OBAMA VISITS NIGERIA MAY 28

• Security, economy and bilateral relations top agenda

At last the President of the United States, Barack Obama, would visit Nigeria on 28 May, 2013,  as part of a three-nation tour of Africa, ending speculation of the Obama scorn with the flawed elections in 2007 that brought Umaru Yar’Adua to the Presidency.

Seen as long overdue but coming at a time when security is the number one item on the country’s agenda, the 44th President of the United States is expected to parley with President Jonathan on how to tackle the niggling problems of insecurity, the economy and trade relations between both nations. President Obama would be interested in hearing President’s Jonathan’s plan to control the Boko Haram insurgents who he plans to offered amnesty, even as the sect continues to slay hundreds in their quest to end western education in the country apart from kidnapping foreigners for ransom.

HISTORIC MIDEAST TRIP: OBAMA’S $1.5M LIMO BREAKS DOWN IN ISRAEL •AFTER HIS DRIVER PUTS PETROL IN ENGINE INSTEAD OF DIESEL

President Barack Obama’s historic visit to Israel on Wednesday had an embarrassing setback when his armored limousine broke down on the way to the airport.

The custom General Motors Cadillac limo was relegated to a pick up truck after the driver accidentally put gas (petrol) in the engine instead of diesel.
Mr Obama arrived in Tel Aviv on Wednesday afternoon local time, and earlier that morning, the limo that was designated to his hotel was unable to move after the driver made the silly mistake.

ALAMIEYESEIGHA: US MAY SHELVE PLANNED OBAMA VISIT

PRESIDENT Barack Obama’s official relationship with President Goodluck Jonathan appears to be in jeopardy, following indications that Obama’s scheduled visit to Nigeria has been suspended over the state pardon granted former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha.

It was gathered that the visit had already been agreed upon between governments of the United States and Nigeria, but has to be put on hold as a result of domestic pressure over the Boko Haram menace and Alamieyeseigha, whose corruption case has become a model for government officials in showing America’s new determination to fight kleptocracy around the world.

American generals have continued to call for increased pressure against the Boko Haram sect and other terrorist groups in Africa.

OBAMA TO VISIT NIGERIA, KENYA, OTHERS IN JULY

United States President Barack Obama will be visiting Nigeria, Kenya and some other African countries before the end of July, this year if the information from the Presidential travel trends is anything to go by.

It would be recalled that President Goodluck Jonathan and other Africa’s leaders have been some of Barack Obama’s fiercest critics, and alleged that he had not prioritised the continent since he became the US president in January, 2009.

During his first term in office, President Obama’s only visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president was a stopover of less than 24 hours in Ghana out of the 51 country visits he made.

NIGERIA’S OIL FACES CRISIS AS US CONTROLS ENERGY FUTURE

Nigeria’s oil boom may be coming to an end. United States president Barack Obama has declared that the America is now ready to take control of its energy future.

Obama made the declaration yesterday in his state of the nation presentation to the US Congress.

He said: “After years of talking about it, we are finally poised to control our own energy future. We produce more oil at home than we have in 15 years. We have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas, and the amount of renewable energy we generate from sources like wind and solar. We produce more natural gas than ever before.

OBAMA URGED TO RESIGN OVER BEYONCÉ SCANDAL

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – A rising chorus of congressional Republicans are calling on President Obama to acknowledge that the pop singer Beyoncé lip-synched during his inaugural festivities on Monday and resign from office, effective immediately.

“By lip-synching the national anthem, Beyoncé has cast a dark cloud over the President’s second term,” said Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky).  “The only way President Obama can remove that cloud is by resigning from office at once.”

OBAMA MAY VISIT NIGERIA THIS YEAR

The Minister, Culture, Education and Information in the Nigeria Embassy in Washington DC, Dr Stephen Momoh Baba,has said President of the United States Barack Obama has promised to visit Nigeria this year.
President Obama was on Monday sworn in for his second term of another four years as president.
In an exclusive interview with LEADERSHIP,Dr Baba said:Obama has promised to visit Nigeria towards the end of the year; we are working with the state department and the Nigeria ambassador to ensure reality of the visit. We are doing everything we can to make sure he keeps to his promise and visit to Nigeria this year.