I AM NOT IN A HURRY TO APPOINT MINISTERS. - PRESIDENT BUHARI.

President Muhammadu Buhari explained, yesterday, that he was yet to appoint his ministers because his predecessor’s transition committee submitted its report on the previous administration to him late.

Buhari, who spoke to newsmen at the Summit of the African Union in Johannesburg, South Africa, said he was being careful in order not to make mistakes in appointing individuals especially to key positions such as in the finance and petroleum ministries.

His words: “I don’t know why people are so anxious about ministers. But eventually we will have (them). But the main reason is that I have an interim committee which I agreed with the former President Jonathan that the ministers of the outgoing government should hand over their notes or their documents to this interim committee so that a position can be prepared for the new government to start from with clear records from ministers.

IDI AMIN'S FAVOURITE WIDOW DIES OF CANCER.

Idi Amin's widow who lived a life of obscurity running a North London hair salon for 30 years after the dictator's exile has died following a battle with cancer.

Sarah Kyolaba was the last surviving wife of the former Ugandan leader before she died last week at London's Royal Free Hospital, it has been reported.

The 59-year-old arrived in Britain more than three decades ago - having followed her husband into exile in Saudi Arabia - and later worked at a salon in Tottenham.

PICTURES - THE KILLER KIDS OF THE "IS" CALIPHATE.

ISIS has transformed another batch of fresh-faced youngsters into its next generation of killers at one of its vile army training camps, a shocking new video reveals. 

Young boys are made to run, climb and crawl through a treacherous assault course near the terror group's adopted capital of Raqqa, Syria, while an adult commander supervises them.

Armed with rocket launchers and AK47s, the so-called 'cubs of the caliphate' then pose proudly under the notorious black flag used by Islamist groups such as ISIS.

EGYPTIAN COURT SENTENCES FORMER PRESIDENT MOHAMED MORSI TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR SPYING.

An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced former President Mohamed Morsy and 16 other Muslim Brotherhood leaders to life in prison on espionage charges.

Three other senior leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood -- Khairat Al Shater, Mohamed Beltagy and Ahmed Abdel Alaty -- were sentenced to death by hanging. In Egypt, a life sentence equates to 25 years in prison.

The court was also expected to decide Tuesday whether to confirm the death sentence Morsy received last month for his role in a 2011 prison escape.

Morsy, Egypt's first democratically elected leader, was ousted by the country's powerful military in 2013.

70 YR OLD SCHOOL PROPRIETOR RAPES 8 YR OLD PUPIL IN LAGOS. #SAYNOTOTRAPE

Policemen attached to Igbogbo Division in Lagos have arrested a 70-year-old school proprietor for allegedly raping an eight-year-old pupil.

The Primary 4 pupil of Brighter Glory School (names withheld) disclosed that the proprietor, Mr. Isaac Eniasec, sent her to go and tidy up his office after close of school.

Midway into the clean-up, she said, “he came into the office and asked me to lie down. I was scared because of what my mother told me about men. When I hesitated, he tore my pant and laid on me.”

Caught in the act

SENATOR BURUJI KASHAMU WITHDRAWS LIBEL SUIT AGAINST OBASANJO.

Determined to wriggle out of the extradition net ‎that is threatening to envelope him,‎ Senator Buruji Kashamu has withdrawn the N20billion libel suit he filed against former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Kashamu who is representing Ogun-East Senatorial ‎District, persuaded Justice Valentine Ashi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting at Wuse Zone 2, to terminate further hearing on his case against Obasanjo.

This is even as Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Abuja Division o‎f the Federal High Court has slated June 25 to commence hearing on the extradition application that was entered against him by the Federal Government.

SUDANESE PRESIDENT AL-BASHIR LANDS IN KHARTOUM DESPITE ICC'S CALL FOR HIS ARREST AT AU SUMMIT.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir flew out of South Africa on Monday in defiance of a Pretoria court that later said he should have been arrested to face genocide charges at the International Criminal Court.

Despite a legal order for him to stay in the country ahead of the ruling on his detention, the government let Bashir leave unhindered, with South Africa's ruling party accusing the ICC of being biased against Africans and "no longer useful".

Bashir has been indicted by the ICC over war crimes and crimes against humanity but South Africa gave him immunity along with all delegates attending an African Union summit in Johannesburg this week.

7 FACTS ABOUT ANITA SOLOMON, MAJE AYIDA'S (TOKE MAKINWA'S BOO) SOON TO BE BABYMAMA PLUS PICTURES.

The name Anita Solomon was largely unknown in Nigeria's social media circle until news broke that she is currently carrying the child of Maje Ayida, Toke Makinwa's husband. Read previous post here.

A lot is actually unknown about this soon to be BabyMama but here are seven quick facts about her.

A MUST READ ARTICLE - THE DEHUMANIZATION OF BLACK CHILDREN - TAMIR RICE, KALIEF BROWDER & DAJERRIA BECTON.

KALIEF BROWDER

"The children of the despised and rejected are menaced from the moment they stir in the womb..." -- James Baldwin

In our schools, playgrounds and pools, America has a problem with Black children. And it is costing them their lives.

Last November, Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy in Cleveland, was gunned down by a police officer responding to a 9-1-1 call reporting "a guy" in the park with a "probably fake gun."

Just one and a half seconds after arriving and without warning over his vehicle's megaphone, police officer Timothy Loehmann shot and killed Tamir. That the gun, a plastic air-soft gun, was probably fake was never communicated to the police. That he was a child was never articulated to or by Loehmann. That he was Black was.

7 FACTS ABOUT MAJE AYIDA, ENSTRANGED HUSBAND OF TOKE MAKINWA WHO WAS ACCUSED OF INFIDELITY.

 

The social media has been agog for the past 3 days with the news of infidelity of Maje Ayida, a fitness & lifestyle executive and husband of Toke Makinwa, a popular OAP at "Rhythm Fm" in Lagos.

Unconfirmed but almost true reports (judging by the recent post by both Maje & Toke) has it that Maje impregnated his long time girlfriend Anita and even flew her to the UK to deliver her baby while Toke is not even close to getting pregnant.

Anyway, these are 7 facts you probably never knew about the handsome dark skinned British educated Maje.

THEY HAVE HIJACKED OUR CHANGE AGAIN - PROFESSOR PAT UTOMI.

It may sound naïve, especially for a person who is obviously a partisan, but my concern and alarm have little to do with who won or lost in the National Assembly leadership elections palaver. Easy as this can be lost on the gladiators, we could be collectively sabotaging the poor ordinary people of Nigeria desperate for change. Could this elite which has consistently failed to find its mission and do for its people what their old classmates in schools in the United States and the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the West, have done for their people in Asia and Latin America, unwittingly miss this window built on a change mantra, and betray another generation? It was with this spirit of wondering how easily we chase power, unmindful of purpose that I exclaimed on seeing the political bloodletting in the National Assembly leadership selection. My reaction was, Oh my God, not again! With the process and outcome clearly signalling disunity, lack of discipline and weak goal-setting, and severe goal displacement, the least impact would be challenged implementation of what the people voted for.

SENATE PRESIDENT (@BUKOLASARAKI) MEETS WITH AGGRIEVED SENATORS.

Senate President Bukola Saraki has started reaching out to the All Peoples Congress leadership and colleagues opposed to his emergence as the head of the National Assembly.

A senator loyal to him, Rafiu Ibrahim, made this known in Abuja on Sunday. A leading newspaper "Punch" aslo learnt that the APC leadership decided to soft-pedal on its initial opposition to the outcomes of the National Assembly leadership elections in order to stave off   rebellion by its lawmakers.

Ibrahim said, “We are currently meeting with our colleagues in the Senate. Apart from the fact that the Senate President has been meeting with those who are aggrieved , we, members of the Like Minds Senators are also engaging them on one-on-one basis.

WINNERS CHAPEL PASTOR KIDNAPPED IN CROSS RIVERS STATE.

The Senior Resident Pastor of Winners Chapel, along IBB Way in Calabar, Cross River State, Mr. Seyi Adekunle, was on Saturday, abducted by yet-to-be identified kidnappers, who stormed the church premises around 8pm.

The development created confusion among members of the church, who had gathered at the church to pray for the success of the Sunday service.

The confusion, according to an eyewitness, stemmed from the fact that the church is located next to the headquarters of the Airport Division of the Nigeria Police in Calabar, but it took officers and men of the division 30 minutes to arrive at the church after they were contacted for an emergency.

BREAKING - MOTORIST BLOCKS ZARIA-KADUNA HIGHWAY BECAUSE SOLDIERS SHOT TRUCK DRIVER.

Truck drivers along the Zaria-Kaduna road have blocked the highway at Maraban Jos, causing a massive gridlock.

The motorists are said to be protesting the an alleged shooting of one of them by soldiers.

It was unclear why the military men shot the driver of the articulated vehicle and the condition of the driver.

READ WHY MANY STATES CANNOT PAY SALARIES.

Huge expenditures on capital projects and sundry overhead have been identified as part of the reasons many state governments in Nigeria are unable to pay their workers’ salaries for many months now, Vanguard investigations have revealed.

About 18 state governments in the country currently owe their workers salaries for periods ranging from two to 11 months as at the end of May, 2015.

States and indebtedness

Some of the effected states include Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Benue, Cross River, Ekiti, Imo, Katsina, Kogi, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers and Zamfara.

THE RACE FOR 2019 HAS BEGUN!!!!!!!!!!!

While the various political elements that formed the victorious coalition, the All Progressives Congress, APC, gathered against the former ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, pundits had believed it was only a matter of time before the gang-up would come unstuck. However, the various constituents surprised everyone, sank their differences and worked together to ensure the ouster of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, with Muhammadu Buhari as the arrowhead of the grand coalition of the old North and the ruling political mainstream of South West.

EFCC SLAMS 50 NEW MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES AGAINST TIMIPRE SYLVA.

Apparently angered and disappointed by the dismissal of the money laundering charges it preferred against former Bayelsa governor, Timipre Sylva, by Justice A. R. Mohammed of the Abuja Federal High Court, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, released 50 fresh charges against the All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain.

The charges were increased from the initial 42 to 50 by the anti-graft agency, thereby giving Sylva a tougher task to defend himself in the matter, which has already been filed and likely to be assigned to a new judge.

The charges, according to a document obtained by Vanguard, yesterday, were prepared and filed in court by the Director of Legal of the EFCC, Mr. Chile Okoroma.

18 OF NIGERIA'S 36 STATES ARE BANKRUPT, CAN'T PAY WORKERS' SALARY.

Eighteen out of the thirty-six states of the federation are technically bankrupt. This is because they have mortgaged their federation account allocations to contractors by signing irrevocable payment orders with various banks. As a result, payment to contractors and other debt instruments are deducted at source and have become first line charge on their lean resources. 

The internally generated revenues of these states are also not enough to meet their obligations so they owe workers several months of unpaid salaries.

The states which owing workers, according to the Nigeria Labour Congress are Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Benue, Cross River, Ekiti, Imo, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Kogi, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers and Zamfara.

DO NOT PAY ANYBODY TO SEE PRESIDENT BUHARI - AISHA BUHARI WARNS.

The wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha has warned those around the President not to use their position to curry favours, but to key into his agenda of fighting corruption and insecurity.

Speaking while she hosted women and youths to a ‘thank you’ dinner, Mrs. Buhari said the success of the administration would depend on how the people around the President conduct themselves.

According to her, there should be a better representation of women in all arms of government in order to ensure that their concerns are better articulated.

She said: “There was nothing that people did not say about the past administration. It is not Jonathan that is not good, but the people around him.

“So, the people that are going to be around General Buhari have to be very careful because this election ended peacefully.

“We are praying and hoping that people around him should know that it took him 12 years to get to that position and they must know that they are coming to serve the masses, not General Buhari in person.  It is the people that are around him that will determine the political health of our state.

“There was nothing that people did not say about the past administration. It is not Jonathan that is not good, but the people around him.

“So, the people that are going to be around General Buhari have to be very careful because this election ended peacefully.

“We are praying and hoping that people around him should know that it took him 12 years to get to that position and they must know that they are coming to serve the masses, not General Buhari in person.  It is the people that are around him that will determine the political health of our state.

“I will like to inform you that in the past regime, whether it is true or false, only God knows, some people were going round and parading themselves as PAs. If you wanted to see the First Lady, you will pay $30,000, $50,000 and if you are seeing the President, you will pay all that you have gathered in your lifetime.

SARAKI, DOGARA AND APC'S NAIVETY. - SEGUN ADENIYI.

Following the election of Dr. Bukola Saraki and Hon. Yakubu Dogara as Senate President and House of Representatives' Speaker respectively on Tuesday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, released a cynical statement, telling the All Progressives Party (APC) to “stop whining and accept the will of the people, respect the independence of the legislature, as the PDP is not responsible for their naivety and crass inexperience.”