IBB Releases Open Letter to Jonathan: The Happenings In the Country Calls for Worry!

Forrmer Nigerian Head of State, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida today released a statement through his media aide, Kassim Afegbua more or less advising the President to see things a bit differently especially beyond what his aides tell him.

The statement reads: “The happenings in the country in recent times call for worry if we must be sincere with ourselves. Every day, the nation is treated with one form of political issue or the other. From security challenges to

Married At 10, Gave Birth At 13, Widowed At 14: Former Child Bride Says "NO" To CHILD MARRIAGE

Alemtsahye Gebrekidan enjoyed her careless childhood in Ethiopia's northern Tigray province. This eneded when she turned ten: her parents married her off to a 16-year-old boy.

"I was playing outside and my mum called me inside to the house. She said 'You're going to marry'. I was surprised and I cried but I didn't say anything to them [parents]," Alemtsahye, now 38 and residing in London, United Kingdom, remembers.

The beginning of the 'new life' meant leaving home and

President Obama Says Marijuana is Better Than Alcohol

 

President Obama believes that marijuana is not as dangerous as alcohol and that the ban in most states unfairly targets the poor and minorities.

In an interview with the New Yorker, the president stated that marijuana use is not something that he would suggest for his daughters or anyone else, but prohibition has become a problem for the U.S.
"As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice, not very different from the cigarettes that I smoked as a young person up through a

TB Joshua Speaks Out On Same-$ex Marriage Ban

 

A highly-discussed bill against same-sex marriages, which has recently been made law by President Goodluck Jonathan, caused reaction from Prophet T.B. Joshua.

Speaking on the issue through a new initiative on his ministries official Facebook page, in which the cleric responds to people’s questions in an interactive session, he said:

Dozens Of Homosexuals Flee Bauchi State As Gays In The North Get Arrested

Human Rights activists have cried out that dozens of gay men have fled while some have been arrested in northern Nigeria because of the draconian anti-gay law that makes same-sex marriage/relationship a crime .

According to them, the witch hunt in Bauchi State all began after a wild rumor circulated that the United States had paid gay activists $20 million to promote same-sex marriage in Nigeria.

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Jonathan's Administration Buys 53 Gold iPhones For Independence Day Celebration?

           Nigerian government is purchasing 53 customized gold iPhones for the celebration of the next Independence Day on October 1, 2013. This information was disclosed by the founder of a British luxury products company Gold and Co, Amjad Ali, to the UK’s the Independent newspaper.

“53 gold iPhones to mark the country’s 53rd year of independence from Britain next month,” Ali said, adding that the order from the Nigerian government “will [be] engraved them with [Nigeria’s] coat of arms, a shield and two horses.”

For the record, a gold-plated device costs between £3000 and

SACKED! Ministers Cry As Jonathan Caught Them Unawares, PDP Crisis To Consume More

In a bid to constitute a cabinet of Ministers that could help him win the 2015 election in their respective states, President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday fired the nine ministers pictured above.Jonathan's action, it was learnt, is to appoint more bold men like Nyesom Wike who is helping him give Governor Rotimi Amaechi serious headache in Rivers State. Already, a list of men who are giving their state governors trouble have been compiled by the Presidency for

Nigerian Company Pays Clinton N100m To Speak

      Just to speak at an event in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, a Nigerian company paid the former American President, Bill Clinton, $700,000 (over N100 million), the New York Times disclosed on Thursday.

      The New York Times did not disclose the name of the company which handed Clinton the huge sum of money.

Clinton, since he left office, has visited Nigeria many times, the last two being a guest speaker at the launch of Eko Atlantic City and Thisday Awards.

Fraudsters set up Jonathan/Sambo foundation, dupe over 100

    The Lagos State Police Command is investigating a case of fraud perpetrated by six men, who defrauded hundreds of people in Ketu area of the state.

According to police authorities, the suspects, Dr. Chris Ajakaiye, Atanda Johnson, Morenike Folarin, Ademola Atanda, Soledayo Akinnubunmi and John Ajagbe, set up a foundation at 15 Oluwalogbon Street, Ikosi, known as Goodluck/Sambo Foundation.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspects collected money from victims under the guise of keeping them in contact with the Presidency.

Babangida cautions Eagles after Barcelona rout

 

      Former Super Eagles winger, Tijani Babangida, has advised the Super Eagles coaching crew not to be overly reliant on Emmanuel Emenike in the country’s quest for sustained glory.

The Atlanta ’96 Olympic football gold medal winner for Nigeria was the ‘Legend of the Night’ at the Heineken Champions Planet during the second leg semi-final match of the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday. He told a gathering of invited guests and consumers that as

Gunmen kill 3 policemen, 2 others in Jigawa

      The incident where the deputy governor was stopped from assessing the former IG’s home occurred when he led the delegation for an assessment tour on the level of damage done during the Sunday attack.

The delegation went round the affected places to see things for itself but was halted by one of the ex-IG’s  house boys.

The unnamed house boy told the acting governor that he was instructed by his boss not to allow any government official  gain access to his home because it wasn’t a government building and that no journalist would be allowed to take any photograph. 

President Jonathan To Increase Fuel Price Again!

     President Goodluck Jonathan says he will definitely

 raise gas prices again, but will “discuss” with the public the easiest way to do it.

Speaking at a press conference in Lagos, Mr. Jonathan said, “We cannot continue to waste resources meant for a greater number of Nigerians to subsidize the affluent middle class, who are the main beneficiaries.”

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Bomb Factory Discovered in Politician's House

  

      Soldiers from One division of the Nigerian Army on Tuesday discovered a bomb making factory at a house located at Sabon Birni Road Kawo in Kaduna North local government area of Kaduna state, following a tip off from some members of the public. The building is located few meters from the one Div army headquarters.

     The Commander one division internal security force, Brigadier General Tagbo Chuks Ude who briefed newsmen on the raid said the discovery followed a cordon and search operation carried out in the area by Soldiers from

Third Mainland Bridge - A Disaster

    The Senate President, David Mark, has warned that the Lagos Third Mainland Bridge would be a major national disaster if allowed to collapse

This is as the Senate will today debate a motion on the imminent collapse on the bridge which the Senator described as an important edifice noting that its collapse will be a major catastrophe, as many lives may be lost.

       The third Mainland Bridge measured 11.8km and connected the Mainland to 

Lagos Island. The bridge is a major escape route from traffic snarl on Western Avenueto the Island and was commissioned by former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, in 1990.

          The Federal Ministry of works completed repair works on the bridge last Octob

POLITICAL IMPERSONATION: EFCC set to arraign ex-Kogi Senatorial Candidate.

       The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign a former Kogi Central Senatorial candidate, Alhaji Abdulazeez Bello, on offences bothering on impersonation and forgery. Bello , 49, was arrested recently by operatives of the State Security Services (SSS) at the Sheraton Hotels & Towers, Lagos , for impersonating the Director of Operations of the EFCC, Mr. Olaolu Adegbite.

         The EFCC made this known today in a Press Statement from the office of the Head, Media and Publicity of the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren.

According to the EFCC, the suspected conman was at the hotel premises to further an advance fee fraud agenda aimed at Mrs Mercy Orji, wife of the Abia State Governor, Mr.

Gunmen Murder Octogenarian Lagos Chief

     Unidentified gunmen, at the early hours of yesterday, shot an octogenarian white cap chiefdead, in his apartment on Iga Iduganran Street, Isale-Eko, Lagos.

Meantime, the state government has described the death of the Onimole as shocking and unfortunate.

The late Onimole.

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Rev Chris Okotie Bans Journalist From Attending His ChurchBecause Of Story

      The journalist is Biodun Kupoluyi,the publisher of E24/7 Magazine. He is alleging that the senior pastor of Household of God, ChrisOkotie, has barred him from attending his church after he wrote a story alleging that Rev Okotie is dating an undergraduate named Miss Naomi Hoffman. Biodun is an off/on member of Household of God.

President Goodluck Jonathan and Alaafin of Oyo Holds Secret Meeting

 Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, and President Goodluck Jonathan met behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday.

Adeyemi was accompanied to the meeting by the Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory, Olajumoke Akinjide; a member representing Afijio/Oyo East/Oyo West Federal Constituency in

INEC Head Quaters on FIRE!

   An early morning fire yesterday gutted a section of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Abuja.

The National Emergency