FG finally sells nitel-mtel for N252m

Council on Privatisation(NCP) chaired by Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Thursday ratified the sale of the liquidated Nigeria Telecommunication Plc and it’s subsidiary, M-tel, to NATCOM Consortium for $252. The ratification was one of the decisions taken at the NCP meeting at the Presidential Villa. Chairman of NCP’s Technical Committee, Atedo Peterside, told newsmen after the meeting that NATCOM beat one other bidder that was also prequalified to clinch the deal. He said this now ends the entire bidding process and what is now left is to conclude the necessary documentation, he stated. This transaction is different from what happened with sale of power plants sale because Nitel is not an ongoing concern but a liquidated one no longer in business. In view of this, the liquidator will through the court pay some verified claims of creditors of Nitel/ M-tel, which therefore sidesteps the issue of third party creditors but it does not preclude the Government from settling any obligations it feels like, Peterside explained. Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Musa Sada, pointed out that the ultimate objective is to have the moribund firms resuscitated and work better for Nigerians, not just to sell them off. Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Benjamin Dikki, announced that Indorama Eleme Petrochemical Limited has passed the performance evaluation administered on it. It means that Indorama has fulfilled the sale purchase agreements it signed with BPE and is therefore freed from a five-year probation/monitoring period. Source: www.withinnigeria.com

THERE ARE 5 PRESIDENTS IN NIGERIA MORE POWERFUL THAN JONATHAN SAYS OBASANJO

Despite a court order obtained by Kashamu Buruji, a
close associate of President Goodluck Jonathan,
stopping the publication of former President Olusegun
Obasanjo's controversial autobiography, the book.
My Watch, was unveiled at the Lagos Country club
Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, December 9, 2014.
Extracts from the three volume autobiography of
Obasanjo insinuates that Dame Patience Jonathan,
Madueke Allison Diezani, Stella Oduah and Okonjo
Iweala are the most powerful women in Nigeria.
Obasanjo wrote that there are five presidents in
Nigeria, which include the above mentioned four
women and Jonathan is the weakest of them all, PM
News reports.
Obasanjo wrote: It was the same elder statesman who
reportedly tried to jolt the president into action by
telling him that there were five presidents in Nigeria.
These were his wife the first lady, Diezani (Alison
Madueke), Stella (Oduah), Ngozi (Okonjo Iweala) and
the president himself, and that he was the weakest of
the five.
1. Patience Jonathan.
She is the current First Lady of Nigeria who recently
resigned her position as a permanent secretary in
Bayelsa state.
She is married to the President of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan.
2. Madueke Allison Diezani:
She is the Minister of Petroleum. She has been
constantly accused of sleazy practices within the oil
sector.
There were allegations that she spent N10 Billion
hiring aircraft within two years.
One of the most controversial policies introduced
under Alison Madueke is the government's plan to
remove subsidies on fuel prices.
3. Stella Oduah.
She was a former aviation minister.
She has been involved in numerous controversies
ranging from being accused of purchasing BMW bullet
proof cars without following due process as well as
allegations that she lied about how she obtained an
MBA degree from St Paul's College.
4. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala:
Finance Minister Okonjo Iweala
She is the finance minister. On January 1, 2012, the
Nigerian government removed the fuel subsidy.
That action triggered a nationwide riot which had Dr.
Iweala in the cross fire.
She got the blame more than any other public servant
for the removal of subsidy.
The launch of the three volume book was stopped by a
court injunction secured by a former friend of
Obasanjo, Prince Buruji Kashamuon, on Friday,
December 5th, but lawyers to Chief Obasanjo advised
him to go ahead with the launch.
5. GoodLuck Jonathan.
Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, GCFR, BNER, GCON
is a Nigerian politician who has been President of
Nigeria since 2010

10 Confirmed Fact About S*x and Why You Should Have S^x Often

1 . Having sex relieves headaches. Every time you make
love , it releases the tension in the veins of the brain.
2 . A lot of sex can clear the stuffy nose. Sex is a natural
antihistamine . It helps to fight against asthma and spring
allergies .
3 . Making love is a spectacular beauty treatment. Scientists
have discovered that when a woman has sex , it produces a
large amount of estrogen that gives shine and softness to
hair.
4 . Sex is one of the safest sports. Make love often
strengthens the muscles of male and female body. It’s more
enjoyable than swimming 20 laps in the pool and there is not
need special shoes!
5 . Make love slowly , smoothly and in a relaxed way reduces
the chances of suffering dermatitis, skin rashes and acne .
The sweat produced cleanses the pores and makes your skin
glow .
6 . Lovemaking can burn all the calories you have
accumulated during the romantic dinner before bedtime.
7 . Sex is a divine remedy for depression. It releases
endorphins into the bloodstream , creating a state of
euphoria and leaving women and men with the feeling of
being unique.
8 . Sex is the tranquilizer and muscle relaxant to a safer
world . It is a thousand times more effective than Valium .
9 . Sexually active body releases more pheromones.
10 . Kissing each day will keep you more time away from the
dentist . Kissing is an art which makes the cleaner teeth and
saliva reduces the amount of acid that causes tooth decay .
This prevention eliminates many problems , in addition to
offering a breath constantly renewed

Obasanjo says Yaradua persecuted Ribadu because of a woman, reveals why Kingibe fought El-Rufai

The unceremonious removal of former
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC boss, Nuhu Ribadu from office and the
persecutions that followed had been linked to
his refusal to marry one of the daughters of
late President Umaru Yaradua and his
“dragging” of a woman with a supposed most
powerful man in Yaradua’s government,
Taminu Yakubu Kurfi by former. President
Olusegun Obasanjo in his new controversial
book, My Watch established the link.
The former president also revealed in the
book that the fight between former FCT
minister, Nasir El rufai and former Secretary
to the Government of the Federation, Alhaji
Babagana Kingibe has to do with one of the
wives of the former scribe to the FG.
In the height of Ribadu’s travails in the
hands of the Yar’ adua administration, he
was removed as EFCC chairman, demoted to
the rank of Deputy Commissioner of police
from Assistant Inspector General and
eventually dismissed.
Though, it was originally believed that
Ribadu was being hounded by the
administration because of his recalcitrant
insistence on continuing with the
prosecution of James Ibori, former governor
of Delta state and Yar’Adua’s close ally.
Though OBJ did not dismiss the link, he
nevertheless said Ribadu’s refusal to marry
Yar’Adua’s daughter could have contributed
his travails then.
Throwing on why Ribadu fell out with
Taminu Yakubu Kurfi, Obasanjo wrote that
Kurfi had his eyes on a woman who was said
to be more interested in the former EFCC
chairman.
“It was revealed, for instance, that Tanimu’s
main reason for wanting to fight Nuhu to a
standstill was the allegation that a woman he
was interested in marrying was showing
more interest in Nuhu! I understand that
Tanimu, in the end, married the lady and I
wondered if that would be the end of the war
of attrition against Nuhu.
“This was about the same time that Umaru
encouraged Nuhu to marry one of his
daughters, an idea which Nuhu spurned.
Could that have been partly responsible for
Umaru’s fury?
On El rufai-Kingibe’s affair, Obasanjo alleged
that Babagana Kingibe had a personal fall-out
with Nasir el-Rufai over the infidelity of one
of Kingibe’s wives.
OBJ wrote: “The Kingibe case as revealed is
quite similar to Tanimu’s, as a woman is at
the centre of it also. Nasir el-Rufai was
accused of knowingly harbouring a boyfriend
of one of Kingibe’s wives in his guest house,
where this wife and her boyfriend would
meet.
“If Nasir chose to make his house available
to his friend out of hospitality, one wonders
if he could also determine which guest, male
or female, his friend would receive. It would
have been a different case if Nasir himself
was accused of dating Kingibe’s wife!”

News coming in states that Plateau state’s capital Jos has been hit with twin blasts.

News coming in states that Plateau state’s capital Jos has
been hit with twin blasts.
Details are still sketchy but Sahara reporters say that the
blasts occured in a market in Jos.
The attack is said to have taken place at the popular Mr.
Biggs roundabout on Ahmadu Bello Way.
One source told Sahara: “One would have said the causalities
would be low, but since the ban on street hawking in Jos,
[the area] gets crowded at night for late buying and selling,”.
Officials have confirmed the attack but according to AFP, there
has been no word on the causalities.