Tiwa Savage Set To Release Sophomore Album ‘RED’

According to several online reports today, it looks like Mavins artist, Tiwa Savage is set to release her sophomore (2nd) studio album “RED” this month, December 2015.
The mother of one is reportedly on the verge of dropping the album in the coming days and is already finalizing plans to make sure it’s a major hit when its released.
The singer recently concluded her year-long maternity leave, and has resumed her life as an artiste with numerous strategic public appearances, recording new music and shooting videos.
On Tuesday December 15, 2015, Savage will thrill fans will a new body of work titled “RED”.
The 16-track album is produced by Don Jazzy and Baby Freshwith collaborations from 2face Idibia, Wizkid, and others.
She’s reportedly currently in south Africa, where she’s shooting the music videos for some songs off the album.

Promotion for the album is already on, with her team which includes label head, Don Jazzy and hubby already kicking off subtle teaser campaigns on social media, playing around the colour red on their avatars.
A source told NET, “The plan was to have released the album when she delivered her baby. But that didn’t happen because of the complications. Now, everyone is working to make sure December 15 happens. She wants her album to be the album of the season.”

Tiwa Savage is obviously looking to get regain her crown and status as the queen of Nigeria music industry, which was snagged off her by Yemi Alade during her short leave from the music scene.

OLOMU: WHERE IT'S TABOO FOR PREGNANT WOMAN TO DIE

• Corpses thrown into evil forest to avoid reincarnation
• What bereaved families do
• Corpses of suicide, drowning, accident victims dumped in bush 
By Akpokona Omafuaire
Corpses are supposed to be buried after death. That is the norm. But not so at Olomu Kingdom in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. Here, not all corpses are buried, according to their cultures and tradition. Pregnant women who die with pregnancy or during childbirth are not buried, instead their corpses are thrown into the evil forest near Akperhe-Olomu Community within the kingdom.

His Royal Majesty, Ovie Richard L. Ogbon Ogoni-Oghoro I, JP, the Ohworode of Olomu

It is a taboo for a woman to die with pregnancy as it is their belief that if given proper burial, the dead woman will reincarnate, hence the people do everything to prevent her reincarnation.
“Deaths from such circumstances are classified as bad deaths and such corpses are not given proper burial by not being buried in the town”, says His Royal Majesty, Ovie Richard L. Ogbon, Ogoni-Oghoro I, JP, the Ohworode of Olomu, who is also the oldest person (Okpako-Orere) of Ogoni-Olomu.
The traditional ruler explains further that such deaths are taken that way because of their belief in the reincarnation of women who died from such circumstances. “It is our belief that women who died in such manners, if buried in town or specifically at home, will reincarnate.
In the times of old, there were cases where new-born babies had marks of women who had died from such deaths. This is why we don’t bury them at home to avoid reincarnation.”
In addition to dead pregnant women, the traditional ruler adds that “when someone in a family have mental illness, epilepsy or other disease that are genetical in the family, if such a person is not treated properly or cured and he or she dies with such infirmities, it is also our belief that such people reincarnate by being born as children, and it is usually shameful to the family.” Such practices, he adds, are also applicable to people who died by suicide, in accidents, or from drowning.
Interestingly, those who die in such circumstances are buried in the bush as there are no designated places for such people in Olomu Kingdom, except the women who died with pregnancies, whose corpses are taken to the evil forest, according to the traditional ruler.
Decline in belief, practice
The advent of Christianity has led to trampling upon many native cultures and tradition. Therefore, certain Olomu practices of old which were revered and complied with have been compromised with increasing Western culture through education. According to Ogoni-Oghoro I, though certain cultural practices are still being observed despite increasing acceptance of Christian religion, especially the non-burial of corpses of such deaths inside town, these practices are declining as many people no longer hold such traditional beliefs.
The two factors he believes affected such beliefs are   Western education and Christianity.   People now insist that such practices are not obtainable again, so they have rebelled against the practices.  He says: “Some families, when they lose a pregnant woman, they immediately carry out surgery to remove the foetus so they can bring her home for proper burial. This is the very wrong practice that is going on now.
The late woman and her foetus are supposed to go to the evil forest. The Church has affected many practices. For instance, many who used to carry out such traditional functions like taking the corpses to the evil forest, have now become Christians and you can’t get people to perform such traditional rites anymore.”
He speaks further: “Many practices have been jettisoned today. People no longer forbid things. When such abominable deaths occur in families today, out of shame for people not to hear that a taboo has occurred in their family, people no longer adhere to the tradition of burying such in the evil forest or bush. They now blatantly bring such dead into town and bury. This wasn’t so in those days.”
Cleansing the land
He believes some of these disregards for cultures and tradition could pollute a community. “The dumping of pregnant women’s corpses at the evil forest or those of other similar deaths at the bush is not the end. The family and the entire community is deemed to be polluted by such deaths and certain cleansing activities are undertaken for seven days till a total purification and warding off of such spirits are attained.”
He explains that there is a certain group among the traditionalists whose responsibility is to take such corpses to the evil forest or bush. When such deaths occur, the traditionalists will be notified and they will come at night to take such corpses away. They are not to be seen by anyone as they sing horrifying songs and incantations. No one comes out as it is a taboo to see them while they perform the rituals which last for seven days.
“They will stay in the compounds of such families for seven days and seven nights, nullifying the powers that led to such death and generally cleanse the families with various rituals.” The 98-year-old traditional ruler clarifies that presently at Olomu, if a woman dies with pregnancy, the community will not allow her to be buried in the community unless the circumstances of the death is hidden from the community.
“But such a behaviour usually has its consequences”,   he says, and adds: “And non-Christians will not tolerate such a person to be buried in the community because it pollutes the community.” The difference between those that committed suicide, died in accidents, or from drowning, and those who died with pregnancies is that the pregnant dead are taken to the evil forest with no proper burial ceremonies, while the others are buried in the bush.
But after three years, their relatives can celebrate their remembrance with certain rites, which is not so with women who died with pregnancies. The remembrance is done for the others because proper burial rites were not done earlier due to the circumstances of their deaths. The remembrance is what gives them the sense of fulfillment that they properly buried their departed loved ones, though it cannot take away the shame of the death.

TRAGEDY S 7-MONTH-OLD BABY WAS ROASTED TO DEATH

Tragedy, occurred again in Lekki area of the state Thursday afternoon, when fire consumed a seven- month-old baby while her parents were away. It was sad that before help could get to the baby, she was completely burnt beyond recognition, Speaking with Saturday Vanguard, the Director State Fire Services, Mr. Rasak Fadipe, narrated thus:”We received distress call at about 1 pm of a fire outbreak at Ikota Housing Estate, I quickly dispatched my men to scene of the fire incident.
The fire men later retrieved the charred body of the baby girl from the debris of the fire. “It was later found out that the baby was locked up alone in the house while the mother went out. he husband it was learned had gone to his usual workplace. “ Fadipe added that from investigation, the fire started from the kitchen before it spread to the room where the baby was sleeping and due to the effect of the choking smoke the baby must have died before the fire later burnt her.
He said it was one of the neighbours who noticed thick smoke coming out of the apartment before the fire service was later contacted for help. Fadipe, while commiserating with the family over the loss, therefore, cautioned Parents, especially, mothers from leaving their infant child or children at home alone without adult being around to take care of them as such action often leads to disaster such as loss of lives and property.
Fadipe, lamented over 18 distress calls involving fire outbreaks at residences occurred alone last Thursday, describing it as “alarming and unacceptable” in the state.

WE WILL PUBLISH NAMES OF LOOTERS SOON

President   Mohammadu Buhari said yesterday that his government will soon publish names of those who have returned portions of their loot from public coffers. This was as one of his spokesmen, Garba Shehu,  said in Kaduna that the Presidency would step on toes in their anti-corruption fight. Shehu said that the Presidency would do so for the interest of Nigeria.

Buhari

President Buhari, according to The Cable News, said that the Central Bank of Nigeria will soon publicly name those who looted Nigeria and who have returned part of they wrongly appropriated.
He said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was holding on from publishing the list in order to avoid jeopardising investigations and further recoveries.
He was speaking  at the 15th session of the Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation lecture at the International Conference Centre, in Abuja yesterday. In his lecture, Buhari said during electioneering, the issue that gained “higher currency” in the psyche of the people was that Nigerians needed leadership that could be relied upon to tackle the orgy of corruption in the country.
“We have taken steps towards recovering a reasonable amount of the money that was looted or misappropriated from public coffers. Investigations are ongoing on public officers who served, or are still serving, and those whose conduct are questionable will be compelled to accept the path of honour and surrender their loot,” he said. “As I stated recently, a good number of people who abused their positions are voluntarily returning the illicit funds.
I have heard it said that we should disclose the names of the people, and the amount returned. Yes, in due course, the Central Bank of Nigeria will make information available to the public on the surrendered funds, but I must remark that it is yet early days, and any disclosure now may jeopardize the possibility of bigger recoveries. “But we owe Nigerians adequate information, and it shall come in due course.
It is part of the collective effort to change our land from the bastion of corruption it currently is, to a place of probity and transparency. “Quite frankly, the anti-corruption war is not strictly about me as a person, it is about building a country where our children, and the forthcoming generations, can live in peace and prosperity. When you see dilapidated infrastructure round the country, it is often the consequence of corruption.
“Poor heal-thcare, collapsed educa-tion, lack of public utilities, decayed social services, are all products of corruption, as those entrusted with public resources put them in their private pockets. That must stop, if we want a new Nigeria. And that was why I said at another forum that people need not fear me, but they must fear the consequences of their actions.
“Corrupt acts will always be punished, and there will be no friend, no foe. We will strive to do what is fair and just at all times, but people who refuse to embrace probity should have every cause to fear.”
In Kaduna, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, reiterated the Presidency’s commitment to anti-corruption war, speaking in a manner that indicated that the government may still go after top Nigerians who have breached public trust. “The President may step on big toes,” he said of groups and individuals who have swindled the country in the recent years.
This was as the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai stated that the success of president Buhari’s administration depended on the media input. Shehu made the disclosure in his welcome remarks at a three day retreat of the State House Correspondents  in Kaduna on Saturday.
Shehu who was the Chief Convener of the event themed “Journalism and Change Mantra: State House in Focus”, stated that the government needed the media support to succeed in the fight against corruption. He recalled that the present  government was a product of media’s determination to entrench a corruption-free society, stating that president Buhari would not fail Nigerians.
According to him, the president would not halt the ongoing investigations and would not come to the rescue of anyone who is found culpable in the anti-corruption war. He said: “President Buhari has embarked on an anti-corruption campaign that is bound to offend many. Big toes will be stepped on, personal interests will be cast aside. As the popular saying goes, when you fight corruption, corruption fights back.
“Yes, anti-corruption is a war. And the press can help President Mohammadu Buhari to win that war. You are of the government most lethal weapons in this battle against the forces that aim to pull down Nigeria. “The power of the media  lies in their ability to expose wrong-doings. This power of exposure is a far more effective deterrent in many countries including our own, than the court systems that deliver judgement and not necessarily justice.
“If they know that they will be exposed, many crimes will not happen and herein lies the challenge of the media under Buhari administration. Use your power to expose wrong-doings, the days of impunity are gone. This is the best way to help the change that the government is advocating  especially now that we have a government with the will and capacity to right all wrongs.”
Expressing appreciation to the media, Shehu also appealed to the media to key into the change agenda of the present government.
“As always, the government of President Mohammadu Buhari is grateful to the Nigerian media for the role you played in igniting the change agenda which has swept into Nigeria in March 2015. The press contributed immensely to the success of APC to the historic election of President Buhari. That was only the beginning of the change agenda. The change is still ongoing.
“This government still requires the assistance of the media to continue that process of change. President Buhari has embarked on the building of a new Nigeria and we need you, the Press, to keep the public informed of its many activities and policies that are geared towards improving the lives of Nigerian people according to the change agenda.
“The government needs the press to remain impartial and eschew spurious incentives when reporting and carrying our your responsibilities, the government needs you to avoid partnerships with enemies of progress who are bent on bringing down the government not minding if the entire country collapses while they are at it”, he said.
Also making his remarks, Governor el-Rufai who was the chief host of the retreat squarely put the success of the government on the media. “The responsibility that has been thrust in the hands of the new government is immense. The APC inherited a country at the tip of failure. As is becoming clearer by the day, some of the things that went on under the previous government are stranger than fiction.
“The consequences of the incompetence, the thievery and the divisive ethos that reigned are only becoming clear. Nigerians are only beginning to realise that the Jonathan government, despite years of $100 oil, was borrowing to pay salaries. The PDP simply ran this economy aground. Our party and our president will do their level best to pick up the pieces, restore economic vitality and make life better for Nigerians.

HE IS TOO JEALOUS.

I have a problem. I’ve been going with this guy for three months now. I love him a whole lot and he loves me too. He told me so and I trust and believe what he says. The thing is, he thinks I’m cheating on him and I’m not.

Love

He won’t believe me though. Every time I talk to him he thinks I was just on the phone with some other guy. I don’t know what to do anymore. He’s getting me really frustrated.  I love him with all my heart.
I’m 28 and he’s30.  Please give me some advice .
Franca, Ughelli
Dear Franca,
Jealousy is a disease that drives men crazy: think of Othello (you should have read this in high school!) Your boyfriend’s jealousy is not based on anything that you’ve done but his own insecurity and low self-esteem.  Who knows! Someone could have cheated and lied in his past but that has nothing whatever to do with you and he needs to know this!
When he accuses you, be sympathetic and tell him that you know he’s jealous but tell him also that all good relationships are based on trust and that you hope he  learns to trust you soon because you are absolutely honest.
Tell him you will help him to get over this illness he has and that you hope that just by being together, he will learn to feel safe and secure with you.  Treat this as his issue. Do not take it personally and let him know that.
Hopefully, he will be able to recover, with your love, from whatever has made him feel so insecure that he doubts someone who obviously cares so much for him!

SHE CHEATED ON ME

Aunty Julie,
I was friends with a girl last year and then it turned into a relationship. We only went out for a month but I really liked this girl.  I thought she was the  one – until one day, she told me she had cheated on me with three guys in one weekend.  She said she  just kissed them but I still broke up with her.  Ever since I have quit dating and I have a somewhat of a dislike for women and I really hate her.

love

I always think that all women are sluts and I know all aren’t but every one I come in contact with turns out bad.  Everyone tells me I’m too young to give up(29) but I don’t care. Every woman makes me sick and I don’t want  to waste my sweetness and kindness on people who will just hurt me! And no Im not gay!
Please write me back soon and tell me how I can get over her.
Jerry, Lagos
Dear Jerry,
Sounds like this girl really did a number on you!  Your trust  in women has really been shattered but please  remember that this is only temporary. As we go through life, we have many bad experiences but each one of these exists so that we can learn more about ourselves and the type of people we want to be with.
So what if one girl hurts you! You might have thought she was the one, but I guess she wasn’t! All that means is that the right one is going to appear one day.  If you isolate yourself, you will not be available to meet her… and then what!
While you are getting over this, take really good care of yourself, work on your pride and self-confidence, and keep your distance from enmeshment with women in general.  Treat girls only as friends and companions but do not get emotionally involved. Believe it or not, one day, your pain will leave you and the perfect girl will appear.

Lagos High Court freezes Kanu Nwankwo’s bank accounts Nationwide 

A Federal high court sitting in Lagos,  has ordered that all accounts belonging to former captain of the Super Eagles, Nwankwo Kanu and his company, The Hardley Apartments anywhere and in any bank or financial institution in Nigeria should be frozen pending the hearing of a suit filed against him and his company in a bid to recover a debt of N924,788,754.56.
Also affected by the order of the court is a Director of Hardley Apartment, Ayoola Gam-Ikon.
The order of the court was as a result of a debt recovery suit filed by Asset Management Corporation Of Nigeria(AMCON) against the defendants.
In an affidavit sworn to by a Credit officer in the Directorate of AMCON, Mr Victor Igabor, and filed and argued by Barrister Niyi Olopade, the deponent averred that sometime between May, 2008 and 10 January, 2011 Skye Bank offered The Hardley Apartments engaged in business of hospitality located at Plot 46, Waziri Ibrahim Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos, a loan of N520,457,000.

The loan was secured by a mortgage on the company’s three blocks of forty accommodation units with estimated open market value of N395 million as well as unconditional personal, joint and several guarantee of Ayoola Gam-Ikon and Nwankwo Kanu.
The defendants failed to repay the loan with the accrued interest despite repeated demands, consequent upon which Skye Bank Plc assigned the defendants indebtedness in the sum of N558,313,905.37 as at 1 April, 2011 to the AMCON as a toxic bank asset in line with the establishment objective of the said AMCON.
Mr Igabor averred further that, this development was communicated to the defendants by Skye Bank who admitted their indebtedness but praying that the assignment to AMCON be revoked.
The defendants’ indebtedness as at the 15th October 2015 stood at N924,788,754.56 representing principal and interest while interest is still running.
Consequently, Igabor contended that The Hardley Apartments is in the process of being dissipated, therefore if the application is not granted, Ayoola Gam-Ikon and Nawankwo Kanu could dissipate the assets of the company. It therefore urged the court to issue an interim order of taking custody of all movable and immovable properties known as Plot 46, Waziri Ibrahim Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos.
It  also sought an order attaching the debt due from The Hardley Apartments as well as debts accruing from the defendants jointly and severally and freezing all accounts belonging to the defendants jointly and severally in any bank or financial institution in Nigeria.
The presiding judge, Okon Abang, while acceding to the request of AMCON, ordered that AMCON shall in the interim possess all the movable and immovable properties known as Plot 46, Waziri Ibrahim Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos.
That in the interim the debt due or accruing from The Hardley Apartments as well as the debts accruing from the defendants jointly and severally and freezing all accounts belonging to the defendants jointly and severally anywhere and in any bank and any financial institution in Nigeria are hereby attached pending the hearing of this suit.

ANNIE AND 2 BABA IN MATCHING TRAD

ANNIE AND 2 BABA IN MATCHING TRAD

Stunning couple! Beautiful actress, Annie Idibia and her music mogul husband, 2Face Idibia look adorable as they both rocked matching traditional outfits.
The lovely couple were on their way to the wake-keeping of the Late Prof Wensley Vidal Mobolaji Fowler.
Beautiful people!

Angry Fan Attempts To Beat Up Davido On Stage

HKN Gang Star – Davido during his recent performance in Burkina Faso poured out water on the wrong person.
The angry fan walked up the stage David was and attempted to beat up the music star for pouring water on him.
Davido is known for pouring water on his fans when he performs at shows, he might need to reconsider that.

Mark Zuckerberg Changes Daughter’s Diaper In New Photo

WOW: You wont believe this.

Proud Dad – Mark Zuckerberg, Founder of Facebook has shared a new adorable photo of himself and his new born daughter, Max whilst doing Daddy’s Duty.

In The beautiful new adorable photo, Max, who apparently is barely a month old, is lying on a changing table looking towards the camera while an excited Mark work hard at changing her diaper.

The new dad has definitely adjusted to his new duties and seems to be enjoying every minute of it.
Max was born to Mark and Priscilla Zuckerberg in November 2015.

14 killed, decapitated in Boko Haram raid in Borno

 

 

Fourteen people were killed, some of them decapitated, in a Boko Haram raid on a village in northeast Nigeria, a resident and a civilian vigilante assisting the military said on Friday.

The attack happened at about 8:00 pm (1900 GMT) on Thursday in the village of Kamuya in Borno State, near where Nigeria‘s most senior army officer Tukur Yusuf Buratai has a home.
The Islamist gunmen arrived on foot and by bicycle, witnesses said.
Hit-and-run attacks were once a trademark of the Islamic State group affiliate but have decreased in recent months in the face of a sustained Nigerian army counter-attack.
The latest raid again underlined the threat posed by the rebels, particularly in hard-to-reach rural areas, despite military claims they are a spent force and in disarray.
It also took the number of civilian casualties since President Muhammadu Buharitook office on May 29 to more than 1,500, according to an AFP tally.
Since 2009, at least 17,000 have been killed.
Ibrahim Babagana, who lives in Kamuya, said he and other locals fled the attack to the town of Biu, some 30 kilometres (18.5 miles) away, as Boko Haramfighters set fire to the village.
He initially gave a death toll of nine but later told AFP: “This morning (Friday), some of us went back to the village.
“We found 14 dead bodies. Some of them were decapitated and their heads placed on their torso.
“Seven others were shot dead. They have all been buried. The entire village has been razed.”
Mustapha Karimbe, a member of a civilian militia involved in fighting Boko Haram, gave a similar account and said half-a-dozen people were injured.
“The six injured victims are receiving treatment at the General Hospital in Biu,” he added.
Kamuya is the hometown of Buratai’s mother and was previously attacked in a similar raid in July. Nearby Buratai village, 10 kilometres away, was also hit.
Residents of Kamuya had returned to cultivate their farms after the July attacks.
Nigeria‘s government said this week it expects many of the 2.1 million people displaced by the six years of conflict to begin returning home from next year and reconstruction work had started.
But the latest attack — and a similar one in Bam-Buratai on November 28 that left at least four dead — will add to fears about returnees’ safety.
Last weekend, Boko Haram fighters torched almost an entire village near the Borno town of Chibok, from where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped in April last year.
Babagana said: “We believe these (latest) attacks are connected with the chief of army staff who has put pressure on Boko Haram since he took over.”

Jonathan attracts 4,642 followers in 9 days

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, who joined micro-blogging site, Twitter on Wednesday, 2nd December, has attracted 4,642 followers as at 21:30 on Friday, 11th December.
The official handle, @GEJ_Official, is yet to be verified by Twitter but his former aide on New Media, Reno Omokri, confirmed the authenticity of the account in a tweet.
“After personally speaking with ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, I hereby confirm that the handle @GEJ_Official is his only genuine handle,” he posted on his twitter handle.
A check on the handle reveals that President Jonathan is following only six accounts, namely President Barrack Obama of the United States of America;Alassane D. Ouattara of Ivory Coast; John Mahama of Ghana and Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya. Others are the GEJ Foundation and Jimmy Carter Library.
Surprisingly, the former president is not following any handle associated with Nigeria, not, even, the handle of his political party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The PDP is also not following the last president elected on its platform as at the time this story was published.
He has made 14 tweets.

Buhari wants laws strengthened to win war against corruption

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said the nation’s laws needed to be strengthened to realistically contend with the miasma of corruption.
The President made the remark at the Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation lecture in Abuja.
He said this had become imperative in view of the fact that a number of anti-corruption cases had been rendered inconclusive due to legal limitations.
According to him, the nation must correct the gaps in its legal system that are being exploited to frustrate the process of justice.
He held that dealing with corruption required the collective will of every Nigerian.
“Without our collective will to resist corrupt acts as a people, it will be difficult to win the war.
“We in the leadership will provide the right example. We will not pay mere lip service to corruption. We will eschew it in every aspect of our lives.
“However, we are but few, in a country of more than 170 million people.
“We need the mass army of Nigerians to rise as one man, and stand for probity in both public and private lives.
“It is only then that we can be sure of dealing a mortal blow on corruption, which will engender a better country’’, he said.
The President said Nigeria had been brought almost to her knees by decades of corruption and mismanagement of the public treasury.
“Look at the corruption problem in the country, and tell me how you feel as a Nigerian.
“Our commonwealth is entrusted to leaders at different levels of governance, and instead of using the God-given resources to better the lot of the citizens, they divert them to private use.
“They then amass wealth in billions and trillions of naira, and other major currencies of the world, ill-gotten wealth which they cannot finish spending in several lifetimes over.
“This is abuse of trust, pure and simple. When you hold public office, you do it in trust for the people.
“When you, therefore, use it to serve self, you have betrayed the people who entrusted that office to you’’, he said.
According to him, his administration will strive to do what is fair and just at all times, but people who refuse to embrace probity should have every cause to fear.
“We must come to a point when we all collectively say enough! That is collective will, and that is what will bring us to a new state and status.
“If this country will realize her potentials, and take her rightful place in the comity of nations, we must collectively repudiate corruption, and fight it to a standstill.
“It remains eternally true: if we don’t kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria’’, he added.
Buhari stated that it was the responsibility of government to investigate reported cases of corruption and in the process, suspected culprits could be arrested, detained or questioned.
According to the president, a government that closes its eyes to brazen corruption loses its essence, the very reason of its existence.
“Such a government is sheer flippancy, a waste of time, moral and sociological absurdity’’, he added.
Buhari stressed the need for Nigerians to bring back their minds to the pure state of the human identity.
According to him, resolving the problem of corruption transcends merely arresting and trying people that have held public office.
“This is because, to curtail corruption, we have to reorder the mindset of all.
“We all know that to lie is not good. But we have a sense of justification each time we tell lies.
“This sense of justification encourages us always to do the wrong thing. It is in this context that the mindset becomes an issue.’’
He maintained that changing the mindset of the people was integral to dealing with the manifestation of corruption socially.
He said it was also important to heal the wounds inflicted by the corruptive indulgence of specific people who had been entrusted with public positions or funds.
The President commended the Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation for its impact on the development of ideas through its annual lecture series.