Fast growing celebrity journal, Exclusive International, managed by young media executive, Omooba Damilare Oloyede has concluded plans to stage a first of its kind Ankara fashion show and pageant tagged 'Exclusive Ankara Fashion Groove & Exhibition + Face of Ankara Fashion Beauty Pageant'.
The event according to Dayo Oyewo; the event publicist is an avenue to promote African fashion to the outside world and also make our youth understand the value and gains of promoting the Ankara fashion trend.
'Ankara Fashion Groove & Exhibition will afford fashion designers the opportunity to showcase their Ankara collections to politicians, corporate players, professionals, media executives, celebrities, entertainers and fashion conscious youths, also the Face of Ankara Fashion Beauty Pageant will promote our culture as this will be the first all-ankara beauty pageant of class and international standard' the statement reads.
Our team of editors alongside the event consultant unanimously endorsed the duo of Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa and Hon. Nnena Ukeje as the joint Grand Patron of the event for their tremendous support for the Ankara fashion item and promotion of African fashion in the Diaspora.
Abike Dabiri Erewa is the Chairman, House of Representative Committee on the Diaspora Affairs, while Nnena Ukeje is the Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs
Participants for the pageant are enjoin to get the registration form for three thousand naira only, N3,000 from designated sales points and the form closes on the 27th of June, 2014.
Partnering Exclusive for the success of this event is Glamour Media Incorporation, which is the event's official event management consultant.
Signed
'Dayo Oyewo
Asst. Entertainment Editor
Exclusive Int'l Magazine
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Monday, April 28, 2014
Hope Of Rescuing Abducted Girl Rises As Military Surrounds Camps Where Boko Haram Held Abducted Girls, Intensifies Negotiation
Nigeria’s military said it has tracked down and surrounded the location, where over 200 schoolgirls who were abducted two weeks ago from Government Secondary School, Chibok, are reportedly being held captive by Islamist sect Boko Haram.
The military is said to be applying caution in its approach having identified the various camps where the girls are held, to ensure their safety it explores several options, including intense negotiations by locals and the Borno State Government to secure their release.
“The operation is being strategically carried in a very covert manner because the terrorists will not hesitate to use any of the girls as human shields or even kill them in the event of an attack.
“Another thing you must consider is that apart from being a large expanse of land area, the Sambisa forest also has many clusters of villages and settlements that can suffer from the collateral damage, should an all-out bombardment be carried out.
“Assuming the military attacks them and some of the girls get killed in the process, can you imagine the outrage that will come from the members of the public? So they (military) are being careful.
“All this while, the military has known and has tracked the locations where they are and has even concluded plans to invade the place, but later shelved it to avoid collateral damage,” a source told Thisday.
The military was said to have changed tactics, as it was revealed that the instead of a full onslaught on the terror hideouts, the troops are relying more on intelligence gathering and negotiations by some local indigenes and the state government with the terrorists to secure the release of the girls.
It has also emerged that in the course of searching for the girls, the military has arrested some of the arrowheads behind their abduction and are currently undergoing interrogation.
The source further explained that the security forces do not want to get involved in negotiations since they consider the kidnapping a “highly coordinated local issue” with the full backing of the state government.
“The state government and the Commissioner (of Education) are seriously negotiating (for the girls’ freedom) because they know these boys. And what you see playing out is the politics of the state of emergency,” he said.
Also, sources within defence circles further revealed that after being embarrassed by the conflicting accounts on the number of girls that were abducted or released, the military is taking a more cautious approach in dealing with the situation.
Most of the military top brass, the sources also revealed, are still aggrieved with the way they were misled into giving a false statement about the missing students, which forced the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) in Abuja to retract its statement.
One top security officer expressed doubts that 234 schoolgirls were kidnapped, stating that the number of the abducted girls was grossly exaggerated and may not be more than 70 in total.
According to him, since the total number of the students in the school from junior to senior secondary level is about 1,200, this would explain the high number of parents claiming that their children are missing.
“This is aside from the calculated effort aimed at getting some kind of financial compensation from the state government, which was alleged to have doled out the sum of N1 million to each family of the missing girls.
“Now if you divide that figure by six, you would have a maximum of 200 students in a class. And when you consider the fact that the SS3 (Senior Secondary 3) students are normally fewer in number than other classes, it stands to reason that less than 200 schoolgirls were abducted,” the source explained.
Expressing frustration with the entire incident, the security official added: “Another thing you should note is that schools were closed within this period and this is both a day and boarding school, and not all the students were living in the school.
“So who gave them the directive to come to school and what were they doing in school at that time? Who are the students that make up these figures, because most of them were going to school from home since they are all members of Chibok community.
“The fact is that the figure is less than 100, or even less than 70 from our estimates, which was admitted by the school security men there and even the principal of the school before she started changing figures and statement. Today, she will say the figure is 129, then later she said 234 and again changed the figure.”
He alleged that the whole situation playing out with the abduction saga was beginning to appear like a hatchet job meant to ridicule the military in order to gain the upper hand in their quest to lift the state of emergency imposed on Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States.
“Owing to what has happened, the military has decided to operate in the background since our men cannot trust the people (community members) who are also being brainwashed to see us as enemies.
“The way this whole situation has played out has made the military wary of those it is working with, that is, the locals and their hunters, as you can see how the principal has been made the star of this whole misfortune.
“She has been granting interviews to the media in a euphoric manner, ridiculing the military and saying the hunters are the ones doing the job,” the source added.
Source: Information Nigeria Online
The military is said to be applying caution in its approach having identified the various camps where the girls are held, to ensure their safety it explores several options, including intense negotiations by locals and the Borno State Government to secure their release.
“The operation is being strategically carried in a very covert manner because the terrorists will not hesitate to use any of the girls as human shields or even kill them in the event of an attack.
“Another thing you must consider is that apart from being a large expanse of land area, the Sambisa forest also has many clusters of villages and settlements that can suffer from the collateral damage, should an all-out bombardment be carried out.
“Assuming the military attacks them and some of the girls get killed in the process, can you imagine the outrage that will come from the members of the public? So they (military) are being careful.
“All this while, the military has known and has tracked the locations where they are and has even concluded plans to invade the place, but later shelved it to avoid collateral damage,” a source told Thisday.
The military was said to have changed tactics, as it was revealed that the instead of a full onslaught on the terror hideouts, the troops are relying more on intelligence gathering and negotiations by some local indigenes and the state government with the terrorists to secure the release of the girls.
It has also emerged that in the course of searching for the girls, the military has arrested some of the arrowheads behind their abduction and are currently undergoing interrogation.
The source further explained that the security forces do not want to get involved in negotiations since they consider the kidnapping a “highly coordinated local issue” with the full backing of the state government.
“The state government and the Commissioner (of Education) are seriously negotiating (for the girls’ freedom) because they know these boys. And what you see playing out is the politics of the state of emergency,” he said.
Also, sources within defence circles further revealed that after being embarrassed by the conflicting accounts on the number of girls that were abducted or released, the military is taking a more cautious approach in dealing with the situation.
Most of the military top brass, the sources also revealed, are still aggrieved with the way they were misled into giving a false statement about the missing students, which forced the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) in Abuja to retract its statement.
One top security officer expressed doubts that 234 schoolgirls were kidnapped, stating that the number of the abducted girls was grossly exaggerated and may not be more than 70 in total.
According to him, since the total number of the students in the school from junior to senior secondary level is about 1,200, this would explain the high number of parents claiming that their children are missing.
“This is aside from the calculated effort aimed at getting some kind of financial compensation from the state government, which was alleged to have doled out the sum of N1 million to each family of the missing girls.
“Now if you divide that figure by six, you would have a maximum of 200 students in a class. And when you consider the fact that the SS3 (Senior Secondary 3) students are normally fewer in number than other classes, it stands to reason that less than 200 schoolgirls were abducted,” the source explained.
Expressing frustration with the entire incident, the security official added: “Another thing you should note is that schools were closed within this period and this is both a day and boarding school, and not all the students were living in the school.
“So who gave them the directive to come to school and what were they doing in school at that time? Who are the students that make up these figures, because most of them were going to school from home since they are all members of Chibok community.
“The fact is that the figure is less than 100, or even less than 70 from our estimates, which was admitted by the school security men there and even the principal of the school before she started changing figures and statement. Today, she will say the figure is 129, then later she said 234 and again changed the figure.”
He alleged that the whole situation playing out with the abduction saga was beginning to appear like a hatchet job meant to ridicule the military in order to gain the upper hand in their quest to lift the state of emergency imposed on Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States.
“Owing to what has happened, the military has decided to operate in the background since our men cannot trust the people (community members) who are also being brainwashed to see us as enemies.
“The way this whole situation has played out has made the military wary of those it is working with, that is, the locals and their hunters, as you can see how the principal has been made the star of this whole misfortune.
“She has been granting interviews to the media in a euphoric manner, ridiculing the military and saying the hunters are the ones doing the job,” the source added.
Source: Information Nigeria Online
EKITI LABOUR PARTY HOLDS MEGA RALLY IN ADO-EKITI
EKITI LABOUR PARTY HOLDS MEGA RALLY IN ADO EKITI
In continuation of its campaigns across towns, villages and settlements, the Labour Party, Ekiti State shall, tomorrow, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, hold a mega rally in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State Capital.
Barr. Akin Omole, the party chairman in Ekiti is the chief host at this rally holding on Ajitadidun grounds in Opopogbooro Adebayo area of Ado Ekiti. The event which starts at9am and promises to be grand shall have in attendance dignitaries from all over the country including the National Chairman of Labour Party, Barr. Dan Nwanyanwu OFR, members of the national working committee of the party, chieftains of the party in the South West including Governor Rahman Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State, Ondo State House of Assembly members, Commissioners and Special Advisers, Afenifere chieftains as well as other stakeholders.
All hands are on deck to make this mother of all rallies a grand occasion. The Labour Party standard flag bearer in Ekiti State, Hon. Michael Opeyemi Bamidele will also meet with party stakeholders and present his manifesto to them.
Signed
Bolanle Olatunde-Bruce
Media & Publicity Secretary,
Labour Party,
Ekiti State
In continuation of its campaigns across towns, villages and settlements, the Labour Party, Ekiti State shall, tomorrow, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, hold a mega rally in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State Capital.
Barr. Akin Omole, the party chairman in Ekiti is the chief host at this rally holding on Ajitadidun grounds in Opopogbooro Adebayo area of Ado Ekiti. The event which starts at9am and promises to be grand shall have in attendance dignitaries from all over the country including the National Chairman of Labour Party, Barr. Dan Nwanyanwu OFR, members of the national working committee of the party, chieftains of the party in the South West including Governor Rahman Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State, Ondo State House of Assembly members, Commissioners and Special Advisers, Afenifere chieftains as well as other stakeholders.
All hands are on deck to make this mother of all rallies a grand occasion. The Labour Party standard flag bearer in Ekiti State, Hon. Michael Opeyemi Bamidele will also meet with party stakeholders and present his manifesto to them.
Signed
Bolanle Olatunde-Bruce
Media & Publicity Secretary,
Labour Party,
Ekiti State
DIVIDEND OF GODFATHERISM (DOG)
The political landscape of the Nigeria's South-West has further been proven to have left the grip of any godfather in the region. Before the 2011 general elections, we are having three (3) political parties occupying the government houses of the six (6) states region; Lagos- ACN; Ekiti- ACN; Osun- ACN; Ogun- PDP; Oyo- PDP and Ondo- LP.
In 2011, Ogun and Oyo states under the platform of the PDP have their share of Dividend Of Godfatherism (DOG) as the party lost to the ACN. This happened not necessarily because the party have not been able to deliver but their loss was more of that "house divided against itself " due to the pocketing of the party activities by FEW advantaged party chieftains which was characterised with mass decamping of the PDP members to alternative political platforms to achieve their political ambitions.
In Ogun state, a sizeable number of the then ruling PDP decamped to various rivalry political parties: ACN; PPN; LP and other political parties on ground.
To Be Continued....
In 2011, Ogun and Oyo states under the platform of the PDP have their share of Dividend Of Godfatherism (DOG) as the party lost to the ACN. This happened not necessarily because the party have not been able to deliver but their loss was more of that "house divided against itself " due to the pocketing of the party activities by FEW advantaged party chieftains which was characterised with mass decamping of the PDP members to alternative political platforms to achieve their political ambitions.
In Ogun state, a sizeable number of the then ruling PDP decamped to various rivalry political parties: ACN; PPN; LP and other political parties on ground.
To Be Continued....
Friday, April 11, 2014
HOW HONOURABLE ABIODUN AKINLADE CELEBRATED HIS 47th BIRTHDAY.
For a man that has benefitted immensely from the society, sharing his time and resources on his 47th birthday with prisoners and the less privileged in the society was the least he could do.
Abiodun Akinlade, representing Yewa South/Ipokia federal constituency at the House of Representatives s re-ignited the hope of inmates of the Ilaro Prison, after presenting vocational materials worth several millions of naira to them, for the acquisition of skills and trades ahead of their re-integration into the society.
The House Committee chairman on Science and Technology said: “I have been celebrating my birthday with friends and relatives in the comfort of my home in the past, but my family and I resolved to put smiles on the faces of prisoners and the less privileged in the orphanages, this time around.
“We discovered that this set of people are detached from the society and most of them are mere victims of circumstance. They needed to be given the hope that they would be reintegrated into the society after their jail terms. Our prisons should be reformative and not punitive, and this is why we have chosen to celebrate my birthday with the presentation of these vocational items to the inmates.”
SOURCE:http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=59494
Abiodun Akinlade, representing Yewa South/Ipokia federal constituency at the House of Representatives s re-ignited the hope of inmates of the Ilaro Prison, after presenting vocational materials worth several millions of naira to them, for the acquisition of skills and trades ahead of their re-integration into the society.
The House Committee chairman on Science and Technology said: “I have been celebrating my birthday with friends and relatives in the comfort of my home in the past, but my family and I resolved to put smiles on the faces of prisoners and the less privileged in the orphanages, this time around.
“We discovered that this set of people are detached from the society and most of them are mere victims of circumstance. They needed to be given the hope that they would be reintegrated into the society after their jail terms. Our prisons should be reformative and not punitive, and this is why we have chosen to celebrate my birthday with the presentation of these vocational items to the inmates.”
SOURCE:http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=59494
Thursday, April 10, 2014
OGUN STATE APC CONGRESSS; A CHARADE -LABOUR PARTY
Our attention has been drawn to the pandemonium that followed the recently held. Ward Congresses of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Ogun State Chapter on Saturday, 5th April, 2014.
The violence and civil disturbance that erupted during and after the congress with a lot of party members sustaining different degree of injuries has further exposed the APC to be a conglomieration of greedy politicians who are hell bent in acquiring power at all means without being prepared for the responsibility of leadership.
If at ordinary ward congress blood-letting and maiming could be the order of the day one wonders what we are to expect in the remaining party congresses not to talk of the general elections. it is amusing that a Political party that claims to be the symbol of democracy and pacesetter could disintegrate and demonstrate the height of undemocratic acts. From the above, it is evident that All Progressive Congress in Ogun State will employ all means to retain itself in government at all cost which could jeopardize the peaceful conduct of the 2015 general election.
It must be recalled that the Labour Party in Ogun State recently held its congresses in the State which could be regarded by every standard as one of the best organized Party Congresses as it was devoid of any crisis. The Labour Party is however using this medium to appeal to the good people of Ogun State to embrace the social democratic ideals of the Labour Party by joining it and vote out the All Progressive Congress in the next general election in order to save our people from the bondage the APC will put the people into if voted into power by Year 2015.
Conclusively, it is our considered opinion that the APC leadership in the state will appease its members ahead of the coming Local Government congress to avoid another audacious outing.
As usual, it is expected that the APC lying machinery will attempt to cover up this insolence. But they must be reminded that the truth is constant, hence the veracity of any claim resides with the people.
'Deji Kalejaiye
Publicity Secretary
Ogun State Labour Party
The violence and civil disturbance that erupted during and after the congress with a lot of party members sustaining different degree of injuries has further exposed the APC to be a conglomieration of greedy politicians who are hell bent in acquiring power at all means without being prepared for the responsibility of leadership.
If at ordinary ward congress blood-letting and maiming could be the order of the day one wonders what we are to expect in the remaining party congresses not to talk of the general elections. it is amusing that a Political party that claims to be the symbol of democracy and pacesetter could disintegrate and demonstrate the height of undemocratic acts. From the above, it is evident that All Progressive Congress in Ogun State will employ all means to retain itself in government at all cost which could jeopardize the peaceful conduct of the 2015 general election.
It must be recalled that the Labour Party in Ogun State recently held its congresses in the State which could be regarded by every standard as one of the best organized Party Congresses as it was devoid of any crisis. The Labour Party is however using this medium to appeal to the good people of Ogun State to embrace the social democratic ideals of the Labour Party by joining it and vote out the All Progressive Congress in the next general election in order to save our people from the bondage the APC will put the people into if voted into power by Year 2015.
Conclusively, it is our considered opinion that the APC leadership in the state will appease its members ahead of the coming Local Government congress to avoid another audacious outing.
As usual, it is expected that the APC lying machinery will attempt to cover up this insolence. But they must be reminded that the truth is constant, hence the veracity of any claim resides with the people.
'Deji Kalejaiye
Publicity Secretary
Ogun State Labour Party
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
NATIONAL CONFAB: Cleric Calls for Religious Tolerance
As a delegate, and as a people representing people of faith in God from the Islamic perspective, one thing we believe is that God will protect the community that stands for justice even if they are not Muslims and God will not protect the community that goes contrary to justice even if they call themselves Muslims.
God is not a religious bigot. He is not a male chauvinist. He is not an ethnocentric tribalist. God is not the oppressor of anyone. God is with those who care; those who want for others those things they want for themselves.
One tendency for people who claim to follow a religion is to slide into the position of believing that we are better than the others. We overestimate our virtues and underestimate the goodness in others. The tendency is for us to become spiritually arrogant; to forget that others are people like us.
There is always a tension between representing our religious communities or our ethnic communities and our loyalty to the virtues and values and teachings of our religion even those lofty ideals of our ethnic groups.
It is our prayer that delegates will try and ensure that the spiritual strength we have in us will keep us from not getting angry and not allowing our bitterness from others to make us sail from justice. It is in this vein and as a delegate from the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, we condemn the murder of all Christians, we condemn the murder of all Muslims. Not because they are Christians or Muslims, but because they are human beings – creatures of God.
There is no compulsion in religion. We all own Nigeria. We all belong here. And we all have the right to self-determination. We should respect that right and do unto others what we will do unto ourselves.
There are many other countries that have ethnic and religious diversity far greater than what we have here in Nigeria. But something that distinguishes us from them, be it Singapore, United States, they have been able to respect the rule of law so that any bigot, any nepotic individual who tramples on the right of anyone especially that of the minority, the rule of law will catch up. Satan will only find a hole if there is a crack in that rule of law.
Ever ethnic group is an oppressed minority somewhere. Every group is a religious and ethnic minority somewhere. Every majority or settler is an indigene somewhere. In one way, we are all settlers; we just don’t remember where we came from or why we came.
But ultimately, we are all visitors to this planet, from God we come and to Him we return. As Muslim delegates, we come in brotherhood, as brothers and friends to solve our common problems and not as adversaries.
We come against the exploitation of religion and religious sentiments. We come against stereotyping, stigmatizing and dehumanizing of each other. We come against the use of religion as a political decoy and as a distraction from the critical things that bedevil our nation.
I pray that at the end of this conference, we will all grow in our humanity and respect for each other.
Alh. Nurudeen Lemu, a delegate from the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs
God is not a religious bigot. He is not a male chauvinist. He is not an ethnocentric tribalist. God is not the oppressor of anyone. God is with those who care; those who want for others those things they want for themselves.
One tendency for people who claim to follow a religion is to slide into the position of believing that we are better than the others. We overestimate our virtues and underestimate the goodness in others. The tendency is for us to become spiritually arrogant; to forget that others are people like us.
There is always a tension between representing our religious communities or our ethnic communities and our loyalty to the virtues and values and teachings of our religion even those lofty ideals of our ethnic groups.
It is our prayer that delegates will try and ensure that the spiritual strength we have in us will keep us from not getting angry and not allowing our bitterness from others to make us sail from justice. It is in this vein and as a delegate from the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, we condemn the murder of all Christians, we condemn the murder of all Muslims. Not because they are Christians or Muslims, but because they are human beings – creatures of God.
There is no compulsion in religion. We all own Nigeria. We all belong here. And we all have the right to self-determination. We should respect that right and do unto others what we will do unto ourselves.
There are many other countries that have ethnic and religious diversity far greater than what we have here in Nigeria. But something that distinguishes us from them, be it Singapore, United States, they have been able to respect the rule of law so that any bigot, any nepotic individual who tramples on the right of anyone especially that of the minority, the rule of law will catch up. Satan will only find a hole if there is a crack in that rule of law.
Ever ethnic group is an oppressed minority somewhere. Every group is a religious and ethnic minority somewhere. Every majority or settler is an indigene somewhere. In one way, we are all settlers; we just don’t remember where we came from or why we came.
But ultimately, we are all visitors to this planet, from God we come and to Him we return. As Muslim delegates, we come in brotherhood, as brothers and friends to solve our common problems and not as adversaries.
We come against the exploitation of religion and religious sentiments. We come against stereotyping, stigmatizing and dehumanizing of each other. We come against the use of religion as a political decoy and as a distraction from the critical things that bedevil our nation.
I pray that at the end of this conference, we will all grow in our humanity and respect for each other.
Alh. Nurudeen Lemu, a delegate from the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs
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