Presidency under fire for cooking up document linking Sanusi to Boko Haram insurgency

premium times have reported that Reno Omokiri, a close aide of Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, is wound up in a massive scandal after the digital footprint of a slanderous write-up against the recently suspended governor of the Central Bank, Sanusi Lamido, was traced to his computer.

Mr. Omokri, Special Assistant to the President on New Media, is believed

BN Beauty: Pick Your Fave! Funke Akindele & Mercy Aigbe Rock the Pixie Cut

So what’s your verdict?

source- Bella Naija

PDP Rally is a Gathering of Imo’s Problems, Says Rochas Okorocha

Rochas Okorocha

In this interview, the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, responded to allegations that he was elected in error by the PDP, as well as other issues after the PDP rally in Owerri, the state capital. Chuks Okocha presents the excerpt

PDP has alleged that you won the governorship by default. Is it true?
Let my start by saying that PDP lied. It was not by accident, it was the mandate of the people freely given by Imo State. And let me put the record right, PDP has never won any election in Imo State. The election of Udenwa was won by me in 1999. It was not Achike Udenwa who won that election. So, it was not true and after that came Ohakim. So, they wouldn't have said it was a mistake. I have always won election in Imo State. What happened today was a political 419; the more you look, the less you see. The so called crowd they said they had was not Imolites. They don't have up to 2000 Imolities there. This is a South-east, South-south rally.

Court refuses Sanusi's request to Challenge Jonathan

The court has refused to grant the request put forward by the suspended governor of the CBN Sanusi lamido Sanusi, challenging the legality of his removal as CBN governor. the court held that if the request of S

anusi was granted. it would amount to a reinstatement of himself as governor without hearing. the case was adjourned to the 12th of march this yaer

Exclusive: Celebs & Stylistas at the House of Nwocha “Cocoon” Fashion Showcase in Lagos

Funke Akindele, Desmond Elliot, Nse Ikpe-Etim & Others Shine as AMVCA2014 Nominees | Proudly Sponsored by Amstel Malta

Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award (AMVCA) is less than a month away and Nigeria’s favourite malt drink, Amstel Malta will once again sponsor this event.

Nominees of the prestigious and well-celebrated awards have since been announced to the delight of fans, who still have the opportunity to vote for their favourites. The 1st edition, held last year, had the likes ofO.C Ukeje, Mercy Johnson, Tunde Kelani and other notable movie stars as winners of different award categories.

This year promises to be even more exciting with Amstel Malta’s relentless commitment to bringing out the best in everyone. Fans have become elated about the AMVCA’s as its conversation spreads like wildfire with many eagerly casting their votes for their favourite acts.

So who wins this year? It’s a tight race and all bets are on!

Below are some of the voting categories and everyone is encouraged to follow the trend#AmstelMaltaAMVCA2014 on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Best Actress in a Drama
Stephanie Wilson – Living Funeral (3A)
Veronica Waceke – Higher Learning (3B)
Nse Ikpe-Etim – Journey To Self (3C)
Nkiru Sylvanus – Kiss And The Brides (3D)
Ivie Okujaye – The Volunteers (3E)

Best Actor in A Drama
Juma Rajab Rashid – Siri Ya Mtungi (2A)
Majid Michel – Somewhere in Africa (2B)
Hlomla Dandala – Contract (2C)
Majid Michel – House of Gold (2D)
Tope Tedela – A Mile from Home (2E)

Best Movie (Drama)
Obi Emelonye – Last Flight to Abuja (6A)
Edwin Maina Kariuki – Nairobi Half Life (6B)
Udoka Oyeka & Orode Ryan-Okpu – Living Funeral (6C)
Frank Rajah Arase – The Price (6D)
Frank Rajah Arase – Groom’s Bride (6E)
Chris Eneaji & Jumafor Ajogwu – Murder at Prime Suites (6

Best Actor in A Comedy
Hlomla Dandala – Contract (7A)
John Okafor – Return of Sheri Koko (7B)
Osita Iheme – The Hero (7C)
Osita Iheme – The Fighter (7D)
Chinedu Ikedieze – The Hero (7E)

Best Actress in A Comedy
Funke Akindele – The Fighter (8A)
Funke Akindele – The Hero (8B)
Funke Akindele – The Return Of Sheri Koko (8C)
Mary Ogbonna – Clinic Matters (8D)
Jackie Appiah – Cheaters (8E)
Yvonne Okoro – Contract (8F)

Best Movie (Comedy)
Uche Jumbo – Lies Men Tell (9A)
Shirley Frimpong-Manso, Yvonne Okoro & Ken Attoh – Contract (9B)
Elvis Chucks – A Wish (9C)
Martins Onyebuchi Onyemaobi – The Fighter (9D)
Martins Onyebuchi Onyemaobi – The Hero (9E)

Honour for a Homeboy

For his contribution to his community, a business tycoon, Athanasius Egwim was recently honoured by 79 traditional rulers in Imo State, writes Bennett Oghifo

For Athanasius Egwim, the Managing Director of Thasious International Company Limited, a freight forwarding company based in Lagos, honour came from home recently. His kinsmen, who he has done so much for turned out in large number to appreciative his contributions to their well –being. It was indeed a day when drums were rolled out to honour their own.

It was a day the people of Mbaise,

The Flip Side of the Fad called Tattoo

different types of tattoo 

Maduabuchi Ubani seeks to unravel the underlying health and other implications of a modernised fashion trend sweeping across the society


At his shop on the popular Allen Avenue in Ikeja Lagos, Ojikutu Abisola, a philosophy graduate of the Olabisi Olabanjo University, is deeply engrossed in his craft and pays little or no attention to the happenings around him.

Seated at the backroom is a boy in his twenties having his body tattooed. Within minutes, he is done and as the he comes closer, one can boldly see the artistic crucifix imprint on his left shoulder. A hearty smile of satisfaction registers all over his face.
“This is how they come on daily basis,” Abisola says, moving forward to inspect the fading inscription on another client’s arms “it’s strictly on booking basis and on special cases, we get to bring smiles even to newly married couples.” 

Over the years, Abisola’s venture into tattoo business has become much sought after and it has proved most profitable and far more promising.

Abisola says tattoo “comes in

Uncommon sense

words of wisdom

In the end, it is conscience that will have the last word, stronger than all strategies, all ideologies and also all religions.... Peace is still possible...
- Cardinal Etchegaray

Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
- Saint Therese of Lisieux

It is within my power either to serve God or not to serve Him. Serving Him, I add to my own good
and the good of the whole world. Not serving Him, I forfeit my own good and
deprive the world of that good, which was in my power to create.
- Leo Tolstoy

To see the miraculous within the ordinary is the mark of highest wisdom.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

See the Face of God in everyone.
- St.Catherine L’aboure

We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord's grace to enter and do the rest.
- Oscar Romero

If you think you don't have any time for prayer, and can't find any time, then ask God to forgive you... The Pope isn't too busy for his daily rosary; if you're busier than the Pope, you're too busy.
- Fr. James Peterson

We are God's creative works in process. God alone knows what we shall become. What might He have in store in the fullness of our time? In the beginning, God created Light. In Mary, God became flesh. What will God become in us this Advent?
- Thomas Hoffman

Silence is something more than just a pause; it is that enchanted place where space is cleared and time is stayed and the horizon itself expands. In silence, we often say, we can hear ourselves think; but what is truer to say is that in silence we can hear ourselves not think....In silence, we might better say, we can hear someone else think.
- Pico Iyer

“Nanny's philosophy of life was to do what seemed like a good idea at the time, and do it as hard as possible. It had never let her down.” 
― Terry Pratchett, Maskerade

“The only thing standing between you and your dreams is ... reluctance.” 
― Carroll Bryan

Motherhood: the mystery and the miracle of Mrs. Demeji

who would not be glad to have such wonderful gifts

Speaking to a number of married people on the plans of my blog on Saturday evening at A class park Maitama, Abuja, little did I know that the information I was sharing would inspire Mrs Demeji to talk about the interesting story of her life in the manner with which she did. Although I was positive that I would find persons willing to share their experience I did not think it would be as breath taking as it turned out that faithful evening.

I had barly said everything I had to say when I heard the voice of one of my audience from the far left saying; “You have a good concept. I will share with you the story of my life. I am sure a hand full of young couples out there will learn from what I have to say.

And with that she began:

“I grew up to learn that my mother died while giving birth to me.

All the Must See Moments as Nollywood Stars honour President Jonathan as Grand Patron in Abuja

 President Goodluck Jonathan was honoured as Grand Patron by members of the Actors Guild of Nigeria at the State House, Abuja. hear are some of the beautiful moments captured for your delight.

Source- BellaNaija 

Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde Toasts to a Good Life at 36

Nollywood superstar Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde turned a year older on Friday 7th February 2014. She recently shared photos from a party with her Redhot Concepts team.

The “Last Flight to Abuja” star was all smiles as she cut her birthday cake and sipped on champagne with her team. 

Movie star…mother…wife…reality TV star…beauty ambassador…philanthropist, Omosexy seems to have it all covered.

Check it out!

Sore throat can make you miserable

Anyone who has had a sore throat would tell you it’s an unpleasant experience. Depending on the severity, sore throat can give you a runny nose, headaches, fever, muscle aches, cough, and a swelling in the throat.

Causes

General Practitioner, Dr. Gladys Onwa, says sore throat is caused by bacterial or viral infection, such as the common cold, though in about one third of cases, physicians may not find a cause for the sore throat.

She explains, “Medically, sore throat is known as pharyngitis, and it is rather common, especially in children and teenagers. This is because young people have not built up resistance against many of the viruses and bacteria that can cause sore throats, hence their susceptibility.”

Unsolved Cases of Missing Persons

Ayobami jaiyeola...Missing since December 2013

Chiemelie Ezeobi writes on the pains, anguish and dashed hopes of families of persons who have disappeared from home without trace


He was not born dumb. But, in a cruel twist of fate, he lost the ability to speak at seven years of age due to complications arising from convulsion.

Although he could not write or understand sign language, 18-year-old Somto Orji took this impediment in his strides, shooting like the okro sprout like any gangly young man would in a thriving environment.
With a loving family, he seemingly managed to live life to the full seeing that he could hear. All that was to change however in November 29, 2013, when life as his family knew it changed forever.

Mz Chizzy: First Move

Some while back, I had this very interesting conversation with my girlfriends. Just out of curiosity I wanted to know if any of them could take the first step in telling a guy how much she feels about him. Seeing that they are the ideal 21st century babes – smart, intelligent, well-exposed, gorgeous-looking corporate executives with salaries to die for who are vehemently against the Anti-gay bill as per marriage equality and all, I figured it wouldn’t be so much of a big deal. Ahmean, kini big deal?

“Heaven forbid…

Ojeikere’s Rites of Passage

ojeikere's art
works

From modest beginnings, JD Okhai-Ojeikere who passed away on Sunday, February 2 shot himself into prominence through photography. Okechukwu Uwaezuoke reports

A pensive young man stood hunched over several rolls of photo negatives, peering at them with keen interest. His duties in the darkroom, which belonged to photography department of the then Western Region’s Ministry of Information in Ibadan, consisted of washing and glazing printed photographs for his superiors. Because he was employed as a darkroom assistant, these duties did not include taking photographs.

Nicki Minaj sued for $30m over wigs

Nicki Minaj

A former hair stylist for Nicki Minaj is suing the star for $30 million (£18m), accusing her of

Crisis Hits APC, as Aggrieved Members Head for Court 23 Feb 2014 Font Siz

A group (Conscience Group) within the All Progressive Congress (APC), has asked  a Federal High Court  in Abuja praying  to sack the interim National

Lagos banker dies in police custody

Babtunde Oke

An employee of Ecobank, Babatunde Oke, on Thursday, died in the custody of the Falomo Police Divisional Headquarters in Lagos, after he was detained for three days over his alleged involvement in a N1.2m fraud.

Oke, who is survived by a wife and two children, was said to have worked at the Ogba, Lagos branch of the bank.

Though the real cause of his death is

Our Wedding Story: Yemisi Odutola & Temitope Sonuga

the beautifull Union of Yemisi and Temitipe

Our Wedding Story: Yemisi Odutola & Temitope Sonuga| Jide Odukoya Photography

Posted on Friday, February 21st, 2014 at 6:15 AM

By BellaNaija Weddings

Happy Friday!!!

We couldn’t let you go off for the weekend without a special treat – it’s time for Our Wedding Story!

Yemi & Temi‘s Lagos wedding was oh so much fun and you’ll feel like a part of it, via the vivid Jide Odukoya Photography and the couple’s charming love and proposal story.

lovely couple

Anna Ebiere Banner MBN prepares to hand over her crown

Anna Ebiere Banner

Anna Ebiere Banner; the 2013 Most Beautiful Girl In Nigeria is one stunning girl!

The fair teen beauty who beat a bevy of beautiful ladies to clinch the crown looks beyond pretty in her newly released pictures.

The beautiful queen stunned in two different dresses in mermaid style and a purple jumpsuit; she wore a nude dress with black lacy details, a black and nude dress with an exaggerated collar and tail while she rocked the flares on the purple jumpsuit like a 'fashionista'!

As the time draws to usher in another MBGN 2014, its safe to say the scandal free beauty queen is giving us a farewell peek of her beautiful face.

Court bars SSS, IGP, others from arresting Sanusi

Sanusi Lamido Sanuisi

A Federal High Court sitting in  Lagos on Friday granted an order restraining the State Security Services and the Inspector General of Police, Mallam Mohammed Abubakar, and all the agencies of the Federal Government from arresting the suspended governor of  the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi.

Justice Ibrahim Buba granted the order in chamber after hearing Sanusi’s ex parte application shortly after it was duly filed on Friday.

The order is to

Wife killer, Arowolo, gets death sentence

 Akolade Arowolo

A Lagos High Court in Ikeja has sentenced to death Akolade Arowolo for the murder of his banker wife, Titilayo, who he repeatedly stabbed to death with a knife at their residence in Isolo, Lagos, on June 24, 2011.

Justice Lateefat Okunnu, in her

Why I am Promoting Virginity

Phina Ofure

With a degree in Economics, you’ll expect Phina Ofure to be juggling figures on global economy. No! Ofure is dedicated to a cause. She’s committed to promoting virginity among young girls. A social entrepreneur, fashion designer and an on-air personality combined, she talks with OLAMIDE AHMED on why her organisation, "Virginhood" is encouraging chastity among Nigerian girls

What is your background?

My name is Phina Ofure Owobu Akhimien. I am the second child of a large polygamous family. I am the only child from my mother to my father and I am from

Jonathan suspends Sanusi

Sanusi Lamiodo Sanusi: CBN Governor

 President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria on Thursday suspended Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Lamido Sanusi for alleged misconduct and distracting the bank from its core mandate.

 Presidential spokesman Reuben Abati said in a statement on his website that Sarah Alade, a deputy CBN governor will be replace Sanusi as acting governor until the conclusion of an investigation into “breaches of enabling laws, due process and mandate of the CBN.” 

The statement read.........

Quarter of miscarriages may be preventable - research

A quarter of miscarriages may be preventable, research suggests.

Being underweight or obese before conception, working nights, drinking alcohol in pregnancy and lifting heavy loads could all increase the risk, experts said.

They said if women cut these risks to very low levels, 25% of miscarriages could be prevented. The large study of more than 91,000 pregnancies also confirmed that one of the biggest factors influencing miscarriage is the mother's age, with women over 30 having a higher chance of miscarrying.

Snake pastor dies in Hospital after been beaten by a snake in church

Jamie Coots, a Pentecostal church pastor and star of National Geographic’s reality show “Snake Salvation,” died Saturday night in his Kentucky home after being bitten on his right hand by one of his snakes.

 

Jamie Coots,the snake pastor

The Middlesboro Police Department told WBIR that Coots was found dead in his home around 10 p.m. Saturday night after leaving his Middlesboro, K.Y., church, the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus’ Name, where he suffered a bite from a venomous snake during an evening church service.

Multiple sources report that when an ambulance crew and firefighters showed up at the pastor’s residence, Coots refused to be taken to the hospital for treatment of the snake bite. Coots was a member of a Pentecostal church whose followers practice snake handling and believe in faith healing.

During an episode of “Snake Salvation,”........

the touching story of Ada

life they say is indeed a beautiful gift. but what kind of beauty can be derived from the life a girl like Ada whose mother gave up at the birth of the young lady. born about thirty six years ago, Ada's mother died shortly after putting her to bed. out of love for the young lady her father married another woman to help take care of his daughter while he was at work. unfortunately, this turned out to be his own undoing as the woman he got married to became a bone of contention both to him  and his daughter. to cut the log story short, Ada ended up forcing herself into the hands of a man in a bid to leave her father's house and escape from the monster called her step mother. unfortunately, this became in itself a gateway to yet another nightmare, as Ada ended up in the hands of a man whose promiscuity made him a victim of a course that plagued both of them for over ten years. shortly after their marriage, Ada discovered that the man she had married had impregnated a girl and abandoned her along with the baby. out of anger, the girl's mother placed a curse on him, saying he would not live to have another baby. Ada, has been married now for over ten years and has suffered from countless miscarriages.
what should has do?

Official Top 30 World's Most Beautiful Women of 2014

Aishwarya Rai Bachan

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan made her name at fourth position and Bollywood reigning queen Deepika Padukon ranked 29 on the list.

I feel more feminine with my beard': Teaching assistant who suffered excessive hair decides to stop trimming it

A 23-year-old woman with a condition causing excessive hair development has revealed that growing a beard makes her feel more feminine. Harnaam Kaur, of Slough, Berkshire, suffers from polycystic ovary syndrome - and a beard first started to appear on her face aged just 11. The hair quickly spread to her chest and arms, and the condition made her the victim of taunts at school and on the street. She even received death threats from strangers over the internet.

British lingerie model Carley Watts Converted to Islam

Carley Watts, a British lingerie model just converted to Islam. She got inspired from her fiancé and did that. Read here complete News here and her sayings. She is just 24 years old and belongs to U.K (United Kingdom). She was one of the famous models in U.K. But now she is in the circle of Islam. May be British are thinking this turn a wrong for them for the reason that of they won’t see her more. But, yes it is s good news for Muslim World.

the story of Joanna Dennyhy; How a young loving girl turned into a serial killer

John Treanor will never forget the day he first met the fresh-faced teenager who would eventually become the mother of his two children.

Aged 21, and unemployed, he was taking his German Shepherd on an afternoon walk through a park near the home where  he lived with his parents in the Hertfordshire commuter village of Redbourn.

A dark-haired girl bounded over, patted the creature, and declared: ‘I really love dogs.

She introduced herself as Joanna Dennehy, a 15-year-old GCSE student at Roundwood Park School in nearby Harpenden.

They fell into conversation, and agreed to meet up again the following day to walk together. It was the summer of 1997, and the start of a rapidly-blossoming relationship. Despite their age gap, Treanor recalls being smitten by the gregarious, extrovert teenager.

 ‘She was quite normal: a little rebellious, perhaps, but nothing too out of the ordinary for a teenager.’ 

Today, the older, wiser, slightly world-weary Treanor looks back on that day with a mixture of sadness and regret.

The relationship it spawned would last 12 years, and produce two daughters - now aged 14 and seven - whom he of course adores.

But it ended in traumatic circumstances, after Dennehy became addicted to drink and drugs, pursued a string of tawdry affairs (with both men and women), and began physically and verbally abusing her family. 

After years of increasingly torrid abuse, Treanor walked out in 2009. The final straw, he recalls, was an argument which saw his drunken girlfriend reach into her knee-high leather boot and pull out a six-inch dagger.

She then plunged it into the living room floor, where it stuck, and yelled: ‘I wish I could kill someone!’

‘Jo was just angry. I don’t know what about. But that dagger was very, very scary,’ he recalls.

‘It was a proper one with a long, straight blade and decoration on the handle. Obviously, it really freaked me out.’

For his safety, and the safety of the children, he decided to disappear and set up home hundreds of miles away in Derbyshire, where he lives today with his daughters.

This week, a jury in Cambridge convicted two men of helping Dennehy carry out an unimaginably brutal, and at times random, killing spree, in which three men were stabbed to death and two more were seriously injured.

Students Flee Campus for Fear of Boko Haram Attack

Scared that the Boko Haram insurgents could make good their threat to attack their campus, students of Adamawa State College of Education, based in Hong Local Government Area of the state have fled the school.

The threat to attack the institution was said to have been contained in a

the verve and feaver of valentine

It’s a special day. Romance will mix with passion. Roses and other gifts will mix too and surely the bars will be filled tonight being a weekend. Adeola Akinremi writes that while some Nigerians may be indifferent to the celebration of Valentine’s Day, others take it seriously
No doubt this Valentine’s Day falls on a work day, but that won’t stop the flowing passion of lovers that will reach its crescendo at nightfall.  Lavish dinner at high-class hotels like Intercontinental Lagos, getaways for great romance at Obudu Cattle ranch in Cross Rivers State and fabulous chocolate

Nine years of courtship; 17 years of marriage; yet every day is a valentine for my wife and I- Emanuel Iriogbe

right to left- Emanuel Iriogbe when he met his wife in the year 1989 and the couple at present

By Evelyn Okakwu

For people destined to be together, every day is a Valentine; whatever the situation. Destined couples will sour higher as time passes. In this interview, with Emanuel Iriogbe, he talks about his meeting courtship and marriage to his lovely wife Faith Iriogbe

 How have you been able to come this far

To start with I would give God all the glory Because he is the one that has made it possible for us to come this far. Those that are familiar with me will tell you that I am a very complex person. Now when the time came for me to look for a woman that I would spend the rest of my life with, I decided first to put into consideration the kind of person I am.  I am aware that as a person I am quite erratic so I went for a woman whom I believed was highly domesticated. A quiet person that could condone anything from me. Also I told myself that if

you want to know how married couples who have indeed been in this noble game of love feel about valantine? join us tomorrow.

Men plan to boycut Vanatine!!!

By Charles Mgbolu & Olufemi Ajasa
St Valentine’s Day is only a day away. A day of love, cherished by…oops!! (sorry for that error), we meant worshipped by women. And the social media is abuzz, the love posts and count down has begun but then like every other year, there is a valiant attempt by a clever few to hijack the season with one DEMAND …MEN SHOULD DOWN TOOLS THIS VALENTINE’s DAY.