Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Pics: Orezi, Pearl Hart, Yomi Casual, Elenu, Others at MC Galaxy House Warming Party

MC Galaxy during the weekend hosted the house warming get-together of his new home.


Denrele Edun, Pearl Hart, Yomi Casual, Orezi, Klint Da Drunk and others all turned out to celebrate with him.

Billionaire wife Dabota Lawson Aku pictured with her escort



The previous beauty queen arrived in Abia this evening with a police/military officer carrying her bag.


Swiss Bank set To Return Additional $380M Of Abacha's Loot To Nigeria.

Geneva prosecutors said Tuesday they requested the cash seized in Luxembourg beginning in 2006. It was transferred to Switzerland and formally seized a year ago after an assention in the between  Nigeria and the Abacha family under which the Nigerian government dropped its argument against the late Abacha’s son, Abba Abacha.


The cash, seized on the premise that the Abacha family was a criminal association, will now be sent back to Nigeria under World Bank supervision. Geneva prosecutors shut their own particular case, opened in 1999, in which Abba Abacha was the last individual still under scrutiny. Switzerland has already sent back to Nigeria more than $700 million that Sani Abacha stashed in Swiss accounts.


SHOCKING! Aisha Mustapha, Staff Of Silverbird Killed In Cold Blood

On Saturday night at around 9:30-10pm Aishat Mustapha a staff of Silverbird was killed in cold blood at her home in Ogudu GRA.


She was wounded 11 times and she was Pregnant!


Nobody knows the genuine story!


Her companions are in deep shock and lamenting and ask anybody to Please report to the closest Police station on the off chance that they have any information to grab the killer(s).


 

Pres. GEJ fires Chairman of FIRS, replaces him with Coordinating Director



President Jonathan has sacked the Executive Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Alhaji Kabiru Mashi (left) and supplanted him with the Coordinating Director at FIRS, Mr. Samuel Ogungbesan (right). Ogungbesan’s appointment takes immediate effect.


Alhaji Kabiru Mashi had served as acting Executive Chairman of the office since 2012.

Orji Uzor Kalu pictured dancing 'Shoki' during campaign



The billionaire former Abia state governor was photographed dancing Shoki as a residential district in his state declared their support for his Senatorial bid.

Can you raise a family on ₦50k a month salary (or 8$ per day)?

All through yesterday till this morning , Nigerians contended on twitter on whether a man making  N50k can wed, have children and raise a Family.


How can his family make due in the cruel realities  of Nigeria? were the question being solidly contended on. Question is; would you begin a family with your spouse on the off chance that he is earning  N50k month to month and you are not supporting him monetarily? In any case the truth is, numerous individuals raise families on not exactly N50k a month in this nation.


Would you ?

Photo of Nigerians rescued in Yobe


Defence  Headquarters imparted this photograph of Nigerians rescued from Boko Haram captivity amid a weekend ago’s operation in Yobe state

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

If you choose to be fat, don't blame me... Rukky Sanda to 'haters' on IG



Rukky sander shared the above message on her IG calling out her haters!

I’m not ready to feed my Hubby in Prison - Patience Jonathan

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Did she truly say this? Lol. As per a report by Punch, amid a Woemen’ wing rally in Ado Ekiti yesterday Monday March sixteenth, the first lady said she’s not prepared to nourish her spouse in jail as that was what APC will do on the off chance that they get into force. Discussing APC, Mrs Jonathan said;


B'Haram’s Grievances Legitimate, Says OBJ

The previous President said this in a meeting with International Business Times UK at a worldwide training gathering in Dubai, UAE yesterday March sixteenth.
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“They have authentic grievances,” he said.


He said that the low level of training in the north is to a great extent in charge of the fretfulness by the group individuals “We don’t need anyone to tell us that it’s a problem. A problem of disparity, a problem of marginalization”.


He rebuked President Jonathan’s organization for not sufficiently indicating reaction while, as per him, the group gathering began demonstrating their teeth of marginalization”he said


Pres. GEJ visits Atiku at home, allegedly asks him to re-join PDP

President Jonathan apparently paid a uannounced visit to previous Vice President and APC Chieftain Atiku Abubakar at his home in Yola, Adamawa state on Friday March thirteenth.


As indicated by Sahara Reporters, among issues talked about was a charged arrangement to make him, Atiku, head an interim government if Gen Buhari peradventure wins the Presidential decision, a circumstance President Jonathan and some of his internal council individuals professedly said they would never let to happen.


Sahara Reporters likewise claimed that another issue talked about was for Atiku to rejoin the PDP. At the point when media identity, Funmi Iyanda contacted Atiku early today, he affirmed GEJ went to him yet denied they examined him heading an interim government.

See her tweets bellow.



Monday, March 16, 2015

Is Pension Contributory Scheme A Scam ?

PENSION


Longman Active Study Dictionary defines pension as money that Government or a Company pays regularly to someone who does not work anymore because they are old or ill, while Oxford Advance Learners Dictionary of Current English defined pension as ‘a sum of money paid regularly by a government to people above a certain age and to widowed or disable people or by former employers or financial institution to retired people’.


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Pension


The history of pension scheme in Nigeria was first legislated in the country and enacted into law in 1951 which was referred to at that

time as The Pension Ordinance. Though the ordinance was enacted in 1951, it had a retrospective effect from 1st January, 1946. The

colonial pension’s law was primarily designed for the United Kingdom (UK) officers who were moved from post to post in the vast British

Empire. It was meant to ensure continuity of service whenever and wherever they were sent to serve. When the law became applicable to indigenous staff, it had limited application to the extent that it was granted at the pleasure of the Governor-General. Hence, under the ordinance therefore, pension was not an automatic right of Nigerians. It could be withheld at the flimsiest excuse. Since then, the total number of retirees has been increasing at a geometric rate, hence payment of pension was becoming a big problem.


The problem ranges from non-payment on time of retirement benefits and delay in processing of retirement benefit by serving officers. Other

traits include the issue of proximity as pension offices are located far away from most pensioners, especially federal workers, e.g. Abuja,

Lagos and other Zonal offices; and mind boggling corruption by the serving officers that are in-charge of pension are either corrupt or

show nonchalant attitude toward pensioners. Pension continued to remain the same even after salaries of workers increases and inflation

increases.|


The Pension Reform Act 2004 introduced the contributory pension scheme for public sector employees and in the case of the private sector with

five or more employees but some category of the workers was exempted such as the judicial officers who are appointed in the Supreme Court

or the Court of Appeal. Section 291 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria spelt out clearly. Other officers that were

withdrawn from the scheme included the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Police and other uniformed men now takings steps to follow suit.

The main objectives of the scheme as outlined in the Act was to ensure that every person who has worked in either the public service of the

federation, Federal Capital Territory or private sector received his retirement benefits as at when due.


Likewise to assist in providing individuals by ensuring that they save in order to cater for their livelihood during old age as the old

pension scheme often tend to fail, and to establish a uniform set of rules and regulations and standards for the administration and payment

of retirement benefits for the public service of the federation, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), states, local government and the

private sectors that have joined the scheme.


In order to ensure that pension fund is managed in accordance with the act, pension fund administrators were engaged in collaboration with

pension fund custodians to make it successful. Also a supervisory body known as Pension Fund Commission was established all in an effort to

ensure that the pension scheme becomes a success story particularly to pensioners


The stories from the old scheme in the national media are however characterized by scam here and there every day. As a result of these

reports, the senate appointed a committee to investigate and find out the truth of the media reports. In no time, the committee discovered that about a hundred and ninety-seven billion naira (197bn) was  allegedly looted. The report was submitted to the senate on 20th June, 2012, that top government officials who are saddled with the funds stole about two hundred and seventy-three billion naira (N273bn) between 2005 and 2011.


Another problem is that when salary is increased, pension is supposed to also increase but this wasn’t the case in Nigeria. It remained

stagnant which renders pensioners helpless and exposed to hunger and diseases which in most cases leads to death. It has also been observed that there are problems between the Pension Commission, Pension Fund Management and the Employers in terms of remittance. The retirees are mostly underpaid and they don’t have a place to go and complain as the three bodies mentioned above resort to blame game. To this end pensioners should plan now, for if you failed to plan now, then you are planning to fail your live after retirement.


It is important to join any of the cooperative societies to enable you invest where you don’t have enough capital to be on your own and

endeavour to build your own house no matter the size or the location. Buy an asset be it a plot, house, shares or other investment that

yield profit and sustain you against rainy days. While in the service, give your children good education, because they would be your future

investment. They would take care of you during your old age and provide your needs. Government would on its part trail and detain all those that are involved in pension scam either to life imprisonment and recover all funds from the corrupt officials. Pension Commission should improve by

monitoring all pension fund administrators and remit the current contribution of potential pensioners.


Government should also improve both old and new systems of pension and increase pension as salary increase, while Auditors should annually

audit current pensions remitted to their respective pension fund administrators and proper records of pension should be kept. Equally the retirement saving account of the potential pensioner should be open to pensioners but restrict withdrawal for easy monitoring of underpayment.

Finally, we sincerely hope that government and all concerned would rectify the above problems so that those who suffered during their active and youthful life would enjoy their old age and retirement benefits without hardship.


By Abdulllahi wuyo

University of Maiduguri

Department of Mass Communication

Stone Age Things ? PDP Politician shares money in public (Photo)



This PDP politician was spotted sharing money openly publicly. Is this not stone age things ?



Gen. Buhari's wife's convoy attacked in Ilorin!

The guard of Mrs Aisha Buhari, the wife of APC Presidential hopeful was allegedly assaulted by a few hooligans around a film house along Emir street in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital this night.


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Mrs Buhari and her ladies came to their destination in respect. They are pictured with Bukola Saraki here.


As per an announcement by APC Chairman in Kwara state, Alhaji Balogun Fulani, 10 vehicles in her guard were vandalized. Keep on reading the announcement posted on Bukola Saraki’s Facebook wall.



President Jonathan and Patience are planning to assasinate me - Fr Mbaka

Controversial Enugu-based Reverend father, Fr Mbaka says the president together with his wife are arranging to kill him.
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The following is the thing that he told his assembly..


Watch video bellow.



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Shoplifting caught on CCTV in a store on Allen Avenue Ikeja Lagos.

These women on CCTV cam needs to be out on serious blast.  You don’t go around taking from individuals and hope to escape with it. Three ladies hit an apparel store on Allen Avenue and stole garments.
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See that lady stuffing garments underneath her dress? Don’t know how she did it, however she figured out how to shroud three garments under there.


There’s a prize for any information prompting the captures of these individuals. Watch the video bellow.


It begins from 1.45mark…


Back in the day Photo of Senate President, David Mark when he was a military officer



Check out  Senate president David Mark as a military officer years ago.

Nigerian lady passes on after meeting married lover she met on Facebook

Adekemi Faboro allegedly passed on after her 1st meeting with a wedded man she met on Facebook, as indicated by a report by PM News.


The teacher with an elementary school in Ogba had met with the wedded man, one Christopher Ezekiel, online at some time back and they began an online relationship, imparting on telephone and through Facebook messages.


The two later consented to meet surprisingly this previous weekend. Ezekiel left his wife and 2 kids in Ibadan and flew out down to Lagos where he stayed in Adekemi’s home at a road off Ajayi Road, Ogba.


Inconvenience began when Adekemi began coughing bountifully amidst the night. Her concerned neighbors who could hear her coughing came to ask what the issue was. Seeing that she was not showing signs of improvement, they surged her to the Ifako General Hospital in Lagos where she passed on.


Ezekiel was promptly captured by policemen attached to the Pen Cinema Police station in Ogba. Her body has since been stored at the funeral home and a post-mortem is required to be conducted on her body to figure out the cause of her death.


Yobe State now Boko Haram free - Defence HQ

As indicated by the Nigerian Defense Spokesperson, Gen Chris Olukolade, Yobe state is presently free from Boko Haram taking after the operations of the Nigerian troops in Goniri today.


Seun Kuti flaunts his Expensive Saxophone

The Afro-beat artist took to instagram to impart the photograph of the musical instrument above and composed  “I rather have a million naira sax than a million naira chain. I am a musical performer not a model!”. S