Maiyegun's Diary: 11/28/15

Saturday, 28 November 2015

Politics: GEJ Leads PDP Campaign Train In Bayelsa

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has led leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from across the country to a massive rally in Bayelsa state.

Empress Sugarbelly

President Buhari

Nigerians have expressed doubt over claim by President Muhammadu Buhari that many of those who looted the public treasury in the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan had started returning the stolen funds to the government, demanding full disclosure on such recovered and returned loot.

The Federal Capital Territory Administration has warned residents of imminent attack by the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, using young girls posing as ‘aid workers’ to penetrate places of worship and markets.

Nigerian table tennis player, Quadri Aruna

Ahead of the 2015 Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in India, the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) on Thursday named the 10 players that would represent the country at the games.

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The Polish Consulate in Abuja has said that a cargo ship carrying 16 Polish sailors has been hijacked by Nigerian pirates.

Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari

International financial and business news giant, Bloomberg, has expressed serious doubts on the ability of President Muhammad Buhari of Nigeria to turn around Africa’s largest economy and oil producer.

Tunji Braithwaite

Toluwani Eniola

Elder statesman, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, says President Muhammadu Buhari is pampering corrupt government officials in the immediate past government by recovering looted funds from them without prosecuting them.

Late Abubakar Audu

Success Nwogu

Two rival groups stormed the headquarters of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja on Friday to demand that the party consider their benefactors as beneficiaries of the mandate given to the late APC governorship candidate in last week’s election, Prince Abubakar Audu.

Gov. Wada

Ade Adesomoju

Kogi State Governor, Idris Wada and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, have asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to declare them the winner of the November 21, 2015 governorship election which the Independent National Electoral Commission said was inconclusive.

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu

Okechukwu Nnodim

A total of N240.98bn was lost by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation between January and October this year, latest figures from the firm’s oil and gas report for October 2015 have shown.

David Mark

Simon Ejembi

Court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi, Benue State, has nullified Senator David Mark’s election,representing Benue South senatorial district.

Eric Dumo

In the early 1960s up till the late 1990s, the area used to be very popular among revelers from within and outside Lagos. Day and night, it was the place to be. Ask anybody around Yaba, Ojuelegba and even other parts of mainland Lagos and you won’t miss your way. Empire – a cluster of streets in the heart of Mushin, one of the city’s most densely populated areas, housing several chalets and offering plenty of cheap sex, drugs and alcohol was the name on many people’s lips. The arrival of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, around 1962, increased traffic to the area. In those days, the area known as Empire which derived its name from Empire Hotel situated on Oguntokun Street, could be likened to a modern day ‘Sodom’ – immorality thrived at every corner.

Niyi Odebode and John Alechenu

Last Saturday’s inconclusive governorship election in Kogi State is tearing the ruling All Progressives Congress apart.

EPASlain Tahir Elci speaks to media just before he was killed during a demonstration in Diyarbakir, Turkey 28 Nov. 2015.
He was shot while he and other lawyers were making a press statement

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A prominent lawyer and human rights defender, who faced a criminal charge for supporting Kurdish rebels, was killed Saturday in an attack in southeast Turkey in which a police officer also died, officials said.

Highway stretches in Chicago and L.A. are the worst, beating out New York-New Jersey metro and Boston for worst traffic “honors.”

Everyone thinks their city has the worst traffic choke points, but not everyone can be a winner—if that’s the right word.

Likely more accurate than polling data.

Reuters built a computer model to predict which political party will win the presidency in next year’s election, and the results are in: a Republican will most likely be moving into the White House in 2017.

John Locher—APDr. Ben Carson at a news conference in Henderson, Nev. on Nov. 16, 2015.

The visit is an effort to improve his knowledge on the refugee crisis

A 34-year-old-man has been arrested on suspicion of arms dealing on Tuesday in the southern city of Stuttgart, Germany, say prosecutors.

Dana Edelson—NBC/NBCU/Getty ImagesMusical guest Adele performs on Saturday Night Live in New York City on Nov. 21, 2015.

She's breaking all sorts of records

A mortar attack on a United Nations base in northern Mali’s Kidal early Saturday killed at least three people, including two U.N. peacekeepers and a contractor, said the mission spokesman.

Cem Ozdel—Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesShoppers are seen on the first day of Black Friday in New York City on Nov. 27, 2015.

Both days saw significant jumps in spending from the previous year

University of Colorado Colorado Springs/ReutersPolice officer Garrett Swasey, who was killed when a gunman stormed a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Colorado Springs, is pictured in this undated handout photo provided by the UCCS.

He was one of three people killed in the Friday attack

Dele Momodu

Your Excellency, it’s been months since I wrote my desperate memo to you. I wish to thank you once more for reacting promptly and swiftly at that time and for giving me the honour and privilege of meeting you in your office. I remember presenting you a special compilation of my articles, especially the many admonitions to your immediate predecessor, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. After handing over the book to you, Sir, I promised to continue acting in my self-appointed capacity as Special Adviser because of the need to tell you what those very close to you might not be able to say. They might be afraid of you and your reaction. The truth is you are a plain and simple man imbued with a mission and a passion to save this great country but you cannot do it on your own. You can only do it if people close to you, who should be advising you, tell you as it is so that you can do that which you were elected to do.

Mustapha Audu is calling on Dr. Oby Ezekwesili and other civil leaders and social media influencers to think before they act. In his first interview with a media organization, The Signal, since the story broke, Mustapha denied the allegations vehemently.

Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitschko go head to head at their press conference this summer Getty Images

Everything you need to know about the world heavyweight title fight in Dusseldorf on Saturday

The City of London at night

FFK

U say u respect human rights yet u raid Attahiru Bafarawa's home and arrest and lock up his son simply because he is friends with Dasuki.

El-rufai

Ahaoma Kanu

In climes where intergrity is held in great esteem, somebody like Nasir El-Rufai would be heeding calls to resign his office for peddling false information against former president Goodluck Jonathan.

The naira on Friday depreciated at the parallel market barely 48 hours after it strengthened against the dollar.

Yerima

President Muhammadu Buhari must re-contest election in 2019 because a single term of four years would not be enough for him to adequately tackle the fight against corruption and insecurity in the country, former Governor of Zamfara State, Ahmad Sani Yarima said.

Dressed in a white T-shirt, and smiling gently as he waits for the click of the camera, Benjamin Akinyemi is the very picture of humility – much like the kind of people who are said to be incapable of hurting a fly.

Senator David Mark

A Court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi, Benue state has nullified the election of former Senate President and lawmaker representing Benue South Senatorial District, David Mark and ordered a rerun within 90 days.

By Abdulsalam Muhammad

KANO – The Kano commander of Shia movement in Nigeria, Muhammad Mahmud Turi, Friday, said 21 members of the sect lost their lives while 45 others were injured when a suicide bomber struck the procession at Dakasoye village near Kano.

*Tiwa Savage

For those who have been wondering why Tiwa Savage performed on stage despite being pregnant, the sexy mother of one reveals this in a recent interview with Genevieve Magazine. During her pregnancy, she was in Uganda for some days and performed at their Women’s Day celebration and Social media awards.

Commissioning and handing over of Patrol Vehicles, Motorcycles, Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs), Gunboats, Patrol Helicopters to the Nigerian Police and the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), at the Lagos House, Ikeja, on Friday, November 27, 2015.

El-rufai

The Federal Government has clarified the amount spent for independence anniversary celebrations between 2010 and 2015.

Statistics presented by oil giant, ExxonMobil, yesterday indicated that oil will still sustain the global energy need for 100 years.

Yahaya Bello

After extensive consultations, the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday submitted the name of Yahaya Bello as the party’s new candidate for Kogi governorship supplementary poll.

Mohammed Audu

Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Kogi State House of Assembly yesterday told the national leadership of the party that they would not hesitate to impeach anyone brought in as a replacement for the late governorship candidate of the party, Prince Abubakar Audu, if the party failed to pick his first son, Mohammed.

Sylva and Dickson

The December 5 governorship election in Bayelsa State is mainly between former Governor Timipre Sylva, popularly known as the Opuabadi (the sea or the ocean) and the incumbent governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, known as the Ofurumapepee (the great white shark).

Late Abubakar Audu

The sudden death of Prince Abubakar Audu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in last Saturday’s Kogi State governorship election, has left behind a lot of grief, particularly for the people of his ancestral homeland, of Ogbonicha in Ofu Local Government Area. JAMES AZANIA reports

Kdemi Adeosun

Despite claims that his administration has recovered stolen money from previous government officials, President Muhammadu Buhari, it was disclosed, is yet to give details of the recovery to the Federal Ministry of Finance.

Gov Fayose of Ekiti state

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has carpeted President Muhammadu Buhari’s claim that many of those who looted the public treasuries in the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan had started returning the stolen funds to the government, saying the President should rather stay at home to govern the country instead of junketing around the globe and acting like a saint before the international community.

The Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has advocated the use of bicycles on some roads in Lagos as a way of reducing the traffic gridlocks, Daily Trust reports.

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of 30 new Judges for the Federal High Court on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council.

(picture: Barcroft India)

Some people dream of fast cars, a pair of manolo blahniks or a new designer handbag.

Not this 25-year-old woman.

Buhari

Newly appointed ministers in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet are grumbling over poor salaries and allowance packages accruable to them in office.

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu

Former Lagos state governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is expected to attend a University of Wolverhampton centre which supports entrepreneurship and democratic governance in Africa is to be formally launched next week.

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