OMOADE'S BLOG: 2015-03-15

Saturday, March 21, 2015

Falling Oil Price: Pathway To Diversification

Training Institute (ARMTI), Ilorin; member, Forum for Inclusive Nigerian Development (FIND)
One of the key indicators for measuring overall development in the world is the Human Development Index (HDI). This is a composite index based on three indicators: longevity, as measured by life expectancy; education attainment, as measured by a combination of adult literacy and the combined gross primary, secondary and tertiary enrolment ratio; and standard of living, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP) per capita.

Many Nigerians regard US as a friend and partner in progress in regional, continental and global affairs. The interest of Washington in the growth and development of democracy in Nigeria is therefore taken as given and welcomed.
The US has shown more than cursory interest in Nigeria’s election process. It has been involved in series of training for election officials, provision of election logistics and holding workshops for journalists on coverage of elections. It is one country that will send large personnel to monitor the election in Nigeria. It diplomats have been holding series of meetings with officials of the Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). These are indeed welcomed and acceptable.

Chadian troops on Saturday returned to the northeast Nigerian border town of Gamboru, locals said, after Boko Haram took advantage of a lack of military presence to kill 11 people.

“Hundreds of Chadian troops moved into Gamboru this morning from Fotokol,” said Babagana Karimbe, who lives in the town in northern Cameroon which is separated from Gamboru by a bridge.

Hon Justice Kazeem Alogba of the High Court of Lagos State has dismissed the suit seeking to disqualify Senator Musiliu Obanikoro from being elected into public office on account of dual citizenship.
The court, while upholding the arguments of counsel to Obanikoro and PDP, Dr. Yemi Oke and Mr. Gbenga Ojo, ruled that the suit was incompetent on the grounds that the documents relied upon were uncertified public documents, which are, by law, inadmissible.

The Johnnie Walker Black Podium, the nation’s boldest, most unique party experience, takes on Abuja this weekend, with performances by some of the country’s top artists at Club XO.
At XO on Saturday, March 21, The Johnnie Walker Black Podium will welcome reggae-dancehall master Burna Boy, joined by City FM’s SenseiUche as well as breath-taking contortionist act, D&R, dancers, a saxophonist and Abuja’s Cool FM DJ Ttb.

The ex-fiancée/baby mama of hip-hop legend Dr. Dre claims he used to beat her on the regular ... and gave out a laundry list of her injuries for the world to hear, TMZ reports.
Michel'le -- an R&B singer who now appears on the show "R&B Divas: Los Angeles" -- was a guest on "The Breakfast Club" Friday morning, when the topic turned to Dre.

Look @ This Pictures Of A Car Fully Made In Calabar

Out of Cross River State University Of Technology (Crutech) come this talented made car.
made by a 3-year student of the school.

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Imo State University students took to Facebook to vent their anger..they accused the Imo state governor of giving them 'substandard' laptops.see their post below,
Justice - Precisely on Friday, I heard that the sitting Governor Of Imo state was giving out FREE LAPTOPS to the students of the state and that a lot of students stormed the government house to get their own share of the state's cake.

Upticomm Marketing Company, a fast growing full-service public relations and integrated marketing communications consulting firm, has introduced TheRoleModelSeries Conference; an interactive and educative mentor-protégé programme for public secondary schools designed to commemorate Children’s Day on May 27.
It is designed to provide education, mentoring and inspiration using distinguished and reputable personalities in private, business and public life, and will hold at the Main Auditorium, University of Lagos.

The chairman of Ndigbo PDP campaign council in Lagos, Emilia Ezeude empowered widows in Lagos with gifts items to assist them in their skill acquisition programme being organised by windows in Lagos state.

The scheme which comprises ethnic groups in the country trains them on fashion designing, hart making, cake baking among others. The programme is specifically designed to help them take take up their family responsibilities, enhance their economic powers.

CONFERENCE of Nigerian Political Parties , CNPP, has forwarded a letter to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, requesting for full disclosure of transactions concerning the contract for three Greenfield refineries and petrochemical plant awarded by President Goodluck Jonathan for $23 billion.
Spokesman of the group, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, who disclosed this in Enugu yesterday, said the group derived its powers to demand for the explanation from the Freedom of Information, FoI, Act.

Suicide bombers in the Yemeni capital Sanaa blew themselves up during Friday prayers at two mosques used by supporters of Shi'ite rebels, killing 126 people and wounding 260 in the country's deadliest militant attack in years, medical sources said.
Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot that has seized large areas of Iraq and Syria, claimed responsibility for the attacks, in which four bombers wearing explosive belts targeted worshippers in and outside the crowded mosques.

Behind The Scenes Photos: 9ice ft 2face Idibia – Life is Beautiful

9ice recently shot a video for the lead single, Beautiful featuring 2face Idibia, off his upcoming album. I am sure everyone is excited to hear this new tune from 2baba and 9ice.
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Minister of National Planning, Abubakar Sulaiman, says effective implementation of State Employment and Expenditure for Results activities, SEEFOR project will address the activities of militants and other criminality in the Niger Delta region.
The Minister stated this in Asaba at stakeholders validation workshop on the Informal Sector of the SEEFOR Project participating States and also to inspect some projects being financed by the SEEFOR in the State.

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President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has congratulated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his victory in Tuesday’s general elections in Israel.
Jonathan and Netanyahu
President Jonathan looks forward to continuing to work with Prime Minister Netanyahu to further strengthen the existing cordial and mutually-beneficial relations between Nigeria and Israel.

Around 100 bodies were found Friday in a mass grave on the outskirts of the town of Damasak after it was liberated from Boko Haram Islamists, a Chadian army spokesman told AFP.
Soldiers discovered the bodies — some decapitated — under a bridge just outside the town, which was retaken from Boko Haram on March 9 by troops from Chad and Niger.
“There are about 100 bodies spread around under the bridge just outside the town,” said Colonel Azem Bermandoa Agouna, adding that he had visited the scene himself close to the border with Niger.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Friday he is campaigning for reelection based on his 40 years in football’s governing body and he would not release a manifesto.
The 79-year-old Swiss officials faces three challengers in an election to be held on May 28-29 at a congress in Zurich. While favourite to win, Blatter refused to say what he would do if

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returned for a fifth term.
“My manifesto is the work I have done in the last years at FIFA. I am now 40 years in FIFA. I am 17 years the president of FIFA, this is my manifesto,” he told a press conference.
Pressed about his intentions, the FIFA leader said: “I am the FIFA president until May 29, until the last item on the Congress agenda, which is called the election of the president.
“I have been asked by national associations in all the six confederations to be a candidate, they put me as a candidate. But I am still the FIFA president, I am not campaigning. I am doing my job as FIFA president and I will do until the last day of my mandate.”
Blatter has turned down offers of a televised debate with his rivals, Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, a FIFA vice-president from Jordan, Dutch football federation president Michael van Praag and former Portugal international Luis Figo.
But all four will speak at the UEFA European confederation congress in Vienna on Monday and Tuesday.
Blatter’s rivals say that FIFA needs a radical change of direction following multiple controversies over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.
The FIFA president has said he needs a fifth term to “finish my mission” at the world body which on Friday announced revenues over the past year of $5.7 billion and a cash reserve of $1.52 billion.

Ethiopian Ivory Stockpile Destroyed

Ethiopia has destroyed its entire stockpile of illegally poached ivory in an effort to curb poaching.

The six tonnes of tusks, carvings and jewellery were burned in the capital Addis Ababa.
It is the second African country - after Kenya - to burn its ivory stockpile to discourage the black market trading.
Ethiopia has lost more than 90% of its elephants since the 1980s. Conservationists welcomed the move.
Police and park officers poured petrol on the stockpile at a ceremony on a hill in the middle of the capital's Gulele Botanic Garden.

Holders Real Madrid will have to overcome city rivals Atletico in the Champions League quarter-finals, in a repeat of last year's final, while Barcelona face familiar opponents in Paris Saint-Germain after the draw made Friday in Nyon.
Portuguese giants Porto host Bayern Munich of Germany in the first leg of their last eight matchup while Italian champions Juventus welcome the Monaco side who knocked out English side Arsenal in midweek.

Peter Ogba, 72, on Friday pleaded with an Ojo Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve his 44-year old marriage with Felicia, for alleged infidelity.
Ogba, an architect, told the court that the respondent turned promiscuous and unruly 32 years after their marriage which was contracted in 1971 and had produced eight children.

A man lies in state hospital bed as he receives treatment for injuries sustained following a bomb blast that left dozens dead and many injured in Maiduguri, on March 8, 2015. Three bombings in northeast Nigeria's largest city of Maiduguri killed 58 people on March 7, 2015 and wounded 139 others, the area police chief said. Niger and Chad on March 8, 2015 launched major ground and air strikes in northeast Nigeria against Boko Haram, after the militants formally pledged allegiance to the Islamic state group in Syria and Iraq. AFP PHOTO

The United Nations Central Emergency Fund (CERF) has released 28 million dollars (about N5.6 billion) to support victims of the violence in the North-East zone of Nigeria.
UN Humanitarian Chief, Ms Valerie Amos, who disclosed this in a statement, said that the fund was meant to serve as a “life-saving relief” for people fleeing from violence in that part of the country.
A man lies in state hospital bed as he receives treatment for injuries sustained following a bomb blast that left dozens dead and many injured in Maiduguri, on March 8, 2015. Three bombings in northeast Nigeria's

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Wednesday, slammed the All Progressives Congress (APC) for trying to link President Goodluck Jonathan to Monday’s protest by the members of the Odu’a Peoples Congress (OPC) in Lagos.
The party, in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, by its national publicity secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, described the allegation as cheap blackmail by the opposition in its bid to discredit the electoral process.

Mr. and Mrs. Chukwudi Okeke pictured above from Umuoke Obowo in Imo state claims that they were beaten up by Governor Rochas Okorocha aide along Owerri mbaise road at Emekuku because according to them they did not leave the road early enough for the governor's convoy to pass. The couple is currently receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital.

A governorship aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party in Ogun State, Kayode Amusan and two others have begun fight over House of Representatives ticket for Abeokuta North/Odeda/Obafemi-Owode Federal constituency.

Apart from Amusan, who had contested for governorship ticket at the party primary, other candidate who were claiming ownership of the ticket were former Chairman, Obafemi-Owode local government, Akeem Adeshina and a lawyer, Ibrahim Olaleye .

A Cincinnati teacher’s associate has been blamed for having sex with her student after police
say they discovered her in a car with a 17-year-old boy whose cinch was unfastened alongside two
condoms. teacher sex with student in carHannah Heekin, 23, was accused of two checks of crime sexual battery on Wednesday.

Police say they found the pair at in Ludlow Grove Park oblivious at 6:27 on Tuesday morning.17, male student, told police he had sex with teacher Heekin twice.

Suspected Fulani herdsmen, Thursday, killed a member of the traditional rulers’ cabinet at Eke community in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State, Tamgbo Ogueji. The 85-year-old was allegedly shot in his house in the early hours of the day.
According to the President-General, Eke Town Union, Anthony Enu, the community was irked and the youths restive.
“Last year, the same Fulani herdsmen killed two of our brothers, Matthew Aniugo and Chiagha Chigbo, in their farms. The town is boiling with anger now.

An assistant professor at a Turkish university has appealed to the government for help after his three teenage sons left to fight with Islamic State group jihadists in Iraq and Syria, the Hurriyet daily reported Friday.
The professor, named only as Dr M. Sefik I., first lost his elder son, a dentistry student at Hacettepe University in Ankara, who on March 10 sent his parents a message asking them to pray for him before leaving Turkish territory.

THE Federal Government yesterday, said it would construct over 774 e- Examination Centres for the conduct of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board.
Registrar and Chief Executive of JAMB, Professor ‘Dibu Ojerinde, stated this in Abuja, while monitoring of the ongoing UTME in Abuja. he said President Goodluck Jonathan has given commitment towards ensuring that the ICT centres were ready before 2016 UTME, that is now purely computer-based.

The reality star pictured Wednesday as she strips down to black bikini top and tights for sexy photoshoot on the rocks in Malibu, California.
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A Hong Kong man who was accused of killing, dismembering, salting and cooking his parents was found guilty of double murder Friday.
During the 20-day trial the court heard how Henry Chau, 31, had dismembered his elderly parents before salting, cooking and packing their body parts into lunchboxes “like barbecued pork”.
The severed heads of 65-year-old Chau Wing-ki and his wife Siu Yuet-yee, 62, were found in March 2013, stuffed into two refrigerators in a bloodstained apartment, days after they were reported missing.
Other remains were found in a rubbish bin and packed into lunchboxes with rice.

The Bank of Industry(BoI) has enjoined Estate Surveyors and Valuers in the country to adhere to ethical guidelines in their profession by not placing false values on companies assets. The bank also confirmed that it has disbursed a total of N780 billion of intervention funds to industries in the real sector of the economy last year.
Speaking during the yearly conference of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers(NIESV) in Osogbo, Osun State, Rasheed Olaoluwa, Managing Director of the bank, said “As a bank, we depend on your judgment.

Hon. Okon Uwah, a former Deputy Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 slumped and died during a campaign at Nkek, in Ukanafun local government area of the state. The Honorable, who is running for the Ukanafun State Constituency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, slumped at the residence of his in-law, one Godwin Udoko while holding a political consultation.

Buhari Became Head of State Through Coup, Stole $2.8m – Clark

AHEAD of the Presidential and general elections slated for March 28 and April 11, Former Federal Commissioner for Information and South South leader, Chief Edwin Clark claimed yesterday that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and its Presidential candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan have already won the election.
Speaking yesterday at his Asokoro residence, Abuja when he received Youth Enlightenment Solution YES led by Ambassador Paulina Maimekere, Members of the National Association of You Win Awardee led by

Do you see the serenity of that era? The cars are all in their own lane. Even bicycles and human traffic knows its own lane. Biko what happened to our Nigeria? Organized and cool image though.
Below you see what we face now;..

LAGOS State remains the commercial capital and economic nerve center of Nigeria.
Popularly referred to as the economic hub of the country, Lagos state has a population of 20 million people, making the sprawling city bigger than the developed cities of London, Buenos Aires and even Beijing.
In Lagos, there are 20,000 people per square kilometer while it has been estimated that some 3,000 people from other states of the country flood the state every day without leaving.jimi-ambode

The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Major-General Mohammadu Buhari, rtd, yesterday, maintained that no court has the power to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission, ‎INEC, from conducting presidential election on March 28.
Buhari stated this on a day that 10 separate suits that are seeking to disqualify him from participating in the scheduled presidential election came up before Justice Ademola Adeniyi of the Federal ‎High Court sitting in Abuja.

It was an evening of fun when Baileys treated mothers to an exclusive tea party on the occasion of the 2015 Mothers’ Day celebration which held in Lagos over the weekend. Speaking at the event, which held at the Federal Palance Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, the Brand Manager of Baileys Nigeria, Ufuoma Udjoh said, the tea party was the first of its kind in Nigeria which replicated what obtains in Britain.

Hong Kong Seizes $1.29m Pangolin Scales From Nigeria

A huge two-tonne haul of scales from the endangered pangolin anteater have been seized by Hong Kong Customs in a bust worth more than US$1 million, authorities said Friday.
The scales of the protected animal, also known as the “scaly anteater”, are in demand for traditional Chinese medicine, especially on the mainland, where they are used to boost virility and treat allergies.

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Afro pop singer, Yemi Alade who is currently on European tour, suffered a setback last Sunday, in Berlin, Germany, where she was billed to perform to a large crowd but had to disappoint them. The songstress arrived the event venue 30 minutes behind schedule, and had to refunded ticket money bought by fans because she couldn’t go on and perform at the show.

A father in India has been arrested after he took his eight-year-old daughter to school roped to his motorcycle.
BBC reports that, the 40-year-old was arrested after local newspapers in Uttar Pradesh state published photos taken by passers-by. He has now been freed on bail.Onlookers accuse the man of cruelty but he says his daughter had an exam and was reluctant to go to school.

‘Expelled Members Behind Attack On Adams’

THE Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, has distanced itself from activities of group which claimed in a press statement that they have been betrayed by Otunba Gani Adams.
In a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Hakeen Ologunro, the group said: “The actions of a faceless group, which calls itself the OPC National Coordinating Council has come to our notice. The group, comprising people who were expelled from the OPC as far back as 2007, claimed in a press statement that they have been betrayed by Otunba Gani Adams. This allegation by the shady characters who signed the statement is indeed laughable.

RESIDENT Electoral Commissioner in Ogun State, Chief Timothy Ibitoye has said that the commission is ready to conduct the coming elections.
Ibitoye said, the commission had prepared for the election before it was shifted to March 28 and April 11,2015 .
The REC while fielding questions on the level of preparedness of the commission for the coming elections, said everything needed to be put in place had been put in place for the free and fair elections.
When asked if he has any fear over the coming elections, Ibitoye said, “I do not have any fear because all the materials for the elections are in my custody.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has objected to recent statements credited to the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, claiming that the issues surrounding his allegation against NNPC have not been addressed
This is contained in a statement issued by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Department, NNPC, Mr Ohi Alegbe, on Thursday in Abuja.

CBN Gov, Sanusi and Minister of Petroleum Resources, Alison-Madueke

It’s obvious that Mavin’s first lady, Tiwa Savage is bound to be very active in her music career even while heavily preggy.
Tiwa performed in Uganda recently and she didn’t let her baby bump get in the way as she twerked, did a belly dance and more while on stage.

The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a museum in the Tunisian capital on Wednesday which killed 20 foreign tourists, according to an audio recording distributed online.
In an audio message posted online, the IS group said "two knights from the Islamic State... heavily armed with automatic weapons and grenades, targeted the Bardo Museum."

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Kaduna state, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday said he will complete the Zaria Water Project that has been abandoned for years.
The spokesperson for the Kaduna APC Campaign Council, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement issued to journalists.
The Zaria water Expansion project, is a regional water supply project by Kaduna State government in collaboration with African Development Bank, AfDB.

See what fuel scarcity has turned people into! What if the truck explodes? Na Wahala for dem. This happened this evening in Ijora. An AGO truck laden with fuel started spilling as it drives along Ijora road. Road users immediately went for containers and started scooping the fuel with reckless abandon.

The 2015 National Common Entrance Examinations into secondary schools scheduled for March 21 has been postponed till April 25.
Mr Abdul Mustapha, the Abuja Liaison Officer of the National Examination Council (NECO) disclosed this in an interview with NAN on Thursday in Abuja.
Mustapha said that postponement was necessitated by the anxieties of parents ahead of the general elections rescheduled to hold on March 28 and April 11.

The All Progressives Congress, APC has said it has uncovered “yet another in the series of devilish plots” being hatched against the leadership of the party, this time involving a huge amount of money (in US dollars) ferried into Nigeria by some people who would claim they were hired as cash couriers by APC leaders.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party said the funds are to be ferried into the country through the Seme or Idi-Iroko, or any other border posts, anytime from now.

Buhari Meets Lagos Women, Promises Gender Equality In Nigeria

The Presidential candidate of the opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari has promised to implement the 2005 National Gender Policy, to ensure gender equality for Nigerian women.
Buhari, who said this at an interactive session with women from different walks of life, in Lagos, South-west Nigeria, further urged the women to vote out the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan in the forthcoming elections.

Nigeria's President Jonathan speaks during an interview with ThomsonReuters in New York

Eterhisan Oputu is a lawyer and chieftain of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). He has held a couple of party positions and he is currently the Udu local government area Coordinator of the Presidential Campaign Council, working to deliver President Goodluck Jonathan and other PDP candidates in the March 28 and April 11 elections. In this interview he speaks on a wide range of salient issues. Excerpts:

Goal setting involves thinking about where you want to be in future and motivating yourself to turn this vision of the future into reality. Before you can achieve any goals, you must determine what those goals are in the first place. Goals should be specific, measurable and time-targeted.

Without goals, it’s easy to coast through life from day to day without achieving anything meaningful. Once you have goals however, this means that you have desired end results in mind, and can then take day-to-day actions to help you get to where you want to be.

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