Hillary Clinton Clinches Democratic Presidential Nomination | CNN

|(CNN)Hillary Clinton clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Monday, according to CNN’s delegate and superdelegate count, and will become the first woman in the 240-year history of the United States to lead the presidential ticket of a major political party.

A strong showing in Puerto Rico’s Democratic primary on Sunday and additional support from superdelegates put Clinton, 68, over the top to become the presumptive nominee. She has secured 1,812 pledged delegates and 572 superdelegates for a total of 2,384 delegates — one more than needed for the nomination.

There Is Nothing Too Big for God

There Is Nothing Too Big for God
       
BOLA ADEOYE — JUNE 7, 2016
       
“Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think” (Ephesians 3:20 NLT, second edition).

God is a competent Father. He can handle any problem you give him. Nothing is beyond his ability or his resources. No request is too big or too small.

‬IF YOU COULD PITCH ONE IDEA TO MR.PRESIDENT

[6/7, 10:17 AM] ‪+234 816 055 2805‬: IF YOU COULD PITCH ONE IDEA TO MR.PRESIDENT, WHAT WOULD IT BE? PITCH ATTEND TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP This July, the Federal Government will set
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first ever Aso Villa Demo Day. President Muhammadu Buhari will host
the brightest startups from across the
country as they pitch to a wide range of
investors and decision-makers in the
public and private sector. Aso Villa Demo Day is aimed at
promoting entrepreneurship, innovation,
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How Sleep Loss Affects Your Heart | Time

Sleeping for five hours a night alters your heart rate the next day

Getting too little sleep has been shown to have bad effects on the heart, and many studies have linked it to hypertension. Now, a small new study published in the journal Hypertension finds that shortened sleep is connected to some negative markers, especially when it occurs outside of typical nighttime hours.

Must Read: 28 Rules of Life

28 Rules of Life...

Rule #1. Life is not fair — get used to it!

Rule #2. Eat an elephant, but one bite at a time.

Rule #3. To better your lot, you have to be a lot better.

Rule #4. If you have a friend, learn to talk to each other instead of about each other.

Muhammad Ali Dies: Questions And Answers About Parkinson’s Disease | Fox News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Before his death, Muhammad Ali was hospitalized with respiratory problems, his health complicated by advanced Parkinson’s. The boxing great had lived with the degenerative disease for three decades. Here are some questions and answers about the disease:

Q: What is Parkinson’s?

A: Parkinson’s is a neurologic disease that robs people of control over their movements. It typically starts with tremors, and is characterized by slow movement, a shuffling gait, stiff limbs, balance problems and slurred speech.

The Outsized Life of Muhammad Ali | NewYorker

|What a loss to suffer, even if for years you knew it was coming. Muhammad Ali, who died Friday, in Phoenix, at the age of seventy-four, was the most fantastical American figure of his era, a self-invented character of such physical wit, political defiance, global fame, and sheer originality that no novelist you might name would dare conceive him. Born Cassius Clay in Jim Crow-era Louisville, Kentucky, he was a skinny, quick-witted kid, the son of a sign painter and a house cleaner, who learned to box at the age of twelve to avenge the indignity of a stolen bicycle, a sixty-dollar red Schwinn that he could not bear to lose. Eventually, Ali became arguably the most famous person on the planet, known as a supreme athlete, an uncanny blend of power, improvisation, and velocity; a master of rhyming prediction and derision; an exemplar and symbol of racial pride; a fighter, a draft resister, an acolyte, a preacher, a separatist, an integrationist, a comedian, an actor, a dancer, a butterfly, a bee, a figure of immense courage.

Rising rents in Lagos By Badejo Adedeji Nurudeen

Recently, my residence was gutted by fire. Though my section of the house was not affected but the victim was still in a quagmire as to what to do, but before he could even clear the debris of the fire incident the landlady came into the fray. Pronto! She issued everyone quit notice citing the fire incident and the need for renovation of the house as excuse.

The explanation that only a room was affected by the fire and the fact that the occupier is ready to effect necessary repairs fell on deaf hears. It was based on this that one had to seek for another accommodation, but what I met and saw calls for urgent action and intervention of Lagos State government to avert incessant and needless breakdown of law and order.

In the first instance, Lagos property owners have gone out of control. They fix rents arbitrarily, without any recourse to rules or tenancy laws. In the course of scouting around, I met a landlord who told me categorically that a two bedroom flat is N1 million in a house in Surulere built in 1998. Even when other houses within the same vicinity are N500, 000. He stuck to his guns, telling me he has no apologies since he owned the house.

Are there Legal Consequences of Naming and Shaming Looters?, By Femi Aborisade

We…call on the Federal Government to charge all suspects to court and in the process, simultaneously, name and shame them. There is no legal liability in so doing. Non-disclosure of names of looters serves only undemocratic hegemonic political calculations and provides room for the likelihood of the re-looting part of the recovered loot.
On June 4, 2016, the Federal Government published the values of recovered cash loot, various sums involved in final forfeitures, interim forfeitures in local and foreign currencies, and a list of 239 non-cash loot comprising farmlands, plots of land, vehicles, maritime vessels, completed and uncompleted buildings, between May 29, 2015 and May 25, 2016. However, the identities of persons from whom the recoveries and forfeitures were made were not disclosed, contrary to repeated promises made by the regime to name and shame former public officers who had looted public vaults.

Some persons, including professors of law, have attempted to rationalise the non-disclosure of the names of persons from whom the recoveries were made and those involved in interim and final forfeitures, arguing that premature disclosure of names would have been illegal on the ground of the likelihood of claims of damages for defamation. But none of those who share this opinion have gone ahead to cite the provisions of the law that would have been violated if Mr. President or any other arm of government named and shamed those who voluntarily made returns or have been made to suffer forfeitures.

What is fueling demand for Biafra? By Chris Enyinnaya

The word Biafra has been a taboo to successive governments in Nigeria simply because Republic of Biafra was defeated by a coalition of Nigerian Armed Forces and forces deployed by Organisation of African Unity (OAU) to join them in 1970. The first thing the government of General Yakubu Gowon did was to outlaw the word Biafra, and gazetted it; which is why any mention of Biafra got any Nigerian government angry. Yet, the Igbo cannot do away with the word Biafra. Why? Biafra is a spirit. You can kill the body but not the spirit. That is why the word Biafra keeps recurring like a decimal. To the true Igbo man, Biafra means freedom from operation in this country called Nigeria. The Igbo man feels, and events seem to justify it, that he is oppressed in Nigeria nation. The Igbo man believes in fairness and level playing ground in a competitive environment. Like all competitions, it is winner takes all. The corollary is that the Igbo man believes in merit-driven, just and egalitarian society. Nigeria is not providing the Igbo man the platform to freely express himself.

The challenge before Magu’s EFCC By Usman Ibrahim

The launch last week of the “Clean Hands” initiative by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) indicates that the anti-corruption agency is beginning to move in the right direction. Any institution set up to combat a prevailing social challenge should realise that the measure of its effectiveness should be in the prevention rather than cure.

The launch of the “Clean Hands” project indicates that EFCC is prepared to embrace a new way of thinking and accept a new interpretation of its role. EFCC is beginning to realise that all the years of ruthless devotion to catching people and throwing them in detentions have hardly dented the huge problem of corruption in Nigeria. With this new initiative, EFCC is bringing preventive advocacy to the heart of its operation. This should be commended.

Justice Delayed is Justice Denied

The Administration of Criminal Justice Act should be adopted by all states of the federation

The recent disclosure that it takes 22 years to conclude a case up to the Supreme Court, and between five to 10 years at the state High Courts, has brought to the fore the challenge of criminal justice administration in Nigeria. The Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Moktar Abimbola, made the revelation while inaugurating the state’s committee on alternative dispute resolution. But the questions remain: why does it take such a long time to resolve disputes in our clime? What is the situation in other places? How can we fast track the resolution of disputes in our courts?

The War Buhari Should Fight By Eniola Bello

In the last one year since he began piloting the affairs of State, President Muhammadu Buhari has embarked on a two-pronged war – one against Boko Haram insurgents in the Northeast, and another against those who fraudulently enriched themselves, particularly officials of the immediate past government and their collaborators in the private sector. In both wars, the Buhari administration has made significant progress. In the Northeast, Boko Haram has been, to borrow the administration’s lingo, technically defeated. Steady progress is also being made in the anti-corruption war in the light of the huge sums of stolen funds recovered. Even at that, some Niger Delta militants have resumed sabotage operations in the creeks, attacking the facilities of oil majors, breaking pipelines, bombing oil installations and generally disrupting oil production operations. A group, which calls itself the Niger Delta Avengers, has been claiming responsibility for the serial attacks.

One year of Ambode’s Lagos By Sanya Oni

Some 48 hours to the first anniversary of the Akinwunmi Ambode administration in Lagos, I chanced upon an online publication proudly announcing the latest ambition of the Centre of Excellence under its high-achieving helmsman: the induction of the state into the membership of the Rockefeller Foundation-pioneered 100 Resilient Cities. Membership of the network, described as “an elite international group proactively preparing to face any challenge that may lie ahead as the world faces huge deficits in preparedness for rapid growth and natural and man-made disasters”, according to the report, will enable her gain access to tools, funding, technical expertise, and other resources to build resilience the challenges of the 21st century.

The choice of Lagos, according to the Foundation, – out of more than 325 said to have applied –is based on its willingness, ability, and need to become resilient in the face of familiar challenges of urban planning, transport gridlock, environment, public health and modern infrastructure that have dogged the 21st city.

President Buhari: Three years to go By Niyi Akinnaso

President Muhammadu Buhari primarily based his presidential campaign on achieving three major goals: (1) to fight corruption; (2) to enhance national security; and (3) to revamp and diversify the economy. Of the four years he has to accomplish these goals, one is gone! Yet, much more has yet to be accomplished than he has been able to achieve.

True, the fight against corruption has recorded some successes and Boko Haram’s capabilities have been significantly degraded, not much has been accomplished on the economic front. However, rather than fail Buhari outright on this front, a concessional pass is in order if only for his courageous fight against corruption, which must be viewed as an attempt to lay a solid foundation for the economy. Any economy pivoted on corruption is like a basket being used as a receptacle for water.

Why entrepreneurship is not for everyone By Izere Imosemi

Last year, I watched the movie, “Fifty”, at the cinemas. In one of the scenes, a woman accused her husband of being financially irresponsible. She complained that he was unemployed and that he needed to get a job. The husband retorted that he wasn’t unemployed, rather he was self-employed. This scene got me thinking about the concept of unemployment and entrepreneurship. At what point does self-employment degenerate into unemployment?

Towards repositioning Nigerian aviation sector By Yakubu Dati

The other day, the Minister of State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika, unfolded the vision and strategies of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for achieving a quantum leap forward for the Nigerian aviation industry. First, he made it clear that aviation “is pivotal to the growth of key economic sectors, certainly not limited to travel and tourism. Agriculture production and distribution, rural development, trade and commerce, manufacturing, oil and other non-oil sectors.”

In what could be termed a comprehensive mission, Sirika had quite some surprises and a handful of seemingly simple solutions to longstanding problems and issues in the sector. One surprise: Government plans to concession four major airports to the private sector. The minister believes that by bringing in the private sector, the country can achieve better infrastructural development and improve the efficiency of service delivery at these airports. The airports in question are the international airports in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kano.

UNILAG students drown in beach during friend’s birthday …

Tragedy struck on Sunday as two postgraduate students of the University of Lagos drowned in the Elegushi Beach during the celebration of their friend’s birthday.

It was learnt that the deceased – Adesola Ogunmefun and Funmi Odusina – graduated from the Covenant University and were on the verge of bagging Master’s Degrees in International Law and Diplomacy from UNILAG.

PUNCH Metro gathered that the deceased and the host were having fun at the beach around 6pm when they were swept into the Atlantic Ocean.

Other visitors to the beach were said to have rescued them, but Ogunmefun died on the spot.

Odusina and the host, identified only as Bolu, were rushed to some private hospitals in the area, but were reportedly rejected. Odusina died on the way to the Lagos Island General Hospital, while Bolu was recuperating in the facility.

Jide Kosoko’s wife, Henrietta, dies at 53

Yoruba actor and movie producer, Prince Jide Kosoko, has lost one of his wives, Henrietta Kosoko.

Henrietta, who was also an actress, was said to have died at the Sacred Heart Catholic Hospital, Lantoro, Abeokuta on Monday morning. She was 53-year old.

A source in the industry who pleaded anonymity said the actress developed complications after an automobile accident she had late last year, while travelling in her car.

The car reportedly suffered brakes failure and crashed, with Henriatta sustaining injuries in the head.

Since then, she was said to have  regularly been visiting the Sacred Heart Hospital for treatment.

Her condition was said to have deteriorated about a week ago when she was reportedly brought back to the hospital, where she eventually died on Monday.

But another report had it that she slumped and went into a coma on Monday morning and she was rushed down to the hospital, where she was confirmed dead.

Presidency: Buhari not ill …

‘President not incapacitated’

the Presidency yesterday maintained that President Muhammadu Buhari is not incapacitated by his ear infection from carrying out his functions.

The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, who spoke with reporters at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja as the President was leaving for London, said it was wrong to refer to the “ear infection” as “illness”.

According to him, there is nothing wrong for a President to take 15 days rest in one year in office.

He said: “The buzz going round town is that the President is ‘ill’, but ‘ill’ will be a misnomer, it should not be the right word to use.

Skye Bank sacks 175 workers

The recent trend of retrenchment of workers in the financial services sector on Monday extended to Skye Bank Plc, which sent 175 of its employees into the labour market.

The bank confirmed the development in a statement through which it explained that the affected workers failed the year 2015 appraisal exercise.

The statement explained that a combination of factors was taken into consideration in the annual exercise, which ranged from low productivity to disciplinary issues, adding that the affected employees were duly exited in line with the bank’s staff exit policy.

The statement read in part, “The staff disengagement exercise is coming a year after the bank’s successful integration with the erstwhile Mainstreet Bank, which it acquired in October 2014; the integration exercise described by analysts as a landmark in Nigeria’s banking industry has significantly improved Skye Bank’s ICT capacity and helped strengthen the bank’s service delivery.

Oando secures N94.6b loan from local banks

Oando Plc yesterday secured a N94.6 billion facility from nine local banks to enable it restructure its debt positions and improve earnings.

The financing, coordinated by the mandated Lead Arranger, Access Bank Plc, is a five-year Medium Term Note (MTN) given at the Nigeria Interbank Offered Rate (NIBOR) plus 200 basis points, to assist the company meet its financial obligations in the low crude oil price environment.

In a statement, Oando Plc said it has substantially reduced its debt profile in the last 24 months, and the new loan facility would enable key restructuring of its remaining debt.

Group Chief Executive of Oando Plc Wale Tinubu said: “In a bid to return to profitability in 2016, I am happy to announce the successful completion of the restructuring our overall debt profile into a N94.6 billion Medium Term, five-year consolidated facility, with a three-year moratorium on principal. This is the pivotal leg in our group restructuring plan of growth; via the upstream business, deleverage; via the disposal of $350 million in assets’ value in 2016, and our return to profitability in 2016, driven by our dollar earning oil export and trading activities”.

Continuing, he said the company now stands diversified with higher wei

I’m being investigated for corruption, says Jonathan ……

‘I didn’t leave empty treasury for Buhari’

Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday defended his tenure, saying he fought corruption, but added that he is being investigated for graft by the Muhammadu Buhari administration.

He also denied leaving an empty treasury.

In an interview with Bloomberg Television in London, aired yesterday, Dr.Jonahan said the threats by the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) will be peacefully resolved.

”I cannot say the country from the beginning of our independence, that there was no corruption; yes there has been corruption. I did very well also to curtail corruption.

“My approach to corruption was ‘don’t make money available for anyone to touch’.

“We made sure that area of fertiliser subsidies was cleaned up and the whole corruption there was removed.

Alleged $40m fraud: Jonathan’s cousin’s, wife’s trial begins ……

Barring last-minute changes, the trial of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin,  Roberts Azibaola will begin today in Abuja.

Azibaola, his wife Stella and their firm will be arraigned for alleged payment of $40million into their company, One Plus Holdings Nigeria Limited, by the Office of the National Security Adviser(ONSA).

Mrs. Stella Azibaola was taken into custody last night to join her husband in preparation for their arraignment before a Federal High Court in Abuja

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed seven charges against the couple.

The charges were filed by Sylvanus Tahir and Jirbo Francis from the Legal and Prosecution Department  of the EFCC.

GODLY PLANNING

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Tuesday, June 7

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GODLY PLANNING

To man belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the reply of the tongue. Proverbs 16:1, NIV

As humans, we tend to think that we have answer and solution to many things. Many of us go ahead to plan without seeking the face of God for direction. Just like a PhD holder whose labour of ten years collapsed because he failed to attribute his successes to God. He thought it was his learning and cleverness that made him. While sorrowing, his seven year old son was reciting the above verse and it got to him. This was what led him to Christ.