Wednesday, June 4, 2014
R.I.P: Nigerian Record Label Executive Robert Edwards slumps & dies
Pictures: Cultists destroy around 20 cars in Bariga, Lagos
When residents called the authorities in Somolu, the Police there allegedly said the region is not their coverage. See more photos after the break.
#2 of 5 Richest Kings In Africa
Estimated net worth: $300 million
Source: Oil
Oba Obateru Akinrutan is the Olugbo (traditional King) of Ugbo land, a small oil-rich community in Ondo state, in Nigeria’s southwestern region. Oba Akinrutan, who ascended the throne in 2009, is also the founder of Obat Oil, one of Nigeria’s largest privately-held oil trading companies. He founded the company in 1981 with a single gas station to meet the needs of his family and neighboring community. OBAT Oil now owns more than 50 gas stations across Nigeria as well as one of the largest tank farms in Africa- a modern storage facility that has the capacity to store 65 million liters of petroleum products. He also owns an extensive portfolio of prime commercial and residential real estate in London and Nigeria, including the landmark Febson Hotels and Mall in the Central Business District of Abuja.
Source: Forbes
Turkish soldiers fire tear gas, water cannon at Kurdish protesters
Turkish soldiers on Wednesday fired tear gas and a water cannon at Kurds protesting plans to build a military barracks in the southeast of the country.
Soldiers launched an operation early Wednesday to break up a 12-day sit-in by some 400 protesters in the Lice district of Kurdish majority Diyarbakir province.
Protesters hurled stones and fireworks at the soldiers, an AFP reporter witnessed. Clashes were still ongoing and there were no immediate reports of casualties or arrests.
The demonstrators are against the construction of new army posts in Kurdish majority areas which they see as a threat to a peace process launched in 2012 between government and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
The local governor's office in Diyarbakir on Monday called for additional security forces to face what it said was increased activity by the PKK.
The rebels declared a ceasefire in March 2013, but the peace process appeared to stall in September after the Kurdish rebels announced they were suspending their retreat from Turkish soil, accusing the government of failing to deliver on promised reforms.
The PKK, which is blacklisted as a terrorist organization by Turkey and much of the international community, launched an insurgency seeking self-rule in the southeast in 1984 that claimed about 45,000 lives.
Syria's presidential election meet int'l standards - Russian monitor
The presidential elections in Syria meet international standards commonly recognized and all statements about these elections being farce are unsound and politically motivated, Russian Federation Council international affairs committee member Igor Morozov said. Morozov monitors the elections within a group of Russian parliamentarians and Russian Central Election Committee representatives.
"We had the opportunity to go to many polling stations in Damascus and outside the Syrian capital and we state officially that these elections meet international standards commonly recognized," Morozov told Interfax on the telephone from Damascus on June 3.
The presidential elections in Syria meet international standards commonly recognized and all statements about these elections being farce are unsound and politically motivated, Russian Federation Council international affairs committee member Igor Morozov said. Morozov monitors the elections within a group of Russian parliamentarians and Russian Central Election Committee representatives.
"We had the opportunity to go to many polling stations in Damascus and outside the Syrian capital and we state officially that these elections meet international standards commonly recognized," Morozov told Interfax on the telephone from Damascus on June 3.
Uchenna Nnanna Won’t Dump Acting After Marriage - Associate
The wedding was attended by friends and associates of the couple and the beautiful pictures of the wedding showed that the actress was happy that she has now finally hooked Richard.
Nigerian Banker Withdraws Cash From 12 Customers’ Accounts
324 Lagos Bus Drivers Fail Hard Drugs, Alcohol, Eye Tests
The drivers were tested recently at the T&M CMS and CMS-Epe Motor Parks at Marina, Lagos, southwest Nigeria. They were screened for high blood pressure, diabetes, eye disease, blood alcohol content (BAC) and narcotics during a five-day screening, awareness and sensitization campaign organized by the Lagos State Ministry of Health.
EFCC arraigns House of Rep member over dud cheques worth ₦125m
A member of Nigeria's House of Representative, Hon Aliyu Gebi representing Bauchi Federal Constituency was today arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja on a 13-count charge of issuing dud cheques worth over 125 million Naira to one Usman Mustapha, Sahara Reporters reports.
According to papers filed by the EFCC, one of the charges against Gebi read "That you, Hon. Aliyu Gebi, being the owner and sole signatory of Craft Technology Ltd and Craft Technology Ltd on or about the 12/01/2012 at Abuja Judicial Division of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory did obtain credit by issuing a UBA Plc cheque No. 00091852 in the sum of N10,000.000.00 (Ten Million naira) only in favour of Musty Petroleum Ltd. which when presented within three months was dishonored on the ground that there was insufficient fund in the account and thereby committed an offense punishable under section 1 (b) (I) of the dishonored cheque ( offences) Act, 2004 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria.”
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Facebook deletes FEMEN movement's account without any explanation
The administration of Facebook has deleted the account of FEMEN International that had more than 80,000 subscribers.
"For the first time, the Facebook administration accused FEMEN in 'propagation of pornography'; this time it didn't explain the reason," the statement published on FEMEN's website says.
FEMEN's representatives think that the administration of Facebook has decided to do this as a result of the growing popularity of "the international movement against censorship of women's breasts on the Internet."
Erdogan accuses int'l media of spying, stirring unrest in Turkey
Turkey's embattled prime minister lashed out at international media on Tuesday, accusing news outlets of stirring unrest during the one-year anniversary of mass anti-government protests, AFP news agency reports. Recep Tayyip Erdogan singled out CNN International, whose reporter was arrested live on air last Saturday while covering street clashes, accusing the network of spying.
"International media organizations who came to Istanbul for provocative and exaggerated broadcasts were left empty-handed," Erdogan told members of his ruling AKP party in an apparent reference to the incident.
Ukraine Crisis Part 2 - Live Updates: 'Lugansk People's Republic's' health minister killed - militia
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The health minister of the "Lugansk People's Republic" was killed by a bomb allegedly dropped on the regional administration headquarters by a Ukrainian government warplane on Monday, a spokesman for the unilaterally proclaimed republic said.
"Our minister of health, Natalya Arkhipova, was killed because of the bombing of the building of the regional administration by the air force," the spokesman told Interfax. "Apparently, she was standing on the front door porch speaking to another woman during the air raid."
Voting in Syria presidential election extended by five hours
Voting in Syria's presidential election, being held Tuesday, has been extended by five hours to allow more people to participate, state television said. "The high electoral committee has decided to extend the election for five hours, because of the massive influx of voters," until midnight (21:00 GMT), it stated. President Bashar al-Assad, who has been fighting a three-year old revolt against his rule, is expected to win the vote.
More than 162,000 people have been killed and millions have been forced to flee their homes in the three years since the civil broke out in 2011.
#3 of 11 World Most influential Women 2014
The 60 year-old media mogul is the only real African-American billionaire on the planet with a net worth estimated at $3 billion. Winfrey hit the big style through her flagship daytime TV show which aired for 25 years between 1986 and 2011, before she bowed out to channel her energies to her own cable network, OWN. The once-struggling network became cash-flow positive in 2013. Winfrey was element of a consortium of billionaires that included Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and billionaire media executive David Geffen who bid for LA Clippers basketball team but lost to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. One of many world's most generous women, she's given millions to educational causes across the entire world, one of them being the $100 million she's allocated to the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa.
#4 of 11 World Most influential Women 2014
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Nigeria
The Nigerian economist could be the country's Coordinating Minister of the Economy. She was appointed by Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011 while she was a Managing Director at the World Bank. She once was Minister of Finance throughout the tenure of former president Olusegun Obasanjo.
#5 of 11 World Most influential Women 2014
2013 was an eventful year for Beyonce. She sang for President Obama, performed at the Super Bowl, and headlined the most profitable tour of the season by shocking the entire world with a shock “visual album” in December. It became iTunes'fastest-selling album ever, selling 828,773 units in the very first three days. Alongside husband Jay-Z, Beyonce will soon be co-headlining the On The Run Stadium Tour which begins on June 25, and will feature 18 shows across North America.
'B'haram attack is because Pres. GEJ won an election & some people are angry about it' - Okupe
Addressing a concern on allegations that everyday a large number of bodies are being transferred from the military headquarters prison called Dubar and deposited at a hospital in Maiduguri with the bodies showing signs of torture and brutality, he replied that the Nigerian Government and the military is struggling with an orchestrated plan to cause disaffection, alleging that people that are angry with the fact Pres. Goodluck Jonathan won an election are doing everything inside their capacity to fight his government. What he said below
"You do not understand the holistic problem of Nigeria. President Jonathan has committed an offense. His major offense is that he won an election when some people in Nigeria, very strong and powerful feel that he ought not to have won and power ought not to be where it is currently resident. So people want to take this power by all means, at all cost, playing all sorts of gimmicks and all and they have a lot of money and a lot of influence both within Nigeria and outside Nigeria" he said. Continue.
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