DRUMS OF POLITICAL WAR IS SET AS JONATHAN PREPARES TO DECLARE 2ND TERM AMBITION

President Goodluck Jonathan is set to declare his intention to seek re-election during the 2015 presidential election. The poll has been fixed for February 14 next year by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Following the release of the election timetable by INEC on Friday, the Presidency on Saturday said Jonathan would make public his decision on the 2015 presidential election soon.

President Jonathan has so far resisted pressure to declare his intention regarding 2015. On different occasions, he said he would only make his decision known this year. Last Thursday, while speaking on the sidelines of the just-concluded World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jonathan said he was awaiting INEC’s green light.

He said, “I am not going to talk about whether I am standing for election or not because it is not in line with our laws. INEC has a time frame within which candidates are expected to declare. If you declare before that time, you are actually contravening the Nigerian laws. So, I won’t tell anybody that I am contesting or that I’m not contesting.”

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10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT "LUPITA NYONG'O" THE AWARD WINNING "12 YEARS A SLAVE ACTRESS"

LUPITA NYONG'O

Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o became the new Hollywood "It Girl" after she played the object of cruel affection in the movie, "12 Years a Slave." Since her role as Patsey in the movie released last year, she's made rounds in fashion magazines, hobnobbed with celebrities and is considered a breakout star.

As the awards season begins, here are 10 things to know about the statuesque actress with a flashy smile and almost flawless fashion sense.

She straddles many worlds: Nyong'o was born in Mexico when her Kenyan parents were in political exile. Her family later returned to Kenya, where she spent most of her childhood. Her first name, she says, is the short version of the word "Guadalupe." She later went to the United States, where she got her undergraduate degree from Hampshire College in Massachusetts, and later graduated from Yale School of Drama in 2012.

She has a connection to Obama: Nyong'o is a Luo, the same tribe as President Barack Obama's father.

NEW BOOK CLAIMS ADOLF HITLER ESCAPED BERLIN AND DIED IN SOUTH AMERICA IN 1984 AT THE AGE OF 95

THE AUTHOR CLAIMS THIS PICTURE PROVES HE ESCAPED FROM BERLIN & LIVED IN SOUTH AMERICA

He is believed to have died after shooting himself in a Berlin bunker in 1945 when he realised Germany had lost World War II.

But a startling new book claims Adolf Hitler actually escaped his hideout and actually died incognito in 1984 in a small town near Brazil's border with Bolivia - and it can be proved by a picture.

Not only that, but the author believes the Fuhrer fled to Argentina and then Paraguay before settling in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso to hunt for buried treasure - with a map given to him by Vatican allies, according to its author.

JUSTIN BIEBER HAS BEEN MISBEHAVING BECAUSE OF DEPENDENCE ON STEROIDS MOSTLY ADMINISTERED TO HORSES.

Pop star Justin Bieber has reportedly become increasingly dependent on steroids which has caused his recent bizarre behaviour.

According to The Sun the 19-year-old has been using Clenbuterol, a diet drug which is most commonly used on the horses. The claims come after the singer emerged from his Miami rental on Friday evening following his DUI arrest.

                          

The paper reports that Justin, who is currently on bail, started using the drug after he discovered weight lifters use it to gain extra muscle definition.  A source said: ‘As well as drinking and smoking weed, Justin’s been taking steroids to give himself a six pack. ‘His physique had gone from boy-like to muscled in a very short time and his mood have become wildly erratic.’

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. 

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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.

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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.