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Preparations for the 2013 Lagos Countdown event has commenced.  Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA) organizers of the event announced that the Lagos Countdown, a world-class celebration of the end of one year and the beginning of another in Lagos State will hold like last year.
 
Conceived by the State Governor Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), in order to put Lagos on the global map and at per with top cities such as New York, Dubai, London, Sydney, and other major destinations that commemorate the cross over into the new year. Continue...
  

Venue for the event Just like last year, is the Bar Beach stretch, Victoria Island and will commence on 7th of December 2013 and culminate on the 1st of January 2014 with an official countdown into the new year.  
 
 Speaking on the event the Managing Director of LASAA Mr George Noah stressed that the Lagos countdown is about instituting an enduring crossover tradition, commerce, employment generation, leisure, entertainment and tourism. ‘’What LASAA is doing on behalf of the state government is leveraging the proposition of Lagos as a premium destination for business and leisure,” Noah said.
The 2013 event promises to be more exciting, with the parade of over top 40 Nigerian artists including TuFaceIdibia, Davido, Omawunmi, Bracket, J Martins, Morell, Duncan Mighty, Timaya,  Wizkid, Banky W, Tiwa Savage, Wande Coal, D’Prince, MI, Ice Prince, Burna Boy and Iyanya.
This event is arguably the biggest New Year's Eve celebration in Africa. Last year, the Lagos countdown had a 45 minute display of fireworks, the most spectacular ever seen in Nigeria. The 2012 Lagos Countdown was hosted by IkponmwosaOsakioduwa, also known as IK  with co-hosts AriyikeAkinbobola and Quest.  
 
The Lagos Countdown provides branding opportunities for sponsor companies. It is expected that the following companies will sponsor this year’s event: Nigerian Breweries, GT Bank, Dangote, Avenue suites.

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I swear,this man is in money but y this court no allow this story finish na,very interesting but wait oh,people paid 80m and 70m nd dey still need more,I swear,wen sumtin is too much,u fall for it

The Chairman of G. U. O. Motors Limited, Chief Godwin Okeke, yesterday, commenced his evidence-in-chief at an Onitsha High Court in Anambra State, presided over by Justice Chudi Nwankwo, in respect of his abduction by kidnappers in Onitsha on Sunday, August 23, 2009.


Okeke who spoke under oath, shortly after the court granted a motion to file and serve additional prove of evidence with respect to one of the suspected kidnappers, Alexander Onyinanya, filed by the prosecution counsel, Chris Ajugwe with Mrs. N. D. Wilcox.

He narrated his encounter with the kidnappers at the All Saints Anglican Church Cathedral, Onitsha when he went for a Sunday worship with his wife, driver and some family members.

However, counsel to the first and third accused persons, O. U. Uduma and J. N. Okongwu, did not object to the prosecution counsel's motion to file and serve additional prove of evidence with respect to the third accused, Onyinanya.

How he was abducted

Led in the evidence by his counsel, Okeke stated that he went for 7 a.m. service which ended at about 10 a.m, adding that between 10.30 and 11 a.m., his wife mounted the steering of his Nissan Amanda Spots Utility Van, SUV, and was driving towards the church gate when suddenly, gunmen blocked the car with a bus in front and a Mercedes Benz car at the rear.

Okeke told the court that before he could ask questions, the gunmen started shooting sporadically, adding that even though he managed to disarm one or two of them, they shattered his left leg, over-powered him, drove away his wife and family members before bundling him into his SUV and zoomed off with the abductors' vehicles following.

He further told the court that they passed through Awka Road and at Limca Road, they met a traffic gridlock but his abductors shot sporadically into the air to scare the commuters before they continued their movement up to Nkpor junction where he said they met some policemen and exchanged fire with them.

Two vehicles snatched

He said: "At Umuoji Road, my abductors discovered that their tyres were deflated during the exchange of fire with the policemen and they quickly jumped out of the vehicles, blocked the road, snatched two other vehicles from their unsuspecting owners and transferred their arms and ammunition, including 9 AK 47 riffles, rocket launchers, machine guns and a big Ghana-must-go bag filled with loaded magazines and live cartridges into the snatched vehicles.

"They continued their journey and drove through Alor, Adazi-Ani and Adazi-Enu. On getting to somewhere between Adazi-Enu and Neni communities in Anaocha Local Government Area of the state, they drove into a bungalow, rounded up the occupants, who were mainly children, locked them up in one of the rooms and kept me inside the living room.

"I removed my shirt and tied my bleeding leg as part of measures to control the blood gushing out from the bullet wound. At a stage, I became thirsty and requested them to give me water to drink. Two of the abductors, Emeka Eze and Anthony Ifeanyi Okafor were with me while others were outside monitoring movements."

He said the duo with him advised him not to drink water because of his bullet wound but he insisted on drinking and eventually they gave him the water which he drank.

He said: "I overheard those outside asking the detained children where they kept oil, salt and other condiments because at that point, they had started cooking breadfruit meal for lunch.

The third accused was my ex-employee

He said after cooking, they presented the food and he ate with them. He said among those outside, two of them, a tall and short one wore masks, adding that he could discover that the tall one, Alexander Onyinanya, the third accused with mask was his former employee

"I could identify Onyinanya because he limps as a result of an accident he had when he was working for me. I was the one who paid his hospital bill when he had the accident.

I offered them N1bn, instead of N100m

"After eating the breadfruit meal, they praised me for my courage and for accepting their food, unlike other victims who usually refuse to eat during their captivity."

He said they now asked him to get ready for negotiation to which he paid attention.

"They told me that Chief Paul Okonkwor, Managing Director of Pokobros Group West Africa Limited paid them N70 million as ransom when they kidnapped him, while Chief Anthony Enukeme, Managing Director of Tonimas Oil Limited paid them N80 million during his own time and told me to pay them N100 million.

"I replied them promptly that Okonkwor and Enukeme are millionaires, while I am a billionaire, and offered them N1 billion, instead of N100 million.

"The offer gave them special joy as they now dropped their weapons by the side, relaxed and asked me how and when the money would get to them to which I told them that the money was in the bank."

At this stage, Justice Nwankwo ordered him to stop for the day till the next adjourned date.

The court now adjourned the matter to November 14, 26, 27, 28, December 2, 3, 4, 5 and 9, this year for accelerated hearing and possible dispensation.

Source Vanguard

Abuja – The National Sports Commission (NSC) says that it will hold a special retreat for the players of the victorious national U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, and their parents or guardians.
A statement by the team’s Media Officer, Morakinyo Abodunrin, in Abuja on Sunday said that the retreat was to forestall “any untoward incident in their immediate and future careers’’.
The Golden Eaglets on Nov. 8 won the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — a record fourth title win in the history of the tournament.
The statement quotes the Minister of Sports, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, as saying that “the Eaglets must be guided not to make the mistake of some of their predecessors, who failed to progress beyond the age-grade level.
“The success of the Golden Eaglets is an eye-opener to what can be achieved with careful and detailed planning.
“I think a special retreat is necessary for the players, their parents or guardians; so that all of us will be on the same page because their future should be of concern to all of us,” it said.
The statement added, however, that the NSC would not allow the efforts of various stakeholders toward the team’s success to be in vain.
“We at the NSC must not and will not allow the efforts of everybody toward the success of this team to be wasted.
“And I personally believe that Nigerian football stands to gain much, if we can guide these boys very well with regard to their future steps,” it stressed. (NAN)

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Just imagin waste of money when ASUU strike is still on

Pictures from the Reception today

cyara: To think i once had a crush on this guy. Lol

Whc crush?

lemma448: The makeup looks cheap sha, makes her look scary

How I wish I van see your pictures or ur real face,na wowo people dey yab pass sha

Austeenx: Tito Vilanova is not a Nigerian.

Which one be Vilnova again?the Tito I kno na 9ja guy oh

Mods,pls front page

coha: Which kind hair d wife carry so?

The hair is beautiful jaree abi u kno how much e cost?e fit buy car oh

Yo mama is so hairy that she barbs punk hair style in her pussy

philip.adesola:
Tell me. Does he have a successful music career after over 10 years

He goes for show,ancor diff programmes on tv and radio and he is very comfortable and living very well.

Which pity are you saying,he Is living very confortable because I kno him very well.

Our own Tito The Fire,part of the artists that brought R&B into Nigeria with his hit song MAJE KAJE finally tied the rope today as he takes to Ikoyi Customary Court In Lagos his Wife.
Congratulations to him as he is legally married.

Dats not davido's twitter handle.Scam