Buhari Challenges National Assembly To Work With Him To Fix Nigeria

President-Elect Muhammadu Buhari today called on members of the National Assembly to work with him in the task of addressing the development challenges that confront Nigeria. 


Speaking at an induction programme for new national legislators organized by the National Institute for Legislative Studies in Abuja, the incoming leader told them, “I need the support of the Members

PDP Governors Blame National Chairman, Muazu, For Electoral Defeat, Demand Ouster Of National Working Committee

Governors of the soon to become opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have voiced their lack of confidence in the party’s national chairman, Adamu Mu’azu, blaming him and the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party for leading the party into a disastrous electoral performance in Nigeria’s recent presidential, governorship and legislative elections.  

Gov, Godswill Akpabio

At their latest governors forum in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, on Tuesday, the PDP governors demanded that Mr. Mu’azu and other members of the party’s  NWC leave office immediately.

Miraculous Survivors Of Nepal Earthquake

The worst earthquake to have hit the Himalayan nation in over 80 years has already claimed more that 5,500 lives in Nepal.
Amid the terrifying photos and reports from the area where rescuers are working day and night, there are still miracles being recorded.
The moment the group finds a survivor under the rubble, gives hope to the thousands of families waiting for the news about their beloved.
See the three unbelievable stories below. We pray that more people will be found alive.
Four-month-old “Sonit Awal”
The rescue workers heard an infant’s cry to discover a four-month-old baby, all covered in dust.
The search team had already scoured the area near to the child’s home in Bhaktapur, Kathmandu, but lost hope of finding the boy named locally as Sonit Awal.
The faint cry for help, however, helped the little man to receive another chance. He is said to be in a stable condition now.

Precious life saved…  Credits: Daily Mail

PDP Can Produce House Speaker

The members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who are now in the minority in the House of Representatives, may play a key role in determining the new speaker.
The PDP now has about 140 legislators, compared to the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s over 200 legislators.

Jonathan, Zuma Talked About Xenophobia

The incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan and his South African colleague President Jacob Zuma had a telephone conversation over the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians residing in South Africa.
Both leaders restated the necessity for their countries to work together.
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In a comment released on Thursday, April 30, by the South African presidency, Zuma spoke over telephone with Jonathan on the need not to let the recent attacks on some Nigerians and their businesses create any diplomatic crisis between the two countries.

Nigeria:Falling oil prices threaten my agenda — Buhari

ABUJA—THE President- elect, General Muhammadu Buhari yesterday painted a gloomy picture in the economic development of his administration as he said that the decline in the revenues due to fall in oil prices poses a great threat to his administration’s development agenda.

Gen. Buhari who visited the newly elected Senators and House of Representatives members who are undergoing induction course in preparation for the 8th National Assembly in Abuja also said that the decline in revenue would affect the reconstruction of devastated areas in the country as a result of insurgency.

 

He reminded the elected members of the 8th assembly of the challenges the nation had been facing which he also said would continue in the near future.

Read also:  Buhari To Inaugurate APC Transition Committee

The challenges according to him include general insecurity and insurgency that has caused extreme human hardship and destruction of lives, livelihoods that would take over a decade to rebuild across most of North Eastern Nigeria and some parts of North western Nigeria.

Transition: Don’t take Jonathan’s magnanimity as cowardice, Jonathan’s men tell Buhari’s men

Abuja — A disagreement has broken out between the transition committees of outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan and the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) as the President accused the Buhari team of acting like a parallel government and trying to stampede the Jonathan administration out of office.

 

Addressing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting, yesterday, Minister of National Planning who is also a member of the Jonathan Transition Committee, Abubakar Suleiman, said the Buhari transition team was making impossible demands from the government.

Another missing child

11 year old Marvelous Adekunle is missing! According to his family, he left his home at Matanmi Street Onipanu, Lagos at about 6:30am yesterday morning 29th April and never returned. Please if

South African women said they face discrimination for marrying Nigerian men

South African women married to Nigerian men have narrated the discrimination they face for marrying men outside their country. Seeing the disaffection their kinsmen show them after finding love in the hands of Nigerian men, the women decided to form an association, the United Nigerian Wives in South Africa (UNWISA) club about two years ago where they give support and succor to each other.
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42 year old Lindwela Uche who serves as the chairwoman of the group told AFP that they saw the xenophobic attacks coming and alerted their husbands but they did not take their warning seriously "We saw this thing coming and that’s why we formed this association. If only they (the authorities)

What Man can do Woman can do better,see this pretty lady Dangote truck Driver

Seeing a woman at the wheel of a truck is not something that is common place in Nigeria.
So when a pretty woman was spotted recently driving one of Dangote’s big trucks on the highway in Ibadan, it is not surprising that there was a lot of interest from other drivers.
According to reports, the female truck driver caused a bit of traffic in Ibadan when people stopped their cars just to take pictures of her.

A lady spotted driving one of Dangote’s trucks

The Twitter user who shared the images said the woman drove so well, she even left other drivers in the traffic after she had wriggled her truck out of the gridlock and driven off.

OPC President Frederick Fasheun Overthrown

Fredrick Fasheun, the founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress, was sacked from the position of the organization’s president.

Frederick Fasheun

He was overthrown by a faction of the group led by Comrade Dare Adesope, PM News reports.
The news was announced on April 28, Tuesday, in Ikotun, Lagos, at the OPC secretariat. Explaining the reason behind the removal, Adesope said that the Congress lost confidence in the leadership of Fasheun who had thrown the organisation into crisis and politics.
Adesope confirmed that backed by several OPC members, he had been declared the new president noting that the Congress was not established “to run monarchical system of government. How can one person be directing its affairs for 20 consecutive years?”
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“Fasheun is no more the president of OPC and he was removed because of his reprehensible act and

Actress Eva Mendes is new face of Esteé Lauder

Actress Eva Mendes is new face of Esteé Lauder

Actress Eva Mendes, is the new face of Esteé Lauder! The 41 year old beautiful Latina mother of one

Man to shed kilos of skin

A MAN once dubbed the fattest in the world will soon undergo surgery to remove of 45 kilos of excess skin.
PAUL Mason, 54, from Ipswich in England, used to weigh 445 kilograms but has lost about 285kg.
Now living in America, he is engaged and has been raising funds online to remove 45kg left-over skin - particularly from an area around the waist known as "the apron" and his "bat wing" arms.
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 Writing on his fundraising page on the website YouCaring.com, his fiancee Rebecca Mountain said Mr Mason had several visits scheduled with specialists to get clearance for surgery. "We are moving ahead with plans for surgery in January and working hard to gather the funds needed for the

Nigeria - Corruption: Ezekwesili Says OBJ Wasn't Successful

Nigeria’s former Minister for Education and former World Bank Vice-President, Obiageli Ezekwesili, in an interview on  Aljazeera said the government of Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration in which she served did not “succeed fully” in tackling corruption. 
Asked by the host of “Head to Head,” a programme on Aljazeera English, Mehdi Hasan about the endemic corruption in Nigeria, the #BringBackOurGirls frontline campaigner said her Nigeria has a “political class problem” .
Ezekwesili who tried hard  not to castigate her former boss admitted that Obasanjo was  “aware of the elements of corruption, and it was his responsibility to tackle” . She denied that Obasanjo himself was corrupt.
“Of course it [the government] was [corrupt]! [But] There was no way it could have been more corrupt than the government of Abacha,” she said.
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She went on to defend her own track record, saying she had not been “window dressing” for a corrupt regime and insisting that she was not a politician.

Yvonne Nelson has dated Chocolate City rapper Ice Prince and pop star Iyanya in the past. misses falling in love

Actress says she misses falling in love

Yvonne Nelson has dated Chocolate City rapper Ice Prince and pop star Iyanya in the past.

Nigeria President Elect,, Buhari Strengthens Diplomatic Relationships

After the March 28 presidential election that brought victory to Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress politician continues his social and political activities with at least equal enthusiasm.
The president-elect has summarized the work carried out within the past few weeks in his recent Facebook post. This period has been marked by important meetings with dignitaries, leaders of social groups, ambassadors and prominent politicians from all over the world.
It is worth mentioning that the former military head of state is keeping his promise of using social media to get Nigerians updated on his work.
Some believe that social media played one of the key roles in helping the APC politician emerge the next president of Nigeria.
Although Buhari’s marked his presence online noticeably later than Goodluck Jonathan (Facebook page – 2010), his handle created in 2014 started quickly gaining popularity. Seems like the chosen strategy has yielded fruit.
Enjoy the recent photos:

With German H. E. Mr Michael Zenner

Buhari To Inaugurate APC Transition Committee

President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, will on today inaugurate members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) transition committee in Abuja.

President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari

According to Thisday, that Buhari would first meet briefly with party leaders before proceeding to inaugurate the team.

“I Was In The Farm When I Received Mimiko’s Call To be The New Deputy Governor,” Lasisi Oluboyo Says

 

“I was in my farm carrying out the official work given to me by the people of Ondo State this morning, when I received the phone call of Mr. Governor (Mimiko) that I should immediately proceed to the House of Assembly," the new Deputy Governor said.

Kogi State Slashes Salaries Nearly In Half

 Workers in the state of Kogi have to tighten their belts. The state government told it cuts their salary nearly in half – by 40 per cent.

Earlier Kogi governor experienced lack of funds after donating to Jonathan’s campaign.Now Kogi state workers have to wave goodbye to their money.
Photo: ekekeee.com

The Kogi state government has to cut workers’ salary by 40 per cent. This measure is the cause of the decreasing federal allocation, with N1.2 billion reducing from March to April. The state received the sum of N3.7 billion from federal budget in March, while in April it got only N2.5 billion, while the monthly wage bill is N3.2 billion.
READ ALSO: Mu’azu, sent out of a meeting meant for PDP State Governors
To avoid wage arrears it was decided to reduce salaries by 40 per cent, said in the statement by the special

Mu’azu, sent out of a meeting meant for PDP State Governors

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, yesterday, was sent out of a meeting meant for PDP State Governors, the Nigerian Times was reliably told.

When the going was good: Mu’azu, Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State; Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State; Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State and Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State. Photo credit: Vanguard

The Girls Are Not Chibok Girls – Nigerian Army

Girls rescued from Boko Haram terror camps in Sambisa Forest on Tuesday are “not the Chibok girls,” Nigerian Army spokesman Sani Usman said.

However, one official did not rule out that captives from other Boko Haram camps that were raided might include some of the 200 girls abducted in April 2014 from a school in Chibok.
READ ALSO:Nigeria: Sambisa Forest combed and 293 femail released by Nigeria troops
Nigerian troops rescued 200 girls and 93 women Tuesday in the Sambisa Forest in the northeastern

Man shot dead by armed robbers in Abuja just 3 days to his wedding

This young man was murdered by arm robbers on his way to Abuja on Monday April 27th, just three days to his traditional wedding and five days to his white wedding which was supposed

Buhari's govt will encourage free press - VP-elect, Yemi Osinbajo

Vice President-elect Professor Yemi Osinbajo took to twitter to state that Gen. Buhari's government will encourage free press when they assume power.

AlunaGeorge Debuts New Songs At Brooklyn's

Nearly two years after releasing their tech-lite debut Body Music, British electro-soul pair AlunaGeorge settled on Brooklyn's Rough Trade on Tuesday night (April 28) to debut a handful of new songs from their upcoming sophomore LP.

After cracking the American market with a string of buzzworthy singles, festival slots and

Sam Smith has been diagnosed with a hemorrhage to his vocal cords

 
Sam Smith has been diagnosed with a hemorrhage to his vocal cords, and he’s been ordered to stop performing until he's healthy.
The British soul singer got the bad news while on tour in Australia, where all his upcoming shows have now been canceled, including a scheduled appearance Sunday night at the TV industry’s annual Logie Awards.

Father-Of-President" Edwin Clark's Asokoro Residence Deserted by Friends and Associates

The loss of last month’s presidential re-election effort by President Goodluck Jonathan has continued to inflict major social and political changes on the Nigerian landscape, including the desertion of the once bubbling Abuja residence of his godfather, Chief Edwin Clark. 

 

The Asokoro home once had a security force of about 12 soldiers, civil defence officers and the police.

Burundi Government Shuts Down Radio And Phone Lines As Political Crisis Continues

President Nkurunziza and his party, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy–Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD), have reportedly cut phone lines and non-state media in an effort to stall demonstrations across the country. The BBC reported that the military in Gitega, Burundi’s second largest city, has prevented students there from protesting. 

 

Protests and demonstrations carry on into their fourth day in Burundi’s capital city Bujumbura over President Pierre Nkurunziza’s seeks an unlawful third presidential term.

Nigeria's $20 Billion Oil Sales Fraud: Jonathan Administration Apparently Pressured PricewaterhouseCooper To Revise Report

One day after President Goodluck Jonathan authorized the release of a version of a forensic audit of $20 billion reportedly missing from Nigeria’s crude oil sales, an oil industry expert retained by SaharaReporters to look at the report has stated that the Nigerian government appeared to have pressured the auditors, PricewaterhouseCooper, to revise parts of its preliminary report. Nigeria's oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke State House Photo

After analyzing the audit report, the expert concluded that the much-anticipated release of the audit report of Nigeria’s accounts and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has provided few insights into the $20 billion that was allegedly not remitted to the Federal Accounts.

Nigeria: Sambisa Forest combed and 293 femail released by Nigeria troops

On April 28, Tuesday, the exciting news made the local headlines that the Nigerian army had stormed Sambisa forest and rescued 293 females.
The Defence Headquarters confirmed the information saying that those freed included 200 girls and 93 women.

This comes less than a week after the military had attacked the infamous hideout of Boko Haram insurgents using warplanes.

Drug convicts executed in Indonesia buried

 

Indonesia disregarded last-minute appeals and executed 8 drug traffickers including 4 Nigerians. Pictures of the dead being buried and details from their last minutes before being executed have been released to the media. According to the pastors who were with them in their final hours, Andrew

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