Fuji Music Star Pasuma shows off first daughter

By grown, I mean check out the tongue ring...:-). Only grown folks do that! :-) Plus she's 24 years old and the first daughter of the Fuji music star. Her name is Wasilat..

After 49 years, mother reunites with the daughter she thought died at birth

A mother & daughter have re-united after a bizarre and unexplained hospital mishap kept them apart for almost 50 years, NYDailyNews reports...

Zella Jackson Price, 76, a gospel in singer in the St. Louis suburb Olivette, says she was told 49 years ago that her daughter had died in a hospital hours after being born. But on Thursday, Price met that very alive daughter, Melanie Diane Gilmore. A nurse had told Jackson-Price that her baby, who was three months premature and weighed less than one pound, died shortly after birth. "She came up to me three hours later and said your baby passed," Jackson-Price told the NYDN.

Gilmore was subsequently adopted by another family, and believed that her birth mother gave her up. When she was 20, Gilmore's adoptive mother died, and she moved to Oregon to live with a relative. There, she began searching for her biological mother.

Gilmore's son and twin daughters helped search for their grandmother last year, using Facebook to track Jackson-Price down and a DNA test to confirm the match. Results came back in March, and it was "a 99.9997% match," Gilmore's daughter wrote in the description section of a YouTube video documenting the reunion.

Gilmore, who's been deaf since the age of 3, was given the news by her children via sign language. Then she was introduced to her mother for the first time in a video message

"God has given me everything the devil has taken from me," Jackson-Price said "I'm getting it back. I'm getting my baby back."

Jackson-Price expressed plans to investigate whether the hospital mishap was an accident or something more nefarious.

"I'm still kinda in shock. I don't know what we'll find out, what error, what was done, I don't know what we'll find out," she told the Daily News. "As soon as we get over the excitement of being together and everything, I will seek a lawyer."

Homer G. Phillips Hospital closed in 1979, and was converted into senior living apartments in 2003.

Source: New York Daily News/Mashable.com

PDP defectors should not expect automatic appointment in my govt - Buhari

Addressing newsmen after casting his vote at his polling unit in Daura Katsina state yesterday April 11th, President-elect Gen Buhari is quoted as saying by Tribune that PDP defectors should not expect automatic appointment as ministers in his government.

"I have no fears of PDP defectors. The people who are defecting will only have influence in their constituencies. Since their constituencies are now controlled by the APC, their influence is, therefore, limited. I hope the people that are defecting will accept the fact that they are joining the people who succeeded. So, I don’t think they will just come and say they want to be ministers next month, simply because they were ministers before.” he said

APC Candidate Declared Winner of Ogun State Governorship Election

The electoral body, INEC, has declared the incumbent governor of Ogun State and candidate of the APC, Ibikunle AMosun, winner of the April 11 Governorship Election in the state. According to the returning officer for the state, Prof. Duro Oni, Amosun of the APC pulled a total of 306,988 to defeat the PDP candidate who scored 201,440. See the live image of the results below:

Photos: Violent post-election protest in Akwa-Ibom today

Massive protest currently ongoing in Uyo the Capital of Akwa Ibom State over yesterday's elections in the State. Angry protesters are insisting that a fresh election be conducted in the State. They are demanding that the election which they say is the most fraudulent in the history of the State be cancelled. The protesters burnt tires and took over major roads. More photos after the cut...

Ex-Niger Delta Militant, Asari Dokubo and MASSOB leader hold private meeting (PHOTOS)

Ex-Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo had a private meeting with the leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Ralph Uwazurike at Buguma Toru LGA of Rivers State recently. Purpose of their meeting was not disclosed. More photos after the cut...

Igbo Community Takes Cultural Festival To Lagos

Sponsored post. Forget it – The Igbos are not leaving Lagos anytime soon. Threaten to drown or deport them, it’s clear these enterprising Nigerians are here; to stay for good.

Claiming their place in the most commercial state in Nigeria, last weekend as #AkioluGate was unraveling, the people of Arondizuogu, a popular Igbo community in Imo state Nigeria were celebrating their most significant festival- The Annual Ikeji Arondizuogu Festival at the National Stadium Surulere, Lagos.

The festival, which is normally celebrated in far away Okigwe town Imo state, attracted over 10,000 Igbo indigenes and their families and friends at the Lagos state monumental venue.  The Igbo community raised their flag as they took over the stadium with their cultural music, masquerades and other festivities all day long.
 
One of the high points of the festival was the sampling of Ace Roots drink, which had many attest to the low sugar content of the drink, ‘It is my first time tasting this drink and I am in love with it already. From the taste alone, I can tell it has low sugar, which is good for me’, Pius Ihediem, one of the guests who sampled the drink said. 

Apart from the usual festival elements, this year a new common factor was noticed as almost all the guests were holding a cup of the new Ace Roots herbal mixed fruits drink. The drink, which is rich in herbal content of 14 African herbs and spices with only 6 per cent alcoholic content, was undoubtedly the drink of the day at this year’s festival.

Reacting to the sponsorship, President of the Movement for Arondizuogu Progress (MAP) Mazi Eric Ikoro, thanked Ace Roots for the sponsorship adding that the it was instrumental to the success of the festival, ‘We are very grateful to Ace Roots for this initiative. With this gesture, the drink has really proven to be truly African
 
The people of Arondizuogu have proven yet again that Nigerians are never reluctant to embrace their roots irrespective of their place of residence.
 

Arondizuogu is an annual socio-cultural and religious festival staged in different parts of the world to celebrate thanksgiving, propitiation and feasting.

Photos: NDLEA arrests South African lady with N74m concealed in oats packs

A 39-year-old South African woman identified as Nosisi Nqgula was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, with $373,725 (N74.4million) and €2,120 (N450,000), concealed inside packs of oats found in her luggage (above).

According to a statement by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA Lagos Airport Command, the money was discovered during an inward screening of passengers on a South African airline flight enroute from Johannesburg.


Two Nigerians, Damian Akamelu and Prophet Cyprian Chigere are being interrogated in connection with the seized money.

The South African lady, Ms Nqgula (pictured) when interrogated said she was sent by a Nigerian to give the concealed money to one Akamelu

“I live in Johannesburg. I was given a bag by a Nigerian to deliver to Damian Akamelu. During examination of my bags at the Lagos airport, the money was found inside packs of oats.” she said.

The NDLEA Commander at the airport, Mr. Hamza Umar, said the manner in which the money was concealed was questionable

“The mode of concealment presents reasonable grounds for money laundering. Five packs of oats were found to contain $373,725 and €2,120. Two Nigerians are also being interrogated.”he said NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive, Ahmadu Giade while commenting on the arrest said the agency will investigate the matter so as to know the source of the money "I have therefore directed that the case be investigated to ascertain the source of the money.” he said

Photos: Nigerian man stabs fiancee to death at their home in the US

A Nigerian man named Osa Alohaneke, 56, (pictured) has been arrested and is now facing murder charges after he allegedly stabbed his 52 year old Cameroonian fiancee, Evelyne Ebane Epiepang, to death at their home in Fort Bend County, Texas on Wednesday April 8th.

According to what police said in a statement, the victim had called police to their home around 5pm on Wednesday evening, telling the police that Osa had attacked and threatened to kill her. But when the police got there, Osa had already left. The police then left. About two hours later, Osa returned to the home to confront the victim who was home with her sister and another male family friend.

Around 7pm that same day, police was called back to the home but this time, Evelyne had been stabbed to death. Police found her in the pool of her blood inside the home, found her sister also stabbed but alive and another man uninjured. Osa was found nearby with blood all over him. He told police that Epiepang was his fiancee and they lived at the house.

Epiepang's sister, who had a puncture wound in her shoulder and a broken arm was taken to Memorial-Hermann Hospital-Katy hospital, where she's receiving treatment.

Osa is in the Fort Bend County jail and is being held for the Bureau of Immigration and Customs
Enforcement.

Source: Chron.com

Man rides bike from Ivory Coast to Nigeria to create awareness for Chibok girls

A young Nigerian man named Oyekoya Yemi on March 30th began a bike ride from Abidjan in Ivory Coast to Lagos Nigeria to create awareness for the missing Chibok girls as well as to mark the one year anniversary of the girls in Boko Haram captivity. He will be on the road for 15 days, from March 30th to April 15th. He shared photos of his journey so far on twitter. See them after the cut...

 

Push APC into the Atlantic Ocean-Jimi Agbaje tells Igbos

PDP governorship Aspirant for Lagos state,Jimi Agbaje has urged Igbos to push APC into the Atlantic Ocean. He said while addressing Igbo traders at the Alaba international market on Thursday

“Nobody can push you into the Atlantic Ocean. Rather, you should use your votes to push the APC into the Atlantic Ocean by voting massively for the PDP on Saturday., “Election is like a snake. You have to make sure you win by killing the snake completely by using your votes to drive the APC out of power. The reason why they are harassing you is because they fear Igbo votes. They will try to do ‘shakara’ for you but you must vote massively for the PDP and protect your votes.

”He said, “In the last 16 years, the APC has been full of arrogance. This arrogance must end once and for all. Saturday is the time to say enough is enough. “God is on our side and power will change hands on Saturday and life will be better for you and your businesses. There will be no oppression again because this election is about freedom from bondage.”

Ace Comedian Ali Baba Acquires New Truck

 Ace comedian Ali Baba rides large..He doesn't do conventional cars.He rides this monster Ford truck..This is a machine!!!

See more pics below