Ogun State begins free School feeding

The Ogun State government yesterday began implementing the free meal programme for pupils in public primary schools as part of the Federal Government’s social intervention scheme.



The scheme, under the Ogun Home Grown School Feeding Programme, will be carried out in 1,554 primary schools with pupils in primaries 1 – 3 as beneficiaries.

The pupils were served porridge garnished with vegetables and fish.

Governor Ibikunle Amosun who inaugurated the programme at St. Paul’s Demonstration School, Onikolobo , Abeokuta, the state capital, assured that it would be implemented simultaneously in 874 schools.

Represented by Deputy Governor Mrs Yetunde Onanuga, Amosun said 2, 968 women have been enrolled and trained as food vendors.

The governor listed the benefits of the programme to include provision of hot nutritionally balanced diet to pupils, improved school performance and health status, boost in enrolment figure, job creation and poverty alleviation.

The Programme Manager, Tinuola Shopeju, said preparations for the take-off started eight months ago .

Obama says Trump's travel Ban is discriminatory

A former US President, Barack Obama, has criticised President Donald Trump’s executive order to curb immigration, backing protesters who have taken to the nation’s airports to express their displeasure.


Obama, in a statement on Monday by his spokesperson, Kevin Lewis, said Trump’s immigration policy was discriminatory.

“The (former) President fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion,” CNN quoted Lewis as saying.

Lewis added that Obama perceived the protests as “exactly what we expect to see when American values are at stake.”

This is the first time Obama, who ceded power to Trump 10 days ago, would criticise the current President, breaking an unwritten rule that former presidents should refrain from criticising the current White House occupant.

Trump had on Friday banned seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States for the next 90 days and suspended the admission of all refugees.

Trump’s order temporarily banned immigration from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia and indefinitely stopped Syrian refugees from coming to the United States.

Four Men drag Nigerian Army to Court

Four men have dragged the Nigerian army to court,The men were arrested by the army in January 2016 and have remained in detention since then. The men accused the army of breaching their fundamental human right.

Some Nigerians have dragged the Nigerian army to court.

The men - Osisomo Ake, Daboy Clinton, Ebikimi Mathew and Bubaiyenumubofa James – filed a suit againsy tne Nigerian army before a Federal Capital Territory High Court.

The applicants in their suit accused the Nigerian army of illegally arresting them in Okaki Community in Rivers sometimes in January 2016.

The counsel representing one of the individuals Gabriel Egbule said his clients were arrested on allegation of terrorism and vandalism of oil pipelines in the area.

Egbule said his clients were flown to Abuja from Rivers state in August 2016 and have been in detention since them.

Egbule said: “The army is now being charged to court for breach and enforcement of fundamental human right because it failed to charge the applicants since they were arrested.”

At the hearing today, January 30, one of the applicants’ lawyer Osaze Ebie told the court that the defendant had served a notice of preliminary objection on the matter.

He also said he had relied with a counter objection.

However, counsel to the defendant Bala Adukwu sought a leave of the court to enable him study the applicant’s reply.

He said issues raised by the applicant needed time to respond.

Adukwu said that new issues were raised by the applicants and that the defendant needed more time to react to the issues.

Having heard the submissions and arguments Justice Vera Venda adjourned the matter to Wednesday, February 15, for hearing of the preliminary objection.

DSS were right to invit me for Questioning says Apostle Suleiman

Apostle Johnson Suleman has reacted to the invitation by officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) saying it was in order.

The president of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide escaped arrest in Ekiti when he was whisked away by Governor Ayodele Fayose when he allegedly incited killing of Fulani herdsmen.

The religious leader had said that he received intelligence that his chirch was about to be attacked by Fulani herdsmen and called on his members to kill them.

NAN reports that Suleman spoke on Monday, January 30 in Abuja where he said he was ready to go to DSS office and honour their invitation describing it as in order.

“I presume the right thing was done. They have been in touch with me to come and that is why I am in Abuja, so that I can see them.”

“I was talking in my personal capacity on information from a reliable source that certain people in the capacity of Herdsmen were coming to attack me and I told the people around me that if it happens they should defend themselves.”

Lightning kills 5 Secondary students in Zimbabwe

Five students at a secondary school in Zimbabwe, Chinatsa Secondary School died while 34 were hospitalised after lightning struck the school during assembly on Thursday afternoon.

According to teachers at the school, two students died on the spot while the other three died at Marondera Provincial Hospital where they had been referred to for treatment.

“We were having our usual Thursday afternoon assembly when disaster struck.  No-one has any idea what really happened as all the students and teachers were fell to the ground,” a teacher at the school said.

“After the incident, we discovered that two of the students had died while some were seriously injured.

According to another teacher, the local community was shocked over the loss of life as the lightning struck when the sky was clear and there was no sign that it would rain on the day.

“Most of the students were seriously injured while others were left naked after their school uniforms were burnt.
“Electricity supplies have been affected as the power generator was also hit by the lightning bolt at the same time,” the teacher said.

NewZimbabwe reports the 2016/17 rain season has witnessed an increase in deaths due to lighting strikes. Last week, six people attending a funeral were killed at Siachilaba in Binga when lightning struck a tree they were sheltering under.  Three others sustained severe burns.  

Woman puts her cheating us and on national newpaper

A woman who was desperate to save her marriage and stop her husband from falling into the arms of younger women employed an unfamiliar way to achieve this.

The woman who was only identified as Wanjiru Kamami or Shiro, published an advertisement on a Kenyan newspaper complete with her husband's image, his phone number and his National Identification number. The translated ad above reads:

"This is to inform the general public that the person whose photograph appears above is the husband to Wanjiru Kamami (Shiro) since 1982, (sic) therefore if you see him getting lied to with school girls or young women at the market, tell him to go home or call my number 0751993571."

Many Kenyans expressed shock on the woman's desperate move while others found the whole situation hilarious.

Nigerian woman gives birth to two pure white babies

A black mother who gave birth to a million-to-one, white, blue-eyed baby boy has stunned doctors by having a second white child.

Financial analyst Catherine Howarth was stunned when the midwife handed her daughter Sophia and she was as white as her brother.

The mum, a Nigerian, is believed to the only black mother in the world to have given birth to two white, blue-eyed children.

She said: ‘When Jonah was born, a genetic specialist said he was a one-in-a-million baby. He said it was extraordinary with my African background that I’d had a child with blue eyes and pale skin.

‘He calculated the possibility of it happening again was less than one in a million.

‘So when Sophia was born with white skin and blue eyes I was more than taken aback with shock. It seems the odds of it happening twice are millions-to-one. No-one has heard of a black mum having two white babies one after the other.’

While husband Richard, 37, an engineer, is completely white, the couple from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire thought their second child would be much darker than their first.

Catherine said: ‘When I had Jonah he was so white both Richard and I thought the midwife had given us the wrong child. But if anything, having Sophia has been even more of a shock because we were sure it couldn’t happen twice. I was stunned when I saw her blue eyes and light skin.’

Doctors were equally amazed when Sophia was born last March.

Catherine is of Nigerian decent with no white genes in her family.

Fresh photo's proves President Buhari is alive and well

A fresh photo of President Muhammdu Buhari enjoying his vacation in the United Kindgom has just been released.

A healthy-looking President Buhari chatting with Aisha Alubankudi and Governor Ibikunle Amosun.

The photo was posted on Friday, January 27 evening by a Facebook user Aishat Alubankudi on her page after a meeting with Nigeria's number one citizen.

She wrote a short statement to accompany the picture which also showed Ogun state governor Ibikunle Amosun, a close ally of the president's, sitting relaxed in a chair across from the commander-in-chief.

Alubankudi is a Nigerian socialite and blogger based in the UK and a close ally of President Muhammadu Buhari.

She also posted a short comment to accompany the photo she released in which she asked for God's forgiveness for all those saying the president had died.

She wrote: "Photo of PMB today. May Allah forgive those who claimed that he was on life support machine at Kings College Hospital. Baba dariji won nitori won o mo oun ti won nse (someone translate)."

This is the second picture evidence that the president is indeed alive and well in the last three days after presidency released a picture of the President watching Channels TV's Sunday Politics night show on Monday, January 23..

Recall that rumours of President Buhari's alleged dead began at the weekend but the presidency was quick to quash it with a statement from the president's spokesman Garba Shehu.

The disturbing report has first been broken by an alleged fake Metro (UK) site that "quoted" the Nigerian mission in the country as confirming the president’s death.

The report claimed that Buhari visited the UK for medical check over an unknown disease.

Ondo Lawmakers suspend speaker over alleged N15M fraud

Lawmakers of the Ondo State House of Assembly have suspended their Speaker Rt. Hon. Jumoke Akindele.

Speaker Jumoke Akindele has been suspended and an acting speaker installed.

Akindele was sanctioned by 14 out of the 26 lawmakers over alleged N15million fraud.

Reports say that the speaker as other principal officers, including the Deputy speaker, majority leader and others were also sent packing by the legislators.

The aggrieved lawmakers have also appointed an acting Speaker, Mr. Malachi Coker, from Ilaje constituency II, while Hon. Ayodele Arowole from Owo state constituency I was picked as his deputy.

Also, Hon. Olamide George from Akure north State constituency has been appointed as the Majority eader.

The suspension followed an incident, where the house paymaster was allegedly caught by members of the assembly with the sum of N15million at the premises of the Assembly.

When confronted, the paymaster said he was acting on the instruction of the suspended speaker, Princess Jumoke Akindele, who ordered him to bring the money to her residence.

The house which eventually sat at about 5pm moved that the leadership under Akindele had failed, as the lawmakers were not aware of the approval of the said sum.

Meanwhile, members of the North-West geopolitical zone have thrown their support behind President Buhari’s government and advised Nigerians to support President Buhari’s second term in office

Speaking to journalists after a caucus meeting on Wednesday, January 25, leader of the North-west House of Reps, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, said President Buhari has achieved a lot, particularly in the area of security and deserves to be voted for in 2019.

African man drowns in Venice while onlookers laugh and make racist comments

 In the following video an immigrant from Africa drowns in front of dozens of bystanders in Venice, Italy. As the man is drowning people can be heard encouraging his death and telling him to go back home to Africa

 The victim was identified as Pateh Sabally from Gambia

This shocking footage captures the horrifying moment an African refugee drowned in a canal in Venice as passersby laughed at him and told him to go back to Africa.

The video was posted on an Italian news website and from there it instantly went viral across social media.

In the video bystanders can be heard shouting and the drowning migrant: “Go on, go back home to Africa!”

Bystanders in Venice, Italy, shout insults as the refugee drowns

Another bystander shouts: "He is stupid. He wants to die."

Some of the people attempted to save the drowning man by 

throwing life rings into the water, however the man either had trouble swimming, didn’t notice them or didn’t want to.

No one attempted to jump into the water to pull him to safety.

The immigrant was later identified as 22-year-old Pateh Sabally from Gambia. The report indicates that the tragedy happened on Sunday.

Last year more than 181 000 illegal immigrants arrived by boat to Italy, most of which were from Sub Saharan Africa - a whopping 18% more than did arrive in 2015.

Watch the video after the cut......

Jude Okoye reacts to the arrest of MD Ontario oil

The Managing Director of Ontario Oil and Gas Ltd, Mrs Ada Ugo-Ngali,  was on Thursday, 26th January sent to jail for 10 years for defrauding the FG of N754 million in oil subsidy transactions.

C.E.O Northside Music ltd and Psquare's elder brother, Jude Okoye has reacted via his Instagram page below...

"Please name one top govt official that was arrested prosecuted and sent to jail in Nigeria? Just one........NONE. And we have been hearing how much loots recovered? From who? Breeze abi ghost? If this woman was in govt, she'd definitely be home sipping tea as I type this. The EFCC over the years have made so many arrests of a gov officials with no single conviction....why? Abi our judiciary no dey active? Or them dey free the culprits after getting #bankalert? The system is so fucked ...... VERY FUCKED. Una goodmorning o"

NYSC member mobbed by students who mistook him for Phyno

According to Eke Nwabungozi who shared the video on Instagram, the children thought her friend who is an NYSC member is Phyno and they excitedly mobbed him.

Watch video below...

A video posted by Eke Nwabungozi (@layrie) on Jan 27, 2017 at 3:24am PST

Negotiator reveals how they got Yahya Jammeh to step down from power

 A negotiator involved in convincing former Gambia dictator Yahya Jammeh, to step down has come forward to explain how the former President was convinced, The negotiator, a former minister from Guinea said he and other negotiators had to use Yahya’s dedication to his religion Islam has a way to cajole him to give up power.The negotiator also said Yahya’s love for Gambia was another reason he stepped down for Adama Barrow

Tibou Kamara, a former government minister from Guinea, and one of the first negotiators sent in to convince former Gambia president Yahya Jammeh to give up power has come out to say how the former dictator was convinced to leave Gambia for new President, Adama Barrow.

Kamara said in an interview said: “It was not easy, because against the determination of the international community, there was a fierce resolve to defend what he (Jammeh) saw as law, truth and justice, but especially the independence and sovereignty of his country.”

How we use Yahya Jammeh's religion and love for Gambia to convince him to step down - Negotiator

Kamara said he and other negotiators had to appeal to Jammeh’s faith. Jammeh is reportedly a devouted Muslim who took his religion serious.

Kamara said: “We appealed to his faith."

He said the case was resolved because Jammeh believes, “everything that happens to a man is God’s will. This carried a lot of weight.”

According to The Punch, during a day of talks led by the Mauritanian and Guinean leaders — interrupted by a break for Friday prayers — negotiators also reminded Jammeh of his potential place in history.

Kamara said Jammeh who prides himself on gaining leadership of Gambia without spilling blood was advised by all negotiators that it was unnecessary to drag his country into war to avoid ruining his place in the history of The Gambia.

Kamara said negotiators urged Jammeh to “secure” this legacy by agreeing to “leave with dignity”.

When Jammeh eventually stepped down, he mentioned his faith as a devouted Muslim and love for Gambia as the two main reasons he decided to step down and leave Gambia.

Kamara however warned against “witch hunting” or unnecessary probing of Jammeh to avoid hate and future crisis from Jammeh and his supporters. 

Diplomats have called on Barrow’s government to guarantee Jammeh’s civil rights, including his eventual return after leaving the country for Equatorial Guinea.

Meanwhile, after Jammeh stepped down, troops of the Economic Council of West African States (ECOWAS) in The Gambia have reported a large cache of sophisticated arms and ammunition missing from State House in Banjul, the capital.

According to a Gambian newspaper The Point, troops also found that all the air conditioners were loaded with a toxic chemical, which was meant to poison the occupants of any of the rooms.

Trumps team embarrasses the British prime Minister

Donald Trump Team in the White has repeatedly refered to the British Prime Minister, Theresa May as 'Teresa' .The British Prime Minister meets US President Donald Trump today January 27 discuss issues which include trade deal, defence and Russia today in the oval office. The original Teresa May is said to be a po*n actress

The British prime minister will be meeting President Trump 

today to discuss different issues

President Donald Trump team has made an embarrassing blunder by spelling the name of the British Prime Minister as Teresa May instead of Theresa May, Daily Mail reports.

A daily schedule issued by the White House read: “In the afternoon, the president will partake in a bilateral meeting with United Kingdom Prime Minister, Teresa May.”

Another error where the name of the PM was misspelt reflected when another release stated that:  “The president participates in a working luncheon with Teresa May, Prime Minister of United Kingdom.”

Recall that the British prime minister will today January 27 have a meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

Her visit will make her become the first foreign leader to visit the White House since Mr Trump was sworn in last week.

Ghen Ghen Ghen: caught red handed

No be small judgement day, men will I like to hear the guys explanation or excuse.

Lol! This geh is a proper Naija babe

Just because he gave her Indomie, see Story as narrated by Nigerian Twitter user Natasha:

Janet Jackson spotted out and about for the first time since the birth of her son

50-year-old Janet Jackson and husband Wissam Al Mana welcomed their first born, son Eissa, three weeks ago.

And on Tuesday the pop star was spotted out for the first time in London as she shopped at high-end baby boutique, Blue Almonds. More photos after the cut...

From my look you will know I only deal with oil money says Bobrisky

Bobrisky took to his Snapchat to reveal the kind of men he deals with, and also said a aldy called him to leave her husband alone. Continue to see more posts after the cut...

Choi, Nigerians una harsh: checkout Obituary poster someone made for the president

This is just so rudeeee!

President Adama Barrow returns to his Country To a cheerful

Yahya Jammeh is gone for good. The Gambia is experience fresh air and 
President Adama Barrow has returned home, to lead his people into a new era. More photos after the cut......

Minister of petroleum Ibe kachikwu meets pope Francis

Nigeria's Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, was on Thursday received by the holy father, Pope Francis in Rome. Pope is always looking cheerful. 

Don't marry anybody who puts a password on their phone says counsellor

If you are single and thinking of marriage, then please don't marry anyone who puts passwords or locks on their phone as a form of security to prevent you from accessing their conversations.

They can surely do this for other security measures, but you must not be the reason for this action.

I am very much aware that passwords or lock are for security purposes but one thing I don't approve of is when a spouse becomes the reason for that security measure.

There is nothing like secrecy or privacy in marriage, let no one deceive you there is, and let no one tell you he or she is doing that to save you from getting hurt. Marriage is a holy institution, there is nothing like hiding. Marriage is made for life and one of the very things that can destroy it is acts of hiding things.

The bible says in Genesis 2:25 (TLB) "Now although the man and his wife were both naked, neither of them was embarrassed or ashamed". What are you embarrassed or ashamed of your spouse seeing? If you can't be truthful, honest and transparent with them, then there is no need getting married to them. It doesn't matter how you feel about them.

Mark 10:8 (NLV) says “The two will become one. So they are no longer two, but one”. I therefore suggest to you, if he or she is hiding things from you, it simply means they don’t want to become one with you. Such a marriage won’t last.

 Please share with your friends, someone out there needs this.

 - Counselor Adofoli

 Well said or nah?