Kim K shows boobs in white dress as she parties in Las Vegas for her birthday

Kim Kardashian turned 34 recently and they threw her a birthday party last night at TAO Nightclub in Las Vegas. She showed off massive side boobs in a white plunging wrap dress as she partied with her husband Kanye, sister Khloe and friends. See the pics after the cut..

 

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I fell out with Patience Jonathan because I refused to share Rivers money with her" - Amaechi

Governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi says the major reason he and the first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan fell out was because he refused to share the state money with her. Gov Amaechi said this yesterday October 24th at the graduation ceremony of the Pioneer graduands of the Ignatus Ajuru University of Education held at Rumuolumeni in Rivers state. He said

"Remember, when I became governor, I fought militancy. Right there where you built a new house used to be a hole where they pass into the river nd escape. The security report reached me and I came here and chased the militants away. I asked them to fence the school premises and block the hole. I have to protect you because it is my responsibility. Some of the militants went to Lagos, Ivory Coast, Ghana etc. Today, they are back because the wife of the President bought them back to protest against me." Continue...
I refused to give them money in Abuja because if I do that, I won't be able to carry out any developmental projects or finish the road from Rumuolumeni to Rumuepirikom. The quarel between me and the wife of the Preseident is because she said I should bring your money, Rivers peoples money and share with her" Governor Amaechi alleges

Governor Amaechi is also quoted to have told the graduands that should they vote for President Jonathan back into power in next year's general elections, rivers state's economy would crumble

"Now that you are graduates, you are eligible voters that can use your voters card to change society. Ask yourself this question that I have always asked Rivers people. What have we (Rivers people) done to President Jonathan that he has refused to bring any project to Rivers state. We had to fight them before they could do the East-West road. I had to abuse the federal government and they abused me back before they could do the work you now see on that road. Our President, from the South-South, has taken oil wells from Soku in Rivers state to Bayelsa state. What about the 41 oil wells in Etche that was given to Abia state? Is the President or his wife from Abia? Why do they want us to suffer? If President Jonathan comes back to power in 2015, Rivers state economy will crash" he said...POST BY EXPDONALOADED.BLOGSPOT.COM

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NAMIBIA 2014: Falcons swoop on Lionesses for AWC trophy

It is revenge time as Super Falcons of Nigeria swoop on the Indomitable Lioness of Cameroon to extract their pound of flesh and fight for their 7th Afri­can Women Champion­ship trophy.

Already, the die is caste and the venue, Sam Nujo­ma Stadium in Windhoek, Namibia, is set to witness the explosion of female fury as both arch rivals battle for the ultimate prize and pride of ruling Africa.
Nigeria has always soared high over their West African neighbors at all the editions of the tournament except at the last edition held in 2012 in Equatorial Guinea where Cameroon edged them out of the third place consolation spot by a lone goal.
Okon said his side are angry as well as hungry and will certainly punish their West African sisters for the 2012 AWC third place defeat in Equatorial Guinea.
“We’re angry, hungry and won’t allow ourselves to be beaten twice by Cam­eroon .We want to reclaim the AWC title we lost to Equatorial Guinea in 2012 and head to the World Cup as champions.
“We have achieved a 100 per cent record in the tour­nament but the tie against Cameroon is the most cru­cial game; we must win to re-establish our superiority in Africa.
“The players are 100 per cent in shape and raring to punish them for our last championship loss,” said Okon.
High flying Falcons, got to this last stage with un­blemished records and will enter into today’s epic en­counter with chants of re­venge on their lips, aiming to punish the Indomitable Lionesses who braved the odds to reach the final of the biennial tournament for the first time since it started in 1998.
This is the first time both countries will lock horns in the AWC final and his­tory favors Falcons as six time record holders of the tournament to come out victorious.In2006 , Nigeria bashed Cameroon 5-0 in the semi finals with Peper­tua Nkwocha netting a hat trick.
The same scenario played out in 2010 in South Africa and the Nigerian girls did not waste time in sending the old foes pack­ing with another resound­ing 5-1 win that recorded another hat trick perfor­mance from Nkwocha.
During the maiden edi­tion of the tournament in 1998 semi finals, the score line was Nigeria 6- Cam­eroon 0 and the trend con­tinued to 2000 and the girls from Isa Hayatou’s country were no match for Nigeria as they succumbed 3-0.
Having made it to the final today, Nigeria and Cameroon have earned their tickets to the Canada 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup , however what is at stake in this epic clash, is who leads the rest of Afri­can ladies to the mundial next year.

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Okorocha deserves another term

Any laudable or remarkable feat, cum achievements accomplished by any personality, even my en­emies,

(if, I have any) stands to attract a praise from me, just as mis­deeds are bound to receive blames and condemnation from me and not only me but, anyone on the side of truth, as well. And talking about the truth here let me share this dialogue that ensued between Pontius Pilate and our Lord Jesus-Christ in the cause of His trial by Pilate: Pilate going into the palace, sum­moned Jesus and asked Him “are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus: “is that your own idea or did others talk to you about me, he asked?” Pilate” Am I a Jew? he replied. “It was your people and your Chief Priests who handed you over to me. What is it you have done?’


Jesus: replying, said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews; but now my kingdom is from another place.
“You are a king, then, “said Pilate. Jesus answered,
“You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.” what is truth? Pilate asked. (Jn.18:33-38A)
Pilate, due to his desirability to keep his job and curiosity to please his masters, was impatient to probe further to obtain this truth, hence he handed the innocent Lord- JESUS to the Jews to be crucified.
But as the Lord Jesus was raised to life, on the 3rd day as He had foretold, because truth can never be killed, the truth about the self-announcing performance of the incum­bent governor of Imo-State in the person of His Excellency, Owelle Rochas Okorocha will continue to diminish any propaganda and campaign of calumny being mounted and intensified against a goodman and his working-government in Imo state, in Jesus name.
The scripture says, then the word of the Lord came to me, “the hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple, his hands will also complete it, then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you”(Zachariah 4:8 &9).
What I will urge those who are clamour­ing to take over power from their brother, our brother-Gov. Okorocha, in 2015, even by fire and force, as they are threatening fire and brimstone, is to think twice and submit their ambition to the will of God – Almighty, for He has the final say.
In my earlier write-up, published in the daily sun of 5th September 2014, which was acknowledged and greeted by not less than thirty phone calls and about twenty-five text messages, from men and women from all works of life, including the reli­gious, students, professionals and spread­ing to nooks and crannies of Nigeria, was a true testimony of the good and adventur­ous governance taking place in Imo –State, presently, but had no medium through which to express themselves. One Major Otis, an Abian, who had lived in Owerri, for about five years, in his text message, amongst other observations he made, ad­vised Imolites to massively continue to support Govt. Okorocha and his good gov­ernance and shun those whom he described as Fed.Govt allocation-scramblers whose intention is to take them back to Egypt in 2015, if they ever succeed. And going back to Egypt means, university tuition fees be­ing reversed to N150, 000 per semester as it was before, children of the less-privilege being sent out of school for non-payment of school fees by their poor parents, non-pay­ment of teachers’ salaries up to five to six months accumulated debts, non-payment of civil servants’ salaries and sharing of fed. govt. allocations among themselves, etc.
“If you say I should stop bearing wit­ness to the truth, are you aware that the free education in Imo State University has been extended to none indigenes in the state and acceptance fees removed? Go and find out.
Someone who never believed in what is happening in Imo-State, came to me two days ago and said, “man of God, I was moved to tears this morning when I watched from a TV. Station the Ram-shackled huts called houses occupied by some widows in some parts of Imo State which the wife of the governor of Imo- State, translated to two-bed-room flats each, furnished them and gave cash donations to these widows to start reasonable businesses with, as well as gift of clothing’s . I learnt she has been able to build about one hundred and fifty (150) of these houses, he said. Surely this government is touching lives”, he conclud­ed.
Somebody who claimed to be a journalist called and warned me to stop praising this man asking if am a politician? I told him I am not a politician but a man of God whose responsibility includes praising good works and its source for continuation, as well as challenging those who are failing in their responsibilities to wake-up; because I know that the good old Prophets in the Bible cou­rageously did so. And I also know that the hottest part of hell will be reserved for those who sit on the fence in matters concerning the governance of man (be it in the society, govt., and even in the church) because they were neither for good nor against it. Jesus says “I will spit them out of his mouth be­cause they are lukewarm.”(Rev.3:16)
But, even, if spiritual blindness has de­nied these enemies of progress the percep­tion -ability to acknowledge that which is visible, even to the blind-himself, can’t they still feel and touch it with their bare-hands- of –truth and sincerity, if only they can allow the spirit of truth to lead them?
If I were the president of Nigeria, I, would have flooded Imo State with federal government projects as a compensation to reciprocate their gesture for being the high­est votes donors to Mr. President in 2011 that gave him victory in the Presidential Election.
Does Imo deserve a Junior Minister? Imolites are waiting. And to Imolites (our sons and daughters) serving in Abuja ei­ther as minister, legislators or even as ap­pointees, rather than fight your home govt. which is performing, because of party dis­crimination, it is high time you join your acts together and push for federal presence in Imo –State, in the area of amenities and infrastructural development .United, we stand, but divided, we fall. I do not want us to fall.
If the sin of governor Okorocha was that he decamped from APGA to APC ,as I have carefully investigated and found it to be so, doesn’t the constitution of Nige­ria permit him or anyone else to do so?. And, are others doing the same, even from APGA or A.P.C to P.D.P?
Our worry should have been, if he is not performing and not the party he belongs to.
So, to our amiable governor, I will say be focused and continue to look unto God- Almighty who made you what you are, for His award and reward is far far higher than awards given by man. God is always meritorious, justifiable and durable, unlike man’s discriminatory, biased and unmer­ited awards.
We have not relented in our intercessions, for we know that the prayer of the righteous availeth much and the will of the LORD of HOST will continue to prevail in Imo State both now and forevermore, Amen.

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We’ll resist imposition in Abia –Abaribe

Abia state gover­norship aspirant on the platform of the PDP, Sen­ator Enyinnaya Abaribe has expressed concern over the level of cynicism and despondency to­wards the Theodore Orji led administration in the State.

Speaking with newsmen at the party national secre­tariat in Abuja yesterday, Senator Abaribe promised to restore the electorate’s confidence in government by bringing integrity and character to the conduct of government business.
His words: “We have come full cycle in Abia and everybody believes that there is need for someone, who will bring competence, character and integrity to government business.
“We have deficit in all aspects of our lives in Abia and I intend to change the ways we do things in my State.”
The aspirant further dis­missed insinuations that the sitting governor, Theodore Orji has anointed a certain aspirant for the party’s gov­ernorship ticket.
“I am not threatened by anybody dropping name. I don’t drop names, I like to conform with guidelines of the party.
“The National Organising Secretary has said nobody would get special treat­ment; that there shall be a level playing field for all aspirants. Anybody sitting at home to be governor isn’t ready.”
The aspirant also aligned himself with the resolution of the Red Chamber on au­tonomy for local govern­ment in the country.
“I voted for local gov­ernment autonomy in the National Assembly, so I will definitely ensure that local governments have their au­tonomy.
“The first thing I will do if I become governor is to organise local government election and give them inde­pendence,” he assured.
Also speaking with jour­nalists shortly after collect­ing his Expression of Inter­est and Nomination forms for the party governorship primary in Imo state, Dr. Charles Amanze declared that he would make the State the hub of investors to stimulate job creation for the youth.
“Imo is in dire need of a re-direction. As an accom­plished medical doctor, I have all it takes to lift Imo, the Eastern heartland to greater heights.”
Saturday Sun checks also revealed that former Special Duties Minister, Profes­sor Taoheed Adedoja also picked nomination form for the Oyo state governor­ship slot of the party. The governorship primaries of the PDP is expected to hold across the country on No­vember 29.

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Chibok girls to return on Monday

Despite the breach in the cease fire a g r e ement between the dreaded Boko Haram sect and Federal Government, self-acclaimed Secre­tary General of Boko Haram, Mallam Dan­ladi Ahmadu, has af­firmed that the group’s cease fire agreement with the Federal Gov­ernment is very much on course.

Ahmadu was alleged to have said that the final meeting between the group and Federal Government to finally seal the cease­fire agreement has been scheduled for Monday in Ndjamena, Chad and to be supervised by the Chadian leader, Idris Derby.
Mallam Ahmadu, who reportedly spoke in the Hausa service of the Voice of America (VOA) yes­terday, affirmed that the Chibok schoolgirls would surely be released on Monday to the Chadian President, Idriss Derby for onward presentation to the Nigerian government.
He further stated that an enlarged meeting of the group has been fixed for the weekend to prepare grounds for the Monday meeting with the Federal Government.
Ahmadu also report­edly disclosed to VOA that the group and the Federal Government are in close consultations over ar­rangements for the Mon­day meeting in Chad.
On the latest kidnap of over 40 women and girls in the border villages be­tween Adamawa and Bor­no states, Ahmadu main­tained that as far as the Boko Haram is concerned, it is not aware of the latest kidnap and attacks.
He added that in as much as the group is investigat­ing the latest kidnap and attacks to determine the in­volvement of its members, he revealed that many anti-social groups have in­filtrated the Boko Haram.
“Political thugs, armed robbers, kidnappers, hired assassins and other anti social groups now parade as members of the sect. All things being equal if the cease fire agreement is sealed all the groups would fizzle out.”

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Kalu and his support for Jonathan

The former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu is a politician and business mogul whose interests cut across national boundaries. He is a Nigerian so concerned about his country, Nigeria.

How to remake Nigeria has been his concern. He has to be restless at this stage, because according to him, he might not have such strength to do all that he is doing for Nigeria today in the next 10-15 years.


He loves the unity of the country and has been doing everything within his reach for that. He no longer talks about himself but the country. Evidence is that he has lived in the same house for a long time now. Kalu who believes so much in reconciliation has said that he thinks democracy goes with quarrels; however, the ability to reconcile is very important. He believes that democracy has a lot of problems and that is why the practice needs a lot of patience.
To Kalu, if there is any problem in the PDP, it is being handled, because the political party, PDP, is a very big family and, in a big family like that, there are always problems, because there are all kinds of people in the family. You know, he has said, it is like a Church, where some people come to know if they can see God in the Church, some come to know if God would solve one problem or another for them immediately, some people come to show off their new dress in the Church, some come to show off their new car; some people are genuinely, in their hearts, in the Church to worship God.
Kalu would say that this is what a political party looks like. Earlier last year when people were strategising for 2015, Kalu said that he had no political plans order than for an Igbo man to be president, which was what Njiko- Igbo was fighting for. But when the headship of Ohaneze, a socio-cultural group begged of him at his Abuja and Lagos homes for a period of about 6months to rescind his presidential decision, Kalu listened to his Igbo people, for the support of Jonathan in 2015. Apart from that, his people of Abia North Senatorial district bounced on him later, that he should represent them at the Senate. And based on that, he was persuaded to pick up the PDP nomination form for that purpose recently.
It was obvious that before Kalu picked up his nomination form for the Abia North senatorial district, he was all voice that he had no political aspirations order than to making sure that Igbo became president. Kalu, however, said that he might have one as time goes on and, here he is today in the senatorial race of his people.
While his aspiration was initially to galvanise the people, get Igbo to be very purposeful than they used to be, both the youths, the market men and women, workers and everybody for the Igbo presidency, Kalu has thrown that energy and dexterity for the support of President Jonathan, a man he said that he cherishes, because Ndigbo love him.
Today, Kalu has been calling for all to support President Goodluck Jonathan in the event that he declares intention to vie for the 2015 presidential election. This pioneer of the political group – G37 and, the Founder of Njiko Igbo Worldwide, Kalu has said that the G37 which is still on course and a human-to-human group is making sure that Nigeria is peaceful and does not go the way of Rwanda.
Kalu would say that the members of the G37 don’t like to discuss the group’s activities; they have officers who speak on issues that bother the group. It is observable that at any time the group wants to give a press release, it has a secretary and some officers who do that for it. According to Kalu, it is only when the group sits that it makes a statement and issue a press release. So, Kalu would say that he was not even competent to talk about the group, because it’s a collective effort.
Kalu would say that he wants Ndigbo to understand the purpose of coming together. Kalu was crying before he threw his weight for Jonathan that when Njiko Igbo was talking about marginalisation of the Igbo, people thought it was all about appointments. But it was not like that. It was not about who was made the Minister or not. It was about the fundamental issues like local government creation.
He pointed out that between Kano and Gigawa states, the local governments in those two states are more than the whole local governments in the South-East. He said that those are the fundamental things; you talk about the Senators, you see that the South-East has only 15 senators in the whole federation. Kalu would say that these were what he was talking about: You talk about states, you see that the South-East is the only zone with five states; these are constitutionally entrenched; other zones have six states each.
Kalu has vowed that he can’t stop doing what he knows is good for his people, because the government closed some of his companies. According to him, one of his companies employed over 13,000 workers, but it was shut down. He believes that it is a mistake for people in government to mix personal business with politics. His bank that they closed down lost about 5,000 workers and Slok Airline lost about 1,000 workers.
Our leaders should know that the country and the states do not belong to anybody, according to him; they belong to the Nigerian people. And if they belong to the Nigerian people, they should stop mixing politics with personal businesses of individual politicians. He has said that business is different from politics. They should be able to be conscious of other people being employed in these conglomerates.
Kalu has vowed that he appreciates all the efforts of President Jonathan in distancing himself from mixing business and politics. He has said: Let me also tell you the truth, Jonathan has been civil, unlike the other past presidents. The massive abuse of human rights is reduced in the Jonathan administration. This means the president is not attacking political opponents. Kalu hopes Jonathan can continue on that note so that more investors will be coming into the country.

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Delta orders restriction of movement for council polls

In view of the local government election holding across the 25 council areas of Delta State today, the state gov­ernment has announced the restriction of move­ment between the hours of 8.00am and 3.00pm.

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, who announced this in Asaba, explained that the restriction was to enable voters carry out their civic duty and ensure a peaceful atmosphere for a free and fair election.
The governor added that top government officials were not excluded from the restriction on movement order, advising them to go and cast their votes in their locality and return home.
He said security agen­cies have been put on alert to handle all security issues and ensure a hitch-free ex­ercise during and after the election.
“I want to assure you that the Delta State Indepen­dent Election Commission (DSIEC), has vowed to make the local government election free and fair”, the governor said.
As at the time of filing this report, distribution of sensitive materials was go­ing on, although the non-sensitive materials have long since been distributed.
Saturday Sun learnt that ten political parties would be fielding candidates in the council polls, which would be conducted in 3,624 poll­ing units across 466 wards of the 25 council areas.
While the ruling People’s Democratic Party is field­ing 25 chairmanship can­didates and 466 councillor­ship candidates, the main opposition, All Progressive Congress (APC) is fielding 23 chairmanship candi­dates and 324 councillor­ship candidates.

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Nigeria elected member of UN Human Rights Council

Nigeria, has been elected as a member of the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council.

The election took place at the ongoing United Nations General Assembly, in New York, United States of America.
Nigeria, alongside 14 other countries, were elected to serve on the Council for a period of three years, beginning from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2017.
The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system with responsibility in the strengthening of promotion and protection of human rights around the world.
The Council’s responsibility also include addressing situations around the world, as well as making recommendations on human rights violations across the world
Made up of 47 United Nations member states elected by the United Nations General Assembly, the Council was created by the United Nations General Assembly on March 15, 2006, by resolution 60/251.
Other elected countries include Albania, Bangladesh, El Salvador, Ghana, Latvia, Netherlands, Paraguay, Portugal and Qatar.
Similarly, Bolivia, Botswana, Congo, India and Indonesia whose terms were due to expire at the end of the year were re-elected.
A statement by the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations made available to Daily Sun in New York, said in one round of secret balloting, Nigeria had 187 votes from the 192 valid ballots at the election.
The statement signed by the Mission’s spokesman, Dr Tope Adeleye Elias-Fatile, added that with the new development, by 2015, Nigeria will be occupying seats simultaneously at the United Nations Security Council and at the United Nations Human Rights Council.
“Therefore, Nigeria will be involved in series of intense activities in both councils in the coming year,” the statement said.
Held on geographical representation, Ghana, Botswana and Congo were also elected, making Nigeria and the three countries African representatives occupying the four African seats at the council in the stipulated period.

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Hurdles Jonathan must cross to win 2015 election – Col. Shuaibu

Retired Colonel Habibu Shuaibu, former military administrator of Plateau and later Niger states, has been a recurring feature in the politics of Kano State since the inception of the present republic.

He emerged as the runner-up in the 2011 PDP governorship primaries in Kano. Though he has kept a low profile since then, he seems to be back to reckoning as the political tempo picks up in and around the state again.


In this interview with DESMOND MGBOH, he spoke on the need for unity in the PDP, its chances as a party and what President Jonathan must do, if he must make the needed impact in Kano state in the 2015 general elections.
The political tempo is picking up. How would you assess the atmosphere in and around you?
Well, I came on holiday with my family; to enjoy the holiday at home but as you can see, because of the rising political tempo, a lot of people are coming to visit primar­ily to discuss politics. Some of them, who want to aspire to different offices, come in with different groups, seeking for support, seeking for recognition and so on. So, we can see that it is building up both at the national level and at the state level and our prayer is that we do not overheat the system to the extent that it would cause a system failure even before the time comes. This is because when people begin to talk negatively, when they begin to insinuate a lot of things, it creates much instability in the whole system. That is what we should avoid. Because as politicians, we should go by the books and follow the rules, follow the guidelines of INEC and the guidelines of our various political parties. That way, I think we can have a very peaceful polity.
The PDP has passed through a couple of changes in Kano State. How do you see these changes with regard to the 2015 elections?
Well, I am a little bit concerned because we have other people who have joined the party and they were our former opponents. Their coming, to me, is a good omen. It rein­forces our position in the state, but the most important thing right now is our ability to unite as members of one party. The moment you start talking about this group or that group, it creates a lot of divisions. That is what we don’t like and that is why we are emphasizing that the party should as much as possible maintain unity among all its members irrespec­tive of whoever. We should not be seen as belonging to this camp or that camp. It is one PDP and one PDP only. If we do that, we stand a very good chance of producing a very formidable candidate that will be able to stand any other candidate the other party would be bringing out.
Let us look at the impact of PDP losing the Government House. Do you think that you have been able to overcome that huge loss as a party?
We would be able to overcome the loss with time. Yes, we have not been able to overcome the loss because he, the governor, is still in control of the state resources. He has the power, he has the machinery of government, he has the resources. The party (PDP in Kano) has to struggle for it to survive. The party has to struggle, go outside the state, because within the state we cannot get any support so we have to seek the support of our friends, maybe the national headquarters of the party, maybe the Federal Government to come to our aid. Of course, you know that as an incum­bent governor of Kano State, he has a lot of resources; he has a lot of wealth. It is not something that we are sleeping without realising the enormity of the contest ahead.
But do you have the desired support from the PDP headquarters, from the other PDP states and from the Federal Government to stop Gover­nor Kwankwaso and his party in 2015?
Well, we hope to have the support. And that is why I was telling you about the unity. What is most important is the unity of purpose. We need to unite as one party, not belong­ing to Shekarau, not belonging to Aminu Wali, but belong­ing to one PDP family in Kano. Once we are able to unite, I am sure we would get the required support from all angles to be able to meet the challenges.
Is this aspiration possible given that histor­ically, the politics of Kano has always been the politics of camps, politics built around different icons? Is it really possible your PDP can escape the prospect of having a Shekarau camp when he has an enormous size of die-hard followers and disciples in the party?
Well, that is what we should try and avoid. Without any fear of contradiction, politics in Kano is changing and changing for the better. Now if you think about the old PDP, you will always think about the tripod, the different tenden­cies. Now that tendency is dying and now we have created another one, which you called the Shekarau factor. But what me, what I have been advocating to all those who care to listen, especially the leaders of our party, is that we should think about the unity of our party and if necessary, the leaders of our party, the stakeholders should come to a harmonious understanding to field candidates by consensus. But if we say we are going to face each other one on one; because they are different and we are different, then we are going to have problems. The most important thing is unity.
How much communication is going on at the level of the leadership of the party? Do you have enough commu­nication among these people that should inspire this unity you are talking about?
Yes, communication is never enough, but I can assure you that we are doing everything possible to understand ourselves, to communi­cate among ourselves and to make sure that we agree on various issues especially when we have a formidable opponent in the state like the APC.
I have noticed an enormous number of aspirants want­ing to become the governor under your party’s ticket, un­like the APC where the governorship atmosphere is near frozen. Wouldn’t the sheer number of aspirants in the PDP become an under­mining factor at the end of the day?
No! No! It is always good to allow people to express their wish, to express their aspiration but at the end of the day, you will see they would line up, some will drop by the side, some will align with others and some would see the futility in what they are doing and they would give it up. And at the end of the day, we would have fewer people going in for primaries. That is what is go­ing to happen.
In 2011, you were the runner-up in the governorship primaries in Kano State PDP, coming next to Kwankwaso. One would have expected that you are treated with a preference by your party this time round. Do you see the party extending such recognition to you?
Well, to be honest with you. Unofficially, I know that many stakeholders of the party have expressed this same wish. They want me to be the candidate of the party. But you know that things are not like that in any party, not only the PDP. One, you have to consider my own inter­est. Do I want to contest or not? If I want to con­test, am I ready to go through the whole hog of contesting? These are the issues and of course, I also have to come to terms with what is going on in the state and accept either to run or not to run. So, it is not necessary for any party to say that because you came second the last time, it is automatic for you to be their candidate. But the truth is that a lot of elders in this state and in the PDP have expressed the wish that I should be given the chance to contest the governorship election.
If I may ask you now, are you likely to contest the primaries of your party given that it is coming up in a matter of weeks?
It doesn’t matter. Two, three weeks’ time is a hell of a time to make a decision. I have not. As I said, I came on a holiday but you can see the pressure and it is really enormous. You can see the pressure from different groups from various local government areas coming to pressurize me to show interest and so on. And even this Sal­lah, a supporter went and printed the Bar’ka da Sallah poster and pasted it and I tell you that, that has sparked off some reaction from people encouraging me to show interest and to come out and contest. Well, we leave everything in the hands of God and in a few days’ time, I will make my decision known.
I have heard people argue that with your experience as a former military ad­ministrator, with your age and then with your political reach across the state and the country, you will be doing the state a disservice if you do not contest. Do you agree with their point of view on this?
Well, I agree that such sentiments are there. I will like to serve my state, I will be ready to serve my state. I know I have the experience, I have the capability and I have the exposure as far as I am concerned and so we must have to wait for time. In a few days, I will make my opinion known.
From what is happening today in the camp of Kwankwaso and the APC, do you feel any threat coming from them in 2015?
The only threat I can see is if we do not unite. I assure you that once PDP in Kano is united and we speak with one voice and we bring out a for­midable candidate who will face the opponent, who will face the other political parties, I see no reason we cannot win.
But is that unity you are talking with­in your reach as a party?
You know that these eight years, we have been suffering. Everybody has felt it, everybody has got a touch of what it is not to have a party in the state and it is a general opinion of everybody in the party that we need to come together, that we need to bring about a formidable candidate who is going to face whoever APC decides to field. And we are sure of victory.
Do you see President Jonathan get­ting the 25 per cent of the votes cast in Kano State in the 2015 polls?
Well, personally, if you are looking for 25 per cent, you have to aim for 80 to 90 per cent. Per­sonally, I believe that the Federal Government and my party, the PDP have not shown any at­tempt to achieve this realisation in Kano. And I have my reasons for that. If you are aiming at 80 and you get 25 per cent, fine. But if you are look­ing at 25 per cent only, then you are not likely to get 25 per cent. Maybe the reason is that the strategists at the national level think that in the last election, the president got only 16 per cent in Kano and yet he won the election. Maybe the strategists have done their calculations and they felt that really they do not need Kano as much as people think they should need Kano. But of course, Kano and Lagos are where the votes are. If you are looking for 25 per cent, you go and aim for 80. Once you do that, then you will end up getting 25 per cent. But the way we are do­ing things now, I do not think that we have the determination to have that number. Maybe some people’s calculation is that at the last election, the President got about 16 per cent and so with Shekarau, who was in the other camp, coming in, people would assume that oh automatically we would be able to get the 25 per cent. But I am sorry to say, it doesn’t work like that.
From your own experience, what do you think Jonathan must do to win more votes in Kano?
Well, one thing I know and I am being very sincere, If we have to make a lot of impact in Kano, we have a lot to do. We have to engage the media, both local and national, we have to engage the electronic media especially. For a very long time, the governor of the state has been bashing President Jonathan in the media. He has been calling him names. He has been accusing him of so many things. No answer from the Fed­eral Government and no answer even from the party in the state. And this has been going on for a very, very long time. The average Kano man listens to the local radio and on a daily basis. Now if the governor comes out and has been using his propaganda machines to diminish the president, to demean the Federal Government and no countering challenge is coming back, and then you are coming in the last minute to say you are taking him on, that would be a very herculean task. To me, there has to be a deliber­ate programme, a deliberate agenda on the part of the Federal Government to rework the im­age of the president that has been created in the minds of the people here. Secondly, you need to identify genuine politicians who mean well for the country and for their people so that when you empower them, you are empowering the people and the people would see the genuine attempt by the Federal Government to assist the people in Kano. We have a lot of population. Every day, people are crying that they have no this and they have no that. Since my return, you need to see the number of youths that have been coming to talk to me about this Sure-P thing.
Have you heard of people stealing projects belonging to the Federal Govern­ment in Kano. It’s being alleged that rath­er than credit Jonathan, the opposition party and in some cases, PDP legislators take direct proprietorship of such projects in the state?
Yes, we have seen it. Even the governor, some of the projects that he has done on some selected roads – with Kwankwasiyya written on them – are not his own. Many of them are SUBEB projects. The state government commits counterpart fund­ing. They are co-funded projects between the state and the Federal Government and yet the Federal Government is not taking any credit for its invest­ment in the state. They should come to town and take credit for all their projects in the state, make some noise about these projects so that the people of Kano would know how much President Jona­than has done for them or is committing to them at the moment.

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University of Zimbabwe Bans Kissing & Sex in Public Places on Campus; Students Scream Outrage

A Zimbabwean University is receiving backlash for banning its students from kissing and having sex in public places on campus.

According to a pamphlet that was passed around the school, any students “caught in any intimate positions” would face disciplinary action, with clause four specifically forbidding “kissing or having sex in public places.” It additionally stated that students living on-site were banned from taking members of the opposite sex to their residences and there was to be no “loitering in dark places outside the sports pavilion or lecture venues”.

The students have the University have been protesting for a few days with outrage at what they call a limitation on their freedom.

While even private schools in Nigeria such as Covenant University, Redeemers University, Babcock University and more have rules like this already implemented into the campus life, there is usually a more liberal lifestyle for students in public universities.

Since this is not a private university, a lot of people are raising their eyebrow at the newly implemented rules.

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Former Nollywood Actress Regina Askia Volunteers to Work at US Ebola Center

Regina Askia, former Nollywood actress and beauty queen turned Nurse, has shared on her Facebook page that she will be volunteering at a US Ebola Center as a way to help eradicate the fast-spreading virus.

According to Regina Askia, the nurses who volunteered are currently undergoing Ebola trainings.

Regina Askia states that even though her initial duty was to find volunteers to work at the Ebola Center, she had to join the men who had accepted an offer of $200 per hour because none of her other female colleagues were willing to join.

She shared on her Facebook page, “My job was looking for Nurses to volunteer for the Ebola center which was moved from our building to another location. My male colleagues said they would do it for 200 dollars per hour, ….C’mon Regina , gotta get on the team…they said. I was not smiling (I am captain of my 3 kid team). Not one female nurse volunteered (lol). We ALL had to demonstrate proper use of PPE equipment and be proficient with the Ebola protocol. I was full of thoughts as I watched the display, hoods, masks, gowns, boots….almost like a nightmare. Home news had it that Nigerians washed their hands, didn’t hug as much, monitored their temps and on the first signs of malaise drank the ORT (oral rehydration therapy) until symptoms passed. Were we once again trying to kill mosquitoes with bazookas? I wasn’t going to wait to find out. In a daze I got with the program to become “an Ebola ready Nurse”. More power to all the nurses on the grind – Goodluck!!”

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Gunmen Abduct Petroleum Minister Alison-Madueke’s Sister

Diezani Alison-Madueke

Nigeria’s Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke’s sister has been kidnapped by gunmen in Port Harcourt.

Vanguard reports that the men abducted her sister, Osiyo Agama, at gunpoint as she was walking to her car on Tuesday night. The motive for the abduction is currently unknown, as there has been no report of the men asking for a ransom.

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How Much Do You Know About Birth Control? Let’s Actually Talk About It!

A couple of weeks ago on Twitter, there was a debate about birth control and the fact that quite a number of women are not as informed about birth control as they should be.

It is common in Nigeria (and Africa as a whole) for people to shy away from discussions like this but it is always better to talk about it and arm yourself with as much information as information – whether single or married.

BuzzFeed is of the same opinion and they have released an informative video about all the frequently asked questions about birth control.lets talk about this

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Ara: “I Cooked Everyday even as the Breadwinner in my last Marriage”, now Open to Dating Younger Guys

39 year old drummer Ara‘s 2 year marriage ended in 2013, and after discussing her regrets this August, now she is opening up to Punch about being a mumu (fool) for love, and her newfound openness to dating younger men.

The Type of Wife She Was

“I am the most submissive wife. I am ‘mumu’ (fool) for love. You can ask my ex, he can tell you. There was never a day I didn’t ask him what I should cook even though I was the breadwinner. I would always ask him what he wanted. And whatever he said, if we didn’t have it, I would jump on an okada and enter the market to go and buy the stuff. I am a hopeless lover.”

Dating Younger Men

“When I meet the right person and fall in love, I will consider marriage. I really want to fall in love again. I don’t believe in marriage just for its sake. If a younger guy comes up to me, I don’t mind dating the person. I don’t mind marrying somebody who I am older than. I have spoken to a couple of people and they don’t see anything wrong with it. If the person has a mature mind and is committed, then it is not a big deal.”

On the Status of her & her Ex’s Relationship

“We have a child together. My boy is six years already. He has remarried. I am not envious that he got married again. God forbid! When he calls me, I always ask him if his wife isn’t around. I would also ask him if his wife knows that I am not interested in him. I don’t know her and I don’t know her name. I wouldn’t want her to feel I want to take her husband again. So I tell him I hope the wife knows that I am not interested and that his calling me is just to find out about his son. I wouldn’t want to make any woman unhappy.”

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Building collapse: T.B Joshua to appear before coroner Nov. 5th

Prophet T.B Joshua will on Nov. 5th face the Lagos State coroner investigating the circumstances that led to the collapse of the church 5-storey building which killed 115 people.At a sitting which held today Oct. 24th, the coroner, Magistrate O.A. Komolafe said it was mandatory the man of God and the contractor that handled the building project appear before him to give their own account of what led to the building collapse, a position the defense counsel argued against but was objected by the coroner

"We have heard that he has been addressing the press at various times. Let him come and address the court. The court has summoned him; let him come and tell us what he knows. He cannot sit over there and be sending words to us that he cannot come. The court has said that for the purpose of what we're doing that he should come over.” the coroner said

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Pics: Obama meets & hugs first nurse to contract Ebola in the US

Nurse Nina Pham, the first person to contract Ebola in the US met with president Obama at The White this afternoon where she received a hug from him.Nina, who contracted Ebola while treating Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan at the Emory University hospital in Texas, is now free from the virus after being successfully treated at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda. When President Obama heard she was Ebola-free, he sent word to her asking if he could hug her and she agreed to meet him. Aww...(Photo credit: White House Press)

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Landlord adds 3 more floors to bungalow...tenants are concerned

Tenants and others who live near this building are concerned about it after the house owner started adding a 3rd floor years after he added two floors to the building. Shey you people understand my English? I'm tired jor...:-). Read the mail I got below...a second mail I got concerning this building.."This house was built over 30 years ago as a bungalow. About 10years ago, the landlord added 2 floors to the  building. To everyone's  surprise, he is adding another floor to it. I am writing this because of the rate at which houses have been collapsing. The tenants cannot afford a better housing, so the least the government can do is try and prevent another disaster from happening because of greed. The house is on One Day road, off Agbani road, Enugu."

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Jim Iyke looking fresh and clean in new photos

Stylish man!

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Aww...read what UK Telegraph wrote about Governor Fashola

In a piece titled "Meet The Man Who Tamed Nigeria's Most Lawless City", UK Telegraph chronicles how Governor Fashola came into office and transformed Lagos and also how he effectively managed the Ebola epidermic in the state. Read below...He famously claims to be "just doing his job". But in a land where politicians are known for doing anything but, that alone has been enough to make Babatunde Fashola, boss of the vast Nigerian city of Lagos, a very popular man.

Confounding the image of Nigerian leaders as corrupt and incompetent, the 51-year-old governor has won near-celebrity status for transforming west Africa's biggest city, cleaing up its crime-ridden slums and declaring war on corrupt police and civil servants.

Next month, he will come to London to meet business leaders and Mayor Boris Johnson's officials, wooing investors with talk of how he has spent the last seven years building new transport hubs and gleaming business parks.

Yet arguably his biggest achievement in office took place just last week, and was done without a bulldozer in sight. That was when his country was officially declared free of Ebola, which first spread to Nigeria three months ago when Patrick Sawyer, an infected Liberian diplomat, flew into Lagos airport.

Health officials had long feared that the outbreak, which has already claimed nearly 5,000 lives elsewhere in west Africa, would reach catastrophic proportions were it to spread through Lagos. One of the largest cities in the world, it is home to an estimated 17 million people, many of them living in sprawling shanty towns that would have become vast reservoirs for infection. To make matters worse, when the outbreak first happened, medics were on strike.

Instead, Mr Fashola turned a looming disaster into a public health and PR triumph. Breaking off from a trip overseas, he took personal charge of the operation to track down and quarantine nearly 1,000 people feared to have been infected since Mr Sawyer's arrival.

Last week, what would have been a formidably complex operation in any country came to a successful end, when the World Health Organisation announced that since Nigeria had had no new cases for six weeks, it was now officially rid of the virus.

"This is a spectacular success story," said Rui Gama Vaz, a WHO spokesman, who prompted an applause when he broke the news at a press conference in Nigeria on Tuesday. "It shows that Ebola can be contained.

The WHO announcement was a rare glimmer of hope in the fight against Ebola, and even rarer vote of confidence in a branch of the Nigerian government, which was heavily criticised over its response to the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls by the Boko Haram insurgent group in April. As a columninst in Nigeria's Leadership newspaper put it last week: "For once, we did not underachieve."
For Mr Fashola's many supporters, it is also yet more proof that the 51-year-old ex-lawyer is a future president in the making, a much-needed technocrat in a country dominated far too long by ageing "Big Men" and ex-generals.

"He is the best governor we have ever had," said Odun Babalola, a Lagos-based pension fund portfolio manager. "He's made a lot of progress in schools, railways, and infrastructure, and unlike a lot of politicians, who are corrupt, he's a good administrator."

True, the successful tackling of the Ebola outbreak was not Mr Fashola's doing alone. For a start, the doctor's strike that was under way when Mr Sawyer collapsed at Lagos airport turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Rather than being taken to one of Lagos's vast public hospitals, where he might have languished for hours and infected numerous fellow patients and staff, he was instead admitted to a private clinic. There he was seen by a sharp-eyed consultant, Stella Adadevoh, who spotted that his symptoms were not malaria as had been first thought.

She then alerted the Nigerian health ministry, and along with other doctors physically restrained Sawyer when he became aggressive and tried to leave the hospital to fly to another Nigerian city. Her quick thinking help stop the virus being spread more widely, but also cost her her life: she caught Ebola herself while treating Mr Sawyer, and has now been recommended for a national award.

But even by the time Mr Sawyer had been isolated, the virus was already on the loose. Knowing that he had passed through one of the busiest airports in west Africa, health officials had to try to track down every single person who had potentially been infected by him, including the other passengers on his flight. The list started at 281 people and grew to nearly 1,000. as eight others whom he turned out to have passed the virus to subsequently died.

That was where Mr Fashola stepped in. He broke off from a pilgrimage to Mecca, flew home and then helped set up an Ebola Emergency Operations Centre, which spearheaded the mammoth task of monitoring all those potentially infected. A team of 2,000 officials were trained for the task, who ended up knocking on 26,000 doors. At one point the governor was being briefed up to ten times a day by disease control experts. He made a point of visiting the country's Ebola treatment centre, a way of communicating to the Nigerian public that they should not panic needlessly.

"Command and control is very important in fighting disease outbreaks, and he provided effective leadership," said Dr Ike Anya, a London-based Nigerian public health expert. "He also said exactly the right things, urging for the need to keep calm. Regardless of whether you support his politics, he has been very effective as a governor and I would be happy to see him stand for leadership."

Born into a prominent Muslim family but married to a Christian, Mr Fashola trained as a lawyer and went into politics after being appointed chief of staff by the previous Lagos governor, Asiwaju Tinubu, a powerful politician often described as Mr Fashola's "Godfather". But while he has long enjoyed the backing of a political "Big Man", is his role as a rare defender of Nigeria's "Little Men" that has won him most support.

Once, while driving through Lagos in his convoy, he famously stopped an army colonel who was driving illegally in one of the governor's newly-built bus lanes, berating him in front of television cameras.

"The bus is for those who cannot afford to buy cars," he said. "I want a zero tolerance of lawlesness, and those who don't want to comply can leave our state."

It was one of the first times Nigerians had ever seen a civil servant confronting a member of the security forces, whose fondness for committing crime rather than fighting it has long contributed to Lagos's legendary reputation for lawlessness.

Armed robberies - sometimes by moonlighting police - used to be so common that few people ventured out after dark. Foreign businessmen would routinely travel with armed escorts, and the few willing to live there would stay mainly in a heavily-guarded diplomatic area called Victoria Island, a rough equivalent to Baghdad's Green Zone. Add to that the suffocating smog, widespread squalor and regular three-hour traffic jams, and it was no suprise that the city had a reputation as one of the worst places in the world to live.

Today, much of the problems remain. But members of the vast Nigerian diaspora say they now notice big changes whenever they go back. "When you return you see an absolute difference - things have improved 100 per cent," said Nels Abbey, a London-based Nigerian journalist and businessman. "Traffic is not what it used to be, bus lanes have been introduced, and it feels a lot safer. Fashola has been like a Tory mayor for Lagos - he is trying to make it attractive to the well-off."

Styling himself as Lagos's answer to Boris Johnson has not endeared him to everyone. As well as laying plans for a vast offshore business park intended as an "African Dubai", he has accelerated programs to clear the ever-expanding shanty towns, ordering their occupants to return to their homes in Nigeria's poorest east and north. That has led to criticism from human rights groups, although others say it is hard to see how Lagos will ever improve otherwise. "Do I endorse it?" said Mr Nels. "I am afraid it is a bit of a necessary evil."

Another big achievement has been increasing tax revenues, vital in a city where the GDP of $43 billion makes it the fifth-biggest economy in sub-Saharan Africa. Mr Fashola has tried to sweeten the pill by putting up signs on all new infrasructure projects, saying "paid for by your taxes". It is a rare acknowledgement of gratitude in a country where a guaranteed stream of state oil wealth has historically allowed rulers to remain aloof from the ruled.

However, despite being relected with 80 per cent of the vote in 2011, the main hailed as Nigeria's brightest political hope in years is far from guaranteed a life in office. Having served two terms in office already, he is not allowed to run as Lagos governor again. And as a member of a minority tribe and the country's opposition All Progressives Congress, he currently lacks the political backing to go head to head against Goodluck Jonathan in next year's elections.

In the meantime, fresh from ridding Lagos of Ebola, he is focusing on an arguably even tougher challenge, launching a new initiative to stop motorists stuck in traffic jams from blasting their horns all day. As he put it: "If we can overcome Ebola, then we can overcome noise pollution."

Culled from UK Telegraph...

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Billionaire daughter Adama Indimi release more photos from recent shoot

D'banj's former boo looking stunning in new photos she just shared. See more photos after the cut...

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Photos: Pres. Jonathan arrives Israel for pilgrimage in a blue suit

Ahn ahn, see our president o. He's pictured above rocking a blue suit as he arrived at Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv in Israel yesterday Saturday October 24th. He's there for the 2014 Pilgrimage. See more photos after the cut...

 

Pres. Jonathan, Gov Obiano & Senator Adeyemi at Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv yesterday

  

Primate Okoh, Gov Suswam & ESNCPC Opara welcoming President Jonathan to Jerusalem for 2014 Pilgrimage.

 Senator Aduda, Hon. Elumelu & Minister of Power welcoming President Jonathan to Jerusalem

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Graphic: Women walk past headless corpses in Raqqa without raising an eyebrow in shocking pics depicting life under ISIS rule

Disturbing images of life under ISIS rule Raqqa city in Syria have emerged showing the decapitated corpses of Syrian soldiers lined up in the streets, UK Daily Mail reports.Women walk past their bodies without acknowledging their impaled heads on fences for fear of being killed themselves. Elsewhere hate preachers urge children to disobey their parents and join the terror group. Raqqa has remained an ISIS stronghold since the group took control of the city last year. Residents have been subjected to an unrelenting torrent of horror, with many too poor to flee across the border to Turkey. Despite American and Arab forces bombing the city, fighters remain jubilant and have taken control of the population's homes and resources. See the horrific photos after the cut...

Heads impaled on spikes look down on the city's pavements in a constant reminder of the group's barbarity

 The decapitated bodies of Syrian soldiers were left scattered in the streets of Raqqa by ISIS fighters

By-passers do not raise an eyebrow at the horrific scenes with ISIS fighters patrolling the city's streets

Soldiers decapitated bodies were tied to fences with their trousers around their knees in the horrifying images

Civilians walk past bodies lying across the pavements in Raqqa seemingly unaffected by the horrors being carried out

Young soldiers in balaclavas and black uniforms patrol the streets of Raqqa with guns

Life has become easier for fighters in Raqqa under Islamic State rule, with jihadists rewarded with higher salaries and bonuses while civilians plunge further into poverty

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