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Special One Messsis UP Barcelona as Inter stun Barca 3-1

Posted by Choochoo Sports Book on April 20, 2010 at 7:47pm

Tireless Inter Milan produced a rip-roaring home performance to overpower Barcelona 3-1 and leave the holders in real trouble after an inspiring Champions League semi-final, first leg on Tuesday.

Goals from Wesley Sneijder, Maicon and Diego Milito, after Pedro had given Barca the lead, set up a fascinating second leg at the Nou Camp next Wednesday.

In one of the most electric atmospheres inside the San Siro for years, both sides stretched every last sinew to the limit as Europe's top club competition again showed why fans the world over are so hooked..

Inter had the better of the early chances but first blood went to Barca, forced to make a 14-hour bus journey to reach the match because of the Icelandic volcano restricting flights.

Left back Maxwell, who quit Inter for the La Liga leaders last year, exposed his former team mates by reaching the byline unmarked and his pullback was slotted home by Spain World Cup hopeful Pedro after 19 minutes.

Forward Pedro was again preferred to Thierry Henry in Barca's starting lineup and the diminutive livewire forward is fast looking a good bet to gatecrash Spain's World Cup squad.

Inter, who were last European Cup winners in 1965 and playing in their first Champions League semi-final since 2003, then demonstrated the steel-plated resilience coach Jose Mourinho has instilled by hitting back on the half-hour..

BARNSTORMING BREAK

Argentine striker Milito, who missed two glorious chances from tight angles, turned his back on goal when picking up the ball in the box but cleverly played in former Real Madrid playmaker Sneijder and the unmarked Dutchman slammed home.

Goran Pandev did well early in the second half to release Milito in a barnstorming break and his cut-back was scuffed home by right back Maicon, who was later taken off on a stretcher.

Milito headed in the third after 61 minutes and for a moment feared he had again been flagged offside before running to celebrate with the ecstatic Inter fans, who have been spoilt by four straight Serie A titles but starved of European success.

Ex-Inter striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, booed repeatedly by his former beloved crowd, had a few sniffs at goal while Lionel Messi only had one good effort after largely being kept under wraps by the sheer brute force of Inter's defence.

Barca, who protested to the referee at the final whistle after a couple of penalty appeals were waved away, pushed hard for a way back late on but Inter held firm.

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9ja Volcanic Ash: Fashola, Bankole, Oshiomhole, others stranded in Europe • EU to resume limited air traffic today

Posted by Paul "EFCC" Hawk Adams on April 20, 2010 at 7:41pm

Bankole, Oshiomhole, Fashola, others stranded in Europe • EU to resume limited air traffic today

By NDUBUISI ORJI

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Speaker of the House of Representative Dimeji Bankole, Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole, and Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola are among Nigerians stranded in Europe as result of rising Iceland volcano ash. Others stranded included some aides of the Acting President Dr Goodluck Jonathan. Also, the governors of Imo and Akwa Ibom States, Ikedi Ohakim and Godswill Akpabio are said to be among those stranded in the UK.

photo:Fashola

The socio- political implication of this development that government business, which the affected officials were supposed to address have been left unattended.

For instance in Edo State, the launch of the ‘one man, one vote’ campaign earlier schedule for tomorrow has been postponed by one week because of the absence of Governor Oshiomhole..

Meanwhile, European officials carved up the sky yesterday, creating three zones to more quickly break the flight deadlock caused by volcanic ash flowing from Iceland over Europe. Many more flights will be able to take off today, the bloc said.

European countries can resume airline traffic in designated “caution zones” where the threat of ash is considered less dangerous, French officials said after a meeting of the bloc’s 27 transport ministers.

Under the accord, one area defined by the European air traffic control agency Eurocontrol will remain entirely off limits to flights. Another area will be open to all flights and a third area will be a caution zone in which some flights will be allowed.

Jean-Louis Borloo, the No. 2 French Cabinet official, said flights in the caution zone will be “very secure” with many tests to make sure jet engines are not damaged by ash.

EU Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas said after a videoconference with EU transport ministers and industry officials that “the decision increases air space available to air traffic. This is the final outcome.”

The EU said as of Tuesday morning “we should see more planes starting to fly.”

Meanwhile, airline losses from the volcanic ash cloud spiraled over $1 billion yesterday, the industry demanded European Union compensation and criticized European governments for relying too much on scientific theory not fact in their decisions to shut down airspace across the continent.

Shares of some European airlines fell as flight disruptions from the volcanic cloud moved into a fifth day, and the International Air Transport Association complained of “no leadership” from government leaders, one of whom admitted to EU dissension about how to respond.

“It’s embarrassing, and a European mess,” IATA CEO Giovanni Bisignani told The Associated Press. “It took five days to organize a conference call with the ministers of transport and we are losing $200 million per day (and) 750,000 passengers are stranded all over. Does it make sense?” IATA officials said the $200 million estimate was at the low-end of their projections, and that it could run as high as $250 million-$300 million a day.

Even as airline officials were clamoring for relief, both financial and operational, a senior Western diplomat told The Associated Press that several NATO F-16 fighter jets had suffered engine damage after flying through the cloud, suggesting government caution was warranted..

The official declined to provide more details on the military flights, except to say that glasslike deposits were found in the planes’ engines after they patrolled over unspecified European airspace. European civil aviation authorities held a conference call Monday about what steps could be taken toward opening airspace, and transport ministers of all 27 European Union members were conferring by phone and videoconference.

Dominique Bussereau, France’s transport minister, told reporters Monday that he had urged EU president Spain. ever since Saturday. to call the ministerial meeting immediately but Madrid declined. “Naturally, it would have been better if had taken place Sunday or Saturday,” Bussereau said.

British Airways said airlines have asked the EU for financial compensation for the closure of airspace, starting last Wednesday. With London among the first hubs shut down, the British carrier said it’s losing as much as 20 million pounds ($30 million) per day.

BA Chief Executive Willie Walsh pointed out that compensation had been paid to airlines after the closure of U.S. airspace following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. “This is an unprecedented situation that is having a huge impact on customers and airlines alike,” Walsh said. “We continue to offer as much support as we can to our customers, however, these are extraordinary circumstances that are beyond all airlines’ control.”

Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo, the No. 2 in the French Cabinet said a meeting of French airlines, travel agencies and the government was planned for Tuesday to examine possible state aid to the industry. “This aid will evolve of course based on the severity of the crisis. For that, we need a European pre-accord that we have obtained, an accord in principle so this sector aid can be allocated,” Borloo told France’s i-Tele.

German Transport Minister Peter Ramsauer said government decisions were based on a “sea of data” and defended the continued closure of air space in his country. He brushed off airlines’ complaints about losses, saying they know about their susceptibility to weather conditions.

“It is completely obvious that you have to calculate with such risks,” he told Radio station Deutschlandfunk. “And I defend myself right away against any calls to the government,” to compensate for the corporate losses. The IATA, in a statement, called on governments to place “greater urgency and focus on how and when we can safely reopen Europe’s skies”, such as through more in-depth study of the ash cloud.

“We have to not just use as the Europeans were doing, a theoretical model, let’s try to use figures and facts,” Bisignani said.” It means sending test planes at certain kinds of altitudes to check what was the situation with the ashes.”

While the association says “safety is our top priority,” Bisignani said in the statement that its member airlines have run test flights with no problems and “they report missed opportunities to fly safely.” Bisignani said that Europe, unlike the United States, for example is “not well-equipped” when it comes to planes that can test the air quality in the skies. He estimated that once flights in Europe do resume, it would take three to six days for traffic to return to normal.

France’s Borloo said disparate analyses needed to be brought together based on “real tests on real planes with real pilots,” so some air “corridors” could be reopened. “The issue today is not to reopen all European commercial airspace, the issue today is to increase the ability to reopen corridors to allow the general de-congestion of European traffic,” he told reporters.

Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, the No. 2 executive at Air France-KLM, said his company is losing euro35 million a day and called for more test flights to see if routes are safe to fly. He said the French-Dutch carrier conducted five test flights on its own Sunday and planned another seven Monday.

Speaking to reporters Monday at Air France headquarters near Paris’ main airport, Gourgeon said aviation authorities had relied on “insufficient” information when they imposed a near-blanket flight ban in some countries.

The prospect of continued losses and flight cancelations pushed down shares of many airlines. In early afternoon trade Europe, German carrier Deutsche Lufthansa AG was down 3.9 percent to euro12.24 in Frankfurt; Air France-KLM SA dropped 4.5 percent to euro11.87, and British Airways was down 4.4 percent to 224.6 British pence.

‘Ghana Must Go’ bag as Police uncover mutilated body of woman tucked in

Posted by Paul "EFCC" Hawk Adams on April 20, 2010 at 7:37pm

SHOCK, surprise and disbelief could best describe the impressions on the faces of crack detectives attached to the dreaded State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti Street Yaba, Lagos on the gory discovery of mutilated body of a middled-aged women tucked in a ‘Ghana Must Go’ bag and dumped in an uncompleted building somewhere in Igando area of the state.

Okanlawon Efukayo ...I didn’t kill the woman

One of the officers who could not hide his emotion after the bag which contained parts of the woman was zipped opened simply described the act as ungodly. “This is the height of man’s inhumanity to man.” The woman, who residents said was very popular in the community, was identified as Rashidat Akinsola. She was said to be nursing a 3 -year-old boy before she met her painful and sudden death in the hands of yet to be known killers.

Already, a 45-year-old welder, Okanlawon Efukayo, who was picked up from an apartment in the uncompleted building and on whose bathroom some dangerous weapons including cutlass, knives and hammer were allegedly recovered, is in police net undergoing interrogation. But in swift self defence, the self-acclaimed father of 8 has flatly denied the allegation saying he was just a victim of circumstance.

Crime Guard scooped that a night preceding the discovery, a deafening noise was heard coming from the building as if some people were pounding yam in a mortar. After a while, remarked some anonymous respondents, the noise calmed down and everybody went to sleep only for residents to wake up the following morning to behold a bag soaked in blood and carefully dumped in an uncompleted building on Olorungbebe street, Isuti-Egan in Igando.

The building, it was learnt, had some tenants including the arrested welder as illegal occupiers. Residents promptly raised an alarm and alerted the police. Meanwhile, the late woman, said to be very popular and friendly with many in the sleeping community report was not seen for three days before the discovery of her butchered remains.

However, on scrutiny, sources hinted that the police discovered that her vital parts like the lips of her private part, her breasts and finger tips were missing, fuelling speculations that she may have been a victim of ritual murder.

Describing the act as “wicked”, a resident who simply gave his name as Baba Ibeji said, “This woman you are seeing in this bag like an animal, is well known in this community and very jovial too. To discover her butchered body like some pieces of meat is to show you how wicked people can be in their quest to hide their dastard act.

The people who perpetrated this act thought by severing her into parts, it would be difficult to identify her and so escape justice. But they forgot that God is alive. There is no hiding place for the wicked.”

Continuing, the respondent said, “ This morning, people were screaming that there was a bag soaked in blood and kept in this uncompleted building. So everybody raced to the scene. When the bag was opened, it was discovered that it contained human body cut into pieces and somebody was able to identify the face as Rashidat. That was why we invited the police.

Arrest

When the police arrived the scene, they turned the entire uncompleted building upside down, following which the suspect was fished in a hide out in one of the apartments.

An officer who did not want his names in print told Crime Guard that, “When we arrived the scene of the crime, we saw a bag soaked in blood and when it was opened, we discovered a woman’s body that was cut into pieces like that of an animal.

The body was packed in a ‘Ghana Must Go’ bag. During investigation, we spotted some blood stains and we followed it until we got to a room. In that room, we discovered a carton was used as carpet; that too was soaked with blood.

Then, on the walls, we spotted a pair of trousers which was also stained with blood. We moved further to the bathroom and we saw some weapons, like the knife and cutlass and hammer which had blood stains on them, and eventually we discovered the suspect in one of the adjacent rooms. He was of an unsteady posture and we had not alternative than to arrest him.

We are of the strong conviction that he may have used the weapons to slaughter the defenceless woman for whatever purpose.

Suspect’s denial

But Mr. Efukoya whose tales sounded convincing vehemently denied the allegation blaming his desperation to get an apartment for taking to reside in an uncompleted building.

Said he, “ I have been

looking for an accommodation for long time now, and since I lost my shop to officials of the Lagos State Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) in Igando, life has been difficult for me. There was no enough money to rent a good apartment, that was how I found myself here through an agent, Olorungbebe.

“I did not kill this woman even though the police is claiming that I am responsible for her death. How I go take kill somebody wey I never see in my life before? I am not a killer, I did not kill her. God bear me witness.”

In the mean time, the mutilated remains of Mrs. Akinsola has been deposited in a public mortuary for forensic analysis..

Christ Embassy defrauded: Suspects docked, members scold critics

Posted by Paul "EFCC" Hawk Adams on April 20, 2010 at 7:30pm

Christ Embassy fraud: Suspects docked, members scold critics

By Chioma Igbokwe

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Hope of getting reprieve by the suspects who were alleged to have defrauded Christ Embassy Church to the tune of N60m has been dashed as all efforts to convince their General Overseer, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome to forgive them failed. The suspects have been charged to court on a two-count charge at Ikoyi High Court and risk being jailed if found guilty.

They pleaded not guilty to the charges and were granted bail. Those arrested are, Chinelo Ezeagwuna, Essien Mabel Ufonabasi, Keneyinboh Miriam Eneyi, Orie Nwakego Felicia and Bassey Bassey Charles.

Saturday Sun reported last week that the suspects who were active members of the healing school, a department of the church, had begged Oyakhilome to apply the principles of forgiveness by dropping the charges against them..

According to the Commissioner for police, Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Moses Sabo, the suspects where arraigned on a two count charge bordering on conspiracy and stealing. “ No body is above the law that is why upon completion of the investigation they were charged to court. It is left for the judge to decide what becomes of them.”

As reported in the newspaper, in a bid to be among those who testify in church to speedy progress, four members of the church engaged in what the police suspect is fraudulent in the micro finance bank, popularly known as ‘Parralex’, established in the church’s premises in Lagos. These persons allegedly diverted over N60m into two dedicated personal accounts and shared it.

The bubble burst when operatives of the SFU, Lagos swooped on them. The suspects were alleged to have opened several accounts with the bank, using fake names. The fraudulent account was used to divert the money. They were alleged to have debited the bank’s general ledger and transferred same sum of money to the various fraudulent accounts. This act which started in 2008, continued till 2009 when the fraud was detected.

Meanwhile, Nigerians have condemned the act, blaming the church for deceiving these people into stealing in the name of God.

Some Nigerians who felt scandalized about this sordid development in the house of God reacted accordingly

Sekuru Gora said he is yet to understand how these churches manage to brainwash people to lose their minds. “They prey on peoples greed. The suspects were aware that what they were doing was wrong. They were encouraged by the pastor to get rich quickly by latching at existing opportunities. Prosperity gospel is nothing other than legalized thievery. Religion has been abused especially by these Pentecostal churches. I for one will never be fooled by some greedy men of God to enrich them at any cost. I don’t need to go to church to do well and live a good life. I work hard and help a lot of people, something that most of these churches don’t do.”

On his own part, Kunle, lashed out at the suspects for asking pastor Chris to forgive them instead of blaming them for their act. “Are they not aware that it is the twisted get rich quick gospel that their pastor has been preaching to them that pushes most of his church members to engage in illicit and criminal activities? I am even made to understand that most of the prostitutes in Ikeja attend CEC. What is the church’s business in setting up a micro finance bank in the first instance? Personally I think Pastor Chris should be held accountable for this fraud as he is in the business of breeding criminals.”

While some are blaming the act on Pastor Chris others are of the view that everyman is accountable for his own sin, as Pastor Chris never encouraged them to steal.

Steven asked the suspects to admit that it was their greed not Pastor Chris’s message that led them to steal. “Some people in a congregation steal and blame it on the message they heard. Did the message say go and steal? Their greed for quick wealth led them to do what they did and does not in any way invalidate the message and the existence of members that are obedient to the dictates of the word of God in the same congregation.”

Adebayo Ogunsaya called on the critics of Pastor Chris to listen to his messages and pinpoint where he encourages anyone to steal. “One of the things he emphasized early this year is that the year will not favour a man with criminal tendencies. He said doors of prosperity would be shut against people with such character. He said some people didn’t know that some doors have been shut against them already by criminality. He even went as far as saying that if any one has supplies to do in a contract, minimize the gain, such one should not inflate the amount beyond proportion. You should get to hear his teachings yourself than all these hearsays of yours. Pastor Christ is a balanced teacher and can never condone criminality. If he teaches on prosperity, its only because its scriptural. Paul and Jesus taught on prosperity too. So will you blame Jesus for the criminality of Judas?”

Chioma Onwubiko threw a poser to Christians who are busy condemning Christ Embassy. She asked: “Now for you Christians that worship in the “Perfect Church”, I have this question for you: “Can you beyond reasonable doubt proclaim that the church where you worship is 100% free of those that steal, those that fornicate, those that lie, those that commit murder, those that covet, those that harbour hatred against others, those that commit adultery, love-peddlers, etc”?

“Can you vouch for every member of that your “Perfect Church”, that every single one of them is obedient to every single dictates of the word of God? Can you?”

Very Good Question indeed !

IBB younger people CANT rule Nigeria, says IBB

Posted by Paul "EFCC" Hawk Adams on April 20, 2010 at 7:24pm

Former military president and presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, yesterday said he was planning a come-back to office because of the non-availability of capable younger people who can steer the ship of state..

Speaking to the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) monitored in Kaduna, Babangida said: “Because we have seen signs that they are not capable of leading this country and so we feel we should help them. May be they are not given the proper education that is why. I have spent 17 years since I left office.

“But a country like Nigeria cannot be ruled by people without experience. People like the (President Barack) Obama that you are speaking about have the experience. He started from the state House of Assembly to the House of Represen-tatives and to the Senate. If our youths are like this, we will say they have the requisite experience. But we have not reached that level. Honestly, it is our wish that God will bring the younger people that will take over from us if they are available.”

Babangida, who answered questions from the BBC on almost every aspect of his administration during his eight years in office, said he was seeking a return to the Presidency, if elected next year, to contribute his quota in taking the country to the next level.

The former military President in the 15 minutes interview also absolved his eight year tenure of promoting corruption. He said the level of corruption in the country today is a far cry from what was witnessed during his time.

Asked what was attracting him to run for the office of president this time around when he declined to run in 2007, Babangida said, “I gave my reasons for not contesting in 2007 and it was published in many newspapers in the country. Therefore, Nigerians know my reasons for not contesting at that time. But now, Alhamdudillahi, things have changed.

“My position as a Nigerian. Anything that God wants me to do to help this country, I will do it. If I am given the chance, I will know what to do and by the grace of God, I will do it. Nigeria is a country of 150 million people and any of this 150 million people can be president.

Babangida told the BBC that his godfather in Nigeria was the masses when he was reminded by the BBC that the June 12, 1993 election was made possible by the masses but he still went ahead to annul it.

He then said: “But what you should take into consideration is that there has never been an election like that before. That election convinced not only Nigerians, but even the international community that it is possible to conduct free and fair elections in Nigeria,” he said adding that as head of the government at that time he takes responsibility for annulling the election.

The following is the full text of the interview:

You wanted to contest for the Presidency in 2007, but at the end of the day you didn’t submit your papers, how can you assure Nigerians that this time around, you will contest?

I gave my reasons for not contesting in 2007 and it was published in many newspapers in the country. Therefore, Nigerians know my reasons for not contesting at that time. But now, Alhamdudillahi, things have changed.

Don’t forget we are talking of helping the country. What we are talking about, is something that happened some 16 years ago. We should be thinking of what we can do to make progress.

Nigeria is facing a lot of problems, if by the grace of God; you become the president again, what are these new things you never did in the past that you will want to employ in tackling these problems.

God in His infinite mercy gave me the leadership of this country for 8 years…. Remember the Nigerian people have not changed, and since they have not changed, we are in a position to tell them that we can do it again.

There are speculations that the United States of America (USA) wants you to contest for the presidency. What do you have to say about this?

How can that be possible since it is not Americans that will vote? It is Nigerians that will vote.

But America is an influential country in the world and it has its interests in Nigeria.

Nigeria is an influential country too. If somebody wants something in Africa and he hears the voice of Nigeria, it is like he has heard the voice of Africa.

But they said the American Assistant Secretary of State paid you a visit.

Yes, he came to greet me. He is somebody I have known. He came to condole with me over the death of my wife. When we were in the hospital in America, he was coming to greet us…

The issue of the dwindling Nigerian economy is blamed on your administration. You invited former World Bank Economist in charge of Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP), Prof. Joseph Tigris, who you used to ruin the nation’s economy. Why did you do that?

...Today, we are talking of exactly 24 years, but SAP has not changed, they keep on modifying it. If the economy was ruined, by now, we would have been history. The Nigerian economy was not ruined.

But they say Nigerians are going through serious hardship as a result of your economic policies.

I want you to know that if you read all the books on the economy of Nigeria, you will find out that from 1960 to 1995, Nigeria made far-reaching progress. I left office in 1993. You should be asking what have those who came after us done.

Your administration was accused of massive corruption. If you become the president again, how would you address the problem of endemic corruption in Nigeria?

If you compare what is happening now with what happened during my administration, you will commend me. I sacked a governor for embezzling N300, 000 during my regime, but now, what do you see? During our time we were not enmeshed in this kind of things we see today.

During your time, there was this $12 billion made from the sales of oil. What happened to the money?

The $12 billion was the money realised from the sale of oil for 8 years. Let me repeat, it was money made from the sales of oil in 8 years. It was money that we saved in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) within those 8 years. There was an additional $1.2 billion... So all they are saying about this money are lies. If you read the Okigbo report, you will see that the money was made in 8 years.

But the Financial Times reporter who published the story was sent out of Nigeria because of the report. If it was not true, why was he sent away?

Frankly speaking, I can send the Okigbo report to you to read. I have been explaining this over and over. What I realised from oil in eight years is what somebody makes in one year.

You have been a major player in the leadership of this country for a longtime.

Don’t you think it is time to allow the younger generations take over from you the older ones as it happened in America and other parts of the world?

Honestly, it is our wish that God will bring the younger people that will take over from us if they are available. I was the one who introduced the politics of new breed in this country.

Why didn’t you step aside and give the younger generation a chance to lead since they are fresh and strong.

Because we have seen signs that they are not capable of leading this country and so we feel we should help them. May be they are not given the proper education that is why. I have spent 17 years since I left office.

Haba! The younger generation is supposed to be in charge by now.

But a country like Nigeria cannot be ruled by people without experience. People like the Obama that you are speaking about have the experience. He started from the state House of Assembly to the House of Representatives and to the Senate. If our youths are like this, we will say they have the requisite experience. But we have not reached that level.

If by the grace of God, you become the president what new thing will you do which you did not do during your eight years in power.

Which are the mistakes you would want to correct?

The politicians are asking me what I forgot in the Presidential Villa that I want to go and pick. When I left power, the naira was N22 to the dollar. Petrol was selling at 70 kobo per litre. So there are things that I did that will make me come back.

These things were not like that when you came to power. You were the one that devalued the naira.

How? During my time, the naira did not exceed N22 to the dollar. Now it is N150 per dollar.

But how much was it before you came to power?

It was N4.5 to the dollar.

So you devalued the naira.

Some people destroyed the value of the naira…

10 Sexiest footballers’ wives

Posted by 9jabook.com webmadam on April 20, 2010 at 7:21pm

10 Sexiest footballers’ wives

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Basically, they’re not all wives... yet... So here are hottest companions of some of worlds most famous footballers...

photo:Makelele’s wife left Ronaldos Girl Right

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1. Cristiano Ronaldo’s Gemma Atkinson

Okay, Gemma being the number one sexiest footballer’s babe has probably something to do with how hot her footballer boy friend is! Cristiano Ronaldo and Gemma make one hell of a sexy couple!.

2.Daniela Cicarelli, Ronaldo’s ex

Dani is the only ex-wife on this list. But she’s so hot that she deserved to be here :)

3.Racia Oliveria, Ronaldo again!

Firs Ronaldo’s ex, now we have Ronaldo’s current hot girl on the list. Way to go Ronaldo!

4.Federica Ridolfi, Giuliano Giannichedda’s Wife

Hot Italian footballer and a hot Italian model. What could be a better match...

5.Ilary Blasi, Francesco Totti’s Wife

Francesco Totti, a world cup winning footballer has a son Cristian with a former Italian showgirl and model Ilary.

6.Linda Evangelista, Fabien Barthez’s Wife

This proves that even a baldie like Barthez can score big time with a hot supermodel. And that is one of the first five supermodels!

7.Noemie Lenoir, Claude Makelele’s wife

Claude’s wife is a hot French Victoria’s Secret model. They also have a child together named Kelyan.

8.Magdalena Graaf Hedman, Magnus Hedman’s Wife

Magnus is married to a hot model-singer Magdalena

9.Victoria Beckham, guess who’s wife

The Beckh’s are doing quite well so far after all these years and all the kids, they’re both still freakin’ hot!

10.Giorgia Palmas, Davide Bombardini’s Girlfriend

Another Italian couple on our list... She’s an Italian television personality and a model and he’s a footballer, duh :).

Ibori Resists Arrests as Armed hoodlums ambush police in Ibori chase

Posted by Paul "EFCC" Hawk Adams on April 20, 2010 at 7:19pm

The Inspector General of Police, Ogbona Onovo, on Tuesday, ordered his men to arrest former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, after he had withdrawn security aides attached to the man recently declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC)..

The police team who went to Oghara, the hometown of Mr. Ibori to make the arrest, were, however, ambushed by a group of armed hoodlums who severely manhandled the police officers and beat some of them into coma, the Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, confirmed on Tuesday.

According to reports gathered by NEXT, the police convoy, which included Assistant Inspector General of Police, M.D Abubakar, and the Delta State Commissioner of Police, Yakub Alkali, were attacked on the outskirts of the town by armed men who exchanged gun shots with the police.

The police team had to beat a hasty retreat from the town to provide medical care for their wounded.

Mr. Ojukwu said the police was acting on a warrant of arrest issued by an Abuja High Court Monday that it brings in Mr. Ibori for questioning.

An earlier attempt by journalits at the presidential villa to get answers from Mr. Onovo on an alleged directive by the Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan, that he arrests Mr. Ibori, were rebuffed.

Mr. Onovo had visited the State House to attend the National Economic Council (NEC), which was presided over by the Acting President yesterday.

“I am here to attend a meeting and not to take questions,” he had said.

But residents of Oghara confirmed that heavily armed hoodlums who have moved into the town were members of militant groups in the area.

Mr. Ojukwu, however, said police had not identified those behind the attack.

“I don’t know which group, but I can confirm to you that the group that was sent there was attacked by hoodlums. I don’t know whether they are militants or what by now, but we are still working on it,” he said.

He said Mr. Onovo has also directed Mr. Abubarkar to work with Mr. Alkali to ensure the arrest of the former governor.

“The IG has ordered the AIG in charge of Zone 5, that is M.D. Abubakar and the commissioner of police, Delta State, to effect the arrest of James Ibori and there is a DIG on ground to ensure that the court order is enforced today,” Mr. Ojukwu said.

“We cannot give you the details of what we now want to do, but we will do everything within the law to effect the arrest; and there is a warrant of arrest issued by a court and we are acting within the jurisdiction.”

Denying some media report that Mr. Onovo had refused to obey a presidential order asking him to arrest Mr. Ibori, the police spokesperson said the order of arrest it relies on was served on the Nigeria Police on Monday..

However, when asked why the police has been charged to effect the arrest and not the EFCC, which is the agency looking for Mr. Ibori, Mr. Ojukwu responded that, “you may ask them that question. What we know is that there is court order from the court and the court can direct any law enforcement agency to effect the arrest and get the work done.”

In a telephone interview, the EFCC spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, who also confirmed the attack, said the commission’s operatives were part of the team that went to the village.

The men were attacked by “armed militants at the entrance of the village and have still not been able to effect the arrest,” he said.

Legal tussle

Mr. Ibori, who faces several corruption charges, has refused to obey EFCC’s invitation to come and answer questions on allegations levelled against him by a group of Delta elders, led by Edwin Clark.

Mr. Ibori had, through his counsel, filed a motion exparte on April 12, at an Asaba High Court praying that he should be granted an interim injunction restraining the EFCC from arresting or harassing him. Joined in the suit are the Attorney-General of the Federation; the Inspector-General of Police; and the Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS).

The presiding judge, I.N. Buba, at its last sitting on April 14, adjourned proceedings in the case to April 28 to allow Mr. Ibori serve fresh hearing notices on the respondents in his application.

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Desperate 9ja man Smuggled into the US, DEAD !

Posted by 9jabook.com webmadam on April 20, 2010 at 5:00am

Suicide Mission! The family of a Nigerian, who wanted to play James Bond and
perhaps, shock the world with his plan, is currently gnashing its teeth,
as the venture has ended in tragedy.

Saturday Sun reports that a young Nigerian, Mr. Emeka Okechukwu Okeke, recently wanted to do the
impossible by smuggling himself into the United States, but ended up
arriving not only in body bag but also as mangled body.

Impeachable sources at the Murtala Muhammed International, Lagos,
revealed that Okeke had beaten all security at the airport, traced his
way to the tarmac and sneaked into the tyre compartment of a Delta
Airline’s plane scheduled to depart for Atlanta, United States..

It was gathered that the plane had departed Lagos, without Okeke being
detected, and safely arrived Atlanta. Ground staff of the airline, in
the United States, were said to have discovered pieces of flesh and
blood smear on one of the tyres of the plane and raised an alarm.
A check on the plane revealed the mangled body of Okeke in one of the tyre
compartments of the aircraft. The check also revealed a bag and a
mobile phone on what remained of the body of the young man.
Saturday Sun gathered that shocked officials of Delta Airlines, in the
US, had put on the mobile phone and scrolled through the numbers. To
find out the identity of the man, they were said to have called the last
number dialed and made inquiries. The man, who received the call, was
said to have revealed that the owner of the phone had travelled to the
United States.

Delta Airlines officials in the United States had transferred the case to Nigeria, where it was discovered that Okeke, who
is married, had confided in some of his friends and relatives that he
was travelling to the United States on the night he sneaked into the
tyre compartment of the aircraft. His family has been contacted and its
members have identified the corpse of Okeke.

According to our source, Okeke is from Anambra and had tried unsuccessfully for years to
get a visa to America. Owing to desperation, he decided to embark on the
risky venture, which eventually claimed his life. Although, he told his
family that he was travelling to US, he never revealed that he was
going to sneak into the tyre compartment of the aircraft.

According to our source, Okeke colluded with airport officials to gain access to
the tarmac, before finding his way to the plane in the dark. He was said
to have wrapped himself in a blanket, not knowing that the aircraft
tyres would get to where he was and kill him.

Meanwhile, Delta Airline staffers, who guarded the plane at the airport on the day the
incident happened, have been arrested by the police, to explain how
Okeke sneaked into the tyre compartment of the plane.
Saturday Sun gathered that Delta Airline has a security policy, whereby
its plane at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, is guarded
from the time it arrives Nigeria, in the afternoon, till when it departs
with passengers in the night.

With such security arrangement, the airline is, therefore, shocked that somebody could have access to
the plane undetected and embarked on a suicide mission, which has caused
the airline a scandal.
The police at the airport command are currently battling to find out how security was breached at the airport
that day.

An airport official, who pleaded for anonymity, told Saturday Sun, that many people had been smuggled out of the country by
sneaking into aircraft.

The source said: “That route is for people who have guts and all efforts to leave Nigeria have failed. The
man has bad luck; it is not his destiny to leave Nigeria. Maybe he did
not follow the instructions given to him on how to survive under there.
This is not the first time people are sneaking out of Nigeria through
that means. Sometime last year a woman travelled through that means and
arrived safely.
“If this man arrived safely, we would not be talking about this. He was careless with his life. Now innocent staff of the
airline are going to suffer for his mistake. Those who guarded the plane
that night were arrested.”

The racket at the airport
The question being asked by people is, how possible is it that somebody would gain access to the tarmac
undetected, considering the tight security in the airport? Our source
explained that such illegal movement is being coordinated by a syndicate
at the airport, which also works with airlines’ workers.
It was gathered that people who need such services pay as much as N800,000.
They tutored on how to survive in the aircraft compartment. For one, it
was learnt that they are given blankets and winter clothes with which
they would keep warn while the plane is in flight across the Atlantic.
In the country of destination, the illegal immigrants are received by
agents in the syndicate, who smuggle them into the country.

Our source blamed the level of corruption at the airport on poor working
condition, alleging that some of staff are paid N30, 000 monthly.

“In this present day, how can one survive with such an amount of money? We
have to survive; that is why there can never be a cure for the level of
corruption at the airport. There is nothing like absolute security; the
people at the helm of affairs smuggle things into the plane also,
despite their fat allowance,” an airport worker said.
When contacted, officials of Delta airlines refused to comment. However, a
policeman at the airport command confirmed the incident and said
investigation was going on.

97 air travellers escape crash in Dana Air

Posted by 9jabook.com webmadam on April 20, 2010 at 4:20am

Passengers on Dana Air's 9am Abuja bound flight from Lagos on Monday escaped a crash after one of the engines of their aircraft witnessed bird strikes some minutes after takeoff..

The aircraft which took off from the Murtala Mohammed Airport 2 (MMA2), Lagos with 97 passengers onboard, had to effect an emergency landing at the international wing of the airport when sparks resulting into smoke emanated from its affected engine.

"Some minutes after we took off from the airport, the captain announced that there was a bird strike and it has affected one of the engines," said Adeleke Babatunde, a passenger onboard the flight.

The situation, which made some residents of Mafoluku, a community close to the airport, run out of their houses in order to avoid casualties, was meticulously controlled by the aircraft pilot who landed the flight 9J 995 plane some minutes after the incident.

"We saw the plane shaking as large smoke came out of its engines and we had to run out for safety," said a resident who gave her name as Uchechi.

Commenting on the incident, Jacky Hathiramani, chief operating officer for Dana Air in a statement admitted that the aircraft suffered bird strike, adding that the captain had to make an emergency landing in line with the airline's safety and service policy.

"All 97 passengers and crew disembarked the aircraft safely, and the aircraft was taken to the hanger," he said. "Most of the passengers were booked on alternative Dana Air flights to Abuja while a few who preferred a refund were given." Mr. Hathiramani, however, thanked passengers onboard the aircraft for their cooperation, as well the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and all airport authorities for their responsiveness and support.

Bird strikes or Bird Aircraft Strike Hazards (BASH) are collisions between airborne animals and man-made vehicles or aircraft.

Bankole Impeachement: Anti Dim Bankole Group Begins Search For New Speaker

Posted by Paul "EFCC" Hawk Adams on April 19, 2010 at 7:46pm

The Dim witted Speaker of the house OlaDIMeji Bankole has been pegged for impeachment.Finally the particular youth we are all sure IBB was referring to as not been able rule this country has been "marked for death"

The group seeking to oust Alhaji Dimeji Bankole as Speaker of the House of Representatives said it is now shopping for an acceptable successor for the Speaker.

A member of the Nigeria First Forum (NFF) opposed to the Speaker hinted that the group has decided to soft-pedal on a motion for Bankole’s ouster Tuesday, as they have not reached a consensus on his replacement.

However, the embattled Speaker is said to have been sending text messages to members of the House allegedly pleading with them to drop the moves against him..

The plot to impeach Bankole is said to be part of the strategies by the NFF, which is loyal to Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to strengthen their hold on the government and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The group which has accused the Speaker of not giving the House a purposeful leadership is also not happy with him for working against Jonathan’s confirmation as Acting President.

Sources close to the group hinted that though some members have not been happy with the Speaker, the present move is out of anger over the plans by the Speaker to reconstitute the leadership of the standing committees of the House apparently to deal with the anti-Jonathan group.

Bankole is being accused of mismanaging the capital budget of the House and allegedly inflating figures for purchases in the House to his personal advantage.

The Speaker is also being accused of influencing the activities of the 36 member ad hoc committee earlier set up to monitor the spending of the funds of the House when the allegation of mismanagement of funds first came to the House.

Another member of the NFF alleged that the Speaker has been interfering with the activities of the committee and had suppressed the presentation of an interim report of the panel which may have implicated him.

Insisting that the House desires a purposeful leadership, the NFF member said Bankole’s leadership have been found wanting and must be replaced.

Charly Boy Ibori & Iwu's friend Yaradua Enemy ?

Posted by Paul "EFCC" Hawk Adams on April 19, 2010 at 6:58am

Charly Boy Oputa, the maverick musician, should watch his involvement in double-dealing otherwise his rating would soon drop drastically. The other day Charly Boy wasVerdana; font-size: 10pt;"">

involved in the demonstration that involved Pastor Tunde Bakare for a good cause which sought an end to the hide-and-seek game that has to do with ailing President Yar’Adua. At other time he led demonstration to the National Assembly, nonetheless for about the same good cause though Bakare’s group said that he was not representing them at this later siege at the National Assembly.

And yet in another but ‘unworthy’ cause, Charly Boy was seen at the National Assembly complex again with some youth group seeking the reappointment of INEC Prof Maurice Iwu whose tenure ends soon.

Further on another unworthy cause, the New Star newspaper of April 5-6, 2010, page 16 under the story “Ibori confers with Uduaghan (his cousin) over recent political development” Charly boy with his power bike was sighted with James Ibori at the Asaba Government House, probably as in company of the former governor for the infamous confer.

Charles Oputa who will be 62 this year though still adopts the name Charly Boy; son of the respected retired judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Oputa, should be careful to avoid wasting his family’s good reputation as he hobnobs and fights for causes that are considered unworthy.

Simon Ufie, 44 Balogun Street, Oshodi-Lagos ..

EFCC: Presidency shops for Waziri’s replacement

Posted by Paul "EFCC" Hawk Adams on April 17, 2010 at 8:31pm

The leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is poised for a shake up as three candidates are currently being screened as possible replacement for the agency’s current chairman, Farida Waziri,

According to Presidency sources who spoke to NEXT over the weekend, of the three names, John Amodu and Tunde Ogunshakin are two of the candidates who have been screened by the SSS..

“Typically, what they try to look for include scandals, court charges and so on,” a source said, describing the clearance process.

The candidates

Mr. Ogunshakin worked as the director of operations of the EFCC under Mrs. Waziri until May, 2009 when he was redeployed by his boss. While some reports claim that he was removed from the commission because of an examinations malpractice scandal, other reports claim that Mr. Ogunshakin, who had worked under the former EFCC boss, Nuhu Ribadu, did not get along well with his new boss.

He is generally regarded as a seasoned investigator.

The second candidate, Mr. Amodu, works with the Nigerian Police as a Deputy Inspector-General (Operations). The details of the third candidate were yet to be revealed at press time.

It is believed that the assessment of the candidates’ records has been concluded and the reports forwarded to the presidency.

EFCC response

Meanwhile, the EFCC has dismissed all claims of an imminent change of leadership in the commission.

“I’m certain that nobody is doing that. Whoever is saying that is carrying out a campaign of calumny aimed at distracting the commission,” Femi Babafemi, spokesman of the commission, said.

The reports of the leadership change are coming amidst other reports that the EFCC might be dropping its case against the former Sokoto State governor, Attahiru Bafarawa. Those reports indicate that the commission has instructed its lawyers to withdraw the 47-count charge brought against the opposition politician.

Mr. Bafarawa was dramatically arrested by the commission in December last year during a meeting of opposition politicians in Abuja and has since been charged to court for financial misappropriation to the tune of N15billion naira.

“Plans are afoot to withdraw the case following the intervention of the NSA, Gusau,” a source said to NEXT.

Mr. Babafemi however denied the reports.

“It is 100 percent falsehood. There is no iota of truth in it. How can you say that such a celebrated case that involves stolen funds of about 15 billion will be squashed just like that?” he asked, adding that the EFCC legal team in charge of the case was in court over the case on Thursday, April 15.

New improved EFCC

The EFCC has, in the past few weeks, come under a lot of media criticism. And, in that period, there has been an increase in the number of high profile cases being pushed by the EFCC, which many claim is a reflection of its chairman’s bid to be seen as productive in the light of the changing structure in the Presidency.

A Lagos-based human rights attorney, Jiti Ogunye, who spoke with NEXT, said that the EFCC has not been pro-active in the corruption fight but has rather taken advantage of various happenings across the country to assert itself.

He cited the bank frauds of 2009 and the recent emergence of Goodluck Jonathan as examples.

“We see the unusual hyper activity of the EFCC in the last three weeks of the ascendancy of Goodluck Jonathan to power as a calculated ploy to give the impression that the EFCC leadership is competent, credible and that the anti-corruption war is safe in its hands,” he said. “The problem we have with this hyperactivity is that it can never be sustained. We would say that it is a grand ruse because if we want the anti-corruption war to be meaningfully waged, episodic grandstanding and playing to the gallery ought to be shunned.”

Other media reports have also showcased harsh words about the moral stance of the current leadership of the commission as well as the agency’s organisational structure.

Jonathan’s verdict

While it is unclear whether the reports have been investigated by the executive arm of government, the recent screening of candidates may be an indication that the reports have not gone unnoticed.

Whereas the EFCC insists that it is carrying on a vigorous fight against corruption, the Presidency does not appear to be in agreement. Last week, while in the US, the acting president, Mr. Jonathan, expressed his dissatisfaction with the current fight against corruption in the country and promised to look into the current structure of the EFCC.

“It appears that EFCC is not aggressive enough these days and people have asked me to look into that organisation and I shall look into that organisation,” Mr. Jonathan said during a breakfast meeting at the Centre for Global Development, CGD, Washington D.C., last Wednesday.

Moji OBASANJO RE-MARRIES Controversial Wife and alleged Father in Law snatcher ties knot or nut ?

Posted by 9jabook.com webmadam on April 17, 2010 at 1:58pm

Just when the buzz all over the town is about Bella Adenuga and Jameel Disu's wedding in town, the news about the re-marriage of Moji, the ex-wife of Mr.Gbenga Obasanjo also filtered into town. Lanre Alfred reported in Thisday Newspapers that Moji is now married to
a big boy, Aby Akinwunmi.

Unlike Moji's wedding to Gbenga, son of ex-President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, which was marked with so much splendour, this one was a close guilded one.nigeriafilms.com gathered that Moji's faher, Otunba Alex Onabanjo has given his blessings.He is happy that his daughter has found a man that loves her .

Moji Onabanjo married Gbenga Obasanjo shortly after his father was elected as the President of Nigeria. It was attended by the movers and shakers of Nigeria. The marriage was blessed with children. Years later the couple seperated and there was allegations and counter allegations. The first that came to two was the allegation that Moji couldn't cook. Later,Gbenga caused his lawyer to institute a divource case agaibnst his wife, whom he he alleged was flirting with friends and close family even immediate family members.

Shortly after the allegations was made public, Moji asked her lawyer, Kola Awodehin SAN (Senior Advocate of Nigeria) to write to the petitioner. She also denied the allegations contained in the petition of Mr.Gbenga Obasanjo and in his lawyer .

The case was later dissolved by a competent court of law in Lagos due to irreconcilable differences.

Oge Okoye Off To Holland To See Hubby

Posted by NollywoodMohits on April 17, 2010 at 1:54pm

Star Actress, Oge Okoye, is one of the actresses who brought super glamour into the make believe industry in Nigeria called Nollywood. Her emergence as Sister Mary, a couple of year back in a movie, didn't just earn her lots of respect from her colleague but a known personality in the whole world. Definitely, some people are made for certain professions like a round peg in a round hole, this mother of one whose hubby is based in Amsterdam, Holland, no doubt is made for Nollywood as she is greatly endowed with all it takes including good looks the talents.

Gist has it that this Anambra State born actress last week left Nigeria for Her Husband's base in Holland./

GTBANK Ex Staff hottie TITILOPE OWOLABI DEFRAUDS CUSTOMERS

Posted by Paul "EFCC" Hawk Adams on April 17, 2010 at 1:50pm

The Tayo Aderinokun led Guaranty Trust Bank, no doubt, is one of the leading banks in Nigeria that provides unalloyed services to their customers in all the nations they are sited but controversies seem not leaving its tail. If information at our disposal about one of their marketing executives is anything to go by then the bank does not have the ability or wherewithal to guarantee the safety of their customers’ money.

As the ugly tale goes, Titilope Owolabi is one of the beautiful but versatile ladies who are highly resourceful at the Lekki Branch, Lagos office of the bank, sometime ago, we gathered, some customers which include Uvie Edegbior and Benjamin Akporuarho were defrauded to the tuned of over N5million respectively with the claim that she was going to fix it for them having signed necessary ‘forged’ documents but the money was diverted into her ‘prepared’ account with the her bank.

PHOTO: MD GTBANK Tayo Aderinokun
The cookies, however, crumbled when the two customers were hinted by another staff of the bank about how their names were conspicuously missing from the list of those who have fixed account with them and the cat was let out of the bag. When the management of the bank, GTB got wind of the fraudulent acts of one of their staffers, we were reliably informed that, they moved into action and were shocked to uncover other ugly deeds of the 29 year-old Titilope who has been arranged to face the wrath of law at the Ebutte Metta Chief Magistrate Court, Lagos

Titilope, we also gathered, at different points in time, defrauded her bank of ATM money which runs into several millions of naira without the knowledge of the self-acclaimed highly technologically inclined bank in Africa. We shall bring the detail of the ATM scam in our subsequent postings.

While further investigation is still on-going to determine the damage Titilope has cost them, the chairman of the bank, Owelle G.P.O. Chikelu, we were informed, has summoned other board members to get to the root of the matter and bring all the characters involved in the fraudulent saga to book.

The big question on the lips of everybody is how safe is customers’ money when a common marketer could swindled their customers that much without the bank having a first-hand knowledge of the fraud? Only Tayo Aderiokun, their MD/CEO can tell!

As ALIKO DANGOTE BUYS 7 BILLION Jet Who Really is Naija's "Richest" Man ? Adenuga vies for post

Posted by 9jabook.com on April 17, 2010 at 1:36pm

Alhaji Aliko Dangote has taken delivery of his new Bombadier Global Express XRS. The Aircraft would the third in his fleet.The aircraft landed the Nigerian airspace from Canada yesterday (The same say that the billionaire marked his 53rd Birthday in Lagos).

In this year's Forbes Richest Billionaires in the world, Dangote, a Nigerian from the northern city of Kano was also listed.

we gather that the 8 seater jet is worth about 7 billion Naira. The journey from Canada to Nigeria was said to have taken about 9 hours.

"The Global Express XRS is an improved version of the original aircraft, offering higher cruise speed, increased range, improved cabin layout and lighting. It is reported that the letters have no significance, but were chosen by focus groups simply to improve the brand image.

The range increase is achieved by addition of a 1,486 lb (674 kg) fuel tank at the wing root. The Global Express XRS entered service in early 2006. The unit price is estimated to be $45.5 million (US). Bombardier claims it takes 15 minutes less to fuel the XRS than the original model thanks to improved computer systems and mechanical refinements"

Dangote is a commodity merchant and financial back up of the ruling Peoples Democratc Party (PDP) in Nigeria. He is also the Chairman of Dangote Group of Companies and his investments are in cement,sugar, oil, banking,properties and other areas.

Some reports have been circulating about Dangote's top billionaire status as Business Mogul Mike Adenuga was claimed to have laughed on his Forbes listing as Naija's richest man and Dangote was once accused of plotting

EXILE OF ADENUGA BECAUSE OF ENVY
The problem that the billionaire Chairman of Globacom, Otunba Mike Adenuga had with former President Olusegun Obasanjo was masterminded by Alhaji Aliko Dangote. And the cause was mere envy of the ever rising status of the silent but meticulous multi- billionaire, Mike Adenuga.

It all started when Adenuga acquired the old National Oil which he transformed to Conoil.

Chemical Ali as he is known went to town claiming that Adenuga used funds from Bureau of Public Enterprise.

Same thing reared its ugly head when Adenuga acquired the second National Carrier Licence which enabled him to join the world mega business of telecommunication. He smeared the names of Adenuga and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar. He claimed that Atiku who oversaw the then Petroleum Trust Fund helped pay for the licence from the Fund's cover.

This was the final straw that brokes the camels back of camaraderie between Atiku and his former boss Obasanjo.

These incidents made the guru as Adenuga is fondly called to go on voluntary exile.

Adenuga's sins according to Dangote's gospel is due to his unapproachability. He claimed that the guru was too arrogant, taciturn and always elusive to the extent that 'Adenuga could not be asked for favours like using his private jet because his own jet, a rickety 14 year old NS 125 old cargo which he bought from the Federal Government always breakdown constantly without notice and also because Adenuga is richer than him.

The hatred for Adenuga got worse few years ago during one of the editions of Nduka Obaigbena's This Day Awards.In that year's edition of the award despite the fact that the Globacom boss was not present physically as against Aliko who was there live, Adenuga was the cynosure of all eyes as his representatives were busy collecting awards after another on his behalf whilst Dangote with all his pride and ego was just there looking at the glory of Adenuga without a single award .Since then the attempt to ruin Adenuga started because he didn't want anybody to surpass him. To further humiliate Adenuga after he had succeeded in setting EFCC after him, “Chemical Ali” was always dramatising how Adenuga was behaving when he was to be arrested by EFCC operatives and during this time

one will always see him holding white handkerchief and waving it at the EFCC operatives which
signals peace as Adenuga was said to be pleading THEN.
.

As for Mike Adenuga's group. He owns a series of oil exploration and marketing companies that include Conoil, which he bought from the government and lead on an incredible turnaround from a hopelessly sick company to the pearl of the oil marketing industry. The value of Conoil stock increased 15-fold in the first year of the takeover. He is also the owner of Mega-telecoms giant Globacom. He has signed deals to procure network infrastructure worth $10billion. That is almost as big as AT&T and clearly bigger than any other African network. He bought 2 Boeing 747 aircraft with the sole aim of moving infrastructure straight from the Siemens, Alcatel and SonyErickson plants in Europe to the cities in Nigeria where the infrastructure is needed (cutting shipping time, and all those delays). He delivered the first 2.5G network in Africa. As Second-National Operator, he took the competition to the other firms and led to the introduction of per-second billing that Nigerians had been yearning for. When Nitel, the First-National Operator tried to block Globacom from using the brand new ocean fibre optic cable that was intended to route most of Africa's telecoms traffic to the outside world, Globacom dared to dream big and built their own fibre-optic ring around West Africa to steal market from the first ring that was constructed by National carriers across the continent.

Mike Adenuga also owns two banks in the country. It's a pity we don't know exactly how much he's worth, but he's definitely a multi-billionaire in all world currencies. He's majority shareholder in many huge companies.He recently was said to have flown in Beyonce for his daughters Carnival Wedding .
What do you think

is It chemical Ali or The Guru ?
I vote the Guru Mike Adenuga

Why Is 50 Cent Removing His Tattoos?

Posted by NollywoodMohits on April 17, 2010 at 1:22pm

50 Cent is erasing some of his past – literally.

The rapper – whose real name is Curtis Jackson – has begunremoving most of his tattoos. Turns out, that ink is causing a problemas he turns his focus to acting, with roles in the upcoming drama Twelve,costarring ChaceCrawford, and the football flick Things Fall Apart, due outnext year..

"It cuts down on the amount of time I have to spend in makeupcovering them up," 50 Cent says about his decision, which he calls "anongoing process."

Still, don't expect him to rid himself of all the ink. His armsmay be tattoo free, but 50's vowed to keep a tattoo on his back.

Fashola on Impeachment Roll Call Again !

Posted by Paul "EFCC" Hawk Adams on April 17, 2010 at 1:12pm

Lagos State House of Assembly today set up a 7-man committee to investigate allegations of financial misappropriations and scams leveled against Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) by a group operating under the aegis of The True Face of Lagos.

The new move has been perceived by a pro-Fashola group, Lovers of Raji Fashola (LORAF) as commencement of impeachment proceedings against Fashola, though Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. .Adeyemi Ikuforiji denied that the committee was set up to impeach the governor.

During deliberations, Ikuforiji said the resolution to probe the allegations "have been published in our Journal as procedurally required."

According to him, it is important for the Assembly to do what is constitutionally right for the benefit of taxpayers and to also absolve our government of any allegation.

Ikuforiji read the names of the members of the 7-man committee comprising Hon. Ajibayo Adeyeye (from Kosofe); Hon. Sanai Agunbiade (Ikorodu); Hon. Rotimi Olowo (Somolu); Hon. Omowunmi Olatunji-Edet (Oshodi-Isolo); Hon. Funmilayo Tejuosho (Mushin); Hon. Babatunde Adejare (Agege); and Hon. Saka Dayo Fafunmi (Ifako Ijaiye).

The House gave the committee a two-week timeframe, which commences from the day it was constituted to complete its investigation. However, the venue where committee would be sitting was not revealed.

But Ikuforiji strongly advised the committee to invite all individuals and corporate bodies connected with the allegations so there can be thoroughness.

The speaker said the committee should investigate with the fear of God in mind and the love of Lagosians in the discharge of their constitutional responsibilities.

The House had constantly denied an impeachment move, but the pro-Fashola groups claimed that the motive was not only meant to probe Fashola, but to impeach the governor.

The House had formally constituted set up a 5-man committee to investigate Fashola, but a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikorodu restrained it due to the fact that there was no formal petition and that the resolution to investigate the allegations was not published in the official proceedings of the Assembly.

But the petition was formally brought to the Assembly March 30 and consequently deliberated upon, the outcome of which culminated in a resolution to investigate all allegations of financial misappropriations and scams preferred against Fashola and some of his allies.

In line with an order of Justice Hakeem Abiru of the Lagos High Court, the Assembly published the resolution in its official proceedings for Thursday, April15, 2010 in line with procedural provision.

Speaking on the new move to probe Fashola, coordinator of Lovers of Raji Fashola (LORAF), a foremost pro-Fashola group, Mr. Abiodun Olugbenro said a fortnight can never be enough to thoroughly investigate the allegations.

According to Olugbenro, the House is not a neutral party and therefore should not investigate allegations that also implicated its members. It is a kangaroo probe; they are only interested in impeaching Fashola.

The pro-Fashola group therefore sought the intervention of a neutral body, like the economic and financial crimes commission (EFCC), to be invited to handle the probe.

The House however depended on Section 128, paragraph 1 and 2 of the 1999 constitution of the Federal republic of Nigeria, which empowers the House to investigate allegations of corruption brought against the executive arm.

Ibori Sues EFCC for N10bn

Posted by Paul "EFCC" Hawk Adams on April 17, 2010 at 1:07pm

•No restraining order against former governor, says anti-graft agency
By Yemi Adebowale in Lagos and Victor Efeizomor in Asaba, 04.17.2010

The former governor of Delta State, James Ibori has filed a law suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the Federal High Court, Asaba, Delta State, asking for N10 billion in damages, for alleged “libel, unlawful harassment and twisted falsehood” by the anti-graft agency.

Ibori, in his suit, is also seeking an order restraining the EFCC from further publishing or causing to be published, any libellous publication against him.

This is just as the EFCC yesterday debunked reports that Justice I.N. Buba of the Asaba High Court had issued an order restraining the anti-graft agency from arresting Ibori.

Also yesterday, the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Martin Okonta, along with his principal officials condemned EFCC for declaring Ibori wanted.
The EFCC had on Tuesday declared Ibori wanted for failing to honour its invitation over allegations of fraud being investigated by the agency.

In response, Ibori said he was not on the run and that the Asaba High Court had restrained the commission and its officers from arresting him pending the determination of the substantive motion on notice.

However, the EFCC in its statement yesterday said the alleged court injunction restraining it from arresting Ibori was a fraud.
The EFCC said it had made enquiries from the judge and the court to know whether such order was given and that the response it got was that “no such order was issued by either the judge or the court.”

The statement signed by Femi Babafemi, the commission’s spokesman stated further: “The court only directed the applicants to put the commission on notice while it refused to grant any interim injunction as sought.
“Besides, up till now, no one has served the EFCC any court order; if it is true that one was granted.”

The anti-graft agency urged members of the public to disregard reports on the said restraining order, “as it does not exist.”
Based on this, the EFCC asked Ibori to “come out of hiding and honour the commission’s invitation.”
But the Delta State House of Assembly speaker said EFCC’s action against Ibori “is unacceptable, against the principles of fair hearing and a gross violation of the doctrine of the rule of law.”

Okonta, at a press briefing in Asaba said: “I must confess that an institution like EFCC must comply with the rule of law. This is an obvious violation of the rule of law.
“You are all aware that Ibori was invited to appear on April 17. Today is April 16 and he has already been declared wanted. Is that fair?

“We are condemning the action of EFCC for not following due process and the rule of law.
“We are not saying EFCC should not do its job. What we are saying is for them to comply with due process.
“If you invite an individual to appear before you for an interview, you must allow the time to expire before declaring him wanted.

This obvious violation of laid dawn rules is unacceptable to us.”
Okonta also lambasted Chief Edwin Clark, an Ijaw leader, for allegedly “creating acrimony within the state.”
He added: “The action of E.K. Clark is not only unbearable but unfortunate. That at his age, he is still busy destroying a house (state) he should be helping to build.”

Meanwhile, in his statement of claim in the N10 billion suit filed on April 15 against the EFCC, Ibori averred that the EFCC on April 13, 2010, distributed offensive publications to various electronic and print media houses with wide readership and viewing audience covering Nigeria and overseas.

He also averred that the EFCC posted the offensive publication on the Internet and distributed to websites, thereby libelling him.
He claimed that on the same morning of the 13th of April, various television stations, including but not limited to Channels Television, immediately commenced repeated broadcast of the defamatory words contained in the press release issued and distributed by the defendant declaring the plaintiff a wanted person.

He argued that the broadcast was viewed by members of the public including numerous prominent citizens of Delta State, members of the plaintiff’s family and community, his political associates and by persons within and outside Nigeria.
Ibori in the statement of claim stated that he was immediately inundated with telephone calls and visits from persons who viewed the broadcast of the press release and visited to find out why the plaintiff was on the run from the defendant’s officers who were allegedly looking for him.

He averred that he was not on the run and it was false that the alleged ‘letters of invitation’ referred to in the defendant’s offensive publication were sent to the plaintiff before he was declared a wanted person.

Ibori held that he had previously been investigated and arraigned for a 170-count charge, which was quashed via the ruling delivered by the Federal High Court, Asaba on 17th December 2009.
Continuing the former governor claimed that at 16.20 hours in the evening of the 13th of April, and about 8 hours after the defendant declared the plaintiff a wanted person, one Mike Anibogu, an official of the defendant delivered a letter dated 22nd March, 2010 at the plaintiff’s residence in Lagos requesting the plaintiff to come to its office in Abuja for an interview on 17th April, 2010, which is four clear days from the date on which the defendant declared that the plaintiff was a wanted person it was looking for.,

He stated that the next day being the 14th of April, the offensive words published and distributed to the media by the defendant was carried as headline news by several newspapers including but not limited to Vanguard, The Punch, THISDAY and The Guardian.

“The false, malicious and reckless words published by the defendant referred directly to the plaintiff and the words in their ordinary meaning are very clear and understood to mean that the plaintiff is a fugitive from the law.

“The defendant’s publication lowered the plaintiff in the public estimation,” claimed Ibori
Ibori claimed the EFCC exposed him to public odium, ridicule, disdain, hatred and lowered his integrity in the estimation of right-thinking members of the society.

He claimed his family and social life, business and political career have been adversely affected by EFCC’s publication.
He therefore asked the court for a declaration that the EFCC publication dated 13th April, 2010 headlined: “Why We Are Looking For Ibori – EFCC” was predicated on twisted falsehood, is libelous, and defamatory of the plaintiff.
He is also asking for N10 billion as damages for the libel published by the EFCC.

Bauchi: Pastor Wife Murdered,Tension Rises in Bauchi After Pastor's Murder

Posted by frank adeche Mr Netchurch on April 17, 2010 at 1:03pm

04.17.2010

Sectarian tension is rising in Bauchi State following the murder of a pastor and his wife as Christians call for revenge, residents and officials said.The couple were allegedly abducted and killed by some Muslims in Boto village in Bauchi State, they said.

The burnt bodies of the pentecostal pastor, Ishaya Kadah, and his wife, Selina, were discovered on Thursday by the police in the village, located in the predominantly Christian Tafawa Balewa district, two days after they were kidnapped, they added.

"It is quite tense here since the burnt corpses of pastor Ishaya and his wife were discovered yesterday (Thursday), with his flock calling for revenge. We don't know what is going to happen," Boto resident Bitrus Kagama said.
"The pastor and his wife were found missing and their bodies later discovered in the bush," Kagama said.

"We received a report on Tuesday that a pastor and his wife were missing and a search team discovered the bodies two days later", Bauchi State police commissioner Danlami Yar'Adua told AFP on phone from the state capital, Bauchi.
"We have arrested two suspects and we are still looking for four other suspects in connection with the murder. We are on top of the situation," Yar'Adua said.

Tafawa Balewa, which has a history of Christian-Muslim violence, is on the border with Plateau State, which has been rocked by sectarian violence in the last six years that has left hundreds dead.
Boto is home to more than 100 Muslims displaced by the sectarian violence in Jos, capital of Plateau State, in January which the police said left 326 dead..

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