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By Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in the State House, Abuja, in his characteristic manner, jokingly said the seat of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo was under threat.

The president cracked the joke when he received a group of female parliamentarians from the 36 states of the federation who had paid him a courtesy visit.

The female lawmakers had alleged that women were being marginalised in the nation’s scheme of political affairs, noting that in each of the two chambers of the National Assembly since 1999, there is usually only one principal officer at a time.

Speaking on behalf of her colleagues, Mrs. Elizabeth Ativie, said Nigerian women henceforth, demand the emergence of women as vice-president from subsequent elections, beginning from 2019.

She also sought to extract the president’s commitment to the demand, stating that any commitment the president made right there “will become policy and subsequently law.” She insisted that “whenever the President is a man, the Vice President should be a woman.”

Ativie also demanded that in each of the three senatorial seats in each of the 36 states of the federation, a woman senator should always emerge from the next general election.

According to her, in the House of Representatives as well, “where there are nine House of Representatives members, the men should take six and leave three for women”.

Responding, Buhari in a humorous tone, said it was unfortunate that the Vice-President was not present at the meeting to witness the threat to his seat.

However, he added in the same humorous manner that the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, would convey the women’s demand to him.

“It is a pity that the Vice-President is not here, but I am sure the Secretary to the Government of the Federation will brief him that his position is threatened,” Buhari said.

The President, however, expressed appreciation to women for the support they gave to him throughout the four times he ran for president’s office, recalling a report on how women usually queued up to vote for him during the periods.

On the submission that his commitment would easily become a policy and subsequently a law, the President said he was not “as powerful as you think” adding that such a request could only be treated by fiat by a military head of state.

http://www.mcebisco.com.ng/2018/05/buhari-says-osinbajos-seat-threatened.html

Popular cross dresser, Bobrisky has reacted to ongoing war of words between controversial journalist, Kemi Olunloyo and celebrity blogger, Linda Ikeji over her pregnancy.

Recall that Kemi Olunloyo has continued to insist that the renowned blogger, is not actually pregnant and it was simply a publicity stunt.

Linda Ikeji responded to her incredulous claims by baring her bare baby bump and revealed she is doing it for her female followers, while revealing that she donated N100k to Kemi’s legal expenses, Kemi Olunloyo bashed again saying she didn’t appreciate the ‘mere’ N100,000 and called her more unprintable names.

Now, cross-dresser, Bobrisky took to his Instagram page to plead with Kemi to stop insulting Linda. He said though he loves her, he is not happy with her.

Read his post below;

http://www.mcebisco.com.ng/2018/05/leave-her-alone-bobriskys-slams-kemi.html

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, has claimed that Olisa Metuh, former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is wanted dead.

The PDP chieftain claimed that Metuh was wanted dead because he “opposes” President Muhammadu Buhari.

In a tweet, on Thursday, Fani-Kayode wrote: “It is one thing to want to jail a man at all costs and destroy him even though he has done no wrong and simply because he opposes @MBuhari but it is quite another to want him dead.

“What has Olisa Metuh done to warrant the sheer wickedness he is receiving from Justice Okon Abang?”

Metuh, is currently standing trial before the Justice Okon Abang-led Federal High Court, Abuja for allegedly receiving the sum of N400m from former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki during the build-up to 2015 Presidential election.

The former PDP spokesperson, whose application to travel abroad for medical treatment was denied had few days ago collapsed during court proceedings.


Reacting to the incident, the trial Judge had said Metuh’s collapse was staged.

http://www.mcebisco.com.ng/2018/05/dasukigate-why-buhari-wants-olisa-metuh.html

Nigerian singer Paul Okoye AKA Rudeboy shared these adorable photos of himself spending quality time with his twins, Nathan and Nadia, at their home earlier today.

He shared the photos via his Instagram page and the twins who were welcomed just last year look all grown already.

See them below:

http://www.mcebisco.com.ng/2018/05/daddy-duties-adorable-photos-of-paul.html