Awwwww! Goose Bumps...As The Civilian Joint Task Force Joins The Military In Fighting Boko Haram In Maiduguri

 The civilians in Maiduguri (Civilian Joint Task Force) courageously joined the Nigerian soldiers to defend the city against the terrorists.

Chimamanda- UK Guardian Published My Article Without My Permission

Yesterday, I published an article I saw on UK Guardian written by an award-winning writer Chimamanda Adichie about her struggles with depression. UK Guardian later took the article down explaining that it was published in error. Apparently they didn't have the permission of Ms Adichie to publish the article. So I took the post down too, "make I respect myself" lol! But there's been some confusion over why the article was taken down from the Guardian. Chimamanda's manager explains below...
"When a writer of Chimamanda Adichie's status writes an essay, many publications are interested in publishing it. Her agent sends the essay to a few publications. The publications indicate their interest and make various offers and proposals including how they will feature it and what they would like to accompany it (e.g. a photo shoot, an additional interview), how much they will pay for it, when they will publish it and in what section of the publication. Chimamanda then makes a decision about which publication she prefers

Chimamanda wrote the essay about depression last year. Depression is a very important subject for her. She wanted to make sure the essay was very honest. She wanted to use the essay as a way to help people, to start a conversation about depression, particularly among Africans. Many people suffer in silence. Breaking the silence around the subject of depression can be the first step to getting better.

Many magazines and publications were interested in the essay. One of them was the Guardian. Chimamanda considered their offer and then decided she didn't want it to be published there. She felt that the Guardian was not the right place for the essay. She declined their offer, and they acknowledged in writing that she had declined.

She planned to publish the essay later this year, when she would have finished other engagements, to give her time to deliver a talk in Nigeria about depression.

She had still not finally decided which publication she would go with when she discovered on Sunday that the essay had been published in the Guardian, with no notice, no permission, nothing. She was shocked.

The Guardian claims it was a technical error. It is not clear how something could have been published, with photographs, due to a technical error. It is possible that The Guardian deliberately published it even though they had been turned down. That way, The Guardian could claim to have been first to publish Africa's most-internationally recognized novelist writing for the first time on the very personal subject of depression. The Guardian's action was unethical and possibly illegal. The Guardian has apologized and removed the essay.

The essay will be republished properly later this year. Chimamanda thanks all the people who have already shared their own stories of depression. She hopes that knowing you are not alone will be a source of comfort. She will speak more on the subject in the coming months.

Buhari Declines Another Presidential Debate Organised By Channels Tv And Other Media Houses

Hahahaaa! This is so hilarious! How can someone refuse to debate when he wants to be elected into a public office bikonu?

Prof. Pat Utomi's Response To Soludo's Article

Former Presidential aspirant, Pat Utomi has responded to the article written by former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Charles Soludo.

Soludo stated in his article, titled “Buhari vs Jonathan: Beyond the Election”, that neither of the two candidates could deliver on the amazing promises being made during their campaigns.
Professor Utomi, via his Facebook page, described Soludo’s article as a “well-reasoned commentary on the place of issues in the 2015 electioneering campaign.”
Read his full response below:

Charles Soludo Fires Back At The Finance Minister, Okonjo-Iweala...This Is Getting Interesting!

After the counter attack launched on the former CBN Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, by the finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, he (Soludo) apparently could not sleep, how could he, would you? lol! Now he has returned with fighter jets! Read below:

The Multi-national Joint Task Force Records A Successful Attack Against Boko Haram Today

Yesterday recorded an offensive raid from Chadian soldiers using fighter jets against Boko Haram in Gamboru, and today Boko Haram attacked Bornu and with a collaborative effort from the multi-national joint task force, there was a successful defense by the Nigerian military. Read the statement released by the Defence Headquarters below:

Lol! Reno Omokri Scores Own Goals On Twitter

Its so funny how GEJ's campaigners lack ideas, they keep bringing up ideas that end up working against them. Here is a clue guys, its tough to sell anything else when insecurity is starring the people in the face but you can tweet only GEJ's achievements and get the people informed at least, security is a work in progress, stop asking all these questions. lol!