Pres. Buhari sacks official who approved the new law that led to Adeboye resigning as RCCG GO

President Buhari has sacked the head of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, FRCN, Jim Obazee pictured above, after the council enforced a law that led to the exit of Pastor E.A Adeboye as the General Overseer of RCCG in Nigeria on Saturday January 7th.

Pastor Adeboye during the church's Ministers thanksgiving, announced his retirement as the General Overseer of the church only in Nigeria following a new law that disallows leaders of a non-profit organization, churches inclusive, to remain in office for more than 20 years.


Although the law was enacted in 2011, it had not been implemented by any administration. Obazee is said to have had a clash with the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelemah, after he went ahead with the enforcement of the law despite the minister's position that the law should not be enforced.

The sack of the council boss is contained in a statement signed by Shehu Garba..

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate removal and the replacement of the Executive Secretary and the reconstitution of the board of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRN). He has appointed a Chairman and a new Executive Secretary for the council. The new Council as approved by the President has Mr Adedotun Sulaiman, MFR as Chairman. Mr. Sulaiman was a former Managing Partner/Director of Arthur Anderson and later, Accenture. He is a Chartered Accountant and a product of the University of Lagos and Harvard Business School. The President has also approved the appointment of Mr. Daniel Asapokhai as the Executive Secretary of the Council. Mr. Asopokhai is a partner and a Financial Reporting Specialist at the PricewaterHouseCoopers (PWC), Nigeria. He is a product of the University of Lagos and the University of Pretoria. President Muhammadu Buhari has also instructed the Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment to invite the nineteen ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government and private sector organizations specified in the FRC Act to nominate members of the board of the council.

Asia's richest man, Jack Ma meets with Donald Trump on plans to create 1million jobs in US

 

Asia's richest man, Jack Ma, the billionaire founder and executive chairman of the Alibaba Group met with Donald Trump on Monday to discuss plans for creating "one million" jobs in the U.S. through the company's e-commerce platform. 

 "Jack plans to share how Alibaba will create 1 million U.S. jobs by enabling 1 million small businesses to sell American goods to China and Asian consumers on the Alibaba platform," Brion Tingler, head of external affairs at Alibaba, said in a statement after the meeting.

Trump praised Ma after the meeting as a "great, great entrepreneur and one of the best in the world."
"We had a great meeting," Trump told the press pool at Trump Tower. "It's jobs. You just saw what happened with Fiat where they're going to build a massive plant in Michigan. And we're very happy. And Jack and I are going to do some great things."

We Are Working To Legislate Against Early Marriages – Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II

Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II has said that the Kano Emirate Council and the government of Kano state are working towards enacting a law that will stop early marriage in Northern Nigeria. The monarch who is an ardent advocate against the practice of early marriage, said this at his investiture ceremony as the Grand Patron for Women and Children Healthcare by the United Nation’s Population Fund in Kano yesterday January 9th.

According to the Emir, the practice of early marriage has made many girls lose their lives as most of them die while giving birth at such young age.

“Women are married in Northern Nigeria at a tender age thereby leading her to lose her life, the child and the indices are there for each state. Some people attribute the death and challenges to God but we know that God does not dislike us. Why is it that the indices are worst in the north? I call on our imams to address this. It is a shame that the UN had to come and tell us how to look after our children. We are the ones to do it and we should not wait for the UN’’ he said

APC Chairman In South Africa, Festus Ogbeide, Dies In Fatal Car Accident In SA

Chairman of APC in South Africa, Festus Ogbeide, has died. He died yesterday January 9th, in a fatal car accident at Pretoria East along Delmas road in South Africa where he lives. He is survived by his wife and four children. Until his death, he also served as the President of the National Youth Orientation Association of Nigeria. May his soul rest in peace, Amen.

Over 300 People Have Signed A Petition To Name A Street In Russia After Donald Trump

US President elect, Donald Trump may soon have a street in Russia named after him. 34-year-old Sergey Bizyukin has launched a petition to rename a little alley into "Donald Trump Street" in honor of the US President-elect, saying almost 300 people had already signed.

"Some saw it as a joke and signed because it was fun, some stood for normalization of US-Russia ties, and some signed because they don't like the name of Godless Street," Bizyukin said.

The town Ryazan is about 125 miles southeast of Moscow on the Oka River and has a population of 500,000. Its major industries are electronics and oil refining.

Bizyukin says he feels the US is often unfairly portrayed as a threat to Russia but that the people in Ryazan and elsewhere have a much more positive attitude.

Ex-President Jonathan, Denies Receiving Kickbacks In $1.3bn Malabu Oil Deal

Previous President Goodluck Jonathan, has denied media reports that he got kickbacks in the $1.3bn OPL 245 oil square arrangement including oil goliaths ENI and Royal Dutch Shell. Jonathan denied the cases in an announcement marked and discharged by his media consultant, Ikechukwu Eze. The announcement peruses;

Our consideration has been attracted to news reports distributed generally by online media which proposed through allusion, instead of accurate confirm, that previous President Goodluck Jonathan got kickbacks in the $1.3bn OPL 245 oil square arrangement including oil goliaths ENI and Illustrious Dutch Shell. With respect to the production, we wish to make it clear that previous President Jonathan was not blamed, arraigned or charged for corruptly gathering any monies as kickbacks or influences from ENI by the Italian powers or whatever other law requirement body the world over. In any case, we need to completely express that the arrangements and exchanges for the oil square arrangement originate before the Administration of Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan which started on sixth May 2010 also, finished on 29th May 2015.

It might intrigue those elevating this false story to realize that all the records identifying with the exchanges, issues and choices of the Federal Government on the Malabo issue, amid the Jonathan organization, are in the workplace of the Attorney General of the Alliance/Minister of Justice. As President of Nigeria, there is probably Dr. Goodluck Jonathan met with officials of all the oil majors working in Nigeria and asked them to, in addition to other things, bolster the development of the Nigerian oil industry by inclining up their ventures and consent to the Local Content Act that he advanced and marked into law. We however wish to state, for accentuation, that at no time did the previous President hold private gatherings with agents of ENI to talk about financial issues.

Every one of the gatherings and dialogs previous President Jonathan had with ENI, different IOCs and some indigenous administrators were led formally, and within the sight of important Nigerian Government authorities, and were done to the greatest advantage of the nation. We make striking to call attention to that the previous President never sent any Abubakar Aliyu, as the innuendoes in the false report recommend, to ENI, the IOCs or any indigenous administrator to look for support or gather any satisfaction for his benefit. We will get a kick out of the chance to call attention to for the umpteenth time that whether in office or out of office, previous President Jonathan does not possess any financial balance, air ship or land outside Nigeria. Anybody with opposite data is tested to freely distribute same.

As the President who marked the Freedom of Information Act into law, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan lifted the cover on administration and supported straightforwardness realizing that detestable breeds in mystery. It is the conclusion of the previous President that columnists and media houses ought to take favorable position of this law in their investigative news coverage, as opposed to depend on prattle. We trust that these illuminations will control future reports which ought to be true.

Ikechukwu Eze

Media Adviser to Dr. Goodluck Jonathan

(President 2010-2015)