Dennis okike becomes the 10th ultimate champion

Dennis okike has emerged the 10th ultimate champion. He outsmarted Edmund and Ifunanye his co-competitors in the water of usaka, akwa ibom state where the final battle among the warriors fervently seeking for the 10th symbol took place.

Ezeemo unveils manifesto

By VINCENT UJUMADUProgressives Peoples Alliance, PPA candidate, Godwin Ezeemo has launched his ‘Wellbeing manifesto’ in Awka, with a promise to make power supply the focal point of his administration.Speaking at a media dinner in the Anambra State capital, Ezeemo said that power is the catalyst for all facets of development, adding that for that reason, he would encourage the establishment of Independent Power Plants in the state through Public/Private Partnership, even as he would collaborate with other electricity generating and distribution companies to ensure constant supply of electricity in the state.The emphasis on power, he explained, was borne out of the fact that without cheap and constant electricity, industrialization, massive employment generation, youth empowerment, among others, would be a mirage.He said: “I know it is expensive to generate power, but we must do it because it is the only way we can push the economy to a higher level. Distribution of transformers, which many governments do, cannot solve the problem as these transformers are only meant to step down existing power.“If we improve power supply, a lot of jobs will be generated and unemployment will drastically reduce. It is improved power that will make vocational centers, skills acquisition centers and moribund industries work.”Other areas of emphasis in the manifesto include security management in which he hopes to work with the police and other security agencies, the churches, traditional rulers.

Leave stella oduah alone-N-Delta Group.

By Emma AmaizeWARRI- THE Niger Delta for Peace, Credible and Visionary Leadership, NDPCVL, rose in robust defence of embattled Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, saying, she should be left alone. NDPCVL in a press statement by its national president, Mr. King-jerry Prebor, said, “She is the best thing that had happened in the aviation industry in regards to new looks, renovation, equipment, trainings of staff, among other things in our airports.” “The House of Representatives should be concerned with laws that will better the lives of the people, such as the ban of air crafts above 30 years from date of manufacture. It is an open secret that the air crafts bought and used by our air line operators are far above 30years. The death rates are as a result of old age of the planes brought into the country. Why are the lawmakers looking at only one side when it is obvious that the neck will ache? It is their failure that has cost the nation millions of lives, they failed to move a motion to save the lives lost, but instead are shouting about cars bought by NCAA,   not even for the minister’s personal use,” he said. Prebor asserted, “It is true that the Central bank Governor Malam Sanusi and the former Minister of Education, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili raised an alarm that law makers will shut down the country, why did they not raise a motion to look into that. “The motion moved by Hon. Samson Osagie, seconded by Hon. Shehu Gusau of APC failed to include why our refineries are not working, casualization of workers in the oil industry with peanut as salary, ASUU strike, low salaries for the military, police and civil servants. “We, the NDPCVL are watching with keen interest the activities of the lawmakers; we urge them to live up to expectation as it will not be business as usual. They should make enabling laws to force air line operators to buy brand new air-crafts to make the air space save for air users,” he said. According to him, “The major problem affecting the aviation sector is too many unnecessary interference, the ministers in the various ministries should be allowed to take charge absolutely and that that will bring productivity,” he added

Ms Oduah BMW scandal

caption:.Nigeria's.Minister.of.Aviation,.Stella.Oduah.By.SaharaReporters,.New.York.Yakubu.Dati,.a.senior.aide.to.Nigeria’s.Aviation.Minister.Stella.OduahPresident.Goodluck.Jonathan’s.re-election.bid.were.behind.reports.that.revealed.his.boss’s.purchase.of.two.armored.BMW.cars.at.the.cost.of.$1.6.million..The.preposterous.position.is.contained.in.a.press.statement.titled,.“APC.Demonstration:.Unmasking.the.Face.Behind.The.Mask”..In.it,.Mr..Dati.claimed.that.the.APC.as.well.as.members.of.a.splinter.group.of.the.Peoples.Democratic.Party.were.behind.the.expose.on.Ms..Oduah’s.scandalous.misuse.of.public.funds.in.the.purchase.of.the.BMWs.as.well.as.a.series.of.other.sleazy.car.deals..A.source.within.the.Presidency.told.SaharaReporters.that.the.minister’s.sudden.new.posture.reflected.her.desperate.effort.to.hang.on.to.her.job.at.all.costs..“The.best.hope.for.Madam.Ms..Oduah.is.to.convince.Mr..President.that.she.is.taking.the.heat.for.him—and.that.he.is.the.ultimate.target.of.the.reports,”.said.the.source..Mr..Dati’s.error-riddled.statement.also.claimed.that.the.vehicles.purchased.at.Ms..Oduah’s.behest.were.obtained.via.“higher-purchase,”.an.apparent.reference.to.“hire-purchase,”.a.system.of.spreading.payments.for.goods.over.a.period.of.time..He.also.claimed.that.the.agency.had.not.even.commenced.payment.. However,.the.documents.earlier.obtained.by.SaharaReporters,.which.broke.the.scandal,.expose.Mr..Dati’s.latest.claims.as.a.blatant.attempt.at.public.deception. Documents.that.were.earlier.posted.on.our.website.reveal.that.the.Nigeria.Civil.Aviation.Authority.(NCAA).included.a.letter.from.the.NCAA.dated.August.13,.2013.and.signed.by.the.agency’s.acting.Managing.Director,.J.D..Nkemakolam..The.letter.asked.for.the.delivery.of.the.BMW.armored.cars..Mr..Nkemakolam.then.requested.that.Coscharis.Motors.Limited.submit.its.account.information.for.“immediate.payment”.upon.delivery.of.the.vehicles..On.August.14,.2013,.the.Group.Financial.Comptroller.of.Coscharis.sent.a.letter.to.the.NCAA.submitting.the.account.number 2018912995 belonging.to.the.car.sales.firm.at.the.First.Bank.of.Nigeria..The.same.day,.according.to.several.sources.at.the.aviation.agency,.the.minister.ordered.two.NCAA.store.managers.to.sign.papers.certifying.that.the.cars.had.been.delivered..SaharaReporters.has.since.found.out.that.the.staff.of.the.transport.unit.who.signed.the.“delivery.document”.never.saw.the.vehicles..In.fact,.no.official.of.the.NCAA.has.since.stated.that.he.or.she.ever.saw.the.two.controversial.cars.purchased.at.a.scandal.cost.of.approximately.$800,000.each..Saharareporters.confirmed.that.the.account.number.above.belongs.to.Coscharis.Motors..Earlier.today,.SaharaReporters.disclosed.that,.as.soon.as.Coscharis.received.payment.for.the.cars.from.a.loan.secured.from.First.Bank.in.the.name.of.the.NCAA,.the.auto.sales.firm.gave.Ms..Oduah.more.than.N100.million.as.kickbacks..A.source.at.the.car.dealership.stated.that.Ms..Oduah.and.Coscharis.owner,.Cosmos.Maduka,.have.been.friends.for.a.long.time.. .Below.is.the.text.of.Mr..Dati’s.press.statement: . .APC’S.DEMONSTRATION:.UNMASKING.THE.FACE.BEHIND.THE.MASK.The.poorly.organized.circus.show.by.APC.strongman,.Dino.Melaye,.has.finally.unmasked.the.masquerade.dancing.under.the.mask..The phantom linkage.of.the.Honourable.Minister.of.Aviation,.Princess.Stella.Oduah to.the purchase.of.official.vehicles.by.NCAA.has.assumed.a.comical.dimension.as.every car, bus.and.van.in.all.the.aviation.agencies now.allegedly belong.to.the.Honourable.Minister.of.Aviation..No mention.is.made.of the.fact.that, of.all.the.documents.paraded.for.the.vehicles, none mentioned.the name.of.the Honourable.Minister.of.Aviation. This.is.not.with-standing.the.fact.that.the NCAA.has.come.out.to.clarify.the.issue.that.entered.into.the.transaction..Indeed,.Nigerians.are.mischievously.sold.the.lie.that.the.cars.have.been.paid.for.–.meanwhile.they.were.purchased.on.higher.purchase.and.payments.are.yet.to.even.commence..Nigerians.must.brace.up.for more misinformation on.this.matter as.very.soon, pictures.of.trains.and.ships.will.soon.be.published.as.belonging.to.the.Honourable.Minister.of.Aviation..Nigerians.must.also.note.that.the.main.target of.this.sinister.plot is.President.Goodluck.Jonathan.who.must.be.stopped.from.running.for.re-election.in.2015,.in.line.with.the.dictates of.the.G7, who.have.demanded.that.Okonjo.Iweala,.Alison.Madueke,.and.Princess.Oduah.must.go.as.a.condition.for.a.truce.(?)..These.same spoilers.mounted.and.orchestrated.campaign.for.the.removal.of.other.shinning.stars.  And.now,.they.have.turned.their.searchlight.on.Princess.Stella.Oduah, another.rising.star.of.this.administration..Should.they.be.allowed.to.succeed.this.time?.To.the.discerning.mind,.their.ultimate.target.is.not.Princess.Stella.Oduah,.or.the.other.Ministers.but.the.2015.re-election.bid.of.President.Goodluck.Jonathan..They will.stop.at.nothing.to.achieve.their.aim..The.revolution.embarked.upon.by.Princess.Stella.Oduah.has.gradually.turned.around.our.fortunes.and.placed.Nigerian.aviation.on.the.centre.point.of.African.Aviation.. On.assumption.of.office,.she gave.voice and.protection.to Nigerian.passengers.who.were.short-changed by.some.foreign.airlines,.through.discriminatory fare.policies..The.NCAA.was.mandated.to.investigate.such.allegations.and.the.affected.airlines.were.asked.to.refund.affected.Nigerian.passengers.the.excess.fares..She.initiated.a.policy.removing import.duties.on.aircraft spare.parts,.in.order.to.reduce.the.cost.of.aircraft.maintenance,.enhance.flight.safety and.increase.profitability.in.airline.business..She.provided.enabling.environment.for.local.airlines.to purchase.new.aircraft and.by.so.doing, reduce.the.number.of.old.aircraft in.their.fleet..The.process.of.floating.a.National.Carrier.which.is.a.source.of.our.national.pride,.has.virtually.been.completed.under.her.care..Princess.Stella.stood.up.against.the.British.Airports.Authority’s.attempt at.reducing.Arik.Air’s.allocation.slot.at.London.Heathrow.by.threatening.to.reduce the.slot.of.British.Airways.at.Murtala.Muhammed.Airport..British.Airports.Authority.was.forced.to.halt.that.move.to.the.benefit.of.Arik..The.Automation.of.revenue.points.in.all.parastatals.under.the.Ministry.of.Aviation.in.order.to.minimize fraud.and increase the.revenue.profiles.of these.parastatals.is.already.yielding.results..The.Minister.held.the.first.ever.Aviation.Road-show.in.three.Continents.of.the.world.to.sensitize.major.aviation.stakeholder.to.the availability.of.huge.investment.opportunities.in.the.country’s.aviation.industry..This.ultimately.resulted.in.the.signing.of.an.MOU.between.the.Nigerian.and.Chinese.Governments.for.the.construction.of.five.new.International.terminals.in.Lagos,.Abuja,.Kano,.Enugu.and.Port-Harcourt..Work.has.already.commenced. .The.formulation.of.the.Aviation.sector.Master.plan.(Aviation.Road-Map).encompassing.such.significant.programs.as.Airport.Remodeling.Project,.Aerotropolis,.Perishable.Cargo.Initiative.etc..that.have.transformed.the.aviation.landscape.in.Nigeria..Yakubu.Dati.Coordinating.GM.of.Aviation.Parastatals. 

Meet the new nollywood star, Ngozi igwebuike

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