Uzor Kalu Arrive Anambra for APC Ahead of Guber Election

<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4220980354861591810" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 636px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSX4qB-VOwUdAJrfAVg33y_ZyeF1p16872iNtgVCAQtKXJgiN9cccNsDFi4cygiP_dC1yW7INAk67r2FXiZxCeKL8k8by0_4_VvQcXbHwirFvXjCleRAaFPjpqirTSKXbaB2bF-5JuQ/s1600/APC+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="515" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSX4qB-VOwUdAJrfAVg33y_ZyeF1p16872iNtgVCAQtKXJgiN9cccNsDFi4cygiP_dC1yW7INAk67r2FXiZxCeKL8k8by0_4_VvQcXbHwirFvXjCleRAaFPjpqirTSKXbaB2bF-5JuQ/s1600/APC+1.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 0, 0); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></a></div> The former governor of Abia State and chieftain of the APC, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu earlier today stormed Anambra State. He's in the state in line with his support for Dr. Tony Nwoye, the party's candidate for the November 18, governorship election.<br /> <div> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7982805782895847" data-ad-format="fluid" data-ad-layout="in-article" data-ad-slot="4106508114" style="display: block; text-align: center;"></ins><script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> According to him; “The forthcoming election in Anambra State will be a good opportunity for Ndi Anambra to join mainstream politics. </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> “If Anambra is governed by the APC, more federal projects will be attracted to the state. </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> “The South East had been marginalized by previous governments and the time is now to support President Buhari’s determination to uplift Ndigbo."</blockquote> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIhi7pjFo8WSn51JdKizrTlavUlbvoE3kPEAJNXUHhDuCXxlSTCTiKcDeLz5Ame7BjOs_RgK3mdSIL7DM-i9SEb7lfJ-sClN1ySwMc8g3SYnVPwa_hj9Wm-NMBbTTKVvdvddlhOlrRHw/s1600/PIX+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="772" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIhi7pjFo8WSn51JdKizrTlavUlbvoE3kPEAJNXUHhDuCXxlSTCTiKcDeLz5Ame7BjOs_RgK3mdSIL7DM-i9SEb7lfJ-sClN1ySwMc8g3SYnVPwa_hj9Wm-NMBbTTKVvdvddlhOlrRHw/s400/PIX+1.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 0, 0); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAmIafOpTw47OX4MKfDEZ-WWljSNbq7WJhVpZbNlu80i2oDGXJ8B6gfcJFL_V-3B1gTSQBR4JPdBoLB8AjvGR9VlfN7uapb7K-B5cX1eqJHE1FofKPyHDq3FlX37MJxTlQVSXXl9OyQ/s1600/PIX+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="771" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAmIafOpTw47OX4MKfDEZ-WWljSNbq7WJhVpZbNlu80i2oDGXJ8B6gfcJFL_V-3B1gTSQBR4JPdBoLB8AjvGR9VlfN7uapb7K-B5cX1eqJHE1FofKPyHDq3FlX37MJxTlQVSXXl9OyQ/s400/PIX+2.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 0, 0); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div> <div> Uzor Kalu and Tony Nwoye met Senator Uche Ekwunife who is also a member of the APC.</div> </div>

Uzor Kalu Arrive Anambra for APC Ahead of Guber Election

The former governor of Abia State and chieftain of the APC, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu earlier today stormed Anambra State. He's in the state...

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Ekiti Assembly approves death penalty for cultists

<div class="td-post-featured-image" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; width: 681px;"> <img alt="Ekiti Assembly approves death penalty" class="entry-thumb td-animation-stack-type0-1" height="296" sizes="(max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px" src="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Ayodele-Fayose-3-1025-1.jpg?resize=581%2C296" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Ayodele-Fayose-3-1025-1.jpg?w=581 581w, https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Ayodele-Fayose-3-1025-1.jpg?resize=300%2C153 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; left: -1px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="Ayodele-Fayose-3-1025" width="581" /></div> <div class="td-post-content td-pb-padding-side" style="background-color: white; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; padding: 10px 19px 0px 20px;"> <div class="td-g-rec td-g-rec-id-content_top td_uid_3_5a035d06b068e_rand td_block_template_1" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> A bill seeking to prohibit the activities of secret cults scaled third reading at the Ekiti State House of Assembly on Tuesday.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> <img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-229336 td-animation-stack-type0-1" data-attachment-id="229336" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Ayodele-Fayose-3-1025" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Ayodele-Fayose-3-1025.jpg?fit=640%2C361" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Ayodele-Fayose-3-1025.jpg?fit=300%2C169" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Ayodele-Fayose-3-1025.jpg?fit=800%2C451" data-orig-size="800,451" data-permalink="http://www.yabaleftonline.ng/ekiti-assembly-approves-death-penalty-cultists/ayodele-fayose-3-1025/" height="361" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Ayodele-Fayose-3-1025.jpg?resize=640%2C361" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Ayodele-Fayose-3-1025.jpg?w=800 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Ayodele-Fayose-3-1025.jpg?resize=300%2C169 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Ayodele-Fayose-3-1025.jpg?resize=768%2C433 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Ayodele-Fayose-3-1025.jpg?resize=745%2C420 745w, https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Ayodele-Fayose-3-1025.jpg?resize=640%2C361 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Ayodele-Fayose-3-1025.jpg?resize=681%2C384 681w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 6px auto 21px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="640" /></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> The substance of the bill is the prescription of the death penalty for those found guilty of breaching the law in that regard. Persons found guilty of aiding and abetting cultism would also bag life imprisonment. All that is left is for it to be signed into law by the governor.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> The new provision was an amendment to the law against cultism, enacted by Ayo Fayose during his first tenure as governor of the state. The law had provided a seven-year imprisonment for anyone convicted of cult activities, whereas those aiding and abetting the act were to be imprisoned for five years.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> The bill titled, ‘Secret Cult (Abolition and Prohibition) [Amendment] Bill, 2017,’ gained the lawmakers’ attention following increase in cult activities at the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti which led to the killing of students recently.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> Before the passage, the House Leader, Akinyele Olatunji, recalled the killings at the university due to cult activities.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> “We will not allow any group to turn Ekiti into death trap area,” he said, while thanking the governor, Ayodele Fayose, for introducing the bill.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> “We cannot fold our arms while some people would constitute themselves as a menace and eliminate the lives of innocent people of this state,” speaker of the house, Kola Oluwawole, said, while making his remarks on the bill.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> “It is an everlasting sorrow for someone to lose his child or relative. The bill will reshape the lives of our youth. It will ‘touch’ those who intend to join any secret cults and those who have the intention to take another person’s life.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> “Those people that we are representing will have peace of mind that their lives and those of their children are safe. The bill considers very seriously the negative consequences of such action because of the irreparable loss of lives.”</div> </div> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7982805782895847" data-ad-format="fluid" data-ad-layout="in-article" data-ad-slot="4106508114" style="display: block; text-align: center;"></ins><script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>

Ekiti Assembly approves death penalty for cultists

A bill seeking to prohibit the activities of secret cults scaled third reading at the Ekiti State House of Assembly on Tuesday. Th...

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Gov Okorocha to unveil statue of Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as she’s set to visit Imo state tomorrow (photos)

<div class="td-post-featured-image" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; width: 681px;"> <img alt="" class="entry-thumb td-animation-stack-type0-1" height="295" sizes="(max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Rochas-Okorocha-1.jpg?resize=583%2C295" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Rochas-Okorocha-1.jpg?w=583 583w, https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Rochas-Okorocha-1.jpg?resize=300%2C152 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; left: -1px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="Rochas-Okorocha-1" width="583" /></div> <div class="td-post-content td-pb-padding-side" style="background-color: white; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; padding: 10px 19px 0px 20px;"> <div class="td-g-rec td-g-rec-id-content_top td_uid_3_5a02cceb57ed9_rand td_block_template_1" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, announced via his Twitter Page, that the Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will be visiting the state on Thursday.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> A Tweet from the Governor’s Twitter page reads: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">“The Liberian President, Mrs Ellen Johnson Sirleaf set to arrive our dear Imo State for a two day working visit on Thursday 9th Nov. 2017”</em></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> <img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-229207 td-animation-stack-type0-1" data-attachment-id="229207" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"Daniel Oyetoro","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1510130318","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="gov-1" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/gov-1.jpg?fit=602%2C221" data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/gov-1.jpg?fit=300%2C110" data-orig-file="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/gov-1.jpg?fit=602%2C221" data-orig-size="602,221" data-permalink="http://www.yabaleftonline.ng/gov-okorocha-unveil-statue-liberian-president-ellen-johnson/gov-1/" height="221" sizes="(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px" src="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/gov-1.jpg?resize=602%2C221" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/gov-1.jpg?w=602 602w, https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/gov-1.jpg?resize=300%2C110 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 6px auto 21px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="602" /></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> <img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-229208 td-animation-stack-type0-1" data-attachment-id="229208" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DODRr63XcAE_GWs" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DODRr63XcAE_GWs.jpg?fit=640%2C512" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DODRr63XcAE_GWs.jpg?fit=300%2C240" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DODRr63XcAE_GWs.jpg?fit=750%2C600" data-orig-size="750,600" data-permalink="http://www.yabaleftonline.ng/gov-okorocha-unveil-statue-liberian-president-ellen-johnson/dodrr63xcae_gws/" height="512" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DODRr63XcAE_GWs.jpg?resize=640%2C512" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DODRr63XcAE_GWs.jpg?w=750 750w, https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DODRr63XcAE_GWs.jpg?resize=300%2C240 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DODRr63XcAE_GWs.jpg?resize=525%2C420 525w, https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DODRr63XcAE_GWs.jpg?resize=640%2C512 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DODRr63XcAE_GWs.jpg?resize=681%2C545 681w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 6px auto 21px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="640" /></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> Now, here’s the catch… A Twitter user, @1160oliva shared a photo of Sirleaf’s statue, which was taken while it was still under construction.. and according to multiple leak reports, since the Liberian President will be visiting the state on Thursday, the statue will be unveiled on Thursday.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> The Twitter user, further revealed the encounter she had with the NSCDC officials guarding the Imo Hall of Fame..</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> Read tweets below;</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> “Imo govt just announced an imminent visit of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to Imo. This tweet is to let you know her statue will be unveiled”</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> <img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-229200 td-animation-stack-type0-1" data-attachment-id="229200" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="DODYzrbWAAAqovd" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DODYzrbWAAAqovd-1.jpg?fit=640%2C352" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DODYzrbWAAAqovd-1.jpg?fit=300%2C165" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DODYzrbWAAAqovd-1.jpg?fit=640%2C352" data-orig-size="640,352" data-permalink="http://www.yabaleftonline.ng/gov-okorocha-unveil-statue-liberian-president-ellen-johnson/dodyzrbwaaaqovd-2/" height="352" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DODYzrbWAAAqovd-1.jpg?resize=640%2C352" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DODYzrbWAAAqovd-1.jpg?w=640 640w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DODYzrbWAAAqovd-1.jpg?resize=300%2C165 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 6px auto 21px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="640" /></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> “My phone was ceased and the photos deleted by NSCDC day I took this photo. Apparently they hid somewhere& ifound them”</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> “I just zoomed in. NSCDC said the Gov monitors this place personally. It’s called the Imo Hall of fame.”</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> <img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-229201 td-animation-stack-type0-1" data-attachment-id="229201" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="DODdcIlWkAEv5z8" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DODdcIlWkAEv5z8.jpg?fit=635%2C771" data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DODdcIlWkAEv5z8.jpg?fit=247%2C300" data-orig-file="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DODdcIlWkAEv5z8.jpg?fit=635%2C771" data-orig-size="635,771" data-permalink="http://www.yabaleftonline.ng/gov-okorocha-unveil-statue-liberian-president-ellen-johnson/doddcilwkaev5z8/" height="771" sizes="(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px" src="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DODdcIlWkAEv5z8.jpg?resize=635%2C771" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DODdcIlWkAEv5z8.jpg?w=635 635w, https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DODdcIlWkAEv5z8.jpg?resize=247%2C300 247w, https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DODdcIlWkAEv5z8.jpg?resize=346%2C420 346w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 6px auto 21px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="635" /></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> “I was told the reason they had to delete the photos from my phone was cos of uproar when #Zuma’s own was unveiled”</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> “There are 8 statues in all. 2 still under construction so you can’t tell who they are yet. I’ll try to find the other photos”</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> <img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-229202 td-animation-stack-type0-1" data-attachment-id="229202" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"Daniel Oyetoro","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1510129714","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Olivia-0" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Olivia-0.jpg?fit=617%2C227" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Olivia-0.jpg?fit=300%2C110" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Olivia-0.jpg?fit=617%2C227" data-orig-size="617,227" data-permalink="http://www.yabaleftonline.ng/gov-okorocha-unveil-statue-liberian-president-ellen-johnson/olivia-0/" height="226" sizes="(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Olivia-0.jpg?resize=617%2C227" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Olivia-0.jpg?w=617 617w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Olivia-0.jpg?resize=300%2C110 300w" style="border: 0px; 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Gov Okorocha to unveil statue of Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as she’s set to visit Imo state tomorrow (photos)

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, announced via his Twitter Page, that the Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will be visiti...

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President Buhari says 2018 will be a better year of outcomes for Nigeria and her people.

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /><img src="https://i2.wp.com/www.dailygossip.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Buhari-sallah-message-770x513.jpg?resize=640%2C426" />The 2018 Budget proposal is aimed to consolidate on the budgets presented in the past.</strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;"> The president said this while addressing the joint session of the National Assembly, on Tuesday.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;"> He also stated at the session, that the 2018 Budget would return to a cycle that starts from January and ends in December.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;"> He’s named the 2018 budget a Budget of Consolidation.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;"> Details later…</div> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7982805782895847" data-ad-format="fluid" data-ad-layout="in-article" data-ad-slot="4106508114" style="display: block; text-align: center;"></ins><script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>

President Buhari says 2018 will be a better year of outcomes for Nigeria and her people.

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What Saraki Said About #Budget2018 Today

<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5192794670464377948" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 636.024px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePCXozveX3UYDYjIZQsXb2BkQamtGGJmRqPqn6yr9EK30lHmg34ICzSbSVZMsFayAHwFMG3OWhuT27D2Xegfxhdg4v4PP2Ku1mmLSC1li6YzfQqO-S6a-deakX4m0NBSykIjuTDSi4sk/s1600/SARAKI+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePCXozveX3UYDYjIZQsXb2BkQamtGGJmRqPqn6yr9EK30lHmg34ICzSbSVZMsFayAHwFMG3OWhuT27D2Xegfxhdg4v4PP2Ku1mmLSC1li6YzfQqO-S6a-deakX4m0NBSykIjuTDSi4sk/s1600/SARAKI+1.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 0, 0); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></a></div> Senate President Bukola Saraki has taken the Federal Government to task over the 2018 budget; even as he said how the budget is implemented will be the defining moment of the Buhari administration.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> “In the implementation, we must ensure that projects are not overpriced, while people must see a future for themselves in every corner of this country.”</blockquote> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><br />Senator Saraki said this at the joint session of the National Assembly when President Buhari made the presentation of the 2018 Budget Proposal.<br /><br />He noted that the country needed to increase non-oil revenue, adding that infrastructure development must be a continuous priority of the administration.<br /><br />He counselled the FG to eliminate what he described as “unnecessary waste”.</div> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7982805782895847" data-ad-format="fluid" data-ad-layout="in-article" data-ad-slot="4106508114" style="display: block; text-align: center;"></ins><script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>

What Saraki Said About #Budget2018 Today

Senate President Bukola Saraki has taken the Federal Government to task over the 2018 budget; even as he said how the budget is implement...

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Buhari Quietly Appoints New NIA DG? as internal crisis looms in Presidency

<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7778691519284342013" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 636.024px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKlJYx73Su71ruCuYWM_YCJ8G25AAJvwe897v7_-hCvs1etG3fglrSe_Zd0q0LZh2jyMftU65puLhkplcc5ctN7cN78RFD2iQUNE8ZZBPHu71LX39mSa5UeNmnfVQ7AVkRN4ucInRWrAg/s1600/NIA+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKlJYx73Su71ruCuYWM_YCJ8G25AAJvwe897v7_-hCvs1etG3fglrSe_Zd0q0LZh2jyMftU65puLhkplcc5ctN7cN78RFD2iQUNE8ZZBPHu71LX39mSa5UeNmnfVQ7AVkRN4ucInRWrAg/s1600/NIA+1.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 0, 0); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></a></div> Ambassador Mohammed Dawuda has been appointed as the Acting-Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).<br /><br />The appointment was said to have been quietly approved by President Buhari over the weekend.<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><br />According to Eagle, beyond the appointment, fresh facts have emerged of the deepening intrigues that is playing out within the innermost recesses of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa.<br /><br />The result is that those who understand how national security works are seriously alarmed that unless something is done urgently to rein in the debilitating factionalisation on matters concerning the NIA, Nigeria’s elite intelligence arm, and the country’s equivalent of the American Central Intelligence Agency or the British M16 or Israel’s Mossad, the agency may be handicapped by unnecessary government in-fighting to give its best service to Nigeria.<br /><br />Already, Dawuda, formerly Nigeria’s immediate past Ambassador to Chad, has been handicapped by the decision of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, to limit the DG’s role and powers only to operational matters.<br /><br />The other roles that have in the past been within the purview of the DG have been set aside for a new group personally put together by the Chief of Staff.<br /><div> <br />This group comprises Ambassadors Babagana Kingibe, Zakari Ibrahim and Niyi Oladeji – NIA’s DG from 2009 to 2013.<br /><br />The three Ambassadors were originally called in by the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo panel to make expert input into the report of the investigation concerning the tenure of a former NIA DG, Ambassador Ayo Oke, which went up in a heavy smoke with the discovery of huge sums of money stashed in an IKoyi, Lagos State flat.<br /><br />Oke was suspended and was recently relived of his duties, but the nation has yet to see the result of the investigation into his tenure and especially about the $43.4 million operations cash found by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at apartment 7B in Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos.<br /><br />NIA insiders suspect that the report may never come to light as the investigation may deliberately be deadlocked or made inconclusive.<br />This is because it is public knowledge that Kingibe has been a long-time mentor and uncle-figure to Ambassador Oke.<br /><br />For instance, Oke served as Kingibe’s First Secretary when Kingibe was Nigeria’s Ambassador to Pakistan over three decades ago.<br /><br />Another matter that is worsening the security in-fighting within government concerns Ambassador Ibrahim.<br /><br />Although Ibrahim is from Katsina State, just like President Buhari, he is widely known to be not only a close-confidante of the immediate past President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, he has been said to be a card-carrying member of the opposition PDP.<br /><br />So many Villa staff are actually suspicious of his presence there, doubting where his loyalty lies, and owing to his intelligence background, may easily mislead President Buhari.<br /><br />Worse still, in certain circles, Ambassador Oladeji, Oke’s immediate predecessor, is derisively referred to as Dame Patience Jonathan’s personal cashier.<br /><br />There is a strong belief that the decision to terminate the appointment of the Acting DG of NIA, Ambassador Arap Yadam, whose tenure actually ends November 7, 2017, actually runs against the National Security Act, which stipulates that a three-month period of grace be given to every departing head of NIA to allow for seamless handover of office and adequate briefing of a new DG from a departing one.<br /><br />Many suspect that this development may bring about the curious case whereby Ambasasdor Oke of the cash-in-Ikoyi-flat scandal would be the person to actually hand over to Dawuda to facilitate a planned cover-up of the Ikoyigate scandal.<br /><br />Also, many suspect that apart from the Ikoyigate, a worse cover up may be in the offing over another $250 million belonging to the NIA, said by inside sources to have been discovered and the three musketeers now in control of the NIA affairs through their closeness and support from the Chief of Staff may gain support of that slush fund.<br /><br />That is why they are said to want the new Director-General to play no role beyond operational issues.<br />Kyari is said to be particularly happy with Kingibe who has emerged the unofficial Foreign Affairs Policy Chief for President Buhari.<br /><br />Aso Rock insiders said one of Yedam’s greatest sins is that he so believed in the transparency policy of the Buhari presidency that he refused to promote Buhari’s present Director of Protocol, Lawal Kazaure, to the position of a Director in the NIA.<br /><br />The protocol man was said to have failed his promotion examinations to the grade of a Director.<br />“The last one was held last month and he still flunked it,” our source said.<br /><br />Yedam also refused to bow to the pressure some Aso Rock insiders put on him to embark on a massive purchase of motor vehicles for Ambassadors.</div> </div> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7982805782895847" data-ad-format="fluid" data-ad-layout="in-article" data-ad-slot="4106508114" style="display: block; text-align: center;"></ins><script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>

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BREAKING! LOKOJA COURT TO ARRAIGN EDWARD ONOJA IN CONNECTION WITH MELAYE'S MURDER ATTEMPT

<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;"> <img alt="Image result for edward onoja" height="340" src="http://www.informationng.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Elder-0-tile.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"> The Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja today has ordered for the arraignment of the Chief of staff to the governor of Kogi State, Mr. Edward Onoja in connection with the attempted murder of Senator Dino Melaye early this year.<br /> It could be recalled that the Police Force headquarters, early this year, paraded the Chairman of Ijumu Local Government Area, LGA, in Kogi State, Mr. Taofik Isah, and five other suspects, for allegedly attempting to assassinate Senator Dino Melaye on April 15, 2017, at his residence at Iyala, Ijumu area of the state. Other suspects paraded are Ade Obage, Abdullahi Isa, Ahmed Ajayi, Michael Bamidele, and ex-Police Sergeant Ede James, orderly to Chairman of Ijumu LGA, Kogi State.<br /> The Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO, CSP Jimoh Moshood, then said five AK 47 rifles, 2 locally made single-barrel shot guns, one Barreta pistol, 25 expended shells of 7.62mm ammunition, 13 expended shells of 9mm ammunition, 12 expended shells guage cartridge and one ambulance Hyundai bus were recovered as exhibits.<br /> The firearms were sent for ballistics experts’ examination, test and analysis at the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department, FCIID, Lagos”, the FPRO confirmed.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 6px;"> ...Further details shorty</div> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7982805782895847" data-ad-format="fluid" data-ad-layout="in-article" data-ad-slot="4106508114" style="display: block; text-align: center;"></ins><script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /> <div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 6px;"> <br /></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 6px;"> <br /></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 6px;"> Cc: </div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> Tom Olasunkanmi</span></div>

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Buhari presents 2018 budget to National Assembly today

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.dailygossip.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Buhari-While-Addresing-Nigerians.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #dd3333; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-65236 td-animation-stack-type0-2" height="333" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.dailygossip.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Buhari-While-Addresing-Nigerians.jpg?resize=500%2C333" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.dailygossip.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Buhari-While-Addresing-Nigerians.jpg?w=500 500w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailygossip.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Buhari-While-Addresing-Nigerians.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 6px auto 21px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 0; text-align: center; transition: opacity 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.39, 0.76, 0.51, 0.56);" width="500" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;"> President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2018 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly today.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;"> The Federal Government plans to spend about N8.6 trillion next year, a jump of about 15 per cent from the N7.44 trillion budgeted for the current year.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;"> The figures were contained in the 2018-2020 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper, which Buhari had earlier sent to the National Assembly in compliance with the provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, 2007.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;"> When a letter from the president informing the joint session of the Senate of his impending presentation of the budget, it was met with vehement opposition and loud nos.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;"> A source in the Senate, who spoke on condition of anonymity, disclosed on Monday that both the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, held series of meetings with members of both chambers to douse the brewing tension since Buhari’s letter informing the lawmakers of the presentation last week.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;"> The source informed one of our correspondents that some members of the House of Representatives specifically had made moves to prevent Buhari from laying the budget proposal today, while calling for postponement of the presentation.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;"> Leaders of both chambers were said to have begun a massive lobbying of the lawmakers, especially the aggrieved ones, and held meetings with them simultaneously on Monday. The Punch reports.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;"> “The President will present the budget on Tuesday but there is an issue. Some members of the National Assembly, particularly in the House of Representatives, are against the presentation of a new budget proposal when the current one has not been implemented considerably.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;"> “If you recall, there were protests in the House of Representatives when the President’s letter was read last week. The issue now is how to contain the aggrieved lawmakers so that they will not raise their grievances as Buhari presents the budget. Their grouse may be legitimate but we don’t want a situation where the session will record unpalatable drama or become rowdy.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;"> “This is the reason why there have been series of meetings with caucuses in the chambers, including the one by the leaders, which will hold tonight (Monday). Again, it is most likely that there will be a closed-door session at the beginning of the plenary tomorrow; this is another way of preventing a crisis.”</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;"> Meanwhile, businesses in and around the National Assembly Complex are set to be negatively affected by Buhari’s presence on the premises. It was reliably gathered that a circular was sent to private offices in the building to close shop for the day.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;"> There has also been a beefing up security on Monday ahead of the President’s visit.</div> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7982805782895847" data-ad-format="fluid" data-ad-layout="in-article" data-ad-slot="4106508114" style="display: block; text-align: center;"></ins><script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>

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President Mugabe sacks Vice President for being “disloyal”

<div class="td-post-featured-image" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; width: 681px;"> <img alt="President Mugabe sacks Vice President" class="entry-thumb td-animation-stack-type0-2" height="297" sizes="(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Robert_Mugabe_May_2015_cropped-1.jpg?resize=580%2C297" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Robert_Mugabe_May_2015_cropped-1.jpg?w=580 580w, https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Robert_Mugabe_May_2015_cropped-1.jpg?resize=300%2C154 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; left: -1px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; opacity: 0; position: relative; transition: opacity 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.39, 0.76, 0.51, 0.56); z-index: 2;" title="Robert_Mugabe_May_2015_(cropped)" width="580" /></div> <div class="td-post-content td-pb-padding-side" style="background-color: white; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; padding: 10px 19px 0px 20px;"> <div class="td-g-rec td-g-rec-id-content_top td_uid_3_5a016465dc02f_rand td_block_template_1" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Vice President of Zimbabwe has been removed from his post by the President of the country, for being disloyal. </strong></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> <img alt="Mugabe sacks Vice President" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-228790 td-animation-stack-type0-2" data-attachment-id="228790" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"Daniel Oyetoro","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1510035044","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="VP" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/VP.jpg?fit=485%2C358" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/VP.jpg?fit=300%2C221" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/VP.jpg?fit=485%2C358" data-orig-size="485,358" data-permalink="http://www.yabaleftonline.ng/?attachment_id=228790" height="358" sizes="(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/VP.jpg?resize=485%2C358" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/VP.jpg?w=485 485w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/VP.jpg?resize=300%2C221 300w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/VP.jpg?resize=80%2C60 80w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/VP.jpg?resize=100%2C75 100w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 6px auto 21px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 0; text-align: center; transition: opacity 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.39, 0.76, 0.51, 0.56);" width="485" /></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> Information Minister Simon Khaya Moyo says 75-year old Mnangagwa had displayed <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">“traits of disloyalty”</em> making it more likely that President Robert Mugabe’s wife Grace will follow in her husband’s footsteps as leader of Zimbabwe. She had earlier called on her husband to remove his vice-president.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> “Mr Mnangagwa’s conduct in discharge of his duties is inconsistent with the responsibilities,” the information minister said.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> Mr Mnangagwa, a former intelligence chief, had been a leading candidate to succeed President Mugabe. His sacking means Grace Mugabe is expected to be appointed vice-president at a special congress of the ruling Zanu-PF party next month.</div> </div> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7982805782895847" data-ad-format="fluid" data-ad-layout="in-article" data-ad-slot="4106508114" style="display: block; text-align: center;"></ins><script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>

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Buhari To Contest Without Osinbajo For 2019?... Cabal Wants New Vice President

<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3471582885889157134" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 636px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDcS5290fDNIwZVyKm12lsvJGxcArsDiun51pADO4zF9Bu2fSZrWJLRF2ZHyNpKs7x8pwwJ-VFBQbfqpVVxozKjTbpqQYdWyVR2LTMlNREzk9fVHm63QKT_SrgJkUMwrP1Gs5YnwP5pI/s1600/PRESIDENCY+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDcS5290fDNIwZVyKm12lsvJGxcArsDiun51pADO4zF9Bu2fSZrWJLRF2ZHyNpKs7x8pwwJ-VFBQbfqpVVxozKjTbpqQYdWyVR2LTMlNREzk9fVHm63QKT_SrgJkUMwrP1Gs5YnwP5pI/s1600/PRESIDENCY+1.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> Chieftains of the APC, who are pushing for a second term ticket for President Muhammadu Buhari, it is believed, have mapped out strategies to woo first-term governors to swell their ranks.<br /> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><br /> So far, at least six of the party’s serving 24 governors have openly declared support for the President to seek the party’s ticket for re-election in 2019, Punch learnt.<br /> <br /> These are Kano Sate Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, Solomon Lalong of Plateau State; Yahaya Bello of Kogi State; Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State; Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State as well as Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai.<br /> <br /> A top-ranking member of APC, who spoke on condition of anonymity so as “not to ruffle feathers”, told Punch that party members, who considered themselves “core Buharists”, did not foresee any threat to his candidacy at least from “anywhere in northern Nigeria.”<br /> <br /> He explained that as members of a political party, no matter which aspirant a person or group of persons supported, it was incumbent on such people to respect others who had other preferences.<br /> <br /> The source said, “It is for the same reason why no one could talk about sanctions for the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, when some mischiefmakers leaked a video of her endorsing former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and the needless controversy which followed.<br /> <br /> “With all these noise being made by some people and the misleading headlines you see these days, tell me one person, within or outside the APC in Nigeria today, who can defeat President Buhari if he decides to run in 2019? Name one!”<br /> <br /> According to him, the APC is determined not to repeat the mistakes made by the former ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party, by taking party members for granted.<br /> <br /> He added, “When you hear some of our party members saying no automatic ticket, they are referring to history. How far did candidate Buhari go when he was given an automatic ticket by the defunct CPC?<br /> <br /> “Remember that at the height of the PDP’s impunity in 2015, only one presidential form was printed and it was only for the then President Goodluck Jonathan. We have learnt from history.”<br /> <br /> The source explained that as part of strategies to get more of the party’s powerful governors on board, the President had started consulting governors on appointments into the headship of federal agencies.<br /> <br /> Also, a member of the party’s National Working Committee, who also spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said the issue of getting some governors on board was inevitable.<br /> <br /> He said, “You will agree with me that as they say, all politics is local. No aspirant can make impact in an election, especially at the federal level, all alone.<br /> <br /> “Our governors control the logistics required to get things done in the states. The President, Senators and members of the House of Reps are not elected in Abuja, they must come from the states. We recognise this; so, we know we must have them all on board to ensure victory.”<br /> <div> <br /></div> <div> Also, we gathered that some insiders among those who believe they have the ears of the president are considering a governor from the South as Buhari's running mate for 2019.</div> </div>

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Magu Must Go? Senators, Reps Move To Sack EFCC Boss

<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6895707057457831069" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 636px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Mj_HuneSlmCgLHxefwC5Uz-zR0dHpQ8ZaAc3mk8UuCMxHzaDLTjd8kd8E_9ngxAyvtgAejgje7pUraxxuuaAWGH9qus1Yal30EUozhrln0tB5ZGXCS7HBoyNx4XYUj4PQruXmBaEZ5o/s1600/EFCC+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Mj_HuneSlmCgLHxefwC5Uz-zR0dHpQ8ZaAc3mk8UuCMxHzaDLTjd8kd8E_9ngxAyvtgAejgje7pUraxxuuaAWGH9qus1Yal30EUozhrln0tB5ZGXCS7HBoyNx4XYUj4PQruXmBaEZ5o/s1600/EFCC+1.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 0, 0); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> In spite of a dinner with President Buhari, the National Assembly has launched a plot for the removal of the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu.<br /><br />In fact, there were indications that the Assembly might use the removal of Magu as a condition for the consideration of all outstanding appointments in the Senate.<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><br />It was said that the lawmakers made the demand for Magu’s exit at the dinner with President Buhari on Wednesday night.<br /><div> <br />The latest onslaught by the National Assembly has however created anxiety in Buhari’s camp because of the stalling of the confirmation of the appointment of over 45 nominees in the Senate.<br /><br />But Buhari, who listened calmly, allegedly glossed over the request for Magu’s replacement.<br /><br />According to reliable source, who spoke with The Nation, a Senator from the South-West re-echoed the need for the removal of Magu at the rapprochement dinner.<br /><br />It was learnt that the Senator was supported by a principal officer of the House of Representatives who was hitherto an ardent supporter of Magu.<br /><br />The top source said: “The face-off between the Executive and the National Assembly over Magu reared its ugly head again at a dinner the President had with the principal officers of the legislature.<br /><br />“What was meant for a new rapprochement by the two arms was turned into an agitation session with a Senator from the South-West demanding the sack of the Acting EFCC chairman.<br /><br />“The Senator wanted to know why the resolution of the Senate on Magu was not complied with.<br /><br />“Although a principal officer from the House of Representatives actually backed the Senator, the President was non-committal. He actually glossed over the request.<br /><br />“The lawmakers felt a bit shocked that the President was not forthcoming on their request.”<br /><br />“Apart from the concern over Magu, a principal officer of the House of Representatives also shocked the President on how he raised issues over non-appointment of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) into key positions.<br /><br />“The affected principal officer said lack of empowerment of APC members was making loyalty to the government difficult.”<br /><br />Findings however revealed that the President was “non-committal” because there are more than seven suits in the court over Magu’s continued stay in office.<br /><br />A presidency source said: “By his nature, the President does not act on the spur of the moment. He takes decision after considering all angles to it. He is always saying that he will account for his action in the Hereafter. He likes to be fair to all based on empirical evidence.<br /><br />“It is also subjudice for the President to make comments because the row over Magu’s confirmation has generated many matters in court. The lawmakers ought to know better on this.<br /><br />“The presidency is awaiting pronouncement by the court on this appointee. In the spirit of fairness, the President has no choice than to allow the status quo to remain. In fact, the Senate is a party to some of these cases.<br /><br />“Beyond the cases, there were other issues which cropped up including allegations against Magu which the President discovered were unfounded.<br /><br />“Although some forces in government wanted Magu out, there is also international dimension to it. Some donor agencies and a few countries collaborating with Nigeria on anti-corruption war were okay with the performance of Magu.<br /><br />“The President must weigh all options because the Magu saga is at the heart of the anti-corruption campaign which has defined this government.”<br /><br />The lawmakers, especially Senate, might return to the trenches against the Executive over Magu.</div> </div> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7982805782895847" data-ad-format="fluid" data-ad-layout="in-article" data-ad-slot="4106508114" style="display: block; text-align: center;"></ins><script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>

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Dino Melaye Shares Pics of Thugs Who Attacked Him

<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2862226843925376615" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 636px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGu72B9HhqGnoRtrTkfUcbS3uIraomXtpNgrx1R3oDFf60TctmlWiGwm311p2iSMoVurNAHb3y5ZGJ55GwTCUqaAt-OYJHAL7WfXOghuF0BOk1N6QViTI0lb4wPtXG8cJ0joQNs41jj8Q/s1600/KOGI+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="565" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGu72B9HhqGnoRtrTkfUcbS3uIraomXtpNgrx1R3oDFf60TctmlWiGwm311p2iSMoVurNAHb3y5ZGJ55GwTCUqaAt-OYJHAL7WfXOghuF0BOk1N6QViTI0lb4wPtXG8cJ0joQNs41jj8Q/s400/KOGI+1.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 0, 0); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> We reported how Senator Dino Melaye was at Kabba, Kogo State on Saturday. He has shared photos of two guys he claimed were sent to attack him by the state government.</div> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><br /> It is common knowledge that Dino Melaye and the Governor of Kogi State, Yahya Bello, aren't best of friends. He shared the photos and wrote;<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> "two out of the Ebira boys to Kabba today by Kogi State Govt to attack me arrested by police."</blockquote>  How sure is he that government sent them to attack him? Guess police investigation will tell more.</div> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7982805782895847" data-ad-format="fluid" data-ad-layout="in-article" data-ad-slot="4106508114" style="display: block; text-align: center;"></ins><script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>

Dino Melaye Shares Pics of Thugs Who Attacked Him

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Kabba Day 2017: Melaye Makes Triumphant Entry To Kogi [Real Gist]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/6206891_fbimg1509801943569_jpegf1bd085e3b918a50260be088424d0715" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="480" src="http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/6206891_fbimg1509801943569_jpegf1bd085e3b918a50260be088424d0715" width="640" /></a></div> <div> <span style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div> <span style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Press Release</span></span><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">* Avoids state govt-sponsored violence </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Senator representing Kogi West, Senator Dino Melaye, today made a triumphant entry to Kogi State to witness the 2017 edition of the annual Kabba Day celebrations.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Melaye equally stole the show at the prestigious event attended by prominent sons and daughters of Okun land and meant to showcase the rich cultural heritage of Kabba people.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">The lawmaker was hailed by supporters and admirers on arrival at the Kabba township stadium venue of the event before he delivered a goodwill message to the admiration of his constituents and guests alike present.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Meanwhile, trouble started when Senator Melaye, who was about leaving the venue on his own volition, was accosted by hired thugs led by the member representing Ajaokuta local government in the State House of Assembly, Abdullahi Bello.</span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/6206892_fbimg1509801937530_jpeg06948395ebe1306120b4edb92900b60e" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="486" height="640" src="http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/6206892_fbimg1509801937530_jpeg06948395ebe1306120b4edb92900b60e" width="480" /></a></div> <div> <span style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Apparently, Melaye's superlative outing had angered them as information filtered in that Governor Yahaya Bello, who was in Kabba town in one of the hotels (Golden Grand Royale) owned by the Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mathew Kolawole, could not come to the venue at the same time with Melaye.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">The thugs thereafter threw sachets of water at the convoy of Senator Melaye on his way of the stadium in order to vent their anger on behalf of Bello. Fear of Melaye stopped Gov Yahaya from coming to the venue after arriving Kabba.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">The chief of staff to the governor, Edward Onoja, was also seen with another group of thugs at the Senator Melaye's new Constituency Office, shooting sporadically, apparently with a belief that the cerebral lawmaker was at the building to commission the facility.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Signed </span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gideon Ayodele</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">SA, Media to Senator Dino Melaye.</span></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/6206893_fbimg1509801940164_jpeg0cb50902270f6451bf57f2a69ca7fc43" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="486" height="640" src="http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/6206893_fbimg1509801940164_jpeg0cb50902270f6451bf57f2a69ca7fc43" width="480" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/6206894_fbimg1509801934488_jpeg7fd8264124de190f878e881f3d9ee59f" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="486" height="640" src="http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/6206894_fbimg1509801934488_jpeg7fd8264124de190f878e881f3d9ee59f" width="480" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/6206892_fbimg1509801937530_jpeg06948395ebe1306120b4edb92900b60e" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="486" height="640" src="http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/6206892_fbimg1509801937530_jpeg06948395ebe1306120b4edb92900b60e" width="480" /></a></div>

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Atiku Abubakar Reacts To Video Of Him Declaring To Run For Presidency In 2019 (Video)

<div class="td-post-featured-image" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; width: 681px;"> <img alt="Atiku Abubakar Reacts Video" class="entry-thumb td-animation-stack-type0-1" height="340" sizes="(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/tik.jpg?resize=681%2C362" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/tik.jpg?w=700 700w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/tik.jpg?resize=300%2C160 300w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/tik.jpg?resize=640%2C340 640w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/tik.jpg?resize=681%2C362 681w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; left: -1px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="tik" width="640" /></div> <div class="td-post-content td-pb-padding-side" style="background-color: white; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; padding: 10px 19px 0px 20px;"> <div class="td-g-rec td-g-rec-id-content_top td_uid_3_59fcc7a958242_rand td_block_template_1" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> A video which is currently making rounds online, shows former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar saying that he is ready to serve.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> <a href="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Atiku-Abubakar-5.jpg" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4db2ec; text-decoration-line: none !important;"><img alt="Atiku Abubakar Reacts Video" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-228018 td-animation-stack-type0-1" data-attachment-id="228018" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Atiku-Abubakar-5" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Atiku-Abubakar-5.jpg?fit=640%2C453" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Atiku-Abubakar-5.jpg?fit=300%2C213" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Atiku-Abubakar-5.jpg?fit=1056%2C748" data-orig-size="1056,748" data-permalink="http://www.yabaleftonline.ng/atiku-abubakar-reacts-video-declaring-run-presidency-2019-video/atiku-abubakar-5/" height="453" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Atiku-Abubakar-5.jpg?resize=640%2C453" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Atiku-Abubakar-5.jpg?w=1056 1056w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Atiku-Abubakar-5.jpg?resize=300%2C213 300w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Atiku-Abubakar-5.jpg?resize=768%2C544 768w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Atiku-Abubakar-5.jpg?resize=1024%2C725 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Atiku-Abubakar-5.jpg?resize=593%2C420 593w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Atiku-Abubakar-5.jpg?resize=640%2C453 640w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Atiku-Abubakar-5.jpg?resize=681%2C482 681w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 6px auto 21px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> According to <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Vanguard</strong>, the video was obtained from a source in Abuja, who pleaded anonymity.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> In the video, he described himself as a poor boy from Jada, Adamawa State and added that he is a believer in the rule of law and a fighter for justice and equity.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> He said:</div> <blockquote class="td_quote_box td_box_center" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border-color: rgb(77, 178, 236); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 29px; padding: 15px 23px 0px; position: relative; top: 6px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 16px; word-wrap: break-word;"> “I am Atiku Abubakar, the poor boy from Jada, Adamawa state. I am a true democrat, a believer in the rule of law and a fighter for justice and equity. I believe in this country.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“If we work together under a focused and visionary leadership, we will make this country a stable and prosperous nation. I have the vision, the courage, the experience to lead this country. It is time to give back. I am ready to serve.”</div> </blockquote> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> Watch the Video:</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="362" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u028ozLhBqs" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 360px; max-width: 100%;" width="100%"></iframe></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> Well, he has now taken Twitter to react to the Viral video, referring to it as “FAKE NEWS”.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; 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Atiku Abubakar Reacts To Video Of Him Declaring To Run For Presidency In 2019 (Video)

A video which is currently making rounds online, shows former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar saying that he is ready to serve. Acco...

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Ruggedman writes open letter to Lai Mohammed

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3urFnXYSlJjbWMc27FNC7g69HtMPyCMMrD_RN8WqosvyTr2Ys8AbeijN8UOPf5hRTbgnX_vMqHUjrZMl1sQeWuYYFsjjqlurNGzRLSPomv0kyG8_4B9NZYi2VQE4FVvbPLuxGXpEKNx8/s1600/Ruggedman-letter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="500" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3urFnXYSlJjbWMc27FNC7g69HtMPyCMMrD_RN8WqosvyTr2Ys8AbeijN8UOPf5hRTbgnX_vMqHUjrZMl1sQeWuYYFsjjqlurNGzRLSPomv0kyG8_4B9NZYi2VQE4FVvbPLuxGXpEKNx8/s640/Ruggedman-letter.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> After Lai Mohammed announced plans of the Federal Government to impose a ban on shooting music videos, movies outside Nigeria, it has of course generated a lot of negative buzz by entertainers.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> In a long note, Veteran rapper, Ruggedman highlights reasons why the move is not only wrong but totally out of place.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Read;</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Sir,</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> You can not privatise what you do not own or have control over.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Meet with real Nigerian entertainment stake holders and not people who have milked our entertainers with their platforms. Meet with the real stakeholders and discuss the way forward. Discuss how the Federal government can get involved with the Nigerian creative industry the right way.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> It is wrong to try to bully your way into the Nigerian entertainment industry you did nothing to help build.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> It is absurd to say you will ban entertainers from shooting music videos or movies abroad. Your reason being that we go there to enrich their economy with Nigerias money.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Not while government officials have their children schooling abroad.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Not while government officials all go abroad for medical treatment and vacations .</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Not while government officials continue to import bullet proof cars that are not made in Nigeria.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> All these amount to billions of Nigeria’s money being spent abroad.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> IF YOU WANT ENTERTAINERS TO STOP GOING ABROAD TO SHOOT MUSIC VIDEOS AND MOVIES, THEN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD STOP GOING ABROAD FOR HOSPITALS,VACATIONS AND SCHOOLS.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> WE CAN USE ALL THOSE BILLIONS SPENT IN FUNDING FOREIGN ECONOMIES TO EQUIP OUR SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS AND OTHER PARASTATALS.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> They are our leaders and so have to lead by example</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Trying to ban private owned businesses (entertainers) from doing part of their business abroad will go against the democracy your party preaches.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">THINGS YOU NEED TO DO:</strong></div> <center> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!-- 1 --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7982805782895847" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="8281820415" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> 1. First of all, shelve the talk of banning entertainers working abroad. It is not what the creative industry needs from the government and it is a terrible look for you. Nobody likes a bully.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">2. NO STRUCTURE MEANS NO ALTERNATIVE:</strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Since we do not have a proper structure yet, put a hold on your $1m venture capital for the creative industry.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> You say the money is seed money for young and talented Nigerians to set up businesses in the industry. How do you know the young and talented ones if you do not work with the registered Music and Movie bodies?</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> You will only be enriching a few and wasting money our country needs.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> So you need to help the existing Music and Movie unions set up a proper structure that can be monitored before you talk about giving money out.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Money is needed, but a structure is needed more urgently.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">3. PMAN AND AGN VISITED YOU</strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> I for one know that The President of the Performing Musicians Employers Association of Nigeria (PMAN ) Mr Pretty Okafor and the President of the Actors Guild Of Nigeria ( AGN ) Mr Emeka Ike along with a few executives met with you in Abuja and discussed a beautiful plan to put a proper structure in place for Nigeria’s creative industry.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> One of the plans that was discussed with you was a conference tagged “Creative Industry Summit” and I see you were involved in a similar event recently tagged “Creative Industry Financing conference”.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> We are surprised that nobody from the movie or music industry was present to speak at a conference for the ‘’CREATIVE INDUSTRY’’.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Sir, the stakeholders who spoke ath the just concluded Creative Industry Financing conference are not Nigerian veteran musicians or Nigerian record label owners. Neither are they from the Nigerian movie industry.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">4. DISCUSS WITH ENTERTAINMENT STAKEHOLDERS 1ST, BEFORE BUSINESS STAKEHOLDERS.</strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> We did not see the likes of Kenny Ogungbe “Kennis Music” , Tade Ogidan, Obi Asika “Storm Records”, Tunde Kilani, or Eldee “Trybe Records”.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> These are some of the people who suffered and played great parts in building our Nigerian music and movie industry.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> But the men at the Creative Industry Financing conferenceare you were part of are individuals who schooled “abroad” and own platforms that have made and are still making money using Nigerian entertainment.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> But most of the artists whose works they deal in do not have half the money these men have made with our interlectual properties.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Sir, these intelligent businessmen can be in an advisory board to help build a structure to enrich both the owners of the intellectual properties and the Nigerian economy.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> 4. Revisit the plans the new PMAN president Pretty Okafor discussed with you when he and some executives met with you in Abuja some months back. Plans which involve setting up a proper structure to encode and barcode all intellectual materials by Nigerians.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">WE NEED POLICIES TO</strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">5. GET RADIO AND TV STATIONS TO PAY ARTISTS ROYALTY:</strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> For eons, Nigerian radio and television stations have amassed billions of Nigeria from using Nigerian artists hard work without paying the artists. This is where you can come in and set up a policy that will make sure they start paying artists whose work they use.</div> <center> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!-- 1 --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7982805782895847" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="8281820415" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> They already make a lot of money from adverts placed by companies.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Sir, this move will be a ground breaking one in the Nigerian entertainment industry and it will be to your credit.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">6. STOP TELECOM COMPANIES TAKING 70% OF ARTISTS MONEY:</strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Sit quietly with REAL Nigerian entertainment stakeholders and discuss the way forward. Not with individuals who have milked entertainers through their platforms for their personal gains. Especially the TELCOS.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> TELCOS sell our songs/ringtones and take 70% while the owner of the work gets to share 30% with a content provider. IF YOU ARE TO BAN ANYBODY, IT IS THE TELCOS WHO DO THIS.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">6. CURB PIRACY:</strong></div> <center> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!-- 1 --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7982805782895847" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="8281820415" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Follow the guidelines to curb piracy that the PMAN President Pretty Okafor introduced to you. Which included, setting up a task force empowered to deal with people found dealing in pirated entertainment materials.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> PMAN is the recognised parent body for Nigerian Music, just as The AGN is to the Nigerian movie industry.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Both Presidents are veterans in their fields and are also businessmen. So sir, they undertand both worlds.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> I am an entertainer and I know a lot of what we lack and what we need. Placing a ban on Nigerian entertainers going abroad to shoot music videos and movies is the last thing we need from our government.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Helping our creative industry to build a much needed structure, thereby creating a conducive environment for both local and foreign investors to do business is what is needed.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Lets work together to further grow and capitalize on a Nigerian creative industry that has managed to boom without any government policy..</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Let the government make policies that will protect and expand our creative industry to benefit the entertainers and the Nigerian economy.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> But it can not be achieved by brute force.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Or sir, you do not want them to come to Nigeria to shoot parts of Furious 9?</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Sincerely yours</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Ruggedman</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> CHAIRMAN MEDIA PMAN</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> { PERFORMING MUSICIANS EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA}</div>

Ruggedman writes open letter to Lai Mohammed

After Lai Mohammed announced plans of the Federal Government to impose a ban on shooting music videos, movies outside Nigeria, it has of ...

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