Schwarzenegger to Zuckerberg: Bro, Do You Even Lift?

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had a surprise participant on his online Q&A Tuesday: Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The former California governor hopped onto Facebook to ask Zuckerberg about how he manages to find time to exercise despite being "one of the busiest guys on the planet."

"Mark, I always tell people that nobody is too busy to exercise, especially if Popes and Presidents find time,"

Schwarzenegger "So tell me how you find time to train and what is your regimen like?"

As it turns out, Zuckerberg manages to squeeze in workouts at least three times a week, he wrote in reply.

"I also try to take my dog ( https://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog ) running whenever I can, which has the added bonus of being hilarious because that basically [is] like seeing a mop run."

ULSU - Fighting for student or self?

In the light of University of Lagos Students' Union recently released message to the students, mixed reactions have trailed this supposedly good tiding. The message reads thus:

"Have you been harassed by any Campus ShuttleShuttle operators before? Have they ordered you to get down from the bus because of "CHANGE" before? Do you want this to stop? If yes, put a call through to the union on 08165294779 or
07036319456 the next time you experience such from them. One of them was made a scape-goat today for assaulting one of our students on "change matters" to serve as deterrent to others. Kunle Adegunoye Charles ULSU PRO"

One would indeed be curious as to why ULSU took that bold step 'on behalf of the students' as it claimed. Why now? What was the motivation behind it all? We do not know for sure, but this is what we know.

Well, we know that the Union’s president, Abiodun Martins, was brutally attacked last week on his way back to school after he had reportedly visited his father at Iyana Ipaja alongside four of his cabinet members.

We also know that the incident which occasioned a full page account from ULSU was a one-sided story. Why? Because that account actually came from it's public relations officer who claimed privy to everything that occurred that fateful day, and that was the only account we relied on.

And finally, we also know that shortly after the attack, ULSU decided to crack down on bus drivers that plies the school route.

Do we take this to mean that ULSU had no previous knowledge of the constant harassment students have been facing in the hands of bus drivers? Or was the crackdown actually triggered by the attack on its president? The ratio decidendi may actually run so deep that it would be quite tasking to pinpoint its origin.

Telling us that "one of them (the drivers) was made a scape-goat today..." begs to question if this is totally to protect students' rights or an axe-grinding of some sort.

While it is glaring that the president's aides have been derelict in their primary calling to protect their principal, ULSU should be reminded that the powers vested on them by the students shall and cannot be used to settle personal vendetta.

French President Holds Emergency Meeting Over NSA Intercepts

French President Francois Hollande is holding an emergency meeting with the country's top security officials to respond to WikiLeaks documents saying that the U.S. National Security Agency eavesdropped on the last three French presidents.

A French presidential aide said Wednesday's meeting was convened to evaluate the information released and draw relevant conclusions. The aide was not authorized to be publicly named.

The documents published in French daily newspaper Liberation and investigative website Mediapart late Tuesday include material that
appeared to capture officials in Paris talking candidly about Greece's economy and relations with Germany.

Ironically, they also include discussions about American espionage of its allies.

There was no instant confirmation of the accuracy of the documents, though WikiLeaks has a track record of publishing intelligence and
diplomatic material.

WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson told The Associated Press he was confident the documents were authentic, noting that WikiLeaks' previous mass disclosures — including a large cache of Saudi diplomatic memos
released last week — have proven to be accurate.

The release appeared to be timed to coincide with a vote in the French Parliament on a bill allowing broad new surveillance powers, in particular to counter terrorist threats. The Senate approved it Tuesday and the lower house of parliament is expected to give it final approval
Wednesday.

The release prompted uproar among French politicians, although it didn't reveal any huge surprises or secrets. France is among several U.S. allies that rely heavily on American spying
powers when trying to prevent terrorist and other threats.

Hollande's office didn't comment beyond announcing Wednesday's security meeting, though his Socialist Party issued an angry statement sayingsaying the reports suggest "a truly stupefying state
paranoia." Even if the government was aware of such intercepts, the party said, that doesn'tmean "that this massive, systematic, uncontrolled eavesdropping is tolerable."

An aide to Hollande's predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy told The AP that the former president considers these methods unacceptable, especially from an ally. The aide was not
authorized to be publicly named.

There was no immediate comment from former President Jacques Chirac, also reportedly targeted by the eavesdropping.

U.S. National Security Council spokesman Ned Price released a statement Tuesday evening saying the U.S. is "not targeting and will not
target the communications of President Hollande."

"We do not conduct any foreign intelligence surveillance activities unless there is a specific and validated national security purpose," Price added. "This applies to ordinary citizens andand world leaders alike. We work closely with France on all matters of international concern, and the French are indispensable partners."

Price did not address claims that the U.S. had previously eavesdropped on Hollande or his predecessors.

Ever since documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden showed in 2013 that the NSA had been eavesdropping on the
cellphone of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, it had been understood that the U.S. had been
using the digital spying agency to intercept the conversations of allied politicians.

Culled from The Times

Buhari’s First Blunder as Nigeria’s President

A political analyst, Mr. Ifeduba ThankGod has criticised the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to relocate the central command of the military to Maiduguri, Borno, to intensify the fight against Boko Haram insurgency. He described the move as the height of unprofessionalism and the most senseless decision any president has ever taken. He said this was because the people who work at the command centre were not regular combatant soldiers and as such would not contribute any more than they could from Abuja or anywhere for that matter.

According to Mr. Ifeduba, this wrong decision called for a revisit of Buhari’s certificate scandal and how he came about his title of Major General when he was incapable of simple kindergarten Military Decision. He added that if this move by President Buhari made sense, then countries like America would as well have to relocate their military command to Afghanistan, Iraq etc.



Culled from thesummary.com

Muhammadu Buhari is Nigerian President

Muhammadu Buhari has been sworn in as Nigeria's 6th civilian president since independence in 1960.


It marked the first time in Nigeria's history that an incumbent elected President peacefully transferred power to an elected leader of the opposition.

He ran unsuccessfully for the office of President in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 elections. In December 2014, he emerged as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the March 2015 elections. Buhari won the 2015 general election, defeating the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan.

Chinese teacher executed for raping, sexually abusing 26 young girls at his school

A former teacher has been executed for raping and sexually abusing 26 children at his school in China.

Li Jishun was convicted of having raped or sexually abused girls aged from four to 11, the state-run news agency Xinhua said.

The abuse took place in 2011 and 2012 when he was a teacher at a primary school, it added.

Li was put to death on Thursday by a court in Tianshui in the northwestern province of Gansu.

He had been handed the heaviest punishment possible because of the harm caused to the children and the extremely negative social impact of the case, the report said.

“He took advantage of those who were both childish and timid and committed his acts in dormitories or classrooms,” Xinhua reported.

It cited China’s Supreme People’s Court as saying the number of child sexual abuse cases have risen in recent years.

Some 7,145 cases were reported across the country from 2012 to 2014.

Photos from the scene of Nigeria's Presidential Inauguration. Eagle Square, Abuja. Photocredit: Sahara Reporters.