Anyone who says I bleach is stupid – Ex-Governor Alao-Akala

A former governor of Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, in this interview with ADEOLA BALOGUN and TUNDE ODESOLA clears the air on some contentious issues.,
Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, in a new interview with Punch hilariously flared up when he was asked why he bleached.

Excerpts:
You talked about quality, is it in terms of your dressing too?
In terms of everything, Akala is a man of quality. Look at me, I am a man of quality, with due respect. I use quality materials.
Is the use of jewellery part of it too?
Yes, I have been using jewellery as a young man.
Do you know what they called Ghana before, Gold Coast. I lived in Ghana and that was where I got used to it early in my life. We make statement with our looks in Ghana.
In those days when we were in Ghana, your wife bathed you and took care of you.
I am from Ghana, so I have been using jewellery (he sends for an album). I want to show you some pictures. Pictures that I took some 40 years back, you would see chains on my neck. Look at my hand chains and rings in this picture. That is how I was brought up.

Snow in Cairo, Egypt for the first time in over 100 years

For the first time in over 100 years, a winter storm has brought snow to a city known for its heat and sand, Cairo in Egypt.


According to local reports, it happened over night and unexpectedly on Wednesday Dec. 11th. An official of Egypt's Meteorological centre said it was first time in decades since the last snowfalls and it took residents of Cairo suburbs by surprise. But most are delighted because they have never seen snow before.They took to Twitter to post their amazement in words and shared pictures

Fathered By A Ghost, Married To A Ghost - Osun State Woman Tells Her Story (Photos)

 

This young lady above, says she was fathered by a ghost, only to later marry a ghost for whom she has 3 sons and is currently pregnant for.

According to 20-year-old Taiyelolu Abdulrahman, while telling her chilling story to Nigerian Tribune, her father, who died almost 20 years ago, nurtured her till she was married to another dead or “ghost” husband.

She and her twin brother, Kehinde, grew up with their father in a flat at the Ajah area of Lagos.
They led a relatively comfortable life in the house where they only depended on generator as the only
source of electricity. Although their father was not engaged in any kind of work, he provided for them.

My father was not working. He never left the house except on a few occasions at night. But if I asked for N50, 000, he gave it to me. We had no visitors and we visited nobody,” she said.All they had to do were sleep, eat and watch home videos.

Asked about her mother, she said she and her twin brother grew up to know only their father. They did not see any woman with him.

To go out of the house, their father gave the twins a small gourd each which they simply clasped to their palms and then they burst out on the road and board vehicles to the market to purchase food items like wheat, semovita, macaroni, spaghetti and rice. They never consumed amala (yam flour meal).

On a particular day, however, Taiyelolu forgot to take her gourd and as she stepped out of the house, what confronted her was a cemetery with a lot of vaults and a bushy environment.
She screamed and dashed back inside. 

Arsenal Could Have Scored Six Past Manchester City – Wenger + Match Highlights

Manchester City send out a big message to the rest of the Premier League with a 6-2 win over Arsenal FC at the Etihad.
This was Arsenal’s biggest challenge so far in their Premier League campaign and this result might have put a few question marks on their title credentials. But more than Arsenal, this win has certainly reinstated Manchester City as the favourites for the title this season. The Citizens came into this game on the back of a massive win over Bayern Munich away from and are seemingly growing in confidence with every passing match. City have now scored 50 goals in 12 home games in all competitions and Etihad has turned into a fortress for them this season.

Obasanjo bombs Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan and former President Olusegun Obasanjo

President Goodluck Jonathan is under  a fresh attack . This time, it  is a stinker  from a former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.

 The Balogun of Owu, Abeokuta, did not make an impromptu speech at a public forum, he took his time to pen what he felt to be Jonathan’s  failings.

In  an 18-page  letter to  the President, Obasanjo  accused  him, among other things, of  not honouring his words  and  taking actions calculated at destroying Nigeria.

The  letter dated December 2, 2013 and titled, “Before it is too late”  became public  knowledge on Wednesday. Only on Monday, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, said Jonathan was paying lip service to  the anti-corruption campaign  in the country.

In the letter, Obasanjo accused the President of  pursuing “ selfish personal and political interests based on advise from his “self-centred aides.”

He also alleged that the President had  failed  to deliver on his promises to Nigerians and to  curb insurgency and corruption in the country.

OBJ letter to Jonathan

At the end of the letter He "Accept, Dear  Mr.  President,  the  assurances  of  my  highest consideration".

Olusegun Obasanjo

Before it is too late

•A letter of appeal to President Goodluck Jonathan by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo

I am constrained to make this an open letter to you for a number of reasons.    One,  the  current  situation  and  consequent  possible  outcome dictate that I should,  before the door  closes on reason  and promotion of national  interest,  alert  you  to  the  danger  that  may  be  lurking  in  the corner.    Two, none of  the  four  or more  letters  that I  have  written to  you in  the  past  two  years  or  so  has  elicited  an  acknowledgment  or  any response.    Three,  people  close  to  you,  if  not  yourself,  have  been asking,  what  does  Obasanjo  want?    Four,  I  could  sense  a  semblance between  the situation that  we are  gradually getting into and the situation we fell into as a nation during the Abacha era.    Five, everything must be done  to  guard,  protect  and  defend  our  fledgling  democracy,  nourish  it and  prevent  bloodshed.    Six,  we  must  move  away  from  advertently  or inadvertently  dividing  the country along  weak seams  of North-South and Christian-Moslem.    Seven,  nothing  should be  done to  allow  the  country to  degenerate  into  economic  dormancy,  stagnation  or  retrogression.

Eight,  some  of  our  international  friends  and  development  partners  are genuinely  worried  about  signs  and  signals  that  are  coming  out  of Nigeria.    Nine,  Nigeria  should  be in a  position to  take  advantage  of  the present  favourable  international  interest  to  invest  in  Africa  -  an opportunity  that  will  not  be  open  for  too  long.    Ten,  I  am  concerned about your legacy and your climb-down which you alone can best be the manager of, whenever you so decide.

FG to close N’Assembly complex for one year

National Assembly building, Abuja
| credits: File copy

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved a contract of N40.2bn for the construction of the Phase III, Part III of the National Assembly complex and the upgrading of the assembly’s two chambers.

To pave the way for the smooth implementation of the project, the two chambers would be closed to legislative duties for 12 months.

The approval was given by FEC on Wednesday at its weekly meeting presided over by Vice President Namadi Sambo.

President Goodluck Jonathan was away in South Africa where he participated in the funeral rites for the country’s former President, Dr. Nelson Mandela.