Rivers Gov asks all scholarship students abroad to return home and continue,except...

Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has asked all indigenes of the state who are on scholarship abroad to return to Nigeria to continue their scholarship programmes in any University in the country as the state is currently facing financial crisis and can't continue to sponsor them. This directive is contained in a letter sent out to the students early this month. The affected students are those that are not in final year as all final year students will be allowed to complete their programmes at their various universities. Read copies of the letter after the cut...

Taylor Swift donates $250,000 to Kesha after court ruling

In a show of support, Taylor Swift has donated $250,000 to Kesha to help with any of her financial needs during this trying time," a spokesperson for Swift wrote in a statement. Swift is the latest singer to show support for Kesha after the trial, with Lady Gaga, Lorde, Grimes , Lily Allen and Kelly Clarkson among those who have taken to Twitter to publicly back the singer. Source: Rolling stone

Budget of Corruption!

With respect to the government of Mohamadu Buhari, it appears the time has finally come for Nigerians to end the prolonged honeymoon and draw a line in the sand. There can be no better call to arms or rallying issue than the nauseating and shameful ongoing revelations of padding, fraud and deliberate misallocation of scarce resources in the 2016 federal budget. That a country as blessed as Nigeria will present a budget with dodgy and shoddy figures as are being revealed calls into question the competence of the people President Buhari is relying upon to handle the finances of his government. Nigeria parades a citizenry made up of professionals trained in some of the best academic institutions in the world and have been in charge of multi-billion dollar budgets in different capacities around the world. What Nigerians must bear in mind is that the 2016 budget is only $30Billion with the official rate and $20Billion with the black market rate. President Buhari must himself explain to Nigerians why after taking almost five months to appoint his ministers with the excuse that he was searching for the best hands, this disjointed, incoherent, elementary and pedestrian document called the 2016 federal budget is the best they can produce. In the absence of a cogent explanation from each and every minister and senior official associated with this budget, the president should ask for their resignation or fire them with immediate effect. Those guilty of willful conduct should be arrested immediately and prosecuted. Culled from Sahara Reporters

Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN),arrested by EFCC...

Senior Advocate of Nigeria and one of the most respected lawyers in Nigeria, Ricky Tarfa, was reportedly arrested by the EFCC yesterday evening Friday Feb. 5th at the premises of the Lagos High Court in Igbosere, Lagos Island, for alleged obstruction of justice. EFCC Spokesman Wilson Uwujaren, who confirmed the arrest to Channels TV, said Mr. Tarfa was arrested for allegedly trying to prevent the anti-graft agency from arresting his clients, a Beninois national, Granhoue Sourou Nazaire and his Nigerian lawyer, who were on trial for offenses bordering on forgery and conspiracy. Culled from LIB

Information leakage: Aso Rock threatens to clamp down on officials

Workers attached to the Presidential Villa, Abuja have been warned to desist from leaking contents of official letters and files or risk serious sanctions. The Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Abba Kyari, handed down the warning late on Monday during a send off programme organised for some officials who retired recently or redeployed from his office. Kyari said a document signed by him found its way out of his office illegally recently and added that such development would no longer be tolerated. He said anybody linked to any leaked information would face the consequence. Culled:The Punch

Whistleblower Aluko Cries That His Life Is At Risk Over His Confession on Last Ekiti Guber Polls

A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief who blew the whistle on the alleged rigging of the 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State yesterday alleged that his life was under threat. Dr. Temitope Aluko, who on Sunday spoke of how former President Goodluck Jonathan allegedly gave Governor Ayo Fayose $37 million to prosecute the election and directed that the military should facilitate victory for the then PDP candidate, said he escaped from the hands of “fake security men” on Sunday night. He also indicted many politicians and military chiefs. But Fayose described him as desperate and denied the allegations. Also yesterday, All Progressives Congress (APC) urged the government to prosecute all the people indicted by the ex-PDP chief. A human rights lawyer, Morakinyo Ogele also called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe the $37m allegedly given to Fayose by Jonathan. Aluko said yesterday: “After the live television interview on Politics Today on Channels Television on Sunday at about 9.30 pm, my attention was drawn to the presence of some operatives supposedly from the office of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), seeking to effect my arrest. “However, having passed though the same route before, my instinct immediately told me that something was amiss. I made some calls and found out that there was no such order to effect my arrest by the office of the IGP or from any other security agency for that matter.I was later made to understand that the ‘fake’ security agents were actually miscreants posing as security men and acting on the orders of Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose to get rid of me at all cost.I must let Nigerians know that I have made a resolution to let the whole world know what transpired during the Ekiti 2014 governorship poll.” The Ekiti APC, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, called on the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami (SAN) to prosecute all those named in the Ekiti 2014 election rigging drama. The party said it had twice petitioned the Office of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice on the matter, stressing that the revelations by PDP secretary had made it imperative that the nation’s chief law officer must act now. Olatunbosun said the election fraud crisis had refused to go despite all shenanigans by Fayose, who he said was the biggest beneficiary of the election fraud that created a blight on Nigeria’s international image. The APC spokesman said even though there was nothing new in the PDP Secretary’s revelations, he noted, however, that it had become pertinent to prosecute the suspects as the revelations were again emanating from the insider who participated fully in what is now known as Ekitigate. “By Aluko’s revelations, we are justified in our claim that our candidate, Dr Kayode Fayemi, never lost that election, but was criminally toppled by a coup d’etat orchestrated by Fayose in cahoots with President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration that illegally deployed money and the military to ensure victory for Fayose. “It is interesting that more names are coming up in the biggest election scam ever witnessed in Nigeria with the alleged participation of Ifeanyi Ubah of the infamous Transformation Agenda for Nigeria (TAN), a shadowy campaign group for former President Jonathan in the fraud. No wonder Ubah was compensated with a honorary Fellow by Fayose at the Ekiti State College of Education for a job well done.” Ubah denied ever giving Fayose money for the election. Olatunbosun went on: “It is in the light of this that we are calling on the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation to prosecute all the suspects in the election fraud for treasonable felony to preserve the integrity of the Nigerian Constitution.” The APC said President Muhammadu Buhari should use Ekiti election “fraud” case to convince Nigerians that official impunity and fraud would not have a place in Nigeria under his watch. “We have seen the Army already tackling the military aspect of the Army Probe Panel report. We expect the police and attorney general of the federation to also toe the line in coming out with the civilian component of the probe report and act accordingly. “The military men were mere agents used by Fayose to rig the election. Some of the officers implicated in Fayose’s crime had been recommended for various sanctions, including losing their jobs while others are to face prosecution by the EFCC and court martial, according to the military rules and administrative procedure. “These military men should not be made to suffer alone for the crime committed in conjunction with Fayose and his fellow conspirators in PDP who are still working free as if there is no law in this country,” he said. Olatunbosun berated Fayose’s media aides, Lanre Ogunsuyi and Lere Olayinka, for claiming that Captain Koli’s audio tape was a forgery, saying, however, that it was gratifying that Fayose, who also first denied his voice on the tape, later admitted that it was his. “If the Ekiti audio tape was a forgery as they alleged, were the appearances of Koli and Tope Aluko also forgeries?” he said. Noting that Fayose had always mouthed his readiness to wave his immunity to face prosecution over alleged crimes, he said now was the time to wave that immunity to face prosecution on the electoral fraud. He insisted that APC would not accept anything short of comprehensive review of the Ekiti State election saga, even as he urged Nigerians to prevail on the Minister of Justice to compel Fayose to explain to the world what he meant by saying that he collected INEC soft copies and got them printed as captured in Captain Sagir Koli’s tape detailing all activities connected with Ekiti poll rigging. “Besides Fayose talking on the tape about how INEC gave him soft copies that he printed to win the election, the minister of justice must also compel the governor, who spoke on election result collation in the tape, to tell Nigerians which election result he was collating in Efon-Alaye on June 19, 2014, two clear days before the June 21, 2014 governorship election,” Olatunbosun concluded. Ogele urged Fayose to resign from office within seven days “because the election that brought him to office was highly compromised”. He vowed to approach the Federal High Court if Fayose fails to resign to seek a declaration that the election is null and void by reason of the latest facts and figures released by Fayose’s former right-hand man. The activist-lawyer also challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to explain its own side of the story following the alleged sharing of N1 billion by its officials to compromise the Ekiti poll. “They have the statutory power to probe this fraud; they should look into it to ascertain whether it is part of the arms money diverted and shared among many people. If truly the Federal Government is determined to fight corruption, EFCC, as a matter of urgency, should comb Ekiti for this gigantic fraud.” culled:thenation

First 2017 Acura NSX Goes for $1 Million Over Sticker

As happens with many sought-after performance cars, Acura auctioned off the first salable example of its new 2017 NSX and donated the proceeds to charity. Crossing the block at the Barrett-Jackson event in Scottsdale, Arizona, over the weekend, that NSX brought a cool $1.2 million, which is just shy of $1 million more than the $207,500 sticker price of a fully optioned example. culled from:caranddriver.com

Incredible! An Italian town where a baby is born,first time in 28years!

Since the 1980s, the Italian town of Ostana had not seen the birth of a single baby. But last week, a dream came true, as the mayor of the small town said. A baby was born. The first in 28 years. According to La Stampa, the town has only 85 inhabitants, including newborn Pablo. Its population has continuously fallen -- a fate shared by many other Italian towns and villages. "The real decline started in 1975, with 17 babies between 1976 and 1987, when the last boy was born - until little Pablo," Mayor Giacomo Lombardo was quoted as saying. A party will be held to celebrate what he hopes will be the start of a reversal of that trend. But the population decline will be hard to stop, no matter what ideas Lombardo comes up with. Younger Italians in particular say there are few attractive job prospects in rural areas. Many have moved to cities, leaving their hometowns to the elderly. Ostana, which is in northern Italy, has only one shop, a bar and two restaurants, according to the Italian news site the Local. Some parts of northern Italy have been hit harder than others. But the south, including the island of Sicily, has faced more dramatic demographic changes in recent decades. The arrival of baby Pablo has certainly been welcomed in Ostana, according to the mayor. "It's great to finally have someone born here, and it shows that our efforts to reverse population decline are slowly working," Lombardo was quoted as saying. Lombardo has tried to create jobs in order to prevent other young people from leaving the town. Pablo might be the first indication that his strategy is working. His parents wanted to move away several years ago but stayed after they were offered the opportunity to work at a mountain refuge. Source: Washington Post

Guardiola's no coward: Why Man City gamble makes perfect sense

Some say the man who built the best team in history, a man with two Champions Leagues to his name, is still unproven, and that his move to City is the easy option - they are wrongThe suggestion that Pep Guardiola only takes the easy option, and that in choosing Manchester City he has done so once again, should be disregarded immediately as nonsense. It is simply not true, and for many reasons. First of all, he is supposed to have inherited a great Barcelona team that was apparently destined to be successful no matter who was in charge. He already had Lionel Messi, Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Thierry Henry, Carles Puyol and Samuel Eto'o, they say, and that selling Ronaldinho, still one of the world's best, to make Messi the main man was an obvious decision. That can only be put down to some kind of perverse revisionism. This was Guardiola's first job in senior management; had he not been anything other than an extraodinary coach and a great motivator, would these very players - talented, iconic and stubborn, as Pep's detractors acknowledge - have respected him and responded to his ideas? Ideas which were, are and continue to be, extremely demanding? He would not have lasted a season had he been the chancer that some are suggesting, much less gone on to mould what is probably the best football team in history, one that set tactical trends that countless top clubs now follow. Source:Goal

BREAKING: Delta Monarch Regains Freedom

The Olomoro community in the Isoko South Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta State has expressed jubilation following the release of their kidnapped traditional ruler, HRM Josiah Umukoro Agbaza 11. Mr. Agbaza is said to have regained his freedom following a ransom being paid to his abductors. Source: Sahara Reporters

WOMEN GET IN HERE::SIMPLE AND NATURAL WAY TO MAKE YOUR PRIVATE PART MUSCLES TIGHT AND SMALL

Many women have an unpleasant condition in the intimate area known as ”loose vagina”. This problem is aesthetic and very often it affects the intimate relationships between couples. A tight vagina is very important for a woman because it has many advantages, mainly for sex and otherwise. If you want to tighten your vagina muscles quickly, there are a few remedies and methods that you should try. These home cures are safe to use to tighten your vagina muscles quick since they are obtained from normal sources. These home solutions to tighten a loose vagina can dispose of different issues identified with the genital region, which is vaginal odor, and excess of vaginal white discharge. By utilizing these three ways, you will conclude whether you have a loose vagina: First, try to insert three fingers into your vagina at the same time- if there is no resistance, you probably have a loose vagina. Put your index finger into your vagina and attempt to contract your vaginal muscles. If the finger cannot be held by vaginal muscles you there is no doubt that you have a loose vagina. If your partner complains that he is not having as much satisfaction in bed and when it is hard for you to get an orgasm, you may have a loose vagina. *WAYS TO TREAT VAGINAL MUSCLES We present you some of the ways to tighten your vagina muscles fast: *Oak gall This is a Thai herb that contains a powerful soothing and lubricating compounds and will help you to tighten the walls of your vagina. *Gooseberries Boil some gooseberries in water and to store the resultant solution in a bottle. When you take a bath every day, it is recommended to apply some over your vagina. This will restore the elasticity and suppleness of your vagina in no time at all. Pueraria Mirifica This home remedy is known as a breast enlargement home remedy. Some experts explain that utilizing this natural home remedy to tighten your vag is very helpful, because it gives your vagina a firmer pull. Curcuma Comosa In a period of one month this herb will strengthen the wall of your vagina and the pelvic tissues. It also strengthens the walls of your uterus. *Aloe Vera is great for strengthening of the muscles in the vaginal region. It is also useful in preventing vaginal dryness and irritation. It is also used to attain fast relief from the genital problems. *Black Cohosh This is one of the best home remedies for women that want to tighten their vagina after an age of 50. Witch Hazel The powder of this herb is very powerful. You should wash your genital with it once in a week. Source: www.healthtipsportal.comcom NB: Thank goodness for the malls around,walk into one and ask for those items!

Return Stolen Funds Or Be Arrested – Efcc Warns Looters

As looters of the public funds are being currently fished out across the country by the Economic and Finance Crime Commission (EFCC), the anti-craft commission has warned all looters of the public funds to return the looted funds or be arrested by the commission. Wilson Uwajaren who is the commission’s spokesperson gave the warning over the weekend during a programme titled, “The state of the nation” on Channels Television. According to him, any suspect whose name was brought to the light of the commission, such person would be apprehended and investigated and if eventually found guilty of the alleged offence, would undoubtedly face the fullest wrath of justice. “We are calling on those who have stolen public funds to return the looted money or be arrested. Ours is once you bring back the money, we have no problem with you. We can only arrest you if you refuse to return the money,“ he said. Culled from 247nigeriannewsupdate.com