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The above are the acknowledgement letter for the filing of Annual Returns with CAC for the Year 2017 to 2023

A prosecutor of the Kwara State Police Command, Mr. Matthew Ologbon, has informed an Ilorin Magistrate's Court, presided over by Mr. K.A.Yahyah, that a female National Youth Service Corps member, Miss Yetunde Idowu was raped to death by a 51-year-old man, Abdullahi Tanko, and his gang members. 

 PUNCH Metro had reported that Idowu' corpse was found at the Ilorin GRA. The police prosecutor told the court that on May 23, at about 12pm, the police found Idowu in a pool of blood. 

 Ologbon told the court that investigation by the police revealed that Tanko and his collaborators, now at large, tricked Idowu from her residence to Fate Road, where they raped her to death. 

 He added that Tanko and his gang members raped the deceased inside their car. He said,   "After they had raped Idowu, they carried her dead body to a nearby junction. The police located Tanko's house through the blood traces of the deceased and the suspected killer was arrested. "The mobile phone of the deceased was found with Tanko." 

 Yahaya ordered that Tanko be remanded in prison, while he adjourned the case till August 10, 2015. 

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‎Nigerian rapper, Olamide is currently in London having a swell time. 

The 'Melo Melo' singer was seen chilling with newly elected member of the House of Representatives representing Ikorodu Federal constituency, Honorable Jimi Benson.

In a picture posted by the rapper on Instagram, Olamide is seen hanging out with Benson and Oba Eleguishi who isn't adorned in any royal garb...

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As President Muhammadu Buhari settles down to work, the Presidency has called for the Bank Account Balances of all federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs.

The directive to all Chief Executive Officers and Accounting Officers of MDAs was contained in a circular Ref No: TRY A4 & B4/2015 /OAGF/CAD/026/V .1/254 and dated 1 June, 2015.

It was issued by former Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Jonah Otunla, before he retired from service, last week.

The circular was titled “Urgent Request for Account Balances of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, in the Central Bank and Deposit Banks, as at May 29, 2015”.
According to the circular, all accounts of each MDA, including accounts held in foreign banks must be included. Accounts of the nation’s Diplomatic Missions were also affected.

It contained a subtle warning that there would be consequences for any officer who failed to disclose any account or distort information on any account such as doctoring it as it would be considered illegal by the presidency.

It said in part, “To enable the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) properly brief the new Administration, you are hereby requested to submit urgently, the list and balances of ALL accounts maintained and operated by your Ministry, Department or Agency (MDA) in CBN and DMBs as at 29th May, 2015 .

Such accounts should include Offshore, Investment and Deposit Accounts.”

The MDAs were directed to provide the information in both hard and soft copies.

According to the directive, the information to be provided included: the Account Name, Account Number, Balance as at May 29, 2015, Account Status ( Active or Dormant) and remarks which should include signatories to the each account.

The move considered strategic to harnessing all available cash in an economy faced with dwindling revenue, especially from its primary source, oil, was one of the earliest steps of the new administration towards blocking all avenues of leakage.

Sources said that the submission of all bank accounts of MDAs would be the first step into President Buhari administrations audit of the federal governments financial management, especially by the last administration which had been accused of some huge payments to contractors and consultants in its last months.

It was also learnt that the Buhari administration would put in place stiff financial regulations which would make it difficult for MDAs, especially, extra-ministerial departments and agencies that collect funds from the public in their service delivery to spend such money at will.

The current regulation, allows government organizations which are not categorized as “Revenue Agencies” to spend what they earn and return the balance to the treasury at the end of each fiscal year.

However, Finance Ministry sources said that only few agencies adhere to that regulation, as most of them try to exhaust their funds at the end of the year or return what they like to the treasury, as “unspent fund”, while keeping the balance in their accounts.

Former President Suleyman Demirel who is an important figure in Turkey politics has died. 

According to a broadcast on turkish television, he passed away at Ankara's Guven Hopsital of respiratory tract infection and heart failure at 2.05am on wednesday. 

The Deceased who was said to have served seven times as the country's prime minster in the 1960s and 1970s before serving as president from 1993 to 2000 was aged 90years.

Mr Demirel popularly known as "Sulu the sherperd" because of his village background and his canny use of symobls of Islam had lost his wife Nazmiye in May 2013,unfortunately, the couple had no children. RIP Mr Demirel.

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Members of the newly inaugurated National Assembly will be paid miscellaneous or regular allowances totalling N8.64 billion next week, and not only their wardrobe allowance.

This clarification is coming on the heels of a report by THISDAY and another newspaper on Tuesday that the entire N8.64 billion was meant for the legislators' wardrobe allowance.

The sum will cover other allowances such as motor vehicle fuelling and maintenance, wardrobe, domestic staff, personal assistant, constituency office, house maintenance, utilities and entertainment, among other perks, for the entire 469 lawmakers in the National Assembly.

Speaking with THISDAY, Senator Ajayi Borrofice (Ondo North) said it was wrong to assume that the N8.64 billion was for lawmakers' wardrobe, noting that wardrobe allowance was the most insignificant part of lawmakers' earnings.

He further explained that the money would include the cost of securing and equipping constituency offices in various local government areas which make up their constituencies.

The lawmaker also said the sum would entail monies being used by lawmakers to organise town hall meetings in their various constituencies.

Borrofice also disclosed that it was wrong to assume that monies being paid as allowances to lawmakers were given for free, saying such allowances are deducted in tranches from their salaries.   

While the miscellaneous allowances, just like the furniture and vehicle allowances, are paid upfront the entire four-year tenure of the 469 federal lawmakers, the housing allowance, on the other hand, is paid on a yearly basis.

The housing allowance for political office holders is usually 200 per cent of their annual salaries while furniture allowance is 300 per cent of annual salaries as against motor vehicle loan which is 400 per cent.

On the other hand, each of the 107 senators, besides the Senate President,  will be paid N4,052,800 as housing allowance. This sum will be paid to them every year. One senator is dead.

This will translate to a total of N433,649,600 as housing allowance to be paid to the Senate annually while both the Senate President and the Deputy Senate President will be provided accommodation by the federal government.

On the other hand, each member of the House of Representatives will be paid N3 970,425 as housing allowance upon assumption of office.

This implies that the current 358 representatives aside the speaker, will collect a total of N1,421,412,150 as housing allowance. Like the case of the Senate, the speaker and deputy speaker will be excluded from housing allowance as the federal government will also provide their own accommodation. One House member also died.

Following monetisation of entitlements of public officials, the lawmakers lost the right to occupy houses built and maintained by the government.

Therefore, the federal government sold the houses previously occupied by the lawmakers to them.

The principal officers of the previous National Assembly benefited from the sale of the houses.

Hence, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is currently building new ones for the four presiding officers of both chambers.

On furniture allowance, each of the senators will take away N6, 079,200 from the national treasury while the furniture for both the Senate president and his deputy will be fully provided by the government.

The total sum to be earned by 107 senators as furniture allowance will be N650  474,400. Furniture allowance is paid once in four years.

In the House of Representatives, each member will be paid N5, 955,637.50 as furniture allowance. This means that 358 representatives will collect a total of N2, 132,118,225 for furniture.

On the vehicle loan, each of the senators is entitled to N8, 105,600 while each House member is entitled to N7, 940,850.50. This means that the entire 107 senators will obtain N867, 299,200 as vehicle allowances while 358 representatives will get N2, 842,824,479 for their vehicles.

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A Chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, who spoke with BlackBox Nigeria, asked President Muhammadu Buhari, to resign over his statement that he is too old to work alone.‎

President Buhari while in South Africa yesterday admitted that his age would limit his performance as the President of the country.

Buhari, who was   a military governor at 33 and Head of State   at the age of 40, said he would have loved being a President when he was at a younger age . He will be 73 on December 17, 2015.

The President spoke with Nigerians resident in South Africa on Monday after taking part in the 25th assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union   in Johannesburg.

He said, "I wish I became Head of State when I was a governor, just a few years as a young man. Now at 72, there is a limit to what I can do."

Despite his advancement in age however, Buhari gave assurance that his administration would make a difference.

Buhari explained that   what brought him to his current position was his love for the country.

While explaining that he had occupied different positions like military governor of the North Eastern State, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Head of State and Chairman of the defunct Petroleum Trust Fund, he stated     people only remember his days at the PTF because he equipped hospitals and schools.

The President said, "I bought bed sheets and   X-ray machines for hospital and   buses for the schools.

"They (Nigerians) remember me more as chairman of the PTF than as a former Head of State, than a governor or a Minister of Petroleum.

"In spite of the fact that it was during my time that I signed the contract for the Warri Refinery, Kaduna Refinery, more than 3,500 pipelines and more than 20 depots.

"We got the tankers off the roads;   we saved lives; we saved fuel and we saved the roads.

"But from 1999 till date, the PDP   messed them up. That is why Nigerians decided to vote me."

Buhari said despite the money politics being played in Nigeria, his victories during APC's primary and the March 28 presidential elections had proved that Nigerians knew what they wanted .

He said some rejected inducement while some collected and still did exactly what they wanted to do when there was time to vote.

Buhari regretted that some "strong   Nigerians" were responsible for the destruction of strong institutions in the country.

He said, "We have a system in Nigeria. No matter what you say about the British colonialists, they built institutions for us, unfortunately we have destroyed those institutions.

"When (Barack) Obama came to Africa, he went to Ghana; he refused to come to Nigeria. And he said Africa or developing countries should have strong institutions instead of strong leaders.

"If he was in Nigeria, he would have known that it was strong Nigerians that destroyed the strong institutions. And paradoxically, maybe another strong Nigerian will come and revive the institutions and make them strong again."

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Indications have emerged that the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode sacked all Boards of Parastatals and Agencies because of the need to give other people a chance since some heads and members of the boards have occupied their positions for about eight years.

The governor on Monday dissolved all Boards of Parastatals and Agencies constituted by former Governor Babatunde Fashola.

Affected by Ambode's decision are Remi Makanjuola, Chairman, Lagos State Security Trust Fund and its members; Rev. Solomon Adegbolagun, Chairman, Lagos State Chriistian Pilgrims Welfare Board and his counterpart in the Muslims Pilgrims Welfare Board and its members, Oladisun Holloway, Chairman, Lagbus Asset Management and a former Commissioner in Fashola's cabinet, among several others.
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A top government source told P.M.NEWS that  there was no way Ambode could work with these boards as they did not fit into his plans to reposition Lagos.

Another source said "after all, when Fashola took over from former Governor Bola Tinubu, he dissolved all the boards constituted by Tinubu."

The governor had in a statement from the Office of the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Tunji Bello  approved the dissolution of all Boards of Parastatals and Agencies of Government with immediate effect.

According to the statement, parastatals not affected by the dissolution are the Civil Service Commission, Judicial Service Commission and the State Independent Electoral Commission.

While expressing the appreciation of the Governor for the modest contribution of members of the dissolved Boards, Bello wished them well in their future endeavours.

The statement added that constitution of new boards would be effected in due course.

P.M.NEWS gathered that more heads will still roll in Alausa as the governor is determined to purge the system of the old brigade.

Many of the heads of parastatals and agencies appointed by Fashola will soon be shown the way out to pave way for those who worked for the emergence of Ambode as governor.

Last week, the governor was said to have visited the Lagos Internal Revenue Service, LIRS and met the chairman of the agency, Tunde Fowler on seat.

Ambode was said to have asked Fowler: "Are you still there?" With the governor's rhetorical question, Fowler sensed that the game was up and quickly tendered his resignation.

Also the Chairman, Lagos State Public Works Cooperation, Gbenga Akinola was recently relieved of his job by Ambode, with the agency now merged with the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure.

Many heads of agencies have started getting set to leave office as the mass purge may sweep them off any moment from now

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A passenger, Mr. Ovuironye Mathew Dennis, travelling on-board a 6.45am Aero flight on Monday was caught while stealing about N350, 000 from a luggage belonging to an Austrian, Novotny Anton, another passenger on the flight.

Dennis,  31 with 1.65 height as captured in his temporary driver's licence and seating on flight seat No. 23C,  was spotted by a member of the airline's cabin crew when he removed the Austrian's bag from the cockpit as if he was changing his seat.
A The Nation Newspaper correspondent, who was on-board the flight, said the suspect was also caught with a wrap of marijuana.

The suspect had removed the bag from the cockpit where the Austrian sat, took it to his own seat, giving the impression that he was changing his seat and stole a sum of N150, 000 and 500 Euros belonging to the Austrian.

But he ran out of luck when a female cabin crew raised alarm, asked him to remain seated while he was trying to return the bag to the overhead bin before the Austrian could suspect any foul play.
"While trying to return the bag I asked him to seat down. But he became uncomfortable before the plane landed and the white man raised alarm that he couldn't find his bag," she said.

Immediately the plane landed at the Abuja airport, the Austrian couldn't find his bag and raised alarm, but the cabin crew member told him to check the bag with Dennis.

After the suspect was stripped naked, he told other angry passengers that he mistakenly took the bag in question for his own.

The Austrian later discovered that the sum of N150, 000 and 500 Euros had been taken from the bag.
Other passengers immediately descended on the thieving Dennis.

The money was later found on him alongside a wrap of marijuana.

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The dwindling resources of states and local governments suffered a 30.6 per cent fall from federation account allocation in April 2015 when compared with what the states got in the same period last year.

Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Economic Report for the month of April said that the total statutory allocation to the state governments stood at N153.45 billion in April 2015. This was 30.6 and 22.9 per cent below the 2014 monthly budget estimate and the level in the preceding month, respectively. The dwindling revenue of federal, state and local government is as a result of falling oil prices.

CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele

Giving insight into the poor financial status of states which depends on monthly federal allocation, the CBN report for April said: "The breakdown showed that at N119.27 billion or 77.7 per cent of the total, state governments' receipt from the Federation Account was below both the 2014 monthly budget estimate and the level in the preceding month by 29.7 and 30.3 per cent, respectively.

"At N34.17 billion or 22.3 per cent of the total, receipts from the VAT Pool Account was below the monthly budget estimate by 33.4 per cent, but exceeded the level in the preceding month by 22.2 per cent. Total receipts by the local governments from the Federation Account and VAT Pool Account stood at N88.91 billion at end-April 2015.

"This was lower than both the budget estimate and the level in the preceding month by 33.8 and 19.7 per cent, respectively. Of this amount, receipts from the Federation Account were N64.99 billion (73.1 per cent of the total), while the VAT Pool Account accounted for N23.92 billion (26.9 per cent of the total).

"At N735.07 billion, estimated federally-collected revenue in April 2015, was lower than the monthly budget estimate by 9.8 per cent. It was, however, higher than the receipt in the preceding month by 35.8 per cent. The decline in estimated federally-collected revenue (gross) relative to the monthly budget estimate was attributable, largely, to the shortfall in receipts from oil revenue during the review month

Fall in receipts from crude oil and gas exports

"At N286.24 billion or 38.9 per cent of total revenue, gross oil receipt was lower than the monthly budget estimate and the level in the preceding month by 36.8 and 21.5 per cent, respectively. The decline in oil receipts relative to the monthly budget estimate was attributable to the fall in receipts from crude oil and gas exports, occasioned by the drop in the price of crude oil in the international oil market."

The report further stated that "gross non-oil receipts at N448.83 billion or 61.1 per cent of the total revenue was above the monthly budget estimate and the level in the preceding month by 23.9 and 154.1 per cent, respectively. The increase in non-oil revenue relative to the monthly budget estimate reflected largely, the increased receipts from the FGN Independent Revenue.

Distribution among three tiers of govt
"It also said that of the gross federally-collected revenue, N307.45 billion (excluding deductions and transfers) was transferred to the Federation Account for distribution among the three tiers of government and the13.0 per cent derivation fund.

"The Federal Government received N146.49 billion, while the state and local governments received N74.30 billion and N57.28 billion, respectively. The balance of N29.38 billion was distributed to the oil-producing states as 13.0% Derivation Fund. From the VAT Pool Account, the Federal Government received N10.25 billion, while the state and local governments received N34.17 billion and N23.92 billion, respectively.

In addition, N33.53 billion and N9.49 billion were distributed as Exchange Gain and NNPC Additional Revenue among the three tiers of government and the 13.0 per cent Derivation Fund as follows:

"The Federal Government received (N15.37 billion and N4.35 billion), while the state and local governments received (N7.79 billion and N2.21 billion) and (N6.01 billion and N1.70 billion), respectively. The balance (N4.36 billion and N1.23 billion) was distributed to the oil-producing states as 13 per cent Derivation Fund.

"Furthermore, N6.33 billion was received by the Federal Government from the NNPC in respect of the eighth equal installment refund of indebtedness. Overall, the total allocation to the three tiers of government from the Federation Account and VAT Pool Account in the review month amounted to N425.14 billion, compared with N557.80 billion in the preceding month.

"At N452.38 billion, the estimated Federal Government retained revenue for April 2015 was above the monthly budget estimate and the receipts in the preceding month by 46.0 and 77.1 per cent, respectively. Of the total amount, the Federation Account accounted for 32.3per cent, while FGN Independent Revenue, others, VAT Pool Accounts, NNPC Refund and NNPC Additional Revenue accounted for 59.6, 3.4, 2.3, 1.4 and 1.0 per cent, respectively.

Total expenditure

"At N155.52 billion, total estimated expenditure for April 2015 was lower than both the monthly budget estimate and the level in the preceding month by 60.2 and 26.3 per cent, respectively. A breakdown of total expenditure showed that the recurrent expenditure accounted for 88.8 per cent, while the capital expenditure and transfer components accounted for the balance of 2.8 and 8.4per cent, respectively. Non-debt obligations accounted for 43.7per cent of the total recurrent expenditure, while debt service payments accounted for the balance of 56.3 per cent. Thus, the fiscal operations of the Federal Government resulted in an estimated surplus of N296.86 billion."

According to the CBN "Nigeria's crude oil production, including condensates and natural gas liquids, was estimated at an average of 1.91million barrels per day (mbd) or 57.30 million barrels for the month. This represented an increase of 5.0 per cent above the level of 1.82 mbd or 56.42 mb recorded in the preceding month. Crude oil export was estimated at 1.46mbd or 43.80 million barrels. This represented an increase of 6.6 per cent above the level recorded in the preceding month.

"Deliveries to the refineries for domestic consumption remained at 0.45 mbd or 13.50 million barrels during the review month. At an estimated average of $59.55per barrel, the price of Nigeria's reference crude, the Bonny Light (37º API), rose further by 3.7per cent above the level in the preceding month.

"The average prices of other competing crudes, namely the U.K Brent at US$58.18 per barrel; the West Texas Intermediate at $52.82 per barrel; and the Forcados at US$59.88per barrel, also showed similar trends as the Bonny Light. The average price of OPEC's basket of eleven crude streams, at $55.61per barrel, indicated an increase of 5.7 per cent, but indicated a decline of 46.7 per cent, compared with the average of $52.61and $104.27per barrel recorded in the preceding month and the corresponding period of 2014, respectively "

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A member of the House of Representatives, Chief Joe Edionwele, on Monday, protested against the debate for pay cut for legislators, describing the proponents of the crusade as ignorant.

Edionwele, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party representing Esan West, Esan Central and Igueben federal constituency of Edo State, said some lecturers, bankers and oil workers were earning more than federal lawmakers.

While speaking to journalists in Abuja, the lawmakers said, "I think people are speaking out of ignorance. Even before now, I was one of those who believed the same thing. The records will be made public. We will ensure that the National Assembly does that, Nigerians need to know. The salaries we earn are not in any way close to what people speculate. People in the oil and gas sectors, banking and even lecturers earn more than us and the President.

"By the time we make it public, everybody will have peace. It will give you peace. One of my friends told me that the salary and allowances I will earn will be N40m. I told him if I get that for 10 months, I will resign. I can tell you that by the time it is made public, people will sympathise with us. Legislators should earn well so that they will not be corrupt during their oversight functions.

"The problem of this country is corruption. When people talk about pay cut, I laugh. How much are we going to get back from the pay cut? The corruption in this country is endemic. Look at the corruption in the oil sector; if we are able to sanitise that sector for instance, our problem will reduce. If we can know what we generate from different agencies, then we can have enough money to finance projects. Look at the governors and their security votes. Their votes are over bloated. Look at the number of cars governors use.

"You heard when Buhari rejected 253 DSS operatives. What are you doing with that number? There are so many things to cut down on. I am also glad that Mr. President said in spite of what the law says, he is going to be concerned about what happens at the local government level. The security vote of a council chairman for instance is N2m. What is a local government chairman doing with such money? Then a governor gets over N200m. Why should somebody then talk about a salary that is less than N1m?"

He said President Muhammadu Buhari would have no need for the 15 special assistants approved for him by the Senate.

He said the figure was unreasonable.

"Mr. President, for instance, just got an approval for 15 special advisers. What are they advising? We really do not need all that. Mr. President has about three bullet-proofs Mercedes Benz. Does he really need them? We must downsize in every sector. For instance, we should do away with the entertainment allowance. State Houses of Assembly enjoy it," he stated.

Lagos Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has appointed Mrs. Abimbola Shukurat Umar as the new Accountant General of the state.
The Governor also announced the dissolving of the boards of all government agencies and parastals.
Mrs. Umar before her appointment was a Permanent Secretary in the state ministry of Commerce and Industry.

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Good evening.

As we prepare to commemorate the 2015 International Day of the African Child tomorrow, which also doubles as the day for the celebration of the 25th Year Anniversary of the Adoption of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, with the view of reinforcing State Parties commitment to children's rights, examining the main achievements and challenges in the implementation of the charter, and identifying the way forward, join us for a tweet session as we discuss on how to Accelerate our Collective Efforts to End Child Marriage in Africa.

While celebrating the 25 Years Anniversary of the Charter, with its improvement on the lives of children, to one degree or another, also worthy of note is that there are still gaps that need to be filled to ensure the well-being of children in Africa. In particular, Child Marriage remains a reality for millions of children–predominantly girls–across Africa. Reports show that thirty-nine percent of girls in sub-Saharan Africa are married before their 18th birthday; thirteen percent are married by their 15th birthday. It is also obnoxious to learn that 15 out of the 20 countries with the highest rates of child marriage are in Africa.

It is in consideration of this fact and in an effort to provide a bright future for millions of girls that the ACERWC made ending child marriage topic of first concern, hence the need to educate the general public.

Join us on Twitter tomorrow, June 16 from 10am 1:00pm as we discuss the need to End Child Marriage. To join the conversation, tweet using the hashtag #IDAC2015 and
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Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.

Thank you.

Yours in Child Advocacy,


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My name is ‎ RABIU Qawiyy Adebayo (KORWEEY), the godson of the Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly (8th Assembly), Hon. S.O.B. Agunbiade. I finally proposed to Yewande Adeola AJOSE (YEWIS) the daughter of the M.D/C.E.O D'Jos Group of Hotels on 14th of June, 2015, and this was what I did.

Birthday Party Or The Proposal? 

Arrival of Guests

While she was trying to get herself together, her best friend also came in with the placard "WILL" with a Necklace, My own best friend came in with another placard baring "YOU" and a Pendant, then my fiancée's best male friend came with "MARRY" and earrings while I was on my knee with the ring and the placard "ME".

Aftermath 

Guess what! She said a YES with her sonorous voice. A YES that only I could hear. It was the Seventh hour of the evening, my happiest hour as a young man. She gave me a passionate kiss and a warm hug.

I'm glad to finally have to myself the lady I have spent ages looking for. In our imperfections and in the tunnel of conflicts, we have been able to walked out this abiding intimacy. ADEOLA AJOSE, you might be reading this, You are the best thing that has ever happened to ME.‎ I LOVE YOU.

Ashiwaju Rabiu Qawiyy Adebayo (KORWEEY)

‎The Manchester city of Nigeria league, Oil-rich Sunshine Stars of Akure held the leadership of the league coming to this round of actions, the Ondo state based outfit played into critics claims that the players are not justifying the huge amount of money devoted to them with just couple applaudable performances since the beginning of this season. The Akure millionaires lost 3-2 to Abia Warriors in Umuahia the state capital in a tantalizing 5 goals thriller.

 

  

  

Abia Warriors 3 : 2 Sunshine Stars

Dolphins 1 : 1 Sharks

El Kanemi Warriors 2 : 1 Taraba FC

Giwa FC 2 : 0 Ifeanyi Ubah

Heartland 4 : 1 Bayelsa United

Kwara United 3 : 1 Enugu Rangers

Nasarawa United 1 : 0 Akwa United

Shooting Stars  3 : 0 Lobi Stars

Wikki Tourists 0 : 0 Enyimba 

                  

1 Giwa Fc.             11    5   5     1     20

2 Sunshine Stars.   11.   6.  2.    3.    20

3 Enyimba.              11.  5.  4.    2.    19

4 El Kanemi Warriors 10. 6.  1.    3.   19

5 Kano Pillars.           8.    6.  0.   2.   18

6 Wikki Tourist.          11.  5.  3.   3.   18

7 Ifeanyi Uba.            11.  5.  2.    4. 17

8 Abia Warriors.         11.  5.   1.   5. 16

9 Heartland.                9.  5.    0.   4. 15

10 Nasarawa United.   11  4.    3.  4. 15

11 Kwara United.         10. 4.    2. 4. 14

‎12 Taraba.                    11. 2.    5. 4. 11

13 Enugu Rangers.        11  3.   2. 6. 11

14 Akwa United.            11. 3.   2. 6. 11

15 Dolphins.                   10  2.   4. 4 10

16 Bayelsa United.         11.  2.  4. 5 10

17 Warri Wolves.              5.   3.   0 2  9

18 Sharks.                       11.  1.   6. 4 9

19 Lobi Stars.                   11.  1.  6 4  9

20 Shooting Stars.             9.   2. 2  5 8

 

The tantalising actions of week 5 in the 2015/16 season of the Nigeria National League saw MFM fc of Lagos consolidating their position as leader of Division B2 of the NNL after recording a narrow win over Bendel Insurance of Edo. The hard earned 3 points took the religious club's point tally to 10 and cemented their place has week 5 division B2 leader.

   

Unfortunately, the same feet could not be recorded by high flying Ikorodu United as they missed the chance to dislodge Crown fc at the submit of the table, losing on the road to bottom club Ekiti United. Considering the league positions of the two teams many had thought that the match was going to be a walk in the park for Ikorodu united but the reverse was the case.

NNL Week 5  

Bussdor 0 : 0Abia Comets 

Ekiti Utd 2 : 0 Ikorodu Utd 

MFM 1 : 0 Insurance 

Nembe City 4 : 0 Gateway 

J. Atete 1 : 0 Akwa Starlet 

Kogi Utd 1 : 1 Plateau Utd 

Gombe Utd 2 : 0 FC Zamfara 

K. Spotlight 2 : 0 Adamawa Utd 

Might Jets vs. Niger Tornadoes (Abandon) 

DIVISION B1

CLUBS.          PT.    P     W      D          L 

Crown FC.      9      4      3       -          1 

Ikorodu Utd.   7      4      2      1          1

Prime FC.        6      4       2       -        2 

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These are all the lawmakers in the 7th assembly who didn't sponsor a single bill from 2011 to 2015
Posted By TheScoop on June 15, 2015

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A new official report released on the authority of the former House speaker and current governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Tambuwal, has shown that of the 360 members in the old assembly, there were 191 who did not sponsor a single bill in four years.

The official report was tagged "Status of Bills, Petitions and Other Legislative Measures," and it had some high profile names like the current deputy speaker of the House, Yusuf Lasun (Osun, APC) and a former candidate for speaker, Abdulmumin Jibrin (Kano, APC).

The official publication was put together by the Hon. Albert Sam-Tsokwa-led Rules and Business Committee of the 7th House.

It said a total of 755 bills were introduced to the House and they were all read for the first time on the floor of the House. 679 of the bills were initiated by private members, six were sent from the Senate while 70 were executive bills. Only 123 of them were passed by the House including the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) before its tenure expired on June 6, 2015.

The lawmakers who sponsored the highest number of bills were Hon. Ali Ahmad (APC, Kwara), Hon. Uzoma Nkem Abonta (PDP, Abia) and Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila (APC, Lagos) who sponsored 36, 32 and 20 bills respectively.

Current House speaker, Hon. Yakubu Dogara (Bauchi, APC), who was a member of the 7th House, sponsored seven bills including the Data Protection Bill (HB.45) 2011. However, his deputy, Lasun Yusuf (Osun/APC), who was also a member of the 7th House, did not sponsor any bill, according to the official report which covered the period between June 6, 2011 and June 5, 2015.

Here are those who failed to sponsor any bill:

Abia: Ubani Eziuche Chinwe

Adamawa: Madwatte Anthony Lazarus; Hamman Tukur Aminu Ribadu; Hananiya Haske Francis; Nwangubu Ahmadu Fons; Nathaniel Gibson Kauda; Ganama Titsi Kwaga; Wambai Abubakar Mahmud.

Akwa Ibom: Ekon Emmanuel; Ukoette Emmanuel Isaac; Hon. Ekpenyoung Emmanuel Etim.

Anambra: Egwuatu Cyril; Obdidigwe Lambert

Bauchi: Adamu Mohammed Tukur; Gebi Aliyu Ibrahim; Yahaya Lawal Gumau; Abdulrazak Nuhu Zaki; Umar Abubakar Sade; Ahmed Abubakar Misau; Ahmed Madaki Gololo; Mohammed Isa Hassan; Saleh Auwalu Dahiru.

Bayelsa: Jephthan Foingha; Karibo Nadu Soalaboye; Daniel-Ofongo Henry.

Benue: Entonu Ochero Adamu; Orker-Jey Emmanuel Yisa; Alaaga Christina Demnenge; Udunde Emmanuel; Herman Hembe; Okwu Samson Aja.

Borno: Mshelia Abdul Musa; Aliyu Muktar Betara; Maina Mahmud Lawan; Sanda Mohammed; Isa Lawal; Khadi Ka'amuna

Cross River: Adah Francis Busam

Delta: Mutu Nicholas Ebomo; Enekorogha Penawei Francis; Ogbaburhon Okpoviekpurhi.

Ebonyi: Ali Peter Oge;, Edeh Peter Onyemaechi; Okwuru Tobias Chukwuemeka; Okorie Linus; Isu Omo Christopher.

Edo: Razak Bello-Osagie; Pally Iriase

Ekiti: Ajiboye Robinson Gbadebo; Oyetunde Oladimeji Ojo.

Enugu: Ebenyi Kingsley Sunny; Ella Uchenwa; Asadu Patrick Oziokoja.

Gombe: No Gombe lawmaker sponsored any bill. Bello Ahmed Usman Kumo; Umar Shuaibu Galadima; Manu Yusuf; Bello Binta Maigari; Ahmed Khamisu Mailantarki; Umar Ahmed Nafada.

Imo: Omegara Mathew; Bethel Amadi

Jigawa: Usman Wada Garki; Mohammed Sabo; Hassan Adamu Abunabo; Ibrahim Garba; Dunari Yusuf Sale; Ubale Safiyanu; Ibrahim Tijjani Kiyawa.

Kaduna: Bawa Usman Shehu; Ibrahim Khalid Mustapha; Bello Ibrahim; Bala Yusuf; Isa Ashiru Mohammed; Lawal Nuhu; Kayarda Ibrahim; Yakubu Umar Barde; Ahmed Rufai Chachangi; Simon Yakubu Arabo.

Kano: Adamu Usman Mohammed; Farouk Lawan; Abdulmumin Jibrin; Lawal Shehu; Aliyu Sani Mohammed; Badamasi Ayuba; Mustapha Bala Dawaki; Alhassan Ado Doguwa; Ado Musa; Musa Haruna; Audi Ahmad Zarewa; Muhtari Mohammed; Chiromawa Ahmed Nassir Ali; Suleiman Aminu; Bashir Baballe; Abdulsalam Adamu; Muhammed Ali Wudil.

Katsina: Hon Ahmed Babba Kaita; Amiru Tukur Idris; Dalhat Hamza; Gambo Musa Danmusa; Sani Auwalu; Ibrahim Babangida Mahuta; Salisu Ado Daura; Garba Danlami; Sani Zangon Daura; Mansur Abdulkadir; Suleiman Salisu; Late Sheik Umar Abubakar; Isa Lawal Doro; Abbas Machika; Sani Bello Mashi.

Kebbi: Bawa Ibrahim Kamba; Musa Garba Gulma; Bello Kaóje; Halilu Umar Aliero; Musa Aminu Koko; Dan Alkali Abdullahi; Umar Garba Uba.

Kogi: Badamasi Abdulrahman; Sadiq Asema Mohammed; Jubril Umar Buba; Zakari Ogijo Tom; Yusuf Ahmed Tijjani; Idris Mohammed Ibrahim.

Kwara: Bahago Ahman-Pategi; Ibrahim Rafiu Adebayo.

Lagos: Adenekan Taiwo Oyewole; Onabamiro Rafeequat Arinola; Odubote Mukaila Lanre; Akinloye Hazeez Babajide; Ayeola Abdulkadir Abayomi; Owolabi Alao Monsuru; Are Abayomi Dauda Kako; Hamzat Ganiyu Oladunjoye; Suara Isiaka Oluwatoyin; Jakande Ayodeji Labib; Kazeem Alliu Babatunde.

Nasarawa: Emmanuel Davematics David; Baba Musa Unwana.

Niger: Abdulmalik Dagari Usman; Salihu Adamu Shadafi; Mohammed Umaru Bago; Ahmed Mohammed Mukhtar; Idris Mohammed Sani; Shamaki Atiku; Garba Abdullahi Idris; Abdullahi Ricco Mohammed; Zakari Aliyu Jikantoro.

Ogun: Osoba Olumide Babatunde; Ogunola Bababtunde; Adeyemi Adekunle; Odeneye Kehinde Olusegun; Buraimo Bukunola Taofeek.

Ondo: Dauda Gannu Oluwadare; Ologunagba Debo Jemare; Adegunde Ifedayo Sunday; Bakare Moshood Abiodun; Adeoba Johnson Akintola; Albert Akintoye; Akinlaja Iranola Joseph; Omosule Eni Olorunda.

Osun: Yusuf Sulaimon Lasun; Ajayi Adeyinka Ayantunji; Agunbiade Nathaniel Amere; Ajagbe Adetunji Tajudeen.

Oyo: Mudashiru Kamil Akinlabi; Busari Murtala Adewale; Busari Olayemi Sikiru; Kareem Tajudeen Abisodun; Jimoh Afeez Adelowo; Olabiyi Julius Oyekola; Awoleye Abiodun Dada.

Plateau: Suleiman Yahaya Kwande; Mwadkwon Simon Davou; Idris Ahmed; Tirsel Innocent Zeitet.

Rivers: Dawari George; Maurice Proven; Chikere Kenneth Anayo; Nsiegbe Blessing Ibiba.

Sokoto: Gwanda Shuaibu Gobir; Marafa Kabiru Achida; Salisu Isa Bashir; Sa'ad Mohammed Nabunkari; Muhammed Abdullahi Wamakko; Shehu Aliyu; Aminu Waziri Tambuwal.

Taraba: Manu Garba Haruna; Isiaka Bawa; Ibrahim Aminu Malle; Jerry Manwe.

Yobe: Gadaka Ismail Ahmed; Baba Bukar Machinama.

Zamfara: Umar Sani; Bilyaminu Yusuf Shinkafi; Hassan Lawal Anka; Matawalle Mohammed Bello; Lawal Muazu Bitudu