BBC award: Yaya Toure beats Mikel, Moses, others

LONDON (AFP) – Ivory Coast midfielder
Yaya Toure was named the BBC's
African Footballer of the Year for 2013
on Monday.
It was the fifth straight year the
Manchester City star had made the
shortlist but the first time he'd taken
the award.
"Thank you to all the fans around the
world who continue to support me and
who love me a lot," said Toure in a BBC
statement. "I'm very proud, I'm very
happy, this award is amazing.
"It's the fifth time in a row (being
nominated) and this time is very
special."
Toure, who has scored 13 goals for club
and country this year, was the choice of
the BBC's global audience.
He held off competition from Pierre-
Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon and
Borussia Dortmund), Victor Moses
(Nigeria and Liverpool, on loan from
Chelsea), John Obi Mikel (Nigeria and
Chelsea), and Jonathan Pitroipa
(Burkina Faso and Rennes).
Toure was presented with the award at
Manchester City's Carrington training
ground on Monday.
"We are pleased for Yaya Toure that he
has finally won the BBC African
Footballer of the Year on his fifth
nomination for the award," said BBC
Africa's current affairs editor Vera
Kwakofi.
"This shows the high esteem in which
he is held by lovers of African football
and the respect the fans have for his
exploits for club and country."
Toure now has the chance to complete
an awards double having been selected
among a 25-man shortlist for the
African Football Confederation (CAF)
African Footballer of the Year for 2013.
In contrast to the BBC award, Toure has
won the CAF equivalent in each of the
last two years and winning it for a third
consecutive year would see him match
the achievement of Cameroon striker
Samuel Eto'o, winner in 2003, 2004 and
2005.
The winner of the latest edition is due
to be announced at a ceremony in
Lagos, Nigeria, on January 9.

ASUU To Parents: Keep Your Children At Home

The Academic Staff Union of
Universities on Sunday advised parents
not to endanger the lives of their
children and wards by sending them to
their university campuses.
ASUU which also told its members not
to sign attendance registers in their
institutions, lashed out at the Federal
Government for lack of consistency in
its statements on the ongoing strike.
The Supervising Minister of Education,
Mr. Nyesom Wike, had at a news
conference in Abuja on Thursday,
warned that any ASUU member that
failed to resume on or before
Wednesday would be sacked.
Wike also directed vice-chancellors to
advertise vacancies (internal and
external) in their institutions.
He told the vice-chancellors to open
attendance registers for lecturers that
resumed in their universities.
The Federal Government then directed
the Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji
Mohammed Abubakar, to deploy
policemen in all the federal universities.
On Friday, President Goodluck Jonathan,
who described the strike by the
university teachers as a "subversive
action," added that ASUU had ceased to
be a trade union.
But the Chairman, University of Ibadan
chapter of ASUU, Dr. Segun Ajiboye,
said parents should keep their children
and wards at home as no academic
activity would resume until the five-
month-old strike was called off.
Ajiboye added, "Don't risk the lives of
your children and wards. Keep them at
home because ASUU will not teach.
Soldiers and the police deployed by the
Federal Government will not teach.
Wike can come and teach in the
universities. It is a huge joke to sack
lecturers. Our strike must not be in
vain. Our students must see the results.
"It is funny. We thought we are in a
democracy. I assure Nigerians that we
know what the law says about the
strike. Our job is statue backed. We are
not threatened. "We do not trust the
government. The record of the
government is clear. This government is
dishonouring agreements. Our
members are resolved to pursue this to
a logical conclusion."
Ajiboye also said that the Federal
Government's stance was from a script
that was played out by the military
administration of Ibrahim Babangida in
the 1990s.
He stated, "Dear members, stay calm
and remain resolute. There is nothing
wrong in asking government to do what
it says it will do immediately. ASUU is
not making any new demands as the
supervising minister is propagating.
Government is only repeating a 'one act
play' scripted by the IBB dictatorship in
early 90s. It didn't work then, and, it
won't work now. All branches are intact.
We cannot be intimidated.
"If ASUU could withstand Babangida,
this government cannot threaten us.
We have worked this road before, the
only thing that will work is peaceful
resolution. It is sad that government
wants to sack us because we are asking
for the resolutions. We are ready to be
sacked but government should learn
from the University of Ilorin experience.
We are going to stay the course."
ASUU President, Dr. Nassir Fagge, urged
university teachers on Sunday not to
sign any attendance register.
Fagge, in a message to the UI chapter ,
urged the lecturers to be resolute in
their demands despite the threat of
insecurity to their jobs.
He said, "Comrades, can you see the
unfolding drama? Now Jonathan says
they didn't give ultimatum. That the
vice -chancellors did and Wike became
their trumpet. But NUC's (National
Universities Commission) ultimatum is
by the Federal Government to us to
resume or get sacked.
"Wike's press address says 'FG has
directed' not 'VCs have directed.' Be
calm, stay resolute. By God's grace, we
are on course."
The Chairman, University of Lagos
chapter of the union, Dr. Karol
Ogbinaka, said Jonathan's description of
the strike as a "subversive action," was
unfortunate.
"How can our action be subversive
when we do not have arms and
ammunition? We take exception to that.
We are academics not coup plotters. I
have a feeling he was misquoted. I wish
to deny this on his behalf because it is
an extreme statement," Ogbinaka said.
He also faulted the buck passing on the
directive to reopen universities, saying
it pointed to the fact that the
government was "somersaulting."
According to him, the Federal
Government is now shifting the blame
among the pro-chancellors, Committee
of Vice-Chancellors and Wike.
But the Presidency on Sunday insisted
that those behind the strike were
enemies of the state.
It said this could be the reason why the
ASUU leadership refused to call off the
strike even when 42 out of its 61
chapters voted against its continuation.
The Senior Special Assistant to
President Goodluck Jonathan on Public
Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, stated these at
a news conference in Abuja on Sunday.
He wondered why the leadership of the
union also refused to call off the strike
even after its 13-hour meeting with the
President.

Pastor Chris Okotie’s Bombshell: Why Catholics Will Go to Hell

I don't know what has come over
our big-grammar pastor o. Lol…
"All Catholics in the world will go
to hell. because they worship
Satan and are led by an Anti-Christ
Pope who is a friend to the devil",
Nigeria's controversial preacher
and former presidential candidate,
Chris Okotie, told his congregation
on Sunday, leaving members
bewildered.
"They don't believe in heaven.
They believe in purgatory, the
purgatory that they invented ,"
Fifty-five year old Okotie, while
preaching in his Household of God
Church in Ikeja area of Lagos on
Sunday, said the Catholic church is
"a
counterfeit church set up by
Satan" and that Catholics "bow to
idols and crucify Jesus every
Sunday when they eat bread
claiming they are eating Jesus'
body."
Pastor Okotie stressed: "They are
not Christians and have never
been."
"They don't know Jesus. They
believe that when they eat bread
on Sundays, they are eating the
body of Jesus. It's ritual," he told
his stunned congregation.
According to PM News, Okotie said
Pope Francis is an Anti-Christ who
does the job of the devil and that
time is fast approaching when the
Catholic church will pledge
allegiance to Satan.
"The pope is an Anti-Christ and
the Catholic church will soon
declare for Satan. This is the end
of times," Okotie erupted.
He advised members of his church
to come to the rescue of Catholics
and evangelise them. This, he
said, was not out of disrespect but
out of respect for the word of God.
He said those who know the truth
should bring it to those who do not
know it in the Catholic Church.
Okotie said one of the Catholic
most revered Popes, Pope John
Paul 11, surrendered the Catholic
Church to Mary, the earthly
mother of Jesus Christ, instead of
Jesus himself. He said even the
current Pope Francis has also done
same.
He said Catholics are not
Christians and do not worship the
same Christ that he preaches in
his church, at least the one spoken
about in the
Bible.
Okotie said he did not write the
Bible but it was clear to him that
those in the Catholic church were
lost and were heading to hell fire.
"That church, the Catholic church
has been there for Satan and at
the right time, they will declare for
Satan," Okotie said.
Okotie who has been married
twice and divorced also twice said
a beauty pageant will take place in
his church next Sunday to select
the most beautiful woman in his
church.
He also said that Nigeria's famous
preacher Prophet T.B. Joshua is the
son of the devil and his followers
will go straight to hell.
But funny enough, in recent years,
the same Pastor Okotie has been
saying that God has anointed him
to be the President of Nigeria. That
prophecy has not come to pass in
2 presidential elections that he
participated in.

Heartbreaking pic: Tyrese cries at scene of Paul Walker’s death

Late Paul Walker's friend and Fast &
Furious co-star Tyrese visited the scene
of the car crash today and was
inconsolable. The actor and singer, who
has been friends with Paul for the past
thirteen years cried through out. He left
a single yellow rose at the scene of the
crash before leaving.
Paul Walker, 40, was the passenger in
his friend's Porsche GT which spun out
of control and hit a pole and tree,
bursting into flames and killing both
men yesterday afternoon November
30th.
TMZ reported earlier today that the
county coroner revealed that the bodies
of Walker and his friend Roger Rodas,
38, who was also his financial adviser,
were so badly burned that they are
currently unidentifiable.
The L.A. County Coroner has requested
dental records for both victims before
they can identify the bodies. Autopsies
on both bodies have been delayed until
later this week. Too sad!

The Most Corrupt Countries in the World

More than half of the world's population
believes corruption in the public sector
is a very serious problem. Liberia and
Mongolia are the two most corrupt
countries in the world, according to a
recent study. In both countries, 86% of
residents believe corruption in the
public sector is a very serious problem.
Residents in the vast majority of
countries around the world believe
corruption has only gotten worse in the
past two years.
Anti-corruption nonprofit Transparency
International has released its 2013
Global Corruption Barometer, which
surveyed residents in 107 countries.
The world's corrupt nations differ in
many ways. Four are located in Africa,
three in Latin America and two in Asia.
These nations also vary considerably in
size and population. Mongolia has just
3.2 million residents, while Mexico,
Nigeria and Russia are three of the
largest countries on the globe, each
with more than 100 million people.
Based on the percentage of surveyed
residents that reported corruption in
the public sector is a very serious
problem, these are the world's most
corrupt nations.
9. Zambia
> Pct. saying corruption very
serious: 77%
> Pct. claiming public officials
corrupt: 65% (41st highest)
> Pct. claiming police corrupt: 92%
(tied f0r 4th highest)
> 2012 GDP per capita: $1,722
In September 2011, Zambia held
elections that resulted in the election of
President Michael Sata. Since Sata's
victory, several officials from the past
administration, including former
President Rupiah Banda, have been
arrested for corruption. Complicating
matters, many of the corruption
allegations relate to government
officials receiving improper benefits
from Chinese investors, who are
unpopular in much of the country yet
provide direct investment and jobs.
Zambia's residents are poor, with an
estimated GDP per capita of just $1,722
in 2012, versus nearly $50,000 in the
United States. An extremely high 85%
of residents claimed they had been
asked to pay a bribe in the past.
8. Nigeria
> Pct. saying corruption very
serious: 78%
> Pct. claiming public officials
corrupt: 69% (28th highest)
> Pct. claiming police corrupt: 92%
(tied for 4th highest)
> 2012 GDP per capita: $2,720
In Nigeria, 84% of those surveyed by
Transparency International claimed
corruption had increased in the past
two years, a higher percentage than
almost any other country in the world.
Troublingly, 75% of those surveyed also
said the government was, at best,
ineffective at fighting corruption, worse
than in all but 10 countries. Nigeria is
heavily dependent on the oil industry,
yet the government refuses to act on
accusations the oil companies
underreporting the value of the
resources they extract and the tax they
owe by billions of dollars. Certain
transparency groups also blamed
politicians for encouraging corruption.
In 2012, Nigeria had just the 37th
largest GDP in the world, despite having
the world's seventh largest population.
7. Russia
> Pct. saying corruption very
serious: 79% (tied for 5th highest)
> Pct. claiming public officials
corrupt: 92% (the highest)
> Pct. claiming police corrupt: 89%
(10th highest)
> 2012 GDP per capita: $17,709
According to 82% of individuals
surveyed, it is important to have
personal contacts to get anything done
in Russia's public sector. Additionally,
85% of Russians stated the government
was run by just a few large entities for
their own best interests. The only two
other countries where residents were
more likely to feel this way were
Lebanon and Cyprus. The latter was
known until recently as a haven for
Russian oligarchs' money. These hyper-
wealthy individuals often have close
political ties, which allowed many to
become wealthy during Russia's post-
Soviet privatization.
6. Paraguay
> Pct. saying corruption very
serious: 79% (tied for 5th highest)
> Pct. claiming public officials
corrupt: 58% (55th highest)
> Pct. claiming police corrupt: 82%
(26th highest)
> 2012 GDP per capita: $6,136
In few nations were personal
connections considered to be more
important than in Paraguay. As many as
88% of the country's residents said
such contacts were important in getting
things done within the public sector, a
higher proportion than all but two other
countries worldwide. This was also the
reasoning behind the majority of bribes,
with 63% of all such payments going
toward speeding up a service. Worse,
78% of residents noted that their
government had been either ineffective
or very ineffective at fighting
corruption, one of the highest
proportions worldwide.
5. Mexico
> Pct. saying corruption very
serious: 79% (tied for 5th highest)
> Pct. claiming public officials
corrupt: 87% (3rd highest)
> Pct. claiming police corrupt: 90%
(8th highest)
> 2012 GDP per capita: $15,312
Globally, 53% of individuals surveyed
by Transparency International claimed
that corruption had risen in the past
two years. However, in Mexico, that
figure was 71% as the country's citizens
have become less tolerant of corruption.
In addition, 72% of those polled stated
the Mexican government was
ineffective in fighting corruption, while
78% claimed that having personal
contacts was either important or very
important in getting the public sector to
be helpful. Last year, the Institutional
Revolutionary Party (PRI) won elections
nationwide to return to power despite
previous allegations of heavy
corruption. In a July 2012 article, Time
magazine described corruption as "the
stubborn remnant of the PRI's seven
decades of authoritarian rule that is at
the heart of the drug lords' ability to
operate in Mexico."
4. Zimbabwe
> Pct. saying corruption very
serious: 81%
> Pct. claiming public officials
corrupt: 70% (25th highest)
> Pct. claiming police corrupt: 86%
(15th highest)
> 2012 GDP per capita: $559
Roughly 77% of those surveyed claimed
that corruption in Zimbabwe had risen
in the past two years, a higher
percentage than in all but a few other
countries. Potentially contributing to
this rise, longtime President Robert
Mugabe failed to keep past elections
free from violence and voting
irregularities. Mugabe's opponent is
likely far more popular with the people,
but the upcoming elections on July 31
could still end up rigged in the
Mugabe's favor. More than three-
quarters of residents stated that the
government was run largely or entirely
by a few entities acting in their own
best interests.
3. Venezuela
> Pct. saying corruption very
serious: 83%
> Pct. claiming public officials
corrupt: 79% (9th highest)
> Pct. claiming police corrupt: 83%
(24th highest)
> 2012 GDP per capita: $13,616
Venezuela's long-ruling socialist
president, Hugo Chavez, passed away
in March. Corruption was a concern in
Venezuela since before Chavez's first
election victory in 1998. His chosen
successor, Nicolas Maduro, has vowed
to end corruption, which has often been
associated with Venezuela's socialist
government. Before April's presidential
election, opposition candidate Henrique
Capriles claimed that nationalization of
private businesses allowed public
officials to control major industries for
personal profit. In Venezuela, 79% of
respondents said their nation's political
officials were corrupt, among the
highest percentages in the world.
2. Mongolia
> Pct. saying corruption very
serious: 86% (tied for the highest)
> Pct. claiming public officials
corrupt: 77% (12th highest)
> Pct. claiming police corrupt: 66%
(49th highest)
> 2012 GDP per capita: $5,372
Mongolia had one of the world's fastest
growing economies in 2012, when its
GDP rose an estimated 12.3%,
according to the IMF. But corruption has
been identified by USAID as a critical
threat to the country's continued
growth as well as to its democracy.
Corruption has become pervasive in the
country, after "rapid transition to
democracy and a market economy
created huge demands on bureaucracy
that lacks the [means] to prevent
corruption," according to the
organization. Encouragingly, less than
half of all people surveyed in the
country said that corruption had
increased in the past two years, versus
53% of respondents worldwide. Also,
while 77% of people considered public
officials to be corrupt, just 12%
believed the country's government to
be run by a few large, purely self-
interested entities.
1. Liberia
> Pct. saying corruption very
serious: 86% (tied for the highest)
> Pct. claiming public officials
corrupt: 67% (35th highest)
> Pct. claiming police corrupt: 94%
(3rd highest)
> 2012 GDP per capita: $673
The vast majority of Liberians surveyed
said they believed the country was run
either largely or entirely by a few
entities acting in their own self interest.
A world-leading 86% of residents who
spoke to Transparency International
claimed their government had been
either ineffective or very ineffective at
fighting corruption, while 96% of
residents claimed Liberia's legislature
was corrupt, also the highest
percentage of any nation. A stunning
75% of residents surveyed claimed they
had paid a bribe to secure some service,
trailing only Sierra Leone. In all, 80% of
the population had at one point been
asked to pay a bribe. Recently,
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf fired the
country's auditor general for corruption.
source: http://247wallst.com/special-
report/2013/07/11/the-most-corrupt-
countries-in-the-world/

ESUT, UNN reopen Monday

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN)
, and the Enugu State University of
Science and Technology ( ESUT), said
their academic activities would resume
on Monday 2 December, two days
ahead of the 4 December deadline
given by the Federal Government to
university vice-chancellors to reopen
their universities. Academic staff who
have been on strike since 1 July were
also told to back to work before the
deadline or consider themselves
sacked.
Both ESUT and UNN made the
announcement about the resumption in
separate statements today.
The Registrar of the UNN, Mr Anthony
Okonta, in the statement, stressed that
"normal academic activities would
resume immediately.''
UNN Nnamdi Azikiwe Library
The statement directed students who
had outstanding examinations for the
2012/2013 session to report to their
respective faculties and departments in
Nsukka and Enugu campuses.
The ESUT Registrar, Mr Chris Igbokwe,
also advised students and academic
and non- academic staff to report to the
institution on 2 December.
According to the statement, students
are advised to return to their campuses
at Agbani and Enugu campuses as the
second semester examination would
commence on Monday, 9 December.
The Federal Government had on
Thursday, directed all federal
universities to resume work on or
before Dec. 4.
The statement, issued by the
Supervising Minister of Education, Mr
Nyesom Wike, directed the striking
members of ASUU, to resume work on
or before 4 December or consider
themselves sacked.

PDP Rescues "Go And Die" Widow - Politics

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Edo
State, has condemned the inhuman
treatment meted out on a widow by the
State Governor, Comrade Adams
Oshiomhole. The video which has gone
viral captured the erstwhile
The PDP in rescue of the widow has
asked the widow to come to their office
and get the sum of N250,000 to help
cushion the effects her siezed goods
will have on her. This was contained in a
press release obtained by Elombah.com
and signed by the state chairman, Dan
Orbih.

Saheed drags ex wife Fathia to court over name

Few years ago, Saheed Balogun
reportedly said he would soon stop his
ex wife, Fathia Balogun, from using his
name.
Saheed was quoted to have said "She is
my ex. As for my name that she is still
answering, the deed will be done soon.
The Nigerian law says that after three or
four years, you can do something about
it. If somebody wants to keep my name,
what of the new person coming in? This
has nothing to do with grudges."
And now, it looks as if Saheed is set to
do something about his threat.
A reliable source informed Saturday
Beats that the actor had taken his ex to
court insisting that she drop his name.
Recall also that Fathia had also
reportedly boasted in an interview last
year, that nobody could stop her from
using her name.
Fathia had said, "I laugh, my name is
Fathia Balogun and it's going to remain
Balogun; nobody can ever change that
and nobody can stop me from
answering that name."
When Saturday Beats contacted Saheed
over the recent development, the actor
chose to be evasive.
"I have told you that I don't like talking
about my private life. I will talk about
my new project. Go and meet those
people telling you about this story," he
said.
Several calls were also made to Fathia
Balogun, she didn't respond. A text
message was sent to her, she didn't
respond.
Source: Punchng

Goodluck the only president talking about development – Chief Nwosu

Chief Evarist Nwosu is a former
Comptroller of Customs who retired
voluntarily from public Service in 1993.
As a strong believer in the unity of
Nigeria Chief Nwosu maintains in this
interview that Nigeria has the capability
to compete favourably with developed
countries of the world if only she
expands her resource base.
He also, speaks about his new book,
"Leadership & Developmental Issues in
Nigeria: A Search for Development
Strategies". Excerpts
Why delve into development
issues?
I have considered the way Nigeria is
going and I thought she needs to grow
and develop. But while I was in the
public service, I couldn't make
comments on issues concerning
leadership in the country but I secretly
wrote articles which were published in
The Guardian, for instance, "Why the
Military Intrude in African Politics",
published in 1978.
I retired voluntarily from the Customs
and began thinking of how to write a
book that will encapsulate all my ideas
about leadership, growth and
development. By that, I tried in my
book,"Leadership & Developmental
Issues in Nigeria: A Search for
Development Strategies", to make a
distinction between growth and
development. Growth is simply
economic expansion where you produce
and people consume and it does not
translate to development. But
development is when Political
Leadership begin thinking in terms of
how to bridge the gap, that is
technological gap between us and
developed countries of the world.
This is done by building infrastructures,
mass transit fares to move people,
building aeroplanes, why can't we build
our own automobiles and automobile
parts and couple them in this country
and then sell to other countries? We
need industrialisation, technological
acquisition, development and adapting,
etc , these are ingredients for
development.
It is surprising that people say no we
can't develop that way but if you look at
developed countries of the world, they
are the most advanced in terms of
technology, they are the richest, and so,
Nigeria cannot continue to depend on
only one natural resource; selling of oil
and all that, otherwise, why are we
always broke? The answer is simply
because the profit or whatever money
we make from oil sales is not enough to
run the affairs of this country.
That is why we run borrowing from time
to time. We need to expand our
resource base, by industrialisation,
manufacturing and exporting,
producing food in abundance for
everybody then put prices down,
develop housing for people and when
you give them transportation in
addition to low cost housing, you don't
need to pay big money as salary
because they have transport and other
amenities.
Nigeria's level of development?
I will limit myself to this present
administration. It appears that because
President Jonathan is educated and
also, a science person, it seems to me
that for the first in the history of
Nigeria, we have someone who is
thinking about development. Jonathan
is such a leader, apart from Late
Yar'Adua who would have been such a
person but death stopped him too early.
But Jonathan stepped into his shoes
and seems to have gone further than
expectation as far as I am concerned. I
am speaking for myself. Jonathan is
talking about development, launching
of satellite, building our own
automobiles and all that because he is
the kind of president that has
development agenda for the nation.
Objective of the book?
My book is to create awareness and
arouse in the minds of political leaders
the need to bridge development,
technological and industrial gap
between us and advanced countries of
the world. Other countries will not take
us serious if we don't begin to put
necessary infrastructure in place, for
the nation's development.
Once again, Nigeria needs to grow and
develop and that is why I have in my
book, documented all the indices of
development which have been lacking
in the governance of Nigeria
How can Nigeria win the war
against corruption?
First and foremost, the presidential
system of Governance should be
dropped because it is not conducive for
Nigerian polity. Parliamentary system
which will keep leaders on their toes is
best because there will be no room for
corruption. What we have at the
moment is a situation whereby the
executive, judiciary and legislature are
busy chasing their personal agenda
because the presidential system does
not check them properly. All these are
documented in my book for reference
purpose.
SOURCE: Vanguard Nigeria

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