Pendulum: Another desperate memo to President Buhari - by Dele Momodu

As culled from his newspaper The Boss Newspaper. Read below...

Your Excellency, Assalam Alaikum. It has been over six months since you graciously invited me to your office in Abuja. I must note once again that I was truly honoured and humbled by our one-on-one meeting. We spoke and interacted like two old buddies. What was more, I was all alone with you without a third party in the room. We spoke candidly and cracked jokes freely.

Trader Swallow 144 Wraps Of Cocaine, Arrested At The MMA En-route Dubai

Two men are currently in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency after being nabbed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos over 252 wraps of cocaine weighing 4.3kgs

The NDLEA put the street value of the drugs at about N39m.

According to NDLEA spokesperson, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, the suspects – 54-year-old Chinweuba Echezona, who is a driver and 44-year-old Ekwueme Louis, a trader – had ingested some of the drugs and concealed part of it in their luggage.

Nigerians have not entered One Chance - President Buhari Begs the masses

President Muhammdu Buhari on Friday called for patience with his administration, stating that he feels the pains of Nigerians and that he was working towards turning the hardship around.
Buahari made the appeal in Lagos during the Vanguard Personality Award ceremony where he was jointly honoured with his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan as Personality of the Year, 2015.

Represented by the Minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Buhari said, “Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, let me use this opportunity to tell our compatriots that this administration is keenly aware of the difficulties they are facing at this time, resulting mostly from the fuel scarcity, poor power supply, inflation etc.

Gunmen In Military Camouflage Attack Palace Of A Prominent Monarch In Bayelsa

Gunmen on Saturday attacked the country home of King AmalateTurner at Opume in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa destroying household furniture and electronics.


Prominent Bayelsa Monarch, King Amalate Turner of Opume in Ogbia Local Government Area, has been reportedly attacked by unknown gunmen at his country home on Saturday, destroying household furniture and electronics.

The gunmen, about 20 of them who wore military camouflage for the attack, were said to have stormed the community in two speed boats at about 12.55 a.m. on Saturday.

President Buhari leaves for China tomorrow

Read the press statement from the presidency
President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja tomorrow for a working visit to China aimed at securing greater support from Beijing for the development of Nigeria's infrastructure, especially in the power, roads, railways, aviation, water supply and housing sectors.

Protesters in London Demand Cameron's Resignation Over Offshore Tax Scheme

Protesters have gathered in front of the UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s 10 Downing Street residence in London to call for his resignation, starting on Saturday. The demonstration has been called as a consequence of Panama Papers leak, which involves Cameron's family and earnings. On Thursday night the prime minister admitted that he and his wife sold shares for more than £30,000 in a fund set up in Panama by his father, who passed away in 2010. The protest will end only after he resigns, according to organisers.

A Pastor In Ghana Arrested For Posting Nood Pictures Of Wife On Facebook (Photo)

A heartless pastor who was in a marital quarrel with the wife leading to divorce has gone on Facebook to publish many of her n*ked photos.

A pastor in Ghana has found himself in trouble after he posted n*ked pictures of his former wife on Facebook.

It was alleged that the pastor last year ordered a photographer to take a n*de picture of his ex-lover, Mame Kesewah in their bedroom.

The pastor who had two kids with the ex-lover, then posted the n*de pictures on social media which caught the attention of many in the town.

There is a lot the west can learn from Africa – Obasanjo

Nigeria’s Former President and Co-Chair of the Commonwealth Africa Initiative (CAFI) Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former UN Scribe Dr. Kofi Anan, and Africa Regional Director for GLEEHD Foundation/Commonwealth Africa Initiative Africa Engagement Director Ambassador Dayo Israel, were among the Key Guest at the recently concluded Commonwealth Day Service & Commonwealth Africa Summit activities in London in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

They Raped Us Every Day In Sambisa - Boko Haram S3x Slaves Narrate Bitter Ordeal

Some of the women rescued by the Nigerian Army from the dreaded Boko Haram terrorist group have narrated their shocking ordeal in the hands of their kidnappers.
For months, they were kept in tiny thatched huts in the middle of the forest, waiting with dread each evening for their rapists to return. During the almost intolerable violence, the young women’s minds drifted to escape or death. The victims were as young as 8.

At the heart of Boko Haram’s self-proclaimed caliphate in northeastern Nigeria was a savage campaign of rape and sexual slavery that has only recently been uncovered. Thousands of girls and women were held against their will, subject to forced marriages and relentless indoctrination. Those who resisted were often shot.

Shocking way Boko Haram trains kidnapped women and girls to be suicide bombers

In a New York Times article, a woman who escaped the clutches of Boko Haram gives a chilling account of how the terrorists train women and girls to become suicide bombers.

"Hold the bomb under your armpit to keep it steady", the women and girls were taught.

Sever your enemy’s head from behind, to minimize struggling.

“If you cut from the back of the neck, they die faster,” said Rahila Amos, a Nigerian grandmother describing the meticulous instruction she received from Boko Haram to become a suicide bomber.

Of all the many horrors of Boko Haram’s rampage across West Africa — the attacks on mosques, churches and schools; the mass killings of civilians; the entire villages left in ashes after militants tear through — one of the most baffling has been its ability to turn captured women and girls into killers.

We Feel Your Pains, Osinbajo Tells Nigerians.

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the current administration is concerned about the hardship that Nigerians have been experiencing, and is taking steps to address them.
In a piece which highlighted the strategic implementation plan of the 2016 budget, Osinbajo said the government will resume the approach of townhall meetings – as was used during the campaign period – to explain its progress and address challenges.
Osinbajo said the implementation plan “articulates six thematic strategies and 33 priority actions, which will constitute the short-term priority of the federal government over the next 12 months”.

‪#‎PanamaPapers‬: TMG Demands Saraki’s Resignation

Call for the resignation of Nigeria’s Senate president, Bukola Saraki, is gathering steam after #PanamaPapers exposed his secret offshore assets shortly after his false assets declaration trial began at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), a coalition of over 400 civic organisations working for the entrenchment of democracy and good governance in Nigeria, has added its voice to the growing calls for the embattled Senate president to step down from office.
The group said the revelations by the #PanamaPapers and the prosecution team are too lurid for Nigerians to ignore, adding that Mr. Saraki had lost all moral grounds to continue to occupy such office in the land.

Corruption Has Eaten Deep Into Every Fabric Of The Nigerian Society – Farida Waziri

ILORIN-Former Chairman, Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri on Thursday urged Nigerians to partner with the federal government in the ongoing task of waging war against corruption in the country,even as she said that the ongoing war is not selective as widely believed in some quarters. Farida Waziri, former Chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commisssion.
According to her, “the government alone cannot wage war against corruption, hence, all people irrespective of their status should complement the current effort of the federal government led by President Muhammadu Buhari to tackle the menace in the country.

Boko Haram Terrorists Now Divided – Air Chief

Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has expressed the commitment of the Nigerian Airforce NAF to swiftly eliminating the remnants of insurgents in the North East, saying members of the sect are already surrendering in large numbers.
Abubakar spoke on Friday in Abuja at a media parley to unveil activities for the 52nd anniversary of the Nigerian AirForce.

Nigeria Has 12,000mw Installed Capacity, But Can Transmit 5,000mw —Osinbajo

VICE-PRESIDENT Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, said the country’s independent power plants (IPP) across the landscape have an installed capacity of over 12,000 megawatts, adding, however, that 5,000 megawatts of the total capacity could be transmitted due to inadequate gas supply to the plants.
Osinbajo said this at the National Forum on the Economy, organised by Vintage Press, publishers of The Nation Newspapers, with the theme: “National Economy: The Way Forward,” in Lagos.
The event, held at Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja, was attended by other dignitaries, including the Lagos State governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode; his Imo State counterpart, Chief Rochas Okorocha, among others.

God Chose President Muhammadu Buhari For Nigeria, Says APGA

Awka- THE national chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Victor Oye has called for understanding of Nigerians in the face of the current hardship, saying that Nigeria is not as hopeless as some people think. Addressing reporters in Awka yesterday, Oye observed that with the measures being taken by government, things would soon get better. He said: “Every problem has an expiry date.

How Ex-PDP Chair, Haliru, Son Got N300m —Witness

STELLA George, a witness in the ongoing trial of Dr Bello Haliru Mohammed, former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, told Justice A. R. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja that there was an inflow N300 million from the Office of National Security Adviser to the account of BAM Projects and Properties Limited, owned by the accused.
George, a banker with Sterling Bank, while being led in evidence by counsel for Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Rotimi Jacobs, stated that on March 18, 2015, a sum of N137, 200,000 was transferred to Kumu Golo Limited and another transfer of N178,800,000 was made to North Polo Global Services same day.

Oil Companies ‘Provide Forex’ To End Fuel Scarcity.

Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum, says he has been able to convince some international oil companies to provide needed foreign exchange to end recurring fuel scarcity.
Speaking in a podcast posted on Facebbok on Thursday, Kachikwu, who doubles as the group managing director of NNPC, said they would provide needed forex for the next one year.
“The first thing that I have tried to do is, for the first time in this country, I have been able to convince the upstream companies to provide some forex buffer over the next one year for those who are bringing in products,” he said.

Jonathan Accepts Personality Of The Year Award, Says ‘Nigerians Deserve It More Than I Do’.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said Nigerians were more deserving of the personality of the year award, which the editorial board of Vanguard conferred on him.
The newspaper said it singled out Jonathan for the award because he made Nigeria join the league of nations with civilised democratic behaviour.

Vanguard hailed him for the peaceful conclusion of the 2015 presidential election.
“For the first time in the country’s history, the then incumbent President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, readily conceded victory to his challenger, General Muhammadu Buhari, an act that perplexed doomsayers at home and abroad,” the newspaper said.

EFCC Weeding Out The Bad Eggs, Says Magu.

Ibrahim Magu, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the agency is “restructuring its operations and weeding out the bad eggs”.
Magu, who stated this while speaking with members of the presidential advisory committee on corruption led by Itse Sagay in Abuja on Thursday, said the commission would get to the root of all major corruption cases, including the Halliburton bribery scandal.
According to a statement issued by Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesman, Sagay asked the anti-graft agency not to relent in carrying out its mandate of ridding the country of economic and financial crimes.

Man Trying To Smuggle Cocaine In Boxers In Lagos (Photos)

Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have discovered twenty-eight packs of Tramadol weighing 21.99kgs inside a DJ Rack box and 1.8kgs of cocaine in boxer shorts.The seizure was made at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos.

The Tramadol which was hidden among camera items was intercepted during pre-shipment inspection.

The consignment was destined for Congo Brazzaville in central Africa. Another suspect was also caught with 1.8kg of cocaine in his boxer shorts on his way from Dubai. Both suspects are being investigated.

Proliferation Of First Class Degrees In Private Varsities The PUNCH

The article, “First Class honours: Kini big deal?” by Abimbola Adelakun published on the back page of The PUNCH of Thursday, March 10, 2016 refers. The standard and quality of academic programme in universities the world over are NOT determined or measured by the number of first class graduates a university churns out but by the quantity and quality of research it conducts. The quality of research executed by a university is in turn measured by the number of journal articles published by its staff in core journals. There are standard yardsticks (bibliometric, webometric, etc) for determining what a core journal is. The craze to spew out large numbers of first class graduands by Nigerian private universities is a ploy to fool the undiscerning public as to what constitutes a quality university and a marketing gimmick to attract large numbers of applicants.

"Almost Died Yesterday But Am Alive"-gallant Explosive Specialist Reveals.photos

May God continue to protect the brave men who have put their lives at risk for the security of this nation. A gallant Nigerian explosive ordinance device (EOD) specialist who faces death anytime he goes for an assignment -is filled with thanks and proud of his job despite escaping death recently.... The expert identified as Muye wrote on his social media page; One more dance along the razor's edge finished. Almost died yesterday, may be dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today. Proudly EOD....It is fatal to enter an war without the will to win it. Bomb suit chill

Suleman's 2015 Prophecy On Buhari Comes To Pass..?

Nigerians may stone Buhari in the next six months – Apostle Johnson Suleman

Shortly after defending why his prophecies on the General elections failed to come to pass, Apostle Suleiman in the interview with Punch newspaper, made a disturbing statement concerning the president elect, Muhammad Buhari.

Hear him.

“Let me say this to you. In the next six months, people may stone Buhari. The reason I’m saying this is because the expectation is too high.

Ebube Nwagbo Is Numatvilla Megacity Ambassador

Nollywood Actress Oluebube Nkechi has joined the league of Nigerian celebrities to be endorsed as one of Numatville Megacity Ambassadors.with this shey Gets a free complimentary plot at the Nollywood Quarters of the Megacity..