Fvue ( forever valued undisputed entrepreneur ): September 2012

Sunday, 30 September 2012

Abia Oil Pipeline Fire Kills Six

Six persons have been confirmed dead in a petroleum pipeline fire in Umueke autonomous community in Osisioma local government area of Abia State.

9 Year Old Boy killed, 3 Others Injured As Terrorists Attack Church

A nine-year-old boy was killed and three other children wounded when a hand grenade was thrown into a Sunday school session in a church in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, police and medical staff said.
Kenya has suffered a series of grenade attacks since it sent troops across the border into Somalia last October in pursuit of Islamist al Shabaab militants who it blamed for kidnapping its security personnel and Western tourists.

Things are still on the up for Research in Motion in Africa these days. As planned they have sucessfully opened a new retail store in computer village, Lagos, Nigeria.
Robert Bose, Regional Managing Director for the Middle East and Africa said, "As the leading smartphone provider in Nigeria and in Africa overall, our customers are our number one priority, so we are very pleased to cement our physical presence with local staff, establish a new legal entity and work with local business partners to expand our retail and customer care across Nigeria."

Halimatu Ayinde's second brace of the Fifa Under-17 Women's World Cup in Azerbaijan was enough to send Nigeria into the quarterfinals and Colombia out in a 3-0 victory.
Chinwendu Ihezuo went close early on, her bullet header going just wide as she aimed to improve on her tally of six at Azerbaijan 2012. However they had to wait until the 32nd minute to open the scoring, Ihezuo feeding Ayinde to slot beneath Lissa Cardozo.

Nigerian Couple Tried to Claim £3.8m Using 1,400 Different Identities

A Nigerian couple who tried to claim £3.8million in an ‘eye-watering’ benefits scam using 1,400 stolen identities have been jailed for a total of almost 10 years.

Adeola Thomas

Adeola Thomas Adeola Thomas, 38, assisted by his partner, Abimbola Abiola, 34, managed to pocket £87,000 after submitting almost 2,500 handwritten applications for tax credits and benefits.

A pregnant fourteen-year-old girl secretly delivered her baby with a pair of scissors in the family bathroom before throttling the boy to death and hiding the body in a shoe box.

Cassidy Goodison, 14, has been charged as an adult with first degree murder after police learned how she killed her child following months of fearfully disguising her pregnancy from her mother and father.

Her harrowing case has shocked even experienced officers and graphically illustrates the problems of the 750,000 teenage Americans who fall pregnant every year.

Rick Ross & Young Jeezy Fight At BET Awards

A fight broke out backstage at the BET Hip Hop Awards tonight between Rick Ross and Young Jeezy that resulted in shots being fired.

According to our sources, Ross and Jeezy exchanged words backstage and started pushing and shoving each other. We're told BET security and bodyguards for each of the rappers eventually separated the two.
Other sources on the scene say that after the fight had been broken up, a member of Rick Ross' entourage pulled out a gun while in the parking lot and shots were fired.We're told Jeezy and Ross are still at the awards, which are being taped tonight in Atlanta and air next month.

A spokesperson for the Atlanta Police Department tells TMZ, "Shortly after 7:15 pm Saturday, a fight broke out in the parking lot at the Atlanta Civic Center (where the BET Awards were being taped) between two groups.
Atlanta Police Department officers on scene responded to break up the fight and used OC spray in the process. Individuals fled the scene. T
here were no arrests or reports of serious injuries. Reports of shots fired appear to be untrue." Our sources maintain shots were fired.We're also told that 50 Cent got into it with a rapper named Gunplay, a protégé of Rick Ross.
Can't we all just get along?

Abdulmutallab Didn't Detonate The Bomb Because He Wore Underwear For THREE WEEKS! - FBI

On December 25th, 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian tried to detonate an explosive aboard a Northwest Flight 253 over Detroit in the United States of America. As the son of one of Nigeria’s most prominent businessmen and someone who had access to international travel and a world-class education, his terrorist act took Nigeria by surprise.
Umar has since been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. However, the FBI has recently revealed the reason why the explosives failed to go off.
During his trial he said the bomb in his underwear was a ‘blessed weapon’ to avenge poorly treated Muslims around the world.

UNIPORT Lecturer Flogs Two Female Students For Loitering During Classes

Two female students of the University of Port-Harcourt, Choba, Rivers State, department of Linguistics and Communication Studies, faculty of Humanities, were flogged on Friday, Sept 21,2012, for gallivanting while class was going on.
The dean of the faculty, Prof O. M. Ndimele, flogged the two female students, while having LCS 100, with the 100 level LCS students, at the Convocation Arena of the school.
We have heard previous reports of Undergraduates flogged or asked to ‘Kneel down’ in schools like Convenant & others.
Although the incident has come and gone, one question that would last for quite a while is “why should a university student be flogged?”

EFCC Arrests Currency Smuggler With $7m

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a suspected bulk currency smuggler, Abubakar Tijani Sheriff, for attempting to smuggle $7m out of Nigeria.

Although the details of the arrest were sketchy at press time, Saturday PUNCH gathered that the 24-year-old was arrested on Thursday at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos on his way to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

Chioma Ajunwa: "I’ll Encourage My Triplets To Do Sports"

Former Olympics long jump gold medalist, Chioma Ajunwa, has disclosed that her joy of giving birth to a set of triplets will be complete if in the future they follow in her footsteps and make a name for themselves in the area of sports.

41-year old Ajunwa who gave birth to the triplets after over a decade of childless marriage on September 3, 2012, said for her it was like winning another Olympics gold against all odds. And as she nurses her babies, two boys and a girl, all she could wish for is that they will bestrode the sports turf with all grace and splendor like she did.

BOMBSHELL: PFN Wants Tope Alabi To Name The Pastors Who Asked Her For Sex

This is funny, but that is what PFN, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, wants the gospel singer Tope Alabi to clarify.

Tope recently granted an interview where she said, some notable Pastors have asked her for sex in the past. PFN is not pleased with this. They want her to mention names in other for them to be able to differentiate the bad eggs from the good ones.

Woman Stabs Boyfriend With Scissors 90 Times Then Kills Herself

A mother-of-one stabbed her long-term boyfriend 90 times before taking her own life by slitting her throat, an inquest has heard.
Mum-of-one Karen Climpson, 46, attacked her partner Mark Chandler, 42, after she 'completely lost her mind' in an 'unexplained frenzy'.

‘Iyanya Is A Very Special Person To Me’ - Yvonne Nelson

She cut her teeth recently as a movie producer but Yvonne Nelson does not think that the Ghanaian movie industry has been too fair to her.

With seven years as an actress on the tow, Nelson takes OVWE MEDEME through the dark days of controversy to being the highest paid actress in Ghana. She talks movies, career, fashion and relationships in this interview.
IS Single and Married your first production?
No, this is my second outing as a producer. The first one is not out yet. I produced that last year with Majid Michel. We haven’t premiered that yet. We decided to premiere Single and Married first. My first production is titled The Price.
What stands Single and Married out from other movies?

"I Cheated For 5 Years With My Husband’s Best Friend & It’s Hard To Move On"

Okay, I have been seeing this guy off and on for about 5 years and I’m trying to break it off but it is hard.
The thing is that I’m married and have been for over 10 years and the guy that I’m messing with is, or was, my husband’s best friend. I know what you are thinking, but it is not about the sex. Believe me it’s not. I have some type of emotional attachment that I just can’t break.
My husband knows because I couldn’t take the guilt and he believes that we are no longer having any contact with each other. I haven’t slept with him in almost a year, but we still send each other text messages and emails.

I’m No Longer A Child Star –Benita

At an age when her peers were still clinging to their mother’s apron strings, Benedicta Okojie, aka Benita, was already performing before audiences comprising highly placed government officials.

When her debut solo album, Child of God, was released in 1998, she was only 10.

With four successful albums produced by her dad (Ben King Okojie) and experience acquired from several music festivals, as well as a few local and international laurels to her credit, the young woman has indeed made her mark on the music scene.

At 24 and having graduated as an English major from the Redeemer’s University, Mowe, Benita has clearly come of age.

Man Behind Anti-Islam Film Appears In Court

Muslims across the Middle East outraged by an anti-Islam film made in America wanted swift punishment for the man behind the movie, and now Mark Basseley Youssef is behind bars. But he's jailed for lying about his identity, not because of the video's content.
Court documents show Youssef, 55, legally changed his name from Nakoula Basseley Nakoula in 2002, but never told federal authorities, who now are using that as part of the probation violation case against him.
Youssef was ordered jailed without bail Thursday until a hearing is held to determine if he violated terms of his supervised release on a 2010 bank fraud conviction. Prosecutors allege he used multiple aliases and lied to his probation officers about his real name.

Retired Pastor Accused Of Killing His Two Wives

Retired Pennsylvania pastor Arthur "A.B." Schirmer was a serial philanderer, preying on women in his church who were having trouble in their own marriages, court documents say.
Yet adultery might have been the least of his sins.
Charged two years ago in the death of his second wife, Schirmer now stands accused of killing his first wife, too, after a grand jury concluded her injuries weren't consistent with a fall down the stairs, Lebanon County prosecutors announced Friday. He intends to plead innocent, and his children say they support him.
Schirmer, 64, has long claimed he was out for a run on April 23, 1999,

Undergraduate On Trial For Sodomy

Ortyom Dyorugh, a 20-year-old Accounting student of Benue State University, Makurdi, was on Friday remanded in prison for allegedly indulging in homosexuality with a seven-year old boy (name withheld).
The 300 level student, who was arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court in Makurdi for alleged gross indecency, was said to have forced the minor to commit the act with him at the Judges Quarters area of Makurdi where they both lived.
According to the First Information Report (FIR) filed by Police Prosecutor, Sergeant Patrick Sunday, the accused took boy to an uncompleted building within the vicinity of Judges Quarters where he forced him to suck his penis threatening to kill him if he refused to do it.
The Prosecutor further told the court that the alleged sucking of Dyorugh’s genital resulted in the release of sperm into the boy’s mouth on three different occasions after which he reiterated his threat to kill him if he revealed the unholy act to anyone.

$160,000 For A 20-Year-Old Woman's Virginity - Are You Interested?

Talk about virgin air. A 20-year-old Brazilian woman is auctioning off her virginity for a one-time tryst on an airplane, reports say.

To make the skies even friendlier, Catarina Migliorini says she'll donate some of the money to provide housing for poor families in her native Santa Catarina in southern Brazil.
The Internet bidding reached $160,000 Friday afternoon. The auction ends Oct. 15.
Migliorini insisted in a statement to the Sao Paulo daily Folha that she is not a hooker and still believes in love. "For me, it's not prostitution," she said. "When someone does something once in his or her life, this is not considered a profession. If you take a picture and it comes out good, you are not a photographer because of it."

Distressed Qatar Airways Makes Emergency Landing In Lagos

A Qatar airways flight from Doha safely made an emergency landing in the Lagos on Saturday after encountering a problem with its tyres, the civil aviation body said.
“The plane has landed safely,” said Harold Demuren, the head of Nigeria’s Civil Aviation Authority. “We lost one of the tyres… We are now towing the aircraft,” at Murtala Mohammed International airport, he added.
He told AFP that no passengers were injured during the emergency landing and that one of the plane’s tyres had to be replaced.
Qatar Airways flight QR592, which Demuren said was an Airbus A330, was travelling the regular Doha-Lagos route and had reported the problem to Nigerian airport authorities, Demuren said.

Meet The Teenage Girl Who Has Transformed Herself Into A Living Cartoon Character

With her enormous, glassy eyes, purple hair and coquettish pose, this girl could have stepped from the scene of a Japanese anime film.

Anime fan Anastasiya Shpagina has transformed herself into a living cartoon character, complete with miniature waist, vividly-coloured hair, and a cupid's bow pout.
Originally from the Ukraine, the 19-year-old takes style inspiration from the cartoons and computer animations that have a huge following in Japan, and has even adopted a Japanese name - Fukkacumi.
Anime characters often feature huge eyes and heads that are disproportionately large in comparison to their body.
Shpagina, who is just 5ft2ins tall, is already reported to have slimmed down to just over six stone in her attempts to resemble a living anime character, and is said to spend 30 minutes painstakingly applying her dramatic make-up to each one of her eyes.
It is thought Shpagina may go even further in her efforts to achieve her desired look, with some reports claiming she intends to undergo surgery on her eyes to make her resemble her anime idols even more closely.
The teenager, who has over 10,000 fans on Facebook, also posts videos on YouTube demonstrating how she applies her make-up.

Gay Couple With HIV Rape 17-Year-Old Boy After Plying Him With Alcohol

Two HIV-positive British bar workers stand accused of raping a 17-year-old boy after plying him with alcohol.
The gay couple, named so far only as Andreu Paul W, 38, and Warren H, 34, are said to have made their victim drink 'large quantities of vodka' after taking him back to their flat in Calpe, eastern Spain.
They are then accused of making him sniff an unknown substance and, when he had passed out, stripping him naked from the waist down and taking it in turns to rape him, El Mundo newspaper reports.

Robbers Target ATMs, Hotels, Drinking Spots In Lagos

One of the major advantages of a cash-less economy often touted by analysts is that the use of Automated Teller Machines reduces crime.
However, CRIME DIGEST investigations show that criminals now prefer to loiter around ATMs installed outside bank premises at odd hours of the day and pretend to be engrossed in one activity or another, while waiting to pounce on potential victims.

It has been said that a democratic republic such as ours is a do-it-yourself enterprise. People change the course of this country through conversation, debate and, eventually, consensus. As the 2012 elections near, these debates, particularly the upcoming presidential and vice presidential debates, take center stage.

In light of what has been a long and tumultuous political season, here are my strongest arguments for Mitt Romney, Rep. Paul Ryan, and fellow conservatives to explain to their fellow Americans why President Barack Obama does not deserve a second term.

Nigerians Shopping In London

For Nigerians, London is a shopping mecca. Visitors from the West African country are the UK’s fourth biggest foreign spenders, parting with an average of £500 in each luxury shop they visit — four times what UK shoppers typically spend.

Every year, Simi Osomo makes six trips to London from Nigeria. The 25-year-old spends about two weeks here and every day she goes shopping. Today she’s at the boutique shop Matches Townhouse in Marylebone with a personal shopper. “When it comes to shopping and Nigerians, I can tell you it’s just what we have to do,” she says while admiring the patterned dresses.

A security source told SaharaReporters last night that over 40 suspected terrorists allegedly of the Boko Haram stock have surrendered themselves to Joint Task Force (JTF) in Mubi, Adamawa State.
The town has been under a curfew, and a military house-to-house search since last week.
The source further informed us that about 100 different types of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), sophisticated weapons and other pieces of evidence have been discovered in the ongoing military exercise.

Witnesses have described how they heard the desperate ‘wailing and screaming’ of terrified passengers after a plane crashed in a fireball in the Nepalese capital killing seven Britons.
The twin-engine aircraft, operated by domestic carrier Sita Air, was carrying trekkers to the Everest region and came down minutes after take-off near the Manohara River on the southwest edge of Katmandu, killing 19 people in total.
The oldest British victim is believed to be 58 while the youngest is 27. Two of them are understood to be brothers.

I was a loving husband until I became a “born again” Christian. Then I discovered certain things written by St. Paul in the Bible. I eagerly accepted the appointment. Jesus reveals that the worst kind of evil is the one which is presumed to have a religious sanction. I might be a murderer but in my heart-of-hearts I know it is wrong to kill. However, if the church convinces me that by killing men I am doing the work of God, then I can kill with gusto and without any conscience.
St. Paul say: “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.” (Ephesians 5:22-24).

Nigerians To Celebrate 52nd Independence Anniversary In America

Organisation for the Advancement of Nigerians Inc. (OAN) has concluded arrangements to celebrate the country’s 52nd Independence Anniversary in the United States of America, USA.
The OAN was founded in 1989 by a group of concerned Nigerians to address the needs of Nigerians living in the United States and to promote and advance the cultural, civil, social and economic welfare of Nigerians in America.

Petrol Scarcity: 18 Ships Arrive Lagos With Fuel

Eighteen ships are waiting to berth and discharge petroleum products at various oil terminals within the Lagos ports, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said on Thursday.
The Shipping Position, a daily publication of the NPA, stated that 13 ships were laden with petrol.
According to the publication, two ships each are carrying kerosene and aviation fuel while one ship will discharge diesel.
The NPA document indicated that four other ships were waiting to discharge general cargoes, including rice and containers. The publication further stated that 92 ships carrying different cargoes would arrive in Lagos ports between 26 September and 22 October. It added that 17 of the ships would convey petroleum products.

Jos Helicopter Crash: Police Families, Accident Victims Get N36.63m

Families of the ill-fated Police helicopter crash in Jos that killed erstwhile DIG in charge of Operations at Force Headquarters, DIG John Haruna and three others were yesterday paid death benefits amounting to N36, 633, 500 by the Nigeria Police force.
Beneficiaries of the payment also included the owners of houses that were destroyed when the helicopter crashed into their buildings in Jos.
Those that benefitted are family of DIG Haruna John-N9. 9million, ACP Garba Yelwa-N3.3million, CSP Pwol Hananiah-N3. 2million and SGT Sanathan Shirunam-N9. 9million. Those whose buildings were damaged are Mr. Adams Ngar-N1. 1million, Dauda Sunday-N419. 300. 00, Victor Adeh-N292. 400. 00, and Mr. Mali Waziri N1.5million.

N30m Causes Chaos Between Charly Boy, Nigerian Idol

Contrary to the promise made last Wednesday by Optima Media Group (OMG), the executive producers of the dubbed most watched music reality TV show, Nigerian Idol, that there would not be any change of cast for the third edition, the latest scoop is that, Charly Boy, who was actively involved in the previous seasons, is on his way out due to disagreement over professional fee.

It’s no longer news that the highly anticipated talent hunt show is back, bigger and better.

Lagos, Abuja, Owerri, PortHarcourt, and Benin are states they have been storming in search of Nigeria’s biggest but undiscovered talent. Lead sponsor for this year’s season remains Etisalat Nigeria; Associate sponsors are leading beverage brand, Pepsi.

‘Wife Beaters Are Animals’ – P square’s Peter Okoye

Following the many talks and advocacy against violence on women, one half of the P Square group, Peter Okoye has added his bit to the call.
In a series of messages post on Twitter, the 30-year-old confessed his hatred for the act, advising guilty men to desist.
In his words, ‘Am really against domestic violence, its sad how some of us ‘MEN’ treat our spouses or partners. Pls, lets respect them, they are human beings not toys. Hitting a woman doesn’t make you a MAN, it makes you an ANIMAL.
‘If you are used to hitting women, dont even think of being a fan or follow me on twitter’, he wrote.
It will be recalled that the estranged wives of artiste, Zaaki Azzay and broadcaster, Frank Edoho were recently featured in a documentary on domestic violence

Davido Acquires N140 Million Mansion In Lekki

The music star just acquired a property in Lekki Phase1.

N140 million was what the property was on the market for, but it wasn't officially stated on much Davido paid for it.
The acquisition of the house was concluded between yesterday and today. The house is close to where his father also has a house in Lekki.
Big congrats to him #bigboythings

D’banj Reveals His Bachelor Secret

That Koko Master loves to spring up surprises is well known to his followers and fans, in fact, his has become a master of that game.

Our own very Mr. Endowed is seriously coming up with something hot with his musical video director, Sesan Ogunro. The two personalities were sighted in Atlanta recently at the location of the video shoot, ‘Bachelor’ D’banj’s latest work.

Let’s watch out for this video as it tells a story of his bachelorhood. The shooting started with a story of D’banj’s ‘girlfriend’ storming out of his house for no particular reason but instead of him feeling downcast, he calls a truck load of girls to come party with him…sounds interesting!

Let’s keep our fingers crossed!

Men Are Scared To Ask Me Out-Karen Igho

Co-winner of the sixth season of Africa’s biggest reality competition ‘Big Brother Africa’ 2011, Karen Igho has challenged men to approach her, she said she is certainly not a hard knot to crack when it comes to falling in love.

"I'm a woman who desires to be loved and wooed by the opposite sex. Men are supposed to woo me. I’m a woman and I’m very soft. They shouldn’t be scared of asking me out. I want a decent man, and not any kind of man,”the Edo State born entertainer said

Karen expressed disappointment that men are not bracing up the courage to woo her, despite the fact that she is not as difficult as they think.

Anita Is The Only Lady That Makes Me Laugh And Sad - Paul Okoye

It has come to your attention that Paul Okoye has displayed publicly the angel of his life, Anita, a beautiful girl who has been together with him ever before they became popular.

Well, the latest gist is that, Paul, the other dude of P Square has revealed that his lover of long standing, Anita is the only lady who makes him laughs and at the same time makes him cry.

“I started dating her when I was nobody and today, she has become part of me. She is my best friend and I am not seeing her as my girlfriend because she is more than that. If it were somebody I met when my career is blooming, I am sure we would have been having problems. But she is somebody who doesn’t bother about who I am.

D’banj Reveals His Bachelor Secret

Friday, 28 September 2012

FRSC Reopens Lokoja-Abuja Road Today

Respite is likely to come the way of motorists and travellers passing through Lokoja-Abuja highway, as the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) will reopen the road today.
Road users plying the highway were stranded when the River Niger overflowed its bank, resulting in the blocking of the road at Okomi and Banda villages by the flood.
Officials of the FRSC had closed the Lokoja-Abuja highway on September 23, 2012, to prevent loss of lives following pressures from passengers and other road users. Presently, construction companies are working on the highway.

Two Die In Edo Camps

Two deaths have so far been recorded in the relief camps provided for flood victims in Edo State, the News Agency of Nigeria reported on Thursday.

NAN also reported that the displaced persons sleep on bare floor six days after they arrived in the camps.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the situation in the eight camps located in the Etsako Central and Etsako East local government areas of Edo was calm, the victims have appealed to government and public-spirited individuals for assistance.

Commissioner for Health, Dr Cordilia Awieze, who confirmed the deaths, said an outbreak of chickenpox had been reported in the camps.

“Do not tamper with CBN autonomy,” This was contained in a message issued out yesterday to the National Assembly by the CBN boss, Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and former Information Minister, Frank Nweke (Jr).
Speaking at the 2012 Annual Public Lecture organised by the law firm of J-K Gadzama & Partners LLP, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, said if politicians are allowed agile control of the CBN, it would not efficiently accomplish its regulatory directive.
“Politicians and even the executive think short term. The CBN thinks long term. If you allow politicians to control the CBN, we will not achieve anything. Politicians will never allow us to manage inflation, interest rate simply because they want to win election.”

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) has warned Nigerians to take precautions against violent winds that may occur during the dry season, due to the effects of climate change.
The director-general of NIMET, Dr Anthony Anuforom, gave the warning in Abuja yesterday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that windy weather was expected during the dry season, following more heavy rains likely to lead to more floods between September and October.
He cautioned people not to stay under trees during the period. Anuforom said: “We are transiting now from rainy to dry season; the kind of things we may experience are violent winds. Therefore, we advise people to avoid staying under trees.

Four Remanded In Prison Over Violence

Four persons, suspected to have unleashed terror on some members of the Labour Party in Akure and Owo towns, on Thursday appeared before an Akure Chief Magistrate’s Court.

They were alleged to have attacked three LP members with dangerous weapons.

The accused are Adeyemi Oluwaseun, Abdullahi Arala, Dada Sadibo and Dele Bodunde.

Police prosecutor, Isah Atanegbe, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, told the court that the suspects alongside others still at large used guns to terrorise the towns on September 20 and in the process caused grievous harm to Sunday Ojo, Olaleye Ezekiel and Ola Ojo.

The federal government has announced Monday, October 1, as public holiday to mark Nigeria’s 52nd independence anniversary, a statement from the Ministry of Interior has said.
The statement which was signed by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Daniel Nwaobia in Abuja, on behalf of the Minister, also wished all Nigerians a blissful independence anniversary celebration.
It quoted President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as urging all Nigerians to continue to fervently pray for enduring peace and progress in the country, urging all and sundry to resolve to build a more united and virile nation that would be the pride of all Nigerians wherever they lived.

Ondo Poll: ACN Berates Dep Gov For Shunning Debate

The Action Congress of Nigeria has criticised the Ondo State Deputy Governor, Ali Olanusi, for shunning the debate organised for deputy governorship candidates by the Nigerian Election Debate Group.

Olanusi is the incumbent deputy governor of the state, seeking re-election alongside Governor Olusegun Mimiko of the Labour Party.

The governorship poll is scheduled for October 20.

In a statement by the Publicity Director of the Akeredolu Campaign Organisation, Idowu Ajanaku, on Thursday, the ACN said Olanusi’s absence at the debate was “a sign of contempt for the people of the state.”

Ondo Poll: Why Electorate Must Elect Credible Leaders – Mimiko

Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has identified the twin problems of credible leadership and improper planning as some of the factors militating against the emergence of Nigeria as a great country.
Speaking in Ode-Irele in Irele local government area of the State during his campaign tour of the area, Dr Mimiko regretted that despite God-given potentials as a nation, failure to plan and lack of good leadership had crippled the country and made the people to suffer in the midst of plenty.
Mimiko who told the people of Irele that he was ready more than ever to provide leadership and continue to be their Governor, if re-elected, said that positive changes in Ondo State in the last three and a half years were results of planning and hard work under a credible leadership.

Ondo Poll: How We'll Drive Mimiko Out Of Ondo – Akeredolu

The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN candidate in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) in an interactive session with journalists in Lagos shared his thoughts on issues surrounding his emergence, governance in Ondo and his plans to enthrone a new political culture in the Sunshine State.
Excerpts:
Your emergence as the ACN candidate was shrouded in controversy leading to the exit of some of your fellow aspirants from the party. So, how do you react to insinuations that you may not be your own man?

The controversy trailing the health status of Nigeria President First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan may soon come to an end as the Medical Doctors in the Wiesbaden Hospital in Germany have passed her fit.
According to a source who disclosed this, Mr. Jonathan will soon return to the country, adding that “she wanted to follow her husband to the 67th United Nations General Assembly in New York but she was advised against that by the doctors that, saying that she needed some more time to rest.
“I can tell you that she is now in a good state after a successful surgery. She was only treated of appendicitis through surgical operation at the German hospital. The First Lady is in a stable state. The doctors at the hospitals have confirmed her fitness, but she needs more time to rest.

Inspite of the downpour in Lagos yesterday, Governor Babatunde Fashola said that the success of the Lagos Road Traffic Law would be determined by the level of voluntary compliance, stressing that the objective of the law was not to fine violators and generate revenue for the state, but to ensure safety and order on the roads.
Fashola made the remarks while addressing traders and transport union workers as part of sensitization of the state government‘s “ Motor Park Safety and Health programme”, at Iyana Ipaja motor park.
He said criticisms that the law was promulgated to make money was baseless and untrue, stressing that the ultimate objective was the prosperity of the state and residents. The governor said: “Some people have said we made this law because we want to make money, but the question is how much money can we make from violators?

Craig Evans must have thought things couldn’t get any worse after he accidentally sent a saucy text message intended for a lover to every contact in his phonebook.
The 24-year-old swimming coach ended up in prison for sex offences after the text also found its way to two young schoolgirls.
Evans had typed an intimate invitation to his girlfriend asking her if she would like to engage in sex with him ‘skin on skin’.
Excruciatingly, a slip of the fingers on his BlackBerry smartphone resulted in it going out via BlackBerry Messenger to all the numbers on his phone.
But as well as having to deal with the humiliation of his family reading the message, Evans’s mistake led to far more serious consequences.
Among the recipients of the text were two girls aged 13 and 14, which led to Evans, who teaches swimming in a leisure centre, being arrested and charged with causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
He was jailed for 18 months at Birmingham Crown Court in July.
The story unfolded in court this week when his lawyers went to the Court of Appeal in London to have his conviction overturned.
They argued that Evans’s ‘misguided use of his BlackBerry’ made it ‘difficult to conclude that he was targeting anyone’.

Abuja chapter of National Association of Seadogs (Pirates Confraternity) has said it will embark on a peaceful protest tomorrow in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, to raise awareness on the current plight of indigenes of the disputed Bakassi Peninsula.
President of NAS, Abuja Chapter, Chief Ogbuehi Dike, said in a statement, yesterday, that the organisation owed the people of Bakassi and entire Nigerians a duty to bring to the fore the current plight of Bakassi people.
He said: “We will hold a peaceful demonstration to raise awareness of the current plight of the indigenous people of Bakassi, the Nigerian enclave that was ceded to the government of Cameroon following the October 10, 2002 judgment of the International Court of Justice, ICJ.

Luck betrayed a 65-year-old grandmother, Hassan Fatimat Abike also known as Chika Okoye, who attempted to smuggle 1.740kg of cocaine into London concealed in herbal syrup.
It was not her fist time of going to London as the drug was packed in balloons and inserted in 10 plastic containers of herbal syrup to avoid detection.
The suspect was to board a British Airways flight when officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested her at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos on Wednesday.
According to the Airport Commander, Mr. Hamza Umar, the suspect has two international passports that bear Hassan Fatimat Abike.
Her passport numbers are A03348648 and A3771781A. “She was caught during the screening of British Airways passengers to London,” Hamza explained.

Gombe State receives one of the least allocations in the federation, but the infrastructure put in place by the state government has made it one of the fastest developing states in the country, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly has said.
The Speaker, Hon. Inuwa Garba, who is also Chairman of the Nigeria Speakers Conference, disclosed this at a sensitisation and capacity building workshop on “Fiscal Responsibility Law”, held in Gombe, the state capital.
The Speaker said that Gombe State government was able to utilise the little allocations received from federal allocation to embark on development projects that have been transforming the state in only one year.
He said this has been achieved as a result of the efforts of Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo led administration, which operates an open door policy and was committed to run a government based on transparency, rule of law, accountability and good governance.

Reps Bar Jonathan From Submitting 2013 Budget

The House of Representatives, yesterday, made good its threat not to touch the 2013 budget until it was satisfied with the implementation of the 2012 budget.
They refused to grant President Goodluck Jonathan’s request to lay the 2013 budget proposal next Thursday.
In furtherance of this, the House has suspended plenary for the whole of next week to enable committees carry out proper over-sight functions on Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs.
The resolution was passed after a robust debate on the letter sent by the Presidency and read by Speaker Aminu Tambuwal during Tuesday plenary.

Government's Robust Approach To Boko Haram Paying Off – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan told the United Nations Thursday that Nigeria’s “robust” approach to neutralizing a threat posed by Islamist sect, Boko Haram using military force, holding indirect talks with the group and improving education in the North is paying off.
In an interview with Reuters on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly’s annual gathering of world leaders, President Goodluck Jonathan also played down the significance of the killing of the sect’s spokesman, Abu Qaqa, in a gun battle in Kano on September 16.

Bakassi: If My People Declare War On Nigeria, I Will Pray For Them – Monarch

Chairman, Council of Chiefs in Cross River State and paramount ruler of Bakassi Local Government Area of the state, Etinyin Etim Edet, has said he would support Bakassi people with prayers to achieve victory, if they chose to declare war on Nigeria over the Federal Government’s refusal to appeal against the International Court of Justice, ICJ, judgment that ceded their land to Cameroun.
Etinyin Edet, yesterday, on a phone-in radio programme on Nigeria Info 99.3 fm in Lagos, said he believed that against all odds, God will intervene in the Bakassi matter and save his people.
This came on the heels of a call by the Senate to the Presidency to appeal against the October 10, 2012, ICJ judgment.

Ex-police Corporal Sentenced To Death For Killing 3 Year Old Girl

An Ikeja High Court in Lagos, yesterday, sentenced an ex-police corporal, Ikechukwu Nwabueze, to death by hanging for killing a three-year-old girl, Kasufara Muritala.
According to reports, Justice Olabisi Akinlade, found the 35-year-old former policeman guilty of the murder charge preferred against him.
Nwabueze, who was arraigned on June 15, 2010 by the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions, had pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Mrs Olabisi Ogungbesan, the Director of Public Prosecution, said Nwabueze on April 5, 2009 at a police check-point at Ketu-Alapere, Lagos, shot at a Nissan Sunny car conveying the deceased and her parents.
Ogungbesan said the incident occurred at Obanle Aro bus stop, Ketu-Alarape at about 9.30 pm when Kasufara and her parents were returning from a naming ceremony.

Following the un-ending controversy surrounding the mysterious killing of Mr. Ugochukwu Ozuah in Lagos on September 20, 2012, five days after his wedding, allegedly by men in Police uniform, Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered the immediate take over of the case by a crack team of homicide investigators from Force Criminal Investigations Department, FCID, Abuja.
The high-powered investigation team from the FCID, which left Abuja, yesterday, is to immediately take-over the investigation of the case from the Lagos State Police Command, with the mandate to identify and fish out the killer(s).

Saudi Arabia, in apparent defiance of Nigeria’s ultimatum, has deported 510 female pilgrims.

The deportees, mainly from Sokoto, Jigawa and Kano states, arrived at the Kano International Airport at about 8.30pm on Wednesday, aboard a Meridian Airline flight.

The female returnees were among the Nigerian women pilgrims for the 2012 hajj detained in Medina and Jeddah for not having male escorts while trying to enter Mecca.

Vice President Namadi Sambo had on Wednesday summoned the Saudi Ambassador to Nigeria, Khaled O.Y. Abdrabuh, to register the Federal Government’s displeasure over the incident. Sambo also gave Saudi Arabia a 24-hour ultimatum to redress the situation.

Tracking Device Catches Nigerian Thief

The police in Nigeria’s capital of Abuja have arrested an electronic dealer at Zone 3, shopping complex, for allegedly being in possession of some stolen iPad tablet computer and other items belonging to the National Hospital.
A Police source at the Zone 3 Police Division said the hospital implanted the tracking devices in its gadgets after series of computer thefts since January this year.
According to Mr Mai Lafiya, the Chief Security Officer, the device was called into play after yet another theft.
“Recently, the hospital iPad computer got missing, and it triggered the tracking device. The item was traced to a shop at the Zone 3 shopping complex,’’ he said

Homeless Boy Wins $130,000 Peace Prize

The obstacles seemed insurmountable for a 13-year-old Filipino street kid. Forced to scavenge for his survival from the age of 2, sleep in a coffin and run away to seek help after he was badly injured, Cris "Kesz" Valdez had every reason to merely look out for himself.

But at age 7, he started a foundation, the Championing Community Children charity, to help fellow homeless kids, and his selfless work has been recognized with the $130,000 Children's Peace Prize.
"You are wonderful," Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu told the young philanthropist at a ceremony at The Hague.
According to the KidsRights Foundation, Cris has helped about 10,000 kids by distributing flip-flops, toys, sweets and clothes in Cavite City, just 18 miles south of the capital Manila.
"My message to children around the world is not to lose hope," he said.
Cris also wants to educate them on good hygiene and their rights.
The prize money will go to fund charities of his choosing.
Cris would like to get an education and eventually become a doctor.

I hate that I'm doing this, but I kinda don't have anyone to talk to about it.
So some background info:
My girlfriend broke up with her ex of several years to be with me.
We are madly in love with each other (or so I thought).
We've been together for about a year.

So now for the problem:
I recently read my girlfriends conversation with her ex and I found out some things that shocked me.
1) She asked him if he thought they would get back together This obviously means she wants to.
2) She basically told him that she's dating me cause I'm fun and that she doesn't see us going far.
Now this confused me. She tells me all the time that she is madly in love with me. We're planning on moving in together in a year. And occasionally she'll tell me that she wants to spend the rest of her life with me. On the other hand, when we talk about moving in together, she'll ask me "how do you know we'll still be together"? But she'll play this off as a joke.

Obama Beating Romney

President Barack Obama is beating Mitt Romney not only in the polls, but also in sales of presidential-themed Halloween masks.
This year, Obama masks are outselling Romney masks by more than 30 percent, according to the sales records at BuyCostumes.com and Spirit Halloween Stores, two popular seasonal retailers.
BuyCostumes.com statistics said Obama is up 30 percentage points over Romney, and Spirit Halloween has Obama mask sales figures at 69 percent vs. 31 percent for the Romney version.

Terry G Shaves Off Dreadlocks

'Weird' singer, Terry G has joined in the craze of the moment by joining the likes of Face, Timaya, Basket Mouth who have shaved off their trademark dreadlocks.

Terry G, who was first known with his low-cut look before he gained fame, kept dreadlocks look after he attained limelight.

We gathered from some sources that Terry G is on a re-branding process which brought about him changing his dreadlocks look.

Emeka Ike Disrupts AGN Election In Lagos; He Said I Threatened His Life--Emma Oguguah

Controversial Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike today, Thursday, September 27 disrupted the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) held in Lagos.
He came in about 1:40pm to arrest the vice chairman of the BOT of the guild, Emma Ogugua with some men of the police force.

Emma was whisked away to Zone 2 Headquarters of the police force where we learnt he met with the AIG in charge of the zone. He was accompanied by Steve Eboh, who is contesting in the election for the presidency.

Woman Suspected Of Killing 5 Babies

A 28-year-old woman in Germany has been charged with five counts of manslaughter on suspicion she killed her five children shortly after they were born, police said Thursday.
The case had been under investigation for years, starting after an infant's body was found in a paper sorting station near the northern city of Flensburg in 2006. A second body was found in a parking area off a regional highway in 2007.
Police said the woman turned herself in after they took a DNA sample, and confessed to killing the children, who were born alive. She was charged Wednesday with a total of five counts of manslaughter on suspicion she killed three of her other newborns as well.

Insecurity, Threat To NYSC Scheme –DG

The Director General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Nnamdi Okorie-Affia, yesterday said that the security challenges facing the nation is an issue that calls for concerted efforts by all stakeholders as it is negatively affecting the scheme.

The NYSC DG, who made the statement at the 2012 ‘Batch C’ NYSC pre-orientation course in Minna, Niger State, said he was optimistic that security agencies would fashion out practical strategies that would secure corps members.

The infamous headbutt that French football legend Zinedine Zidane landed on Marco Materazzi during a World Cup final has been transformed into a giant statue and displayed in front of the Pompidou Centre in Paris.

Nigerian Man To Be Deported For Marrying Two Zimbabwean Women In 4 Days

Henry Inedoro (46), who was deported in for using the name George Asinayo before sneaking back into the country, appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Tendai Mahwe.

He pleaded guilty to bigamy and perjury and the magistrate fined him US$100 or 20 days in prison coupled with deportation after payment of the fine or jail term.

Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan, is battling an onset of Parkinson’s disease that has complicated her recovery from a surgical procedure in Germany, several reliable sources have disclosed to SaharaReporters.
SaharaReporters broke the news that Mrs. Jonathan was flown to a hospital in Wiesbaden, Germany close to a month ago to undergo emergency treatment after a botched procedure in Dubai.
In interviews with three sources familiar with Mrs. Jonathan’s health status, SaharaReporters learnt that the Nigerian president’s wife is beset by Parkinson’s disease, a degenerative syndrome. The disease is a progressive disorder of the nervous system.

Senate To FG: Appeal Bakassi Judgment Now

The Senate, yesterday, declared total rejection of the ceding of Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon following the judgment of the International Court of Justice, ICJ, and directed President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently appeal the judgment.
Senators during an emotion-laden debate expressed shock at the approach applied by the Federal Government in the handing over of Bakassi to Cameroon without referendum by the people of Bakassi as stipulated by the United Nations, UN.

Police Parade Rapists And Ritualist In Ogun

The Ogun State police command yesterday said, it had arrested two teenagers for allegedly raping a palm oil hawker, on Secretariat Road, Imeko Local Government Area.
The two suspects, Tosin Adebayo,25 and Opeyemi Adebayo, 19 were paraded along with three other accomplices who were said to have forcefully dragged the victim to a corner and had a carnal knowledge of her.
A suspected ritualist, Jimoh Olorunwa,34, was also paraded after being arrested at a cemetery in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State with a chunk of human flesh.

Maid Caught On Camera Having Sex With A 1 year-old Boy

An Asian housemaid in Abu Dhabi waited for her Arab employer and his wife to go out before laying their one-year-old boy naked on the bed, took her clothes off and raped him, unaware of the hidden cameras installed in the house.

The film showed the maid and the baby both naked as she sat on top of him, ignoring his cries because of pain.

Annoyed by his non-stop cries, the maid then beat the baby and placed a pillow on his face to stiffle his noise as she continued abusing him.

She was arrested in the capital.

“I Was Ready To Lose The Election If Nigerians Did Not Want Me” – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday said that his landslide victory at the 2011 general election was a clear indication that Nigerians wanted him to rule this country.

He affirmed that he was even ready to lose the election if the electorates no longer want him continue.
The President gave this ‘revelation’ during a breakfast meeting organized by the African Business Roundtable in New York, United States, on the Nigerian economy.

“Media Behind Jonathan’s Impeachment Threats” -House Of Rep Member

The cloudy storm of the Goodluck/Sambo administration has been linked to the media. This came up when the Deputy Minority Whip of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Abdul Rhaman Sumaila, allegedly said that the media was behind the moves to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan.

“As far as I know, it is you people (the media) that created the impeachment threat that has hang tenaciously on our political firmament of late, but as the principal officer of the House, I wish to state without fear of contradictions that we never planned to impeach the president,” he stated.

Heavy flooding caused by torrential rainfall around the city of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, last week fired up public anger against the administration of Governor Godswill Akpabio, with most residents trapped within the chaotic traffic in the city publicly making jest of the governor’s ‘uncommon transformation’ slogan.
Mr. Akpabio, the two-term governor of Akwa Ibom State, is well known for praising self as the man behind ‘the uncommon transformation’, a boastful reference to his administration’s modest effort at building modern infrastructures like roads, bridges, a few public buildings for government use as offices and a cinema within the state capital.

Black Tuesday: 20 Die In Tanker Explosion In Niger State

It was indeed a black Tuesday in Kudu village, on the ever-busy Bida-Mokwa Road in Niger State following the death of 20 persons, including a police officer when petrol tanker crashed and exploded.
The tragedy, eyewitness said occurred when the fuel tanker lost control while trying to navigate through a very sharp corner in the village.
The source said that a policeman, in the process of trying to rescue some trapped victims allegedly lost his life while the tanker went up in flames.

Man Suffocates Bride To Death After Discovering That She Used To Be A Man

A British businessman murdered his glamorous Russian bride after he discovered she used to be a man.

Chris Collier, 40, battered wife Julia, 35, before smothering her to death at the couple's apartment in Kusadasi, on the Aegean coast of Turkey.
He has now has been jailed for 24 years after a trial in his adopted country, where he ran an estate agent and his wife worked as a lounge singer in hotel bars.
Collier, originally from Rownall, Staffordshire, was a key figure in the Phones4U empire before emigrating to Turkey in the late 1990s.
He was one of the first salesmen tycoon John Caudwell employed when he was setting up his mobile phone business, which he went sold for a staggering £1.46 billion in September 2006.
After Mrs Collier's murder, detectives probed the couple's relationship amid claims her husband 'bought' his bride on the internet, and she had undergone a sex change.
Postings in an internet forum used by expat Brits claimed to be Collier.
One said: 'I paid for my wife and then moved to Kusadasi in my rented apartment.'
It went on to add that the woman 'used to be a bloke'.
Speaking at the time of his arrest, Mr Caudwell said: 'Chris was one of my first salesman when I was starting out, so I remember him well. He was a good salesman and became a sales manager.
'It is shocking to hear he has been arrested for murder. It's shocking to hear about any murder.'
Collier was arrested the day after the death on November 27, 2010.

Beast Killed At Madonna University

newsbelt received two separate emails today from female students who claimed two monster beats were killed at Madonna University’s Elele campus in Rivers state, Nigeria on Wednesday.

According to the email, a small ravaging beast was initially killed by security personnel at the campus.

Few minutes later, a bigger beast that came for revenge was also killed.

The sender claimed everyone at Elele campus were very terrified of the horrible beasts.

We have sent an email to the school officials in order to confirm the authenticity of the email content.

More details will be updated

Meet The “Poorest President” In The World

While our Nigerian leaders are being berated for refusing to declare their assets publicly and demanding astronomical pay rise to add to the already exorbitant allowances they receive, the President of Uruguay, José Mujica is getting world wide recognition and respect for donating 90 percent of his earnings to charitable causes.

He has earned what most people would call an enviable reputation as the “poorest,” or the “most generous,” president in the world. His nickname, “el presidente mas pobre” translates to “poorest president”.
The President said in a recent interview that the only big item he owns is his Volkswagen Beetle car, valued at $1,945 dollars (about N308,283) . He earns a salary of $12,500 a month (N1,981,250), but only keeps $1,250(N198,125) for himself, donating the rest to charity.

Senate Seeks Life Setence For Terrorists

The Senate yesterday considered a bill seeking life jail for anyone found guilty of terrorist acts in the country.

The bill titled “The Terrorism Prevention (Act) 2011 Amendment Bill 2012”, sponsored by Senate Leader Victor Ndoma-Egba (PDP, Cross River), passed a second reading yesterday.

Leading his debate on the bill, the leader of the Senate, said the bill sought to make provisions for extra territorial application of the Act and strengthen the section on terrorist financing offences and other related matters.

There was tension in Kaduna after a policeman from the Police Mobile Force (MOPOL) killed a commercial motorcyclist, popularly called okada rider, at the Kaduna Stadium round about.
The situation immediately generated heavy tension around Kaduna metropolis when other ‘okada’ riders mobilized themselves and blocked the major roads, but they were immediately dispersed when heavily armed police men regrouped.
When contacted, the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police Adefemi Adenaike, confirmed the incident, and affirmed that the police authorities would prosecute the policeman.
According to him, “We’re doing something about the police man that killed the okada man. The culprit will be charged to court for murder. The law must take its full course.

A middle-aged man identified as Oladimeji Fowowe has been arrested by the police at Iju police station Red House, Lagos, for allegedly setting his wife on fire, when he threw a burning stove and hot water on her.
The suspect, who trailed his wife to Ijoko in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria where she had gone to assist her husband’s younger brother’s wife who had just put to bed a set of twins, was alleged to have committed the crime when his wife returned to Iju area of Ishaga, Lagos State from Ijoko
Speaking with P.M.NEWS on her hospital bed at Ogba, Lagos State, the victim, Mrs. Oluwakemi Fowowe, said she left her husband and father of her three children, when his trouble and that of his mother became unbearable for her.

The federal government yesterday raised the alarm over the devastating effects of flood on farmlands, saying the situation calls for serious attention if famine must be averted in the country.
Minister of Environment, Mrs. Hadiza Ibrahim Mailafia, who made this position known at the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) briefing, noted that there was need for a national debate to address the flood disaster which is becoming a threat to food security.
She said, “where you have in a country, well over 5,000 farmlands washed away, then the chances are that there is cause for attention. It is of national interest. So all what we are saying is that, it is a national emergency. It calls for sober reflection. It does call for open debate of who did that and what.

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