Wednesday, March 6, 2013

FG Set To Clamp Down On Satellite Campuses – Education Minister





Education Minister, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai, has said that the Federal Government would take serious action against the activities of Nigerians operating satellite campuses.
Speaking in Kaduna, on Monday, at the consultative meeting between the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education and Rectors of Polytechnics and Provost of Colleges of Education in the country, Rufai noted that the government would soon clamp down on those operating the satellite campuses and outreach centres.

Reps move to criminalise late, non-payment of salaries





A new bill before the House of Representatives has proposed stiff penalties for employers of labour in both the public and private sectors who fail to pay or delay the payment of workers’ salaries.
The bill passed second reading on Tuesday, getting the support of the majority of lawmakers at a session presided over by the Speaker, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal.
It also proposes that underpayment of workers’ wages; pension and emolument will attract sanctions.
According to the sponsor of the bill and House Minority Leader, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, the penalties will include the loss of 10 to 20 per cent of the value of the delayed salary.

Accreditation Crisis: FG To Transfer UNIABUJA Engineering Students To Other Varsities



Indications have emerged that the Federal Government is making moves to relocate Engineering students of the University of Abuja to other universities.
The Faculty of Engineering is among the University’s programmes that are yet to get accreditation from the Nigeria Universities Commission and its students have been embroiled in several protests in recent times, aimed at drawing attention to their plight.

3 Foods that are Killing you and Need to be Removed from Your Diet



If you love your heart then you need to severely restrict or remove some foods from your diet. It’s not about punishing yourself; it’s about keeping yourself alive. There are a lot of tasty foods out there that are healthier, so just replace some of these food with something healthier.

You need to kick Alfredo sauce out of your diet.
The three main ingredients in it are butter, salt and cheese which are often consumes each on their own but still manage to be harmful to your health. You can restrict the amount that you use by asking for the sauce on the side and only using a little of it. The key with Alfredo sauce is moderation. Avoid heaping portions of pasta and large amounts of sauce and you can still keep a little bit of Alfredo in your life.

Cisco rakes $750m from Nigeria, others on services




NIGERIA'S robust market was confirmed in South Africa Tuesday where Cisco, a United States (U.S.)-based networking firm announced a yearly revenue of $750 million from its operation in Nigeria and other African countries.
The company, which said, about $1.7 billion could be generated from African market offering the same services, also stressed that South Africa, Nigeria and Egypt constitutes about 63 per cent of the continent’s potential market.
According to the company, seven countries represent 80 per cent of Africa’s total addressable market (TAM). The are Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Egypt, Libya among others.

Nigerian Police make mass arrest over Kwara CP’s murder



The Enugu State Police Command on Tuesday said it had raided criminals’ hideouts and made random arrests in its investigations of the murder of Kwara State police commissioner, Mr. Chinweike Asadu, last Saturday.
    The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Tonye Ebitibituwa, who announced the arrests declined giving the number and identity of those arrested. The PUNCH  however learnt from residents of Nike in the Enugu metropolis, where the late police boss was gunned down, that over 500 youths of the area had been picked.
     A resident of the area, who refused to give his name for fear of police harassment, said, “All the youths in this area have been arrested and detained in many police stations in the state. Over 500 persons have been arrested in this area.”

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dies




A deeply divided Venezuela is mourning its late leader and preparing to pick a new president to replace him.
Venezuelan officials called for peace and unity after President Hugo Chavez's death on Tuesday, emphasizing in state television broadcasts that all branches of the government and the military were standing together.
Elections will be held in 30 days, and Vice President Nicolas Maduro will assume the presidency in the interim, Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said in an interview broadcast on state-run VTV.
Tearing up as he announced Chavez's death after a long battle with cancer, Maduro called on Venezuelans to remain respectful.

Nigerians remained indebted to Obasanjo, says Jonathan



Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated former President Olusegun Obasanjo on his 76th birthday.
This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Dr Reuben Abati.
The statement quoted the president as saying that Nigerians remained indebted to Obasanjo for his efforts at ensuring peace, stability and development of the country.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Ketu, Lagos: Two Missing Kids Suffocated Inside a Vehicle




Ketu area of Lagos State was thrown into confusion after the shocking discovery of the corpses of two toddlers, Toheeb Adedokun and Tajudeen Falilu, who disappeared in January.
The missing children were suspected to have been kidnapped when all efforts to locate them proved abortive.
However, the corpses of the children were found in an abandoned vehicle, two houses away from their parents' home on Taike Street.

CHILD ABUSE: Father ties, locks up six-year-old daughter for witchcraft ( PHOTO)




A 42-year-old father, Mr. Edet Etok-Akpan, is currently being quizzed at the headquarters of the Cross River State Police Command in Calabar for torturing his six-year-old daughter, Edidiong, as a result of a church prophetess’ pronouncement that the girl was a witch.
Edidiong was beaten by her father and locked up in a room with her hands, mouth and face bound for four days before she was rescued by neighbours.
It was learnt that Etok-Akpan started beating her on February 19 after an unidentified prophetess in their church told him that Edidiong was the witch responsible for the stagnancy in his life.

Monday, March 4, 2013

When you have a headache, instead of using pain killers, have s*x!



Below is what a new study is claiming. When you have a headache, leave all dem pain relief medicine alone and just turn to your partner for some good loving. Choi! I dey miss!!!...:-)
If you're suffering from a headache, retiring to bed may be the best solution.
S*x can cure head pain, according to scientists – and venturing between the sheets may even be more effective than heading to the medicine cabinet.
More than half of migraine sufferers who had sx during an attack experienced an improvement in symptoms, the researchers found, and one in five was left without any pain at all.

Orji Uzor Kalu claims Gov T.A Orji is behind his ABSU degree being revoked




 Abia State University over the weekend revoked the first degree certificate they awarded the former governor of the state, Orji Uzor Kalu. Orji Uzor Kalu is now saying the current governor of the state, Theodore Oiji, is the one behind it. See more stuff he wrote on his Twitter page after the Break

Baby Boy Killed By His Father's Kiss (Photo)



A heartbroken mum has revealed how her premature son was tragically killed — by a loving kiss from his doting dad.
Little Kaiden McCormick was struck down by a cold sore virus caught from Carl Maclaren, 34.
He spent six weeks on a life-support machine as doctors worked frantically to save him.
But he died aged just two months. The cause of death was multiple organ failure triggered by the herpes simplex virus.
Mum Marrie-Claire McCormick, 28, told of the horrifying moment they learned what had stricken Kaiden.

Ojukwu’s Spirit Resurrects In Awka As APGA Holds Remembrance Rally



Though in crisis, the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) at the weekend sent out a signal that it might not have died after all as believed by many, when most of its members forgot their differences and gathered at the Dr. Alex Ekwueme Square for a rally in remembrance of the one year burial of the leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.
The remembrance rally, which was also attended by the Nigerian Ambassador to Spain and widow of the late Ikemba Nnewi, Bianca Ojukwu, also witnessed the declaration of former Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) House of Representatives candidate for Anaocha, Njikoka and Dunukofia Federal Constituency, Chief Dozie Nwankwo, for APGA.

Nigerian among the richest property owners in the UK, guess who SHE is (PICTURED)





It is a central London apartment block with a price tag that only the world’s richest can afford to pay. But owners of the lavish apartments at the Candy & Candy development One Hyde Park are notoriously shy about revealing their identities. Now a six-month investigation has revealed that oil baronesses, Kazakh singers and Arab sheikhs are all members of the small and exclusive club of owners.  Exclusive: One Hyde Park apartments are owned by a roll call of the some of the world’s richest people.

Billionaire Couple Mysteriously Burn To Death In Onitsha



The commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State was thrown into heavy pandemonium on Saturday, when a billionaire couple, who just returned home from abroad, were consumed in an inferno that broke out in the commercial city.
The unfortunate incident occurred in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Boniface Ndubuisi, a house that is located at number 2, Arinze Lane, off Okolo Street, American Quarters, Onitsha, Anambra State .
The couple who just returned from abroad were badly burnt, and were seen clung to each other in the bathroom of the building.

''Batman'' Brings In Suspect To Police - BBC



A man dressed as the caped crusader Batman has handed over a wanted man at a Bradford police station before disappearing into the night.
Police said the costumed man did not reveal his identity.  Police said the costumed crime-fighter marched the 27-year-old man into Trafalgar House Police Station in the early hours of 25 February.
The man was charged with handling stolen goods and fraud offences. Police said: "The person who brought the man in was dressed in a full Batman outfit. His identity remains unknown."
The suspect will appear before Bradford magistrates on Friday, police said.
Source: BBC News


ABORMINATION: 40-Year-Old Mother Who Sleeps With Her Son Is Now Pregnant For Him



A mother and her son have done the unthinkable – they have fallen in love with one another. And now they want to marry since the mom, is six months pregnant and expecting her son’s first child.

Mbereko (40), who was widowed 12 years ago, has been cohabiting with her first child, Farai Mbereko (23). She confirms that she is six months pregnant and that she has decided it is better to “marry” her son because she does not want to marry her late husband’s young brothers, whom she says are coveting her.

Shock Over Assasination Of Kwara State Commissioner Of Police



THE killing of Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chinwike Asadu, in Enugu sent shock waves across the country on Sunday. The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, directed the police homicide squad to fish out the gunmen who waylaid and killed Asadu on Saturday night while on a visit to his home in Enugu.
“The killers have murdered sleep and they will not know sleep,” Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, who spoke for Abubakar said. It was learnt that he was killed at about 9.45pm on Saturday in Abakpa Nike, Enugu East Local Government Area, by the gunmen who trailed him to his street.
Asadu’s police orderly, Aloha Olaniyi and driver, Oliver Omeh, were critically injured by the bandits. The duo are said to be receiving treatment at the National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu.

Officer sues former superior officer for begging her for oral séx and slapping her bumbum in public



An NYPD lieutenant harassed an of ficer into performing oral sex on him twice — then punished her with petty infractions after she broke off the relationship, a lawsuit charges.
The allegation that Lt. Salvatore Marchese texted obscene photos and asked for sexual favors from Officer Lisette Pedrosa, a single mom, was supported by the NYPD’s Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, according to Pedrosa’s lawsuit filed in Bronx Supreme Court.
Pedrosa also claims that Marchese retaliated against her after she filed the initial complaint.

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