₦airaland Forum

President Barack Obama has appointed
Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo to be his next
Deputy National Security Adviser for
International Economic Affairs . He’ll succeed
Caroline Atkinson , who’s held the post since
June 2013.
Adeyemo, 34, has served various positions in
the U.S. Treasury department since 2009.
After becoming the Treasury’s Deputy Chief
of Staff to Secretary Jacob Lew in 2012, he
joined the White House’s National Economic
Council as deputy director this fall. He was
the Treasury’s lead negotiator on the
currency agreement that was part of the
Pacific trade deal and also worked on the
Treasury’s response to crises in Ukraine and
Greece, the Wall Street Journal reports. In
2010, he was one of the first officials
charged with standing up the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau.
Adeyemo, a second-generation Nigerian-
American who grew up in the Inland Empire
region of Southern California, gave special
thanks to his parents in a statement to the
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, And
Urban Affairs:
“While they could not be here today, I want
to acknowledge my father and mother who
immigrated to this country in search of the
American dream and the opportunity to
give my brother, sister, and me a better
life. They have worked hard, as an
elementary school principal and a nurse, to
give tremendous opportunities to their
children, but along the way, they have
instilled in us the values that guide us
every day. They often remind us that this
country affords the chance to do anything
we wanted if we work hard. And they have
taught us that we have a responsibility to
serve the community and the country that
has afforded them so many opportunities.”
He also spoke on Nelson Mandela ’s legacy
and impact on his own childhood dream to
serve in government:
“This desire to instill the value of service in
me led my father to wake me early on the
morning of February 11, 1990, to watch as
Nelson Mandela was released from prison.
Although the images on my television were
of a reality thousands of miles from our
home in California, I could feel the hope
Mandela inspired not only in South
Africans but also in my father. Watching
Nelson Mandela go from prisoner to
president and start the process of bringing
together a country was more than
inspirational, it motivated me to imagine
how I could use public service to improve
the world around me. And it continues to
remind me that events far from home can
make a meaningful difference in the lives
of Americans.”
Prior to joining the Administration, Adeyemo,
who attended Berkeley undergrad and Yale
Law, served as an Editor for the Hamilton
Project at the Brookings Institution from
2008 to 2009.
The President’s statement on Adeyemo’s
Deputy National Security Advisor selection
reads:
“I am grateful that Caroline’s work will be
carried on by Adewale ‘Wally’ Adeyemo,
who has served in my administration since
2009,” Obama says in a White White
statement. “At the Treasury Department, he
was part of the team that helped
coordinate our response to the global
recession, laying the foundation for
renewed growth at home and abroad. He
helped establish the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau, and he’s been our point
person on a range of international
economic issues, including negotiations on
strong currency agreements around the
Trans Pacific Partnership. I will be calling
on Wally’s intellect, judgment and
dedication as we sustain America’s global
economic leadership, which reinforces our
national security, and as we work with
allies and partners around the world to
create jobs and opportunity for all our
people.”

http://www.okayafrica.com/news/obama-appoints-nigerian-american-adewale-wally-adeyemo-deputy-national-security-advisor/

K

So, social commentator and activist Kayode Ogundamisi tweeted this today...he didn't mention any names but I am now trending on Twitter. Many assume he's talking about me...and you can't blame them really. He said...popular! I'm somewhat popular! He said female.. I'm female...duh! Lol. He said Lagos...I live in Lagos...some posh place called Banana Island..lol. #Just teasing!

So people are reacting and some actually believe it! That PDP or someone in the party gave me N240m? For what? Advert? This was why I didn't want to get politics advert money in the first place o...and but then some of you advised that I do when I asked here and now see the gbege that I have entered...lol.

But seriously for the record...no party registered or unregistered, no human being dead or alive gave me N240m for anything. The only advert I did for PDP was a page background take-over for former president Jonathan... and they asked for the space after I did a page background take-over for APC's Akinwunmi Ambode. (I'm sure you all saw it). The two parties paid me same amount. I had a politics advert rate which I sent to everyone who wanted to advertise on LIB! And it was a few millions ...which some of you followed to chop inside in the giveaway that April...lol. #Kidding!

Anyway, all these bad belle people looking for ways to bring a woman down...like I always say...you can't! Except you're mightier than God! Whether you like it or not, I'm a hardworking young woman who God chose to bless the work of her hand and is using me to bless others. Get over it! I am here to stay! Not going nowhere! *wink*. Make I go find una more news ojare!



http://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2015/12/wait-popular-female-blogger-received.html?m=1

K

It has been discovered that men are capable
of having sex and enjoying it at any
opportune time and place. It is so easy for
men to do so because of their physiological
make up. Men have been said to be like a
helicopter when it comes to sex. They are
easily aroused, and can taxi, and take off
like a helicopter, without a runway.
Therefore, for men, sex can be said to be an
anytime affair without prior intent.
However, men still have a time that makes
sex most suitable for them. Experts in this
field have said that males’ best sex time is in
the morning. According to sex therapist, Dr.
Arlene Goldman, co-author of Psychology
Today Here to Help: Secrets of Sexual
Ecstasy, “Many men are on their horniest
first thing in the morning.” Though you may
not feel like it, doing it in the morning can be
amazingly hot for you as well, even as a
woman.
Your man’s best time for sex is in the
morning due to a biological reason that is
known as testosterone.
After a night’s sleep, the level of
testosterone peaks. And testosterone is a
leading contributor to sexual feelings in
men. Testosterone is a steroid hormone that
stimulates the development of male
secondary sexual characteristics.
Apart from this, most men wake up with
fully aroused body because blood circulation
to the penis increases overnight. But men
don’t look down at the rod in the morning,
thinking “Oh! That’s just my junk doing its
thing.” Rather, he sees an erection, and
wants to put it to use, instead of letting it
“be at peace” or deflate. What is on his mind
is to strike the iron while it is hot. So you’ve
got to understand why he is ever-ready the
more in the morning for sex.
And you don’t have to spoil the fun for him
by closing up. Rather, you should take time
to learn a few tricks on how you can make
the day a memorable one for him, while you
also take a bit of the action. You will be
surprised about how much fun will get out
of such an early morning exercise, especially
when you do not have the luxury of jogging
around. So, spare him the fun of that good
morning sex. It will help him to maintain
sanity in the face of temptations (especially
from the secretary or the tea lady) as he
goes about his job in the office or around in
the town.
Morning sex is not all about him, you can
also derive great fun from it.
In most cases, especially when you’ve not
learnt the techniques of enjoying the
morning sex, sex in the morning is the
farthest thing on your mind. Thus, your man
may be highly criticised for feeling like it in
the morning, especially for the religious mind
that wants to wake up doing the first thing
with her God, that is, prayer and praying. To
such a one, sex in the morning becomes a
sin or a taboo. But when you have learnt
how to enjoy the “good morning” sex, you
stand to derive great fun from it as well.
According to a therapist, “When a man has
higher testosterone, and he’s well rested, he
has more energy during sex and that energy
will make him last longer for the pleasure of
his woman”
Furthermore, it is also a great way of
keeping him thinking about you all day long
instead of flirting around in the office. So,
find out ways of banishing those unsexy “I
just woke up” feelings so that you can enjoy
the good morning sex. One way to help you
play along is to fresh up a bit. It makes you
feel like it, stay alert and ready to get in the
mood. According to Goldman, you can tell
him before the action starts you give him
30seconds to get ready for some mind-
blowing sex. You can then enter the
bathroom to get refreshed and take care of
whatever may be making you feel “unsexy.”
Position that make morning sex enjoyable
for women
Since women may not have lots of energy
for sex in the morning just because their
partners have, couples should adopt
positions that are easy, but still make hitting
the right spots in her a topmost priority. For
example, spooning is an ideal morning
position according to sex counsellor, Trina
Read, author of “Till Sex Do Us Part”. Many
people sleep in the spooning position, and
thus make it easy for him to handle the
breasts, and also touch her clitoris.
Another position you can try is “man on his
side, woman on her back, “with her legs
over his hips to have him enter you”. In this
position, your bodies will form a “t” shape.
This position is helpful if you have not
brushed your teeth yet, because you are not
facing each other, according to Read. It also
puts him in at the perfect angle to hit her G
spot with ease.
Other positions that also make the woman to
relax while the man is doing the energy
sapping workout will definitely assist the
woman to respond to the morning sex the
more, without the feeling of tiredness. The
previous write-up on sex positions in this
column will provide you with guides on
positions you can experiment with, till you
discover which one will serve the best
interest of both of you — pleasure. It is a
good way of saying ‘good morning’ to each
other, especially where you have been
picking quarrel over who should first say
‘good morning’. It’s amazing what couples
quarrel about at times. So, don’t think it’s
funny.
There is a magic in an early morning sneak
attack on him
An early morning sex attack on your
husband could be highly rewarding, and a
special surprise package for him, once in a
while, or on special occasions such as
wedding anniversary, his birthday,
Valentine’s Day, or to end a quarrel. It will
drive him to the peak of appreciation you
may better imagine.
Surprise him by waiting for him till he enters
the shower, then position yourself naked on
the edge of the sink, or the door, or on the
bed. When he pulls back the shower curtain,
or opens the bathroom or bedroom door, he
will be thanking God for you for
understanding how to be creative in giving
him sexual pleasure. Sure bet: an all day
thought about you that will drive him to his
wits end of nice acts, including a gift of a
lifetime. I can assure you he will definitely
reciprocate as soon as possible.
An early morning sex attack on him is one
coup for which you will not face the firing
squad. Rather, it will earn you extra credit
for being a worthy friend and lover of your
spouse. A trial will bring you great reward
both in kind and cash. I’m sure you will feed
me back without sharing your reward with
me.
Meanwhile, I’m sorry I have to go for now,
it‘s almost morning time as I write, and I
don’t want to be left out of the morning
action today, due to tiredness. I love to
reward my husband with that early morning
attack for being there for me always. See
you next week, and remember our secret: it’s
only for your married partner.

http://tribuneonlineng.com/benefits-of-early-morning-sex

It is indeed baffling that President Buhari
has failed to recognize the urgency of
articulating a blueprint and setting the
machinery in motion to put the country on
the path of recovery. Rather, the President
has been on the road, globe-trotting, even as
Nigeria totters on the brink of economic
collapse. In six months or so, PMB has
visited more countries than he has visited
states or even cities in Nigeria. From the Gas
summit in Iran to the Commonwealth
summit in Malta, then the Climate summit in
France and then Vienna for OPEC meeting;
and to South Africa again for the Forum on
China/Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). On the
global stage, Buhari exhibits a very annoying
loquacity with his endless lamentations. He
has done nothing but talk and lament how
Nigeria is broke and ravaged by terrorism
and corruption.
Contrast Buhari with the new Tanzanian
President, John Magufuli, who has only been
president for three weeks but he is already
stamping his authority on the country. A few
days after taking office, he banned all
foreign trips by government officials. Any
external work requiring Tanzania’s presence
would be done by the country’s diplomats
abroad. One could be allowed to travel after
getting permission from the president or the
chief Secretary. Instead, civil servants are
urged to spend more time traveling to rural
areas and fix the country’s problems there.
Magufuli aka "The Bulldozer" became an
instant sensation after he canceled the 54 th
independence anniversary celebrations,
saying money allocated for the pomp event
should be spent on sanitation, new hospital
equipment and tackling cholera. He has
promised to take Tanzania back to the days
of high quality education and healthcare and
it seems from his body language that the
golden days of Tanzania are here.
On the other hand, the APC government was
expected by the electorate that put it in
power to do things differently. And this
includes, it bears repeating for the
umpteenth time, that it hit the ground
running. To say Nigerians are disappointed
with the new administration, will be an
understatement. They saw Buhari as a very
serious minded retired general, who
understood that actions spoke louder than
words. And because he spoke less, the
mystic around his persona created a
dignified taciturnity that helped project him
to the presidency. But it appears change has
come and Buhari too has changed. From
nowhere, the president has developed a
loose tongue and seems to suffer from
verbal diarrhea. The man just cannot stop
talking; even when no one seems to be
listening. And when there is news to break
about Nigeria, Buhari never does so in Abuja
or elsewhere in the country. He waits until
he gets to a foreign country before speaking.
Unlike Buhari, the morning after taking
office, Magufuli walk from his office to the
Finance Ministry, and employees who were
not on seat were queried. He ordered the
revenue authority to scrap all tax
exemptions, giving tax evaders one week to
pay up what they owe or face prosecution.
Six tax officials including the head of the
revenue authority were suspended pending
investigations into claims of graft and tax
evasion. Magufuli also visited the Muhimbili
National Hospital in the capital city
unannounced and was shocked by the rot
and squalor that are usually hidden from
important visitors. He fired the director and
the hospital board and ordered that all
machines that were broken (forcing patients
to patronize private clinics owned by some
doctors) be repaired within two weeks;
otherwise the new director should consider
himself sacked. The machines were repaired
in three days.
While change is happening in Tanzania,
Buhari’s refrain has been that Nigeria is
bankrupt due to years of bankrupt
leadership. He has repeated this mantra until
it has now become a personal motto. He
said the same thing in America, Germany,
France, South Africa, Benin, Ghana, and the
neighboring countries of Chad, Niger and
Cameroon, where he had gone to forge a
regional alliance to defeat Boko Haram. This
offshore sermonizing is meant to gain
international understanding to the effect
that, notwithstanding the loud promise by
Buhari and the APC for change, it would
require more than four years to wake up the
giant of Africa from its deep slumber.
Again, juxtapose Buhari’s endless
lamentations with Magufuli’s resolve to
combat squandermania. He ruffled feathers
after he reduced the budget of the state
dinner organized for legislators and guests
as the new parliament opened. The budget
was $150,000 but Magufuli reduced it to
$12,000 and ordered that the balance be
used to buy hospital beds. Some 300 beds
and mattresses and 600 bed sheets were
procured with the balance. Last November
21, Magufuli reduced a 50-man delegation
scheduled to tour some Commonwealth
countries to only four, saving the Tanzanian
government an estimated $300,000 in
tickets, hotel expenses and out-of-station
allowances.
President Magufuli has also ordered against
official gatherings outside the office when
such meetings can be conducted through
conference calls. No more seminars in
expensive hotels when there are idle Ministry
board rooms. No more sitting allowances for
public officials, including for MPs who earn
monthly salaries. He has ordered SUVs given
to engineers to be withdrawn, saying pick-
ups are more suitable for their jobs. Also
banned are public officials buying and
sending Christmas cards with state funds.
On top of all of that, Magufuli has promised
a small, lean cabinet, to be announced next
month. As far as can be determined,
Magufuli has literally hit the reset button;
returning Tanzania to its default settings by
its founding President Julius Nyerere.
Contrast this with Nigeria and its high cost
of governance. All 36 screened ministerial
nominees were assigned ministries and they
will be paid salaries and allowances, which
one estimate put at about half a billion naira
per annum for all 36 ministers. Add the 36
governors and state legislatures and bloated
civil service and there is little to cheer about
Nigeria. As the dejecting indices show in
such areas as the security of life and
property, food production, industrial output,
quality of education and healthcare,
diversification as well as productivity of the
economy, there is indeed cause for worry.
Buhari is just lamenting like a helpless victim
and hoping to extract some remediation
from his western sympathizers.
But Western leaders understand the
elections are over, and want to see clear
plans at addressing the issues raised in the
campaigns. To continue the campaigns,
which have since degenerated into needless
lamentations, only further casts Buhari as an
international embarrassment and public
nuisance. If after six months, all Buhari has
to offer after the hype of a change mantra,
are lamentations, it were better he remained
silent, because de-marketing the Jonathan
administration as a strategy for marketing
the Buhari presidency has failed woefully.
The Buhari-led government of a change-
promising APC party understood the
expectations of Nigerians, knew the rules of
engagement, and accepted it. 2019 is not too
far away so, PMB should return home; take
a lesson or two from his Tanzanian
counterpart and start delivering on his
campaign promises. It is a truism that a
nation rises and thrives, or falls on the
quality of its leadership. As a matter of
collective honor, the APC must effect the
changes that should redirect, regenerate,
and reposition Nigeria for its deserving place
in the comity of nations. To the extent that
Nigeria remains a great country waiting to
happen, President Buhari, presumably a
good student of history and a dramatis
personae angry enough at the nation’s
steady decline, has a golden opportunity to
change the narrative. History beckons!

http://huhuonline.com/hunew/index.php/opinions/6444-editorial-tanzania-s-new-president-and-lessons-for-buhari

SharaReporters can authoritatively
confirm that the Senate Minority
Leader for the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), Godswill Akpabio, has
been sacked today. Mr. Akpabio is a
Senator representing Akwa Ibom State, and
is the former two term governor of that
State.
Governor Akpabio
The Federal Court of Appeal announced
today that violations to the Electoral Act
during the senatorial election between Mr.
Akpabio and the All Progressives Congress
candidate Inibehe Okori informed their
ruling.
The Court of Appeal ordered a rerun
election in Akwa Ibom State in 90 days.


http://saharareporters.com/2015/12/10/breaking-senate-minority-leader-godswill-akpabio-sacked-senate

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN)
yesterday decried the low conviction rate
in high profile corruption cases, saying
there was still a long way to go.
He said since the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) was
established in 2002, only eight high
profile cases had been successfully
concluded despite of widespread
corruption.
According to him, of the eight cases, one
was overturned by the Supreme Court on
technical grounds, which means only
seven major convictions were secured
after trial in 13 years.
“We must do more. This is not a
campaign for conviction at all cost in
high profile cases, but a campaign that
the law must be allowed to follow its
course and high or low profile corruption
cases must be concluded within the time
allotted by law,” he said.
The Vice-President spoke at a workshop
on sections 306 & 396 of the
Administration of Criminal Justice Act
(ACJA) 2015 and Delay of Corruption
Cases, organised by the Centre for Socio-
Legal Studies (CSLS) and the Presidential
Committee on Corruption (PAAC) in
Abuja.
Osinbajo, represented by PAAC Chairman
Prof Itsay Sagay (SAN), attributed the
delays to lawyers’ breach of ethical rules
to defend clients, overcrowded courts,
compromised judicial officers, ill-equipped
investigators and prosecutors, among
others.
“We will not build this nation as a citadel
of justice in one day or 1,000 days, but it
is important that we start now and we
shall not relent until we achieve total
reform and recovery from the present
broken and failed system,” he said.
He said the ACJA had provisions, which
ensure that impunity, private profiteers
and others who rob the nation was
brought to an end.
“We must meet the challenge of the
moment with the resolve to set up
standards for public and private sector
conduct guided by strong moral values,
but also backed by a legal system
strengthened to confront corruption,
remaining unflinching and impervious to
pressure to deliver anything less than
justice.
“I believe it is with this in mind that the
ACJA was passed. Early moves, including
the setting up of PAAC, show a
commitment on the part of the Federal
Government to fight corruption as a
priority by dealing with the systemic
problems involved in the administration
of justice as well as getting the best
minds working on short, medium and
long term solutions to this dreadful
malaise,” he said.
Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF)
Abubakar Malami (SAN) said the ACJA
came into force at a strategic period
when the government was determined to
fight corruption.
“There is no better time than now for this
law to come into force given the
determination of government to deal
holistically with crime and criminality in
our society,” he said.
According to him, besides enforcing the
law, which has provisions for speedy
determination of cases, anti-corruption
agencies will be strengthened.
Malami said: “The bane of the fight
against corruption in Nigeria is, therefore,
no longer connected to the inadequacy of
penal laws, sanctions, or lack of
institutional framework. Rather, attention
must now be directed to strengthening
the capacity of the enforcement agencies
to do well to apply this law to detect and
prosecute offenders.
“It is, in fact, only the guarantee and
certainty of detection, arrest, prosecution
and conviction that will indeed deter
potential corrupt individuals. The good
news is that the Muhammadu Buhari
administration is committed to the fight
against all forms of criminalities at all
times.”
Other speakers at the workshop included
Chief Judge of High Court of Federal
Capital Territory, Justice Ishaq Bello;
CSLA President Prof. Yemi Akinseye-
George (SAN); PAAC Secretary Prof Bolaji
Owasanoye; Prof Fidelis Oditah (QC/
SAN); activist-lawyer Femi Falana (SAN);
Chief Joe Kyari-Gadzama (SAN), among
others.

http://thenationonlineng.net/osinbajo-decries-low-conviction-in-corruption-cases/

K

President Muhammadu Buhari last night
described the misapplication of the arms
purchase cash as “an abuse of trust.”
He spoke at a dinner for the members of
the House of Representatives at the old
Banquet Hall of the State House in Abuja.
Former National Security Adviser (NSA)
Sambo Dasuki, along with other
individuals, are on trial for alleged
diversion of arms purchase cash.
The President expressed disappointment
that the necessary equipment and other
logistics, which the money was meant
for, were not supplied, thereby working
against defeating Boko Haram.
“Unfortunately for us as a people, we
uncovered that billions of Naira and
hundreds of millions of dollars were
expended by the previous government to
acquire good equipment and ammunition
so that the military can use, but
unfortunately, there was abuse of trust at
various levels that cost Nigeria a lot of
lives and goodwill.
“We cannot keep quiet about it and facts
are coming out gradually. It is very
unfortunate. It is a known fact that
Nigeria earned its respect from Burma to
Zaire to Liberia to Sierra Leone. But it
reached a stage where the Nigerian
military could not secure 14 local
governments out of the 774 local
governments.
“As I have always said, how has the
mighty fallen? We are doing our best and
I hope our best will be good enough,”
Buhari said.
He sought the support and understanding
of members of the House of
Representatives to secure the nation,
noting that the obvious problem facing
the nation is the Boko Haram issue.
He described Nigeria as the main
battleground of the Boko Haram
terrorism.
He added that his administration inherited
some good intentions o including the
plan for the Multi-national Joint Task
Force (MJTF) to tackle Boko Haram in
the region.
He urged the lawmakers to be very clear
about the objective of securing the nation
as they are all in government.
“I will like to seek your understanding and
support to secure the country.” He said
Speaker Yakubu Dogara pledged the
support of the lawmakers to the
President.
He said: “I believe if we don’t get it right
under you, those of us in this generation
should forget about getting it right.
“We believe we have to lay the foundation
that will deliver the lasting legacy to the
people.”
http://thenationonlineng.net/buhari-arms-deal-scam-a-breach-of-trust/

K

The Minister of Power, Works and
Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, says
the Federal Government would re-
introduce highway tolling to raise
additional funds to finance road
infrastructure and ensure efficient road
maintenance.
Fashola said this on Tuesday in Abuja
during his first news conference
tagged “Setting the Agenda for
Delivering Change”.
He said that adequate funding of the
nation’s road infrastructure would
generate job opportunities and reduce
unemployment in the country.
“Maintenance would be our watchword.
We are setting up a robust
maintenance regime to keep our
highways in good shape.
“This shows that tolling is necessary to
support government funding. So, it will
not be too much if we ask every road
user to pay little to augment
government funding for road
maintenance.
“It is eminent commonsense for us to
find that money. We will use
technology; so if we don’t pay cash,
you will pay by tokens or tickets and
the money is accountable and it will go
to the right place.
“We will manage that fund properly
and we will hold those who we put
there to account.”
He said that as a short-term strategy,
the ministry would start with quick
completion of ongoing inter-state roads
in order to facilitate connectivity, before
working on those that bear heavy
traffic.
“We commit all our skills, energies, and
collective integrity unreservedly to
playing our part, but how much
success we deliver is dependent also
on the citizens’ commitment to their
own part.’’
The minister observed that lack of
funding had caused many construction
companies to retrench their workers
due to the huge debts owed them by
the various tiers of government.
He said that with adequate budgetary
allocations, the three ministries have
an enormous role to play in
repositioning the economy and creating
jobs.
“Clearly, good roads will help reposition
and grow our economy, reduce travel
time, cost of transportation of goods
and services, and restore jobs that
have been lost to transport-dependent
services.
“Some of the numbers from only four
construction companies that were
sampled, suggest that at least 5,150
workers have been laid off as at March
11, 2015.
“If each contractor has only 100
employees at each of the 200 contract
sites, it means at least that 20,000
people who lost their jobs can return to
work,if the right budget is put in place
and funded for contractors to get paid.
“The possibility to return those who
have just lost their jobs back to work is
the kind of change that we expect to
see by this short-term strategy.”
Fashola further said that the ministry
would soon embark on enforcement of
the right of way by dismantling all
illegal structures infringing on the
highways.
He advised persons infringing on the
right of way to voluntarily dismantle
the inappropriate structures before the
government commenced the demolition
of such structures.
“In order to make the roads safer, we
intend to re-claim the full width of all
Federal roads, representing 16 per cent
and about 36,000km of Nigeria’s road
network.
“We are immediately now asking all
those who are infringing on our
highways, whether by parking, trading,
or erection of any inappropriate
structure to immediately remove,
relocate or dismantle such things
voluntarily.
“This will be the biggest contribution
that citizens can offer our country as
proof that we all want things to change
for the better,” the minister said. (NAN)


http://leadership.ng/news/481760/road-infrastructure-fg-re-introduce-tolls-fashola

G bemisola Saraki, the sister to Senate
President Bukola Saraki is off the
scene.
And to keen observers of unfolding
events, this is not news.
Gbemi became a no show at social
and political events after her
defection from the People’s
Democratic Party to the All
Progressives Congress just hours to
the march 28 2015 presidential
election.
The move which came on the heels of
prolonged and intense political
rivalry with her brother put them in
the same party.
And it also proved very wise – the
APC threw out PDP as ruling party to
form the federal government.
But rather that than stay to benefit
from the victory, since the elections
were completed Gbemi has gone
underground.
And investigations by
societynowng.com attributes this
development to what he confided in
close friends
‘’the need to take a break from
politics’’ a source divulged
She reportedly told those who care
about her she would be gone from
politics for a spell.
She reportedly cited ‘’deep personal
reasons’’ for her decision.
Added revelations have it that she
took the decision before all the
elections were concluded, but the
manner of her brother’s emergence
as Senate President appeared to have
emboldened the resolved
Senator Bukola Saraki is believed to
have gone against express wishes of
his party to achieve his position.
A decision that created a lot of
rumpus within the part against him, a
situation that further drove Gbemi
underground.
‘’she took the decision to stay off
politics to avoid the associated
controversies and unnecessary
entanglements..Senate President
Saraki’s situation with the party
leaders, trial over false assets
declaration and public attention all
over it only drove her further away’’ a
source stated

http://societynowng.com/Why-Gbemi-Saraki-Is-Off-The-Scene

Samuel Ibiam, Nigeria’s first
goalkeeper, is dead.
Ibiam 91, died in the early hours of
Wednesday at the Federal Medical
Centre Umuahia, Abia State.
The nation’s pioneer goal tender,
who hailed from Unwana, Ebonyi
State, the same town with the late
nationalist, Ezeogo Akanu Ibiam,
had a flourishing football career
that spanned three decades, 15 of
which was with the national team.
Chief Jasper Okoro, a retired
footballer and coach, who was
mentored by the late Sam Ibiam,
confirmed his death.
Ibiam’s football skill was identified
at the Church of Scotland Mission
School, Unwana before he
proceeded to Hope Waddel
Institute, Calabar.
In 1947, he was the goalkeeper of
the first national football team that
toured the United Kingdom, playing
notable English teams like Liverpool
FC.
The team eventually
metamorphosed to Green Eagles
after the nation’s Independence. He
manned the post last for the nation
in 1962.
Two notable contemporaries of the
late soccer legend were Teslim
Balogun and Dan Anyiam.
Chief Okoro described the death as
the “exit of the most indefatigable
legend of soccer in Nigeria”.
He called on the Ebonyi State
Government to honour this fallen
hero, including participating fully in
his funeral.


http://theeagleonline.com.ng/nigerias-first-goalkeeper-dies-at-91/

IN its lead article, the influential London weekly, The Economist, quoting the late prime minister, Tafawa Balewa, wrote, “this is a wonderful day, and it is all the more wonderful because we have awaited it with increasing impatience, compelled to watch one country after another overtaking us on the road when we had so nearly reached our goal”. That was on October 1, 1960. The wonderful day came almost five and half decades later, on May 29, 2015, at Eagle Square, Abuja. I was, happily, there. Since 1960, Nigeria, the “most African country”, slid into near failed state as one military regime after another, a civil war and successive kleptomaniac civilian and civilian governments interlaced. The single common thread among all past governments, civilian and military alike was corruption. Our country, year after year, is ranked among the ten most corrupt in the world. Subsidies on petrol cost the government a whopping $6 billion (1,200 billion Naira) annually, some NGN9,000 yearly for every Nigerian. It provides the biggest opportunity for corruption to thrive. The subsidies are stolen as the subsidised fuel finds its way into the black market or smuggled to neighbouring countries where it fetches higher price. I bought only yesterday, at a station on Murtala Mohammed, Ilorin, with ease, petrol at NGN110/liter. Drive round the town at major marketers stations, idle attendants tell you nonchalantly “no fuel”. But perhaps, the most compelling reason to remove the subsidy is its hindrance to investment in the downstream sector. Solidarity with anti-apartheid and anti-minority struggles in South Africa and the then Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) led to foolish nationalization of the downstream sector in the late 1970s. British Petroleum (BP) became African Petroleum (AP) and Shell became National Oil. Today, these entities are back in private hands under bizarre and dubious privatisations that saw them sold to inexperienced and incompetent Traders unwilling and unable to build any refinery, but happy to import and claim subsidy. Remove the subsidy and dismantle attendant price control of petroleum products private refineries would balloon and the country would rightly no longer, perhaps, export one barrel of crude. Competition for market share would inevitably bring down prices. If anyone is in doubt, take a look at what happened to the telephone business. NITEL, a state monopoly prior to deregulation, operated a mere 400,000 lines (for perhaps 100 million citizens) and for so long kept us not talking to each other. You have to pay its officials to have your application processed. You woke up at 3am to risk your way to its call kiosk to make an international call. Senator David Mark, then a communication minister, made the infamous remark that “telephones were not for the poor.” Alas, today, and thank God he is alive, even destitute have telephones. Today, we import more than 80 per cent of our premium motor spirit (PMS), thanks to public owned refineries in comatose most of the time. But reduce the role of the state in the economy as the system distorts and thwart production. The market is the best arbiter. The Soviet Union had the world’s most educated and disciplined and skilled workforce, yet the system collapsed and gave way to the market. All that lampooning and rally against so-called IMF prescriptions distort the facts. They are worn out cries of the left increasing becoming political lepers. Russia, birthplace of central planning and state hegemony gave way to the market forces. Ditto China and even that island of hard-core communists, Cuba. Take the shiny example at home here of a tiny Exploration and Production (E &P) start up that for and barely 10 years into oil and gas production. Its mini-refinery at Ogbele, Ahoada East Local Council, in Rivers State, it is probably the only functioning refinery today in the country. The company (thanks to regulated pms) refines only Automotive Gas Oil (AGO). It (thanks to deregulated AGO) sells its product at market price. When its price is high no buyer shows up. When its price is low, buyers happily queue. The market is supreme. The company increases or reduces price at the whim of the market. That’s what works. It eliminates official permits- synonym for corruption. Where ever and whenever any one is sitting in an office to exercise discretionary decision on economic matters you provide the perfect recipe for corruption. Remove it. Let the market sort it out. All that talk about inflationary consequences of petrol price hike is pure scaremongering. It is built on timid ignorance, irrational emotion and crude politics. Commuter buses, supposedly used by the poor, consume less than 15 per cent of the stuff. Most inter-state goods haulage are executed by diesel engine trucks whose fuel, diesel (AGO), is deregulated. Despite the noble intentions cheap petrol does little to help the poor. Eighty per cent of petrol is consumed by car-owning city dwellers commuting to work and the affluent rich families, some of whom between them have halve a dozen cars. They fret needlessly over petrol price hike. The subsidy, alas, is for the affluent few. Mr. President remove it today. Dokun, Consulting Petroleum Geologist. Writes from Ilorin.



http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/11/mr-president-remove-the-subsidies/

Mohammed Fawehinmi,
eldest son of the late
foremost legal practitioner,
Gani Fawehimi, has
lambasted the governors of
Oyo, Ondo and Osun states
over their alleged failure to
develop the states.
He specifically demanded
the impeachment of the
governor of Oyo State,
Abiola Ajimobi, by the state
House of Assembly.
Mr. Fawehinmi stated this
on Thursday while
delivering a lecture at the
Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile-Ife, Osun
State.
The lecture, entitled
“Youths Impact in Free and
Fair Elections,” which was
second in the series, was
organized in honour of the
legal practitioner, who died
in September 2009.
According to him, the three
south west states have
remained at the same level
of decadence because of
the refusal of the governors
to make any meaningful
impact since the governors
assumed office.
“Oyo State is a shadow of
herself from what it used
to be,” Mr. Fawehimi said.
“Everywhere is very bad
and it is something that is
unbecoming, I clamour for
impeachment of Oyo state
Governor Ajimobi”
“Since he is incapable he
should be impeached from
the government. The last
few years in Oyo has been
very bad. I passed through
the place and I was
unhappy.”
He also said there had
been no major
improvement in the State
of Osun under Governor Rauf
Aregbesola, “except that when I got to
a part of the state I saw a new statue;
everything looks unchanged, nothing
so new or no improvement.”
He also accused Governor Olusegun
Mimiko for alleged
“underperformance.”
Mr. Fawehinmi said but for the
efforts made by the students of the
university, his father would have died
without earning the title of Senior
Advocate of Nigeria.
According to him, it was the students
of the institution who awarded the
late lawyer the title “Senior Advocate
of the Masses,” that they now
conferred on him the prestigious title
of SAN.”
He said, “My father would have died
a man without the apex title and
would have being robbed of what he
deserves if not for the effort of OAU
Students.
“Nobody knows the role OAU students
played; it would have been miserably
painful for my family.”
Mr. Fawehinmi also accused OAU
management of falling below
standard and not paying attention to
areas of needs of the university.
He claimed that the institution had
lost its glory and could not boast of
the standards it was known for.
“I went to the hostels in your school
(OAU) and it is a shame. When I saw
the living conditions of students, it is
even dangerous for your health as
students. It is time to call the
attention of the Federal Government
to the sorry state of this school.”
The President of OAU Students Union,
Omotayo Akande, criticized the
administration of President
Muhammadu Buhari over its plan to
pay N5000 to each unemployed
Nigerian youth.
He said, “We have lots of decadence
in the education sector that needs
attention and all the president can
think of is investment of over one
trillion naira in paying young
unemployed graduates, does he mean
graduates are worth just N5000? He
is only compounding woes of
Nigerian youths.”


http://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/193491-gani-fawehinmis-son-slams-swest-governors-over-alleged-underperformance.html

If you plan on sticking with your spouse, then you're also stuck with your in-laws. Here's Dr. Phil's advice for dealing with your new extended family: There can be no divided loyalties. When you get married and start your own family, that's where your primary loyalty needs to be. Good fences make good neighbors. Your in- laws need to be your neighbors and there need to be really good fences up. Set boundaries about when they are and are not invited into your lives. You've got a finite amount of physical and emotional energy. If your in-laws are draining you, you may need to change the boundaries. Reassure them that you are not closing them out, you are simply focusing on yourselves. Once you've set boundaries, talk to your parents about them. They're not as fragile as you may think. The other woman in every man's life is his mother. If your husband starts in with: "Well, my mother does it this way ..." then tell him to go over and sleep with her. If a wife has a problem with her mother-in- law, it's the husband who needs to step in and help fix it. Likewise, if a husband doesn't see eye-to-eye with his in-laws, his wife needs to step in. The person with the primary relationship (the son or daughter, not the in-law) needs to be the messenger. Negotiate with your own partner the role that you want your in-laws to have. Don't assume you're on the same page until you talk about it. Try not to criticize your spouse for his/her relationship with his/her parents. It may only lead to more clinginess or complications. You need to love your parents, and have a rich and active relationship with them, but any time that you turn away from your partner to resolve a relationship issue, that's a bad thing. If you have a problem in the marriage, you need to resolve it in the marriage. Keep in mind that your parents only know what you tell them. If you go to them every time you're angry, and frustrated and having problems in your marriage, they hear that, but they don't hear when you make up.

http://drphil.com/articles/article/28

greetings VO.

I had a successful k3 visa interview last week Thursday, I was told to wait for 10days for the pickup.
I want to know when to get the notification for the pick up it is 6th day and no sms yet.


thanks in anticipation

K

The total number of new appointees is 54,
including 18 placed in the Federal Civil
Service. The statement noted that their
appointment takes immediate effect.
The press release and names of appointees
can be read below:
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
PRESIDENT BUHARI APPROVES
APPOINTMENT OF NEW FEDERAL
PERMANENT SECRETARIES
AND DEPLOYMENT OF PERMANENT
SECRETARIES
President Muhammadu Buhari has
approved the appointment of the following
as Permanent Secretaries in the Federal
Civil Service:
1. Mrs. Ayotunde Adesugba
2. Alhaji Mahmoud Isa-Dutse
3. Mr. Taiwo Abidogun
4. Dr. Bukar Hassan
5. Mrs. Wakama Belema Asifieka
6. Mr. Jalal Ahmad Arabi
7. Mr. Sabiu Zakari
8. Mrs. Obiageli Phyllis Nwokedi
9. Mr. Aminu Nabegu
10. Mr. Bamgbose Olukunle Oladele
11. Mr. Alo Williams Nwankwo
12. Dr. Shehu Ahmed
13. Mr. Ogbonnaya Innocent Kalu
14. Mrs. Nuratu Jimoh Batagarawa
15. Mr. Christian Chinyeaka Ohaa
16. Mr. Bassey Apkanyung
17. Mr. Louis Edozien
18. Dr. Ugo Roy
President Buhari has also approved the
deployment of Federal Permanent
Secretaries as follows:
1. Dr. Shehu Ahmad-Fed. Min. of Agric &
Rural Development
2. Arch Sunday Echono-Fed. Min. of
Communications
3. Alh. Sabiu Zakari-Fed. Min. of
Transportation
4. Mrs. Ayotunde Adesugba-Fed. Min. of
Information & Culture
5. Amb. Danjuma Sheni-Fed. Min. of
Defence
6. Dr. Shade Yemi-Esan-Fed. Min. of
Education
7. Mrs. Fatima Mede-Budget & National
Planning
8. Alh. Mahmoud Isa Dutse-Fed. Min. of
Finance
9. Amb. Bulus Lolo-Fed. Min of Foreign
Affairs
10. Dr. Amina Shamaki-Fed. Min. of Health
11. Mr. Aliyu Bisalla-Fed. Min. of Industry,
Trade & Investment
12. Mr. Bassey Akpanyung-Fed. Min. of
Internal Affairs
13. Mr. Taiwo Abidogun-Fed. Ministry of
Justice
14. Dr. Habiba Lawal-Fed. Min. of Science &
Tech.
15. Dr. Clement Illoh-Fed. Min. of Labour &
Productivity
16. Dr. Jamila Shu'ara-Fed. Min of
Petroleum Resources
17. Mrs. Binta Bello-Fed. Min of Women
Affairs
18. Dr. Babatope Ajakaiye-Federal Capital
Territory
19. Mrs. Rabi Jimeta-Fed. Min. of Water
Resources
20. Dr. Bukar Hassan-Fed. Min of
Environment
21. Mrs. Wakama B. Asifieka-Fed. Min. of
Niger Delta Affairs
22. Mr. Istifanus Fuktur-Fed. Min. of Solid
Minerals
23. Mr. Christian Ohaa -Fed. Min of Youth &
Sports
24. Engr. A.G. Magaji-Fed. Min. of Works &
Housing
25. Mr. Louis Edozien-Fed. Min. of Power
26. Mr. Jalal Arabi-State House
27. Mr. Mohammed Bukar-General Services
Office, OSGF
28. Mr. Abbas Mohammed-Ecological Fund
Office, OSGF
29. Dr. Ugo Roy-Council Secretariat
30. Mr. Aminu Nabegu-Special Services
Office, OSGF
31. Amb. Bamgbose Akindele-Political
Affairs Office, OSGF
32. Mr. Alo Williams Nwankwo-Economic
Affairs Office, OSGF
33. Mrs. Obiageli Nwokedi-Special Duties
Office, OSGF
34. Mr. Innocent Ogbonnaya-Career
Management Office, OHCSF
35. Mr. S.K.Y. Adelakun-Common Services
Office, OHCSF
36. Mrs. N. Batagarawa-Service Policy &
Strategies Office, OHCSF
The new appointments and deployments
are with effect from today, November 10,
2015.
Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
November 10, 2015



http://saharareporters.com/2015/11/10/president-buhari-names-new-federal-permanent-secretaries-and-their-portfolios

A group, Registered Trustees of Mission for Peace and Development Initiative has dragged the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Mr. Danladi Umar, before a federal high court in Abuja, asking it to sack Umar over allegations of money laundering and bribery.

In the suit, the plaintiff also accused the tribunal chairman of money laundering, bribery and other vices.

The group, through its lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, also joined the Code of Conduct Tribunal, EFCC and Attorney General of the Federation as 2nd to 4th defendants.

In its originating summons brought pursuant to Orders 3 Rule 6 and 7 of the Federal High Court Civil Procedure Rules (2009), the plaintiff is asking the court whether, upon a careful and combined construction of Rules 1, 5 (1) & (11), Rules 3, F, L, of the Code of Conduct for Judicial Officers, Part 1, Paragraph 7 (B) Paragraph 9, 13, Part 11 & Paragraph 12 of the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution of The Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as Altered, Sections 5, 10 (1), 13, 17 & 22 (3) of The Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, the 1st Defendant is a fit and proper person to sit in judgment over Nigerians and preside over the affairs of the Code of Conduct Tribunal and dispense justice to all manner of people who appear before it, without fear or favour, malice or ill will, having been investigated by the 3rd Defendant (EFCC) and adjudged to have run foul of the provisions of the code of conduct for judicial officers and other extant provisions.

The plaintiff also wants the court to determine whether the 1st Defendant is a fit and proper person and is estopped from sitting in judgment over Nigerians and presiding over the affairs of the Code of Conduct Tribunal and dispense justice to all manner of people who appear before it, without fear or favour, malice or ill will, having run foul of the provisions of the Code of Conduct for Judicial Officers, by secretly meeting with an accused person standing trial before him ex parte, without the presence of the prosecution and court officials.

In addition, the plaintiff wants the court to answer whether by virtue of the combined provisions of Section 6 (b) & (h) and Section 7 (1) (a) and (b) & (2) of the EFCC Act, Cap., E1, LFN, 2004, the EFCC is not under a statutory duty to prosecute the 1st Defendant having investigated him (1st Defendant), and found him culpable of the offences of conspiracy, bribery, abuse of office and money laundering, charges that drawn up by the EFCC (3rd Defendant herein), but never activated nor filed till date for inexplicable reasons.

The plaintiff is however praying the court for a declaration that by the combined effect of the provisions of Rules 1, 5 (1) & (11), Rules 3, F, L, of the Code of Conduct for Judicial Officers, Fifth Schedule Part 1, Paragraph 7 (B) Paragraph 9, 13, Part 11 & Paragraph 12 of the Constitution of The Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as altered, Sections 5, 10 (1), 13, 17 & 22 (3) of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, 1st Defendant is not fit and proper person to sit in judgment and preside over the affairs of the Code of Conduct Tribunal and dispense justice to all Nigerians who appear before it, irrespective of gender, tribe, religion, or political persuasion, without fear or favour, malice or ill will, having run foul of the provisions of the Code of Conduct for Judicial Officers, and other extant provisions.

The plaintiff wants a declaration that in the light of falling foul of the above statutes, the 1st Defendant is not a fit and proper person to further sit in judgment over others, preside over the affairs of the Code of Conduct Tribunal and dispense justice to Nigerians.

No date has been fixed for the case.


http://www.leadership.ng/news/473064/cct-chairman-sued-over-money-laundering-bribery

K

PRESIDENT Buhari’s silence and inaction on the issue of Fulani herdsmen seems to have poured petrol on the long smoldering embers of the Fulani menace in Nigeria. So there is a need to raise two questions: (a) Is Buhari’s inaction part of his Caliphate hidden agenda? (b) Is the Sultan of Sokoto, as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of MACBAN, the cattle breeders association, not the Grand Patron of a criminal enterprise – an enterprise that uses, for its economic gain, the crimes of trespassing, destruction of other people’s property, kidnapping, arson, murder, ethnic cleansing etc.?

Jonathan with Afenifere chieftains at Pa Fasoranti’s residence
In his Inaugural Address, President Buhari mentioned some security issues that he would solve as part of his change agenda. Among them was “herdsmen/farmer clashes”:
“Boko Haram is not only the security issue bedeviling our country. The spate of kidnappings, armed robberies, herdsmen/farmers clashes, cattle rustlings all help to add to the general air of insecurity in our land. We are going to erect and maintain an efficient, disciplined people–friendly and well–compensated security forces within an over–all security architecture.” — President Buhari’s inaugural speech, on May 29, 2015  
Though he didn’t give it the priority and emphasis he gave to Boko Haram, these herdsmen/farmers clashes have quickly escalated into a security problem of far greater countrywide menace than even Boko Haram.
Countrywide menace
Yet he has said nothing and done nothing visible to solve it. Perhaps his change agenda does not include change in this long-established security problem in Nigeria. If so why? As we shall see further down in this x-ray, because of its territorial scope and its potential to ignite inter-ethnic war in 5 of the 6 zones of Nigeria, this Fulani menace is by far a greater threat to the lives of Nigerians and to the peace and territorial integrity of the Nigerian state than Boko Haram. Yet President Buhari has thus far chosen to leave it unaddressed. Why?
Reports of the criminal activities of Fulani herdsmen have captured the headlines since May 29. And Afenifere, the apex socio-cultural organ of the Yoruba nationality, stung by the exceptional provocation of the abduction of Chief Olu Falae, a distinguished Nigerian, Yoruba grandee and one of Afenifere’s leaders, reacted by renewing its threat of Yoruba secession from Nigeria.
Under the pressure of bad publicity and the Afenifere threat, the Caliphate has, among other measures, trotted out one of its Yoruba apologists to try to douse the political fires. Femi Falana has tried to minimize the problem by reducing it to one of effective law enforcement.
He condemns as “unfortunate” Afenifere’s escalating the matter to the constitutional and political level that threatens the integrity of the Nigerian territorial state. According to Femi Falana:  “But the crisis of insecurity of life and property in the region became exacerbated after the 2015 general elections  . . . the kidnap of Chief Olu Falae, a former secretary to the federal government in his farm in the outskirt of Akure, Ondo state last month added a new dimension to the kidnap saga in the region. . . . Chief Falae announced last week that his farm had been invaded . . . and taken over by a group of Fulani nomads. In a classical display of impunity, the Nigeria Police Force has failed to dislodge the lawless group.
Instead of calling on the security agencies to enforce the law by arresting and prosecuting the group some Yoruba leaders threatened that the south-west region would secede from Nigeria if Fulani nomads are not banned from entering the region! It is unfortunate that the senior citizens who issued the threat did not address the legal implications of their demand. It ought to be pointed out that every Nigerian has a constitutional right not to be expelled from any part of the country.
Criminal gang
Chief Falae is likely to be pained that the illegal occupation of his farm by a criminal gang may degenerate to civil disturbances between Yoruba farmers and Fulani nomads. More so, that Chief Falae was at the 2014 National Conference where it was unanimously agreed by delegates that “In the long term cattle routes and grazing reserves be phased out to lay emphasis on ranching” and that states which have large livestock populations should “endeavor to maintain grazing reserves.”
It was further resolved that “An integrated development and livelihoods modernization program should be designed and implemented to address the issue of settling nomadic herdsmen into settled communities based on established cattle ranches with fodder development technologies, and including abattoirs, processors and other businesses along the livestock value chain.”
The recommendations have been ignored by the Federal Government.
—Beyond Chief Olu Falae’s kidnap, by Femi Falana, on October 12, 2015  
I will later return to the Confab aspect of Falana’s submission. But let me start by quoting two newspaper reports that put the Falae matter in its countrywide and historical context. First, a February 2014 report from Benue State: Speaking with newsmen at the Government House yesterday, [Benue State Gov.] Suswam lamented that the Fulani mercenaries have continued to wreck havoc on his people despite several efforts by his administration to foster peace with the herdsmen.
He noted that the average Fulani man now goes about with AK47, and that if the situation is not quickly addressed, indigenes might be forced to defend themselves. “Yesterday morning, Fulanis numbering over 700 attacked and destroyed the Tor Tiv’s village house. For them to have targeted the Tor Tiv’s house is an affront and totally unacceptable,” he said. “I have been trying since yesterday to control the situation because emotions have risen.”
Tribal war
Consequently, “our people have congenially been displaced from their homes by these Fulani herders on a daily basis. Some of our children have not been to school in the last two years because they have been displaced. If the situation is not quickly addressed, I fear that it may result into a tribal war soon.” — Fulani attacks in Benue, Fresh attacks on Borno http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php/news/national-news/150242-scores-killed-in-fresh-attacks-on-borno  Published Thursday, 20 February 2014
Here is a more comprehensive magazine article that casts light on the constitutional and other aspects: On Monday, 24th February, 2014, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN wrote what many Tiv indigenes in Benue State, North Central Nigeria regarded as a highly provocative letter to President Goodluck Jonathan.
Titled, Mr. President, Call Governor Suswam to Order Now Before It Is Too Late, MACBAN argued that their movement with their cattle across the country is covered by Section 41, Subsection 1 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which says that “every citizen is entitled to move freely throughout Nigeria and to reside in any part thereof and no citizen of Nigeria shall be expelled from Nigeria or refused entry thereof or exit therefrom.”
The group also contended that the Constitution also expressly under Section 42, Sub-section (1) (a) forbids the imposition of any disabilities or restrictions on any citizen by any executive or administrative action against any citizen of any ‘community, ethnic group, place of origin, sex, religion or political opinion…” MACBAN whose motto is Read, Rear and Farm insisted that the herdsmen have lost hundreds of their lives and hundreds of thousands herds of their ancestral and generational wealth of cattle to what they called “criminal, genocidal marauding tribal and religious murderers who are calling themselves indigenes, farmers and Christians.”
Causes of the crisis
The group also called on the federal government to investigate the remote and immediate causes of the crisis between the herdsmen and farmers in the North Central Zone. “When the committee is set up, the government would see beyond the facade of wicked falsehood and propaganda,” MACBAN said. Before the letter to the President, the Tiv also alleged that the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar said the “Fulani have been grazing on their traditional grazing land in Tiv land.”
So, it is against this background that on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue state set out on inspection of Guma Local Government Area of the State which had earlier been attacked by unknown Fulani herdsmen numbering over 100. The attackers, not only burned down the entire village but also killed more than 30 people.
The governor was probably warned by his security aides not to underestimate the unknown killers, who during the invasion of the village were said to have used sophisticated weapons. As a precaution, he took on his convoy a detachment of soldiers from an army barracks in the state to strengthen his security which also included men of the Nigerian Police and Department of State Security, DSS.
But while approaching the besieged village, the soldiers suddenly stopped and informed the governor that they were instructed to turn back by their superiors whose names they never mentioned. The governor nonetheless proceeded on the journey but a moment after, he came under heavy gunfire from yet to be identified attackers, who laid siege at Tsekenyi where he stopped over to inspect the level of damage done by the invaders.
In trying to repel the attackers, the governor’s security engaged them in gun duel for almost an hour before they finally succeeded in whisking the governor away in his vehicle.


Read more http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/afeniferes-threat-to-secede-from-nigeria-open-letter-to-sultan-of-sokoto/

Greetings LagosNIV, last week my K3 visa was approved and was told to wait for 10 business days for the pick up. I wouldn't know if we should go ahead and book my flight.

Dolapo Osinbajo and Aisha Buhari

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Popular Nollywood Yoruba actor, Odunlade Adekola, on Saturday described as surprising the rumour that armed robbers stormed his home in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Friday night and killed him.

Social media platforms were awash with the rumour of his death on Saturday with his fans and lovers of Yoruba movies making enquiries to confirm the rumour.Speaking with our correspondent on the phone, Adekola laughed heartily while refuting the claim, noting that he was shocked to hear the rumour of his death.

He said”-

“ I heard the rumour just the way everybody did. I was called by a friend on Saturday who told me that the rumour of my death was all over social media platforms especially Facebook. I later discovered that there is a Facebook page where the discussions took place with many persons making comments about my rumoured death.

“I do not own the Facebook account and do not know how it came about. My Facebook page does not allow for interaction. Fans and friends can only make comments on the pictures posted there. My Facebook account is Odunlade omo Adekola while my Instagram account is Odun omo Adekola.”

Asked if he knew why there was such a rumour about about him, the tall, talented role interpreter said:-

“Honestly, I do not know. I find it really surprising. I thank God Almighty God for continually keeping me. I also appreciate my fans both home and abroad for the love shown to me.”

In the past, another popular Nollywood Yoruba actor, Mr. Bolaji Amusan, otherwise called Mr. Latin, who is also based in Abeokuta, was rumoured dead.


http://www.wetinhappen.com.ng/im-alive-actor-odunlade-adekola-debunks-death-rumour/