Happy birthday to my husband Cobhams Asuquo!!! - Ojuolape Asuquo

 

Sweetiee, I know how much you love following Linda Ikeji’s blog to stay up to date, and that even today on your birthday you will “check Linda” so I decided to surprise you and come and block you here tooo! As you know I’m so so excited about today and your milestone birthday. 

 

Your chapter is unfolding, a new season, a new era filled with all your heart’s desires, dreams and prayers answered. Happy 40th birthday my love. You are everything!

 

Ok that’s all wanted to say. Carry on with your reading. You’ll give me summary of everything later as usual.

 

Signed,

Your wife,

Ojuolape Asuquo

 

 

Boko Haram: Western nations have shown us more concern than Arab countries – Borno Governor, Babagana Zulum says

 

The Borno state governor, Babagana Zulum, says the state has received more help and humanitarian support from western countries than the Arab countries in its fight against Boko Haram.

 

Governor Zulum stated this when he received the Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria, Saleh Fheied Saleh in his office on Tuesday evening January 5.

 

In his words

“In the midst of challenges with the Boko Haram insurgency, countries from the west have shown more concern for the plight of Borno people than rich Arab nations whose people share similarity of religion and culture with the majority of Borno citizens,” he said.

I am a practical person. I work with the realities I see on ground. In the face of our challenges over the years, we have received humanitarian support from the UK and other parts of Europe, the United States, Canada, from Japan and a host of others who have demonstrated concern and have made efforts to support our traumatized citizens in many ways especially on food, medicals and livelihoods.

However, that level of concern never came from Arab countries with whom millions of Borno people share similarity in religion and culture. We even have indigenous shuwa Arabs in Borno and this shows how our histories are tied.

We have made severe efforts, written and visited embassies of Arab countries, especially those that are rich and not dealing with crises, but obviously, majority of the Arabs do not care about our situation, neither do they support us.

The Arabs have not shown concern to us. Your visit, h

"We were born here, we die here" - Patriotic Nigerian doctor says she turned down opportunity to move to Canada and stayed back to make her country work

 

A Nigerian doctor, Fatima has revealed that she turned down an opportunity to move to Canada because she wants to contribute to the growth and development of her country. 

 

"About a month ago, I got an opportunity to move and work in Canada. But honestly leaving this country is not an option for me. A lot of my colleagues have left but the rest of us will stay back. We’ll make our country work. We were born here, we’ll live here, we die here." she wrote. 

 

"I desire to stay back because I beleve we will be greater here. It's just a matter of time." she added. 

 

While some Nigerians commended her patriotism, others said that she can afford to take such decisions because she is from a rich home. 

 

"Clearly you are from a rich home. "We die here" but na one soft estate you dey o with private security, good house, nice car. If you grew up in poverty or in a slum you would be tweeting from Canada." one commented under her tweet. 

 

 

 

 

Ogenyi Onazi leaves Danish Super Liga side SonderjyskE by mutual agreement

 

Super Eagles of Nigeria midfielder, Ogenyi Onazi has terminated his contract with Danish Super Liga side SonderjyskE by mutual agreement after only six months with the club.

Onazi, 28, joined the Sydbank Park outfit in October with an option to extend the deal by two more years.

 

His decision to join the club came after he ruptured his Achilles tendon during his time with Turkish Super Lig club Trabzonspor, an injury that kept him outside footbal for more than a year.

After returning, he left the club to join rivals Denizlispor in January on a six-month deal before signing for SonderjyskE.

Since joining the Danish club, he has only played three times for the club.

After terminating the contract on Tuesday, January 5, the club’s sports director Hans Jorgen Haysen praised him for his contribution.

“There is not a finger to put on Onazi's efforts in SonderjyskE. He has been a professional to the tips of his toes,” Haysen told the club website.

 ”He has fitted in well with the group with his dedication and he has also scooped out his experience to the young players on the team.

“He came with a backlog from an injury, but he has been in almost all training sessions with us, and also earned a starting place in the Sydbank Cup and a few innings in the 3F Super League.

“However, it did not turn out quite as he and we had hoped, and he himself has expressed that he might fit better into another league than the 3F Superliga, and he now has the opportunity to try it out.

“We thank him for his efforts in the light blue jersey and wish him all the best for the future.”

Onazi started his European career with Lazio, where he spent four years before moving to Turkey to team up with Trabzonspor after leaving Lazio in 2016.

 

He helped the club to win the Turkish Cup.

 

He has 52 caps for the Super Eagles.

Lovely photos of DBanj, his wife and their baby girl

 

Dbanj and his wife, Lineo, recently welcomed a baby girl. The singer this afternoon, shared lovely new photos of himself and his wife with their bundle of joy.

 

See more photos below

 

'Retaining service chiefs years after their retirement is unconstitutional' – North East elders tell Buhari

 

Northern elders have asked president Muhammadu Buhari, to sack Nigeria's Military Service chiefs saying the continued retention of service chiefs several years after the expiration of their retirement date was not only unconstitutional but could demoralize frontline troops.

The group of Northern elders known as The Coalition of North East Elders for Peace and Development (CNEPD), in a statement by its national coordinator, Zana Goni, said the inability of President Muhammadu Buhari to announce the removal of service chiefs in his new year message was a sign that the Nigerian leader didn't acknowledge the insecurity situation in the country.

 

 

 

The group also warned that the appointment of almost only Northerners to lead the Nigerian military was morally and constitutionally wrong and may have emboldened criminals and bandits.

They added that trying different ethic groups in the country’s security infrastructure will not only bring back the high morale of personnel but also return their zeal and vigour to protect Nigeria.

“At the moment, the most important thing for every Nigerian is security. They want their lives to be protected first. The National Assembly has since understood this and that is why as representatives of the people, they have called for more robust, efficient and effective security management for the country.

 
“We still stand by the position of the National Assembly where members unanimously resolved that the security chiefs be relieved of their positions to pave way for not only fresh hands but also fresh ideas in our security management strategies.”

“Sacking the current chiefs and subsequently replacing them with new ones will automatically change the game of insecurity as the morale of fighting officers will be boosted, new strategies will be launched, besides the flow of intelligence information among the security agencies.”

"Overhauling the nation’s security management team, without increasing the defence budget will undermine all efforts to improve security.

The elders then concluded by urging the government to provide huge budget for the military so they can destroy the nation's adversaries.

''Tired honestly.. I’m misunderstood''- singer, Wande Coal, tweets

 

Singer Wande Coal, took to his Twitter handle this afternoon to express his frustration about being misunderstood. 

 

He did not however elaborate on why he posted the tweet.

''tired honestly.. I’m misunderstood''