Hilarious Nollywood actor Ime Bishop Umoh a.k.a Okon Lagos wedded his sweetheart Idara Saviour yesterday Thursday 17th October 2013 at Christ The King School, Barracks Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
Big congrats to them.
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Saturday, October 19, 2013
Friday, October 18, 2013
Outrage As Nigerians Want Aviation Minister Sacked, Give Her 72-Hour Ultimatum To Resign!
Angry Nigerians say Stella Oduah�s corruption and profligacy should not be condoned at a time the country appears too broke to pay university teachers.
Anti-corrupt crusaders and opposition politicians, on Thursday expressed outrage over the purchase of two BMW armoured vehicles for the Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, for N225 million by an agency under her supervision.
Special Assistant to the Minister on media, Joe Obi, in a media interview confirmed the vehicles were purchased for her principal to protect her from �imminent threats.�
She was reported to have compelled the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, to buy the vehicles for her.
Anti-corruption campaigners and politicians, who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES, condemned the purchase of the armoured vehicles and demanded the minister�s immediate resignation and a subsequent probe of the transaction.
Leader of the Anti-Corruption Network, ACN, Dino Melaye, said his organisation had already briefed its lawyers, who he said would file a suit against Ms. Oduah on Monday.
He said his organisation had conducted investigation into the matter and found out that there was no threat to the minister�s life as claimed by his media aide.
Mr. Dino also said the vehicles could have been purchased for far less the amount they were purportedly procured.
�This government promotes, massages, embraces corruption,� an angry Mr. Melaye, a former member of the House of Representatives, said in a telephone interview with our reporter.
�There are two questions to ask � was the N225 million appropriated by the National Assembly? Does the purchase of the vehicles not negate the monetisation policy, which says that only the President, Vice president, Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, their deputies and a few other public officials should have official cars? If she does not fall into this category, why did they purchase the vehicles for her?
�They claim there was a threat to her life. There was no threat to Stella Oduah�s life. Even if there was a threat, we have done our investigation and we discovered that those vehicles cost less than N100 million.
�You are spending N225 million at a time you claim there is no money for ASUU, at a time you cannot pay statutory allocations to states.
�Jonathan administration is the most corrupt administration in Nigeria.�
Ezenwa Nwagwu, Convener of Say No Campaign, Nigeria, SNCN, asked the anti-graft agencies to wade into the scandal immediately.
He wondered if the N225 million used to purchase the vehicles were appropriated, insisting that the NCAA officer(s), who authorised the release of the money, should be penalized.
Mr. Nwagwu added, �We have lost about 200 citizens to sheer incompetence and add salt to injury, we are being told that a cash-strapped agency under her had to cough out that amount of money to provide armoured vehicles.
�In saner climes, she would have resigned. But here we are treated to half truths and excuses.
�What is important now is that an independent inquiry should be set up to look into the happenings in the aviation sector. We cannot be deceived by the so-called reforms. When you renovate 11 airports at the same time, the implication is that it is a honey-pot, after the petroleum sector.
�We must as a matter of urgency beam our searchlight on happenings in the sector. It is not enough to go round media houses. What Nigerian want now is an independent inquiry into the activities in the sector.
Mr. Nwagwu lamented that the Jonathan�s administration kept treating corruption with kid gloves, especially by allegedly shielding Ms Oduah and the Petroleum Resources Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke.
�These are two ministers that can never do wrong in this government,� he said.
Also speaking, Auwal Musa Rasfanjani, Executive Director, Centre for Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, expressed worry over the flagrant abuse of public office, corruption, impunity and constant disregard of public procurement law by some ministers and other public officers under the supervision of Mr. Jonathan.
�We are particularly concerned over the Minister of Aviation who runs the Ministry of Aviation like a personal and private entity,� Mr. Musa told PREMIUM TIMES.
�Many Nigerians express worries for the various allegations of corrupt practices and outright looting in the name of renovating our airports and the recent scandal of purchasing bullet proof cars without due process and also the allegation of refusal of landing permit to some international airlines who applied but were denied the permit because they did not give bribe to her.
�It is also on record that the National Assembly had conducted a public hearing which found her guilty but yet no sanction was taken against her due to her connection to the President.
�If buying the bullet proof cars is for her own security, then we don�t understand why she doesn�t pay more attention to the safety of millions of Nigerian passengers travelling within the country every year.
�Again, despite the huge amounts spent in the name of renovating Nigerian airports, the work is very dilapidated and cannot be said to be representing value for money because of corruption in the procurement process and the service provision.�
Mr Musa demanded outright probe of Ms Oduah, saying �We therefore call for immediate investigation of the above matter in order to bring sanity, transparency, accountability, professionalism, and safety to our aviation industry which is now being characterized by corruption and impunity under the auspices of the Minister of Aviation.
�This will serve as a deterrent to other ministers and public officers who abuse the trust of their office.�
Olarenwaju Suraj, Chairman of the Civil Society Network Against Corruption, CSNAC, who was also livid over the transaction, said he would not bother calling for Ms Oduah�s sack saying, �You won�t have that under Jonathan. Jonathan does not have the integrity to ask her to resign.�
Mr. Suraj, who demanded an urgent investigation into the scandal, said there were so many corrupt officials in the present government, adding that the case of the aviation minister could not be treated in isolation.
Spokesperson of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, Osita Okechukwu, called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to quickly commence investigation into the scandal.
�Under what subhead is that money in the budget? You can�t use any money that was not appropriated. If you do, it becomes an illegal expenditure,� Mr. Okechukwu said angrily.
�I don�t know what she is protecting. Is she more important than the President?�
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So sad! Surviving Lagos Plane crash air hostess,Queenette Owolabi's 10 toes & 5 fingers to be amputated
Unless a miracle happens, or the Federal Government urgently intervenes to fly Mrs Queeneth Owolabi abroad for treatment, she would have her toes and fingers amputated due to gangreneinfection.
Mrs Owolabi is a surviving cabin crew on the ill-fated Associated Airlines plane that crashed in Lagos two weeks ago.
��� But for her husband�s resistance, the amputation would have been done yesterday or today at Nigerian Air Force, NAF, base hospital in Ikeja, where she had been hospitalised since the crash.
��� Mrs. Owolabi survived the crash alongside six others, although two of the survivors later died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH.
Vanguard gathered, yesterday, that the husband of the victim was making frantic efforts to reach the Federal Government for his wife to be flown abroad for treatment to stave off the amputation, especially as the government was said to be responsible for her treatment thus far.
Efforts to reach him proved futile as his mobile phones remained switched off yesterday and it was also not possible to speak with the medical team at the hospital as movements in the victim�s ward was restricted by military personnel.
National President of Nigerian Airlines Cabin Crew Association, NACCA, Mr. Charles Onuoha, who confirmed the development, appealed to the Federal Government to urgently come to the rescue of the crash victim.According to him, Owolabi�s 10 toes and the five fingers of the left hand have been marked for amputation because of the infection that had set in.
He said:
��� �We are calling for referral for overseas treatment, a post-trauma stress assessment and de-briefing for Mrs Quinneth Owolabi, and her colleague, Miss Toyin Samson, currently on admission at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Lagos.�We are appealing for government�s intervention because that is the only thing that can stop this amputation.�
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Actress Rita Dominic & Kate Henshaw Looking Gorgeous At A Recording Session!!
The Nollywood stars look fabulous at a recording session. The movie stars made the announcement when one of them shared the photo above with the caption.
�At a recording. Stay tuned. . *wink*�
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Shocking: Two Women Both Miscarried After Jealous Friend Who Lost Her Unborn Child Poisoned Them
26-year-old secretary, Angela Maier, broke down in front of the court as she told them she 'couldn't stand the thought' of the friends having children.
Two pregnant woman miscarried after a jealous friend poisoned their drinks, a court in Austria has heard. Secretary Angela Maier, 26, was desperate to have a baby of her own but suffered three miscarriages. The depressed woman was consumed with jealousy when she then learned that her sister-in-law and best friend were pregnant.
Maier told a court in Klagenfurt, Austria: 'I couldn't stand the thought of them having babies who would be growing up when mine was dead. 'Mine should have been with them as well, but instead mine died while theirs went on.' She was suffering from depression as a result of her loss and the sight of her friend's impending births. The woman cruelly poisoned the expectant mothers' drinks with medicine she was prescribed after her miscarriage.
The court heard how the woman and her best friend had become pregnant at the same time, and had been shopping for baby clothes and planning together. The friend said: 'I asked for a glass of water, and she said she had a special drink for pregnant women, that she didn't need any more. 'A short while later I started to bleed, and then I lost the baby. When I found out what she had done, I wrote back and told her she was a murderer. I can't forgive her.'
Two months later she invited her sister-in-law to visit and did the same thing again, mixing the medicine into her hot chocolate, and then 'watched me as I drank it', the victim told the court. The court heard it led to both pregnant women suffering miscarriages. Maier went on to have a baby of her own, and now has a three-year-old daughter.
Eaten up with guilt at what she had done, and in the end she had written to both women to confess two years later after she learned that both were once again pregnant. She was sentenced by the court to 18 months in prison, with 14 suspended, after the court ruled that she was psychologically sound although she had, it accepted, been suffering from depression. Judge Michaela Sanin said: 'You maliciously took the lives of two unborn babies.'
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Kim Kardashian's "Inappropriate" Swimsuit Receives Big Online Backlash
Kim Kardashian is the master of self-publicity. But now, she has found herself at the receiving end of a large amount of negative criticism from fans after posting her revealing 'selfie' of her post-baby body in a white swimsuit yesterday.
The picture sent shock waves through social media receiving thousands of comments so far about the picture, with many feeling that it was 'inappropriate' behavior from new mother Kim. Do you think she acted inappropriately?
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Photos: See Restaurant Where Guests Sit And Eat On Toilet Seats!
The Magic Restroom Cafe in southern California�s City of Industry is America�s first toilet-themed eating place. All the dishes, seats and food items -everything focused on toilets, bathrooms and human bodily functions.
On the menu you can find dishes like �golden poop rice,� �black poop� (actually a chocolate sundae), �smells-like-poop� (braised pork over rice),� and �bloody number two� (vanilla-strawberry sundae).
Magic Restroom Cafe officially opened Oct. 11 and, so far, the decor is getting better reviews than the food.
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Senator Bukola Saraki Sends Out His Condolence Message Over The 15 That Died During His Sallah Gift Sharing
Last Tuesday, the Peoples Democratic Party Kwara State chapter held its annual Sallah celebration at PDP Charity House where many party faithfuls were in attendance.
The event which is an annual activity of the party went on smoothly until tragedy struck when indigent party members tried to outsmart one another as the gifts were being shared.
A stampede occurred which had over 15 dead, several injured. Among the dead were three pregnant women.
The dead and the injured were packed into ambulances and rushed to nearby hospitals.I
Reconfirming the incident and sending out his condolence message, Senator Saraki says he's saddened by the incident.
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Cossy Orjiakor Shows Off Her Birthday
Cake + Hot Body!
Actress, singer, fashion designer Cossy Orjiakor celebrated her 29th birthday on the 15th of October, 2013, quietly with her dogs, she said.
And as usual, she couldn't't help showing off her birthday cake alongside her hot body.
Happy birthday in arrears, Cossy.
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(Photos)Nicki Minaj Flaunts Her Real Big Boobs On Instagram Again
Last time, she had them covered up with her hair. This time around, she's got the most sensitive parts covered with pasties.
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Thursday, October 17, 2013
FG Finally Agrees to Meet ASUU's Demands after Over 100 Days!!
Towards ending the ongoing ASUU strike, the Federal Government has committed to spending N200 billion in the 2014 budget on the universities as well as on each of the next three-four years until the universities are brought to world-class standard as demanded by ASUU leadership.
�This is in addition to the N100 billion dedicated and already made available...
Government has also increased to N40billion as a first installment, funds for payment of earned allowances to the striking lecturers, an improvement from the N30 billion previously released.
This information is contained in an internal statement at the Federal University of Otuoke by Professor Bolaji Aluko, its Vice-Chancellor.
On the earned allowances,�Prof. Aluko said��Government will top it up with further releases once universities are through with the disbursement of this new figure of N40 million, so Vice-Chancellors are urged to expedite this disbursement within the shortest possible time using guiding templates that have been sent by the CVC.�
Professor Aluko said the development followed meetings on September 19 and Oct 11 of representatives of the Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, led by Prof. Hamisu of ATBU and ASUU reps led by its President, Dr. N. Fagge with the Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Arc. Namadi. Sambo, Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike and others.
In the interest of peace, Vice-President Sambo appealed to ASUU to call off the strike and apologized over the "take-it-or-leave-it" comments made by the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
Other points of agreement at the meetings include the following:
Project Prioritization: Universities will now be allowed to determine their priorities and not be �rail-roaded� into implementing a pre-determined set of projects with respect to the NEEDS assessment. Decisions are not to be centralized.
TETFund Intervention: Government assured that the operations of the TETFund will not be impaired, and that the regular TETFund intervention disbursement to Universities will continue, unaffected. So the NEEDS assessment capital outlays are in addition to regular TETFund intervention.
Project Monitoring: A new Implementation Monitoring Committee (IMC) for the NEEDS Assessment intervention for universities has been set up to take over from the Suswan Committee. The new one is under the Federal Ministry of Education and chaired by the Honorable Minister of Education. In addition, to build confidence and ensure faithful implementation and prevent any relapse as before, the Vice President will meet quarterly with the IMC to monitor progress.
Blueprint: ASUU was mandated to submit a blue print for revitalizing the Universities to the Vice President.
ASUU leadership will now meet to decide if the government should be trusted again, this time.
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Photos: Khloe Kardashian Gets A little too cozy with her rumoured Rapper Secrete Lover The Game
Since her rumoured split from Lamar, Khloe has been hanging out with�The Game.They party together, have lunch and even dinner.Last week he almost assaulted the papparazzi for coming too close to them threatening that he is more insane than Kanye who doesn�t�hide�is disgust for the paps..
They say they are just friends but many think otherwise because they are said to have had a brief fling in the past..Whichever it is, they look good together and�Black men�just love the Kardashians..
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Photos: Ghanian Actor, Van Vicker. & Wife Celebrate 10th Wedding Anniversary Today
This is a picture of Van Vicker and his wife, Adjoa, in Secondary School - 19 years ago! They've been married for 10 years now and today's their 10th wedding anniversary! Congrats to the Van Vickers. May God continue to bless your union!
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PHOTO: 18-foot-long oarfish found off California coast
LOS ANGELES � �A marine science instructor snorkeling off the Southern California coast spotted something out of a fantasy novel: the silvery carcass of an 18-foot-long, serpent-like oarfish.
Jasmine Santana of the Catalina Island Marine Institute needed more than 15 helpers to drag the giant sea creature with eyes the size of half dollars to shore on Sunday.
Staffers at the institute are calling it the discovery of a lifetime.
"We've never seen a fish this big," said Mark Waddington, senior captain of the Tole Mour, CIMI's sail training ship. "The last oarfish we saw was three feet long."
Because oarfish dive more than 3,000 feet deep, sightings of the creatures are rare and they are largely unstudied, according to CIMI.
The obscure fish apparently died of natural causes. Tissue samples and video footage were sent to be studied by biologists at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Santana spotted something shimmering about 30 feet deep while snorkeling during a staff trip in Toyon Bay at Santa Catalina Island, about two dozen miles from the mainland.
"She said, `I have to drag this thing out of here or nobody will believe me,"' Waddington said.
After she dragged the carcass by the tail for more than 75 feet, staffers waded in and helped her bring it to shore.
The carcass was on display Tuesday for 5th, 6th, and 7th grade students studying at CIMI. �It will be buried in the sand until it decomposes and then its skeleton will be reconstituted for display, Waddington said.
The oarfish, which can grow to more than 50 feet, is a deep-water pelagic fish -- the longest bony fish in the world, according to CIMI.
They are likely responsible for sea serpent legends throughout history.
Source: foxnews.com
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Ladies Please Read and Learn! 6 Things Women Do That Push Men Away
You need to read this because it will be of help to you in your relationship......
1. Wanting a Man to Change
Many women get in a relationship thinking they can change the man. If a man makes a change for a relationship, the benefit must outweigh the consequences of that change. �I get it: You don�t want anything to make me as happy as you do. But if you�re willing to chase this result by eliminating everything else I might love from my life, then I don�t want you�, says Good.
2. An Overwrought Sense of Urgency
�Man Code� men liken romance to playing poker. �It�s better to conserve emotion for only the most meaningful circumstances,� Good says. While men pay attention to overall themes, women tend to sweat the small stuff. He wants women to know that ulterior motives are not a Man Code man thing to play at, if he�s out late with his friends, he�s just out late with his friends.
3. S*x on the First Date
Unfortunate but true, the �Man Code� man is chivalrous but also �red-blooded and carnal� like most guys. If a woman offers s�x on the first, any man will probably take her up on that. A woman that can walk away with a goodnight kiss and leave the man guessing appeals much more to men. They like the thrill of a chase.
4. Talking Things to Death
According to Good, women need to think of love as �quiet.� In other words, it�s what you do when no one is looking, how you find their hand when things are bad and tell them it�s okay. If you hear �I love you� constantly it loses it�s value. �Love is the result of the events in our lives, not the result of talking about the idea of it,� assures Good.
5. Disloyalty
Loyalty is everything, it is the currency of our lives, declares Good. When women are disloyal to other women, it tells the man they will be disloyal to them, too.
6. A Failure to Let a Lion be a Lion
In the same way that a women wants to feel taken care of and protected, a man wants to know he�s the one that made her feel that way. Good explains, �With a look or word, you can empower us.�
Good has one powerful piece of advice for women: Don�t forget why your man fell for you. Woman AND men seem to stop doing the little things they did at the beginning of a relationship that made it fun. Think back and try doing some of the little things you �used� to do for him.
Read this article in�GalTime�
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Kim K’s engagement ring from Kris Humphries sells at auction for $620,000
Kim Kardashian�s engagement ring from ex-husband Kris Humphries has been sold at auction for $620, 000. The ring which Kim paid for herself, but weirdly returned to Kris after she broke up with him was sold today Tuesday October 15th at a Christie�s auction in NYC, Us Weekly reports.
The unknown buyer bought the Lorraine Schwartz creation, which features a 16.21-carat center diamond and two 1.8-carat side diamonds for a total of $749,000, which is plus tax.
The amount is a significant drop from the ring�s initial reported worth of $2 million.
�Kim has been waiting for the day he would auction it. Everyone always asked what Kim did with the ring � she silently gave it back over a year ago! And Kris waited until the divorce was final to sell it.� a source told Us Weekly
�The ring is definitely not worth $2 million, not even half of that,� sniffs the source. Indeed, Kardashian, not Humphries, initially paid for the ring herself.
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Photo of The day! Don Jazzy The Mavin Boss
MAVIN boss, Don Jazzy recently shared a picture of himself on his Instagram puffing up the smoke like a boss from the classic Godfather series.
The suit, the pose and the overall swag is toomuch; nobody does it better.
The super-producer recently returned from a trip to Mauritius where he spoke on the business side of making music to a select group of people.
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PHOTO; See Gorgeous Ladies Rocking Nicki Minaj’s Kmart Collection
Nicki Minaj launched her Kmart collections today and of cos awesome models were there to showcase her �clothing line. Never knew Nicki was this short lool�
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