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Wednesday, 27 April 2016

University of Ibadan students cook outside their school gate following school closure


A student sent these photos in and wrote;
"Since the school management told us to vacate the halls of residence for staging a very peaceful protest against the rustification of a student (Mote) because he participated in a peaceful protest in one of the halls (independence hall) and poor state of electric and water supply, uites have also decided to stay back in school, we don't have any plan of going anywhere!.In fact we re currently at the school gate where we are actually cooking something really delicious ... Tell the VC to join us , there's always love in sharing,...you are also invited, don't miss out .lol" Lol. See more photos after the cut...

Counsel to FG Becomes Counsel to CCT Chairman over motion on his Corruption - Report



Read the report from Lagos Journalist below...
As the trial of the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, continues at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), the lead counsel Rotimi Jacobs has assumed a new role as counsel to the CCT boss Danladi Umar. While  entertaining a motion filed by one of Saraki’s Counsel’s, Ajibola Oluyede requesting that he withdraws from presiding over the CCT because of pending  bribery charges against him.
Oluyede stated emphatically that  Dan Ladi Umar’s relationship with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), as a suspect in a N10million bribery investigation, made him unfit to preside over a case being investigated by  the EFCC .

Check out Ben Murray Bruce achievements since he became a senator



He listed his achievement after someone asked him what he has achieved since becoming a senator.

President Buhari urges world bank to ease speedy repatriation of stolen funds



President Buhari has urged the World Bank to do all within its powers to facilitate the speedy repatriation to Nigeria of stolen funds still being held by Swiss authorities.

Speaking at a meeting with the visiting Managing Director of the World Bank, Ms. Sri Mulyani Indrawati, President Buhari said that the repatriation of the additional $320 million in Switzerland, which has been identified as illegally taken from Nigeria under the Abacha administration, will help to ease the current economic hardship facing the country.

Buhari assured Ms Indrawati that his administration was taking appropriate steps to ensure that public funds are no longer stolen or misappropriated by government officials.

‘‘We need the support of the World Bank for the repatriation of the funds. We are as concerned as the World Bank about accountability. If such repatriated funds have been misapplied in the past, I assure you that the same will not happen with us. Three hundred and twenty million dollars is a lot of money and we will not allow it to be misappropriated or diverted,’’ President Buhari told Ms. Indrawati.

One of the conditions given by the Swiss Authorities for the repatriation of the funds is that it should be expended on the implementation of social programmes for the benefit of the Nigerian people in an efficient and accountable way, guaranteed by the monitoring of the World Bank.

Buhari also assured the World Bank Managing Director that his administration will honor all agreements with the Bank that will help to stimulate Nigeria's economy and reduce the level of poverty in the country.
He said that Nigeria will welcome greater international assistance for the rehabilitation of damaged homes, schools, health facilities and other infrastructure in the North Eastern states affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.

Ms. Indrawati told President Buhari that the World Bank was ready to use its knowledge, expertise and resources to help Nigeria achieve faster growth and development.

‘‘We will strongly support you to create jobs and ensure prosperity in Nigeria,’’ the World Bank Managing Director assured President Buhari.
She also expressed the World Bank's full support for the war against corruption being waged by the Buhari Administration.

Tuesday, 26 April 2016

Femi Fani-Kayode defend what he said about Buhari


Read what he said below...
Everything that I said about President Muhammadu Buhari and his APC during the Presidential campaign has come true.
In less than one year I have been proved right in my continuous assertion that when it comes  to running the affairs of our country President Goodluck Jonathan is by far the better man and the PDP by far the better party.

That is what is paining them and that is what they cannot bear to hear. Now they seek vengeance and they wish to silence me yet I am prepared for the worse.

The only thing that I underestimated was the high degree of malice that our President has for all his political adversaries and critics, the inexplicable pleasure that he derives in inflicting pain on the innocent, the strange delight he harbours in indulging in wickedness and the monemental incompetence he displays when it comes to administering the affairs of our nation.

For him the only one thing that matters is the total annihilation and utter decimation of all his traducers. That and his shameless defence and insidious protection of the murderous Fulani militias and herdsmen.

He is unable to compete on the intellectual plain so, for him, the answer to all things is to unleash his modern-day gestapo on his enemies, with firm orders to fabricate, implicate, break, crush and destroy.

In my world a man is measured not by his ability to kill his subjects, to destroy his political  opponents, to shed the blood of the defenceless, to throw the innocent in dungeons, to humiliate and persecute his adversaries, to abuse his power and to pervert the judicial system but by the level of his humanity and his sense of decency, fairness, justice and restraint.

They wish me ill and I await them without any fear or trepidation because my Redeemer liveth. This is a battle of the gods.

It is a conflict and struggle between the servants of Lucifer and the children of the Lord. He will never abandon me and in the end He will vindicate me and deliver me from their evil claws.

There is nothing I despise more than cowardice and weakness. Those who tremble before the storm are not worthy of being called Christians.

Those who cannot stand up for truth are no better than infidels and unbelievers.

Those who bow and tremble before men and who have no understanding or knowledge of the power of God are not worthy of grace or life.

Those who break ranks and run at the crack of the whip are not worthy of being called men.

The bible says "who art thou O man? Though art as a grass that withers. Though art as a flower that fadeth. A man that is born of woman: that is today and tomorrow is no more". 

Man is nothing and each one of us, no matter how highly placed, wise, strong, educated, rich or powerful, must humble ourselves before God. He alone is all-powerful and He alone is the giver and taker of life.

He said "Esau I hate and Jacob I love": some He hates and others He loves. Some He blesses and others He curses. Some He gives life and others He kills: He favours whom He pleases and none can question Him.

No nation, no President, no leader, no government, no party, no institution, no trial, no tribulation, no persecution, no circumstance, no humiliation, no shame, no betrayal and no test is worthy of our fear: God alone is worthy of that.

He alone rules in the affairs of men and forges the destiny of nations. They may destroy your name, shame you before the world, take your liberty and cut short your life but it means absolutely nothing because God is still in control and He alone judges between the oppressor and his helpless prey.

Nothing can happen to any man unless the Lord permits it and when He permits it He always has His purpose.

The Bible says "had the Princes of this world known they would not have crucified the Lord of glory".

They humiliated Him, hung Him on a cross, spat on Him, lied on Him, insulted Him, bore false witness against Him and eventually killed Him, yet He rose again and conquered them all.

There was a purpose to His humiliation and suffering and He fulfilled that purpose: He paid the price for His mission and destiny and indeed for us all.

We are His sons and heirs: if He can endure such tribulations and pain, so can we. As a matter of fact we should count it all as joy.

We should take solace in the fact that
nothing is hidden before God. We should remember that those that seek to persecute, kill and destroy innocent men will eventually suffer the judgement of God.

They, and all that are theirs, will pay a heavy price for the evil that they have done, the innocent souls that they have crushed, the destinies that they have destroyed, the dreams that they have shattered and the innocent blood that they have shed.

No matter what lies ahead we must always remember this: God is great, God is good and there is nothing that He does that is not perfect. Praise the Lord!

FG requires N2trn to complete ongoing road projects - Minister of Works


According to The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Federal Government will require about N2 trillion to complete no new fewer than 226 ongoing road projects across the country.
Fashola made this disclosure in Lagos while speaking at a Town Hall meeting organized to brief the public on the activities of the government in the last 11 months. According to him, the total amount allocated to all the sectors under his ministry in the 2016 budget was less than N500billion and the government does not currently have enough resources to complete all the ongoing projects at present. Hence, some of the projects would be completed rather than for new ones to be started. He said,

"What the last administration did was to budget N18billion for all the roads in the country, knowing the liability was in excess of N2trilion. For the three sectors,that is Works, Housing and Power, the total budget by the last administration was N24.5billion. So, this administration decided to move away from that and that is why we have a figure that may not be enough, but substantial for the sectors."

Powerful tweet from Sen Ben Murray Bruce


This was contained in his tweet last night

Man City midfielder Yaya Toure will miss today's champion league clash against Real Madrid


Toure, 32, was hurt late in Saturday's 4-0 win over Stoke but stayed on as City had used their three substitutes.
But captain Vincent Kompany, who has only played 20 times this season for the club, says he is "100% fit" after recovering from repeated calf injuries

UCL semi-final 1st leg Man City vs Real Madrid tonight


The match is set to commence 19:45 today

Lagos State government plans expansions of Ikeja-Alausa Road to tackle gridlock




The Lagos State Government on Mondayannounced plans to upgrade the network of roads in Ikeja to improve and boost the economic stature of the seat of Government to world class standard and to reduce traffic gridlock around the corridor to the barest minimum, just as it revealed readiness to expand the Awolowo Way with an elevated highway from the Ikeja Airport Hotel to Alausa.

Speaking at the ongoing Ministerial Press Briefing held at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre to commemorate Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s one year in office, Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Ganiyu Johnson said the elevated highway was designed to decongest the traffic gridlock along Allen Round-about, Kudirat Abiola Round-about and Agidingbi Road-about.
Johnson, who equally disclosed that there would be an expansion of the Allen/Opebi Road to Odo Iya-Alaro via a link bridge at Ogudu to the Third Mainland Bridge, said the network of roads, when upgraded, would boost the economic activities in Ikeja, adding that the development was in line with the vision of Governor Ambode to transform Ikeja to a state capital in the real sense of it commensurate with other capital cities in the world.
Highlighting the scorecard of the Ministry so far, Johnson said the Lagos State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC) worked on 540 roads from May 30, 2015 to April 5, 2016 out of which outright rehabilitation was carried out on 32 of the roads, while sectional patching and overlay was done on 509 roads, adding that 433 of the roads have been successfully completed.
Some of the major roads rehabilitated by the LSPWC, according to the Commissioner, included but not limited to Alfa Nla Road in Agege, Metal Box Road in Ikeja, Ikotun-Ejigbo Road and the ongoing road projects in Ajasa Command and Aboru.
He said: “At the inception of this administration, this Ministry put in place a three-fold strategy for the provision of road infrastructure. The short term measure is the maintenance of existing roads known as “Operation Patch the Roads”, being carried out by the LSPWC, while the medium term strategy is aimed at the sustainability of existing roads, rehabilitation and construction of new roads, reconstruction of existing and expansion of highways and bridges.
“A total of 224 on-going road projects were inherited from the previous administration in the various Local Government Areas of the State and I wish to inform you that 42 of these projects have been completed while construction works are still on-going on others.”
He said government has already completed the alignments of the proposed 4th Mainland Bridge, and that talks have been held with a consortium of consultants in furtherance of the project, while a Memorandum of Understanding would be signed before the end of May.
He said the bridge, when completed, will traverse from Ajah to North West direction towards the Lagoon shoreline to Lagos-Ibadan expressway via Ikorodu, adding that approximate length of the bridge would be 37.9km with a designed speed of 140km/h.
He assured that all the on-going projects would be completed as scheduled which included pedestrian bridges, flyovers in Abule-Egba and Ajah, and many other projects.
Also speaking in a similar briefing, the State’s Commissioner for Housing, Prince Gbolahan Lawal said the State Government has introduced a policy known as rent-to-own designed to make housing more accessible and affordable particularly to low and medium income earners in both the formal and informal sectors.
He said under the arrangement, individuals would be required to pay just 5 per cent of the value of housing unit as commitment fee and payment is spread over 10 years at 6 per cent interest rate.
Lawal also disclosed that the State Government would soon embark on massive construction of 50 Housing Units in each of the 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the State in a bid to tackle the housing deficit.
He said that government would also go into partnership with private sector to deliver affordable housing units, and also facilitate mortgage finance with the view to addressing the challenges in the housing value-chain.
SIGNED
HABIB ARUNA
CHIEF PRESS SECRETARY

Monday, 25 April 2016

'I will contest for presidency under PDP in 2019' - Lamido


Former Jigawa state governor, Sule Lamido, has signified interest to run for the office of the president of Nigeria on the platform of the PDP come 2019.

Lamido who is presently standing trial alongside his two sons for allegedly embezzling N1.3 billion public funds while he served as Governor of Jigawa state, made his intentions known while speaking to journalist at his home in his village in Birnin-kudu Local Government Area today April 25th. Lamido in the interview, said that he will gladly oblige his party's request if he is given the presidential ticket.

Lil Kesh set to leave YBNL Before The End Of MayTime Up!!


A Confirmed source close to YBNL disclosed to us thatLil Keshis about to use theExit doorfrom Olamide’s owned record label,YBNL.


Our source confirmed that his contract expired 2weeks ago and Lil kesh said he’s not interested in renewing the deal.

Lil Kesh will be floating his own label soonest named “YAGI” soon.Our source further confirmed that this is the main reason why Olamide has not said anything concerning shooting or releasing a video for anyTrack on the Lil Kesh’s Album… Very Unusual of YBNL.

Buhari appeals to Nigerians to be patient with him while he works on the changes needed to grow the economy

President Buhari through a statement by the Presidential spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu appealed to Nigerians to be patient with him over the difficulties in the land, adding that the change he promised will be achieved soon.
As part of the change, the President ordered the release of 10,000 tons of grains from the national strategic grains reserves to help alleviate hard times people were suffering.
The statement go thus.....
The Presidency firmly rejects the insinuations that poverty and lack are products of the Change mantra. This should be dismissed as an erroneous and misplaced opposition criticism. The President understands the pain and the cries of the citizens of this country and he is spending sleepless nights over how he can make life better for everyone.
Contrary to assertions by a faction of the opposition Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, the President’s energy and focus are on changing the lives of Nigerians, with a view to making it better than he met it.
“Change is a process. Change does not happen overnight. Change can be inconvenient. Change sometimes comes with pain. Over the past year, the government has been working night and day to deliver on its promise of change to Nigerians, and the painful process is still ongoing. “This is work in progress
. As life gradually returns to normal in much of the country and the northeast in particular, agriculture will resume and traders from neighbouring African countries will once again feel safe to do business with us. “It is estimated, for instance, that three Northeast states of Nigeria alone have so far lost about three trillion Naira (Nine billion US Dollars) to the Boko Haram insurgency.
The previous administration at the center said Federal Government losses amounted to about USD18 billion. “It would have been a miracle for our country’s economy not to feel the effects of this. And, in addition to the thousands of lives lost to the insurgency, thousands have also lost their means of livelihood.
The northeast region of Nigeria is a mostly agrarian society, which means Nigeria has lost billions of naira in agricultural produce. Many communities, which have had their yearly planting and harvesting cycle disrupted by Boko Haram attacks or occupation are still yet to return to their farms. In many of these communities, there have not been planting and consequent harvest for between two to five years.
“At the time this government came to power, about 600 billion naira was owed to fuel marketers in subsidy payments. Strategic fuel reserves were depleted and local refineries not functioning. “One of the President’s first steps was to pay off the marketers, leaving an outstanding of about N150 billion which is captured in the 2016 budget. The Port Harcourt and Kaduna refineries are being brought back to life. Shortly, Nigeria will resume refining its own fuel rather than depending on imports.
” As part of the permanent solution of recurring cycle of petroleum products shortages, government is working on a plan to ensure that some of the newly-licensed independent refineries start coming on stream from 2018.” “Government is also turning its attention to the sabotage of the oil and gas infrastructure that has taken so much away from the generation and distribution of electricity.”
“These are just some aspects of the change that Nigerians voted for, a change that is happening and which will soon be felt by Nigerians in every nook and cranny of our country. “Nigerians are a people renowned for our inner strength and our ability to triumph. These are just the darkest days before the dawn. The change Nigerians voted has indeed begun.”

Sunday, 24 April 2016

Abducted Osun civil servants - Perm Secretary, Director of State Audit & driver regain their freedom


Permanent Secretary of Osun State Ministry of Finance, Mrs Adebimpe Ogunlumade, Director of State Audit - Mr Tajudeen Badejoko and driver to the Auditor-General of the state, Mr Oladapo Ajani, who were all kidnapped on Friday in Kogi State - have regained their freedom.

The Osun State Head of Service - Mr SundayOwoeye, confirmed their release in a statement made available today. The officials were returning from Abuja after attending a meeting on the state and local government reforms project, a World Bank and European Union (EU) programme when they were kidnapped.

Arrangements are now being made to convey them to Osun State Capital - Osogbo, in order to re unite them with their families and relations.

Embattled Senate president Saraki Might Win CCT Case Against Him - Report






This is an independent report written by a Lagos lawyer. Read below...
At the ongoing cross-examination of the star witness in the trial of Senator Bukola Saraki, Mr. Michael Wetkas, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has admitted, based on questions from Saraki’s counsel, that the EFCC did not investigate the accuracy of some of the exhibits presented as proof in the trial of the Senate President.

Saraki’s defense team, led by a former Attorney-General of the Federal, Mr. Kanu Agabi, have poked several holes in the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) case against the Senate President in their thorough scrutiny of Mr. Wetkas’ testimony.

For example, Mr. Wetkas has acknowledged that neither he nor his team investigated Exhibits 11, 12 and 13 of the charges leveled against the Senate President. An online news portal, The Nation, owned by Mr Tinubu, the Southwest leader of APC that Saraki fingered as being behind his ordeal, reported that Mr. Wetkas said the petitions pertaining to the three exhibits were not investigated by him. 

Exhibit 11, which was dated May 22nd, 2012, contained a petition written by the Kwara Freedom Network inviting the EFCC to investigate the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board. 

The witness, while giving evidence in chief, told the tribunal that the petition by the Kwara Freedom Network triggered the investigation.

“Exhibit 12 was dated on May 7, 2011 but was addressed to the Chairman of the EFCC asking the anti-graft agency to investigate the Kwara State Government on borrowings for projects described as phoney. Exhibit 13 was a petition dated June 7, 2012, which dwelt on the mismanagement of local government revenue in Kwara State between 2003 and 2011.”

It was also observed that the EFCC did not interrogate the Accountant General of Kwara State to clarify the allegations levelled against Senator Saraki. The EFFC witness said that interrogating the Accountant General was not part of his investigation, despite the fact that a careful investigation into the petition required such an enquiry. 

The EFCC’s witness also stated that his team did not also get any verifiable document to back the petition written against Senator Saraki. 

Also under cross-examination, the witness admitted that investigating the assets declared by the defendant did not form part of his schedule of duty. He also admitted that Exhibits 3, 4 and 5, being the asset declaration forms of the defendant, were duly examined and stamped by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and not the EFCC, his employer. He added that there was nowhere in the petition he investigated where Saraki’s assets declaration was in contention, bringing into question why the the Senate President has been dragged before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, a body that is solely meant to hold public servants accountable on their asset declarations.

As more and more holes are drilled into EFFC’s star witness’ account, if the law is followed, a mistrial might be declared, leaving the Senate President vindicated of the 13-count charge that he has been on trial for.

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu's son, Seyi and his girlfriend set to wed

Seyi, one of the sons of APC National leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is set to wed his fiancee, Layal Holm. The couple who have been dating for a while now, got engaged in Ghana in November last year. Seyi and Layal will be getting married later this year.


Gov Fayose returns from China


Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, arrived Nigeria from China this afternoon. He is pictured above driving himself out of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport MMIA. 
 

After 50cent meets his long lost son Davian, the excited father reveals how well he's doing at school


50 cent yesterday revealed on Instagram that he met a long lost son of his named Davian for the very first time. The excited father has now taken to his IG Page again to reveal how well the boy is doing in school. Sharing an email he got from Davian's school, he wrote..

"I just got this. Damn, I never did This good. This kid is smarter then a motherf*cker !!! I'm a get Big Floyd to give him some hands" 
 

K- Solo and his wife Matop Oyeniyi welcomes their first child

Music producer K. Solo has every reason to be happy as he just welcomed his first child with his new wife Matop Oyeniyi. The couple welcomed their tiny patter of feet a couple of days ago and an obviously excited K. Solo took to his instagram page to share the news with his fans and followers.
“Overwhelmed By Gods Wonder. Help Welcome My Little Better Me  #omobaksolo,”he captioned the photo of the baby boy.
Contrary to reports that this is K.Solo’s second child, the producer made it clear that this is his first child as his marriage to his first wife Kikelomo which ended in a controversial divorce in 2013 did not produce any children. Although K.Solo’s ex had a child, but he insisted that he was not the father.

K.Solo also addressed rumors that he wasn’t married to Matop his new wife,
“As Much As You Try To Keep Ur Private Life off Public Radar, U Can’t Help it. To Set the Records Straight we Have Been Joined as Man n Wife @_ayaoba TipeTipe n God Jus Blessed Us with A Prince @omobaksolo …E Don Tey Small.” he said. 

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Zenith bank, UBA, GTB and Sterling bank to pay N3.2bn fine -CBN



The Central Bank of Nigeria has imposed a total fine of N3.2bn on United Bank for Africa Plc, Zenith Bank Plc, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, and Sterling Bank Plc for committing various kinds of regulatory infractions.

The offences, which were committed during the 2015 financial year, were contained in the annual reports of the affected banks, copies of which were obtained by our correspondent on Friday.

UBA had the highest fine among the four banks, paying the sum of N2.969bn as penalty to the CBN for committing eight offences.

The offences are: failing to meet the Treasury Single Account reporting and remittance deadline, N2.946bn; failure to update customers’ records and conducting continuous due diligence on some accounts, N2m; and failing to review credit policy at least every three years in line with section 3.1 of the prudential guidelines 2010, N4m.

Others are bidding for export proceeds in excess of the Bankers’ Committee guidance rates, N4.8m; violating the CBN circular in respect of the 2015 Risk-based Examination, N2m; and inadvertent omission of two customers from the PEP returns, N2m.

Others are errors in response to an enquiry on offshore subsidiaries, N6m; and processing import transaction for a customer, pending the receipt of the customer’s renewed NAFDAC certificate.

Zenith Bank, which had the second largest fine, paid the sum of N60.1m to the central bank for committing nine offences.


If a Southwest man doesn't become PDP chairman, some of us Yorubas in the party may reconsider our membership' - Doyin Okupe

Ahead of the PDP National convention where new party leaders including the National Chairman will be elected, former aide to former President Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, says that failure of the party to consider a Yoruba man as the new party chairman will make some of them reconsider their membership of the party. Okupe said this in an article he shared on Facebook today. Read it after the cut
There is an embarrassing falsehood being propergated by political charlatans from the southwest and some influential collaborators in the top echelon of the Pdp.
The seed of this misrepresentation was sowed by a group of political clowns and court jesters under the leadership of Senator Buruji Kashamu, a political impostor who claims he is the leader of the party and the Yorubas in the Southwest.
On the 21st of April 2016, the cream of the authentic Yoruba leadership in the southwest gathered at the Golden Gates Hotel on kingsway road, ikoyi, under the Chairmanship of Chief olabode George, a retired Air Commodore, Fmr Governor, former Dep. National Chairman of the Pdp and a grandson of the revered, legendary and world acclaimed, distinguished Yoruba Icon and Politician,
Sir Herbert Macaulay.
At that meeting the true sons and daughters of Yoruba land in an unprecedented unity condemned the erstwhile claim by the Yoruba Traitors who went and lied to the PDP chairman, His Excellency Sen Ali Modu Sheriff, that the Yorubas do not want the chairmanship of the pdp.
I want to state categorically here, without any fear of equivocation, that We the Yoruba's from the Southwest, desire and demand the post of the national chairman at the next convention of the party.
The followings are the past chairmen:
Chief Solomon Lar, chief Gemade, chief Audu ogbe, prince Ogbolafor, Dr Nwodo, Alhadji Baraje, dr Haliru Bello(AG), Alhadji Bamangar Tukur, Alhadji Adamu Muazu, prince Secondus(Ag),and Sen Sheriff.
From the above within the last 18years there have been 11 chairmen from 5 geopolitical zones. Only the Yoruba Race from the south west have been precluded from this exalted office.
In the interest of fairness, equity and Justice, it is most compelling that the Yorubas of the Southwest zone must be allowed to contest for this post at this coming National convention.
Any attempt to do anything to the contrary, no matter the reason advanced cannot be acceptable.
Failure for a Yoruba man to emerge as the national chairman can only mean two things.
1. That there is a pervasive and concealed hatred for the southwest in the PDP. OR
2. That the PDP has very little or no regard for Yoruba interest as was envinced by the obvious cheating of the Southwest from the position of the Speakerin 2011, which was never rectified nor compensated for the whole of four years.
The sad implication of the above is that, regrettably, many of us from the southwest may have to reconsider our membership of this great party we have helped to nurture and supported through thick and thing, a party we have loved almost more than our very existence, and the party we have served with all our natural endowment, in victory and defeat.
If there exist any conscience, anywhere in this party, let that conscience speak now and stop the new and alien conscienceless power currently holding sway within the party hierarchy.

No mix feelings! Lola Omotayo wishes her brother in-law Jude Okoye a happy birthday

Peter Okoye's wife took to instagram this morning to wish the former P-Square manager a happy birthday. See his wife's birthday message below.


Former President Goodluck Jonathan Honored by two Californian cities



On Saturday the 23rd of April, in Antioch, California, President Goodluck Jonathan was honoured by the cities of Antioch and Lathrop for promoting peace and democracy in Africa.

At the award ceremony, the mayor of the city of Antioch, Mayor Wade Harper, expressed his admiration for Jonathan and declared that the city of Antioch, California was proud of his legacies, especially his act of overseeing free, fair and conclusive elections and leaving the scene when the ovation was loudest.


He recommended Dr. Goodluck Jonathan's behavior to other leaders. Former President Jonathan, who was represented by Mr. Reno Omokri, gave a goodwill message to the two cities that had gathered to honor him as well as to the Nigerian community in the Bay Area of California. Dr. Jonathan said he was "proud of Nigerians in the diaspora and more so of Nigerians in the US and even more so of the Nigerian diaspora in California."

Continuing, the former President said Nigerians in the diaspora were an asset to Nigeria who remitted over $20 billion home annually, "much more than the World Bank, IMF and foreign direct investment."

Dr. Jonathan ended by saying he was proud of diaspora Nigerians and tried to show his appreciation for their support of Nigeria by ensuring that during his time in office at least three direct flights were initiated between America and Nigeria to ease travel and reduce costs for travelers to Nigeria.


(Representative of former President Jonathan, Reno Omokri, receiving an award from Mayor of Antioch, 
Wade Harper)


(Representative of former President Jonathan, Reno Omokri, presenting Dr. Jonathan's goodwill message)


(epresentative of former President Jonathan, Reno Omokri, receiving an award from the rep. of the mayor of the city of Lathrop, Council man Paul Akinjo)

Jonathan;s Goodwill message to the Cities of Antioch and Lathrop
I send this message of goodwill to the Nigerian community in the Bay Area of California who have gathered at Open Heavens Community church to celebrate with me as I am honored by the cities of Antioch and Lathrop. I had planned to be there. Indeed I had concluded travel plans. Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond my control I could not make the trip.

I have always been proud of Nigerians in the diaspora and more so of Nigerians in the US and even more so of the Nigerian diaspora in California. Some of you may recall that upon my ascension to the office of President on May 6th, 2010, one of my first acts was to open up a Facebook page to personally interact with Nigerians.

In June 2010, a diaspora Nigerian from the Bay Area of California informed me on my Facebook page of an abandoned building belonging to Nigeria in San Francisco and I dispatched our then ambassador to that city to claim the property and renovate it.

Hopefully, the building may again host a consulate as it once did in the 80s. The point I am trying to make is that I have been communicating with you and I see you as an asset to Nigeria that makes me proud. Elsewhere, I have mentioned that aside from oil, diaspora Nigerians are the single largest source of capital inflow into Nigeria. In my last year as President you remitted $21 billion home. Much more than the World Bank, IMF and foreign direct investment. My people, you are an asset to your fatherland.

Because of the importance with which I held you, my administration facilitated direct flights to Nigeria from the US to Nigeria. We ensured no less than three airlines fly direct between Nigeria and the US including one from Houston to Lagos for the benefit of those of you from the West Coast.

We also ensured that Enugu airport was upgraded to an international airport and I recall that a number of diaspora Nigerians from the US boarded the inaugural Ethiopian airlines flight that landed there in August of 2013. Again let me say that I appreciate the Nigerian community in the Bay Area.

I would also want like to thank Mayor Wade Harper and the council members of the city of Antioch for choosing to honor me for my efforts in promoting democracy. I am indeed humbled by their thoughtfulness in recognizing our modest efforts. I also wish to express my gratitude to the city of Lathrop and its mayor and council for also deeming it fit to recognize our efforts.

I wish I could be there in person, however, I have asked Reno Omokri to represent and I am with you in spirit. Thank you and may God bless Nigeria, may God bless California, may He bless the cities of Antioch and Lathrop and my God bless you.

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
President, Federal Republic of Nigeria 2010-2015