Speaker Dogara Releases List of Committee Chairmen (Details)

                    

Sharing of the spoils has commenced. Speaker of the House of Reps, Yakubu Dogara, has announced the top men who will be Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of the 96 House standing Committees, but without any name for the Ministry of the Niger Delta Affairs yet.

In the new Committee heads, Speaker Dogara’s key men clinched the juicy Committees such as:

Appropriation which is chaired by Abdulmunin Jibrin, Rima Shawulu Kwewum heads Army, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, Aviation, Zakari Mohammed, Basic Education, Chike Okafor, Healthcare Services and Aminu Shehu Shagari Federal Judiciary.

Also not left out were the core supporters of the House Leader, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila as they were also compensated with juicy committees such as Customs headed by James Faleke, and Rufa’i Chachangi as the Vice Chairman of the committee, Sani Zoro heads the newly created Internally Displaced Persons, IDP and Garba Muhammed as the committee chairman on Solid Minerals.

There was also a balance between the ruling APC and the opposition PDP, as the ruling party heads 48 of the Committees, PDP got 45 while APGA and the Social Democratic Party, SDP got one slot each.

In the composition, the South heads 46 Committees while the North heads 50.

The House of Reps also compensated the South East APC members as the two members Chike Okafor and Austin Chukwukere were made chairman Healthcare Services and vice chairman Finance respectively.

Despite the lobbying and bickering among members to head juicy committee, only six members retained the position they headed in the 7th assembly.

Those who retained the headships of their previous committees are:

Jones Onyeriri, Banking and Currency, Nkeiruka Onyejiocha, Aviation, Nnenna Ukeje, Foreign Affairs, Mohammed Munguno, Agriculture, Shehu Shagari, Judiciary, Nicholas Mutu, NDDC, and Aminu Suleiman, Education.

It was also surprising that one of the key men of the Speaker like Rep. Nnanna Igbokwe was neither considered for chairmanship position nor vice chairman.

The new committees announced by the Speaker were Agricultural Colleges and Institutions chaired by Linus Okorie, Basic Education and Services, chaired by Muhammed Zakari, and Delegated Legislation which is headed by Simeon Arabo.

Others are FCT Judiciary, Laori Kwamoti, Health Institutions, Betty Apiafi, IDPs Refugees and Initiatives on North East, Headed by Sani Zoro, Insurance and Actuarial Matters, Olufemi Fakeye, and Tertiary Education and Services which is chaired by Aminu Suleiman.

Reactions are expected from some of the ranking members who have lost out in this arrangement.

Beautiful Miss Nigeria Ezinne Akudo Now A Confirmed Lawyer Ezinne Akudo has proved that she's indeed a combination of beauty and brains. The beauty queen was called to bar on 21st October, 2015, after successfully completing law school.​ She graduated from Abia State University in 2012. She commenced to Nigerian Law School in April 2014 after taking time off to participate in the 2013 Miss Nigeria pageant where she emerged winner. Ezinne intends to practice with focus on human rights and women related matters. Big congrats to her!

Ezinne Akudo has proved that she's indeed a combination of beauty and brains. The beauty queen was called to bar on 21st October, 2015, after successfully completing law school.​ She graduated from Abia State University in 2012. She commenced to Nigerian Law School in April 2014 after taking time off to participate in the 2013 Miss Nigeria pageant where she emerged winner.

Ezinne intends to practice with focus on human rights and women related matters. Big congrats to her!

Saraki begs Tinubu; Is Now Ready to Respect Leaders Position

     

All the PDP senators who are pushing Bukola Saraki to disrespect his elders will not pack their load and join him in prison if he is sentenced. OluFamous.Com gathered that Saraki is having a rethink.

In fact, strong indications have emerged that Saraki is now prepared to bow to the position of the leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, by begging the principal officers he appointed to resign.

Saraki has also begged Asiwaju Bola Tinubu secretly and pledged his loyalty, through his wife...

According to Vanguard, part of the unwritten agreement for Saraki to escape going to prison is for him to go back to the initial list of the party on the appointment of principal officers in the Senate.

This was part of the political solution being worked out by the Speaker of House of Reps, Yakubu Dogara.

A source said Dogara and the leadership of APC in the Senate held a marathon meeting at the new wing of the Senate complex on Tuesday evening, where it was agreed that the current holders of the Majority Leadership positions should give way to those agreed by the party leaders.

The source noted that Saraki had been under pressure to intimate his supporters in the Senate, including Senate Leader, Ali Ndume; his Deputy, Bala Ibn Na’allah, and Deputy Majority Whip, Senator Francis Alimikhena, on the need to toe the party’s line as regards the composition of Senate Leadership.

According to a source, the Senate President had communicated Ndume and Na’Allah about the decision of the party on the need for them to vacate the offices in order to save him from going to prison.

It will be recalled that APC had on June 24 written the Senate President and Speaker Dogara, listing names of proposed occupants of the leadership positions.

While Dogara kept faith with the party’s list, Saraki blatantly and arrogantly ignored the party.

Mrs Aisha Buhari visits the Awolowos

Wife of the president Mrs Aisha Buhari paid a condolence visit to the Awolowo family in Ikenne, Ogun State, today to commiserate with them on the demise of Chief Mrs HID Awolowo, wife of late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, who died at the age of 99. Mrs Buhari was received warmly by chief Mrs Oyediran, Mama's daughter and Mrs Oludolapo Osinbajo her grand daughter and other members of the family. Another photo after the cut...

Bar offers half price dining for Arabs and Jews who eat together

Thou hath set a table before my enemies...:-). In a bid to foster peace and understanding in the unsettled region, an Israeli cafe bar revealed a bold new move on Facebook. Houmous restaurant situated close to disputed territory in Israel says they are offering 50% off to Arabs and Jews who dine together. In the post on Facebook, they wrote;

"Scared of Arabs? Scared of Jews? By us we don’t have Arabs! But we also don’t have Jews… By us we’ve got human beings!"

The cafe manager said Kobi Tzafrir says:

"If there’s anything that can bring together these peoples, it’s houmous."

Religious sensitivities are taken into consideration, also kosher and halal meals are available. Houmous is a Middle Eastern delicacy made with cooked, mashed chickpeas blended with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic.

Buhari appoints Mahmud Yakubu as new INEC Chairman

                          

President Buhari has appointed Mahmud Yakubu as the substantive chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC. Yakubu's appointment was approved during the council of state meeting which held at the state house today October 21st. Yakubu takes over from Amina Zakari who has been working as INEC Chairman in acting capacity since Attahiru Jega left office in June. She was appointed INEC commissioner for the North-East.

Yakubu was former executive secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund. Other INEC Commissioners appointed by the council of state includes
•Dr Antonla Taiye Okoosi -North-central
•Alhaji Baba Shettima Arfo -North-east
•Dr Mohammed Mustafa -South-south
•Mr Soyebi Adedeji Solomon -South-west

Pregnant Wife Dumps Husband, Escapes with Boyfriend to US

If you marry a woman who loves money too much just know that things can fall apart at any time, most of such women hardly have respect for the marriage institution and they lack the fear of God.

Alhaji Shamsideen Adebimpe has been left in the lurch after his 44-year-old pregnant wife, Hajia Abibah Anike Adebimpe, dumped him and eloped with her lover and their only daughter to the US.

According to her husband, she changed her identity and obtained travel documents and travelled abroad with his daughter without his knowledge with the help of her secret lover...

The wife packed all her properties when Alhaji Shamsideen was not at home in Idimu, Lagos, and left.

She later informed him that she had quit the marriage and had joined her lover in America, adding that she never loved him in the first place despite the fact they lived for several years as husband and wife.

Alhaji Shamsideen said she informed him that he should forget the pregnancy and their daughter as she has given it to her lover who has equally accepted to foster both the baby and pregnancy.

An embittered Alhaji Shamsideen said when he married Abibah in 2008 he did not know she had another man outside her matrimonial home.

He said she got pregnant and gave birth to a baby girl named Nimotalai Adunni in August 2013.

The man said with the new development, he was at a loss over the paternity of the baby and pregnancy.

Jolted by his wife’s action, Alhaji Shamsideen wrote a petition to the Nigerian Immigration Service and the American Embassy in Nigeria, seeking for their intervention to bring back his daughter from US.

- Women of today... most of them are worse than a green snake in a green grass. Don't think your own wife is any better, just be prayerful as a man if you want to enjoy peace and marital bliss. Really Sad!

Photos from Beyonce & Nicki Minaj performance at the Tidal event

   

The two blew the stage away last night. Powerful women supporting each other. See more photos after the cut..

Rotimi Amaechi Cleared For Senate Confirmation

                

The strong man of Rivers State politics, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi has been cleared for Senate appearance and confirmation on Wednesday. A source told ZIMSGLOBAL that the coast is clear for him.

Popular Lagos Pastor, Anselm Madubuko, Confesses To Having Sex With Musician's Wife

                       

I don't know if I should laugh or just keep a straight face about this scandal. I have been saying it that most Christian men are just pretending to have only one wife. In secret many sleep with young ladies. Why can't we just stop this pretence and be real to ourselves by marrying two, three or four wives and stop commiting "SIN" in secret?

Anyway, a popular pastor who lost his wife under controversial circumstances and shortly after got married to a beautiful lady has confessed his secret sins openly.

There was drama on Sunday at popular Revival Assembly in Lagoss when popular pastor, Apostle Anselm Madubuko, confessed to his sexual excapades...

According to NET, Apostle Anselm confessed to his shocked congregation that he did *rough things* with Kikelomo Akinkunmi, the ex-wife of popular music producer and singer, K-Solo. It looks like this happened when the estranged husband and wife were always quarrelling. The wife was getting some *juice* from the Pastor. Nawao!

According to the report, he knelt down during Sunday service before his congregation to confess to his ‘SINS.’ Apostle Madubuko was flanked by his new wife, Emmy Kosgei, while making his shocking confession.

Madubuko, NET reported, “came on the pulpit on Sunday to confess that he has dated Kike for three months. He said she (K-Solo's estranged wife) came to him as a prayer warrior and he didn’t suspect foul play till it was too late’.

Kikelomo who separated under controversial circumstances with her husband has been expelled from the church as a result of the scandal. K-Solo and Kikelomo both have a child before their separation.

When NET contacted her, Kikelomo reluctantly said: "I don’t want to say anything about it, I’ll just leave it and let God judge everybody. Please don’t ask any more questions because you can’t convince me as a journalist to speak on this issue.”