$2.1bn arms deal: Tunde Bakare calls for the sack of CBN governor

Popular Lagos pastor, Tunde Bakare who ran with President Buhari in the 2011 presidential election, has called for the sack of the Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele for his alleged role in the disbursement of the $2.1 billion arms deal fraud.

Tunde Bakare said this during his state of the nation address yesterday January 10th. He said;

Falana urges Buhari to obey court orders and release Dasuki, Kanu

Lagos lawyer Femi Falana has called on the federal government to obey court orders & immediately release embattled former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, and Biafran leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Falana made the call in a statement which he released over the weekend. In the statement, Falana said President Buhari will be disregarding the rule of law if Dasuki and Kanu are still being detained despite being granted bail by a Federal court.

Soyinka reacts to reports that Amaechi spent N82m to host him in Rivers state, lashes out at current govt

Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has reacted to a claim by the Rivers state government that a former governor of the state and now Minister of Transport Rotimi Amaechi spent N82million to host him while he, Soyinka, was in the state during the last administration. In statement he titled “Those who flounder in the sewage of corruption,” Soyinka lashed out at the incumbent Nyesom Wike-led government whom he described as Wikeleaks. His statement after the cut... “This morning, I saw only the headlines in one or two print media regarding the 80th Birthday dinner to which I was hosted by the former governor of Rivers State, the Honorable Rotimi Amaechi, now Minister of Transportation. I ignored them. It was not, and remains not my business to probe into the catering and logistical implications of the hundreds of institutions and governments all over the world to whom I acknowledge an immense debt of unsolicited recognition over the years. Since then however, I have learnt of some unsavory statements by the insecure incumbent of the Rivers State government Lodge.  These included a loose invitation to anti-crime agencies to investigate the potential crime of being honoured through any occasion. The unprecedented call by this governor is prescient of a warning I recounted in my recent pamphlet publication THE REPUBLIC OF LIARS, and was taken from my address to an anti-corruption global conference that took place in Tunisia two years ago. Those words were: CORRUPTION STRIKES BACK.  In this ongoing instance, that expression translates most vividly as “Those who are neck deep in the sewage of corruption ensure that they splatter sewage in all possible and improbable directions. I do however fully support the Wikeleaks call for multi-directional probes. I recommend further that he involve the services of INTERPOL to guarantee its extension to all international organisations and governments to whom I owe uncountable events of recognition – including birthday luncheons, dinners, cultural receptions and events of real, fictitious, or simply opportunistic flavoring – to which I have submitted myself.  The descent to this present level of abominable distractions makes one truly despair. It is one that even I did not envisage when I warned – CORRUPTION STRIKES BACK! Whether it brings honour or dishonour to the nation is another matter – I am saddened, but indifferent. EFCC and company – over to you! You all know where I live,”he said Thanks For Visiting: Don't Forget to drop your comment..

5 men arrested in Bayelsa over attempt to attack Jonathan's home

According to the police in Bayelsa, they have arrested five people over an alleged plan to attack former president Jonathan's home in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state. According to reports, the five men were arrested at a hotel close to the former president's house as they put their plans in motion. Confirming the arrest, Police Public Relations Officer, Bayelsa State Command, Asinim Butswat, said; “On the January 6, 2016, based on a tip-off, detectives from the Anti-Kidnapping and Anti-Vice unit stormed a hotel premises in Swali community, Yenagoa, and arrested five suspects. The suspects are Asupha Emeka, 34, Ebipre Ebebi, 25, Samuel Joe, 27, Okilo Matthew, 25, and Timiere Matthew, 25” The spokesperson didn't say why the men plotted to attack Jonathan's home but many believe it could be part of a plot to create tension in the state ahead of a supplementary election in southern Ijaw local government. The spokesperson said the suspects are currently being interrogated. Thanks For Visiting: Don't Forget to drop your comment..

Didier Drogba denies reports that he has retired from playing football

On Wednesday, reports emerged, primarily from French newspaper L’Equipe, that Chelsea legend Didier Drogba had retired from playing football. It was thought that the Ivorian striker would retire from playing in order to start a coaching role at Stamford Bridge. But it seems that Drogba’s retirement rumours was reported too early as he has since addressed it. Thanks For Visiting: Don't Forget to drop your comment..

Whitch Hunting in Nigerias Politics.

The government of the day is working so hard to fight corruption in Nigeria to a stand still. Yes we appreciate the effort of this government in this fight. But come to think of it are politicians in APC not corrupt? All we can see in this fight is political witching hunting using EFCC as a tool. If this government wants to fight corruption it should spread it tantacles. What is your take on this?

Nigeria to start producing pencil in 2 years, says minister

Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonaya Onu says Nigeria will start manufacturing her own pencil within the next 2 years. Ogbonnaya said this during a facility tour of Projects Development Institute (PRODA) in Enugu State yesterday January 5th. He said the local manufacturing of pencils will provide 400, 000 jobs for unemployed Nigerians “It is unthinkable that 55 years after independence, Nigeria is still not producing pencils when we have the human and material resources in the country. PRODA has to produce pencils for Nigeria and they have given me the assurance that this can be done and that with pencil manufacture here, we will be creating 400,000 new jobs. The (Muhammadu) Buhari administration is committed to creating new jobs and growing our economy,” he said. Thanks For Visiting: Don't Forget to drop your comment..

Tyga responds to claims he tried to hit on a 14 year old girl

Tyga, through his rep, responded to claims that he tried to hit on a 14 year old girl. He said he only contacted 14-year-old model, Molly O'Malia because of her musical talent after his team became interested in signing her as a singer. According to TMZ: Tyga's manager Anthony Martini tells TMZ the rapper reached out to 14-year-old Molly O'Malia after his team found out she had a pretty strong musical following online and thought she might be a candidate for a Last Kings Records project ... his record label. Tyga claims it was strictly business and completely PG. As for her age -- according to text messages obtained by TMZ ... Molly mentions she is 17. The manager says in the back and forth Tyga specifically asked her to send him some music, adding things never got "uncomfortable" as she claimed. The rep says Tyga wanted to FaceTime Molly to talk business and see her sing ... as he sat in the studio with his producers. Thanks For Visiting: Don't Forget to drop your comment..

N. Korea conducts successful powerful Hydrogen-bomb test

North Korea yesterday conducted a 'successful' hydrogen bomb test, Pyongyang has confirmed. The detonation of the thermonuclear weapon triggered a 5.1 magnitude earthquake when it exploded at 10am local time at the Punggye-ri test site in the north east of the country, the tremors of which were felt many miles away. Its ignition ends weeks of speculation that leader Kim Jong-Un had developed such a weapon, which is lighter yet even more powerful than the fission blast generated by nuclear bombs containing uranium or plutonium alone.     'The republic's first hydrogen bomb test has been successfully performed at 10am on January 6, 2016, based on the strategic determination of the Workers' Party,' a state television news reader announced five-and-a-half hours after the blast. Reading a typically propaganda-heavy statement, the anchor confirmed that a 'miniaturised' hydrogen bomb had been detonated in an operation that was deemed a 'perfect success'. She added that in doing so, North Korea 'joined the rank of advanced nuclear states' and had elevated their 'nuclear might to the next level', providing a weapon to defend against the United States - who they claim to have 'numerous and humongous nuclear weapons' - and its other enemies. The broadcast concluded by saying: 'If there is no invasion on our sovereignty we will not use nuclear weapon. This H-bomb test brings us to a higher level of nuclear power.' The successful detonation marks a major step in North Korea's nuclear development and is bound to cause considerable anxiety to neighbouring countries.  Last month, Kim Jong-Un had suggested Pyongyang had already developed a hydrogen bomb - although the claim was greeted with scepticism by international experts.        Daily Mail/AP Thanks For Visiting: Don't Forget to drop your comment..

Slain Mexican mayor sacrificed herself to save family

When gunmen burst into her home, the freshly-installed mayor of Temixco, south of Mexico City, told them to leave her family alone and surrendered to them, witnesses recalled. Gisela Mota, who lived with her parents, was still in her pajamas on Saturday morning when the masked commando jumped a wall and stormed the house. The 33-year-old single woman's parents were home along with her newborn nephew, whose grandmother was preparing to give him a bottle. The assailants beat up her relatives until Mota "gave herself up so that they would let the others go," said the mayor's mother, Juanita Ocampo. "I told them that if they wanted to kill me, they should kill me first," Ocampo told reporters. "But she told them, 'I am Gisela.' They took her because she was very brave." But the triggermen pulled Mota from her bedroom, took her to the living room and killed her in front of her parents. Her desperate father ran after the killers. Mota's murder has become a tragic symbol of the threats mayors face across Mexico and the violence that has engulfed Morelos, where drug cartels fight turf wars while kidnapping and extorting citizens.Mota was killed just one day after taking the oath of office amid hopes among supporters that she would fulfill her promise to curb crime in the city of 100,000, known for resorts and water slides, just two hours from Mexico City. But the left-of-center mayor became one of the victims of the gangland violence that has plagued the city, as authorities blamed Los Rojos drug gang for her murder. Her home stands out among the other houses in the humble neighborhood. It has a rustic wooden door and a brick oven on the patio. Neighbors recalled that on the eve of her murder, Mota had celebrated her new job with music and dancing. "The next morning, six shots were heard. We thought it was firecrackers. But we heard them scream that they killed Gisela," said Pablo Ortega, a 48-year-old neighbor, who said seven armed men had arrived in a car. Shortly after the murder, the police killed two suspects in a shootout and arrested three others, including a 17-year-old boy and a 32-year-old woman. Morelos Governor Graco Ramirez said Los Rojos killed Mota as a warning to other mayors who back his controversial plan to place state and municipal police under a "unified command." Ramirez praised his late colleague from the Democratic Revolution Party as "independent and combative." Source: AFP Thanks For Visiting: Don't Forget to drop your comment..