Presidential candidate of the All progressive Congress (APC), General Muhammad Buhari today called the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye a few minutes after he made his final decision to announce Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as his running mate for the 2015 presidential election, to seek his blessings.
According to SaharaReporters, an aide to the retired general said Adeboye gave his blessing over the
phone and wished Buhari and Osinbajo a successful election campaign.
Osinbajo is one of Pastor Adeboye’s close confidants at the RCCG, where Osinbajo is a pastor, and also a church compere for major events.
Buhari will officially announce Osinbajo as his running mate at the APC headquarters in Abuja at 4:00PM Nigerian time.
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President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed managing director of Zenith Bank,Mr Godwin Emefiele as the new governor of Central Bank. Information reaching us say the president has forwarded Mr Emefiele’s name to the Senate for approval. He has also nominated Mr Adelabu Adebayo, an Executive Director at First Bank as Deputy Governor of the Apex Bank. SanusiIt can be recalled that President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday sacked Mallam Lamido Sanusi as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati said Jonathan had found out that Sanusi’s tenure as the CBN governor has been characterised by acts of financial recklessness and misconduct which are inconsistent with his administration’s vision. However, many Nigerians believe the CBN governor was axed because he exposed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, as an harbinger of corruption and financial mismanagement, diverting huge federal revenues accruing to the nation from the sale of crude oil. Mr. Sanusi says as much as $20 billion oil money is missing. Sanusi however on his arrival from Niger promised to challenge Mr President in court concerning his sack. In his words.. |"I will not go back to it. I think it will be in the interest of the institution for the courts to establish once and for all if the president has the powers to do this. If it is not challenged, the next Central Bank Governor cannot be independent with fear of being suspended by a politician. I do plan to have the courts confirm if indeed that authority exists and I will challenge it" NigerianEYE also reported that some officials of the State Security Service, SSS, seized the travelling documents of suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, shortly after he arrived Lagos from Niger, where he had gone to attend a meeting of governors of central banks in the West African sub-region. He was released later, while his travelling documents remains seized. 
The highly connected and gloriously stylish former Senator doesn’t do things by half measures. Everyone that cares to know, know that she’s well heeled and that she owns an apartment to overlooks the Ocean at Ocean Parade inside that billionaires enclave known to all as Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos. CNN once carried a report stating that Banana Island is one of the most expensive real estate spot or neighborhood in the world, even Forbes agreed with that fact. Stating that it is at par with the likes of Shibuya in Tokyo, Japan or La Jolla in San Diego, California, USA or even the 7th Arrondissement in Paris, France. A peek at her apartment a long time ago spoke of class and style. Not to lie its the kind of apartment one would love to own. We heard that the old Ocean Parade apartment reportedly cost her several millions equivalent of about $1.4 million dollars, this is chicken feed for the ever stylish Mma Bakassi who doesn’t do things in small measure, who has now gotten another apartment in the compound next to Ocean Parade called BellaVista. Ocean Parade from what we could deduce is said to be owned by the Chagourys. 
Bella Vista Bellavista is one of the several sprawling properties in Banana Island. It is described as a 3 to 4 bedroom waterfront, luxury and fully serviced apartments. It comes as a 3 bedroom detached or a super luxury 4-bedroom penthouse, with BQ, pool, gym, lawn-tennis court, squash court, in fact all the works. As at the last check, apartments inside Bellavista goes for something between $80,000 & $125,000 dollars per annum and to buy outright from about N200,000,000 million plus. Mma Bakassi’s own said to be on the 9th floor is said to set her back by about $3million dollars. To make the place fit for herself, she’s said to have totally transformed the apartment into a sort of palace. With all the trappings needed to make it extra luxurious. The former Senator is said to have sold her old apartment at the Ocean Parade. We hear several top honchos live there and unconfirmed reports says that a particular state chief executive owns several empty apartments on some of the blocks. Just like the name Bella Vista means – Beautiful sight, this blocks of several apartments is a beauty to behold and a money making edifice. According to the gist, Mma Bakassi got the apartment a long while ago and only just started being visible there not too long ago. [Source: Maestro] 
A 71-year-old serial rapist, identified as Alhaji Ganiyu has revealed that he sleeps with young girls to prolong his earthly sojourn. Alhaji Ganiyu who is a hunter and a night guard was recently arrested for raping a seven-year-old primary one pupil, (name withheld) inside his one room apartment after luring her with biscuit. He was arrested by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), after the victim’s mother rushed to the security agency for help. Giving his statement, Ganiyu admitted to the crime saying his actions were carried out so he’d live longer, adding that he regrets all his actions. “I slept with young girls to elongate my stay on earth. That is all I need to extend my stay. It was not for ritual or money making as people are saying. All the same, I regret all my actions,” he said. Meanwhile, parents and relatives in the area are now calling for thorough and prompt investigations into the suspect with a view to bringing him to book. According to Daddy Fash, uncle of another raped girl, he suspect needed to be brought to book to serve as deterrent to other unknown rapists. Another complainant said, “My daughter had once been a victim of this man and no one could say anything because the man is highly diabolical. His antics are well known to the people of the area but no one dared confront him. It is now that the whole world has seen what we have been suffering in silence over for a long time”. He demanded that immediate and thorough investigation be carried out on the matter. The spokesman for the NSCDC in the state said that the full investigation into the crime had commenced while efforts are on to apprehend the accomplice of Ganiyu who is now at large. 
SS3 student hangs self in school premises A 17-year-old student in Senior Secondary School 3 at Oro Grammar School,Oro, in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Anthony Oyeniyi, on Monday reportedly hanged himself within the school premises. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened about 2pm on Monday while the school activities was going on. Oyeniyi, who was the headboy in the school, was said to be a native of Oke-irimi,Oro, also in Irepodun LG of the state. The classmates of the deceased were said to have become worried when they noticed that Oyeniyi was not in class with them. Our correspondent gathered that a search party was constituted, which later found his body dangling from a tree. Consequently, all the school gates were locked and people, except security operatives, were denied entry into the school. It was also gathered that the school authorities hurriedly sent students home to avoid any violence. The community was said to have been enveloped in mourning when residents heard of the sad incident. The Police Public Relations Officer, Kwara State Command, Mr. Okasanmi Ajayi, confirmed the incident. He stated that the police had begun investigation into the matter. 
The new Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, has assured the country that the military will bring the Boko Haram insurgency in the country to an end by April this year. He said it was mandatory for the military to eliminate the menace of Boko Haram in the next four months in order to avert a constitutional problem in the polity. Badeh gave the assurance while taking over as the new Chief of Defence Staff from his predecessor, Admiral Ola Ibrahim, in Abuja on Monday. He said it was not the plan of the current Defence chiefs to go to the Senate to lobby for confirmation. The CDS said it was possible to bring the insurgency in the North East to an end if the military approached its security responsibilities cohesively. 
It is somewhat comforting don't you think, that Gov Fashola can stop by a boli seller's corner, even if it's just tostare at the boli . And like they say in Lagos, 'Eko o ni baje o '.. 
Ever wondered why Africa is stillDeveloping? Mugabe Leads the Pack of Snoozing Leaders. Can you pick anyone out who is not sleeping? Picture was taken at an AU summit in 2010.