Hmmm! Jennifer Aniston talks Angelina Jolie & her new movie

Jennifer Aniston has reacted to the world's excitement after she and Angelina Jolie graced the same red carpet for the first time in 6 years.Talking to Entertainment Tonight, she said

"I think that's slowly coming to an end. I really do,", "It's just tiresome and old. It's like an old leather shoe."

  On Angelina Jolie's critically acclaimed movie Unbroken, she said...

"Unbroken is so beautiful and wonderful and [Jolie] did such a gorgeous job," "and I think it's time people stop with that petty B.S. and start celebrating great work and stop with the petty kind of silliness."

I was hypnotised-32 -yr old who killed his mother in cold blood

 In January 1,Madam Olubode, a former street sweeper with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) did not have the foreboding that her 32-year-old son, Kayode Osikoya, would, without any provocation cut short her life at dawn.

But as the time day broke, Kayode who had slept in the same room with her 60-year-old mother woke up with a start, looked menacingly at her as she laid on the bed, suddenly ran berserk and reached for a nearby empty beer bottle and smashed it on her head.

According to Saturday Sun, Also within a twinkle of an eye, Kayode came to his senses as he was confronted with the gory sight of his mum’s corpse ly­ing stone-dead. At this juncture, it dawned on Kayode that he had just committed an abominable act! Matricide!

Confused about the next step to take, Kayode, whose hands were now bleeding, following the injury he sustained when the bottle he smashed on his mother’s head broke into smithereens, became transfixed. He could not run away. Still at a loss about the incident, he sat beside his mother’s dead body looking distraught and dejected.

Few hours later, some members of his late mother’s family summoned cour­age to enter the room where he had been holed up with her dead body, overpowered Kayoed and took him to the Odogbolu Police Station.

The suspect now being held at the state Police Command Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta said he could not have deliber­ately carried out the unprovoked deadly attack on his mother.

Kayode, who claimed to have been un­dergoing treatment for mental illness at a Psychiatric Hospital in Ijebu-Ode for over four years, claimed he must have been hypnotized by certain evil forces to kill his mother. He said he had never had any problem or disagreement with his mother before the incident that claimed her life occurred.

According to him,

 “It happened in the morning of January 2. I did not deliber­ately hit the bottle on my mother’s head. May God not allow one to fall victim of hypnotism. There was no disagreement or quarrel between us. She had been the one taking care of me in the past four years. We ate and lived together in the same room. My maternal grandfather built that house. Honestly, I don’t know how the in­cident occurred; I don’t know what pushed me into hitting the bottle on my mother’s head that morning.

“I was not drunk and I don’t even take alcohol and I don’t smoke Indian hemp. I was a spray painter, but I had to quit when I fell ill. I had some mental problem and it was my mum that was taking me to a hos­pital in Ijebu-Ode where they treat people with mental illness. The hospital is in the NTA area in Ijebu-Ode. 

“It happened in the early morning. I cannot say this is what really happened, it’s like I was hypnotized. The broken bottle injured me and the family members had to tie my hands after they had taken me outside. My two brothers brought me to Eleweran Police Command Headquar­ters. My mum’s relations first took me to the police station immediately after the incident. 

I’m not married and I have no children. I have been undergoing treatment for over four years now. After the incident occurred, I stayed inside the room with my mummy’s corpse. I did not feel anyhow and by daybreak, my mummy’s relation, Orlando Olubode, brought policemen from Odogbolu Police Station and three days after, I was transferred to Eleweran.”

See Photo: APC secretariat bombed again in Rivers

Barely five days after the All Progressives Congress secretariat in Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State was bombed, another secretariat belonging to the party was attacked at Ngo community in Andoni Local Government Area of the state on Friday.

The incident, which occurred at about 3.14am, destroyed the building as residents, who were jolted by the deafening sound of the explosion, took to their heels.

The Ward 1 Chairman of APC in the area, Mr. Amos Gogo Amos has called on the police to arrest the culprits ..

Police, no budget for you until you restore Tambuwal's Security – House of Reps

No paddy for jungle! The House of Representatives may not consider the 2015 budget for the Nigeria Police Force unless the withdrawn police details attached to Speaker Aminu Tambuwal are restored.

Police headquarters is yet to restore the Speaker’s police security. It was learnt that Tambuwal uses ad hoc security arrangement, including the sergeant-at-arms from the National Assembly and members of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

Investigation by The Nation revealed that most members of the House were annoyed that in spite of the new rapprochement between the Executive and the National Assembly on 2015 budget, the Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has refused to recognize Tambuwal as Speaker.

About N312.7billion was voted for Police formations and commands in the 2015 Appropriation Bill.

It was gathered that before the House adjourned sitting on Wednesday, many members made representation to the House leadership not to consider police budget until the Speaker’s police aides are restored.

They said the IGP ought to have waited for the decision of the court on Tambuwal’s defection before taking such a stand.

They queried the rationale behind the withdrawal of the police aides since the All Progressives Congress (APC) now controls the majority in the House.

The members also detested a situation where the Speaker will be driving himself without protection.

A principal officer of the House said: “We have told our leaders that we will adopt a tit-for-tat approach. As long as the police details of the Speaker are not restored, we will also not treat their budget.

“This is not the first time we are doing this. When we had a face-off with the former Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on accountability, we decided to withhold the commission’s budget

“We have bent backwards to mend fences with the Executive in the interest of the nation’s development, but the IGP is adamant on his non-recognition of the Speaker. Why will the President be doing one thing and his officers turning the other way?”

Another source said: “Section 80 of the 1999 Constitution gives us the power to appropriate, but in passing the 2015 Appropriation Act, we can put a clause to stop the police from accessing its funds.

“We will not tolerate impunity in whatever form because we are in a democratic era.”

A source in the Office of the Speaker said: “Well, it is true that the police aides, including escorts, have not returned back.

“The Speaker is still relying on ad hoc security arrangement from the sergeant-at-arms and NSCDC personnel. Now that he is on his campaign tour in Sokoto, he is protected by Governor Aliyu Wammakko’s security. You can see the risk he is being exposed to.”

When contacted, the Force Public Relations Officer, CP Emmanuel Ojukwu, said: “I will find out the status of the Speaker’s police aides from the DIG Operations, and I will get back to you.”

There is no response from the Police headquarters as at the time of filing this report.

Annie Idibia Photobombs Ini Edo and Davido's Cute Selfie

Davido and Ini Edo posed for a selfie at Udom’s campaign in Akwa Ibom, unknowingly to them, Annie was behind...She photobombed their selfie-and of course, the result is awesome. Ini posted the 

Female Student of Covenant University who made First Class reveals how she got it

This 21yrs girl is the best graduating student of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State in the 2013/2014 academic session. The beautiful young lady whose name is Oputa Alma, finished from the Department of Computer Science and Information Science with 4.99 CGPA.

In this chat with Punch's Tunde Ajaja, Oputa shares the story of her success in Covenant University:

Some people have said that the grading system in private schools is too generous and unrealistic unlike what obtains in public schools. Do you see any difference in their products?The grading system is the same. It’s just that we pay for our comfort in private schools, which enhances our performance. Those things that could make learning very conducive and stress-free are already provided for us, and we pay for them, so we tend to do better. 

For instance, some public schools pay N15,000 as tuition fee while some private schools pay up to N700,000. Whatever we pay already covers power supply, water supply, accommodation, equipped and functional laboratories, etc, and an enclosed environment where not just anything goes...

unlike in public schools where those facilities are not always readily available and the teaching and living conditions are not good enough. The attention and care we get in private schools cannot be compared to what we have in public schools. When you put all these variables together, they influence a student’s performance. With the kind of money we pay and the kind of academic environment, the difference is expected.

We learnt you had wanted to study Medicine while growing up. What motivated you?

My dad is a doctor, a consultant, and he is my role model, so I wanted to follow in his steps and make him proud. I loved what he was doing and I just wanted to be like him. That was why I had such plan, not because I knew anything about Medicine or had so much interest.

Why did you end up studying Computer Science and Information Science?

I didn’t pick the course; one of my teachers in secondary school randomly picked it for me because I never knew about the course until I was offered. I was keen on studying Medicine then, so I didn’t care what my second choice was. In fact, everyone thought I would study Medicine, but it didn’t work out. But now, I’m okay with the course, coupled with the Information Science that deals with everything about information, from the gathering/collection to its processing, storage and dissemination. I have always loved mathematical courses and subsequently, the programming courses because I love practicality. I don’t really like theory; theoretical courses were boring to me. I had to put in extra efforts in reading and learning them. I can study mathematical courses in the noisiest environments, but for theoretical courses, I had to consecrate myself and concentrate on what I was reading.

But some people run away from Computer Science because of courses like programming.

Programming is not difficult. It is something people should make up their mind to learn, keep practising and enjoy. The practicality of programming made me like it because it was like magic to see that I would actually develop a calculator and it would work. The fact that we are able to practise the theories we learn and read about should make it interesting for anyone interested in the course.

What is the big deal in computing that people even learn as vocation outside the school wall?

People say a lot of things to give excuses concerning this issue. However, my belief is that there is nothing that is not simple in life; it just requires undivided attention and commitment. And for the computer courses being offered out there, my view is that being in school is a different ball game from external trainings. I feel being in school gives a bigger opportunity to know more, even beyond the course you are studying. It exposes you to certain things, while external trainings mostly specialise in a particular area or field.

Did you work towards being the best graduating student or was it providence?

From the beginning, I told myself I was going to be the best student and make my dad, especially, proud. I made up my mind to do things the right way, study hard and get to know God better. So, I planned for it, and to God’s glory, I achieved it. There was no major challenge whatsoever and I realised that making that decision made it so easy for me. I also knew the place of hard work and I did work hard.

How easy was it for you to graduate with first class honours?

It wasn’t difficult for me to have a first class. It’s easy if one puts in the right efforts. Of course, it doesn’t come without obstacles; that’s where we need God and a lot of discipline to make the right choices.

You were 20 years old when you graduated, how did you handle peer pressure?

If someone was becoming a distraction to me, I would drift away gradually from that person. Most of my friends were serious-minded people, so I didn’t have such battles to fight. Also, I like to do all I have on my to-do list, so I don’t easily get distracted. I had a lot of friends, including guys, and I liked attending social events as long as they didn’t interfere with my schedule. I didn’t make myself available to be disturbed by anyone, male or female. So, there was no pressure.

You once had a blog on fashion, what attracted you to fashion?

Yes, I used to have a blog on fashion but I stopped it about a year and half ago. I would say my love for looking extremely good at all times attracted me to fashion. But I plan to start something better soon because I know I am an entrepreneur.

Why didn’t you go for a course in Arts that could help your interest in fashion?

I’m a born scientist. I have been in love with science since my primary school days. I can always go to a fashion school whenever I am ready to.

Were you involved in other school activities?

Yes I was. I was in hospitality service unit all through my four years in school. I was the Public Relations Officer for my department for a year and I was a member of the Google team of my school too for a year.

What have you been doing since you graduated?

I am currently serving my country as a youth corps member in Covenant University. I was posted there and I’m doing a research on Bioinformatics. I hope to do my Master’s degree immediately after the youth service programme.

What are the other plans that you have?

I have children, fashion and technology in mind. I plan to set up my NGOs, motherless babies’ homes and free schools to take care of children because I want to help children on the streets begging and suffering to become learned and better people. I plan to set up my shoe brand and build my boutiques all around the world. I also want to help advance technology in whatever way I can to help better the lives of people. My background made me the strong, confident, determined and God-fearing, so, I’m prepared for the future.

An Open Letter to Nigeria’s President by Hafsat Abiola

Hafsat Abiola is a human rights, civil rights and democracy activist, founder of the Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND), and daughter of late business man/politician, MKO Abiola. Her letter below

Dear President,
As young global leaders we would like to express our deep concern about the recent situations in Nigeria.
The massacre in Baga has been Boko Haram’s deadliest so far and what has it met with? Your silence. Most disturbing still is the fact that you would send a message to France condemning the killings there, yet seem unable to address the Nigerian people who look to you for leadership. Unfortunately, it would not be the first time

On 10 November 2014 a suicide bomber killed 47 people and injured 79 others. The following day, with barely a mention of this horrific incident targetting children, you launched your re-election campaign.

And despite the ease with which you move on, even you will remember the abduction of the schoolgirls in Chibok in April last year. It was 40 days before you addressed the country on that occasion. Nigerians waited, perplexed, as your government debated whether or not the abductions had even taken place.  As a result, of all the girls captured, only 52 have secured their freedom – escaping on their own. The rest are still in captivity, still waiting to be rescued, 276 days after being taken from their friends, family and community.

Could it be that your government also doubts that the Baga attacks happened? Amnesty International’s satellite images confirm that indeed a massacre took place, and as many as 2000 people are dead. Yet your army wastes time contesting the numbers.

Whether 150 or 2000, we’d like to hear from you on your governments plans to secure the region and to bear witness to the loss of lives in Baga. We have seen a clear incompetency in handling matters of national interest. In the context of existing ethnic and religious fault lines, silence only says that Nigeria’s government does not care about the victims and is not dealing with the insurgency.
True the global community has also failed to maintain pressure on your government that seems ambivalent about fulfilling its constitutional role to secure the lives and properties of its citizens.

As 1.5 million Nigerians flee their homes,  swelling camps within Nigeria and overwhelming border communities’  (if not same as before), it seems the only hope to see you act is global outrage. It was this that finally forced you to address the nation and the world 40 days after the Chibok abductions.  It was only then that you reached out to other countries and, with their help, agree a plan for a regional security force to secure the porous borders between Nigeria, Niger and Chad where Boko Haram roams undeterred.

Perhaps, had international pressure been sustained last year, a multi-regional force would have been based in Baga as planned. Perhaps it would have been strong enough to repel Boko Haram when the militants attacked on 3 January. Perhaps 2000 lives could have been saved.

But Isis happened and the world moved on, leaving a small national military unit to stand between thousands of armed militants  and a town of ten thousand people. We now know what happened. The world has seen pictures of bodies still strewn around the forest and river where they died.

If these deaths do not generate the attention, outcry and action that they ought to, we can only prepare the ground for more bodies because Boko Haram shows no sign of relenting. The insurgents can be defeated but first you must decide if the lives of Nigerians are worth it or not.

Break the silence, Mr. President. Call for global attention and support to avert a crisis that begins to echo the early days of the Rwandan genocide.  Be the voice for the thousands of innocent people who have died and the millions who yearn for peace. They have the right to rebuild their communities and claim their place in the unfolding rise of the African continent.

Hafsat Abiola-Costello
Founder/President Kudirat Initiative for democracy
Nigeria

Co-Signatories
Arnaud Ventura, France
Bjarte Reve, Norway
Binta Niambi Brown, USA
Erik Charas, Mozambique
Funmi Iyanda, Nigeria
Georgie Bernadette, USA
Jacqueline Musiitwa, Zambia
Loulwa Bakr, Saudi Arabia
Leo Shlesinger, Chile
Marieme Jamme, Senegal
Mark Turrell, Germany
Rossana Figuera, USA
Salim Amin, Kenya
Soulaima Gourani, Denmark
Susan Mashibe, Tanzania
Tara Fela Durotoye, Nigeria

Politicians are liars, I don't trust them - Pastor Adeboye says

The GO of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye says politicians are liars and he doesn't trust them because they don't fulfill their promises. Pastor Adeboye said this while speaking at a prayer meeting at OAU, Ile Ife, Osun state yesterday January 16th.

"I don’t trust politicians. Politicians are liars. They don’t fulfill most of their promises. A politician can tell you that they will give all of you (students) chicken each, which we all know it is impossible.” he said

Pastor Adeboye advised Nigerians not to be worried about the forthcoming elections as God has already decided who will be President. “God has already planned who will be the President of Nigeria. God has already planned that before we were born. God is not like human beings who doubt what is to be done. He has a plan for everything" he said.(Source: Punch)

Hahaha! Strippers praying together before climbing the pole. There has to be something wrong with that...lol

Madam, you can't be praying to God dressed like that na! Lol

Hahaha! Strippers praying together before climbing the pole. There has to be something wrong with that...lol

Hahaha! Strippers praying together before climbing the pole. There has to be something wrong with that...lol

Hahaha! Strippers praying together before climbing the pole. There has to be something wrong with that...lol

Photos from the accident along Maze road in Owerri

This accident happened yesterday morning along Maze road in Owerri. A car hit the Okada man who immediately became unconscious and they rushed him to the hospital. Other victims survived the accident but had injuries. More pics after the cut...

 

An open letter to my ex-husband's new girlfriend - Tina Plantamura

Tina Plantamura (pictured above - I think) sent an open letter to her ex-husband's new girlfriend and the letter has gone viral. Found it on App.com and decided to share. Read below...

You must be cringing as you read this. You must be thinking I'm going to school you on how to treat your new boyfriend. You must be thinking I'm going to lay down some laws about how to treat my children.

That is not at all what this letter is about. I would like to welcome you.

Welcome to this unique dynamic of "modern family." Welcome to the way we wing this life and this relationship. Yes, I said relationship, but not by its standard definition.

The children keep us in a relationship, much like your work keeps you in a relationship with your boss. If success is the goal, whether in work or parenting, the relationship between those who strive for that is important. I will not fill this letter with none-of-my-business-type of advice on how to treat a man I have known since I was 20. I won't tell you anything that is personal about him; anything that he chooses to share is between you two. I'm not going to tell you why things did not work between us. All I will say on the subject of us is what I say to everyone:

To me, he's a great guy -- for someone else.

This might sound weird, but I'm so excited about you. My sons will see a side of their father that they don't even know they missed. They'll witness the kind of happiness that blooms from the excitement, joy and mystery that comes with a new relationship. They'll see their father beaming with hope.

They'll hear him laugh (too much and too loud, as they've reported to us) and speak with a new charm in his voice. And because they love and admire him, all of these things will make them happier, too.
I want you to know that it is so important to be yourself around us. Please don't ever feel threatened, intimidated or out of place around us. Just like you, we are also fumbling through the newness of your place in our lives. We trust that if you are good enough for him, you are good enough for us. We expect you to have quirks, flaws and a uniqueness about you that might leave us scratching our heads from time to time.

And we don't want you to change a thing.

Don't ever feel like you can't speak to me, my (new) husband or any of the boys. Say anything. Or say nothing at all. Please be you.

You're going to see us (the kids, mostly, but also my husband and me) quite often. You're going to find yourself sitting with us at concerts, plays, games, graduations and many other events. It will feel awkward at first, maybe, but I hope that changes quickly. While the kids know very well that their father and I are divorced and done, they need to know that we are united in our support of them, and this is one of the many ways we will unapologetically display that support.

I want them to look out at the audience while on stage and see all of us together watching them with pride and excitement. Many of my friends have asked me if sitting between their father and stepfather feels weird. I have done weirder things to esteem, encourage, teach and build my sons. (Singing ridiculous songs about potty training is the first thing that comes to my mind.) This is no sweat. I ask that you join us (when you are ready) and become part of the united front that supports them unconditionally.

You may find yourself sitting through conversations between him and me. Please understand that we need to communicate in order to run our successful "business" of raising amazing humans. Sometimes we need to do it often. And along with the trust I mentioned in the former paragraph, there is trust that you will know when it's appropriate to chime in. Should you ever feel uncomfortable or insignificant during times like this, I ask that you look at the bigger picture and keep in mind that our communication outside the subject of our children is almost non-existent.
He will never call to ask me advice on fashion. (which is a good thing because I have none!)
He won't call me to chat about a TV show he enjoys.

He won't call me to complain about his work day.

Our relationship revolves around three growing boys. While other subjects may arise while we're in the same space for a long period of time, please know that my role in his life is "mother of his children."

Nothing more.

I give you a lot of credit for embarking on a relationship with a father of teenage boys! This is new to them, too, and they have no idea what to do or say around you. They are teenagers with their own lives, hopes, dreams and intentions, and they may not always be at their best. I ask that as you become more of a presence in their lives, you get to know them individually.

My hope is that as time goes by and you are around them more, that you'll have a unique relationship with each of them. This will take deliberate work and effort. And at times it won't be easy, much like anything else that is worthwhile.

I hope this letter doesn't scare you off. I imagine you understand that there is no way I could get all of this out when I met you for the first time and wondered if I was supposed to awkwardly shake your hand.

Carefully and respectfully, I welcome you.
Tina