Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Lagos Begins e-ticketing for BRT Buses



The Lagos State Government on Tuesday launched the new electronic ticketing (e-ticket) system for Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, buses in the state.

The e-ticketing system now allows BRT users to pay bus fare as low as N20 within a stipulated distance as against the fixed fare of N70 to N120.

The e-ticketing is being managed by the Lagos Area Metropolitan Transport Authority, LAMATA.


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Chai: 8 Lesbian Girls Rusticated From Secondary School



Barely a week after the newspaper included a tale concerning the rising quantity of lesbians in Girls high School all over the state, the government has now sent home 8 girls on the matter.



8 Lesbian Girls Expelled From Secondary School



The school’s principal, Pacifica Nyambong’i said that a group of eight students in Form Two, who were also jointly being investigated for arson claims, had been sent home and others readmitted after undergoing counseling and promising to change. The principal admitted that some Form Two students confessed to being lesbians who had lovers in the school while other girls denied the allegations.

Mother gives birth to a girl weighing 6 Kg without a C-section



A baby weighing almost a stone and measuring 22.6 inches long has been born in Germany.  Baby Jasleen arrived on July 26 and weighed a massive 13.47 pounds. Babies her size are usually born via a caesarean section, she was born naturally. The mother gave birth at University Hospital in Leipzig and discovered she had a previously undiagnosed case of gestational diabetes, German newspaper Der Spiegel reports.  This condition, which develops at around the 24th week of pregnancy, can lead to a larger than usual baby size. Although both mother and daughter are doing well, Jasleen remains in the neonatal care unit. She is now officially the largest new-born in Germany. (UK Daily Mail)

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

FRAUD: Chief Judge Falsifies His Date Of Birth



Nigeria’s National Judicial Council on Monday announced the compulsory retirement of the Acting Chief Judge of Abia state, Justice Shadrack O.E. Nwanosike over the falsification of his date of birth.
The council found that Nwanosike falsified his date of birth which invariably affected his retirement age and ordered him to embark on a compulsory retirement.

The council, in a press release signed by Mr. Soji Oye, the Acting Director of Information and made available to newsmen in Abuja, stated that the compulsory retirement slammed on the Abia state Acting Chief Judge was part of the recommendation of the council at its meeting presided by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, held on 17th & 18th July.

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"I Was On My Way To See My Dad When He died" —Dr Sid Opens Up About Dad's Death -



Sidney Esiri a.k.a Dr Sid is one of the artistes making waves in the Nigerian music industry.
The son of late veteran actor, Justus Esiri, opens up on his relationship with his late father and his love life.
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How has the journey been? 

It has been interesting and full of ups and downs, I have learnt and experienced a lot, everything I have gone through today has made me a better artiste and has prepared me for all the things I am set to do in the next couple of months. 


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How possible is Nigeria’s break-up in 2015?



The current political, ethnic and religious tensions in the country, accentuated by the tussle for the 2015 Presidency, have begun to make many people raise the alarm that the often misquoted and misrepresented personal comments of the participants at the United States’ National Intelligence Council conference of the possibility of a break-up of Nigeria in 2015, if certain things occurred, is about to come to fruition.

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4.9 quake strikes Japan, tremors felt at Fukushima



An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale occurred today in the north-eastern part of the main Japanese island of Honshu.

There have been no reports of casualties or damage caused by the quake.
According to the National Meteorological Agency of Japan, there was no tsunami threat.
The epicenter was located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, and the center lies at a depth of 10 kilometers under the seabed.
Tremors were felt by the residents of eight Japanese prefectures, including Fukushima, where the nuclear power plant accident of the same name occurred.
 Operations at the nuclear power plant were not affected by the quake

Mugabe runs for election in Zimbabwe, again



A victory for Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe's presidential elections this week would raise the prospect of him ruling well into his 90s, enflaming a succession battle that already quietly rages.

You don't rule a country especially one as volatile as Zimbabwe for 33 years without knowing a thing or two about seeing off rivals reports the AFP.
Since taking up the reins of a newly independent Zimbabwe in 1980, Mugabe has for three decades deftly brushed aside opponents and, with power consolidated, kept subordinates in their place.

Police, hoodlums accused of killing undergraduate, friend



Policemen attached to the Badagry Police Division, Lagos State, and some hoodlums have been accused of killing a 25-year-old undergraduate of Delta State University, Ifechukwude Nwainokpor, and his friend, identified simply as Kazeem.

An eight-minute video clip of the gruesome killing, which was made available to PUNCH Metro, showed the two victims handcuffed together. They were covered in their own blood and beaten to death with sticks. Tyres were also put round their necks.

An irate mob could be seen in the video, shouting, “die, die, burn them, burn them.”
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A Tale Of A Pastor And His Sacred Milk



Valdeci Sobrino Picanto is a Brazilian Evangelical Pastor. He has been arrested after deceiving the faithful using the name of the "Holy Spirit", by saying foolish lies.   He said his penis was blessed and that "the Lord had consecrated him with divine milk of the ''Holy Spirit" and, of course, he had to release it in order to "evangelize"."He has convinced us that only God could come into our lives through our mouth and that's why he would do what he did". Often, after worship, pastor Valdeci would take us to where the funds were kept at the back of the Church and asked us to have Or-al se-x with him until the Holy Spirit would come through ejacu-lation". This is the testimony of one of his victims.   The pastor is already in jail, but said he intends to continue watering his cellmates with his sacred milk. 

GO HOME or FACE ARREST - UK launches campaign urging immigrants go home (SEE PHOTO)



Britain’s government on Monday defended a controversial campaign featuring vans with billboards urging illegal immigrants to “go home or face arrest”, after criticism from a senior minister.
Two trucks, each displaying a huge poster with a number for migrants to text if they wish to return to their country of origin, were driven around six London boroughs for a week in a pilot scheme by the interior ministry.

Posters, leaflets and advertisements in local newspapers will run for a further month.
In the UK illegally mobile billboard

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Judith Amaechi hosts Patience Jonathan in Port Harcourt after mother’s death (photos)



Irrespective of the feud between their husbands, Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state and Goodluck Jonathan, their wives are still best of friends. Governor Rotimi's wife, Judith, hosted the first lady in Port Hacourt overt the weekend, to mourn her mother's death. You will recall that her mum died via a ghastly motor crash. 
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Conrad Murray: Michael Jackson's Doctor Planning To Reveal ‘Explosive’ Secrets After Prison



Conrad Murray is reportedly threatening to reveal ‘explosive‘ secrets about Michael Jackson and his family on TV when he is released from prison in October.

The disgraced former doctor – who was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter after delivering a fatal dose of Propofol to the King of Pop in June 2009 – has reportedly been fielding multi-million dollar deals to tell-all about the late singer and his family when he is granted an early release from prison in October.

Murray has warned the ‘Thriller‘ star’s family that if they continue to push him ‘to the limit’ by slating him in the press and in their wrongful death lawsuit against concert promoters AEG Live, he will not hesitate to dish the dirt on Michael’s relatives – which he claims could ‘tarnish’ their reputations.

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Heartless Nurse Sets 11-Yr Old Girl Ablaze For Being Hungry



Doctors at the General Hospital, Gbagada, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, are seriously battling to save the life of an 11-year old girl, Ita Bassey-Eno, who was allegedly set ablaze by the woman she lives with, Mrs Nkese Iroakazi, a nurse at a hospital in Surulere.
Ita Bassey-Eno in critical condition


Iroakazi was alleged to have poured kerosene on Bassey-Eno before lighting a match stick to set her ablaze after the girl was said to have stolen a piece of meat from the pot.
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Jealous Girlfriend Sets Her Boyfriend's Range Rover On Fire



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VIDEO: Senator Yerima Reveals Why He Married 13-Year-Old Girl -



In the video below, 49-year-old Senator, Ahmed Yerima who wedded his 13-year-old bride in Abuja, has come out to openly defend underage marriage. It is important to note that, as at now marriage for anyone under the age of 18 is illegal, so one has to wonder why the senator is still in jail. He uses his religion of Islam to defend his stance below; 
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Monday, July 29, 2013

Al-Qaeda militants join Morsi supporters’ demonstration in Cairo – mass media



Al-Qaeda militants have joined pro-Morsi protesters in their demonstration in Nahda Square in Cairo, the Egyptian Al-Masry Al-Youmre newspaper reports on its website on Monday citing one of the protesters, who spoke in front of people on the main platform of the square.

According to him, “it’s necessary for al-Qaeda militants to join the demonstration as these people have a lot of experience in matters of defense against any kind of attack which may occur in the square”.
Witnesses say that an amount of al-Qaeda black flags has risen over the last days. Demonstrators have already managed to put up sand and block barriers in the square. People can enter the square only through several checkpoints guarded by protesters.
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At least 38 people died in a bus crash in southern Italy.



At least 38 people died in a bus crash in southern Italy on Sunday. The bus was returning from an excursion when it plunged off a highway into a ravine, smashing several cars and breaking a guardrail. At least 11 people were hospitalized, and two remain in critical condition. Authorities arrived to the scene to begin investigation into the cause of the crash.

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Google engineer blasts US mass surveillance program after receiving NSA award




Dr. Joseph Bonneau, an engineer for Google, was announced the winner of the National Security Agency's first annual "Science of Security Competition" on July 19 for his paper "The Science of Guessing," which analyzed over 70 million user passwords. Dr. Bonneau shared his "conflicted feelings" over receiving the award and chastised NSA surveillance.

On the same day when Dr. Bonneau was named the winner of the Science of Security (SoS) Competition he wrote a blog post about his "conflicted feelings" around the US surveillance program.
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