MIchael Ikpoki, CEO of MTN Nigeria
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
Domestic Violence Model Shares Her Experience
I came across this heart-breaking story shared by a beautiful model, Gabriella Bambii; she’s a survivor of domestic violence and it happened with a boy she dated for 8 months.
She shared the sad story and a graphic photo of her badly injured face/body below:
This might be a little graphic but I just want to let everyone know that I am okay. I am a survivor of domestic violence with a boy I dated for 8 months.
I really thought everything was fine but he constantly questioned me about cheating and flirting. Non sense. I never looked at someone the way he looked at me. Thought I loved this boy.
I was kicked out of a moving vehicle, then beaten and dragged, as I blacked out and was left lying there in my own puddle of blood.
Doctors said I could have died if I had not made it when I did. I am so blessed and beyond lucky to be alive and have so much support from friends, family, and strangers.
As I try to recover, I ask you to please keep me in your prayers. I have to wear a neck brace for 3-4 weeks, an arm cast and I can barely walk for now. Thank you for all the love. I hope to be an inspiration to women and anyone involved in domestic violence.
Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Reasons Why Good Women Date Bad Boys
An Alpha male is a man who owns himself, a leader of the pack. He is internally-driven and certain of who he is and what he wants. It is the very essence of masculine energy so it's no surprise that feminine energy finds it so appealing.
The downside of the Alpha is he can sometimes be self-obsessed,
insensitive, jealous, controlling, perhaps even demeaning or violent in
extreme cases. The downside for those who are in relationships with that
type of guy is because so many women respond primitively to his darker,
masculine energy, he has more choices available to him and is often
unfaithful. Perhaps the best real-life example of this scenario is
actress Sandra Bullock and her ex-husband, motorcycle bad boy Jesse
James, who publicly split after his serial infidelity was revealed in
2010.
Recently, a woman asked the question that prompted me to write this article. She described herself as "a very type A female." She
went on to say "I always assumed that I'd need an Alpha male in my life
... to bring out more of my feminine side." She went even further,
saying that although she and Alpha men "get" one another because they are strong enough to "take" her, these men are also the cheaters, verbal/emotional abusers or worse.
I was really glad she asked her question for two reasons: (1) because
the same problem affects so many smart, accomplished women, and (2)
because I can explain what this phenomenon is all about. For starters,
this very bright woman, and those like her, are operating under a huge,
false assumption that sabotages their romantic prospects. Not only that,
it will continue to sabotage them over and over — until they change it.
FIRST BANK UNVEILS NEW CORPORATE IDENTITY
FBN Holdings PLC popularly known
as First Bank recently unveiled a new
corporate identity (logo) as part of her 120th Anniversary
celebrations.
The new logo didn’t lose the iconic
Elephant symbol but rather refreshed it in a number of ways. The raised
head of the elephant is a promise to all customers that with First Bank in your
corner, every financial challenge you face, you can face with your head held
high.
The deep blue color represents
momentum, innovation and evolution ensuring that the bank will continue to
develop solutions that are at the heart of customers’ challenges. The raised
foot of the elephant is a promise from First Bank to always put the best foot
for all valued customers.
The infusion of gold serves as a
renewal of promise to all stakeholders to continue to set the gold standard for
value and excellence in financial solutions across sub Saharan Africa.
Mallam Bello Maccido, CEO of FBN
Holdings, the parent company of First Bank, says, “The
announcement of FBN’s refreshed identity is an important milestone and far from
being just an image or logo. It combines the 120 year old heritage that is
central to our identity with a commitment to sustainable business practices and
the highest levels of professionalism in the industry. Through this period of
change we will continue to place the highest priority on the needs of our
customers.”
Flavour Nabania Shows Up At His Alma Mater In School Uniform
Singer
Flavour Nabania recently visited students of his alma mater. College of
the Immaculate Conception, Enugu when he showed up at their assembly
ground, fully decked in their uniform. Students were excited to see him
& there are reports that a good number of the students' school fees will be taken care of by Flavour's NGO .
$20billion Still Missing From Crude Oil Sales
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi told lawmakers that after reconciliation between the CBN, the Ministry of Finance and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, the money that is about $20bn remains unaccounted for by the NNPC.
Governor Sanusi added the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation had shipped Naira 10 trillions ($67billions) worth of crude oil in 2012-2013, and had only accounted for Naira 7 trillion ($47billion) worth. Out of the N10trillion ($67billion), the Federal Inland Revenue Service had confirmed receiving N2.6 trillion ($16billion) in taxes.
The biggest contention according to sources is NNPC's claim that it received about N976billion ($6billion) from exporting crude on behalf of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) Ltd., an NNPC subsidiary which is said to be farming oil blocks retrieved from Shell.Lawmakers are investigating the allegations made that NNPC officials are withholding large amounts from crude oil exports from the Federation account.
Sanusi contends that during the period 2012-2013, the NNPC sliced off 76% of crude oil proceeds - a total of N8 trillion ($48.9 billion).
The Ministry of Finance, Director of Budget, Bright Okogu, told lawmakers the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) and the Central Nigerian Bank had reconciled the figures, and most of the missing monies had been spent on kerosene subsidies during the period.
The PPPRA claimed it bought kerosene for N150 per liter, and selling it for N40 per liter.
CBN's Governor Sanusi contradicted this account, telling lawmakers the late President, Umaru Yar-Adua had cancelled the kerosene subsidy in a presidential directive.
The NNPC was said to have handed over an oil block to Atlantic Energy Drilling Concept, a company said to be owned by Jide Omokore, a businessman from Kogi, with ties to President Jonathan and the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Allison-Madueke.
The NNPC exported N976billion ($6 billion) worth of crude oil through the NPDC on behalf of Atlantic. They are still unable to account for the proceeds.
According to another source, the NNPC hasn't been able to explain the deposit of dollar based oil sales of about Naira 488 billion ($3 billion), deposited in local currency.
According to sources, the practice is for NNPC officials to bring in dollars and sell them to banks and bureau de change operators, each transaction makes the Minister of Petroleum N9billion each time they bring in $3billion (N488billion) and sell to local banks directly.
They then turn around to deposit the Naira, at official rates, into the Federation account instead of depositing the proceeds directly into the dollar-based domiciliary account of the federal government in New York.
Sources say the Presidency is trying to influence the outcome of the hearing by covering the fraud.
Actress Dakore Gives Birth To Another Baby Girl
Dakore Egbuson Akande and her husband Olumide Akande welcomed a baby girl on Tuesday. Congrats!
Student of Abia State University Goes Nudé for Money
Her style is to tell a guy "I'm ready to service you" and get paid. No shame! See the full pix below...
Just imagine a student who should be concentrating on her studies, for the good of her future. SMH!
Atiku’s Desperation For Presidency Will Make Him Go Anywhere, Do Anything – Clark
Ijaw National leader and former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark yesterday berated former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to All Progressives Congress, APC, saying he is a politically ambitious wanderer.
Clark, who admitted that there were a possible number of reasons why Atiku dumped the PDP for APC, was however, quick to add that the Adamawa-born politician forgot that he was a founding member of the ruling party and one time Vice President of Nigeria.
Speaking at his Asokoro Residence in Abuja when a group of Niger-Delta protesters under the aegis, Coalition of Urhobo Nation Youth Leaders and Stakeholders led by a civil rights activist, Mr. Rex Anigboro, led a protest to him over what they termed, marginalization of Urhobo people in federal appointments, Clark, who explained that Atiku leaving the PDP was uneventful, however described him as a politician desperate for the Presidency and “will go to anywhere and will do anything”.
Speaking further on the former VP’s defection, the elder statesman said, “Atiku’s defection is not an event, it is uneventful because of his ambition to become President at all times. He will go to anywhere and will do anything. He now believes that one day he will be President, even though he is telling people that he is not interested in the Presidency. That is his main aim of going to APC and you will soon see it. Atiku will soon want to contest the 2015 Presidential election.
“While he was Vice President, Atiku formed a party and contested election as a Presidential candidate. The Supreme Court allowed him to do so and he came back to PDP. The Governor of Adamawa State said he did not return to the party but came to the national Headquarters where he may have been granted certain concessions.
“So Atiku had problems with his people in his state, he has not been steady. If he was not ambitious because of Presidency and so on, the former President of this country under whom he worked as Vice President, Olusegun Obasanjo would not have tormented him and almost charging him to Court. There is nothing he didn’t do and he called him several names like thief and removed all the powers, including security, from him. The same Atiku will go to Obasanjo’s house in Otta and want to be part of the same political system.
“The five Governors who who were championing against the PDP, Mr. President and the (former) national chairman of the party were all boys of Obasanjo. Everybody knows that there was no way they were going to allow Atiku to be President of this country because Obasanjo will not allow it. But now, he has gone to APC and very soon you will know what will happen.
“His going to APC is uneventful and nobody cares about it. He has been moving from party to party. He formed PDP; he cannot deny to Nigerians that he didn’t form Peoples Democratic Movement as a party. He paid for it, the records are there and the evidence is there. One would have expected him not to leave PDP. Very soon, you will hear that PDM has joined APC. That is his intention, he wants to join APC and then bring PDM to join APC. So one is not worried, Nigeria is greater than any individual, no individual can hold Nigeria to ransom”.
On 2015 Presidency, Clark, who noted that every Nigerian was qualified to be President, provided they possess the competence and necessary qualification, stressed that for one to be President of Nigeria, “you must learn to serve before people will serve you and that is the position”.
Not done with his criticism of the former VP’s latest political move, Clark who noted that he never expected that Atiku would take late President Umaru Yar’Adua to Court after the 2011 election, having regard to the close relationship between late General Shehu Yar’Adua and Atiku, said, “Infact, he visited their mother when he was campaigning against Umaru Yar’Adua to show how close they were. One would have expected that after the elections, even when he claimed the elections were rigged, he should not have gone to court.
“I wrote him a personal letter which I copied to the late Yar’Adua and Yar’Adua replied me begging Atiku not to pursue his case. He didn’t hear, so when it comes to Presidency, nobody can pin down Atiku from going to anywhere.
“That is Atiku, you remember how he fought Obasanjo and both of them were accusing each other of spending money belonging to Petroleum Technology Development Fund. So people should know what they want for themselves; they should leave Nigeria alone to grow. There are so many people in this country and that is why we want national conference”.
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Fraudulent Allocations In 2014 Budget (Senator)
SENATOR BABAFEMI OJUDU
Senator Babafemi Ojudu, representing Ekiti Central senatorial district, may have uncovered a massive fraud in the 2014 Appropriation Bill presently before National Assembly.
The Executive Arm had last December submitted a budget proposal of N4.77 trillion separately before both chambers of the National Assembly but Mr. Ojudu, contributing to the debate on the piece of legislation at plenary yesterday, told his colleagues that he compared the 2014 budget with those of 2012 and 2013 only to discover that there was no significant difference between the 2014 budget and the two previous ones.
He accused the Budget Office of the Federal Ministry of Finance of lifting word for word, the two previous budgets without making any alteration. He noted that there was no creativity in the budgeting process, adding that the process goes on year in year out without any serious thoughts going into it.
Recalling the times when Nigeria used to have meaningful development plans, Senator Ojudu stated that the country’s budget was no longer aimed at solving the country’s problems but merely serves as a ruse to enrich the pockets of corrupt government officials.
Recalling the times when Nigeria used to have meaningful development plans, Senator Ojudu stated that the country’s budget was no longer aimed at solving the country’s problems but merely serves as a ruse to enrich the pockets of corrupt government officials.
According to the All Progressives Congress, APC senator, development plans for Nigeria grounded to a halt in 1986 and ever since, he argued the country’s budget has emphasized recurrent expenditures which are easy to release and manipulate for personal purposes by civil servants.
He noted that in the 2014 budget, as in the 2012 and 2013 budgets, the recurrent allocation for computer software acquisition, local and foreign travels, welfare package, as well as local and foreign training amounted to billions of Naira.
Mr. Ojudu cited the example of the budgetary allocation for computer software, which is at N10 billion. He added that all ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government have allocations for computer software acquisition to the tune of at least N10 million, with the highest allocation of N580 million for the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. The allocations, he indicated, are no different from those of 2012 and 2013.
Senator Ojudu faulted the allocation for Research and Development which cuts across all MDAs, including those with no research departments, wondering if they have suddenly turned into universities or research institutions.
The full research and development allocation stand at N45 billion.
“These are not universities or research agencies. What are they researching? It is this wasteful budgeting that has shot up the recurrent expenditure to 75%. It is incumbent on us as lawmakers, if we are truly for the people, to remove all avenues of waste from this year’s budget. If we fail to do so, we would not have justified the reason for [their] electing us into the Senate”, Mr. Ojudu argued.
Not a few Nigerians have picked holes with the 2014 budget since it was made public but the Goodluck Jonathan administration has remained steadfastly committed to it, with the president only just last week calling on the National Assembly to ensure its speedy passage.
WAEC Introduces New Subjects To Schools
The West African Examinations Council has announced the introduction of 39 new subjects in its examinations. The
Council’s Acting Head, Test Development Division, Mrs. Olayinka
Ajibade, who announced this, said the new subjects would commence in
this year’s May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination.
In the new
curriculum, four new subjects- Computer Studies, Insurance, Store
Management and Office Practice- are in the electives category, while the
remaining 35 subjects are in the Trades category. Among
subjects in the trade category are Painting and Decorating,
Photography, Salesmanship, Plumbing and Pipe Fitting, and Upholstery. Students
would be required to take four core subjects, comprising English
Language, General Mathematics, Civic Education and Trade/
Entrepreneurial Studies. The
candidates would be required to choose three or four subjects from
Humanities, Science, Technology and Business Studies depending on their
potential and interest.
Do you think it is a good initiative to revise the curriculum and introduce new subjects ? Does this address today's challenges
Source: Punch
Source: Punch
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
OBJ’s questionable portrait of GEJ
Still on OBJ’s questionable portrait of GEJ
Judging from President
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s response to the letter of 2nd December, 2013,
by former President Olusegun Obasanjo (OBJ), it was obvious that the
allegations he considered to be most worrisome were those in the areas
of corruption and security. The President, in his letter, sought to
dismiss each of OBJ’s allegations as either wholly untrue or malicious
or politically motivated. I think he was, to a large extent, successful
in doing this. At any rate, he pushed the onus of proof on OBJ. “If
you are sure of your allegations, show Nigerians the evidence.”
Reading through most of the allegations raised in OBJ’s letter, it was,
perhaps, unnecessary for the president to have responded, as the issues
did not even arise in the first place. Such, for instance, was the
reference to the letter by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, alleging that “the sum of $49.8
billion was unremitted by the NNPC to the CBN” and, therefore, that the
funds were missing. Within days of OBJ’s letter, a Technical Committee,
earlier set up to reconcile the accounts of NNPC, came out with the
finding that no funds were missing, compelling Sanusi to apologise
before the Senate Committee on Finance, and to admit openly that he made
an error.
What character and what manner of persons would trump up such
baseless allegations and yet feel no emotional twitch or embarrassment?
OBJ is no ordinary person as, indeed, he said himself in the same
letter: “I have passed the stage of being flattered, intimidated,
threatened, frightened, induced or bribed.” Certainly, the man no longer
has the capacity to entertain any sense of guilt, embarrassment and
such cognate human feelings.Only a character like OBJ can put in black and white an unfounded charge such as President Jonathan “keeping over 1,000 people on a political watch list … and training snipers and other armed personnel secretly and clandestinely acquiring weapons” for the assassination of Nigerians. Is he referring to the same Jonathan that we all know, the soft, humane and amiable Jonathan who declared before the Nigerian electorate in 2010 that: “My election is not worth spilling the blood of any Nigerian”, as against OBJ’s perception of election as a “do-or-die” affair?
President Jonathan has, of course, strongly denied the existence of a watch list and the training of a killer squad. Beyond that, he has also, through the Attorney-General of the Federation, directed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to investigate OBJ’s alleged human rights violations, as contained in his letter. Even then, would it matter to OBJ, if at the end of all the investigations, it is found that the allegations are nothing but baseless rumours?
It would be an error to think that OBJ is alone in this character mode of people inclined to paint Jonathan in the portrait of a violent and repressive leader, who would harass and victimise political opponents. Since OBJ’s letter, a number of opposition politicians have latched on to his so-called watch list in explaining their anxiety and declining political fortunes. Already, there is a long list of them on the imaginary list, each claiming to be either on top or close to the top of the list, as if their ranking is a measure of their political weight.
Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, who recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the opposition All Progressives Party (APC), gleefully announced while addressing a huge crowed in Port Harcourt, that he was number one on the Jonathan “hit list”. “They want to kill me,” he said. Malam Nasir el-Rufai, former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and now a leader in the APC, claims that he is number seven. Others on the list, according to him, include former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu and former Osun State Governor and Interim Chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande.
If the Jonathan watch list were authentic, it raises the puzzle as to how, in a list containing heavy political weights such as Buhari, Tinubu, Akande and other APC leaders, Amaechi’s name could possibly be number one. On what criteria? Certainly, both Governor Amaechi and Malam el-Rufai may need to reassess their own valuation in terms of political importance.
The only reason why someone like Malam el-Rufai would indulge in self-inflation of any sort, as a psychologist would explain, is that it is a natural tendency of diminutive persons to always inflate their own ego. But, as for Amaechi, his is a more pathetic situation that calls for the assistance, not of a psychologist but of a psychiatrist who is familiar with the ailment called paranoia. Any patient with this affliction fears almost everything and every person. He would conjure any object of fear, whether or not it is real. Otherwise, how can a State Governor, surrounded and protected by over 120 policemen, wherever he goes, complain that his life is threatened? Does this not explain why Amaechi believes that he is number one on a hit list that does not exist?
West-Greene sent this piece via Tamunowg@yahoo.com
http://pointblanknews.com
TB Joshua’s Reaction To The New Anti-Gay Law
“Judge not, so that you will not be judged,” Joshua began, citing Matthew 7:1 for Scriptural backing. “We should talk to people to be saved and not to die. I mean, we should talk salvation, not condemnation. The Bible is my standard.”
Through a new initiative on his ministries official Facebook page, with almost 900,000 fans, in which the cleric responds to people’s questions in an interactive session, he addressed the much debated question on same-sex marriage.
TB Joshua added: “If my parents were one, I would not have been given birth to,” he proceeded poignantly. “Those that are asking this question, (note that) if your parents were one, you would not have been given birth to. You that are reading me – if your parents were one, you would not be reading this today. God bless the reader and the hearer.”
His message is clear; being gay is not something we should encourage but we should not condemn any one.
MTN Says, We Didn’t Sell Recharge Cards Above Authorised Prices
“We wish to inform the public that the cost of every recharge card remains the value stated on it, and MTN has not authorized any variance to this long-standing principle. Any sale of MTN recharge cards at a price higher than the value stated on the card is without MTN’s knowledge or authority”, the mobile phone company said in a statement..
MTN Nigeria encouraged subscribers in the affected cities to use other available means to recharge their lines.
“While we work to arrest this situation, we urge our esteemed customers in the affected areas to explore other options of purchasing airtime such as MTN Virtual Top Up (VTU) or MTN Auto Top-up”.
By Kayode Oladeinde Technology Reporter
Singer Waje's Boyfriend Dumps Her
The busty singer is seriously heart broken and has been crying out...
Could it be that the guy wasn't aware of her grown up daughter before now? #Love&Trouble
Help! My Ex-Girlfriend Is About To Get Married And Still Wants Us To Have Sex!
I saw this story online and had to share it with you - it's unedited!
"She is about getting married and am now into another relationship but she is still insisting we continue having sex till after her marriage. As i type this, she is seriously disturbing me. She was very nice but i just can't do it bc of my conscience, putting my self in the guys shoe. Moreover, chances r that she may still want same even after marriage as she's been complaining that her guy dosnt satisfy her as i did. What shud i do......am confused'
What would you do if you were the guy? What advise would you give the lady?
Double Vision On Golden Globes Red Carpet, Who Wore It Better?
Julianna
Margulies (in Andrew Gn) and Kelly Osbourne (in Escada) both wore black
dresses which featured metallic detailing on the sleeve
Lena Dunham (in Zac Posen) and Melissa Rauch (in Romona Keveza) both wore canary yellow frocks
More photos when you continue
Robin Wright (in Reem Acra) and Naomi Watts (in Tom Ford) wore very similar gold frocks
Downton Abbey's Laura Carmichael and Nashville star Hayden Panettiere (in Tom Ford)
Who wore it better?
Kola Boof: Spits Fire Over Same Sex Marriage Ban In Nigeria
Patrick Obahiagbon, Reacts To Mikel's CAF Award Loss In Usual "Big Grammar" Fashion!
The
Chief of Staff, Edo State Government House, Hon.
Patrick Obahiagbon who earlier promised to stop big grammar this year
has broken his promise while reacting to John Obi Mikel’s CAF award
loss! He just couldn't help it spilling out like this. Read his quote
after the break ...
“I am maniacally bewildered, overgassted and
flabberwhelmed at the paraplegic crinkum crankum that characterised the
Glo CAF awards culminating in an od oriferous saga cum gargantuan gaga!
The jiggery pokery of CAF in crowning Yaya Toure instead of our very own
prodigy John Obi Mikel is a veritable bugaboo that must be pooh-poohed
by all compos mentis homo sapiens! The perfidy and Mendacity of all the
apparatchic of sports suzerainty is not only repugnant but also
insalubrious!"I said to my self: What an anathematous disdain of the citizenry! What a deprecable descent from the sublime to the ridiculous! Who will curb the odoriferous excesses of this machavellian and mephistophelean cabal in the Confederation? With this state of affairs, i dare say that African football is swimming in a pestilential aqua with a disastrious terminus ad quem inherently laden with avoidable cataracts, ice bergs and oxbow Lakes. It is sardonic and lugubrious!!!”
Do you understand what he's saying?
Sean Tizzle: My ‘Sholee’ Song Was Inspired By God
For me, every inspiration comes from God. That song was inspired by God. Not forgetting the beat made by my boss Dee-tunes. It wasn’t as if it was pre-mediated that the story line should go in that direction. It just came and that I am grateful to God.
Am Worried My Fiance Does Not Tell Me Important Things About His Life
Hi BMB readers,
9ice Set To Contest In 2015
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