Sunday, 23 October 2016

Lovely photo of Sandra Okagbue and her daughter with Flavour

Sandra pictured playing with her daughter, Gabrielle

Pictured above is the son of former PDP chairman, Bamanga Tukru, Ahmed, carrying his son, Umar on his back.

Olamide Baddo Flaunts New Tattoo (Photos)

YBNL record label boss and an online front rapper in Nigeria, Olamide aka Baddosneh is always on the news for one reason or the other. after a recent change of hairstyle, Olamide is seen flaunting the new tattoo behind his left leg.

The tattoo is what looks like a symbol of the iconic yoruba statue, Oduduwa and the caption he added to it makes us realize the man is really proud of his culture. See the tattoo below:

What do you think about the tattoo? Cute or not?

Beware! Expired Rice Floods Market In Nigeria

There are reports that expired foreign rice smuggled into the country through Seme, Idiroko, Shaki and Chikanda borders may have flooded Nigerian markets, Leadership reports.

Nigeria shares major borders with Benin Republic at Seme Border (Lagos), Idiroko (Ogun State), Shaki (Oyo State) and Chikanda (Kwara State).
The rice has been exposed to poor storage facilities, rain, weevils and other unhygienic forms of storage, thereby making the commodity toxic and not fit for human consumption anymore.

It was gathered that a larger percentage of rice imported into the Francophone country were meant for sale in Nigeria. However, the rice was smuggled into the country through methods that include pouring grains of rice into various crevices of vehicles.

The product are also believed to be conveyed in open wooden canoes across creeks and waterways with large quantity of unhygienic waters splashing on them.

Ali at a joint news conference on illegal rice importation to Nigeria on Tuesday, October 4, in Abuja said 99 per cent of rice smuggled through the land borders is not fit for human consumption. He said NAFDAC samples have showed that smuggled rice through the borders was unfit for human consumption

President Muhammadu Buhari will now meet with leaders of the Niger Delta and other stakeholders at a later date contrary to an initial agreement, Vanguard reports.

The meeting between the president and the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PNDF) had been scheduled to hold on Saturday, October 29, but will now hold on Monday, October 31.

Speaking to Vanguard about the modification on Saturday were the leader of PNDF, Chief Edwin Clark and Ledum Mitee, the secretary of the group’s central working committee

Nigeria’s minister of state for petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, also confirmed the latest development, saying: “It was actually a suggestion that the meeting could hold about that date, but having found out that 29 is a Saturday, you know it is not possible to drag the President for such a meeting on that day, the better day is Monday, October 31, so that is date.”

The meeting between both camps is expected to help reduce the tension in the region and finally out an end to the agitations by the militants in the south south who believe strongly that they have been repeatedly marginalised by the federal government.

Recently, a former military president in the country, Yakubu Gowon apologised to the Niger Delta people for the neglect they have endured in the hands of successive governments.

The former military head of state made this apology at the premiere of ‘Oloibiri’ which is a movie about the Niger Delta Gowon said the country was sorry for the way the region has been treated and urged all aggrieved persons to be ready to dialogue with the President Buhari-led federal government.

It was a sorrowful night for two members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), last Wednesday in Asarama Community, Andoni Local Government Area, Rivers State, after they were robbed and raped by some unknown gunmen.

The corpers were said to be in bed at their lodge when the gunmen who are suspected to be Niger Delta militants broke into their rooms to rob and rape them.

One of the victims in a telephone conversation with The Nation explained that the gunmen numbering seven wore face caps except for the ring leader, who was hooded.

She explained sadly: “The gunmen broke the door with their legs. We were about seven in the lodge. They entered my room and I was told to knock on other rooms. They came with guns and cutlasses. They were about seven in number.

“They asked all of us out of our rooms and they led all of us into an empty room. Then later they came to ask if we had any male Corps member because the lodge is like a wing. They asked him to pull his trousers. We, the girls were packed in an empty room and they told us to stand up one after the other and they led us to our rooms.

“Some phones were collected. There has not been light in our lodge since we started serving and they didn’t come with any source of light so they asked me to put on my torch. They asked us how much we had as they led us to our rooms. As they were doing that, they were beating, slapping and hitting us. They searched the rooms and asked us to bring the money. They asked me to kneel down and went into other people’s room to do the same thing.

“When he came back into my room, he locked the door and asked me to look for the money, else he would kill me. I told them that I didn’t have any money apart from the one I already gave them.

“Then he (gunmen) asked me to pull my dress, and I was actually raped that night. I struggled but he overpowered me. He was beating and slapping me. The marks are still on my body. He was the one who had the gun with him. One other female corper was raped in our room too. After that, he told me to lie faced down on my bed, then also took some things from my room and left. He told me to lock the door and that when he wants to come, he would knock.

“Then I was hearing footsteps; I think they were carrying the food stuff that they saw in other rooms. They went to the other wing and collected their phones, foods stuff, clothes, shoes, and some plates too.

“All these lasted for more than two hours. They sounded local and they were saying “since the government did not pay us; no vex o. All these things, na hunger cause am. If government no pay us, then if we get gun, we go find our way.’’

Expatiating further, she said: “There is no police station in that area. And our lodge is bushy, so even if we called for help, no one would have heard us. The local inspector, local government chairman and some other people visited us in the hospital and took care of our hospital bill. They told us to leave the lodge.

“So, the place is under lock now. I feel very bad. It’s very heartbreaking and traumatizing. God knows about everything that happened and I know those that did it will not go unpunished.”

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With President Barrack Obama gearing up to vacate the seat of the President of United State of America in coming weeks, the first black President and his wife Michelle Obama, celebrated their final musical night gig ‘BET's Love and Happiness’ at the White House on Friday.

The show, which experienced touches of classic, country, blues, Broadway, gospel, Motown, Latin and jazz music featured performances by Usher, Jill Scott, The Roots, Bell Biv DeVoe, Janelle Monae, De La Soul and Yolanda Adams, while Actors Samuel L. Jackson, Jesse Williams of Grey's Anatomy and Angela Bassett among others made guest appearances. See more photo after the cut...