Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Lagos Commences Maintenance of Dopemu and Iyana Ipaja Bridges



Lagos State Government will, from Saturday 15th March to 5th April, 2014, commence the maintenance of both the Dopemu and Iyana Ipaja Bridges as a result of which both bridges will be temporarily closed to public use.

The contractor handling the project, Messrs CCECC will work on the Dopemu Bridge between Saturday, 15th March to Monday, 24th March, 2014 and thereafter move to the Iyana Ipaja Bridge from Tuesday 25th March to Saturday 5th April, 2014.

Lagos Hands over 2 Micro Water Projects to 2 Rural Communities



Lagos State Government has handed over two rehabilitated and upgraded Micro Water Projects to Ejinrin and Sekungba Communities in Ikosi Ejirin LCDA of the State.

The Commissioner for Rural Development, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi while handing over the project said the State Government acceded to the request of the Honourable Member of the State House of Assembly representing the area, Hon. Segun Olulade to rehabilitate the two projects which have been abandoned for over 20 years In order to ensure uninterrupted supply of water to its rural communities and reduce incidence of water borne and water related diseases as well as loss of man-hour in search of potable water.

Nigeria shall be great again, We must work together - Buhari



Former military head of state and All Progressives Congress, APC chieftain, General Muhammadu Buhari has cautioned Nigerians to be wary of those he claimed are desperate to divide the country along ethnic and religious lines for their selfish purposes.
Affirming that Nigerians were generally united by common issues and challenges, Buhari in a statement said he was on his part determined not to surrender to the manipulations of those he claimed were mostly in the ruling class.

PDP praises Pres.Goodluck Jonathan on second Niger Bridge



The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has praised President Goodluck Jonathan for his commitment towards the realization of the Second Niger Bridge.

PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, said the bridge when completed, will boost commercial and social activities, while broadening the horizon for business partnerships to promote massive job and wealth creation in the country.

Northern Elders Forum (NEF) Rejects National Conference



The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has dismissed the National Conference, which is planned to commence next week, saying it lacks a constitutional basis or any form of legitimacy or authority to speak for the people of the North or other Nigerians.

In a declaration adopted at the end of its meeting in Kano on Tuesday, the group said the proceedings, conclusions and recommendations of the National Conference are therefore of no consequence and will not be accepted by the people of the North.

History repeats itself: Russia faces off with Nazis in Ukraine ( The U.S foreign Policy and war games of yesterday still at large)



With ultra-nationalism and anti-Jewish sentiment rife in Western Ukraine, it looks like history is repeating itself, this time with the West trying to pit Ukraine against Russia, just like it did back in the days when Nazism was on the rise in Germany.

In the 1930s, Third Reich was all the rage in Europe and overseas in the United States, with Anglo-American elites pinning their hopes on Hitler who they believed could end the Soviet menace. Russia was reviled and the Nazi Germany was not. In fact, US corporations and banks supported and financed the Nazis, while their officials and businesses respected the Nazi regime. Mackenzie King, the union-busting advisor of the Rockefeller family and tenth prime minister of Canada, even admired Hitler openly, as did Edward VIII, who abdicated from the British throne in favor of his brother. 

Photo: Meet The Pastor Who Ordered Female Members To Attend Church WITHOUT Underwear



The pastor looks really serious in this photo, we wonder what he was telling his congregation this time.  This is Rev. Njohi of the Lord's Propeller Redemption Church in Kenya who became popular for passing  a law which banned female members from wearing underwear to church service.  The ridiculous law makes one wonder if the well dressed pastor is wearing any underwear himself.

Ukraine: the West must own up to its mistakes



The West has only been painting the current crisis in Ukraine and Crimea in black-and-white, with Russia attacking and Ukraine’s coup-imposed regime on the defensive.  Western powers are depicted protecting a fledgling democracy with Russia vying to trample it to dust. Just how true is this picture? Malcolm Fraser, who served as Australia’s 22nd prime minister between 1975 and 1983, pointed to grave mistakes that Western powers have made again and again since the fall of the Soviet Union, because what is now happening in Crimea has grown directly from the short-sightedness of Cold-War-minded Western governments.

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the general sentiment was one of exaltation as many people hoped that Cold-War ideology could finally be consigned to the past, while former rivals tried to build a better world. But these expectations didn’t last.

Ukraine: Western lies as truth, Russian truth as propaganda – Viselav Simic



The western propaganda and brainwashing of the population is so widespread and the populace so completely under control that even when presented with concrete undeniable facts that run counter to the official narrative the majority of people still refuse to believe.

 This has made it a literal information war when it comes to the situation in Ukraine and even the simple fact that there was never an “invasion” of Ukraine by Russia, something egregiously and erroneously reported by the western media, is almost impossible to counter. Russia has not now or ever “invaded” Ukraine or the Crimea, there has been a contingent of Russian troops supporting the Black Sea Fleet there for decades. That is the simple fact.

Battlefield Eurasia: US wages energy and geopolitical proxy wars against Syria, China.



The US is making historic power moves of aggression in simultaneously waging three multifaceted campaigns. It is targeting Russia, Iran, and China through destabilization in Ukraine, Syria, and the South and East China Seas. In the first part of the Battlefield Eurasia we spoke about crisis in Ukraine and actions the US is taking there, as well as touched upon the Syrian conflict. Here is the second part of the US' proxy wars against Syria and China.

At least 11 hurt in explosion, fire in New York's East Harlem




At least 11 people have reportedly been injured after an explosion and a partial building collapse at 116th Street and Park Avenue in New York's Upper Manhattan Wednesday, WABS reports. Harlem Hospital has one patient with heavy trauma and is expecting at least one more.

RT reported earlier that at least four people were injured and taken to a hospital after a building exploded in New York City.

EU Parliament threatens to block US trade deal over mass spying



The European Parliament threatened Wednesday to block a landmark free trade deal between the European Union and the United States if Washington does not end its mass spying activities. Negotiators are meeting in Brussels this week for a fourth round of talks on the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP), which would create the world's largest free-trade area. But the parliament would have to approve any deal for it to come into effect.

That "could be endangered as long as blanket mass surveillance activities and the interception of communications in EU institutions and diplomatic representations are not fully stopped," the parliament said in a report adopted in a 544-78 vote.

Who Stole ₦38.23billion At Nigeria’s Central Bank?



To avoid passing on a key issue of the audit-proved theft of ₦38.23 billion at the Central Bank of Nigeria – uncovered by the Financial Reporting Council (F.R.C) - longish editorials were gaily written by broad sheet journalists in Nigeria as off-ramp....

Nigeria’s New Defense Minister Gusau Resigns



The top echelon of the Nigerian military yesterday refused to have a joint meeting with the new Minister of Defense Aliyu Gusau and his deputy Musikilu Obanikoro, a situation that triggered the resignation  by Mr. Gusau, himself a retired army general.

Obesere Rape: “As I speak with you, I am still going through pains. After the bleeding stopped" - Victim



The 29-year-old businesswoman, Olanike Olaiya, who was allegedly raped by popular Fuji musician, Alhaji Abass Akande, aka Obesere, has cried out one more time, calling on police authorities not to allow her matter with Obesere to be swept under the carpet so that she will not die. According to the lady who spoke with Vanguard yesterday, Obesere’s insertion of his ring in her private part, leading to bleeding and pain, may not be unconnected with ritual activities. She refuted allegations made by Obesere claiming they were lovers and that she wanted to use the rape saga to blackmail and extort money from him. 

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Mother sells three-day-old baby for ₦260,000 in Akwa Ibom



In a report Published by Punch, a nursing mother in Akwa Ibom named Imaobong Udoh (pictured above) has been arrested for allegedly selling her 3-day old baby girl for N260,000. Full report below
Also arrested along with Imaobong were four persons for allegedly participating in the theft of the baby.  They are the buyer, Mrs. Regina James; her husband, Mfon James; the traditional birth attendant who delivered the baby, Mrs. Comfort Henry; and Mr Emmanuel Okon, a homeopathic doctor, who arranged the sale.
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1500 victims in Haiti sue UN over cholera epidemic



The United Nations is facing a huge new lawsuit over the outbreak of cholera in Haiti that has widely been blamed on its peacekeepers, after 1,500 Haitian victims and their family members sued the international body in a federal court in Brooklyn in a class action.

The lawsuit filed in US District Court in New York's Eastern District also seeks to force the UN to bring sanitation and clean water to the Haitian communities in areas affected by the outbreak which started in October 2010.

Pics: Nigerians in Germany protest against the Nigerian Govt



 Nigerians in Germany yesterday March 10, protested against the Nigerian government financial recklessness and insecurity in the country. The protest took place on Neue Jakobstrasse, the street that lodges the Nigerian embassy.

The protest which started by 10am had the German police on ground all through the protest which lasted for four hours. Continue...

UK to redeploy its drones from Afghanistan to Nigeria, Africa and the Middle East



Ben Emmerson, the UN rapporteur monitoring counter-terrorist operations by unmanned aircraft, says that the UK’s squadron of 10 Reaper drones, which is now dislocated in Afghanistan, is unlikely to return to the UK after the international military contingent is fully withdrawn from Afghanistan. Most likely, the squadron will be redeployed to Africa and the Middle East to be used against jihadists there. The drones will be based in countries like Nigeria or Djibouti.

See Images of men who boarded Malaysian Airline with stolen passport - Police



 Malaysian Police have released images of the two men who boarded the missing Malaysia Airlines flight with stolen passports but say one of the men, 19-year-old Iranian Pouria Nur Mohammad Mehrdad, (pictured left) is known to them and they do not think he is a terrorist.  The police say the teenager is an Iranian asylum seeker on his way to Germany . Malaysian police say the identity of the other man is still under investigation and no longer strongly believes that the missing plane was attacked by terrorists. They say are now looking into four main areas: sabotage, hijacking or psychological problems among either the crew or the passengers.

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