Buhari, Saraki, Gauck At Banquet Dinner (Photos)

President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki, House of Reps Speaker Yakubu Dogara, Ministers and other government officials were present at the state house banquet organized for the President of Germany -H.E. Joachim Gauck in-line with his visit to Nigeria.

The senate president who is facing corruption charges at the Code of Conduct Tribunal for false assets declaration during his tenure as Kwara state governor -was all smiles as he dined with the
president.

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Photo:Man To Raise Sculptural Piece Of Jonathan In Otuoke As A Mark Of Hero

My name is Ezemagu Sunday Nnamdi a nairalander, the ex-youth corp member that donated #10,000 to president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan re-election bid. I raised a bank draft of #10,000 from my NYSC account and send it to mr president through DHL to support his re-election bid when I was serving. I found out that, there is something special in president Goodluck Jonathan which Nigerian's will soon miss. I know that some people that are reading this message will say that president Goodluck Jonathan has filled this guy's pocket with money. let me tell u categorically I have not set my eyes on president Jonathan before talk more of receiving any favour from him. The election has come and go but president Goodluck Jonathan remain my prospective mentor and political father. President Goodluck Jonathan has written his name with Golden pen and for me to tap from his character and attitude I have decided to raise a sculptural piece of president Jonathan in his home town as a mark hero which can also serve as a tourist center. I will leave Abuja to Otuoke, president Goodluck Jonathan's home town on monday to give my aspiring mentor a warming heroic welcome for putting the interest of the nation above his personal ambition and also for salvaging the democratic ethic of this nation. If I land in Otuoke on tuesday,I will go directly to the traditional ruler's place to request for a strategic position where I will raise a sculptural piece of president Goodluck Jonathan as a mark of Hero to the people of and Nigeria and world at large. I will also pay courtesy visit to Government house to inform the Governor of my intention. I will be updating my movement on facebook,twitter and other online social media. Attached to this write up is my picture and a letter of appreciation from president Goodluck Jonathan after my donation.

Sophia Chikere explodes: How I lost my marriage!

 Nuella Njubigbo, Tchidi Chikere and Sophia Chikere

In 2012, the marriage between Nollywood actress, Sophia Chikere and movie director Tchidi Chikere, reportedly crashed like a pack of badly arranged cards. But long before the crash, there were several reports, that another actress, Nuella Njubigbo, was dating the movie director. In fact, some reports openly suggested Nuella was the reason Tchidi sent Sophia packing.

Since then, rumours were rife that both Tchidi and Nuella found another haven in each other’s arms until a couple of days back when the news broke that Tchidi would be having a traditional marriage with Nuella on Friday, March 28, 2014, two days ago. From all available information the wedding held and both Nuella and Tchidi are now husband and wife.

As true as that is, no one ever believed the director was actually going to marry Nuella because reports of their romance were something people received with levity and oftentimes, like a joke, that could only amuse and be forgotten. So, when the news of their impending marriage broke, it was received like another joke, especially, when the two parties involved,  neither came out to deny nor confirm anything.

Until the silence was broken by Nuella on Thursday in a release sent to several media houses. She confirmed that she would indeed, be getting married to the movie director, saying she and Tchidi never crossed the lines as friends and that the talk about her being pregnant for Tchidi was mere rumour.

“My heart is remarkably at peace with this decision, and I am willing to take this leap of faith which every married woman has taken. Where this love will lead me I cannot say, I am not God, but, I have hope, faith and believe that it will lead me to a good place. Every one of us in this life deserves a chance to be happy. I am taking my own chance” she said.

But there was someone who found all she said not only distasteful but a whole lot of baloney. That person is Sophia Chikere, who has claimed she is still legally married to the movie director.

Nuella released her statement on Thursday night and Sophia was quick to follow Friday morning. Hear her: I swear with my life, my children’s life and everything I have, that Nuella started dating my husband before he left the marriage. But because I respect my husband a lot, the father of my three boys, I have kept calm and won’t talk and comment because there is no need to wash your dirty linen in public. Tchidi is a wonderful husband and father and will always be.

But if Nuella opened her mouth and said that she wasn’t dating my husband before he left the marriage, if she’s lying, let her not see anything good in life and if I’m lying,let me not see anything good in life.

This question is for Nuella: Nuella, since you broke my marriage, have I called you? Have I looked for you? No! After what you did, you still have the right to lie and say you were not in the picture? You want to deceive the public? But you can’t deceive God. You put what God has joined together asunder and made my children cry to bed every night.

I keep calm and you have the audacity to say that you weren’t dating my husband when we were together? Let the wrath of God be your portion. Now that you have taken my hubby and you are getting married to him like I heard, are you happy? Are you fulfilled? Let the Almighty God fight for me and judge you.

Let vengeance be of God who knows everything and sees everything. My God is able and he’s not asleep. He sees. He knows. And he feels what I feel. He is the Lord who cares for me and my kids.
As for my husband, he is a wonderful father and I will never ever disrespect him”

Shocking before and after photo of victim rescued from Oyo ritualists??? den (LOOK)

The discovery of the “house of horror” in Ibadan, the Oyo capital, was made even more horrifying because of the state the survivors were found in.
The barely alive victims were malnourished and skeletal as one of them stated that they were fed only once a week.
Cecilia Obaikhena is one of such and she left many visitors to the gory scene spellbound at her tale.
Mrs. Obaikhena went missing from Edo State since 2008, meaning she has spent a total of 6 years in captivity.
Unfortunately however, it seems she has gone missing again as her family members who arrived Ibadan from Lagos to take her with them have searched to no avail.
Reports have it that Mrs. Obaikhena was allowed to walk out of the ritualists’ den unaided despite the traumatic experience she had just survived.
The Tribune reports:

When they got the news of the discovery of a kidnappers’ den in Ibadan and saw the picture of their long-lost mother and grandmother on the cover of the Sunday Tribune, 
they were elated. Pronto Victor and Vivian, son and granddaughter respectively, of Cecilia Obaikhena, who was one of the inmates freed from the den, rushed down to Ibadan from their Lagos base to take their matriarch back home.
They got to Ibadan on Tuesday and headed for Soka area where the den was discovered. They searched everywhere for their matriarch but she was no where to be found.
They were advised to go to the State Hospital at Yemetu, where some of the inmates were taken. So, they headed for the place but it was futile because Mrs Cecilia Obaikhena was not among the patients in the hospital.
Determined to see their mother/grandmother, they toured all the police stations in the vicinity clutching the pictures of their matriarch as well as a copy of the Sunday Tribune but tried as much as they did, they could not locate Mrs Obaikhena.
So, they headed for the Tribune House at Imalefalafia to see if they could find help.
Explaining how the woman disappeared, Vivian said the old woman in 2008, went to the market where she was residing in Iruekpen, Edo State, but she never returned home. She said they went searching for her at police stations, and made announcements on media houses, including NTA Iruekpen, but their efforts brought no success.
“Since 2008, we have been looking for her,” Vivian said.
Narrating how they got to know about the kidnappers’ den, Vivian said, “On Monday, I was browsing with my phone when I came across the Ibadan House of Horror story on a blog. Immediately, I saw the picture of one of the victims and I recognized her as our long lost granny, then I left for Ibadan and came in company with my uncle who is her son.”
Voicing their frustration at the futility of their effort to find the woman, Vivian said, she noted through the by-line that the photograph of the old woman was exclusive to the Nigerian Tribune, hence their visit to the Tribune House to make enquiries as to the exact time and location of the woman, when the photograph was taken.
“How could a woman who was found on Saturday have disappeared almost without a trace on Tuesday?” Vivian lamented.
Our photographer, who was at the site to cover the discovery on Saturday, said around 8.00pm he happened on the scene where the old woman in question, was being trailed by a small crowd as she was slowly walking away from the den while regaling the crowd with the story of how she was abducted in Edo State in 2008.
“It was her story that made me to pause to take her picture. As I left the woman and the crowd, I heard some people express their concern about how the woman would cope knowing no one in Ibadan as she continued her slow walk into the dark night.”
So, for the relations of Cecilia Obhaghene, the search for their matriarch continues.

Late MKO Abiola???s Daughter, Waliyah Delves Into Music???Says I Don???t Want To Trade On My Father???s Name

 

One of MKO Abiola’s daughters, Waliyah Abiola has delved into music. Waliyah said she hates to tell people she is an Abiola, so people won’t think she's trying to use her father's name to step up her career. She said she has been doing her music without the name, and she is comfortable with it.

She also said, her father loved music and would have supported her if he was still alive. Here is what she told Punch. Pretty girl!

Were your father to be alive, would he have supported this?

I think my father, the late MKO Abiola, would have supported me and would have been quite tickled by the whole thing. He loved proverbs and music; therefore, what I am doing is not strange. He loved to sing and was in a band. He often sang at weddings and as a school boy in Abeokuta. I have fond memories of him singing, “The Beatles” songs in the kitchen. This must have been a relic from the time when he was studying to become an accountant in Scotland. I am not relying on my family name to gain acceptance. Many people have known me on the music circuit for a year now and don’t even know my family background. It is something I never bring up and this is the first time I’m discussing it in an interview. I am proud of whom I am but as I don’t want to trade on it, I simply never mention it. I’m not very comfortable discussing it, even now.

"I would have accepted a record deal from Dbanj years back, not now" - Olamide

 

Last year, it was rumoured Dbanj wanted to sign Olamide to his DB record label but the deal didn't pull through..He old encomium why:

 

"There was nothing like that. Dbanj is a big brother. He gives me advice when necessary, and he also respects me for the efforts I have put into the industry. And we do low key business together too. He advises me a lot about the industry. People just hear things and they get it twisted
I would have accepted it, if it was years back. But now, I think I am blessed and good. All I need to do is to help myself, others and the artistes with me."

Egypt Court Sentences 528 Muslim Brotherhood Supporters to Death

An Egyptian court has sentenced at least 528 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death on Monday, March 24 2014.

Most were arrested during clashes which erupted in the southern province of Minya after the forced dispersal of two Muslim Brotherhood protest camps in Cairo on August 14. These members were convicted of charges including violence, inciting murder, storming a police station, attacking persons and damaging public and private property.

This group of 528 is among over 1,200 supporters of  Islamist ex-president, Mohammed Morsi on trial, including senior members  of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Those convicted are expected to appeal. The verdict will be passed on to the Grand Mufti (a senior Islamic scholar), Egypt’s supreme religious authority, for approval or rejection. The final trial session will be conducted on 28 April.

Ever since Mr Morsi was ousted by the military last July, Egyptian authorities have cracked down fiercely on Islamists. Multitudes have been arrested and killed.

The Brotherhood has been declared a terrorist organization and authorities have punished any public show of support for it.

A second group of 700 Morsi supporters is due to go on trial on Tuesday.

Wow....528 people?