FG Closes 5 Federal Government Colleges In The North

 

The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike made the announcement yesterday, Wednesday 5th March, 2014 on the closure of five(5) Federal Government colleges located in Northern Nigeria, precisely; Yobe, Borno and Adamawa.

The schools were closed because they were considered to be located 'within the high security risk areas in the North.'. (Basically because of the killing of the college students in FGC Yobe).

The schools that were shut down are:
1. Federal Government Girls College, Munguno
2. Federal Science and Technical College, Lassa in Borno
3. Federal Government College, Potiskum
4. Federal Government College, Buni Yadi in Yobe
5. Federal Science and Technical College, Michika, Adamawa.

The schools will remain closed until the security situation in the states improves, while the teachers of the affected schools will be sent to new schools.

Meet The 64-Year-Old Farmer Who Has Not Slept For 30 Years

Sixty-four-year-old Thai Ngoc, known as Hai Ngoc, has not been able to sleep at night since after getting a fever in 1973.That is more than 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights.

This has earned him a mention on Oddee‘s Bizarre people list.
“I don’t know whether the insomnia has impacted my health or not. But I’m still healthy and can farm normally like others,” Ngoc said. 

To prove his health, the elderly resident of Que Trung commune, Que Son district said he can carry two 50kg bags of fertilizer down 4km of road to return home every day.

10 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do With Coca-Cola

 

1. Remove Rust
To remove rust from objects, soak them in Coke overnight, then scrub in the morning. The Coke helps break up the rust, making it easier to remove with a little elbow grease. It can also be used on rusted chrome by pouring Coke on a rough cloth or scouring pad and rubbing in a circular motion.

 

2. Cheap Stain Remover 
Coca-Cola is an inexpensive stain remover for clothing. Just pour a can on the soiled areas, and let it soak for awhile. Then wash as normal. It even works on some stubborn stains, like grease and blood. As an added advantage, it also helps deodorize the clothing. 

Exposed! How Jonathan Bribed 16 Governors With N32bn To Vote Jang – Kwankwaso

This is an "unadulterated" report i read in ParadigmNg;

Kano State governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso yesterday alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan gave the 16 governors who voted for Plateau State governor Jonah Jang at last year’s Nigeria Governors’ Forum election N2 billion each.

According to him, while the 16 pro-Jang governors were financially gratified to do the presidency’s bidding, the other 19 governors who voted for Rivers State governor Rotimi Amaechi were left with nothing at all.

Kwankwaso stated this at a meeting between him and a team from the secretariat of the NGF on peer review mechanism led by the forum’s director-general, Mr Ashishana B. Okauru, at Government House, Kano.

The governor said, “Each of the 16 governors that voted Governor Jang has benefited from N2 billion from our own money given to them free of charge. All of us from Amaechi side were given nothing. That is not being fair, that is not even correct and it is illegal.”

Sound Sultan Welcomes Baby Boy

Nigerian singer, Sound Sultan and his wife, Farida who got married in 2009 welcomed their 3rd child & 2nd son on Monday; 3rd March (they are already blessed with two sons and a daughter).

The happy papa shared the news on his Twitter page hours ago with a photo of the bundle of joy.


“Help me and my Family thank God. We welcome in our bouncing baby boy yesterday 3-3-14 !thanks for prayers always” he wrote.

Congrats to our “Jagbanjantis” crooner.

Obesere's Rape Victim Relocates To Her Home Town After Receiving Death Threats From Obesere "I Bled For More Than Two Weeks"

Fuji musician, Alhaji Abass Akande, popularly known as Obesere, who was recently arrested for allegedly raping a 29-year-old business woman, Miss Olanike Olaiya, has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID. *Read more of the victim's agony story below. So disheartening*

Report from DailyPost;

The Fuji artiste allegedly used his ‘contacts’ in the police to have the case transferred to SCID, so as to avoid been dragged to court if it’s left at the Isolo Police Division.

We gathered that the embattled musician preferred the SCID to the Isolo Police division because the DPO at the Isolo Police division was not co-operating regarding striking out the case.

Rare Romantic Snaps Of Kerry Washington & Her Husband Nnamdi Asomugha

        

This is probably the most in love we have ever seen them.

Kerry Washington and her retired NFL baller husband; Nnamdi Asomugha gave a rare glimpse of PDA at the Vanity Fair Oscars party this weekend.

The couple was one of several who stopped for snaps at the party photo booth.

For further amebo, view more of Kerry's photos even with family and friends and Nnamdi was no where around. Not even for the celebration of her Baby Shower.

#Cute together i guess.

Obasanjo Won’t Disclose His Actual Date Of Birth – Oba Dosunmu

Olowu of Owu Kingdom, Ogun State; Oba Adegboyega Dosunmu

The Olowu of Owu Kingdom, Ogun State, Oba Adegboyega Dosunmu has responded to the "false age" of Former President Olusegun Obasanjo (Read it HERE if you missed it).

Oba Dosunmu is claiming that former president Olusegun Obasanjo knows his correct birth date but won’t disclose it to anybody.

Dosunmu, who described Obasanjo as his “close friend” and “Balogun Owu,” noted that the former president decided to keep the date to himself but was in the habit of telling people he was “born in Ibogun a day before Ifo market day.”

400 level OAU student commits suicide after being jilted by female lover

Here is an update of the 400 level OAU student who committed suicide (Read it HERE ).

Ige Dipo who reportedly committed suicide did so after he was jilted by his female lover.

Dipo, a member of Christ Apostolic Church fellowship on campus, is said to have ingested poisonous which led to his death.

The woman he was dating had been financing his education before she allegedly broke up with him due to his poor background.

Sources with knowledge on the matter said Dipo who was usually a loner withdrew into his shell even more after being emotionally traumatized by the incident.

The above average student threatened to take his life should his ex-girlfriend not accept his overtures for reconciliation and eventually did take his own life after he was rebuffed.

Dipo’s suicide note left for his father reads in part: “Father, while reading this message, I would have been gone.”

#Things we do for love! Oh dear!!

21-year-old woman arraigned for allegedly kidnapping a month-old baby

A 21-year-old woman, Ronke Odelabi, of Kolara Area, Ogbomoso, Oyo State absconded with her neighbour's one-month-old baby to Ogbomoso where her parent-in-law reside just to deceive them that she had given birth to a baby.

The mother of the child, Funke Olowokere, resident of Oja-Oba area, Ilorin, said that, on Feb. 2, she gave her child (name withheld) to the accused, who was her co-tenant, while she was busy washing clothes
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She said that when she finished washing, she discovered that Ronke had absconded with the child to unknown destination and all efforts to contact her through her phone number proved abortive.

Obasanjo claims he has no record of his birthday

I was so shocked when i read some congratulatory messages to our former President on his 77th birthday. I began to wonder if he was truly aware of his age. For those of us who doubted with me, continue reading...

President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Wednesday that he had no real record of his birthday.

Obasanjo disclosed this in Abeokuta while expressing gratitude to those who attended his 77th birthday ceremony;
“There are some people including me who do not know their exact birthday."
“My mother only told me that I was born on Ifo market day."
“According to her, in our village, she had prepared to go to Ifo market and Ifo market is every five days."
“She said as she was preparing, she fell into labour and before those who went to Ifo market returned, I was born."
“Don’t ask me what month or what year."
“Whether I know the exact date or not, I think God has made my path to be glorious,” he said.

BUSTED: Bride, 22, arrested in London while attempting to wed 4th Nigerian man

  

A 22 year old lady; Raquel Neto Furtado De Andrade who is in the habit of exchanging permanent residence in Britain with money by virtue of marriage has been arrested. She had already married three Nigerian men just to help them reside permanently in Britain while she collects cash in return.

Andrade got busted when she was trying to wed the fourth time and was caught by the police before she could tie the knot.

Read more plus see more photos after the cut ...

Driver remanded in prison for allegedly raping daughter

A 42-year-old commercial driver, Pedro Anegbe, who allegedly raped his 15-year-old daughter, was on Wednesday remanded at the Ikoyi Prison in Lagos.

Anegbe, who resides at No. 45, Ifelodun St., Fatolu in Ipaja, near Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of defiling and indecent assault at an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court.

The Chief Magistrate, Miss S.O. Solebo, said that the accused should be kept behind bars, pending an advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions.

The Prosecutor, Insp. George Nwosu, told the court that the crime was committed on Jan. 27 at about 2.30 a.m.at Anegbe’s residence. 
“The accused, his wife and the victim live together in a room apartment. “The accused said that he heard a voice that he should have sexual intercourse with his daughter before he can be successful. “He forcefully slept with his daughter when she was six years old and his wife caught him but forgave him. “On the fateful day, he took the victim to his bedroom because his wife was not around and ordered her to pull-off her dress and forcefully had sexual intercourse with her. “The wife of the accused saw them and reported the case to the police." Nwosu said.

Two Men Docked For Stealing ‘Seventh Book Of Moses’

On Wednesday, two men David Ogundare and Ola Busari, aged 62 and 40 respectively, were docked at an Ota Magistrates’ Court for allegedly breaking into a church and stealing a copy of ‘Seventh Book of Moses’ and other valuables. 

Ogundare and Busari, of no fixed addresses, are facing charges of stealing, conspiracy, breach of peace and malicious damages. 

The prosecutor, Inspector Mustapha Abdulkareem told the court that the accused committed the offence on April 17, 2013 at 5.05am at Igbesa in Ota, Ogun State.

Abdulkareem said that the accused broke into the Holy Temple Church of God, Jah Compound, Igbesa and stole the ‘Seventh Book of Moses’ and other valuables worth N660,000 belonging to one Deborah Obadiah.

Kim Kardashian & Kanye West Set To Wed On May 24, 2014.

In two months time, 33 year-old the reality star; Kim Kardashian will be walking down the aisle with 36 year-old rapper and "baby papa" of her beautiful daughter; Kanye West on Saturday, May 24, 2014 in Paris, France.

REWIND
The reality star and her husband-to-be got engaged on her 33rd birthday last October. The proposal was filmed for her family's reality show "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" and aired last month. She got engaged with a 15-carat diamond engagement ring which she says is the most beautiful thing she had ever seen.

FAST FORWARD

US Weekly revealed that the bride opened up about the upcoming nuptials in an interview with Ryan Seacrest as she said;
"We're having a super, super small, intimate wedding," she told the "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" producer. 
"As we go along, we're realizing we want it to be smaller and more intimate than people are imagining and thinking."

She noted, too, that rapper West, 36, has been very involved in the planning of the event though there are some details he'd rather not handle; "There's certain things where I'm like, 'I know you're going to hate the seating chart, so I'll take care of this,'" North's mom explained to Seacrest. 
"And then there's some things that are really important to him. [But the] seating chart is like death."

US Freezes Sani Abacha Loot Of $458 Million

PM News have reported;

The United States today said it had ordered a freeze on $458 million in assets hidden in European accounts by former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha and his conspirators. 

The Justice Department said the corruption proceeds stashed away in bank accounts in Britain, France and Jersey were frozen at Washington’s request with the help of local authorities. 

Abacha died in office in 1998, but his surviving relatives still include some of the richest and most influential figures in Nigeria. 

According to a civil forfeiture complaint unsealed in the US District Court in Washington, the department wants the recover more than $550 million in connection with the action. 

Segun Arinze, Grace Amah, Charles Inojie, Visit Ailing GAG President

Ailing GAG President

In the early hours of today, the President of Ghana Actors Guild (GAG), Samuel Odoi Mensah who is presently in a hospital in Ghana was visited by some members of Actors Guild Nigeria (AGN) including its Former President, Segun Arinze.

Segun was at the hospital with Victor Osuagwu, Charles Inojie, Grace Amah, Abubakar Yakubu and other Nollywood stars to see the ailing actor.

At the hospital, Charles Inojie led a prayer session for the GAG President and wished him a quick recovery.

It was reliably gathered that Mensah was operated on for an ailment.

See another picture after the cut...

Meet The Man Who Is Mistaken For US President, Obama

What a striking resemblance. On the Left is US President, Barrack Obama and on he right is 40-year-old Indonesian photographer named IIham Anas.

According to reports, the striking resemblance with the US president has made him a tv star in his country.

See more pictures of him after the cut...

"Speak good English, you’re embarrassing us": Rivers APC warns lawmaker, Evans Bipi

 

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State have warned the Rivers legislator, Evans Bipi who happens to be a cousin to the First Lady, Patience Jonathan, and a staunch campaigner against the state Governor, Rotimi Amaechi to either speak good English, as expected of a legislator, or risk being recalled from the state assembly.

It was said that the lawmaker  had made series of embarrassing grammatical errors during a Channels TV interview on March 3.

The APC made its stance clear through a statement signed by Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the party’s interim chairman, Bisi Akande.

The statement reads:

“We watched with sadness the great embarrassment brought to Rivers State and its people by Hon. Evans Bipi, the self-acclaimed rebel speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly. Apart from conducting himself as a glorified tout, Hon. Bipi can hardly make a single correct sentence.

Lagos Court Jail Prostitutes For Loitering

     
Two sex workers namely;  Blessing Esu, 28, and Rita Ume, 36 were sentenced to three months imprisonment each for loitering and disorderly conduct.

It was reported that the women had pleaded guilty to the charges of loitering and behaving in a disorderly or indecent manner in public place.

Judgement was passed on them on Wednesday in Tinubu Magistrates' Court in Lagos before Magistrate Tokunbo Omoyele who did not give the sex workers an option of fine but rather said that the court had no option than to sentence them since they had admitted committing the offences.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Sgt. Daniel Ighodalo, told the court that the two women committed the offences on March 1 at 2.30 a.m. on Victoria Island, Lagos.

He said the offences contravened Sections 166 (a) (i) and (ii) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

Source: NewsWire

Court adjourns Femi Fani-Kayode’s trial

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, standing trial on charges of money laundering is to be arraigned on March 6.

He is to be arraigned before Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court, Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ofili-Ajumogobia on Feb. 10, upheld the submission of Mr Festus Keyamo, the Prosecuting Counsel.

Keyamo had filed an application, seeking court’s permission to re-arraign Fani-Kayode on a fresh 40-count charge of money laundering.  But the Defence Counsel, Mr Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN), while opposing Keyamo’s application, said the court lacked competence to entertain the matter because the prosecution failed to disclose sources of the alleged laundered monies.

Jealous husband stabbed his Westernised Muslim wife 19 times in the neck after he discovered she was having an affair, leaving her six-year-old son to find her body and dial 999'

30-year-old Ms. Farkhanda Younis (pictured above) who was married in an islamic ceremony to 35-year-old Jahangir Nazar in 2012 was killed in a ferocious attack at her home in Chadderton, Oldham, in the early hours of April 19 last year. 

Farkhanda Younis, 30, known to friends as 'Jabeen' was stabbed 19 times in the neck by her husband after he discovered she was having an affair. Her corpse was found at her home in Chadderton, Oldham after by her six-year-old son rang 999 because he couldn't rouse her and her bedroom door was locked.

Meet The 43-Year-Old Mother Of Five Who Has Dermatographia ( Rare Condition Which Allows One Create Patterns And Pictures On The Skin Which Disappears Within An Hour)

Pictured above is Sarah Beal, a 43-year-old mother-of five has Dermatographia (a rare skin condition allows her create patterns and pictures on her own skin and watch it disappear like an Etch a Sketch within an hour). 

Sarah Beal who is from Arley, Warwickshire, discovered her dermatographia just three years ago. She said: 

"It just came out of nowhere. At first I just thought my skin was getting more sensitive as I got older. 'I’d scratched my skin one day and it got all itchy and raised, but it was nothing serious enough to do anything about. 

'But as it got worse I knew something wasn’t quite right. I could give my back a scratch and before I knew it my skin would turn red and be really painful.

'Eventually I Googled the condition and I just couldn’t believe it.' 

She also discovered the unusual quirk of her condition just by chance. She said: 'I don’t know why I thought of it, but after seeing my skin raise at the slightest touch, I wondered if I could draw on it. 

Read more and see many more pictures of the writings on skin after the cut...

Man, 23, Remanded For Chopping Off Woman’s Finger (Ring Finger)

Mrs. Ogochukwu Aronwu will forever remember the sad event which led to the loss of her finger (fourth finger of her left hand)which was completely chopped off from her hand by a 23-year-old labourer, Isaac John.

Isaac John who was armed with a knife and other dangerous weapons was alleged to have robbed Mrs. Ogochukwu of her hand bag containing some money and headtie on February 14, 2014 at about 7:50 p.m along Murtala Muhammed Airport Road in Ikeja area of Lagos state.  (So the best way to forcefully collect her hand bag is to chop off her finger eh kwa!!)

Another Sack: Jonathan Sacks Sports Minister, Bolaji Abdullahi

Nigeria’s Youth and Sports Minister, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi who is away to attend the International Weightlifting Federation Championship holding in Poland, was sacked Wednesday by Jonathan .

Dr Tamuno Danagogo, one of the 11 newly sworn in ministers was asked to take over from the sacked minister.

No reason was given for the sack of the minister.

Fuji musician Obesere Has Been Arrested For Raping A Polytechnic Graduate And Inserting A Ring Into Her Private Part

Popular Fuji musician, Alhaji Abass Akande, popularly known as Obesere, has been arrested for allegedly raping a 29-year-old business woman, Miss Olanike Olaiya in his Okota residence, Lagos.

Obesere was first arrested last Wednesday by the Police at Isolo Police Division, where Olaiya reported the matter. He was subsequently released on administrative bail, only to be re-arrested on Monday, when medical examination conducted on Olaiya revealed that she was actually raped.

Narrating her ordeal, the victim Nike Olaiya, in a statement said she got to know Obesere through one of her friends, Mrs Bola Okoro. “She told me that Obesere would assist me in my business.

I deal in office equipment and when I contacted Obesere, he asked me to meet him in his family house at Okota. When I met him, I introduced my business to him and he promised to connect me to some of his friends in Dubai who would sell goods to me on credit. After the discussion, he started demanding for sex and I refused and when I wanted to leave, he insisted I should sleep over in his house because it was late and he claimed that it was dangerous to go out late in the night in his area.”

Jonathan Sacks All Aviation Chiefs After Oduah’s Disgraceful Exit

Further to the sack of the former minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, the Nigerian Presidency has sacked heads of all aviation agencies in the country. Few months ago, before the sack of the said former minister last month, online news medium exposed the rot in the aviation sector as supervised by the infamous former minister of aviation, Stella Oduah who oversaw corruption in different dimensions and to the tunes of billions of Naira.

See text of press release by the the SGF office announcing the sack of the aviation chiefs below:..

Pastor in police net for conducting virginity test on member with his finger

A 34-year-old pastor, simply identified as Adekunle Kayode, is currently cooling his heels at the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly conducting virginity test on a 20-year-old female member of his church in Abeokuta with his finger.

Kayode, who oversees the Jesus Is The Way Evangelistic Ministry, Olorunsogo, Abeokuta, was reportedly arrested by detectives attached to Kemta Division in his house, 3, Okeyidi Street, Abeokuta.

The State’s PPRO, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement said the ‘preacher’ was nabbed after the victim narrated her ordeal to her father who later informed the police of the shocking incident. It was gathered that the man of God was caught in the act in the church while he tried to confirm the girl’s virginity status.

According to the PPRO;

 “There was also a drama when the victim received the ‘holy spirit’ which propelled her to reveal the misdeeds of the pastor who has indulged in this ungodly act for years." 

Boy Who Raped 7-Year-Old Sister After Watching Hardcore Porn Walks Free From Court (A Must Read)

Report from HuffingtonPost;

A 12-year-old schoolboy who raped his seven-year-old sister after he watched hardcore porn on the internet has walked free from court. Social workers will now work with the youngster to return him to the family home in the coming months.

Blackburn Youth Court heard the boy had viewed pornography in the company of his friends before he gained "a desire to try it out".

He committed a number of sexual offences against his sister between March and May last year but the matters did not come to light until last autumn.

How Boko Haram Members Burnt 11 Villagers To Death In Jakana

Eleven villagers were said to have been burnt to death by the rampaging Boko Haram sect yesterday in the small village of Jakana.

It was gathered that the Boko Haram sect members had warned the villagers of the impending attack. The eleven villagers however were burnt to death in what can be seen as a punishment for an affront on the sect members who had earlier warned of their impending destruction of the village.