Wednesday, 14 October 2015
She ran away from home after being married at age 16 because she wants to go to school
Imagine if the US president crashed your wedding? Well, that's what happened to this couple (photos)
Newlyweds Stephanie and Brian Tobe will never forget their wedding this weekend, where President Obama became an unexpected wedding crasher.
The Tobes, who have been together for eight years, wed at the Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, California, Sunday. While they knew Obama would be golfing nearby that day, they had no idea he would come meet them before the ceremony.
"Then he finishes his game and goes down to the lawn area, which is where our ceremony was," Stephanie told ABC News.
She said all her 60 wedding guests lined up to shake his hand.
"Our photographers, they had earpieces in, talking to each other," Stephanie said. "So one photographer, Erin, she was down talking on the lawn and our photographer, Jeff, was up with us in the suite. And they’re talking to each other, and saying things, like 'Oh. this might be the one chance; you’ve got to go now.'"
"Stephanie was like, 'We're going to go do this,'" Youngren recalled, and "She bolted out the door."
"Once I heard that that there might be an opportunity to even just say hi, shake his hand or even try to take a picture, we darted," Stephanie said. "We ran to the closest elevator, got downstairs and I picked up my huge dress and I just started running across the lawn to get over to the president.”
Youngren said, "I've never seen a bride run so fast in such an elegant gown.”
With Brian in tow, they ran out and onto the grass.
"I think he [Obama] saw us coming from a distance and kind of paused," Youngren said.
Stephanie added, "It was so cool because all of our friends were screaming and cheering for us. They weren’t even looking at the president, they were looking at us. It was so exciting. And we just ran out across through the crowd and got up to the president and got to shake his hand."
"As we were running out there, I started crying ... It was an emotional experience and then to see the sitting president there was even wilder," she said.
Brian told ABC News:
"Right when we saw him, Stephanie got to him first. And he said congrats to Stephanie right away. And at that moment he pointed out that my foot was actually on the train or the trail of her wedding dress on the ground and he said, I don’t remember his exact words, but he’s so relaxed, and he says nope, nope you know ... you can’t step on the wedding dress.”
"I think it was our first marriage advice," Brian said.
"I still can't believe it happened. It was not what we expected when we woke up that morning," he said.
Youngren said he was "so taken aback by how kind the president was to our couple ... it was amazing to see."
"He has so much going on and so much stress ... to see him just be so calm and gracious and kind to a couple on their wedding day ... It made me really hopeful and excited, and just proud to have him as a leader," Youngren said.
The newlyweds will be spending their honeymoon in Obama’s home state of Hawaii.
NNPC warns against panic buying
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has urged the public to avoid panic buying of petroleum products, especially premium motor spirit (petrol). The The warning followed the return of queues yesterday at filling stations in the Federal Capital Territory(FCT).
NNPC Group General Manager (Group Public Affairs Division), Mr. Ohi Alegbe, said in a statement that there was enough stock of the product to last the country for 23 days.
He said besides the meeting of the management of the corporation with members of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) and the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA) to seek their support for the uninterrupted fuel supply policy of the President Muhammadu administration, it had set up a monitoring team at the Pipeline and Products Marketing Company (PPMC) to check sharp practices that could affect the distribution and supply system.
NNPC put the quantity of petrol at its depots across the country at 927,461,000 litres, which it said was enough to serve the country for the next 23 days.
Who’s who on Buhari’s ministerial final list
With the final list of his ministerial nominees sent to the Senate for screening and approval, the stage is set for President Muhammadu Buhari to constitute the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for the implementation of policies and programmes. Group Political Editor OLADESU EMMANUEL profiles some of the nominees.
LESS than 24 hours after he got the second list containing the names of 16 ministerial nominee from the Presidency, Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday read the names of the nominees sent to the Senate for screening and confirmation.
Three aides to President Muhammadu Buhari – Alhaji Abba Kari (Chief of Staff), Senator Ita Enang and Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila (both Senior Special Assistants on National Assembly Matters), conveyed the nomination memo to National Assembly at about 4.20pm on Monday.
It was exactly 12 days after the Red Chamber got the first list of 21 nominees with a promise from the President to send the supplementary list in earnest. Ten of the 21 nominees appeared before the Senate Committee of the Whole for screening yesterday. The remaining 11 are due for screening today.
In the latest list are: Khadija Buka Abba Ibrahim, (Yobe); Claudius Omoleye Daramola (Ondo); Prof. Anthony Anwuka (Imo); Geoffrey Onyeama; Brig-Gen. M.M. Dan-Ali (rtd), (Zamfara); James E. Ocholi (Kogi); Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed; Okechukwu Enelamah (Abia); Muhammad Bello (Adamawa); Mustapha Baba Shehuri; Ms. Aisha Abubakar; Senator Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa); Adamu Adamu (Bauchi); Prof. Isaac Adewole (Osun); Pastor Usani Usani Uguru and Abubakar Bwari Bawa (Niger).
Some of the ministers
Ocholi
James Eneojo Ocholi, (SAN), is a Christian leader and prominent politician in Kogi State. He is the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Salem University, Lokoja. He was the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Disciplinary Committee, Abuja branch. A respected All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, he was in the race for governor. But, he lost to former Governor Abubakar Audu. He was the leader of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). Until recently, he as the APC National Deputy Legal Adviser.
Lokpobiri
Born on March 3, 1967, Heineken Lokpobiri earned an LLB (Hons) from Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RUST), Port-Harcourt, Rivers State in 1994. He was called to the bar in 1995 and was the Speaker of the House of Assembly in Bayelsa State between 1999 and 2001. He was in the Senate between 2011 and 2015. As a senator, he was a member of the Sports, Public Accounts, Police Affairs, Niger Delta and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) committees. He defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC, shortly after the general elections.
Adewole
Prof. IsaacAdewole is a celebrated university don. His areas of medical specilaisation are obstetrics and Gynecology. The climax of his academic career was his appointment as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan. A physician of note, he has taught medicine at the institution’s College of Medicine. He has served as the Head of Department, Dean of Faculty, and Provost of the College of Medicine. He was part of the investigative team involved in the international study of fertility intentions of HIV-infested persons. The project was sponsored by NIH. Adewole is also the President of the African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC).
Anwuka
Prof. Anthony Anwuka was born on April 22, 1951 in Egbuoma, Imo State. Until his nomination, the professor of Education was the Secretary to the State Government (SSG). He was the Vice Chancellor of Imo State University for five years. He earned a degree in English Language from Fourah Bay University, Sierra-Leone and a Master Degree in Educational Administration from the University of Portland, Oregon, United States (U.S.). He obtained a post-graduate degree in General Curriculum, System Analysis and Social Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle, U.S. in 1977.
Abba-Ibrahim
A celebrated politician, Mrs. Khadija Buka Abba-Ibrahim is the wife of the former governor of Yobe State, Senator Bukar Abba-Ibrahim. She is a former Commissioner for Transport in the Northeast state. He was elected into the House of Representatives thrice. But, she could not realise her bid for the Deputy Speaker of the Green Chamber.
Daramola
A native of Ode-Ayein Okutiputa Local Government Area of Ondo State, the professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Ilorin, Prof Claudius Omoleye Daramola, attended the University of Sokoto (now Usman Dan Fodiyo University, Sokoto), where he received a B.Sc (Ed) degree in Sociology. He later attended the University of Jos, Plateau State for a Master degree in the Sociology of Education.
He is reputed as good manager of men and recourses as well as a selfless team player.
Enelamah
Okechukwu Enelamah is a medical doctor and chartered accountant. He is the Chief Executive Officer of African Capital Alliance, a leading private equity firm in Africa. He holds a MBA from Harvard Business School.
Zainab Ahmed
Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed is the Executive Secretary, Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).Until her appointment, Mrs. Ahmed was a member of the National Stakeholders Working Group (NSWG) of NEITI and the former Managing Director, Kaduna Industrial and Finance Company. She holds a degree in Accounting from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria and Master in Business Administration. Mrs. Zainab Ahmed is a member of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria and Fellow, Institute of Certified Company Commercial Accountants of Nigeria among other professional organisations.
Geoffrey Onyeama
Born on February 2, 1956, Geoffrey Onyeama studied Political Science at the (Columbia University, Columbia College), New York, United States (U.S.). He also obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree at Cambridge University (St. John’s College), Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK) and Master of Laws (LL.M) from the Universities of London, London School of Economic and Political Science (LSE), U.K, before having pursuing a Master of Arts degree at St. John’s College.
He worked as Research Officer at the Nigerian Law Reform Commission, Lagos, between 1983 and 1984 and practiced law in Enugu between 1984 and 1985 before joining the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in 1985.
Onyeama, who speaks English, French, German and Ibo, is WIPO’s Deputy Director-General of Development Sector.
Usani
Usani Usani, a pastor, was the local chapter Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State. He was also the party’s standard bearer at the April 11 governorship election in the Southsouth state.
Usani has taken shots at the Cross River State Government House twice.
Buhari: selfish elite behind criticism of my appointments
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday fired back at critics of the appointments he has made so far. He blamed the elite for orchestrating criticisms of his appointments into government positions.
The President spoke through his deputy, Prof Yemi Osinbajo at the opening of the 21st Nigerian Economic Summit (NES) in Abuja Buhari.
He described as unfortunate that Nigerians pay more attention to sectional and religious interests, rather than the competence of the appointees, claiming that misgivings on the elite.
The President noted that those seeking the promotion of selfish interests were fuelling complaints on where government appointees come from, adding that the fact that a northerner is in government does not necessarily mean good fortune for his people.
Immigration job tragedy: Employment of victims’ family members ‘a ruse’
HOUSE of representatives’ members were stunned yesterday to hear that former President Goodluck Jonathan’s order for employment of 176 victims and families of the 2014 Nigerian Immigration Service’s recruitment tragedy was “merely symbolic”.
Ministry of Interior’s Permanent Secretary Abubakar Magaji said this yesterday at the National Assembly during the investigative public hearing held by the Femi Gbajabiamila-led House Ad-hoc Committee on “Immigration Recruitment Stampede”.
Stray bullets kill mum, daughter
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•Robbers raid two banks in Lagos
•Fleeing bandits drop N27m cash
•Fleeing bandits drop N27m cash
They were in their home, minding their business. Unknown to mother and daughter, there was terror on the street outside.
Robbers laid siege close to their house in Festac Town, Lagos, shooting indiscriminately from a machine gun reportedly mounted at 23 Road Junction.
Why we want to serve, by Fayemi, Mohammed, Onu
Udoma, Danbazzau, Amina Mohammed, Ehanire, Jibrin, Ogbeh, Adamu also screened
Saraki unveils 16 would-be ministers
For over five hours yesterday, 10 would-be ministers took turns before the Senate, answering questions on their plans for the country, if confirmed.
They were the first set of ministerial nominees to be screened.
They are on the first list of 21 nominees sent to Senate President Bukola Saraki on September 30 by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Tuesday, 22 September 2015
20 Nigerian pilgrims die in Makkah
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) yesterday confirmed the death of 20 Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia.
The commission Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Mukhtar, who spoke at a pre-Arafat stakeholders’ meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, said 14 pilgrims died following cardiac arrest and other ailments, and six lost their lives in the September 11 crane crash.
He said three Nigerians were injured in the crash, as against six earlier reported by the media.
The chairman said the pilgrims, who submitted valid documents to the commission for visa, were transported to Saudi Arabia.
'Clock' boy withdraws from school that suspended him over clock, Engineer says boy didnt invent the clock
Ahmed Mohamed's father, Mohamed El-Hassan Mohamed, said he has pulled all of his children from their schools. Mohamed said the family is still deciding where to send the children to school.
Ahmed has said he brought the clock he made to MacArthur High School in Irving last week to show a teacher. Officials say he was arrested after another teacher saw it and became concerned. Ahmed wasn't charged, but he was suspended from school for three days.
Presidency exempts NNPC, PHCN, BoI, 10 others from TSA
•President Buhari
The Federal Government has exempted 13 government agencies from the current Treasury Single Account (TSA) arrangement related to electronic or e-collection and mop up exercise of government funds from commercial banks.
A circular exempting the agencies was communicated to Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF).
The exempted agencies of government are “profit oriented government business entities that pay dividends to the Federal Government of Nigeria.”
Tariff hike: NLC, CNPP, consumers plot against NERC, operators
The plans to review electricity tariff has provoked customers of the distribution companies. The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) and others are angry. The consumers warn against a price hike in the face of a metering deficit, low investments in infrastructure and lingering insufficient supply. JOHN OFIKHENUA, reports.
Should the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the Presidency approve the new tariffs being proposed by the Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOS) and Generation Companies (GENCOS), two options will be opened to customers – to pay and depend on the firms for the utility or, find alternative power source.
If the plans are anything to go by, customers of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) will record 25 per increase, Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) will have to contend with 21 per cent hike, Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IEDC) have a marginal 1.76 per cent increase to cope with. The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) have 19.25per cent rise to bear. The commission’s Principal Manager, Market Competition and Rates, Aisha Mahmud, dropped the hint at a presentation to stakeholders in the sector, including the generating and distribution companies, of the Consumer Forum and others last Tuesday at Abuja. There was no information yet on what customers of Port Harcourt, Ikeja, Eko and other companies will paying at the frozen point to allow a comparative analysis of their new tariffs.
No more concessional posting for corps members - NYSC
Monday, 21 September 2015
Former Presidential candidate Olu Falae kidnapped from his home
Photos: Buhari receives Dein of Agbor Kingdom
FG declares Thursday & Friday public holiday for Sallah celebration
'I will be at the Tribunal tomorrow' - Saraki says
The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki will appear before the Code of Conduct Tribunal tomorrow Tuesday 22nd of September 2015. While the Senate President Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, had stated and maintained that he is ready to submit himself to due process of the law on any issue concerning him, he also believes that he has an inalienable right to resort to the same judiciary for protection when he feels his fundamental rights are about to be infringed upon.
Thursday, 3 September 2015
Woman tries to sell her virginity for $16k but gets raped instead
ICPC to probe Fashola, Akpabio, other governors
Investigations have commenced for former governors; Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State; Chief Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema of Katsina and Sullivan Chime of Enugu State while the other four, Mr. Raji Fashola of Lagos State, Godswiil Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State, Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State and Alhaji Sule Lamido of Jigawa State were on the waiting list.
Army reinstates over 3000 dismissed soldiers
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