MALAYSIAN PILOT WAS A POLITICAL FANATIC AND COULD HAVE HIJACKED HIS OWN PLANE

CAPTAIN ZAHARIE AHMAD SHAH

Police in Malaysia are investigating the possibility that the pilot of missing Flight MH370 hijacked his own aircraft in a bizarre political protest.

It was learnt that Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah was an ‘obsessive’ supporter of Malaysia’s opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim. And hours before the doomed flight left Kuala Lumpur it is understood 53-year-old Shah attended a controversial trial in which Ibrahim was jailed for five years.

Campaigners say the politician, the key challenger to Malaysia’s ruling party, was the victim of a long-running smear campaign and had faced trumped-up charges.

Police sources have confirmed that Shah was a vocal political activist – and fear that the court decision left him profoundly upset. It was against this background that, seven hours later, he took control of a Boeing 777-200 bound for Beijing and carrying 238 passengers and crew.

Yesterday, Malaysian police searched his house in the upmarket Kuala Lumpur suburb of Shah Alam, where he had installed a home-made flight simulator. But this newspaper can reveal that investigators had already spent much of last week examining two laptops removed from Shah’s home. One is believed to contain data from the simulator.

Nicole Scherzinger set to marry Lewis Hamilton after turning him down thrice.

Nicole Scherzinger has reportedly finally said yes to marrying British F1 star Lewis Hamilton.

Hamilton is in pole position for today's Australian Grand Prix, and news that his long-term beau has agreed to be his wife should mean his is currently on top of the world.

X-Factor star Scherzinger has said yes after turning Hamilton down on three previous occasions.

18 PERISH IN NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE (NIS) RECRUITMENT NATIONWIDE EXERCISE

Sad times are here again for Nigeria's youth as about 18 job seekers died and many were injured on Saturday during a nationwide recruitment test conducted by the Nigeria Immigration Service.

The applicants reportedly paid the sum of N1,000 as application fee. Millions of job seekers had thronged venues of the exercise, mostly stadia, for the exercise.

Seven were confirmed dead after a stampede at the National Stadium, Abuja, venue of the exercise in the Federal Capital Territory.

The 60,000-seater  stadium was filled up. Each candidate was required to wear a white T-shirt, boxer shorts, socks and tennis shoe for the exercise. The candidates, our correspondent gathered, were tested in logical reasoning, English language and mathematics.

The applicants, mostly youths, had certificates ranging from master’s degree to bachelor’s degree, Higher National Diploma, National Certificate in Education, National Diploma and Senior Secondary School Leaving Certificate.

Jose Mourinho & Two Chelsea players sees red as Aston Villa defeats Chelsea 1 - 0.

Aston Villa 1 Chelsea 0

Chelsea lost at villa park as Mourinho, Willian and Ramires all saw red. 

The title chase is closer than ever.

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David Silva shines as Kompany sees red in Man City's 2 - 0 defeat of Hull City.

Hull City 0 Man City 2

Despite going a man down, Man City were able to defeat Hull City by 2 goals courtesy moments of Magic from the spanish star David Silva who scored one and provided the other.

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Osaze scores 2 as Stoke beat West Ham by 3 - 1.

STO 3 WHA 1

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The Uncomfortable Truth Of Elusive Economic Development- Nigeria’s Century Old Failures And Prospects For A New Nigeria By Oby Ezekwesili

Protocols : Good afternoon, chieftains and members of the All Progressives Congress.

Thanks for inviting me as your Keynote Speaker at your Unveiling of Road Map Summit. I do not know how you decided to take this high risk of inviting me to your gathering, knowing full well that my zeal for candor can be generally unsettling for some people of your class and occupation.  Since you took the risk, I have assumed the liberty to speak boldly even to your discomfort especially considering that we live in a season of grim when our country is greatly troubled. In perilous times like this, Truth is the absolute freedom. I shall be spurred on by the counsel of George Orwell who in honor of truth stated that “in a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act”. I further assume that if you wanted someone with the skills of deceit, it would not be me that you would have invited to your gathering. I therefore speak to you today not as a politician but as a daughter of this land.

READ HOW JONATHAN'S VISIT TO KATSINA AIDED DEATH MERCHANTS TO SLAUGHTER 113 PEOPLE.

The massive security set up  in Katsina, the capital city in Katsina State, Northern Nigeria, ahead of a two-day visit to the state by Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan meant that policemen and soldiers that could protect villages that had been under siege from blood thirsty herdsmen were diverted elsewhere to protect the president.

A source said because of the President’s visit, military and police protection is absent in Sabuwa and Faskari local government areas, despite the deaths of 69 people since Tuesday, killed during raids by hundreds of armed gunmen on motorcycles.   A previous report had the death toll at 40 - those numbers have increased to 113 as bodies are discovered in forests and other areas.

JAYWON PART WAYS WITH KENNIS MUSIC.

More Artistes are parting ways with their record labels and this  is no surprise at all.  With issues ranging from the general lull in album sales to  breech of contract on the increase, more artistes seem to have chosen to part ways with their records labels. The result is that many of the affected labels have lost their ‘prized possessions’ of late.

Punch reports that Kennis Music artiste, Jaywon (real name Iledare Oluwajuwonlo) reportedly asked his records label to set him ‘free’. Now, the singer has joined the growing number of singers calling it quits with their  labels and by implication, metaphorically ‘biting’ the fingers that fed them.

A statement released by the Public Affairs Unit of Kennis Communications says the singer had written a letter through his lawyer to request the termination of his contract with the company.

JONATHAN'S GOVERNMENT IS CORRUPTION RIDDEN AS REPS UNCOVER ANOTHER N35BN FRAUD.

More revelations by the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts indicated on Thursday that the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation could not account for N35bn it collected from the Service Wide Vote within nine years.

While the records of the Budget Office of the Federation showed that the OHSF received N52bn between 2004 and 2012, the Permanent Secretary, Mr. Remi Adelakun, admitted only N17.6bn.

The committee, which is chaired by Mr. Solomon Olamilekan, insisted on Thursday that Adelakun must explain how the N35bn was spent.

GUNMEN FREE JONATHAN'S UNCLE AFTER 19 DAYS.

The Police in Bayelsa have rescued Chief Nengite Nitabai, 70, President Goodluck Jonathan’s uncle kidnapped on Feb. 23.

Mr Hilary Okara, Commisioner of Police in the State, confirmed the development in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa on Thursday.

He said Nitabai was freed in Odioma community in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa. Nitabai, a community leader in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area, was freed unharmed and had re-united with his family.

239 PEOPLE FROM 14 NATIONALITIES ABOARD MALAYSIAN FLIGHT ARE STILL MISSING.

Debris from the missing Boeing 777 flight is believed to have been found off Vietnam as Interpol investigates whether up to four passengers boarded the plane using stolen passports.

A Vietnamese search team has found what they believe is part of a door and an airplane's tail in the first major breakthrough in the hunt for missing aircraft. The suspected fragments have been located around 50 miles from south-west of Tho Chu Island, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Investigators are narrowing the focus of their inquiries on the possibility that the plane disintegrated in mid-flight, a senior source said on Sunday. 'The fact that we are unable to find any debris so far appears to indicate that the aircraft is likely to have disintegrated at around 35,000 feet,' said the source, who is involved in the investigations in Malaysia.

KUMUYI'S N4BILLION AUDITORIUM NEARS COMPLETION.

Arguably, Pastor Kumuyi’s N4 billion 30,000 seater ultra modern auditorium would be one of the grandest church in Africa when completed. The massive structure would be completed and commissioned this year. We gathered that the project which began seven years ago could not be completed as scheduled in 2012, due to architectural and technical adjustments to expand the work. Encomium magazine reports.

Built like a stadium, we confirmed that the auditorium sits on an underground structure. According to an inside source, the administration building is underground with a car park. The underground park, we reliably learnt, would take 160 cars.

It would seat more than 30,000 worshippers at a go. It is a mini-stadium and is costing the church over N4 billion, and every kobo of it is coming from the pockets of church members in Nigeria with generous contributions from Deeper Life churches abroad.

BUSINESS WOMAN ACCUSES ONYEKA ONWENU OF ASSAULT.

A business woman, Mrs. Olajoke Adesipe, has accused popular musician, Onyeka Onwenu, of assault.

Adesipe, who had petitioned the National Human Rights Commission, also said she was forcefully evicted from her shop at the National Centre for Women Development, Abuja on the order of Onyeka, who is the Director-General of the centre.

Adesipe, in the letter dated March 3, 2014, claimed that Onwenu directed security officers to throw her wares out of her shop, adding that she was assaulted when she took the pictures of the incident, on the instruction of the DG.

ESE WALTER MARRIES BENNY ARK (PHOTOS).

Ese Walter is married. She got married to Co-OAP Benny Ark. 

Some of you already know why the news of her marriage is special but if you don't then goggle is your friend, lol.

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DETAILS OF SUICIDE NOTE LEFT BEHIND BY LATE OAU LAW STUDENT.

More facts have emerged on the mystery surrounding the death of Dipo Ige, a brilliant 400L student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife. Read the report by PunchNG.

The last note by a part-four law student of Obafemi Awolowo University, who allegedly committed suicide, Dipo Ige, was that his books should be buried with him. Ige was said to have committed suicide in his private hostel penultimate Saturday at Ashiefa, Ibadan Road, Ile-Ife and was buried at his hometown in Iree, Osun State on Sunday.

While controversy still surrounds Ige’s action, the deceased in the note also cautioned that his girlfriend should not be blamed for his death. It was gathered that Ige and his girlfriend had a misunderstanding before his death.

(VIDEO) MANC 1 WIGAN 2. FA CUP

MANC 1 WIGAN 2

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WATCH "COMEDIAN BASH" AT HIS BEST.

BASH

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APC LAWMAKERS SET TO BLOCK JONATHAN'S PLAN TO BUY NEW AIRCRAFT AND RENOVATE VILLA FOR N3BN.

Nigeria’s main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has asked its members in the National Assembly to block a plan by President Goodluck Jonathan to upgrade facilities at the sprawling Aso Rock presidential villa, and purchase a new aircraft into an already bloated presidential air fleet at a huge N3 billion.

The proposals are part of the 2014 budget currently before federal lawmakers. The APC also proposed a reduction in spending on about 16 items in the budget, to save N350 billion which should be used to raise capital expenditure and create jobs for Nigerians.

These proposals are contained in the party’s 23-page review report on the 2014 budget titled: “Review of the Draft Federal Budget: APC’s Views on the Federal Government Draft Budget.”

GUNMEN ATTACK ENUGU GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

Security personnel foiled an attempt by about 50 armed men to forcefully gain control of the Enugu State Government House  in the early hours of Saturday.

Police officers, men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and soldiers were among the security operatives who shot several times at the invaders and prevented them from gaining entry into the government house.

Reports indicate that one of the attackers was killed during the shoot-out and three others were arrested.