Breaking: Mass Resignation Hits Opposition Party

A fresh crisis has hit the Peoples Democratic Party  PDP as about 30 members of its staff have turned in their letters of resignation.

The Punch reports that the wave of resignation, which started in the administrative department of the party a few days ago, has also moved to other departments.

The employees of the once-rich party had yet tocome to terms with the cutting of their salaries by the party’s National Working Committee  NWC since August.

They have been told that the agreement was reached with the NWC members that they would not sack workers if they (workers) agreed to take a wage cut.One of the workers, who resigned her appointment two days ago, noted that the party became insensitive to its workers. Speaking on condition of anonymity, she said:“The soul of this party has gone.

All the noise you hear about rebranding is nothing but a sham. It will lead nowhere.“Majority of us are not only leaving the party’s employment, we are opting out of the party’s membership. We are going elsewhere,”she Nwachukwu Ngige, an employee in the publicitydepartment, explained that he was leaving the employment of the party because the PDP “nowcelebrates mediocrity over competence.”

According to him, interlopers have taken over the party.“We are leaving the party in droves. It is sad. Interlopers have taken over the party’s administration.“I’m not resigning my membership of the party; I am only leaving as a paid employee of the party.“But there is no way I will work under those who are inferior to me intellectually.

I can’t continue to function when my inferiors suddenly become my bosses.“The party has become a huge joke where brilliance is punished and mediocrity is celebrated,”he said.

Also speaking, Kenneth Gyado recalled that he and his colleagues worked for five months without salaries when they were employed.“I was employed as a chief publicity officer in 1998 when the party had no name and I joined a few others to work for five months without being paid.“

Those of us who have agreed to leave were told that we would be paid just 50% of our entitlements, but we don’t know how it would becalculated yet.

“Are they going to use the current salary or the one they were paying us before they decided to cut it by 35%? We don’t know yet,”he said.

However, Gyado noted that the party had paid the December salaries of its workers.When contacted, Solomon Onwe, the deputy national secretary of the party, who is also a member of the NWC, said he was not aware of the mass resignation of the workers.

Victor Kwon, the national legal adviser of the party, said that he was not competent to speak on the issue as he had been away for more thantwo weeks.

A week ago,the PDP declared that it was bankruptand hence could not continue with theconstruction of its new national secretariat.

According to the party’s national leadership, thePDP does not have enough money to complete its multi-billion naira project located at the central business district in Abuja.

Mrs Buhari Hosts Party For Social Media Change Agents

Aisha Buhari, the wife of the president of Nigeria, hosted the end of the year gathering for Social Media Change Agents on Tuesday, December 22.Top social media personalities graced the lavish event that was held at the banquet hall ofthe presidential villa.

The event has triggered mixed reactions amongNigerians: while some people think it was a meaningless gathering, others believe that social media personalities truly deserve a reward.

“Finally there’s a reward for all the online change agents. Enjoy!”Everisaac noted.“The same social media the Senate is trying to put on lockdown?”Ril wondered.“Nigerians should resist any plan by the Buhari administration to control the media.

I have no idea why all these meetings with bloggers, and now social media change agents. What are theyafraid of?”Musicwriter wondered.“This was where they were warned never to mention #DasukiGate,”Elbinmanny alleged.The same day,Mrs Buhari visited people living with HIV/AIDSat the National Hospital in Abuja and donated food items to them.

Speaking with Jaf Momoh, the chief medical director of the hospital, she noted that there hasbeen a lot of success in curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS.

However, she added that there is stilla need to keep raising the awareness in the country.

Chrissy Teigen covers Vogue Thailand,reveals she and John Legend are having a girl

John Legend and Chrissy Teigen are expecting a baby gil.

Pregnant Chrissy who is on the cover of Vogue Thailand broke the news..

She wrote So proud and honored to have shot the cover of Vogue Thailand! Special to me for so many reasons...

one being I am SO PROUD to be Thai, so excited to have shot a Vogue cover (a dream, of course) annnnd a couple minutes after this shot, John and I learned we were having our little baby girl!

Christmas with the Kardashians

Yesterday, Kim and Khloe Kardashian released photos of the next Kardashian generation which comprised of Mason Disick, Penelope Disick, North West and Reign Disick. Today Kourtney released this photo above.

The war against Boko Haram is largely won- Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said that the Nigerian military had met the December deadline to defeat the Boko Haram terrorists.

The minister said this on Wednesday, December 23, during his maiden meeting with editorial heads of media houses in Lagos."Today, I can report that the war against Boko Haramis largely won.

I can confidently say this because justrecently, I led a group of 33 journalists from both the local and international media to the hot bed of the insurgency, that is, Maiduguri, Kondugua, Kaoure andBama,""Today, I can report to you that the entire 70 plus kilometres stretch from Maiduguri to Bama and all the way to Banki which leads to Cameroun and the Central African Republic are in the hands of our gallant troops."

Mohammed said the military presence could be felt"every few metres along the road; at a point along thatroad we were just a kilometre to Sambisa forest.

"They have so degraded the capacity of Boko Haram that the terrorists can no longer hold on to any territory just as they can no longer carry out any spectacular attack."He, however, said that though there were still cases of suicide bombings, it was pertinent to note that such was the nature if insurgency globally."

Unlike a war between two armies, an insurgency never ends with arms victory. Even in countries like Colombia where insurgency was supposed to have ended decades ago, attacks like this still happen."

He said that the insurgents had adopted a new style of attacking soft targets like motor parks, schools, entertainment centres, religious centres, killing innocent people mostly women and children.Mohammed, therefore, urged Nigerians to support themilitary in the fight against terrorism in the country, saying that the military had availed itself creditably.

"It is our turn as civilians to give them our support; to realise that the war they are fighting is not their war alone, but our war, hence we must own the war."Mohammed disclosed that a national security campaign had commenced to raise awareness among Nigerians about the war, the sacrifices of our troops, and how to stamp out the remnant of the war."

Jingles are being played on national radio and television as part of the campaign in order to keep themedia better informed about the war, so that they canalso better inform Nigerians,"The minister also said that an ad-hoc committee, comprising media representatives as well as intelligence agencies, would be inaugurated to regularly be updated about the war in order to better inform the public.

Chris Brown reveals he knew Royalty was his,despite his baby mama's denial

Chris Brown has revealed  he suspected Royalty was his even when his baby mama,Nia denied it..

In an interview with Vibe magazine,he said“I had thought about it. I had saw pictures, and I was like ‘Damn.’ So I asked, and [Nia] was like ‘Nah, it’s not you.’

So I was like cool, I didn’t think it was an issue. But when I found out, it was kind of like, ‘Damn, she looks just like me.’ And I didn’t care about how me and her mother didn’t have a relationship, I didn’t care about any situation. I just wanted to see her.

I just wanted to be able to have that opportunity, as something personal to me. I’m not gonna be upset, I’m not gonna be mad.

I have to be honest with myself and pick the priorities over the situation. I had to make my priority my daughter.

See Kardashians 2015 Christmas Card(photo)

Kim Kardashian shared the Kardashian 2015 Christmas card and it features the next generation. How cute!