Ashes-MI dedicates this song to the death of the four Uniport students-Aluu4

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 Lyrics
We were down a sandy beach,
All night talking to your mouth’s words.
Tell me where you would like to be.
Tonight don’t be afraid to dream.
Lean on the fire for a while.
Cause in the morning it’ll all just be ashes on the ground
Instead it be them, let it be me.
Since I will die inevitably,
Then let it be, that it be said
When I am dead: some other was free, some other was fed
Some other, not me, was able to see
That long as we live inside a country where no one is safe,
No one is safe.

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We only evade, try to escape
The imminent doom But closer the date looms.
It comes for all.
If we must go, then at least, When we fall… When we’re all ashes…
If I am slain, let them forever remember the name Some other should gain.
When we’re all ashes… Because of my pain.
Because of my tears because of my scars Some other should gain.
When we’re all ashes… The reason I’m gone.
 Let it be told, let it be known, and turned into song When we’re all ashes…
If I die alone.
Let it be more than dying alone, the reason I’m gone.
The reason I’m gone.
Instead it be sleep.
Let it be hate, let it degrade.
 Let it be deep.
Some other should weep
Some other should keep
The memory of The way that I died Maybe a change, some other can try
At least we can lie.
At least we can hope
At least we can say tomorrow is better, it wont be today
Some other can pray
Some other can fight
The wrong done to me some other can right.
Then maybe my death can save some other life
 For then I would gladly give another life When we’re all ashes…
Let it be worth
Let it be so some other can live.
Let it be birth.
When we’re all ashes…
As I am hurt
As I pass, let it be last, let it be first
 When we’re all ashes…
Don’t let them forget
The only regret is that we relent.
We all should repent..
When we’re all ashes…
If I die alone,
Let it be more than dying alone.
The reason I’m gone
The reason I’m gone
Feels like I stood there watching, the pain the brutal torture
And added my silence to the violent screams
Of: Burn and torch em. How do you earn misfortune?
Or does it come unbidden?
If life’s a painted portrait,
Who puts dark colors in them?
If there’s a God in heaven,
Surely he’s weeping now.
As all the blood is shedding
As all His people drown.
God help us all.
Rest in peace Chidi.
Rest in peace Lloyd
Rest in Peace Tekena
Rest in Peace Ugonna
Rest in peace to the Students murdered in Adamawa state.
Rest in peace to those two young girls.


Written and Produced by MI Abaga

Opening sample from ‘Words In The Fire’ By Patrick Watson

Poem written by Jason Abaga.

Federal Government to ban the use and sale of the drug, Rophynol

We all remember Cynthia Osokogu who was murdered? This drug was sedated on her before she was murdered!
Rophynol is a powerful sedative that is illegal in the United States but is used elsewhere for hypnosis and anaesthesia.

Also known  as the ‘date rape’ drug because of its ability to cause unconsciousness and memory blackouts.

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The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chuckwu, said the drug has been banned in most countries due to similar cases. He said the appropriate authorities have been asked to guide the Federal Government on the position to take.

 The minister spoke to reporters at the end of yesterday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by Vice President Namadi Sambo. President Goodluck Jonathan was on a visit to Benue as part of his tour of flooded states.

Chuckwu said:“There is a different body that decides which drugs can be used in Nigeria; this agency is not the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).

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Visit the Emergency Ward To See Casualties caused by Okadas

Fashola, who spoke on the topic Freedom From Fear in relation to Law and Order in Lagos State, said those that are against the law should visit the hospitals and emergency wards and see those who have lost limbs, arms, those who have lost children or those who have become orphans by the recklessness of the okada riders.

Noting that a lot depends on the citizenry in ensuring an orderly society, the governor said everyone must build a consensus that the idea behind the new traffic law was one that involved the quality of life of everyone, the protection of the assets of every resident of Lagos and their businesses.

Sokoto State Governor Flogs PHCN Manager until he became unconscious

The management of the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, KEDC, a subsidiary of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, accused the Governor , Aliyu Wamakko, of assaulting the workers. That he ordered his security officials to flogged the manager and assault two other PHCN staff.

The Acting Managing Director of the Company, Mohammed Adamu, made this known at a press briefing late Monday at the company’s Doka office in Kaduna.

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Mr. Adamu explained that the staff was summoned by the governor and was beaten to a pulp by the Governor and some of his aides.“On Saturday, 20th October, 2012, an unusual and unfortunate event took place which was beyond our comprehension.

On the said date our business manager, Gwiwa Business Unit, Sokoto state, Moses Osigwe, was invited by the Executive Governor of the State, Aliyu Magatarkada Wamakko to his personal residence, over the issue of lack of power supply to his hometown, Wamakko, as a result of a failed 2.5MVA transformer. “He accused our staff of deliberately denying his community, Wamakko, of power supply.

As the business manager was trying to explain to him, the governor just brought out a horse whip (popularly known as bulala in Hausa language or Koboko) and lashed him to a pulp,” Mr. Adamu said. The PHCN boss said the governor’s brutality did not stop at being the direct aggressor, “as he also invited and instructed two hefty mobile police men to continue with the beating spree until the business manager fell on the ground and became unconscious.”

 “In the same vain, the Governor did not stop at the beating of our business manager but invited two other staff of the company namely, Isyaku Daura, Officer 2 (Electrical) and Nuruddeen Mohammed, Staff 1 (Lines) and ordered the mobile policemen to beat them up, also to a pulp,” he lamented. He described the governor’s action as uncalled for, barbaric, and uncivilised.

The Senior Special Assistant to the Sokoto state Governor, Sani Umar, when contacted on phone told reporters that he was driving and would call back. He was yet to do so as at the time of this report

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Dead man turns up at his own funeral to prove he is still alive

Gilberto Araújo, a 41-year-old car-washer from Brazil whose unexpected arrival at his own wake Mourners  fainted in shock after a “dead” man interrupted his own wake and announced he was still alive, it was reported today.
Araújo's family, from the town of Alagoinhas, about 70 miles from Salvador, had mistakenly identified a body in the local morgue as his and were mourning his death on Sunday night when the man they believed was in the coffin beside them showed up at the front door.

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"A friend told me there was a coffin and that I was inside it," he said. "I said, 'Guys, I'm alive – pinch me,'" Araújo he said to the mourners His appearance prompted some people to faint and others to flee in panic.

 His mother, Maria Menezes, a shopkeeper, said: "It was a fright. I'm very happy because what mother has a son that they say is dead then turns up alive?"

The mixup is reported to have stemmed from the fact that another car-washer in the town, who closely resembled Araújo, was murdered at the weekend, and police called Araújo's brother, José Marcos, to tell him they believed his brother was the dead man.

The brother then went to the morgue and wrongly identified the body. "Police called my husband and told him that his brother had been killed and his body was at the morgue," Jose Marcos Araujo's wife, Ana Paula.

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Teacher flogs 12-year-old student to death

A 12-year-old pupil of a secondary school in Awka, Anambra State, Miss Chidimma Ukachukwu, has died after she was allegedly flogged by her teacher for failing to do her homework.

The source explained that the girl fainted after being flogged severally by a female teacher and was subsequently rushed to an undisclosed hospital, where she died.

At the moment, the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Uju Okeke, then ordered the closure of the school as a result of the incident.
The girl’s father, Mr. Simeon Ukachukwu, confirmed the incident, saying it was a sad development. He added that it was an act of God.

But when Okeke was contacted, she denied ordering the closure of the school and said that the school was on midterm break.

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NAN investigation, however, revealed that schools in the state were not on midterm break. This fact was corroborated by an official of the Nigerian Union of Teachers in Akwa South Local Government Area.

The Chairperson of the union in the local government, Miss Buife Ndigwe, told NAN that primary and secondary schools in the state would go on midterm break next week.

When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the state police command, Mr. Ralph Uzoigwe, said that the matter had not been reported to the police, but promised that it would be investigated.

Chelsea bids Mikel new 5-year deal

European champions Chelsea has offered Nigerian star Mikel Obi with a five-year contract, his agent has announced.
Mikel’s agent John Ola Shittu revealed that Mikel’s new contract will come along with an improved salary.
“Mikel will soon sign a new five-year deal with Chelsea. He will sign a new five-year contract with obviously an improved salary,” said the player’s agent John Ola Shittu.

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“We are just about finalizing the details of the deal and it can be announced anytime soon by the club.

“He has a year left on his contract and Chelsea have decided to add four more (years) to it.” However, Shittu refused to disclose the financial aspects of the new deal for his player, who is reportedly on about 80,000 pounds a week.

In 2006, Mikel opted for Chelsea ahead of Manchester United in a long-drawn transfer saga. Shittu said the player is now been rewarded for his consistency.

The Nigeria international has won several major trophies with ‘The Blues’ including a historic UEFA Champions League last season as well as a league and cup double in 2010.

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China protests killing of chinese citizen in Nigeria

The Chinese was shot dead by a stray bullet at a construction site around Lagos Street in Maiduguri at about 1p.m, while trying to avoid an unidentified gunfight, according to Hong Lei,the country’s foreign ministry
The incident came barely three weeks after a Chinese cook working with a construction company and a Nigerian employed by the Chinese firm were killed in Maiduguri.

Motorcyclist sells nurse to ritual killers for N10,000

According to Punch:
A commercial motorcyclist, identified simply as Ifeanyi, has been arrested for allegedly handing over a nurse, Mrs. Helen Ilonge, to ritual killers after collecting N10, 000.
Ilonge had on Tuesday last week took Ifeanyi’s motorcycle on her way to Igoli along the Ogoja-Ikom Highway in Ogoja LGA.

Ilonge, the coordinator of Primary Health Care in Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State, was coming from a programme at the Assemblies of God Church, Abakaliki in Ebonyi State, and had alighted from a vehicle at Okpongrinya junction before taking the bike.

It was gathered that Ilonge (51) was beheaded while her other vital reproductive parts such as breast and vagina were removed for ritual purposes.

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Ilonge’s neighbour, Mrs. Theresa Idagwu, on Sunday said, “Ifeanyi took the lady from Okpogrinya Junction on the pretence that he was taking her to the village, which is 10 minutes drive from the point. But along the way, he stopped and handed her over to kidnappers at Ukpe.

Meanwhile, the woman had called her daughter, Victoria, around 9pm that she had taken a bike at Okpogrinya Junction on her way to Igoli. She said when she gets to her destination; she would call again so that Victoria would boil water for her to take her bath. That was Ilonge’s last call.” Repeated calls made to the woman’s line, according to Idagwu, indicated that it was switched off. She said Ilonge’s family became worried when the woman did not return home. “We went everywhere- police stations, hospitals and even her friends in Igoli, thinking that may be an accident had occurred along the road but we got nothing,” Idagwu added.

 Two days later, Idagwu said someone called Victoria on her phone and informed her that her mother had been kidnapped. The caller demanded a ransom of N50, 000 to be remitted in form of recharge cards. She said, “Since her daughter could not raise the money, she rushed to the Bekwarra LGA headquarters where the head of administration, Mr. Bisong Bogbo, and the chairman, Mr. Linus Edeh, provided the money with which she bought recharge cards and sent to the caller. “The voice claimed that he needed the recharge cards so he could sell and run away from his master who is a ritual killer.

He claimed that he had been serving his master for a long time and wanted to run away. He said once he gets the cards, he will break the door where the nurse is being kept and release her.” The LGA’s head of administration, Bogbo, confirmed that the cards were sent to the kidnapper through Victoria’s telephone. He said immediately the alleged kidnapper confirmed receipt of the cards; he switched off his telephone. Luck, however, ran out of Ifeanyi.

Policemen tracked his telephone line and discovered that he called Victoria from Abuochiche. Further investigations, it was gathered, showed that Ifeanyi had been selling the cards in the village immediately he got them. When he was arrested, Bogbo told our correspondent that Ifeanyi led the police to one of the ritual killers identified simply as Elvis. Elvis, according to Bogbo, confessed that the nurse had already been killed and some of her vital organs removed before Ifeanyi asked for the recharge cards.

 Elvis also said the remains of the woman were buried in a swamp. At the council headquarters, one of the late nurse’s colleagues, Mr. Gabriel Ogar, said she was probably the kindest woman he ever worked with.

Boko Haram plans to launch attacks on Sallah day

According to the release, “information available to the JTF indicates that the Boko Haram terrorists are planning massive attacks on military and civilian targets in Borno State before, during and after the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir period.

“Subsequently, the terrorist group has invited foreign mercenaries to assist them in launching the attacks.”

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Minister of Interior, Abba Moro called on Nigerians to imbibe and emulate the worthy tenets of Islam, as practised by Prophet Muhammad, while he enjoined citizens to use the occasion to pray for peace and prosperity of the nation.

The Federal Government has declared Thursday and Friday as public holidays to mark the 2012 Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, made the announcement in a statement by the permanent secretary in the ministry, Daniel Nwaobia, in Abuja.


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Toke Makinwa Launches Personal Blog

Lately most of the celebs have joined the blogging  world ,Nigeria’s most liked on-air sensations and presently a co-host for Flytime TV’s new talk show, 3LiveChicks has just launched hers. Click  here for more.

Jay-Z& beyonce attempt to patent their baby name ‘ Blue Ivy failed’

 After the birth of their daughter in January, they attempted to trademark the name, reportedly to launch a line of baby products.

Unfortunately for the couple, Blue Ivy Events beat them to the it- owner Veronica Alexandra won the case earlier this month and trademark protection for the name “Blue Ivy,” meaning the Carters have no legal rights to sole use of the name. Blue Ivy Events has been operating since 2009.

Armed robbers invade fuel station on Lagos-Ibadan expressway, kill four people

A gang of armed robbers on Sunday night killed two policemen and two others in a deadly attack around World Oil Filling Station at Ibafo, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

Witnesses said the robbers, numbering about 15, came in jeeps. On arrival, one of them shot a plain-clothed policeman straightaway.

The gunmen it was learnt engaged some policemen and vigilance group members at the filling station in a gun duel, shooting sporadically in a bid to crush the resistance and scare away people.

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As a result, bullets flew round, hitting an unspecified number of people. Bizarrely, no reinforcement came from Ibafo Police Station, located less than a kilometre away from the scene.

 Presently, the walls of the deserted filling station were riddled with bullet holes as hundreds of spent bullet littered the environment; an evidence of a horrific battle.

A few weeks ago, robbers attacked Jimken Filling Station, a few metres away from this latest attack site, killing a customer.

Extracted from DailyPost


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Nigerian Football club players, Sunshine stars trapped in Egypt

The domestic league was suspended after a February 1 soccer stadium disaster in which 74 people were killed.

The latest postponement was announced last week by the Egyptian Football Association, the second delay to the new season which should have started in September.

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Witnesses said the players and their supporters had marched to the Egyptian presidential palace, to press their demand for resumption of the league; before heading to a nearby hotel where the visiting Nigerian team was staying, Reuters reports.

They clashed with Al Ahly fans who arrived at the scene in an effort to make sure the Nigerian players could make it to the ground, witnesses said, for fear that Al Ahly would be automatically disqualified. The protesters and fans scuffled and threw rocks before the clashes abated, and the Nigerian side left for the match, the second leg of the African Champions League semi-final.

The hard core Ahli fans, or “ultras”, involved in Sunday’s trouble are the same group that has been demanding the postponement of the domestic league, until they see justice has been served over the February stadium disaster in Port Said. Many of the dead were Ahly fans who had travelled to Port Said for the away match against Al Masry.

The government was blamed for failing to send enough police to the game, many fans believing the trouble was sparked by hired thugs.

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Dana Air Wins Best Domestic Carrier Award For 2011

According to FAAN’s Regional General Manager, Mr. Chris Bature, while the airline was chosen for its good customer relations and prompt payment of dues, Lufthansa Airlines was also selected as the best international carrier for the same period.

The Dana plane crash killed the entire 153 passengers and crew members on board, in addition to other victims in the residential area where the doomed plane slammed into.

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Various buildings were also destroyed. The Federal Government promptly seized its license, but restored it 93 days after the crash, provoking outrage across the country. Speaking at the occasion, Bature stated that the airline was selected because of its outstanding performance.

 His words: “Mode of selection includes passenger capacity, frequency of the landing and take-off, their response to payment of bills. Among the domestic carriers, they were the best. They had the best volume, they were punctual in their operations.” Reacting to a question on the timing of the award, Bature explained that the award would have taken place earlier in the year.

He also observed that the reward came after the operator’s license had been restored. “In all fairness, they did their best and we need to recognise that and encourage them to get back to their feet,” he added. Dana’s Station Manager at the Abuja airport, Mr. Kayode Adeniran, stated that the airline’s commitment to best customer service and timely departure earned it the award.

He said: “We have this policy in our company that we must not delay passengers and we introduced another type of system. If your flight is delayed by 40 minutes, we give refreshments to all passengers that already had their boarding passes. So people were so impressed by our service.” However, he lamented over the loss of lives occasioned by the crash, stressing that the operator visited and commiserated with the families of the deceased.

 To prevent a recurrence, the station manager revealed that the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has embarked on an investigation to ascertain when the airline would be allowed to commence operations. He said the airline has commenced demonstration flights as stipulated by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).

He also said that the operation would run until NCAA certifies the carrier fit to resume full operations.

Culled from Guardian

Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg & Countess Stephanie de Lannoy’s Wedding

The European Royal Wedding of 2012! The Diamonds, Tiara, Flowers & an Oh So Stunning Elie Saab Couture Wedding Dress
The grand wedding took place on the 19th and 20th of October 2012.

Just days before their wedding, the royal couple gave their first official interview and the bride said “I remember the day I met Guillaume I told a friend I had found an exceptional man with whom I shared many things in common….I really didn’t think such a man could exist. So of course I believe in Prince Charming…Not only do I believe in it – I also think I found it.“

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What's wrong with these pictures?

People scooping petrol from fallen tank,can you see the mobile policeman?