OYEGUN’S TENURE EXTENSION WILL NOT HINDER TINUBU’S RECONCILIATION ASSIGNMENT – HON. ABDULRAZAK HAMDAS

             
Tinubu and Oyegun

A House of Representatives member, Abdulrazak Namdas, said All Progressives Congress (APC) reconciliation assignment of Sen. Bola Tinubu’s committee would not be hindered by the party’s National Working Committee’s (NWC's)tenure extension.

Namdas told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday that he was optimistic that the reconciliation committee would work amicably with people within the party’s national leadership.

“Tinubu, because of his leadership qualities has been asked to mediate and the Tinubu we know is a member of the APC; whatever issue that arises in APC, he has the capacity to resolve those issues.

“He is an elder and there is nothing he has not said. I think Tinubu will be able to work with anybody,” he said.

The lawmaker said that the recent extension of Chief John Odigie-Oyegun’s tenure as National Chairman of APC by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party was constitutional.

He said that NEC was guided by the rules in the party in the decision, adding that the action was lawful.

“If the NEC which comprises the National Working Committee (NWC) and all the state chapters deemed it necessary to do so, who are we to say no.

“By my understanding, if there are issues, they will be resolved. But, I think that the extension is not something wrong.”

On the recent President Muhammadu Buhari’s reinstatement of Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf, who was on suspension, Namdas said it was proper.

He said that Yusuf’s recall would help in the investigation of N10 billion allegedly missing at the agency.

“We are meant to understand that the executive secretary made some revelations that led to his reinstatement.

“If something led to his suspension and later the government realised that he did the right thing, there is nothing wrong in asking him to come back.

“The only thing we have now is that there were two withdrawals from the NHIS of N10 billion that led to a motion being brought before the House.

“As far as we are concerned, this is the area we should focus on because he alleged that even when he was away, the withdrawal was made without his knowledge.

“And, by the law, the agency needs to be the one to request for that money and he does not know who requested for the money.

“If not that he is back nobody would have known who authorised it. So, it was good that he came back; at least he is now able to tell Nigerians that he was not responsible for the authorisation,’’ he said.

The lawmaker added that “if N10 billion was missing when he was suspended, who knows, somebody can also allege that his suspension was to give way for the withdrawal of the N10 billion.

“So, whichever way, until the investigation proves otherwise, I think suspension and reinstatement are normal in the service.

“Once somebody is suspended for alleged wrongdoing and he is discovered not to have done so, there is nothing wrong in reinstating him.

“But, when investigation proves that he is wrong, then he has to go", Hon. Namdas as concluded

HOW TO RESET YOUR LOST SMILE MIFI ADMIN PASSWORD:

RESETTING YOUR LOST SMILE MIFI ADMIN PASSWORD:

I recently got a Smile MiFi from a friend. Unfortunately he has forgotten the admin password to the web interface. How can I reset it to a new password?

ANSWER:

It really depends on the type of  MiFi you have. Since you did not attach the image am going to give you possible options.

If it is a Franklin MiFi, simply remove the back and you will see the reset but at the top left corner.

With the MiFi2, check near the simcard slot. you will see a hole through which you will press using a pin to reset it to defaults.

To access the admin interface, go to 192.168.10.1 when connected to the MiFi. you will be able to change the WiFi SSID and password.

[TUTORIAL] HOW TO CHANGE SMILE 4G WIRELESS PASSWORD AND SSID

Your Smile Mifi or CPE's SSID is that name that people see (under available networks) when they wish to connect to your Wifi (wirelesss) network.

The default password to your SMILE 4G LTE hub Wireless / Wi-Fi is located just under the device.

To change from this default password to a preferred one:

Follow these steps to change SMILE 4G WiFi password and SSID

Connect to the SMILE Wi-Fi using the default password; its Wi-Fi Key (WPA/WPA2) located under the modem

Launch your browser

Open http://homerouter.cpe/ or 20192.168.8.1 or 192.168.1.1

Login using your credentials. If you've never changed them then you can type anything as Username and Password
(NOTE that you may never be able to change the username in future so type carefully)

When logged in, go to Settings > Wi-Fi > Wi-Fi Basic Settings

Under Wi-Fi Basic Settings, you can change your SSID, Hide SSID broadcast, Wi-Fi password and other settings

Click Apply when you're done

THE MALABU DEAL SAGA

Recently, an Italian court ruled that the executives of Shell and Eni should go on trial over allegations of bribery in the OPL245 purchase from Nigeria’s Malabu Oil & Gas Ltd in 2011. How much do Nigerians know about the nitty-gritty of the scandal? THE SHIFT SOCIETY, a Nigerian civil group promoting transparency and human rights, offers a bird’s eye view on the history, issues and dramatis personae in probably the most problematic deal in the history of the country’s oil industry.

In April 1998, the government of Gen. Sani Abacha awarded an Oil
Prospecting Licence (OPL) to Malabu Oil & Gas Ltd for Block 245. The owners ofMalabu were listed as Kweku Amafagha,
Mohammed Sani and Hassan Hindu.
Premium Times, an award winning investigative website, later revealed that Chief Dan Etete, the then Minister ofPetroleum under Abacha, was the “Kweku”,
Mohammed Abacha, son of the former Head of State, was the “Mohammed Sani” and Hassan Hindu was the wife of Alhaji Hassan Adamu, who was then Nigeria's Ambassador to the US.

Malabu Oil Ltd made an advance payment of $2m on the concessionary $20m signature bonus for the oil block. Meanwhile, Malabu Oil Ltd and Shell Nigeria Ultra Deep Limited (SNUD), a special vehicle of Shell, signed an agreement for the block and Malabu Oil was to transfer 40% interest to SNUD. In 2001, along the line, Gen.Abacha died. Then a new President and commander in Chief came onboard after elections in a new democratic dispensation. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo was the new President and commander in chief as a civilian president. He, immediately and without hesitation revoked the licence and invited Shell to bid

for it. Shell, however, got it and went into a production sharing agreement with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

Shell agreed to pay a new (whooping sum) signature bonus of  $210m — the biggest ever in Nigeria's history then. The oil company paid $1m of the
amount to the Federal Government then and paid the balance of $209m into an escrow account, jointly operated by it and the Federal Government. This was in apparent anticipation of litigation by Malabu Oil Ltd over the revocation.

The House of Representatives, then, held a public hearing and asked the Federal Government to return the licence to Malabu. The, then, president Obasanjo's led federal government refused, following which Malabu Oil Ltd headed for the courts. It lost but later went on appeal. Eventually, the Federal Government buckled and agreed to settle out of court. It was then agreed that OPL 245 should be returned to Malabu Oil Ltd as the rightful owners. However, Shell kicked and filed an arbitration case against Nigeria at the International Centre for the Settlement of International Disputes (ICSID), an organ of the World Bank, claiming not less than $1.5 billion from Nigeria for alleged breach of contract.

When Obasanjo's successor, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua came to power in 2007, he set up an inter-ministerial committee headed by Chief Michael Aondoakaa, his Attorney-General, to look into it. The committee’s recommendations were not implemented as Yar’Adua battled ill-health for most of his tenure. He died in May 2010.

When Dr. Goodluck Jonathan assumed office, Malabu brought up the 2006
agreement, also called “consent judgement”. Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke, the then Attorney-General, reportedly advised Jonathan to honour the agreement
so that progress could be made on the potentially lucrative oil block. In 2011,

Malabu decided to sell the block but was no longer ready to discuss with Shell because of “betrayal”. Eni of Italy, which already owns the contiguous OPL 244,
stepped in. After negotiations, a price of $1.1bn was agreed with Malabu by
Eni/Shell. And the deal was done. Eni/Shell paid a total of $1.3bn ($1.1bn to Malabu to buy the block, and $210m as “signature bonus” to the Federal Government).

So where was the scandal? Rather than pay directly to Malabu, Shell/Eni paid to the JP Morgan's account of a third party, FGN, who then transferred part of the payment to Malabu. Global witness and Finance Uncovered that anti-corruption organisations based in the UK, would later reveal that leaked emails from
the executives of Shell and Eni suggested they knew that bribes were going to be
paid from the deal. To avoid the bribes being traced to them, Shell and Eni

allegedly decided to pay directly to FGN
for onward disbursement. That is the reason for the indictment of the oil executives.
Officially, Eni/Shell insist they paid $1.3bn to FGN, and not Malabu, for OPL 245.

Any other thing we need to know?

Dan Etete had been convicted of money laundering in France in an unrelated deal,
but his involvement in OPL 245 transaction raised the eyebrows of observers who then went to search for possible wrongdoing. What happened to OPL 245?

All is fine. Oil and gas discoveries had been made in Etan and Zabazaba fields in 2005 and 2006 respectively. Eni continues prospecting. It later awarded a $5.42bn contract to Italian engineering, construction and drilling contractor, Saipem,
for chartering, operations and maintenance
for a Floating Production Storage Offloading tanker. Production is expected
to start in 2020.

THE BIG QUESTION, THEN, WAS WETHER $1.1bn ACTUALLY DIVERTED???

Most commentators on the payment of $1.1bn to Malabu by Shell/Eni in the OPL 245 deal use the word “diversion” - suggesting that the money belongs to the Nigerian government. Infographics have been used to depict how the money could have gone into social services, such as health and education. As plausible as this sounds, it is not exactly correct. Yet this notion still generates the most public anger about the deal.

Having allocated OPL 245 to Malabu and collected $210m signature bonus, the Federal Government no longer had a stake in the block. However, the federal government would still make money in taxes, royalties and levies when oil production actually starts.

Rtrd. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma’s Sapetro subsequently sold 45% of OPL 246 to CNOOC of China for $1.7bn and nobody said the Federal Government lost $1.7bn or that the proceeds should have gone into social services. For example, if you buy a plot of land from government for N1m and resell it for N3m, the profit is yours.
Government could still make money from the land use charge, property tax and other levies.

WORLD BANK SPEAKS ON SCHEME REPORTEDLY ASSISTING NIGERIANS FINANCIALLY

The World Bank has denied report making the rounds online that it is giving out money to individuals to do business.

In a statement released in Abuja by Olufunke Olufon, World Bank warned Nigerians to be wary of fraudsters parading as its representatives and soliciting fees to enlist Nigerians in a fake scheme.

Olufon, spokesperson of the bank in Nigeria, disclosed that the group has been going about demanding registration fees of about N1000 from unsuspecting Nigerians in communities to be enlisted in the scheme.

The statement reads: “Several correspondences targeting innocent citizens are being circulated falsely claiming that the World Bank is giving out money to individuals to do business and demanding processing fees of N1000 from prospective awardees.

“Please note that: The World Bank is not behind this multi-purpose scheme. The World Bank does not request for personal financial information for applicants to its programmes.”

“Members of the public are advised to verify any information regarding any World Bank-assisted programmes purportedly offered by any individual or groups on its website.”

Ms. Olufon added that the World Bank would not be held responsible for any refunds of fees solicited by fraudsters.

BBNAIJA 2018: JONATHAN'S EX-AIDE, OMOKRI REACTS TO BAMBAM, TEDDY A’s SEX IN THE TOILET

Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday reacted to the sex episodes in the Big Brother Naija 2018 reality show.

Omokri wondered why housemates caught having sex in the toilet are been referred to as stars.

In a tweet, the former presidential aide cautioned Nigerians against replicating everything from the Western world.

He wrote, “When I was a child, only animals had intercourse in the open for all to see. Now I am an adult, Nigerians call people who publicly have intercourse in a toilet, stars! If they are stars, it must be very dark over Nigeria! We have a culture. Not everything from the West is good!”

Their escapade was revealed at a time when Miracle said all housemates have had sex, especially in the toilet, and that is being the real reason for the missing condoms in the house.

BE REASONABLE IN YOUR DEMAND, EX-SGF TELLS WORKERS

The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Alhaji Mahmud Yayale Ahmed, has called on labour unions to be mindful of economic situation in demanding for a new minimum wage. Speaking yesterday in Gombe at the 40 years anniversary of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Yayale said even though the civil servants have a right to seek for better remunerations, “they should also know that the resources are limited.” 

Mahmud Yayale, who was the chairman of the occasion, therefore recommended a reasonable take home package for workers, but added that, “there was also need to ensure that workers are skilled, trained and efficient, so that the money to be spent on them could not be a waste of resources.” 

Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo said the labour union has brought positive changes to the country through its struggles over the years. Represented by his deputy, Mr Charles Iliya, the governor commended the state chapter of the NLC for the cordial relationship with government. 

Earlier, the state chairman of the NLC, Comrade Haruna Kamara, decried the non-payment of gratuity to numerous civil servants that retired from since 2013. He added that some civil servants in the state are still owed salaries for several months due to ongoing verification exercise being conducted by the state government.

DADDY FREEZE CONDEMNS BISHOP OYEDEPO FOR TELLING HIS CONGREGATION HE IS 'WORTH MORE THAN $150MILLION'.

Controversial on-air personality (OAP), Daddy Freeze, again, has attacked the General Overseer of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, a.k.a Winners’ Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, for saying, ‘He is worth more than $150million.’

Recall that, Freeze, over the weekend slammed the Bishop for saying Christians were too small to fund God’s church.

Again, the OAP has taken to his Instagram page to upload a video of the bishop when he made the comment while preaching from the pulpit.

In the video, Oyedepo told the congregation that some fellow said he is worth $150million dollars. The bishop also said the amount was an insult to him because he was worth Philippians 4 vs 19, which says: ‘My God shall supply all my needs according to his riches and glory.’

Freeze wrote: “CARNAL ‘out of context’ quoting of the scriptures.

“A literal translation, taken directly from KJV gives a CARNAL understanding.

“Job 22 Amplified Bible [24] And place your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks [considering it of little value]”.

See video….

CARNAL ‘out of context’ quoting of the scriptures.
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A literal translation, taken directly from KJV gives a CARNAL understanding🙄
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Job 22 Amplified Bible
[24] And place your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks [considering it of little value], pic.twitter.com/tWeIc2xZWF

— Daddy Freeze (@DaddyFRZ) February 18, 2018

BAYERN MUNICH V BESIKTAS BETTING PREVIEW: LATEST ODDS, TEAM NEWS, TIPS AND PREDICTIONS

  
With Die Roten looking less than defensively solid in recent home games, Al Hain-Cole is backing Gunes' men to score a crucial away goal.

Bayern Munich, however, will be aiming to take control of their Champions League last 16 tie when they host Besiktas at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday.

Having won 14 games in a row in all competitions, Jupp Heynckes men find themselves in confident spirits of putting one foot in the quarter-finals.

Latest Odds

With 18 victories and just one defeat to their name in 20 Champions League home games, they are clear 1/6 (1.17)favourites with bet365 to do just that by coming out on top in this one.

     
However, the Black Eagles were the only side to win all three of their group games on the road and are on offer at 14/1 (15.00) to pull off a shock victory here.

None of the hosts’ last 20 matches in this competition have resulted in draws, but you can get odds of 6/1 (7.00) on them being forced to settle for a stalemate on this occasion.

Team News

Manuel Neuer remains sidelined, although Thiago Alcantara returned from a three-month injury lay-off in Saturday’s 2-1 Bundesliga victory over Wolfsburg,

Responsible for four goals in the group stages, Cenk Tosun will be replaced by either Alvaro Negredo or new signing Vagner Love up front after signing for Everton in January.

Vulnerable Bayern

        
Having hit 10 goals in 14 league games for modest Alanyaspor this season, Vagner Love should help to ensure Tosun is not too badly missed by a forward line that found the net in every single group game.

Indeed, Senol Gunes’ side will fancy their chances of nicking an away goal considering Die Roten have kept just one clean sheet in their last eight games in front of their own fans.

Tips and Predictions

Nevertheless, having scored 25 times in just the previous eight at home, Bayern are well worth 8/5 (2.60) odds to come out on top despite conceding against Besiktas.

Odds correct at the time of writing. Please gamble responsibly.

Bayern to win & both teams to score at 8/5 (2.60) with bet365 for a 1.5pt stake

Source: Goal.com

BBNAIJA: PRINCESS DEFENDS ‘FAKE’ ACCENTS, BLAMES ON 'TOO MUCH TV’.

   
Brother Naija evictee, Princess, sees things differently.
Princess, who was paired with Bitto, was sent home from the show during Sunday’s live eviction show.

In a subsequent interview on Africa Magic, she addressed the criticisms that her accents were fake.

She said: “I wasn’t speaking different accents, I just go back and forth a lot. And if anyone knows that when you go back and forth, it goes up and down.

“So that’s not my fault, I’ve probably watched too much TV, I don’t know, But then, I speak fluent English, fluent pidgin, fluent Igbo. I’m a true Nigerian.”

The reality TV star lamented being evicted after only three weeks on the show, saying, “I didn’t think I would be out this soon”.

Princess said her personality on the show was a true reflection of who she is.

“I did bring plenty wahala. I was a straight up straight shooter. I never hid my feelings when someone tried to upset me, I was also a goofy person. I was always joking around as well. I was just me,” she said.

“That pairing f****d me the hell up. Sorry, language. But then again, that’s what just I feel. I mean, I was caught off guard being that I didn’t know the purpose of the pairing.”

Six contestants have been kicked off the BBNaija show; four were evicted and two got disqualified.