FG Declares Friday, May 29 Public Holiday

Friday May 29 has been declared a public holiday by the Federal Government of Nigeria.  The Minister of Interior, Abba Moro made the declaration on Monday, on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement signed by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Abubakar Magaji.

Mr Moro urged Nigerians at home and in the diaspora to support the incoming government and pray for the success of Nigeria’s democratic process.

He congratulated President Goodluck Jonathan and Nigerians on the successful conduct of the 2015 general election.

Also, the Minister congratulated the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari on his victory.

On Friday, May 29, President Goodluck Jonathan will hand over to the President-elect, General Buhari.

Earlier on Monday, Vice President Namadi Sambo handed over some reports of the outgoing government to the incoming government.

Pics: Taraji P Henson parties in hot tiny bikini in Las Vegas

The Empire performing artist, 44, danced and twerked in a tiny bikini  while celebrating with Empire inventor Lee Daniels and his beau Jahil Fisher  in Las Vegas yesterday May 24.

See more pics bellow.

See what the ever busy Awolowo road looks like due to fuel scarcity

Awolowo Road in Lagos this morning…

Pics from rehearsals for the Inauguration ceremony on Friday

A few photographs from the rehearsals for the inauguration function which comes up on Friday May 29th at the Eagle square Abuja.

See another photograph bellow.

Pics from Capital Oil station

This is the thing that Capital Oil station at Ojodu Berger, Omole Phase 2 resembles today. Fuel is offering at N87. The hustle for fuel is real…another photograph bellow.

Since the end of the Cold War the US has fabricated two enemies for itself – Radical Islam and Russia – but now it has to choose only one, and the best candidate is Radical Islam, according to French historian, diplomat and novelist Jean-Christophe Rufin.


The US needs an external enemy to ensure community cohesion, Jean-Christophe Rufin said in an interview with the French Le Figaro newspaper.

“American society, similar to the Roman Empire is in need of an external uniting enemy. Since 1991, in its striving not to miss out on one, the US has made up two,” he said.

On the one hand, he says, by overthrowing Arabic-Muslim secular regimes, “rightfully labelled as dictatorships destined for public reproof,” the US and its European allies have contributed to the emergence of a considerable number of Islamist enemies (starting with Bin Laden and continuing up to the Islamic State) financed by some oil monarchies of the Persian Gulf region.On the other – the US has pursued its systematic policy of besieging post-Soviet Russia. From Georgia to Mongolia and through the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) the US has laid the ground for a new cold war.

Now, the historian says, the US faces a choice of keeping only one enemy. The best candidate is Radical Islam, he says.

“However we should not forget the prophecy of Alexis de Tocqueville, who saw Russia as the only continental power capable of competing with the US,” Rufin stated.

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805 – 1859) was a French political thinker and historian, who was famous for his analysis of the American democratic system; best known for his works ‘Democracy in America’ and ‘The Old Regime and the Revolution.’

According to exit polls revealed on Sunday, opposition candidate Andrzej Duda won Poland’s run-off presidential election.

 

Opposition candidate Andrzej Duda won Poland’s run-off presidential election with 52 percent of the votes, exit polls revealed on Sunday.

Duda, a candidate from the country’s largest Law and Justice opposition party, ran against incumbent President Bronislaw Komorowski, backed by the country’s ruling Civic Platform party.Poland’s incumbent president has been a strong supporter of the European Union, particularly on the issue of Ukraine, while Duda is a mild euro-sceptic.

Komorowski later conceded defeat and congratulated Duda with victory in a speech given from his campaign headquarters.

Komorowski, 62, was ahead of Duda, 43, in pre-election ratings released earlier this week, but on May 10, Poland’s incumbent leader narrowly lost to the opposition candidate in the first round of the elections that triggered Sunday’s run-off.

Poland’s incumbent President and presidential candidate from the Civic Platform Party (PO) Bronislaw Komorowski shouts to supporters as he leaves his election campaign headquarters after the announcement of the first exit polls in the second round of the Polish presidential elections, in Warsaw, Poland May 24, 2015

According to updated IPSOS exit poll results, in the run-off, 52 percent of the voters chose Duda over Komorowski, who came away with 48 percent. Earlier IPSOS data showed that Duda secured 53 percent of the votes, while Komorowski got 47 percent.

Sunday’s turnout was estimated at 56.1 percent.

Poland’s State Election Commission is expected to announce official results on Monday, May 25.

Donald Tusk, a Polish politician and President of the European Council, has congratulated Andrzej Duda with victory in Poland’s presidential election.

“I thank President Komorowski for a good and fair presidency, and I congratulate Andrzej Duda with his victory and wish him the best term,” Tusk said in a Sunday post on his official Twitter page.

Top 20 wealthiest People In China

China’s economy has been on the ascent for quite a long time – and that implies that innumerable quantities of its natives have seen their total assets experience the rooftop.

From the founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma, who saw his total assets ascend to over $20 billion dollars a year ago, or Wei Jianjun who sits on Great Wall Motors, a SUV producer, these people have made fortunes by enhancing in one of the world’s quickest developing economies. Which obviously makes you wonder: who are the wealthiest individuals in China? Well you’re in the right place, we did some burrowing and here are the Top 20 Richest People in Chin

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1of Top 20 wealthiest People In China (Jack Ma – $19.5 billion)

1. Jack Ma – $19.5 billion

Coming in at number 1 is Jack Ma who burst onto the world stage when Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba went public on the NASDAQ exchange. The hugely popular site, which amounts to being the Chinese version of Amazon, has made Ma the richest man in China and one of the richest people on the plan.

2. Robin Li – $14.7 billion

Owner of what amounts to China’s version of Google, Robin Lie is the CEO of Baidu, China’s near monopolistic internet search engine. Li was educated in the U.S. where he earned a computer science degree and once worked for a subsidiary of financial data firm Dow Jones.

3 of Top 20 wealthiest People In China (Ma Huateng – $14.4 billion)

3. Ma Huateng – $14.4 billion

Ma Huateng made his way into the number 3 spot in our list by turning internet services firm Tencent into a dynamic powerhouse. Tencent’s “weChat” mobile texting app alone garners over 440 million users in China

4. Li Hejun – $13 billion

Li Hejun comes in at number 4 on our list thanks to his push to power China with the sun, through his ownership in diverse solar manufacturing businesses. In addition to this, he is branching into solar cell manufacturing in the U.S. state of California with his stake in Alta Devices.

5 of Top 20 wealthiest People In China (Zong Qinghou – $11 billion)

5. Zong Qinghou – $11 billion

Zong Qinghou has made a fortune from something simple: manufacturing tea and water. His Hangzhou Wahaha Group was founded as a beverage manufacturer in a store at a children’s school in the late 1980’s, and the rest, as they say, is history.

6. Wang Wenyin – $10 billion

As Chairman of Amer International Group, Wang Wenyin, comes in at number 6 on our list of China’s richest citizens. Amer acts as a industrial supplier of cable and copper products, and has seen its fortunes rise along with the industrialization of China itself.

9 of Top 20 wealthiest People In China (9. Liu Qiangdong – $7.1 billion)

9. Liu Qiangdong – $7.1 billion

Founder of online shopping firm JD.com, Liu Qiangdong, joined the list of China’s richest last year when JD.com went public on the US NASDAQ exchange.

10. Liu Yongxing – $6.5 billion

There’s big money in animal feed, and Liu Yongxing is there to make it. With his brothers, Liu Yongxing turned the Hope Group into a massive industrial conglomerate with over 18,000 employees.

11 of Top 20 wealthiest People In China (Wang Jing – $6.4 billion)

11. Wang Jing – $6.4 billion

In addition to interests in mining and construction, Wang Jing’s fortune is primarily derived from his recently sold stake in Beijing Xinwei Telecom Technology, for which he reaped billions.

12. Chan Laiwa & Family – $6.1 billion

Chan Laiwa and her family come in at number 12 on our list. Laiwa is one of the world’s richest self made women, through her ownership and control of the Fu Wah International Group of Beijing which owns numerous premiere properties in China’s capital.

13 of Top 20 wealthiest People In China (Wei Jianjun & Family – $6 billion)

13. Wei Jianjun & Family – $6 billion

As the founder of sport-utility vehicle manufacturer Great Wall Motors, Wei Jianjun and his family come in at number 13 on our list. In addition to manufacturing SUVs in China, he has also started manufacturing in Russia as well.

14. Hui Ka Yan – $5.9 billion

Yet another real estate billionaire to grace our list, Hui Ka Yan is the head of Evergrande Real Estate which invests in a broad array of commercial and residential real estate.

17 of Top 20 wealthiest People In China (Zhang Zhidong – $5.2 billion)

17. Zhang Zhidong – $5.2 billion

A close friend of Tencent founder Ma Huateng, Zhang’s net worth is derived from his stake in the Chinese internet company and for acting as its Chief Technology Officer before he retired in 2014.

18. William Ding – $4.9 billion

Founder of one of the largest online mobile gaming companies in the world, William Ding comes in at number 18. The company he created, NetEase, is based in China but shares actually trade on the U.S. NASDAQ stock market exchange. NetEase even has a distribution agreement with gaming juggernaut Blizzard Entertainment.