'Do not insult our President again' says Daniel Wilson

See what the Ragamuffin star  'Daniel Wilson' wrote on his Facebook page... 

President Goodluck Jonathan is Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, beyond his persona; he is the symbol of the Nigerian state. He is the embodiment of all our yearnings and aspirations.

Man still at large even after family paid N60,000 ransom to Kidnappers

Matthew Kuye

 Culled from Punch news

One year after his family paid N60,000 to his kidnappers, Matthew Kuye, a trailer driver at Dikon area of Kirikiri, Lagos is yet to be found.

Kuye, a married man with six children, was last seen at Jimoh Odutola Street, Surulere on January 18, 2012, where he and some of his colleagues had gone to offload containers of goods.

It was learnt that Kuye and his colleagues were told that their vehicles could not be offloaded that evening. He subsequently settled his motor boy for the day and set out for home.

 His son, Israel said, “That was the last time anyone saw him. My mum and siblings tried my father’s number throughout that night but his phone was switched off. I was in Ogun state at the time for my National Youth

Boy paralysed after accident dies

 

If death could be restrained, Mubarak Abdul-Mojeed, a 14-year-old boy, paralysed by accident on December 11, 2011, would have lived.

But after all efforts to ensure Mubarak lived, death snatched him away from his family, friends and loved ones on Wednesday, January

The Federal government inaugurates panel to investigate the dead state in Police Colleges

 

The usual setting up committees is here again, lol.
Well the public outcry over the state of Police College in Ikeja has compelled the Federal Government to institute an 11-man committee to probe the decay of such facility across the country.
The committee which has one week to submit its report is expected to ascertain the amount of money appropriated for the police to renovate and upgrade the police institutions between 2009 and 2012.
The probe team raised by the Minister of Police Affairs ,Omoniyi Olubolabe, is headed by the Director of Special duties in the ministry, Mr E A Bature.
Members of the committee are: Rep. of NPF (Vice Chairman); Director, Finance and Account-Member, Director, PID (Member); Director, PSD (Member), 3 Representatives of NPF (Members); Legal Adviser (Member); Head of Budget Division (Member); Head of Internal Audit (Member); Head of External Audit (Member); and Secretary – PRS.

Catholic Church pulls out of CAN for being “run as part of the government”

 

The Administrator of Catholic Diocese of Abeokuta, Monsignor Christopher Ajala, has explained why the Catholic Church made the decision to pull out of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), claiming that it the organisation was now too close to government.
Ajala was speaking at a press conference in Abeokuta, which was organised to mark the 15th anniversary of the diocese and pointed out that CAN, under the leadership of Pastor Ayo

EFCC arrests 88-year-old grandpa over N1.4million naira scam

 

An 88-year-old grandfather, Olusola Alaba, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over an alleged N1.4 million scam. The old man was this week charged before a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja for allegedly obtaining money under false pretext and forgery.
Alaba was accused of fraudulently obtaining N1.4M from one Mrs. Olutoyin Ogundipe, on June 20, 2011 for the purchase of a three bedroom flat located at Plot 8 Oladimeji Alo Street, Lekki Phase One.

42-year-old man lifts two buckets of water with his eyelids

 

Wang Xianxiang carries two buckets of water with his eyelids during a provincial festival for migrant workers in Shaodong County, Hunan province, Saturday.
“The 42-year-old fireworks maker from the central Chinese province of Hunan was photographed last weekend performing his signature trick: Suspending two water buckets with a combined weight of 9 pounds on plastic hangers hooked to his eyelids for a minute.

The NBC bans videos of Alingo, Take Banana, others- See Full List

 

The Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, has released a list of videos that have been banned from being played or aired.

P-Square’s ‘Alingo’, which is currently enjoying massive airplay, especially with the energetic dance steps that accompanies it, makes the cut. Other videos include D’Prince’s ‘Take Banana’, Flavour Nabania’s ‘Shake’, etc.

Charles Novia lashes out to Nigerian Radio and TV OAPS- “You are fake-accented elephants”

 

Nollywood producer, Charles Novia, who is notorious for his feisty utterances, has this time around taken a swipe at Nigerian radio and TV On-air-personalities.
Novia, whose autobiography is still causing ripples, declared that most of them are “fake-accented elephants”, but reserved praises for a few, who he said are representing the country well.

Excerpts:

Listening to some Nigerian radio stations can either leave one permanently befuddled or just plain angry all the time. The latter is what happens to me mostly, so I stopped listening to most radio stations for some time.

Tiwa Savage and manager check into “our home” – Burj Al Arab

 
Tiwa Savage has posted a picture of her hotel room for the next one week, with the text: “Burj Al Arab Our home for the next week. Thanks Balogs cc @teebillz323″