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Oh dear! Blac Chyna's mum comes for the Kardashians/Jenners

Posted: 10 May 2015 01:20 PM PDT



Two days ago, Tyga's grandma said she prefers 17yr old Kylie for Tyga because she comes from a good family and never approved of Blac Chyna. Well, Blac Chyna's mum just gave an epic response to that. What she wrote after the cut...

Bikers ride from Buhari's compound in Katsina to Abuja to witness his inauguration

Posted: 10 May 2015 12:07 PM PDT

 
A group of bikers pictured above as they set out on a journey on bicycle from General Buhari's compound in Daura, Katsina state to Abuja to witness his inauguration com May 29th.

2 persons trek to Kaduna in sympathy with Gov. Yero after losing governorship election

Posted: 10 May 2015 12:04 PM PDT

As several people trekked long distances to felicitate with winners of the just concluded 2015 general elections, two people have commenced trekking from Makarfi to Kaduna to sympathise with Gov. Muktar Yero.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Yero lost the Kaduna State Governorship seat to Malam Nasir El-Rufai during the April 11 election.
Speaking in an interview with Journalists in Zaria on Sunday, one of the trekkers, Malam Rabi'u Sarkin-Musulmi, said they started the journey early Sunday morning at about 2:00a.m.

"We started the journey from Makarfi, headquarters of Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State at about 2:00a.m. and we expect to be in Kaduna by 1:00p.m. on Monday, May 11.

"The essence of our trekking is to go and sympathise with Gov. Muktar Yero over his defeat during the governorship election.

"We want to show him love, concern and encourage him not to give-up on his political ambition," he said.

His co-trekker, Malam Abdulmuminu Dakare, said as bonafide PDP members, they believed that power comes from God Almighty, "this is what our leader, Gov. Muktar Yero is preaching.

"He always believes that nobody can give you power except God Almighty, the giver and taker of all powers," he said.

Dakare also said that they initiated the trek to satisfy their urge and to convey a message of succour and relief to the out-going governor.

(NAN)

President elect, Gen Buhari, says his government will be made of technocrats only

Posted: 10 May 2015 11:23 AM PDT

President elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari says his cabinet members will be made of only technocrats with the prerequisite experience to serve in whatever capacity they are called in to serve. He said this while speaking with members of the Northern Elders Forum who paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja earlier today. Gen Buhari said he will choose men and women that will drive his government towards meeting the aspiration and dreams of every Nigerian. He however called on Nigerians to give him and his team some time to achieve all they have promised. He stated that they will concentrate on Education, Security and Employment creation.

2015 general elections: I hope my wife will not divorce me - GEJ

Posted: 10 May 2015 11:20 AM PDT

Speaking at the thanksgiving and farewell service organized for him today, President Jonathan said he hopes his wife will not divorce him just as the former South African leader, F.W de Klerk's wife left him when he chose to abolish minority rule in South Africa, a decision he took for the greater good of South Africa. Pres. Jonathan was speaking against the backdrop of his decision to concede defeat after the presidential elections. He said such decisions come with its consequences. He sympathized with his Minister and aides for the persecution they will face as they also leave office come May 29th.
'I believe there are reasons for everything. Some hard decisions have their own cost. That I have ran the government this way that stabilized certain things,  the electoral process and other things that brought stability into this country. They were very costly decisions which I must be ready to pay for. Some people come to me and say this or that person is he not your friend that benefited? Is it not your government that this person benefited from? But this is what the person is saying. But I used to say worse statements will come. If you take certain decisions, you should know that those close to you will even abandon you at some point. And I tell them that more of my so-called friends will disappear. When F.W de Klerk took the decision to abolish minority rule in RSA, even his wife divorced him. I hope my wife will not divorce me. But that is the only decision that has made RSA to still remain a global player time. If we still had that minority rule there, by this time, nobody will be talking about RSA. If you take certain decisions, it might be good for the generality of the people but it might affect people differently. So for ministers and aides who served with me, I sympathize with them, they will be persecuted. And they must be ready for that persecution" he said
He appreciated God for being with him and his family.
"Very few of those in my age brackets have been that lucky. All through my education were on government scholarships. I have not suffered lack not because I'm hard-working but by God's grace. When I look at the whole picture of my life up to when I became the president of this country. And I say that if  soldiers and police officers that have not received 0. 5 per cent of the benefits that I have received  from the state can lay their lives for  this country, I should  do anything in the interest of Nigeria including paying the supreme price. As long as live, I will continue to do my best for the state because the state has helped me as a person. I have to thank Nigerians especially my state for giving me  the opportunity to serve as deputy governor and the whole country gave me the opportunity to serve as Vice President and then president, first was to complete the tenure of the late president and later serve as president from which I am exiting now as a very happy and fulfilled man".

Emmanuel Adebayor not done with his family...shares more story about his brother he accused of stealing

Posted: 10 May 2015 11:16 AM PDT

Footballer Emmanuel Adebayor who made some startling revelation about his family recently took to his facebook page this afternoon to shed more light on his rocky relationship with one of his brothers, Rotimi Adebayor pictured with him above. What he wrote below...
Here is another part of the story I have kept inside since. Today I feel the constant need to let it out. If I share my stories, it is because I believe every story comes with a lesson. And the lesson is for anyone that is reading this. This is about a brother who keeps saying today that I am not a good support for our family. His name is Rotimi Adebayor. At the age of 13, he did something very bad. He and I know what he did. Because of that our parents had to send him to a village far from the big city.
When I started to be successful in football and I went to Togo for vacation; at that time one of my mother's friend came from the village to visit us. As she explained how Rotimi was suffering in the village, I immediately asked them to bring him back into the city.

As soon as he came back, I made sure I put him in school. For me that is normal. In 2002, I went to play the AFCON in Mali and I had the huge privilege to swap my shirt with Marc-Vivien Foé. May his soul rest in peace. When I got back to Togo, I put that shirt in a secure place. My brother found a way to steal that shirt and sold it. When I moved from Metz to Monaco, we reached an advanced stage in the Champions League and we played against Real Madrid. It was one of most beautiful day of my life because I was lucky enough to get a signed shirt from the football legend Zinedine Zidane. As I brought that shirt back to Togo, my brother still found a way to steal that shirt and sold it. When I was in Metz, I was earning about €15,000 a month. I wanted to get something unique for my mom to thank her for all she did for me. I wanted to make her happy.

So I decided to take an amount worth 3 months of my wages and I bought her a Cartier neckless for about €45,000. Rotimi and his friends Akim(@Yam Freedom) and Tao (@Sao Tao Oyawole) made a plan and stole that precious neckless. They sold it for about €800. When my mom and I found out, my mother asked me not to bother because he is the younger brother. Despite the situation, I would like to take this same occasion to wish all the mothers out there a Happy Mother's Day! .And the lesson is for anyone that is reading this.

This is about a brother who keeps saying today that I am not a good support for our family. His name is Rotimi Adebayor. At the age of 13, he did something very bad. He and I know what he did. Because of that our parents had to send him to a village far from the big city. When I started to be successful in football and I went to Togo for vacation; at that time one of my mother's friend came from the village to visit us. As she explained how Rotimi was suffering in the village, I immediately asked them to bring him back into the city. As soon as he came back, I made sure I put him in school. For me that is normal.

In 2002, I went to play the AFCON in Mali and I had the huge privilege to swap my shirt with Marc-Vivien Foé. May his soul rest in peace.

When I got back to Togo, I put that shirt in a secure place. My brother found a way to steal that shirt and sold it. When I moved from Metz to Monaco, we reached an advanced stage in the Champions League and we played against Real Madrid. It was one of most beautiful day of my life because I was lucky enough to get a signed shirt from the football legend Zinedine Zidane. As I brought that shirt back to Togo, my brother still found a way to steal that shirt and sold it.

When I was in Metz, I was earning about €15,000 a month. I wanted to get something unique for my mom to thank her for all she did for me. I wanted to make her happy. So I decided to take an amount worth 3 months of my wages and I bought her a Cartier neckless for about €45,000. Rotimi and his friends Akim(@Yam Freedom) and Tao (@Sao Tao Oyawole) made a plan and stole that precious neckless. They sold it for about €800. When my mom and I found out, my mother asked me not to bother because he is the younger brother.

Despite the situation, I would like to take this same occasion to wish all the mothers out there a Happy Mother's Day!

In my house, I have a storage room where I keep some of my belongings when I travel back to Europe. I am the only one with that key but my brother managed to get a master key that was able to open every single door in the house. He frequently stole drinks and other items from that room.

After all this we kept saying "blood is thicker than water" and we moved on. Therefore, I decided to take him where I started my football in France. I brought him to a great football academy in France. You already know how this story ended. He stole cellphones from many of his teammates and they sacked him from the football academy. By the way, after I published the first story about him, he called me to say that he did not steal exactly 21 phones. He claimed that the number was lower than that. Still...Is that acceptable? He also added that I should be happy that he stole drinks and other items from my storage room. I asked him why and he replied: "Because I am your brother".

Jacques Songo'o who is now a retired Cameroonian footballer also had his son in the academy and he was a good friend of Rotimi. Let me add that he was part of my development as a footballer and he always gave me good advices. I was in Togo on my days off when Songo'ocalled me; he sounded very angry. He explained to me how my brother stole his son's PSP. When I asked my brother why he did that, he argued that he forgot it in his bag. How can you forget someone else's device in your bag and travel with it from France to Togo? Since that day, my relationship with Songo'o changed and he has become pretty distant with me and my family.

I was still in Monaco when I decided to collect all football boots from my teammates so I could give them to people in Africa. I had a huge bag full of shoes. I brought that bag to Togo. A few days after when I decided to give the boots out to the people in need, I noticed the bag full of boots disappeared. Later on, I found out that my brother was the one who stole the bag and went to sell the shoes in Hedzranawoé (famous public market in Togo).

One day, my mom called me early in the morning when I was still in bed. She told me that Rotimi has gotten a Visa to go to Dubai so he can play football out there. He had to leave that day with his friend Kodjovi (@Denilson de Souza) who was in the same situation. It was either they went that day or the Visa would be suspended. I asked one of my guys at the time (@Agui Mozino) to go find tickets for my brother and his friend.

We could not find any economy class ticket on that day so I had to get them both first class tickets. After all, it was an opportunity for him to make his own career in Dubai. Only 4days later, Rotimi went back home. He explained how the lifestyle in Dubai was not made for him. He said he wasn't free to do what he wanted to do because it is a strictly Muslim place. He couldn't drink, party as much as he wanted or kiss girls in public.

The part 3 is coming out soon and it will be about the man that calls himself the father of the family @Kola Adebayor A.K.A Lion of Judah.

Photos of MI, Wande Coal, Cynthia Morgan, Burna Boy at Abakaliki StarMusicTrek

Posted: 10 May 2015 10:42 AM PDT

The 2nd leg of the 2015 Star Music Trek took place yesterday, May 9, 2015 at Abakaliki Township Stadium, Abakaliki. The 'Abakaliki Rocks' concert which is sponsored by Nigeria's favourite beer, Star lager featured blockbuster performances from MI, Wande Coal, Cynthia Morgan, Burna Boy, DJ Neptune, DJ Snoop Damaja, Hon. Tony One Week and Comedian  Laf up.


  

The 2015 Star Music Trek continues with the Awka leg of the tour on Saturday May 16 tagged #AwkaRocks

'I'll fight for Nigerians when I get to the Senate' - Ben Murray-Bruce

Posted: 10 May 2015 09:51 AM PDT

The Senator-elect has been on a roll this weekend. Writing articles, tweeting etc. This time he says he's not going to the Senate to make money. He also says no governor or commissioner should collect salary until all state workers are paid. See more tweets after the cut...

Photos: Northern Elders Forum pay General Buhari courtesy visit

Posted: 10 May 2015 09:32 AM PDT

Members of the Northern Elders Forum paid a courtesy visit to president elect, General Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja today May 10th. More photos after the cut...

Chinese billionaire takes 6,400 staff on holiday to Paris; costs him about $50m

Posted: 10 May 2015 07:51 AM PDT

Chinese billionaire, Li Jinyuan, the chairman Tiens Group Company, has taken 6,400 of his staff on a 4-day holiday to France which finished with a world-record breaking human chain in Cote D'Azur. 

According to Mail Online, Jinyuan, 57, (pictured right in white) booked up 140 hotels in Paris where the group visited the Louvre and various cultural sites in one of the world's most famous and revered cities. The huge group of tourists then made their way to the glamorous Cote D'Azur, where they booked 4,760 rooms in 79 four-and five-star hotels in Cannes and Monaco.
 
The billionaire
 It took 147 buses to take the tourists from their hotels to the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, where Guinness World Record officials where on hand to validate the world's biggest ever human chain

It took 147 buses to take the tourists from their hotels to the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, where Guinness World Record officials where on hand to validate the world's biggest ever human chain.

The 6,400 employees arranged themselves to spell out the phrase 'Tiens' dream is Nice in the Cote d'Azur', to celebrate 20 years of partnership between the Chinese company and the French region.

France is expected to be 33million Euros better off thanks to the all-expenses-paid staff trip.


The group were expected to spend 13million euros in Paris, home of the Eiffel Tower, the Arc De Triomph and The Louvre.

Nice was expected to be 20million better off thanks to the visit - and many of the guests stayed in hotels Cannes, where the famous film festival is to be held next week, and Monaco, long known for being a playground of the rich and famous. 
Li Jinyuan, 57, is listed as a billionaire on the Forbes rich list and took more than half of his staff to the region to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the founding of the company.

Photos from the Thanksgiving & Farewell service in honour of Pres. Jonathan & First Lady

Posted: 10 May 2015 09:51 AM PDT

Finally a photo of our First Lady since the elections in March. A Thanksgiving & Farewell service was held in honour of President Jonathan & First Lady, Patience Jonathan today May 10th at Church of the Advent, Abuja. See more photos after the cut...

What is wrong with this pic?

Posted: 10 May 2015 07:19 AM PDT

As seen on CNN. Is there anything wrong with it?

Photos: Chidi Mokeme buys his wife a Range Rover Sports SUV

Posted: 10 May 2015 07:18 AM PDT

The actor who welcomed a child with his wife a few months ago took to instagram this afternoon to share a photo of the Range Rover Sports Supercharged SUV he bought for her. Chidi wrote;
"You may be treated like the maid, You may be treated like the gardener, You may be treated like the Day Care, You may be treated like the Chauffeur, You may be treated like many things, But One Thing is for sure, You will always be loved! All that I have, All that I am, All that I hope to be, will be incomplete without you! So this is for all the times that I forgot to say Thank you! You and our prince deserve to ride in Style!

Kim K says Kylie Jenner has always wanted lips (& butt) like hers

Posted: 10 May 2015 06:05 AM PDT

Kim K is defending her 17 year old sister Kylie Jenner who recently admitted having lip injections after lying about it for years, claiming the pumped up lips was as a result of make-up. Defending her Kim said Kylie has always wanted lips like hers and wondered why she wasn't blessed with it
"What you'll see on the show is, Kylie, for a really long time, she was over-lining her lips. That was her method. That really was the truth for a while, then she decided to plump them. She didn't lie, it took her a while to actually make that decision to do it and once she decided to plump them, she was still over-lining, then sometimes it would look too big, then she figured out to stop over-lining. She plumped them and she was happy with it." Kim said. Continue...

People think 'Oh my god she lied for so long – now she's finally come clean' but that's not really the case, it took her a while to do it.
I know people are saying 'She's [only] 17 years old,' but it's been an insecurity of hers for years. At 10 and 11 years old she'd say 'Kimmy, how come my lips aren't as big as your guys'?'
If it's going to make her feel better then I'm all for it. Now people can stop talking about it." Kim said
She hasn't said anything about the butt yet, but I'm sure when she turns 18, we will hear all about it.

9 US police officers fired over death of young Nigerian man in their custody

Posted: 10 May 2015 05:55 AM PDT

We carried this story a few months ago. Handsome 22 year old Nigerian college student and artist Matthew Ajibade, was found dead in restraints in an isolation cell after he was booked into a county jail in Georgia on January 1st. Ajibade had been arrested on domestic violence charges following a fight with his girlfriend. If you missed the story, read here. 

Police said they were called to a home and when they arrived, they saw Ajibade holding his girlfriend down under a blanket and refused to release her. They claim the gilr had bruises on her face and her nose was bleeding and when they tried to arrest Ajibade, he became combative and had to restrained. His family lawyer has since said Ajibade was bipolar. The update now is that 9 police officers have been fired in connection with his death.
From UK Daily Mail
The sheriff released no findings from the investigations into Ajibade's death, which is still considered an open case as prosecutors weigh possible criminal charges. However, the sheriff's office did provide a February 9 memo reminding deputies that they were prohibited from using stun guns on detainees already in restraints.
'Do not utilize any conducted electrical weapon to gain control of a detainee who is in full restraints while in a restraint chair,' the memo said, noting that detainees with both their hands and feet bound were to be considered fully restrained.
Sheriff's officials have previously said Ajibade was placed in a restraining chair in an isolation cell after he became combative during booking and injured three deputies. One deputy suffered a concussion and a broken nose, according to the sheriff's office. Authorities have declined to publicly release the report on Ajibade's autopsy, citing the open investigation.
The fired deputies include two supervisors — Cpl. Maxine Evans and Cpl. Jason Kenny — who were suspended after Ajibade died. The Associated Press could not find a phone number for either deputy Friday evening.
The sheriff deeply regrets the death of Mr. Ajibade,' said a statement released by the sheriff's office Friday. It said new policies implemented since Ajibade's death include security measures to audit the use of stun guns at the jail as well as booking procedures to ensure jail medical staff are notified immediately when a detainee requiring medication arrives.
The police officers fired below
Fired: Chatham County Sheriff Al St. Lawrence fired (from left to right) Frederick Burke, Jason Kenny, and Maxine Evans (below). Kenny and Evans were both supervisors 

Also fired were (from left to right) Eric Vinson, Christopher Reed, and Burt Ambrose (below)

Among the fired deputies were (from left to right) Paul Folsome, Abram Burns, and Andrew Evans-Martinez

Face of Democracy Nigeria pageant flags of Registration for 2015 Edition

Posted: 10 May 2015 05:26 AM PDT

Face of Democracy Nigeria flags of 2015 Edition as the Reigning FDN Queen. Jennifer Ifeoma Ohia set for a new Pet Project" Advocacy for young female participation in Politics and soliciting for Job Employment for Nigerian youths".

No Doubt that the Nigerian most influential pageant Face of Democracy Nigeria popularly known as (FDN) has Paid its dues in the Pageant industry and playing positive roles in national Development in terms of Promoting and Celebrating the Dividends of Democracy and Supporting Good Governance.



The Pageant is set to unveil its 3rd Edition Tagged " Beauty and Intellects".
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> The Pageant was Conceptualized to give a Face to our Growing Democracy, which is to empower and encourage the Nigerian youths and female gender to participate in the Democratic Process and Governance, raising a mouth piece / role model for the people before the government and promote good governance.
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> Are you Bold, Beautiful, Intelligent and have Carriage? Between the age of 18 to 27 years ? Do you want to Participate in the National Development? Are you Ready to Fly the Flag of Nigeria around the world and be Celebrated? Do you seek to be an Ambassador of Democracy?
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> The Opportunity is here!
> 7 States Auditions (Awka, Owerri, PHC, Benin, Calabar, Markurdi, Lagos, Abuja)
> 37 Ambassadors
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> Star Prize, A Brand New Car.
> Government Endorsement
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Comedian I Go Dye says he will miss First Lady Patience Jonathan

Posted: 10 May 2015 05:13 AM PDT

Don't ask me, I don't know...lol. All I know is that he says he will miss her. ‎The comedian at an event yesterday in Abuja said he will miss Nigeria's First lady after May 29. He made this statement at the marriage ceremony of the President's Special Adviser on Niger Delta affairs, Mr George Tunner ‎
"A great woman who redefined the phenomenon and strength in womanhood, that leadership virtues abound in African women. We shall miss you after may 29th". he said

Can you guess the mother & daughter? (photo)

Posted: 10 May 2015 05:08 AM PDT

Can you guys tell who the mum is and who the daughter is?

Photos: OAP Osam and his twin boys enjoy a game of football

Posted: 10 May 2015 05:04 AM PDT

MC and Naija FM OAP Osamoje Isaac popularly known as Osam took his twin boys out for a game off football and the 2-year-olds seemed to have a great time. See more photos after the cut...

'She's not progressing at all': Bobbi Kristina's grandmother gives sad update on her condition

Posted: 10 May 2015 04:42 AM PDT

Bobbi Kristina Brown's grandmother, Cissy Houston has given a sad update on her condition, saying the 22 year old who was found face-down and unresponsive in a bathtub in her home in Georgia on January 31, has made no improvement.
'She's the same, she's not progressing at all. She's not gone yet, but you know, whatever the Lord decides, I'm ready for her... I have nothing to do with that. That's His job. It's His territory, you know? And I understand it.' the 81-year-old said told ET

'It's doesn't matter if the cat is black or white' - article by Ben Murray Bruce

Posted: 10 May 2015 04:18 AM PDT

Interesting article by Senator-elect & Chairman of Silverbird Group, Ben Murray-Bruce. Read below
Now that Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) has been chosen by the Nigerian people, it is my duty as a patriotic Nigerian to help him succeed even though my candidate was Pres. Jonathan, a man to whom I will always be loyal and appreciative.
General Buhari is about to mount the saddle and I for one am in a very good position to tell him some home truths because as a senator-elect, I have a very fulfilling job awaiting me and I do not need a job or favours from Buhari so I do not have to play nice.

Looking at the personalities he has appointed to his transition council, I am wont to believe that General Buhari needs to expand his circle of friends and advisers.

As a military strategist, the president-elect must be familiar with the principle that the people you use in subduing an opponent are not necessarily the same persons you will need in rebuilding the territories you took. I may be using military terms, but I am sure General Buhari is aware that politics is war by other means and therefore many of the rules of war and peace apply to politics.

The General will be best served if he thinks of what is best for Nigeria rather than what is best for his party, the All Progressive Congress (APC), and its chieftains.

He must remember that in Nigeria's subjective politics, it was his person that the people voted for not his party and he should therefore serve the people the dish they are angling for.

And what are the expectations of Nigerians from General Buhari? Definitely not business as usual.
The president-elect ran on a promise of change and while that change was not really defined by its chanters, Nigerians defined it as a change in their situation.

To borrow from the famously potent prayers of Mountain of Fire and Miracle members, the Nigerian masses defined change as a situation where wealth and power must change hands from the elite to the masses by fire by force and they see General Buhari as the enforcer angel that will bring about this change.

With this type of expectation, Buhari's honeymoon period with Nigerians will not last very long if he does not take drastic steps to adjust Nigeria's economy to the realities of falling oil prices and a dearth of buyers for the Bonny Light Sweet Crude.

To put things into perspective, when the United States started buying less and less of Nigeria's oil, we looked to China as an alternative buyer of oil but it has since come to light that whereas America spent $101 billion on clean energy between 2012-13, China spent $125 billion within the same time frame.

The above data should alert Nigeria and other nations that look to China for oil markets to the fact that China is even ahead of the West in the search for alternative to fossil fuels as a source of energy.

Buhari may wish he did not win the 2015 elections when the reality of our economic situation sets in.
In his December 2014 Channels Television interview, Buhari said he was going to "stabilise the oil market".  The General will learn soon enough that today's oil market is a buyers' market.

And the General's choices are limited because he cannot (unless he is extraordinarily brave and politically callous) do the obvious and sack civil servants. Yes, he will eventually have to reduce the over bloated federal civil service, but before he can do that, he has to build up political capital by reducing the overhead of the Executive and persuade the Legislature to follow suit.

Austerity measures must start from Aso Rock. This means that luxurious multi car convoys must be reduced. The presidential air fleet has to go, by way of being auctioned off or sold to local airlines. Estacode allowances must be slashed and the president's entourages should be lean while non-essential foreign travels should be banned.

The president-elect should not underestimate the big difference these small changes can make and their capacity to buy him enough credibility with the labour unions, the kind of credibility that will see them accepting cuts in the federal workforce and reduction in pay and entitlements.

A small change like flying commercial instead of by private jet saved Britain a whopping £200,000 when the thrifty British Prime Minister, David Cameron, flew to America to meet President Barack Obama on a regular BA flight.

Nigeria is in for very desperate times if we do not tighten our belts while our major foreign exchange earner is facing global challenges.
Russia, a nation that many will say is more prepared than Nigeria for the shocks occasioned by the drop in the price of oil devalued its currency by 11 per cent in just one day.

While Russia is taking these steps, the world is watching to see if Nigeria will continue to spend hundreds of billions annually sponsoring its elite on pilgrimages to Mecca and Jerusalem.

I mean, no economist will get why a nation with over 60 per cent of its people living in poverty at the best of times, will spend almost 1 per cent of its annual budget sponsoring pilgrimages for its elite who can afford to go to the Holy Land on their own dime.

I for one do not get it. A pilgrimage is meant to be a sacrifice of a believer. How is a pilgrimage still a sacrifice when someone pays for you to go? The Nigerian government is sending people on holidays not pilgrimages!

I daresay that the money being spent by the Nigerian government to airlift pilgrims to both Holy Lands is enough to educate all the almajiri in Northern Nigeria. Wouldn't God and humanity be better served if we looked after the less privileged in our midst?
General Buhari has his work cut out for him and he does not have time to be bitter about who said what, when and where. He must let go of any desire to pay any of his traducers back whether they be from the last 16 years or as far back as 1985.

Four years is only enough time to fix Nigeria. Any time spent on other ventures is time taken from this most important of assignments.
And let me say that General Buhari should not allow himself to be pigeon holed by people who dangle ideologies instead of realities. Yes, the APC may have styled itself as a progressive party, which in itself is a contradiction because Buhari is a conservative, but Buhari should not bother about that.

Whether the philosophy is progressive or conservative or liberal or free market, he should go with what works because as Deng Xiaoping once noted: "It doesn't matter whether a cat is black or white, if it catches mice it is a good cat."
And it is fitting for me to end with a mention of Xiaoping. No other contemporary world leader, in my opinion, closely mirrors Buhari as does Xiaoping.

In 1966, Xiaoping was dethroned from his powerful party positions by loyalists of Chairman Mao as was Buhari in 1985 by loyalists of his Chief of Army staff.
Xiaoping suffered house arrest, loss of earned privileges and was consigned to political limbo for almost a decade as was Buhari.

But then Xiaoping bounced back into favour and became China's leader in 1976 and thereafter jettisoned his life long belief in Mao's Cultural Revolution and introduced the "one country, two systems" policy that allowed communism and capitalism to coexist in China. This is similar to Buhari's conversion from an anti-democrat who believed power flowed from the barrel of a gun to a democrat who accepted democracy as the best form of governance and capitalism as the natural economic policy of a democracy.

But this is where Buhari has to learn from Xiaoping.  Xiaoping refused to demonise Chairman Mao, his predecessor who had purged him from power and placed him under house arrest after stripping him off his privileges. Instead of bitterness, Xiaoping believed that Mao's "accomplishments must be considered before his mistakes".

This is how Buhari must treat his predecessors. He must not demonise everything that was done by previous administrations and mark those who served in those government as persona non grata. He must take the bitter with the sweet and make use of the best brains Nigeria has to offer, for as he said on December 31st, 1983, "This generation of Nigerians and indeed future generations have no other country than Nigeria".

Jozie teams up with label mate Jahbless on the remix of Choco Boi

Posted: 10 May 2015 04:09 AM PDT

The original version of the song was released some weeks back, which topped major radio and online music charts. Due to popular demand, the songstress and JE Records 1st Lady decided to get olori ebi on this appealing tune and romantic song. Listen below...

Victoria Beckham reveals unending joy of being a mum in open letter

Posted: 10 May 2015 04:00 AM PDT

Today is Mother's Day in the US and some parts of the world and many famous mum have published letters about their role as a mother to mark the special day on Times magazine. One of the famous mums is Victoria Beckham, who has 3 boys and a girl with David Beckham. Below is what she wrote
"They are a wonder to me every day. From a teenage son through to a toddler daughter, each moment of every day is filled with different energies, activities, feelings and a lot of comedy. Being in a position where they live such a privileged life, it is important that our children understand humility, that they appreciate how their parents have worked very hard to create this life for the family and that they, too, have a responsibility to work hard, be respectful and never, ever take anything for granted.
"Like so many working mothers all over the world, I feel the constant struggle to be the best mother I can, whilst setting a good example to my children to work hard. I travel for work when it's necessary, and I miss them all the time when I am away.
 I have always been a great believer that women should support women, and my admiration goes out to mothers everywhere, as they constantly put their own needs behind those of their children, embracing daily uncertainties and entering the new uncharted territories that each day brings, to be, in return, rewarded with joy and unending love."

New way to buy fuel these days ...lol (photos)

Posted: 10 May 2015 03:47 AM PDT

Due to scarcity of fuel in Lagos people now lose the fuel tanks of their generators and take it filling stations to buy fuel. Lol. More photos after the cut...

Singers Emma Nyra and Victoria Kimani sexy in new pics

Posted: 10 May 2015 02:09 AM PDT

The singers stepped out in sexy black and pink ensemble at a show in Houston last night.

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