Some Reasons for Follout between Tinubu and Ambode

Governor Akinwumi Ambode’s rise to prominence in Lagos didn’t start in 2015 before his emergence as Lagos governor,already he had served as a civil servant in a career stranding diverse roles in accounting consultancy for 27 years.

Due to his loyalty to the political hierarchy of Lagos state he was considered as the heir fit to take the mantle of Lagos political leadership from Babatunde Raji Fashola.

In 2015, Ambode beat other political giants  to become the governor of  state.

Fast forward to 2018, with a couple of months to the end of his first-term tenure, Governor Ambode’s desire to continue another 4-year term has been met with rejection due to differences that took an irreconcilable turn with the political bigwigs in the state,including his estranged godfather Asiwaju Tinubu and 57 council chairmen.

This development has made the state’s stakeholders to take a new dimension, pledging their support to Sanwo-Olu, Tinubu’s newly found political godson.

Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos state

We try to identifies the possible reasons why Tinubu-Ambode’s rift may deny the governor his second term dream.

Refuse disposal policy

Lagos was believed to be one of the dirtiest cities in the country due to its overcrowding population. Immediately Fashola mounted the leadership seat, he was said to have introduced programmes against indiscriminate dumping of refuse and open defecation. This legacy which was geared towards transforming Lagos into a mega city was allegedly dropped by Governor Ambode leading to bodies like Private Sectors Participants Operator (PSP) registering displeasure with his policy on waste management.

Recently, there is a rise in the criticism levelled against the effectiveness of Lagos Agency on Waste Management (LAWMA).

We gathered that many community leaders in Lagos  appealed to Tinubu to intervene in Lagos PSP waste operators’ clash.

Waste on Lagos streets

Ambode's alleged arrogance

Governor Ambode’s obedience and loyalty which made him the darling of Lagos political hierarchy was said to have suddenly disappeared few months after he became the governor. He was alleged to be politically aloof.

He was accused of running the state as one-man affairs. Without any doubt, one wonders why his influence among the 57 council chairmen and commissioners dwindled down at the time he needed them most.

Lack of political savvy by Ambode

The present internal crisis in Lagos has raised up a debate over who is politically savvy between Governor Ambode and his predecessor, Fashola (SAN). Ambode’s leadership, as rumoured by residents, was said to have lacked the political wit to accommodate loyalty for a vibrant progressive cause. There are usually questions about some of the governor’s policies, the effectiveness of some of the ministries under his watch.

He was alleged of running an aloof government strange to the grassroots. The offshoot of this is what has made the council chairmen to drive their support for the APC-Mandate group endorsed Sanwo-Olu.

As expected, this has generated controversy in the state as tension mounts on the Lagos governor to drop his ambition.

Governor Ambode receiving the Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Theresay MAY

Ambode's failure to carry others along

During the recent APC campaign in Osun Lagos state first lady pleaded with Asiwaju Tinubu on behalf of his husband. Some pundits said the move by Mrs Bolanle Ambode was to persuade the ex-governor of the state into overlooking the way her husband suddenly dished him away, having walked on his back to power.

Governor Ambode with the APC leader Asiwaju Tinubu and former governor Raji Fashola

The governor was accused of not informing the Lion of Bourdillon before introducing new policies. He was also accused of not building on the legacy of the APC national leader, making Asiwaju to wait till the time of reckoning before he takes his pound of flesh.

Of great note is a rumour in the media that Governor Ambode and the Obasa-led Lagos Assembly were at loggerhead making the former to wage impeachment war against the governor if he attempted to re-contest.

As things unfold, attempts by major stakeholders to drive Ambode’s love back to the heart of Tinubu have been met with disappointment. Tinubu's

Tinubu's political will to give new faces chance

For those who don't know him, Sanwo-olu was a former commissioner in Lagos state and a loyal disciple to Tinubu's political ideology. Findings indicate that Sanwo-olu, like Ambode, has set his eyes on the number political seat of the state for a long time.

After the eight-year administration of Babatunde Fashola, Sanwo-olu was reported to be among the 10 leading contenders to register their interest before Ambode got the nods of the state's political stakeholders.

Immediately Ambode indicated his desire to contest again, crisis reportedly started brewing in the the Lagos APC camp. But in his bid to avert the crisis as a national leader of APC and ex-governor of the state, Tinubu, riding on his alleged displeasure for the Ambode-led government, decided to give new faces chances.

Asiwaju Tinubu and Governor Ambode

Finally.

As things stand, the APC primary election is in few days, and there is no certainty that Ambode will get the nods of his party leaders in the state

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Amaju Pinnick re-elected as Nigeria Football Federation president

Amaju Pinnick has been re-elected as the president of the Nigeria Football Federation in Katsina for the next four years.

Pinnick polled a total of 34 out of 44 votes, while former NFF boss Maigari had eight and Ogunjobi had just two votes.

The former Delta state Football Association chairman beat his predecessor Aminu Maigari, Taiwo Ogunjobi and Chinedu Okoye in what could be referred to as a land slide victory.

The 45-year-old administrator becomes the first to be re-elected as the country's football association boss.

Pinnick was initially elected into the office of the NFF in September 2014 - beating Dominic Iorfa, Abba Yola and Taiwo Ogunjobi to the seat.

Amaju Pinnick was reportedly told by the Federal Government to step down from his current position as the Nigeria Football Federation president.

This according to a statement from the Ministry of Youth and Sports which is under current Nigeria's Sports Minister Solomon Dalung.

The statement from the Ministry of Sports restored the orders of the Federal High Court setting aside the election into the Executive Committee of the NFF held on September 30, 2014 which brought in Amaju Pinnick.

Sports Minister Solomon Dalung made it clear through his media aide Nneka Ikem Anibeze that he has been ordered by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to stop Amaju Pinnick from parading himself as the NFF boss.

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Court summons Bukola Saraki over Offa bank robbery incident

An Abuja court has summoned the Senate president, Bukola Saraki, to appear before it regarding a criminal complaint initiated against him by a private lawyer in respect of the bank robbery incident which occurred in Offa, Kwara state.

The summons, issued by a grade I area court in Aco Estate, Lugbe, Abuja, directed the inspector-general of police, (IGP) Ibrahim Idris, to serve a summons on the Senate president regarding the legal action.

The legal action was reportedly initiated by an Abuja-based lawyer and rights activist, Oluwatosin Ojaomo.

Counsel to the litigant on Monday, September 17, told journalists that the police boss had taken steps to serve the Bukola Saraki the summons.

The litigant was reported to have initiated the action against Saraki under section 89(5) of the administration of criminal justice act (ACJA) 2015.

The action sought that Saraki be summoned for allegedly ignoring police invitation to answer to an allegation involving the investigation of the suspects of the Offa robbery.

The complaint stated that Saraki’s alleged refusal to honour the invitation amounted to obstructing a criminal investigation and disobeying a public officer carrying out a lawful responsibility.

“The defendant is not in court. At the last date, the court issued a witness summons on the IGP to come and show cause why the police failed to effect service of the criminal summons, warrant of arrest and other processes on the defendant,” the counsel to the litigant, Marcus said.

“The witness summons was served on the Nigeria Police Force by the court’s registry.

“However, we received a call from DSP Mahmoud of the Legal Department of the Nigeria Police Force headquarters, that the matter has been assigned by the IGP to a particular unit of the NPF to effect the service of the summons on the defendant and arrest him.”

Marcus said, his client was supposed to serve Saraki the court papers but since his client could not the Senate president as ordered by the court, he applied, under section 122 of the ACJA, for the IGP to help effect service on the defendant.

Meanwhile, Bukola Saraki, the president of the Senate and presidential aspirant on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform, says the north central deserves a chance come 2019.

Saraki made the statement while addressing party faithful and supporters in Jos on Sunday, September 16.

He said that the north central had worked hard for the country and had remained loyal in spite of the seeming division in the country.

The aspirant said that it was time to change the narrative in the country and have a government that would include everybody.

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Charging of phones in churches is a sin - Cleric

Bishop Michael Osagie, the general overseer of the Bible Believers Ministry, on Tuesday, September 18, declared that charging phones or fighting over electric sockets in church is a sin and against the laws of the church.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Michael made this known in an interview at the Bible Believers Ministry in Oluku, Benin, Edo state.

Michael reportedly condemned the attitude of charging phones, note pads, touch lights amongst others, while church service was going, saying it was a major distraction to the preacher.

“Sometimes when I preach on the altar, I get distracted, because I see some of my members fighting over charging points.

“I am amazed how believers of the gospel take the things of the Lord these days,” he said.

The Christian cleric pleaded with the Edo government and the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) to look into the poor power supply in the state with the view of improving it.

Reacting to the preacher’s insinuation, Ruth Ikoko, an usher of the church said that she was guilty of the sin as her area had serious electricity problem.

She said that she came to church regularly to charge her phone and to also worship the Lord.

Ruth expressed the hope that the power situation would improve in her area so that she would stop charging her phone in the church.

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Poor funding bane behind Nigerian varsities business enterprises - VC

Contrary to the general view that education should be free, the incumbent vice-chancellor of Modibbo Adama University of Technology (MAUTECH), Adamawa state, Professor Mohammed Kyari has blown bags of dust into the eyes of the education system in the country, saying almost universities in the country have become business-oriented due to the poor funding and management factor

Madibo stated this while answering questions from the journalists on problems impending the university education system in Nigeria.

Answering question on  how the universities in the country have been able to be creative in order to maintain quality close to the global standard, the VC remarked: "How creative can they be and what else can they do? Nigerian universities literally have become business outlets.

"Universities are selling table water, running bakeries and commercial bus services or guest house services. This is no way to run a university. It can never fund universities. The bottom line is that as long as universities are not sufficiently funded to do basic teaching and research, they cannot function.

"Creativity will be constrained because you cannot be creative when you don’t have the resources. Sometimes we switch off electricity because we can’t pay for electricity. There would be public electricity supply, but we’ll have to switch off simply because we cannot afford the cost.

"We require about N20m per month to maintain the university on public power supply. But, whatever government gives may be sufficient for only three months of the year, not for 12 months. So you have to be creative. But creativity is in how to run the university within limited resources.

Kyari also talked about the funding of the university education in Nigeria. He said: "Funding is key to any organisation, not only to education. But the federal government’s policy is that there should be no tuition fees in the public universities and we abide by it. But then, if you say there’s no tuition fees, who is going to pay the cost?

"The cost will have to be borne by the government. So there is a gap between not paying fees, which is the policy and the inability of government to fund universities to the optimum. That’s the bottom line.

"It is either parents or the students will have to pay or government will have to pay up so that you get the quality education you require. If that does not happen then you cannot get the optimum. But somehow we are surviving under very difficult circumstances.

"But, remember that government is paying 100 per cent of our personnel costs, which is huge. For this university, it is above N3bn per annum. So by the time government pays N3bn on personnel alone, then there isn’t much left for the purpose of teaching and research, as well as for buying equipment and reagents in the laboratories.

"So government will have to come up with a form of a sustainable way of having to fund the university system."

Meanwhile. MAUTECH re-wrote history by appointing Hajiya Halima Mohammed as its first female registrar, breaking a long existing jinx in the male dominated system.

Sa’ad Aliyu, the acting information officer of the university, in a statement once sent out, announced this development in the state's capital, Yola, on Wednesday, September 5.

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Ginger, garlic and honey mixture benefits

Compared to many natural ingredients, ginger, garlic and honey show impressive results in the protection of the human health against the common illnesses, especially, those which we suffer from in winter. Learn ginger, garlic and honey mixture benefits to health.

Garlic, ginger, lemon, honey remedy for the most common illnesses

Ginger, garlic and honey have been used around the world for ages as a popular treatment for various acute respiratory infections and other health problems. This mixture is basically known to have a beneficial antimicrobial effect on the human body.

Garlic, ginger and honey combination is a mixture that consists of totally natural ingredients which when used alone are a treatment of a variety of common diseases.

Can ginger and garlic cure infection?

The mixture of ginger, garlic and honey is helpful not only in treating a variety of diseases but improving overall health. Studies conducted on the properties of the mentioned ingredients showed that garlic has the greatest antimicrobial activity. Ginger takes the second place in fighting against common bacteria and infections. Each of the ingredients of this mixture is more or less effective in fighting ailments caused by harmful bacteria inhabiting the air, water, and soil. The list of the pathogenic bacteria that cause such diseases as fever, tuberculosis, ulcers, syphilis, cholera, diarrhoea, diphtheria and other includes the following bacteria:

• Staphylococcus
• Streptococcus
• Lactobacillus
• Clostridium
• Salmonella
• Neisseria
• Mycobacteria
• Helicobacter pylori
• Yersinia pestis
• Escherichia coli
• Bacillus
• Pseudomonas and other

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The health benefits of ginger, garlic and honey mixture

Ginger, garlic, and lemon mixture is helpful in treating a huge variety of health problems. While each of the components of the mixture has its own properties, a combination of all of them leads to additional bonuses.

If taken regularly in moderate amounts, this mixture is helpful in strengthening immunity and improving the overall health condition. Here is the list of common ailments this powerful natural remedy is able to cure and its specific health benefits to human health:

• Asthma. The ingredients of the mixture have anti-inflammatory and soothing properties which are helpful in preventing and treating the effects of asthma. The patients who take this remedy experience reducing of high blood pressure and promoting the flow of oxygen to the lungs. This effect leads to reducing various respiratory problems including a cough, cold, sore throat, and a runny nose. To prevent or cure any of the mentioned illnesses, consume no more than 5 grams of the treatment on an empty stomach every morning;
• Stomach ulcers, indigestion and other digestive problems. If you need to solve any digestion issues mentioned above, take a ginger and honey tonic or syrup in the morning. If it doesn’t contain garlic, its effect is more soothing than anti-inflammatory. This remedy is often given to children to soothe an irritated stomach.
• High blood pressure, atherosclerosis, heart attacks, and strokes. What is the most important in using the mixture for fighting heart issues are the antioxidant properties of the ginger? This ingredient is known to include lipids which derive from fatty acids. When talking about heart health, ginger tea can ease blood vessel tension which leads to reducing blood pressure and lowers the risk of the diseases mentioned above. Remember that taking garlic in excessive amounts might cause an increased heart rate and blood pressure. Prepare the mixture and take a few teaspoons every morning and evening;
• Cancer. Garlic is the most effective ingredient in strengthening the defence against cancer. If you need to manage the effects of the cancer treatment, ginger might be the most helpful out of three ingredients. It helps to reduce constant nausea and vomiting that come as a result of chemotherapy treatment being caused by cisplatin, a primary chemotherapy component. It is also known that ginger combined with honey can help not only to decrease the results of the chemotherapy but even prevent cancer and reduce the metastasis. Such an effect is achieved by the action of antioxidant enzymes. When preparing the anti-cancer mixture, add twice more garlic than recommended and consume one tablespoon of the remedy before every meal.

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Ginger and garlic for weight loss

Ginger and garlic belong to the most helpful products for weight loss. They are known to increase the absorption of the nutritious ingredients, stimulate digestion, boost metabolism. Studies show that ginger contains a particular type of caffeine that helps in digestion and curbing the appetite. It makes us feel full and satisfied curbing the urge to overeat. Ginger can increase the body temperature to boost metabolism and calorie-burn.

How to prepare ginger, garlic and honey remedy

This remedy is very easy to prepare as you can buy all the products at your local grocery store.

Ingredients:

• Water - 200 ml
• Garlic - 20 cloves
• Ginger - 2 roots
• Honey - 4 tablespoons
• Lemon juice - 150 ml (optionally)
• Apple cider vinegar - 150 ml (optionally)

Preparation:

Peel and grate the ginger roots. Then, crush the cloves of garlic. Mix warm water, honey, lemon juice and apple cider vinegar to a bowl and add ginger and garlic. Put the mixture in a blender and process until well mixed. Pour the remedy into a glass jar, and place it in the refrigerator for three days before you use it.

Many natural products have not only a high nutritional value but medicinal properties. Ginger, garlic, and honey have been used for centuries to treat a variety of common diseases.

Their combination is subsequently three times more beneficial to the human body.

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Meet Nigerian British twins worth over N47 billion

Most success stories have an interesting beginning. Nigerian British twins, Sam and Steve Williams, have made headlines since the creation of their cryptocurrency. The twins who had a tough ride through life before they invented the Populous PPT currency developed the software in their mother's kitchen at their family home in South London.

While Steve studied advanced business in sixth form in Lewisham, Sam took a course in computer programming. The 39-year-olds first hit the jackpot when the first set of their crytocureency was first released.

Reports show that asides it being one of the top cyrptocurencies in the world, Populous which was initially worth over N3 billion, has now risen up to being worth over N47 billion. leving the twins in the league of billionaires in the United Kingdom.

From formerly leaving in their mother's house and sometimes sleeping on the couch, Sam and Steve, have come a long way after using four years to design the software behind their cryptocureency.

Sam and Steve Williams designed the software behind their cryptocurrency in their mother's kitchen Source: Evening Standard

Now worth billions of naira, the twins have moved out to their own apartments. While Sam lives in a Knightsbridge apartment, Steve, lives in Essex with his wife and two young children, sends his six-year-old to private school. Their offices are in Mayfair and they have become friends with stars, such as rapper 50 Cent and boxer Floyd Mayweather.

Still aiming for the moon and even more success, Sam has launched two other crypto coins called Zloadr and DocTailor, aimed at legal professionals.

Their success is truly an inspiration.

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Snake 'arrests' man who steals mattress in Uganda

Although there is particularly nothing new under the sun, some events still do not fail to dazzle when heard by people. One of such incidents recently happened in Uganda where a snake arrested a man and exposed him to the wrath of the law.

The said man had only just executed a robbery in Kyenjojo, a district in the western region of Uganda. The individual stole a new mattress in the morning of that day.

But as he set to hasten his pace and avoid being caught, he was attacked by a snake that took the liberty to crawl to its neck and wound itself there neatly.

Befuddled, the man abandoned all sense of escape and cried for help. Several people who heard his cry came to his rescue. However, no one had the boldness to attempt freeing the man who could not help but hang his head in shame of his living burden.

Ugandan thief with snake coiling around his neck Photo: Ugandan thief/Facebook Source: Facebook

In order to prevent the man from dying from the choke, a native herbalist was called who was said to exert all effort to save the man’s neck but all to no avail.

The mysterious event was reported and posted by an Ugandan community on Facebook. The post was captioned with these words: "Today morning in Kyenjojo District, a big snake caught a man who stole a mattress it's on his neck rolling."

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