News Updates Across Africa And Beyond: 2014

Thursday, 13 March 2014

Four Nigerians Make Forbes Billionaires Ranking

Forbes Inc, has done it again by released list of wealthy individual in the world but their are four Nigeria billionaires that make the lists.

GEJ OFFERED ME $20BILLION WORTH OF OIL BLOCK NOT TO DEFECT TO APC- SARAKI
On fb, Rufa'i Ahmed wrote
Bukola Saraki drops a bombshell - Before he left for Abuja last night, he gathered his inner caucus and told them that GEJ offered him 20Billion Dollars worth of oil block not to defect to APC.

The suspect was arrested along the Ado-Odo-Owode road in Ogun State.
The Ogun Police Command said on Thursday that it arrested a 38-year-old man, Adelani Ayomide, for being in possession of a bag containing 18 human skulls.

Its So Clear Now! Okorocha{imo Governor} Is Gone

If you tune to AIT, PDP rally/welcome party for the new members are going on live! And from all perspective, Okorocha has lost Imo state! Already he won because of APGA but he messed himself up.

Presidential hopefuls in the All Progressives Congress have commenced a subtle campaign for the party’s most prized ticket, Sunday PUNCH has authoritatively learnt.

BENIN—HUNDREDS of All Progressives Congress, APC, members in Owan West and Owan East Local Government Areas of Edo State, have defected to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, with a promise by the leadership of the party to ensure that dividends of democracy were circulated among all members.

FG Moves To Resolve Hnd/degree Disparity

The Federal Government will soon resolve the age-long complaints of holders of Higher National Diploma, HND certificates over discriminations against them in favour of degree holders, in the areas of salary, promotion and other fringe benefits.

153 carat diamond found inside Sierra Leone

This 153-carat diamond, valued at over $6 million, is one of the finest diamonds to be found in Sierra Leone in the last 10 years. It is rated a D+, which is the topmost in terms of color, and only matched or surpassed in price by rare diamonds such as blue or pink diamonds (National Minerals Agency, Sierra Leone, via Facebook).

According to reports and tweets from David Ekpo, a staff of Ecobank, Babatunde Oke was allegedly killed in police custody yesterday. Tunde (pictured above), who worked at the Ladipo Oluwole, Ogba branch of the bank, had been accused of fraud and handed over to the police.

Jonathan To Replace Borno Governor Shettima With Military Administrator

.It’s Unconstitutional -Lawyers
.Nigeria Closes Border with Cameroon
Governor Kashim Shettima is to be suspended from office early this week and replaced by a Military Administrator as part of plans by the Federal Government to launch a decisive military offensive against Boko Haram insurgents, Sunday Trust learnt from authoritative sources in Abuja at the weekend.

It might be surprising to many that Microsoft office suite is designed by default to save hidden metadata in your office documents, which includes the name of everyone who has worked on that document, duration of time spent on the document, the date the document was created and even previous versions of the document.

Less than 24 hours after signing his new £300,000-a-week megabucks contract with Manchester United, the cash is still continuing to roll in for Wayne Rooney.

The Illuminati New World Order Plan For Nigeria.

THIS IS AN ARTICLE I WROTE ON A SITE CALLED vigilantcitizen THE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS ARE MINE AND SHOULDN't BE CONSIDERED TO BE IN SUPPORT OF ANY RELIGIOUS SECT OR POLITICAL PARTY.

Today sunday, pres. Jonathan was in the nations commercial capital and worshipped at the redeemed christain church of God, olive tree parish, ikoyi, afterwards he met the general oversear and someone he respects immensely, pastor E.A adeboye.

•Angrily returns to palace
•Sultan of Sokoto begs him

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar 111, has tendered an apology to the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwanu Akiolu, over the “protocol problem” barring him from entering the venue of the opening ceremony of the First Annual Conference of Ahlus Sunnah of Nigeria in Lagos yesterday .

Two reliable sources in Abuja have told SaharaReporters that First Lady Patience Jonathan was flown out to a German hospital for treatment.

The incident happened Saturday at Okpara Square, Umuahia, Abia state, the venue of the rally which was designed to officially declare Governor T.A Orji’s Senatorial ambition ahead of the 2015 general election.

The deceased who was identified as Mr. John Ndubuka, a planning officer with the Abia State Government House Umuahia as well as a Personal Assistant to Mr. Chinedu Orji was allegedly shot on the chest by a policeman attached to Chinedu on his order over a minor disagreement.

Seven Widows Get N14 Million From Governor Adams Oshiomole.

Governor Adams Oshiomole of Edo state today donated N14million (N2million each) to seven police officer's widows who died in the line of duty. Addressing the women, the governor said he was moved by

their plight as well as the great service their husbands gave to the state. He also announced that N500,000 would be given to each of the children of the seven police officers.

After building the world’s fastest high speed rail system, China plans to build the world’s longest underwater tunnel. An expert involved in the project told AFP Friday, that a $36 billion shortcut between two northern port cities in an earthquake-prone region is underway.

A Federal High Court in Kaduna has set March 17, 2014 for judgment on a case challenging the eligibility of President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the presidential election in 2015.

Italian Lega Pro 1 side Reggiana have appointed former Nigerian player Matthew Olorunleke as their head coach.

New Rivers Police Commissioner meets Amaechi
*Do not support the PDP, Amaechi charges him
The politics of policing in Rivers State came to the fore on Thursday as Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi pleaded with the new Police Commissioner in the State, Tunde Ogunsakin to desist from supporting PDP if he is to enjoy his stay in the state.

An Egor Magistrates’ Court, Benin, on Friday
sentenced a 62-year old pastor, Alfred Idonogie, to two years imprisonment for defiling a 10-year old girl. Chief Magistrate Taye Omoruyi found Idonogie guilty of the offence after the prosecutor presented
five witnesses who testified in proof of the charge.

TWO-time governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, arguably, belongs to the echelon of vastly experienced politicians. At the dawn of the Fourth Republic, he joined the All People’s Party (APP), which later became All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and now APC. He was elected governor in 1999 and re-elected in 2003 on the banner of the APP. He ran for the presidency in 2007 on the plank of the Democratic People’s Party (DPP) he helped to found. In this interview with select journalists in his Sokoto residence, shortly after being welcomed into the PDP by President Goodluck Jonathan and other leaders of the party, he shares his thoughts on his mission, vision and ability to deliver in the PDP. Excerpts: -

The brouhaha generated by the offensive and goofed statement made last week by former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu concerning the position of yoruba leadership representation in the Confab, is yet to die down.

Mr. Ndume tells a court to dismiss telephone logs between him and the sect’s member

An embattled Senator, Mohammed Ndume, who is facing charges for alleged links to the militant group, Boko Haram, contacted the group’s spokesperson 73 times within a month, investigators told a federal court on Wednesday.

Guests and leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party were stunned on Thursday when the new National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Mu'azu, specifically urged the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. Pius Anyim, to learn not to sleep during public events.

Biance Ojukwu granted Ekerete Udoh publisher of News Of the World.com and in the long interview,the brouhaha with femi Fani Kayode was chipped in..Bianca says Femi's claim that he slept with her is a figment of his imagination....please read the excerpt from the long interview.

Wife of the sacked People’s Democratic Party’s Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, Hajiya Asiya Mohammed Bello yesterday registered as a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at Gabasawa Ward in Unguwan Rimi, Kaduna North Local Government area of Kaduna State with registration card number 0623374.

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo’s disclosure that President Goodluck Jonathan promised to spend only one term in office has ignited a fresh anxiety in the President’s
camp.

Belgian lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly in
favour of extending the country' s euthanasia law to
children under 18.

Supreme Court Affirms Okorocha’s Election

The Supreme Court has again affirmed the election of Rochas Okorocha as the governor Imo state. Justice Clara Ogunbiyi while delivering judgment in the appeal filed by Governor Okorocha challenging the decision of the Appeal Court, Owerri, which joined his predecessor,

BARELY a year after Lagos government closed down the Ladipo Auto Spare Parts Market in Mushin Local Council Area of the state for violating environmental law, indications have emerged that the government may wield the big stick on the market again.

The Ohaneze Ndigbo, the apex socio-cultural organisation of Ndigbo, yesterday took a swipe at the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha over his statement concerning the problem of Igbo unity.
It described the governor’s statement as one coming from a confused man.

The Association of Witches and Wizards in Nigeria is a bizzare group that makes predictions from time to time. Below are the predictions made by the group through its acclaimed spokesperson Dr. Okhue Iboi. These predictions were reported in April 2013. Judge for yourself which has come to pass and those that are still pending.

Just read the report of a brave Woman; the journalist Tobore Ovourie on the women trafficking business in Nigeria been carried out in collusion with some members of the Nigerian Army(SHAME), the police( SHAME), Immigration and Foreign Missions(SHAME) to traffic young women and vulnerable girls; I hope those who are in charge of these bodies investigate the matter; it is sickening reading the report; Thumbs up to the reporter.

SABMiller Invests more N20Billion in Anambra State
Intafact beverages Ltd., a subsidiary of SABmiller Brewery, the brewers of Hero Beer and other brands is investing another $110m in Anambra State two years after they invested $100m dollars.

Truth is bitter. And a Hausa adage has it that it is he who loves you that can give you that bitter pill. The columnist Femi Aribisala has just published a long and analytical essay which contains a fair dose of truth pills for General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) and his cohorts, as well as for the North in general. With some air of finality, Aribisala’s article is entitled “Why Buhari will never be president of Nigeria”.

This 20-year-old woman has been left fighting for her life in hospital today after a kangaroo court in India ordered her to be gang-Molested for having an affair with a youth from another village. The brutal punishment was allegedly carried out by the very same ‘court’ which found her guilty in a village near Suri in west Bengal state, 150 miles from Kolkata.

Following his failure to honour the invitation extended to him by the State Security Service, the security agency stormed the Abuja home of the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, on Friday in a bid to arrest him.

A Nigerian, simply identified as Arinze, was feared dead yesterday, after an immigrant working with the Arab Contractors Construction Company (O.A.O) threw him down from the second-floor of a two-storey building undergoing construction at the new Enugu State Secretariat, Enugu.

LAGOS — Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola has said his administration will go ahead with the construction of the Lekki link bridge without waiting for Federal Government approval.

APC Wants All Executive Bills Blocked by Legislators

APC wants all executive bills blocked in the house by the legislative arm of the government, until orders restored in Rivers state.According to a statement issued by L.ai Mohammed at a press conference.

Hell was let loose yesterday inside the school compound of Lagos State University as students were chasing the Vice Chancellor Prof. John Obafunwa , throwing chairs, drums and sticks at jeep on motion while other students threw stones. the school's CSO, the school's marshals and mobile policemen drafted to provide cover for the VC were helpless as their hilux pick up vans were miles apart from the VC's jeep as the students gave chase. the school's main gates were blocked by angry students, the VC had to escape through the Connoil gate.

LEGISREPORTS NG: The slim numerical advantage enjoyed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the House of Representatives since the defection of 37 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to its fold has been lost following the open declaration of Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele for Labour party.

In today's society, young, decent men are rare to find.When we think of young men today, we think of metrosexual, hipster, and unmanly guys who can't bait a hook, skin a buck, and dress like rugged men. It seems as though manly men are a symbol of the past and now are officially gone.
Ladies, yes, there are unfortunately fewer young men who qualify as marriage material today. However, decent men still exist.

Facebook has spread like an infectious disease but we are slowly becoming immune to its attractions, and the platform will be largely abandoned by 2017, say researchers at Princeton University.

Some lawyers in Port Harcourt. Under the name of concerned laywers forum made good their promise to protest against Governo Ameachi today.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A new, 9-meter (29.5-foot)
sculpture of Nelson Mandela is billed as the biggest
statue of the South African leader. It also has a tiny,
barely visible quirk: a sculpted rabbit tucked inside
one of the bronze ears.

Pastor and General Overseer of Zion International Christian Church, Idah, Kogi State, Pastor Kingsley may have landed trouble for his alleged uncontrolled s3xual appetite.

BREAKING NEWS:

Chelsea have accepted a £37million bid for Juan Mata and immediately released the Spanish international to join Manchester United to complete the most dramatic deal of the transfer window.

Imo PDP Raises Alarm Over Suspected Boko Haram Import

The Imo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday raised an alarm over what it called the importation of suspected Boko Haram sect members to the state.According to the state secretary of the party, Chief George Eguh who addressed journalists in Owerri, the party through public information gathered, suspected that some strange faces numbering over 600 purportedly arrived the state in two batches, 24 hours before the arrival of the state governor, Rochas Okorocha on Friday, 17th January from his foreign trip.

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BREAKING NEWS: Chelsea have accepted a £37million bid for Juan Mata and immediately released the Spanish international to join Manchester United to complete the most dramatic deal of the transfer window.

Wednesday, 22 January 2014

BREAKING NEWS:

Chelsea have accepted a £37million bid for Juan Mata and immediately released the Spanish international to join Manchester United to complete the most dramatic deal of the transfer window.