“I dont care about awards, the street bought 1million copies of my album” – Reminisce Revealed

Recently, the camp of high life singer, Flavour claimed he has sold 1 million copies of his 4th studio album, Thankful in only 5 days of the album's release.

Indigenous language rapper, Remilekun Abdulkalid Safaru popularly known as Reminisce has made a similar claim, saying 1 million copies of his 2nd studio album titled Alaga Ibile were sold.

Asked  if he has received any award or been recognised for his contribution to the Nigerian music industry, he said:

'Yes of course, but I don't see (an) award as a justification for the kind of work I put in, I'm just more focused on my fans, having a wider audience and making my money but for who is the best rapper of year, I don't envy that, the street knows who is the best rapper. I sold a million copies of my rap album, Alaga Ibile without a dance track, I don't need anybody to give me an award because I don't see it as a measurement of success.'

Reminisce released his 2nd studio album Alaga Ibile on Friday, November 15, 2013, which has 16 tracks and featured Olamide, Endia, Wizkid, Sossick, Oba Dice, Naeto C, Davido and Burna Boy.
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Nigerian Medical Association suggests psychiatric tests for all politicians before elections

Lol. I agree. The Nigerian Medical Association in a communique issued at the end of the National Executive Council meeting in Jos yesterday December 7th, advised that all politicians seeking for public offices in the 2015 general elections should undergo psychiatric test to determine the state of their mental health.

The communique was read by Dr Kayode Obembe, who said it had become necessary for politicians to undergo psychiatric test because of the way some politicians in the nation behave. He also said all psychiatric doctors had been advised to register with the Independent National Electoral Commission that will supervise such tests & all medical doctors to participate in the political process at all levels.
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Photos: Inside the Russian cargo plane detained in Kano

Premium Times has exclusively obtained some photos showing inside the Chad-bound Russian cargo plane carrying arms and ammunition that was detained at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport yesterday morning.

Boko Haram in trouble: Special Forces coming to take them out

Nigerian Army special forces on training.
*Opposition is built on lies, propaganda.
The Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Bemigho Reno Omokri, in this one-of a kind interview with Vanguard's Abiodun Alade, pooh-poohs what he terms the propaganda and lies of the opposition to downplay the great achievements of the Jonathan administration.

On President Jonathan and his achievements
President Goodluck Jonathan is the best president Nigeria has ever had and I am backing this with facts. I am not moved by opinion, I am moved by facts. Let me corroborate my stand with five facts. Number one, according to the United Nations record, Nigeria life expectancy was 47.5 years in 2009, a year before President Jonathan took over. As at today, according to the same United Nations Human Development Index, which is released annually, Nigeria average life expectancy is now 52 years. Since record has been kept, this is the largest life expectancy in Nigeria.

When President Jonathan took over power, the World Bank listed Nigeria as a low income country, but, today, Nigeria is a middle income nation.
In 2010, Nigeria was the second largest economy in Africa but it is the largest economy in Africa today.
Also, according to the International Food Policy Research Institute which undertakes research on global hunger index annually, Nigeria is improving. Prior to President Jonathan assuming office, the country has been sliding on the global hunger index but since he took over Nigeria has been improving. In 2005, our index was 16.1 but in 2013 it reduced to 15 and this year it is 14.1.

On the final score, President Jonathan, during his declaration speech, said he is proud there is no political prisoner in Nigeria; as a matter of fact, Nigeria has become so free under President Jonathan that those in exile were able to return home. Some chose to attack him, others chose to support him but the obvious thing is that there is no consequence because we have a God- fearing and philosopher king as president.

On Boko Haram and Insecurity

The issue with insecurity can best be answered by the military. But I will say that never in the world has a conventional army been used to destroy terrorists. Nigeria has had high success in peace-keeping all over the world because we have been meeting with conventional war. Terrorism is a new threat and we have to develop special forces to deal with this threat and, to the best of my knowledge, that is going on at a very advanced stage and, very soon, we will see the effect of that. I am very confident that in no distant time, Nigeria will overcome the Boko Haram insurgency. Our soldiers are already being trained in special operations so we will, in the near future, bid farewell to insecurity occasioned by Boko Haram in the country.

Impact of largest economy on the citizens
It is an opinion to say that the transformation of the economy is not impacting on the lives of Nigerians. There are seven billion opinions on earth and if you are going to live by that, you will be an unstable person. Facts support the notion that the economic progression Nigeria has made under President Jonathan is trickling down to the citizens. For the first time in the history of this country, we have 14 million farmers registered with the ministry of agriculture. They received fertilizers and seeds directly from the ministry. Of the 14 million, two million are women. It has never been done anywhere in the world; other nations like South Africa and India are coming to learn how we did it. Now we are talking of 14 million farmers which is clear evidence that Nigerians are benefiting from the economic progress made under President Goodluck Jonathan.

The per capital income of Nigeria, which was 1090 dollars in 2009, is 1800 dollars today. Today, you can take a train from Ido terminus in Lagos and be in Kano at the cost of N2,250. You can charge your laptop on that train. You can move within Lagos with air-conditioned fast trains. These are facts but obviously, the opposition will not want to paint the president in his true colour because they are desperate for power.

President Jonathan has ensured that every state that did not have a university now has one, he has ensured that almajiris who did not have school before now have 150 schools of which he planned to build 400. This is a man who has impacted on the lives of the everyday average Nigerians.

In the rural areas, there is a conditional grant given to women that attend post-natal care in health centres. Over 80, 000 graduates have been able to find internship through the Graduate Internship Scheme. 4, 000 Nigerian youths have been given grant of between two million and ten million naira to start up businesses which have empowered and employed tens of thousands of people through the YOUWIN (Youth with Innovation Nigeria) scheme. These are brilliant initiatives that have never be done before to impact the lives of Nigerians.

Sadly, some people with no record to show will speak negative of the president. For 34 years, the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has been left dormant but today, it is witnessing one of the fastest constructions on earth- Julius Berger starting from the Lagos side and RCC starting from the Ibadan side which will ensure they meet at a point to complete the work on time. Where has that been done before in Nigeria?

It used to take nine hours to travel from Lagos to Benin but President Jonathan ensured that the Benin- Ore Road was reconstructed not repaired. Today, that same journey takes three hours and the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Prof. Okonjo Iweala, took that journey herself to verify it. So President Jonathan is impacting on the lives of everyday Nigerians.

Corruption and the president's body language
Let us look at facts and not opinion. In this country, one of the greatest avenues of corruption is the procurement of fertilizer for farmers but today, the Jonathan administration has addressed that and ensured that farmers get fertilizer directly from the source. There is no middleman, thus the country is able to save over two billion dollars annually which was in the past frittered away.

Over 50, 000 ghost workers have been weeded out of the civil service, the FG is saving over three hundred and fifty billion naira annually by that singular act. These 50, 000 have been there over the years.

This administration is not interested in show trial where you arrest people, do a trial with the media having sensational stories but in fairness, how many people that went through this show trial are in jail? You fight corruption at the root and weed it out.

I can state categorically that there is no anti-corruption president like Jonathan but being a philosopher king, he will not dance to the gallery; he will fight corruption accordingly. The opposition has saturated the media with negative information.

-Reno Omokri also assured that Nigerians will start getting factual information about government activities.

Ladies, What Could Have Pushed This Woman?

Funny enough, if she break her young husband's head, she will blame the devil. Stop domestic violence!

Meet the 42yrs old woman who is in JSS1 in Abuja

If you are comfortable in life and things are working for you as you wish, always say 'thank you God'.

Mrs. Juliana Godwin, a 42-year-old Junior Secondary School I (JSSI) student of Junior Secondary School, Gosa, Abuja, has become one of those persons with strong will to change her condition.

Mrs. Godwin, who hails from Riyom in Riyom LGA of Plateau State, had her education stalled by lack of sponsorship, a situation that made her to drop out, in 1983, of LEA Primary School, Riyom.
"I had to leave for Jos in 1983, since my father could no longer sponsor my education to secondary school because he had no money. While I was with my cousin, I enrolled in a tailoring shop to learn dress making. I completed it within a year and six months."

She told Vanguard that in 2001, she and her children left Jos to join her husband in Abuja, where they live at Gosa village, along Airport Road.

An industrious woman, Godwin became the bread-winner of her family. Since had skill in hair plaiting, that became a source of livelihood for her and the family. Later she ventured into hawking of water in a basin in Gosa market to boost the family's income.

"In 2003, I was able to save some money from water hawking. I started pepper and tomato business with N1,000 from the savings. I also went into corn roasting business, but my husband stopped me from the business in 2007," she said.

In 2008, Godwin decided to go into vocational training with a non-governmental organisation called Refocusing Nigerian Talents Organisation, RENITO, where she was trained in soap (liquid, medicated and bar), pomade and disinfectants production.

"Now I can produce and sell the products I was trained on, and I started with N1,500", Mrs. Godwin narrated.

"I came to realise that the business was lucrative and helpful to me and my family. I decided to make savings towards going back to school after I dropped out in 1983."

Her Full Story on Vanguard Newspaper

(Photos) Fayemi, Fayose shake hands in public

Governor Fayose of Ekiti State and his precedessor, Kayode Fayemi, on Saturday suprised many when they
shake hands in public. The occassion was the 60th birthday of Segun Oni which held at the Methodist
Church, Ifaki, Ekiti. Both men, who sat together smiled as they exchanged
pleasantries during the ceremony.
At the event, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, John Odigie-Oyegun, on Saturday alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party
governments under former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Musa Yar' Adua, and President Jonathan expended over $28bn on power without achieving any
result. Odigie-Oyegun also said 2015 was God's appointed time for the opposition party to take over from the
PDP. He and the Deputy National Chairman, South, Segun Oni, spoke during the event. Oyegun, who restated that the PDP under President
Goodluck Jonathan had brought untold hardship on Nigerians said despite spending $28bn, the government had failed to improve power supply.
He said, "APC is a party whose time has come. APC is a party with welfarist and people-oriented programmes.
"We won't steal your money. Public money must be used for the benefit of the people. The level of corruption that exists today will cease when APC gains
power. "We would protect our citizens. The life of every Nigerian is worthy to preserve. Whatever that will take
us to end insurgency, we are going to do it. Oni thanked Governor Ayodele Fayose for restoring his privileges as a former governor of the state, describing
him as a brother. He debunked insinuations that there was political
motive behind the gesture.

Buttressing the position canvassed by Oyegun, Oni said, "It is very clear anywhere in Niigeria that the APC is the
government in waiting. The APC would win hands down. I believe this is the ordination of God."

If it is witty,edutaining and well reseached,chances are it was written by me *Michael*
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My relationship with Fashola is intact - Bola Tinubu writes

Below is a press statement from the office of former Lagos state governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu...
For a while now, I have noticed and read many published political stories on Lagos politics in particular and the personalities involved that are either concerted, unsubstantiated, pure conjectures or outright falsehood. In this instance, I reference a recent story ran by a major newspaper concerning my successor and me. There is no doubt political charlatans and enemies are at work fueling unnecessary rumour and insinuations and seeking to drive a wedge in an otherwise cordial and respectful political relationship. My relationship with Governor Fashola remains cordial both at the personal level and at the level of commitment to ensuring Lagos State remains on the path of political stability, growth and development.

Whether Governor Fashola had a specific candidate or not isn't the issue here. What is important is to have a transparent process in the spirit of democracy to which we both subscribe.  We often debate, agree or  disagree. But when it comes to concluding on the interest of Lagos State, we are on the same page. The current situation and issues around the Lagos Gubernatorial primary are being overblown. What we have done is ensure that no one is denied his or her rights to participate and compete for any elective position. Such a disposition should not translate into anger and divisiveness of the party as it is being peddled. Conflicts and disagreements is part of every political process. The capacity to solve these conflicts in-house and not on the pages of newspaper is a tradition in Lagos.

We warn the people of Lagos state against speculative, self-serving stories aimed at destabilizing the party and its leadership. The media must be weary of accepting or publishing stories that seek to pursue a narrow political agenda. Rather, they should make their paper a platform for proper news dissemination and constructive analysis such that can help our country tackle the current security problem, create jobs.

While we appreciate, recognize and respect the right of every media house to publish any story, it is important not to be part of the feeding frenzy and not to mislead the unsuspecting public.

At my age and with my level of political experience, I am expected to seek for solutions, work for reconciliations and find a common ground where disagreements exist. That is what I have dedicated myself to in the larger interest of Lagos State and Nigeria at large. That is what Governor Babatunde Fashola and myself are about. That is what Lagos state deserves as Nigeria's pacesetter in terms of democracy and development.

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu

Why Tinubu Is Angry With Governor Fashola

In politics, it's not easy to rise on your own. If you want to do it alone then be prepared for hard times in the tedious journey. That is why even the brightest of men must court a 'godfather' for his support.

Not much was known about Babatunde Fashola in Nigerian politics until he got the backing of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and emerged governor of Lagos State in 2007. Today, he is one of the best performers. But how easy will it be to fight the godfather? OluFamous.Com observed that a storm is gathering.

Also, according to a report in Punch, the APC national leader is angry with Governor Fashola, as a result of his conduct before and during the just concluded APC governorship primary in Lagos State.

A source close to Tinubu said he was not only angry with Fashola, but was 'disappointed in him'. He even said anger was a mild word to use in the current situation. Below is the crux of the matter:

All Tinubu wanted was to know Fashola's mind, with regards to a suitable governorship candidate for APC but "Fashola kept Tinubu guessing. He told him he did not have a candidate. Though there were signs and media reports that he was backing someone, but Tinubu could not be relying on media reports about the governor in a situation like this.

"In fact, Asiwaju told him that he had a candidate and sought the governor's support for him. The governor said he had no candidate only for him to emerge with a candidate in the last minute. Asiwaju did not know where the governor stood. I believe with the outcome of the primary, the governor will have enough time to reflect," said an insider.

It was learnt that Tinubu became angry when Fashola, who had initially told him that he did not have any particular candidate for the APC primary, later emerge with former Lagos State Attorney-General, Mr. Olasupo Shahore, as his preferred candidate.

Akinwunmi Ambode, who defeated 12 other aspirants, had remained in public discourse as Tinubu's favourite. And he defeated others squarely in the primary election, he polled 3,735 votes.

While Tinubu is yet to react over Fashola's alleged betrayal, some of the defeated guber aspirants are said to be seriously working on how to get themselves back into Tinubu's good books.

Cute! 9ice Celebrate His Son As He Adds Another Year (See Photo)

Today is 9ice son's birthday, He took out time to wish the little boy a happy birthday

Adaeze Yobo post Romantic private chat with Husband,Joseph Yobo online

Adaeze Yobo post Romantic private chat with Husband,Joseph Yobo online

Why Are These Boys Doing This To Another Man's Wife in the name of NYSC ?

How can guys be pushing a lady's Ikebe like this in the name of NYSC? Many of these ladies going to the orientation camp these days are married or about to wed. Abeg this ass pushing is too much. Lolz!

SEE what Better Leaders are Doing with Their Peoples' Money

Have you ever seen a Water Bridge built over a River before? This is it, built by the sitting government in Germany. Even after you see it, it is still hard to believe, imagine the creativity of leaders!

The Water Bridge in Germany; what a feat! Six years, 500 million euros, 918 meters long. Superb! This is a channel-bridge over River Elbe and joins the East and West Germany, as part of the unification project. It is located in the city of Magdeburg, near Berlin.

Fellow Nigerians, when on earth will our leaders ever start thinking in this dimension? Where did all the cash from Crude Oil went to when they were selling crude above $100 for several years? It is well!

Check out D'Banj wearing Short Pants with his Police Escort

The Kokomasters is the most handsome bachelor in Nigeria today and he's arguably one of the richest.

Imagine what This Girl and Her Lover are doing to themselves

I wont be surprised if this is actually happening among many of the misguided lovers we have in our big cities today. We are seeing many divorce cases these days, it could be traced to this. Many girls no longer have genuine love and respect for their man and the guys too are just trying to take advantage.

Shocker! Kolade blasts Jonathan: Your Leadership Is A Failure

It looks like it's only those eating from President Goodluck Jonathan that are praising him. A former head of SURE-P, Dr. Christopher Kolade, on Thursday condemned Jonathan for not showing the right leadership in the manner he had been handling his responsibilities as the nation's president.

He made reference to Jonathan's decision to honour a political rally in Kano shortly after a bombing that killed several Nigerians, saying the best he could have done was "to postpone the political event."

For choosing to continue with the programme, he said, the President did not demonstrate that he was sensitive to the pains of the people he is leading.

He said those who said the country "had never been this good" were lying, and that at over 80 years he could tell that the country had a robust history.
The respected statesman condemn all those singing Jonathan's praises, including TAN, saying, "Nigeria was, at every other time, better than now."

He spoke at the sixth Christopher Kolade Symposium organised by the Nigeria Leadership Initiative, an organisation he was a pioneer patron. He lamented the drift in leadership quality.

"If we get to a point when we do not care how the country is led, we have lost hope. The country is where it is today because some people sacrificed. Unfortunately, beyond stealing, our leaders are not ready to sacrifice anything," he said.


Kolade said he took up a responsibility to lead the Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme to demonstrate his love for the country. Rejecting the appointment, he said, would have amounted to wishing the initiative failure.

He said he rejected allowance offer because he was financially stable. The second reason, according to him, was to enable him to quit when he noticed it was not going to succeed without the hassle of "waiting till end of the month to collect allowance."

He said most Nigerians are unhappy with the leadership style of the Jonathan government.

APC Primaries: Tambuwal wins Sokoto, Ambode wins Lagos

The first term governors on the platform of the APC all got their second term ticket, but Rochas Okorocha is still playing politics of indecision; he wants to be President or governor.

Eight APC governors would be completing their first terms in 2015. They are:
Governors Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara), Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Umar Tanko Al-Makura (Nasarawa), Kashim Shettima (Borno), Ibrahim Geidam (Yobe), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo) and Rochas Okorocha (Imo).

Sokoto
Speaker Aminu Tambuwal has been declared winner of the primary election held at the state township stadium after a landslide victory against his co-contestants..

Speaker Waziri Tambuwal got 3,466 of the 3503 valid votes cast. His opponents Senator Umaru Dahiru Tambuwal got 23, Yusha'u Kebbe got 13, while Professor Lawal Bashar, Barrister Aliyu Sayinna and Senator Jibril Gada had no vote.

Lagos

Akinwunmi Ambode has emerged winner of the APC gubernatorial primary in Lagos State. He is the top man among the aspirants and the only man who visited all the local governments in Lagos.
Tinubu is backing Akin Ambode, former accountant general in the state, Fashola preferred Supo Shasore, a former Attorney General and commissioner for Justice in the state.

With this result, Tinubu is still the strong man.

Imo
In the case of Imo State, the APC governorship primaries has been suspended. Although, no specific date has been fixed for the postponed primaries, the Imo State APC chairman, Hillary Eke, disclosed that a new date for the primaries might be fixed after a general meeting of the party held yesterday.

The deputy chairman of the party, Hon. Ugochukwu Nzekwe, told LEADERSHIP that the party was still working on the list of aspirants.

Zamfara
In Zamfara, Governor Abdulaziz Yari was returned as the sole candidate at the end of the APC primary election yesterday.

A total of 2,336 delegates from the 14 local government areas of the state, including 38 from the party executive, voted in favour of Governor Yari.

Declaring the governor as party's flag bearer, the supervisor of the election Chief John Nebo, announced that out of total of 2,336 votes, Yari garnered 2,298 and was declared winner.

Ogun
In Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun emerged the APC gubernatorial candidate. His deputy, Segun Adesegun, declared his intention to get the gubernatorial ticket of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

At the APC gubernatorial primary election held at MKO Abiola International Stadium, Abeokuta, the state governor, who was the sole aspirant, polled a total of 3,554 out of 3,681 total votes while 16 votes were void.

Oyo
In Oyo State, the incumbent governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi defeated the son of the former governor of the state, Dr. Wasiu Adesina, to win the APC ticket for the 2015 governorship election.

At the congress midwifed by the Hon. Lumumpa Adeh-led five-man electoral committee, Ajimobi polled 4,662 votes to defeat his Adesina, who polled 22 votes. Ninety votes were declared invalid.

The result was declared at 7.40 pm.

Rivers
At the Alfred Diete Spiff Civic Centre, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the gubernatorial delegates of APC numbering 3,774 formally elected Hon. Dakuku Adol Peterside as their gubernatorial candidate for the 2015 polls.

The election was supervised by the six-man National Electoral Committee under the chairmanship of Prince Austin Eweka from Edo State.

From a total 4,574 delegates, 4,321 were accredited. There were 3914 valid votes. A total number of 3774 voted for Peterside. Total invalid votes (140).

Nasarawa
In Nasarawa State, Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura has emerged winner of the gubernatorial primary election of the APC in the state in a landslide victory.

Results as declared by the chairman of the electoral committee, Chief Ike Chunwo, show that Governor Al-Makura polled 1,630 votes to beat two other contestants, Dr. James Angbazo and Engr. Reuben Audu who polled 73 and 17 votes respectively.

Kwara
In Kwara State, 3,007 delegates of the APC unanimously elected the incumbent governor of the state, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed as the party's candidate for the 2015 governorship election in the state.

Ahmed, who was the sole aspirant of the party, emerged unopposed with 3,007 votes cast from delegates across the 16 local government areas of the state.

Borno
In Borno State, the APC governorship primaries was shifted to Monday. However, Governor Kashim Shettima is expected to emerge as the sole and consensus candidate.

Yobe
In Yobe, Governor Ibrahim Gaidam emerged winner after Yobe APC delegates endorsed him as the party's 2015 governorship candidate, according to the chairman of Electoral Committee, Babagana Tijjani.

Delta
The APC governorship primary which ended at about 6:45 pm in the Delta State capital, Asaba, produced Olorogun O'tega Emerhor.

He was overwhelmingly elected as the candidate of the party for February 2015 governorship election

Enugu
Chief Okey Ezea, lawyer and shipping magnate, was elected as candidate of the APCin Enugu State, following the last minute withdrawal of three aspirants to the race on the party's platform.

One of the aspirants Dr. Ifeanyi Asogwa had earlier pulled out of the governorship race to contest the Nsukka/Igbo-Eze South Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives.

The two other aspirants announced their withdrawal from the race shortly before commencement of voting leading to the emergence of Ezea through affirmative voting.

Jigawa
The APC in Jigawa State suspended its guber primary election to produce a consensus candidate.

Despite instructions given by the party's national secretariat for the conduct of the governorship primary elections nationwide, the Jigawa State chapter of the party appeared to have a different plan.

Taraba
Three APC governorship aspirants in Taraba boycotted the party's governorship primaries, alleging that the process lacked credibility.

In a joint press conference yesterday in Jalingo, the three aspirants alleged that the state executives of the party refused to carry them along in the process leading to the exercise.

The aspirants include Dr Suleiman Julde, Alhaji Tumba Ibrahim and Barr. Yusufu Akirikwen.

Senator Aisha Jumai Alhassan stands a better chance of emerging winner.

Adamawa
It appears that the contest is likely to be a two horse race between Senator Muhammadu Umaru Jibrilla and Alhaji Mijinyawa Yayaji who is believed to be backed by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

Benue
The APC in Benue State postponed the conduct of the governorship primaries in the state.

Kano
Three aspirants have withdrawn for the Kano deputy governor, Dr. Abdullahi Kumar Ganduje. The deputy governor is expected to emerge victorious after the exercise

Niger
Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has won the Niger State APC governorship primaries. He polled 3,829 votes to defeat Senator Musa Ibrahim who had 61 votes out of the total 3,932 votes cast in the election.

Akwa Ibom
Former Akwa Ibom State Secretary to Government, Umana Okon Umana has emerged winner of the APC governorship primaries.

Umana emerged winner by scoring 2,444 out of 2453 valid votes cast, while Senator James Udoedehe had six votes. Umana who defected from the PDP to APC is said to have brought into the APC, his supporters and a robust political structure that cuts across every part of the state.

D'Banj is Looking 'Dope' in New Photos, Show Off His Exoctic car

D'banj stepped out for a meeting looking So Dope!
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See Gobe! Nigeria Music Producer, And Others Arrested With Drugs Worth Over N374m

What Some People Will Do For Money!!! Three South Africa-based Nigerians, among them a mother of seven, have been arrested by operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, with drugs suspected to be methamphetamine, with an estimated street value at N374 million.

Also arrested was a 44-year-old Asaba-based music producer, whose alleged attempt to smuggle 4.95kg of substance suspected to be cocaine into the country was foiled. The suspects, who were arrested at Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, allegedly concealed the substance in security lamps, silicon sealants and foodstuff.

The NDLEA airport Commander, Mr. Hamza Umar, said: "Those apprehended are Chukwuenyem, 48 years old, with 21.695kg of methamphetamine hidden inside his bag; Kelvin, 37, caught with 9.980kg of methamphetamine hidden inside solar security lamps; Deborah, 40, found with 5kg of methamphetamine hidden inside foodstuff and Michael, 44, with 4.95kg of cocaine hidden inside silicon sealants.

"Apart from Michael, who was coming from Sao Paulo, Brazil, with 4.95kg of cocaine, the other three suspects were trying to smuggle methamphetamine to South Africa where they reside."

Suspects' stories

During interrogation, Chukwuenyem, a father of three, said he was lured into drug trafficking on his birthday.

According to him, "I struggled to feed my family by selling foodstuff. At present, my capital is so small that the business is near moribund. A friend met me on my birthday and introduced me into drug trafficking.

"He promised to pay me 15,000 South African Rand. My children are out of school because of my inability to pay tuition fee. This is my first time of dealing in drugs and I regret everything. I pray to be out of this problem."

On his part, 37-year-old Kelvin, also blamed his indulgence on his poor living condition back in South Africa.

He said: "I reside in South Africa where I import and export phones and clothes. I have five children from three women. My business is grounded and I now live from hand to mouth.

"A friend in South Africa gave me the solar lamp where the drug was found. He used to assist me financially and he also promised to pay my children's school fees."

Deborah, the mother of seven, said she was given the drugs by a man she sought financial assistance from.

According to her, "I have seven children and I take care of them from the sales of foodstuff. I came to Nigeria to buy foodstuff such as melon, vegetables and other local spices.

"There is a man in South Africa that I went to request for financial assistance to enable me expand my business. He told me that somebody would give me some food items for him.

"When I got to the airport, NDLEA officers detected methamphetamine in the package given to me by the man. This was how I found myself in this situation."

Michael, who was on his way from Brazil also claimed he was given a bag in Brazil without the slightest inkling of its content.

He said: "I am a music producer. I travelled to Brazil to promote my music label and to partner other producers. I had a successful deal but on my way back, I accepted a bag from a friend I met in Sao Paulo to take to Nigeria.

"When I got here, NDLEA demanded to search and 29 out of the 34 sealants were found to contain cocaine. This is a major setback for my career and I feel very bad."

Source: Vanguard

Protesters explain why they took coffin to PDP secretariat yesterday

Some aggrieved PDP as pirants, who were disqualified from participating in last week­end River state assemblies pri maries yesterday stormed the PDP national secre­tariat in Abuja with a coffin in protest

An aspirant, Davis Saloka, said they were at the PDP secretariat to kick against the "open robbery per petrated against them by the party." He told newsmen that about 107 members of the party paid to obtain the nomination forms, but that only 32 whom he claimed were loyalists of Nyesom Wike, were given what he called "dubious clearance," while the rest of them were disqualified.


"We all bought forms to participate in the PDP primary election but what we saw was out of the ordinary. We attended the screening exercise but we did not know our fate until Friday night when we saw a list pasted, in dicating that only 32 persons were cleared to participate in the election.

"We discovered that those nominated from Wike's camp were given clearance which gave them automatic ticket while the rest of us were screened out. The most annoying thing was that we were not told the reason we were disqualified, and it is more curious to note that all we saw was a list that was neither signed nor was on a PDP letter head, but just contained the names of Wike's boys as the only ones cleared to participate in the party pri mary.

"On Saturday, they just wrote the names of these peo ple and said they were the win ners of the PDP party primary where elections were not held. It is injustice, we won't ac­cept it," he said.

Source: Sunnewsonline.com

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How APC Presidential Candidate will emerge Dec 10 in Lagos

Moves by some strong men in the APC to move the presidential primary out of Lagos has failed and come 10 December. Consequently, 8,000 delegates are expected to participate in the convention, scheduled to hold at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos.

The APC four other presidential aspirants –former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha, and Leadership Newspaper publisher, Sam Nda-Isaiah – had jointly asked for a venue outside Lagos, said to be favoured by Buhari and a former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu.

Atiku and three others wrote the APC National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, on Nov 27, "advising" the party chairman to retain Abuja as the convention venue.

But the APC convention committee, led by ex-Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi, ignored the protest by the presidential aspirants and on Wednesday announced the choice of Lagos as replacement for Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.

On the choice of Lagos, Fayemi explained that
his committee had been able to convince all the aspirants on the suitability of the new venue while noting their concerns about logistics.

But a source, who pleaded anonymity, said, "The aspirants are afraid that Lagos, being the home of a strong supporter of Buhari will give the person he is supporting an edge over others because the issue of accommodation and other logistics will be easier for them (Buhari's camp) to address."

Another source said the fears being expressed by aspirants about the venue were not unfounded. He said, "There is news making the rounds that a certain leader of the party has booked most of the decent hotels in Lagos.

"The leader in question is working assiduously in favour of a particular aspirant, as such, having delegates within his reach at the last minute could alter earlier projections."

According to the source, Benin was earlier considered because "the heartbeat of the nation" would serve the dual role of marketing the party as a truly national party as well as selling the party to the electorate in the South-South.

It was, however, gathered that the party leadership picked Lagos because Benin lacked the facilities and security capability to take care of the huge crowd expected at the convention.

On his part, Fayemi said, "For us, it is not who emerges at the end of the day. They are all competent. They all have agenda and they all will implement the manifesto of our party. It is how we get there.

"We have not taken any decision without the input of all the presidential aspirants, l can assure you of that. We did not arrive at Lagos accidentally; we arrived at Lagos with the full input of all our presidential aspirants.

"Those concerns were raised about the distance, for example for somebody coming from Yobe as delegate or Maiduguru, those are practical issues and we would have been surprised if the aspirants didn't raise such issues."

He added, "We originally wanted to hold our national convention in Abuja because naturally Abuja is the place to hold an event of this nature. This is where we have always held national party conventions.

"However we had identified a date to hold the party convention in Abuja and due to some exigencies we had to change that date. It also happened that the new date we chose now coincides with the date the PDP also chose for their national convention.

"Understandably the Eagle Square that we wanted to book had been booked for the day."
On the lleged fears of other presidential aspirants that Lagos could be used to crown unnamed aspirants, he said the allegation was not true.

"Everything we are doing is in the open and is transparent. In fact, all aspirants have representatives in the committee and they were part of all the discussions that transpired before we arrived at Lagos.

"So if anyone wants to suggest that this is going to be coronation to anyone, that is news to me. We won't use Lagos to coronate anyone. I have the greatest respect for every aspirant but I am not the type that can be manipulated or intimidated into working to a pre-conceived answer, not even by the chairman of the party or any leader of the party."

Jonathan begs senators: focus on issues, not my impeachment

President Goodluck Jonathan has pleaded with Nigerian senators to leave him alone and concentrate on other issues of national Importance.  Jonathan declared that the senators should know that there are other issues that ought to catch the lawmakers' attention instead of threatening to sack him.

Jonathan took this position in a statement issued by Doyin Okupe, his aide on public affairs. Funny enough, the statement was silent on whether Jonathan considers that he has, or has not, committed the many and weighty impeachable offence that have been penciled down against him.

Below is the full text of the statement:
RE-PURPOTED GATHERING OF IMPEACHEABLE OFFENCES BY SOME SENATORS

The Senate in the last four years has conducted its legislative functions and responded to issues that are of great national importance with commendable political sagacity.

In this same period, the senate has functioned as a stabilizing force within the polity employing much political maturity that is required to guide and protect our nascent democracy.

However, confrontation and strong disagreements are not uncommon phenomenon in Executive-Legislative relationship world-wide.

The recent purported attempt by some Senators to prepare impeachable offences against the President, as reported in some section of the Media, is seen by us in this light.

We strongly trust and believe in the leadership of the present Senate and the unwavering patriotism and commitment that have been shown by the distinguished members and we trust that ultimately it is this tendency towards true Nationalism that will prevail in the Senate.

It is our view that there are at present, serious fundamental issues of National importance such as winning the war against terrorism and stabilizing the economy in the face of dwindling oil revenue which requires the full attention, commitment and swift action of distinguished members of the Senate.
We are of the opinion that all matters political can and will be resolved politically in the overall interest of our democracy and the wellbeing of our people.

 Dr. Doyin Okupe
Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs

See Pic of the Plane that crash-land in Ilorin coming from Abuja

The Overland ATR 72 Aircraft crash-landed in Ilorin from Abuja over the weekend, with over 50 Nigerians on board. Luckily they all came out of the plane unhurt. We cancel end-of-the-year disaster!