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Oyo-Ita And The Future Of The Civil Service
For the better part of the last decade, the Nigerian civil service was largely entrapped in a swamp of corruption, incompetence, nepotism, and all the similar negatives one could think of. Expectedly and quite rightly, this has made many Nigerians jittery. But Nigeria is not the only victim of the jitters. It is an economic […]
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Kenyan Kiprotich Wins 2018 Lagos City Marathon
Kenyan-born French runner Abraham Kiprotich has emerged the winner of the 2018 edition of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon. He finished first at two hours eight minutes and he will take home $50,000 prize money. Also the Ethiopian lady Herpha Guta, emerged as the first female to finish the 2018 edition of the Access […]
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Watch: 17-year-old Gerard wins shock men's slopestyle gold
Red Gerard scored ‘87.16’ in his final run in the heats to win the gold medal in the men’s slopestyle.
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Nigeria and the curse of Sisyphus (4)
By Douglas Anele
The second is the war against corruption. In his book cited earlier, Max Siollun lists the names of prominent Nigerians allegedly guilty of corrupt enrichment and whose money and properties were confiscated by the federal military government. They include Anthony Enahoro, Edwin Clark, Samuel Ogbemudia, Abba Kyari, Philip Asiodu and so on. Although many Nigerians exasperated by the lethargic and lackluster regime of Gen. Yakubu Gowon enthusiastically welcomed the no-nonsense anti-corruption posture of Gen. Murtala Mohammed, the positive transformative effect of his coming into office had begun to die down even before he was assassinated in February 13, 1976.
It is interesting to remark at this point that Gen. Mohammed appointed governors to states other than their states of origin in order to promote national unity. For example, Cols. Anthony Ochefu and Zamani Lekwot were posted to East Central and Rivers states respectively, despite the fact that there were qualified officers from the two states that could do the job. When Maj-Gen. Aguiyi-Ironsi proposed the same measure in 1966, he was bitterly opposed by many northerners and eventually killed in a bloody mutiny led by Mohammed. Now the question is: was Mohammed’s violent death a case of karma, the law of reaping what one sowed? A plausible case can be made that the late military strongman did not have enough time to consolidate his rule and make his impact felt on a larger scale for many years in the future.
It is also true that some of the measures taken by his government, especially the haphazard or shambolic mass purge in the civil service, indicate the strengths and weaknesses of being led by an impulsive, irascible, no-nonsense ruler without a well thought-out blueprint for radical social transformation. Those that nostalgically refer to Gen. Mohammed’s brief tenure as a golden age in Nigeria’s history forget that he governed under more favourable conditions than his predecessors. His legacy would have been different if he had faced the same kind of crises that Ironsi and Gowon grappled with when they were in power. As William Shakespeare correctly observes in his work, As You Like It, “All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts.”
After Mohammed’s tragic death and the need arose to choose a new ruler, two leading candidates emerged as his replacement. Now, a sizeable percentage of members of the northern-dominated Supreme Military Council (SMC) favoured Lt. Gen. T.Y. Danjuma to fill the position. However, Lt. Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo was the more senior and experienced of the two. Ab initio, both men were reluctant to take up the challenge, probably because they did not want to create the impression of being eager to benefit from the sorrowful demise of Gen. Mohammed.
Eventually, although Obasanjo himself endorsed Danjuma as the new head of state mainly because he had lost faith in the loyalty of the Nigerian army, Danjuma’s argument that the SMC should adopt seniority and allow Mohammed’s deputy (Obasanjo) to succeed the latter was accepted. Here, once again, one can discern an aspect of the Sisyphean rigmarole that characterises Nigerian history. When Aguiyi-Ironsi was murdered, northern officers like Danjuma did not allow Brig. Babafemi Ogundipe, Ironsi’s deputy, to replace him. This time around, Danjuma, probably based on the recognition that, like himself, ringleaders of the 1976 coup were Christians from northern minority ethnic groups and that some northern Muslims were already alleging that the coup was a premeditated action by middle belt Christians against a Muslim head of state, cleverly invoked seniority probably to escape the same fate that befell Ironsi a decade earlier.
Lt. Gen. Obasanjo, became head of state and later promoted himself to the rank of full general. In his first emotion-laden broadcast to the country, he pledged to continue with the policies laid down by the SMC under the dynamic leadership of Murtala Mohammed. Obasanjo tried to fulfil his promise to Nigerians. He introduced Operation Feed the Nation, a programme meant to reinvigorate agriculture which had been neglected since the discovery and export of crude oil gathered momentum few years after the Biafran war. But his tenure was marred by wasteful expenditure and corruption, instantiated in 1978 by the 2.8 billion naira allegedly missing from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) when Col. Muhammadu Buhari was in charge of the petroleum resources ministry. In a sense, Obasanjo’s greatest achievement was the actualisation of Gen. Murtala Mohammed’s pledge that Nigeria would be returned to democratic rule by October 1, 1979.
The new democratic constitution with a powerful executive President and a bicameral National Assembly was cloned from the United States. As was the case at the dawn of independence in 1960 when Alhaji Balewa, a northerner with much lower intellectual credentials and pedigree than the two foremost southern politicians, Dr. Azikiwe and Chief Awolowo, became Prime Minister, Alhaji Shehu Shagari became the first executive President notwithstanding that Azikiwe and Awolowo who, by global best practices were more qualified, also contested the presidency with him. For the second time, it appears that Nigerians prefer to be governed by less qualified compatriots even when better options were available.
In fact, the choice of Alhaji Shagari by the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) as its presidential candidate and an accomplished intellectual and professional, late Dr. Alex Ekwueme, as his deputy is a clear indication that in Nigerian politics, ethnic and religious consideration tends to supersede meritocracy in the choice of leaders. Nigeria did not make much progress during Shagari’s administration, although state governors like Chief Sam Mbakwe (Imo), Alhaji Abubakar Rimi (Kano) and Alhaji Lateef Jakande (Lagos) were widely reputed to have performed above average. Like the cement armada fiasco of the Gowon era in the 70s, the rice importation scandal involving Alhaji Umaru Dikko, minister for transport, epitomises the level of financial rascality and corruption in the second republic. As a result, when the military struck again on the very last day of 1983, Nigerians heaved a sigh of relief based on the naïve and mistaken belief that at last a messiah will emerge to rescue them from the mediocrity of the immediate past administration.
Alhaji Shehu Shagari was succeeded by Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, who shares the distinction with Ironsi as the only military heads of state that did not promote themselves shortly after assuming control. Buhari, it would be recalled, participated in the coups that removed Ironsi and Gowon from office. On assumption of office, he repeated the puerile shibboleth of military governments dating back to ironsi that his regime is a “corrective government.” The linchpin of his administration was the War Against Indiscipline (WAI), whose principal aim is to tackle corruption, indiscipline and other social malaise that had been plaguing the country since independence.
At the beginning, in a manner reminiscent of the feeling of millions of Nigerians towards Murtala’s government, people (myself included) thought that the coming of Buhari meant a clean break from the corrupt past and the beginning of a new Nigeria in which hard work, discipline, patriotism and appropriate social etiquette would predominate among the citizens irrespective of social and economic status, ethnicity, religious affiliation, and political orientation. After the euphoria of lengthy jail terms handed to allegedly corrupt politicians of the second republic, coercive imposition of the queue culture and attempted kidnap of Umaru Dikko had faded, Nigerians gradually realised that Buhari was ruling them with iron fists, that some of their fundamental freedoms, including freedom of the press, had been curtailed. Buhari and his deputy, Brig. Tunde Idiagbon, ruled the country as if it was a police state.
Buhari’s obdurate dictatorial disposition to governance corroborates the assessment of his character by Lt. Gen. T.Y. Danjuma when the SMC was searching for a new Chief of Staff Supreme Headquarters after the death of Gen. Murtala Mohammed. According to Danjuma, as reported by Siollun, Buhari is an upright and strict army officer. But he was a very rigid and inflexible person, which made him unsuitable to occupy any political office. The nepotic and clannish character of Buhari was evident when he was military head of state. For instance, it was widely alleged that in 1985, when the post of Secretary-General of the Organisation of African Unity, (OAU) was vacant, with an Igbo, Dr. Peter Onu, as the acting secretary General, Buhari not only actively campaigned against his fellow compatriot but also voted for Ide Oumarou, a fellow Muslim Fulani from Niger republic. This incident, in my view, destroys claims by fanatic, historically blind Buhari apologists, notably Festus Keyamo and Profs. Itse Sagay and Tam David West, that Buhari is a patriot who has always placed Nigeria’s interest above personal ethnic and religious considerations.
When I analyse his “second coming” I will present arguments to demonstrate that President Buhari is an unrepentant caliphate colonialist who sees Nigeria through ethnic and religious lenses dictated by the Quran and the late Sardauna of Sokoto, Alhaji Ahmadu Bello.
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Idris Elba: Actor pops the question to girlfriend Sabrina after vowing to never get married again
Idris Elba popped the question to his girlfriend at the beginning of a screening of his movie at the Rio cinema and we can't believe it!
Resident heartthrob, Ghanaian actor Idris Elba is officially off the market, again. The actor popped the question to his long-term girlfriend Sabrina after vowing to never get married again following his second divorce.
Fans of the gorgeous Idris Elba, 45, were left heartbroken after he got down on one knee ahead of a screening of his new movie 'Yardie' at the Rio in Dalston. The handsome actor was seen getting down on bended knee to pop the question to Sabrina Dhowre, 29, on Friday evening.
The Luther star, who claimed marriage was off the table a mere six months ago following two divorces, could not contain his joy as his emotional other half, beauty queen Sabrina, said 'yes'.
The legendary Rio cinema in Dalston, London, were the first to say a big heartfelt congratulations to the happy couple.
Speaking to ESSENCE magazine back in July, Idris said, ‘Am I ever gonna get remarried? I don’t think so. Yeah, I don’t think so. Marriage is an institution of sorts. And I’ve done it. It’s not for everybody. It’s not my life’s calling.’
However, fate knocked on his door and whilst he was filming The Mountain Between Us alongside Titanic's Kate Winslet in Canada when he found himself powerless to the charms of Sabrina.
Speaking to People magazine in 'The Jess Cagle Interview', he said, 'Falling in love while making a movie about falling in love is pretty special. It definitely got noticed because I try to keep my personal life different. I think it's an interesting space, especially for her. She'd never done a red carpet before and I tend not to do that. It was nice actually.'
The couple made their public debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in Vancouver and a dapper Idris Elba looked proud to show off Sabrina who looked near perfect in a black velvet Stella McCartney dress.
Idris however, left a wake of broken hearts as his legion of fans mourned the loss of their chance before they got a chance to shoot their shot.
Well, sorry ladies (and gents), better luck next time.
Congratulations to the happy couple!
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CHAN Humiliation: A Wake Up Call
Lagos – The African Nations Championship (CHAN) is a football tournament, which was first announced on September 11, 2007.
It is administered by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and is played between the best national teams of Africa, exclusively featuring players who are active in the national championships and qualified to play in the ongoing season. Expatriate players, regardless of where they play, even in Africa, are not qualified to take part in the CHAN.
The first tournament was held in 2009 in Cote d’Ivoire and won by The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The tournament was expanded to 16 teams for the second edition, held in Sudan in 2011. The tournament was won by Tunisia, in the wake of the Tunisian Revolution.
The third edition was held in South Africa in 2014 with Libya as champion and Nigeria finished third but were knocked out at the group stage of the fourth edition held in Rwanda in 2016.
The tournament is held every two years, alternating with the Africa Cup of Nations.
And all things that have a beginning must definitely have an end. And so, the 2018 edition that kicked off on January 13 ended on February 4 inside the Mohammed V Stadium, Casablanca, Morocco.
That the final match between Morocco and Nigeria ended in a dismay 4-0 humiliation of Nigeria is no longer news.
Rather what is news or should be news is the fallout of the championship as regards our league, players, coaches and as well as administrators.
A lot has been said about the final result and as expected, some in favour of the team and others against the team.
Football pundits had roundly criticised the team performance and most notably, coach Salisu Yusuf’s selections in the build up to the final.
But rather than passing blame or praising any quarter, we should see the final match cum result as a wake up call for the country’s football.
Right from the blast of the whistle of the Senegalese referee for the commencement of the match, it was glaring that the Moroccans were out for a victory but many never thought the score line would be so massive.
Watching the first 20 minutes of the match, many would have wondered how the Super Eagles managed to get to the final in the first instance.
Despite the loss, the Super Eagles will still be paid 30% of the prize money of $750,000 for the runners-up, which is about 90 million Naira.
Nigeria started the tournament unimpressively and struggled to progress at every match. Many did not believe in the team because this was the team that lost to Ghana 4 – 1 in Accra at the West African Football Union (WAFU) championship.
Their performance at the pre-season tournament in Kano raised some hope but soon after the tournament kicked off in Morocco fans started loosing confidence.
That brings to questioning the technical ability of coach Yusuf in his team’s selection for the final match.
Eyes brow were raised about his final selection for the tournament as well as the final match.
Despite his poor clinical ability, Anthony Okpotu brought bite to the team’s attack.
But it was a surprise when he was dropped to the bench by Yusuf for Peter Eneji whose only game was in that final against Morocco having missed the rest of the tournament with injury.
Okpotu was later brought on but the game had already been won and lost.
Perhaps another factor that worked against the team was the home crowd at the Mohamed V Stadium.
Before the final, most the Eagles’ games had been played in front of scanty crowds, except the group game against Libya.
But it was a different ball game when they faced the hosts in the final inside the 45,600 seater Mohamed V Stadium that was nearly filled to capacity.
Aside from finding ways to contain the rampaging Moroccans, the Eagles also had to deal with the noise coming from the fans.
Unfortunately, it turned out to be a disaster as they were roundly trounced.
At goalless in the first 40th minutes, the Eagles were clearly second best in the game and it was a matter of time before they conceded the first goal on the struck of half-time.
And when Eneji was shown his second yellow card, it would have taken a miracle for the Eagles to get anything from the game.
Following the red card to Eneji, the Eagles completely collapsed, lost organisation, focus and shape.
To worsen the situation, the team at that point lost concentration and things fell apart as the centre cannot hold.
Though the Eagles made it to the final, but it was obvious the team lacked proper cohesion. The players could not string two, three, four passes together. They relied mainly on their physicality, athleticism, ruggedness and power.
It was evident they bulldozed their way to final by overpowering their opponents but came unstuck against a sleek, well organized Moroccan side.
Finally, injuries were a major factor why the team lost scandalously to Morocco. Number one choice goalkeeper, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, who had been outstanding since the commencement of the tournament, had to be stretchered off against Sudan in the semifinal.
Sunday Faleye, another player who was beginning to grow into the competition, injured his arm in the quarterfinal against Angola.
Also, the decision of the coach to go for a Peter Eneji who just recovered from injury could be blamed for their heavy loss in the final.
For a guide, the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) should quickly as a matter of urgency, go back to the drawing board and x-ray the performance of the team ahead future assignments.
This definitely is a wake up call as it is right time the country takes its rightful position in the comity of football playing nations.
However, football pundits have been divided in their reaction to the final match result.
Technical Adviser of the national team, Gernot Rohr, said the team deserves the praises of all as they did not do ‘all that’ badly.
“You don’t define the overall performance based with the final result, they reached this stage against all odds and deserve nothing but our praise and support,” said Rohr.
“Honestly the boys were good. Both teams displayed good football and played like a real final of a tournament until a goal came in the dying minutes of the first half.
“On resumption, the first six minutes also carries some characteristics of the first half until the referee decided to hand over the match and the trophy to Morocco.
“The second yellow card was not necessary, because the first yellow card on the boy was given without a warning.
“That red card completely destabilized our team no doubt. Again these boys are home based who are used to playing in a temperature of 35 to 40 degrees and suddenly they found themselves playing under nine degrees and a rainy weather.
“The factors are enormous. Morocco playing at home in a weather they are used to and in front of their crowned prince.
“Really, the result of the game was indeed painful but the boys really tried under the circumstance”, said Gara Gombe Ahmed Shuaibu.
Olajide Harrison Arigbabu has this to say: “Simple as ABC Nigerian football still lack tactical approach on game situation and our players level of understanding situation is very poor.
“Good for our football to see our level of national development tonight. Great experience for is all.
For Chijiuba Godstime Ozioma, “ Consequences of corrupt officiating in NPFL. “This is what you get when you allow corruption to kill football development in the league.
“Players were never allowed to bring out their best. Try new workable tactical approaches rather what we see is money winning games for clubs instead of players. Look at our defenders.
“They all were put to test tonight and they all failed. No striker. What I saw tonight were bunch of lazy and unintelligent players.
“How on earth will a player with caution card went for such a rough tackle. Defenders with terrible errors.
“Goolkeeper’s continuous spilling of the ball. Our league needs to grow beyond winning matches before kick off. Allow the players to develop. Let them work hard.
Vincent Akinbami said: “The team was match rusty before the tournament started. The league body has been struggling to align our league to that of Europe and other African countries for over 10 years now.
“A team whose league had not started before CHAN started will definitely struggle”.
Media officer of the team, Toyin Ibitoye tweeted: “Not the result or performance we wanted but in spite of that I commend this CHAN @NGSuperEagles for getting this far.
“This is the most disciplined bunch of players I’ve ever worked with. We hope for better luck next time.
Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung urged Nigerians to take the positives away from the team’s second best performance in Casablanca Morocco.
Dalung said the Super Eagles had recorded another ‘first’ in football history.
According to him, the team recorded its best ever outing at the competition with their silver medal-winning feat.
“Coming for this tournament, many Nigerians never gave the team a chance because of the way they prepared and their pessimism about the players in the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL).
“But getting to the final against all odds, the players proved many critics wrong about the standard of the NPFL which can only get better.”
The Minister lamented the expulsion of Peter Eneji very early in the second half after his second yellow card, which played a major role in the final outcome of the game played in a gutsy windy and wet weather.
“It was obvious that our boys were struggling with the weather which was made worse when they were reduced to 10 men. Many of them have not been exposed to such harsh weather conditions before while playing in the NPFL. Experiencing such extreme cold weather really hampered their output during the competition.”
He however enjoined Nigerians to see the team as a work in progress if the vision driving the current League Management Company (LMC) running the Nigerian league can be sustained.
“The role of better preparation for a tournament cannot be over emphasized. Going by the way the Moroccans played against the Super Eagles, it was evident that they were ready for this and had prepared long enough.
“Our attention must now shift to better preparations for the 2018 World Cup in Russia,” he said.
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W’Cup: Integral Gets Exclusive Sales Agency Right For Nigeria
Lagos – Integral, Sports Events and Hospitality Company, has been appointed by MATCH Hospitality as the Exclusive Sales Agent in Nigeria for the sale of the Official Hospitality Programme of this year’s FIFA World Cup in Russia.
MATCH Hospitality is the exclusive rights holder of the World Cup Hospitality Programme and is the only company worldwide that has been officially appointed by FIFA to promote and sell, either directly or via its global network of sales agents, official commercial hospitality packages including guaranteed match tickets.
Pascal Portes, Chief Operating Officer of MATCH Hospitality, at the unveiling of the Integral during the week in Lagos said that, “Nigeria is an established and very passionate market, and we are extremely optimistic about the sales potential for our hospitality programme in 2018.”
Portes, who appreciated Nigeria’s qualification for the World Cup said further, “We know that Integral is our best partners to open the door to a thriving Nigerian market ready for the extraordinary experiences promised by this exceptional FIFA World Cup environment.”
Abimbola Ilo, Managing Director of Integral added: “We are delighted to act as the Exclusive Sales Agent of MATCH Hospitality in Nigeria for the sale of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Official Hospitality Programme.
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Buhari must reorder security structure to get results —Nyiam
Since his retirement from the military, Colonel Tony Nyiam has been a vocal voice on the civil society platforms. An advocate of restructuring and equitable co-existence, Nyiam, in this interview with TAIWO ADISA, bares his mind on the spate of violence in the country and the responses from the Presidential villa. Excerpts:
HOW do you react to the series of bloodletting and kidnapping ravaging the country right now?
I humbly respond to the National Assembly’s call for suggestions of how to fill the gaps in our national security architecture as follows. One, there is urgent need for a Nigerian internal security strategy and a fit-for-purpose structure for containing enemies within the Nigerian territory or foreign invaders, such as the military, armed transnational Bororo-Fulani militia who are invading our farming communities. Two, there is the need for a four-fold expansion of the armed forces across the board, police and other national security agencies personnel strength. There is also the need for an independent Nigerian national security think-tank. This will, in addition to being resource persons to the Presidency in addressing immediate security threats, will also initiate and advise the Commander-in-Chief on medium and long term solutions to security problems, which persist.
There is also the need to introduce the US-type of National Guard which in the Nigerian context could be known as State Guards. For example, you can call it Katsina State Guard. These State Guards should be armed up to only the small arms level. At the national level, there should be National Guard with heavier arms so that with the consent of the National Assembly, the president can direct to reinforce a challenged state guard.
We once had National Guard and it didn’t seem to work…?
What I have suggested above would neatly complement the existing good structure for defence against external threats known technically as the armed forces’ order of battle (ORBAT). The failure has always been with our internal security architecture, thus the suggestions I have proffered. Before I forget, there is need also to set up a national coast guard. All the proposed national and state guards and coast guard and other agencies should be coordinated by a Coordinator of Internal Security Operations (COISO). The COISO office, like the National Security Adviser, should be in the Presidency, but appointment must be with the consent of the National Assembly, because of the executive nature of the duties of the envisaged coordinator.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo made references to nepotism as part of the problems bedevilling the Buhari administration, do you agree with that?
President Muhammadu Buhari should stop insulting Nigerians’ intelligence on the fact that he is the most nepotistic and tribalistic Nigerian president. The appointments he listed for the South-East are of officials in office but without power. Ndigbos are not as stupid as the sycophantic slaves, who frequently parade the Villa. They are just watching. Why is an Igbo not fit to be in the corridors of power? And to cap all the nepotism, the only slot occupied by the South-West in the security architecture, the Director-General of National Intelligence Agency (NIA) was recently taken away and before our korokoro eyes, it was replaced by another man from the president’s ethnic group. What’s worst is the danger the appointment of an unqualified person poses.
Recently, I have, in fact, been warned that two or three of these national security agencies could be used to frame me up for doing my patriotic duty of contributing to ensuring that PMB does not continue to bring the nation state to harm’s way through his nepotism and favouritism, that he does not continue to give his kinfolks advantages over the people of South-West, South-East, South-South and Middle Belt. By Buhari’s actions so far, he has made his statement that he is a president of all unbelievable. What a pity for a man to disown his status as a General or statesman? He has reduced himself from the position of a hitherto respectable General and Head of State to a Bororo-Fulani warlord. It’s no wonder the Hausas, one of the most culturally, politically and economically enslaved people are beginning to question why all the hegemonic practices are being done in their name? The town Fulani and bush Fulani of good conscience are also unhappy about PMB’s divisive practices of governance, which is exposing them to ridicule. For crying out loud, we are not ignorant of the occupants of these offices: the SGF, CoS, NSA, COAS, DG SSS, DG NIA, CAS, IGP and the bosses of INEC, EFCC, Customs, NDLEA and others. These are the movers and shakers of power in this dispensation
What is your view on the recent claims that ISIS could be behind the killings in Benue axis?
That DSS’s after-thought information begs many questions, such as, is it an attempt to distract gullible Nigerians’ attention from the sophisticatedly armed transnational Fulani invaders’ threats? Why is the information conveniently coming now? Isn’t it the National Intelligence agency (NIA), an agency like the United States of America’s CIA, constitutionally charged with the responsibility for foreign and transnational intelligence, that should have informed us? Are the armed Bororo-Fulani militia parts of the Islamist plan to take over the Nigerian aboriginal ethnicities’ lands?
One of the major lessons I have learnt from my existential life experiences in relation to our Lord, Jesus’ teachings is that there is no religion higher than tuth and love. Thus, in accordance to a call to duty to the Nigerian people, I humbly commend PMB for mentioning, for the first time, the herdsmen in relation to the murders of innocent Benue people and ordering the arrest of any armed herdsmen.
Our C-in-C, what you have begun is what I have been praying you are allowed to do. Please, our president, we plead with you to include personalities from the South-South, South-West, South-East and Middle Belt in the National Security Council. It is presently monopolised by Fulani and Kanuri officers. He should also work towards a new Nigerian society anchored on the principles of justice, truth, liberty, fairness, equality, compassion and the well-being of the greatest number of Nigerians. President Buhari’s legacy will, Insha Allah, be positively guaranteed if the cabal allows him to exercise the political will to constitutionally reform the Nigerian State.
Let me also commend the Senate for its rejection of an apparently biased committee report on the Benue killings. There are too many sycophantic reports going to the president in this administration.
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Nothing to show for 16 years of PDP —Moghalu
Chief George Moghalu is the National Auditor of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In this interview with TAIWO AMODU, he justifies the recent endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari for a fresh mandate in 2019 by the leaders of the ruling party from the South-East zone amid growing agitation in the polity that the incumbent president should refrain from seeking a second term in office.
THE South-East APC recently endorsed President Buhari for second term during its visit to the Presidential Villa. What informed that endorsement?
The actual meeting where we endorsed him was at our meeting in the South-East. That was where we took the unanimous decision to endorse him. We endorsed him as a consequence of our feeling of satisfaction in terms of his performance and what he is doing for us today in the South-East, coupled with the fact that our political future as a people is brighter or is more guaranteed under the Buhari presidency, if we must be honest with ourselves.
But is the position taken by APC leaders from the zone in sync with the feelings of the average Igbo man?
Well, we are talking about politics. It is a matter of individual interest; it is a matter of group interest. We looked at it dispassionately; we look at it from all perspectives. In terms of performance, he is doing well and I can give you simple indices that we used. PDP was in government for 16 years, we had the major challenge of Enugu-Onitsha expressroad, nothing was done; Enugu-Port Harcourt expressroad, nothing was done on it. The Third Niger Bridge became a political issue throughout that period. In every four years, they hold flagging-off ceremony but nothing happened. So, this time round, we looked at it and said, ‘okay, the man is doing those things that we need, those things that concern us, that are of direct impact on the lives of the average person.’ We said it is a matter of group interest and we said if this man is doing this for us, why don’t we encourage him to remain? So that at least, if nothing else, this project he has started will be completed. Today, the Second Niger Bridge is ongoing—there is work going on there; it is no more a mere flag off—there is actual construction going on. We have also seen that provision has been made for that project in the budget: budgets of 2017 and 2018.
Now, speaking politically, by the time President Buhari would have completed his eight years, every zone in this country would have touched the Presidency of this country except the South-East. So, it is more in our political interest that he completes his eight years so that we can have the opportunity to take a shot at the Presidency of this country. We will be morally justified to take a shot. Any other person that we support now will want to do eight years and it isn’t in our political interest. So it is about political reality and economic reality. It isn’t about me as a person; it is about the interest of the people.
Don’t you think that judgment was hasty, considering the fact that even Buhari’s geopolitical zone; the North-West zone hasn’t endorsed him?
No, it isn’t about their interest; it is about what they want and they already have it. We are looking at our interest; it isn’t about North-West or North-East or South-South. We are talking about South-East; we are talking about our interest, the interest of our people. We are talking about addressing our challenges. I thought we are being selfish by mentioning these singular projects. There is every conscious effort to turn the economy around. Today, we see the revolution in agriculture; we see the revolution in the mining sector. We see the conscious efforts being made to address issue of insecurity. It is about all these things put together but it is also about what concerns us more as a people. So, it is about our interest, not about the North-West. Whatever the North-West wants to do, that’s their agenda.
Do you think Buhari has been fair to the South-East in terms of distribution of appointments and putting the people of the zone in the mainstream of this administration?
The point here is that it isn’t about isolation or no isolation. The point is, where were we coming from? We had 16 years of PDP administration; what do we have to show for it? We had our sons and daughters around the table. I have said this time and time again that it was in this country that we had the Secretary to Government of the Federation. Our daughter-in-law was Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy. We had the Deputy Senate President; we had the Deputy Speaker. We had the chairman of the House Committee on Works and the chairman of the Senate Committee on Works. For crying out loud, not one kilometre of road was patched in the South-East. I am talking about the reality on the ground and how it affects our people.
You are so much confident that there will be a change in attitude in the manner your people are being treated?
Yes, there will certainly be an improvement on the situation on the ground now. I am very confident about that; there is going to be improvement on what the situation is today, which I think is far better than what we had in the past.
You just talked about improvement in the economy. What do you make of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s statement to Buhari?
It depends on how you look at it. The party has given its position on the letter by President Obasanjo. The Presidency has also given its position. So, for me, it isn’t necessary to start commenting on it, because I am bound and I agree with what the party said and what the Presidency has said.
But why would the party be silent on Chief Obasanjo’s call on President Buhari not to seek a second term?
The issue of second term is a matter of individual right. That I am sitting in this office is because I want to sit here. If I decide not to sit in this office, I walk out and go. All I need is a sheet of paper and I resign and go. So, it is a matter of choice. If the president decides to run for an election, it is his personal right and he should be allowed to exercise his right.
But against the backdrop of upsurge in the indictment of his administration, will the party not be taking a risk to fly him as its presidential candidate?
The party is available for every of its member who wants to run for Presidency. Everybody is free to run. It is about the people. It isn’t about an individual. It is about members of the party meeting at a convention and saying it is Mr. A or Mr. B that will run for the election. It is consequent upon those who make themselves available to run.
But the insinuation on ground is that once Buhari shows interest, considering the fact that he even has the right of first refusal, others might, in a way, be scared off the race?
You have answered the question; he has the right of first refusal. Again, anybody who wants to be president of this country shouldn’t be scared of another person’s interest. It isn’t a tea party; we are talking about the Presidency of Nigeria, the biggest black nation in the world.
Nigerians have talked about a disconnect between the APC’s national working committee and the president and their submission is that the former has failed to make itself available for interventions that it should make when the government it put in place is derailing. What is your take?
Is the party complaining? It isn’t to my knowledge. What fact is available on the ground? I am not aware of any disconnect. We should move from the realm of insinuation to the realm of practicality. For me, insinuations don’t hold water. People should confront us with facts and we can reply with verifiable facts.
Your party faithful are itching to see that a national convention is convened to conduct election to elect new set of national officers. How do you react to media reports that the national working committee, which you belong to, is scheming for tenure elongation?
As far as I am concerned, it is a rumour, because I haven’t attended any meeting where it is being discussed.
But if that is what the Presidency wants, will you buy into it?
Well, how will I know? It is mere speculation; nobody has discussed it with me. I am not aware of any of such move; more so, you should not lose sight of the fact that a political party is a dynamic organisation. It is peopled by persons.
The party just constituted a committee to do a post-mortem and unravel why it lost the Anambra governorship election. You are from that state, what do you think contributed to APC’s defeat?
I am sure the committee will reach out to me, being a key player in the process and once they do that, I will give them my views. For now, if I start talking about my views it means there is no reason for the committee.
That election was described as an eye-opener for APC: that it isn’t wanted in the South-East. Do you nurse that fear?
APC is on ground in the South-East. There may be lot of issues; when it has to do with elections, a lot of issues are taken into account.
Can you speak in specific terms on those issues?
When the committee finishes its work, certainly the party will have more information with regards to what happened and how to avoid it and I think that actually is the reason why the national leadership of the party put that committee in place. It is for the party to be guided.
Lastly, can you mount a platform in the South-East in 2019 to campaign for Buhari, considering the lack of trust and disdain for the APC from that part of the country?
Certainly yes, I will. Anybody who knows me knows that I don’t start what I cannot complete. If I don’t believe in APC, if I am not satisfied with what president Buhari is doing, I won’t be saying what I am saying now.
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Transfer news & rumours LIVE: Liverpool chasing Leverkusen's Leon Bailey
Goal takes a look at the biggest transfer news and rumours from the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and beyond
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Saturday, 10 February 2018
Ronaldo and Real Madrid warm up in time for PSG and the Champions League
The Portuguese hit a hat-trick for Los Blancos in an excellent 5-2 win over Real Sociedad, a timely return to form ahead of Wednesday’s European exam
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Back on top: Ronaldo leading La Liga in 2018 goals
Los Blancos’ star man has had a resurgence in the second half of the La Liga season and leads the list of top scorers since the turn of the year
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Multiple accidents involving 16 vehicles recorded in Enugu – Police
Enugu – The Enugu State Police Command has started full scale investigation into the circumstances that led to multiple accidents involving 16 vehicles within Enugu metropolis.
The multiple accidents occurred on Saturday at about 5.30p.m at the NNPC Mega Filling Station located at Naira Triangle axis.
The Command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Enugu on Saturday, said there was no life lost in the incident, though many vehicles were damaged.
According to him, the multiple motor accidents involved about 16 vehicles.
“The incident was allegedly caused by a truck loaded with cement that had lost control and rammed into vehicles on the filling station queue waiting for their turn to get fuel.
“The prompt intervention by police personnel from New Haven Police Division saved what would have resulted into some aggrieved members of the public taking laws into their hands.
“The damaged vehicles are being removed for free flow of traffic and to avoid any other incident,’’ he said. (NAN)
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Sex & Relationships: Asa Akira takes us behind the scenes at the Oscars for porn
The last week in January is the annual Adult Entertainment Expo (AEE) convention and AVN Awards Show.
How do porn stars party? We asked Men's Health columnist and XXX superstar Asa Akira to give us a peek inside the slumber parties, hardcore hangover treatments, and early-morning Urgent Care visits
The last week in January is the annual Adult Entertainment Expo (AEE) convention and AVN Awards Show.
That means the entire porn industry travels to Vegas where everyone stays in the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino and meets and greets fans while crash-dieting to fit into red carpet wear. It's the most crazy time of the year, and let me show you why.
Tuesday, Jan. 23
For the last 5 or 6 years, my agent Mark Spiegler and I have driven to Las Vegas together for the AVN Awards.
Spiegler has represented me for the last 8 years, and at this point, driving to Vegas together is a tradition. He’s considered the the best agent in the business, and he represents the 30 top female performers in porn.
This is the part of the week I look forward to the most; Spiegler is one of my favorite people not just in the industry, but in life.
We do things slightly differently this year: I slap a telemarketer-style microphone on Spiegler’s head, and we record a podcast episode during the long drive.
I have to pee within one hour of leaving the house, male porn star Keiran Lee prank-calls us, we discuss which of the clients is most likely to be dropped from the roster this week due to bad behavior, and we agree that porn star and my fellow Spiegler Girl, Angela White will win Performer of the Year.
The first thing I do when we get to Vegas is check out the Pornhub booth. The Adult Entertainment Expo is a fan convention where porn companies rent booths and hire pornstars to sign autographs, and this year, I am signing for Pornhub.
While I am pleased to see that there is a 10ft tall photo of me on display, I secretly wish there were more. I retire early for the night: 1) to conserve my energy, and 2) to get my brains fucked out of my head by a boy named Sean, who lands in Vegas at midnight.
Wednesday, Jan. 24: Day 1
After only three hours of sleep, I awake bright and early at 7am.
7:00 am PST is 4:00 am EST, and I’m grumpy. Sean — who, unlike me, is here for vacation rather than work — is sleeping soundly. I want to punch him.
Day 1 of the convention goes smoothly. Because I have so much on my plate this year, I opt to sign autographs for only two hours per day at the booth. It’s been announced this morning that I am Pornhub’s official Brand Ambassador, and I ride that high all afternoon. It seems nothing can take me down — until a fan brings me a photo from six years ago, rudely reminding me of when I used to do these conventions in sweatpants and Uggs. I am horrified. Credit Link:
Later, I record an interview with Stormy Daniels, the porn star who is reported to have had an affair with President Trump in 2006.
Stormy is the person in porn I am simultaneously most terrified of, and most fond of; now, she's officially the most famous person I have ever had sex with.
After the story broke, I joked that thanks to Stormy, I'm now officially Eskimo brothers with a United States president (perhaps not the one I would have opted for, but beggars can’t be choosers). I invite her to my room to discuss porn, the famous people in her phonebook, and the time she made me ride a wooden stick horse in the nude for her entertainment.
While Stormy and I recorded our podcast, Sean has won a bunch of money playing Roulette. It is Vegas, after all. I strip my clothes off faster than you can say ratchet, and demand he take photos of me with the cash.
Thursday, Jan. 25 (Day 2)
I wake up to bad news.
Perhaps from the stress of travel, perhaps from too much sex, but most likely from the dirty money I insisted I roll around naked in, I wake up with horrible pain in my abdomen and immediately realize that I have a urinary tract infection (UTI). I take a cab to Urgent Care, where I try to bribe the nurse with $100 to push me to the front of the line. Yes, I am ashamed, but I am in pain to the point that tears are uncontrollably streaming from my eyes, and no one else seems to be suffering quite as much as me. The nurse loudly rejects me and I am mortified.
Nonetheless, the show must go on.
Sean tells me to “eat something with substance, like a piece of bread” with the antibiotics. I tell him I would literally rather die than ingest carbs two days before squeezing into my award show dress. It will be another 60 hours before I can even begin to think about eating something delicious! I head down to the convention nauseated from medicating myself on an empty stomach, but overall feeling much better.
On the convention floor, a beautiful girl shows me she has ruined her body forever with a tattoo of my face, and my spirits are immediately lifted. I’ve actually met her before, but she’s since added Sasha Grey’s face to the piece, portraying us cum-swapping. She is 21. I do not tell her I regret the flower tattoo on my shoulder from when I was that age.
Friday, Jan. 26 (Day 3)
It’s a new day, and I feel great.
The meds have fully kicked in, and I am ready to take on the day! I set up a selfie timer on my phone to take artistic butthole shots for ThingsIwishICouldInstagram.com, where I post photos for my fans (link NSFW).
Sean, however, feels differently.
Looks like someone drank too much last night. My makeup artist convinces him a machine she brought from LA with her will drain his lymphatic system and flush out his hangover. He is unconvinced, but these are desperate times. He starts to feel better, but it might also be from the bacon cheeseburger he eats afterwards.
Later, porn star and fellow Spiegler Girl Luna Star teaches me Spanish. Apparently, "papaya” means “vagina.”
I walk around the convention and shoot a video for Pornhub.
Floor interviews mean I just go around talking to my favorite people in porn. Abella Danger is one of them.
Rehearsals for the Award Show are at 9:00 p.m. sharp. The person I am supposed to present the Best Actor and Best Oral Sex Scene awards with is late, so they switch things up and I am now presenting with my friend Eva Lovia. We are given our scripts and rehearse our lines a few times on stage before we are released. 28 hours to go until I can eat pizza.
Saturday, Jan. 27 (Final day of the convention & day of the AVN Awards Show)
In a cruel twist of events, the worst thing possible has happened to me. Although my UTI situation feels completely resolved, I decide to err on the side of caution and avoid vaginal sex. I ask Sean to pin me down and masturbate on my face. He is willing, but he FINISHES IN MY EYE. ON AWARD SHOW DAY. I run screaming to the bathroom to wash it out, and pray I get to it in time to avoid a swollen pink eyeball on the red carpet.
Part of being a brand ambassador for Pornhub is taking over the Pornhub Snapchat account, so that's what I do today. My favorite thing I see today is porn star Nicolette Shea attached to an IV, recovering from a hangover and signing autographs in a gown.
My dress this year is my favorite I’ve worn yet. It's a custom work of art made by my good friend, the very talented WeedSlut. But 3 hours of red carpet interviews kill my feet.
I vow never to agree to this task again. 4 more hours until pizza.
At the awards show, I sit between Stormy and Keiran. (Don’t let this photo fool you; they pick on me all night.) I win Mainstream Star of the Year. Angela White wins Performer of the Year, just as Spiegler and I had predicted. 2 hours until pizza.
Eva and I present awards.
1 hour to pizza.
After the awards, I run as fast as the hotmoms at my Barry’s Bootcamp class back to my room.
0 hours to pizza and it’s as glorious as I had anticipated.
I am supposed to go pick up my trophy, but porn performers Liam Riley and Dana DeArmond come over for a slumber party at 2:00 a.m and the chances of me leaving the room dip down to zero.
Sunday, Jan. 28
Now that AVN is over, I shoot one last video.
And it’s my favorite one. Joanna Angel and I record ourselves celebrating the day after AVN. We drive back to LA together in a food coma.
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Guy Smarts: What smoking just one cigarette a day does to your body
Well, it might not be as helpful as you think: Smoking just one cigarette a day is linked to a surprisingly high level of health risks, new research published in the journal BMJ suggests.
There are some serious risks even if you’re not going through a pack a day
It's been a common belief held by smokers for ages: Smoking a pack of cigarettes a day is bad so if you cut down to just a cig or two, that's much better, right?
Well, it might not be as helpful as you think: Smoking just one cigarette a day is linked to a surprisingly high level of health risks, new research published in the journal BMJ suggests.
In the meta-analysis, researchers crunched the numbers from 141 previous studies looking at the number of cigarettes people smoked and their subsequent health risks.
They discovered that men who smoked just one cigarette were 74 percent more likely to develop coronary heart disease than nonsmokers were, even when the researchers adjusted for possible factors that could skew the results, like age and other heart risks like high cholesterol. Men who smoked 20 cigs a day generally a pack had more than double the chances of heart disease than nonsmokers.
As for brain health? Men who smoked just one cigarette a day were 30 percent more likely to have a stroke than nonsmokers were. Guys who sucked down 20 cigs a day had more than twice the risk of stroke as nonsmokers did.
While the excess risk of developing heart disease and suffering a stroke was lower for those smoking just one cigarette a day compared to a pack a day, it wasn't as low as the researchers thought they'd be.
If you did the math, you'd expect that smoking one cigarette a day compared to 20 would give you 1/20 the risk, or five percent of the excess risk you'd expect from smoking a pack a day.
Instead, they found that men smoking just one cig a day had almost half the risk of heart disease and just over 40 percent of the stroke risk that pack-a-day guys had.
The chemicals in cigarette smoke can damage the structure and function of your blood vessels, increasing your risk of arteriosclerosis, or the buildup of waxy plaque. Over time, this can narrow and harden your arteries, limiting blood flow and potentially leading to heart attack or stroke, according to the National Institutes of Health.
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The findings of this study suggest that simply limiting your cigarettes isn't the answer.
What this tells us is that people who smoke shouldn't just cut down'they should aim to stop smoking altogether, study author Allan Hackshaw, Ph.D., said in a statement. There is no safe level of smoking.
So make 2018 the year you finally quit smoking for good. Need some motivation to get started? Find out what really worked for three former smokers who finally kicked the habit.
And don't worry if you've failed a quit attempt in the past, Michael Chaiton, Ph.D., told us previously. It might take you a few more times than you originally thought to become smoke-free for good. Something you can do to boost your odds of quitting? Don't be afraid to combine quitting aids, like trying behavioral counseling along with meds like nicotine replacement therapy.
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In Bayelsa State: Government stops NAN from Gov. Dickson’s 6th anniversary
The incident is sequel a NAN report on build up activities to the 6th anniversary scheduled to climax on Feb. 14.
The Bayelsa Government has barred the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from the coverage of activities marking the 6th anniversary of Gov. Seriake Dickson in office.
The incident is sequel a NAN report on build up activities to the 6th anniversary scheduled to climax on Feb. 14.
The Commissioner for Special Projects, Mr Fred Obua, had slumped on Jan. 30 at the Inter-ministerial briefing component of the ceremonies at the Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre.
Mr Daniel Iworiso-Markson, Commissioner for Information, who was also at the occasion, had threatened that any journalist who reported the incident would be “sanctioned and dealt with”.
Some media aides to the Information Commissioner told NAN correspondents that they were instructed to exclude the agency from subsequent Bayelsa Government activities over the report which found its way into some national dailies.
Two NAN Correspondents deployed to cover a news conference on Friday night were denied access to the Government House venue of the event.
NAN had earlier on Friday been enlisted among the media outfits expected at the event but later removed by aides to the Commissioner who claimed to be acting on instructions.
According to one of the security operatives at the gate, “we will not allow you guys to go inside because NAN is not in this list for the programme.
“You people have to leave here immediately or face the consequences; this is the list we have and that is the only one”.
Coincidentally, the Commissioner for Information drove to the Government House gate at that moment and was approached by the Correspondents who were at the verge of being thrown out by the security operatives.
“You people should go and check your names on the list with the security men, they are the ones to clear,” Iworiso-Markson said.
Efforts to speak with the commissioner were futile as he declined to take several calls to his mobile phone; he also did not respond to a text message on the incident seeking his comments.
Mr Francis Agbo, Chief Press Secretary, in a text message, said that the incident “cannot be true”.
Agbo said the event was handled by the Information Commissioner, who will be in a better position to comment.
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