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Why I decided to oppose @MBuhari - @bukolasaraki addresses followers in Kwara State �

"All that you have complained about tonight is on point, I can not find anything you have said that is not on point, you complained about empowerment" @bukolasaraki



"Let us agree that the last 3 and a half years, things have not been easy at all, I agree and accept things have not been easy at all, particularly in the area of empowerment" @bukolasaraki



"Before 2015 I have always tried to empower the youth and get you involved in appointments, but this time around as a result of what I call human factor, things have not been the same, I believe it is the will of God" @bukolasaraki



"When you all are complaining and you give example of Gegele and co and you compare it to what is happening now, I am sure you are asking yourself, what is happening? how come all of you struggling with me are not rewarded, it is unacceptable" @bukolasaraki



"What is the point of putting everything into the emergence of a government and we could not benefit anything from the government, you are asking yourself, what have you benefited" @bukolasaraki



"If you have not benefited personally in the last 3 and a half years, how do you go to market us, wont people ask you what you have benefited for yourself? @bukolasaraki



"It got to a stage that people will be making fund of you and asking you what you have benefited, but what is happening from Abuja, use me as an example, in 2015 I carried @OfficialAPCNg on my head around Nigeria" @bukolasaraki



"Hardly any state in Nigeria that I did not campaign for @MBuhari, up to the time of the election in 2015, out of 36 states I paid for the election of 30 states" @bukolasaraki



"Out of 36 states in Nigeria I funded @MBuhari campaign in 30 States, some states I paid 200 Million Naira, some 300 Million, some 400 Million, the only states I did not fund are South West States" @bukolasaraki



"Many times I will be calling my Banks to send money to fund elections across Nigeria for @MBuhari my thinking was that when we get elected, the next thing is that we will get majority of our people appointments" @bukolasaraki



"In fact I had already promised some of you here that you will either be MD of Federal agencies, either road maintenance, NIPDA (inaudible) even Nigerian Ports Authority, SUBEB and so on and so forth" @bukolasaraki



"I know if I put someone amongst you from Kwara even in the smallest Federal agencies, the contract you will sign out, 1Million, 2 Million, but for the first time that I have been in politics even speaker cant appoint a cleaner" @bukolasaraki



"I as President of @NGRSenate I could not even appoint a cleaner not to talk of Board appointment, if you look at Executive positions I have nothing even after spending Billions for 3 and a half years, I am as angry as you are " @bukolasaraki



"I am fighting @MBuhari because of you, if it because of me I wont fight, it is not easy to fight the federal government, the sufferings you are all going trough is because they did not fulfil our agenda" @bukolasaraki



"In 2018 I told you all I wont be going with @OfficialAPCNg but in the last one or 2 months that I left I have been doing a lot for you people, my politics is for all of you, I am just here to empower you all, dont mind the one who just bought form for 33M " @bukolasaraki



"It was not my plan not to appoint you, when when David Mark was @NGRSenate President, every confirmation he made for the @NGRPresident came with something, if they really love us now you will be empowered" @bukolasaraki



"In the past we they have a cut for Senate President and Speaker but not anymore, so we are no longer going with APC as soon as we joined PDP they called me National Leader when I lost election @atiku came to me immediately" @bukolasaraki



"Now we have seen the sign that if @atiku becomes @NGRPresident things will come to us, he told me I am the only one that can run his campaign, I know it is not easy for you all, but let me assure you things will be better" @bukolasaraki



"God see my "aniyan" (Arabic word) now in PDP they have brought us closer, how many people in Kwara did APC bring together in Kwara, now we will soon have power, today in APC they want us to go to @AsiwajuTinubu in Lagos" @bukolasaraki



"If I am the only one in PDP I will fight alone, my Father made Kwara and took Kwara to the top 10 in Nigeria and I also took Kwara to between number 1 to 3 in Nigerian politics and they now want us to bow to Lagos" @bukolasaraki



"In the coming election we will put Youth into power in Kwara, let us take @Atunwa_1 as he his, he will take care of you all, all those who contested against him are loyal but Atunwa will..... inaudible" @bukolasaraki (applause)



"When I was Governor I gave a lot of young people contract, they buy land etc and then empower others, I want to return you to the days of when I was Governor when you were all enjoying, @atiku will open things when we win election" @bukolasaraki



"You know as a leader I see things that followers dont see, when we followed @MBuhari we felt after spending money, we saw that he failed to reward us, so we said this Baba is not coming back, no money, no patronage all over Nigeria" @bukolasaraki



"Even with all the problem we have with @MBuhari the little cut I get I always send to Kwara but I can tell you that we had to design a method to make the little we have, they did not involve us in sharing" @bukolasaraki



"The only agenda APC have for Kwara is to fight @bukolasaraki , they favour Osun State with empowerment, for the remaining time of @MBuhari we will still get some things, we gave them list for FIIRS for 3 years they did not employ our list" @bukolasaraki



"Thank you for listening to me"

Someone declares @bukolasaraki gave us 3 Million Naira *Applause

Kidnappers demand N15m on Zamfara twins, vow to kill one if payment not made on time

By Jaafar Jaafar -
November 15, 2018
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Abducted Zamfara twins, Hassana and Husaina

The abductors Zamfara twin sisters have threatened to kill one of the girls if payment of their ranson is not made on time.

The twins, Hassana and Hussaina, were kidnapped last month in Dauran town while distributing the invitation cards of their wedding.

A family member, Ibrahim Abubakar, who spoke with the kidnappers and the twins on phone said the kidnappers had reduced the ransom to N15million.

“We are only able to get N6m selling our properties and receiving contributions from family members, politicians, traders and ordinary people,” Mr Abdubakar told DAILY NIGERIAN on Thursday night.

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In a viral audio clip, one of the twin sisters, Hussaina was heard sobbing, complaining about maltreatment and appealing for help.

“I am battling with headache. We are in dire situation, they are about to kill us,” Hussaina sobbed.

“The beat us every morning. Please help rescue us. Even yesterday, they slaughtered some people in our presence.

“We are starving. Please get contributions even from the general public.”

But one of the abductor’s interjected, saying the call would be the last he would make with the twins as they failed to deliver the ransom.

The state government had last week directed the recruitment of 8,500 civilian Joint Task Force operatives from 17 emirate councils across the state to assist security agencies in combating insecurity.

Ishilove:
I didn't even know the group was still functional.

Topmaike007:
wow,I just finish reading about our women league it seems I have start developing interest in the league than our male league..The new winner are nasarawa Amazon..but is there any TV rights for the league

Topmaike007:
wow

GE Is in Talks to Unload Rail Business in Deal With Wabtec

By Ed Hammond , Aaron Kirchfeld , and Rick Clough
‎20‎ ‎April‎ ‎2018‎ ‎18‎:‎15 Updated on ‎20‎ ‎April‎ ‎2018‎ ‎20‎:‎07

General Electric Co., the beleaguered manufacturer undergoing a strategic review, is in talks to sell its century-old locomotive business to rail-equipment maker Wabtec Corp., according to people familiar with the matter.



GE is considering combining its rail division with Wabtec, which has a market valuation of $8 billion, said the people, who asked not to be identified because talks are private. The transportation unit could be worth as much as $6.8 billion in a sale, Julian Mitchell, an analyst at Barclays Plc, wrote in a note to clients on April 17.

A deal hasn’t been reached and talks may still fall apart, they said. GE may also choose to pursue an initial public offering or other strategic option for the business, they said.

Wabtec erased earlier losses on the news and jumped as much as 6.8 percent, the biggest intraday gain since October. The shares rose 4.6 percent to $87.68 at 3:03 p.m. in New York, while GE advanced 4.3 percent to $14.60.

Representatives for GE and Wilmerding, Pennsylvania-based Wabtec declined to comment.

Unloading the rail operations will help streamline GE and reduce the complexity that Chief Executive Officer John Flannery blames for exacerbating the company’s problems. After taking the helm last year, he promised to shed at least $20 billion of assets -- including GE Transportation -- and cut costs to pull GE out of one of the deepest slumps in its 126-year history.

GE shares on Friday surged to the biggest intraday gain in three years after announcing strong earnings and reaffirming its 2018 forecast. The Boston-based company also gave more detail on the future of the transportation unit, saying a disposition plan will be finalized in the second quarter.

Sales Slowed

GE Transportation, one of the world’s largest makers of freight locomotives and rail equipment, has faced falling sales after a decline in North American shipping volume left an oversupply of trains. Revenue slumped 11 percent last year to $4.2 billion, just 3.3 percent of GE’s total.


Wabtec, led by Chief Executive Officer Raymond Betler, reported 2017 sales of $3.9 billion. The company builds locomotives and offers services and other products to the freight rail and passenger transit markets.

Wabtec traces its roots to 1869, when it was known as Westinghouse Air Brake. Since becoming independent in 1990 through a management buyout, Wabtec grew with the purchase of French manufacturer Faiveley Transport in 2016.

GE’s rail unit had about 8,000 employees at the beginning of the year, down from 10,000 a year earlier. GE said in July that it would cut hundreds of jobs while ending most locomotive manufacturing in Erie, Pennsylvania, and shifting some work to a non-union factory in Fort Worth, Texas.

Despite the industry’s challenges, GE Transportation routinely ranks among GE’s most-profitable units. It generated operating income of $824 million last year, with a profit margin of almost 20 percent.

After several lean years, railroads are now poised to order more equipment to keep up with rising shipments of commodities such as coal, grain and the sand used in hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas. GE Transportation announced a deal in December to sell 200 locomotives to Canadian National Railway Co., the largest order by a major North American railroad in three years.

— With assistance by Nabila Ahmed

GE Pulls Out of Nigeria Rail Concession, Hands Over to Transnet

By Emele Onu
14‎ ‎November‎ ‎2018‎ ‎11‎:‎18


U.S.-based firm to focus on power, healthcare infrastructure
Nigeria opening up railway transportation to private investors

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A man walks past a train in Abuja. Photographer: STRINGER/AFP

General Electric Co. said it’s giving up a Nigerian railway concession and handing it over to Transnet SOC Ltd. in line with its strategy to exit the transportation business.

Agreements GE reached with the Nigerian government “are now being negotiated by Transnet and its consortium partners” including SinoHydro of China and APM Terminals, the Boston, Massachusetts-based company said in an emailed response to questions. GE will focus on infrastructure development in Nigeria in areas such as health care and power, it said.

GE won a contract last year to manage Nigeria’s narrow-gauge rail network in partnership with three other companies. It signed an agreement with the West African nation’s authorities in April to proceed with the interim phase of the narrow-gauge concession that is expected to grow freight haulage capacity in the country ten-fold to 500,000 metric tons annually.

“Transnet has been a trusted partner of GE for several decades,” GE said. “We have confidence in their ability and that of the other consortium members to execute on the rail concession project successfully.”

Nigeria is opening up its rail system to private investors following decades of government control as authorities seek to boost infrastructure in the country that vies with South Africa as Africa’s biggest economy.

African octet eye France 2019 berths

(FIFA.com)
15 Nov 2018

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•2018 CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations set to get under way
•Tournament hosts Ghana among the favourites
•Three tickets to France 2019 available

Only four places at the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™ remain to be claimed. One of them will go to the best team in the Oceania Zone and the other three will be allocated at the upcoming 2018 CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.

FIFA.com sets the scene for the competition and runs the rule over the contenders. Surprisingly, Côte d’Ivoire are not among them. Having made it to the last world finals in Canada in 2015, the Ivorians will not be vying for glory this time, after falling in the last round of qualifying.

The lowdown on the 2018 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations

When: 17 November to 1 December
Where: Ghana (Accra and Cape Coast)
Qualified teams:
Group A: Ghana, Mali, Cameroon, Algeria
Group B: South Africa, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Zambia
Format: two groups of four, with the top two in each group going through to the semi-finals
Stakes: the winners, runners-up and third-placed team all qualify for France 2019

The favourites

Perhaps that heading should read, “The favourite”, for the simple reason that Nigeria have won the competition ten times out of a possible 12 since it was first held. And on the two occasions when they failed to lift the trophy, the Super Falcons reached the semi-finals. Not surprisingly for a team with such an impressive record they are strongly fancied to land another African title, thanks in no small part to the front line formed by Asisat Oshoala, Francisca Ordega and Desire Oparanozie.

The two continental crowns that escaped Nigeria’s grasp were both claimed by Equatorial Guinea, who are also rightly regarded as genuine contenders. Initially suspended on administrative grounds, the Nzalang Nacional have recently been cleared to play in the competition, having beaten Kenya to qualify. They will hope to figure among the three sides representing Africa at France 2019.

A major power on the African women’s football scene, Ghana are looking to return to the world finals for the first time since 2007. The Black Queens will hope to make the most of home advantage and claim a top-three finish. Meanwhile, Cameroon, who made their Women’s World Cup debut in Canada four years ago, would appear to have a genuine chance of appearing on the global stage again. The Indomitable Lionesses finished runners-up to Nigeria at the last two continental finals and are keen to go one better this time around.

The outsiders

Aside from the aforementioned favourites, the other leading contender for a place at France 2019 are South Africa, the winners of this year’s COSAFA Women’s Cup. The Banyana Banyana beat Lesotho 7-0 on aggregate to secure their ticket to Ghana and are captained by Janine Van Wyk, the most capped player in African football – men’s and women’s. Their sights are set on nothing less than a place on the podium.

Algeria are taking part in the African finals for the fifth time and would be more than happy with a semi-final place. The Fennecs Dames (“Female Desert Foxes”) suffered a major blow, however, when forward Naima Bouhani picked up an injury in the countdown to the tournament. Making their second appearance in the competition, Zambia will be keen to spring a surprise or two.

Last year’s COSAFA Women’s Cup runners-up, the Shepolopolo built on that promising showing by knocking out Zimbabwe to qualify for Ghana 2018. After losing 1-0 at home in the first leg, they recorded a 2-1 win in the return to advance on the away-goals rule. Finally, Mali are under no illusions about the task awaiting them in a Group A in which Cameroon and Ghana start as the most fancied sides. Reaching the last four for the first time in their history would be quite an achievement for the Malians.

What they said

“We’re not scared of anyone. All the teams are there to win the trophy, which is our objective too. There won’t be an easy match but we know what we have to do.”
Ghana coach Bashirou Hayford

“If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best. We’ve played the three teams in our group before so we know what to expect.”
South Africa coach Desire Ellis

Topmaike007:
wait how did Nigeria falls lift the cup for 10 years na there birthright