Fresh crisis in APC over Senate positions

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Fresh crisis in APC over Senate positions
There seems to be new crisis within the ruling party, All Progressives Congress APC in regards to sharing principal offices in the Senate.
 
The principal offices are the Senate Leader; the Deputy Senate Leader; the Chief Whip and the Deputy Chief Whip.
 
The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, is believed to have recommended to the APC National Working Committee that the positions be allocated to the zone, however, some leaders of the party, mainly those from the South-West, want them filled by the party's hierarchy.
On Thursday,a  senator in Abuja said that the APC NWC meeting failed to agree on the modalities for brokering peace among aggrieved party members.
 
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The senator warned that if the issue was not quickly resolved, the Senate and the APC might "face another round of crisis bigger than that that resulted from Saraki's emergence as Senate president."
He said:
"The Senate President, had after wide consultations, suggested how the officers to occupy these posts could be appointed. He suggested the allocation of the four principal offices to some of the geopolitical zones.
"But some leaders, who are still angry with his (Saraki) emergence, turned down his suggestion. Some of the influential leaders from the South-West are insisting that the party should fill the offices. This is in spite of the fact that the chairman of our party (John Odigie-Oyegun) and other members of the NWC are in support of allocating the principal offices to zones.
"The South-West leaders are even saying that allowing the party leadership to fill the offices, remained the only way to allow peace to reign in the Senate."
A Senator from the North-Central , who is loyal to Saraki, confirmed the development on condition of anonymity .
He said that it was true that some APC leaders were insisting that the party should nominate the senators who would occupy the four principal offices .
 
He said,
"By the Senate tradition, the party in majority normally sends the offices to the zones where the Senate caucuses would meet and choose among themselves in the zone, who occupies the offices.
"Some other leaders of the party are claiming that asking the party to produce the principal officers was a smart way   to impose the Senate Leader, the Deputy Senate Leader, the Chief Whip and the Deputy Chief Whip on the Senate."
The senator claimed that a "very influential " leader of the party from the South-West had allegedly written Odigie- Oyegun that the leaders would fill the positions. "
He said,
"Some of us were just called by some members of the NWC intimating us of details of a letter forwarded to the body that it should just fill the remaining four leadership positions in the Senate.
"In fact, the letter from the South-West leader is that the party must take charge and name its preferred candidates for the four offices."
It was further learnt that some senators had already met with some NWC members asking them to ignore the letter.
They   were said to have insisted that the tradition remained that the zonal caucuses which did not produce the Senate President and his deputy should meet and nominate among themselves.
They added that it was when there were two or more nominations that,   an election could hold and that whoever scored the highest votes   would be the candidate.
 
Efforts to get the spokesperson for the pro Saraki group, Dino Melaye, proved abortive because he couldn't be reached on his mobile phone.
 
Spokesperson for the Senate Unity Forum, a group of senators loyal to   Lawan, Kabir Marafa, argued that the choice of other principal officers who are not elected on the floor of the Senate, remained the sole business of the party leadership.
He said, "How can the executive of the party at the zonal levels determine who will be made the Senate Leader, the Deputy Senate Leader, the Chief Whip   and the Deputy Chief Whip?
"It is the party executive that would determine all these. So the party would write the Senate President. That is the tradition. It cannot be done at the zonal level, it is absurd. There should be due process in whatever things   we do."
But when contacted , the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Lai Mohammed simply said,   "No comment."
 
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Obsessed Miley Cyrus fan who got 29 tattoos of the star now vows to remove them because she said they were 'creepy'

Father-of-three Carl McCoid, 42, from Bridlington, East Yorkshire, had his first Miley tattoo in 2010 and since then he has covered his body with 'dedication' portraits of his idol, her lyrics and initials.
Mr McCoid, who owns an ironing business, even named one of his daughters after the controversial singer. He said his obsession with inking Miley tattoos all over him started in 2010 after he got divorced from his wife.


In his obsession with Miley, he has spent about $4,800 on 29 tattoos dedicated inked all over his body but now wants them all removed after Miley said they were ugly and creepy.
Now single Mr McCoid has made the decision to have some of the tattoos removed - in the hope it  will help him find a girlfriend.
I'm only regretting them now. I never thought about it too much, but they have had a psychological affect on me.
'I'm only regretting them now,' he said. 'I never thought about it too much, but they have had a psychological affect on me.
'Then she mentioned they were creepy in an interview. It made me realise I didn't like them.'
Mr McCoid plans to have three of his portrait tattoos laser-removed, an expensive ordeal which could last years and would cost far more than the original tattoos.
He hopes a new appearance will help him find a girlfriend and give him a fresh outlook on life so he can 'look to the future'.


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Photo: Woman hands 14 year old to rapist after she was paid
A 25-year-old Abia state indigene, Nnena Okoro has been arrested and arraigned before an Apapa High Court for conniving with a rapist to lure a 14 year old girl, Faith (not real name) pictured above from her home where she lived with her aunt in Sumoratu Estate, off Ojo Road, Lagos State to a hotel in Wowo street in Ojo Lagos where she was raped on May 16th.



Punch reports that Nnena who resides in the same area with Faith and was the little girl's confidant, had on the day of the incident asked Faith to get her some mangoes at Barracks area. When they got to Wowo street, she lured the girl into the hotel which is located on the same street, and handed her to the rapist.

Narrating what happened, Faith said
"Aunty Nnena (Okoro) said I should follow her to buy mangoes in Barracks Lane. She did not like the mangoes they had there and she said we should go to Ojo Road. We went to a hotel and met a man, who she called her friend. Aunty Nnena told me to enter a room. Suddenly, both of them dragged me to the bed. Nnena held my hand and covered my mouth with a cloth. The man pulled off my trousers and raped me. He left the hotel immediately he finished doing it and said he had paid Aunty Nnena. I went outside crying. It was one woman around the area that helped to clean the blood coming out from my private parts when she saw me. She later took me to the Layeni Police Station."she said
Nnena in her confessional statement denied taking Faith to the rapist
"Faith is my friend. On the fateful day, we both went to buy mangoes on Ojo Road. On getting to a hotel at Tolu, one man called her. They both discussed and the man paid N500 to the hotel attendant and they entered the room. I later left them inside the room to ease myself. It was when I came back that she told me that she was raped. I did not know that she was a virgin. We have never discussed anything like that before. Her pants were stained with blood. I have never seen the man before that day, but I can recognize him if I see him again."
Nnena has been arraigned before an Apapa Magistrate court on a two count charge, and had pleaded not guilty to the crime. The presiding magistrate, Mr. P.A. Adekomaya, after hearing her defense, granted her bail in the sum of N100,000 and adjourned the case till June 22, 2015.

A test carried out on Faith showed her hymen had been ruptured.
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Photos: Rob Kardashian seems to have added more weight when he's seen making late night burger run
The only son of Kris Jenner, was seen making a burger run at the famous California fast food place, In-N-Out burger. His mother Kris Jenner recently admitted she fears for his life, after he gained 100lbs amid a deep depression.

Rob Kardashian who has been living a reclusive existence, far away from the TV cameras that follow his family around for their E! reality show, emerged from seclusion on Wednesday night.

 
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Charly Boy talks about life, regrets and more as he turns 64 today
Let me first start by saying a very happy birthday to Mr Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy, one of those rare human beings we see once in a life time. He's a year older today. Wishing him many more beautiful years ahead. In a new interview with journalists, he opened about on his age, family and not living according to norms of society. He said;
"I'm not particular about how old or young the number is. What I care about is the age of my mind and then the age of my body.From my look, my energy and all, I feel 35 or slightly younger. That is the age of my mind. Going by my experiences, my responsibilities, my wisdom and all, I should be about 87 years old,"
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"I dress the way I feel. My happy moments are when my usefulness is engaged, when I see the influence I bring into people's lives, when I'm able to add value and make a measurable contribution to individuals and society.
He also says he never sees cherished ones off to the airport..

"I hate to say goodbye. I find it hard to do so. That's why you may not find me seeing cherished people to the airport unless we are travelling together. Same for my relationships. I love forever."
On his children,he said
"Unlike some parents who can't truly love more than a child at a time, I love all my children in different ways and I see a bit of me in all of them, up to my siblings, grandchildren and all. Family is really what I have been blessed with, and my happiest moments have been family times,"
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"Regrets don't exist in my dictionary. I live life on the edge and to change it would mean doing things in traditional or conventional ways. To do that, for me, is to give up the ghost. If it's not daunting and scary, it certainly is not for me." 

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Rape or Child marriage?
Just read this very interesting article on Vanguard and thought to share. Read below...
A closer look at the last laws the previous National Assembly passed in its final sitting reveals a trap – one of the most applauded laws, the stiff sentences against rape and sexual abuse, supports child marriages. It is a legal assault on our future. The National Assembly began its steep declivity to an indeterminate marriage age in 2013.

After public protests against making the age of marriage vacuous, it stealthy made a law contrary to the Constitution. Section 29 (4) (a) of the 1999 Constitution, states, "full age" means the age of eighteen years and above; (b) any woman who is married shall be deemed to be of full age." How do we deal with a National Assembly that makes illegal laws? The Constitution is superior to our laws.

According to Section 1 (3), "If any other law is inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution, this Constitution shall prevail, and that other law shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void."

The bill that is awaiting presidential assent provides life imprisonment for rape convicts or for sexual intercourse with children under 11 years. Other provisions are 10 years imprisonment or a fine of N2m for incest, and child pornography, and 14 years for sexual abuse.

The bill appropriates Section 29 (4) of the Constitution but excludes item (a) that defines "full age" as 18 years. Once married, the bill says, a child attains "full age".

One of the consequences of early marriage is fistula, a condition that leaves the woman incontinent; she smells from inability to manage her bowel. Her husband abandons her in search of his next victim.

Nigeria has more than 800,000 fistula cases, the highest in the world, all from child marriages. The proposed law circumscribes the rights of women, from birth.

Our Constitution in Section 42 forbids discrimination on basis of origin, belief, or sex. At what age would a girl child retrieve her rights? Can she, by "full age", be eligible to vote, even if she is not 18, or sign legal documents? How would a society of fistula-ravaged women, divorced, abandoned, in their teens, raise its new members?

Did we not learn anything from Wasila Umar, the 13-year-old girl from Gaya Local Government Area of Kano, who, last year, poisoned her 35-year-old husband and his friends, 17 days into her forced marriage? A court has just freed her.

The Child's Rights Act of 2003, Section 21, also states that any marriage contracted by anyone under 18 years is invalid.

President Muhammadu Buhari should not sign the bill. We cannot trade our future for the pleasure of paedophiles, no matter how lowly or highly placed they are.

Article culled from Vanguard.
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Buhari reportedly orders the disposal of 9 Presidential aircrafts to cut cost
There are reports that President Buhari has directed that nine of the VIP transport aircraft under the presidential fleet should be sold as part of the federal government's cost measures.

Industry sources said that the presidential fleet, which are registered as Nigerian Air Force aircraft, is one of the largest in Africa and the third largest in Nigeria after Arik Air and Aerocontractors.

According to a report by ThisDay, an aviation source, who is aware of the directive to sell the aircraft, said the presidency has a number of serviceable and unserviceable aircraft that need to be disposed of in order to reduce the amount spent by the federal government for aircraft maintenance annually.
"Nine, which still have market value, are to be sold immediately to reduce maintenance costs," he said. 
For years, the federal government has spent over N12 billion annually for the maintenance of the presidential fleet.

Although information on the exact size of the fleet is treated as classified information, the fleet, according to aviation sources, is believed to comprise about 16 aircraft, chief of which is the Boeing 738 BBJ, NAF 001 or Eagle One, used by the president for his travels.
With its luxury configuration comprising a master bedroom, washrooms and showers, a conference and dinning area, and a living area, the plane seats 25 to 50 passengers and would cost at least $100 million to replace today.
Eagle One can spend 12 hours in the air, covering 11,489 kilomtres or 6,200 nautical miles.
In addition to the Boeing 733 reserved for the president, the fleet boasts two Gulfstream 550 jets. The Gulfstream 550 can seat eight to 18 passengers, depending on the configuration, and has a cruiser range of 12,501 kilometres or 6,750 nautical miles. A new luxury Gulfstream 550 would cost an estimated $53.5 million.

According to Wikipedia, other planes in the Nigerian Air Force VIP transport fleet include two Dassault Falcon 7X jets, one Hawker Siddeley 125-800 and one Cessna 550 Citation II.

Information from a Nigerian web portal and Nigerian Air Force sources further revealed that the fleet also boasts two Dassault Falcon 900 jets, a Gulfstream IVSP, a Gulfstream V, a Dornier Do 228, which can carry 19 passengers, one Beechcraft King Air B200, and three AugustaWestland AW139 helicopters.

Sources said each of the two Dassault Falcon 7X jets were purchased for $51.1 million in 2010 while the Gulfstream 550 cost $53.3 million.
Aviation experts also put the average price of the Falcon 900 at $35 million; Gulfstream IVSP at $40 million; Gulfstream V at $45 million; Cessna Citation at $7 million; and the Hawker Siddeley at $15 million.

 It was also discovered that though all the aircraft are under the presidential fleet, about eight of the planes are reserved strictly for the president.

These are the Boeing 737, the two Gulfstream 550 jets, the Gulfstream V jet, two Falcon 7X planes, the Hawker Siddeley aircraft and one AugustaWestland chopper.

Others are reserved for executive airlift. Aircraft used for this function include the two Falcon 900 planes, the Dornier, the Cessna Citation, the Beechracft King Air, and two AugustaWestland choppers.

Aircraft reserved for executive airlift are used by the Vice-President, Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and could be used to convey African heads of states visiting or departing Nigeria.
Source: ThisDay

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She's 49 & still looks incredibly good. The pop star popped up at LA Airport on Wednesday, rocking a black top, matching harem pants, white sneakers and a whole lotta curly hair. She was with her with her husband of three-years, Wissam Al Mana, who also wore black outfit and white sneakers.

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