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By Tai Solarin, Jan. 1, 1964
I am not cursing you; I am wishing you what I wish myself every year. I therefore repeat, may you have a hard time this year, may there be plenty of troubles for you this year! If you are not so sure what you should say back, why not just say, 'Same to you'? I ask for no more.
Our successes are conditioned by the amount of risk we are ready to take. Earlier on today I visited a local farmer about three miles from where I live. He could not have been more than fifty-five, but he said he was already too old to farm vigorously. He still suffered, he said, from the physical energy he displayed as a farmer in his younger days. Around his hut were two pepper bushes. There were kokoyams growing round him. There were snail shells which had given him meat. There must have been more around the banana trees I saw. He hardly ever went to town to buy things. He was self-sufficient. The car or the bus, the television or the telephone, the newspaper, Vietnam or Red China were nothing to him. He had no ambitions whatsoever, he told me. I am not sure if you are already envious of him, but were we all to revert to such a life, we would be practically driven back to cave dwelling. On the other hand, try to put yourself into the position of the Russian or the America astronaut. Any moment now the count, 3, 2, 1, is going to go, and you are going to be shot into the atmosphere and soon you will be whirling round our earth at the speed of six miles per second. If you get so fired into the atmosphere and you forget what to do to ensure return to earth, one of the things that might happen to you is that you could become forever satellite, going round the earth until you die of starvation and even then your body would continue the gyration!
When, therefore, you are being dressed up and padded to be shot into the sky, you know only too well that you are going on the roughest road man had ever trodden. The Americans and Russians who have gone were armed with the great belief that they would come back. But I cannot believe that they did not have some slight foreboding on the contingency of their non-return. It is their courage for going in spite of these apprehensions that makes the world hail them so loudly today.
The big fish is never caught in shallow waters. You have to go into the open sea for it. The biggest businessmen make decisions with lighting speed and carry them out with equal celerity. They do not dare delay or dally. Time would pass them by if they did. The biggest successes are preceded by the greatest of heart-burnings. You should read the stories of the bomber pilots of World War II. The Russian pilot, the German pilot, the American or the British pilot suffered exactly the same physical and mental tension the night before a raid on enemy territory. There were no alternative routes for those who most genuinely believed in victory for their side.
You cannot make omelettes without breaking eggs, throughout the world, there is no paean without pain. Jawaharlal Nehru has put it so well. I am paraphrasing him. He wants to meet his troubles in a frontal attack. He wants to see himself tossed into the aperture between the two horns of the bull. Being there, he determines he is going to win and, therefore, such a fight requires all his faculties.
When my sisters and I were young and we slept on our small mats round our mother, she always woke up at 6a.m. for morning prayers. She always said prayers on our behalf but always ended with something like this: 'May we not enter into any dangers or get into any difficulties this day.' It took me almost thirty years to dislodge the canker-worm in our mother's sentiments. I found, by hard experience, that all that is noble and laudable was to be achieved only through difficulties and trials and tears and dangers. There are no other roads.
If I was born into a royal family and should one day become a constitutional king, I am inclined to think I should go crazy. How could I, from day to day, go on smiling and nodding approval at somebody else's successes for an entire lifetime? When Edward the Eighth (now Duke of Windsor) was a young, sprightly Prince of Wales, he went to Canada and shook so many hands that his right arm nearly got pulled out of its socket. It went into a sling and he shook hands thenceforth with his left hand. It would appear he was trying his utmost to make a serious job out of downright sinecurism.
Life, if it is going to be abundant, must have plenty of hills and vales. It must have plenty of sunshine and rough weather. It must be rich in obfuscation and perspicacity. It must be packed with days of danger and of apprehension.
When I walk into the dry but certainly cool morning air of every January 1st, I wish myself plenty of tears and of laughter, plenty of happiness and unhappiness, plenty of failures and successes. Plenty of abuse and praise. It is impossible to win ultimately without a rich measure of intermixture in such a menu. Life would be worthless without the lot. We do not achieve much in this country because we are all so scared of taking risks. We all want the smooth and well-paved roads. While the reason the Americans and others succeeded so well is that they took such great risks.
If, therefore, you are out in this New Year 1964, to win any target you have set for yourself, please accept my prayers and your elixir. May your road be rough!
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sympathised with President Muhammadu Buhari and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over their inability to accept, with equanimity, constructive criticisms of their administration.
In a statement on Saturday, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, said it was unfortunate that the APC and its leaders, who gleefully and unjustifiably poured invectives on former President Goodluck Jonathan in the guise of playing the role of an opposition party, would now not want to condone criticisms.
"Unlike the APC that denigrated the office and person of former President Jonathan by wrongly depicting him as 'clueless and incompetent', the PDP remains the most decent, mature and constructive opposition party in our democracy and we have evidenced great respect for the person and exalted office of President Muhammadu Buhari.
"During the Goodluck Jonathan presidency, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, while in the saddle as interim Deputy National Secretary of the APC, in a post on his twitter page, described President Jonathan as 'lazy, docile, incompetent, clueless, hopeless and useless leader.' Other APC leaders made raining abuses on Jonathan a past time.
"The PDP is a very responsible opposition party; our leaders are mature; and we have demonstrated so in our critique of the President's responses during the maiden Presidential Media Chat. We have reviewed President Buhari's performance and concluded that it was uninspiring
"The entire world listened to President Buhari during the chat and went away with different impressions. We did and came up with the theme of our initial reaction that portrayed him very appropriately as a tyrant. And for purpose of clarity, a tyrant is a ruler who has complete power over a country and who uses the power in a cruel and unfair way, which was why we recommended the suspension of the operation of the constitution so he can rule for the next four years as a maximum ruler.
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says President Muhammadu is persecuting Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA), out of suspicion that he is nursing a 2019 presidential ambition.
The party said Dasuki, who is undergoing trial for alleged fraud, has vast political and security network, hence the president's bid to stop his 'suspected' ambition.
It "sympathised" with "Buhari and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over their inability to accept, with equanimity, constructive criticisms of their administration".
"It is unfortunate that the APC and its leaders, who gleefully and unjustifiably poured invective on former President Goodluck Jonathan in the guise of playing the role of an opposition party, would now not want to condone criticisms," PDP said in a statement issued by Olisa Metuh, its spokesman.
"Unlike the APC that denigrated the office and person of former President Jonathan by wrongly depicting him as 'clueless and incompetent', the PDP remains the most decent, mature and constructive opposition party in our democracy and we have evidenced great respect for the person and exalted office of President Muhammadu Buhari.
"During the Goodluck Jonathan presidency, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, while in the saddle as interim Deputy National Secretary of the APC, in a post on his twitter page, described President Jonathan as 'lazy, docile, incompetent, clueless, hopeless and useless leader.' Other APC leaders made raining abuses on Jonathan a past time.
"The PDP is a very responsible opposition party; our leaders are mature; and we have demonstrated so in our critique of the President's responses during the maiden Presidential Media Chat. We have reviewed President Buhari's performance and concluded that it was uninspiring.
"The entire world listened to President Buhari during the chat and went away with different impressions. We did and came up with the theme of our initial reaction that portrayed him very appropriately as a tyrant. And for purpose of clarity, a tyrant is a ruler who has complete power over a country and who uses the power in a cruel and unfair way, which was why we recommended the suspension of the operation of the constitution so he can rule for the next four years as a maximum ruler.
"In its reaction, his party National Chairman, John Oyegun magisterially and dictatorially warned that 'we (APC) may not condone such anymore.' Our position in the PDP is that we are in trouble as a nation. All we hear from the APC regarding our freedom is 'we won't tolerate', 'we won't condone.' Are these words used by democrats or tyrants?
"So, the PDP too is being warned and coerced on what to say as opposition party. The PDP must be commended for the civil, responsible, mature, issue-based opposition it has played. The nation knows how the APC rained insults on former President Jonathan and that the PDP, during that time, never used words like 'it would not condone…'
"Some have even criticised the PDP style of opposition as being too civil considering the tyranny we are facing. That is why Chief John Oyegun could term a dictionary word-'tyrant'- as insulting. Nigerians do not need the PDP or anyone else to make them decide if President Buhari's APC government fits the definition of a tyrant.
"The real trait of the President was unraveled during the media chat. He has repeatedly shown his scorn for the Legislature, an independent arm of government while sanctioning security agencies' disrespect for court orders and the impunity of continuous incarceration of people who have been granted bails by the courts.
"Also from his responses, the President has even pronounced a guilty verdict on Col Sambo Dasuki and Nnamdi Kanu of Radio Biafra even before the hearings by the courts. Sadly, even the international community has noted this brazen scorn and disdain for the independence of the judiciary.
"Furthermore, how do we describe a president ....
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The Passing Of A
Great Mind – By
Duro Moseko
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or
being liked, leadership is defined by results not attributes
– Peter Drucker
The above profound statement from a great writer
perhaps best fits the personae of Prince Abubakar Audu,
the first and second civilian Governor of Kogi State who
passed on to the great beyond on Sunday, November 22,
2015.
As governor of a relatively backward state, Prince
Abubakar Audu brought out the state from its relative
obscurity into limelight. He did not only ensure that he
laid a solid foundation for social and infrastructural
development, he did so with satorial elegance–a brand
that stood him out from his peers till he breathed his last.
Audu had an amazingly large cult followership in his
lifetime. He also had some diehard critics who would
never see anything good in him. While many deified him,
other hated him with passion. Indeed, the Prince of
Ogbonicha, adoringly called Adoja (servant of the people)
by his people, was unarguably an enigma who bestrode
Kogi state politics like a colossus.
Born on 27th October, 1947 to the family of His Royal
Highness, the late Pa Audu Oyidi, Orego Attah of Igalaland
and the Paramount Ruler of Ogbonicha–Alloma in Ofu
Local Government Area of Kogi State, Prince Audu began
his career as a junior worker with First Bank and with a
dint of hard work caught the fancy of his bosses who
promoted him to officer's cadre in no time.
An ambitious prince who would not be content with just
an A' level certificate, Audu proceeded to London between
1975 and 1978 where he studied Banking and Personnel
Management, obtaining professional qualification as a
Certified Secretary and later bagging the prestigious
fellowship of the Association of international Accountants
of London.
He later capped his academic laurels with fellowship of
the Chartered Institute of Industrial Administration of
Nigeria. In all, Audu spent a total of 25 years with First
Bank, formerly Standard Bank, where he distinguished
himself in different capacities at management levels.
Among others, he broke record with his appointment as
the first black senior management staff of Standard
Chartered Bank of London and New York as well as being
the highest paid black man in the bank in both the United
Kingdom and the United States of America (USA).
Audu's rich credentials soon fascinated the government
of the old Benue State in 1986, which appointed him
Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning.
He later returned to First Bank as General Manager and
was appointed Executive Director of FSB International
Bank Plc. before he was drafted into the world of politics.
In 1992, Prince Audu contested for governorship under
the platform of National Republican convention (NRC),
and against the run of political calculation of that time
that the Social Democratic Party (SDP) would run away
with victory, he won the election.
Audu's government was to run for 22 months after which
the military terminated the administration. He however
recorded monumental achievements within the period,
especially in the area of roads, education, housing,
electricity and healthcare services, among others.
With these achievements, it did not take long before the
electorate voted him back to power again on January 9,
1999 following the restoration of democracy by the
military through the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP)
and was sworn-in on 29th May, 1999 as the second
executive governor of Kogi State.
One of the major highlights of the first tenure of Prince
Audu was the establishment of three unique housing
schemes for public officers consisting of no less that
1,500 housing units in Lokoja, He also embarked on about
80 electrification schemes, 50 water projects,
transformation of Lokoja township roads with Asphalt,
street lights and beautifully designed roundabouts.
Aside these, the action governor established Kogi State
Polytechnic, television station, Radio Kogi, The Graphic
newspaper, transformation of the colonial office of Lord
Lugard into an ultra-modern Government House Complex,
construction of shopping arcade complex and
construction of office blocks for ministries, among others.
During his second stint as governor, the visionary Audu
wasted no time in sourcing for prospective investors to
harness the numerous mineral resources lying waste in
the state.
The effort resulted in the establishment of the biggest
cement factory in Africa, Obajana cement factory, now
Dangote Cement Factory. Other major milestones were
the establishment of Kogi State University Anyigba,
construction of the five-star Confluence Beach Hotel; 200
units housing estate, Eye Specialist Hospital, 350
borehole schemes, 300 Kilometres of township roads,
mass transit buses and several rural electrification
projects, among others.
Speaking on the shocking death of Prince Audu, his
running mate, Hon. James Abiodun Faleke, described him
as "a great man and founder of modern Kogi who put in
his best in developing the state into what it is now". He
stated that the late Audu died at a time when the
downtrodden masses of Kogi needed him most to get
them out of the clutches of maladministration and
underdevelopment.
For Audu's son, Mohammed, he was "a father's father; a
hard-working dad who all through his life built bridges
across cultural and political divides; an amazing
administrator whose love for Kogi was unparalleled."
On his part, President of the Senate, Senator Bukola
Saraki said Audu died "a dogged and visionary leader"
while Musa Wada said "Prince Audu was endowed with
vision, energy, intellect, eloquence and humanity… He
was a gentle man in all the finer senses of the word.
Maybe not so much a gentleman in terms of style and
deportment. He was a bit too flamboyant on that score…
deceit, intrigue and treachery were alien to his nature."
Indeed, for this writer, Prince Audu was a man of taste
who caused ripples with his satorially designed flowing
gown which remained his brand till he died. He was also
quick to discover talents when he saw one. This writer
recalled an episode as a journalist plying his trade with
TELL Magazine in Lagos when Prince Audu sent
emissaries to him in 1993 to return to Kogi State to help
turn the state's Ministry of Information around as a
commissioner. Though this writer declined the offer owing
to the fact that he was still a bit naïve about politics and
was deep in civil society activities, the offer touched a
chord in his heart – The man knew how to fetch talents to
help him drive his dreams.
Prince Audu was an enigma in life and in death. It is very
unfortunate that in an inexplicable twist of faith, he died
while on his way to victory in the November 21, 2015
governorship election in Kogi State. For many, it was a
very bitter pill to swallow that the Adoja himself was
gone. Such was the situation that the rumour of his
resurrection reverberated round the whole country like
wildfire. The masses would simply not believe that their
"emancipator, political benefactor and political leader"
was gone.
Described as the "Best Governor" by the Media Tour Team
between1999 – 2003, Prince Audu was indeed a great
leader and a great brand that bestrode Kogi like a
colossus.
For many, nothing short of declaring the November 21,
2015 governorship election conclusive would serve as a
befitting gift to the late Audu who toiled so hard that Kogi
may progress.
Adieu, Audu!
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Manchester United 0-0 Swansea City Football Club
Venue: Old Trafford
Referee: Moss Jon
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Barcelona scored a record 180 goals in 2015, winning five trophies.
But how will they do this year?
They get their 2016 under way with a Catalan derby against Espanyol
Lionel Messi, Neymar and La Liga's top scorer Luis Suarez start....
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By Liz Sly January 2, 2016 at 8:33 AM
BEIRUT —
Prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr was among 47 people executed by Saudi Arabia on Saturday, triggering an angry response from across the Shiite world, including the kingdom's archenemy, Iran.
The official Saudi Press Agency listed Nimr's name among 47 people who were executed on Saturday morning in the capital Riyadh and 12 other cities. Some were beheaded, others were killed by firing squads, according to Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry.
Nimr, 56, was a key figure in the protests that erupted among Sunni Saudi Arabia's Shiite minority in 2011, inspired by the Arab spring revolts elsewhere in the region.
The execution risks stirring renewed unrest among Shiites in the kingdom, and drew an immediate harsh response from Iran, which has warned in the past that carrying out the death sentence on Nimr could cost Saudi Arabia dearly.
It could also ignite unrest in neighbouring Bahrain, where widespread protests among the country's Shiite majority against the Sunni royal family were quelled by Saudi military intervention in 2011. Police in Bahrain fired tear gas to disperse several dozen people who took to the streets to protest the execution in a village west of the capital Manama, Reuters reported, citing eyewitnesses.
Iran's Foreign Ministry swiftly condemned the execution, calling it "the depth of impudence and irresponsibility" on the part of the Saudi government.
"The Saudi government will pay a heavy price for adopting such policies," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.
Nimr's brother, Mohammed al-Nimr, pledged on his Twitter account that the pro-democracy movement among Saudi Shiites will continue.
"Wrong, misled and mistaken (are) those who think that the killing will keep us from our rightful demands," he tweeted after the execution was announced.
Condemnations also began pouring in from Shiite figures and organizations around the region, with a prominent Iranian cleric predicting that repercussions of the execution would herald an end to the Saudi royal family.
"I have no doubt that this pure blood will stain the collar of the House of Saud and wipe them from the pages of history," Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, a member of the Assembly of Experts and a Friday prayer leader, was quoted as saying by the Mehr news agency, according to Reuters.
In an angry statement, Lebanon's Hezbollah movement said it held the United States and its allies responsible for Nimr's execution, because they are "giving direct protection to the Saudi regime."
The execution "will destroy the Saudi dynasty's injustice," the statement said.
"This crime will remain a black mark that will plague the Saudi regime, which has been committing massacres since its inception."
In Iraq, there was an outpouring of anger from Shiite leaders and politicians, with the influential Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr calling on Shiites in Iraq and around the region to take to the streets to protest the execution. He told Iraqis to take their demonstrations to the newly re-opened Saudi embassy in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, which welcomed a new Saudi ambassador to Iraq only the day before for the first time in nearly 25 years.
Lebanon's Sumeria television later reported that Shiites were staging protests in the Shiite city of Karbala demanding that Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi close the Saudi embassy.
Yemen's Houthi rebels also denounced the execution on their website, and the Lebanese Supreme Shiite Council, the country's top Shiite religious authority, called it a "grave mistake."
Iran had earlier warned Saudi Arabia on several occasions not to go ahead with the death sentence, first handed down by a court in October 2014.
"Saudi Arabia will pay a heavy price for the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr," Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said after an appeals court upheld the sentence last October.
Leading Shiite figures around the world had also urged Saudi Arabia not to execute the cleric, including the widely influential Ayatollah Ali Sistani, who lives in the Iraqi city of Najaf, and the head of Lebanon's Hezbollah militia, Hassan Nasrallah.
State television also reported the executions, posting mugshots of all those who were executed while playing solemn music, the Associated Press reported.
Nimr was arrested by Saudi security forces in 2012, after being shot in the legs during a car chase in the mostly Shiite eastern province of Qatif, where the protests had been concentrated.
He had been charged with "instigating unrest and undermining the kingdom's security," as well as delivering speeches against the government and defending political prisoners.
His nephew, Ali Mohammed al-Nimr, was sentenced last year to death by crucifixion for participating in the protests while he was 16 or 17 years old, also drawing widespread international condemnation.
Saudi Arabia has carried out at least 157 beheadings in the past year, a record number according to human rights groups. Most of the 47 executed on Saturday had been convicted for participating in Al Qaeda related attacks in the past decade, the Associated Press said. Two were citizens of Egypt and Chad, and the rest were Saudi nationals.
Liz Sly is the Post's Beirut bureau chief. She has spent more than 15 years covering the Middle East, including the Iraq war. Other postings include Africa, China and Afghanistan.
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BEST STREET-HOP ARTISTE
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2. Olamide – Bobo – WINNER
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4. Mastakraft feat. Olamide, CDQ and David O – Indomie
5. Falz The Bad Guy Feat. Yemi Alade & Poe – Hello Bae
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6. Bobo – Olamide
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2. Baby Daddy – Iyanya
3. Say You Love Me – Leriq ft. Wizkid
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5. Wish Me Well – Timi Dakolo (WINNER)
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HALL OF FAME
Special recognition for excellence and outstanding impact to the entertainment industry.
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2. David O
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The new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have commenced today, as the agenda that will guide development actions for the next 15 years globally.
The SDGs replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which were developed and implemented in the last 15 years.
The SDGs which will run till 2030 were adopted by world leaders last September at the United Nations. The new agenda calls on countries to begin efforts to achieve 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) over the next 15 years.
"The 17 Sustainable Development Goals are our shared vision of humanity and a social contract between the world's leaders and the people," said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. "They are a to-do list for people and planet and a blueprint for success."
The SDGs, unanimously adopted by the UN's 193 Member States at an historic summit in September 2015, address the needs of people in both developed and developing countries, emphasising that no one should be left behind.
Broad and ambitious in scope, the agenda addresses the three dimensions of sustainable development: social, economic and environmental, as well as important aspects related to peace, justice and effective institutions.
Already, efforts to source for finance by the development partners such as World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and individual states have commenced.
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets of the new agenda will be monitored and reviewed using a set of global indicators. These will be compiled into an annual SDG progress indicator.
President Muhammadu Buhari while presenting the MDGs end Point Report 2015 in New York recently, said Nigeria will provide the needed political support and policy guidance in the implementation of the SDGs.
"Consequently, as we exit the MDGs, I wish to give a firm assurance of Nigeria's commitment to completing the unfinished business of the MDGs in the new development framework," the president said.
Also speaking at the presentation of the report, Ag Secretary of Programmes, Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on MDGs, Mr Ochapa Ogenyi, said a final stock take of the MDGs implementation reveals that although many challenges remain, Nigeria has made significant progress in reducing under-five mortality rate, getting more children immunized and that the net enrolment rates in primary and secondary schools had registered commendable progress in the past.
"A renewed sense of commitment both from the government and international development partners, is required if Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are to serve as the veritable platform for improving some of the worrisome aspects of human development indicators that continue to threaten peace, stability and development in the country," he said.
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