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Monday, 12 December 2016
Ngige: Buhari does not smoke weed or cigarette, loves Igbo people


Labour minister Chris Ngige has faulted claims by Ohanaeze Ndigbo and its secretary-general, Joe Nwaorgu, that President Muhammadu Buhari virtually ignores doing things that will favour the South East part of Nigeria, a zone occupied by the Igbo tribe mostly.

According to Ngige who spoke on Sunday,
"When you go to Buhari’s antecedents, you see his love for the Igbo – his Brigade Commander was an Igboman.

"After the war, he did not kill prisoners of war. He brought back his classmates, J.C. Ojukwu and the other man from Ojoto in Anambra State.

"Buhari is a good man, he keeps to himself. He is disciplined in office, he doesn’t drink. He doesn’t smoke. He is a man who does any work efficiently.

"He has Igbo friends,” he said, adding that it was not true that the Igbo did not vote for Buhari in the 2015 presidential poll.

"It is wrong to say that the Igbo didn’t vote for him in 2015. There was no voting across Igboland, it was vote allocation.

"We should stop crying over spilt milk. We got 20 pounds after the war; we should leverage on our prosperity, industrial spirit, ingenuity and propensity for work to forge ahead.

"We need political fitness and diplomacy and we will not be left behind."

Friday, 9 December 2016
Buhari condemns Adamawa bomb blast as "desperate act" by Boko Haram as 56 perish


No fewer than 56 people died as twin bomb blasts ripped through a market in Adamawa State city, Madagali in the morning of Friday 9 December 2016.
Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the purported terrorist attack, describing it as a "desperate" act by Boko Haram as the group inches closer to extinction.

Speaking via his Media adviser Garba Shehu, President Muhammadu Buhari said this evening,
"Putting an end to this senseless loss of innocent lives remains a top priority of this administration.

"Over the past few weeks, the Nigerian military have made significant advancements in an offensive aimed at slamming the final nail in the coffin of Boko Haram.

"This latest attack is obviously an act of desperation, but the Nigerian military will neither be distracted nor relent.

"The battle against terrorism is a joint effort involving all citizens, both government and governed. Together, Nigerians can and will defeat the evil that is Boko Haram."

Jarizod:
someone said "but price of diaper has also increased"

Masikay:
No need for pad for maybe nine months and then diapers for two years, plus pad. She's not thinking well

Recession: Price of pad has increased, husband should come quick, Nigerian girl cries out


Facebook user Ifeoma urgently wants her "future husband" to come by immediately because according to her, the price of menstrual pads has skyrocketed and this is unbearable.

She wrote:

Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Gang of kidnappers nabbed in Owerri after collecting N2m ransom and killing victim


According to an eyewitness who took the pictures and sent it to Somtoo Okoye blog, the gang of two men and a woman were involved in the kidnap of their victim in Imo State capital Owerri but were nabbed on their way to Aba, Abia State after collecting the sum of 2 million naira and ending up killing their victim.

More photos:

Wednesday, 30 November 2016
First lady and President Buhari reconcile as their granddaughter marks birthday

After the short period of fallout between President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, Aisha (read here and here)ve put their differences apart to celebrate their granddaughter's birthday.

Buhari's granddaughter, Zee, turned 4 on Tuesday and her grandparents were there to help cut her cake.

Happy birthday Zee!

Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Tyrant Buhari? Here's the reason why NCC forced MTN, Glo, others to hike data price

The following article is an opinion article by Somtoo Okoye, the founder of Somtoo Okoye blog.

By now you must have heard that GSM companies are reviewing the prices of their data services upwards by December 1 2016. You must have wondered why this sudden development is coming in a time where data services locally and globally were moving towards rock bottom prices. Well, here is your answer.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) told data companies to increase their data prices.

According to a source at Etisalat Nigeria,
"We further gathered that the Federal Government took the decision having discovered that data rates are very low-priced in Nigeria, compared to other countries, including nearby African countries.

"The government might have also taken the decision given that Nigerian subscribers have been kicking against the proposed nine per cent Communication Tax, whose bill is currently in the National Assembly."

A source at MTN Nigeria added:
"What this means is that MTN, Airtel, Etisalat And Globacom will increase their data rates as from December 1, 2016. A data plan of N1,000 for 1.5 Gigabytes will now be increased to N3,000 at N1,000 per 500 Megabytes."
Well, let me tell you the cause of data price hike in the Nigerian communication industry. On Saturday 5th November 2016, the Federal Government said that social media is "sabotaging Buhari’s efforts" (you can Google that).

According to Information minister Lai Mohammed who spoke at a Colloquium organized by the National Coalition of Apostolic Leaders in Lagos that day:
"Everyday, this group of people deliberately distort our messages while also suffusing the atmosphere with their own version of information,

"We are aware that it is not just enough to do something, you must be seen to be doing it. In other words, the activities of government are as important as communicating them. That is why this Administration places much premium on communicating with the people."
Interestingly, at the 4th Commonwealth Public Relations Congress also held in Lagos on 20 November 2016, minister Mohammed again lamented over how the use of social media is a "nightmare" to PR and image makers like himself and his clients, President Muhammadu Buhari.

He said:
"Today, anyone with access to a smart phone can put out any information, whether accurate or not, that could go viral in minutes.

"No fact-checking, no accuracy, no fairness, no rules. They just spread whatever information catches their fancy, and they have their own public that believes them."
By now, it was clear that the Federal Government was seeking for a way to kill, or at least reduce the quantity of activities and influence of social media.

Days later, Nigerians got the information via their respective data operators that the NCC has forced them to increase data prices from December 1.

This is the fastest way the President Muhammadu Buhari-led FG deemed possible to harm social media, the same tool they rode its propaganda machine to get elected about 20 months ago.

The Federal Government thinks it's possible to silence its "poor" critics on social media by hiking data prices and reducing their Internet usage, thereby, creating an enabling environment for the "rich" class (who purportedly won't criticize them) to use social media alone.

We are watching.

ikennaf1:
Who knows where to buy cheap ¢°nd°m in dozen packs?

yeyeboi:
U must be thinking ur moniker is better

Sunday, 27 November 2016
Chelsea FC shares pictures of Davido hanging out with Hazard, Moses, others after match


Nigerian singer Davido paid a visit to Stamford Bridge and was pictured with Chelsea footballers Hazard, Luiz, Costa, Azpilicueta, and Moses after their 2- 1 defeat of Tottenham on Saturday.
To honor his visit, Chelsea surprisingly published the pictures on their official Facebook page.

And then Nigerians took over the Chelsea Football Club Facebook page to rant about how Davido was kneeling on the floor:

yeyeboi:
Ok

Sunday, 27 November 2016
Senator of the Year: Dino Melaye wins award by Senate Press Corps


National Assembly member Senator Dino Melaye was crowned "Senate of the Year" by the Senate Press Corps during the weekend.

The controversial lawmaker proudly brandished his latest accolade on social media, saying:
"Senator of the year award. Thank you Lord."

kinggogo:
Igbos na lyk dah we dey
Hustle or die!!!

Monday, 21 November 2016
What's your excuse? See amputated man who makes living by selling beads at Onitsha


A physically-challenged hawker named Onyebuchi at Emeka Offor Plaza, Main Market, Onitsha, was extolled for his doggedness in the times of recession.

According to Facebook user Francis Vincent Donvin who met Onyebuchi, the entrepreneur makes beads which he markets around Main Market and Onitsha, Anambra State.

Very nice of him.

Former IG of Police Solomon Arase launches law firm "Solomon Arase & Associates"


Former inspector-general of Police Solomon Arase is hardly seen in public since after handing over to Idris Ibrahim in July this year.

Arase posed for his official portraits as he moved on to a new phase in his career: a law firm, Solomon Arase & Associates last weekend.

Wishing him the best of luck!

Wednesday, 9 November 2016
Donald Trump in early lead as US presidential election results arrive


As of 1:14AM (GMT+1) on Wednesday November 2016, Republican nominee Donald Trump is leading his Democratic Party counterpart Hillary Clinton after gathering 1,079,765 votes (54.6%) while the latter got 812,290 (41.1%) in the early results of the 2016 US presidential elections.

The results are from so far counted votes from Florida, Georgia, New Hampshire and Virginia states.

patriotic9jaboy:
And some people believe a man who wrote such a well composed letter does not have a WAEC certificate. Smh

Sunday, 6 November 2016
Hillary Clinton will become next US president, TB Joshua predicts


Pastor T.B. Joshua, the overseer of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), has predicted the winner of the next United States presidential elections coming up on Tuesday 8 November 2016.

As we all know, Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democrats nominee Hillary Clinton are in the forefront of the battle to become the 45th United States president.

T.B. Joshua predicted Mrs. Clinton emerging victorious with a narrow win:

Thursday, 3 November 2016
Government should ban MMM immediately - Freeze


OAP Freeze has weighed into the controversial issue of MMM which has proved to be a money spinner for emplyed and unemployed youths alike, albeit warnings from the Central Bank of Nigeria urging people to desist from what it describes as a Ponzi Scam-styled scheme.

Freeze said on Wednesday after the latest round of warnings by the CBN:
CBN declares MMM fraud, RCCG parish advertises it. Which do we believe?
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Is it in order to generate more for tithe and offering
50 people allegedly committed suicide in Russia due to MMM can't people read readily available facts?
Why is CBN declaring them fraudulent, shouldn't they be shutting down their operations?
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I think these are soul searching questions we should ask our selves! Have a blessed day!
Dearies, do you agree with him?

East African country Kenya is in the news for the right reasons after doctors at the Kenya National Hospital (KNH) carried out the first conjoined twins separation with 100% success in Africa.

The two babies Favour and Blessing (pictured before surgical operation), were born joined at the waist on 23 September 2016 but a groundbreaking corrective surgery which took a team of 50 doctors about 23 hours to complete on Wednesday 2 November 2016 ensured they can decide to live without needing each other.


The twins are being held under close watch at KNH's intensive care unit and further surgeries to construct their separated body parts (ie skins, Instruments, anal canal and bowel) will be underway in coming weeks.