Why I want to buy Arsenal — Aliko Dangote

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has said he still wants to buy Arsenal despite failing in a 2010 bid to acquire a stake in the club.
The Nigerian billionaire is now worth nearly eight times as much as when he tried to buy into the Gunners, and the passionate Gooners has not given up on his dream of getting involved with the north London club.
“I still hope, one day at the right price, that I’ll buy the team,” Dangote, 58, told Bloomberg.
“I might buy it, not at a ridiculous price but a price that the owners won’t want to resist,” he continued, before ominously adding, “I know my strategy.
Interestingly, Dangote has publically stated that Arsene Wenger “needs to change his style a bit,” claiming the team “need new direction.”
Dangote – valued at over US$15billion – is worth more than both Arsenal majority shareholder Stan Kroenke and Uzbek Billionaire Alisher Usmanov, who have been fighting for control at the Emirates in recent years.
But his bid to take over the club won’t be coming immediately, with the cement and commodities tycoon wanting to get his portfolio of businesses in order first.
“We have $16 billion-worth of investments in the next few years,” he said. “Right now I want to take my own business to a certain level. Once I finish on that trajectory, then maybe”
Majority owner Kroenke recently bought more shares in Arsenal, and is not believed to have any interest in selling the club.

‘Igbos Vote With Their Stomach’ – Wole Soyinka Speaks

Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka has reportedly said that Igbos tend to put their votes where their stomachs take them.
Soyinka also added that Igbos “suffer from incurable money-mindedness, as they would stop at nothing in their quest for personal financial gain”, according to The Cable.
Soyinka is said to have made the statements on April 29, 2015, while delivering a lecture titled ‘Predicting Nigeria, Electoral Ironies’ at the Harvard University Hutchins Centre for African & African American Research, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
“The Igbos are probably the only group of Nigerians that you can predict with great accuracy whom they will vote for in an election, because they tend to put their votes where their stomachs take them; suffering as it were, from incurable money-mindedness, as they would stop at nothing in their quest for personal financial gain,” Soyinka said.
He also spoke on the victory of President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari in the March 28 elections saying that the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan would have been a disaster
“Muhammadu Buhari was the better of the two evils as the incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan had been an unmitigated disaster and failure. It was a painful decision to tell people to vote Buhari, but the country needed a new beginning. I was more against Jonathan, than I was pro-Buhari,” he said.
Soyinka also said that during Jonathan’s administration, Nigeria witnessed impunity and authoritarian madness.
That’s his views on them…what’s your stand?

EFCC Arraigns 19-year-old Suspected Internet Scammer

19-year-old suspected
internet fraudster, Ojosipe
Adebayo, has been arraigned
by the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC,
before Justice A.O Ipaye of the
Lagos State High Court, Ikeja
on a two- count -charge
bordering on possession of a
document containing false
pretences and forgery.
The defendant is allegedly a
member of a syndicate of
internet fraudsters that
specialize in using fake
cheques and scam mails to
defraud unsuspecting victims.
When the charges were read to
the accused person, he pleaded
not guilty.
One of the charges reads: “That
you Ojosipe Adebayo (a.k.a.
“Marty Jason” and “Candice”)
on or about the 8th day of
May, 2014 at Lagos, within the
Ikeja Judicial Division had in
your possession a document in
which you represented yourself
to be a single lady called
Candice from Trenton, New
Jersey, United States who helps
the needy to organise Charity
concerts and also helps the
homeless to get funds for
Motherless Babies Homes
which representations you
knew or ought to have known
to be false having regard to be
circumstances of this case”.
In view of the plea of the
defendant, the prosecution
counsel, Ayokunle Fayanju
prayed the court for a trial
date and also for the defendant
to be remanded in prison
custody. However, defence
counsel, Michael Asai asked for
a short adjournment in order
to file an application for bail.
Justice Ipaye subsequently
remanded the defendant in
Kirikiri Maximum Prison and
adjourned the matter to May
21, 2015, for hearing of the bail
application and
commencement of
trial.

Trailer Crushes 8 Students To Death In Otukpa Benue State (Graphics Photos)

According to Benue.com.ng, they reported an accident which happened recently at the state. Read their report below…
As residents of Otukpa, Ogbadibo LG of Benue State try to recover from the shock that gripped the community on Sunday evening over an auto clash which claimed lives of students and other commuters; a certain man from the local government (name withheld) has come out with a surprised revelation.
According to the man, his daughter left home on Thursday evening after been settled for the Semester.
He went further to say the entire household was rest assured that the lady was already in school and had settled down for the academic semester, only to find her corpse amongst the fresh accident victims on Sunday in Otukpa.
“We all believed she was in school since on Thursday. What was she doing in Otukpa for the past 3 days? Why is her corpse lying amongst those accidents victims here?”, he asked rhetorically while lamenting.
A tanker laden with diesel product had on Sunday evening rammed into a Volkswagen car which took off from Otukpa and was heading towards Ugbokolo in Okpokwu LG, crushing the vehicle to a palm and killing all the occupants in the car.
No rescue was made as the men and Officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC couldn’t get a towing van to lift the remain of the tanker off the victims.

A community source who spoke to our Correspondent on condition of anonymity said “the Officers of the FRSC really tried their best; they had to keep vigil at the accident spot in Odoba till on Monday morning when they were able to get a towing van from Enugu State to remove the tanker from the bodies of the victims which were crushed beyond recognition. Can you imagine the FRSC don’t have such equipment in Benue State”.
Our Correspondent was unable to speak with the Unit Commander of the FRSC in Ogbadibo to ascertain the official figure of the casualties. Similarly, all efforts made by our Correspondent to get the Public Relations Officer of Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo on the casualties on the part of the school proved abortive as he was not on seat on Monday as at time of visitation and he didn’t return his missed calls.
Meanwhile, another community source has revealed that about 8 persons lost their lives in the unfortunate incidence, though he claimed he could only identify the driver of the car, (an indigene of Adum Otukpa), a student of Benue Polytechnic (from Orido Otukpa) and a nursing mother with her baby.

Triple MG artist Tekno releases new promo photos

 Made Men Music Group (Triple MG) singer, songwriter and instrumentalist, Tekno Miles releases new promo photos which represents an exciting mixture that showcases Tekno’s electric personality intertwined with a high-end street style fashion fusion. See the photos after the cut...

Buhari Orders His Security Aides To Obey Traffic Rules

In what appears to be an unusual step to demon­strate his leadership style, the President-elect, General Muhamma­du Buhari, has instructed police and military per­sonnel attached to him to respect traffic regulations during his movements.
In a statement released by his media team in Abuja, General Buhari said abiding by the rule of law would be the guiding philosophy of his administration, adding, “without leadership by ex­ample, the ordinary citizens would become copycats of the lawlessness of their leaders.”
The President-elect pledged that “arrogance of power, lawlessness and disregard for the rights and convenience of fellow citi­zens would have no place in his government.”
He stated that for lead­ers to inspire respect, they must obey the laws of the country, adding that when leaders treat the country’s laws with contempt, they might send the wrong mes­sage to the citizens.
General Buhari lamented a situation where fellow citizens were punished at traffic points and roads be­cause of the “arrogant law­lessness of the leaders.”
He said in a democracy, leaders should not inflict inconveniences and other unbearable ordeals on the citizens for their own com­fort.

orders NASS to maintain status quo till June 18
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA – The Supreme Court has stopped the National Assembly from taking further steps towards amending the ‎1999 constitution.
In a ruling this morning,‎ a seven-man panel of justices of the apex court, led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, ‎Justice Mahmud Mohammed, ordered the National Assembly to maintain status quo on the matter until June 18.

The apex court further directed the issuance of hearing notice on the NASS for it to appear on that date to respond to the suit that was lodged against the proposed alterations to the constitution, by President Goodluck Jonathan.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/breaking-news-supreme-court-halts-constitution-amendment/#sthash.29sjVHAP.dpuf

Igbos Suffer From Incurable Money-Mindedness - Wole Soyinka

Professor Wole Soyinka has said Igbos vote with their stomachs.While delivering a lecture titled ‘Predicting Nigeria, Electoral Ironies’ at the Harvard University Hutchins Centre for African & African American Research, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.Acording to the Cable.ng,he said on April 29, 2015

“The Igbos are probably the only group of Nigerians that you can predict with great accuracy whom they will vote for in an election, because they tend to put their votes where their stomachs take them; suffering as it were, from incurable money-mindedness, as they would stop at nothing in their quest for personal financial gain,”

On Buhari, he said

Muhammadu Buhari was the better of the two evils as the incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan had been an unmitigated disaster and failure. It was a painful decision to tell people to vote Buhari, but the country needed a new beginning. I was more against Jonathan, than I was pro-Buhari,