Jonathan presents N4.92 trillion 2013 budget to National Assembly

President Goodluck Jonathan, today, presented a total expenditure of N4.92 trillion for the 2013 fiscal year before a joint session of the National Assembly, in Abuja.

In the budget proposal, recurrent expenditure was put at N2.41 trillion while N1.54 trillion will be spent on capital projects.

Some key allocations in the budget proposal include:
Works – N183.5 billion;
Power – N74.26 billion;
Education – N426.53 billion;
Health – N279.23 billion;
Defence – N348.91 billion;
Police – N319.65 billion;
Agriculture & Rural Development – N81.41 billion.

Chinua Achebe hates Awo and the Yoruba race'

A leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has faulted extracts from Prof. Chinua Achebe’s latest memoirs on the Nigerian Civil War accusing the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo as the initiator of the pogrom against the Igbo.

The memoirs coming 42 years after the war, Adebanjo said, reinforced “Achebe’s pathological hatred for Awolowo and the Yoruba race.”
According to him, the renowned novelist need to be cured of his Awophobia.

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Reacting to Achebe’s memoirs entitled “There was a country,” the Afenifere leader in a statement on Tuesday said it was Awolowo who rather tried to prevent the war. He said, “At the risk of his life, and against the advice of his cabinet colleagues, Chief Awolowo made contact with Ojukwu and met him in Enugu to dissuade him from going to war.

In his one-on-one meeting with Ojukwu, Chief Awolowo tried to persuade Ojukwu to come to a roundtable conference with the Federal Government to iron out his differences with the government. “Fair minded persons cannot accuse Awolowo of being part of the intellectual arm of a cabinet that intentionally initiated the pogrom of the Igbo, when in fact the record shows he took positive steps to persuade Ojukwu to avoid the conflict.”

 Adebanjo said when the late politician visited Enugu prison during the war, he was surprised to see malnourished people even when adequate quantity of food were sent through international agencies to the civilians in the areas. Following this, he said the Federal Government stopped the delivery of food meant for the civilian population hijacked by Biafran soldier. He added, “This is what Achebe mischievously called the deliberate starvation of the Igbo.

 I would like Prof. Achebe, if he can; to make reference to any publication where Awolowo made the statement that starvation was a legitimate tool of war. “One would have thought the charge of genocide should have been better directed at the leaders of Biafra who had first hand knowledge of the starvation in the area they controlled, and yet did not as they could, to bring an end to the war sooner before two million people, mainly members of future generations had died of starvation as Prof Achebe claimed.”

On change of currency, Adebanjo said since Biafran soldiers looted Nigerian currency from Central Bank locations in Biafra occupied areas and were using them to buy arms, Awolowo, as the Federal Commissioner for Finance, had to stop that.

Hulk Hogan in Sex Tape with his friends Wife

The woman he had sex with-Radio talk show host Bubba the Love Sponge and his ex-wife Heather Clem

Hulk Hogan in Sex Tape with his friends Wife
 Former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan has been leaked online with Heather Clem(his ex wife’s friend).
The one-minute clip, thought to have been taken from a half-hour tape, shows the 59-year-old stripping down before climbing into a four-poster bed with a female companion.

"This tape was made secretly without Hulk's knowledge or permission by his own friend.

Fathers of the 4murder victims speak out on BBC

BBC interviews the fathers of the late uniport students

We Did Not Kill the 40 students of Mubi Polytechnic - Boko Haram

The insurgent group, Jamaatu ahlis Sunnah lil daawati wal jihad, also known as Boko Haram, has denied carrying out the attack that claimed the lives of over forty persons, most of them students of tertiary institutions in Mubi, Adamawa State last week.

"We have no business with students or student politics. If students are our target we would have killed them randomly on sight and in their school and not sneak on them in the creeping darkness in an area occupied by both students and residents," he said.
He accused the JTF of hiding the casualty figure suffered by the force in various confrontations with the sect.
"We have killed a lot of security personnel in the north especially in Yobe and Borno state, far morethan the lies the JTF sell to you, media," he said; adding that "a significant number of our brothers were killed but most of the people the JTF have killed have nothing to do with us. They are just youths in the wrong place at the wrong time."

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He said his sect was "not like the JTF that hide their casualties." "Yes, we suffered some casualties but I want to assure you that our structure, specialists and armpower are intact, and these crises will continue tillwe die," he said.

Qaqa alive, may have been captured A successful search operation in Kano, in September, by members of the JTF had led to thekilling of some of the sect's members and arrest of others. One of the arrested persons is believed to be Mr. Qaqa, according to top security sources.

The Boko Haram leader in his talk, like the evasivestatement of its overall leader, Abubakar Shekau, would however not confirm whether Mr. Qaqa hadbeen captured or not. "Our Imam has made it clear in his last video that Qaqa is alive, but I cannot answer your queries whether Qaqa is alive with us or with the security agencies," he said.

"I can assure you that we will not suffer any more defeat like we did in the past Insha Allah," he added

CBN returns N5bn illegal bank charges to customers

The Deputy Governor, Financial Services, CBN, Dr. Kingsley Moghalu, told the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions on Tuesday, that there had been a crisis of confidence between banks and their customers regarding charges on deposits.


He said, “In the next few years, between now and 2015, we will be focusing on consumer protection. There are ranges of bank charges that are acceptable.
“As I speak to you, we have recovered from the banks N5bn as wrong charges, which have been returned to Nigerians.”

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He justified a recent circular that put embargo on further lending to bank debtors, who owed about $5bn, saying there were indications that financial indiscipline was rearing its ugly head again. “They will not be allowed to borrow until they start paying their debts.

 This is to ensure that the gains from the reforms were not reversed,” he said. Moghalu also explained the economics of high interest rates, arguing that it was necessary to keep inflation at a stable rate, while sustaining the value of the naira. According to him, the reforms are not a destination, but a process that will continue so as to save the country from the effects of the global financial crisis.

‘Third Mainland Bridge repair for completion this month’

The current repair works on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos will be completed by the end of this month, (October, 2012) according to the company handling the rehabilitation, Borini Prono Nigeria Limited.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the repair works, which began in July, had been scheduled for completion on Nov. 6

However, Mr. Nastani Claudio, Borini Prono’s Manager, told visiting members of the House of Representatives Sub-Committee on Works yesterday that only three of the eight joints were left to be fixed.

“We are now working on the last three joints,” Claudio told the lawmakers who were in Lagos for an on-the-spot assessment of works on the bridge and other projects.

The manager said that if the bridge was properly maintained after the current repairs, it would be all right for another 25 years.

Lets keep our fingers crossed on the 25years assurance!

Kim Kardashian's ex Reggie Bush is going to be a father

The American Footballer revealed on Tuesday that he and girlfriend Lilit Avagyan, are expecting  a little one on the way he told Florida's Paul and Young Ron Morning Show. 'We're pretty excited... It's an opportunity to bring in new life and raise a child.

Reggie who is aleady 27years and Lilit Avagyan will turn 25years in November this yr.

Llyod Michael's parents speak

According to Punch:
Mrs. Jane Toku her son’s death will always haunt her. Expressing her shock as the crowd  watched how her son and his friends were gruesomely murdered. Jane spoke with Punch correspondent amid tears on Monday in Port Harcourt.

Jane said, “When we got there, one of them was still breathing. He was gasping for breath, but the crowd…they were all there watching while my baby (Lloyd) was butchered. Come to my area and ask questions about my child; the child I trained.

“Penultimate Sunday, we went to church, Salvation Ministry; that is where he worshipped. We all went together for the second service. He stayed back for the remaining service. When he came back, he started preparing to go to school. I can still see him as I talk to you.
“He brought out a book; ‘How Faith Works’ by David Ibiyomie and he said ‘Mummy, read this book and you will know what faith is all about. By the time I come back on Friday, you will tell me what faith is all about.’

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“Ever since, I have been moving around with that book, so that I could read and not get him angry when he comes back from school and ask me about what I learnt from the book. “Thursday was his daddy’s birthday. He (Lloyd) called him and wished him happy birthday.

When his daddy asked him if he would be coming home to celebrate the birthday with the family, he (Lloyd) promised to be back on Friday after lectures. “But on Friday morning, we got the call that my son was being beaten. How can I erase the fact that my son was lynched from my mind?

He studied very hard and got admission into the university.” Meanwhile, the community was like a ghost town on Monday as the inhabitants of the area left their homes to avoid being arrested by security agents. Shops, restaurants and mini supermarkets were also shut by their owners who felt students of the university were planning a reprisal on the community.

 Four students were on Friday morning lynched by suspected members of the community for allegedly stealing laptops and mobile phones. Students living off campus in the community were not left out in the rush to leave the community to avoid the wrath of security agents, who had been patrolling the area. The police had since the killing of the four students arrested 13 suspects from Omuokiri village in Aluu, including the village head. Immediate past President of UNIPORT Student’s Union, Mr. Rhino Owhorkire, told our correspondent that students had shelved the idea of any reprisal. Owhorkire vowed not to rest until those behind the killings were brought to book.

 Lloyd’s parents appealed to government not to allow those involved in the gruesome murder of their child and his friends go scot-free. Lloyd Toku was a 200 level undergraduate of Civil Engineering at the university before he was killed. Speaking with PUNCH Metro on Monday, Lloyd’s father, Mr. Mike Toku, insisted that his son was neither a thief nor a cult member. Toku, who is the Assistant Director, Presentation, Radio Rivers and a father of three male children, narrated how he got a distress call that his son was being beaten up by a mob.

 He said, “On Friday morning at about 7am, we got a distress call that our son was being beaten alongside two of his friends. So, we quickly rushed down. Initially, it was very difficult for us to locate the place, but by the grace of God, we were able to locate the place. “By the time we got there, we saw a mammoth crowd with a few Joint Task Force members there. So, we pulled through the crowd and when I tried to move closer, the JTF operatives told me to move back.

Later on, one of my cousins supported me and we moved on again and explained to them (JTF operatives). “I move close to the four corpses on the ground and I discovered that one of them was my son. We were also able to identify the other three as his friends. We took the corpses to UPTH to ascertain whether they were still alive.

A doctor came out, examined them and said they were all dead. My son has never stolen before,” Toku explained amid tears. He called on government not to allow those behind the gruesome murder of his son and his friends to go unpunished. “All I want is for justice to be done. That’s all. Whoever carried out that dastardly act should be brought to book. That is all I want. I have not got assurance from anybody that justice will be done. I am yet to get that (assurance).

Nobody has talked to us yet. Also, Toku’s wife, Mrs. Jane Toku, stated that the crowd was watching while his son was being butchered to death.

Ugonna’s mum is dead?

Shocker!- Ugona's mum died dis morning, she could not survive the shock of her son's death, since Ugonna is her only son, ALuu community has killed mother and son.

This was sent to me on my blackberry message few minutes ago,I hope it's one of those rumours,O God! I hope it's not true.

UNIPORT students react over the death of 4students as they set Omuokiri-Aluu ablaze

UNIPORT students were mobilised by students of other universities under the umbrella of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS. The students blocked major roads in Port Harcourt before moving to Aluu but fortunately for the indigenes, they were all gone before the students got there.

At least 12 houses have been set ablaze at Omuokiri-Aluu by angry Nigerian students who descended the small village in their hundreds this evening protesting the violent murder of the four students.

Scary Beautiful Heels

Hahaha! there's nothing we will not see all in the name of fashion,how on earth can one walk with these heels?
Leanie, from Cape Town, South Africa designed the pair as her graduation project at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.

Chidinma flaunts her new look

MTN Project Fame Winner, Chidinma

Mario Balotelli gets apartment built for him and his pregnant girlfriend -£750,000

This is for him and pregnant girlfriend Raffaella Fico, the apartment will be his main base in Italy when on leave from Manchester City.

The property is said to be in Brescia, close to the home of the striker’s adoptive parents.Raffaella, who is expecting a Christmas baby, has seen pictures on the internet.

Jonathan pledges $110m to floods victims

mitigate the damage caused by “unprecedented” floods, in a special message to the country broadcast early Tuesday.

Big L and Tipsy - Heart of the City - ft Yetty

 Its unfortunate such promising children,their recorded music before the horrible incident.RIP! God Save Nigeria.

Tee Mac Iseli apologises to Bishop Oyedepo

Former PMAN president, Tee Mac Iseli, called Bishop Oyedepo 'a typical money grabbing (tax free) fraud on Facebook. Few hours ago apologises for  making such comment on Bishop Oyedepo

 

 

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Mila Kunis Named Sexiest Woman Alive by Esquire Magazine

Kunis poses topless in black leather pants to prove she deserves the "Sexiest Woman Alive".........

Jay Z goes to Brooklyn Concert in a public train

He took subway train to Brooklyn,on Saturday where he played his last of eight shows to christen the new home of the Brooklyn Nets.

Activities in Uniport suspended

All school activities at the University of Port Harcourt have been suspended till further notice as students mourn the gory death of the 4 students.

  Llyod Michael aka Big L who was in yr 2 - Civil Engineer  student     
  Ugonna Ibuzor   was in yr 2- Geology  student
  Tekena Elkanah was in  Yr 2 - Computer Science    
  Chidiaka Biringa was in  yr 2 -Theatre Arts  student