$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..

Mass sexual attack in Germany inflames migrant debate

German authorities said on Tuesday that coordinated attacks in which young women were sexually harassed and robbed by hundreds of young men on New Year’s Eve in the western city of Cologne were unprecedented in scale and nature. The assault, which went largely unreported for days, set off a national outcry after the Cologne police described the attackers as young men “who appeared to have a North African or Arabic” background, based on testimony from victims and witnesses. More than 90 people have filed legal complaints, the police said on Tuesday. The police in Hamburg also said that 10 women had reported being sexually assaulted and robbed in a similar fashion on the same night, and they urged witnesses to come forward. Germany took in more than one million migrants last year, and with the country struggling to deal with the political, social and wider consequences of the influx, the delayed public response has led to concerns that the authorities were playing down the seriousness of the assault to prevent it from becoming a point of contention in the broader debate.   The assault took place late on Thursday on the vast public square in front of the city’s main train station, a central transit point for anyone coming or going from a fireworks display over the Rhine and the bars and nightclubs in the heart of the city, in the shadow of its landmark cathedral. Heiko Maas, Germany’s justice minister, warned on Tuesday against linking the assaults to the influx of refugees, saying that the ethnicity of the perpetrators was irrelevant. “The rule of the law does not look at where someone comes from but what they did,” Mr. Maas told reporters in Berlin. “We will investigate what circles the perpetrators may have come from.” The Cologne police say they believe several hundred men, ages 15 to 35, were involved in the violence that began in the early hours of the New Year, after the square was cleared because men had been throwing firecrackers into the crowd. Wolfgang Albers, Cologne’s chief of police, said the assaults had taken place in the chaos that followed, as the square was emptied. The men appeared to have broken into smaller groups, the police said, with each one encircling a woman; while some would grope the victim, others would steal her wallet or cellphone.   One victim reported that she had been raped, the police said.   Henriette Reker, Cologne’s mayor, called a crisis meeting on Tuesday to address the issue. Ms. Reker, who was stabbed during a campaign event in October by an attacker who opposed her welcoming attitude toward migrants, called the assault “absolutely intolerable” and pledged her support for the authorities’ investigation.   The city holds a large festival every year before Easter, when thousands of costumed revelers throng the streets to celebrate with parades and parties, and Ms. Reker echoed the concerns of many about safety during the Carnival season. In an effort to prevent further violence, Ms. Reker said that city officials would begin working on measures to help young women protect themselves and to explain the city’s attitudes and norms to its many newcomers. “We will explain our Carnival much better to people who come from other cultures,” she said, “so there won’t be any confusion about what constitutes celebratory behavior in Cologne, which has nothing to do with a sexual frankness.” Cologne, with roughly one million inhabitants, is among Germany’s most ethnically diverse cities, and it took in more than 10,000 refugees last year, many of them young men from Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. The city authorities said they would increase security after the assaults, as they continued to search for suspects.   The euphoria that accompanied the first wave of arrivals in Germany this summer has since given way to growing unease about the difficulty of integrating hundreds of thousands of people of a different religion and who were raised in a different culture.   Far-right and anti-immigrant groups in Germany, and others who oppose the influx, swiftly seized on the episode, saying it demonstrated the dangers associated with accepting huge numbers of migrants. Lutz Bachmann, head of the anti-immigrant Pegida movement, accused German leaders on Twitter of complicity in the assault. In a post that named Ms. Merkel; her deputy, Sigmar Gabriel; and other politicians, Mr. Bachmann said, “You are all responsible for the abuse in Cologne!”   Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose unmitigated support for a migrant flow that has increasingly put her country under strain and caused political rifts in her own conservative bloc, used an annual event on Tuesday to call for mutual respect.   “We are all of the understanding that we respect everyone, even those who we don’t know,” the chancellor said in Berlin, where she greeted groups of children who celebrated the Epiphany by dressing up as three kings and collecting donations for charity or their churches. The chancellor recalled that the country’s Constitution enshrines human dignity as inviolable. “This is true not only for Germans, but for all people,” she said.         The New York Times

Congolese boy mauled by chimps to undergo facial surgery in NY

Dunia Sibomana was considered the lucky one when a group of chimpanzees jumped from the trees and attacked him and 2 other boys as they played near a preserve in their native Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dunia, unlike the others, survived. But he was severely disfigured: His lips ripped off and one cheek torn apart, leaving him with muscle damage that make it hard for him to eat, swallow and communicate.   Now, eight-year-old Dunia is set to undergo a rare and complicated surgery at a Long Island hospital that will use tissue and muscle from his forearm to recreate both lips. The hope is that he will once again be able to open and close his mouth, and eat and talk normally. Dr. Leon Klempner, an associate professor of dentistry at Stony Brook Children's Hospital, where Dunia will undergo the operation, said: 'As you can imagine, not having any lips, the food can just come right out. 'He drools all the time and can't pronounce different words.'  Dunia had also stopped going to school because the other children in his native Congo ridiculed him.  Monday's planned eight-hour procedure will be the first of three major operations for Dunia, who was brought from the Congo in November with the help of the non-profit foundation Smile Rescue for Kids. Dr. Alexander Dagum, the hospital's chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery, said he believes there are only three other documented cases where the same surgery has been performed. The hospital is covering the cost of the surgery and the doctors have all donated their time. Since the attack two years ago, which killed Dunia's four-year-old brother and a young cousin, Dunia has been the target of bullies and become shy and withdrawn. In his short time in the United States, he has been living with a host family on Long Island, attending elementary school and learning English in addition to his native Swahili. Appearing for an interview with this doctors on Monday, Dunia, buried himself in video games on a tablet and colored with markers. He occasionally stuck his tongue out at the doctors as they explained the procedure. Klempner said: 'We're feeling very optimistic. We're hoping after the surgery he'll reintegrate into society and perhaps go back to school or have some semblance of a normal life.' Culled from UK Daily Mail Thanks For Visiting: Don't Forget to drop your comment..

Mum gives birth to son in hospital car park

Little Kai Taafe made his grand entrance in the back of a Volkswagen Golf outside a hospital in Ireland. His mum - 26-year-old Elaine - gave birth to the 7lb baby as maternity staff raced toward the make shift deliver room last Wednesday morning, reports the Irish Mirror . Elaine’s father Harry, who is from O’Hanlon Park in the town said: “Elaine lives around the corner and came over to us in pain after 6am.  Elaine Taaffe with her Dad Harry who helped her “She told my wife Maria her labour pains were coming quickly so I jumped out of bed and put Elaine in the car, put the hazard lights on and drove in the wind and rain to Drogheda at 6.30am. “Just outside Monasterboice, I saw an ambulance in front and flashed my lights at it but it was probably carrying another passenger and didn’t know what was going on. “I overtook it and then felt more comfortable knowing there was an ambulance crew behind me, if need be. “I didn’t even wait for the man at the hospital gates to put up the barrier, I just drove around it and parked up. "The baby’s head was just out at the time so I just ran in to get help. “Elaine had three massive labour pains on the way up in the car and on the fourth, she gave birth just as the medical staff arrived at 6.55am. “Elaine was giving birth in the car with the two doors wide open and the wind howling and the rain lashing around us. “People were asking was she going to call the baby Frank on account of him being born in the middle of it. “I have to commend the staff because as soon as they knew what was happening, they were straight out and knew exactly what to do.” Ironically, it’s not the first quick delivery Harry has experienced. He added: “My daughter Orla nearly gave birth in the lift at the hospital last year and 21 years ago, my son Shane was born quickly. "We left home at 6.20am and just made it to the Louth County Hospital where he was born just 20 minutes later.” Elaine and Kai are back home in Dundalk now where Kai’s big brother Reece, four, is proving a huge help to his mum. Thanks For Visiting: Don't Forget to drop your comment..

Scott Disick rumoured to be dating Swedish model

Looks like Scott Disick may have moved on from his split with Kourtney. He is rumoured to be seeing Swedish model, Lina Sandberg. According to a source, the pair have met up a few times in Los Angeles. 'He's seen her a few times in Los Angeles and thinks she's really hot,' the source said. 'He's definitely interested and seeing where it goes.' Lina hails from Malmo in Sweden but is based in LA. Scott's children, Mason, six, Penelope, 3, and one-year-old Reign continue to live with their mother, but are regularly seen with their father. Thanks For Visiting: Don't Forget to drop your comment..

President Buhari, the media chat & the words of a Tyrant - FFK

Monday, January 4, 2016 President Buhari, the media chat & the words of a Tyrant - FFK Read the article written by Femi Olu-Kayode below... Mr. President, you will recall that I wrote you an open letter on December 28th, 2015 which I sincerely hope that you found most gratifying, illuminating and helpful. That was two days before your Presidential media chat which took place on December 30th. I hereby humbly crave your indulgence to add an addendum to that open letter. That is what this contribution represents. I hope and pray that this second letter, which will be the last, will further enlighten you and impart a little more wise counsel to you that will result in assisting you to properly appreciate the complexities of our times. Mr. President it is pertinent to note that approximately two hundred and sixty five years ago one of the founding fathers of the United States of America, Mr. Benjamin Franklin, said "rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God". I am sure that you will agree with me when I say that he was absolutely right. Just in case you do not know who Benjamin Franklin was permit me to point out the fact that he is a man that is reverred by the American people and much of the civilised world up until today and he is the individual whose face appears on the one hundred U.S. dollar bills that are used till today. He was a great statesman, diplomat, politician and intellectual and most important of all he was a deeply courageous man who was motivated by his deepest convictions and his christian values and who was prepared to risk life and liberty and stand up to tyranny. I guess most Nigerian leaders have much to learn from him especially at times like this. Yet thankfully all is not lost and at least a few of our politicians are beginning to find their voice and speak out against the evil in the land. Permit me to share one example with you. A few days ago Chief Olisa Metuh, the National Publicity Secretary of our great party the PDP, exposed the fact that there was an orchestrated attempt by your government to intimidate, silence and utterly decimate and crush the opposition. In open defiance to what can best be described as this insidious and sinister agenda he told the world that ''President Buhari is not God and we will not worship him". Whether he knows it or not Metuh has not only spoken for the PDP but also for the overwhelming majority of the Nigerian people. Permit me to add the following words to his timely contribution. Woe unto those that tremble before men of power and that worship false gods. Destruction and perdition awaits those who bow before Baal, who exalt the servants of Belial, who kiss the ring of the Baphomet, who say ''Buhari is God'' and who crawl at the feet of the Lord of the Flies. Mr. President the point is simple and clear: you are not God and even though we respect your office we will never bow before you, we will never worship you, we will not relent in our efforts to oppose you and, regardless of your constant threats and wicked intentions, we have absolutely no fear of you. This is because our fate and destiny and the future of our beloved country lies in the hands of the Living God and not in the hands of a misguided and tyrannical dictator like your good self. Injustice, persecution and tyranny last only for a season. At the appointed time the Lord will step in and He will deliver and vindicate the falsely accused and the righteous captive. He will also avenge the spilling of innocent blood and He will fight the cause of the martyrs. With this in mind and regardless of the dangerous counsel of the hardliners and extremists that surround you, I urge you to please take note of the following: Sheik Ibrahim El Zakzaky, Colonel Sambo Dasuki and Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, who are all political prisoners, must NOT die under mysterious circumstances whilst they are in your custody. No matter what your advisers and those in your inner circle tell you if, God forbid, this were to happen the fall-out and consequences for your reputation and your administration would be too much to bear. This brings me to another issue which is a cause for grave concern. Your stated resolve not to obey court orders and to deny Nigerians their right to bail after the courts have given it to them is not only an affront and gratuitous insult to the Judiciary but it is also a violation of the constitution. I say this because, unlike military dictatorships, democracy enjoys and derives its power and legitimacy from the inviolable and sacred principle of ''separation of powers''. What this means is that the Executive arm of Government, which by the grace of God you head today, is distinct and separate from the Legislature and the Judiciary. As head of the Executive and President of the Federal Republic, you have absolutely no power or right to interfere in the processes of the Legislature (which is the National Assembly) or the Judiciary. Both have their own rules, regulations and leadership and the constitution guides them and guarantees them total and complete independence from you. As a matter of fact they are charged by the laws of our land and the constitution to act as a check and balance on you as President and to ensure that you do not abuse your power or subject your people to tyranny. Mr. President I watched you on your media chat the other day and I am constrained to tell you that you not only abused your power but that you also crossed the line with some of the things that you said. For example you have no right to tell the courts how to administer justice and who and who not to grant bail. Again you have no business to tell the legislature which laws to pass and how to run their affairs. Again you have no right and neither do you have the power to pronounce any Nigerian citizen guilty of any crime unless and until a duly constituted court of law has done so. You cannot be the prosecutor, judge and jury in any criminal proceeding and this is especially so when you initiated those proceedings and you are the accuser To attempt to do so is not only unacceptable and irresponsible but it is also heartless and unkind. The fact that most of our senior and respected lawyers have refused to tell you this simply because they are scared of you or because they are looking for patronage from your government does not mean that what you are doing is lawful or acceptable. What you are doing is morally and legally reprehensible and it is unacceptable in any democratic and civilized society. In the same vein you have no right to try to stop members of the opposition or the general public from criticizing you or condemning your obvious failings. Mr. President criticism, opposition and dissent are the lifeblood of democracy and without accommodating and tolerating them you cannot claim to be a democrat. You have no right to attempt to cower or intimidate the fourth estate of the realm, which is the media, or attempt to pervert and corrupt the Nigerian public with daily doses of lies, falsehood, deceit and propaganda which is being duly and dutifully administered by your Minister of Information and your numerous media aides. All these things give me and millions of your other subjects concern yet it doesn't stop there. Perhaps the most disturbing example of your sheer insensitivity was your reaction to the question about Igbo marginalization during the media chat. In response to that question you asked "who is marginalizing who" and went further to ask "what do the Igbo want?" Mr. President I wish to remind you that it is an incontrovertible fact that in just seven months your government has succeeded in marginalizing the Igbo more than any other Federal Government in living memory and certainly since the civil war. This is a record that you ought not to be proud of. What the Igbo want is fairness, equal rights, equal representation, equity and respect. They also believe that they have the right to determine their own future and make their own choices. Mr. President I do not believe that this Is this too much for them to ask given the fact that they have contributed, perhaps more than most, to national development and integration in the last forty five years? It is not too much to ask given the fact that no less than three million of their people, including one million innocent children, were slaughtered during our civil war in the name of keeping Nigeria one? I have no doubt that you will remember this very well Mr. President given the fact that you were one of those that prosecuted that war and fought in it. You will also remember the brutal mass murder and the war crimes and crimes against humanity that were perpetrated against the unarmed and defenseless Igbo civilian population of Asaba in 1968 when over one thousand of them were rounded up, taken to the town square and shot to death for no just cause. The soldiers that carried out that unspeakable act of cowardice, brutality and barbarity were under the command of your professional colleague, the late Head of State, General Murtala Mohammed. Mr. President that was a dark, shameful and ignoble chapter in our history which still cries out for justice and reparations. Needless to say the pain of such horrendous events and numerous others that the Igbo have been subjected to by the Nigerian state and those that control it over the last fifty five years still haunts them. The truth is that regardless of the obvious contempt that you have for them the Igbo will continue to insist on justice, fairness and on having their rights respected in our country. If you refuse to address their numerous and legitimate grievances and you refuse to treat them with the understanding, sensitivity and compassion that they deserve, the agitation for self-determination, secession and the yearning for the establishment of a new nation called Biafra will wax stronger and stronger until it reaches dangerous and irresistible proportions. That is what you are toying with Mr. President and if that were to happen be rest assured that the Yoruba would take a cue from it and so would the people of the Niger Delta. It would effectively signify the beginning of the balkanisation of Nigeria. Whether you and those with your world view like to hear it or not, that is the bitter truth. May the Ancient of Days grant you the wisdom, knowledge and understanding to accept it and to do something about it. May the Lord of the Universe give you the foresight and the insight to appreciate the fact that Nigeria cannot survive a second civil war. Mr. President I sincerely hope that you do not take offence at my admonitions and counsel. I speak only out of concern for the fortunes of your administration, your reputation and out of love for my country. God bless Nigeria .Thanks For Visiting: Don't Forget to drop your comment..

Jennifer Lopez talks marriage as she covers InStyle magazine

JLo was in her element as she sizzled in a photoshoot for InStyle magazine. Speaking to the publication about marriage, the thrice-married performer revealed that while she has not written off marriage, it certainly isn't a priority anymore. 'I need to be happy on my own,' she explained. 'If someone fits into that, great. But if they don't, that's OK too. As girls, I think we are taught from a very young age that someone else is going to bring us our happiness. I was waiting for Prince Charming. Everybody I met was going to be the guy I was going to spend my life with. And then you realize, 'I'm strong' I'm my own keeper, my own savior. 'That's been the journey for me.'Thanks For Visiting: Don't Forget to drop your comment..

Teachers In Kwara State Embark On Indefinite Strike

Teachers in public primary and Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) in Kwara state yesterday went on strike despite pleas from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The teachers started the indefinite strike action yesterday over unpaid three months salaries. Senior Secondary Schools (SSS) classes went on as usual because the state government did not owe SSS teachers. Speaking with journalists, the state Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Alhaji Abubakar Musa, said the strike hd to take place due to non payment of October, November and December 2015 salary of the affected teachers. He said: “There is no way the hungry teachers could deliver effectively, it is better for teachers to stay at home until the Government is capable of paying them.” he said. The Kwara state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has appealed to the striking teachers to suspend the strike. In a release by its Publicity secretary, Alhaji Sulyman Buhari, said: “As a party, we wish to state that we feel the concerns and share in the pains of primary school teachers in Kwara State. Quite unfortunate, this issue is chiefly caused by the dwindling allocation from the federation account. “Therefore, it is not about non-payment of teachers’ salaries but non-availability of funds to pay salaries. It requires collective efforts to address rather than strike action, if the resources are available today, the Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed-led Kwara State Government will pay all teachers like it has always done in the past five years.” Thanks For Visiting: Don't Forget to drop your comment..

Tell Nigerians Where El Zakzaky is, Shiites Members ask FG

Three weeks after his arrest, members of the Islamic sect, Shi’ites, yesterday, asked the Federal Government to tell Nigerians the whereabout of their cleric, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife. The President of the Islamic Movement Media Forum (IMMF), Ibrahim Musa in a statement said: The condition and whereabouts of the Islamic Movement’s leader Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky as well as that of his wife, are still unknown, three weeks after their arrest and detention by the  security operatives. “The Islamic Movement as well as the general public are now seriously anxious. “Where is Sheikh Zakzaky and why has he been denied his constitutional rights to an attorney, bail and visitation? “If the government is truly interested in finding a peaceful way out of this crisis the army initiated and executed, as the government wants the public to believe, it should by now have allowed an unimpeded access to Sheikh Zakzaky. “First and foremost, his first family members and leading brothers of the Islamic Movement and his doctor should have met him by now, since he was shot by the soldiers when they attacked his residence. “We are highly agitated by this seeming needless incommunicado the Sheikh has been placed in. “The Federal Government should tell the public where Sheikh Zakzaky is, because rumours of various degrees are flying about his health. “We believe it is only when the Sheikh’s health condition is made public by the relevant authorities that the tension brewing among the populace will be doused.” Vanguard Thanks For Visiting: Don't Forget to drop your comment..

What The 14 year old girl Tyga was allegedly texting opens up

Celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred says her 14-year-old client has been forced to reveal her identity after Tyga repeatedly contacted her, and then OK! ran a story about it, claiming Kylie Jenner busted him. Allred held a news conference in NYC with the teenager, a model named Molly O'Malia ... who claims Tyga initiated the convo with her, and not the other way around. Molly O’Malia spoke about what was published in the magazine, saying “Even though OK magazine pixelated my face and did not use my name, a lot of people could tell it was me.” The ninth grade girl is an aspiring model and singer, who apparently has thousands of followers on social media sites. Since being exposed as Tyga’s side chick, the young 14 year old has hired famous celebrity lawyer, Gloria Allred, to represent her, and has not ruled out the possibility of taking legal action against both Tyga and the magazine that exposed her relationship to him. Allred said in a statement that Molly “ feels that she needs to speak out and so does her mom, people need to be accountable.” The young girl stepped forward in a press conference in Monday to share her account of the story. According to Molly and Allred, the young teenager’s relationship to Tyga has been completely digital, as they have not met in person. Tyga apparently contacted the girl after seeing her photos on Instagram, and Allred maintains that the rapper was not aware of Molly’s age at the time. Thanks For Visiting: Don't Forget to drop your comment..

Man arrested for raping a Minor

22-year-old Ganiu Amusa, was arrested by the Lagos State Police Command on Sunday for allegedly raping a five-year-old boy, in the Alakuko area of the state. It was gathered that Thompson, who lived with his family on Oremeji Street, had complained about pains in his anus when his mother, Adenike Ejigbo, gave him a bath. The boy was said to have tod his mum that Amusa had lured him to a place where he (Amusa) allegedly penetrated his anus. The mother was said to have raised the alarm and reported the matter at the Alakuko Police Division. But the case had been transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, on Monday for further investigation. A police source said that the suspect had confessed to the crime. He said: “The boy had been complaining about pains in his anus to his mother. He had been having pains since the day the suspect penetrated his anus. That was how the mother reported the matter at the police station. “The suspect did not deny the incident. He is blaming the devil. But the matter has been transferred to the SDCI, Yaba.” The Lagos State Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Aliyu Giwa, confirmed the arrest. Thanks For Visiting: Don't Forget to drop your comment..

Real Madrid Unveils Zidane as Head Coach

Zinedine Zidane has been unveiled as the new coach of Real Madrid. The club's president, Florentino Pérez, revealed the appointment at a press conference held at the Santiago Bernabéu otoday following the conclusion of the meeting of the club's Board of Directors: "Good evening, first of all thank you to everyone for being here at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. I appear before you to announce the agreements just reached by the Board of Directors of Real Madrid. Today we have made the difficult decision, particularly for me, to terminate the contract of Rafa Benítez as first-team coach. I wish to underline that he is a great professional and a magnificent person, and I would like to take this opportunity to place on record my gratitude to him for his hard work and dedication during his months as coach of Real Madrid". I would also like to announce that the Real Madrid Board of Directors have decided to name Zinedine Zidane as the new coach of the first team. There can be no doubt that Zidane is one of the game's all-time great figures. He knows better than anyone just what it means to lead the Real Madrid first-team squad. He's fully aware of how tough and at the same time how exciting this demanding position is. Furthermore, Zidane knows the players, as many of them lifted the club's tenth European Cup in Lisbon with him as assistant coach". Thanks For Visiting: Don't Forget to drop your comment..

Archbishop Desmond Tutu's daughter weds her lesbian partner...and he was there!

Reverend Mpho Tutu, daughter of South African social rights activist, retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu got married to her lesbian partner, Professor Marceline Furth in a private ceremony in the Netherlands on Wednesday December 30th, 2015. Mpho, a mother-of-two, is an ordained Episcopal priest. She was previously married to Joseph Burris, with whom she had her 2 children. The Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation confirmed that she married her partner in a small civil ceremony. This is both Tutu and Furth’s second marriage. In a statement, the foundation says the couple will have a wedding ceremony in Cape Town in May this year. Furth is a professor in paediatric infectious diseases at the Vrije University in Amsterdam. Thanks For Visiting: Don't Forget to drop your comment..

Super Eagles Coach Undergoing therapy

Amaju Pinnick, President of the Nigeria Football Federation has said he is in contact with doctors treating Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh and that the former Nigeria captain will soon be back in the country hale and hearty. Sunday Oliseh has been out of the country receiving treatment since leading the home based Super Eagles to a 2-0 win over Chad but couldn’t lead the team for the second leg as he was flown to Belgium for treatment.


“Oliseh is getting better. He is human and anybody can break down any time. I speak directly with the doctors and we are confident he will be back soon as he is still undergoing therapy. All he needs is a good rest,”
Oliseh is expected to be in back in action when the Super Eagles face Niger at the 2016 African Nations Championship on January 18.
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UNIJOS STRIKE UPDATE

GREATEST JOSSITES!!! Compliments of the season to all beloved amiable and distinctive GREAT JOSSITES. Glory, honour and praise to God for allowing us be part of the year 2016. We want to use this medium to condole with the families of all the wonderful jossites we lost last year, and may their souls Rest in Perfect Peace. It has become imperative for me to address u at this point in time to brief u on d journey so far as it regards the the ongoing strike by the academic staff union of universities (unijos chapter). We will recall that ASUU on the 22,Oct 2015 embarked on an indefinite strike halting all academic exercise in d university of Jos.its Sardonic that the great cancer and epidemic hazard that has been of great disaster to Nigerian university students romanced our beloved institution,thereby forcefully sending students out of the classrooms back home. At the kick-off of the strike, ASUU took a firm stand not to co-habit under any auspices to liaise and negotiate with the management, except if their request and demands are fully granted. The reality dawned on us as a committee that the resolution made by ASUU for no negotiations with management of university of jos was going to propel the density of the strike and elongate the duration of this strike, indirectly keeping Jossites at home, and delaying the bright and great future of Jossites. As union leaders we immediately consulted the leadership of ASUU and pleaded with them to go back to the negotiating table as we are the ones greatly at lost as a result of the strike. After rigorous persuasion and pleading from me and my committee members and other union stakeholders, ASUU agreed to honour the negotiation call made by the management. After a couple of meeting between the management and ASUU, we as a caretaker committee saw it fit to swing into further action to facilitate the speedy call-off of the strike, we met with some members of the Governing council of the university and other stakeholders within and outside the university to help intercede in the matter for the interest of the students. The Governing council heed to our plea and came down to the university to intercede and ensure that ASUU and the management come to terms forthwith. I want to inform u that negotiations between management of university of Jos and ASUU is in an advanced stage n about rounding up.We want to appreciate Jossites for the patience exercised from the on set of the strike. It is our earnest desire, wish and believe that the strike will be called off in this coming days. We want to promise that we as a caretaker committee will not rest, and will work round the clock to ensure that we go back to our classrooms as soon as possible. We plead with you all to exercise more patience, remain calm and optimistic. God willing we shall be called back to attend to our academics immediately. Thank you all for your show of love, support and understanding. As a committee we want wish you all a very great new year. May all your heart desires and wishes for this year be granted you.
Long Live Unijos.
Long Live great JOSSITES. Long live our great country Nigeria
Remain bless!!!
Signed: Comrd Dashe Nansak aka Aluta Nasky (SUG Caretaker Chairman unijos). .Don't Forget to drop your comment..