Baloogg's Blog : 2014-12-28

Saturday, January 3, 2015

US Launches 23 Air Strikes Against ISIS In Syria, Iraq

The United States and allies staged 23 air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq on Thursday, the Combined Joint Task Force said on Friday.

A dozen strikes near the Syrian cities of Kobani, Ar Raqqah and Al Hasakah destroyed Islamic State vehicles, buildings and fighting positions and also hit a large Islamic State unit.

Eleven strikes in Iraq targeted Islamic State units, buildings, vehicles, equipment, a shipping container and a weapons cache near the cities of Taji, Al Asad, Fallujah, Baiji, Al Qaim and Mosul.

AirAsia could be banned from offering flights in Indonesia, after it emerged that Flight QZ8501 was not authorised to fly on the day it plunged into the Java Sea.

The company also faces allegations that the pilot did not ask for a weather report from meteorologists before take-off, amid concerns that the Airbus A320 was downed in stormy conditions.

Indonesia's transport ministry has suspended all AirAsia flights between Surabaya and Singapore – the route where the plane went missing in the early hours of 28 December.

Mr Kayode Idowu, Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, said unlike the previous elections, it would not empanel clearance committees to scrutinize records of candidates seeking various elective offices in this year’s general elections.

The development is a complete deviation from the 2007 and the 2011 general elections where the commission set up verification committees to clear or disqualify candidates from the elections, after submission of their lists by the political parties.

Steven Gerrard

Steven Gerrard has confirmed that he will leave Liverpool when his contract expires in June.

The Reds captain, who made his debut in 1997, has been heavily linked with a move to the American MLS, specifically LA Galaxy. He will depart Anfield upon the expiration of his contract in the summer, thus bringing down the curtain on a trophy-laden 17 years on Merseyside.

Boko Haram militants have kidnapped a new set of youths, numbering about 40, in Malari village in southern Borno State, fleeing residents said today.

The Boko Haram group stormed Malari, in Damboa Local Government area, on the eve of the New Year at about 9pm and abducted the youths, who by some estimates were about 50.

Ali Mallami, who fled the area into Maiduguri, said the militants forcibly gathered all the males in the village supposedly for preaching, and thereafter left with many of them.

Alan Pardew

Alan Pardew has been confirmed as the new Crystal Palace manager after being officially released from his contract at Newcastle.

The former Eagles player has signed a three-and-a-half-year contract at Selhurst Park, where he succeeds Neil Warnock.

In a statement on Newcastle's official website, Pardew said: "It has been a privilege to manage Newcastle United and I want to thank my captain, Fabricio Coloccini, and all the players, John Carver, Steve Stone, Andy Woodman and all the staff, all of who have been outstanding servants to Newcastle United.

Rev. Fr. Mbaka

A renowned Catholic Priest known as Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, during his New Year sermon titled ‘From Goodluck To Badluck” on Thursday, urged President Goodluck Jonathan to abandon his re-election bid so that the All Progressives Congress candidate, Maj.Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) can emerge the winner of the presidential election next month.

Jonathan has disappointed Nigerians and cannot deliver the dividends of democracy to the people, the cleric said.

Parents of 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist rebels in April said they were appealing directly to the United Nations for help after losing hope that the Nigerian government will rescue them.

A group lobbying for government action on behalf of the parents met with UN Women, the head of the UN representation in Nigeria, and with officials of the UN Office for West Africa last month.

The group has also appealed to Unicef, campaign spokeswoman Bukola Shonibare said.

General Buhari

Few days after the former Head of State and Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, retd, explained in an affidavit submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that all his academic credentials were with the Military Board, the Army have stated that they do not keep the certificates of any serving or retired officer or soldier.

General Buhari is contesting the presidential election for the fourth time under different political parties including the defunct All Nigeria People’s Party, ANPP and the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, but the issue of his qualifications had never been controversial until the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, recently described him as a "semi- illiterate.’’

Lukas Podolski

The Germany international has been repeatedly vocal about his desire to find increased first-team opportunities and is now set to leave Arsenal for the second half of the season

Arsenal forward Lukas Podolski has spoken of his delight as he closes in on a six-month loan deal withInter.
Arsene Wenger revealed on Thursday that the Serie A club had tabled a "more serious" bid for the Germany international after slamming their opening offer as "farcical".

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has welcomed the stated commitment of President Goodluck Jonathan, in his New Year message, to the conduct of free, fair and violence-free elections this year, but urged the President to match the commitment with action.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party expressed satisfaction that the President and his party have come out publicly to join the APC in pledging commitment to successful and violence-free polls next month.

Two boys were rushed to the hospital all because they were Catching New Year’s Fun, Celebrating & throwing Bangers/Knockouts, it turned out to be a Sad Fun of the year for them when it exploded right in their hands.
The first boy was 13years old while the other was 15years old. They were not actually together, two separate incidents.
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Renowned Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to abandon his re-election bid so that the All Progressives Congress candidate, Maj.Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) can emerge the winner of the presidential election next month.
Mbaka, who heads the popular Catholic Adoration Centre in Enugu, said this in his New Year sermon titled “From Good luck to Bad luck,” while addressing thousands of parishioners on Thursday.
He urged all well-meaning Nigerians to vote for Buhari on February 14.
According to the cleric, Jonathan has disappointed Nigerians and cannot deliver the dividends of democracy to the people.

              General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has prophesied the return of the missing abducted Chibok schoolgirls this year.
                  Speaking during the church’s crossover service into the New Year on Thursday morning, Bakare told his congregation that Nigeria would enjoy extraordinary grace from God this year, which would see the return of the missing girls.
                  He said, “The Chibok girls will be returned this year; some people will say ‘they are just using religion to deceive themselves. How will the girls be rescued?’ You will see. I didn’t say it, it is what God said and I believe it.”

Every January, resolutions are made with conviction, only to be dropped like a hot akara sometime before February as unattainable, or just plain boring. All through last year, we watched our celebrities and critiqued their behaviour. Maybe we shouldn't have. Maybe we should let them make their own mistakes.
Or maybe we should assess celebrity behaviour in 2014 and determine which celebrities could use some suggestions for their New Year's Resolutions to make 2015 a great year. And that's just what we've done. So Don Jazzy, Cossy, Omosexy and others, listen up.

                Spain is the home of cheap breakfasts with a set menu comprised of toast, coffee and orange juice often coming in at least than €3.00(N699). However, a baker in the village of Algatocín near the Andalusian town of Ronda is daring to be different by selling what he has dubbed 'the most expensive bread in the world'.
                   Instead of just whole wheat flour, spelt and water-the usual ingredients used to make bread-the ingenious baker adds edible gold and bam! Wealthy clients from all around the world are stepping on each others’ toes trying to secure a loaf of the 'golden bread'.
               Made by Pan Piña bakery in the small Spanish village of Algatocin, the ‘gold leaf bread’ costs $150(N27,450) per 400-gram loaf.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged members of the political class to rededicate themselves to peace, truth and respect for constituted authority especially as the nation prepares for another round of general elections in February.

PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement on Friday said "the fact that the year 2015 unfolded with Eid-el-Maulud celebration has great significance and presents an important lesson to all Nigerians to live in peaceful co-habitation and brotherhood.”

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Nigerians to use their votes to express their dissatisfaction with President Goodluck Jonathan for his inability to fight the two main challenges facing the country, corruption and security, despite having six years to do so.

''The President has finally admitted that the two main challenges facing the country are corruption and insecurity, and seems to be telling Nigerians to give him more time to tackle the problems. But the truth is that he lacks the capacity to fight and defeat these challenges, whether in six or 10 years,'' the party said in a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

7 Year Old Girl Survives Kentucky Plane Crash That Killed 4, Police Say

A 7-year-old girl walked away from a small-plane crash on Friday that killed four people in southwest Kentucky, according to the authorities.

The State Police said a Lyon County resident called the police after the girl showed up at his home in Suwanee, about a two-hour drive southwest of Louisville, saying that she had survived a plane crash.

The girl, who was not immediately identified, was taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries, the authorities said.

Kirsten Luce for The New York Times After Shakuwra Dabre, Ismaaiyl Brinsley’s mother, and his father broke up when he was about 9, she said she struggled to raise him.

His entire life, Ismaaiyl Brinsley tried on identities as if they were new clothes. He was a bad boy with a gun, a fashionable man in Gucci and Cartier, a T-shirt maker, a film director, a screenwriter, a devout Muslim, a rap producer.

He had a nickname for every mood — Moses, Interstate, Palace, Gazava, Scorpio King, Bleau Barracuda. Online, he seemed to be screaming at people to pay attention. “Welcome To Greatness,” proclaimed a photo album on his Facebook page.

An Italian doctor who contracted Ebola in November while working in Sierra Leone has been declared cured and been discharged from a Rome hospital.

Fabrizio Pulvirenti said at Spallanzani hospital on Friday that while he was gravely ill, he tried to mentally analyse his symptoms as a way to keep himself sharp.

The doctor, who worked with the Italy-based Emergency aid group, was given the same experimental drugs used in the US and other European countries to treat people infected with the virus, according to officials at the hospital.

482 Robbery Suspects, 214 Rapists Caught In 2014— Kano Police

Kano State Police Command has disclosed that it had arrested 482 armed robbery suspects and recovered 85 arms and 546 ammunition in 2014.

This was declared in a press statement signed by the command spokesman, Assistant Superintendent of police (ASP) Musa Magaji Majia, and made available to newsmen in Kano. The Statement linked the achievement to the cordial synergy enjoyed with all sister security organizations.

He said, “the command was also able to recover 125 stolen vehicles abandoned during the period.”

Majiya added that the command also recovered 24 high-calibre Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in different locations in the state, stating that the command recorded tremendous achievement in crime prevention and detection.

Goodluck Jonathan

As we celebrate Eid el Maulud, I felicitate with the Muslim Ummah on this special day.

All Nigerians must seize the opportunity of Eid-el-Maulud to deeply reflect on the need for greater application of Prophet Mohammed's teachings which border on piety, charity, tolerance, justice and peaceful co-existence with others in the collective effort to overcome current national challenges.

I reassure Muslims and all other Nigerians that the Federal Government will do all within its powers to ensure that the general elections in February are credible and violence-free.

Cameroon Army

Cameroon has said it is recruiting 20,000 more defence and security forces to fight Boko Haram following reports that the terrorist group, based in Nigeria, is recruiting young Cameroonians to fight for them.

This is just as nine persons were killed, including two suicide bombers, as multiple bomb explosions rocked Yobe and Gombe states on the eve and new year day, while 10 others were injured.

Steven Gerrad

Steven Gerrard is set to make the shock announcement that he will leave Liverpool at the end of the season, according to reports on Thursday.

Reds captain Gerrard’s Anfield future has been the subject of speculation for several months and he is believed to have decided to continue his career overseas when his contract expires in the close-season.

NCC

French phone brand, Wiko Mobile, on Thursday affirmed that its range of 11 phones launched in the Nigerian market are certified by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and by international regulators.

This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen by the Wiko Mobile Channel Marketing Manager, Mr Adebayo Abodunde Adams.
Abodunde said NCC granted “Type Approval’’ for Wiko’s various ranges of phone to operate as terminal equipment in the Nigerian telecommunication network.

Food seller

National food production increased by 21 million metric tonnes in 2014, according to figures released by the federal ministry of agriculture and rural development.

Compared to previous years when food prices rose astronomically especially during festive seasons, prices of locally produced foodstuffs remain relatively stable throughout 2014 as a result of increased food production except in the security-challenged areas of the north.

National Secretary of PDP

Prof. Wale Oladipo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Secretary, has said that President Goodluck Jonathan is the best candidate for Nigeria in 2015 general elections.

Oladipo made the statement during the celebration of his 55th birthday in Ile-Ife, Osun, on Thursday.

He said that the citizens would want the continuation of Nigeria’s transformation under President Jonathan, saying that PDP would be victorious in the February polls.

Vicent Enyeama

Nigeria international goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama has been selected as the best shot stopper in Ligue 1 for 2014 by prestigious French Newspaper, L’Equipe.

The 32-year-old was selected as the league’s best goalkeeper for 2014 despite Lille’s stuttering start to the 2014-15 season that sees them languishing in place in 13th place in the 20-team standings.

Enyeama has played in every minute of Lille’s 56 league matches since he returned from his loan spell at Israeli club, Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2013.

Afcon Trophy

African Nations Cup hosts Equatorial Guinea have fired coach Andoni Goikoetxea just over three weeks before the tournament, plunging their preparations into chaos.

Goikoetxea departed on Thursday after the election of a new president for the Equatorial Guinea Football Federation (FEGUIFUT) last week.

New FEGUIFUT president Andres Jorge Mbomio confirmed the sacking of the former Spanish international, who had been in charge for the last two years, but gave no reasons in a statement on Friday.

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Parents of abducted Chibok schoolgirls have accused the federal government of having a hand in the abduction of the 219 Chibok school-girls.

Two-hundred and sixty-two days after their daughters were kidnapped from school, the distraught parents of the students of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, on Thursday criticised President Goodluck Jonathan for not fulfilling his promise to rescue the girls from the custody of Boko Haram.

7 more bodies recovered from AirAsia crash, 16 total

More ships arrived Friday with sensitive equipment to hunt for the fuselage of AirAsia Flight 8501 and the more than 145 people still missing since it crashed into the sea five days ago.

Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo said efforts would be stepped up as long as the weather allowed.

"We will focus on underwater detection," he said, adding ships from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the U.S. had been on the scene since before dawn Friday to try to pinpoint wreckage and the all-important black boxes— the flight data and cockpit voice recorders.

Mario M. Cuomo, the three-term governor of New York who commanded the attention of the country with a compelling public presence, a forceful defense of liberalism and his exhaustive ruminations about whether to run for president, died at home in Manhattan on Thursday, according to a family friend. He was 82.

Mr. Cuomo, the father of Andrew M. Cuomo, who hours earlier on Thursday was inaugurated for a second term as governor, led New York during a turbulent time, 1983 through 1994. His ambitions for an activist government were thwarted by economic recession. He found himself struggling with the State Legislature not over what the government should do but over what programs should be cut, and what taxes should be raised, simply to balance the budget.

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New Year New Madness-- Olosho Girl Posted Her Mumu Photos Online To Get Attention

NOT ACTUAL PHOTO

This is one desperate girl who is willing to do anything money...She posted this extremely n*de photos of herself on her social media account and tagged it "Only For Those That Can Afford It"e.
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A Chinese mum has caused outrage online after she posted this pic of her carrying her nine-month-old son in her handbag.
26-year-old Xue Hsueh popped the baby in her designer tote while she chatted to friends. One of her friends took a pic and Xue liked it so much, she posted it online. But, she’s since faced a backlash, with many comparing it to women who like to carry their tiny dogs around in their designer bags, Paris Hilton-style.

Double Wahala crooner revealed to Vanguardngr during the year that he impregnating two childhood lovers who had a daughter each for him.
Until this his interview no one really knew it wasn’t his present fiancee that had the daughters for him.
Oritse explained extensively how the daughters came about and why he left their mothers at the time,

Poko baby has finally decided to show off her man but did not mention his name.
Initially she called him her manager but subsequent captions in other photos she shared were beyond ordinary but very romantic.
See another photo after the cut>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.

2013 it was 2face idibia, now is Dr Sid
The Mavin Records recording artiste got married this year and also released his smash hit Surulere in 2014 and he was the man chosen by the Stock Exchange to ring the closing year which officially marks the end of the business year.

According to News Agency of Nigeria, Former PDP National Chairman,Audu Ogbewill on January 4th, inaugurate the sale of five million tubers of yam donated by farmers to raise N5 billion for the Buhari/Osinbajo presidential campaign.

Felicia Yakzum, Public Relations Officer of APC Micro Finance Cooperative Society Ltd, said in a statement on Thursday in Jos that the sales would commence at Mararaban Demshin in Qua'an Pan Local Government Area of Plateau.
She said that APC had organised a New Year wrestling tournament and the "Job Opportunities for Osinbajo and Buhari Supporters (JOOBS)" would also be inaugurated.

The country is being buffeted by a myriad of challenges.
For instance, there are the prevailing security challenges in the country, economic/financial issues, family, social challenges and other life-threatening situations. All these appear to have defied human solutions. As if these are not enough, there is growing apprehension, all over the place, as the country approaches the 2015 general election.

Some optometrists have advised women against indiscriminate use of artificial eye lashes during the festive period to avoid damage to the cornea.

The optometrists, in separate interviews with newsmen in Lagos, also advised women to patronise experts, if they must wear the lashes.

NAN reports that the use of eye lashes has taken root in the Nigerian fashion scene, especially during festive periods.

Following reports Tuesday, that Cameroonian air force jets on Monday launched air strikes on scores of Boko Haram terrorists who occupied a military base in Northern Cameroon and bombed
them on the Nigerian side, the Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said that no foreign air force aircraft launched any airstrike on Nigeria’s territory on Monday.Reacting to media reports on Tuesday that Cameroonian air force jets on Monday launched air strikes on scores of Boko Haram terrorists who occupied a military base in Northern Cameroon and bombed them on the Nigerian side, the DHQ in a post on its twitter handle, said that the air strikes that killed Boko Haram terrorists in the said confrontation at the Nigerian divide of the border town with Cameroon was carried out by Nigerian Airforce fighter aircraft.

APC Chieftain, Chief Audu Ogbeh

FormeR PDP National Chairman, Chief Audu Ogbeh would on Jan. 4 inaugurate the sale of five million tubers of yam donated by farmers to raise N5 billion for Buhari/Osibajo presidential campaign.

The Public Relations Officer of APC Micro Finance Cooperative Society Ltd, Mrs Felicia Yakzum, made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday in Jos that the sales would commence at Mararaban Demshin in Qua’an Pan Local Government Area of Plateau.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erodogan

Turkish police said Thursday a suspected "terrorist" was arrested after a failed grenade attack near the office in Istanbul of President Recep Tayyip Erodogan.

Police chief Selami Altinok said the "attack" was launched by a man suspected of being "a member of a terrorist organisation" and targeted police outside the presidential palace.

Checkout On 2baba & Annie Idibia's Dope Outfits Last Night (Photos)

The Idibia's looked really dope for the Lagos Countdown event last night.
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White pple sabi play love no be small.... An 80-year-old man in China spent his life-savings to buy his wife of many years a diamond ring for because she has had 'a hard life'.
Staff at a jewellery store in Xinjiang,said they were approached by the elderly couple and asked if they could see some 'reasonably priced' rings.
The OddityCentral reports that the man wanted to make his wife happy because they had experienced of lifetime of struggle.

            The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kaduna State debunked reports that some Muslims protected Christians during Christmas celebration.
                     It would be recalled that earlier this week it was provided that 200 Muslim youths took part in Kaduna church services to protect Christians. The move was reportedly aimed at strengthening peaceful coexistence between the two groups.
                    However December 31, Reverend Sunday Ibrahim, the secretary of the Kaduna State chapter of CAN, made the refutation in a statement, Sahara Reported informs.
He disclosed that unlike claimed, the usual security agents were drafted for this mission.

Bright Okpocha a.k.a Basketmouth shared these adorable family photos to mark the New Year..beautiful family
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