President Buhari To Drop Ministerial Nominees With Fake Certificates

President Muhammadu Buhari has taken moves to prepare the 21 ministerial nominees for their screening by the senate next week.

According to The Nation, the Department of State Security Services (DSS) on Friday invited all the candidates named by President for security checks.

The verification includes scrutiny of educational certificates, checks for any past prosecution, among others.

All the nominees were asked to fill Personal Identification Form (PIF) which requires data about their places of birth, schools attended, work experience and past offices held.

“The details provided will lead to further investigation by the DSS to confirm the veracity or otherwise of what they have filled in the PIF,” an official said on the sidelines.

    “The security agencies are paying attention to the educational certificates of most of the nominees to avoid a situation where some Nigerians will join issues with these candidates.

    “The essence of inviting these nominees is to certify that what they have pleaded is what they have. You will recall that some past leaders of the National Assembly tampered with their age and a few others presented fake certificates. The era of bloated Curriculum Vitae is gone. We do not want any nominee to embarrass the President in the Senate.

    “We have had instances in the past where ministers could not even locate their certificates or past records of service.”

    “Any nominee with any challenge capable of creating image crisis for the government or unfit to be a minister may be dropped.”

Buhari also directed the nominees to report to the Nigeria police force for profiling, Channels reports.

NYSC Member Raped & Murdered Two Weeks to Her Wedding in Ibadan

A member of the National Youth Service Corps in Ibadan, Miss Omolola Abogunrin, has been raped and murdered by unknown criminals thirteen days to her wedding.

She was looking forward to her wedding which was scheduled for October 17, the day she would have been 29 years old.

According to The Nation, Miss Abogunrin was raped and strangled beside a stream within the expansive premises of the National Cereal Research Institute, Moor Plantation, Ibadan at about 1:30 pm on Sunday.

Residents said she was returning from church when she was waylaid by the unknown criminals in a bush path within the institute’s farmland.

She was said to be on her way to her lover’s house to spend some time with a plan to return home afterwards.

Omolola graduated from the Polytechnic, Ibadan.

Police are still on the trail of the murderers and her fiance, Olusola Babalola, has been arrested and detained as part of police investigation on the broad-daylight murder.

Segun Arinze Should Be in Jail – Emeka Ike

The battle between Emeka Ike and Segun Arinze is still on following a recent interview in which Arinze said Ike should stop embarrassing the Actors Guild of Nigeria by parading himself as its president.
Arinze said

    “He should grow up. As far as I am concerned, Ibinabo Fiberesima is the bonafide president. Even in the recent judgement that came out recently telling us to return to the status quo, what does it mean? We were told to go back to the way we were. There was no time Emeka Ike was pronounced the president of AGN. Let him bring out the copy of the judgement and show us if he is man enough. He should wake up and stop embarrassing the guild.”

In response, Emeka Ike told Punch

    “I heard Segun Arinze was interviewed and he said so many things about me and nobody asked me for my own side. I don’t think it was a balanced report. Segun Arinze did not say anything meaningful, he was just cursing himself. That is not how to handle legal matters. In legal matters, we take things from the law’s point of view. Segun that is talking to the journalist is supposed to be behind bars because he committed a crime that should have sent him to jail. There was an order that he violated by bringing in Ibinabo as the president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria. I have been saying this since. That is why Ibinabo’s tenure was called ‘contentious.’

    “Why should we the educated people allow market people to talk? I am a very cerebral person and I don’t deal with men who cannot read and do not understand the legalities of the paper they have in their hand. I cannot be trading words with a common street boy because if you did not go to school, you cannot understand some legal issues. So, he cannot assess the judgement of the court of law.”

Sports Journalist, Felix Okugbe Dies After Battle With Cancer

Veteran sports journalist and Head of Sports communication at AIT/RayPower Felix Okugbe, has passed away. Family sources say he died this morning at the Lagos State Teaching Hospital after a long battle with cancer. May his soul rest in peace, Amen.

Shoprite Opens In Warri, See How Nigerians Trooped In (Photos)

Shoprite is popularly known for their best prices when it comes to goods and services. They finaly opened a branch in Warri and Warri people tropped in massively. Chai dem say Warri people no de carry last.....lols

The President-Elect Gen. Buhari Present At Adams Oshiomhole’s Wedding

Congrats on your wedding day. Nice pic!

US Blues legend, B.B King Dies At 89

Blues legend, singer, songwriter and guitarist, B.B King died yesterday May 14th at his home in Las Vegas. He was aged 89. His lawyer said the Blues King who won 15 Grammy awards, died peacefully in his sleep around 9:40pm yesterday. He had been battling diabetes-related ailments and high blood pressure for years. B.B King real name Riley B. King, was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him No. 6 on its 2011 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. May his soul rest in peace. Amen