Blog by XANTAPLUS: August 2014

Friday, 29 August 2014

(VIDEO) THE ARMED STANDOFF BETWEEN THE NIGERIAN POLICE AND CIVIL DEFENSE.

SHOW OF SHAME BETWEEN POLICE & CIVIL DEFENSE

We have seen this occur many times between various "Armed Government Agencies" and I bet this will not be the last.

The attack on a team of top officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps [NSCDC], led by the corps’ Commandant-General, Ade Abolurin, by a police inspector is a continuation of a series of attacks on men and officers of the NSCDC by personnel of the Nigerian Police, video and photo evidence have shown. In 2013, the civil defence claimed that two of its men were shot and killed in Ikorodu after police officers attacked them in what it described as a commando attack.

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The Federal Government has lifted the suspension of Residency Training Program in all federal hospitals with effect from Thursday, 28th of August, 2014 (yesterday) while the ongoing appraisal of the program continues.

The Federal Government has also reinstated all resident doctors that were disengaged as a result of the suspension with effect from the same date.

Accordingly, all Chief Medical Directors and Medical Directors of the training centers are directed to issue letters of reinstatement to the resident doctors to enable them resume work immediately.

The Federal Government urges the resident doctors to see the magnanimity of government in reinstating them as a goodwill gesture to engender greater commitment and dedication to their duties.

PASTOR OYAKHILOME'S WIFE, ANITA, SUES FOR DIVORCE, ALLEGES ADULTERY

Trending news indicates that the marriage of popular Pastor, Chris Oyakhilome, founder of Believers' Love World is heading for the rocks.

According to THECABLE, Pastor Anita Oyakhilome has filed for divorce, claiming her husband has been practicing Adultery.

The wife is seeking divorce on the grounds of “unreasonable behaviour” and “adultery”. She outlined several allegations against the pastor which TheCable cannot publish for legal reasons. The divorce case, with Suit No FD14D01650, was filed on April 9, 2014 at Divorce Section A, Central Family Court, First Avenue House, High Holborn, London, UK, on Anita’s behalf by Attwaters Jameson Hill Solicitors, a full-service law firm with expertise in commercial law and a strong consumer focus in family, wills and estate, personal injury law and medical negligence.

For many football lovers, the mystery fire that gutted the NFF Glass House in Abuja, almost destroying the Accounts Department, has already been tainted as an act of man, not of God, although proper investigations will tell us which is which.

With news of missing or badly disbursed monies trailing the leadership of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, after the recent World Cup tournament, there is no way suspicious Nigerians would not call it sabotage or an attempt at cover-up.

Before they left for Brazil, the Aminu Maigari-led NFF Board was impeached and later sacked on various alleged charges of misdemeanor.

The whole of this weekend will witness the funeral obsequies of a great Nigerian, an amazon and uncommon public servant, whose exploits in the past fourteen years were unlike any other ever witnessed in our shores.

Professor Dorothy Nkem Akunyili, within this span of time, became a household name not only in Nigeria but also in the wider world where her war against fake food and drugs was acclaimed, with many awards and honours.

Even before she was appointed as the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Akunyili, a pharmacist and academic, made the news when she returned unspent funds to the defunct Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF), where she served as the South East Zonal Secretary. On assumption of office at NAFDAC, Akunyili confronted the entrenched mafia of fake drug importers and miraculously escaped assassination on two occasions. Her eight-year tenure in the Agency made Nigeria a reference point in the global war against fake drugs, for which she missed being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize very narrowly in 2007.

Gunmen, in the early hours of yesterday, stormed an apartment in a block of flats in Unity Estate, Akowonjo area of Egbeda, killing a man, his wife, his child and their maid. Details of the tragic incident that sent cold shivers down the spines of residents of the area were sketchy at press time.

However, gathered that the gunmen suspected to be hired assassins, stormed the building at about 2am and fired shots, apparently to wade off intruders.

A resident of another flat in the block, who pleaded anonymity, said there was an argument between the gunmen and owner of the flat whose identity could not be immediately ascertained. According to the neighbour, “the gunmen scaled through the fence of the building and held the gateman hostage.

A First Republic Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark, has told the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party not to grant waiver to a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, to contest the party’s primary for Adamawa governorship election.

Clark, who spoke at a press conference at his residence in Abuja on Thursday, said Ribadu had no political value and that the enemies of President Goodluck Jonathan were the sponsors of the ex-boss of EFCC.

Ribadu recently defected from the All Progressives Congress to the PDP and he has collected the party’s Expression of Interest form to participate in the October 11 bye-election in Adamawa.

Nigeria’s efforts to contain the deadly Ebola virus have suffered a major setback with the news that another medical doctor has been killed by the disease in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The news was announced by the Minister of Health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday.

The doctor’s passage on Friday, the first outside Lagos, caused panic in Rivers State and worry among health personnel and other stakeholders battling to stamp out the disease in the country. Although Chukwu did not give the identity of the doctor, the Rivers State Government said he is Iyke Enemuo.

Enemuo was said to have contracted the virus from an Economic Community of West African States diplomat while allegedly treating him of Ebola symptoms in a hotel in Port Harcourt. It was gathered that Enemuo, before he took ill on Tuesday “operated on a woman on Monday presumably after treating the diplomat.”

Holders Real Madrid CF face a reunion with Liverpool FC following the UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco today.

Madrid claimed a tenth European title in Lisbon in May and added the UEFA Super Cup earlier this month. Their bid to become the first team to retain the UEFA Champions League begins in Group B, where FC Basel 1893, PFC Ludogorets Razgrad and Liverpool who beat the Merengues in the 1981 European Cup final in Paris – form the opposition.

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Cristiano Ronaldo's contribution to Real Madrid CF's UEFA Champions League triumph last season has been recognised with the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award.

The Portugal captain received the 2013/14 accolade at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco from UEFA President Michel Platini. Ronaldo, among the final nominees for the fourth successive year, finished ahead of FC Bayern München's Arjen Robben and Manuel Neuer in a live vote by a panel of 54 journalists who had to select, via an electronic system, their favourite from a three-man shortlist announced a fortnight ago.

Ronaldo, speaking during a ceremony that followed the UEFA Champions League group stage draw, said: "I'm really happy so I must say thanks to my team-mates because without the team, individual awards would not be possible. I don't have this trophy in my museum, so my brother is going to put it there."

(VIDEO) MK DONS HUMILIATES MANCHESTER UNITED 4 - 0 IN THE LEAGUE CUP.

MK DONS 4 MANU 0

Manchester United sank to new depths on Tuesday when they crashed out of the League Cup in the second round following a 4-0 defeat at third-division Milton Keynes Dons.

United had announced the signing of Angel di Maria from Real Madrid in a British-record £59.7 million ($98 million, 75 million euros) deal shortly before kick-off, but they were brought down to earth with a painful bump as a second-string team fell apart at Stadium MK.

Will Grigg scored either side of half-time for the League One side before Benik Afobe added a brace of his own to leave a shell-shocked Louis van Gaal still searching for his first competitive win as United manager.

Fresh indication has emerged that terrorists are currently employing new tricks to beat security checks. Among such moves is the recruitment of physically-challenged people to carry out their dastardly acts in some parts of the country.

The recruitment of these set of persons, as gathered, was to allow easy access into states like Lagos.

This came as the Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obaniko, yesterday in Lagos, described Boko Haram sect’s declaration of Gwoza town in Borno state as an Islamic caliphate, as a ‘temporary madness’ that would soon disappear, saying there would never be another republic within Nigeria.

Citing his inability to coexist with those he described as petty-minded people or condone what he claimed to be the domineering influence of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chief Tom Ikimi, yesterday, withdrew his membership of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

While expressing pain in pulling away from a party he played a crucial role in forming, Ikimi said the “reckless self-aggrandisement demonstrated” by Tinubu who he claimed gave himself the national leader of the party and forced a weak leadership on the party made his exit from the party inevitable.

Ikimi who was national chairman of the National Republican Convention, NRC in the Third Republic, alleged a conspiracy against fellow conservatives that has led to the exit of several party leaders. Among those he claimed to have been hounded out of the party were former Governor Ibrahim Shekarau, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, and former military governor of Lagos and Borno States, Brig-Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd.).

Members of the Enugu State House of Assembly on Tuesday impeached the deputy governor of the state, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi.

Onyebuchi’s impeachment followed his indictment by a seven-man panel of enquiry, which investigated allegations levelled against him by members of the Enugu State House of Assembly. The panel, in its report, held that Onyebuchi was guilty of the allegations brought against him.

“The allegations of gross misconduct levelled against the Deputy Governor of Enugu State, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi, by the Enugu State House of Assembly have been proved,” the panel, headed by Mr. Franklin Oraekeyi, stated in the report.

#BREAKINGNEWS: GUNMEN SHOT AT CHRIS BROWN, INJURES SUGE KNIGHT AND THREE OTHERS AT LOS ANGELES CLUB.

CHRIS BROWN

Music producer Suge Knight has been injured during a shooting at an awards show party at a Los Angeles nightclub hosted by singer Chris Brown, it has been reported.

Witnesses said 25-year-old singer, who is still on parole following his recent release from jail, had been the target of shots fired at the 1oak club in West Hollywood.

Brown was thought to be unhurt, but three other victims - among them Death Row Records founder Knight, 49, were taken to the city's Cedars Sinai hospital where one of them was said to be in a critical condition.

Model and actor Tyson Beckford, and Black Eyed Peas member Apple de Ap were inside the pre-VMA party hosted by Brown and told TMZ they had heard four shots being fired.

Nigeria’s Super Falconets will on Sunday (today) battle their German counterparts in the final of the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium in Canada.

The final comes up 12am Nigerian time. If the Falconets emerge victorious, they will become the first African side to win a FIFA-organised tournament for women. The team left Moncton on Thursday for Montreal.

It’s a replay of the 2010 edition of the competition, when the Germans defeated Nigeria 2-0 on home soil.

Asisat Oshoala netted four goals and made two at the Moncton Stadium on Wednesday, as the Falconets ran riot against Korea DPR, winning 6-2, in the highest scoring semi-final ever seen at the U-20 Women’s World Cup to reach their second final of the competition. Courtney Dike and substitute Uchechi Sunday were the other scorers.

Most times when people mention heartbreak, the gender that comes to mind is the female but the truth is that even males suffer heartbreak as well.

Recovering from heartbreak is not a sudden action, it is a process. Sometimes a difficult process.

What to do when your partner suddenly gives you the boot? Please read after the cut.

Political enthusiast were thrilled when major political opposition parties in the country came under one umbrella, APC, to set the tone for an interesting election in 2015. Gladiators who many thought couldn't work together embraced unity in an attempt to give the ruling PDP a stiff run in the coming elections.

This post sourced from Punch details the gains, losses and travails of the All Progressive Congress one year after its formation. Read more after the cut.......

The Department of State of State Service (DSS) has warned that terrorists may be planning to attack in a different way after 13 pieces of Catholic Reverend Sisters’ regalia were stolen from a shop in Kano state purportedly for suicide bombing.

In a statement released by Marilyn Ogar, spokesperson for the DSS, Nigerians are advised to look out for persons, especially female suicide bombers who may disguise in this regalia. The DSS believes that it might a new tactic adopted by suicide bombers following the awareness of Nigerians to the use of hijab.

“On 20 August 2014, about 4:00 a.m., some yet to be identified persons broke into a tailoring shop located at No. 55 Odutola Street, Sabon Gari, Kano, and stole about thirteen (13) pieces of Reverend Sisters’ regalia of the Catholic Church. With the recent trend in female suicide bombings in the country, the removal of these regalia may be the handiwork of terrorists’ elements that may want to perpetrate acts of terror using such garments.

Camerounian football player Albert Ebosse died Saturday after he was hit by a projectile thrown from the stands following his team’s loss in the Algerian football championship, APS news agency reported.

Ebosse, who was 24, was declared dead after he was rushed to a hospital at Tizi Ouzou, east of the capital Algiers, where the match took place.He scored the lone goal for his club JS Kabylie in the home match in what turned out to be a 2-1 defeat against USM Alger, on the second day of the tournament.

EBOLA INFECTED US DOCTOR RECOVERS AND HAS BEEN DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL.

One of the United States aid workers who recovered from an Ebola infection is “thrilled to be alive” as he and another patient are discharged from hospital.

Dr Kent Brantly, 33, thanked supporters for their prayers at a news conference in Atlanta. Nancy Writebol, 59, was discharged on Tuesday.

The two were brought to the US for treatment three weeks ago. The outbreak has killed more than 1,300 people in West Africa, with many of the deaths occurring in Liberia.

The Federal Government has confirmed two new cases of Ebola Virus Disease in the country, thereby bringing to four the number of patients under isolation.

Confirming the fresh case on Friday, the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, said they were among secondary contact to the Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer who imported the virus into the country.

Lagos State government had during the week announced the fresh cases which the Federal Government denied.

The fresh cases has now brought the number of cases in the country to 14, with five deaths recorded and five other patients discharged after recovering from the virus.

Source: Nation

POLICE NAB 4 RAPE SUSPECTS IN EBONYI STATE.

Four suspected rapists were arrested from Ohaozara and Onicha Local Government in Ebonyi state by the state Police Command for assault, attempted rape, robbery, malicious damage and other related offences.

While addressing the press at the Command Headquarters in Abakaliki, the state police public relations officer, ASP Chris Anyanwu, who showed great displeasure at the alarming rate of rape related cases in the state advised parents, guardians and community leaders to work together to ensure the safety of their people and make sure that perpetrators of such inhumane acts are brought to book.

Mr Anyanwu updated the press on the recent rape cases carried out by the four arrested suspects in the state, he said:

The decision by the federal government to terminate the appointment of striking doctors in its employ following their obduracy not to end the strike they started since July 1, 2014, is as condemnable as the strike itself.

The government, in a surprise move, had through a letter signed by the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Health, Hon N. Awute, informed the striking doctors of President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to terminate the Residency Training Appointment, which affected some 16,000 doctors in federal government hospitals nationwide. It immediately brought the striking doctors to the streets in protest. It thus worsened a situation that required an urgent solution in the face of the threat posed by the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak.

#EPIC...19-YR-OLD RAPES A FOWL TO DEATH IN AKURE, ONDO STATE.

Wonders they say shall never come to an end. This time, wonder happened in Akure, the Ondo state capital when a teenager raped a fowl to death.

According to Vanguard, a 19-year-old apprentice welder (names withheld) was caught today making love to a hen. The fowl reportedly died during the act.

The taboo was said to have been committed by the apprentice at about 11.20 p.m. at Continental area of Akure metropolis.

PLEASE READ >> THE RISE OF ONLINE FRAUD IN NIGERIA'S BANKING INDUSTRY.

Cases of internal online fraud committed by bank employees have been on the rise lately. Investigators gathered that porous data system, coupled with dwindling remuneration in some of the banks, might have been encouraging bankers to tamper with customers’ funds.

Analysts are of the view that the quest to live fantasy lifestyles might have led some of the bankers to engage in such an illicit act.

An employee of a new generation bank said many of his former colleagues were sacked within the last two years due to discreet online manipulation of customers’ funds.

“Some had to resign when the lid on their deals was blown off,” the source, who pleaded not to be named, said.

Following the recovery and discharge of the first Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) patient from the isolation centre at the Mainland Hospital in Lagos, facts have emerged as to how the patients are recovering.

Meanwhile, more patients undergoing medical treatment at the centre may be discharged this week, investigations revealed.

Experts, who commented on the development, said although 60-90 per cent of people infected with the Ebola virus die, some people do recover from infection.

Endorsements from various corporate bodies have become a major source of revenue for top entertainment celebrities. Musicians, Comedians and Nollywood stars as they now smile to the banks on account of what they get paid by these blue chip companies. These endorsement deals are usually worth multi millions of naira and our celebrities are laughing all the way to the bank.We highlight celebrities with the most endorsements and how much they’re worth.

Funke Akindele – N20 million deal with Vita Foam

She shot into prominence with the release of her smash hit movie Jenifa where she made over N60 million. Since then, she has become the queen of endorsements with numerous brands using her to advertise their products. Her endorsements include Vitafoam where she got N20 million. Telecoms giant Globacom, Jobberman.com, Qlichy.com, Klin detergent, Lagos Inland Revenue Service and Nigeria’s premier detergent, OMO are among those paying the actress mouth-watering money to represent them in our capacity or the other.

THE dastardly “importation” of the dreaded Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) into Nigeria by the late Patrick Sawyer almost a month ago, has brought out the best in the government and people of Nigeria, surprisingly.

As soon as Sawyer was identified as a possible carrier of the plague, the authorities took proactive steps to establish quarantine facilities.

They ensured that all those who had made primary and secondary contact with the Liberian were identified and handled professionally.

It has helped to limit the scope of the infection within the populace, though latest reports have it that the number of people infected has skyrocketed to 198 as at press time.

A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Sunday justified his defection from the opposion All Progressives Congress to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, saying the APC was not better than the PDP.

Ribadu, who was the 2011 presidential candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, forerunner of the APC, said there was no difference between the PDP and APC, in terms of the character of the people who constituted both parties.

The ex-EFFC chairman, who spoke through his spokesman, Mr. Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, said this while fielding questions from one of our correspondents in Abuja.

Robbers do not deserve mercy especially those who kill and rape. Eight robbers raped a nursing mother in Kogi and claimed they were high at that time. Four of them are now in Police custody and we hope they pay severely for their crimes.

"Sun news" reports that tears flowed freely as people beheld the pathetic sight of a middle-aged nursing mother whose three-month old baby was thrown into the bush while an eight-man gang of devilish souls raped her to a point of unconsciousness right in the presence of her husband.

The woman (names with held) who had bruises all over her body especially in the waist region could barely stand unaided when she was sighted at the headquarters of the Kogi State Police Command.

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African Princess crooner, Korede Bello delivers his brilliant vocals on a beat produced by Don Jazzy. This song is titled "COLD OUTSIDE".

Korede's profile is rising fast and his fans can't wait for more nice tunes from him.

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Friday, 15 August 2014

#EBOLA: HOW LIBERIAN GOVERNMENT CLEARED THE AGENT OF DEATH (PATRICK SAWYER) TO TRAVEL TO NIGERIA.

The Liberian Government was aware that Patrick Sawyer, its citizen who brought the Ebola virus into Nigeria, had possibly contracted the virus from his late sister, yet cleared him to travel to Nigeria for a conference organised by the Economic Community of West African States [ECOWAS].

Documents obtained by Premium Times showed that Mr. Sawyer’s employers, ArcelorMittal, an iron mining company, suspended him from work and isolated him after it became aware that he had contact with his sister who died of the virus on July 8.

The company also issued an internal memo to staff of the company informing them that Mr. Sawyer had been referred to the Liberian Health ministry for testing and close observation.

Nigeria has received an experimental drug from unnamed Nigerian scientist to treat Ebola virus, Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, said in Abuja, on Thursday. Chukwu, who gave the cheering news at a news conference, gave the name of the drug as “Nanosilver.”

According to Chukwu, “the only experimental drug we have now is Nanosilver, provided by a Nigerian scientist; details of the drug will be disclosed later to the media.”

Chukwu said the suspected cases reported in Abia, Anambra, and Abuja were investigated and proved negative.

The Federal Government has sacked over 16,000 resident doctors in the country. In a press release by the Deputy Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Health, Alhaji Isiaka Yusuf, the Federal Government said it had to do so after exploring all avenues to end the strike, which it said had compounded the health crisis in the country.

According to Punch, It would be recalled that the Nigeria Medical Association had directed its members natiuonwide to go on strike on July 1. The National Association of Resident Doctors, an affiliate of the NMA, has put its numerical strength at about 16,000.

“The situation has been compounded by the recent importation of the Ebola Virus Disease into Nigeria on July 20, 2014. Following the Presidential declaration of a National Public Health Emergency on Ebola Disease, which has united the entire country in the efforts to contain the disease, it is quite regrettable that the people who should take leadership role in the fight against the Ebola disease are now the most unsupportive,’” the statement said.

A bus conductor, John Akachi, has told an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court that he raped a six-year-old girl.

The police had told the court on Friday that the victim, who was his neighbour’s daughter, sustained injuries in the course of the intercourse. The defendant was said to have claimed he was drunk and didn’t know when he slept with the girl. The incident happened at Idimu area of Lagos State. The 27-year-old Abia State indigene was arraigned on one count of rape.

The charge reads, “That you, John Akachi, on July 12, 2014, at about 5.50pm, at Adesanya Street, Pipeline Idimu, Lagos in the Lagos Magisterial District, did have unlawful sexual intercourse with one (name withheld) aged six years old, which caused her harm and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.”

RAPE!!! RAPE!!! RAPE!!!. There should be a way out of this madness. Obviously, many MALES seem unable to keep resist the urge of forceful intercourse. A shameless father of two, Adeniran Adebayo, who was also the health teacher at a primary school in lagos has been docked for raping a 10-yr old student.

Punch reports that a 10-year-old primary four pupil has told the police how her teacher, Adeniran Adebayo, allegedly took advantage of her and defiled her inside the school toilet. The victim said her health teacher threatened to flog her if she made a noise while he had sex with her in the toilet. She said one of the female teachers in the school, however, heard her cry and barged into the toilet, forcing Adebayo, a father of two, to stop and hurriedly dress up.

ROBIN WILLIAMS DIES OF SUSPECTED SUICIDE.

The Oscar-winning actor and stand-up comedian Robin Williams, whose range extended from manic mimicry to understated character portrayals, was found dead in his California home on Monday.

In a statement, the local sheriff’s office said that it was treating the death of the 63-year-old star as a suspected suicide.

His wife, Susan Schneider, confirmed the news in a statement released through the actor’s publicist. “This morning I lost my husband and best friend, while the world lost one of its most beloved artists and beautiful human beings. I am utterly heartbroken,” she said.

(PICTURE) KNIFE FALLS FROM SKY AND LANDS IN MAN'S HEAD - HE SURVIVED THE MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.

A Chinese man has suffered a lucky escape after a knife fell from the sky and landed in the top of his head.

Xiao Yunzhi, 57, was out for a walk in his hometown of Guangyuan, Sichaun Province, before a five-inch kitchen knife fell from the top of a high-rise apartment block.

Even more unbelievably, Mr Xiao did not immediately notice the impact, despite reporting that his head started to feel heavy.

Nigeria on Monday confirmed a new case of Ebola in the financial capital Lagos, bringing the total number of people in the country with the virus to 10.

Health minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said the latest confirmed case was a female nurse who came into contact with a Liberian-American man, Patrick Sawyer, who died of Ebola in a Lagos hospital on July 25.

In addition to Sawyer, another nurse who had contact with him died last week, while seven other people have been confirmed to have the virus in the city, he added.

It is no longer news that Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) comfortably beat Senator Iyiola Omisore of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to retain his seat for another 48 months in power in weekend’s Osun State polls. What perhaps is news is the avalanche of reasons for Aregbesola’s convincing victory.

The reasons include: Aregbesola’s modest performance in the last four years; mismanagement of crisis in the PDP and failure to pacify aggrieved leaders like former governors Isiaka Adeleke and Olagunsoye Oyinlola, who had to defect to the APC; failure of the PDP to make capital out of the religious card occasioned by Aregbesola’s re-classification of schools; Aregbesola’s deft grassroots support; Omisore’s Bola Ige’s baggage; the governor’s work in Osogbo; and APC’s loss in Ekiti, which served as a wake-up call leading the leaders to apply useful lessons learnt from the Ekiti episode where PDP’s Ayo Fayose beat APC’s Governor Kayode Fayemi.

Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos Prof. Ade Ajayi is dead at a ripe age of 85.

Punch reports that the renowned historian has passed on. Although his family had not released an official statement as of 8 pm press time on Sunday, a reliable source said he died at the University College Hospital, Ibadan on Saturday.

Among scholars of his age and beyond, Ajayi was particularly respected for the thoroughness of his researches and the fact that he gave character to the study of African history.

(PICTURES) CELEBRATION OF LOVE - THE INTRODUCTION CEREMONY BETWEEN "GBEMISOLA FASOOTO" AND "AYODELE WILLIAMS".

The introduction ceremony between "Gbemisola Fasooto" and her best friend "Ayodele Williams" took place in Lagos on Saturday, 9th August 2014.

We wish the love birds a happy union.

See more pictures of family and friends who celebrated with them after after the cut.........

Incumbent governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola is on the verge of being formally declared as the winner of the governorship election in Osun that held on Saturday August 8 2014.

Electoral results officially released by INEC show that that Mr. Aregbesola is leading his closest rival, Iyiola Omisore of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) by at least more than 100,000 votes.

Saharareporters had earlier disclosed that Mr. Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) party was comfortably ahead based our monitoring of results from polling stations across Osun state.

INEC figures in 30 local government areas show that Aregbesola has scored the highest votes in the election against Omisore.

BRITISH POLICE OFFER £10,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION OVER THE KILLING OF 19-YR-OLD TV ACTOR CARL BEATSON ASIEDU.

LATE CARL ASIEDU

The murder case of 19-yr old Carl Beatson Asiedu in the UK is unresolved after five years as the main suspect Jeffrey Okafor is still at large. The British Police have stepped up their willingness ensure justice by offering £10,000 for information which could lead to the arrest of Jeffrey Okafor, believed to have fled to Nigeria few days after the murder.

See picture of Jerry and more information after the cut.

Naija Rapper, Olanrewaju Ogunmefun popularly known as "Vector Tha Viper" has written an open letter to his former record label YSG after a year of intense legal battle between both parties because he walked away from the label. In fact, they have settled out of court, hence, Vector is now a free man to simply put.

See the letter after the cut.....

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday named an Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, as the acting Inspector-General of Police.

Abba, who until his appointment was the AIG in charge of Zone 7, takes over from Muhammed Abubakar, who proceeded on statutory retirement on Thursday.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, who confirmed the change of guard in the police top echelons in a statement, said Abba’s appointment would take effect from Friday (today).

The family of late Prof. Dora Akunyili have announced the burial arrangement for the late Minister and Nafdac Boss. Read more below......

The family of former Minister of Information and Communications, late Prof. (Mrs.) Dora Nkem Akunyili, has released a week-long programme of activities for her funeral, culminating in her burial on Thursday, August 28, 2014.

The programme, released today in Enugu by Prof. Akunyili’s husband, Dr. Chike Akunyili, starts with a Christian Wake-Keep at No. 2A Bishop Onyeabor St., G.R.A. Enugu, to hold from 4:00 p.m. on Friday, August 22. A Night of Tributes is to hold at International Conference Centre Abuja from 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 25, while a Mass would be held for her at Pro-Cathedral Catholic Church, Abuja, by 10:00 a.m. the next day, August 26.

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