Reuben Abati Lied: President Jonathan Did Lead 600-Man Delegation To 2013 UN General Assembly, Foreign Minister Confesses

 Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bashir Wali, has confirmed that President Goodluck Jonathan did lead a massive 600-man delegation to the United Nations General Assembly last year, as reported at that time by SaharaReporters
It was the world’s largest, he also confirmed.  He described the size of Nigeria’s delegations to the General Assembly every year as “embarrassing.”

Mr. Wali, a former Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, made the startling disclosures yesterday in Abuja while addressing heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). In the Minister’s words, 80% of the people in the delegation have no business being on them, and do not add any value.

SaharaReporters broke the story on September 22, 2013, disclosing that the delegation included an inner circle of about 26 people.  It was bloated by about 547 civil servants drawn from the MDAs, who overran some of New York City’s priciest hotels.

Federal Government Set To Ban 'PONMO'

Federal Government may have concluded plans to ban sale and widespread consumption of hides and skins(Ponmo)which is a delicacy to most Nigerians.

This indication emerged Tuesday  when the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina called for competent regulations that would check the consumption and sale of the product.


He said this at the 3rd joint anniversary of Animal Science Association of Nigeria (ASAN) and Nigeria Institute of Animal Science held at the University of Ibadan.

If this is achieved, he noted that livestock farmers would stand good chances of making high dollar return if the hides and skins are tanned into leather.

Italian Minister Claims He Is Under A Curse By African Spirits For Calling First Black Minister An Ape

 Senior Italian politician Roberto Calderoli who sparked outrage when he compared Italy’s first black minister, Congolese-born Cécile Kyenge to an orang-utan (a specie of apes), claims he is under siege from vengeful African spirits.

He is considering asking the Pope to recommend an exorcist to fight off the curse.
When Calderoli made the racist statement, he issued an apology and refused to resign. In November, he took legal advice after being charged with defamation aggravated by racial discrimination.

The trial, according to The Independent, is ongoing.
Calderoli now believes that Kyenge’s father, who is a tribal leader, has put an African curse – “macumba” on him as punishment for the remark.

Since his “orang-utan” comment, he has had six surgical interventions, the death of his mother, fractured bones and just a week ago, he discovered a 6ft snake in the kitchen of his house.







 Last year, Oggi Magazine filmed Kyenge’s 75-year-old father Clement Kikoko Kyenge performing a ceremony in the village of Katanga in Democratic Republic of Congo. Clement allegedly prayed to God for the racist politician to repent.

Calderoli’s photo was placed on an enclosed termite mound during the traditional ceremony.
“The photos and the video were unsettling. They put a picture of me in the middle of a termite mound. That is not a friendly message,” said Calderoli to Oggi mag when he saw the video.

He said that after the video, he suffered the health scares and that two friends gave him a lucky charm supposed to possess mystical healing powers but “two days later, it broke in two by itself. A wizard has told me that there are terrible forces acting against me”.

Mr Kyenge later spoke to Oggi about Calderoli’s recent incidents.
He replied, “A snake in the house is not a good sign and I’m not sure Calderoli did well to kill it. If when he apologised to Cécile he was sincere, he can feel comfortable. If, however, those excuses were insincere, the ancestors might become angry.”







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N1.9b 'Ebola Fund' Approved By GEJ Was For The Purchase Of Cars - Health Minister

 Nigeria's Health Minister Prof. Chukwu announced yesterday that there's only one confirmed case of Ebola in Nigeria now...that everyone else has been certified clean; which begs the question, what happened to the N1.9billion released by Pres. Jonathan for the management of Ebola in Nigeria?

Looks like the money will now be used to buy cars and other things.


During his press conference yesterday, Prof. Chukwu, denied the money was for the management of the virus, saying it was for the ministry of health and will be used to buy cars and other things

Bitter Kola And Ebola: What Nigerians Must Know - Health Minister

Talking about Dr. Maurice Iwu’s thesis regarding bitter kola and Ebola (Iwu said Kolanut could cure Ebola - based on research), Nigerian Health Minister Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu said the government is considering making laws to arrest people who make bogus claims to have a cure for Ebola, and said Nigeria needs to work with Dr. Iwu. The Minister said told Vanguard;
Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu

    "One of the things we decided to focus on by setting up that committee is to streamline claims of possible scientific cure, not a situation where pastors and imams claim  they can cure Ebola.   We might even go to the extent of making laws to arrest people with such bogus claims. We would take every suggestion seriously. About Professor Iwu, we know that quite a number of Nigerians accessed his article through the internet.

Will Nigerians Pay To Watch Television In 2015? (YOU NEED TO READ THIS)

Nigerians would have to pay fees for digital terrestrial television broadcasting by 2015, according to the Federal Government.
Over the weekend, the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, made the revelation at the opening of the Extra Ordinary Meeting of the National Council of Information in Abuja.

According to Maku, the planned content access fee, which would be paid by Nigerians seeking access to television content, was undergoing final adjustments which he hoped would get the nod of the Federal Executive Council before the migration.

SHOCKER!!: Diezani Rejected By OPEC

In what is being considered a big blow to the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan on the international scene, a leading international firm has given the Thumbs Down to his "corruption" tainted nominee,Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.

In a shocking twist, she wasn't found worthy enough to head such a respected world body, she has thus failed to become the first female Secretary-General of OPEC as the members rejected her.

    At its meeting on Wednesday, OPEC members refused to accept Alison-Madueke for the top position and they all agreed to extend the tenure of Abdullah al-Badri of Iraq, the current Secretary General, until June 2015 after the Presidential election in Nigeria...

Nigerians Condemn Minister For Praising Civilians Who Joined To Fight Boko Haram

The Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro today praised civilians who joined soldiers in fighting the Boko Haram sect, but Nigerians think, such praises shouldn't have come from a government official, let alone the Minister of State for Defence.

Nigerians did not mince words in telling him what they think of his tweets.

See the tweets below:

IT IS RAINING "INSIDE" MURITALA MOHAMMED INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PHOTOS)

The rains are here again, and our transformation Airport is really telling the story in the best way possible.

This is the recently renovated Muritala Mohammed International Airport. As you can see it is raining inside the building,buckets and pails were brought out to collect the rain, unfortunately there seems to be an insufficient number of even  buckets and pails to do the job.

Somebody got paid in millions of dollars to do this job. Nigeria!!! Nigeria!! Nigeria! Who has bewitched you to this extent?

See more photo below:

DEFENSE MINISTER MUSILU OBANIKORO LIES ABOUT HIS ANNUAL SALARY

 Premium Times reports that the Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro’s claim on a television programme on Monday that he draws N4 million annually as salary and allowances is false.

Mr. Obanikoro, alongside other Nigerian ministers, earn far ahead of that figure according to government schedule of remuneration for ministers, and in four probable rates computed by this newspaper based on stipulated guidelines, the lowest amount a minister could take home is N6.59 million per annum and the upper limit may hit N12.97 million or more.

Minister Of Education, Nyesom Wike Resigns

Reports indicates that the minister of state and supervising minister of education, Nyesom Wike has submitted his letter of resignation to President Goodluck Jonathan.

Sources reveal to The Paradigm that the minister’s resignation is to enable him pursue his ambition of becoming the next governor of Rivers State after the expiration of the tenure of the incumbent, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi.

Presidency Will Not Probe DIEZANI...... Doyin Okupe Says!

 The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe said on Friday, that the Federal Government would not set up a probe panel to investigate the minister because the House of Representatives was currently probing her.

Alison-Madueke was alleged to have spent N10bn on a chartered Challenger 850 aircraft in two years for which the House of Representatives is currently probing her.
Okupe said that the Federal Government could not institute a probe panel on matters that had not been substantiated.

Moro offers N500,000 To Journalist To Polish Battered Image

The Minister of Interior Affairs, Abba Moro, in an attempt to redeem his battered image, decided that the best way to go about it was to buy journalist, offering them N500,000 each to clean up his image after he recklessly blamed participants at the NIS job seekers stampede for  the deaths.
Sahara Reporters reports

Desperate to redeem his image in the media following Saturday’s shoddily managed recruitment test that resulted in the death of scores of applicants, Minister of Interior, Abba Moro on Thursday dangled N500,000 each before a number of journalists to clean up his image.

UPDATE: President Jonathan To Sack Interior Minister, Abba Moro Over Immigration Service Recruitment Deaths

 The reality of the situation on ground has hit President Goodluck Jonathan and his cabal really hard. Reactions upon reactions from virtually all corners of Nigeria since last Saturday have condemned the government of the day for sacrificing the lives of young jobless Nigerians all because of a "stupid immigration job".

President Jonathan has realised that his government's lack of focus in the area of job creation was exposed on Saturday by the Immigration recruitment exercise where over 56,000 jobless youths gathered in just one of the stadiums, he consequently summoned the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, as well as the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, David Parradang on Monday.

Governors, ministers in fresh Private Jet deals

Political office holders in the country, especially governors and ministers have embraced a new way of flying in state-of-the-art private jets to destinations within the country and overseas without necessarily owning them, findings have shown.

The new private jet ownership model called time-share lease, which is fast gaining ground among the political elites, has seen over 30 private jets in the country, carrying mostly ministers, governors and some top government and private sector shots.

Investigations by our correspondents revealed that some European companies and a few Nigerian private jet firms were behind the time-share private jet lease business model.

Defence Minister, Aliyu Gusau, asks Jonathan to call ‘rude’ military chiefs to order

 His powers challenged by military commanders he believed he was appointed to supervise, Nigeria’s Defence minister, Aliyu Gusau, on Tuesday sent a letter to President Goodluck Jonathan threatening to quit if the Commander-in-Chief failed to rein in chiefs of defence, army, navy and airforce, according to new details of a row that climaxed Wednesday in a dramatic resignation claim.
In the letter, Mr. Gusau accused the chief of defence staff, Air Vice Marshal Alex Badeh, of being “rude”, officials knowledgeable about the communication said.
Mr. Gusau and the presidency have denied the minister was leaving office barely a week after he was appointed as part of Mr. Jonathan’s new effort at curbing a bloody insurgency by the extremist Boko Haram sect.

BREAKING NEWS: Nigeria’s New Defense Minister, Aliyu Gusau Resigns

Newly appointed Defense Minister Aliyu Gusau has resigned.
Mr. Gusau’s sudden decision to quit President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet arose from what the former minister considered an act of insubordination and indiscipline from Nigeria’s top military brass.

Several sources at the Defense Ministry told SaharaReporters that Nigeria’s top military officers yesterday refused to have a joint meeting with Mr. Gusau and his deputy, Musikilu Obanikoro, a former senator.

Nigeria Sacks Heads Of All Aviation Agencies

Some four months after Saharareporters exposed monumental fraud and corruption at the ministry of Aviation in Nigeria, the Nigerian government today fired all directors working in various aviation agencies in the country.
Saharareporters had exposed how the former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah,  forced several cash strapped agencies in her ministry to purchase several luxury vehicles including two BMW cars for $1.6 million.
 See text of press release by the the SGF office below:

Nigerian Government Makes U-Turn Says, East- West Road Cannot Be Completed In 2014

The Supervising Minister of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Darius Ishaku, has said that the East-West Road could not be completed by December 2014 as earlier promised.
He said on Friday in Abuja during the defence of the ministry’s 2014 budget estimates before the Senate Committee on Niger Delta.
The immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe, had given assurances that the road would be completed and inaugurated by the end of 2014.
Mr. Ishaku told the committee that funds allocated to the ministry in the 2014 budget proposal by the Budget Office would not be enough to complete the project.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Denies Report Of Her Resignation

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, The coordinating Minister For the Economy, has denied a report that she had tendered a letter of resignation to the president.
This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Paul Nwabuikwu, Special Adviser on Media to the Minister, on Friday in Abuja.
``It has come to our attention that a story is circulating online about the purported resignation of the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.