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koboko69:
Smelling hypocrites. If Buhari decideds to withdraw all the millitants and other Nigerians on Scholarship for this same reason. U and your goons will be running helter skelter unclad, liking and posting comments attacks on Buhari

OrlandoOwoh:
You would have been the first to wail if Buhari had transfered ex-militants studying abroad to Nigerian universities for the same reason Wike is giving. Hypocricy!

Preyetonye:
The beauty who is from benin in edo state, won the 2015 face of peace south-south beauty pageant held in warri delta state. She shared it on facebook and she looked so beautiful i couldnt help sharin it here. SOUTH-SOUTH girls rock.

The Presidency has risen in defence of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying he has achieved a lot in the area of fighting corruption in the seven months of his administration.

The Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said this in a statement on Wednesday.

Shehu was reacting to a recent report by the Centre for Democracy and Development which claimed that Buhari had only achieved one out of his 222 tracked electoral promises, representing 0.5 per cent of the promises.

The CDD had based its report on critical sectors such as security, the economy, fighting corruption, oil and gas, agriculture, and social and environmental sectors.

But the presidential spokesman said it was mischievous to attribute to the President promises he did not make during the campaigns and hold him accountable.

While advising leaders of the CDD to rise above what he called petty partisanship and stop misleading Nigerians, Shehu said any unbiased person would recognise the achievement so far made by Buhari in curbing corruption.

According to him, no sincere Nigerian will fail to recognise the courage of the President to tackle corruption in a country where impunity was once celebrated.

The presidential spokesman added that within seven months, Buhari had successfully blocked the leakages in the system.

He said as a result of these efforts, the Nigeria Customs Service had quadrupled its revenue base within seven months, a feat the service could not achieve in years.

“Doesn’t the President deserve credit for this and other efforts to confront the monster of corruption?” Shehu asked.

On the economy, he said it was wrong to blame the President for the falling oil prices in the world market, a challenge which he said had made Buhari lay emphasis on economic diversification.

He recalled that President Barack Obama of the United States had inherited an economy in crisis in 2009 and was not judged in his first seven months in office.

Shehu explained that in the case of Buhari, it was a double tragedy because he inherited an economy in crisis on account of declining oil revenues and an economy also ravaged by large-scale corruption.

He, however, said progress was being made in recovering the nation’s stolen funds.

He said an escrow account had been opened for that purpose.

Shehu added, “He (Buhari) is making good strides towards improving governance by tackling corruption. Till date, a good number of persons believed to have collectively stolen billions from taxpayers have been arrested and are facing the courts.

“We are working with our allies across the world from Britain and America to France and Germany to China and the UAE to source, locate and repatriate misappropriated funds.

“So far, an escrow account has been opened for money that is being returned. This is only the start. The return of stolen funds is important, but it is just as critical to ensure that those who seek to steal realise that no longer will there be such impunity in Nigeria.”

He said Buhari’s war against corruption and terrorism had become a template for Africa and the rest of the world.

The presidential spokesman said it was, however, ironic that at home, some individuals were not prepared to give these successes the recognition they deserved.

Shehu said, “The latest CDD episode is a shocking reminder to their failed attempt to hold the President to ‘100 promises in 100 days’ which disastrously crashed on the head of the proponent.

“The elevation of the act to a new high of 220 promises is a knee-jerk reaction that seeks to play to the gallery and score points against the President.”

32-year-old woman, Comfort Essie, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly battering her nine-year-old niece, Queendaline Phillips, in the Ijesha area of the state.

We learnt that Essie, who hails from Ikot-Ekpene in Akwa Ibom State, allegedly inflicted injuries on the nine-year-old when she ate out of a plate of soup which the woman had reportedly kept in the house.

The plate of soup was said to have been brought by a neighbour.

Our correspondent gathered that the incident, which occurred on Thursday, January 14, 2016, was reported at the FESTAC Police Division.

Our correspondent learnt that the class teacher of Phillips, who is in Primary 1 in a community school, had noticed that the girl was quiet and complained of pains in the class.

The teacher reportedly inquired from the girl, and she explained that her buttocks had peeled from the alleged torture from her aunt.

It was learnt that the teacher thereafter reported the matter to the school authorities, which in turn informed the police, and Essie was arrested.

Our correspondent gathered that officials of the state Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation had provided a temporary shelter for Phillips and she was being given medical treatment.

Speaking with our correspondent , Essie, a mother of one who worked as a nanny, said she asked Phillips five times if she ate out of the Afam soup brought by her neighbour, and the girl insisted that she did not, which infuriated her (Essie).

She said, “Queen (Phillips) is the daughter of my elder brother. I brought her to help me because I have a small boy. On Wednesday, a neighbour in my estate in Ijesha gave me Afam soup. It is not everyone who gives me food that I collect and eat.

“I moved into the house in September 2015 and I had been very careful. The woman made an Afam soup and she was a friend actually. But Queen, my boy and I just finished eating around 5pm and I was taking my son out when the woman brought the soup.

“I was going to take him to the barber’s. So, I asked Queen to bring a plate so we could keep the soup. I did not want to collect it, but for the insistence of the woman. When I returned, the girl was asleep and everyone had gone to bed.

“In the morning, I wanted to throw the soup away. That was when I found out the soup had been partly eaten. When I confronted Queen, she denied eating the soup. The girl lies a lot. If she had told me the truth, I would not beat her.

“I asked her the question five times. She denied. I knew my son’s hands could not reach the table where she put the soup. I did not beat her because I hated her. If that soup contained poison, and she ate it and died, I would still go to jail for it. So I angrily took a club used for stirring amala, and I beat her bum bum. She was wearing a wrapper. When the wrapper fell off, I continued beating her bum bum. But I meant good for her. She will get married some day.”

Phillips, however, told us that she did not eat from the soup, but she was battered because she failed to clean the room.

She said, “When my aunty (Essie) was going out, she gave me money to buy water and clean the house. But I did not see water to buy. When she came back, she started to beat me up. The people in the house asked her to leave me, she did not answer them. I did not eat from the soup. It was kept where she asked me to keep it.”

The Lagos State Police Public Relations, SP Dolapo Badmos, had yet to reply to a text message sent to her phone on the incident.

Military sources have confirmed that over 50 persons were killed by scores of Boko Haram terrorists armed with AK 47 rifles and other sophisticated weapons in the attack on Dalori village, about 4 kilometers away from Maiduguri.

President angered by sect

This came as President Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja said that Boko Haram sect was embarrassing his government with renewed onslaught against the people of the north-east.

The attack and wanton destruction of lives and properties including livestock and cattle in Dalori village, came despite repeated government claims that Boko Haram insurgents had been degraded and no longer had the capacity to assemble or carry out such large scale attacks except through suicide bombings

It was gathered that the military on learning of the Boko Haram attack on Dalori on Saturday night, dispatched troops to engaged them, resulting in a fierce gun battle.

The terrorists were said to have inflicted heavy carnage on Dalori and another village of Walori, for close to two hours before the military arrived.

The source said the villagers who had always been on the alert, were deceived by the fact that the insurgents came in Hilux Vans and were dressed in camouflage hence the villagers mistook them for troops on patrol.

Bodies of those killed, it was gathered, were evacuated to the Borno State Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri and the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.

“Several others whose numbers were estimated at 70 who received gunshot, machete injuries, etc, were also evacuated to the two hospitals”, the source said.

Insurgents more desperate now— BUHARI

Meanwhile, speaking against the backdrop of plethora of suicide bombings in Chibok market, Dolari Internally Displaced Persons’ IDP, camp in Borno State and the Gombi market in Adamawa State in the passing week, president Buhari said that the insurgents had become more desperate, saying that the recent bombings were attempts to gain public sympathy and attention having suffered terribly in the hands of Nigerian military.

According to President Buhari, the terrorists had been rendered weak, confused and homeless after repeated bombings and ravaging of their camps and hide outs by the military, forcing them to find their way back into the society to wreak havoc, like the case of the Dolari and IDP.

The President also noted that the materials for making the Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, were locally sourced by the insurgents and urged Nigerians especially residents of the north-east region to be more vigilant and circumspect.

Air Force pounds Sambisa

In the mean time, as part of efforts to soften the ground for  troops, the Nigerian Airforce, NAF, has sustained aerial bombardment of Sambisa Forest with over 280 operational sorties conducted against terrorist’s targets in the last one month.

The Deputy Theatre Commander Air of Operation Lafiya Dole, Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Oladayo Amao, who made this known at a briefing in Maiduguri, said the air strikes and bombardments were conducted by the Air Component of the Operation Lafiya Dole in the North-East.

Amao explained that the sustained air operations and surveillance within the Theater of operation in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States, were intensified between December 2015 and January 2016 towards ending the Boko Haram menace.

monacobull:
Let me start off by saying at this point i believe Nigerian graduates have a lot of work to do. Its taking a lot of effort for me to contain the level of disappointment im currently feeling towards our university leavers. I work in a multinational company and i have had the chance to partake in the interview process of some roles the company advertised. Most of the time im usually appalled at the errors and goofs i see on CV's. So let me get to the main story.

Six graduates came into the office this morning to interview for an internship position. Which was going to pay a basic salary and also some nice commissions. All the interviewees were very disappointing despite the very easy questions which was for a very simple role. In fact none of them showed enough quality to half consider them for the job.

After the last person left, I and my colleague had already given up and hoped to do a fresh advert for the role. But 1 other person that was present at the interview was a senior staff from our foreign headquarters. And he suddenly suggested that we give the office cleaner a chance. At first i thought he was saying it out of frustration but this guy was damn serious. Long story short, we called the cleaner in and he handled our questions well and even scaled through 80% of the objection statements we threw at him! Whats more is that this guy isn't exactly educated and he even stammers! WTF !!!! Agreed he might have had better answers because he knows some more about the company having worked with us for a while, but still on still!...to outshine 6 graduates!...ah.

Finally finally we have decided to take him on a trial role and give him the required training. Im still shocked beyond belief.

Naija graduates, please get your shit together.

BARRING any unforeseen circumstances, 40-year-old Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello will tomorrow, at the Confluence Stadium, Lokoja, the state capital, be sworn-in as Governor of Kogi State.

Two motions for the interlocutory injunction to stop the inauguration were thrown out by the Kogi State governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lokoja.

Meanwhile, there are indications that Mr. Gowon Egbunu may emerge as deputy governor to Bello.

It was learnt that Egbunu who hails from the Eastern Senatorial district of the state was unanimously nominated as the preferred deputy governorship candidate by key stakeholders of the party in the Kogi East Senatorial zone.

A statement signed by Chairman, Media/ Publicity Committee for the Inauguration Isiaq Ajibola and made available to The Guardian in Lokoja yesterday said President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osibanjo and Senate President Bukolá Saraki are expected to grace the inauguration along with members of the national and state assemblies, governors, ministers and captains of industry.

Tribunal chairman, Justice Halima Mohammed in her ruling that paved the way for Bello’s inauguration, dismissed the motions, saying that though the tribunal has jurisdiction contrary to insinuations, however the motions were not contained in the original petitions but motion on notice.

She explained that granting the motions filled by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party will definitely affect the life of the original case before it.

She noted that the motions seeking the order of the tribunal to stop Bello’s inauguration as governor of the state did not form part of the case before the tribunal.

The nomination of Egbunu, a Christian, indigene of Ofu Local Council from Aloji Ward and an Abuja based publisher and politician, was contained in a six-page letter addressed to Bello, the governor-elect.

The letter was also signed by Dr. Yakubu Ugwalawo, the Leader and Senatorial Coordinator, Hassan Haruna , Yahaya Menyaga and Prince Isah Abdullahi, all zonal coordinators and nine other local government coordinators.

In the letter, copies of which were sent to the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, (APC) and other top national leaders of the party, the coordinators pointed out that the nomination of Mr. Egbunu was based on the fact that he is tested, matured, creative and dogged.

“The impasse, which characterized the issue of the deputy governorship candidate is common knowledge and we wish to recommend a candidate for your consideration after due consultations with leaders and other stakeholders across the Senatorial District.

The Eastern Senatorial district caucus of the APC has considered the existing political arrangements in the Senatorial District thus: Ankpa/Olamoboro/Omala Federal Constituency is currently holding the Senatorial slot, which has been in the constituency since 2011, while Dekina/Bassa Federal Constituency is holding the Governorship slot since 2012, after the 12 years between 1999 and 2011 and currently has a Ministerial slot;Idah/Ibaji/Igalamela-Odolu/Ofu Federal Constituency of the late Prince Abubakar Audu has not held a major political position since 2003, hence the need for the constituency to produce the deputy governor.

“In order to pacify the people of Ofu Local Council of the late Prince Audu and also to douse the current volatile political situation in the Senatorial District, it has become imperative to consider the Local Council for the deputy governorship slot.

“The coordinators stressed further that Mr. Egbunu, by his pedigree, has been adjudged to be a man of principle, hardworking, imaginative, philanthropic, adding that a man with such attributes will be of great asset to Alhaji Yahaya Bello’s administration.

A serving House of Representatives member, James Faleke, who was the deputy governorship candidate picked by the APC to run with Alhaji Yahaya Bello, turned down the nomination, on the basis that he should have been declared the governor-elect of the state with the votes on ground after the demise of late Prince Abubakar Audu. Whose running mate he was before the election was declared inconclusive upon Audu’s sudden death.