Cameroonian investigative
journalist, Chief Bisong Etahoben shared the news on his twitter handle.
Friday 3 July 2015
BUHARI TELLS APC MEMBERS TO POCKET THEIR PERSNAL INTERESTS
"Whatever your
personal interests, put them in your pocket. Let APC work. Let the system work.
I appeal to you to accept the superiority of the party. I cannot confine myself
in Sambisa forest and refuse to participate in the meeting because I respect
the superiority of the party.” President
Muhammadu Buhari, gave the charge during his opening remarks at the party's NEC
meeting currently holding at the party's National secretariat in Abuja.
Senator Saaraki and Hon Yakubu Dogara are present at the
meeting while Bola Tinubu is absent.
STRANGE BUT TRUE: MAN FLED AFTER WIFE GAVE BIRTH TO 3RD SET OF TWINS
Strange
but true! Emeka Benjamin Uche, 34, fled
his Agege,Lagos, home and remained incommunicado since February this year,
after his wife, Ruth, informed him that her third pregnancy was a set of twins
! - the couple's third set.
The couple welcomed their first set of twin, both girls – Goodness and Goodnews in 2009 and in 2011 welcomed another twins – a boy and a girl, named John and Joyce.
Ruth, who gave birth to the couple's third set of twins, Daniel and Daniella last month, was at the Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa yesterday July 2nd with her six children, to solicit for government's assistance.
The couple welcomed their first set of twin, both girls – Goodness and Goodnews in 2009 and in 2011 welcomed another twins – a boy and a girl, named John and Joyce.
Ruth, who gave birth to the couple's third set of twins, Daniel and Daniella last month, was at the Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa yesterday July 2nd with her six children, to solicit for government's assistance.
Speaking
with newsmen, Ruth said
“I met my husband in
2002 but we got married in 2008. We met in the village at Umuahia. I don’t want
to leave the children and run away. This is why I want government to help us. I
was using traditional way of family planning where I calculate some days before
having intercourse. It was working for me.
You can see my first set
of twins is four years old. You know as women, we cannot deny our husband that
thing whenever they request for it. Whenever I mistakenly take in, he would say
that I was pretending. Sometimes, I would go through long process to abort the
pregnancy. After that, another one would happen. I would still have to go
through the process again to abort it. When this one happened he still insisted
that I was pretending until the pregnancy became obvious.
My Church was responsible for the payment of
the first delivery. The church paid N120, 000 for the delivery of the first set
of twins. The two deliveries of the twins have been through Caesarean Section
for which we paid N120, 000 each. The last twins are through normal delivery.
Since I gave birth to the children, I have tried calling my husband but he
would not pick once he knows that it is me. I contacted his mother and other
relatives to tell them that he has run away.
They promised that they will call back. Since
then, none of them has called me. It is not easy for me at all. I know only two
of his relations. One of them lives in Ikorodu; the other one lives at
Ajegunle. My elder brother, who could have also helped, is very angry with me
for giving birth to another set of twins. He warned me before not to have any
other child after the two sets of twins, especially with the kind of husband I
have. I cannot put my hands in blood shedding by committing abortion. I want
Nigerians to help me because there is nobody to pay their school fees.
I went for immunisation
some days ago and I told them my condition and why they have not been seeing
me. It was there that they advised that I should come to government. Government
should please help my children; no one to help me with house rent, electricity
bill, school fees, food and so on" she said
POPULAR US BLOGGER NECOLE BITCHIE QUIT BLOGGING SAYS IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON
"This is probably
the most difficult thing I’ve ever had to do…And I will cry after I write this.
I’m very saddened to announce that today is my last day as a ‘celebrity gossip
blogger.’ It’s also my last day running the site as you know it,
NecoleBitchie.com. That was how Necole
Bitchie, popular US blogger put it after 7 years of blogging. She took to her
website yesterday to announce the sad news. What she wrote below..
Back in
2008, while people were celebrating the New Year with their loved ones, I was
on the phone with my good friend Lamar (most of you know him as ‘Blogxilla’)
and I told him my plans for growing the traffic on this tiny blog I had just
started. I researched HTML codes for hours in an attempt to create a readable
layout with red, black and white colors, and he offered to help me with a
header image. Although I was living with my aunt at the time, I was somewhat
homeless and reminded every day that if I didn’t get a real job soon, I’d have
to find somewhere else to go.
Over the next six months, I found myself hopping from couch to couch as I moved to Atlanta, and worked hard to grow my following. My friend Lauren tells the story of one day waking up to me laying on her floor with my head resting on my computer. I had fell asleep while blogging!!!!! And that was the reality of my life at the time, I couldn’t really afford to log off my computer, unless it was to attend an event. I refused to send out any more resumes and work at a job I hated. Plan B? Forget about it, this was my only option, and I had to make it work.
My breakthrough finally came when Munson Steed of Rolling Out invited me to speak on the Female Success Factor tour, alongside Chilli. It was my first public speaking engagement and I cried as I told the story of how losing my parents, moving to New York to pursue a job in entertainment, and feeling a since of failure after I was forced to move back to the hometown I grew up in with no money to my name, inspired me to launch my own website. I was tired of sending out resumes and looking for a job — so I had created one.
Although I was still broke and living on couches, the perception was that my site was huge, was enough for those young women to find inspiration in my story. I found power in that. I also realized that speaking to young women gave me more fulfillment then those blogs I was posting every day.
But still, I kept posting. I had a vision of how big my site could be…but what I didn’t know was that God’s plan for me was bigger than my vision. Over the next seven years, I won awards, was featured in magazines that I grew up on, including Ebony and Cosmopolitan, I was on TV, I went on tour with a pop star (Hi Rihanna!), was offered television shows and acting roles (most of which I questioned if I deserved), and I was able to upgrade from those couches I was sleeping on to my own bed.
And the best part of it all was that it happened to a small town girl, who’s vision was greater than the amount of money she had to make it happen. Won’t he do it!
If I could do it, anyone can!
Despite all of those things, I continued to notice that I was experiencing more fulfillment and success from women coming to me on the street and saying, ‘Your story inspires me so much!!’ than I did the ‘you got all the tea, I love your celebrity blog!!!’ I was getting more fulfillment out of speaking engagements, panels and inspirational interviews than I was flying to a luxurious location, given freebies and standing next to someone famous. I began measuring my success not by the amount of people who read my blog, or the money I made, but by the number of people I was able to touch, motivate and inspire.
I also started to realize what purpose was – and I knew to be happy, I had to start living a purpose-driven life. I had to start thinking about what I wanted my legacy to be, and what steps I’d have to take to start living in it.
I think about how I want to be remembered all the time and one thing I know for sure is that I never wanted to be known for being JUST ‘a celebrity gossip blogger.’
I’ve asked myself time and time again – When all is said and done, what will people say about you? How are you elevating your audience? What are you doing to contribute to your culture in a positive way? Are you doing a good job of pushing the culture forward? How are you touching people and changing their lives?
The fact that I can’t answer that right now is problematic for me. I always felt that no matter how much positivity we promoted on the site, the salacious stories were always going to overshadow them. The ‘Bitchie’ in the website name was always going to be counterproductive to the mission I had of being a source of inspiration, and launching a platform for women to tell their stories.
There is a constant internal struggle between being a character –Necole Bitchie—when I walk out in public, and being the women I know I was meant to be. Eventually, I began feeling like I wasn’t doing enough and I would never reach my goals. I felt stuck! I felt boxed in! No matter how much success people thought I had, or how many pageviews our stories generated, I felt as though I was regressing. There was also a constant struggle of what I thought my audience wanted to see (salacious tea), and what I wanted to post (Inspirational women interest stories.’) I was so exhausted from fighting that battle, that I literally felt defeated and I mentally gave up.
Over the last few years, people have sent me emails and asked, ‘Why don’t you post on your personal blog site anymore, that’s where I receive my inspiration.’ Honestly, it was hard for me to be a source of inspiration when I’m enslaved in my own struggle. I had to go back to fixing me first.
The other day, I read an article in the Harvard Business Review titled, ‘Stop Worrying About How Much You Matter‘ and I had to wonder if my refusal to throw in the towel was because I was afraid of irrelevancy. Most people go through a stage where they fear that people won’t care anymore — but that wasn’t really my issue. Honestly, if I’m not relevant for the right reasons, I’d rather not be relevant at all.
I realized it was taking me awhile to get the guts to walk away and pursue my true life passion because 1) I felt as though I was being ungrateful to walk away from what has proven to be successful and 2) I began living my life in fear.
That fear was not just because I was scared to fail – but I was also scared of how great I really could be.
To many people are not living their dreams because of fear. I DO NOT want to become one of those people.
I had to destroy it, before it destroyed me.
For seven years, I’ve given this platform everything in me. Now, it’s time to refocus that energy into something that I truly believe in.
I hope that one day my story will inspire young women across the globe to pursue their heart’s desires, but I also want them to know that when their passion turns into a project, and it’s no longer fun anymore, that it’s okay to move on. It’s okay to evolve, and it’s definitely okay to reinvent. My favorite quote by Steve Harvey is ‘You have to give up something to get something.’ He always tells the story that after he gave up stand up comedy, he was given his own TV show, became an Emmy-nominated host on Family Feud, released books which were turned into movies and the list goes on. He now uses his gifts to grow a brand focused on empowerment and inspiration.
Standing at the top of a mountain, feeling accomplished and at the top of your game is cool, but in order to climb another mountain and start a new journey, you eventually have to climb down. And you’ll never know how great you can be until you take that risk.
Over the next six months, I found myself hopping from couch to couch as I moved to Atlanta, and worked hard to grow my following. My friend Lauren tells the story of one day waking up to me laying on her floor with my head resting on my computer. I had fell asleep while blogging!!!!! And that was the reality of my life at the time, I couldn’t really afford to log off my computer, unless it was to attend an event. I refused to send out any more resumes and work at a job I hated. Plan B? Forget about it, this was my only option, and I had to make it work.
My breakthrough finally came when Munson Steed of Rolling Out invited me to speak on the Female Success Factor tour, alongside Chilli. It was my first public speaking engagement and I cried as I told the story of how losing my parents, moving to New York to pursue a job in entertainment, and feeling a since of failure after I was forced to move back to the hometown I grew up in with no money to my name, inspired me to launch my own website. I was tired of sending out resumes and looking for a job — so I had created one.
Although I was still broke and living on couches, the perception was that my site was huge, was enough for those young women to find inspiration in my story. I found power in that. I also realized that speaking to young women gave me more fulfillment then those blogs I was posting every day.
But still, I kept posting. I had a vision of how big my site could be…but what I didn’t know was that God’s plan for me was bigger than my vision. Over the next seven years, I won awards, was featured in magazines that I grew up on, including Ebony and Cosmopolitan, I was on TV, I went on tour with a pop star (Hi Rihanna!), was offered television shows and acting roles (most of which I questioned if I deserved), and I was able to upgrade from those couches I was sleeping on to my own bed.
And the best part of it all was that it happened to a small town girl, who’s vision was greater than the amount of money she had to make it happen. Won’t he do it!
If I could do it, anyone can!
Despite all of those things, I continued to notice that I was experiencing more fulfillment and success from women coming to me on the street and saying, ‘Your story inspires me so much!!’ than I did the ‘you got all the tea, I love your celebrity blog!!!’ I was getting more fulfillment out of speaking engagements, panels and inspirational interviews than I was flying to a luxurious location, given freebies and standing next to someone famous. I began measuring my success not by the amount of people who read my blog, or the money I made, but by the number of people I was able to touch, motivate and inspire.
I also started to realize what purpose was – and I knew to be happy, I had to start living a purpose-driven life. I had to start thinking about what I wanted my legacy to be, and what steps I’d have to take to start living in it.
I think about how I want to be remembered all the time and one thing I know for sure is that I never wanted to be known for being JUST ‘a celebrity gossip blogger.’
I’ve asked myself time and time again – When all is said and done, what will people say about you? How are you elevating your audience? What are you doing to contribute to your culture in a positive way? Are you doing a good job of pushing the culture forward? How are you touching people and changing their lives?
The fact that I can’t answer that right now is problematic for me. I always felt that no matter how much positivity we promoted on the site, the salacious stories were always going to overshadow them. The ‘Bitchie’ in the website name was always going to be counterproductive to the mission I had of being a source of inspiration, and launching a platform for women to tell their stories.
There is a constant internal struggle between being a character –Necole Bitchie—when I walk out in public, and being the women I know I was meant to be. Eventually, I began feeling like I wasn’t doing enough and I would never reach my goals. I felt stuck! I felt boxed in! No matter how much success people thought I had, or how many pageviews our stories generated, I felt as though I was regressing. There was also a constant struggle of what I thought my audience wanted to see (salacious tea), and what I wanted to post (Inspirational women interest stories.’) I was so exhausted from fighting that battle, that I literally felt defeated and I mentally gave up.
Over the last few years, people have sent me emails and asked, ‘Why don’t you post on your personal blog site anymore, that’s where I receive my inspiration.’ Honestly, it was hard for me to be a source of inspiration when I’m enslaved in my own struggle. I had to go back to fixing me first.
The other day, I read an article in the Harvard Business Review titled, ‘Stop Worrying About How Much You Matter‘ and I had to wonder if my refusal to throw in the towel was because I was afraid of irrelevancy. Most people go through a stage where they fear that people won’t care anymore — but that wasn’t really my issue. Honestly, if I’m not relevant for the right reasons, I’d rather not be relevant at all.
I realized it was taking me awhile to get the guts to walk away and pursue my true life passion because 1) I felt as though I was being ungrateful to walk away from what has proven to be successful and 2) I began living my life in fear.
That fear was not just because I was scared to fail – but I was also scared of how great I really could be.
To many people are not living their dreams because of fear. I DO NOT want to become one of those people.
I had to destroy it, before it destroyed me.
For seven years, I’ve given this platform everything in me. Now, it’s time to refocus that energy into something that I truly believe in.
I hope that one day my story will inspire young women across the globe to pursue their heart’s desires, but I also want them to know that when their passion turns into a project, and it’s no longer fun anymore, that it’s okay to move on. It’s okay to evolve, and it’s definitely okay to reinvent. My favorite quote by Steve Harvey is ‘You have to give up something to get something.’ He always tells the story that after he gave up stand up comedy, he was given his own TV show, became an Emmy-nominated host on Family Feud, released books which were turned into movies and the list goes on. He now uses his gifts to grow a brand focused on empowerment and inspiration.
Standing at the top of a mountain, feeling accomplished and at the top of your game is cool, but in order to climb another mountain and start a new journey, you eventually have to climb down. And you’ll never know how great you can be until you take that risk.
I would like to thank
everyone for your continuous support over the years. It’s so hard to grow an
audience on the web and I don’t take anything for granted. It means so much to
me. I’d especially like to thank the writers who contributed to this site over
the years (D. Joseph, Soraya Joseph, Erika Marie, Dwayne Yates, Tai Gooden,
Kimmy Cason) , my videographers (Patrick Neree, Uniiqe and HD) and my friends
who served as correspondents (Lauren Turner and Fallon Mercedes) for being
amazing and assisting me in keeping this site running over the years. Also my
sister Ma-Shyrra who learned how to sell ads and managed my social media when I
was burned out. And I can’t forget my amazing publicist Christina Rice who has
become an incredible friend and helped me get my story out there.
Lastly, thank you Bevy Smith. Last year, I attended her ‘Life With Vision’ event in New York City as a guest and her story of leaving her full-time job and six figure salary as a rockstar sales exec at a well-known publication to pursue her dreams of one day being on television (even when no one believed in her) really inspired me. I remember she brought me to the front of the room, to share my story of success with the attendees and I just stood there and cried while telling them that I knew it was time to move on. That the number 7 meant completion. It has taken me almost a year, but I’m doing it. That event changed me.
Also a word about my grandmother: I used to sit and always wonder how she would feel about me and what I’ve accomplished if she was still alive. She passed away when I was 15, was the only entrepreneur I knew at the time, and she continued to stress education and business ownership to me. I am at peace today knowing that she would be smiling at me right now and be cheering me on as I step into the next part of my journey.
Although it is the end of Necole Bitchie – it’s not the end of my life journey. I’ve only scratched the surface of my true potential.
As I transition into my next chapter over the next few months, and hopefully launch something new and positive, I can only hope for your continued support.
It’s not a ‘good bye!’ per say. It’s a ‘See you soon!’
-Necole
Lastly, thank you Bevy Smith. Last year, I attended her ‘Life With Vision’ event in New York City as a guest and her story of leaving her full-time job and six figure salary as a rockstar sales exec at a well-known publication to pursue her dreams of one day being on television (even when no one believed in her) really inspired me. I remember she brought me to the front of the room, to share my story of success with the attendees and I just stood there and cried while telling them that I knew it was time to move on. That the number 7 meant completion. It has taken me almost a year, but I’m doing it. That event changed me.
Also a word about my grandmother: I used to sit and always wonder how she would feel about me and what I’ve accomplished if she was still alive. She passed away when I was 15, was the only entrepreneur I knew at the time, and she continued to stress education and business ownership to me. I am at peace today knowing that she would be smiling at me right now and be cheering me on as I step into the next part of my journey.
Although it is the end of Necole Bitchie – it’s not the end of my life journey. I’ve only scratched the surface of my true potential.
As I transition into my next chapter over the next few months, and hopefully launch something new and positive, I can only hope for your continued support.
It’s not a ‘good bye!’ per say. It’s a ‘See you soon!’
-Necole
Thursday 2 July 2015
WIFE BEATER: GABRIEL SUSWAN ARRESTED IN LONDON FOR BATTERY!!!
Mr. Gabriel Suswam, former governor of Benue
State, was last week arrested in London for battery charges.
It was gathered from close
family sources that Metropolitan Police Domestic Violence Officers booked
Suswam into the London detention center for several hours and a judge set a
£5000 bail bound for the former governor which he met before being released.
Suswam was arrested in his luxury London home after Police received a distressed 999 call from his wife Yemisi .
She told a dispatcher over the phone that she feared for her life after being
physically assaulted by her husband over a heated argument relating to Suswam’s
mistress Shidoo.
A family source told the police that Suswam hit Yemisi severally and inflicted injuries on her over Shidoo’s (Suswan's mistress) overbearing influence on Mr. Suswam.
A family source told the police that Suswam hit Yemisi severally and inflicted injuries on her over Shidoo’s (Suswan's mistress) overbearing influence on Mr. Suswam.
Battery is an offence under the UK law against the Persons Act of 1861. Suswam faces a prison term not exceeding six months.
A close family source who
spoke to our correspondent disclosed that the British Police are prevailing on
Mrs. Suswam to press charges against her husband who the source said is in the
habit of abusing her often.
Shidoo, according to close family source in the know has a child for Suswam and that irked the former first lady to see her losing grip of her husband to a mistress who has vowed to marry Suswam.
It was gathered that the former governor had repeatedly declared to Yemisi his wife that he would officially marry Shidoo as a wife
Investigations pieced together, reveal that Shidoo who works at NAFDAC was the go to for TIV people trying to reach out to the governor while he was in power.
Shidoo, according to close family source in the know has a child for Suswam and that irked the former first lady to see her losing grip of her husband to a mistress who has vowed to marry Suswam.
It was gathered that the former governor had repeatedly declared to Yemisi his wife that he would officially marry Shidoo as a wife
Investigations pieced together, reveal that Shidoo who works at NAFDAC was the go to for TIV people trying to reach out to the governor while he was in power.
“She was always helpful to
the Benue people and that was what endeared her to our people. She was always
ready to help. If any Benue person needed something from the former governor,
Shidoo was always ready to help," the family source said.
PHOTOS: A LITTLE CHILD DEFORMED AFTER BOKO HARAM ATTACK
Tuesday 2 June 2015
TWO WOMEN ARRESTED FOR INSERTING SUSPECTED WRAPS OF COCAINE IN THEIR PRIVATE PARTS !!!
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| Priscilla |
 |
| Deborah |
The operatives of the
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested two women for
inserting suspected wraps of cocaine into their private parts.
One of them, Alaka Deborah
Uzoma, 47 was found with 1.180kg of cocaine. She allegedly stuffed 260 grammes
of cocaine in her private part and ingested 60 wraps weighing 920 grammes.
While ,Chukwujekwu Chinyere Priscilla, 45 was caught with
1.455kg of cocaine. She packed 59 wraps on her body, inserted one parcel in her
vagina weighing 1.285kg and ingested 10 wraps weighing 170 grammes.
According to Uzoma, her
husband abandoned her with seven children and she added: “I took loan to travel to China and
in the process I incurred huge debt which compounded my problems. At a point, I
had no money for food, school fees and even house rent. This was what made me
to smuggle drugs. I swallowed 59 wraps of drugs all through the night because
of 6,000 dollars. I also packed some in my underwear and one in my vagina. It
was a terrible experience. I feel so sad that I have to end up this way as a
Christian.”
NDLEA spokesman, Mitchell
Ofoyeju, the two housewives were arrested for ingesting cocaine, hiding some in
their underwear and inserting some in their private parts.
Ofoyeju said: “The arrest
has prevented the housewives from arrest and execution in China few weeks after
the Indonesian Government executed some Nigerians for drug trafficking.”
The two women were found
to possess 2.635kg of cocaine at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport
(MMIA) Lagos while attempting to board a Qatar Airways flight to China.
NDLEA commander at the
Lagos Airport, Mr. Hamza Umar described the women as ‘desperate traffickers.’
Umar said: “These
women are curiously desperate for ingesting drugs, hiding some on their bodies
and inserting others in their vagina. Uzoma was found with 1.180kg of cocaine.
She inserted 260 grammes of cocaine in her private part and ingested 60 wraps
weighing 920 grammes. Priscilla was caught with 1.455kg of cocaine. She packed
59 wraps on her body, inserted one parcel in her vagina weighing 1.285kg and
ingested 10 wraps weighing 170 grams.”
Priscilla explained that
she embraced drug trafficking because she wanted to establish herself
financially in order to take care of her children. She said: “I got married
early because there was no money for me to further my studies after my primary
education. My husband who is a retired soldier abandoned me 10 years ago. Since
then my life has been sorrowful. I sell female clothes and shoes to take care
of my children. I met a man at the market who promised to assist me in my
business by making me an importer. This was how we began to talk on phone. He
gives me recharge cards and money to sustain myself. It was the day I was to travel
that he told me that I will take drugs to China. He took me to a hotel where I
was given the drugs and 6000 dollars to buy my goods in China. I could only
swallow 10 wraps, so I forced others into my vagina and packed others in my
underwear.”
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