MUSIC: Young John – Gbagbe

Its Valentine’s Day guys and when your hear “its Young John The wicked Producer” your favorite producer is in the house, our producer of the year 2015 @ tooXclusive Awards Young John drops this tune “Gbagbe” for all lovers.

Young John performs magic on the beat with his fingers and who knew he could also wow us with his voice? Trying out his hand in singing am impressed with his performance on this tune.

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AN OPEN LETTER TO MY VALENTINE

Amazing and beautiful
not a flower or a tree
Much prettier than that
and only I can see

Loving and caring
right down to the core
Filling me with happiness
and so much more

Eyes are so stunning
cannot look away
Gorgeous and shining
all throughout the day

Here in your arms
is where I belong
The beating of your heart
is like a beautiful song

It's that look in your eye,
It's the smile on your face;
That makes time slip by
And I know I'm in a better place.

It's the memories of you
That make any grey sky turn blue,
And let me know these feelings I have is true.
Getting lost in my dreams
With the mere image of you.

It's hard to imagine it seems
A future lost, one without you.
So I leave my arms open,
And I'll wish and may pray,
Eyes focused and open
For your embrace just one more day

*To My Glamour...
Happy Valentine...*

90yr old woman who donated her life savings to Buhari presidential campaign dies

Hajia Fadimatu Mai Talle Tara, the 90 year old woman who donated her N1 million savings to the Buhari presidential campaign organization last year has died. She died this morning at her home.


She was a popular food vendor in Koko, Koko/Besse Local Government Area of Kebbi State .


She was a widow and is survived by 15 children and 15 grandchildren. May her soul rest in peace, Amen.

Photos: Update on Osun bank robbery: 5 armed robbers killed, four arrested, N7m cash recovered

The Osun State Police Command has arrested four suspected armed robbers who robbed three commercial banks in Ikirun town in the state last Friday. Items recovered from the suspects include over seven million Naira cash, three AK 47 rifles, 124 ammunition, one assault rifle with 12 rounds of live ammunition and a vehicle.

Parading them before newsmen, the State Commissioner of Police, Kola Shodipo, said that the police were on the trail of other members of the syndicate at large and urged members of the public to report any suspicious movement.


The Police Public Relation Officer in Osun State, DSP Folashade Odoro said the robbers attacked the banks with dynamite and placed explosives in strategic location in the area where the banks are located with the intent to detonate them one after the other to aid the robbery operation.


Men of the police anti-bomb squad were able to identify the explosives and successfully defused them. One of the robbers who sustained bullet injury was arrested by policemen while three member of the gang were also captured as they attempted to flee.

Nasarawa Lawmaker Awards Scholarship To 600 Students, Electrifies Community

The member representing Akwanga South Constituency in the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Comrade Kassim M.Kassim, has become a pacesetter among his colleagues given the volume of his accomplishment and lives he has touched in his constituency in just nine months as a lawmaker.

Remarkable is that the members of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly are yet to be paid any constituency allowances by Governor Umaru Tanko Almakura.

Penultimate week, the lawmaker awarded scholarship to 600 students in tertiary institutions in his constituency, worth over N7 million.
At the event, which took place at the Convocation Square of College of Education, Akwanga, the lawmaker also distributed over 2000 wrappers to women.

Kassim, who is also the national chairman of Nigeria Association of State Legislators (NASAL) explained that the gesture was aimed at mitigating the hardship parents faced in sending their children/wards to school.

The lawmaker urged politicians to adopt frugal lifestyles in order to assist the needy and engender collective wealth, noting that careful setting of priorities would go a long way in transforming the society where majority live in squalor and ignorance.

Concerned by the high poverty level,Kassim also paid WAEC and NECO fees of 44 final year students in various secondary schools in his constituency whose parents could not afford to pay for the final year examinations.

Moved by the lawmaker’s zeal to meet the most dire needs of his people, the governor of Imo state, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, said the gesture was in tandem with the change agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration and urged politicians to strive to meet their constituents at their points of need.

Okorocha, who was represented by his chief of staff, Chief Uche Nwosu, said the Rochas Okorocha Foundation would foot 50 per cent of the total sum, noting that education is the pillar for national growth.

A beneficiary, Bridget Gimson, a single mother of English/French department of the College of Education, Akwanga, said the gesture came to her as a great relief and called on the state government to further subsidize the cost of education, especially by halting the compulsory purchase of handouts by students.

Kassim who spoke to newsmen shortly after presenting the cash and gift items to the students and widows said the gesture is in keeping with his campaign promises to further the course of good education among his people.

He observed that due to the harsh economic realities being faced by parents, training their children in school has increasingly become difficult and almost impossible to others whose children inevitably dropped out of school.

The lawmaker who noted that education is the only viable option of addressing social ills and combating underdevelopment, promised to consolidate on the gesture by making it a continuous exercise.

He said each of the 600 benefitting students got the sum of N10, 000, noting that the beneficiaries were arrived at after a selection process carried out with every sense of responsibility devoid of political, religious or tribal sentiments.

“Parents are undergoing gruelling experiences compounded by the fact that workers are being owed two to three months salaries and students in all the tertiary institutions in the state going back to school.

“Touched by the situation I had to make personal sacrifice to ensure that I render assistance in my own humble way,” he said.

The lawmaker has earlier donated a vehicle to the chief Imam of Akwanga Central Mosque, Alhaji Abdulsalam Ibrahim, to help in the propagation of peace.

Similarly, a brand new Ford car was also presented to Pastor Peter Usman to aid his rural evangelism in Akwanga local government which is anchored on ethno-religious tolerance.

Presenting the keys to the clerics in Akwanga, he said the challenge of disseminating the gospel of peace and tolerance in the face of rising social distrust and suspicion requires collective commitment, especially from religious leaders.

He said the gesture was also aimed at helping the clerics in their mission to create awareness amongst the youths on the need to shun drug abuse, political thuggery, prostitution and other forms of social vices.
Comrade Kasim, who said the two vehicles were procured at the cost of about N2.5 million, called on community leaders to adopt more pragmatic means of helping to preach the message of peace and tolerance given the precarious security situation in the country.

The paramount ruler of Mada land, the Chun Mada, HRH Samson Gamu Yare, lauded the lawmaker for his contribution towards the entrenchment of peace in Mada land and beyond.

The royal father who reiterated the essence of peace in nation building and collective development, called on youths to shun any divisive tendencies and their agents and concentrate rather on common grounds for promotion of peace.

The chief Imam, Alhaji Ibrahim, said before now he hired the services of commercial motorcycle operators to carry out his evangelism, adding: “People look up to us religious leaders to propagate the messages of peace but only a few can make personal sacrifices to achieve the noble aim”.

The former student leader also brought an end to years of darkness to Anguwan Kwando community of Akwanga local government council in Nasarawa State.

Anguwan Kwando in Akwanga metropolis has had to cope with perpetual state of darkness for over seven years due to government’s inability to provide electricity to the community.

He said his effort is in fulfillment of his campaign promises even as he noted that lawmakers in the state were yet to receive a dime for their constituency projects.

“We have not been paid any constituency allowances since our inauguration over nine months ago, thereby making it difficult for us to meet our campaign promises. We, however, are still committed that was why I sold my remaining piece of land to make Angwan Kwando get the electricity it has craved for years,” he said.

In his address, the chairman of Akwanga local government council, Mr Abashiya A. Koto, said delegates from Anguwan Kwando community had visited his office three times before the timely intervention of the lawmaker and called on the community to own the project and guard it from the activities of illegal trespassers of power installations.

The chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the local government, Mr. Micah Madaki, said the completion of the project signaled the change the electorate yearned for.

5 Ways To Thrill your boo this Valenine

Nigerian girls are one of the most beautiful women in not just Africa, but the world as a whole. Not only are they intelligent and proactive, they have high values and exhibit good morals. Majority of visitors to the country find it easy to fall in love with these African women and as such, there has been a high degree of inter-racial dating and marriage.

Getting a Nigerian girl or woman’s attention and keeping it, however, can be a very challenging feat for even the most suave traveler but it is not impossible. If you are visiting Nigeria, enamoured with a local girl and seeking ways to thrill her, Jovago.com, Africa’s No.1 online hotel booking site has a few tips and tricks just for you!


*Take her to a fancy restaurant*
Nigerian girls enjoy dining, and will be thrilled by an opportunity to dine in any of the upscale restaurants around the country, as well as restaurants that specialize in foreign cuisines. Find a good restaurant close to your location, make a reservation and invite her out on a date at the venue. To spice it all up, you can dress up for the occasion as well by sporting a tuxedo or suit.




*Humour Her*
Not every guy is has the funny bone, and so not all can make a woman laugh, no matter how much she is in love or interested in them. The things about Nigerian girls is that they love to be happy and they love to laugh- a major reason the comedy aspect of the Nigerian entertainment industry keeps booming. Go online and research jokes and ways to make a girl laugh, employ these tips, however do not over-do it, so she does not end up laughing at you. If you just cannot pull it off, take her to comedy shows and events or find funny clips online and send to her at intervals. You will certainly keep her thrilled.



*Buy her a thoughtful gift*
Every girl gets excited when they see a wrapped gift with their name on it, however, they get thrilled when the gift inside the package is thoughtful as it tells them the giver listens, thinks about them and are in tune to their wants and desires. Put your mind to task and try to figure out what she has mentioned as a need, what she absolutely loves or what she fantasizes about. Purchase that thing for her, and if you cannot afford it, try and recreate it or get something real close in value to it. Alternatively, buy her a gift that will not only appeal to her vanity, but will also engage her mind. Nigerian women love to think and would be thrilled by a gift that will impact her intellectually. Generally, a thoughtful always gives a thrill.





*Shock her with a dramatic love confession*
Nigerian girls, while highly cultured, are generally romantic, so most of them believe in the concept of “knight in shining armor”, “Prince charming” and “Happily ever after”. Go out of your way to plan an elaborate scheme to show her how much you love her. You could surprise her at her office with a surprise party, ask her out or profess your love in the middle of a crowded road or even propose to her (if you are certain she is the one) in the middle of a church service. Ensure you also have someone taking pictures or recording so she can watch later on and share with friends. Pulling off such an elaborate scheme is certain thrill her and endear her even further to you.




*Take her on a spontaneous trip*
Not everyone enjoys travel, but a spontaneous trip is hard to resist, especially when you will be making the trip with someone who is close to your heart and the expenses are catered for. Spontaneity on its own fuels romance and love, and going on a trip with her will give you time to get to know her better and also show her how much she means to you. The thrill she gets from going on the trip is also an added bonus. It is a win-win.



GOOD LUCK

Why I Admired Murtala Muhammed – PMB

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday disclosed that the late head of state Murtala Mohammed earned his respect and liking both as a soldier and leader of the country.

He made this disclosed at the 40th memorial lecture of the late head of state, organised by the Murtala Muhammed Foundation in Abuja.

The president observed that Muhammed was on the path of bringing corruption and indiscipline to an end in Nigeria before his assassination in the military coup on February 13, 1976 .

He described him as a great personality who made huge sacrifices for the unity and progress of the country, noting that. “Nigeria suffered a grievous blow with the assassination of Murtala Muhammed in a failed coup d’état.”

He said, “The country mourned, and rightly so, because Murtala had been on his way to putting Nigeria back to the path of order and discipline, after years of drift, corruption and near despair,”

According to the president, “It would not be over-stating the case to say that Nigeria lost its newly-found momentum with Murtala’s demise. Although he was much more senior to me in the army, I developed a great liking and respect for him on account of his professional excellence, competence, straightforwardness and genuine interest and concern for up-and-coming officers like myself. Of course, no one is without flaws.”
President Buhari recalled that the former head of state was a man in a hurry, which sometimes made him appear abrupt or even moody adding that what he could not tolerate was incompetence and idleness.

Recalling the gallant role the late head of state played in enforcing the unity of the country, President Buhari noted that “By the time Murtala was given command during the civil war, the federal side was on the defensive. The rebels had over-ran the then Mid-West, and reached as far as Ore, just 100 miles from Lagos.

“By dint of sheer bravery, improvisation and resourcefulness, he mustered a rag-tag group of soldiers, integrated them into an entirely new division, knocked them into fighting shape, recovered Mid-West and ventured across the Niger. Alas, there were terrible casualties on both sides.”

The president noted with pains that the losses from Muhammed’s death are still present in today’s Nigeria saying that the late head of state’s short life was marked by an extraordinary passion, energy and determination to do the right things, and to make Nigeria better. These according to Buhari, are values that young and old alike should all remember, emulate and celebrate.

Former minister of Defence, Lt General Theophilus Danjuma, who is the vice-president of board of trustees of the Murtala Muhammed Foundation said he was happy for being associated with the late head of state, early in life.

Danjuma applauded the efforts of the Foundation and advised its leadership to embark on aggressive media campaign with a view to educating members of the public on its activities and achievements so far.

United Nations secretary-general, Ban Ki Moon’s representative and head of the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, who also doubled as the representative of former president of Namibia, Lucas Pohamba, pointed out that the death of the former head of state left an indelible mark in African history.

He extolled the virtues of the former head of state, describing him as a natural leader. Former chief of defence staff of the British Armed Forces, David Richards, who was the guest speaker, stated that inter-state and intra-states rivalries had continued to make the world unstable for mankind. Richards, who spoke on the topic, “Regional Security and State Building: Portents and prospects”, challenged leaders to find lasting solutions to socio-political crises across the world.
On her part, Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode, chief executive officer of the Murtala Muhammed Foundation, and daughter of the late head of state, hailed President Buhari for his anti-graft war. Muhammed-Oyebode also commended the efforts of the administration towards ending insurgency in the north-east and expressed the hope that the abducted Chibok schoolgirls would soon be rescued.

FG Sacks 13 University VCs As CSOs Kick

The federal government has sacked the vice chancellors of 12 federal universities that were established by the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, and gave no reason for the action. Their sack, contained in a short statement signed by the minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu and obtained by journalists on Saturday in Abuja simply said President Muahammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of new vice chancellors for the universities.

Also affected by the sack is the vice chancellors of National Open University of Nigeria, Professor Vincent Tenebe, however, some members of the intelligentsia are of the opinion that it is only the Governing Council of NOUN of which Tenebe is a member, that could only remove him.

Civil society organisation, under the aegis of Coalition of Civil Society Groups, CCSG, has protested against the sack. In a letter to President Buhari, they demanded the reversal of the decision in which the NOUN VC was replaced with Professor Abdalla Uba Adamu of the Department of Mass Communication, Bayero University, Kano.

The substantive vice chancellor of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, Professor Mohammed Kundiri, was, however, transferred to the Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State.

The CCSG in its protest letter to the president, signed by its President, Etuk Bassey Williams and secretary-general, Ibrahim Abubakar, said the action contravened the provisions of the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act No.11 of 1993 (as amended) by Decree No.25, 1996 and further amended in 2003 and 2012 respectively and other agreements as contained in the 2009 FGN staff union agreement.

The petitioners noted that four out of the 12 vice chancellors, appointed by the president are from Bayero University, Kano, an action they said, was a clear violation of the federal character principle.

“While this does not come as a surprise owing to the influence of one of the special advisers to the minister of Education in orchestrating the appointments of his friends and cronies without following due process, we are however concerned about the constitutional breach and the resultant litigation battle this action may cause, which in turn may generate unnecessary distractions to your focused administration”, the coalition told the president.

The petition reads, “We are compelled to call your attention owing to the illegality in the removal of vice chancellors of 13 federal universities, including the National Open University of Nigeria and the hasty appointment of friends and cronies in place of those, illegally removed from office.

“While we are not unmindful of the fact that you would have acted on the recommendation of the minister of Education in approving their removal, it is pertinent to know that in the pursuit of ambition, driven by unguided passion and greed, impunity becomes inevitable as the end irrespective of the means is all that matters and in this case, the removal of these vice chancellors is the outcome of an unguided passion and greed by the minister of Education and his special adviser.

“The constitution is quite clear on the procedures to be followed in the appointment and disengagement of vice chancellors and none of these procedures were followed in the above case. The appointment of vice chancellors is a tenured appointment, which presupposes that every appointee is expected to serve the prescribed number of years as stipulated by the Acts governing the institutions.

The organisation regretted that none of the vice chancellors were allowed to complete their tenures and were all removed without following due process of the law. The CCSG said that in the event that a vice chancellor was to be removed from office before the expiration of his tenure, it is the Board of the Governing Council that is empowered to recommend or effect that removal of an erring vice chancellor before the completion of his term in office.

According to the group, “In the above case, the minister already dissolved the Board of the Governing Council with the statutory powers to recommend or effect the removal of a Vice chancellor from office, thereby making the removal of these vice chancellors illegal, null and void.
“In appointing new vice chancellors or any public officer for that matter, it is an offence and a breach of the Federal Character principle for one third of the total appointees to come from a particular state.

“The action of the minister is greeted with sadness as it is considered a breach of the provisions of the University Amendment Act or legislation and to a large extent a gross violation of the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which guarantees universities autonomy in Nigeria.”

According to the public statement conveying the sack of the VCs, a former head, Department of International Relations at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Professor Kayode Soremekun, who was said to be on sabbatical in NOUN is the new vice chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State.

While the Federal University, Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State has Professor Auwal Yadudu of the Faculty of Law, Bayero University, Kano as its new VC; Professor Fatima Batoul Muktar of the Department of Biology, North West University, Kano is the VC of Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State.

A lecturer in the Department of Pharmacy, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Professor Haruna Abdu Kaita is the new VC of Federal University, Dutsin Ma, Katsina State, while Professor Andrew Haruna of the Department of Linguistics, University of Jos will now function as VC, Federal University, Gashua, Yobe State.

Another lecturer in the Department of Pharmacy, ABU, Zaria, Professor Magaji Garba, will now be VC in Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara State, Professor Alhassan Mohammed Gani of the Institute of Maritime Studies, Federal University, Kashere , Gombe State has been elevated to the position of VC in same University.

A lecturer in the Department of Physics, Federal University, Lafia, Professor Muhammad Sanusi Liman will henceforth be VC of same institution.

For Professor Angela Freeman Miri of the Linguistics Department, UNIJOS, her new portfolio is the Federal University, Lokoja where she will now be VC.

The Federal University, Ndifu-Alike, Ebonyi State now has Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba of the Post-Graduate School, Imo State University, Owerri as its VC, while Professor Seth Accra Jaja of the Department of Management, University of Port Harcourt is now the VC of Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State.

Dangote Group Launches 20,000-Hectare Rice Production Scheme

The Dangote Group, yesterday launched 20,000 hectare rice production scheme, aimed at making the country self-sufficient in rice production and food secure by the year 2018.

Speaking at the flagging-off of the scheme at Hago Fadama kafin-Hausa local government area of the state, the state governor Alhaji Badaru Abubakar Badaru said, the project was part of his government’s commitment to improve agriculture and industrialise the state for job creation and poverty eradication.

“Right from my inaugural speech, I made it clear that, agriculture was one of my government cardinal points and we are ready to collaborate with private investors in achieving the desire goals. The project we are launching today is one of the numerous projects we intend to embark in collaboration with private investors from within and outside the country, and we have already signed memorandum with many of them,” the governor said.

The governor assured Dangote Group of the state government’s support in making any policy and intervention that will make the investment profitable and generate jobs to the teeming population of the state.

Speaking at the occasion, the minister of state for agriculture Mr Heineken Lokpobiri said the federal government was worried over the production gap it has in rice and the millions of dollars spent annually on its importation despite having vast arable land that can make Nigerians rice exporters if properly utilized.

He disclosed that presently the country needs 6.8 million metric tons of rice annually for consumption, but that “we are locally producing only 2.6 million metric tons. In view of this, the federal government has come up with plan to encourage massive investment in rice production and agricultural sector in general to end rice importation by the year 2018,” he said.

In his remarks, the president, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said his company targeted 120,000 hectares for rice production across the country by the year 2020.

He said the Jigawa rice scheme targets 20,000 hectares in which the out growers will produce 8,000 hectares while the company will cultivate 12,000 hectares.

According to him, the project will provide direct job opportunities to over 10,000 youths in addition to food security and internally generated income to the state government.

He expressed appreciation to the Hadejia Emirate Traditional Rulers, the Jigawa State government and federal government for the support given to the company, and also called for more policy and incentives that would create more enabling environment and encourage private sector investment in to the sector.

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Romantic Valentines Messages for your Loved ones

Within you I lose myself…
Without you I find myself
Wanting to be lost again.

If u wanna know how much I miss you,
Try to catch rain drops, The ones u catch is how much u miss me,and the ones you miss is how much I miss
Memories sometimes behave in a crazy way.

They leave u alone, when u are in a crowd & when u are alone they stand along with u like a crowd.

Your absence has gone through meLike thread through a needleEverything I do is stitched with its color.

In School, They Taught Me That
1 hour = 60 Mints
1 Min = 60 Secs
But They Never Told Me That
1 Sec Without You = 100 Years:

Life is so short, so fast the lone hours fly,
We ought to be together, you and I.

Miss you every hour and every moment of everyday sweetheart
When the sky looks blue “I Miss u” when the dreams come true “I Miss u” when the flowers are covered with dew “I Miss u” when the day comes new “I Miss u”
I dropped a tear in the ocean.

The day you find it is the day I will stop missing you.

I heard someone whisper your name, but when I turned to see who it was, I noticed it was alone, then realized it was my heart beat telling me “I MISS U”
In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.

Missing you gets easier every day because even though it’s one day further from the last time we saw each other, it’s one day closer to the next time we will.

AFCON 2017: Nigeria, Egypt Showdown Gets New Date

Super Eagles of Nigeria will now have three extra days to train after they received approval from CAF that the crucial AFCON 2017 qualifier against Egypt be moved to March 26.
The match was originally fixed for March 23 in the Northern Nigerian town of Kaduna.

The spokesman of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ademola Olajire, said the shift in dates will give the Super Eagles more time to prepare for the Titanic clash.

“It will give us room to prepare well for the match. With the new date, Oliseh and his boys would have close to one week of camping and this wouldn’t have been the case if we were to play on the 23rd (March), which is midweek,” Olajire said.
Egypt lead the qualifying group for Gabon 2017 with six points from two matches.

Nigeria are second with four points, Tanzania are third on a point, while Chad are bottom without any points.
Only the group winners will advance to the biennial championship in Gabon in January 2017

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EPL: I’d Only Return To Liverpool – Suarez

Barcelona striker Luis Suarez would only return to the English Premier League if it was to rejoin former club Liverpool, he revealed in a British newspaper interview published on Saturday.

“I’d prefer to stay here (Barcelona) for many more years,” he told the Daily Mail. “I know it doesn’t always turn out that way. But if I had to return to the Premier League, I would only go to Liverpool.

“I wouldn’t go to another team. It wouldn’t be a move for money. I’d also love to play again for Ajax as they allowed me to develop as a player in Europe.”

Suarez, 29, scored 82 goals for Liverpool in a three-and-a-half-year spell and almost inspired the team to Premier League glory in 2014 before leaving for Barcelona.

The Uruguayan quickly struck up an understanding with Lionel Messi and Neymar at the Camp Nou and their goals fired Barca to a treble of La Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League titles in his first season.

Barcelona are currently three points clear in La Liga with a game in hand, but Suarez admits that he misses the competitiveness of English football – typified by Leicester City’s current position as league leaders.

“In the Premier League you never really know what is going to happen,” he said. “There is very little between the teams. Here, three or four teams aside, there is a difference with the smaller teams.