Friday, January 3, 2014
FASHOLA, POPE FRANCIS, JAPANESE PM, 97 OTHERS LISTED AS LSDP TOP GLOBAL THINKERS
"He has made Lagos an African hub of innovation……….", says LSDP
Along with other global personalities like Pope Francis of the Vatican, Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe and Mayor of Warsaw, Poland, Hanna Gronkiewicz-waltz, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) was at the weekend named one of the 100 Top Global Thinkers for 2013 by a global personality assessment organization, Lo Spazio della Politica (LSDP).
See Photo of Lagos in the year 1914
Dearest Omo Oodua Readers: My fiancee treats her son so badly.
Asari Dokubo Lambastes OBJ, calls him Chief Assassin Of All Times
In a letter to Obasanjo, Dokubo, who has previously sworn that there will be hell on earth if Jonathan is not re-elected in 2015, rebutted Obasanjo's claim that Jonathan is training a special killer squad to hit 1000 supposed opponents of his government.
Continue after the break.
Police arrest Rivers lawmaker, Chidi Lloyd, for double murder
In a statement issued by the Rivers State police, Chidi Lloyd is accused of knocking down and killing the police sergeant while pursuing Kingsley Ejeuo who he also killed. The statement after the break
One killed, eight wounded as World War II bomb explodes in Germany
Myanmar releases about 2,000 inmates, including three political prisoners.
Myanmar on Friday freed about 2,000
inmates, including at least three political prisoners, to mark its
Independence Day, officials and activists said.
"More
than 2,000 prisoners were released today with 1,800 from Insein Prison
in Yangon and another 230 from Mandalay prison," said Hla Maung Shwe, an
adviser to President Thein Sein.
The
presidential amnesty was granted to commemorate Independence Day on
Saturday. Myanmar, formerly called Burma, was granted independence from
Britain on January 4, 1948.
CIA-waged drone war 'spreads anarchy' around the world
The US said it is mapping out a new national security strategy that will be announced in early 2014. The white paper on the next stage of Washington’s war on al-Qaeda will be released at the time of mounting international criticism of US drone strikes in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen.
Drone airstrikes
are one of the main reasons for the spread of anarchy and military
conflicts that have been mushrooming around the world. This is according
to a report by UN special rapporteurs Ben Emmerson and Christof Heyns
who accused the US of carrying out unmanned aerial attacks on foreign
soil under the guise of an anti-terror war without borders.
Facebook spying on private messages, selling them to advertisers - lawsuit
A federal lawsuit has been filed earlier this week accusing the world’s biggest social networking site, Facebook, of examining its users’ private messages contents "for purposes unrelated to the facilitation of message transmission".
Two
plaintiffs are seeking a class action suit on behalf of all Facebook
users who have sent or received a private message in the past two years
that contained links.
African Food Staples - Try Afrishoponline: Best store to shop for African food.
Try Afrishoponline: Best store to shop for African food Staples.
Many Africans won't require an introduction to the food basics, although it might not be known to every one that, for example the cassava is wholesome 500 million persons on a global base and has its source in the Brazilian Amazon. For guests from temperate areas, Eurasia and North America, but, exotic food stables are a new earth indeed. Thus this introduction.
Below each product/staple, you will discover data concerning origin and use. Some historic information can also be added below nearly all of them.
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Confusion as Pastor disappears after deadly auto crash in Osun
VANGUARD NIGERIA stated that anxiety is mounting over the sudden disappearance of the General Overseer of Christ Worshippers Church with headquarters at Osubi, Effurun, Warri, Delta State Prophet Duromola Adedayo Samuel.
One source said Prophet Duromola might have met his death in a ghastly auto crash that occurred, yesterday, between 6.00 p.m and 8.00 p.m. along Akure-Ilesa expressway.
Watch your Mouth, Baba Aladura(CSMS) tells Jonathan, Obasanjo
Abidoye, in his New Year message to members of the CSMS Worldwide and Nigerians entitled: ‘Be Hopeful, My Beloved Country,’ advised the duo of Jonathan and Obasanjo to demonstrate maturity in their handling of the political differences between them.
Nigeria has the potentials to lead Africa if public office holders, politicians stop being selfish.– Goodluck Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday that Nigeria has the potentials to lead Africa if public office holders, politicians and indeed, the citizenry, stop being selfish.
The President recalled his encounter with United States President Barack Obama when the latter revealed that about 25, 000 medical consultants work in the U.S., the number which the US leader said, was crucial to the American economy.
Reuben Abati claims Pres.GEJ Did not travel to Kenya with 7 jets
OAU Graduate commits suicide over lady in Ikorodu
Based on the report, the human body of the 30 year old man was found around 1 a.m. yesterday dangling from a string linked with the hook of a fan in an uncompleted storey building at 1, Alice Ogunsona Street, Hilltop Estate, Eruwen, Ikorodu. His body was found by his younger brother after reading the suicide note he wrote and left at their home. Continue...
Ex-football star O.J. Simpson is receives tests for brain cancer
Based on a fresh report by National Enquirer, jailed former football star O.J. Simpson is receiving tests for brain cancer and is begging President Obama for a pardon so may die in peace at home. The magazine claims that Simpson, 66, who is serving a 33 year sentence in a prison in Nevada for kidnapping, assault and robbery, is undergoing secret medical tests for a cancerous tumor in his brain and is convinced he won't live long.
"O.J. says his memory is slipping and he gets painful headaches and other symptoms. He put off the doctors for weeks after he first started experiencing the symptoms because he was afraid of what they would find. Now the prison docs are telling him they believe he has a brain tumor. They plan to run a series of tests on him, MRIs and CT scans.' a source told The Enquirer.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)