WHO KILLED DIPO DINA???

LATE DIPO DINA

Monday 25th of January 2010 will forever remain tragic in the hearts and minds of friends, family, supporters and admirers of Otunba Adedipupo Dina (DD Direct) who was murdered in cold blood on Sango Ota road in Ogun state.   It is especially painful to individuals like me who saw the late politician as a strong hearted, fearless and patriotic indigene of Ogun state who, above all, had the interest and well being of the people at heart.

The tale of his death is still a tragic best told by his driver who witnessed the unfortunate incident. There were two sides to the story; one told by the police and the other by the driver. The police story had it that Otunba Dipo Dina was attacked by armed robbers and while they demanded  money, Otunba Dina, instead of obeying resorted to dragging guns with them, this, the police claimed angered the bandits and the bandits shot Dipo Dina before zooming away with his car and driver. The second side told by the driver was quite different from the tale of the police report. The driver claimed that Adedipupo was stormed by a team of hired assassins who stopped the moving SUV and ordered Otunba to come down. Otunba came down gently and  he was then told that some group of individuals have paid handsomely for his life and they were there to take it. Before one could  say ‘Jack' rains of bullet descended on DD and the rest. as they say, is history.

WHAT DO MINISTERS IN NIGERIA REALLY DO?

ANYONE who looks through the list of ministers the President has submitted to the Senate would move from surprise to wondering what ministers really do. In that list, the President appears to have set out only to fulfil the constitutional requirement that each State should be represented in the cabinet.

With the political cyclone sweeping through the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the choices have assumed more political hue than an effort to have a cabinet that could change the indifference that has become governance for a long time. What value would these ministers, some of who have been recycled almost to bare threads, add to an administration that is wallowing in doubts about its mission?

INEC RELEASES 2015 ELECTION TIME TABLE

The Independent National Electoral Commission has released the timetable for the 2015 elections.

The commission, in a statement issued in Abuja late Friday night, fixed the Presidential and National Assembly elections for February 14, 2015. The statement was signed  by the Secretary of the Commission, Mrs. Augusta Ogakwu. The commission also fixed state assembly and governorship elections for February 28 same year.

The statement added that the governorship election in Ekiti State would hold on June 21, 2014 while that of Osun State would hold on August 9, 2014. Ogakwu said the timetable was released after the retreat of the commission in Kaduna, which she said, was held between  Tuesday and Friday.

SSS SUMMONS EL-RUFAI

The  State Security Service   has  invited a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai,  to appear at its headquarters in Abuja on Friday (today) over a statement attributed to him in the Thursday edition of  a national daily newspaper.

El-Rufai,  who is also the Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress,  was said to have been invited to clarify the statement  in which he allegedly said   that “the next election  are  likely to be violent and that  many people are likely going to die.”

NOLLYWOOD STARS MARCH AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND JUNGLE JUSTICE

Nollywood actors and actresses, mostly from the Yoruba-speaking section of the Nigerian movie industry today marched against domestic violence and jungle justice in Nigeria. The home moviemakers took school children along with them, demonstrating that children have prominence for future and deserve to be properly treated.

They admonished parents/guardians to desist from abusing their children/wards. While calling on government to be more pro-active on policy initiation and implementation to protect women an children. 

The protesters condemned jungle justice, citing the case of sodomy of three women who were tortured and sodomized for allegedly stealing pepper at Ejigbo market.

SILVER SPOON CHILDREN (CUPPY, DAVIDO, LYNXX ETC.) IN SHOW BUSINESS

       CUPPY OTEDOLA

Florence Otedola, aka Cuppy, is the daughter of wealthy businessman and owner of Zenon Oil, Femi Otedola. She is 21 and studies Business and French at the King’s College in London.

Besides her studies, Cuppy works as a disc-jockey at a night club known as the Funky Buddha on Finchley Road. Last July, she took a step forward to actualise her dream of becoming a celebrity singer by launching her debut single, ‘I love my country’, and proceeded on a playing tour of Nigeria.

But she found herself at the receiving end of flak from critics online, who openly resented the fact that the title of her album reflected a contentment they could never share. From their remarks, it was obvious that some of the critics were also envious of her background as a silverspoon.

Unknown to her fans and critics alike, Cuppy actually nurses her own ambition. For instance, she intends to take a Masters degree in Music business from a university in New York soon and her fledgling music career will definitely not stand in the way. Also, she wants to establish her own record company in Nigeria independent of her father’s oil trade. The sultry singer is rumoured to be intimately involved with Afro hip hop star and Davido’s former manager, Asa Asika.

DRAMA AS FORMER APC LEADER OPEYEMI BAMIDELE DEFECTS TO LABOUR PARTY

A former Leader of the All Progressives Congress caucus in the House of Representatives, Opeyemi Bamidele, on Thursday formally informed the House that he was no longer a member of the APC. He has now joined the Labour Party.

He told members that his reason for leaving APC dated back to the start of merger talks among the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, the Congress for Progressive Change and the All Nigeria Peoples Party.

Bamidele added that he opposed the merger from the beginning and did not wish that “my party, the ACN,” should be part of the merger. As he made his explanations, LP members, Peoples Democratic Party lawmakers, among others were seen shaking hands with him and congratulating Bamidele on his decision to join LP.

JUSTIN BIEBER SECRETLY CRIED AFTER THE COURT APPEARANCE AND THAT SMILING MUG SHOT

Justin Bieber was seen 'crying his eyes out' following his arrest for drunk driving and resisting arrest while allegedly drag racing in Miami on Thursday, People report.

JEALOUS GIRL FOUND GUILTY OF THROWING ACID AT THE FACE OF HER NIGERIAN FRIEND WHO ONCE CALLED HER AN UGLY MONSTER

ATTACKER "MARY KONYE "FOUND GUILTY

 The horrific injuries of a Victoria's Secret worker who had acid hurled in her face have been revealed as her childhood friend has been found guilty of carrying out the attack while disguised in a Muslim veil. 

Read previous post HERE & HERE.

Mary Konye, 21, stalked Naomi Oni from the lingerie store where she worked after her friend had likened her to a monster from a horror film. Miss Oni, also 21, was scarred for life after Konye doused her with concentrated sulphuric acid near her home in Dagenham, 

13 MEN BRUTALLY GANG RAPE WOMAN IN INDIA OVERNIGHT FOR HAVING A RELATIONSHIP WITH A MAN FROM ANOTHER VILLAGE

A 20-year-old woman has been left fighting for her life in hospital today after a kangaroo court in India ordered her to be gang-raped for having an affair with a youth from another village.

The brutal punishment was allegedly carried out by the very same ‘court’ which found her guilty in a village near Suri in west Bengal state, 150 miles from Kolkata, police said.

Police said that all 13 accused men - ten of whom made up the kangaroo court - have since been arrested for rape. Among them is the village headman.

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KILLER-RAPIST-KIDNAPPER "LI HAO" WHO KEPT SIX WOMEN IN A DUNGEON AND KILLED 2 OF THEM IS EXECUTED IN CHINA

LI HAO

A Chinese man has been executed for keeping six women in a dungeon as sex slaves and killing two of them, state media reported. The official Xinhua news agency said that Li Hao had been convicted of murder, rape, illegal detention, organized prostitution and making pornography for profit in 2012.

The 35-year-old, from Henan province, was sentenced to death in March 2012 for keeping the women in his grim tiny cellar and for his role in the murder of two of them. The local government clerk had built a dungeon in his basement where he forced the women to work as prostitutes.

HERO - 8 YEAR OLD RESCUES 6 RELATIVES FROM FIRE DIES TRYING TO SAVE 7TH (HIS GRANDFATHER)

In his final moments, 8-year-old Tyler Doohan managed to rescue six people including two younger children  from a burning mobile home in upstate New York, authorities said.

A last-ditch effort, however, to save his disabled grandfather cost the boy his life. His body was found next to his grandfather, whom Tyler considered a best friend. "It makes me really proud, it really does, but I just want him back," Tyler's mother, Crystal Vrooman said.

Tyler, an East Rochester resident, was staying at the home of relatives in the nearby town of Penfield on Sunday night when he noticed a fire in the single-wide trailer, said Penfield Fire Chief Chris Ebmeyer.

SENATOR ABE (RIVERS) WRITES TO THE SENATE PRESIDENT FROM SICK BED , ACCUSES FG OF PLOT TO ELIMINATE HIM

Rivers state Senator and chieftain of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, Magnus Abe, has written to his colleagues in the Senate, recounting how the police shot him and wounded several others at the venue of a botched January 12 rally in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. 

In the letter, Mr. Abe pointedly accused unnamed officials of the Nigerian federal government of plotting to kill him. He accused the government officials of having instructed the Rivers State Police Command to eliminate him.

CLICK HERE TO READ FULL TEXT OF THE LETTER.

Mr. Abe, who represents Rivers East Senatorial District, gave a blow-by-blow account of the ill-fated rally in the January 17 letter he wrote from a London hospital.

REAL MADRID IS SOCCER'S RICHEST CLUB AS MANCHESTER UNITED'S FORTUNES DWINDLES

Not only are Manchester United's fortunes sliding on the pitch, their fortune could also be dwindling off it.

Despite seeing a rise in revenue to $574 million, for the first time in 17 years they can no longer count themselves among the top three richest football clubs in the world. For an organization that once spent eight years on top of the annual money table -- compiled by business advisory firm Deloitte -- it represents a financial blow for one of soccer's most decorated clubs.

Spanish giants Real Madrid came top for a record ninth consecutive year despite winning no silverware last season -- with a total revenue of $702 million, $47 million ahead of domestic rivals Barcelona in second.

Read: Man Utd slump to cup defeat. Combined revenue for the top 20 clubs of all whom play in Europe was up 8% to $7.3 billion.

SHOCKING - NIGERIAN MEN MURDERING THEIR WIVES IN THE USA - ABIODUN LADEPO

"Yes I have killed the woman that messed up my life; the woman that has destroyed me. I am at Shalom West. My name is David and I am all yours.”

Those were David Ochola’s words during his 911 (U.S. Emergency Number) call to authorities after shooting dead his 28 years old wife, Priscilla Ochola, in Hennepin, Minnesota. The 50-years old husband was tired of being “disrespected” by his wife, a Registered Nurse (RN) whom he had brought from Nigeria and sponsored through nursing school only to have her make much more than him in salary - a situation which led to Mrs. Ochola “coming and going as she chose without regard for her husband.”  The couple had two children – four years old boy and a three years old girl.  

IGARRA MASQUARADE FESTIVAL SHOOTING - OSHIOMOLE ASSURES OF JUSTICE

Governor Adams Oshomhole of  Edo State has said that he would ensure that the police dispense justice with the arrested of nine persons in last Wednesday’s Igarra masquerade festival shooting, in which two youths of the community were shot.

He spoke when he received elders of the Igarra community in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the state, who visited him in Benin. Represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, Oshiomhole said he was appreciative of their visit and promised that the perpetrators of the crime would be prosecuted in line with established laws.

SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, SIX OTHER HOMOSEXUALS ALMOST LYNCHED IN BAUCHI COURT

There was pandemonium at the Upper Court 4 in Anguwan Jaki, Bauchi State, yesterday, as an angry  mob almost lynched seven suspected homosexuals brought to court for trial.

One of the suspects was identified as the Principal of a Government Secondary School in the state.

The development forced security personnel at the court premises to rescue the suspects by firing gunshots in the air and using teargas to disperse the mob.

The suspects are Ibrahim Marafa, Shehu Adamu, Yusuf Adamu, Aliyu Dalhatu, Abdulmalik Tanko, Usman Sabo and Hazif Sabo Abubakar.

STRIKING HEALTH WORKERS PARALYSES ACTIVITIES AT LUTH & LASUTH

Patients at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja and the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba deserted the hospitals as a result of the warning strike embarked upon by health workers in the country.

Our correspondent who monitored the strike in LASUTH and LUTH on Wednesday observed that it was only doctors that were in the clinics and the wards of the hospitals.

There were no patients at the medical records section, the eye and dental clinics, among others.

PICTURES FROM TOKE MAKINWA'S (@TOKSTARR) PRIVATE WEDDING

Popular OAP, Toke Makinwa, who surprised many by having a secret wedding after claiming her relationship had hit the rocks few weeks earlier shared some of the wedding pix.

It still beats me how Toke claims her wedding was a surprise to her and that she had no clue. CLICKHERE.

She also wrote the following on her blog:

On the 15th of January 2014,  I got married to my lover and Best Friend. It was such an intimate event, I haven't stopped apologising to family and friends who feel slighted that they could not attend.  I really did not wish to keep it a secret, If anything we would have loved to have all our loved ones there with us but this was our registry and  so much had happened between Maje and I in the last 3 months. Plus, it was such a huge surprise, I had no clue. I hate surprises but I must say, this one knocked me out of my elements because i usually suspect something is happening. Hehehehe!  I am not fully over it yet.

Relationships are tough, people go through the ups and downs and we as a couple have had our share of that. Having a private moment was not to offend anyone, it was God's appointed time and No, I am not pregnant. Lol.  Having a baby is a precious gift from God and when that time is right, I am sure he will bless us with ours. Without boring you all, cos you mean so much to me, I have decided to share some of the pictures from the happiest day of my life.

Congrats Toke.....................

See more pictures after the cut..................