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Press statement from the Presidency

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja stressed the urgent need to ensure that the potentials of Nigeria are harnessed and used for the good of the country. Receiving the President of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Dr Bernard O. Aliyu at the State House, Abuja, President Buhari declared: “Nigeria needs to work on her potentials, so that we don't remain permanently at the level of potentials.
“If Ethiopia is sustained largely by her airline industry, we have greater potentials here. But we must move out, engage with the rest of the world, as we need to re-establish the integrity of this country. We need to rebuild this country again." The President recounted that for the greater part of the last 16 years, oil sold above $100 per barrel but expressed regret that the nation did n0t have much to show for it. “In the First Republic, more enduring infrastructure was built with meagre resources. But in the past 16 years, we made a lot of money without planning for the rainy day. “We showed a lot of indiscipline in managing our economy, and that is why we are where we are today. But this time round, we'll do our best." Dr Aliyu, the Nigerian-born ICAO president commended President Buhari for strides on anti- corruption, and urged Nigeria to pay more attention to development of civil aviation. “Civil aviation is a catalyst for economic development. The level of aviation development in any country mirrors the economic development of that country," Dr Aliyu said. The ICAO president pledged to support the development of the aviation industry in Nigeria, urging the country to improve on training and capacity development, aviation security, aerodromes and air navigation, runways, control towers, terminal buildings, among others.

Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity)
April 4, 2016

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As seen on Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Lagos this noon. A traffic officer taking a leak on a police fence..in public. Encouraging bad bad thing..

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Uche Jombo, Monalisa Chinda Coker, Iyabo Ojo, Kehinde Bankole, Lilian Afegbai, Ufoma McDermott, Chioma Akpotha, others all looked stylish at the premiere of Omoni Oboli's movie, Wives on Strike, which held in Lagos this evening.

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On March 31 2016, Chioma Onuoha learned she got admission into not one but THREE Ivy League schools-Harvard University, University of Pennysylvania and Princeton University. It is a great feat because Ivy League schools are hard to get into.


Sharing the wonderful news on twitter along with her admission letters, Ms Onuoha wrote:

"I 'm in complete shock #Harvard20 #UPenn20 #Princeton"

She has been receiving congratulatory messages from friends, family and twitter users.

Congrats Chioma!!!

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/04/photos-young-nigerian-chioma-onuoha.html

Linda Ikeji has responded to Wizkid’s rant at him today and here are the things she revealed in her 2 pages long response.



1. Linda Ikeji is not friends with many Nigerian celebrities because it will affect her job



2. Linda believes she is a good looking woman.



3. The fact that she is single still hurts her



4. She has never met Wizkid one on one



5. She claims has never met any one who directs for Wizkid



6. Linda Ikeji will rather kill herself than sleep with an entertainer



7. Nigerian celebrities kiss and tell a lot



8. I have NEVER slept with Wizkid’s director, she said


9. Linda is of opinion that you should only sleep with your man if you are in a committed relationship



10. Linda Ikeji once turned down a meeting with Wizkid and it hurts him.



11. The purpose of that meeting is to convince Wizkid to write more positive things about him.



12. Linda believes Wizkid is an amazing talent and one of the few music stars in Nigeria with a midas touch


13. She shared a major key with Nigerian bloggers – Don’t be friends with celebrities because it gives you less to write about.



14. Linda Ikeji will not stop reporting about Wizkid unless he persuades her.



15. Wizkid’s car is on hire purchase.



16. Wizkid is not 25 years old. We hear Wizkid was born in 1988.

Biko, I lie about the Revelation or Not?

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/04/16-shocking-fact-we-learnt-from-linda.html

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Photo-Speak! One year ago today Elder Orubebe brought shame to his family.


http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/photo-exactly-one-year-ago-today-elder.html

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Minister Onyeama with JohnKerry at a joint press briefing for the U.S.-Nigeria Binational Commission meeting today

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president Muhammadu Buhari arrived Washington DC ahead of the Nuclear Security Summit where he would join other world leaders where the focus of discussion would be Protecting uranium and plutonium from terrorists. President of Iran wasn't invited and Vladimir Putin of Russia declined the invitation.


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The House of Representatives has issued a statement explaining why they have not forwarded the details of the 2016 budget to President Buhari, an action that has prevented Buhari to sign the budget into law. The chairman House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin‎, in the statement released today, said the practice of witholding the budget for a few days or weeks by the National Assembly has always been there and that due to the fact that the "padded" budget was presented to them late, they need time to scrutinize the details. The statement in part reads

“The general public should note that the MTEF and 2016 budget proposal came to NASS very late. You will also recall that a lot of dust was raised over different versions of the budget circulated in the national assembly. Further, some ministers disowned the content of the budget during defence before NASS.

Amid these inconsistencies and discrepancies, the NASS had been deeply engrossed in perfecting the anomalies, ironing out of the wrinkles and stretching the twists inherent in the 2016 appropriation bill.‎

In order for the nation to move forward and avoid stagnation of administrative processes, the tradition is that the bill is passed and forwarded to the presidency for assent, while the lawmakers continue to work on the details. There is nothing abnormal about this practice and yet nothing abnormal about a president assenting a budget before or after seeing the details. In any case, the budget details are usually sent within a week or two after passing the budget.

In view of the inconsistencies, errors, omissions and padding that characterised the 2016 Budget, it would be unpatriotic of NASS to forward the budget details without being extra-careful, meticulous and cautious in discharging its duties. This is to ensure we do not make same mistake that the executive made.

The Appropriation committee needs to scrutinize the original proposal sent by the president vis-à-vis the reports of various Standing Committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate to arrive at a clean copy of the budget details. This will in no way affect any envelop already passed or the aggregate expenditure.

The NASS holds the President in high esteem and will continue to support him. There were several instances where we demonstrated our support to the present administrations in the past.

At the risk of sounding immodest, the NASS approved the President’s Special Advisers without hitch, approved ministerial nominees without rancour, approved Supplementary Budget without delay and displayed a rare show of patriotism in the receipt and passage of the 2016 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and budget.

The 2016 Budget is the most challenging budget the NASS has ever passed in its recent history. Taking into account the many controversies and omissions, particularly in NYSC, Prisons, Pensions, personnel shortfalls, among others, the budget failed in many respects to connect with the policy thrust of the government.

The NASS Appropriation Committees worked round the clock to address some of the omissions, bring up to date allocations in the budget towards the policy direction of Mr. President, particularly issues relating to security, anti-corruption and economic diversification.

Given the foregoing efforts, it is therefore unfair for accusing fingers to be pointed at NASS when the Presidency defers or delays assent to the budget. Nowhere in the world that a budget is presented to the Parliament, and expect it to be passed warts and all without subjecting it to the rigours of scrutiny, debate and painstaking processes and inputs of the parliament.

The NASS will continue to exercise its constitutional duty of appropriation to the latter. While recognising the President’s power to withhold assent, the NASS is also constitutionally required and has power to veto. But we don’t want that to happen and we don’t see this happening in this case.

It is obvious that some fifth columnists are crying wolf where there is none and are also bent on creating friction and disharmony between the NASS and the Presidency,”.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/house-of-reps-explain-why-they-havent.html

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The Super Eagles of Nigeria failed to qualify for AFCON 2017 after losing to Egypt last night and Nigerians on Twitter were quick to blame Sunday Oliseh. With one twitter user calling him an IT student when Nigeria had 'professional' and 'chartered' coaches to choose from. See more tweets after the cut.


http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/nigerians-blame-sunday-oliseh-for.html

Earlier today, former VP Atiku Abubakar shared photos of himself dishing out food to less privileged children. Some of his followers doubted that he ate the same food he served the children. He replied them, confirming he ate the food and shared photos of him eating it..see that after the cut...


http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/photos-twitter-user-doubted-if-atiku.html

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Naira Exchange Rates Today

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According to Facebook user, Saleh Abas, this pretty Nigerian female soldier named Oluwatoyin Ogunleye, was beheaded by Boko Haram members during their attack on a community in Borno state recently. So sad!

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/photos-of-nigerian-female-soldier.html

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Someone commented online that these are soldiers in training. They are supposedly going through an army recruitment exercise. Nigeria Army Depot Zaria, military drill.


This happens not only in Nigeria but also in the developed countries and is to make them very strong and hard for any challenge. Wow!

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/epic-photo-from-nigeria-army-depot.html

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Burial details of Legendary entertainer, Nomoreloss’ who just passed after a brief illness have been released. Nomoreloss, real name Olumiyiwa Osinuga's service of Songs will be held on Thursday, March 31, 2016 and will be buried on April 1st. He is survived by his wife and daughter.
May his soul rest in peace!

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/burial-details-for-legendary-nomoreloss.html

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Naira Exchange Rates Today


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A confirmed source leaked a news bit to us in the aerly hours of today (5 AM) and we also took time to confirm...

It reads thus:

If you have any corper serving in Tai LGA Rivers state, please call the person and tell the person to leave immediately.
Some political thugs are planning to attack them this morning. The Zonal inspector has informed those that could be reached to leave immediately and they were advised to dress neutral and not travel with any material with the NYSC logo.....


We will follow up and find out more details as the events unfold....

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/breaking-news-political-thugs-in-tai.html

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Naira Exchange Rates Today

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A man identified by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as a ward agent of the party has been shot and killed by gunmen believed to be working for the All Progressives Congress (APC) at Nonwa, in Tai Local Government Area.



Tension-soaked rerun elections are holding in Rivers State today, March 19, 2016.



According to eyewitnesses at the scene, who spoke with reporters, the victim Tambari Ntoti was the ward agent for the PDP in Ward 3. He was carrying out his official duties when thugs sponsored by APC politicians stormed a polling unit and gunned him down.



At the time of filing this report, Ntoti’s body is still lying at the spot where he was felled.



FLASH: Tambari Ntoti, our Ward Agent in Ward 3, Nonwa In Tai LGA has just been shot dead by APC thugs. #RiversReRun pic.twitter.com/giGIHYrv7o

— PDP Nigeria (@PdpNigeria) March 19, 2016



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A man in Asokore community in the Eastern regional capital, Koforidua, Ghana suspected to be involved in money rituals has been found dead in a well.

The body of Eric Boakye was discovered in the well after several hours of manhunt. The deceased, 22, was alleged to have used his late son for money rituals but failed. According to residents, he was subsequently struck by a strange ailment that saw his body peeling off and decomposing. His family reportedly abandoned him.


Starr News’ Kojo Ansah reports that hundreds trooped to the community on Thursday morning, March 17 to watch the body of the deceased brought out of the well, after news of his demise went viral.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/photo-man-who-allegedly-used-his-son.html

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A www.newshelm reader found this man riding on a local highway in his locality and shared it with us!!!


This is serious,and he is on a highway with his clothees visible on the bike..lol
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http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/photos-man-spotted-riding-bike-naked-on.html

Denmark has been crowned the world’s happiest nation while Burundi is the least happy' according to UN's World Happiness Report 2016

Nigeria ranks 103 position and the US came in at 13.The list ranks 157 countries by happiness levels using factors such as per capita gross domestic product (GDP) and healthy years of life expectancy.It also rates "having someone to count on in times of trouble" and freedom from corruption in government and business.
The top 10

Denmark
Switzerland
Iceland
Norway
Finland
Canada
Netherlands
New Zealand
Australia
Sweden

The bottom 10

Madagascar
Tanzania
Liberia
Guinea
Rwanda
Benin
Afghanistan
Togo
Syria
Burundi

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/nigeria-is-103-on-uns-worlds-happiest.html

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The service of songs for former Minister of state for Labor, James Ocholi, held at the National Christian Centre, Abuja today March 16th. The former Minister, his wife, Blessing and son Joshua all perished in a fatal accident along the Kaduna-Abuja road on March 6th. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara, Minister of Labor and Employment Chris Ngige and others were in attendance...

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Hours after two female suicide bombers attacked a Mosque in Mulai near Maiduguri, Borno state, killing 22 people, the governor of the state, Kashim Shettima visited the scene to assess the level of damage and also meet with elders in the community.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/photos-borno-state-governor-visits.html

10 People Social Media Made Famous In Nigeria

From Instagram comedians to twitter warlords, here are the list of people social media made famous in Nigeria.

1.Omojuwa: Top on our list is this very vocal political pundit known for throwing endless criticism at the government regardless of who is involved. He does this with loads of vulgarity and sarcasm. He became popular by being active on twitter during last year’s elections.
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Omojuwa



2. Vic O: This gentleman rose to stardom from his videos on youtube. I can’t really categorize what he does as rap, but He sees himself as the greatest rapper ever liveth.With numerous beef tracks and hit songs, surely social media gave him a shot to stardom.
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Vic O



3. Craze Clown and Ade: These two will make you cry while laughing. They are comedians with raw talents dishing out skits we all can relate with.
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Craze Clown And Ade



4. Aphican Ape: Dami Olatunde popularly known as African Ape is another Instagram comedian that will keep you laughing over and over again. With Bsc, MBA and Msc to his name, you will be surprised He has chosen to be a comedian.
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Aphrican Ape



5. Ayedee: Another political pundit, who proudly supported PDP during the last general elections and constantly criticises the government without any atom of fear. He had a run-in with Linda Ikeji a while back but that didn’t make him as famous as of now that he takes shots at any APC twitter warlord.
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Ayedee



6. Wofaifada: Wofai is a female that has created a place for herself in the comedy sector as she rolls out funny skits with celebrities and other comedians. She became popular with her very funny videos on instagram, always very witty. With 166k followers, she is surely making people laugh.
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Wofaifada



7. Maheeda: The Naija Bad Girl as she call herself is yet another controversial but popular figure on social media. She has become our very own Kim Kardashian as she constantly produces nude pictures and videos from time to time. Instagram has shut her down a couple of times, but she is still shining. Her music career didnt give her much buzz as social media has done for her so far.
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Maheeda



8. Chief Obi: Always energetic on his instagram account and he definitely knows how to handle the flow of joke, plus he has a huge presence on Instagram with 172k followers. And recently he featured on 2face Idibia’s song.
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Chief Obi



9. OvieO: Also know as Ovie of NotJustOk, is an entertainment curator extraordinaire and the co-owner of Notjustok.com. His popularity has grown beyond the shores of Nigeria as his constant critique of Nigerian entertainers has gained him much followership on twitter and Instagram.
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OvieO



10. Francis Odega: AKA Mr. Gerarahere, became instantly famous when 50 Cent posted a scene from a movie he did and used the phrase ‘Gerarahere Mehn’, ever since he has become a brand new celebrity known all around the world with endorsement from Etisalat Nigeria.
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Francis Odega

Surely, social media has the power to change a nobody to a somebody.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/photos-10-people-social-media-made.html

Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar is pictured standing with other passengers aboard an Abuja airport shuttle bus yesterday.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/photos-bauchi-state-governor-takes.html

I don't know how much mens' shoes cost and I don't know what shoes this is, but PDP member, Deji Adeyanju, claims these shoes the President wore today to board a flight to Equatorial Guinea cost $8000...

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/photos-this-twitter-user-claims-buharis.html

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