6 Ph.D, 704 Masters Holders among applicants for drivers at Dangote

In June 2012, the Dangote Transport company said they were looking to employ 2, 000 graduate drivers. A few of us thought it was NOT RIGHT for the company to insist on university graduates for that kind of job, but guess what? It wasn't just graduates that applied for the Graduate Executive Truck Driver position o. Of the 13, 000 applications received, 6 were Ph.D holders, 704 were Masters Holders, while 8, 460 were Bachelor degree holders.

The Chairman of the company, Aliko Dangote revealed this while speaking during the mentor-ship meeting of the World Bank Youth Forum. Na wa o!

20 Things You May Not Know About Obama

As the world wait to see who Americans will choose as the next United States president, Nasheet Khan made a list of 20 things you may not know about US president Barrack Obama.
You probably know he used to smoke, or maybe still does…read through first.
Also, there were recent publications about a possible connection of Obama to the occult group Illuminati, while some say Obama is an anti-Christ.
While all these are not proven yet, you may want to know other things you didn’t know about America’s first black president or first mixed-race president as some choose to call him.
Here are 20 things you may not know about Barack Obama
1. He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics.
2. He was known as “O’Bomber” at high school for his skill at basketball.
3. His name means “one who is blessed” in Swahili.
4. He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father.
5. He is left-handed — the sixth post-war president to be left-handed.
6. He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali.
7. He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can’t stand ice cream.
8. He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia.
9. He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president — he didn’t.
10. He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia.
11. He can bench press an impressive 96 kilograms.
12. His desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy.
13. He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.
14. He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal.
15. Obama and his wife bought a house on Chicago’s South Side in June 2005 for $1.65 million (N260 million). It has four fireplaces.
16. He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes.
17. He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21 (£13).
18. He was given the code name “Renegade” by his Secret Service handlers.
19. His heroes are Martin Luther King Jr, Mohandas Gandhi, Pablo Picasso, and John Coltrane.
20. Barack Obama’s first children’s book was for his daughters and is Of Thee I Sing – A letter to my daughters.

Professional 'cuddler' makes $500 a day by inviting strangers to take a nap with her at home

 

29 year old Jackie Samuel is a professional cuddler. She charges up to $100 an hour to cuddle people who need cuddling. Lol. Oyibo people sef! Jackie Samuel established The Snuggery in Rochester, New York and makes up to $500 a day and cuddles up to 30 people, both men and women, a week.

'I think I was born knowing how to snuggle. Snuggling is healthy, spiritual and fun. I think clients come to me for all different kinds of reasons. Some of my older clients, their wives have passed away, and they just need someone to be with, like someone to experience touch with. Some of the younger clients are between relationships, some are in problematic relationships, and some people are just really curious and they come to just find out what it's going to be like.' - Jackie said

Customers can snuggle anywhere in Jackie's house but most opt for her large double bed. #ashewotinz. lol. Kidding. But isn't it a little dangerous, inviting strange people into your home?

 

Lindaikeji

Bride Divorces Rude Husband On Wedding Day, Opts For A Wedding Guest

A newly-wed bride opted for divorce soon after the marriage formalities were completed in Bihar. She found her new husband too ‘rude’ and married a ‘more sober’ youth who had come to the wedding ceremony.
The incident occurred at Kasba village in Begusarai district, some 120km east of the Bihar capital Patna, India.
Reports say Sifat and Rashid were to get married on Saturday evening. Hundreds of guests had turned up to witness the marriage. Trouble began soon after the bride’s family urged the groom to wear clothes given to him by them for the event, but he refused to comply to their request.
“This led to a verbal altercation between the bride and groom’s families, after which the bride divorced her just-wed husband, but married another boy who had come for the marriage with the consent of the family,” said a village council official Mashkoor Alam.
“It was a peculiar incident. I have never seen such a thing in my entire life,” remarked Alam, the deputy chief of the local village panchayat (council). [GN]

Illegal arms importation to rise during Yuletide

NIGERIANS will need to  be more security conscious as Christmas  draws nearer.  Reason:  intelligence report indicates increased arms importation.
The PUNCH however learnt on Monday that the report, compiled by the police, had compelled security agencies to review their strategies  to stem the trend and effectively counter security  challenges during the yuletide.
A top police officer who spoke to one of our correspondents on the report said, “We have a report which shows that some nefarious elements want to take advantage of the festive season to bring (more) arms into the country. But all security agents have strenghtened their intelligence networks.”
When contacted, Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, asssured that the polie were ready to prevent importaion of arms into the country at any time.
“The police collaborated with INTERPOL to track down the international angle to arms importation, adding that its operations in troubled countries like Sudan, Liberia and others were meant to get to the root of illegal arms that find their way into Nigeria,” he said.
Already,  security has been beefed  up at the nation’s  airports, land borders and sea ports.
The preventive measures appear to have yielded results as the police said they had recovered a huge arms cache, including 74 AK-47 riffles, six rocket launchers, 13 rocket grenades and dynamites from criminals and arms dealers in Lagos and Anambra states just under six weeks.
Also a vessel, MV Naomi Corcel, which was carrying 20,000 rounds of ammunition and 100 AK-47 riffles, was seized near Badagry, Lagos.
It was learnt that a task force consisting of the Navy, Nigerian Maritime Administration Safety Agency, a private security agency, Global West, and marine police seized the vessel.
The task force also arrested 15 crew members, made up of three Ghanaians, four Togolese and eight Nigerians.

PHOTO: Governor Fashola and wife pictured kissing

Fashola and wife Abimbola pictured kissing at Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials closing ceremony.

Governor Babatunde Fashola can be described by many with different words – disciplinarian, non-conformist even visionary; but can we also add romantic?

The Lagos State number one citizen was recently pictured sharing a passionate kiss with his wife Abimbola Fashola at the closing ceremony of the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials meeting.

Fashola got the crowd applauding when he planted a kiss on his wife’s lips, as the Osun State governor Rauf Aregbesola and other guests looked on.

Obama and Romney Battle Down to Wire

After more than one million television ads, countless appearances and three contentious debates, the 2012 presidential election remained on a knife’s edge with both candidates seeking to shore up support in states crucial to their chances Tuesday.
President Barack Obama cheered on backers in Wisconsin, Ohio and Iowa on Monday, evidence that his campaign aimed to build a firewall in the Midwest to try to block his Republican rival. He plans to await the election returns at his base in Chicago.
Mitt Romney swooped through four battleground states—Virginia, Florida, Ohio and New Hampshire—where the Republican needs to do well to

PHOTOS: Meet Miss Ghana 2012 finalists

The 2012 edition of Miss Ghana will be holding on November 10, 2012 with a headline performance from Nigerian Soul singer Asa.

Here are the finalists who will all be hoping to be crowned on that special night.

Take a look at the 18 contestants and tell us who’s your fav…

Abena

Afriyie

Task force set up to fight mosquitoes, rats

Onitsha South Local Government Area of Anambra State has inaugurated a task force of 50 youths to eliminate pests from the area.

The Chairman of the Transition Committee of the local government, Mr. Ugochukwu Ezeani, who said this at the inauguration of the fumigation programme tagged, “Operation Kill Mosquitoes and Rats Now,” added that the membership of the task force would be increased to 450 before the end of the year.

The menace of rodents and mosquitoes in Fegge, Headbridge, Odoakpu and Woliwo, the filth infested areas of Onitsha has remained a cause for concern for the residents.

Ezeani said the council had purchased 30 units of fumigation equipment and cartons of approved NAFDAC and human-friendly chemicals for the exercise.

“From now on, fumigation of all sorts within the council would be carrie

d out through the approval of the council sanitary inspection department,” he said.

The Chief Sanitary Inspector of the council, Mr. Joseph Anienugu, lauded the exercise, saying that it would complement other programmes aimed at boosting the health of the residents of the area.

Culled: Punchng

I want to date Genevieve-Wizkid

Wizkid says he wants to date nollywood star, Genevieve Nnaji. This news was one the cover of E247, a Nigerian soft sell magazine. You can get to read the full story if you can get hold of the magazine. Yes, Genevieve once dated a musician but we don't know if she would consider dating Wizkid.

Flower Girl: Introducing Nigeria’s Newest Romantic Comedy

From the mind of Producer/Director Michelle Bello whose last film Small Boy won two African Movie Academy Awards, comes a tale of love lost and won in the city of Lagos.

Flower Girl is a romantic comedy that involves the life of Kemi, a shy florist,

who is desperate to tie the knot with her long-time boyfriend Umar. Contrary to her expectations, Umar suddenly breaks up with her, leaving her devastated.  In a desperate bid to get him back, Kemi teams up with a most unlikely ally, Tunde Kulani, a famous playboy Nollywood star.

 

The movie addresses the issue of young women who are in a hurry to get married thinking only about their prefect wedding day and not the long-term commitment required by both individuals to make it last.

The next generation of amazing Nigerian stars meticulously assembled by Michelle includes Damilola Adegbite, (formerly in Tinsel), Chris Attoh (Tinsel), Eku Edewor (Studio 53), Bikiya Graham Douglas and Chuks Chukwujekwu, starring for the first time as a male lead.  Also starring in the film are famous actors Patrick Doyle, Teni Aofiyebi and Tosan Edremoda-Ugbeye. This dynamic ensemble brings a whole new take on love in Nigeria and audiences are sure to have a highly entertaining experience watching Flower Girl when it is released in 2013.

With an all-star crew including Co-Producer Michelle Dede (Big Brother Nigeria),

Art Director Bola Bello (AMAA award winner for Art Direction: Small Boy), award-winning Screenwriter Jigi Bello (Shooter, The Waiting Room) and Director of Photography James Costello (Inale, Last Flight to Abuja and Black November), this production is highly anticipated by filmmakers all across Africa.

Shot entirely on location, Flower Girl is Michelle’s love letter to Lagos and will feature locations familiar to many as well as some exciting parts of the city never seen before in a film.  From churches to business hubs and from electrifying night life to beautiful lagoon views, Flower Girl captures modern-day Lagos in stunning high resolution that will be enjoyed by audiences everywhere.

Website: www.flowergirlthemovie.com (Coming Soon!)

Twitter: @flowergirlmovie