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Europe has recorded its first Ebola death, as Fr. Miguel Pajares died in a Spanish hospital. The 75-year-old Spanish priest contracted the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia. He was promptly evacuated to his native Spain, on August 7, for treatment at the Carlos III hospital Madrid.


According to a Madrid spokeswoman for the Madrid Health authorities, Fr Miguel Pajares died this morning, Tuesday August 11, 2014.

Fr. Miguel Pajares, was given the experimental drug, Zmapp last Saturday 9th August, though the experimental Zmapp was denied thousands of Africans.

May his kind soul rest in perfect peace.

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More and more people are paying for flights on private jets that are often available at competitive prices

Adam Twidell, CEO of PrivateFly, explained: ‘An empty leg comes about when a private jet is repositioning.

‘As the aircraft is flying empty, the owner or operator will often be happy to sell this one-way leg at a big discount – often a fraction of the full price.

‘Europe’s private jet traffic sees a significant peak in the summer, so there are many more empty leg flights available, and amazing deals to be had.’

With flexibility around what date you travel, and with a group large enough to offset the one-off chartering fee, everyday Britons are travelling at rates which can rival or better those of the budget airlines.


A brief search today on private jet price comparison website Victor revealed you and six friends could travel from London to Corsica on Thursday – on board a Hawker 400XP – for just £1,650.

That equates to just £235 per person.

However, Clive Jackson, the chief executive of Victor, told The Sunday Times that empty-leg flights could be cancelled if the plans of the person chartering the plane at full price changed.

‘It is an unregulated industry and that worries me.

‘There are no obligations from the person selling you that plane as to what they have to disclose.

‘Beware of the fact that an empty leg can get cancelled an hour before you are due to fly on it and you have no redress whatsoever.’

Mr Twidell added: ‘If people are prepared to book last minute and travel as a group, the cost per person can be less than business class – or even low cost airlines in some cases.

They are usually one-way flights and while a return flight can sometimes be matched up, others enjoy a private jet experience in one direction, and make their own way home. Private jets don’t have to just be for billionaires, VIPs and rock stars.’

An American Ebola virus patient, a doctor, who was serving in Liberia before contracting the deadly Ebola virus and was airlifted back to the United States for treatment, has just released a statement. He is currently in the isolation unit of Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital, where he is being treated.

Doctor Kent Brantly, said in a statement on Friday he is “growing stronger every day.”


Read statement below:

“I am writing this update from my isolation room at Emory University Hospital, where the doctors and nurses are providing the very best care possible. I am growing stronger every day, and I thank God for His mercy as I have wrestled with this terrible disease. I also want to extend my deep and sincere thanks to all of you who have been praying for my recovery as well as for Nancy and for the people of Liberia and West Africa.

My wife Amber and I, along with our two children, did not move to Liberia for the specific purpose of fighting Ebola. We went to Liberia because we believe God called us to serve Him at ELWA Hospital.

One thing I have learned is that following God often leads us to unexpected places. When Ebola spread into Liberia, my usual hospital work turned more and more toward treating the increasing number of Ebola patients. I held the hands of countless individuals as this terrible disease took their lives away from them. I witnessed the horror first-hand, and I can still remember every face and name.

When I started feeling ill on that Wednesday morning, I immediately isolated myself until the test confirmed my diagnosis three days later. When the result was positive, I remember a deep sense of peace that was beyond all understanding. God was reminding me of what He had taught me years ago, that He will give me everything I need to be faithful to Him.

Now it is two weeks later, and I am in a totally different setting. My focus, however, remains the same – to follow God. As you continue to pray for Nancy and me, yes, please pray for our recovery. More importantly, pray that we would be faithful to God’s call on our lives in these new circumstances.”

I’m so happy for him and his family. At least, one more person is saved. My question is this, why can’t this so called experimental serum be allowed into Africa? It’s a question of signing MOU to absolve the American government of any lawsuit, should anything go wrong.

What is your opinion? Is it right to leave Africans to continue to die, when there’s a cure somewhere in America?

You do not have explain your plans and decisions to everybody. Some people are just turtles, they will never see what you see. Take this with you, as you step into a new week today. Do have a productive week. Happy Sunday

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Please has Aregbesola won now? I can't seem to get any update from the mainstream stations jor

Dancing and waving rainbow-coloured flags, Ugandan activists held their first gay pride rally Saturday since the overturning of a tough anti-homosexuality law, which authorities have appealed.

“This event is to bring us together. Everyone was in hiding before because of the anti-homosexuality law,” organiser Sandra Ntebi told AFP.

“It is a happy day for all of us, getting together,” Ntebi said, noting that police had granted permission for the invitation-only “Uganda Pride” rally.

The overturned law, condemned as “abominable” by rights groups but popular among many Ugandans, called for proven homosexuals to be jailed for life.

The constitutional court threw it out on a technicality on August 1, six months after it took effect, and the government swiftly filed an appeal, while lawmakers have signed a petition for a new vote on the bill.

Homosexuality remains illegal in Uganda, punishable by a jail sentence. But it is no longer illegal to promote homosexuality, and Ugandans are no longer obliged to denounce gays to the authorities.

Amid music and laughter, activists gathered at botanical gardens on the shores of Lake Victoria, barely a kilometre (half a mile) from the presidential palace at Entebbe, a key town some 35 kilometres from the capital Kampala.

“Some Ugandans are gay. Get over it,” read one sticker a man had pasted onto his face.

- ‘Now I have the courage’ -

Ugandan Deputy Attorney General Fred Ruhinda said Saturday that state lawyers had lodged an appeal against the ruling at the Supreme Court, the country’s highest court.

“We are unsatisfied with the court ruling,” Ruhinda told AFP. “The law was not intended to victimise gay people, it was for the common good.”

In their surprise ruling last week, judges said it had been passed without the necessary quorum of lawmakers in parliament.

Rights groups said the law triggered a sharp increase in arrests and assaults on members of the country’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

Homophobia is widespread in Uganda, where American-style evangelical Christianity is on the rise.

Gay men and women face frequent harassment and threats of violence.

On Saturday, however, activists celebrated openly.

“Since I discovered I was gay I feared coming out, but now I have the courage after the law was thrown out,” Alex Musoke told AFP, one of more than 100 people at the event.

One pair of activists waved a rainbow flag with a slogan appealing for people to “join hands” to end the “genocide” of homosexuals.

Some wore masks for fear of being identified — Uganda’s tabloid newspapers have previously printed photographs of prominent activists — while others showed their faces openly and wore colourful fancy dress.

But activist Pepe Onziema said he and his colleagues would not rest until they were sure the law was gone for good.

“Uganda is giving a bad example, not only to the region but to the world, by insisting on this law,” he said.

“We are Africans, we want to show an African struggle by civil society.”

There was little police presence, and no one came to protest the celebration, even if many in the town said they did not approve.

“This is unbelievable, I can’t imagine being a gay,” said motorbike taxi driver William Kamurasi in disgust.

“It’s a shame to Uganda. Police must stop these activities of the gays.”

- Lawmakers demand new vote -

Critics said President Yoweri Museveni signed the law to win domestic support ahead of a presidential election set for 2016, which will be his 30th year in power.

But it lost him friends abroad, with several international donors freezing or redirecting millions of dollars of government aid, saying the country had violated human rights and democratic principles.

US Secretary of State John Kerry likened the law to anti-Semitic legislation in Nazi Germany.

Analysts suggest that Museveni secretly encouraged last week’s court ruling as it provided a way to avoid the appearance of caving in to foreign pressure.

But gay rights activists warn the battle is not over.

Lawmakers signed a petition calling for a new vote on the bill, and to bypass parliamentary rules that require it be formally reintroduced from scratch — a process that could take years.

A lesson big lesson. Everything we need, to make money is right there within us.
We only need to look within us.

Dygeasy: It's really brilliant. Lol! A book of 'selfies'. Only for Obodo'yinbo.

Kim Kardashian is proving to be a great businesswoman, who can’t stop making money. From her reality TV show on the

Entertainment channel Keeping Up With The Kardashians (KUWTK) to her clothing line, among others. Recently, I reported she’s due to rake in a cool $200 million from Kim Kardashian video game. The businesswoman instinct of Kim Kardashian is so amazing that now, she wants to turn all her selfies into a book.

You will agree with me that Kim is a Goddess of Selfies. She know she has a great body and she is turning it into a business. She has had it all. Her bikini selfies, mirror selfies, cleavage selfies, selfies showing her lips, selfies of her bum, selfies showing her wit her adorable baby North and many more.

Her new business innovation was disclosed in an episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashian. In the episode, the reality TV star discloses she has signed a deal with Rizzoli’s Universe imprint for a 352-page selfies book, according to E! News.

They have christened the selfies book ‘Selfish’. The hardcover book will be sold for $19.95.

The star recently confessed to taking 1,200 selfies during a trip to Thailand. The selfies business idea came when she couldn’t get anything for Kanye. Her words:

‘I couldn’t think of what to get Kanye and so I was like, ‘All guys love it when a girl sends them sexy pics,’” she tells Brody, Kylie and Bruce Jenner during the episode of KUWTK.

“So I had Stephanie [her assistant] get a Polaroid and we were taking photos around the entire house. Making this cool book and it ended up turning out so cool we came up with this idea to do a selfie book so I’m going to make some super racy.”

Some people say Kim kardashian, has a net worth of $65 million, is just popular for being popular, I disagree totally with that. It’s not about the selfies… anybody can take selfies, but the business sense behind it. The ability to think in that direction. The ability to see and opportunity and availing yourself of it. She is fast turning into a one of the greatest businesswomen of our time. It’s only a matter of time.

Kim is rumored to have made $18 million off endorsements and TV rights to her wedding. As at the time of writing this post, Kim Kardashian rakes in between $25 million and $30 million dollars per year from her empire which now includes a cosmetics line, personal appearance fees, television salary, and retail endorsements.

The book is scheduled to hit the shelves in 2015.

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" Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'i'm possible" - Audrey Hepburn

Life is full of possibilities, but, we deliberately add ‘Im’ to it. Even after that, the word is still saying ‘I’m possible’. We add it to it because we want the easy way out. We love our comfort zone. We’re afraid of the unknown. Because of the above reasons, we conclude easily that a certain goal is just impossible.

Ask yourself why you are afraid? Is that task really impossible? Yet, we find problem where there’s none. We manufacture problems simply because we don’t want to take risk. Wait a sec, someone has done it before. Someone has achieved that feat before. If it’s done before, it can be done again. Even if it’s never been done, you can be the first.

I put it to you today, there is nothing impossible in this world, so long you put your mind to it. Channel all your energy towards it. Read every readable on the goal you set for yourself. Thank God for the internet, every information you need is readily available. Do your research thoroughly.

The word impossible shouldn’t appear in your dictionary, when you have an aim.

Everything is possible.

Audrey Hepburn does it for me today: ” Nothing Is Impossible”

wirinet: Good News. But what about our own scientists? What are all our professors and doctors in our universities and research centres doing? are they waiting for a solution from the west and then come and profess what is already discovered to the rest of us?

We are damn too intellectually lazy.

Wey the scientist for naija? abeg... lazy is a nice word to use.

I've not listened to any of her song(s), so I could be making a mistake. Well, I wanna believe she's a raw talent because I don't see D'banj as a stupid man. He couldn't have been that stupid to sign someone without potentials. Probably, people just don't wanna warm up to her songs. Pls correct me, if I'm wrong.

No big deal, to be honest. let's just leave it as it is.

I am a 33-year-old Nigerian lady who is married to a 33-year-old Nigerian boy….Yes boy. We met when we were very young and we have 2 kids together. We live in different countries,I live in Nigeria and he lives in Canada. He is the most irresponsible man I have come across. He only comes home once in 3 years and does not send money for the kids upkeep at all. The thing is, I can’t travel, so it makes it very difficult.

I am tired of praying and fasting and hoping for a change. All he does is drink and party, he is more bothered about looking good, wearing all the designers in the world and taking ladies around. The truth is I am fed up with the whole thing, because I feel like a single mother and I really do not have a life anymore and to be honest, my ears are full. He is the biggest liar in the world. My family is telling me to be patient and that he will change.

I am still young and pretty. I know I can still have a shot at life. I am tired and confused as to the next step to take. I need serious advice please.

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As we all know,the world is becoming more and more competitive by the day. In a world where you can not afford to relax for a year,otherwise you will become obsolete.We’re churning out graduates every year and the jobs just aren’t there. What do we do? The educational system the world over, doesn’t prepare students to be entrepreneurs,but, to be job seekers. As graduates, we need to make ourselves more marketable. In light of this, let us consider these 7 salients points,among others, to help us achieve our aim:

office-1(1) Be an expert in your chosen field.

There is a serious competition in the employment market these days. This is so because there is always a thousand people with the same qualification,experience etc. To make it worse, some might even work longer, for less pay. In summary, everyone is dispensable .So you need to make yourself an asset to the company. You need to constantly upgrade yourself. You should do something different. You should get yourself noticed. You should be an expert in your chosen field,not just good at it,because,being good is not enough in today’s world.

(2) Be passionate.

It is always good to find a job that fulfills your passion. They say, what you would do for free, is what you should do for a career. You would agree with me,when I say it doesn’t always work out that way. If you are not passionate about your job, I’m sure you can find a little passion in it. You either apply the skills acquired on your current job to your passion,or you simply see what you do, as a learning curve, towards achieving your dream.As they say, ‘no knowledge is lost’.There is always something to learn in whatever you do. Note,your current situation is a step in the right direction.It’s up to you to recognize the hidden gain.

(3) Be cautious with money.
The first thing is to understand your income and expenses. You should know where your money goes. You should have a budget and you mustn’t go over it. If you can’t live the same lifestyle, three months after a job loss, there’s a problem. It’s advisable to have an emergency fund, to help you handle the loss of a job. It is always better to look for another job, while you’re still working. It gives you the chance to be selective and negotiate, when looking for a job, rather than settling.

(4) Clean up your social media footprint.

Professionalism counts. Talk about emails,facebook, twitter,blogs etc.. everything has got to be professional. This day and age, your activities are public. Your social media activities speak volume about you.People judge you,most times, using your social media footprints. You are a brand yourself,Coca Cola is a world brand today, as a result of the efforts put into it, by the founders. Both online and offline,be clean. You just never know.

(5) Utilize social media .

I can’t stress this enough. Be readily available, perhaps, on all the major social media platforms around. This point lays more emphasis on point number four above. You can post your resumes, make short presentations of yourself, about what you have to offer etc. Head hunters might even call you for an interview, out of the blues. Social media isn’t all about photos or gist, make the best use of them.

(6) Be a leader.
Being a leader doesn’t have anything to do with title or position. The security guard can be more of a leader, than the CEO of the company. Assume responsibilities without being asked,do what is necessary, even if it means putting your needs aside for the good of the company’s mission. Set good example for people to see,even your bosses. Trust me, they see everything. Doing stuff without any compensation can be hard to take. In the end,everything goes into your file. It prepares you for the future too.
(7) Develop your negotiating skills.

After taking on board all the points listed above,you have put yourself in a great position to negotiate your future. For example,a product still has to be advertised,marketed before being sold eventually. Consumers have to know that a product exists,where to buy it,how much it costs etc.. before they can buy it. Your negotiating skill comes in handy, when you need to sell yourself.You should be able to get the best deal for yourself. You should be able to renegotiate you wages,because,you have turned yourself into a quality product. No employer will offer you an increase of 40% unless you ask for it

Try get yourself to the level where you tell your employers you want to leave and they ask ‘why’ and not ‘when’. Where they ask you how much you want, for a raise.

We are all still learning, if you have other tips you want to add, please put in the comment space below.

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I appreciate her being a virgin. I appreciate her academic prowess. Does being a virgin automatically make u brilliant. It's more of hardwork and dedication. congrats tho

I've not been following the Adamawa saga. Can anyone pls summarize what led to the impeachment. I don't know weather to be sad or happy now. Thanks guys

Does it really matter? The so called educated ones in government today are the ones mismanaging our economy. The problem is not the educational background. It's not about BSc or HND. It's about orientation, fear of God, good character, good conscience etc.
It's time for us to know what is important.

Singer, Innocent 'TuFace' Idibia recently released two singles from his The Ascension CD: "Let Somebody Love You" featuring Bridget Kelly and the thrilling party anthem, ‘Go’ featuring Machel Montano.

Below is the full list of the Ascension Album tracks:

1. GO featuring Machel Montano

2. APROKO
3. HOLIDAY
4. CANT HEAR YOU featuring Vector
5. THE BEST I CAN BE featuring Iceberg Slim & Rocksteady
6. LET SOMEBODY LOVE YOU featuring Bridget Kelly
7. KISS OF LIFE
8. HATE WHAT YOU DO TO ME
9. CONFESSIONS featuring Rocksteady & Dammy Krane
10. CLOSE TO WHERE YOU ARE
11. INTERNATIONAL LOVING featuring Kim Almarcha
12. BOULAY BOULAY featuring Shurwayne
13. DIASPORA WOMAN featuring Fally Pupa
14. JEJE
15. LESSE PASSE featuring Sir Victor Uwaifo
16. IFE DINMA with Tony Oneweek
17. NOT A SURPRISE

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Noval Djokovic Arrives Montenegro Ahead OF WeddingTennis star, Novak Djokovic and his partner, Jelena Ristic have arrived in Montenegro ahead of their wedding. Their weddingwas suppose to take place on June 14th, but they decided to suspend it, till after the Wimbledon Opens, which he eventually won.

The civil ceremony will now hold on 10th July, with a church service to follow before just 15 family and friends the day after the Fast of the Apostles, or St. Peter’s Fast, ends on July 12.

The 27-year-old Serbian Tennis star appeared calm as he touches down in Montenegro, with his fellow Serbian and tennis star, Janko Tipsarević and his partner Biljana were also spotted arriving in the picture. Noval Djokovic Arrives Montenegro Ahead OF Wedding

Guests expected at the wedding include Sarah Ferguson, Richard Branson, Andy Murray, Maria Sharapova and more names are to be revealed soon.
Jelena told the Daily Mail: “We are emotional partners. The emotional support we give to each other is very important. It’s the same for me as well. He is very supportive and encouraging of the work that I do.”

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Jennifer Lopez landed in Paris over the weekend, for Donatella Versace’s Atelier couture show. The 44-year-old was spotted in spending a lot of time with her six-year-old twins Max and Emme. She was shopping for toys in the city with her kids on Tuesday. Emme left the shop a with a huge teddy bear. - See more at: http://seunsblog.com/jennifer-lopez-shops-for-kids-in-paris/#sthash.iOJavx6a.dpuf

Why do ladies who can't find a man or ladies who are old yet single, try to justify their status? They keep saying they are happy when all they do is jump into the hands of the most available gentleman. Being single is never a crime.

Hi, are these really true? I do not believe and I will tell you why. How can we know all these truths and nobody is saying anything? Why are we plastering it on the internet and not on the streets? If we know all these and we're not on the streets now, fighting for our future and that of our kids, something is wrong somewhere. They're probably not true...... Sorry

Baby mama: The massive looting of Lagos state by the Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has reached monumental proportion. Tinubu whose companies recently conered a multi billion road construction job in Ogun State, has in his pocket all the juicy contract in all the Action Congress’ states.

In retrospect, it might be difficult to come to terms with the fact that an individual could hold the entire south west to ransom. There is no doubt that Tinubu has succeeded in buying the Lagos State government, and he has done this using government funds.
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Whenever someone in Lagos begins to wonder where their 4th mainland bridge went, or what was the fate of the pipe-borne water project, or even where the schools and hospitals had vanished to, there is a silence that contains it all. The largest landlord in Lagos has done as he has pleased, and the rest of the state just has to deal with it. For instance: Number 4, Oyinkan Abayomi (formerly Queens) Drive, Ikoyi: A 5-bedroom detached house on one acre of land which was originally the Lagos State Governor’s guest house since 1979, but which now belongs to Tinubu. The certificate of occupancy of the property valued at N450 million was signed and released to him by Fashola in 2007 shortly after he assumed office.

Tinubu’s residence at 26 Bourdillon Road, Ikoyi was initially falsely presented as Oando Plc Guest House. Later, he purportedly bought it from Oando, and used public funds to rebuild and renovate it. The Lagos State Government bought the property and paid an undisclosed sum to him and thereafter gave the property back to him under the bogus Pension Bill he signed to law shortly before he left office in 2007. The property is worth over N600 million.

The annex of the Lagos State Guest House in Asokoro, Abuja was bought by the State Government in 2006 for N450 million, purportedly to protect the main house from security breach. Shortly after Tinubu left office, the property was transferred to him under the pension plan he signed into law before leaving office.

The 250-hectare land valued at about N35billion and strategically located at the Ajah junction on Lekki Road was initially meant for a General Hospital for the people of Eti-Osa Local Government but was stolen by Tinubu and handed over to Trojan Estate Ltd – a company owned by Deji and Wale Tinubu – to develop as Royal Garden Housing Estate at the expense of the taxpayers of Lagos.

The 1,000 hectares of land valued at about N75billion located at Lakowe near Abijo at Ibeju-Lekki Local Government [/b]and given to Lekki Concession Company (LCC) which is partly- owned by Tinubu and Fashola and being developed as golf course and housing estate by Assets and Resource Management Ltd (ARM) as ADIVA project.

[b]The prime land of 157 hectares with 2.5km of Atlantic beachfront valued at about N10billion and stolen by Tinubu from the communities of Siriwon, Igbekodo, Apakin, etc in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government and given to Ibukun Fakeye – his crony to build a golf course and luxury villa with little or no compensation to the villagers. In addition, Tinubu paid $20million (N3billion) out of public treasury to Ibukun Fakeye to commence the project in late 2006. Fashola has since released additional funding for this project, which is not owned by the state government.

The 14-hectare Parkview Ikoyi Estate foreshore land reclaimed by Lagos State Government is now owned by Bola Tinubu.

While in office, he allocated to himself the former Strabag yard beside the Lagos State Secretariat at Alausa, Ikeja. The property is now being developed into a shopping mall as big as the Palms in Lekki. This is public property brazenly stolen and now owned by Tinubu, aided by Fashola.

The choice property at Lekki-Epe road on which he built and owns the multi-billion Naira Oriental Hotel and the extension of multi-storey car park beside it. Also, the multi-level recreation centre by Mobil in Oniru Estate on Lekki-Epe road jointly owned with ARM and Tunji Olowolafe. All these assets valued at over N25billion were obtained without paying a kobo to the Lagos State Government.

Tinubu and Fashola sold the following prime Lagos properties to their personal friend and front – Prince Dipo Eludoyin at very ridiculous prices:

• The 3.8-hectare of land of Lagos State Fisheries office in VI (beside the Institute of Oceanography) valued at N3billion.

• The fishery landing jetty at Badore (where the Ilubirin fishermen were to be relocated) valued at N500million

• The entire Ogudu foreshore scheme initially earmarked for a low-cost housing scheme valued at N5billion

• The Ilubinrin housing estate (which used to house Lagos state civil servants and judges up till 2007) valued at N2.5billion.

• The former Julius Berger yard at Oko Orisan, Epe valued at N450million.
Tinubu raised a loan of N4.7billion on Eko Akete project for which nothing was achieved before he turned around to sell the property to his Chagouri friends of Chagouri & Chagouri and Hitech Construction Ltd at a ridiculously low price at the expense of the taxpayers of Lagos.

Tinubu applied to personally purchase the Federal Secretariat building while in office. When he couldn’t get to buy it, he directed Fashola to stop the eventual owner of the complex to develop it. The complex is presently wasting away courtesy of the Lagos State Government.

It took several months of horse trading and underhand payments before Fashola could allow the new owners of 1004 flats to redevelop the complex. Several other buyers of Federal Government properties and developers of properties in Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Government Reservation Area Ikeja were forced to succumb to the outrageous demands of Tinubu, Fashola, Commissioner Abosede and other officials of the Lagos State Physical Planning Ministry and were made to pay ridiculous amounts to private accounts before their redevelopments were approved. Those who refused or were unable to pay could not develop their properties. This is a major economic strangulation of property developers and has contributed largely to the skyrocketing rent in Ikoyi, VI and Lekki axis.

Tinubu converted all the plots of land where Lagos Polytechnic was located at Ikosi near the old toll gate. He chased away the Polytechnic in 2006 and went ahead to locate the choice plots to himself, his cronies and political associates. The headquarters of Television Continental (TVC), which is owned by him, is located there. He deprived the youths of Lagos of decent education because of his greed.

Tinubu solely sold the prime land on Aboyade Cole, Victoria Island which was recovered from some allotees, to UACN Properties Plc. The amount of proceeds was shrouded in secrecy.

Eludoyin, fronting for Tinubu, built the estate directly opposite Goshen Beach Estate in Lekki area.

Tinubu’s wife, Remi Tinubu, built the massive New Era Foundation youth camp at the junction of Eleko, off the Lekki-Epe express road, with Lagos State funds and has now converted it to personal use.

Tinubu owns the Fara Park Estate and the Beach Wood Estate both in Lekki.

The Critical Care unit at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) in Ikeja, built and equipped with state funds, is now owned personally by Tinubu. He has put one Dr. Sikiru Tinubu, (a supposed cousin of his) to run the outfit. It is run as a private unit and the proceeds are pocketed by the duo. The unit charges its users exorbitantly and most Lagosians can hardly afford to pay its high charges. Much of the revenue is derived from fees paid by the State Government for patients referred there by its General Hospitals.

Several prominent Nigerians in the judiciary, police, INEC, and other sensitive agencies have obtained prime land from former Governor Tinubu and incumbent Governor Fashola over the years without paying a kobo. Many of them had turned around to sell the land to third parties at substantial profit. Many top officials in the police, INEC and the judiciary who participated in the 2003 and 2007 elections and tribunals in states where Tinubu has interest were compromised with parcels of free prime Lagos land and cash. If the Lagos State Land’s Bureau could publish the names and identities of beneficiaries of land allotees from 2000 to date, the scandal that will result is better imagined. Gbenga Ashafa, now a Senator, and Mrs. Awofisayo were the conduits through which these acts were being perpetrated. Both were also personally involved in various dubious land transactions on their own.

Prime land and properties have been used to pay off public officials who are personally close to Tinubu and Fashola for “jobs well done” or for being privy to sensitive information, notably:

(a) Dele Alake, former Commissioner for Information and Strategy, was sold a whole house on Alexander Road, Ikoyi where he lived as official quarters at a give-away price.

(b) Rauf Aregbesola, Osun State Governor, who was a former Commissioner in Lagos as well as Muiz Banire, also a former commissioner, got detached houses at Ladoke Akintola Street, GRA Ikeja for their “good job” while serving under Tinubu.

(c) Yemi Cardoso and Wale Edun, both former commissioners, were sold houses on Iru Close, and another location in old Ikoyi at give-away prices by Tinubu.


http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/tinubus-massive-looting-of-lagos-uncovered/

Bomb all? Bomb who exactly? Who is bombing who? Where do we drop the bombs?..... So many questions to be asked. And the symbol of our security isn't saying anything other than setting up committees. I pray

Sirniyeh: Hi,
The fact remains that FG is using the chibok girls as escuse to destroy boko haram, yet more innocent lives are being killed daily.

I want to asssure you many more innocent persons are being kidnapped everyday by this boko boys.

Lets put end to this scenerio and bomb all. Enough of excuse

I do not know why we are talking about the Chibok girls at all now. I know I'm sounding insensitive,no, I'm just angry. Truth is, we don't ever finish anything in Nigeria. Tell me one protest we've ever finished, with result. When was the last time we saw a fresh #Bringbackourgirls banner? Most of the ones we got were just publicity stunts by those celebrities. That's typical of us. The Nigerian government know us very well. They knew it's only a matter of time, we'll soon forget about the girls. Do we think the government cant honestly fight Boko Haram, if they choose? Forget about Obasanjo's methods, do we think Boko Haram can thrive under him? Where are the so called Americans, French, Germans etc? I just pray for the families of the girls. May the good Lord help them in these hard times.

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This is the part i don't get, why do these guys have to fight over money all the time? It's common with African and 'Third world' teams. Last week, about $3million has to be flown in for the Ghanaian team, on the orders of the president, when they threatened to shun their last group match.( www.seunsblog.com). This isn't good enough. What exactly is the problem pls?