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Saturday, May 02, 2015
Talatu, believes that what a man can do, a woman can do also
I don’t see politics as a career. It is those who see it as a career that usually run into problems -Moji Lawal
Does it feel like a dream that you would become a member of the house of assembly in Lagos State come May 29?
No, it doesn’t feel like a dream. But
then, I wouldn’t say I was sure I was going to win in the last election;
it was actually a 50/50 thing. I knew I had done all I should do. I had
spoken to the people and I had reached out to them long before I even
decided to contest. I knew the results could go either way. I started
with the mindset that whichever way it went, I would have something to
fall back on. My major aim has always been to promote my community and
take care of my people. If I hadn’t gone into politics or if I hadn’t
won, I still would have done something to promote my community. I don’t
see politics as a career. It is those who see it as a career that
usually run into problems.
Serious fight happening at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja Right Now.
Passengers say they are now stranded at the airport. Above is a photo from the scene. And that's blood. See more photos after the cut...
AfDB: Buhari sends Atiku to Zuma for Adesina’s candidacy
A statement by Malam Garba Shehu in Abuja on Saturday said Atiku’s shuttle diplomacy to drum support for the Nigerian candidate followed a mandate from the President-elect Muhammadu Buhari.
According to the statement, Buhari asked Atiku to leverage on his contacts to lobby for the emergence of Adesina.
Rain renders 100 homeless in Kwara.
No fewer than 100 residents of Kosubosu, a border community in
Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara, were rendered homeless on Friday
night as a result of a rainstorm.
The rain, the first in the year, affected more than 25 buildings.
A source reports that a similar disaster occurred in the community in 2014, with hundreds of residents, including a 95 year-old woman, affected.
The Public Relations Officer of the local government council, Mallam Jubril Masene, whose house was also affected, described the incident as devastating.
Masene appealed to government at all levels and well-meaning individuals to come to the aid of the affected residents.
The rain, the first in the year, affected more than 25 buildings.
A source reports that a similar disaster occurred in the community in 2014, with hundreds of residents, including a 95 year-old woman, affected.
The Public Relations Officer of the local government council, Mallam Jubril Masene, whose house was also affected, described the incident as devastating.
Masene appealed to government at all levels and well-meaning individuals to come to the aid of the affected residents.
Royal baby: Princess presented to world
The couple emerged from the hospital to crowds of well-wishers and
the world's media.
They stood on the steps briefly before heading back into the hospital to put the princess in a car seat.
They stood on the steps briefly before heading back into the hospital to put the princess in a car seat.
Oya.com.ng released its NYSC discount offers.
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David Beckham Clocks 40
He turned 40 today, and he is enjoying with his family in Morocco. He shared some pictures below. Enjoy!!
Death toll in Nepal quake hits 7,000
At least 7,040 persons were confirmed dead with the number of injured
exceeding 14,000 in the last Saturday’s devastating quake in Nepal,
according to the country’s Ministry of Home Affairs Saturday.
The ministry said those among the killed included nine Nepalese Army personnel, four Nepalese Police personnel, one Armed Police Force staffer, four civil servants and 54 foreigners.
Severely-hit regions including Gorkha have been expecting for more aid.
Rescue missions failed to reach such remote areas as Gorkha due to road traffic obstructions.
Insufficient food and water supply as well as poor sanitation have been posing threat to thousands living in makeshift tents.
Some residents in Kathmandu have moved back to their damaged houses as efforts to retrieve bodies from the rubbles continued despite dwindling hope to find more survivors a week after the deadly 7.9-magnitude quake.
The ministry said those among the killed included nine Nepalese Army personnel, four Nepalese Police personnel, one Armed Police Force staffer, four civil servants and 54 foreigners.
Severely-hit regions including Gorkha have been expecting for more aid.
Rescue missions failed to reach such remote areas as Gorkha due to road traffic obstructions.
Insufficient food and water supply as well as poor sanitation have been posing threat to thousands living in makeshift tents.
Some residents in Kathmandu have moved back to their damaged houses as efforts to retrieve bodies from the rubbles continued despite dwindling hope to find more survivors a week after the deadly 7.9-magnitude quake.
Chief Imam of Abuja National Mosque dies at 68
The Chief Imam of Abuja National Mosque, Ustaz Musa Muhammed, is dead, aged 68.
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Secretary-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, announced the passing on of the Imam in a statement in Ibadan on Saturday.
The statement said Musa Muhammad died during a brief illness at Abuja National Hospital.
It added that there would be prayers for him on Sunday May 3, at the National Mosque, Abuja by 10.00a.m.
“On behalf of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saád Abubakar III, Oloyede condoled with the Muslim community on the death of Musa Muhammed.”
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Secretary-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, announced the passing on of the Imam in a statement in Ibadan on Saturday.
The statement said Musa Muhammad died during a brief illness at Abuja National Hospital.
It added that there would be prayers for him on Sunday May 3, at the National Mosque, Abuja by 10.00a.m.
“On behalf of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saád Abubakar III, Oloyede condoled with the Muslim community on the death of Musa Muhammed.”
Use And Dump must End In PDP -Muazu tells PDP members.
The embattles PDP boss, who made the statement in Abuja on Saturday,
noted that rather than trade blame among party members over the result
of the 2015 presidential election, the party should see the outcome as
an opportunity to reinvent itself and retake power in 2019.
The PDP chairman has come under intense pressure to resign following the disastrous outing of the party in the last general elections.
The PDP chairman has come under intense pressure to resign following the disastrous outing of the party in the last general elections.
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) fined the Broadcasting Service of Ekiti State (BSES).
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined the
Broadcasting Service of Ekiti State (BSES) the sum of N500,000.00 (five
hundred thousand naira) for denial of access, professional misconduct
and lack of respect for ethic of the broadcasting code.
The NBC also cautioned the leadership of the broadcasting house - Ekiti FM and EKTV for broadcasting the hate documentary on the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
PDP lost elections to enemies within – George, others
Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West have
asked the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, and other
members of the National Working Committee to resign.
Their call, they say, is informed by the defeat of the PDP in the last general elections, especially the presidential poll.
Rising from a closed-door meeting on Friday in Ado Ekiti, the
South-West PDP Presidential Contact and Mobilisation Committee, in a
communique read by Chief Olabode George, vowed to resist any attempt to
impeach the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, for his loyalty to the
party.
The zone commended President Goodluck Jonathan for conceding defeat
despite the noticeable flaws in the presidential poll, saying this had
allowed Nigeria to remain united and prevent unwarranted crisis.
Arik Air Cancels All Flights Due To Fuel Scarcity.
HERE IS A STATEMENT FROM THE MANAGEMENT;
We are not able to re-allocate passengers on other flights because we do not have control over the availability of aviation fuel and consequently over when we will be able to operate scheduled flights. Passengers are advised to visit the Arik Air website, www.arikair.com for frequent update on the situation.
Even as the availability of aviation fuel is outside the control of Arik Air, we regret the inconvenience the cancellations may have caused our esteemed passengers. We can only hope the situation improves very soon.
Retrace Your steps, PDP warns Pres. Jonathan’s aides, associates.
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a very strong warning to some ambitious aides and associates of President Goodluck Jonathan trying to use their closeness to him to cause crisis in the party and pave way for more defection to other parties.
The PDP said it would expose such individuals and make them face the full weight of the party disciplinary measures if they fail to immediately retrace their steps.
Fuel Scarcity: Petrol sells for N250 per litre in Oyo, Benin.
A survey by our correspondents on Saturday indicated that
while most of the filling stations in the towns (Oyo and Benin) were closed due to
non-availability of the product, few that had it sold from N240 to N250
per litre.
Fuel scarcity being experienced in some parts of the country had resulted in a sharp increase in pump price of the product in Iseyin Council Area of Oyo, from the official price of N87 per liter, to N250.
Fuel scarcity being experienced in some parts of the country had resulted in a sharp increase in pump price of the product in Iseyin Council Area of Oyo, from the official price of N87 per liter, to N250.
Dear OOB Readers. Why do we get sleep in our eyes?
Our eyes fill up with gunk as we sleep, but what is it? As one of OOB reader discovers, the stuff has a more important job than it seems.
The first thing I do when I wake up each morning is look at the long list of notifications that have silently accumulated on my phone as I slept. The second thing I do is wipe away the gunk that silently accumulated in the corner of my eyes over the course of the night. No matter what you call it – sleep, sand, eye boogers – you know the stuff I'm talking about. I've always wondered what it was made of and why it forms, so I went and found out.
The first thing I do when I wake up each morning is look at the long list of notifications that have silently accumulated on my phone as I slept. The second thing I do is wipe away the gunk that silently accumulated in the corner of my eyes over the course of the night. No matter what you call it – sleep, sand, eye boogers – you know the stuff I'm talking about. I've always wondered what it was made of and why it forms, so I went and found out.
''Meibum stops tears constantly rolling down our cheeks
Mayweather vs. Pacquiao.
It's
a fight that has been years in the making. Finally Floyd "Money"
Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will go head-to-head on Saturday.
APC chieftain ‘slaps’ Enugu gov candidate over ministerial slot
A major crisis has hit the All
Progressives Congress in Enugu State after report emerged on Friday that
the APC National Vice-Chairman, South-East, Mr. Emma Eneukwu, allegedly
slapped the party’s governorship candidate, Mr. Okey Ezea, following an
argument over ministerial slot in the forthcoming Muhammadu Buhari-led
administration.
The alleged incident happened on Thursday during a meeting of South-East APC leaders at the Imo State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja.
Happy birthday to Chidinma Ekile, AKA (Miss Kedike).
She will be on stage today on Star Trek in Calabar with other Nigerian artistes.
FAYOSE: TIME TO END EKITI NIGHTMARE - Jide Oluwajuyitan
Obasanjo and Jonathan, his estranged god son have nothing but contempt for the Ekitis and their professors. The former first inflicted a dim witted Fayose, a student of Lamidi Adedibu, the PDP garrison commander of Ibadan politics whose idea of a governor is a public pugilist who can also swear to falsehood with the Holy Quoram without qualms. Obasanjo probably did that to compensate the man who doubled as the head of Ibadan thugs for his support for the 2003 ‘do or die' elections. And for the later, Ekiti experiment supervised by an ambitious clowning man who knows no fear, can be used as a template for 2015.This probably failed because of a fortuitous rift between god father and god son, the threat of the international community especially the US and Britain, and the resolve of Jega to be on the right side of history.
Rio Ferdinand’s Wife Died of Cancer
According to reports, Rio Ferdinand confirmed his wife, Rebecca Ellison, has died from cancer.
The footballer, a defender for Queen’s Park Rangers, said his “wonderful wife” passed away peacefully at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London after a short illness.
In a statement, he added: “My soulmate slipped away last night. She was a fantastic, loving mother to our three beautiful children.
“She will be missed as a wife, sister, aunt, daughter and granddaughter. She will live on in our memory, as a guide and inspiration.
Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton has given birth to a baby girl.
Congratulations to them.
Woman, three children, two others die in Jos inferno
Six persons died when a storey building was engulfed in fire in Jos in the early hours of Saturday.
The fire was said to have started at about 2am shortly after power supply was restored to the area following an outage.
The victims – a woman, her three children, who are between the ages of one and six years; sister and maid – were believed to have been suffocated by the smoke of the inferno while they were fast asleep.
Residents of the area believed that the fire might have started from an electric surge and likely to have been aided by a gas cylinder, which exploded after the fire started.
More on it coming............
The fire was said to have started at about 2am shortly after power supply was restored to the area following an outage.
The victims – a woman, her three children, who are between the ages of one and six years; sister and maid – were believed to have been suffocated by the smoke of the inferno while they were fast asleep.
Residents of the area believed that the fire might have started from an electric surge and likely to have been aided by a gas cylinder, which exploded after the fire started.
More on it coming............
Senate Presidency: North East senators threaten Lawan’s chances
Twelve out of the 13 senators elected on
the platform of the All Progressives Congress from the North East, said
in Abuja on Friday that they were not in support of Senator Ahmad
Lawan’s emergence as the consensus candidate of the geo-political zone
for the post of Senate President, in the incoming Eighth National
Assembly.
Three killed, including two policemen, in Burundi attack
Three people, including two policemen, were killed and several people
wounded in a grenade attack in the capital of Burundi, which has been
rocked by protests at the president’s bid to seek a third term in
office, police and witnesses said.
The deaths came in an attack in the Kamenge district of Bujumbura.
Police director general General Andre Ndayambaje told AFP two officers were killed and one was wounded, while a local resident said a civilian also lost his life and two others were wounded.
The deaths came in an attack in the Kamenge district of Bujumbura.
Police director general General Andre Ndayambaje told AFP two officers were killed and one was wounded, while a local resident said a civilian also lost his life and two others were wounded.
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