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THE VANITY SIDE OF LIFE

I remember 1999 vividly, I remember Eagle Square and what happened there on the 29th of May, 1999. 20 years after, so many things have happened.
From Eagle Square where power changed hands in 1999, I have seen many who were present on that day but today, have been forgotten in idle permanent homes of their graves.

I remember how Nelson Mandela walked into the venue and the ovation that followed and with my same eyes I saw him in a casket.
In my eyes Stella Obasanjo rose to affluence and influence and with my eyes I saw her being driven out of power in a casket.

In my eyes Desire Kabilla who was also at Eagle Square fell to the bullets of his bodyguard in DR Congo. A former minister of Health, Prof Ransome Kuti was buried.

In my eyes Chuba Okadigbo rose, fell and died. Abubakar Rimi and Alex Ekwueme who contested a Presidential primaries with incumbent Obasanjo in 2003 at the same Eagle Square had their funerals organized.

In my eyes, "almighty" Tony Aneni laid in-state helplessly in Benin. Prof Dora Akunyili, the strong woman who was everywhere, fell on a street of India.

In my eyes, "Evil Genius" begin to wear canvass on an agbada on a wheelchair in Minna as he watches life without his once powerful wife, Maryam.

In my eyes Edwin Ume Ezeoke was buried, Gen. Victor Malu's obituary was in the news.
In my eyes, a Sultan fell from the sky, the remains of the owner of Bolingo Hotel was seen at Lisa village.

In my eyes Bola Ige fell, Suntai crashed and died, once landlords of Plateau and Taraba, Dariye and Nyame walked into prisons.

In my eyes, almighty Olabode George went and came out of prisons. Justice Salami heard the news of the death of Justice Katsina Alu.

In my eyes, a Landlord fell in Kwara and a strongman won election in Kogi but never lived to hear his victory announcement.

In my eyes, Azazi reigned and fell, Yakowa never lived to tell a story. Oronto Douglas who was once a powerful man behind the throne was buried.

In my eyes, Yar'adua came and fizzled out of power like two of his ministers.

In my eyes, Solomon Lar that sat that day as PDP Chairman, a symbol of power and affluence was buried on a plateau.

In my eyes, I saw strong men rise and fall very cheaply. If this writeup should teach us anything, let it be known that power is transient. God gives who he wants to give. He says "I will have mercy on who I want to have mercy on".

To those of you today in power, where would you be in the next twenty years?

In 2039 when names like Buhari,Akpabio, Atiku, Amaechi,Ayade,Wike, Saraki, Ekweremadu, Tambuwal, Mark, Dave, Onu etc. are mentioned what would that child write about them then?
As we approach life, especially these elections, have it in mind that POLITICAL POWER IS NOT PERMANENT. THIS SAME POWER HAS CONSUMED MEN, DESTROYED MARRIAGES, CUT SHORT DREAMS, ENDED RELATIONSHIPS, BETRAYED TRUSTS AND KILLED FELLOW HUMANS... Is it worth dying for?

May God bless and save Nigeria

Exclusive: Fear of presidential election result cancellation looms as INEC has no result sheets for inspection by Atiku 12 days after presidential election
It’s almost two weeks after the conduct of the presidential and National Assembly elections but the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) does not have full results in its kitty.

Worse still is the fact that INEC does not have result sheets and other materials it used for collation of the results, causing anxiety and fears of annulment of elections aftermath of court ruling on Wednesday.

Daily Mail reports that, the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Wednesday granted the election result challenger, Atiku Abubakar, a candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, leave to inspect all election materials.

That court leave is causing confusion in INEC as to what to do. Daily Mail gathered that, soon after the court ruling, INEC on Wednesday ordered its legal department to look into the ruling to advise it appropriately, a source in the know revealed.

Even of concern is why INEC has yet to provide details of the outcome of the polls either on its website or at its state offices.

Checks conducted by Daily Mail through INEC online portal, calls to its states’ offices, wards, local governments, federal constituencies and senatorial districts showed no physical collation or online release of the results.

This is causing fears the election results may have been cooked as efforts were rather placed on declaring winners than following processes as allowed by extant laws before declaration of election results could be done.

When Daily Mail enquired from Oluwole Osaze-Uzi, INEC’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity, it was not successful.
Also, attempts to speak with Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Commissioner on Voter Education was also unsuccessful as his phone rang out.

But several sources told Daily Mail that it should normally take few weeks to collate all election materials “owing to the magnitude of the election and the materials used.
“Nigeria is a large country, we shouldn’t be hasty in some issues but I can agree with you that at least all the materials and equipment used should have been at states’ offices.”
Asked why state offices are yet to have the equipment and materials, he said state offices should be asked or INEC “higher authority would be in a position to answer that.”
A source at the legal department of INEC told Daily Mail on phone that “it was always going to be tough providing the materials the court has ordered.

“I don’t know why materials used during the election have not be submitted but I am not in a position to speak – I am in the legal department, my mandate is not to speak on issues like this.”

According to her, “There should be something to inspect, in fact all things being sought should be available for a petitioner to examine – that’s what all relevant laws in the country says.”
When asked what if the petitioner cannot provide the materials being sought, she responded, “That is left for the court to decide, but it could mean cancellation of result because you can’t announce nothing for something.”...

sammyj:
Even if Buhari’s two ears are seen turned apart we will still vote for him rather than voting for yams looters ! Like for Atiku and Share for Buhari

You have made choice. .be ready to live with it...

Buhari was on NTA this evening.
Many youths were asking him questions.
He pretended to be writing down the questions,
When it was time to answer the questions, he could not remember any of the questions asked him.
He stared at the note that he himself has been writing on since and said
'This thing that is written is not clear.
Fashola had to come to his rescue.
The moderator had to tell the audience not to direct their questions to Buhari but to the ministers around.
Hehehehe
Nigeria has suffered..Who did we offend..

stephenduru:
The remains of late Mr Uche Romanus and wife late Lolo Ebere Nwokorie have been buried amidst tears in Ehime Mbano,Imo State.The couple died in a fatal accident on 17th November,2018.

May their souls RIP.Amen


Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2018/12/husband-and-wife-buried-together-amidst.html

Chai,,sobs,,this is pathetic, ,this life is truly nothing

https://nreporters.com.ng/invite/odogwu/

stephenduru:
The remains of late Mr Uche Romanus and wife late Lolo Ebere Nwokorie have been buried amidst tears in Ehime Mbano,Imo State.The couple died in a fatal accident on 17th November,2018.

May their souls RIP.Amen


Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2018/12/husband-and-wife-buried-together-amidst.html

Chai,,sobs,,this is pathetic, ,this life is truly nothing q

By feBUHARI 2019, We'll Pick One
pATIKUlar President OBIdiently.�
This is ihe di oha mma


People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Mr Femi Fani- Kayode has reacted to president Muhammad Buhari’s not ‘asubmitting his West African Examination Council (WAEC) certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

In an affidavit by President, he was quoted as saying: “I am the above named person and the deponent of this affidavit herein.

“All my academic qualification documents as filled in my Presidential form, APC/001/2015 are currently with the Secretary of the Military Board as of the time of this affidavit.”

According to the former Aviation minister, accused the President of saying his certificate is with the military. He queried why Buhari being the Commander in Chief for the last couple of years, didn’t deem it necessary to retrieve it.

The former minister, who has been a strong opposition voice against the president made this known via his Twitter handle on Friday. He wrote:

Once again Buhari has refused to submit his WAEC certificate to INEC. Once again he says that it is with the military authorities.

Even though he has been Commander in Chief for the last few years he has been unable to retrieve them.

May God save Nigeria from this man.

masterP042:
Scientifically, this wood can't float, it will collapse by its own weight in the water. How this piece could contain two blue whales, and thousands of other animals outside their natural habitat is a joke

Fishes and aquatic dwelling mammals are not inclusive in the ark,,they will remain in water if the world is to be destroyed with water

Am just wondering.... Fayose left office as Ex Governor of Ekiti State and he was invited by EFCC.
Aregbesola left office as Ex Governor of Osun State but he was invited for a dinner by President Buhari.

Senator Adeleke was invited by police for Examination malpractices.
Former Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun under President Buhari was involved in Certificate forgery but she was escorted to the airport to fly out to the United Kingdom.

As a Nigerian I don't understand the criteria PMB is using to fight corruption.

Can anybody tell Nigerians the criteria PMB is using.

God Help This Country..

ijustdey:
http://thenationonlineng.net/well-make-nigeria-liveable-again-buhari-assures/

Which means you are reiterating the fact that Nigeria is not liveable and has not been liveable..

fuckipobs:
Peter Obi has Atikulooted Anambra ipobians Pigs, very soon Catholic Church will place a sainthood on him and Atikulooted. The holy see's of Knighthood of looters.

The scientific theory of crimes evolutional development in a tribe has only been provened in ipobs communities in south east of Nigeria, west Africa by, Mankind and Crime Research Development Unit.

When will ipobs stop promoting looters Armed robbery, cocaine pushers, PDP, bunkerers, Atikulooted and other vices.

Thunder fire you

former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has promised to accompany a former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose as he visits the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday.

Fani-Kayode recalled that when he spent 90 days in the cell of the Commission, Fayose came and encouraged him.

Fayose is expected at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja at 1pm on Tuesday where he will be answering questions on fund he allegedly collected from the office of National Security Adviser during the last administration.

“When I was in the EFCC detention for 60 days and then another 30 days, he came to see me. They were shaking that a sitting governor could come to the EFCC and they came to bring me to see him from one of the underground cells and all he was saying was, ‘Know that God is with you, God is alive,’” Fani-Kayode said during Fayose’s send off dinner night.

“As you stood by us when we went through challenges, so shall we stand by you from October 16 when we go to the EFCC to go and see them.

“Nothing can overcome you because God is with you,” he added.

For those of us that did Physics in Secondary School, this is Professor P. N Okeke, author of the Physics text book we all read...he turned 77 today...

These are the kinda people this Nigeria should honour. Legendary P.N. Okeke������

Everything you need to live well

Seun Kuti, the son of late legendary Nigerian singer, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti has slammed American rapper, Kanye West who took to Instagram to brag about making the best music in the planet.

Kanye in his boast had said he makes good music and is also the best act in the planet because the spirits of Fela, Mandela and 2Pac lives through him.

However Seun Kuti seems not to agree with his claims, and he took to Instagram to make this explicitly clear in a post he shared. Seun who is also a singer himself wrote;

Erm erm on behalf of the Kuti family , I want to state that the spirit of Olufela Anikulapo Kuti isn’t anywhere near Kanye West. @ziggymarley over to you. ������ @oldmanebro come get ur boi before I #getthesax

This is coming on the heels of Kanye West arriving in Uganda with his family, Kim Kardashian and daughter North West where he was spotted vibing to some afrobeat songs.

Source:
https://guardian.ng/life/music/watch-seun-kuti-calls-out-kanye-west-over-comments-about-fela/

Atiku Abubakar is known for many things, but we will not be talking about things you might expect, such as his involvement in business or politics. Today, we will tell you about Atiku Abubakar children. You will be able to find out how many kids he has fathered over the years, as well as to see what paths they have taken in their lives. So check this article out if you want to know more about them.

Atiku Abubakar children
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Atiku Abubakar family
We will not go into the detailed Atiku Abubakar history because it might steer us away from the topic of this article. That said, we cannot avoid mentioning a big part of Atiku Abubakar biography, which is his personal life.



In case you do not know, the man has had several wives over the years who have given him many children. And by many we do not mean ten or even fifteen. According to various reports, Atiku Abubakar currently has 26 kids, although some sources claim that the number might be even higher.

Atiku Abubakar children
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With his first wife, Amina Titi Atiku Abubakar, he has four children: Fatima, Halima, Aminu and Adamu.
With his second wife, Ladi Atiku Abubakar (who he has since divorced), he has six children: Atiku Jr., Abba, Ummi, Zainab, Rukayatu and Mariam.
With his third wife, Rukaiyatu Atiku Abubakar, he has seven children: Hadiza, Aisha, Aliyu, Mustafa, Asmau, Abdulsalaam and Laila.
With his fourth wife, Fatima Atiku Abubakar, he has six children: Mohammed, Amina, twins Shehu and Ahmed, and twins Zainab and Aisha.
With his fifth wife, Jamila Atiku-Abubakar (she became fourth after his divorce from Ladi), he has three children: Faisal, Zahra and Abdulmalik.
He certainly wasted no time creating heirs for himself. But who are they as people? Are they known for being something more than just children of Atiku Abubakar? Let’s find out.

What we know about Atiku Abubakar children
Atiku Abubakar children
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Taking into account how popular and famous their father is, you would think that Atiku’s children would be in the limelight as well. We thought so too, but then we started researching all of his children (and it was a right hassle, believe us).

Therefore, we will share what we could find about some of them, and if you come across some new information that we do not mention, let us know. Without further ado, let’s get to it.

Atiku Abubakar children
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Atiku’s eldest daughter Fatima is currently a Honourable Commissioner at the Ministry of Health. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Obstetrics, Surgery and Medicine from the University of Dublin, a Master’s degree in Public Health from the London’s Imperial College and a postgraduate diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, among many other qualifications.

Atiku Abubakar children
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The name of Atiku’s son Aminu might be familiar to you because of his several-year long custody battle with his ex-wife that has been widely publicised. After Aminu Atiku Abubakar wedding in 2007, the couple lived together until 2011 had two children and then split. For the past few years, they have been fighting in court over the custody of their kids, with Aminu playing on the losing side. However, the battle is still ongoing.

Atiku Abubakar children
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Several other children of Atiku are mostly known for having lavish weddings. For instance, three of his daughters decided to get married at the same day! On November 13, 2015, Walida married Murtala, Aisha married Bamanga, and Asmau married Jameel. By the way, Asmau also has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Education.

Atiku Abubakar children
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It turned out that a lot of Atiku’s children are married. Abba (Atiku Abubakar son) wedding back in 2014 was very beautiful, as both he and his new bride Mariana Saleeby-Velilla sported fashionable garments fit for princes and princesses.

In the same year, his brother Shehu got married as well. Their sister Rukaiya also had a stunning wedding ceremony on November 19, 2016, when she married the son of Colonel Sani, Aminu Sani Bello.

Atiku Abubakar children
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A few of Abubakar’s sons take after their father, as some of them are entrepreneurs. For example, we have Aliyu Atiku, a graduate of American University of Nigeria, who is the Executive Director at Priam Group.

His brother Mustapha, Bachelor of Law (City University, London) is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Haynes-Worth International (or at least he was, four years ago). Mohammed is the General Manager at Adama Beverages. Atiku Jr. seems to be involved in the fashion industry, but more on the creative side of things.

As you can see, we have not been able to find out about all Atiku Abubakar’s children. Some of them live their lives away from the attention of the press, while some are actually too young to be in the news. That said, if you know something else about his kids, let us and our readers know about it. We would love to hear from you.

Source: Naija.ng

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday wrote a petition to President Muhammad Buhari over threats to his life and those of his family members due to his decision to contest the presidential election in 2019. Atiku, an aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), revealed this in a petition he wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari on September 7, 2019. The petition, entitled “Petition Over Criminal Intimidation And Threat To My Life, That Of Members Of My Family, And Cyber Stalking Using Mobile Phone Number 08148228704,” was copied to the PDP national chairman, Prince Uche Secondus. In the petition, which was seen by our correspondent, Atiku requested more police protection for his family and himself from the president, disclosing that he, his wife and daughters had received separate text messages from a mobile line stating that unless he backs out of the race, his family members would be raped and killed.
Atiku noted that he received a threat text message on his mobile line on September 8 this year, and said the same number sent rape and death threats to his wife and daughter.
According to the presidential aspirant, the author of the text message he got on September 8 this year said he or she was watching Atiku’s family and that they would rape and kill his wife, Jennifer, as well as his daughters, Maryam and Fatimah. The former vice president called on President Buhari to order an urgent investigation into the matter, as it could lead to serious security breaches.The former vice president wrote: “I present my highest compliments to the president and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and have the honour to request your excellency’s kind review/investigation and urgent consideration of extra protection for my family and I against some criminal intimidation and threat to my life, that of my family, and the cyber stalking against my family and I, using telephone mobile number +2348148228704.”
Atiku, in the petition, said the author threatened that if he did not withdraw from the presidential contest, “we will kill, rape your wife and daughters”, whom they identified as Mariam, who worked at Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Fatima, a former commissioner in Adamawa State. The petition also stated that the author threatened to “mess up his wife”, whom they used unsavoury expressions against, He listed some of threats to include: “We will blow your plane off the sky and we will poison you and your family. You are going to see what we will go with your family. We know where and where your children travel to. We will blow up all your properties and those of his wife. We control the aviation towers in Nigeria and South Africa. We are on (sic) government and Buhari will win again. Your party members will never select you and, if they do, we will assassinat (sic) you. We will kill you by blowing up your plane.”
In separate text messages to Atiku’s wife and daughter, the same author told them to prevail on Atiku to back down from the contest or they will be harmed.
The former vice president, however, said, “From the foregoing, Mr President can see that if adequate and urgent steps are not taken to identify and deal with these threats, it could lead to serious breaches and may constitute real danger to national security.
“Considering that these threats border on the right of my family and I to life as well as my freedom to aspire for and contest for the presidency in Nigeria, I urge you to commence urgent investigation with a view to identifying the person (s) behind the threat, expose and prosecute the culprit (s) in accordance with the laws.
“I request that you ensure the continued protection of my rights to life, that of my family, my property and my rights and freedoms to associate and aspire to any political office as guaranteed under the 1999 Nigerian constitution (as amended),” he said.

Following allegations of non-performance by the led administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, the social media aide to Mr President, Lauretta Onochie, Thursday, listed sixty-four (64) achievements of the current administration in the agricultural sector.
Her list however, has faulted the claims of many critics who have accused Buhari of failure since he assumed office in 2015.
Recall that Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation, yesterday raised 14 posers for President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC.

APC in Niger embarks on house-to-house campaigns

The campaign organization has charged the federal government to name one project started and completed by Buhari and also to list any visible achievement garnered by the All Progressives Congress, APC since 2015.

In view of the above challenge therefore, Onochie averred:

Below are the 64 achievements:

1) The anti-corruption drive of Mr. President put to a halt the exogenous leakages in the Agricultural sector to encourage, empower, and enhance the locally made farm produce thereby increasing our internally generated revenue (IGR) index and foreign exchange capacity and reserve to over $45 Billion in cash and bonds.

2) President Buhari initiated the Home Grown Feeding Programme which is designed to put an end to importation and market monopoly of farm produce that can be grown here in our country which is a pilot vehicle to sustainable economic, agricultural, academic and job creation across the length and breadth of our nation.

3) Under President Buhari, the Standing Inter-Ministerial Technical Committee on Zero-Reject of Agricultural Commodities and Produce / Non-oil Exports in Nigeria was inaugurated.

4) Under the Buhari-led administration, Nigeria has benefitted from 13.1billion Euros honeybee project.

5) The Buhari administration has commenced steps improving the standards of Nigeria’s agricultural exports to align with global standards due to the rejection of our produce at the EU Border Controls.

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6) Under President Buhari, Standards and Quality Control measures have been developed in.

7) Under President Buhari administration at the end of 2016, agricultural goods as share of total trade got N212.73bn and 4.02 per cent and Agricultural goods exports were 2.7 per cent higher in Q4 2016 than Q3 2016.

8.) Under the Buhari-led administration, Sesame seeds contributed N6.46billion to Agricultural product exports in the fourth quarter of 2016.

9) In the fourth quarter of 2016, Frozen shrimps and prawns chipped in N4.4billion to Agricultural product exports under PMB’s administration.

10) Under President Buhari administration in the fourth quarter of 2016, Flour and meals of soya beans contributed N2.59billion to agricultural product exports

11) Under President Buhari administration in the fourth quarter of 2016, cashew nuts in shell contributed N0.95billion to Agricultural product exports with the Buhari-led administration.

12) Crude palm kernel accounted for N0.62 billion of the total Agricultural exports under the President Buhari administration in the fourth quarter of 2016.

13) Under the President Buhari administration the agricultural universities coordinating agency is being revitalised as stipulated in the enabling Act which will work closely with the Nigerian University Commission and development partners to re-focus the universities of agriculture in the country.



14) The Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) programme was initiated by the Buhari Administration and it is aimed at bringing life back to rural communities through the empowerment of youth, women and other vulnerable groups across the country.

15) Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) Programme initiated by the President Buhari administration is geared towards promoting community-based on-farm and off-farm business activities as a model for job and wealth creation amongst unemployed youth and women in rural and suburban households.

16) Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) Programmes under President Buhari are expected to establish 150,000 cooperatives nationwide under commodity value chain groups.

17) Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) programme under President Buhari will establish and operate up to 1,000 cottage industries in the country, and ultimately engage about 1,995,500 youth and 997,500 women for enhanced productivity.

18) Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) programme under President Buhari would add about 5,965,000 metric tons of foods to the national food store.

19) Anchor Borrowers’ Programme is an intervention of the Buhari administration aimed at fast-tracking access of rural farmers to finance productivity.

20) The Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) of the Central Bank of Nigeria under the Buhari-led administration has made available N82billion in funding to 350,000 farmers of rice, wheat, maize, cotton, cassava, poultry, soy beans and groundnut; who have cultivated about 400,000 hectares of land.

21) The Buhari-led administration has made provision of agricultural credit for financing the production of rice, wheat, ginger, maize and soybeans in Kebbi, Niger, Kaduna, Kano, Enugu, Benue, Zamfara, Anambra and Kwara States.

22) The Anchor Borrower’s Programme (ABP) under Buhari’s administration has provided quantum of money for dry season farming in 2015, wet season rice and wheat farming in 2016 and is currently supporting the 2016 dry season farming in many states.

23) The President Buhari administration has commenced the use of National Soil Map Data, with the promotion of the use of soil-specific fertilizer formulations and application in prescribed dosages based on soil types following the conduct of soil mapping/test to enhance agricultural production and productivity.

24) Under President Buhari administration a resurrected interest in agriculture has awakened among small holder farmers.

25) Under the Buhari-led administration, Nigeria’s fertilizer market is growing.

26) The President Buhari administration has signed an agreement with the Government of Morocco for the supply of fertilizer raw materials on concessionary terms to boost local blending to facilitate making soil and crop-specific fertilizer blends available and accessible to smallholder Nigeria farmers.

27) The Ministry of Agriculture under President Buhari is facilitating the timely access of farmers to appropriate quality seeds.

28) The President Buhari administration has facilitated seed trading locally and internationally through the application of regionally agreed principles and rules.

29) The enabling environment for private investment in the seed industry has been created by the Buhari-led administration.

30) Under President Buhari, the National Irrigation Policy and Strategy has been developed and focuses on the need to overcome the irrigation challenges and put available irrigation facilities in the country into effective use.

31) The PMB Administration has assessed the status of infrastructure in all the 12 River Basin Development Authorities (RBDAs) hence, commenced immediate and effective use of the facilities for commercial farming.

32) Under President Buhari, the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) has been strengthened for improved delivery of services through consolidation and recapitalisation in collaboration with the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) to ensure loan disbursement at a single digit interest regime in the agricultural sector as obtainable in developed and emerging economies.

33) The President Buhari administration has approved the restructuring, re-capitalising and repositioning of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA).

34) The Buhari administration has secured the approval of a grant of $1.1 million from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for the restructuring of the Bank of Agriculture, aimed at staff training to strengthen service delivery.

35) The President Buhari administration has embarked on the re-validation of the claims of agro- dealers and input suppliers under the 2014 wet and 2014/2015 dry seasons to ensure that genuine claims are paid by the government.

36) The President Buhari administration has facilitated the payment of the sum of N20 billion, as part of the debts owed agro-dealers while efforts are on to fully settle the outstanding liabilities.

37) The President Buhari administration has established a N50 billion mechanisation fund to facilitate the second phase of Agricultural Equipment Hiring Enterprise (AEHE) to roll-out 6,000 tractors and 13,000 harvest and post-harvest equipment units across the country.

38) With the Buhari-led administration, Tractors and Implements were rolled out in Ilorin and Abuja on January 12, 2016, to support targeted commodity value chains.

39) The rising spate of hostilities and attendant insecurity arising from clashes between crop farmers and nomadic herdsmen has raised serious concern within the government. Accordingly, the PMB administration has commenced efforts towards resolution of pastoralists-farmers conflicts through the provision of 55,000 hectares of land by 11 states as part of the 5,000 hectares each expected from the 19 northern states for the development of pasture/paddocks grazing reserves.

40) The Buhari administration has established 40 large scale rice processing plants and 18 High Quality Cassava Flour (HQCGF) plants with a stake commitment of China EXIM (85 per cent) and Nigeria Bank of Industry (BoI) (15 per cent) through concessional credit facilities of US$383,140,375.60 for the rice mills and US$143,722,202.40 for the HQCF Plants.

41) The President Buhari administration through the Ministry of Agriculture is embarking on a programme of distribution of rice mills, of ten tons per day capacity, 20 tons a day, 40 tons a day, 50 tons and a few 100 tons. Collectively between them, the capacity for rice milling will be close to 3,000 tons a day nationwide. That is expected to close the gap between paddy availability and mills to process it.

42) The President Buhari administration has established 10 large scale rice processing plants and 6 High Quality Cassava Flour plants to be owned and operated by the private sector and would be funded by the Special Rice Processing Intervention Fund and the WB Assisted Agricultural Development Policy Operation [AgDPO] Funds.

43) Through President Buhari administration, Real GDP in agriculture grew by 4.11 per cent in the year 2016, and this growth rate was higher than that recorded in 2015 of 3.72 per cent.

44) Under Buhari’s administration as captured by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), there was a continuing strong growth in Agriculture (especially Crop Production) in the Q4 of 2016.

45) Agriculture contributed 21.26 per cent to nominal GDP in the Q4 of 2016 and the sector grew by 6.45 per cent year-on-year under President Buhari administration.

46) In the Buhari-led administration, the contribution of Agriculture to overall GDP in real terms was 25.49 per cent in the quarter under review, higher than its share of 24.18 per cent in the corresponding quarter of 2015.

47) The Ministry of Agriculture under President Buhari administration also provided 2283 bags of industrial salt to hides and skin dealers in 12 targeted states.

48) The President Buhari administration placed ban on rice importation and that has saved Nigeria an average of $5 Million daily.

49) The growing success story on agriculture in Buhari’s Administration has prompted more youths to commence full production in agriculture.

50) More than 7 million Nigerians are actively employed in agriculture under the Buhari Government’s diversification agenda and the Ministry of Agriculture is working to ensure that Agriculture will offer 20 million jobs in the nearest future.

51) Nigeria’s milled rice production has increased by about 60 percent, from 2.5 million MT in 2015, to 4 million MT in 2017 under the President Buhari administration.

52) The Buhari-led administration set up the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) to deliver commercially significant quantities of affordable and high quality fertilizer to the Nigerian farmer at the right time

53) The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) under the President Buhari administration has resulted in the revitalization of 14 blending plants across the country, with a total installed capacity in excess of 2 million MT.

54) The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) under the President Buhari administration has resulted in benefits which will include annual savings of US$200 million in foreign exchange, and N60 billion annually in budgetary provisions for Fertilizer subsidies.

55) Under President Buhari administration, the current cumulative in terms of IGR generated through Agriculture since the fall in price of crude globally has placed agriculture as the best alternative for creating wealth and increasing our National Foreign Reserve to an all-time high.

56) Nigeria’s economy has since bounced back after the recession of 2015/2016 and has continued to grow back as the strongest stabilizing economy in Africa under Buhari-led administration.

57) Through the Buhari-led administration, agriculture is already ripe to be the next green oil and global gold the world has ever seen and the green-rush will lead all roads to Nigeria.

58) Buhari-led Administration has revived 11 moribund plants with a combined capacity of over two million metric tonnes.

59) In 2017 under the President Buhari administration, Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) delivered 10 million 50kg bags(500,000MT) of NPK 20:10:10 fertilizer at a price of N5,500 in time for the wet season which is down from the price of N9,000 per 50kg bag in 2016, a 40% reduction in price.

60) Under President Buhari administration there is a higher patronage for the country’s rail network due to movement of raw materials and finished goods.

61) Under President Buhari administration, the bag-making sector of the economy was boosted, with over 10million packaging bags produced exclusively for Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI).

62) The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) has been able to create 60,000 direct jobs and even a higher number of indirect jobs under the Buhari-led administration.

63) The Buhari-led administration has cut down on imports of agricultural products in order to enable self-sufficiency in food production and consumption.

64) Under President Buhari administration, The Green Alternative (TGA) was initiated, a major policy thrust to build an agri-business economy capable of delivering sustained prosperity by meeting domestic food security goals, generate exports, support sustainable income and job.

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There are speculations that the All Progressives Congress is planning to pick a running mate from the south-east for President Muhammadu Buhari come 2019 presidential elections.
It was reported by The Guardian that the alleged plan of dropping Yemi Osinbajo as Buhari’s running mate in 2019 by the APC is the reason why the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has stalled the declaration of his running mate till date.
However, it was gathered that Atiku may be choosing a running mate from the south-east which of course did not go down well with the party members from the southwest.
The PDP southwest members had urged their southeast colleagues to concede the slot for vice president to the South west since they could not clinche the position of the party’s national chairman which has already been taken by the southeastern region.
Meanwhile, many people have been suggested to Atiku to choose as running mate.
People like Mazi Osita Chidoka, former Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo and Prof. Barth Nnaji surfaced, ostensibly to push back on the considerations being given to the immediate past governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi.
Finally further reports said the southwest are mounting pressures on Atiku Abubakar to consider the incumbent President of African Development Bank (AfDB) and former Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina, as a running mate as he is described to be a feasible candidate on the score of Southwest accommodation and buy-in of the international community.
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Sportdab:
Juventus have come out to defend forward Cristiano Ronaldo amid Allegations of Rape.

The 33-year-old has been accused of rape by former night club worker Kathryn Mayorga.

Mayorga, born in Nevada claims the incident happened in 2009, the same night after which Manchester United accepted a bid from Real Madrid for the Portuguese.

But the former Real Madrid player has denied the claims.

And now his new club Juventus have issued a statement regarding the Rape allegations.

“Cristiano Ronaldo has shown in recent months his great professionalism and dedication, which is appreciated by everyone at Juventus,” the club Twitter account posted.

“The events allegedly dating back to almost 10 years ago do not change this opinion, which is shared by anyone who has come into contact with this great champion.”

Mayorga claims that the incident happened after Ronaldo introduced himself to her in the VIP section of the Las Vegas night club.

After allegedly giving her his number, Ms Mayorga says Ronaldo invited her and her friend back to his penthouse at the Palms Place Hotel.

While changing clothes to get into his jacuzzi, Mayorga said that Ronaldo walked in and asked her to perform sexual acts.

She then said, despite her refusal, Ronaldo forced himself on her and committed rape.

Her lawyer, Leslie Stovall, said yesterday: “She has decided not to make herself available to the media and stay out of the public because of her emotional state. It is not pleasant for her."

Despite Ronaldo denying the allegations, Mega Sport Brand Nike, who sponsor Ronaldo, have expressed worries at the allegations.

“We are deeply concerned by the disturbing allegations and will continue to closely monitor the situation,” they told AP.

Source:>>https://www.sportdab.com.ng/2018/10/juventus-issue-statement-amid-cristiano.html

Why did she wait 10 yrs to bring this to public hearing, ,

teebiggs:
A photo of a 39 years old woman kneeling to serve her 19 years old husband she just got married to his dinner that just surfaced online has got social media users talking.

According to report, the woman and the young man just tied the knots and photos from their wedding ceremony that was shared on popular social media platform Facebook has since gone viral. See some of their photos below...

See more photos of them here >> http://www.mayornaijablog.com/2018/10/photos-39-years-old-woman-kneels-to.html

For how long will she continue serving the husband in that manner ,is it for a day,,is for the meantime, ,did she just do it out of excitement ,,was it for the camera,,wtf

adem30:
Jobs vacancies every day, yet some fools will be crying on social media.

Many are not employable.

You are a classic foolish fool