Dec. 17 (Codewit) — Governors of 20 of Nigeria’s 36 states controlled by the ruling People’s Democratic Party, or PDP, have declared support for President Goodluck Jonathan to emerge the presidential candidate in party primary elections set for Jan. 13.
Jonathan has the support of the governors to “contest the 2011 election as the PDP presidential candidate†and hold power “for a period of four years only†if he wins, the governors said in a statement handed to reporters after a meeting yesterday in Abuja, the capital.
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Professor Dora Akunyili on Wednesday made her last appearance at the weekly meetings of the Federal Executive Council as she resigned her appointment as Minister of Information and Communications
Her resignation takes effect from today (Thursday). Already, Jonathan has appointed the Minister of State for Information and Communications, Mr. Labaran Maku, as the substantive minister.
Akunyili informed the President and other FEC members that she was quitting the government to enable her vie for a seat in the Senate during the elections in 2011.
She, however, stunned most FEC members as she announced that she would not be vying for the National Assembly seat under the Peoples Democratic Party but the All Progressive Grand Alliance.
In her valedictory address, Akunyili said her heart was heavy because she was leaving ‘a family’ that she had ‘bonded’ with.
Akunyili, said, “Mr. President, Mr. Vice-President, and my esteemed colleagues with whom I have formed a family — some of you for the past two years and others for a lesser period of time. I wish to humbly inform you that I am resigning from the cabinet with effect from tomorrow, 16th December, 2010.
“Today (Wednesday) is, therefore, a very emotional day for me in council. This is because I have been so closely bonded to most of you that my departure is like leaving a family. My heart is so heavy because in this council, I have found comfort and friendship.â€
Addressing journalists in company with Maku, Akunyili said, “Today (Wednesday) is my last briefing in my capacity as Information and Communications minister.
“I am resigning from the Cabinet tomorrow (today), 16th of December, 2010. I have decided to join my governor on the platform of APGA . I intend to pick up the form today (Wednesday).
“Maku is now the substantive Minister of Information and Communications.â€
Commenting on the development, Maku disclosed that Jonathan was “reluctant†to let Akunyili leave the cabinet.
“The President reluctantly accepted the resignation from her,†he said, adding that Akunyili had over the years made her mark in public service, from her stint as the D-G of NAFDAC.
APGA is the party in power in Anambra State, and Akunyili had been reportedly assured of the support of Governor Peter Obi towards the realisation of her senatorial ambition.
Akunyili had hinted of her alliance with Obi when she told journalists in Abuja recently that she would be joining her governor (Obi) on the platform of APGA.
Akunyili, later visited the APGA headquarters in Abuja, where she paid N3.5m for the nomination form.
She said her decision to quit her ministerial position, which she described as a ‘comfort zone,’ was to give her people the opportunity to enjoy good governance.
Akunyili said, “They will, for the first time, enjoy their child in the Senate, not just in the area of representation but also in the area of ensuring that they always get their dues from the Federal Government.
“Living in the comfort zone, a minister in Nigeria, has as much clout as a President in any other West African country. So it was not an easy thing for me to resign.
“But I have looked into the future prayerfully, and felt very strongly that if it is the will of God that I get this senatorial seat, I will be able to serve this country and my people at a higher level. That is what I meant by comfort zone, I am not referring to the PDP; I was referring to my job.â€
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The national chairman of All Progressive Grand Alliance, Victor Umeh, yesterday told the former minister of information and communication, Dora Akunyili, to be prepared to compete with other party aspirants who have indicated their intention to contest the senatorial election in the Anambra Central Senatorial District. Mr. Umeh stated this at the party national secretariat in Abuja where Mrs. Akunyili went to purchase the nomination forms. A form costs N3.5 million.
The national chairman noted that although the entry of the former minister into the APGA would attracted attention and popularity to the party, the practice of internal democracy by the party would not guarantee her an automatic ticket.
“Your joining us today will add to our party,” he said. “All that you have been doing about rebranding, you will bring it to our party. We know that where you are leaving, they will not be happy but APGA is in your constituency.
This is a wise decision you have taken and we wish you well. Any party would love to have you. APGA is happy to have her seek the nomination of our party to serve. It is a great thing that this great woman that has served in various capacities quit her party to join us. You are welcome to our party. If not for internal democracy that is required, we would have been talking about other things. But we are going to give all of you an even playing ground. You have to compete with others who have declared their interest to contest the same position.”
The APGA boss described the party as a “mustard seed” which holds the core values of democracy in great respect, adding that its leadership has rebranded it.
Mrs. Akunyili said that she was happy that the party would not give her an automatic ticket to contest the election because, according to her, it would create anger and rancor. She, however, expressed hope that she would emerge the nominee during the primaries to contest the main election.
“I pray that by the grace of God, I will be the nominee to the senate,” she said. “If I don’t get it, I will support whoever gets it. Politics should not be a do-or-die affair. When people talk about winning, winning, winning all the time, it creates problems.”
Woman of the people
The former minister who was accompanied by a group of women dressed in the same attire as well as aides said if elected a senator, she would give the Anambra Central Senatorial District effective representation.
“They will be happy that their daughter is in the senate and they will get their dues from the federal government,” she said.
Mrs. Akunyili also assured listeners that she would help the party deepen internal democracy in Nigeria and in the West Africa sub-region. She said that she joined APGA because of the performance of Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State. But a possible opponent of Mrs. Akunyili for the senatorial ticket of the APGA, George Ibezimako Ozodinobi, has described her decision to run for senate on the APGA platform as nothing short of political prostitution and a betrayal of President Goodluck Jonathan’s trust.
Mr. Ozodinobi, who represented the Anaocha, Njikoka and Dunukofia federal constituency under APGA from 2003 to 2007, said in Awka that Mrs. Akunyili’s move portrayed her as politically unstable. He also said the former minister’s decision to leave Mr. Jonathan’s camp now could be viewed as an indication that the Igbo were not supporting him.
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Somewhere it appears Beyond the thought of man Can only imaginarily described “As” and “like” the qualifying words Of this heaven that be.
A golden sanded soil of mirrored look With silver coated glasses That reflect the light from self Direct from the builder’s body A hope for every bettering.
Your condusive aroma calls For more concentration unto you A living place with every lively smile Habouring fine little little beings That chant unto Him forever.
A where virtues overflow And vices are the far past-then Where accumulation is only on the good And prayers are enjoyment As the holy little little things fall to praise.
Marching straight of diamond Incensing the all in all or what have you Where he imaginatively said to sit And perceives the scent of flowering Creatures that beseech him forever.
The earth cries to stay there All humans hope to come and live With their maker at different lasts Wonder how the place will turn to be With the failures of this earthly life.
Won’t man steal the golden sand to sell Or have erotic affairs with the angels Even trying to impeach or overthrow God Or even increase the vices or prices of things With this his eathly bow-eyes.
Can’t I suggest for another place For the people of better ways To avoid introducing confusion to the innocents Because the trait I think is there Lest embarrassment be brought to heaven.
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Unfortunately, in this 21st century, many people still know little or nothing about Africa. The funniest part of such ignorance is that, there are still many people that consider Africa as a country other than a continent. This article sheds a beam-light about African vast land and heritage.
Most times, Africans in Diaspora have been confronted with a couple of questions, such as:
Q. where are you from?
A. I am from Ghana in West Africa.
Q. My cousin, Ramsey John, is working in the gold mines of Johannesburg, do you know him?
What is embarrassing about the above questions is not what they mean literally, but what they imply; namely, that Africa is so small (perhaps as small as one of the fifty states that make up the United states of America) that one who is from Ghana in West Africa should be able to know someone who has no special affiliation to him except that he in Johannesburg, which is in South Africa.
For the benefit of our readers and those who ask such questions we shall give a brief geographical survey of Africa. Africa is often called the cradle of humanity; a home to a remarkable variety of people and cultures. It is a land of striking contrasts and wild beauty
Africa is the world's second largest continents (second only to·Asia). It comprises not less than 50 countries.·Africa·is the only continent that truly straddles the equator- the imaginary line that encircles Earth around its middle. It has an area of 11.7 million square miles, and is located squarely across the equator, with its northern and southern extremes nearly equidistant from the equator at 37-21’ North and 34-51’ south respectively. Four-Fifths of the area of·Africa, which is about 9 million square miles, lies between the two tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
As a result of the geographic position of Africa, the great percentage of its vast lands enjoy the tropical climate that is generally warm and free from the violent fluctuations in temperature such as that found in North America and Scandinavians regions . “More significantly,” said American historian, Robert W. July: "Africa’s geographic position affects the pattern of rainfall which, in turn, has a profound influence on African ecology and history."
The latitudes adjacent to the equator north and south are covered by a blanket of low-pressure air which rises from the hot land in response to the near vertical rays of the sun. Thus is created a region of heavy rainfall, and here principally in the Congo River basin and the Guinea Coast of west Africa- is to be found the verdant rain forest capable at once of sustaining high population density and resisting the inroads of unwelcome intruders. This rich growth does not extend across the continent to east Africa, however, where wind, sea and topographical conditions limit precipitation and, hence, vegetation in that area.
As one moves away north and south of the equator the rainfall gradually diminishes through the zone of the trade winds until one reaches the subtropical high-pressure belt. Here the precipitation is less than 10 inches a year falling on the desert regions of Africa.
On the whole, as a result of African topography, one can say that Africa consists of a great block of ancient rock that has been little disturbed over 200 million years, except for periodic upheaval to the east and the south, peaking with Kenya Mountain, Kilimanjaro Mountain, and the Cameroon Range. A valley beginning with the Gulf of Agaba at the head of the Red Sea runs a course of 4000 miles southwards through the Ethiopian highlands, flanks Lake Victoria east and west, finally forms the Lake Malawi depression, and terminates on the eastern coast near the Mozambique city of Beira.
The great Continent is blessed with a series of major rivers that meander through the land, much of their long passages occasionally spreading out into broad, shallow basins that once held inland Seas. In many places, these rivers spill over the continental edge of the plateaus in waterfalls, causing rapids before emptying into the sea. Most of the Land is very rich for Agriculture and Farming. A considerable means of internal transportation and communication is provided through the river system of Africa. Africa has approximately 53 countries with 922,011,000 populations
When most Europeans and Americans think about Africa, they – more than anything else – think famine, poverty, AIDS and countries torn by civil war. News reports emerge mostly at moments of high urgency to inform us of issues that require our immediate attention. And though these ‘waves of interest' increase awareness and involvement, they are short lived, therefore, wrongfully creating the impression that the problem is solved. As a result, our views of Africa are fragmented and pigeon-holed, foregoing that Africa is much more than famine and safaris, or a continent devoid of hope. Lacking this broader understanding, it becomes increasingly difficult to support a continent that seems to be so far away and unrelated to our world.
This brief explanation of the African Continent will help us and our readers understand and balance their myopic judgment on Africa and expose them to a continent that is endowed with rich natural resources.
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ACCRA, Ghana – The West African nation of Ghana is poised to begin pumping oil Wednesday for the first time, kicking off a lucrative new industry expected to bring $1 billion annually to a part of the world where most people still get by on less than $2 a day.
But critics warn the country, one of the most stable and democratic on the continent, has yet to pass crucial legislation to avoid what is known in Africa as the “resource curse.” In places like Congo and Nigeria, oil or mineral wealth has fueled conflict instead of boosting desperately needed development.
British-based explorer Tullow Oil PLC is leading a consortium that will start producing 55,000 barrels per day Wednesday from rigs off Ghana’s Atlantic Ocean coast in the Jubilee Field, which was discovered three years ago and holds an estimated 1.8 billion barrels of oil.
As new wells are built over the next six months, daily output is expected to increase to around 120,000 barrels — about 10 percent of the amount pumped by nearby Nigeria, one of the continent’s leading producers.
Those figures are likely to rise. In September, Tullow confirmed the existence of a second large offshore oil field called Owo that holds as much as 550 million barrels under the waters of the Gulf of Guinea.
“The start of oil production represents an important opportunity … but the sudden onset of oil wealth often comes at the expense of good governance and effective development,” said Ian Gary, a policy manager for the charity Oxfam America. “Ghana’s challenge as an ‘oil hot spot’ will be to manage this industry with transparent and accountable policies and practices, so the people of Ghana can truly benefit over the long-term.”
More than three years after the discovery of oil, Gary said there is still no oil revenue management law in place, and no independent regulator established for the sector.
Ghana’s parliament is currently debating an oil revenue bill, but key provisions — including preventing oil revenue from being used as collateral for loans — have been removed.
Last week, lawmakers approved a bill allowing 70 percent of oil revenues to be used for such loans, which have caused countries such as Nigeria, Angola and Republic of Congo to go “deep into debt due to unsustainable oil-backed borrowing,” Oxfam said in a statement.
Ghana’s oil windfall will not be a game-changer: The country already earns billions annually from cocoa and gold reserves, and oil revenues are expected to account for 6 percent of total domestic revenue in 2011, according to Finance Minister Kwabena Duffuor.
Nevertheless, the money is badly needed. Most of Ghana’s 23 million people struggle to get by.
In 2009, Africa produced 13 percent of the world’s oil, “but this has yet to translate into tangible benefits for Africa’s poor,” Oxfam said. “In fact, resource-rich countries in Africa have actually experienced lower growth rates than countries with scarce resources.”
In nearby Nigeria, which produces about 2.2 million barrels of oil per day, oil wealth has spurred years of conflict and kidnappings, with armed militant groups launching regular attacks to destabilize the industry. The militants claim they are fighting on behalf of impoverished residents who gain little from the oil pumped out of their country.
Diamonds, gold, copper and other mineral wealth has fueled similar conflict as well as full-blown wars across Africa, from Congo to Angola to Sierra Leone. By contrast, Ghana is considered a beacon of stability in an often chaotic region.
The British think-tank Chatham House has expressed similar concerns over lack of regulations to safeguard the handling of multibillion dollar revenues. Researcher Alex Vines also worries about the lack of an independent regulator.
Such responsibility in the near-term may fall to the country’s state oil company or the energy minister. A situation in which the “regulator could also become the operator … is not a good long-term prospect” Vines said, noting that it’s not too late to address such shortcomings.
Oxfam said there been some positive signs. Ghanaian President John Atta Mills, for example, has promised disclosure of oil contracts though they remain unavailable to the public.
Mills has assured the nation the oil money will be handled properly, and the government says an oil bill will be passed.
On Wednesday, Mills will personally inaugurate the launch of oil production and give a statement later onshore at Takoradi Air Force Base, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) outside the capital, Accra.
Tullow Oil has a 34.7 percent stake in the Jubilee Field. Other partners include Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (23.49 percent), Kosmos Energy (23.49 percent), The Ghana National Petroleum Company (13.75 percent), Sabre Oil and Gas (2.81 percent), and the E.O. Group (1.75 percent).
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Black hair, while appearing tough and strong is actually quite the opposite. It has been found that African hair is rather fragile due in part to its tight natural curl. The fragility is increased by the use of chemical relaxers and other heat treatments, using the wrong hair care product and how it is sometimes combed.
For healthy hair, the African woman must look at what products are used in the hair and what products are used to comb the hair. Taking care of African hair, whether it is natural or processed is a labor of love. Some of the issues associated with the hair of black women are that it gets dry easier, it is more prone to breakage, and some women of black descent complain that it is too short or kinky.
The best African hair tips women should bear in mind when it comes to hair care are:
1. All brushes and combs are not created equal. The combs and brushes used by women of African descent can help to weaken their hair. African hair should be combed or brushed with: o With a wide tooth comb; fine tooth combs lead to breakage and unnecessary discomfort. The belief that all the hair caught in a fine tooth comb is dead is not so. Fine tooth combs snag and tear kinky or tightly curled hair. o A natural hairbrush such as one made from boar hair if you like brushing, but brushing is not generally necessary for most types of African hair textures.
2. Black hair needs oil, not grease, for moisture. This means that when buying moisturizing products for black hair look for those with natural oils such as jojoba, olive oil and Shea butter. Avoid products with petroleum jelly, which is heavy and does nothing for African hair. It is important to ensure that the scalp of African, both men and women, be oiled as well.
3. The use of lots of gels, mousse and other products that can deplete moisture should be avoided.
4. Use hydrating shampoos and moisturizing conditioners. You will need to experiment, as one shampoo does not work for every woman of African descent. Some good choices include Pantene Pro-V and shampoos from Motions.
5. Treat your hair at least once per month to help it maintain its health.
6. Forget the old way of combing your hair, instead of starting from the root down, start from the tip and move up. This means that you comb your hair in portions rather than pulling it down in one stroke. When you pull down in one stroke, this helps to weaken the hair from the root and results in damage to hair follicles.
7. Get a professional hair cut when you find it necessary. Some African women are reluctant to cut their hair because it seems to take long to grow back, but for split ends and seriously damaged hair, a cut is the way to go. Remember that it is also easier to cut Black hair when it is wet rather than dry.
8. Always try to sleep with a satin headscarf on; these days wraps specially made for sleeping in are available. If you cannot get a ready-made satin wrap for your hair, buy a regular satin scarf and use that. Alternatively, sleeping on a satin pillow works as well. Sleeping on cotton pillowcases or sheets leaches the moisture from your hair, which leads to split ends and damaged hair.
Proper hair care is as important to the woman of African descent as for any other racial group – and for most women, their hair is their crowning glory. Learning how to care for African American or ethnic hair will lead to healthier, more beautiful hair.
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Bettor.com, a new online social betting exchange, became the first online exchange to have a high street presence last week when they opened their Bettor.com shop in Holborn, central London.
To mark the occasion, three times world snooker champion, Ronnie O’Sullivan, took a break from competing to visit the store, meet fans and to attempt to beat his 147 fastest time.
During the event, Ronnie also spoke to the eagerly gathered media, which included The Sun, Sport magazine, BBC Radio Five Live, and Sky Sports.
The event therefore proved to be a public relations coup for the Bettor.com brand, with extensive coverage in the days and week following the event.
Media management for the event was handled by sports PR agency PHA Media. Account Manager on the Bettor.com account, Katie Matthews, said; “Ronnie O’Sullivan was the perfect choice for the event on Friday. As the world’s greatest ever snooker player, interest in him from the sporting media was of course rife, and he was on top form on Friday. He was comfortable and candid when chatting to all the journalists, which helped generate some fantastic coverage, and he also didn’t disappoint the lines of fans who turned up to meet him.
“It’s always nice to work with talent who make my life as a PR consultant easier, and Ronnie certainly did that.â€
PHA Media will continue to work with Bettor.com as their PR Agency over the coming months to promote both the new online exchange and the high street shop.
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Director General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr. Harold Demuren (left); Director, Electronic Services (DES), Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Engr. Nnamdi Udoh; Director General, Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), Dr. Anthony Anuforom and Rector, Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) Capt. Adebayo Araba at the 2010 Ministry of Aviation press briefing in Abuja.
New hope of Nigeria joining the league of nations popularly referred to as the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) emerged on Monday, following a report quoting analysts as saying the nation’s population would serve as its joker over rival and Africa’s largest economy- South Africa.
The BRICs are some of the world’s fastest growing economies, to which according to Reuters, quoting Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev, South Africa had “applied†to join in. Others eager to join the club include Turkey, Mexico and Indonesia, which investors typically eye as possible additions to the BRICs, having grabbed a chunk of emerging market investment in recent years due to their scale, growth and impact on the global economy.
But analyst and expert on the African economy, Razia Khan, who is head, Africa research at Standard Chartered told Reuters that Nigeria’s economy may overtake South Africa’s by 2023. Factors that would work in Nigeria’s favour, she noted, is its huge population of 150 million people, 70 per cent of which live on a dollar per day is expected to work in its favour. This, she noted, is a demographic impact, noting that “in the next five years, Nigeria will add another 23 million people and South Africa will add another 2.8 million.â€
This will however be based on projections that Nigeria maintains a economic growth rate of 7 per cent and South Africa, 4 per cent on a purchasing power parity basis.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management Chairman Jim O’Neill, who coined the term BRIC nine years ago, told last week’s Reuters 2011 Investment Outlook Summit that South Africa, at a population of under 50 million people, is just too small to join the BRIC ranks.
“How can South Africa be regarded as a big economy? And, by the way, they happen to be struggling as well.
“Nigeria has shown some vague signs. If they could impose the level of leadership, a whole new way of governance in which corruption is dramatically reduced, Nigeria is I think very interesting.
“It’s 20 percent of Africa’s population, which means it could be pretty powerful,†O’Neill said.
While South Africa is the larger economy, Nigeria is expected to catch up in the next few years. Recent policy changes, including the appointment as finance minister of former Goldman Sachs banker Olusegun Aganga, could present new possibilities, the report noted.
Nigeria’s population is already larger than Russia’s, and is estimated to double in another 20 years.
Acha Leke, a Lagos-based director at consultancy McKinsey, according to the report, is however cautiously optimistic on the power of population, noting that “demographics is a double-edged sword- you have a massive, massive market, but you have a bunch of people to educate and create jobs for. This could be a great opportunity. It has to be carefully managed.â€
The Reuters report however noted the power of corruption to undo whatever population could achieve for Nigeria and indeed has a long way to go, coming 134th out of 178 countries in Transparency International’s 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index, compared with South Africa’s 54th.
Corruption has stood in Nigeria’s way of achieving adequate power supply and other infrastructure shortages, besides the issue of political uncertainty, as the nation goes to the poll in April next year.
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Former governor of Nigeria’s Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori, is to be extradited to the United Kingdom.
Dubai: Dubai’s highest court on Monday approved the extradition request lodged by Dubai prosecutors against the former governor of Nigeria’s Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori.
He is to be extradited to the United Kingdom. The Dubai Court of Cassation approved the extradition request, which was lodged by the UK authorities through the Dubai Public Prosecution (DPP), against Ibori who was arrested in Dubai after an Interpol warrant was issued.
The presiding judge said in courtroom 22 that Ibori would be extradited after upholding the Appeal Court’s decision.
“My client has already been acquitted by a Nigerian court of committing 170 counts of fraud, swindling, deception and unlawful profiting while he was in office [governor of Delta State]. The British authorities do not have the right to ask for his extradition and have him retried for crimes he had already been acquitted of. The UK authorities claimed that new evidence popped up against the suspect and that’s why they lodged the extradition request. It is against the UAE’s Criminal Procedures Law to put a person to trial after having been acquitted,” said Ibori’s lawyer Ali Musabbeh, of Pan Globe Advocates.
Dubai prosecutors referred Ibori [who is in custody] in September to the Dubai Appeal Court to look into the extradition request. Prosecutors lodged the extradition request against Ibori as he was wanted by the UK police, based on the cooperation treaty between the UAE and the UK in criminal cases. The Appeal Court ruled that Ibori be extradited to the UK.
Advocate Musabbeh told the Cassation Court: “The UK authorities are trying to take no notice of Nigeria Supreme Court’s verdict [Ibori’s acquittal] because due to the insufficiency of the investigations and evidence.
Article 268 of the Criminal Procedures Law stipulates that a criminal lawsuit is dropped against any suspect who has already been prosecuted and tried over the same crime.
In its request, DPP mentioned that Ibori was wanted for extradition for the same crimes of which he was acquitted in Delta State.”
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