Photo: President Buhari And Emir Of Kano, Condoles Emir Of Katsina Over Mother's Death

President Muhammadu Buhari has placed a telephone call from London to the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Usman, over the death of his mother, which occurred on Saturday.
President Buhari condoled with the traditional ruler, urging him to take solace in the fact that Hajia Aminatu Mai Babban Daki lived a good life, devoted to serving Allah and humanity.

"Please be comforted. May Allah accept her soul,” the President said.

The deceased was survived by nine children and has been buried according to Muslim rites.

FEMI ADESINA
Special Adviser to the President
(Media and Publicity)
February 26, 2017

Read This Touching Words By Actor Van Vicker To Marks Wife, Adjoa Vicker’s 40th Birthday - Touching Message

The actor who is currently in Liberia on a movie shot took to his Instagram page to pour encomium on his lovely wife, Adjoa who turned 40 yesterday 24th Jan 2017. The actor uses powerful expressions to convey his happy birthday message to his soul mate. Here is what he wrote:

I look forward to Jan 24th every year for the past 22years. It's a special day in my life, the birthday of my soul mate. Today you turn 40. Today your life 'begins' and I am glad to be a part of it, STILL. There are times we disagree on issues but you just know how to get your way; that's your negotiating quality. How you manage, home, kids, work and my baggage is the super mom quality you possess. 

You have made some mistakes and a load of good decisions; your analytical quality. It seems you just get better every year hahaha and tougher. You have grown from that teenager to this beautiful and amazing woman. At 40 today, I want you to know how much the kids and I count on you, for real. You just MAKE IT HAPPEN IN OUR LIVES. We pray the good Lord keeps you around for an even longer period. @40 comes with its own female challenges...but who cares.

Okay let me rephrase that cos I know you care, lol. @40 comes with its own female challenges but we (I)love you all the same. Baby, I don't mind going through all the boxing drills, the squats, etc. just remember if they all fail I will still be by your side. Loving you is way beyond what I see. Our 3 beautiful kids remind me everyday. We love all of you and look forward to spending more years ahead. You bring joy to us all. You are the BEST lady, wife, mother, friend in the whole wide World. Happy birthday baby and God continue to Bless you. #ygf

FIFA appoints NFF President, Pinnick into Organising Committee for Competitions

World football –ruling body, FIFA, has named the President of Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick, into one of its most important committees – the Organising Committee for Competitions.
Hitherto, the world body had different committees for organization of its several competitions, including the FIFA World Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup, FIFA Women’s World Cup, FIFA U20 World Cup, FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup, FIFA U17 World Cup, FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Pinnick was a member of the Organising Committee for the FIFA U20 World Cup.However, at its 66th Congress in Mexico City on 12th– 13th May 2016, and in accordance with the revised FIFA Statutes that came into force on 27th April 2016, the model of the standing committees was reviewed, cutting the number from 26 to 9.

The new model has only the following committees: Governance, Finance, Development, Member Associations, Referees, Players’ Status, Football Stakeholders, Medical, Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions.

Pinnick’s letter of appointment, dated 18th January 2017 and signed by Fatma Samoura, the Secretary General, read inter alia: “We are very pleased to inform you that you have been appointed as a member of the Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions. We wish you our sincere congratulations on this appointment.

“The FIFA administration is at your disposal through the following Administration Officer, who will be in contact with you regarding the upcoming meetings and any further aspects relating to your office as a member of this committee: Colin Smith, Chief Competitions Officer.
“We wish you great success and enjoyment in this role at FIFA and look forward to welcoming you soon to Zurich.”

The Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions is headed by Aleksander Ceferin, President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The tenure of members is for 2017-2021. In line with the new FIFA reforms, each proposed member of any of the committees was made to go through a comprehensive integrity check conducted by several organizations of global relevance and stature.

Pinnick’s appointment, and in particular the thorough and painstaking checks that he passed with full marks, is a big thumbs –up for Nigerian Football, and puts out the light on the unsavory innuendoes and deliberate mischief of a few individuals intent on putting the country’s game under a cloud.

As a member of the CAF Organising Committee for the Africa Cup of Nations, Pinnick is presently at the 31st Africa Cup finals ongoing in Gabon, and will be match commissioner for Saturday’s potentially –explosive West African derby between Mali and Ghana.

The new member of the Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions, who swivelled through the ranks of football administration (from board member to second vice chairman, first vice chairman and chairman of Delta State Football Association, to Executive Chairman of Delta State Sports Commission before his election as President of Nigeria Football Federation in September 2014), is also a candidate for election into the Executive Committee of Confederation of African Football.

The CAF elections will take place at the 39th Ordinary General Assembly of the organization in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 16th March.

Source: LIB

Why President Buhari Was Not Invited To Donald Trump's Inauguration

The argument started after ex-President Goodluck Jonathan was invited to the inauguration of Donald Trump, the new American President, and Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, described the non-extension of invitation to President Muhammadu Buhari as a clear signal that Buhari does not enjoy international relevance.

However, the Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu dismissed insinuations, saying that Buhari was not snubbed because the United States does not invite world leaders to the inauguration of its presidents.

Nigeria 1st Lad, Aisha Byuhari Receives Mrs. Melinda Gates

Wife of The President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari received Melinda Gates who is the Co-chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Melinda Gates, stressed in her statement during the meeting on the importance of role models in every community, highlighting that girls turn out to be mothers and they require inspiration to be mothers of the generation to come. 

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Hurry-Up Get Help, MMM Nigeria Is Back - We are now open!!!

After the officially frozen of mmm-Nigeria participant account months ago, the ponzi scheme has release a statement on its website which read, We are now open!!! See full detail below.

Dear members,

The holidays are over, and we''re now open. Just as promised. (You might have already noticed that we always stick to our promises. :-)) Actually, we promised to be open on January 14, but we''re open now, January 13, as you can see, which is a day earlier. (Well, I hope, the members of the System will forgive us for that. :-))


It''s related to the hysteria raised by the authorities and the mass media around MMM. By joining forces, they''ve managed to nearly give the members of the System a heart attack and have frightened them out of their wits. Poor souls don''t know what to expect. Will we open again or not? :-))

This is why we''ve decided, considering the situation, to reach out to the members, reassure and cheer them up by opening a little earlier. After all, Together We Can Change The World! :-))

Here we go.

1. As of this notice, MMM resumes its usual operation. You can now create your GH-requests.

2. However, it''s obvious that panic will reign in the first few days after the re-opening of the System. We’re likely to be deluged by GH-requests. Therefore, we''re going to make gradual paybacks by setting internal output limits. In other words, we will only pay a certain amount per day. Please, be prepared to wait for a couple of days. We are certain things will then calm down, and the System operation will return to normal.

We''re the ones setting the limits, so it''s completely under our control, and we are not expecting any emergencies in principle. Have no fear and go on about your business as usual. :-))

As the System is socially oriented, we will make paybacks to the poor and the economically disadvantaged in the first place: it means to the members with small PH amounts. The richer can wait. Moreover, we''ve warned you repeatedly to only provide help with amounts that are not critical for you. Therefore, if these large amounts are not critical for them (the richer), they can wait a few days. No need to be tragic about it. :-))

This is the way it''s going to be.

Hoping for your kind understanding, Sergey Mavrodi. We Change The World!

P. S. I''d like again to call on the authorities and the mass media: Please, leave us alone! Have mercy on people.

Mixed reaction as Nigerians Nollywood actress photo goes viral (Photos+Reactions)

Nollywood actress, Ejine Okoroafor left most Nigerians and her fans go on different opinion when she shared these sturnning photos from her birthday party batch.

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