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The Secretary to the Lagos State Government, Tunji Bello, has described the President Muhammadu Buhari’s authorised biographer,Buhari,

, as a peddler of falsehood, who was on a mission to distort history and put the entire society at a disadvantage.

Bello, in a write-up on Thursday, described as sad and mischievous the claim by Paden that a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, was strongly opposed to the choice of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as Buhari’s running mate in the 2015 presidential election.



He said it was surprising and painful that the distortion of history was coming not only at an early stage of the APC’s reign but also within the ruling party’s camp, adding that it would have been understandable if the falsehood had emanated from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party.

Paden, a biographer authorised by Buhari, had on Monday in Abuja publicly presented a book he titled, “Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria.”

In the book, Paden wrote that contrary to popular belief that Tinubu was the one who chose Osinbajo as Buhari’s running mate, Tinubu was actually personally interested in the position and was vehemently opposed to the choice of Osinbajo.

Paden wrote that despite much pressure from Tinubu, Buhari, however, settled for Osinbajo out of three names – Tinubu, Osinbajo and Babatunde Fashola – which were forwarded to Buhari.

But Bello, in his write-up titled, “How Tinubu nominated Osinbajo,” lambasted Paden, saying the professor’s book was “basically based on falsehood that reeks of deliberate misinformation and mischief.”

Bello, who said he was part of the process that led to the emergence of Osinbajo as Buhari’s running mate at Tinubu’s instance, wondered where Paden got his story from.

He narrated how on a Saturday morning in mid December 2014, shortly after Buhari was picked as the APC standard bearer, Tinubu arranged a meeting in an unnamed guest house in Lagos, with the then National Chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande; a former Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Dele Alake; Osinbajo, an unnamed “renowned pastor,” and Bello himself in attendance.

Bello said at the meeting, Tinubu expressed the concern as to the need to pick a Christian as Buhari’s running mate because it had become unwise for the party to present a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the presidential election.

According to Bello, Akande had said Tinubu was the best candidate suited as Buhari’s  running mate, arguing that the Muslim-Muslim ticket had been fielded in Nigeria before in the case of the late MKO Abiola and Babagana Kingibe.

Tinubu, according to Bello, however, countered that the dynamics of politics had since changed.

He later nominated Osinbajo, who was readily accepted by the gathering based on his credential as a professor of Law, a Christian, a pastor and in view of his antecedent as a former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State and his marriage to a granddaughter of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo.

Bello said, “At the meeting, Asiwaju related to us the urgent need to pick a vice-presidential candidate for the APC. He advised that we should immediately discard the idea of his being nominated for the vice-presidential slot as it was no longer possible to pick a Muslim-Muslim ticket.

“This, he reasoned, made sense if indeed we were to be realistic in our bid to defeat President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 Presidential election. He reasoned that what was important and imperative at that time was to look for a good Christian nominee to complement President Muhammadu Buhari.

“I remember Baba Akande responded that he would still have preferred that Asiwaju should be the running mate since it had been done before. Baba Akande was obviously referring to the MKO Abiola/ Babagana Kingibe nomination. Asiwaju responded by distinguishing the political equation then from what was before us at that point in time. He foreclosed that scenario as no longer possible. We all voiced our opinions, and at the end of the day, it was resolved that we had to get a Christian candidate.

“It was at this point that Asiwaju reminded us to be fast in coming up with an option because he felt other geographical zones were also jostling for the same position, reiterating the need for the South-West to get it, as a must.

“Asiwaju audaciously told us that left to him, and if he were to pick anyone, he would suggest Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. That Osinbajo, apart from being a brilliant legal luminary, is also a committed progressive and democrat. And having been married to the late Obafemi Awolowo’s granddaughter, it would not be a problem selling him to the old political establishment of the South-West for acceptance.

“He asserted that Alake and myself having served in his cabinet could attest to the great works he did as the Attorney General during his (Asiwaju’) administration as governor of Lagos State. He also reasoned that the second major factor in favour of Osinbajo was the fact that he is a strong Christian and one that he is already a Pastor at the Redeemed Christian Church of God.

“In the long run, Osinbajo’s nomination was well received by all of us at that meeting and Prof. Osinbajo was asked to start detailing with us, further strategy sessions to which he brought out his laptop and we all commenced a brainstorming session. The rest of the discussion was to strategise on how to contain other likely opponents from the South-West zone before proceeding to Abuja to battle other regions in the coming nomination.”

Bello described as a matter of concern a situation where a renowned intellectual like Paden “would write a book and begins to redefine events in his own way by abashedly evading facts that are bellowing in the public space in order to re-create a world of make-believe for his audience.”
http://punchng.com/know-tinubu-picked-osinbajo-says-lagos-ssg/
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Relief appears to have come the way of the naira, which had been under attack on the parallel market FX in the past few days as the currency strengthened to N473 to the dollar yesterday, from N475 to the dollar, it closed the previous day.

The appreciation of the naira followed the implementation of a new arrangement between the Centrak Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Travelex, a global foreign exchange (forex) dealer.

Also, on the interbank FX market, the spot rate of the naira climbed to N307 to the dollar yesterday, compared to the N311 to the dollar it closed the previous day.



Clearly, the appreciation of the nation’s currency was buoyed by the announcement yesterday that Travelex would today start disbursing $15,000 to each of the 3,000 registered Bureaux De Change (BDC) operators.

President, Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), Aminu Gwadabe, who disclosed this yesterday, said with each of the 3,000 BDCs getting $15,000 each, a total of $45 million will flow into the system.
He lauded the CBN for authorising Travelex to take responsibility of disbursing huge dollar inflows from the diaspora estimated at $21 billion annually to BDCs.

He said the development, which was an improvement from the initially approved $10,000 weekly, would deepen dollar liquidity in the system and strengthen the naira against the dollar.

Gwadabe, said the experience and integrity of Travelex would be key in getting the dollars down to BDCs.
He urged all ABCON members and BDC operators, as a matter of urgency, to visit the apex bank’s branches in their respective zones to update or validate their en-cashers and signatories mandate card for Travelex biometric data capturing.

Gwadabe said the Travelex biometric data capturing would enable the BDCs access the International Money Transfer Operators (IMTOs)/Travelex dollars window.

He said remittances had direct positive and significant impact on consumption, investment, and demand in the country as it could be used to address short-run output shocks, and even long run growth. He said remittances tended to be stable and could increase during periods of economic downturns and natural disasters.
He commended the CBN for reaffirming the country’s commitment to building an enabling environment and level-playing field for international money transfer services to Nigeria.

He said by increasing the number of IMTOs from three to 14, the CBN under its Governor, Godwin Emefiele, would set the economy on the path of development in the medium- to long-term and also, restore integrity in the international money transfer business.

Gwadabe also commended the CBN’s efforts to strengthen the BDCs to meet the forex demand at the retail end of the market, so that they would continue to enhance employment generation in the country.
The ABCON boss was optimistic despite the challenges facing the economy, the CBN and BDCs would continue to work together and find sustainable solutions that could help the country wriggle out of the ongoing forex crisis and achieve full economic recovery.

He pledged that ABCON under his leadership would continue to ensure that purchased funds are sold to end users and on eligible transactions only, while weekly returns on purchases from the banks will be rendered to Trade and Exchange Department of the CBN. He further promised to ensure strict compliance to the provisions of the anti-money laundering laws and observance of appropriate KYC principles in the handling of forex transactions.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/1/07/naira-appreciates-on-parallel-market-as-travelex-commences-dollar-sales-to-bdcs/
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The apology thing a lot of people find it quite difficult even when they are at fault their nature isn't to always say am sorry, they rather say the whole thing will pass and go, they atimes also try to cover their faults by bringing up things u must have done to them too which ordinarily they didn't react to as at when it occurred just to shade away the idea of saying they are sorry, anyways... if it's a nature better u just live to accept her for who she is...your acceptance of her imperfection could make her change. I tell everyone I need to tell, three words I never joke with are Please, Am Sorry and thank you, I never find it hard to say pls to anyone irrespective of age, class, gender or personality it has always opened doors...neither do I find it hard to say am sorry even if am not at fault, but for peace to reign I do, and when at fault I also do and thank you is what will always come out of my mouth for the least thing done to me...to the greatest....bro u just accept her for who she is and watch her change with time. All d best

U have rightly said well, it's Natural for couples to lend an helping hand to each other most especially when these things are needed the most, there isn't any rule that says wives must be the cooks in the house, be the maid that does all the house chores etc, but we have shared responsibility in homes removing the fact that when marriage is involved [/b]both have become one[b] with or without the wife being the bread winner, husbands are also meant to be supportive in their own ways, not until the wife takes up some manly roles such as payment of the kids school fees, fending for the home mayb because she earns far more than the man. I see no reason if a man's job is more flexible than the woman the man picking up the kids @school, making dinner if need be b4 the wife gets home, [/b] off course it's not going to be a daily routine, but once a while[b] just my opinion...we all have right to ours, when there is not division, when you both see yourselves as one..you will never think if one is Doing more because it's still one body.

"Thinking outside the box" doing things not because someone just did it, but carving out your own niche...the displaying of placard thing back then got someone a job, I guess, others started doing same...but how many others got one His thought in a different way, might not earn a job though, but the 1month internship could pave a way for other great things...nice one...another thing learnt, do the uncommon and get the uncommon result...think outside the box today.....

Now the politicians are free, the civil servant suffers, lesson learnt, never let a political office holder push you to do wrong even if it favors him at the moment, when the chips are down they usually know how to sort themselves and the civil service rules will always hammer the civil servant...the same went on at the budget office, the civil servant, directors and co all suffered while their political boss who refused to study the document well before presentation went scot free...learning a lot for my type of job from the political drama going on, soon the CCT will push the blame to the civil servant who refused to submit the Senate's presidents correct form back then...

Hmmm this is serious...

He should seek medical help, it's treatable...

It's not a general rule, not all mother inlaws display this attitude, my mum pampers my brothers wife..and sure she would do same for mine too when I get married...

Will need to compare this to her real face....to know which is actually better...

Lovely couple to be... it's not by how far ,but how well

Nice one..plan to visit there soon too...

Hmm, ransom for the abducted chibok gals, aside the prisoners swap That's two critical demands , believe they should do the swap, release some prisoners and a certain portion of the gals are released, and they now negotiate terms to release the others, military bombardment will most likely lead to heavy casualties of the gals...let's just hope for the best.

Definitely this is asides their normal regular pay...hope the increase is felt in their execution of their duties..now there would be increase in lobbying to work in the presidential villa.

What's the price Op complete your work...

eraly:
please giv us screenshots and speed test result

I dnt have the app installed

It's obvious the lady wanted attention and she is there getting it

The 4G plan is nice...thats what I rock and use my glo line as Hotspot to my other device...faster, less network issues...Glo rocks

Whatever factor that has made your search in the UK not work is also available in Nigeria, most especially if u get one ere and relocating her with u gets difficult,all the best in your search...one month is quite short to get to know someone in Nigeria and determine you can move on in life with that person..

Did he truly say this or its just another twist to the whole drama.. with this divided house how do they plan to take over the state from PDP only time will tell

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Fogman:
Because others are doing it, does not make it right for you to do same. The last time I checked it cost nothing to open a thread here.

Ur point is noted...said soo because u picked on me as if we gat any ishh b4...

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Fogman:
This is unethical. Why poaching on a rivals thread. If you are very sure of your service, kindly go open a thread for yourself. That is the way forward..

Y picking on moi...didn't u see other links shared in there The firm here has stopped shipping...and I know definitely some peeps need an alternative... definitely having my trend..

Hmm... sad the OP went through this...mayb lack of adequate information then didn't make her speak out after the handling until it grew to him attempting to penetrate...but kids of nowadays are more informed.. have a colleague @work who has taught her kids of abt 7 and 5 years that do not let any uncle carry you on his leg and if any uncle touch u, let us know...the op might not be @fault it's probably lack of adequate information that caused it..

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this type of building is used in some very few offices where I work and they have stood the test of time , most factors raised ere are not an issue, they have wire connections, all insulated, no fear of heat or cold...if this can b effectively replicated even if not for sale but for rent rent as to reduce the cost of getting accommodation it will still save cost abit...

Nigeria my country...this should be the fastest rescue of a kidnapped victim in Nigeria...all forces mobilized because she is a VIP, if an ordinary rich man..or ordinary person...the CP of the State will be on air giving reports that they are tracing them, etc for somedays...they will set up committee on that..etc...anyways thank God she is rescued alive..

Soo sad...this are the real actors...he made impact in the nollywood industry...God protect and guide all you left behind...