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Monday, April 16, 2012
See how some of our Nigerian celebrities looked growing up, way before they became stars.
World Bank's Statement On The Selection Of Dr. Jim Yong Kim As The 12th President Of The World Bank Group
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| Dr. Jim Yong Kim defeated Nigeria's finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to become the WB President |
This process included an open nomination where any national of the Bank’s membership could be proposed by any Executive Director or Governor, publication of the names of the candidates, interviews of the candidates by the Executive Directors, and final selection of the President.
The Executive Directors selected Dr. Jim Yong Kim as President for a five-year term beginning on July 1, 2012. The President is Chair of the Boards of Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA). The President is also ex officio Chair of the Boards of Directors of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and the Administrative Council of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
We, the Executive Directors, wish to express our deep appreciation to all the nominees, Jim Yong Kim, José Antonio Ocampo and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Their candidacies enriched the discussion of the role of the President and of the World Bank Group’s future direction. The final nominees received support from different member countries, which reflected the high caliber of the candidates. We all look forward to working with Dr. Kim when he assumes his responsibilities.
Dr. Jim Yong Kim is currently President of Dartmouth College. A U.S. national, Dr. Kim is a co-founder of Partners in Health (PIH) and a former director of the Department of HIV/AIDS at the World Health Organization (WHO). Before assuming the Dartmouth presidency, Dr. Kim held professorships at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. He also served as chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and director of the François Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Dr. Kim was awarded a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship (2003), was named one of America’s “25 Best Leaders” by US News & World Report (2005), and was selected as one of TIME magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” (2006). He was elected in 2004 to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences—one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine—for his professional achievements and commitment to service. He has published widely over the past two decades, authoring or co-authoring articles for leading academic and scientific journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, and Science.
Born in 1959 in Seoul, South Korea, Dr. Kim moved with his family to the United States at the age of five and grew up in Muscatine, Iowa. Dr. Kim graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 1982. He earned a medical doctorate from Harvard Medical School in 1991 and a Ph.D. in anthropology from Harvard University in 1993. He is married to Dr. Younsook Lim, a pediatrician. The couple has two young sons.
Contacts:
In Washington: David Theis, (202) 458-8626, dtheis@worldbank.org
For Broadcast Requests: Natalia Cieslik, (202) 458-9369, ncieslik@worldbank.org
20yr old girl detained in prison for 4 years for stealing N10k phone
Her name
is Blessing Effiong from Akwa Ibom state and in 2008 when she was only
16, she was arrested and detained for being in possession of a stolen
N10, 000 phone. She has been awaiting trial at the female section of
Kirikiri Prisons, Lagos for four years now. Unbelievable, right?
In
2008, I bought a Starcomms phone for N10,000 in order to start a
business centre. A few days later, a man called me and said the phone
was stolen from him. I told the man I didn’t know it was stolen. We had
an agreement that I should return the phone and he would refund my
money.
I gave the man my address but when he got to my place, he said the phone was stolen from him along with his laptop and some other vital documents. He accused me of being a thief, called the police and had me arrested. I was charged with robbery and have been in Kirikiri since then as my trial has yet to begin.
The
Akwa-Ibom indigene, who was interviewed by the Attorney-General of the
state, Mr. Ade Ipaye, and representatives of the Office of the Public
Defender, during a visit to the prisons to evaluate the number of
awaiting trial persons there, narrated in detail how she had been
incarcerated since the age of 16 because she could not afford the
services of a lawyer.
Effiong
said she was arrested at her guardian’s house in Ebute-Meta but was
transferred to the Agboju Police Division from where she was taken to
an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court.
She
said although she was 16 at the time of her arrest, the Investigating
Police Officer claimed she was 21 so that she would be tried as an
adult.
“I
told the IPO that I was only 16 years old and that I knew nothing
about the stolen phone but the IPO wrote 21 on my statement and claimed I
was lying about my age. I was arraigned as an adult,” she said.
Effiong
added that even after four years, her trial had not begun as the court
was said to be awaiting advice from the Director of Public
Prosecutions.
(Culled from Punch)
Can Gbenga Daniel win this Battle??
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| Gbenga Daniel |
Daniel is facing a 38- count charge bordering on breach of trust, fraudulent conversion of public landed property to personal use, failure to declare his assets truthfully and stealing over N211m.
According to the EFCC, the said N211m was allegedly stolen by the accused in several tranches while serving as governor of the state.
Daniel was first arraigned before Mabekoje last October 12 and after pleading not guilty to the charges filed by the EFCC, the judge adjourned the case and ordered that the former governor be remanded in the commission’s custody.
The anti - graft agency later added 27 more charges against Daniel, bringing the total to 43, but he was however granted N500m bail bond with sureties in like sum.
After five months of standing trial before Justice Mabekoje during which the court heard arguments and counter- arguments of both counsel, the court discharged Daniel, citing fundamental errors in the manner the charges were filed against the accused by EFCC.
According to the judge, the prosecution should have obtained consent to prosecute the accused from the Chief Justice of Ogun State first before initiating criminal proceedings against him.
But on Monday, EFCC counsel, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs, who appeared with two other counsel- Adebisi Adeniyi and Tayo Olukotun, told the court that Daniel was in court for "re -arraignment."
Appearing for Daniel are 16- man legal team led by the quartet of Mr. Tayo Oyetibo (SAN), Otunba Kunle Kalejaiye (SAN), Mrs. Titi Akinlanwon and former Attorney - General and Commissioner for Justice in Ogun State, Mr. Akin Osibajo.
Michael Jackson New Album 'Immortal' Coming Out Nov. 21
A new Michael Jackson album is on the way.
Epic Records in conjunction with the Estate of Michael Jackson will release Immortal on Nov. 21.
Described as a musical tapestry for Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson The Immortal
World Tour, which kicked off last night in Montreal, the album features
redesigned versions of Jackson's hits, mashups and never-before-heard
outtakes including an alternate take on the Jackson 5's ABC and a choir
that Jackson recorded for They Don't Really Care About Us.
Immortal will be released as both a deluxe double disc version and single disc.
Wande Cole mum on Mo’Hits crisis ,As wande Dazzles Malaysians
DESPITE the tiff
between D’Banj and Don Jazzy, the “Bumper II Bumper” crooner was busy
this week thrilling Nigerians in Malaysia to a hilt.
R source in the country that is fast becoming another haven for
Nigerians, a lady, said “Wande literally brought down the entire roof of
Celebrity Nightclub at Mount Kiara” in the palm-oil driven country.
Cole, who left
Nigeria in the heat of the controversial spat between the once-good
friends, delighted even non-Nigerians at the event but refused to
comment on the reported parting of ways between D’Banj and Don Jazzy.
It is believed that he kept mum so that he wouldn’t rock the already
tipped boat.
“We all
understand he was being careful, all these musicians share the same
market. Wande is set to release an album and he won’t want to say stuff
that could incur the wrath of D’Banj’s fans thereby hurting his
commercial value,” R source inferred.
Fans were said to have paid 120 Rengits, equivalent to N5,000, to gain
entry into the club.
He performed for an hour.
D’Banj, who has been to Malaysia four times under one year, is set for
another visit to the country in five weeks.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Boko Haram Plans Massive Attacks In June To Prove President Jonathan Wron
Islamist militant group Boko Haram is planning a series of coordinated mass strikes in June 2012 to prove Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan wrong on his prediction that the activities of the group would be fully curtailed by the end of June.
A source knowledgeable about the groups plot said the group had recently distributed copies of Mr. Jonathan's speech in Hausa to its various cells to enable the various units prepare for massive attacks on security agencies, party offices and political figures around the northern region.
In particular, the group plans to attack governors Isah Yuguda of Bauchi, Jonah Jang of Plateau; Babangida Aliyu of Niger State; Ibrahim Yakowa of Kaduna State, as well as the former governor of Borno, Modu Sherriff, all of whom it believes are collaborating with security agencies to arrest and kill their members. Also reportedly marked for attack is the Defence Minister, Mohammed Bello.
The source also revealed that due to the sect's desire for more political acceptance in the region it plans various attacks on the political offices of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) nationwide.
SaharaReporters has also learned that the sect is planning to do an internal cleansing by killing those believed to have sold out on other members. Interestingly the sect source also revealed that Boko Haram has now set up an Internet monitoring platform to monitor discussions of their activities.
Visiting Seoul, South Korea, last week, Mr. Jonathan made the impolitic announcement to Yonhap news agency, that his government would have overcome Boko Haram by June. It was not clear how he arrived at such a deadline, or why it was necessary to broadcast it, giving his government’s poor track record with the militants and security in general.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
NIGERIAN PAYS $1 MILLION TO PEEP AT BEYONCE'S BOOBS
This very Nigerian man, the publisher of Thisday is many things to many people. But in this undated photo, a revelation of unimaginable proportion was that the Nigeria man actually paid Beyonce Knowles $1 million just to take a peep at her unbuttoned chest..
Federal Government To Stop Funding Of Universities - Anyim Pius Anyim
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| Pius Anyim |
Speaking in Abuja on Thursday at a fundraising dinner organized by the University of Jos, Mr. Anyim Pius Anyim, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, called on the institutions to generate funds independently from investors, associates and alumni.
Mr. Anyim, a former President of the Senate, also said that the government would inaugurate a committee to assess the level of need of the institutions and make recommendations, apparently to back the decision that has already been taken to starve them of funds.
This decision to pass the burden of financing to the universities is certain to lead to increases in tuition in federal universities, just as a similar decision to withdraw the subsidy on petrol last January led to the exponential price increases that fuelled that month’s mass rallies nationwide
The pattern of passing vast financial burdens to impoverished citizens is happening at a time that the executive and legislative arms of the government are continuously finding ways to grant to themselves lavish budget provisions.
Only recently, it emerged that the nation’s Senators had bought new Toyota LandCruiser Sport Utility Vehicles at a cost of over N16million each. Each of them already enjoys a fleet of luxury official cars. This year, federal legislators will receive an estimated N71 billion in jumbo allowances and packages they have allocated to themselves.
Not to be outdone, the presidency has this year budgeted for itself, for food alone, about one billion Naira.
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