Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar took to Twitter to congratulate King Sunny Ade on his 70th birthday.
From the 1960's to date, Sunny Ade's music will always be timeless. I wish the King many happy returns as he turns 70 today. http://pic.twitter.com/8mpTB7ZU44
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) September 22, 2016
He also shared an old picture of himself and his wife, Titi and a friend to which a follower reacted,
I remember how we used to dance to King Sunny Ade's music. You had to know the moves to be cool in Lagos back then. http://pic.twitter.com/0eU7ubIpIT
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) September 22, 2016
@atiku
Baba, only you with these two beautiful damsels? How did you manage them? You really deserve to be President..
Lovely pics.— Deji Teye (@mydeji247) September 22, 2016
Atiku responds and, you guesses it right, he dressed like Fela.
Well, that is my wife, Titi, and Sola, a family friend. Yes, we all used to dress like Fela in those days. https://t.co/EI3l2e0mDs
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) September 23, 2016
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Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar took to Twitter to congratulate King Sunny Ade on his 70th birthday. From the 1960's t...
Senator Ben Murray- Bruce says President Buhari’s anti-corruption drive is scaring off investors.
He said this at the senate debate on the Economy during plenary, yesterday; September 22nd.
The Senator adds that the fight against corruption is making Nigerians, interested in investing in the economy, have the fear they might be investigated by antigraft agencies, LIB reports.
“If you look at Nigeria today, nobody is buying land, nobody is buying houses. Rent is actually is coming down. The economy has shut down. The reason why this is happening is because of Fear. Everybody is afraid,” he says. “You cannot run a 21st century economy where everybody is terrified. Everybody is afraid of being arrested. As long as you have fear in the system, you will not invest your money in that economy,” he adds.
Senator Ben Murray- Bruce says President Buhari’s anti-corruption drive is scaring off investors. He said this at the senate debate on the ...
President Buhari expresses Nigeria’s commitment to curbing global warming. And signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
The President said this at the opening of the UN event, Taking Climate Action for Sustainable Development, co-hosted by Nigeria and the United Nations Environment Programme in New York.
The agreement commits the nations to reduce “Green House Gas Emissions unconditionally by 20 per cent and conditionally by 45 per cent”. This is according to a press release by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity.
The President pointed out that Nigeria’s commitment to the Paris agreement through the nation’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) “that strive to build a climate resilient society across the diverse terrain of Nigeria. We have instituted an Inter-Ministerial Committee on Climate Change to govern implementation of my country’s NDCs, thereby ensuring a strong cross-sectoral approach, coherence and synergy for Climate Action.”
In addition to that, he said Nigeria is “set to launch our first ever Green Bonds in the first quarter of 2017 to fund a pipeline of projects all targeted at reducing emissions towards a greener economy”.
Source: LIB
President Buhari expresses Nigeria’s commitment to curbing global warming. And signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The President ...
Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin says he’ll only appear before the House Committee on Ethics and Privilege if the hearing is made public.
The Former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, in a press release, accused the Speaker of manipulating and abusing House rules.
The release points out that the Speaker did not open up the allegation of corruption levelled against him and other principal officers of the house. While Jibrin was accused of misconduct and referred to the Committee on Ethics and Privilege.
“The allegations I raised are too grievous to be reduced to such process open to manipulation and teleguiding,” he says. “ Despite all these and since I can substantiate the allegations I raised with cogency, I will take up the opportunity provided by the Ethics committee to state my case under the condition that the hearing will be public and will allow the Press, CSOs, NGOs, NLC, ASUU, NANS, NBA and the general public to witness the entire proceedings,” he adds.
He also clarified the narrative going round that he’s accusions are directed to the whole House.
“I wish to state for the umpteenth times that the allegations I raised are against the quartet of Speaker Yakubu Dogara, Deputy Speaker Yusuf Lasun, House Whip Alhassan Doguwa, Minority Leader Leo Ogor and few other members NOT the Honourable House as an institution”
Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin says he’ll only appear before the House Committee on Ethics and Privilege if the hearing is made public. The Former C...
E-Money is one of the richest Entertainment CEO today in Nigeria and he’s known for showing off his extravagant lifestyle.
The 5 star group chairman showed off the furniture in his bedroom at his Five-star mansion.
He also shared a photo as he posed by the swimming pol with his mother and brother, KCee.
E-Money is one of the richest Entertainment CEO today in Nigeria and he’s known for showing off his extravagant lifestyle. The...
Over 14 million Nigerians are directly affected by humanitarian crises in the North-east region of the country, two international humanitarian groups have reported.
The 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative from the United States and the Stefanus Foundation, based in Nigeria, gave the figure on Monday in Abuja. Addressing journalists during a programme organised to highlight the challenges of terror victims in the country, Mark Lipdo, Executive Director of the Stefanus Foundation, said a research conducted by the groups revealed the figure. “14.8 million Nigerians from Northeast are directly impacted by the crisis. Officially, there are 2.2 million Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs. “Unofficially, there are five to seven million IDPs. Those in need of special assistance are 2.5 million, comprising children under the age of five, pregnant women and nursing mothers,” he said. Mr. Lipdo said the menace of terrorism has had a wide range of casualties, which he listed to include 611 teachers who died as a result of terrorism in the north east; 19,000 teachers displaced, 1,500 schools closed down, and 950,000 children denied the opportunity of accessing education. Others include 13,000 churches abandoned, closed down or destroyed, 2000 children abducted and 10,000 boys forced to join Boko Haram. “Global Terrorism index shows that Boko Haram is the world’s most lethal terrorist group, followed by ISIS, while Al-Qaeda ranks third and the Fulani militants mostly in the middle belt rank 4th,” Mr. Lipdo said. Vice President of the 21st Wilberforce Initiative, Elijah Brown, added that in December 2015, the number of IDPs scattered around Nigeria alone were more than 2 million. “As of December 2015, there were 2,152,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria – the third highest figure in Africa and the seventh in the world,” he said. Mr. Brown said the activities of Fulani herdsmen were having a terrible effect on the middle belt and called for immediate action against the menace. “Without intervention, the crisis in the Middle Belt will continue to escalate. This could affect other countries in West African region like the Republic of Benin, Chad, Cameroon, Mali, and Niger,” said Mr. Brown Co-organisers of the program, the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, pleaded with world leaders to respond to government’s call towards assisting Nigeria in addressing the issues of humanitarian crisis created by terrorist activities across the nation. CAN president, Samson Ayokunle, said various reports in the past had indicated that the rate of humanitarian crisis affecting Nigerians as a result of terror were more than those of similar situations in most parts of the world. “The situation is looked upon by international bodies as the biggest humanitarian disaster all over the world. “A disturbing fact about the problem is that it has not received substantial humanitarian response from the world’s most powerful nations as other disasters of relatively smaller degrees in other parts of the world. “I am therefore calling on the world’s powerful nations to come to the aid of Nigeria in seeing to the end of insurgency. “Come to the aid of many victims of insurgency within and outside internally displaced people’s camps or
Over 14 million Nigerians are directly affected by humanitarian crises in the North-east region of the country, two international humanitar...
The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was on Thursday shocked when Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West revealed that telecommunication giants in Nigeria, MTN, has been involved in gross money laundering. The Senator who made the revelation under order 42 of the Senate rule was particularly pained,stating that at the crucial moment when the nation is plauged with economic challenges, all hands must be on deck to recover every loot in the country
“We are in a precarious situation and now is the time to recover every stolen money in the country,” he said Speaking further, Senator Melaye revealed that, “between 2006 and 2016, the MTN Nigeria, in collaboration with 4 commercial banks and with the help of a serving Minister, has moved over $12bn out of this country”. He also disclosed that if given the opportunity, he would move the substantive motion in the next legislative day, with concrete evidences. Ruling on the point of order, the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki granted Dino Melaye the privilege of moving the substantive motion during the senate plenary of Tuesday 27th September.
The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was on Thursday shocked when Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West revealed that teleco...
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