President Goodluck Fires Suratu Umar as Executive Secretary NIPC, appoints Hassan-Baba as replacement

       Mrs Suratu Umar                                                 Hassan-Baba

Mr President is keen on his last minute Changes .... President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the appointment of Mrs. Uju Aisha Hassan-Baba, as the new Executive Secretary/Chief Executive of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC). Mrs. Hassan-Baba takes over from Mrs. Saratu Altine Umar who has been relieved of her appointment as the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive of NIPC with immediate effect.

The new Executive Secretary/Chief Executive had served previously as Director-General, Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice in Anambra State and Director, Legal Services, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.

OMG! What a tragic loss....9 bloggers killed by Islamists in Bangladesh

                                                   

In Bangladesh, Islamists made a list of 84 secular and atheist bloggers to be killed. So far they have killed 9 of them. Many others attacked. These bloggers, who are against Islamist fundamentalism, have been forced - out of fear - to close their blogs and social media accounts. Many have fled.

From PRI.org

Ananta Bijoy Das (pictured left), the third blogger to be killed in Bangladesh since the beginning of this year, was hacked to death near his home in broad day light Tuesday morning. He wrote about reason and science, about evolution theory," says Asif Mohiuddin (right), a close friend of Das. "He translated books into Bengali."

Mohiuddin, who now lives in Germany, was a blogger in Bangladesh himself, until he was attacked and fled, fearing for his life. He recalls being targeted and harassed for challenging Islamic ideas. 

Pres. Jonathan's daughter and hubby expecting first child

President Jonathan's daughter, Faith and her husband, Godswill Osim Edwards are expecting their first child together. The couple got married in April 2014. Faith and her baby bump pictured at the presidential Thanksgiving and Farewell service which held at Aso Vila Chapel yesterday May 17th.

My thoughts exactly !!! 2face---Since 1999 Nigerian govt have done nothing worth celebrating

Mr Idibia took to twitter to share his thoughts on governance in Nigeria since 1999. More tweets after the cut..

Jay Z launched into a blistering attack against those who are criticising Tidal

                       

While performing at a private show at Terminal 5 in New York for Tidal subscribers, Jay Z slams Google, YouTube, Spotify, others for criticizing his new streaming service, Tidal. He lashed out at many host.

He claimed he was being depicted as 'the bad guy' because he's going against the grain, before turning on Google and YouTube for underpaying artists, claiming they 'pay you a tenth of what you supposed to get'. 'You know n***as die for equal pay right?  You know when I work I ain't your slave right?' he rapped. He also included Beat's co-founder Jimmy Iovine in that list, who was previously accused of trying to lure high profile artists away from Tidal.

Imagine that - Robbery suspect says "Cashless policy has been affecting our operations"

                                

An armed robbery suspect, 45 year old Jide Abass (pictured right) who was arrested alongside his accomplice (Lukmon Bello) while they were attempting to rob outside a bank in Ogun state on Monday May 11th, said during his interrogation by the Ogun state police command, that the cashless policy introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria has affected the operations of armed robbers in Nigeria. According to him, people do not move around with large sums of money anymore as they now go about paying for things with their debit cards. 

"We usually laid ambush for bank customers, especially those who had gone to withdraw money. It is not difficult to notice them. For the men, it is either their pockets would be bulging or they would come out with the usual black nylon. For customers who came in their  vehicles, we would either ambush them or trail them to safer places where we would collect the withdrawn amount. But since the introduction of cashless policy, people don’t usually got out with cash.  Even when they go to eateries or super markets, they make use of POS and this has been affecting our operations. We started operating in Ikorodu, Lagos State but since the police seem to have braced up to the challenge, we decided to relocate to Ogun State. This is our fourth operation here. I am ashamed of myself because my two wives may likely divorce me if they find out their husband is a robber,” he said.

His other partner, Lukman said he was a clothier before he resorted to armed robbery due to his inability to fend for his two wives and children

Beautiful words from Chris Attoh to his gorgeous wife on her 30th birthday

Chris Attoh shares sweet words to mark Damilola Adegbite's 30th birthday to mark his wife's birthday, the Ghanaian actor  wrote