Allah’ll give my mum, dad justice –Kudirat’s son

Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (arrowed) flanked by supporters, after he regained his freedom at the Appeal Court, in Lagos... on Friday. Right is the Late Kudirat Abiola.

First child of the late Kudirat Abiola, Lekan Abiola, has expressed disappointment over Friday’s Appeal Court judgment, which upturned the death sentence earlier passed on Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and Lateef Shofolahan, who were accused of masterminding the killing of his mother.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos had earlier on Friday discharged and acquitted the former Chief Security Officer to the late Gen. Sani Abacha (Al-Mustapha) and Shofolahan, an ex-aide to the late Kudirat.

The appellate court had dismissed the judgment of Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos High Court, which sentenced both men to death by hanging, after accusing the judge of being “stroked to secure a conviction by all means.”

But the younger Abiola told Saturday PUNCH on Friday that he was “disappointed, but not particularly surprised by the judgement.”

Scandalous scorelines: FIFA awaits NFF action

NFF President Aminu Maigari

FIFA says it is interested in the scandalous results from  the games involving  two Nigerian  amateur league clubs– Plateau United Feeders and Police Machine – on Monday.

The two matches produce an incredible 146 goals.

Plateau United Feeders crushed Akurba 79-0 while Police Machine demolished Babayaro 67-0 in the fifth tier  promotion playoffs. Plateau United Feeders scored 72 goals in the second half while Police Machine netted 61 after the break.

 The two teams vying for a single promotion spot had gone into the final round-robin matches equal on points and goal difference.

The scores were the biggest seen in African football since Madagascar’s AS Adema won 149-0 in a 2002 match where losing side Stade Olympique l’Emyrne scored numerous own goals in protest at a refereeing decision.

Soyinka, an embarrassment –Patience Jonathan •Amaechi behind Rivers crisis –FG

Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Friday took on the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, for attributing the crisis in the Rivers State House of Assembly to her.

In a statement by her spokesman, Ayo Osinlu, the President’s wife said Soyinka betrayed the moral duty that expected him, as a respected member of the society, to carefully consider all shades of issues that informed his opinions on any matter.

Mrs. Jonathan said Soyinka had become an embarrassment to his admirers with his diatribe against her.

The statement read in part, “Unfortunately, Soyinka betrayed moral duty in his recent diatribe against Mrs. Patience Jonathan.

“Of course, this would not be the first time he would reach out against the First Lady, usually from self-righteously indignant lecterns.

Untold Story of Why Al Mustapha Visited TB Joshua Immediately After Release [+PHOTO]

Al-Mustapha was released yesterday Friday July 12th after many years in prison, and his first port of call after his release was T.B Joshua's place.

T.B Joshua explains why Al-Mustapha visited him first:

"I got to know him many years ago when a petition was addressed to General Bamaiyi who was the then Chairman of the NDLEA. As you know, several efforts had been made by my detractors to bring me and my ministry down. One of those efforts was that petition. I was arrested for investigation and it was later discovered that it was a tissue of lies. I spent nine days with them for investigation and they found the whole thing to be a fabrication. From there, I was taken to Aso Rock (City of Power) to see the president. It was there that I met Mustapha."

"I was able to reveal to them who I am by telling them what was to come as a prophet. One of those things I mentioned to them and to Mustapha in particular, was what he went through, though he did not believe me then. That was why when it came to pass, I was the first person he remembered. I told him that he would spend several years in prison and would be finally released which no one else had ever told him.

That is why you see him coming here as his first port of call. Where there is no vision, people perish.

I am surprised you are asking me why he is coming here first. When you look into your archives  as journalists, you will find many stories in the past about my visit to Aso Rock, (City of Power) while Bamaiyi was Chairman of NDLEA. Many magazines and newspapers published my visions and prophecies on the government and the presidency.

When you know your picture of tomorrow, it will impart a strength to endure your present difficulty. When you know what you are passing through now will not last long, you will endure it. This is vision; this is prophecy. This can only come by revelation. This is what the Bible means by, “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Proverbs 29:18). I will leave you here."

Rivers crisis: I am ready to pay the ultimate price – Amaechi

By Aniete Ukoh, (Port-Harcourt), Bello Saka (Minna)
Embattled Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State declared yesterday, in Port Harcourt, that he is ready to pay the price for his belief in democracy and stand in the current crisis in the state.
This was happening as President Goodluck Jonathan, on a state visit to China,  denied any involvement in the crisis, while the President’s man-Friday, Nyesom Wike was also busy denying his role in the confusion but Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State believed that the Presidency is awash with money to engage in fight against states.
Amaechi’s position, which is his first official reaction to the Wednesday’s withdrawal of soldiers from Government House, Port Harcourt, was revealed through his Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari.
“Naturally, the governor is worried that his security has been withdrawn. But like he has said in the past, he is willing to pay the price for democracy. If that is the case, so be it,” the commissioner said.
The governor, however, regretted that only a handful of policemen and men of the State Security Service (SSS) were left with him and feared that he could not say, for sure, what could happen next, given the speed at which events were unfolding in the state.
Amaechi said “the security development in the state is most worrisome at this critical time given the alleged report in some quarters that ex-militants who were hitherto driven out of circulation are now said to have fully returned and may go back to the trenches.”

Court rejects EFCC’s bid to seize Sylva’s properties

Former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva

An Abuja Federal High Court on Thursday rejected moves by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to seize 48 property allegedly belonging to former Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva.

The court held that the request amounted to an abuse of court process as the former governor was being prosecuted over a related charge in a sister   court.
In December 2012, the EFCC had, through an ex parte motion, applied for a temporary order of forfeiture of the 48 property.
The court, presided over by Justice A. R. Mohammed, granted the EFCC leave to sustain the action but also ordered the anti-graft agency to put Sylva on notice.
After listening to the submissions of EFCC counsel, John Anaeto, and Sylva’s lawyer, Benson Ibezim, the court reserved its decision till Thursday, July 11, 2013.
Justice Mohammed held that it was an abuse of the court process for the EFCC to bring an action before him which is related to a charge before a sister court for which Sylva is currently standing trial.
He therefore refused to extend the temporary order granted the EFCC to seize the 48 property.

PUNCH

Soldiers withdrawal: Govt warns of looming danger

THE Rivers State Government has condemned the sudden  withdrawal of soldiers from the Government House in Port Harcourt.

A group of soldiers, who have been mounting guard at the Government House, were suddenly withdrawn from their posts on Wednesday, a development that caused panic among workers within the place.

Speaking with The PUNCH in a telephone interview on Thursday, the Chief of Staff, Government House, Port Harcourt, Mr. Tony Okocha, expressed shock that the soldiers could be withdrawn at a time the state government’s relationship with the police was not cordial.

Court rejects EFCC’s bid to seize Sylva’s properties

Former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva

An Abuja Federal High Court on Thursday rejected moves by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to seize 48 property allegedly belonging to former Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva.

The court held that the request amounted to an abuse of court process as the former governor was being prosecuted over a related charge in a sister   court.
In December 2012, the EFCC had, through an ex parte motion, applied for a temporary order of forfeiture of the 48 property.
The court, presided over by Justice A. R. Mohammed, granted the EFCC leave to sustain the action but also ordered the anti-graft agency to put Sylva on notice.
After listening to the submissions of EFCC counsel, John Anaeto, and Sylva’s lawyer, Benson Ibezim, the court reserved its decision till Thursday, July 11, 2013.
Justice Mohammed held that it was an abuse of the court process for the EFCC to bring an action before him which is related to a charge before a sister court for which Sylva is currently standing trial.
He therefore refused to extend the temporary order granted the EFCC to seize the 48 property.

PUNCH

Court rejects EFCC’s bid to seize Sylva’s properties

Former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva

An Abuja Federal High Court on Thursday rejected moves by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to seize 48 property allegedly belonging to former Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva.

The court held that the request amounted to an abuse of court process as the former governor was being prosecuted over a related charge in a sister   court.
In December 2012, the EFCC had, through an ex parte motion, applied for a temporary order of forfeiture of the 48 property.
The court, presided over by Justice A. R. Mohammed, granted the EFCC leave to sustain the action but also ordered the anti-graft agency to put Sylva on notice.
After listening to the submissions of EFCC counsel, John Anaeto, and Sylva’s lawyer, Benson Ibezim, the court reserved its decision till Thursday, July 11, 2013.
Justice Mohammed held that it was an abuse of the court process for the EFCC to bring an action before him which is related to a charge before a sister court for which Sylva is currently standing trial.
He therefore refused to extend the temporary order granted the EFCC to seize the 48 property.

PUNCH

Court rejects EFCC’s bid to seize Sylva’s properties

Former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva

An Abuja Federal High Court on Thursday rejected moves by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to seize 48 property allegedly belonging to former Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva.

The court held that the request amounted to an abuse of court process as the former governor was being prosecuted over a related charge in a sister   court.
In December 2012, the EFCC had, through an ex parte motion, applied for a temporary order of forfeiture of the 48 property.
The court, presided over by Justice A. R. Mohammed, granted the EFCC leave to sustain the action but also ordered the anti-graft agency to put Sylva on notice.
After listening to the submissions of EFCC counsel, John Anaeto, and Sylva’s lawyer, Benson Ibezim, the court reserved its decision till Thursday, July 11, 2013.
Justice Mohammed held that it was an abuse of the court process for the EFCC to bring an action before him which is related to a charge before a sister court for which Sylva is currently standing trial.
He therefore refused to extend the temporary order granted the EFCC to seize the 48 property.

PUNCH

Italian court fines Saipem for bribing Nigerian officials

An Italian court on Thursday found Saipem guilty on charges of international corruption, confiscating assets worth 24.5 million euros and ordering it to pay fine of 600,000 euros.
The case revolved round a company called Snamprogetti which was accused of paying bribes to Nigerian officials to win contracts between 1994 to 2004.
Snamprogetti was a wholly owned subsidiary of Italian oil and gas group Eni until February 2006 when a deal was reached to sell it to Saipem.
Snamprogetti was merged into Saipem in 2008.  Saipem is 43 percent owned by Eni

CAN, amnesty panel meeting ends in a deadlock

CAN president, Ayo Oritsejafor

A meeting between the leadership of the  Christian Association of Nigeria and members of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in North ended in deadlock on Thursday in Abuja.

This came as the umbrella Christian body kicked against the composition of the committee, threatening not to accept any recommendation made by the panel.

The Committee Chairman and Minister of Special Duties, Alhaji Tanimu Turaki (SAN), had while highlighting the committee’s terms of reference, solicited the support of CAN in the peace process.

He said, “We are not only soliciting your understanding, we are also seeking the support of the Christian community in Nigeria. We are not only soliciting your advice and suggestions, we are also fundamentally seeking your cooperation and that of the Christian community in Nigeria.”

Emerald, New TV Drama Series, Hits The Airwaves

After so many years of background work, Emerald, a drama series that is poised to redefine Nigeria’s TV drama landscape, is set to begin airing on the two leading TV networks in Nigeria – NTA Network at 10pm every Friday and AIT Network every Wednesday & Thursday at 7.30pm. Transmission will begin in July, 2013.
Season 1 of Emerald was directed by John Njamah, and  shot in full HD format. The story explores the age-old truth that when it comes to emotions, the barrier of status, whether rich, middle class or poor, is broken down. The setting of the drama is in West Africa and the cast parades some of the best actors in Nigeria, including Joseph Benjamin, Kunle Bamtefa, Carol King, Lilian Esoro, Bayray Mcwizu, David Mckenzie, Femi Branch, and Tamara Eteimo.
Emerald is the first of many drama series to be produced by SevenSeries Limited, a TV Content Production and Distribution Company, in conjunction with FirsTV Studios, a complete, fully equipped one-stop TV production facility. According to the producers, the motivation behind the multi-million naira project is to put Nigeria back in the global drama space via a proudly Nigerian production made to international standard that will appeal to every strata of the viewing public.

Control Your Wife, Soyinka Warns Jonathan - Nobel Laurette warns Ignoble "Laura"

Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has warned President Goodluck Jonathan to restrain his wife from her overbearing contributions to the heating of the Rivers State polity.

Speaking at a press conference he addressed in Lagos on Thursday alongside Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), Soyinka also fingered the president as “vicariously liable” should Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi die in the aftermath of the crisis currently engulfing the Rivers State House of Assembly.
“The perception out there in the world is that he (Jonathan) bears a vicarious liability with what is happening in Rivers State,” Soyinka said. “My colleague was with the governor during what amounted to a siege. Anyone who said teargas was not thrown into the premises [of the Governor’s Lodge] is either ignorant or is lying,” he said.
On Patience Jonathan, he said: “Mrs. Jonathan cannot be a First Lady without first learning to be a lady. She is getting away with murder because she has the backing of her husband.

Rivers crisis: Nigerians besiege YouTube for video

PUNCH - Nigerians have besieged various YouTube channels to catch a glimpse of what transpired on the floor of the Rivers State House of Assembly when the lawmakers were embroiled in a fight.

Five members of the House opposed to Governor Rotimi Amaechi had engaged about 13 of their colleagues in a fight shortly after the pro-governor lawmakers resisted their move to impeach the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Mr. Otelemaba Amachree.

In the mayhem, the Leader of the House, Mr. Chidi Lloyd; Michael Chinda  and Martins Amahule sustained  serious injuries.

As at the time of filing this report, three major video clips of the incident had gone viral on YouTube with many users of the social network sharing the video on their respective channels.

On the YouTube channel of SaharaTV, for instance, the video had attracted over 43,000 views when our correspondent visited.

Operators to pay N200,000 for every unregistered SIM

Any telecommunications operator that failed to disconnect unregistered Subscriber Identity Module cards from its network by July 1 this year in line with the directive of the Nigerian Communications Commission will have to pay N200,000 fine per SIM if detected.

The Assistant Director, NCC, Mr. Reuben Muoka, revealed this to our correspondent in a telephone interview on Wednesday.

“For a SIM card that an operator refuses to disconnect after the June 30 deadline, the operator will pay N200,000,” he said

The penalty is similar to that which the operators deemed to be frustrating porting processes under the Mobile Number Portability scheme will pay on every frustrated line because the NCC has also pegged the penalty for MNP abuses at N200,000 per line.

FG secures $500m aviation infrastructure loan from China

The Federal Government has finally signed a $500m loan agreement with China for the construction of four international airport terminals in Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt and Kano.

The loan, which was one of many agreements and Memorandum of Understandings signed by both countries, was approved in Beijing on Wednesday as President Goodluck Jonathan formally commenced a two-day state visit to China.

A statement signed by the Special Adviser (Media) to the Minister of Aviation, Mr. Joe Obi, said the commencement of construction work on the terminals had been on hold pending the formal signing of the loan deal, which will be provided by the China EXIM Bank.

Taribo begs Keshi to recall Yobo

A former Super Eagles defender Taribo West has pleaded with Stephen Keshi to recall team captain Joseph Yobo as Nigeria prepare for their last Group F World Cup qualifying match against the Flames of Malawi.

 Yobo, who was a key player for Fenerbahce in last season’s campaign in Turkey, last played for Nigeria at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa where he featured as a substitute in most of the games. He has since been left out of the team as Nigeria played all their matches in the qualifying rounds for Brazil 2014.

The former Everton defender recently lashed out at Keshi for leaving him out of the team while the coach has insisted that Yobo remains the team captain. But Taribo is not convinced that Keshi has Yobo in his plans, a situation, he said cost Nigeria an impressive outing at the FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil.

President Goodluck Jonathan and First Lady Visit China [PHOTOS]

 President Goodluck Jonathan and the First Lady, Patience Jonathan were received by the Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister, Le Yucheng on their arrival to Beijin International Airport China for State visit today, Tuesday July 9.

President Jonathan is on a five-day state visit to China to make economic deals which will be signed after high-level talks with the country.

The deals will include an Agreement on Defence Cooperation between Nigeria and China, an Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation; an Agreement on Finance for the Zungeru Power Plant and Airport Terminals; and an Agreement on Mutual Visa Exemption for Holders of Diplomatic and Official Passports.

 

 

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Celebration of Life - Mummy, 8 months' on....

Obafemi Janet Oluwafunmilayo (1956 - 2012)

It's now exactly 8 months that you left this sinful world, we continue to console ourselves with the wonderful memories of you that we have, with confidence in the fact that you are already resting in the bosom of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ordinarily in posts like this, things like 'miss you' and the likes seem to always re-occur especially past tenses but I wouldn't want to say I missed you because I didn't. For me and 'us', would prefer to use the words actively missing you, because that's the fact and it's continuous.

Continue to rest on till we meet to part no more, requiescat in pace ma. 

Romans 8 vs 38 - 39: For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, or depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Fondly remembered by Obafemayor02 - for the family.

Nigerian clubs to be investigated for match-fixing after 79-0, 67-0 results

Four Nigerian football clubs have been suspended ahead of an investigation into match-fixing after a race for promotion led to a pair of ridiculous final-day scorelines.
Plateau United Feeders and Police Machine, two amateur sides chasing one spot in Nigeria’s Nationwide League Division 3 – the bottom tier of Nigeria’s professional leagues – needed to out-score the other to ensure they would be the ones turning pro.
However, the Nigerian FA quite understandably grew suspicious of Plateau’s 79-0 win over Akurba FC and Machine’s 67-0 thumping of Babayaro FC.
Making matters fishier, Plateau-Akurba were reportedly 7-0 at half-time while Machine-Babayaro were 6-0 at the interval.

Surprise Attack On Ombatse Imminent, As Leader Reveals Al Makura A Financial Member Of Group

Information available to 247ureports.com reveal that the continued insecurity in the north central state of Nasarawa State may not be over – judging by the recent unfolding activities within military setup staged in Nasarawa following the mysterious slaughter of security officers at Eggon community earlier in the year. Competent sources knowledgeable of the activities within the security setup in Nasarawa State reveal that a surprise attack is imminent. “The leader of the Ombatse prayer group is wanted dead”, said the source.
remains of some the policemen killed and burnt by the militiamen in Nasarawa
Already, the military apparatus deployed by the federal government to ensure security in the north east area of Nasarawa State where Eggon is situated is said to have begun heavy patrol of the community – with armored vehicles and other war-machineries. While patrolling, the military officers – working in tandem with the police in Nasarawa State – have begun making arrests of people it believes may have played a role in the killing of the security officers.

Why Boko Haram opted to cease fire – FG

Amidst doubts as to whether the purported ceasefire declared by the Boko Haram insurgents would hold, the Federal Government on Wednesday disclosed why the Islamic sect opted for cessation of hostilities.
Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North and Minister of Special Duties, Alhaji Tanimu Turaki revealed to State House correspondents in Abuja that the group took the decision following their conclusion that the Federal Government was sincere in the search for dialogue.
Confident that Boko Haram would not go back on their directive to members to cease fire which he said was captured on tape, he said they took government’s sincerity into consideration as well as having convinced themselves that they were not being lured into a trap by the committee.
According to him, “basically, they took into account, one; the sincerity of the committee which by necessary implication also, the sincerity of the President (Goodluck Jonathan) regarding resolving the issue of insecurity in the North.

Oritsejafor dismisses FG, Boko Haram ceasefire deal

The Christian Association of Nigeria President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, on Wednesday dismissed the ceasefire deal between the Federal Government and the Boko Haram leadership.
Oritsejafor, who spoke on the sidelines of the ninth National Assembly of CAN,  noted that Boko Haram leadership could not be taken seriously because the group had been factionalised.
The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Secruity Challenges in the North, Mr. Kabiru Turaki (SAN), had on Monday announced the ceasefire deal.
However, responding to reporters’ questions on Wednesday, the CAN President said, “Which Boko Haram? There have been all manner of people that claim to be Boko Haram. Now there are two groups, the Shekau group and Ansaru group, have you heard from them?
“Even if one person says, I want peace, I drop my weapons, we will be happy, but I still ask: which Boko Haram because we have seen situations in the past where they told us that some people wanted truce and the next day we saw people being killed.”
Oritsejafor, who urged religious fundamentalists to be cautions, also promised to use the fresh mandate given to him by the Christian union to pursue peace in the country.

N’Assembly to take over Rivers State’s legislature

The    House of Representatives on Wednesday   endorsed a resolution  to take over the functions of the cisis -ridden  Rivers   State House of Assembly.

At its plenary presided over by Deputy Speaker Emeka Ihedioha,  members  agreed  that  the crisis in the  Assembly had led to a breakdown of law and order, making it impossible for the Assembly  to perform its legislative duties.

But the situation was different in the Senate where an uproar erupted as members  took different positions  on  the ideal approach to adopt in tackling the  crisis.

The  decision by the House however followed a motion   by Mr. Albert Sam-Tsokwa (Taraba State), who relied on  Section 11 (4) of the 1999 Constitution in presenting his motion.

N’Assembly to take over Rivers State’s legislature

The    House of Representatives on Wednesday   endorsed a resolution  to take over the functions of the cisis -ridden  Rivers   State House of Assembly.

At its plenary presided over by Deputy Speaker Emeka Ihedioha,  members  agreed  that  the crisis in the  Assembly had led to a breakdown of law and order, making it impossible for the Assembly  to perform its legislative duties.

But the situation was different in the Senate where an uproar erupted as members  took different positions  on  the ideal approach to adopt in tackling the  crisis.

The  decision by the House however followed a motion   by Mr. Albert Sam-Tsokwa (Taraba State), who relied on  Section 11 (4) of the 1999 Constitution in presenting his motion.

N’Assembly to take over Rivers State’s legislature

The    House of Representatives on Wednesday   endorsed a resolution  to take over the functions of the cisis -ridden  Rivers   State House of Assembly.

At its plenary presided over by Deputy Speaker Emeka Ihedioha,  members  agreed  that  the crisis in the  Assembly had led to a breakdown of law and order, making it impossible for the Assembly  to perform its legislative duties.

But the situation was different in the Senate where an uproar erupted as members  took different positions  on  the ideal approach to adopt in tackling the  crisis.

The  decision by the House however followed a motion   by Mr. Albert Sam-Tsokwa (Taraba State), who relied on  Section 11 (4) of the 1999 Constitution in presenting his motion.

OJB Jezreel puts stop to donations

In a press conference that held yesterday, OJB said:

"Appreciate all those who stood by me one way or the other. I'm sincerely grateful and feel blessed that people could go miles just to make me well again. Now that I have gotten all the money needed for my medical bill, I want to officially put a stop to all forms of appeal or request in bid to save OJB. I want Nigerians to know that I have gotten the N16million needed for my treatment. Therefore, no donation should again be made to any source in respect of the said case. I will be going for my operation by mid August"

Benefits of drinking warm lemon water every morning

Drinking warm lemon water in the morning helps kick start the digestion process for the day. Experts say the choices that you make regarding your daily routine either build up resistance to disease or tear it down.
There are many health benefits of lemons that have been known for centuries. The two biggest are lemons’ strong anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and immune-boosting powers and their use as a weight loss aid because lemon juice is a digestive aid and liver cleanser. Lemons contain many substances — notably citric acid, calcium, magnesium, vitamin C, bioflavonoids, pectin, and limonene — that promote immunity and fight infection.
How to do it: Use purified water that should be lukewarm, not scalding hot. Avoid ice cold water, since that can be a lot for your body to process and it takes more energy to process ice cold water than the warm. Always use fresh lemons, never bottled lemon juice. Squeeze 1/2 a lemon into a cup and drink it down first thing before you eat a single thing, or workout, etc.

Polytechnics Lecturers Agrees To End Strike

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has agreed to end its strike.
The union agreed to end its strike at a meeting organized by the Joint Committee on Education of the National Assembly.
The joint committee organized the meeting to resolve the faceoff between the Federal Government, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), and ASUP.
The Minister of Education, Rukayat Rufai and the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chukwuemeka Nwogu were present at the meeting.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education, Uche Chukwumerije who chaired the joint sitting asked the unions to end this impasse which has grounded tertiary institutions across the country.
The President of ASUP, Chibuzor Asomugha said that the polytechnic lecturers would do all within their powers to call off the strike as soon as possible.
He said: “Our meeting with the Senate Committee on Education was successful. There was an agreement to meet our demands in the next two weeks as the request will be presented to President Goodluck Jonathan for his approval.”

I Can Now Walk Around And Do Things On My Own Without Support, Says Suntai

The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to ailing Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba State, Silvanus Giwa, yesterday dispelled rumours that his boss had gone blind as a result of injuries sustained in a self-piloted aircraft last year warning those peddling the story to desist forthwith.
Giwa said such unfounded rumour is capable of creating confusion in the minds of the people and urged Tarabans to ignore it.
“When our governor called me last Sunday during his 52 years birthday anniversary, he asked me to tell Tarabans that God has really answered their collective prayers. He said I should tell them that he has fully recovered and that he can now walk round and do certain things on his own without the support of anybody”, he said.

NASA finds message from God on Mars

This is amazing. NASA revealed a discovery which proves the existence of God. They claim they found messages like the 10commandments written on two tablets in a cave up in Mars according to them, these messages could only have been dropped there by God himself

According to Daily Currant...
NASA announced today that its Curiosity Rover has found an unambiguous message from God written on tablets in a Martian cave.

According to an official press release two giant stone slabs the size of small elephants were located deep inside a cavern abutting Aeolis Mons, a large mountain.

2015: It does not matter where I put my gear – Obasanjo

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that his interest in the unity and peace of Nigeria as a country transcends the boundaries of any political party.
Obasanjo made this statement while speaking at the 50th anniversary of Aare Afe Babalola’s call to the Nigerian bar.
Obasanjo, who was reacting to banter from Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi asking him to be a neutral player in Nigerian politics said “It does not matter where I put my gear, what matters to me is the interest of Nigeria and nothing can take that away from me.”
It all started at the commissioning of Afe Babalola & Co Head Office extension, opposite Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan.

Outrage over Rivers Assembly fracas

Prominent Nigerians and groups on Tuesday condemned the fracas in the Rivers State House of Assembly.
Groups and individuals, who condemned the brawl included former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Senator Wilson Ake, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN)  and the Congress for Progressive Change.
The CPC blamed President Goodluck Jonathan for the fracas.
The party’s spokesman, Mr. Rotimi Fashakin, in a telephone interview with one of our correspondents, described happenings in the state as Jonathan’s brand of democracy.
Fashakin said the attempt by five lawmakers, who were opposed to the state Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, to impeach principal officers of the House,  was reckless.
He wondered how five members could attempt to impose their views on the 27 others.

Troops deployed in schools to stop Boko Haram attack

Troops have been deployed in Government College, Maiduguri, following a threat by Boko Haram members.
It is apparently to prevent another massacre of pupils like the one in Yobe where no fewer than 22 were killed.
In Yobe, there is a heavy security build-up to ward off insurgents.
The Defence Headquarters yesterday fingered Boko Haram as the mastermind of the murder of the Yobe pupils, amid reports that the sect denied responsibility for the gruesome action.
Defence Headquarters spokesman Brig-Gen. Chris Olukolade told our correspondent: “Even if they are denying it, Boko Haram members are those in a marauding group doing such a thing.

Nursing mother commits suicide after baby dedication

A 35-year-old woman, identified as Ejobosele Okoruwa. has committed suicide in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government, Edo State, few hours after dedicating her three months old baby in a church.
Ejobosele dedicated her baby on Sunday, while she killed herself in the early hours of Monday.
Her lifeless body was found dangling from the ceiling with the wrapper she allegedly used to hang herself.
Husband of the deceased, Okoruwa told journalists that he slept in the sitting room with two of his children, while his wife slept in the bedroom with their eldest daughter and the baby.
Okoruwa said it was shouts from his daughter around 2am that woke him up, adding that he rushed inside the room only to see his wife dangling from the ceiling.
He said recent behaviour of his wife indicated that she was depressed, but it did not occur to him that she would take her own life.

Amaechi does not have a party structure —Wike

The Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, in an interview with journalists in Abuja, explains the crisis in the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, NIYI ODEBODE  was there. Excerpts:
What happened at the Port Harcourt Airport on Saturday, June 29, when  President Goodluck Jonathan was returning to Abuja after his visit to Bayelsa State?
The President came on Friday. That was 28th June, 2013.  We were at the airport to receive him. The governor was in Lagos with his APC (All Peoples Congress) friends. They were at Fashola’s (Lagos State governor) birthday. He did not come to receive the President. The deputy governor came. When the deputy governor came, he saw the crowd that came to receive the President. He must have reported to the governor and said, “You can’t allow this.” So on 29th June, Saturday, the governor came. He saw us. The first thing he did was to call the chief detail to Mr. President. He said if these people did not come out of this place, he would not come and receive Mr. President. Who were the people he was talking about? He did not want to see the state party (the Peoples Democratic Party) officials. Mr. President alighted from a helicopter. We all went to receive him.

Darkness in Nigeria: Reps blame poor power supply on Okonjo-Iweala

The House of Representatives on Tuesday blamed the deteriorating power supply in the country on the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for allegedly failing to release power sector funds.
The House Committee on Power also criticised the Coordinating Minister of the Economy for the Federal Government’s refusal to provide funds for the running of power generation and distribution companies in the 2013 budget.
Chairman of the committee, Mr. Patrick Ikhariale, said, during a meeting with the companies, the Ministry of Power and the Bureau for Public Enterprises that government stopped funding the companies on the excuse that they were being privatised.

I made ‘successful’ mistakes as President —Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday declared that he made “successful” mistakes as Military Head of State and civilian president.
Obasanjo, who ruled the country between 1976 and 1979 as a military head and between 1999 and 2007 as a civilian President, however, took responsibility for all his actions.
He spoke in Ibadan, Oyo State during the 50th anniversary lecture to commemorate the call to the Bar of Chief Afe Babalola (SAN).
A civil war veteran and former Chief of Staff of the 3rd Marine Commando Division, Nigeria Army, Gen. Alabi Isama (retd), had recently accused Obasanjo of committing numerous blunders during his reign in government.
Obasanjo said, “One  mistake I made that turned out to be successful was when I was looking for somebody to give leadership of the University of Lagos to and I chose Babalola. Some people said I made a mistake but it turned out to be a successful mistake.

Tope and Soji Alabi on Marriage - The Couple Must Understand Each Other

Tope Alabi, a gospel artiste, has been embroiled in a sex scandal with a former spiritual mentor, Prophet Ajanaku, but what has not wavered is her relationship with her husband, Soji Alabi. The couple have been married to Soji for 12 years, and in this interview with Punchng, the couple who work together, talk about their marriage and work relationship.


For how long have you been married?

We have been married for over 12 years.

How and when did you meet?

Soji: We met around 1994. Then, I was working as a studio engineer in Lagos. She came for the production of some movie sound tracks. I was the one producing the sound tracks for her. In 1998, we were working on her first album, when I proposed to her to be my wife.

Govs didn’t shun Lagos-Ibadan road reconstruction ceremony – ACN

The Action Congress of Nigeria has described as untrue the claim by the Peoples Democratic Party that the ACN governors in the South-West shunned last week’s commencement of the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway by President Goodluck Jonathan.
In a statement in Abuja on Monday, the ACN  National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said only the Governors of Lagos, Oyo and Ogun were invited to the ceremony, hence it was inaccurate to give the impression that all the ACN governors in the South-West were expected to be there.
It said while Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun personally attended the ceremony, the governors of Lagos and Oyo sent their deputies to represent them because both of them were out of the country at the time.

Boko Haram begs for forgiveness, signs ceasefire deal

LAGOS — “WE are seeking forgiveness from the people over the number of people killed in the country.
I appeal to those who lost their loved ones to our activities to forgive us and on our side we have forgiven all those who committed atrocities against us. I  want to state clearly that we have no hands in the unfortunate attack on the secondary school (Government Secondary School, Mamudo, Yobe State).”
With these words, Imam Muhammadu Marwana, an influential member of the Abubakar Shekau-led Boko Haram sect, yesterday, confirmed a ceasefire agreement with the Federal Government to end their deadly activities across most states of Northern Nigeria, which have claimed about 4,000 lives and destroyed properties worth billions of Naira since 2009.

Abubakar Shekau and President Jonathan
The agreement came exactly 82 days after the Federal Government raised a 25-man committee to work out modalities for granting the amnesty to the sect.
Indeed, the Federal Government, yesterday, said that it had signed a ceasefire agreement with the militant group. Minister of Special Duties and Chairman of the Peace and Dialogue Committee in the North,  Alhaji Tanimu Turaki announced the ceasefire agreement on the Hausa service of Radio France International monitored in Kano

I mistakenly fired 7 shots, says policeman accused of killing 3

A witness in the case involving a policeman, Cpl. Abu Abolaji, who is standing trial for alleged shooting three men to death while on patrol, yesterday, told a Lagos High Court in Igbosere that seven shots were mistakenly fired by him.
The witness, Mr Yahyah Emmanuel, an inspector, told the court that he and three other policemen, including the defendant, were on patrol when the seven shots that left three men dead were fired.
According to the witness, “On October 1, 2009, I was at Adekunle Police Station when we received a distress call informing us of a robbery at Alagomeji after which four of us signed for ammunition and went on patrol. When we got there, we saw three men who ran into a car and locked themselves up immediately they saw us.
“I got down from the patrol van with Cpl. Abolaji and asked him to go find out why the men ran into the car when they saw us. After a while, I started hearing gunshots and I moved to the scene to ask the defendant why he was shooting.”

PDP may overrule Daniel’s suspension

The suspension of the immediate past Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, by the Peoples Democratic Party in the state may soon be lifted by the party’s national leadership.
There was an indication on Monday that the national leadership  of the PDP might soon overrule the suspension placed on Daniel for alleged anti-party activities and for fraternising with the Labour Party by his local Ward 12 in Sagamu, Sagamu Local Government Area of the State.
PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, gave the hint during the inauguration of the party secretariat in Abeokuta South Local Government Area, Ijeja, Abeokuta.
Tukur  described Daniel as a statesman  that must be accorded his “deserved status.”
Represented on the occasion by the  Chairman, Governing Council of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency, Jide Adeniji, the PDP national chairman said before a party chief of the former governor’s calibre could be  suspended, the decision must be ratified by the party’s National Executive Committee.

80% African offenders in China are Nigerians –Envoy

The Nigerian Ambassador to China, Aminu Wali, on Monday said Nigerians were responsible for about 80 per cent of the offences committed by Africans in China.
Over 400 Nigerians, he added, were serving various jail terms in China for drug-related offences.
Wali stated this in Beijing ahead of President Goodluck Jonathan’s state visit to China.
He said, “We certainly have big issue with drug-related crimes committed by Nigerians in China and when you look at the whole of Africa, you find out that about 80 per cent of all the offences and crimes committed by Africans in China is committed by Nigerians.
“That is why I think we are having a running battle to try and control the situation. However, we need assistance from back home; from the security agencies manning our exits and entry points in Nigeria to be more alert and vigilant to make sure these individuals do not escape through our routes to come into, not only to China but also any other country.

What Stars Wore to Miss Nigeria 2013 (Photos)

The 2013 edition of Miss Nigeria beauty pageant held on Saturday July 6, 2013 at Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, where beautiful Anyaoha Ezinne Akudo emerged the winner.

The night was made brighter by top celebrities in Nigerian entertainment and social scene. Top among those who graced the event include, AY, Tiwa Savage, Eku Edowor, Munachi Abi, Bovi and many others.