Patience Jonathan Appointed Permanent Secretary in Bayelsa State

Nigeria's first lady made kind of history yesterday by becoming the first First Lady of Nigeria to be appointed Permanent Secretary in a State civil service.
Mrs Jonathan and 17 others were appointed Perm Sec in the state civil service by the governor of Bayelsa State, Governor Seriake Dickson. The announcement was broadcast on the state radio station yesterday evening Wednesday July 11th.
Explaining their reason for the appointment, the senior special assistant to the governor on media affairs, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said that the First Lady was a teacher in the state's civil service and has been on leave of absence since 1999 to join her husband in his political service; first as a deputy governor, governor, vice president, then president. If not for the leave of absence, according to him, Mrs Jonathan would have risen to the status of a permanent secretary by now.

Psquare and Jude Okoye lose mum

The mother of Paul, Peter and Jude Okoye has sadly passed on. Mrs Okoye died last night in a hospital in India where she had been flown to for medical treatment. The nature of her illness was not disclosed. May her soul rest in peace...amen.

FG Insists that youth Corpers will be posted to Violent regions.

Federal Government has overruled the National Youth Service Corps on the redeployment of corps members from troubled states.Minister of Youth Development, Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir, said this at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday. Abdulkadir insisted that corps members would be posted to Borno, Yobe and other troubled states.
His positing supersedes an earlier concession granted to the affected corps members by the Director-General of the NYSC, Brig.-General Nnamdi Okore-Affia.
The DG, had in a statement on July 5 directed corps members posted to Yobe to proceed to Nasarawa State, while those scheduled to have their orientation in Borno were directed to Benue State.
The minister argued that the issue of posting of corps members to states other than their states of origin was enshrined in the relevant laws establishing the scheme.

Fashola Demands N16 Billion refund from the FG over Allocation deductions.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos, on Tuesday, asked the Federal Government to refund the N16 billion deducted from the state's allocation for investment in power.

Addressing members of the Senate Committee on Privatisation during their visit to Lagos, Fashola said the state had invested in the power project but was yet to get full value for money.

The governor while referring to the AES Powerplants by the Lagos state government in Partnership with the private sector where ove 300mw is Generated and uploaded to the grid without Lagos being able to take advantage of it.

Boko Haram Claims Responsibility For Plateau Killings, Says Christains must accept Islam if they want peace

The fundamentalist Islamic sect, Jama'atu Ahlissunnah Lidda'awati Wal-Jihad, otherwise known as Boko Haram, on Tuesday in a statement claimed responsibility for the mass killings in Plateau State at the weekend.
More than 100 persons were reportedly killed in attacks on three communities in the Barkin Ladi and Riyom local government areas of the state on Saturday and Sunday.

The sect "thanked God for the success of the attacks" and vowed that there was no going back on the jihad (Holy War) it had launched against Christians and the government. It also asked "Christians in Nigeria to accept Islam" as a condition for a ceasefire.

It described as a "new lie" claims by the new National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, that he has an access for a dialogue with its leaders.

Ronaldinho loses £500,000 a year for drinking Pepsi.

Football Legend Ronaldinho preactically Paid £500,000 for a can of Pepsi.

That's exactly how much Brazilian football legend Ronaldinho lost in a sponsorship deal with Coca-Cola after turning up at a press conference and sipping nonchalantly from a can of Pepsi.

Ronaldinho stunned Coke chiefs at the Atlanta-based firm who immediately demanded that the plug be pulled on his huge endorsement deal, according to a report in the 'O Estado de Sao Paulo' newspaper.

Group to declare state of Biafra Nov 5 2012

 

A pro-Biafra group, Biafra Zionist Movement, BZM, announced, yesterday, that it had commenced the process to launch the struggle for a State of Biafra with the international community, saying that the formal declaration of the new Biafra Republic had been slated for November 5.

This came as Conference of Igbo Youth Organizations, CIYO, warned that Ndigbo “would no longer watch in silence while our brothers and sisters are slaughtered like animals” in the Northern States.
National President of BZM, Benjamin Onwuka, at a briefing said what prevented the realization of Biafra republic over the years was the inability to get the support of world powers, like the United States of America to back the project.

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Peter Okoye gets new Tattoo

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The singer just posted these photos on Twitter.

B2K Singer Raz B Nearly Slices Off Hand in Freak Hotel Accident

 

According to TMZ, B2K singer Raz B nearly died on Sunday July 8th in China after accidentally falling through a glass door in his hotel room, slicing his wrist wide open and losing a lot of blood. Raz later told reporters that he tripped hard inside his room and when he tried to break his fall, he crashed through a sliding glass door. Raz says the broken glass caught his wrist and ripped it to pieces, tearing through ligaments, nerves, tendons, right down to the bone. Raz passed out and was rushed to Huashan Hospital Fudan University, where doctors operated to repair his mutilated wrist. He was released from the hospital yesterday Monday July 9th.

Meet the twins born in different countries

 

Twins are normally born minutes – if not hours – apart, but Dylan Joseph and Hannah Rose Fox will be able to say they were born in different countries

 

The youngsters were welcomed to the world in England and Scotland last Sunday as their parents, Donna Keenan and Joe Fox, settled down to watch the Euro 2012 final.

With no time to get to the hospital, paramedics were forced to deliver Dyland on the living room floor.
But as the twins were being born four weeks early, medical staff pulled out all the stops to get Ms Keenan to hospital in time for Hannah’s arrival.

Homeless couple returns £6,500 found in rubbish bag

A homeless Brazilian couple who live under the bridges of Sao Paulo found a rubbish bag filled with 20,000 reals (£6,500) on a sidewalk on Monday – and promptly turned it into the police.

Officials said the pair were out for a dawn stroll when they heard an alarm.

They walked closer to see what was going on and stumbled on a briefcase and a rubbish bag full of money. The pair alerted a nearby security guard, asking him to call the police.

"When we arrived, the couple gave us the money. It might be the money stolen last week from a Japanese restaurant," said Bruno dos Santos, a Brazilian military police spokesman.

The homeless pair "had the opportunity to flee with the money, but they called a security guard and asked him to call the military police. What they did is commendable," the spokesman said.

Jesus Silva Santos, the man who found the money, told the press that he earned a little more than £5 a day from recycling rubbish.

  

"My mother taught me never to steal," he said.

Source: agencies

Meet the businessman who hands out £1,000 to complete strangers

How would you react if you were approached on the street and handed an envelope filled with money? No seeming rhyme nor reason.

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The card that Mr Lucky hands to those he randomly encounters. 

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Hannah, who worked out the clues on Twitter and tracked down the £1000 to a pub in Soho, London.  

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'Lucky' Linda, owner of a fish and chip shop in Vauxhall, London who smiled her way into recieving the £1000 gift.  

 "You are lucky," you are told. But with this luck comes a responsibility: that you promise to do something good with it.

An anonymous millionaire is currently putting people to the test by handing out £1,000 to those he randomly encounters. The Sunday Telegraph spent the day with him whilst he paced the streets of London hunting for 10 lucky recipients.

The reactions were varied, from the stunned to the suspicious to the simply delighted.

He has given away close to £100,000 to people he has met around the world. He hands those that he chooses a sleek card explaining his project and allows them 48 hours to get in touch. Sometimes he adds in a treasure hunt for extra entertainment and leaves the invites hidden in bookshops or landmarks and sends clues out from his Twitter account

Congolese warlord sentenced to 14 years for using child soldiers

The International Criminal Court today Tuesday July 10th sentenced Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga, 51, to 14 years in prison for using child soldiers in his rebel army in 2002-03.

The founder of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) and commander of its military wing the Patriotic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (FPLC), was found guilty of abducting children as young as 11; forcing the boys to fight and commit atrocities and turning the young girls into sex-slaves.

Having spent the last 6 years in prison, Lubanga is expected to serve only 8 out of the 14 year prison sentence.

Rivers State Governor gives cars, cash to Dolphin & Rivers Angels

River State Governor Rotimi Amaechi yesterday Monday July 9th gave money and cars to NPL champions - Dolphin and the women’s cup holders, Rivers Angels.
   
Each player of Dolphin got a Nissan Sunny car and N500,000, while the coaches got one million Naira each with a car. The Rivers Angels, who won the female FA Cup last season, each got a Ford car and N500,000. 

The reward, according to the Governor, is to reward the teams for their hard work so far and encourage them to push harder to retain their title this season. 

Stampede as explosion rocks venue of passing-out parade

There was an explosion yesterday at the venue for the passing-out parade of members of Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, but no casualty was recorded. The incident occurred at the Civic Centre, close to the state police command headquarters, as the PCRC members were ending their two weeks training.

Some of the trainees said the explosion came from a nylon bag outside the handball field venue of the training, thereby causing a stampede

Plateau bloodbath: Senator, Majority Leader died of exhaustion –Rep

                        

Senator Gyang Dantong and Plateau State Majority Leader, Gyang Fulani, died of exhaustion on Sunday, it was revealed yesterday. The two lawmakers were among the 104 persons who lost their lives when suspected Fulani herdsmen began their rampage on four local governments last Saturday.

Confirming the cause of the legislators’ deaths yesterday were a member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Simon Mwadkon, who slumped alongside the late Sen. Dantong, 53 and the late Hon. Fulani, aged 54. The two died when they were ambushed on Sunday during the burial of those who died in the first attack.