AMAECHI DEFEATS HIS ENEMIES: Dazzles Senators

                 

The strong man of Rivers State politics, Rotimi Amaechi finally had his time before the senate on Thursday afternoon after days of theatrics. He spoke so well that even his "enemies" kept quiet on the floor.

He said governance was re-defined in his tenure as Governor and he would bring his experience as a former speaker and former Governor to bear if he is confirmed as a minister of the Federal Republic.

Already, sources say Amaechi's supporters have been thronging to his house in Abuja to celebrate.

VP Osinbajo Hangs Out With The Respected Kofi Annan

                    

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Governor Nasir El-Rufai had an interesting and fruitful encounter with the respected Kofi Annan who believes that the poor in Africa should not be made to pay more for electricity. At the end, VP Osinbajo penned a deal with Energy Africa to further boost energy in Nigeria.

PHOTOS: Tonto Dikeh Says God Gave Her A Second Chance

              

It's mostly those God has special interests in that He gives second chance. Actress Tonto Dikeh is counting herself as one of the lucky few, especially with her marriage. She says the future looks bright.

Tonto who has been flooding her page with love messages, declared that her heart is filled with joy:

“So excited about my future. I’m one of the few with a 2nd chance. Am so happy my heart could barely be contained in my chest. Blessed with a great life, a new family, awesome new home and a promising great new beginning.”

Check out a lovely photo of she and her husband below:

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!