Nollywood Actor Kunle Afolayan Becomes Air France Ambassador

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqoPynucOARpciE8jNAhyphenhyphenD7lzIzUmjc4yZDSPSJpNOf-2cXlkj1t4klY7fTSnn6dniZsGUskX7LKu127YmSL6rbWwp6SrPygDZDh49VVjwoS-rpm1bqTil_XeZt4JYsextSLZRJ7V9q4A/s1600/Kunle+Afolayan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqoPynucOARpciE8jNAhyphenhyphenD7lzIzUmjc4yZDSPSJpNOf-2cXlkj1t4klY7fTSnn6dniZsGUskX7LKu127YmSL6rbWwp6SrPygDZDh49VVjwoS-rpm1bqTil_XeZt4JYsextSLZRJ7V9q4A/s1600/Kunle+Afolayan.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>LAGOS, NIGERIA - Multi-talented Nollywood actor, director and producer, Kunle Afolayan, has landed the big one. He has signed a multi-million Naira agreement that makes him an Air France Brand Ambassador.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> We say a big congratulation to Kunle Afolayan - the Air France Ambassador - for this wonderful attainment.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Photo courtesy <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TundeKelaniMainframe?fref=nf">Tunde Kelani</a>.</div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="color: blue;">Have you got a news tip, article or press release for us? E-mail: <a href="mailto:TNN.ng1@gmail.com" target="_blank"><b>TNN.ng1@gmail.com</b></a></span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><i><span style="color: blue;">Follow us on <b><a href="https://twitter.com/TNN_ng">Twitter</a></b> , <b><a href="http://facebook.com/TheBluebloodGroup">Facebook</a> </b>and <b><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/109876989019615433095/posts">Google+</a></b></span></i></i></div> <i> </i> <br /> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b style="font-family: '';"><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE  </span>=============================================================</b></div> </div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><u>DUBAI VISAS IN 7-DAYS</u></span></b><br /> <b>Do you need Single-Entry or Multiple-Entry Visas to the UAE (Dubai Visas) for 14-Days (Single-Entry Only), 30-Days or 90-Days? Processing within 7-working days! We guarantee you affordable prices. Contact <span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Rukky Travels and Tours</span> at <span style="color: red;">rukkytravels@gmail.com</span></b><br /> <b>*********************************************************************</b><br /> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: blue;">YOU TOO CAN HAVE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS PLACED HERE. CONTACT US AT </span><span style="color: red;">tnn.ng1@gmail.com</span><span style="color: blue;"> FOR AD PLACEMENT DETAILS</span></b></div>

Nollywood Actor Kunle Afolayan Becomes Air France Ambassador

LAGOS, NIGERIA - Multi-talented Nollywood actor, director and producer, Kunle Afolayan, has landed the big one. He has signed a multi-million Naira agreement that makes him an Air France Brand Ambass…

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Niger-Delta Amnesty Programme: Brig. Paul Boroh Takes Over From Kingsley Kuku

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2_5d8XD3tOue9KBn2Qk_5bjstJS13xjtHw96bANQ61AhnLeSS2xIk5iGGZvvWBZ3geowQJ0T1ZKUtNurMjui6NAonQY1GhZ3NSb22tSV8YStRGnD4EGN0WdZOHYUKmW0FWFHTmzKr9_1/s1600/Boroh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2_5d8XD3tOue9KBn2Qk_5bjstJS13xjtHw96bANQ61AhnLeSS2xIk5iGGZvvWBZ3geowQJ0T1ZKUtNurMjui6NAonQY1GhZ3NSb22tSV8YStRGnD4EGN0WdZOHYUKmW0FWFHTmzKr9_1/s1600/Boroh.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>ABUJA, NIGERIA - President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday appointed General P. T. Boroh as the new coordinator of the Amnesty Programme for the Niger Delta militants.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said the appointment takes immediate effect.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The appointment which was announced Tuesday night in Abuja came on the heels of protests by the former militants over the non-payment of their allowances.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Adesina in the statement said the appointment of Boroh is expected to douse the tension over the outstanding allowances.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The statement read: </div> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Brigadier-General P.T. Boroh (rtd) as the Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme for former Niger Delta militants. </div> </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Brig. Boroh, whose appointment takes immediate effect, is to take over the responsibilities of the former Special Adviser to President Jonathan on Niger Delta who also doubled as Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme. </div> </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The appointment of a new Coordinator for the Amnesty Programme is expected to lead to the speedy resolution of recent hitches in its implementation such as the non-payment of outstanding allowances to ex-militants.</div> </blockquote> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Amnesty Programme was established by late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua in 2009 to calm the nerves of Niger Delta militants who were disrupting oil production on account of alleged maginalisation of the oil rich region in the distribution of the oil wealth in the country.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><a href="http://dailytimes.com.ng/buhari-appoints-boroh-as-amnesty-programme-boss/">Daily Times</a></b></div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="color: blue;">Have you got a news tip, article or press release for us? E-mail: <a href="mailto:TNN.ng1@gmail.com" target="_blank"><b>TNN.ng1@gmail.com</b></a></span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><i><span style="color: blue;">Follow us on <b><a href="https://twitter.com/TNN_ng">Twitter</a></b> , <b><a href="http://facebook.com/TheBluebloodGroup">Facebook</a> </b>and <b><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/109876989019615433095/posts">Google+</a></b></span></i></i></div> <i> </i> <br /> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b style="font-family: '';"><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE  </span>=============================================================</b></div> </div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><u>DUBAI VISAS IN 7-DAYS</u></span></b><br /> <b>Do you need Single-Entry or Multiple-Entry Visas to the UAE (Dubai Visas) for 14-Days (Single-Entry Only), 30-Days or 90-Days? Processing within 7-working days! We guarantee you affordable prices. Contact <span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Rukky Travels and Tours</span> at <span style="color: red;">rukkytravels@gmail.com</span></b><br /> <b>*********************************************************************</b><br /> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: blue;">YOU TOO CAN HAVE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS PLACED HERE. CONTACT US AT </span><span style="color: red;">tnn.ng1@gmail.com</span><span style="color: blue;"> FOR AD PLACEMENT DETAILS</span></b></div>

Niger-Delta Amnesty Programme: Brig. Paul Boroh Takes Over From Kingsley Kuku

ABUJA, NIGERIA - President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday appointed General P. T. Boroh as the new coordinator of the Amnesty Programme for the Niger Delta militants. A statement by the Special Adviser …

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Ooni of Ife: Osun Assembly Condoles Aregbesola Even As Traditional Council Debunks "Death Rumour"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQaUE-_d9cRsWlcdfQ1bIgXMViotXLDaRQZ0syrhGGi9j0vZFlO4SSVfsDSLMEnVxwcgJ4XMxIL17SxkadJWdOBN-sycwLNc9-7ia0hUumZEcfx1chW5rfyAacPkaDahKP8rLDOdxcbP6/s1600/Ooni-of-Ife.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQaUE-_d9cRsWlcdfQ1bIgXMViotXLDaRQZ0syrhGGi9j0vZFlO4SSVfsDSLMEnVxwcgJ4XMxIL17SxkadJWdOBN-sycwLNc9-7ia0hUumZEcfx1chW5rfyAacPkaDahKP8rLDOdxcbP6/s1600/Ooni-of-Ife.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>ILE-IFE, NIGERIA - Controversies have trailed the reported death of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade (Olubuse II) as the Royal Traditional Council (RTC) of the town, Wednesday said the paramount ruler is alive and in good state of health.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The RTC, which comprises of all traditional chiefs and title holders in Ile-Ife said Oba Sijuade is not only in sound state of health but added that the royal father was preparing for son's wedding holding next week Sunday in Lagos.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Also speaking, secretary Royal Traditional Council of Ife, the <i>Ladin of Ife</i>, High Chief Adetoye Odewole, said Ooni is hale and hearty and even spoke to the chiefs on phone few hours earlier.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He added: </div> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Those behind the death story are enemies of Ife and as I speak with you, chiefs have not heard anything like that. This is not the first time such rumour will be carried about our father. </div> </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> They did it in 1984, also in 2004 and now, these people are coming up with another rumour. Oba Sijuade remains in sound state of health.</div> </blockquote> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Commenting similar in vein, Chairman of Ife Development Board, Prof. Muib Opeloye, said Ife as a town with rich tradition has its way of managing its affairs.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Opeloye maintained the royal father was preparing for his son's wedding, urging people not to panic and go about their normal daily activities.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Meanwhile, the entrance of Ooni's palace was shut to visitors, as only newsmen, chiefs and relations of Oba Sijuade were allowed into the premises.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Many indigenes and residents of Ife had converged at entrance of the palace but were prevented from going inside by guards.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Meanwhile, Osun State government is yet to make official statement concerning the demise of the monarch.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But Osun State House of Assembly has expressed its sympathy to Governor Rauf Aregbesola, State Council of Traditional rulers and chiefs, the good people of ancient city of Ile-Ife and the immediate and extended families of the late Oba Okunade Sijwade Olubuse, the Ooni of Ife as the great King joined his ancestors.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In a statement issued by the Speaker's spokesman, Mr. Goke Butika, the parliament in a condolence message by the Speaker, Mr Najeem Salaam "expressed his regret and shock over the transition of the natural ruler to the silent land of his forebear, saying the engine room of royalty and the custody of Yoruba cosmology has just been temporarily grounded by the clog of death".</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Salaam then "celebrated the life and time of the great king, Oba Sijuwade, attesting that the monarch exuded unique royalty almost equivalent of imperial culture that could not be rivaled while he called the shot on the revered stool of his fathers.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "The parliament then sent its condolence to the governor over the loss of the monarch and prayed that the Supreme Eludumare, the Cherisher of Aiye would rest the late natural father", the statement added.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><a href="http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/ife-chiefs-debunk-oonis-death/#sthash.a7hQWJuh.dpuf">Vanguard</a></b></div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="color: blue;">Have you got a news tip, article or press release for us? 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Ooni of Ife: Osun Assembly Condoles Aregbesola Even As Traditional Council Debunks "Death Rumour"

ILE-IFE, NIGERIA - Controversies have trailed the reported death of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade (Olubuse II) as the Royal Traditional Council (RTC) of the town, Wednesday said the paramount …

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[PHOTO OF THE DAY]: Tourists Go To Zimbabwean ATM With Sacks

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ancUC60oA1doVkjUS5Fui8aRaCrHEUMCxOHTZ2wI5SKCisIzBzO1QDpVfC19nuDcnEJWyIhr7o7xcbvT6bOdaQGMi-Hy6VUuNmQKYVnsqg9fG5mQsQrATLrU9RITgo2YC0lzG7aTgR9m/s1600/Zimbabwe+Tourists.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ancUC60oA1doVkjUS5Fui8aRaCrHEUMCxOHTZ2wI5SKCisIzBzO1QDpVfC19nuDcnEJWyIhr7o7xcbvT6bOdaQGMi-Hy6VUuNmQKYVnsqg9fG5mQsQrATLrU9RITgo2YC0lzG7aTgR9m/s1600/Zimbabwe+Tourists.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ancUC60oA1doVkjUS5Fui8aRaCrHEUMCxOHTZ2wI5SKCisIzBzO1QDpVfC19nuDcnEJWyIhr7o7xcbvT6bOdaQGMi-Hy6VUuNmQKYVnsqg9fG5mQsQrATLrU9RITgo2YC0lzG7aTgR9m/s640/Zimbabwe+Tourists.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <b>ZIMBABWE - We found this photo of tourists going to the ATM in Zimbabwe with sacks to collect their cash withdrawals.</b><br /> <br /> Photo courtesy a tweeter Eddie Mwangi (<a href="https://twitter.com/EddieMmwangi">@EddieMmwangi</a>)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="color: blue;">Have you got a news tip, article or press release for us? E-mail: <a href="mailto:TNN.ng1@gmail.com" target="_blank"><b>TNN.ng1@gmail.com</b></a></span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><i><span style="color: blue;">Follow us on <b><a href="https://twitter.com/TNN_ng">Twitter</a></b> , <b><a href="http://facebook.com/TheBluebloodGroup">Facebook</a> </b>and <b><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/109876989019615433095/posts">Google+</a></b></span></i></i></div> <i> </i> <br /> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b style="font-family: '';"><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE  </span>=============================================================</b></div> </div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><u>DUBAI VISAS IN 7-DAYS</u></span></b><br /> <b>Do you need Single-Entry or Multiple-Entry Visas to the UAE (Dubai Visas) for 14-Days (Single-Entry Only), 30-Days or 90-Days? Processing within 7-working days! We guarantee you affordable prices. Contact <span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Rukky Travels and Tours</span> at <span style="color: red;">rukkytravels@gmail.com</span></b><br /> <b>*********************************************************************</b><br /> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: blue;">YOU TOO CAN HAVE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS PLACED HERE. CONTACT US AT </span><span style="color: red;">tnn.ng1@gmail.com</span><span style="color: blue;"> FOR AD PLACEMENT DETAILS</span></b></div>

[PHOTO OF THE DAY]: Tourists Go To Zimbabwean ATM With Sacks

ZIMBABWE - We found this photo of tourists going to the ATM in Zimbabwe with sacks to collect their cash withdrawals. Photo courtesy a tweeter Eddie Mwangi (@EddieMmwangi) Have you got a news tip, ar…

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Probe: Remove The Log in APC's Eyes Before Removing The Speck From Others' - PDP Tells Buhari

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0bJX6JZ87fdI69JID-SQ62zSMVvNrYNhe1u3wInlkImA_5IWHJHnVuc42rQC8zZNyiV-U_MEApdR6wrGkwpEAVlnSzm3js_eCXWOT1EBJ4KFIbQ4mcJKjkozK6Gs1h3Ns4lfaV4klm906/s1600/Metuh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0bJX6JZ87fdI69JID-SQ62zSMVvNrYNhe1u3wInlkImA_5IWHJHnVuc42rQC8zZNyiV-U_MEApdR6wrGkwpEAVlnSzm3js_eCXWOT1EBJ4KFIbQ4mcJKjkozK6Gs1h3Ns4lfaV4klm906/s1600/Metuh.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: justify;"> <b>ABUJA, NIGERIA - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it was on the same page with Buhari in the fight against corruption, but that due process must be followed.</b></div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: justify;"> The PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, in Abuja on Tuesday, said the clarification became necessary so as to remove any misconception that it was against the decision of the present administration to probe some past officials of government because they were PDP members.</div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: justify;"> Metuh said: </div> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: '';"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The PDP supports the decision of the Federal Government to fight corruption in our country. </div> </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: '';"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> However, we make bold to state that it should not be disguised to victimise innocent citizens. Democracy has come to stay in Nigeria and no citizen, irrespective of political, religious or ethnic affiliation, should be denied access to due process and the rule of law in the process. </div> </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: '';"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Furthermore, we make bold to state that he who comes to equity must come with clean hands. In that regard, therefore, we advise members of the APC blowing the horn ahead of the cart to keep quiet because many of them have been major beneficiaries of corruption and sleaze associated with themselves and their allies, especially one of them who as a disguised errand boy of a well-known APC leader is a major beneficiary of the largesse of perpetrators of corruption. </div> </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: '';"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Apart from Mr. President, who for now, is not associated with any sleaze or corrupt activity in this democracy, most APC leaders are still those who as governors, ministers and labour leaders have been the worst corrupt set of Nigerians ever to bestride the political landscape of the country. </div> </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: '';"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It is a great miscarriage of perception therefore for the APC leaders who are perpetrators of sleaze and corrupt acts to attempt to deceive Nigerians with imaginary holiness in this anti-corruption war by the President.</div> </blockquote> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: justify;"> Consequently, he called on the President, as the leader of the APC to remove the log in the eyes of his party while "we support his commitment to remove the speck from the eyes of others."</div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="color: blue;">Have you got a news tip, article or press release for us? 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Probe: Remove The Log in APC's Eyes Before Removing The Speck From Others' - PDP Tells Buhari

ABUJA, NIGERIA - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it was on the same page with Buhari in the fight against corruption, but that due process must be followed. The PDP, in a statement by its Nat…

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Not Probing Jonathan's Administration Will Amount To Endorsing Corruption and Impunity - APC

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDsmkcnpS0So1aRUdwY2nrfC8RXoUQhX7wTo1okLy6qZhcEm3lbT-0atv9ZMO9Kf4qoxCxAjtLJBJzwG4nxBkEwzRkT0pbQAIUvpPzriXP7xVl8Kk53Un6lxAKjpledSVQWTcRyxMOJ9q8/s1600/Lai+Mohammed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDsmkcnpS0So1aRUdwY2nrfC8RXoUQhX7wTo1okLy6qZhcEm3lbT-0atv9ZMO9Kf4qoxCxAjtLJBJzwG4nxBkEwzRkT0pbQAIUvpPzriXP7xVl8Kk53Un6lxAKjpledSVQWTcRyxMOJ9q8/s1600/Lai+Mohammed.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: justify;"> <b>LAGOS, NIGERIA - The All Progressives Congress (APC) said on Tuesday that it supported the probe of the Jonathan administration by Buhari in the light of mind-boggling corruption that had been uncovered by the Federal Government.</b></div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: justify;"> "Some people have insinuated that the Buhari administration should ignore the massive looting of our patrimony and move on. We say no responsible government can afford to do that, because it will amount to endorsing corruption and impunity," the party said in a statement issued in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.</div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: justify;"> The APC said billions of dollars had been skimmed off by "pathologically-corrupt public officials" in the oil sector alone, wondering how the government of the day could meet its obligations to the citizens if it refused to recover the huge funds taken away by thieving officials</div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: justify;"> Mohammed's statement read: </div> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: '';"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It is an irony that those who are suggesting that the Buhari administration should turn a blind eye to the incomprehensible looting are the same ones accusing the government of not doing anything. </div> </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: '';"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It is even a cruel irony that the same party that presided over what is fast emerging as the worst governance in the history of our country is the same one that is daily bad-mouthing an administration that is cleaning up its mess. </div> </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: '';"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Where does one start from? Is it the fact that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation failed to remit ₦3.8tn to the Federation Account or the mind-blowing stealing of 250,000 barrels of crude oil per day? </div> </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: '';"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Is it the fact that the NNPC itself does not know how many bank accounts it had or into which ones the payments for Nigerian crude are made? Could anyone have imagined that a government minister would steal the unprecedentedly-huge amount of US $6bn of public funds as being alleged? </div> </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: '';"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> How does any sane person rationalise the fact that $1bn was unilaterally and illegally withdrawn from the Excess Crude Account just because, as the immediate past Minister of Finance has disclosed, the President ordered the withdrawal? What about the billions of naira waivers recklessly approved to dubious importers by the Jonathan administration? </div> </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: '';"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Is it not clear now that the stealing and the profligacy – more than anything else, including the fall in oil price – helped to drastically reduce the monthly allocation from the Federation Account from about ₦800bn to about ₦400bn , thus pauperising the states and the local governments, and by extension the citizenry? </div> </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: '';"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Against the background of the stunning revelations, what message will any government be sending to its citizens and indeed the global community by looking the other way, when it could still recover some of the looted funds for the benefit of the people? </div> </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: '';"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This is why we are supporting the Buhari administration's probe decision and we are calling on all Nigerians to support ongoing efforts to get to the root of the matter.</div> </blockquote> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: justify;"> The APC said it was clear that the Jonathan administration had deliberately delayed giving the then incoming Buhari government the handover notes so as to avoid being asked critical questions pertaining to the looting under its watch.</div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="color: blue;">Have you got a news tip, article or press release for us? 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Not Probing Jonathan's Administration Will Amount To Endorsing Corruption and Impunity - APC

LAGOS, NIGERIA - The All Progressives Congress (APC) said on Tuesday that it supported the probe of the Jonathan administration by Buhari in the light of mind-boggling corruption that had been uncove…

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US Visit: Buhari Now Has Names of Oil Thieves

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-ZetCjBVnLYLWD4FylRuMrq6_jmR9DrzxsLjlsjqezusy-H1-iALG-082UCaeZb2b70hHpJP1Cz2CGSuDDu-4FRWMJt59Yp9jeNtoy1vXVKmMm8Zm2OJEj4YzRr1s_3OxYDpU42SFqA-/s1600/PMB+in+US+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-ZetCjBVnLYLWD4FylRuMrq6_jmR9DrzxsLjlsjqezusy-H1-iALG-082UCaeZb2b70hHpJP1Cz2CGSuDDu-4FRWMJt59Yp9jeNtoy1vXVKmMm8Zm2OJEj4YzRr1s_3OxYDpU42SFqA-/s1600/PMB+in+US+004.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>ABUJA, NIGERIA - The United States of America has handed over the names of Nigerian oil thieves to President Muhammadu Buhari, a member of the President's entourage during last week's visit to the US confided in The PUNCH on Tuesday.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I can tell you that the President already has the list of names of the people engaging in the stealing of Nigeria's oil. The list, when released by the President, will shock Nigerians. But let's wait and see first," the source said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The source said Buhari was taken aback when he saw the names on the list and that the list given to the President by the US might compel him to probe the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A Presidency source also confirmed that Buhari had such a list but that "the President has been keeping the list to himself."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The source, who told our correspondent about the list in the President's possession, said the US gave Buhari two separate lists – one listing the names of top government officials who have been stealing the country's oil, using their high offices to perpetrate the stealing; and the other containing the names of illegal oil bunkerers.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The President had said last week that some ministers in the cabinet of Jonathan were stealing as much as 250,000 barrels of Nigeria’s crude daily.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Presidency source, who spoke to one of our correspondents on condition of anonymity, said Buhari had vowed that those whose names appeared on the list would not go scot-free.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "The President will probe all of them and make sure they return whatever fortune they had made from their thievery," the source said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The source said the President was already tinkering with the idea of constituting a panel to investigate those on the list with a view to arriving at how to deal with them based on the findings of the committee.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> However, it was gathered that, unlike the usual probe panels, the President would likely set up a special security team to handle the probe.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://www.punchng.com/news/us-gave-buhari-names-of-oil-thieves-source/">The PUNCH</a> learnt that the names on the list of oil thieves are a mixture of highly placed government officials, and retired and serving military officers.</div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="color: blue;">Have you got a news tip, article or press release for us? 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US Visit: Buhari Now Has Names of Oil Thieves

ABUJA, NIGERIA - The United States of America has handed over the names of Nigerian oil thieves to President Muhammadu Buhari, a member of the President's entourage during last week's visit to the US…

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Why We Denied Patience Jonathan's Convoy Access To The Tarmac - FAAN

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1HiQx3kCm004_MlGRv1AkXoEHqMKe6jgqWP7lT6imj11pr4noV_JuJpM_bhyl_OzJ6UtdTwhCbpLjdyLKsnHeENAnYzNnB4GW95xBsIcCqiVKD56QbJhScvVIFokc2mD_Dp9ls-l_4bf/s1600/Patience+GEJ1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1HiQx3kCm004_MlGRv1AkXoEHqMKe6jgqWP7lT6imj11pr4noV_JuJpM_bhyl_OzJ6UtdTwhCbpLjdyLKsnHeENAnYzNnB4GW95xBsIcCqiVKD56QbJhScvVIFokc2mD_Dp9ls-l_4bf/s1600/Patience+GEJ1.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA - The convoy carrying the wife of the former President, Dame Patience Jonathan, was stopped from taking her to the foot of the aircraft on the tarmac of the Port Harcourt International Airport, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has said.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The former First Lady was reportedly stopped from using the VIP lounge of the airport. But the FAAN said it was not so. It was learnt that Dame Jonathan had gone to Port Harcourt on a private visit.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Sources at the airport also alleged that the former First Lady was denied access to the lounge by security operatives of FAAN, who reportedly said they were working based on orders from above.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But reacting to the report, FAAN, in a statement on Tuesday, described it as misleading and mischievous, stressing that the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan was not denied access to "the VIP lounge at the Port Harcourt International Airport on July 27, 2015."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> However, the authority was quick to state that what its security officials did was to stop the former First Lady's convoy from gaining access to the tarmac where her aircraft was parked.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Yakubu Dati, said the security officials explained to Dame Jonathan's team why her convoy was stopped, adding that the officials were only abiding by international safety standards.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> FAAN said: "The former First Lady's convoy was only denied access to the foot of the aircraft during boarding formalities at the airport in line with international aviation best practices, strictly for safety reasons, as prescribed by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. Our security officials explained this fact to details of the former First Lady.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "We wish to recall that former President Goodluck Jonathan, in his recent trips from the same airport, had had to walk to the aircraft from the protocol lounge, in recognition of this ICAO regulation."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> FAAN went on to explain that family members of former Presidents were officially entitled to use the VIP lounge, adding that Dame Jonathan would not be denied that right, <b><a href="http://www.punchng.com/news/we-only-stopped-patience-jonathan-from-being-driven-to-tarmac-faan/">The Punch</a> </b>reports.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It said: "We wish to state that no such thing happened as Dame Jonathan, like other family members of former Presidents and other designated principal officers of government, are officially entitled to the usage of airport VIP and protocol lounges under the management of FAAN."</div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="color: blue;">Have you got a news tip, article or press release for us? 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Why We Denied Patience Jonathan's Convoy Access To The Tarmac - FAAN

PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA - The convoy carrying the wife of the former President, Dame Patience Jonathan, was stopped from taking her to the foot of the aircraft on the tarmac of the Port Harcourt Inter…

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Profile of Late Oba Okunade Sijuwade, The 50th Ooni of Ife

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYrvm-3An4Lc5icJ4iK1sfpkSPEN53XwCNU8nWQHMGw6EbjHGP7kjBqbLRqXjV57FXwzscHFtRVnDVKuVhykd6lAcLw4S-lePwUg7_mJt12oFe7J3gy4huqbZi7i0oZ0WwwOQWDM3w2VQw/s1600/Ooni.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYrvm-3An4Lc5icJ4iK1sfpkSPEN53XwCNU8nWQHMGw6EbjHGP7kjBqbLRqXjV57FXwzscHFtRVnDVKuVhykd6lAcLw4S-lePwUg7_mJt12oFe7J3gy4huqbZi7i0oZ0WwwOQWDM3w2VQw/s1600/Ooni.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>ILE-IFE, NIGERIA - Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, reportedly passed on, on Tuesday, at 85 years and seven months. He was born on January 1, 1930.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Unconfirmed sources said the monarch, who was said to have been flown out of the country since last Friday, died in the United Kingdom.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Most top Ife indigenes and Osun State government officials contacted by <i>The PUNCH </i>late on Tuesday kept sealed lips but some traditional rulers in the state confirmed that Sijuwade had died.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The spokesperson for the Ooni, Chief Funmilola Olorunnisola, told one of our correspondents that: "I don't have anything to tell you immediately."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> One Osun traditional ruler, who asked not to be quoted, confided in one of our correspondents on the phone last night that the Ife monarch had died.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said: "The Ooni is dead. It is true. He died about two hours ago in the UK. His two oloris (wives) – Olori Moni and Olori Odun – were with him in the UK.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "He travelled out for treatment anytime he fell ill but he couldn't make it this time. It is sad but I believe it is God's time. There was nothing anyone could do to stop it.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Tokunbo, his eldest child, will probably leave for the UK this evening. There is nothing we can do but we take solace in the fact that he lived well. The proper announcement will be done later".</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The traditional ruler's account was corroborated by another monarch, who explained that the Ooni was indeed flown out of the country five days ago in an air ambulance after he slumped.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A call to the line of the monarch was not answered.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> There had been fears over the health of the first class monarch since 2013 when he was taken out of the country for medical attention for over a month.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Oba Sijuwade ascended the throne in December 1980.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Born on January 1, 1930, Sijuwade became the fiftieth ruler of the ancient kingdom of Ife, popularly referred to as the cradle and source of the Yoruba, in 1980.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Though he took the name Alayeluwa Olubuse II upon his installation, he dropped "Alayeluwa" from his name a few years back, saying that only God is fit to be called "Alayeluwa".</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Alayeluwa means omniscience.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A former commissioner and indigene of Ife, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: "It is true. I was with him on Wednesday. Last Thursday when we held the political summit in Ife, he supported us and sent an emissary to the summit. He slumped on Thursday and was rushed to Ibadan airport from where he was flown to Lagos in an air ambulance en route to England for treatment. He became stable by Saturday. It is sad that he relapsed and passed on."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The flamboyant traditional ruler was crowned king on December 6, 1980 in a colourful ceremony attended by prominent traditional rulers like the Emir of Kano, Oba of Benin, Amayanabo of Opobo and the Olu of Warri as well as the representatives of the Queen of England.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It was gathered that the Ife traditional council and the Osun State traditional council would meet on Wednesday.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A competent source disclosed that emissaries from the two councils would visit the Governor of Osun, Rauf Aregbesola, to officially break the news to the governor.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Sijuwade was born to the Ogboru ruling house. The handsome king was a grandson of the Ooni Sijuwade Adelekan Olubuse I. He studied at the Abeokuta Grammar School and Oduduwa College in Ile-Ife.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He worked for three years in his father's business and later did a two-year stint with the <i>Nigerian Tribune,</i> before attending the Northampton College in the United Kingdom to study Business Management.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> At the young age of 30, he became a manager in Leventis, a Greek-Nigerian conglomerate. In 1963, he became the Sales Director of the state-owned National Motors in Lagos. After spotting a business opportunity during a 1964 visit to the Soviet Union, he formed a company to distribute Soviet-built vehicles and equipment in Nigeria. This later became the nucleus of his widespread business empire. He also invested in real estate in his home town of Ile-Ife. By the time Sijuwade was crowned Ooni in 1980 he had become a wealthy man, whose fame and connection was global.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> When Sijuwade became the Ooni, he inherited an ongoing dispute over supremacy between the obas of Yorubaland. In 1967 the crisis had been resolved when the late Yoruba sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, was chosen as the leader of the Yoruba. In 1976, the Governor of Oyo State, General David Jemibewon, had decreed that the Ooni of Ife would be the permanent chairman of the State Council of Obas and Chiefs. Other Obas led by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, said the position should rotate. The dispute calmed down when Osun State was carved out of Oyo State in August 1991, but still persisted. In January 2009, Sijuwade was quoted as saying that Oba Adeyemi was ruling a dead empire (the Oyo Empire, which collapsed in 1793). Adeyemi responded by citing "absurdities" in Sijuwade's statements and saying the Ooni "is not in tune with his own history".</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It will be recalled that Oba Adeyemi, the Permanent Chairman of the Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs, was conspicuously absent from a meeting of Yoruba leaders in April 2010.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In February 2009, Sijuwade helped mediate in a dispute over land ownership between the communities of Ife and Modakeke, resolved in part through the elevation of the Ogunsua of Modakeke as an Oba.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In August 2010 he mediated in the ownership dispute between Oyo and Osun states concerning Ladoke Akintola University, calling a meeting attended by Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, governor of Osun State, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, governor of Oyo State and the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education which resulted in an action plan.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><a href="http://www.punchng.com/news/ooni-of-ife-oba-sijuwade-dies-at-85-2/">The Punch</a></b></div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="color: blue;">Have you got a news tip, article or press release for us? 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Profile of Late Oba Okunade Sijuwade, The 50th Ooni of Ife

ILE-IFE, NIGERIA - Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, reportedly passed on, on Tuesday, at 85 years and seven months. He was born on January 1, 1930. Unconfirmed sources said the monarch, who was sai…

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