TRAGIC: How Generator Fume Wipe

 Out Man, His Pregnant Wife & One Other

A man, his pregnant wife and a little boy have lost their lives after inhaling poisonous generator fume.The incident took place at Elekahia community in Port Harcourt City local government area of Rivers State.
According to the landlord of the apartment, Mr Chikason Boms, the victims had put on the generator which was very close to their bedroom and there was no ventilation.

Patience Ozokwor A.K.A Mama G Finally Reveals Her Real Age

Patience Ozokwor aka Mama G in a recent interview revealed her real age, her life as a widow and her reason for adopting 5 children.
Patience revealed she was born on March 25,1958.
Speaking about her life as a widow, Patience said it’s been God because without him, she can do nothing. She said her husband’s family loves her so much and they are very fond of her, adding that she wished her husband were alive to witness her Centenary award, because he was highly supportive of her career.
She revealed she has three biological children but because of her love for children she adopted five other children who bear her name.
On what she really misses about him?

Jonathan admits treating terrorism with kid gloves

President Goodluck Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday admitted that his administration had hitherto been treating terrorists in the country with kid glove.

Terrorists, especially members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, have hold sway in the North-East zone in the past three years, killing thousands of citizens in attacks on villages, military and polie facilities, worship houses and drinking joints.

The President said his government had now decided to be more forceful in its approach because of its desire to stamp out terror groups from the country.

He spoke in Windhoek, Namibia, during a bilateral talk with President Hifikepunye Pohamba.

“Initially, we handle it (terrorism) with kid glove, but now we have decided to be a little more forceful because we must thrash out these terror groups. We must not allow it to continue to slow down economic growth in that part of the country,” Jonathan said.

Jonathan told his Namibian counterpart that a terror attack on any part of the world is an attack on everyone, saying terrorism has become a global phenomenon though the intensity might vary from one country to the other.

Government should stop giving actors money —John Okafor

John Okafor

Nollywood actor, John Okafor, berates some of his colleagues for receiving money from government in this interview with Jayne Augoye.

POPULAR actor, John Okafor has decried the absence of adequate structures in Nollywood.

Also he criticised the recent visit of the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria to President Goodluck Jonathan, which did not appear to go down well with some people who queried the motive in the first place.

For these critics, the actors only went to grab a ‘piece of the national cake.’ And though the actors concerned have since defended their decision to pay the President a courtesy visit, popular Nigerian comic actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu, is still not pleased.

According to the actor who rose to prominence after his breakout role in the 1997 movie, Agony, where he portrayed an imbecile, the Federal Government has yet to set its priorities right with regard to Nollywood.

“The government should stop giving Actors’ Guild cash, because we don’t know how to handle it. Some people will go to the office, process the money and squander it and we (actors) never benefit from such goodwill.

“If they (government) can give us a structure or land, we (actors) can go ahead and secure funds from investors to build five-star hotels and other facilities on it, because it will be a tourist haven. We can bring the Nigerian Censor’s board into the same arena

Sacking: FG asks court to dismiss Olotu’s suit

court gavel
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President Goodluck Jonathan and the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, SAN, have asked an Abuja Federal High Court to strike out a suit filed by Justice Gladys Olotu to challenge her dismissal.

Justice Olotu, a former judge of the Abuja Federal House Court, who was dismissed by the President on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council, had approached the court in a bid to set aside her compulsory retirement.

She sued President Jonathan and the AGF, alongside the NJC, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mariam Mukhtar, and the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta.

But in a notice of preliminary objection filed by their counsel, Taiwo Abidogun, the President and the AGF asked the court, presided by Justice Adeniyi Ademola, to dismiss Justice Olotu’s suit.

They argued that the court lacked the jurisdiction to hear the matter.

Stating the grounds upon which they asked the court to strike out the matter, the President and the AGF noted that, “The substantive matter relates to and is connected with the employment of the applicant, an erstwhile employee of the Federal Government of Nigeria.”

Ekiti gov aspirant asks PDP to disqualify Fayose

Mr. Ayodele Fayose

A Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Mr. Deji Ajayi, has asked the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, to disqualify a fellow aspirant, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, from taking part in the PDP primaries scheduled for Saturday.

Ajayi, in a petition, which he also sent to President Goodluck Jonathan, threatened to seek legal redress if Fayose was not barred from the primaries to produce the PDP candidate in the June 21 governorship election in Ekiti.

He said that Fayose had ceased from being a member of the party, having defected to the Labour Party in the past and that there was no constitutional recommendation to the National Working Committee of the PDP for Fayose’s readmission to the party.

Nigerian exam system outdated, problematic – Ezekwesili

Former World Bank Vice-President for Africa, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili
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A former Vice President of the World Bank and one time Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has said the use of archaic examination system is one of the major challenges facing the education sector.

Ezekwesili, who is also the Senior Economic Advisor, Open Society Foundation, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja while making a presentation at the 20th Nigerian Economic Summit.

In her presentation titled, ‘Education: For what purpose?’, the minister also listed poor relations between the federal and  state education agencies, improper implementation of policies, communication gaps between operators in the sector and society; and corruption in the monitoring and policing system as other factors affecting the sector.