Forewarned is forearmed! Don’t Expect Perfect Elections in 2015 – Jega

Culled from Punch - The Independent National Electoral Commission has said  perfect elections  are  not possible in 2015. It, however, assured  that certain measures were being put in place  to achieve success.The  Chairman of the commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, stated this   when  the new United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle, visited him in Abuja on Monday.

“We are not promising a perfect election in 2015 but we are confident that we will do our best,” he told Entwistle... 

“I just completed my HND programme and I am from a very poor family" - Woman Excretes Hard Drugs Inside Aircraft | PICTURED

While on-board a Qatar Airline flight to Malaysia to Nigeria, 32-year-old Chizoba Anya was said to have excreted wraps of substance that tested positive for methamphetamine.

PM News reports;

NDLEA said the 32-year old suspect was said to have aroused suspicion following her frequent visits to the toilet.

“On arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos, three wraps of methamphetamine were found in her possession,” said Mitchell Ofoyeju, NDLEA spokesperson. 

Jonathan Tells His Own Side Of The Story - Replies Obasanjo

December 20th 2013

His Excellency,

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR

Agbe L’Oba House, Quarry Road,

Ibara, Abeokuta.

                                                   RE: BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE

I wish to formally acknowledge your letter dated December 2, 2013 and other previous correspondence similar to it.

You will recall that all the letters were brought to me by hand. Although both of us discussed some of the issues in those letters, I had not, before now, seen the need for any formal reply since, to me, they contained advice from a former President to a serving President. Obviously, you felt differently because in your last letter, you complained about my not acknowledging or replying your previous letters...

Nigeria Begins Production Of Armoured Vehicles

Due to the increase in demand of armoured cars in Nigeria, a local automobile manufacturer, Proforce (Defence) Limited, has commenced the production of Armoured Personnel Carriers. It is a well known fact that wealthy Nigerians and top public office holders import a number of armoured vehicles.

Proforce (Defence) Limited, total defence solution provider specialising in the manufacture of Armoured Vehicles, Body Armoured and other defence mobility products, said it had sealed a pact with Defence Industries Corporation and some para-military organisations for the production.

FIFA Ranking - Nigeria Move Up Three Places In Latest Rating

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have moved up to the 33rd position in the latest FIFA global rankings released on Thursday. Nigeria gained three spots from last month's ranking following their victory against Ethiopia in Sunday's World Cup first leg play-off in Addis Ababa.

Cote D'Ivoire continue to be the top ranked African side moving up two places to 17 this month. Ghana also moved up one spot to finish in 23rd position while Algeria dropped four spots to finish in 32nd position just ahead of Nigeria.

Meanwhile, Spain remain the leading country in the world followed by Germany, Argentina, Colombia and Belgium in the top five.

Nigeria's First Lady Honoured With Doctorate Degree In South Korea

Wife of the President, Dame Patience Jonathan was honoured with a doctorate degree in South Korea on Thursday. The degree which was awarded by Hansei University is her fourth honourary doctorate degree since becoming 'First lady'.

The University Chancellor Sung-Hae Kim said the first lady was being honoured for her humanitarianism, citing her dedication to improving the lives of the less privileged in Nigeria and Africa as a whole.

Congratulations Madam First Lady...

[BLAST FROM THE PAST] - The Day Oil Was Discovered In Nigeria

           "They made us be happy and clap like fools, dance as if we were trained monkeys,"
                                                                                                                            ...Chief Sunday Inengite

Chief Sunday Inengite remembers the day the foreigners who had come to his village in Nigeria’s Niger Delta struck oil. “They made us be happy and clap like fools, dance as if we were trained monkeys,” he says. Years later, He looks back on his youthful enthusiasm with sour regret.

Nigeria has become Africa’s biggest oil producer, but the people of Oloibiri complain they have not seen much of the money made in the 52 years of oil production. “It smacks of wickedness, hard-heartedness,” he says.

Nigeria Turns 53 - Happy Anniversary Nigeria!

 

"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world."
-Jack Layton-

As Nigeria turns 53 today, let us take time to celebrate our victories, reflect on lost grounds and where we have gone wrong as a Nation. Let us learn to love and respect one another. Nigeria is not a lost cause. There is still hope for the common man. Let us learn to speak with one voice, for only then can we achieve the "Nigeria" that will all crave for. 

Happy 53rd Anniversary Nigeria!!!                                       

                                                                                                                                             ---Manny360

[VIDEO] President Jonathan's Media Chat

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan had his fifth Presidential media chat yesterday in which He addressed the challenges facing the country. See Videos of the chat after the cut...

Massive Looting Going On Under Jonathan – Says Baraje, New PDP

The war of words between the Old Vs New PDP continued as The chairman of the new Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, unequivocally condemned the rape of the country’s economy by the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan administration.

He said that despite claims to the contrary by the government in a futile bid to deceive Nigerians, the overwhelming evidence is that the Nigerian economy has been run aground and is now comatose.
The assertions are contained in a statement issued by the faction in Abuja, and signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Chukwuemeka Eze.

Ansaru Releases Video of Kidnapped French National

A video of 63-year-old French National Francis Collomp, who was kidnapped in Rimi, Katsina State on the 19th of December, by the Nigerian Islamist group Ansaru (Ansar al-Muslimeen)  was released on Friday.

Mr Collomp appears in the video wearing a white t-shirt, with an unidentified man holding a weapon in the background. He can be heard calling for "negotiations" for his "safe release."

In another part of the video, the camera focused on an Arabic statement which addresses “the government(s) of France and Nigeria,” according to the translation provided by SITE(a jihadi tracking website).

Nigerian Police Arrest Chinese for N105m Fraud

50-year-old Chinese fugitive Fang Yang, was arrested by the Special Fraud Unit(SFU) of the Nigeria Police, Ikoyi, Lagos State for his involvement in a N105m fraud.

According to the SFU Commissioner of Police, Mr Tunde Ogunsakin, the fraud was perpetrated when Yang was a Deputy Manager with Si Fang Qiao Lian Company in China.

HIV/AIDS kills 300,000 Nigerians Annually

According to Dr. Ado Mohammad, Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, NPHDA, Over 300,000 Nigerians die annually from complications arising from HIV/AIDS, while no fewer than 1.5 million children are orphaned yearly by the deadly virus in the country.

He disclosed this at a week-long Integrated Service Delivery Training for community health workers, organized by the Programme for HIV/AIDS Integration and Decentralization, PHAID, in Makurdi.

I Will Never Stop Fighting For Democracy- Atiku

On the night of April 19, 2007, I sat with the head of my media team in a long conversation over dinner. It was a light-hearted conversation about many things: family, religion, and history. We joked about a recent visit by a friend, and the recent pranks by his youngest child. Everything but politics.