FEC: Buhari shocks Osinbajo, ministers

According a report on The Punch Newspapers, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday caught most members of the Federal Executive Council unaware as he arrived the Council Chambers for the council’s meeting at about 9.50am.

Only a handful council members were already in the hall for the meeting slated for 10am at the time Buhari arrived.

Immediately he stepped into the hall, the President noted the absence of most of the council members.

“I came too early,” he said as he asked members in attendance to recite the National Anthem.

As of the time the meeting started, only about 19 out of the 36 ministers were in attendance.

The Head of Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita; and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, were also in attendance.

Shortly after, journalists were excused and the meeting went into closed session, some members including Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari; National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno; Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige; and Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Khadija Bukar Abba; arrived.

They were however not late as they arrived at about 9.55am.

Many of them were seen checking their time and rushing into the chamber when they discovered that the meeting had started.

Some other ministers however arrived after the 10am scheduled take off time.

Patoranking’s Ex Slams Him. Calls Him An Ungrateful Fool And Money Follower

The former girlfriend of the “girlie o” crooner, almost lost it some minutes ago as she took to her page to shade her ex-boyfriend who she says is an artist, although Patoranking’s name wasn’t mentioned. 

She promised to spill the tea when she’s ready. She later deleted the post after a friend told her to calm down….. thank God she deleted it later.Sharp girl.

Obama rubbished on Twitter about Middle East history

US president's State of the Union comment that Middle East conflicts "dated back millennia" met with online ridicule.

It may have just been one line in an hour-long address, but US President Barack Obama is getting creamed for what some said was perpetuating a lie.

Social media reacted quickly to Obama's comment during his final State of the Union address on Tuesday night, when he paid reference to the ongoing Middle East crisis as one that dated back millenia.

"The Middle East is going through a transformation that will play out for a generation, rooted in conflicts that date back millennia," Obama said.

Commentators described Obama's comment as "orientalist" and "obscene." Others like Vox, described the assertion as "dangerous".

Many pointed out that even a basic reading of history would illustrate that pretty much every conflict in the region, even the so-called Shia-Sunni sectarian divide, dated back no more  than 100 years. 

Obama's comment risks "perpetuating the widespread 'ancient hatreds' myth that feeds two dangerous and mistaken beliefs about the Middle East: 1) that these people just hate each other because that's how they are "over there," and 2) that the problems run so deep that they can't be solved and we shouldn't bother trying," Max Fisher wrote  .

"It's reductive and cynical because it paints a picture of the Middle East as perpetually at war because people there are just different."

Obama spent a portion of his speech specifically tackling current hysteria around Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group (ISIL).

Though he made an effort to disqualify ISIL as a legitimate representation of Islam, commentators said his gaffe exemplified the country's foreign policy campaigns in the Middle East and fed into flawed and inaccurate perceptions over the trouble in the region.

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DasukiGate: All Is Set For EFCC To Arrest Ex-PDP Chair On $2.1Bn Arms Cash

                                           Adamu Muazu

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is currently on the trail of two Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) bigwigs whom may flee the country for alleged involvement in the ongoing $2.1 billion arms probe, according to an online news.

The Nation reports that the former chairman of the PDP, Adamu Muazu and a former principal private secretary to former president Goodluck Jonathan,  Hassan Tukur, have been placed on the “watch-list” of the anti-graft agency.

A source within the EFCC disclosed that the two party chieftains have been under investigation in the last few months on the arms cash allegedly disbursed to them for campaign purposes and counter-insurgency initiative with Boko Haram.

“We need to interact with these two leaders, who are on watch-list. Since Muazu went for his daughter’s graduation and medical treatment, we have not been able to locate him.

“We learnt Muazu is around Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia axis. We are on his trail because some suspects have admitted drawing campaign funds from the ex-PDP national chairman. Over N600 million has so far been traced to him.

“Tukur is believed to have been seen in the country by security agencies about three or four days ago. He might be invited over the botched deal with Boko Haram, which allegedly involved the payment of a ransom. He is also implicated in the disbursement of some funds for use in the Presidency for campaign and 2015 poll,” the source said.