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A friend of mine on a journey just sent me this photo he claims he saw it at a gas station in Taraba state.. Can't stop laughing...

Does your printer supports network(WIFI) You can do your printing using the network( wireless) with you cable connected.. Hope these helps

This alligator was cut in my Office this afternoon... And I quickly run the parol.....

Is anything so special about Night vigils or observing an all night prayer(program)? Are most prayers offered middle of the night(Night vigils) answered speedily or almost immediately? Because I notice so many Christians attach too much importance to it...

The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said on Tuesday that troops had arrested a financier of the Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State. Usman said in a statement that that the man, identified as Mohammed Maina, was arrested in Bama with N1m cash on him. He said that the suspect was also a supplier of kola nuts and other stimulants to the insurgents. The Army spokesman said that the suspect, a native of Shuari Village in Bama Local Government Area, might have been collecting monetary contributions from Boko Haram sympathisers along the Maiduguri-Dikwa-Kulli axis of the state. “In a related development, troops have also intercepted and arrested a suspected Boko Haram financier and stimulants dealer, Mohammed Maina, in Bama, Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. “The suspect, a native of Ngurosoye, came from Shuari village in Bama LGA, and he was arrested with the sum of N1m cash and some items. “Investigation revealed that Mohammed supplies them kola nuts and other items especially stimulants. He further revealed that kola nuts are in high demand among the terrorists, as the product keeps them active at night. “It is apparent also that he plies Maiduguri-Dikwa-Kulli axis where he gathers monetary and other material contributions from Boko Haram sympathisers along that axis and send same to the terrorists camps,” the statement read in part. Usman stated also that the soldiers of the 112 Battalion and some Special Forces carried out a joint raid on Boko Haram’s camps at Bulungwa Naibe in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State on Monday and recovered some items from them. He stated also that several of the insurgents were killed in the operation. He said that the items recovered from them included “one Buffalo vehicle mounted with an anti-aircraft gun, a rocket-propelled grenade, two machine guns and one sub-machine gun, five AK-47, one Fabrique nationale rifle and two sewing machines used for sewing uniforms by the terrorists.” Usman also said that soldiers had arrested three suspected collaborators of the Boko Haram insurgents following the arrest of Maina. Usman said that Maina had been making useful statements which led to the arrest of the three suspected collaborators in Maiduguri. He gave the names of those arrested as Jikana Alhaji Goni, 29, Alhaji Musa Modu, 37, and Alhaji Aba’ana Na Sule, aged 40, all of Hausari Ward, Maiduguri. He said that those arrested were being interrogated by the military. He said, “Please recall that a Boko Haram financier, fund raiser and stimulant supplier, Mohammed Maina, was arrested by troops of 21 Brigade yesterday.” Meanwhile, the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu- Gambari, on Tuesday urged security agencies and the Federal Government to smoke out all identified sponsors of Boko Haram insurgency in the country. Noting that terrorists had wrecked havoc in the country, he said he was hopeful that terrorism would soon come to an end as soon as the sponsors were identified. He spoke in an interview with members of the Correspondent Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The Emir also advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to discard the report of the 2014 National Conference. He urged Buhari to begin the process of implementing the 2014 National Conference report and to restructure the country. Sulu-Gambari, who was a member of the confab, said Nigeria needed restructuring to accelerate its growth. He urged Buhari to pass the report as a bill to the National Assembly so that it would form part of the nation’s constitution and law. He said, “The law is made for the people and people are not made for the law. The Nigerian people have gathered for a purpose and the people have spoken through their representatives. So, the parliament would have to endorse it for necessary criteria that had been drawn up in the constitution. “Having done that, it will now be passed as a bill and the people of Nigeria can now say they have given unto themselves a constitution. The one given to us by the military was not by the people of this country. “The military only gave us that one to guide and rule us. Men are not supposed to be made for the law, but rather, laws are supposed to be made for man. Men should be supreme. “The constitution is the highest norm or law in the land so that whatever may happen since we are still in the period of restructuring, probably the document gathered during the confab should be looked into as part of documents for restructuring. I believe it should not be thrown into the dustbin.” The Emir urged journalists to be socially responsible at every critical moment in their reportage. He added that they should through their reportage protect the corporate existence of Nigeria, and avoid any report that could undermine the corporate existence of the country. He also said he was excited that the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, is from Kwara State. He added that Saraki will render quality service for national growth and unity. He said, “We have gone far enough as a country. And we should see anything that happens as part of happenings of something in the embryo or still growing because we are still growing with a lot to learn from our mistakes. We should not stop existing as a country. “Your job should be tailored towards securing peace and harmony in the country, alongside other responsibilities of educating, informing and entertaining people. Without peace, you cannot do all these. We pray God to continue to give us peace and put an end to Boko Haram attacks in the country.”

Residents of Abesan Estate in the Ipaja area of Lagos State
have been thrown into confusion after a man, Nelson
Oamen, stabbed his father, Ehiremen Oamen, to death
during an altercation.
PUNCH Metro gathered that Nelson, who reportedly fled
his father’s apartment in Block 272, after the incident on
Friday, removed the septuagenarian’s heart and left with
it.
Our correspondent learnt that the Oamens, who hailed
from Edo State, had been living in the estate for over 15
years.
It was gathered that the father, said to be a retired
worker in a company in Apapa, was battling with stroke,
and usually remained indoors.
PUNCH Metro learnt that 34-year-old Nelson, who did
not have a stable job, was reportedly a drug addict, and
had had violent clashes with people in the area which
were reported to the police.
Our correspondent learnt that at about 2pm on Friday,
Nelson had gone to his father’s apartment and an
argument had ensued between the two.
Nelson, who was suspected to be high on drugs, allegedly
stabbed his father to death in his bedroom, and covered
his body with a blanket.
He was said to have sneaked out of the house and had yet
to be found.
Nelson’s younger sister, who did not want her name in
print, reportedly came into the house a few minutes
later, and found traces of blood in the family’s sitting
room.
She was said to have discovered Ehiremen’s corpse on his
bed, after which she raised the alarm.
It was gathered that some neighbours and residents, who
also rushed to the room to see Ehiremen, realised that
there was a deep hole on the left side of his chest after he
had been stabbed in several places.
It was said that Nelson allegedly escaped with his father’s
heart, which the residents claimed, was responsible for
the bloodstains in the sitting room.
Our correspondent gathered that the matter was
reported at the Ipaja Police Division.
When PUNCH Metro visited the area on Saturday, a
crowd of sympathisers was observed thronging the
deceased’s apartment.
Nelson’s elder sister, who came from Abeokuta, Ogun
State, and also did not want her name in print, said the
family could not say what caused the argument between
her father and Nelson.
She added that Ehiremen had been physically attacked by
Nelson in the past.
She said, “For about five years now, dad had been
nursing a stroke, and he could not work again. So, he
used to stay at home. Nelson did not have a stable
location. He just came to the area on Friday.
“I was told that he came in through the window before
committing the act. It was his younger sister, who has a
shop in the area, and came in a few minutes later to
change her clothes, who first observed bloodstains in the
sitting room.
“She then traced the bloodstains to daddy’s room, and
found out that he had been killed. We have not seen any
sign of Nelson since then.”
A landlord in the area, Akeem Salau, who described the
deceased as an easy-going man, said he was praying in
the mosque at about 2pm, when the news of Ehiremen’s
death filtered in.
He said, “The man has eight children. Nelson is the fourth
child. The young man does not have any stable job. He
also smokes and drinks heavily. He does not live here, but
only comes once in a while.
“On that Friday, some people saw him in the afternoon.
The people who saw him said he was unstable. He went
into their house, and it was a few minutes later that they
found the father dead. He fled immediately. When I went
in to see the corpse, I observed that the old man was
stabbed in several places. No one could have been so
wicked except one was on drugs.”
Our correspondent gathered that the police in Ipaja had
launched a manhunt for Nelson.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joe
Offor, said the police were on the trail of Nelson and
would soon get him. Copyright Punch NG. http://www.punchng.com/news/man-stabs-removes-74-year-old-fathers-heart/

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has refused to hang the official portrait of President Muhammadu Buhari at the party’s national secretariat, checks by The PUNCH have revealed. Over 100 days after the President assumed office, the PDP has yet to hang his portrait at any of the offices in its Wadata House national secretariat, located at Zone 5, Abuja. The party has also said it would never put Buhari’s portraits on its walls though it has removed that of the former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, who ruled on the platform of the PDP. “We will never hang his portrait in this office, because President Buhari is not known to our party. He is not a leader of our party and therefore we will never put his portrait here. We are a political party, very partisan and therefore, we are not going to hide that,” National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, told our correspondent on the telephone on Tuesday. Jonathan was also the presidential candidate of the former ruling party during the last general election but he was defeated by Buhari, who was the presidential candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress. The defeat was the first to be suffered by the PDP since the return of democracy in 1999. Before now, the party has always been hanging the portraits of all the Presidents at the party’s reception area as well as the National Executive Committee and National Working Committee halls within the secretariat. Metuh said the APC also did not hang the portrait of Jonthan in its offices before the former President was defeated in the March 28 election. “Can you find out if the APC had the portrait of former President Jonathan in their office before he was defeated? That is just it,” he told our correspondent. When asked whether the party was taking its own pound of flesh, Metuh said no but that since Buhari “is not a member of our party, we won’t put his portrait here.” The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Lai Mohammed, expressed shock at Metuh’s comment. “This is ridiculous and we have no comment. Let Nigerians judge the PDP on this matter,” Mohammed said. He said the PDP spokesman had a shallow understanding of the concept of opposition politics. Meanwhile, work has stopped at the new secretariat of the PDP, located in the Central Business District, Abuja. Investigations by our correspondent indicated that contractors handling the project were only doing skeletal jobs at the site. When our correspondent visited the site on Tuesday, there was no visible job being done at the site. It was gathered that the cost of the project was put at N11.5bn when it was awarded some years ago. At completion, the building is expected to have 12 floors, with two other floors serving as the car park. The party had claimed that the project was being financed from levies and contributions from members. When a fund-raising dinner was organised a few years ago, the party was able to realise about N5bn, and the project, which started more than four years ago, was to be delivered in 126 weeks. The former National Chairman of the party, under whose leadership the project commenced, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, had then said that the complex, when completed, would strengthen the capacity of the PDP to discharge its role effectively in Africa. The party had claimed on January 5, 2015 that it was going to spend part of the N21.8bn it realised from the party’s fund-raising on the party’s secretariat. A former Minister for Information and the Chairman of the party’s Fund-raising Committee, Prof. Jerry Gana, had said the money donated to the PDP was not meant for the campaign of the defeated Jonathan alone. Copyright PUNCH

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has distanced himself from the recent attacks against former Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State. Tinubu added that the attacks were being sponsored by the Peoples Democratic Party. Tinubu, who is a former governor of Lagos State, said this in a statement issued by his media office on Wednesday. Fashola, according to a report on the state government’s website, spent N78.3m on his personal website, www.tundefashola.com and N139m to construct two boreholes at the Lagos House, Ikeja, when he was governor. There had been speculations that the reports were being sponsored by Tinubu as part of efforts to discredit him and deny him the opportunity of being appointed a minister by President Muhammadu Buhari. However, Tinubu said the allegations against him (Tinubu), were the handiworks of mischief makers sponsored by the PDP. The statement partly read, “The PDP is just recently out of office at the federal level and it built a vast, unprecedented financial war chest to contest the elections. The residual of that war chest is still at work, buying media space to plant rumours in hopes of spreading discord through the APC. “Thus, the enemy camp may be a minority but it is a large and well-funded one that knows it only chance lies in us attacking ourselves.” The APC leader said he had nothing against his successor, Fashola. He said Fashola served the state meritoriously for eight years. He, therefore, condemned those calling for Fashola’s probe. He said any criticism of Fashola was an indictment on him because he was instrumental to making Fashola governor. He said, “Our political opponents now try to steal victory when their only entitlement is resounding defeat. Having fared woefully with the electorate, their game plan is to sow discord within the ranks of the party the people had chosen to lead them. The PDP hopes to strike a division in the APC, in that way weakening us and our ability to govern. “This brings me to recent developments in the Lagos political scene. Born of this motley stew is the recent gossip mongering that I have wilfully instigated false and negative reports against former Governor Fashola to thwart him from being appointed to a major post in the Buhari administration. “I want to declare clearly and categorically that these rancid attacks do not come from me nor do I endorse them. Neither my hand nor my heart is in these mean submissions. I deplore them. “An attack against the performance of Governor Fashola is indirectly an attack against me and the edifice of achievements we have constructed in leading Lagos State out of a protracted time of stagnation and into an era of sustained progress and development.” He said he and Fashola will forever remain close because they had struggled together. He said having ensured that his party retained Lagos for over 16 years, it would be unwise of him to pull down what he helped build. He added, “I for one will not bend to the artificial provocation of those seeking to tear at what we have painstakingly built over the years. In my mind, Governor Fashola and I alliance is unshakeable and our journey must not be interrupted. I would no more attack his character or his administration than I would attack myself.”

The Chief Matron, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs. Caroline Oriola, has reportedly died in her office within the assembly premises. It was gathered that Oriola had gone to the office on Saturday, August 22, but that her corpse was discovered yesterday by a cleaner, who had gone to clean the clinic. Sources in the assembly revealed that the woman had gone to her office on Saturday to take some drugs and was said to have put on the air conditioning unit in the office and locked the door. It was gathered that the security men on duty were oblivious of the incident though the woman signed in before she picked the keys to the clinic, being a weekend. A visit to the House revealed a sad atmosphere as the place was calm and some of the staff of the assembly were seen discussing her death in groups. A source said: “It is, indeed, sad news. Nobody expected that she would die when she did. We were told that she was in the clinic to pick some drugs only for her dead body to be found on the floor by a cleaner.” Another source disclosed that Oriola’s husband, who had waited endlessly for her to return home that Saturday, had gone to check on her at the Assembly, but could not find her car in the car park, adding that he was unaware that she parked at the lawmakers’ car park in the assembly. The body of the deceased was later conveyed to the morgue in the early hours of yesterday in the assembly’s ambulance, accompanied by some staff of the House, led by the Clerk, Mr. Segun Abiru. Mr. Musibau Rasak, Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Mr. Mubashiru Obasa, who confirmed the report, expressed the condolence of the Speaker to the bereaved family and friends. He prayed to God to grant the soul of the departed eternal rest.

For allegedly being discriminated against, a 23-year-old albino, Ugochukwu Ekwe on Sunday committed suicide in the Festac area of Lagos State.
The incident occurred at 311 Road, B Close‎, after the deceased’s parents went to church.

‎It was alleged that the deceased had attempted suicide last month after complaining of the discrimination he suffered from people as a result of his pigmentation.

He was said to have been rescued by a friend who arrived early enough, but he succeeded on Sunday after refusing to follow his parents to church, it was learnt.

A source in the neighbourhood told The Nation that his parents discovered his body hanging on the ceiling fan when they returned from church.

He said: “On arrival from church, his parents were shocked to discover the body of their son hanging from the ceiling fan in one of the apartments.
“One of his siblings was said to have raised alarm which attracted curious neighbours.

“I was returning from church when I saw people gathered in front of the block of flats. When I enquired, I was told that Ugochukwu had committed suicide.

“He finished his secondary school education since 2009. I also learned he had threatened to take his life, saying he was frustrated.”

“Later, we saw some policemen from Festac division who removed the body.”

When contacted, spokesperson for the police command, DSP Patricia Amadin said she was yet to get details from the Area ‘E’ Commander, Frank Mba.



http://thenationonlineng.net/albino-commits-suicide-over-alleged-discrimination/

The Federal Government has been monitoring the social media accounts of Nigerians who are suspected of having links with various terrorist groups, including Boko Haram and the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq, findings by SUNDAY PUNCH have shown. Our correspondent learnt that through covert operations, which have been going on for a while, security agencies hack into the Facebook and Twitter accounts of those they are monitoring. The move, it was learnt, was meant to frustrate terrorist attacks on the country. The project, which is costing the country millions of dollars, is being managed by the Office of the National Security Adviser. Multiple sources, who spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to inform the press about the security checks, stated that the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan approved the request by security agencies to spy on targeted sections of the population, mainly religious extremists and radicalised individuals. It was gathered that the project is being coordinated by some foreign firms, including an Israeli firm, Elbit System. Our correspondent learnt that the local espionage involves hacking of phones, email accounts, social media accounts and bugging of telephone conversations of persons of interest. A source said, “The surveillance system is not being used to target everyone, as people may want to believe. It is only deployed to get intelligence on specific targets because it would be hard and difficult to use such system to spy on all Nigerians; the amount of data would be too huge and staggering for the assessors to sort and manage. “Basically, the system is used to hack into emails and phones of targets, and the targets are those who are suspected of having ties with terrorists, whether Boko Haram, ISIS or any other criminal element.” It was also learnt that the system had greatly assisted security agencies to nip in the bud and also frustrate many terror plots and attacks across the country. The security agencies had been using electronic trackers, which they were used to track and apprehend kidnappers. But it was learnt that the electronic surveillance system is more effective and has better capacities to hack emails, passwords and social media accounts used by terrorists to recruit members. The Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, confirmed that security agencies were using a sophisticated surveillance system as part of measures to combat crime and terrorism in the country. He said, “It is not a new technology. Everywhere in the world, it is used, including drones and other sophisticated equipment. Nigeria is part of the international community; we have our surveillance system, which shows that Nigeria is developing.” Ojukwu said the security agencies respect the rights of Nigerians and were not using the system to hack the phones and computers of innocent Nigerians. The Department of State Services could not be reached for information on their use of the surveillance system.

Just saw this hilarious sign board at the entrance of (Abayomi estate) Ibadan... So funny..... Ibadan people sha!!!

politricks:
Recent not resent

. Oops tnkz...so what are ur views

How functional is our various libraries in schools,Churches, public library and even Government owned, are they still functional and updated Fellow Nairalander let's air our various Views...

The United States of America has vowed to pressure
Nigeria until she accept to legalize g*y marriage.
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The God’s Own country, as she is fondly called recently legalized g*y marriage in all her 50 states, a move that sparked global outrage.
Linda Thomas Greenfield, the US a$$istant Secretary of State for African Affairs told journalists via a live web chat yesterday that America would continue to mount pressure on Nigeria and other countries to reverse their anti-g*y laws. In her words:
“As a government, it is one of the highest priorities and strongest values that discrimination against anyone based on their $exual orientation and gender identity is wrong. We believe human rights should be available to everybody.
“As a policy, we will continue to press the government of Nigeria as well as other governments who have provided legislation that discriminate against the LGBT community.”
“This is very much a work in progress, but I think you will agree with me that the law in Nigeria really went far in discriminating against this community but also people who a$$ociate with them.
“So we will continue to press the government, to press the legislature to change these laws and provide human rights for all Nigerian people regardless of their $exual orientation.”
“With what is happening in the US, you can determine how far we are willing to go. We strongly believe human rights for all people and we are particularly opposed to legislation that actually targets the g*y community for discrimination. So we are prepared to push this as a policy not just in Africa but across the world,”.

Nigerians with their fire brigade approach... #GodHelpUsAll may the soul of the departed rest in peace...Hardluck to there families

God take control o...this situation isn't funny any more

The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Osun
State, Mr. Jacob Adekomi, said on Tuesday that
Governor Rauf Aregbesola had approved the payment of
December 2014 salary for workers in the state.
Adekomi, who said this at a press conference he
addressed after a meeting with the government
delegation, led by the Chief of Staff, Mr. Gboyega
Oyetola, added that the governor also approved the
payment of the 30 per cent balance of November
salaries of some workers who were yet to be paid in full.
The NLC boss, however, said that workers would not
suspend their strike action despite the payment of their
one month salary out of seven months.
The Head of Service, Mr. Sunday Owoeye, also
confirmed that workers had started receiving bank
alerts for the balance of November and December 2014
salaries.
He said this in response to an inquiry earlier sent to him
by our correspondent through text message.
Owoeye’s text read, “They are already receiving alerts for
the balance of November, and part of December, 2014.
A journey of 1000km starts with one step. The man who
removes a mountain starts by carrying stones away.”
But Adekomi explained that most workers would not get
anything from the one month salary paid because their
banks would use the meagre money for loan repayment
and interest.
According to Adekomi, most workers will not have
anything left to feed themselves, let alone transport
themselves to their places of work. Because of this, he
said the strike would continue.
The NLC chairman said, “We appreciate the efforts of the
government to see that salary and pension arrears are
settled without further delay. Our negation with the
government is that out of eight months owed us, the
minimum we can take is five months to resume work.
“As it is now, the strike continues while negotiations also
continue. I appeal to all workers in the state to continue
to stay at home until further notice.
“This payment is as good as no payment, because all
deductions must have been made by our various banks.
Because of this, there won’t be money for us to
transport ourselves to work and feed our families.
“Until we have enough money to feed and take care of
our transportation to work, we will not resume work.
The strike continues.”
The governor had on June 14 promised to pay workers’
salaries in a statement made available to our
correspondent by his media aide, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon
Most workers were being owed seven months’ salaries
but the statement was silent on whether the governor
would pay all outstanding salaries or he would pay a
part.
The statement read in part, “Before the end of June,
workers would be paid their salaries.”
The governor stated that he had a great dream for the
state and that was why he was in a hurry to begin many
programmes which had earned him applause even
outside the country.
He said further, “The dream has not gone awry and it is a
clear vision that Osun must be on its feet, self-reliant
and be a reference point in Nigeria. The race to ensure
development within the first term of Aregbesola was
informed by the fear of what is happening now.”

He show's you off....

My Wman supos dy here they read ma attributes....

Wow.....thank to a nairalander who helped me locate my friend on Facebook... God bless her tho she didn't wnt to give her details...I know you gonna see this...God bless you..I feel loved... ;DWow.....thank to a nairalander who helped me locate my friend on Facebook... God bless her tho she didn't wnt to give her details...I know you gonna see this...God bless you..I feel loved...

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The Rivers state commissioner for housing, Emma Okah , has dismissed the insinuation by former governor, Rotimi Amaechi, that Governor Nyesom Wike’s probe into his administration is as an attempt to witch hunt and ridicule his person.

Amaechi had few days ago reacted to the a judicial commission of inquiry set up by Wike to probe his tenure as governor. He described the move as a fraudulent witch hunt of his administration.

The commissioner said that there is nothing fraudulent or wrong to ask an administration that received and managed N3trillion on behalf of the Rivers state people to explain some of its actions that are suspected to be fraudulent.

“The people have the right to know. The Nyesom Wike administration is merely protecting the people’s interest by inquiring into how public resources were wasted, stolen or misappropriated by the past administration and every lover of democracy and rule of law should not complain, blackmail the state government or divert attention from that,” he queried.

Okah maintained that Amaechi should not be afraid of anything if he knows that his hands are clean saying that all he has to do is to come when invited by the commission of inquiry to explain his side of the story and present documents to backup his claims.He stated Wike’s government would not turn blind eyes to grave allegations of misappropriation of fund against Amaechi’s government.

“Is it proper for Amaechi to sell off 70 per cent of the Rivers State Government’s interests in the state’s four power stations (Eleme, Omoku, Afam and Trans Amadi, Port Harcourt) at the cost of $302,400m and the entire money was withdrawn between December 2014 and April 2015 without any document of transaction or payment into any government account.

“Who owns the Bureau de Change Company that received the money and who authorised the receipt and where is the money?

“Is it a witch-hunt for Amaechi to pay out $39m to his cronies for the purpose of building the Karibi Whyte Mega Hospital and till today, not a single block is standing?” he asked.

It will be recalled that Governor Wike had vowed to carry out a forensic audit of all government accounts once he was sworn-in as governor.

President Buhari says he met a virtually empty
treasury when he assumed office. He said this while
speaking with members of the state House
correspondents in Aso Rock earlier today.
"I hope we are starting and this culture
developed, of 100 days is bringing so
much pressure with treasury virtually
empty, with debts in millions of dollars,
with state workers and even federal
workers not paid their salaries. It is such a
disgrace for Nigeria. I think Nigeria should
be in a position to even pay it’s workers.
This bad management that we find
ourselves in, we really need your help to
protect us from people before they match
on us” he said

Popular movie producer and former model Blessing
Egbe has shared her opinion on Toke Makinwa
marriage saga. The Lekki Wives producer, who is
working on a new movie series called 'This Thing
Called Marriage' says the storyline has nothing to do
with Toke Makinwa. She also said the alleged busy
lifestyle of the media personality is not enough
reason for a man to cheat. What she said below...
‘I don’t know her personally and I don’t
really know their story so I cannot talk
much, I can’t even comment on it because
I don’t know who the man was until I saw
pictures of him. Obviously I read about it
but all I can say is she is being strong
about it which is good because some
women would just break down and jump
into third mainland bridge. I don’t really
know them but I have heard so many
people say that she was too busy for the
man, that she is all over the place trying to
make it but for me, is that enough for a
man to cheat on his wife not only that but
to get another girl pregnant?
What this story just says is that he was
calculating every move he made because
you don’t sleep with a woman without
condom if you are not thinking
pregnancy. She was probably she was his
girlfriend, he knew at some point and says
to himself “I would have preferred this
one” maybe that’s what happened but why
did he marry Toke then? Did you marry
her to make a name? Did you marry her
so that people would know and recognize
your brand? All this while you were
receiving from one and returning to
another? So many questions we can never
really say, because what goes behind
closed doors, mouth cannot say’. Mrs Egbe
who gained national recognition with her
movie, Two Brides and a Baby and
critically acclaimed, Lekki Wives denies
that her new movie series project, This
Thing Called Love is about Toke. ‘It is not o,
please we shot a part of it three to four
weeks ago when fuel scarcity was on, but it
is a series that would deal with issues like
that, it would deal with issues relating to
patience in marriage, to what to do, what
not to do, the clashes that happen, the
differences in people that are supposed to
come as one, we are supposed to become
one but for some reasons in the home we
are two different people so this just goes
to expand and showcase what everybody,
every married couples really know, we
just going to take it to another level and
expose what people don’t share but we are
able to really get close’ She told ICampus

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has
expressed regret over his inability to pay salaries for
months now.
He however added that contrary to reports, he was
not helpless about the unpaid salaries of civil
servants in his state because he has Allah.
Delivering a Ramadan Lecture at the Women
Development Centre, Abuja, the governor used the
occasion to debunk reports that he ever said he was
‘helpless’.
He delivered a lecture titled : “Ramadan, Living in
The Season of Positive Change”at the event
organised by the Al-Habibiyyah Islamic Society.
Aregbesola said, “It is extremely painful that I cannot
pay salary. It is painful that I have to be in this
condition.
“I am not helpless because I have Allah and the
people with me. And whoever has Allah and the
people has everything,” he said, assuring that he was
making efforts to pay the outstanding salaries of the
civil servants soon.
He noted that the state borrowed up to N25 billion
from banks to support the allocation from the
federation account to pay workers salaries but the
banks have refused to continue lending him money.
He explained that the state’s wage bill was N3.5
billion monthly and his administration has found it
difficult to pay in the face of dwindling allocation in
spite of increase in the Internally Generated
Revenue (IGR) from N900 million to N8 billion
annually.
“I didn’t envisage that 400,000 barrels of crude oil
would be stolen daily. But the whipping boys must
be the governors and I am the ‘Chief’ of the
whipping boys,” Aregbesola said.
He expressed delight with the re-emergence of
Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s leader. Also, the
governor hailed the Al-Habibiyyah Islamic Society
which organized the event.
Aregbesola said “terrorism is a challenge to Islam
and it is the Muslims who will solve it”.
He maintained that Islam does not support killing
without judicial ruling.
Some of the dignitaries at the lecture included Chief
Justice of the Federation, Justice Mohammed Lawal
Uwais, wife of Nasarawa state governor, Mrs Mairo
Al-makura, Senators Abubakar Sodangi and Khairat
Gwadwabe as well as a former Minister of National
Planning, Dr. Abubakar Suleiman and many more.
Meantime, the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, in
Osun State has described as insensitive and callous
the statement credited to the ruling All Progressives
Congress APC that workers in Osun state constitute
less than one percent of the population.
Speaking on behalf of the party Prince Diran
Odeyemi, the Director, Media and Strategy said the
APC has publicly shown to the world that it has lost
focus and not responsive to the plight of Osun
citizens.
According to the party, “The APC arithmetic of 1%
civil servant is a formular coined for them after the
election forgetting that these hard working servants
are financiers of over 90% of the populace in the
state.

He deserves this and even more, he really played a vital role in the last Elections... #SaiBaba

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has
made Nigeria proud again.
During the 32nd annual plenary meeting of the
World’s former presidents in Newport, United
Kingdom earlier this month, Obasanjo became the
pride of Africa as he was appointed as the new
chairman of the council.
The Elder statesman took over from Franz Vranitzky
who served from July 2010 to June 2015.
The council has had international icons like Jean
Chretien of Canada, Malcolm Fraser of Australia,
Helmut Schmidt of Germany and Australia’s
Vranitzky in the past.
Congrats to him.

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Saturday
announced a 50 per cent cut in the salaries and
allowances of all political officer holders in the state.
Ganduje made the announcement in Kano during
the swearing in ceremony of 13 new commissioners
for the state.
“I hereby announce that the salaries and allowances
of all political office holders are reduced by 50 per
cent.
“We shall pursue an aggressive internal revenue
generation in view of the dwindling oil revenue from
the federation account as business will no longer be
as usual,” he said.
The governor disclosed that the new administration
had also introduced new reforms including
reduction in the number of ministries from 19 to
14, to cut cost of governance.
He said that the commissioners were selected on
merit and urged them to deploy their expertise to
the service of the state.
Ganduje added that they must discharge their
responsibilities with utmost sense of accountability,
transparency and fear of Allah.
NAN reports that the new commissioners include
the immediate past NUJ President, Malam
Mohammed Garba as Commissioner of
Information, Youth and Culture, Alhaji Murtala
Garo, Local Government and Community
Development and Haruna Falali, Justice.
Others are Dr Kabir Getso, Health, Alhaji Usman
Ririwai, Water Resources and Rural Development,
Prof. Kabir Dandago, Finance, Hajiya Zubaida Sharif,
Women Affairs, Alhaji Ali Makoda, Environment and
Alhaji Rabi’u Bako, Commerce.
The rest include Hajiya Aisha Mohammed-Bello,
Planning and Budget, Garba Lambu, Works and
Housing, Alhaji Faruk BB Faruk, Lands and Physical
Planning while the Deputy Governor, Prof. Hafiz
Abubakar will oversee the Ministry of Education,
Science and Technology.