Nigerian Singer, Jaywon Loses Dad

  

Jaywon has announced the demise of his father on social media and his celebrity friends have been consoling him.

Jaywon

Nigerian singer, Iledare Oluwajuwonlo, better known by his stage name Jaywon, has lost his father.

The singer announced his father’s death on Saturday on his Instagram page with a picture of his father.

Jaywon, however, did not disclose the cause of his death. 

See what he posted on Instagram below:

Akeredolu Does Nothing, Wife Acts Like Governor - Ex-commissioner Makes Explosive Revelations

Banji Ayiloge who used to be an ally of the current governor in Ondo state has criticized him.

Banji Ayiloge

A former Commissioner for Information in Ondo State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in the state, who recently accused Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of mismanaging the state’s resources, Mr Banji Ayiloge, tells PETER DADA of the Punch why the Presidency should come to the South-West in 2023

After your recent criticism of Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, the leadership of the All Progressives Congress in your local government area disowned you, saying you were not a member of the party. So why have you been claiming to be a member of the APC?

As of today, even the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, is not a registered member of the APC in Ondo State, though he won the last governorship election on the platform of the party. There are two reasons for this: he defected to the Action Alliance. That’s his party and that was why he was suspended from the APC. Then he imposed his team known as ‘Team Aketi’ (on the people). There was no meeting anywhere in the state and the people we have in the state as APC members are those people who were with him during the election. They are only masquerading as APC members in Ondo State. These people form only about 25 per cent of the members of the party in the state, while our group, Unity Forum, makes up about 75 per cent of the members of the party. I am a member of that forum.

Those claiming that I am not a member of the party in Ifedore Local Government Area are the same people handpicked by Akeredolu as officers of the party in the area. What do you expect them to say? However, some of them have apologised to me, saying they had to do it. I was with some of them in Adebayo Adefarati’s administration. For them to turn round and say they don’t know me is ridiculous. Apart from that, I was the chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change in the state and even represented the South-West region at a point. The communiqué urging the CPC to merge with other political parties was sponsored by me and sent to

Tony Momoh, who was the chairman of the CPC at that time. So how would somebody now say a foundation member of the APC was never a member of the party because he travelled out of the country?

The next step for the Unity Forum is to reform the party because there haven’t been meetings of APC members anywhere in the state. What we have is the Aketi team calling themselves the Continuity Forum. This is very dangerous for the party because I see Akeredolu trying to scuttle the chances of the party in the election because he has been financing the AA under which his people contested the last election.

In other words, I am not an ordinary member of the party but a leading contender to be the next governor of the state next year, by the grace of God. And if election is held today, I am sure I will defeat Akeredolu.

So you are already sure that you will contest the next governorship election in Ondo State…

Yes, I am even a leading contender, as I said.

But you were once an ardent supporter of Akeredolu, at what point did things go wrong between the two of you?

When Akeredolu wanted to contest 2011, he came to my house and begged for my support. He selected me as the director-general of his campaign group and the first question I asked him was which part of the state was he from. This is because at that time, I was trying to shop for a candidate for the ACN (the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria) because the party was weighing the option of picking its candidate from the northern senatorial district while the incumbent then, Olusegun Mimiko, hailed from the Central district, just like me.

And I thought it would be politically unwise to pick the governor from the Central district again, though there was no rule against that. I was looking for a credible candidate to support then but not from the Central district. When he came to me with his profile as the former President of the Nigerian Bar Association and after being convinced by a friend that he belonged to the progressive movement, we supported him and started working for him.

There is something I want you to know about electioneering; the way you run your campaign is the way you are likely to run your government. If you run a lousy campaign, you’re going to run a lousy government. Everything we told him not to do, he did it, so before the end of that campaign, I was sure of the kind of governor he would be. At a point, I went to see Asiwaju Bola Tinubu (APC national leader) to complain about him but he (Tinubu) said I brought him on board and persuaded me to go back and work for him. He was just too erratic and when he was running for office again, I didn’t do anything (to support him); I folded my arms.

If the national leadership of your party directed you to go and work for his reelection, will you not agree?

I don’t think they will do something like that. Politics doesn’t work that way. They have been here before and they did not ask me to follow Akeredolu blindly. They listened to us and we reached an agreement and the agreement was not followed. I am sure they will return to find out why the agreement was not followed.

In one of your previous interviews, you described Akeredolu as the worst governor ever produced in the state. Are you criticising him because you are interested in his position?

Yes, I still maintain that because it is very clear to all. What is his achievement? The late Adekunle Ajasin was a governor and he was able to perform with little resources then, and even gave scholarships to people studying overseas. All we can see now is a flyover on a federal road in Ore, which has not even been completed. In 2015, the annual federal allocation to the state was about N53bn but by 2016, it went to N76bn and by 2017 when Akeredolu took over, it went to about N80bn and it has been rising since then, but what are we showing for it?

I thought the former governor, Olusegun Mimiko, was lousy but when you compare him with Akeredolu, you will want to commend Mimiko. The Office of the First Lady was created and the First Lady behaves like she is the governor while the governor goes about doing nothing.

But civil servants have been praising him for paying their salaries as and when due, is that not a plus for him?

Why will he not be able to pay salaries after getting N80bn as federal allocation annually? Within two months, he should clear the backlog. How dare you praise a governor for paying wages? If I were governor, I would borrow to pay wages because if you work, you must be paid. Workers deserve their wages. If they are denied their wages, it will affect the economy. No state should owe anyone their salary.

You are one of those who supported the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to get to power but he has since disappointed many Nigerians; do you regret supporting him to get to power?

I think people should look at it from the perspective that there is no government that can perform magic in Nigeria. But since Buhari got there, we can see improvements. We can see some infrastructure being put in place and we can look at his fight against corruption. However, we hope to see Buhari stabilise the anti-corruption fight and block loopholes through which public funds are stolen. That way, the next person that takes over from him will consolidate that.

Are you saying there is no problem with the regime of the President, Major General Buhari (retd.)?

The defect in Buhari’s government is there because of the political situation in the country. People like us have been talking about devolution of power or restructuring. For instance, when people ask me how President Donald Trump is doing in the United States, I just laugh. We only read those things on the pages of newspapers. If the mayor of my town was behaving like Trump, I would have been back home (in Nigeria). The mayor is responsible for clearing garbage, paving local roads, and the town generally. The local government allocates money to pave local government roads, so we don’t care about whatever Trump does.

I have been talking about restructuring for the past 20 years.

But your party, the APC, is in power and has shunned every move made by Nigerians to get the Buhari regime to restructure?

Our party supports it. If you looked at the manifesto of the party when it contested in 2015, you would see that it was there. Besides, I am saying I support it. You said the party has not been supporting it. Well, for the rest of my life, I will be building a coalition of people that will support it in my party to make sure that we restructure the country. This is not a military era, we have to debate it. Even in the USA, there are people who don’t like Trump in the Republican Party. If I were a state governor, I would push for restructuring and make sure I had enough reasons to back it up.

So what is your position on the recommendations of the report of the National Conference of 2014?

There are very good things in the 2014 confab that I like and I am sure there may be some that I would not like. We have to look at the report. We can’t just throw everything in the dustbin. But unfortunately, we don’t have any of our governors in the South-West talking about it anymore. For 20 years, I have been preaching it (restructuring). I was a part of the defunct National Democratic Coalition.

What do you think will be the future of the APC if the power remains in the North beyond 2023?

Come 2023, power belongs to the South-West; that is the only way the party can exist. Equity demands that people should support the power shift to the South-West; there is no doubt about that. If the power does not shift to the South-West, then it is bye-bye to the party. What did we labour for?

We are not fools. Let me tell you, when you look at the multi-ethnic setting of the country, for the next 50 years, there must be provision for zoning to reassure each region at the national level (that they belong to Nigeria). We have had Fulani, we have had Yoruba, and we have had Ijaw and Hausa. So if Buhari tried three times in the past and failed, and on his fourth attempt, formed an alliance with other parts of the country, especially the South-West, to win, then I think it is only fair to let other people try it.

Even if there is no zoning in the constitution of the party, the sentiment now is that the Presidency should go to the South-West and not to remain in the North. That would destabilise the party. What should we tell our South-West people? Are we going to tell them that we are there to play second fiddle (to the North)? It is not going to work if power does not come to the South-West.

People believe Nigeria will have problems if its electoral system is faulty and the electoral system has faced serious criticisms since the regime of Major General Buhari (retd.) started. For instance, the APC won the recent Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections amidst violence and massive electoral malpractices; what do you make of this?

I can see that our electoral system needs to be updated. We should not wait till the next general elections. What people should do is to push their legislators to get a proposal to make it work. There is no perfect election anywhere in the world. However, people should look at the mistakes of the past and push their legislators to make corrections.

In the case of Kogi and Bayelsa elections, I don’t have on-the-spot assessments of the polls. However, the mistakes made there can be corrected before the governorship election in Ondo State. We don’t like violence and don’t want a repeat of 1983 electoral violence. People like me have been shouting and what we are saying is that violence should be prevented in the state. 

Source: Punch

Super Eagles Striker, Ighalo Struck By Serious Tragedy

   

One of the most prolific football strikers in Nigeria and Africa has been thrown into a state of mourning.

Odion Ighalo and sister

Nigerian striker Jude Ighalo has announced that his sister passed away on Thursday.

The China-based striker took to his social media handle to break the sad news on Friday and failing to reveal the identity of the sister.

However, the retired Super Eagles player failed to make further comments on the sad occurrence. The former Watford forward posted the news on his social media pages with the caption ‘R.I.P sister 12-12-19 along with pictures of their happy moments.

EKSU May Lose Over 50 Courses Accreditation   

The staff members, who spoke to newsmen on Thursday and pleaded anonymity for fear of being haunted.

File Photo

Ekiti State University, (EKSU) may soon lose accreditation of over 50 sciences and technology courses owing to the sack of over 90 percent duly employed technologists, staff of the institution.

The staff members, who spoke to newsmen on Thursday and pleaded anonymity for fear of being haunted, also claimed that those of them who were technologists were employed through due process and ought not to be among those axed for irregularities in their employment and credentials.

They further claimed that most touching of the whole saga was the fact that 90 percent of the technologists who were employed for the purpose of accreditation of some science, technology and education related courses, were also sacked. To this end, they raised the alarm that the school will soon lose accreditation if the dismissal was not reversed.

A staff, simply identified as Okufemi, said: “It was a shock to see names of staff with genuine employment process on the list; one of the shock is that all technologists employed for the purpose of accreditation across the university is enlisted.

“These technologists were approved by council in 2016, recruited via written and oral interview and less than 10 % of those interviewed were selected. They were used for NUC and COREN accreditation for over 43 department across faculties of sciences, educational, agricultural, engineering etc in 2016, 2018 and recently in 2019.

“This made the out gone council to confirm there appointment after two years of service and the present council also promote the technologist in October 2019.

To the surprise of the university community, all these technologists who made 90% of the entire technologist in the university were found on the list of those sacked.

“Should this decision stands, what happens to the accreditation the university is currently enjoying; what happens to departments and units in Sciences, Agriculture and Engineering who will be without any technologists?

“These and many more questions are egging for answers as the mix up in the list throws the entire university community into confusion,” he said.   

Nollywood Actress, Anita Joseph Shakes Big 'Ikebe' In Intoxicating Video

Anita Joseph hasn't been active in the film industry but she has been using the social media space to remind us she is very much around.

 

Anita Joseph

The struggle for social media attention heats up as actress Anita Joseph throws in her entire bum in a short dance video.

The mother of one was seen enveloping the camera lens of her mobile phone with her big backside shaking to a song.

Anita Joseph has always boasted that she could give American music star, Nicki Minaj a run for her money in twerking and this video shows she might not be boasting.

Meanwhile, many have criticized her actions as well as dance performance. Anita Joseph's acting career has been nosediving in recent times and it appears she could have quietly thrown in the towel.

Watch the video below:

Nigerian Man Shares His Encounter With A Ghost Inside A Bank (Photos)   

A Nigerian man has shocked his followers on social media after sharing his encounter with a ghost.

Ejike shared the ghost story on his social media page

A Nigerian man identified as Ejike Ofoegbu has taken to social media to narrate his encounter with a ghost at a bank.

He also shared photos to back up his claim.

Read his post below;

"I never believed dead men work again until what I saw today made me to believe so, I have never encounter spirit until today.

I walked in to my bank to fix the issues am having with my bank, I won’t say the name of the bank to avert unnecessary conflict.

When I walked in, there were many people in the bank, so I waited for my turn to reach, along the long wait, I decided to use their toilet, as I was about to walk into the toilet, I saw a man who walked pass me, he walked into the toilet before me, so I stayed in front of the door waiting for him.

for good five minutes this man is still in the toilet, to make case more scary for me, the man was standing, which means he wasn’t really going to toilet. I knocked in the door again “ gbom!! gbom!!! Sir please am still waiting for you” I said, he then closed the toilet door completely, and that was were the demonic power came in, the sound I was hearing before all stop, I stand there for more 10 minutes, I decided to open the door gently, until the door was widely open, the man was nowhere to be found, to my surprise, the water sink tap was running, the power bank I saw him enter with was there, but no trace of the man.

I met the security, I told him what just happened, he was shocked, he told me, did I really saw that, he now also explained to me, that their night duty security always said that a man always Enter that toilet at night, he wanted to took me to their manager, I refused.

With my investigations, I later learned that in 2017 February a man died in that bank, he was requesting for his money sized by the bank, when the bank told him that his money has been fortified by the government, he collapsed and died in the bank instantly

With so much scared in my heart, I rushed home, I unlocked the door, but the door didn’t open, I felt like someone was holding it from inside, I asked myself what was happening, because I didn’t get all this drama, I heard a voice from inside that said, “ never tell anyone what you saw or happened today” I rushed to call my friend, when we rushed back, the door is already opened.

Right now am on my way to Lagos till am I get myself, because I feel like am in the under world now."

However, many people are debating the veracity of the story.

Book On Buhari Gets Over 1million Pre-Order 2 Weeks Before Launch

Public curiosity in the book has been aroused by the recent debate occasioned by a Nigerian newspaper editorial on whether President Buhari has earned his place as a democratic leader.

President Muhammadu Buhari

The author of the soon to be launched book on President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr. Philip Agbese has received an order for over 1 million copies of the book just two weeks to the date for the official launch.

The book entitled, “Integrity Vs Power Play: Understanding the Buhari Phenomenon” is set for launch at the International Conference Centre , on the 30th of December, 2019.

Agbese, who is the Chief Executive Officer of TheNigerian, a news portal established in the United Kingdom, had in a widely circulated press statement announced the date and venue for the launch of the book and few hours after the news went public, inquiries about the book dominated the social media space with many asking for copies.

Public curiosity in the book has been aroused by the recent debate occasioned by a Nigerian newspaper editorial on whether President Buhari has earned his place as a democratic leader.

The author made it known in the statement that both the background and current leadership style of the Nigerian President agree with the main point in the book that the President Buhari has earned respect as a transformational leader and an outstanding democrat.

The pungency of the view canvassed as well as the authority with which the book is written serves to whet the appetite of the reading public that various institutions and individuals have placed orders for the book ahead of the set date for launch.

A statement from the book launch committee called on the general public who are eager to demonstrate their love and support for President Muhammad Buhari to be patient as copies would be made available on the day of the launch and in leading book stores across the country.

The committee said there’s no doubt that the twisted narrative about the President which some are trying to impose on the populace would be challenged with the launch of the book stating that Nigerians and the international community would soon get to know the truth about the true qualities of the Nigerian President.