Ex-Plateau deputy Governor, Botmang, dies at 76

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A former Governor of Plateau State, Chief Michael Botmang is dead. Botmang was said to have died in the early hours of Saturday in his Zawan, Jos South Local Government Area of the state. He was aged 76

Chief Michael Botmang, born 1938, was the two-term deputy to Chief Joshua Dariye from 1999 to 2007 and acted briefly as governor from 13 November 2006, when Dariye was impeached by six out of the 24 members of the State House of Assembly. He held that position until 27 April 2007, when the Supreme Court ordered the reinstatement of Dariye. He was said to have died from complications arising from diabetes.

“Many Dubai-based Nigerians are HIV Positive” – UAE Nigerian ( True or false?)

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A UAE-based Nigerian, Prince Eze Kingston Uzosike made a cry over the high number of Nigerians in Dubai testing positive for HIV. “Many people will die like ants in the next 10, 20 years if nothing is done. What the Nigerian government should do is to enforce general test so that all Nigerians can go for HIV test. They should make it sort of mandatory. The system also should be solid to enforce it so that people will know their status by force.”


He complained that even though the dreaded disease has defied all attempts at a cure in the more than 20 years since its discovery, blacks (especially Nigerians) were still indulging in activities that put them at risk of contracting the disease.

Tukur’s successor: Pres. GEJ may settle for Idris Umar

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As several blocks within the troubled Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, jostle for the control of the party through the appointment of a new chairman, indications emerged yesterday that President Goodluck Jonathan might have settled for the Minister of Transport, Idris Umar.

Incidentally, Umar, an unassuming but active politician from Gombe State, is the same candidate that the President’s wife, Patience and the Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, are soliciting support for to emerge as the new National Chairman of the party.

Prospective Students: Cyprus now the most Dangerous Country to Study - Beware!!

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Abike Dabiri Warns Nigerians Over Studying In Cyprus Universities

Abike Dabiri Warns Nigerians Over Studying In Cyprus Universities CKN NEWS – The House committee on Diaspora has drawn the attention of Nigerians to a suspicious move by the authorities of the Cyprus International University, Nicosia North Cyprus, to lure Nigerian Students to their University. The Committee warned on the dangers of sending Nigerian students to Cyprus International University, Nicosia, North Cyprus, as one Gabriel Soriwe recently died as a student in the University under mysterious circumstances. Gabriel Soriwe, 20 years old, was a student of Electrical and Electronics at the Cyprus International Nicosia, North Cyprus.

Stripped Women: Ejigbo Oba on the run.

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THIS IS AN OUTRAGE, WORSE THAN HOMOSEXUALITY!. IT'S BEYOND PARDON

This is an example of things worse than homosexuality. It is barbaric. It is beyond pardon

" Man is born free (but) and everywhere he is (the Nigeria) in chains"--Jean Jacque Rousseau.

"Man thinks himself (the Nigerian), the master of others and still remains a greater slave than they" Jean Jacque Rousseau

"I am not a liberator
liberators do not exist
the people have to liberate themselves"
--ERNESTO "CHE" GUEVARA (1928-1961)

Is the hand of the law saw short that the perpetrators of this barbarism cannot be brought to book? Who will liberate our people, if they cannot, by their concerted effort, liberate themselves?

Reports after the break.

LCC makes ₦15m a day on Lekki toll gate – Investigation

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Culled from Punch
Some time towards the end of 2013, Olalekan Liadi left his Lekki home in his SUV for Victoria Island.

He is a regular motorist who shuttles between Lekki and other parts of the Lagos Island.  But this day, he had already passed through the toll plaza at Admiralty Way before he remembered that he had forgotten a very important document which he left on his bed.  He was so furious with himself because he didn’t have any other choice but to drive back home to be able to make any headway in his business that day.

Catholic church corrupts the gospel of Jesus Christ – Chris Okotie (Caution! Get your dic ready)

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Pastor Kris Okotie of the Household of God Church International Ministries tells GBENRO ADEOYE in this interview why he still wants to run for president despite his three failed attempts and why he splashed over N150m on two luxury cars recently

What informed your recent write-up titled ‘2014: Relevance of a paradigm shift’? Is it a prelude to announcing your intention ahead of 2015 presidential election?

No, I started writing for the media, (including a contribution to Punch) about a year ago. This article is just one of my regular write-ups. It has nothing to do with my presidential ambition. That said, I will run in 2015, God willing.

Ukraine’s president Viktor Yanukovych signs anti-protest bill into law

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Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych has signed into law a bill aimed at curbing anti-government protests.
The bill was passed in parliament on Thursday with a quick show of hands by MPs loyal to the president, rather than the usual system of electronic voting.

The changes include a ban on unauthorised tents in public areas and criminal responsibility for slandering government officials. The move has sparked uproar among the opposition, who say it is illegal.

Nigerian adult nabbed With 53 Tubes of Heroin in Liberia

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Monrovia — For the second time in less than a month officers of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) assigned at the Roberts International Airport (RIA) have nabbed a Nigerian national with 53 tubes of heroin.
Johnson Paul is the second Nigerian to be arrested at the country’ s only international airport in less than a month with such huge quantity of drugs which the Drug Enforcement Agency has put its street value at US$23, 250.00 equivalents to L$2, 027,850.00.

Comedians share the same personality with mentally disturbed people - Research claims

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Some comedians won't like this as a fresh research claims comedians have the exact personalities with mad people or individuals with Mental problems.  Researchers from Oxford University and Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust say manic thinking helps join together ridiculous ideas that spark humour.The ability to make people laugh arises from a personality of the sort displayed by individuals with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. 

Lagos Records 125% last Quarter Budget performance in 2013

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….Tasks Permanent Secretaries to take leadership of their various MDAs

Lagos State Government closed 2013 with an impressive 125 percent last quarter budget performance and a cumulative year round record of 85 percent.

The State which ran a N507.105Billion Budget at a Capital to Recurrent ratio of 54 to 46 percent, recorded a cumulative third quarter performance of 71 percent which it beefed up to 85percent at the close of the year because of its last quarter performance.

Playboy Playmate Cassandra Lynn Hensley dies

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 34 year-old beautiful Playboy model Cassandra Lynn Hensley was supposedly found lifeless at her friend's house in LA on Thursday January 15th in according to TMZ.The model was discovered hanging in a tub in her friend's toilet and by the time paramedics came, she'd passed away.   Law enforcement are analyzing the demise as a probable overdose, police force informed TMZ. She leaves behind a daughter. May her heart sleep in peace..

President Goodluck Jonathan hates the Yoruba – Fani-Kayode ( What do you think ?)

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President Goodluck Jonathan and those within his inner circle simply hate the yoruba. And we the yoruba did not resist, fight and defeat the hegemony of other nationalities in the last 100 years just for it to be replaced with Ijaw domination.

I have said it before and I will say it again, if we cannot have a level playing field for all tribes, all religions and all nationalities in Nigeria and if we cannot all be treated as equals then let Nigeria cease to exist.

Mike Murdock Gives Pastor Abiodun Of Coza A Rolls Royce & $1m

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 Popular American preacher, Mike Murdock was in Nigeria last week for a program tagged, “12 Days of Glory”. The program was an annual conference organized by the Commonwealth Of Zion Assembly- COZA.

While preaching on the 15th of January, the last day, he allegedly gave pastor Biodun a Royce rolls, $1millon dollars and further prayed for his family.

Horrible: 16-year-old girl ra*ped to death in Bayelsa

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Daily Trust reports:
A 23-year-old man is currently in police detention over an alleged  r*ape which led to the death of a 16-year-old girl in Oporoma community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
According to sources, the victim was said to have visited the home of the suspect with her friend where they were offered drinks as guests.  The deceased was said to have accepted the drink while her friend declined. It was gathered that after the victim’s friend had left earlier, the suspect was reported to have ra*ped the victim till she became unconscious.

Lagos Man kills barber during argument over generator

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The Lagos State Police Command has commenced investigation into the murder of a 39-year-old barber, Azeez Solanke, who was allegedly stabbed to death by one Segun Daniel in the Ojo area of Lagos State, on Thursday last week.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the deceased was stabbed to death following an argument over his generator.

Our correspondent, who visited the area, learnt that the incident occurred around 10pm beside a jetty at the Ebute area of Ojo.

Northerners Accuse Goodluck Jonathan Of Stockpiling Hands For 2015 Situation

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Rising from their meeting in Kaduna with the Northern Traditional Rulers Council in Kaduna State, the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) today raised the alarm that the President Goodluck Jonathan-led government is gathering arms for unknown motives ahead of the 2015 elections.

NEF also accused Jonathan of nursing a clandestine agenda in choosing to convoke a national conference.  Their spokesman, Solomon Darlong told the Hausa Service of the Voice of America monitored by SaharaReporters in Abuja that they support only a Sovereign National Conference whose outcome will uphold and determine the corporate existence of Nigeria.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu Starts The World's First Homosexual Political Party

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ARCHBISHOP Desmond Tutu has surprised South Africans by announcing the formation of a gay political party called the Democratic Religious Alliance Against Minority Antagonism (DRAAMA), which will take part in a general election later this year.

Last year Tutu outraged Christians when he declared: “I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven…No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to hell…I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how deeply I feel about this.”

House Finance Committee’s 50 Questions: Okonjo-Iweala presents detailed 102-page response.

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Find a press statement below...

The Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has provided a detailed 102-page documented response to the 50 questions posed by the House of Representatives Committee on Finance. The document provides, in extensive detail, including tables and graphs, answers to the committee’s well publicized questions. 

In her response, the Minister stressed that, in spite of many challenges which government has acknowledged, the Nigerian economy is showing real and measurable progress in many areas. This can be seen in the fact that more jobs are being created; roads, rail and other infrastructure are being improved; the country is saving for the future and planning better for the present. Continue...

Uganda President refuses to sign anti-gay bill into law

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President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has refused to sign into law an anti-gay bill passed by the country's parliament, which is aimed at imprisoning not just homosexuals, but people who talk about it without condemning the lifestyle. The President in a letter to the Country's parliament speaker said homosexuals are 'abnormal' but could be 'rescued' by improving the economy.

"Even with legislation, they will simply go underground and continue practicing homosexuality or lesbianism for mercenary reasons. You cannot call an abnormality an alternative orientation. It could be that the Western societies, on account of random breeding, have generated many abnormal people." President Museveni said

In December 2013, the Ugandan parliament passed its anti-gay bill going against  the President's advice and now seeks his assent. The President had initially advised that the homosexuality situation in the country be studied deeply and carefully before any laws against the practice be enacted.

The Ugandan anti-gay bill seeks to make all form of homosexual activities a criminal offense to be punishable under law. Homosexuals can get as much as a life term imprisonment punishment. Also anyone who knows a homosexual and doesn't report such to police authorities would also face some sanctions if found wanting.