Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Passenger boat capsizes in Lagos, one missing.



A passenger boat conveying ten passengers capsized in the afternoon of Monday June 16th in Lagos. According to passengers on the boat, that was maneuvering to Coconot Island from Tincan Island, waves from bigger boats passing around them during the time caused the boat to get rid of balance and capsize.

Despite all the passengers were wearing life jackets, someone drowned and his life jacket was spotted floating around. Other passengers were rescued. The human body of the missing person is yet to be recovered.

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Kidnapped Sisters, Ejura & Unekwu Opaluwa Reportedly Released



 
Based on breaking news report by Metropole Magazine, the Abuja abducted sisters Ejura and Unekwu Opaluwa, that were  extracted from their Karmo, Abuja home by 5 armed men on Sunday June 8th have already been released and are now back home. I haven't any means of confirming this information holds true but will update later. 


GMO Foods: Banned in Germany, But You're Probably Still Eating It



By Dr. Mercola
Monsanto, the world leader in genetically modified (GM) crops and seeds, has been named the worst company of 2011 by Natural Society -- for "threatening both human health and the environment."
I couldn't agree more. I have long designated Monsanto the most dangerous corporation on the planet, and clearly this is a growing sentiment …
"Monsanto is so despised by environmentalists that Google's first suggested search term for the St. Louis company is 'Monsanto evil.'
Readers... voted Monsanto the world's most evil corporation in a January poll, giving the corporation a whopping 51 percent of the vote."

PDP' statement on APC Youth Leader's age, insists he's 52



 PDP just released a record on the Facebook page insisting that the brand new APC Youth Leader Ibrahim Dasuki Jalo is 52 and not 43 like APC claimed in a statement released earlier today. Continue to see the remaining portion of the press release...
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Woman Dies instantly as Glass Window Falls off on Her at Rivers State Secretariat



A glass window fell off at the Rivers State secretariat on Monday killing a middle aged woman.

The victim, Theresa Nkechi Amadi, who hails from Etche Local Government Part of their state worked as a cleaner at the state Ministry of Environment.

Eye witness told us that she was hit with a glass window that fell from one of the uppermost floors of the building.

Driver Drags Keke NAPEP, Rider To His Death In Lagos





The life of a 28-year-old tricycle rider, Onu Kingsley, has been cut short after the driver of a Toyota Corolla, identified simply as Kingsley, allegedly dragged him on the road and crashed his body against a hurdle. The incident happened on the Apapa Road, Ebute Meta area of Lagos State on Saturday evening.

According to the report,  Onu, an indigene of Enugu State, had alighted from his tricycle, popularly called, Keke NAPEP, to complain that Kingsley hit his motorcycle and injured one of his passengers.

Monday, June 16, 2014

Nigeria Military Nabs 486 suspected Boko Haram members in Abia



According to a report by Guardian, not less than 486 suspected Boko Haram members including eight women were arrested by the military personnel of the 144 battalion of the Nigerian Army with base at Asa in Ukwa West council of Abia State. Full report below...
Abia State Information Commissioner, Chief Eze Chikamnayo, who took some reporters to the military camp yesterday to see the suspects said they were arrested around 3:00 a.m. on Sunday along Enugu-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway at Arongwa area called Imo Gate, which is a boundary between Abia and Rivers states.

Nigeria is the best place for foreign investors - Wall St Journal




Nigeria, Argentina and Vietnam are the most appealing places for multinationals, this is according to a survey by Wall Street Journal. Find the report below...
Fresh from its coronation as the biggest economy in Africa, Nigeria has scored another first. The troubled West African country has emerged as the frontier-market economy that is attracting the most attention from American and European multinationals.

Nigeria is joined by Argentina and Vietnam as the frontier markets that multinational corporations are most interested in, according to a new index of corporate sentiment.

New APC 52 yrs Youth Leader favorites Reno Omokri's tweet mocking him



Pictured right is the new APC Youth Leader Dr Dasuki Ibrahim Jalo who's is 52 years. On the left is PDP youth leader Abdullahi Mai Basira who's 31 years old.

So here's what happened. Special Assistant to the president on New Media Reno Omokri tweeted two tweets mocking the APC for selecting a 52 year old as their National Youth Leader but he did it using sarcasm therefore it wasn't so obvious. Then the man himself, Ibrahim Jallo, could not see he was being mocked and favorited the tweets..hehe. But a youth leader at 52? See the tweets when you continue after the break...

Cultists hack driver, dump body on Lagos highway



The battered body of a man was discovered on Olopo Meji, Oworonshoki Expressway in Lagos on Saturday June 14th. The body had been crushed many times by vehicles on the highway. Punch reports that the body was later identified as that of 35year old Yemi, aka Topia, a resident of the area.

A resident of the area, Michael Oladipupo, told Punch that the dead man was the son of a landlord on Mabawonku Street. Oladipupo said Yemi was not killed by a hit-and-run vehicle as the situation suggested, but his body was dumped on the highway to serve as an alibi for his killers. Continue...

Photos: Maximum Security ahead EKITI GUBER POLL




*Police firm up preparations, deploy hi-tech security equipment*IGP Warns politicians to play by the Rules


The Inspector-General of Police IGP MD Abubakar, CFR, NPM, mni, psc, has ordered immediate deployment of hi-tech security equipment, including surveillance helicopters, armoured personnel carriers, patrol vans and other law enforcement gadgets to Ekiti State in view of the June 21, 2014.

The deployment comes as a reinforcement of other security measures already put in place by the Police, especially the deployment to strategic locations of the personnel of the Police Mobile Force (PMF), Counter-Terrorism Unit (CTU), the Bomb Disposal Unit, Mounted Troops and the Police Air-wing designed to effectively boost the integrity of the electoral process and ensuring an atmosphere of peace, orderliness, safety and security of persons, votes and all sensitive election materials during the June 21, 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State.
See more photos after the break.

Nigeria's National Emergency Number is 112




If you know someone in need of Ambulance, please do endeavor to call the ambulance on 112.
Show some love to the needy.


US public lied to about Iraq from the start - detained leaker



The detained US soldier convicted of leaking a trove of secret documents to WikiLeaks made a rare foray into public life Saturday to warn Americans they were being lied to about Iraq once more. Chelsea Manning is serving a 35-year prison sentence on espionage charges and other offenses for passing along 700,000 secret documents, including diplomatic cables and military intelligence files, to anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks in the largest-scale leak in US history.

US deploys aircraft carrier to Persian Gulf in case of military option on Iraq



US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered an aircraft carrier moved into the Persian Gulf on Saturday, readying it in case Washington decides to pursue a military option after insurgents overwhelmed a string of Iraqi cities this week and threatened Baghdad, according to Reuters.

"The order will provide the Commander-in-Chief additional flexibility should military options be required to protect American lives, citizens and interests in Iraq," the Pentagon said in a statement.

Obama to take several days to consider how to act on Iraq



President Barack Obama said on Friday he will take several days to review options for how the United States can help Iraq deal with a militant insurgency, saying any action would need significant involvement by Iraq itself, according to Reuters. "The United States is not simply going involve itself in a military action in the absence of a political plan by the Iraqis that gives us some assurance that they are prepared to work together," Obama said, demonstrating a reluctance to send US troops into battle in Iraq.

"We are not going to be able to do it for them," he added.

Dora Akunyili Set To Be Buried 28th Of August



Former Minister of Information and Communications, Late Dora Akunyili who died on the 7th of June in an Indian Specialist Cancer hospital will be buried on the 28th of August her husband has said.

Mr Akunyili thanked Nigerians who stood by her during her 2-year battle with cancer, and those supporting them now after her demise.

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Zimbabwe: President Calls for New World Order




President Mugabe has called for the Group of 77+China to be at the forefront of creating a global order that represents the interests and aspirations of downtrodden people and oppose domination by Western powers.The President said this soon after landing in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, yesterday where he will attend today's 50th anniversary Commemorative Summit of the G77+China, which runs today and tomorrow.
President Mugabe is accompanied by Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi and other senior Government officials.

Attack on Russian embassy in Kiev spearheaded by Ukrainian tycoon's henchmen - Lavrov



Members of the Azov battalion, which has been set up and is financed by tycoon Igor Kolomoisky, the governor of Dnepropertovsk, spearheaded Saturday's "disgusting" attack on the Russian embassy in Kiev, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday.

"The leading role in the attack on the embassy was played by fighters from the Azov battalion, which has been set up and is financed by Kolomoisky, whom the current Kiev authorities have appointed governor of Dnepropetrovsk," Lavrov told reporters.

Japan resumes whale killing despite protests



Australia, New Zealand and eco activists are disappointed - Japan is at whale killing again despite the International Court of Justice ruling, The Independent reports. 

The Japanese Fisheries Agency said in a report that 30 minke whales had been killed during the April-June whaling season as part of its "research hunts" in the north-west Pacific Ocean.
They also said that another group of whalers were still hunting in a more remote part of the ocean.
Australia and New Zealand both hoped that the ICJ's March decision would bring the cruel practice to an end.

Al-Nusra jihadists pull out Syria's Kesab city seized in March



Fighters from the jihadist Al-Nusra Front and Syrian insurgents have withdrawn from the city of Kesab on the border with Turkey, Agence France-Presse reported Saturday citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The majority of the fighters and rebels have left the city, the monitoring group said.

As of now, the Syrian army and fighters from Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah advanced on the nearby villages.

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