Wait Till May 29: Jonathan Warns Buhari Against Forming Parallel Government

The presidency today warned the President-elect Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) against forming a parallel government and overheating the polity.



Minister of National Planning, Abubakar Sulaiman who briefed state house correspondents at the end of weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, said through its actions and utterances, the incoming government was overheating the polity and carrying out actions that may undermine the powers of President Goodluck Jonathan.

Sulauman, who is also the sub-committee Chairman of the federal government’s transition committee, said the federal executive council (FEC) rejected the term of reference brought before it by the transition committee of Buhari.

“We did receive from in-coming government’s transition committee some terms of reference which we looked at critically. And ‎council did agree that Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan remains head of the current government of this country. The incoming government should avoid creating a parallel government while the government is still on.

“We take exceptions to some utterances to some of the terms of reference that look as if the current government is being stampeded or intimidated.

“Council frowned (upon) ‎most of the statements, most of the provisions and council members are advised to work in line with the terms of reference of the current government.

“Council members are also of the view that the terms of reference as formatted by our transition committee should be strictly complied with.

“When the incoming government takes over government, they can come out with their programmes; they can come out with their own ‎agenda; they can decide to come out with policies with the way they feel like.

Woman Who Hit Venezuela Leader With Mango Rewarded With New Home

Can this happen here in Nigeria or any other part of the World, oh! what a simple and God fearing President heis.

A woman who bashed President Nicolas Maduro on the head with a mango has been promised a new house for her troubles in a surreal tropical tale that has gone viral in Venezuela. 

The 52-year-old president was driving a bus through a crowd last weekend in the central state of Aragua when someone in the crowd tossed the fruit at him. “It says: ‘If you can, call me’,” the former bus driver said later during the week, as he displayed the fruit with a name and phone number scrawled on it on television.

“Marleny Olivo had a problem with her house. (Officials) called her. She was scared. She couldn’t believe it was true. … I’ve approved an apartment for you, Marleny, as part of the ‘Grand Venezuelan Housing Mission’,” he added, vowing to eat the mango. Venezuela’s ever ebullient cybersphere did not miss a beat, with the president’s populist gesture drawing admiration and derision, plus plenty of jokes.

“If for a mango they give you apartments, then you know what to do: throw him a pineapple!” quipped Dolar Today, a website that quotes the black market for dollars and is hated by Maduro. Like his predecessor Hugo Chavez, who died in 2013, Maduro collects heaps of petitions during trips, although most are scribbled on paper rather than hurled at him on fruit. In a habit that delights many poor supporters but irritates critics, Maduro – like Chavez – often personally gives away homes, appliances or pensions to low-income Venezuelans.

President, Others To Get N3.24bn Severance Pay

President Goodluck Jonathan is entitled to 300 per cent of his annual basic salary (N3, 514,705) when he leaves office.

 

President Goodluck Jonathan, Vice-president Namadi Sambo, and other outgoing government officials are set to receive the sum of N3.24bn as severance allowances.

The President is entitled to 300 per cent of his annual basic salary when he leaves office.

Jonathan’s annual basic salary is N3, 514,705 therefore his severance allowance will be N10, 544,115, Punch reports.

Sambo, whose annual basic salary is N3, 031,572.50, is also entitled to 300 percent after vacating office meaning his severance allowance is N9, 094,717.50.

76 outgoing senators are also set to receive a sum of N462,019,200 as severance pay while 290 outgoing members of the House of Representatives are entitled to N1, 727,134,875.

Jonathan’s ministers will collect a total of N253, 967,212.5 while his aides and advisers will get a total sum of N775, 207,125.

The severance allowances   are contained in the Remuneration Package put together by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission.

Hope This Is True: Army Rescues 200 Girls, 93 Women From Sambisa Forest

According to the Defence Headquarters, the girls and women were rescued on Tuesday, April 28, 2015.

 According to the Defence Headquarters, the girls and women were rescued on Tuesday, April 28, 2015.

It is however not yet clear if the missing Chibok girls are among those rescued.

The DHQ gave details of the rescue operation via a series of tweets:

“FLASH: Troops this afternoon rescued 200 girls & 93 women from #Sambisa Forest. We cannot confirm if the #ChibokGirls are in this group.”

“Troops captured and destroyed 3 terrorists camps including the notorious Tokumbere camp in the #Sambisa Forest Operation.”

The DHQ however said that the rescued persons are being profiled to determine their identities.

Nigerians And Others On Death Row In Indonesia Were Executed By Firing Squad While A Filipino Woman Was Spared At The Last Minute

The 8 condemned prisoners on death row in Indonesia have been executed by firing squad.

BBC reports that the executions took place in Besi prison on the island of Nusakambangan early on Wednesday morning local time (Tuesday evening Nigerian time).

Among those executed were Nigerians Raheem Agbaje Salami, Sylvester Obiekwe Nwolise and Okwudili Oyatanze.

Various governments and international bodies had appealed for their release, however President Joko Widodo denied celemncy.

A Filipino woman also due to be executed was reportedly spared at the last minute.

Question Of The Day: Is It OK For A Lady To Have Condoms In Her bag?

Condoms are usually asssociated with men. What happens however when a woman is found with a coondom in her bag?



A lot of people think it's ok for a man to have condoms in his wallet or bag as a form of safe sex. But what hapens when a woman is found with these condoms in her bag?

What is your say on this matter.

15-Year-Old Boy Sexually Assaults 42-Year-Old Woman On Train In Broad Daylight

A mother turned her son into police after she recognized him as the person who defiled a woman on a train.



15-year-old Deshawn Isabelle of Chicago, Illinois, was charged as an adult in connection with a robbery and sexual assault on a CTA Blue Line train. Prosecutors said that Isabelle’s mother recognized him from surveillance photos and took him to the police station to surrender.

Prosecutors said that video surveillance show Isabelle grabbing the 41-year-old woman from behind, sexually assaulting her before robbing her around 3:00 p.m. Isabelle and the victim were the only 2 people on the train when he allegedly grabbed her by the hair and pulled her to the floor. He then punched the woman, placed his hands inside her jeans and defiled her.

He then took the woman’s iPhone along with $2,000 in cash before fleeing at the next stop.  The victim was hospitalized overnight with a concussion, the prosecutor said. Isabelle, who has a juvenile record that includes a conviction for misdemeanor theft, signed a written confession, police said. He is being held on $1 million bond.

We Know Him To Be One: A US Website Links APC Leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu To Drug Deals & Fraud..

The article, which was published on April 27, 2015, is titled “Nigeria’s Next Leader’s Ties to a Heroin Ring.

US website, Daily Beast has linked the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu to a heroin ring.

The article, which was published on April 27, 2015, is titled “Nigeria’s Next Leader’s Ties to a Heroin Ring.”

In it, Tinubu is described as a former “bagman for two heroin traffickers” while his connection to President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari is also brought to the fore.

The article reads in part:

“General Muhammed Buhari’s political partner is a former bagman for two heroin traffickers. But that’s just business as usual in Nigeria.”

“Nigeria’s election last month was celebrated as an unlikely victory for democracy in an African country with a tenuous record of free and fair representation.”

“But the man most responsible for midwifing General Muhammed Buhari’s ballot triumph over current President Goodluck Jonathan has a spotty CV. Former Lagos provincial governor Bola Tinubu, affectionately nicknamed the Jagaban, is today seen as a shrewd if not “deeply Machiavellian” Svengali in Nigeria’s politics as well as the architect of a hugely successful anti-corruption platform.”

“But 20 years ago he had to forfeit nearly half a million dollars to the U.S. Treasury Department after being named as an accomplice in a white heroin-trafficking and money-laundering ring that stretched from West Africa to the U.S. Midwest.”

Former Registrar Of University Of Ado Ekiti Kidnapped, N50m Ransom Demanded

Chief Mrs. Modupe F. Fapohunda, the former Registrar of University of Ado Ekiti was taken from her home at night by armed criminals.



They took her away in her car, a red Lexus rx350 SUV with plate number Lagos FST 837DD. Her daughter took to twitter to alert the public.

If anyone has any information, please call 07086197695 or 07065583074 or the nearest Police Station

Publisher Of Yes! Magazine, Azuh Arinze’s Younger Sister Dies In Auto Crash

Yes! International magazine publisher, Azuh Arinze lost his younger sister, Augusta Chinonso Azuh, a final year student of Olabisi Onabanjo university, in a fatal accident over the weekend.



So sad! May her soul rest in peace, Amen.

Can somebody just type Amen...

Actress, Anne Njemanze Beaten Mercilessly By Her Husband

The marriage between Anne Njemanze and Silver Ojieson is over and the saga didn’t end well. It was fighting and beating all the way, to the extent she was injured.



I don’t know how to engage in a physical fight, not to talk of beating someone. So, it baffles me when I see or hear of these stuffs in relationships and marriages. But the truth is, some ladies of today don’t deserve my kind of guy – the gentle type who you can talk to anyhow and all he does is to walk away.

Anyway, that’s a topic for another day. I feel sad for my friend Anne Njemanze who has had to leave the house of her second husband, yet her first husband is now happily married with kids. What is the matter with her? Is it that she is in the category of ladies who are claiming “no man can control me”?

 
Sincerely, if your first husband sent you packing and your second husband has started using blows to design your face in less than two yeas of marriage, then you really need to check yourself..

Father Impregnates Daughter He Never Knew He Had..

A father who slept with and impregnated his student without knowing she was his daughter and does not know how to tell the baby he is bother father and grandson.

A former teacher at a school in Mpumalanga, South Africa, Alfred Mokoena, is in a dire straight and has been cracking his head on how he would tell his son that he is also her grand father, reports African Eye News Service.

The retired teacher dilemma stems from the fact that four years earlier, he had taken advantage of a 16-year-old girl who was his student and had gotten her pregnant, not knowing that the girl was actually his daughter from a fling he had some years back.

According to Mokoena who has apologised for his behaviour, he only regarded the girl as his student, not knowing that she was his biological child.

The ex-teacher said he only realised he had been having sex with his own daughter following DNA tests that were conducted after the baby was born in 2012.

Hear him:

"I took advantage of my daughter because she was my pupil and respected me as her educator. She was young and was supposed to believe whatever I said to her.

Nana De Souza Writer/TV Host Dies Of Cancer In Ghana

Nana who was a columnist for several publications like Punch, City People was diagnosed with cancer in 2009

Writer, TV and radio presenter Nana De Souza has passed away from cancer. She died at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra on the April 20, 2015.

Nana who was a columnist for several publications like Punch, City People was diagnosed with cancer in 2009. She also organized beauty pageants for Silverbird.

Nana De Souza will be buried in Accra in June 5. On June 10, a service of songs will be held in her memory. She is survived by her husband Magnus De Souza and four children.

Samuel Eto’o And Wife Poses In Front Of Their Private Jet

It’s not new knowledge that soccer stars are one of the richest sport stars on the planet.



 An example of one of those soccer stars is Sampdoria and Cameroonian striker, Samuel Eto’o Fils.

The very gifted striker shared a photo of was spotted cuddling with his wife, Ira Lou Georgette before catching a flight on their private jet.

"She Left Us Eight Years Ago" - Mother Of Kidnapper

Prophetess Esther Adeyemi, the mother of the infamous 'OLX nanny' was at the police station, visibly shocked at the confession of her daughter on TV.



She went to Lagos police command, Ikeja, with one goal in mind, to con­firm that the suspect being paraded on TV was actually her first child, Funmilayo.

Prophetess Adeyemi claimed that her visit to the police station to identify the suspect on Monday was the first time she had seen her daughter since she left home in 2005.

“She told me that she was going back to school and never came back home. She left us eight years ago. They kidnapped and hypnotized my daughter”, she lamented.

“All has always been well till their fa­ther died. He was killed during the Ife and Modakeke fight. During that time, we were based in Calabar and as expected we were evicted from the barracks and we relocated to Osun State.

He died as a Chief Superintendent of Police. Luckily, I am a prophetess and I de­cided to embrace my ministry. I had to get closer home and most importantly close to the mountain. By the grace of God, I became popular in Lagos and Ajah.

Man Meets Buhari After Trekking From Lagos To Abuja As Promise If Gen. Buhari Wins

The Ibadan-based man, Suleiman Hashimu, spent 18 days trekking from Lagos to Abuja.

The man, who vowed to trek from Lagos to Abuja if General Muhammadu Buhari wins the March 28 Presidential election to celebrate his victory, has finally met the President-elect.

The Ibadan-based man, Suleiman Hashimu, met Buhari in Abuja on Friday, April 24, 2015.

Hashimu spent 18 days trekking from Lagos to Abuja.

He narrates his experience; "I made a promise because of the love I have for Mr. President that if Buhari should win the 2015 elections, I will trek from Lagos to Abuja which I have done. I thank God that I made a promise and I fulfilled the promise. I passed through Kwara and Niger states to Abuja. I was trekking from 6.00am to 6.00pm and anywhere I find myself when it is 6.00pm, I pass the night there.I spent 18 days from Lagos to Abuja.

“Once I found myself inside the bush by 6.00pm and I managed to continue the trek till 9.00pm to a nearby village. I made this promise two years ago. I am based in Ibadan and I started my journey from Lagos because Lagos is the most popular city in Nigeria and I started from Berger junction in Lagos. I am not bothered about what people think. It is a promise between me and my God. I don’t want anybody to believe me. I left Lagos because I made a promise. Right from Kwara state, I never walked alone for five kilometres. People always walk with me to the next village. I work with a construction company based in Ibadan.” he said

Chinonso 30, Stabs Neighbour To Death In Ajegunle Lagos, Blames Spirit

Nweke Chinonso, 30, is being held by the Criminal Investigations Department, Yaba, Lagos for allegedly murdering his neighbour's, Kunle Abiola.



Chinonso claims a spirit came over him, which made him carry out the act, Punch reports.
He narrated his side of the story:

“I no longer go to church. I was relaxing in the front of my apartment at 100, Mba Street, Ajegunle, when my neighbours, Ismail and Kunle (Abiola), told me to join them where they were sitting. I told them I would not and they started to foment trouble.

I did not want to associate with them because I don’t speak their language and I can’t trust them. But while they were troubling me where I sat, Ismail pinned my arms behind me and Kunle slapped me.

Immediately he slapped me, I could not control myself anymore, it was like I was on remote control as a spirit pushed me to go and take a kitchen knife. I rushed in and took the knife, came back outside 
and stabbed Kunle.”

The deceased was stabbed twice, one in the chest and jaw.

Indian Man Beheaded For Murdering Boss In Saudi Arabian

An Indian man has been beheaded after he was found guilty of murdering and robbing his Saudi Arabian boss.

An Indian found guilty of robbing and murdering his boss, has been beheaded by the Saudi Arabia authority after he was found guilty of the crimes, the Saudi Interior Ministry reports.

According to Emirates247, Sajada Ansari, a shepherd, murdered his Saudi boss as he slept by beating him to death with a hammer, before going ahead to steal from him.

The Ministry has listed the crimes that are punishable by dead which is often through beheading under the kingdom's strict version of Islamic sharia law to be drug trafficking, rape, murder, apostasy and armed robbery. are all punishable by death.

Nigerian Army Detains Policemen Without Food For Refusing To Wear Military Uniforms

What are we not going to hear or see in this our great country Nigeria.



Ten counter-terrorism police officers attached to the Nigeria army peacekeeping forward operation base in Abuja are currently unlawfully detained at a military barrack in Gwagwalada, Abuja, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt.

The personnel were locked up since Tuesday without food and medical care for refusing to wear military fatigues for an operation they feared could be illegal.

According to the detainees, they were detained on the instruction of a Colonel Kalejaye, head of the army forward operation base, because they refused his directive to “impersonate” soldiers by wearing their uniforms for a training in Kaduna State.

Some of the detainees told PREMIUM TIMES the Colonel wanted to send them for training at War College, Jaji, Kaduna State, without the knowledge of the Nigeria police authority that deployed them in the first instance.

One of the policemen said he and his colleagues were kept in a cell without food or water for three days, and that they were denied health care.

“We told them that as policemen, we are not entitled to wear military uniforms, unless, we need a corporate signal from our IGP or our authority at force headquarters, that will enable us to go for the operation,” he said.

Actress Stella Damasus Turns 37. Happy Birthday

Stella Damasus started acting in 1992 when she starred in the movie 'Abused'. The University of Lagos graduate is now in a relationship with Daniel Ademinokan.

Apart from acting, Stella Damasus is a singer and an activist.

Darling of the silver screen Stella Damasus clocks 37 years of age today, April 24, 2015. Stella who is an household name in Nigeria thanks to her roles in best selling home videos has put out her birthday message on her Instagram account.

"I am grateful to my almighty father in heaven, for giving me another year filled with love, hope, strength, blessings and grace. As I grow older the meaning of life in its totality becomes clearer to me. I want to thank my family, friends and fans who have supported and prayed for me through the years. Thank you mummy for all you have done for me. I love my siblings and their families, thank you all for everything. To my late Jaiye, my dad and my brother, may you all continue to rest peacefully" 

wrote the award winning actress

"To my children and my dearest @rumeh_ejoor I love you guys so much. @dabishop007 you are the most amazing human being I have ever known. Thank you for standing by me and believing in me regardless. As I celebrate my birthday, I pray that God will bless you all, grant your heart desires, guide and protect you and yours in Jesus name. Amen.

Stella Damasus started acting in 1992 when she starred in the movie 'Abused'. The University of Lagos graduate is now in a relationship with Daniel Ademinokan.