Thursday, February 14, 2013
Man Pours Pot of Boiling Stew, and Lighted Stove on Girlfriend
Source: Punch
A 27-year-old woman, Mary Sunday, has been in the
hospital bed at Igbobi Orthopaedic Hospital seven months after she was
allegedly attacked by her fiancé, Corporal Isaac Gbanwuan, with a pot of
boiling stew and a lighted stove. It was learnt that Sunday had lost her ears
due to the attack.
Before the attack, which took place in August
2012, Sunday, was to report for training at the Police Academy, Kano as a cadet
officer.
Still nursing severe burns to her neck, chest and upper arms, Sunday can
barely sit or walk straight. She holds her head stiffly and talks with
difficulty as she recalled the events that led to her present state to PUNCH
Metro on Wednesday.
Beware of Kissing Diseases Doctor's Warn
Medical researchers and experts have warned
lovers to beware, because kissing is a source of several diseases and
infections, such as hepatitis B, infectious mononucleosis or kissing disease,
gum diseases, strep throat, infectious diseases from mouth sores,hand, foot,
and mouth disease, HIV and meningococcal diseases.
World Health Organisation, WHO , identifies
Hepatitis viruses’ infection to be a major disease burden worldwide.
The
worldwide estimate based on weighted average for regions rather than individual
because of lack of data with prevalence in industrialised countries revealed
that Hepatitis C virus (HCV) type accounts for 20% of cases of acute hepatitis,
70% of cases of chronic hepatitis, 40% of cases of end stage cirrhosis, 60% of
cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC),
and 30% of liver transplants. An
estimated 27% of cirrhosis and 25% of
hepatocellular carcinoma worldwide occur in HCV-infected people.
According Dr. Olufunmilayo Lesi, a consultant
physician and gastroenterologist at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH),
Nigeria belongs to the group of countries highly endemic for this viral
hepatitis. Its prevalence is about 10-20 per cent in Nigeria from the
extrapolation of 90 million Nigerians.
Dr. Lesi described hepatitis as a condition that
involves the inflammation or swelling of the liver. A disease condition that
can be caused by viral infections A-E, bacteria, drugs, alcohol, certain
medications, chemicals, bacteria, poisons, toxins, or by other diseases and ‘through
kissing.’
“It is a disease condition that spreads like a
plague and cracks the largest organ in the body like an earthquake, with long
term asymptomatic damage to the liver if the infection is in a chronic stage.
The long term damage to the liver restrains the liver from performing its
numerous functions,”she said.
Nigeria’s Unveiling Top 12 Idol Talent in grand event
Rhymz, the host of the Nigerian Idol Season 3 has
revealed the Top 12 for this year’s competition as
Safeeyat,
Vicci,
Joe- Emmal,
Kome,
Immaculate Victoria,
Amara,
Efezino,
Debbie Rise,
Jay Feel,
Moses,
Dani Angus
Abasiakan.
There will be
special stage performances by some of Nigeria’s best, including Lynxxx, former
guest judge, Naeto C and former co-host, Tiwa Savage at Civic Centre, Victoria
Island, the twelve contestants will be performing alongside.
It will be a night of ‘Golden Love
Songs’ They will be meeting the ‘who is who’ of the Nigerian music industry and
rubbing shoulders with fellow musicians, previous Nigerian Idol contestants and
the current judges.
The top prize for this season is worth a whopping $100,000, in which the
lucky winner will get: 7.5 million naira in cash, a recording contract also
worth 7.5 million naira, and a brand new SUV. Runner-ups will not be left out
as they will be given prizes to the tune of 10 million naira.The event will be holding at The Grand Banquet Hall, Civic Center, Victoria Island, Lagos. Red carpet is from 3pm – 5pm and the unveiling event from 5pm – 7pm on the 16th of February.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Photos from Omotola Jalade Ekeinde's birthday party in Atlanta
I love her and i know you do too!
Africa's Sweetheart and Movie Icon, Omotola E. Jalade celebrated her birthday in Atlanta. It held on Sunday 10th February. Peniece Le Gall, Director Writer/Publisher
Relations at SESAC, Jamie Foster Brown editor of Sister 2 Sister Magazine,
GRAMMY winning producer, Jon Jon Traxx, celebrity photographer, Leo Marshall,
Recording artist, Wurld and more, all came out to show support to one of
Africa’s most beloved sweetheart.
Omotola’s birthday dinner was
hosted at the restaurant of The Real Housewives of Atlanta couple, Cynthia
Bailey and Peter Thomas, who also came out to wish Omotola a happy birthday!
See more photos...
'I had cancer of the nose' - Governor Sullivan Chime
The Enugu state governor spoke to
journalists in Enugu on Monday. Below is what he shared...
“Late August or early September, last year,
I am not sure again of the dates, but it is about that time. I was privileged
to be one of those nominated by the Nigeria Governors Forum to go to Germany to
understudy their federal system. A Governor was picked from each of the six
geo-political zones. I represented the South-East and of course, we were led by
our Chairman, Rotimi Amaechi.
“On our way to Germany, I decided to go a
little bit earlier, passing through London to do my medicals because of what I
will call lack of our time. We do not have time here. So, I decided to take
that opportunity, got to London and did my medicals and was certified fit. I
was given a clean bill of health. But I had a little growth here (pointing at
the right side of his neck) that was not visible to anybody. I am a very
observant person. I noticed it, showed it to my doctor and he touched it and
said he didn’t feel it is anything serious, that I should just try and forget
it.
“So, I thought they would have seen
anything if there was anything wrong when they were doing the general scanning
and screening, but nothing was found. So, I just singled it and said, please,
this particular thing, I will like it to be investigated. I was referred to GB
who after examining me and asking me questions, because I told him, no
symptoms, no pains, no discomfort from anywhere. He said as far as he was
concerned, there was nothing wrong but as a professional advised me to
investigate it further because I was almost running out of time, short of time.
“I made arrangements with them to help me set up
appointments for closer examination of the growth. So the next day I left for
Germany to join my colleagues. On that trip was my Commissioner for Commerce
and Industry, Dr. Jude Akubuilo and my SSA Investment. They were already in
Germany waiting for me and so, I joined them. At the end of the day, about a
week after they had set up the arrangement, I left Germany. I left my
colleagues. I told them where I was going, went back to London and did the
proper screening of that particular growth. They did biopsies and all that. So,
in the process it was discovered that it was cancerous. The growth was
cancerous.”
“Further investigation revealed that the main tumour, because this actually turned out to be the lymph node, but the main tumour was behind my nose. It actually turned out to be what they called nasopharyngeal cancer- that is cancer of the nose. At that stage when you hear cancer, you will declare yourself dead before any further examination. Then I asked them what should be done, they told me straight away that they will subject me to further screening to know if it had spread. So luckily it hadn’t spread, it is just only in those two places.
“They said the good news is that it was curable and not manageable. It was curable, that was when I became interested. And they said as soon as I was ready, they would commence treatment. Originally we had planned to go from Germany to Lebanon on our way back to Nigeria but I cancelled that trip, went back to Germany, informed my people I went with, came down to London with the Commissioner. The SSA hadn’t UK Visa then, so he traveled back to Nigeria from Germany. In London we made arrangement and agreed on when to come.
“So we came back to Nigeria and within the two weeks, I was able to make arrangements for transition. I wrote a letter to the Speaker of the House of Assembly in accordance with the constitution, informing him of my decision to proceed on leave and of course sought his cooperation to work very well with the Deputy Governor, who would work as governor in my absence. Within the two weeks, we held two exco meetings, the last was held on Tuesday, the week I left. After the EXCO meeting, I told my EXCO members that I was proceeding on long vacation which I wouldn’t know how long it would last to treat myself. That was the information they got and of course I told them to cooperate with the acting governor. The following day, I left for Abuja, which was a Wednesday and again attended the meeting of the Governors’ Forum, that night. Then Thursday morning, we had National Economic Council meeting and the Deputy Governor was there to represent me.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
A Must Watch Video For You!
I saw this on Bovi's Page, and i think everyone should watch it! It's funny but has a strong message!
2 Lions Bring Nairobi Traffic To A Halt!
Two lions brought rush-hour traffic to a standstill in
Nairobi, Kenya when they decided to have a lie down in the middle the street.
It was during the morning commute on the the edge of the
Nairobi National Park that two young males appeared on the side of the road and
strolled out in front of cars and trucks for a roll-around.
The African lions' antics caused tail backs as they found
the busy road the perfect place to rub themselves in buffalo feaces,
Amateur South African snapper Gareth Jones was one of the
drivers stuck in the traffic jam last month and decided to get out and
photograph the unique scene at 6.40am.They went into a ridiculous pose, with
their rear ends up in the air and their faces down over some buffalo dung. They
were trying to mask their smell so they could hunt undetected.
See more pictures...
Wonders of God's Hands!
I saw this picture on a friend's wall and can't help but to share! Isn't God wonderful! The wonders of his hands just awes me!
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Keshi Drops Decision To Quit As Super Eagles Coach
Coach of the Super Eagles,
Stephen Keshi, on Tuesday morning said he had dropped his decision to quit his
position over issues with Nigeria’s football governing authorities.
Keshi said in a statement that he
had cause to change his mind after discussing with “all concerned,” although he
did not elaborate. There had been reports that Keshi
told a South African radio station, Metro FM, about his decision to quit after
winning the African Nations Cup on Sunday.
The had been allegations that
Nigeia’s football authorities had planned to sack him before the nation’s match
with Cote d’Ivoire.
However, the steady progress of
the team was said to have stopped that move.
Keshi is being owed eight months
salaries by his employers, the Nigerian Football Federation, while his official
car has yet to be given to him.
Also, he is being owed money
meant to have been paid to him during the competition.
After his resignation filtered
out on Monday, the Presidency reportedly intervened and asked him to withdraw
the letter and continue with his job while the issues are sorted out.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Happy Birthday kelly Rowland
Happy Birthday to this pretty lady and Music Icon Kelly Rowland! She's just added one more year today.
Have a blast dear!!!
Beyoncé Knowles: The Queen B
From Vogue Magazine
Has there ever been a steeper,
stranger, more rollicking two-week roller coaster in American pop-cultural life
than the one Beyoncé Knowles rode from the middle of January (not long after I
interviewed her for Vogue) into early February?
The craziness started, of
course, with that national anthem on the Capitol steps; BeyoncĂ©’s soaring
rendition was lavishly praised at first, but then it was revealed to have been
sung to a prerecorded track. The resulting uproar was noisy and blustery and as
close to a scandal as Beyoncé had experienced in her life; for an artist
accustomed to controlling the narrative, it was unfamiliar, awkward territory.
It got nasty—BeyoncĂ© was shoved forward as a symbol of a synthetic
generation—and yet she said nothing for ten days, until surfacing in a white
Olcay Gulsen minidress at a Super Bowl press conference in New Orleans on
January 31.
There, she opened by singing “The Star-Spangled Banner”
again—clearly live—in a soulful and satisfying and very much BeyoncĂ© way. As a
bit of crisis-management stagecraft, it was a knockout, and after Beyoncé
sailed through to the “home of the brave,” she smiled and offered two words to
her skeptics:
“Any questions?”
Nigerian Actress Nse Ikpe Etim To Wed This February 14th!
Our antennae has picked that this award winning Nigerian Actress who got engaged during the Christmas period will get married this Thursday 14th of February 2013.
We gathered that she will be marrying a man she dated when she was much younger. He is UK based, so she will
be relocating to the UK after the wedding, though sources close to the actress
says she will continue acting.
That makes them two (Uche Jombo)
We will keep you posted for pictures and even videos! Watch out! ;-)
Pope Benedict XVI to resign on February 28th
Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he will resign on the 28th of February, 2013. This is the first time ever a pope will resign.
His resignation he said was because he no longer has the strength to fulfill the duties of his office.
Read his resignation statement.
Friday, February 08, 2013
Who Gets Best Player/Performance At The AFCON Games?
Below are pictures of some of our players.
I know the games aint over, but who would you give
it to as per best performance?
NAF has only one serviceable aircraft for training
The Air Officer
Commanding Training Command, Air Vice Marshall Isyaku Umar, has lamented that
the Nigerian Air Force Base in Kaduna has only one serviceable aircraft for the
training of officers and men.
Umar told Chief
of Air Staff Air Marshal Alex Badeh, who was on his maiden familiarization tour
of the NAF base in Kaduna yesterday that “the NAF base has only one serviceable
aircraft used in the training of its personnel”, saying the training base needs
a minimum of three aircraft to be able to conduct its local training as well as
VIP missions.
He said since
his assumption the command has been able to aid the federal government’s
efforts in internal security operations with men and helicopter deployment and
has as well participated actively in the recent Mali operation in line with
NAF’s directives.
The command,
according to him, has successfully graduated six student pilots (SP) of 38
course and five student instructor pilots recently concluded their training at
303 Options Training School.
Speaking after
his tour of various units in the NAF base, Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Alex
Badeh said his visit to the Kaduna Training Command was to familiarize with
officers and men of the command with a view to repositioning and moving the Air
Force forward.
“I expect
myself to give approval for maintenance of facilities that are
dilapidated... we are recruiting more
and more people in the service now as our services are required at all times
and if resources permit, we will build more accommodation for our officers and
men. Kaduna base has always done well, although there are small challenges here
and there, but the government is doing its best to provide for our needs”, he
said.
Here's My Take On: 53 die in Zambia’s worst bus crash
It was a black day in Zambia as
53 people were killed in a high-speed collision between a bus and a truck in
Zambia on Thursday.
The government said the accident
was one of the country’s worst-ever traffic accidents.
The bus carrying 73 passengers
hurtled into an oncoming truck, leaving bloodied bodies and wreckage on a main
road north of Lusaka.
“I can confirm that 53 people
have died in the accident,” AFP quotes Harry Kalaba, an official in the Vice
President’s office, as saying at the crash site 100 kilometres (60 miles) north
of the capital.
“There was serious speeding by
all the vehicles involved,” Kalaba said.
A survivor of the crash, Ackim
Shawa who spoke on his hospital bed told AFP that, the Zambia Postal Service
bus — which also runs passenger transport services — had been taking passengers
from the Copperbelt mining province to Lusaka.
“While closing in on its final
destination the bus had been trying to swerve to avoid another oncoming
vehicle.”
Fifty-one people on the bus died,
while the truck driver and his assistant were also killed.
Pictures from the scene show
bloodied and lifeless bodies lying next to the mangled wreckage of the
vehicles.
Kim K Still S**** ... Even In Pregnancy!
On Thursday, Feb. 7, the mom-to-be stepped out in L.A.
wearing a sheer black shirt over a black bra, with black flared trousers.
Obviously, pregnancy doesn’t make Kim balk on her fashion
sense!
Commendable!
Thursday, February 07, 2013
Lionel Messi signs a two-year contract extension with Barcelona
Lionel Messi has signed a
two-year contract extension with Barcelona which will tie him to the Spanish
club until June 2018. The Argentina international, 25, enjoyed a
record-breaking year for club and country, scoring 91 goals in 2012.
Messi signed a new deal on
Thursday afternoon and follows Carles Puyol and Xavi, who both signed their
extensions last month. Defender Puyol and midfielder Xavi agreed new deals
until 2016.
A statement on the Barcelona
website said: "This afternoon Leo Messi extended his contract with FC Barcelona
through June 30 of 2018.
"The signing ceremony was
attended by the player, president Sandro Rosell, vice-president Josep Maria
Bartomeu and the director of football Andoni Zubizarreta.
"Messi added two additional
years to his existing contract, which was set to expire in June of 2016.
"The player, who joined the
club when he was 13 years old and made his first-team debut three years later,
will be 31 when his contract expires." Barcelona are top of La Liga with a
nine-point cushion over nearest rivals Atletico Madrid. They are away to AC Milan
in the last 16 of the Champions League on 20 February.
Messi has been in the best
goal-scoring form of his career and surpassed Gerd Mueller's 40-year-old record
of 85 goals scored in a calendar year with a brace in a 2-1 win over Real Betis
on 9 December.
Messi had agreed the contract at
the end of last year but has only just signed it.
He has scored eight times in
Barcelona's first five La Liga matches of the calendar year, including four
against Osasuna in a 5-1 win on 27 January.
Last month he was awarded the
Ballon d'Or for a fourth year running ahead of Barcelona team-mate Andres
Iniesta and Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid.
Source: BBC
Source: BBC
He is soooo humble!
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