The Reasson Women Live Longer Than Men

From time immemorial, women have always been regarded as the weaker sex, when compared to men. But that seems to be nothing more than a cliché now as women appear to be increasingly outshining men in several things.

For example, scientists have proved that women are smarter, more intelligent, emotionally stronger and they make better leaders. But beyond these remarkable comparative advantages, it has also been shown that women live longer than men and the difference could be as high as 10 years.

Buhari’s Biographer Reveals Problem With APC Leaders

                           

The newly-published biography of President Muhammadu Buhari has given an insight into the crisis of confidence currently rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress, saying the President is largely seen as not being “a natural party politician.”

The book, “Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria”, written by Prof. John Paden, was presented to the public on Monday.

The author noted that many party chiefs always preferred to hold midnight meetings with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo inside his residence in Abuja to meeting with Buhari, who he said was being regarded as a “loner” and “outsider” within his party.

Recession: Governors Adopt Desperate Measures To Stay Afloat

From outright cut in the number of political appointees to reduction in their salaries and allowances and reforms of internally generated revenue system, state governors have adopted various measures to cut the cost of governance.

The economic recession, brought about by the drastic fall in the price of crude oil, seems to have succeeded in imposing the long sought fiscal discipline on state governors, according to investigation conducted by The Nation across the country.

APC Should Investigate Tinubu’s Anti-Party Moves--Gov Poll

It appears the All Progressives Congress may have initiated moves to investigate allegations of anti-party activities against the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and some of the party members believed to be loyal to him.

This is happening as the party appears to be in a dilemma over how to deal with the party leader over suspicion that he is backing the Alliance for Democracy in the forthcoming Ondo State governorship election.

Tinubu is believed to be supporting Chief Olusola Oke, one of the governorship aspirants in the party’s

‘I won’t Forgive You If You Don’t Probe My Children If Corrupt, Buhari Tells EFCC

•Says ‘I won’t forgive you if you don’t probe any allegation against them’ 

The war against corruption may gather more steam soon, going by President Muhammadu Buhari’s latest pronouncement.

The President has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other anti-graft agencies to probe even his own children or members of his family implicated in corrupt practices.

He said he would not forgive the anti-graft agency if it fails to pobe any allegation of corruption against his children and family members.

12 Problems Only Girls With Big Butts Understand

You like your big b*tt, but you cannot lie—it comes with some issues.

Let’s be real: There’s never been a better time to have a big b*tt. Booty celebration is everywhere you look,

 from Meghan Trainor’s hit song to Kim Kardashian’s new Paper magazine cover. So now more than ever, those of us with a little (or a lot) of meat on our behinds are being encouraged to shake it, show it off, and embrace what we’ve got. Awesome!

Still, all of this big booty love can’t erase the inevitable problems that come with the perks. Hey, with great

Nigeria Is Too Big To Fail, Says Adeosun

Nigeria took its economic survival struggle to the international financial audience yesterday and said it is too significant a country to fail.

Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun speaking on the sideline of the plenary session of the 2016 IMF/World Bank meeting in Washington DC said: “Nigeria is too big to fail and too significant in the region to underperform.”

Fayose Condemns Attack On Tinubu; APC Feud

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has condemned the alleged conspiracy against the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, by some elements in his party, saying the “humiliation of Tinubu is as good as the humiliation of the Yoruba race.”

The governor said that allowing the National Leader of the APC to be embarrassed like past Yoruba leaders, would not be in the interest of the race.

Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose said, “Even though I am not a member of the APC and I will never be, I have elected to stand in defence of the Yoruba nation once again by saying no to the continuous dishonourable treatment being meted out to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, having paid his dues.

Airports Concession: Turkish Company, Politicians, Others Lobby FG

 

International and local companies, as well as politicians in Nigeria, have started lobbying the Federal Government in a bid to take over the management of the country’s airports that are up for concession.

It was learnt that many companies had already started making presentations to the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, and his team, despite the agitations and several protests by workers in the sector against the move to concession the airports.

In September, the Federal Government kick-started the concession process for the nation’s major airports in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kano, with the inauguration of two committees — a Project Steering Committee, and a Project Delivery Committee.

13 Lost There Life In Niger Boat Accidents

 

Fewer than thirteen people, comprising 13 females and two males, have died in two separate boat accidents in Niger State.

Saturday PUNCH learnt , on Friday, that the accident involving the females occurred in the early morning of Tuesday when the boat they were travelling in capsized on the Kontagora River in Magama Local Government Area of the state.

Our correspondent learnt that 17 villagers were going to a farm to harvest groundnuts when the accident occurred.

Nigeria police smash ‘baby factory In Delta

 

peratives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a commercial bus driver and an estate agent for allegedly operating a ‘baby factory’ and child abduction.

The suspects, identified as Jennifer Obi and Osita Okafor, were arrested along with seven girls.

Six of the girls, according to the police, are currently pregnant.

The suspects, who were paraded in Asaba, the capital of Delta State, denied the allegations. They claimed to have been arrested at a maternity home where they were receiving treatment from a midwife.

Professor John Paden’s Book On President Muhammadu Buhari And His Dirty Little Lies

Professor John Paden, President Muhammadu Buhari’s official biographer, is a man that is very comfortable with distorting the truth and telling lies. He is also a man that has been doing so for virtually all his adult life.

Anyone that doubts that should read his biography on the late Sir Ahmadu Bello, which was written in 1986 and titled “Ahmadu Bello, Sardauna of Sokoto: Values and Leadership In Nigeria”, and which is essentially a self-serving and comprehensive compilation of Bello’s numerous virtues with little or no mention of his many vices.

‘Reasson Buhari’ll Keep Dasuki In Detention’

Why is former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki still in detention despite court orders that he should be released?

Dasuki, NSA in the former President Goodluck Jonathan administration, is standing trial for embezzlement of over $15 billion fund meant for equipment and other logistics to fight Boko Haram, the insurgent group troubling the Northeastern part of the country.

The ECOWAS Court on Tuesday  ordered Dasuki’s release. He went to the court after a Federal High Court’s order that he should be released was ignored.

N36.8bn Worth Of Gas Lost To Militant Attacks

The country and some oil companies lost at least N38.6bn in one month as gas production from joint venture assets and the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company dropped by 40.9 billion standard cubic feet in July.

The loss was as a result of production disruptions occasioned by the recent upsurge in militant attacks in the Niger Delta, mostly targeted at onshore and shallow water assets.

The latest monthly report from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation showed that 139.58 billion scf and 17.70 billion scf were produced from JV assets and NPDC assets, respectively in July, down from 173.8 billion scf and 24.4 billion scf in January.

Nigeria Will Get Better —Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed optimism that Nigeria will get better.

The ex-President, who spoke to journalists on Saturday after a lecture organised by the Youth Fellowship of the Owu Baptist Church, Totoro in Abeokuta, Ogun State, to mark the nation’s 56th Independence Day anniversary, prayed for the repose of the souls of those who had laboured to build the nation.

In his lecture titled, ‘Nigeria: Development for Nigerians by Nigerians,’ the former president that though the country was not where it ought to be after 56 years of independence, he was optimistic it would surmount its challenges.

Warning "No Group Can Unlawfully Challenge FG’s Authority And Succeed" Says Buhari

•President Muhammadu Buhari releasing the Peace pigeon during the 56th Independence Anniversary and Presidential Change of Guards Parade in Abuja, yesterday.

•Warns Niger Delta ‘thugs’: You can’t hold nation to ransom •I feel Nigerians’ recession pains •Vows to restore economy, naira value, end hunger

Separatists and their allies in the country got a clear response from President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday: their agitations will come to naught.

Is It Nigeria For Sale?

The debate over the planned sale of some of the nation’s choice assets remains overtly heated and controversial. In this report, Ibrahim Apekhade Yusuf, Nduka Chiejina and Biodun Thomas-Davids examine the pros and cons of all the arguments

WITHOUT making light of the issue, the back and forth arguments over the planned sale of some of the national assets clearly remind one of the famous lyrics of the inimitable Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, No Agreement, recorded in 1977, which goes thus:

Oil Price Returns To $50 On OPEC Deal

Global oil benchmark, Brent crude, extended its rally on Sunday to hit the $50 per barrel mark, the third time this year.

Oil prices have been on an uptrend since the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries decided to cut output for the first time in eight years.

Brent, against which half of the world’s oil is priced, had risen to around $48 per barrel on Wednesday after OPEC agreed to reduce production, compared to $45 earlier that day.

Antalyaspor Recall Eto’o After Racism Row

                         

Former Cameroon international Samuel Eto’o was recalled by Turkish side Antalyaspor on Sunday after being dropped for allegedly accusing the club leadership of racism on social media.

Club chairman Ali Safak Ozturk said the former Barcelona, Inter Milan and Chelsea star had been forgiven after expressing regret for the remarks.

Senate Not Against Public Assets Concession, Says Ndume

Leader of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume, has stated that the Senate only rejected the outright sale of public assets and not concession of the properties.

Ndume, in an interview with journalists in Abuja, said other options on how to generate fund from the assets were still available, saying that concession remained a viable option.

The National Executive Council, the Federal Executive Council; the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki; President of the Dangote Group, Mr. Aliko Dangote, among others, were those asking for the sale of the assets to generate forex with which to boost the country’s foreign reserves.

Photos--‘World’s Unluckiest Elephant’ Finally Freed After Spending 50 Years In Chains

He was dubbed the ‘unluckiest elephant in the world’ after being beaten, abused and kept in sH@ckles by his captors over more than 50 years. But now Mohan has been rescued by an animal welfare charity and sent to recover in a sanctuary.
Mohan, 55, who is believed to have been taken from his family by poachers when he was a calf, was used as a working elephant for all of his life in India.

Asiwaju Tinubu Should Get Out Of APC, Buhari Is A SDictator — Adebanjo

Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, speaks with BAYO AKINLOYE on the alleged gang-up against the All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and the leadership style of President Muhammadu Buhari

What do you make of the rift between the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, and the APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu?

Bayelsa New Univarsity Begins Lectures January

Academic activities in the newly established University of Africa, Toru-Orua, Sagabama, would commence in January 2017.
The Bayelsa state government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Global Education Counseling Limited, Cyprus, to begin academic activities at the university.
A statement by Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seriake Dickson, said the Cyprus’s institution’s Director, Theo Theodorou, was present at the brief MoU-signing event held in Government House, Yenagoa.

There's No Easy Solution To Nigeria’s Problems--Buhari

                    

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday, admitted that there was no easy solution to myriads of problems bedevilling Nigeria.

In a nationwide broadcast to commemorate the country’s 56th Independence Day anniversary, the President, however, assured Nigerians that his administration was pursuing the solutions available to it with a view to repositioning the country.