Friday, 27 September 2013

IBORI: British Prosecutor Retracts Claims On Oando Shares

As the asset forfeiture case involving Chief James Ibori, continues in London, the British Crown prosecution has denied suggesting that the former governor of Delta State owns 30 per cent of Oando Oil.

Giving evidence yesterday, while under cross examination from QC Krolic, James Ibori’s counsel, detective constable, Peter Clark, stated: “Your honour, Mr. Krolic should use the correct statement used by the prosecution…The crown has carefully chosen their words; it may well not be correct to say that the crown said Mr. Ibori owns 30 per cent of Oando.”

PHOTOS: Buhari, Fayemi, Others Visit Recuperating Tinubu In London Home


Nigeria Airline Operators Threaten To Move To Ghana

In an interesting twist of events, airline operators in Nigeria are threatening to move their operations to Ghana over the imposition of new tariffs by the country’s aviation regulatory body the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).

The airline operators want to locate to Ghana in a bid to stay in business.

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has imposed a new fee of $4, 000 on foreign registered and $300, 000 on Nigerian carriers per trip.

Peter Obi In Tears, Buries 4 Family Members Killed In Kano Blast

The remains of the  four members of the  Ezebuala family, who were  victims of the Kano bomb blasts on July 29, were on Thursday buried  at Uga Community.Uga is in the  Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra.The atmosphere was characterised by wailing and grief as the corpses of the victims were brought for final commendation service at the church.The deceased were Nnamdi Ezebuala (48) and his three children: Chinemerem (14), Chiamaka (12) and Nmesomachukwu (10).

Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Pays Students SIWES Allowance

This is to inform Students of tertiary institutions for the Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) accredited disciplines that fully participated in the Scheme that the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has paid their approved allowances.

The allowances of the under-listed students (check here for the students: http://www.itf-nigeria.com/siwes.html) were, however, returned by the banks owing to incorrect Account details. The affected students are therefore, requested to re-submit their correct e-payment particulars to their respective schools or to the nearest Industrial Training Fund Area Office.

Thursday, 26 September 2013

Forbes list of the World's Highest-Paid Hip-Hop Artists 2013

Diddy tops this year’s Forbes list of hip-hop’s top earners, pulling in $50m over the past 12 months - June 2012 - 2013. See the top 20 highest paid hip-hop artists below...

1.Diddy - $50million
2. Jay Z - $43million
3. Dr Dre - $40million
4. Nicki Minaj - $29million
5. Birdman - $21million
6. Kanye West - $20million
7. Lil Wayne - $16 million
8. Wiz Khalifa - $14million
9. Ludacris - $12 million
10. Pitbull - $11million

Photo of the day: Lagos leaving Nigeria behind!

This is a photo of the Lagos State Government's ten-lane Lagos-Badagry Expressway and railway line. Erm...yeah, people are already trading on the rail tracks. Lol.

The Lagos –Badagry expressway is a Federal Government road which is currently being expanded to 10 lanes to accommodate a BRT lane and light rail through collaborative efforts of the state govt, the  federal govt and international financial agencies.

Julius Berger is handling the 10 lane road segment while China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), is handling the Light Rail section of the road.

Chinese man has new nose grown on his forehead after losing his nose in a car crash

A 22 year old Chinese man named Xiaolian has had a new nose grown on his forehead after loosing his original nose in a car accident. Xiaolian had the treatment to create a replacement for his original nose which was infected and deformed following the accident in 2012. He actually left his damaged nose unattended to after the accident which led to the infection and eventual deformity, leaving the surgeons unable to repair it.

Only son of Tasty Fried Chicken boss Olubunmi Adedayo dies

The only child of Tastee Fried Chicken boss Mrs Olayinka Adebayo, Olubunmi Adedayo has passed away. Bunmi, who until his death was the executive director of TFC, died yesterday September 24th in the US. Heard he fell ill here in Nigeria and was flown to the US for treatment where he died.

Exclusive Pictures Of DANGOTE'S Yatch

We have all heard that Dangote has a Yatch right?
Well, today, i bring you exclusive pictures.
Just call it right place at the right time.
He even has a small speed boat filled with armed security men that follows his yatch around.
and trust me, that yatch is way bigger than it looks on camera.
We were way behind when he boarded with his security team and started cruising...

Tiwa Savage Exposes Private Part During Performance

That cameraman/woman bad oooo. Tiwa, hope what we
are seeing is not really!!!
What's your View About The Pic??

Manchester United 1 Liverpool 0: Suarez returns but it's Little Pea who makes a big difference as Moyes' men bite back after mauling

Manchester United 1 Liverpool 0Glory, glory Man United? Hardly, but it's a start. David Moyes at last achieved a win against one of the Premier League elite - fourth time of asking and in the Capital One Cup, but he'll take it.
He disappeared down the tunnel with a smile and wave to the fans who, for now, are noisily sticking by him.

FBI releases chilling video of Navy Yard shooter as he prowled the halls with sawed-off shotgun killing people at random

yardAaron Alexis, 34, is seen in the terrifying surveillance footage inside the DC Navy building, creeping along corridors and checking around corners with his shotgun poised to fire. There is no indication that Alexis targeted specific individuals when he opened fire inside a DC building killing 12 people, the FBI said today.