemmed from dwindling foreign reserves and banks’ inability to settle dollar transactions arising from the use of naira cards abroad.
Since oil prices fell, Nigeria has witnessed a precipitous decline in forex earnings and by extension foreign reserves, forcing the CBN to impose foreign currency curbs aimed at preserving the country’s reserves.
Speaking with journalists at the weekend, CBN’s Director, Monetary Policy, Mr. Moses Tule, said restrictions were likely to be lifted when reserves increase to between $50 billion and $200 billion, adding that all hands must be on deck to achieve the target.
He said the new policy was a healthy development for the ailing economy in spite of the attendant inconvenience to cardholders.
“It is healthy development; Nigerians can no longer use debit cards abroad. But we know that it is inconvenient. Right now the country is going through very difficult times because of developments in the oil market. Foreign exchange under the condition Nigeria has found itself has become a seasonal commodity.
“Seasonal in the sense that it depends on the movement of the price of oil; if oil prices are high then we build reserves, if oil prices are low then we have no reserves then we are in a crisis.
“That should not be the case for an economy as big as that of Nigeria because we should by now have sufficiently diversified the economy to a point where developments in the oil market should no longer matter.
“Unfortunately, that has not been the case and that is why sometimes these kind of decisions have to be made,” he said.
However, he said the restrictions were largely the decision of the banks rather than the CBN.
According to Tule, “The restriction on the use of debit and credit cards outside the country was not imposed by the CBN. The deposit money banks (DMBs) placed it because they have to settle whatever transactions you make with your cards with their corresponding banks in foreign currency and if the banks do not have the foreign currency to do that, then you create a liability which will crystallise on their balance sheets.”
He added: “But looking at it holistically, does the CBN sympathise with the situation Nigerians find themselves in not being able to use their cards outside the country, yes the CBN certainly does sympathise with the hardship Nigerians are facing.
“But can the CBN stop it, at the point we are in in this country, the obvious answer is that the CBN cannot stop what the banks are doing now and the reason is very obvious.
“Our priorities as a nation for the allocation or use of foreign exchange is one, for the settlement of matured letters of credit that have been opened for importation; two, for the importation of petroleum products until such a time either when we have our refineries fully operational and we are not in a position to import fuel again to ensure that the wheels of economic development continue turning and running; and three, for the importation of raw materials.
“Now, by the time we meet these given the level of current flows into the reserves – by the time we meet these three priority areas – you will discover that people who are using their debit cards overseas for shopping can never be on the priority list.
“We would then go back to the point where the foreign reserves dry up that is the position we are in today.”
On whether the CBN was considering stopping the sale of dollars to bureau de change (BDC) operators, he said: “If you read the budget speech of Mr. President, there was one sentence there where he said we must make hard choices.
“That is designed to open the growth potential of the economy and the president has said we must make hard choices. As policy makers, we are going to make those hard choices, so at the right time, the CBN will take the appropriate decision that will strengthen the foreign exchange market.”
On the push for devaluation of the naira, he said: “No matter how good a professor of war studies is, he cannot tell a general how to conduct and deploy his men.
“The general is the man on the field, he is where the battle is, he has his maps and strategy for the battle that will give him victory no matter how knowledgeable the professor is he cannot advise him in the battlefront.
“People should respect institutions, so if you have some advice to give, you can always write to the CBN governor.
“But no central bank takes decisions just because analysts either in newspapers or on television recommend that the naira should be devalued today, as policy makers have to weigh the fundamentals.
“However, the CBN is holistically looking at the issues, and as we have consistently said, we will not hesitate to take the right decision that in our opinion is in the best interest of the country and help realise the goals of government as enunciated in the 2016 budget.
“So overall that is the position of the CBN; there is a policy direction which government has given in the 2016 budget and every central bank works with the policy direction of government and we will not work outside that framework.”
Despite the explanation given by the CBN, the ban on the use of naira-denominated bank cards has not gone down well with Nigerian students in the United Kingdom, who at the weekend took to the streets to protest the ban.
Armed with placards, the protesters expressed their anger.
A lady who held a Nigerian flag displayed a placard that read: “My father is a successful palm wine tapper. He is not a corrupt thief. We need our naira ATM (card).”
Another placard read: “CBN Governor, why? Can you not advise Buhari? We need our naira ATM cards to survive.”
Another held a placard which also read: “My father is not a politician or government thief. He is only a businessman. I need my naira ATM (card).”
Nigerians in the Diaspora also protested against the spending limits imposed on their dollar-denominated debit and credit cards, reported online website, African Spotlight.
In a group photo, a lady said: “Nigerian students abroad need their naira MasterCard to survive,” while a man who wrapped himself with Nigerian flag wrote on his placard, “$1000/month on ATM/POS/online does not cover hospital bills.
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/cbn-restriction-on-use-of-bank-cards-abroad-to-remain/229008/

Almost 75% of fuel in Nigeria will still be imported in 2016 Says NNPC

As culled from LIB, Group Managing Director NNPC and Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, during his tour of Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company, KRPC, yesterday, said the country will still rely on 75 per cent importation of fuel throughout the whole of next year.
 According to him:
“The future is that, Nigeria is still going to import fuel in 2016 and beyond. Best case situation is 25 per cent local and 75 per cent importation. Worse case is what we are experiencing now.
“Until we begin to get individuals who can co-relocate, we are going to be doing a mixture of local and importation of fuel to meet up demands. In the next few weeks, however, queues will disappear in fuel stations.”
The minister said that the Kaduna refinery will soon be producing more than two million litres per day capacity as soon as an Fluid Catalytic Cracking, FCC, unit is fully on stream.
 He said:
“We need to get it back to re-kit it to work well. We will do that with some level of production going on. Our concern is to have a consistent production and provision of products at all times.”
“We will not be fluctuating prices, we will take an average. Today no subsidy, in January we will look at the situation and announce it.”
In regards to privatization, he said:
“President Muhammadu Buhari has not approved any policy about selling the refineries.”


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I didn’t plot against Buhari in Dubai – Atiku

FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, denied being part of a conspiracy against President Muhammdau Buhari, saying the insinuation that he used the cover of a foreign medical trip to host an anti-Buhari parley was wrong.
Atiku
Atiku & Buhari
Reacting to insinuations by what he called “political mischief makers and enemies of unity,” who alleged that he has been hosting political meetings at Burj Al-Arab, Dubai, the former vice president said contrary to the rumours being bandied around by political opponents, he was currently in Dubai with his family for physiotherapy on his injured knee.
In a statement by his media office in Abuja, yesterday, and signed by his Media Adviser, Mazi Paul Ibe, Atiku said he was embarrassed by the deliberate falsehoods being spread against him by political opponents who are bent on causing distraction for President Buhari at a time all energies should be channelled into helping the President actualise his change agenda.
Describing rumour mongers as “ill-motivated busybodies that don’t wish the country well,” the Turaki Adamawa explained that his medical treatment is his private affair, which should not be politicised by anybody to achieve sinister objectives.
Atiku, who noted that he was entitled to enjoy his private life, including the right to attend to his health without being harassed and lied against by political opponents, said: “Contrary to the insinuations by political opponents, the former vice president says the success of the Buhari administration has been his preoccupation, and that any true APC member should have the same zeal.”
According to him, rumour mongers that seek to cause distraction in Buhari’s government do not mean well for the APC administration, adding that  with the challenges of providing good governance for the country and creating job opportunities for Nigerians, including reducing the impact of poverty, President Buhari needs all the goodwill and support in this endeavour.
He said: “Whether at home or abroad, the Turaki is preoccupied with his unassailable support to President Buhari and his administration, especially in this critical time, as it works assiduously to turn the fortunes of our dear country around and make Nigeria work for the greater good of Nigerians.
“Rumour  mongers and mischief makers are toxic to the progress of the APC and the country at large, adding that the campaigns are gone, and therefore, all energies should be constructively devoted to the success of the Buhari administration.
“This is yet another plot of the enemies of our country and democracy to divide, divert attention and distract the APC in its avowed commitment to secure the country, provide jobs for the mass of unemployed youths, build needed critical infrastructure, enthrone a regime of probity and accountability and pull the country out of the economic woods it has been consigned to by locust years of mismanagement.”


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Former GEJ Aide Kingsley Kuku Constitutes Campaign Group

As preparation for the 2016 gubernatorial election in Ondo State starts, the former Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Affairs and the former Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Kingsley Kuku, has constituted a committee that  will steer the activities of his campaign ahead of the party's primary.
 The constitution of the committee was contained in a statement issued and signed by Kuku and made available to journalists in Akure, Ondo state capital.
 The group known as Kuku Support Group according to the statement would be coordinated by the former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Hon. Ebenezer Alabi.
 Kuku who has been recuperating in an hospital in United States of America after a kneel surgery said the formation of the group became imperative in order to make it easy for him to interact and interface with his supporters who have been concerned about his state of health.
 "l have been overwhelmed by messages from persons at home and in Diaspora genuinely concerned about my medical trip in the United States of America and trending events in our polity especially Our Sunshine State
 "By the schedule of my treatment, l am now at the concluding and very critical physical therapy stage, after which I shall return home in due course of time.”

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/2016-ex-jonathan-aide-kuku-constitutes-campaign-group/228945/

Ban of naira debit cards overseas: Ben Bruce urges rethink

The Senator representing Bayelsa East and philanthropist, Mr. Ben Murray Bruce of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has urged the Federal government to have a rethink of the ban of Naira debit cards overseas. In a series of tweets with the hashtag #PunishpoliticiansnotNigerians, he pointed out some of the dangers of the policy to Nigerians.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday ordered commercial banks to stop customers from using their debit and credit cards outside the country.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/ban-of-naira-debit-cards-overseas-ben-bruce-urges-rethink/

Southampton Thrashed Arsenal By 4 Goals To Nothing

Arsenal missed the chance to go top of the Premier League as they were thrashed by Southampton at St Mary's.
Saints full-back Cuco Martina marked his first league start with a stunning goal, curling in from 30 yards out.
Arsenal's Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott missed free headers, before Shane Long finished from close range and Jose Fonte headed in the third.
Striker Long struck the post with three minutes remaining, but managed to add a fourth through the legs of Petr Cech.
It could have been even worse for the visitors. Virgil van Dijk had a header ruled out for offside, while Dusan Tadic's dipping strike was pushed away by Cech.
◾Relive Southampton's win over Arsenal on Boxing Day
Super Saints but Gunners sinners
Arsenal had lost just one of their previous 11 league games and recorded an impressive victory over Manchester City on Monday but Arsene Wenger's side could not back that performance up with victory on the south coast.


http://m.bbc.com/sport/football/35140036