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- Get well soon! Omotola shares photo of her husband beside her in the hospital
- Photos: Armed gunmen attack a beach resort in Ivory Coast killing at least 16 people
- Choi! See the photo Jude Ighalo shared on IG
- Photos from the thanksgiving ceremony of the Ooni of Ife's wedding to his new bride Wuraola
- Re-run Elections: IGP deploys three CPs, AIG to Rivers State, warns policemen to be apolitical and professional
- Photos: Protests in Douala following the tragic death of a pregnant woman and her twin babies
- Oby Ezekwesili has sweet words for her Husband on his Birthday today
- Femi Otedola and his wife pictured with Bill Gates
- Photo: Presidents Buhari and Jacob Zuma celebrate VP Yemi Osinbajo on his 59th birthday during SA State Dinner
- See the way MediaTakeOut disgraced Adams Oshiomhole
- Photos: Late pastor Bimbo Odukoya's son Jimmy & wife celebrates 3rd wedding anniversary
- Stylish Kim and Kanye head to the movies (photos)
- Photos: Comedian AY and his wife's stylish look to church today
- Photo: When a prisoner is prettier than the beauty queen....lol
- Buhari departs for Equatotial Guinea tomorrow
- Blac Chyna & Rob Kardashian jet off on romantic break (photos)
- We'll never cover up Corruption- Saraki
- Solidstar post details of DNA test to prove he is the father of his son, Joshua
- Photos: Traders at Mile 12 market relocate to Lagos/Ibadan expressway, cause traffic gridlock
- Read Femi Adesina's powerful piece on the death of James Ocholi, his wife and son
- Yummy Mums: Tiwa Savage and South African DJ Zinhle pictured together with their babies
- Photos of Ooni of Ife with his new wife at their traditional wedding
- If anyone can find this lady for me...I want to give her N500k
- Photo: Tamburawa Bridge in Kano on the verge of collapse...
- Photos: One dead in a 4-vehicle crash in Abuja (photos)
| Get well soon! Omotola shares photo of her husband beside her in the hospital Posted: 13 Mar 2016 01:38 PM PDT  Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade Ekeinde isn't feeling too good & is currently in a hospital. She shared a photo of her husband, Captain Matthew Ekeinde beside her in the hospital room and wrote, 'When you not feeling well but he moves everything to be by your side. #thecaptain and I' |
| Photos: Armed gunmen attack a beach resort in Ivory Coast killing at least 16 people Posted: 13 Mar 2016 01:36 PM PDT    "Three hotels in Grand Bassam were attacked this Sunday by armed men. Security and defense forces intervened immediately and were able to neutralize six terrorists. The clean-up operation is under way," Bakayoko said on state television.   "Six attackers came onto the beach in Bassam this afternoon ... We have 14 civilians and two special forces soldiers who were unfortunately killed," said Ouattara, who visited the site where the assault took place.   "I saw seven dead that I filmed. There were four attackers. I was swimming when it started and I ran away,""said the witness, who managed to shoot a video at the site.  "France will bring its logistical support and intelligence to Ivory Coast to find the attackers. It will pursue and intensify its cooperation with its partners in the fight against terrorism," French President Francois Hollande said.  |
| Choi! See the photo Jude Ighalo shared on IG Posted: 13 Mar 2016 01:32 PM PDT  |
| Photos from the thanksgiving ceremony of the Ooni of Ife's wedding to his new bride Wuraola Posted: 13 Mar 2016 01:21 PM PDT |
| Posted: 13 Mar 2016 12:59 PM PDT  The IGP, while disclosing that three Commissioners of Police have been deployed to supervise security arrangements within the three Senatorial Districts – Rivers East, Rivers West and Rivers South East, respectively, stated that 6000 conventional Policemen and 14 Units of Police Mobile Force personnel (MOPOL), would be deployed to compliment the personnel of Rivers State Command during the election. According to the press release issued by Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olabisi Kolawole, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Department of Operations, DIG Sontoye Wakama, has also been directed to proceed to Rivers immediately to hold meetings with Stakeholders and Police officers in the State Command on the need for peaceful conduct before, during and after the election. The IGP, while assuring the law-abiding electorates of a secure and enabling environment to exercise their franchise, warns all security details to desist from accompanying their principals and politicians to polling booths and collation centers during the election. He emphasizes that only security personnel specially assigned for election duties must be seen within and around the election designated places. |
| Photos: Protests in Douala following the tragic death of a pregnant woman and her twin babies Posted: 13 Mar 2016 12:53 PM PDT         |
| Oby Ezekwesili has sweet words for her Husband on his Birthday today Posted: 13 Mar 2016 08:48 AM PDT |
| Femi Otedola and his wife pictured with Bill Gates Posted: 13 Mar 2016 08:45 AM PDT  |
| Posted: 13 Mar 2016 08:41 AM PDT  The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo turned 59 on March 8. Pictured here are President Buhari and his South African counterpart, Jacob Zuma toasting him during the State Dinner in Abuja. Photo credit: Laolu Akande, Snr Special Assitant-Media&Publicity to the VP. |
| See the way MediaTakeOut disgraced Adams Oshiomhole Posted: 13 Mar 2016 08:38 AM PDT  Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, recently exchanged marital vows with his heartthrob, former Miss Iara Fortes. |
| Photos: Late pastor Bimbo Odukoya's son Jimmy & wife celebrates 3rd wedding anniversary Posted: 13 Mar 2016 08:37 AM PDT  Jimmy and Kemi Odukoya celebrated their 3rd wedding anniversary a few days ago. Kemi shared a photo from their wedding writing: And if the baby shower photos shared and deleted by his sister, Tolu, is anything to go by, then it is safe to say that the couple who have been married since 2013 are expecting their first child.    |
| Stylish Kim and Kanye head to the movies (photos) Posted: 13 Mar 2016 08:37 AM PDT |
| Photos: Comedian AY and his wife's stylish look to church today Posted: 13 Mar 2016 08:30 AM PDT   |
| Photo: When a prisoner is prettier than the beauty queen....lol Posted: 13 Mar 2016 08:30 AM PDT  |
| Buhari departs for Equatotial Guinea tomorrow Posted: 13 Mar 2016 08:28 AM PDT  A statement released by presidential spokesperson Femi Adesina today March 13th, says the conclusion and signing of an agreement by Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea for the establishment of a combined maritime policing and security patrol committee on Tuesday is expected to be the major outcome of President Buhari's talks with his host. President Buhari and President Mbasogo are also expected to discuss and agree on other collaborative measures to combat crimes such as piracy, crude oil theft, attacks on oil rigs, arms smuggling and human trafficking in the Gulf of Guinea. Both leaders will also confer on the rescheduling of the joint summit of the Economic Community of West African States and the Economic Community of Central African States on additional cooperative measures to curb terrorism and violent extremism in West and Central Africa. The summit was to have been hosted by Equatorial Guinea last year but was postponed because of Nigeria's general elections. President Buhari will be accompanied by the Minister of Defence, Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali (rtd.), the National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd.) and other senior security officials. He is scheduled to return to Abuja on Tuesday March 15th. |
| Blac Chyna & Rob Kardashian jet off on romantic break (photos) Posted: 13 Mar 2016 08:28 AM PDT |
| We'll never cover up Corruption- Saraki Posted: 13 Mar 2016 07:52 AM PDT  "Under my watch, the Senate will never cover corruption except if the information didn't come to us"he said According to a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Mohammed Isa, Saraki said the Senate is ever ready to partner with President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure the success of the anti-corruption war. The Senate, he said had already demonstrated such commitment through its interventions on many alleged corrupt transactions such as its swift investigation and adoption of a report on the management of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) that saved the nation about N7billion and the exposure of the inconsistencies in the 2016 budget. The step, he said was a departure from the past where such reports were either watered-down or not presented for debate and adoption. He cited the report he presented to the last Senate on the over N1trillion fuel subsidy scam that never saw the light of the day. In furtherance to the commitment, the Senate President said Nigerians would in the next few weeks be availed with the details of the National Assembly budget which will be a departure from the tradition of having one line item budget. "For the first time we promised Nigerians to give out our budget breakdown. The committee will make its report available by next week. We are resolved to break the tradition of one line item," he said. Saraki said though party differences exist between the senators, citing example of the leadership tussle, he, however said, national interest and the desire of each senator to fulfil the promises made to Nigerians have become the guiding principle of the senate in their team work. On the economy, he said the Senate has embarked on series of legislative interventions to create conducive environment for the private sector, as he said, "it is only when the private sector thrives that the issue of unemployment will be addressed and the nation's GDP will increase." "Few days ago, we received a report on the laws that need to be amended in order of priority importance to ease doing business and overall private sector participation in the stimulation of Nigeria's economy. We will soon commence the implementation of the recommendations in the report in addition to pushing for the amendment of the Procurement Act to stimulate and protect our local industries," he assured. He blamed lack of firmness and consistency in policy implementation by the past administrations as the main obstacle for the growth of the private sector. "If people have confidence that these policies have come to stay, nothing will stop them from coming to invest in the country," he stressed. He allayed the fears that the low prices of oil will have negative impact on the implementation of the 2016 budget, saying that, "what we need to do is to block leakages and show more transparency." "If we can block leakages, stop the wastages and institute a culture of transparency in governance, the revenue in-flow will not be substantially affected. Without these, even if oil is sold at more than a $100 per barrel, we will continue to witness a decline in revenue in-flow as we witnessed in the past," Saraki said. |
| Solidstar post details of DNA test to prove he is the father of his son, Joshua Posted: 13 Mar 2016 07:48 AM PDT    |
| Photos: Traders at Mile 12 market relocate to Lagos/Ibadan expressway, cause traffic gridlock Posted: 13 Mar 2016 07:44 AM PDT     Photo credit: @blackmiamy |
| Read Femi Adesina's powerful piece on the death of James Ocholi, his wife and son Posted: 13 Mar 2016 07:41 AM PDT  However, in the deep recesses of our inner man, we have questions. But since we don't want to appear as interrogating God, we then keep quiet, saying "no man can query God." It is in the light of that pretension (as if God does not know our very thoughts, even before they are formed in our hearts), that I situate the death of Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr James Ocholi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), his wife, Blessing, and their son, Joshua, in an auto crash last Sunday. It was a tragedy of monumental proportions, which brought up a lot of ifs: what if the family had decided against the fatal journey? What if the vehicle had refused to start, and they had aborted the trip? What if the Minister had developed a runny stomach, and so could not travel? What if the car key had got mysteriously missing? What if...? The questions would never really end, and we then lay them at the doorsteps of God: what if God had not allowed the crash to happen? And of course, He has the power to have prevented it. He is omnipotent. He has all powers. He is omniscient, knowing all things. When James Ocholi was born in November, 1960, God knew he would be recalled home on March 6, 2016. When he courted Blessing, married her, and they began to raise a family, God knew they would both die the same day, continuing their romance into eternity. Or did God not know? He must have known. But could He have stopped such tragedy from happening, thus saving us from sorrow, tears and blood? He could have. So, why didn't He? Baffling. Confounding. Astonishing. Yes, I am asking questions, but let me pretend that they are questions of faith. The news of the decimation of the Ocholi family sent me into a very painful deja vu. Just last December, my sister, a professor of Dramatic Arts at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, had died in a gruesome accident on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. Foluke Ogunleye died along with her brother-in-law, who had visited from America, and was being ferried to the airport in Lagos to catch a flight later that evening. Rather, what he boarded was an eternal flight. He went on a journey of no return on a famished road. When I heard about the Ocholis, I remembered the Adesinas, the Ogunleyes, and the pain we bore, and still bear. Don't I still shed a silent tear when nobody is looking? Don't I still sigh and shake my head mournfully whenever I remember my sister? Some broken hearts really never mend. And of course, the questions pop up again. What if...? James Ocholi was no ordinary, inconsequential man before God. He was a devout, humble man. He served God in many ways. He was an ordained reverend of the Salem Family Church, though he did not flaunt the title like a badge of honour. He rather let his faith speak through his works. Yes, faith without works is dead. But Ocholi combined faith and works. Those who knew him saw piety in him. They saw humility. They saw the unobtrusive, self-effacing nature of a man who knew God. A man who had been national secretary of the Full Gospel Businessmen's Fellowship. When Ocholi was thrown out of his Sports Utility Vehicle on Kaduna-Abuja road last Sunday, and his body battered and mangled, it was no ordinary man that was being treated thus. It was a man of God, who was returning home to the God of man. His time was up, we console ourselves. Yes, his time may have been up, but couldn't he have slept, and not woken up? If Heaven was so much in hurry to have Ocholi, his wife and son back, because they were needed to sing tenor, soprano and bass in the choir above, could they only have been recalled in such cruel circumstance? Cruel! I must watch my words. On Wednesday, at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, a special session of tributes had been held for Ocholi. Minister after Minister had spoken, recalling good things about the deceased and their departed colleague. Very moving and poignant. But the words that continued to resonate in my ears and mind came from Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh. He ended his oration by giving thanks and praises to God. He then declared:"God is too kind to do anything cruel." Profound. Thoughtful. Illuminating. God is too kind to do anything cruel. But who killed the Ocholis? The Devil? He was not supposed to have such latitude over the people of God. On that same road that day, armed robbers must have driven through safely. Assassins must have passed. All sorts of malefactors would have travelled safely, so why did a godly family perish? Does the world now belong to the Evil One? Is mankind now helpless before Satan? Only he could have brought such cruelty to the Ocholis and their loved ones, since cruelty is his stock-in-trade. But then, the question again (don't forget that it's a question asked in faith o, lest anybody accuse me of anything): why did God allow such cruelty to humanity, to the Ocholi family, to the government, to the church, the body of Jesus Christ, of which the late Minister was an ordained reverend gentleman? Why? Who can claim to have all the answers? No man. The hidden things belong to God. In August 2013, my mother, and matriarch of the Adesina family had passed on, aged 75. Pastor Dayo Adewumi of my local church, Foursquare Gospel Church, had joined us to bid her a tearful farewell. All the seven Adesina children were inconsolable, but we nursed our wounds quietly. We were still trying to come to full terms with the loss of the woman we called Mama, when my sister died last December, aged 53. When Pastor Adewumi and his wife visited me in my Lagos home, where I was wailing like a wailing wailer, he prayed, and uttered something that was very instructive to me. He said:"Oh God, even as a pastor, this is rather too much for me to bear. Just about two years ago, I joined this family to bury their mother. All the children were there. Now, one of them has been taken away. This is rather shocking." True. We go into shock when some unfathomable things happen to the people of God. We ask questions, not out of unbelief, not out of backsliding or lack of conviction. I now dub those posers as 'questions of faith.' When I ask them, I am not querying God or His omnipotence. I have seen Him at work in diverse ways, and can never doubt His power and presence. I am a captive of faith in God. A lawful captive. God has a right to hold me. I am His bondservant. I have seen His footprints in the storms, in the skies, on earth, everywhere. It is too late to stop believing. He is too kind to be cruel. Our Agric Minister, Chief Audu Ogbeh was right. Also right is the writer, Juliette Adam, who declared:"Death is the opening of a more subtle life. In the flower, it sets free the perfume;in the chrysalis, the butterfly; in man, the soul." I mourn with the Ocholis. Only God can comfort them. As I condoled with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in his office, and he told me about the steadfastness and dedication of the departed, I could see his pains. He told me that when Ocholi had wanted to be governor of Kogi State on the platform of the then Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), "I joined him to campaign in almost all the local government areas in the state." Well, the strife is o'er, the battle done. James Ocholi is out of it all. I have questions. Questions of faith. But no matter what, I join the biblical Job in declaring:"Even if He slays me, I'll trust in Him." What about you? |
| Yummy Mums: Tiwa Savage and South African DJ Zinhle pictured together with their babies Posted: 13 Mar 2016 07:31 AM PDT |
| Photos of Ooni of Ife with his new wife at their traditional wedding Posted: 13 Mar 2016 07:30 AM PDT |
| If anyone can find this lady for me...I want to give her N500k Posted: 13 Mar 2016 03:55 AM PDT     |
| Photo: Tamburawa Bridge in Kano on the verge of collapse... Posted: 13 Mar 2016 03:51 AM PDT  "This is Tamburawa Bridge in Kano, which is still in use. Rest assured that a sudden collapse resulting in fatalities will meet with "ikon Allah", "kwana ya kare". . . when, in fact, Allah told no one to disobey the laws of gravity. The engineer who came up with this temporary solution should be sacked and prosecuted for public endangerment." |
| Photos: One dead in a 4-vehicle crash in Abuja (photos) Posted: 13 Mar 2016 03:50 AM PDT |
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