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The vice president Professor Yemi Osinbajo has said that the federal government will create at least one million direct jobs in 2016.

This was contained in a statement issued by Laolu Akande, his senior special assistant (SSA) on Media and Publicity and obtained by Vanguard.

According to Osinbajo, one million poor Nigerians would benefit from the first phase of the Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme.

Speaking during an interactive chat with a cross section of Nigerian Community in Burkina Faso, the vice president who was Burkina Faso to represent President Muhammadu Buhari at the inauguration of the newly elected president of that country Roch Marc Christian Kabore, said that President Muhammadu Buhari has announced job opportunities for 500,000 graduate-youths to be engaged as teachers. He added that an estimated 500,000 non-graduate unemployed people would be trained as artisans.

Osinbajo explained that the Conditional Cash transfer Scheme was intended to utilise the caution system to grant loans to market women to enable them improve their businesses and earn decent living.

According to him, homegrown school feeding programme would not only provide adequate nutrition to school children, but would also boost agriculture, create jobs and wealth locally.

Speaking further, the vice president assured the Nigerians that the fight against corruption was a continuous one, adding that anti-corruption war of the Buhari administration is aimed at not only prosecuting those involved but also recover all the loot that had been traced.

He said: “We will go after Nigeria’s fund wherever it is found and we will recover it and our country is bound for greatness.’’

Osinbajo added that President Buhari was a man to be trusted; a man of integrity. “I am proud of our leadership and this is a great opportunity for the country to be great,’’he added.


Naij.com recalls that Buhari presented a N6.08 trillion budget last Tuesday for the fiscal year 2016.

The House of Representatives said that budget would require “thorough overhauling” by the National Assembly to bring it in tune with current economic realities.

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Apostle Johnson Suleiman

If prophesies coming from the spiritual leader of the Omega Fire Ministries are anything to go by, then the Nigerian political class is in for many tragedies in 2016.

According to the President of  Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, who spoke in a statement signed by his media adviser, Mr Phrank Shaibu and sent to Naij.com, said the nation will witness many heart rending political developments this year.

The cleric said a sitting governor of one of the 36 states of the federation will not see the end of the new year, declaring that, “we have to pray, if not a governor of one of the 36 states may not see the end of 2016, ” in a prediction which is one of his 30 Shocking Predictions for the Year 2016.


He also predicted that scores of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministers may be absent from cabinet meetings for a good part of the year for health related issues.

According to him: “ I don’t see some Ministers in President Buhari’s Cabinet in office in 2016. They will be abroad for medicals”.

Apostle Suleman also warned the United States of America against possible terrorist attacks in the cities of Washington and New York.

He also predicted the possibility of an epic political upheaval in the United States, the outcome of which may be unimaginable. He said President Barack Obama may seek a third term in office, a move which will throw up issues relating to marital laws.

Apostle Suleman also said the United States may go to war with Russia in in 2016.


Some of Apostle Suleiman’s predictions below:

1. If Americans don’t pray, there will be no election in 2016 as Obama wants a THIRD TERM. He will throw up issues relating marital laws.

2. I see a Governor in Nigeria dying.

3. I don’t see some Ministers in President Buhari’s cabinet in office in 2016. They will be abroad for medicals.

4. I see another World War (Russia Vs America)

5. Washington and NewYork should pray against terrorist attacks in 2016

6. Boko Haram has devised new strategies. They will come to public places screaming for help and when people gathers to assist,they blow off the bomb.

7. I see Warri, Delta state being bombed.

Washington Post Castigates Buhari's Leadership Style

The Washington Post has become the latest international news outfit to report on President Buhari’s controversial decision to defy court orders.

Nigeria’s government will not release two prominent detainees despite several court orders for their release, and will not comment on the situation of a third, wounded detainee, President Muhammadu Buhari said Wednesday.

Buhari, a former military dictator who calls himself a born-again democrat, did not discuss the propriety of defying court orders when he spoke on national TV.

“If you see the atrocities these people committed against this country!” Buhari said.

“We can’t allow them to jump bail.”

A Federal High Court set no bail conditions and ordered the unconditional release of Biafra separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu on Dec. 17.

Former national security adviser  after intelligence agents surrounded his home for days to prevent him from leaving the country after a court allowed him bail to seek medical care abroad.

Dasuki is accused, among other things, of diverting $2.2 billion meant to buy arms to fight the Boko Haram Islamic uprising.

Three courts have ordered his release on bail.

“What of the over two million people displaced, most of them orphans whose fathers have been killed?” Buhari asked.

“We cannot allow that.”

He refused to discuss the situation of Shiite leader Ibraheem Zakzaky,
The army said the raids and bulldozing of Zakzaky’s home and Shiite spiritual centers was a response to an alleged Shiite attempt to assassinate Nigeria’s army chief.

Human Rights Watch has said the raid was unprovoked.

The authorities have refused to allow anyone to see Zakzaky.

Buhari said he would not comment until an investigation is complete.

49 Things You Never Knew About “Game Of Thrones”

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1. More than 150 babies were named “Khaleesi” in 2012.

2. And “Arya” is the fastest-growing baby name in the United States.

3. Gwendoline Christie, the actress who plays Brienne, does not know herbirthday.

4. Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa Stark, adopted the dog that played her dire wolf in the show. The dog is named Zunni.








5. The “horse heart” Daenerys ate for Khol Drogo on the show was actually a three-pound mass of a gummy bear–like substance.






6. Peter Dinklage is vegetarian. All the “meat” he eats on the show isn’t real.

7. Game of Thrones is the first acting role ever for Maisie Williams, who plays Arya.

8. Jerome Flynn, who plays Bronn, was in ’90s doo-wop duo called Robson and Jerome. They had three No. 1 singles in the U.K.


9. Charlie Chaplin has a relative on the show: it’s Robb Stark’s late wife played by Oona Chaplin.

10. Charles Dickens too. Daenery’s brother Viserys is the great-great grandson of Charles Dickens.

11. The actor who plays Theon, Alfie Allen, is the brother of Lily Allen. She even wrote this nice little song about him smoking weed all the time:














12. The actor who plays Bran’s 13-year-old companion Jojen Reed is actually 23 in real life.

13. He was also the voice of Ferb on the Disney Channel show Phineas and Ferb.

14. And he’s the kid from Love Actually.














15. Richard Madden is dating Doctor Who companion Jenna Louise Coleman in real life. You might recognize her from Doctor Who.

16. Theon’s sister Yara is named “Asha” in the books.

17. The Dothraki language was created just for the show and contains more than3,000 words.

18. Part of the language is named after and based on lines from The Officecharacter Dwight Shrute. It’s called the Shrutean Compound.

19. This is what Hodor looks like without a beard:







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20. The actresses who play Sansa and Arya are good friends in real life.








21. There is a Game of Thrones porn parody called “Game of Bones.”

22. The actor who plays Stannis Baratheon, Stephen Dillane, has a connection to the Harry Potter universe: his son is the actor who plays Tom Riddle.

23. Peter Dinklage was George R.R. Martin’s first choice for Tyrion.














24. Peter Dinklage and Lena Headey were friends before the show began, and Dinklage even helped get Headey the part of Cersei.

25. Jack Gleeson, aka Joffrey, played a little kid in Batman Begins.


24. Dinklage also voiced the sexy “wake-up guy” on Seinfeld.













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26. Emilia Clarke, who plays Daenerys on the show, does not dye her hair blonde. She wears a wig instead.

27. The actress who plays Sansa, on the other hand, has blonde hair in real life.


















28. George R.R. Martin revealed the ending of the book series to the television show’s producers D.B. Weiss and David Benioff in case he does not live to finish the books.

29. A large number of the actors on the show have not read the books, some fearing it will affect their acting if they know what happens to their character.

30. The actor who plays Maester Aemon of the Night’s Watch is legally blind in real life, like the character he portrays in the television show.

31. Robert Baratheon previously bared it all in The Full Monty.




















33. After the first episode of the show aired, the actor who plays Joffrey, Jack Gleeson, received a letter from George R.R. Martin that read, “Congratulations, everyone hates you!”

34. After being covered in blood while filming a particularly gory scene, Emilia Clark, who plays Daenerys, got stuck on a toilet seat.

35. The show is credited with inventing the phrase “sexposition,” which basically means revealing important plot points of a story while tons of gratuitous sex is happening.

36. This is what The Hound looks like without a beard and scarring:


























37. He also starred in this particularly popular commercial:

Read Father’s Reaction Finding Naked Daughter’s Boyfriend Asleep On The Couch.

The following was shared on np.Reddit.com by a Russian Father.

(english not my native language. please be kind) dad here. one morning i came down the stairs, seeing this exact scene my 17 jr old with a young man. asleep after what must have been a night of ‘hard labour’. i very quietly made breakfast, went back upstairs and told my wife, son and other (youngest) daughter to be very quiet because people where still asleep. our dinner table is on the other side of the room, about 20 feet from the couch but right in front of it. we all sat down and i yelled “YOUNG MAN” never ever i’ve seen someone wake up and move from horizontal to vertical that fast. “breakfast is ready!” i said with a tone as if i gladly would suck his soul out of his body. through his left ear. i pulled out the chair beside me. “sit!” my family silent. staring at their plates. not even twitching.

it must have been the hardest 20 feet for a but naked youngster to cross. trying to hide his, i must say, rather impressive morning wood. my youngest daughter looking in awe at said piece of wood. as did my wife. after he put on his clothes, which lay beside the dinner table, he sat down. my son (6.4′) patted him on the shoulder looked him in the eyes, sighed and shook his head. by now he was realy, realy nervous. you could almost smell it. in my best russian accent: “my friend, i’m going ask you a question. the answer you give is very important….for you…” at this point he was sweating. “do you like cats?”

he was a very likeable and friendly guy. clearly uneducated but not dumb. there was something odd about him. my daughter assured me he was a very nice and attentive guy. she knew him for about a month by then. he came by every day since that morning. never stayed over at night though.

every morning he came to pick her up for school on his bicycle, brought her home after, made sure she did her homework. looked after her when she was sick and we were at work. he took care. invested time end effort. he had the patience of an angel when she had one of her terrible moods.

he said he had no family, no education, no steady job. she adores him. he adores her. who am i to prevent her from learning from her own mistakes.

This is where things take a turn:

after this had been going on for about 8 months my son came to me. he had been asking around about him. turns out the guy was homeless. his abusive father killed himself. his mother, a crack whore took of 3 weeks after that. they lived in a rented trailer (yes. white trailer trash). he was 15 then and survived for 3 year on the streets. sleeping in parks, at the salvation army, with “friends”, cheap ass hotels. working construction jobs now and then when my daughter met him on her riding school, shoveling shit. he’s a good looking guy and, well, you know…17 year old female…raging hormones….

now. there i was. i knew a young man 18 or 19 years old. who was polite, who comes in smiling. who leaves smiling. who cares. who helps, no need to ask. who makes my child happy. a kid who had never had a chance to be a kid. a mainly absent manic depressive suicidal as a dad a crack whore as a mum. sometimes fed by neighbours mostly going hungry.

sometimes when he does not come over because he has a job we miss him. they are not buddies but my son gets along with him very well. my youngest daughter trusts him unconditionally and my wife’s motherly instinct seems to have expanded. and me? i sometimes worry for him. i want him to be happy.

i told my wife and youngest what i learned about him. they cried. i had a hard time telling. i was disappointed in my oldest daughter. she knew. she should have told us. she loves him and lets him leave every night to go….were???? (heartless biatch)

the next day i gave him a key of our house. i told him i expected him home every night. home. in the next weeks we fixed our spare room and took him shopping for furniture. he was quite good in making things. he wanted to be his own boss, he liked building things. we saw to it that he got an education which enabled him to do just that.

that was in 2000. now 15 years later. my found son and my daughter have thriving business. they gave use 3 beautiful grandchildren last year. twins. 1 girl, 1 boy.

Not the scary tale you expected, right? The situation might give most parents grey hairs, but there are times when it’s the exception to the rule and what seems awkward can turn out to be a lovely, heartwarming thing.

IS IT TRUE THAT PRESIDENT Buhari Says Unemployed Youth May Be Sent To Farms? YOU MUST READ THIS

PRESIDENT MOHAMMADU BUHARI ON AN OPEN JOURNAL LIFE BROADCAST QUESTIONING

President Buhari said: ”When my VP is quoted, how can I disown it? We may have to send the young unemployed youth seeking N5k fee to farm to earn the money.”

When answered about difficulty in identifying the unemployed for cash transfers, the leader of the nation says “you know Nigerians, we are a very difficult lot.”

He also speaks on minimum wage: “I cannot answer the question of N18 000 minimum wage, now and the federal government will not touch that. The federal Govt will not touch minimum wage.”



The All Progressives Congress led Federal government in December said that the payment of the N5000 stipend to the unemployed Nigerians will start next year.




It regretted that the payment could not take off now due to non budgetary provisions.

APC had promised payment of N5,000 to unemployed Nigerians as a social security ​package during electioneering campaign.

Dele Momodu sophias Uncle Reveals More Details Of Davido and Sophia Affairs

Dele Momodu, publisher of Ovation International recently took to social media to expose the kidnap of the love child Davido fathered with his niece Sophie. According to several posts by Dele Momodu, Sophie’s 7 month old baby, Imade, was ceased by Davido’s family and kept in custody of his sister, Coco, without the baby mama’s consent while they paid her monthly upkeep and promised to buy her a car.
According to Dele Momodu’s side of the story, the Adelekes’ clamied their reason for keeping the child is because “weed” was found in her system and they believe it was through Sophie’s this got to the young child.

This is coming after the public legal drama between Davido and Sophie which happened several hours ago and had Dele Momodu in the mix. An online news platform published the petition filed against Davido and his sister who reports say attempted to leave the country with the baby, but were stopped by immigration officers who also seized their passports.

Read the complete story of this Davido’s abduction scandal and what really happened: written by Dele Momodu.




In September 2015, I got a call from Dr Adedeji Adeleke, a long time family friend, telling me his son had fathered a baby girl with my cousin, Sophia Momodu. I rejoiced with him as any reasonable soul would do. He apologised that he had not called all along because he wasn’t sure if Sophie’s baby was going to turn out a fake one like that of two others who had turned up at his doorstep. But mercifully, according to Dr Adeleke, Sophie’s baby passed the DNA Test by over 98 percent and he was elated. I congratulated him again as a proud grandfather. He said he would like to meet me with Sophie since Sophie’s dad, Uncle Jibola Momodu, passed on years ago and Sophie mentioned me as her cousin.

I had known about Sophie’s baby through her first cousin Ruth Abraham and had called to congratulate her. I was happy when she sent me pictures of the baby and other romantic pictures with David Adeleke, aka Davido.

But I never contacted David’s dad deliberately so as not to create the impression of begging for marriage. Where we come from, it is the man who approaches the lady’s family to plead to be allowed to marry into the family.

Prior to this phone call from Dr Adeleke, Sophie had narrated to me how on the 11th July, 2015, she was tricked to Davido’s sister, Coco Adeleke’s house with her baby, Imade Aurora Adeleke. After getting to the house on Baderinwa Alabi Street, Lekki Phase I, Lagos, her baby was forcefully taken from her and she was thrown out of the premises with the threat that she would be decisively dealt with if she ever bothered to return there. There were armed policemen in the premises and to avoid what could have been a messy encounter, instinct prevailed on her to make her leave her breast suckling baby behind, with so much pain in her heart.

By daybreak on the next day, Sophie was again at Coco Adeleke’s house to take her baby, but she was prevented by armed policemen from gaining access into the house. She was again threatened and warned never to return for the child.

Despite the pain and trauma my cousin was made to undergo, I restrained myself from getting directly involved in the matter and appealed to her to stay calm and take it easy with the Adelekes.

But after the phone call from Dr Adeleke, precisely on September 10, 2015, I picked up Sophie and her mum and drove to Dr Adeleke’s home in Lekki, Lagos. All through this time, I had waited patiently to meet Dr Adeleke with questions probing for answers.

Dr Adeleke invited two of his close friends to the meeting namely His Majesty OBA ADEDOKUN ABOLARIN and Mr Wale Adeeyo. We went into lengthy discussions. His daughter Coco had brought in the little baby and both attended the meeting.

Dr Adeleke explained why it took some time to call me and I said I understood.

Dr Adeleke said the baby was discovered to have traces of marijuana in her during medical test and said he believed Sophie and David were smokers and he needed to protect the child from two irresponsible parents, as he described them. He told the gathering that the baby would be under temporary custody and observation. He directed that Sophie would come to his house every Sunday to see her baby. Our family agreed. He promised to pay Sophie a monthly upkeep. We thanked him for his kindness. He promised to buy her a car. We were grateful for his generosity. We had dinner with him and left. David was not present.

Sophie said she got the monthly upkeep but never got the car and that she prefers to have her baby back and the Adelekes can keep their money.

I called Dr Adeleke and he said I should allay her fears. I pleaded again for patience. I was shocked when Sophie called me desperately and said her daughter was being taken to Dubai by Coco. I immediately called Coco and she said she was taking the baby for intensive medicals and I wondered how she would pass through the airport without the consent of Sophie but she actually did and even sent me pictures from Dubai. I played it cool and encouraged Sophie to calm down.

Sophie became withdrawn and extremely saddened. The situation went from bad to worse. She and David became aggressive enemies. At a point, David sent messages to Sophie and using the ‘f’ word against me. His father was shocked and called him to apologise which he did and I accepted and even told him how much I love him.

The worst came when my wife came from London and went with Sophie to check on the baby at Coco’s house and they were literally walked out and told they were not welcome in her house. My wife called and I called Dr Adeleke who said they should go to his house and wait for him.

Their meeting did not go well because my wife asked when the baby would be returned to her mum and Dr Adeleke went into the same old story of marijuana abuse and Sophie said she was ready for a test which Dr Adeleke wasn’t interested in. Dr Adeleke explained why the car had not been bought and my wife told him the baby was the issue and not the car. Dr Adeleke didn’t like the sound of this but it was reaching a point that some truth needed to be told that a baby cannot be bought with money.

I flew to Nigeria on December 28, 2015 after Sophie told me the Adelekes were travelling to Dubai with her baby without her consent again. As soon as I landed I called Uncle Wale Adeeyo, a close confidant of Dr Adeleke and expressed our displeasure at the way Sophie was being treated and he promised to speak to Dr Adeleke. When he came back to me he didn’t sound too positive. We spoke several times and nothing tangible came out of his supposed intervention.

I called Oba Dokun Abolarin but he was busy at a wedding in Ibadan. I then called Uncle Wale again and told him Sophie has plans to stop the trip on the knowledge that David has collected an American passport for the baby and the rumour that the baby was being abducted to America. I pleaded that we should avoid a confrontation.

I headed to the airport to alert the authorities including Immigration and Emirates. As predicted, the Adelekes arrived the airport with the baby where Immigration had laid in wait for them. Coco came forward and was asked who the mother of the baby was and she claimed ownership and her passport and that of the baby were taken away by Immigration. Her dad was alerted and he came to the office of the Comptroller with others to try and rescue the passports but the Immigration stood their grounds. I saw him making frantic calls but he gave up after the flight departed. He repeated the same boast that no one could ever take the baby from him and I told him to stop talking like God.

No one likes a fight but we have been treated shabbily and had to stop the charade. We could not be intimidated and everyone at the airport expressed shock and horror at such a brazen attempt to export a human being only seven months old without the mother. We thanked the officers who rescued us from a powerful family. We are always for peace, justice and equity. No one threatened the Adelekes with any expose unless they were using reverse psychology. Personally, I’m not a junk writer and would never descend so low to abuse those permanently connected to us through an innocent baby. We love the baby like they do and such an innocent child deserves to be protected by both families.

Davido has responded to the child trafficking and abduction allegation raised against him by his baby mum, Sophia Momodu.

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Davido’s reply to Sophie.

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In 2015 May, I became the father of a love-child. DNA testing determined with maximum proof that I indeed was the father of my daughter, delivered by a head-butting casual lover, Miss Sophia Momodu.

I met Sophia when I was barely 21 years old. She was many years older than me and was able to manipulate and exploit my youth, naivety and generosity. Sophia is the mother of my daughter, and no more ! She never would be my wife and she was never qualified for that status. Her background is very dissimilar from mine, and she has very paltry education and equally diminished physical attributes.

Cunningly, she moved into my house because she claimed she has no place to stay in Lagos and that her father is late and her mother is resident in Abuja.

I have accepted what providence brought my way including my own personal indiscretions. But I also have been burdened by the grave lapses in the character of Sophia and have thus suffered for my daughter who I love as much as my late mother, Imade.

As for the person of Sophia, I paid a two year rent for her apartment at Lekki and she receives a monthly allowance of 300,000 naira from me ever since Imade was born. This December, Sophia received 500,000 naira as her Allowance and Christmas bonus.

On a routine hospital check, my daughter was found to be infested with massive dosage of poisonous cannabis that she contracted from the breast feeding regime of her mother’s breast. We still don’t know how much Imade was damaged by this toxic feeding and medical tests and procedures continue to rise and bemuse me and my family members.

Already, Imade has special needs and has been treated at the American Hospital, Dubai with all medical costs and travel expenses drawn off my personal purse ever since she was born.

On December 29, Imade was supposed to travel, once more, to Dubai for further medical care. A family vacation was attached to this medical trip. But our family plan was truncated by Sophia, her uncle, Dele Momodu in the company of his wife, and all these persons were the significant accessory to the Lagos Airport debacle.

It is this incidence of December 29 that made implicitly  necessary to bring my family matter to the public domain. I agree, both parents have to give simultaneous approval to the travel plans of an infant. But I do not intend for Sophia to join me on this trip as if we are going away on a spousal honeymoon. It is also fair to allow her to come along if she could pay for the costs of her own trip.

Why must I bear medical expenses for my daughter as well as the travel cost of her mum, who is neither my wife nor a friend at all? By what authority or court documents was Dele Momodu enabled to stop my child  who embarked on a medical trip that would improve her wellness. I David, the father of the child was already available to attend to the child’s care?  Which Agency of government, as claimed by Dele Momodu and his wife, issued the authority to deny my sister, myself, my daughter and my dad on a rightful travel plan? And what has been the financial stake of Uncle Dele Momodu over my daughter, ever since she was born.

I rented an apartment for his niece who is not my wife and I duly pay monthly charges. What has uncle Dele Momodu done for my daughter or even his niece?  Momodu  family also wants me to buy a car for a woman who is not my wife and also an habitual and ceaseless night crawler who is unable and unwilling to mother or even bathe her own child?

I am 23 years old now. Sophia got me and appropriated me at 21. I have just unbridled my life from her diabolical and shameless stranglehold. She should find her own life and leave me alone. Her uncle too should help her to quit the streets and find her a career. I am not her meal ticket or ATM because she has a baby for me. I love Imade and would do everything to defend this innocent baby that is being abused by callous adults for extortion purposes.

As for me,  I feel bad that my dad, who had boarded Emirates and was already issued a boarding pass but was forced to elect not to travel anymore because his daughter and granddaughter were prevented from travelling on December 29 by the Momodus. The passports of my daughter and sister were impounded for no just cause. The airline has refused to give a refund because my dad was already allocated a seat and boarding pass. Calmly, he lost over One and half million naira for his First class ticket. What is the loss to Uncle Dele Momodu in this matter ? But more precisely, what is his gain ? But o know who the real losers are.

Our lawyers are looking into the books and digging for legal recompense. The authority used by Uncle Dele Momodu is the callous enforcement of corrupt practices in the conduct of an ordinary domestic issue. Uncle Dele Momodu has boasted about possessing certain things he knows about me and my family. I dare him to publish or perish whatever he has in his pouch, globally !

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Buhari: How We Intend to Fund N6 Trillion Budget

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that by blocking all leakages in revenue generation and eliminating waste, the country will generate enough revenue from internal sources to finance the N6 trillion budget he submitted to the National Assembly last week.

The president spoke in an interview with Mansur Liman of the BBC Hausa service on Christmas eve.

The president said: “As a government, we inherited N1.5 trillion domestic debt and when foreign debt is added, we have about N2.2 trillion. Everybody knows Nigeria is not a poor country, we are rich, and we have human resources. The problem was that the leadership did not take seriously, curbing corrupt tendencies.

“Apart from highlighting our debt profile, we have also shown the changes we have made in the Customs Service. For instance, how much we are making from the Customs Service, how much from petroleum, that is NNPC; how much we are making from the ports.
“There have been lots of leakages in these sectors. If we block these leakages, we would make much more money to run the country despite the fall in the price of oil.”

The president said he believed that once those who are at the helms of affairs in revenue generating institutions shun corruption those working under them would follow suit.

He said: “It is generally believed that a fish begins to rot from the head; once the head is rotten, the whole body is also rotten. We have tried to remove all the heads of the organisations, and most of the lieutenants have been changed.

“A lot is happening in this government that people do not appear to understand; many permanent secretaries of ministries have been changed; we used to have 42 ministers, now we have 36 because the constitution requires that each state of the federation must have a minister. Also, we used to have 42 ministries, now we have 24.”

He explained that his budget was premised on the need to restore peace, build infrastructure and create jobs.

He said: “Remember during the campaigns, we said Nigeria is facing three things and nobody disputed that assertion. Firstly, there was widespread insecurity – a war in the north-east, while the country’s oil was being stolen at random in the south; secondly, there is massive unemployment, 62 per cent of the nation’s population are youths from the age of 35 years downward and most of them are unemployed, including those who went to school and those who did not, that is a serious problem.

“Therefore, it is necessary to restore peace and create employment. That is why we are returning to agriculture and mineral resources.
“Thirdly, bribery and corruption was basically suffocating the country. If we don’t kill these monsters, this country would go down. That is why those who stole monies meant for arms procurement and shared it among themselves are being arrested and are being shown documents so that they would be asked to refund the money or face prosecution.

“We would use those documents to prove what they stole, collect all the assets acquired from the proceeds and then jail them.”
On his plan to pay poor and vulnerable Nigerians N5,000 monthly, the president admitted that it might not be possible for everyone eligible for the stipend to get it.

However, he said the federal government would collaborate with the states and local governments to implement it.

According to him, at the local government level, almost everyone knows one another.

“It would be easy to identify those to give who would go into trading and how to get it back. It would be like a cooperative and we all know how it operates.

“Also, state governments would identify those who have the capacity to employ more people and all we need to do is to empower them. Our people already know how to go about implementing these modalities to create employment for the citizens,” he added.

On the marching order he gave to the military to end the Boko Haram insurgency by December 31 and the likelihood of not meeting that deadline, Buhari said: “I want people to understand that after I settled down and got a good grasp of what the country was going through, we removed all the service chiefs and appointed new ones.

“We also undertook an investigation and found out how the monies meant for arms procurement were diverted and shared by officials in the last administration.

“They sent the boys to the war front without arms and ammunition, leading some of them to mutiny after which they were arrested and detained.

“We have been able to raise money and fund the war. Go and ask the people of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, how many of their local governments were under the control of insurgents? And how many are currently still under the insurgents.

“May be we would not win the war completely by the end of the month, but the insurgents have now resorted to putting on explosive vests on young children, mostly girls aged 15 and below and then sending them to markets, mosques and churches to detonate.

“Boko Haram itself knows that the era of them taking over communities and local governments is over. If people would be fair to us, they would know that the Nigerian Army has basically met the deadline and are winning the war.

“You cannot find any significant number of Boko Haram members in Adamawa and Yobe, only may be in about three local governments of Borno, in the area around our borders with Chad Republic. They are not in a position to threaten Nigeria now, so we have won.”

North Will Vote Out Buhari, APC in 2019 — Iwuanyanwu

A one-time Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant for the the national chairmanship position, Chief Chyna Iwuanyanwu has claimed that the north will vote out the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its present political office holders in 2019.

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Chief Chyna Iwuanyanwu

He said that the PDP will win back all the elective positions by restoring the principle of zoning it failed to adhere to in the previous two general elections.

He said: “Most of the Northern elites who are elite, who belong to the aristo­cratic class, they are scared about the despotism that is going on now, but they just wanted power to come to the north. Power has come to the North but this isn’t the power they are look­ing for!”

President Muhammadu Buhari, who said he believes he will provide Nigeria with good leadership in an interview with the BBC, said Nigeria is a rich country and has no business being poor. However, he observed that the main challenge the country had been facing was that of leadership which will be addressed by him.

Politics; You're a Disgrace to our Social Pride - Ekiti Youths Blast Gov Fayose

Nigeria - Youths under the aegis of Ekiti Kete Youth Forum, EKYF, have governor Ayodele Fayose as a social disgrace to the common pride of the people of the state due to his unwholesome behavior.

In a statement issued its Director of Publicity, Tope Idowu, the group condemned Fayose’s idea of mocking the sensibility of Ekiti people, by taking the advantage of their status and celebrate poverty for them like Christmas instead of eradicating it, under the deceit of “Stomach infrastructure.”

“It is unheard of that Governor Fayose, instead of facing serious governance, has rather become common in the market as a seller of pepper, meat, fish, palm oil and so on. An act which has not only denigrated the highly esteemed office, but also deceitful as it aims at distracting the people from noticing his criminal tendencies towards serious governance.

“Since Fayose resumed office as the Governor of Ekiti on16 October, 2014, Ekiti has always been in the news for wrong reasons, due to series of shameful and uncultured acts being exhibited by Mr. Fayose on a daily basis, as he has also neglected his responsibility as a governor of a state and unofficially assumed the responsibility of the spokesperson of the opposition party (People’s Democratic Party) in the country.

“We are not unaware of what can least be called the highest level of irresponsibility on the part of the Governor, the idea of importing Sex Workers from Canada, South Africa and Ghana everyday for all night-party in the government house and these girls path everyday with thousands of U.S dollars, while the workers go home every month without being paid their due entitlements,” the statement said.

“We also lament the high level of unemployment of youths in Ekiti State, as it is most unfortunate that Mr. Fayose has not created any meaningful job opportunity for youths in the state since he became the Governor. Rather, he derives pleasure engaging them in immoralities and mobilize them as praise singers and social media propagandists by giving them peanuts, thus subjecting them to financial slavery and moral relegation, while his sons are flexing exotic cars which they bought with the commonwealth of Ekiti people,” it stated.

The youths also condemned the inability of Fayose to meet up with his obligations as the governor by paying the arrears and the salaries of the workers, even after getting bailout from the federal government.

They said the fact that Ekiti State is only a civil service, and that the civil servants were not being duly paid and businesses not moving, “yet Mr. Governor is less concerned about their welfare, this has informed our strongly condemning his idea of imposing heavy tax on the governed even with their small scale businesses, the tipper drivers and meat sellers who are struggling to feed their families.

“After critical rumination over these reasons, we are of great concern over the humiliation and shame that the style of leadership of Mr. Ayodele Fayose has brought upon the people of Ekiti within his short time in office, we hereby pray that as a matter of urgency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission wades into the financial situation of Ekiti State, and conducts a financial auditing from the 16th October, 2014 till present the present month, and asks questions on how the fund Ekiti State government got from the federal government as bailout was appropriated or misappropriated.

“We also call on the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to conduct a serious search on the Mr. Fayose, and his personal business associates. As we are not unaware that Mr. Fayose most times acts under the influence of hard substances (drugs) and his involvement in illicit business transactions. We pray that quick medical attention is granted to Mr. Fayose, as we are of strong believe that he is psychologically unstable, thus requires psychiatric attention,” they said.

ASCSN hails planned recruitment of 500,000 teachers

Friday Olokor

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria has commended the Federal Government for the N6.08tn 2016 budget, describing the planned recruitment of 500,000 teachers as timely.

The organisation, however, advised the Federal Government to implement the content of the budget for the benefit of Nigerians.

“On the whole, we are happy that instead of talking about austerity measures, the government has decided to put more money in the economy, a scenario that has the potential of bringing more resources to the poorest of Nigerians which would also impact positively on major economic variables,” ASCSN emphasised.

A statement issued by the National President of ASCSN, Mr. Bobboi Kaigama, and its Secretary-General, Alade Lawal, said the planned recruitment of 500,000 unemployed graduates and holders of the National Certificate of Education as teachers “would curb the escalating rate of unemployment in the country.”

“We also commend Mr. President for his decision to ensure that all the federal ministries, departments and agencies are captured and brought under the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System because this will not only reduce the burden of manual preparation of payroll but also curb cases of corruption in the system,” the union said.

While praising the government for its resolve to compile the list of the poorest Nigerians in order to implement its cash transfer programme, the association stressed the need for the policy to be transparent, inclusive and without discrimination.

“We must equally express joy in the decision of government to make good its promise to provide a meal per day for primary school pupils. We, however, frowned on the decision of the government that fuel subsidy would not be removed “for now” because the impression had been created that it might be removed later, more-so that no provision was made for fuel subsidy in the budget estimate,” ASCSN stressed.

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Boko Haram attacks Maiduguri with female suicide bombers

Kayode Idowu

The terrorist sect, Boko Haram has left people in troubled Maiduguri anxious and frightened after unleashing female suicide bombers on the Borno State capital.

Over 60 persons have been killed in attacks by the insurgents in the last 24 hours on the town.

Many of the attacks were from female suicide bombers smuggled by the insurgents into the town after confrontations with the military believed to be a decoy.

A member of youth vigilance group who spoke anonymously to our correspondent, noted that the armed confrontations of the sect with the military was nothing but diversionary as the main plan was to smuggling female suicide bombers into the troubled town.

He said there were diversionary attacks at Alidawari and Jiddari Polo areas on Sunday evening.

He explained at Alidawari, the military engaged the terrorists in an attack where four corpses were initially seen on Sunday night.

He, however, said that nine other corpses were found in surrounding bushes on Monday morning.

He said most of those killed are believed to be residents of the area fleeing the troubled spot but were felled by strayed bullets.

The source said the insurgents struck again on Sunday at about 7:30pm at Jiddari Polo, during which they attacked a local beer parlour which they burnt down after killing two persons.

He said they moved from the beer parlour to a house which they razed and killed its residents, an entire family.

They left the house with the car of the owner of the razed building, but were pushed back by the military during which nine persons were killed in the attack where RPGs were deployed.

He said, “In what I believe was the main purpose of their (insurgents) siege on Maiduguri, a female suicide bomber killed two persons when she detonated a bomb strapped on her.”

He also said there was another attack on Sunday at Isari village behind the Maiduguri NNPC Mega Filling Station where two female suicide bombers that pretended they were fleeing from insurgency attacks detonated bombs which killed 19 persons.

He said, “Two female suicide bombers ran into households in Isari as if they were fleeing from attacks in part of the town, detonated bombs that killed nineteen other persons.”

He lamented that the attacks extended to Monday morning with two female suicide bombers approaching a group of men warming up themselves from a bonfire set at the residence of a local chief (Bulama).

He said, “About 40 persons were killed by two female suicide bombers who ran into them at Sulemanti ward within Polo area at the residence of the Bulama beside a mosque warming up themselves with fire they set up.”

In a statement by the Media Coordinator of Operation Lafiya Dole, Col. Mustapha Anka, the military said it had intercepted and destroyed 10 suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers on the outskirts of Maiduguri.

The statement read in part, “Contrary to earlier  media reports  and rumours flying around, two Boko Haram terrorists suspected suicide bombers earlier  intercepted by vigilant troops disclosed their colleagues intent to enter the city with the  aim of detonating bombs in selected public places.

“Consequently, the troops laid ambush on the terrorists suspected routes along Damboa road and eliminated them. The suicide bombers were intercepted in three different locations approaching the city; Ajiri area towards Damboa road, High Court axis and the Eye Hospital Area.

“The Explosive Ordinance Device team have been mobilised and they are combing the general area as well as clearing the debris.  Normalcy has been restored to the general area and the public are please advised to go about their normal businesses and social activities. However, it is important to maintain more vigilance and security consciousness.”

Our correspondents could however report that there is growing apprehension among the people of the town that female suicide bombers may be on the prowl.

The security screening has been heightened at all checkpoints in the town and at public institutions.

CROSS RIVER CONVERSATION 9 THE ROLE OF THE ORGANIZED PRIVATE SECTOR IN ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN CROSS RIVER STATE

Against the backdrop of the recent passing of the Cross River State Sustainable Development Goals Agency Bill 2015 by the Cross River State House of Assembly and anticipation of signing it into law by the Governor of Cross River State Sen. Prof. Ben Ayade, I will like to take a critical look at the role of the Organized Private Sector is expected to play in achieving Sustainable Development Goals in the state.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was launched at the 70th United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States which took place from the 25th to the 27th of September, 2015. The Sustainable Development Goals SDGs are envisioned to replace the Millenium Development Goals MDGs, as these wind-down at the end of 2015.

The Hon. Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly Rt. Honorable John Gaul Lebo and the Chairman of the House Committee on International Development and Sustainable Development Goals Hon. Peter Odey attended the UN General Assembly and were part of the launching of the Sustainable Development Goals which afforded them the opportunity to learn more about the opportunities this provides the state and thus key in maximally to the initiative.

These and many other actions have made Cross River State a premier state in the domestication of the Sustainable Development Goals globally. Cross River State had earlier been celebrated as a leading state in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals and has taken the lead again in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. The success of this will require the contribution of all stakeholders including the Organized Private Sector in the state. This will be the focus of this treatise.

The Sustainable Development Goals will be operative from 2016 to 2030 and is made up of;

• A universal set of 17 proposed sustainable development goals (SDGs) with 169 associated targets;
• A new framework for the sustainable financing of development, which is one of the most critical means of implementation for the emerging global development agenda; and
• A new universal climate agreement, with specific climate actions.

The General Assembly and Sustainable Development Goals Launch had in attendance heads of Governments and Private Businesses around the world, the civil society, UN delegates, members of the press and many others. The three days featured a mixture of plenary meetings and “interactive dialogues” on the main themes of the SDGs – including ending poverty, tackling inequality and combating climate change.

Below is a lineup of the 17 goals:

1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere
2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
10. Reduce inequality within and among countries
11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

Progress on sustainable development will be contingent on:

• Robust and high quality inclusive growth accompanied by job generation, with benefits shared widely across society;
• Effective domestic and global governance mechanisms that support corporate and environment sustainability and climate action;
• The ability of Governments to better leverage the strengths and resources of the private sector for sustainable development; and
• Augmenting multilateral frameworks to harness finance; trade; and science and technology.

How can we promote private sector partnership required to achieve these goals?

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaking at a United Nations forum said “Governments must take the lead in living up to their pledges. At the same time, I am counting on the private sector to drive success. Now is the time to mobilize the global business community as never before. The case is clear. Realizing the Sustainable Development Goals will improve the environment for doing business and building markets. Trillions of dollars in public and private funds are to be redirected towards the SDGs, creating huge opportunities for responsible companies to deliver solutions.”

He added “The SDGs are unprecedented in their ambition – but the fundamental ways that business can contribute remain unchanged, first, companies need to do business responsibly and then pursue new opportunities. In short, companies must not make our world’s problems worse before they try to make them better.”

Ban Ki-moon’s speech is instructive and shows clearly the critical role of the private sector in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals globally.

Goals 7, 8 and 9, are all tied to private sector inputs. These are capped and cemented by goal 17 which calls for; strengthening the means of implementation and revitalizing the global partnership for sustainable development. This partnership is at the very core of the role of the private sector.

Specifically, there is need for an urgent transition to sustainable development approaches, supported by global cooperation at an unprecedented scale in technology development and diffusion, which allows switching for adoption of low-carbon sustainable technologies and employment of greener energy alternatives. The private sector’s role in pursuing these low carbon paths is critical.

The Organized Private Sector must also seek to mobilize a much larger and more varied set of financial resources for the purpose of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Of course, national and state governments will continue to have a primary responsibility for financing and managing their own development but that will not be enough.

The United Nations recently launched a new tool – the SDG compass to make it easy for every business in the world to look at the SDGs, to align their strategies, to master and manage the things that are going to help contribute to those SDGs and to be transparent about the progress made. This was communicated by Peter Bagger, President and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

The guide outlines five steps for companies to maximize their contribution to the global goals – understanding the SDGs, defining priorities, setting goals, then integrating, reporting and communicating on them.

As Cross River State leads other states in Nigeria in designing policies and structures for the effective implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in the country, I will like to appreciate the Hon. Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. John Gaul Lebo for showing leadership in the process. The Hon. Speaker communicating on the need for Cross River State to internalize the SDGs said:

“CRS must design its own model and concept of the SDG around the philosophy and value chain of the 17 goals and 169 targets. In designing the CRS Model of SDG, the following key steps will be crucially fundamental.

1) The state must present and analyze its END POINT REPORT of the CR-MDGs.
2) The State must admit areas of failures in the MDG implementation scheme and learn from these.
3) The state must admit and identify some unfinished business in the MDGs and carry it forward.
4) The House must domesticate the 17 goals as part of the state development agenda and internalize or mainstream them.
5) The State must identify further sustainable development agenda that is peculiar to our peculiar domestic need assessment.
6) The House must urgently develop various strategic institutional Infrastructure and regulatory framework for the 17 goals.
7) The State must Continue to build the Sector Wide Approach Strategy already passed by the 7th Assembly, which is now adapted to the SDGs.
8) The State must identify quick wins from the 17 goals of the SDGs and install a Success Strategy for the CR SDGs.
9) The State must utilized the CR COUNTERPART FUND ACCOUNT LAW to finance the CR SDGs.
10) A strong Accountability framework, Monitoring & Evaluation, Legislative Oversight and Institutional capacity are also required.

If we can focus on these core issues, then we can be assured that we have instituted a Solution Architecture for CR-SDGs.”

The Governor of Cross River State Hon. Prof. Benedict Ayade has also shown commitment to the success of the initiative in the state by creating the Ministry of Sustainable Development Goals and Social Welfare with a commissioner and also appointing a core development consultant in the person of Hon. Nkoyo Toyo as Lead Special Advisor on SDGs.

As the Cross River State Sustainable Development Goals Agency Bill 2015 is signed into law by the Executive Governor, there is need for the Organized Private Sector in the state to take leadership and partner the government through this agency and the Ministry to ensure the success of the Sustainable Development Goals project.

The Ministry of Sustainable Development and Social Welfare and the leadership of the new agency must quickly create a platform for effective engagement of the Government Stakeholders, the Organized Private Sector, the Civil Society and Donor Agencies to engage on the effective implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Cross River State.

Just as Cross River State was a leading state in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, the state must maintain this leading position in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and do more to achieve better results in the years to come. The Organized Private Sector under the leadership of Mrs. Thelma Bello, the President of Calabar Chambers of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture CALCIMA, must be seen as a key partner if this must be achieved.

As we look forward to seeing this synergy yield result in the state, we wish all stakeholders the best as they work to achieve the outlined goals in the next 15 years.

Best Regards.
Emmanuel Etim is a development consultant based in Nigeria