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- Photos: Every single outfit Lupita Nyong’o wore this awards season
- Couple arrested in Abeokuta for allegedly fighting nude in public
- Dear LIB readers: Should I marry this guy?
- Man to have his eyes gouged out, ear & nose cut off for throwing acid in girl's face
- New Music: PeezRay - Oghene Whowhoma
- Chris Attoh sends loving message to his fiancee, Damilola Adegbite
- Part 2 of Prayer Request: Beyond My Rugged Self - By Charly Boy
- Brymo wins round one as court lifts injunction against him
- To Sadiq Abacha - on behalf of Wole Soyinka by Ayo Sogunro
- Miss Entertainment International Beauty Pageant debuts
- Nigeria's rich elite buying private jets to avoid flying on commercial airlines
- Spoilt 18 year old sues parents to support her after she ran away
- Pres. Jonathan sacks Sports Minister; swears in 11 new ministers
- Sadiq Sani Abacha writes open lecture/letter to Prof. Wole Soyinka
- Fuel Your Shopping Craze with Early Month Deals From Konga.com
- Fuji star Obesere arrested for rape. Alleged victim claims he inserted a ring in her vagina
- Birdman buys his daughter a 2014 G Wagon for her 16th birthday
- Once again, we remember Aluu4
- Dear LIB readers: How do I tell my siblings our parents died of HIV?
- Taskdirect customers hunt for Lenovo A3000 Tablet
- Top model/actress Kendra Etufunwa shares hot lingerie pic...
- Funke Kuti celebrates her ex-husband, Femi; calls him a genius
- A Kardashian (Jenner) supermodel
| Photos: Every single outfit Lupita Nyong’o wore this awards season Posted: 05 Mar 2014 12:56 PM PST        Lupita in Jonathan Cohen, Dior and Givenchy   Lupita in Prada and Michael Korrs    Lupita in Valentino, Dior, and Gucci    Lupita in Chanel, Altuzarra and Victoria Beckham    Lupita in Carolina Herrera, Proenza Schouler, and Valentino   Lupita in Ralph Lauren and Lanvin    Lupita in Stella McCartney, Vivienne Westwood and Prabal Gurung    Lupita in Elie Saab, Peter Pilotto, and Mary Katrantzou    Lupita in Cushnie et Ochs, Miu Miu and Christopher Kane    Lupita in Giambattista Valli, Lanvin and Prada    Lupita in J. Mendel, Roland Mauret and Dior   Lupita in Peter Pilotto and Chanel   Lupita in Lanvin and Elie Saab |
| Couple arrested in Abeokuta for allegedly fighting nude in public Posted: 05 Mar 2014 11:18 AM PST  The accused, Kehinde Soetan, 37, and Aderinsola Lawal, 28, were arraigned for breach of public peace. The duo, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Police Prosecutor, Augustine Ozimini, said that the offence was committed on Tuesday at 2.30 p.m. at Obada Oko area of Abeokuta. He alleged that the couple fought and tore their clothes in public. Continue... " Soetan claimed that he saw his wife with another man and enquired from her, who he was, but her lack of answer caused the fight," he said. Ozimini said that the wife also hit her husband with a stone causing him serious injury on the head. The prosecutor submitted that the offences contravened sections 83 and 355 of the Criminal Laws of Ogun, 2006. The Magistrate, Mr Emmanuel Adekunte, granted the accused bail in the sum of 50,000 with one surety each in like sum. He adjourned the case till March 19 for mention. Source: (NAN) |
| Dear LIB readers: Should I marry this guy? Posted: 05 Mar 2014 11:13 AM PST 
Early last year God blessed him with a good job and that was the period I told him I don't think I can continue with him again. since he has gotten a GOOD JOB, he should go and look for someone that will cherish him more. But he insisted that am the one he wants, that he's a changed person. We drag it till December 2013 when I expected him back. Since this year I've not set my eyes on him, though we are staying in the same town. I don't know where he's leaving now because he moved from his old apartment. Anytime I called to see him. He'll give me an excuse but recently he called to tell me that I should please give him sometime to settle everything. That he wants us to start a new leaf, which I believed him somehow. My fear now is whether he has truly changed from his attitude because I don't want to end up marrying the same old him. |
| Man to have his eyes gouged out, ear & nose cut off for throwing acid in girl's face Posted: 05 Mar 2014 09:01 AM PST   Haaretz.com reports that the man was convicted in October 2013 of intentionally attacking the girl after a love gone sour. Iran's high court wants the body parts the victim lost during the vicious attack to be removed from the perpetrator's body as payback and have defended their decision. The national council said Iran's high court defended cutting off the body parts of those found guilty of a crime, and removing eyes, as part of the country's judicial system. Who approves of this kind of punishment? |
| New Music: PeezRay - Oghene Whowhoma Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:25 AM PST  These uber-talented kids are natives of Delta State. The dynamic duo has Peace Raydon as its singer and Praise Raydon as a rapper. Together they make music that's a fine blend of pop and hip-hop. PeezRay has successfully recorded a number of songs. At present they have released four songs titled My Nation, Happy Birthday, Little Faith, Nigeria we hail that received rave reviews and are still enjoying massive airplay. PeezRay finds a major influence in the music of Nigerian and international teen pop icons and are ardent followers of the popular kiddies. The musical duo is currently signed up to B'DON Records. Their sophomore album Genesis produced by prolific Abuja based producer Emzo was launched in 2013 and the duo has recently released two singles off the album titled Happy Birthday and Nigeria We Hail. In the same year they recorded two music videos, one for each song and are set to release them in February 2014. PeezRay is the refreshing new face of teen music in Nigeria. Their goal is to represent Nigerian youth and Africa on the global scale by producing and performing wholesome music that will entertain and inspire. |
| Chris Attoh sends loving message to his fiancee, Damilola Adegbite Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:02 AM PST  'Imagine waking up to a face like this everyday for the rest of your life, :-) with a great personality to go with it. I'm truly blessed cus I wont have to imagine. Counting my blessing each day. Thank you all for all the congratulatory messages and the immense love you guys have sent our way.Awwww, how sweet. Congrats to them...  |
| Part 2 of Prayer Request: Beyond My Rugged Self - By Charly Boy Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:10 AM PST   My father and I didn't always get along but then again as a teenager or a wise ass kid, who got along with their "old fashion" dad? He prepared me for the person i am today. We made up some 25yrs ago and since then we have built an unusual bond. He developed great respect for my struggles, consistency and focus. I was filled with so much morale and value that i became a misfit in an environment that degenerated and became vile and foul, where mediocracy, sycophancy, reigns supreme. In life there are a few things that can hit you so hard that even years later you are left emotionally scarred, one of such experiences for me was the death of my beloved elder sister Charlotte in 1981. That was the very first time I saw a dead corps closeup, my sister was too beautiful to die. Since then I always avoid wake keeps and funerals as much as I can, because i just cant bear to see people in grief. What I felt that day has never left me till date...  The hospital acclaimed one of the best in Owerri, was in my books , like a roadside mechanic workshop. The doctors and nurses I saw initially were like fulkanizers. By the time I saw my father and how the stroke had distorted his face I became teary eyed. The whole setup was wrong..The left side of his body was immobilised, reducing my handsome father to a corpse like state. The Socrates of the supreme court was not fit to be in such a hospital. From the day I came till 5days later when the consultant were satisfied to grant his discharge so we could relocate him to Abuja, he was making amazing and miraculous improvement. The care and attention my fada later got from the nurses and doctors was very touching, we became like one big family. I thank my brother cousin, Dr. Reginald Oputa and all those who showed love. On the morning of the 21st of February as soon as my pops was discharged, I drove him from the hospital to Owerri airport e route Abuja. As I wheeled him into the departure hall, all eyes followed me. I even saw surprises on more than a few faces, but everyone was wearing such a big smile, the hall suddenly came alive. As I was readjusting my pops sitting position and cleaning his droll on the left hand side of his face. Almost all passengers in the departure hall was standing in line waiting to shake my fathers hand. Yes I know my Fada is a good man, always have been and am proud he taught me. That scene was a very touching one for me. It was such an outpouring of love. Moments later, an elderly woman walked up to us and put twenty thousand naira in my hand and whispered, "keep taking good care of your father, I love you for this" After her, as if it was choreographed a man came forward and put a white envelope in my arm and said "here is my widows mite." The show of love to me and my daddy that day brought tears to my eyes. Yes, I am very emotional and sentimental. I didn't quite get it till I saw the following mail in my face book page. My Areafada Sir, Some things in life can leave you with so much surprise, it leaves you wondering whether what your naked eyes see is actually true. You know the human mind always helps us to create pictures of things we've only heard of but yet to see or experience. Most times we might begin to believe the picture our mind has played out but sometimes we are privileged to see the real thing and we are shocked what the difference really is. Abeg no vex Areafada, you must be wondering where this is headed or who the hell it is but you don't know me I'm a fan of yours on Twitter, Facebook and on BB, I'm a huge fan. My mind has its picture of you and what you are like, I imagine you sometimes and you come out to be this very mean, hard looking, pompous and scary fellow. I have never seen you before but that's what my mind shows me. Then I saw you for the very first time at the airport recently with your ill father, though I had heard the news, I didn't quite get the picture of what it was like. My heart melted abi na froze, don't just get it. Not because he was ill or because of who he is or who you are but because of the compassion I saw. I mean you are Charlyboy, my Areafada and you could possibly hire someone to clean him up and watch over him while he was with you but you were doing it yourself, that's what I found amazing and loving and caring. Short of words… It was a beautiful picture, different from what my mind had created. I have learnt again that never should we assume that we know someone. I'm not saying you are a saint, I'm saying everyone has their good side. I saw yours the very first time I met you. Twale for you Sir. Your Big Fan Big Ben. Now this explains the big smile I saw on people's faces that day. God bless you all. |
| Brymo wins round one as court lifts injunction against him Posted: 05 Mar 2014 06:11 AM PST  On Monday March 3rd, Brymo won round one of his court battle with his former record label Chocolate City, who took an injunction against him, 'restraining him from recording, releasing or distributing any musical works pending the determination of the suit against him.' A judge sitting at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi lifted the injunction against Brymo, saying he's free to continue doing music and releasing his materials while the case continues hearing in court. The presiding judge, Justice Buba I.N said Chocolate City can be compensated at a later period. "Since the plaintiff can be compensated at a later date, the defendant is free to carry out his duties as a singer so that none of the parties will be at a disadvantage'. the judge said A 2-day hearing for the case has been slated for 19th and 20th of March. |
| To Sadiq Abacha - on behalf of Wole Soyinka by Ayo Sogunro Posted: 05 Mar 2014 05:31 AM PST   I do not know you personally, but I admire your filial bravery - however misguided - in defending the honour of your father, the late General Sani Abacha. This in itself is not a problem; it is an obligation—in this cultural construct of ours - for children to rise to the defence of their parents, no matter what infamy or perfidy the said parent might have dabbled in. The problem I have with your letter, however, arises from two issues: (i) your disparaging of Wole Soyinka, who—despite your referral to an anecdotal opinion that calls him as "a common writer"—is a great father figure, and a source of inspiration, to a fair number of us young Nigerians; and (ii) your attempt to revise Nigerian history and substitute our national experience with your personal opinions. Continue...Therefore, it is necessary that we who are either Wole Soyinka's "socio-political" children, or who are ordinary Nigerians who experienced life under your father's reign speak out urgently against your amnesiac article, lest some future historian stumble across the misguided missive, and confuse the self-aggrandized opinions of your family for the perceptions of Nigerians in general. Your letter started with logical principles, which is a splendid common ground for us. So let us go with the facts: General Sani Abacha was a dictator. He came into power and wielded it for 5 years in a manner hitherto unprecedented in Nigerian history. Facts: uncomfortable for your family, but true all the same. Now, for my personal interpretations: between 1993 and 1998 inclusive, when your dada was in power, I was a boy of 9 to 14 years and quite capable of making observations about my political and cultural environment. Those years have been the worst years of my material life as a Nigerian citizen. Here are a few recollections: I recollect waking up several mornings to scrape sawdust from carpentry mills, lugging the bags a long distance home, just to fuel our "Abacha stoves" because kerosene was not affordable—under your father. I recollect cowering under the cover of darkness, with family and neighbours, listening to radio stations—banned by your father. I recollect my government teacher apologetically and fearfully explaining constitutional government to us—because free speech was a crime under your father's government. Most of all, I remember how the news of your father's death drove me—and my colleagues at school—to a wild excitement, and we burst into the street in delirious celebration. Nobody prompted us, but even as 13 and 14 year olds, we understood the link between the death of Abacha and the hope of freedom for the ordinary man. These are all sorry tales, of course. Such interpretations would not have occured to the wealthy and the privileged under your father's government, but they were a part of the everyday life of a common teenager under that government. The economics were bad, but the politics were worse. And I am not referring to Alfred Rewane, Kudirat Abiola and the scores killed by the order of your father. Political killings are almost a part of every political system, and most of those were just newspaper stories to us. In fact, I didn't get to read most of the atrocities until long after your father died. So, these stories did not inform the dread I personally felt under your father's regime. And this was true for my entire family and our neighbours. Instead, the worry over our own existence was a more pressing issue. Your father, Sani Abacha was in Aso Rock, but his brutality was felt right in our sitting room. We were not into politics and we didn't vocally oppose Abacha, yet we just knew we were not safe from him. You see, unlike any dictatorship before or after it—your father's government personally and directly threatened the life and freedoms of the average Nigerian. Your father threatened me. And if your father had not died, I am confident that I would not be alive or free today. Think of that for a while. Now, let's come to Wole Soyinka. First: you can never eradicate the infamy of your father's legacy by trying to point out the failings of another Nigerian. Remember what you said: A is A. Abacha is Abacha. And no length of finger pointing will wash away the odious feeling the name of Abacha strikes up in the mind of the average Nigerian. Second: Don't—as they musician said—get it twisted: Wole Soyinka did not antagonize your father just because he was a military man—Wole Soyinka was against your father's inhumanity. Your father was intolerant of criticism beyond belief. Your father made military men look bad. Your father's behaviour was so bad it went back in time and soiled the reputation of every military man before him. Your father, finally, made Nigerians swear never—ever—to tolerate the military again. Soyinka may have worked with the military before—but your father ensured that he will never work with the military again. Do you see? Three: Evil comes in many forms: there is no qualification by degree. There is no "good" evil thing. Sani Abacha, Boko Haram, Hitler, slavery—they all fit into the same category of misfortunes. Soyinka is right: Abacha was just as bad as Boko Haram is—deal with it. Four: Soyinka has been kind enough to limit his criticism to the unenviable awards this inept government has given your father. But, you see, in a saner political system, we wouldn't just ignore your father, we would have gone one step further and expunged the Abacha name from all public records. Wiped without a trace. Abacha would forever be a cautionary tale against the excesses of political power. In a saner political system. Abacha was brutal—and Soyinka was one of those individuals who gave us inspiration in those dark days. He was part of the team that founded the underground radio station to counter your father's activities. Let me rephrase in pop culture language: Wole Soyinka was the James Bond to your father's KGB. Most of the influential people either kept quiet or sang the praises of your father to stave his wrath. But a few like Soyinka spoke, wrote and even went militant against Abacha. But at the end, even Soyinka who never ran from a fight had to run from your father. That was how terrible things were. And now you want Soyinka to join the praise singers of your father? I'm not certain Soyinka has grown old enough to forget how he escaped your father,slipping across the border in disguise. You will have to wait awhile to get that praise from him. Now, back to you. You have a deluded sense of your father's role in the progress of Nigeria's history. Nigeria has managed to be where it is today, not because of leaders like your father—but in spite of leaders like your father. This is a testament to the Nigerian spirit of resilience, and our unwavering optimism in a better future. You owe every Nigerian an apology for daring to attribute this to the leadership of Abacha. Those "achievements" you believe were accomplished under your father were simply all the things he had to do to keep milking the economy, and thereby perpetuate himself in power—they benefited Nigeria only if, by Nigeria, you meant your family and your cronies. Your tone is that of a white master who justifies his oppression because he clothed and fed his black slaves. That is what your father did. The fact that we choose not to regurgitate, and reflect on that socially traumatic period doesn't mean we accept it as your entitlement. We have not forgotten, and we will never forget. Sani Abacha raped Nigeria. Your father raped us. Your father raped us and then pressed some change into our hands. And he then tried to marry us forcefully, too. You may think all this is well and good—but then you've never been raped before. But we now live under a democracy—the kind your father denied us—and so you are free to talk. And so you are free to insult the people who ensured that your father had sleepless nights. Had the revolution your father rightly deserved happened, you—and the rest of your family—would have been lined against a wall, before you could pen one article, and shot. And we would probably have cheered. But we live under a democracy now—a system of government where even the scions of former oppressors can talk, and write freely, about the benefits of dictatorship. That's a democracy. A concept your father wouldn't have understood. Regards, Ayo Sogunro |
| Miss Entertainment International Beauty Pageant debuts Posted: 05 Mar 2014 05:43 AM PST       HOW TO APPLY: Pay a non refundable registration form fee of N5000 to any UBA Plc Nationwide Account Name: THE YOUTH AGE LIMITED Account Number: 1013436275 Login after creating an account and fill the form. Click on registration form to start registration process Fill in your details including the bank payment details Once your payment is confirmed, an email will be sent to you. This automatically qualifies you to be screened in June 2014. Screening will take place in PortHarcourt, Enugu, Abuja and Lagos respectively. You can be one of the lucky contestants for the 2014 Miss Entertainment grand finale Date: Saturday 6th September, 2014 Venue: Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island Lagos, Nigeria. |
| Nigeria's rich elite buying private jets to avoid flying on commercial airlines Posted: 05 Mar 2014 04:38 AM PST  Nigeria's rich elite are increasingly buying private jets to avoid flying on commercial airlines, reports the BBC's Tomi Oladipo from Lagos. The full report below... "There's an average of nine aircrafts fixed here in the hangar," says Peter de Waal of ExecuJet Aviation Nigeria, looking across at a line of sleek jets, as a team of engineers works on them. ExecuJet provides a hangar and is authorised by major aviation companies to provide maintenance services for business aircrafts, attesting to the rapid growth of the private aircraft industry in Nigeria.  Travelling on Nigeria's commercial airlines, even in business class, can be problematic, with frequent delays and rerouting causing an inconvenience for everyone, including those for whom time is money. This, with the added exclusivity, has made the option of bespoke air travel a popular one for the super-rich. "It is difficult to estimate the exact number of private jets in Nigeria because the majority are under foreign registries," says Rady Fahmy, the executive director of the African Business Aviation Association. "Aircraft in Nigeria, and most of Africa, are owned by individuals who are businessmen and women," he says. "This is in contrast to North America and Europe where the account is usually under corporate ownership. "The choice to put it under individual's name is due to financing requirements." 'To owner's taste' Most of the jet owners prefer to avoid the spotlight, especially when it comes to discussing their wealth, although within aviation circles it is common knowledge who owns what. The long-range Bombardier Global Express XRS, worth about $50m (£30m), is preferred by those at the top of the rich list, including Africa's wealthiest businessman Aliko Dangote, oil baroness Folorunsho Alakija, and the mobile phone tycoon Mike Adenuga, who also own both short and long-range business aircraft. Other common models - ranging from about $57m to $39m - are the Gulfstream G550, Bombardier Challenger 605, and Dassault Falcon 900, with owners ranging from politicians to clergymen. Mr De Waal makes a quick phone call to a jet owner and I am granted access to a sleek Falcon 900. A polished dark wood trim sets the mini-bar apart from the rest of the cream interior with grey leather seats. The passenger area is divided into several parts, including a general area with four seats, a business meeting area also with seating for four, an enclosed area with a large couch that can be converted into a bed, and a small bathroom at the back of the plane. It is all made to the taste of the owner, a billionaire businessman, who asks not to be identified. The planes are also mostly registered abroad, mainly in the US, Bermuda, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and Mauritius. Some industry insiders think owners prefer such arrangements as aircrafts lose their resale value if they are registered in Nigeria because of doubts over maintenance standards. Luxury jet tax axed It is difficult to ignore the tens of millions of Nigerians who cannot afford commercial air travel, not to mention owning aircrafts.  Many Nigerians have never flown in their lives  Victoria Island is a plush area in Nigeria's commercial hub of Lagos Nigeria is achieving steady economic growth but the general perception is that few are benefiting from this boom apart from its more than 500 people with estimated assets of above $50m. For those who are not quite able to afford their own planes, Nigeria's chartered flights business is also booming, attracting international companies such as Hanger8 and VistaJet. The growth of the air transport industry and the economy has led business aviation manufacturers like Beechcraft Corporation into the African market, with Nigeria as a key focus. "We have seen a large number of deliveries of business aircraft across the continent over the past decade," say Scott Plumb, Beechcraft's vice-president of sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa. "We fully expect this trend to continue as a greater number of entrepreneurs and corporate entities seek to take advantage of the benefits of business air travel on the back of Africa's strong economic growth." Cultural peculiarities also make it to the runway, with huge entourages of friends and aides swarming around Nigeria's larger-than-life VIPs. "You can sometimes see five or six cars at the same time to receive one person," Mr De Waal says. In October 2013, the Nigerian Airspace Management Authority introduced a luxury tax of about $3,000 for every departure of a private jet. The jet owners responded by saying it was unfair and the senate soon ordered a suspension of the levy - a sign of the political influence of Nigeria's wealthy businessmen and women. Culled from the BBC |
| Spoilt 18 year old sues parents to support her after she ran away Posted: 05 Mar 2014 06:41 AM PST  Rachel Canning (left) turned up to Morris County Court, New Jersey, yesterday dressed in her school uniform and pearls for the first hearing in her sensational case against her parents (right) who she claimed 'abandoned' her and owe her money. But her hopes were dampened when Judge Peter Bogaard read an expletive-laden and vicious answerphone message left by Rachel, from Lincoln Park, New Jersey, to her mother, Elizabeth, and said: 'Have you ever in your experience seen such gross disrespect for a parent? I don't see it in my house.'   Rachel with her dad and mum when the going was good Rachel, who is suing her parents for 'abandoning' her has made sensational claims that her mom calling her 'fat' and 'porky' led to her suffering bulimia and that her former police chief father dad used to get her drunk and kiss her inappropriately. The judge denied any immediate claim for cash and adjourned to a later date - but warned her there appeared to be insufficient evidence to support her claims so far. The judge added: 'what is the next step...are we going to open the gates for a 12-year-old to sue for an Xbox, a 13-year-old to sue for an iPhone... what about a 15-year-old asking for a 60 inch TV?' Her mother and father, Sean, broke down in court as details of how their family was torn apart were read out. The judge today blasted Rachel for being disrespectful to her parents. When Judge Peter Bogaard read an expletive-laden and vicious answerphone message left by Rachel to her mother, Elizabeth, in which the girl said: 'I wanna s*** all over your face', he said: 'Have you ever in your experience seen such gross disrespect for a parent? I don't see it in my house.' The judge, sitting at Morris County court added that Rachel had given her mom and dad, Sean: 'The proverbial f you'. He also warned he must consider the 'slippery slope' where 'we open the gates for a 12-year-old to sue for an Xbox, a 13-year-old to sue for an iPhone… what about a 15-year-old asking for a 60 inch TV?'   Rachel, who is suing her parents for 'abandoning' her has made sensational claims that her mom calling her 'fat' and 'porky' led to her suffering bulimia and that her former police chief father dad used to get her drunk and kiss her inappropriately. In shocking legal documents submitted to the court, the honor-roll student said her parents' behavior contributed to her developing an eating disorder at a young age and saw her weight plummet down to 92 pounds. Rachel, who has two younger sisters moved in with the parents' of a friend and is now suing for child support, medical bills, college expenses and legal fees. She states that her parents have a combined yearly income of between $250,000 and $300,000 and she is entitled to $654-a-week in child support. Her parents have also refused to pay $6,000 owed in school fees for her Catholic High School. Her parents claim their daughter ran off to stay with friends when she turned 18 because she refused to abide by rules they had set down, including to stop dating her boyfriend. But today the judge clearly took a dim view of the lawsuit. He said: 'What kind of parents would the Canning's be if they didn't try to set down some strict rules? 'I'm not going to put myself in anyone's shoes, he's (father Sean) trying to raise a child. It's clear to me all the positive qualities Rachel obviously has, in terms of sports and academics, but I'm not going to step on a father for how he tries to get his child on the right tracks when she has obviously come off the tracks, to put it mildly.' When summing up later he denied all immediate financial claims, including monthly maintenance, private school payments and legal fees. Summing up, Judge Bogaard said: 'The court was called upon to find whether immediate financial relief was needed… It is not necessary…. 'Counsel, also needs to ask themselves, what is the next step…. Are we going to open the gates for a 12-year-old to sue for an Xbox, a 13-year-old to sue for an iPhone… what about a 15-year-old asking for a 60 inch TV…. 'I want both counsels to think of the potential slippery slope here.' He added: 'I think everyone needs to take a step back and realize this family and Rachel in particular is well worth the effort to salvage or attempt to. Source: Daily Mail |
| Pres. Jonathan sacks Sports Minister; swears in 11 new ministers Posted: 05 Mar 2014 05:37 AM PST  Pres. Jonathan also swore-in 11 new ministers and assigned them ministries. The ministers are: Musiliu Obanikoro (Lagos), Minister of State Defence Mohammed Wakil (Borno), Minister of State Power Abduljelili Adesiyan (Osun), Minister of Police Affairs Aminu Wali (Kano), Minister of Foreign Affairs Akon Eyakenyi (Akwa Ibom), Minister of Land and Housing Lawrencia Laraba (Kaduna State), Minister of Environment Tamuno Danagogo (Rivers), Minister of Sports Asabe Asmau Ahmed (Niger), Minister of State Agriculture Aliyu Gusau (Zamfara), Minister of Defence Boni Haruna (Adamawa), Minister of Youth Development Khaliru Alhassan (Sokoto State), Minister of State, Health |
| Sadiq Sani Abacha writes open lecture/letter to Prof. Wole Soyinka Posted: 05 Mar 2014 01:53 AM PST   If you want to think, speak and act logically then you should know all three. Now let's look at each one of these and see what they mean in practice.However, if you don't like the facts as they are you are going to have to put up with them, because facts are what they are, if it's raining on your golf day, get used to it! Because the facts are what they are and are often not what you want them to be, like if the traffic lights turn red when you approach, stop complaining! The law of identity means that you must adapt yourself to the facts and start your work from there, it implies that the facts will not bend to meet your expectations. You must first adapt yourself to what life is and then get to work changing and improving things in your life, be brave to meet reality as it really is and not how you would wish it to be. 2. The law of excluded middle. The law of excluded middle means that you should give a straight yes or no answer always and there is no middle ground. The law means that there is no kinda yes and kinda no, there is no 'sort of' being married because you are either married or you are not, you are either a thief or you are not, you are either on time or not, you are either living in Nigeria or you are not. The law is the idea that you should not try to keep all of your options open by staying in the middle or hedging, when it suits you, like when you accepted an appointment during IBB's regime as chairman of FRSC. I bet that was a military regime you partook in. Please pick one wife and state your claim 100% to her, pick one idea and go for it 100%! Decide and commit Sir! There you might find great power and self satisfaction in the doctrine of decide and commit. No half way measures, no middle ground, exclude the middle! Here! The law of excluded middle Sir. 3. The law of non contradiction. The law of non contradiction says don't contradict yourself simple. If you say you will be there then be there. If you say you will do it then do it. Don't say or fight for one thing and then do the opposite. Don't say one thing and then later deny that you said it. Don't say one thing and then later contradict it. Be consistent in your thoughts and actions. Observing someone who was a socialist in the morning but then became a capitalist in the evening is a textbook on contradiction, these are two polar opposites, such a person is clearly inconsistent and is therefore considered a flip flop, confused, easily led or misled or at best a lunatic who has no clear understanding of the basis of either doctrine. Apply these three logics to others with consistency and then you can ask for the same or expect the same from others, and then you can also ask for others to deal with facts not fantasy, which is the law of identity. Ask others to make up their mind to decide and commit. The law of excluded middle.Then ask others to follow through on the things that they say they would do. The law of non contradiction. Sir, I believe brilliance is not perfection. I have grown and watched you criticize regime after regime and at that young and naive age I was thinking why wouldn't this man just contest to be president so that Nigeria can be saved, I would have defiantly voted for Mr Soyinka if it would have brought an end to Nigeria's woes. To my utter surprise, I heard about your FRSC leadership and how funds were misused and a great deal of it unaccounted for. "Oh my God! In the end he turned out to be just the same as everybody else" were my next thoughts. My hopes for you, all ended up in great disappointment. Here I find myself defending my father 15 years after his death because some of you have no one else to pounce on, or rather, you have chosen a dead person to keep pouncing on over and over again when you have more than an array of contestants. A coward's act I believe. "A common writer" is what I have heard you being referred to lately, and I believe a mature mind would now agree to such referrals. With all due respect, there is a great challenge that faces the country, we have to put our heads together, rather than clashing, our collective ships must sail in the same direction, let us leave the ghosts of past contention and face the future bravely as one, criticizing the past does not help the present or define a path to the future. You say, with the weight of your sense of history and the authority you possess on national issues that " a vicious usurper under whose authority the lives of an elected president and his wife were snuffed out" referring to my late father, you must be growing old, or you would rightly recall that that president elect you refer to did not die while my father was alive. Did you slyly change your facts to fit a history that would better serve your narrative, or are you just plain forgetful? Either way, it shows you are losing your grasp of reality. Comparing my father's leadership to Boko Haram's current reign of terror, is a rather cheap shot, you are in no position to examine, judge and sentence an entire regime based on the information you think you have, you are privy to almost none of the true facts, what is at your disposal is at best, hearsay, or were you ever minister of defence? did you ever sit in during security meetings, evaluate the facts and subtleties of national security? You remind me of Obama criticizing the Republicans before he became a sitting president himself, vouching to put an end to all American occupation, this all came to an abrupt end once he had access to the briefs and security issues, economic and political, facing his nation. Surely he did what he could, and history will judge him. To lead is not to be a rock star, and to be a Nobel laureate is not to be a an antagonist of this countries legacy..We are Africa's leaders, whether we like it or not, we cannot trivialize the centenary celebration, it happens only once, let us come together, if only for this one occasion and agree to disagree. Open rebellion against the current government at this time, on the manner of the centenary celebrations, for whatever reason, is tactless, it is not about you, it is about our nation, our beloved country. There is a time and place for everything. My late father was a Nigerian, lived in Nigeria and died protecting our interests to the best of his ability, critiquing placing him on the honor roll, along with many deserving dignitaries is your right, you have the right to your own opinions, but you do not have the right to your own facts. Facts stand alone, regardless of who espouses them, let posterity judge, but you are clearly politicizing a dead issue, how could you not be? Having an issue with the naming of a hospital after the late General and leader? really ? Now ? It almost seems as if you want to turn back the hands of time, what else would you like to undo besides the naming of the hospital, would you like to unmake Bayelsa state, Zamfara state or the others? What about the advances we made in commerce, reducing the inflation rate, what about security and welfare, how many projects, hospitals and schools were created? inflation went from 54% to 8.5%! my father oversaw an increase in our foreign currency reserves from 494 million dollars in 1993 to 9.6 billion dollars by the middle of 1997, that is unprecedented , 15 years after the PTF the benefits are still being reaped today in Nigeria, What of peace keeping and nation building, not just in West Africa but the entire continent, restoring democracy in Liberia and Sierra Leone, all these under my father's leadership, are all these not laudable? Or would you like to undo them all. All this on 8$ per barrel of oil! You have to be kidding me. You are a learned man, you would have to undo all your learning to knowingly wish to undo all these achievements! I will be the first to proclaim that my fathers leadership was not pitch perfect or spot free, that does not exist, maybe in utopia but not here on this earth, so let us keep our discourse set in the sphere of reality please, he deserves the award, and he did not campaign for it, let it go, Sir...and allow Nigeria to at least bask in our survival and endurance in our growing prosperity and development in these trying times. I have been accused of being an optimist, hence, I am optimistic that you will come around and accept that we can all come together and face the future together, forgive each other our wrongs while celebrating our rights, I am still an admirer of your works after all, however, I cannot and will not attempt to answer your every charge, this is not the time or place, this is a time for solidarity, if only you were wise enough to grasp this. I applaud the patience of President Goodluck Jonathan and his composure and restraint in not having a knee jerk reaction at such a pivotal moment in our nations history, but you would mar the occasion, Sir, in the future, please pick your battles, and do better to safeguard your relevance, Enough Sir! Sadiq Abacha. |
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| Fuji star Obesere arrested for rape. Alleged victim claims he inserted a ring in her vagina Posted: 05 Mar 2014 01:27 AM PST  The victim, who took the matter to the Police, also narrated her ordeal in the hands of the musician whose shows generally fascinate society women. According to Olaiya, a National Diploma graduate of business administration from Ibadan Polytechnic, "I got to know Obesere through one of my friends, Mrs Bola Okoro. She told me that Obesere would assist me in my business. "I deal in office equipment and when I contacted Obesere, he asked me to meet him in his family house at Okota. When I met him, I introduced my business to him and he promised to connect me to some of his friends in Dubai who would sell goods to me on credit. Continue... "After the discussion, he started demanding for sex and I refused and when I wanted to leave, he insisted I should sleep over in his house because it was late and he claimed that it was dangerous to go out late in the night in his area. "I thought he was a responsible man and I decided to sleep over, but at the dead of the night, he came into the room where I slept and pounced on me. "He raped me and afterwards inserted a ring he wore into my private part and I started bleeding. He hurriedly left me in the room saying he had an appointment to fulfill. "I could not bear the trauma and the bleeding and I reported the matter to the police." Vanguard gathered that Obesere was first arrested last Wednesday by the Police at Isolo Police Division, where Olaiya reported the matter. He was subsequently released on administrative bail. He was later re-arrested on Monday, when medical examination conducted on Olaiya revealed that she was actually raped and the Divisional Police Officer, Isolo, Adamu Ibrahim, was said to have ordered the transfer of the matter to State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, for further investigation. Sources disclosed that Obesere's arrest was made possible through a warrant of arrest issued by the Chief Magistrate of Isolo Magistrate Court, Mrs Kike Bukola Ayeye, as he had declined to honour several police invitations sent to his house at Johnson Famiye Street, Canal Estate, Ago, Okota. We are lovers — Obesere Police sources also said Obesere in his statement denied ever raping Olaiya, rather he claimed she was his lover and they made love when she visited him. The source added that Obesere claimed he asked her to go to a private hospital for treatment when she complained that she was bleeding, but he was surprised when she reported to the police that she was raped. |
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| Dear LIB readers: How do I tell my siblings our parents died of HIV? Posted: 04 Mar 2014 10:49 PM PST  We grew up with a loving mum and dad. Dad was so handsome and kindhearted, mum's hips didn't lie at all with her beauty. As a child I knew dad was ladies man and he only sleeps at home once or twice a week. Despite his extreme social life,he cared for his kids 100% although my mum didn't enjoy his company the way a wife should always enjoy her husband. To cut the story short, my dad passed on in 2005 after suffering from kidney failure and HIV. Only my dad's younger brother and my mum who took care of him during the illness knew about his HIV status. I bumped into knowing 3days after his death while I was checking his phone, he sent a message to our family doctor about his status but I never asked my mum and she never told me too even though I was 19years old. His death was a shocking one for all and sundry because he was the breadwinner of the family and even to some people we didn't know; dad was so kind-hearted.Mum died shortly after dad, less than two years due to complications from HIV. I suffered silently knowing alone that she was dying from HIV, it was shocking and painful because I thought she'd spend more years before giving up,didn't know she won't last more than one year after dad. Now the issue is,its been 9years since dad passed on and mum 7years but I still do not know how to tell my siblings the truth. They kind of believe their death wasn't natural because it was shortly after we buried our grandfather in the village that my dad fell sick and died. My younger brother, the last born and only boy still believes dad's death wasn't natural and does not want to have anything to do with dad's family. He was only 12years old when dad died and my immediate younger sister was only 16years. They are both full grown adults now while I am married and blessed with two wonderful kids but please how do I tell them what killed our parents? |
| Taskdirect customers hunt for Lenovo A3000 Tablet Posted: 04 Mar 2014 10:46 PM PST  Wave making online retail and digital smart shop, Taskdirect has launched an online Treasure Hunt which debuts today and will last till Saturday March 8, 2014. The Treasure Hunt will be conducted on social media platform facebook. Participants are expected to like, and then follow them on facebook.com/taskdirect or visit their website to get clues and hints that will lead hunters to the real treasure. Continue...  Corporate Communications Adviser, Taskdirect disclosed that "The winner of the Treasure Hunt will be handed a star price of Lenovo A3000 Tablet PC". This shall be announced on Monday March 10, 2014. Nigerians and Taskdirect customers who are interested in the hunt are eligible to participate from around the country. The Treasure Hunt Game is a sequel to the highly successful photo competition that was held last week where Taskdirect customers were thrilled with the chance to win two Dell Venue 8 Pro Tablets just by sending in pictures of their preferred landmarks in Lagos. Speaking at Taskdirect's Gbagada smart store, Mr. Agwu Igiri Akwari and Mr. Jude Agi, whose photo entries won the competition expressed gratitude to Taskdirect's team for the photo competition innovation. "I am proud and excited to be adjudged a winner for the first ever photo competition organized by Nigeria's newest online ICT retail store", an excited Jude disclosed. |
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