- New Lagos governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has announced the appointment of a few key officials who will serve in his government.
Saturday, 30 May 2015
Gov. Ambode appoints new SSG; announces other appointees
Let the action begin, President Buhari
By Dele Momodu
Your Excellency, please permit me to start by congratulating you on
your swearing-in as Nigeria’s President and Commander-in-Chief of the
Armed Forces.
Sir, it has been a very long and arduous journey back to the State
House; such an epic battle, to say the least. Yours is an eloquent
confirmation of the dictum that it is never over until it is over. There
is a lesson for all to learn in your uncommon determination,
extraordinary tenacity, great perseverance and tremendous patience and
equanimity. According to William Shakespeare “all is well that ends
well.”
Friday, 29 May 2015
Why change in Nigeria matters to the rest of the world
By Madeleine Albright and Johnnie Carson
The March election that brought Mr. Buhari to office was a political
triumph for Nigeria and a positive step for the future of democracy in
sub-Saharan Africa. Few expected that the election would be peaceful or
credible, but the Nigerian people demanded nothing less.
Thank you and farewell Dr. Jonathan
By Enenim Ubon
“I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose”
– Epictetus
The above quotation is a summary of the life of Dr Jonathan. A man
who in 16 years of Nigeria’s (return to) democracy has risen from deputy
governor to president; a position many Nigerians would give ANYTHING to
attain. As the saying goes “who God has blessed, no man can curse”, Dr
Jonathan is a man ordained from birth for great exploits. From the back
waters of a polluted Ijaw community, ‘Jona’ has become a global citizen.
Wednesday, 13 May 2015
Former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair visits Buhari
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The race for House Speaker: Meet the three top contenders
The 8th National Assembly is set to be inaugurated in early June and shortly afterwards, a new Speaker will emerge.
Tuesday, 12 May 2015
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Monday, 11 May 2015
“Temper your expectations with justice”, Buhari tells Nigerians
President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has called on Nigerians expecting so much from him to temper such expectations with justice. Speaking Sunday in Abuja when he received a delegation of Northern
elders led by Maitama Sule, Mr. Buhari said his emergence as president
came at “the wrong time” due to the enormous challenges his
administration would face. Mr. Buhari said the Peoples Democratic Party had virtually destroyed the country during its 16 year reign.
Fellow Nigerians, by this time next week
By Dele Momodu
Fellow Nigerians, let’s leave politics alone today and discuss
personal issues. I’m very happy to tell you some positive development in
my life. I was brought up by parents who taught me that atelowo eni kii
tan nii je (all you can be sure of is the reward from your personal
hard work). I’ve since imbibed that dictum like a sacrament. And it has
never failed me.
Nigerian visa goes for just ONE DOLLAR in 13 countries
While
many Nigerians may have known visa fees of different European and
American countries, not many take interest in what the country charges
other nationals for the document.
But the fact is that the Nigerian
Immigration Service has a long list of the fees on its website,
indicating clearly the differences in terms of countries, the visa type
and number of entries.I Hope My Wife Will Not Divorce Me – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has
expressed fear and uncertainty as to what becomes of his marriage to
Dame Patience due to his acceptance of defeat at the just concluded
poll.
Vanguard reports that the president said
this, while ruminating aloud on the next phase of his life during a
thanksgiving and farewell service in his honour at the Cathedral Church
of the Advent Life-Camp, Gwarinpa, Abuja.
Buhari: To probe or not to probe?
By Simon Kolawole
I admire Gen. Muhammadu Buhari but, I’m sorry, I don’t envy him.
Expectations are just too high. Nigerians have suffered too much all
their lives: they are therefore entitled to lofty expectations from a
new president. Refineries must work now. Hospitals must be top-quality
now. The schools must be excellent now. Roads must be tarred now.
Electricity must be uninterrupted now. As I have argued over the years,
no one president is going to change or transform Nigeria in four or
eight years. It took time to destroy Nigeria and it will take time to
rebuild it. The most important thing is to be sure we are making steady
progress and travelling in the right direction.
PDP must earn right to criticise Buhari
By Festus Eriye
I overheard a conversation between two men on a street that captures
the magnitude of the burden inherited by President-elect Muhammadu
Buhari. It went something like this:
Mr. A: “Why e come be say now wey your man (Buhari) don win naim we
dey suffer dis kain thing? No light, no petrol, no money… Na so una dey
shout change, change … him don win now see wahala!”
Mr. B: Haba! But Jonathan is still in charge, Buhari never take over now!”
Mr. A: “Look … we no go gree o!” And their voices tapered off in the distance.
Report: Offices are already replacing Jonathan’s portraits with that of Buhari
Farewell Service for Pres Jonathan & Family. - Mama P at her 'peaceful' best!
Since
Pres. Goodluck Jonathan lost the presidential election last month, his
wife, Patience Jonathan, had not made a public appearance until today.
Patience Jonathan has skipped every public event which she will
normally attend until today when she attended the farewell service put
together for the first family by the Church of Nigeria (Anglican
Communion), Cathedral Church of the Advent, Gwarimpa, Abuja.
Non-indigenes must respect their host - Oba of Lagos
In a new interview with a national newspaper, the Oba of Lagos,
Riliwanu Akiolu, made an attempt at shedding light on the inflammatory
comments he made in the buildup to the governorship elections in Lagos.
At the time, Oba Akiolu had threatened that Igbos who refuse to give
their votes to Akinwunmi Ambode, his preferred candidate will have
themselves to blame as they will be consumed by the lagoon.
In his latest interview granted to The Punch, the Oba said that
non-indigenes in Lagos State ought to respect the tradition and culture
of their host.
He said that he bore no ill feeling towards Igbo in the state as some of his closest friends were Igbo.
He said, “Eze Odimegwu, who is a former CEO of Nigerian Breweries, is
still my best friend as well as many others. The Obi of Onitsha came to
visit me here a few days ago. When you go to a place, you have to
respect the host leaders, particularly the traditional leaders there
because you are coming to benefit from their success.
“The people of Lagos are the friendliest and most accommodating people in Nigeria.”
On his pre-election threats, Oba Akiolu said the video was a
misrepresentation of what truly transpired and was deliberately twisted
for political purposes. READ MORE: HERE
Race for senate president: Saraki, Lawan Splits National Assembly
Senate president David Mark and his deputy Ike Ekweremadu led the
national assembly all these many years without any noticeable
differences. However as they serve out what could be their remaining one
month as heads of the upper chamber, it seems they are finally have
something they publicly disagree about as they have reportedly aligned
with two different camps in the race for senate president.
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Thursday, 7 May 2015
How Mu’azu defied Jonathan: The backstory of the PDP’s internal crisis
By Olusegun Adeniyi
It was a meeting hurriedly convened but virtually all the critical
stakeholders expected were in attendance at the new banquet hall of the
presidential villa at about 6pm on Tuesday, 30th March 2015. That was
four days after the presidential election. The results of the election
were still being collated by the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) but with strong indications that the All Progressives
Congress (APC) candidate, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), was set
to win.
Aside President Goodluck Jonathan who chaired the meeting, other
people in attendance were: Vice President Namadi Sambo; Senate President
David Mark; his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu; Deputy Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha; the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) Board of Trustees chairman, Chief Tony Anenih; Secretary to
the Government of the Federation, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim; Governor of
Cross River State, Mr Liyel Imoke; and former Anambra State Governor, Mr
Peter Obi. At the meeting also were all the members of the PDP National
Working Committee (NWC) led by its chairman, Alhaji Adamu Muazu.
Continuity: FG approves 2nd term appointment of DG, FIIRO
The Federal Government has approved, with immediate effect, the 2nd term appointment of Dr. Gloria N. Elemo as the Director-General, Federal Institute Of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO).Emmanuel Adebayor's facebook revelations - Other families should learn
Emmanuel Adebayor has launched an astonishing attack on his family, in which the Tottenham Hotspur
striker accuses them of turning their backs on him, renting out
property he paid for without his knowledge and, in the case of his
brother Rotimi, stealing mobile telephones while at a football academy
in France.
Lionel Messi: A player 'from another planet'
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi is "a player from another dimension", according to the club's manager Luis Enrique.
The Argentina international, 27, scored twice in his side's
3-0 Champions League semi-final first-leg victory
over Bayern Munich at the Nou Camp.
Messi - The greatest! - Gary Lineker
Former England international, Gary Lineker has labelled Lionel Messi has the greatest footballer.
La liga,Spanish domestic football suspended
The
Spanish football federation says it is suspending indefinitely all
end-of-season games in disputes with the government, including over TV
rights.
PDP chairman, Muazu Responds to his haters in a 3-hour, 24-tweet vent
PDP
national chairman, Adamu Mu’azu, continued his pushback against those
calling for him and other members of the National Working Committee to
resign as he took to social media website, Twitter, for over three hours
today to air his own side of the story.
"Blame state governors for nonpayment of salaries” – Okonjo-Iweala
Even though there is a shortfall in the monthly revenue which has
been coming into the coffers of the government, the minister of finance
has insisted that Nigerians should blame the state governments for their
inability to pay the salaries of workers.
Most Nigerians states have been struggling to pay wages since monthly
allocations declined drastically as a result of the drop in oil prices.
"State of Power in Nigeria is frustrating, many-a-times i feel like crying." - Minister of Power, Nebo
In an interview with journalists after the weekly Federal Executive
Council meeting, Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo explained that
the power supply was indeed appalling.
Lamenting the problem, he said he had never in his life seen
anything “frustrating as what we are experiencing today” and explained
that any call for the incoming administration to reverse the exercise
was an ill-advice.
“The PDP is already comatose" - David Mark
Senate
President, David Mark, has warned the members of the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) who have been fighting and trading blames since
the party’s loss to drop their differences soon or else the party could
collapse.
He said this on Wednesday when he was visited in his office by the
deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, who heads the PDP post-election
assessment committee which was inaugurated yesterday.
Pres. Jonathan marks “birthday” - 5 years as president.
No council member remembered the day until they were reminded by the president.
It was on this day – May 6th – five years ago in 2010 that the then
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu swore in
Jonathan following the death of late President Umaru Yar’Adua.
President Jonathan who came into the council chambers Wednesday
morning announced the news of the swearing-in five years ago as
birthday.
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Wednesday, 6 May 2015
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State of the Economy: The 2 finance ministers, 70% of finance ministry staff are suffering from high blood pressure
The
bad state of the Nigerian economy is negatively affecting the health of
those charged with managing it. That was the submission of minister of
Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at a recent event.
Okonjo-Iweala said that the thorough search for funds for the ailing
economy has started affecting her health and that of some other
government workers.Total Shutdown: Pleateau Workers Commence Strike Over Non-Payment Of Salary For 6 Months
Plateau State civil servants yesterday stayed away from work in
compliance with the strike action declared by the Nigeria Labour
Congress (NLC) chairman in the state, Jubril Bancir.
Nigeria is Broke, Borrowed N473bn to pay workers Salary - Okonjo-Iweala
If
all the stories of both the federal and state governments unable to pay
its workers are not enough to convince you that Nigeria is in a tight
corner, then this should convince you.Fuel scarcity: A conspiracy between FG and Marketers - NLC Warns
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday sounded off a warning to
the federal government to decisively intervene to ensure the
restoration of regular supply of the products. Speaking on the issue, NLC president Comrade Ayuba Wabba alleged that
a conspiracy of some sort was ongoing as major stakeholders were still
not sure about how much money was being owed to the marketers.
Sunday, 3 May 2015
Chelsea's Premier League success - by numbers
Chelsea have won the Premier League after beating Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge, but how did they get there?
How Twitter reacted to Chelsea's Premier League Triumph
Jose Mourinho's Chelsea became Premier League
Champions with victory over Crystal Palace - and everyone, it seems, had
an opinion on it.
Chelsea are way ahead of their Premier League rivals - Gary Neville
During his commentary on Super Sunday, Sky Sports pundit Neville believes Chelsea are the masters at picking the right tactics based on their opponent.“I think people are forgetting how well Chelsea played in the first half of the season; they're only remembering the last few weeks where they've had to dig in,” he said
Boring Chelsea? Checkout 17 things that are much more boring than Chelsea
That's what their own fans sung at Hull in midweek in a tongue in cheek response to claims from opposition supporters and managers that the Blues are dull.
Floyd Mayweather earnt so much from Pacquiao fight he could loan Cristiano Ronaldo for the rest of time
Watch Chelsea squad's champagne-soaked celebrations after they secure Premier League title
Chelsea crowned Premier League champions after Crystal Palace win – Checkout as it happened
It wasn’t pretty today. It was a slog. It was tough to watch at times. But from Chelsea’s perspective, it was worth it in the end.
Saturday, 2 May 2015
7 things you should know about the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight
The fight which will be taking place at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand, has sold out tickets off the two superstars of over $300million for their night’s work in the city.
Tributes Pour in as Rio Ferdinand Mourns Wife, Rebecca.
The wife of former Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand has died. Rebecca Ellison passed away on Friday night the Reds legend revealed in a statement issued this morning by current club QPR.
Mr Ferdinand and Rebecca have three children; Lorenz, who was born in Manchester in 2006, Tate who was born in 2008 and a daughter named Tia, born in 2011.
RIP! Former Manchester United Defender, Rio Ferdinand loses wife to cancer
Rio Ferdinand’s wife, Rebecca, has passed away following a short battle with cancer.
The
former England and Manchester United defender, has released a statement
on QPR’s website, to thank staff of the Royal Marsden Hospital and to
ask for privacy in the family’s grief.
Ayiri Emami Urges Buhari to End Amnesty Program For Ex Militants
Ex Niger Delta militant and new APC billionaire stalwart Ayiri Emami, has called on President-elect Muhammadu Buhari to scrap the ongoing amnesty programme initiated by the late President Umaru Yar’Adua for ex-militants of the Niger Delta.
“Increase minimum wage." Labour Union Urges Buhari
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC,
has vowed to hold President-elect, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari accountable
to the promises of his party to the Nigerian populace in course of
their campaigns. The NLC and TUC spoke on Friday in Abuja at the 2015 May Day
celebration with the theme: “The Working Class, Democratic Consolidation
and Economic Revival: Charting the Way to National Rebirth”.
NNPC, Buhari and the missing trillions
By Olusegun Adeniyi
An old man was walking through a village when he saw several children
gathered around a man of about his own age who was being rough-handled
by them. The old man enquired from the children what the matter was and
they explained that the man was caught stealing a chicken which he put
in his pouch. They added that if the pouch was searched, their
allegation would be proved.
The old man moved closer to the alleged chicken thief and asked for
his defence. The man looked straight at the intercessor and said,
“Please, I want you to use the eyes that old men use to look at things
to examine my pouch. If you do that, I am sure you will find out that
there is no chicken inside it and that these children don’t know what
they are talking about.”
Our victory is a fulfilment of Adeboye’s prophecy - VP-elect, Osinbajo
Vice-President Elect, Pastor Yemi Osinbajo gave a cheery testimony at the Redemption Camp.
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Friday, 1 May 2015
Nigerian govt. demands repatriation of bodies of 4 executed Nigerians from Indonesia; warns against drug trafficking
The
Nigerian Government has demanded the repatriation of the remains of 4
Nigerians executed by the Indonesian Government while condemning the
killings. The executed Nigerians were handed the death penalty after being found guilty of drug offences.
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