Usain Bolt left the “god-status”, Buhari is still in London and the earth continued to spin but here are the most important words uttered throughout the past week:
“I’ve had the privilege of visiting many foreign countries and I would tell you that only the British newspapers compete with our weekend newspapers. There are a lot of interesting stories and I will tell you that Nigerian newspapers are very good; you want to read them. So, aside from the British newspapers, I certainly cannot say the same of maybe American and Asian newspapers.”
– Provost, Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Mr Gbemiga Ogunleye on how far Nigerian media has gone.
“How can you imagine a 25-year-old person becoming a state governor and expect good positive administration. It might lead to a proliferation of godfatherism in politics where young people will be sponsored and after being elected to be controlled by the God fathers who spent on them”.
Malam Isah Abubakar-Shuni, the Chairman, Sokoto chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists tried to urge the National Assembly to have a rethink about the Not Too Young To Run Bill (after it passed in both Chambers already).
“Even if you want to go on your own, we will not allow you to leave. There is a difference between I will not go and there is nowhere I can go. You don’t have anywhere to go, this place is your home.”
– Governor Ganduje sent out a message to Igbos in the North during a meeting with the Igbo Delegates Assembly (IDA) and Igbo Traditional rulers in the 19 northern states.
“That is unacceptable in 2017. It is a woman’s decision about when they choose to have children. It should not predetermine whether or not they are given a job.”
– Jacinda Ardern, the new labour leader in New Zealand “slapping down” host Mark Richardson who was quick to suggest that all employers should be able to ask women job applicants if they were planning to take maternity leave.
“The EFCC cannot be more patriotic than the office of the AGF. Why is it that the EFCC is not cooperating when we are working for the same government? If the EFCC refuses to act on the letter, there will be consequences on acts of indiscipline and insubordination. There is no personality clash between the two heads. It is wrong to say that there is a clash. The EFCC is an institution and the office of the AGF is another institution. What we need is compliance. We should not personalise our institutions.”
– Special Assistant to the President on Prosecutions, Okoi Obono-Obla advising the acting chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu to act on the advice to forward to the AGF’s office, the outcome of EFCC investigations along with its recommendations on high profile cases.
“There is no power without God’s ordination. So those of us who are subjects should continue to pray. We should not be castigating Mr. President or wishing him evil. We should be praying for him. If Mr. President is sick, it means all of us are sick; the whole country is sick. It is our responsibility to pray that Mr. President get well so that our country too will be well. Mr. President is doing well. When we saw him, he was not in a wheelchair, he was not bedridden. He greeted us, we cracked jokes and he was mentally alert. We discussed about the security situation in the country and he asked us questions about what we are doing.”
– Benue’s Governor Ortom won’t stop talking about his visit to Buhari and now he implies that the nation is only as healthy as the President.
“Any separation causes annoyance, especially when it is one not wished for by the club due to a unilateral decision on the part of the player,” Vives told a press conference at the Camp Nou. The player hasn’t fulfilled his contract with the club…given that breach the club will not pay this renewal bonus.”
Barcelona‘s reaction to Neymar‘s move to PSG as expressed by the club’s spokesman, Josep Vives.
“Adeyemi harboured personal dreams even before assuming duties at the Commission and he has now decided to fulfill those dreams. Like a parent that finds joy in seeing a child grow, we are happy for Adeyemi because the Eagle must be allowed to soar. And, like the Eagle that always maintains its nest, Adeyemi’s home remains the EFCC. The world and Twitter have certainly not seen the last of “The Handler”. Adeyemi harboured personal dreams even before assuming duties at the Commission and he has now decided to fulfill those dreams. Like a parent that finds joy in seeing a child grow, we are happy for Adeyemi because the Eagle must be allowed to soar. And, like the Eagle that always maintains its nest, Adeyemi’s home remains the EFCC. The world and Twitter have certainly not seen the last of “The Handler”.
The EFCC‘s sweet parting message to (and about) the infamous handler who left the service of the anti-graft commission last month.
“The En Marche!Movement has been the victim of a massive and coordinated hack this evening which has given rise to the diffusion on social media of various internal information”.
72,000 emails with 26,506 attachments which reportedly originated from the campaign of French president, Emmanuel Macron were leaked by on the internet by WikiLeaks earlier this week and that’s how the French President confirmed the hack.
“Congratulations, you worked hard for this You don’t deserve the boos.
According to Justin Gatlin, yesterday’s 100m World Champion, that’s what Usain Bolt said to him after the race.
