Friday, February 20, 2015

GEJ Got It Wrong, Ekiti Rigging Tape Is Authentic – FFK

Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has countered President Jonathan’s statement concerning last month leaked Ekiti rigging audio tape.
According to Chief Fani-Kayode, the audio recording is authentic contrary to the president’s report.
It would be recalled that President Goodluck Jonathan’s outwardly dismissed the Ekiti rigging audio recording, saying it was a fabrication that is not worth his attention.
However, the spokesperson for his campaign, Femi Fani-Kayode has admitted that the tape is genuine but that the characters involved in the meeting captured in the recording were not discussing how to rig the 2014 governorship election in Ekiti state.
Senator Musiliu Obanikoro
Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, Mr. Fani-Kayode said his team had listened to and reviewed the recording and that it came to the conclusion that the opposition All Progressives Congress turned fact on its head by claiming that Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state; former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro; and the Minister of Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan (who all featured in the recording), planned how to rig the election.

I Pray Obasanjo Won’t End Like Saul - Bode George


There has been a lot of reactions following the dramatic exit of former president Olusegun Obasanjo from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)!
Bode George
Bode George
However, in a new interview with Vanguard, Chief Bode George, the former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party has made some remarks about Obasanjo’s decision to leave. Bode George said that he prays former president Olusegun Obasanjo won’t end like Saul in the Bible.

Agbaje Tells Fashola To Pay Medical Workers Salaries

Jimi Agbaje, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos state, has asked the governor of the state, Babatunde Fashola to pay the salaries of striking workers.
Jimi  Agbaje
Jimi Agbaje
Agbaje, who is a pharmacist, said this through a statement by his Directorate of Media and Publicity in Lagos.
With one eye on the mega-city status of Lagos, Agbaje said Lagosians deserved seamless health services.

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Chelsea FC suspends trio in 'racist' Paris Metro probe

Video from The Guardian shows Chelsea fans pushing the man and chanting "We're racist we're racist"
Chelsea FC has suspended three people from attending its ground after fans of the club appeared to prevent a black man from boarding a Paris Metro train.
Life banning orders will be issued if there is deemed sufficient evidence of the fans' involvement in Tuesday's incident, the football club said.
Stamford Bridge
Amateur video showed a man being repeatedly pushed from the train while a group chants, "we're racist, we're racist and that's the way we like it".
Police are investigating the incident.

Health Benefits Of African Cherry (Agbalumo, Udara)


Popularly called Agbalumo, Udara, and Otien in some parts of Nigeria, the African cherry fruit has lots of health benefits that will surprise anyone!
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The exotic fruit which has a chewable edible skin that ranges in color from green to orange, depending on the stage of ripeness. The tender, sweet inner flesh is off-white with seeds making the inner to look like a star-shaped fruit. This obviously shows where it got the nickname ‘star apple’.

Man Attacks Wife Using Their Newborn Baby As Club

A 32-year-old father snatched his newborn baby girl from its mother’s back to use him as a club, Pretoria, South Africa.
Alexander Forba appears in court charged with the murder of his newborn baby after allegedly using the infant as a weapon to attack his girlfriend
Alexander Forba appears in court charged with the murder of his newborn baby after allegedly using the infant as a weapon to attack his girlfriend
Alexander Forba, his wife and a three-day-old baby were at a petrol station when this incident occured. Police believe that the man flew into rage after questioning whether he was actually the father of the child.

Burundians celebrate as journalist Bob Rugurika freed


Burundians gather outside the headquarters of the popular independent African Public Radio (RPA) in Bujumbura on 18 February  2015 to welcome the release on bail of its director Bob Rugurika Burundi has seen two days of spontaneous protests in support of the journalist
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Burundi's capital Bujumbura to celebrate the release of a prominent journalist controversially charged with the murder of three Italian nuns.

Women’s World Cup: Canada names squad to face Super Falcons, others

Canada has named their squad to play at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia & New Zealand. Led by Head Coach Bev Priestman and capta...