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- Church Killing In Ozubulu: 'Bishop' Comes Out, Spotted With Injured Victims
- One Of The Corpers Trapped In Imo Collapsed Building Dies | Mr Olumide's Blog
- FG Finally Gives Autonomy To States To Produce Power
- Female Tenant Absconds with Neighbors' 3 Kids Just 4Days After Moving Into Apartment
- GEJ replies Presidency: Forget Propaganda & Give Nigerians Proper Agenda
- Sad Story of Mother Sleeping With Her Daughter’s Husband
- Presidency To Jonathan: Your Government Killed Economy
- Davido flaunts long roll of dollars | Mr Olumide's Blog
- Russia's first top golfer arrested for 'beheading his mother after row with his wife | Mr Olumide's Blog
- Husband & Wife Cut Their Daughter’s Finger For Ritual
- Experts say this is the horrifying thing which happens to your vagina if you don't have enough sex | Mr Olumide's Blog
- Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom reunite 6 months after split(Photos) | Mr Olumide's Blog
- 3 British men to be caned and jailed for sex attack on unconscious woman in Singapore | Mr Olumide's Blog
- (Photos)Secondary School students write exams while sitting on the floor in Sokoto | Mr Olumide's Blog
- Pageant mum criticized for ''sexualising' 4 year old beauty queen daughter | Mr Olumide's Blog
- Federal Government Has 21-Days To Heed To Our Threats - NANS | Mr Olumide's Blog
- Meet The World’s Richest Pastor
- 5 Things To Avoid As A Young Man If You Must Make It
- Buhari’s reunion with his media team by Reuben Abati | Mr Olumide's Blog
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- You handed over a ruined economy, presidency replies Jonathan
- Benue, ANDP in pact to build 5000 housing units
- ASUU begins indefinite nationwide strike
| Church Killing In Ozubulu: 'Bishop' Comes Out, Spotted With Injured Victims Posted: 15 Aug 2017 04:13 AM PDT |
| One Of The Corpers Trapped In Imo Collapsed Building Dies | Mr Olumide's Blog Posted: 15 Aug 2017 03:48 AM PDT  Chinedu Isiogugu, according to Punch, died of cardiac arrest around 3am on Monday after a team of medical experts carried out a successful surgery on his two damaged legs. . The death of 26-year-old's death brings the casualty figure to five after two babies and two adults were confirmed dead on Sunday. A source at the hospital where he died, revealed that his female counterpart, Ngozi Oformezie, survived, adding that her condition was stable.  culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| FG Finally Gives Autonomy To States To Produce Power Posted: 15 Aug 2017 03:43 AM PDT  This is because nothing in the Electricity Power Sector Reforms Act deter States from doing such. Speaking at the 18th power sector operators meeting on Monday at the Kumbotso transmission station, Kano State, the Minister of Power, Babatunde Fashola, said interested States must obtain the necessary permit and licenses from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) depending on the areas it wants to invest in. His words; "Let me also make this point clear today, I have heard statements made that State governments should be allowed to produce their own power. "The truth is that there is nothing in the Electricity Power Sector Reforms Act that stops any state from doing so, so the only thing they must do is to get NERC's permit and licenses depending on whatever categorisation of investment they want to do whether it is distribution or generation. "So, let me be clear about that, I will support any state that wants to get involved in generating and also distributing power under its own arrangement."  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Female Tenant Absconds with Neighbors' 3 Kids Just 4Days After Moving Into Apartment Posted: 15 Aug 2017 03:43 AM PDT  The kids who have been missing since last week Sunday are; John Segun, 5, Fikayomi Bankole, 3, and Darasimi Ilesanmi, 2months old. Mr. Ebenezer Ilesanmi who she disappeared with his 2months old baby said: "My wife was with my son in the compound, washing clothes when our new neighbour approached her. The woman told my wife to bring our baby, to assist her to hold, so that she could concentrate on the washing. She took the baby and promised to return soon. After washing the clothes, my wife became worried because the woman was not yet back. Moreover, it was time for the baby to breastfeed. My wife later went to check the two other kids' mothers, to know if their own children had returned. Unfortunately, it was the same thing. It was at that point that my wife called to tell me what was going on. Immediately, I left what I was doing and rushed home. I saw a crowd in front of our compound; everyone was searching for the children. Since then, we have not seen them. Since then, my wife has been weeping, asking for the whereabouts of her son. I'm appealing to the police to rescue the kids. My son is just an infant. I don't know how they will breastfeed him. He is our first child. I don't know where or whom to run to. When we broke into the suspect's apartment in the presence of the policemen, there was only curtain at the door and window."Meanwhile, Mr Idowu Bankole whose 3yrs old child is among the missing kids said: "When I was returning from church that fateful day, I saw the woman with my son. I never suspected her. My wife left the church before me, with our two children. I couldn't go with them; I'm one of the elders in the church and we had a meeting. When I returned, I met my first child with her mother sleeping. My wife's mother told me that our new neighbor took Fikayo out to buy a biscuit for him and other children. When she told me our neighbor took my son and two other children out, I relaxed. I went to the third street to fix a water tap. I returned about 4p.m. and my wife told me that the woman was yet to return with the children. I encouraged my wife to exercise patience. After waiting for about two hours, another victim's grandmother came out and started searching for her grandchild. We rushed to Mowe Police Station and reported the incident. Our landlord and his son who let out the house to the woman were arrested but were released three days later. We're appealing to the Ogun State Commissioner of Police and Governor Ibikunle Amosun, to rescue our children, we have not been able to sleep since the incident."Landlord of the apartment, Tajudeen Leshi, said: "I was not around when the woman and her husband came to inspect the apartment, after they agreed to move in, they gave my son N30,000, instead of N50,000 for a year. Initially, I refused to collect the money, but my son persuaded me on the phone to collect it from them. They promised to balance me N20,000. When I returned, I told my son to call the woman to get her details. When she approached me, she said they were from Calabar. I spoke the language to her, but she didn't understand it. She claimed that she was born in Lagos State and didn't understand her language. The only mistake I made was that, because they were rushing to move in, I didn't get their details. It was when she abducted the kids it occurred to me that I had made a grave mistake. I also blamed the kids' parents; how can they hand their children to someone they had just known for only four days?"Mowe Police station Divisional Police Officer where the case was reported to, said that efforts are being made to track down the lady.  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| GEJ replies Presidency: Forget Propaganda & Give Nigerians Proper Agenda Posted: 15 Aug 2017 03:43 AM PDT  It is quite sad that Malam Garba Shehu does not know that oil constitutes only 15% of Nigeria's GDP and thus a fall in the price of oil should not lead to a collapse of the Nigerian economy as has been experienced under President Buhari. If Garba and his boss are willing to learn, Jonathan Foundation and the PDP can arrange a course for them to be tutored on the subject - how to grow your economy to be the largest in Africa. We make bold that we are experienced in that area. When Mr. Shehu says "There is nothing to show for the revenues earned, no major capital project was completed, neither power generation, road development, rail or agriculture benefitted from the windfall earnings" he only further exposes his intellectual laziness and failing memory. Obviously Garba Shehu has forgotten that when his boss was commissioning the Abuja-Kaduna 187KM fast railway that enables Nigerians work in Abuja and live in Kaduna, he was forced to admit that the project was conceived, built and completed by the Jonathan administration. At that event, President Muhammadu Buhari said about the $1.5 billion project and I quote "This project was conceived by a previous administration, started by the last government". My question to Mr. Shehu is this-who is a liar between him and his boss? I also urge Garba Shehu to take note of the fact that the only Federal University in his boss's home state of Katsina was built by the Jonathan administration in addition to 13 other universities and 165 Almajiri schools built all over Nigeria. For people who don't value education, I am not surprised that they see this as "nothing to show"! It may also interest Garba Shehu to note that the Jonathan administration revived the moribund Nigerian Railways Corporation to the extent that the loquacious Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi was forced to confess on December 15, 2015 and I quote "In fact, I think we have a problem; most people don't believe that the railway transport is functioning in Nigeria. I didn't even know, until I started this tour, I never knew that the railway was functioning, it was even from his (MD's) speech that I learnt that there are some coaches or services that go to Kano or Port Harcourt or elsewhere." These are just a few of the infrastructural legacies of the Jonathan era. It is quite surprising that Garba Shehu now praises the former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, His Royal Majesty, Muhammadu Sanusi II. Nigerians have not forgotten that it is the same Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, now Muhammadu Sanusi II who carpeted the economic policies of the Buhari administration, saying that under the Buhari administration, and again I quote, "There is one rate for petroleum marketers, there is interbank rate, there is another for money market operators such as western union, money gram, there is bureau de change rate and there is a special rate you get when you call the CBN for a transaction." My other question to Garba Shehu is this, how will an economy not collapse when you have multiple exchange rates? Malam Garba and his boss continues to show that they are in over their necks by their statements. For instance, Garba says "At the inception of the current administration, 21 States were unable to meet their salary bills and the spectre of workers arrears had commenced. The PDP solution was the raid the Ecological Fund and selectively grant N2Bn each to the PDP States." Is it that Garba Shehu and his boss do not know that Nigeria is a federation and that the Federal Government cannot control the states? No wonder they are against restructuring and want to throw the report of the 2014 National Conference into the dustbin. We have already proved that the accusation re the Ecological Fund is a lie and it shows desperation on the side of the Presidency to rehash it. When that notorious liar, Nasir El-Rufai first made the accusation, we showed, with documentary evidence, that core PDP states like Akwa-Ibom, where the then chairman of the PDP Governors Forum comes from and Ekiti state which was the only PDP state in the Southwest, did not benefit from the Ecological Fund. Meanwhile, 10 states which were of the then opposition All Progressive Congress did. Apparently, when Garba Shehu and Lai Mohammed speak, they speak their native language, lies! Mr. Garba Shehu would do well to remember that his boss promised Nigerians 3 million jobs every year. Rather, according to the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, 4.58 million jobs, created by the Jonathan led PDP administration, were lost in his boss's first year. Laughably, Garba Shehu cites the fight against corruption and the terror war as major achievements of the Buhari administration. How can Garba Shehu reconcile his so called anti corruption war with the fact that Nigeria has made NO PROGRESS in Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index under Buhari and in the latest CPI Transparency International said and I quote "Some other large African countries have failed to improve their scores on the index. These include South Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania and Kenya." On the alleged terror war, Nigerians will recall that President Muhammadu Buhari said that Boko Haram has been technically defeated. My question is how can a defeated Boko Haram now have the ability to kidnap policewomen and oil explorers? How can a defeated Boko Haram attack military formations? How can a defeated Boko Haram carry out more suicide bombing a in the last eight months than at any other time in Nigeria's history. Has Garba Shehu forgotten that on July 6, 2017, the World Economic Forum named Nigeria as the fifth most dangerous country in the world? Or that on the 4th of February 2017, the United States Congress cited Nigeria as "the most dangerous place for Christians in the world"? Garba Shehu can continue living in his fool's paradise but he should give Nigerians more credit than to issue the pathetic tissue of lies that he called a response to former President Jonathan's comments at this past weekend's non elective Congress of the PDP. Dr. Jonathan spoke generally about the positive impact of the PDP administrations on the lives of Nigerians and specifically on some of his exemplary achievements that made life better for the citizenry. He spoke about his reforms in the electoral process, transport, rail services, industrial and automotive policy, as well as the transformational impact of many other policies like YouWin, Youth Enterprises with Innovation (YouWin), bank verification number (BVN), the treasury single account (TSA) and the e-wallet system which were all measures designed to fight corruption. The time for propaganda is long gone. Any body who wants to differ should speak to those issues raised, and not boasts about accomplishments that are not visible. The succeeding administration has been on the saddle for more than half of its four-year tenure. This is the time for it to display its scorecard, especially since the blame game no longer connects with Nigerians. At some point under the PDP oil price fell to as low as $30 dollars and the party never cited that as a reason for non-performance. It is up to Nigerians to determine if they are better or worse off today than they were in 2015, when former President Goodluck Jonthan left office. Finally, I urge Garba Shehu to go back and read Malam El-Rufai's memo to President Muhammadu Buhari where El-Rufai said, and I quote, "In very blunt terms, Mr. President, our APC administration has not only failed to manage expectations of a populace that expected overnight 'change' but has failed to deliver even mundane matters of governance outside of our successes in fighting BH insurgency and corruption." Written by Reno Omokri for Dr. Goodluck Jonathan President of Nigeria 2010-2015.  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Sad Story of Mother Sleeping With Her Daughter’s Husband Posted: 15 Aug 2017 03:13 AM PDT  Not minding that she was already pregnant, the girl parked her property, left her matrimonial home and declared that she was no longer interested in the marriage. The incident happened at Ogboji town in Orumba area but the girl hails from Umuchu in Aguata area, all in Anambra State. According to PM Express, the widow simply known as Jane lost her husband and after mourning him for several years, she decided to find love again and met Kingsley. However, their relationship was said to be strong to the extent that both families knew about it, even though Kingsley was younger. It was learnt that the situation changed when Kingsley indicated his interest to marry and have his own family. They agreed that they will keep their relationship intact and Jane suggested that he should marry one of her daughters and he agreed. According to the girl, "when my mother asked me to marry Kingsley I refused because I knew my mother knew him too well." She narrated that they had targeted her fertility period and Kingsley arranged with her mom, she was taken to where she was offered drink and that was all she knew as she slept off. She said when she woke up, she noticed she was defiled and from that encounter got pregnant. Her mother then told her that since she was pregnant, Kingsley had to marry her and she was forced to accept. She said their family members were contacted who initially objected but had to consent to her mother's position without knowing she was already pregnant. She said her dowry was paid and she went with him but hated both Kingsley and her mother who arranged the whole thing when she was supposed to finish her secondary school. When she reflected on what happened, she realised that the whole thing was caused by her mother who she later got to know was sharing Kingsley with her and had to walk out of the marriage. The girl said once she delivers the baby, she will go back to school to take her WAEC and further her education. When the reporter contacted the mother on phone, she admitted that she recommended Kingsley to marry her but denied she had any intimacy with him.  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Presidency To Jonathan: Your Government Killed Economy Posted: 15 Aug 2017 03:13 AM PDT  Jonathan had said that he handed over a healthy economy to President Muhammadu Buhari. In the words of Jonathan: "We tamed inflation at a single digit, maintained price stability, and drove the economy to become the largest in Africa." But the Presidency disagreed, saying the economy Buhari inherited had crumbled. In a statement titled "Your Excellency Dr Jonathan, this is the economy you left behind, in case you have forgotten", the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said: "With due respects to the former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, these are the facts about the economy you left behind, in case you have forgotten. "I hope this will help to erase the wrong statement credited to you at your party, the PDP Convention at the Eagle Square last weekend that you handed to President Buhari a robustly healthy economy. "To the same extent, this should also help to erase yet another false statement by Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, the Caretaker Chairman of the party, to the effect that under the previous administration there was money but now things are very hard. "Let me start by reasserting an obvious statement, which is that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration was handed an economy ravaged by years of mismanagement and corruption. "It is understandable that Dr Jonathon kept his comments short, because a cursory look at any sector clearly indicated that he and his government presided over the most monumental and tragic economic mismanagement recorded in our national history. "The oil sector boomed under his tenure, with oil prices as high as US$ 120 and peace in the Niger Delta. Nigeria earned unprecedented dollar revenues. Sadly,that is where the story turns sour. There is nothing to show for the revenues earned, no major capital project was completed, neither power generation, road development, rail nor agriculture benefited from the windfall earnings. Rather the administration presided over the diversion of oil revenues on such a massive scale that even without the protection now accorded to Whistle blowers, the then Central Bank Governor blew not only a whistle but a trumpet. "He was hurriedly shown the door. Meanwhile, the acquisition by public officers and their cohorts of private jets, luxury yachts and the accumulation of expensive property portfolios world-wide continued unabated. Indeed the President once celebrated having the largest number of private jets, whilst our youth languished without jobs, our fields stood idle and our factories began the lay-off of workers. "Government simply reticulated oil revenue through personal spending by corrupt leaders, wasteful expenses and salaries. This was done rather than investing in what would grow the economy. Economies grow due to capital investment in assets like seaports, airports, power plants, railways, roads and housing. Nigeria cannot record a single major infrastructural project in the last 10 years. In short the money was mismanaged." "Such was the looting that even the goose that was laying the golden egg was being systematically starved. The direct contractual costs of oil produced , in the form of cash calls, remained unpaid. The incoming, President Buhari's welcome from the oil majors included demand for US$6Bn owed by Nigeria for oil that had already been sold or stolen." The Presidency recalled that at the inception of the Buhari administration, 21 States were unable to meet their salary bills and the spectre of workers arrears had begun. "The PDP solution was the raid of the Ecological Fund and it selectively granted N2Bn each to the PDP states. It was only aggressive borrowing by the Ministry of Finance under Dr Okonjo- Iweala that prevented Federal Government from also owing salaries. The economic wisdom of borrowing to pay recurrent bills is a questionable one, particularly as those paid would have included over 45,000 that have subsequently been removed by the Buhari-led administration as ghost workers. "It also included the lavish costs of chartering private jets, first class travel and other wasteful acts that have been eliminated under this administration. "To compound the problem, the government was borrowing heavily and owed contractors, and international oil companies. When this government took over we had accumulated debt back to the level it was before the Paris Club Debt forgiveness. "All these factors were building up to Nigeria heading for a major crisis if the price of oil fell. Nigeria did not have fiscal buffers to withstand an oil shock. "The oil shock should and could have been foreseen. When Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS, crisis started, it was clear that the United States of America wanted to cut off funds to terror groups by crashing the price of oil. When America granted permission for exploration of oil on land (Shale), the warning signs were evident, but these were ignored by Nigeria's economic managers," Shehu said The spokesman added: "In summary, Nigeria earned a lot of money when oil prices were high but there is nothing to show for it. Now oil prices have fallen we are suffering. "What could they have done differently? They could have begun doing the very things that the Muhammadu Buhari administration is doing so painfully now: "Fight corruption, sanitise the huge salary bill by eliminating payroll fraud, reduce wasteful expenses like first class travel and private jets, encourage state governments to reform their spending and build savings or investments, Increase spending on capital projects, especially on infrastructure needed to make Nigerian businesses competitive, and create jobs, block the leakages that allowed government revenues to be siphoned into private hands, Focus on key sectors ( apart from oil) that can create jobs and or generate revenue, such as agriculture, solid minerals and manufacturing." "If these things had been done when the oil price was as high as US$120 per barrel, Nigeria would not be in the current predicament."  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Davido flaunts long roll of dollars | Mr Olumide's Blog Posted: 15 Aug 2017 02:53 AM PDT   culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Posted: 15 Aug 2017 02:53 AM PDT  Artem Nesterov decapitated mum Lyudmila, 66, then fled by car, crashing three times into fences, police have alleged. He called his wife, his sister Lydia, 30, and the police to report the gruesome killing, said law enforcement sources. The 37-year-old golfer was detained the day after he allegedly murdered his mum, according to police. He will be held for two months as investigations continue, ruled Shcherbinsky district court of Moscow.The body with a severed head nearby was found by police in a detached house in Yerino village, near Moscow.  She had suffered multiple wounds including to her abdomen. It later emerged that the frenzied attack came after the golfer had a row with his wife, who complained to him about the amount of time he spent at work.The couple have a one and a half year old child. After the row, Nesterov left to visit his mother - a former tourist guide and interpreter - saying she could "comfort him".Nesterov and his wife only wed recently but had been living together for more than a decade. Russian News Agency  culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Husband & Wife Cut Their Daughter’s Finger For Ritual Posted: 15 Aug 2017 02:38 AM PDT  It was learnt that the suspects tied up the seven-year-old in a white sack to stop her from escaping before disposing of her in the bush. After about two days in the bush, some residents were said to have noticed the sack and called the attention of policemen from the Owode Egba division to it. Upon the opening of the sack, Abibat was said to have been found unconscious and was rushed to a hospital where she was resuscitated. The state police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident, said the victim told the police that her father, Nasiru, and stepmother, Idayat, cut off her finger and threw her into the bush for money ritual. According to Punch, Oyeyemi said the statement led to the arrest of the suspects, adding that they were still being interrogated by the command. He said, "The couple were arrested following a distress call from members of the public that a strange load in a sack was sighted in the Asabala area, along Papalanto/Sagamu Road. "On the strength of the information, the Divisional Police Officer, Owode Egba, CSP Shehu Alao, led his men to the scene where the load, which was inside a white rice sack, was untied. "Surprisingly, it was a seven-year-old girl that was inside. One of her right hand fingers had been cut off. She was tied, put inside the sack and dumped on the roadside since Friday, August 11. "When they realised that she was still alive, she was taken to a hospital for medical attention. It was when she regained consciousness that she informed the police that her father and stepmother were the ones who cut off her finger, tied and put her inside the sack. She said they dumped her inside the bush for her to die. The father and stepmother were arrested on Sunday, August 13." Oyeyemi said the state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, had ordered the transfer of the case to the Anti-kidnapping/Anti-cultism Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, for further investigation and prosecution of the suspects.  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Posted: 15 Aug 2017 02:18 AM PDT  This condition is caused by the thinning and drying of the vaginal walls due to the body having less oestrogen than normal. It can also occur in women who have had treatment for cancer , and women going through menopause according to the Mayo Clinic. Common side effects include discharge, burning, itching, difficulty peeing and pain during sex.But regular orgasms, from your partner or a bit of self love, can actually improve the nasty symptoms. The increased blood flow to your nether regions when you climax, almost like "exercising" down there. Louise Mazanti, a London-based sex therapist, said: "It is very important that we have a healthy sex life with a partner or with ourselves."People very often say, 'I don't have a sex life because I don't have a partner'. "It is about using massage and touching the tissue so that it becomes alive, the blood flows and the tissue becomes elastic.If the cells are not getting enough oxygen they cannot eliminate toxins and waste from the tissue, which can cause inflammation that leads to problems such as vaginal atrophy. Louise said losing the ability to have sex is not just a physical problem, it can have some serious side effects for a person's mental health. She added: "When your ability to have sex and your desire to have sex decreases it is a massive change in identity.Culled from UK Sun  culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom reunite 6 months after split(Photos) | Mr Olumide's Blog Posted: 15 Aug 2017 02:18 AM PDT  According to several fans, they were 'kissing and cuddling' through out the concert.    culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Posted: 15 Aug 2017 01:53 AM PDT  Khong Tam Thanh, Le Michael(pictured above) and Vu Thai Son were originally charged with rape but admitted sexual assault following a trial. The attack happened after the three visited Zouk nightclub in Singapore. The victim aged 23, had returned to the Carlton Hotel with a fourth man who was a friend of the trio and had consensual sex. Thanh, 22, Michael Le, 24, and Thai Son, 24, took it turns to enter the hotel room and sexually assault the woman while she was unconscious,Associated Press reports. She only realised what was happening as Michael Le was assaulting her and reported the attack to police in September last year. Thanh has been jailed for six year and eight strokes of a cane. Thai Son faces six-and-a-half years in prison and eight strokes of the cane. Michael Le was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail and five strokes of the cane.  culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
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| Pageant mum criticized for ''sexualising' 4 year old beauty queen daughter | Mr Olumide's Blog Posted: 15 Aug 2017 01:53 AM PDT  Enrika Milne, 26, from the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, spends two to three hours preparing Arielle for pageants. By kitting her out with hair extensions, fake nails and extravagant dresses, the mum says she is schooling her daughter to become a future Miss England . Since she started competing in April 2016, the beauty queen has taken home more than a dozen crowns .  But Enrika, who spends up to £350 preparing Arielle for a single pageant, is forced to defend herself against people who condemn her for 'sexualising' her daughter.  "We [the pageant community] do get misjudged, but I want Arielle to do what makes her happy," she said.    culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Federal Government Has 21-Days To Heed To Our Threats - NANS | Mr Olumide's Blog Posted: 15 Aug 2017 01:53 AM PDT  Mr Chinonso Obasi, National President, NANS made the call in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday. "It is with deep pain and regret that NANS received the news of another indefinite strike by ASUU over the Federal Government's indifference to their plight.Obasi, continued saying if by the end of 21 days government does nothing to resolve outstanding issues with ASUU, students would be forced to bear the brunt of the break down in the negotiation between the union and the government.  culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Meet The World’s Richest Pastor Posted: 15 Aug 2017 01:43 AM PDT  With a net worth of $1.1 billion, Pastor Edir Macedo holds the number one spot on the world's top 20 richest Men of God list. Forbes recently released a list of world's top 20 richest Men of God. It featured seven Nigerians and a couple of well known foreign pastors like Benny Hinn, Rick Warren and Joel Osteen. The number one spot was held by Edir Macedo, the Brazilian pastor is founder of Grupo Record and Record News. Read his story... Beginnings: He was born on February 18, 1945, in the small town of Rio das Flores - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was the fourth child of seven children. He was raised in a Catholic home with a strict father and a protective mother. On his church's blog, he wrote, "All of us were raised strictly, under the harsh rule of our father. Discipline was a sacred rule at home. My mother was the protector of the home, the woman who raised us with love and such great zeal, that even as teenagers, we wouldn't rebel." Eventually, he converted to evangelical Christianity in the early 1970s. Church: Years later, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God was born after a traumatic experience with his second daughter, Viviane. She was born as a frail baby with a tiny frame, this tragedy sparked his faith in God. Here is an excerpt from his story: "Esther was attempting to wipe away her tears, but her face was soaked. I also cried. Then something exploded inside of me that lifted my mind up to God. My body was possessed with an unfathomable strength. My pain transported me directly to the throne of God. I decided to pray. "But it was not a normal prayer. I clenched my fists in anger and threw punches at the bed countless times. God, no one is going to stop me now. Not my family, not my wife, not the future, not my feelings, nothing! No one can stop me now! No one! No one! I've had enough! That was the birth of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God."The church started in a "filthy, foul-smelling pavilion" in a suburb of Rio de Janeiro in 1977. The first service was held on July 9, 1977. From 225 people, the meetings grew to 400. With time, this number grew as the church got more time on radio and TV stations. In 1984, Macedo got into the media industry with the purchase of Radio Copacabana, one of the most popular and well-known AM stations of Rio de Janeiro at that time. Nine years after opening his church in Brazil, Bishop Macedo moved to New York in 1986, Portugal in 1989, Argentina and other countries. Now, the church has grown into a huge ministry with over 8 million members in Brazil, and at least 12 million members across the world. Family Life: Macedo met a young woman that would become his wife named Esther Eunice Rangel. They had a brief relationship that lasted for only eight months. They tied the knot on December 18, 1971, in the New Life Church in Bonsucesso, Rio de Janeiro. Here is the pastor's recollection of his wedding day: "A simple but unforgettable celebration. The photos reveal a smiling and happy expression on my face, enchanted by my beautiful bride. I was smiling from ear to ear. From that day on, Esther and I have been one."   Forbes reports that he has acquired 49% of a Brazilian Bank called Banco Renner. He owns several TV and radio channels, etc. These acquisitions have earned the pastor the number one spot on the Forbes billionaires list with a reported $1.2 billion.  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| 5 Things To Avoid As A Young Man If You Must Make It Posted: 15 Aug 2017 01:13 AM PDT  Truth is, you won't even remember your struggling days when you finally attain success. If you were born with no spoons, you need not despair. Success is not only achieved by physical strength; it also has to do with your mental strength. Your level of rational thinking matters a lot, for without it, your physical strength will be equivalent to pouring water into a basket. I believe you know what that means. Below are some things you should avoid as a young man who desire to make it in life: 1) BEER PARLORS/DRINKING JOINTS: You can have a drink or two occasionally (that's if you drink). What is killing is when you make it a habit to be there everyday to oblige your urge for alcohol! These spots are pocket-drainers for struggling guys. At the end of the day, you'll discover that you've not been able to meet most of your important needs. Why? Your habit is draining your meagre resources at the expense of self-development. Also avoid football gambling. 2) CALL GIRLS: Once you entangle yourself in this unfavourable market where deposits are allowed but no withdrawals, you can be completely compared to a fly that's entangled in a spider's web! If you spend thousands of naira monthly on prostitutes, my brother, your future is not brighter than the back of a cooking pot! 3) FINANCIAL WOMEN: If you can afford a phone of N280,000 for your girlfriend without waving, very fine. After all, we give in love. But not when you are in the process of building a life. There's a time for all things. Leave these set of people for those who are already comfortable, rich or have enough to throw around. Life is not and has never been a competition. You too will get there if you strive. Don't be fooled by flashy appearance. Women are created with brains too; they can work and take care of their needs. Don't kill yourself to make a woman look super fly while you are struggling to survive. It makes no sense, for tides and times come and go. Let whoever you are with know your present state. The good ones will encourage you but the materialistic ones... hmmm. 4) COMPETITIVE LIFE: This has never been a helpful friend to young guys. What will it profit a young guy if he spends thousands for a bottle of beer in club, knowing the neighbourhood shops sell same for N200? The kids who spend lavishly right in the club or elsewhere trust their account balance (either thrugh Yahoo, credit card fraud, babalawo, music runs, etc). Trying to compete with them is useless. Regret is a personal thing. Nobody regrets with you Ogbeni, experience na the best teacher but to learn from anoda man own go make you escape paying the high price. 5) MULTIPLE AFFAIRS: Just like patronizing call-girls (Point 2 above), engaging yourself in multiple affairs as a young guy is a fatal blow that can slow your progress. Apart from wasting resources, you will become less focused. My brother, wetin you dey find go Sokoto dey inside your Shokoto o! Even if she's a 'village girl', you can 'package' her as far as you both love and understand each other. Look for an understanding and emotionally mature lady to date. Stop running after these so called slay queens! They need yahoo-yahoo guy who can throw free money. [shared by RapMoney]  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Buhari’s reunion with his media team by Reuben Abati | Mr Olumide's Blog Posted: 15 Aug 2017 12:53 AM PDT  I could never have imagined my own boss in our time, travelling without me or shutting me out of any important event. He took my team everywhere. Every President has what is called a Main Body. This comprises his first line of assistants, namely his Chief Security Officer, Aide-de-Camp, Chief Detail, Chief Physician, State Chief of Protocol, Personal Assistant (Luggage), Personal Assistant (Private matters), and of course, the Special Adviser (Media and Publicity)/Official Spokesperson. Whereas other parts of this body face their own challenges, the major problem that the President's media team often faces is that everyone in the Presidency, and even persons from outside, particularly the na-my-brother-dey-there crowd tend to assume that they know a lot about the media. They probably have an uncle who once worked as a journalist or newspaper vendor, or they happen to know one or two editors or correspondents, who are perpetually telling them how the media team is not doing what it is supposed to do. While other parts of the President's Main Body are usually civil servants, the Chief Physician and the Special Adviser (Media) are traditionally political appointees, and they are easily the targets of so many people who want their positions. My then colleague, the Chief Physician used to complain bitterly about how on many occasions he had to warn self-appointed physicians who used to recommend vitamins and other drugs for the President behind his back. In the corridors of power, the jostling for power, territory, and space could be psychologically crippling and emotionally corrosive. I recall in particular, how in those days, (indeed, yesterday is beginning to sound like those days!), some persons used to draw attention to how the media is managed in the US White House. After a while, I started asking them: "have you ever worked in this White House, that you talk so eloquently about?" Now, we have seen a different White House under President Donald Trump, and hence, when I call up "the White House experts", their only response these days is that "it is not easy." Of course, no part of Presidential work is easy. There is also no standard formula for serving a President. No two presidencies are alike in any way. The nature and character of an executive Presidency is determined by the style/temperament/competence/choices of the individual President and the circumstances of his tenure, and it is these same factors that account for the differences between great, mediocre and bad Presidents. To each category, history is the eventual judge. Nonetheless, I thought it was wrong to have kept President Buhari's team out of the London trips. The core team should have been there all the time to take photographs, issue statements, if needed, organize video recordings, liaise with local journalists, and manage "inconvenient" journalism and public perception. But what did we have? The various pictures taken of the President until the visit by his media team, looked like photos taken by quacks. The President was presented as if he was a statue, or at best, as a sick man propped up for photographic effect. Nobody even paid attention to his wardrobe. I imagined that some characters would have filled the gap left by the absence of the media team, and would have been busy taking pictures with a miserable gadget, not knowing that photos are meant to tell stories and that they are taken with the brain. Whoever was behind that newspaper vendor style of journalism did the President a disservice and was responsible for most of the damage that was done. The real damage was that Nigerians did not believe the official narrative, they concluded that the pictures were photo-shopped or that they were old pictures and that there was an attempt to hoodwink the public. It didn't help that whoever took those early pictures focused on the President's weak points: his fingers and arms in a poor pose, for example. But the game changed the day Bayo Omoboriowo accompanied seven governors to London to see the President. With five pictures, the President's official photographer showed him in better light. The photographs presented him as a living being. Every Presidential assistant is as important as the amount of access and empowerment that he/she enjoys. Many Presidents undermine their media team, as US President Trump has done. I consider the visit to London by President Buhari's media team, a form of rehabilitation, for the team and for the office. The meaning of that visit was not lost on the team either. Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on his arrival at the Abuja House, looked like he had been grinning about 100 metres away before he met the President. When the President extended his hands for a handshake, Alhaji Lai Mohammed did a Nigerian version of the Cameroonian Bidoung challenge. He bowed close to 90 degrees. Even when the President took another person's hand, Lai Mohammed was still busy bowing. When the President praised him, he grinned so much, I thought he was going to prostrate! My brothers, Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu didn't bow, they stayed professional, but I have never seen both former Presidents of the Nigerian Guild of Editors grin so enthusiastically! Lauretta Onochie was probably the biggest beneficiary of the visit. Considered by opposition activists a footnote in the Presidency pretending to be a valuable attack dog, her inclusion in that trip has elevated her relevance. She still has a lot to learn on the job though, especially from the masters of the attack dog game in Nigerian politics: the inimitable and talented Femi Fani-Kayode, the grandmaster of this chivalric Order, Doyin Okupe, the senior warden of rebuttals, Lai Mohammed, Ayodele Fayose, Reno Omokri, Lere Olayinka, Deji Adeyanju, and Jude Ndukwe. Given the nature of Nigerian politics, future Nigerian presidents will certainly need the services of these dogged political fighters to complement the officialdom of Presidential spokesmanship. Lauretta Onochie has a lot to learn from them, albeit she is doing much better than the pathetic play-safe crowd in the Buhari team but the London recognition should further empower her. Abike Dabiri-Erewa was also in London, curtseying with both legs and hands; she was described in the reports as Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Matters, but I guess she was included in the team in her professional right as a seasoned broadcast journalist. Bayo Omoboriowo, the official photographer, was also in attendance and when it was his turn to have a Presidential handshake, he grinned and shook so much he almost staged an Olamide-inspired Wo-challenge. I hope he remembered to inform the President that his wife had just been delivered of twins and that being a father of twins has serious implications in Yorubaland! Together, the team delivered a professional reportage. Brilliant. Different. Good moment for the Presidency's Media Department. Whereas previous coverage before the Governors' visit showed the President in an unconvincing manner, his media team has managed to show him in a three-dimensional frame. We saw him sitting, standing, and walking. He shook hands. He talked. His wardrobe was different. He appeared animated and alive. With that visit, many doubts have been laid to rest through the power of media. We now know that Buhari can talk. Dirty-minded persons may even stretch the matter and imagine that our President has been engaging in "the other room" skelewu in London. The media team has also managed to establish that medication or not, Buhari remains in charge. He is still President and he is not incapacitated. In the kind of system that we run, there cannot be two Presidents at a time. When you have a living and breathing President, be he in Iceland or Antarctica, for whatever reason, he remains the President. This, thus, creates a special problem for Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. The combined interpretation of the to-ing and froing to London to visit President Buhari is the impression that whereas Acting President Osinbajo has an office, transmitted to him constitutionally in the light of Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution, he has neither the power nor the authority of that office, or he is not being allowed to enjoy the full benefits of his legal status. This puts Nigeria in a lurch, technically and pragmatically and let no one make any bones about that. What is worse is the declaration by the media team that the President's return now lies in the hands of his doctors and he is resolved to obey their orders. It is tragic that Nigeria's sovereignty, which resides in part in the office of the President, has been ceded to UK doctors. They alone can determine when Nigeria can have its President back in the homeland. Saddening as that situation is, not even the Queen of England or the British Prime Minister has deemed it necessary to visit President Buhari or seek audience with him. This egregious insult is well-deserved by Nigeria and other African countries whose leaders embark on medical tourism to Europe, Asia and North America. The intelligence agencies in these countries have all the strategic information on our leaders and country, but we are happy to play third fiddle in global politics. In 2050, Nigeria's population is likely to be over 300 million, with some of the youngest people in the world being Nigerians. If by 2050, we do not have enough good hospitals and medical facilities to take care of our people, we would be a doomed nation. This is not a task for Buhari's media team. But just as they tried to put out a fire in London, another had already started at home. By the way, a Presidential media department is a Fire Service office and an ambulance operation. There is always another fire next time and victims in need of desperate rescue. In the present instance, a group called "Our-mumu-don-do" group, led by Charly Boy, the self-acclaimed Area Fada of Frustrated Nigerians had begun a protest in Abuja asking President Buhari to resume office or resign. They were echoing the protests of those who have argued that the Nigerian electorate voted for a President not an absentee one, that they voted in the expectation that their President would stay in office and serve them, and did not expect that the President would become an apparition or a London-based tourist and museum attraction. Charly Boy, 66, went out with his pro-democracy troops, but they were tear-gassed and harassed by the police. They were accused of engaging in unlawful pro-corruption and irresponsible activity that was hijacked by hoodlums. That of course is stupid talk. At issue was the right of every Nigerian to protest without being molested, and the right to free speech. When free speech is denied, hate speech is encouraged. It is ironic that the same government that is so concerned about hate speech is the same one promoting it. Meanwhile, sycophantic speech is encouraged. To counter the Charly Boy group, someone organized a pro-Buhari group, which has been busy dancing around Abuja proclaiming that Buhari will win the 2019 election, denouncing those who want him to resign. I have taken a look at this group and they look like a bunch of hoodlums, every one of them, but they have so far enjoyed police protection and the government is very happy with them. When government gains one thing with one hand, some other characters remove it with another hand. This is the sign of the times. But there are unresolved questions that will not go away just like that. For how long will the President remain on medical vacation in London, even when the Constitution, the country's basic law, is silent and ambiguous on this score? What is the actual cost of the President's absence in a context that disallows the transfer of power and authority in the presence of an apparently living and said-to-be-capable President who is otherwise indisposed? I'll not ask that the visits to London be stopped, in case that is part of the doctors' therapy, but it is ridiculous and insensitive that government officials are now visiting the President in medical exile, with some of them posing for photo-ops with their children. Our President should not be turned into a tourist attraction and the Abuja House in London should not become a museum.  culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
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| What To Do When You Feel Like Giving Up Posted: 15 Aug 2017 12:43 AM PDT  I remember waking up one morning and thinking "I don't feel like getting out of bed. I don't feel like doing all that I have to do today. I feel like I'm running on empty." It was then that I knew burnout had hit me square between the eyes. I'd lost my fire, my fervor, my fuel. I'd written books on letting God meet your emotional needs, yet emotionally I was feeling empty. I wrote about how God strengthens us through our alone times but I was feeling weakened. I'd written a book on how to truly rest and I was feeling more overwhelmed than ever. And a year earlier I'd written a book on discovering and living out your dream and yet I was struggling with a lack of motivation. What was wrong with me? Why was I feeling so complacent? Why did I have no motivation to continue forward? I met with a doctor-friend of mine and his wife over lunch one day and talked about it. "Burnout manifests itself in a certain activity you're doing to the point that you've emptied the battery out," said Dr. Jeff Birchall, who at that time was seeing a new person dealing with some sort of exhaustion, anxiety or depression every day…and following up with about four every day. Dr. Birchall said 50 percent of the population suffer from burnout at some point in their life, 10 percent at any given moment . The symptoms of burnout? They sound a lot like the symptoms of running on empty: chronic fatigue (exhaustion, tiredness, a sense of being physically run down)
Maybe you can relate to some of those symptoms. Burnout can sometimes look like depression. Sometimes like anxiety. Some of us feel just a hint of it, like we're getting our toes wet…others of us are drowning in it. I knew I wasn't in a state of depression. I wasn't suffering from anxiety. But I was tired, overwhelmed and frustrated. The fire of my relationship with God that once burned brightly now seemed to be barely flickering. The juices had dried up. The motivation was lost. I was running on empty. My friend says some cases of burnout or exhaustion require medication. Some require counseling. And mostly all of the cases require a change of environment to get the balance they need in their life. That one was mine. I needed the balance. Too much striving, not enough trusting. Too much work, not enough rest. Too much expenditure, not enough filling. It was time for something to change. So I went to the Psalms – Scripture's songs of human emotion – and related to the songwriters. They, too, experienced seasons of weariness and emptiness. They too cried out for help. And I began to notice a link between their cries for help while flat on their faces, and their ability to get back up on their feet again. What I saw in there, as that link, was a shift in focus (following times of prayer and praise) and a sense of determination. The Psalmists often sang – in their songs of frustration and desperation – the words "I will" when it came to getting out of their slump. When Asaph was disillusioned with the way life was going, he said "I will meditate on all Thy works…I will remember your deeds." (Psalm 77:12). David, in asking God to consider his sighing and hear his cries for help, said "I willcome into your house; in reverence will I bow down" (Psalm 5:7). And when he felt like he was being defeated, he said "I will know that God is for me…I will not be afraid" (Psalm 56:9-11). The Psalmists didn't say "I think" or "I feel" or "I should." It was "I will" – a sense of determination – a determined course of action. In all 150 Psalms in the Bible, the phrase "I will" is sung at least 140 times. That told me something. It made me realize that – whether I feel empty or not, whether I am motivated or not – I need to dosomething to allow God to infuse that energy into my life again. I needed to take whatever action would put me in the place where God could relight the fire in me and re-ignite the passion that once burned brightly. But I couldn't wait until I felt like doing something, because the feeling might never come. So I began to follow a course of action – a series of "I will" statements -- to keep focused (in my mind), keep fit (in my body) and keep fresh (in my soul). I began to say "I will start my day in prayer" and "I will get into God's Word" so I could stay focused in my mind. I began to say "I will eat sensibly today" and "I will take opportunities to exercise" so I could keep fit in my body. And I began to say "I will" appreciate what God has made," "I will take time to reflect and worship" in order to keep my soul fresh. As I began saying "I will" about the things I didn't feel like doing, God met me where I was and infused that fuel back into my life. So what do you need to say "I will" about today? "I will tackle this to do list with enthusiasm"? " I will prioritize my family today"? "I will live in a way that honors my God"? "I will do all that is required of me to the best of my ability"? Say those two words "I will" and see what you end up accomplishing today. [written by Cindi McMenamin]  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| What Students Can Do Now That Universities Are On Strike Posted: 15 Aug 2017 12:13 AM PDT  ASUU announced and has commenced an indefinite strike. When they embarks on this shut down it usually takes 2-3 months for it to be called off. On a side (and tiresome note), it is sad how the government (referring to administrations from the Ali Must Go era) have treated the young in this country. Thank goodness most of the universities are no longer plagued with gangland activities of confraternities. Sadly, we still have the problem of teachers downing tools. If you want to judge a country look at how it treats its women and children, for Nigeria, the mark is a bitter F9. To the undergrad reading this, the weeks (hopefully), or months (most likely) you are going to stay at home can be used for productive things. You can choose to stay at home and turn up all day or invest in yourself and pick up a skill or two during the strike. For a while now, especially in Nigeria, what you study in the university doesn't determine your path in life. People study Chemistry and end up being a top journalist. Maybe because of family and societal pressure, degrees don't necessarily reflect interests- a serious flaw in our education system that badly needs an update. As the lecturers and government officials do their tiresome dance, you can read up on your interest and learn a thing or two about it. For instance, if you study medicine but interested in photography, this is the perfect time for you to pick up a camera and sharpen your skill. This is better than staying at home doing nothing productive and watching TV. You can even make some small money on the side by covering birthdays and neighbourhood functions. Apart from picking up on your interests, you can take a job, an internship and learn about the corporate world before you graduate. Most companies are always on the lookout for more interns. This is an opportunity to bolster your CV before you get that degree. Work experience is crucial in this labour market. Unemployment is high in this country (no surprise) and you need every edge to stand out. Get an internship, work hard, learn the ropes and by the time you graduate you would be above most of your peers. The key thing is to not be idle during this strike. The politicians don't care about you. This is the time to take life into your own hands and decide your fate in life. It starts from now. You might think you are killing time during this strike but really speaking time is killing you. [written by Ayomide Tayo]  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| You handed over a ruined economy, presidency replies Jonathan Posted: 15 Aug 2017 12:05 AM PDT
The Presidency has said that former President Goodluck Jonathan handed over an economy in shambles to President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. from peoples daily |
| Benue, ANDP in pact to build 5000 housing units Posted: 15 Aug 2017 12:00 AM PDT
African Nation Development Programme in collaboration with Benue State Government have concluded arrangement to construct 5,000 units of houses for victims of communal crisis in Agatu, Ado, Kwande and Guma local government areas of the state. from peoples daily |
| ASUU begins indefinite nationwide strike Posted: 14 Aug 2017 11:50 PM PDT
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities in Nigeria (ASUU) has commenced an indefinite nationwide strike due to the Federal Government's failure to fulfill the 2009 agreement made with the union.| You are subscribed to email updates from Mr Olumide's Blog. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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