Sunday, November 24, 2013
Patrick Obahiagbon Presents Ice Prince At ‘Fireplace of Zamani'Album Launch (VIDEO)
Dr. Christopher Kolade Resigns As SURE-P Chairman
And this is happening days after
N500bn SURE-P fund was declared missing.
According to ThisDay, Kolade has already informed President Goodluck Jonathan of his wish to step down as chairman of SURE-P latest by the end of November before his 81st birthday, which comes up in December.
12-Year-Old Chisom Okechukwu Commits Suicide In Ebonyi
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Okechukwu, a principal five pupil at Nnoche-Uduke Primary School, was said to have left home on Saturday and wasn't seen until Sunday morning, hanging on a tree at the back of her compound.
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Aliyu intends to Name 400 northern traitors
THE Governor of Niger State and Chairman of the Northern Governors forum , Babangida Aliyu, on Saturday said around 400 northerners betrayed the North after obtaining income from mercenaries. He threatened to publish the list soon.
Aliyu
who released that disclosure while making homage to the late Emir of
Minna Alhaji Ahmadu Bahago at the 25th anniversary of the Emir of Minna
Alhaji Umaru Faruk Bahago said the North was not scared of 2015 elections.
PDP vows to win Lagos in 2015 by force or fire.
The
Lagos State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party has kicked off some
strategy sessions aimed at winning the 2015 governorship election in the
state.
At
a seminar, with a theme: Demystifying the energy of incumbency,
organised by the Alimosho Local Government chapter of PDP, leaders of
the party said they'd all it will take to defeat the All Progressives
Congress in Lagos, but had suffered electoral losses due to disunity.
South African Media Ignore Ban and Publish Images of President's £12.4m House Developed With Citizens'Money
State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele had on Thursday warned media to stop publishing photographs or footage of Zuma’s rural home, arguing that doing so was in violation of security laws.
Will Israel strike Iran?
Israel won't strike Iran – expert
Relations between Israel and the United States might aggravate after the recent breakthrough in negotiations between P5+1 and Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu keeps on stating that his country might act on its own to deal with "wolves in sheep's clothing". Meanwhile, as Mikhail Chlenov, Vice President of the World Jewish Congress, said in an interview with one of our sources Tel Aviv won't dare attacking Tehran.
Ukrainian police fire tear gas in clashes with pro-Europe protesters in Kiev.
Thousands of pro-Europe protesters
in Ukraine attempted to storm the government building in the capital of
Kiev Sunday, clashing with police who fired tear gas to keep them back.
Protesters
tried to break through police ranks surrounding the building, with some
throwing stones and hitting officers with the signs they were carrying,
as police fought back with batons.
Saturday, November 23, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan denies drinking spree on birthday, condemns rumour-mongers.
The President’s special adviser on media, Dr. Reuben Abati, in a press statement today, expressed regrets that despite the open admittance of the president’s ill health in London, some online organs went ahead to make what he called ” scurrilous distortions of the facts of the President’s indisposition”.
Ole Gba ,Ole Gbe: NNPC Sold $20.9bn Crude, Remits Just $7bn
“Among the areas of concern is the NNPC's Joint Venture operations. There are several billions of dollars that are unaccounted for. Some JV partners should come prior to the committee and give information that the NNPC cannot contradict.
“Now, whenever you confront NNPC with this information, they don't address the difficulties at stake. Reports from the Auditor-General's Office have many cases contrary to the NNPC. When this investigation is being conducted, I urge the ad-hoc committee to liaise with the Public Accounts Committee. We've information we are able to give the committee to help the investigation.”
“God Told Me To Be An Advocate For The Rights Of Gays” – Methodist Pastor
The Reverend Frank Schaefer, testifying at the penalty phase of his church trial, again refused to promise he wouldn’t perform another same-sex union. Three of his four children are gay.
“The church needs to stop judging people based on their sexual orientation”, he said.
“We have to stop the hate speech. We have to stop treating them as second-class Christians,” he told a jury of fellow United Methodist pastors. I will never be silent again,” he said, as some of his supporters wept in the gallery. Continue
Leader Jonathan Thanks Nigerians For Their Help Throughout His Illness
during his brief illness while on a London visit.
Again, ASUU leaders meet, set to suspend strike
There is strong indication that academic activities may resume in the nation's public universities early in a few days, our source has gathered. Members of the National Executive
Council of the Academic Staff Union of the Universities again converged
on Kano to deliberate on whether to call off their over four months old
industrial action or not.
We Are Going To Court For Iyayi - Femi Falana (SAN)
He disclosed this while addressing journalists over Iyayi's death. Iyayi died in a road accident on Okene -Lokoja Road when the convoy of Kogi State Governor, Idris Wada rammed into his car.
“Nigeria is blessed with abundance of talents, despite the prevalence of poor administration”– Ibru
The performance of Super Eagles coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi came under scrutiny from a former board member of the Nigeria Football Federation, Emmanuel Ibru in Lagos. His verdict? He scored Keshi 60 out of a hundred.
“Sixty per cent of the job on the team has been done, but a critical 40% needs to be done before the World Cup,” Ibru told Vanguard Sports in his office Thursday.
Israel and the US: time for divorce?
Recently, Israel's Foreign Minister
Avigdor Lieberman came out with a statement that came as a shock for
many people, because it strikingly runs counter to what might have been
expected from Israel judging from its traditional behavior on the world
scene. Speaking at a forum in the Israeli city of Sderot, Mr. Lieberman
said that Israel should cease viewing the US as its main partner in
international politics and seek for new partners.
Just in: Hon. Raphael Nomiye, House of Reps Member Slumps and Dies in FCT
A member of the House of Representatives, representing Ilaje/Ese-Odo Federal Constituency of Ondo State, Hon. Raphael Nomiye, is dead.
Hon. Nomiye, popularly called Groovy, slumped and died in Abuja in the early hours of November 23, 2013, Saturday.
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