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images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQApcK4B082NRItYIJyufpUOOwi93e5wekdBVRuBDvlGZ5imzOsn7ZZCgSALT LAKE CITY – When Josh Ferrin closed on his family's first home, he never thought he'd make the discovery of a lifetime — then give it back.

Ferrin picked up the keys earlier this week and decided to check out the house in the Salt Lake City suburb of Bountiful. He was excited to finally have a place his family could call their own.

As he walked into the garage, a piece of cloth that clung to an attic door caught his eye. He opened the hatch and climbed up the ladder, then pulled out a metal box that looked like a World War II ammunition case.

"I freaked out, locked it my car, and called my wife to tell her she wouldn't believe what I had found," said Ferrin, who works as an artist for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City.

Then he found seven more boxes, all stuffed full with tightly wound rolls of cash bundled together with twine — more than $40,000.

Ferrin quickly took the boxes to his parent's house to count. Along with his wife and children, they spread out thousands of bills on a table, separating the bundles one by one.

They stopped counting at $40,000, but estimated there was at least $5,000 more on the table.

Ferrin thought about how such a large sum of money could go a long way, pay bills, buy things he never thought he could afford.

"I'm not perfect, and I wish I could say there was never any doubt in my mind. We knew we had to give it back, but it doesn't mean I didn't think about our car in need of repairs, how we would love to adopt a child and aren't able to do that right now, or fix up our outdated house that we just bought," Ferrin said. "But the money wasn't ours to keep and I don't believe you get a chance very often to do something radically honest, to do something ridiculously awesome for someone else and that is a lesson I hope to teach to my children."

He thought about the home's previous owner, Arnold Bangerter, who died in November and left the house to his children.

"I could imagine him in his workshop. From time to time, he would carefully bundle up $100 with twine, climb up into his attic and put it into a box to save. And he didn't do that for me," Ferrin said of the man who had worked as a biologist for the Utah Department of Fish and Game.

Bangerter purchased the home in 1966 and lived there with his wife, who died in 2005.

After most of the money was counted, Ferrin called one of Bangerter's sons with the news.

Kay Bangerter said he knew his father hid away money because he once found a bundle of cash taped beneath a drawer in their home, but he never considered his dad had stuffed away so much over the years.

"He grew up in hard times and people that survived that era didn't have anything when they came out of it unless they saved it themselves," Kay Bangerter, the oldest of the six children, told the Deseret News. "He was a saver, not a spender."

Bangerter called the money's return "a story that will outlast our generation and probably yours as well."

"I'm a father, and I worry about the future for my kids," Ferrin said. "I can see him putting that money away for a rainy day and it would have been wrong of me to deny him that thing he worked on for years. I felt like I got to write a chapter in his life, a chapter he wasn't able to finish and see it through to its conclusion."

 

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"This is a warning to you. It has come to our notice that you have produced a video about the problem in the Niger-Delta without proper consultations regarding the true state of affairs in the area. You are hereby warned not to release that video or be faced with grave consequences.

 

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Those who have watched the movie said it amy have revealed some uncomfortable secrets behind the struggle of the Niger-Delta and how some disgruntled leaders are playing politics with the lives of the citizens.

These and more are what the said group does not want to be a public knowledge.

The Niger Delta region of Nigeria has 606 Oil-fields and exports 50% of all its oil resources to the United States and is the world's capital of oil pollution.

Corrupt government officials, greedy oil companies and violent rebels go on a war path over oil spills and the degradation of the land caused by oil exploration

The film x-rays fifty years of uncorrected oil spills and lack of clean-up which has destroyed the environment and ecosystems leaving the area almost uninhabitable while obliterating the livelihood of its residents costing them basic human rights such as health, access to food, clean water, and an ability to work.

Black Gold was to be premiered on February 24th at the Silverbird Galleria in Lagos but the latest developments may have distrupted the plans of the movie producers.

The film has an impressive casts, starring Mbong Amata, Tom Sizemore, Vivica Fox, Billy Zane, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Sarah Wayne Callies, Razaaq Adoti, Dede Mabiaku,

Eric Roberts, Larry Manetti and Michael Madsen.

The film produced by Starkid productions owned by American based Nigeria, Ori Ayomike, was directed by Jeta Amata in collaboration with Suzanne DeLaurentiis was shot in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria and in Los Angeles, California.

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"Sound Sultan heard ‘Jankoliko' and fell totally in love with the message, and this superb collaboration was conceived," the press release reads about the collaboration with the Naija Ninja's front man.

The Goretti Company also revealed that the singer has begun work on her debut album, "Since she won the competition, she's been in the studio recording her debut album in line with her contract with MTN/Ultima Studios. She is also working with a crack team of producers and songwriters including Cobhams Asuquo, Tee Y Mix, Jay Martins, Tha Suspect, eLdee the Don, Omolara Ayodele and of course Oscar Heman Ackah," her management company confirmed.

***Wizkid's gives credit to OJB

Empire Mate singer, Ayo Balogun better known as Wizkid, revealed that he owes some of his singing and good music making abilities to apprenticing under, producer cum performing artist OJB. In an exclusive interview with the London based Nigerian celebrity blog, Factory78.blogspot.com, he made known that, hanging with OJB handed him the privilege of watching multiple awards winner, Tuface and acclaimed singer Sound Sultan record their LPs, ‘Grace to Grace' and ‘Jagbajantis' respectively which in turn influenced his music. "I met OJB and he allowed me hang around his studio a lot. I watched a lot of them record most of their biggest hits. But in all of these, I never recorded one song," the ‘Holla at your Boy' singer said.

He further stressed how watching these veterans record has made him a better artist.

***Lady Gaga breaks iTunes records

Lady Gaga's ‘Born This Way' has become the fastest-selling single ever on Apple's iTunes store worldwide, racking up more than one million downloads in five days, Apple said on Friday.

Apple said the song -- a Madonna-influenced dance track that the 24 year-old singer performed after "hatching" from a giant egg at the Grammy Awards -- had hit the No. 1 spot on iTunes in 23 countries...

‘Born This Way', the title track of a new album to be released in May, also went straight to the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles charts earlier this week.

The flamboyant performance artist also revealed her secret for staying so thin, and how she gets her creative juices flowing.

"I am on the drunk diet," she told Sirius XM radio on Friday.

"I live my life as I want to, creatively. I like to drink whiskey and stuff while I am working. But the deal is I've got to work out every day, and I work out hung over if I am hung over. And it's about the cross-training and keeping yourself inspired. I have to say, I do a ton of yoga," she added. The singer said in a television interview last weekend that she also smoked marijuana while writing her songs.

***Dead baby found at Oprah's school

The body of a newborn baby was found in a plastic bag at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa, police have confirmed.

According to reports, a 17-year-old gave birth to the baby Wednesday. There is no word whether the baby was murdered or died of natural causes. A case of concealment of death is being investigated. The girl, who was a pupil at the school, is being treated at a nearby hospital.

Since opening in 2007, the $40 million school has come under scrutiny. Shortly after the academy opened, a female school staff was accused of physically and sexually abusing students.

 

 

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12166301272?profile=originalIn a couple of days popular actress, Tayo Odueke ( widely known as Sikiratu Sindodo) should be up and about her everyday engagements.

And according to those who should know, if expectations work out according to plans, the

celebrated actress should be spotted at locations here and there as well- including that of a flick that is planned to ‘relive’ the horrific experience of the illness that resulted in the death scare that recently enveloped her.

Sources attribute this development to the current state of her health.

She is said to be well past all manner of health threats that recently ravaged her being.

According to a confidante ‘she is very much okay now, it is just for her to add a bit of weight and regain her strength. That is what she is working on now’

Investigations revealed that the much loved actress is striving to achieve this goal at her parent’s home in Surulere, Lagos.

She moved there after she was certified well enough to go home by Doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).

She was reportedly treated for a complicated case of Typhoid Fever and Ulcer that has left her greatly emaciated and financially drained.

Findings revealed that contrary to speculations in several quarters, colleagues and associates did not show any financial consideration to her in her hour of need. Neither did former Lagos First Lady Remi Tinubu made any official contact to help her out....

Even her estranged husband, deep pocket transport boss, Musiliu Akinsanmi was listed as nowhere to be found all through her period of travails.

Insiders insist the busty actress took care of her medical bills with help from family members.

At a point she was said to be forced to stay at LUTH extra days after she was discharged while very close family members sourced for funds to pay off extra fees.

According to a source ‘the best the ANTP did was to send a delegation led by movie director Abbey Lanre to come see her at the hospital once and others went about extending hands of help in a manner that would had been akin to her begging for money from them!’

Further investigations revealed that the actress might still have cause to smile from the harrowing experience that left her bedridden for weeks.

Talks are said to be on to make her ‘relive’ all she went through in a new movie.

Insiders maintained she appears receptive to the idea of the production that is expected to centre on all she went through on the sick bed and outside of it and the remote and immediate cause of her experience along with the inherent lessons.

If things work out, the yet to be titled movie will be one of the first few productions that will mark her return back to work.

Explaining why the popular actress has shy away from media interview of late, insiders credit the development to decree by her parents.

They are said to be angry at the manner the clarifications she attempted to make earlier in the illness saga were distorted in certain reports. The actress’s parents reportedly claimed most of the reports did more of harm than good- hence a decree that no media engagement will be honour in their home again on issues relating to their child’s health
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glo mobile new tariff Glo Freedom ! 15k/sec

glo mobile has introduced a new tarrif called glo freedom.. 15k/sec on-net and 20k/sec of-net.without any daily rental or the first minute syndrome 'your special two' package that allows you to register and call for free two glo mobile numbers at 100naira per month it has also extended its midnight call hours from 11pm-5:59am and free calls on sundays glo-glo
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images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSApipaWStO_DkKCGmK6zyYz9U78WIX-OQPxF3UmgYJNbiUIfVbRihanna makes history in UK chart
Rihanna has set a new record as the first female solo artist in UK chart history to achieve number one singles in five consecutive years.
The Official Charts Company announced her record after What's My Name? rose from number two to the top spot.
The last solo artist to achieve the feat was Elvis Presley, who had number ones in each year from 1957 to 1963.
Rihanna's album Loud also holds on to its number one slot, giving her the second UK chart double of her career.

 

 

Loud has now sold nearly 900,000 copies since its release in November last year.

As well as her number one, Rihanna, who is 22 and from Barbados, also appears on two other songs in the top 10 - Only Girl (In The World) and Who's That Chick.

Only Girl (In The World) was a number one last year and followed other number ones for Run This Town (2009), Take A Bow (2008) and Umbrella (2007).

Other albums which have re-entered the top 10 are Plan B's The Defamation of Strickland Banks, Rumer's Seasons Of My Soul and Cee Lo Green's The Lady Killer which climbs to its highest chart position yet at number four.

In the singles chart, the BBC's Sound Of 2011 winner, Jessie J, climbs to number five from last week's 18 with Do It Like A Dude.

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For the first time, a Nigerian artiste came clean on the financial value of his album. "This is not to prove any point, it's only to inspire someone that we are doing this. Mr Abhu can you step up please" said M.I, and with that intro, CEO Abhu ventures, a strong force in .the Alaba 'conglomerate' presented a N20million cheque to M.I in exchange for distribution rights to his MI2 album through out West Africa. - Vanguard Newspapers

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MTN Project Fame West Africa III is over ..but the music plays on…
The top 6 finalists from the season have just released the lead single from the Project Fame West Africa Season 3 compilation album.
The song is titled ‘Winner‘ and was produced by Cobhams Asuquo.
The singers on the track are PFWA3 winner Chidinma, 1st runner up Kesse from Ghana, Eyo, Yetunde, Tolu and Ochuko.
The compilation album will be released in December 2010 and will contain solo songs from the final 6 contestants.

Project Fame West Africa III winner Chidinma is being managed by the Goretti Company. She is currently in the studio recording her debut album and working with notable producers includingCobhams Asuquo, Tee Y Mix, J Martins and eLDee. Her album is scheduled to drop in the first quarter of 2011.

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Fire razes new Benin market

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.

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Ex Plantashun Boiz member, Faze has featured his former band mates 2face and Blackface on a track Best of the Best.The song which was produced by Spankie will be included in his forthcoming album titled Relate due for release next month.

A few months back Faze had dropped singles Relate and Gear one as a build up to his album release. The Plantashun Boiz was one of Nigeria’s foremost boy band who held sway in the 1990’s.They have been dubbed as the foundation of modern-day Nigerian music; serving as the bridge between the older and newer generations..

Provabs drops new single

Provabs follows up his previous single - Hope. Aina Olasubomi Anthony a.k.a PROVABS is a song writer and rapper who has infused rap into different genres of music, ranging from classical to hardcore, hiphop and jazz. Having collaborated with several artists like Jedi, Ige, Dekunle Fuji, Contemporary urban Gospel artist, Provabs is set to launch out on his own and he does that with a brand new single titled Bless Me (Dey Go). The single is a follow up to his previous single Ko Si and Swagger.

Tyler Perry tests box office draw with ‘Colored Girls’

Filmmaker Tyler Perry has had no trouble claiming financial success when audiences flock to his comedies, but this week his box office pull will be tested with the dark drama, ‘For Colored Girls’. Currently America’s most successful African American film director who often attaches his name to movies adapted from his own stage plays, Perry has raked in more than $450 million at box offices, mostly in the United States. But his new movie, ‘For Colored Girls’, opening on Friday, is far removed from the comedic fare for which he first gained fame, including ‘Diary of a Mad Black Woman’ and ‘Madea’s Family Reunion’. ‘For Colored Girls’ tackles issues such as abuse and abortion, and is adapted from poet and playwright Ntozake Shange’s,

‘For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf’. “This was the most intimidating work I have ever taken on,” Perry told reporters in a recent news conference. “I walked away from it many times.” Yet the intertwining stories of nine women facing trials in their everyday lives kept pulling him back, and for his adaptation, Perry has updated the 1970s-era play with a film presentation of modern black women living in New York City who face troubling dilemmas and decisions.

Helping the movie’s box office potential is its long roster of high-profile female actors and performers, including Janet Jackson,

Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Kerry Washington, Thandie Newton and Macy Gray. But Carl DiOrio, a box office analyst for The Hollywood Reporter, said while pre-release interest was “high”, the actresses alone were not enough to guarantee popularity. “It’s a solid cast but the cast itself won’t necessarily drive the opening. If there is a star in the mix it’s Tyler Perry,” he said. “There is no doubt that he delivers a fan base. (But) because of the turn into much grittier fare that he takes with this film, it remains to be seen how it plays over subsequent weekends.”

The film is projected to make Perry’s usual opening haul of around $20 million based on tracking surveys, said DiOrio, but the long-term box office was unclear as “it’s hard to market this like a typical Tyler Perry movie.” Adding to that are questions over whether Perry can handle translating Shange’s poetic monologues and capture her feminist sensibilities. Early critical reaction has been mixed.

“While Perry’s craft has slowly but surely improved with each successive film, this latest project seems to fall beyond his reach,” said Variety in its review. Shange, who met with Perry several times to discuss his script, has said she is “75 percent” happy with the screen adaptation, after becoming used to various adaptations.

“This is an opportunity for her work to be presented to a much wider audience,” her associate Claude Sloan told Reuters. “She looks at that as a benefit, but she has trepidation as any artist would at being at the hands of another artist.” Perry, who produced, directed and wrote the film told reporters he was satisfied with the end result: “I did the best work I could do at this time in my life.”

Taylor Swift pays tribute to fans for record sales Country-pop singer

Taylor Swift thanked her fans on Wednesday for buying more than one million copies of her new album ‘Speak Now’, making it the biggest first week seller in five years. “I... Can’t... Believe... This... You guys have absolutely lit up my world. Thank you,” Swift said in Twitter message. Official Nielsen SoundScan figures showed that ‘Speak Now’ sold 1,047,000 copies in the United States during the week ended October 31.

It was the biggest sales week for an album since rapper 50 Cent’s 2005 album ‘The Massacre’ sold 1,141,000. The critically well-praised album --the third from the 20 year-old singer-songwriter --also notched up the second-largest sales week of any country album since 1991.

The bumper numbers, helped by a massive promotional push including TV appearances, advance digital releases of some of the new songs and free concerts by Swift, came after years of music industry gloom over declining album sales and piracy. Swift, who won four Grammys earlier this year, has carved out a distinctive niche over the past two years for songs that address adolescent heart-break and the social perils of high-school. Her album ‘Fearless’ was the biggest selling record of 2009.

In ‘Speak Now’, she delivers a forthright commentary on several men who have broken or messed with her heart. The album includes songs widely believed to refer to singer John Mayer, pop star Joe Jonas, rapper Kanye West, ‘Twilight’ actor Taylor Lautner, and music industry critics who slammed her shaky vocal performance at the 2010 Grammy Awards.

Nashville music industry writer David Ross, editor of MusicRow, said Swift’s success flies in the face of conventional wisdom about the dire state of the recording industry. “Unlike many of the top-charting female artists of today, Ms Swift eschews tabloid behaviour and asks fans to focus on her music,” Ross said on Wednesday. “In some universal way, her life contests connect with similar moments that have brushed the fabric of others as well,” Ross added.

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Fayemi is new Ekiti governor

Kayode Fayemi has become the governor of Ekiti State three years after he launched a legal challenge to the declaration of INEC that Segun Oni won the state's 2007 governorship election.

Mr Oni was relieved of his job by the federal appeals court ruling this afternoon in Ilorin that his opponent and Action Congress governorship candidate in the 2007 election, Fayemi was the rightful winner of the election..

The court, ruling on a legal challenge to a rerun election held in the state last year, cancelled the result of voting in Ido Osi and Ifaki, saying these were concocted. The 8000 votes were then deducted from the PDP result - thus handing over victory to the Action Congress candidate.

The judges lampooned INEC and Police's handlings of the 2007 and 2009 elections in the state.



PDP Accepts Judgement

The peoples Democratic Party in its reaction to the Appeal Court judgement called the ruling a ‘rude shock.’

In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Professor Rufus Ahmed Alkali, the party said: “The Peoples Democratic Party has received with rude shock, the judgement of the Appeal Court, Ilorin Division which nullified the election of Governor Segun Oni , while declaring his Action Congress of Nigeria opponent as Governor of Ekiti State.

“The Peoples Democratic Party is shocked principally because Ekiti State is one of its strongholds. We flashback that at the last year’s re-run governorship election, our great party reaffirmed our superiority as well as popularity with the people of Ekiti State. Though pyrrhic, the PDP decisively won the election. Our victory was subsequently re-affirmed by the Ekiti State Governorship Election Tribunal who upheld the re-election of Governor Oni.

“Sadly, the learned justices of the Appeal Court, Ilorin Division thought otherwise. As a law abiding political Party with firm belief in the rule of law, we accept this judgement.

“However, we urge all our members in the State to remain strong and not be down spirited by this new development as the PDP will surely take back Ekiti, the next governorship election.

“We also charge them to continue to support the PDP and the numerous reform programmes which the National Working Committee under the leadership Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo has embarked upon,” the statement added.

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MEND threatens new attack

jpeg&STREAMOID=yCDGsfq7fNQNqin3K8zQny6SYeqqxXXqBcOgKOfTXxQc5DuYqMnIg2GPWnjbp0EEnW_PgxgftuECOcfJwS6Jtlp$r8Fy$6AAZ9zyPuHJ25T7a9GKDSxsGxtpmxP0VAUyHL6IDcZHtmM2t7xO$FHdJG95dFi6y2Uma3vSsvPpVyo-The Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) today warned of another attack in Abuja, largely to protest the trial of Henry Okah in South Africa and what it said is the persecution Of ‘innocent people' in Nigeria..

In a statement sent by its usual spokeman, Jomo Gbomo, the group said it will "give a thirty minutes advance warning to avoid civilian casualties then sit back and watch how the blame game will be played out on all those already falsely accused."

The group, which also claimed the bomb attack (which it described as a perfect opportunity) in Abuja on the morning of the October 1, said President Goodluck Jonathan's presidential bid has been been brought above every other thing and that the federal government is involved in an "attempt to intimidate anyone opposed to the presidential ambition of Goodluck Jonathan."

Describing it as "hiding under the cloak of terrorist hunting and witch-hunting, by falsely accusing and harassing its perceived opponents," the group repeated an earlier claim that linking Raymond Dokpesi and Henry Okah in South Africa is a product of the Nigerian government threat to nationalize the South Africa communication group, MTN if South Africa does not follow its script.

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Maybe they should have invited Fifty Cent to make it all fifty correct

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday launched the redesigned N50 commemorative note and non-circulating coins to mark the 50 years of Nigeria as an independent state.

The ceremony took place during the Federal Executive Council's special session at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

The President commended the Central Bank of Nigeria for its efforts at repositioning the banking sector and the economy.

He also thanked the apex bank for the initiative of producing the N50 commemorative note together with non-circulating coins to mark the unique occasion in the history of the nation.

Jonathan also appreciated CBN's sponsorship of the gold medals to be presented to the 50 distinguished Nigerians to be honoured as well as that to be presented to the 150 selected talented youths.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports the new note has the same design as the circulating N50, but bears slight modifications.

The modifications are in the form of an addition of the 50th Independence anniversary logo, a gold iridescent band and a goodwill message written in varnish.

Meanwhile, Governor of the Central Bank Lamido Sanusi has said that the note will circulate side-by-side with existing N50 polymer and paper notes.

He said that some of the commemorative non-circulating coins are produced in 22 carats gold while others are gold plated.

Sanusi took the audience down the memory lane of currency development in the country since the first Nigerian currency denominated in One Pound, Ten Shillings and Five Shillings, issued on July 1, 1959.
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(CNN) -- A 19-year-old Nigerian undergraduate student has signed a two-novel deal with the British publisher Faber, making her its youngest ever woman author.

Chibundu Onuzo, a history student at King's College London, will have her first novel, "The Spider King's Daughter," published next year..

"I wrote the book in my last year at school," Onuzo told CNN. "I've been writing since I was 10, but this was the first novel I finished, so it was very liberating to be able to write 'The End.'"

Onuzo, who moved to England to go to school five years ago, found an agent before she had even finished writing, and sealed the book deal on her first meeting with a publisher

Her editor at Faber, Sarah Savitt, describes Onuzo as a "very talented writer at the beginning of an exciting writing career."

Onuzo is the latest of a new generation of talented young Nigerian writers -- many of them female -- who have made their mark in the literary world in the past few years.

They include Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie who won the 2007 Orange Prize for Fiction for "Half of A Yellow Sun;" and Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, published her first novel, "I Do Not Come To You By Chance," last year, which has also garnered several awards, including the Commonwealth Writers Prize.

Nigeria has a rich literary tradition spanning the 50 years since its independence, including one Nobel Prize for Literature, one Man Booker Prize winner, one Man Booker International Prize, one Orange Prize winner, and three winners of the Caine Prize for African Writing, which is often described as the "African Booker."

It is an impressive haul, even for Africa's most populous country with a population of 150 million, but according to those in the know, it is just the beginning.

Publishers and writers say there is an explosion of young Nigerian writers about to gain even more international recognition.

Jeremy Weate, a British man who set up Cassava Republic publishing company in Abuja in 2007 with his Nigerian wife Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, said: "This is a very exciting time and the best of Nigerian writing is still ahead.

"There is some awareness overseas of Nigerian authors and an increasing number of Nigerians winning awards, but we believe this is just the beginning.

"There is still a huge amount of undiscovered and up-and-coming talent in Nigeria."

Among the new wave of literary talent are Chika Unigwe, an Afro-Belgian author who writes in both Dutch and English published her first English novel "On Black Sisters' Street" in the UK last year. It was described by Alistair Campbell, press secretary to the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, on Twitter as the "best novel so far read this summer."

Habila, who won the Caine Prize for his novel "Waiting for an Angel," told CNN: "My generation has been very fortunate. The return to democracy in [in Nigeria] the last 10 or 12 years has brought people more freedom to express themselves and to travel, and opportunities for publishing and writing workshops that have encouraged creativity. There was active suppression of these things until the late 1990s.

"There are going to be even more brilliant young writers coming through in the next few years. Whenever I go home I see the incredible enthusiasm and hunger of young writers. They have seen us succeed, so they know it's possible."

Unigwe, too, is optimistic about the future.

She told CNN: "For a long time we thought the western market was closed to African writers, so it was a huge thrill when we started to see them being published.

"I get lots of emails from young writers who want to get published and there's some really amazing stuff coming out. It gives me a lot of hope for the next few years."

Most successful writers have moved away from Nigeria, some leaving when they were very young. If writers of Nigerian parentage, born elsewhere, were counted the list of success stories would be even longer.

Lizzy Attree, expert in African literature and consultant to the Caine Prize for African Literature, said: "Nigeria has a rich literary tradition and at certain points it has come particularly to the world's attention.

"The first wave was in the 1960s after independence with writers like Chinua Achebe, and then a new wave has emerged in the last few years with the likes of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Some second and third generation Nigerians in the West have also made links back home and brought their stories to a younger generation."

Or, as Onuzo puts it simply: "There's something in the water in Nigeria. I guess we just have a lot of interesting stories to tell."

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Joseph Benjamin, Nollywood's new leading man

If you were one of those ladies (like me!) that was wondering when a good looking, suave, smooth, articulate dreamboat of an actor was going to walk in and sweep you off your feet (in the movies, mind you! lol) then you need to wonder no more. Infact, I say you can finally exhale, ladies! This is introducing… Joseph Benjamin. The new generation of martinee idols just got a kick start from the fine looking, chocolatey brown brother. (Well, I was always partial to chocolate though I know its bad for you.. the waist line that is). Never one to miss out on a good thing, nollywooduncut.com caught up with the fine actor and this is what transpired. Enjoy!

NWU: Hi Joseph.

J.B: Hi Bola. How are you?

NWU: Fine thank you. First of all, where have you been all our lives? (general laughter)

J.B: I’ve been there, I’ve been there but not necessarily in Nollywood.

NWU: You do know you’re a dreamboat, don’t you? (general laughter). Can you tell us a bit about your professional background?

J.B: I first started as a child actor on NTA’s ‘Tales by Moonlight’.

NWU: No kidding!

J.B: Yes, I did several of those production, then I acted in ‘Super Story’, ‘Edge of Paradise’,168, and Mnet’s ‘Tinsel’.

NWU: Has anybody ever told you you look a lot like Desmond Elliot?

J.B: I get that a lot. I guess it’s the dark complexion.

NWU: Have you ever acted in a Nollywood movie?

J.B: Funny enough yes but that was a long time ago. It was called ‘Travels of Faith’. I was an extra. I also acted in Zeb Ejiro TV series but I have been doing more of modeling.

NWU: When can you say you had your big break? When the world took notice of you

J.B: It was definitely ‘The Project Fame’ gig.. I was a presenter on the MTN Project Fame show and it certainly opened doors for me, being aired all over Africa.

NWU: So what projects have you been doing film-wise?

J.B: I’ve shot a film with respected director, Mahmood Ali Balogun called ‘Tango with Me’. It was a big budget movie, shot on celluloid and all that. I acted with Genevieve.

NWU: I see… I hear you got to kiss her too… how was that? (laughter)

J.B: Great! She’s a very good kisser that I can tell you! (laughter)

NWU: What other films should we expect to see you in?

J.B: A film called ‘Spell Bound’ and ‘Bursting Loose’… both produced by Emem Isong.

NWU: Hmm.. you got called back a second time… you must have impressed her. You know she is fond of discovering new talent… Stella Damasus, Dakore Egbuson, Nse Ikpe-Etim are just a few names of people she is said to have discovered. Do you think you are the next anointed one?

J.B: Let’s wait and see… let the audience decide.

NWU: I hear you sing as well.

J.B: Yes I do.

NWU: What kind of music?

J.B: Soul… anything jazzy too.

NWU: You sing, you act … is there anything else you do that we should know about?

J.B: I do Voice Overs for commercials too.

NWU: I repeat, where have you been all our lives? (sigh)

J.B: (in deep, baritone voice over mode) I’ve been right here… and Im here to stay!

NWU: Yipee! (Do I hear an ‘Amen, somebody?)
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Rosh Hashanah DAY !

Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: ראש השנה‎, literally "head of the year," Israeli: Hebrew pronunciation: [ˈʁoʃ haʃaˈna], Ashkenazic: ˈɾoʃ haʃːɔˈnɔh, Yiddish:[ˈrɔʃəˈʃɔnə]) is a Jewish holiday commonly referred to as the "Jewish New Year." It is observed on the first day of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar.[1] It is ordained in the Torah as "Zicaron Terua" ("a memorial with the blowing of horns"), in Leviticus 23:24. Rosh Hashanah is the first of the High Holidays or Yamim Noraim ("Days of Awe"), or Asseret Yemei Teshuva (Ten Days of Repentance) which are days specifically set aside to focus on repentance that conclude with the holiday of Yom Kippur.

Rosh Hashanah is the start of the civil year in the Hebrew calendar (one of four "new year" observances that define various legal "years" for different purposes as explained in the Mishnah and Talmud). It is the new year for people, animals, and legal contracts. The Mishnah also sets this day aside as the new year for calculating calendar years and sabbatical (shmita) and jubilee (yovel) years. Jews believe Rosh Hashanah represents either analogically or literally the creation of the World, or Universe. However, according to one view in the Talmud, that of R. Eleazar, Rosh Hashanah commemorates the creation of man, which entails that five days earlier, the 25 of Elul, was the first day of creation of the Universe.[2]

The Mishnah, the core text of Judaism's oral Torah, contains the first known reference to Rosh Hashanah as the "day of judgment." In the Talmud tractate on Rosh Hashanah it states that three books of account are opened on Rosh Hashanah, wherein the fate of the wicked, the righteous, and those of an intermediate class are recorded. The names of the righteous are immediately inscribed in the book of life, and they are sealed "to live." The middle class are allowed a respite of ten days, until Yom Kippur, to repent and become righteous; the wicked are "blotted out of the book of the living."[3]



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah



For secular Jews


It would happen each fall around the Jewish new year. At the very time when renewal was in the autumn air, Arnold Barnett, an engineer from Moorestown, would go into a mild funk. His wife eventually figured it out: He was less than enamored with high holiday synagogue services.


"He simply wasn't engaged by what went on inside our Reform synagogue, or with the traditional approach to Judaism," said Ellen, 70. "I knew he was struggling. So sometimes, I would just go to services alone."


Then last year, the Barnetts saw a small notice in a local Jewish newspaper about a recently formed group in South Jersey. "We went to a meeting that was focused on Jewish history," Arnold, 71, recalls, "and that was something I could relate to. It was much more appealing."


And so the Barnetts will celebrate Rosh Hashanah, which begins Wednesday at sundown, by meeting Sunday with like-minded members of South Jersey Secular Jews - a group of people who may or may not believe in God, but do believe in caring about the world and one another, respecting and understanding Jewish history, and celebrating a culture that has meaning and emotional pull.


"The most important aspect of secularism is the survival and continuity of the Jewish people," said Paul Shane, a native New Yorker now living in Philadelphia and married to the daughter of Holocaust survivors.


Shane, 75, a member of the more established Philadelphia Secular Jewish Organization, believes humans are responsible for what happens on Earth. The here and now is central, and actions speak louder than words.


That philosophy resembles traditional Judaism. But secular Jews and traditional Jews part company when it comes to accepting religious dogma.


If you're secular, God is optional. (Traditional Judaism has "God at its heart. That's not an option," said Rabbi Ethan Franzel of Main Line Reform Temple Beth Elohim in Wynnewood.) Also, life-cycle events are handled individually - for instance, there are no set burial or wedding traditions in secular Judaism.


Of course secularism, in which one adheres to cultural norms rather than religious ones, is hardly new. During the Renaissance, from 1450 to 1600, and the Enlightenment in the 18th century, many Jews shed the God-oriented elements of their Jewishness, according to Shane, a professor of social policy at Rutgers University in Newark. That shedding also continued in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.


What's different today is that a growing number of secular Jews are finding one another, forming groups, and practicing the social responsibility Judaism requires - minus the synagogue.


Rifke Feinstein, executive director of the national Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations, says there are approximately 2,000 affiliated secular Jews in the United States. But because seculars typically are unaffiliated, and therefore uncounted, estimates for the entire American secular population range from 8,000 to 40,000.


In the Philadelphia area, there are six such organizations for secular Jews - including the five-year-old South Jersey Secular Jews - all under the local umbrella cooperative venture called Kehilla for Secular Jews.


For many people, discovering that such an organization exists has been a relief.


" 'I thought I was the only one!' is what people often express when they discover that they are not alone in their secular relationship to their Jewishness," said Larry Angert, 59, a member of 11-year-old Shir Shalom: A Havurah for Secular Jews. "The Jewish tent is big, and there's room for all of us in it."


Some local secular groups, like Philadelphia's Sholom Aleichem Club, which started in 1954, and Philadelphia Workmen's Circle, founded nationally in 1900 to aid Jewish immigrant workers and to promote Yiddish, have graying memberships. Bob Kleiner, 85, of Elkins Park, a retired sociology professor at Temple University, and his wife, Frances, a teacher of Yiddish, both long active in the secular movement, lament that younger people are not actively involved in these historic groups.


But the formation of new groups, such as South Jersey Secular Jews, is evidence the movement still has traction.


Credit Naomi Scher, 64, of Cherry Hill, whose children attended the Jewish Children's Folkshul, another Kehilla group, which is a parent-run cooperative held at Springside School in Philadelphia. About 100 children receive their Jewish education, not in a traditional Hebrew school but in classes that nourish social justice and individual responsibility. Bar and bat mitzvah aspirants undertake personally meaningful projects that they ultimately share with the entire Folkshul community.


Although Scher formed relationships with parents of her children's classmates, commuting to Philadelphia became burdensome once her children graduated, and in 2005, the retired social worker decided to start a secular group closer to home.


What began as a gathering of eight to 10 people now regularly attracts 30, meeting monthly with speakers who address social and political concerns, Scher said.


Deborah Chaiken, 74, of Palmyra is delighted to have a group close to home. "In the formal Jewish community, I felt that I didn't really have a voice. Here, I know that I do."


Dues are $25 a year, and participants are asked to bring food for potluck dinners. Meetings are held on the second Sunday of the month at Unitarian Universalist Church in Cherry Hill..


South Jersey Secular Jews members Cary and Bilha Hillebrand of Cherry Hill call the group a welcome addition to the local landscape. For Bilha, 54, the philosophy of the group is more in keeping with that of her native Israel, where the majority of the population leads a more secular lifestyle.


"We are not in any way antireligious," says Cary, 60. "We hold the belief that we are responsible for what happens to ourselves and to the world. And to us, that's the essence of what religion is, and should be."






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In this post we (UNIXY) are going to share our experience fending off a large Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack for a client. Generally, Website owners deal with DDoSattacks on their own. There are equipment and solutions vendors cater tothese owners and guarantee protection against these kind of attacks upto a certain threshold. The cost of hiring these vendors can range fromthousands to hundreds of thousand or millions of dollars depending onthe severity of the attack.

Our goal was to build a solution with the least amount of funds possible. This solution is scalable and can handle the worst attacks.The client’s dedicated server is not a special server but a simple quadcore Xeon managed server running the LAMP stack.The DDoS riposte described in this article can scale to stop a 10Gbpsattack or more. The good news is this solution does not require changinganything on the dedicated serveritself of the constellation. The server could be running just about anysoftware stack. This configuration will work just fine with almost allcases effortlessly..

  • Distributed Denial of Service – The Social

Before we delve into the glorious technical details, there is an important aspect of DDoS attacks that one should know about; that is thesocial dynamics that lead to the attack. The more one understands aboutthe the social aspect of a DDoS attack the easier it becomes to preventor stop it. Because once a DDoS has started, priorities shift quitedramatically and rational for making wise decisions becomes flawed.

DDoS comic

DDoS comic

DDoS attacks do not occur randomly. They are targeted and come with a motive. The motive could be revenge but most of the time the motive isfinancial. The individual or groups that conduct the DDoS attacks aremost of the time hired to complete the job. They have the resources andknow-how to orchestrate the attack while hoping to avoid getting caughtby the authorities. They have no emotional attachment to the DDoS attackitself; they have no hard feelings towards the victim. They just getpaid for what they do and nonchalantly, but meticulously, execute.

As explained, DDoS attacks are preceded by an email, post, or phone call, from the individual or group with interest, to the victim. It isalways recommended to treat strangers you meet online or offlineprofessionally and politely. The smallest altercation can lead to anegative reaction, which can escalate actions. In the face of anonymousthreats against your business or organization, remain calm and composed.

DDoS Offer in Forum

DDoS Offer in Forum

There are public markets online (please don’t ask for links) where wannabe DDoS perpetrators get to hire the attackers. Pricing varies from$5/hr to $10 for a simple non-distributed DoS attack. A DDoS, however,tends to be more expensive depending on the sheer amount of data orpackets that needs to be delivered at the target. It can range from$20/hr to $100/hr. The word used to in the circles in lieu of DDoS is to“drop;” meaning to drop a certain Web site or network off the Internet.It really means to either overwhelm the target with enough traffic thatthe equipment fails or to force upstream providers to “null route” thedestination IP at the network level. The end result is that the IP getsdropped from the routing tables and the server to stop responding to allrequests.

The fact that DDoS is not cheap has got to be comforting to an extent. It means that it is only a matter of time before the DDoS“client” runs out of cash. This in itself is encouraging. Keep that inmind should you begin to lose patience. Perseverance is omnipotent.Denial of service attacks are considered a crime and are punishable byFederal law in the US and by the police in the UK. As we will explain inthe technical part of this article, DDoS attacks are almost impossibleto trace to back to the individual or group that are orchestrating theattack. Because of the distributed nature, it requires cooperation fromseveral network engineers that work for upstream providers.

Distributed Denial of Service – The Technicals

First things first, What is a DoS? what is the difference between a DoS and DDoS? A Denial of Service (DoS) is an attack originating fromone source or one system that results in the service in question beingunavailable to its legitimate users. It denies its very users accesseither because the service runs out of available resources or has beentricked to deny access to legitimate users. For example, a DoS attack ona Web server can cause it to run out of resources and stop respondingto requests. A DDoS, on the other hand, is a more sophisticated attacksince the attack originates from hundreds or thousands or nodes.

A DDoS attack is almost impossible to trace back to the source due to its distributed nature. DDoS orchestrators call the nodes andcontroller system a “bot.” With a few commands, the bot owner caninstruct infected nodes from around the world to attack a target. Thebot systems are hosted and controlled via the Internet Relay Chat(IRC) system or via a direct connection port connection. The nodes usedto attack the target are made of compromised Windows and Linux nodesfrom around the world.

Before we present our solution, we need to discuss the two types of DDoS attacks that exist. On one hand you have attacks arebandwidth-based and seek to saturate the connectivity link. On the otherhand, you have attacks that are packet-based and seek to saturate theprocessing capability of the equipment. In other words, they seek tooverwhelm the processing power of the CPU and memory or fabricof the routers or switches. All equipment has hard limits when it comesto their ability to handle a certain number of packets per second.Routers and switches are no exception.

Capacity of networking equipment - Mbps vs pps

Capacity of networking equipment - Mbps vs pps

For example, take the above specification for a Cisco 6500 firewall. Each module is able to handle 5Gbps or 2.8 million pps. This firewall sure looks like it can handle a 5Gbpsattack. Great! However, should there be a packet-based DDoS attack, onewould only need a 1.5Gbps payload to saturate it. That’s 2.8 million pps* 64 Bytes = 1.5Gbps. So bandwidth capacity means nothing by itself andsmall packets can cause havoc.

Our client was facing a 2Gbps DDoS attack that is packet based. It sought to force routing equipment along the way to start droppinglegitimate packets. This caused the upstream to null route the IP toalleviate the burden on other customers that are behind the link. Thisis the typical reaction from all upstreams as they seek to protect theirmany other customers from feeling the pinch of the attack. We weregiven one last chance to “fix” things before the IP could be routed backin. Here is how we were able to fend off the attack and keep the serverrunning.

We have deployed what we call a “constellation” of reverse proxy VM or VPS nodes running the high performance Web server Nginx. The VM nodes werepurchased from several providers given they are located at separatefacilities. Essentially, we are off-loading and “splitting” both packetprocessing and bandwidth consumption across several data centerfacilities (physical routers & carriers).

Nginx constellation

Nginx constellation

The configuration of the Nginx nodes is a typical reverse proxy configuration with the usual extra kernel security configuration. So fora 2Gbps attack and with 20 VM nodes, the bandwidth consumption per nodeis a maximum of 2GBps / 20 = 100Mbps. That’s a 100Mbps load per VMnode, which is reasonable enough and is below the threshold for gettingone’s IP null routed by the provider. One could add more and more Nginxnodes to the constellation without issues.

So how is 20 VM nodes going to be affordable? VM prices have dropped dramatically over the last year. For the above configuration, a VM cancost between $5/mo and $10/mo. That’s an average of $8*20 = $160/Mo.Knowing that most DDoS attackers have the attention span of a gold fish,the $160 is all you need to send your attacker and his accomplicepacking.

Total cost for averting a 2Gbps attack

Let’s talk more about the Nginx constellation configuration. The Nginx front-end nodes will run in proxymode caching static files and requests. The more aggressive the DDoSthe higher the time-to-live for cache objects should be. This preventsthe Nginx nodes from proxy-passing requests to the quad core node.Although, if the main node has idle CPU and plenty of memory it wouldn’thurt to put it to good use to alleviate the burden on the Nginx frontnodes. Your domain’s A records is going to be the IP of the Nginx frontnodes configured in round robin fashion. DNS round robin has itsshortcomings in terms of not having control over how long (bad) recordsget cached by resolvers around the world. But in this case, it does notmatter much. Just be sure to set high TTL for the records so your DNSserver does not collapse under the enormous volume.

Nginx DDoS Constellation

Nginx DDoS Constellation

There are tons of online tutorials that go over the installation of Nginx as a reverse proxy so be sure to read up on it. But we will listsome of the peculiar settings that are needed to handle a large scaleDDoS. Of importance is the number of Nginx worker processes and workerconnections. Those values will need to adjusted gradually and higher tohandle different kind of attacks depending the VM resource allocation.But you should set them at least as high as the following:

worker_processes 8;
events {
.
.
worker_connections 4096; # Be sure to set ulimit -n 4096 or more
.
.
}

Keep in mind that one still needs to gear up for the event by setting kernel and system variables on the Nginx nodes. Simple things likeper-IP rate limiting, flooding rate limits, and syn cookies should beenabled without a question. Here are some measures you can implement:

net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1
# source validation / reversed path
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1
kernel.pid_max = 65536
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 9000 65000

Recap.

In brief, here are the elements that constitute our solution:

  • Nginx reverse proxy constellation
  • DNS round robin records
  • Security at the Nginx front end level
  • Know the social and technical dynamics behind DDoS attacks


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BEIJING, July 27 (Xinhuanet) -- The Spanish recipient of the world's first full face transplant has appeared in public to thank surgeons, and his donor's family, according to media reports Tuesday.

Photo:Oscar, the world first full-face transplant patient, poses for the photographers as he attends a news conference at the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona July 26, 2010. Oscar, who underwent the transplant in April by a 30-member medical team led by Spanish doctor Juan Barret, accidentally shot himself in the face five years ago.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)

The patient, who is known as Oscar, appeared at a press conference at the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona where he underwent surgery. He spoke with difficulty just two months after regaining his voice, "I am very happy and I want to thank the surgeons and the donors especially the man who gave me the new tissues I received."

He added that he was looking forward to tasting his favorite lamb dish and going for a beer with friends..

In the last four months Oscar has had to overcome two rejections of his new face following a process that saw him receive a transplant that included skin, facial muscles, nose, upper jaw and cheekbones.

At the moment Oscar is still unable to eat solid food and has problems speaking as he is still unable to control the central area of his lips..

The surgeon who carried out the operation, Joan Pere Barret, explained that his faces does, however, have feeling and that although he will still need many hours of rehabilitation, he should be able to talk and eat normally in the future.

Oscar is also unable to fully close his eyes, but once again the surgeon assured that he will be able to do so in the future.

"He will do that soon. He has recovered the movement in his eyebrows and he is also able to smile. There are two Oscars: one before and one after the operation," conformed Dr Barret.


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Soyinka forms new party

Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, on Tuesday announced the formation of a new political party, called the Democratic Front for Peoples Federation (DFPF)..

Kongi, as he is fondly called, seized the opportunity of an annual lecture held in his honour by the National Association of Seadogs to make the announcement. "This party is especially for those Nigerians who do not have a place to lay their heads," he said, adding that the party is the "masses' party."

Mr. Soyinka, who disclosed, to the chagrin of the attendees at the lecture, that he has not collected any amount as pension since he left Obafemi Awolowo University, said the party will be a platform for agitating for the needs of the masses. "Sign up and see what you can make of this party," he said, while announcing that the party will hold its first convention on September 25.

Some of the attendees wondered why the announcement was coming relatively late, but remained optimistic that the new party can still emerge a strong factor in Nigeria's politics. "I had expected this long time ago," said Benjamin Olaiya, one of the attendees, "I don't know why our national heroes do not wake up early to the demands of politics. It was the same with Gani [Fawehinmi]. However, let us hope the party can emerge strongly within the few times remaining till election."

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April 28, 2010. We here at 9jabook.com are 100% supporters of President Obama. At first we thought about SUPPRESSING this new report . . . but we figure that it would be better to know about what Republicans are trying to do to the prez.. Photo Alleged Obama Lover

According to a new report, Republican operatives are looking to pay as much as $1 million to anyone willing to discuss the president's relationship with a 35 year old woman named Vera Baker..

And according to one weekly tabloid, Vera's limo driver is SNITCHING!!! Here's what Vera's limo driver is saying:
"I took [President Obama] to various locations while he was looking for campaign funds. Vera accompanied him to each meeting.

"About 10:30 pm, I drove them to the hotel and they went in together. She didn't ask me to wait or to be taken back to her friend's home - or to her home"

Well .. . . we ain't gonna believe NOTHING about the prez unless we have more solid evidence.
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