Olokunbola Crowny's Blog: February 2014

Friday 28 February 2014

Meet The Girl Next Door -Waje- In This Exclusive Interview

Waje

Not only is WAJE a multi-award winning singer, the Globacom Ambassador is also a lady with a heart of gold. She talks to ESSENTIALS about her thoughts on the Afro-soul genre in Nigeria, her plans for the future, her love for God and family, as well as her work with those considered the society's 'rejects'.

A copy of President Goodluck Jonathan's second query to suspended Central Bank Governor, Lamido Sanusi has been obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, according to claim. The query was the communication from the presidency to the CBN governor alleging financial recklessness in the operations of the bank.

The query arose after Mr. Sanusi forwarded a copy of the CBN's 2012 audited financial statements to the President on February 26, 2013.

A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday refused to grant an ex parte motion by the suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, seeking his re-instatement.

kola Abiola

Late M.K.O. Abiola

The family of the late M.K.O Abiola has rejected the posthumous Centenary award to the winner of the 1993 Nigeria's presidential election.

Kola Abiola, the eldest son of the late politician and businessman, told PREMIUM TIMES on Friday that the award was "not appropriate."

Last Tuesday it was Yobe State where 59 schoolchildren were massacred. On Wednesday, the bloodletting extended to Adamawa State where Boko Haram terrorists, armed with rocket-propelled grenades nearly sacked four communities.

An official death toll in the attacks was not available as of 9.40pm on Thursday. But the British Broadcasting CorporationHausa Service put it at 37 while the Agence France Presse reported 33.

Man Accidentally Shoots Self With Gun During Demonstration On Gun Safety

A man from Independence Township, Michigan, accidentally shot himself to death on Monday while teaching his girlfriend about gun safety, the Oakland Press reports.

The 36-year-old man, whose name has not been released, was showing his girlfriend how his three handguns are safe when they aren’t loaded, according to the Detroit Free Press. He was attempting to demonstrate the safety of the handguns by holding them to his head and pulling the trigger.

David Paul Yonggi Cho, founder of South Korea's Yoido Full Gospel Church, has been sentenced to three years in prison for embezzling $12 million in church funds, Christianity Today reported on Monday.

Souvenir from the wedding

On Saturday, 22nd February, a groom called off his wedding after the Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG that was supposed to wed them conducted a pregnancy test and it came out positive.
After keeping guests waiting for about two hours the groom came out and announced to the astonished guests that he was no longer interested in the marriage.

The Nigerian Football Federation revealed, this morning in Abuja, the new jersey of the national teams, which will also serve as the official jersey of the Super Eagles at the forthcoming Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup

Lt-Gen. Kenneth Minimah

The Senate on Wednesday aligned itself with the position of the House of Representatives and directed the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Kenneth Minimah to deploy troops and relocate temporarily to the 7^th Infantry Division, Maiduguri, Borno State, in order to checkmate the Boko Haram sect, which has recently stepped up attacks in the state and Yobe.

REVEALED: Why Girls Were Spared And Only Boys Were Killed In Yobe Attack

Mass killing of school children at the Federal Government College in the Buni Yadi area of Yobe was shrouded in mystery after reports revealed that only male students were killed.

It has been learnt, however that the extremists intentionally spared the female students.

In this Interview with theNetng, Maheeda opens up on growing up, having a baby at 17 and being an orphan.

A lot… I’m addicted to s*x, and I have to have s*x everyday. At least once everyday, and if there’s no guy around me, I’ll help myself by self servicing. I have a lot of s*xtoys; in fact, I’m a regular customer. It’s like food to me, and you have to eat. It is very healthy and it gives you the right curves and my body is used to it. Yes!

Heroic: Watch Video of Plane Landing Saved by a Truck

Plane landing was saved by a brave airport mechanic. However, he sees himself as no hero.

Lekki International Airport: Project Still On Course – Fashola

Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State said on Tuesday night that the state government had not jettisoned its plan to build an international airport in Lekki area of the state.

Fashola told State House correspondents in Lagos that the delay in actual take-off of the project did not mean it had been abandoned.

The city of Port Harcourt will come alive on March 22, 2014, when Paul Okoye, one-half of music duo, P-Square, performs the traditional wedding rites for his partner of some years, Anita Isama.

The wedding which promises to be an affair attended by the crème of Nigeria’s entertainment industry will hold at the Aztech Event Centre, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where the bride and her family hail from.

She may be an almost unknown, but Sylvia Oluchy is one of the hordes of actresses that dot the Nigerian movie industry and she believes she can do anything to gain popularity and stardom.

The Theatre Arts graduate from the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, who has acted in some movies like ‘One More Man,’ ‘Sound of Love,’ ‘Immaterial’ and ‘Bent Arrows,’ is one of the up and coming actresses who think that acting nude would give her the much needed break she craves for and she sees nothing in it.

Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and President Goodluck Jonathan

Suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has dragged President Goodluck Jonathan before a Federal High Court in Abuja over his suspension from office.

Sanusi was suspended by Jonathan last Thursday over alleged involvement in financial recklessness.

Careless Teacher Faces Ax Over Naked Kids "Having Sex"

Kindergarteners, both 5, were found inside school bathroom

A veteran New Jersey teacher could be fired from her job after discovering two naked kindergarten students “having sex” inside a school bathroom.

Angry Jose Mourinho has been forced into a furious damage limitation exercise after being caught on camera dismissing the quality of his strikers. The Chelsea manager’s remarks about Samuel Eto’o, Fernando Torres and Demba Ba were captured by French TV company Canal+ during a sponsorship launch with watch manufacturers Hublot last week. Mourinho believed he was chatting privately to senior representatives of the Swiss company as he discussed his team’s options up front. But to his horror, they emerged yesterday.

A three-year old girl was burnt beyond recognition after her mother locked her up in a house on Monday evening. The incident which occurred at Sidho Village in Muhoroni, Kisumu County has left villagers mesmerised with some terming it suicidal act. “How could she lock the child in the house and leave cooking fire in the same house? I think this should be investigated,” said a witness. The child’s mother Carolyn Ochieng said she had gone to fetch water from a nearby river and left the girl sleeping in the bedroom. “I had left water boiling in a different room but the fire was almost getting off. We always boil drinking water so it was normal,” said Ochieng.

An Ikere Ekiti High Court presided over by Justice Adegoriola Adeleye has sentenced a 26‑year-old commercial motorcyclist, Theophilus Pius, to death by hanging for his role in the case of a missing National Youth Service Corps member, Miss Anthonia Okeke, who was serving at Ilawe Ekiti.

Doris Simeon Opens Up About Her Failed Marriage

Nollywood actress, Doris Simeon in a recent interview finally opens up about her messy separation from ex-hubby Daniel Ademinokan, and her thoughts about fellow actress Stella Damasus being married to him.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday called on members of the Boko Haram sect to lay down their arms, saying that the Federal Government was open to engaging the sect in constructive dialogue to end insurgency in the North East zone of the country.

Ijeoma Okori

The remains of Nollywood actress, Ijeoma Okori, who died during childbirth in early February 2014, was finally laid to rest on Saturday, February 22, 2014 in her hometown in Imo State.

It was gathered that many could not hold back tears as the late 27-year-old woman laid to rest.
The deceased was a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) Rivers State chapter before her untimely death.

She was said to have died with her twin babies on Sunday, February 2, 2014

APC Governors Bent On Tackling Unemployment

APC chieftains in Ibadan

Governors elected under the umbrella of All Progressives Congress (APC) today in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State identified unemployment as a major impediment to Nigeria’s quest for economic development and vowed to tackle the menace in their respective states in particular and the country as whole.

Jonathan, middle, and the media pane

President Goodluck Jonathan said Monday night that Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi who was suspended as the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN last Thursday may return to his job to hand over to his successor if he is not guilty of the allegations of financial misdemeanour levelled against him in the report of Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria.

Protesting widows in Lagos

Scores of widows yesterday stormed the Lagos State Governor’s Office, Alausa in Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria to protest the demolition of their shops by officials of the Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI and the Lagos State Task-force on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit.

Night Guard Rapes Lady Coming From Vigil

A security man, Kelly Ochuko, has been accused of raping a 24-year-old lady, Tivere, while she was returning from a vigil at the Synagogue Church of All Nation.

The police said the incident happened around 2am on Mutiatu Street, Ikotun, Lagos State.

The Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court has ordered the remand of a 29-year-old woman, Obiageri Oriuwa, for allegedly stabbing her brother-in-law, Ikechukwu Oriuwa, 37, to death with a kitchen knife.

The incident happened at Ladega Street, Olodi Apapa Ajegunle, Lagos State.

Yoweri K. Museveni, President of Uganda

I HAVE seen the statement President Obama of the USA made in reaction to my statement that I was going to sign the anti-homosexual Bill, which I made at Kyankwanzi.

Before I react to Obama’s statement, let me, again, put on record my views on the issue of homosexuals (ebitiingwa, bisiyaga in some of our dialects). Right from the beginning of this debate, my views were as follows:

A human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has urged Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State to reduce the fees of the Lagos State University students.

Falana, in a statement on Sunday, commended Fashola for directing the reopening of the university without imposing reparation fees on the students for the repairs of facilities damaged during the crisis which led to the closure of the institution.

Spanish La Liga Stats: Top Goal Scorers - 2013-14

	Player	Team	Goals
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	22
2	Diego Costa	Atletico Madrid	21
3	Alexis Sánchez	Barcelona	15

The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, on Sunday described President Goodluck Jonathan as a simple man trying to do well but surrounded by “extremely incompetent and fraudulent” aides.

Presidency Welcomes Sanusi’s Decision To Go To Court, Denies Giving Directive For His Arrest

The presidency has welcomed the decision of Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to seek legal redress on the constitutionality of his suspension from office as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, by President Goodluck Jonathan.

A man and woman were said to have gotten stuck together while they were having s*x at a guest house on Wednesday in Ghana. The incident happened at at a guest house near the Nana Bosoma Market in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo region.

Governor Babatunde Fashola’s administration in a circular issued by the Head of Service, Mrs. Josephine Williams and sent to all government Ministries, Departments and Agencies, has banned indecent dressing among Lagos’ female public servants.

Mujahid Asari-Dokubo

Mujahid Asari-Dokubo has responded to the threat by the Boko Haram terrorist group that it will attack the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.
Speaking on Silverbird Television Port Harcourt during the Program Today on STV, Asari-Dokubo said he was aware of the threat as he had gotten loads of calls and text messages from Niger Deltans who expressed worry over the development.

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Tuesday 25 February 2014

Kindergarteners, both 5, were found inside school bathroom

Monday 24 February 2014

Spanish La Liga Stats: Top Goal Scorers - 2013-14

Friday 21 February 2014