Steve Buscemi
Saturday, June 28, 2014
#5 of Top 15 International Celebrities Who's got A Heart Of Gold
Steve Buscemi
#4 of Top 15 International Celebrities Who's got A Heart Of Gold
Cristiano Ronaldo
In March 2014, a family wrote a letter to Cristiano Ronaldo asking for a pair of signed shoes and a shirt. They wanted these items, so they could auction them off in order to fund an operation for their 10-month-old baby. Their child needed the operation in order to live and the costs of the operation was 66,000 euros (approximately $90,000). Ronaldo sent them the signed shoes, shirt and a check for 83,000 Euros (approximately $112,000). 
Massive Explosive Discovered By 13-year-old Boy near Kano Mosque
According to the police spokesperson in Kano, Magaji Majiya, the young boy became suspicious after noticing the abandoned car looking “heavy with loads.”
Mr. Majiya said:
Meet ‘Mama Boko Haram’: The Woman Brokering For Peace Between FG & Terrorists
Here close ties to their members and the ability to talk to them has earned her the title “Mama Boko Haram”. The fighters see her as a mother figure and also call her Um el Salam [Arabic for mother of peace].
Friday, June 27, 2014
Remi Tinubu faces Senate committee on Ethics & Privileges over recent statements.
Senator Tinubu, who represents Lagos Central Senatorial District, in an interview she granted to celebrate her 3rd year in the Senate, described the current leadership of the Senate as always working in favor of the PDP led arm of Government and also failing to address some pressing National issues.
Aggrieved by her remarks, Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba presented it before the house at yesterday June 26th plenary session, saying it was unkind of her to have said such a thing. .....
Check out President Goodluck Jonathan's Article on Washington Post.
Pres. Jonathan wrote aan article that has been published on Washington Post yesterday June 26th, concerning the missing Chibok girls and why he has remained somewhat quiet concerning the search for the girls. See the article below
Goodluck Jonathan: Nothing is more important than bringing home Nigeria’s missing girls
I have had to remain quiet about the continuing efforts by Nigeria’s military, police and investigators to find the girls kidnapped in April from the town of Chibok by the terrorist group Boko Haram. I am deeply concerned, however, that my silence as we work to accomplish the task at hand is being misused by partisan critics to suggest inaction or even weakness. Continue...
Ejigbo pepper sodomy suspects arraigned in court
EU is an American puppet state, Japan.
Speaking at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s conference in Washington Sen. Ted Cruz said"Abroad, we see our foreign policy collapsing and every region in the world is getting more and more dangerous".
According to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll has registered an increasing lack of faith in the president and his leadership, with 58 per cent of Americans disapproving of the way Obama is handling foreign policy.
400 Ukrainian soldiers surrender to Ukrainian militia
Four hundred Ukrainian soldiers went over to the Donetsk People's Republic (DNR), Sergey Kavtaradze, special representative of the DNR's PM, said.
"Yesterday, a military formation that amounted to 400 soldiers surrendered to 15 soldiers of the militia. The skirmish lasted for seven hours. No militia's soldiers were killed," Sergey Kavtaradze said.
US army flying drones over Baghdad - official
The US military is flying armed drones over Baghdad to defend American troops and diplomats in the Iraqi capital if necessary, a senior US official said Friday.
"For the last 24 to 48 hours, we've started that," the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP, confirming earlier media reports.
The move comes after the United States deployed 180 troops as military advisers in recent days to help the Iraqi government army fend off the advance of Sunni militants, who have captured territory north and west of the capital.
Photos From Motor Accident On Lagos-Ibadan Express Way Today
Channels Sunrise, a daily morning programme was unable to be aired this morning, because its crew were caught in the heavy traffic jam, the station announced.
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Father Sells His Son Right After Birth For ₦500,000
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Adamu Ibrahim, confirmed the incident saying, Ogbonna arranged with a nurse, Amarachi Chiamaka, to sell the baby just hours after he was born.
North Korea's military forces on high alert - media
North Korean armed forces are ready for action, an article published inRodong Sinmun newspaper says. Moreover, the article says that the US "brought enormous pain and disaster to the Korean nation, by provoking the Korean War" that is usually called the Patriotic Liberation War in the country.
"There is no justification of American imperialists' actions conducted during this war," Rodong Sinmun says. However, "the US hasn’t learned a lesson from its defeat and continues to hold a hostile policy towards North Korea, the country’s remaining enemy," the newspaper said.
Between 20 & 50 Boko Haram Suspects Nabbed In Enugu
A group of suspected terrorists were travelling in a commercial luxury bus of a popular private commercial company, when it was stopped by security operatives.
According to Punch, a team of the National Task Force on Small Arms was responsible for stopping the bus, plate number AKD816XG. The arrest of 20 suspects was confirmed by its reporter.
US military launches campaign against press freedom
US army that operates from a secret base in Arizona, to start a war on independent media through hacking and blocking communications.Computer security teams cooperating with Veterans Today traced a pattern of attacks to Fort Huachuca, headquarters of the US Army Intelligence School, Press TV reports.
This secret base, located in small town of Sierra Vista, Arizona, is base for this spying operation and also for US drone program. All drone attacks start there, and also drones are developed and tested there.
Putin to visit Buenos Aires in July to strengthen cooperation with Argentina
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he plans to visit Buenos Aires in July to lay the groundwork for joint projects between Russia and Argentina in the energy sector, including civilian nuclear technologies, military-technological cooperation and machine building.
"Argentina is one of Russia's key partners in Latin America," Putin said on Friday.
Dozens of Chinese workers evacuated in northern Iraq
Dozens of Chinese workers have been relocated from strife-torn northern Iraq, state media said Friday, with an additional 1,200 set to depart in the coming days. More than 50 China Machinery Engineering Corp (CMEC) workers arrived in Baghdad by helicopter from northern Iraq on Wednesday night, the state-run China Daily newspaper reported. Another 1,200 trapped in the northern city of Samarra will arrive in Baghdad by bus "within three days", the report added.
Militants from the jihadist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have spearheaded a lightning offensive that has captured swathes of territory north and west of Baghdad this month.
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Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and EU sign free trade zone agreement with EU.
The European Union and Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia signed an Association Agreement in Brussels on Friday, June 27. Three documents carry the signatures of European Council President Herman van Rompuy, European Commission President Manuel Barroso and Ukrainian President Petr Poroshenko, of Moldovan Prime Minister Iurie Leanca and Georgian Prime Minister Irakly Garibashvili.
The 1,135-page agreement will now have to be signed by the leaders of the EU's 28 member countries.
After the signing the document, Ukrainian Presdient Petr Poroshenko expressed hopes of the rapid ratification of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement by all members of the European Union.
Anti-constitutional coup has split Ukraine - President Putin
The anti-constitutional coup staged in Ukraine and attempts to artificially impose a choice between Europe and Russia on that country have pushed Ukrainian society toward a split, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
"The acute crisis in this neighboring country seriously troubles us. The anti-constitutional coup in Kyiv and attempts to artificially impose a choice between Europe and Russia on the Ukrainian people have pushed society toward a split and painful confrontation," the Russian leader said.
Emab plaza bomb blast: GEJ withdraws from AU summit, heads home
North Korea's Prime Minister Threatens To Go To War With USA Over New Movie.
North Korea has promised "merciless" retaliation if a forthcoming Hollywood movie about killing Kim Jong-un is released, say agencies. A North Korean foreign ministry spokesman said in state media that the movie's release would be an "act of war".
He did not mention the title, but a Hollywood movie called The Interview with a similar plot is due in October. Hollywood actors James Franco and Seth Rogen star in the action-comedy film.
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Check out Photos of VP Sambo visit Abuja bomb blast scene
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Thursday, June 26, 2014
Terrorist attack in Nigeria condemned by Russian Foreign Ministry
No Russian citizens were injured in the recent terrorist attack near a shopping mall in Nigeria's capital Abuja, Interfax reports the Russian Foreign Ministry sating on its website.
"On June 25, following a strong explosion of a bomb, which extremists placed in close proximity to a shopping mall in central Abuja, Nigeria's capital, 21 people died and over 50 were injured. According to the information of the Russian embassy in Nigeria, no Russian citizens are among those injured," was said in the document.
Obama seeks 500 million US dollars to train and equip Syrian rebels
US President Barack Obama called on Congress Thursday to approve $500 million to train and equip the "moderate Syrian opposition" battling the forces of strongman President Bashar al-Assad.
In its overseas contingency operations request to Congress, the White House proposed the funding for "vetted elements of the Syrian armed opposition to help defend the Syrian people, stabilize areas under opposition control, facilitate the provision of essential services, counter terrorist threats, and promote conditions for a negotiated settlement."
Meet the Fake Glo Ambassador Who Duped Bayero University Student
Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court, Gombe today sentenced one Khalil Ahmed Bappa, 29, who claims to be a GLO Ambassador, to 24 months imprisonment for fraudulently extorting goods and money worth N267, 000 from a female student of Bayero University, Kano, Yusra Ali Babakusa, with assurances of making her a Glo Ambassador.
GEJ: Boko Haram Are Demons Living Among Humans, They’re Difficult To Fight
During a meeting with a delegation of the College of Bishops of African Church led by the Primate, Most Rev. Emmanuel Udofia, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, President Jonathan assures Nigerians that terrorism will end soon.
The President urged the clerics to continue with their prayers for the country which have kept Nigeria from disintegration.
For sake of army morale: Ukrainian TV advised against airing bodies
Ukraine's Independent Media Trade Union has published recommendations for journalists on how to cover the deadly clashes in Ukraine's east, where a full-scale military operation against self-defense units is still underway.
The document, initially published on the journalism trade union web-site and then on the union's Facebook page, advises than demands a particularcode of conduct. It does insist though that, those who love their native land and who wish the ongoing war to end promptly, read the lines and listen to the voice of their conscience.
FIFA bans Luis Suarez for four months, fined $112,000
Mr. biter biter Dracula has been banned for four months from all football related activities by FIFA for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during the Uruguay-Italy match played on June 24th. FIFA's disciplinary committee released a statement on their website stating this. See it below...
"The player Luis Suárez is regarded as having breached art. 48 par. 1 lit. d of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC) (assault), and art. 57 of the FDC (an act of unsporting behaviour towards another player).
· The player Luis Suárez is to be suspended for nine (9) official matches. The first match of this suspension is to be served in the upcoming FIFA World Cup fixture between Colombia and Uruguay on 28 June. The remaining match suspensions shall be served in Uruguay’s next FIFA World Cup match(es), as long as the team qualifies, and/or in the representative team’s subsequent official matches in accordance with art. 38 par. 2a) of the FDC.Continue...
Strange Snakes, Bees Strike Boko Haram Camp; Eliminate Several
MAIDUGURI—Some members of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, arrested yesterday at Mairi ward behind University of Maiduguri by members of the Civilian JTF vigilante group, have confessed that most of them are fleeing the Sambisa Forest to areas across Borno State owing to what they believe is spiritual attacks from mysterious snakes and bees, which had killed many of their leaders.
sambisa-1According to Kolo Mustapha, one of the arrested insurgents, “most of us are fleeing because there are too many snakes and bees now in the forest. Once they bite, they disappear and the victims do not last for 24 hours.
Abuja Shopping Plaza Explosion, 21 dead, 17 injured!
*IGP orders increased security presence and surveillance
Nigerian security agencies have commenced investigation into the bomb blast incident which occurred about 4:00pm, today, 25th June, 2014, at Emab Shopping Complex along Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja. The security Forces have condoned off the scene of the blast, while the Police Bomb Disposal Squad has commenced post-blast analysis as part of the general investigative process. So far, 21 persons have been confirmed dead while the 17 injured persons are receiving treatment at the following hospitals: Maitama hospital, Gwarimpa hospital, Wuse hospital and Garki hospital and National hospital.
Yoruba Socio-Cultural Group in Oyo Appealed to FG for a Poly
A Yoruba socio-cultural association, Egbe Ogbomoso Ajisegiri, on Monday, urged the Federal Government to site one federal polytechnic in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, for the purpose of developing the area.
Chairman of the association, Layi Akangbe, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
Akangbe said such institution would not only help to develop the area, but would also help to boost its commercial activities.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Ritualists' Den Discovered In Lagos
The den, where kidnapped children and adults were allegedly kept as hostages was found beside a church, Holy Family Church, situated in the remote area of the town.
A member of the church who spoke with our correspondents said that the discovery was made Wednesday morning when a lady was caught with two children kept inside a Ghana-must-go sack by residents of the area. The children, four years old were found alive and tied with a rope.
Suspected Fraudster Arrested In Dubai
A suspected Nigerian fraudster, Mr. Lateef Adedoja, has been arrested in Dubai for allegedly committing several offences ranging from issuance of dud cheques, spending fake currencies and forgery of documents, among others.
The 29-year old Nigerian, who also claimed to be a British citizen and has for long been on the wanted list at various police stations for several offences, was eventually arrested after he conned a Nigerian businessman of about N15 million.
Adedoja allegedly collected money in installments from the businessman through his Nigerian bank account but did not keep his own side of their business bargain.
Luiz Suarez may get 2-year ban as pictures emerge of him trying to bite same player a year ago
Bomb blast reported at Kasuwan Kuturu market in Mubi Adamawa state.
A bomb explosion has been reported at Kasuwan Kuturu market in Mubi Adamawa state.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Commissioner of Police in Adamawa said the bomb was targeted at a police patrol team but there were no casualties from the explosion.
This explosion comes three weeks after a similar bomb explosion rocked a football viewing center in Mubi Adamawa killing 14 people. Details later…
Massive Explosion rocks popular Emab Plaza in Abuja, at least 6 killed
People who live in the community have reported an explosion at popular Emab Plaza on Aminu Kano Crescent in Wuse 2, Abuja, which happened just a few hours ago around 4pm. Someone tweeted this pic above supposedly from the explosion. The explosion is said to have occurred at the gate of the most busy plaza and six people have now been confirmed dead with at least 15 people injured...
More update later...see more photos after the break.
Photos: Triana Building in Apapa on fire
NDLEA nabs 11 school children over drug abuse and trafficking
Eleven secondary school students and a resort manager were recently arrested in Kaduna by officials of the Kaduna State National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, after being caught in a resort taking Psychotropic substances.
NDLEA Kaduna State Commander, Mohammed Jibrin made this revelation at The International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking programme which held in Kaduna yesterday, June 24th.
Just in: Galadima Adamawa Kicked the Bucket Today.
Jonathan performs ground-breaking of ₦2.4trn centenary city
Describing the project which was designed to cover 1,200 hectares of land as an elegant city of hope and a symbol of national unity, the president said no other sign could demonstrate the symbol of his administration’s determination for excellence than the city which, according to him, promises a unique and global standard in real estate project.
Ekiti election was fraudulent, says Aregbesola
Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said that the All Progressives Congress lost the Ekiti State governorship polls due to fraud but maintained that it was impossible to rig him out in the August 9, 2014 governorship election in Osun.
The governor spoke in Ikirun on Tuesday during the continuation of his campaign which was held in the town.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
I’m excited to break winless jinx –Keshi
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi says he is excited to lead the team to break their 16-year winless jinx at the World Cup.
Nigeria last won at the World Cup in 1998 when they defeated Bulgaria 1-0 in a group game in France.
Keshi, who led Nigeria to a 1-0 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina on Saturday, said that breaking the jinx was the high point of the game, saying he was excited by its outcome.
“What gave me excitement after the game was the fact that Nigeria finally won again at the World Cup. I am excited to be part of this great team that changed things after a very long wait. It is indeed delightful,” Keshi, who led the team to victory at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, said.
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