Airtel Announces Partnership with Arsenal

 

Airtel and Arsenal Football Club on June 28th signed a three-year partnership agreement. The deal provides Airtel with the opportunity to utilise the Club’s merchandising, hospitality and content rights in five countries: Nigeria, Zambia, Ghana, Uganda and Rwanda.

The agreement will help the north London side reach some of its 42million fans across the continent. Airtel customers in Nigeria, Zambia, Ghana, Uganda and Rwanda will have the opportunity to win match tickets to watch this summer’s pre-season tour fixture and receive exclusive Club content and news direct to handsets. In addition to the agreement, Airtel will be designated as the official mobile operator of the 2012 Arsenal Tour to Nigeria.

Airtel’s Twitter handle @AirtelNigeria and Facebook page www.facebook.com/airtelng

NYSC reschedules camp activities in volatile states

The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, on thursday announced the rescheduling of the posting of all corps members deployed to Yobe and Borno States for the 2012 Batch ‘B’ Orientation Course.

A statement by the Director General of NYSC, Brig-Gen Nnamdi Okore-Affia, directed that corps members posted to some volatile states in the North such as Bauchi, Gombe, Plateau, Kano and Kaduna, but have not yet reported to the camp, should immediately report to the NYSC Directorate Headquarters, Abuja for redeployment.

CAN prays for Oshiomhole’s victory

WITH the countdown to the July 14, gubernatorial election in Edo State, the Christian Association of Nigeria, under the umbrella body of Religious/ Contact Committee yesterday in Benin, rounded up prayer and fasting for Governor Oshiomhole’s victory at the poll.The prayer and fasting session held at the main auditorium of Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium were made up of Christians across various inter-denominations within the three senatorial districts and outside the state.

Catholic Church disagrees with Lagos House of Assembly over cremation Bill

THE Catholic Church has asked the Lagos State House of Assembly to allow the dead rest in peace by throwing out its proposal to pass a bill legalising voluntary cremation of unclaimed dead bodies in the state-owned mortuaries.The bill seeking to legalise voluntary cremation of the dead and unclaimed corpses has already scaled the second reading on the floor of the House of Assembly.

NDLEA Boss blames drug use for Boko haram Menace

The Director-General of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Mr. Femi Ajayi, on Thursday attributed the activities of suicide bombers and terrorist groups to the use of illicit of drugs.The DG said this at the public presentation of three books on drug abuse prevention in Lagos, written by an officer of the NDLEA, Dr. Martin Agwogie.Ajayi said, “No normal human being, who will happily die in an explosion save under the influence of narcotics.

“Death in itself is dreaded even though it is a necessary end, but when people subscribe to it happily through bombing, killing innocent lives and creating havoc and ruin, you know it is not normal.

“The impact of drug abuse is far more damaging than some people assume because it is related to violent crimes. A man under the influence of drugs is as deadly and unpredictable as a mad man playing with a time bomb.”

Arsenal postpone pre-season game in Nigeria

Arsenal Football Club has announced it is reluctantly postponing its proposed trip to Nigeria this summer. The Club has taken the decision as a result of complexities linked to the planned game against Nigeria on Saturday, August 5 in Abuja.

Arsenal marketing director Angus Kinnear said: "Bringing a top-level club to an international market is always complicated and logistically challenging. With the proposed match in Nigeria planned for early August, we could not get comfortable on everything needed to satisfy our requirements, so we have reluctantly taken the decision to postpone the team’s visit."

CBN links NNPC’s JP Morgan account to AGF office

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Friday night opened up on the operation of the controversial secret account.Members of the Senate panel probing the management of fuel subsidy regime had on Wednesday queried the Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on the secret foreign account allegedly managed by the corporation.

The committee had questioned the rationale behind the operation of the account, which, according to it, violates the constitution.But the NNPC had fingered the CBN in the opening of the account.

Two of Nigeria's refinereis practically dead, others produce at 25%

PortHarcourt Refinery

The four Nos. Federal Government-owned refineries in the country are producing refined petroleum products at an abysmally low level.

Investigations show that the refineries are producing at about 25 per cent of installed capacity.

The investigations show that only two of the refineries – the Warri and Kaduna refineries – are partially functional at the moment.

The remaining two located in Port Harcourt are struggling with faults that have prevented them from adding to the quantity of fuel produced locally.

Mario Balotelli demands paternity test from pregnant ex-girlfriend

Going by a press statement just released by Mario Balotelli, it seems his four months pregnant ex-girlfriend, Rafaella Fico, 27, lied when she told the press earlier this week that the 21 year old footballer was delighted about being a dad and that they might reconcile for the sake of their unborn child. Not only is Mario claiming he didn't know about the pregnancy until she went to the press, he has also rubbished Raffaela's claims of a reunion and is demanding a paternity test to establish if he really is the father.

His somewhat angry press statement when you continue...

Festus Keyamo on Otedola Vs Lawan.

From the various reports, Press releases and statements made by all the actors involved in this saga, certain undisputable facts have emerged:
(1) There was definite communication between Farouk Lawan and Femi Otedola (both by telephone and face-to-face) in respect of the offer and acceptance of bribe money concerning the investigation by the House Committee probing the fuel subsidy scam. The question of who initiated a relationship is completely irrelevant when determining the guilt or otherwise of the giver and taker of bribe money.

Woman bites off neighbour's nose for allegedly having an affair with her husband

 

From PM News

A housewife, Mrs. Ruka Amoha who claimed her husband has denied her sexual intercourse for some months decided to vent her anger on her neighbour, Mrs. Yemi Adelani

Ruka alleged that her husband, Wasiu Amoha, starved her of sex because he was enjoying an amorous affair with her neighbor…she descended on Yemi and bit off her nose, during an argument at their apartment.

U.S seizes Alamieyeseigha’s $401,931 loot

The United States Department of Justice on Thursday successfully executed a forfeiture order on the sum of $401,931 (60 Million Naira) seized from a Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC account in Massachusetts owned by a former governor of Bayelsa State, Cheif Diepreye Alamieyeseigha.
The forfeiture was the first victory for a fledgling Justice Department initiative dedicated to seeking out assets in the U.S linked to high-level foreign corruption.

Driver kills NYSC member in Ondo

 

The Batch ‘B’ National Youth Service Corps members currently serving in Akure, the Ondo State capital, wept uncontrollably on Thursday when a motorist hit and killed one of them.The deceased, Mr. Olaniyan Tosin Michael, with call up number 0D/11C/0301, was on his way to the venue of the weekly Community Development Service when the incident happened.

DJ Tee alleged Assault: My side of the story - Alvin Osungade

An upcoming artist, Alvin Osungade earlier claimed he was stabbed by Dj Tee, his full story below

My name is Tolani Alvin Osungade, and this is what really happened between Dj Tee and I...... Firstly, the video shoot was suppose to start @ 10am and I was there to support my friend "malcoholic" the owner of the video shoot. He (malcoholic) told to me invite friends (video girls and guys) which I did. The video shoot did not start early because it rained and the location was being cleaned. And due to the fact that the shoot didn't start on time, people were having refreshments, guys were drinking (including dj tee and his crew). As this was going on, comments were going round that dj tee just insulted some girls I don't know due to them asking for payment to be in the video and i also heard dj tee was going to call his own people to come and replace them.

JTF arrests most wanted ex-militant ‘Gen. Cairo’

The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta region, Operation Pulo Shield, has arrested a most wanted ex-militant suspected to be behind the spate of Pipeline bombings and vandalization in the region.

Known as Seiyifa Gbereke, (Alias General Cairo), he was arrested in Yenagoa after the task force intelligence team tricked him out from his hideout in Warri.

Lt.Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the JTF Media Coordinator who paraded Gbereke before journalists at the JTF Headquarters in Yenagoa, Friday, told journalists that the ex-militant had been on the wanted list for about four months before he was finally arrested in Yenagoa.

Nigeria may break up if Boko Haram is not checked - Oyedepo

The Chancellor Covenant University (CU), Otta, Ogun State, Dr. David Oyedepo, has called for a complete overhaul of the nation’s security system against those he called ‘religious bigots’ scheming to Islamise Nigeria through repeated attacks on churches.

 

Oyedepo also urged the Federal Government to be more committed to the insecurity problem, failure of which he noted, may lead to disintegration.

“I want to believe that what we have on our hands today is an islamisiation agenda being propagated and sponsored by some religious bigots who are poised for war, and if government does not decisively stem down this tide, Nigeria may cease to be a nation.”

Snoop Dogg 'detained at Norway airport after police discover 8 grams of marijuana'

 

Snoop Dogg was detained in Norway after entering the country with marijuana and a large amount of cash, according to reports.

The rapper, 40, allegedly arrived Kjevic Airport in Kristiansand with around eight grams of the drug which was detected by a sniffer-dog.
A customs officer also said the artist was carrying more cash than is legally allowed and was subsequently fined 52,000 kroner ($8,600) for the violations.