Nigerians have been anxious for several weeks waiting for the unveiling of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees who have eventually started to be revealed. Though some of the names in the initial 21-man list come as no surprise to some people, the concern of Nigerians is if the ministerial nominees without portfolios would not have defeated the purpose of screening? Oladele Hakeem, the Naij.com editor, says Buhari has a surprise package for Nigerians by not naming the portfolios of his nominees.
President Muhammadu Buhari

The drama finally ends

The suspense created by the announcement of the ministerial nominees was fever-high. People were anxious to hear if the president would surprise Nigerians with the calibre of people he would work with if they scale the hurdles of screening at the end of the day. They wanted to know who he was bringing on board.
Personally, I was indifferent because I believe the nominees will not disappoint the nation if they finally become full-fledged ministers.
President Buhari had promised Nigerians he would announce his nominees by September ending, which he did. The manner and way in which he did it was heart thudding. This was due to the fact that as the morning of September came knocking without the list, some people had started making all sorts of inflammatory comments.
Buhari’s critics did not waste time as they started pummeling him with all types of talks. Some of them even cried wolf where there was none. They said Buhari would renege on his promise because he is a politician. And that a politician is always double-faced.

Buhari, a man of his words

In my own thought, I had the strong feelings that the president would not lead the people to the garden path. He has an unblemished track record. He had hardly ever disappointed his followings.
As the clock continued ticking, and it was some minutes to 4pm on September 30, news was still rife that the Senate president, Bukola Saraki, had yet to receive the list. At that point, the adrenaline had risen. Different comments were made on social media like: ”Is this the change we asked for?” ”President Buhari, the Senate president is yet to receive the list.”
The other angle people’s thinking swerved to was how the president could send a very important list all the way from New York, USA, where he attended the 70th General Assembly of the United Nations. Why didn’t he send the list before his trip?
Be as it may, the president’s senior special assistant on National Assembly matters for the senate arm, Senator Ita Enang arrived with the list and presented it to Saraki. The Senate president afterwards confirmed on his twitter page he had received the list.
I never had a single mixed feeling from inception about the ministerial list not getting to the senate leadership after September 30. I believe Buhari would send his nominees as at when due.

The nominees and the dust generated

When Senator Bukola Saraki read out the names of the ministerial nominees on the floor of the senate, he hardly spent more than two minutes doing the reading. He informed the assembly that it was a partial list. That they were still expecting the remaining list.
Some names he called may not appeal to his taste-buds, but he had no choice than to call them.
Immediately the 21 man nominees were confirmed, politicians and apolitical citizens alike started reacting as usual. While some gave kudos to the president for the type of people he nominated, some said there was nothing special about the list.
One of the major headaches of those against some of the nominees was that they were former governors who had one or two graft cases hanging on their neck. They were not comfortable with them. They specifically mentioned the former Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi. They stated that it meant the noise generated about the president’s anti-corruption crusade is ephemeral and one sided.
To me, nobody is guilty unless he is charged  and a court of competent jurisdiction pronounces so.
The spokesperson of the senate, Dino Melaye, addressed newsmen after the Senate president read the list. He said the senate would do a painstaking job during the screening exercise slated to start Tuesday, October 13. He said it would not be a usual business. He added that the senate would welcome all sorts of petitions sent to it by Nigerians against any of the nominees.
It really looks as if the senate is talking tough. But it should be careful not to bite more than what it can chew. The senate should not say in the name of screening, thereby steps beyond its boundary by ridiculing itself by asking unnecessarily questions.
The upper chambers even said the former senators among the nominees, Senators Udoma Udoma and Chris Ngige will also be screened. They said they will not be allowed to just take a bow and leave despite being former senators. It is the tradition in the senate that former senators are allowed to take a bow and leave without being screened.

The senators should tread gently

Imagine a senate assembly which has been constituted since June 8 threatening fire and brimstone. No single tangible bill has been passed from then to date. The senate is saying it will leave no stone unturned during the screening. The senators should be cautious with the way they will go about the exercise next week. They should not portray themselves as if they have an axe to grind with the nominees and by extension the president.
As if it was a written script, immediately Senator Melaye said petitions would be welcomed, one of the nominees in the person of Rotimi Amaechi was put in the eye of the storm. He is facing a stiff opposition from his successor, Chief Nyesom Wike who said even President Buhari will not save him from persecution for corrupt charges while he was governor of Rivers state.
Wike has set up a committee of judiciary of inquiry to investigate Amaechi. Time will tell if Amaechi will survive Wike’s onslaught or not.
One of the pieces of advice I have for the senators is that they should not harbour and display acrimony during the screening. They should know Nigerians are keenly watching all their actions. Definitely, the citizens will be studying their body language during the screening as nobody would be interested in whipping up of sentiments.

Buhari has not done anything out of the blues

Looking at the nominees, I believe the president was spot on by nominating a person like Babatunde Raji Fashola. The former governor of Lagos state made the state the toast of other states, especially during his first term. He is a round peg in a round hole.
During Umaru Yar’Adua’s time as the nation’s president, Nigeria political posted an article online on July 10, 2007, titled: “Ministerial List: Senators worry over nominees’ portfolios.” In the article, people reacted the same way they are reacting now to the president’s ministerial nominees without portfolios. Some of the questions asked then included: why ministerial nomination without their assigned office? Was President Yar’Adua hiding anything from Nigerians?
The truth is that Buhari’s list is not shrouded in secrecy. The Nigeria political then captured the situation as follows:
”The non-attachment of portfolios to the list of ministerial nominees is provoking palpable angst in the senate. Already, only 17 out of the 34 names submitted have been given security clearance which is expected to start today (that is July 10, 2007). The non-inclusion of the portfolios first caused a sharp division among senators after the list was presented.”
There is nothing new with what is happening now and what happened then. There is no difference. The president has absolutely not erred by not assigning portfolios to the list he sent. Really, Buhari has not goofed.
If the die-hard antagonists of the nation’s number one citizen lambast the nominees with glee, scorn and disdain, they might be in for a big surprise. This is because I believe Buhari is approaching issues methodologically.
In addition, tonnes of petitions could be filed against some nominees. This will not be the first of its kind. Chief Ojo Maduekwe, a one-time PDP national secretary, had series of petitions filed against him during his nomination as minister in 2007. At the end of the day, he succeeded in the screening exercise and went on to become the foreign affairs minister.
Nigerians need not ruminate on why Buhari did not assign portfolios to his nominees, but should be more interested in what he has up his sleeves after the nominees become ministers.
Oladele Hakeem, a content editor with Naij.com, holds a BSc (Hons) from UNILAG, a PCWC from NIJ and an MSc in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics from UI. He writes from Ikeja, Lagos.
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The rule that every ministerial nominee must be endorsed by at least two senators from his/her state will be enforced by the Nigerian senate as the upper chamber prepares to screen prospective cabinet members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. 
The senate position was revealed by the chairman senate adhoc committee on publicity, Dino Melaye, today, October 8, while speaking to newsmen.
 
According to Melaye, the red chamber would abide by constitutional provisions and  senate standing rules for screening the nominees next week.
The rules clearly states that every ministerial nominee must be endorsed by at least two senators from his/her state, which puts the likes of former governors of Lagos and Rivers state, Babatunde Fashola and Rotimi Amaechi at risk.
Already, the senators from Rivers state has already submitted a petition to the senate concerning Amaechi’s nomination,
The Rivers state government has already issued a statement saying  for looting the state’s funds.
 
Also,  over the ministerial nomination of the former governor of the state.
According to The Cable, except there is last-minute realignment of political forces regarding the issue, some of the ministerial nominees may not scale through.
On his part, Fashola has been having a running battle with political forces in Lagos state, which some political analysts say is the handiwork of his predecessor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
A civil society organisation in Lagos, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders
The petition which was dated Saturday, October 3, had asked the Senate not to confirm the former Lagos governor stressing that the legislative arm should deem it necessary to visit Lagos first before screening Fashola.

At the weekend, chieftains  which according to them falls short of expectations. Some expressed doubt that the president was committed to fighting corruption with the calibre of  people he intended to appoint as ministers.
In a related development, some APC chieftains whose names are reportedly on the ministerial have  so they can successfully scale the screening process billed for Wednesday, October 7. , embarking on intensive prayer sessions to come out unscathed aster the exercise.
The former governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi’s ministerial nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari has received the backing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South South region.
Prince Hilliard  Eta
Making their position known today, October 9, via a statement, the national vice chairman in charge of the region, Prince Hilliard Eta said the party will stand solidly behind the former governor to become a minister, despite oppositions from the Rivers state governor, Nyesome Wike and senators.

The statement which was signed by the media assistant to Prince Eta, Bassey Ita further stated that Wike and his co-travelers were embarking on a wild goose chase by opposing Amaechi’s nomination.
According to The Nation, he said those protesting Amaechi’s nomination  through spurious claims and accusations are embarking on a fruitless effort that can only lead them to a futile end.
 
Parts of the statement read: “Amaechi was unjustly witch-hunted and persecuted by the PDP machine in Rivers state led by Wike because of his (Amaechi’s) role in fighting down the evil machinations plotted against the good people of the state by the administration of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.”
 “Wike and his likes cannot assume the triple role of the complainant, prosecution and judge in their case against Amaechi as there have desperately shown in their several protests and attempts to thwart his emergence as Minister of the Federal Republic.
“As a result of the brazen desperation by the Wike-led PDP machine, they have forgotten that the extant laws provide that everyone is innocent of whatever accusation until proven otherwise.
“Wike and his ilk were showing the world that it cannot even hide nor pretend on their dance of lawlessness carried over from their hey days when the drums of impunity were conspicuously being beaten aloud.”
Already, the senators from Rivers state has already submitted a petition to the senate concerning Amaechi’s nomination,
Meanwhile, the Rivers state government recently issued a statement saying  for looting the state’s funds.
 
Also,  over the ministerial nomination of the former governor of the state.
In a related development, some APC chieftains whose names are reportedly on the ministerial have  so they can successfully scale the screening process billed for Wednesday, October 7.
, embarking on intensive prayer sessions to come out unscathed aster the exercise
This much was revealed to our correspondent by Comrade Olowofala Olatunji, the Lagos state council 1 chairman of the National Union of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Employees (NUFBTE), during a brief chat on Friday evening.
The union leader, who had been bullish in his initial comment following the decision by the Indian company to lay off such a large number of staff, noted with a smile on his face, that the reinstatement remains a major victory for his group.
Some of the workers during the protest in Lagos a few weeks ago, they seem to be happy now after the recent development
Pandemonium had struck on Friday, September 11, when the management of the company announced that it was laying off over 700 workers over several acts of discrepancies which our correspondent gathered, were summed up by their request for a union to regulate some activities.
The workers had taken to the streets of Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos state to protest the sudden decision by the company to strip them of their means of livelihood, as the union leaders also showed solidarity.
 
But reports on Friday evening showed that the workers have been recalled and normalcy has also returned to the company.
Olowofala told Naij.com that the company has agreed to have the union and have also agreed that the workers who were sent away have since resumed.
“They have resumed since last week because we have achieved our aim there.
“Everything has returned to normal now and the workers and their employers are in good terms because we have all reached a common ground,” the elated union leader noted.
Confirming the latest development also was a staff of the company, Eniola Emmanuel, who affirmed that although everybody had yet to return to work, those who had been reinstated have gotten new contracts from the company.
According to him: “Everything is really fine now. Although everybody is yet to be recalled, those who have resumed have gotten new contracts from the company and everybody is quite happy to return to work after the long lay-off.”
This reinstatement will come as a huge relief for the staff of the company who had lamented their ‘unjust’ sack by their employers.
An expectant mother narrowly escaped death yesterday when a Tipper fully loaded with sand ran into her shop along Ado – Afao road, in Ado – Ekiti.
The driver of the Tipper with registration number ADK 216 XB was reported to have lost control and ran into the shop where the woman was selling planks.
File Photo of an accident that occurred on Thursday evening. Photo: Linda Ikeji
 
Some sympathizers and witnesses told our correspondent that the driver of the Tipper took to his heels immediately the incident occurred, allaying fear that the woman had died.
They blamed the accident on excessive speed by the Tipper driver and called on the state government to urgently intervene in the incessant cases of accident and killings of people on the road involving Tipper drivers.
Similar incidents have happened in the area, the recent being the one from last Saturday, where five persons reportedly died at the Deeper Life Junction along Ado-Afao road in Ado-Ekiti.
In a related development,
Tsohon Gwamnan Jihar Rivers, Rotimi Amaechi ya ziyarci Shugaban Majalisar Dattawa, Bukola Saraki inda ya nema a saukaka mashi wajen tantancewa.
Tsohon Gwamnan Jihar Rivers Rotimi Amaechi
Amaechi yaje wajen Saraki be domin ya samu sauki a lokacin da za’a tantance shi a gaban majalisar.
Zaben Amaechi da akayi yana samun kalubalen sosai a majalisa domin sanatocin da suka fito daga Jihar shi har sun kai koke suna zargin shi da rashawa.
Gwamnatin Jihar ta fidda sanarwa inda ta bayyana cewa koda Amaechi ya zama minista, wanna ba zaya fidda shi daga bincike ba. Wata majalisa ta bayyana cewa Amaechi ya ziyarci Saraki a ranar Talata 6, ga watan Oktoba da misalin karfe 11:45 na dare, bai fita ba sai karfe 1.
Amaechi ya tafi ne tare da wani maitaimaka mashi inda ya bukaci Saraki daya manta baya sannan ya taimaka Mashi domin ya taallake.
Famous Nollywood actress Mosun Filani Oduyoye has been away from the screen since she got married. Her recent attempt at producing a movie two years after she got married led to the speculation that there is a crack in her marriage. 
Without uttering a word to clear the air about the crack in her marriage, Mosun in a breath taking outfit which complemented that of her husband attended a burial ceremony arm-in-arm with her Barrister cum politician husband Kayode Emmanuel Oduoye in Abeokuta, Ogun state.

Mosun was seen moving around her Barrister cum Politician hubby with security personnel at the event which took place on Saturday, October 3.
Though not frequent in movies lately, the mother of two has been enjoying marital bliss with her husband.
Mosun is presently working on a new film from the stable of her outfit Beauty and Brain Concept which is titled Different Strokes For Different Folks.
A recent report carried by The Polity Weekly, a Kaduna state based newspaper, that Governor Nasir el-Rufai is set to wed the daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, Zahra, has drawn reactions from Nigerians.
According to “The Polity Weekly” newspaper headline, Governor Nasir El-Rufai is set to wed President Buhari’s daughter Zahra Photo credit: Omo GbajaBiamila

The report though doubtful, has generated much reactions from some Nigerians who took to social media to express their opinion.
Read their tweets below:
This is not the first time Nigerians would be reacting to stories of societal wedding. Recently, the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, came under harsh criticism following Responding to the criticism,

Parents are constantly shamed for their choices. From how we feed our children to how we educate them, everyone has an opinion. The result? Moms and dads feel endlessly judged for the choices they make — even if they have no other options. This week, families around the country are sharing their inspiring, funny, honest, and heartbreaking stories with Yahoo Parenting in an effort to spark conversations, a little compassion, and change in the way we think about parenting forever. Share your story with us — #NoShameParenting.
Sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff know what it’s like to feel judged — both have been in the public eye since they were kids, acting in movies and TV shows, topping the pop charts, and landing in plenty of paparazzi shots along the way. But now the one-time child stars have grown up and are parenting kids of their own — Hilary is mom to 3-year-old Luca, with ex-husband Mike Comrie, and Haylie welcomed her daughter Ryan, with fiancé Matt Rosenberg, in May. Now the siblings and best friends have teamed up with Similac to form the Sisterhood of Motherhood in an effort to end the dreaded mommy wars. The Duffs talk with Yahoo Parenting about the times they felt mommy-shamed (including one headline about her son that Hilary will probably never forget), how they tune out the haters, and the moment they caught themselves judging another mom.
We at Yahoo Parenting are really trying to do what we can to stop all the parent shaming, which I know you guys are too. Why is it so important?
Hilary: Being a mom of a 3-year-old, and with Haylie being a new mom, it was surprising to see how often and how heavily you feel judged for the littlest things. For example, I felt judged when I decided to start supplementing with formula after seven months, or when we got my son vaccinated or put him on antibiotics for an ear infection. People were like, “You should really try oil remedies.” Other moms can be so heavy-handed with advice, so my sister and I were excited to encourage other moms be positive with one another and end mommy wars. It’s a bigger conversation than just us.
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One thing I love about this campaign with Similac is that it’s not just about the judgment you feel but also the judgment you are putting out there. It makes you responsible for what you’re saying to other people. We need to shift our focus to raising healthy and happy babies, instead of concentrating on which mom is doing what.
 It’s hard enough to be a parent. It’s the most joyous thing you’ll do and also the most challenging. I think it’s really isolating — everything just changes so quickly. Your life is not your life anymore. I put so much pressure on myself to do everything right, and so do all mothers. We think we should have all the answers — we need to breastfeed perfectly or discipline perfectly —  but there are challenges every day. I had a baby so young that none of my friends had children. So I had to learn that no one way is going to work for every single family or every child; it’s about staying in your lane and doing what works for your kids.
It’s hard enough for parents of high school seniors to provide guidance on the college-search basics, from location and academic rigor to class size and housing. But these days, there’s something just as important that needs to be addressed: the very real possibility of sexual assault on campus, and how seriously schools take the issue. Luckily, the White House is offering a primer on the topic for both students and parents, revealing the four vital questions to ask any college you’re considering.
The guide is the latest component of “It’s on Us”— a campaign the Administration launched last year to prevent sexual assault on college campuses — and one that’s been shared exclusively with Yahoo Parenting ahead of its official public release.
“One in five women are sexually assaulted by the time they leave college. One in five,” Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama and Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls, tells Yahoo Parenting. “Men are sexually assaulted, too, but in fewer numbers. So we launched this campaign to raise awareness about what is an epidemic, and to try to end it.”
 The One Question All Parents Should Ask on College Tours
The campaign has so far involved a slew of campus activities — from bystander intervention programs to lessons aimed toward clearing up the definition of rape (sex without consent) — at more than 300 colleges and universities around the country. “But another component of it,” Jarrett says, “is what are the colleges and universities doing?” In order to aid parents and incoming freshman when it comes to gathering that information, “It’s on Us” suggests asking every school being considered the following questions:
  1. Does the college or university have a Title IX coordinator? This is the employee responsible for assuring the school is compliant with Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded school or activity. “They’re required by law to have one,” Jarrett explains. “It’s an indication that they take their responsibility to help to provide a safe environment very seriously.”
  2. What’s the college or university doing to prevent sexual assault from ever happening? “We don’t ever want it to ever happen on a campus,” she says, “and so ask them: What are you doing to ensure my child will be safe here, and free from sexual assault?”
  3. If it does happen, what is the college or university doing to make sure it’s properly taking care of the accuser — and the accused? In other words, what kind of a process do they have in place for that?
  4. What are they doing to help people who have been victims of sexual assault? In the event that the unthinkable does happen, know what types of student support services are provided.
“And if they can’t answer those four questions,” Jarrett advises, “well, find another college.”
Answers to these questions are most crucial for those entering their first or second year of college, as, most often, sexual assault occurs during a young woman’s freshman or sophomore year, usually by someone she knows, according to a fact sheet about “It’s On Us.” And only 13 percent of rape survivors report their assault. “The culture of violence and silence at our college campuses contradicts everything we stand for as a country,” the literature notes.
Allison Tombros Korman, executive director of Culture of Respect, a national campus assault prevention, support, and awareness organization, applauds the campaign’s latest efforts.
“I think these are really important questions to be asking, and that this is a solid list,” she tells Yahoo Parenting. She would add to the list, she says, by suggesting parents “dig a little deeper” on each question — asking for details about the approach to prevention education, for example, and about whether or not there’s a trained investigator in the event that assaults to take place. Also important to know: if victims receive not only long-term physical and psychological care, but supportive accommodations, such as a change in housing or the ability to finish out a class online.
“The more parents — and students — ask these questions, the more colleges and universities understand this is something they need to tackle head-on, and address transparently,” she tells Yahoo Parenting regarding the “It’s on Us” guide. “It reinforces to everyone that this is an issue to be taken seriously.”



Big happenings in the Gilmore Girls universe this week: Oct. 5 marked the 15th anniversary of the show’s debut on The WB network, and Gilmore fans have a new destination for watching (by which, of course, we mean re-watching) episodes: the UP network, which now airs GG on weekdays.
And because we’ll take any opportunity to gab about those girls that had the gift of it, we’re sharing 34 of our favorite Gilmore Girls facts, at least some of which, we’re betting, you might not have known.
1. Gilmore Girls was the original show title, though it was briefly changed to The Gilmore Way before finally being locked in as Gilmore Girls. The inspiration for the Gilmore name: the Gilmore Bank at the Farmer’s Market in Los Angeles, which merged with (and changed its name to) Grandpoint Bank in 2013.
2. Hollywood agent-turned-producer Gavin Polone worked with creator Amy Sherman-Palladino to develop Gilmore Girls, and he has said part of the inspiration for the show’s focus on the mother-daughter relationship between Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Rory (Alexis Bledel) was the 1999 movie Drop Dead Gorgeous, which he produced, and the relationship between characters played by Ellen Barkin and Kirsten Dunst.
3. Sherman-Palladino was a writer and producer on Roseanne. She earned an Emmy nomination for co-writing the classic Season 4 premiere “A Bitter Pill to Swallow,” in which Roseanne agrees to take daughter Becky to the doctor for birth control pills. Also writers on Roseanne: Sherman-Palladino’s future husband and Gilmore executive producer Dan Palladino, and Mike Gandolfi, who Sherman-Palladino hired to play Stars Hollow Books owner Andrew.
4. Roseanne was often a notoriously contentious place to work. At one point, star Roseanne Barr assigned the writing staff T-shirts with numbers on them, referring to them by the numbers so she didn’t have to remember their names. In Season 6’s “Just Like Gwen and Gavin” episode of Gilmore Girls, Yale Daily News editor Paris Geller (Liza Weil) gives her newsroom staffers hats with numbers on them for the same reason. Still, Sherman-Palladino credits her experience on Roseanne with teaching her to “make the small big, and the big small,” a hallmark of GG scripts.
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5. Graham was hired to play Lorelai just a week before the pilot episode was scheduled to be shot in the Toronto suburb of Unionville, and just a month before Gilmore Girls was scheduled to be announced as part of The WB’s fall schedule at the 2000 Upfronts in New York.
6. Bledel had no TV experience when she was cast to play Rory. To help her get used to starring in a series and dealing with life in Hollywood, Gilmore producers asked Edward Herrmann, who played Rory’s grandfather, to act as her mentor. He would take her for regular dinners at Musso & Frank, the old school Hollywood eatery that’s been featured in movies like Ocean’s Eleven, Ed Wood, and The Day of the Locust.
7. Herrmann and Kelly Bishop (Lorelai’s mother, Emily) both won Tonys in 1976, her for A Chorus Line and him for Mrs. Warren’s Profession.
8. Sherman-Palladino’s dad, Don Sherman, was her inspiration to create the Gilmore character Kirk (played by Sean Gunn). Don was a TV actor and writer, who appeared on shows like Gimme a Break, Maude, and The Monkees and wrote episodes of Love Boat and Bridget Loves Bernie.

Oliseh lacks managerial experience – Onigbinde
Former Nigeria coach Adegboye Onigbinde
Former Nigeria coach Adegboye Onigbinde insists Sunday Oliseh’s lack of managerial experience as Super Eagles coach resulted in the face off the manager had with erstwhile team captain Vincent Enyeama on Tuesday in Belgium.
Oliseh had replaced the Lille goalkeeper with Ahmed Musa as captain on Tuesday following Enyeama’s late arrival for camping in Belgium ahead of the friendlies against DR Congo and Cameroon.
Enyeama had missed the Monday’s deadline after attending his mother’s funeral on Saturday in his home town.
Onigbinde commended Oliseh for his decision but warned that his poor managerial skill could tear the team apart.
“I commend Sunday Oliseh for the step he has taken. Such acts of indiscipline did not just start in the team. A recent example was Enyeama’s comments on the choice of Kaduna for the Super Eagles match against Chad. It was not his duty to decide which venue the team should play, that’s for the Nigeria Football Federation,” the former CAF instructor said.
“By that time, I condemned Enyeama’s position. We cannot allow one or two players to hold the country to ransom. If Enyeama was my son, I would have spanked him seriously for the many wrongs he has done. They’ve pampered him too much.”
Onigbinde said Oliseh’s decision to embarrass Enyeama before his teammates might breed intimidation and fear in the team.
“Oliseh lacked experience in managing the situation. When he was going to be employed by the NFF, I called people’s attention to his lack of experience. His handling of the situation shows he lacks the experience to manage the players,” Onigbinde said.
“He has done the right thing, but in a wrong way; he will get a wrong result. If I was Oliseh, I would have overlooked Enyeama’s behaviour at the moment and go on to execute my plans for the coming games. But after the games, I would simply not invite him for subsequent games. Oliseh doesn’t need to quarrel with players.
“Football is a team game; Enyeama might have his loyalists in the team and they might be sympathetic with their captain. Oliseh is not certain to get the best out of all the players following his manner of handling the matter. The matter is capable of breaking the team into two.
“It is not enough for you to know what to say, it is vital you know where to say it, why to say it, when to say it, how to say it and to whom you say it.
“An indication of Oliseh’s inexperience happened when he was preparing the team for the Tanzania game. Three days before the game, it was reported that some of the players were complaining of the strenuous training he gave them. You don’t give strenuous workout to players hours before a game; it will cause fatigue. I guess he was trying to impress his employers but that contributed to the poor performance of the players.
“I did not support the NFF’s choice of Oliseh because of his lack of experience, but once he has been employed, I have to accept it and pray that he succeeds.”

Tribunal affirms election of Niger federal lawmaker
Alhaji Lado Abdullahi
The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Minna, Niger State, on Thursday upheld the election of Alhaji Lado Abdullahi, the member representing Suleja, Gurara, Tafa Federal Constituency.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Lado’s election was challenged by Mr. Mukhtar Ahmed of the PDP on the grounds that the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate was not qualified to contest the March 28 elections.
The petitioner alleged that Lado did not possess the minimum educational qualification as stipulated by law and had forged the certificates he presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to contest the election.‎
Delivering judgement after reviewing evidences adduced by parties in the matter, Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Olatunde Oshodi, ‎dismissed the petition for lack of merit.
He ordered the petitioner to pay the sum of N100, 000 to each of the respondents.
Reacting to the verdict, counsel to the petitioner, Mohammed Mohammed, told newsmen that they would study the judgment and decide on the next line of action.
“Well, we are going to review the judgment of the tribunal and advise our client accordingly,” he said.
Israeli army shoots dead Palestinian child in West Bank
The Israeli army has shot dead a 13-year-old Palestinian during clashes at a refugee camp near Bethlehem, police and emergency services said.
Abdel Rahman Abdullah was struck in the chest by Israeli fire at the Aida refugee camp on Monday, the sources said.
He is the second Palestinian teenager killed by Israeli soldiers over the past 24 hours as clashes have spread across the territory.
On Sunday night, Hutheifa Suleiman, an 18-year-old Palestinian, was fatally shot by Israeli forces during clashes in the West Bank city of Tulkarm.
Clashes have spread after two recent attacks killed four Israelis and wounded a two-year-old child.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged “a fight to the death against Palestinian terror” and announced new security measures.
Palestinian youths throwing stones have faced off against Israeli security forces using both live rounds and rubber bullets.
Jewish settlers have also clashed with Palestinians.
There have been fears that the sporadic violence could spin out of control, with some warning of the risk of a third Palestinian intifada.

Burkina Faso Prime Minister released as soldiers arrive Ouagadougou
Soldiers from around Burkina Faso poured into the capital overnight in a show of force as the military has vowed to disarm the mutinous presidential guard behind last week’s coup on Tuesday, with force if needed.
Meanwhile, the junta met a key international demand by releasing the country’s interim prime minister, Lt. Col. Yacouba Isaac Zida, who had been detained Wednesday along with the interim president before the transitional government was dissolved.
Local media reported that the junta was being given a 10 a.m. (1000 GMT) deadline to disarm. The National Armed Forces said it wanted the mutinous soldiers to lay down their arms and return to barracks without bloodshed.
“I call on the population of Burkina Faso to remain calm and to have confidence in the National Armed Forces who have reaffirmed their unfailing commitment to preserve the unity of the nation,” Gen. Pingrenoma Zagre said in a statement.
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On Monday, the national army said it was sending soldiers from elsewhere around the country to Burkina Faso’s capital and called on members of the presidential guard to stand down.
The coup leader, Gen. Gilbert Diendere, later apologized to the nation through a written communique and said he would hand over power to a civilian transitional government.
West African regional mediators have proposed an agreement that calls for Diendere to step down, and for interim President Michael Kafando to be reinstalled until elections can be held. Kafando, who already had been released by the junta, is staying at the residence of the French ambassador in Ouagadougou.
The vote would take place no later than the end of November, and allies of ex-President Blaise Compaore would be allowed to take part.
An electoral code passed earlier this year had banned members of Compaore’s party from taking part in the election. He was forced from power last October after 27 years in power in a popular uprising after he tried to prolong his rule by amending the constitution.
Enyeama quits international football after a meeting with NFF officials
Nigeria international Vincent Enyeama
Nigeria’s most capped international Vincent Enyeama has quit international football after a meeting with top officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) in Belgium on Thursday.
Enyeama’s decision did not come as a surprise after a major falling out with Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh on Tuesday night following the announcement of CSKA Moscow forward as the country’s new captain.
Earlier, on Thursday the 33-year-old Lille goalkeeper, who has been Nigeria skipper since Joseph Yobo quit international football last year, vowed “not to walk out on Nigeria”.
Later Thursday, Enyeama posted on Instagram: “I have fought a good fight for more than 13 years.I have finished my course,I have kept the faith and sang the anthem with passion.
“Henceforth, there is laid for me a crown which only GOD can reward me for my 13 years of national service.
“God bless NIGERIA. From HENCEFORTH,I am no more the captain of the NIGERIAN senior football team,I am no more the goalie of the team, I am out of the team.
“I am no more available for international duties.
“I want to say thank you to every Nigerian fan and supporter worldwide. It’s being the most trying period of my life but I know that Nigerians are there for me and God is with me. God bless NIGERIA.”
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In June against Chad, Enyeama won a record-breaking 101 caps to beat a century of appearances compiled by Joseph Yobo last year.
Incidentally, it was from this AFCON qualifier in Kaduna that would lead to his retirement from international football today.
Enyeama had expressed fears over the safety of Kaduna to stage this match at a time the activities of the terrorist organisation Boko Haram were becoming a lot more daring and deadly in the northern part of the country where Kaduna is situated and which has also been hit by the terrorists.
He was subsequently queried and at the height of indiscipline he tore the query right in front of the NFF general secretary who dared to sign such a document.
He was then invited by the NFF disciplinary committee to state his own defence and he failed to turn up, arguing that he did not get the invitation in time.
The bad blood between the NFF and Enyeama degenerated to the pages of the newspapers and as one official told AfricanFootball.com, the NFF opted to deal with the matter inhouse.
But inside sources said it was agreed that Enyeama must face the music with recommendations that he be stripped of the captaincy and possibly banned from the national team.
The goalkeeper featured at three World Cups and won the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations with Nigeria.
nowstalgia
The Future Is Here, and It's FKA Twigs
by Jazz Monroe / Photographed by Paola Kudacki / Styling by Karen Clarkson
FKATwigs-papermagazine-October-Nowstalgia.jpgOne month before we meet, FKA twigs, sitting in an east London café, threatened to quit interviews for good. "I can't do it," she told an alarmed Sunday Times writer, staking out the border between her public and private lives. "It makes me feel nutty."

The dispute, sparked by a question about her rumored engagement to actor Robert Pattinson, testifies to a mounting frenzy around Tahliah Barnett. A former backup dancer for Kylie Minogue and Ed Sheeran, the 27-year-old has harnessed underground subcultures past and present -- from '80s NYC vogueing to Tricky's trip-hop mysticism to the dreamier outskirts of UK grime -- to radically reinterpret pop. Despite her inventive tastes, she's found a broad fan base spanning Tumblr diehards and mainstream dabblers -- some drawn to her vulnerability, others to the boldness with which she performs it. In addition to three virtuosic EPs and a well-loved full-length, last year's LP1, twigs recently expanded her pop culture empire with two multidisciplinary projects: Soundtrack 7, an ambitious dance endeavor encompassing the rehearsal, performance and real-time documentation of a new piece every day, and Congregata, her celebration of vogue, krump and bone-breaking staged in London and New York.

Born in rural Gloucestershire, South West England, Barnett is a self-described "country girl" whose capacity for creative expression vastly exceeds her desire to discuss it. In her videos, which she often directs or co-directs, twigs alternately satirizes and subverts sexual dynamics, presenting herself as a helpless porcelain doll ("Water Me"), a matriarch ("Glass & Patron") or a gilded goddess ("Two Weeks"), as if to demonstrate her total mastery over her own body. Sometimes, as her visuals challenge gendered notions of power and control, the music induces a state of ecstatic surrender. Her work feels utopian, hinting at a safe space for radical self-invention. The songs threaten to climax but more often collapse suddenly into negative space, where they're resurrected from the sparest elements. To listen in is to hover in a space of constant becoming. "I could take you over the edge," she seems to tease, "but you couldn't handle it." She's probably right.

We spoke on a Tuesday evening in the dressing room of a North London photo studio. Right now, twigs is hunkered over a takeout dish of steamed fish and vegetables, winding down from a five-hour shoot. In spite of her music, Barnett avoids addressing the political subtexts of race and sexuality in her art, preferring such tangible subjects as her peers and process. As a result, her most animated moments come when you least expect them. At one point, midway into a sermon on the virtues of health food -- "Being on tour, you have to be strict: sushi, tuna, sea bass and vegetables" -- she suddenly yanks the handbrake, saying, "But I do love cake." It's clearly a point of pride, because she elaborates on the theme -- "I mean, I love it" -- before leaning forward and catching my gaze with a look that says: "Please accept this deep truth." Seconds pass, and her expression melts into a dreamy sort of yearning before she concludes, "Cake's amazing."

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PAPER: We're talking about Nowstalgia in this issue, and the way the past continually informs the present. Since you've been wary of appropriation in the past, I'm interested in how you went about respectfully incorporating vogue culture into Congregata and the "Glass & Patron" video.

FKA TWIGS: With vogue, it's because I've done the roots properly. I made friends with a guy called Derek Prodigy, and I said, "Will you show me some moves?" So I got a studio, and I started going to Kiki balls [an entry-level vogue subculture], dancing a little bit, but not competing. I've never done a battle, because I'm not good enough yet. If I went and walked in a ball, I'd get chopped. You have to freestyle for so long, sometimes for 15 minutes. It's been two years and I can probably only do two and a half minutes. And then I'd be like, [imitates drowning person] "Sorry, I ran out of moves!"

PAPER: Were there precedents in pop for your performance? Early Björk comes up a lot in your press.

TWIGS: Obviously Björk is a very sexual and beautiful woman, but she often keeps her sexy on a down-low. I don't really do that. I throb. Do you know what I mean? I have that throbbing energy, and I accept it, and I harness it when I need to. It's not even a conscious thing.

PAPER: People seem to connect viscerally, even though the shows are quite abstract. You seem to cultivate a different relationship from, say, the Taylor Swift model, where the hook is how much you want to be her friend.

TWIGS: I think Taylor Swift is great, but I wouldn't necessarily think, "Oh my god, I have to be friends with her." When I meet fans, they're quite creative and intelligent, kind, sensitive. Some are old ladies, witch doctors from Louisiana, kids that have just left art school. Gay or lesbian couples, straight middle-aged couples...

PAPER: Does that breadth reflect something about your work?

TWIGS: I'm honest, and that comes out. Honest people come in lots of different types and they relate to things that aren't straightforward. I'm happy that people can roll with me, give me a chance, and let me explain my songs through my visuals. But I don't even like calling fans "fans." It's like, [pulls face ] Ugh, fans. [laughs] It's just people that like your music.

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PAPER: When you're a fan, though, you feel like one. You're in awe and you feel secondary.

TWIGS: Really?

PAPER: Do you remember hanging around after shows to meet famous people?

TWIGS: I never did that! I never went to any shows. I went to ballet class, or opera lessons. I was a bit too focused when I was a kid.

PAPER: What were you obsessed with outside your own stuff?

TWIGS: Probably Marlon Brando or someone like that. Even then, half those people were dead, so I knew the limitations of that relationship. I've never had that, "Oh my god, I've gotta wait backstage!" There is one person: I met Prince when he did a little show at Paisley Park in Minneapolis, where I supported him. I was a little bit like, "Wow. I met Prince." Because he is, obviously, so epic. But even then, he just gave me some black currant juice and we played table tennis.

PAPER: You've said you were always a confident performer, even though you're naturally quite shy.

TWIGS: Once you get over the initial shock that the world could potentially be watching, it's fine. Obviously, there's that moment where your first video goes viral, and before you know it, 500,000 people have watched you. You freak out about it, you go and tell your best friend... but then you start chatting about something else and you forget. I'm not affected by what fans would think, or by people critiquing what I do.

PAPER: Who are you doing it for, if not fans?

TWIGS: For my kids, probably.

PAPER: In the Michael Jackson-at-the-Super Bowl sense?

TWIGS: Not the children of the world; I mean the children that I haven't had yet. [pats her stomach] I'm quite traditional. You know that saying, "You can take the girl out of the country but you can't take the country out of the girl"? I grew up in Gloucestershire, and there's a certain format that people fit into. And I'm actually quite happy with that format. I'm quite happy to say, "Go to school, work hard on your GCSEs, do your A-Levels, get married, have children. Send your kids to a nice school. Make sure you're in the right catchment area."

PAPER: Have you always been like that?

TWIGS: I think so. I just like working hard and learning things. I do this because I want my children to have a nice life, and I want my children's children to have a nice life. And I want my grandkids to be proud of what I've achieved. And I want to be a role model, but not for the world. I don't mind about that -- that'll come or it won't come. It's no different from being a car salesman. Imagine if I said to a car salesman, "Why are you doing that?" [They'd say] ''Cos I want to work hard, and I want to have a nice life, and when I have kids, I want to be able to buy a house." It's still the same values. You're looking at me like I'm mad.

PAPER: I don't think you're mad. I'm surprised though.

TWIGS: Why?

PAPER: Because your art seems to raise questions beyond yourself.

TWIGS: What kind of questions?

PAPER: The way you present yourself in your music and videos -- your body, feelings, desires -- feels sort of radical. When you mentioned kids, I assumed you wanted to shift an ideal for future generations. To make the world a more welcoming place for somebody like you.

TWIGS: I don't really look at it in terms of the world. It's amazing to create a platform for people I think are talented, whether it's my dancers or other musicians I know, but it's not a drive. It's just something that feels fun with your friends. It makes you less lonely.

PAPER: As you get more popular, is it tempting to think about those friends in terms of what they represent, rather than as individuals?

TWIGS: The thing is, I'm not a heavy person. Imagine it's this simple: someone is really good at fixing cars, and you're going to quiz them about how they fix a car. They'd be, like, [mimicking a Dickensian urchin] "Cor, I dunno, really. Me dad taught me this when I was a kid and then I got my first motor when I was 15..." That is literally how it is for me. Which isn't to say I don't take great care over what I do. I know what I'm good at and I know what I need to get better at. But I don't think in terms of a movement.

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PAPER: What do you want to get better at?

TWIGS: Probably writing songs, or producing. Or classical dancing, contemporary dancing. Vogueing. I need to get better at being in front of the camera, not feeling awkward if I go on the red carpet. Or when it's one of those moments where you're suddenly the center of attention. It's fine like this -- if you're talking to me, I don't feel awkward. But if it's loads of people, like, "twigs! twigs!" I don't... I need to get better at that. I need to get better at talking to people in groups. If I go to a party or dinner party, not feeling like I have to be really quiet. I need to get better at texting people back. I need to get better at relaxing. I don't get much time off, but even if I get one evening, I'm like, "I will hand wash everything I own."

PAPER: When you covered Sia's "Elastic Heart" on Radio1 earlier this month month, I saw some Internet dude tweet, "Nah, not feeling FKA twigs. Bit of a wet blanket." The fact that that was a voice of dissent, rather than the status quo, felt like some kind of victory.

TWIGS: Totally. I mean, to do what I do, to put out music into the world and put yourself at the forefront of a feeling, you've got to be so brave anyway. Let alone to not just write a song [that is] like, "Baby baby, I love you maybe maybe/ Can I be your girl, let me rock your world." To write things that are, like, "Fuck, that was inside, now it's out," you have to be so brave, because ultimately you're going to get people throwing rocks at your babies -- throwing rocks at your songs, your feelings.

PAPER: You have to keep putting your babies out there.

TWIGS: Yeah, because it doesn't matter, you know? And because you can't do anything that everybody likes. You can't make shoes everybody likes. Me and my mates, we do whatever we wanna do. And actually, I think there's something quite punk about that. Not screaming into a mic or wearing leather straps every day, but doing whatever the fuck I wanna do. So to me, that's punk. That's not a wet blanket.


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