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Tuesday, 30 June 2015

Buhari has acheived alot within one month in office-Lai Mohammed

The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday, said President Muhammadu Buhari's pace within 30 days of his administration has outpaced the six years achievements of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
He said

“It’s been about one month now since President Buhari assumed office, and I can tell you that there has been motion, and there has been movement, contrary to what is being peddled in some quarters.

“Let me say straight away that my party, the APC, understands and appreciates the concerns of Nigerians as far as the perceived pace of the administration is concerned. We understand that they repose so much confidence in the party and the government to act quickly to stamp out insecurity, tackle corruption, revive the moribund economy, provide jobs and generally restore hope.

The CBN said on Tuesday that the Bank Verification Exercise (BVN) has been extended to October 31, 2015, according to NAN.

The Central Bank had earlier fixed Tuesday, June 30, as deadline for the exercise, warning that defaulters may not be able to access their accounts from July 1.

As the deadline approached, millions of customers spent hours on long queues at banks across the country, struggling to have their data captured.

Customers call for extension BVN As Time Is Too Short To Complete The exercise

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Customers in commercial banks operating in Asaba, the Delta State capital have appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the deadline for the registration of the mandatory Bank Verification Number (BVN) which officially ended yesterday.

The customers who thronged respective branches of their banks making frantic efforts to get enrolled into the system, blamed their failure to register on faulty equipment by the operators of the system.
They lamented that each time they come forwarded to be enrolled, the excuse by the operators was that the machine was faulty and that they should come back on a later date, noting that it was always going to be difficult to wait for last minute rush.

A young Swedish woman who sued her former Wall Street executive boss over lurid allegations of sexual conquest, betrayal and stalking was awarded $18 million by a federal jury Monday.

Hanna Bouveng, 25, accused Benjamin Wey in an $850 million lawsuit of using his power as owner of New York Global Group to coerce her into four sexual encounters before firing her after discovering she had a boyfriend.

The jury in federal court in Manhattan awarded her $2 million in compensatory damages plus $16 million in punitive damages on sexual harassment, retaliation and defamation claims. It rejected a claim of assault and battery.

No fewer than 100 people were killed after an Indonesian military plane, C-130 Hercules carrying 113 passengers crashed into Medan, the third largest residential area in Indonesia.

According to Indonesia’s Air force chief, Air Marshall Agus Supriatna, the pilot told the control tower that the plane needed to turn back because of engine trouble. “The plane crashed while it was turning right to return to the airport,” Supriatna said.

Fola Adeola has resigned as deputy chairman of the Boko Haram Victims' Support Committee without giving a reason for his resignation, Premium Times reports.

The fund was set by Goodluck Jonathan's administration to pool resources and provide support to victims of Boko Haram insurgency and other similar clashes.

Mr. Adeola, a former Vice-Presidential candidate, who tendered his resignation last Monday to the Chairman of the committee, Theophilus Danguma and could not be reached for comment as he was said to be out of the country.

Professor Attahiru Jega’s tenure as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has come to an end.

The former INEC boss, who took over from Professor Maurice Iwu, assumed office on June 8, 2010 during the former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.

Professor Jega officially handed over leadership to the commission’s National Commissioner, Ambassador Mohammad Wali, on Tuesday.

The so-called Islamic State group on Thursday sold 42 Iraqi women it had abducted from the Yazidi religious minority to its fighters in eastern Syria, a monitor said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the women were being treated as "slaves" by the jihadists and were sold "for between $500 (447 euros) and $2,000 dollars (1,785 euros)".

The women were kidnapped last year in the Sinjar region of northern Iraq where IS had launched a wide offensive, the Britain-based monitor said.

Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has challenged US President Barack Obama by asking his hand in marriage. His comment comes at the back of the legalization of gay marriage in the US by the Supreme Court.
During Mugabe's weekly radio interview with Zimbabwe’s national radio last Saturday, he said:

“I’ve just concluded since President Obama endorses the same-sex marriage, advocates homosexual people and enjoys an attractive countenance thus if it becomes necessary , I shall travel to Washington, D.C. , get down on my knee and ask Obama’s hand. I can’t understand how these people dare to defy Christ’s explicit orders as our Lord prohibited mankind from sodomy.''

President Muhammadu Buhari reaffirmed Monday in Abuja that his administration will give the highest possible priority to the rapid improvement of power supply across Nigeria.

Speaking at an audience with officials of CGGC, the Chinese Construction Company working on the Mambilla Power Project, President Buhari said that it was quite regrettable that power generation in Nigeria had failed to keep pace with national needs over the years.

The President said that his administration will therefore ensure that the Mambilla project and other unfinished hydro-power projects in the country are completed expeditiously to boost power supply in the country.

CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele

Customers expecting the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the deadline for the Bank Verification Number (BVN) exercise may be disappointed as CBN has ruled out the possibility.

Leadership reports that Ibrahim Mu’azu, director,corporate communications, CBN, confirmed that the deadline for registration is tomorrow, Tuesday, June 30, 2015.

He explained further that bank customers were given adequate time and that the bank expected they should have taken advantage of the period scheduled for the exercise to register.

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress on Monday insisted on removing the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, of the minority Peoples Democratic Party.

Punch learnt on Monday that the ruling APC was still miffed that Ekweremadu emerged as the deputy senate president and had vowed never to allow “a senator from a minority party take over the duties statutorily assigned for the majority party.”

Mozambique legalized homosexuality on Monday when a new penal code came into force that swept away old Portuguese colonial laws, in a victory for campaigners for gay rights in Africa.

The old code, dating back to 1886, targeted anyone “who habitually engages in vices against nature”, but no known prosecutions were brought after Mozambique became independent in 1975. Breaking the law was theoretically punishable by up to three years of hard labour.

Remember the story about the mother who killed two of her children and left their bodies in her kitchen freezer? Well, she has pleaded guilty to their murders saying but says she feels no remorse for killing them. She said: “I don’t feel no remorse for the death of them demons.”

Mitchelle Blair 36, of Detroit, Michigan, without remorse admitted abusing her 13-year-old daughter Stoni Blair and nine-year-old son Stephen Berry, before their deaths. The bodies of the children were discovered in a deep freezer at her apartment on May 24 when bailiffs arrived to evict her. The mother has two surviving children aged eight and 17-years-old.

Facebook has opened it's first office in Africa to further the company’s commitment to help businesses connect with people and grow locally and regionally.

Based in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, Facebook’s newest business office will be headed by Ogilvy veteran, Nunu Ntshingila, the company’s new Head of Africa.

Here are the reasons:

1. They are Attractive
Some men love bⅰg bμt'ts and b**bs because it makes them attractive. Is like viewing a car, the size means a lot to men, the bigger the hips the more attractive the woman is.

The way you dress is also a matter of concern as men feel voluptuous women look more attractive in dresses than their counterparts.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has executed the chief architect of the new international Pyongyang airport...This news comes after he was pictured touring the building with his wife last week(above)..According to reports, the architect was executed because Kim didn’t like the design.

The project is the country’s latest bid to appeal to potential tourists since Kim ascended to power in North Korea three years ago and features a jewellery store, coffee bar, a pharmacy, a chocolate fountain and other luxury amenities.

Group Urges Buhari To Cancel Anti-Gay Law

This comes days after the Supreme Court of the United States of America finally legalised same sex marriage throughout the whole country.

In a report on Sahara Reporters, specifically aimed to attack the “Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act of 2014”, leading human rights organisations, PEN America and PEN Nigeria urged President Buhari to scrap the law as it encourages evictions, mob attacks, police torture, and public whippings against gays.

The report called for Buhari to repeal laws that legalise discrimination against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and people who are inter-sex and transgender.

Monday, 29 June 2015

VP Osinbajo, El-Rufai And Others To Investigate NNPC Missing Trillions Naira

The National Economic Council (NEC) has set up a committee to immediately investigate a shortfall of N3.5 trillion in remittance by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) into the Federation Account since 2012.

The council, which has the 36 state governors and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria as members, is saddled with the responsibility of advising the President on economic affairs of the country.

This was disclosed at a briefing at the State House on Monday attended by Vice Presi‎dent Yemi Osinbajo, Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, and his counterparts from Kaduna, Zamfara and Akwa Ibom States.

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Hadiza Bala Usman the founder of the Bring Back Our Girls (‪#‎BBOG‬) has been rewarded by Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai by appointing her his Chief of Staff.

After series of denials, by #BBOG campaigners that they were not working for the APC it is now exposed that they are all at the Highest Strategy level of APC leadership.

The sources remarked that President Buhari had ordered that his wife not be officially addressed as “First Lady,” adding, however, that Mrs. Buhari has been operating as one.

Since Nigeria’s return to democratic governance in 1999, the wives of successive Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Yar’Adua, and Goodluck Jonathan had operated in a politically controversial and high profile manner. Stella Obasanjo, the wife of Mr. Obasanjo, was known as a quiet power broker who reportedly demanded loyalty to herself from those who worked closely with her husband. She died on October 23, 2005 in Spain during a secretive trip to perform cosmetic surgery to enhance her physique.

There was tension in Anambra State yesterday, following reports that 47 Boko Haram suspects have been relocated to Ekwulobia Prisons in Aguata Local Government Area of the state.

When the rumour of the alleged relocation broke out weekend, hundreds of youths stormed the streets and all markets in the state were shut in protest.

A visit to Ekwulobia Prisons, however, did not show any sign that new inmates were brought there and the prisons officials said they had not received any signal to that effect.

My name is Ify, from Anambra State and I reside at Awka. I have an issue which has been bothering me and I have decided to take the bold step.

I am 29 and a virgin. I have always have to deal with men who are only interested in sleeping with me and I have sworn to keep myself for only my future husband. I have lost a lot of men because they all wanted the same thing before marriage. I am ready to for medical assessment of my virginity to prove it to any real man who is ready to marry me.

JUST IN! Buhari Appoints Chief Of Staff (UPDATED)

The news on appointment of Colonel Hamidu Ali as President Buhari’s chief of staff broke in the afternoon of Monday, June 29, 2015.

The status of the former military administrator of Kaduna state was also immediately updated by Wikipedia, where it was stated that “he is currently the Chief of Staff to president Muhammadu Buhari” , despite there was no source given as the confirmation of the appointment.

Sahara Reporters, via its twitter handle, was among those who wrote about the new appointment.

Contrary to the initial reports, a BBC Hausa reporter tweeted that presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, has denied the appointment of Ali as the chief of staff to the president.

Well, I don't see why Dangote should lie...

Breaking News: President Muhammadu Buhari Inaugurates National Economic Council

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday inaugurated the National Economic Council led by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

The council, saddled with the responsibility of advising the President on economic affairs of the country, has the 36 state governors and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria as members.

President Buhari who tasked members to come up with ways of liquidating outstanding salaries and wages across the country restated his administration’s commitment to tackling insecurity, corruption and other social vices.

Melo9ja Sport: Former Chelsea Star Peter Cech Pens Farewell Letter To Chelsea Fans, Explains Why He Joined Arsenal

Peter Cech has written an open letter to Chelsea fans, after he completed his £11 million move to Arsenal on Monday.

The Czech goalkeeper spent 11 years at Stamford Bridge, but finished last season as second choice behind Thibaut Courtois.

Cech thanked the Blues supporters and the Russian owner Roman Abramovich, who personally intervened and allow him move to a Premier League rival.

The letter in full after the cut:

An Argentinian man named Santiago Lopez Menendez (pictured above), who worked as an agronomist for Nigeria Flour Mills and managed two farms, was kidnapped in Niger state on June 24th. (Read here). Talking to the press after he was rescued, he said footballer Lionel Messi helped save his life. Huh? Funny!

Mirror UK reports
Lionel Messi football genius isn't just great to watch - it's also now helping save lives. Santiago Lopez Menendez is a young Argentinian scientist who works in Nigeria. On 24th June, as was heading out to work in a field, he was kidnapped by a group of armed men.

Some tourists in Tunisia are under fire for taking SELFIES at the beach where an ISIS gunman murdered 38 people.
Some have been spotted taking selfies at the bloodied beach,some even smiling and grinning, despite the savage and sickening events on Friday..

Under fire is a wannabe Labour MP who has been fingered among those who have taken selfies.
Twitter users have reacted with anger and disbelief.Amran Hussain, 29, an Army reservist who stood for Labour in North East Hampshire in the recent election, was seen with friends taking a snap with a selfie stick on the beach that witnessed scenes of unbridled savagery a short time before.

The Presidency, through the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, has instructed the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Prof. Mobolaji Aluko, to refund over payment of salaries running into millions of naira.

The Registrar of the university, David Suowari, was also directed to refundthe sum of N130, 692.71 per month in excess of his due salary.

The over payments were said to have been discovered during the commission’s visit to the institution on May 12, 2015 to carry out an inspection of FUO’s remuneration practices vis-a-vis the extant government’s pay policy.

The besties were hand-in-hand on the BET Awards Red carpet.They rocked matching outfits to celebrate the legalisation of same sex marriages all over the USA..
Amber's man,Machine Gun Kelly was also performing..Hot mamas!

Rapper, Nicki Minaj who won best female Hip hop artist at the BET award showed off her beautiful Mum, Carol to the entire world. She looks so much like her Mum. More photos after the cut..

Lady Gaga celebrated the legalization of same sex marriage in all 50 states inthe USAn by attending the Chicago Pride Parade ...The 29-year-old singer exposed her stomach and bra with the words 'gay pride' written on her body.

According to a report by SA newspaper Sowetanlive, 18 year old Boitumelo Dlamini was taken by four girls into a car, driven to a bush where they poured petrol on her and burnt her to death. One of the girls is the ex-girlfriend of the boy she's dating. Her charred body was found in the bush in Klipgat, North West, on Thursday June 25th.

Boitumelo's boyfriend's ex-girlfriend and three of her friends have been arrested for the crime and are facing murder charges and kidnapping.

Boitumelo , 18, a Grade 12 pupil at Elepsa Secondary School, became romantically involved with Tokelo Makalepho, 24, from her village, six months ago.

A Deputy Superintendent of Police, Tamuno Jacob Igbomie, who was Principal Security Officer to the wife of the former President, Patience Jonathan, has been shot dead by unknown assailants.
Igbomie’s corpse was found in his Honda Accord car last Friday along the Airport Road, Abuja.

The former PSO, who was married with two children, was believed to have been killed by assassins who shot him at close range in his car and left the engine running.
A source said the body of the DSP was found early in the morning with all his phones, wallet and other personal effects in tact in the car.

    Hoodlums suspected to be smugglers on Thursday, beat journalist, Yomi Olomofe to coma over accusations of reporting their activities at the Seme-Badagry area.

    The victim, Olomofe, who is the Executive Director of the Badagry based Prime Magazine narrated his ordeal to Vanguard.

    “I was with another colleague of mine on a visit to the command, when some smugglers, who claimed that journalists have been writing negative stories about them, pounced on me”

Time for action..... According to Sahara Reporters, President Buhari has ordered Nigeria’s security agents to arrest his brother-in-law for allegedly extorting money from an unnamed businessman.

He said the suspect, named Musa Yola, was the immediate younger brother of Mr. Buhari’s wife.The suspect also addressed as “Alhaji Yola,” reportedly received N300 million from a businessman after promising to provide his dupe with political access to secure an oil block from the Buhari administration. According to the source, Mr. Buhari personally ordered last Monday night that Mr. Yola be produced before him in handcuffs in the company of the businessman he duped.

Before you think that all our legislators do is fight or bring out their "Mohammed Ali"and "may weather" skills when the arguments fail to reach consensus agreement.

Then look at the photos of how it goes down in other legislative houses around the world. All the same it is not worth it to turn our legislative house into a boxing arena though. See more photos below:

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, on Sunday said that a court process instituted by 30 All Progressives Congress members stopped him from acting on a letter from the party’s leadership, nominating four principal officers for the lower chambers of the National Assembly.

In his very first reaction to the results of the election in which he defeated former Minority Leader, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, by eight votes, he admitted that it was a “miracle” that he won.

He had said that looking at the formidable forces against him before the election, it came as a surprise to him that he emerged victorious.

Anambra State Government has reacted to report of alleged Federal Government plan to transfer of Boko haram members to the Awka Prisons in the state.

The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media James Eze released in a statement this evening clarified the position of the state on the issue.

It would be recalled that residents of Anambra State on Saturday, June 27, took to the streets to demonstrate over the alleged plan by the Federal Government to transfer some Boko Haram prisoners to the state prison. Read the statement below;

Just like the 14-year old Kano little bride who poisoned her husband, another 17-year old lady who was forced to marry a retarded man by her father and the man’s relations has poisoned him so that she can be free to remarry. The story;

A Beninoise, Kwenume Ojo, aka Abiodun, has been arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly killing her husband, Jimoh Ojo, 32, in the Yaba area of the state. Punch Metro learnt that Kwenume put poison in her husband’s soft drink and forced it down his throat while he slept on the bed.

Our correspondent gathered that the 17-year-old suspect took the poison from a relative of her boyfriend after she was forced to marry Jimoh.

We Regret Voting Buhari InTo Office As Nigerian President - South West Leaders

Some South-West leaders arecurrently biting their fingers in regret over voting President Muhammadu Buhari into office.

The zone is particularly angry with the President, who is the leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for tolerating the outcome of National Assembly leadership election, which did not favour the region.

Buhari’s silence according to them is a serious indication that the zone, which queued behind him to ensure victory at the recent polls, may benefit little or nothing from the administration.

“For the fact that the South-West played a key role in the emergence of Buhari as the President, it is expected that they would occupy a more strategic position than the post of vice president”, said one of the leaders.

A middle-aged woman, Sophia Arapogun, has prayed an Agege customary court to dissolve her 11-year-old marriage because her husband, Patrick, abandoned her for two years.

Mrs Arapogun, who lives with her husband and his six children from his previous marriage, said he never asked her how she fed.

“My husband buys foodstuffs for his children and asks them to keep them in their room. He never asked what I needed at a particular moment and we lived together,” she said.

While speaking as a guest on RubbingMinds TV programme today, music star Cynthia Morgan said she can't date any man in the Nigerian entertainment industry because they are all full of crap

"I'm not dating anyone in the industry. Never. Like Never. Personally I don't think its my thing. I think they are full of crap. Yes says me. I can solely handle that. I have friends who have been in relationships with guys in the industry and it didn't work out. They are all the same thing, they are artists"she said

The authorities of the Delta State University, Abraka on Saturday banned the wearing of miniskirts and insisted there must be a reduction of fellowship centres in the three University campuses.

According to the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Vincent Peretemode, the three campuses in question have over 80 fellowships which must now be reduced to four.

Press statement from PDP below...

After a careful evaluation of the first 30 days of President Muhammadu Buhari and All Progressives Congress (APC)'s administration, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) notes that it has become obvious that Nigerians need to join hands in prayers to save the government from further inaction and dithering. The party said the call for prayers has become necessary given the fact that the administration is finding it difficult to locate its bearing and even take off and face the challenges of governance at the center resulting in 30 days of all motion and no movement, a scenario that does not augur well for the polity

Interesting days ahead...lol. Change has come indeed! Make we just dey sidon look...

Actor Chiwetalu Agu's Gets Flavour's Hairstyle (Photo)

The actor known for his Hilarious quotes and lifestyle, came up with this shocker..

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