COURT VERDICT ON 37 APC HOUSE OF REPS MEMBERS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL - APC.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said Justice Adeniyi Ademola did not order the 37 members of the House of Representatives who defected to the APC to vacate their seats because he is not competent to issue such a ruling, as the issue of whether not not they can defect was not before him.

In a statement,Tuesday, by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party however said it will appeal the ruling because Justice Ademola’s perpetual injunction restraining the concerned lawmakers from participating in motions and debates in the House is unconstitutional and defeats the very purpose for which the members were elected into the House.

It said Justice Ademola’s unsolicited comments were clearly gregarious, unnecessary, superfluous and has no foundation in law or fact, hence should be ignored.

MTN DISMISSES 252 ENGINEERS AS A RESULT OF DWINDLING REVENUE.

As a consequence of dwindling revenue, leading Global System of Mobile communications provider in the country, MTN Nigeria, on Monday disengaged 252 of its engineers who were responsible for the operation and maintenance of its base stations nationwide.

Our correspondent gathered that most of the disengaged engineers joined the company at inception in 2001 and were involved in the day-to-day running of MTN’s 10,000 base stations all over the country.

The company had earlier in March explained that it and other operators were facing the challenge of not only stagnating revenues, but also increasing operating expenses.

CHILD SINGING SENSATION TOSIN JEGEDE (@tosinjegede) HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM HER 25 YEAR MUSICAL CONTRACT.

Child singing sensation of the 80's, Tosin Jegede recently announced on social media that she has just been released from a 25 yr contract with Polygram records.......

Polygram records were the biggest recording company in those days and such wasn't uncommon.

Tosin is currently the Initiator and  Programme Director of children's education charity organisation.  @1child1book. 

MASS CLEAR-OUT LOOMS AT CHELSEA.... MIKEL, MOSES, DEMBA BA & CO TO BEMIK SHOWN EXIT DOOR....

Chelsea are planning a mass clear-out of more than 10 players in the summer, with Fernando Torres, Ashley Cole and Mikel Obi all set to leave.

Manager Jose Mourinho admitted after Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at Crystal Palace that changes had to be made in order to improve the squad for next season. While the Portuguese again revealed his frustration over his underperforming strikers, a number of players in different positions are on their way out according to a London Evening Standard report.

The senior members of the squad who are vulnerable include Torres, Demba Ba, Samuel Eto’o, David Luiz, Mikel, Cole and back-up goalkeepers Mark Schwarzer and Hilario.

NEW MICHAEL JACKSON ALBUM SET FOR RELEASE IN MAY 2014.

This is a piece of good news for Michael Jackson fans, you’ll be hearing from him pretty soon.

Epic Records in conjunction with Jackson’s estate have packaged a new Michael Jackson  album set to arrive on May 13, 2014.

The album tiltled “XSCAPE” comes five years after the singer’s death in 2009.

The Epic Records boss, L. A. Reid, compiled the album from unreleased songs Jackson recorded from many years ago.

NEWLY DOOMED RICE POLICY.

It takes a public hearing for Nigerians to know how government departments and ministries work with, or against each other. There are often speculations that governments sabotage themselves, but when they are stated officially, they are causes for concern.

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, told the House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise that the Nigerian Customs Service, NIS, was smuggling rice, among other items, into the country. He was speaking on the New Rice Regime, a government policy that aims at domestic sufficiency in rice production, which is apparently doomed.

The over 1.9 million metric tonnes of rice smuggled into Nigeria in 2013, or 8,000 bags daily, the Minister said were stalling government’s policy on local production. Without the nod of Customs, he said, smugglers would be out of business.

CONTROVERSY TRAILS THE DEATH OF TWO LAWYERS IN DELTA STATE.

The murder of two lawyers, H. E. Eguno Dafiaghor and Samuel Ekuwangi by gunmen along Ozoro Asaba Expressway, Delta State, last Thursday, has generated fresh controversy in the state.

Dafiaghor, the principal partner of Whytfort Jurisconsult Law Firm at Ovwian, and Ekuwangi, his junior in chamber, were on their way to High Court, Ozoro, for a ruling when they were assassinated.

There was an unconfirmed report, yesterday, that the legal practitioners were killed by security agents, while a source said the killers were gunmen dressed in mobile police uniform.

ZENITH BANK APPOINTS PETER AMANGBO AS MANAGING DIRECTOR.

The Board of Directors of Zenith Bank Plc yesterday announced the appointment of Peter Amangbo as the Managing Director designate. He is to replace Godwin Emefiele who has been appointed by the federal government as the new Central Bank governor. Mr. Emefiele was confirmed by the Senate last week which has made it imperative for Zenith Bank board to appoint a new Managing Director.

The bank board approved the appointment of Mr. Peter Amangbo as the Managing Director/CEO-designate of the bank effective June 1, 2014. Mr. Amangbo takes over from Mr. Godwin Emefiele who has been appointed the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

According to a statement from the bank Amangbo’s appointment which is consistent with the bank’s tradition and succession strategy of grooming leaders from within is subject to confirmation by the CBN. Mr Amangbo the bank said has over two decades of experience with Zenith Bank, gaining experiences in Corporate Finance and Investment Banking, Business Development, Credit and Marketing, Treasury, Financial Control and Strategic Planning and Operations.

DEAR PRESIDENT JONATHAN, ALLISON MADUEKE'S CUP IS FULL.

The recently-uncovered financial recklessness and obscene lifestyle involving Diezani Alison-Madueke is truly the apex of cumulative impunity by the Minister of Petroleum Resources. She is accused of living extravagantly at the expense of Nigerians by wasting about N10 billion to maintain one of the three private jets she is using for official and personal travels. More shocking disclosures are still streaming in.

The details of the preliminary enquiry in the House of Representatives are unnerving. The minister is said to have spent €500,000 (N130 million) monthly or N3.21 billion in two years to maintain a Challenger business jet. Every time she flies the second jet on a round trip, taxpayers lose €600,000 (N137 million), while the cost of the third aircraft is still to be ascertained.  The irreducible minimum Nigerians demand of the House Public Accounts Committee is to establish the facts of the case.

NEW VIDEO - SAY DEM SAY - VIKTOH (@Viktoh_ybnl)

SAY THEM SAY

Vitkoh of YBNL who recently released an audio track "SAY THEM SAY" has backed it up with the visuals as e dey hot.

He is fast-rising and definitely poised to make his mark in the industry... 

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO. 

LIVERPOOL LEADS IN THE EPL AS THEY DESTROYED TOTTENHAM BY 4 - 0.

LIV 4 TOT 0

The 2014 EPL is one of a kind as 4 Teams (realistically 3) will battle for top spot with just 6 games left.

Liverpool currently leads with 71 points after thrashing Tottenham... Eight win in a row is no small feat but Manchester City with 2 games at hand will fancy their chance.

The next couple of fixtures will be very important for all 4 teams......... Liv, Che, ManC and Ars.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH HOW LIVERPOOL DESTROYED TOTTENHAM.

THE CRIMEAN CRISIS AND GLOBAL PEACE.

In the past few weeks, the world has found itself sitting on edge following the ominous developments in Crimea, a former territory of Ukraine, which has now been annexed by Russia. To all intents and purposes, this development poses an existential threat to the security of Europe, and by extension the whole world, due to the hardline posturing of the prominent actors. As the crisis there continues to unfold, it is pertinent to realise that those involved are not only big powers, but have between them awesome military capabilities of destroying the entire human civilisation in the event of an armed conflict. For some time now, the world has been holding its breadth and watching anxiously as Europe and America square up with Russia for the political soul of Ukraine.

GRAPHIC SCENE OF PISTORIUS' VILLA AFTER HIS GIRLFRIEND'S MURDER AND TIMELINE OF THE TRIAL SO FAR.

A blood splattered cricket bat, a pistol on the mat and a pool of blood at the bottom of the stairs - this is the horrific scene faced by police when they entered Oscar Pistorius's home. 

The photographs show the blood-soaked bathroom in his villa in Pretoria where the runner shot his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on February 14, 2013.

The gun used to kill Miss Steenkamp lies on a small mat while a bloodied cricket bat lies nearby.

MILD DISASTER AS NIGERIA STOCK EXCHANGE INVESTORS LOSE N960B IN 3 MONTHS.

Investors in the Nigerian capital market lost N960 billion between January and March this year. The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, market capitalisation dropped by 7.3 per cent to close at N12.27 trillion last Thursday from N13.23 trillion  opening at the beginning of trading on 2nd of January, 2014.

Conversely, investors reaped more from their investment in the global capital market than in Nigeria in the first three months of the year.

The NSE All Shares Index dropped by 5.2 per cent for the first quarter ended March 27, 2014 from 41.329.14 points it opened during the beginning of trading in January 2014 to close at 39,186.93 points on Friday. The index measures the performance of the stock market and also reflects how prices of stocks have moved, which in turn determines how much  investors made as gains or losses.

BOKO HARAM JAIL BREAK IN ABUJA - READ DETAILS OF EVENTS.

The Department of State Service, DSS , confirmed, yesterday, that 21 Boko Haram suspects were killed in a shoot-out at its detention centre between its operatives and the sect members. DSS said two of its operatives sustained serious injuries.

The detained terrorists reportedly over-powered the guards, shot several operatives and attempted to stage a daring escape from detention.

There were, however, different accounts on how the attempted jailbreak was carried out.

Meanwhile, Presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati, denied reports, yesterday, that President Goodluck Jonathan was whisked away during the attempted jailbreak and shootout.

MILITARY KILLS OVER 2,000 BOKO HARAM INSURGENTS AS 20 SOLDIERS ARE CURRENTLY MISSING IN SAMBISA FOREST RAID.

The Armed Forces bombarded Boko Haram insurgents last weekend resulting in high casualties on the side of the terrorists.

Punch reports that no fewer than an estimated 2,000 insurgents were killed in a combined operation by Special Forces and the men of the Air Force on Friday and Saturday in the volatile Sambisa Forest of Borno State, which has become a prominent hideout of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram.

What would have been a great victory for the Special Forces was, however, marred by an operational misunderstanding between the ground troops and the officers in the Air Force Alpha Jet.

Investigations revealed that 20 soldiers are still missing as a result of the operational misunderstanding.

It was learnt that mid-way into the operation, the Air Force Alpha Jet radioed the ground forces who had advanced in three companies, that they should withdraw because it was running out of bombs. It was learnt that while the second and the third battalions withdrew, the first company of soldiers did not get the critical operational order.

PANDEMONIUM IN ABUJA AS SCORES OF SUSPECTS IN SSS CUSTODY ESCAPES WITH ARMS.

Armed forces in Abuja are currently at high security alert following the gun battle at the SSS headquarters earlier today.

Trouble started when one of the suspects in the service’s custody overpowered an operative who was in his cell to feed him.

The suspect was said to have shot the operative with his own rifle and went ahead to release his co-suspects. A source said, “An operative went to feed a suspect this morning. The suspect was not properly chained, so he pushed down the operative and quickly dispossessed him of his rifle and shot him. “He quickly released his co-inmates who started escaping with some scaling the fence.

” The incident led to a gun battle between the suspects and the SSS operatives. A correspondent learnt that in the process, no fewer than 18 suspects were killed while about 20 were re-arrested with two rifle recovered from them. Two SSS operatives were also said to have been critically injured. At the time of filing this report, security operatives were still combing the thick bush that surrounds the headquarters in search of remaining fleeing suspects who were said to have scaled the fence. 

At the time of filing this report, security operatives were still combing the thick bush that surrounds the headquarters in search of remaining fleeing suspects who were said to have scaled the fence. 

As the news of the incident spread, security was also quickly beefed up at the Nigeria Police Force headquarters called the Louis Edet House located in Area 11, not too far

THE ELUSIVE "ROBUST REPLY".

August 2013 was the month many social media enthusiasts first heard about the "COZA SEX SCANDAL". 

As usual, the story went round like a wildfire and certain names were all over the trends.

1. ESE WALTER (Abuja based OAP)

2. PASTOR BIODUN FATOYINBO (Senior Pastor, COZA, Abuja)

3. COZA (The Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Abuja).

These names have since stuck into many people's head and the scandal of course have not been forgotten even though we have moved on to better things. 

Many events have since passed during the period including the marriage of the whistle-blower, Ese Walter to her heartthrob. This particularly is a positive one for the young woman who defied all odds, abuses, threats and castigation to reveal to us that some of our pastors are indeed "god of men and not Men of GOD". 

She claimed the Pastor had an affair with her.... he committed adultery. In fact, they made are remove the post from her blog but the full details of the post was already scattered on online.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE POST.

This post serves to remind Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of COZA (Abuja) that the "ROBUST REPLY" he promised us is still pending. At least, nobody forced him to make such declarations on the altar, hence it is only fair for him to keep his promise.

CLICK HERE TO READ PASTOR BIODUN'S FIRST AND ONLY RESPONSE.

Remember, only GOD can judge, hence we are not condemning the flamboyant pastor. All we are requesting for is the "ROBUST REPLY" he promised. Many are of the school of thought that he actually committed adultery with Ese, yet he is leading the COZA congregation to HE*****.

Nigerians still haven't learnt to hold their spiritual and political leaders accountable for their actions, thus it is unsurprising that Pastor Biodun's foot soldiers are always quick to debunk criticisms about him. 

We need to learn and learn fast indeed.... Read Pastor Yonggi Cho's journey to jail maybe the veil on your face may disappear.

Admin.

GOODLUCK JONATHAN'S ADMINISTRATION IS SHAMELESS - ASIWAJU BOLA TINUBU

The All Progressives Congress leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Saturday described President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration as shameless. He added that rather than account for the alleged missing $20bn oil revenue, it kept giving untenable excuses.

Tinubu said, “They are so shameless that the number of years they have ruled does not matter to them. Don’t change the subject matter. Account for the missing money or go. All the explanations they gave about the missing money are just explanations. They steal from pensioners. We must kick them out.”

The APC leader who spoke at the sixth Bola Tinubu Colloquium in Lagos titled ‘The Summit of the Common man’, added that the electorate would not continue to vote for a government that refused to give them electricity.

FLAMINI RESCUES A POINT AGAINST BITTER RIVALS. ARSENAL 1 MAN CITY 1.

ARS 1 MANC 1

Arsenal showed an enterprising second half display to hold Manchester City to a 1 - 1 at the Emirates. 

Flamini showed class as he grabbed the vial equalizer.

Do the gunners still stand a chance of winning the EPL? Time will tell.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH HIGHLIGHTS.