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Huhuonline.com can disclose that the mastermind of the arsenal of weapon intercepted at the Apapa Warf, yesterday, has gone into hiding. The man identified
by huhuonline.com impeccable security sources, is an Iranian business
man, who has chains.

WORKERS TO GO IN POWER Bonanza

Do the Math: 2.7million Per head !

N135 billion severance package ready For an epileptic Power Sector of Non Performing Staff ? They will still get jobs in the privatised companies being set up !

FOR the reform in the power sector to work, 50,000 workers in the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) would be sacked. However, the Federal Government is planning to pay N135 billion compensation for the workers..

Presidential Adviser on Power, Prof. Bart Nnaji, yesterday confirmed this to the House of Representatives.

He said the workers would be sacked before the Federal Government hands over the 18 companies carved out of PHCN to their new owners in the first quarter of next year.

He also informed the House that N135 billion ($900 million) severance package is being worked out by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for approbation in next year’s budget for the workers.

The Speaker of the House, Dimeji Bankole, was particularly worried since it has been established that lack of funds is no longer the bane of the power sector and since so much money has been pumped into the sector with no commensurate result.

In his presentation, the Speaker noted: “In the past two years, we have been doing all we can to ensure that the power sector is adequately funded yet, nothing has changed.”

Nnaji was in the Lower House with members of the Presidential Task Force to lobby the lawmakers on the need to come up with enabling legislations that would drive the reform.

Nnaji observed that the staff burden of the PHCN is worrisome. “There is a high operating cost in the company, gulping over N8 billion annually in which staff salaries and pension take 80 per cent of it”, he told the committee.

He said that 70 per cent of the cost of running the sector is incurred at the distribution business level. “The whole idea for the future of the sector is to cut a good deal for the workers for a more efficient power output for the country when the workers would have been been laid off. We would enter into an agreement with the new owners of the companies to absorb them.

“There is no way the new owners would work without trained and experienced workers. So, most of the workers would be fully re-engaged after entering into a new contract with the new owners.

“We are already working out a $900m (N135 billion) severance package for them with the CBN for appropriation in the next budget,” he declared.

He said that there were already strong interest from international investors in the country’s power sector.

“Essar of India plans to put in up to $2 billion of investment if the sector is reformed to logical conclusion. There are also strong interests from financiers and operators all over the world for our proposed sale of PHCN,” he said.

According to him, the privatisation of the sector would not be possible if the Electricity Power Sector Reform Act 2005, which gives the time line for the sales of the entities carved out of the PHCN, is not adjusted to accommodate the proposed dates. They are made up of 11 Distribution Companies (Discos), six Generation Companies (Gencos) and one Transmission Company (Transco).

According to the Professor, the present PHCN is indebted to suppliers and other service providers to the tune of N90 billion and it is owed N100 billion by its customers.

He lamented that “there is a severe lack of business orientation in the PHCN, coupled with inadequate expertise, especially technical, but most prevalent at the distribution level of the company.”

The Chairman, House Committee on Power, Patrick Ikhariale, said there was no alternative to the privatisation of PHCN.

He, however, assured the presidential committee that lawmakers would give support to the Task Force. “We can assure you of our full support because the issue of power is of extreme importance to every Nigerian and we will work with you to see that the sector improves,” he said.

Today before you say an unkind word -

Think of someone who can't speak.

Before you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone who has nothing to eat.

Before you complain about your husband or wife - Think of someone who's crying out to GOD for a companion.

Today before you complain about life -

Think of someone who went too early to heaven.

Before you complain about your children -

Think of someone who desires children but they're barren.

Before you argue about your dirty house someone didn't clean or sweep -

Think of the people who are living in the streets.

Before whining about the distance you drive

Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.

And when you are tired and complain about your job -

Think of the unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your job.

But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another -

Remember that not one of us is without sin and we all answer to one MAKER.

And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down -

Put a smile on your face and thank GOD you're alive and still around.

Remain Bless!

Gregory Isaacs, the Jamaican reggae singer whose smooth style earned him the nickname “Cool Ruler,” has died at the age of 59.

The BBC reports that Isaacs died Monday at his London home. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer.

His wife Linda said Isaacs was “well-loved by everyone, his fans and his family,” and would be greatly missed.

Born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1951, Isaacs began recording in his teens. With his sinuous baritone and romantic songs, he became a leadingproponent of the mellow “Lovers Rock” style of reggae.

Isaacs was best known for the title song from his 1982 album “Night Nurse.”/

His career was derailed for a spell by drug use, but he released a well-received final album, “Brand New Me,” in 2008.

Goods and properties worth millions of naira were yesterday destroyed in a fire which gutted parts of the popular New Benin Market, Benin City. The cause was unknown as at the time of this report...

More than 50 shops stocked with household and food items, which stretched from Eki-Edo Street were affected by the inferno, with about 10 shops burnt beyond recognition by the time the fire service got to the scene.

At the scene, men of the Supply and Transport Unit of Nigerian Army were seen putting out the flames, which still emanated from some of the goods.

Traders whose shops were affected by the inferno wailed uncontrollably as they moved to salvage what was left of their means of livelihood, and youth from the community joined the soldiers to put out the fire in some of the shops not badly affected.

One of the traders, Ignatus Nnabuefe, who deals in baking materials, told journalists that he was at his shop in the morning to drop some goods he just bought, after which he decided to go home after the compulsory morning's sanitation exercise in the market, only to be called back minutes later that his shop was on fire.

"And by the time I came here, everything I owned was gone; I was not able to retrieve anything from the fire, not even the goods I bought new this very morning to sell and which is very painful because I just dropped them there," lamented Mr. Nnabuefe.

Another trader who spoke amidst tears, Tochukwu Abieke, said her family lost everything they had laboured for, as they lost all the goods in their three shops which belonged to her, her mother, Lois, and her father, Patrick.

Omoregieva Gbajumo, the Oredo local government chairman, who was at the scene of the fire incident, praised the efforts of the community youth and traders who used their combined efforts in putting out the fire, thereby preventing it from spreading to other parts of the market.

Mr. Gbajumo promised that government will investigate the cause of the fire and also assured the traders who lost their goods of possible compensation.

The Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State, Lateef Hussein is currently battling between the devil and the deep blue sea, and if information reaching Huhuonline.com are anything to go by, he might be eased of his position any moment from now.

Among allegations leveled against him are that he misappropriated several billions of naira given by the State as subvention to the institution between 2005 and now.
He was also accused of appointing his cronies most of whom have long retired from acting service and imposing contract staff as heads of departments and faculties.
Despite the efforts of the State government. Regarding the school, the institution does not have any dedicated library or laboratory. It has also not had any physical structure since the VC assumed office..

The affected courses include Law, Economics, Marketing, Chemical and Polymer Engineering, Accounting, Banking and Finance, Political Science, Sociology, Business Administration and Management Technology.
The NUC, the lecturers claimed would be visiting the school in November this year for another round of denial of accreditation of another 26 courses.
They accused Hussein of hounding several lecturers in the school making them run for their dear lives.

Chairman of the institution's branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Dr. Kabir Akinyemi, also accused the Vice Chancellor of sitting on the promotion of the lecturers since 2005.

As at when he became the VC,the institution was said to have about six professors in the faculty of Law, but this is no longer the case as the only one currently remaining, Prof. Olusegun Yerokun, is a retired lecturer who is also on contract and now heads the faculty as the dean.

The institution's Director of Academic Planning is manned by one Mr. Olanrewaju John, who was appointed and made a level 14 staff with just a Bachelor of Art(BA) and barely six years experience for a job that should be handled by a Professor.
Though, they did not mention the courses that may face accreditation problems next month, it was learnt that the College of Medicine might be affected as the institution also makes use of contract staff.

When asked to defend himself, the VC who was shaking and stuttering, blamed the entire situation on the school's senate, which he has allegedly pocketed and has continued to influence.

BERLIN — Sea Life Aquarium says that Paul the Octopus who gained worldwide fame with his perfect World Cup predictions has died. He was 2 1/2.

Aquarium spokeswoman Ariane Vieregge in Oberhausen said Tuesday that Paul seemed fine when checked on late Monday night but was found dead in his tank Tuesday morning.

She says that it was normal for an octopus of his type to die at that age and that he had died of natural causes.

Paul correctly predicted the outcome of all seven of Germany's games plus Spain's victory over the Netherlands in the final.

FILE - In this July 9, 2010 file picture octopus oracle Paul chooses a mussel from a glass tank marked with a Spanish flag in the SeaLife Aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany. A German news agency reported the octopus that gained world fame by correctly predicting World Cup results has died. The German news agency dapd said Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 the death of Paul the Octopus was announced by the aquarium in Oberhausen. Paul correctly predicted all games involving Germany, and also picked Spain to win.

DON'T SAY I DID NOT KNOW!

DON'T SAY I DID NOT READ!!

DON'T SAY I DID NOT HEAR!!!

A tatto freak known as the Human Chequerboard has taken his obsession to an agonising new level by having ink injected into the whites of his eyes.

Matt Gone, from Portland, Oregon, boasts that 98 per cent of his body is now covered in tattoos.

The bizarre chequerboard pattern covers his head and face. Now his eyes are permanently coloured - one blue, the other green.

Socket set: Matt Gone's right eye is gree and his left is blue

And he carried out the risky operation by himself at his home, according to the website Nine News.

Mr Gone told the US television station Fox12: 'I patch-tested it and was successful. I had to take the risk. I've done that a lot of times before.

'I'm not crazy. I'm trained. I have a lot of experience. I picked different colours because I like mutations because I have birth defects.'

Eye pad: He injected the ink while alone at home

Tattoo much: Matt Gone reckons 98 per cent of his body is covered in designs

Mr Gone said he began tattooing his body 20 years ago to disguise physical deformities, but did not give any further details.

Doctors have warned that injecting ink into the eyes could lead to blindness or serious infection.

Hello 9ija**.;)

What DO you want?

It's one of the most powerful questions I know.

And it's a tough one to answer.

Pretty much just as soon as you get old enough to think... you have people telling you what THEY want.

Parents, partners, spouses, children, friends, bosses, colleagues, customers and clients... they've all got opinions about what's best foryou.

And sometimes their requests and demands can feel like a swarm of mosquitoes buzzing around you demanding attention.

And if you're not clear on what you want, you have little protection against the blighters - what others want becomes very hard to resist.

So what can you do about it?

Here's an exercise to help get clear on what you want.

1. Find some time and space for yourself.
It doesn't need to be much - five minutes in a room, ten minutes in a coffee shop, a 15 minute walk around the neighborhood.

2. Connect with your core values, those ways of being that are at the heart of you being at your best.
If you're not quite sure what they are - and you'd be like most peopleif that's the case - then start to imagine what they might be now. Ifyou think back to "peak moments" in your life, times you felt you wereon top of the world, then you'll see some clues as to what they mightbe.

3. Get clear on the situation at hand.
You need context before you can decide on what you want. Is this aboutwork? A relationship? Your own self-care? Something else? What's thechallenge or situation or struggle you might be facing?

4. Imagine outrageous success.
Go on, amp it up. Or to put it another way: If you could not fail, whatwould total and fabulous success look like? Don't get caught up in the"how would I get there". Just let your imagination go on what outrageoussuccess looks like.

5. Clarify your minimum level of success.
This is the bottom line, the "if nothing else, then this at least."Don't sell yourself short. And equally, make sure the "bottom line"really is just that. This is where you draw the line in the sand.

6. Tap into your heart and find the sweet spot of what you want between those two end points.
Sit with it for just a moment and get as clear as possible as to what itis you want, what it looks like, feels like, tastes like. The cleareryou can make it, the easier it will be to start planning on how to getthere.

So... What do you want?

Charley Boy and Derenle

Area Fada, Charley Boy, has been associated with a lot of negative – and positive – things, but never before has he been called a homosexual. That is up until now.

A romantic picture of Charley Boy kissing Denrele has been circulating on the Internet for a while, and it has made many believe that both of them are involved in a sexual relationship.

But Denrele told Life and Beat that he didn‘t owe anybody any explanation.

“If not that I know you, I would have told you I don’t owe you any explanation. I just think that some people are out to tarnish my image. Call it Photoshop, call it publicity stunt or whatever the picture is, people just want to tarnish my image.”

But to those who he feels are out to tarnish his image, Denrele said, “I’m not bothered in anyway. They are just making me popular. The story is not affecting me in anyway. I have been receiving calls from all over the world about this same picture. I’m not gay, but I don‘t think I owe anybody any explanation.”

Charley Boy’s phone was unreachable when Life and Beat tried to contact him.

In his latest exclusive interview with Eurosport, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger discusses how important it was for Manchester United to keep hold of Wayne Rooney, and what would have been at stake for the club if he had left.

Were you surprised that Wayne Rooney is staying at Manchester United after the media talk?

It is a bit surprising because when you say publicly that your player is likely to leave, it means you have accepted the idea that he will do so.

A message to say: 'Come around the table, we are ready to sell the player.' So it is a bit surprising that they changed their mind..

It seems that United became aware of the consequences for the fans and the atmosphere inside the club if he did leave - especially considering the rise of Manchester City. It would have given them the reputation of being a declining club in comparison to the upwardly-mobile Citizens.

Afterwards, they had to take into account the impact signing Rooney to a new contract would have upon them, because it is going to be a big financial change. It means they have let Rooney have what he wants - and they are also going to be in trouble when it comes to renewing the contracts of the other players.

So the club's reputation was at stake?

When you let everybody know that you allowed your best player to leave at 25 years of age, rather than 30, it means that somehow there are clubs stronger than yours.

When you sell a player, you must consider what you are losing; the player himself, of course, but in addition all the consequences for people who follow the club. By that I mean the media, fans, the club's reputation and the indirect effect upon the other top players at the club, who may think: 'If the best players are leaving, what we are going to do now?'. So everyone at the club could start worrying.

Could the deal have been done in order to sell him for more money next June?

That is a really good question. However, if they sign him to a new contract for five years then sell him in June, it will be worse than if they had let him go now.

Were you convinced he was going to leave?

Yes, because when the club said they would talk about a transfer, I assumed they were ready to sell him.

If he had left, do you think it would only have been for another English club?

No, I think he might have moved anywhere in the world. Surely they would have been more open to a foreign club coming in for him than an English one - because the only domestic rival who could afford to buy him was their neighbour.

Do you think that he had to leave, considering the public opinion about his problems outside of football?

No, because people are focused on what happens on the field. What happens in a player's private life only feeds the scandal pages of the newspapers.

If you are 12 years of age, you only look at his performances on the pitch. You like him because he is able to do things you cannot do - and you want to copy him. You don't care about how he is living off the pitch.

Can he change the opinion of United fans?

Trust me: in this job, the only thing which changes everything is your performance on the pitch.

You could be the nicest, most elegant and polite guy in the world off the pitch - but if you are bad on it, everybody is going to hate you.

You can be unpleasant off the pitch, but if you are an extraordinary player, people will forgive you anything. It may not be fair, but it is the reality. People pay to see special things, and if you manage to give it to them, they enjoy it.

Would you have liked to sign him for Arsenal?

We never thought about it because we have enough people able to play up front. Moreover, if Manchester United are not able to pay his contract, Arsenal cannot even think about it.

So it means that he will keep scoring against you as he did in the past?

No, it doesn't mean he will keep annoying us - it just means that he will keep trying to annoy us. We will try to prevent him.

He likes to score against Arsenal.

Yes. He is world class player.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s wife, Grace has reportedly been having a secret affair with central bank governor, Gideon Gono.

South African Sunday Times newspaper reports that Grace Mugabe- who is 41 years younger than Zimbabwe’s 86-year-old president,
has allegedly spent the last five years cuckolding him with Gideon Gono, her husband’s financial adviser and key politically ally.

The report says that Mugabe’s sister Sabina warned her brother before she died that he was being betrayed by two of the most important people in his personal and political life: his wife and his personal banker, a pivotal member of his regime.Photo:Mugsy & Gono

The couple would meet as often as three times a month either at Grace’s dairy farm or in expensive hotels in South Africa as well as on foreign trips to Asia.

Mugabe is said to have learnt the shocking news as he sat by his dying sister’s bed in July. He is said to have left the meeting “devastated” although initially refusing to believe the allegations.

The president later consulted his most trusted bodyguard, Cain Chademana, who had sat in on the meeting with Sabina.

The bodyguard reportedly said, like other members of the secret service, he had also heard the rumours.

Particularly infuriating for Mugabe however, was the fact that he had encouraged the friendship thinking the pair was discussing mutual business interests.

Chademana – who is said to be the source of the story by intelligence officers quoted by the newspaper – has since lost his life amid suspicions that he was poisoned.

His body, according to The South African Sunday Times, was handed to his family for burial at the end of August. The Sunday Times alleges no autopsy was carried out.

The newspaper claims officials had hoped the secret affair would be buried with Chademana but renegade officers in the intelligence services, unhappy with conditions of service, have started talking.

Still, it is not the first time Grace has been linked to affairs behind her ageing husband’s back.

One former lover, Peter Pamire, died in a mysterious car accident. Another, James Makamba, fled the country.

But never before has Grace been romantically involved with a politician in Mugabe’s inner circle. And never before has a man so close to the president risked allowing it to happen, the South African Sunday Times says.

Gono has known Mrs Mugabe, who married the president in 1996, for at least 15 years and they are partners in a number of business enterprises.

He is a pillar of the Zanu PF party that has held on to power in Zimbabwe since its 1980 independence from Britain.

As one of Mugabe’s most trusted friends, he has served since 2003 as head of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe – a period that saw the country’s currency suffer hyperinflation of more than a billion per cent a year.

While many of Zimbabwe’s desperately poor people struggle to find enough food to eat, Gono lives in a 47-bedroom mansion with swimming pool, gym and its own mini theatre.

Yesterday a source close to the banker confirmed that he and the first lady were lovers and claimed they had planned a life together after Mugabe’s death.

The senior official in Gono’s office told South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper: ‘Mugabe trusted Gono. He even thought our boss was taking care of the first lady, keeping a protective eye on her so that she could not again be adulterous.’

Mugabe’s relationship with Grace, his former secretary, is itself founded on infidelity.

Two of their three children were born when Mugabe was still married to his popular first wife, Sally, who was battling a kidney disease from which she died in 1992.

Missy Elliott reportedly married her girlfriend in a secret ceremony overseas, according to a report that surfaced yesterday (October 22).

Sources in Atlanta say that the closeted gay rapper married her girlfriend of about a year, artist Sharaya.

It was also reported that the women were engaged while they were on a world tour together and had an informal ceremony upon their return tothe U.S.

However, shortly after the “news” hit, Missy responded to a fan via twitter who congratulated her.

Missy Elliott responded with,.

“No I did not ! do not believe the lies…Ppl who have nothing better to do but talk and tell lies are #Gossip Folks! Do something moreproductive! #GETALIFE!…Now as I was saying all The Positive People May uhave a Blessed Suckafree day *inmydiddyvoice*”