OMOADE'S BLOG: 2015-05-03

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Man-U Close In On Top-Four Spot, Beat Palace 2-1

Marouane Fellaini heads home late on to secure 2-1 victory at Crystal Palace with Louis van Gaal’s side one win from ensuring Champions League place.

Letails later…

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, said on Saturday in Kaduna that for electing a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, the people of the state had chosen a competent leader.
Sanusi led the Kano Emirate Council to congratulate el-Rufai, who he described as “competent and capable” on his victory at the April 11 governorship election in the state.

El-Rufai defeated incumbent governor Mulkhtar Yero at the poll.

Though he belongs to the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the euphoria from the party’s victory at the last general elections is not lost on him to close his eyes on key issues the incoming government should do to be different from the outgoing People’s Democratic Party, PDP.
To this end, Chief Sam Nkire, former a National Chairman of the Progressive People’s Alliance, PPA in this interview asked the president-elect, General Mohmmadu Buhari to step on toes if he wants to succeed. Amongst other things, he warns him against abandoning the common man who voted for him.

Even though he is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, he still sees good in what outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan did on the heels of the March 28 presidential election. According to him, had Jonathan behaved like some Africa leaders and refused to concede defeat, Nigeria would have boiled. But his swift telephone call to the winner of the March 28 presidential election, now president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, to congratulate him even before the results were officially announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, brought peace. For that, a former governor of Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu, amongst other things in this interview, says Jonathan deserves the Nobel Prize for Peace. Excerpts:

This just so embarrassing! Why can't Nigerians stop this drug trafficking especially those countries their law is death sentence for anyone caught with drugs! Too bad!
So, Onyejiekwe Morgan Chinemerem, 29, was arrested by the Metropolitan Police in his rented room in Bangkok for masterminding the sale of crystal methamphetamine and cocaine.

The charges leveled against him include the possession of crystal methamphetamine (31.47g) and cocaine (889.63g) with the intention to sell. The police got tips that Nigerian men living on the 9th floor of Building 17 of the HR Residence have been involved in the sale of hard drugs.

Popular singer, 9ice recently contested for the Federal House of Representatives, Ogbomosho North/Ogbomosho South/Orire Federal Constituency on the platform of his party, APC but lost out at the primaries.
However, in this edition as our Showtime Celebrity, the lanky singer revealed that he has not given up on his political ambition, and says he even aspires to become the governor of Oyo State. He also speaks on his relationship with his estranged wife, Toni Payne. Excerpts:

Hitmen shot and seriously wounded on Friday the controversial former police chief of Ciudad Juarez, whose tenure was marked by a sharp drop in murders in Mexico’s ex-homicide capital.
Lieutenant colonel Julian Leyzaola Perez was hit at around noon after his wife and daughter left his car to go into a shop near a border crossing into Texas, authorities said.

Up to 30 people were killed when the Iraqi security forces thwarted a jail-break of more than 150 detainees held for terrorism charges in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, a provincial security source said on Saturday.
The attempt started when a group of detainees took the gun of a guard during his tour late on Friday night in the jail of the police headquarters in the city of Khalis, just west of the provincial capital city of Baquba, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

OMG!!!! Man Stabs Girlfriend To Death In Bayelsa, Attempts Suicide

Tragedy struck yesterday at the Agudama suburb of Yenagoa the Bayelsa State capital when a man in his late thirties stabbed his girlfriend to death and attempted to kill himself by drinking poisonous substance suspected to be sniper.

The deceased identified as Rita Abalorun, aged 35, was reportedly stabbed with a knife by her boy friend simply known as James.

The tragic incident, Saturday Vanguard learnt, occurred at about 11.20 am at the lovers’ residence at the sleepy Agudama settlement in the outskirts of Yenagoa.
Though the motive of the attack could not be immediately ascertained as the suspect (James), was found unconscious in a nearby bush and is yet to give his statement to the police.

He was said to have dealt his girlfriend a deadly stab following a bitter quarrel over his alleged indecent affairs with the deceased sister.

Yemenis Ordered To Leave Saada Province

The Arab coalition carried out air strikes on Friday in Yemen’s Saada, a bastion of Houthi rebels, and warned all civilians to leave the restive province after declaring the entire territory a “military target.”
Saudi state television channel Al Ekhbariya said on Friday that the entire region would become a military target, as General Ahmed al-Asiri, the military spokesman for the coalition, said leaflets had been dropped in the Old Saada district urging residents to leave by 19:00 local time (16:00 GMT) on Friday.

The Supreme Court on Friday set aside the Court of Appeal decision which overruled an interlocutory application by five brothers.
The Okoye brothers, Ebele, Ejike, Chizoba, Chika and Onyeka, were on May 24, 2006, arraigned by the police before an Awka Magistrates’ Court on a seven-count charge of conspiracy and assault.

The charges among others bordered on conspiracy to commit felony and serious assault on police officers and malicious damages to property.

Blood bath is now looming at the Bridgehead market, Onitsha, Anambra state, as Board of Trustees, BoT of the market under the aegis of Onitsha Bridgehead Market Traders Association, OBMTA condemned the delay by the state government to conduct an election that will produce executive members of the association, as scheduled.
A three-man peace committee had after meeting with the trustees of the market and officials of the state Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Industry, scheduled the election for March 15, 2015 but the exercise could not hold.

No fewer than six more permanent staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abia State were said to have been invited for interrogation by detectives at the Zone 9 Police Headquarters over an alleged attempt to steal card readers from the Umuahia office of the commission.
This is coming 48 hours after two Information Communication Technology employees of INEC, Herbert Ejimofor and Nnamdi Nwabuko, were quizzed by the police for allegedly attempting to smuggle seven card readers from INEC strong-room.

Adefunmilayo Tejuosho is the only female of about eight members-elect to the Lagos State House of Assembly, LSHA vying to become speaker. Currently spending her fourth term as member representing Mushin Constituency 1 in this interview she gives reasons why her aspiration should bear fruit. Excerpts:

Social media platforms are the ideal avenue for individuals to connect with the world. From Facebook to twitter, the opportunities for one-on-one and one-to-many interactions are limitless. However, when it comes to teams, there haven’t been many platforms designed to foster teamspirit…until recently at the Google Campus in the United Kingdom where Nigerian tech-preneur, Mr Yinka Olugbodi recently changed the social media landscape with Teamspirit which he calls the first global team oriented social network services.

MOTORISTS and residents in Effurun have cried out over the spate of robberies at Effurun Roundabout in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, following the commissioning of the new flyover.
Those that spoke to Vanguard yesterday, said the absence of security lights on the N4.1 billion flyover delivered last month by Delta State government to reduce gridlock at the roundabout, has made the place unsafe, with criminals cashing in to rob and attack motorists and pedestrians.

President Goodluck Jonathan and Senate President, Sen. David Mark

AS the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, continues to bicker over its poor performance at the last general elections, Senate President, David Mark, yesterday, warned that the party will die if the leadership, stakeholders and members did not urgently nip in the bud all internal squabbles and media hostilities.
The Senate President said the party is already in coma and haemorrhaging, warning that further squabbling by its leaders would lead to the death of the party.

Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Selling Their New Orleans Mansion

Husband and wife actors, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are selling their New Orleans mansion they bought after Hurricane Katrina. They bought the mansion a year later for $3.5 million and said they would remain embedded in the community.
Brad and Angelina were true to their words and spent a substantially amount of time in the city with their family.

But now they’re moving on, selling the 5 bedroom, 3.2 bathroom home in the French Quarter.

The All Progressives Congress on Thursday said it had yet to receive handover notes from the Federal Government.
This was contained in a statement in Abuja by the National Publicity Secretary of APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

According to the statement, transitional committees on both sides are yet to meet.

The President–elect, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, says he will kill corruption before it kills Nigeria when his administration takes off on May 29.
Buhari said this when members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Akwa Ibom Chapter, paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja on Thursday.
He said the nation’s problems were not ethnic or religious corruption.
He said tackling corruption was third on his agenda, after insecurity and unemployment.
“So the point I want to make here is that the problem of Nigeria is not ethnic or religious, it is corruption.

Nawaoo! An unidentified woman was rescued from River Kathita in Meru, today after a failed attempt to commit suicide following her inability to provide school fees for her children. Residents of the community who were using the river at the time she attempted suicide, saw her and saved her.
More photos below;

NO fewer than two persons have been killed and property worth millions of naira destroyed at Olomoro in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, following an intra-communal crisis that erupted in the area. It was gathered that the crisis was triggered by the alleged killing of a member of the community’s vigilance team from Egbo quarters, while trying to mediate a fracas between three suspected cultists from Uruabe quarters.
Sources said the deceased, who was renowned for his anti-cultism activities in the community, was allegedly clubbed to death after he was overpowered by his assailants who also inflicted gunshot and machete injuries on him. A source, who sought anonymity, said tension heightened when angry youths from Egbo quarters went on rampage, killing the father of one of the suspected cultists and burning buildings belonging to their families.

Call them Nepa or power holding, all na same..lol.. So, The House of Representatives had to temporarily suspend plenary on Tuesday due to power outage that lasted over 30minutes.
Immediately power was restored all the air conditioners installed in the Green Chamber suddenly stopped functioning.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday arraigned Muhammed Gital who is a former Chief of Staff to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Bala Mohammed, before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja on land fraud related offences.
The EFCC said in a statement by its Head, Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, that Gital was arraigned alongside, Deputy Director, Mass Housing at the Federal Capital Development Authority, Sani Abba.

The Central African Republic will take legal action against the French soldiers accused of raping children in exchange for food at a refugee camp, the country's justice minister said Wednesday.
"Legal action will be pursued... These are still very serious acts," said Justice Minister Aristide Sokambi, insisting his nation was not targeting France but individual soldiers.

Several children -- the youngest just nine -- allege that 14 soldiers dispatched to the impoverished nation as part of a peacekeeping force sexually abused some of them in exchange for food between December 2013 and June 2014.

I heard she is a Ghollywood actress...hmmmm! I am just speechless :-)

No be small thing ooooooooooooooooooooo

World’s record body-building dwarf, Anton Kraft, who is the first man of his kind to lift four times his own body weight, has found love in a transgender, 6.3 ft taller than him.
According to the 52-year-old Denmark body builder, his beau, China Bell, aged 43 is his inspiration while China also says what got her attracted to her dwarf lover are his weightlifting abilities.

A 33-year-old trailer driver, who reportedly stabbed his friend to death on Monday night at Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos State, has confessed that his action was a mistake he regretted.It was learned that the suspect, identified as Tunde Azeez, allegedly stabbed Lukmon Ayedun with a broken bottle at 8:42pm during a brawl.

Azeez, a father of one from Ogbomosho, told Vanguard:

The Lagos State police command on Wednesday arraigned a 19-year-old man, Tunde Ahmed for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl.
NAN reports that the accused was arraigned at an Apapa Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on a two-count charge of child defilement and indecent treatment of a child.

The 19-year-old accused, who resides at Abule Ado area of Lagos State, allegedly defiled his neighbour daughter after he lured her into his room.

A yet to be identified man and an indigene of Ido Ekiti has been killed in a Wednesday kidnap operation of a senior Nurse working with the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti, Mrs Margaret Aladeneka.
The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Majekodunmi Ayodele, who revealed this on Thursday to journalists also raised the alarm over Wednesday invasion by some youth who accused the hospital of not giving preference to indigenes in employment exercise.

In what was like a fare-well speech, President Goodluck Jonathan, Thursday, affirmed that his administration at the onset recognized the strength and vision of the youth, that was why it worked with urgency to help them define their path, through the sustenance of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
Jonathan who spoke at the Swearing-in Ceremony of 2015 Batch ‘A’ ‎Stream I corps members, deployed to Lagos State, at the NYSC Orientation Camp, in Iyana-Ipaja, boasted that with the necessary appropriation, his government was committed to supporting the NYSC scheme, thus positioning it as a leading light of youth organizations in world.

Just like Kim Kardashian who took inspiration from Beyonce's 2012 MET Gala gown, Beyonce took inspiration from late Lisa Lopes 'Left eye ' of TLC.She rocked a similar dress to the 1997 MTV awards..

Looks so similar.

Read These 10 Biblical Names That Are Forbidden In Nigeria

Names are very significant and powerful. In Nigeria, stringent values are attached to names because they are believed to have spiritual, psychological or superstitious (as the case may be) effects on the bearer.
But in other parts of the world, Europe and America in particular, names appear to be mere identity. That is why they bear names like ‘Hazard’, ‘Sand’, ‘Stove’, ‘Weed’, ‘Alien’, ‘Ghost’ etc.

In Nigeria, it is strongly believed that the name a child bears has a vital role to play in what he becomes in future. Names are linked with historical events, particularly when such names are biblical. Therefore, there are some biblical names that are ‘forbidden’ in Nigeria.

One of the first major tasks the administration of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari will have to contend with will be how to finance the 2015 budget in the wake of low oil price and rising threats from declining revenue.
This becomes very critical when viewed against the backdrop of the tough economic conditions witnessed over the last couple of months in the country, especially in the area of declining crude oil and gas receipts and Federal Government’s inability to meet some of its financial obligations.

The picture above is a vehicle which was allegedly said to have ran over a bridge and somersaulted at Oshodi Bridge. Hmmm na wa oh!!

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance, said that N145.2 billion had been set aside for payment of subsidy on petroleum products in the 2015 budget.
Okonjo-Iweala said this on Tuesday in Abuja while addressing newsmen on the changes made in the 2015 budget recently passed by the National Assembly.

She said that N100 billion was set aside for subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) while N45.2 billion for kerosene.

BET and Africa.com are joining forces to present Africa Straight Up, an inspiring documentary that goes behind the headlines to delve deep into the rich, complex truths about contemporary Africa.
Taking a comprehensive look at the story of Africa and the African diaspora, Africa Straight Up features contributions from businessman Aliko Dangote, economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, philanthropist and entrepreneur Mo Ibrahim, entrepreneur Tony Elumelu, and musicians Lira (South Africa) and M.I. (Nigeria).

Floyd Mayweather Jr. throws a left at Manny Pacquiao during their welterweight unification championship bout on May 2, 2015 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Al Bello/Getty Images/AFP

Floyd Mayweather has said he is willing to grant Manny Pacquiao a rematch following the Filipino boxer’s disclosure that a shoulder injury hampered his performance in last weekend’s world title showdown, ESPN reported Tuesday.
ESPN reported that Mayweather had told journalist Stephen A. Smith in a text message that he was ready to don gloves once again after Pacquiao recovers from surgery to repair a rotator cuff.

The United States Consul-General, Jeffrey Hawkins, has said the news media should enjoy the needed freedom if democracy is to thrive in Nigeria.
He said this on Tuesday during his opening remarks to mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day.

Hawkins noted at the programme, themed, ‘Assessment of the News Media’s Performance Covering the 2015 Election,’ that Nigerian journalists made some sacrifices to ensure that the March 28 and April 11 polls were largely successful.

The National Emergency Management Agency has released photos of some of the recently rescued women and children, with respect to the victims’ privacy.
The Facebook post which appeared yesterday evening on the NEMA Facebook page was accompanied by the following message:

“We have been overwhelmed with request to show pictures and other details, of the girls rescued by the Nigerian Military in Sambisa forest.

Out-going President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has been accused of setting traps for the incoming Government of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) by embarking on unnecessary last-minute appointments as well as the removal and immediate replacement of heads of strategic government parastatals.

The allegation was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Port Harcourt by the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein will continue to run for the FIFA presidency, the Jordanian said in a statement issued late on Monday, dismissing speculation he may withdraw his candidacy for the top job at the ruling football body. “I will continue the race until the end,’’ Prince Ali said in reference to the May 29 election at the FIFA congress in Zurich.
The statement came in response to speculation in social media platforms that the Jordanian Prince Ali may withdraw in order to back a single candidate to run against Joseph Blatter who is seeking a fifth term as FIFA boss.

lol!!! Big Boy On the road

A female banker identified as Amina Magaji pictured above and 2 of her male accomplices, Haruna Bulama Namadi and Muhammed Abdullahi who is currently at large, were yesterday arraigned before Justice Faruk Lawan of the Kano State High Court Kano, over allegation of defrauding the Late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, of over N17 million using fake cheques.
According to investigations by EFCC, Amina Magaji who was the account officer to the late Emir and managed all his accounts, domiciled one of the accounts in an old generation banks in 2011.

Indications emerged, yesterday, that Boko Haram is in disarray, following shortages of weapons and fuel that had caused tensions between its foot soldiers and leaders, women rescued from the Islamist jihadi fighters by Nigerian troops told newsmen.
The group abducted an estimated 2,000 women and girls last year as it sought to carve out an Islamic state in the North-East of Africa’s biggest economy.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday met separately with two leading pastors in the country based in Ogun State.
Jonathan met with the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye; and the Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide a.k.a Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo.

General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor E.A Adeboye recently took to his official Facebook page to set the record straight on how he feels about homosexuality.
Here’s what he said:

Leaders of armed groups in the Central African Republic agreed Tuesday to release thousands of child soldiers and to end underage recruitment, UNICEF said. The United Nations children’s agency described the news as a “major step forward” in the country, where it estimates 6,000 to 10,000 children to be held by various armed factions.
“The Central African Republic is one of the worst places in the world to be a child, and UNICEF is eager to work with local authorities to help reunite these children with their families,” UNICEF

Posted by Actress Tonto Dikeh with her words.

""Oooo madam u can fall sick under d rain I wouldn't care,U ain't coming into no damn car..Lmao

I believe if your man is truly your man, you shouldn't be scared of some lady with a big butt snatching him..lol..So, I''ll tell him to give her a lift!

Ten people were injured, four of them through gun shots fired by security forces, during protests organized Monday by Guinea’s opposition, opposition spokesman Aboubacar Sylla said in a statement.
However, Government Spokesman Albert Damantang Camara said only two civilians had been injured.

Sylla said the opposition’s call for protests was largely successful as economic and social activities in Conakry as well as in other interior towns of the country were paralysed.

New Survey Shows That Nigerians Spend More Money On Recharge Card Than Food

Nigerians may be spending more money to recharge their phones than they spend on feeding, a recent survey by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the World Bank has indicated.
The result of the General Household Panel Survey conducted by the NBS in collaboration with the World Bank Living Standard Measurement Study Group indicated that each household in Nigeria spends an average of N20,874 on recharge cards, N14,620 on food N33, 373 on house rent, N13,860 on petrol, N7,748 and N6,660 on kerosene on a monthly basis.

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