Tuesday, 15 September 2015
Ayeni to publish biography of ‘A very Good Bad Guy’, 2face
Don Jazzy confesses , I’m Cherubim & Seraphim
Mavin record boss Don Jazzy has grabbed an
award from The Eternal Sacred Order of the
Cherubim and Seraphim church.
This was gathered on the music boss’ Twitter
handle where he tweeted his fans telling them
that he’s still a proud member of the church.
See Don Jazzy’s photo, tweet and throwback
photo of his family.
Don Jazzy receiving his award from the Church.
Don Jazzy
Michael Collins @DONJAZZY
And then?? Till now sef. get it right sha
“Cherubim & Seraphim”Ericsson signs broadcast services deal withChannel 5
Communications technology and services
provider, Ericsson, yesterday, disclosed that it
has signed an exclusive multi-year broadcast and
media services deal with leading UK broadcaster,
Channel 5, owned by Viacom.
The new deal spans Channel 5’s portfolio of
terrestrial and digital channels in the UK.
The deal, which was won following a competitive
tender process, included playout, media
management, metadata, access services and
business continuity services.
With the new development, Ericsson is expected
to provide these services for Channel 5’s entire
portfolio of terrestrial and digital channels as
well as for its catch up offerings, including
Channel 5+1 and Channel 5+24.
Ericsson following the new deal also delivers
media management services for the
broadcaster’s Demand 5 video-on-demand
platform. Accordingly,, all services will
commence in May 2016.
Speaking on the new deal, Paul Dunthorne, Chief
Operating Officer at Channel 5, said: “Ericsson
showed a clear understanding of our complex
playout requirements, including the extra
demands of live and fast-turnaround shows, such
as Big Brother, which are a crucial part of our
schedule. And they promise to offer us the
robust and flexible support we need as we
continue to roll out our highly popular Demand 5
player, which is already available across more
than 25 different video-on-demand platforms in
the UK. We look forward to working with them
over the coming years.”
WHO WILL SAVE NIGERIA’S YOUTH?
A recent New York Times survey showed that
43% of Americans think President Obama is
Muslim. Some people just can’t be helped. Some
people, for all intents and purposes, will remain
ignorant and perhaps that’s just the way of the
world. Some people will continue to judge others
based on gender or ethnicity. Some people will
think political appointments “maketh” the man or
that having someone from your village at the
helm of affairs will necessarily translate to your
betterment (although it’s yet to truly happen).
Some people revel in conspiracy theories and
fictitious agendas. Maybe there’s nothing anyone
can do about this. On my worst days, this is my
train of thought. On my best days, which
sometimes coincide with a Serena Williams win, I
think quite the opposite: watching her joy as she
does the splits to celebrate, or jumps up and
down, makes me feel that I too can do anything
or that outsiders in any game, can be victorious.
The system in any country, or what Americans
would call “the man”, is a complicated set of
rules which only allows or guarantees wins for
certain well-connected (often morally corrupt),
entrenched people.
When outliers don’t just break in but beat the
system, it’s a day of celebration for all other
outsiders, people with dreams and ambitions that
the system cannot accept or recognise for fear
of the rules of the game being re-written.
Muhammadu Buhari is a very particular outsider:
he knows the game and its players. He is feared
and hated by the establishment because he
promises to break the cartels and cabals which
keep Nigerians jobless and insecure, in order to
establish a level playing field. What better face
for the outliers, than he?
Unfortunately, his fellow outsiders, the Nigerian
youth, do not fully know or understand him.
Many don’t have the capacity to do so, due in
part to the dumbing down of our popular culture.
Besides dancing to meaningless hit songs and
idolising actors and actresses with little to say
for themselves besides the pursuit of expensive
cars and handbags obtained by “friendship” with
governors, the average Nigerian youth has little
to no political conscience.
How do we breed sentient, aware young people
who take deliberate actions beyond “catching a
husband” or engaging in exam malpractice?
There are various deep rooted reasons why
Nigerian girls feel they can only exist or be
recognised by society if they can attach the
“Mrs” title to their name, and there are many
reasons why some parents choose to encourage
and help their children to cheat during exams.
Nigeria has become a country where quick wins
are the preferred option, where hard work is
shunned: so why not just aim to marry a rich
man? It’s easier than professing independence,
as if marriage (to whatever sort of partner) and
independence are mutually exclusive.
When the President said we needed to kill
corruption before it kills Nigeria, it was because
corruption is the fundamental reason why one
cannot live a decent, honest life and hope to be
successful in Nigeria.
At some point, Nigerians are called to
compromise on their ethics and principles
without which progress is often impossible. So,
young girls accept to be the third or fourth wife
of a geriatric degenerate who might believe
defiling young girls is part of culture and the law
accepts his vice masquerading as a cultural
peculiarity so that he too, looks away from its
sins, such as the inability to protect those who
cannot speak for themselves. Or worse, those
who cannot always think for themselves. Who is
going to rescue Nigerian youth, trapped in a
culture of quick wins and cheap fun where the
depth of personality and focus is sorely missing?
Upon all of our excitement over the growth of
Nollywood as a would-be industry, I wonder if
there is much to be excited about given the
strange messaging contained in the average
Nollywood film. Even reading interviews granted
by the would-be heroes of the Nigerian youth is
worrisome: warped values and skewed mind-sets
abound, all gobbled up by young people who
never learned, due to a broken educational
system, how to think critically and analyse rather
than absorb unthinkingly.
From new age TV channels to dubious “on-air-
personalities” with puerile ideas on serious issues
they know nothing about, young Nigerians lack
mentors. Those who portray themselves as
mentors are often guilty of enslaving the youth
by not training them for succession or giving
them opportunities for growth. They also don’t
know how to speak to young people, to gain their
interest or trust. Nigerian youth bemoan their
situation; yet, many till date haven’t seen the link
between their political disinterest and their
disenfranchisement within society. They might
have found a willing guardian in President Buhari
but they are yet to find their voice, the young
man (or woman) who will translate for them
what the “ogas at the top” are all about and who
will end their banishment or freezing-out from
public affairs.
Interestingly, about 80 per cent of the Nigerian
population could be categorised as “outsiders”,
simply because most of that number would be
comprised of people under 30. Why aren’t there
more names of brilliant, focused young people
being bandied around in the lists of those called
to assist the President and to serve Nigerians?
Talented young Nigerians don’t dream of
becoming civil servants (or journalists for that
matter) and this is worrisome because then, who
will reinvent Nigeria? The average Nigerian’s
attitude is anti-government: too many politicians
believe their role is simply to attack, leaving
Nigerians desensitised and civil servants devoid
of direction. We need to create simpler ways for
talented young people to get into government
and incentives for them to do so, beyond the
idea many politicians’ offspring seem to have,
which is that government is a birth right where
money unilaterally flows. It is simply put, time to
bring Nigerian governance into the 21st century
by allowing brilliant young minds to chart a new
path and destiny for Nigeria.
Stella Oduah
She’s back to set a dangerous precedent. A few
weeks ago, the former minister got a court order
restraining the EFCC, the Attorney General of the
Federation, the Inspector General of Police and
the Independent Corrupt Practices and other
Related Offences Commission, ICPC, from
arresting her or even inviting her for questioning.
Where does one begin? There is no other place
on earth where a court would be able to stop
someone from being investigated. It goes against
the idea of the law itself which is to protect all
wronged parties not just the accused, as is done
in Nigeria.
Would an ordinary Nigerian be able to stop the
police from either arresting or investigating him?
Definitely not. So why make excuses for some,
simply because they have the necessary funds
to make justice (or their idea of it) go their way?
Jonathan’s ministers
The immediate past Minister of Works, Mike
Onolememen, was accused of taking four
unidentified people to an international
conference in 2011. The former minister’s wife
also apparently travelled with him. We all know
how necessary it is to have one’s wife present at
a business engagement.
The minister defended his wife’s presence,
saying ministers’ wives and “top female ministry
officials” were included. This attitude to public
office where wives, friends and often family were
invited on official trips for unjustifiable reasons is
just another reason why the sheriff must be
allowed to pick his ministers carefully.
16 DIED , 172 HOSPITALIZED AS CHOLERA HITS MAIDUGURI IDPS CAMP
MAIDUGURI—Cholera outbreak in three Internally
Displaced Persons, IDPs, camps within Maiduguri,
Borno State, have left 16 people dead and 172 in
critical conditions, with World Health
Organization, WHO, and UNICEF battling the
epidemic.
Children collect stagnant water for use at home
in Harare Photo: AP
However, Information Officer of National
Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Mallam
Abdulkadir Ibrahim, in a telephone interview, said
it was not an outbreak of cholera, but reported
cases of diarrhoea and vomiting.
NEMA is the sole agency in charge of feeding
the IDPs since inauguration of President
Muhammadu Buhari’s government.
The affected camps are those housing IDPs from
Mafa along Dikwa/Ngala Road.
Health officials at the camp told news men that
so far, 16 people had died of the outbreak, while
172 were in serious condition as they work with
international organization to bring the situation
under control.
One of the health officials working with UNICEF
told news men, yesterday: “The situation at the
camps is terrible. It was sudden and already a
large number has been affected.
“At the last count, we have 16 dead and about
172 affected. We are in an emergency health
situation in those camps.”
Damage control
It was also gathered that the affected IDPs were
prevented from leaving the camp by security
agents in a move to prevent spread of the
disease into the metropolis until the situation is
brought under control.
Also, those affected have been separated from
the unaffected, and all the IDPs are being
treated with preventive medicine.
Another medical official said: “The camps were
unkept, unclean and with all sort of waste all
over which informed the outbreak and
encouraged its wild-fire spread.
“We are doing everything possible to ensure that
we control the spread. We encourage the IDPs
to ensure cleanliness. Source vanguard
Wednesday, 2 September 2015
I went into acting for money butfound fun – Adibeli Ify
Nollywood upcoming actress Adibeli
Ify had her first shot at acting at the
age of sixteen. For her the
experience and the money that came
with it was so good she decided it
would be more than one-off thing.
She said she was paid N5,000 just to
dance in a film.
To her, that was a hook she wouldn’t
let go herself. But along the line, the
money she thought would be rolling
in faster than she could spend it ran
into a lull.
Now, what sustains her is her
passion for the job and the fun she
claims to have found “At first my
going into acting was for the money
after I was paid N5,000 at 16 in my
first movie just to dance.
So, I thought it would continue but I
found out otherwise.
Right now it is all about fun and love
for the job. Now, if you ask me I
wouldn’t say there is much money as
I thought. Its very much hardwork
and you have to pay your dues
before you are even recognised. But
right now I am loving it and getting
to know more people in the process”
she said.
NNPC GMD to end oil theft in 8months, to use drones to monitor oilvessels
By Kingsley Omonobi, Ben Agande,
Henry Umoru & Michael Eboh
ABUJA—Group Managing Director of
the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation, NNPC, Dr Emmanuel
Kachikwu has disclosed that oil theft
would be eradicated in the next eight
months as the corporation has put in
place measures to check the menace
and bring perpetrators to book.
Speaking at a one-day seminar on
Security in the Gulf of Guinea,
organised by the Gusau Institute in
Abuja, Dr Kachikwu said the fight to
stop oil theft was not only for the
NNPC but also all Nigerians, as the
effect of crude oil theft was on all
Nigerians.
Ibe kachikwu
According to the NNPC boss, some
of these measures include the
introduction of drones to monitor the
pipelines as well as patrol the
country’s coastal waters; equipping
and increasing the capabilities of the
security services to carry out their
responsibilities and the engagement
of communities to police pipelines in
their areas.
While promising to introduce
transparency in running the NNPC, Dr
Kachikwu revealed that the PPMC
would be broken up into several
companies with one solely in charge
of pipelines while another would be
in charge of products at the depots
He said: “The job of keeping our
country afloat and making sure that
the revenues from oil are
transparently received and spent is
the main purpose of my work. When I
was first asked by the President to
come and take over this job, my first
reaction was trepidation and fear,
largely because over the last two
decades, we have gone topsy-turvy
with our oil industry. We, as a
country, have lost so much both in
terms of revenue and international
perception. I carry a responsibility
that is not just making sure that the
oil industry generates so much
revenue, but also a responsibility of
bringing back high level of
transparency in terms of perception.
What is happening is that a few
people do bad things but it rubs off
on Nigeria. Many Nigerians are doing
the right thing.
“Nigeria is the eighth largest
producer of oil in the world but you
probably would not see that as you
traverse our country because a large
volume of oil produced lands in the
pockets of very few people and many
of us remain extremely poor. That is
because over the years, we have
been unable to transparently deal
with our oil.
“Oil theft is a major issue for us. We
lose on average of about 50,000
barrels of oil. We lose about $3-$4
billion of revenue and that is just in
terms of crude oil itself. When you
get to pipelines, most of our
pipelines are ruptured and attacked
fairly frequently. Last year alone,
between June 2014 and June 2015,
we recorded between 3,400 to 4,000
attacks on the various pipelines in
the country. The effect is a shut-in of
about 250,000 barrels a day and
when you calculate that, you have a
net loss of over $7 billion.
8 months deadline
“A lot is happening. More challenges
are going to be there but we are
going to be able to solve the
problems. We have given ourselves
eight months within which we will
hopefully completely eradicate the
issue of oil theft in Nigeria. It is a
focus that is very firm, very
determined and in the process, you
are going to find individuals who
constitute some of the highest level
of personnel in this economy. Oil
theft is not just about the poor in the
society. It is about the very rich and
it takes a rich man to be able to get
the market for the crude and enter
into the carriage contract. It is the
rich in the country that are actually
the problem of NNPC and not the
poor. We will address that very
solidly, and we will achieve result for
Nigeria. If we don’t do that we would
have lost the essence of our
appointment into this position.
Working with security agencies, and
using lots of technology we will
ensure that this business stops. It is
critical that the Nigerian face is not
seen as a face of theft but a face of
decency.”
He noted that because of the
constant vandalism of the country’s
pipelines, the refineries may not be
able to function effectively except the
issue of pipeline vandalism was
resolved, adding that in order to
check the menace, the security
architecture around the pipelines was
being re-engineered.
“The pipelines that traverse our
country which are supposed to carry
crude into our refineries are
perpetually harassed and the net
effect is that we resorted to using
marines to carry cargoes into our
refineries. What it meant is that no
matter what you do with our
refineries today, unless that is
solved, we cannot operate the
refineries. Every month, I sit and try
to decide whether I should move
crude to the refineries or sell the
crude and be able to fund the other
accounts. The marine services are
too expensive for me.
“In the last one year, we have lost
about 350 lives — NNPC staff,
policemen, community members —
as a result of attempts to breach
these pipelines.
“Let me get to the export aspect of
it. You get calls from all parts of the
world — China, America, alleging that
cargoes of Nigerian crude are lying
in those countries’ territories, most
of them sold. We are dealing with a
case currently of over 14 cargoes in
China, where all the documentation
appears to be from the NNPC. It
might as well be that by the time we
finish with the documentation of
these cargoes, we will get to find out
that they are cargoes probably out of
Iran or Iraq who may be trying to sell
their goods as a result of the
embargo. But for whatever it is worth,
Nigeria has become known,
unfortunately as the country with the
highest level of crude theft and
sophisticated movement of funds.
Use of drones
“It is a major concern for the
President and a major concern for all
of us in the industry and we are
focused on trying to find solutions.
We have marshaled out an armada of
approaches to this which include
incorporating drones to check
movement within our territorial waters
towards the ship; we are looking at
logistical ways of changing
something at our crude oil loading
bays; we are trying to equip the Navy
sufficiently, in terms of skills and not
in terms of arsenal. We are trying to
take the bull by the horns to ensure
that they patrol within the maritime
zone.
“But more fundamentally, the
pipelines that carry oil and crude will
have to be policed. The present
attempt at policing them has not
worked, so we are thinking of
changing the personnel, using more
of the military but also getting into
dealing with the community which
ultimately is the best security in
dealing with these pipelines, as we
try to create more incentives for them
to own the pipelines,” he said.
Speaking on the new measures being
introduced, the NNPC boss said: “It
is one of many efforts that we have
put in place. But most importantly,
we are trying to improve on the
psyche of the people who work in
the NNPC. We are trying to make
them understand that there is a
difference between a corporation and
a civil service because ultimately we
begin to realize that we are here to
run a business for Nigeria, we have
no need being there,” he said.
Earlier in his keynote address, the
Prime Minister of Sao Tome and
Principe, Mr Patrice Emery Trovoada
said Nigeria should place less
emphasis on oil production and
should instead consider the option of
exploring other resources like fish in
the Gulf of Guinea in order to
diversify its revenue base.
He called for greater cooperation
amongst countries of the Gulf of
Guinea to check the incidence of
piracy and oil theft, adding that his
country would continue to cooperate
with Nigeria to check the menace.
Navy to complement drones
Meanwhile, the Chief of Naval Staff,
Vice Admiral Ibok Ibas said,
yesterday, that the Nigerian Navy will
collaborate with other security
agencies to ensure that any measure
that will result to checkmating illegal
oil bunkering and pipeline
vandalization is nipped in the bud.
Speaking against the background of
disclosure by Dr. Kachikwu that
drones will be deployed to ensure
that oil theft is checkmated in the
country, Vice Admiral Ibas said:
“First, we are deploying electronic
surveillance equipment to ensure that
this menace is brought to an end.
“Secondly, the Navy has standby
response teams ready to move at the
quickest deployment because even if
the drones are deployed as disclosed
by the NNPC GMD, it is the Navy that
will be required to implement the
response aspect”.
The CNS who spoke to news men last
night further insisted “we are all
working in collaboration with NNPC
and other security agencies to end
this menace which has impacted
negatively on our nations’ economy
and revenue base. I am assuring you
that we will give all the support
necessary to achieve the goal as
enunciated by the NNPC GMD.”
What drones do
Drones are automated (pilotless)
micro aircraft used for security
monitoring and surveillance
purposes, often described as “eyes
in the sky.”
According to the Social Science
Research Network, SSRN, drones are
“less expensive and more efficient
than conventional aircraft at tracking
the movements of large numbers of
people without their knowledge. The
capabilities of onboard instruments
like high-resolution cameras, infrared
devices, facial recognition systems,
and other sensory enhancing
technologies will make it virtually
impossible to shield oneself from
government watch.”
100 days: Buhari didn’t makespecific promises – Presidency
ABUJA–Presidency yesterday stated
that President Mohammdu Buhari
during his campaign never made
specific promises of what to achieve
within his first 100 days in office.
It also denied circulating documents
which contained such promises,
saying that two booklets titled “One
Hundred Things Buhari Will Do in
100 Days” and “My Covenant With
Nigerians” which allegedly made
rounds were not products of the
Media Department of the All
Progressives Congress, APC.
The Presidency’s position followed
public concerns of apparent denial of
such promises and existence of the
documents during the campaign by
appropriate authorities.
The Senior Special Assistant to the
president on media and publicity,
Mallam Garba Shehu who incidentally
was the Director, Media and Publicity
Department of the APC presidential
campaign organisation made the
disclosure in Abuja on Tuesday.
Shehu who urged Nigerians to ignore
the claims from certain quarters
submitted that he never signed any
such documents where the president
as a candidate made achievable
promises within 100 days in office.
He further backed up his claim by
recalling the lecture of given by the
president at the Chattam House in
London.
According to him, it was more timely
to talk about milestones since the
advent of the new government than
speaking about achievements.
“The president never promised
anything to anyone. It is on record in
that lecture at Chatham House they
asked him a question relating to
expectations and what he specifically
would do in relation to certain
documents that were flying around
committing him to this thing or that
thing within 100 days.
“In that lecture- the video is already
now viral on the web- he (Buhari)
said ‘it contained falsehood and I am
not going to be engaged in deceit. I
will go in there, I will see what is
there and the get the intelligence –
the knowledge of things that are
going on- and I will fully commit
myself to serving Nigeria'”.
“My point is that as the director,
media and communications of that
campaign, I was responsible for
internal and external communications
and these so p-called documents that
are been flown around didn’t have my
signature.
“I didn’t fund them and I didn’t
authorize them. From what President
Buhari himself had said at Chatham
House, he had no iota or knowledge
of those documents. So, people
cannot hold him to account on
something to which he did not
commit himself”.
“We prefer to talk about milestones
instead of achievements. Whether
the milestones represent
achievements or not, that is left for
the people to decide. Milestones
have been achieved which is
important for the country”, he stated.
Reminded that the documents had
gone viral on social media platforms
including APC’s website, the
presidential spokesperson said the
party had many centres of
communication, some of which were
on the loose.
He said, “APC had a campaign in
which there were so many centres of
public communication and
unfortunately there were some among
those centres that were more or less
on the loose. Yes, it was possible
that things were being done without
the knowledge or the usage of the
proper channel of communication.”
Shehu also recalled that the
president discarded the idea of 100
days at the Chatham house.
Quoting from President Buhari’s
transcript, Shehu said: “The second
one: high expectations and what to
do with the first 100 days. Yes, I
respect that question because quietly
I was thinking about these high
expectations. Those who are
following the trail of our campaigns
can see how people are turning out,
some becoming emotional and
crying.
“I am really getting scared that if I
get there they will expect miracles
within the next week or months. That
would be very dicey handling that
one. I think we have to have a
deliberate campaign to temper high
expectations with some
reasonableness on the part of those
who are expecting miracles to
happen.
“Just to go first to the ‘first 100
days’, some of it is fraudulent and I
don’t want to participate in any fraud
in any form. Nigerians know that we
are in trouble as a people and as a
country.” When we get there we will
quickly get correct intelligence of
what is on the ground and inform
Nigerians and just learn what I have
just read.
“We will make sure that the
misappropriation and misapplication
of public resources will not be
allowed. You would be surprised by
how much savings we will realize.
That saving will be ploughed back
into development and this is what I
can promise. But I would remove that
‘100 days’”.
Kidnappers demand N50m forBayelsa chiefs’ freedom
Yenagoa— The kidnappers of Chief
Blessing Wagio and Chief Isaac
Akono-Igolo have reportedly
demanded N50 million for their
release a week after their abduction.
The victims, both indigenes of
Okpoama in Brass Local Government
Area of Bayelsa State and a security
operative, whose identity could not
be ascertained, were kidnapped last
Wednesday along Ogbia-Brass
waterways by armed men suspected
to be pirates.
Though the whereabouts of the
kidnapped victims are unknown, the
kidnappers were said to have
contacted the family of one of the
chiefs, Monday, demanding N50
million ransom before they would be
set free.
Vanguard gathered that the victims’
boat, which sailed from Ogbia water
front in Ogbia council, was heading
to Brass on the Atlantic fringe when
it came under attack around Kiberibio
area in the waterway, described as a
hotbed of pirates attacks.
A source told Vanguard: “The
kidnappers are demanding a ransom
of N50 million. They called the wife
of Chief Wagio on Monday at about
10p.m. and made the two chiefs to
speak with her.”
Contacted, Police Public Relations
Officer, Asinim Butswat, said he was
in a meeting.
Tuesday, 1 September 2015
P-Square escapes death in autocrash
Peter and Paul Okoye of the popular
pop duo, Psquare, on Sunday,
escaped death by whiskers in a
ghastly auto-crash along the Lagos-
Ibadan Expressway.
P-Square
The Sensational R&B duo, suffered a
crash in their ox-blood coloured
Range Rover Sport Jeep on their way
back from a concert staged in
Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.
Peter who took to Instagram, narrated
that an oncoming lorry bashed their
as they were returning from a show
alongside their assistant manager
and lead drummer, Papi J Ameh.
Peter said, “Fans pls help us thank
God. Myself @rudeboypsquare @
papiijameh and our assistant
manager @wandoskie had an
accident early hours of today on our
way back from a show in Ibadan.
Along Lagos-Ibadan Express Road. A
Lorry hit and dragged us for over 12
seconds. But Our Lord and Our God
is always faithful and quick to show
Mercy. Thank God we survived.
Anti-corruption fight: Persons foundwanting won’t be spared – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on
Tuesday vowed to strengthen his
anti-corruption campaign in the
country, noting that his
administration would not spare
anyone found guilty of corrupt
practices.
Buhari
Buhari said this at the opening
session of the 45th Annual
Accountants Conference and 50th
Anniversary celebration of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of
Nigeria tagged “ICAN:Building on a
legacy of service”.
The president, represented by the
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry
of Finance, Mrs Anastasia Nwaobia,
vowed to step up his anti-corruption
campaign through the re-invigoration
of all anti corruption agencies in the
country.
He said that institutions such as the
Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission and the Independent
Corrupt Practices and Other Related
Offenses Commission were key in his
fight against corruption.
He said that the lack of prudence,
transparency and honesty in the
management of public resources had
left Nigerians in a state of suffering
and deprivation.
He called on the ICAN to assist his
administration in reversing the trend
by ensuring that the resources of
government were duly accounted for
with all sense of transparency.
“We are at the threshold of history
where we must collectively take the
destiny of the nation in our hands.
“As Nigerians, no one can love
Nigeria like you and me. On our part,
we will continue to lead by example,
making efforts to live above board.
“As we strive to walk or talk,we will
carry to its logical conclusions our
initiative to overhaul the bureaucracy
of the public sector in an effort to
engender transparency and improve
productivity in public governance.
“I assure you that persons found
wanting will not be spared,” he said.
Buhari said with the huge number of
resources at the country’s disposal,
it’s citizens had no business being
classified poor among comity of
nations.
The president said his administration
had commenced the process of
rebuilding a better country for all
through the enthronement of honesty
in the management of public
resources.
“As blessed as we are as a nation,
Nigerians have no business being
classified as poor.
“Yet, through the greed of some
unpatriotic few, our commonwealth
has been badly pillaged in the name
of public service.
“Our ability as a nation to create
wealth has increasingly been
hampered by lack of prudence,
transparency and honesty in the
management of public resources by
some of those entrusted with the
duty of governance at all levels.
“This should not be allowed to
continue. The nation ought and must
leave the throes of poverty and
underdevelopment. I do believe that
as a people, we are naturally
destined for greatness,” he said.
While admitting that the battle for the
enthronement of the right values
would be difficult, his administration
was committed to effecting a change
in the nation’s value system.
He expressed optimism that
corruption would soon be a thing of
the past. He reiterated his
administration’s commitment in
changing Nigeria for the better.
Earlier, the President of ICAN, Mr
Samuel Deru, said that the nation’s
economy needed surgical and drastic
reforms beyond the solution of
privatisation of government
companies.
These reforms, he added, should
begin with plugging of all revenue
leakages, revisiting and redefining
priorities, slashing of cost of
governance and investing more in
capital ventures.
“In spite of the current challenges, as
a body, we are persuaded that
integrity and public interest as
cherished virtues, will continue to
underlie good governance and
economic prosperity.
“Accordingly, we will continue to
defend these ideals, no matter the
odds. To ensure this, we have set in
motion strategies to re-engineer our
processes in order to re-position the
profession for greater value delivery,”
he said.
Dere called on the government to
make the budget cycle a subject of
legislation, to enhance budgeting
ethics and effective implementation
processes.
AUN students develop apps forteaching Hausa , Fulfulde languages
Abuja – Dr Margee Ensign, Vice-
Chancellor, American University of
Nigeria (AUN), Yola, says Computer
Science students of the institution
have written a computer application
for teaching Hausa and Fulfulde
languages.
Ensign disclosed this while speaking
with newsmen at a two-day
Conference on Technology-Assisted
Learning in Nigerian Higher
Education organised by NUC and
AUN on Tuesday in Abuja.
She said that AUN deployed ICT
massively and would soon connect
Yola with fibre optics to boost access
to ICT.
“We have a programme called
Student Empowerment through
Language, Literacy and Arithmetic
(STELLA) where all our students are
teaching vulnerable people how to
read.
“Our Computer Science students
have written apps for teaching Hausa
and Fulfulde because people want to
learn in their mother tongues.
“We will sign an agreement with the
US Government to extend STELLA to
other parts of North-East Nigeria.
“We are training vulnerable children
on eight weeks free ICT access to
know how to access technology; we
hope to bring fibre optics to Yola so
that the whole community has
access to technology.’’
She said that the school had
established a strong internet
presence; which earned it a visit
from Google two years ago.
According to her, Google visited AUN
because it noticed AUN presence on
the worldwide usage map as the
institution used some Google
technology.
“We are using e-books everywhere;
every student and staff uses
computer – a laptop or ipad.
“So, we have access to world
knowledge; our jobs as faculty
members and teachers are train
people on how to access technology
and how to evaluate it.
“We have 22 programmes focused on
STEM- Science Technology
Engineering and Maths in the
secondary schools.
“The American Library Association
recently ranked universities
according to their digital holdings;
AUN was one of the top three in the
world – above Oxford and
Cambridge.
“We have one of the best digital
holdings.’’
Ensign said that AUN took into
cognisance the challenges in the
North-East and believed that
technology could be used in tackling
the challenges.
According to her, Nigeria’s population
is growing rapidly; and by 2025, it
will be the third largest in the world.
The vice-chancellor said therefore
that there would not be not enough
time to build more schools and train
more teachers; hence the need to
deploy technology.
“We believe technology is an
important part of the answer; we
thought it was right to partner with
NUC to bring all the VCs together to
see how we can map out strategies
on how to tackle the problem.’’
She said she believed that
participants at the conference would
leave with strategies on how to
jumpstart education through ICT.
(NAN)
50 people quarantinee after newEbola death in S. Leone
Fifty people have been placed in
quarantine in northern Sierra Leone
after the death of a middle-aged
woman from the Ebola virus, medical
officials said Tuesday, in a setback
for the country’s bid to gain Ebola-
free status.
“We are conducting an
epidemiological investigation to trace
the extent of the transmission” as
the woman ho died was sick for 5-10
days without the authorities being
alerted, Ibrahim Sesay of the National
Ebola Response Centre (NERC) told a
local radio station.
Given the 50 people identified as at
high-risk “we should not be surprised
if we see new cases coming out,”
from the new case
identified in the village of Sella Kafta
in the northern district of Kambia, he
said.
“Ebola is like the main actor in an
horror film. Defeat the actor and he
is likely to get up again,” Sesay
added.
There had been celebratory scenes
last week when the country’s last
known Ebola patient was released
from hospital in the central city of
Makeni after being cured of the virus,
raising hopes the west African nation
may finally have beaten the
devastating epidemic.
The latest victim had not travelled to
either Liberia or Guinea, two other
countries also blindsided by the
worst outbreak of Ebola in history,
which has killed some 11,300 people
since first emerging in December
2013 in Guinea.
News of the new Ebola death came
as a new school year got underway
Monday, with measures in place to
try prevent the spread of the virus.
Children’s temperatures were being
checked at many schools, and
students were directed towards
buckets of chlorine to wash their
hands.
Schools were closed for more than
eight months at the height of the
Ebola outbreak.
Reports from Kambia said community
leaders and residents remained “in a
state of shock” over the news.
An elder and long time resident in
Sella Kafta, Sampha Mansaray told
AFP by phone that “the community is
in mourning over the death.”
“We have been thorough in observing
all restrictions to keep Ebola out of
our community but we have now
failed the rest of the country by
being the place that has halted the
countdown” towards Ebola-free
status, the 60-year-old farmer
lamented.
Breaking News: Nigerian Armyretakes Gomboru Ngala fromB’Haram
The Nigerian Army has retaken the
economically strategic town of
Gomboru Ngala, Borno State, from
the Boko Haram militants.
Army
A brief statement by the Acting
Director, Army Public Relation, Sani
Usman said troops took back the
town on Tuesday.
“The triumphant troops are now busy
with clearing and mopping up
patrols,” Usman said.
The Army spokesperson stated that
the triumphant troops are now busy
with clearing and mopping up
patrols.
Recall that on Thursday, March 19,
2015, it was reported that the
terrorist group, Boko Haram had
recaptured Gamboru Ngala town,
where they were recently pushed out
by Chadian troops.
It was learnt that the Nigerian border
town with Chad, Gamboru Ngala, was
left unguarded after the Chadian
troops liberated it from and flushed
out the insurgents.
Details soon
Buhari’s Appointment: You ‘resuffering from political depression,Sani tells Fayose
Lawmaker representing Kaduna
Central Senatorial District, Sen.
Shehu Sani has condemned Governor
Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, over
his Monday’s criticism of President
Muhammadu Buhari’s appointments
so far.
Fayose and Buhari
Governor Fayose had a statement
issued on Monday, by his Special
Assistant on Public Communications
and New Media, Lere Olayinka,
accused Buhari’s style of governance
since his emergence on May 29,
2015, as one that portrays him as a
president of the Northern Nigeria
only.
Fayose who said it was wrong for
President Buhari to have made 31
major appointments and only seven
will come from the South while 24
were from the North, explained that
his appointments made so far negate
the principle of federal character,
adding that it appears the unity in
diversity of Nigeria is being taken for
granted by the President.
However, responding to Fayose’s
outburst, Sani in a statement on
Tuesday, said although everyone has
a right to freedom of expression, but
that Fayose’s recent utterances are
nothing but “divisive, inciting,
provocative, and mischievous
tantrums against President
Muhammadu Buhari.”
The activist lawmaker described
Fayose as a man suffering from
political depression in the aftermath
of the defeat of his patriarch, former
President Goodluck Jonathan, in the
last Presidential election on March
28, 2015.
The statement reads thus:
1-I recognize the fundamental rights
of Ekiti State Governor to freedom of
expression.
2-I unreservedly condemn his
divisive, inciting, provocative and
mischievous tantrums and invectives
against President Muhammadu
Buhari.
3-Ekiti Governor is a relic of the old
order, he represents the old Nigeria
of waste, of hollow ritual of noise
and nuisance.
4-Fayose is a man suffering from
political depression in the aftermath
of the defeat of his patriarch
Goodluck Jonathan. He is a
hallucinating Man of the ancient, yet
to come to terms with the realities of
a new dawn and new Nigeria.
5-The Ekiti governor is a man on the
loose ready to use stones, sticks and
any object to inflict harm and to be
noticed.
6-Fayose failed to stop the election
of President Muhammadu Buhari by
the use of false, misleading and
subversive propaganda laced with
lies and deceit and now resort to
firing arrows of hate, smear and
distortions.
7-Fayose is a glorified tout, deficient
in morals, character and
courteousness.
8-Fayose’s imprudent utterances are
nothing but an attempt to incite
Nigerians from the South against
those from the North.
9-Ekiti Governor’s utterances are
unbecoming of a state Governor who
should symbolize, exemplify and
personify national unity and peace.
10-Fayose’s utterances are farts from
a rotten road side Beans meal.
11-The constitution of the Federal
Republic Of Nigeria guarantees all
Nigerians the right to freely express
their opinion and criticize the
operations of Government. The Ekiti
Governor is simply on a toxic smear
campaign against PMB.
12-President Muhammadu Buhari is
not a ‘northern president’:He is a
Nigerian president out to correct the
wrong of the erstwhile sectional
president whom the Fayoses of
Nigeria supported and collaborated
with.
13-Fayose is a weeping and
whipping boy of the dead PDP.
14-I call on the APC Governors to
appropriately respond to their peer,
Fayose and return him to the cesspit
pit, where he rightly belongs.
Senator Shehu Sani
Kaduna Central.
INFINIX ZERO 2 X509 SPECIFICATION AND PRICE
INFINIX ZERO 2 SPECIFICATION
, the Infinix Zero is getting a
successor and yes it is the Infinix
Zero 2 (a.k.a Infinix X509). Infinix
Zero 2 is coming with more power in
a very sleek, yet tough body. Infinix
Zero 2 comes with a new display,
now boasting of 5-inch Super
AMOLED display protected by
Corning Gorilla Glass 3.
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The Design
Infinix Zero 2 is slimmer and lighter
than its predecessor. It shaved more
than a millimetre off the thickness of
the Zero. However, despite being
sleek, the Zero 2 is in no way fragile.
The front is protected with super
tough Corning Gorilla Glass 3 for
unrivaled scratch resistant. Infinix
Zero 2 is built in an alluminium
frame with a back cover built of
Kevlar fiber, which is said to be 5
times tougher than steel, while being
very flexible and highly resistant.
Hardware & Software
Infinix Zero 2 is coming with a power
boost. The smartphone is powered
by 2.0GHz octa-core processor. This
is paired with a 2GB of RAM for a
smooth performance and seamless
multi-tasking.
Infinix Zero 2 comes with twice the
storage of the 16GB Zero, with 32GB
of built-in storage. This leaves ample
space for all your files and media.
Infinix Zero 2 also has a model with
16GB built-in storage.
Perhaps the little disappointment that
I see in the Infinix Zero 2 is that it is
still coming with Android 4.4 (KitKat)
. A hardware this prestigious deserve
some Lollipop flavouring.
The Display
Infinix Zero 2 is upgrading from an
IPS is a Super AMOLED display.
Super AMOLED have the advantage
that they allow for a slimmer design
as well as offer better battery
efficience, which can result in better
battery life.
Super AMOLED displays also offers
better contrast. The display is still 5-
inch and offers 720 x 1280 pixels
resolution.
The Cameras
Infinix Zero 2 sports a 13 megapixels
camera with faster autofocus on the
back with the sensor coming from
Samsung. A 5 megapixels camera is
provided in the front. The camera
supports smart gesture, which
probably means you will be able to
snap a picture by waving your hand.
Infinix Zero 2 Price in Nigeria
Pricing and availability
Infinix Zero 2 X509 is now available
in Nigeria. You can now buy the
smartphone at leading online stores
in the country. Infinix Zero 2 Price in
Nigeria ranges from N35,300 to
N45,000, depending on your
location.
Infinix Zero 2 Specs
Here are a few specs of the Infinix
Zero 2 X509:
General Features
Platform: Android 4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor: 2.0GHz octa-core
Processor (Mediatek MTK6592)
GPU: Mali 450 MP4
Memory: 2GB RAM
Colours: -
Dimension: 145 x 71.2 x 6.7 mm
Weight: 118 g
SIM Type: Micro-SIM
SIM Count: Dual-SIM, Dual Standby
Display
Display: 5.0-inch Super AMOLED
Display, 720 x 1280 pixels (293ppi)
Display Protection: Corning Gorilla
Glass 3
Camera
Rear Camera: 13 MP Camera, LED
Flash, Video
Rear Camera Features: Autofocus
(0.5 seconds), Smart Gesture, Geo-
tagging, Panorama
Front Camera: 5MP Camera
Storage
Built-in Storage: 16GB or 32GB
Storage
Memory Card Support: -
Bundled Cloud Storage: -
Network Support
2G GSM: 850 / 900 / 1800 /
1900MHz
2G CDMA 1X: No
3G WCDMA: 850 / 2100MHz
3G CDMA EVDO: No
4G LTE: No
Internet & Connectivity
GPRS: Yes, up to 48kbps
EDGE: Yes
3G/WCDMA/HSPA: Yes, up to
21mbps
HSPA+: No
CDMA EVDO: No
4G LTE: No
WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Wi-Fi Hotspot: Yes
Bluetooth: Yes, Bluetooth 4.0
NFC: No
Infrared Blaster: No
USB Port: Yes, microUSB 2.0
Messaging
SMS/MMS: Yes
Instant Messaging: Yes
Push Emails: Yes
Email Protocol:
Entertainment
Music Player: Yes, mp3, WAV, FLAC,
eACC+
Video Player: Yes, MPEG4, H.263,
H.264, XviD
FM Radio: Yes (with RDS)
Loudspeaker: Yes
3.5mm Jack: Yes
Navigation
Navigation: Yes, GPS with A-GPS
Maps: Yes, Google Maps
Sensors & Control
Digital Compass: Yes
Accelerometer: Yes
Proximity Sensor: Yes
Light Sensor: Yes
Barometer: No
Pedometer: No
Gyroscope: Yes
Fingerprint Scanner: No
Iris Scanner: No
Intelligent Digital Assistant: -
Motion Sensing / Gesture Control: -
Voice Control: -
Other Features
Video Streaming: Yes
Wireless Charging: No
Water Resistant: No
Dust Resistant:
Image Editor: Yes
Video Editor: No (download at store)
Document Viewer: No (download at
store)
Document Editor: No (download at
store)
Battery
Battery: 2300 mAh Battery
Standby Time: -
Talktime: -
Monday, 31 August 2015
TECNO Y5 ANDROID PHONE SPECIFICATION AND PRICE
TECNO Y5 SPECIFICATIONS
Short description
Operating System: Android 4.4
KitKat
Camera: 5MP Rear Camera,
0.3MP Front Camera
Screen: 5 inch touchscreen
display
Memory: 1GB RAM, 8GB Internal
Memory
Battery Capacity: 2350mAh
CPU: 1GHz Dual Core MT6572M
Colour: Grey/Purple
Dimensions: 140.2 x 74.5 x
10.6mm
Product details
Y5 - Grey/Purple Trims
In Partnership with
Y5, the smartphone with a large
screen with an ability to satisfy all of
your music listening needs, taking
photos and many hours of surfing
the internet.
Music At It's Best
Perfect sound chamber design with
high quality music tone blaring from
a high quality loudspeaker
5.0 IPS Highly Defined Screen
The huge 5 inch screen possessed
by the Y5 is much more easy to
operate. It has an IPS wide viewing
angle with the low power consuming
FWVGA resolution.
Camera Extraordinaire
Camera access innovation at its best
is found in the Y5 ensuring that you
can quickly capture precious and
surprising moments at the flash of
your phone. Simply swipe the icon of
camera to access the camera
whenever screen is locked or draw a
'C' sign on the screen whenever
blank.Find even more picture taking
options to ensure your camera
serves you at your whim with the
Touch capture, Sound capture or
Volume capture.
Long Battery Life
The Y5 works with a 2350mAh high
voltage battery plus power-saving
optimization giving you as much as
8.1 hours when watching video, 31
hours on music and 13.8 when used
for strictly calls.
Remarkable Memory
8GB ROM sees to it that thousand
songs can be stored and 16GB RAM
ensures many more applications run
more smoothly all at once.
Colourful Appearance
The Y5 exudes a colourful attraction,
easy to hold as it has a soft-to-touch
rubber painted body.
SKU (simple):
TE339ELAEQGHNAFAMZ
Weight (kg): 0.5
Colour: Grey
Processor Type: Dual Core
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