Terrorism: Presidency goes tough; stops N3b payment for Abuja CCTV

The Presidency is angry with the entities handling the controversial Federal Government’s N76 billion  closed circuit  television (CCTV) project, otherwise known as Nigerian Public Security Communications System, NPSCS.
Sunday Vanguard learnt, last night, that the Presidency, which feels embarrassed by the failure of the project to contribute to the fight against terrorism, has cancelled a  request by the Ministry of Police Affairs to pay additional N3 billion to the NigComsat and the Chinese firm handling the scheme.
The Presidency, it was learnt, is peeved at the failure of the project to capture the images of terrorists who have been carrying out  lethal bombings in the federal capital and environs.
Sunday Vanguard learnt that the Presidency turned down the N3 billion request, which Nigcomsat and the contractors dad demanded, as further payment in lieu of ‘contingency and consultancy fees’ for services rendered over five years.

What Can I Do To Marry His Brother?

Dear ASHIWAJU Readers:
I am 22years old girl and am through with high school, In a month time, I will be getting married.
Last 2 months, my boyfriend took me to see his brother who just arrived from America.
And I kind of like him and I believe he likes me to.
He even invited me to a party without my boyfriend knowing..

Agbelebu Mi's video Cost Millions of Naira —Tope Alabi

One of the most celebrated gospel singer, Tope Alabi, has said the newly released video of her chart-bursting album, Agbelebu gulped a lot of money. The artiste, who refused to disclose the exact amount spent on the video production, however added that the money was justifiable considering the quality of the video in terms of picture quality and costumes.

She also said the production was the first time she would dedicate much time and money to the video of any of her works.

PDP, APC in illegal 2015 campaign —INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party are guilty of breaching the law restraining parties from embarking on campaigns until 90 days to elections.

Section 99 (1) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), stipulates: “For the purpose of this Act, the period of campaigning in public by every political party shall commence 90 days before polling day and end 24 hours prior to that day.”

Recently, the APC had accused President Goodluck Jonathan and his party, the PDP,  of flouting the rules on campaign during a political rally in Enugu. And the PDP had, in return, accused the APC of violating the  campaign Act.

Governor Nyako Hits Hard on President Jonathan

The Presidency on Saturday reacted sharply to a letter written by Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State to his northern governors, describing it as “an unmitigated leadership disaster and a sad betrayal of trust by a major beneficiary of the Nigerian nation.”

Nyako had in the letter accused the Federal Government under President Goodluck Jonathan’s watch as carrying out genocide against northern states with impunity.

But the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, in a statement said the content of the governor’s letter exposed him as lacking a sense of history.

Okupe said the letter further portrayed the governor as incapable of rising above “parochial sentiments and possessing a morbid hatred for facts and truth in public discourse.”

Easter:We will overcome terrorism- Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday promised that the “evil machinations” of terrorists and their allies were not capable of distracting him from successfully implementing his administration’s transformation agenda.

He said he would continue to count on the support and prayers of Nigerians in his government’s bid to achieve peace, harmony, progress and prosperity in the country.

Jonathan said these in his Easter message to Nigerians made available to journalists by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati.

The President said although his administration had made notable progress in achieving sustained development, he would not rest on his oars.

He said, “My belief in our ability to overcome all retrogressive and divisive forces in our midst and build a strong, united and prosperous nation by turning our unique diversity into a source of strength remains unshaken and we will continue to work with all interest groups and stakeholders in the country to achieve peaceful, secure and politically stable conditions essential for rapid socio-economic development.

“In spite of the evil machinations of terrorists, criminals and their collaborators, our administration remains ardently focused on efforts to successfully execute the Federal Government’s Agenda for National Transformation and achieve sustained development.

Christians Must Learn To Forgive - prof. ONU Tells ORJI

A USA based Nigerian economic expert, Professor Onu Iheukwumere has berated Governor T. A. Orji of Abia state over what he called a culture of unprecedented ingratitude being promoted and perpetuated by Gov. T Orji and his government.
Profession Onu said in a statement released today at his Alabama USA base, in reaction to the Easter message of Governor T. Orji where the governor was reported to have admonished all Abians and Nigerians in general to imbibe the spirit of reconciliation during this Esther period.
The Academia wondered how a man can carry out a mindless campaign of vendetta against his benefactor, and former governor of Abia state Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu who used all his resources to single handedly install him as governor of a state even when he (T. Orji) was languishing in jail.

Sack Terror-Plagued North-East Governors- Akpabio

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom urged President Goodluck Jonathan to sack three governors of three states in Nigeria’s northeast area most plagued by terror attacks by members of Boko Haram, a militant Islamist group.

Mr. Akpabio made the suggestion at a meeting on Thursday between the president, governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a few other governors deemed friendly to Mr. Jonathan.

Our correspondent learned that President Jonathan had initially invited all governors, including those of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the meeting to discuss new strategies for tackling the worsening crisis of attacks by Boko Haram. However, a few hawks close to the president, led by Governor Akpabio, prevailed on the president to exclude APC governors and meet only with PDP and a few other “loyal” governors. The source said the governor of Akwa Ibom was instrumental in making the president to rescind the invitation to the APC governors.

Is T. B. Joshua a Healer or a spiritual fraudster?

 It’s Sunday, and 15,000 people are seated in the enormous arena-like church, fanning themselves against the dusty humid air in Nigeria.
The preacher in a blue flowered shirt taps his microphone to announce “prophecy time.” He places his hands on worshippers, who spin in circles, wave their arms in the air and finally collapse to the ground, shaking. They’ve been delivered.
“Emmanuel!” he shouts. “Emmanuel!” the crowd echoes. A camera crew of 20 scurries around speakers branded with the slogan for his Emmanuel TV station, “Distance is not a barrier.” The service is beamed worldwide.

7 Books Every Leader Should Read, According To A Harvard Business School Professor

Max Bazerman, a business psychology professor at Harvard Business School and the author of the best book on general decision making that I’ve ever read, "Judgment in Managerial Decision Making," came out with 7 book recommendations.
I hadn’t heard of two of these, which I picked up.
I think we’ve all heard of this one. Bazerman says:
The development of decision research is the most pronounced influence of the social sciences on professional education and societal change that we have witness in the last half century. Kahneman is the greatest social scientist of our time, and" Thinking, Fast and Slow" provides an integrated history of the fields of behavioral decision research and behavioral economics, the role of our two different systems for processing information (System 1 vs. System 2), and the wonderful story of Kahneman’s relationship with Amos Tversky (Tversky would have shared Kahneman’s Nobel Prize had he not passed away at an early age).
2. "Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness" by Richard Thaler & Cass Sunstein.