Do-or-die mentality: Obasanjo rattles opposition

“Nigerians should make sure that they take the comment by the former president seriously. He said so the other time (2007)and we all saw what followed.”
A broad spectrum of the opposition riled by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s reported attempt to resurrect “do-or-die” approach to the April general elections have carpeted him, describing him as a man still living in the past.

However, they said the opposition was more than ever prepared to checkmate him and stave-off bid to manipulate the electoral process this time unlike what happened in 2007.

According to them, a desperate politician like him has no place in the current democratic dispensation.

Consequently, they urged Nigerians to be vigilant so that only the electorate would decide where the political pendulum would swing to in the April elections.

Those who spoke with GidiGlobe on the issue are the Action Congress of Nigeria; Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation; Congress for Progressive Change, led by Gen. Muhammadu Buhari; Conference of Nigeria Political Parties; the Labour Party and Conference of Nigeria Political Parties.

US investors to inject $20bn into Nigeria’s power sector

Strong indications have emerged that investors from the United States may inject $20bn into Nigeria’s power sector in the next two years.

The development was confirmed by the Chief Executive Officer, Kaleidoscope International Business Forum, Mrs. Linda Middleton, in Abuja.

The decision is coming barely five days after the Chairman, Presidential Task Force on Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, had raised the alarm over the zero allocation to the gas-to-power projects in the 2011 budget.

Nnaji had said that the development could affect the Federal Government’s ambition to generate adequate electricity for Nigerians.

Kanye West, Don Jazzy & D’banj – The Tweet, The Collaboration?

Mo’Hits is riding high in 2011.
Weeks after they created a major sensation with the release the video for D’banj‘s track, “Mr Endowed (Remix)” featuring Snoop Dogg. Don Jazzy and D’banj inspired more buzz and chatter last night when they received a tweet from US Superstar rapper, Kanye West (@kanyewest on twitter).
Check out the tweet above and let us know what you think about this potentially explosive collaboration.

2Face Idibia in MADE Magazine

The most recent issue of MADE Magazine was released in December 2010.
Nigerian superstar 2Face Idibia was featured on the cover of the issue. Along with an in-depth interview, 2Face was photographed by Eleanor Goodey and styled by Liam Fashion Agency for this exclusive photoshoot. MADE Magazine is a periodic print magazine for the “Made Man”
Check out the online debut of photos below.

Bash Ali, 535 more Nigerians evacuated from Libya

Boxer Bash Ali and 535 Nigerians on Monday arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Monday in the second batch of evacuees from Libya.

This brought the total number of Nigerians so far evacuated from the troubled North African country to 1035.

A statement by the Head, Press and Public Relations, National Emergency Management Agency, Mr. Yushau Shuaib, said the agency’s Director-General, Muhammad Sani-Sidi, stated this in Abuja while receiving the evacuees. The NEMA DG was quoted as saying that a total of 2000 Nigerians were expected to be evacuated from the troubled North African country.

Imam Arrested For Defacing Jonathan's Poster

Sokoto – Sokoto State Police Command has arrested the Chief Imam of the Farfaru Juma’at Mosque, Sokoto, Sheikh Abubakar Jibrin, for allegedly defacing the posters of the PDP presidential candidate, Dr Goodluck Jonathan.

Spokesperson of the Police Command, ASP Al-Mustapha Sani, disclosed this to newsmen in Sokoto Tuesday.
According to him, the Chief Imam was arrested at a roundabout while he was using black paint to deface President Jonathan’s posters by policemen on patrol.

“The renowned Islamic cleric was arrested by our men on patrol using black paint to deface the posters of President Goodluck Jonathan and Alhaji Namadi Sambo at some roundabouts in Sokoto metropolis at around 5 pm on February, 28.

I’ll remove immunity clause – Buhari

Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari

Former Nigeria‘s military Head of State and Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has promised to facilitate the deletion of the controversial immunity clause from the nation‘s constitution if he gets the nod of Nigerian voters in the April elections.

”We will amend the constitution to remove immunity from prosecution for elected officers in criminal cases,” Buhari states in his manifesto which was released in Abuja on Monday.

Section 308 of the nation‘s 1999 constitution shields the President, his deputy, the governors and their deputies from criminal and civil prosecution during their term in office.

10 Reasons why Marriages/Relationships fail in Nigeria

Marriage is an institution ordained by God. It is a sacrificial commitment between both parties involved, in which both leave their former lives and come together to become one in a new life. It is very saddening to note that the very people smiling and overexcited about their marriage some years ago, can not now stand the very presence of each other.

In Nigeria, the rate is on the increase, but because of our culture where we strongly dont believe in divorce to a larger extent, and how patient our women/men can be towards their marriage, our divorce rates are low compared to the other countries in the whole world

Now let us examine the Causes of Marriage/Relationship Failures in Nigeria.
Here are the 10 Most Causes of why Marriages Fail in Nigeria

LACK OF TRUST

ACN will bring Nigerians fresh hope – Tinubu

The Action Congress of Nigeria on Monday in Dutse, Jigawa State commenced its its presidential campaign in the North-West, with its leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, assuring Nigerians of its determination to offer them fresh hope.

Tinubu, in a solidarity message after the presidential candidate of the party, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, and his running mate, Mr. Fola Adeola, were presented with the party’s flags, said the nation’s leadership crisis would be resolved with the election of the party in the April polls. He told the mammoth crowd of party chieftains and supporters that the ACN would provide a youth friendly leadership.

He said the ruling Peoples Democratic Party had been insensitive to Nigerian youths, assuring, however, that Ribadu would redress the situation. The former Lagos State governor said the Ribadu/Adeola joint ticket would create 120 million new jobs.

Double registration: INEC to prosecute offenders

AHEAD of the April 2011 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission has vowed to prosecute anybody involved in double registration during the recent voter registration exercise.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Rivers State, Mr. Aniedi Ikoiwak, who made this vow on Monday, argued that such a step would deter others.

Ikoiwak spoke in Port Harcourt at the opening of a two-day seminar for political reporters, organised by the state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists.

He said that the commission would soon publish the names of those involved in double registration, maintaining that electoral malpractices could pose great danger to free and fair elections in the country.

He stressed that those involved in double registration would not have their names on the voter register, explaining that the aim was to ensure free and fair elections.

“INEC will match fingerprints with photographs of the registered voters, local government by local government in each state and later state by state, to detect double registration throughout the country.

“The exercise may take sometime, but it will be done. When INEC is through with sorting out of persons with double registration, Nigeria’s prisons may not be able to contain them, but this will serve as deterrent to others.

“The tension being generated by the April elections is real. The politicians in the 63 political parties in Nigeria must focus on issues. The media must be clean and shun corruption in order to ensure credible elections. There cannot be free and fair elections without responsible media,” Ikoiwak stated.

He expressed worry that most political parties submitted fake addresses to INEC because they did not have any office or secretariat.

Ikoiwak said that the commission would soon begin to address the issue with a view to bringing those involved in the act to book.

Earlier, while declaring open the seminar, which has the theme “The Media and the 2011 Elections: Issues and Challenges,” the state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, described the administration in the state as transparent, saying, “our books are open.”