The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Tony Anenih, has urged Nigerians not to be deceived that President Goodluck Jonathan will not secure a re-election in next month’s presidential election.
Anenih, who said this during a rally on Sunday in Uromi, the headquarters of Esan North-East Local Government of Edo State, noted that he had recently visited some northern states and with what he saw, the PDP would emerge victorious in the February elections.
Also, present at the rally were the Minister for Works, Mike Onolemenmen, a chieftain of the party, Chief Tom Ikimi; state Chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih and other state executive members.
The BOT chairman specifically said that the PDP would win Kwara and Sokoto states and defeat the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
He said, “Don’t be deceived if anyone tells you Jonathan will not win. I went out to see things for myself. Four days ago I was in Kwara State. As I was leaving after sitting for five hours, I knew that we have won Kwara.
“Two days ago as Buhari was landing in Sokoto, I was also landing in Sokoto and by the time I was leaving, I knew we have got Sokoto State. These are northern states.”
Anenih also urged the people of the state to support the PDP at the polls.
He added that it would be a sad tale to vote for the APC candidates at all levels because “you don’t take food from your son for a dog.”
“Coming back home, it will be a sad tale for any member of the South- South region to vote for the APC candidates, whether in the Houses of Assembly, House of Representatives, Senate, governorship or Presidential election. It will be so bad; you take food from your son to a dog,” he said.
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It may sound Funny but it's true-
LADIES: If you notice these in a guy you like, hold on to him... It won't be long...
When a guy starts approaching his Mid-20s and above, more often than not, certain actions begins to play out on their own...
Those actions are pointing him to one thing: Go and get yourself a wife, bro!
Some of them are:
1. When knife cuts him
So he goes to the market trying to cook soup. He gets leaves to slice, he gets cut by the angry knife. He wants to slice yam. The knife does the same- he just needs a helper
2. When market women cheat on him
Market women too are angry with him seeing him come to the market with a list. They play a fast one on him if he's not smart... This is a major sign... Bachelor dey hear am from market women o...If you don't know market well sha...
3. Cooking and doing the dishes begins to bore him..
Since he began staying alone as a bachelor, he just finds it a chore and a task to cook or to even do the dishes. He isn't lazy. He just doesn't understand why.
4.When he starts lusting unusually
Before now, he never really used to do this but all of a sudden everything on skirt starts enticing him. His desire to be with a girl heightens. His sexual desire starts getting the best of him. .
5. When serious ladies starts seriously stalking him.
Every serious lady ready for marriage will go after his kind... Everywhere he is, the serious ones are around him and stalking him out... He has that luxury of choosing just ONE.
6. He Loses Appetite For His Own Food
Even when cooks ( from point 2) he rarely eats so much. He could feed on junks all day.
7. When He takes pleasure in talking to/ about ladies
Not the childish part but directed at settling down. This pushes him to flirt a little bit trying to scan for a better half...
I lafff... I am a bit guilty here...
This list ain't complete because people differ. Don't misquote me after seeing this.
Good morning. ,
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday assured
all stakeholders including the United States of
America that the May 29 handover date was
sacrosanct.
He gave the assurance amidst calls by some
individuals including the National Security
Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), for the
postponement of the February general elections.
According to a statement released by his Special
Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati,
the President gave the assurance during a
closed-door meeting he had with the United
States Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry, at the
State House, Marina.
The statement was signed personally by the
President.
He said he had what he called “a candid and
constructive discussion” about a broad range of
issues with his guest.
He said he emphasised to Kerry that he was
deeply committed to ensuring that the elections
were free, fair and credible.
He added that he also promised his guest that
his government would provide all resources
required by the Independent National Electoral
Commission to conduct hitch-free elections.
Jonathan said, “I emphasised to Secretary Kerry
that I am deeply committed to ensuring that our
forthcoming election is free, fair, and credible.
“It is especially critical that all political parties
abide by the Abuja Accord, which commits each
to non-violence before, during, and after the
election.
“I made it absolutely clear that the May 29th
handover date is sacrosanct.
“In addition, the government will provide all
resources that are required by the Independent
National Electoral Commission to ensure that the
election goes smoothly.
“I also emphasised that INEC is an independent
body, which makes its own decisions without any
interference from the government.”
The President said he was grateful to the US for
standing with Nigeria and its people in the
nation’s fight against Boko Haram.
He said he reaffirmed his administration’s
commitment to working together with the US to
put an end to global terrorism and particularly
Boko Haram.
He promised that Nigeria would also work to
deepen and consolidate its bilateral relationship
with the US.
The President described Nigeria as a vibrant
democracy and the largest trading partner of the
US in Africa with over $18bn in bilateral trade.
He noted that the two countries and peoples
shared a mutual admiration for one another and
a deep commitment to freedom, democracy, and
human rights.
This, he explained, was why the two countries
were jointly engaged in a struggle against “a
common enemy that promotes terror, fear,
division, and violates human rights, most
especially of women and girls, with complete
impunity.”
The President added, “Winning the fight against
Boko Haram in Nigeria and West Africa is
absolutely essential to beat back the tide of
religious extremism around the world.
“Our security forces have been working tirelessly
and courageously to achieve this goal.
“I reaffirmed for Secretary Kerry that Nigeria is
strongly committed to building the multinational
task force to fight Boko Haram in partnership
with Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Benin Republic
under the auspices of the Lake Chad Basin
Commission.
“Indeed, I called publicly for such a regional
approach at the African leaders’ summit in Paris
in May 2014 and more recently in multilateral
meetings.
“We are pleased that the international community
is now strongly united behind this initiative and
agree that its success is critical.
“It is equally important that the multinational
force receives the significant support that is
required to address the threat through our global
partners.
“The United States, more than any other country
in the world, has the most experience fighting
armed insurgencies.
“And having suffered the devastating attacks of
9/11, its people also understand the insecurity
and fear that is the reality for the vast majority
of peaceful, tolerant Muslims and Christians in
north eastern Nigeria.”
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I need to preface this article with a few clarifications.
I have taken a long sabbatical leave from partisan
politics, and it is real fun watching the drama from
the balcony. Having had my own share of public
service (I do not need a job from government), I now devote my time and energy in pursuit of other passions, especially abroad. A few days ago, I read an article in Thisday entitled “Where is Charles Soludo?”, and my answer is that I am still there, only that I have been too busy with extensive international travels to participate in or comment on our national politics and economy. But I occasionally follow events at home. Since the survival and prosperity of Nigeria are at stake, the least some of us (albeit, non-partisan) must do is to engage in public debate.
As the elections approach, I owe a duty to share some of my concerns.
In September 2010, I wrote a piece entitled “2011
Elections: Let the Real Debate Begin” and published
by Thisday. I understand the Federal Executive
Council discussed it, and the Minister of Information
rained personal attacks on me during the press
briefing. I noted more than six newspaper editorials
in support of the issues we raised. Beside other
issues we raised, our main thesis was that the macro economy was dangerously adrift, with little self- insurance mechanisms (and a prediction that if oil prices fell below $40, many state governments would not be able to pay salaries). I gave a subtle hint at easy money and exchange rate depreciations because I did not want to panic the market with a strong statement. Sadly, on the eve of the next elections, literally everything we hinted at has happened. Part of my motivation for this article is that five years after, the real debate is still not happening.
The presidential election next month will be won by
either Buhari or Jonathan. For either, it is likely to be
a pyrrhic victory. None of them will be able to deliver on the fantastic promises being made on the
economy, and if oil prices remain below $60, I see
very difficult months ahead, with possible heady
collisions with labour, civil society, and indeed the
citizenry. To be sure, the presidential election will not be decided by the quality of ‘issues’ or promises
canvassed by the candidates. The debates won’t also change much (except if there is a major gaffe by either candidate like Tofa did in the debate with
Abiola). My take is that more than 95% of the likely
voters have pretty much made up their minds based largely on other considerations. A few of us remain undecided.
During my brief visit to Nigeria, I watched
some of the campaign rallies on television. The
tragedy of the current electioneering campaigns is
that both parties are missing the golden opportunity to sensitize the citizenry about the enormous challenges ahead and hence mobilize them for the inevitable sacrifices they would be called upon to make soon. Each is promising an El-Dorado.
Let me admit that the two main parties talk around
the major development challenges—corruption,
insecurity, economy (unemployment/poverty, power, infrastructure, etc) health, education, etc. However, it is my considered view that none of them has any credible agenda to deal with the issues, especially within the context of the evolving global economy and Nigeria’s broken public finance. The UK Conservative Party’s manifesto for the last election proudly announced that all its programmes were fully costed and were therefore implementable. Neither APC nor PDP can make a similar claim. A plan without the dollar or Naira signs to it is nothing but a wish-list. They are not telling us how much each of their promises will cost and where they will get the money. None talks about the broken or near bankrupt public finance and the strategy to fix it.
In response to the question of where the money will
come from, I heard one of the politicians say that the problem of Nigeria was not money but the
management of resources. This is half-truth. The
problem is both. No matter how efficient a father
(with a monthly salary of N50,000) is at managing
the family resources, I cannot see how he could
deliver on a promise to buy a brand new Peugeot 406 for each of his three children in a year. Even with all the loopholes and waste closed, with increased efficiency per dollar spent, there is still a binding budget constraint. To deliver an efficient national transport infrastructure alone will still cost tens of billions of dollars per annum even by corruption-free, cost-effective means. Did I hear that APC promises a welfare system that will pay between N5,000 and N10,000 per month to the poorest 25 million Nigerians? Just this programme alone will cost between N1.5 and N3 trillion per annum. Add to this the cost of free primary education plus free meal (to be funded by the federal budget or would it force non-APC state governments to implement the same?), plus some millions of public housing, etc. I have tried to cost some of the promises by both the APC and the PDP, given alternative scenarios for public finance and the numbers don’t add up.
Nigerians would be glad to know how both parties
would fund their programmes. Do they intend to
accentuate the huge public debt, or raise taxes on
the soon to-be-beleaguered private businesses, or
massively devalue the naira to rake in baskets of
naira from the dwindling oil revenue, or embark on
huge fiscal retrenchment with the sack of labour and abandonment of projects, and which areas of waste do they intend to close and how much do they estimate to rake in from them, etc?
I remember that Chief Obafemi Awolowo was asked similar questions in 1978 and 1979 about his promises of free education and free medical services. Even as a teenager, I was impressed by how he reeled out figures about the amounts he would save from various ‘waste’ including the tea/coffee served in government offices. The point is that at least he did his homework and had his numbers and I give credit to his team. Some 36 years later, the quality of political debate and discourse seems to border on the pedestrian. From the quality of its team, I did not expect much from the current government, but I must confess that I expected APC as a party aspiring to take over from PDP to come up with a knock-out punch.
Evidently, from what we have read from the
various versions of its manifesto as well as the depth of promises being made, it does not seem that it has better offer.
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"I worked and prayed until I got here. I am not where I want to be, but at least I am somewhere. The best gift I gave to myself was been industrious. There's absolutely nothing wrong with getting gifts from men, but the feeling when you can get it and even more yourself, it is self fulfilling. I didn't have to wait for any man or daddy's money, I did it all by myself. I started with little trade of buying and selling back in university and now am a proud movie producer of over six movies at 26. And I can proudly says it pays my bills. My asset is not my beauty or body, but my brains, and I urge every young girl out there, Think it, Be it and Live it."
Nazareth Jesse Bako is a relatively new face in Nollywood, but she has already featured in a number of flicks. In this interview with ANTHONY ADA ABRAHAM, she debunks claims that men are solely behind sexual harassment in the industry.
Excerpt from the interview :
You have acted with a lot of people in the industry, what are the challenges you encountered during the period?
I have worked with a lot of people in the industry having come from the field of Business Administration and Management because I didn’t study Theatre Arts. Because of this, initially, I had a little problem because I couldn’t catch up. I learnt a lot from my colleagues on positioning, character description because acting is my passion. By the way, I am from Kuje area council of the FCT born and bred in Niger State. As an actress, it’s not been easy because you have a lot of competitors and the accessibility to meet up with some jobs because I reside in the FCT. Although we shoot movies once in a while, Abuja is not much of an entertainment place. For example, if 20 movies are produced in other places, in Abuja, only five would be produced. But I have been going around the country shooting movies, so it’s not been easy.
Which has been your most challenging role as an actress?
The most challenging role I have ever played in a movie was being a Catholic Reverend Sister. It was challenging because I don’t know the doctrine. I had to learn how to recite the rosary and also how to say some prayers. I spent days trying to catch-up. It wasn’t smooth though, but I was able to meet up.
Have you ever been harassed by a fan before?
Yes, I have (laughs)
Let’s get the gist.
It was this fateful day when someone accosted me and said, ‘This was the girl I saw fighting on the screen with only bra calling names’. I had to enlighten her that I am just an actor maintaining that it was a role I had to play in the movie which doesn’t depict what I do in real life. She’s even a woman. Even with my explanation, she said, ‘No, don’t play that kind of role’. I then told her that if I don’t play that kind of role, how will she and others know about the disadvantage of being a prostitute or a good or bad person?
This takes us to the issue of sexual harassment in the industry. Have you ever been tried to get a role?
I have never been harassed before. If you look at it critically, this things happen in every sector and not just in the movie industry. Go to the ministries and their parastatals, even in all these private organisations, they practice exists. Sometimes, your boss will walk up to you and start touching you. In the movie industry, there is nothing like that because there is no way, a producer, director or a marketer infringe in your privacy or hold you in an uncomfortable way. The fault is always from the women. You come to location and you don’t dress properly and you don’t expect the men to look at you? (laughs); there is freedom of looking, you know! I believe it is the ladies that has most of the problems. There’s nothing like harassment in the industry. Sometimes, you find out that most girls walk up to their rooms, chatting and even end up sleeping there. So, I don’t think the men are to be blamed.
Has any of your male fans ever approached you for a relationship before?
Yes…lots of them. Some of them called me and I don’t even know how they got my contacts. I have many that come down from Europe. Some text while others call.
So how do you cope with them?
Ehmm…(laughs) I just give attention to the one I can and leave the ones I can’t mingle with because I study you from the first moment I get in contact with you. I get to know the kind of person you are, your intentions. It doesn’t mean that I have to date them all. We can be friends.
So who is your best actor in Nollywood ?
My best actor in Nollywood so far has been Ramsey Nouah because he is versatile. He can interpret any kind of role. He is still very relevant.
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"This man gave me the best 40th birthday surprise of my life. For three weeks he had to endure keeping the secrets and I see the pains in his eyes everyday just to give me something I will cherish for ever. I am honestly the luckiest man in the world. Thank you Anthony and once again thanks to all my friends that flew in from different parts of the world to make my day. #interracial #interracialgaycouple
Well, it’s the age of fake social media accounts and Nigerian celebrities are the worst hit when you put together a roll call of victims.
With the fake Twitter account of late Muna Obiekwe and atrocities committed by the impostor still lingering in the minds of Nigerians, another case has just been reported. Even worse, this time, it didn’t even happen on social media.
Daily Independent reports that a Lagos politician and managing director of Lagos-based travel agency, Aeroland Travels, Segun Adewale popularly known as Aeroland, has been duped of 500k.
The report says Adewale, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate for Lagos West in the forthcoming 2015 election, lost half a million Naira to someone posing as Mavin first lady, Tiwa Savage. Having declared his intention to run for Senate in 2015 again and obtaining his party’s nomination form in November 2014, Segun Adewale reportedly contacted the fake ‘Tiwa Savage’ to perform at his political declaration party.
The politician was however disappointed when the ‘Kelekele Love‘ singer did not show up at the event. Presently, Segun Adewale is banking on the financial institution through which the money was paid to help get what is left of the amount as a withdrawal has already been made on the beneficiary account.
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Who even knew she was pregnant? Adaeze and Joseph Yobo are expecting their 2nd child together. Her friends threw her a baby shower today January 24th at Le Meridien Istanbul Etiler in Turkey. And no, she didn't post the pics herself on social media, I found the pics on the instagram page of the white lady on the right. It's our job to find these things...lol.
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The senate president, Sen David Mark, on Saturday said that the former minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, has betrayed President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by dumping the party for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
Sen Mark made the remark in Keffi while addressing PDP supporters during the Nasarawa State governorship campaign flag-off saying Jonathan is not in support of his gubernatorial ambition inAPGA.
He called on the people of the state to disregard all claims, name dropping and insinuations making the rounds that President Jonathan is in support of Labaran Maku’s gubernatorial aspiration under the platform of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the state.
“I want to call on you and other Nigerians to disregard insinuations going round the state that our president is supporting Mr. Labaran Maku in the state for his governorship ambition under APGA”, adding that, “President Jonathan is in PDP and will never support any candidate outside the PDP”.
“The former Information minister, after he benefited a lot from the PDP government has defected to APGA; such decision is not in the best interest of the PDP and nobody should say that President Jonathan is supporting his governorship ambition in the state”.
“President Jonathan is only supporting all the PDP candidates in the country and I call on you and other Nigerians to disregard any information regarding supporting Maku as it is not only false but unfounded and created by those who want to create division in the party”, Mark said.
Mark called on Nigerians to vote President Jonathan and all PDP candidates during the February election regardless of ethnic, religion, adding that it is only PDP that would bring the much needed dividends of democracy to Nigerians.
He said a vote for PDP is a vote for quality education, peace, development and a vote for transformation in all the sectors of the economy and assured Nigerians of the federal government commitment.
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The parents of the Mass Communications undergraduate of the Delta State University, Abraka, Belynda Chinwe Bosa, who planned her own kidnap with her boyfriend to obtain a ransom of of N10 million from them, has disowned her, saying she has always been a bad child who has repeatedly brought pains and sorrow to them
The girl and her boyfriend, George Itietie, who were arrested in Port Harcourt after they had received the sum of N500,000 from the distraught family, are currently being detained by Delta Police Command, despite her regrets, will also have to contend with her parents' anger and abandonment.
The petrified parents who became distraught when it was revealed to them that their beloved daughter was actually behind the kidnap, promptly disowned her for putting them through hell.
Bosa, a 300 level student, had told police officers in her confession that she did what she did out of love and her desire to marry Itietie but now, it seems all her plans for her future has hit the rocks as her parents have vowed never to have anything to do with her including her educational pursuit or the man she was so smitten with love, meaning that they will not support any marriage plans between them.
They implored the police to treat her and Itietie as criminals.
Bosa, crying profusely when her parents visited the police station, said:
"I regret getting involved in this crime. Please forgive me, daddy and mummy! I’m sorry for the stress I made you go through!
George and I love each other. We decided to get married but had no money to plan the wedding.
I decided to offer myself to be kidnapped by George so that we could extort money from my parents for the wedding. If I’m given the chance, I’ll still marry George.
But we didn’t envisage that it would go this way. I can’t just explain what came over me.
I don’t know why I embarked on this shameful act.
I’ve embarrassed my parents and soiled my family name for the sake of love. Can somebody please help me beg them to forgive me?"
But her parents would have none of her tears and pleas, saying she was only shedding crocodile tears.
On his part, Itietie did not believe that any plans for marriage between them would work anymore.
"Even if Belynda’s parents allow me to marry her, will they be able to obliterate the stigma from their hearts?"
Do you think Belynda's parents are right in disowning her or should they forgive their daughter after her apology?
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