REAL MADRID WALLOP BAYERN MUNICH 0-4

In a classic fashion reminding every soccer fans of the glorious years of Real Madrid.Madrid. Beat Bayern Munich 0-4 in the second leg of. UEFA champions League semi-final match.With two goals from Sergio Ramos and Christiano Ronaldo.

The match took place at Alliance Arena in Germany.The first leg was won by Madrib at home last week.Madrid have qualified for final of the UCL after 12 years absence.Interestingly,Bayern Munich, the current champion was beating evert clubblack and blue at this stage.They failed to reproduce that form today.The exit conform the jinx that no club has been able to win the trophy in modern era back to back.The presence of Arjen Robben and Ribery could not avert defeat for Bayern.Frank Ribery was even substituted which was a clear indication that Madrid was better on tactics for the game.Madrid now awaits the winner between Atletico Madrid and Chelsea tomorrow at Stamford bridge.And with Jose Mourinho getting away with his tactics lately, there is likelihood that the Chelsea manager will get away with this one.The first leg in Athletico ending in barren drawa,the match will be an interesting one.

GUN SHOTS IN TRIPOLI

Gun shots were heard near seat of governmet in Tripoli,Libya today while the PMS were holding meeting about appointment new head of government.

Members of the opposition groups are likely to be responsible for the attacks.

Earlier there was a bomb blast near Benghazi killing people.

CONDOLING WITH FAMILIES OF THOSE ON BOARD FLIGHT MH370

Our hearts go to the families of those on board Malaysian plane Flight MH370 which went missing since March 8,2014.

This is a difficult moments for families and loved ones .We pray that the Good Lord will grant them all the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss .We understand your pains during this period but we also know that God is a comforter. He will comfort you.

We appreciate all concerted efforts at recovering the remains of the plane using advance technologies. We will have a breakthrough in the search.

We feel your pains
MOFI LAMI

BOKO-HARAM : WE MUST CHANGE STRATEGIES

Boko Haram struck again in Abuja killing and injuring so many people. I am just wondering,why we budget so much for  defence in our budget every year.This year, the budget for Defence or call it security is the biggest with education coming very close.

When preparing the national budget, how do we get our estimates approved for various expenditure. We know that income angle does not much challenge except when the National Assembly disagrees with Mr, President on oil benchmark.Curiously, the National Assembly have never advised the Executive to come up with strategies on how non-oil revenues will increase each year.I think the basis for discussion yearly should be need to diversify from oil revenues to other key areas that will sustain us beyond oil that has soiled us.

Back to security issue,how do we get estimates for security expenditure? How much do we spend on armaments and war heads? Most importantly how well do we lay emphasis on surveillance and military intelligence? The best form of crime fighting is crime prevention.I hope we can get there very soon.My mind is agitating and could not sleep since yesterday night. It is not helpful to listen or hear news nowadays.I hate to hear about the insurgents.These are very sad days.

LAGOS, FOI ACT AND COURT JUDGEMENT

    

I was dumbfounded recently when Ade Ipaye,Lagos state commissioner for Justice said the provisions in the Freedom Of Information Act does not apply to Lagos.This argument arose when the an accountability group challenged the state government to provide information on all the myriads of loans collected by the state.

The government has been in the news following series of loans obtained by the state and more are in the offing.Even the world bank has promised anothe $150m for power projects in the state.The government had said these are development and infrastructural loans.I agree totally and the state has done a lot in this direction.Iam not a fan of the governor but on road construction alone,I doff my hat for the amiable governor.Looking at Mile 2 - Badagry Expressway reconstruction and the light rail project going on simultaneously, the governor has done well.That said.The governnor is a brilliant lawyer and a SAN therefore, he should not have problems with legal matters.The commissioner is a lawyer just like the governor should know that in a federation like ours, any law of the federation that falls under the jurissdiction of the Natioanal Assembly applies to all states except Lagos is not part of Nigeria.

The basis for sharing in the national resources of Nigeria by all states of the Federation is a by an Act of Parliament derived from the constitution.Lagos and the party,APC has formed a habit of obeying the law of the Federation that suits them.If it had been PDP, Lai Mohammed would have gone loose.So is this what we will witness when they come to power at the centre?

Another case in point is the government refusal to obey a court judgment putting a stop to tolling on Lekki-Ikoyi bridge.The government, represented by Ade Ipaye, kept twisting a court judgement and refused to stop toll collection on the bridge.Thank God for the boldness of Lawyer Ebun Adegoruwa for his concern about the hardship tolling on the bridge will bring to Lagosians.He was resolute to get justice for road users and he got it on March 27,2014.Tolling is still going on the road and Ade Ipaye and the governor are in the noble legal profession.Anyway it is not only PDP that is destroying the profession of its members.They have an ally in APC.