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Africa The Continent Of Poverty

2018-01-12T15:01:00.002+01:00

I read this piece with pain but full of inspiration. I urge all my friends to read too. It is disheartening, let's wake up from our slumber, let us make the best use of our education and research.
This lengthy discussion between a Zambian and an American in a flight to Boston will lighten your spirit and agitate you.

Every Patriot in Africa should read this article; penned by US-based Zambian media practitioner and author. He is a PhD candidate with a B.A. in Mass Communication and Journalism, and an M.A. in History.

They call the Third World the lazy man’s purview; the sluggishly slothful and languorous prefecture.

In this realm people are sleepy, dreamy, torpid, lethargic, and therefore indigent—totally penniless, needy, destitute, poverty-stricken, disfavored and impoverished. In this demesne, as they call it, there are hardly any discoveries, inventions, and innovations.

Africa is the trailblazer. Some still call it “the dark continent” for the light that flickers under the tunnel is not that of hope, but an approaching train.

And because countless keep waiting in the way of the train, millions die and many more remain decapitated by the day.

“It’s amazing how you all sit there and watch yourselves die,” the man next to me said. “Get up and do something about it.

When I first discovered I was going to spend my New Year’s Eve next to him on a non-stop JetBlue flight from Los Angeles to Boston I was angst-ridden.
I associate marble-shaven Caucasians with iconoclastic skin-heads, most of who are racist.

“My name is Walter,” he extended his hand as soon as I settled in my seat.

I told him mine with a precautious smile.

“Where are you from?” he asked.

“Zambia.”

“Zambia!” he exclaimed, “Kaunda’s country.”

“Yes,” I said, “Now Sata’s.”

“But of course,” he responded. “You just elected King Cobra as your president.”

My face lit up at the mention of Sata’s moniker. Walter smiled and in those cold eyes I saw an amenable fellow, one of those American highbrows who shuttle between Africa and the U.S.

“I spent three years in Zambia in the 1980s,” he continued. “I wined and dined with Luke Mwananshiku, Willa Mungomba, Dr. Siteke Mwale, and many other highly intelligent Zambians.” He lowered his voice. “I was part of the IMF group that came to rip you guys off.” He smirked. “Your government put me in a million dollar mansion overlooking a shanty called Kalingalinga.

From my patio I saw it all—the rich and the poor, the ailing, the dead, and the healthy.”

“Are you still with the IMF?” I asked.

“I have since moved to yet another group with similar intentions.
In the next few months my colleagues and I will be in Kenya to hypnotize the Raisi

I work for the broker that has acquired a chunk of your debt. Your government owes not the World Bank, but us millions of dollars.

We’ll be in Lusaka to offer your president a couple of millions and fly back with a check twenty times greater.”

“No, you won’t,” I said. “King Cobra is incorruptible. He is …”

He was laughing. “Says who? Give me an African president, just one, who has not fallen for the carrot and stick.”

Quett Masire’s name popped up.
“Oh, him, well, we never got to him because he turned down the IMF and the World Bank.
It was perhaps the smartest thing for him to do.”

At midnight we were airborne.
The captain wished us a happy 2015 and urged us to watch the fireworks across Los Angeles.

“Isn’t that beautiful,” Walter said looking down.

From my middle seat, I took a glance and nodded admirably.

“That’s white man’s country,” he said. “We came here on Mayflower and turned Indian land into a paradise and now the most powerful nation on earth.
We discovered the bulb, and built this aircraft to fly us to pleasure resorts like Lake Zambia or lake Kenya .
I grinned. “There is no Lake Zambia or lake Kenya
He curled his lips into a smug smile. “That’s what we call your countries . You guys are as stagnant as the water in the lake.

We come in with our large boats and fish your minerals and your wildlife and leave morsels—crumbs. That’s your staple food, crumbs.
That corn-meal you eat, that’s crumbs, the small Tilapia fish you call Kapenta/omena are crumbs.
We the Bwanas (whites) take the cat fish.
I am the "Bwana" and you are the "mtu".
I get what I want and you get what you deserve, crumbs.
That’s what lazy people get—Zambians, Kenyans, other Africans and the entire Third World.”

The smile vanished from my face.
“I see you are getting pissed off,” Walter said and lowered his voice.

“You are thinking this Bwana is a racist.
That’s how most Zambians & Kenyans respond when I tell them the truth.
They go ballistic.
Okay. Let’s for a moment put our skin pigmentations, this black and white crap, aside.

Tell me, my friend, what is the difference between you and me?”

I said
"There’s no difference.”

“Absolutely none,” he exclaimed. “Scientists in the Human Genome Project have proved that. It took them thirteen years to determine the complete sequence of the three billion DNA subunits.
After they were all done it was clear that 99.9% nucleotide bases were exactly the same in you and me.
We are the same people. All white, Asian, Latino, and black people on this aircraft are the same.”

I gladly nodded.

“And yet I feel superior,” he smiled fatalistically. “Every white person on this plane feels superior to a black person.
The white guy who picks up garbage, the homeless white trash on drugs, feels superior to you no matter his status or education.
I can pick up a nincompoop from the New York streets, clean him up, and take him to Lusaka and you all be crowding around him chanting muzungu, muzungu and yet he’s a riffraff.
Tell me why my angry friend.”

For a moment I was wordless.

“Please don’t blame it on slavery like the African Americans do or colonialism, or some psychological impact or some kind of stigmatization.
And don’t give me the brainwash poppycock. Give me a better answer.”

I was thinking.

He continued. “Excuse what I am about to say. Please do not take offense.”
I felt a slap of blood rush to my head and prepared for the worst.

“You my friend flying with me and all your kind are lazy,” he said. “When you rest your head on the pillow you don’t dream big.

You and other so-called African intellectuals are lazy, each one of you only going for leadership; just to fill their own stomach and steal from the poor.

It is you and not those poor starving people, who are the reason Africa is in such a deplorable state.”

“That’s not a nice thing to say,” I protested.

He was implacable. “Oh yes it is and I will say it again, you are lazy in your minds.

Poor and uneducated Africans are the most hardworking people on earth. I saw them in the Lusaka markets and on the street of Nairobi selling merchandise. I saw them in villages toiling away.

I saw women on Kafue Road crushing stones to sell and I wept. I said to myself where are the Zambian intellectuals? And in kenya l saw women as bricklayers. Where are these intellectual men?

Are the Zambian or Kenyans engineers so imperceptive they cannot invent a simple stone crusher or a simple water filter to purify well water for those poor villagers? Or sort out the drainage system to make Biogas or rivers purification systems.

Are you telling me that after thirty-seven years or more of independence your university school of engineering has not produced a scientist or an engineer who can make simple small machines for mass use?

What is the school there for?”

I held my breath.

“Do you know where I found your intellectuals? They were in bars quaffing.
I saw with my own eyes a bunch of alcoholic graduates. Calling themselves policy makers

Zambian, Kenyans , other African intellectuals work from eight to five and spend the evening drinking. We don’t. We reserve the evening for brainstorming.”

He looked me in the eye.

“And you flying to Boston and all of you Africans in the Diaspora are just as lazy and apathetic to their country.

You don’t care about your country and yet your very own parents, brothers and sisters live there.
Many have died or are dying of neglect by you as democratic government .
They are dying of AIDS because you cannot come up with your own preventive measures. Too much immorality.

You are here calling yourselves graduates, researchers and scientists and are fast at articulating your credentials once asked—oh, I have a PhD in this and that, so what?
What next? Handouts from IMF? Then repay?

I was deflated.
“Wake up you all!” he exclaimed, attracting the attention of nearby passengers. “You should be busy lifting ideas, formulae, recipes and diagrams from American manufacturing factories and sending them to your own factories.

All those dissertation papers you compile should be your country’s treasure. Why do you think the Asians are a force to reckon with? They stole our ideas and turned them into their own. Look at Japan, China, India, just look at them.”

He paused. “The Bwana has spoken,” he said and grinned.

“As long as you are dependent on my plane, I shall feel superior and you my friend shall remain inferior, how about that?
The Chinese, Japanese, Indians, even Latinos are a notch better.
You Africans are at the bottom of the totem pole.”

He tempered his voice. “Get over this white skin syndrome and begin to feel confident.
Become innovative and make your own stuff for God’s sake.”

At 8 a.m. the plane touched down at Boston’s Logan International Airport. Walter reached for my hand.

“I know I was too strong, but I don’t give a damn. I have been to Zambia , Kenya , other African countries and have seen too much poverty.”

He pulled out a piece of paper and scribbled something. “Here, read this. It was written by a friend.”

He had written only the title: “Africa The Continent of Poverty.”

Thunderstruck, I had a sinking feeling.

I watched Walter walk through the airport doors to a waiting car. He had left a huge dust devil twirling in my mind, stirring

I remembered some who have since passed—how they got the highest grades in mathematics and the sciences and attained the highest education on the planet.

They had been to Harvard, Oxford, Yale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), only to leave us with not a single invention or discovery.

I knew some by name and drunk with them at the Lusaka Playhouse and intercontinental hotel, safari park Kenya and Central Sports in Lusaka

Walter is right. It is true that since independence we have failed to nurture creativity and collective orientations.

We as a nation lack a workhorse mentality and behave like 13 million civil servants dependent on a government pay cheque.

We believe that development is generated 8-to-5 behind a desk wearing a tie with our degrees hanging on the wall.

Such a working environment does not offer the opportunity for fellowship, the excitement of competition, and the spectacle of innovative rituals.

But the intelligentsia is not solely or even mainly, to blame.

*The larger failure is due to political circumstances*.

Knowing well that King Cobra , Kenyatta, and others will not embody innovation at Walter’s level let’s begin to look for a technologically active-positive leader who can succeed them after a term or two.

That way we can make our own stone crushers, water filters, water pumps, razor blades and harvesters or dig our own boreholes without IMF being involved.

Let’s dream big and make tractors, cars and planes,
or like Walter said, forever remain inferior...

A fundamental transformation of our country from what is essentially non-innovative to a strategic superior African country requires a bold risk-taking educated leader with a triumphalist attitude and we have one in YOU.

Don’t be highly strung and feel insulted by Walter. It is like shooting the messenger.

Take a moment and think about our country.

Our journey from 1963 has been marked by tears. It has been an emotionally overwhelming experience.

Each one of us has lost a loved one to poverty, hunger, and disease.

The number of graves is catching up with the population.

It’s time to change our political culture. It’s time for Zambian, Kenyans, Nigerians and other Africans intellectuals to cultivate an active-positive progressive movement that will change our lives forever.

Don’t be afraid or dispirited, rise to the challenge and salvage the remaining.

Bulletproof charm fail has Native doctor shoot customer dead

2018-01-10T12:37:00.002+01:00

A 27-year-old man known as Aliyu Yahuza die immediately on after a bulletproof charm he got from a native doctor in Katsina State, failed to work.
We got the report that the young fellow passed on while testing the adequacy of the bulletproof charm.

The native doctor, recognized as Usman Saidu, has been detained in prison regarding for the death of Yahuza.

As indicated by our reporter, the deceased was said to have taken a 'bullect-repelling' concoction arranged by Saidu, who guaranteed him that he will not die from gunfire.

This claim ended up being lethally wrong as Yahuza die on the spot after he introduced himself to be shot with a Dane

The 42-year-old native doctor has been accused of criminal conspiracy and chargeable murder and will be in the jail till February 22, 2018 when his case would come up for specify before senior magistrate, Hajiya Falila Dikko.

The police prosecutor, Inspector Sani Ado, who read the First Information Report on the episode to the hearing of the court on Tuesday, stated, "Saidu was given a dane firearm to test the unwavering quality of the charm, however when he discharged a shot at Yahuza's chest, he tumbled down and die on the spot.

"The victim was taken to the General Hospital, Dustinma, where he was affirmed dead by doctors".

The police said Saidu acted in opposition to areas 97 and 222(7) of Penal Code. Ado, nonetheless, said investigation was still in progress and prayed for an adjournment which the court granted.

Ms Kemi Olunloyo regained her freedom from prison

2018-01-10T11:24:00.002+01:00

Nigerian journalist, Ms. Kemi Olunloyo has at long last recovered and regained her freedom after spending 90 days in Port harcourt jail.

Ms kemi Olunloyo experience begun at some point in March 2017 – she'd allegedly defamed a well known Port Harcourt pastor and Nollywood performing artist – and from that point forward, the 53 year old Blogger and Journalist had been a continuous guest at the Port Harcourt prison after she was kept for more than two months.

Later on, she was safeguarded over two months after she was gotten from her home in Ibadan and as indicated by her, the defamation case was a long way from being done.

All appeared to go well, as she went ahead about her web-based social networking investigate business until October 12 when she had shouted to her web fans and Nigerians in general, that she needed to go to court again and from the look of things she would need to remain one more night at the court jail.

She influenced it to clear then that she felt unsafe and that was the last thing we heard from Aunty Kemi Omololu Olunloyo!

Indeed, Aunty Kemi is free now, and she took to Instagram to share a video of herself saying thanks to her fans and most particularly, Charly Boy for his perpetual effort toward her freedom.

She composed:

"#BREAKING I have been discharged from Port Harcourt most extreme jail for the third time in a year. To the Federal administration of Nigeria, pls decongest #PHMax. Our young #Igbo #Ogoni #Ikwere #Calabar #AkwaIbom guys are altogether LOCKED UP and not encouraged sufficiently. Many squandering endlessly with skin and medical issues. The Federal Ministry of Interior needs to mediate FAST! Uncommon because of @areafada1 and #ourmumudondo development which I helped dispatch @tvcconnect Dec thirteenth 2016."

34yrs old husband strangled 28yrs wife to death

2018-01-10T10:17:00.000+01:00

A 28 year old woman identified as Ajoke kalejaiye Edgar, who had been a victim of domestic violence was gruesomely strangled and buried beside a well by her suspected 34 year old husband, Mr Akinyemi Koja Edgar , the suspect who is still at large.

The incident reportedly took place few streets away from their residence at mowo area of badagry on the 14th of December 2017.

It was learnt that the matter was reported to the police at Morogbo area at badagry by the Baale of mowo, Badagry,before it was transferred to police headquater ikeja for further investigation, meanwhile efforts to get the suspected husband proves abortive.

However, the father of the deceased Mr Atewologun Kalejaiye has been mourning over the death of his daughter who left behind three children and he is crying out for help so that the suspected killer-husband can be brought to book.

My dad didn’t like me doing music back then: Davido

2018-01-10T09:08:00.000+01:00

As soon as he pads into the smart lobby of a Leeds hotel, 25-year-old Nigerian pop star Davido — wearing Gucci slippers and a merch shirt from his 30 Billion world tour — is accosted by excited staff requesting selfies. One woman tells him: “I listen to your music every day!”

Davido, aka David Adedeji Adeleke, is slightly jet-lagged, but amiable. He’s arrived in Leeds to perform at the 2017 Mobo Awards, where he’ll also receive the Best African Act trophy. This isn’t Davido’s first UK trip; he’s previously packed out club shows here.

He has, however, reached a point where his success across Africa is translating into international recognition. Having signed a major label deal with Sony, his triumphant latest single “Fia” follows “If” and “Fall” (the latter tracks so far amassing 54.7m and 38m views respectively on YouTube).

David Adeleke has won Best African Act at the MTV EMAs, and in early 2018 his 30 Billion tour (which has already covered venues across the US, Spain, Djibouti, Ivory Coast and beyond) hits the UK.

Funnily enough, this is the first time that I’ve won European awards,” says Davido, in sweetly raspy tones. “I realised that when I really focused on Africa and my culture, that’s when people started recognising me. I travel a lot, but I know the kind of environment I need to be in; I’d rather create the music at home, in Lagos. The travelling distracts me, because there’s so much going on.”

In the western music mainstream, the profile of young African talent is soaring. Of course, Africa’s vital influence on, and cross-pollination with, international music scenes, has been deep-rooted over decades; among countless examples are Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat movement and legendary 1970s Lagos hotspot The Shrine, which drew the likes of Paul McCartney to work in Nigeria.

The 21st century has seen collaborative projects such as Africa Express: launched by British musician Damon Albarn, it has connected artists from Mali, Congo, Senegal, the UK and the US. But recent years have also seen the mainstream focus on “afrobeats”: seemingly a catch-all term, yet very distinct from Fela’s polemical grooves.

Afrobeats sounds are fuelled by youth culture and catchy anthems, their vocals and rhythms laced with electronic effects. Some artists have been Brits reflecting their African heritage: take Fuse ODG, whose 2014 debut TINA (This Is New Africa) merged Ghanaian dance roots with western club production, or fellow Londoner J Hus, whose album Common Sense created a buzz this year.

Many others, such as Davido, are Nigerian talents whose success was established well before western attention: D’banj, say, who scored a 2012 hit with “Oliver Twist”, or Wizkid, who raised the roof at London’s Royal Albert Hall in September.

My dad didn’t like me doing music!” laughs Davido. “If he saw my face on a billboard, he’d arrest everybody at that show! But when I made the song ‘Dami Duro’ [2011], it became the biggest track in Africa; it’s saying: ‘I’m the son of a rich man, you can’t stop me, and people love me.’ It now feels good for dad to see that music can take me this far.”

This multilingual pop wave is arguably pan-African, with artists and fans taking inspiration from countries around the continent; it highlights the rich disparity of African cultures — and the limitations of the “afrobeats” tag.

“In Nigeria, we all mix sounds together and collaborate; it’s natural,” says Davido. He prefers to call his own music “afrofusion”, with elements including hip-hop, Ghanaian high life, South African kwaito, and R&B. “It’s been generalised as afrobeats, but I have songs that sound like afropop, afrotrap

SARS torment killed my brother

2018-01-10T08:43:00.002+01:00

A Twitter client @achumba_anthony, has the tragic story online of how his cousin, picture above, my brother passed on two days back in the healing center.

Anthony explain that, the young fellow was captured by SARS authorities and locked up for over a month.

He kicked the bucket two days ago in a healing facility where he was rushed to from SARS custody.

Tony tweeted ;

My cousin die a couple of hours ago from the torment he got from SARS over 2 months ago;he was locked up for more than one month

He die at the hospital centre tonight after he was rushed to clinic from SARS custody,rest on siblings.

Benue killings: Governor Ortom stop seeking Buhari assistant– Falana

2018-01-09T19:25:00.001+01:00

Famous legal advisor, Femi Falana (SAN), has prompted the Benue state Governor, Sam Ortom, to utilize his sacred powers instead of begging the federal government, to order the arrest Fulani herdsmen murdering individuals in the state.

Falana expressed this while addressing SaharaReporters on Tuesday.

He called the attention to that under Section 215 of the Constitution, Ortom has the power to order the Benue State Police Commissioner to capture all known criminal suspects.

Falana likewise said upon the capture, the Governor should coordinate the Attorney-General of Benue State to charge them in court.

As indicated by him, his position is tied down on the choice of the Supreme Court on account of AG, Anambra State v. AG, Federation (2005) 9 NWLR (PT 931) 572 at 616 where Uwais CJN (as he at that point seemed to be) held: "The Constitution in Section 215 subsection (1) obviously gives the Governor of Anambra State the ability to issue legal course to the Commissioner of Police, Anambra State, regarding securing open wellbeing in the State."

Second group of 487 Nigerian returnees from Libya arrived Port Harcourt International Airport

2018-01-09T14:16:00.000+01:00

The second group of 487 Nigerian returnees from Libya arrived Port Harcourt International Airport at around 10.43 p.m. on Monday in Max Air. On Friday, the Federal Government reported the establishment of the reception centres in Port Harcourt for 5,037 Nigerians being cleared from Libya.

Libya returnees on landed at Port Harcourt International Airport on Sunday.

Nwankpa Chijioke The returnees were gotten by authorities of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), drove delegates from other Federal Government organizations.

NEMA authorities passed on the returnees to Haji camp where they were profiled and fed. Authorities were on ground to check the returnees' body temperature and furthermore gave quick emergency treatment to those who is require. Authorities additionally said 487 returnees are relied to be transported back to their prospective state in a couple of days.

The Federal Government, on Monday, said it has so far emptied 1,030 stranded Nigerian vagrants from Libya between Jan. 7 and Jan 8. Mustapha Maihaja, the Director-General of National Emergency Management Agency, revealed this at a joint news meeting by the Federal Government appointment to Libya.

Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, had on Jan. 5 led a delegation on fact finding mission to Libya to secure the release of Nigerian migrants stranded in that country.

Onyeama said the Nigerian mission in Libya was coordinating the identification of the Nigerian migrants with the support of International Organisation for Migration.

According to him, they are being joined by a technical team comprising representatives from NEMA, Immigration and other relevant Nigerian government agencies.

The minister said that the political and security challenges in that country made it difficult to secure the evacuation of some Nigerians back home. He added that “there are different centres of power in that country.

The central government recognised by the UN and AU do not have full control of the territories controlled by rebels.” He pointed out that there were over 50 detention camps in Libya, many of them under the control of rebels and militia groups.

2018 UTME Examination will occur between March 9 and 17: J

2018-01-09T13:48:00.000+01:00

2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, will occur between March 9 and 17, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board.

The examination, as indicated by JAMB, is to be done with mock examination, which likewise will take place at first week of February. Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, while revealing this on Tuesday, during the close meeting held with partners, said the most examination charged to occur between January 22 and 24 was moved to the new dates, crediting the change the continuous modern activity by state public universities of non teaching staff.

Oloyede, who spoke at the gathering theme:"Strategic planning on the conduct of the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation", stated: "We can't get to our CBT centres in light of the fact that a large portion of them are in the universities and non teaching staff are on strike.

" He additionally uncovered that 10 percent of prospective candidates during the current year's UTME have bought and enlisted for the examination.

As per him, an aggregate number of candidate that have enrolled was around 283,319. He utilized the opportunity to caution applicants against prohibited items during the examination exercises saying any candidate who fall prey to the law would have themselves to blame.

The forbiddance of materials, he stated, was pertinent to applicants, supervisors and examiner., including, " candidate examiners, invigilators will be permitted to enter the examination corridor with wrist watches, pencils aside from HB pencils and cameras."

The death of dangerous kidnapper Don Wani restore peace in River State

2018-01-09T12:52:00.001+01:00

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has expressed that the death of dangerous and kidnapper warlord, Don Wani, would reestablish peace in the state.

Administrator of the Rivers State PDP, Felix Obuah, complimented the security offices for executing the criminal behind the criminal exercises in Ogba, Egbema, and Ndoni neighborhood government regions of the state.

Obuah additionally hailed the state Governor, Nyesom Wike, for his fast activity in reestablishing peace in the state.

He stated: " The execution of Waney and his group is God's response to the prayers of the peace-adoring ONELGA people and bereaved families victims of New year killing.

"On our part, we would guarantee that each consolation is given to the state government and the security offices for a more secured and peaceful society

"Those politicizing security matters should halt forthwith, so the culprits of the horrifying violations against Rivers people could be conveyed to book.

My offer to the security agents not to unwind until all type of criminality were wiped out in Onelga people communities."

Buhari is the only gateway for Igbo to become president in 2023- Orji Kalu

2018-01-09T12:17:00.001+01:00

Orji Kalu, Former Governor of Abia State, has encouraged Igbos to vote in favor of President Muhammadu Buhari in the election that will held in 2019 if they want to create a president after 2019.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, Chieftain gave the call while tossing his weight behind Buhari's second term offer.

Talking with journalist, in his Camp Neya nation home, in the express, the former governor kept up that the president implies well for the state and the South East at large.

He complimented Buhari for the victories record and the changes in his administration ever since he resume in power, Kalu is conferred towards guaranteeing the re-election of the president in 2019.

Kalu additionally complimented the president for the continuous battle against corruption, insurgency and furthermore observing that the nation to come out of recession within two years of his administration.

He stated, "OUK will go the Senate and remain in Senate and I will fully backup and support president Muhammdau Buhari's reelection because is the gateway for an Igbo man to turn into the leader of this nation is 2023.

Minister Of Power- Babatunde Fashola talks about 2,000 megawatts of electricity that is not use

2018-01-09T10:24:00.001+01:00

Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Babatunde Fashola has said the country currently has 2,000 megawatts of electricity that is not in use, because it cannot be distributed.

Fashola stated this at the January 2018 edition of the monthly power sector operators’s meeting in Lafia, Nasarawa.

The Minister explained that the power was not being utilized because manufacturers had not shown interest in making use of it.

“I will like to start this my remarks by highlighting the progress and milestones on our journey for incremental power which reassure us that we are on the right path and inspire us to continue with more belief.

“Those milestones are represented by: generated power has gone up to 7,000MW in 2017 from 3,000MW in May 2015, transmission capacity at 6,900MW in 2017 from about 5,000MW in May 2015. Peak distribution now averaging 5,000MW in 2017 from 2,690MW in 2015.

“We are also putting together a policy position to help expand the distribution network of the Discos and use this to distribute the 2,000MW that is currently available but cannot be distributed.

also use the opportunity to call out to manufacturers to let us know where they are, how much power they need, and how we can connect you because we have 2000MW of undistributed power,” Fashola stated.

Fashola also claimed Nigerians were now spending less money on fuel for their private generators.

“I will like to thank all of you for your contributions towards these milestones. The reason I thank you is because you are impacting the lives of Nigerians, you are saving them money and changing their lifestyles for the better.

“They tell me that their consumption of diesel and petrol to run generators for power has reduced and the hours they run their generators has gradually reduced. This is the result of incremental power and we must get more of it.

Mr president visit his son Yusuf, but fail to visit Benue Victims- Reno Omo

2018-01-09T09:20:00.000+01:00

Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to make the plight of Nigerians a priority.

Omokri a stark critic of the All Progressive Congress on Tuesday queried Buhari for not visiting victims of Benue massacre.

He said this was contrary to Buhari’s hurried visited to his son, Yusuf who was recently involved in a bike accident.

But fail to visit those person that were kill, injured and abuse by the herdmen.

Mr president did not care about anybody, he only care for his family, see that numbers of people that were kill in Benue, many souls was lost due to incapability of the president.

Fulani's has been killing people for many years and Mr president can't do anything about it why? Because those people that were kill are not from the northern part of the state.

In his tweets he wrote “Dear President Buhari, you visited your son Yusuf when he had a bike accident because you are his father.

“As father of the nation, don’t you think you should also visit the victims of herdsmen killings in Benue? Show that you care for Nigerians the way you care for your son.”

Ladies in Saudi Arabia to go to football matches on Friday for first time

2018-01-08T13:17:00.000+01:00

Its was officially said by Caro- Women in Saudi Arabia would be permitted to go to football matches on Friday without precedent, experts said on Monday.

Following 60 years, ladies would now be able to drive in Saudi Arabia

Female fans would be permitted to enter stadiums in the Kingdom to go to three different football matches including nearby sides as a feature of the Saudi Professional League competition, the administration run Center for International Communication said in an announcement.

The three fixtures are booked for Friday, Saturday and Jan. 18, the announcement included without additionally points of interest.

In October, the Saudi General Sports Authority, a state organization, said that starting at 2018 three stadiums, up to now male-only facilities, would be set up to be prepared for families, including designation of extraordinary spots for seating and passageways.

King Fahd International Stadium in the capital Riyadh, King Abdullah Sports City in the western city of Jeddah, and Prince Mohammed container Fahd Stadium in Dammam in eastern Saudi Arabia.

In September, Saudi King Salman Abdelaziz issued an imperial request enabling ladies to drive, breaking a longstanding custom as social changes in the traditionalist kingdom assemble pace.

Crown Prince Mohammed receptacle Salman is accepted to have championed lifting the boycott as he is looking to open up the nation and patch up its global picture.

Mohammed, 32, has promised that the kingdom would come back to "direct Islam'' as he deals with diminishing the impact of the hard-line religious foundation in the nation.

Nigerians praise Osinbajo for caring administration

2018-01-08T12:57:00.001+01:00

Nigerians have lauded Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, for his selfless initiative during the fuel crisis at Christmas period.

VP Yemi Osinbajo connected with residents in queues and staff at the stations during the visit.

On various social medial and online web journals, some offered thanks to Prof. Osinbajo for his model administration and need to take a break during this period. Some stated that the VP is expected to 'energize his batteries' after a busy 2017.

"The man has his best, given him a chance to rest a little," one analyst specified on a popular blog. Another stated, "He needs it abeg. He should take more sef," one Frances Ogbu composed.

On another online news site, a Nigerian who portrayed himself as patriot1 remarked on the VP's short vacation: "That is auspicious VP, you have earned it definitely. Go. Energize yourself since you have been exceptionally dynamic since the commencement of this legislature."

However, it had been an extremely busy period for Prof. Osinbajo. At the point when President Buhari was on therapeutic vacation, the VP held specialty in charge as Acting President. An online medium properly noticed that, "It is a typical joke at the Presidential Villa at whatever point the VP was leading any gathering, particularly, the Federal Executive Council, FEC, that "individuals will be here throughout the day."

Since the regin of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in May 2015, Osinbajo has demonstrated commendable initiative qualities several times.

The Vice President’s leadership mettle was in full display during the Christmas period when, instead of going on a well-deserved break for the Yuletide, Prof. Osinbajo was still busy working tirelessly. During Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the VP shunned the usual merry and relaxation with family and friends as he went round fuel stations and depots in Lagos State to find a way to ease the hardship caused by the fuel scarcity on Nigerians.

During this period, Prof Osinbajo also held different meetings with major oil marketers to resolve the fuel crisis. “Within the next few days, we expect the fuel queues to be eliminated. We will continue to engage the marketers so this sad episode is not repeated,” he said.

Soon after he waded into the crisis in the oil sector, a chain of events followed as the NNPC, Minister of Petroleum and the Federal Government made concerted efforts to end the fuel shortage nationwide. Finally, Nigerians were able to heave sighs of relief as the queues at filling stations gradually abated.

Osinbajo’s model leadership – meeting and mingling with the citizenry at the point of their needs – was not lost on many Nigerians, who praised him for showing empathy with the people as pictures and footages of the Vice President at fuel depots and stations went viral.
One commentator on Twitter described it as “in-touch leadership, because symbolism matters.” Also, on Facebook and other social media platforms, the Vice president was also commended by many Nigerians.

“His Excellency, your passion in trying to get things work in Nigeria is so evident,” Donalds Ngige wrote on Facebook. Meka James Ajanusi described the VP’s “willingness to reach out to Nigerians as “just awesome.”

Similarly, Ibe Ogbonnaya wrote on Facebook, “Your Excellency, you do a lot of damage control in this country, you reached out to the masses and that’s why you’re super awesome,” while Olaseeni Aina tagged Osinbajo as “a man of the people.” “Well done my amiable VP, for you to come out and monitor what’s going on around, kudos to u sir, God will help you,” he wrote.

Many are of the view that the Vice President’s decision to observe an annual leave, which some say is his first since the inception of the Buhari administration, was a well-deserved one. The VP’s hard work and commitment to service of his fatherland is like an open book.

He has continually made critical interventions during crisis situation in different parts of the country, including his recent visit to Adamawa communities to resolve the herdsmen-farmers clashes there, among many others.

Without a doubt, the feedback of the VP's outing to Dubai on an excursion with his family is, shockingly, misplace. Indeed, even customary Nigerians invest significant time to spend with their families and companions during festival period. The Vice President's short trip to the UAE with his family ought to be found in this light. That he chose to spend the short trip outside the nation isn't the issue, the VP's adoration, enthusiasm and responsibility regarding Nigeria is evident to Nigerians all over the place.

The Vice President is relied upon to come back to the nation this end of the week. He plunges to work instantly to be a piece of the Interdenominational administration for 2018 Armed Forces Remembrance Day.

"He works extremely hard every day regardless of where he is endeavoring to guarantee that things work better in the nation. The current killings in Benue are unfortunate; the VP and the President are exceptionally concerned," said a source at the administration.

Nigerians are undoubtedly honored to have such a VP at the season of our nationhood, and we should support him and President Buhari in their mission to improve the nation, regardless of its difficulties.

How PDP, APC struggled for soul of 25 LGs in Delta

2018-01-07T22:39:00.001+01:00

This is an untold story on Saturday’s local council election held in Delta State as the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, and the All Progressives Congress, APC battled in parts of the state with both sides exchanging counter accusations of electoral irregularities.

During the clash between the both parties one person was recorded dead while several others sustained various gunshot wounds and cleaver cuts during the election which was led between 8.00 a.m and 3.00 p.m. last Saturday.

Udu, Ethiope East, Ethiope West, Ughelli North and Ughelli South council areas were some of the areas that recorded pockets of brutality while an adhoc staff of the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, DSIEC was allegedly killed by hooligans in Onitsha-Ugbo, Aniocha local government area as scores of others at Ughelli North, Isoko North and Burutu council areas were attacked by angry mob said to hooligans loyal a political party.

Though the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Aniamaka Andrew affirmed the passing of the DSIEC staff, he denied that the casualty was killed, saying, "He was not murdered, he rather slumped”.

Despite the violence and non-availability of some sensitive voting materials which were said to have marred the elections in parts of the state, the electoral umpire on Sunday, announced results with the PDP sweeping the polls.

Calling on DSIEC to cancel the election, the APC described the election across the state as a “sham a pointer to the fact that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state is “dying.”

Chairman of the party in the state, Jones Erue in a statement, said: “Upholding the election would be that DSIEC has in connived with the PDP to perpetuate a greedy and political dynasty that is already gasping for life,” adding that the “election was conducted in substantial non-compliance with the provisions set out in the DSIEC Law 2017 because sensitive election materials were not delivered as expected to most of the polling units where the actual elections were due to take place.”

Describing the election as a disappointment, leader of the APC in the state, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor and the senator representing Delta Central Senatorial district, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege in their respective remarks, said: “If Okowa and PDP are sure that they are popular in Delta State, they would have allowed the elections to go on smoothly by providing all the needed materials for the election including the result sheets.

“What happened today (Saturday) is a pointer to the fact that Deltans are tired of the PDP in Delta State and the people resisted them.”

However, the state governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa while applauding DSIEC for the conduct of the election, said: “I am satisfied with the process.

Governor Okowa who voted in ward 03, unit 03 at about 11am, Omi primary school, Owa-Alero, Ika North East local government area amidst a poor turnout of voters, stated: "The procedure is good so far, I got accredited and voted immediately and I can see other people on the queue waiting to be accredited and vote so that they can leave.”

The chairman of the PDP in the state, Chief Kingsley Esiso his part additionally portrayed the election as free and fair.

“The election was free and fare in areas where election was hold. And at such areas, the general population turned out enormously to cast their votes in a peaceful atmosphere with DSIEC reading out the outcomes for the election right now.”

HOW TO MAKE MONEY AS A FREELANCE WRITER

2018-01-07T12:37:00.000+01:00

Most of bloggers find it hard to make a living from blogging because they don’t have much knowledge on how to convert their writing to money, while some makes their living from writing.

Most people claim to be a blogger by copying and pasting other people work, that is not what we call blogging and that is not how professional blogger make their living.

As a blogger your articles must be genuine and it must be originally made by you, not copying other people work that is call stealing.

As a professional blogger or dreaming to be one you must sit down to create something on your own, write suitable articles that we make your customer to come for more.

If you have the idea or you got writing skills, try as much as possible to put them down to work in order to earn or make money online. There are many sites you can earn your money by been a freelance writer.

But the question is how do I get started from scratch? How do I become a freelance writer, what’s the best way to get paid to write?

Firstly, start analyzing your asset, settings goals and determine.

To be a freelance writer you need the followings:

Set your goals

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For you to make money as a writer you must be able or desire to write anything, because you must be recognized as a write, before you attempt to become a world-renowned blogger.

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We have no interest in increasing fuel price: NNP

2018-01-07T11:45:00.001+01:00

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has mention once again that there is no reason to increase price of petroleum

In a meeting held by the Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division, of NNPC, Ndu Ughamadu, the corporation stated that the price of petroleum still remained N143 per litre in NNPC Retail outlets and N145 in other fuel stations, while maintaining PMS ex-depot price of N133.28k per litre to marketers.

For the pass two weeks, the corporation has increased its daily truck-outs of PMS per day to ensure that petroleum is circulated and sufficiency across the states of the federation.

NNPC has boosted sufficiency petroleum products to cater for their daily consumption for commercial activities across the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“Marketers are hereby warned against hoarding or diversion, as law enforcement agencies have been order to deal and punish appropriately with defaulters.

“Lastly NNPC altar out that it has no reason or whatsoever, to execute any increase in the price of petrol, the price of petrol still remain N143 per litre in NNPC Retail outlets and N145 per litre in fuel stations.

Man kills closest companion for sleeping with wife

2018-01-06T13:08:00.000+01:00

The Ondo State Police Command has captured a moderately aged man for murdering and covering his dear companion recognized as Moses Alugo, for allegedly sleeping with his wife, the Naijaexposemill reports.

It was accumulated that the presume's neighbors had educated him of the closeness between his significant other and his companion, proposing they were having a sexual illicit relationship.

The speculate apparently tested his companion about the assertion however Alugo denied regularly having anything to do with his significant other yet that did not run down well with him.

The speculate went out just to return at some point later to caution him of critical outcome in the event that he neglected to give up his significant other. In the trading of words that took after, a battle resulted between them, prompting the speculate cutting his companion to death.

In the wake of slaughtering Alugo, the speculate hastily covered him a shallow grave at Akinpelu Camp, Ode-Aye, in the state, yet he was later grabbed by analysts from Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (CIID), for kill after the issue was accounted for.

The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Femi Joseph, affirmed the occurrence, saying that before investigators could get to the scene of the wrongdoing, the executioner had covered the casualty.

Joseph included that the case had been exchanged to the state CIID for promote examination, portraying the episode as shocking and cautioned the general population against bringing laws into their hands.

Church Minister Mistakenly Chrome Casts Porn Video He Was Watching On The Church's TV Monitor In The Middle Of Service!!!

2018-01-06T12:52:00.000+01:00

Terrible things have happened yet this current event in a congregation it was the tallness of insane patterns. Amid a candlelight benefit on the eve of Christmas, a congregation some place in Barbados, in course of showing songs to be sang, the entire assembly was shocked to see porn recordings on the screen.

As per a twitter client who made the story open, she said "My mum returns home and resembles Kaila. I need to reveal to you what happened today!"

"As we go ahead to commend the Lord, at that point I saw individuals' face in the assemblage transformed, they were expanding and looking humiliated, at that point I pivoted and saw this current", Kaila's mum said.

Be that as it may, as per Kaila, the PCs and the TV screens was a gift from philanthropy to the congregation yet it would appear that it was utilized for not all that great purposes.

See tweet to story:

Anyway, she goes ahead to disclose to me how they were singing and commending the ruler. At that point they see individuals in the group of onlookers are heaving and looking hella humiliated. She pivots and sees this pic.twitter.com/0vN4FicaL4— im bare (@__faexo) December 24, 2017

Woman Finds A Fully Formed Egg Inside An Egg She Bought And Boiled

2018-01-06T12:40:00.001+01:00

Woman Finds A Fully Formed Egg Inside An Egg She Bought And Boiled

A Lady named Sisiza‏ @uThabisa_ has quite recently taken to twitter to uncover that she found a full grown egg inside an egg she boughtshe tweeted the above photograph with the subtitle;

An egg inside an egg. I was tryna make breakfast. Kuthiwa yontoni xa ibizwa? #Twoogle see a few answers underneath;

@EricBakuli

Am simply considering how huge was the primary egg before you even bubbled it , did you purchase an ostrich egg ?!

In my neighborhood lingo enormous is an elephant so am simply pondering you purchased an egg of an elephant
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@Jack_ntuli

It's temperament and it's a conceivable to happen. We can backpedal to science and I trust you will accept. Try not to stress over that

‏ @zuma_noluthando

There must be an importance to this, everything in your life is setting off to numerous, 2018 owakho sister

@Olawhandi

Such a large number of things are going on this year we dnt knw if is great or bad,same as #morata we dnt knw in the event that we made a mistake or a not

Archibishop Okogie uncovers why Buhari ought to resign in 2019

2018-01-06T12:26:00.002+01:00

Olubunmi Okogie, Archbishop emeritus of the Catholic archdiocese of Lagos, says President Muhammadu Buhari ought to resign discreetly come 2019.

Okogie said President Buhari has performed woefully and does not should be re-chosen.

There are signs that the president will look for re decision in 2019.

Pastor of correspondence, Adebayo Shittu after a shut entryway meeting with Buhari told state house reporters that the President's passionate supporters would win on him to look for re-race.

Reports rose that Rotimi Amaechi, pastor of transportation, has been delegated as the chief general of Buhari battle.

Okogie talking with New Telegraph said it was an affront to Nigerians for the president to discuss 2019 race regardless of difficulties.

The diocese supervisor additionally exhorted Buhari to regard himself and consider discovering answers for the issues going up against Nigerians than re decision.

"What has he done in the years he had been in the seat? He has performed woefully; that is the decision of Nigerians.

"Give the president a chance to regard himself and resign unobtrusively. Turning out to discuss 2019 is offending not exclusively to the individuals who voted him to control yet to all Nigerians.

"There are such huge numbers of issues going up against the general population and he ought to consider what to do about them. For second term, he should be a joker.

"That is whatever I can state until further notice since I would prefer not to elevate them with a protracted proclamation. It isn't justified, despite any potential benefits." Okogie said

Liverpool striker, Firmino to be researched over racism allegations

2018-01-06T10:29:00.001+01:00

The Football Association will open an examination concerning claims by the Everton safeguard, Mason Holgate, that he was racially mishandled by Roberto Firmino amid Liverpool's FA Cup win at Anfield.

The two players conflicted in the main portion of the match, before Firmino responded indignantly and said a remark, who emitted angrily.

Holgate must be controlled by a few colleagues and seemed to whine to the ref, Robert Madley, that a supremacist term had been utilized.

The match official detailed the claim to the fourth official, Jon Moss and addressed the 21-year-old again after the diversion.

Madley is relied upon to incorporate the episode in his match report, which will be submitted to the FA.

"The club and the player will completely co-work with the applicable experts to guarantee the realities are built up in a careful way if regarded important or asked. While that procedure is continuous we won't make any further remark," a Liverpool representative said.

NDLEA seizes 272kg of cannabis in Osun

2018-01-06T10:20:00.002+01:00

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Osun State Command, has seized 272kg of Canabis Sativa, prevalently called India Hemp, capturing one think simultaneously.

Samuel Egbeola, the state commandant of the office revealed this through an announcement he made accessible to writers in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Saturday.

As indicated by him, the substance which was in travel along Ifewara, in Atakumosa East Local Government Area was pressed in nineteen sacks, previously it was found by cautious officers of the organization on January 4.

The administrator ascribed high wrongdoing rate in any general public to medicate mishandle, including that all hands must be on deck to check guiltiness from the beginning by uncovering unlawful medication exercises, as he guaranteed the organization's dedication in freeing the condition of medication manhandle.

"The knowledge on this seizure was given by great individuals of the state and we request for a greater amount of this from them.

"Examination has initiated. We are constantly prepared to accomplish our order of making the express a medication free state", he said.

Jose Mourinho doesn't reprimand Antonio Conte for feedback

2018-01-06T10:14:00.006+01:00

Jose Mourinho has reacted to Antonio Conte's feedback by guaranteeing his words were confused.

Conte proposed that the Manchester United director had overlooked some of his own past conduct when it was put to him that Mourinho had recommended that he acted like a comedian on the touchline.

However, the Portuguese mentor demands he was just alluding to himself while talking about the way that he has conditioned down his shenanigans on the sidelines.

"I don't censure him," said Mourinho after Manchester United's 2-0 FA Cup third round prevail upon Derby at Old Trafford on Friday.

"Truly, I don't censure him. The inquiry that comes to him comes to him wrong and as a result of that he has that wild response. In any case, I don't point the finger at him by any means.

"I was gotten some information about my energy and you know in light of the fact that the vast majority of you were in my question and answer session I was talking about myself. And afterward the inquiry to the Chelsea chief resembled I told [them] that he acted like a jokester.

"So I don't accuse the Chelsea director at all and I comprehend the response however I was discussing myself by saying that I don't have to act like a comedian to demonstrate enthusiasm.

"Everyone realizes that I needn't bother with the Chelsea chief to realize that I committed errors before and I will commit errors later on.

"I praised objectives by running 50 meters. I praised objectives by sliding on my knees. I have celebrated by bouncing into the group. I am not free of that, particularly on the off chance that it is a triumphant objective in a particular minute.

"I am not free of a crazy response later on. Be that as it may, what I was endeavoring to state is that I carried on severely in the previous a couple of times and at this time I control myself much better.

"It doesn't imply that my energy isn't the same. Along these lines, wrong inquiry. Clearly a solid answer yet I don't accuse [him].

"The main thing I need to state to Antonio Conte is that, truly, I committed my errors in the past on the touchline. Indeed, I make less yet I will [still] make a couple."