I Quit Education After I Scored 17 In Jamb - Timaya

Ukwu crooner Timaya in a recent perfomance in Uyo last weekend made a bold confession on stage and urged his fans to stay in school.

  He bravely revealed that he scored only 17 in JAMB, and really urged his fans to not abandon school even though he said it wasn't for him.
The Singer said:“Education is not for me, it is important, yes, but not for me. I scored 17 in JAMB, that's when I gave up. I don’t have the brain for education but for those of you who do, please do it, its good.” Enetimi Alfred Odom AKA Timaya was born in Port harcourt, Rivers State in 1977, he was the youngest of fifteen children. His father was a banker and Mother a trader. He schooled at Assemblies  of God Nursery and Primary school  and secondary school at Nkpolu Oroworukwo in Port Harcourt but he got a secondary school certificate in Lagos ' at Ikeja Grammar School.
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Abuja Bomb Blast: NEMA Request For Blood Donation As Death Toll Rises

Following the bomb blast, this morning, at the Nyanya Motor Park in Abuja, which has left scores of Nigerians dead, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have called on Nigerians to rally round to donate blood to save the lives of some of the victims who survived the blast.



                                                   Scene of the bomb blast

According to the agency, most of the survivors are in desperate need of blood.
They are calling on Nigerians to visit the General Hospitals in Nyanya and Asokoro in Abuja for the donation while those within the main city can donate blood at NEMA office at 39 Abidjan Street, Wuse Zone 3 Abuja.
The bomb had exploded this morning in Nyanya when commuters were boarding the mass transit buses to get to their place of work.
The number of casualties is still rising as about 200 people have been reported to have lost their lives.
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Man Kills Roommate During Fight Over Cooking Pot

The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended a 20-year-old man, Ngwuta Nweke, for allegedly killing his friend in their apartment in the Sawmill area of Ebute Meta.

                              Emeka James

According to the police, the suspect strangled Emeka James during an argument over a cooking pot on March 22, 2014.

Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, said, “On the fateful day, around 12.30pm, Nweke strangled James who lived in an apartment at Kadara slum, close to Sawmill, Ebute Meta, during a fight over a cooking pot.

“The corpse has been deposited at the Mainland Hospital Mortuary, Yaba, while the matter is under investigation at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba.” The suspect, however, told the police that he did not mean to kill his friend, but only strangled him in a bid to overpower him in a free fight.
He said, “James is the owner of the apartment, I only started living with him about a month before the incident. I sell fuel pump for a living at Idumota and I did not have the money to secure an accommodation so James took me in. “On the day of the incident, I had some stew in a pot and James told me to empty the pot because he wanted to make use of it. I told him that I could not pour the stew anywhere and he should be patient, but he got angry. “In a fit of rage, he picked up the pot and poured the stew into a dirty container. I also got angry and we started fighting. “I grabbed him from behind and as we were struggling, we both fell to the ground. When I got up, I realised that James was no longer breathing.”
It was learnt that the deceased was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead.
Neighbours were said to have alerted policemen at the Denton Police Station after which the suspect was arrested and transferred to the homicide department of the SCID.
The landlord of the victim, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said he was surprised that the suspect was living with the deceased. He said, “I have known James since 2011 when he started living in the house. He was a good person and was very hardworking. He was a hawker, but when the state government began a clamp down of their activities, he started doing other menial jobs.
“I never knew anyone was living with James. It was when I was invited by the police that I saw the guy (Nweke) for the first time.”
It was learnt that the matter would soon be charged to court.
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Abuja Bomb Blast: President Jonathan To Visit Nyanya Park

President Goodluck Jonathan has reportedly cancelled his scheduled trip to Ibadan, due to deadly bomb blast that rocked Abuja in the morning of April 14, 2014, Monday.

 















The president condemned the attacks and ordered to beef up the security within the Abuja Metropolis.
The president will visit the scene of the blast at an undisclosed time today (Monday) to ascertain the nature of the attacks by the suspected terrorists.
Currently, the scene of the tragedy has already been cordoned off. The blast point caused a crate at the scene. NSCDC officials, fire services, NEMA, the DSS and police have been on ground battling to contain the situation and manage crowd control. Many of the victims were delivered to the Asokoro General Hospital.  It would be recalled that the bomb has gone off at the Nyanya Park in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, claiming about 200 lives. The bomb exploded when commuters were boarding the mass transit buses.  The number of causalities is constantly increasing.

May God accept the lost souls in His kingdom and and grant the bereaved the Grace to deal with this ungodly situation in Jesus Name....

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National Conference Delegate Spotted Playing Scrabble Responds

The photo of a delegate to Nigeria's ongoing National Conference playing Scrabble on his Laptop went viral sometime last week and the culprit is Professor Oyewale Tomori.

                               Professor Oyewale Tomori

A national daily had posted the photo with a caption, ''Does anyone have a name for him?"

                                             Prof. Tomori playing scrabble

Responding to this, the Elder statesman, Professor Tomori, said:

"Yes, indeed, I know the person, because I am the one. I have responded to some of the blogs on the matter. The truth is this activity was done during the lunch break between 2-4 pm. As soon as the Chairman calls the meeting to order, I switch off my computer. Is there any rule against spending my free time as I like? Moreover, is there anything wrong, if others engage in reading newspapers and talking with others during their free time, and I prefer engaging in activities, I consider more useful to my development, such as using scrabble to improve my word power and discover new words? Indeed, I often play against the best in the world, world champions, and I have been beaten many times. But in the process I learnt new words, their meanings and improve my written and spoken language.

"Journalists live and sell their papers through the sensation route, which often is the opposite to telling the truth or providing full details. If the person who posted the picture had said the activity took place during the lunch break, that would have been no news; but to create sensation, he or she was economical with details.

"I will certainly continue to play such other mind engaging games like Sudoku, Logic, etc, if only to make me a better thinker and presenter. Only thing, is I will do this at my own free time!

"Thank you very much."

Professor Oyewale Tomori is a University administrator and academician  and the pioneer Vice-Chancellor of Redeemer’s University, Ogun State. He is a researcher and laboratory specialist has a wide range of experience in virology, disease prevention and control, national capacity building and development in the African region.
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“I Saw Many People In The Bus Dead”, Says Abuja Bomb Blast Witness

A witness to the early morning explosion that occurred at a crowded bus station on the outskirts of Abuja today has given a jaw dropping account of what he saw.

“More than two buses carrying workers were cut up by the blast,” witness Kingsley Ajimobi said.
“I saw many people in the bus dead, and many were injured.”
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* Scene of the blast in Abuja


 
* One of the victims of the explosion that happened in Abuja this morning

No fewer than 50 people were said to have died while scores were reported injured in the blast at Nyanya major bus park, the first such attack near the Nigerian capital for two years.
Body parts and blood were strewn across the station and an unruly crowd of several hundred onlookers were roaming around with security forces unable to keep them away.
“I was waiting to get on a bus when I heard a deafening explosion then saw smoke. People were running around in panic,” said Mimi Daniels, who works in Abuja.
Also, a foreign media house cameraman said he saw 20 bodies at the station near Nyanyan bridge, south of Abuja. Another news reporter was also quoted saying that he saw at least 15 bodies separately loaded into waiting ambulances. Police and the military did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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Photos: Meet the Indian Conjoined Twins who are Worshipped as gods and say They Never want to be Separated

Conjoined twins Shivanath and Shivram Sahu caused quite a stir when they were born in India, with some people in their village worshipping them as divine incarnations. And while one doctor has said that it would be possible to separate them, the 12-year-old boys, who were born joined at the waist, are determined to remain together.

The twins share two legs and four arms and work in tandem to get around. They are believed to share the same stomach but have independent lungs, hearts and brains.

Atiku Abubakar's White in-Laws Arrives Yola for Tomorrow's Ceremony! [PHOTOS]

 Hmmm..they all look good in the traditional ankara!

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Married NURTW Official Sets Ex-lover Ablaze For Rejecting Him

A Nigerian Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) official has been arrested and charged with attempted murder of his former lover.
 








The man, 43 year-old Adesanmoye Kehinde is married with three kids but has been sneaking out with Janet for sometime and was planning to marry her but she decided to end the affair because of his trouble ways.

Janet testified today that Kehinde had threatened her life but she ignored these threats but one day at Ikotun Roundabout her deepest fears came to pass as Kehinde set her ablaze with petrol on her way to her friends house. Kehinde had allegedly stalked her as she left her home at Olaoluwa Street in Abaranje, Ikotun.
The victim suffered severe burns and is still in critical condition. Kehinde was arrested and charged under Sections 243 and 244 of the Criminal Code Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011 and he plead not guilty.
The case will continue on May 15 2015.
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Pastor Rapes Student After Giving Her ‘Anointing Oil’

A 25-year-old Pastor, Isaac Asante, has been arrested by the Tesano Police for having carnal knowledge of a 19-year-old student of Akwamuman Senior High School and a resident of North Kaneshie Dance Bar in Accra.
The accused who is a pastor and student of MC Jakes Theological and Ministerial Bible College at Sowutoum and also resides at Tabora Alhaji was arraigned before an Accra Magistrate court.
Speaking to the court, the Prosecuting, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) A. A. Annor said the accused got to know the complainant through “tango,’ a social media platform, sometime in January 2014 and introduced him­self as a pastor under training at the aforementioned college.
On the day of the incident, 12 March, 2014, at about 5.30 pm, Pastor Asante met the complainant around Tabora Alhaji lorry park and told her that the area was too noisy and so lured her to Maxhan Movie House for ‘further prayers.’ While they were in the room the accused took a red handkerchief and a new bottle of anointing oil and after some prayers, poured some of the content for the complainant to drink. He then administered a portion of the same oil onto the red handkerchief and placed it on the bed and asked her to lie on it. Some minutes later, the complainant felt dizzy, weak and slept off only to wake up later to realize that Pastor Asante had had sexual intercourse with her. He also used the red handkerchief to wipe off the blood running down the legs of the victim.
According to the prosecutor, the accused warned the complainant not to shout or call for help as he threatened to kill her. He later put the complainant in a taxi that took her home.
The prosecutor further told the court that the case was reported at the Tesano Police Station where the victim was issued with a Medical Form that she sent to the Police Hospital and the accused was subsequently arrested and upon interrogation, admitted the offence.
Charged with rape, Asante, who was not represented by a counsel, had his plea reserved and was remanded into police custody to reappear on April 22.
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