APC Stop Borrowing In the Interest Of Nigeria - PDP

Read the press statement from PDP below...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) wishes to draw the attention of all Nigerians to the warning by the World Bank on the danger inherent in the continued unbridled borrowing by the President Muhammadu Buhari led Government under the guise of funding National expenditures instead of looking inwards and developing the Nation’s resources for a sustainable revenue flow.

2. As a Political Party that was in power for 16 years; that worked assiduously to take the Nation out of debt, we are appalled at the rate the Government of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been stacking debt for the future generations without any corresponding infrastructural development in the Country to justify the Huge Borrowing .

3. We wish to remind Nigerians that as a Party with foresight, we raised the alarm against the plan by President Muhammadu Buhari led Government to borrow another $5.5 billion for another bogus infrastructural developmental projects, but the Government considered our patriotic complaints as mere politicking.

4. Not minding the Genuineness of our advice to the Government, the Minister for Finance, Kemi Adeosun speaking for President Buhari's Administration, insisted that the Government must, and will continue to borrow before it could fund projects listed in the budget.

5. However, our altruistic position on the evil of unbridled borrowing by the Government has been confirmed by the World Bank which has issued a caveat to the Government of the APC, not to borrow and plunge the Future of this Country into uncertainty.

6. Issuing the warning through its Senior Economist, Mrs Gloria Joseph-Raji on Monday in Abuja, the World Bank stated clearly that the Cost of borrowing or paying interest on Nigeria’s debt was not sustainable as revenues to make such payment had dried up.

7. The World Bank stated unequivocally that the Country’s Debt to revenue ratio which stood at 35 per cent in 2015 has grown to 60 per cent by 2016, reflecting a reduction in government revenues and rising debt profile; thereby raising a question about the debt sustainability.

8. What more can we say? We knew the Situation was bleak under this APC Administration and we made our worries public, but the nonchalant APC Government has refused to see the danger ahead.

9. We wish to refer all Nigerians to the Debt Profile of the Nation under the President Buhari Administration which has just been released. We are sure that nobody will agree that the Government should borrow a kobo anymore in the Name of Funding the Nation’s Budget.

10. In the light of this, we wish to reiterate our call and plea on the National Assembly to consider the plight of our unborn children and reject the request for the $5.5 billion loan by the administration. We owe our unborn children the duty not to cripple them before they are born.

11. We know that rather than heed our patriotic warning, the APC will as usual, resort to the only thing they know how to do best - the Blame Game. In the absence of any coherent, logical, positive and purposeful policies, Programs and agenda, that is not entirely surprising.

Adorable photo of Cristiano Ronaldo relaxing with Georgina Rodriguez and his children

Georgina Rodriguez who's pregnant with Cristiano Ronaldo's fourth child shared this adorable photo with the striker and his three children, Cristiano Ronaldo Jr and twins Mateo and Eva enjoying some downtime together.

The Spanish beauty captioned the Instagram photo: 'The words are over, I love you.'

Cristiano Ronaldo with his Real Madrid team will be facing Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League clash tonight.

I will never return to PDP' Obasanjo says

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has vowed never to return to PDP. Obasanjo who tore his PDP membership card in February 2015, restated his stance of never returning to the party when he met behind closed doors with the National Caretaker Chairman of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, in Abeokuta, Ogun state earlier today. Speaking with news men after the meeting, Obasanjo said 

“I will never return to the PDP, just like a dog would never return to its vomit.” he said

by Linda Ikeji at 17/1

Sad news

A prison warder whose photos showing her hugging and kissing an inmate committed suicide on Monday, after the images went viral on social media.

Four pictures showing the unidentified female prison warder from the Losperfontein Correctional Service Centre near Brits in North West posing in uniform with a male prisoner were shared by Facebook and Twitter users yesterday.

This was brought to the department's attention which later confirmed in a statement that the prison warder had committed suicide.

The department said it had launched an internal investigation into the matter. The regional commissioner for North West, Mandla Mkhabela, said they had learnt with shock that the warder committed suicide as they were investigating the images.

Mkhabela said the behaviour of engaging with inmates in that manner was not allowed.

"This is disturbing and strictly prohibited. The department condemns this in the strongest possible terms," he said.

In one of the images, the two are seen kissing in a picture that seems to have been taken by the male inmate. The pictures were seemingly taken by cellphone, but it's unclear where they were taken.

According to The Sowetan, the warder was found hanging at her place of residence in the staff quarters at the prison.

The SA Depression And Anxiety Group operations director Cassey Chambers said:

"With social media anything goes viral so quickly and you find people who have no relation to the matter making comments and sharing it. That puts on added pressure and cyberbullying. as it could be a last straw. Maybe she thinks there would be an impact on family."

Refer to the statement issued by the Department of Correctional Services, below:

IMAGES OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICIAL AND INMATE CIRCULATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has been made aware of images involving an official and inmate, from Losperfontein Correctional Centre, in an intimate position circulating on social media.

As this is disturbing and strictly prohibited, the Department condemns this type of behaviour in the strongest possible terms.

Whilst DCS was busy investigating this matter, we have since learnt with shock that the official allegedly appearing on the images has committed suicide.

DCS Regional Commissioner for Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West, Mr. Mandla Mkabela, has expressed grief and sadness at the incident.  ”On behalf of DCS, we want to convey our condolences to the family and colleagues of the deceased official. We have dispatched a team of senior managers and our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) specialists to provide necessary support”.

by Linda Ikeji at 17/10/2017 4:24 PM

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from Panti after he was released to go about his business

LIB exclusively confirmed yesterday that singer Davido has been cleared by the Police to go about his business after he made a statement at Panti absolving himself of any wrong doing in the demise of Tagbo Umeike. His lawyer, Bobo F. Ajudua confirmed this to us.

A video now shows the moment the singer arrived to his home in Lekki as a free man -ready to go back to making music. Watch below...

 

A post shared by LIB - Linda Ikeji Blog (@lindaikejiblog) on Oct 17, 2017 at 7:40am PDT

Update: Police arrest 17-year-old girl for stabbing boyfriend to death in Lagos during argument over alleged infidelity

The police in Lagos State have arrested 17-year-old Hannah Osazuwa, for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend Tomide Akintoye, to death at Gowon Estate in Egbeda.

It was gathered that on Mondaymorning, an argument ensued between the couple and Osazuwa, who was treated to a lavish birthday celebration, allegedly stabbed Akintoye, alias Life of Tomson, with a pair of scissors.

According to a source, who spoke to The Guardian, the suspect who resides at Idimu, was cutting her hair with the scissors at the time. 

“They had a nice weekend together. They were lovers and the guy celebrated the girl's birthday. But early this morning, they had a disagreement. The girl was using the scissors when they started fighting," the source said. 

“The guy was using his hand to beat her but she used the scissors and stabbed him on the chest. I heard Osazuwa caught her boyfriend chatting with another girl on Whatsapp, which led her to believe he was cheating on her. One thing led to another, they started arguing, she pulled out a scissors and stabbed him close to the heart. He bled internally, and died on the spot,” the source added.

Spokesperson for the Lagos State police command, Olarinde Famous - Cole, who confirmed the incident said the case would be transferred to the Homicide Department for further action.

Kiki Osinbajo has a dance-off with two grandmas at a party in Abeokuta

Kiki, daughter of the Vice President posted photo of herself digging it out on the dance floor with two grandmothers.

"The grandmas challenged me to a dance off. No one does it better than them" she captioned the photo

President Buhari off to Turkey for D-8 summit tomorrow

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart for Istanbul, Turkey on Wednesday to participate in the ninth Summit of the Developing 8 (D-8) on Friday, October 20, 2017.

Prior to the D-8 Summit, President Buhari, at the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, will participate in an official working visit to Ankara, the capital city.

In Ankara, the President will have a tete-a-tete with his Turkish counterpart while delegations from both countries will hold discussions in various fields including defence cooperation, security, educational and migration issues.

The Nigerian leader will also visit the Grand National Assembly of the Republic of Turkey in Ankara where he will meet with the Speaker, Ismail Kahraman. While in Istanbul, the Turkish commercial centre, President Buhari will use the occasion of the D-8 Summit to bolster warm and growing ties across a broad range of areas of cooperation with leaders of the D8-member countries, namely Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan and Turkey.

The Summit with the theme, ‘‘Expanding Opportunities through Cooperation’’, will among other things, focus on cooperation in the areas of agriculture, trade, transport, energy and increased private sector participation among member-countries.

During the ninth Summit of the D-8, which will also mark the 20th anniversary of the organisation established to improve the developing countries’ positions in the world economy, the President will highlight the significant show of confidence in Nigeria’s business environment and economy.

He will also affirm Nigeria’s resolve to work with D-8 member-countries on many key areas, including peace and security, economy and trade.

At the end of the Summit, the Heads of State and Government will adopt a Communiqué, also known as the 'Istanbul Declaration'. The President will be accompanied on the trip by ministers, top government officials, including the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Hameed Ali.

Zonal PPRO, Dolapo Badmus reacts to the case of the lady who was sexually asualted by SARS officers in Kwara state

Zonal PPRO, Dolapo Badmus has reacted to the story of a lady who was allegedly assaulted by SARS officials in Kwara state. Read the story 

She revealed that she has communicated with the lady and has instructed the Kwara state commissioner of police in the state through the PPRO to look into the matter. She wrote; 

Yesterday 16th of October I received various tags about the complaint of a young lady who was allegedly rough handled by some policemen. I reached out to her, she recounted her ordeals. I did a follow up to Kwara state where the alleged incident occurred. The commissioner of police in the state through the PPRO are looking into the matter, members of the public including the complainant should be rest assured that justice will prevail. Thanks to you all for your cooperation and trust.