GLOBACOM CHIEF, MIKE ADENUGA AND 148 OTHERS BAG NATIONAL AWARDS

Globacom chairman Dr. Mike Adenuga shone brightest yesterday among other stars, bagging Nigeria’s second highest national honour.
Dr. Adenuga got the Grand Commander of the order of the Niger (GCON). Also honoured are 148 other distinguished Nigerians.
According to a statement last night by the Permanent Secretary (Special Duties), Dr. Henry Akpan, in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the awardees would be bestowed with the national honours on September 17.
The statement reads:  “The Special Duties Office in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation has concluded preparations for the conferment of National Honours Award on 149 Nigerians and others.
“His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria would conduct the 2012 National Honours Award Investiture of deserving Nigerians and friends of Nigeria.
“The investiture will hold on Monday 17th, September, 2012 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja . 
“The Special Duties Office is working assiduously to ensure a hitch free ceremony.”
 Also honoured are 148 other Nigerians, including the Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji M.D. Abubakar (CFR) and Governors Emmanuel Uduaghan (Delta), Gabriel Suswam (Benue), Danbaba Fulani Suntai (Taraba) and Martin Elechi (Ebonyi), who are to be honoured with the  Commander of the Order of Niger (CON). 
On the list are six Justices  of the Supreme Court - Justice Mahmud Mohammed (CFR), Justice Walter Onnoghen (CFR); Justice Suleiman Galadima (CFR); Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour (CFR); Justice Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta (CFR); and Justice Mary Ukaego Odili (CFR).
Others are two retired justices of the Supreme Court- Justice Andrews Otutu Obaseki(CFR)and Justice Kayode Eso (CFR) ; a former Military Governor of Lagos State, Sir Mobolaji Johnson (CFR);  and Chief Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion (CFR).
Others are  a former Managing Director of UBA, Mr. Tony Elumelu (CON); a former Governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Ahmed Muazu (CON); the Chairman of Coscharis, Dr. Cosmas Maduabuchukwu Maduka  (CON); a renowned businessman, Mr. Cletus Ibeto (CON); the Minister of FCT, Sen. Bala Mohammed (CON)
Also on the list are seven serving Senators including the Senate Leader,  Mr. Victor Ndoma Egba (CON);  Abdul Ahmed Ninigi (CON); Ayogu Eze (CON); Hajiya Zainab Abdulkadir Kure  (CON); Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan (CON);  Umar Ibrahim Tsauri (CON) ; and Emmanuel Bwacha(CON).
Four members of the House being honoured are the House Leader, Hon. Mulikat Adeola Akande (OFR); Sulaiman Kawu (OFR); Halims Agoda (OFR); and Bashir Adamu (OFR).
Still on the honours roll are the Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akin Adesina(CON); a former acting National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje(CON); a former Ambassador to Turkey, Sen. Ajuji Waziri(CON); Senator Hamisu Musa(CON);  ex-Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Inna Ciroma(CON); Sen. Emmanuel Agboti (CON);  Ex-Minister (Sen), Jibrin Gada(CON); the Executive Chairman, Minaj Group, Sen. Mike Ajaegbo(CON);  a former Minister of Health, Prof. Stephen Debo Adeyemi(CON); 
The others are ex-Minister of Finance, Chief Anthony Ani(OFR); a former Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Nurudeen Adekola(OFR); a former Deputy Governor of Lagos state, Mrs. Sarah Sosan(OFR); the DG of the Bureau of Procurement, Engr. Emeka Eze(OFR);  three Senior Advocates of Nigeria-Chief Wole Olanipekun(OFR);  Chief Alex Izinyon(OFR);  and O. Omonuwa(OFR); a former Nigerian Ambassador to Brazil, Dr. Patrick dele Cole(OFR) among others.

LEVI AJUONUMA SON STARTS PETITION AGAINST DANA AIR

According to dailytimes, Barely three months after the Dana plane crash that took the lives of all passengers aboard and some other persons on ground, the federal government restored the airline's licence. There has been a lot of condemnation since the lifting of the ban on the airline's activities, with some family members of victims saying they have not even finished burying their loved ones.

One of such family members is Obinna Ajuonuma, son of Levi Ajuonuma, NNPC spokesperson who died in the crash. Obinna lamented the situation, and has written a petition against Dana Air.

Speaking to Daily Times, he said: "I saw a picture of Peter Okoye at the surprise party he had for his girl, and I noticed that the MD of Dana Airlines was there as well. I can't believe he is bold enough to show his face partying while families of the deceased are planning burial ceremonies. Some families haven't even gotten the bodies of their loved ones, even what was promised to all the families haven't been received, that's how bad it is."

"This crash happened 3 months ago and all of a sudden, the Federal Government decided to free Dana just like that? The Ministry of Aviation is not even serious because there are no conclusions on the case; there was no court ruling, absolutely nothing.

It is very obvious the Minister of Aviation has more priorities than clearing up the Dana crash. Dana hasn't faced any kind of punishment, they were set free just like that; there was no public apology, no remorse shown, no assurance it won't happen again, nothing and the man is busy partying. Where is the respect for the affected? Where is the respect for the dead?

 

ACTOR EMEKA OSSAI AND WIFE JUMAI OSSAI EXPECTING A SET OF TWINS

After five of the marriage of the Actor and producer, Emeka Ossai, he and the wife, Jumai Ossai, now is expecting a set of twins as their first child. This is double blessing from God congrats bro!

I GO DIE LOVELY FAMILY

popular comedian with wife and child............even comedians enjoy good life too

SEYI LAW'S CAR IMPOUNDED BY FRSC

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC has impounded the vehicle of well-known comedian, Seyi Law For using the customized Peace Ambassador Plate number which is said to be illegal. It is very well in our fresh memory that Seyi recently bought the Chrysler 300 car which went viral on the media. He was intercepted by the FRSC men at Sagamu on his way to a function in Ogun State before the car was impounded.

Before now, FRSC has warned celebrities to stop using the plate number because it is not a legal one. Seyi however said, the plate number was given to him last year and he wasn’t aware of the ban. The car has been remanded in the FRSC premises in Ogun State.

CHIOMA AJUNWA (MON) ,OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST GAVE BIRTH TO TRIPLETS

Nigeria’s first ever Olympic gold medalist, Chioma Ajunwa (MON) has put to bed a set of triplets. After a long wait, the 41 years old police officer was delivered of the bundles of joy, last week Monday.

The triplets, two boys and a girl, are in a good state of health and so is Chioma.Here is saying a hearty congratulations to the accomplished athlete and police woman who happens to be a Divisional Police Officer and her husband, Howell Chidera.

I WAS KEPT IN PRISON WITH BOKO HARAM MEMBERS- RICH OGANIRU

Nollywood actor, rich oganiru, said he was detained in the same cell alongside suspected boko haram members, without any recourse to his state of health.
Also has denied claims that he killed his wife. The actor, who narrated his ordeal during his wife's sickness and death and all the allegations that he killed his wife were false.

Is Bimbo Akintola Really single and still searching?

The 37 year old single and searching lady feels that marriage is a big deal and truly doesn’t want to be in a hurry to get in. She has been in several relationships but she has not found someone that she is comfortable to get married to.
These were her exact sentiments;

I will be 70 and still be single if I do not believe honestly that I have found the right person. We are all on earth as individuals. Some of us will marry; some of us will not. Some of us will have children, some of us will not. So I never judge myself according to other people’s standard.

Am only quoting her…..anyway the babe nah very fine babe, I wishhhhhhhhhhhhhh

POLICE RECOVER 50 NUDE PICTURES FROM FACEBOOK KILLERS OF CYNTHIA OSOKOGU

Police detectives at the Area E Command, Lagos have said Cynthia Osokogu’s killers took pictures while assaulting her.The Area Commander, Damian Okoro, said, “The pictures are contained in a recovered black Compaq 610 laptop belonging to Nwabufor Okwuomo, one of the suspects who lured the deceased to Lagos.”
The laptop is also said to contain over 50 photographs of female victims who have fallen prey to the suspect.
Some of the photographs showed girls tied with rope and their mouths covered with cello tape with objects inserted in their private.
Osokogu’s photographs also showed bites and wounds inflicted all over her. Meanwhile, the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation on Wednesday said it had concluded arrangements to sue the management of Cosmilla Hotel in Festac Town, Lagos, where Osokogu was murdered by ‘BlackBerry friends’ over illegal operation.
The deceased was allegedly drugged, raped and dispossessed of her belongings and later killed. The corporation also said it had issued a query to the management of the hotel to explain why had refused to register with it in accordance with laid-down rules and regulations.

JAY Z NOLONGER TOP EARNER NOW DR DRE

Is now about Six years that Dr. Dre was walking along the beach with Interscope Records chief Jimmy Iovine, pondering whether or not he should launch his own shoe line. "[Forget] sneakers," said Iovine. "Let's sell speakers!"

It might have been the best piece of advice the rapper-producer ever received. In 2008 he teamed with Iovine and a handful of other partners to launch Beats By Dr. Dre, which now sells more than half of the country's premium headphones ($100 and up). That's music to the ears of Dr. Dre, who collected $100 million pretax when handset maker HTC paid $300 million for a 51% stake in the company last year.
With $110 million in pretax earnings, Dr. Dre is this year's Hip-Hop Cash King—despite the fact that his long-awaited album, Detox, remains on the shelf. He's not the only one on the list who banks the bulk of his bucks outside the recording studio. Diddy ranks No. 2 with $45 million, thanks mostly to a share of profits from Diageo's Ciroc vodka; Jay-Z ranks third with $38 million, pulling in more than half his annual earnings from ventures including ownership stakes in cosmetics company Carol's Daughter, the Brookyln Nets and a joint venture with battery maker Duracell. Last year, Jay-Z topped the list with $37 million.

TERRY G AND MIMI OMOREGBE EXPECTING BABY BOY

Naija pop artiste Terry G and his UK based fiancée Mimi Omoregbe are expecting their first child together. Edo state born Mimi is said to be six months pregnant. The couple plan to wed after the birth of their delivery

JIMOH IBRAHIM SHUTS DOWN AIR NIGERIA

Billionaire businessman, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim, has shut down all Air Nigeria flight operations nationwide effective from Monday.Ibrahim also announced that all but 50 staff has been sacked with immediate effect.He said the airline will be shut down for one year.

The airline had continued to run regional and international flights after the government suspended its domestic operations on bankruptcy allegations a few months ago.

Air Nigeria claimed that it is temporarily shutting down its operation because of staff disloyalty and anti-business environmental in the aviation sector.

The airline said it regrets any inconvenience the decision would cause its passengers on all the routes, adding that it advises them to contact agents from whom they had purchased tickets for refunds.

Ibrahim was quoted as saying that the management remains committed to the survival of the airline.

WOMAN KEEPS BABY GIRL IN FREEZER FOR 10YEARS

A manslaughter investigation has been opened against a 49-year-old woman after the corpse of a new-born baby girl was found in her freezer after 10 years on Tuesday in Germany.
The grisly find was made by her former husband on Friday when he defrosted the freezer in the house where they used to live, said prosecutors in the northern city of Flensburg.
It was not clear whether the baby was alive or dead when placed in the freezer, investigators said. There were no signs she had been violently treated but authorities confirmed the baby was not stillborn.
The woman, who has not been named, has admitted the baby was hers and said she was “in a state of complete exhaustion and hopelessness” at the time.
The couple already had three, now fully grown, children and divorced in 2009

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'GODMOTHER OF COCAINE' GRISELDA BLANCO GUNNED DOWN BY ASSASSIN IN COLUMBIA

A 69-year-old woman known throughout the drug world as the "Godmother of Cocaine" was gunned down by an assassin on a motorcycle in Colombia Monday, according to international news reports.

Griselda Blanco, once listed alongside Pablo Escobar as one of the "most notorious drug lords of the 1980s" by the Drug Enforcement Administration, was fatally shot as she left a butcher's shop in western Medellin Monday afternoon, according to a report by Univision and El Colombiano. Colombia's El Espectador reported authorities are looking for Blanco's killers and are investigating possible motives for the killing.

Blanco served nearly 20 years in an American prison on drug trafficking charges and was at one point tied to as many as 40 murders in the U.S., according to a 1997 Senate testimony given by then-director of DEA international operations Michael Horn. Horn said that Blanco ordered a Florida mall shooting in 1979 that left two dead and four injured, and she apparently enjoyed her line of work.

"To foster her reputation as the 'Godmother' of cocaine, [Blanco] named her fourth son Michael Corleone, after the fictional mob character portrayed in the movie 'The Godfather,'" Horn said.

Court documents filed in 1988, three years after Blanco was caught, detail the shadowy, decade-long hunt for the queenpin that involved federal agents chasing false identities and checking Miami hospitals for gunshot wound victims that matched Blanco's description. But she wasn't able to elude them forever and after being captured in 1985 in Irvin, Calif. and serving nearly two decades behind bars in America, Blanco was released from prison and deported back to Colombia in 2004.

WE AREN’T JOKING ABOUT THE AEROPLANE PROMOTION – MTN

Nigeria’s premier telecommunications network has said its not pulling the legs of its subscribers concerning its recent promotion which offers the opportunity to win a four-seater aeroplane.

General Manager, Consumer Marketing, Mr. Kola Oyeyemi disclosed this at a media briefing in Lagos recently.

He said, “For many people, it’s so hard to believe that we are giving out an aeroplane which for me is understandable because no other brand has done that in our history. It must be stated that there is nothing that we have promised that we have not delivered. We do not intend to make this an exception.

“Moreso, in trying to give reassurance, we have promised to give cash reward equivalent especially for those who may desire to have it in cash. For us at MTN, we believe we have got the capacity to do the impossible, which is what we have been known for. That is why we made the promise and we are poised to fulfil it”,