Jerry Douglas' Blog

Owing by the way Confederation of African Football(CAF) sold its TV rights,Nigerians might not be able to watch the 2013 African Nations Cup on terrestrial TV(local stations). It is understood that the rights owners, Sportfive, are asking for astronomical figures,before local channels can beam live the competition,in the Nigerian terrain. SportsFive are insisting on €6M fee,for Nigeria alone,which is a high figure for Nigerian TV stations to part with. If the Broadcasting Association of Nigeria(BON) does not meet the financial demands,required for the acquisition of the rights,then Nigerians would resort to satellite decoders,if they wish to view the tournament. Since CAF sold its TV rights to the current holders,Sportfive,Africans have been having difficulties watching their national teams. For instance,virtually all the away matches of the Super Eagles of Nigeria,during the 2013 Nations Cup and 2014 World Cup qualifiers last year,were not shown on TV,here in Nigeria.

Lagos State commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, and one of the sons of Oba Idowu Oniru, the Oniru of Iruland, Prince Segun Oniru, was attacked by armed men on Friday December 21st near Four Points By Sheraton Hotel in Oniru. The prince, his police orderly and driver were coming from an event on that Friday evening when another SUV hit his SUV violently from the back as they approached a bump. As they got out of their car to inspect the extent of damage, the men in the other SUV came down and fired shots at them. Prince Segun Oniru’s orderly was killed at the scene, his driver ran off and Prince Oniru in panic got back into his car. The robbers entered his car and drove him around the area after robbing him of his phones, credit cards, and all his money. Prince Oniru escaped the robbers by jumping out of his car as the robbers approached a bump near where he was attacked. The prince was treated for bullet wounds but luckily no bullet penetrated his body.

  Barring last minute changes, ailing Taraba State Governor Danbaba Suntai will be flown back from Germany on January 15, a source close to his cabinet disclosed yesterday. The source said though the German doctors handling the governor had warned that the planned trip could be detrimental to his healing process, close associates of Suntai, who are determined to make him make an appearance in Jalingo, have told the doctors that they will employ the service of an air ambulance. Governor Suntai is recuperating in a German hospital after  a plane crash  on October 25 near Yola Adamawa State. Just last week, family friends of the governor circulated some  pictures  showing him and his wife, Hauwa, holding their newly born twins and a family friend. The pictures were apparently to show how well the governor is recuperating but they also elicited  controversy  because of Suntai’s posture in the photographs. Suntai’s deputy, Garba Umar, was sworn in as acting governor on Novembe

Former Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Ahmadu Ali is out of the race for the Board of Trustees (BoT) chairmanship. A source said that because he hailed from the North Central same as the BoT’s secretary, Sen. Awalid Jibri disqualified the ex-education minister. The party’s attempt to elect a successor to ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo, ended in a statement in Abuja Tuesday night. The source said, a new chairman that will emerge, would not be through consensus. The member who would not want his name in print, however, said at no time in the cause of its 42nd meeting was the issue of consensus discussed, rather, the meeting concentrated on getting things right that will produce a credible chairman when election comes. The source who is a diplomat, said: “When the time for election comes there will be no consensus as whoever emerges, will be voted in. “There was no effort to get consensus at all. That did not even arise at the meeting because we wanted to get things

According to reports in December 2012, about five key aides of the late Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa of Kaduna State were today relieved of their appointments and replaced by the new governor, Mr. Mukhtar Ramalan Yero. A source in Kaduna Government House confirmed to SaharaReporters that the state Commissioner of Information, Saidu Adamu, made the announcement on the Kaduna state-run media houses. The aides booted out includes, Lawal Samaila Abdullahi, Secretary to the State Government (SSG),  Abokie Galadima, Chief of Staff Government House Kaduna, Reuben Buhari, Senior Special Assistant Media, Yohanna Allamagni, Principal Private Secretary,  Engr. Bala, Political Adviser. The officials were replaced with the following, Hamza Ishaq Danmahawayi as SSG, Yahaya Aminu Chief of Staff, Ahmed Maiyaki Director General Media and Publicity to the Governor, Aliyu Samaila PPS, and Garba Madami as Political Adviser. The source added that the new governor carried out the action in good

Respected for the accuracy of his predictions, Prophet Marcus Tibetan who is widely referred to as the Nostradamus of our time predicts that ten Ministers in the cabinet of President Goodluck Jonathan would be dropped this year for being ineffective and incompetent. President Goodluck Jonathan, says the prophet, should pray against losing loved ones in this year 2013. These are some of the predictions of Prophet Marcus Tibetan, the Parish Head of Celestial Church of Christ, Elisha Parish, for the year 2013. The President should pray very hard against a situation that would arise and make him spend at least seven years in jail after his tenure as President of Nigeria. ‘Four members of the House of Representatives will die this year and there will be two major air disasters in the months of May and June 2013!’ He further predicts that the Senate President, David Mark, should begin to wind up and prepare for his exit from politics as disgrace is imminent. The Vice President,

On Wednesday, January 9, 2013 the Nollywood actors and other entertainment big-wigs attended the Artiste Night-Candle Night procession for the late veteran actor Enebeli Elebuwa. Those in attendance included Segun Arinze, Richard Mofe-Damijo, Zack Orji, Stephanie Okereke, YAW, Joseph Benjamin, Monalisa Chinda, Halima Abubakar, Rita Dominic, Julius Agwu, Uche Jombo and many others. Moere photos below

n a rather tragic development, a 35-year-old man, Mr Olusola Adegbegha, was on Tuesday,  killed when he was hit by a bullet fired by a policeman attached to the Mokola Division in Oyo State. According to Adegbegha’s brother, the deceased left Oluyole Estate area where he was temporarily staying with his younger sister around 5.00 a.m. only for the family to later find out that he was dead. The brother, Sunkanmi Owoeye, said the family was informed by the police that Adegbegha was stopped at Recreation Club area for a search, but proved difficult, which made a corporal to take him to the station. Owoeye said the police claimed that on getting to the station, Adegbegha reversed and zoomed off after the corporal got down from his car to open the gate of the police station, which reportedly made the corporal shoot at the car. The bullet was said to have penetrated the rear trafficator of his Mazda 626 car and gone through the back seat into the driver’s seat, before hitting the dec

Forbes has ranked Nigeria as the 20th saddest place to live in the whole world. In its analysis, it said: “The best of the worst, Nigeria ranks 123rd overall on the Legatum Prosperity Index. Decades of corruption have squandered great oil and gas wealth, while new concerns involve sectarian violence. “In this picture soldiers stand guard as people walk by near the site where a suicide attacker drove a car bomb into a Christian church in Kaduna, Nigeria, on October 28, 2012.” The list of saddest countries on earth is dominated by African and Asian countries and the top 20 are: Central African Republic (1st), Republic of Congo (2nd),Afghanistan (3rd), Chad (4th), Haiti (5th), Burundi (6th), Togo (7th), Zimbabwe (8th), Yemen (9th), Ethopia (10th), Pakistan (11th), Iraq (12th), Liberia, (13th), Angola (14th), Sierra Leone (15th) Guinea (16th),Ivory Coast (17th), Sudan (18th), Mozambique (19th) and Nigeria in 20th position.

Procter And Gamble  Nigeria Limited (P&G) is the largest FMCG Company in Nigeria, with a very strong brands . We have been in operation for over 175 years globally and about 20 years now in Nigeria. We are employing now urgently for Job Title :  NYSC  Recruitment  For  Batch A 2012 Coper Job Id:  CEE00000745 Job Summary: These NYSC Recruitment  for batch A 2012 Copers if for those corp members who will round up their youth service by March 2013, meanwhile those that also rounded up theirs in October/November 2012 can apply. The essence of this is to recruit exceptional intelligent graduates for managerial  position  in Procter and Gamble.  The candidate that are successful will  start  by July 13th to June 14th 2013. This recruitment is not limited to any specific field of study but limited to those who graduated with second class upper division and above. The recruitment is in the areas of this following Department  (a)  Customer Business Developer,  (b)  Supply Ne