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Snoop Dogg Got Really Mad at Bill Gates After XBox Live Went Down A brief outage for Microsoft's online video game network on Wednesday was enough to send rapper Snoop Dogg over the edge, launching an angry expletive-laden tirade against the technology company — and its founder Bill Gates. Posting on his personal Instagram account, the legendary artist — responsible for songs such as "Gin and Juice" — threatened to switch to rival Sony PlayStation if the servers were not fixed. "What the f*** are you doing Bill Gates, fix your s*** man," he said. "It's that difficult to play somebody online." While Bill Gates is founder, advisor and a board member at Microsoft, he transitioned out of a day-to-day role in the company in 2008. He served as chairman of the board until February, 2014. While not on the same scale as Gates, Snoop Dogg has also branched out into the online world, founding a cannabis lifestyle website MerryJane.com. Microsoft's Xbox One console has online capabilities called Xbox Live that allow millions of gamers around the world to compete from the comfort of their own homes. However, from time to time, technical issues haunt both Microsoft and rival Sony and brief server outages occur. The tech giant's support team tweeted that it was aware of the outage on Wednesday afternoon and seven hours later it announced that the problems had been resolved. It also reported a brief outage on January 6 and Sony had to deal with its own issues on November 27 when users had difficulty launching online features of games and applications. http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/snoop-dogg-foul-mouthed-rant-bill-gates-n496431 |
A lot of revelations have come to light on how the $2.1 billion meant for arms purchase was allegedly diverted into the presidential campaign of former president and the candidate of the party in the 2015 general elections, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. Former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda, Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (retd), a former National Security Adviser (NSA); Shuaibu Salisu, a former Director of Finance and Administration NSA’s office, Attahiru Dalhatu Bafawara, a former governor of Sokoto State; Sagir Attahiru, his son and Dalhatu Investment Limited are a few men in the Jonathan administration that are currently being tried for the offence. Months into the commencement of the investigation, the man who was at the helms while the looting was taking place, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has refused to say a word. In light of this, INFORMATION NIGERIA has gathered up the reasons why Jonathan must speak up now… – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under which Jonathan emerged as president has become an object of public ridicule and harsh criticisms and everyone in the party, whether innocent or guilty are being tagged as corrupt. In light of this shame, Jonathan must speak up to redeem his party, whose goodwill he enjoyed for years. – If the PDP organised a dinner where billions of naira was raised money for Jonathan’s campaign, what then is the explanation for the armsgate? Jontahan must say. – Jonathan can not act aloof in all these as these alleged crimes were perpetuated under his watch. He should clarify whether he instructed his former NSA to divert the money meant to fight Boko Haram into his campaign. – Jonathan in the last administration held the highest authority, therefore must answer questions on what he knows or doesn’t know about the chilling revelations being made on the $2.1 billion arms deal. – Jonathan had said that his government never awarded any contract in the range of US$2bn, so where did this money come from? Jonathan must tell Nigerians. – It is disturbing to start to think it possible that one man (Dasuki), all by himself could have disbursed such mind-boggling amount without the approval of the President and Commander in Chief. If he (Dasuki) actually did it all on his own, then Jonathan must tell us where he traveled to or if Dasuki was the President in his stead. Jonathan can no longer keep mum on this issue, it will do neither Jonathan nor Nigeria any good. We all want to get to the root of this matter, therefore let our former President speak up now or what do you think ![]() http://www.informationng.com/2016/01/dasukigate-6-reasons-why-jonathan-must-be-made-to-break-his-silence.html |
The Presidency has said the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan negotiated with fake leaders of the Boko Haram sect in its bid to secure the release of over 200 girls abducted in their school in Chibok, Borno State, in April 2014. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said this while featuring on a programme aired on Radio Continental 102.3 FM. Adesina posted excerpts from the interview on his Facebook page on Sunday evening. The presidential spokesman said in the process of negotiating with the fake sect leaders, the Federal Government under Jonathan was swindled out of millions of dollars before it realised that it had been deceived. Adesina said the ugly experience formed part of the reasons why the present administration was being careful on the issue of the Chibok girls. He said the position of President Muhammadu Buhari remained that the authenticity of persons, who claimed to be leaders of the sect, must first be ascertained before the current administration would engage them in talks. Adesina added, “We need to know a little bit of what happened behind the scenes between the last government and some people masquerading as the leadership of Boko Haram, who wanted to get the Chibok girls released. “They actually turned it into a franchise, it became a commercial thing and they got money, possibly in millions of dollars, only for the government to discover it had been deceived. “They kept saying they could get the girls released; they could interface with Boko Haram and they went laughing all the way to the bank with all that money, and nothing happened. “So you should understand why this government is being careful and the President has said the genuineness of the leadership of Boko Haram must be determined before any negotiation takes place.” On the continued detention of the ex-National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, and the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, the presidential spokesman said despite being granted bail, the suspects still had other charges against them, which informed their re-arrest. He said there would not have been any reason to continue to hold them if there were no fresh charges against them. When asked to react to the Nigeria Labour Congress’ threat to embark on strike if fuel subsidy was removed, Adesina wondered whether any hardship could surpass the one being expressed on fuel queues across the country. He said, “What hardship can be greater than what Nigerians passed through in the past four to six weeks, queuing endlessly to buy petrol and at the end of the day, buying it at N200, N250, N300 per litre? What hardship can be greater than that? “On the flip-side, what we are entering into now is something that would make life a lot easier for Nigerians, getting petrol, making sure that the supply is sustained because with crude oil prices down, why should Nigerians pay so high for refined petrol? “That is what government is doing. Now that crude prices are down, this is the opportunity to arrive at appropriate pricing for refined petrol; that is why we now have N86 from NNPC, N86.5 from other marketers, and it has also been said that this would be subject to review every quarter. “That means if oil prices inch up again, it would affect how much we buy petrol. Labour, I am sure, will look at the matter again, and know that it would be better that Nigerians get petrol at clearly affordable prices, reacting to prices of crude oil, rather than a subsidy regime that is fraught with so much corruption.” Adesina also debunked insinuations that Buhari hates the Igbo. He said, “When the President ran for political office in 2003, who was his running mate? Dr. Chuba Okadigbo. And in 2007, Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke. If he hated Igbo, would he run with them? “That shows you the respect and the regard he has for the Igbo, it was political reality that compelled him to come to the South-West in 2011 and in 2015. Let me tell you a story. There is a prominent Igbo family in this country, if I mention the names, you would know them, they are very prominent in the society. “They told me a story that in the 70s, President Buhari was Minister of Petroleum, the family wanted to join the petroleum industry and then they made a bid. By then, there were not too many Nigerians playing in that industry, and there was a lot of scepticism from those around the then Lt.-Col. Buhari, who was oil minister. “They all said they don’t believe that the company as represented by that family had the capacity to play in the industry. This family told me that eventually, they got to Lt.-Col. Buhari; he listened to them, and asked them; ‘Are you sure you have the capacity to do this?’ And they told him, ‘we can do it’. “Then he removed his military cap, banged it on the table and told them, ‘it is done.’ And he instructed that they give them that opportunity they wanted in the oil industry and today that family is so big and it never forgets that the then Col. Buhari as oil minister gave them the break they needed. They told me that story about three weeks ago. “The next day, when I saw the President, I told him the story. He laughed and then went on to tell me that when people say he is against the Igbo, it baffles him, that really he never knew that family, he just trusted the assurance they gave him that they could play in the oil industry.” http://www.nigerianeye.com/2016/01/how-fake-boko-haram-leaders-defrauded.html?m=1 |
eneral Engineer docked for allegedly causing death of 40 fowls By NAN | Publish Date: Jan 11 2016 1:49PM | Updated Date: Jan 11 2016 1:50PM (0 Likes) An engineer, Gibson Onyeka charged with causing the death of 40 fowls, valued at N144,000 was on Monday arraigned at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Onyeka, 34, residing at No. 1, Babatunde Hassan St., Ishaga , Lagos, is being tried for causing damage and killing of animals. According to the Prosecutor, Insp. Akeem Raji, the accused caused the death of the fowls, owned by one Olarenwaju Oladuja, sometime in October 2015 at Iju-Ishaga, Lagos. "The accused was in charge of renovating the building of the complainant’s neighbour. “He, however, demolished the fence demarcating his client’s building from the complainant’s, leading to the death of the complainant's fowls caged in his compound," Raji said. He alleged that the offences contravened Section 392 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011, which prescribes a three-month jail term for accused, if found guilty. Onyeka, however, pleaded not guilty and was granted bail in the sum of N100, 000 with one surety in like sum by the trial judge, Mr T.O. Shomade. The case was adjourned to Jan. 25 for mention. (NAN) http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/engineer-docked-for-allegedly-causing-death-of-40-fowls/128239.html
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$2.1bn Arms Deal: Jonathan Must Answer These Questions, Apologise To Nigerians www.naij.com |
A civic group has petitioned the National Judicial Council, NJC, to investigate Mohammed Yunusa, a judge of the Federal High Court, Lagos with a history of granting perpetual injunction restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from investigating suspects in corruption cases. The petition follows a review of the judgements and judicial pronouncements of judges across the country carried out by non-governmental organization, Human and Environmental Development Agenda, HEDA. According to the petition dated December 21, 2015 and signed by Olarenwaju Suraju, the Chairman of the Civil Society Network Against Corruption, CSNAC, CSNAC, Mr. Yunusa is in the habit of granting “arbitrary injunction to Political Exposed Persons (PEPs) and other accused persons against the law enforcements agency.” According to CSNAC, the latest of such injunctions by Mr. Yunusa, which disregarded legal precedents by the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, was delivered on October 30, 2015 in Suit No: FHC/L/CS/1471/2015 between Simon John Adonmene & 3 others versus EFCC. The applicant (Mr Adonmene), sought the following from the court: • A Declaration that the Respondent whether by itself, staff, agents, employees, servants, officers and men under its supervision, direction and/or control is not entitled to howsoever invite, interrogate, intimidate, harass, arrest, detain, arraign, restrict the movement of the 1st Applicant and other officers of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Applicants without lawful justification. • An Order of Mandatory injunction restraining the Respondent by itself, staff, agents, employees, servants, officers and men from howsoever inviting, interrogating, detaining, harassing, intimidating, arresting, arraigning, and/or further inviting, detaining, harassing, intimidating, arresting, and/or declaring the 1st Applicant and /or any of the directors, staff, officers and agents of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Applicants as wanted persons. • An Order of perpetual injunction restraining the Respondent, by itself, staff, agents, employees, servants, officers, and men from howsoever freezing, confiscating, depriving and/or further freezing, confiscating, depriving the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Applicants of access to, possession of and use of their assets and the funds in their account Nos 1018826127, 0020593842, 1771258695 and 1013983247 maintained with United Bank for Africa Plc., Sterling Bank Plc., Skye bank Plc. and Zenith Bank Plc. respectively. • A declaration that the Respondent and/or any of its staff, agents, employees, servants, officers, and men under its supervision, direction, and/or control is not entitled to and/or authorized by law to issue any directive(s) to any/all banks in Nigeria, in particular, United Bank for Africa Plc., Sterling Bank Plc., Skye Bank Plc., and Zenith bank Plc., to freeze the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Applicants’ account Nos 1018826127, 0020593842, 1771258695 and 1013983247 maintained with the said banks and/or howsoever continue to freeze the said accounts, without the leave of a court of competent jurisdiction. CSNAC said Mr. Yunusa granted all the above prayers of the applicant which effectively means EFCC has been perpetually restrained from investigating the applicants. According to CSNAC Mr Yunusa’s ruling is an aberration as the Supreme Court had ruled in several cases that the granting of perpetual injunctions against law enforcement agencies. Some of such cases, according to the group, are: 1. Suit No. FHC/L/CS/487/14 – FRN v. Michael Adenuga 2. Suit No. FHC/L/CS/1342/15 – Senator Stella Odua v. AG Federation, EFCC, ICPC and IGP. 3. Suit No. FHC/L/CS/1285/15 – Jyde Adelakun & Anor v. Chairman EFCC & Anor. 4. Suit No. FHC/L/CS/1445/15 – Dr. Martins Oluwafemi Thomas v. EFCC 5. Suit No. FHC/L/CS/1269/15 – Honourable Shamsudeen Abogu v. EFCC & Ors. 6. Suit No. FHC/L/CS/1012/15 – Hon. Teeth Dauzia Loya v. EFCC “These decisions, based on his Lordship’s refusal to abide by judicial precedents laid down by the apex court, will undoubtedly serve as a leeway for unscrupulous and corrupt individuals, who will stop at nothing to truncate their arrest, investigation and prosecution by the appropriate law enforcement agencies, to render our criminal law ineffective, as well as allowing corruption fester in the society. “In the light of the above, CSNAC is therefore by this petition requesting that the council carries out its constitutional role by immediately summoning Honourable Justice M. N. Yunusa on this matter and thereby ensuring that sanity is restored in the exercise of powers by judicial officers,” the petitioner said. |
A heavily armed man claiming to be Jesus allegedly plotted to kidnap one of the Obama family’s dogs and has been arrested, US media and officials said. Scott Stockert, 49, was arrested at a Washington hotel Wednesday after Secret Service agents found unregistered firearms in his truck, together with hundreds of rounds of ammunition, a machete and a club, NBC Washington said, citing authorities in the US capital. Agents went to the hotel after getting a “be on the lookout” alert from the Secret Service’s Minnesota field office about the alleged kidnapping plan, NBC said. It quoted the Secret Service as saying that Stockert, from North Dakota, allegedly planned to take Bo, one of the two Portuguese water dogs owned by President Barack Obama and the first family. Court documents show that Stockert was released on Friday to a “high-intensity supervision program” and ordered not to possess any firearms or other dangerous weapons, either real or imitation. He was charged with possession of an unregistered firearm and ordered to stay away from the White House and the Capitol. As well as claiming to be Jesus, Stockert told agents that his parents were John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, NBC said, citing court papers. http://www.nigerianeye.com/2016/01/heavily-armed-man-arrested-for.html?m=1
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The Ogun State Chapter of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, has dissociated itself from the N100 million allegedly collected by its national leader, Olu Falae. The Ogun SDP said contrary to Mr. Falae’s claims of distributing the money to state chapters of the party, it did not get any money from him. Mr. Falae, the National Chairman of the SDP, admitted receiving N100 million from the ex-chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples democratic Party, PDP, Tony Anenih. The money is believed by federal investigators to be part of the $2.1 billion arms fund allegedly misappropriated by Sambo Dasuki, the former National Security Adviser. Mr. Falae, a former Nigerian Finance Minister, told PREMIUM TIMES that the money was for him and his party to support the ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid last March. “It is true I received the money for the party and then it was distributed to the state branches of the party for onward distribution to other levels of the party,” he said. However, the Ogun SDP in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Olu Agemo, and Secretary, Clement Adeniyi, said it was not a party to the deal with the PDP or the distribution of the funds. The chapter said it was never notified of nor involved in any negotiation to partner with the PDP or any other party for the purpose of winning the March elections or maintaining peace during the period as claimed by Mr. Falae. The statement added that the chapter was never informed by the national secretariat of the decision to adopt former President Goodluck Jonathan or any other candidate as the party’s presidential candidate. It added that it was never informed of any donation of funds to the party by the PDP or any other party and that it did not receive any financial or campaign assistance from the national secretariat of the party or any of its principal officers. The Ogun SDP said it declared its sources of campaign finance in the Guardian, Vanguard, Punch and Tribune Newspapers of April 20, before the current revelation. “We plead with our members and supporters who have received these untoward revelation with great shock to remain calm and await the convocation of a general meeting where these issues shall be thoroughly discussed and appropriate decisions taken,” the statement said. “We assure you that the SDP in Ogun will continue to operate within ethical and moral norms as laid out in the principles of progressive welfarism established by our progenitor, Obafemi Awolowo, in the struggle to establish an egalitarian, peaceful and equitable nation.” Mr. Dasuki and several other former political leaders and their relatives are currently being prosecuted for the $2.1 billion arms scandal now known as Dasukigate. Several others, like Messrs. Falae and Anenih, as well as the PDP spokesperson, Olisa Metuh, are also being investigated for their alleged roles in the scam. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/196513-dasukigate-olu-falae-lied-we-never-got-any-money-ogun-sdp.html |
Lassa Fever: 11 Things You Need To Know About The Killer Disease 1. Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness caused by Lassa virus and it is transmitted to humans from contacts with food or household items contaminated with rodent excreta. 2. Lassa frequently infects people in West Africa as it results in 300,000 to 500,000 cases annually and causes about 5,000 deaths each year. 3. The primary animal host of the Lassa virus is the Natal multimammate mouse, an animal mostly found in sub Saharan Africa. 4. After an incubation period of six to 21 days, an acute illness with multiorgan involvement develops as it affects several organs such as the liver, spleen and kidneys. 5. Nonspecific symptoms include fever, facial swelling, and muscle fatigue, as well as conjunctivitis and mucosal bleeding. 6. Lassa virus is zoonotic, that is, it is transmitted from animals, in that it spreads to humans from rodents and rats. 7. Infection in humans typically occurs by exposure to animal excrement through the respiratory or gastrointestinal tracts. 8. Transmission from person to person has also been established, presenting a disease risk for healthcare workers. 9. Ensure to keep rodents out of homes and food supplies, as well as maintaining effective personal hygiene. Store grain and other foodstuffs in rodent-proof containers, disposing of garbage far from the home and maintaining clean households 10. All persons suspected of Lassa fever infection should be admitted to isolation facilities and their body fluids and excreta properly disposed of. 11. The overall mortality rate is estimated to be 1%, but during epidemics, mortality can climb as high as 50%. If you didn’t know, now you know!!!
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The Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is gripped by grumbling after former Senator Uche Ekwunife ditched her political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), defected to the APC, and blanketed the state with her campaign posters seeking nomination to represent the APC in a forthcoming senatorial race.http://saharareporters.com/2016/01/08/furor-anambra-apc-dismissed-senator-ekwunife-seeks-partys-nomination |
FG Commences Direct Payment Of N65, 000 To Ex-militants The Federal Government has commenced the direct payment of N65,000 monthly stipends to former militants in the Niger Delta region, with the payment of the three months arrears owed them. Launching the direct payment exercise in Port Harcourt, the Rivers Stare capital yesterday, the chief of staff in the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Colonel Dedis Abel (Rtd), said the Federal Government will no longer make such payment through leaders of the ex-militants. Abel said, “The Amnesty Office took the decision to pay the ex-agitators directly following reports of complicity and short-changing of some of them by the leaders. Reports revealed that some of the ex-agitators were paid as low as N20,000 out of the N65,000 which does not conform with the mandate of the Presidential Amnesty Programme. “Henceforth, payment of the monthly stipend would be made directly to each beneficiary with focus to eliminate cases of fraud and short-changing by their leaders. Similarly, this exercise will enable us to collect biometrics of beneficiaries and to create Bank Verification Numbers to enable government to make future payments through their individual bank accounts.” He stated that the week-long direct payment was to off-set the October, November and December arrears owed to more than 2,000 former agitators, drawn from several ex-agitators’ camps in the state and environ, adding that out of the 30,000 beneficiaries under the Amnesty Programme, only 13,000 had received either formal education or vocational training before the present team came onboard. The chief of staff said, “However, the number of those trained increased by 5,000 since Retired Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari to head the Presidential Amnesty Programme five months ago. The 5,000 newly trained beneficiaries were sent to both local and foreign institutions and vocational centres to acquire knowledge and skills that would allow them become self-reliant.” Abel, who disclosed that the remaining 12,000 ex-agitators yet to participate in the process would be trained in the coming months, commended Heritage Bank for its partnership and support of the Amnesty Programme. http://www.leadership.ng/news/politics/489768/fg-commences-direct-payment-n65-000-ex-militants
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femiranking28:I'll have dashed you one. But am far away from you. |
Happy new year. Welcome. Let's have a piece of the bang. |
theV0ice:Thanks man. Most people don't know that the electronic media, including the radio, is the hottest source of fresh news. They are always proved wrong. |
theV0ice:Thanks man. Most people don't know that the electronic media, including the radio, is the hottest source of fresh news. |
goodlifehyd:http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/196333-dasukigate-efcc-arrests-buharis-associate-apc-chieftain-jafaru-isa.html |
goodlifehyd:http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/196333-dasukigate-efcc-arrests-buharis-associate-apc-chieftain-jafaru-isa.html |
arewafederation:Your reasoning is a confirmation that all the ministers were screened and cleared- including Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. |
goodlifehyd:I know the consequences of posting fake news on Nairaland! Play that link to anybody that understands hausa. It's the first news after news headlines. Your copy and paste 'journalists' didn't get it yet. That's why we are Nairalanders. |
FrontPageLawyer:You mean our copy and paste media? They are yet to see it! I know the consequences of posting fake news on Nairaland. Correction noted. |
goodlifehyd:You don't seem to know the level to which radio broadcast is taken because you don't listen to the radio. Then know this: You can actually listen to any broadcast by any of the international radio stations on cloud thirty minutes after the live service. Follow the link provided in the original post and be proved wrong. Lawal Jafar Isa was by any standard a right hand man of Buhari as he was with Buhari through the four elections that he contested. |
funlord:Which last year? You are challenged to prove your claim. |
phemmie06:No. The man is an original APC man from CPC and a very close confidant of Buhari. |
Ayoemrys:VOA Hausa service today 0600-0630 7th January, 2016. |
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