Monday, 20 July 2015
Two Die As Car Rams Into A Tree And Breaks To Pieces
The accident happened just beside Maitama general hospital in Abuja this morning. Two people died, two still unconscious. Sad. More photos after the jump.
One Chance' Robber Caught In Abuja (Photos)
Reports reaching our news desk has it that a 'One Chance' robber has been caught in Abuja.
According to reports, the guy in handcuffs was caught hiding in the bush, somewhere around FO1 area in Kubwa Abuja, after robbing a woman they picked somewhere around airport road.
The armed robbers actually set the car they came with on fire then ran into the bush, unfortunately for them they couldn't make it out of the layout before the police came. The police searched the area and caught this one hiding. See more photos after the jump.
Burial Ceremony Ends Abruptly As Police Shoots Two Mourners Dead
The people of Fugar in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State are reliving the tragedy which occured last month when a a police officer, attached to a traditional ruler, shot dead two women during the burial of a former headmaster, Hon. James Oshioriamhe Etu.
Other mourners at the occasion took to their heels following the gunshots which hit Sandra Emaku and Aishitu Aliyu, both of them nursing mothers.
Sunday Vanguard gathered that trouble started when the children of the deceased were dancing as part of the funeral rites.
One of the traditional rulers (names withheld) who graced the occasion stood up to leave. As if drunk, one of the police officers attached to the monarch started shooting sporadically with one hand. The two women fell to the bullets of the officer.
While Sandra was a relation of the deceased headmaster, Aishatu, who is not from that community, came to mourn with her friend, Christiana Adams, a daughter of the deceased.
We Will Make Boko Haram Beg For Peace - New Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai Declares
The newly appointed Chief of Army staff and Borno State-born Major General, who took over command of the nation’s army last week, said he was ready to lead soldiers to the dens and enclaves of the Boko Haram.
Major General Burutai re-christened the operational code of the counter insurgency efforts from “Operation Zaman Lafiya” to “Operation Zaman Lafiya Dole” – which in Hausa means ‘the quest for peace becomes a must’.
Gen. Buratai, who was in neighboring Yobe State to celebrate the Islamic eid-el-fitri festival with Nigerian troops, moved to Borno on Sunday afternoon.
He arrived Maiduguri by road and was received by the Borno State Deputy Governor, Zannah Mustapha, who immediately accompanied the army boss to visit the 103 Battalion of the 7 Division, Maiduguri in Konduga Town where they met the troops and hailed their courage and gallantry.
In his address, the army chief called for general collaboration amongst the troops and other security agencies as well as the general public in curtailing activities of the Boko Haram.
Obasanjo Does Not Want Anybody In Nigeria To Be Greater Than He Is - Ijaw Youth Council Blasts Obasanjo
Following recents comments made by former Head of State, Olusegun Obasanjo about fomer President, Goodluck Jonathan, the umbrella body for Ijaw youths in Nigeria, has issued a statement slamming Obasanjo.
In the statement, the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide (IYC) said that Obasanjo’s comments were reckless and baseless.
Speaking on behalf of the IYC, Mr. Eric Omare said "The IYC makes bold to state that former President Jonathan’s five years in office were far better than Obasanjo’s eight years in office. If Obasanjo has forgotten, we wish to remind him that because of his reckless impunity in rigging elections, late President Umaru Yar’Adua on assumption of office had zero regard in the international community.”
Mariah Carey Shows Off Her Gigantic Shoe Closet
American R&B queen, Mariah Carey flaunts a section of her massive shoe closet, reiterating her love for shoes.
She captioned it: "Always my favorite room in the house... #shoes #shoes #moreshoes. Loves it!"
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America's Youngest Convicted Murderer, Jailed At 12 Is Set To Be Released At Age 29
Curtis and his sister Catherine admitted to killing their father's girlfriend, Sonya Nicole Speights, in 1999, when they were just 12 and 13 years old respectively.
Although it was initially believed that they killed the lady over jealousy of their father's love, it was later revealed that the siblings planned to kill their father and a male relative living with them in their Port St John, Florida, home, whom they claimed was sexually abusing them.
When they realized their cries for help were not being answered, they organized the plan to kill all three.
The siblings, now aged 29 and 30, became the youngest children in the country's history to be tried as adults for first-degree murder.
News In Pictures: Moment US welcoming Goodluck Jonathan vs US welcoming Buhari
Can you see difference in above picture? If not See clearer images after the jump.
Aregbesola Denies Plan To Sack 10,000 Workers
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on Monday denied speculations that his administration was planning to sack 10,000 workers.
Mr. Aregbesola in a statement by his media aide, Semiu Okanlawon, said in Osogbo that “the so-called plan to sack 10,000 workers is a figment of an imagination by the opposition party in the state”.
Mr. Okanlawon said Mr. Aregbesola’s administration has not signified any intention to sack any worker.
“The workers’ sack speculation was part of the opposition party calculated move to misinform workers, confuse them and demoralise them.
“Discerning and decent people have come to the conclusion that when opposition makes any allegation, you must quickly dismiss it as being in its character to fabricate falsehood to confuse unsuspecting masses.
See This Pencil Portrait Of Tiwa Savage
An Engineering undergraduate that loves drawing by the name Dukelad has drawn this amazing picture of Tiwa Savage with medium-graphite and charcoal on cartridge paper.
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HOD In FUTO, Felicia Eze Kidnapped
The Head of Department (Information Management Technology) - of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Dr (Mrs) Felicia Eze was kidnapped this morning in her home in Ihiagwa Owerri. She's said to be one of the best Head of Departments in FUTO. The kidnappers are yet to make contact with her family.
Timaya Throws Shades At MTV Base’s MAMA Award
Timaya share the above pic on Instagram and wrote; "CALLING AFRICA. WATS GOING ON @ THE MAMAS AWARD, HOW IS THE POLITICS OVER THERE GOING?"
Well I must say this is an epic shade.
Mercy Aigbe-Gentry Looks Chic And Fabulous In Gorgeous Aso Ebi
Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe takes a new twist in monostrap Aso-Ebi style. The actress with her husband attended a wedding ceremony yesterday and the two show some PDA's with romantic selfie snaps.
See more photo's after the jump.
Photo : Joke Silva's Mum, Nigeria’s First Female Doctor Dies At 89
Dr Marienne Abimbola Silva has died peacefully on Sunday morning in Lagos . She was 89.
Silva is survived by screen queen , Joke Silva, Bisi Silva, Jumoke Daodu and Lape Silva.
Dr Abimbola Silva was the first female medical doctor in Nigeria . In 1979, she was honoured with the Officer of the Order of the Niger. May her soul rest in peace.
Exam Cheating Taken To Another Level
Jammed this hilarious picture on the net and it reminds me different extreme lengths in which students go to pass an exam. What came to my mind was the scene in Funke Akindele's Jenifer movie.
Share your experience, what you have done or seen others done to cheat in passing an examination. The comments section is open.
See Oritsefemi's Humble Begining in Pictures
Nigerian singer, Oritsefemi took to Instagram this Monday morning to share his past achievement and humble beginning with fans. He shared the picture above and wrote; "Lets start this week with my early beginnings. this is my first rented apartment ' in the ghetto' Ajegunle to be precise. A wood crib, N15k per annum. This was my first achievement in life. #AwoooEwaa"
See more photos after the jump together with the captions he wrote.
Forgive Me For Your Prison Experience, Lamido Begs Sons
Former Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has asked his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, to forgive him over their prison experience, as he claimed total responsibility for their ordeal in the hands of the law.
In an interview with international radio station, VOA Hausa service, monitored by Vanguard shortly after his return from Abuja, in company of the two sons, Lamido described his arrest as the beginning of restoration of confidence in political leadership in Nigeria.
The 69-year-old former governor recalled that he had been incarcerated in the past for holding opposing political views, declaring that he would never be discouraged in politics.
The protégé of late Malam Aminu Kano said he had gone through many political incarcerations in the past and noted that if the purpose of his recent arrest by the EFCC was to humiliate, deconstruct and destroy him and his family, he won’t be discouraged.
Lamido said his arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was a political hazard that a serious politician must pass through.
Photos : Buhari Arrives United States
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| President Buhari at the Joint Base Andrews Airport in Washington, DC. |
See the President’s arrival in pictures ; from the airport reception in his honour, to his official residence, the Blair House.
Adelabu Penkelemesi Is My Political Role Model - Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that he believed in the political philosophy of the first Federal Minister of Social Services and Natural Resources, Adegoke Adelabu popularly called ‘Penkelemesi’ , describing him as his political role model.
Obasanjo said the political philosophy of the late politician was devoid of ethnic and tribal considerations, but focused on a united Nigeria.
He stated this while receiving the family of the late Ibadan-born politician, who visited him on Saturday in Abeokuta, saying, majority of Nigerians are still struggling to reach the pinnacle Adelabu attained in politics.
Obasanjo, who accepted the offer to be the patron of the posthumous centenary birthday celebration of the late politician, described the late Adelabu as a detribalised Nigerian.
Some members of the Adelabu family, who were led by an Ibadan chief and a former broadcaster, Aare Tunde Alabi, said they were in Obasanjo’s house to seek his help in giving a befitting ceremony to the first African Manager of UAC Haberdashery, Lagos.
Jonathan’s Ex-CSO Denied Medication, Food, Water - Family
The detained ex-Chief Security Officer to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Gordon Obua, has complained of being denied his medications despite being diabetic and hypertensive.
In a statement issued on his behalf by his lawyer, Mr. Onochie Onwuegbuna, he complained about the conditions under which he was being detained.
He also asked for Obua’s unconditional release. Onwuegbuna alleged that his client was being witch-hunted as part of a plan against “marked” individuals, who served and held offices in the Jonathan administration “to implicate them for phantom crimes or offences.”
Although he said Obua had been denied food and water, it was learned that he was on a hunger strike to protest his being held in solitary confinement.
His lawyer in the statement said: “We have been briefed and our services retained by the family of Mr. Gordon Obua, Chief Security Officer to former President Goodluck Jonathan, in respect of his present harassment and detention by Department of State Services, DSS.
David Cameron: Extremist Ideology Is ‘struggle Of Our Generation’
People must challenge the view that people become radicalised because of historic injustices, recent wars, poverty or hardship, David Cameron will say, describing such arguments as “grievance justification”.
In a keynote speech in Birmingham on Monday, the prime minister will set out the government’s five-year strategy for tackling extremist ideology, describing it as “struggle of our generation”.
Cameron will say “the root cause of the threat we face is the extremist ideology itself,” arguing that we need first to understand what makes Islamist extremism so attractive to people in order to prevent it.
The prime minister will also use his speech to announce that Louise Casey, the head of the government’s troubled families unit, will chair a review of how to boost opportunity and integration in the most isolated and deprived communities.
“When people say: ‘It’s because of the involvement in the Iraq war that people are attacking the west,’ we should remind them: 9/11 – the biggest loss of life of British citizens in a terrorist attack – happened before the Iraq war,” Cameron will say.
Things You Need To Teach Your Child(ren) At Early Age
Biologically, a child (plural: children) is a human between the stages of birth and puberty. The legal definition of child generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority. Find below the things you need to teach your children at an early age.
- Warn your Girl Child Never to sit on anyone's laps no matter the situation including uncles.
- Avoid Getting Dressed in front of your child once he/she is 2 years old. Learn to excuse them or yourself.
- Never allow any adult refer to your child as 'my wife' or 'my husband'
- Whenever your child goes out to play with friends make sure you look for a way to find out what kind of play they do, because young people now sexually abuse themselves.
- Never force your child to visit any adult he or she is not comfortable with and also be observant if your child becomes too fond of a particular adult.
Dead Body Found In Demi Moore's Pool
The body of a 21 year old man was found dead from an apparent drowning in actress Demi Moore's pool on Saturday night. The man's body was not found till Sunday morning at the bottom of the pool.
Demi was reportedly out of town at the time of the incident but according to reports the neighbor says Demi's kids have been staying at the house for weeks and have been throwing "parties every day, day and night." The neighbor says there are frequent pool parties. Police are investigating.
Naughty Fan Grabs Maheeda's Butt (Photo)
Maheeda got more than what she bargained for when a fan requested for a picture and he passionately grabbed her buttocks . 'Some fans self .. When they ask for a picture with me.. This is the result you will do same!' She said.
Police Shut Enugu Church As Pastors, Supporters Engage In Free-For-All
It was a show of shame, yesterday, in Enugu as two pastors and their loyalists engaged themselves in fisticuffs at Mount Street Parish of Assemblies of God Church, Nigeria.
Consequently, police was compelled to lock up the church premises.
It was gathered that the church was turned into a battle field, yesterday morning, as two pastors and their supporters fought over who should take control of the parish.
Crisis of factionalisation of the Assemblies of God Church had been lingering for more than three years as two persons, Professor Paul Emeka and Dr. Chidi Okoroafor, are each laying claims to the leadership of the church, a position known as General Superintendent, a matter that is currently before the Supreme Court.
The drama started when one of the pastors, Rev. Nathaniel Udeze, came with letters of posting and other court documents as part of preparations to be installed as the new pastor at the parish.
He was promptly resisted upon arrival with his team of supporters.
Today's Newspaper Headlines : Monday, July 20, 2015
Good morning, here are the news headlines from selected national newspapers across the country. Do have a nice Monday as you read.
VANGUARD
- You' re the baddest entertainer, Don Jazzy tells D'Banj
- Stock market investors lose N1.032trn in 2 months
- Probe Jonathan, be fair, PDP tells Buhari
- Buhari visit to U.S: What you must know about 191-yr-old Blair House
- 5 Reasons Nigerians should worry about Ebola resurgence
- PROBE: Buhari bent on blackmailing Jonathan 'IJAW GROUP
- EFCC files charges against Rana Prestige directors
- Police shut Enugu church as pastors, supporters engage in free-for-all
- Photos: Buhari arrives United States
- Mrs Ambode counsels mothers over upbringing of children
- Arresting The Storm Within NIREC
- You can't judge Buhari in two months ' Fred Agbeyegbe
- Reps resume, set to boil again: Gbajabiamila will not be Majority Leader, Dogara insists
- Coming boom in Nigeria's automotive industry
- Importers lament CBN's enforcement of proceeds' repatriation rule
- NBCC seeks legal framework for real estate sector
- Available natural resources led me into wine production ' Okpala
- Nigeria loses $200m annually in untapped traditional medicine ' Esuleke
- BVN: Central Bank sets up centre in South Africa
- Entrepreneurs recount experience at TEEP boot camp
- We want to support youths run mini capital market operations ' Okoye
- Google stock in record one-day windfall of $66.9bn
- 51 mortgage banks fail to meet recapitalisation requirements
- China reveals gold holdings amid investors'doubts
- Foreign exchange risk impacting negatively on FDI
- Stakeholders charge FG on increased revenue
- ITF dismisses claim to relocate HQ
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