The attacked was launched as soldiers were lining up for training. See more photos after the cut...
Sunday 23 August 2015
Photos from today's suicide bombing in Kismayo, Somalia
The attacked was launched as soldiers were lining up for training. See more photos after the cut...
Dr Dre's album sales plummets following public apology for abusing women in the past
According to Hits Daily Double 'Compton' only sold 42,732 copies this week down from 286,000 copies in its first week. Compton is Dre's first album in 15 years.
Photos from the traffic robbery at Oshodi on Friday
Unbelievable and like a movie to me I was attacked yesterday at oshodi before the LASTMA office by after 7pm, I just passed the Total filling station on the right when suddenly a guy came up to my car and was telling me to wind down. Well of course I didn't and the next thing the glass of the door was broken. My phone and money was taken from me, I was left in shock and later started shouting for help but instead the people in the cars and buses around were telling me to calm down. I was terrified Linda. Please Linda use this recognition you have earned to help advocate for security on Lagos roads especially in the mornings when people are going to work and evenings when they are returning back from work. This social problem has become a daily thing and like a norm. I trying hard to get the pictures of this sad incident away from my mind.
Sen. Saraki reaches out to former Gov Bola Tinubu
Multiple sources say that despite his public show of defiance, the
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has started reaching out to some of the
aggrieved leaders of the APC.
Saraki is one of the gladiators in the clash of egos and wills that
followed the Senate leadership election on June 9 and subsequent
appointment of principal officers.
A report in a national daily on Saturday also said the emissaries apologised to the President for the individual roles they played in the crisis.
It has been widely reported that Buhari has refused all entreaties to host the Senate President at the Presidential Villa since the controversial election in the senate. The President had also said the leadership of the senate should tow the party line.
Two APC officials yesterday shed light on Saraki’s last two attempts to reach out to the APC national leader. They said that one attempt occurred three weeks ago while the other took place on Thursday in Abuja.
Another source said the last attempt took place during the week when the APC senators, who met with the President at the behest of Saraki, also tried to get across to Tinubu. A source close to Tinubu said while the former Lagos governor was aware of the move, his position on the matter had not changed.
The source stated that Saraki needed a long-term strategy to pacify the aggrieved party leaders, adding that the Senate President’s is perceived as haughty by some of these leaders.
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The Senate President had earlier visited former President Olusegun
Obasanjo to help him beg President Muhammadu Buhari. He also reportedly
met with the Emir of Kano and Lamido Sanusi, on the same thing.
Last week, he sent Senate Leader Ali Ndume, Senator Kabiru Gaya, Senator
Adamu Aliero, Senator Danjuma Goje, and Senator Abdullahi Adamu, on his
behalf Saraki who all met with President Buhari and sought
forgiveness on behalf of the Senate President for acting contrary to the
dictates of the party.
A report in a national daily on Saturday also said the emissaries apologised to the President for the individual roles they played in the crisis.
However, sources in the party said on Saturday that the emissaries also
had a brief meeting with the party’s national leader and former Governor
of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu.
Many within the party see the crisis as a battle of wills with Buhari,
Tinubu and some party leaders on one side of the ring and the Senate
President and his backers on the other side. One of the prominent APC
leaders that is believed to have backed Saraki is former Vice President
Atiku Abubakar.
But sources told our correspondent that Saraki, of recent, had made
strenuous efforts to meet and appeal to Tinubu to sheathe his sword.
Saraki’s olive branch to Tinubu may mark a turning point in the crisis
as the Senate President, before now, had insisted that he would not
‘beg’ the APC leader.
But the sources added that Saraki might have changed his position when
all his efforts to get President Buhari to forgive him for his defiance
to the party and move on.
It has been widely reported that Buhari has refused all entreaties to host the Senate President at the Presidential Villa since the controversial election in the senate. The President had also said the leadership of the senate should tow the party line.
Two APC officials yesterday shed light on Saraki’s last two attempts to reach out to the APC national leader. They said that one attempt occurred three weeks ago while the other took place on Thursday in Abuja.
“Three weeks ago he tried to get across to Tinubu through one of his aides. Of course, the aide couldn’t have arranged the meeting. Tinubu’s disposition to the matter is well known,” the source said.
The APC national leader, sources said, had told some of Saraki’s
emissaries in the past that the senate leadership should toe the party
line.
Another source said the last attempt took place during the week when the APC senators, who met with the President at the behest of Saraki, also tried to get across to Tinubu. A source close to Tinubu said while the former Lagos governor was aware of the move, his position on the matter had not changed.
The source stated that Saraki needed a long-term strategy to pacify the aggrieved party leaders, adding that the Senate President’s is perceived as haughty by some of these leaders.
“It is a surprise that he is reaching out to Tinubu. Saraki has no respect for Tinubu. He is contemptuous of him. During meetings he refers to him contemptuously as “Bola”. In fact there was a time that Tinubu wanted to explain a point to him and he shut him up,” the source said.
“Tinubu’s take is that the senate should toe the party line. It is not a personal problem at all. If it were a personal problem, the President won’t be reacting the same way.”
The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mr. Lai Mohammed said on Saturday that the APC believes in party supremacy.
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Photos from Ubi Franklin & Lilian Esoro's Wedding Introduction...
Some photos from Triple MG CEO, Ubi Franklin and actress Lilian Esoro's
wedding introduction which held today August 22nd. Lilian took to
Instagram to make an official announcement & wrote, ' #Officially a
#Mrs
# i'll be flooding #Your #Timeline in a bit. #cant keep calm. #Love you
forever and a day more #Booooo. #God bless our #Union. To all our
friends n fam that came out to show us love and support words fall #us.
God bless you all from the depth of our heart #We say thank you!!'
I am not married to Buhari's son- INEC acting chairman says
"I would say Gen. Buhari did not appoint me as a commissioner; President Jonathan did. Before that, Gen. Obasanjo appointed me as a special assistant and I was posted to FCT where I was secretary for health, agriculture and social development at the same time. At the time President Jonathan came, he was looking for people that had integrity. That was what I was told, and I found myself in the commission and did my best. For somebody to now say Gen. Buhari knew me and gave me the job, obviously he knew I am a hard worker and he is a principled person.
I have never known him for nepotism. He is a very principled person. If there are familial ties, the principle would have rubbed off on that family. I come from a very principled family. My father survived two regimes that were jailing and sacking people, and he survived both. And for that, I don’t think I would do anything that would jeopardise that principle. I can’t say the general is my in-law. I am not married to his son and my daughter is not married to him. That is what I understand about being an in-law. But obviously, in life, you have acquaintances, people you have known. But I think people should not get distracted by this ‘family or no family’. Am I competent? Can I deliver? Can I conduct my affairs with integrity? The President’s message is for people to be honest and to have integrity. This is a statement he sent to me. ‘Don’t do anything against your principle.’ Already, I have that principle and I will maintain it"she said.
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