Abdul's Blog: September 2014

Tuesday 30 September 2014

Eid-el-Kabir: KAI seizes 35 rams

Officials of the Lagos State Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) Brigade yesterday impounded 35 rams, which they had taken from a makeshift selling point in Agege area of the state.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), about 20 KAI officials stormed the stall and took the rams, one after the other into their truck before they drove to their office, Alausa.

US rapper and singer Ashanti are in Nigeria to perform at Bovi's show on Friday at Eko hotel. See picture of them landing from private jet.

The duo have arrived Nigeria ahead of ‘Bovi Man On Fire’ which will feature Patoranking on October 3rd at Eko Hotel and the all white themed Beach Concert hosted by Juliet Ibrahim and Uti Nwachukwu which will take place at the Inagbe beach resort on the 4th of October.

GEJ honors Nigerian flag designer, puts him on lifetime salary

The man who designed the Nigeria flag, Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi was decorated as an Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic, OFR, by President Jonathan today September 29th, 55 years after designing the flag.

An alleged diesel thief has died Monday morning after he was electrocuted by an electric barbed fence in Plateau while trying to steal diesel from a compound.

The suspect, Mr. John Aboy, and two other men had attempted to get into the compound they planned to steal the diesel around 3am before Aboy who led the group was electrocuted.

Wife Number 1: Newcastle United star Cheick Tiote, with first wife Madah, is said to have taken a second bride

A married Premier League footballer who already has three children by his wife and mistress has just taken a second bride in his native Cote'Ivoire.

Cheick Tiote, 28, who earns £45,000 a week playing for Newcastle United, reportedly wed Laeticia Doukrou in a traditional ceremony earlier this month, saying taking another wife was 'nothing unusual' given he is a Muslim.

Favourite Nollywood actress Ini Edo is no longer married to American based business man Phillips Ehiagwina. The Marriage which was contracted in November 2008 is whispered to have been hopping on one leg before finally crashing over five weeks ago.

Chelsea 'in pole position to sign Everton's Barkley after City back out'

Chelsea are reportedly in pole position to sign Ross Barkley from Everton next summer after Manchester City backed out of the race for the midfielder.

According to The Star, City confirmed their desire to lure Barkley to the Etihad Stadium outfit next year – with the club believed to be prepared to pay £35million for the 20-year-old.

United and Arsenal both eye Juve man Ogbonna

Manchester United are keen on a move for Italy international Angelo Ogbonna, with Arsenal also monitoring the situation.

According to TuttoMercatoWeb, the Premier League giants are interested in a January move for the Juventus defender.

The Lagos State Government has set up a coroner of inquest for the purpose of investigating the cause of the September 12 Synagogue Church of All Nation’s building collapse.
This was made known in a statement credited to the Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye, on Sunday.

According to the statement, Ipaye had instigated the coroner’s inquest pursuant to Section 15 of the Lagos State Coroner’s System Law No. 7 of 2007.

A while ago, Imo State-born singer, Adokiye Kyrian, created a media storm when she disclosed to Potpourri that she was a virgin. Adokiye, who called herself ‘pretty virgin’ during the disclosure said only the man who could buy her mum the private jet she promised her would get to unlock the secrets of her womanhood.

Just some days ago, she told Potpourri she now has a boyfriend. But whether the boyfriend has consented to buying her mother the jet she promised her is something she didn’t say. But then, she doesn’t have to, because, according to her, the guy hasn’t gone beyond ground floor of exploring her womanhood.

From left: President Goodluck Jonathan, APC Presidential aspirant and Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and Chief Mike Onolemenmen, Minister of Works on arrival of the President at the Benin Airport for a party rally, Saturday

PRESIDENT Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, yesterday, at the South-south Unity Party of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), held in Benin-City, vowed that his administration will crush Boko Haram exactly the way it fought Ebola virus disease.

The President also boasted that the PDP will recapture Rivers and Edo states in 2015 and 2016, insisting that the entire South-south must return to the PDP as it were in 1999.

Hazard rules out PSG move but talks up alternative destination

Eden Hazard has moved to stop constant rumours that he will leave Chelsea for Paris Saint-Germain, but admits he would consider a return to Lille in the future.

The Belgian winger has been with the West London club since 2012 but the French champions have constantly been linked with a move to bring him back to Ligue 1.

Video: Pastor Lesego made his congregation drink petrol

Wife Slashes Husband’s Genitals In Delta

Delta State Police Command has arrested of a 42-year-old jealous housewife, Esther (surname withheld), for allegedly cutting off her husband’s genitals.

DSP Celestina Kalu, the state’s police public relations officer, who made this known to Leadership, said the incident happened in Ugbolu community close to Asaba, the state capital.

A famous dancer and stripper in Atlanta; Reign is claiming Chris Brown the baby daddy of her 3 year old son.
According to reports, Chris brown had an intimate encounter with Reign and we guess that could be enough to pop a son.

Liverpool 'set to make £31.2m offer for Napoli's Higuain'

Liverpool are increasingly confident of signing unsettled Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain in January with a £31.2million bid set to go in for his services.

The Reds have been alerted to the availability of Higuain in the last few days with reports in both Italy and Argentina suggesting he is planning on changing clubs in the new year.

Arsenal's Ozil 'being tracked by Bayern'

Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil is reportedly being tracked by Bayern Munich ahead of a prospective transfer to Germany in January.

According to The Evening Standard, the German champions have kept a close eye on the midfielder ever since the 25-year-old signed for The Gunners from Real Madrid in 2013.

It is believed that Bayern coach Pep Guardiola believes he can persuade Arsenal to part with the Germany international in January with a big-money offer – with the player himself appearing unsettled at the north London club.

A man has reportedly beheaded a female co-worker at a food distribution centre.

Police confirmed Colleen Hufford, 54, was killed at Vaughan Foods in Moore, Oklahoma City.

She had been attacked yesterday afternoon along with another woman.

Apple has admitted its iPhone 6 Plus does bend, but said if you use it normally then it’s unlikely to.

Several owners of the newly-released smartphone had posted images online showing a bend in the device but the US company has now reassured users it’s a rare occurrence.

Chelsea in £118m offer for Barca superstar Messi

Chelsea have made an £118milllion bid for Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi.

The Blues were linked with Messi on the past and reports in Spain suggest the giant offer went in weeks ago to try and lure the player to Stamford Bridge.

Arsenal close in on £10m deal for United's Smalling

Arsenal are expecting to finally sign Manchester United defender Chris Smalling in January with talks over a £10million deal reportedly set to begin soon.

The Gunners almost got Smalling before he went to United in 2010 and tried again to bring him in during the summer transfer window.

A doctor in rural Liberia inundated with Ebola patients says he's had good results with a treatment he tried out of sheer desperation: an HIV drug.

According to CNN:

Dr. Gobee Logan had given the drug, lamivudine, to 15 Ebola patients, and all but two survived. That's a 7% mortality rate. Across West Africa, the virus has killed 70% of its victims.

Outside Logan's Ebola center in Tubmanburg, four of his recovering patients walk the grounds, always staying inside the fence that separates the Ebola patients from everyone else.

"My stomach was hurting; I was feeling weak; I was vomiting," Elizabeth Kundu, 23, says of her
bout with the virus. "They gave me medicine, and I'm feeling fine. We take it, and we can eat -- we're feeling fine in our bodies."

Kundu and the other 12 patients who took the lamivudine and survived, received the drug in the first five days or so of their illness. The two patients who died received it between days five and eight.

"I'm sure that when [patients] present early, this medicine can help," Logan said. "I've proven it right in my center."

Logan is mindful that lamivudine can cause liver and other problems, but he says it's worth the risk since Ebola is so deadly. He also knows American researchers will say only a real study can prove effectiveness. That would involve taking a much larger patient population and giving half of them lamivudine and the other half a placebo.

"Our people are dying and you're taking about studies?" he said. "It's a matter of doing all that I can do as a doctor to save some people's lives."

Logan said he got the idea to try lamivudine when he read in scientific journals that HIV and Ebola replicate inside the body in much the same way.

"Ebola is a brainchild of HIV," he said. "It's a destructive strain of HIV."

At first he tried an HIV drug called acyclovir, but it didn't seem to be effective. Then he tried lamivudine on a healthcare worker who'd become ill, and within a day or two he showed signs of improvement and survived. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases says that theoretically, Logan's approach has some merit. Lamivudine is a nucleocide analog, and other drugs in this class are being studied to treat Ebola.

Ciara Returns $500,000 Engagement Ring to Rapper Future

According to Pagesix:

Singer Ciara is not getting back with Future, and sources say she gave back her 15-carat emerald-cut engagement ring, designed by Avianne & Co. and worth about $500,000.

They were engaged in October, but split in August after rumors swirled of him cheating.

Panic in Liberia as two Ebola victims 'rise from the dead'

There's currently panic, fear and confusion in two villages in Nimba County in Liberia after reports that two female Ebola victims have risen from the dead.

According to local reports:
44 year old Dorris Quoi who lived in Hope Village Community and a 67 year old woman identified as Ma Kebeh, died of the Ebola virus and were about to be taken for burial when they resurrected and are now walking among the living.

Photos: $6 million GOLD Lamborghini spotted in Paris

Labelled as quite possibly the most expensive car in the world, the gold Lamborghini Aventador has been spotted cruising the streets of the French capital

As far as supercars go this might be the one to beat.

Labelled as quite possibly the most expensive car in the world, the gold Lamborghini Aventador has been spotted cruising the streets of Paris.

As fashion week starts today, the car - which is valued at around £4 million and appears to be from Saudi Arabia - was parked outside the Plaza Athenee palace hotel on the luxury Avenue Montaigne.

Jackson Omoruyyi, 41, is accused of inciting women to become prostitutes and transferring criminal property

Lizzy Idahosa, 23, is accused of trafficking women for prostitution and moving criminal property

Two women were tricked into working as prostitutes by a couple who used African black magic to frighten them into complying, a court heard today.

The young women were allegedly trafficked from Nigeria into Britain by Lizzy Idahosa, 23, and her husband Jackson Omoruyi, 41, who are accused of then terrifying them with 'juju magic' or African witchcraft.

Nollywood actress Doris Simeon whose marriage to Daniel Adenimokan broke few years ago has been silence about the whole controversies and has said nothing much on the issue,in a recent TV interview revealed more facts about her failed marriage to movie producer, Daniel Adenimokan now Stella Damasus alleged lover.

A picture posted on Defence Nigeria HQ Twitter account of dead Mohammed Bashir popularly known as Abubakar Shekau

Defence Headquarters spokesperson, Major General Chris Olukolade on Wednesday confirmed that the dreaded Abubakar Shekau, leader of Islamist sect, Boko Haram is dead.

In a statement issued by the Nigerian military it was confirmed that Shekau was killed by security forces. The military stated that the real Shekau was killed by soldiers over a year ago, but that his character had been assumed by another leader of the deadly group.

“The impersonator is the man who appeared in several Boko Haram propaganda videos, claiming he is Shekau”, the military said. The military claimed that it was new Shekau that was killed in a fierce clash with the military last week in Konduga, near Maiduguri, Borno state.

Nigeria has cleared all patients being monitored for the Ebola virus, the federal health ministry said on Wednesday, but doctors said they would have to wait to declare the outbreak over.

“There is nobody under surveillance for the Ebola virus in any part of Nigeria,” health ministry spokesman Dan Nwomeh told AFP.

“All those under surveillance have completed their mandatory 21-day period stipulated by the WHO (World Health Organization).”

United fans charter £3000 plane to 'bring Ronaldo home'

Manchester United fans’ obsession with plane-carried messages has just been cranked up a notch with their latest effort attempting to bring Cristiano Ronaldo back ‘home’ to Old Trafford.

The Real Madrid forward, who left United back in 2009 after six successful years with the club, is rumored to be contemplating a return to Manchester in the summer, and Red Devils fans are ramping up their efforts to seduce the Portuguese back with their latest airborne banner.

Asamoah Gyan denies any involvement in the sacrificial killing of Ghanaian rapper Castro

Former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan has been forced to release a statement denying rumours linking him to the ritual killing of his friend and rapper, Castro.

Music artist Castro disappeared alongside his girlfriend Janet Badu while using jet skis on a holiday with Gyan's family in the Ghanian holiday resort of Ada, in July 2014.

Former Nigeria Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has declared his interest in contesting next year’s presidential election on the banner of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).

Speaking at the Shehu Musa Yar' adua Centre in Abuja, where he addressed a World Press Conference on Wednesday, the ex-founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), expressed his determination and that of APC to give Nigerians the country of their dreams, devoid of corruption yet bent on enthroning change.

Amber Rose Files For Divorce From Wiz Khalifa

Image: @muvarosebud Daddy's home! And he let me wear his shades for our date night 😍

Amber Rose has filed for divorce from husband-of-1-year Wiz Khalifa ... and she's gunning for full custody of their kid ... TMZ has learned.

In the divorce docs -- obtained by TMZ -- Amber says they split on Monday and cites irreconcilable differences.

Amber is asking for full legal and physical custody of their 1-year-old son Sebastian. She's willing to give Wiz visitation.

Man United want Pique return

Manchester United are reportedly keen on making a move to bring Gerard Pique back to Old Trafford from Barcelona.

The defender left United in 2008 for just £5m and has been a key performer for the Catalan club ever since, helping them to four league titles, two Champions League victories and two Copa del Reys.

Fernando Torres showed a glimpse of his past glories by scoring for AC Milan in his first start for the club.

The Spanish striker, who joined Milan on a two-year loan deal from Chelsea last month, helped the Rossoneri hit back from a 2-0 deficit to claim a point at Empoli on Tuesday.

The Lagos State government has suspended its independent investigation into the cause of the collapse of a guesthouse in the premises of Synagogue Church of All Nations, which killed 86 people on September 12.

State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Lateef Ibirogba, confirmed this on Tuesday, as he disclosed that all findings on the disaster would be withheld pending the outcome of another probe panel set up by the Federal Government.

Former Governor of Abia state, Orji Uzor Kalu, now has the most expensive private jet in Nigeria.

The jet, which is the latest edition of the Gulfstream G650, is said to be worth about N12billion and arrived the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos on Thursday September 18th from New York.

Some of you might think of this as the couple’s honeymoon getaway but personally, I think the time difference between now and the wedding is way too long to use the term honeymoon.

Another 52 Boko Haram Members Apprehended In Biu

Nigerian security operatives have arrested more than 50 Boko Haram militants in separate operations in Biu, Borno State, between yesterday and today, two military sources have disclosed.

The militants rode into Biu in a truck. The insurgents were arrested after the truck driver alerted security agents at a checkpoint that some of his passengers had threatened to kill him if he refused to take them out of Borno State.

Owners of the new iPhone 6 Plus have been left angered as it emerged the phone can bend out of shape simply when stored in a pocket.

Since the new model launched on Friday, a small but growing number of iPhone 6 Plus owners have reported the issue that significantly alters the appearance of the phone.

The problem, dubbed 'bend gate' by some on social media sites, is due to the phone's thin aluminium exterior - but can be solved by ensuring the middle of the phone is not subjected to a large force.

Chelsea fan dies after watching Lampard's City equaliser

A Ugandan footballer and staunch Chelsea fan died of suspected heart failure moments after Frank Lampard equalised in Manchester City’s 1-1 draw against The Blues on Sunday.

Fahad Musana – who played for army side Simba FC – had reportedly been watching the Premier League clash in Bombo when he collapsed following the 36-year-old’s strike against his former club at the Etihad stadium.

Woman with three breasts 'was a fake who has tricked people online before'

Snopes.com came up with a number of intriguing arguments that could indicate Jasmine Tridevil did not actually pay $20,000 (£12,190) for an extra breast.

It argued the fact she didn’t have anyone else take the photos was suspicious, and also added the person who registered JasmineTridevil.com was called Alisha Hessler, who was no stranger to the internet.

Liverpool could face a battle to keep hold of Raheem Sterling with Real Madrid reportedly eyeing a move for the youngster.

The Reds have yet to tie Sterling down to a long-term contract to reward his progress over the past couple of years and according to the Daily Mirror, Real Madrid are ready to take full advantage.

Video: A Conversation with a Cannibal in Uganda

Our analysts have collected numerous online reports of cannibalism in Western Uganda and neighboring Congo. The notorious Ugandan warlord, Joseph Kony, one of the most wanted men in the world, has long been accused of feasting on the flesh of his dead enemies. Earlier this year, thirteen people were arrested in western Uganda, accused of murdering a pregnant woman and the eating her. Here people are afraid to go out at night for fear they may become somebody's dinner. We decided to go to Uganda to find an actual Cannibal. We met Baboola, a self professed cannibal. He told us his story starting from the first time he tasted human flesh as a child.

Tiger kills Drunk man who jumped into its enclosure at India's Delhi Zoo

A young man identified as Maqsod has been killed by a tiger after climbing over a fence into an animal enclosure at the New Delhi Zoo.The man who was said to be drunk was warned severally by zoo officials not to go close ,but he ignored the warnings and jumped over ,coming face to face with the tiger who appeared initially surprised on seeing the human intrusion.

Video: Bale smack Modric in face with ball during Real training

Video: ‘F**k it I quit’ – Alaskan News reporter quits live on-air

What could be a more public way to quit your job than live on television?

Alaskan news reporter, Charlo Greene, made sure she would not be forgotten by signing off with the short and succinct Anglo-Saxon farewell ‘F**k it, I quit.’

She left the news anchor stuttering an apology for the profanity.

Former Nigerian military dictator, Ibrahim Babamosi Babangida is currently hospitalized in Germany.

According to a new report by Sahara Reporters, the former Army General, popularly referred to as “IBB” was rushed to Germany 10 days ago from his hilltop mansion in Minna, Niger State.

Arsenal legend Pires comes out of retirement

Robert Pires has completed his anticipated return to football by joining FC Goa in the new Indian Super League.

The new tournament – which is comparable to cricket’s IPL or Major League Soccer in the USA, with teams operating as franchises – launches in October and will run until December.

Super-sized: Five-year-old Karan Singh, middle, who is 5ft 7in tall despite only being five-years-old, dwarfs his friends, Vansh Upadhyay, left, who is six, and Rajat Kumar, who is four

He's just five-years-old but Karan Singh is already 5ft 7in tall. Karan, made it into the Guinness Book of World Records in 2008 for being the tallest and heaviest baby, weighing a whopping 7kg and measuring over 2ft - and he hasn't stopped growing since.

Not surprisingly, height runs in the Singh family.

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