Grace from Benin- Please learn from my story!!!

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For now, it seems I am at a standstill and there is little I can do; but to accept my fate and what life has to offer me.

I am a young lady of marriageable age, but not married. I was born into an average family,  the last child of my parents.

My mother is the only parent I have and the poor aged woman would not believe it if I disclose this experience to her. My father died when I was a teenager. Ever since, my other siblings had been supportive.

Jonathan congratulates Obasanjo on new appointment

President Goodluck Jonathan has felicitated with former President Olusegun Obasanjo on his appointment as the Country Representative for Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust.

This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by Dr Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity.

Abati said that the President in a congratulatory letter, expressed confidence in Obasanjo on the “new honorific position”.

The President said that Obasanjo would ensure that the trust generated the resources required to fund legacy projects in the name of Queen Elizabeth through his wide network of contacts across the Commonwealth.

Jonathan said he considered the appointment, not only a personal honour to the former President, but also to Nigeria as a country.

He wished the former President success in his new endeavour. (NAN)

(PHOTOS)We Are Proud Americans! Not Nigerians, Williams Sisters Cry Out

The Williams sisters, Serena and Venus have declared that they are purely Americans, saying they have no origin from Nigeria as widely believed in Africa.

Serena, who joined her elder sister, Venus to train some selected kids the rudiments of tennis at the Ikoyi Club in Lagos Wednesday evening, said their parents may be black with slight traces from Africa, but she insisted that they are from the United States of America, USA.

26,358 ex-militants donate N2,000 each to flood victims

THE 26,358 ex-militants and beneficiaries of the Federal Government Amnesty Programme from the Niger Delta have donated relief materials worth over N52 million to flood victims in Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Cross River states.

Amnesty Programme Head of Capacity Building, Mr. Joel Bisina, made this known, yesterday in Benin, while presenting Edo State’s share of the materials on behalf of the Amnesty Office to the state government.

He said the ex-militants, who were touched by the plight of the flood victims decided to contribute N2,000 each from their monthly stipends to procure the relief materials.

Bisina, who represented the Special Adviser to the President on Amnesty, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, said though the Amnesty Office was not directly responsible for the provision of the relief materials, it was however prepared and ready to collaborate with other agencies to take pro-active measures in mitigating the sufferings of the victims.

Receiving the items on behalf of the state government, Chairman of the State Relief Committee, Hajia Maimuna Momo-du, said for ex-militants to make such contribution showed that there was hope for the country.

Akwa Ibom Deputy Governor tenders resignation(Letter inside)

 Mr. Nsima Ekere 

According to TheWill, Akwa Ibom State Deputy Governor, Mr. Nsima Ekere has resigned from office with immediate effect. TheWill said Ekere tendered his resignation letter this morning after he was tipped of an advanced plot to begin impeachment proceedings against him on Thursday, following heightened tension between himself and Governor Godswill Akpabio over his governorship ambition in 2015.

Political analysts in Akwa Ibom say Akpabio is backing his current SSG as his successor in 2015.TheWill exclusively obtained the deputy governor's resignation letter. See it after the cut...

Beware! Hurricane Sandy Fallout Coming to Lagos

Difficult times might be ahead for Nigerians living and doing business in Lagos. The Lagos State Government on Tuesday warned residents of the state to prepare for the ripple effect of Hurricane Sandy in the state.

Hurricane Sandy is a 2012 late-season violent tropical storm that has affected Jamaica, Cuba, the Bahamas, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and the eastern seaboard of the United States of America.

The Commissioner for Waterfront Development and Infrastructure, Mr. Adesegun Oniru, said the government was projecting that within seven to 14 days, the state would experience the ripple effect of the hurricane in its coast lines.

He explained that the government based its projection on, “experience, records and study of past happenings” and had started taking precautionary measures.

I Am Now Ready To Go After Corrupt Governors –Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan talked tough on Tuesday, syaing no corrupt governor or subsidy thief would go scot-free. He assured that the Federal Government would go after them and ensure their prosecution.

“We are going after governors who commit various economic crimes and corrupt practices with impunity," he said while stressing that his reform agenda relies on a corrupt-free system in order to build strong institutions that would guarantee sustainable development.

"As you may be aware, government is taking every legal measure to ensure that those who defrauded the government in the petroleum subsidy scheme are made to pay back the stolen funds. They will also be severely punished,” he added

Jonathan spoke through Vice-President Namadi Sambo at the formal presentation and launch of a book, “Reforming the Unreformable: Lessons from Nigeria,”in Abuja. The book was written by the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

The president said that the problem of creating jobs and fighting corruption needed urgent attention. “Reforms perform better in an atmosphere of democracy and freedom and we are continuing to work to ensure that sound democratic principles are held in the country.

“The challenges of creating jobs and fighting corruption need urgent attention and I am glad to reiterate that these concerns are already being tackled in the current transformation agenda of this administration,” he said