A bomb that exploded this morning on the assembly ground of Senior Science Secondary School, Potiskum, Yobe state, may have killed dozens of students, witnesses and security officials have said. Witnesses said Boko Haram insurgents perpetrated the attack at about 8a.m. when the students converged for the morning assembly session.
A witness, who spoke to journalists on phone, said, “It is another bad day for us today, a bomb just went off at Senior Science Secondary school Potiskum….it happened at the assembly ground. “Many bodies of students are presently on the ground in pools of blood… We are running home now .”
The spokesperson of the Yobe State Command of the Nigeria Police, Nansak Chegwam, confirmed the incident, but declined further comments, saying the military is in charge of operations at the scene of the incident. Potiskum Senior Science Secondary School is one of the densely populated boarding schools for boys, located very close to the Potiskum General Hospital in the heart of town. The attack on the high school came six days after a similar suicide bombing was targeted at members of the Shiite group, Islamic Brotherhood of Nigeria, also in Potiskum.
Culled from Nigerian Monitor
In one of the most shocking turn of events of 2014, revered pastor, author and Bible teacher, Dr. Myles Munroe and his wife Ruth died in a plane crash Sunday, November 9. The two leaders of Bahamas Faith Ministries were killed when their private jet struck a crane at the Grand Bahama Shipyard, exploding on impact, according to Bahamas Tribune. Their daughter Charisa also lost her life in the accident. The aircraft, a Lear 36 Executive Jet, crashed near a junkyard after departing from Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA), headed for the Grand Bahama International Airport. Reports say the plane left LPIA at 4:07 p.m. with nine people aboard and crashed while making an approach for landing at 5:10 p.m. The flight was reportedly headed to the Global Leadership Forum hosted by the Bahamas Faith Ministries, an organization that Munroe, 60, founded.
Dr. Myles Munroe and the entire group pose for an image before heading aboard the ill-fated flight (Credit: Bahamas Tribune)
Mr Delton D. Ellis released the following statement: Tonight we unfortunately confirm that there was a plane crash in Freeport Grand Bahama this afternoon. The aircraft involved belonged to Dr. Myles Munroe founder President and Senior Pastor of Bahamas Faith Ministries International, who was on board at the time along with his wife Ruth Ann and Dr. Richard Pinder Senior Vice President and Pastor of Bahamas Faith Ministries. There were additional passengers and two pilots on board. We are not able to release further information on the other passenger pending notification of next of kin. This is the current extent of information we have at this time. We are preparing a further update and press release within the next few hours once we have received additional information. Dr. Myles Munroe was an internationally renowned bestselling author, lecturer, teacher, life coach, government consultant, and leadership mentor. He travelled around the world training leaders in business, government, education, sports, media, and religion. Dr. Munroe and his wife, Ruth Ann were the proud parents of Charisa (now deceased) and Chairo (Myles Jr.).
I
know why you are here! You want to know if the picture is really real.
Well, I learnt it’s….
. . . . . .
not real and I was relieved when I learnt that it’s from a fetish video produced by a company called ruemorgue.
It’s totally fake, the asian head is actually photoshopped on, the
original girl is white, and the girl pictured on the left is japanese
model Mayumi Ono whom is alive and quite well.
So now you know! Not all you see online are real.
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) said on Tuesday that it
would recruit five million Nigerians into its newly inaugurated
national coalition against fake products.
The Director-General of the organisation, Dr Joseph Odumodu, said
this in Ibadan at an enlightenment programme tagged: “Zero Tolerance
Against Substandard Products.”
He said the recruitment exercise would boost the on-going war
against the production of fake and substandard products in the country.
Odumodu also said the organisation had appointed the Sultan of
Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, as its ambassador in the country.
“We have already formed a national coalition. Indeed, our plan is to
recruit up to five million Nigerians who are going to be part of this
crusade.
“We believe that five million people are a critical mass that we
will use to sustain this campaign to a level that it would be impossible
for people to bring substandard products into Nigeria,” he said.
He said that the aim of the awareness campaign was to focus on life
endangering items such as tyres, cement and electrical products.
“We are having the campaign to sensitise people on the need to be aware of fake products that could cost them their lives.
“We believe that any fake or substandard product among these items can directly lead to a loss of life,” Odumodu said.
To achieve its mandate, Odumodu said SON would collaborate with some government agencies.
“We believe that by working together, we will be able to achieve the set mandate,” he said.
He, however, called on the public to support the organisation in reducing fake and substandard products in the country.
Odumodu, who said the campaign would be taken to all the geo-political zones of the country, added:
“Our team had earlier visited the South-South and the North-West Zones to campaign against fake and substandard products.
“If we are able to wipe out these products in Nigeria, it will
encourage greater employment opportunities for the teeming youths.
“It will also improve capacity utilisation, economic empowerment,
access to quality goods and protection from poor quality products and
better life for all,” he said.
Odumodu further said that a bill to review the enabling act of SON was currently before the National Assembly.
He said an offender may be jailed without an option of fine if the bill became law. (NAN)
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The Federal Government has ordered the closure of all government
offices and schools in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, during the
period of the World Economic Forum, WEF.
The WEF on Africa is scheduled to hold from May 7 to 9.
A statement by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation,
Pius Anyim, stated that the directive is to ensure free flow of traffic
in the city centre.
“This is to inform the general public that the President of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR, has approved,
as part of arrangements for the successful hosting of the World
Economic Forum Africa, that all Government Offices and Schools in the
Federal Capital Territory, expect those on essential services, are to be
closed from Wednesday, 7th to Friday, 9th May, 2014. Private
Organisations with large number of staff may also wish to close down.”
Observers, however, believe the closure is due to the security
concerns in the Nigerian capital following two bomb explosions in three
weeks, killing scores of people.
The
Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) said on Tuesday that it would
recruit five million Nigerians into its newly inaugurated national
coalition against fake products.
The Director-General of the
organisation, Dr Joseph Odumodu, said this in Ibadan at an
enlightenment programme tagged: “Zero Tolerance Against Substandard
Products.”
He said the recruitment exercise would boost the
on-going war against the production of fake and substandard products in
the country.
Odumodu also said the organisation had appointed the
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, as its ambassador in the
country.
“We have already formed a national coalition. Indeed,
our plan is to recruit up to five million Nigerians who are going to be
part of this crusade.
“We believe that five million people are a
critical mass that we will use to sustain this campaign to a level that
it would be impossible for people to bring substandard products into
Nigeria,” he said.
He said that the aim of the awareness campaign
was to focus on life endangering items such as tyres, cement and
electrical products.
“We are having the campaign to sensitise people on the need to be aware of fake products that could cost them their lives.
“We believe that any fake or substandard product among these items can directly lead to a loss of life,” Odumodu said.
To achieve its mandate, Odumodu said SON would collaborate with some government agencies.
“We believe that by working together, we will be able to achieve the set mandate,” he said.
He, however, called on the public to support the organisation in reducing fake and substandard products in the country.
Odumodu, who said the campaign would be taken to all the geo-political zones of the country, added:
“Our team had earlier visited the South-South and the North-West Zones to campaign against fake and substandard products.
“If
we are able to wipe out these products in Nigeria, it will encourage
greater employment opportunities for the teeming youths.
“It will
also improve capacity utilisation, economic empowerment, access to
quality goods and protection from poor quality products and better life
for all,” he said.
Odumodu further said that a bill to review the enabling act of SON was currently before the National Assembly.
He said an offender may be jailed without an option of fine if the bill became law. (NAN)
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/04/son-recruit-5-million-nigerians-campaign-fake-products/#sthash.naqzaNXr.dpuf
You
all remember actress Angela Okorie who was accused of theft in South
Africa? She had accused Muma Gee's husband, Prince Eke of being part of
those who set her up. But the guy has decided to open up on all that
happened between them. And the guy who arrested her of stealing his
money has also revealed that Angela, a married actress, is his lover and
she was "with him" in his room. Messy revelations:
Prince
Eke and the secret lover, identified as Prosper Tchidi, has sent out
mails disclosing that Actress Angela indeed stole Prosper's money after
Angela moved into his house when she arrived South Africa.
"Mid last month, Angela Okorie called me to help her shoot a movie in
South Africa. My wife (Muma Gee) was due to give birth but because of
the respect I have for her, I agreed to do the movie. It was her own
movie called Ada Abakaliki but she also wanted me to act in another
movie being produced by a guy named Ikenna in South Africa which she was
also supposed to feature in. It was her movie and she was the one
inviting me to South Africa so yes she's supposed to pay for my flight
and accommodation because I had no other reason to be there.
We
arrived South Africa on Monday. She wanted me to stay with her friend
but I told her I would rather stay in a hotel that I wasn't comfortable
staying in someone's house. She put me in one hotel but I didn't like
the place. She paid for a guest house and she asked me to stay with her
there but I refused, telling her that she's a married woman and I am a
married man, that I wasn't comfortable staying with her...
I eventually paid to stay at City Lodge but later she called me and told
me to come and stay at the guest house she paid for, that she would
move out.
When I went to her hotel, she introduced me to a guy
named Prosper who I'd never met before. She introduced him to me as her
boo. She told me I could stay at the guest
house, that she would move in with Prosper. She told the magazine she
moved in with a friend name NK. That's a lie. There's no friend
named NK. Angela moved in with Prosper who has a two-bedroom flat and a
roommate who is Tanzanian and not Angela's friend. Angela lived with
Prosper for nine days.
Anyway, eventually Angela told me she was no longer doing the Ikenna movie. But we continued shooting her own movie. Some
days later, I saw Angela and Prosper kissing and I was very shocked
because I know she's married. I confronted Prosper and told him he was
messing with a married woman. Prosper told me Angela had claimed
she was estranged from her husband, I told Prosper that was a lie
because I know she's still very much married. When Prosper questioned
Angela about what I said they began to have problems. She became angry
with me for telling Prosper she was still very much married.
On
the day of the alleged theft, we had finished shooting for the day and I
wanted to have a shave. I told Prosper to take me to a barbing salon.
Angela said she wasn't going to the salon that she wants to go home. About
30 minutes later, Prosper told me he just received a text message from
Angela that she was leaving his house. When Prosper eventually got home,
he called me to say Angela had stolen his money, $3,200 and he had been
calling her and she was not picking.
I tried calling
Angela but she also didn't pick my calls. Prosper managed to track her
down and she was traced to Hilton Hotel in Sandton. He went there around
2am with police officers to have her arrested. Angela was there with another man named Daniel.
This is a girl who told me she couldn't afford to pay for hotel and
wanted me squatting with friends, all of a sudden she could afford to
pay for a room at Hilton Hotel.
The guy they met in her room returned 10,000 rands to Prosper and signed an affidavit. I don't know if she took the money but why sign an affidavit to return it?
Angela was taken to Sandton police station, from there she was transferred to Honey Due police station where she was found guilty, and finally transferred to Ranburg police station where she slept in a cell.
I,
Prince Eke bailed her and stood as surety and the first statement she
made after she came out was that I sold her out. That I didn't tell her
Prosper was coming with police. Angela was charged to court, she went to
court on Tuesday. It was the court that granted her bail. I can send
you her charge number. Saying Prosper set her up to take money
from her is not true. She introduced him to me as her boo and never said
he was harassing her sex. It was strange to read all that. Besides
Prosper drives a Mercedes Benz E360 and he's a well known rap artist."
And Here's What The Secret Lover, Prosper Tchidi's Had To Say:
That
I tried to rape her or was begging her for sex is laughable. I knew she
was coming to South Africa. I promised to help her when she got here.
She and Prince Eke arrived on Monday morning, I saw them in the evening
and Prince was complaining that he didn't like where he was staying. So
Angela and I agreed that she would move out of the guest house and move
in with me so Prince Eke could move into the guest house. She left the
place and moved in with me on Wednesday. She said she moved in with her friend named NK. There's no such person.
I have a roommate, a young girl that I am helping, who is like a family
friend. She didn't know Angela until she moved in with me. She lied
about moving into a friend's house. She moved into my house. We were
lovers. Please quote me.
When Prince Eke confronted me and said I
was messing around with a married woman, I was quite surprised because
Angela told me she was estranged from her husband. After I heard she was married, I distanced myself from her and we began to have issues in the house. She started to give me attitude and also Prince Eke because he had told me she was married.
About
the money, after we finished shooting that Saturday, I took Prince Eke
to a Barber's salon to get a hair cut. Angela said she wanted to go
home. Later she called me to say she was leaving my house. We had
quarreled that morning but she didn't tell me she would be leaving. She
was supposed to stay at mine until she leaves South Africa.
When I
got home I asked my roommate if she'd seen Angela and she said Angela
had left the house in a hurry with her things, that someone had been
waiting for her outside the house. I
checked the cameras in the premises and saw that she'd left in a hurry. I
went to my room and searched for my money and saw it was gone. I called
her for several hours but she didn't pick, so I went to the police.
We were able to trace her to Hilton hotel. She and the guy with her
were both arrested and it was the guy that signed the affidavit. Why
would I set her up? I am a rap artist and producer in South Africa. My
stage name is P-Skrilla.
NBA probes recording in which Los Angeles Clippers owner allegedly tells girlfriend not to bring black people to games.
There is now an ongoing investigation by National Basketball Association (NBA) to ascertain the authenticity of an audio recording posted online which allegedly reveals the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers telling his girlfriend not to post photographs of herself with African-Americans or bring them to games involving the basketball team.
The 10-minute recording was posted Celebrity news site TMZ.com late on Friday, describing it as a taped conversation between billionaire Donald Sterling and a model who goes by the name V Stiviano. This was according to the Reuters news agency.
Sterling later told TMZ the recording "does not reflect his views".
"The audio recording posted by TMZ is truly offensive and disturbing, and we intend to get to the bottom of it as quickly as possible," Adam Silver, the NBA commissioner, said at a news conference on Saturday night.
The recording has been sharply criticised by civil rights leaders, fans and players. And even the US president, Barack Obama. He said the comments were "incredibly offensive [and] racist"."When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk," Obama told reporters at a news conference in Malaysia.
Obama said the recording was an example of the US continuing to wrestle with the legacy of racism, slavery and segregation, and urged Americans to be "steady and clear in denouncing" discrimination.
Clippers all-star player Chris Paul called the tape "a very serious issue," and the Miami Heat's LeBron James was quoted as saying there was "no room for Donald Sterling in our league".
Silver said the league would move swiftly to determine the authenticity of the recording and its context. Sterling has agreed not to attend his team's playoff game on Sunday against the Golden State Warriors, Silver said.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver said the recording was "truly offensive and disturbing" [AFP]
The commissioner said a range of sanctions was possible but declined to predict the outcome of the investigation, saying Sterling should be given a chance to present his side.
Andy Roeser, the president of Clippers, issued a statement on Saturday saying they have listened to the tape on TMZ.
"We do not know if it is legitimate or it has been altered. We do know that the woman on the tape - who we believe released it to TMZ - is the defendant in a lawsuit brought by the Sterling family," the statement said.
"Mr Sterling is emphatic that what is reflected on that recording is not consistent with, nor does it reflect his views, beliefs or feelings."
'Racist in your heart'
The tape appears to be an argument over photos Stiviano posted to the social networking website Instagram.
"People call you and tell you that I have black people on my Instagram. And it bothers you," Stiviano says, according to a version of the tape at TMZ.com. In the tape, Stiviano says she herself is of Latino and black heritage.
"Yeah, it bothers me a lot that you want to promo ... broadcast that you're associating with black people. Do you have to?" Sterling says on the tape, according to TMZ.
At another point, Stiviano says Sterling does not want her to bring black people to basketball games, and tells him: "I'm sorry that you're still racist in your heart."
