BUHARI'S FIRST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE.

The first one hundred days have just passed since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office to run the affairs of the country for the next four years. Even though Presidency and All Progressives Congress (APC) sources have played down the first hundred days as a period to take a measure of their new administration, we believe that a journey of a thousand miles starts with a step in the right direction to reach the destination on schedule.

We are gratified to note that the personality and charisma of President Buhari has brought new impetus and esteem to the Presidency both at home and abroad. His image as a man of integrity, as well as his credibility to fight corruption has made many government officials to sit up. Government appears to be working better than before, and we hope this will become a permanent feature of governance in Nigeria.

I HAVE DECLARED MY ASSETS FOUR TIMES SINCE 1977 - PRESIDENT BUHARI.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday told journalists in Accra, Ghana, that he had declared his assets four times since 1975 and challenged the newsmen to investigate the details of his possession.

Buhari asked journalists to use the required law to dig up the records of his four separate asset declarations.

He said, “I recall that in 1975 when late Murtala Mohammed became the Head of State, we were lined up in the corridor – governors, ministers, members of the Supreme Military Council – and officials of the Ministry of Justice were brought and every individual was made to declare his assets.

FG WITHDRAWS PASSPORTS OF EX-GOVERNOR & EX-MINISTERS.

The Nigeria Immigration Service has revoked the passports of all former governors and ministers issued to them during their tenure.

The Comptroller-General of the Immigration Service, Martin Abeshi, said this in a statement on Monday, The Cable reports.

The NIS also instructed former senators, ex-House of Representatives members, ex-special advisers, retired heads of government agencies, former members of state Houses of Assembly and retired public servants to submit their passports.

FIVE WORST LEADERS IN AFRICA.

1.  Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, president of Equatorial Guinea

He's Africa's longest-serving ruler, an autocrat who leads the tiny, oil-rich West African nation of Equatorial Guinea. Despite its vast natural wealth, the majority of its people live in deep poverty with no access to clean drinking water, proper educational or health facilities. One fifth of children die before age 5. The money has gone into the pockets of Mbasogo and his family. They own luxury properties in the United States and other countries, a private jet and a fleet of luxury cars.

NNPC TO RECOVER N1.9TR FROM JV PARTNERS.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation has commenced the process of recovering over $7bn (N1.4tn) in over-deducted tax benefits from joint venture partners on major capital projects.

It was learnt on Sunday that the corporation had also engaged an international accounting firm to ascertain the exact amount due to government on the Strategic Alliance Contracts entered by Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, where up to $2.46bn (N484.6bn) of government money would be recovered.

In a report submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari by its new management, detailing the corporation’s successes so far, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, stated that the firm had commenced its performance measurement and benchmarking.

NDDC BOARD DRAGS PRESIDENT BUHARI TO COURT OVER DISSOLUTION.

Members of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC board, have asked the National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja, to declare that President Muhammadu Buhari has no powers to sack them as their appointments are governed by statutes and for a fixed period, as same period has not expired.

It will be recalled that there were recent circulars from the office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, dated July 16, 2015, Ref. No. SGF.19/S.81/XIX/964 and July 23, 2015, Ref. No. SGF.55/S.2 that all boards stand dissolved. The Sen Bassey Ewa-Henshaw led board, through their counsel, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegborowa, is contending that the circular were wrongly applied to NDDC.

Defendants in the suit are the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senate and House of Representatives. Their counsel pointed out that by virtue of section 6 (6) of the 1999 Constitution as amended, once parties have submitted their dispute before a competent court, none of them is allowed to resort to self-help or to take any step that may jeopardize the due hearing of the matter on its merit.

PRESIDENT BUHARI ISSUES ULTIMATUM FOR COMPLIANCE WITH TREASURY SINGLE ACCOUNT.

President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a Tuesday, September 15, 2015 deadline for all Federal MDAs to comply with the Treasury Single Account (TSA) directive. 

The statement read: ”President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a Tuesday, September 15, 2015 Deadline for all Federal MDAs to comply with the Treasury Single Account (TSA) instruction.

“By that deadline, all Federal Government revenues must go into the Central Bank Treasury Single Account (TSA), except otherwise expressly approved.”

KADUNA GOVT UNCOVERS N4BN IN 470 BANK ACCOUNTS.

The Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai said on Saturday that with the adoption of the Single Treasury Account, the state had traced and uncovered N4bn stashed in 470 different accounts in 23 commercial banks.

He noted that the Peoples Democratic Party administration had been operating these (470) accounts in different banks over the years with various names.

According to the governor, but for the adoption of the Single Treasury Account system, nobody would have traced and discovered the accounts or recovered the said money.

40-YR-OLD FATHER DEFILES 7-YR-OLD DAUGHTER, GIVES HER N10 AFTER ORAL SEX. #SAYNOTORAPE.

Seven-year-old Ngozi (pseudonym) is no longer a child. Her innocence has been stolen by her 41-year-old father, Emeka Igwe, who not only raped her, but got her addicted to masturbation.

It was gathered that anytime Ngozi felt sexual urge and her father was not around to stimulate her, she would invite boys into her parents’ apartment in the Federal Housing Estate, Meiran, Ojokoro, Lagos State, to “play with her private parts”.

It was learnt that the victim’s mother first detected the act in January, 2015, and after reporting to policemen at the Ojokoro Police Division, the case was dismissed as a family matter.

BUHARI MAY BE AFRICA'S LEAST CORRUPT LEADER - WASHINGTON POST.

By the standards of sub-Saharan African leaders, Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is dirt-poor.

According to a statement released by his government, he has $150,000 in his savings account. He owns five homes and two mud houses, an orchard and ranch with 270 head of cattle, 25 sheep, five horses and a variety of birds. He has bought two cars from his savings

"President Buhari had no foreign account, no factory and no enterprises. He also had no registered company and no oil wells," reads the statement released by the spokesman, Garba Shehu, describing the president's assets as "Spartan."

10 PERSONS ELECTROCUTED WHILE VANDALISING POWER SUPPLY INSTALLATIONS.

No fewer than 10 persons were electrocuted while vandalising the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company installations last year even as 10 more were arrested.

This was disclosed by the Chief Risk and Compliance Officer of the company, Mr. Collins Chabuka, during a public safety sensitisation campaign in Lafia, Nasarawa State.

Chabuka said most of those that who were killed were either vandals or quack electricians who tampered with the installations at night.

THE IMMINENT CONFRONTATION BETWEEN BUHARI AND JONATHAN.

Barely 100 days after President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office, some ministers under the previous administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, last Sunday, declared war against the incumbent over a perceived lack of “due respect.”

The ministers, who were said to be acting at the behest of Jonathan, accused Buhari and members of the ruling All Progressives Congress of condemning, ridiculing and undermining the achievements of the ex-President. According to them, the vilification amounted to rubbishing the integrity of the individual members of the past administration.

Jonathan’s ministers, in a statement by a former Minister of National Planning, Dr. Abubakar Suleiman, said the efforts of the Buhari government was to portray all members of the previous administration “as corrupt and irresponsible, in an orchestrated and vicious trial by the media,” which they said had created “a lynch mentality that discredits our honest contributions to the growth and development of our beloved nation.”

NIGERIAN CONMAN WHO CHEATED PENSIONERS OUT OF £5M LIFE SAVINGS WEEPS AS HE IS JAILED.

 A conman funded a playboy lifestyle by cheating pensioners out of their life savings.

Godwin Nwaofor, 36, kept a 'suckers list' of potential victims to send bogus letters saying they had won the Australian Lottery.

The Nigerian national received around £1million from the scam and blew the money on luxury cars, gold jewellery and expensive champagne at top nightclubs in London.

CURSE OF WOLF FAMILY - HOW THEY HAVE SURVIVED BULLYING, PERSECUTION AND POISONING.

Jesus 'Chuy' Aceves woke up one morning to discover another one of his family's cats has been murdered.

Then on his way to work at a Mexican building site, he was howled at by strangers who jeered at him, calling him names like 'satanic beast', before whipping out their cameras to take pictures of him.

This is a normal day in the life of the 'Wolf Man' who became a world-famous circus performer whose entire face is covered in thick, black hair.

His entire family of 30 are all covered in the same dark fur as him - and cruelly shunned in their home town of Loreto, north-west Mexico, because of it.

FAMILY PETITIONS IG OF POLICE OVER SHADY CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO THE DEATH OF SCHOOL PROPRIETRESS AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER.

The Amungo Family of Adubabiri compound in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has appealed to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase,  to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Ebiegberi Ejor (nee Amungo).   In a petition signed by Dr. Ebimo Amungo,  on behalf of the family, they stated that they have lost faith in the ability of officers at the Rivers State Police Command to find the true killers and determine probable cause of the death of Mrs. Ejor, who, the family believes, was murdered with her business partner.

CHRIS OKOTIE DENIES BEING BEHIND EMEKA IKE'S MARRIAGE PROBLEMS.

OKOTIE & EMEKA IKE

Pastor of the Household of God Church, Lagos, Chris Okotie, has described an allegation levelled against him by Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike, that he is responsible for the crisis rocking his marriage, as rubbish.

Ike had, in a statement on Thursday, accused Okotie of stalling efforts he is making to save his marriage with Suzanne.

Trouble started in Ike’s home recently, when the wife accused him of assaulting her.

While the actor has repeatedly denied this, the woman is said to have filed for a divorce in a Lagos court.

FASHOLA SNUBS QUESTIONS RELATED TO CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS.

The immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday refused to answer questions on the allegations of corruption levelled against him.

Fashola was alleged to have spent N139m on two boreholes at the Lagos House, Ikeja, and another N78.3m for the upgrade of a personal website.

The former governor, who was the guest speaker at the 16th Bishop Mike Okonkwo Annual Lecture, urged Nigerians to ensure that they hold their leaders accountable always.

ASSETS DECLARATION - PRESIDENT BUHARI DECLARES, 270 CATTLES, MUD HOUSES WHILE VP OSIBANJO IS WORTH SEVERAL MILLIONS.

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday made public details of their assets, which had been declared to the Code of Conduct Bureau.

According a statement by the President’s Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President has about N30m in his only bank account with the Union Bank Plc, while the Vice President has a balance of N94m, $900,000 and 19,000 pounds in his bank accounts.

Shehu’s statement said the President had shares in Berger Paints, Skye Bank and Union Bank and a total of seven houses, comprising two mud and a standard house in Daura, his hometown; two homes in Kaduna, one in Kano and one in Abuja.

DSS SACKS MARILYN OGAR & 44 OTHER SENIOR OFFICIALS OVER ALLEGED PARTISANSHIP.

The Department of State Services (DSS) has sacked its former spokesperson, Ms Marilyn Ogar and 44 other top directors in the security agency.

Marilyn Ogar who was the former deputy director of agency was removed two months ago and equally lost her promotion following President Muhammadu Buhari’s nullification of the exercise upon assumption in office.

The secret service former spokesperson’s fate may not be unconnected with her alleged role in the last administration and the run-up to the 2015 election.

It will be recalled that Ogar had been accused of alleged partisanship in the build-up to the general elections.

COURT BARS EFCC FROM PROSECUTING SEN. STELLA ODUAH OVER PURCHASE OF 2 ARMOURED CARS FOR N160M.

Justice Mohammed Yunusa of a Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from inviting a former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, for questioning.

The judge ordered the EFCC to stay action on Oduah as regards the purchase of two armoured BMW cars at a cost of N160m in 2013 by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority under her watch.

The order, made on August 26, 2015, is also binding on the ICPC, the Attorney General of the Federation and the Inspector General of Police.