By Eyizle Ene-Okon
08:40am
Real Madrid have officially announced a £23m deal for FC Porto
right-back Danilo has been agreed.
The 23-year-old Brazilian will join the club in the summer on a six
year deal up until 2021 and give the current European champions
another top quality right-back alongside Dani Carvajal.
Source: TPP
By Efio-Ita Nyok |2 April 2015 |8:27am
In an interview with CNN's Senior International Correspondent, Christiane Amanpour, monitored in Lagos on 1 April 2015, Nigeria's President-elect, Mohammadu Buhari, made the following phrase in response to dealing with the insurgency in the Northeast of the country:
'And I believe we will effectively deal with them in two months when we get into office'.
By 'them', Buhari was referring to the Boko Haram insurgents whose activities are estimated to have taken the lives of over N20,000 Nigerians.
Another question is what does the President-elect means when he assert that he would effectively deal with the insurgency in two months? Does he mean by this that his administration will defeat the insurgents in two months? This may be the immediate meaning the President-elect intends to send across. And if this is true, I am afraid to say that the president may be wrong. I do not intend to appear cynical or overtly critical of an administration that is tet to be sworn into power. But, it is imperative to begin to address the statements of anticipated public office holders in view of certain realities.
By the insurgents, namely Boko Haram, should we to refer to Abubakar Shekau and his disciples of evil, or refer to the wicked and criminal ideology of carnage to human lives, properties and general destabilisation of the peace which they embody?
If the president-elect refers to the former then he may as well 'effectively deal with them(Boko Haram) in two months…' after assuming office as president especially when his administration enjoys the diplomatic support of her neighbours, to wit, Chad, Niger and Cameroon. But if we refer to the later, namely, what ideology the sect represent then two months into office is far from actualising such a vision.
The lives, properties, and destruction the Boko Haram sect has effected cannot and will never be 'effectively addressed in two months'. No human administration can bring back to live the lives of N20,000 Nigerians taken in a most wicked way! They may repurchase the personal effects already lost to these criminals, and even resettle them, but they cannot reverse the pains, maimings, tears, disappointments, disillusionments, etc that have been forced on recipients of their wickedness.
The quality of our critical infrastructures in the northeast has been totally depleted and profoundly compromised. Our educational, health and security infrastructures, etc are in a sorry state. Are these what Buhari intends to effectively address in two months into office? I doubt and I think you share in my doubt.
The incoming government should not only think of a military solution to the insurgency, they should also consider a political solution. Again, they should not only contemplate a short term solution to the security challenge but they should reflect on a long term solution as well. They should rather think of how best to effectively address the repair of our critical infrastructures.
Two months into office, supposes an intention to address Boko Haram from a purely military perspective. We should swerve from thinking of Boko Haram as being basically comprising Shekau and his army, to perceiving them to mean the indented ideology they embody. The extent to which any administration can frustrate the resurrection of the insurgency in the northeast will suggest how 'effectively' it has been able to 'deal with' them. A military, political, short and long term solution will suffice. 'Two months into office…' may be a miscalculation.
God grant Mr. President wisdom. God bless this Nigeria!
By Eyizle Ene-Okon
07:13am
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By Dickson Blessing
23:30pm, 1/4/2015
The President-elect, Muhammad Buhari, has been issued a Certificate of Return by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Attahiru Jega, INEC chairman handed the certificate to Mr. Buhari, and the vice president-elect, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday at the International collation centre (ICC) in Abuja. A loyal supporter of the former military general got all emotional and broke down in tears as he received the certificate from the electoral body.
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‘By this time last year I was at a hotels balcony I told God all I wanted was success….and honestly he blessed me..everyone dat knows ma story can see how obvious this blessings are…I keep rising everyday!!! This is the first birthday am celebrating with lots of money in my bank account and Alota side attractions hehe…God has been so faithful to me and am very grateful…happy 24th birthday to me…I love yall!”.
By William Oyo-Ita 1 April 2015 10;49pm
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has written the President elect, Gen Buhari a letter. In the letter, Chief Obasanjo charged Gen. Buhari to embark on reforming all of Nigeria’s national institutions, particularly the military. The full text of the letter below…
I hasten to congratulate you on your success and victory in the Presidential Elections of March 28, 2015. Your success and victory after three previous unsuccessful attempts must be great object lessons for you and for all politicians, particularly in Nigeria. For me, the totality of 2015 elections hold many lessons for our democracy and democratisation process, which are both maturing. On this occasion, the system has been unnecessarily overheated before and particularly during the campaigns when emphasis was more on trivialities and hate, divisive, undignifying and disrespectful statements and comments rather than on pressing issues requiring attention.
I know that in victory, you will be magnanimous to start binding the wounds and bitterness occasioned by the campaign and the evil disciples.
With so much harm already done to many national institutions including the military, which proudly nurtured you and me, you will have a lot to do on institution reform, education, healthcare, economy, security, infrastructure, power, youth employment, agribusiness, oil and gas, external affairs, cohesiveness of our nation and ridding our land of corruption.
Your varied and wide experience will undoubtedly stand you in good stead. I am also sure that there are men and women of goodwill, character and virtue across the board that you can mobilise to join hands with you in the reform, repairs and redirection that will be imperative to put Nigeria back on the fast lane of good governance, unity, cohesiveness, development and progress.
Once again, I felicitate with you and wish you well
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By William Oyo-Ita 1 April 2015
First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has called on all Nigerian women to show support to the incoming first lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari. In a congratulatory message signed by her media aide, Ayo Adewuyi, Mrs Jonathan wished Mrs Buhari well in her new task as First Lady of Nigeria…
“The First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan (Mama Peace) has congratulated the wife of the President elect, Hajia Aisha Buhari on the election of her husband, Gen Muhammadu Buhari. The First Lady appeals to the Nigerian women to work with Hajia Aisha Buhari and give her the maximun support to make her succeed in her new assignment. The First Lady (Mama Peace) wishes her well in her new task.” the message read in part
The Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment has released the Mortal
Kombat™ X: Official TV Spot, featuring a massive spontaneous fight
circle that takes over an entire city.
Revealing the two kombatants in the fight is System of a Down's “Chop
Suey!” driving soundtrack.
Check it out:
Ubisoft has announced that the previously-announced 2.5D Assassin's
Creed Chronicles: China, a side-scrolling action platformer developed
by UK studio Climax, just the first of three standalone downloadable
titles.
The games, each featuring their own distinct art style, makes use of a
2.5D perspective.
For More info and a trailer:
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Sony has finally announced on the official Playstation Blog the list
of free games available to Playstation Plus subscribers.
Platforms to receive free games include the PS3, PS Vita and PS4.
Check them out: