Annosue Blog: February 2016

Friday 19 February 2016

DESTRUCTIVE EMOTIONS--- What are They, How it Affects us and Ways of Manage Them

What are they and what do they do? Destructive emotions are those emotions which compel us to harm ourselves and others, if we let ourselves be controlled by them. There is a wide gamut of these emotions and we are all familiar with the major ones that tend to ruin our lives sometimes.

Body Odor- Symptoms and how to Beat it

Your sweat or perspiration is composed mainly of water and salt (sodium chloride) and contain trace amount of other electrolytes substance that help regulate the balance of fluids in your body.

EMBARRASSING SEXUAL MOMENTS & HOW TO RECOVER FROM IT

It wouldn’t be surprising that at some point you’ve must have made some silly mistake in bed. You might have smoothed over some of that misstep with your quick wit and sly smile, or you crashed and burned without expecting a return call from her the next day.

Kisses are ways of showing affection to our loved ones, either it been a bone melting passionate kiss or just a gentle soft kiss. Everyone must have at one time or the other been kissed by someone close; it’s a universal act of showing love, affection & appreciation.

Below are 25 different kinds of kisses:

Culled from the book “He Cheated on Me” by Harry Agbenu

This is because a she. She is frustrated because her love wasn’t returned. The much she did for him can form a volume. The uncommon pains she took for him, heaven wrote with a golden pen. Never loved any like that. She gave her soul and risked her eternity.

His smile was her priority. Time ans money she invested. Understanding and tolerance, she displayed.

Mosquitoes carrying Zika virus exist in Nigeria —Health Minister

THE Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said that the mosquitoes carrying Zika virus are in Nigeria and urged Nigerians to protect themselves by using mosquito nets.

He also called on Nigerians to remain calm, be vigilant and report any suspected case of an acute febrile illness in pregnant women, in particular, to any nearest health facility.

Adewole made this disclosure at a press briefing, yesterday, in Abuja, where he explained that the mosquitoes were active and flying, adding that they bite during the day and early morning.

The Nigerian Airforce High Command stepped up its anti-corruption war, yesterday, with the removal of officers, including Air Officers Commanding, AOCs, fingered in the $2.1billion arms scandal and appointed new officers to replace them.

Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, yesterday said the Federal Government uncovered another batch of 23,000 ghost workers on its payroll. The discovery, according to the minister, was made through the Integrated Payment and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, and Bank Verification Number, BVN. The minister, who appeared before the Finance

The Army last night released 12 senior officers to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for probe.

The EFCC is investigating their role in the $2.1billion arms deals.

Dokpesi Apologises to Tinubu over N150bn Documentary Libel Suit

Former Chairman of Daar Communications Plc, owners of Africa Independent Television (AIT), Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi, on Friday tendered an unreserved apology to the national leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and opted for an out of court settlement in a N150 billion libel suit instituted by Tinubu against AIT.

The move by the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki to stop his trial before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) for alleged false declaration of assets hit brick wall yesterday as a full panel of Supreme Court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed dismissed his appeal.

Following the ruling, the ancient town of Ilorin, Kwara State capital slipped into a pensive mood, with many lamenting the fate of the Senate President.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole has said that no one is more deserving of the tag of emperor which former President Olusegun Obasanjo sought to hang on state governors recently than Obasanjo himself.

Oshiomhole, reacting to a statement by the former president that state governors live like emperors and hinder the local governments from performing their staturoty functions, said the allegations do not apply to him (Oshiohole) or his administration.

The anti-graft agency arrested the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) at about 5:00 pm local time outside the premises of the Lagos High Court in Igbosere area of Lagos Island.

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday prostrated for the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ojaja II, when he paid homage to him in his palace.

He described Oba Ogunwusi as his father and father of the Yoruba people, saying he was pleased that Ife people did not pick a wrong person to occupy the throne.

BREAKING NEWS: President Muhammadu Buhari goes on an Emergency short vacation

The Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Mr. Femi Adesina has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari has begun a short vacation from today, February 5 to February 10, 2016.

Tom Ikimi, an ex- Foreign Affairs Minister and a Former chieftain of the All Progressive Congress has been Arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for receiving funds from Colonel Sambo Dasuki in the so called $2.1 Billion Arms Fund mismanagement.

Mr Bukola Saraki's hopes were dashed on Friday morning when the Supreme court dismissed an appeal filed by him to stop his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
Delivering the judgement, Justice Walter Onnoghen-led 6 man panel of judges dismissed Saraki’s appeal, stating that it lacks merit.

Buhari has directed the EFCC other Security Agencies to Arrest Ex-Customs Boss

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other security agencies to arrest the immediate past Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko, wherever he may be, a senior EFCC operative told THISDAY last night.

This came as the anti-corruption agency yesterday also invited some senior military officers in the Procurement Unit at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja to give more details about the purchase of some arms meant to fight Boko Haram in the country.

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, has predicted the disintegration of the ruling All Progressives Congress, saying members of the party are not committed to the progress of the party.

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, appeared before an ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives on Tuesday and said he had no information on the contracts for the rehabilitation and modernisation of railway in the country.

The railway contracts reportedly gulped over N1tn between 2010 and 2015, with additional funding from the rested Subsidy Re-Investment and Empowerment Programme.

The International Criminal Court, Hague, says it is looking into the petition written to it by human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), seeking the probe and prosecution of all the individuals linked with the alleged diversion of the $2.1bn meant to procure arms to fight Boko Haram.

The police in Lagos have arrested three workers of the Eco Bank of Nigeria Plc for allegedly defrauding the bank to the tune of N2.7m.

The suspects – Adetunji Oluwatoyin, Obademi Oluwatosin and Ogunshina Olushola – worked at the Iyana Ipaja branch of the bank and were said to have connived to commit the alleged fraud between July 10 and 24, 2015.

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday further adjourned judgment in the suit filed by a former Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, seeking the enforcement of her fundamental rights for February 17.

The judgment which was earlier fixed for yesterday, could not be delivered as the trial judge, Justice Okon Abang, informed parties in the suit that the verdict was not ready due to workload.

He said February 17 was still in order, adding the 90 days stipulation for delivery of judgment had not elapsed.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday continued its case against a former Governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, with one of its detectives, Musa Sunday, telling a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Gudu how the former governor allegedly shared N1.162bn belonging to the state.

Dariye, who is now the senator representing Plateau Central Senatorial District in the Senate, allegedly obtained N1.162bn ecological funds as Governor of Plateau State in 2004.

A merchant ship has been seized by some militants who are demanding freedom for the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, within 31 days or they will blow up the ship.

Kanu, the promoter of Biafra radio, who was arrested on October 17, last year, is standing trial for treasonable felony before a court in Abuja. The judge has denied him bail.

Elder statesman, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, says former President Olusegun Obasanjo and a former maximum ruler, Ibrahim Babangida, made corruption attractive to state governors in the country.

Braithwaite said the former helmsmen’s policies and actions elevated corruption in governance, adding that many state governors were merely emulating them.

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Paul Arkwright‎ has described as unjust, criticisms against government of the United Kingdom over unreturned stolen wealth from Nigeria.

Man, 35, docked for defiling 3-month-old baby

A 35-year-old man, Oladele Oladunmoni, who allegedly poked his finger into the private part of a three-month-old baby, was yesterday arraigned in a Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos.

Oladunmoni is facing a charge of child abuse.

Human Rights lawyers yesterday dismissed the claim by former secretary of Ekiti State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Temitope Aluko that the 2014 governorship poll in the state was rigged in favour of Governor Ayo Fayose, saying confessions of fraud in the electoral exercise cannot be a basis to sack the incumbent.

The trial of a lawyer, who worked in the Legal Department of the New Cross Petroleum Limited on Victoria Island, Lagos State, commenced on Monday, with a witness, Bolaji Oguntade, testifying against him before a Tinubu Magistrate’s Court.

An ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, has pleaded with Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court in Lagos to set aside the warrant of arrest issued against him.

Justice Buba had on January 14 issued a bench warrant against Tompolo and ordered his arrest for failing to honour a court summons dated January 12 to appear in respect of a 40-count of alleged N34bn fraud levelled against him and nine others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has said the allegation by the former Ekiti State Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Tope Aluko, that the military was used to influence the outcome of the June 21, 2014 governorship election in the state, is another ploy by the All Progressives Congress to rubbish the mandate freely given to him by the people of the state.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike is a product of the most significant trinity in our political history. He was voted by the people, ordained by God and confirmed by the Supreme Court. He is a man of destiny, set apart by God to deliver Rivers State from unserious politicians.

The International Police Organisation, the INTERPOL, has issued a red alert on the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina.

Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh has declared that he won’t quit his position despite speculations that the former Nigeria was on his way out of the team.

Oliseh, who spoke online on Monday, denied that he had indicated to the Nigeria Football Federation his desire to move on.

“I am not quitting,” Oliseh said.

Bianca Ojukwu, Widow of the late Ikemba of Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, yesterday told a Lagos High Court that she’s the only legal wife of her late husband. Bianca stated this while testifying in a suit she filed on behalf of her two underaged children, Afamefuna and Nwachukwu (claimants) against Ojukwu Transport Limited, OTL, and seven others over an alleged move by the family to eject her sons from the company’s properties located in Lagos.

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has sacked Sani Ganduje as the Head of Ganduje Village, in the Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of the state for “gross negligence of duty.”

The sacking of Ganduje, who is the younger brother of the Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, was announced on Monday by the Kano Emirate Council.

The council said the sacking was with immediate effect.

Hearing commences today in the trial of the former Chairman, House of Representative Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, Farouk Lawan, for allegedly obtaining $620,000 bribe money from Femi Otedola, chairman of Forte Oil.

A reliable close to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission said Mr Lawan and Boniface Emenalo would stand trial before Justice Angela Otaluka of a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Lugbe, on a seven-count criminal charge bordering on obtaining $620,000 from Mr. Otedola,

Still shopping for evidence to nail top Nigerians who might have benefited from the $2.1 billion arms cash, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have raided the Abuja office of former Vice President, Namadi Sambo, carting away $50,000 from his safe.

Aluko is desperate, says Governor Fayose

Governor Ayo Fayose yesterday condemned the statement by a former secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Tope Aluko, saying he does not deserve a response.

The governor spoke through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media Mr. Lere Olayinka.

He said Aluko was beclouded by his desperation to seek revenge against Fayose because of his refusal to make him his Chief of Staff. He (Aluko) is not mindful of committing the criminal offence of perjury, the statement added.

MEMBERS of the adhoc committee of the House of Representatives on failed rail contracts have summoned the Minister of Transport, Mr Rotimi Amaechi; Managing Director of Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, Seyi Sijuwade; former Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Mohammed Bello Haliru; and former

A 26-year-old man, Caleb Nzube, who attempted to blackmail the wife of late Chief MKO Abiola of $5,000, was last week arrested in Anambra State.

Nzube allegedly hacked the Twitter handle of Mrs Tinu Abiola, downloaded her picture and designed a web page showing the woman carrying a human skull.

DESPITE public outcry against a new electricity tariff regime which is set to take effect today, distribution companies across the country have said there was no going back on its implementation.

Recall that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had on December 20, last year, rolled out a new tariff regime under its MYTO 2.1 for residential and industrial consumers, just as it equally abolished fixed charges.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan gave Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose $37 million cash for the June 21, 2014 governorship election, it was learnt yesterday.

A former Secretary of the Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Temitope Aluko, a member of the team that prosecuted the election, said Dr. Jonathan gave Fayose $2 million in March 2014 for the primary election.

Ado-Ekiti—Abia State governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has listed some virtues to include courage, identifying with the people and how to handle intricate political issues as some of the things he has learnt from the Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, which are helping him in his political life.

Lagos—Medical doctors under the auspices of Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, AGPMPN, Lagos State Chapter yesterday raised alarm over alleged frequent harassment of medical doctors by Policemen.

The Kogi State government yesterday warned the public to beware of activities of suspected fraudsters, who opened fake facebook and twitter accounts in the name of Governor Yahaya Bello.

It said the purpose was to dupe people.

Apparently referring to the inability of the courts to live up to expectations, President Muhammadu Buhari observed yesterday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, that the ongoing fight against corruption would be a futile venture if there is no proper reform of the judiciary.

To underscore the president’s stance, some laws in Nigeria have become obsolete, having been in use since over 50 years ago when the country gained independence and are in dire need of amendment by the National Assembly. For example, the punishment for those who manufacture fake products is just two years in prison.

THE Lagos State Chief Magistrate’s Court, Ebute-Metta, has ordered the remand in custody of the Chairman of Meran Branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Mr. Wasiu Onibudo, over alleged conspiracy and murder.

The Court presided over by Chief Magistrate Afolashade Botoku, made the order on Friday, following an application for remand filed and argued before the court by the police prosecutor, Mr. Godwin Osuyi.

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