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I expect a resounding victory from the Super Eagles, Anything short of that...Keshi should forget about his 5M/Month.

@Beennkumar Don't you wanna be Famous? Like Michael Jackson? Lol

Lets go Midweek Shopping! Today we have the following virtues in stock and their prices:
1. Love - N500,000
2. Education - N500,000
3. Riches - N500,000
4. Fame - N500,000
5. Beauty - N500,000
If you had N1million only to spend, which of these will you buy?

Afraid of Ebola.......

Missberrypop5 How old are you?


I think you look amazing btwn

@Cramjones Why do you hate GEJ?

uzolexis: Belgium ATM

Okies..Who's your favorite Chelsea player?

How often do you visit Nigeria?

@uzolexis Hopefully, we will visit Stamford bridge..Depends on your location though

@Uzolexis Are you a Chelsea fan? If yes, Kindly Follow me

@SoftSparkyy What's the Location of your Papa house?

@NickyPearl Dearie,Please kindly Follow me baq

The General is spot on!

FormerChief of Army Staff, General Onyeabo Azubuike Ihejirika has responded to the allegations made by Australian Negotiator that he is one of the sponsors of Boko Haram.
General Ihejirika
Lt. Gen Azubuike Ihejirika during the meeting of the Alumni Association of members of Regular Course 18 of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), at the National Defence College (NDC), Abuja described the allegations against him as frivolous and unfounded.
Ihejirika who warned against giving undue attention to the Australian’s claims said the allegation was meant to divert the attention of the country and its security agencies thereby causing division.
The ex-Army boss who warned Nigerians against utterances that could bring down the morale of Nigerian troops, a situation he described as dangerous.
He also warned stakeholders and allies that the terrorists are currently exploiting the country’s ethno-religious, socio-political and multi-cultural faultiness to advance their cause, which they have not been able to achieve through violence.
READ ALSO: Australian Negotiator Reveals Boko Haram Sponsors
Iherjirika said:“If this accusation was made in a country like US or UK, it would not be discussed for one hour because they would wave it aside. But they are exploiting our traditional fault lines, a multi-religious multi ethnic, multi-cultural and young democracy, so what they have tried to do is aimed at achieving what they could not achieve.
“I have chosen to do this because we cannot allow national security to be toyed with; the need for security awareness in spite of the effort I put in at time and the effort being put by the current leadership of the Armed Forces, the need for security awareness still persists.
“I want to urge all Nigerians to join hands to support Mr. President and members of the Armed Forces in their onerous task to rid this country of terrorism.
“I want to further advise that baseless, unfounded and frivolous allegations like this have the capacity of diverting our attention, away from the main problem.
Source: www.naij.com/286299.boko-haram...

@Slexd I'm doing great bro...Things are going on slowly @ the Ministry of interior ATM...Something will definitely happen this month...Cheers

The much awaited list is finally out. Channel O has made public this year’s Music Video Awards nominees.
And surprisingly, Nigeria’s homeboy, has five nominations and Cassper Nyovest of South Africa, respectively, while Patoranking has two nominations . This development will make picking of this year’s winners a hard task as artistes like Tiwa Savage, Seyi Shay,Kcee, PSquare, Orezi, Jesse Jags, Flavour, Iyanya, 2face, Niyola, Phyno, Olamide, Dr Sid, and Burna boy are in one category or the other on the list .
Here are the list of Nominees below:
MOST GIFTED MALE
Cassper Nyovest – Doc Shebeleza
Davido – Aye
Riky Rick Ft Okmalumkoolkat – Amantombazane
K.O. Ft Kid X – Caracara
Sarkodie – Illuminati
MOST GIFTED FEMALE
Thembi Seete – Thuntsha Lerole
Bucie Ft Heavy K – Easy To Love
Lizha James Ft Uhuru – Quem Ti Mandou
Tiwa Savage Ft Don Jazzy – Eminado
Seyi Shay – Irawo
MOST GIFTED NEWCOMER
Dream Team Ft Tamarsha, Aka & Big Nuz – Tsekede
Cassper Nyovest – Doc Shebeleza
Emmy Gee Ft Ab Crazy & Dj Dimplez – Rands And Nairas
Diamond – Number One
Patoranking – Girlie O (Remix)
MOST GIFTED DUO, GROUP OR FEATURING
Uhuru Ft Oskido & Professor – Y-Tjukutja
Dj Clock Ft Beatenberg – Pluto (I Remember)
R2bees Ft Wizkid – Slow Down
K.O. Ft Kid X – Caracara
Kcee Ft Wizkid – Pull Over
MOST GIFTED DANCE
Uhuru Ft Oskido & Professor – Y-Tjukutja
Davido – Skelewu
Dj Clock Ft Beatenberg – Pluto (I Remember)
P Square – Personally
Busiswa Ft Various – Ngoku
MOST GIFTED RAGGA DANCEHALL
Buffalo Souljah – Basawine
Orezi – Rihanna
Jesse Jaggz Feat Wizkid – Bad Girl
Patoranking – Girlie O (Remix)
Shatta Wale – Everydoby Likes My Ting
MOST GIFTED AFRO POP
Davido – Aye
Mafikizolo Ft May D – Happiness
Diamond – Number One
Flavour Ada Ada
Iyanya – Jombolo
MOST GIFTED KWAITO
Uhuru Ft Oskido & Professor – Y-Tjukutja
Character Ft Mono T & Oskido – Inxeba Lendoda
Big Nuz Ft Khaya Mthethwa – Incwadi Yothando
Dj Vetkuk Vs Mahoota – Khaba Lenja
Dj Cndo – Yamnandi Into
MOST GIFTED R&B
2face Ft T Pain – Rainbow
Jimmy Nevis Ft Kwesta – Balloon
Gb Collective Ft Brian Temba & Reason – Chocolate Vanilla
Donald – Crazy But Amazing
Niyola – Toh Bad
MOST GIFTED HIP HOP
Cassper Nyovest – Doc Shebeleza
Khuli Chana Ft Da L.E.S & Magesh – Hape Le Hape 2.1
Phyno – Alobam
K.O. Ft Kid X – Caracara
Aka – Congratulate
Zeus - Psych
K.O Ft Kid X - Caracara

MOST GIFTED WEST
R2bees Ft Wizkid - Slow Down
Davido - Aye
Burna Boy Ft D'banj - Won Da Month
Olamide - Turn Up
Dr Sid Ft Don Jazzy - Surulere

MOST GIFTED EAST
Sauti Sol - Nshike
Diamond - Number One
Navio - No Holding Back
Eddy Kenzo - Sitya Loss
Elani - Koo Koo

MOST GIFTED VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Emmy Gee Ft Ab Crazy & Dj Dimplez - Rands And Nairas
Davido - Aye
K.O Ft Kid X - Caracara
Burna Boy - Run My Race
Tiwa Savage Ft Don Jazzy - Eminado
Dr Sid Ft Don Jazzy - Surulere
Ricky Rick Ft Okmalumkolkat - Amantombazane
Casper Nyovest - Doc Shebeleza
Sarkodie - Illuminati
Dj Clock Ft Beatenburg - Pluto ( I Remember)
Aka - Congratulate
Diamond - Number One

From Deputy Governor to Civil servant (Level 15)...There's God sha!

Professor Adebukola Ositelu, consultant at the Lagos University Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba has said thatEwedu(known in English as a Long-Fruited vegetable), has the capability of preventing and maybe curing the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) by boosting the immune system.
Ewedu (long fruited vegetable)
Prof. Ositelu who disclosed this at the annual African Traditional Medicine Day organised by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday, September 4 at Ikeja, Lagos, said the vegetable had a high potency to boost the immune system such that it’s usage would prevent an individual from being infected with Ebola.
Ositelu, who is a professor of ‎Ophthalmology at the University of Lagos, Akoka (UNILAG), added that the vegetable could also get rid of the virus in the case of an infected person, Daily Sun reports.
On how to administer the treatment, she said the Ewedu should be rinsed thoroughly with liquid vinegar. Then it should be blended and cooked with drinkable water, without adding salt or potash (locally called akaun) or any other ingredients.
Source: www.naij.com

By Tony Edike
ENUGU—THE impeached Deputy Governor of Enugu State, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi, reacted to his redeployment to the State Civil Service by Governor Sullivan Chime, saying it was intended to either insult or humiliate him.
He confirmed that a letter of redeployment was delivered to his residence on Tuesday posting him to the office of the Secretary to State Government, SSG, as Deputy Director and directing him to handover to the new Deputy Governor on or before Monday, September 8, 2014.
Onyebuchi, who spoke with newsmen in Enugu yesterday, described the redeployment as a joke, saying if those behind it had consulted their records, they would have known that he had formally resigned from the civil service before he contested the governorship election along with Governor Sullivan Chime in 2007.
On his redeployment to Civil Service
“When I got the information, I felt it was a joke or something just intended to insult and humiliate me. I can’t imagine what they intend to achieve by this. After serving as deputy governor for seven years and three months, I will go back to office as a civil servant on Level 15.
“I know they have not forgotten that I left the civil service as Permanent Secretary and before I became commissioner.
Sunday Onyebuchi
“While I was serving as a commissioner, I took a leave of absence that enabled me serve out my appointment as a commissioner. Preparatory to my nomination to run for election as deputy governor in 2007, I formally disengaged from the State Public Service both as civil servant and as a commissioner and that is what made me eligible to contest election because it is known that you cannot contest election while holding a public office in Nigeria.
“We all know that you cannot ask for leave of absence to join a political party and you can also not ask for a leave of absence to contest election because to contest election you must belong to a political party. So, I never applied for a leave of absence to contest election as a Deputy Governor because that will be against the law.
I never applied to anybody for reinstatement
“Having left office as a deputy governor, I never applied to anybody for a reinstatement as a civil servant because I have disengaged from the civil service. They tend to forget that if I did not resign before my nomination, that means that my name was still in the nominal roll of the civil service and that will also mean that I was not qualified to contest the election.
“But they are aware that I contested election in 2007 and also contested in 2011 and if I was still a civil servant, either on leave of absence or in whatever capacity, it means that the ticket and the platform under which I contested with my boss, the governor, was faulty and invalid but I do not believe it was so because the opposition and those who lost the election would have used it as basis to appeal against our election. So it is very clear that the report of my posting or redeployment is either a joke or something intended to make mischief, either by a way of insult or humiliation.”
There is nothing I forgot in civil service
“It is not a question of whether I rejected the posting, there is no basis for it having disengaged from the service formally before I was nominated.
So I want to put the record straight that I am not rejecting posting because there was no civil service appointment to go back to and there is nothing I forgot in the civil service that I want to go and pick up.”
Source: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/redeployment-intended-humiliate-ex-enugu-dep-gov/#sthash.zlJ5iNUU.dpuf

Can we really believe this Australian? He's been revealing some shocking information. How are we sure he hasn't been compromised?


Last Bullet: All roads lead to 2015 Election! Nigeria on the brink?

Australian negotiator, Dr Stephen Davis, has accused the United States of not sharing intelligence on Boko Haram with Nigerian government.
TheCable reports that the negotiator, who was in Nigeria for four months to negotiate the release of the abducted school girls from Chibok, Borno State, with Boko Haram commanders, questioned the value of the United States involvement in the war against insurgency.
Related: Powerful Nigerians Don’t Want Chibok Girls Rescued – Negotiator
“Americans claim they are doing aerial reconnaissance. Why are they not passing the information to the Nigerian military? With this information, the Nigerian military could intercept the Boko Haram convoy before it reaches its target,” he said.
Davis while recounting the days and weeks he spent talking with commanders of the sect over the release of the Chibok girls, revealed that the terrorists usually move in a convoy of 20 to 60 vehicles at night, before they expanded and started launching large-scale attacks in the daylight.
He also hinted on how the sect usually ambush Nigerian soldiers as a result of the hostile environment in the North-East, and described the incident of last six months as worrisome. He said most roads in the rural north of Borno are very narrow.
“The militants normally strike at night, so they lay in wait where the military has to slow down to a crawl due to the poor road condition. Sometimes they dig the potholes deeper to entrap a convoy. On getting wind of the ongoing attacks, the Nigerian military would dispatch soldiers in a convoy of vehicles. Unfortunately, and unknown to the soldiers, the insurgents may have enlarged a big hole on the road. So in a convoy of say 20 vehicles, the first vehicle draws to a halt as it encounters the ditch. By the time the soldiers realise what is happening and try to make a U-turn, they are ambushed by the insurgents as the convoy struggles to turn around on the narrow pot-holed road,”he said.
The negotiator, however, noted that military action alone is unlikely to end the insurgency currently bedeviling the country.
Source: Naij.com

The National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Oyegun, has asked Pres. Jonathan to arrest and hand over all those Australian Hostage Negotiator Stephen Davis, alleged to be sponsors of Boko Haram to the International Criminal Court. Oyegun said this while speaking with journalists in Abuja yesterday
"The man who exposed the boko haram sponsors is a Jonathan appointed, paid, hostage negotiator so he definitely has no axe to grind. He was certainly not speaking on behalf of the APC because we didn't know he existed until out of frustration he finally decided to speak up. Now that the cat has been let out of the bag and the real sponsors of Boko Haram have been exposed, we hope President Jonathan is summoning the courage today to do what is right. Hand over the identified boko haram sponsors to the international criminal court for investigation and prosecution" he said
Source: www.lindaikeji..co.uk

Front Page things....











Finally!!!!

Press Release: Holding Statement
9/2/2014 6:15:00 PM
M-Net and Endemol SA advise that due to a devastating fire at the Big Brother house on 2 September 2014, Big Brother Hotshots will not launch this Sunday (7 September) as scheduled.
The cause of the fire, at this stage, is unknown and investigations will commence as soon as it is safe to do so.

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At this stage M-Net and Endemol are urgently looking for an alternative Big Brother house in which to film the production, however as this production has highly technical infrastructure, camera and edit requirements an alternative is not immediately available. Every effort will be made to find a solution as quickly as possible to ensure that Africa’s biggest reality show will continue.
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Where is the BBA house?
It is based at the Sasani Studios in Johannesburg.

Was anyone injured in the fire?
No one was injured during the fire.
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source: http://www.bigbrotherafrica.dstv.com/

After all the bad news that have been going round over the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West African countries, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, a piece of good news finally arrived some moments ago.
Reporting online in the British journal Nature, researchers at the Public Health Agency of Canada announced that a prototype drug, ZMapp, that has been urgently given to a handful of patients with Ebola has cleared an important test hurdle.
According to the scientists report, the drug test results showed that ZMapp cured lab monkeys that have been infected with the Ebola virus disease.
READ ALSO: Suspected Ebola Victim Escapes
It was gathered that it is a norm to experiment drugs on animals first and then on progressively larger groups of humans to ensure they are safe and effective.

Canada says it will donate up to 1,000 doses of
an experimental Ebola vaccine to help battle
the disease's outbreak in West Africa.
It comes after the World Health Organization said it
was ethical to use untested drugs on Ebola patients.
However, experts say supplies of both the vaccine
and the experimental drug Zmapp are limited and it
could take months to develop more supplies.
More than 1,000 people have been killed by the
current outbreak.
Canada says between 800 and 1,000 doses of the
vaccine, which has only been tested on animals, will
be donated to the World Health Organization (WHO)
for use in West Africa.
However, it will keep a small portion of the vaccine
for research, and in case it is needed in Canada.
'Global resource'
The current outbreak has infected people in Guinea,
Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria.
Dr Gregory Taylor, deputy head of Canada's Public
Health Agency, said he saw the vaccines as a "global
resource".
He said he had been advised that it would make
sense for health care workers to be given the vaccine,
given their increased risk of contracting the disease.
Source: m.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28767695

A few people online are criticizing President Jonathan for allowing himself to be placed at the back row of this pic taken at the recently concluded US-Africa summit in D.C. Some say its disrespectful as he is the leader of the 'Giant of Africa'. But some argue that it really doesn't matter as long as he was recognized and invited.

What do you think? Is there really anything wrong

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Friday in
Abuja declared the control and containment of
the Ebola virus in Nigeria, a National Emergency.
Accordingly, the President has directed the
Federal Ministry of Health to work in collaboration
with the State Ministries of Health, the National
Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the National
Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and
other relevant agencies to ensure that all possible
steps are taken to effectively contain the threat of
the Ebola virus in line with international protocols
and best practices. Continue...
President Jonathan also approved a Special
Intervention Plan and the immediate release of N1. 9
billion for its implementation, to further strengthen
on-going steps to contain the virus such as the
establishment of additional isolation centres, case
management, contact tracing, deployment of
additional personnel, screening at borders, and the
procurement of required items and facilities.
The President commends the vigilance of aviation
and health authorities in Lagos who identified and
isolated the index case in Nigeria, the late Patrick
Sawyer, an American-Liberian who flew into the
country.
He also applauds the good work of health authorities
at both State and Federal levels who have traced
persons who had contact with him, isolated other
identified cases and embarked on massive public
enlightenment.
President Jonathan calls for even greater vigilance
and co-operation at all levels to stop the Ebola virus
from spreading further.
As the effective implementation of the Federal
Government's Special Intervention Plan will require
other stakeholders to take certain precautionary
steps that are supportive of the government’s
initiative, the President calls on members of the
public to follow all directives by health authorities
and report any suspected Ebola case to the nearest
health facility for immediate medical attention.
He also enjoins the public to desist from spreading
false information about Ebola which can lead to
mass hysteria, panic and misdirection, including
unverified suggestions about the prevention,
treatment, cure and spread of the virus.
President Jonathan urges that the movement of
corpses from one community to the other, and from
overseas into the country should be stopped
forthwith. Every death should be reported to the
relevant authorities, and special precautions should
be taken in handling corpses.
Religious and political groups, spiritual healing
centres, families, associations and other bodies
should, in the meantime, discourage gatherings and
activities that may unwittingly promote close contact
with infected persons or place others at risk.
Public enlightenment agencies, including privately-
owned media organs should support government’s
efforts and disseminate correct information in all
Nigerian languages, about preventive personal
hygiene measures, the nature of the Ebola virus,
modes of transmission and consequential steps to be
taken in the event of infection.
President Jonathan appeals to State governments
and private day care, nursery, primary and secondary
schools owners to consider the option of extending
the current school holiday until such a time when a
national reassessment of the level of the Ebola threat
is conducted.
The President further directs the National Emergency
Management Agency and similar agencies at the
state level to strengthen their public enlightenment
campaigns and to use their networks to distribute
hand sanitisers and other protective items
nationwide. He has also directed the aviation and
health authorities to embark on immediate
intensification of the screening of travelers at all the
nation’s borders.
President Jonathan reassures everyone that the
Government of Nigeria will continue to take every
step, deploy all resources, and mobilize every
support and assistance to check the spread of Ebola
in the country.
Medical workers and other health professionals are
expected to regard this declaration of a National
Emergency as a patriotic call to duty and service.
Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media and Publicity)
August 8, 2014

BY TOMMYZEE. · AUGUST 8, 2014
So I just read this on nairaland. .I knew
this was a rumour and definitely a prank.
salt and water ? Ebola is a VIRUS and not
a WORM!
Read Below:
I Started The Salt water Ebola Cure Rumor
I Truly Am Sorry. My confession and
apology Dear nairalanders and everyone
who have heard of the ebola Prevention
“News”, My name is Adesewa, I am
coming out clean because what started
has a joke has escalated into the
unprecedented. How it started Yesterday i
was with friend in her hostel, we were
talking about this Ebola out break, when
one of my friends, Funke (she introduced
me to nairaland) brought the idea of Us
playing a prank on our friends. The first
suggestion was to tell people that aloe
very could cure Ebola, but we
thought it would sound too ridiculous so
we forgot about it.Later that even an idea
came to me (i now regret that i did it). I
decided to send a BBM broadcast
message to my friends, telling them that
the Ministry of Health
has asked everyone to bathe with salt and
warm water and drink some of it. I sent
the message 7:08pm yesterday Later this
midnight i started getting calls and
messages that i should drink salt water
and bath with it. All efforts to tell people
that i was the one who started the joke
failed. Only my friends who i mentioned
earlier believed me. Even my mum called
me this morning, i did not know what to
tell her. I am using this medium to beg
you all to warn and tell everyone, before
they drink salt and damage their health.
Please dont be hash on me. I know this
has gone out of hand. I never knew it will
be this serious.
Some have even added to the original
message i sent. Source: http:///1ycu1L9

Lawal4green: just be patient wit ur agent, they will give u ur own Appointment letter By God's Grace.

Amen bro!

Lawal4green: let me give u an assignment, if u Reside in Abuja, Go to FFS HQ to confirm dis info or ask any Federal Govt worker in ur state if FFS did Replacement and they are in training dis year. After ur Research come back to me because I have more Reply for u.

Don't mind him bro...This is one of the reasons why people withhold information from this Forum..SMH

BlackBaron: What about the accrued interest (if any) over the years?

Do we get to have it back too?

You have a point there...the interest must have accumulated massively! They have to pay up!

The U.S has taken control of $480million which is
part of money stolen by former military dictator
General Sani Abacha, after a court ruling in D.C on
Wednesday August 6th. The U.S Department of
Justice will now hand over the stolen money to
Nigerian government, U.S government spokesman
said yesterday.
According to court documents, late General Abacha,
his son Mohammed Sani Abacha, their associate
Abubakar Atiku Bagudu and others embezzled,
misappropriated, extorted money from the Nigerian
government and stashed them in various banks
across the world. Continue...
During investigations, $303 million was found in two
bank accounts operated by Abacha and his cronies in
the British offshore center of Jersey while $144
million was also found in 2 bank accounts they
operated in France. Continue...
They also operated three accounts in the UK and
Ireland which had at least $27m. Investigations are
still being carried out on claims to another $148
million in four investment portfolios in the UK.
Prosecutors say they laundered funds by buying
bonds backed by the United States using U.S.
financial institutions including banks such as the
Deutsche Bank AG, HSBC Holding Plc and Banque
SBA.
Assistant Attorney General, Leslie Caldwell said in
the statement “Rather than serve his county, General
Abacha used his public office in Nigeria to loot
millions of dollars, engaging in brazen acts of
kleptocracy".
In June 2014, after a 16 year court battle, Nigeria was
able to recover $228 million stolen by Abacha and
his associates and deposited in Liechtenstein.
SOURCE: lindaikeji..com/2014/08/abacha-loot-us-to-return-480million-to.html?m=1