Friday, 12 October 2012
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Keystone Bank’s MD resigns
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In a four-paragraph statement, the bank explained that Ikomi, a seasoned professional banker with a wealth of experience spanning over two decades, was appointed chief executive officer of the bank in August 2011, adding that the Chairman of Keystone Bank, Moyo Ajekigbe, has convened a meeting for today, to review the development and appoint a successor.
The Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), owners of the bank, Mr Mustafa Chike-Obi, when contacted, said the decision as to who and when a successor would be named, rests squarely with the Board of Directors of the bank.
He told The Reporters that the bank has a competent board to decide and appoint a successor to Mr Ikomi, saying it would be in appropriate for him to offer further comments when he has not been briefed by the board. He said: “In a week or two after hearing from the Board, I should be able to comment,” adding, “it will be inappropriate for me to comment at this moment.
Although no member of staff was willing to offer any explanation as to the turn of events, a source who asked that his identity be veiled, said the development is a fallout of internal boardroom squabbles.
Chief Judge of the Federation driving on the BRT lane?
Report reaching us
says " The Chief Judge of the Federation broke Lagos State Law today by
driving on the BRT lane, seen @ 12:40 pm today and the case has been
reported live on Lagos traffic FM 96.1."
The fine for taking
BRT lane is N25, 000, does that mean she will pay the mandatory fine?
Eight year daughters married off
What a world we live in, these are some of the eight year old brides married to men who are old enough to be their fathers. So when did these brides had the time to enjoy being children as they were forced to become adult at that tender age?
Baby returned to mother after another woman cuts her womb with razor blade to steal the child.
Santos, earlier on September 27 doctors told her that she wasn't pregnant but that her bump was actually a myoma, she became hysterical, wanting to get a child any way she could.
She was terrified that her husband would leave her when he finds out that she wasn't pregnant, as she had believed.
She met her victim Brazilian Odete Barreto, 22, who was 37 weeks pregnant at the same health clinic where she had been given the bad news, and convinced her to come back with her to her house.
Daiana dos Santos, 21, invited her to her house telling her she had baby clothes to give away, inside Santos knocked her out by hitting her over the head with a wooden plank,before using a razor blade to cut open her belly before removing the baby.
Leaving the mother to die, as she took the baby into the street, claiming the child was hers. Shocked neighbours ran inside and found Mrs Barreto in a pool of blood. She and the baby were rushed to hospital and both stayed 15 days in intensive care in Manaus, northern Brazil.
Ms Barreto saw her baby for the first time on Wednesday, when both were released from hospital. Santos is in isolation in Manaus' Anisio Jobin women's prison charged with attempted murder.
Lagos Ranked among 25 most innovative cities in the world
Lagos is notorious for heavy traffics. Residents can spend up to six hours in traffic during rush hour.
This they blame on decaying road network and congestion. The government has embarked on road rehabilitation in recent years, but with the absence of a viable mass transit plan, their efforts have been inadequate.
Though it is the country's financial hub, Lagos suffers from mass unemployment, insecurity, poor infrastructure, and so on.
In April, The Economist Intelligence Unit ranked the city as the third worst/least liveable city in the world in its Global Liveability Survey.
Despite being weighed down by decaying and inadequate infrastructure, Lagos State has made the shortlist of the 25 most innovative cities in the world. Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, made the final cut from an initial pool of 75 cities.
The search to pick the world's most innovative city in 2012 is organised by Urban Land Institute (ULI), an authoritative and widely quoted source of objective information on urban planning, growth, and development in the world. The competition is sponsored by Citi Group, with media support from the Wall Street Journal.
According to ULI, despite the global financial crisis, each shortlisted city has "maintained innovative mindset, and the capacity to adapt and re-imagine itself." It's Fashola's performance A statement from the organisers indicates that the effort of the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, and is team, is the main reason for the state's positive rating. "These 25 cities have stepped up to the challenge - the scale and scope of avenues they have pursued since 2008 exhibit a sustained and growing commitment to development," ULI said. Mr. Fashola has been the state governor since May 2007.
The institute stated that the shortlisted cities have provided "new avenues, whether in structure, scope or timing, reflect remarkable, forward-thinking decisions on the part of municipal leadership." City of Potentials Lagos made the cut due to what the organisation described as the city's economic potential, progress and investment climate. ULI described Lagos as one of the "Big 5" cities in Africa and projected the city to soon over take Johannesburg as the continent's business hub.
"The city is Nigeria's 'gate to the sea' accounting for 80 per cent of national seaport activity. Lagos GDP is $33 billion (N5 trillion) and accounts for roughly 25 per cent of Nigeria's overall GDP." With 18 million inhabitants, Lagos is the most populated of the 25 cities.
The only other African city that made the cut is Cape Town in South Africa. Other cities on the list are London (UK), Shenzhen (China), Medelin (Colombia), Copenhagen (Denmark), Raleigh-Durham (USA), Toronto (Canada), Melbourne (Australia), Bratislavia (Slovakia), Hong Kong, San-Francisco (USA), Chicago (USA) and Berlin (Germany).
Completing the list are New York, Shanghai (China), Hamburg (Germany), Atlanta (USA), Tel Aviv (Israel), Boston (USA), Vancouver (Canada), Seattle (USA), Vienna (Austria), Sao Paulo (Brazil) and Singapore.
ULI will announce the final shortlist of three on October 25 while the winning city will be announced January 24, 2013.
A bride cancels wedding over a new car
He told the court that arrangement for the wedding had gone far, when Umulkair told him that he must buy her a car before the ceremony could hold.
He said: “We have started making arrangement of getting married, but she requested that I must buy a car for her before she will marry me. “I told her that I don’t have the money because I just bought my new car.” Abubakar further told the court that his inability to buy a car for Umulkair ended the wedding arrangement.
He told the court: “After this development, the woman started sending insulting and intimidating text messages to me.” He said he had witnesses, who would testify on the issue. “I have shown them the messages she has been sending to me. I want to bring them before the court to testify,” he added.
The Presiding Officer, Ibrahim Inuwa, adjourned the case to October 18, for the continuation of hearing.
Gone so soon-RIP Aluu4
Goodnight Pain. "thieves, thieves" he screamed, it was almost funny. Not until more voices joined the chorus as they screamed and shouted on us. We cud av ran at least to save our lives, but our intentions were genuine and little did we know how the day would end. From a handful of young men shouting and throwing questions at us, it escalated to a crowd of angry mob. There was no way we could escape this one, so we calmed down. They pushed us around and then stripped us all.
These men pulled us pants down, we were more than embarrassed, the whole community watched, I recognized few faces from the crowd. Obviously they were so afraid to say "stop" then the beating started, I wished it to be just a nightmare. But it was real, these men were determined. They dropped heavy rocks on our heads, they pounded our faces wit large planks, blood covered our eyes, they matched and kicked us right on our bleeding nostrils, we couldn't breathe. "Bring tire" one of the men repeated, until they brought the tires. "Oh God!" We watched the crowd watch us, we raised hands of plea, we couldn't speak, Some hid, some shot videos and took pictures. there was no one to stop this.
This was the point we knew it was over. We felt pain, helpless and hopeless. I thought of my siblings, i wondered how my mum would take this. She would fall apart. I begged God to hold her for me, comfort and make her strong for me, I prayed same for my friends. Then we started crying, we cried together. the tears gave us headaches. We looked up high, the sky was still. Rings of tires landed on our necks, they kept hitting us, but we were numb already. They set us ablaze. We rolled around, tried to reach for each other, I wondered who would give up first, the fire burned our bodies. it hurt, it hurt and then it hurt. But suddenly the pain stopped, Then I couldn't hear any other thing, but silence. I thanked God. the pain was over and Gods glory was revealed.
Goodnight pain. RIP ALUU#4.
Exercise bike in a hot tub:/
Thursday, 11 October 2012
Yahoo Yahoo: UNILAG student jailed for promising love & defrauding an American lady
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Opaleye was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment today by Justice Aishat Opesanwo for defrauding Miss Kathy Lunsford, of 9,200 US dollars under the pretext of getting married to her.
The convict who is studying computer science at UNILAG had pleaded guilty to the charge of obtaining by false pretence and forgery.
He had entered into a plea bargain deal with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) and offered to pay back the money to his victim.
The judge in her judgment, said the sentence would commence on 15 March when he was first arraigned before the court. She also ordered Opaleye after his release from prison,to pay N100,000 monthly to the victim through the EFCC until he refunded the total amount involved in the scam. The convict is also to forfeit the electronic appliances and other items purchased with the proceeds of the crime, which were recovered from his house during the investigation, to the EFCC.
EFCC counsel, Mr Anselem Ozioko said Opaleye had between 2008 and 2011, swindled Lunsford by making a phoney marriage proposal to her through e-mail. He said Lunsford had sent Opaleye the said amount as part of his travelling expenses from the United Kingdom to the United States of America to facilitate their marriage. Ozioko said the defendant forged a Nigeria drivers Licence No. WWD24174AAJ, which he claimed was issued by the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC).
He said Opaleye forged a bank draft which he claimed was issued by the Bank of Ireland, Dublin. The offences according to him had contravened Sections 419 and 467 of the Criminal Code Laws of Lagos State 2003.
Elizabeth Taylor(late) temporal look –alike
One of the most talked about movie,Lindsay Lohan playing life of Elizabeth Taylor.
Davido Acquires N17m Chevrolet Camaro?
Pregnant woman swallows toothbrush
Because of her condition, doctors at the Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv, were initially unable to X-Ray her to determine where the 25-centimetre-long toothbrush was lying.
Community counts losses after students’ rampage -punch
The angry students had on Tuesday stormed the community, burnt some houses, cars and other property over the torture and murder of the students on Friday.
Four undergraduates of UNIPORT were lynched by a mob comprising members of the community for allegedly stealing laptop computer and a BlackBerry phone.
The students were Biringa Chiadika of the Theatre Arts Department; Ugonna Obuzor of Geology Department, Mike Toku Llyod of Civil Engineering Department and Tekena Elkena. When our correspondent visited the community on Wednesday, few of the indigenes were seen bemoaning their losses.
One of the leaders of the community, Sunday Ahanonu, said he had lost all he laboured for to the students’ reprisals. Ahanonu, whose house was torched by the students, expressed shock that security agents could not stop the rampaging students when they stormed the community. Sixty-five-year-old Ahanonu and father of 15 children, worked at UNIPORT for 35 years before he retired. He appealed to the state government and the management of the university to compensate him for the destruction of his property, adding that he and members of his family were not involved in the killings of the students. Ahanonu said, “I am a retired civil servant.
I worked with UNIPORT for 35. But all I have achieved for many years have been destroyed by students from the university. I don’t know where my family and I will lay our heads when my only house has been burnt. “I lost the sum of N850,000 cash, which I kept in my house. I could not take the money to the bank because I was not feeling okay and went to the hospital. It was at the hospital that I learnt that my house was burnt by the students.” Also, a woman, who identified herself as Pauline Nwakwo, told our correspondent that she left the village when she learnt that security agents had embarked on mass arrest, but came back to notice that her bar had been burgled. According to her, the rampaging students forcibly entered her bar and carried away her deep freezer and drinks.
She said, “As a woman, I had to run away when we noticed that the police were embarking on mass arrest. The students broke the door to my bar and took away a deep freezer I bought for N66,000. I want government to pay me back all I have lost. “The students were killed far from here at the Burrow pit.
We don’t know anything about the killings of the students.” Indigenes of the community were also seen leaving their homes in droves to other places in order to avoid being attacked by the students. One of them, who gave her name as Comfort, said she was relocating her children to Elele in Rivers State and would only return to Omuokiri Aluu whenever normalcy returns.
An artisan, Mr. Wisdom Ajuwon, who repairs home appliances along the Omuokiri Aluu Road, said he lost property worth about N500,000 to the riotous students. Showing a list of what he lost to the fire ignited by students, Ajuwon also appealed to the state government to come to his aid.
A cleric in the area, Pastor John Paul, described the situation in the community as terrible, adding that people were running out of their homes like refugees.
Mohammed Bashir Dalhatu dies at 34yrs from power bike accident
He has already been buried, according to report,he was returning back to his base from a bikers convention in Uyo when he fell from his bike and was crushed by two oncoming cars.
May his soul rest in peace.
Nude Rihanna unveiles the cover art for her new album.
The singer tweeted: '"Find the #ALBUMTITLE in #allBLACKeverything on the #COVER'
She singer posted the front cover for her seventh album 'Unapologetic' ahead of it's scheduled release.
The front shows Ri-Ri topless with her arm covering her breasts and black and white writing scrawled over her body including the words 'faith', 'happy' and 'victory'.
Petrol Tanker Crashes, Blocks Abuja Road
The tanker somersaulted last night as its driver lost control of the vehicle as he descended the hill.
The tanker somersaulted two times and fell and then blocked part of the road. The driver and other occupants of the tanker escaped unhurt.
However, this afternoon fuel began gushing out of the tanker posing serious danger to road users and residents in the city,caused traffic along Kubwa road this morning. Policemen, Firefighters and Federal Road Safety officials were seen at the scene of the accident preventing the residents from scooping fuel and making an effort to safely discharge the content of the tanker.
A police officer on the scene said that they are making effort to get Julius Berger construction company to vacate the tanker
120 Year Old Woman rescued From Her Flooded Home In Bayelsa
Already, many residents have been confined to the relief camps awaiting government’s next move even as president Jonathan has approved a cash donation running to billions of Naira for states devastated by flooding.
Total Closure of 3rd Mainland Bridge on Sunday
The government has advised motorists in the state to make use of alternative roads on Sunday as the bridge would undergo complete diversion of traffic from 6.00 am to 12 midnight.
Commissioner for Transportation, Kayode Opeifa, who disclosed this in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, said that the complete diversion from the bridge was to allow the contractor, Borini Prono, to do the concrete casting of the expansion joints currently undergoing repair works on Oworonshoki-bound section
According to him, the concrete casting and drying process required zero vibration, hence the diversion of vehicular traffic away from the bridge from Adeniji Adele to Oworonshoki end on Sunday. He added that during the diversion, motorists inward Lagos Island and Ikeja would be restricted from having access to the bridge from 6.00 am to 12 midnight.
The commissioner who commended the perseverance of Lagosians since the commencement of the repair works on the 11.8 km bridge on 8 July, 2012, appealed to road users to bear with the government as the repair works and diversions would soon be over. Opeifa urged motorists approaching from Lagos end to follow the diversion at Adeniji Adele Interchange to connect Carter Bridge, link Iddo interchange where they could easily connect Ikeja, Ojota, Ketu, Ikorodu, Agege, Lagos Ibadan expressway, Alimosho, Oshodi, Abule Egba, among others through Eko Bridge, Herbert Macaulay Road and Apapa-Oshodi Expressway.
The Commissioner added that those going to Lagos Island as usual would be diverted at Oworonshoki to connect Ikorodu Road (via Anthony interchange) to link either Jibowu to Muritala Mohammed Way to Iddo or continue to Eko Bridge through Funsho Williams Avenue or Agege Motor Road (via Oshodi Interchange) to link Moshalasi to either Jibowu to Muritala Mohammed Way to Iddo or continue to Eko Bridge through Funsho Williams Avenue or in the alternative use Apapa-Oshodi Expressway through Mile 2 to connect Ijora then Lagos Island.
“Road users should adhere strictly to traffic rules and regulations during the remaining period for the completion of the repair works on Third Mainland Bridge.
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