Welcome to Fabulous' blog: October 2016

Monday, October 31, 2016

Shettima alleges some Governors of states not much affected by Boko Haram insurgency are lying to get donations from international agencies

Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, has said some of his colleagues in the North-east were making false claims about the situation of internally displaced persons and destruction wrecked by Boko Haram insurgents in their states.

He nailed it!

Wow! Check out Chris Brown's closet

The singer shared the photo above and captioned it: "I know why u mad!"

Cristiano Ronaldo in Halloween costume

He is always a man with lots of fun. Nice

Once Flourishing Maiduguri Railway Terminal Now In Ruins

The once flourishing railway terminal of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, now lies in ruins after years of closure.

Residents recount the good old days when trains were the backbone of their local economy.

The railway terminal and the abandoned trains have now been overgrown by grasses while internally displaced persons occupy some parts.

Former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki, who is currently on trial for alleged mismanagement of $2.1 billion arms funds, says he intends to invite former President Goodluck Jonathan as his witness.
Jonathan has in the past condemned the charges against Dasuki, claiming that there is no way the ex-NSA could have stolen about $2.2billion funds for arms.

Flood, Osun State — Flooding in Osun that led to the death of one person

Some victims of the 2012 flooding in Bayelsa State, who are taking refuge in a school, have been evicted by the state government to enable students return to the school.

Hundreds of victims of the 2012 flood disaster took refuge in Bishop Dimeari Grammar School, (BDGS) Yenagoa, but after the flood receded many of them refused to leave.

They were joined by other homeless people, thereby making it impossible for the students of the BDGS to return to their schools for academic work.

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and former Miss California USA Nicole Johnson, walked down the aisle in a lavish outdoor ceremony in Cabo on Saturday after secretly getting married on June 13th, in Arizona in the United States. The Olympic legend posted a picture of the ceremony on Instagram on Sunday which he captioned: 'My best friend.... I love you!!' His wife, now Nicole Phelps also shared a photo from the ceremony which she captioned: "Truly the happiest day of my life". Another photo after the cut...

A Facebook user Comrade Osiki Odion posted the photos on his Timeline today. The cultural event is reportedly from a Manhood celebration event held yesterday, October 29th, in Iulehaland in Uzebba,Edo State. See more photos after the cut.

Weeks after an attack on Rex Lawson water-front community in Borikiri of Rivers State, a family is still in grief, with their child still missing.

Residents and the Rivers State Police Command have continued to trade blames over the incident that led to the destruction of cars, property with one building burnt.

While residents insist that the destruction was done by men of the Police Command, the Commissioner of Police said the community had been harbouring the alleged cultists who wreaked the havoc.

Cute photos of Stephaine Okereke-Linus & son, Maxwell

Maxwell is so cute!

Photos: Fire incident at Oriental hotel

There was a fire incident at the generator house of Oriental house in Lagos yesterday night. Men of the Lagos state Fire service and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA were on hand to put out the fire. No life was lost. More photos after the cut...

Prophet Ade Okeowo of Word of Liberty Evangelical Ministry, Ikorodu, Lagos, said that God revealed to him that prices of commodities will crash in no time.
He made the revelation in a chat with National Encomium, urging Nigerians to stop blaming President Buhari for the economic crisis, as he needs time to fix the country.

She looks very stunning in makeup in her new photos. More photos after the cut..

Brazilian football legend Carlos Alberto, who scored one of the greatest World Cup goals in the 1970 World Cup final has died in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil following a heart attack. The defender made 53 appearances for Brazil and scored what is considered one of the greatest goals in World Cup history, a fierce low strike after a wonderful move in the 4-1 victory over Italy in the 1970 final, which he'll forever be remembered for.

As part of the community service of wife of Sokoto State Governor, Hajia Maryam Mairo Aminu Tambuwal, free surgery has been scheduled for 2 weeks, where surgeons from the Netherlands, U.S.A , Sirilanka etc have formed a multi dynamic team to operate on a minimum of 35 patients suffering from Noma disease and this shall be done quarterly in the span of 2 years.

Trans Teen sues School for stopping him for wearing female clothes and using female bathroom and wins

An 18-year-old student at St. Simon Stock Catholic School in Maidstone, Kent, who changed her name to Lily Madigan, announced her transition to the world via Facebook in January.
Then in March, she wore the mandated female uniform to school for the first time but was immediately sent home by the school Principal.

World’s fastest man, Usian Bolt has been nominated by The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for ‘Male Athlete of the Year award’.
The award night which will take place at Monaco on Friday, December 2, 2016, will see the nine-time Olympic gold medalist alongside Mo Farah (GB), Eliud Kipchoge

Singer, Rihanna wore a T-shirt with an image of Hillary Clinton on it as she stepped out in New York City Wednesday.

religious-leaders-and-vice-president-yemi-osinbajo — Religious leaders and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo

Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has blamed bad religious doctrines for increased terrorism, violence and armed conflicts around the world.

The Vice President made the observation at a meeting on Wednesday with 200 world religious leaders in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

The candidate of the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee, Donald Trump, will take to the stage in Las Vegas tonight for the final debate in an increasingly bitter race for the U.S. presidency.

While polls show Mr Trump is losing in key battleground states after facing a slew of sexual assault allegations, Mrs Clinton remains unpopular with many US voters and has faced more bad headlines about her use of a private email server.

Most Americans will cast their votes on November 8.

Photos: Liverpool 0-0 Man U (Jose Mourinho shows he's the king of tactics)

Jose Mourinho on Monday night proved that he was the king of tactics as his well drilled Manchester United side stifled Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool side to ensure both teams played out a 0-0 draw at Merseyside.

Liverpool, Manchester United Share Points In Battle Of Reds

Liverpool and Manchester United shared points in a much-talked-about Premiership League ‘battle of reds’ in Anfield on Monday.

The game kicked-off with Liverpool looking to up its points and be at par with leading Manchester City while Manchester United hoped to secure a win to be at par with Liverpool. Both teams, however, could not score a goal to up their points. The first half of the game was not with so much attempts on goal, even though ManU had an upper hand, but the second half of the game saw the homeside, Liverpool increase possession and pressure on the reds.

Professor of law and chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption (PACAC), Itse Sagay, says that Nigeria would have collapsed if Bubari had not intervened. He said this at the presentation of the committee’s report on a new legal framework for fighting‎ corruption Monday; October 17, 2016.

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President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the role played by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the release of the 21 abducted Chibok schoolgirls.

The President, however, urged the group to sustain its humanitarian interest in Nigeria.

He made the remarks on Monday at a meeting with the ICRC President, Mr Peter Maurer, at the State House in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

Participants in a conference held in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, have identified critical issues they said must be addressed for the nation to come out of current economic recession.

Lack of political will to develop the manufacturing sector of the economy is a major reason the nation is in recession, they said.

The former Coordinator of the National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP), Mr Magnus Kpakol, was one of the participants in the conference that focused on ‘the Role of Monetary Policy in Job Creation’.

A father and his son have been arrested in connection with the death of Tyson Gay's 15-year-old daughter after officials say they were in a shootout with another man when a stray bullet struck the teenager. The U.S. Olympic sprinter's daughter, Trinity was killed early Sunday morning when she was hit in the neck outside the Cook Out restaurant in Lexington, Kentucky around 4 AM.

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Pasuma has opened up on the kind of woman he hopes to settle down with.

When asked why he chose to remain single, he said:-

"I am not single. I have children out of wedlock. I am married to my children and I am happy with them. That does not erase the fact that I may decide to get married tomorrow."

Toyin Aimakhu was spotted with daughter of the president of Nigeria, Zahra Buhari at the Rhythm of Hope Festival of Art and Culture in Abuja yesterday.

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Femi Adebayo and his wife, Omotayo Sanusi.

Femi Adebayo got married secretly to his long time fiancee, Omotayo Sanusi in Lagos.

It’s exactly 8 years after he divorced his first wife Khadijat who is the mother of his 2 boys (twin) and a daughter. Femi Adebayo has told his fans that it is not an easy task for him to be divorced for 8years.

JJC Skillz took to Instagram to congratulate Funke Akindele as she just bagged two awards at the 2016 Naija FM Comedy award show- Best sitcom and best actor in comedy.

JJC wrote; “2 awards to my lovely wife, the hardest working person I know in this industry. #jenifakan #worldwidekan @funkejenifaakindele congratulations#skyisjustthebeginning”.

The management of the University of Lagos has expelled 125 students and rusticated 198 others after they were found guilty of various misconducts such as examination malpractices during last academic session, smoking band substances such as Marijuana in hall of residence, impersonation in examination halls and others.

Nigeria's openly gay pastor, Jide Macaulay, a gay Theologian and the Founder and Project Director of House Of Rainbow, took to his page to write about how honourable it is to be homosexual.

The government of Plateau state in North-west Nigeria is considering the option of granting amnesty to those in possession of firearms in the state and exchanging the arms for cash.

This is following the recovery of arms and ammunition by security agencies.

Governor Simon Lalong gave this indication after inspecting the recovered arms at the headquarters of Operation Safe Haven in Jos, the state capital.

The level of increase of firearms in circulation across Plateau state has been a major concern to security agents as locally manufactured and sophisticated weapons have been recovered following various operations carried out by the special task force.

A group of Nigerian deportees from Libya have revealed harrowing details of their thwarted efforts to illegally travel to Europe.
Fifty-two of the 154 who were deported from the North African country last Monday shared their sordid experiences publicly at The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) in Lagos State on Sunday 16th October where they had come to seek ‘refuge’.
According to Tracy Stephen, an Edo-State indigene, the treatment they endured in the course of their journey was nothing short of inhumane.

As she shared on her page.

Photos: 26-year-old Nigerian appointed London's first Young People's Laureate

26-year-old Nigerian poet and English teacher has been named as London’s first Young People’s Laureate.

Caleb Femi was given the prestigious role by a panel of arts bodies and individual judges, including The Roundhouse, the Poetry Society and Jacob Sam-La Rose.
The poet, teacher and photographer has been given the responsibility to raise the awareness of poetry in the capital, nationally and internationally.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Industry, Senator Sam Egwu, has promised that the legislature will come up with relevant laws to ease the effect of foreign exchange on local manufacturers and ensure patronage for them.

Speaking during an oversight inspection of Innoson Automobile Manufacturing Plant, Nnewi, Anambra state, alongside his committee members, he said that the situation is detrimental to the nation’s economy.

A self-acclaimed pastor and her sister arrested by police in Ogun State for being in possession of a skeleton alleged to be the body of their late sister are making scary claims about the mysterious situation.

Mr Sunday Oluwatobiloba claims that the sister is not dead but on a journey and will return to the skeleton this year. “She has gone on a spiritual journey and she has been in that position in the last six years. “We are expecting her back before the end of this years and we are not afraid to live with her,” Sunday explained.

Angry Haitians looted aid trucks as the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, visited parts of the country hit by hurricane Matthew, which killed 900 people.

Mr Ban, while urging countries to donate more, said he witnessed the looting incident in Les Cayes, where he had promised more aid to Haiti.

Haitian Police and UN peacekeepers used tear gas to disperse a group of 100 residents who attacked the humanitarian convoys on Saturday.

I can't be bothered about those who say I am fat- Omawunmi

The singer took to social media to respond to those who say she is fat. She wrote;

"This is my b**ch resting face... Which can also mean 'honesty, I can't be bothered'. I have come to own and accept the real me, when/if I have to change my body, I may do it. So till then this my response to 'Omawumi is fat'. So I've added a few kilos, Omawumi is beautiful Jare!!! #wonderwoman#omawonder #ownit #timeless".

DSS arrests two more judges, freeze accounts of others under investigation

Agents of the Department of State Security DSS have arrested two more judges over allegations of corruption. According to The Nation, Justices Bashir Sukola and Ladan Manir of the Kaduna State High Court, were arrested in Kaduna and taken to the DSS Headquarters in Abuja at about 8.30pm yesterday October 12th.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has suspended all the banks, with the exception of First Bank, from selling dollar proceeds of International Money Transfer Services, (IMTS) to Bureau De Change, BDCs till further notice. The suspension came as a result of none compliance to the directive CBN had given to banks two months ago to sell proceeds of their international money transfer services to BDCs.

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The Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Reverend Nicholas Okoh, has asked Nigerians to believe in President Muhammadu Buhari’s promise of better days ahead.

Most Reverend Okoh gave the advice while speaking with journalists on Wednesday at the diocese of Osun Northeast of Anglican Communion in Otan Ayegbaju, Osun State.

He says progress of Nigeria depends largely on unity.

The primate further emphasised the need for all Nigerians to work towards national development.

Prerequisite For Development

The clergyman, who noted that peace was a major prerequisite for development, urged political leaders and others to do away with the idea of supremacy.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Nigeria has declared Mr Goodie Ibru wanted for various offences.

A publication on the anti-graft agency’s website by its spokesman, Wilson Uwujarem, says Mr Ibru is wanted in connection with a case of conspiracy, capital market fraud, stealing, diversion and money laundering.

The EFCC said: “He allegedly diverted billions of Naira and assets of Ikeja Hotels Plc, owners of Sheraton Hotel, Lagos, Federal Palace Hotel and Capital Hotel and owners of Sheraton Hotel, Abuja to his personal benefits.

U.S. President Barack Obama, has criticised Donald Trump’s recent remarks about women, saying they would be unacceptable even for someone applying for a job at a 7-Eleven store.

At a rally supporting Hillary Clinton in North Carolina, Mr Obama has now urged senior republicans to formally withdraw their endorsement of Mr Trump as presidential candidate.

According to him, Mr Trump “does not have the temperament or the judgement or the knowledge or apparently the desire to obtain the knowledge and basic honesty that a president needs to have”.

OAP Toke Makinwa Blasted By Nigerians Over Recent Comments

Popular media personality Toke Makinwa has got herself in trouble with Nigerians concerning comments she made recently. Toke Makinwa

The 31-year-old in a clip gave ‘advice’ to young ladies to have all the fun they want until they hit the age of 25. She said she wants them to live life on the edge, kiss strangers, have one night stands, pierce multiple parts and have a tattoo.

ogun assembly — Speaker of the House, Suraju Adekunbi, says the spate of violent crimes in the state has become worrisome.

The Ogun State House of Assembly has passed a bill proposing 25 years imprisonment or death sentence for anyone found guilty of land grabbing.

The assembly in its deliberations on Tuesday also prescribed a death sentence if a life is lost during the “forceful takeover of land with the use of any fire arms, offensive weapon, obnoxious or chemical materials.”

The passage of the bill follows the presentation of the report of special joint committees on Lands and Housing as well as Justice, Ethics and Public Petitions.

Iraq's national football team is still without a point in Russia 2018 World Cup qualification as they’ve lost their first three matches which include defeats to Australia (2-0), Saudi Arabia (1-2) and Japan (2-1) and face a must win home match against Thailand in their next qualifier game.

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