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The kind of odd stories we do hear these days.....

Good for them. Wish them all the Best!

Breath of 'Fresh Air'

Doctor Conrad Murray, personal
doctor of the late King o Pop, Michael
Jackson, has disclosed in an
exclusive interview with the Dail Mail
of London that the singer killed
himself by taking an overdose of his
drugs.
Murray who was convicted of killing
Michael Jackson spoke out for the
first time to try to clear his name,
claiming that the superstar died of an
accidental overdose.
“I did not kill Michael Jackson. He
was a drug addict. Michael Jackson
accidentally killed Michael Jackson,”
Murray stated.
The 60-year-old heart surgeon,
released from prison three weeks ago,
having served half of his four-year
sentence for involuntary
manslaughter, began working for
Jackson in 2006.
But it was not until he went to help
him prepare for his This Is It come-
back tour in 2009 that he saw the
devastation of his life.
“He was in crisis at the end of his life,
filled with panic and,” he said.
“By the end Michael Jackson was a
broken man. I tried to protect him but
instead I was brought down with
him.”
Murray claims Jackson had been
dragged “into the abyss” of physical
and mental anguish by the pressures
of the tour.
He claims he lived in a state of
paranoia and filth: maids were not
even allowed to take his underwear to
be laundered because he feared they
would sell it.
Murray insists he was one of the few
people the superstar trusted. “You
want to know how close we were? I
held his penis every night to fit a
catheter because he was incontinent
at night.”
The doctor said Jackson’s 5’11”
frame had wasted to little over nine
stone, he was suffering from chills,
insomnia and mood swings and he
was dependent on the prescription
drug propofol to help him sleep.
Murray claims he had ‘weaned’
Jackson off the drug the singer called
‘milk’ only days before his death on
June 25, 2009.
He believes his insomnia that night
was due to withdrawal symptoms
from another drug, Demerol, an
analgesic better known as pethidine,
which had been provided by another
doctor without his knowledge.
In a claim, made for the first time,
Murray insists that while he was out
of the room Jackson got up and
injected himself with a lethal dose of
propofol after Murray had refused to
give him the amount he wanted.
The heart surgeon claims he did
everything he could to save Jackson.
Whether or not you believe him, he
has clearly convinced himself.
He says the singer had told him
shortly before his death that their
names would become ‘inseparable.’
When Murray asked him what he
meant ‘he smiled and said: ‘I am
clairvoyant.’
Murray has filed an appeal against
his conviction.
http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/11/25/michael-jackson-killed-himself-doctor/

New Twist In Anambra Guber: Ekwunife Asks Court To Declare Her APGA Candidate
https://www.nairaland.com/1530182/new-twist-anambra-guber-ekwunife

There is a new twist in the
controversial Anambra State
governorship election whose outcome
remains inconclusive and a
supplementary poll is planned for
November 30. One of the aspirants for
the ticket of the All Progressives
Grand Alliance (APGA) Hon. Uche
Ekwunife is asking that the court
declare her the authentic candidate of
the party.
Ekwunife is the runner- up to Mr.
Willie Obiano at the APGA
governorship primary, having scored
the second highest votes.
In a suit filed at the Federal High
Court, Awka, Anambra State capital,
Hon Ekwunife, a member of the
House of Representatives, prayed the
court to declare her as the rightful
candidate for APGA in the November
16, 2013 governorship election. In her
suit which has Mr. Willy Obiano, the
Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) and APGA, as the
first, second and third defendants
respectively, Ekwunife is urging the
court to disqualify Obiano as the
candidate of APGA, by virtue of his
alleged multiple registration in Lagos
and Anambra states.
In the originating summons filed by
her counsel, Chief Ugo Ugwunnadi,
she argued: “By virtue of the multiple
registration, which is a serious
electoral offence and by the combined
effect of Sections 9 (1), (2), (3), 2, 3,
12 (1), (2) and 24 (1)(e) of the 2010
Electoral Act of Nigeria, as amended,
and Section 178 (5) of the 1999
Constitution of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria, as amended, Mr. Obiano is
not a registered voter qualified to
vote and be voted for in Anambra
State and therefore, he cannot contest
an election in a state, where he is not
a legally and validly registered voter.”
In her supporting affidavit to the
originating summons, the federal
lawmaker alleged: “Mr. Obiano was
assigned with three different VIN
numbers, by virtue of the multiple
registration as follows – (1) 90F5
B12B 0129 6204 172, (2) 90F5 B15E
7D37 8200 332, and (3) 90F5 B12B
8837 7091 121 respectively, annexed
as Exhibits UE2, UE3 and UE4. All
these appeared in three different
Voters’ Register.”
Consequent upon this, Ekwunife is
also asking the court for an order
directing APGA to substitute the
name of Obiano with hers and for
INEC to deal with her as the rightful
candidate of APGA and moreso, for
the fact that elections were contested,
lost and won by political parties and
not individuals.
http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/new-twist-anambra-guber-ekwunife-asks-court-declare-apga-candidate/

Okija_juju:

Too late

bad guy. lol

It's Unfortunate.....but does it really concern me? It's only a penny to Osaze who arguably earns more than that weekly.

Amaechi may have a point to prove here.... but as usual, all these will be swept under the carpet.

ASUU vows to continue strike •…As
earned allowance divides union

Hope of final resolution of the
ongoing strike of the Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU) was
dashed on Saturday, as the union has
vowed to continue with the industrial
action.
This was the outcome of the union’s
National Executive Council (NEC)
meeting secretly held in Kano, where
it was agreed that the strike would
continue until it got concrete
assurance of implementation of all
agreements from the Federal
Government.
In a release the union sent to its
members and obtained by Sunday
Tribune, it said: “...based on feedback
from branches, the union resolved to
clear some grey areas before any
further action. If we must remove
strikes as a regular feature in our
University system, then we must get
things sorted out permanently. Be
steadfast as we await next congress
meeting.”
Attempts by pressmen, who had
positioned themselves at the Bayero
University Kano as early as 7 a.m.
yesterday, to get the outcome of the
meeting were unsuccessful, as it was
learnt that the branch chairmen of the
union across the country, which
converged on Kano on Friday, had
decided not to talk to the media.
Sunday Tribune reliably gathered that
the ASUU NEC was still meeting as of
7 p.m. yesterday, hoping to reach a
concrete decision which it would
transmit to other members at the
next congress meeting.
According to a source, who spoke to
Sunday Tribune on condition of
anonymity, though the union agreed
that the offer by Federal Government
to inject N200 billion into universities
annually, beginning from 2014 and
for the next four years was sensible,
members were skeptical about the
implementation of all the agreements
reached.
“We agreed that the Federal
Government’s offer is sensible but we
are not convinced about its
implementation and so we have to
continue the strike so as to fully sort
things out to avoid future strikes,” the
source stated.
ASUU had embarked on the strike in
July, following the failure of the
Federal Government to implement a
2009 agreement it entered into with
the union, citing the needs to upgrade
the universities to world standards
and improve the condition of service
of the lecturers, among others, with
the Federal Government releasing
N100billion for the improvement of
universities and N40 billion to be
shared as earned allowance, while
promising to make more funds
available.
Sunday Tribune, however, gathered
that a fresh crisis might have been
set off in the union over the issue of
earned allowance.
According to the source, the manner
university management shared the
earned allowance among varsity
workers was already causing
disaffection among ASUU members.
The lecturers, it was learnt, felt bitter
that their struggle had only benefited
SSANU and NASU which did not
participate in the strike but got hefty
returns, “because the managements
have shared the allowance wrongly.
“ASUU members got less than they
deserved from the allowance while
other unions fed fat from it; it looks
as if we only fought for other unions.
Members are really angry about this,”
he said, noting that these were some
of the issues that would be tabled at
the congress of the union later in the
week.
Other contentious issues, stated the
source, “are the 2009 agreement
which is due for re-negotioation and
our salary. We felt that until these are
resolved, it will be futile to call off the
strike. So the strike continues.”
http://www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/lead-stories/item/27047-ASUU-vows-to-continue-strike-•…as-earned-allowance-divides-union.html

Hope of final resolution of the
ongoing strike of the Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU) was
dashed on Saturday, as the union has
vowed to continue with the industrial
action.
This was the outcome of the union’s
National Executive Council (NEC)
meeting secretly held in Kano, where
it was agreed that the strike would
continue until it got concrete
assurance of implementation of all
agreements from the Federal
Government.
In a release the union sent to its
members and obtained by Sunday
Tribune, it said: “...based on feedback
from branches, the union resolved to
clear some grey areas before any
further action. If we must remove
strikes as a regular feature in our
University system, then we must get
things sorted out permanently. Be
steadfast as we await next congress
meeting.”
Attempts by pressmen, who had
positioned themselves at the Bayero
University Kano as early as 7 a.m.
yesterday, to get the outcome of the
meeting were unsuccessful, as it was
learnt that the branch chairmen of the
union across the country, which
converged on Kano on Friday, had
decided not to talk to the media.
Sunday Tribune reliably gathered that
the ASUU NEC was still meeting as of
7 p.m. yesterday, hoping to reach a
concrete decision which it would
transmit to other members at the
next congress meeting.
According to a source, who spoke to
Sunday Tribune on condition of
anonymity, though the union agreed
that the offer by Federal Government
to inject N200 billion into universities
annually, beginning from 2014 and
for the next four years was sensible,
members were skeptical about the
implementation of all the agreements
reached.
“We agreed that the Federal
Government’s offer is sensible but we
are not convinced about its
implementation and so we have to
continue the strike so as to fully sort
things out to avoid future strikes,” the
source stated.
ASUU had embarked on the strike in
July, following the failure of the
Federal Government to implement a
2009 agreement it entered into with
the union, citing the needs to upgrade
the universities to world standards
and improve the condition of service
of the lecturers, among others, with
the Federal Government releasing
N100billion for the improvement of
universities and N40 billion to be
shared as earned allowance, while
promising to make more funds
available.
Sunday Tribune, however, gathered
that a fresh crisis might have been
set off in the union over the issue of
earned allowance.
According to the source, the manner
university management shared the
earned allowance among varsity
workers was already causing
disaffection among ASUU members.
The lecturers, it was learnt, felt bitter
that their struggle had only benefited
SSANU and NASU which did not
participate in the strike but got hefty
returns, “because the managements
have shared the allowance wrongly.
“ASUU members got less than they
deserved from the allowance while
other unions fed fat from it; it looks
as if we only fought for other unions.
Members are really angry about this,”
he said, noting that these were some
of the issues that would be tabled at
the congress of the union later in the
week.
Other contentious issues, stated the
source, “are the 2009 agreement
which is due for re-negotioation and
our salary. We felt that until these are
resolved, it will be futile to call off the
strike. So the strike continues.”
http://www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/lead-stories/item/27047-ASUU-vows-to-continue-strike-•…as-earned-allowance-divides-union.html

Ediss: We too must bag our now Phd in jésus Name. Click like if û agrée with me to say amen

I'll advise you to get another English teacher before talking of PhD.

The Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, on Friday
admitted that it did not meet the
expectations of Nigerians in the
conduct of the November 16
governorship election in Anambra
State
, though it did its best to ensure it
was credible.
The Commission also fixed
November 30 for the supplementary
election, saying no convincing reason
had been given for the cancellation of
the poll.
However, three main contenders in
the election, Chris Ngige of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, Tony
Nwoye of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, and Ifeanyi Ubah of the
Labour Party, LP, hinted on Friday
night in a television interview that
they might boycott the supplementary
election.
The APC in a statement also said it
would boycott the supplementary
election.
The INEC Chairman, Attahiru Jega, at
a press conference in Abuja, said
though the Commission was
determined to make the Anambra
governorship election the best so far
conducted in the country and had
prepared for it more than the previous
elections, it regretted that its
operational performance could not
satisfy Nigerians.
“No doubt that INEC’s operational
performance in that election has not
met the expectations of Nigerians. We
regret shattering the expectations of
Nigerians, but we did our best in the
circumstances to have free, fair and
credible election,” Mr. Jega stated.
The INEC chairman said the
Commission met with its senior
management officers who supervised
the election, during which they
reviewed the conduct of the election
and analysed information received
from participants.
According to him, the meeting
examined all the accusations and
allegations that were made and came
to the conclusion that in spite of
minor and unfortunate challenges in
the field, there was no substantial
evidence to support the outright
cancellation of the election as being
demanded by some of the candidates
and parties.
He said the decision of the Returning
Officer in the election of the need to
do a supplementary election was
“correct,” since there was substantial
compliance with the electoral laws,
adding, “Therefore we have decided
that the supplementary election will
hold in Anambra State on Saturday
November 30.”
Mr. Jega regretted logistical
challenges, especially the late arrival
of materials, saying that the
commission did all it could to make
the election the best but “it did not
turn out to be the best INEC has
conducted so far.”
He explained that the Commission
did a thorough estimate of the
number of vehicles needed for the poll
and provided adequately for it.
He denied claims that some voters
were deliberately disenfranchised
during the election, insisting that it
was not enough reason to be used to
cancel the election.
According to him, those who could
not vote might have been involved in
multiple registrations or did not take
advantage of continuing voter
registration to renew their
registration.
“This is regrettable given INEC’s
efforts in cleaning up the register and
make it much more credible,” Mr.
Jega said. “I want to remind us that
before the election, the Commission
met with Chairmen and secretaries of
all registered parties, who came with
their candidates.
“We briefed them adequately on the
register. We told them how the
number of candidates had come
down from about 1.8million to 1.7
million. We briefed them on the
efforts we were making and that in
Anambra election, there will be no
need for addendum register.
“From our assessment on the
allegation of disenfranchisement, we
believe that a substantial
overwhelming majority of them must
have been either people who had
done multiple registrations or did not
take advantage of the continuing
voter registration.”
Mr. Jega said the challenge was for
the political parties making the
allegation to prove that there was
disenfranchisement based on the
voter register, stressing that “the
issue of disenfranchisement cannot
be used to cancel the election or do a
fresh election.”
The INEC chairman said the only
difference between the register release
to the parties 30 days before the
election and the one eventually used,
was age, which “we explained to the
stakeholders and they did not
complain about.”
Mr. Jega insisted that the 183 people
arrested by the Imo Police Command
on their way to Anambra State were
not accredited observers, adding that
they were already being prosecuted.
He said that unlike the previous
election, the process of accreditation
for the Anambra election was
rigorous.
He gave the name of the INEC official
arrested in Idemili North LGA as
Chukwujekwu Okeke, even as he
stated that it was unfair to accuse
INEC of hiding the identity of the
officer. He assured that if the
Commission found any of its staff
culpable in undermining the election,
such staff would not go unpunished.
He urged the political parties and
their candidates to cooperate with the
Commission in order to conclude the
election on Saturday.
“I regret to say that in spite of our
best intentions as human beings to
make the election the best we get
disappointed. As much as Nigerians
were disappointed with the result, we
are also disappointed with the result.
We wanted the election to be the
best.
“We ask all stakeholders to cooperate
with us. We are not making excuses. I
must say that making elections
peaceful and credible is a joint effort
of INEC and stakeholders.”
Mr. Jega confirmed that the
Commission was attending to the
petition by the All Progressives
Congress, APC, which he said was
received on Thursday.
He, however said that the petition
merely repeated all the allegations
already made by its candidate in the
election, Chris Ngige.
“Some of them (allegations) we have
thoroughly investigated,” he added,
pointing out that if the purpose of the
petition was to convince the
Commission to cancel the election, it
would not do so because there was
no strong evidence marshalled by the
party to achieve that.
http://premiumtimesng.com/news/150200-anambra-poll-inec-disappointed-nigerians-jega-admits.html

Does it make any difference?

Imagine 2009 thread making the front page today after over 4 years. No wonder they say, "No Condition is Permanent". Destiny can be Delayed but not Denied. Never Give Up because there's Hope for the Future!

Too bad....

#80million:
clap for yourself

lol....bad guy

They're good together!

Nice one....

I'm Waiting!

I thought APC said they were all Accredited Election Observers. The truth is gradually coming out.
Meanwhile, Congrats to the New Governor Elect of Anambra state, Chief Willie Maduabuchi Obiano.

The police at Idimu, Lagos, western
Nigeria have arrested the wife of a
pastor, Mrs. Angela Uzoma, for
pouring hot water on her sister.
She was arraigned before the Ejigbo
Magistrates’ Court for injuring the
teenager.
The 28-year old housewife who is
also the women’s leader in her
husband’s ministry at Shasha
allegedly poured hot water on
Chidinma Chukwu, causing her
serious injury.
The incident happened at their
residence at Ifelodun Street
Orisunmbare, Shasha, Lagos State,
western Nigeria.
P.M.NEWS gathered that the pastor’s
wife accused the 14-year old
Chidinma of selling only few
pawpaws on the fateful day.
Angela, according to the police
investigating officer (IPO), had
warned Chidinma to ensure that she
did not come back home without
selling all the pawpaws packed in her
tray for sale that day.
Unfortunately, she did not sell
everything and Angela became angry,
accusing her of being too playful.
P.M.NEWS gathered that she tried to
hide the incident by refusing to take
her to a hospital. Instead, she
arranged with a nurse who was
treating her at home.
The matter came into the open when
a samaritan heard of it and reported
to the police at Idimu. Angela was
promptly arrested.
Narrating what happened, Angela
told P.M.NEWS at the police station
that she did not intentionally pour
water on her, adding that she brought
her from the village to train her and
she was hawking pawpaw to assist
the family to feed. “It is the devil’s
work and I regret what happened. I
want to settle this matter out of
court,” she begged.
Her husband, Pastor Paul Uzoma,
described the incident as unfortunate.
“When I heard of it, I blamed my wife
and told her she went too far,” he
said.
He, however, said his wife meant well
for the girl and that was why she
brought her to Lagos to train her.
When she was arraigned in court on
Tuesday, she pleaded not guilty. The
presiding magistrate, Mr. P.E Nwaka
granted her bail in the sum of
N50,000 with one surety in like sum.
She was ordered to be remanded in
prison custody at Kirikiri, Apapa when
she couldn’t fulfill the conditions
attached to her bail.
The matter has been adjourned till 12
December, 2013
http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/11/20/pastors-wife-bathes-sister-with-hot-water/

It's really Unfortunate

Click 'LIKE' if U think APC is always trying to get UNDESERVED ATTENTION.

L.M Ayedun..:
Don't be confused, she services Oga's machine whenever Oga is on official trips. Simple.

LOL....BAD GUY

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