Sunday, May 18, 2014
Nigerian Billionaire, Femi Otedola & Wife, Nana Take A Selfie.
The Man Who Planted Bombs In Lagos Has Been Arrested
Nigeria's security agencies have been doing their job well in recent times and they deserve some very serious and sincere commendation, Omo Oodua Blog observed. As you read this, a joint team of riot policemen and other security agencies attached to the Lagos Business District (CBD) on Thursday arrested a foreign national said to be a Sudanese for planting bombs to unleash massive terror in Lagos State.
We need schoolboys to wed Chibok girls–Sect, Boko Haram writes school, plots fresh abductions
We need schoolboys to wed Chibok girls–Sect
Thirty-four days after the fundamentalist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, abducted over 200 schoolgirls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, it has threatened to kidnap more pupils.
The United States of America, France, Britain, Israel and Canada are among the foreign countries that have pledged to help Nigeria find the schoolgirls that were kidnapped by Boko Haram on April 14.
The pupils were kidnapped in the night and their hostels were burnt. However, while Boko Haram transported them in trucks to its Sambisa Forest stronghold, over 50 of the schoolgirls escaped from the sect.
CIA denies its agents were killed in eastern Ukraine
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has denied reports of a number of CIA agents allegedly killed in clashes between forces loyal to the Kiev authorities and self-defense units in eastern Ukraine.
Earlier, the People’s Mayor of Slavyansk, Vyacheslav Ponomaryov, announced that Kiev-controlled troops and law enforcers had sustained heavy losses during a so-called "counter-terrorist" operation in the east of the country.
US Blackwater mercenary units behind Kiev regime's outburst in Ukraine
At least 650 servicemen were killed, wounded or taken prisoner in the past ten 10 days, he said. There are 70 foreigners among them and of those 13 agents of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and CIA were killed and 12 others were wounded, Ponomaryov told reporters.
"I'll visit Chibok but does that solve the problem?" - Pres. Jonathan Question of the day
"The school is owned by the State Government but it is the commitment of the Federal government to rebuild the school, build walls to protect it and provide facilities since it is predominantly a school that takes care of girls education so that the girls would be protected. Yes I will visit Chibok, no doubt about that but what we are anxious about now is to locate the girls. These girls are not held in Chibok. If the President goes to Chibok today, does that solve any problem? Maybe psychological problem or for media relevance but you have not solved the problem. The problem facing the President and indeed the Nigerian government is to get these girls from wherever they are" he saidSee pics of President Jonathan at the summit
Chinese National Killed, 10 Missing After Boko Haram Attack in Cameroon..
carried out by Nigerian Boko Haram militants, according to local police...
May 17, 2014
"Boko Haram Islamists attacked a camp [of road workers]," a local police chief said on condition of anonymity.
Saturday, May 17, 2014
France, UK, US provide support to Syrian terrorists - Syria's deputy FM
Faisal Mekdad, deputy Foreign Minister of Syria, believes that France, US and UK provide support to the terrorists operating on Syrian territory, Lebanese media reported on Saturday. He said that these countries seek to thwart the reforms aimed at promoting democracy, human rights and creating a rule-of-law state in Syria.
Furthermore, he said that Israel seeks to undermine the presidential elections in Syria scheduled on June 3. "We were baffled by arbitrary actions and open interventions by countries that claim to be democratic but in fact have no idea of the meaning of democracy," Mekdad said.
Wike Betrayed Me, Amaechi Insists
The Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has accused the Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, of betraying him after he recommended him to President Goodluck Jonathan for ministerial appointment.
He stated that Wike, a two-term Chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Council of Rivers state, had sworn with the names of his children never to betray him (Amaechi), but could not act as a gentleman.
Amaechi, who is also the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), stated these yesterday at the Government House, Port Harcourt, when his Ikwerre kinsmen and prominent Ikwerre monarchs visited him under the auspices of the Supreme Council of Ikwerre Traditional Rulers.
Turkey mine rescue ends, death toll at 301 - minister
Turkey on Saturday announced the final death toll from this week's devastating coal blast as 301, after retrieving the bodies of the last two miners trapped underground. "The rescue operation was carried out to completion. There are no miners left underground," Energy Minister Taner Yildiz told reporters in the western town of Soma, site of the country's worst ever industrial disaster.
Another 485 miners either escaped or have been rescued since the explosion struck on Tuesday, AFP reports.
The disaster has led to a surge of popular anger in Turkey, fuelled by accusations of negligence by mine operators and what many saw as a heartless response from the government.
What is going on in Ukraine could be identified as war crimes
The UN report on Ukrainian crisis released Friday would not go into the killings of civilians by junta's "elite" National Guard. Moreover, it has never even mentioned something like "war crimes" against civilian population. So, is mass killing of civilians by armed units a war crime? What is a war crime? And how do you qualify what's going on in Ukraine now? The Voice of Russia discusses this issue with a lawyer and political analyst Dr. Alexey Binetsky.
Hundreds of Italians protest against EU media distorting reports on Ukraine
Hundreds of Italians took part in today's protests in Rome against European media distorting reports about the situation in Ukraine. The public demonstration took place in front of the Ukrainian embassy, at the initiative of Julietto Kieza, an Italian public activist, prominent journalist and a former member of European Parliament.
"No one in Italy knows the truth about what's happening in Ukraine. We're being fed nothing but falsehoods. We must awaken our people, and slowly but surely they are becoming more aware," Kieza told Itar-Tass.
Lugansk People's Republic to adopt own constitution - spokesperson
"In all cities of Lugansk region, public movements have become more active which are preparing documents for the Lugansk Peoples Republic," the spokesman, Vasily Nikitin, told a news conference.
"A state must be based on law. Work is underway on documents on forming and structuring the government, including the constitution and declaration," he said.
"There will very shortly be a large-scale assembly of the population of the Lugansk People's Republic for electing an interim parliament," Interfax reports.
Libya's "army" declares no fly zone over Benghazi
The Libyan army has imposed a no fly zone over Benghazi Saturday in a direct challenge to forces that have been using airpower to press a campaign against Islamist militants in the city. Retired General Khalifa Haftar, who lived in exile in the United States before returning home to lead ground forces in the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi, now commands what he calls a "National Army".
On Friday his paramilitary force, backed by warplanes and helicopters, pounded Islamist militiamen in Libya's second city and fought pitched battles with the former-rebels, AFP reports.
24 dead as Libyan ex-general battles Benghazi Islamists
Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani denounced Haftar's forces as "outlaws" and called on all parties to observe restraint.
Moscow demands halt to military action in Ukrane's southeast - Russian Foreign Ministry
Man lost his life digging grave to steal skull in Osun state
The suspect’s accomplices fled in terror after seeing half his body get stuck mysteriously in the grave. His death has generated concern among the terrified residents of the Ilobu community.
It was gathered that the victim and his partners in crime allegedly came to Tonto compound in the early hours of Wednesday with a plot to exhume the corpse of an aged woman and sever her decomposed head, allegedly for ritual purposes. Continue...
Caleb University' statement on students' riot on May 14th
Find a statement from the school's PRO, Olusola Emiola, below
The protest by male students on campus on Wednesday 14, May 2014 had nothing to do with religion. A certain man, a non student was apprehended by our security personnel for trying to bring prohibited items into the school. After much interrogation, he mentioned the names of the culprits involved. An official went to the male hostel to get the students mentioned, one of whom was praying in the hostel.
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Asari Dokubo, Kids protest for #anti-BringBackOurGirls campaign, says Shettima played a script.
Another Nollywood Veteran Actress Margaret Umanah Dies In Ghastly Accident
Margaret, who was one of the biggest actresses in the South-East, was based in Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State, and was a very popular and active member in the industry and would be remembered for her roles in some Ibibio indigenous movies like ‘Eka Abasi’, a blockbuster epic local movie.
Nadia Buari Allegedly Dumps Jim Iyke Due To His Short Hot Temper
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It took me quite a long time to buy into the speculation that Nadia Buari and Jim Iyke were not only banging mates, but were truly in a relationship. Even when my sources close to Nadia Buari confirmed to me that she was in a real relationship with Jim Iyke, I just couldn’t bring myself to accept this—and always wondered how Nadia Buari was going to handle Jim Iyke’s temper.
I only truly accepted that their relationship was real when my sources at a hotel they both stayed in at East Legon (a place I’ve stayed before) also mentioned that, Jim and Nadia were hiding there in one room—splashing what seems like love all over the place…But that was then!
Katsina to pay 1,820 Imams salaries
Shema also said that the state had so far constructed 500 mosques and rehabilitated a number of others in the 34 local government areas of the state.
He said that the gesture was part of the administration’s commitment to providing enabling environment for worshipping of the Almighty God.
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