Niger State Governor puts up Billboard to celebrate Daughter's wedding.

Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State put up a billboard in the state to celebrate his daughter's wedding. This is quite hilarious!!  hehehehe

Jessica Simpson tweets bare Bay Bump.

Jessica Simpson is pregnant again #surprised#?;  barely eight months after giving birth to her first child, Maxwell. The proud mum to be, shared this photo on her Twitter page yesterday Sunday December 30th with the caption - 'bumpin and proud'.

HILLARY CLINTON HOSPITALISED WITH BLOOD CLOT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been admitted to a New York hospital after the discovery of a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained earlier this month.

Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines says her doctors discovered the clot during a follow-up exam Sunday. Reines says Clinton is being treated with anti-coagulants.

Clinton was admitted to New York-Presbyterian Hospital so doctors can monitor the medication over the next 48 hours.

Reines says doctors will continue to assess Clinton's condition, "including other issues associated with her concussion."

Chidinma Wins Kora Award Best Female Act, (West Africa)

The 'Kedike' singer won the Best Female West African act at the Kora Awards that held in Abidjan last night. My congratulations are in order!

Mercy Johnson gives birth to a Baby Girl

Mercy Johnson Okojie gave birth to a baby girl yesterday in a hospital in the US. Mother and daughter are said to be doing great. 

Congratulations to Mercy and her husband.

Kim Kardashian Pregnant With Kanye West's Baby!

Move over, Baby New Year, and make way for Kimye Jr.

Yes, indeed Kim Kardashian is pregnant with Kanye West’s baby!

E! News has confirmed with the Kardashian family that Kim is expecting her first child with the rapper. But it was West who already spilled the exciting news to a few hundred concert goers.

During his Atlantic City show on Sunday night, West decided to announce that Kim was expecting to all his fans.

Kanye West says he “ain’t crazy”.

And the congratulatory tweets have already begun for the future parents.

"Congrats to Kim and Kanye. Happy for both of them... " Russsell Simmons tweeted, while the Kardashians all showed their joy for the newest member of the family.

 "I'm a happy girl !!!!!!!!! Wowza! Oh BABY BABY BABY," Kris Jenner tweeted.

Khloé Kardashian Odom wrote, "Keeping secrets is hard with so many family members! Especially when you are so freaking excited!!!!! LOVE is everything!!!!" 

Kourtney Kadarshian also went to Twitter with, "Been wanting to shout from the rooftops with joy and now I can! Another angel to welcome to our family. Overwhelmed with excitement!"

Kim is about 12 weeks pregnant.

Source E! online.

General Azazi goes home

The late General Owoye Azazi was finally laid to rest yesterday. The General who died in a Helicopter crash alongside the Kaduna state governor and other dignitaries on December 15, was buried yesterday in a well attended ceremony in Yenogoa Bayelsa state. May his soul and those of the departed rest in perfect peace. Amen. 

Victim of hideous Indian gang rape dies in Singapore hospital

Indian police today sealed off parts off New Delhi and appealed for calm after the death of a woman gang-raped on a bus in the city. The woman was flown to Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore for treatment 10 days after she was brutally attacked by six men who inserted an iron rod into her body on December 16. In response to the attack, the Indian government has promised to publicise photos, names and addresses of convicted rapists following days of widespread protests.

Davido, Victor Moses, JAMB, Boko Haram, most searched of 2012

According to Google's annual Zeitgeist list,Davido, Victor Moses, Rashidi Yekini, Whitney Houston were some of the most searched people of 2012.

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Boko Haram, Asuu strike, Vanguard News were some of the most searched terms of 2012.

See the top 10 searches and people of 2012 after the cut...



Top 10 searches in Nigeria in 2012

Jamb 
Mozat
Boko Haram
Asuu Strike
Google news
Eskimi
Whitney Houston
Vanguard news
NNPC recruitment
Facebook

Covenant University expels 200 students for not attending Church service

About 200 students may have been expelled by the authorities of Covenant University, Cannanland, Ota, Ogun State, recently for what was described as “disregard of paramount core values.”

Frustrated and angered by the development, some of the affected students who gave account of what happened battled emotions while narrating their situations to Saturday Vanguard recently. They however pleaded with the school authorities to tamper justice with mercy in order to save their future.

Saturday Vanguard investigation revealed that out of the figure, about 126 were expelled for not attending the ‘departure service’, meant to sign off from the school after the end of the Semester and Matriculation of students on November 30.  Five other students were thrown out for smoking while unconfirmed source said additional 60 got the same fate for violating other rules bordering on the University’s core values. A few others were given four weeks suspension for failure to sign the head count that was conducted a couple of weeks earlier.

A letter of expulsion signed by the Registrar, Ntia Ubong, a copy which was made available to Saturday Vanguard stated that the affected students contravened Chapter 1, section 30, page 40 of the 2010-2014 Student Handbook.

We gathered that the massive expulsion was predicated on the anger of the Chancellor, Bishop David Oyedepo who was said to have been infuriated after seeing students loitering around when they were supposed to be at the Chapel for the Departure Service.

D'banj Apologizes to Fans that attended the KoKo Concert.

Read the tweets from down to top......

The Koko Concert tagged "Flopped and worst ever"; D'banj's provocative statement to the Regular/V.I.P attendees.

Ever since the much hyped "koko concert" sort of flopped, the internet has been agog with people especially the attendees, venting and expressing their irritation via twitter and other social networks. The event which took place at the Eko Atlantic City  last Thursday, 27th December was hosted by Hollywood actor Idris Alba.

In the past weeks, the concert has enjoyed a lot of hype in the media and was one of the most expensive musical concerts in the country. Some fans paid as much as N1 million to attend the concert which also has Hollywood actor Idris Elba; America rappers, Pusha T and Big Sean; as well as Nigerian-born British rapper Tinnie Tempah; on parade.

Fans were particularly disappointed by Dbanj’s performance. Many of them who went to the concert hoping to hear him perform some of his popular tunes were heartbroken as the musician chose to perform his most recent tunes that many have problems relating to.

Tweets from angry fans below: 

“Dbanj does not have any song to sing.. Terrible. Let tomorrow come first,” said a fan tweeting from the handle @RicDizZle.

“Sing Suddenly or Mogbonofelifeli if you know say e sure for you!” @RicDizZle continued referring to some the musician’s popular tunes.


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Obama signs bill to grant Nigerian student U.S. permanent residency

Victor Chukwueke (second from the left) is shown with his surgeon, Dr. Ian Jackson, the doctor's wife and the nun who has cared for him since he came to the United States.

A Nigerian immigrant's dream came true when President Barack Obama signed into law a rare private bill granting him permanent residency in the Unites States.

Victor Chukwueke, who lives in Michigan on an expired visa, came to the United States 11 years ago to undergo treatment for massive face tumors.

He graduated from a university in the state, and plans to attend an Ohio medical school that requires him to have permanent residency, also known as a green card.

In a rare act, the United States Congress passed a private bill this month granting him permanent residency. Obama signed the bill Friday.

Private bills -- which only apply to one person and mostly focus on immigration -- are rarely approved. His is the only one to pass in Congress in two years.

"I was overwhelmed with joy; it was nothing less than a miracle," the 26-year-old says. "Only in this country can so many miraculous and wonderful things happen to someone like me."

Click to read more after the cut........... 

UPDATE: Kogi Governor flown to Abuja for treatment; Leg totally broken.

Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State may have lost one of his legs in the fatal road accident that immediately killed his aide.

Doctors at the Lokoja Specialist Hospital where Mr. Wada received first aid treatment said his leg is “totally broken.”

The doctors said the governor was brought into the intensive care unit with a severely fractured femur, a senior government official said. He added that the doctors said the governor is in good condition and did not sustain major head or spinal cord injuries.

“There is hope,” he said.

The state government arranged for a helicopter which flew the governor to the National Hospital in Abuja, a source at the government house told PREMIUM TIMES.

BREAKING NEWS: Kogi State Governor involved in a Ghastly Motor Accident

Reports reaching me states that the Kogi State Governor, Idris Wada, was badly hurt in a fatal road accident on Friday and is in the intensive care unit at the Kogi State Hospital in Lokoja, the state capital.

The ADC to the Kogi State Governor reportedly died on the spot.

Mr. Wada was on his way back to Lokoja from a function in Ayingba.

Details later

Kim &Kanye force Bruce Jenner out of his front row seat at a basketball game

Part of the Odom/Jenner clan was at the LA Clippers/Denver Nuggets game on Christmas day. Bruce Jenner sat on the front row with his wife, Kris for about an hour, until Princess Kim and her Prince charming, Kanye showed up. 

See what happened after the cut...

Man Lives In Tree For Nine Months And Vows not To Come Down Until Wife Apologises For Cheating On Him

A  sad and betrayed husband has been living in a tree for the last nine months, refusing to come down until his wife apologises for cheating on him. But the apology never came and, nine months later,Sanjay, 25, is still there, wondering if wife Tara will ever take him back.

Sanjay, whose surname is not known, married Tara last year in Ramgaon, Varanasi, before moving to Mumbai.

But in March he returned home from work a little early to find his new bride in a compromising position with their next-door neighbour.

Hurt and humiliated, he demanded an apology for the infidelity but she refused so he took her back to their village in a bid to resolve their differences.

But she remained defiant, saying she wanted to return to Mumbai before leaving for her parents house.

So in a last ditch effort to win her back, Sanjay shimmied up a guava tree on the outskirts of the village and has remained there ever since.

Woman Fired For Being Too Sexy!

  Melissa Nelson was fired for being too “irresistible” and a “threat” to her employer’s marriage. How hilarious!

 “I think it is completely wrong,” Nelson said. “I think it is sending a message that men can do whatever they want in the work force.”

On Friday, the all-male Iowa State Supreme Court ruled that James Knight, Nelson’s boss, was within his legal rights when he fired her, affirming the decision of a lower court.

“We do think the Iowa Supreme Court got it completely right,” said Stuart Cochrane, an attorney for James Knight. “Our position has always been Mrs. Nelson was never terminated because of her gender, she was terminated because of concerns her behavior was not appropriate in the workplace. She’s an attractive lady. Dr. Knight found her behavior and dress to be inappropriate.”

For Nelson, a 32-year-old married mother of two, the news of her firing and the rationale behind it came as a shock.

Brandy is Engaged

Brandy and her boyfriend of a few years, music executive Ryan Press got engaged on Christmas day. Ryan proposed to Brandy the traditional way, on one knee right in front of her parents in her family home while they were opening Christmas presents.

 How sweet...........

Indian tea workers burn their boss and his wife to death

Tea plantation workers torched the home of their boss, killing both him and his wife, following a labour dispute in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, officials said on Thursday.

Around 1,000 workers at the privately-owned M.K.B. Tea Estate attacked the plantation owner's bungalow on Wednesday and set it on fire in violence blamed on festering labour unrest in the tea-growing region, police said.

Mridul Bhattacharya and his wife Rita were burned to death as workers armed with home-made weapons prevented police from rescuing them, they said.

"The body of the planter was charred beyond recognition and reduced to ashes while the body of the wife was found lying in the kitchen," local police officer A. Das told AFP by telephone.

The grisly attack occurred in Assam's tea-growing Tinsukia district, some 500 kilometres (310 miles) east of the state's main city of Guwahati.

Update: How Obasanjo’s house was gutted by fire

Barely 20 minutes after Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former President left his Abeokuta Hilltop Mansion residence on Thursday, fire engulfed the building.

The house located in Abeokuta, the Ogun State Capital, was gutted by fire on Thursday with extensive damages recorded in the 30-minute incident

The fire, which started at about 4.25 p.m., was traced to electricity power surge, just barely about twenty minutes after Mr. Obasanjo left for his other house located in Ita-Eko area of the town.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the fire sparked from his private office, a stone throw to his bedroom, before the security in the premises raised alarm, and the state fire service were contacted.

The fire service, in a swift response, raced to the scene with two fire fighting vehicles, to curtail the fire, which would have spread to other apartments. However, a number of valuables were consumed by the fire.

BREAKING NEWS: Obasanjo's house is on fire!

The hilltop palatial residence of former President Olusegun Obasanjo is currently on fire.

The house is located in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital

Men of the fire service arrived the scene and are currently putting out the fire.

Details later.

Governor Fashola vows to deal with owner of stored Fire Cracker

Lagos state Governor, Babatunde Fashola, yesterday visited the site of the boxing day firecracker explosion that razed about 15 buildings and killed an 11 year old boy.  Fashola said he plans to punish the owner of the store on Oko Awo street where the fire crackers were stored. 

“In order to make quick business, we have lost a life, we lost property and all of us are in danger. All of these items are under one form of prohibition or the other and we have men and women at our various entry and exit points. How did they get in? How did they enter? Who imported them and who cleared them? Who approved them to come in. Those are very serious issues we must also ask ourselves" Fashola said

Lagos state is one of the states that has banned the use of fire crackers 

Passenger Arrested with N71 Million at Lagos Airport.

The Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Command of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, on Monday arrested a passenger, Mr Ikebude Akoma, with $456,000 (N71,660,400) during the outward clearance of passengers of Qatar Airways flight to China en route Doha.

The Public Relations Officer of the Airport Command of Nigeria Customs Service, Mrs Thelma Williams while reacting to the arrest said that the passenger was apprehended for not being able to explain to the Customs authorities the source of the foreign currency with either bureau de change or bank slip which was a prerequisite for a proper documentation of the currency.

According to Mrs Williams, the passenger with the passport number A04073478, was arrested at the ‘E’ wing section of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport screening hall from where he was interrogated by officials on duty before being handed over the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

She noted that the passenger was guilty of the law for his inability to convince relevant authorities over the source of the money as well as his defiance of rules concerning the movement of huge sum of foreign currency outside the country.

Revealed: Chris Brown was paid $1 million for Lagos Concert; Wale Tinubu fingered as financier.

Popular singer Chris Brown was paid at least $1m (about N156m) to travel down to Lagos with a 15 man crew last week, NET investigations have revealed.

The Grammy-winning singer stopped over in South Africa, for concerts in Cape Town and Jo’burg, before heading down to Lagos for the show.

The Lagos event, built into Brown’s on-going world tour, was organised by Kilimanjaro Events – same company that promoted Rick Ross and Anita Baker in the past.

Financial details were not made public, but we found that Oando boss Wale Tinubu was a major financier, as well as Etisalat, which provided last minute sponsorship.

Brown was to make a brief appearance at the Oando end-of-year gig, but we’re told that did not happen.

It was Brown’s second time in Nigeria, the first being for a THISDAY Music Festival performance a few years ago.

Sources told us the fees ‘could have been more’ if he was required to perform with a live band or if he had to do multiple venues or cities.

Although he performed with a DJ and backing track, with two back-up singers and four dancers, he gave a good account of himself, treating fans to almost two hours of a well-planned set that left guests asking for more.

Chris Brown’s tour will continue early next year with a scheduled performance in Cote D’Ivoire.

One dead, 40 injured in Lagos Explosion.

One dead and forty injured in an explosion in a warehouse that sparked a major fire in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial Capital.

The explosion which affected nearby buildings and cars, is suspected to have  been caused by a Fireworks storage facility in Jankara market Idumota. The building is said to be located on Oko Awo street in the popular Jankara area of Lagos, close to King Ado secondary school.

Witnesses said the fireworks were stored in the warehouse on Lagos islankd and the blaze quickly spread to other buildings.

as explosion shatters building packed with fire crackers in Idumagbo area of Lagos Island, Lagos.

The blast reportedly shook windows of homes several miles away and a thick cloud of smoke could be seen rising over the island.

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Lagos State Government demolish N100million PFMI church

There was uproar at Afero village on Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos, as officials of the Lagos State Government demolished a sprawling church, the Pure Fire Miracles Ministries International (PFMI) in a controversial manner.

Lagos Task Force men, accompanied by officials from the Ministry for Physical Planning and Urban Development (MPPUD), stormed the church to enforce an eviction ordered by the government.

The ministry demolished the building over allegation that there was no approval for the construction of the building.

Obafemi Martins set to Marry Ghanaian lover?

It's no longer news that ace Nigerian footballer, Obafemi Martins is in a sizzling relationship with Mario Balotelli's elder sister, Abigail Barwuash. Obafemi has been secretly dating the Ghanaian lady, who he met in Spain a while back, for many months now. The lovers recently flew a private jet to a remote Island in Europe for a romantic holiday before Obafemi flew home to Nigeria for Christmas.

People close to the very private Levente FC of Spain striker say he's very serious with Abigail and that's why he's no longer hiding his relationship with her unlike his previous relationships. They say he may be considering marriage.

Meanwhile, he organized a charity event today in Lagos. The charity event was for new mothers and their babies. He made donations and also paid the bills for the mothers who could not afford it themselves. It happened at a maternity hospital in Lagos Island by 10:30 this morning.

See the Mansion Chris Brown stayed in while in Nigeria

Chris Brown who sure is  used to mansions in the US 'oohed and aahed' at the size of the house he stayed in while in Lagos a few days ago. He posted photos of the house on his Instagram page with the caption - This house I'm at in Nigeria is big as f**k!

Nollywood Actress Halima Abubakar's Glam New photoshoot.

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Merry Christmas!

May this season bring you Joy, Peace and all the goodness that your hearts desire. Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year in advance!

NEWS FLASH: Kaduna State gets new Deputy Governnor

Executive Governor of Kaduna State, Mukhtar Yero

The Deputy governor nominee was the Chairman of the ruling PDP.

Kaduna State Governor, Muktar Yero, has nominated Nuhu Bajoga as the Deputy Governor of the state.

The State’s Commissioner of Information, Saidu Adamu, briefed newsmen on Monday after the governor met with Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, officials and principal officers of the state House of Assembly.

Prior to the appointment, Mr. Bajoga was the Chairman of the ruling PDP, in the state.

The Commissioner of Information said Mr. Bajoga’s name has been submitted to the assembly for screening.

The post of Deputy Governor became vacant in the state after Patrick Yakowa, the former governor of the state, died in a crash penultimate Saturday.

"I am the only actress who hasn't slept with an actor', Cossy Tweets

Obviously...............lol

Omotola Jalade Ekeinde falls face down at the Lagos airport

oopppsss!!!!

Osaze Odemwingie "goes off "on Twitter for not being included in Super Eagles squad

 Please read tweets from below......

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