Buhari to drop General title from May 29th + See official portraits

The media team of General Muhammadu Buhari has released a statement saying that from May 29th, the president elect will drop his General title and so should no longer be addressed as a General.

“From May 29, 2015, the President-elect and Vice-President-elect are to be respectively known and addressed as Muhammadu Buhari, President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria" the statement signed by the Directorate of Media and Publicity of Gen Buhari read.

An official portrait for the president elect and the vice president elect was also released today. Above

Woman gives birth aboard a carribbean cruise ship and leaves the newborn baby underneath a bed

A woman, Alicia Keir, 24 gave birth to a healthy baby girl on a Caribbean cruise ship and left the baby to die beneath a bed  (when she was 20).

Alicia Keir, 24, from DeMotte, Indiana, pleaded guilty to an involuntary manslaughter charge in federal court on Wednesday and faces up to eight years in prison when she is sentenced on August 20.

She previously told authorities that she knew she was pregnant when she boarded the Carnival Dream in October 2011 to celebrate her friend’s birthday, but her fellow travelers did not. She said she went into labor between ports of call and was alone when she gave birth to the girl in her cabin before wrapping the baby in a towel and hiding her beneath her bed.

She did not move. She did not make a sound,’ Keir told U.S. District Judge Rudy Lozano, as she added that she knew the baby was born alive.  ‘I should have gotten help,’ she said.

A cleaning crew found the little girl dead the next day when the ship arrived at port in St. Maarten.

Keir flew home from St. Maarten after the infant was discovered.

Following the discovery, the FBI’s Evidence Response Team was activated when the ship returned to its Florida base.

A doctor found that the baby died from exposure and lack of care, U.S. Attorney Randall Stewart said. Court records show the baby was born without any diseases or defects. 

Keir faces up to eight years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 when she is sentenced on August 20 2015.

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Burundi coup leaders arrested

Three army generals who were part of a group that attempted to overthrow Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza a few days ago have been arrested. Former Burundi Defence minister Gen Cyrille Ndayirukiye was one of the three arrested today. But the general who led the coup and made the announcement on radio, Gen Godefroid Niyombare (pictured left) has not been found.
The General had earlier told AFP News Agency on phone yesterday that he and others who plotted the coup will surrender but hoped they will not be killed.”I hope they won’t kill us”. He said.
President Nkurunziza, who returned back to Burundi yesterday from Tanzania is expected to make a national address later today. Obviously, he has more people loyal to him in the army than the generals

Photos: Kidnapper nabbed in VGC, beaten by mob

This man badly beaten was arrested in VGC this evening. According to the story sent exclusively to LIB, a driver connived with three men to kidnap his boss, the owner of Victoria Water Services from the airport but fortunately traffic foiled their plans.

The lady they almost kidnapped narrated how she had called her driver to pick her from the airport, and she was surprised when some men entered from the back when the doors were supposed to be locked. Continue to read the story and see more photos of the man caught after

As they were driving towards Aja, they found themselves in traffic and as the driver tried to reverse, it hit another car and that was when the woman opened the door and jumped from the vehicle and started screaming that they were trying to kidnap her.

People chased the car and managed to pull one of the criminals from the car… and of course they beat him up (the one pictured) and handed him to the police at VGC. Other criminals are presently at large..

Photo: Nigerian refugees from Niger republic queue for HIV/AIDS test

Nigerian men who just returned from Niger Republic queue for HIV/AIDS test at their IDP camp today May 15th. Photo credit: NAN

NIMC: 406 Sacked Staff to Face Criminal Charges

Director General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Mr. Chris Onyemenam has revealed that 406 disengaged staff from the NIMC would be facing criminal charges as required by the constitution.

The Director General disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja where he also denied embezzling N30 billion meant for the production of the National Identity card.
According to him,

“It is not true that NIMC has planned to sack or retrench 1,000 workers. However 406 senior members of staff who falsified their service records and thus have been profiting from that fraud, have been formally reported to the appropriate offices for further action. 

Embezzlement of N30 billion again is misunderstanding of the facts that has been
interpreted to suit the presenter’s purpose. In September 2011 government approved N30.066 billion from the procurement of cards and the accelerated expansion of the back end. And within budgetary constraints, we are very proud of the support we have received “

ThisDay adds that he revealed that the said money was meant for a period of three years and the commission had already received N17.2 billion out of the 30 billion, adding that N940 million was spent on the redundant staff sacked in 2012. The DG noted that:

 "Management has ensured that all annual accounts of the NIMC are audited and approved by the Board before submission to the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation as required by law. 

It is also published on our website as part of an annual report on the NIMC for each year. The 2014 Accounts that has just been approved by the Board will be published shortly".

Onyemenam disclosed further that it was not true that management planned to declare redundancy or undertake any retrenchment.

"Management has not behaved with impunity nor did it disobey any Court Orders. All due processes were followed and appropriate approvals obtained as necessary by NIMC Management in the discharge of its duties," he noted.

A young man was found dead at the rail track at Fagba crossing this morning

A young man was found dead at the rail track at Fagba area of Iju Lagos this morning. People assume he fell off the moving train last night. His body is still there and they are asking the right authority to come remove his corpse. They also believe his family lives around Ijoko in Ogun state and do not even know what has befallen their family member.

I censored his face but if anyone is looking for a relative around that area...

President Jonathan Relocates from Aso Rock to Glass House Ahead of May 29

President Goodluck Jonathan has relocated from his main official residence at the Presidential Villa to another section of the vast complex, in preparation of his exit from office in less than two weeks.

According to TheNation, GEJ and his family moved to the Glass House to allow for the renovation of the main official residence of the president for its next occupant, General Muhammadu Buhari. The President and his wife have also moved their personal belongings out of the official residence to their Otuoke,Bayelsa State residence. The movement of their belongings commenced soon after the release of the result of the March 28 presidential election.

Their source said:

“ I can confirm to you that most of the first family’s property have left the State House. The President is now staying in the Glass House with very few belongings. Intensive
renovation of the President’s residence is going on now. Minor repairs are going on in some parts of the house. Cleaning and repainting of the entire residence with white paint is in progress.” 

The furnishing aspect of the renovation will wait until the incoming president takes over. He will be the one to determine the kind of furniture he wants. The source applies to the flowers around the residence.

Renovation of the President’s office, according to another source, will also wait until Buhari assumes office. The colour of the painting and furniture for the office will be done to his taste.

Another source said:

”The State House staff are in high spirit, waiting and hoping that the promised change of the incoming government will benefit them and the nation at large.”

President Jonathan is scheduled to conduct Buhari and Vice President-electYemi Osinbajo round the complex on Thursday, May 27.

The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati was not in the office yesterday afternoon and could not be reached on telephone to get his views on the latest development.

Photos: Kourtney Kardashian shows off post-baby bod in swimwear

Mother of 3 Kourtney Kardashian, 36, proudly showed off her post-baby figure in a black swimsuit on vacation in Mexico with Scott Disick and their two eldest children, Mason and Penelope, in early May

Mystery Businessman Pays Porn Star N1.5billion for Exclusive Service for Next 15 Years

Rola Misaki 

A 22 year old porn star has sealed a £5 million = N1.5billion deal to give a mysterious businessman 15 years of exclusive service. It is not known what duties personal assistant Rola Misaki will be expected to perform for this hefty sum.

The erotic actress, who performs under the name Rola Takizawa, is half Japanese and half Russian and is a big hit in China. She appeared with her mystery beau at an event in Beijing where the pair were holding hands and being affectionate - he was wearing a mask.

MirrorUK reports it is claimed the man is Chinese, works in the adult film industry and has a huge
property portfolio. He has appeared at events in disguise before and given out massive cash gifts.

Misaki made her debut in the adult video industry in 2012 . She has few fans in Japan , where she is from, but has become a hit in China. And now has millions of followers on Sina Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter. Fans have now gone online to mourn the loss of the porn star.

One, GuangY, wrote: "Nooo! She can’t leave us like this."

Another, Mai86, wrote: "She’s one of the best, a natural. I can't believe she’s gone off with this man."

While Bao Hung posted: "It’s a sad day for us fans. Come back to us after 15 years. We’ll still be here."

- See more at: http://www.lailasblog.com/2015/05/mystery-businessman-pays-porn-star.html#sthash.a6BDJCxM.dpuf

Mystery Businessman Pays Porn Star N1.5billion for Exclusive Service for Next 15 Years

Rola Misaki 

A 22 year old porn star has sealed a £5 million = N1.5billion deal to give a mysterious businessman 15 years of exclusive service. It is not known what duties personal assistant Rola Misaki will be expected to perform for this hefty sum.

The erotic actress, who performs under the name Rola Takizawa, is half Japanese and half Russian and is a big hit in China. She appeared with her mystery beau at an event in Beijing where the pair were holding hands and being affectionate - he was wearing a mask.

MirrorUK reports it is claimed the man is Chinese, works in the adult film industry and has a huge
property portfolio. He has appeared at events in disguise before and given out massive cash gifts.

Misaki made her debut in the adult video industry in 2012 . She has few fans in Japan , where she is from, but has become a hit in China. And now has millions of followers on Sina Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter. Fans have now gone online to mourn the loss of the porn star.

One, GuangY, wrote: "Nooo! She can’t leave us like this."

Another, Mai86, wrote: "She’s one of the best, a natural. I can't believe she’s gone off with this man."

While Bao Hung posted: "It’s a sad day for us fans. Come back to us after 15 years. We’ll still be here."

- See more at: http://www.lailasblog.com/2015/05/mystery-businessman-pays-porn-star.html#sthash.a6BDJCxM.dpuf

Buhari Is Going To Hurt Us Before He Can Save Us

It is generally accepted that most Newspaper Editors know more than they let on. The ability to know what to use and what to withhold is part of your information management; it is also part of your professional and ethical responsibilities because some ‘truths’ can have unwholesome ripple effects if used in their entirety. I will give an example...

I was an Assistant Editor in Punch at the height of the apartheid struggle. Like every young man at the time, I was indignant and very impatient with the pace and nature of the international fight against apartheid. Until I had ‘an instructive conversation’ with the late Brigadier Joe Garba who was then our External Affairs Minister. 

He specifically asked me to switch off the tape before he said “Do you know that there is not a single ‘Frontline State’ that can survive economically without South Africa? Many of them don’t even have access to seaports and depend on South Africa for imports. As I speak to you now, if I want to get a Frontline State, my calls would have to be routed through South Africa. So if we were to apply sanctions as rigorously as you guys want, our people would suffer.

These are realities that we must contend with.” I left chastised but with a better understanding of the complexities of politics. ‘Off record’ was a phrase I heard often during my interviewing days as high ranking officials tried to explain that things were not always black and white. There were also files and data which would come into your hands as an Editor but which could not be used because of their geo-political implications. Make no mistake; all Editors practice self –censorship –even in places with the so called free press.

So when a man who had risen through the ranks to become Editor and then MD of one of the most influential newspapers in the country called to ‘complain’ about one of my articles, I had to listen. He felt I was too effusive in my commendation of the concession the President made. He was particularly uncomfortable with the word ‘Statesman’. “Do you know how much money was taken out to fight this election? Do you know how much was spent in the last weeks of the election? Do you know what has gone on in this country in the past six years? He asked. “How can any man who has done this much damage to his country be called a Statesman? In fact, I pity the incoming President.

Things are in such a bad shape that I wonder where he is going to start from. It is obvious that he has to be prepared to hurt us, I mean all of us, before he can make any impact”. Given what I had earlier said, I believe he had more information which his paper could not use but which had made him angry.

In any case, the stories flying around would make anybody angry even if only half of them were true. Certain sections of the Price Waterhouse Coopers’ report on the NNPC audit went viral soon after the report was released to the public. What one gleaned makes one wonder at the competence — and patriotism—of many of the handlers of our economy. There seems to be a systematic looting at that sacred corporation which didn’t start yesterday and which successive leaders find convenient to turn a blind eye to. Incidentally, I was already high up in the hierarchy during the 2.8 billion naira saga around NNPC and General Buhari in the late 70s.

Like a good journalist, I wanted to know more. So I arranged a ‘chat’ with the late Chief Bayo Kuku who was then the Vice-Chairman of Mobil Producing. After the usual ‘off record’ plea, he said of NNPC and the probe people were angling for at the time “They may not find the antelope they are looking for but they will find several bush rats”. Those were his words if I still remember correctly after so many years. The interpretation to today’s scenario is that while the missing figure might not be the exact amount that Mallam Lamido, the ex-Central Bank governor alleged, there would be several unaccounted for funds that would not do credit to that corporation and its managers, past and present. It also means that the rot is deeper than the ordinary man thinks.

The task to redeem the country is an onerous one because there are bush rats’ in almost every institution. We who want Buhari’s government to revive the economy, we who want Buhari’s government to tackle corruption, we who want Buhari’s government to take us to the next level must be prepared to change our values and discipline our appetites. I start with the press because charity must start from home. Many Editors have become so used to the largess from corrupt politicians that they see it as ‘entitlement’. Many reporters and correspondents have become so used to ‘envelopes’ of various sizes and colours that they see them as perks of office. In very few newspapers can a story sail through without someone’s palm being greased. 

Yet we are supposed to be the watch dogs of the society. What obtains in the media houses obtains in the judiciary where clerks and registrars are more powerful than lawyers and where justice is more often bought than deserved.

It obtains in the universities where admissions are bought, hand-outs are bought and degrees are bought. It obtains at our borders where officials stop needles while allowing camels to pass through. It obtains even in the market place where different levels of fake products are marketed as genuine.

Yes, the extravagance of Aso Rock must be curtailed—from budgets for food and entertainment to the size of the Personal Assistants and aides; from the fleet of Presidential planes to Presidential limousines. The allowances of the legislatures must be drastically reduced—from non-existing personal aides to constituency allowances.

The bloated civil service must be trimmed and those who do an hour’s work but demand a day’s pay must be told to sit up or ship out. Bogus overseas trips and training must be curbed. Contracts must be monitored and the system of allocating money for the same contract every year must become a thing of the past. Payment of taxes must be enforced especially among the elite class and the proceeds judiciously utilised. The political class must stop being parasitic and contribute to the economy.

The expectations are high and the job difficult; but it would be a near impossible task if we did nothing about the culture of impunity and entitlement that is so pervasive in the society. We also cannot make the omelette we so desire without breaking a few eggs.

Written by Muyiwa Adetiba

She Is Humble & Understands My Weaknesses -- Oshiomole Praises New Wife

Fielding question form newsmen, Oshiomhole who noted that both PDP and APC leaders attended the wedding, said it shows that despite political differences, Nigerians remains one.

"I have seen a lot of publications, some saying that she is Philippine, Dutch and several others, but she is from Cape Verde. And that is part of West Africa. And I hope that will rest the debate of where she is from,” he said regarding her nationality.

He described his wife as very “ understanding, caring and a loving lady and also expressed joy with his family for the support given to him to remarry.

“This is something that one is happy about. I am also happy that I have friends across all political divide. The occasion reminds me that across all divides, we have friends and well-wishers.”

Describing his wife, Oshiomhole said: “She is very humble, she appreciates the nature of my job and life that I return home late, some times 3am. She understands my weaknesses, she is more or less the mother of the house, the one that has accepted to be the mother of my children.

“I am happy that all my children are at home with her and accept her as their mother even though she is not old enough to be their mother. She has accepted to fill that gap” he said.

Photos From Adams Oshiomole’s Wedding

Edo State Governor, Adam Oshiomhole who lost his wife, Clara, to cancer in 2010 at age 54, and had remained single ever since, as we speak his getting married again…

The governor who lost his wife five years ago, has today married his Cape Verdean beauty, Iara Forte.
The wedding took earlier today at the marriage registry of Auchi Etsako West Local government Council of Edo state, and reception ceremony was later held at the governor’s Iyamho country home.
The Governor’s wedding with Iara Forte, a former air hostess at Emirate Airlines, was attended by President-elect Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President-elect, Yemi Osibajo, Senator Bukola Saraki, and Director General of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Asishana Okauru.




Congrats to them – What do you think???