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Edo State state has arrested a suspected car snatcher along Benin-Auchi road. The suspect simply identified as Benson Gabriel Ossei, from Agbor ran out of luck on his way to deliver the car to one buyer identified as Osas Igariba in Auchi. Policemen, who were on duty along Ugha road arrested the suspect who snatched the car with the registration number NND670 AE from Ondo State.A security source hinted DAILY POST that Ossei, a 400L student of Ambrose Alli Student, Ekpoma confessed that he has been in the illicit business for years.http://www.ezehvalen.com/2016/05/photopolice-arrests-400l-aau-student.html
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Few weeks ago while I was busy attending to things that needed my attention, unusual drama played out in Ngwo, Enugu between Actresses Eve Essien and Rita Edochie at a movie location. According Ezehvalensblog sources, Rita Edochie was rehearsing script with an elderly actor and Eve was busy discussing ‘business’ with a certain Film maker in her latest car when she was needed by both elderly actors to add meaning to their script rehearsal which is normal in Nollywood. So, Rita asked the production manager to call Eve to participate for their rehearsal to be meaningful, since their left with limited time before shoot. When the Production manager of the job, who my sources confirmed was scared of the light skinned actress passed the message across, the actress was still busy with her ‘business’ discussion but the production manager still managed to pass the message in fear and went back with the one the actress passed across to Rita Edochie and the other actor. My sources confirmed that Rita got angry and resent the production manager like five times or more, cos they lost count. After like 40minutes or more, Eve stormed out of her car in annoyance to meet the elderly actors who had been waiting for her like the coming of Jesus Christ and they began to act unscripted Drama at the location. My sources claimed that exchange of words was given a new meaning as they almost fought each other. Hundreds of Ngwo villagers were said to have gathered to watch the free- celebrity’s real life movie premiered without sweating to buy tickets. The Director of the movie was speechless as Eve, has never been linked to washing her dirty panties at the market square. As you read this now, the actresses involved are no longer in talking terms and this is the hottest gist now in Nollywood. This is the same movie location a car was stolen and upcoming actors are…LOL! I hope the start talking to each other soon cos they both look good in movies as butter to bread! http://www.ezehvalen.com/2016/04/exclusive-nollywood-war-between-rita.html
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Reuben Abati is back with another piece... This thing called democracy, particularly the Nigerian brand, never ceases to throw up new and intriguing lessons about the relationship between government and the people, and the larger, complex socio-political environment. I had gone to Lagos on an assignment in the last two days of the year 2011, when around midnight I received a phone call from someone close to the corridors of power, informing me that a meeting had just been concluded in Abuja where a decision had been taken to deregulate the downstream petroleum sector, and thus, in effect remove the subsidy on Petrol. I told him I was aware of plans to that effect, since the President had been holding a series of meetings with various stakeholders and constituencies on the same subject, but as at the time I left for Lagos, no final decision had been taken. The fellow insisted he knew what he was talking about and that in the morning, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulation Agency (PPPRA) would make the announcement. Sometimes in the corridors of power, informal stakeholders could enjoy faster access and be even more powerful than persons with formal responsibilities. There are persons and groups whose livelihoods are so dependent on government and the people in power that even a whisper at the highest level resonates immediately as an echo in their ears. I learnt very early never to underestimate such persons. As it turned out, Nigerians were greeted with the Happy New Year news of deregulation of the downstream sector on January 1, 2012 and if you’d remember, hell broke loose. It was the end of the Nigerian people’s honeymoon with the Jonathan administration, the beginning of a long nightmare, and an opportunity for the opposition to launch an unending campaign of blackmail, name-calling and abuse against the administration. I received an early morning summon to leave Lagos and return immediately to the Villa. The Jonathan administration was definitely not the first to seek to deregulate the downstream sector and end a regime of subsidy, as a means of ensuring greater transparency, efficiency and competition. Since 1987, every administration had tried to manage this aspect of the curse of oil. Nigeria is the sixth largest producer of oil in OPEC, and the second largest exporter of the product in Africa, at a time after Libya, at other times, after Angola. But the big problem has always been making the product available to Nigerians at home, in an efficient manner and as they say, at an “appropriate” or “correct” price. The mismanagement of oil resource, which accounts for about 90% of the country’s exports, is at the heart of corruption in Nigeria. Years of inefficiency and graft had resulted in the collapse of the country’s refineries, from low capacity utilization to eventual collapse, persistent scarcity of the product, large scale smuggling, the rise of an oil industry cabal, violence in the Niger Delta, oil theft, pipeline vandalism, and all the evils of irresponsible leadership. From being a major exporter of crude oil, Nigeria soon became a major importer of finished petroleum products, and as international spot prices were volatile, government provided private importers of refined products, a subsidy that took care of landing costs that could have been passed on to the people. But the subsidy continued to grow out of proportion, becoming a major drain on the country’s finances - from 1.42% of GDP in 1987, it grew to about 3% of GDP in 2011. Every administration sought to check the resultant crisis through price controls or gradual deregulation. The people’s counter-argument and the source of the angry protests that always followed was that Nigerians should not be made to pay heavily for a God-given resource, and that if the refineries were to function efficiently and government officials would moderate their greed, Nigerians would not need to buy petroleum products at the most expensive rates in OPEC. The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), supported by other groups in civil society, led the protests against every attempt at deregulation, compelling virtually every administration since 1987, to review proposed increases in the pump price of fuel in order to pacify the people. Only Diesel (AGO) and Low Pour Fuel Oil (LPFO) were successfully deregulated in 2009. By 2011, the regime of PMS subsidy had become unsustainable. The decision to fully deregulate the downstream sector in 2012 was the boldest policy move by the Jonathan administration but it was also the costliest. The NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), and their affiliate unions together with civil society groups took to the streets and shut down the country. The main opposition party, the then Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) went into a propaganda overdrive, throwing every possible mud at the President and the administration. In Ojota, Lagos, the opposition organized anti-Jonathan and anti-government rallies. “Paid” and mobilized youths and musicians, wearing designer T-shirts, voiced expletives, danced, and screamed; in other parts of the country, the protests resulted in violence and the death of many. This was the season of the Arab Spring, and those who launched what became known as the #OcccupyNigeria movement were convinced that this was the best time to demonstrate the superiority of people-power over government policies. Everyday in the Villa, at the time, we agonized over what had become a frightening assault on the administration. President Jonathan was the country’s first Facebook President, the first president to use the social media to run an election campaign, globally he was second only to President Obama in terms of Facebook followership, but in the face of the 2012 fuel subsidy protests, that same online advantage became his nemesis. Young people, excited by the idea of an “Ojota Spring” deployed online hashtags to tear down the administration. Government officials also took to the media to explain the deregulation policy to the people. Ministers were dispatched to their various political constituencies to explain, communicate and convince, thus: defending the government became a test of loyalty. In my case, before going to work in the public sector, I had written an article in 2009, in which I opposed deregulation and predicted that the government was so wrong it would soon mislead Nigerians to such a day when we, the people, would soon start trekking or riding bicycles, no thanks to official voodoo economics and incompetence. Access to more detailed information about the extent of the corruption in the oil and gas sector later made me to review my initial objections to the policy of deregulation. Nigeria would be doomed if it continued to rob the poor to enrich the rich and thus through subsidy payments sustain a tradition of theft and wealth without work. That article was dredged up nonetheless and circulated widely and I got called all kinds of names, including being called a “turn-coat”. It was a trying time for the Jonathan administration: myths over-shadowed reason. The government was accused of acting hastily and failing to consult widely. But that was not true. Weeks before a decision was taken, President Goodluck Jonathan personally met with state governors, labour leaders, media chiefs, youth groups, civic and cultural organizations, leaders of thought, traditional rulers, oil marketers and importers,,. Behind closed doors, labour leaders and leaders of the ACN did not oppose the deregulation policy. I recall the union leaders only asking for palliatives and the ACN submitting a detailed policy implementation paper. The second myth was that the government acted on impulse because it was “clueless”. Again, not true. The House of Representatives had probed the subsidy regime reporting massive fraud in the downstream sector. The Ministry of Finance and later the Presidency subsequently set up the Aig-Imoukhuede Technical and Verification Committees, which made worse revelations about how the payment of subsidy had become a huge scam. The Ministry of Finance on the basis of available damning evidence suspended further subsidy payments and insisted on proper verification of claims, an integrity check that was resisted by the major oil marketers and their agents. Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s mother was later kidnapped in the midst of all that. Deregulation of the downstream sector was inevitable then as it is now, because the fuel subsidy regime had become a cesspool of officially backed corruption. The country could no longer afford to pay rent to an oil sector cabal feeding fat on the inefficiency in the sector, putting in their pockets resources that could be used to develop infrastructure and serve the people. This was the principled position. But following the January 2012 deregulation, those who had urged the Federal Government on, including State governors who always wanted more money, and marketers who spoke about how deregulation had worked with diesel and telecomm, abandoned the government to its fate. Opposition leaders who had submitted a blueprint for implementation, publicly led the protests. The betrayal was astonishing. The short and long term effects were devastating. Let us now fast forward to 2016: The present administration has again, like the Jonathan administration, announced a removal of subsidy. The pump price of petrol is now officially N145 per litre. The objectives and the arguments are the same as in the past. But the context is different. Those who fuelled and funded the protests of 2012 are either quiet or openly supportive or apologetic as they now defend the principled position they once abandoned. The labour unions are factionalized, there is no co-ordinated protest, the media, the people and the civil society are indifferent, the government is not under any pressure to convince anyone: same policy, same issues, but different politics! My prediction that one day, we will all ride bicycles or trek to work has now come to pass. But if that is the sacrifice Nigerians have to make to end the outright brigandage in the downstream sector, so be it, please. Putting the subsidy thieves to shame, ending a subsidy regime that encouraged round-tripping, rent collection, smuggling, instant gratification, theft, insincerity, blackmail, and cabalism may well become President Buhari’s most important legacy. This could have been done since 2012, but the politicians, desperately seeking power and office, failed to put Nigeria first, and looking back, it seems all the young men and women who died in that season did so in vain. Politicians must learn not to play politics with people’s lives for reasons of selfish convenience. President Buhari must stand firm but let him also take steps to ensure that local refining is restored and let him keep an eye on those saboteurs who always manage to find a way around every public policy. And to all the 2012 hypocrites now turned today’s yes-men: una do well o. http://www.ezehvalen.com/2016/05/reuben-abati-deregulation-and-politics.html
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Louis van Gaal expects to still be Manchester United manager next season, although knows missing out on Champions League qualification would see them fall short of expectations. The 3-2 midweek defeat at West Ham saw the Red Devils waste the chance to wrest fourth spot from Manchester City ahead of the season finale. Van Gaal's men now need to win against Bournemouth and hope City fall at Swansea - a tough ask underlined by bookmakers' odds of 7-1 on United usurping Manuel Pellegrini's men. Failing to reach the Champions League cost David Moyes his job two years ago and speculation is rife that the Dutchman could follow suit, with Jose Mourinho's desire to return to management only fuelling such talk. Furthermore, Van Gaal's name was conspicuous by its absence as investors and executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward sidestepped the subject of the manager's position following the announcement of United's third-quarter results. Hours later, though, the manager remained steadfast in his belief that he would be kept, bristling at the suggestion it would be harder to keep the players' concentration given they know he plans to retire at the end of next season. 'Yeah, but you and your colleagues have sacked me for six months, so I have worked with these circumstances already for six months and we are still in the race,' he said. 'You cannot say that we are not. - See more at: http://www.buzorpages.com/2016/05/manchester-united-boss-louis-van-gaal.html |
Nigeria on Saturday hosts talks on Boko Haram with regional and Western powers, hoping for closer military cooperation and help with tackling the conflict's dire humanitarian fall-out. The leaders of Benin, Cameroon, Chad and Niger are due to attend, with French President Francois Hollande, US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Britain's foreign minister Philip Hammond. Delegations from West African and Central African blocs, plus the European Union have also been invited. Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, who has vowed to defeat Boko Haram before the end of his first year in office this month, was scheduled to meet Hollande at the presidential villa in Abuja. Both countries recently signed an agreement on closer military cooperation, including in intelligence sharing, and France is keen to help implement a regional solution to the Islamist insurgency. Paris has traditionally concentrated on its former colonies surrounding Nigeria and sees itself as well-placed to help closer ties and longer-term economic development in the troubled region. - 'Defeat' caution - The summit -- two years after a first such high-level gathering in Paris -- comes as Nigeria's military pushes deep into Boko Haram's Sambisa Forest stronghold after recapturing swathes of territory in the northeast. The army has portrayed the Islamist militants as in disarray, but there have been warnings against any premature declaration of victory. Blinken told reporters in Abuja on Friday that Washington, which is flying surveillance drones over northeast Nigeria from northern Cameroon, did not see Boko Haram as defeated. But he conceded "they have been degraded" and noted its links to the Islamic State group, as well as reports of Boko Haram rebels fighting alongside their jihadi counterparts in lawless Libya. "We are extremely vigilant about these connections... this is again something we are looking at very, very carefully because we want to cut it off," he added. - Regional force - The formal deployment of a long-awaited 8,500-strong regional force comprising troops from Nigeria, Benin, Cameroon, Chad and Niger is expected to be high on the agenda at the talks. The African Union-backed force was supposed to have been on the ground in July last year. Plugging gaps and improving coordination between armies operating largely independently is seen as vital, with Boko Haram now thought to be in remote border areas on and around Lake Chad. Lake Chad forms the border between Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger. There will also likely be discussion on tackling the humanitarian effects of the conflict, which has killed some 20,000 people and forced more than 2.6 million from their homes since 2009. The government of Borno state -- the worst-hit by the violence -- has said the displaced face a "food crisis" and $5.9 billion (5.1 billion euros) was needed to rebuild shattered infrastructure. US ambassador to the UN Samantha Power, who visited northeast Nigeria and northern Cameroon last month, said 9.2 million people in the wider region were affected by the conflict. Source: DailyMail - See more at: http://www.buzorpages.com/2016/05/nigeria-hosts-international-summit-on.html |
A man has admitted he pulled off a woman's hijab and exposed her head while on a Southweast Airlines flight. Gill Parker Payne, 37, of Gastonia, North Carolina, was flying from Chicago to Albuquerque, New Mexico, when he walked up the aisle to the woman, identified as KA. He told her: 'Take this off! This is America!' before grabbing the hijab and exposing her head, federal authorities said. KA later told officials she felt 'violated' and quickly pulled her hijab back up. Payne pleaded guilty Friday to one count of using force or threat of force to intentionally obstruct a Muslim woman in the free exercise of her religious beliefs, the Department Of Justice said on Friday in a statement. Payne had been sitting several rows behind KA on the airplane before the December 2015 attack. He did not previously know her. 'I saw that KA was wearing a headscarf. I was aware that it is a religious practice of Muslim women to wear a headscarf,' Payne said in the plea agreement. He now faces up to a year in prison and a maximum fine of $100,000. 'No matter one's faith, all Americans are entitled to peacefully exercise their religious beliefs free from discrimination and violence,' Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, said in a statement. 'Using or threatening force against individuals because of their religion is an affront to the fundamental values of this nation, and the Civil Rights Division will continue to be vigilant in protecting the religious liberties guaranteed to all Americans.' A sentencing hearing has not been set yet. - See more at: http://www.buzorpages.com/2016/05/man-admits-to-ripping-off-womans-hijab.html |
The UN Security Council has said it is alarmed by ties between Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist militants and the Islamic State (IS) group. In a statement, it said Boko Haram - which pledged allegiance to IS in 2015 - continued to "undermine the peace and stability" in West and Central Africa. Meanwhile, a senior US official said there were reports of Boko Haram fighters joining IS in Libya. Nigeria is to host a summit on Saturday on fighting Boko Haram. The Nigerian head of state will join counterparts from Benin, Cameroon, Chad and Niger for the gathering in Abuja, along with French President Francois Hollande, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken. In the statement, the 15-member UN Security Council expressed "alarm at Boko Haram's linkages with the Islamic State". It also voiced its support for Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's "crucial initiative" to hold the security summit in Abuja. Meanwhile, Mr Blinken - who is already in Nigeria - said he was concerned by reports that Boko Haram militants were going to Libya, where IS influence has grown in recent months. "We've seen that Boko Haram's ability to communicate has become more effective," he said. "They seem to have benefited from assistance from Daesh [IS]." Mr Blinken added: "So these are all elements that suggests that there are more contacts and more co-operation, and this is again something that we are looking at very carefully because we want to cut it off." At the same time, he declined to comment on whether the US would agree to a Nigerian request to sell it American war planes to fight Boko Haram. Source: BbcNews See More @http://www.buzorpages.com/2016/05/boko-haram-links-to-is-alarm-un.html |
A tattoo is forever, and some people seem determined to be forever branded by their poor judgement. Imgur user TheMoreButts — who, importantly, will not have to go through his entire life with his username permanently displayed on his body — rounded up some of the worst tattoos he's ever seen for a truly horrifying gallery. The terrible tats go beyond just misspelled words. Some depict graphic sex scenes, paint bad judgement across the face, and even use the tattooed person's nipples as part of the 'art'. See photos below - See more at: http://www.buzorpages.com/2016/05/are-these-worst-tattoos-ever-photos.html
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The Rooneys on their way to building their own football team - and they'll be hoping to inherit father Wayne's right foot. But for now it seems that all three of their cute sons - Kai, six, Klay, two, and five-month-old Kit - all seem to share the footballer's cheeky smile. - See more at: http://www.buzorpages.com/2016/05/wayne-rooney-shares-cute-pics-of-his.html
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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says he is not demanding "any apology from anybody" after UK Prime Minister David Cameron labelled his country "fantastically corrupt". Speaking at an anti-corruption event in London, Mr Buhari said he was more interested in the return of stolen assets held in British banks. Mr Cameron made the unguarded comments in a conversation with the Queen. He is hosting an international anti-corruption summit on Thursday. Nigeria was ranked 136th in Transparency International's 2015 Corruption Perceptions Index. Asked at the event if Nigeria was "fantastically corrupt", Mr Buhari: "Yes". In his speech, the Nigerian leader described corruption as a "hydra-headed monster" which threatened the security of countries and "does not differentiate between developed and developing countries". He said corruption in Nigeria was endemic and his government was committed to fighting it. The UK government will host world and business leaders at the summit on Thursday in London, aiming to "galvanise a global response to tackle corruption". Speaking ahead of the summit, Mr Cameron said: "For too long there has been a taboo about tackling this issue head-on. "The summit will change that. Together we will push the fight against corruption to the top of the international agenda where it belongs." Source: BBC - See more at http://www.buzorpages.com/2016/05/nigerian-president-buhari-not-demanding.html |
Noel Ramos, 15, will graduate from her Michigan high school in 2018. When she does, she'll be well ahead of her classmates after earning two associate's degrees from Kellogg Community College. Noel is still a sophomore at Gull Lake High School, but after she duel enrolled, she and her mother realized she could earn the degrees before her diploma. 'I was just taking college classes the first semester. Like I didn't plan on graduating at all. 'Then my mom started looking into and she was like "wait a second you like taking these classes you might as well just like get your degree". I'm like "oh my goodness that's such a good idea!"' she told Fox 4. Noel enrolled at Kellogg when she was a 13-year-old freshman. Two years later she's earned a degree in general studies and another in art. 'I like art, I'm not going into the art field but I like art, so I was like oh yeah might as well get that too,' said Noel. Counselors at Gull Lake have been floored by Noel's accomplishments. - See more at: http://www.buzorpages.com/2016/05/girl-15-graduates-from-community.html |
A teacher employed at a high school for 32 years was recently banned from teaching there after she used the words condom and boob during a class RevaBeth Russell retired from her position at Lehi High School two years ago but still returns to teach as a substitute teacher, according to Fox 13. Russell, who mostly teaches science, was teaching a math class in April when she used words deemed offensive by both a student and a parent who later filed a complaint that led to her firing. Now thousands are rushing to her defense. 'A student called her sir, and I think that's what led to the boob comment, ‘teacher Leah Kinyon told Fox13 of what she heard happened. 'She said, "Last time I checked, I'm still a woman."' - See more at: http://www.buzorpages.com/2016/05/thousands-rally-to-defense-of-teacher.html
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Isa Ado, spokesman of Operation Pulo Shield – the joint force in the Niger Delta – on Tuesday said many militants were killed during an exchange of gunfire with soldiers in Bayelsa state.https://www.thecable.ng/army-inflicts-heavy-casualty-militants
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They've been going to a weekly dance class since the moment they could walk. And the hard work paid off as North West and Penelope Disick showed their moves as they salsa danced together in Cuba. The confident cousins held hands as they moved in unison on a crowded dance floor. See Pics @ http://www.buzorpages.com/2016/05/dancing-with-little-stars-north-west.html
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The past year has seen adorable cats become the stars of Instagram, from Smoothie - 'the world's most photogenic cat', to impossibly fluffy Sky the Ragdoll, and blue-eyed Coby... and of course Sir Winston Smushface. But Persian siblings Marcel and Poppy, are giving them all a run for their money - amassing 42,300 followers on Instagram. Owner Judith Wright, 25, from the Gold Coast, Queensland told Daily Mail Australia she never expected her pets to become so famous. - See more at: http://www.buzorpages.com/2016/05/meet-super-cute-persian-cat-siblings.html
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Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been voted France’s Ligue 1 Player of the Year for a record third time, a few hours ago. The talismanic striker pipped teammate Angel Di Maria, Nice forward Hatem Ben Arfa and Marseille midfielder Lassana Diarra to the gong after scoring 35 goals in the Parisians romp to a fourth straight French title. - Read more at: http://www.buzorpages.com/2016/05/ibrahimovic-crowned-french-footballer.html
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Still in the business of her #Formationworldtour, Queen Bey was spotted with Jay and a couple of her fans at the Menil Museum in Houston Texas. The entertainer was clad in a knee length Ankara dress with a cape neckline and ruffle-flare sleeves, which is so hot on fashion’s trend list. Bey styled her African inspired dress in the Sicilian way, with a floral hair accessory and bohemian inspired strap sandals. - See more at Pics: http://www.buzorpages.com/2016/05/beyonce-rocks-ankara-ensemble-in-houston.html
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Yes |
Oya army make una enta twitter and facebook. Ndi-ara |
Anything nigeria is oppression to the poor mass e.g nigeria army, nigerian police, nigerian govt. The are all oppressors to the poor |
Nonsense, the refuse to fight boko haram but accepted to kill unarmed protesters. God is watching you in HD |
YoruBadGoon:There is only one Oba that I know, Oba of Bini kingdom any other one na counterfeit. |
chingum:No mind them, bini is west-west........ See south-waste people self |
YoruBadGoon:Ok, you need the crown, come and take it |
pulsa:Are u saying that oduduwa is an ape?? I don de fear o |
YoruBadGoon:Una don de grab land abi. Bini's wake up o, land grabbers don come |
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