Kwankwaso Formally Announces Presidential Bid

The governor of northern Nigeria’s most populous state, Kano, Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso yesterday at a rally in Abuja announced his bid to run for president on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to become the third presidential aspirant on the platform of APC.

Kwankwaso, who defected from the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of President Goodluck Jonathan last year, was a former deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, a former defense minister, and also served as Nigeria’s envoy to the restive Darfur region of Sudan, and war-torn Somalia under President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Kwankwaso said, “I’m offering myself and soliciting the support of Nigerians to join Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso on this difficult journey to reclaim our country from the clutches of incompetency and destruction and tie it to the pedestal of peace and progress.”

“I have no doubt in my mind that this journey is difficult and arduous. I’m under no illusion about the enormity of the challenge. But to save our country we must walk the journey, no matter how difficult, and we must defeat all the challenges, however monstrous they are.”

I’m Not Under Pressure to Step Down for Anybody - Kwankwaso

The Governor of Kano State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said he is not under any pressure to step down for Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku Abubakar in the race for the party’s presidential ticket for the 2015 election, noting that APC was not a small party that the decision of who becomes its presidential flag bearer in next year presidential election would be taken in the bedroom of a party leader.

Kwankwaso said, “I’m not under any pressure to step down for anybody. In fact, nobody asked me to step down for anybody and doing that will not be even good for the party. You see, many people are used to either small parties or let me say medium-sized parties where people sit down and choose somebody in a room. Now we are talking about APC mega party, which is not ANPP, CPC, APGA or ACN.”

See Me as One of You - Tambuwal tells APC

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, on yesterday, attended a stakeholders’ meeting of Sokoto State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and allegedly told those that attended the meeting that he should be seen “As one of you, starting from today.”

Speculations have been making the rounds that his presence at the meeting in his home state was expected to pave way for his eventual defection from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to APC. However his media aide, Imam Imam, said Tambuwal attended the meeting of the Sokoto political family to “Discuss the political future of Sokoto State, on the invitation of the state governor, Alhaji Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko.”

Imam also said the meeting had in attendance many prominent Sokoto indigenes who had no known political affiliation, the most notable being the Sardauna of Sokoto and former Minister of Finance, Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji.

He also disclosed that the chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, led other members of the party on a reconciliation meeting to Sokoto, but the speaker and member of the National Executive Council (NEC) of PDP, Tambuwal, was not invited. Imam continued, “Consultations on the Speaker’s political future continues and the outcome will be made public at the appropriate time.”

11 Types of Cleavage and What They Say About You! [Photos]

11 Types of Cleavage and What They Say About You! [Photos]








1. Push-up Cleavage: You get shit done.

When you’re presented with a problem, you don’t sit there wringing your hands together, unsure of what to do or how best to proceed. You just dive right in and get it done. Simple, straightforward, and efficient — it’s you, it’s how you work, it’s how you prop up your boobs.


2. Extreme Cleavage: You’re a keen observer.

People think you’re an exhibitionist, but that’s not really right. Putting it all out there is really just a means to an end for you. While other people are observing you, you are also observing them, often much more closely than they realize. You sly dog, you.









3. Butt Cleavage: You’re ambitious.

Yeah, your butt is showing. So what? You’re focused on what’s in front of you, not what’s behind you. Let ‘em stare. You’re moving forward and all they can do is follow in your wake.


4. Side-Boob Cleavage: You’re a multi-tasker.

You’re not happy unless you’re doing at least two things at once. The same thing goes for your cleavage. You’ve only got one front, but you’ve got two sides.





6. Floating Cleavage: You’re mysterious.

You’re a puzzle, wrapped in an enigma, floating on a cloud of, well, no one quite knows what. How is that even possible? Tape? Some sort of pulley system? Magic? ~mAGiC~.





5. Under-Boob Cleavage: You’re a creative thinker.

You’re the person people come to when they’ve run out of new ideas, because they know that you’ll approach the issue, whatever it is, in a completely unexpected way. When everyone else zigs, you zag. When everyone else is proppin’ em up, you’re pushin’ em down.


7. Pressed Cleavage (aka Quadra-Boob): You’re determined.

As far as you’re concerned, the most offensive and destructive four-letter word in the English language is “can’t.” You don’t come to play, you come to win — at work, at the gym, and in the dressing room. “Fit” is not a matter of size, it’s a matter of will.





8. Hidden Cleavage: You’re in complete control.

You never show all your cards at once because you know that the ultimate power is not in the giving, it’s in the withholding.


9. Slippage: You’re a free spirit.


The idea of settling down in the suburbs— the dog, the husband, the 2.3 kids, the white picket fence — sends you into a panic. You, like your nipples, long to be free. Free to travel. Free to see and be seen. Free to live!


10. Underarm Cleavage: You’re a good friend.

You never would have chosen this strapless monstrosity for yourself — it’s the color of dry grass and it’s making your underarm look like cinnamon roll — but it’s Becky’s wedding and you know she’s got a lot on her plate, so you’re keeping your complaints to yourself. Besides, one day it will be your wedding, and then Becky will really get it!


11. Triple Cleavage: You’re a desperate and shameless attention-seeker.

There is literally nothing you won’t do. No lie you won’t tell. No line you won’t cross to get someone, anyone, and, ideally, everyone, to pay attention to you. Attention isn’t a drug to you.


It’s the food you eat and the air you breathe. You have a recurring nightmare about being stranded on a deserted island with no cell service and often wake up shaking and drenched in sweat.

Nude is the Trendy; A Failure of Pen Pushers

   

     Nude pictures and sex tapes are increasingly becoming the larger percentage of content of various blogs and sites that claim to be reporting entertainment news and gossips. Nude now seems to be the trendy. I subscribed to a blog that I'm beginning to somewhat regret, as 70% of mail alerts I get from the blog is about sex tapes, nude pictures of celebs and nude-turned-celebs under various titles.

USE OF THE MASS MEDIA IN ACHIEVING GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AS A MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL

INTRODUCTION

            The society places a higher status on work done by men than women who often do things like caring for children, cooking and the likes. There is a high level of violence against women in all countries of the world. There is also discrimination against women in areas of family law, inheritance, property and land ownership. In Nigeria, women are not well represented at all levels of decision making in the society, though they are a significant 48 percent of Nigeria’s population according to the National Population Census in 2006 (Oluniyi 2006).

PDP 2013 CRISIS

I am yet to understand the fuss over the latest power tussle in PDP. It is the way of the party do the 'power must change hands' (apologies to MFM) ritual when elections are near. It will be settled. Some would have gained, while some would have lost some of their powers in the party.