OMOADE'S BLOG: 2015-03-08

Saturday, March 14, 2015

“How Long Are We Going To Be Slaves To DSTV?”--Etcetera

He really needs no introduction anymore, the controversial writer and singer, Etcetera is back again..
This time he’s expressing his mind over the increment of DSTV fees.
Read what he wrote below: –

Powerlifter Julia Vins was born in the city of Engels, says, “People know me as “muscle Barbie” I like this comparison. It’s nice. I have these big, beautiful eyes and wear make-up. But at the same time, I’m strong. I can deadlift 180kg in training.
I want to become as big as possible. Everyone has an opinion on what I look like – they either respect my work or reprimand me for being a muscly girl. But to be honest, I’ve noticed that the guys who are negative about my athleticism are just jealous.

The South African government has expressed concerns over the use of South Africans as mercenaries in Nigeria in the war against the Boko Haram terrorist group.
Although, the Nigerian government through the coordinator of the National Information Centre, Mr Mike Omeri, said the foreigners were being used as training partners, South Africa says its men may be involved in fighting.
Nigeria recently acquired helicopter gunships and tanks from South Africa and former Soviet Union countries and needs technical assistance to handle the facility.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that a total of 12, 929,204 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are yet to be collected.
According to an update on the breakdown of PVCs collected so far by the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Kayode Idowu, a total of 55,904,272 million or 81.22 per cent has been distributed out of 68,833,476 million PVCs produced.
According to INEC, the figure released was based on the number of PVCs collected as of March 12.
Following the rescheduling of the general elections, INEC had extended the deadline for collection of PVCs till March 8 with a further extension announced last Sunday till March 22, which is six days to the presidential election.

Nigerians in the United States of America have expressed dissatisfaction with the postponement of the general elections, insisting that efforts must be made to ensure elections hold as rescheduled.
They said they were monitoring events back home ahead of the March 28 polls, stressing how critical holding the elections are.
Channels Television’s correspondent in Washington, Maria Byrd, said many Nigerians in the U.S. are using social media and other forms of advocacy to influence the electoral process.

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The Esama of Benin Kingdom, Sir Gabriel Igbinedion, has vowed that those who connived to burn down the studio of his television station, Independent Television, would not escape God’s wrath.
The studio was last Saturday gutted by fire.
Igbinedion, who spoke while inspecting what remained of the studio after it was gutted by fire, said it was senseless for anybody to attribute the cause of the fire to power surge.
The Esama said he received several threats through text messages and telephone calls about a possible attack and reported same to relevant security agencies in the state.
“We have been pre-warned and had enough threat. More than four occasions, I sent letters of threat and telephone calls to the police and the Director of DSS.

I will never in my life support violence against women but the look on the face of that woman on the left has me in stitches. Lol. So here's the story. A man who spent close to $10,000 on flight, accommodation and other expenses to meet a woman he met online attacked her after claiming she didn't look anything like her profile picture. Left is the woman, 32 year old Xiaojin Tuan and right is the photo she used on her online profile...
The man, 35 year old Huang Mao, said he felt deceived because he thought he was coming to meet the 'goddess' she described herself to be in her WeChat snap.

Two blasts, Saturday evening, went off at one of the camps accommodating thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri metropolis. The explosions happened at about 6:15pm
Vanguard quoted unconfirmed sources to have said that the incident took place at Yerwa Government Girls Secondary School. Others said that the incident occurred at Arabic Teacher’s College, Maiduguri. The two schools share a fence, but no educational activities have been happening in either schools in recent times, as they have become camps accommodating some IDPs in Borno.

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                                                                         By Femi Salawu
                      They all have two things in common; they are all celebrities in their own spaces and they all are blessed with a set of twin babies each.
                          Inspired by Nadia Buari’s latest bundle of joy, Entertainment Express brings you everything you need to know about these lucky set of six Nigerian celebrity mothers of twin children.

A monk has shocked many by sitting in a pot of boiling water while praying..The YouTube video of the monk in Thailand praying calmly in a pot of boiling oil has gone viral online, leaving shocked viewers wondering how the monk did it without writhing in pains.
According to Bangkok Post, the monk looks at ease despite sitting in a vessel of oil with fire raging underneath. He is also seen sharing his magical powers with others by touching objects that they pass to him. His followers believe that his touch can make their amulets or pieces of fabric powerful. These objects are apparently sold to the locals and other places of worship.

President Goodluck Jonathan, Friday, presented letters of employment into the Nigerian Immigration Service to 33 members of the 15 families who lost sons and daughters during the Service’s recruitment exercise last year. He also gave them N5 million each, in fulfillment of his promise that three members each from the families of those who lost their lives would be compensated.
The event which took place at the press briefing room of the presidential Villa had in attendance the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro as well as the Comptroller General of Immigration, David Paradang, the supervising Minister of Information, Edem Duke and other government officials.

This Lady Said She Is Always Mistaken For Nicki Minaj (See How She Looks)

Chai!! Make i no talk!!

Another suicide bomb vest duly primed by the terroristsTroops fighting against the Boko Haram Terrorists in Nigeria’s north-east have discovered a Bomb Making factory in Yobe State.
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) used by terrorists were found in the factory.
In a Statement on Friday, the spokesman for the military, Major General Chris Olukolade, said the discovery was made during ongoing cordon and search by troops in Buni Yadi, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have been causing quite the commotion during their flock of appearances at Paris Fashion Week --
and last night's stop at the Louis Vuitton show was certainly no different. The proud pair sat front and center as they checked out the catwalk.For the show, Kanye wore a ripped shirt, black jeans and his favorite pair of suede boots. Blondie Kim opted for a sexy black dress and a pair of killer heels. They certainly know how to make a style statement!

I’ve No Personal Religious Agenda, Buhari Reassures Nigerians • Accuses PDP Of Using Religion To Divide Nigeria

The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), said in Kaduna on Wednesday that it was part of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party’s antics to use religion to divide Nigerians in forging a common front on the inevitable change they desire in the country ahead of the rescheduled March 28 presidential election.
According to him, the PDP was only using religion, which he described as a “matter of personal conviction”, to divide the country.
Buhari, who spoke through his running mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, at an inter-faith engagement in Kaduna on Wednesday, said, “And they have succeeded in making some of us victims of the tales, which they invent, propagate and sell as the gospel truth to gullible listeners; while it is all nothing but tissues of lies”.
The former head of state noted that in spite of what detractors had said and still saying, he was not a religious fanatic of any sort “and I have never been”, he stressed.

A recent survey conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics revealed the 10 poorest states in Nigeria with over 70% poverty rate.

Maj.-Gen. Lamidi Adeosun, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, has said that in spite of challenges, terrorism will not defeat the Nigerian Armed Forces.
Mr. Adeosun, who spoke when he received a team of newsmen on tour of communities recently recaptured from the Boko Haram insurgents in his office in Maiduguri, vowed that the military will defeat the insurgents.
“Terrorism will not define the Nigerian Armed Forces.
“The armed forces of Nigeria will define the space that is Nigeria and recover every inch of our territory and ensure that terrorism is defeated in our land”, he said.

Police chief: Ferguson shooting 'an ambush'

(CNN)Two police officers shot and wounded while standing guard outside the Ferguson, Missouri, police department early Thursday were deliberately targeted in what a police official called an "ambush."

Such ambush-style attacks were the leading method in the surging number of shooting deaths of law enforcement officers, according to the nonprofit, Washington-based National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

The shootings were a chilling low point in the nonstop protests in the city since a Ferguson police officer shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in August.

An explosive device has injured five police officers and two other people in the Colombian capital Bogota in the early hours.

The device, which was packed with shrapnel, went off as a police convoy was driving through the southern neighbourhood of Quiroga.
It is not yet clear who may be behind the attack.
Small-scale explosions are not unusual in the capital, but this device seems more complex than previous ones.

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Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has challenged President Goodluck Jonathan to dissociate himself from the “hate speeches” credited to his wife Patience Jonathan and others that could lead to electoral violence ahead of the elections scheduled for March 28 and April 11.
Fashola made the statement, yesterday, during a courtesy visit by the officials of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) at the Lagos House, Marina, led by its chairman, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu who visited him to seek support on the need to avoid violence and ensure free and fair contest in the forthcoming elections.
The governor lamented that the ‘hate Speeches’ made in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates, especially the President had created panic in the country, saying “People are leaving the country out of fear.”

One Dr. Daniel Ikebuilo, medical director in charge of Ikemefune Hospital and Maternity Ngbuike Umunachi in Anambra State, has been Arrested by the Delta State Police Command in Asaba. Along side a gang of armed robbers and six kidnap suspects.

DSP Charles Muka, acting police public relations officer in the state who confirmed the arrest of the medical doctor and other suspects, told

Journalists yesterday in Asaba at a media briefing that the suspects were arrested on a tipoff upon report by one Kingsley Mordi, chairman of Issele-Azagba Vigilante Group in company of one
Rosemary Chukwu, a pregnant lady, that the said Rosemary was brought to Issele- Azgba Town by one Uwandu Kelechi who deceitfully promised to help her following her condition.

The Nigerian Senate has defended its decision Wednesday, to confirm President Goodluck Jonathan’s nomination of Musiliu Obanikoro for a ministerial appointment despite the latter’s alleged involvement in the Ekiti governorship election rigging saga.
The All Progressives Congress senators, who staged a walk-out following the majority voice votes that allowed Obanikoro to ‘take a bow’, a privilege reserved for former lawmakers, accused the Senate President, David Mark, of setting a dangerous precedence by ignoring the opposition to Obanikoro’s nomination by all the senators from his state – Lagos.

The Oyo State Police Command has rescued 78-year-old owner of Bond Chemicals and National Life VicePresident of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry Mines and Agriculture, Chief Adebowale Omotoso.
Omotoso was rescued in Ajia, a remote village in the Egbeda Local Government Area of Ibadan.The police said $1m was demanded from Omotoso’s family.
According to Punch, those arrested on Monday in connection with the crime are a mother of three, Bisi Babatunde (32), who was based in Port Harcourt; Oladipupo Abayomi (23), Alabi Olufemi, who is the gang driver; Isiaka Kazeem, Ayobami Musa (23), Ajayi Olaniyi (40) and Shittu Olaide (28).

Stunning Nicki Minaj showed off her massive curves on the set of new video for 'The Night Is Still Young' on Wednesday.Speaking to Mailonline, she talked about glorifying curvy girls

'I felt like we had come to a place where we were all worshipping the skinny girls, and I I think that we always need to be reminded there are lots of different kinds of girls out there and they need to feel like we represent them too.'

A Canadian woman died after a grey whale crashed into the tourist boat she was on off Mexico's Pacific coast.
The woman had been snorkelling off the north-western resort of Cabo San Lucas.
The exact circumstances of the incident are unclear. Firefighters say the whale jumped up and landed on the boat, throwing the victim into the water.

The National Assembly has cut down its budget from N150 billion ($751 million) to N120 billion ($600 million) to accommodate the shortfall in expected government revenue as oil prices continue to fall.
The legislators have also settled on $53 per barrel as the official oil benchmark for the 2015 budget. This development came following a meeting where both chambers of the National Assembly converged to deliberate based on their respective positions on the 2015 budget benchmark.

Find the EFCC press statement below...

A suspected fraudster, Emeofa Michael Ikechukwu (Alias Michael Briggs) was on March 10, 2015 docked before Justice H.A Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court Port Harcourt, Rivers State by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 9-count charge bordering on personation, forgery and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of more than $127,457. The accused person allegedly obtained the sum from his Swiss girlfriend whom he tricked into investing in a non- existent timber business. Ikechukwu allegedly met his victim on a dating site in February 2013 and struck a relationship that blossomed into promise of marriage. “Michael Briggs”, introduced himself to his victim as a timber tycoon who was in

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“Birds of darkness, assigned to trouble my star, die, in the name of Jesus Christ. I destroy every form of limitation in my life** #UNBOTHERED”

Federal Government Has Spent More Than N34bn On Education In Kano – Sambo

The Vice President, Namadi Sambo, has said that the Federal Government, has so far spent over N34 billion on the provision of various developmental programmes and projects in higher institutions in Kano State.
Sambo disclosed this at an interactive session with members of the Bayero University Kano (BUK) community, when he visited to commission and lay the foundation for various projects.
According to him, the money was spent through intervention programmes under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND). This, he said, was because, the government was conscious of the fact that education was the bedrock for any meaningful development in the society.

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday confirmed Musiliu Obanikoro as a federal minister, appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan.
The Senate approved Mr. Obanikoro’s nomination as a minister, Wednesday, after repeated deferments, despite protests from senators from Lagos State, Mr. Obanikoro’s home state, and other opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, who had vowed to stop the clearance over the Ekiti scandal.

                 Like other human beings, celebrities too have their strengths and limitations. Yet they are deified to an embarrassing degree.
           That is why, when they act or say stupid things, it tickles us so enormously. The illusion that they are not perfect is smashed and we all have fun taking pot shots at their mug. This article is not meant to be offensive to anyone. In fact, I assure you that the writer of this piece is extremely low in grey cells as well.
         That is why perhaps it is so much fun profiling kindred spirits from around the world. Celebrities are such icons of pop culture that it is criminal not to outline the stupid things they say or do, in a completely non vindictive way. I would like to say before hand that all ten of these celebs are perfectly nice and kind people. This list is just for a spot of fun.

Sara Bahai's decision to become Afghanistan's only known female taxi driver has earned her alot of death threats..Bahai, now around 40 years old, had already spent much of her life defying taboos in Afghanistan, where women are widely regarded as inferior to men and discouraged from working outside the home.
According to AP,She never married, she said, because she had to support her parents and siblings and feared a husband would prevent her from working. With no children of her own she adopted two boys, now both in high school. When Taliban insurgents shot and killed her brother-in-law, she took in her sister and seven nieces and nephews. She now supports a dozen people.

A baby born in India with a head attached to its stomach was given a lifesaving surgery to remove it.
The baby girl who was born to a 22-year-old woman Amlekha Bairva at a small government-run hospital on FEB13, had the head of her parasitic twin attached to her stomach.
The baby was rushed to another hospital in Jaipur, northern India and 13 days later, a team of doctors successfully detached the head – which was completely formed and attached by the neck to the stomach – in a 90-minute operation.

Prof. Wole Soyinka has condemned the use of crude and vulgar abuse of language during electioneering campaigns in the country. He also fingered the presidency as the major culprit.

Speaking yesterday in Lagos at the public presentation of a book titled “Modern and Tradition Elite in the Politics of Lagos” written by Ambassador Patrick Dele Cole, he said Nigerians have never been so subjected to what he called “sheer venom, crudity and vulgar abuse of language in such prodigal quantities as in this current political exercise”,

Amber Rose & Blac Chyna make it rain at the strip club(Photos)

Besties Amber and Chyna both made an appearance at Ace of Diamonds nightclub in Hollywood, and reportedly splashed 10k dollars on strippers.
Worthy of note is the fact that, Wiz Khalifa was at the same nightclub last week, making it rain on strippers .

Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha and Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola were both spotted at a party event recently where they were playing around
At least seven governors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), whose names kept secret, are in private meeting with the leaders of All Progressive Congress, APC, on Monday, March 9.
Speaking at the APC Rally in Mile 2 area of Lagos, Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha claimed that no fewer that seven governors from the Peoples Democratic Party are in Lagos and ready to discuss with the APC leadership the possibility of promoting General Muhammadu Buhari as the next president of the country.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Monday said his administration and the All Progressives Congress have been delivering on electoral promises made to Lagosians.
The governor, however, said that the same could not be said of the Peoples Democratic Party-controlled Federal Government, which had not been able to fulfil many of its promises, including the construction of the Second Niger Bridge.
Fashola spoke during the inauguration of the 2.18 kilometres Glover Road in the Ikoyi area of Lagos.
The governor noted that the inauguration was the fulfillment of the promise made during the inauguration of the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge, where he promised to upgrade some roads in Ikoyi.
He added that Glover Road was the first to be upgraded.

The fire outbreak at an ATM terminal that occurred yesterday March 9th close to the cloak room at UNILAG library

Cause of the fire has not been ascertained and thankfully, there was no injury.

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While the residents of Maiduguri metropolis were trying to overcome the shock of the last weekend multiple explosion, the town was again was thrown into another pandemonium Tuesday when another heavy bomb blast hit the famous Monday Market Maiduguri killing at least 34 people with 42 others injured.
Hamisu who identified himself as a commercial driver who dropped passengers just before the El-Kanami round about near the market some few meters from the spot of the blast told our correspondent that “ I was in my car (Volkswagen Golf) dropping passengers that I picked from Gomari straight to Kasuwa through the Post Office peacefully and smoothly. When the last passenger was alighting from the car and I was giving change to the other passengers, then I heard heavy strange sound that shook everywhere and anything that was around the place, Hamisu Said.

An Oshodi Customary Court in Lagos State has dissolved the five-year-old marriage between a couple, Yinka and Tolu Adesoji.
Tolu, of Mafoluku Road, Oshodi, Lagos, expressed her joy over the judgment, saying:
"Thank God, I am free from this juju man’.
“My husband put charms on me because he did not trust me, he thought I was promiscuous. I almost lost my life before my relations came to the rescue.

Wife of the presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hajiya Aisha Buhari, Monday, donated assorted drugs and other relief materials to victims of the multiple suicide bomb attacks last weekend in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, which left over 50 persons dead and scores injured.
Mrs. Buhari presented the items through the Borno State Governor’s wife, Hajiya Nana Kashim Shettima, at the State Specialist Hospital Maiduguri.

According to words reaching us,

Occurred in Kano, the Vice President Namadi Sambo had a raw deal in the hands of suspected thugs in Kano, Monday, when he was held hostage for 20 minutes before a negotiated settlement.

The incident occurred at the old campus of Bayero University Kano shortly after the number two citizen rounded up official engagement in the university.

Future's Baby Mama and Singer Ciara got people talking as photos from her new single surfaced the internet.

She went without Top with a satin looking over flowing flay skirt.

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The apex northern socio-cultural group, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on Monday lampooned the Coordinator of the Odua Peoples Congress, OPC, Otunba Gani Adams, over his call for the sack of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega.
The OPC leader, according to the ACF, had called for the sack of the INEC boss on the basis of the distribution of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVC), introduction of card readers and the creation of 30,000 polling units, which he claimed was to the advantage of the north.

President Goodluck Jonathan has announced the disengagement of Martin Luther Agwai as chairman of the federal government’s Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P).

The special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Reuben Abati, made the announcement, in a terse statement on Tuesday.
He however failed to explain the reasons for the sudden removal Agwai.
He only said Agwai would be replaced by Ishaya Dare Akau “with immediate effect”.
The statement reads,

Press statement from APC;

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked the myth being peddled by the PDP that Gen. Buhari will spend only one term in office if elected President, saying it is the creation of the PDP which is seeking to play a section of the country against another.

"The APC will not abridge the right of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari to spend the constitutionally-guaranteed two terms as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria if elected in the March 28th poll,'' the party said in a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

2015 Gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Alliance, Alex Otti and his team of supporters were brutally attacked by thugs wielding machetes and guns at Ndioru village, Ikwuano LGA. Otti posted this on his facebook page;

Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are gathered in Lagos for a meeting aimed at ensuring credible general elections.
During an interactive session with journalists on Monday night ahead of a scheduled meeting slated to hold on Tuesday, Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, said the postponement of the election has helped to reduce the tension in the country, especially following the victory recorded by the military in the northeast.

Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum and Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Godswill Akpabio, explained that the forum’s meeting was not convened due to panic or pressure from any quarters.

AIT Fire Was Caused By High Voltage, Only AC Was Damaged

Tragedy was averted on Monday morning after fire engulfed the studio of the African Independent Television, Lagos State.

It was learnt that the fire started at 9am after an air conditioner in the studio was affected by high voltage electricity.

Men of the Lagos State Fire Service from Agege, Ikeja and Alausa divisions were said to have been mobilised to the scene around 9.30am in three water trucks.

Director of Fire Service, Rasak Fadipe, said his men arrived the scene 15 minutes after it got a call

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