SEE THE FINAL PORTRAIT OF NELSON MANDELA

MANDELA WITH GREAT GRANDSON LEWANIKA

This is the last known portrait of Nelson Mandela which captures him sitting in his favourite arm-chair and holding hands with with his three-year-old great-grandson Lewanika.

Ndaba Mandela, the boy's father took the picture in May 2013 before the Great Madiba was hospitalized.

May his soul rest in peace.

HOW A BRIDE'S DAY OF JOY ALMOST TURNED INTO BLOODBATH

Wedding days are always very special for the groom, bribe and their family members. So when a couple had an accident after their wedding and escaped unhurt, then it is obvious the hands of  the lord is definitely all over them.

A bride narrowly escaped death in an auto crash while on her way from her wedding. The accident involving a NNPC  tanker with number plate XG 321 MKA, a cargo truck and two saloon cars happened at about 4: 45pm on Saturday, close to the Otedola bridge, Alausa, on Lagos/Ibadan Expressway.

The NNPC truck, while descending the slop from Alausa at top speed, could not hold its break. It then ran into the first car and squashed the second one against the cargo truck. The bride and her husband were said to have jumped out of their car. The names of the couple was not revealed.

The fire coming out of the truck was put out by sympathisers as the tanker was carrying petroleum product. The accident also resulted in  gridlock which was controlled by men of the Federal Road Safety Corps.

(PHOTONEWS) - THE MEMORABLE MOMENTS OF #THEEXPERIENCELAGOS 2013

The 8th edition of the annual largest gospel music concert in Africa, organised by House On The Rock, was held on the 6th December 2013 at the historic Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos. A crowd of 700,000 gathered to lift up their voices to the creator of Heaven and Earth.

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THE SEX TAPE SCANDAL INCREASED MY POPULARITY - CHIDINMA (MISS KEDIKE)

 

Young and Pretty musician, Chidinma Ekile, granted an interview to Punch's correspondent on how she has been able to manage recent events surrounding her career........

You won Kora Awards last year and this year again, you were nominated for an international award, Channel O Awards. Did you ever imagine that you would get to this stage?

No way. I never imagined it in any way. All I did was just to be focused. I knew this was what I loved doing and I decided to just keep doing it. I didn’t expect that it would get this big. Sometimes I sit back and I think back of how it started.

But did the awards have any impact on your career?

Oh yes. When I won the Kora and got back to Nigeria, it was a whole different experience. People started treating me differently. They wondered how ‘small’ Chidinma could go to Cote D’ivoire and bring the Kora home. It added to my profile. Being nominated for the Channel O Award is a big deal for me even if I didn’t clinch the award.

How has it been since then?

It has been good and challenging. It has been a lot of work.

Did you go back to school?

Oh yes. I am managing my career and my studies. I don’t have a choice. I wake up every day and I realise I have a lot of things to do. This is really the best time to tidy up my education. This is my youth. I get busier by the day. It will get tougher. I have to do what I have to do before time gets tougher.

SEVENTY-ONE-YR-OLD HUNTER RAPES SEVEN-YR-OLD GIRL IN ONDO STATE

The war against RAPE can only be fought and won by through collective effort and sensitization. There is rarely a week we don't report at least 5 rape cases. Read the recent one from Sahara Reporters below.

A 71-year-old hunter, Alhaji Kayode Ganiyu raped a 7-year-old pupil, ‘Taye’ a primary school pupil of Oba Ile in Akure in  Ondo State. The incident occurred at Ayetoru Street in Oba Ile, a suburb of Akure.

According to source who initially witnessed the revelation of the rape case, the 7-year-old girl was returning from school when she was lured by the old man with N10 into his cluttered private one room apartment deceitfully telling her he wanted her to purchase sachet water for him. The loud cry of the poor little girl, attracted the attention of passerbys who immediately inquired into the incidence.

Narrating her ordeal, the little Taye said she was returning from school and stopped at a nearby well opposite Mr. Ganiyu’s house in order to fetch water and drink but decided against it because the well water was too dirty. She alleged that ‘Alhaji’ as he is popularly known in the area, was watching her, as she meant to leave Mr. Ganiyu called her into his dingy apartment to get money to purchase water, however, soon as she walked into the room, he forced her onto his bed, covered her mouth and raped her repeatedly  

‘’I was thirsty and coming back from school inside the hot sun when Alhaji waved and called me to come and collect money for pure water. I sat down, and he searched through his cloth and brought out N10. I never knew he had closed his door. He pushed me onto the bed, covered my mouth with his hand and did it’’, she narrated and cried profusely. The little schoolgirl explained that the old man raped her twice. ‘’I was crying painfully when he was raping me, but he would not listen”. She also said she bled continuously after the incidence while Alhaji cleaned her up with a ‘rag’ and threatened her with a dane gun if she tells anyone.

WICKED MOB STABS HARD OBJECTS INTO FEMALE'S GENITALS OVER ALLEGED STEALING OF PEPPER

Watch how a mob in Lagos tortured a woman for stealing pepper. This madness must stop!!!!!!

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#ALUU4 - STILL NO JUSTICE AFTER ONE YEAR AND TWO MONTHS

One year and two months have passed since the gruesome murder of four (4) students of the University of Port-Hacourt by a deadly mob in the infamous village of ALUU.

Their blood still cries out for justice. We will never stop this campaign until their killers are brought to book.

The Nigeria legal system is very sick as a trial with video evidence is yet to be concluded after 14 months.

RIP Ugonna Ibuzor!!! RIP Llyod Michael!!! RIP Tekena Elkanah!!! RIP Chidiaka Biringa!!!

FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS!!!!!!

NELSON MANDELA DIES AT 95 YRS OLD

South Africa's Nelson Mandela who was one of the greatest leader the whole has ever known is dead after many rumours at the age of 95.

Mandela had been sick for many months before finally giving up the ghost on Thursday, 5th December 2013.

Nelson Mandela led South Africa's transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after 27 years in prison for his political activities. He had been receiving intensive medical care at home for a lung infection after spending three months in hospital. Announcing the news on South African national TV, President Jacob Zuma said Mr Mandela was at peace.

"Our nation has lost its greatest son," Mr Zuma said.

"Although we knew that this day would come, nothing can diminish our sense of a profound and enduring loss."

Mr Zuma said Mr Mandela - who is known affectionately by his clan name, Madiba - had died shortly before 21:00 local time (19:00 GMT). He said he would receive a full state funeral, and flags would be flown at half-mast.

Crowds have gathered outside the house where Mr Mandela died, some flying South African flags and wearing the shirts of the governing African National Congress, which Mr Mandela once led.

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate was one of the world's most revered statesmen after preaching reconciliation despite being imprisoned for 27 years.

He had rarely been seen in public since officially retiring in 2004. He made his last public appearance in 2010, at the football World Cup in South Africa.

His fellow campaigner against apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, said he was "not only an amazing gift to humankind, he made South Africans and Africans feel good about being who we are. He made us walk tall. God be praised."

Mandela's body will be moved to a mortuary in the capital, Pretoria, and the funeral is likely to take place next Saturday.

MAY MADIBA'S SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE.

FULL LIST OF NOMINEES FOR 2013 HEADIES.

Popular rapper, Olamide, alongside pop singers, Davido and Iyanya, top this year’s nomination list of the Headies Awards. The Headies award, organized by Ayo Animashaun led Smooth Promotions, has its year in view for this year’s edition as March 2012 to June 2013.

Olamide got seven nominations for: “Song of the Year”, “Artiste of the Year”, “Album of the Year”, “Lyricist on the Roll”, “Best Collabo”, “Best Rap Single” And “Best Rap Album”.

Pop singer, Davido, bags 5 nominations while Iyanya got 4 nominations. Davido was nominated for: Artiste of The Year, Album of The Year, Revelation of The Year, Pop Single And Best Pop Album; while Iyanya was nominated for; Song of The Year, Artiste of The Year, Pop Single of The Year, Best R&B /Pop Album of The Year.

Sean Ttizzile, alongside, Burna boy, Phyno, Seyi Shay and Dammy Krane were nominated for the prestigious and the only gift attached category, Next Rated. The winner of the Next Rated will drive home a brand new car.

(VIDEO) ARSENAL WHIPS HULL CITY AS MANU FALLS AT HOME TO EVERTON PLUS OTHER EPL RESULTS

ARSENAL is still leading in the English Premier League,,, Check out videos and other results...........................

Arsenal 2-0 Hull  

Man Utd 0-1 Everton

                                                       
                                                           Liverpool 5-1 Norwich

Southampton 2-3 Aston Villa  

Stoke 0-0 Cardiff

Sunderland 3-4 Chelsea  

Swansea 3-0 Newcastle  

Fulham 1-2 Tottenham  

West Brom 2-3 Man City  

SENATE PROPOSES 7-YRS JAIL TERM FOR SOCIAL MEDIA CRITICS

The Nigeria Senate is a very busy chamber, (the irony), as it currently seeks to clamp down on social media critics. Maybe this should ordinarily be the least of their worries as there are other several  issues demanding their attention including wage cut of public officers which they have not raised a bill for.

Criticism on Wednesday greeted the bill by the Senate seeking a seven-year jail term for social media critics found guilty of inciting the public against the Federal Government.

The controversial bill, which reportedly has scaled through the second reading in the upper legislative chamber, is also proposing a stiffer punishment for Internet fraudsters and scammers. Such swindlers will also face seven years imprisonment.

Section 13 sub-section 3 of the bill proposes, “Anyone, who intentionally propagates false information that could threaten the security of the country or that is capable of inciting the general public against the government through electronic message shall be guilty of an offence and upon conviction shall be sentenced to seven years imprisonment or N5m (fine).”

The Senate President, David Mark, represented by the Deputy Minority Whip, Senator Abu Ibrahim, (APC, Katsina), declared open the public hearing of the bill on Tuesday.

According to Mark, electronic fraudsters posed a great danger to the country and so there is the need to tackle their activities in order to attract foreign investment. The committee chairman Senator Umaru Dahiru (PDP, Sokoto), also noted that electronic fraud was a threat to world economies and Nigeria being a developing economy should enact appropriate laws to deal with the challenges.

Although the bill has yet to be enacted, for Nigerians on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts, the consensus is that it simply amounts to an attempt to silence the voice of the people.

Already, social media perceptive Nigerians, who are not taking the lawmakers’ plan lightly, have swung into action to thwart what they described as plans by the government to silence the voice of the people.

Indeed, Victor Mbidi, a social media analyst, Online Editor and Presenter at Channels Television, hosted a G+ Hangout on Wednesday, where he urged Nigerians to share their thoughts on the “infamous” bill. The hangout, which was free and open to all, witnessed a large participation. It also featured live voice and video conversations.

PRESIDENT JONATHAN BURIES #ODUAHGATE REPORT AS MINISTER OF AVIATION PROMOTES "STELLAR" PROPAGANDA

President Goodluck Jonathan and Nigeria’s Aviation minister, Stella Oduah, who was recently caught in a scandalous and fraud-ridden purchase of two armored BMW cars, have begun a new round of propaganda, targeting Nigeria’s jobless and gullible youth, and aimed at portraying the minster as a “stellar performer.”

This comes as official reports in which the Minister was indicted have been tucked away by the president.

Ms. Oduah took a trip to Jigawa state on Monday and had an elaborate meeting with Governor Sule Lamido in Jigawa State, where she promised to complete an airport project. The trip was designed to please the northern part of the country where several critics have pointed out she has ignored airports and traveling passengers and refused to grant several Middle East-based airlines permission to fly into international airports in the area. Shortly after the scandal broke, the minister quickly approved some flight requests that were pending, and also increased the frequency of a few of them.

On Tuesday, the minister moved further on the new agenda, proclaiming at a Public Hearing of the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating the FCT Land Swap that she is setting up a “Nigeria Aetropolis” project that will employ 10 million Nigerians within two years and generate N100 billion in annual revenue.

According to a statement by Joe Obi, a special assistant to the Minister, Ms. Oduah told the Representatives that the project will be sited in Abuja and other major international airports across the country.

''The development of airport cities (aerotropolis) is a 21`st century phenomenon that is gaining ground all over the world. It is no longer fashionable to have an International Airport without the support facilities and amenities such as shopping arcades, hotels, packaging industries, Residential Estates, modern airline offices and recreational facilities. The proposed aerotropolis will definitely boost the Nigerian economy and generate the much-needed employment for our teeming youth.''

But people familiar with her propaganda say the claim the project will create 10 million jobs is not only dubious, it is not feasible either, especially under the ravenous quality of leadership shown by President Jonathan and Ms. Oduah.  

WHY I REJECTED PDP'S N250,000.00 - "GO AND DIE" WIDOW

RECONCILED

The widow who was recently rebuked by Governor Adams Oshiomhole for blocking the road with her goods, Mrs Joy Ifijeh, says she snubbed the offer of N250,000 by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because she was satisfied with the apology and offer of a job and N2 million by the governor.

Mrs Ifijeh said she is not ready to be used as a pawn by the PDP on the chessboard of politics, advising the party to give the money to another widow instead. She spoke yesterday during the presentation of her letter of appointment  into the Edo State War Against Indiscipline to her by Special Adviser to Governor Oshiomhole on Media and Public Affairs, Mr Kassim Afegbua, at the Government House in Benin City.

“I want to thank Oshiomhole sincerely for this appointment and I wish to state that I have forgiven him from the bottom of my heart. And for the money promised me by the PDP, let them give it to other widows. I do not need the money”, she said.

She described the governor’s gesture as humane and promised to support the government’s policies and programmes. Earlier, while presenting the appointment letter, Mr Kassim Afegbua said the appointment was in fulfilment of Oshiomhole’s promise to offer the widow an employment.

He said the appointment is effective from December 3, 2013.  It would be recalled that the state chapter of the PDP Tuesday launched an empowerment fund to cater for widows in the state in response to an alleged maltreatment of Joy Ifijieh by Governor Adams Oshiomhole.  Launching the programme, state chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, said since the party posted the video clip of the governor’s encounter with the woman on Facebook and YouTube, public response was unprecedented, adding that N1 million was received by the party as a donation in support of Widows Empowerment Programme.  Chief Orbih described the state government offer of job and the sum of N2 million to Mrs Ifijieh after the video clip was made public, as a ‘Greek gift’.  He said the PDP’s effort in exposing what Governor Oshiomhole did to Mrs Ifijieh had started yielding results.

 He condemned what he described as “pretentious actions of Governor Oshiomhole” during the presentation of the N2 million to the widow, saying the amount would remove the tears of widows in the state after the humiliation.  Chief Orbih, said the PDP was tired of a process whereby the governor would commit sins and waste state resources to pay for them.

PRESIDENT JONATHAN AND THE FIRST LADY ARE BOTH RECEIVING TREATMENT IN GERMANY

President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience Jonathan, checked in at a hospital in Germany on Wednesday

Last night, Mr. Jonathan had abruptly flown out of Abuja ostensibly to attend a Summit on peace and security in Africa that is organized by the French government. Several ministers and service chiefs accompanied the president to the airport for the late night flight, but only a handful of officials traveled on the actual flight.

A reliable source at the Presidency said that, contrary to the impression created that the trip was exclusively for the French-sponsored security summit, Mr. Jonathan and his wife will undergo tests and receive treatment in the same German hospital where his wife spent several months last year.

The source added that the Nigerian president had been feeling unwell since returning from a recent trip to London where he was hospitalized for a serious stomach-related ailment. SaharaReporters had disclosed that the president fell seriously ill after a bout of bingeing on alcohol in celebration of his birthday.

The source revealed that plans were made for the president to receive medical attention in Germany after Mr. Jonathan suddenly fell ill last weekend in his home-state of Bayelsa during a visit there. The president’s sudden illness almost led to his emergency evacuation to Germany.

Mrs. Jonathan is also expected to receive follow-up medical treatment in the German hospital. Mr. Jonathan is due in Paris for the summit billed for December 6th and 7th. But our source stated that Mr. Jonathan’s ability to make the trip will depend on the prognosis of his condition and the advice of the German doctors who will be treating him.

Mr. Jonathan has had recurring abdominal troubles in recent weeks. Mr. Jonathan is notorious as a heavy drinker of alcohol, especially strong spirits.   

Source: SaharaReporters

EX-MILITARY OFFICER KILLS SON OVER ELECTRICITY BILL IN ONDO STATE

Whatever could have made a father kill his own son is definitely beyond the ordinary. Read this touching crime report from SaharaReporters.

Tragedy struck yesterday at Maronu Street in the Araromi area of Akure, the capital of Ondo State, as a former military officer, Desilva Adedipe, reportedly shot and killed his son, Ayo Adedipe. Family sources told SaharaReporters that Mr. Adedipe, who retired from service at the rank of major, shot his son at close range as the two argued over an electricity bill.

A resident of the street told our correspondent that many residents fled the area for fear of their lives as well as possible arrest by security operatives. Our sources said that an argument broke out between the retired major and his son over payments for an electricity bill issued by the Power Holding Company of Nigerian (PHCN). One source said neighbors had tried to settle the matter between the two before the tragic incident.

A source said the former military officer’s son had verbally insulted his father. After a while, the ex-officer ran into his room and reemerged with a gun with which he shot his son in the chest at a close range. The young man died instantly.

KIDNAPPERS SEIZE CORPS MEMBER (AYOBAMI JAIYEOLA) DEMANDS 10MILLION RANSOM

AYOBAMI JAIYEOLA

Twenty Nine year old corps member, Ayobami Jaiyeola has been kidnapped in Lagos.

Ayobami she was last seen while leaving her elder sister’s house at Dideolu Estate in the Oniru area of the state in the evening of Friday last week.

A member of her family said “On Friday, she suddenly left the house and walked outside the main gate of the estate. We have not heard anything from her since then. Her phones were here so there was little we could do. “We asked the security guards at the gate if they noticed anything, but they said they only saw her walking out and no vehicle was seen nearby. “We reported the matter to the Maroko Police Division, as well as the state command headquarters.”

Reports indicated that yesterday afternoon, a man, who refused to identify himself, called the victim’s elder sister on the telephone, demanding N10m as ransom. The relative said, “We did not speak with Ayobami, but someone called with a private number demanding N10m. “When we tried to ask further questions about the state of our daughter, the man terminated the call abruptly.”

The crime must have been perpetrated by someone she knows. The victim, who graduated from the University of Maryland in the United States, was said to have returned to the country in January for  her youth service.

We are praying for her unconditional release.

ABOUT N500MILLION SPENT ON THE TREATMENT OF GOV SUNTAI

The SUNTAI drama goes on....................

Investigations by SaharaReporters reveal that poverty-plagued Taraba State has so far spent more than $1.2 million (close to N200 million) in ten months on the medical treatment of brain-injured Governor Danbaba Suntai. The state has also spent millions of naira more in security votes to the injured governor, estacode payments to him as well as members of Mr. Suntai’s inner circle, and transportation. The total cost to the state is close to half a billion naira, our investigative team discovered.

Mr. Suntai was injured in October, 2012 when a small plane he was piloting crashed near Yola Airport in Adamawa State. Mr. Suntai was attempting to land at the time of the accident.

After a brief stay at the National Hospital, Abuja, the injured governor was flown to a hospital in Germany. He was later transferred to the Johns Hopkins Hospital in the State of Maryland, the United States. After spending a few months there, he was admitted at a rehabilitation center for trauma patients in Staten Island, New York. He was flown back to Nigeria on August 25, 2013. 

Several sources in Taraba State told our investigator that the funds spent on Mr. Suntai’s treatment were not documented as formal expenditure by the state government. Instead, the funds were either directly channeled into the personal account of one Aliyu Umar, a US-based friend of Mr. Suntai, or handed to the governor’s wife, Hauwa Suntai.

THE DEATH OF PROF FESTUS IYAYI - ACCIDENT OR ASSASSINATION?????

The nature of two holes on the late Professor Festus Iyayi’s body gives life to suspicions by his colleagues that he may have been shot.

Along with grief, anger will be the dominant emotion when Professor Festus Iyayi is buried this week in his hometown, Ugbegun in Edo State. The two feelings have mixed, predictably with unsavoury outcomes, since the former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, died on 12 November in an auto accident on the Lokoja-Abuja Expressway.

Iyayi was travelling to Kano in the company of three other ASUU members for a meeting on the ongoing strike by members of the union when a police escort van in the convoy of the Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State rammed into the bus the university teachers were travelling. Iyayi died instantly, while three his colleagues were seriously injured.

Wada, who was severely injured in an accident involving his convoy last year, was widely criticised by ASUU and the wider public for his failure to learn from his own experience and for allegedly failing to stop to assist the victims.

CLICK HERE TO SEE Iyayi's chest showing a big hole -VIEWERS DISCRETION ADVISED

The escort vehicle was said to have veered off from its lane to hit the bus bearing the ASUU members, a claim the Kogi State government denied.

TAMBUWAL MEETS WITH APC LEADERS

SPEAKER HOUSE OF REPS - TAMBUWAL

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress and governors elected on the platform of the party met with governors who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja on Tuesday.

The meeting, which was held at the Kano Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, was said to have aimed at solidifying the defection of the five governors.

The governors, who left the PDP for the APC are Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers); Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara); Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto); Murtala Nyako (Adamawa); and Rabiu Kwakwanso (Kano).

At the meeting were the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mallam Waziri Tambuwal; a former Head of State, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.); a former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Kwakwanso and Amaechi, Governor Babatunde Fashola and Kayode Fayemi of Lagos and Ekiti states respectively also attended the meeting.

DR AKINWUMI ADESINA IS FORBES' AFRICAN OF THE YEAR

 The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has been named Forbes African of the Year for his reforms in the country’s farming sector.

A report by Reuters quoted Forbes Africa’s Editor, Mr. Chris Bishop, as saying, “He is a man on a mission to help Africa feed itself.”

Adesina was chosen ahead of some of Africa’s most prominent businesspeople: Aliko Dangote and Jim Ovia, also from Nigeria; South Africa’s Patrice Motsepe; and Zimbabwe’s Strive Masiyiwa. The report notes that although the country is one of the world’s biggest oil exporters, most Nigerians live in poverty, especially in the rural areas.