The First I'll DoWhen I Buy Arsenal Is To Remove Wenger - Aliko Dangote Speaks On Why He Is Yet To Purchase The Club

Africa's Richest man, Aliko Dangote has revealed somethings he will do if he buys EPL Club, Arsenal.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Dangote made it known that the first thing he would do if he buys Arsenal is to replace the club manager, Arsene Wenger who renewed his contract with the club recently and he will consider making an offer to buy the club once the $11 billion oil refinery he is constructing in Lagos is done. According to him, Wenger has done a good job, but someone else should also try his luck.

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See Photos Of Ekiti PDP Spokesman Attacked By Thugs Receiving Treatment

The Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, Mr Jackson Adebayo, was on Friday night attacked by three armed men in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
Narrating his experience on Saturday after receiving treatment at a private hospital, Jackson, whose head was smashed with gun butt, said he was accosted by three armed men on a motorbike at Federal Housing Estate area of the town at about 9pm on Friday.
“I was going for a vigil in the church when three armed men on a motorbike accosted me. Two of them came down with their guns and started shooting sporadically.
They started smashing my head against the hard asphalt on the road and the man on the bike ordered them to shoot me, but the men said they should leave me.
“I wouldn’t describe it as a robbery case because apart from my phone and tablet that they took, the money they found when they ransacked my pockets, was returned.
Few days ago, I issued a press release on the purported trip of Mrs Aisha Buhari to America on behalf of our party and I started receiving threat calls on my phones.
“The callers were threatening me to leave the woman alone and few day later, this happened. We are in a democracy and we have the right to speak as a party.
If anybody thinks by engaging in violence they can silence us and our party, they are mistaken. We are for the people and the voice of the people is the voice of God,” he said.
Also commenting on the development, the State Chairman of PDP, Mr Gboyega Oguntuase, accused the opposition All Progressives. Congress (APC) of formenting violence in the state.
“APC are known for eliminating those against them. They killed no fewer than 12 people when they were in government here.
From Chief Awolumate who was killed in Omuo-Ekiti, to Ayo Jeje and Juliana Adewumi who were killed in Erijiyan.
They also killed Foluso Ogundare in Emure-Ekiti to Chief Omolafe Aderiye that they killed in Ado-Ekiti, their stock in trade is murder of opposition figures.
“Since they have started to go for my executive and party members, we are calling on the people of the state and God to save us from their hands.
They have failed to alleviate the economic woes in Nigeria and as far as we are concerned, we are committed to our goal of making Ekiti a better place to live in and we are for peace,” he said.

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Fayose Writes Chinese Government Not To Give Loan To Nigeria (Read)

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has written to the Chinese government, seeking the stoppage of the $2 billion loan being sought by the federal government of Nigeria.
He wrote that “the government of China should be mindful of the fact that Nigerians, irrespective of their political and religious affiliations are totally opposed to increment of the country’s debt burden, which is already being serviced with 25 per cent of the Federal Government annual budget.”
In the letter dated April 12, 2016, with reference number EK/GOV/28/10, addressed to President Xi Jinping of China and delivered by Chief of Staff to the governor, Barrister Dipo Anisulowo in Abuja on Thursday, through the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Gu Xiaojie, Fayose said some of the projects for which the loan was being sought were not captured in the controversial 2016 budget, which has been sent to the President by the National Assembly for his assent.
Anisulowo, who was accompanied by Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon Segun Adewumi, Chairman House Committee on Information, Gboyega Aribisogan, Chairman House Committee on Health, Dr Samuel Omotosho and Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said Governor Fayose, who is in China will also deliver a copy of the letter directly to the Chinese President.

The letter read in part: “I write as one of the major stakeholders in the project Nigeria, and a governor of one of the federating units making up Nigeria, to draw your attention to report that the Federal Government of Nigeria is on the verge of obtaining a $2 billion loan from the Export-Import Bank of China.
“This $2 billion loan is part of the N1.84 trillion the Federal Government of Nigeria has proposed to borrow to finance the 2016 budget, which is yet to be signed by the President, Mohammadu Buhari owing to unending controversies between the Executive and Legislative arms of government.
“According to reports, Nigeria desires to raise about $5 billion abroad to cover part of its 2016 budget deficit. This is projected to hit N3 trillion ($15 billion) due to heavy infrastructure spending at a time when the slump in global oil prices has slashed the country’s export revenues.
“While conceding that all nations, especially developing ones need support to be able to grow because no nation is an island, I am constrained to inform you that if the future of Nigeria must be protected, the country does not need any loan at this time.
“The government of China should be mindful of the fact that Nigerians, irrespective of their political and religious affiliations are totally opposed to increment of the country’s debt burden, which is already being serviced with 25 per cent of the Federal Government annual budget.
“It will interest the government of China to know that some of the projects for which the loan is being sought are not captured in the controversial 2016 budget, which has been sent to the President by the National Assembly for his assent. For instance, the Lagos – Calabar Rail project was not included in the budget proposal the President presented to the National Assembly and it was not included in the Appropriation Bill passed by the National Assembly.
“Most importantly, Nigeria is presently servicing debt with about 25 per cent of its annual budget and what will happen to the economy in 2017, when the country will begin to service the additional debt to be incurred this year is better imagined than experienced.
“The Chinese government must also be aware that some western nations approached by the Federal Government for loan diplomatically and cleverly declined.
“This must have been informed by the suspicion in the present government’s capacity to salvage the nation’s economy as well as the sincerity in the fight against corruption. More so that Nigeria’s Foreign Reserve, which is the only guarantee for foreign loan has declined to a very uncomfortable level.”

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