Baloogg's Blog : 2015-03-01

Saturday, March 7, 2015

Supreme Court Upholds Seriake’s Candidature In 2012 Polls

Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson has described the Supreme Court ruling striking out a suit challenging his candidature of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the 2012 Governorship election, as a victory for democracy, the rule of law, the government and people of Bayelsa State.
Speaking shortly, after the unanimous decision of the Justices of the Supreme Court in Abuja led by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, Governor Dickson extolled the Nation’s judiciary for its uprightness and firmness, noting that, it has remained a dependable and reliable component of Nigeria’s democracy.

Maiduguri Bombing: Nigerian Military Vow To Avenge Killings

The Nigerian Military has reacted to the Maiduguri bomb attacks with a vow to avenge the killings.

The Defence Headquarters, on its Twitter handle, wrote, “We will avenge the Innocent Blood. Despicable Acts of Terrorists clinging to Straws and set to be exterminated. To #NeverAgain rise.”

The Minister of State for Works, Dayo Adeyeye, has described the one-million-man march held in Lagos on Saturday by the All Progressives Congress (APC) as shameful.

In a statement issued on Saturday and made available to pressmen in Ado Ekiti, the Minister said that the march was in support of corruption and the massive looting of Lagos State by the APC leader, Senator Bola Tinubu.

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Soon after the story of internally displaced persons in one of the makeshift camps in Abuja was aired on this channel, several volunteers and other donor agencies including the United Nation’s Children Fund, UNICEF, have been distributing materials to the displaced persons.

While there has been some succour, the gesture is not enough to meet some of the basic needs of the displaced persons."

Members of the Young Democratic Party (YDP) are insisting that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should re-print ballot papers that will include the party in the forthcoming elections or reschedule the date for the polls.

The YDP secured a court victory over INEC on Wednesday when a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the inclusion of the party in the general elections.

Members and supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday took to the streets in what they termed a one million man march.

From Maryland area to the Surulere area of Lagos mainland and stopping at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, party leaders sought more support at the polls.

America's racial history "still casts its long shadow upon us," the nation's first black president said Saturday as he stood in solidarity and remembrance with civil rights activists whose beatings by police a half-century ago galvanized people against racial oppression and hastened passage of historic voting rights for minorities.

On the 50th anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" march that erupted in police violence on Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge, President Barack Obama praised the figures of a civil rights era that he was too young to know. He called them "warriors of justice" who pushed America closer to a more perfect union.

Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to Islamic State, which rules a self-declared caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria, the jihadist monitoring group SITE said on Saturday.

"We announce our allegiance to the Caliph ... and will hear and obey in times of difficulty and prosperity," SITE quoted Boko Haram as saying in a video purporting to be from the Nigerian militant group."

Yemi Alade has been doing her thing since she went professional a couple of years ago. Currently the toast of the Nigerian afro pop music genre with Kissing You, Tangerine and Johnny, the sexy artiste took time out to speak to Leadership on her music, the lean years and the secret of her success.

What have you been up to?

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As a teenager in the 70s, Mrs. Iyabo Yomi’s greatest dream was to climb the social ladder at all costs. That quest pushed her into joining a drug trafficking cartel which landed her in and out of several prisons across the world. After several jailbreaks and series of unfinished prison sentences, she was arrested in Ghana where she decided to turn a new leaf and complete her 10-year jail term.
Broken but grateful to God for having spared her life, Iyabo, who is in her early 60s, went down memory lane to tell Saturday Sun the story of journeys through several prisons including how she broke out of UK prison twice and once in US prison. She is currently involved in a ministry that sees to the rehabilitation of persons going in and out of prison.

Manchester United Manager, Louis Van Gaal, is savouring Monday night’s FA Cup tie against Arsenal and feels the quarter-final clash could have a substantial effect on the race for the big four in the Barclays Premier League.
The United boss senses an opportunity to take a big step towards retaining his record of winning a trophy in his first season with every club he’s managed.

Even with her marriage that crashed some time ago, Nollywood actress Moji Olaiya who recently celebrated her 40th birthday, says she has not ruled out getting married again in the nearest future. Because it is not good for a woman to not stay under a man's roof.

In an interview published on Punch this morning, Moji said:

A millionaire businessman has allegedly crushed his security guard to death because he was deemed to be clumsy before opening the entrance gate.

Mohammed Nisham,30, allegedly rammed his luxury SUV car into the poor victim on the fateful day on return from work.

Shock enveloped the people of Rijiyar Lemo in Fagge local government area of Kano State when a young couple in the area strangulated their newborn baby girl.

Weekly Trust gathered that the couple got married two months ago and the wife, Faiza Haruna, gave birth to a baby girl last weekend. The baby was killed by Faiza, three days after she put to bed and her husband, Aminu Mustapha buried her in their neighbourhood.

Davido's Sister/billionaire offspring, Sharon Adeleke, who wedded her beau Yomi Ademefun in a star studded Miami wedding in 2013 is few months pregnant with her first child. Check out a picture of her flaunting her baby bump above. Congrats to the couple....

Super Eagles of Nigeria and West Brom striker, Brown Ideye has revealed his mother almost stopped him from achieving his dreams of becoming a footballer.

The former Dynamo Kyiv star, who started playing football at a tender age, was always spotted playing soccer with notorious friends in the street of Lagos but got barred from playing at the age of 14 by his mom. Ideye said he was taken to his aunty’s home eight hours away from their home with his mother fearing he could get caught up with a criminal gang.

NEWS: Mother Of woman killed In Bauchi Says Her Daughter Was Mentally Unstable, Not A Suicide Bomber

The woman who was killed by a mob at the Muda Lawal market in Bauchi state on Sunday March 1st following her refusal to be searched by security men stationed at the entrance of the market has been identified as 33 year old Thabita Haruna, a mentally deranged woman (Inset).

Tabitha's mother, Mrs Rahab Haruna, while speaking to journalist at her home at Yelwa-Tsakanni, a suburb of the Bauchi metropolis revealed that her daughter, who is her first child, was not a suicide bomber. She said she had developed a mental illness in 2005 after her fish business crumbled. What she said:

Justin Bieber is enjoying a week-long 21st birthday party, and things got a little chaotic during Friday’s installment in South Florida.

According to reports, police were summoned to The Biebs’ Miami Beach Edition Hotel room after a group of young women who’d been partying with the pop star called the cops after Bieber’s security personnel allegedly booted them from the premises following an argument.

Jewel Allison, who came out accusing Bill Cosby of rape in November dating back to the late 1980's, wrote a powerful piece Friday explaining why she didn't come forward sooner.

Writing in The Washington Post, Allison wrote why being an African American victim weighed heavily on her mind.

Barack Obama is using a symbolic visit to Selma, Alabama, to condemn the “oppressive and abusive” criminal justice system he believes continues to afflict predominantly African American enclaves such as Ferguson, Missouri.

The president will deliver an address on Saturday in front of Selma’s Edmund Pettus bridge, scene of the bloody crackdown of civil rights marchers in 1965.

Harrison Ford "saved several lives" by crashing on a golf course instead of a residential area, according to an eyewitness to his emergency crash landing Thursday.
"Looking at where he crashed and how the plane went down, I'm sure there was a moment where he said, 'I'm not going to risk lives, whatever happens, happens. It's going to be just me," Eddie Aguglia, camera assistant, who was playing golf when Ford crashed, told NBC News.

The All Progressive Congress Presidential flag bearer,General Buhari today paid a visit to former Nigerian president, Shehu Shagari at his home in Sokoto.

It could be recalled that Shagari celebrated his Birthday some days ago but Buhari could not attend because he was not in the county. The General looks so happy in the pictures! See more photos below;...

Speaking to SAMUEL ABULUDE about her Music, life and success, the Se'xy Singer Yemi Alade has been doing her thing since she went professional a couple of years ago.

Scroll down for the talk...

President Jonathan and many Nigerian Sportsmen and women came out today for the solidarity rally in Abuja, Also present were VP Sambo, David Mark, FCT Minister and other Government functionaries as they walk and jog round Eagle Square. It looks like GEJ is good in sports, check the photo above :)..See more photos below;......

Choi, See Blasting!! Abike Dabiri Says Patience Jonathan Is An Embarrassment And Nigeria’s Worst First Lady

Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has described the wife of the president, Patience Jonathan as the worst First Lady Nigeria has ever had.
She also labelled Patience Jonathan “an embarrassment to Nigerians and Nigeria”. Dabiri-Erewa was reacting to Mrs. Jonathan’s comments on General Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate.

It would be recalled that Patience Jonathan described Buhari has brain dead. (Read HERE). Dabiri-Erewa noted that Mrs. Jonathan was not only crude in her actions, but her utterances had taken away the poise associated with the office of the First Lady,” “Mrs. Jonathan is an embarrassment to the whole country. The only people shouting her praise or listening to her are the sycophants; outside them, nobody else does.

Legendary rapper, 50 Cent’s son Sire Jackson has gotten his very first pay check and it’s for a whopping $700,000!!

The rapper and businessman made the revelation while on ‘The Angie Martinez’ show recently. According to him he had a lot of fun with his 2-year-old second child, during a shoot for an audio company.

Kendall Jenner had to fend off a female fan in Paris, who tried to kiss her on the Pont des Arts bridge while she was sightseeing on Friday with her fellow model pal Gigi Hadid. At one point, out of nowhere a young woman ran up to Jenner and attempted to give her a smooch. Security intervened and pulled the much too adoring fan away from a somewhat surprised Jenner. Jenner and Hadid are in Paris walking the runways of several Fashion Week shows.

Manchester United Assistant Manager, Ryan Giggs, has dismissed rumours of a rift with boss, Louis van Gaal.
There had been stories of tension between the duo after Giggs acted reluctant to fully celebrate Ashley Young’s winning goal at Newcastle on Wednesday.

Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commision (INEC) on Saturday reported that an individual had presented a cloned Permanent Voter Card (PVC) to be verified during the card reader test in Port Harcourt, Rivers state.

INEC on Saturday began testing card readers that would be used for voter accreditation during the 2015 general elections, in 12 states, spread across six geo-political zones.

At least 15 people died on Saturday in Maiduguri following multiple explosions which rocked the troubled Nigerian northeast capital of Borno state, residence and a security source said.

The first blast which occurred near a local market along Baga road around 12:00 noon is said to claimed some lives at the scene before the second which happened at the popular Monday market at about 12:05 noon local time.

The card reader test conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State “has been good so far”, Channels Television’s correspondent, Seun Okinbaloye reported on Saturday morning.

Our correspondent in Ward 4, Azagba Primary School, Ezenei, Asaba, Delta State capital, South-south Nigeria, also reported that the exercise which started exactly at 8am, saw a good number of Delta residents coming out with their Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) for the mock accreditation exercise.

Islamic State militants have destroyed ancient remains of the 2,000-year-old city of Hatra in northern Iraq, the tourism and antiquities ministry said on Saturday.
An official told Reuters that the ministry had received reports from its employees in the northern city of Mosul, which is under the control of the radical Islamist group, that the site at Hatra had been demolished on Saturday.

Katie Hopkins, the widely-despised British journalist who recently insulted Kelly Clarkson over her weight, has launched a new attack on the singer, calling Clarkson a “chunky monkey” during an “Access Hollywood” interview.

It all started during Clarkson’s recent appearance on “The Graham Norton Show,” when Hopkins tweeted, “Jesus, what happened to Kelly Clarkson? Did she eat all of her backing singers? Happily I have wide-screen.” Hopkins added, “Look chubsters, Kelly Clarkson had a baby a year ago. That is no longer baby weight. That is carrot cake weight. Get over yourselves.”

. It was a very horrible,absurd and gory sight to behold earlier today,as the owners of a popular eatery around the sphericity of Aladinma student alliance met their well timed waterloo.
Eyewitness recounted that trouble started within the wee hours of the morning,when the vigilante group in charge of security around the alliance caught a woman in possession of blood filled calabash doing some incantation in front of an eatery by name "Sweet Diamond" situated at the heart of the alliance.

Lagosians were asked to come out in numbers to march in support of Buhari today and they did come out. Here are pictures from the ongoing march. See more after the cut>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Shell has no timeline to restart the Seibou 2 wellhead it closed in Nigeria that in January after it leaked 550 barrels of crude oil, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
The company said it closed the well, which is operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), roughly 15 hours after the leak was detected.

The Police in Lagos has assured residents of their readiness to work in collaboration with other security agencies, to ensure hitch free elections in the state.
The State Deputy Commissioner of Police Operation, Mr. Johnson Kokumo said this while fielding questions from journalists at the Lagos House, Marina.

The American Missionary worker, Rev. Phyllis Sortor, who was kidnapped in the Hope Academy Compound in Kogi State on Monday February 23rd, has regained her freedom.

According to the Kogi State Police Commissioner, no ransom was paid for her freedom.

A man convicted of attacking someone with acid five years ago was punished at an Iranian prison by having his left eye gouged out, according to reports.

The practice of carrying out a literal "eye for an eye" punishment, based on the principle "qisas" in Sharia law, is exceptionally rare in Iran.

President Goodluck Jonathan will on Saturday lead government officials as well as sports men and women to an out-door physical training exercise in Abuja, which is aimed at promoting sports and fitness in Nigeria.

The program, which includes jogging, physical stretches and light aerobics will start at 7.00am with a long walk from the Presidential Villa by the President in the company of government officials, presidential aides, political associates, sports personalities and enthusiasts.

Authorities Provide Security For Holdout Juror In Arias Case

Authorities were providing security Friday for the sole juror who voted to spare the life of convicted murderer Jodi Arias.

No threats had been reported against any of the 12 jurors, authorities said. However, the lone holdout on the death penalty had requested the security after her name was posted on social media.

Davido Admits Sleeping With Abuja Babe But Denies Pregnancy

It's not easy to be young, very rich and stay away from desperate ladies temptation. That's the case with Davido. The young man is not by any stretch ready to settle down but the ladies keep pressing.

According to National Enquirer, Davido and Sophie, an Abuja based university drop-out kicked off their affair around July 2014 after she was offered as the ‘soul-calmer’ for the night during one of his trips to the prestigious Transcorp Hilton hotel, Abuja.

Since the electioneering period began, one issue that has regularly come up is the health of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd).

The recent comments of the First Lady, Patience Jonathan, have once again brought the issue to the front burner of political discourse. Vanguard’s Emmanuel Aziken gives an insight into the health challenges of the Katsina-born retired general.

Read below:...........

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