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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Chelsea To Sign Cameroun Striker Eto'o

Chelsea are set to sign Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o from Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala on a free transfer. The 32-year-old will join the Premier League club on a one-year-deal.

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho moved for Eto'o after seeing two bids rejected for Manchester United's Wayne Rooney.

Jonathan’s An Unserious President — Akande

The interim National Chairman, All Progressive Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, has described President Goodluck Jonathan as an unserious-minded person, who is running a kindergarten presidency.

EPL side Stoke City will not consider a move for Sunday Mba as he did not play enough games for Nigeria to be granted a work permit.

Last week’s demolition of a three –storey building housing Upper Class Hotel, located at No. 8 Old Market Road, Onitsha, was the third to be supervised by Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State in the last one year.

Works are in progress to complete the final resting place for the late renowned evangelist of the World Soul Winning Evangelical Ministry of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Prophet Timothy Obadare, at the WOSEM international Conference Ground, Shiloh, Ileki Area in Ilesa, Osun State.

In a new report the Police Sergeant, Chris Omeleze who was dismissed after he was caught on video demanding N25,000 bribe from a motorists is an impersonator.

Veteran Nollywood actor, Jide Kosoko, on Thursday said there was nothing wrong with the alleged deportation of the destitute to their home state by the Lagos State Government.

Usher and his ex-wife appeared make peace in court on Friday after a bitter custody war over their two sons. The singer gave tearful Tameka Foster Raymond a consoling hug moments after she lost her bid to get temporary primary custody of Usher V, five, and Naviyd, four, in a hearing in Atlanta.

His physique could hardly fit into the temperament of his persuasion. He is frail, he talks slowly and you would have no qualms passing him off as one naïve, harmless young man. But Nasir Isiaku, 27, used to have zealous hatred for Christians.

A 12-year-old boy called Samuel was accused of trying to kidnap a school child with N50.
After it was discovered he was beaten and then burnt to death by an angry mob.

An experimental malaria vaccine called PfSPZ is showing promise after it was found to have blocked the disease in early clinical trials, according to a new study published by Science magazine on Thursday.

Brig-Gen. Chris Olukolade, the Director of Defence Information (DDI) stated on August 8, 2013 that about 1,000 members of the vicious Boko Haram sect have been captured since the declaration of emergency rule by President Goodluck Jonathan in the three north-eastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, three months ago.

He is the youngest pastor to be installed at 26 years old and is now the shortest term pastor in Mt. Salem’s 109 year history. On Saturday, Mt. Salem voted him out for attending a local Rick Ross concert.

A few weeks back, there was yet another controversial banter in the online sphere when blogs reported that Pop singer Durella had accused his long-time friend/colleague D’banj of ‘stealing’ his song. Durella has finally cleared the air, explaining that it was all not true.

Nigerians In Benin Republic Raided And Dumped In A Camp

According to a report by a Nigerian lawyer living in Benin Republic who sent out the story to the media, in the early hours of yesterday morning, Wednesday July 31st, the police department of the Republic of Benin carried out a house to house search of Nigerians living in Cotonou, who don't have their passports and ID cards.

Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola has offered a more detailed response in a letter to Peter Obi, the governor of Anambra State over the deportation of some indigenes of Anambra from Lagos State.
This is his second response in 24 hours.

Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday in Harare described Zimbabwe's harmonised election as credible and fair.
Obasanjo, who is the head of the AU observer mission, said that the bloc's report noted some problems with the voters’ roll and of people being turned away from polling booths.

A teenage babysitter, Jalissa Baez, 19, was arrested for having sex with a 9-year-old boy.
According to the police chief, who arrested her after a six-month long investigation, Baez, 19, who lives in Pennsylvania, was arrested for sleeping with the 9-year-old boy, after she had been hired to babysit him.

Area activist Rocky Twyman and other protesters set up shop outside The Mrs. Carter Show at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. warning Mrs Obama and other concert goers that Beyonce and Jay Z were possessed by demons.

This title takes me back to the last years of 1990s, to those days we used to gather in our Big Man neighbour's living room for communal viewing of the movie "Rumble in the Bronx". We would laugh our hearts out at the stunts of Jackie Chan. The Bronx, he didn't know, being a visitor from Hong Kong, was a hub of street gangsters and standing in their way is a call for a “rumble”.

Two teen lovebirds are accused of breaking into a high school to have sex, WFTV reported.
It's unclear whether Vincent Ewell, 18, and Lindsay Longbottom, 19 actually engaged in any hands-on biology lessons inside the high school, but cops say they found the pair driving away from the high school after the break-in at around 3 a.m. Wednesday, WESH reported.

The weird intention off a South Korean man to kill himself was supported by a local TV station that captured the whole process on camera on July 26, 2013.

The US will close a number of embassies and consulates, mostly in the Middle East, on Sunday in response to an unspecified threat, officials say.

A state department spokeswoman said the order applied to any embassy or consulate normally open on Sunday.

A Kenyan lawyer is suing the Holy Land for killing Jesus.
Kenyan lawyer Dola Indidis has taken on the ‘case for Christ’ as he is suing the State of Israel, the Republic of Italy and a whole slew of New Testament characters on behalf of the “Friends of Jesus.”

As Africa's economic fortunes rise and the continent continues to be charmed by superpowers, spare a thought for the millions of Africans in faraway lands.

Nigerians Protest Over ‘Child Marriage’ Law

Massive protests have continued to trail the Senate’s passage of a resolution to retain the provision of Section 29 (4) (b) of the 1999 Constitution. Under the section, a married underage girl is deemed to be an adult.

Bundles of mint-fresh dollars, valued at over $250,000 (about N40 million), which reportedly disappeared late last month from Governor Godswill Akpabio's bedroom at the Akwa Ibom state governor's lodge in Asokoro, Abuja, have been recovered intact.

The founder of the Oodua People’s Congress, Dr. Fredrick Fasehun, in this interview with ALLWELL OKPI, explains why he went to Kano with Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha, the former Chief Security Officer of late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha

The police officer in the photo above recovered large sums from robbers on Friday in Abuja after a spontaneous chase on his power bike in a rare display of exemplary policing.

Benin-city, Edo -- Child defilement is becoming a reason of concern in Benin-City, Edo State capital. It is even more worrisome that the heinous act is carried out by 'men of God'. In the last few weeks, there were reports of no fewer than five children having been defiled in Benin-City.
This week, Edo State Police Command paraded 32 suspected criminals, three accused of defiling children amongst them.

Forbes, a few days ago, released their annual 'Highest Paid Hollywood Actors' list and Iron Man actor Robert Downey topped the list.

Former Super Eagles skipper, Austin Jay-Jay Okocha, has made a passionate appeal to the out-of-favour Eagles defender, Joseph Yobo, not to quit the senior national team now because of the rift between him and coach Stephen Keshi.

Three women died in clashes between loyalists and opponents of Egypt’s ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, medics said Saturday, despite warnings by the military that it would crackdown on violent protests.

Olalekan Ishau Abiola, the first son of late Alhaja Kudirat and Moshood Abiola, in this interview, insists his mother’s killers are still living large and walking the streets freely.

A man has been hurt after apparently detonating a homemade bomb in an arrivals hall at Beijing International Airport.
Pictures posted on the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, Weibo, show smoke in Terminal 3 after the blast at around 6.30pm local time.

Army Orders Al Mustapha to Go for Psycho-evaluation

The Army hierarchy may have cleared the air on the employment status of Hamza Al Mustapha, former chief security officer, CSO, of the late military head of state, General Sani Abacha, but the coast may not be totally clear for him to return to the army.

Nelson Mandela is set to spend his 95th birthday in hospital Thursday, but across the world admirers hope to honour their icon’s legacy through millions of acts of kindness.

Jay-Z's new album has sold more than 500,000 units its first week.

Nielsen SoundScan said late Tuesday preliminary data shows that "Magna Carta Holy Grail" moved about 527,000 copies. It will debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart this week.

Super Eagles defender Taye Taiwo is in a fix over tax fraud charges levelled against him by France, according to a report. A Marseille court has already started judicial proceeding against him to seize his mansion based in Allauch — a French community situated east of Marseille — with the building valued at €600,000.

The nation’s economy seems to be in a precarious position following the admittance of the Federal Government that estimated 400,000 barrels of crude oil are being lost daily to illegal bunkering, vandalism of infrastructure and halt in production.

Police in Austria's Burgenland province say they have charged a man with "disturbing the peace of the dead" after finding 56 skulls and other human skeletal remains in his home.
State broadcaster ORF said Tuesday that the bones were taken from graves of a church cemetery.
It reports that police became suspicious after the unidentified 47-year-old man tried to sell three of the skulls and two thigh bones at a flea market.

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Nigerian Writer, Chimamanda Adichie Wins American Prize

Renowned Nigeria Novel writer Chimamanda Adichie, has been awarded the 2013 Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for fiction. This is the third novel that Nigerian writer will published which title ”AMERICANAH”.

A professor of International Law, Akin Oyebode has asked the Federal Government of Nigeria to apologise to the international community for hosting rather than arresting Sudan’s President, Omar al-Bashir.

Prominent Cameroonian gay rights activist and journalist, Eric Lembembe has been killed in the capital, Yaounde, a rights group says.

Chris Brown May Face up to Four Years in Jail

It appears that many fans are forgiving Chris Brown for his transgressions, but the Los Angeles District Attorney isn't ready to let them. The singer may face up to four years in jail.

The D.A. filed legal documents Monday (July 15) with the judge who ruled over Brown's 2009 conviction seeking to revoke the R&B star's probation.

Star-Boy Wizkid might be on top of his game now but has shown that he knows to whom respect is due and should be given.

The young singer Ayo Balogun aka Wizkid was given the opportunity to perform on stage with the veteran singer King Sunny Ade at the Ebony TV launch.

The Anambra State Government has said no fewer than 50 homosexual and 618 prostitution spots exist in the state.
The areas have been described as HIV and AIDS high-risk targets in the state.

India has overtaken the US as the top buyer of Nigerian crude oil, a top Indian diplomat here has said.
Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria Mahesh Sachdev said recent statistics showed that India had been buying more of Nigeria's crude than the US over the last three months.

Lindsay Lohan's guts don't come cheap, because we found out she's spilling them to Oprah at a cost of around 2 million dollars.
Sources close to Lindsay said, The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) has been negotiating with Lindsay for 4 months.

Babatunde Okungbowa aka OJB Jezreel, ailing music producer, singer and song writer, is considering starting a foundation after kidney transplant.

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