Ifeanyi Uba’s Action Forces Oil Marketers To End Strike

The suffering of Nigerians as a result of the strike embarked upon by the oil workers in NUPENG, PENGASON and oil  marketers, may soon be a thing of the past as the strike was called off Monday afternoon.

The strike had paralyzed the entire economy as the price of fuel suddenly sky rocketed out of the rich of the ordinary man in the country.

Though the Senate had waded into the matter by inviting the major stake holders in the oil industry to appear before it on Monday, it was the action of one of the major stake holders that helped to resolve the matter.

The oil marketers had urged its members to suspend loading activities in all their depots across the country. But the management of Capital Oil and Gas, a company owned by Chief Ifeanyi Uba, decided to rebel against that directive. That singular decision thwarted whatever objective the action was aimed at achieving.

In a press statement on Sunday, 24 May, 2015, the company said it would not be part of the plot to deny the Nigerian people supply of petroleum products. According to the statement, “on Saturday 16th May 2015, we received an SMS ordering the suspension of loading activities in all depots from Monday 18th May 2015. We later realized that this directive was as a result of unpaid funds owed to transporters by oil marketers who in turn are owed by the Federal Government. This development has resulted in immense hardship to our fellow country men and women. We believe that a better solution can be pursued towards solving this problem in a way that does not adversely affect our dear citizens”.

It added that “Capital Oil and Gas has watched with so much pain, the suffering and hardship our citizens have been subjected to as a result of scarcity of petrol, diesel, aviation fuel and house hold kerosene. We are deeply pained to hear that hospitals cannot perform surgeries, laboratories are unable to carry out much needed testsespecially for emergency patients leaving such patients at risk of dying, radio stations are shutting down, communication is being affected as MTN and other telecommunications company have announced an impending shut down while homes, offices and key facilities nationwide are experiencing blackouts. In some parts of the country, petrol is already selling at an all-time high of N1,000 per litre.

“Our citizens have left their homes and are now sleeping in fuel stations,facing the risk of robbery attacks and other attendant risk.In a few days’ time, a new government headed by General Muhamadu Buhari will be sworn in. Apart from our citizens being unable to watch the handover on television and unavailability of transportation for attendees of this historic handover, the resulting chaos from this scarcity may shutdown the Nation and sabotage the efforts Nigeria has made to attain greater heights.

“We are constrained at this point and have decided that two wrongs cannot make a right. We will not be part of this sabotage against our fatherland. Therefore from this minute, we shall take the risk of opening our facilities and commence swift loading and distribution of products Nationwide.

“Our facility has the capacity to load over 13 million litres of product before dawn. This comes to approximately 400 trucks of petroleum products. With this act, it is our belief that once again our citizens will begin to smile, return to normal family and work life. We call on other petroleum marketers to follow suit and save our Nation from this impending economic and social crisis.


“This is a period that requires patriotism and service to fatherland. Let’s join hands to help our fellow citizens and save Nigeria. We also call on striking bodies to call off the strike action. Let us work together for the betterment of our people.

“As we brief you this moment, our truck park, port reception facilities and our depot complex have been ordered opened. We are ordering and resuming discharge of products from vessels at our berths. We have ordered our trucks to commence loading of products and move overnight to every state of the Federation.

“Most importantly, we wish to use this medium to thank NNPC and PPMC for their steadfastness in ensuring the availability of petroleum products. Current PPMC stock level in our storage tanks and buffer stock on vessels awaiting discharge at our jetty is capable of meeting the Nation’s need for 15 days.

“Furthermore, we wish to emphasis that we have a total solution to the traffic menace on the Oshodi  Apapa expressway. In the coming weeks, we hope to engage the Federal Government (Federal Ministry of Transport), Lagos State Government and other stakeholders in the affected area, to optimally utilize our truck park facilities which has the capacity to accommodate over 1,100 trucks per time and 5,000 on a shift basis.

“Capital Oil and Gas continues to appeal to Nigerians to accept and support deregulation as this will curb corruption, enhance competition, lead to reduction of pump price for petroleum products and ensure constant supply to meet Nigeria’s demand.

Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria”.

It was speculated that this action by Ifeanyi Ubah decision to flood the market with petroleum products was what pressured those who called the strike to have a rethink and put an end to fuel scarcity.

Nude Photo of Manchester United Goalkeeper's Girlfriend Surfaces on the Internet (18+ photo)

Despite being side-lined to the bench as second fiddle in Manchester United’s goalkeeping section, Anders Lindegaard may be a happy man after all, with his wife, Misse Beqiri keeping him cheerful in every way

The 30 year-old Danish goalkeeper who could leave United after being asked to find a new club by boss, Louis Van Gaal may have nothing to worry about if he finally leave the club, more so as he would have her by his side, with the love of their son

A picture of his Swedish model wife, Beqiri Lindegaard in the nude appeared on Twitter on Tuesday, with her cigarette smoking while bare sitting on a stool

The couple tied the knot in Mauritius in June 2014.

GRAPHIC IMAGE: See What Happened To This Lady When The WC broke

This lady decided to squat on the WC Toilet instead of sitting and the thing break living her in this condition. Pls be warned, it can happen to anyone.

See Breast-Milk Factory Where Women Sell Their Breast Milk between $1 to $60

Lurking in a corner of the World Wide Web, there lives a rough-hewn site where lactating women post ads with alluring titles like “Producing Like a Holstein - Have Plenty $1/oz” or “Athletic, Young Mom with Excess Creamy Breastmilk!! $2/oz” or “Fresh Supply from My Breast to Your Lips! Price: $60.” The site, Only the Breast, looks a lot like Craigslist, except it sells just one thing: breast milk. There’s a surprising variety of the stuff, though, including vegan, of a particular vintage (i.e., when the donor’s baby is 3-months old, 6-months old or 9-months old mothers buying donor milk like to match their baby’s age with the baby of the donor mom), milk-on-clearance or even milk targeted to male bodybuilders and men with fetishes.

Only the Breast, with 45 million ounces of milk coursing through its classifieds at any given time, has become a virtual bazaar connecting mothers who are unable to breast-feed with mothers who have excess human milk. This free-market model has wedged itself between traditional nonprofit human milk banks, neighborhood milk-swapping sites and the newest bio-science companies looking to make a killing from baby’s first meal.

Julia, a 22-year-old mother of a 2-year-old and 7-month-old in Fort Worth, Texas, says the site has been a financial blessing. “I’m a stay-at-home mom,” she says. “The extra money lets me feed my family on organic diet and sign my daughter up for dance classes.” As “Organic-Dairy-Soy-Gluten Free Mommy,” she sells her excess milk for $3 an ounce. (Julia and the other lactating mothers Newsweek spoke to asked that their last names not be used because they did not want to be judged by some friends and family members.)

Jars of human breast milk in a freezer at the Human Milk Bank at the Agostinho Neto Central Hospital. Each jar is labeled with the name of the woman and date when it was given. 

Julia pumps 60 to 70 ounces a day; after feeding her children, she usually has 20 to 24 ounces left over, which she freezes in sterile, plastic bags. Once she connects with a buyer, Julia ships her milk overnight in an insulated cooler with dry ice. To date, she has sold over 1,000 ounces.

Trafficking in breast milk is nothing new. Rules for wet nursing date back to the Code of Hammurabi (1745 B.C.). And it’s been profitable for a long time, too: Janet Golden, a history professor at Rutgers University and author of A Social History of Wet Nursing in America, says it was among the highest-paid domestic service jobs in the 19th century. But it also wasn’t all roses. At the time, destitute women who had given birth to illegitimate children were sometimes contracted as milk machines for affluent families. These women often abandoned their own babies.

“It was an incredibly fraught relationship because you were exchanging the life of a poor baby for the life of a wealthier one,” says Golden. As methods were developed to collect and store breast milk, physicians turned it into a therapeutic commodity-particularly for premature infants. In the 20th century, milk banks sprang up all over the country, buoyed by evidence that human milk was helping sick and premature infants thrive. When HIV became a concern in the 1980s, many banks were shut down. In 1985, the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA) was created to establish national standards for screening and processing milk. Today, the HMBANA is a professional association of 18 nonprofit donor milk banks in the U.S. and Canada, with 10 more banks slated to open in the next couple of years.

HMBANA interviews potential donors, performs blood tests and covers the costs of containers and overnight shipping. When frozen breast milk arrives at the banks, it is pasteurized and screened for drugs like alcohol and nicotine, as well as diseases such as hepatitis and HIV. HMBANA charges hospitals a processing fee of $4 to $5 per ounce, a price it says does not always cover its costs. The neediest babies-usually premature, or “preemies”-get first dibs on the milk. A prescription from a doctor is required. In some cases, HMBANA gifts donor milk to outpatient babies who cannot get insurance coverage.

There are also two large for-profit bioscience companies, Medolac and Prolacta, selling donor milk. Both currently pay their screened donors $1 an ounce. Medolac, based in Oregon and started in 2009, sells 4-ounce pouches of sterilized donor milk to hospitals for up to $5.90 an ounce. Theirs is the only “room temperature” product currently on the market, meaning it does not need to be thawed out. Medolac’s milk bank, called Mother’s Milk Cooperative, has also started a small program to sell milk directly to mothers at a discount, if they can prove their infants have medical needs.


Prolacta, based in California and started in 1999, primarily uses donor milk to manufacture a line of pasteurized, human milk-based fortifiers in its $18 million facility. Its fortifier-essentially a breast milk concentrate with added minerals-delivers more calories than regular donor breast milk and targets the most fragile infants, those who weigh 1,250 grams (2.76 pounds) or less at birth. The company says its fortifier is crucial, since these infants have incredibly tiny stomachs. A typical preemie might consume up to $10,000 worth of the fortifier during a 60-day stay in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

That price tag leaves some with a sour taste, but Prolacta counters that it takes up to 10 ounces of human donor breast milk to make one ounce of fortifier. Furthermore, Prolacta says it saves hospitals money, citing studies that show a breast milk diet reduces the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis, a serious intestinal disease common in preemies. Next year, Medolac will launch its own milk fortifier.

The competition between these two companies is fierce and familial. Prolacta was founded by Elena Medo, who left to start Medolac in 2009. Prolacta is currently suing Medo, claiming she stole trade secrets and pilfered its client list for the benefit of her new company. “Prolacta is trying to monopolize this small industry through frivolous litigation,” counters Medo. “I’m proud of what I started at Prolacta…but by replicating them I would be taking a step backward.” Prolacta would not comment on pending litigation.

Quality Control
One of the loudest criticisms of these for-profit breast milk banks is that they divert the supply of donor milk from nonprofits. “If our nonprofit milk banks were gone tomorrow, hospitals would see much higher costs in the NICU. Health plans and NICU leadership need to embrace us,” says John Honaman, executive director of HMBANA.

Prolacta did not pay donors when its first products launched in 2006. Instead, it hired recruiters to set up milk banks. Some of these banks had a charitable component-such as donating $1 to a charity for every ounce of milk collected. Critics lambasted Prolacta for not always making it clear to mothers that investors were profiting from their free milk.


“They use a lot of sleek marketing ploys to look like a socially responsible company,” charges Amy Vickers, executive director of HMBANA’s Mother’s Milk Bank of North Texas. “In my opinion, we should not be profiting from our bodily fluids. It’s akin to selling organs on the black market.” Prolacta’s milk bank affiliates have since tweaked their online presence and language-and offered to pay some donors.

In 2014, Prolacta’s Tiny Treasures Milk Bank quietly launched its “$1/oz” paid program. “We don’t advertise it or else we would be awash in milk,” says Scott Elster, Prolacta’s CEO. Elster adds that “paid donors typical donate for longer, and we get three times the amount of milk.” Opponents say it increases the incentive to dilute their milk with other liquids. Prolacta counters that its rigorous DNA-matching protocol and adulteration testing make cheating virtually impossible.

But there is no testing going on at the many DIY outfits that have sprung up in recent years. Using Facebook communities, global sites like Eats on Feets and Human Milk 4 Human Babies connect local moms-in-need with moms-in-excess. These sites promote free community milk sharing, touting “raw” breast milk “from a trusted source” as the purest form of nourishment. And of course, there is Only the Breast, where anyone can sell her milk to anyone else.

Sarah Keim, a researcher at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and her team recently purchased about 100 samples of donor milk from Only the Breast. Keim found that 10 percent of the samples contained bovine DNA and three-quarters of them contained “unsuitable levels” of bacteria and viruses, including salmonella. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have cautioned that fresh milk from unscreened donors can pose a risk. But to date, the FDA does not regulate informal milk sharing or selling, and only four states-California, Texas, Maryland and New York-formally regulate milk banks.

Critics also worry that some moms might be tempted to pump-and-sell their milk while giving their babies infant formula instead. Both Medolac and Prolacta claim to have preventive safeguards in place. For example, Prolacta requires each donor to obtain a note from a physician and the child’s pediatrician, verifying that the donor’s baby is healthy and being breast-fed. Medolac pays donors after a 90-day waiting period, which it says keeps those looking to make a fast buck off its donor list.


But last year Medolac came under scrutiny after joining a Clinton Global Initiative campaign to increase breast-feeding rates among low-income, African-American women in Detroit. Medolac’s idea was that in an area plagued with low nursing rates, paying mothers $1 an ounce for any excess milk would entice more of them to breast-feed. Local community groups unleashed a media tsunami in response, charging Medolac with exploitation. Their argument was that cash-strapped mothers might sell all their milk and leave their babies sucking on a bottle of government-subsidized formula.

Medolac immediately pulled out of the campaign. “It got so out of hand,” says Medo. “We were only trying to help mothers stay home longer with their babies.”

As the established for-profit companies totter down the line between ethics and profits, the liquid gold rush continues. Glenn Snow, who says he founded Only the Breast as a community service, has just stepped down. He says he never made a profit from his first venture, but that should change with International Milk Bank, his new, for-profit company. He plans to tap women on Only the Breast for the opportunity to sell directly to his new business, which will pay prescreened donors $1 to $2 an ounce for their milk. “Reimbursing the mother is absolutely crucial,” says Snow. “By serving their needs, they are able to serve their baby’s needs.” International Milk Bank plans to sell sterilized donor milk to hospitals in the U.S. and abroad, as well as to any mom who can afford it.

Is Breast Really Best?
The assumption behind this boom is that breast milk is much better for infants than formula. Is that true, or are we all caught up in a mammary minute? The AAP recommends babies breast-feed exclusively for the first six months. Studies show that the potential benefits of breast milk include lower rates of ear infections, fewer colds and fewer gastrointestinal tract infections. Some researchers have found correlations between intelligence and breast milk, but that’s been strongly contested.

Crystal Chevalier, 45, of Billings, Montana, formula-fed almost all 15 of her children (10 of whom are adopted). Then Ryan came along, eight weeks premature and with severe complications due to oxygen deprivation. He has had a tracheostomy, as well as a feeding tube for most of his life. Since birth, he’s been unable to stomach any formula-including specialty prescription ones. Ryan threw up constantly, had an alarmingly high heart rate and would not gain weight.

Exasperated, Chevalier tried donor milk, gifted to her by HMBANA’s Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas. “Since Ryan started on this path, his heart rate has slowed down, he has gained weight, and he keeps most of his food down,” she says. “The breast milk has been miraculous.”

The thirst for mother’s milk is far from quenched. Scientists today are studying specific components of breast milk that may have the potential to affect adult gut flora and fight Crohn’s disease. “This is white plasma,” says Elster, drawing comparisons to blood plasma. “As we study it on a deeper level, we will not only help babies but potentially everyone.”

Source: www.newsweek.com

BREAKING: PDP Board of Trustees appoints ex-Minister, Haliru Mohammed, Acting Chairman

The Board of Trustees of Nigeria’s ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has appointed a former acting national Chairman of the party, and ex-defence minister, Haliru Mohammed, as its acting Chairman.
Mr. Mohammed’s nomination was endorsed Monday night by the PDP’s BoT at a meeting at the Aso Rock presidential villa, Abuja.
Mr. Mohammed emerged against widespread belief that President Goodluck Jonathan would be assuming the position as he leaves office Friday.
Outgone Chairman of the BoT, Tony Anenih, had, while resigning last week, said he was vacating the office to allow Mr. Jonathan to assume the post.
A former Customs officer, Mr. Mohammed served as a Commissioner, Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission in 1999, and later as Minister of Communication in 2001 under the Olusegun Obasanjo government.
He later became the National Vice Chairman of the PDP, North West Zone. In March 2008, he became the Deputy National Chairman of the Party and Acting National Chairman in 2010.
Mr. Mohammed was appointed defence minister by President Goodluck Jonathan between 2011 and 2012.
Lately, he was appointed by Mr. Jonathan to oversee his declaration for re-election.
Mr. Mohammed was named in 2007 by German investigators as one of several Nigerian officials who received bribes from that country’s telecoms company, Siemens.
In its October 4, 2007 ruling against Siemen AG, the Munich State Court named Mr. Mohammed as one of the recipients of 77 hefty bribes paid by Siemen officials in three countries- Nigeria, Russia and Libya.
The court said as minister, Mr. Mohammed received 550,000 euros in kickback in July 2002 and another 150,000 euros in August 2003.

Ancelotti Resigns as Real Madrid Manager

Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that he intends to take a year out of the game for health reasons.“I can assure you that I have not lacked opportunities, from Italy, England and Germany,” the 55-year-old told Il Giornale. “And I will not lack [offers] between now and next year.
“But I said it in the press conference and I repeat: I will stop for a year, also because I have a very serious reason for stopping.“I have to have an operation because of my cervical stenosis. For some time, it has been affecting my hands and if I lose any more time, it could pass into legs, so I have an appointment for surgery.
“And, frankly, I do not know how long I have to be physically stopped, in terms of the post-operative phase and the subsequent rehabilitation.

“I will have the operation in Vancouver, Canada, where I have already got a house with my wife.

“I will rest, between Madrid and Canada. Because the two years at Real have been very tough, believe me.

“Nobody can imagine how much training Real takes out of you, in terms of physical and nervous energy.

“Then, I will return home for another event: in a month, my grandson will be born. That’s something that I cannot and do not want to miss.”

Fayose, feuding Ekiti Lawmakers meet in Akure.

Fayose and Omirin after the meeting

An end may be in sight as regards the crisis between the Ekiti State governor Ayodele Fayose and the ‎warring 19 lawmakers as they met Monday in Akure, the Ondo state capital.
Security at the meeting was relaxed as the governor and the representatives of the lawmakers exchanged banters.
Governor Fayose and five of the lawmakers led by the former Speaker Adewale Omirin met behind closed door at Sunview hotel in Akure for over five hours.
The closed door meeting was equally attended by the Director of SSS and the state Police commissioner John James, the Chief of staff to the governor Dipo Anisulowo., the Attorney General and Justice Commissioner Owoseni Ajayi and a newly elected PDP lawmaker Pastor Oluwawole Kola.

Former Speaker led others APC lawmakers who include the Deputy Speaker Hon Orisalade Tunji‎, Orilowo Bunmi, Churchill Adedipeand Gbenga Odebunmi.
Speaking after the meeting, the governor said that they have met to chart a new course for Ekiti.
Fayose said ” today we have met( the executive and the legislators in the overall interest of the state believing that we will be able to find solution to ‎the problems that all”
The governor who declined to answer further questions asked if ‎the former Speaker has a comment to make.
The former Speaker in turn said ” ‎what the governor said is exactly what we have done.
Both parties were not forth coming as Journalists pressed for more questions.
The governor insisted that ” we do not want questions we are not going to answer any question but make a statement .
It was not clear if the reconciliation was initiated by prominent leaders of the state but only the governor and the representatives of the Lawmakers came out to speak with newsmen after the meeting.
The five Lawmakers later went into another round of meeting after the governor ‎and his entourage left the venue of the meeting.
Journalist waited to have a word with the lawmakers but they were still meeting by the time of filling in this report.
It will be recalled that efforts by a prominent Leader of the state Basorun Afe Babalola to broker peace was botched by the lawmakers who expressed fear that they may be attacked on their way to Ado Ekiti for the meeting.
The Lawmakers later apologies that they would not oppose to another meeting outside Akure.
The meeting in Akure caught many by surprise as the lawmakers drove into the state capital early this morning.

3 Days to go: President Jonathan Signs Two Bills Into Law

President Goodluck Jonathan has signed two bills into law, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati announced today.The two bills include the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act 2015 and the Immigration Act 2015.

The Senate on May 4 passed the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act 2015 into law.
Among other things, the Act prohibits female circumcision or genital mutilation, forceful ejection from home and harmful widowhood practices.By the provosions of the new Act, it is an offence for a husband to abandon his spouse, children and other dependents without sustenance.The Bill also criminises battery and other harmful traditional practices.

Capital Oil Stations across the country selling fuel below N100

This is what Capital Oil station at Ojodu Berger, Omole Phase 2 looks like this morning. Fuel is selling at N87. The hustle for fuel is real. At Nnewi opp. Immaculata Secondary School near Okwuani petrol is sold for N95 a littre.

Another photo after the break:

Check out the queue for fuel at Capital Oil this morning

Last night Ifeanyi Uba's Capital Oil announced that it will release 13million litres of fuel. Well, Nigerians are there this morning to get some of it. This is the fuel queue at Capital Oil, Berger. Cars began to queue as early as 2am.

35 Senators Endorse Bukola Saraki For Senate President

Senators of the like mind are here today at the retreat organized by our dear Party All Progressive Congress, which is meant to equip and empower Senators-Elect of the 8th Assembly to prepare them toward the challenges ahead. We commend the leadership of our party for this timely and well-focused exercise.

The issue of National Assembly leadership is about integrity, competence, discipline and leadership skills and not about fixing of candidates just for mere horse-trading. Our stand is about electing a senator who eventually becomes the chairman of National Assembly and relates with the executive on behalf of Nigerians, fellow Senators and the National Assembly as an institution.

Furthermore leadership of National Assembly, is about the Senator that has the wherewithal to stabilize the legislative institution, working with the executive and judicial arm of government to be
effective and perform to their optimal capacity.

In addition, we are aware of the fact that ALL Senators from the North Central zone has taken a firm position that they are only interested in the office of the Senate President which has been earlier zoned by the National Working Committee of our party and we are also aware that North Central Senators have resolved to abide by the resolution of the zone on a single candidate and anything short of this is an attempt to jeopardize the collective interest of the zone.

Of the 59 Senators of the APC, 35 of us present here today hereby reaffirm our collective commitment and resolution to ensure that the candidature of Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki as the Senate President of 8th Assembly.

We also resolved that the office of the Deputy Senate President be zoned to the North East.

Dino Melaye
For Like Minds Senators

Kenyan Lawyer Offers Obama 50 Cows, 70 Sheep, 30 Goats to Marry Daughter Malia

A Kenyan lawyer named Kiprono Matagei has made public his special request to US President Barack Obama.One of Kiprono's dream is to marry Barack's first daughter Malia so he has announced that he is ready to pay 50 cows, 70 sheep, and 30 goats as bride price. And he is ready to meet Obama to discuss the matter when Obama visits in July.

Kenya Digest reports that Kiprono said:

“I got interested in her in 2008. As a matter of fact, I haven’t dated anyone since and promise to be faithful to her. I have shared this with my family and they are willing to
help me raise the bride price”

The young lawyer claims his love for Malia is real, not infatuation.



People might say I am after the family's money but that is not the case. My love is real. I am currently drafting a letter to Obama asking him to please have Malia accompany him for this trip. I hope the embassy will hand the letter to him. I will hand it over to the US Ambassador with whom we have interacted several times.
What is disturbing here is that as at 2008 when Kiprono says he fell in love with Malia, she was just 10 years old. Kiprono also added that should Obama accept his request, his engagement to the 'love of his life' will be a unique one.

“If my request is granted, I will not resort to the cliché of popping champagne. Instead, I will surprise her with mursik , the traditional Kalenjin sour milk, as an indication that she is my queen. I will propose to her on a popular hill in Bureti near my father’s land where leaders and warriors are usually crowned. Ours will be a simple life. I will teach Malia how to milk a cow, cook ugali and prepare mursik like any other Kalenjin woman”

Malia Obama is 16, set to turn 17 on July 4.

RARE PATRIOTISM: Ifeanyi Ubah rises to end Fuel Scarcity

There are still patriotic Nigerians among the political cadre as the Managing Director and CEO of Capital oil held a press release today to announce the resumption of loading of PMS at his jetty despite a collective sabotage by oil transporters to stop loading which resulted in the alarming strike hitting the nation now. Fuel is now bought at N200 in some states while some can’t even find to buy. Read his press release below:

Good day Ladies and Gentlemen of the press!

On Saturday 16th May 2015, we received an SMS ordering the suspension of loading activities in all depots from Monday 18th May 2015. We later realized that this directive was as a result of unpaid funds owed to transporters by oil marketers who in turn are owed by the Federal Government. This development has resulted in immense hardship to our fellow country men and women. We believe that a better solution can be pursued towards solving this problem in a way that does not adversely affect our dear citizens.

Capital Oil and Gas has watched with so much pain, the suffering and hardship our citizens have been subjected to as a result of scarcity of petrol, diesel, aviation fuel and house hold kerosene. We are deeply pained to hear that hospitals cannot perform surgeries, laboratories are unable to carry out much needed tests especially for emergency patients leaving such patients at risk of dying, radio stations are shutting down, communication is being affected as MTN and other telecommunications company have announced an impending shut down while homes, offices and key facilities nationwide are experiencing blackouts. In some parts of the country, petrol is already selling at an all-time high of N1,000 per litre. Our citizens have left their homes and are now sleeping in fuel stations, facing the risk of robbery attacks and other attendant risk.

In a few days’ time, a new government headed by General Muhamadu Buhari will be sworn in. Apart from our citizens being unable to watch the handover on television and unavailability of transportation for attendees of this historic handover, the resulting chaos from this scarcity may shutdown the Nation and sabotage the efforts Nigeria has made to attain greater heights.

We are constrained at this point and have decided that two wrongs cannot make a right. We will not be part of this sabotage against our fatherland. Therefore from this minute, we shall take the risk of opening our facilities and commence swift loading and distribution of products Nationwide.

Our facility has the capacity to load over 13 million litres of product before dawn. This comes to approximately 400 trucks of petroleum products. With this act, it is our belief that once again our citizens will begin to smile, return to normal family and work life. We call on other petroleum marketers to follow suit and save our Nation from this impending economic and social crisis. This is a period that requires patriotism and service to fatherland. Let’s join hands to help our fellow citizens and save Nigeria. We also call on striking bodies to call off the strike action. Let us work together for the betterment of our people.

As we brief you this moment, our truck park, port reception facilities and our depot complex have been ordered opened. We are ordering and resuming discharge of products from vessels at our berths. We have ordered our trucks to commence loading of products and move overnight to every state of the Federation.


Most importantly, we wish to use this medium to thank NNPC and PPMC for their steadfastness in ensuring the availability of petroleum products. Current PPMC stock level in our storage tanks and buffer stock on vessels awaiting discharge at our jetty is capable of meeting the Nation’s need for 15 days.

Furthermore, we wish to emphasis that we have a total solution to the traffic menace on the oshodi apapa expressway. In the coming weeks, we hope to engage the Federal Government (Federal Ministry of Transport), Lagos State Government and other stakeholders in the affected area, to optimally utilize our truck park facilities which has the capacity to accommodate over 1,100 trucks per time and 5,000 on a shift basis.

Capital Oil and Gas continues to appeal to Nigerians to accept and support deregulation as this will curb corruption, enhance competition, lead to reduction of pump price for petroleum products and ensure constant supply to meet Nigeria’s demand.

Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah

Managing Director/CEO

Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited

Lagos, Sunday 24th May 2015.

MUST READ: This is why you must never throwaway Eggshells

Calcium is essential for our bodies, as it regulates the function of the muscles and nerves, regulates the heart rate, helps in the formation of bone tissue, prevents osteoporosis and provides a good night's sleep. Calcium also gives a healthy shine to your hair and strengthens immunity.

Sedentary lifestyle, alcohol, soft drinks and coffee drain calcium from the tissues. Women in menopause, pregnant women and older men are the groups that mostly struggle with calcium deficiency. Maintain proper calcium levels for optimal function of your body.

A single eggshell is 90% calcium, and it is an amazing source of minerals. Chemical composition of eggshells is pretty similar to that of our teeth and bones, which is why it is easily absorbed in the body.

Regular consumption of eggshells decreases blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and stimulates bone marrow to produce blood cells.

Eggshells are rich in copper, iron, molybdenum, fluorine, zinc, chromium, phosphorus, and manganese. Experts recommend consuming 1.5-3 grams of crushed eggshells.

Here are a few interesting ideas on how to use eggshells:-

Thyroid gland: Wash and clean 8 eggshells. Crush them once they have completely dried. Pour in the juice of 2 lemons and leave the mixture in the fridge for a few days. The eggshells will soak the liquid and soften. Strain the liquid and add in 2 pounds of honey and a liter of 50% alcohol. Let it rest for a week before using it. Take a tablespoon of the remedy 2-4 times a day after your meals.

Gastritis and ulcer: With the tip of your knife take some of the crushed eggshells and stir them in two tablespoons of lemon juice. That amount is just enough. Once the eggshells soften, pour in a deciliter of hot milk. Consume the mixture twice a day, in the morning before you eat or drink anything and before you go to bed.

Cleanse your blood and strengthen your body: Rinse 5 eggshells and crush them well. Pour in 3 liters of water. Keep the liquid in your fridge for a week and drink it as your regular water. Drink 2-3 cups a day. If you prefer, you can also add some lemon juice to it.

Source: Weight Loss Done

I don’t give a damn what Obasanjo says about me - Atiku Abubakar

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, in this interview with NIYI ODEBODE, JOHN ALECHENU and ADE ADESOMOJU, speaks on the expectations of Nigerians from the incoming administration of Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), his perception of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, among other issues.

The President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has acknowledged the fact that expectations of Nigerians from him are very high. How do you think he can meet these within the next four years?

Whenever there is a change in government in a democracy, whether in Nigeria or anywhere else, normally the expectation tends to rise. It is not unexpected in Nigeria, particularly when this is the first time in our democratic process that we are witnessing a smooth change in government from the ruling party to an opposition. Therefore, expectations are much higher within the normal circumstance of change.

After several shots at the presidency, will you still present yourself if the opportunity avails itself to you again?

It is quite too early for such a question. We are in a transition process. We have not even formed the next government. You are asking me whether I will like to run again or not. I think it is just too early. My concern is to make sure that the transition process is smooth and complete and a new government is formed because it is the party that I belong to that is coming in. My dream for Nigeria is always that we can, from time to time, change government so that there can be competition among parties and that competition will bring about, perhaps more development and progress in the country. I think that is my most important concern now rather than thinking of whether I’m going to run again or not.

Why is it taking your party so long to decide on zoning?

I think that is one fundamental thing Nigerians tend to forget. There is no zoning in the constitution of the All Progressives Congress. In the true sense of it, there is no zoning. But we also know that this country is between North and South, Muslims and Christians. It is a multi-ethnic, multi-religious country; hence there is the need for balance of government appointments. We are not unaware of that. In the strictest sense of it, there is no zoning in the APC’s constitution. It is in the Peoples Democratic Party’s constitution and it has a long history. Those of us who were in the Constitutional Conference of 1994, 1995 actually initiated it.

What are the pitfalls the APC must avoid to steer clear of the fate that befell the PDP?

There are quite a few and fundamental ones that I will urge the APC government to avoid. Firstly, the political party should be allowed to freely operate on its own so that the issues of governors and the president being the leaders of the party and also the leader of government can be separated. It is only when one does that that internal democracy is allowed to thrive within the political party. Internal democracy is the building block, but when one mixes the two (leadership of political party and that of government), then one will find oneself where the PDP has found itself in the last 16 years.


Secondly, the governors and the president must be focused on key fundamental issues of governance. If they want to make an impact, for instance, in the first 100 days, three months, six months, as the case may be, they have to pick up certain key areas and also let Nigerians know that in the first 100 days, this is what you should expect from us. For instance, in my policy document, when I was running for the presidency, I said in the first 100 days, this is what you should expect from me. I think it will be necessary for the government to tell Nigerians that this is what you should expect from us in the first 100 days and so on.

What is your take on the prediction that the APC would be torn apart by the struggle for positions in the incoming government?

I don’t believe so. I think we have come across a number of challenges since the formation of the APC. I believe that government is not essentially an employer of labour. It should create the necessary environment for the private sector to create jobs. I think there is too much emphasis on government employment or government patronage in this country. This is because various levels of governance, whether local government or state, don’t function well. In other words, it is the failure of our institutions. If one goes to certain countries, one doesn’t find the president even having one visitor. For instance, I have visited my brother and friend, Jacob Zuma, several times. You don’t find even one single individual sitting with him and he goes out like a normal person because the institutions are working. The local councils are working. The provincial governments are working, everything is okay. Thus, whatever one is looking for at any level of one’s life is being provided for by the institution that is established to do it. Therefore, one doesn’t need the big man at the top. But unfortunately in this country, all our institutions are not working. They have been undermined. The constitution is very clear on that. But because the implementers of the constitution have not implemented the constitution as they should, the institutions are failing or have failed. Therefore, everybody looks up to the president to solve all the problems. No, that should not be. That is why we have local and state governments. Hence, I think we have to strengthen our institutions and make sure that they deliver services to their respective people.

The President-elect, like many other Nigerians, believes that corruption has reached an intolerable level in this country. Do you share the view that he (the President-elect) cannot achieve much in tackling the menace as he has promised because he is surrounded by many politicians that are also accused of being corrupt?

I think it takes political will to fight corruption. I have sat down with the President-elect and I believe he has the political will to do that. He told me clearly that anybody who is corrupt should not expect any appointment from his government and I agree with him. I also told him that if he really wants to cleanse this society, he should not make the mistake of trying to appoint anybody who is alleged or perceived to be corrupt and he can do that by making sure he gets the necessary information from the relevant government agencies. So, I believe he has the political will.

Apart from the area of appointment, what other specific areas must he explore to ensure that corruption is curbed?

Corruption has become so endemic in this country that any level of the society one goes to, it is present. Even in my house, my wife is always fighting with the drivers; fighting with the mechanic; fighting with the cooks. When she gives them money to do this or that, they do fake receipts and all that. Therefore, corruption is so endemic in the society, even in households. But then, if the political leadership provides the direction, the leadership and the will to fight corruption, one will find out that gradually we will be eliminating corruption and we will bring it to a minimal level. There is no society where there is no corruption, even in the advanced democracies there is corruption, but at a very minimal level. It is not threatening their progress as a country.

Still on corruption, you once said that you were one of the most investigated Nigerians. If the President-elect says, again, he is going to investigate the cases against you, will you be afraid or worried?

I’m not worried. You can investigate me. But you know most of my cases have ended up in the court up to the Supreme Court and the apex court has ruled on them. Thus, for you to reopen a case that has been closed by the Supreme Court … but I am ready to be investigated.

Before the general elections, President Goodluck Jonathan visited you. The picture that was being painted out there by his loyalists was that you gave a tacit approval for his second term bid. Can you use this opportunity to tell Nigerians what really transpired between the two of you at that meeting?

I have told Nigerians what transpired between the two of us. He wanted me to come back to the PDP and I said I was not coming back.

There is this story that the PDP is being repositioned and that the party is reaching out to you and Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State. If the party leaders reach out to you, will you return to the PDP?

Nobody has reached out to me yet. And for the question of if I would go back or not; how many people will the President go to their houses to say, ‘This is the favour I want’ and they will look at him in the face and say, ‘No, we are not going back?’ How many in this country will do that?

Your former boss, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, said so many not-too-complimentary things about you in his latest book, ‘My Watch’. Have you both met since then?

You know, really, I don’t give a damn (about) what Obasanjo says about me.

You talked about South Africa working. Do you think that the concentration of power in the hands of the Federal Government is undermining the development of the country?

There seemed to be better service delivery by the government during the period we ran the regional government system. I had said that in my paper to the last Constitution Conference. I wrote a very comprehensive paper on that. I believe that the powers of the Federal Government are too many and there should be power devolution to the state and local governments.

Still talking about former President Obasanjo, do you think he scuttled the best chance you ever had to lead this country as president?

I don’t think so. How? When?

Your second term with him as Vice-President between 2003 and 2007 was stormy and he did everything to stop you from succeeding him as a result of which you left the PDP for the then Action Congress.

As far as I am concerned, Obasanjo may believe that he scuttled my presidential ambition, but I believe it is about God. If God says I will be president, I will be president; if He says I will not be president, I will not be president. Let’s forget about Obasanjo.

You chaired the privatisation committee and you did a lot in various sectors, including telecommunication, by laying the foundation. I can’t remember you handling that of power…

I refused to handle that of power.

Why did you refuse?

I refused to because I had a fundamental disagreement with the President (Obasanjo). He believed we should go left; I believed we should go right. He said I should become the chairman of the committee, I accepted. He inaugurated it, but I never sat. I allowed the Minister of Power then, Liyel Imoke, to sit. You can see that I was right because I told him what we needed was short-term, medium-term and long-term solutions to the power sector reform. He wanted to go for the long-term and up till now, we are not yet there. If we had adopted the short- term and medium-term solutions to our power problem, we would have been self-sufficient by 2005; even before we left office; because that strategy was planned for small and medium power stations in various parts of the country. We had even harvested international bids: people, who were prepared to come and invest $500m, $250m to set up small and medium -size power stations. By now, we would have been self-sufficient, but he said, ‘Oh, we must go gas’ and I said, ‘Gas? There is a problem. It’s long term; a lot of investments. There is instability in the region (Niger Delta). You must bring peace, before they would allow you to evacuate the gas. There is the issue of building the gas infrastructure, which takes a longer time and also a lot of investments and that I don’t see us even getting there in the next 10 years.’ But he said, ‘No, this is the way I want. We must go that way.’ I said, ‘Ok, fine, you are the President,’ and I declined to sit on the power committee till we left office. That is why when there was an investigation by the National Assembly; nobody invited me because my name was never there. Contracts were awarded and paid 100 per cent upfront; people disappeared with the money, and even stole, yet no power. I stand by this: We must have short- term, medium-term and long- term power solutions.

Is that why you recently called for the reversal of the privatisation of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria?

How does one begin to privatise distribution? Distribution of what? There is no power. First of all, one should start with generation. When one starts with generation, then transmission follows. After there is enough power, then one knows that one has the capacity to transmit and then one can now distribute. But they started with distribution, distribution of water or what? I mean, one can’t do that. Now we have privatised distribution, where is the power to distribute? No power! And they borrowed money from the banks to go and set up these companies. They said the Federal Government gave billions to encourage the privatisation; now they are not recouping the money. They have huge loans. There will be interest and there is no power to distribute. They have also increased electricity tariff when there is no power.

Some people have called for the removal of fuel subsidy while oil price in the global market has crashed. Are you in support of this and what must the incoming government do to diversify the economy because almost all the states have problems?


First and foremost, I was in charge of deregulation and we had started. If we had continued our programme, we would have finished deregulation before our government left office. But unfortunately we did not. Thus, as far as I am concerned, I’m in for full and total deregulation in the downstream oil sector. Let the market determine (the economic needs).

Believe me, we are complaining now because there is subsidy. By the time one deregulates and opens the market, everybody is free to bring in these finished products and sell, there will be competition and the prices are even likely to come down. I am for deregulation. There is no doubt about it because at the end of the day, I think that is the best for the country.

On the issue of the prices of petroleum, I don’t think $50 is too low because when we came in, how much was it? $20? Yet we were able to implement our programmes. Therefore, it is all an issue of planning. Of course, governments, both military and democratic, over the years have always been talking of diversifying the economy, but no government has really focused on the issue of diversifying the economy so that the reliance on oil can be reduced substantially. When we go back to the Gross Domestic Product, we know oil is just about 15 to 20 per cent; the rest is either services or this and that. But then, I believe the diversification of the economy would have been much better for us if we had done it a long time ago.

Do you have any pact with the APC leadership or the President-elect for you to nominate people into positions in the incoming government and what roles will you play in the next administration?

There is no pact. Essentially, I am a party man. Therefore, I will do wholeheartedly whatever the party decides I should do or that I should help in doing.

At the APC primaries you were expected to win, but you were in a distant third position.

No! With 20 votes.

But did you suspect any conspiracy?

As far as I am concerned, the APC primaries have become history. We have gone beyond that. I have endorsed the outcome of the primaries. I said the process was successful. That is it.

Talking about forming the next government, do you support reducing the cost of governance by cutting down the size of government in the country?

Yes, I believe that particularly, the Federal Government should cut down on cost. If we devolve more powers to the state and local governments, obviously we don’t need a very unwieldy government structure as we have. There is too much at the federal level – too much to do.

How many ministers should the President-elect appoint? The constitution says a minister must come from each state of the federation?

One cannot avoid constitutional provisions. One has to be law-abiding so he (the President-elect) has to go by the constitution as far as the issue of ministerial positions is concerned.

Unusual: Man Climbs Tree For Buhari, Says He Will Not Come Down Till Buhari Is Sworn In

A father of five has reportedly climbed a tree in Plateau state a week before the inauguration of the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari. Thaddeus Yilmen, who is a journalist from Jos, shared this news via his Facebook account.
He said that a husband of two and father of five Mallam Kaura climb a tree at Kantoma in Kurgwi, Quan Pan local government area of Plateau State since May 22, 2015, Friday.
The man stated that he will not come down till the new government is sworn in.
Nigerians in their comments mock the guy.
“I will not eat again until d next Governor is sworn in, so that d new governor may appreciate my effort and employ me!” said Nanfo Ropshak from Nasarawa state university.
Jibril Bala Yakubu II from Lafia added: “He is jobless and senseless that’s why.”
Shikta Emmanuel from Abuja on his own turn wondered: “Why putting yourself in a serious danger? How would you go to the toilet?”
“Why can’t he stay and wait for the return of Jesus Christ, as he will soon come?” asked Daju Luka.
After Buhari’s victory in March 28 presidential poll a lot of Nigerians try to show him their love and support.
More than 20 people, cut across different ages ranging from 20 to 63, and came from different parts of the country comprising Katsina, Kano, Adamawa, Yobe, Anambra and Kaduna states trek for the president-elect.
A father of five has reportedly climbed a tree in Plateau state a week before the inauguration of the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari. Thaddeus Yilmen, who is a journalist from Jos, shared this news via his Facebook account.
He said that a husband of two and father of five Mallam Kaura climb a tree at Kantoma in Kurgwi, Quan Pan local government area of Plateau State since May 22, 2015, Friday.
The man stated that he will not come down till the new government sworn in.
Nigerians in their comments mock the guy.
“I will not eat again until d next Governor is sworn in,so that d new governor may appreciate my effort and employ me!” said Nanfo Ropshak from Nasarawa state university.
Jibril Bala Yakubu II from Lafia added: “He is jobless and senseless that’s why.”
Shikta Emmanuel from Abuja on his own turn wondered: “Why putting yourself in a serious danger? How would you go to the toilet?”
“Why can’t he stay and wait for the return of Jesus Christ, as he will soon come?” asked Daju Luka.
After Buhari’s victory in March 28 presidential poll a lot of Nigerians try to show him their love and support.
More than 20 people, cut across different ages ranging from 20 to 63, and came from different parts of the country comprising Katsina, Kano, Adamawa, Yobe, Anambra and Kaduna states trek for the president-elect.

MINISTERIAL LIST: Buhari says governors will not decide for him; disowns viral list

The purported ministerial list that surfaced online earlier this week has finally been addressed by the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari.

Speaking in an interview with Daily Trust at his Daura country home, Buhari detached himself from the ministerial lists which went viral on social media.
The president-elect insisted that he will not follow the custom of the outgoing party, the Peoples Democratic Party, who from 1999 till date call for names for ministerial appointment from governors.
According to Buhari, if the state governors are at liberty to appoint their commissioners, he, too, should be at liberty to choose those who would serve with him.
Buhari said, “I am not speaking about it; I have not put anything on paper, so nobody has seen it and I haven’t discussed it with anybody; I am just keeping it close to my chest.
I am an ardent listener of Hausa Service of Voice of America (VOA) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) from 6am to 7am every morning. I am going to quote myself because I heard in one of the interviews that I said the type of people I am supposed to appoint, like in the cabinet and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, and Service Chiefs, will be different. Definitely, my approach is going to be different from what we had under the PDP where governors nominated ministers.”

Speaking on the standard of people that would populate his cabinet, Buhari said “I have been around long enough to know people that I can approach for things like that. Definitely we will look for competent people, dedicated and experienced to head ministries and, of course, there will be schedules for ministers and we will expect them to fill them. Economically we will try and stop a lot of wastages and encourage austerity so that we can fund the ministries”.
He noted that in the incoming administration, “Education and Healthcare will get more attention. Of course, Security is Number One. Certainly, there is a lot to do but we are hoping that we‘ll get good people to be in charge of ministries who can apply themselves to their responsibilities so that in no time Nigerians would begin to see the difference.”

General Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the polls may have proceeded well for governors under the platform of the APC, but following a recent show-down with the president-elect, things are beginning to head south.

'Go Ye Well, President Jonathan' - Dele Momodu writes farewell letter to GEJ

Journalist and Ovation magazine publisher, Dele Momodu, writes his final note to outgoing president Jonathan in his Pendulum column on ThisDay. Read what he wrote below and share your opinion.

Our dear President, please permit me to write my last epistle to you as our leader and Commander-in-Chief. By this time next week, I expect you to have flown back to Yenagoa via Port Harcourt. How I wish I could have the opportunity of being on that last trip, not to mock you but to capture your swinging moods in those few moments of realising that the end has come eventually. I would love to know how many of your big friends would take the pain to follow you or if most would abandon you to your fate and move on pronto to the new brides.

Even as a writer with what I believe is vivid imagination, I’m not able to paint a picture of the sort of life or future that awaits you in Otuoke, Yenagoa, Abuja, Chad, Germany, Dubai or wherever you decide to hibernate in the short or long run.

Let us give thanks to God no matter the situation. You have been the luckiest man I know in Nigeria or anywhere else for that matter. You have been in high office for the past 16 years and I doubt if any other soul has had such uncommon favour. Therefore, it shouldn’t be any big deal to you, Sir. Though as a human being, one would still expect that you would feel the pain of rejection and dejection as they usually walk hand-in-hand like romantics do. It is sad that it had to end like this despite many warnings and prophesies foretold by me and a few others.

I’m not sure you saw or read any or all of the open letters published on this very page in the last five years or so. It was not that I was a busybody but I was genuinely concerned about the many afflictions that have kept our nation backward for so long. And my hope was that you would be able to fulfil a sizable proportion of your electoral promises of 2011. But that was not to be. Rather, your government waltzed from one crisis to another while you allowed yourself to be scammed by the scavengers of power who litter our political landscape.

All the appeals I made in good faith were rebuffed and pummelled by some of your aides, friends and supporters but I did not mind them because I knew a day like this would come when I would sadly have the chance to say I told you so, even though it was my fervent wish that it would not happen that way. I am never one to gloat over somebody’s misfortune and I will not do so now although I have been proved right.

However, the time has finally come to rewind and remind you of those efforts a few of us made to avert the sort of repercussions that we are now witnessing. How I wished you had listened at the time. Those who called us unprintable names and lied through their teeth that you’ve truly transformed Nigeria more than any other Nigeria have since abandoned ship. For me and my house, it is a grand opportunity for us to see man in his true colour and in animal skin. I have decided to revisit those letters hoping the incoming government would learn useful lessons from your example and avoid similar pitfalls.

It is perfectly normal for governments to get drowned in the cacophony of adulations from soldiers of fortune that have no scruples, and feel no remorse, about running their country aground. But to everything there is always a season and a reason. We cannot rule out the hands of destiny in the affairs of homo sapiens. That probably explains the obduracy of your government to take on board all reasonable advice.

I will now quote as copiously as time and space permits from some of the letters I wrote to you with religious fervour. The first passage comes from My Kobo Advice For Mr President (ThisDay 08 December 2012): “Sir, let me say emphatically that the biggest problem with Nigerian leaders is that once they attain power, they vacate this earth and migrate to another planet far away from fellow citizens.

Leaders are elected to serve the people but in Nigeria we are compelled to serve our leaders… This is why it is difficult for most of you to know what goes on in the real world…
“I have decided to adopt a new approach in my column. I will take it upon myself to write this open letter as regularly as necessary and proffer solutions to different issues, in the hope that you will get to read it. I will tell you what your aides will never tell you. It is up to you to carefully read what I write and take your own decision. Let it be said that we told you but did nothing about it… I’m convinced that if you know the magnitude of problems confronting Nigerians you will work harder and change your style of governance unless you’re determined to fail spectacularly like others before you. I pray this will not be your portion…”

Sir, on March 1, 2014, I wrote My 20 Billion Advice to C- in C. I doubt if you saw or read that as well but I will recap for the sake of this historical excursion:
“Our dear Commander-in-Chief, I write to you todaywith a bleeding heart. These past weeks have been extremely bloody in some parts of Nigeria. Every time I think of it, I get the feeling that those parts are not part of us. They belong elsewhere, probably in some
remotest corner of the world. Those hapless and helpless citizens cannot be our own the way that we’ve allowed them to be treated. They are total strangers in a foreign land. As such, we’ve not been able to offer them the protection they deserve and the succour they desire. They have been manacled, mangled, massacred so mercilessly and ruthlessly. They’ve been butchered like rams in abattoirs. I’ve seen lurid pictures of fresh corpses and bodies of innocent victims sent to early graves without reason…

“Sir, please don’t get me wrong. I’m not blaming you for this unprecedented crisis. It did not begin under your watch, although some may claim, uncharitably perhaps, that it has escalated under it. I cannot reasonably suggest that you’re uncaring and nonchalant about this monumental tragedy. I think the problem is that of miscommunication, as is so often the case with your administration and this has been amplified by your body language. The problem of this magnitude requires a more resolute and concerted response. You cannot treat cancer with Paracetamol.

“In seeking to secure another term in office, you have allowed some people to amass enemies on your behalf. They did not know how to persuade people with reason and dialogue as demanded by democracy… Every critic must be stricken down and criminalised by the attack-dogs. They dissipate energy on irrelevant things while the roof is on fire… This is what has led to the implosion and conflagration in your party, PDP…”

On March 29, 2014, I painted the following scenario about how the election of 2015 would pan out (it was titled The Anatomy of APC and PDP 2):
“The way it stands is that PDP is poised to present President Jonathan without any shade of doubt. The PDP primary is going to be a rubber-stamp and a coronation at once. They are not about to leave certainty for uncertainty. Ideally Jonathan’s re-election would have been an easy walkover but not anymore. He now has many forces to contend with. The first is lack of physical development or visible performance on ground. Four years are more than enough for a serious and determined government to set a new tone and tempo for true transformation or transfiguration. What we are witnessed is too much movement but so little motion.

“Secondly, he has also brought the roof crashing down by not trudging the path of frugality that was laid by his dearly departed boss, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. The simplicity of his boss was hurriedly jettisoned for a psychedelic style of governance. ..

“Thirdly, the President’s inability to deal concretely with the grave security threats and everyday carnage may turn out to be his major albatross… The fourth problem the President now has to face is how to neutralise the combined strength of the new opposition called APC. He can no longer gloss over the danger they pose to his second coming. As a scientist, I’m sure the President understands that politics is a game of numbers… Relying on election rigging is becoming obsolete and increasingly difficult. Social media and mobile telephony are breaking down those walls that aided electoral malfeasance in our recent past…”

Please, let’s fast forward a bit. On October 18, 2014, I wrote what many have termed a most defining article I called In Search of Mathematicians:
“Let’s break it down into simple Maths. Jonathan had a good spread scoring 25% or more in 31 States. Buhari managed to score 25% or more in 16 States and yet got a cumulative result of over 12 million votes. A good Mathematician should be able to help us here becauseI wish to show our President’s handlers that they will pay heavily for complacency if they assume and take it for granted that they can beat Buhari easily like PDP had always done in the past…

“My free advice to the Jonathan campaigner is simple; stop projecting our President as a sectional leader whose only qualification is where he comes from. Stop raining insults on Northerners and avoid maligning innocent Muslims. The religious card you wish to play will never play out in favour of President Jonathan… Our President’s handlers should worry more about how the goodwill of 2011 got frittered away in such a jiffy. Above all, they should urgently search for competent Mathematicians. Believe me, the figures are no longer adding up…”

Sir, from the above, which represents only a few of the strident appeals I made for you to rise above the babble of your so-called adherents and listen to the real people who wished you well, you could see that I tried my best for you. I warned of the danger signals and the portending clouds of doom overhanging your administration and the campaign it was pursuing but I was dismissed as an alarmist. I was labelled with many names and tags by your Party attack dogs, false devotees and even obviously sponsored internet trolls who effectively said I was a rabid supporter of what had been a lost cause before and would be a losing cause in the imminent elections.


Nevertheless, I persevered as did a few others, not because of anything other than that your success in government would be the success of Nigeria and that is what is most important to the generality of the good citizens of this country.

The rest is history. What has happened is the inability of your team to read the mood of the nation and make the necessary sacrifices. All religions speak about the efficacy of hearkening to admonitions. In the Ifa literary corpus of the Yoruba there are examples of those who called the Oracle a liar and suffered dire consequences. My ardent prayer for the incoming government of Buhari and Osinbajo is that they will not depart from listening to the sincere voices of their passionate Nigerian followers. They will not take our people for granted and they will not treat them with impunity or claim they know what is best for them when the people do not feel the same way.

As for you Mr President you have run your race ingovernment. God has been kind to you even at the end by giving you the grace to realise that you should concede defeat and congratulate your opponent. That has turned out to be an astute decision, a masterstroke and possibly the best thing that may ever have happened to you in all these lucky years of being at the helm of affairs of our great nation.

At the end of it all, I will leave you with this Ifa verse: “Baba alawo a ku Onisegun a rorun,,,” meaning the Oracle will die, the herbalist too must depart this world and in effect “everything must have an end”.
You came, you saw and it is left to history to determine whether you conquered.

I wish you the best as always.

OMG !!! Angry Friend Exposes Major Dirt on Tuface After He Called PDP Corrupt (Photo)

Tu Baba went on line and slammed The PDP for being corrupt and for stealing monies meant for the development of the country, but his ‘friend’, Eric Amodu, who seem to know him well didnt take the posts lightly. He replied him through the state-owned website, benue.com.ng, accusing Tu Baba of being one of the beneficiaries of the supposedly corrupt government.
See Tu Baba's post below...

Read his friend's open letter to him:

“Too bad you threw the bomb at yourself on this. You are my friend but the truth must be told.

Question 1. Name a single soul you’ ve ever helped?

Question 2. Why did your fellow childhood friends deserted you?

Question 3. What have you given back to the society that made u?

Infact lets go deeper

First of all, OJB produced you and brought you to limelight and even gave you a song for free without you paying a dime. But you threw your back at him when the world was rallying round to save his life.

Not even a dime from you when lesser musicians gave their widows mite.

No any Idoma sons could say he’s on your scholarship list yet you have the mouth to talk back at the people that you helped in eating from their states’ funds.

You ate the resources meant for Benue State during Akume days in PDP as a governor when he bought you a Camry.

How about Donald Duke when he was the PDP governor of cross Rivers State? He lavished the state resources for you and still paid 20 million naira just to reunite the plantation boiz yet you have the guts to say PDP did nothing? Better still, you for reject all the money.

Akwa-Ibom state governor under the PDP-led government lavished the money meant for the state to sponsor your wedding. Why didn’t you kick against it when he gave you eight jeeps and sponsored several people to Dubai just to attend your wedding?

Jolly Nyame wasted the state resources on you and you practically abandoned Lagos for Taraba just because you began to taste the juicy side of unmerited resources from government coffers.

Don’t forget… when you sang ” I dey feel like so so so and so person… because you de spend for me.” Over 70% of the names you mentioned were PDP people you joined in eating away the future of their states.

Brother man, sorry to say this… you don’t even stand the moral ground where conscience speaks to talk about PDP.

I would love Banky W, the little Davido that just started, Ice Prince, Don Jazzy and so many others to talk because they don’t dine with the PDP and their states’ funds yet they’ve given a whole lot to the society.

On your wedding day, you took away the pleasure of the eyes from Nigerians to Dubai so that dem no go fit benefit even small thing from you. Stingy life.”

Tuface is yet to respond to these accusations as he is not picking his calls when Lailasblog.com reached out to him for his own side of the story.

Woman gives birth to alien-like creature (photos)

You won't believe this except you watch the video. The woman on the right reportedly gave birth to the alien-like creature pictured left. It has eyes, nose, and when the nurse lifts the creature, you can see an arm. Maybe it's just an extremely deformed baby?

See more pics after the break:

Breaking News: NDLEA officials surround Senator-elect Buruji Kashamu’s residence

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have surrounded the residence of Ogun State Senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu. The drug law enforcement agency is said to be ready to extradite Kashamu to the United States of America to answer drug related accusations proffered against him.

According to the guy who tweet the photo, the cars in the photo belong to the NDLEA and that's the Lekki home of the senator-elect. The officials had stormed his home early this morning to effect his arrest and extradition to the US on alleged drug charges. See photo below...

Recall that Kashamu Buruji sued the chairman of the National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency and 11 others over an alleged plot to extradite him to the United States of America to face trial on alleged drug-related offences.

The senator-elect is alleged to have been indicted for drug dealing in Chicago in 1998, a report which he has denied on several occasions.

Youth protest in Kano; burn court house, storm Govt. House

Youth in Kano burnt down a sharia court scheduled to hear a case of blasphemy against ​the​ prophet of Islam.
The court, situated at Rijiyar Lemo, was razed down before the man alleged to have blasphemed the prophet was brought in.
The youth also took to the streets protesting an alleged blasphemous comment by the leader of a sect, Tijjaniyya, Abdul Nyass.
The youth held up placards condemning the statement made against ​Prophet Mohammed.
​T​he aggrieved youths marched towards Mandawari and Dandago, ​and ​headed to the Emir of Kano’s palace.
The sect leader allegedly made the statement last week during his ​routine​ preaching at Goron Dutse, Kano metropolis.
All efforts to contact the police spokesperson, Musa Majia, proved abortive as he failed to pick the calls to his phone.
The protesting youth also blocked Kano government house in their protest. Heavily armed security personnel were drafted to secure the town.

Politics And Sentiment Apart, APC May Set A Dangerous Precedence In Rivers State – Festus Keyamo

Lagos based lawyer, Festus Keyamo, has said the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, was right in directing the Chief Judge of Bayelsa State, Justice Kate Abiri, to administer the oath of office ​to​ the governor-elect of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike.

Festus Keyamo

Mr. Keyamo said “A close look at Section 185(2) as analysed above will clearly show that whilst the drafters of the Constitution were very particular in using the phrase “the State” in reference to those officers who should administer the oaths, the last part of the section which allows other persons to perform the function (apart from those stated officers) uses the phrase “in any State”.

“In other words, in the absence of those stated officers to administer the oaths in “the State” in question, the corresponding officers “in any State” of the federation performing the same functions can also administer the oaths”.

Mr. Keyamo,​ who is a member of the All Progressives Congress, the party ​defeated ​in the gubernatorial election in Rivers State, said he supports the stand of the AGF without political prejudice. He added that the absence of a Chief Judge at a merely ceremonial event should not stop the declared winner of an election from assuming office.

“In any event, putting politics and sentiments aside, it is inconceivable to think that the assumption of office of a public officer who has been declared winner of an election can be scuttled merely because of the absence of someone who should perform a purely ceremonial duty​, when the absence of such a person is no fault of the public officer,” he said.

He added that ​a​ dangerous precedence might be created that might lead to the kidnap of Chief Judges, Grand Kadis and other people designated to administer the oath of office if Mr. Wike is not sworn in as a result of the vacuum in River State.