Friday, May 22, 2015

Buhari Reportedly Flies To London On Same Plane With Dieziani

President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari and Petroleum Minister, Dieziani  are currently on-board the same British Airways plane heading to London.
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According to Sahara Reporters, Alison-Madueke was billed to travel next week Tuesday May 26th and had already bought her ticket but on hearing that the President-elect was heading to London today, she allegedly asked that her ticket be fast-tracked so she can perhaps have some audience with Buhari.


The British Airways plane departed at about 9.am this morning. Buhari’s reason for traveling is not unknown but he is expected back to Nigeria on Tuesday May 26 ahead of the inauguration ceremony which comes up May 29th.


 


Source: Sahara reporters

Buhari should tax the rich more and raise minimum wage by Ahmed Adamu (PhD)

There have been misconception that giving tax incentives to the rich help incentivise job creation, because the capitalists are perceived to be job creators. The truth is, they do not. Ordinary consumer is more of a job creator than a capitalist.
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Business people taking credit for creating jobs is highly unfair. Business people hire people as their last resort, as they only hire to keep pace with the consumer demand. The Nigerian Personal Income Tax act is unfair for allowing fixed tax rate for resident companies, while varying that of personal income tax rates.


The rigidity of the resident company tax rate allows for unnecessary overgrowing of few companies and making many more to close down. Small, medium and big companies pay 30% of their profits as tax irrespective of their return and size.


Consequently, rich are getting richer and more citizens that are of middle class were relegated. Statistics have shown that, we have more unemployment as number of millionaires increases over time. If number of millionaires can create jobs, we will not have the level of unemployment we are having now in the country, which is of a record high (23.9%), this without including the estimated 30% more that are under-employed.


The individual consumer needs to be incentivised. If the minimum wage is to keep pace with the inflation rate, the minimum wage would have been anything above N25, 000 by now just within five years since it was reviewed to N18, 000. Jobs are consequence of eco-systemic feedback loop between customers and businesses. If the middle class thrive and do well, both the capitalist and the poor benefit.


Therefore, let the rich be taxed more, so that we can create more middle class people, who consumes more and then create jobs by virtue of their consumptions. Company tax system should be proportionate to the income level. Business with profit less than N80 million should be taxed at 25%, business profits above N80 million but not up to N500 million should be taxed at 30%, and any profit margin above N500 million should be taxed at 35%.


This should not include companies operating in the petroleum sector. There should not be credit breaks for big companies, unless for special circumstances. However, tax breaks can be allowed for small and medium companies. Minimum wage should be upgraded to N25,000.


With the pending austerity measures, government expenditure (recurrent) must be reduced by at least 10% every year for four years, the tax rates should be increased and compliance enforced. Compliance will not be a big deal because people now have trust and confidence on the government.


However, there should be immediate reflection of benefits derived from tax payments. This should be showcased in areas like improving access to electricity, increasing the minimum wage, improving access to quality and affordable health care and educational system. All leakages of government revenue resulting from corruption should be blocked and channelled that to power sector at least in the short term.


Thank you


Ahmed Adamu (PhD) is the President, Commonwealth Youth Council

Bomb Explodes in Saudi Shi'a Mosque During Prayer, Casualties Reported

The town, where the blast occurred, is in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, which is home to the nation’s Shiite minority.
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A suicide bomber exploded explosives at Shiite Imam Ali mosque in the town of al-Qudaih in Saudi Arabia amid Friday prayers to God. Ten individuals are reported dead, handfuls injured. As indicated by media reports, 150 individuals were in the mosque, when the bomb exploded.



The town, where the blast occurred, is in Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich Eastern Province, home to the nation’s Shiite minority. The area was the hotbed of anti-government challenges in 2011-2012, propelled to some extent by the “Arab Spring”.


Falcons Begin Training in Toronto, Canada

Nigeria’s senior women’s national football team have began their final build-up programme for the 2015 Fifa World Cup in Toronto, Canada.

The coach Edwin Okon-led ladies touched down in Canada on Wednesday and immediately made way for their Novotel Hotel lodge.
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The team had a two-hour session in the morning and evening on Thursday at a facility about 25 minutes drive from their hotel. Coach Okon, who spoke after the training said he will not leave any stone unturned as the Super Falcons aim to improve on their previous performances on the world stage.


“I’m impressed with the way we have started. I want us to hit the ground running and keep the team focused. We are here for serious business and we are not going to leave anything to chance. The weather here is okay and we are going to make the best of it in our subsequent trainings. It’s going to be a great start for us,” he said.  The FIFA Women’s World Cup starts on 6 June and Nigeria squares Sweden in Winnipeg two days later.

Woman accused of witchcraft burnt to death in Kebbi [Graphic Pics]

A lady accused of being a witch was blazed to powder in Argungu town of kebbi state toward the beginning of today.

See pics bellow
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Pastor Chris Oyakhilome And his Estranged Wife Are Back In Love?

An unsubstantiated report on OluFamous.com is asserting that the General Overseer of Christ Embassy Church, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, and his alienated wife, Anita Oyakhilome, have settled their disparities.
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The online journal asserted somebody sent the data to them. See the message purportedly sent bellow:


DIVORCED COUPLE RE-UNITED
Brethren, please join me to thank God for bringing back this couple together again. When I first heard that this powerful man of God and his wife were divorced, it broke my heart, and I knew that something was wrong somewhere, for a servant of God to divorce his wife. 


However, this is an example of what God can do. When all hope was lost, and people were running their mouth, then God did what he alone can do, destroying the works of the devil that was operating in this family and brought them back together again, to show that God does not condone or tolerate the divorce of his children.


Remember, the devil does not take it lightly with any true and serious child of God who wants to do God’s will. He wants to do everything possible to destroy their lives, but no matter what happens, God will give victory at last. 


Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, may God continue to strengthen and use you mightily for his kingdom in the mighty name of Jesus. All glory to God.


The message above is somewhat vague as there is no concrete information on how or when the reconciliation took place.


Pastor Oyakhilome, who was spotted wearing a new look recently, finally spoke a month ago on the divorce suit filed against him by his wife, after days of silence on the issue.


Following their separation, the couple decided to share custody of their children. Sharon, the eldest, is with her father while Charlene is presently with Anita.


Pastor Chris is a popular Nigerian gospel minister and one of the most influential preachers in Africa. He is listed as one of the top 10 richest pastors in the world as of 2014.

Siasia Invites 30 Players for Caf U-23 Championship Qualifier

Coach of the Nigeria Under-23 national team, Samson Siasia, has invited 30 players to camp for preparation for an African Championship qualification match against the winners between Ghana and Congo in July.


Regulars like Erhun Obanor, Oduduwa Segun, Sincere Seth, Emmanuel Daniel, Abiodun Akande, Oghenekaro Etebo, Usman Mohammed and Junior Ajayi are joined by exciting new faces Aniyikaye Adeleye,, Ekpo Daniel and Daniel Etor‎‎



Gabros FC’s Christopher George Jenom, Enyimba FC’s Okeke Uche, Chisom Kisito of Diamond Football Academy and Dolphins FC’s Ekpo Daniel are coming into camp for the first time.


All the invited players are expected to report on Sunday, 31st ‎ May, 2015 while training will commence on Monday 1st June, 2015.


The top three teams at the Caf U-23 Championship billed for Senegal between 5 and 19 December earns a slot at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.


INVITED PLAYERS


GOAL KEEPERS


DANIEL EMMANUEL – RANGERS


ABIODUN AKANDE – 3SC


YUSUF MOHAMMED – KANO PILLARS


DANIEL EMMASON – AKWA UTD


DEFENDERS


OBANOR ERHUN – ABIA WARRIORS


SEGUN ODUDUWA – NATH BOYS


SINCERE SETH – SUPREME COURT


IROHA EBUKA – DIAMOND FOOTBALL ACADEMY


SANI FAISAL – ABUJA FOOTBALL ACADEMY


ANIYIKAYE ADELEYE – GABROS FC


CHISOM KISITO – DIAMOND FOOTBALL ACADEMY


EKPO GODWIN – UNATTACHED


MIDFIELDERS


AZUBIKE OKECHUKWU – BAYELSA FC


TIONGOLI TONBARA – BAYELSA FC


FREEDOM OMOFOMAN – WARRI WOLVES


USMAN MOHAMMED – TARABA FC


EKPO DANIEL – DOLPHINS FC


OKEKE UCHE – ENYIMBA FC


DANIEL ETOR – ENYIMBA FC


SUNDAY GABRIEL – DIAMOND FOOTBALL ACADEMY


UBONG EKPAI – KANO PILLARS


ETEOBONG ELISHA – ESPERANCE


CHRISTOPHER GEORGE JENOM – GABROS FC


STRIKERS


PETER ONYEKACHI – ENYIMBA FC


OGHENEKARO ETEBO – WARRI WOLVES


JUNIOR AJAYI – 3SC FC


AKINBULE AYONFE – GATEWAY FC


WILLIAM MEMME – UNATTACHED


MOSES OMODUEMUKE – UNATTACHED


IYORHE LUTER BENJAMIN – TARABA FC

Photos: Popular Music star Kcee spotted hawking MTN recharge cards on the streets

Singer Kcee was seen early today along the major roads of Lagos where he went to offer MTN recharge cards furthermore to meet with his fans. As a brand envoy of MTN, he used himself as an example and encouraged his fans never to surrender yet rather be engaged and dedicated furthermore to have confidence in themselves on the grounds that this world Na turn by turn as indicated by him.
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See more photographs bellow.



Pics: Fayose supervises the relocation of Hausas from Atikankan to Sasa after attacks

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Legislative head of Ekiti state early today managed the departure of Hausas from their community in Atikankan in Ado Ekiti to Sasa along Ikere road taking after emergency between Hausas living in Atikankan, and a few individuals from Drivers Union which has prompted decimation of properties, particularly the burning of the Oja Oba, Ado Ekiti by the Hausa after they were assaulted on Wednesday. Vehicles for the migration were additionally given by the government. More pics bellow.



Pics: 1 passes on, 4 injured in fatal accident along keffi-kafanchan road

A serious  accident happened this evening along Badeh Junction on Keffi-Kafanchan road in Abuja.
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One individual was murdered and four others are in critical conditions. Men of the Federal Road Safety service are on ground to deal with the circumstance.

More photographs after bellow.



Thursday, May 21, 2015

Tips for Overcoming Flight Fright !

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TIPS FOR OVERCOMING FLIGHT FRIGHT

Flying is very, very interesting and exciting. That is why it is the most attractive and fastest mode of transportation. It is preferable to driving. However, one disadvantage of flying is the extreme impact of a crash. It is very rare to find survivors. This has discouraged many potential flyers from flying. They either prefer to drive or refuse to travel. There are others who love flying but anxiety is written all over their face as they board the flight. The possibility of a crash according to findings by Jovago.com is that the possibility of a crash is 1 of 5,000. Jovago.com, Africa’s Number 1 Hotel Booking Portal gives you some tips on how to surmount flight fright thereby ensuring that you enjoy the flight.




ARRIVE AT THE AIRPORT EARLY

If you are scared of flying, you would do well to arrive at the airport early. This will give you enough opportunity to observe the operations at the airport. How people are briskly leaving and boarding various airplanes with so much confidence. You can see that nothing actually happened to them. Observing others may probably serve as a confidence booster.

IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF ANXIETY

Identifying the cause of your anxiety whenever you fly will go a long way in helping you to conquer flight anxiety. Ask yourself why are you anxious? Most times, it is the fear of the turbulence, take-off, crashes and landing that causes anxiety. This is peculiar to every flyer. However, there are other identifiable causes. So, ensure that you distract yourself when you are on board. Don’t allow your mind to focus too much on the negatives of flying. Importantly, don’t watch a movie that involves an air crash as this will obviously help in decreasing your fear of flying.

EDUCATE YOURSELF

Flying a plane involves four steps namely Gravity, Drag, Lift and thrust. Understanding these steps will help you to be more comfortable with flying when the plane is taking-off, landing as well as encountering mechanical problems. According the FlyFright, statistics reveal that 73% of fearful flyers are afraid of mechanical problems during flight. Hence, acquiring a bit of knowledge will also play its part.

PRETEND YOU ARE IN A BUS

If you know you can pull through a flight thinking that you are in a bus when you are actually in a plane will make you feel better, why not? However, don’t bother sit close to the window as this would cloud your thoughts and the fright will rush-in like lightening.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT SEAT

Sitting at the back of a plane doesn’t help someone that is always inundated by flying. So, ensure that you select a seat at the front or middle of the plane. But, if you are unable to secure any of these seats, never mind, you can sit at the back. You will not feel the effect of any turbulence because the plane seats are durable and rugged enough to protect you!

Insurgency and the Face of Education!

Security is the safety from danger, fighting, war, sickness and mismanagement. A situation where peace , freedom ,health, love and quietness prevails giving guarantee and assurance for life, health and full opportunities for the development of individuals ,families ,communities and countries in all areas of endeavors to maximum capacity. Any said or not said, planned or designed, done or not done that militates against securing can therefore be said to be challenge to society.


However one can easily identify many factors that pose serious security challenge in Nigeria. These include communal, herbal clashes, sectarian violence, religious conflicts, and kidnapping, armed robbery. Kidnapping of pupils and student from rich parent background are commonly experienced in the southern parts of country .communal and tribal clashes frequently experience in the northern part of the country like Borno, Taraba, and Nasarawa state.


Religious conflicts which for long have continued to post major challenges to security in Nigeria, particularly in the northern part of the state specifically and currently the northern eastern zone of the country in the likes of Adamawa, Yobe, Borno, Bauchi, and Gombe, are the most recent but most heinous, brutal and savage. The devastation and destruction of both human lives and properties inflected upon those living in the states are beyond imagination. The importance of education in the life of a person can never be overemphasizes in both temporal and spiritual aspects of human existence, education is very paramount .it is the light that shows the way by removing the darkness of ignorance. It is the salts that give taste to life. The greatest favors one can do to himself is to get educated and to others to give them education.


Insurgency violent, conflicts or war, threats of such intimidation an abuse can have very serious and permanent effects on education thus not only slowing down any progress or development of potentialities available giving prominence to mediocrity at the priority because of excellence . When and where there is insecurity the priority become survival.That is the first natural instinct. The other entire thing education inclusive becomes secondary school are closed , pupils and student stay out of school or institution for as long as the insecurity persists where school building and property are destroyed or looted the situation becomes moiré complex, the effects more challenging . Sad as this situation may look if is better than cases where student are pursued and killed in their school.


This can be more brutal? Evil? How can there be education if there are no people to receive education? Student and pupils that are lucky to escape such brutality may be marred physical, intellectual or psychological for life, and sentenced for a life cripple. Come to think of these for a moment, those young boys and girls kidnapped from school by insurgence to be used as human shields, chips for ransom bargaining sex slave, boy soldiers or sold on tightly as slave. What can be more of evil, the effects on education is just staging and mind blowing.All these atrocities have been curetted on students in potiskum, Damaturu in Yobe state, chibok in Borno state, talk less of all the school destroyed in all the state in the north eastern part of Nigeria by religious insurgent.


The effects on education is terrible, retrogressive, destructive and damaging to the overall human progress and conflicts raging mercilessly, economics resources cannot meet up with such daunting challenges. At these moment, Nigeria has survive despite faced by insecurity and insurgent, not simply by the wisdom or vision of those in high office, but because of we the people have remained faithfully and committed to ensuring the sustainability and unity of our dear country which means nothing to others, but something to us .May the labor of our heroes never in vain.


BY MUSA MUHAMMED UNIVERSITY OF MADUGURI DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION 300 LEVEL

Borno Investment Company Collapse 

In a nation that intends to develop socially, economic and politically there must have a sound and viable industries that would improve its economic base. Borno state is one of the ancient states in the North East sub-region of Nigeria which has a lot of viable industries enterprise and cottage industries which are still lagging behind industrially.


Due to its dormancy, Borno Investment Company limited was incorporated in February 1981. As private limited liability company is which is fully owned by the Borno State Government, the organization which started operation of its business in April 1987 which was aimed to stimulate the promotion of both private and public investment in order to hasten the industrial growth and development of the state.


Main while Borno Investment Company formally commenced business with an authority capital of N3-5 million. It was however established among others in promoting Financial and implementing viable small medium and large scale project in manufacturing commercial financial and service sector of the nations. It’s economic through equity and loan investment. Borno Investment Company vested with the responsibility of monitoring state owned companies which include metal shoe state hate, Maiduguri international hotel, wire and nail factory as well as soda ash industry among others. Among the scope of operations government investment in public companies corporations, provide for the financial and technical advises to private individuals and companies in form of feasibility studies.


Which has not been given due priority is now dormant. Right from other successive governments. The viable companies owned by Borno state government only on operational the three neighboring countries to the stouts Chad, Niger, Cameroon would no doubt patronize out products which are produced by these companies when adequately monitor Borno state governments being the owner of such companies should courage investor by leasing such viable industries for proper management and have its share of the company or instead the government should inject more money in to the companies and engage the services of experts who can run them for the benefit and economic base of the people and government.If these companies are put in place the problem of unemployment in the stateWould improve drastically.Borno state government under the able leadership of his Excellency Kashim Shettima the executive governor of Borno state should look into the issue of reviving the dormant industries so as to boast the economic of the state.


BY MUSA MUHAMMED UNIVERSITY OF MADUGURI DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION 300 LEVEL