Wednesday, 31 December 2014

Femi Falana's Son Now Dating Wizkid BabyMama

Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist Femi Falana’s young son has obviously decided to touch down on Wizkids land.

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The man, who goes by the name Falz after quiting his lucrative law education to pursue music some months ago is now dating Sola Ogudugu allegedly.

The beautiful Sola Ogudugu, mother of Wizkid’s son, Bolutife won’t obviously wait for Wizzy for the rest of her life as Wiz is currently still in love with his current girl , the equally beautiful Tania Omotayo.

Buhari Was A Head Boy, Why Doubt Him – Maduekwe

Buhari Support Organization head of Media and Publicity, Dr. Chidia Maduekwe, has come out and defended the academic records of the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), General Muhammdu Buhari.


The public speaker told The Vanguard that the lies about  the credibility of the presidential hopeful was cooked up by detractors to sway the minds of the public.
He said that Buhari’s detractors are afraid of general’s strong campaign and have therefore decided to play dirty.
Maduekwe described the former head of state as a noble gentleman and wondered why after his military service, why they would decide now to question his qualifications.

Tuesday, 30 December 2014

How Much Jonathan Paid As Tax In 3 Years

For presiding over the affairs of Nigeria as its president in the last three years, you wont believe what President Goodluck Jonathan has pocketed as salary.
2015 presidential election in Nigeria - Naij.com guest contributor challenges President Jonathan to stop raining "presidential insults" on Nigerians.
President Goodluck Jonathan.
Vanguard reports that in the last three years, President Goodluck Jonathan has pocketed N4.323 billion as salary while he had in the last three years, paid N626.422 million as tax to the country.
The years which the president earned the salary and paid the tax, according to document from the Federal Inland. Revenue Service,FIRS, he released to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, were 2011,2012 and 2013.

Photo: Mechanic Stabs Man For Pinging While Driving

A mechanic, Olajide Olaniran, has stabbed a man, Julius Joseph, for allegedly pinging on the road while driving in the Ijaiye area of Lagos State.
Julius Joseph
Julius Joseph
According to Punch, Joseph was said to be returning from a bank in the area to withdraw money when Olaniran, who was in a Toyota Corolla, blocked the road and accused him of pinging and driving. Though it was later revealed that Joseph was checking an alert he received on his phone when the incident occurred.

Update on missing AirAsia jet: 40 bodies & debris of jet found floating in sea

 

Indonesian officials say they have found 40 dead bodies, luggage, a plane door, and an emergency slide floating in the water off the coast of Borneo Island. They are all from the AirAsia flight that disappeared two days ago after losing communications with control tower after encountering storm clouds.

At least 40 of the bodies, many of them not wearing life jackets , have been removed from the water and taken from the scene on board an Indonesian navy ship. Images on Indonesian television showed half-naked bloated bodies bobbing in the sea. Several pieces of red, white and black debris were earlier spotted in the Java Sea near Borneo island which officials later confirmed to be debris from the missing jet.

Mother Of 2 Drinks Herself To Death

A mother of 2 died at the age of 38 after her long-term unsuccessful battle with alcohol addiction.
Vicky White died from liver failure at the age of 38. Credits: Daily Mail
Vicky White died from liver failure at the age of 38. Credits: Daily Mail

Vicky White was drinking 330 units of alcohol weekly, including five bottles of wine a day and vodka for breakfast, Daily Mail reports.

Vicky’s partner Steven Hough devastated over the loss said she had tried hard to stop, but was always subdued by the addiction. The two children, aged 7 and 17, are spending their first Christmas without mother who died in July from liver failure.

Prof Osinbajo Campaigns On The Streets of Obalende

All Progressive Congress (APC) Vice-Presidential Candidate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has kicked off his house-to-house campaign initiative when he and his campaign team stormed the ever busy Obalende town in area of Lagos.  

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He personally distributed APC fliers to many people. During campaign Osinbajo said Nigerians have suffered enough under the PDP-led government and therefore, charged them to vote for opposition APC in February 2015 elections.

APC Blasts Jonathan Again On Economic Hardship

The main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has once again accused President Goodluck Jonathan of failing to plan for the bad patch.

The spokesman of South East APC, Osita Okechukwu, while addressing the party’s supporters in Enugu, expressed agreement with the president about the diversity of challenges opposing Nigeria, and that they did not start today.

Jonathan, speaking in Abuja on Sunday, had said that Nigeria is “facing a lot of challenges now as a nation and that the challenges did not start today, but somehow, instead of abating the problems started increasing for one reason or the other.”

APC South East spokesman said that while he agreed that the challenges did not start today, they are growing instead because of the unclear and undeveloped economic policies of Jonathan’s Economic Team.

Brown Ideye Acquires New Rolls For 2015

Super Eagles and West Bromwich Albion striker, Brown Ideye, has acquired the 2015 edition of Rolls Royce Ghost II.

Ideye and Family
Ideye and Family
The car is said to be worth $250k, which is over 45 million naira.

The news of the new vehicle was released by his close friend and colleague, fellow Eagles player John Ogu, who is based in Portugal.

Only Corrupt Nigerians Oppose Buhari - APC Adams Odunayo, 2 hours ago

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has made it known yesterday that it is only corrupt Nigerians that would not want Major General Muhammadu Buhari as the Nigeria’s next president.
Muhammadu Buhari
Muhammadu Buhari
Punch reports that Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, who is the National Chairman of the party made this known in Benin. John said this to negate every wrong speculation that the former military Head of State would probe past political office holders if he emerged victorious in the 2015 presidential election.

The Military Has My Certificates - Buhari Tells INEC

The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming 2015 general elections, Muhammadu Buhari, has said he doesn’t have his certificates.

The former Head of State told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that his academic qualifications and credentials are with the military, Punch reports.

When journalists visited INEC headquarters in Abuja on Monday, December 29, Buhari’s academic qualifications were not on display like that of other presidential candidates.
In an affidavit dated November 24, 2014, which he deposed at a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, he explained that all his certificates were with the Secretary, Military Board.
The affidavit was stamped and received by the INEC on December 18, 2014.

Nkiru Sylvanus Set To Wed Oge Okoye's Husband!

Popular light skinned Nollywood actress, Nkiru Sylvanus is set to marry the husband and father of the children of another popular Nollywood actress, Oge Okoye.
Oge Okoye
Oge Okoye
Yes, you read well and it is not one of the Nollywood drama or playlet. It is for real. Stella Dimokokorkus made it known that the actress (Nkiru Sylvanus) is already engaged to the Stanley Duru who is the father of the two children that  beautiful actress, Oge Okoye gave birth to.
Preparations are in top gear for Nkiru Sylvanus to marry Stanley Duru, the man who is the Husband of actress Oge Okoye.

Ex-General blasts Nigerian Army for sentencing 54 soldiers to death over mutiny


The soldiers sentenced to death for mutiny in September 2014

The soldiers sentenced to death for mutiny in September 2014

A retired army general, Ishola Williams, has condemned the Nigerian Army for imposing the death sentence on 54 soldiers accused of mutiny, saying the soldiers were justified in refusing to join operations without being properly equipped.

Monday, 29 December 2014

Folorunsho Alakija Now Richest Black Woman

Nigerian Oil tycoon, and business woman,  Folorunsho Alakija is now the world’s most richest black woman, surpassing Oprah Winfrey.

The Nigerian is now worth $7.3 billion which is $4.4 billion dollars more than Oprah’s $2.9 billion.
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Alakija is a mother of four while her American compatriot is yet to have a child.

Alakija is just one of Africa’s 55 billionaires who are all worth a staggering $143.88 billion in total, according to pan-African magazine Ventures Africa.
She then moved to London to study Fashion, coming back to Nigeria to start a label, Supreme Stitches.
Her big break through came in 1993 when her oil company, Famfa Oil was given an oil prospecting licence, which later became OML 127, one of Nigeria’s most prolific oil blocks.

APC Assures Nigerians Of Violence Free Elections

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has promised Nigerians and the international community that it will do all in its power to make sure that the 2015 general elections are violence free, adding that the rising apprehension about the polls among the populace is harmful to the conduct of a successful election.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday, December 28, by Lai Mohammed, its national publicity secretary, the APC said that the PDP-led Federal Government should complement its efforts.
According to Sahara Reporters, APC said it has urged the Federal Government to take all measures that would ensure that the elections are free, fair and credible, noting that rigging and other acts of electoral malfeasance constitute the immediate trigger for anger and violence during and after elections.

Partners, Jobs, Reject Us, Even Our Own Mothers Reject Us – Albinos

As he celebrated his first birthday, his parents abandoned him and went seperate ways after a huge fight just because he was an albino. 

Albinos
Albinos
He was not what they wanted, but Mr. Abdullahi Obafemi still suffers from the pain of abandonment just becuase of his condition fourty years later.

He was moved from father to mother until the grandmother came to his rescue to provide him a stable home.
Obafemi in his own words said: “I am my parents’ only child. I learnt their marriage ended abruptly the moment my mother gave birth to me as an albino. In fact, I learnt my mother screamed, Eh! Afin ni mo bi (Ha, I gave birth to an albino) when she saw me.
“While they were busy denying me and fighting over who would take care of me, my grandmother took me away from them.”

Bauchi Bomb Blast: SEMA Releases New Death Tolls

The Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) on Sunday released the current death toll of the last Monday’s bomb explosion at the Central Market in the state capital.
Scene of the Bauchi market bomb blast
Scene of the Bauchi market bomb blast

According to the agency, the death toll has risen to 19, adding that property worth N240 million were destroyed in the attack, part of which include 130 shops that were razed by the inferno that accompanied the explosion.

Survivor Of Kano College Attack Narrates Ordeal

Lecturer of Kano’s Federal College of Education (FCE), Kabuga, Chief Christian Ojimba, recounts the gruesome details of the attack on the institution.
Christian Ojimba. Credits: Vanguard
Christian Ojimba. Credits: Vanguard

As a result of a blast and shooting in the FCE September 17, at least 13 people were killed and scores of others injured.
Two months after the tragedy, the survivor narrated in an interview with Vanguard what had happened.
The lecturer said that it was like a thunderbolt from a clear sky adding however that he had a bad feeling starting from the morning.
“It was a very serious attack and an unexpected one. Before the attack on our school, Boko Haram terrorists had attacked Kano State Polytechnic inside the city centre, with the new strategy of using female and male teenagers, who they arm with bombs.

Babangida Didn't Actually Back Jonathan - Source

Nigeria’s former military ruler, Ibrahim Babangida, did not make commitment on the 2015 presidential poll to President Goodluck Jonathan at the recent meeting in Minna.
Ibrahim Babangida
Ibrahim Babangida

It would be recalled that following the closed-door December 27 meeting it was reported that Babangida urged Nigerians to support Jonathan in the next-year’s elections.
According to The Nation, however, contrary to the widespread insinuations, the former President only touched upon the national issues and problems.

It was additionally learnt that Jonathan allegedly started reaching out to key emirs and leaders of the North is search for support, which is part of the President’s plan to reduce the influence of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the region.
Gen. Babangida’s key aides based in Abuja disclosed the details of the Saturday’s meeting in Minna.

After the former ruler was blasted for backing Jonathan, the source, who pleaded for anonymity, debunked the reports making rounds:
“It is true that the President visited Gen. Babangida at his Minna Hilltop mansion but the nature of his message was based purely on unity of the country and not about 2015 presidential election.
“As a former president who fought for the unity of the country, he was of the view that the president needs support as President and not as presidential candidate per se.

“It is his view that the country needs to be united as one before we can begin to talk about election. Only a united Nigeria can guarantee credible election.”

The source stressed the importance of not misinterpreting Babangida’s words:
“What Gen. IBB said should be viewed within the context of the larger Nigeria interest and not that of any parochial interest that is likely to unsettle the system.

“Those of them who fought in the civil war to keep the country one understand the dynamics and challenges facing us now in the face of grave insecurity and poor economic realities.”
The aide also urged critics to take it easy on Babangida, who is anyway the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) card holder, “even as a nominal member”.

“As a leader and former president who was privileged to preside over the affairs of the country and who also fought in the civil war, he will continue to speak the language of unification than that of division.”

According to the source, Gen. Babangida maintained that Jonathan, as a country leader, deserved the support of all to keep the country united.
Regarding the main political battle between Jonathan and the APC candidate Muhammadu Buhari, the aide said:
“The President, Vice-President Namadi Sambo, PDP governors, and leaders will be embarking on shuttles to some of these key Northern leaders for support.

“They are desperate to take the battle to Buhari’s stronghold but no one can say whether the President and the PDP can go far or not.”

Speaking about the intense pre-polls months, another source also added:
“Jonathan’s game plan is to split the North. This explains why Northern leaders were concerned about the President’s renewed interest in the North after he failed the region in many promises he made in 2011.”

It would be recalled that yesterday President Jonathan addressed Nigerians asking them to endure the hardships connected with the drop on global oil price and to pray for the politicians’ wisdom ahead of the upcoming elections.

Primate Olabayo Makes Shocking Predictions About 2015 Elections

Foremost Prophet, Primate Theophilus Oluwasaanu Olabayo,  is the Pastor and founder, of Evangelical Church of Yahweh, located at Mende Village, Maryland, Lagos State, he is one of Nigeria’s respected prophets whose prophesies has shaken the high and mighty in the country.
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Primate Theophilus Oluwasaanu Olabayo
In this interview he reveals his predictions for the New Year.
He predicts, that the 2015 presidential election may not hold and if the election holds at all, it may be stalemated. He also predicts that if elections hold, that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will win the governorship election in Lagos State while the All Progressives Congress (APC) will retain Rivers, Ogun and Oyo states. Primate Olabayo also called for prayers against political assassinations in the New Year.

Wednesday, 24 December 2014

Nigeria Military jail Lt. Col., 15 others over abduction of Chibok girls

 

A Lieutenant Colonel, a Captain, a Second lieutenant and 12 other soldiers were sentenced to two years imprisonment by a Nigerian Military Court Martial which sat in Kaduna state yesterday Dec. 23rd over the abduction of over 200 female students of the Government Girls Secondary School Chibok, Borno State, by Boko Haram insurgents on April 14th.

Rapper Yung Six talks to 2015 with wads of Naira

14-Year-Old Bride Admitted Killing Her Husband

A Kano child-bride has ‘admitted’ killing her 35-year-old husband with rat poison, and signed a police confession with a thumbprint because she cannot write.

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Wasila Tasi’u, 14, is said to have murdered her husband, Umaru
But, according to officers, 14-year-old Wasila Tasi’u had to sign the confession with her thumbprint because she couldn’t read it.

Prosecutors are looking for the death penalty for the teenager, but human rights activists said she should be seen as victim of cruelty.
If Wasila is found guilty, she could become the first child to be executed in Nigeria for 18 years.

3 Gays Arrested In Gambia Face Life Imprisonment

Gambian authorities arrested 3 men allegedly involved in homosexual relationships.

In the worst case the suspects now face a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, under the new law signed in October, Reuters reports with reference to the local TV station.
After the arrest all the men were said to have confessed to being gay.
Speaking on the issue for the camera, the masked security said:
“We go around in search of suspected individuals and in the course of the investigations we arrested the men and they have confessed that they have engaged in these inhuman acts.”

It would be recalled that before homosexuality became legally punishable in Gambia, the country’s President Yahya Jammeh described homosexual persons as “vermin” and suggested to deal with them like with mosquitoes.

Dead Man Revives Seconds Before Being Burnt Alive

Just when it seemed that there was no way back and nonexistence was the only option – a 72-year-old ‘dead’ man came to life screaming on the funeral pyre, Bhilwada, India.
“I know I can be a bit of a pain at times, but I hope they wait till I am actually dead before trying to set me on fire again,”  Deepak Singh said.
Singh's family around him as grief sank in
Singh’s family around him as grief sank in
According to the pensioner’s grandson Banda Nalwa, one day his gaffer woke up in the morning ready to feed the cows and suddenly fell over. The young man immediately ran up to him but couldn’t see any signs of life.

Ekiti State Police Command Get Christmas Gifts From Fayose

Ekiti state governor, Mr Peter Ayodele Fayose, is in the news again for his campaign of ‘stomach infrastructure’. This time he has extended it to the men of the Nigeria Police Force.

Fayose gives out chickenns to Police officers
Fayose gives out chickens to Police officers
Men and women of the Ekiti state police command joined the people of Ekiti to troop out in their numbers to receive Bags of rice and chicken from the governor, SaharaReporters informed.

2015: Obanikoro To Work With Agbaje

The Director-General of Senator Musiliu Obanikoro governorship campaign in Lagos, Dr. Adetokunbo Pearse has revealed that Obanikoro will withdraw his court case against  the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje.
Obanikoro and Jonathan
Obanikoro and Jonathan
Punch reports that  the immediate past Minister of State for Defence has decided to work with Agbaje, in a bid to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) in next year’s polls.

House-To-House Campaign Group Dumps Jonathan For Buhari

The House-to-House campaign organization that helped Goodluck Jonathan advance for the 2011 elections, made choice in favour of his rival, Muhammadu Buhari, ahead of the 2015 polls.
House-to-House campaign group to support Buhari
House-to-House campaign group announce they will support Buhari in 2015

According to Sahara Reporters, the group reasoned their decision by the fact that Jonathan had demonstrated poor performance and inability to manage corruption in the country.
The National Coordinator of the House-to-House Political Education Initiative, Kunle Ehinlanwo, said this as he briefed journalists in Abuja.

FG Warns That ISIS Is In Nigeria To Recruit Fighters

The Federal Government has warned that agents of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are searching the country to recruit Nigerian youths as fighters for the terrorist group, This Day reports.

Mr. Mike Omeri, the Coordinator of the National Information Centre and Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), made this known in a statement signed by David Akoji his Special Adviser.

Omeri said according to intelligence reports that three South African nationals were among some of the fighters recruited by ISIS agents operating under the disguise of humanitarian support groups for refugees and orphans in Nigeria.

He added that ISIS was scouting for fighters around the Islamic world and from Africa, and cautioned Nigerians against being lured into joining the terror group.
“Nigerians are known the world over to be selfless, hospitable and humanitarian. We believe in the brotherhood of all mankind and no one should be allowed to take advantage of these virtues or turn them into vices.

4-Month-Old Baby Falls From Mother's Back On Okada

A 4-month-old baby fell off the mother’s back as they were travelling on the commercial motorcycle, okada, and got crushed to death by a heavy truck.
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Mother on okada with a baby on her back

According to Vanguard the gruesome incident occurred at the Okorodafe Roundabout in Ughelli, Delta State.

An eyewitness of the tragedy said that the child’s mother, one Ese, had been trying to adjust the wrapper with which she strapped the baby to her back while the motorcycle was moving.

Another person, Efemena Okiemute, saw how the baby had suddenly fallen on the middle of the road and had been crushed by a truck, carrying crates of soft drinks.
It would be recalled that Okada is considered a dangerous means of transport by the authorities.
Therefore it was banned in many areas of the country. Indications have recently emerged that the transport might be banned nationwide.

Regarding Delta, earlier this year the state government reportedly burnt more than 200 motorcycles confiscated from those who ignored the restriction on okada riding in some parts of the state.

Omotola Says Anyone who comes between a married couple should be jailed

Award winning actress, Omotola Jalde Ekeinde, in an interview with Encomium magazine, said that anyone who comes between a married couple deserve to be jailed because that person is robbing the couple of their joy. 
"I think it should be a crime for anyone to come in between a couple. I feel anybody that comes between a married couple be a man or woman should go to jail. Such a person is robbing the family of their joy. To me, it is a crime that is worse than stealing another person's property" she said. Continue

Tuesday, 23 December 2014

PHOTOS Of Beautiful Christmas Decorations In Lagos

It’s that time of the year again when there are colourful decorations all over the place, exchange of gifts joy and merriment.

It’s the season of Christmas.
Christmas is one of those holidays that just seems to be filled with cheer and wonder.
Though Christmas is in celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, believed to be the son of God by Christians, it is now being by people all over the world, whether they are Christians or not.
Whether you are celebrating a secular or religious Christmas, your day is sure to be filled with happiness and fun because there are a lot of festivities and activities to keep you occupied.
Christmas decoration at Seven up bus stop, along Lagos State governor' office, Alausa, Lagos.
Christmas decoration at Seven up bus stop, along Lagos State governor’ office, Alausa, Lagos. Photo Credit: Emmanuel Osodi
In the spirit of Christmas companies, families and communities put up decorations as part of celebration.

Boko Haram: Northern Govs Make Shocking Allegation

The 19 northern states governors have reportedly given another side to the ongoing destructive activities of the Boko Haram terrorists group in the northeastern part of the country.
Muazu Babangida Aliyu
Muazu Babangida Aliyu

Leadership reports that chairman, Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) and governor of Niger State Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, while speaking on Monday in Abuja, at the 7th general assembly of National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria tasked Nigerians.

Aliyu reportedly called on Nigerians to carefully look and ascertain if the attacks unleashed on the northeastern states of the country by the Boko Haram sect were not a foreign war against the country.
The governor, who made the observation, also stated that insurgency was a social problem that should be addressed from an international perspective rather than domestic.
He lamented that the Boko Haram menace had taken graver dimension and urged Nigerian government to look beyond the shores of the country to properly nip the problem in order to be able to come up with a lasting solution.

Pakistan Promises To Help Rescue Abducted Chibok Girls

Lt. Gen. Ashraf Saleem, Pakistan High Commissioner, has promised that his country will help Nigeria government rescue the abducted Chibok girls, Leadership reports.
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Abducted Chibok schoolgirls appear in one of the Boko Haram-released video

The Pakistani envoy, who spoke during a solidarity visit by the #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) following the attack by militants from the Pakistani Taliban on an army-run school in Peshawar, where 141 people were killed out of which 132 were children, also expressed his country’s willingness in helping to end terrorism in Nigeria.

Saleem reiterated that his country had the experience to help Nigeria tackle the problem of insecurity.
“It is very unfortunate that the Chibok girls have not been released. We sympathise with the parents of the girls and Nigerians. We assure you that Pakistan government is here to help you, though we are bedevilled with our own issues too. On 16th of this month, militants from the Pakistani Taliban attacked an army-run school in Peshawar, where 141 people were killed and 132 of them children,” he said.

House On The Rock Project Spread Reaches 2,400 Families

It was an unforgettable weekend for 2,400 families across 4 communities in Lagos as the House on The Rock last Saturday , December 20th held an outreach to distribute gift items to the less privileged as part of its outreach programme, Project SPREAD in the spirit of Christmas._MG_9270
The Christmas-themed giveaway comprised food items and free medical supplies to the families. According to reports, the outreach was done simultaneously in 4 locations: Makoko, Ijesha, Lagos Island (Isale Eko) and Jakande communities across Lagos state. Free health supplements and supplies were also distributed with on-the-spot medical checkups for the adults and children present.

2015: Vote Buhari And He'll Tame Corruption - Osinbajo

The Vice-Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said that if his party is voted into power in 2015, it will not tolerate corruption.

Osinbajo disclosed this yesterday, December 22, during an interactive session on twitter tagged #AskProfOsinbajo.

According to him, the failure of the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration to tackle corruption is one the fundamental problems bedeviling the nation.
He explained that under Jonathan’s administration, there is no consequence for corruption.

Buhari Wife Visits Bourdillon

Mrs Aisha Buhari, the wife of the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the 2015 general elections, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday paid a courtesy visit to the national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, The Nation reports.
Front row: 2nd from Left; Deputy Governor of Lagos state, Mrs Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, 3rd from left, Mrs Aisha Buhari, Middle; Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Photo Credit: The Nation
Front row: 2nd from Left; Deputy Governor of Lagos state, Mrs Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, 3rd from left, Mrs Aisha Buhari, Middle; Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Photo Credit: The Nation
Mrs. Buhari was received by  Tinubu in his Bourdillon road, Ikoyi residence, Lagos, which has become the destination of APC members seeking for political favour from the opposition leader.

Friday, 19 December 2014

Heroes of 2014: TB Joshua

Meet Temitope Balogun Joshua, popularly known as TB Joshua, the nominee for 2014 Naij.com Internet Person Of The Year. 

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Prophet TB Joshua.
Naij.com offers you a chance to think and to choose the one and only Nigerian who could be named the most prominent and influential person of the year 2014. Every working day, starting from December 15, we shall introduce 1 of the 10 nominees to you.

As soon as we’re done, our virtual ‘elections’ commence! The person who gets most of the votes will be titled Naij.com Internet Person Of The Year.

TB Joshua is one of the most charismatic pastors in Nigeria. Today, like other popular Nigerian preachers or “men of God”, TB Joshua is wealthy and influential. People from all over the world are coming to the headquarters of the SCOAN in the Ikotun district in Lagos seeking for healing and to witness prophecies.

Best known for his prophecies, TB Joshua claims to have predicted numerous events, from the death of Michael Jackson, to the disappearance of the Malaysian plane MH370.

There are many controversial points of view about TB Joshua. But there is one thing you can’t deny – this person is well-known and influential in Nigeria. That’s why our editorial team wishes all the best to this prominent Nigerian and is sure that he deserves a place in the shortlist for the 2nd annual Naij.com Internet Person Of the Year award.

Photos From Ibinabo Fiberesima's Traditional Wedding

The president of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), ex-beauty queen and actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima, had her traditional wedding yesterday and it was an awesome event!
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The white wedding is scheduled to take place tomorrow while the traditional wedding took place yesterday in Benin. Here are official photos from the traditional wedding:

CBN Devices New Measure To Fight Naira Plunge

In a bid to bring an end to the unabated plunge in the Naira, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has adopted a new measure, Wall Street Journal reports on Friday.
According to the report, the Nigerian apex bank late Wednesday imposed new foreign-exchange controls aimed at stopping a 15% plunge the naira has witnessed this year.
It was disclosed that the CBN is barring dealers from depositing their currency-trading funds overnight, preventing them from after-hours trading and placing bets for or against a single currency at the close of a trading session.
CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele
CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele
The director of the central bank’s trade and exchange department, Olakanmi Gbadamosi, while speaking on the new measure, stated that any infraction will “attract appropriate sanctions, which may include suspension from the foreign-exchange market.”
Gbadamosi, however, stated that the new move is temporary.

Angel Di Maria Wins Argentina's Player Of The Year

Barcelona striker Lionel Messi was defeated by Angel di Maria who was named Argentina’s foreign-based Player of the Year.
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Angel di Maria

And it comes after Messi just broke two long-time records by becoming Spanish all time top scorer and Champions League best striker in history.

Nigerian Twins Threaten INEC

The United Twins and Multiple Births Transformation in Nigeria has threatened to sue the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and its chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, over alleged disenfranchisement.
This disclosure was made on December 18, 2014, Thursday, by the joint president of the association, Anthony and Andrew Mamuzee Dixon, on behalf of several other identical twins in Nigeria.
The twins, through their counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome, in a letter addressed to Jega, accused the electoral commission of refusing to issue one of them with a Permanent Voter Card (PVC) on ground that Data Capturing Machine only captured one person.
INEC Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega
INEC Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega
The twins disclosed that an INEC staff had informed them that the machine cannot detect the difference between the two of them.
“Our client informed us that on getting to their place of registration, one of the twins, Andrew, gave the INEC official his temporary voter card.
“Upon going through their register for some few minutes, his permanent voter card was brought out by the INEC official and he signed for and collected same.

“When it was the turn of the second twin, Anthony, he presented his temporary voter card to the INEC official who had earlier sorted out that of his twin brother.
“To our clients’ bewilderment and dismay, the INEC official, after over 30 minutes of search, informed Anthony that they could neither find his name on the register nor locate his permanent voter card.

PHOTOS: Travails Of Nigerian Women Prostitutes In Italy

A shocking new report about how Nigerian women are being trafficked and tricked into prostitution in Europe is out.
Nigerian women working as prostitutes in the North area of Turin
Nigerian women working as prostitutes in the North area of Turin
According to Dailymail, these Nigerian women Nigerian are being trafficked to Italy hoping for a better life but often end up working the streets as prostitutes.

SECRET DOCUMENTS: Shocking Revelations About Buhari

A Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President, Reuben Abati, published an abstract from secret documents in his Twitter, exposing the information from Wikileaks about Buhari’s 1983-84 governing years.


The information is provided by the Public Library of United States Diplomacy through Wikileaks. The exposed classified letter is dated September 20, 2002. It reads in part:

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Like President Obasanjo before the 1999 election, General Buhari’s political experience is limited to that of military Head of State. Buhari came to power as a result of a 1983 New Year’s Eve coup against the democratically elected Shehu Shagari. The eviction of Shagari came as a welcome relief as did Buhari’s promise to root out corruption. That relief, however, was short-lived as Nigerians watched despairingly as the Buhari regime’s promises to revive the economy and wipe out rampant corruption withered during 20 months of heavy-handed, largely ineffective rule.

PDP In Panic Over Osinbajo's Emergence As APC VP

There is reportedly anxiety in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the choice of Yemi Osinbajo as Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate.
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo

According to The Nation, the presidency were previously building its campaign against the All Progressives Congress (APC), based on the following points:
1. If the APC goes for a Moslem-Moslem ticket, the ruling party will brand the rivals as insensitive to Nigeria’s glaring religious divides;
2. A Southwest candidate will make it difficult for the PDP to win the zone’s sympathy. The APC chose has picked a son in-law of late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, who is revered even beyond the zone.

Thursday, 18 December 2014

Court Stop Agbaje

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to maintain status quo on the just concluded gubernatorial primary election held in Lagos recently, Tribune reports.
The judgement automatically means, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, who was declared the winner of the primary election, cannot parade himself as the candidate of the PDP for now.

According to PM news, the court has fixed December 23 for the INEC and the PDP to appear before it and warned Mr. Agbaje not to parade himself as the party’s candidate until the suit before it was heard.

An aggrieved governorship aspirant in the primaries, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro had pleaded with the court to compel the PDP to dismiss the results of  the primaries, due to the allegations that the total number of votes declared was more that the delegates at the primaries.

2015: Jonathan Campaigns Against Bloodshed In Nigeria

Ahead of the 2015 general elections in Nigeria, the Federal Government led by President Goodluck Jonathan has advised all presidential candidates in the country not to incite bloodshed when they lose in next year’s polls.
The presidency made the statement on Thursday through a statement posted on Facebook by the Special Assistant to President Jonathan on New Media, Bemigho Reno Omokri.

While referring to the violence that happened in some parts of northern Nigeria after the 2011 general elections, Omokri stated on a Facebook account, ‘Build Up NIgeria’, ‘SHARE this post to press home our demands that none of the Presidential candidates must incite bloodshed when they lose in 2015.’Nobody’s blood is worth the ambition of anyone!

The post by Jonathan’s special assistant on new media has already gone viral and generated scores of comments and views.
Many of those that commented on the post were of the opinion that one of the ways President Jonathan could avoid bloodshed was to ensure that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, conducts a free and fair elections come 2015.

Others that commented on the post advised the President to make sure all election criminals are brought to justice.

PHOTOS: Ibinabo Fiberesima Set For Wedding

The president of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), ex-beauty queen and actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima, who previously has five children for different fathers is set to wed!
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The beautiful woman and soon-to-be bride who is so excited about her wedding and does not care about what anyone thinks about her recently took to her Facebook page asking people who were cussing her to shut up. In the update, she said:


”I have a family to die for. All those that castigate because I have had children from different fathers…go get a life. I adore my children. They have the grace of God upon them. They are growing up in His Light.God has blessed me immensely. THOSE OF YOU IN GLASS HOUSES KEEP THROWING STONES. I am also getting married to the most awesome guy in this universe…Chineke, Baba God..you too much. u too dey bless me. Thank you Jesus. Shame to bad people! I am in the limelight doesn’t make me less human. Wedding loading…

Abuja Court Stops Reps From Probing Deziani

An Abuja Federal High Court has stopped members of the House of Representatives from probing the Minister of  Petroleum, Deziani Alison-Madueke for allegedly hiring jet for N10 billion.

According to P.M NEWS report, Alison-Madueke and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, had approached the court to stop the lawmakers from probing the allegation.
It was disclosed that while delivering his judgment, Justice Ahmed Mohammed held that although the lawmakers had the power to summon the minister, they did not follow due process in doing so.
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs-Diezani-Alison-Madueke
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs-Diezani-Alison-Madueke
Mohammed also held that the House of Representatives ought to have presented before the court a journal or gazette of the resolution of the meeting where it agreed to invite Madueke.
“None of the defendants produced the published resolution where it was said that the plaintiffs should be invited.
“The defendants ought to have brought before the court the resolution of its meeting wherein the plaintiffs were invited to appear before it.