Court sacks Stella Odua, Andy Uba. Orders replacement

Court sacks Stella Odua, Andy Uba. Orders replacement

The Supreme Court has sacked Senator Stella Odua and Senator Andy Ubah of the opposition Peoples Democratic party, PDP from the Senate. With this judgment, all the senators from  Anambra have been sacked following earlier sack of Senator Ucha Ekwunife.

Oduah was a former Minister of Aviation, while Chris Ubah was a former Special Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Domestic Affairs. While Uba represented Anambra south senatorial district, the other affected lawmaker represented Anambra north senatorial district.

According to the Supreme Court's judgement, they will be replaced by Chris Ubah (Anambra South) and Annie Okonkwo (Anambra Central).

He was born without arms but that didn’t stop him from graduating from University (photos)

He was born without arms but that didn’t stop him from graduating from University (photos)

He never allowed his disability limit his dreams of becoming a graduate. Pictured is 25-year-old Didas Byaruhanga who was born without arms. Didas studied Adult and Community Development at the University of Kyambogo, Uganda. He was awarded a diploma certificate at the school’s graduation ceremony on Wednesday January 27. The indigene of Kasese says he hopes to pursue a Law Degree.

If he can do it, I wonder why you keep giving excuses. More photos of  Didas at the school’s graduation ceremony below; 

OH MY GOD!!! SEE WHAT A BROTHER DID TO HIS OWN BLOOD SISTER IN TANZANIA.

OH MY GOD!!! SEE WHAT A BROTHER DID TO HIS OWN BLOOD SISTER IN TANZANIA. 

A brother  kept his own blood sister in a septic tank for the past 2 years. His name is Nathan Machoma and the sister is Neemah Machoma. He made people to believe that the sister was dead but she was not .He did this as part of the instructions on his juju to become rich. He usually checks his sister every morning daily at the septic tank . He sexually abuses his sister and eats her faecal matter drops as instructed by the witch doctor. Unfortunately for him, the Maid saw this and decided to look as well to see why this man always does this. To her surprise it was the sister so she raised alarm to the police. The Sister is now free but her mental state is not stable yet. This happened in Tanzania...

If you want the full details, follow the link. What a pathetic story.

http://www.tiozambia.com/tanzanian-man-nabbed-for-putting-sister-in-septic-tank-for-2-years/

Nigeria Would’ve Collapsed Had Officials Of My Govt Stole That Much As Alarmed – Jonathan

Nigeria Would’ve Collapsed Had Officials Of My Govt Stole That Much As Alarmed – Jonathan

“Jonathan said the alle­gation was the same way somebody stated that $49.8 billion was missing, which he later said was $12 billion and later $20 billion, saying when the issue was raised by the German chancellor with him in a meeting, he told the foreign leader that if such amount of money was missing in Nigeria, the country would collapse”

That was a quote from the Daily Sun Newspaper where it was said that the former President Goodluck Jonathan opined that Nigeria would have collapsed had officials of his government had stole that much as being peddled by some quarters.

NEWS: Why I Won’t Speak Now on Dasuki’s $2.1bn Arms Scandal – Jonathan Breaks Silence From Geneva

Speaking in Geneva, Switzerland yesterday at a media interaction organised by the Geneva Press Club, Jonathan said as a former president, who laboured to build institutions, it will be out of place for him to do anything that would under­mine government and pro­cesses.

He also said speaking on the arms purchase probe of the President Buhari-led ad­ministration would amount to subjudice as well as jeop­ardise the processes already instituted. He, however, said at the appropriate time, he would address all the is­sues being raised about the issue.

“I would have loved to speak extensively be­cause, even back in Nige­ria, people are saying that I should say something. In my country, there are laws. When issues are before the court, you are not expected to speak on them. If I speak now, it will affect court processes and investiga­tion. What I want Nigeri­ans to know is that we did key issues and things. We tried to build institutions. We encouraged separation of power. If I speak now, it will negate the efforts we made. Let us leave the in­stitutions to do their jobs,” Jonathan said.

Speaking on the amount of money said to have been embezzled by past leaders, Jonathan said the figures being mentioned are alarm­ing. He stated that missing or embezzled money are being presented as if they all happened during his five years tenure, whereas there are some being mentioned which happened before he came to power. He said since Minister of Informa­tion, Lai Mohammed, said 55 people, including gov­ernors embezzled money running into N1 trillion, he should have the names of those involved.

He, however, said the allegation that about one million barrel of oil was stolen everyday could not have been true, since the country, during his gov­ernment, was officially producing roughly above two million barrels a day, which was not consistent. He said if one million bar­rel was therefore, being stolen daily, there was no way the country could have survived.

Jonathan said the alle­gation was the same way somebody stated that $49.8 billion was missing, which he later said was $12 billion and later $20 billion, saying when the issue was raised by the German chancellor with him in a meeting, he told the foreign leader that if such amount of money was missing in Nigeria, the country would collapse.

He said in order to get to the root of the matter, his administration instituted a probe, which involved forensic audit that later proved that such amount of money was never missing.

ERITREAN MINISTER HITS OUT AT HOAX ON POLYGAMY ORDER

ERITREAN MINISTER HITS OUT AT HOAX ON POLYGAMY ORDER

LEFT: Eritrean Minister of Information Mr Yemane MeskelBy HILARY KIMUYU

Eritrean Minister of Information Mr Yemane Meskel has strongly criticised a media hoax that claimed the country had ordered all men to marry at least two wives.

“Media frenzy to parrot this ludicrous, fabricated and trite story of the Mufti’s presumed religious decree on mandatory polygamy is appalling,” Meskel wrote on his official Twitter account.

The story was first published on a Somali website, Diplomat News Network, and later picked by a Kenyan newspaper and other news outlets in Nigeria and South Africa.

According to the article, the order on mandatory polygamy was made due to a shortage of men in the country in the wake of a civil war between 1998-2000.

In the article, the order reportedly gave an assurance that all the wedding and housing expenses would be paid by the state. The punishment for not embracing polygamy would be life imprisonment with hard labour, it added.

The Eritrean minister said; “The story illustrates vileness of the dark forces of disinformation and proclivity of others to readily embrace the negative narrative on Eritrea.”

Kenyans on social media platforms went on the overdrive when the hoax first hit the internet. The Eritrea hashtag trended, as memes portraying hordes of Kenyan men relocating to Eritrea emerged.

A Court reserves judgement in Ibinabo Fiberesima’s suit

A Court reserves judgement in Ibinabo Fiberesima’s suit

Lagos—The Court of Appeal  in Lagos, yesterday, reserved judgement in a suit filed before it by former beauty queen, Ibinabo Fiberesima, challenging the judgement of a Lagos High Court which sentenced her to five years imprisonment for the death of one Dr. Giwa Suraj. The appellant was sentenced to five years imprisonment by Justice Deborah Oluwayemi for reckless driving which caused the death of a staff of a Lagos State Hospital, Dr. Suraj, in an auto accident along the Lekki-Epe expressway, Lagos.

At the resumed hearing of the appeal yesterday, the appellate court presided over by Justice U.I. Ndukwe-Anyanwu (Mrs.) reserved judgement in the appeal after counsel of both parties adopted their written addresses. The court also ordered that the appellant, Fiberesima, who was not in court, to appear before it when judgement is to be delivered adding that the date will be communicated to the parties.

Fiberesima had earlier been awarded a N100, 000 fine by an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, but the then Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Supo Sasore (SAN), felt unsatisfied with the judgement. This prompted the state government to take its case to the Lagos High Court. At the Lagos High court, Justice Oluwayemi set aside the option of fine imposed by the Magistrates’ Court and sentenced Fiberesima to five years imprisonment for dangerous and reckless driving.

In her judgement, Justice Oluwayemi held that the trial Magistrate exercised judicial recklessness when he gave the convict an option of fine. The court held that the option of N100, 000 given to the convict did not serve the purpose of justice in the matter and subsequently ordered a refund of N100, 000 to Ibinabo Fiberesima.

500,000 unemployed graduates as teachers: Solving one problem to create more?

500,000 unemployed graduates as teachers: Solving one problem to create more?

President Muhammadu Buhari’s quest to provide  500,000 unemployed Nigerian graduates jobs in the teaching profession, has attracted manifold reactions from stakeholders in the education sector. While a school of thought views it as a good policy thrust on tackling unemployment among youths, it is, however, perceived by many as a bid to solve one problem, which may lead to creating more in the process.

Unemployed youths at Alausa, Ikeja

It will be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had recently stated that 500,000 unemployed graduates will be absorbed into the teaching profession to solve, in the interim, the problem of graduate unemployment in the country.

Apart from the reality that many square pegs will end up in round holes, stakeholders are also asking who will be responsible for the 500,000 teachers’ salaries, as the states and local governments over the years have had the responsibility of paying teachers’ salaries. In her reaction, the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics)  University of Calabar and immediate past Dean, Faculty of Education,

Professor Florence Banku-Obi applauded the Federal Government’s decision to create jobs, but added: “If the Federal Government is thinking of creating those jobs in the education sector by employing and sending them to the classroom, it is a move in the wrong direction.”

Untrained teachers 
According to her, sending these graduates to the classroom will rather bring in more confusion into the education sector, warning that it is going to be a wrong step to send these untrained teachers into the classrooms. To her, many of the said graduates are not trained teachers, and many, especially the younger generation don’t want to teach because they  have no interest in teaching. She said: ”Employing them will just be a means of earning a living because they have no passion for teaching.”

Alternatively, the DVC disclosed that  rather than the government sending them to the classrooms, they can focus on industrialization and other sectors. “Government can expand agriculture where they need little or no skills to make returns. Yes, I know, there are people who are trained agriculturists, but that is the essence of extension workers.

If you are going into agriculture and have no basic knowledge, then you need extension workers to groom you.” Stressing the need for each state auditing of unemployed teachers for efficiency, Banku-Obi pointed out that there are still thousands of Nigerian youths who read education but are not employed. She urged the Federal Government to task  each state to do auditing for efficiency.

She said: ‘’Each state has thousands of unemployed trained teachers seeking teaching jobs, they can be engaged and sent to  classrooms, while government creates opportunities for the non-teaching graduates in other areas.’’ She noted that the same Federal Government which owns the Federal Government Teaching Scheme, employs NCE teachers for one or two years and disengages them. Rather than disengage them, she counselled that they should review the policy and make it permanent. The professor maintained that  many NCE graduates who were employed under that scheme,  taught for one or two years and were sent back to the labour market.

Banku-Obi who lamented the policy somersaults in the sector said: “The confusion and the problems we have in the sector is as a result of policy inconsistency of the Federal Government. ‘We don’t have educators piloting the affairs of the Ministry of Education, like what we have in health and justice. ”It is high time the Federal Government began to think seriously of employing round pegs in  round holes by getting professional educators to man the Ministry of Education.

“Today, we think we are getting to the right direction, tomorrow another minister comes who does not have an idea of what education and teaching is all about comes with another policy. Now, the new man thinks he is doing Nigeria good by sending unemployed graduates to the teaching profession, they are not thinking of the effect on the sector. 

Unemployed graduates
“Already, employers are complaining that we have graduates that are unemployable and the Federal Government is sending these same graduates to the teaching profession. ‘’What are you expecting to get from the system? It will be garbage in, garbage out.

They are going to feed the tertiary institutions with poor students. At the end, the tertiary institutions will not be able to perform any magic on the undergraduates. I think we should have a good policy. ‘’If possible, government  should have another education summit where people will come and discuss this issue. Unfortunately, when Ministry of Education calls for Education Summits, they bring in directors of different fields, staff from different ministries, professionals from different fields, they will never bring in educationists to talk about education.

‘’They see education summit as an avenue of making their own money. I strongly suggest that there should be a proper education summit and state auditing of teachers. Let them verify if they can get the numbers of teachers they are looking for from the states for the teaching profession. After this, they should engage the services of the Teachers Registration Council to set up aptitude tests and see those who are qualified and have a passion for the teaching profession before engaging them. The body should organize one or two months training for them before engaging them.

Speaking in the same vein, Deputy Director, Distance Learning Institute, University of Ibadan, Professor Oyesoji Aremu also applauded the initiative of the Federal Government  to employ the 500,000 unemployed graduates, but however expresses some reservations. 

Teaching manpower 
He said: ‘’It is a welcome development given the paucity of teaching manpower generally in the school system (primary and secondary education).

According to him, some cautionary notes should however, be sounded in the interest of pupils/students and education for part of the existing malady in the education sector not to repeat itself. He, however frowned at employing  wrong personnel (who masquerade as teachers) into the school system. His words: “‘Mostly in many public schools (primary and secondary), the teaching force is populated by untrained teachers.

This, with proven evidence, has contributed not only to the decline of standards in public schools but also poor academic performance as shown by West African Examination Council (WAEC) and National Examination Council’s (NECO) results, where national performance norm is terribly below average. It has always made public schools unfashionable for many parents who prefer fee-paying private schools for their wards.” Prof. Aremu added: ‘’With these cautionary notes, it is instructive to advise the Federal Government not to make the employment of 500,000 teachers an all-comers affair. One, it should be phased by first considering graduates of universities and colleges of education who studied education or who have had postgraduate diplomas in education, irrespective of their first degrees or Higher National Diploma certificates. “The second phase is to consider others who are without certification in education pedagogy.

This category of unemployed youths should be exposed to a stop-in-the-gap abridged training in education and should also be made to go through a mock teaching practice. This could be for a month and with a condition that such people be made to go for postgraduate diplomas in education on Open Distance Learning platform. Aremu further advised; ‘’Logistics of stop-in-the-gap training should also be worked out by the Federal Ministries of Education and Labour in conjunction with state ministries and zonal offices. Lastly, the recruitment should pass integrity test so as not to be hijacked by politicians.’’

Also reacting, the Dean, School of Education, Adeniran Ogunsayan College of Education, Ijanikin, Dr. Deborah Delegiwa urged the Federal Government to reconsider its proposed plan. According to her, the decision to recruit graduates without training as teachers will spell  doom for the sector, stating that teaching is an art, not a mere vocation.

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She said:”Teaching is an art that requires a person to acquire basic and necessary knowledge before being qualified. If one then desires to go into teaching without being trained, it connotes disrespect of the teaching profession. 

The action also suggests that the colleges and faculties of education should cease to exist.” On his part,  the Head of Department, Early Childhood Care and Education, AOCOED, Mr Sunday Fowowe,  stated that the decision of the President on recruiting graduates with no formal education as teachers amounts to passing no vote of confidence on Teachers ‘Education.

Said he: “No matter how brilliant an individual is, he may not be able to do well in class if he is not made to pass through teacher training programme. ‘’The  President’s pronouncement is like passing vote of no confidence on  teachers’ education,  hence, all colleges and faculties of education should be scrapped.”added Mr Fowowe. If you are considering 500,000 graduates into the teaching sector, they should be tested and trusted.

“Those who have been trained for three years in colleges of education or four years in faculties of education are the ones saddled with the sole responsibility of teaching because, they have been equipped with innovative and basic skills

Blackface threatens to drag 2face to court for stealing his song

Blackface threatens to drag 2face to court for stealing his song

Former member of ‘Plantashun Boi’, Ahmedu Augustine, popularly known as Blackface, has threatened to drag his former friend and multi-award winning artiste, Innocent Idibia (2face) to court for allegedly stealing his song.

Blackface accused 2face of stealing “Let Somebody Love You”.  2face released the song with Bridget Kelly,  an American singer and songwriter from New York City,  as part of his Ascension album in 2014.

On Monday, Blackface took to social media to make the allegation.

“You singing #LetsomebodyLoveYou without telling me when you know its my song isn’t going down without the world knowing what you and you manager efe been doing …am coming for una,don’t get it twisted”

“Since you decided to hide you know I still let you know a piece of my mind @official2baba and well meet in court about my publishing”

“Suddenly your manager @EfeOmorogbe is a song writer on my song? So you can split publishing 4ways with Bridget Kelly?with my name misspelt?”

“y not ask dat u wana record my song?I was out in d wilderness n u never called becos u wish me dead so my properties be urs? @official2baba”

Plantashun Boiz were a Nigerian hiphop and RnB music group. It consisted of 2face Idibia, Faze and Blackface.

The group was formed during their college years in Enugu, at the Institute Of Management And Technology (I.M.T Enugu). The group was managed by Owoyemi Akinwale Nathaniel (Natz), Ifeanyi Oji (Odogwu), and Obasi Leonard (Baba Leo). As a result of the Plan B reunion album, Plantashun Entertainment Ltd. Management was born in 2007. The Plan B album was distributed by T Joe.

The band released two successful albums Body and Soul in 2000 and Sold Out in 2003. The band broke up in 2004, to be briefly reunited in 2007 for just one more album Plan B.

After the Plantashun Boiz split up in 2004, Blackface led a solo musical career. He released the hip hop album Ghetto Child in May 2004 collaborating with a number of artists. The album contains “Hard Life” featuring Alabai as the first single. He also recorded a full album for his crew D Tribunal called What We Are.
After Ghetto Child, he released Evergreen, Jungle Fever, Me, Musiq and I, Dancehall Business and the prospective Defender. In 2013, he made a collaborative album 200 with Maine Eazz.

2face Idibia released his debut solo album Face 2 Face (2004), which established him as a viable solo artist.

Following the release of his debut album, he released his second album Grass 2 Grace in 2006, which contained hits “One Love”, “True Love, “4 Instance”. He is the founder of Hypertek Entertainment.

In 2006, his song “African Queen” was used in the soundtrack for the film Phat Girlz, which was released internationally.
He released a promotion album in 2008 called The Unstoppable releasing the single “Enter the Place”. Problems with album distribution in 2007 caused as shift of the release date of the album from 2008 to early 2009. In 2010, 2face released an “international edition” of the same under the title The Unstoppable International Edition making him the first Nigerian artist to have an appropriately priced international album.

2face released two more singles from the international version of his Unstoppable album. The international edition of the album won two awards at the 2010 SoundCity Music Video Awards. He also won the Channel O Music Video Awards Best African Western award and the MTV Africa Music Awards for Best Male and Artist of the year.

French president scraps lunch after Iranian president asked not to share wine during his visit to France

French president scraps lunch after Iranian president asked not to share wine during his visit to France

French President François Hollande decided having wine with lunch is more important than breaking bread with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani during an official visit to Paris.
Hollande scrapped the lunch at the Élysée Palace after Rouhani asked for a halal menu in keeping with his Muslim faith, and that also meant no wine at the table during his first visit as president to the City of Light.

“It is not the halal which was a problem but the wine,” France's ambassador to the United States, Gérard Araud, said on Twitter. “Nobody should constrain anybody to drink or not to drink.”

Hollande’s decision means he’s likely to avoid the criticism leveled at Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi this week.
In Italy, where wine is just as much a part of the culinary routine as in France, officials submitted to the Iranian leader’s demands during a state dinner Monday. Italian officials also erected large boxes around nude statues at Rome’s Campidoglio museum to protect the gaze of officials from the Islamic Republic from falling on artists’ renderings of the human form.
Renzi’s decision outraged critics on the left and right.

"Respect for other cultures cannot and must not mean negating our own," said Luca Squeri, a lawmaker in former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's center-right Forza Italia party. "This isn't respect, it's canceling out differences and it's a kind of surrender."

Source: USA Today

Falling Naira: Buhari is making same error he made as military head 30 years ago- The Economist

Falling Naira: Buhari is making same error he made as military head 30 years ago- The Economist

International News magazine, The Economist, says President Buhari is making the same mistake now he made with the falling Naira when he was Military leader 30 years ago. Find the article below ...

Give me lucky generals,” Napoleon is supposed to have said, preferring them to talented ones. Muhammadu Buhari, a former general, has not had much luck when it comes to the oil price. Between 1983 and 1985 he was Nigeria’s military ruler. Just before he took over, oil prices began a lengthy collapse; the country’s export earnings fell by more than half. 
The economy went into a deep recession and Mr Buhari, unable to cope, was overthrown in a coup. Now he is president again. (He won a fair election last year against a woeful opponent; The Economist endorsed him.) And once again, oil prices have slumped, from $64 a barrel on the day he was sworn in to $32 eight months later. Growth probably fell by half in 2015, from 6.3% to little more than 3% (see article).

Oil accounts for 70% of the government’s revenues and 95% of export earnings. The government deficit will widen this year to about 3.5% of GDP. The currency, the naira, is under pressure. The central bank insists on an exchange rate of 197-199 naira to the dollar. On the black market, dollars sell for 300 naira or more.Instead of letting the naira depreciate to reflect the country’s loss of purchasing power, Mr Buhari’s government is trying to keep it aloft.

The central bank has restricted the supply of dollars and banned the import of a long list of goods, from shovels and rice to toothpicks. It hopes that this will maintain reserves and stimulate domestic production.When the currency is devalued, all imports become more expensive.

But under Mr Buhari’s system the restrictions on imports are by government fiat. Factory bosses complain they cannot import raw materials such as chemicals and fret that, if this continues, they may have to shut down. Many have turned to the black market to obtain dollars, and are doubtless smuggling in some of the goods that have been banned.Nigerians have heard this tune before. Indeed, Mr Buhari tried something similar the last time he was president. Then, as now, he resisted what he called the “bitter pill” of devaluation.

When, as a result, foreign currency ran short, he rationed it and slashed imports by more than half. When Nigerians turned to the black market he sealed the country’s borders. When unemployment surged he expelled 700,000 migrants.Barking orders at markets did not work then, and it will not work now. Mr Buhari is right that devaluation will lead to inflation—as it has in other commodity exporters. But Nigeria’s policy of limiting imports and creating scarcity will be even more inflationary. A weaker currency would spur domestic production more than import bans can and, in the long run, hurt consumers less.

The country needs foreign capital to finance its deficits but, under today’s policies, it will struggle to get any. Foreign investors assume that any Nigerian asset they buy in naira now will cost less later, after the currency has devalued. So they wait.Those who fail to learn from history...Mr Buhari’s tenure has in some ways been impressive. He has restored a semblance of security to swathes of northern Nigeria that were overrun by schoolgirl-abducting jihadists. He has won some early battles against corruption. Some of his economic policies are sound, too. He has indicated that he will stop subsidising fuel and selling it at below-market prices.

This is brave, since the subsidies are popular, even though they have been a disaster (the cheap fuel was often sold abroad and petrol stations frequently ran dry). If Mr Buhari can find the courage to let fuel cost what the market says it should, why not the currency, too? You can forgive the general for being unlucky; but not for failing to learn from past mistakes.

The Kenyan government host State Banquet in honor of Buhari

The Kenyan government host State Banquet in honor of Buhari

President Buhari and his delegation to Kenya are currently attending a state Banquet being hosted in their honor by the Kenyan government. Continue to see more photos.

Pastor Rapes an 11yrs Old Girl In Lagos?

Pastor Rapes an 11yrs Old Girl In Lagos?

Even as am about to blog this news, I still find it hard to believe cause it's filled up with so many tales to not believe....  As the story goes... The General Overseer (GO) of a church located at Oworonshoki area of Lagos has been accused of raping an 11-year-old girl.

A witness said the incident occurred January 23 at a brothel in the area. The witness said the GO allegedly lured the girl to the hotel and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her.

It was learnt that the victim’s cries of pains attracted some of the pros-titutes in the brothel. 

They rushed to the room, but it was locked. They then alerted Alonge Police Division. The policemen were said to have forced the door open. They found the girl in a pool of blood and arrested the GO.

There was, however, outrage in the area after the police, for reasons yet unknown, released the GO after two days in detention.

One of the residents told New Telegrapah that, "the pastor is walking freely in the community.” The resident alleged that the GO had done similar act on three young girls in the area and nothing happened.

Quarrel In Senate As Godswill Akpabio Refuses To Apologise.

Quarrel In Senate As Godswill Akpabio Refuses To Apologise.

There was drama on the floor of the Senate when the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio refused to apologise to his colleague, Senator Danjuma Goje over uncomplimentary comments and, what was described as an attack on his integrity and personality.

The drama started on Wednesday when Akpabio accused Senator Goje of not doing enough in his state in the area of infrastructure when he held sway as governor between 2003 and 2011.

Senator Akpabio who took his turn to contribute to the 2016 budget, turned the heat on his colleague when he described the 2016 budget as “uncommon “, but went further to state that, “I want to commend the President for raising capital expenditure to 30 per cent, but for me it is nothing new, it might be new to my Colleague Goje because while as governor he did not place premium on capital expenditure, but for me I was doing between 80 to 83 per cent of my budgets on capital projects and that is why there is massive developments in Akwa Ibom under my leadership.

“If you go to Akwa Ibom, you will see those developments”, he added.

In a swift reaction, Senator Goje raised a point of order, drawing attention of the Senate to what he referred to as, "attack on his image and reputation", accusing the Senate Minority Leader of deviating from the main issue of budget debate and misrepresentation of his views.

Attempts by Goje for his colleague to either withdraw his comments or apologise were in vain. Some of those present said it's a joke, others say Akpabio is just a trouble maker.

Olisa Metuh Regains Freedom

Olisa Metuh Regains Freedom

After the judge relaxed some of his bail conditions, embattled PDP spokesman, Olisa Metuh finally regained his freedom on Thursday. His case however will go on with more witnesses giving testimony.

University student commits suicide after finding out she had bad exam results

University student commits suicide after finding out she had bad exam results

Samantha MacDonald

20 year old a Samantha Macdonald, a student of the University of Salford jumped to her death from her hall of residence (pictured above) after finding out her exam results weren't good enough to follow her dream of becoming a research scientist. She told friends she wanted to get a first-class degree as part of her life's ambition to make a difference as a top scientist, but the human biology undergraduate was left devastated after receiving a 2:2 in her second-year exams which she feared were not good enough. 

Ms McDonald after a night out clubbing with friends jumped from her student apartment at the University, a security guard tried to revive her but she died from multiple injuries. After her death, police found a diary which contained a list of Ms MacDonald's likes, dislikes and ambitions. It included the intention to complete a PhD, to find a cure for diabetes and to 'make a difference' in the world.

Her housemate and coursemate Emma Reid, who went out with Ms MacDonald on the night she died, said that she rarely noticed anything troubling her friend.  Her father also said that she had never spoke of feeling depressed and that her family tried to encourage her as much as possible:

''She was always a very hard-working girl but she never really got the grades that reflected her studies,' he said. 'She had a very strong interest in science and wanted to make a change in the world. She could not wait to get back to university as she had a good social life and enjoyed seeing her friends.'As far as we were aware she was very focused on completing her degree and working in science afterwards. We were so proud that she was making new friends and a life and a future for herself at university", he said.

"She has never mentioned to us that she was feeling low or depressed and she has not given any indication to any of her family that she was feeling low or that she wanted to harm herself in any way.'He added that the letters written to the family suggested she had intended to commit suicide. 'In one letter she says she had written the letter 100 times. I don't know if she intended doing this at the start of the night but maybe the reason she got drunk is maybe to go through with it.'One of the letters said she had been hiding her depression from us", he said.

Her house mate revealed that after they partied, they got a taxi back to their block of flats and were laughing and joking until Miss Reid went to bed at 4am.But, shortly afterwards, another flatmate Jasmin Lodge, who was up early to attend a nursing placement, heard movement from Ms MacDonald's room followed by commotion outside the flats.She arrived downstairs at 5.40am to find a security guard giving Ms MacDonald chest compressions while awaiting paramedics.

Source: Daily Mail UK

Traffic warden yanks off motorist’s teeth over N50 (photos)

Traffic warden yanks off motorist’s teeth over N50 (photos)

A traffic warden, Sunday Charles, engaged in fisticuff with a motorist, identified only as Kingsley, who refused to part with N50 after he was stopped at the Omole bus stop, Oba Ogunnusi Road, Ojodu area of Lagos State, by a team of traffic wardens.

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The trouble reportedly started when Kingsley claimed that he had earlier given Charles, N50, adding that he would not give him another until evening. According to many eyewitnesses, Charles, who insisted on collecting the money, dragged Kingsley down from the vehicle and punched him in the face, prompting 3 teeth to fall off.
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It was gathered that Kingsley held the warden and dragged him into the bus while demanding medical treatment. He also wanted to report the case at the Ojodu Police Station but people advised him against it as Charles' uniform was torn and they suspected that the matter could be turned against Kingsley.
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While speaking about the incident, Lagos State Police PRO, Dolapo Badmos, said: “The traffic warden was beaten by a commercial bus driver and his conductor who are still at large. His service uniform was torn to pieces. He was rescued by a team of policemen deployed in the scene. The case will be dealt with decisively.”

Do You Want To Be A Military Officer? Entry Details Are Out

Do You Want To Be A Military Officer? Entry Details Are Out

If you know you are not the strong bone type, that you are the lazy one, don't bother to apply cause Na your dead body dem go send back home oooh

68th REGULAR COMBATANT COURSE (RC)
This is a 5 year course, comprising 4 years of academic program and one year of military training culminating in the award of a Bachelor Degree and a presidential commission to the rank of second lieutenant, or equivalent in the Navy and Air Force. Until 2011, this course used to be exclusively for males. The first set of females commenced training in September 2011.

Eligibility for Entry into the NDA Regular Course
To be eligible for admission into the regular course in the Nigerian Defence Academy, a candidate must meet the following requirements:

Minimum of 5 credit passes with English and Mathematics at the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination conducted by the West Africa Examination Council or National Examination Commission or General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level obtained in not more than 2 sittings relevant to the Faculty of their choices.

At least two supporting relevant credits to the compulsory credits in Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Faculty of Science. However, only one supporting relevant credit is required in the Faculty of Engineering.

Be at least 17 years old and not more than 21 years old at the time of entry into the Academy. Nigerian Air Force candidates must be between 17 and 18 years old at entry.

Must not be less than 1.68 metres tall for male and 1.50 metres for female.

Must be medically and physically fit and must be of good moral character.

Must be single male or female without legal obligation to support any child or other individuals.

Present a certificate of origin obtained from a Local Government. A certificate of State indigeneship from the Office of the State Governor is desirable.

In addition to the foregoing, candidates awaiting results are not qualified and only examination results of not more than 5 years before the date of application are acceptable.

Vacancies

NDA has an annual cadets' intake of 175 for the RC. This comprises of 155 males and 20 females. Defence Headquaters allocates these vacancies out of this number to the Army, Navy and Air Force. The number of intakes could vary each year depending on the manpower needs of the armed forces. There are also vacancies reserved for cadets from sister African countries.

Date of Assembly
The Regular Combatant Course assembles in September each year. However, all nomination processes must be concluded 3 months before the date of assembly.

And you say Metuh shouldnt be locked up ? See The Beautiful Lady who Took $2m Cash from Olisa Metuh

And you say Metuh shouldnt be locked up ? See The Beautiful Lady who Took $2m Cash from Olisa Metuh

Nneka Ararume, a so-called Wealth Manager at ‘ARM’ confessed before an Abuja Court on Monday that she collected $2m cash from embattled PDP spokesman, Olisa Metuh and change the money to Naira and invested it on behalf of his company, Destra Investments Limited. See more photos...

...I hear Nneka still have some more confessions to make about the deal.

Marry Two Wives OR Be Arrested; Eritrea Gets New Law Over Shortage of Husband

Marry Two Wives OR Be Arrested; Eritrea Gets New Law Over Shortage of Husband

Here in Nigeria we choose to live in self denial. Out of every 100 ladies between 21yrs to 30yrs, half are in a man's house, while the rest half are going to churches and night vigils, praying for husband. These ladies would have been second or third wives in the house of men who can take care of them but they chose to live in pretense. When they manage get married at 33... they will go and give testimony. Lol!

Wetin 'consyn' me? After polygamy was legalized in Kenya, another country has followed...
Mandatory polygamy by men in Eritrea is being received with a mix of bewilderment and excitement.

Activists have posted a memo by the Government of Eritrea asking men to marry at least two wives due to acute shortage of men occasioned by casualties during the civil war with Ethiopia.

The May 1998 to June 2000 Eritrean/Ethiopian war saw 150,000 soldiers killed from either sides but bigger impact on male population in the Eritrea nation who were then just 4 million people in total.

The statement assures of government support to the polygamous marriages.

The activists translate it thus, “Based on the law of God in polygamy, and given the circumstances in which the country is experiencing in terms of men shortage, the Eritrean department of Religious Affairs has decided on the following:

"First that every man shall marry at least two women and the man who refuses to do so shall be subjected to life imprisonment with hard labour. Thewoman who tries to prevent her husband from marrying another wife shall be punished to life imprisonment.”

A single lady praised their President, saying “He is so considerate of women! That’s good of him.”

Davido may have tweeted that he can't be bothered about socials media based on this, can this be true, Davido and Wizkid sharing the same BabyMama ?

Davido may have tweeted that he can't be bothered about socials media based on this, can this be true, Davido and Wizkid sharing the same BabyMama ?

Some of these small girls of nowadays are not loyal at all, they are only good as a play thing, dudes should just not get serious with them if you want to keep your reputation. Big eye for money and all that.

Guys, please stop going skin-to-skin with a girl you know is for "every man" who is just waiting for the man who is ready to give her money or buy hair extension, recharge car, handbag, phones, etc.

As you read this, sources with  the inner details have revealed that the girl who is claiming to have given birth to a baby boy for Wizkid is a "free giver". Who is she, really? The details...

According to some secret DMs, Wizkid new "baby mama", Binta Diamond Diallo, is a notorious groupie who has been linked with many guys, including some Nigerian's like KCee and Davido.

Do the math. She slept with Wizkid during OTC in May last year when he had a concert in Houston, exactly nine months up to now if you calculate from dates of her/his added pictures & videos. She was also with Davido and KCee around the same time. 

WIZKID go do a DNA test, these hoes be for everybody and looking to trap anybody.

Other DM’s stated this is not her first time getting pregnant & pinning it one someone. She is just hoping it is Wizkid’s for a payout. 

The babe has been casted before as a full time groupie. She is always out every night looking for celebrities to go home with. Guess Wizkid fell into her thirst trap and this is the result.

A lot is being said about this Binta that one has to wonder why some girls like to useless themselves. Sigh!