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Dye’s Open Letter – “Dear I Go Dye” naijaloaded.com.ng Dec 8, 2017 1:00 PM Some days ago, Nigerian comedian I Go Dye wrote an open letter via Instagram to former vice-president of Nigeria and a 2019 presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubaka, telling him not to use sentimental empathy on the youths to forward his political ambitions. This was due to the fact that when Atiku resigned form APC two weeks ago, he mentioned that the ruling party APC had forgotten about the Nigerian youths. Atiku Abubakar has now replied him here’s what he wrote ; Dear I Go Dye, I read your post on Instagram. It was hard to miss it because it was on every major news website. I would like to say that you were mostly right. The questions you raised in your post are similar to the ones I have been asked by other young people on social media, so I am replying this not just to you as a person, but to all young Nigerians who have asked similar questions. Firstly, you are right. The Nigerian yo...

Court unfreezes Patience Jonathan’s 16 accounts The court unfreezes Patience Jonathan’s accounts as the 90 days ultimatum for EFCC to inspect the bank accounts had lapsed Six months after temporary freezing, The  Federal High Court  sitting in  Abuja  has ordered that the 16 frozen bank accounts owned by former President,  Goodluck Jonathan ’s wife, Patience Jonathan be unfrozen. The trial judge, Binta Nyako, gave the directive on Tuesday – having frozen the accounts since May 30. Patience’ accounts were frozen as a result of a suit filed by the  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission  (EFCC). The commission was given 90 days to carry out its investigation on the said accounts. Seven of the sad accounts are in Diamond Bank Plc, Five are with Skye Bank Plc, and the rest four accounts are with Union Bank Plc, First Bank Plc, Ecobank and Zenith Bank Plc. However, Justice Nyako reversed the order on grounds of an application filed by Mi...

More Nigerians repatriated from Libya. No fewer than 144 Nigerians have returned to Nigeria from  Libya  through a chartered Buraq Airlines aircraft on Tuesday as some government agencies received them at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 6:45 pm. From Naija News , it was  gathered that they were provided aid back home by the International Organisation for Migration, (IOM), and the European Union (EU). The Lagos State Governor’s wife Bolanle Ambode, who represented the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, was present at the airport to receive them. The South West Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, Suleiman Yakubu, said the returnees were 97 men, 39 women, two children and six infants. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, also present at the airport, commended the IOM for facilitating their return. She, however, Nigerians should be stopped from...

Buhari reveals why he almost ran away from Nigeria in 2016  President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that he once considered running away from Nigeria in the  early days of his administration. Buhari said he considered running away from Nigeria due to the parlous state of the economy that he inherited from the immediate past administration. Speaking in Cote d’Ivoire, Buhari said the situation was so bad that he considered abdicating not just the office but thought of fleeing the country. He said, “When I came, what I found out is terrible. It is absolutely terribly. “We are lucky in Nigeria that we have been able to survive 2016. Honestly, I told some people close to me that I was thinking of which country to run to if things got out of hand. “Between 1999 and 2014, I have said it several times in Nigeria, Nigeria had never got so much revenue like it did at that time. But then, when we came, the price of oil went down to $28 per barrel from an...

Corps member, lover quarantined for monkey pox in Benue Benue State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Cecilia Ojabo, has said that a 20-year-old corp member (names withheld) has been quarantined for exhibiting symptoms of monkey pox. The commissioner who spoke with our correspondent on the update of the suspected victim of monkey pox discovered in Gboko early November said a corp member who was the victim’s lover also showed similar symptoms that led to his being quarantined. She explained that the result of the blood samples of the Gboko victim of monkey pox was received a few days ago and tested positive to other viral infections. While giving details of the possible area the victim contacted the monkey pox from, the commissioner said the victim’s lover, who was a driver from Lagos, had visited and slept with the lady before she showed the symptoms. The commissioner further said that efforts to get the said lover driver apprehended were rebuff...

Return to PDP, Atiku begs defectors  Atiku addressing party members at the national headquarters of Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja. Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has asked politicians who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to other parties to return. He said there “is no other political party” in the country apart from the PDP. Atiku spoke in Abuja on Tuesday when he paid a courtesy call on the national leadership of the party at its national secretariat in Abuja. The former Vice-President had resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress about a week ago without joining any other political party. But on Sunday, he announced that he had returned to the PDP, which he left in 2014 with others to form the APC. While leaving the PDP then, he had said that the APC would be his “last bus stop”, vowing never to return to the former ruling party. Accompanied by his loyalists and praise signers,  Atiku wh...

Fuel scarcity: Senate summons NNPC boss File:People queueing at a fuel station, in Lagos .... last year. Photo: Saheed Olugbon The Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Maikanti Baru, is to appear before the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream)  on Thursday  over the rising scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) across the country. Baru failed to appear before the committee  on Tuesday , leading to a reschedule of the meeting to explain the causes of the scarcity. Chairman of the Senate committee, Senator Kabiru Marafa, while briefing journalists in Abuja  on Tuesday , said plans had also been concluded to commence nationwide inspection of filling stations over the looming fuel crisis. Marafa stated the Senate would not allow some unpatriotic persons to cause  Nigerians any hardships especially during the Yuletide. He stressed that though the lawmakers had adjourned plenary to conduct bud...

Many of us have a problem using our time prudently. Did you ever notice most procrastinators are hard workers?  They also tend to be perfectionists, fear failure or success, and they are not clear about their priorities. They frequently doubt their ability to do the job or doubt the importance of doing the job. In any case, procrastination is self-defeating. If you put off a task for too long, it becomes more difficult to do. If you are a procrastinator or know a procrastinator, here are 12 tips that will help you or your associate: Realize Procrastination Is Futile - Don’t spend time and energy avoiding the task. Starting it and completing it will reduce your anxiety. Eat the Elephant - Take a large overwhelming task, break it up into little pieces, and do one piece at a time. “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.” Get the Unpleasant Out of the Way - You will never feel like doing an unpleasant task. There is never a good time to do it. Think of how...

One of the important commitments that business owners need to make when it comes to managing their finances is around saving and investing. Saving refers to short term commitments (1-6 months) that you make, while investing is more focused on the long-term (more than one year). On a personal level, saving and investing helps you to put away some of your funds for the future to meet unplanned emergencies that may arise, as well as to position yourself to take advantage of opportunities for the future as well as earn additional income on your funds. The same applies to your business, you would commit to setting aside money from your income from time to time to save and invest for the future of your business. A good saving and investing culture allows you to grow your financial power into the future and your savings and investments can come in very handy in taking care of future emergencies and business opportunities. Here are a few things to do when making a commitment to save or i...

 How  You Deserve Peace of Mind: How to Make Work-Life Balance Work for You Many people seem to view work-life balance as unrealistic, or possibly useful for others but not themselves. But h ere’s why you hate the idea of work-life balance: because you believe it’s nothing more than shuffling a deck of cards and rearranging how you spend your time. Work-life balance is all or nothing to you. And deep down, you may see it as something that can have an impact for others, but that won’t work for you or your situation. There is one goal of work-life balance, however, and it’s  not  to shuffle your hours around so that everyone in your life is happy. That’s not possible. The goal of work-life balance is to achieve peace of mind  in all of life’s arenas. You Deserve Peace: How to Make Work-Life Balance Work for You  True success is doing the best with what you have. – Tyler Clary, Olympic gold medalist Those in n...