FASHOLA, POPE FRANCIS, JAPANESE PM, 97 OTHERS LISTED AS LSDP TOP GLOBAL THINKERS

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"He has made Lagos an African hub of innovation……….", says LSDP

Along with other global personalities like Pope Francis of the Vatican, Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe and Mayor of Warsaw, Poland, Hanna Gronkiewicz-waltz, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) was at the weekend named one of the 100 Top Global Thinkers for 2013 by a global personality assessment organization, Lo Spazio della Politica (LSDP).

See Photo of Lagos in the year 1914

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Photo taken January 1, 1914 in Lagos; the day Lord Lugard amalgamated Northern and Southern Nigeria. A memorable day in our history!

Dearest Omo Oodua Readers: My fiancee treats her son so badly.

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I'm engaged to a woman who has a three year old son. We are preparing to get married soon....but there is something she does which makes me cringe. She hates so much on her behalf 3 year old son. At the slightest provocation, she spits venom on the little boy. She tells the child all of the hurt his father caused her and even would go to the extent of saying he is a poor reminder of his father. I have spoken to her about this and she is apparently deep in this her ugly past and this really is adversely affecting me and am thinking of walking from the relationship. I don't wish to marry a woman who is a poor mother.

Asari Dokubo Lambastes OBJ, calls him Chief Assassin Of All Times

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The leader of Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Mujahid Dokubo Asari, on Thursday called former President Olusegun Obasanjo the "Chief Assassin of all times" in response to the former leader's recent letter to President Goodluck Jonathan.


In a letter to Obasanjo, Dokubo, who has previously sworn that there will be hell on earth if Jonathan is not re-elected in 2015, rebutted Obasanjo's claim that Jonathan is training a special killer squad to hit 1000 supposed opponents of his government.
Continue after the break.

Police arrest Rivers lawmaker, Chidi Lloyd, for double murder

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The River State Police Command has arrested him for the alleged murder of 2 people, one Kingsley Ejeuo and police sergeant Urang Obadiah.

In a statement issued by the Rivers State police, Chidi Lloyd is accused of knocking down and killing the police sergeant while pursuing Kingsley Ejeuo who he also killed. The statement after the break

One killed, eight wounded as World War II bomb explodes in Germany

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A technical excavator triggered an unexploded World War II bomb hidden under the earth in Germany on Friday, killing the driver and injuring eight other people at a building site, police said.Two of these injured were seriously hurt in the explosion in the city of Euskirchen near the city of Bonn.Unexploded devices dating back again to the bombardment of Germany during World War II are frequently found. Most local authorities have teams working full-time to detect and defuse them.

Myanmar releases about 2,000 inmates, including three political prisoners.

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Myanmar on Friday freed about 2,000 inmates, including at least three political prisoners, to mark its Independence Day, officials and activists said.

"More than 2,000 prisoners were released today with 1,800 from Insein Prison in Yangon and another 230 from Mandalay prison," said Hla Maung Shwe, an adviser to President Thein Sein.

The presidential amnesty was granted to commemorate Independence Day on Saturday. Myanmar, formerly called Burma, was granted independence from Britain on January 4, 1948.

CIA-waged drone war 'spreads anarchy' around the world

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The US said it is mapping out a new national security strategy that will be announced in early 2014. The white paper on the next stage of Washington’s war on al-Qaeda will be released at the time of mounting international criticism of US drone strikes in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen.

Drone airstrikes are one of the main reasons for the spread of anarchy and military conflicts that have been mushrooming around the world. This is according to a report by UN special rapporteurs Ben Emmerson and Christof Heyns who accused the US of carrying out unmanned aerial attacks on foreign soil under the guise of an anti-terror war without borders.

Winter, Sochi, Putin: Russian President tries out Olympic slopes

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 President Vladimir Putin tested the ski slopes at the Olympic host city of Sochi Friday as the Black Sea resort counts down to the start of the Winter Games.

Facebook spying on private messages, selling them to advertisers - lawsuit

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A federal lawsuit has been filed earlier this week accusing the world’s biggest social networking site, Facebook, of examining its users’ private messages contents "for purposes unrelated to the facilitation of message transmission".

Two plaintiffs are seeking a class action suit on behalf of all Facebook users who have sent or received a private message in the past two years that contained links.

African Food Staples - Try Afrishoponline: Best store to shop for African food.

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 Try Afrishoponline: Best store to shop for African food Staples.

Many Africans won't require an introduction to the food basics, although it might not be known to every one that, for example the cassava is wholesome 500 million persons on a global base and has its source in the Brazilian Amazon. For guests from temperate areas, Eurasia and North America, but, exotic food stables are a new earth indeed. Thus this introduction.
 Below each product/staple, you will discover data concerning origin and use. Some historic information can also be added below nearly all of them.

Confusion as Pastor disappears after deadly auto crash in Osun

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VANGUARD NIGERIA stated that anxiety is mounting over the sudden disappearance of the General Overseer of Christ Worshippers Church with headquarters at Osubi, Effurun, Warri, Delta State Prophet Duromola Adedayo Samuel.

One source said Prophet Duromola might have met his death in a ghastly auto crash that occurred, yesterday, between 6.00 p.m and 8.00 p.m. along Akure-Ilesa expressway.

Watch your Mouth, Baba Aladura(CSMS) tells Jonathan, Obasanjo

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The Chairman and spiritual father of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church Worldwide (Ayo Ni O), Most Reverend Samuel Abidoye has cautioned President Goodluck Jonathan and former president Olusegun Obasanjo against heating up the polity  through their actions and inactions.

Abidoye, in his New Year message to members of the CSMS Worldwide and Nigerians entitled: ‘Be Hopeful, My Beloved Country,’  advised the  duo of Jonathan and Obasanjo to demonstrate maturity in their handling of the political differences between them.

Nigeria has the potentials to lead Africa if public office holders, politicians stop being selfish.– Goodluck Jonathan

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President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday that Nigeria has the potentials to lead Africa if public office holders, politicians and indeed, the citizenry, stop being selfish.

The President recalled his encounter with United States President Barack Obama when the latter revealed that about 25, 000 medical consultants work in the U.S., the number which the US leader said, was crucial to the American economy.

Reuben Abati claims Pres.GEJ Did not travel to Kenya with 7 jets

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  So if it's not true, what seven jets did this Kenyan lady see? It doesn't sound right in my experience that she'd lie  about something similar to this, especially during a media conference to Channels TV and AIT. And she seems likes a high Kenyan official. See more tweets after the jump.

OAU Graduate commits suicide over lady in Ikorodu

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In accordance with a report by PM News, a graduate of Architecture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ogunsona Daniel Adekunle Adebambo (pictured above) committed suicide by hanging himself in  uncompleted storey building yesterday January 1st 2014.

Based on the report, the human body of the 30 year old man was found around 1 a.m. yesterday dangling from a string linked with the hook of a fan in an uncompleted storey building at 1, Alice Ogunsona Street, Hilltop Estate, Eruwen, Ikorodu. His body was found by his younger brother after reading the suicide note he wrote and left at their home. Continue...

Ex-football star O.J. Simpson is receives tests for brain cancer

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Based on a fresh report by National Enquirer, jailed former football star O.J. Simpson is receiving tests for brain cancer and is begging President Obama for a pardon so may die in peace at home.  The magazine claims that Simpson, 66, who is serving a 33 year sentence in a prison in Nevada for kidnapping, assault and robbery, is undergoing secret medical tests for a cancerous tumor in his brain and is convinced he won't live long.

"O.J. says his memory is slipping and he gets painful headaches and other symptoms. He put off the doctors for weeks after he first started experiencing the symptoms because he was afraid of what they would find. Now the prison docs are telling him they believe he has a brain tumor. They plan to run a series of tests on him, MRIs and CT scans.' a source told The Enquirer.

Do you think Nigeria's Vision 20: 2020 is achievable or not ?

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An Economy analyst says Nigeria’s plan to be among the top 20 economies by the year 2020 is not possible going by the 2013 economic scorecard.
A Review of Nigeria’s Economy scorecard for 2013 showed that Nigeria ranked 37 out of 192 nations in the Global GDP Ranking with a GDP of $283 billion.

Justice ministry to spend ₦181.3m on clothing this year - Report

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The Federal Ministry of Justice Headquarters will spend the sum of N181.3m on uniforms and other garments in 2014, according to the budget estimates submitted to the National Assembly by Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

A copy of the proposed budget of the headquarters of the justice ministry, which was obtained by a Punch correspondent, revealed that the sum of N181, 391,000 was allocated for “uniforms and other clothing” in 2014.

Nigerian man nabbed in New Jersey for allegedly killing his pregnant wife

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On Friday December 27th, 33 year old Babatope Owoseni was arrested in East Orange, New Jersey in connection with the death of his wife who had been nine months pregnant at the time of her death.
26 year old Fatoumata Owoseni was found unresponsive at the 39 South Munn Avenue apartment she shared with  Babatope. The authorities haven't released facts about how he allegedly killed her. Babatope has been faced with her murder and will be held without bail at the Essex County Corrections Facility.