@JuliusComedian Thursday, 12 December 2013
Friday, 29 November 2013
Governor Adams Oshiomhole apologizes over comments to a widow
Governor Oshiomhole regretted the comment which has made headlines on the social media. He said that he made the comments in anger.
Oya make we dey watch our statement when in anger oh!
Gov Oshiomhole tells a crying widow to 'go and die'!
Can you imagine that term above is what Governor Adams Oshiomhole said to a widow who was hawking on the road side during a sanitation exercise of Benin City with some state officials recently?(though this act is illegal in the state but the statement is quite too ash)...
Governor Fashola’s take on Stella Oduah's BMW cars
Read Governor Fashola’s take on the two BMW cars bought for
Stella Oduah below
“It is sad to know that the Federal Government
that allocate three patrol vehicles for one state police command of 370, 000
police men, is unable to resolve how N255 million was used to purchase 2 saloon
vehicles for one officer. It is a very grave irony. The cost of average vehicle
needed to patrol the state is just N5 million. And with such fund, we will have
put at least 51 patrol vehicles on the road, patrolling the streets of Lagos.”
"In spite of all this, they resist the idea of a state
police. The money from the fund was in the last one year used to provide
vehicles for the Nigerian Prison Service, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency,
NDLEA, Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, National Security and Civil Defense
Corps, NSCDC and indeed the airport wing of the Nigerian police, is funded from
this money. And it is the same aviation ministry that manage the airport that
we had this very odious car scandal of N255 million.”
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Hmm! Nigerians trading in Zimbabwe have to shut down businesses!
An ultimatum to shut down businesses by January. 1, 2014 have been given to foreign shop-owners especially Chinese and Nigerians.
According to integrity reporter
A top official of the black empowerment ministry said only Zimbabweans had the right to run shops that have sprung up across the country and are termed
foreign businesses targeted under the nation’s black empowerment laws, the state-controlled Herald newspaper reportedFriday.
Those laws, passed in 2007, demand foreign businesses to cede 51 percent control to local blacks.The foreign shop owners have been criticized for taking retail trade opportunities from
Zimbabwean traders by selling cheap imports.
Poor townships and city flea markets have in recent years been inundated by shops run by foreigners.According
to state media, shop owners who fail to comply will be arrested.
Hmm! Nigerians trading in Zimbabwe have to shut down businesses!
An ultimatum to shut down businesses by January. 1, 2014 have been given to foreign shop-owners especially Chinese and Nigerians.
According to integrity reporter
A top official of the black empowerment ministry said only Zimbabweans had the right to run shops that have sprung up across the country and are termed
foreign businesses targeted under the nation’s black empowerment laws, the state-controlled Herald newspaper reportedFriday.
Those laws, passed in 2007, demand foreign businesses to cede 51 percent control to local blacks.The foreign shop owners have been criticized for taking retail trade opportunities from
Zimbabwean traders by selling cheap imports.
Poor townships and city flea markets have in recent years been inundated by shops run by foreigners.According
to state media, shop owners who fail to comply will be arrested.
Change of Name: From Aero Contractor to Nigerian Eagle
Informed sources told THISDAY on Wednesday, “There will not be Aero Contractors anymore. It is now Nigerian Eagle and it will be launched on Sunday by Mr. President. You will not see Aero anymore after the launch of this airline”.
Change of Name: From Aero Contractor to Nigerian Eagle
Change of Name: From Aero Contractor to Nigerian Eagle
Gunmen attack Aviation Minister Stella Oduah's car - Police
The spokesperson of the command, Altine Daniel, who told the News Agency of Nigeria that the incident occurred at about 10 p.m. on Friday, also added that the minister was not in the car when the incident happened.
“Fortunately, the minister was not in the car at the time the attack took place.
“An official report has been made to the police and the police are currently investigating it,” Mr. Obi said.
Dr Doyin Abiola(Late MKO Abiola's wife) reportedly arrested for fraud!
Found this on Sahara reporters that the wife of late MKO Abiola has been reportedly arrested for fraud.
Read sahara report below;
Former Managing Director of the defunct Concord Newspapers, Dr. Doyin Abiola has been arraigned before the Federal High Court, Lagos, for fraud.
A statement signed by Police Public Relations Officer DSP Ngozi Isintume-Agu said that the Financial Malpractices Investigation Unit (FMIU) of Special Fraud Unit (SFU) said that between 2006 and 2008, as a Director of the Integrated Microfinance Bank, Dr. Abiola granted to herself without collateral and approval from the Management, the sum of N26,611,246.48.
Dr. Abiola, of 42/46 Moshood Abiola Crescent, Ikeja, Lagos, and wife of the late Chief Moshood Abiola, is one of four Managing Directors or Directors of Integrated Microfinance Bank (IMFB) located at 6A Adeniyi Jones Avenue, Ikeja, who were arrested and charged by the SFU.
The others are Akinteye Simon Ademola, Dr. Jerry Orimovuohoma and Oladapo Bello.
The SFU said the four officials of IMFB unauthorized credit facilities to the tune of N327,566,000 to themselves and other related companies without collateral and that the loans are still outstanding. In the forensic investigation conducted by FMIU of SFU, the Directors were found wanting in the discharge of their duties while on the Board of Integrated Microfinance Bank (IMFB).
· Ademola of Plot 7, block 90, Mobolaji Ogunde Crescent, Magodo GRA Phase 2, Lagos converted the sum of N131.176 million to his personal use without approval.
· Orimovuohoma of 129B Oba Ladejobi Street, GRA, Ikeja granted unauthorized credit facility to the tune of N29,200,000.00 to himself without collateral.
· Bello of 23/25 Ijora Causeway, Ijora, Lagos recklessly granted the sum of N3,200,000.00 to himself without collateral.
“The bank liquidity was greatly affected with the sum the directors took,” the statement said. The case comes up at the Federal High Court on December 10.
Why I must Sue my Parents!
I got this on Punch and thought of sharing with you.
Please read carefully and share your views.
Please look at these scenarios and tell me if there is a reason for me not to sue my parents. If I were the son of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, by now I would have become the Babaloja of Lagos; and if I were female and his wife, I would have been a senator. If I were the son of Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State, he would have made me his Special Adviser (Special Duties), so I could do “special” things for him. And if I were the son of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, I would have completed my tenure as a commissioner in Anambra State; and if I were his wife, I would be the current Nigerian ambassador to Spain.
Consequently, I have made up my mind to sue my parents. I will gather a team of lawyers for this purpose. The team must be made up of lawyers who are not moved by sentiments and emotions. My mother, who died in 2006, may have escaped it, but I may have to sue her brothers or my elder sister in lieu of her. The offence of my parents is simple and straight-forward: They did not hold top political posts in the land, thereby putting me at a disadvantage in everything.
If my father were former President Shehu Shagari, I would have held the office of the Minister of Water Resources from 2001 to 2007 before resigning to get elected as the deputy governor of Sokoto State in 2007. What if my parents were the former deputy premier of the Western Region, Chief Remi Fani-Kayode? President Olusegun Obasanjo would have made me his Special Assistant (public affairs); then he would have promoted me to be the Minister of Culture and Tourism, before capping it with the position of the Minister of Aviation. And if my father were the former leader of the National Democratic Coalition and Afenifere, Chief Abraham Adesanya, Obasanjo would have also made me the Minister of State for Defence (Navy) as well as the Minister of Solid Minerals Development.
What if I were the daughter of Chief Frederick Abiye Agama and the wife of a former military governor and Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Alison Madueke? I would have been a minister of three different ministries in six years: transport, mines and steel development, and petroleum resources. And if I were the son of the late Chief Bola Ige, I would have been made the Commissioner of Lands, Physical Planning and Urban Development in Osun State. If I were the daughter of the late Chief M.K.O. Abiola, winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, I would have been a member of the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007, and then appointed the Executive Director (Corporate Services) of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation in 2012.
If I were the son of Senator Olusola Saraki, I would have governed Kwara State for eight years before going to the Senate. And if I were his daughter, I would have been a member of the House of Representatives in 1999, then a Senator in 2003 – the same time my brother was elected the governor of our state – before attempting fruitlessly to succeed my brother as governor in 2011 because my brother had other political plans of his own. What if I were the daughter of Chief Solomon Lar, I would have been a member of the House of Representatives. And if my father were former President Olusegun Obasanjo, I would have been a Senator from Ogun State.
I can go on and on, but I guess you can now see why I am extremely angry with my parents. If they could not win elections and become governors, senators or presidents, or they were not appointed ministers or ambassadors, why did they not join the army and execute a successful coup, or mingle with coup plotters and get some appointments in their juntas? That way, they would have amassed enormous wealth, and would have received national honours such as the CON, GCON, GCFR, with the attendant clout.
Some would ask me if all these children of the VIPs were not qualified for the political positions they held. Before answering that, let me ask them: who is not qualified to hold any position in Nigeria? You need just a secondary school certificate to be even the president, let alone other positions. So, you who are asking that question are qualified to be a minister, senator, governor, ambassador, commissioner or whatever. The disadvantage you have is that because your parents are unknown, you are lost in the crowd with the millions of others, while the children of the VIPs stand out because of their family name.
If my parents were in government, chances are that they would have many houses in Ikoyi, Victoria Island, GRA Ikeja, Asokoro, Maitama, London, New York, Dubai, Johannesburg, etc. I would not have to grow grey hair trying to raise money to buy some piece of land in some slum or engage in a one-year-one-block venture, all in the name of building a house. They would have had multiple accounts in some Swiss banks and other countries, and I could easily give someone N5m for “chewing gum.” As a child, I would have been chauffeur-driven to elitist schools in state-of-the-art cars instead of having to walk to the community schools that I attended under the rain and sunshine. I would also have attended Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge or MIT. With degrees from such institutions, companies and organisations would have been falling over themselves to have me within their fold. My wedding would have been attended by 15 governors, 20 Senators and the President. My siren would be loud and threatening enough to chase hapless Nigerians off the road even if I was going to cut my hair. Even if I walked into the church while the sermon was on, I would be ushered to the front seat in the church with my retinue of aides.
Yes, there are those in top political positions whose parents were not influential. But the snag is that it comes with a condition: While the children of the influential get things mostly without having to prove themselves, the children of the unknown have to prove themselves for every position they get. I had to prove myself to get into the university, to get a job, to get a wife, etc. I had to prove myself to hold a position in my town unions, societies, the church, etc. I even had to prove myself for a year before The PUNCH gave me this column. I am tired of proving myself at every turn. The number of hours I have used to prove myself, if invested in other ventures, would have yielded great fruits. If air were not free, I would have had to prove myself before I could get my air ration. Haba!
That is why I have to sue my parents. If I sue them and table my air-tight case before a judge, I am confident that I will be awarded at least a billion naira to compensate me for all the losses and disadvantage I have incurred for being the son of non-VIPs. That would teach other Nigerian parents a lesson: They must strive to be senators, governors or presidents or be doomed. That is what counts here. Welcome to Naija!
Please read carefully and share your views.
Please look at these scenarios and tell me if there is a reason for me not to sue my parents. If I were the son of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, by now I would have become the Babaloja of Lagos; and if I were female and his wife, I would have been a senator. If I were the son of Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State, he would have made me his Special Adviser (Special Duties), so I could do “special” things for him. And if I were the son of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, I would have completed my tenure as a commissioner in Anambra State; and if I were his wife, I would be the current Nigerian ambassador to Spain.
Consequently, I have made up my mind to sue my parents. I will gather a team of lawyers for this purpose. The team must be made up of lawyers who are not moved by sentiments and emotions. My mother, who died in 2006, may have escaped it, but I may have to sue her brothers or my elder sister in lieu of her. The offence of my parents is simple and straight-forward: They did not hold top political posts in the land, thereby putting me at a disadvantage in everything.
If my father were former President Shehu Shagari, I would have held the office of the Minister of Water Resources from 2001 to 2007 before resigning to get elected as the deputy governor of Sokoto State in 2007. What if my parents were the former deputy premier of the Western Region, Chief Remi Fani-Kayode? President Olusegun Obasanjo would have made me his Special Assistant (public affairs); then he would have promoted me to be the Minister of Culture and Tourism, before capping it with the position of the Minister of Aviation. And if my father were the former leader of the National Democratic Coalition and Afenifere, Chief Abraham Adesanya, Obasanjo would have also made me the Minister of State for Defence (Navy) as well as the Minister of Solid Minerals Development.
What if I were the daughter of Chief Frederick Abiye Agama and the wife of a former military governor and Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Alison Madueke? I would have been a minister of three different ministries in six years: transport, mines and steel development, and petroleum resources. And if I were the son of the late Chief Bola Ige, I would have been made the Commissioner of Lands, Physical Planning and Urban Development in Osun State. If I were the daughter of the late Chief M.K.O. Abiola, winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, I would have been a member of the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007, and then appointed the Executive Director (Corporate Services) of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation in 2012.
If I were the son of Senator Olusola Saraki, I would have governed Kwara State for eight years before going to the Senate. And if I were his daughter, I would have been a member of the House of Representatives in 1999, then a Senator in 2003 – the same time my brother was elected the governor of our state – before attempting fruitlessly to succeed my brother as governor in 2011 because my brother had other political plans of his own. What if I were the daughter of Chief Solomon Lar, I would have been a member of the House of Representatives. And if my father were former President Olusegun Obasanjo, I would have been a Senator from Ogun State.
I can go on and on, but I guess you can now see why I am extremely angry with my parents. If they could not win elections and become governors, senators or presidents, or they were not appointed ministers or ambassadors, why did they not join the army and execute a successful coup, or mingle with coup plotters and get some appointments in their juntas? That way, they would have amassed enormous wealth, and would have received national honours such as the CON, GCON, GCFR, with the attendant clout.
Some would ask me if all these children of the VIPs were not qualified for the political positions they held. Before answering that, let me ask them: who is not qualified to hold any position in Nigeria? You need just a secondary school certificate to be even the president, let alone other positions. So, you who are asking that question are qualified to be a minister, senator, governor, ambassador, commissioner or whatever. The disadvantage you have is that because your parents are unknown, you are lost in the crowd with the millions of others, while the children of the VIPs stand out because of their family name.
If my parents were in government, chances are that they would have many houses in Ikoyi, Victoria Island, GRA Ikeja, Asokoro, Maitama, London, New York, Dubai, Johannesburg, etc. I would not have to grow grey hair trying to raise money to buy some piece of land in some slum or engage in a one-year-one-block venture, all in the name of building a house. They would have had multiple accounts in some Swiss banks and other countries, and I could easily give someone N5m for “chewing gum.” As a child, I would have been chauffeur-driven to elitist schools in state-of-the-art cars instead of having to walk to the community schools that I attended under the rain and sunshine. I would also have attended Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge or MIT. With degrees from such institutions, companies and organisations would have been falling over themselves to have me within their fold. My wedding would have been attended by 15 governors, 20 Senators and the President. My siren would be loud and threatening enough to chase hapless Nigerians off the road even if I was going to cut my hair. Even if I walked into the church while the sermon was on, I would be ushered to the front seat in the church with my retinue of aides.
Yes, there are those in top political positions whose parents were not influential. But the snag is that it comes with a condition: While the children of the influential get things mostly without having to prove themselves, the children of the unknown have to prove themselves for every position they get. I had to prove myself to get into the university, to get a job, to get a wife, etc. I had to prove myself to hold a position in my town unions, societies, the church, etc. I even had to prove myself for a year before The PUNCH gave me this column. I am tired of proving myself at every turn. The number of hours I have used to prove myself, if invested in other ventures, would have yielded great fruits. If air were not free, I would have had to prove myself before I could get my air ration. Haba!
That is why I have to sue my parents. If I sue them and table my air-tight case before a judge, I am confident that I will be awarded at least a billion naira to compensate me for all the losses and disadvantage I have incurred for being the son of non-VIPs. That would teach other Nigerian parents a lesson: They must strive to be senators, governors or presidents or be doomed. That is what counts here. Welcome to Naija!
Monday, 25 November 2013
DJ humility slams US based Nigerian rapper- Wale on Twitter
What do you think could be the reason behind the Nigerian popular DJ - DJ Humility's outburst on Wale?
Arrival of President G. E. Jonathan
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is back from his UK medical check-up trip.
The president returned to Nigeria yesterday evening and spoke to the press at the presidential wing of the airport.
Friday, 22 November 2013
ASUU Crisis: Ajasin University Chapter, Administration stand against End To Strike!
according to SaharaReporters;
The local chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at Adekunle Ajasin University at Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) has dissociated itself from the purported resumption of academic activities in the institution.
AAUA’s ASUU chairman, Busuyi Mekusi, registered his chapter’s dismay in a terse statement released to reporters in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
Since last month, the union and the management of the university have been feuding over efforts to call off the strike.
In an apparent strategy to force the hands of the striking lecturers, the university’s Vice Chancellor, Femi Mimiko, on Wednesday asked students to report for academic activities next Monday. He stated that the school portal will be open for registration.
In a statement, the registrar of the school, R.B. Olotu, said, “All the students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, are hereby informed that academic activities of the second semester of 2012/2013 session truncated as a result of the ASUU national strike are to resume on Monday, 25th November, 2013 with the continuation of registration on the University portal (http://portal.aaua.edu.ng).” The statement added, “Lectures are to start on Monday, 2nd December, 2013.”
In a swift reaction, Mr. Mekusi said the academic staff union members were still part of the ongoing national strike embarked upon by its union to press home their demands. He urged members to disregard any strategy by the administration to pull them into abandoning the struggle, adding that the union was still negotiating with the Federal Government over the contentious 2009 agreement.
“The union wants to make it abundantly clear that it would resist every tyrannical propensity to intimidate and harass its members,” he said in his statement.
The ASUU chapter chairman urged both the students and other members of the institution to be steadfast until the present position is reviewed by National Executive Council (NEC).
Photos: Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde -The Hottest Chief in Town!
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde aka omosexy was awarded Chieftaincy title in her hometown by the Ondo State Governor - Dr. Olusegun Mimiko and the Paramount Ruler of the Ondo State Kingdom Oba Kiladejo.
Davido gives back to society. Under priviledged, orphans and schools benefit as he turns 21
Happy Birthday once again omo baba olowo!
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