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Friday 28 August 2015

Daughter of ex-VP forfeits salary and allowances as she becomes Adamawa Commissioner of Health

Daughter of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Dr Fatima Atiku, has been sworn in as the new Commissioner of Health in Adamawa state. She took her oath of office today, 28th August alongside 21 other commissioners. The young woman stated that she will be donating her salary and allowances to the health sector while serving as a commissioner

“I am very grateful to the governor for appointing me to head the Health Ministry. The ministry is the most challenging because of the insurgency problem that had caused some damage to the health system in the state. For this reason, I shall be donating my salary and allowances for use in enhancing the delivery of healthcare service in the state,’’she said

Presidency: Buhari will balance his appointments in future - Femi Adesina

While speaking on a show on RayPower 100.5FM today August 28, the Special Adviser to President Buhari on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, said President Buhari will balance his appointments in future. Many Nigerians deplored Buhari's announcement of key appointments being zoned to the Northern region of the country.

"Nobody can fault the fact that the persons appointed were appointed on merits. In terms of the spread, the President has prerogative to appoint and he knows there is federal character. I am sure that there will be balance in the future.
These are still early days. At the end of the day, we will have a balance. By the time more appointments are made, it will balance out. The President is trying to get the very best of Nigerians. The issue of key positions and no key positions should not be the issue. He gave a deadline of September for the appointment of ministers ‎and he will keep to it.”he said

Even @ about 60 Kris Jenner still looks charming in her bikini (See photos)

The Kardashian Matriarch showed off her hot bikini body in a sexy black two-piece during a recent family getaway to St Barts. See more photos below

Photo credit: Splash News

Caitlyn Jenner Reveals The Kind Of Guy She Wants To Date

Hmm..ok oo..So,Caitlyn Jenner has hinted she may date men.In a new episode of I Am Cait ,she admits to friend and transgender activist Jennifer Finney Boylan that she could be attracted to men. She says in the clip, obtained by People magazine. "

It would be very attractive to me to have a guy treat me like a woman,"That you would be treated like a normal woman. Like any other woman in the street and not make it this trans-[gender] thing, "Just a normal relationship."

Worried Caitlyn believes a man is needed, Boylan then insisted she is a normal woman and doesn't need a man for that to happen.

"A woman can make you a woman,It's a thing we women do. We look to men to give us self worth."Now that you're in the sisterhood, you have gone to such trouble to be a woman; don't be a stupid one. Be a smart one

APC Leaders Express Their Disappointment Over Buhari's Northern Appointees

Leaders of the ruling the All Progressives Congress on Thursday expresses their disappointment over the announcement of new appointments by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Leaders of the APC, who spoke to The Punch, complained that the appointments tilted in favour of the North and said the party must move fast to cope with the backlash of expected rumblings in the polity.

“The President does not consult before making most of these appointments and I can tell you that Nigerians are going to term the party and the President as a northern party and the President of Northern Nigeria,” a leader of the party said to one of our correspondents late on Tuesday.

Three top national officers of the APC, who spoke with Punch on condition of anonymity shortly after the announcements were made, wondered why the President was appointing only northerners to positions to the detriment of the southerners.

They said that the President was already giving the party a bad name among Nigerians. They said they had hoped that he would learn from the criticisms that trailed his first appointments where more northerners were appointed into sensitive positions than southerners.

Before the latest appointments, the President had also named only one southerner among the initial nine appointments he made.

The northerners in the first appointments are the Director-General of the State Services, Lawal Daura; Acting Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mrs. Amina Zakari; the Director, Department of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Mordecai Danteni Baba Ladan; and the Accountant-General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris.

Also in the first appointments are the President’s Chief Security Officer, Abdulrahman Mani; State Chief of Protocol, Mallam Abdullahi Kazaure; Aide- De-Camp, Lt. Col. Muhammed Abubakar; and the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu.

Only the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, hailed from Osun Staten in the South-West.

Another APC leader said the party must devise a way of managing the backlash that would follow the appointments.

He said, “Though the President did not get much votes from the South-East but we must not neglect the zone in key appointments.

“Even the South-West that supported and was the backbone of the party, what are we giving the zone in appreciation? We need to be careful before the party is destroyed.”

It was gathered that some leaders of the party were already thinking of having an enlarged meeting where the appointments would be reviewed.

But another senior member of the APC said such a meeting, if it would hold at all, would have to wait until the party holds its Kogi State governorship primary on Saturday.

A member of the state executive of APC in a South-West state, said the appointments were lopsided against the South.

He said, “When President Olusegun Obasanjo took over, you saw balance in appointments as he reflected federal character. President Goodluck Jonathan too reflected a semblance of balance. Buhari is pursuing a northern agenda. This is the same agenda pursued by the late Sir Ahmadu Bello, when everything was pro-North. Buhari made six appointments at a go and five of them are northerners.”

The Speaker of one of the Houses of Assembly in the South-West, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also described the new appointments as shocking.

The Speaker, who is a member of the APC, said, “This is shocking. It doesn’t speak well at all. The South-West has been completely neglected and the South-East too. The South-West was neglected during the President Goodluck Jonathan years. The South-West must rise up against this.”

Similarly, an APC chairman in another South-West state, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said the list of the new appointees had left him perplexed.

The chairman said, “This is not good at all. Why should he choose everybody from the North? I am sure he did not confide in anybody before drawing up the list and making the announcement. We will continue to watch. It is condemnable.”

In the same vein, an APC member of the House of Representatives, said the leaders of the party in the South-West were shocked by Buhari’s latest appointments.

“He didn’t tell anybody. We are all shocked. The real shocker would be when he is going to appoint ministers. The only thing that would save us is that he is mandated constitutionally to choose from all states, otherwise, he would have chosen all the ministers too from the North,” the female member of parliament said.

The new SGF graduated from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in 1979 with a Bachelor of Engineering degree and worked with the Delta Steel Company, Aladja, Nigerian External Telecommunications Limited and Data Sciences Limited before establishing his own ICT and Telecommunications consulting firm in 1990.

Kyari, the new Chief of Staff to the President, holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees from the University of Cambridge and the University of Warwick in Law and Sociology.

The new Comptroller-General of Customs, holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Criminology. He was military administrator of Kaduna State from 1996 to 1998.

Facts About Nigeria's New Customs Boss: Hameed Ibrahim Ali

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday approved the appointment of Colonel Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd.) as the Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs Service.

Here are 8 things about the new customs boss you should know.

1. Col Ali was born on January 15, 1955, was a military administrator of Kaduna State, Nigeria from August 1996 to August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.

2. The prominent figure during the military era holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Criminology.

3. For years, President Buhari has had a soft spot for Colonel Ali and his life style, hence the new appointment. is an admirer of Ali’s life style.

4. Colonel Ali who was in charge of the management of Buhari’s campaign funds has just one wife and four children.

5. The newly appointed NSC boss retired from the army unceremoniously when Olusegun Obasanjo was the Nigerian presidency. This, he did, without any scandalous report.

6. On the side he is a farmer just like President Buhari, but he deals with poultry. Reports say he drives a 504 Saloon car.

7. After retiring, Colonel Ali who is of steely character suitable for incorruptible values became Secretary of the Arewa Consultative Forum, a northerm lobbying group, and a supporter of Major General Muhammadu Buhari in his bid to run for president. In June 2006 Ali was reported to have said that the North would get back the presidency in 2007.

8. He was the Chief of Staff to Muhammadu Buhari before being appointed as the Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs Service.