Stowaway caught inside plane's tyre compartment at Lagos airport

A 25-year-old man who attempted to hide under the tyre carriage of a Medview aircraft on a domestic flight was apprehended yesterday at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 (MMA2) in Lagos.

He was found by the pilot during his final check on the plane before its departure to Accra, Ghana.

Airport workers hinted that he succeeded in gaining access into the tyre compartment of the aircraft which was ready for taxing on the Tarmac .

He hid himself at the tyre compartment in the under carriage of the aircraft .A source hinted that final  inspection round the plane by the pilot drew his attention to some strange movements and object inside the  tyre compartment.

The man was handed over to the police at the domestic airport where he confessed he has nursed the ambition of carry out the act for two weeks and had been holed up around the airport while perfecting his plan.

The stowaway was said to have confessed that he did what he did out of desperation to leave the country for another in the quest for greener pasture.

When asked how he found his way into the tyre compartment of the aircraft, he declared that he jumped through the fence that demarcated the VIP  Lounge section of the airport from the tarmac where the plane was waiting for clearance for takeoff.

He has been handed over to Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for further questioning.

Well…If You’re Pissed ABout Wiz Khalifah’s Weed Addiction Blame His Mom

Yeah! Rapper Wiz Khalifah’s bilogical mother just gave an interview to the UK’s SUN magazine. Here is what she said:

“Before I went to work, before he went to school, it was our way of bonding. We would smoke together. He got his habit from his mother.”

For real??????????????????????????????????????????????????

UI appoints new VC

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By Our Reporter on September 9, 2015 Trending

The Senate of the University of Ibadan has named Professor Abel Idowu Olayinka as the institution’s new Vice Chancellor.
The professor of geology, who would resume after the expiration of the tenure of Prof. Isaac Adewole on December 1, this year is the first from the ‎faculty of science.
Announcing the new VC who is the 12th so far in the history of the premier university, the chairman of the council and pro-chancellor, Dr. Umar Musa Mustapha said Professor Olayinka was chosen ‎out of the 13 professors who applied for the post.
“13 persons put forward a formal application and we screened them after which six names were shortlisted. The selection committee later conducted a free ‎and credible election and again, it was reduced to three out of which professor Abel Olayinka emerged the 12th vice chancellor of our institution.” Mustapha explained.

Riding a horse in the North might get you shot

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By Our Reporter on September 9, 2015

Riding a horse in Nigeria’s northern state of Borno could result in your violent death at the hands of government troops. The Nigerian army issued the warning as Boko Haram increasingly relies on horses to get around.
The radical Islamist group began waging a brutal war with Nigeria in 2009. Since then, Boko Haram has become infamous for leveling entire villages and killing or kidnapping residents.
In April 2014, the organization made international headlines and sparked global outrage after it abducted more than than 300 girls from the town of Chibok. Widely accused of corruption and human rights abuses, Nigerian security forces have struggled to contain the violence — and stop desertion in their own ranks.
The Nigerian army’s 7th Division is trying to limit Boko Haram’s options by curtailing horse riding in and around Borno’s capital Maiduguri. According to the country’s Daily Post newspaper and other local reports, the 7th Division announced the new rules earlier in September:

The 7[th]Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri has prohibited Borno residents, particularly traditional rulers from using horses in view of recent attacks by the Boko Haram sect which were executed by horse-riding militants. It warned that anyone found using a horse would be considered as an insurgent.
The warning was contained in a statement issued by spokesman of the Division, Colonel Tukur Gusau, during the destruction of dry fish worth millions of naira which were seized from the Boko Haram insurgents at different locations in Borno State.
The statement disclosed that the seized fish was another source of funding for the terrorists that has been truncated. He disclosed that the seized fish consist 2,000 cartons of smoke fish and dry meat that the insurgents carted away from innocent traders.

But government crackdowns have generally produced brief victories. Ironically, the animal-borne attacks are likely a product of previous restrictions on Boko Haram’s trademark motorbikes in 2011.
A BBC article at the time explained the specifics of that ban:

The Borno state government said it was now imposing a 24-hour ban on motorbikes in the city.
“The ban includes private as well as commercial motorcycles of all categories that operate within Maiduguri metropolis,” Usman Ciroma, spokesman for the Borno state governor, said in a statement.
Correspondents say motorbikes are one of the most common forms of transport in Maiduguri, as most people cannot afford cars.
The AFP news agency reports that the governor, Kashim Shettima, warned that the ban could be extended.
“If the security situation does not improve following this ban, the government will extend the ban to cover the whole state,” he was quoted as saying.

With many Nigerians unable to afford cars, motorbikes are an extremely popular alternative across the country.
The fighters who seized the schoolgirls in Chibok reportedly arrived on the two-wheeled vehicles. Curiously enough, the bike helmet law may have actually contributed to the rise of the extremists, according to The Atlantic’s Uri Friedman:

It’s a largely forgotten episode: In January 2009, the Nigerian government began enforcing a law mandating that motorbike drivers and passengers – most controversially, operators of the country’s freewheeling, ubiquitous motorcycle taxis – wear helmets. The authorities were responding to a serious public-health hazard; Nigeria’s roads are among the least safe in the world, and by 2009 motorcycle crashes accounted for more than half of all road-traffic injuries.
Initially, news coverage of the regulation was lighthearted, and primarily focused on the advent of pumpkin helmets. Riders were worried about helmets casting magic spells over them or giving them lice, and some were taunting traffic police by covering their heads with dried pumpkin shells, painted pots, or rubber tires. “We are impounding their bikes and want to take them to court so they can explain why they think wearing a calabash is good enough for their safety,” an exasperated Nigerian official told the BBC.
But the government’s bike-helmet drive soon took a far darker turn. In Maiduguri, the capital of the northeastern state of Borno, a sect led by the Muslim cleric Mohammed Yusuf was agitating for an Islamic state and railing against secular education. The group wasn’t yet calling for the violent overthrow of the Nigerian government, but it was increasingly at odds with local authorities. Its members were occasionally arrested and intermittently skirmished with police.

With horses now restricted in Borno, one wonders how Boko Haram members will travel next.
(WAR IS BORING)

Angelina Jolie reveals heartbreaking tale of young girls raped & sold for $40

The Hollywood star and UN special envoy who is a long-standing campaigner gave a heartbreaking account of young girls she has met in conflict zones who have been repeatedly raped and sold off for as little as $40 each. The actress appeared alongside former Foreign Secretary William Hague before the House of Lords Committee to speak about their campaign against sexual violence in conflict.

"For over 10 years I had been visiting the field and meeting with families and survivors of sexual violence who felt for so long that their voices simply didn’t matter – they weren’t heard and they carried a great shame. I remember distinctly meeting this little girl, who was very young – probably about 7 or 8 – and she was rocking backwards and forwards and staring at the wall and tears streaming down her face because she had been brutally raped multiple times." She said.

According to The Independent, Jolie described how she had felt "absolutely helpless" after meeting one young girl who refused to speak to anyone after being "brutally raped multiple times". She said what was even worse than the physical violence was the feeling of worthlessness they felt when men bartered over their monetary value when selling them off as sex slaves.

"More recently I met a 13-year-old girl in Iraq who had been kept in a room with many other girls. They were taken out in twos, brought to this very dirty room with this dirty couch and raped repeatedly. They told me what was even worse than this physical violence was they had to stand in rooms and watch their friends be sold. To hear men arguing over what they were worth. Were they worth $40, $50? What was the price, their value? And how humiliating that was."

Updating the committee on progress since then, Angelina said:

"The most important thing is to understand what it's not: it's not sexual, it's a violent, brutal, terrorizing weapon, and it is used unfortunately everywhere. The most aggressive terrorist group in the world today knows what we know; knows that it is a very effective weapon and [is] using it as a center point of their terror and their way of destroying communities and families and attacking, destroying and dehumanizing." She added: "I know what would happen to my family if I were raped or my daughters were raped. All of you sitting in this room. What would that do to their lives, to your family structure? You would want to know it was wrong and that the world thought it was wrong and the person who did this to you didn't just walk away."

See the question this Nigerian mum asked on Facebook

Stumbled on this on Facebook on a group for mothers. After getting advice from her fellow mums, the woman further explained when people asked if the lady was her husband's current girlfriend or an ex. "She's an ex-girlfriend because he said they are no more together. But we stay in the same compound. I took her as my sister, not knowing she was dating my husband" she wrote

Ekiti workers jubilate as Fayose pays them another unscheduled visit today (photos)

Civil servants at the Ekiti state Local Government Service Commission along Iyin Road, Ado-Ekiti jubilated as their governor Ayo Fayose paid an unscheduled visit to their office today. Continue to see more photos..

Military frees 128 Boko Haram detainees in Borno

128 suspected members of the Boko Haram sect were today released to the Borno state government after investigations by the Nigerian army showed they had no ties with the sect. Presenting the released suspects comprising of 109 men, seven women, 11 boys and one unattached teenager, to the state governor, Kashim Shettima, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai said;

"The task of Operation Lafiya Dole can be seen in three terms, to defeat the insurgents, to facilitate humanitarian activities and observe human right and restore the administrative functions in the liberated area. We are here to formally hand over those arrested in the process of our operations; we are pleased to hand over the 128 suspects that have been cleared by the joint intelligent core, which comprised the Army, the police and DSS. This is clear manifestation that the army is clearly professional,” Buratai declared and expressed optimism that the Boko Haram terrorism would soon come to an end. We will continue to emphasis that this terrorism will soon come to an end. We have been supported by President Muhammadu Buhari; we are getting more equipment and we are getting more of our troops redeployed to the operation,”

Buhari’s 100 days and invasion of Akwa Ibom Govt House: My Position - Ayo Fayose

Governor of Ekiti state Ayo Fayose writes below... (must read)

President Mohammadu Buhari’s government is now 100 days and even though I align with most Nigerians, who opined that 100 days is too short in the life of a government, it is important to make some clarifications as regarding the administration. This is more so that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and some political jobbers that are looking for appointments are praising the President, citing imaginary achievements.

As at today, the only achievement recorded by the President Buhari’s government is the harassment of leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and those perceived as not on the same political page with the president in his party.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan and those who worked with him as well as PDP governors and leaders are now targets of harassment, and by this, the president is telling Nigerians that it does not pay to be honourable. Dr Goodluck Jonathan was honourable enough to allow a peaceful transition and conceded to the president even though it was obvious that his victory was questionable. Visiting such a person and those who worked with him with persecution as being done now, is no doubt a sad reminder of the reason we have many sit-tight leaders in Africa.

Interestingly, some of those who worked with Dr Goodluck Jonathan that the APC called thieves are now being appointed to manage the affairs of international organisations like the World Bank and African Development Bank.

LOPSIDED AND ILLEGAL APPOINTMENTS
In the last 100 days of President Buhari, appointments made have shown the president’s insensitivity to the ethnic diversity of Nigeria andcontempt for the Constitution of the country.

The South-East has been totally neglected as if the likes of Dr Ogbonnaiya Onu who was earlier touted as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and others in the region do not merit
appointments. This is unacceptable.

Appointment of Buharis’s in-law, Mrs Amina Zakari as Acting Chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC); APC member, Alhaji Lawal Daura as Director General of the Department of State Service (DSS) and Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd) as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, clearly violated the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.

ANTI-CORRUPTION CRUSADE
While I am in total support of the fight against corruption, it is my opinion that corruption can neither be fought along political party lines nor through the media.

What is being witnessed presently as fight against corruption is mere noise-making, witch-hunt and harassment of perceived political opponents of the president. This is more so that most of the political
allies of the President and those sponsored his election are also being accused of corruption and the president is looking the other way.

Most importantly, the Halliburton bribery scandal must be revisited.


INVASION OF AKWA IBOM GOVT HOUSE
The major sore-point of the 100 days of President Buhari is the last Thursday invasion of the Akwa Ibom State Government House by armed men of the DSS.

Nigeria is a Federation, with 36 States Federating Units and in a federation, the component states are in some sense sovereign.

Therefore, what happened in Akwa Ibom Government House last Thursday was clearly a government (FG) authorising the invasion of another government (State Government). Even during the dark days of the Military, it never happened in Nigeria.

The invasion of Akwa Ibom State Government House by armed men of the DSS deserves condemnation from all men of goodwill, including State Governors. It was Akwa Ibom last week; it could be the turn of any other governor irrespective of political party tomorrow.

Today, we are also being informed that it will soon be the turn of Ekiti State. We await Alhaji Lawal Daura’s men, but we assure him that Ekiti people will always rise to defend their government.

CONCLUSION
I commend the president for his efforts at ending the Boko Haram insurgency and I wish to call on all Nigerians to support the President in restoring peace to the Boko Haram ravaged North Eastern
part of Nigeria.

 As we look forward to the end of the honeymoon of Buhari’s presidency, I wish to state that if supposed men of honour are going underground because of possible harassment and intimidation, I, Peter Ayodele Fayose will not; because this is our fatherland.

Most importantly, those regarding President Buhari as a saint should know that he is not. The president is not also the Almighty God that cannot be questioned. After all, the beauty of democracy is in credible opposition.

As for me, I have been comfortable before I became governor and will not because of cheap publicity deceive Nigerians with declaration of cattle herds and mud houses as assets.

Today, I have expressed my mind concerning the 100 days of Buhari’s presidency as I did before the election. This I have done basically to remind Nigerians that I told them then, and it is happening now.

May God be with the President and bless Nigeria.

Ayodele Fayose,
Governor, Ekiti State

Finally! Kevin Hart sets a wedding date to fiancée Eniko Parrish…

After dating her for five years and being engaged for a year, actor/comedian Kevin Hart has finally set a date to wed Eniko Parrish. The couple will tie the knot on August 8, 2016. Almost one year from now. As for his involvement in the wedding preparation, Kevin told 'Entertainment Tonight',

''To be honest with you, I don't know what the hell is going on. I told her, 'Do what you want to do, and just come back to me with a finished product. She has a number, if she goes above this number it's not happening. That's all I did, I gave her a budget.''

MASSOB scolds Ohaneze: Stop demanding political privileges from Buhari

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By Our Reporter on September 9, 2015 National

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Top Igbo nationalist organization, Ohaneze Ndigbo, and other groups agitating for positions for Igbo representation in the President Muhammadu Buhari administration were yesterday warned to desist from making demands for political privileges from the President.
A faction of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), an Igbo separatist organization, which gave the warning said it was speaking to the Ohaneze Youth Council, Igbo political elites, traditional and teligious leaders in Igboland.
In a statement signed by the National Director of Information of the Factional MASSOB, Uchenna Madu, the group stated that Mr. Festus Keyamo was right when he described the Igbo leaders and socio-political groups demanding for the Office of Secretary to the Federal Government (SGF) as “noise makers”.
The statement reads in part:

“Even though President Buhari has a personal dislike and animosity against Biafrans, Ndigbo are the architect of their political humiliation in President Buhari’s administration because of their individual selfishness, personal ego and lust for money.
“President Buhari is very, very right in relegating Ndigbo to their current political status in Nigerian governance. Some Igbo political, traditional, religious, market and youth leaders blindly bagged their eggs of political and economical future in Nigeria in a fragile, demoralized and unsteady leader called Jonathan Goodluck, who glaringly crashed heavily with the Igbo political and economic eggs.”

Insisting that President Buhari was only paying Ndigbo back in their own coin for not voting for him and his party, the Factional MASSOB queried:

“Why have Chief Igariwe (Ohaneze PG), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike (factional MASSOB leader), Chief Ifeanyi Uba (TAN National Coordinator), Eze Cletus Ilomuanya (Sout-East chairman of Igbo Traditional Rulers), Chief Okwudili Ezenwankwo (South-East chairman of Market leaders), Chief T. Ahamefula Orji and Mr. Peter Obi (South-East Chief/Deputy Chief Campaigners of Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election), Chief Arthur Eze (Chief financial supporter of Goodluck Jonathan), South-East CAN/PFN leaders, hundreds of Igbo Socio-political groups and other Igbo leaders suddenly shut up their selfish political mouths since the heavy crash of Goodluck Jonathan? These selfish Igbo men are the real enemies of Ndigbo not President Buhari.
“These Igbo men openly and shamefully campaigned for Goodluck Jonathan who politically deceived Ndigbo, even Chief Ralph Uwazuruike (Factional MASSOB leader) the self-acclaimed agitator/liberator of Biafra, shamefully and openly campaigned for Goodluck Jonathan to continue in office as Nigerian President till 2019, while impoverished MASSOB members and Ndigbo earnestly wanted [to establish]Biafra before 2015 as Nigeria Amalgamation [reached its centenary] in 2014. Partisan politics has diminished Ohaneze Ndigbo.
“The silence of these selfish Igbo political leaders since President Buhari’s administration is an open acceptance of political defeat and self-condemnation associated with political inferiority complex.”

The statement concluded:

“Some Igbo political, traditional, religious and economic leaders will continue to blindly wallop in Nigeria’s political wilderness until they rediscover the courage of Ojukwuism as enshrined in the spirit of Biafran consciousness. The unrelenting and undeterred spirit of no surrender, no retreat.”

OMG Man Takes Major Swipe At People Who Still Had Eyes For Their Bags When BA Plane Was On Fire

Lmaooooooo I don’t know why people are like this. When the plane didn’t explode nko? Lol