Why Ambode Cannot Afford To Lose In Lagos – Buhari

The President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, April 7, revealed why it’s mandatory the governorship candidate in Lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode is sworn in come May 29.
According to Buhari, Lagos State was too important for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to lose to the opposition.
General Buhari disclosed this at the APC rally in Orile area of the state. He urged Lagos residents to vote en masse for the party’s governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Saturday.
“Defy all elements, whatever it may be, and vote for APC from top to bottom,’’ he said.
Buhari told the crowd that Lagos, with its huge investments, could not be toyed with.
He said; “Don’t attempt to be on the wrong side of the centre because we are now the centre.

“Tell your neighbours, your relatives and even the opposition party to please bury the hatchet and fall in line and vote for APC,’’ he added.
The President-elect assured the people that they stood to benefit a lot if they voted for the APC. Buhari said that he would prioritize investment in Lagos infrastructure, noting that the state is a “mini Nigeria”.
He said; “Gov. Babatunde Fashola has told me how much the state has been spending to maintain Federal Government infrastructure, including roads, buildings and other institutions.
“I urge Ambode, who will be the next governor of the state, to harass me sufficiently to honour my undertaking,” he said.
Buhari commended Chief Bola Tinubu, an APC National Leader, for all he had done in terms of mobilizing revenue to sustain development in the state. He also commended Fashola for his hard work, commitment to the state and to the country.
“I am extremely impressed, “he said.
The president-elect who arrived Lagos this morning to campaign for APC Guber candidate, Akinwumi Ambode, also met with former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, Lagos State Governor, Tunde Fashola, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Rotimi Amaechi, APC chieftain, Ngige and other dignitaries.

Pastor Chris Explains His Messy Divorce

Founder of Believers Love World Ministry aka Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has finally spoken on the divorce suit filed against him by his wife after days of silence on the issue.

Chris and Anita Oyakhilome

According to the Daily Post, Oyakhilome described the allegations levelled against him as “crazy” and “stupid” and urged his church members to pray for his estranged wife while speaking on Sunday evening during the monthly global communion service of the church.
Oyakhilome, who appeared visibly disturbed during his first few minutes on stage, acknowledged that divorce is un-Biblical but suggested he could consider the option should his wife insist on it.
“I heard that some media houses– especially in Nigeria, are writing some things against me. All sorts of frivolous charges, that’s crazy.
“You have to understand something about a man of God. A man of God is not just someone who worships God or preaches God. A man of God is handpicked by God, set on course by God. If you study the scriptures, you will not find one man of God go against God, sinning against God.
“The only thing you might find will be a man of God, maybe in two different kinds of ways. Moses, for example, when he struck the rock twice, he was provoked by the anger of the people. It was not because he wanted to do something against the Lord. No man of God does something against the Lord.
“Are you hearing me? A man of God is set on a course; there is a type of life that he is given. Then you have a young man, a young prophet; he wasn’t named; he was deceived by another man of God and so he went in a direction that God said ‘don’t go’.

Nigeria President Elect General Muhammadu Buhari’s Ministers List: New Details Emerge

After the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) won the presidential poll, intensive internal campaigning has started over the formation of the cabinet of the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari.

Though some candidates have been marked down for definite offices, the selection of those to fill the sought-after “juicy” positions may not be an easy task, as powerful party members and others who gave Buhari support from outside the APC are pushing their own nominees.

According to Daily Post, the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, may have been offered the Ministry of Finance in the Buhari government by the ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo.

Soludo was a member of the economic team for the Obasanjo government prior to becoming the governor of the CBN.

Many APC leaders are said to be against him. One of the reasons is that Soludo remains a card-carrying member of the All Progressive Grand Alliance.

The other is that it was under Soludo that the banking sector almost collapsed, a situation confirmed by the former CBN chief and Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, a loyal supporter of the APC.

The former Lagos state governor, Bola Tinubu, is considered also to be strongly against Obasanjo’s recommendation.

Sources say he had in fact agreed a contract with Buhari prior to the APC presidential primaries regarding appointments to ministerial positions.

Tinubu is said to have drafted an agreement with Buhari, to which the president-elect added his signature.

 

According to the accord, the former Lagos governor will name nine ministers.

Some of the positions are said to comprise Petroleum, Finance, Works, Federal Capital Territory and Interior.

It is for this reason that Tinubu opposes Soludo as minister of finance.

Soludo is reported to have been persuaded by Obasanjo to accept the nomination

Tinubu is now reportedly pulling the strings for President-elect Buhari’s transition team. Buhari is expected to constitute his transition team which will consist of politicians and private sector players that will enable his smooth takeover from the leaving President Goodluck Jonathan government.

Rivers State Protesters Storm INEC Office In Abuja, Nigeria

The protesters from Rivers state stormed the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja.

The activists are demanding the removal of the controversial Rivers State Resident Electoral Commissioner Gesila Khan.

Activists said that the state REC Gesila Khan was limited and prejudiced in the conduct of the last week presidential poll in the state.

 

Pat Utomi Under Attack For Supporting Oba Of Lagos. Nigeria

Following the uproar caused by the comments by the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, where he threatened Igbos resident in Lagos to vote for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Akinwunmi Ambode, a former presidential candidate in the 2011 elections, Professor Pat Utomi has tried to doused the tension generated by the Oba’s comments.  
Utomi, who is the founder of the popular, Lagos Business School, took to his twitter page a while ago, where he described the comments of Akiolu as a jest.
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He went on to talk about his relationship with the traditional ruler who he described as someone whose relationship with him dates back to 20 years.
See his tweets below:
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Jonathan has proved prophets of doom, US wrong on Nigeria’s disintegration – Analyst

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A political analyst, Mr Darlington Agha has said that what the out-going President Goodluck Jonathan did as he quickly congratulated the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, the winner of the just conducted presidential election even before the final and official result was out was enough to include Nigeria in the map of politically developed nations.
Speaking to journalists in Nnewi Anambra State yesterday, Mr Agha said the day President Jonathan congratulated Buhari on the later’s electoral victory should be recognized as a national day of peace to be celebrated by the country every year. He described the courage President Jonathan summoned as a laudable feat which many even in advanced nations of the world could not achieve.
He said that Jonathan could have as well stopped the election even when under aged were captured in camera voting in the North against the electoral law. Agha said it was within the powers of the out-going President to say no to those glaring electoral malpractices, a situation he said would have instigated crisis the country might not have managed.
“What Jonathan has done has proved wrong the American forcast that Nigeria may break in 2015. Jonathan’s action has not only portrayed him as a democrat but also a distinguished statesman who has the love of his country at heart. He has saved the nation from violence of great magnitude and wonton destruction of properties across the country. Nigeria owes Jonarhan a lot,” the political analyst said.
He noted the action had placed Nigeria as the largest democracy and largest economy in Africa.
Congratulating Buhari on his victory at polls, Agha urged the President-elect not only to be magnanimous in victory but also to build and consolidate on the developmental achievements of the out-going President.He advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega to ensure that all problems associated with the presidential and National Assembly elections including the failure of the card readers were brought to the barest minimum in the forth-coming Apri 11 polls.
(DAVID ONWUCHEKWA)

Woman's mummified body found 'buried under rubbish' next to 300 bottles of urine in 'hoarder house

The smell was so bad firefighters had to wear oxygen masks. They reportedly found rat infested piles of rotting litter reaching the ceiling and human waste

The mummified remains of a woman believed to be in her 90s found buried under piles of rubbish in a 'hoarder's house' may have lain undiscovered for five years.
Police raiding the property reportedly found 300 bottles of urine, dozens of rats, bugs, piles of rotting litter reaching the ceiling, mould and human waste.
The rotting body was found wrapped in a blanket under a mountain of rubbish, according to US media.