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There something about Jonathan that is somewhat legendary.
Can't really place it, but there's just something really unique about him

ABUJA — Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that former President Goodluck Jonathan from his first days as President showed he  was too small for the office, saying he, Obasanjo, acted more as an opponent of Jonathan than a supporter of Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the 2015 presidential poll.


Ex President Jonathan and Gen. Obasanjo (Rtd)
Obasanjo, who said Jonathan deceived him that he would not give Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke the petroleum portfolio in his cabinet was deceived into believing that he could use money to buy the 2015 presidential election.

Obasanjo in the book, Against the Run of Play: How an Incumbent President was defeated in Nigeria, written by former presidential spokesman, Segun Adeniyi, also revealed that Jonathan was gripped by the fear that Buhari, as president, would jail him or lead him to an early grave.

In the 204-page book, former President Jonathan is himself quoted as saying he could not be held accountable for provocative remarks made by some of his supporters, even as former Senate President, David Mark, is also quoted in the book as alleging that he forewarned the former president about the alleged conspiracy against him in the north but to no avail.

Problems of  minority agitation

Obasanjo in the book is quoted as saying that following Umaru Yar’Adua’s death in 2010, he endorsed Jonathan for the 2011 presidential election principally to solve the problems of minority agitation in Nigeria.

The former President said: “I saw the emergence of Jonathan as an opportunity to solve the problem of minority agitation. The three majority ethnic groups in Nigeria can always sort themselves out but not so for the minority. A good example is my state here in Ogun.

“Despite the best of intentions, nobody from Ogun West has been able to become governor because of this minority issue and it will take a conscious effort to make it happen. So, it was in the context of that I had to plead with prominent people in the North to allow Jonathan run for a term.”

I warned him not to make Diezani petroleum minister

But in a tone laden with regrets, Obasanjo pointed out that there were certain things Jonathan did that fell below his expectations as a former president.

“There were certain decisions taken by Jonathan very early in his administration that pointed to the fact that the office was bigger than him and one of them was the appointment of a petroleum minister,” he said.

According to Obasanjo, he cautioned Jonathan not to appoint Diezani Alison-Madueke to such a sensitive sector but the president ignored his counsel.

“Jonathan gave me the impression that he was not going to give her the portfolio but at the end he did and we can see the consequence. He, of course, knew what he was doing,” Obasanjo stated.

Why I opposed Jonathan

The former president also hinted at what riled him against Jonathan and why he parted ways with him in the run up to the 2015 election, a development which has given the impression that he was actively working in support of Buhari’s candidature. But Obasanjo denied any direct support to Buhari.

He said: “I didn’t join them in supporting Buhari; I joined in opposing Jonathan so Buhari was just a beneficiary of my opposition to Jonathan since my position was AOBJ: meaning Any Option But Jonathan.”,

Obasanjo explained that Jonathan and his handlers believed that they could buy the last election and that they were so arrogant about it that the PDP would print only one nomination form for him and him alone. He said: “If he was wise, he would have yielded the ticket to somebody else in the PDP.”

Jonathan was not really afraid about life after office but Buhari

The former president, who also criticised the role played by the military in the last election, said he suspected that Jonathan was not really afraid about life after office but Buhari, his successor.

“I believe the President’s concern or fear is not about life after office per se, because he and I have had occasions to talk about this both seriously and jovially. I believe the President’s fear is particularly motivated by the person he sees as his likely successor, that is General Buhari. I believe the people would have been telling him that Buhari is a hard man; he would fight corruption and he (Jonathan) may end up in jail if not in the grave,” Obasanjo narrated in the book.

The book also placed the defeat of Jonathan at the 2015 poll on the utterances of those close to the former president, chief among them being his wife, Patience.

The book recalls the allegation by former Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, accusing the former first lady of insulting the North with incendiary language, thereby alienating them from Jonathan during the election.

It quoted Mrs. Jonathan as making a denigrating remark against Almajiri in the north, by saying “Our people no dey born children wey dem no dey count. Our men no dey born throw way for street; we no dey like people from the other side”, an apparent reference to the concept of Almajiri common in the north.

Reminded in the book that some persons close to him, especially Chief Edwin Clark and Asari Dokubo, were rather vocal and provocative in their utterances, Jonathan wondered why he should be held accountable for their personal opinions.

The former president retorted: “Okay,  let us agree for the sake of argument that Chief Clark and the others were offensive, what about those from other ethnic groups who were also making incendiary statement about my person with insinuations about people who wear bowler hats?

“I am not defending whoever may have crossed the line among Ijaw people but let us  be fair, why should I be held accountable for that and you would not hold other leaders accountable for what politicians from their own ethnic groups also said? he queried.

On why Jonathan lost the election, former Senate President, David Mark, said that he saw the defeat coming and had pointed out the unrealistic voting projections made by the party about the North to the former president and the conspiracy against him but he was not taken seriously.

He said Jonathan should have seen the handwriting on the wall and done something about what was pointed out to him but no action was taken.

Mark lamented, “I saw it and at difference times, I pointed out to him and the party that the projections being made by some people around the president about what the voting pattern in the north would were wrong.

“I could see the conspiracy and the gang-up building up in the north against the aspiration of Jonathan but my  voice was drowned out by those who took it for granted that a sitting president, and one from PDP, could not lose,” Mark said.

The former Senate President also mentioned that the former Vice President, Namadi Sambo, was also aware that Jonathan was not strong in the North but apparently had little to say in the campaign to re-elect Jonathan.

“Some people were deceiving the president with the kind of false scenarios they were painting for him. The VP could see the conspiracy but I don’t know how much influence he had on the campaign. Why Jonathan couldn’t see it until it was too late is what I find difficult to understand,” Mark pointed out.

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Wear a Supportive Bra that’s Your Size

Getting a supportive fitted bra that is your size will help to give your breasts the support they need. It will also help your breast to resist gravity and reduce bouncing when you walk. This will help reduce strains on the skin and ligaments of your breasts and prevent them from stretching out.

Exercise

The best way to keep your body young and fit is by engaging in regular physical activity. One of such activities is exercise. As a woman, exercise helps to emphasize the perkiness of your breast. Be sure to wear a well-fitted sport bra during exercise to hold your breast in place, reduce bouncing and prevent the stretching of the skin and ligaments of your breast.


Avoid Smoking

The chemicals in cigarettes harm the collagen and elastin in your skin making it weaker and less stretchy, which causes wrinkling of the skin and sagging of the breast. Once the skin of your breasts loses elasticity, your breasts will sag, even if you are young. You should be mindful of this and avoid smoking.

Massage

Moisturize your breasts daily and gently massage in a circular motion from upside down and vice versa, to keep the skin supple and help your breast retain their elasticity. Massaging your breasts helps to increase circulation in the tissues, which helps to increase the elasticity of the breasts.

Eat Proteins

Eating proteins is the best way to heal damages to the skin, connective tissues and muscles. Your body uses proteins to heal these damages, which in turns helps strengthen your breasts to resist gravity and remain perky. Protein rich foods include meat, milk, beans, nuts etc.

Eat Complex Carbohydrates

This particularly applies to you if you exercise regularly. Complex carbohydrates take longer to digest and provide energy for a longer time than simple sugars. This energy they provide is vital for exercise (so you don’t collapse from exhaustion during exercise). Good sources of complex carbohydrates are beans, corn, potatoes, lentils, green peas, whole-grain breads etc.

Avoid Weight Fluctuations

Try to maintain a stable weight as much as you can. Avoid yo-yo dieting, avoid rapidly gaining and losing weight, and avoid becoming overweight. This is because weight fluctuations tend to stretch out the skin of your breast causing it to sag over time.

Breast-feeding Will Not Make Your Breasts Sag

Please drop the unnecessary fear of breast-feeding causing your breasts to sag (if you have this fear). Your breasts sag as they get larger and heavier during pregnancy because this process stretches the ligaments of the breast. Regardless of whether you breastfeed or not, over time your breast will still sag. Breast-feeding will not make it worse.

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The suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir David Lawal, may not return to his post, credible sources have confided in Daily Trust.

A decision to that effect has already crystallised, multiple sources within the government and the ruling APC said last night.

Babachir was suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari last week for alleged contract fraud under the Presidential Initiative on North East (PINE).

He is already under investigation by a committee headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo which report is due to be submitted to the president next week.

The SGF’s fate is “virtually sealed,” a source said adding that the government is already looking beyond his era as it shops for his replacement.

A number of names are being bandied around as possible candidates for appointment to the most powerful position in government.

However, our sources said several of the names being mentioned are not in contention but such persons are themselves pushing their names forward to gain attention.

He said the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), who is from the North East, is one of the leading names of those being considered as the new SGF.

“As a former military administrator who equally worked very closely with President Buhari, he’s eminently qualified for the job,” he said.

He added that the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu is also being considered for the job of the SGF.

“Adamu Adamu is a long term ally of President Buhari; he served as his personal secretary during the PTF days and is now a minster who is doing pretty well in his calling,” he said.

But Joe Alfred, a legal practitioner in Yola, Adamawa State, said while Buhari should select a competent person with impeccable pedigree to replace Babachir, “he should be mindful of some obvious sensitivities of the people.”

Asked to speak further, he said, “Yes, knowledge of the job is one thing but it would be great if someone from the same zone with the removed SGF is picked, someone who the people would be happy with,” he said.

Another senator said there was pressure from the South East for Buhari to take the new SGF from there.

“The name of Chief Ikeobasi Mokelu from Anambra State is being mentioned for the job, I don’t know how it will work out,” he said.

He said Mokelu, a delegate to the National Constitutional Conference and former minister of information and Culture has been a close ally and had played vital role in the APC project that led to the emergence of Buhari as presidential candidate.

The senator said his selection will also calm frayed nerves in the South East, where political leaders feel marginalized.

Two credible sources at the APC national headquarters said the new SGF should come from the North East.

One of them said, “Political balancing is very important and since the suspended SGF is from the North East, his replacement, by no matter who should obviously come from the same zone.”

Another source said there was equal pressure from the South West but not necessarily for a candidate from the zone.

“The power bloc from the South West is working for the SGF to either emerge from the South South or from the South East, I think this is for some political scheming,” he said.

According to him, “They are rooting for Prince Tony Momoh who is from the Edo in the South South or the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu from the South East.”

Momoh had served as minister of information during the General Ibrahim Babangida era; chairman, Media and Publicity of the ANPP Campaign Organisation in the 2003 and 2007 elections and also Chairman of the Political Committee of the Muhammadu Buhari Organisation.

Onu was repeatedly touted for the post shortly after the 2015 elections.

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is watching how the selection process unfolds, with credible sources saying the party would be glad to have someone that will help President Muhammadu Buhari in actualizing the mission, vision and manifesto fo the ruling party.

Daily Trust gathered that apart from the names of some retired technocrats that rose through the ranks in the core civil service that are being scrutinised by President Buhari, other people who have made their landmark in recent political developments are also being considered for the post.

A senator close to the corridors of power said that the fact that President had set up a committee to unravel the circumstances that led to the suspension of Babachir, with a mandate to tidy its work in two weeks, means that there will not be delay in taking a tangible decision on whether the embattled SGF will go back to his office or not.

“Though no decision will be taken until the Vice President Osinbajo’s committee report is submitted, Buhari is none-the -less being extremely careful in the selection process of the probable replacement.

“For those of us in the ruling government, the simple argument is that many factors were not considered during the selection of Babachir; it’s not about loyalty or compensating someone. It’s about getting someone who can drive the engine of governance which is vested in the cabinet office, that’s the office of the SGF.

“Remember, there are at least six or seven permanent secretaries in the SGF office and under normal circumstances, the overall head, the SGF if you like should have additional expertise and grounding in the workings of government,” he said.

Meanwhile, the suspended SGF, Babachir Lawal was yet to appear before the presidential panel probing him for alleged mismanagement of funds meant for the Northeast.

A Presidency official, who is close to the investigative committee, told our correspondent, last night that the panel had not yet opened Lawal's case.

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The person in Authority is not buhari


My neighbour is Mr Ben

sarrki:
It still means God

The Arab Christian calls him Allah

Yoruba calls him Olodumare

Hausa Cas him Ubangiji

Igbo calls him chineke

Calabar calls him Abasi

The English man calls him God

sarrki:
Ignorance at its peak

An Arab Christian call God Allah

So we should seek knowledge before we talk

sarrki:
Don't get it twisted

God is God

Anyday Anytime

Bot Christianity and Islam are all alien to Africa some decades back

We should thread softly

sarrki:
Ignorance at its peak

An Arab Christian call God Allah

So we should seek knowledge before we talk

izzou:
Do they have different meanings?

sarrki:
Baba you will not die now

But shall live to proclaim the word of God

God Bless you my Mentor

God will keep and Guide you

He will keep his face to shine upon you

God bless federal republic of Nigeria