Murray Bruce : The Hottest Part Of Hell Should Be Reserved For Some Governors

Entertainment magnet and Senator-elect for Bayelsa East district, Ben Murray-Bruce over the weekend used his Twitter handle to express his anger over the failure of some state governors to pay workers’ salaries and how lawmakers enrich themselves when the people they represent live in abject poverty.

Noting that he is not going to the Senate for self enrichment as he has much more than he needs, he tweeted that, “I’m going there to serve God by fighting for the good of Nigerians!

“Party politics is money politics. I assure Nigerians I’ll fight for the right of Independent Candidates to run for office in all elections.

“When I see anger in youths on Twitter, I’m inspired to make a change at the Senate. Don’t stop being angry until you see results you want!

“Constitution allows recall of your Rep/Senator at NASS. Tell them if they don’t support reduction in salary/allowances, you’ll consider it,” he posted using his Twitter handle: @benmurraybruce.

Writing about the governors, the Chairman of Silverbird Group wrote, “The hottest place in hell should be reserved for Governors who live large at public expense while workers with children have not been paid!

“While workers in some states, especially Osun and Benue States have been owed for months, their governors reportedly spent hundreds of millions in the past elections. While Governor Gabriel Suswam spent on the senatorial election, Governor Rauf Aregbesola donated towards President-elect Muhammadu Buhari’s success at the polls.

“As far as I’m concerned, until all state workers are paid their salary, no gov, no commissioner, no SA should collect salary or allowance!

Toyin Aimahku Stuns In Yellow Agbada

Actress Toyin Aimakhu Johnson stuns in yellow as she steps out today....See another picture after the jump.

Eniola Badmus Flawless In New Photo Shoot

Nollywood Actress, Eniola Badmus popularly known as "Gbogbo Big Girls" realeases new pictures from a photo shoot. See more pictures after the jump...

Chidinma Ditches Signature Low-Cut For Blonde Hair-Do

Singer Chidinma has momentarily abandoned her signature low-cut hairstyle for blonde weave.

The MTN Project fame alumni who recently turned 24 shared a hint of her new look on Instagram where she was seen wearing a blonde weave in what looks like a Fringe.

She captioned the photo with “Hair Back?” presumably asking her fans if they prefer her old look to this new look.

Indonesia Jails Russian For 16.5 Years For Drug Smuggling

A Russian woman who smuggled drugs into Indonesia was sentenced to 16.5 years jail Monday, escaping the death penalty just weeks after seven foreign nationals were executed for trafficking narcotics.

Aleksandra Magnaeva, 26, was arrested in December after arriving in Bali on a flight from Hong Kong with 2.1 kilogrammes (4.6 pounds) of crystal methamphetamine stashed in her bags.

“If uncaught, the defendant’s action could have endangered thousands of Indonesian youths,” judge Wayan Sukanila told the Denpasar District Court, adding the sentence was more lenient because she had shown remorse for her crimes.

Under Indonesia law, the maximum penalty for drug trafficking is death.

During questioning Magnaeva said her boyfriend with whom she had been living in China had instructed her to pass the drugs to someone in Bali.

SUSPECT : My Wives Know I'm A Criminal And Not A Kidnapper

A 27-year-old suspected kidnapper, Rasheed Adetunji, who was paraded alongside other suspects, has confessed that his two wives knew he was a criminal and not a kidnapper.

He also revealed that he used part of the ransom money collected from victims to get married to them.

According to the Osun State-born Adetunji, his love for women is responsible for his having two wives at his age and had hoped to marry more before he was arrested.

One of his wives had a premonition of his current travails and warned him to stay away from members of his gang.

He regretted that he would miss his wives and family who, he claimed, he was trying to make happy.

On how he joined the kidnapping gang, he said it was Niyi Omosola that introduced and placed him and other members of the gang on an oath administered by a native doctor, known as Baba.

The other suspects are Ifeanyi Chukwuleta, 25, from Oguta in Imo State, and Kolawale Alani, 26, from Ekiti State.

Man Treks From Abeokuta To Lagos For Tinubu, Others

A-28-year-old Adam man, Afolabi Ndabagi has vowed to embark on a-five-day -trekking from Abeokuta to Lagos state to celebrate the victory of the President-elect , Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) at the poll by visiting and appreciating former governor of Lagos state , Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for providing the platform.

Ndabagi, a fashion designer was born in Sabo,in Abeokuta North local government area of Ogun State and had his schools in the state , said though, his father was a Nupe man but, his mother was an Egba woman.

Speaking with newsmen in Abeokuta, Ndabagi, said he would begin the five -day journey on Monday, (today) from OPIC round about in Oke-Ilewo Abeokuta at 6:am enroute Abeokuta-Lagos old road to Lagos state .

According to him, Tinubu deserves more than what he was planning to do for him, saying, ” for youths to travel far for Buhari, I will trek to Lagos even if Asiwaju Bola Tinubu lives at somewhere far from Lagos, I will also trek there through Ewekoro, Ifo, Sango, Agege.

Prison Guard Sexually Assaulted In Arizona

A female guard was sexually assaulted by a male inmate at an Arizona prison in the second such attack on an employee in the last 18 months, corrections officials said.

The April 13 attack at the state prison complex in Yuma was only revealed by the state Department of Corrections late Friday after inquiries by The Associated Press.

When asked why the department didn't acknowledge the attack earlier, corrections spokesman Andrew Wilder said the agency was focused on investigating the assault.

"Our priority is to have a full and thorough investigation of the facts and make sure that is conducted to ensure that justice is served for the victim in the matter," Wilder said.

The assault follows the January 2014 rape of a female teacher at another prison that brought intense criticism of the Arizona prison procedures for safeguarding corrections workers. The bare-bones details of that attack were announced by the department shortly after it occurred, and other inmate assaults on staff often are announced by the department in news releases.

The most recent attack occurred in an office while the corrections officer was meeting with inmate Fernandes Masters, Wilder said.

"The inmate attacked the officer during a scheduled meeting in the housing unit office, and no weapons were involved," Wilder said. "The officer called for assistance, staff in the housing unit immediately responded to the location and pulled the inmate away from the officer and secured him."

Man, Woman Charged With Murdering Two Policemen In Mississippi

A man and woman in Mississippi were arrested and charged with murder on Sunday after two police officers were shot dead a day earlier while conducting a routine traffic stop in Hattiesburg, officials said.

Authorities had launched a manhunt after at least one suspect fled the scene of the shooting in a police car later found abandoned, and residents in the city about 80 miles (130 km) southeast of Jackson were told to stay indoors.

Marvin Banks, 29, and Joanie Calloway, 22, were each charged with two counts of capital murder, police said.

Banks' brother Curtis, 26, was also arrested and charged with two counts of accessory after the fact of capital murder.

Police said a fourth man, identified as Cornelius Clark, was arrested later on Sunday in connection with the case and booked on an obstruction of justice charge.

DuPree said members of the public quickly helped bring to justice those behind the first killing of a police officer in the city for more than 30 years.

"The community helped us," he said, without elaborating. "No parent wants to bury their child before them. And here we are on Mothers' Day. It's a tragedy for all America," he said.

The shooting happened on Saturday evening after Officer Benjamin Deen, 34, stopped a gold Cadillac Escalade, and Liquori Tate, a 25-year-old recent police academy graduate, arrived as backup.

PHOTOS : Seyi Law Takes Wife On A Romantic Journey

Comedian Seyi Law shares pictures from romantic getaway with wife as he showers her praises on Mother's Day. See more pictures after the jump....

Joke Of The Day

I know you must have missed the daily jokes here on this blog....well it's back. Read, laugh and enjoy your day, laughter is the best medicine.

DEVIL IN THE CHURCH

Satan appeared before a small town congregation.

Everyone started screaming and running for the front church door, trampling each other in a frantic effort to get away

.

Soon everyone was gone except for an elderly gentleman who sat calmly.

Satan walked up to him and said, "Don't you know who I am?"

The man replied, "Yep, sure do."

Satan asked, "Aren't you going to run?"

"Nope, sure ain't," said the man.

Satan asked, "Why aren't you afraid of me?"

The man replied, "Been married to your sister for over 48 years."

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Don’t Expect Too Much From Buhari, Cardinal Okogie Tells Nigerians

The Catholic Archbishop Emeritus, Anthony Okogie, on Sunday urged Nigerians not to expect too much from the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, saying change is a gradual process.The Catholic Archbishop Emeritus, Anthony Okogie

“Nigeria seems to be on a collision course with destiny and the hopes of many are hanging in the balance. I can understand the sense of urgency and expediency in the expectations of Nigerians,” he said in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.

“Yet sincerely, I think we are expecting too much too soon. Change will come but it will be gradual but surely.

“It will amount to putting the cart before the horse to expect radical revolution from the General.

“We must exercise patience and give him chance to deliver on his promises. What he needs more than anything is our support, cooperation, collaboration and goodwill,” he said.

The cleric urged Mr. Buhari to focus on providing quality governance on assuming office, and pay less attention to distractions.

He advised the President-elect to adhere to the blueprint and road-map of his party that had brought about growth and development in the states where they had been implemented.

“It is heartening to know that he has made anti-corruption campaign the meter of his administration.

“In order for this not to run out of steam, he must build institutions, both formal and informal, that will fight corruption and ensure Nigeria becomes a society of law abiding citizens.

“His transition team and board of advisers should shun the temptation to secure their selfish interest and come up with pragmatic action plan that will help the president-elect realise his goal,” he said.

The cleric said that the task ahead of the President-elect was enormous and appealed to him to explore available economic and social opportunities in rebuilding the nation.

Nigerian Visa Goes For A Dollar In 13 Countries

While many Nigerians may have known visa fees of different European and American countries, not many take interest in what the country charges other nationals for the document.Nigerian-visa passport

But the fact is that the Nigerian Immigration Service has a long list of the fees on its website, indicating clearly the differences in terms of countries, the visa type and number of entries.

If what the NIS displays on the website is anything to go by, nationals of Mauritania, Monaco, Morroco, New Zealand, Panama, Uruguay, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Burma, Dominican, Chile and Colombia are charged between N100 and N 200 for a single-entry Nigerian visa. For those applying for multiple entries, the fee is multiplied by the number of entries they are seeking.

Weighed against the current exchange rate, it implies that a Nigerian visa is still going for half a dollar or a little above that.

Applicants from the United States are charged the highest. They pay N14,000 for either a single or multiple-entry visa.

Nadia Buari Shares Adorable Photos Of Her Pregnancy Glow

Ghanaian  actress Nadia Buari  for Mother’s Day yesterday shared with her fans photos of herself while pregnant. See more pics after the jump....

Woman Learns She's 8 Months Pregnant After Boyfriend Touches Her Belly And Feels A Kick

A California woman surprisingly discovered that she is 32 weeks pregnant, after her boyfriend felt a kick in her stomach while they were at a concert.

Abby Wake had initially believed that she was just bloated and filled with gas due to her lactose intolerance. The North Hollywood couple had no idea she was pregnant until she went to the doctor, where she found out that her baby is due to arrive in just a few weeks.

Her boyfriend, Jarryd Gorman told CBS Los Angeles, “I felt the baby kick and I looked at her and said, ‘I think you’re definitely pregnant.’ [I said] we need to go see someone straight away.'

Wake says she felt absolutely no symptoms of pregnancy for eight months, and just assumed that she was gaining a little bit of weight. “There weren't anything like kicks and huge movements,” she explained to the site. “It was just like gurgles.”

Emmanuel Adebayor Tells Another Part Of Family Story

In his words: 

Here is another part of the story I have kept inside since. Today I feel the constant need to let it out. If I share my stories, it is because I believe every story comes with a lesson. And the lesson is for anyone that is reading this. This is about a brother who keeps saying today that I am not a good support for our family. His name is Rotimi Adebayor. At the age of 13, he did something very bad. He and I know what he did. Because of that our parents had to send him to a village far from the big city. When I started to be successful in football and I went to Togo for vacation; at that time one of my mother’s friend came from the village to visit us. As she explained how Rotimi was suffering in the village, I immediately asked them to bring him back into the city. As soon as he came back, I made sure I put him in school. For me that is normal.

In 2002, I went to play the AFCON in Mali and I had the huge privilege to swap my shirt with Marc-Vivien Foé. May his soul rest in peace. When I got back to Togo, I put that shirt in a secure place. My brother found a way to steal that shirt and sold it.

When I moved from Metz to Monaco, we reached an advanced stage in the Champions League and we played against Real Madrid. It was one of most beautiful day of my life because I was lucky enough to get a signed shirt from the football legend Zinedine Zidane. As I brought that shirt back to Togo, my brother still found a way to steal that shirt and sold it.

When I was in Metz, I was earning about €15,000 a month. I wanted to get something unique for my mom to thank her for all she did for me. I wanted to make her happy. So I decided to take an amount worth 3 months of my wages and I bought her a Cartier neckless for about €45,000. Rotimi and his friends Akim(@Yam Freedom) and Tao (@Sao Tao Oyawole) made a plan and stole that precious neckless. They sold it for about €800. When my mom and I found out, my mother asked me not to bother because he is the younger brother. Despite the situation, I would like to take this same occasion to wish all the mothers out there a Happy Mother’s Day!

In my house, I have a storage room where I keep some of my belongings when I travel back to Europe. I am the only one with that key but my brother managed to get a master key that was able to open every single door in the house. He frequently stole drinks and other items from that room.

After all this we kept saying “blood is thicker than water” and we moved on. Therefore, I decided to take him where I started my football in France. I brought him to a great football academy in France. You already know how this story ended. He stole cellphones from many of his teammates and they sacked him from the football academy. By the way, after I published the first story about him, he called me to say that he did not steal exactly 21 phones. He claimed that the number was lower than that. Still...Is that acceptable? He also added that I should be happy that he stole drinks and other items from my storage room. I asked him why and he replied: "Because I am your brother".

The Ogun State Police Command has uncovered another suspected ritual killers’ den in Unity and Peace Estate along Itele-Lafenwa Road, Ota, in the Ado Odo-Ota Local Government Area of the state.

The discovery was made possible by the escape of a 28yrs old lady, who had been kept in an uncompleted building in the estate, bound hands and feet.

The lady was said to have been abducted, blindfolded, gagged and dumped in the den. She was reportedly told by her captors that they would come for her in the night on Wednesday.

But she managed to struggle to free herself and rolled towards the entrance of the building.

Passersby in the area saw her and came to her rescue. Policemen from the Itele Police Station, who were later invited to the scene, were said to have cordoned off the area.

When the policemen combed the surroundings of the uncompleted building, decomposing bodies of two female victims were said to have been found.

Suspected bones of other victims also littered the place.

70-Year-Old Woman Uses Kidnapped 3-Year-Old For Begging In Kwara

It was drama in Ilorin, yesterday, as Kwara State Police Command  arrested a 70-year-old woman for allegedly kidnapping a three-year-old girl.

Speaking in an interview with journalists, a relative of the girl’s mother, Mrs. Maryam Abdulganiyu, said the girl was found in a worship place, popularly called Ori-Oke at Basin area of Ilorin, being used by the suspect for begging.

She added that the suspect had claimed that she used the proceeds from the alms begging to feed and clothe the girl.

The girl was declared missing on March 25 by her parents, who reside at Old Shao Garage, Ilorin.

Father of the girl was said to have approached a cleric at Ori-Oke. While the search for the girl was on, her grandfather, Mallam Isa, went to the same Ori-Oke to worship and saw the septuagenarian with the missing girl.

ZUMA : I’ll Pay Every HIV-Positive South African N0.84m To Wear A Tattoo

According to a bill newly signed by President Jacob Zuma,  HIV positive South Africans that volunteer to be marked near their genital area with a tattoo depicting their status, will in addition to free counseling and medication. be paid an equivalent of N840, 000 (50 000 Rands) each.

The bill, according to a report by Radio City, a local South African radio station, is widely regarded as one of the greatest steps in the history of combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the country which has the highest HIV prevalence in Africa.

Zuma who is reported to have volunteered to be the first South African citizen to get his HIV status tattooed near his genitals, however  announced that only the first 10 million people (who already tested positive) to volunteer to have their HIV statuses tatted on their genitals would be given the money in form of a funeral expense voucher.

After signing the bill, Zuma was quoted as saying: “The mark is to protect those who can’t say no to sex. I mean if you can’t read between the lines you should read between the legs because that’s where the status would be tattooed.

“The choice to be HIV positive is now in your hands or your genitals for that matter…. We also encourage those who had been living with the virus to go to the nearest public hospitals to get their status tatted in,” he noted.

Today's Newspaper Headlines : Monday, May 11, 2015

Headlines from selected newspaper here this monday morning for your reading pleasure.....

VANGUARD

• My friends've deserted me ' Jonathan
• Aba: Motorists accuse FRSC of extortion
• APC and Buhari, no excuse for failure, change must be change
• My wives know I'm a criminal
• FAAN's Director of Finance appointment not terminated ' FG
• Why there have been no food riots in Nigeria ' Adesina, Agric Minister
• Ogboru is welcome to APC, but' ' Emerhor
• Nigeria, Indonesia, Mexico to displace UK, France out of top 10 largest economies
• Nigerians have not discovered the Senegalese market 'Ambassador Jackden
• Metal component manufacturing is a unique area of manufacturing ' Jude Okpala
• How payment on delivery threatens e-commerce growth in Nigeria
• Diamond Bank to leverage technology for growth, profitability
• Kenya regulator opens takaful market to conventional insurers
• Is Legend making reward system a policy
• Magic Mirror, new OOH ad medium enters Nigeria
• Royal Exchange Prudential Life targets market leadership
• Nigerians seek transparent disbursement of oil revenue
• PwC's audit report or cover up
• MSME: Heritage Bank building network of entrepreneurial leadership
• Citibank announces winner of the 2015 journalistic awards
• Study recommends floating exchange rate for Naira
• Sterling Bank's expansion plans on track, says CFO
• Fidelity Bank raises N30bn to boost lending to SME
• Strong corporate governance critical to current low-price environment ' FBN capital
• Key facts about the Pension Reform Act 2014
• Appeal court sets aside order winding up Afribank
• Access Bank shareholders okay N5.7bn dividend, laud cost reduction
• Cry not for the Igbos
• AFN 'll not close doors to any Nigerian based abroad
• NFF rejects Bassey's resignation
• I've got my W/Cup squad 'Manu
• Dike gives San Antonio Scorpions first win
• Millwall sack Shittu
• Star Football Super Fans: Arsenal fans stun Chelsea fans
• Kalu Uche nets fifth Levante goal
• Mother's Day: Ajax Players walk on to pitch with their mothers
• Murray stuns Nadal to win Madrid Open
• Aguero treble sends QPR down, Liverpool's Champions League dream ends
• Receiving the Bread of Life
• Behold! The Scots are coming to London
• President 'Okechukwu' Buhari !
• APC governors-elect and the request for bailout
• Igbo Opposition
• Muskets and the musketeers
• With freedom, comes responsibility
• A world of Agreements (2)
• Marital red flags
• WHO Warns That Ebola May Be Transmitted Sexually

Jonathan : Full Text Of Thanksgiving And Farewell Speech

The reality of life has dawned on out-going President Goodluck Jonathan as he lamented, yesterday, that his so-called friends have deserted him having lost the last presidential election to the opposition All progressives CongressAPC, candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari.

Speaking at a thanksgiving and farewell service in his honour at the Cathedral Church of the Advent, Life Camp, Gwarinpa, Abuja, President Jonathan said, however that he expected more of his friends to leave him. The president declared that he was ready to pay the price for his refusal to interfere with the electoral process which he ensured was carried out to its logical conclusion.

He also said his decision to concede defeat at the election did not go down well with some of his ministers and aides and jokingly expressed the hope that his wife, Patience will not follow the example of the wife of former South African Apartheid leader, F W De Klerk, who divorced her husband for his decision to end the minority rule in the Republic of South Africa (RSA).

He then expressed appreciation to Nigeria and Nigerians for giving him the opportunity to serve in various capacities, reiterating his willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice in the interest of the nation.

He said :

“I believe there are reasons for everything. Some hard decisions have their own cost, no doubt about that. I ran the government in such a way that stabilized certain things like the electoral process and other things that brought stability to this country and took very costly decisions which I must be ready to pay for.

“Some people come to me and say ‘look at this person or that person, is he not your friend who benefited from you, has this person not benefited from your government ? Imagine what he is saying’? I often tell them that worse statements will come. If you take certain decisions, you should know that those close to you will even abandon you at some point. And I tell them that more of my so-called friends will disappear. 

Bobbi Kristina : No Progress At All

Bobbi Kristina Brown’s grandmother Cissy Houston has revealed that she is “not progressing at all” after apparently emerging from a medically-induced coma last month.

Bobbi Kristina was found unresponsive in a bath at her home in Georgia on 31 January.

Houston told Entertainment Tonight in the US: “She’s the same, she’s not progressing at all.

“She’s not gone yet, but you know, whatever the Lord decides, I’m ready for her … I have nothing to do with that. That’s His job. It’s His territory, you know? And I understand it.”

Bobbi Kristina’s mother Whitney Houston died from accidental drowning in February 2012.

Family friend and gospel singer Kim Burrell said in February that doctors had put Ms Brown in a medically induced coma to stop brain swelling.