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Nigerian entertainment industry is the biggest in Africa and this is making impact the world.
Nigerian celebrities can now be compared with celebrities from America and the rest if the world.

Read below the top 10 Richest Celebrities In Nigeria;

10. Timaya

Inetimi Alfred Odon better known as Timaya is one of Nigeria’s top ten richest musicians. The dance-hall king net worth comes from heavy booking fees, brand endorsement and not so much from music sales.

Timaya is brand ambassador to Glo Nigeria and Hennessy X. O. Cognac.
His estimated net worth N1.1 Billion Naira

9. Iyanya

Iyanya who hails from Cross River State hit stardom after he won the maiden edition of MTN project fame. After that first shot at fame subsided, he bounced back with one of the biggest hit song in his career ‘Kukere’.

Iyanya has been brand ambassador to MTN, Solo phones, Dunes Nigeria and Cross River State tourism ambassador.

Iyanya’s estimated net worth is put at N 1.8 Billion Naira.

8. Banky W

Banky W is no doubt the king of R&B in Nigeria and he has a good share of the money generated in the music industry.
A mentor to Wizkid, Banky is one of the longest serving brand ambassador for Samsung Africa.

He is also ambassador to many multinational corporations and most importantly co-founder of EME records.
All these and many more put his total estimated net worth at N2.3 Billion Naira.

7. Flavour

Chinedu Okoli, who is popularly known as Flavour is not only Nigeria’s king of contemporary highlife music, his fame runs through Africa.

The dreadlocks sporting musician rakes in good cash performing at big events around Africa and overseas 3 – 4 times in a week all year long.

He has backed many endorsement deals, one notably with NBC (Nigerian Breweries Company).
The singer is valued at an estimated net worth of N2.5 Billion Naira.

6.Wizkid

Star boy! Wizkid who has been a big sensation on the Nigerian music scene cuts big checks yo! He is one artiste that doesn’t run short of endorsement deals, from MTN, to Glo, Pepsi etc.
Wizkid who is now a bona-fide Sony Music act charges heavy fees to perform at shows. Wizkid is CEO of StarBoy Worldwide.

His estimated net worth is N2.8 Billion Naira. His Sony Music deal excluded.

5. Davido

Since his entry into the Nigerian music industry in 2012, David Adeleke popularly known as Davido has always shown he has loads of money, especially when you put in mind his Nigerian billionaire father.
Well, besides his father’s financial empire, Davido rakes in millions for himself monthly.
He is well known for his ostentatious lifestyle, a Sony Music act as well as Wizkid.

Davido’s estimated net worth is N2.9 Billion Naira.

4. 2 face Idibia

2face who now prefers to be addressed as 2Baba is the most prominent of the defunct music group Plantashun Boyz.

2Baba has a music career spanning over 20 years and he has a lot of money in the bank to show for it.
Aside his normal booking fees and numerous endorsements, 2Baba is a real estate investor.
He owns the popular Rumours Night Club situated in Festac, Victoria Island and Ikeja.

The ‘African Queen’ is valued at about estimated net worth of N4.5 Billion Naira.

3. D’banj

These days D’banj, one of Nigeria’s biggest music export is more of a shrewd business man.

He is CEO of DB records and Koko Holdings. D’banj has a multitude of endorsements from United Nations, Bank of Industry, Slot etc.

The ‘Oliver Twist’ crooner has an estimated net worth of N5 Billion Naira.

2. Don Jazzy

Don Jazzy who was a former partner with D’banj during the defunct Mo’Hits era makes number two spot.

Now Don Jazzy is the CEO of the Mavin Records.

Micheal Collins has had a good number of endorsement from Samsung to Johnny Walker.
He has several investments and most recently his newest company Flobyt.

The ace music producer is valued at an estimated net worth of N6.5 Billion Naira.

1. P-Square

Sitting on the top of the list is Africa’s most successful singing duo P-Square. The singers who are from Anambra State Nigeria, are highest earning Nigerian musicians.

Booking Psquare for a show definitely cost a lot as the twin charge the highest fee. Much of their money comes from booking fees, mouth watering endorsement deals, music sales and other investments.

P-Square are highest grossing Nigerian artistes on YouTube.

The ‘Bank Alert’ crooners own multi-million naira homes in of the best neighborhood in Lagos.
The estimated net worth of the singing twins is put at an impressive N15 Billion Naira.

Source: http://ontop24..com.ng/2017/09/meet-top-10-richest-celebrities-in.html

Nigeria’s movie industry,also known as Nollywood is the third largest producer of movies in the world. There is no doubt that the movie industry has created a lot of opportunities for many talented actors and actresses.

Nigeria; a country with more than 160 million people already offers a huge market as well as the remaining African countries where Nollywood movies are available. There are a lot of people who have taken advantage of this huge industry to create wealth for themselves. Wealth acquisition however is something that cannot be guaranteed at any given time and the values may change from time to time,

This post focuses on the 10 Richest Nigerian Nollywood actresses.

10.Uche Jombo- 370 Million Naira

Uche Jombo who recently got married to her Mexican boyfriend is one of the most popular Nollywood actress who have been around for a long time. She is a producer and a Globacom Ambassador and have been nominated for the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress In Leading Role.

In 2012, Uche married Kenney Rodriguez whom she now have a son with. She is still very active in the industry, producing and directing movies. Her net worth is N370 million and still growing.

9.Mary Remmy-Njoku – 380 Million Naira

Mary Remmy and her husband, Jason have combined together to take Nollywood business to the next level. Mary started dating Jason Njoku who is the CEO and founder of iroking in 2011. They got married on August 18, 2012, in Lagos. That union was the real turning point in Mary Remmy’s career as she is now the CEO of ROK Studios which is a film production studio based in Lagos.
Mary Remmy Njoku, She is comfortably on this list with a net worth of N380 million naira

8. Patience Ozokwor —-390 Million Naira

Popularly known as MamaG, Patience Ozokwor is by far, the most popular female actress in Nigeria after Genevieve and maybe Omotola. She is also one of the most decorated, having won several awards such as: Best Supporting Actress award at the 10th Africa Movie Academy Awards, Lifetime Achievement Awards in Cinema, etc. She is one of the richest Nollywood actresses.

Patience Ozokwor has featured in more movies than any other actresses in the Nigerian Nollywood history. She is also a musician and fashion design shop owner among other businesses. She is worth N390million.

7.Clarion chukwura—400million naira

Clarion is the mother of Clarence Peters, one of the most successful video director Nigeria ever had. A son she had with Shina Peters, another popular Nigerian musician. If there is an actress in Nollywood who knows how to interpret her roles exactly the way it should be, that actress is Clarion Chukwura.

6. INI EDO – 450 Million Naira

One of the $exiest actresses in the Nigerian Nollywood and one of the top five richest Nollywood actresses. She has featured in well over 200 movies (one of the highest in the industry) and won awards. She is a winner of the 2013 Nafca award for best supporting actress.
Ini Edo currently being rated as sixth richest Nollywood actress.

Late last year, she bought a mansion in Lekki area worth over N50 million and a Mercedes G-Wagon worth N30 million naira. These has brought her fame and fortune that put her net worth at N450 million.

5. Funke Akindele – 510 Million Naira

Olufunke Ayotunde Akindele (Jenifer) is one of the most popular actress of Yoruba decent. In 2009 she won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role following her role following her role in Jenifer. This category is regarded as the highest for actresses in Nigeria.
Funke is a actress to reckon with in Nollywood ,one of the highest paid and the most entertaining actress in the industry. It is therefore not surprising that Funke Akindele net worth is put at N510 million.

4.Omotola Jalaede Ekehinde- 550 Million Naira

Popularly known as omosexy, she has made an indelible mark in the Nollywood industry.
In 2005, she won the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) Best Actress in a Supporting Role, plus hosts of other awards and recognitions. She has a massive social media followership with more than a million followers on Facebook.She has a net worth of N550 million.

3.Mercy Johnson—- 600 Million Naira

The bold and beautiful actress,with well endowed assets from Kogi state has appeared in over 60 movies but “Dumebi the dirty girl” brought her to the peak of her career and landed her the African Magic Viewers Choice Awards in 2013, maiden edition.

Mama purity has appeared in lots of movies.she revealed that growing up was tough and that she had to work as a housemaid to survive.

She reportedly charges N2 million for a movie role. Mercy Johnson’s massive home in Ajah is a multi million naira 6-bedroom duplex has a roofed car park, a swimming pool, well equipped gym, bar, terrace, a pent house and boys-quarters at the back.

The actress who drives a Lexus SUV which is worth N16m also invested in properties and reportedly owns several landed properties in Lagos making her net worth about N600 Million.

2.Genevieve Nnaji– 850 million Naira

Genevieve Nnaji is arguably one of the most successful and most popular female Nollywood act. The business savvy actress, singer and fashion designer has appeared in several movies and has some of the most lucrative endorsement deals like Lux, Cintrion Energy drink, Range Rover Evoque, Etisalat, Polo, Amstel Malta and MUD. The Etisalat deal alone reportedly earned her N100 million and the deal with Polo is reportedly N70 million, while the Cintron drink deal allegedly got her N50 million. The gorgeous actress has a Mercedes Benz G-Wagon worth 30million Naira, a Range Rover Evogue worth 19million Naira and houses in Ghana and Ikoyi, Lagos worth several millions of Naira making her net worth about N850 Million naira.

1.Rita Uchenna Dominic– 950million Naira

Veteran actress,Rita Dominic,hails from a wealthy family in Aboh mbaise in Imo state. She started acting as a child and has starred in over 100 movies till date.

In 2012, she produced the awards winning movie “The Meeting” a romantic comedy drama which became a blockbuster in the Nigerian box office. This ultimately put her in this position as the richest Nollywood actress, raising her net worth to a whooping N950 million.

Source: http://ontop24..com.ng/2017/09/top-10-richest-nigerian-actresses.html

Amberon11:
Tinubu, Fashola, Amaechi, Buhari etc all stole and that is not the subject of discussion here.

FFK has not said anything wrong. What bogus claim has he made? That Buhari is a genocidal war lord ? Isn't that happening now? Didn't 700+ shiites get murdered under his watch? Now it is the Igbos. When will you put on your thinking cap?,

Get some education please. What is genocide and who is a war lord?

Then get informed too before you come out in public to display your ignorance.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has alleged that the state governor, Ayodele Fayose, is funding the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu.

This came on a day the federal government accused disgruntled politicians of sponsoring the separatist group.

However, the party accused Fayose, a vocal critic of the Muhammadu Buhari federal administration, of plotting to destabilise Nigeria.

The party also said that the governor’s counsel in a press release on Saturday urging dialogue to resolve the Biafran crisis was an afterthought.

He had earlier accused the government and the military of ethnic cleansing in their handling of the Biafran agitation.

The Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said in a statement yesterday that the Nigerian Army was performing its constitutional role of preserving the unity of Nigeria and bringing all secessionists and their backers to justice.

Olatunbosun said the governor’s actions and utterances had shown that he was “solidly behind any activity that will bring Nigeria down.”

“On April 26 and as published by The Nigerian Tribune Newspaper and its online publication on April 27, 2017, Fayose said he was working in conjunction with Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, to raise funds for Kanu, stressing that he was taking his support for Kanu beyond showing solidarity in court by raising funds that would be deposited in an account opened in Kanu’s name,” Olatunbosun alleged.

The Ekiti APC Spokesman continued: “He (Fayose) led a campaign to the Chinese Embassy in Abuja and later to Shanghai, the Chinese capital, to urge the Chinese government not to lend hands in helping Nigeria out of recession.

“Relentlessly, he led hate campaigns against the symbol of the Nigerian authority, President Muhammadu Buhari, wishing him dead, including hounding and haunting the President across the world, including on his sick bed, and threatening to expose the President on a life-support machine, all these in spite of swearing to uphold the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and to be loyal to the Nigerian state and her President.

“He went further as reported in the media on May 25, 2017 that ‘Ekiti State is now part of Biafra’, which drew the ire of several Yoruba groups as reported in the media.

“Not done, while Nigerians and indeed the country’s leaders were celebrating Nigeria’s exit from recession, Fayose was the only governor across the country who dismissed the celebration as a ruse, maintaining that Nigeria was still in a deep economic mess even though in his state, he is the biggest stumbling block to the survival of Ekiti people by diverting all loans he took to pay workers salary to needless projects contracts awarded to his friends’ companies in which he allegedly has interest.”

Olatunbosun further alleged that “Mr. Fayose demonstrated the seriousness of his support for the collapse of Nigeria when he released his telephone number 070300000393 and email:mystory2006@yahoo.com as reported in the media on April 27, 2017, urging all that were interested in the Biafra cause to contact him through the phone number and email address.

“All the South-east governors, including the Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, have opposed Kanu in his secessionist activities while Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has warned Kanu and IPOB to stay away from Rivers; but Fayose declared Ekiti State as part of Biafra and that has confirmed the report that he is part of Biafra’s financiers as he had publicly declared to the media..

“No wonder, just four months after Fayose started mobilising funds for Biafra, thousands of deadly weapons, including military assault rifles, were smuggled into the country but were intercepted by the Nigerian Customs while it was also discovered that uniformed Biafran militants already have military training camps where they are planning deadly assaults against Nigeria after threatening her leaders.

“We had earlier alerted the security agencies to the presence of armed gangs and stockpiling of arms in the Ekiti State Government House and his present activities in raising funds for Kanu only confirm that he is part of rebellion against the Nigerian state.

“We have always insisted that Fayose is a threat to the Nigeria’s unity and the economic survival of her people,” Olatunbosun said.

The APC spokesman urged security agencies and Interpol to investigate Fayose in his support for funding IPOB with “the latest influx of military assault rifles into the country.

“His support for Kanu in funds mobilisation for his treasonable act and the activities of Fayose’s media men in promoting the Biafran cause only point to one agenda to destabilise Nigeria and that has proved us right that Fayose has no agenda than the destabilisation of Nigeria to enable him escape all illegal and criminal activities linked to him in recent past,” he added.

But Fayose has described the allegation as baseless, saying his support for the group did not translate into funding of the IPOB.

His Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, who spoke on his behalf, told journalist on Sunday that the APC allegation was an attempt to “cover up the federal government’s torture and killing of the Igbo people.”

He said the governor had the right to express his support for any group, including the IPOB, arguing that the travails of the Igbo people should be the concern of all Nigerians.

“The attack by the military on the IPOB should be a concern for all Nigerians.

“The people are expressing their fundamental rights. Their demands are legitimate.

“The agitation of the IPOB is as a result of bad governance by the present administration.

“If there was good governance, there would not have been any need for the agitations; there would not have been calls for restructuring by the Niger Delta agitators, Afenifere and other groups,” he said.

He denied raising funds for the group, saying that it was the ploy of the APC and the government at the centre to defend their wrongdoings and silence any opposition.

Adelusi further reasoned that the proclamation of IPOB as terrorist organisation was uncalled for, given that far more dangerous groups like the Fulani herdsmen, who had been accused of killing, maiming and raping, had been treated lightly.

Source: http://ontop24..com.ng/2017/09/biafra-apc-reveals-identity-of-governor.html

Justcash:
They are to tackle issues of national security, not embark on acts of impunity against constituted civil authority, like arresting Judges on suspicion of bribery. They should be busy with Boko Haram, Niger Delta Avengers and other internal threats to national security.

Judges Recklessness is huge threat to internal security.

OLODO!

Bazinga:
FG Approves more external borrowings, says it will boost the dwindling economy.
The question is why borrowing when they
claimed to have saved
N2.6trn through TSA
N1.4trn from Subsidy
N3.2trn from recovered loot
N665bn from stamp duty
N1.1trn from custom
N2.6trn from Tax revenue
N2.7trn from crude oil
The list is endless.
According to various reports by FG the total fund generated so far FG is above N13.2trns.
Remember the 2016 budget is N6.4trn.
How come FG is still borrowing to Fund N6.4trn Budget when it has generated over N13.2trn
Is this not all LIES? Or is the money STOLEN again?


V.P u won't stop lying now, if thunder fires you tomorrow u will say Nigerians are wicked.

But just knw that thunder will still strike you and buhari, for inflicting such unimaginable pains on us the Nigerian masses.

It's a promise.

Nigerian Comedian, Alibaba has expressed concern over the current economic state of the country, saying unless drastic measures are taken, even Jesus cannot come to our rescue as a nation.

He took to his Instagram page @alibabagcfr, posing some rhetorical questions on why and how the economy got to this sorry state.

He said, “The economy will remain like this for a long while because the strings that pull us into dire straits are still pulling us even much stronger.

“How did we get here? We were making so much from oil and neglected all other sources of revenue.

“We did not only neglect those sources of revenue, we did not invest the revenue from oil in infrastructural development of the country. We were not futuristic in our planning either.

“Did we increase the number of hostels in our universities to accommodate the new numbers of students?

“Pay teachers well?

“Did we build more roads to take care of the millions of cars and transportation needs?

“Did we improve the services of the police force, Did we use the money to build better hospitals?

“Did the new industries create more jobs?

“Did we improve our power supply?

“Did we have stronger and modified laws that made sure that people who broke the laws were punished adequately to discourage others?

“Did we tidy up our pension scheme so that people are assured that they did not need to steal to assure themselves of better retirement?

“What have we done to reduce cost of administration?

“What kind of enabling environment has government created to grow the economy?

“What have we done to ensure the right people got elected?

“Have we developed our tourism potentials to attract foreign investors and revenues? Better banks?

“What have we done to curb corruption?

“What steps have we taken in the direction of housing? Who has security votes helped?

“We have failed to do all of that… ‘NOW OUR ALMIGHTY’ crude prices that were our saving grace are low.

“The production is even nearly nonexistent, thanks to militants.

“There are backlog of owed salaries, uncompleted projects, dead refineries, high unemployment and huge numbers of the unemployable.

“We are borrowing even Jesus cannot save us unless we create new sources of revenue.

“What do I know?

“I am an ordinary rip-cracker, I dey look,” the comedian jested.

Source: http://www.babanewsline.com/read-surprising-thing-ali-baba-said-jesus/

– Senator Dino Melaye has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take drastic measures on the ailing economic
– The chairman, Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory said the president must shake up his cabinet with the immediate removal of the minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun, minister of budget and national planning, Senator Udo Udoma and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele
– Melaye accused most of the members of the cabinet of gross incompetence and lack of capacity to deliver on the mandate of their ministries/agencies

Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi-West Senatorial District has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take drastic measures on the ailing economy, including the immediate sack of the minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun, minister of budget and national planning, Senator Udo Udoma and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele.
Melaye in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, September 4, said the president must shake up his cabinet and accused some members of cabinet as lacking the capacity to deliver on the mandates of their ministries and agencies.

He said Adeosun, Udoma and Emefiele should be axed for the economy to be effectively rebooted to deliver on the change agenda of the present administration.

Melaye said: “At the moment, it must be crystal clear to all discerning minds that the President’s widely-acclaimed magical body language has lost its presumed aura and efficacy. His no-nonsense demeanor is equally neither instilling fear nor commanding respect and loyalty from among his cabinet members.

“It is therefore obvious that the time for barking is over; now is the time to bite and boot out all those who have demonstrated, in the past several months, a crass lack of capacity to effectively carry out the functions of their office. ”

The All Progressives Congress senator, also condemned Buhari’s economic team led by Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, saying that “their decisions will not be and has never been respected by the economic managers and the bureaucracy in Nigeria.”

On Udoma Udo Udoma, he stated: “To be sure, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma is a very charismatic man, an accomplished lawyer, and a quintessential gentleman with a fairly untainted reputation. In everyday parlance, he is a good man. But the critical job of Budget and National Planning Minister for a huge country like Nigeria, with her prevailing economic challenges requires much more than being a good man with a great personality.”

On the CBN governor, Senator Melaye pointed to his disastrous handling and release of the so-called Dasuki-gate funds which amounts to about 15 per cent of the nation’s foreign reserves, policy flip-flops, summersaults and inconsistencies as clear evidence of gross incompetence in the management of the nation’s fiscal and monetary policies. The net effect of this inconceivable ineptitude on the part of Emefiele, according to Melaye is the free fall in the value of the naira and the total loss of faith and confidence by the international community on the Nigerian economy.

Melaye urged the President to, instead, constitute an ‘Emergency Ad Hoc Economic Team’ made up of all former ministers of finance, ex-ministers of budget and national planning, ex-CBN governors as well as members drawn from the academia with “deep knowledge of developmental economics to drive the economic revival programme.”

He said: “The President must immediately transit from mere rhetoric to drastic but positive action to save the economy and Nigeria from total collapse. The hunger in the land is real, pervasive, widespread and debilitating for the poor masses.”

Nigeria’s minister of finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun recently spoke on Nigeria’s recent slide into recession.

Adeosun expressed confidence that the economy will turn-around in no time, assuring Nigerians that the recent slide into recession will not last long.

She however called for discipline in government spending, even as she noted that the Nigerian economy is long overdue for diversification.

Source: http://www.babanewsline.com/economic-recession-melaye-urges-pmb-sack-3-officials/

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, says he has no doubt that the APC would defeat the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the governorship poll.

Akeredolu, who was a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, emerged as the candidate of the APC in the primary, which was held in Akure on Saturday

Speaking with journalists after being declared winner of the primary, he said, “We don’t need to give signal to Mimiko. Undoubtedly, we will produce the next governor of Ondo State. We will give governance a new face in Ondo State.”

He commended all the stakeholders, particularly, the electoral committee – headed by the governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, for the making the primary a free, fair and transparent one,

He said, “The committee was thorough in every respect; they did not force anything on us. The primary was well conducted and the most transparent primary I have ever witnessed. ”

The APC candidate pledged to reconcile with all aggrieved aspirants and members of the party. He also promised to work with every member of the party to ensure the party wins the forthcoming governorship election.

Meanwhile, the Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Abayomi Adesanya, said the primary of the party was an indication that the governorship election would be a mere formality for the party. He said the APC had produced the best candidate for the election.

“We fought imposition that is why we were able to have a free and fair primary. The electoral committee has done wonderfully well.

“We want to advise our former chairman, Mr. Isaac Kekemeke, and other aggrieved members to join us in working for the success of the party in the governorship election” Adesanya said.
Source: http://www.babanewsline.com/ready-take-mimiko-akeredolu/

The tides are rapidly changing and in this unstable economy, everyone — regardless of social standing and class — must adapt to survive.

Adapting can be extremely challenging especially when the situation is an economic recession in a country with more problems than just the economy.

Here are some things to cut down on in order to make it out of this recession financially sane.


Generator usage

It’s bad enough the economy is crumbling faster than a cookie but how many Nigerians can recall a lenghty spell of uninterrupted power supply.

Our standby household generators have for years, been doing what the government cannot do for us.

Now that the situation is getting dire, generator usage should be restricted to specific hours and to take care of necessities.

Comfort can wait till recession is over and we are out of troubled waters.


Eating out

Anyone who actually cooks will know that restaurants serve overpriced, often unsatisfying food.

So instead of taking your hard earned money to pay for ‘fancy’ food, go to the market, buy raw food and head to the kitchen.

You’ll save so much money.


Driving walkable distances

The cost of fuel is higher than it has ever been in Nigeria’s history, so why not kill two birds with one stone while going for short errands.

Take a walk or go for a run while running your errand. Your body and pockets will thank you.


Bulk buying of groceries

Constant grocery shopping can be such a chore so we tend to buy in bulk.

However, a disadvantage of bulk buying is that some goods may expire or spoil before you get around to using them, hence cut your grocery shopping list down to necessities.

Get what you need and not what you think you will need.


New clothes and shoes

Your old clothes are perfectly fine!

Oh you think people have noticed you’ve had that shirt for a while? Frankly, it’s nobody’s business.

As long as your clothes are not obviously tattered, there is no use going cloth shopping every week to impress people and depress your bank account.


Hanging out

We all love spending quality time with friends and family but instead of going someplace where you’ll spend more than you budgeted for (more often than not), invite them to your house and plan activities everyone can participate in.

You’ll create a stronger bond and more lasting activities while saving money.


Vacations abroad

Also known as “the king of excesses”, vacationing abroad is officially a luxury at this point in time.

Why go and spend your hard earned ‘naira’ in a foreign country contributing to the growth of their economy while leaving yours in the backseat.

Stay at home!


DSTV subscription

You don’t need to pay for all the channels. It’s not a competition.

You hardly ever watch more than 15 of the channels on the premium package, so why the bother?

The smallest bouquet has news channels for the grown-ups and cartoons for the kids.

Some people think there is an award for living lavish. News flash: there isn’t.

Most of these processed drinks you desire to gulp down your throat with every meal are not even good for your health and they definitely cost more than water. Drink water, you’ll live longer.


Unnecessary phone calls

Restrict your airtime to calls with purpose (work, business).

There’s no need to ask your friend what he/she is eating or staying on a call for an hour discussing what nail polish color to wear to an event.

There are tons of instant messaging services. Embrace them.

Source: http://www.babanewsline.com/10-ways-to-survive-nigerias-worst-recession-in-29-years/

The National Bureau of Statistics released figures on Wednesday, August 31, confirming that Nigeria had slipped into recession.

Shortly after, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign, saying he was incompetent.

“We join all well-meaning Nigerians to call on Mr. Buhari to resign if he is unable to reverse the disastrous economic decline he has brought on Nigerians,” the party said.
Some Nigerians described the statement as a stupid and reckless statement.

Others wondered which facti0on of the PDP was calling for the resignation of the president, whether it’s the one led by Ahmed Makarfi or the Ali Modu Sheriff faction.

Source: http://www.babanewsline.com/they-should-shut-up-for-asking-buhari-to-resign-nigerians-give-pdp-serious/

Chief John Odegie-Oyegun has declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is dead following the mass defection members of the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Vanguard reports that Oyegun made this comment when he received more than 3000 PDP leaders into the APC in Oredo local government area in Edo state.

Some of the top PDP members who defected to the APC include Mr. Ebima Ogbeide, Tony Anileh, Madam Goldenpenny, Pius Izemwingie, Ikponmwonsa Usiobafoh, Mrs. Vero Aguebor, Wilfred Enabulele, secretary ward 5, and Mr. Ebima Ogbeide.

The chairman of the APC said the party was still ready to accommodate as many PDP members who were interested in leaving.

“Massive development has already started in the state, and we welcome people who have the interest of the state and are progressive minded to join to continue with this development. Looking at the calibre of leaders defecting, I laugh when I see PDP boast of winning. Honestly, they are dead and buried in Edo.”

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo also confirmed that the PDP was now irrelevant in the state and it was impossible for the party to win.

He said: “The defection of Dennis Evbuomwan, the Oredo PDP leader, marked the end of the party in the state. For me, the coming of Evbuomwan, and other leaders of the PDP in Oredo, along with their unit leaders, means they are here with a complete story. The unit heads are the real people in the field.

A few weeks ago, Alhaji Abubakar Momoh led thousands of members of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to the PDP.

Momoh who was the senatorial candidate of SDP in the last general election in Edo North led members and supporters to resign en-masse from the party to join the PDP at a campaign rally held at Royal block Courtyard at Auchi in Etsako West Local Government Area of the state.

“We decided to join the PDP because it has a candidate that will help Edo State get out of where it is today which is not comfortable. That candidate is a person who I believe will help to move Edo forward.”

Source: http://www.babanewsline.com/oyegun-declares-pdp-is-dead-as-tony-anileh-3000-pdp-leaders-defect-to-apc/

He organised a protest but when police showed up it was time for him to beat the record of usain bolt.

He did just that!

He is now the fastest man in the world.

Source!: http://www.babanewsline.com/see-how-this-politician-ran-the-race-of-his-dear-life/

If Every Nigerian police officer and other security service men had the spirit of this Man, Nigeria will be a better place.

Source: http://www.babanewsline.com/see-what-a-policeman-did-to-this-poor-little-boy/

Just last year, Wang participated in China Fashion Week in Beijing. While the audience seemed to enjoy the designs well enough, they lit up when the then 79-year-old strutted down the runway, baring a well kept mane and chiseled chest.

But in a video interview, Wang laughs about how reporters called him an 'overnight success' after seeing him on the runway. Instead, he explains that he worked his entire life for that moment. Born in 1936 in Shenyang, a northeastern city in China, he later became a stage actor at the age of 24.

Throughout his life, he moved on to a variety of artistic professions including mime, and eventually created his own art called 'living sculpture.' To do this, he worked out for four hours a day for three years to make his body look like sculpture, he told the Yangtze Evening Post.

This is Wang Deshun.

Would you have ever guessed that he's 80 years old? Born in northeastern China, Wang later committed his life to the arts.

Watch his inspiring interview here >>
Source: http://www.babanewsline.com/leave-everything-you-are-doing-now-and-see-this-old-man-break-limits/

Nigeria’s men’s soccer team made an extraordinary start to its Olympic campaign, beating Japan 5-4 in Manaus on Thursday just hours after landing in Brazil following a nerve-wracking travel mix-up.

The Super Eagles, as the team is known, were stranded in Atlanta for days amid a bizarre saga that saw flights cancelled because of missed payments and because a plane was too small, before eventually taking off on the morning of the game.

The Nigerian squad eventually landed in Manaus at 2:19 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, with the game against Japan beginning at 9 p.m.

However, despite what would seem to be the worst kind of preparation, Nigeria produced an inspired display to sink Japan. The contest was evenly matched in the opening stages, with honors remaining even following a frantic opening burst that produced four goals in 10 minutes.

Sadiq Umar put Nigeria ahead just five minutes in, before Shinzo Koroki equalized moments later from the penalty spot. Oghenakaro Etobo put the African side back in front, only for Takumi Minamino to again make things all square.

But when Etebo put Nigeria back in front after 41 minutes the tone was set. Etebo completed his hat trick after 50 minutes, calmly slotting home his fourth to make it 5-2 on 65 minutes.

There was still time for some late drama though, as Nigerian legs, not surprisingly, faded late. Takuma Asano pulled one back with 20 minutes to go, and Musashi Suzuki narrowed the gap to one deep into injury time.

However, Nigeria’s night of glory was completed seconds later when the referee blew for full-time, finishing off a remarkable, and exhausting day for a team whose plight captured international attention and sympathy.

Source: http://www.babanewsline.com/nigeria-5-japan-4-rio-2016-olympics/

ikbnice:
are you sure the man hasn't tasted kogi weed.

He didn't taste Kogi weed. He SMOKED it!

Hahahaha...Jagaban don answer him Read his reply http://www.babanewsline.com/beat-my-wife-and-see-what-ill-do-tinubu-dares-dino-melaye/

Theresa May, the new leader of Britain, made her first speech as prime minister outside 10 Downing Street on Wednesday.

Despite only lasting a few minutes, May’s speech managed to cover a lot of ground. The new prime minister made a centrist appeal for unity in the face of the divisions that came to the foreground after Britain’s vote to leave the European Union.

Some commenters have even compared it to the short speech Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female prime minister, made in 1979 outside 10 Downing Street when she was first in office.

You can see transcription of the speech below, with annotations added.

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I have just been to Buckingham Palace where Her Majesty the Queen has asked me to form a new government, and I accepted.

In David Cameron, I follow in the footsteps of a great, modern prime minister. Under David’s leadership, the government stabilized the economy, reduced the budget deficit, and helped more people into work than ever before.

But David’s true legacy is not about the economy, but about social justice. From the introduction of same-sex marriage, to taking people on low wages out of income tax altogether.

David Cameron has led a one nation government and it is in that spirit that I also plan to lead. Because not everybody knows this, but the full title of my party is the Conservative and Unionist Party. And that word Unionist is very important to me. It means we believe in the Union. That precious, precious bond between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

But it means something else that is just as important. It means that we believe in a Union not just of the nations of the United Kingdom, but between all of our citizens. Every one of us, whoever we are and wherever we are from.

That means fighting against the burning injustice that if you are born poor, you will die on average 9 years earlier than others. If you’re black, you’re treated more harshly by the criminal justice system than if you are white. If you’re a white, working-class boy, you’re less likely than anyone else in Britain to go to university. If you’re at a state school, you’re less likely to reach the top professions than if you were educated privately.

If you are a woman, you will earn less than a man. If you suffer from mental health problems, there’s not enough help to hand. If you’re young, you’ll find it harder than ever before to own your own home.

But the mission to make Britain a country that works for everyone means more than just fighting these injustices.

If you’re from an ordinary working-class family, life is much harder than many people in Westminster realize. You have the job but you don’t always have the job security. You have your own home but you worry about paying the mortgage. You can just about manage, but you worry about the cost of living and getting your kids into a good school.

If you’re one of those families. If you’re just managing. I want to address you directly. I know you’re working around the clock, I know you’re doing your best and I know that sometimes, life can be a struggle. The government I lead will be driven not by the interests of a privileged few, but by yours.

We will do everything we can to give you more control over your lives. When we take the big calls, we’ll think not of the powerful but you. When we pass new laws, we’ll listen not to the mighty, but you. When it comes to taxes we’ll prioritize not the wealthy, but you. When it comes to opportunity, we won’t entrench the advantages of the fortunate few. We will do everything we can to help anybody, whatever your background, to go as far as your talents will take you.

We are living through an important moment in our countries history. Following the referendum we face a time of great national change. And I know because we’re Great Britain, we will rise to the challenge.

As we leave the European Union, we will forge a bold, new positive role for ourselves in the world. And we will make Britain a country that works not for a privileged few, but for every one of us.

That will be the mission of the government I lead and together, we will build a better Britain.

Source: http://www.babanewsline.com/full-transcript-theresa-mays-first-speech-as-britains-prime-minister/

THE REWARD OF PEACE

Niger-Delta's loss is Lagos state's gain.

Instead of siting the largest $17bn Refinery, Gas and Petrochemical plant in Africa a hostile environment of the Niger-Delta, Aliko Dangote decided to build it in a peaceful Lekki Trade Zone in Lagos state.

It's a business decision. A very commonsense.

Now, what's Lagos state gaining?

1. 135,000 direct employment
2. 100,000 indirect employment
3. State GDP will triple within 3 years.
4. Uninterrupted power supply in Lagos and neighbouring states.
5. 1,000 people of host community will be trained
6. Lagos will be Net Exporter of Petroleum products - propene, petrol, jet fuel, diesel, kerosene, carbon black, polypropylene, etc.
7. Income accruable to the FG of over $50m (N145b) in 3 years.

These are what Lagos is getting for being investor-friendly.

To you Niger Delta Avengers and the rest militant groups, continue to kidnap, gun run, and blow up petroleum pipelines and gas plants. The world is leaving you behind.

Source: http://www.babanewsline.com

Portugal claimed a first European crown after overcoming the loss of captain Cristiano Ronaldo to injury to beat hosts France in the Euro 2016 final.

France carved out the best chances, with Antoine Griezmann twice denied by saves from Rui Patricio, while Andre-Pierre Gignac hit the post.

Portugal, who lost Ronaldo to a knee injury after 25 minutes, hit the bar through Raphael Guerreiro.

The game was heading for penalties when Eder beat Hugo Lloris from 25 yards.

The full-time whistle sparked joyous scenes among Portugal’s players and fans.

The 2004 European Championship runners-up reached the knockout stages despite failing to win a group game.

Source: http://www.babanewsline.com/portugal-win-euro-2016/

SeverusSnape:
What a foolish write up by Dele. Just when I thought the man's senses are coming back, he releases another trash filled article.

Nigeria is a multi-ethnic, multi-religious entity, and every body must and should be carried along, Everyone should have a sense of belonging. How can a sane person say the president "can appoint everyone from his town, as long as they are all competent and patriotic", Is Daura or Northern Nigeria the only place patriotic citizens are found??

Would this foolish sycophantic Ass-licker had written this same thing if Jonathan was the one doing this... Fact remains that, Buhari is the most divisive, most bigoted, most parochial and most senseless president this country have gotten since independence.

Your Comment is what is Foolish. You have mentioned Jonathan, so it's easy to see that you are just a wailer making the usual rants that will sound appealing to co-wailers - even though an absolute off-point.

Sense of belonging does not necessarily translate to progress and prosperity. If over the years we have done the same thing and all it gave us is 'lack of progress', I tell you, a reasonable thinking person will shift away from your mind-set type.

As for me, I will focus in what I can contribute to the country to make it great again. My sense of belonging will never lie in 'who is from where'. I believe in unity.

Shade, Jumoke and Tolu representing my children's school in a quiz competition does not take away her sense of belonging to that academy. Haruna, Idris, Buhari representing Nigeria as the only athletes in the sprints will not take away my sense of belonging as an athlete or Nigerian, unless of course I begin to think of me as different from the others.

His opinion is plain simple with analysis. Yours is unnecessary criticism from a wailing point of view. For mentioning Jonathan, we know where you are hurting.

dahaz:
Is that pdp factional chairman makarfi in the fifth picture?

He is the one.

dauntless15:
Awesome but those guys wont fight you they'll just blow you up

No better way to put it...lol

A huge Iranian weightlifter dubbed ‘the Hulk’ has pledged to take on the Islamic State (Isis) in Syria as a volunteer soldier. The ‘Persian Hercules’ is planning to head to the terror group’s self-declared caliphate alongside the Iranian military, he says.Sajad Gharibi is said to weigh nearly 24-and-a-half stone and can lift up to 180kg. The 24-year-old has represented his country in bodybuilding competitions and has an online following on social media platform Instagram of 129,000 people.

The man mountain regularly posts shirtless snaps revealing his muscle-bound torso which has drawn comparisons to the famous comic book character — the Hulk. And it was to his followers that he announced that he has volunteered to join Iranian forces fighting thejihadists alongside Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian army.According to 9 News, Gharibi, has been confused for the infamous Daesh (Isis) executioner known as ‘The Bulldozer’. The super-sized jihadist has been seen in numerous IS videos beheading captives and carrying anti-aircraft artillery.

On his profile page Gharibi, a devout Muslim, says: “Calming the heart and the life I have faith in God and is infallible Imams” and has said that he wants to “defend Shia Muslim shrines in Syria against IS attackers”.The body-builder puts much of his size down to genetics and he uses tags on his Instagram account saying #strongman #strongbody #big #muscles and #powerful to post images.

See more pictures of the Giant below
Source: http://www.babanewsline.com/man-mountain-sajad-gharibi-dubbed-the-hulk-said-he-wants-to-fight-isis-in-syria/

pat077:
Where their wedding pishur

Zia wedding Ficture is inside za vooth of my Bokswagen Veetle car.

See his full statement below:

Why Our Client (Chief Olisa Metuh) is Offering To Refund The N400 million – Counsel

In the light of the circumstances regarding the case of our client, Chief Olisa Metuh with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), we want to explain the reasons for our client's proposal to refund the N400 million released to him by former President Goodluck Jonathan, and which was expended on a project approved by the ex-President on national issues relating to his Presidency and the Federal Government at that time.

1. We want to restate that at the time the money was released to him after his presentation to the ex-President, our client had no knowledge of the source, a fact that is now obvious from the evidence of the prosecution and defence witnesses. Our client had every cause to believe that the money was from the ex-President to whom he made a presentation, received directives and rendered report and accounts accordingly.

2. When the matter first came up, and Chief Metuh was invited to the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in December 2015, he requested to know the source of the money and expressed his readiness to make refunds if it was from government coffers, not minding that the money had been expended as directed by the former President. Officials at ONSA never got back to him as they promised, until his arrest by the EFCC in January 2016.

3. It was however while in court that a document was brought regarding the source of the money and since then, our Client has made manifest his willingness to refund the money and has indeed approached his family, friends and associates to mobilise funds to refund the entire N400 million to the government regardless of the fact that the money had been expended based on the directives of the former President and that part of the money had been recovered from one of the prosecution witnesses.

4. We want to confirm that since then, we have been in talks with the Ministry of Justice, the EFCC and other necessary bodies on how to refund the money and resolve the issue.

5. Our client occupied no government office. His commitment and dedication to his official duties have been confirmed by even prosecution witnesses. In this whole saga, he has been an unfortunate victim of circumstances. His refunding the money, therefore, goes to show his support for the anti-corruption war as well as serve as a testament to his sincerity, integrity and honesty in this matter.

6. There is no doubt that the prosecution has considerably embarked on some expenses in the course of this case. It is hoped that by not discounting the sum already recovered, whatever cost so far incurred would have been defrayed. By this, a critical objective of recovery of funds would no doubt be achieved.

7. It is pertinent to restate our client's continued support for the anti-corruption campaign, which is necessary to ensure probity in the affairs of Nigeria to the extent that it is conducted within the rule of law.

8. Finally, it is our client's prayer that this nation shall come through this difficult time by the grace of the Almighty God.


Signed:

Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN)

Counsel To Chief Olisa Metuh

Source: http://www.babanewsline.com/former-pdp-publicity-secretary-olisa-metuh-has-offered-to-return-n400m-he-received-from-ex-nsa-dasuki-declares-support-for-anti-corruption-war/

The 8th Senate led by Senate President Bukola Saraki is enmeshed in a protracted crisis that has divided the chamber since inauguration on June 9, 2015. The two groups that fought hard to secure leadership of the Senate last year have remained at loggerheads over allegations of illegal amendments to the Standing Rules that purportedly aided the emergence of Saraki as President of Senate and Senator Ike Ekweremadu as Deputy President. Daily Trust on Sunday brings you an in-depth report on major alterations to the Senate Rules and the controversies that trailed the amendments.

Reports of alteration to sections of the Senate Standing Rules have been causing ripples in the Nigerian political landscape since June 9, 2015. The replacement of ‘open’ with the ‘secret’ voting system, among other amendments to the rules, have set the stage for the prosecution of Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, on allegations of conspiracy and forgery.

The forgery suit against Saraki, Ekweremadu, the outgoing clerk to the National Assembly, Alhaji Salisu Maikasuwa and the deputy clerk to the National Assembly, Mr. Ben Efeturi, is slated for tomorrow at a Federal High Court in Abuja.

The charge preferred against the quad, signed by the principal state counsel, Federal Ministry of Justice, D. E. Kaswe, reads thus, “That you, on or about June 9, 2015, with fraudulent intent, forged the Senate Standing Orders 2011 (as amended) causing it to be believed as the genuine Standing Orders 2015 and circulated same for use during the inauguration of the 8th Senate when you knew that the said order was not made in compliance with the procedure for the amendment of the Senate orders. You thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 364 of the Penal Code laws.”

The 8th Senate has not known peace since its inauguration on June 9, 2015. The crisis rocking the Senate originated from the bitterly contested leadership tussle between the camps of Senate President Bukola Saraki and Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan. Following the controversial emergence of Saraki as president, the Ahmad Lawan-led Senate Unity Forum alleged that Saraki’s camp; the Likeminds, conspired with bureaucrats in the National Assembly to “illegally alter the Senate rule with the intent of dubiously” ensuring his emergence.

Soon after the election, the Unity Forum reported the alleged forgery of the rule to the police for investigation. The present leadership of the Senate was elected based on the Senate Standing Orders 2015 as amended, which contains provisions that differ from the 2011 Orders submitted to the 8th Senate.


The contentious amendments

A comparison of the two documents by Daily Trust on Sunday shows amendments to the main provisions regarding the mode of election of the Senate President and the Deputy Senate President. A fundamental amendment to the rule is on the method of voting provided in sections 3 (3e) (i & ii), (f) and (k). The 2011 Standing Orders provides in section 3 (3e) that “When only two senators-elect are nominated and seconded as presidents of the Senate, the election shall be conducted as follows; (i) the Senate shall divide with proposers and seconders as Tellers; (ii) voting shall be conducted by the clerk-at-the-table using Division List of the Senate with the Tellers in attendance. The Clerk of the Senate shall submit the result of the division to the Clerk of the National Assembly; (iii) the clerk shall then declare the senator-elect who has received the greater number of votes elected as President of Senate.”

But the controversial Senate Standing Orders 2015 as amended introduced electronic voting and secret ballot system to the procedure.

The document provides in section 3(3e) that “when two or more senators-elect are nominated and seconded as Senate President, the election shall be conducted as follows; (i) by electronic voting, or (ii) voting by secret ballot which shall be conducted by the clerks-at-table using the list of the senators-elect of the Senate, who shall each be given a ballot paper to cast his vote, with proposers and seconders as Tellers.
“(iii) The Clerk of the Senate shall submit the result of the voting to the Clerk of the National Assembly, who shall then declare the senator-elect who has received the highest number of votes as Senate President-elect.”

The voting pattern proposed by the Senate Orders 2011 provides an election process where all senators are required to openly declare support for the candidate of their choice, while the allegedly forged 2015 version provides for secrecy in the voting procedure.

Another contentious amendment is the right of all senators-elect to vote during the inauguration sitting. Section 3(3k) of the Standing Rule 2011 provides that “all senators-elect shall participate in the nomination and voting for the president and deputy president of the Senate.”

But the 2015 amended version provides in its Section 3(i) that “all senators-elect are entitled to participate in the voting for Senate President and Deputy Senate President.” This provision is another major point of disagreement in the 8th Senate as some of its members did not attend the inauguration session. It would be recalled that Saraki emerged as the Senate President unopposed as his main rival, Senator Ahmed Lawan and several other APC senators were at the International Conference Centre (ICC) for a purported meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari when the Upper Chamber was inaugurated. They did not take part in the elections that produced Saraki and Ekweremadu as presiding officers.


Police investigation report

In the letter to the police, challenging the amendments to the rules, members of the Unity Forum contended that at no time was the Senate Standing Rule 2011 amended during the 7th Senate. In the letter, signed by the secretary to the Forum, Senator Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi (APC, Kaduna North), the group stated, “The Senate Standing Order 2015 as amended and used by the Clerk of the National Assembly and Clerk of the Senate to inaugurate the 8th Senate on June 9, 2015, was fraudulently produced as the 7th Senate did not, at any time during its tenure, amend the Senate Standing Rule.”

The police, after conducting its investigations, concluded that the amendment to the Senate Standing Rules was illegal as it failed to follow laid down procedures provided by Section 110 as amended. The police investigation report on the matter stated, “The allusion by the Clerk of the Senate, Benedict Efeturi, to the procedure of amending the Standing Orders of Parliament through ‘practice and not necessarily by procedure’ is a misplaced analogy and undemocratic because the Nigerian Senate has a clear procedure to be adopted in amending its standing orders.”

In his statement to the police, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Business in the 7th Senate, Senator Ita Enang, said the standing order was not amended. Enang told the police that the committee proposed the amendment of the 2011 standing order, but up to the expiration of their tenure, the proposal was not debated and approved or rejected at any sitting.

But in his statement, the Clerk to the 7th Senate, Mr. Benedict Efeturi, said there was nothing wrong with the amendments. He told the police that, “The leadership of the 7th Senate ordered the 2015 Standing Rules as amended by their convention and practice. The Senate Standing Orders 2003, 2007 and 2011 followed the same procedure as that of 2015. In the parliament, amendment of standing orders is by practice and not necessarily by procedure.”

Another prosecution witnesses, Senator Abdullahi A. Gumel said, “During the induction course of the National Assembly, he was given a copy of the Senate Standing Order 2011 (as amended) as the rules book to guide their conduct and working in the Senate. On resumption of the 8th Senate, a new standing order 2015 as amended was shared to them with which all the businesses of the Senate are being conducted.

“In one of the sittings of the 8th Senate, Senator Kabiru Marafa raised a point of order that the new Standing Order 2015 (as amended) produced and shared was never approved by the 7th Senate, as such, it is a fraudulent document. At that point, it came to his notice that all the activities conducted from June 9, 2015 are null and void."

In its recommendations, the police stated, “From findings, especially from the statement of the Clerk of the Senate who doubles as the Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly, the Senate Standing Orders 2015, which was used to inaugurate the 8th Senate on June 9, 2015 was ordered by the leadership of the 7th Senate without following Section 110 of the Senate Standing Rules 2011 as amended, which requires that any amendment to the rules must be debated and approved by senators on the floor of the Senate.

“This practice where some senators amend the rules of the Senate without following legal procedures is not only criminal but portends danger for our growing democracy. It should be discouraged.”

Procedure for amending the Senate Standing Orders Section 110 of the Senate Standing Order 2011 provides that “(i) any Senator desiring to amend any part of the rules or adding any new clause shall give a notice of such amendments in writing to the president of the Senate, giving details of proposed amendment; (ii) the president shall, within seven working days, cause the amendment to be printed and circulated to the members. Thereafter it shall be printed on the Order Paper; (iii) the mover or movers of the amendments shall be allowed to explain in details, the proposed amendments; thereafter the Senate shall decide by simple majority votes whether the amendment should be considered; (iv) if the decision is to consider the amendments, then another date shall be set aside by the Rules and Business Committee, whereby an opportunity would be given to senators to further propose amendments, but must strictly be confined to the original amendments; (v) two third majorities shall decide the amendments, and such amendments shall form part of the Rules of the Senate.”

However, speaking to Daily Trust on Sunday via telephone, the leader of the 7th Senate, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), said that at no time did the 7th Senate amend the Standing Orders 2011. He said, “The Committee on Rules and Business proposed an amendment, but it was not debated.” He, however, declined further comment as the matter is already a subject of litigation.

Checks by Daily Trust on Sunday showed that the Senate Standing Orders was last amended on May 18, 2011, to provide, among others, Section 3(2) that introduced ranking to the process of electing presiding officers and other appointments in the chamber. The amendment was a sequel to a motion for the amendment to the Senate Standing Orders 2007, sponsored by then Senate Majority Leader, Teslim Folarin. It followed all the procedures of amendment laid down in Section 110 of the standing rules.


The litigation

Based on the recommendation of the police investigation report dated July 14, 2015, the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, sued the accused before a Federal High Court in Abuja. Former Clerk of the National Assembly, Salisu Abubakar Maikasuwa, outgoing Clerk of the Senate, Ben Efeturi, President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki and Deputy President of Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, are charged with conspiracy and forgery, an action contrary to sections 97 and 362 of the Penal Code law.

According to court documents seen by Daily Trust on Sunday, the prosecution contends that, “It is a prosecution’s case against the defendants, that about June 9, 2015, the defendants (Saraki, Ekweremadu, Efeturi and Maikasuwa) conspired among themselves to forge the Senate Standing Order 2011 (as amended) and caused the said forged document to be circulated among the elected senators for use during the inauguration of the 8th Senate of the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“It is the forged document that was used in the inauguration of the 8th National Assembly which paved the way for the election that ushered in the present leadership of the Senate.”


Punishment for forgery

The offence of forgery carries a penalty of a jail term of 14 years, lawyers said.

In a telephone interview with our reporter, Mr. Festus Okoye said that forgery was a serious offence, but added that its punishment would depend on the law in which the accused were charged - the Penal Code (PC) or the Criminal Code (CC).

According to him, the first consequence of being convicted of forgery would be a sentence to a jail term. Secondly, convicts will not be able to contest elections again. He added, however, that for someone already in the National Assembly, it will be different.

Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), said he would not want to comment on the matter.


Saraki’s camp threatens Ita Enang

Mixed reactions have continued to trail the disclosure of the list of witnesses in the forgery suit. It has created tension at the Upper Chamber.

Pasted alongside the court summons at the National Assembly on Tuesday was the list of witnesses which include the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly (Senate), Senator Ita Enang. The list of the witnesses, which include both serving and former senators, has Senator Sulaiman Hunkuyi; Senator Kabiru Marafa (APC, Zamfara Central); Senator Ahmed Lawan (APC, Yobe North); Senator Robert Ajayi Boroffice (APC, Ondo North) and Senator Abu Ibrahim (APC, Katsina South). Others are Senator Solomon Ewuga, Senator Ojudu Babafemi, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Dan’Azumi J. Doma and a police investigator, David Igbodo.
In a phone interview, a senator in the camp of Saraki said the battle line had been drawn between them and Enang.

“You cannot be a liaison officer to the Senate and testify against us. If you are not with us, then you are against us. He cannot be against us and still be with us. There is a likelihood that he would be denied entry into the National Assembly in due time,” the senator said under condition of anonymity.

Efforts to get the reaction of Senator Enang yielded no result as he didn’t pick calls put through to him.


Senate mulls president pro-tempore

Another source in the Saraki camp told our reporter that they had commenced arrangements for a president pro-tempore.

The Senate rules made provision for a temporary Senate president in the absence of its president and his deputy. The provision is contained in Order 27, which reads: “In the absence of the president of the Senate and the deputy president, such senator as the Senate may elect for the purpose, shall be known as president pro-tempore.

In a phone interview, the senator, who did not want to be named, said that Saraki and Ekweremadu “with the overwhelming support they enjoy, will nominate anybody of their choice as president pro-tempore.
“If Saraki is going on trial, a president pro-tempore will be appointed if the need arises. Saraki can bring anybody of his choice from our camp. He can even bring Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West). You know that unlike the House of Representatives, there is no duration for a president pro-tempore at the Senate.

“In the Senate at the moment, our camp in the All Progressives Congress (APC) has 40 per cent majority, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 40 per cent and the anti-Saraki senators only have 20 per cent. They only have the capacity to drag the leadership to trial. They have disruption ability, but they lack the capacity to effect leadership change. You know the battle is that of number,” he said.


Last minute peace moves collapse

Moves to make members of the Unity Forum who had gone to court over the forgery of the Senate rules to withdraw the case has failed. A peace and reconciliation committee was constituted in May this year to, among other things, facilitate the withdrawal of the forgery suit. The report of the Committee chaired by Senator James Manager (PDP, Delta South) was considered last Wednesday in a closed-door session that lasted about two hours.

At the end of the session chaired by Senate President Bukola Saraki, Daily Trust on Sunday gathered that the various camps stood their grounds.

A senator who attended the session said there was no need to compel the members of the Unity Forum to withdraw the suit as a date had already been fixed for the case.

However, a report of the committee obtained by our correspondent recommended the review and adjustment of the membership of the Senate standing committees to reflect equity and fairness.

It also recommended that all vacant positions for chairmen and vice chairmen of committees be filled up forthwith and that no senator should be chairman or vice chairman of more than one committee.
The 12-man committee also stated, “Apparent discriminatory actions in choice of senators for overseas conferences, seminars and tours should be corrected.”


Reaction of the Unity Forum

In an interview on Thursday, the spokesperson of the Unity Forum, Senator Kabiru Marafa, said they had no regret instituting a legal action on the forgery. “I have no regret at all. At my age and status, do you think I will do something wrong and be reluctant to apologise? I am of the conviction that what I did was the right thing. And for your information, I am trained to speak the truth.’’


Saraki, Ekweremadu fault suit

In separate statements by their media officers, Saraki and Ekweremadu denied forging the Senate standing rules.

“Those who decided to smuggle the name of the Senate President into the charge sheet know perfectly well that only the leadership of the 7th Senate were invited for investigation. But they needed to implicate him in keeping with their declared vow to ensure that even if their current efforts to nail him through the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) fail, they would find other ways to carry out their vendetta.

“This so-called forgery case is another wanton abuse of the judicial process and making a mockery of the institution of justice. As the Senate earlier stated, the sponsors of this plot are not only gunning for Dr. Saraki, what they have just launched with this latest antics is a grand onslaught on the foremost institution of our democracy. Therefore, by seeking to cripple the National Assembly, they have declared a war on our hard-won democracy and aimed for the very jugular of our freedom,” Saraki’s media aide, Yusuph Olaniyonu stated.

Also, Ekweremadu’s special adviser on media, Uche Anichukwu stated, “So far, everything is in the realm of the onslaught to malign, bully, intimidate, and divert attention from the real challenges presently confronting the nation. However, when the bird jerks in the air, we can fathom where it would perch.”

Both media aides insisted that their principals were never interrogated by the police.

The Assistant Force Public Relations Officer (AFPRO), DSP Abayomi Shogunle, told newsmen at the Force Headquarters on July 6, 2015, that although the police team met Mr. Salisu Maikasuwa, they neither invited nor interrogated Ekweremadu.

Source: http://www.babanewsline.com/untold-story-of-senate-rules-forgery-scandal-involving-saraki-and-ekweremadu/

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And Buhari is busy chasing Fayose around!


It's obvious, Buhari has supervised the most insecure country(Nigeria) in West Africa. History will remember that.


Suddenly, providing common security for our pipelines and suppressing insurrections has become a rocket science - Fash'Ole

Don't be dump. EFCC is chasing Criminals. Fayose has part of the Arms deal loot.

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Lies let Aisha Buhari go to the U.S.

If US was after her, they would have come after her. She would have been in the news since 1994. Save your breath.

NUHU RIBADU - PDP member and Former EFCC boss

“She is a different person and has lived in the U.S. for years. She is hardly in Nigeria. The EFCC was working with U.S. authorities on the investigations. One of my plans was to arrest her before I left the commission. Our suspicion then was that she was using the Buhari name for influence.“

The EFCC laid ambush to see if she would come into the country so she could be arrested. I didn’t know what happened to the plan to arrest her after I left,” he said.

Mr. Ribadu however said if Nigerian authorities were still interested in the case it was easy to establish her real identity.He said this should not be a problem for investigators because she recently renewed her passport at the Nigerian embassy in Washington and that they should still have a file on her.

IBRAHIM LAMORDE - former EFCC boss

“I can tell you authoritatively that the Aisha Buhari named in that case is not President Buhari’s wife. It is another Aisha Buhari entirely,” Mr. Lamorde said.

“I was the director of operations at the EFCC at the time so I know about the case very well. I can tell you that it is not her (President Buhari’s wife). That much we established.”

OYEWOLE FASAWE - a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain heavily indicted in the Williams Jefferson bribery scandal

In a statement on Wednesday, Mr. Fasawe said Mrs. Buhari was not connected “in any way” to the transaction.

Mr. Fasawe is the Nigerian businessman mentioned in the scandal involving Mr. Jefferson, an ex-U.S. Congressman.

“We were the ones in government, and she was never a member of our party or my business associate. So, how could she have been involved in the first place,” Mr. Fasawe said.

The PDP chieftain said he had a business venture with Mr. Jefferson – who is now serving a 13-year jail term in the US – which went awry “based on misplaced trust”.

SAHARA REPORTERS

A SaharaReporters investigation into criminal activity in the United States by one Aisha Buhari confirms that the perpetrator is not the First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari.  SaharaReporters began its latest investigation following the circulation of reports that Mrs. Buhari—wife of President Muhammadu Buhari—was involved in a bribe scheme in 2002 in which she wired the sum of $170,000 to disgraced former US Congressman William Jefferson.


SaharaReporters found no fewer than six legal cases involving an Aisha Buhari in the Fairfax County General District Court.  The earliest date of these cases in the registry is October 19, 2012, with the most recent heard on March 31, 2016.  Most of these cases involve debts or wage garnishment.

Also notable is that one case, which was heard on December 3, 2015, was appealed by a defendant named Aisha M. Buhari at a time that Nigeria First Lady Aisha Buhari was clearly in Nigeria. This is in addition to a pattern of alleged civil and criminal cases against an Aisha Buhari following the incidents reported by the New York Times in the mid-2000s—a time when now First Lady Aisha Buhari was living in Nigeria.

SaharaReporters investigation found that there is another Aisha Buhari, living in the Virginia area: the same Aisha Buhari who claimed to be President Buhari’s daughter but who actually has no relationship with him.During the course of our investigation, we found that a property was sold on June 27, 2014 by Aisha Buhari to one Chiagozia Agbarakwe for $380,000.  Evidence shows that that Aisha Buhari purchased the property in 2013 for the sum of $335,000, putting her in Fairfax County, Virginia, during that period.

In addition to court evidence, property records, and a list of known addresses belonging to an Aisha Buhari living in the United States, the New York Times in 2007 photographed the Aisha Buhari, who claimed to be the daughter of then General Muhammadu Buhari.

SaharaReporters has also obtained a copy of Aisha Buhari’s Nigerian International Passport, which shares the same profile as the photograph published in the New York Times, but she clearly looks nothing like the First Lady Aisha Buhari.SaharaReporters contacted many of the aggrieved individuals who filed legal cases against Aisha Buhari, or their legal counsel, but none wanted to go on record due to the sensitive nature of their legal proceedings.  Several of them did, however, confirm that Aisha Buhari was in the United States during the time her alleged activity took place.

Source: http://www.babanewsline.com

The General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Kumuyi, has called on Nigerians not to panic because of the current socio-economic and security challenges, assuring that the nation would soon overcome the woes and become better.
The popular cleric spoke Some days ago in Warri, Delta State, ahead of his one-day bible study programme, calling on the Federal Government to dialogue with Niger Delta stakeholders to end renewed militancy in the region.

While pointing out that the need for the nation’s restructuring should not lead to its division, he said all hands must be on deck to work for Nigeria’s progress and fight against its division.