What I learnt from former President Jonathan - Reno Omokri

Reno Omokri, who was ex-President Goodluck Jonathan's aide on social media has been vocal on social media, over what he called the non-performance of President Buhari-led administration and the tactical lies being padded by his leadership as an excuse for their under-performance. In his recent post, which he tagged with the hash key #RenosSaturdayNugget, he explained with he gained working with former President Jonathan.

Somebody asked me what I gained by working with  Goodluck Jonathan. My response I that I learnt wisdom. I learnt that It is better to lose power and gain honor than to gain power and lose honor. I learnt not defend myself when my enemies falsely accuse me. The same media that gleefully reported their lies will eventually expose them when they see that the public is no longer buying their lies.Finally, I learnt that the best revenge against those who criticize how you do your job is to step aside and let them have the job and watch them underperform in such a manner until they get so desperate that the only achievements they can boast of are the ones you achieved during your so called underperformance. May God bless Dr. Jonathan for teaching me such wisdom! In Jesus name. #RenosSaturdayNugget

Jonathan Jets off to Zambia on new asignment; see his combination of real fashion

It is no longer news that former President Goodluck Jonathan has been bubbling with life and with each  passing day of international recognition ever since he left office as president. The latest is that he is presently in Zambia,where he is billed to lead the African Union Elections Observation Mission (AUEOM), in the country’s election scheduled take place on October 11, 2016. This is similar to the 33-nation observer  mission he led to the October 25,  2015 General Election in Tanzania. An election which has been widely adjudged as successful. 

 I think his combination of suit and hat is really nice and it could be a fashion trend for youngsters or what do you think?

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33-nation observer mission to the Sunday, October 25, 2015 General Election held in Tanzania. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter
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lead the African Union Elections Observation Mission (AUEOM), in the country’s election scheduled take place on October 11, 2016
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lead the African Union Elections Observation Mission (AUEOM), in the country’s election scheduled take place on October 11, 2016
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Graphic:IMSU Final Year Student shot dead By Cultists 10m after a selfie

A fresh law graduate from Imo state University, Owerri,IMSU,  whose name has been provided by the police as Obrin Ibekwe, was gunned down by suspected cultist at about1;20pm at the IMSU extension gate. this as  exactly 10minutes afte he took the above picture with a friend  not know that it would actually be his last. Obrin Ibekwe, was said to bhave come around schoolto finish up  his clearance in preparation for the mandatory one year National Youth Service corps, NYSC, program hen he was gunned down inside a gutter at the back gate area of the University today Tuesday. The police also confirmed that the body of the decease has been deposited in a morgue while investigation is ongoing.

BREAKING: Buhari fires JAMB Registrar, 16 Others

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sacking and replacement of 17 Chief Executives for parastatals and agencies under the Federal Ministry of Education.this includes the Registrar and Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Prof Dibu Ojerinde. Ishaq Oloyede, a former vice-chancellor (VC) of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), had been appointed the new registrar of the board.While some of the CEOs were sacked,  some others like the National Universities Commission got new heads as tenure of the ex-CEOs had ended.

The list of the new appointees are:

National Universities Commission – Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed

Nigerian Institute for Education Planning and Administration – Prof. Lilian Salami

Universal Basic Education – Dr. Hameed Bobboyi

National Library of Nigeria – Prof Lanre Aina

National Examinations Council – Prof. Charles Uwakwe

National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal education – Prof. Abba Aladu

Nomadic Education Commission – Prof. Bashir Usman

National Business and Technical Examinations Board – Prof. Isioma Isiugo-Abanihe

Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria – Prof. Sunday Josiah Ajiboye

Computer Registration Council of Nigeria – Afolabi Aderinto

National Commission for Colleges of Education – Prof. Bappah Aliyu

Tertiary Education Trust Fund – Dr. Abdullahi Bichi Baffa

National Mathematical Centre – Prof. Steven Ejugwu Onah

Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB – Prof. Ishaq Oloyede

National Institute of Nigerian Languages – Prof. Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche

Librarian Registration Counil of Nigeria – Prof Michael Afolabi

National Teachers Institute – Prof Garba Dahuwa Azare

Similarly, President Buhari has also approved that the following chief executives to be retained in their respective agencies:

Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council – Prof. Samaila Junaidu

Nigerian French Language C\Village – Prof rauuf adebisi

National Board for Technical Education – Dr. Mas’ud Kazaure

National Arabic language Village – Prof. Muhammad Mu’az. 

 

The appointments were with immediate effect today August 1, and  the new chief executives are expected at the office of the minister of education at 12 noon on Tuesday.

 

How Much Respect Do You Show Igbos?

I am not Igbo. I am proud of my Urhobo. However, as a stdent of history, I wish to show just what these great people came/come against and yet thrive.

Okay, the incessant killings in the North will be glossed over so as to make this article not overly long. The civil war will also not be discussed.
However, post civil war, as I explained in my post MINORITY REPORT: THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED AGAINST YOU, the rich in Nigeria have major roots in the Indegenization decree of 1972 and 1977. I reminded how the banks gave people of other tribes, predominantly Hausas and Yorubas loans to by up companies owned by foreigners. Now imagine the Federal government forced Chevron to sell 51 percent of its shares and that Access Bank will give you loans to buy the shares. How rich will you be in a year? 5 Years? That is how many Yorubas and Hausas got to own UAC, all those Dunlop, Leventis, Cadbury etc.
Now while this was ongoing, Gowon told the Nigerian banks to give TOPS twenty naira to any Igbo man that had money in the bank before the war. That is, if you had 5 naira before the war, you will be given the 5 naira. But if you had a hundred naira, you get just twenty naira in full fulfilment of the banks duty to give you your money.
Ask yourselves "why would the banks give Igbos only twenty naira? Did the banks collapse? So why pay less than you were given?
So while the banks were giving loans to Hausa and Yorubas to buy Oyibo companies they did not build, Igbos were being cheated out of their rightful moneys.
Now not also that these people lost Houses and business across the land. It is safe to say that as at 1970/71. the richest Igbo had 20 naira that may be the equivalent of maybe one million.
Let us lok at how Dangote made his money. He Dagote (a great man and pride to Nigeria) has an uncle called Dantata who owned huge chunks of the groundnut pyramids of the 50's and 60's. He gave Dangte a loan and Dangote paid it back in record time. CLAP CLAP. The add that Dangote has had his "brothers" in government, from IBB to Abacha and Abdulsalaam. When they now agreed to democracy, he was rich enough to have funded Obasanjo and so government policies, be it monopoly afforded him for rice, sugar flour and of course a large share of subsidy etc ensures he is the wealthiest Nigerian. (note many had same opportunity but did not use it. We kowtow to Dangote's investment capabilities)
However, for the Igbo man, where will he see an uncle that will loan him money? The richest man in their family has how much as at then? So while Fani Kayode can inherit property of his father and grandfather and great grand father, a Chidi Cali cannot inherit anything from his grandfather who had business in Kano or even Port Harcourt. Neighbours have made his dad's storey building theirs, and even someone as educated as Saro Wiwa lived in an Igbo war emigrant house as his. (a sore point of the Niger Delta and Igbo Unity) WAEC building was Ojukwu's dad's building and like that building, thousands and the land with it....lands worth billions today were taken from Igbos and each and everyIgbo had tops 20 naira, destroyed homeland, stolen and destroyed wealth away from the east. ALso his brother is never president that will give him oil block or fuel lifting. Of 33, only one Igbo man and because he was in Obasanjo's good graces.
YET LOOK HOW PROUD THEY STAND TODAY!!! Look what they have achieved for themselves....FIRST GENERATION WEALTH...top second generation. From being unable to send their first sons to school so he could help look after the shop, to producing first class brains in all departments of modern learning.
So today, as you accuse Igbos of wanting their Biafra or of Baby Factory, or liking money and ready to do anything for money, remember that just forty years ago, while the banks were dashing your uncles loans to buy all the companies of Nigeria, it stole from the Igbos. Know that appointments have not favoured them. Note that they remain persecuted and many speak such ill and hate twoards a people forced by need to survive to be extra-aggressive towards their sustenance. Maybe if you took their history into consideration, you will not be so critical of them, but instead say "what a resilient people" and give God the glory that FOR NOW, we and such a great people are compatriots.
Igbo Kwenu.

by Ena Ofugara

Hard Time:FG bans purchase and distribution of bags & T-shirts at government workshops and conferences

In continuance of the cost-cutting and efficiency drive by the president Buhari-led administration, Federal Government has banned the purchase and distribution of conference bags, T-shirts and other souvenirs at events such as Conferences and Seminars funded by Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).  The above measure was contained in a  briefing made available to newsmen  by Salisu Dambatta, the Director of Information, Federal Ministry of Finance,  today July 31st. The new guideline which  were approved by President Buhari following recommendations by the Efficiency Unit of the Federal Ministry of Finance, has been  conveyed to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation and the Ministers of Finance and Budget and National Planning, by the Chief of Staff to the President, Alhaji Abba Kyari, for implementation.
in the same vein, the statement also banned the printing of unnecessary publications and books of short shelf life which have no real value to the concerned public institutions or the citizens.

According to Salisu Dambatta,

  The directive which is a recognition of the fact that in a period of lean financial resources unnecessary expenditure on overheads such souvenirs are luxuries that the government must eliminate. 

This will enable release of funds for infrastructure and services such as health and education that would have direct positive impact on the well being of the citizenry and promote economic development. The directive also contained specific guidelines that would reduce the cost of printing Invitation Cards, Programme of events, Brochures, Folders and Note Pads. Among the guidelines are that they should be in black and white and limited to only one page and in the case of Brochures they should be streamlined to contain only essential information”it said. Also, the statement said the printing of unnecessary publications and books of short shelf life which have no real value to the concerned public institutions or the citizens has also been banned. “MDAs were encouraged to save costs by uploading such publications on their websites which has the added benefit of wider visibility

the statement read in part

Jim Iyke rocks in his new photos

  The prolific actor cum businessman , James Ikechukwu Esomugha, popularly known as Jim Iyke, rocks in his new photos. another picture after the cut...

 

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