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 Politics › BPE In N1.450bn Scam by smemud(op): 4:51pm On Jun 15, 2015 |
The Bureau of Public Enterprise, BPE, is at the moment engulfed in crisis over allegations of over-payment of N1.45 billion legal and consultancy fees by the management.According to a report by The Nation, a lawyer was paid N950 million for the liquidation of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, after the company had ceased to exist and the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation got N500 million for consultancy.According to the report, the fees were paid contrary to the advice of the immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN) and the Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP.Aside from the legal and consultancy fee crisis, top directors of the agency were implicated in a job racket involving the recruitment of 60 persons just few days to the expirationof the administration of former President, Goodluck Jonathan.The workers involved are said to be mostly children and relatives of the directors, an action that is contrary to the ethics of the agency.According to findings, the pioneer chairman of BPE, the late Hamzat Zayyad, had put a code of conduct in place which forbids any employee from hiring his or her relations in the agency.The investigation revealed that the curious legal fee of N950million was paid after a meeting of the National Council on Privatisation, NCP, was hurriedly convened by ex-Vice President, Namadi Sambo on April 18.The NCP was said to have been deceived into believing that the formerAGF and the Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP, had withdrawn their letters of objection to the payment of the N950million.A source quoted by the report said: “There is disquiet in BPE over the payment of N950million to a PDP lawyer to wind down PHCN. The payment was just unnecessary because the liquidation of the PHCN had been concluded since 2013. So, it was shocking to some members of themanagement that such a curious hugebill came for no service provided in 2015. We suspected that the payment was a slush fund to offset campaign expenses.“By the Power Sector Reform Act of 2005, the Federal Government had unbundled the National Electric PowerAuthority into 11 distribution companies and six generation firms. These were the companies we privatised in 2013. The PHCN then ceased to exist. There was no formal need to wind down PHCN in 2015 to the extent of paying N950million.”Another Ministry of Justice source quoted by the report said: “By our records, the former AGF opposed the payment of the N950million as legal fees to the said lawyer because the liquidation of PHCN had long been completed.“Even the ex-AGF said assuming that the NCP was talking of nominal liquidation, the accruing legal fees ought not to be more than N50million.“The records are there for the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to examine all the correspondences.”As if the legal fee is not bad enough forthe BPE, tension is also rising with thediscovery of the payment of another N500million payment to the office of the Accountant General of Federation for consultancy services. But sources say no consultancy job of any nature existed.“They told us that the N500million was approved by NCP as consultancy payment to the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation.There was no specific consultancy jobgiven to the OAGF,” a director added.On the employment scandal, it was also learnt that the 60 workers, mostlyrelations of top directors in BPE, were recruited three weeks to the end of Jonathan’s administration.A source said: “Out of the 60 new workers, 22 who had been casual workers for five years were retained when even there is no provision for casual jobs in BPE.*.Plot to undermine Tinubu willbe counter-productive – Northern Group warns APC“The directors shared the appointments without recourse to the Federal Character Principle. For instance, one brought his daughter, four also employed their children and another engaged his ‘wife’ or mother of his children.” http://dailypost.ng/2015/06/15/bpe-in-n1-450bn-scam/ |
| Politics › Re: Nigeria Army Chiefs Lodge In Adamawa Billionaire Mansion Instead Of Maiduguri Co by smemud(op): 4:32pm On Jun 15, 2015 |
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| Politics › Re: Nigeria Army Chiefs Lodge In Adamawa Billionaire Mansion Instead Of Maiduguri Co by smemud(op): 4:27pm On Jun 15, 2015 |
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| Politics › Re: SSS Used Israeli Company To Plant Spy Bugs All Over Aso Villa by smemud(m): 4:20pm On Jun 15, 2015 |
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| Politics › Nigeria Army Chiefs Lodge In Adamawa Billionaire Mansion Instead Of Maiduguri Co by smemud(op): 4:11pm On Jun 15, 2015 |
Through our investigations in thenortheastern war zone, we have discovered, disturbingly that Nigeria’s service chiefs are maneuvering away from the Presidential directive to relocate to Maiduguri to command the war on Boko Haram.On his inauguration speech, president Muammadu Buhari gave a categorical directive for the army chiefs to relocate to Maiduguri, capital of Boko Haram ravaged Borno state to actively command the war against the terrorists.After being sworn in, president Buhari said:Nigeria’s Chief or Army, Kenneth Minimah“The command centre will be relocated to Maiduguri and remain until Boko Haram is completely subdued. But we can not claim to have defeated Boko Haram without rescuing the Chibok girls and all other innocent persons held hostage by insurgents.”However the Army chiefs were not happy with this order according to our credible sourcesand have since fought openly and covertly to make a Yola command center their primary base, so as to avoid the less lucrative, ravaged and more riskyBorno capital.NewsRescue investigators discovered that for the past weekthe army chiefs have been spending more time in Adamawastate in the villa of a billionaire friend of the Jonathan administration where they are known to always host lavish parties with polytechnic ladies.The home of this billionaire, Alhaji MohammedSanusi Barkindo, a former NNPC Managing director is attached to an SSS/DSS, Department of State Security office. The house is located at Yola, north Jimeta, in Dowgirei government house area. Former president Goodluck Jonathan uses Barkindo’s bullet proof cars during visits to Adamawa state and for his campaign trips.This subversion of order can further be interpreted in a statement given today by Army chief Kenneth Minimah, in which he made sure to mention asquoted:“With the pronouncements of President Muhammadu Buhari and the relocation of Command and Control Centre to North-East in Maiduguri and Yola, we expectthe very best result soon.”As at report time, we have been unable to get a reaction from the Buhari administration on the actions of the service chiefs in violation of the directive as transmitted to Nigeria and the global community.There have beencalls for the retirement and investigationof the ‘bloated’ service chiefs who Amnesty international described in a recent movie as having blood on their hands. http://newsrescue.com/nigeria-service-chiefs-chill-in-adamawa-mansion-instead-of-maiduguri-command-center/ |
| Education › Re: Noun’s Illegality-THE NATION by smemud(op): 7:55am On May 07, 2015 |
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| Education › Re: Noun’s Illegality-THE NATION by smemud(op): 7:54am On May 07, 2015 |
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| Crime › Sold For Sex by smemud(op): 7:51am On May 07, 2015 |
•Nigeria continues to grapple with modern-day slaveryAs ever-increasing numbers of Nigerians leave the country to illegally migrate to other nations, the country must begin to seriously investigate the rise in the horrifying phenomenon of sex slavery that has now become rampant.A particularly disturbing manifestation of the trend can be seen in the story of Precious Ugochi Okoro, a 15-year-old secondary school student who was trafficked to Libya to engage in coerced prostitution. She claims that she was kidnapped by a cousin of her mother and handed over to traffickers who took her to Libya. She was then forced to work as a prostitute and eventually sold to a woman who helped her to secure her freedom.Her distraught family did not know of her disappearance until her school contacted them three weeks after she wassupposed to have resumed. The traffickers even had the temerity to demand ransom from the family for a victim who had already been taken out of the country. Fortunately for Miss Okoro, the Lagos StateCommand of the Nigeria Policewas able to track down the kidnappers and effect her repatriation from Libya.This sorry tale has all the elements that have combined to make sex trafficking the social cancer that it has become: persistent economic depression, youth unemployment, parental indifference, crass materialism and criminal impunity.Nigeria’s economic difficulties have been most apparent in thehigh proportion of youth unemployment that has left millions of young citizens jobless, destitute and desperate. Given the apparent hopelessness that seems to surround them at home, the ostensible attractions of other nations take on added significance. Thus, Nigerian youths continue to risk their lives to reach other countries, in spite of the well-documented tragedies that assail illegal migrants.The main culprit in the sex-slave saga is Miss Okoro’scousin who agreed to sell her to the traffickers for just N10,000. No matter how difficult his economic circumstances may have been, it is incredible that he could be so heartless as to betray a close relation for such a relatively small amount of money. When such greed is combined with the ubiquity of criminal gangs specialising in sex trafficking, it can be understood how a young girl can disappear from her own country so easily.Not least is the seeming lack ofparental concern which characterised the response of Miss Okoro’s parents to her disappearance. It is very strange that they permitted a 15-year-old girl to embark on an interstate journey alone, did not bother to check to see if shehad arrived at her school safely, only becoming aware of their daughter’s plight when the school contacted them three weeks later. Such lax monitoring only facilitates the nefarious activities of sex-traffickers by providing them with an extended windowof opportunity.Nigeria must begin to properly address the sex-trafficking epidemic that is confronting it. All strategies to this end must aim at making it less easy for citizens to be abducted and transported across state and national borders. The long-delayed national identification system must be made functional without delay.Security procedures should be overhauled to accommodate particularly vulnerable groups like school children, migrant workers and the homeless. Known smuggling routes must be properly policed, and corruption and incompetence within the immigration service should be harshly dealt with.The country must also embark on a comprehensive effort to repatriate its citizens who are living illegally in other countries. Instead of simply waiting for host countries to expel Nigerians, the Federal Government must work with them to ensure that they are sent home with as little fuss as possible. The greatest anti-trafficking strategy, however, remains the creation of an economically-vibrant nation whose benefits are freely available to all of its citizens.ShareTweet+ 1Mailprevious postnext post |
| Education › Re: Noun’s Illegality-THE NATION by smemud(op): 7:49am On May 07, 2015 |
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| Education › Noun’s Illegality-THE NATION by smemud(op): 7:44am On May 07, 2015 |
The Open University should notpursue its unaccredited law programmeThe advertisement by the Council of Legal Education thatthe National Open University ofNigeria (NOUN) is running a law programme despite a clear warning against that is disturbing. This is because the council is statutorily empowered to regulate legal education in the country. Indeed, without an approval from it, any law programme that any institution offers in thecountry, amounts to a waste of human and material resources.This is evidently so, as such “law graduates” would not be allowed access to the Nigeria Law School. So, if NOUN fails to stop the law programme immediately, the law enforcement agencies should stop it, and prosecute those responsible.We are curious that NOUN would engage in what is clearlya rip-off of those who engage intheir law programmes across their various study centres. From some media reports, it is obvious that many of their students are not aware of this limitation to the “law degree” obtained from the university. We recall the excitement shown by some of their “law graduates” expressing gratitude to God for the opportunity granted them to study law at their advanced ages. One of such persons fromNOUN, Akure centre, a 69-year-old woman, was full of thanksgiving, and expressed hope that she would use her new talent to help widows and other less privileged persons in her community.Her seminal boast, envisaged an access to the Nigeria Law School, which would enable her practise as a barrister. Another, a 60-year-old woman who graduated from the Benin Study Centre, was excited that she had been able to join her other family members in the legal profession, and again was hopeful that after attending the law school, she would devote her skills to help the less privileged in the society. Considering that she and her other colleagues wouldnot be admitted to the Nigeria Law School, her hopes will remain a mirage, unless the Council of Legal Education retroactively approves their training at NOUN.This infraction by NOUN is a common experience across thecountry. Not long ago, the federal authorities were up in arms against criminal elements who offered non-existent university programmes to Nigerian youths. Those dubious elements even ran programmes in decrepit environments, and all the while, were fleecing their victims and their sponsors of several thousands of Naira in the name of fees. As was the case of the NOUN victims, many of them thought they were in approved institutions, and had wasted a number of years in the so- called facultiesof higher learning.These shady characters sometimes appear to have the latent support of regulatory organs of government, as they parade provisional approval of programmes to start the fraud. Whatever may be the enablers, we urge that it is bad enough that opportunities for higher education are abysmally limited; but it would be disheartening and scandalous that valuable years and resources are wasted pursuing a non-existent programme in a higher institution. It becomes totally unacceptable and an institutional crime, when otherwise accredited institutions also run un-accredited courses side by side the approved ones.While calling on NOUN to stop the law programme, we urge students to also help themselves. As part of the pursuit of academic glory, a potential student owes it a dutyto himself/herself to be sure, that the programmes they wantto apply for, are among those approved. It is embarrassing that a budding graduate would have failed a basic enquiry, concerning the programme or the institution he/she intends to apply to. We urge all concerned to stop NOUN’s law programme and similar frauds, to save Nigerians a national embarrassment.
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| Business › Re: Bank Verification Number Project: All You Need To Know by smemud(op): 6:39am On May 07, 2015 |
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| Business › Re: Bank Verification Number Project: All You Need To Know by smemud(op): 6:21am On May 07, 2015*. Modified: 6:42am On May 07, 2015 |
Apart from mobile banking innovation and wearable banking that’s going to rock the banking world soon, other measures are being taken by bankers’ bank and financial institutions to ensure the security of their customers.In February 2014,Central Bank of Nigeria and its partner came up with the bank verification project.Since BVN Project took off,some Nigerian bank account holders still don’t know what the project is about. As at January 10, 2015, just two out of 20 people I spoke to about BVN are aware of the project.Last year, a communiqué sent to all Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) signed by the Director of Banking Payments System Department, CBN, Dipo Fatokun, said all DBNs were expected to enroll 40 per cent of their customers on or before December 31, 2014, while 70 percent was set for March 30, 2015.So, if you haven’t registered, these are what you need to know about Bank Verification Number.Individual Enrolment for BVN What is BVN?BVN means Bank Verification number what Are the Advantages of Bank Verification Number?Benefits of BVN are:1.To provide additional security for account holders.2.It is to ensure that account holders are known by their banker in what CBN calls, “Know Your Customer” principle.3.To give a unified identity to account holders across all the banks in Nigeria, meaning BVN code can be used as a means of identification in any bank in Nigeria.4.To reduce queue in banking halls.5.To reduce fraud that may arise from impersonation.6.To checkmate and curb identity theft.7.The project is to ensure accountability.8.To increase the effectiveness of banking operations.9.It is to give customer access to future credit facilities.10.It is also meant to boost financial inclusion which the CBN has been committed to.11.It resolves the problem of authentication.12.To checkmates money laundering activities.13.To build confidence between banks and their customers.How much does it cost to enroll for BVN?It is totally free. It costs you nothing and nothing is deducted from your account for registering.Who came up with the idea of Bank Verification Number?Central Bank of Nigeria, and Bankers Committee came up with BVN project.When was it launched?The project came into being in February 2014 as a result of a successful partnership between the apex bank CBN and the Bankers Committee.Who was it designed for?It is designed for everybody who owns an account with financial institution in Nigeria.But I carry out my financial activities on my mobile phone the enrollment is meant for everybody irrespective of the device you use in as much you have an account with any financial institution in Nigeria, and you wish to continue using the account.How do I register for BVN?Visit any branch of a bank where you have an account. If you’re just opening an account, you can do it alongside account opening.What is the process involved?6 Easy Steps to Enroll and Get Bank Verification Number (BVN)1.Walk into any branches of your bank.2.Request for BVN enrollment form from customer service officer 3.Fill the form and head straight to where the enrollment is being done 4.Present yourself for data capturing like fingerprint and facial image5.You are issued with an acknowledgment slip also known as enrollment receipt which contains the registration ID like ticket ID, name of the bank you registered, your name, date, and time the registration was done.6.You get a unique BVN within 24 hours through SMS notification after the system confirms the enrollment.What is enrolment?Enrollment involves capturing a customer’s fingerprint, facial image and other necessary detail after which Bank Verification Number is generated.Is proxy registration allowed?Someone else cannot enroll on your behalf. You have to be physically present because your fingerprints and facial image would be taken. Your fingerprints and facial image cannot be the same with another person that’s why you have to enroll by yourself irrespective of your position.These are the details you are expected to fill:Surname, middle name, First name, Account number, means of identification: you can use your INEC voters card, or national Identity No, or any other verifiable means of identification. Other information are what you will be able to provide without stress.How do I get my Bank Verification Number after the enrolment?You’re issued a ticket to confirm your enrolment. However, you will receive SMS alert stating your BVN. So, make sure you use active GSM line.Is it security wise to store my BVN on my phone?It is not security advisable to store any sensitive information concerning your financial details on your mobile phone, unless you’re sure of other means of encrypt it.However, it will still be extremely difficult, at least for now, for someone else to use your BVN because the person’s fingerprints will be different from yours.It means your BVN is not useful for the person that steals it.What should I do if I forget my BVN?Visit your bank where you did the enrolment to retrieve the number.How secure is customers’ information?According to Central Bank of Nigeria, customers’ information is secure, and that the details are encrypted and stored in a secure database.However, there are conditions and terms“The bank shall not be liable for breaches/disclosures that may occur if it is compelled by law or regulation to disclose customer biometrics data to third parties. However, the bank shall exercise due care to ensure that the customers biometrics data is secure and protected.”Will the change of address affect my BVN?It doesn’t change your BVN, all you need do is go to your bank and follow the bank's process of updating customer information. You can only update banking information only at the bank where you have an account.Can I Enrol for BVN in First Bank and get the BVN from guaranty Trust Bank?No. You can only get your BVN at the bank you enrolled. No cross-collection of BVN.What happens if a customer is an amputee or his fingers are badly damaged due to a disease?His facial features will be used instead of his fingerprints will I have to enroll in all the banks I have accounts?No, once you enrolled at one bank and a BVN is generated, the number can be used in other banks where you have accounts. It means enrolment is necessary in one bank. A customer cannot have more than one Bank Verification Number.Can I start the enrollment now and complete at later date?No. the enrollment is and should be completed in one session.Will biometric function be implemented on POS and ATM terminals?Yes. It will be implemented on POS and ATM at a later stage.How will it be implemented on ATM and POS?CBN and its partner are yet to release a formal communication on how it will be implemented on payment machines. But one of the workers at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, Osun State, told Mobile Banking Watch that she was unable to use the ATM because,“I was yet to enroll for the BVN. I was forced to enter the bank hall to enroll before I later gained access my account using the ATM.”This means the implementation on POS and ATM will be simple. You may not be able to use bot services if you haven't go your BVN. Where do I lodge biometrics complaint if any arises?Just like your regular account number complaint,you should contact your bank where your account is domiciled. During Facial capture can a customer leave his/her glasses on?No a customer cannot leave his/her glasses on during facial capture.Is there any provision for individuals who cannot write or are illiterates to fill the enrolment form?Yes, a customer service officer is always available in any bank to assist customer on any perceived difficult task. In filling the enrolment form, call on the customer service office to help you out. And if you can’t understand this explanation well enough, Google Translate is available at the top of this article which can translate this to your preferred language.Is there a deadline for the enrolment?Yes, Nigeria’s apex CBN will announce a deadline shortly. Can minors be Enrolled?It is meant for adults. BVN enrolment for Corporate Accounts According to central Bank of Nigeria,www.bvn.com.ng |
| Business › Bank Verification Number Project: All You Need To Know by smemud(op): 6:19am On May 07, 2015*. Modified: 6:46am On May 07, 2015 |
http://leadership.ng/blogposts/380869/banks-commence-biometric-registration-bvn Pls if you haven't done yours register for your BVN today its very important, without it you won't be able to debit or credit your account. I was ask to write it at the top of my deposits slip yesterday before I can credit my brothers account yesterday .Thank you www.bvn.com.ng |
| Politics › Re: Photo: Check Out This Hilarious Pdp Vs Apc Cartoon by smemud(op): 7:53am On May 06, 2015 |
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| Politics › Re: Photo: Check Out This Hilarious Pdp Vs Apc Cartoon by smemud(op): 7:50am On May 06, 2015 |
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| Politics › Re: Photo: Check Out This Hilarious Pdp Vs Apc Cartoon by smemud(op): 7:47am On May 06, 2015 |
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| Politics › Photo: Check Out This Hilarious Pdp Vs Apc Cartoon by smemud(op): 7:39am On May 06, 2015 |
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| Literature › Re: Invasion Of Lagos By An Area Boy written By Edozie Udeze by smemud(op): 12:17am On May 06, 2015 |
ter car allowances and such other monstrous issues that tend to keep Nigeria down,The Beatification of Area Boy is still an evolving theme. It is a play that has to be done in a comprehensive manner to espouse in totality all the ugly and monstrous issues tearing Nigeria to shreds. The hilarious responses of the audience showed how they followed the sequences and how they felt that the issues truly touched on their psyche. This is one of the effects of live theatre, which its primary motive is to appeal to the conscience of the people. It is a lesson and that was why when it premiered in Leeds, England and other parts of Europe, the play was well received. The cast and crew included Dr. Tunde Awosanmi, Ropo Ewenla, Wole Oguntokun, Makinde Adeniran, Tunji Oyelana, Peter Badejo, Ijeoma Agu. Others were Wale Ojo, Toyin Osinaike, Jennifer Osammor, Taiwo Adeyemo, Tunji Sotimirin and many others. |
| Literature › Invasion Of Lagos By An Area Boy written By Edozie Udeze by smemud(op): 12:13am On May 06, 2015 |
At last, Professor Wole Soyinka’s The Beatification of Area Boy was premiered in Nigeria. Written and directed by the Nobel Laureate himself, the play formed part of the just-concluded Lagos Black Heritage Festival plays held at the Freedom Park, Lagos, last week. It is a play written in 1990 to indict the leadership of Nigeria over their indifference to the people’s quest for development, for the alleviationof poverty and the seemingly glorification of everything bad in the land. Edozie Udeze, who watched the play reportsFor once in many years, the theatre sector was quite agog with life as many thespians and theatre buffs were indeed excited. The excitement was mainly occasioned due to the ever presence of Professor Wole Soyinka, Africa’s foremost theatre practitioner, playwright and director. As the Lagos Black Heritage Festival went on uninterruptedly last week, Soyinka was seen in his natural and familiar element putting everything in order to ensure that his play,The Beatification of Area Boycame out beautifully well.From every corner of Freedom Park, Lagos, venue of the event,his well-trimmed baritone voice could be heard as he shouted instructions to the artistes during rehearsals. The play ran for three consecutive days and before it came on stage the first day, the playwright himself was on hand to direct proceedings. His orders were obeyed to the last latter because the artistes themselves also wanted to get it right. It is not always that the calibre of Soyinka comes out to direct one of his works. It is also not in his element to be seen mixing so freely and walking the paths for almost one week non-stop. So, when the cast and crew noticed how precious this play was to him, they quickly made the situationmore pleasant and appealing to him and others.Written during the turbulent days of Nigeria, when the Late General Sani Abacha held the reins of power,The Beatification of Area Boywhichis making its debut in the country, chronicles the tenets of the military style of governance. Not only that, Soyinka is deliberate in his choice of themes, events, concepts and atrocities in the play. His concept was to relatethe genesis of Nigeria from the moment she discovered oil in the Niger Delta. What did the military do with the oil and what it supposed to yield to thenation?Where is the pride of Nigeria as an oil producing state? Has oil really been a blessing, a curse or a mixed grill of confusion? At the height of the oil wealth when Nigerian leaders were supposed to invest and developthe nation, what did they do? All sorts of benefits and promotions were being given tocivil servants who in connivance with the powers that be, busied themselves siphoning and plundering the resources of the nation.From oil wealth to oil boom and then the advent of oil doom, Nigeria has now fallen from her utopian heights as poverty, crime, backwardness and more have taken over the soul of the society. In situatingthe story and carving out the different scenes, Soyinka made the metamorphosis real and evocative. Here the role of different types of individuals like the trader – turned-area boy, the judge, the policeman, the mama put, the job seeker, the ever-insatiable and deceitful Nigerian young lady and more, became a clarion call to periscope deeper into the voices of the society.Almost all societies of the world use their wealth to build infrastructures and provide for the masses, but in Nigeria wealth is used to further impoverish the poor and make the ruling class richer. Now thepeople themselves sit idly by and encourage the government to continue to plunder the nation by not doing enough to task their leaders. Who will now bail the cat? Who should be the final arbiter? How would the society function well if the people do not task and query those in power to give them what they deserve?In using the circuit type of rotating theatre stage, Soyinka further ensured that the rudiments of the play permeated the audience. As people sat in circles, they were made to shift their seats and move to different directions as the play progressed. This was permissible, for most of the scenes were made to represent and register serious flashbacksand introspects that dug deep into the fabric of the nation. This type of setting which is not common in Nigeria, further gave the play an undue aesthetics that indeed created so much hype and excitement in the minds of the audience.For three hours, the likes of Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State, Sam Omatseye of The Nation Newspapers, Yemi Ogunbiyi, Olaokun Soyinka, theOgun State Commissioner for Health, Kunle Ajibade and suchother high calibre theatre enthusiasts sat to watch the play to relive the sorrowful historical stages of a nation in dire need of leadership. The Area boy himself who was in the habit of being in the know about everything that happened in the country was atthe centre of the play. He controlled his retail business as he liked and increased prices whenever he felt duty-bound to do so. He waited for every action of government to hike the prices of his wares. And he would invent all kinds of tricks to ensure that people patronized him. Moreover, he would tell his people how government’s senseless economic policies have been destroying the image of the society thereby making him and others unable to survive. The area boy syndrome was all over him as he mesmerised the stage and forced the audience to rely on him for the latest information about the state of the nation.In tow was the policeman who was to keep order but was also weighed down by the ever-troublesome and recalcitrant people around him.He moved from stage to stage, from one corner to the other to pester the audience and ensured that decorum was maintained. He himself was equally piqued by the situation of the country where hunger is a serious nightmare, where the payment of salaries was a huge problem and insecurity has become the order of the day.At a point the playwright narrowed the story down to Lagos. To him, Lagos is a symbol of Nigeria. The story ofLagos, is the story of Nigeria. With the Lagoon around, with the array of issues and masses of people in the city, what has the place become in the annals of Nigeria? In order that the beauty of the play is made manifest and more appealing and entertaining, Tunji Oyelanawas brought in to sing his popular and evergreen track ‘I love my country I no go lie’. The interlude equally made the audience go back into the labyrinth of time when Soyinka first composed the song to spite leaders. Fortunately, Oyelana sang it with renewed vigour and mandate that people joined him in the choruses. In all, the profundity of the play, proved that Soyinkawas the best to have directed it. All the issues of the nation within the period periscoped in the play were brought to the fore.However, the play has been seen by many as being on abridged form of the original text. The playwright may have done it on purpose to save timeand keep the audience wholly entertained. Besides that, it would have been more instructive too if the playwrighthad incorporated the latest style of political thuggery into the play. The system of area boyism in Nigeria keeps evolving. Their manner of operation gets more sophisticated day in day out. The ease with which political leaders engage them for their selfish motives is endless.Today, many of them have guns. Some have even becometoo powerful for their masters to control. After elections, they now constitute themselves intopowerful forces that become a big headache to the society. If, in the process of the presentation of this play, the director had updated this to suit the current situation it would have attracted louder and more pleasant applause from the people. The mood of the nation now is for the peopleto know how the political thugshad fared and operated in different locations in Nigeria during the just-concluded elections.Even though the play harped seriously on austerity measures, military interregnum, transport problem, the menace of social miscreants, bad leadership, oil pollution, bicycle allowances and later car allow |
| Romance › Re: Ladies What Will Be Your Reaction When You See This In Your Guy's House..pics by smemud(m): 10:20pm On May 05, 2015 |
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| Politics › Does The PDP Have A Future? by smemud(op): 1:50pm On May 05, 2015 |
After 16 uninterrupted years at the commanding height of federal power, losing the presidency to the opposition All Progressives Congress has sent the once powerful Peoples Democratic Party into disarray. The aftermath of the loss has triggered a massive defection of the party’s members to the APC; a move analystsconsider may mar the future of a partythat once regarded itself the biggest in Africa.There is no doubt that the loss of the presidency had dealt a blow to a partythat had also once boasted it would rule the country for 60 years. Nothing symbolised the PDP’s fear and shock at losing its grip on power than the frustrated outburst by its agent, Godsday Orubebe, at the presidential collation centre in Abuja. As the reality of an impending defeat stared the party in the face, Orubebe’s outburst captured the mood of the PDP members nationwide. The outburst, which had the potential to ignite widespread violent reaction, was quickly doused by the calm demeanour of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega,and President Goodluck Jonathan’s timely concession of defeat to his main challenger, Muhammadu Buhari.Several weeks after being defeated at the polls, it appears it will take the PDP a long time to recover. Immediately after the elections, some party members began to jump ship. Going by what has happened so far, the future seems bleak for the once formidable party. Apart from losing the presidency, the party also lost control of the Senate. The feat also happened after 16 years of a majority rule at the Upper House. At the National Assembly election, the APC took 64 out of 109 senatorial seats. The APC secured majority power in the Senate with at least 60 seats, marking the first time the PDP didn’t hold federal legislative leadership since the end of military rule in 1999.The APC also swept through the senatorial election with an outstanding number of seats in the North-Central, North-West, North-East and South-West states. There is an ongoing argument about how the new majority will shake up the leadership configuration in the eighth Senate, which will be inaugurated in June. The sitting Senate President David Mark will lose his seat to an APC member after eight years of calling the shots in the upper chamber. The APC members will also replace the current Deputy Senate President, Majority Leader and Chief Whip. Prior to this, the APC only had 41 seats in the Senate compared with the PDP’s majority of 64 seats. With the defeat at the presidential and National Assembly elections, the PDPhad attempted to regroup for the governorship and state assembly elections.But its efforts to salvage what’s left of the shredded umbrella were too little too late with the APC sweeping the governorship and state assembly polls in a majority of the states. In its quest to regroup and assert some influence for the future, the party had also hoped to win key states like Lagos, Kano, Rivers and others crucialto its survival. While it won in Rivers, it again lost in Lagos – a feat it has been unable to achieve in 16 years. With the loss of Lagos, the future of the party may be in a serious jeopardy.The pedigree of Lagos would have been critical to the PDP’s funding and survival. The argument for a Lagos in the hands of the PDP is supported in the way the state had been crucial to the survival of the opposition. As an opposition stronghold, Lagos without doubt has been the centre of opposition politics which provided the lifeline needed for sustaining otheropposition-controlled states at the time a former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, held sway in the state. During former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s years at the saddle, he had unsuccessfully wielded the federal might to wrest control of Lagos from the Alliance for Democracy. Had the former president been successful, that would have signalled the end of opposition politics. The victory of the APC was made possible because the opposition held on to the state. The PDP may have been a formidable party yet it never won Lagos. For the first time in the Fourth Republic, an opposition party is in control both at the centre and in an important state like Lagos. This new configuration may make life difficult for the PDP as it seeks to rebuild from the ashes of a most devastating electoral defeat.In the last few weeks since the PDP’s defeat, the party has been searching for answers. There have been a lot of excuses and blame. Interestingly, many within the party circles have been bold enough to look inwards. Strangely, President Jonathan, who isthe major victim of the party’s defeat, appears to still be in denial about whyhis party lost woefully. Speaking recently, Jonathan questioned Buhari’s victory and attributed his loss to rigging by the rival party. Conversely, some elements within hisparty have blamed his aides while theparty chairman, Adamu Mu’azu, is being forced to resign for his alleged role in the party’s loss. While I think the President missed the point, the truth is that the PDP’s defeat was long in coming.In the 16 years that the party has held sway, its unassailable success at every election has become its albatross. At a time, just by being a candidate of the PDP made one electable. Then, internal democracy was jettisoned. Party chairmen were changed at will. Imposition of candidates was rife as the party’s flagwas presented to the highest bidder. The crisis in the party which began under Obasanjo blew out in the open under Jonathan. The PDP Governors’ Forum crisis split its ranks into two warring camps. The ensuing crisis ledto the implosion at its convention in 2013 when some influential membersand governors walked out to form the “New PDP” which later merged with the APC.Now that the dominance of the party has been halted, it will be interesting to see how it will rise from the ruins ofdefeat to snatch victory in future elections. Unless something dramaticand drastic happens, I do not see how the APC will relinquish power after 16 years in the shadows. With the despondency that greeted its loss at the polls, it may take a while for the PDP to recover. How it re-organises inthe coming years to provide the needed opposition will determine the future of this democracy.In an animated discussion with friends after the PDP’s defeat, I had posited that the party needs to reform itself from within. It needs credible party stalwarts to bring back and reconcile disgruntled members who left the party in anger. For many years, the tendency for a few influential members, especially overbearing governors under President Jonathan, who lorded it over others, killed the camaraderie and bred disgruntled elements within its fold.For example, I consider the emergence of the PDP Governors’ Forum as one of the factors that led tothe near death of the party. A situationwhere a few governors, especially under Jonathan, considered themselves sacred cows alienated other members. While some left, others stayed and worked against its success. To be candid, the role of governors like the boisterous Godswill Akpabio and a retinue of president’s aides polarised the party.As Nigeria consolidates its democracy, it has become imperative that a vibrant multi-party system is crucial to its survival. That is why a party like the PDP must reform and provide the much needed opposition. It will be interesting to see how the party responds to its new role as an opposition party.Follow me on twitter: @bayoolupohundaCopyright PUNCH. |
| Politics › N25 Bn Fraud: Lawyers Tackle Justice Liman Over Igbinedion’s N3million Fine by smemud(op): 8:13am On May 05, 2015 |
Itse Sagay, a law professor and aSenior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN)was aghast and had problem believing that Justice J. Liman, of the Federal High Court in Benin, Edo State, on Thursday sentenced Michael Igbinedion, a younger brother to former governor of Edo State, Lucky Igbinedion to two years in prison with an option of a N3 million fine for a N25 billion fraud.Speaking to PREMIUM TIMES over the phone, Mr. Sagay said Mr. Liman must be “suicidal” for handing down such a “mad” judgement and that he should “kiss his career goodbye”.“There must be some details we don’t know that made him do that because what I read in the press was that this man was being trialled for N25 billion and he is now fined N3 million and someone who assisted him is now sent to 2 years imprisonment. I say that is not possible. There is something wrong with the story,” he said Monday.But when told by this reporter that the story was actually factual, his incredibility transformed into shock and then anger.“Because any judge who does that, we have to begin to question not only his rationality but whether he doesn’t have a death wish. In a country that is on total lock over corruption, over poverty, overall the terrible thing that is going and he goes ahead to do that, it is as if he wants to set himself on fire.“That is why I have my doubts but if you say so it means the man has kissed his career goodbye. Is it in Buhari time he isgoing to try this? That will be madness. That is how I see it. I hope it is not true but if it is true, obviously it is more than just kissing his job goodbye, he is going to bring himself so much trouble that he would not know where he is in the days to come,” he said.After convicting Michael Igbinedion of stealing N25 billionof public fund on Wednesday, thefollowing day, Mr. Liman gave Mr. Igbinedion an option of N1 million fine on each of the three counts for which he was convicted and in default, two years imprisonment.He however, sentenced a co-accused of Mr. Igbinedion, Patrick Eboigbodin of PML Nigeria Limited, to two years in prison without an option of fine. The judge ordered PML to pay N1million on each of the ten counts for which it was convicted. He also liquidated the firm and ordered that all its assets be transferred to the Federal Government.Mr. Igbinedion and Mr. Eboigbodin were sentenced on different counts.Also expressing shock at the ruling, Olarenwaju Suraju, Executive Director of Human and Environment Agenda, HEDA, saidthe judgement defies common sense. According to him the integrity of the judiciary is at stake. He called for steps to be taken to prosecute judges found guilty of corruption in order to stem such frivolous sentencing.“We cannot allow this to continue because a corrupt judgeor a judge without integrity sitting on the bench is worse than an armed robber carrying guns on the street. It is something we actually need to confront now and we much challenge the leadership of the judiciary to reform itself.”Similarly, Lagos based lawyer, Festus Keyamo, said in order to avoid such ridiculous sentencingin the future the country’s criminal justice system needed to be urgently reviewed.“I just want to restrict my comment to say that our criminal justice system is in urgent need of reforms so that wecan have punishments that are commensurate with the crimes committed. And we can also have a system that delivers justice as quickly as possible,” he said.The same path was towed by another Lagos lawyer, Jiti Ogunye. Mr. Ogunye said the era of court making ridiculous discretionary ruling will not stop if the leadership of the judiciary across the country does put in place an anti-corruption sentencing policy guideline for judges.“The judiciary at the level of the NJC or the leadership of the Federal high court or the leadership of our respective statehigh courts have not evolved or put in place an anti-corruption sentencing policy guideline that will define clearly the parametersof sentencing such that even if there are options of fine in the penalty provisions pursuant to which these persons were charged, such that if there are statutory minimum sentence andstatutory maximum sentence there would be a clear cut direction that in such cases, in sofar they are anti-corruption cases, the maximum penalty be returned to teach a lesson and possibly without an option of fine,” he said.He said the judiciary has set a precedent for this when it limited the trial period for terrorism cases to six months. He called for such a regulation to be replicated in anti-corruption cases.Ezenwa Nwagwu, Convener of the Say No Campaign said while judges could be blamed for misusing their discretionary powers, prosecutors should also make sure that anti-corruption cases are filed properly.“It boils down under what law the prosecuting agencies presentthe suspect. If they take the light route, sometimes my sense is that sometimes the prosecutors themselves deliberately present the suspect under a law that allows the judge expend discretionary powers that allows him to go from the minimum to the maximum and once you havediscretion, then abuse is very close. So it boils down to ensuring that the prosecutors themselves understand and are not compromised and understand the implications of some of the things that they do. Because sometimes we just push it to the judges. That is not excusing the fact that the judges themselves make light of how serious a matter is by taking a lighter option when they can go for a more deterrent option,” he said. Source -premiumtimes |
| Travel › Re: Photo: Vehicle Overload In Jos by smemud(op): 7:14am On May 05, 2015 |
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| Politics › Re: Corruption: Buhari To Revisit Past Probe Panel Reports – by smemud(op): 2:08pm On May 02, 2015 |
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| Politics › Corruption: Buhari To Revisit Past Probe Panel Reports – by smemud(op): 1:40pm On May 02, 2015 |
e incoming administration of the President- elect, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is set to revisit the reports of panels set up by the National Assembly to investigate various financial scandals in Federal Government’s agencies and ministries. Saturday PUNCH gathered in Abuja, on Friday, that top among reports that the administration would examine include the fuel subsidy and N255m bulletproof cars scam probes by the House of Representatives as well as the pension scandal investigation by the Senate. It was gathered that Buhari’s pronouncement that he would take another look at the missing $20bn was a precursor to the administration’s desire to retrieve illegally held public funds. A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, now Emir of Kano, Mohammed Sanusi II, had alleged that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation did not account for $ 20bn due to be remitted to the Federation Account. A competent source close to Buhari, who pleaded for anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media, said the general knew that he had limited time within which to turn around the nation, as such, he had no intention of wasting public funds on endless probes. This, it was gathered, informed a tentative decision by the incoming administration, not to embark on fresh probes, but review reports and recommendations of “compelling” cases handled by the National Assembly. Also, a top member of the All Progressives Congress, who confided in Saturday PUNCH, said, with the current fuel scarcity, it had become necessary for the administration to examine the fuel subsidy regime. The APC chieftain said that the administration would find the report of the House of Representatives’ investigation into fuel subsidy in 2012 useful. He said, “For now, we have decided not to comment on the issues of probes so as not to heat up the transition, but what I can tell you is that we will not encourage the culture of impunity. “With the fuel scarcity in many parts of the country, the report of the House of Representatives investigation will be among those to be examined. We suspect that there is massive fraud in the fuel subsidy.” According to him, the incoming administration will not dissipate energy embarking on fresh probes. He explained that the administration would look at ways of implementing recommendations of panels set up by the National Assembly. The APC top member stated, “If you recall, during the campaigns, any time he (Buhari) accused the outgoing administration of corrupt tendencies, he made reference to recommendations contained in reports which he said, the Jonathan administration, has shown a lack of political will to implement. “What you are likely to see happening is a revisit of investigations into scandals such as the missing $20bn, the pension funds and the fuel subsidy. Where reports recommend that individuals refund public funds, these funds must be refunded. “Where they recommend that individuals or institutions be prosecuted, that will be done. “The anti-graft agencies will be repositioned to perform the functions for which they were established. It is certainly not going to be business as usual.” The insider also referred Saturday PUNCH to what the President-elect said about his approach to fighting the scourge of corruption, during his presentation at Chatham House, London, shortly before the elections. Buhari had during the lecture said, “On corruption, there will be no confusion as to where I stand. Corruption will have no place and the corrupt people will not be appointed into my administration. “First and foremost, we will plug the holes in the budgetary process. Revenue producing entities such as NNPC and Customs and Excise will have one set of books only. “Their revenues will be publicly disclosed and regularly audited. The institutions of state dedicated to fighting corruption will be given independence and prosecutorial authority without political interference.” When contacted, the Director of Media and Publicity of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Mallam Garba Shehu, said, he was not in a position to comment on policy issues. He said, “…Even on the issue of the missing $ 20bn which he (Buhari) was reported to have said he would take a look at, I was not at the event. Our concern now is to ensure a seamless transfer of power.” Following the nationwide protests that greeted the move by the Jonathan administration to remove fuel subsidy in January 2012, the House of Representatives set up an ad hoc committee which investigated the management of the subsidy regime. The House in April 2012 approved recommendations of its Ad Hoc Committee on Monitoring of the Subsidy Regime. Among others, the panel recommended that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency and 72 other firms refund N1.07tn said to have been fraudulently paid to oil marketers. To be part of the refund is also the Office of the Accountant–General, which allegedly paid N127.8bn within 24 hours to unknown beneficiaries. The AGF paid N999m 28 times in one day to the “unknown entities.” All members of staff of the NNPC, PPPRA and DPR involved in the processing of applications for fuel imports were recommended for investigation for “negligence, collusion and fraud.” Another report, which Saturday PUNCH gathered would attract the attention of the incoming administration, is the N255m car scam that led to the removal of the Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah. Although the President removed Oduah as recommended by the House, it was gathered that the APC leaders believed that there were other aspects of the report that should be implemented. Oduah was accused of approving expenditure of over N643m for the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority to procure 54 vehicles. The House noted that the approval exceeded her limit as approval limit as a minister which was N100m. The NCAA purchased two bulletproof BMW cars at the cost of N255m without the approval of the National Assembly. The House further recommended the ministry and the NCAA to terminate all the transactions relating to the bulletproof cars because they “were neither provided for in the Appropriation Act, 2013, nor was due process followed in their procurement.” In addition to terminating the transactions, the House ordered that “all money so far spent on the entire transactions should be recovered by the Ministry of Finance and paid back into the Consolidated Fund of the Federation.” The House faulted the diversion of waivers meant for other purposes to import the bulletproof cars and asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to “investigate the chassis number (DW68032) of one of the vehicles on the one reported to have been delivered and the one inspected by the committee members. It also asked the EYCK to “investigate and if found wanting, prosecute all persons/ institutions involved in the transactions.” Coscharis Nigeria Limited, which supplied the controversial cars, was not left out. The House directed that the company should be investigated on the “issue of waiver” and also to determine the “exact cost of the two BMW vehicles.” It also ordered the company to pay the value of the waiver to the Federal Government. Attempts to get an official reaction from the APC were unsuccessful. Phone calls to the mobile telephone number of the party’s national publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, were neither picked nor replied. A response to a text message sent to him was still being awaited as of the time of filing this report 8:05pm. Copyright PUNCH.All rights reserved. |
| Politics › Re: Influential Women To Watch In Buhari’s Govt by smemud(op): 1:17pm On May 02, 2015 |
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| Politics › Influential Women To Watch In Buhari’s Govt by smemud(op): 6:45am On May 02, 2015 |
The forthcoming Gen. Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government will, like the current administration, parade many women believed to be influential, FISAYO FALODI writeshttp://www.punchng.com/politics/influential-women-to-watch-in-buharis-govt/
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| Celebrities › Zahra And Kiki: Nigeria’s Newest Divas by smemud(op): 6:37am On May 02, 2015 |
Kiki and Zahra Few months back, nobody really knew who Zahra Buhari was. In fact, if not that she is one of the daughters of Nigeria’s President- elect, General Muhamadu Buhari (retd), Zahra, indeed, would have just been like any other babe, a fine girl. But then, politics came, her father picked up the presidential ticket for his party, All Progressive Congress, followed it up with a massive political campaign and boom, Zahra surfaced! Now, as the daughter of the first family, it isn’t out of the ordinary that the lady and her siblings, would be under the scrutiny of the media, being the children of the first family. But even before people would wonder and speculate about the children of the presidential candidate of the APC and now the President-elect, Zahra made it easier for nosy parkers; she posted an incredible picture of herself online. Yes, her picture hit the Internet in the thick of the election campaign and undeniably, the young lady practically broke the internet. She is pretty and that is not understating the obvious. Since her pictures went viral, Zahra has become one of the most popular young ladies in Nigeria. Expectedly, she should be, since her father is going to rule Nigeria, again. Apart from her pictures that are online, nothing much is really known about the young lady except that it‘s been alleged that she studies abroad. But Zahra is not just only about a babe that posts beautiful pictures on the internet to wow the men and make the ladies go green, she is also about support, family and love. She proved this when her father’s certificate saga came up during the campaign. In the heat of the scandal, the young babe via her twitter handle defended her father and lambasted the ruling party. Her tweet in part read, “About 53 years ago, he acquired this certificate. During his military years, he held posts that couldn’t possibly be run by an illiterate. “Mind you, these were posts he managed very well. He ran for office three times, this is the fourth time and now his certificate matters. The ruling party should accept the fact that they have failed Nigeria as a whole and we can’t give them any more chances. “Misplaced priorities. Security should come first not #GMB’s certificate. We don’t want them anymore and we don’t want them to persuade us to want them. We just simply do not WANT.” More Nigerians, after these tweets, fell in love with her and eulogised her eloquence especially when it mattered the most. When Nigerians were getting used to Zahra’s pictures and coming to terms with the lady being one of the most eligible single ladies in town, then came Kiki Osinbajo. By the way, Kiki is the twenty-one year old daughter of the Vice President–elect, Yemi Osinbajo. Perhaps, Kiki would have remained just the daughter of the senior pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God and may just be known by the members of the congregation and of course, her friends and school mates. But just like Zahra, Kiki is in the eye of the public at the moment. Yes, she was ‘discovered’ yet again, (like Zahra), when she posted some of her pictures online, one of them with her father, when she celebrated him on his birthday. Kiki was not really as outspoken as Zahra during the campaign as she didn’t use her social media to solicit for votes and support for her father and her father’s party. Howbeit, their emergence on the Internet, perhaps came at the right moment as many, especially the young men, fell in love with them (their looks) and possibly, voted for their parents based on that. And as the election has favoured their parents, these two ladies have topped the list of the most popular ladies in Nigeria. Interestingly, the elections have come and gone with their fathers winning the race. It was as if the girls (Zahra in particular) were waiting for it to end before going back to their shells. At least for now, there haven’t been recent pictures of the girls on the social media. As much as people know they exist, they perhaps, do not want to be in peoples’ faces. They probably do not want to rub it in that they are the daughters of the most powerful men in the country. The lives of these young ladies might be likened to that of Chelsea Clinton, daughter of the former president of the United States of America, Bill Clinton. Chelsea’s life actually turned around in 1993 when her father became the president of the US. Being the child of the first family, she experienced intense media scrutiny. According to biography.com, Chelsea’s parents encouraged her to live as normal a life as possible. She became a frequent topic in the press, who made headlines out of her romantic relationships with fellow student Matthew Pierce, as well as former White House intern Jeremy Kane. She eventually got married to Marc Mezvinsky and the couple is blessed with a child. And like Malia and Natasha, children of Barack Obama, the current president of the United States of America, there might really be no hiding place for the children of Nigeria’s first (and second) families as they sure would be under watch. Obama’s kids are underage, no doubt, but that has not deterred one or two negative stories from being written about them, top on the list was when Malia was rumoured to be pregnant. The rumour has long been denied. Just like their counterparts in Africa, especially the likes of Ange Kagame, daughter of President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Kenya’s Ngina Kenyatta, daughter of Uhuru Kenyatta, Gabon’s Malika Ondimba, daughter of President Ali Bongo Odinmba and so many others, Zahra and Kiki would certainly be in the eye of the public; no hiding place for them.
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| Romance › Re: Having Nigerian Husbands Exposes Us To Daily Discrimination – Wives by smemud(op): 10:48am On Apr 30, 2015 |
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| Politics › Re: Sticky Tales Around Diezani by smemud(m): 10:46am On Apr 30, 2015 |
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