Vice President Namadi Sambo to get a N2billion home

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Vice President is getting a home worth N2 billion from the government of Nigeria. There's a N50bn budget for the Federal Capital Territory and N2bn, according to the FCT Minister Bala Mohammed, is going into the construction of the official residence of Vice President Namadi Sambo, while N300 million is for the construction of the official residences of Senate president David Mark and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu; the Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal; and his deputy, Emeka Ihedioha.

So my question is; if they are building new homes for these people, where were they living before now? First a N2bn 150-seater banquet hall, now a N2bn home for the VP. This is the priority of the Government of a country where more than half the population live on under $1 a day. #Standingovation

Ifeanyi Ubah's missing ship located, seized by London court

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The world of billionaire mogul behind Capital Oil, Ifeanyi Ubah is getting more complicated by the day...and his assets in Nigeria and across the globe are under threat of seizure and sale! While Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), which sued him over N28 billion indebtedness, is asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to sell his assets, the London court has made a major breakthrough.

My Employer Assaulted Me - Female Youth Corps Member Fights

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A female National Youth Service Corps member has taken the fight to her employer for allegedly assaulting her and plagiarising her work. Mary Agbo, 28 has waited for over a month for the first signs of justice for an wrong she says no woman should ever have to face violence against women in the workplace.

Part 2 My Employer Assaulted Me - Female Youth Corps Member Fights

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 Part 1 My Employer Assaulted Me - Female Youth Corps Member Fights

But on November 1, she filed a complaint at the Garki Police station against Abanah, 35, for allegedly assaulting her after she requested a Performance Certificate, the necessary documentation corps members must obtain from their employers monthly, and mandatorily submit to the NYSC to be entitled to their government allowance. She reported the assault to the NYSC on the same day and asked to be reposted from Garki Gazette citing fear for her life and an unsafe work conditions. “He slapped me and pushed me, I hit my ear hard on an iron fence by his garden. He started dragging my top (white NYSC vest) and my breast came out,” Agbo told the Police. “He brought out his hand again and slapped me. He called his manager and assistant to send me out of the premises which they did”.

Suspected Terrorists Hurl Explosives At Fully Loaded Luxury Bus In Kano

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The ancient city of Kano yesterday evening witnessed another bomb attack with an unspecified number of persons and passengers injured. Although details of the blast are sketchy as at press time but we gathered that the incident occurred after two unidentified young men hurled two improvised explosive devices at a luxury bus that was travelling out of the state. The blast which occurred around the popular Zaria Roadabout by Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano area, saw a luxury vehicle that had come off the round about and was on the Express road driving out of the state, being the target of attack.

The Game Changer: The Richest African Woman- Ms Folorunsho Alakija

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Nigerian billionaire Oil tycoon, Fashion designer and philanthropist, Ms Folorunsho Alakija (61) is now the richest black woman in the world. Alakija worth at least $3.3 billion. 
She earned most of her wealth from the oil and gas sector. She has overtaken Oprah Winfrey as the Richest Black Woman.

Nollywood's Enebeli Elebuwa is Dead.

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Pa Enebeli Elebuwa, Nollywood Actor Died in an Indian hospital where he was taken for medical care.
Enebeli had a partial stroke some months ago and passed on this morning after after several efforts to save his life failed.

RIP Pa Enebeli!

Lepers Ask For Increment In Ogun State

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Lepers in Ogun lepers’ colony on Tuesday called for an increase in the monthly stipend of N3,000 the government pays them.   Mr George Odunawo, the lepers’ spokesman made the call when members of Ogun NUJ visited the lepers’ settlement in Abeokuta as parts of activities marking the 2012 NUJ Press Week. Odunawo said the lepers need better welfare package as well as improved living conditions.
“The government should not forget us here as most of us are aged.”

Car Owner Shoots Snatcher Dead In Abuja

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A middle-aged man suspected to be a car snatcher was in the wee hours of Saturday shot dead at Kubwa by the vehicle owner, who is a police officer.
A policeman at the scene said a gang numbering three persons, trailed the jeep owner from a distance and almost succeeded in snatching the vehicle but the owner pulled out a gun and shot one of them.
He said the man died on the spot, while the other two escaped.
When our reporter visited Kubwa General Hospital, some policemen were seen with the corpse inside their van as they made effort to deposit the corpse at the hospital’s mortuary.

Man Dies After Drug-Fueled Séx With Another Man

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Indiana authorities investigating the death of a homeless man whose decomposing body was found in a freezer say he had been drinking, taking drugs and having séx with another man now accused in his death.
The body of 29-year-old Alex Shipp was found Sunday in the basement of a home in Kokomo, about 50 miles north of Indianapolis. The resident, Walter Logan, 52, was being held without bond on a preliminary charge of murder Tuesday in the Howard County Jail.

“Attack Obasanjo and lose your job” – Jonathan warns aides against insulting ex-president

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Following the ongoing war of words between the camp of President Goodluck Jonathan and former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, the president has cautioned his aides against attacking the former head of states through the media. Jonathan warned that anyone found guilty stands the chance of losing his job.

London-Based Nigerian Fraudsters Ran £2.7million Lotto Scam Which Led To Murder

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Two Nigerian fraudsters, whose global £2.7m scam had deadly consequences for one family they mercilessly ripped off, were jailed today. Police identified a total of thirteen victims all over the world, who each lost an average of £207,000, after the duo convinced them they were due an Australian lottery pay-out, inheritance, investment benefit or were sold non-existent heavy plant machinery.

Obinnam Nwokolo, 37, of 20 Chesworth Close, Erith, who amassed a valuable property portfolio in the UK and Nigeria, received six years and four months and Uchechhukwu Onuoha, 40, of Aspen Green, Erith, who entered this country on a student visa, received five years and two months. Both pleaded guilty at Croydon Crown Court to conspiracy to defraud between October 1, 2008 and September 15 last year.

One of their victims, Betty McClellan, 62, of Hyde Park, Los Angeles was shot dead by her husband Hersey McClellan, 63, who then shot himself on June 20, 2010 after she wired £264,000 — blowing the couple’s hard-earned pension. She transferred the sums to accounts controlled by fellow Nigerians Sergius Ene, 44, of 111 Rushden Gardens, Ilford and Osas Odia, 33, of 15 Windrush Court, Chichester Wharf, Erith, who both admitted conspiring to launder criminal property.

Stop Worshiping Pastors - Nollywood Actor, Mr Ibu

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Nollywood actor John Okafor aka Mr Ibu vented on his facebook page about how people put too much faith in their pastors to solve all the problems and more. Read below what he wrote and his facebook page and let us know what you think.STUPIDITY is when you don’t have a bicycle and you give your last penny to your pastor to buy a jet.

Ojukwu’s firm rejects Bianca as director

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A Director of Ojukwu Transport Company Limited has said the wife of the late Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu-Ojukwu, Bianca, has no place on the directorship or trusteeship of the company.
Director, Mr. Ifeukwu Ojukwu, said on Monday that since OTL was owned by the late Sir Louis Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the late Biafran warlord could not dictate who the trustees or directors of the company should be.

PHOTOS: Man Whose Best Friend Is A Tiger

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An Indonesian man Abdullah Sholeh, 31, has formed an unbreakable bond with four-year-old, 27-stone tiger. He regularly sleeps, plays and fights with the enormous tiger.
The pair has spent every day together since Mr Sholeh helped raise her from a three-month-old cub in Malang, Indonesia.

Crocodile Snatches 9-Year-Old Boy

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Police are searching for a 9-year-old boy who was snatched by a crocodile as he was swimming in the mouth of a river in northern Australia. Northern Territory police say the boy was swimming with a group of people at Port Bradshaw on Saturday when he was grabbed by the crocodile. Nearby people attempted to kill the crocodile with spears, but it then dragged the boy farther into the water.

Police planned to continue searching on Monday but expressed pessimism about the chances of finding the boy alive. Two weeks ago, another crocodile snatched a 7-year-old girl who was swimming at a Northern Territory waterhole. The crocodile was fatally shot the next day and the girl's remains were found inside it.

Photo: Prank Error as Magician’s Head Set On Fire By Television Host

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U.S. magician Wayne Houchin is recovering in a Dominican Republic hospital after a TV host lit his head on fire with a flammable liquid. Houchin was a guest on the Dominican Republic’s “Approach  the Stars” TV program Nov. 26 when, he says, host Franklin Barazarte unexpectedly poured flammable cologne on his head. A video of the incident shows the magician’s head bursting into flames as Barazarte runs his hands over Houchin’s hair. A warrant has been issued for Barazarte’s arrest.

Niger Set To Become Oil And Gas Producing State

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When the Niger State government recently took the risky path of funding the search for oil and gas in the Bida Basin, the administration of Governor Mua’zu Babangida Aliyu must have had at the back of its mind that the regime will be open to criticism from within and outside if the venture failed. Instead of seeking help from outside, the government decided to commission its own Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University at Lapai to handle the project, a step which served twin purposes of strengthening the capacity of the university in the area of oil and gas research and at the same time reducing the amount the project would have cost if commissioned to outsiders. There is no doubt that dedication to the project was also achieved because the university team that handled it see the job as ‘our own’ which must not fail and they put all they had into it .

Noam Chomsky: What the American Media Won't Tell You About Israel

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The savage punishment of Gaza traces back to decades ago.

The Israeli air force struck a UN building during the assault on Gaza in 2008-09.

Photo Credit: ISM Palestine/Wikimedia Commons.

 An old man in Gaza held a placard that read: “You take my water, burn my olive trees, destroy my house, take my job, steal my land, imprison my father, kill my mother, bombard my country, starve us all, humiliate us all, but I am to blame: I shot a rocket back.”

Muhammad Ali Crowned King Of Boxing-Gulfnews

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Heavyweight boxing icon Muhammad Ali was officially crowned the “King of Boxing” on Monday during the 50th convention of the World Boxing Council in the Mexican city of Cancun. Ali, who was accompanied by his wife Lonnie and who wore dark glasses, was led to a red velvet throne.