Naija Wink: July 2014

Thursday, 31 July 2014

Nigeria Introduces New e-International Travel Passport

President Goodluck Jonathan has inaugurated a new 64-page international travel passport on Wednesday morning before the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting inside the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, Abuja.
The new e-passport according to the President gives frequent travelers more pages for visas having been increased from 32 to 64 pages.
Frequent travelers often request new passports because of the limited number of pages for visas and border control stamps. The passport will be available to frequent travellers and businessmen for N20, 000 from Friday, August 01, 2014.

Two security guards have reportedly been 'sacked' yesterday from the Commonwealth Games for taking selfies with Usain Bolt while he was training. It was reported that the two men approached the Jamaican fastest runner Usain Bolt and asked to take photo with him.
They were then 'punted' or sacked by a supervisor who had asked them to put their mobile phones away while the Jamaican sprinter was training.
The athlete was using the track to prepare for the 4x100m relay which takes place at Hampden Park tomorrow night. Officials are now said to have told staff at the games to be professional and not approach athletes for 'selfies'.

Hahaha, Jim Iyke posted a photo of him wearing a mask on his IG page while taking off from Liberia over the deadly ebola virus. Since Liberia is one of the west Africa country with high numbers of victims, Oga Jim decided to take a leave before . Oga Jim it hasn't come to you wearing mask nah...Hehe, who life no dey sweet?. Meanwhile there is fear of ebola now in Asia country as a Hong Kong woman who flew in from Kenya, shows symptoms of ebola. ...

It's no joke at all that this disease is killing faster than HIV. The height of it all is that it has no cure and it can be passed around easily. A doctor who has fought the Ebola virus in Liberia where it infected two American doctors today gave a terrifying insight into how medics put their fears aside and their lives on the line to treat patients in the current outbreak taking a grip in Africa.

Sharing more photos from infected victims of how the stage 2 symptoms look like and when affected the person only lives for 21days.
Dr Spencer, who is British, volunteered for medical charity Doctors Without Borders in Guinea and Liberia - the crucible of the current outbreak which has killed more than 600 and infected around 1,200.

The Kibaku Area Development Association (Chibok community), has explained that the Presidency shared N22.4m to the Chibok parents and the escaped girls that held a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan on July 22,2014, contrary to reports that N100m was doled out to the recipients.

The association in a press statement signed by its Spokesman, Dauda Ilya, in Abuja on Wednesday, said that: 63 individuals comprising:

51 escaped girls were given N100,000 each,
51 parents equally received N100,000 each
and another 61 parents got N200,000 each.

The community stated that 10 parents out of the 122 that took part in the meeting with Jonathan did
not receive any money.
It said:

According to Report Ghana News, this Pastor was preaching to his congregation on a Sunday morning then he ask people with health problems to stand up and come close to touch a specific place on his body for healing. While everyone was touching the Pastor’s head, shoes and shoulder; this woman, a Bishop of same congregation decided to hold the pastor’s privates for healing.

Sierra Leone has declared a state of public emergency to tackle the worst ever outbreak of Ebola and will call in security forces to quarantine epicentres of the deadly virus, President Ernest Bai Koroma said in a statement.

The measures resembled a tough anti-Ebola package announced by neighbouring Liberia on Wednesday evening. Koroma announced he was cancelling a visit to Washington for a U.S.-Africa summit next week because of the crisis and would instead hold an emergency meeting with regional leaders in Guinea on Friday.

Officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army will soon be kitted with new sets of uniforms to differentiate them from impostors , according to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Kenneth Minimah who made this known to the public at the end of his tour on army formations in the Lagos.

The Army General said the new uniforms which are currently being sewn at the Nigerian Army Tailoring Department in Yaba, will make officers and soldiers appear smarter. Read his own words below :

Lol, this is what she is known for...Partying. The porn actress who is in Nigeria shared photos of her activity. Afrocandy dressed in black leather outfit and red boots, was spotted in raunchy dance, partying her life away in a club with two masked semi-naked ladies. Chai!, those boobs cannot not compete with Cossy. Hehehe..See more photos below..(please +21)

lolz

Dora Akunyili to be Laid to Rest on August 28th

Dora Akunyili - July 2014 - BellaNaija.com 01

The family of the late NAFDAC boss Dora Akunyili release details about her burial programme. She will be buried on the 28th of August 2014.

Read the official statement;

The family of former Minister of Information and Communications, late Prof. (Mrs.) Dora Nkem Akunyili, has released a week-long programme of activities for her funeral, culminating in her burial on Thursday, August 28, 2014.
The programme, released today in Enugu by Prof. Akunyili’s husband, Dr. Chike Akunyili, starts with a Christian Wake-Keep at No. 2A Bishop Onyeabor St., G.R.A. Enugu, to hold from 4:00 p.m. on Friday, August 22.
A Night of Tributes is to hold at International Conference Centre Abuja from 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 25, while a Mass would be held for her at Pro-Cathedral Catholic Church, Abuja, by 10:00 a.m. the next day, August 26.

Dr. Brantly makes chlorine solution for disinfection at the case management center at ELWA Hospital.
An American doctor who contracted Ebola virus while working in Liberia is showing slight signs of improvement, according to reports.

Dr Kent Brantly remains in a serious condition while he undergoes intensive treatment at an isolation centre, the Samaritan’s Purse charity reports.

EBOLA TINZ
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced that it has started temperature screening passengers arriving from places at risk from Ebola and has suspended Asky Airline because it brought the first case to Lagos.

“Screening and monitoring is being done at all major international airports. It entails checking passengers’ temperatures with a hand-held machine,” NCAA spokesman Sam Adurogboye, then added that a compulsory blood test would follow if the passenger’s temperature gave cause for concern.

The International Airlines Association (IATA) said that WHO has not yet recommended any travel restrictions or border closures due to the outbreak, and added that there will be a low risk
to other passengers if an Ebola patient flew.

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, has in his official fleet of cars a 1952 4-door Rolls Royce Silver Wraith convertible. He recently stepped out in the vintage car. Going by history, this Rolls Royce was passed down in 1953 to the late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero who died on the 6th of June 2014. The late Ado Bayero inherited it from Emir Muhammadu Inuwa. This Rolls Royce has a 5-litre straight engine Hooper body. It was used to transport the Queen of England, and the Duke of Edinburgh during their official visit to Kano in 1956.

Awilo Longomba has described Nigerian ladies as busy women saying they hardly have time for fun. Awilo who said this while in Lagos said, I notice Nigerian women are hard working, and rarely have time to hang out. Is that a compliment?

BENIN— THE Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, yesterday, declared the seat of the member representing Etsako West Constituency I, Mr. Abdulrazak Momoh, vacant for defecting to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from All Progressives Congress, APC.

The Speaker, Mr. Uyi Igbe, during plenary of the APC lawmakers at the Old Assembly complex in Government House, Benin, said the lawmaker’s defection did not follow due process.

He said Session 109 (1g) of the 1999 Constitution as amended, empowers the Speaker to declare the seat of a lawmaker, upon defection to another party from the party he was elected, vacant.

I Am not Signed To Lil Wayne Sport Management'' - C. Ronaldo

Star footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo has dismissed rumours that he is set to become the first signing to rapper Lil Wayne’s new sports management company as reported in a previous article.
“Weezy (Lil Wayne) has been wanting to get into the sports management game for a while and has had his sights set on the Team Portugal stud… not just because he’s a huge sports star, but because they’re friends.” TMZ reported. But the Real Madrid winger has denied the claims via his official Twitter account by stating that his management team is and will remain the same.

Lagos Police have arrested 28-year-old Raphael Effiong, for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend to death on Tuesday, 29July, during the course of a fight in a hotel in Alapere, Ketu, Lagos state.
Effiong and his girlfriend,Gift Sunday reportedly checked into a room in the hotel on Tuesday evening, but sometime later, staff of the hotel heard screams from the room, which prompted them to rush their and forcefully open the door, after which they found the barely conscious girl in a pool of her blood.

Scandals No Longer Scare Me’--- Davido

David Adedeji Adeleke, famously known as Davido is arguably the hottest artists in Africa at the moment, and no thanks to his hit singles, and collaborations which have won him prestigious awards, particularly MTV’s MAMA and BET International.
At 22 and in less than two years, Omo-Baba-Olowo, as he’s fondly called has achieved so much for himself, and from the handwriting on the wall, this is just the beginning for the Ede, Osun born HKN Record Label boss. Some of his achievements, which qualified him as Africa’s best, include:

Criminal charges were filed on Wednesday against a 32-year-old man accused of molesting a 19-year-old woman while she was asleep on an international flight from Detroit to Amsterdam.
Janarol Dickens is accused of putting his hand down her underwear while placing her hand on his crotch while she slept on the flight on June 10, 2012.

Dickens is only facing charges now, more than three years later, because he spent years outside of the United States, returning a little more than one-year ago.

According to the FBI, American the US District Court in Detroit can hear the charges because the aircraft the assault allegedly occurred on departed from the United States.

A 35-year-old man, Yinka Offehin, who resides on Popoola Street, off Abaranje Road in the Ikotun area of Lagos is now battling for life after his scrotum was cut by the children of his landlady.
According to reports, Yinka was attacked while sleeping in his room with his family members.

His wife, Bisi, who was with him when the incident happened, identified the assailants as Solomon and Damilola, the children of the landlady.
She said, “On Thursday morning, around 3am, while we were sleeping, we heard loud bangs on our door. We initially thought they were armed robbers because the house beside ours had recently been robbed.

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) on Thursday said it generated more than N120 billion from taxation between January and June this year.
The Executive Chairman of the service, Mr Tunde Fowler, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that 90 per cent of the taxes were generated from the organised private sector and civil servants.

Fowler said that the remaining 10 per cent came from the informal sector, mostly market women, artisans, commercial drivers and taxable individuals in the state.

He said the state had relied on the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to implement its budget following the dwindling statutory allocations.

‘I have to quit school to focus on my reign’, MBGN 2014 Winner, Iheoma Nnadi

The Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, MBGN 2014, Iheoma Amanda Nnadi, 19, said she is going to sacrifice her academic pursuit, at least for now, to concentrate on her new “office”. During an interactive section on Encomium Weekly, the Business Administration undergraduate of the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, said the decision was in her best interest and that since her transfer to the South African university would be concluded next year, it would pay her to remain in Nigeria and discharge her responsibilities as queen.

Wife of popular afro singer Tuface Idibia and mother of 2. Annie Idibia, opened up in an exclusive interview with Sun, about her life while growing up. She was born with a silver spoon but didn't grow up enjoying the benefits of it. She talked about her struggles and pains after her parents divorced while she was 9 or 10 years old. She watched her mother struggle alone as a single mother to raise her four children unfortunately they lost one of her brother to tuberculosis...She also opened up on her acting career and marriage to Tuface Idibia. Read more below...

The story that Beninoise actress/musician, Ella Martins and Nollywood superstar, Genevieve Nnaji, are lesbians was actually broken by an online magazine last year and it created a big buzz. Though both Ella Martins and Genevieve reportedly, swiftly reacted to squash it all but it would seem the echoes are still being heard as Ella revealed in this chat that she is still being haunted by the scandalous story. Ella in Whatsapp with chat Potpourri said she has been troubled ever since the whole saga....Read interview below..

Tell me one good reason why Don Jazzy won't be loved by people?...Too down to earth!..Following the release of their music video "Dorrobucci", many of his fan including Nollywood critic Charles Novia were disappointed which I agree.

The music video lacked good interpretation and anticipation, we expected more but we got less from the music video. In fact I prefer the audio than watching the music video. Charles Novia tweeted his opinion about the music video and looks like Don Jazzy read it and took points of his critic...

Then Charles re-tweeted and thanked him for his maturity...See below..

The news booming right now is that the recent MBGN 2014, might be lying about her age. The whole suspicion started after she posted a throw back photo(above) on her IG page. And with her caption on the photo, she claimed the photo was taken as far back as 2007. Now fast forward to this present day....she is 19 years now, that means she was 12 years of age then. Lol...

Don't even bother checking her IG page because she has already deleted the photo. What do you guys think about this?. Does the photo look like a 12 years old girl?

Fummi Iyanda Says Don't Have Kids Immediately After Marriage...Who Agrees?

TV presenter and activist, Fummi Iyanda who recently clocked 43 on Sunday, July 27, during her speech gave advice about marriages and to young people. speaking on marriage, she warned young people to marry someone who makes them laugh and also has a job.
“Learn how to make your own money, freedom is not gender specific; don’t have kids immediately after marriage”.
Who agrees with Fummi on that part of not having children immediately after marriage?...I surly agree with her because couples need more time together before babies start coming in.

Mikel Obi Gets British Passport October

Super Eagles midfielder, Mikel Obi, will stay in Chelsea because he is due to get his British passport in October, africanFootball.com reports.
A close associate of the Chelsea midfielder told africanFootball.com that Mikel declined offers from Monaco and Juventus because of his desire to get a British passport in October.
“Mikel will be a British citizen by October and that was one of the main considerations why he has opted to stay put at Chelsea at least for the time being,” the player’s close associate informed africanFootball.com “There are offers from clubs like Juventus, Galatasaray and Monaco, but he would rather get his passport before he considers any of them.”

2baba Shows Love To Juliet Ibrahim In Dallas (See Photos)

2baba**wink**

See Photo-- What is Wrong in this Photo?

One of the guys in the pix posted it on his Facebook profile and tagged several people. Surprisingly most people who saw the photo and commented on it criticized them.
In fact the comments are so shocking and it's more like a war over there with over a hundred comments when last I checked... I see a pix of too friends chilling on a Sunday afternoon...lol. but people who have more eyes than me, claim they see more... Hian!

A 43-year old mechanic in Minna, Obi Orji has committed suicide over his inability to pay his N35,000 house rent b y drinking a poisonous chemical. It was learnt that Obi took his own life after his wife and five children had left for the morning mass, leaving only him at home. Here’s how his colleague described what happened.
Obi’s landlord, simply identified as Alhaji Lateef, had constantly traced him to his workshop at the Mechanic bye-pass in Minna, threatening to forcefully evict him out of the house if he failed to pay his rent at the appointed date.

Millitant leader Asari Dokubo has called out Mr. President over a recent statement he made showing support to Buhari. He also denied sponsoring the bomb attack on Buhari. Speaking with news men in Abuja today, July 29th, he said;

"I do not work for Jonathan. What the President said was wrong. The life of Buhari is not more important than 87 people that died in that blast. It is unfortunate that the president made such a statement. I wonder why the President will be promoting one person above that of other Nigerians.

"That statement from the President was very unfortunate. I do have the capacity to tell the President to apologize, but I still insist that he should not have made such a statement.

The African Muzik Magazine Awards held at the prestigious Eisemann Center with a galaxy of African stars gracing the city of Dallas. The biggest African Music Awards in Diaspora had the big African Stars like Flavour, Diamond Platnumz , Togar Howard, Serge Bearnaud, Stanley Enow, Wyre, Alaine, Khuli Chana, the African King of Pop and International superstar T-pain dazzle on the stage with electrifying performances. Other performances on the night include Kukere master Iyanya, Khuli Chana, Kcee and more.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs Doyin Okupe has denied that President Jonathan gave any money to Chibok parents. Who do you believe?

Ladies Can You Do This To Your Man? (See Photo)

i love this babe, no time

Breaking News: Another Bomb Explosion at Mosque in Potsikum, Yobe state..

There was an explosion at a mosque in Potsikum.
The Defence Headquarters of Nigeria broke the news. More details later

Cameroon Rescues Vice PM’s Wife Kidnapped by Boko Haram

Security operatives in Cameroon have rescued wife of Vice Prime Minister Amadou Ali who was kidnapped by the Boko Haram sect on Sunday along with a traditional ruler of Kolofata town, reports BBC Hausa Service.
The reports say that 16 people lost their lives in the rescue operations, although Cameroon information minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary said government was still investigating the matter to ascertain the actual number of people killed.

Inspector Sunday Mefo, a police officer attached to the Patrol and Guard (P&G) Unit at the Aba Central Police Station (CPS) in Abia State, allegedly shot himself dead accidentally on Sunday, July 27.

According to Daily Sun report, the incident occurred at about 10p.m. as Mefo tried to check the working condition of the an AK 47 rifle, which he was to use for night duty.

Sources claimed that he had allegedly pulled the trigger of the gun and in the process, one of the bullets in the cache accidentally went off and hit him in the leg.

Mefo was reportedly rushed to a nearby hospital where he was receiving medical treatment.

Unfortunately, he died yesterday morning.

Nigerians have been advised to be calm and not panic over the reported case of Ebola Virus in Lagos State, with an assurance that no Nigerian is infected with the virus. Addressing a joint Ministerial Press briefing of the Lagos State Ministry of Health and Federal Ministry of Health on development concerning the disease on Monday, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, affirmed that there had only been one case of imported Ebola resulting in the death of a Liberian diplomat in Lagos.

He emphasised that health authorities were being very proactive about the detection of the Ebola Virus in the Liberian, who was on his way to Calabar for a conference, by ensuring that all contacts were being actively followed.

**Kola Ademola, Oyedepo Adesola and Kola Osho being paraded by police after their arrest over alleged fraud

The anti-robbery unit of the Nigerian police force has arrested members of a fraud syndicate that specialize in stealing cheques of customers and using it to withdraw money in connivance with fraudulent bank staff.

The robbers whose modus operandi involves going to banks on the pretext of transacting business while looking out for customers who are careless with their cheque books to steal, or search through waste bins of banks for unused cheques or those discarded due to errors.

Mercy Aigbe has opened up on the major challenge faced by actors።..She told Nigerian Films
"Nigerian journalists have not been fair to us (actors). It’s often very sad when you see untrue, dirty details about you in the papers.
They rubbish our reputation in order to sell their paper and it’s heart breaking.Again, in the industry, you see people beefing you here and there.

Two female suicide bombers blew themselves off and killed three people, injured seven people and two policemen at separate bomb blasts in Kano yesterday.

Kano Police Commissioner, Aljaji Adenrele Shinaba, confirmed that a female wearing explosives detonated it at Hotoro NNPC mega filling station which killed three people and injured seven others.

He added that the incident occurred when innocent citizens queued up to purchase kerosene.

Alhaji Shinaba also confirmed that a 19-year-old girl suicide bomber blew herself up and injured two policemen at the entrance of the multi-billion naira Ado Bayero Mall near Kano Trade Fair ground in metropolitan Kano.

Barely two weeks after the impeachment of Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako and the sack notice given to Nasarawa State Governor Tanko Al-Makura a week ago, both of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), their colleague in Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha is being threatened to be removed by the state lawmakers.

In Al-Makura’s case, the House of Assembly has asked the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Suleiman U. Dikko to raise a seven-member panel to investigate alleged allegations of misconduct against him, he did that at the weekend.

In Imo State also at the weekend, there was tension as members of the Assembly vowed to commence impeachment proceedings against Owelle Okorocha for allegedly withholding their entitlements since he became governor in 2011.

Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has said that no fewer than 105,000 candidates applied to the University of Ilorin in 2014 Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examinations.
He stated that, unfortunately, Unilorin had the capacity to only admit 9,000 of the 105,000 candidates.

Speaking to journalists in Ilorin on Sunday, he stated that Unilorin was the most sought-after university in Nigeria for admission by candidates. According to him, coming after it is the University of Benin, Edo State.
He claimed that Unilorin was best sought-after university for admission because of the institution’s stable academic calendar and quality academic standard.

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