See How The 15-Year Old Son Of A Director In The Kogi State Ministry of Information Was Killed By Lightning

The 15-year old son of Kashim Imam, a director in the Kogi State Ministry of Information, was on Tuesday evening, killed by lightning during a down pour in Lokoja.
 



















The tragedy occurred at Otokiti Housing Estate, on Lokoja-Okene-Kabba road, opposite the Army Barracks in the state capital. 
A witness, who didn't want his name mentioned said, the incident occurred at about 5:30 pm while it was raining.
He said there was thunder, followed by lightning, which struck and killed the boy.
The mother of the deceased, who narrated her ordeal, said she was in the room when it was raining. She said the boy was outside playing in the open field of the estate with some of his friends when he was struck dead by lightning.
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APC Condemns Nigeria's GDP Rebasing Exercise.

The All Progressives Congress said that by rebasing Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) the Federal Government only 'ridiculed' itself.
This position was expressed in a statement issued on Thursday by the APC Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
Nigeria became the largest African economy after its GDP was rebased on Sunday, April 6.
The APC said that the rebasing was the FG's response to the World Bank report that had declared Nigeria a country with one of highest levels of poverty.

"The federal government has only succeeded in opening itself to ridicule," the APC said. "The largest economy with the largest population of the poor, the largest economy with the largest population of unemployed, the largest economy with the largest population of citizens living in darkness, and the largest economy with the worst infrastructure," it added.

According to the statement, this shows that Nigeria's economic growth celebrated by the current administration is "not a result of deliberate public policies".

"Policies of government are expected to result in reduction in unemployment, increase in capacity utilization by manufacturers, increased access to basic needs of life, … increase in transparency and accountability, etc."

The APC further said that what the FG managed to achieve by rebasing GDP was the shift of public attention pressing problems such as insecurity, inadequate power supply and unemployment.
To support its point, the APC referred to statistics form other sources.

"The business community has noted that while Nigeria, with the rebased GDP, is now ranked number 26 with regard to the size of the economy in 2013, it is ranked 147 in its ease of Doing Business report of the World Bank, out of the 189 countries profiled. Even Sierra Leone and Liberia had better ranking. In the same vein, our ranking in the UNDP Human Development Index is 153, out of 210 countries. There is no better illustration of the disconnect between growth and development."

Gross Domestic Product, or simply GDP, is the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period, usually one year.
GDP rebasing is a common statistical procedure undertaken to ensure that national accounts statistics present the most accurate reflection of the economy as possible. It is a process of replacing present price structure (base year) to compile volume measures of GDP with a new (more recent) base year.
Nigeria's old GDP base year was 1990. Now 2008 is the base year.
After rebasing, Nigeria's GDP grew by 89% – from N42.4trillion to N80.2 trillion. However, this has not made Nigerians richer as nearly 100 million of them live on less than $1 a day.
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Woman Tried To Kidnap Baby Through Window, Caught By Father

For allegedly trying to steal a year old girl from her parents’ house early this morning, a 31-year old woman is currently being interrogated by the police at Ajuwon Station for kidnapping. 
The suspect, Blessing Aransiola, was caught by the girl’s father, Mr. Seye Adanri, 34, as she attempted to escape with the girl, Oreoluwa Adanri.
Narrating the incident this morning at the Ajuwon Police Station where the suspect was taken to, mother of the girl, Mrs. Adebisi Adanri, 29, who lives with her husband at 21, Ademola Coker Street, Alagbole, Ogun State, said she was woken up by the cry of her daughter in the hands of the suspect around 4.a.m.
“She was trying to run away when my husband ran after her and caught her. I raised an alarm to draw neighbours’ attention to the incident and everybody came out to assist us,” Mrs. Adanri narrated.
She disclosed further that the suspect got into her house by tearing the window net.
“She picked up the baby as she was sleeping on the bed by the window and stole N5,000 kept in a purse,” she added.
But in her statement to the police, Blessing, who said she was homeless, denied stealing the baby and the money.
She told her interrogators that she was looking for where to sleep when she saw that there was a verandah near the window of the couple’s house.
“I was looking for a place to sleep when I saw the verandah. I was trying to sit down when the net got torn. I was wandering about, I didn’t steal any baby or money.
Last year November I sustained injury on my leg and I couldn’t walk properly again. Later, I developed problems in my eyes and I couldn’t see. Since then I have been moving about,” she stated.
She disclosed further that she was living at 5, Modupeola Street, Iju-Ishaga when co-tenants conspired against her and labelled her a thief, adding that this made the landlord to send her packing.
“I am not a thief. They accused me of kidnapping but I am not a kidnapper, I was just wandering about because I have nowhere to sleep. I did not kidnap any child,” she stated.
A resident of the area, Labinjo Abayomi, warned that the police at Ajuwon should not try to cover up the case, adding that residents were ready to ensure that the suspect was brought to book.
Another resident who identified himself as Soji Ademuyiwa commended the parents of the girl for not sleeping with both eyes closed, adding that but for their vigilance, the suspect would have taken the baby away.
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Woman Who Orgasms 50 Times A Day Tells Her Story, Hopes To Cure Disease After Finding Love

Amanda Gryce, 24, suffers from Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder which has blighted her life for more than a decade.

A young woman has told how her life has been blighted by a rare condition which causes her to orgasm uncontrollably up to 50 times a day.
Once at the edge of despair, Amanda is now turning her life around after finding love - and much needed medical treatment.
However, under doctors’ orders Amanda and boyfriend Stuart Triplett, 22, must abstain from sexual contact.

Amanda said: “The condition is called Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder and it’s something that I’ve been living with since I was about 6. Different kind of things that can trigger my PGAD are vibrations, riding in cars and riding with a loud bass. It can happen anywhere and sometimes I’ll have five back to back. It’s not pleasurable - it has become like torture.”

Seven months ago Amanda met restaurant worker Stuart on a dating website and fell in love.
And despite previously having sex to cope when her symptom were bad, she now has to stay celibate.
She said: “It was difficult at first to come out about my disorder to Stuart.
I wasn’t sure when was the right time or how he was going to react.
But he’s so supportive, he completely understands and he is just my rock.
Stuart's really been holding me back as far as the intimacy goes - he actually has to remind me we’re not allowed to do anything.”
 
For years Amanda suffered in silence, too ashamed to tell friends or even family.
She said: "I can have 50 orgasms in one day and five or ten within an hour of each other.
It happens when I'm with my friends or out in public and it's very embarrassing.
It kills me inside. I just have to put on a smile and pretend that nothing's wrong."
And she battled doctors who didn’t understand PGAD or how to treat it.
She said: “Since last year I’ve been on a quest to find out more about this condition.
It’s been one disappointment after another thanks to the reluctance of some doctors to see this as a valid condition.”
 

But after making contact with pelvic pain expert Dr Robert Echenberg, Amanda hopes she has found a way to control her orgasms.
Amanda said: “After seeing Dr Echenberg I found there are things which can reduce the intensity of the orgasms - even though they are still constant.
I take medication to numb the areas and do exercise to try to take me mind of it.
Taking control over the disorder rather then it controlling me is a dream come true.”
Recently Amanda visited physical therapist Gina Parsonis in Clearwater, Florida, who examined how her body reacts to the condition.
Now Amanda and Stuart hope to move in together and plan their future together.


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Stuart said: “I suppose you could say it was love at first sight with Amanda.
Dealing with her symptoms at first was kind of a challenge because I didn’t quite know how to approach it the right way.
As far as the sex ban goes, it was kind of hard to cope with but then I realised that it’s important to her health that she doesn’t do this so I’ve been able to abstain as well as her.
I’ll continue to do whatever I can to support her."
Amanda added: “This past year has been amazing. Meeting Stuart and Dr Echenberg, I finally feel like I'm going to have a more normal life - and eventually a positive sex life."
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Exclusive: Chris Attoh & Damilola Adegbite are Expecting | Wedding Postponed

And the good news keeps coming in. A huge congratulations to Chris Attoh and Damilola Adegbite who are expecting their first child.

The ex “Tinsel” co-stars got everyone saying “Aww…” when they announced in January 2014 that they are a couple. They later revealed they’ll be tying the knot this April.
We sighted the big screen beauty sporting a baby bump, but we wanted to check with the couple before confirming the obvious joyful news. BN placed a call to Chris Attoh who was more than graceful to accept and direct us to his publicist Rosie of Waka Agency in Ghana. “Yes, they are expecting” she exclusively tells BN. Rosie also gave us an update on their wedding; Damilola and Chris have decided to postpone the wedding till later this year or early next year. Dami wants “a fairytale wedding” she said. We can’t wait for the baby and the wedding. (BN)

14yr-old Bride Kills 35yr-old Husband, 3 Others With Rat Poison

A fourteen years old bride, Wasila Umaru has allegedly killed her 35 years old groom, Umaru Sani and three other persons in Ungwar yansoro in Gaya local government area of Kano state with a rat poison which she poured on their meal.

Wosila was said to have bought the rodent pesticide known in local parlance as Shinkafa Bera at a village market at the cost of eight naira.

The unsuspecting husband and three of his friends were said to have eaten the poisonous food.

Two of the friends namely, Nasiru Mohammed and Alhassan Alhassan of Yansoro Kademi died on the spot, while the other female victim, Indo Ibrahim lost her life at the hospital while receiving treatment.

The ten others who ate the food alongside the deceased were treated and discharged at the hospital.

The suspect, Wosila Umar confessed to the act claiming that her reason for committing the dastardly act was because she was forced to marry a man she didn’t love.

Confirming the incident, the Kano state police spokesman, Musa Magaji Majiya said that the corpses have been taken to the hospital for examination while investigation is in top gear.

Actress Mercy Johnson is Pregnant..Expecting Second Child! [PHOTO]

 

Popular Screen Diva Mercy Johnson Okojie is expecting her second child with husband, Prince Okojie. The mother of one is said to be almost four months gone. 
Mercy welcomed her first child, Purity, on December 30th 2012. 

A very BIG congrats to The Couple!

2015 Presidency : PDP Okays Automatic Ticket For Jonathan

 
 President Goodluck Jonathan is set to run as the sole candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at its November 2014 presidential primary. Reason: the national leadership of the party has secretly agreed to allow the president take the presidential ticket without any opposition from within. By implication, the deal on the much-touted automatic ticket for President Jonathan has been sealed.

Regardless of the automatic ticket deal already struck in favour of Jonathan, the leadership of the PDP will not entrench it in the constitution of the party “in order to avoid needless crisis in the future”, LEADERSHIP was told in confidence.

According to an impeccable source, a member of the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT), the decision to give President Jonathan the “right of first refusal” became necessary for two reasons: the need to avoid bickering and deepen internal party democracy and the absence of any serious presidential aspirant in the party.

Nonetheless, the source was ambivalent on whether or not same gesture would be extended to PDP governors serving their first terms.

“You can see how interesting the entire political landscape is looking now; in the APC, there is turmoil over Muslim-Muslim ticket; they cannot agree to conduct peaceful ward congresses; yet, their target has always been the PDP and the Presidency.

“As a party, the APC lacks all democratic norms but it is the PDP they always abuse even at odd times without reasons. What you have seen in the APC is just a tip of the iceberg; that party will soon erupt in flames, and that is why I pity those PDP governors who abandoned their party to join them, thinking that there will be room enough for them.

“All those who said they were leaving the party because PDP was planning to impose Jonathan and Sambo with the belief that they would either be presidential candidates or running mates to someone have all been disappointed now; they have seen that, unlike the PDP, APC has landlords and tenants.”

Asked if it was democratic for the party to contemplate automatic ticket for Jonathan, the PDP chieftain said it was nothing new in democracy: “It is not a new thing in democracy; every democracy has its own peculiarities. In any case, if the governors left because of that, what is worse between having a Muslim-Muslim ticket without any democratic process and one which is implemented through the rules?

“In our own case, yes, we have been alleged to be planning to impose Jonathan but we shall follow very enviable democratic principles to have him as our candidate; for the first time, Nigerians will witness respect for party rules and institutions because we have to deepen democracy.

“It is annoying and very distracting for a sitting president to go through the rigours of party nomination when in actual fact he is entitled to another term in office. The best thing to do is to allow him move on and that exactly is what the leadership of the party has already agreed to do for President Jonathan come October or November this year. I can bet you that he would be the sole candidate of the PDP at the primary.”

On the governors, he said, “What is of paramount interest is what I have told you.”

LEADERSHIP gathered that, at a meeting of party stalwarts at the presidential villa sometime in March this year, it was agreed that the last National Executive Committee (NEC) before the presidential primary will endorse the president for another term.

However, in order to avoid legal complications, even though President Jonathan would stand as the sole candidate, delegates would have to vote to ratify the NEC’s decision.

PDP’s national publicity secretary Olisa Metuh was circumspect in his reaction to the issue. “The party will follow its constitution to the letter; anything outside the constitution will not be done and once you lay hands on our constitution, the provisions are clear and unambiguous,” Metuh said on telephone.

Automatic ticket, a must – Group

Meanwhile, a pseudo campaign group, National Coalition for Jonathan/Sambo Presidency (NCFJSP), has demanded automatic ticket for President Jonathan.

Presenting the group’s position to the national secretary of the PDP, Professor Wale Oladipo, the national secretary of the Coalition for Jonathan/Sambo Presidency, Dr Benjamin Irikefe, said the group was impressed with the achievements of the Jonathan administration.

The group called on the PDP Board of Trustees and the National Executive Committee (NEC) to convene separate emergency meetings of the two organs and pass resolutions adopting the incumbent president as its candidate for 2015.

“Our irrevocable decision to call on the leadership of the PDP to grant this automatic ticket to Mr President is also premised on the fact that we genuinely believe, and the records are conspicuously there for all to see, that there is no alternative to President Jonathan till 2015. He has the proven capacity and track records to prevent Nigeria from chaos, disintegration and monumental ruins,” it said.

National secretary of the ruling party Professor Wale Oladipo, who received the delegation on behalf of the national chairman of the party, Adamu Mu’azu, assured them that the party would do the needful.

“I thank you for the support for the leader of the party, Dr Goodluck Jonathan. Your message is very clear and we shall communicate to the PDP Board of Trustees and all other organs of the party. We believe in rule of law and we will be guided by two things: the Nigerian Constitution and the PDP Constitution,” he stated.

It was unclear whether the push for automatic ticket for President Jonathan through various campaign bodies was a strategy being adopted by initiators of the move to pressurise the leadership of the party to fall in line.

Only a few weeks ago, former governor of Zamfara State and board chairman of the National Coalition for Jonathan and Sambo Presidency, Alhaji Aliyu Mamuda Shinkafi, told those vying to unseat President Jonathan in 2015 to forget it as there was no vacancy in the nation’s seat of power until 2019.

Shinkafi made the statement in Abuja at the inaugural ceremony of the zonal executive councils and state chairman of the association.

PDP BoT chairman, Chief Tony Anenih, had last year canvassed the idea of an automatic ticket for the president and first-term governors on the party’s platform. (AJETUN)

(Must Read) Woman finds out her husband was about to marry another woman after they died in d Ikorodu boat (see)

 
A woman, who identified herself as Mrs. Feyi Akere, has shown up to say 35-year-old Isaac Akere, one of the victims of the Ikorodu boat mishap, was her husband.

Isaac, who was the last of the nine victims to be recovered from the Majidun River, was said to be planning his wedding with his fiancée, Foluke, this week Saturday.Tragedy struck last Wednesday when both Isaac and Foluke took a commercial boat belonging to Bell Marine Services along with 19 others from the Ebute Ero, Lagos Island en route Majidun, Ikorodu. The boat capsized midway into the journey due to overloading and speeding, killing the intending couple, two pregnant women, a 13-year-old girl, and four others.Twelve of the victims reportedly survived the accident.

Our correspondent reported on Monday that Isaac’s corpse was discovered on Saturday after the family raised a rescue team of fishermen to search for his body when it was not seen at the Ikorodu mortuary.Few hours after the report was published, accompanied with the picture of Isaac and Foluke, 36-year-old Feyi said she got calls from friends and family members asking if she had divorced her husband.

She said she was not aware her husband wanted to marry another woman, adding that after the incident, her husband’s relatives locked up his house in Ikorodu and took away her children.

She said, “When the incident happened, some of his colleagues called me, asking if I did not know that my husband was involved in a boat accident, and that he was preparing to marry.

“I didn’t believe until I searched for The PUNCH report online and read the story myself.Immediately, I went to his office at Apapa. I was directed to Ebute Ero. There, they queried me to know if I was his wife. They said they heard he wanted to marry and that he died with his fiancée.

“I called my dad after another friend called me from the United Kingdom saying the same thing.She said she went to the mortuary and while making enquiries about her husband and speaking with his colleagues, her husband’s younger brother embarrassed her, asking what she was looking for.

“His younger brother attacked me and told the people around not to talk to me. I discovered that they had locked up Isaac’s house immediately he died and took my children away. They have also removed his two cars –the one he parked at the Majidun jetty and the one in the house. Why are they holding on to my children? What is their interest? Why did they lock up his building and remove his cars? I need to know.”

Asked if she had problems with her husband before he died, Feyi said she once had a major disagreement with him after he impregnated a woman outside wedlock.

The mother of two said the incident, which happened in 2011, led to her husband packing out of their matrimonial home.

“We were legally married in 2006, even though we had been living together since 2004. I have had two children for him, both girls. Our problem started when he impregnated a lady, which I later found out from personal investigation. It was a big quarrel, and I almost sued him for it, but people said I should not because he was my husband.
“He packed out of the house we built and rented a three-bedroom flat and started living with the woman who then had a child for him,”

She, however, said a member of the family identified as Lanre, had been calling her for “negotiation”. She said she wanted to be carried along in the burial of her husband, and had rebuffed such calls, which she described as unreasonable.

Feyi’s lawyer, Debo Olufeko, said,

“There is already a case of abduction against the family because they took the two children from her and took them to Ilorin, Kwara State. My client was his legal wife and has a marriage certificate as evidence. She was never divorced from her husband, even though we knew there was a concubine.”

When contacted on the phone, Lanre refused to comment on the allegations, but asked our correspondent to speak with an elder of the Akere family.

The elder, who declined identification, confirmed that Feyi was the wife of Isaac.

He said,

“Yes, we are aware he had a wife. However, all those things she said are lies. It is a lie that we took her children from her. The family did not take any children from Feyi at any point in time.
“The family moved in to take care of the children. She will take them after coming to talk to the family about it. She was not living with her husband or children before.”

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PASTOR CAUGHT WITH NAKED MILITARY OFFICER'S WIFE IN HIS BEDROOM!

Heheheheh! I find this story so exciting. I don't know why. Please read and take your position. ..........We gathered that the Senior Pastor and general Overseer of Maximum Deliverance Church, Pastor John Simon was allegedly caught with the wife of a Top Military officer. According to reports, the husband who has been suspecting them, engaged some policemen to secretly monitor them. They were caught pants down in the act. When the pastor was given an opportunity to talk, he claimed he was casting out evil spirits and needed her to be naked so the spirits could run out easily.
Lolzz….Naija pastors