9jaspecials's blog: 2014

Monday, 20 October 2014

WHO officially declares Nigeria Ebola-free country

The World Health Organization, WHO, and the
Federal Ministry of Health are currently holding a
joint press conference in Abuja to formally declare
Nigeria Ebola Virus Disease free. We thank God!

Article not written by me. It's a promo piece...enjoy!

Hey people! Many of you who might have seen
this and ignored it might need to have a rethink.
There are really a lot of promotional offers out
there and just like typical Nigerians, we always call
them "scam" or "wash".

Ok let me just go straight to the point. Palmchat is
the "on board" social app now – I mean, they have
been very generous in sharing gifts to all and
sundry, especially our beautiful young ladies (and
don't get me wrong, I meant all Nigerian women
are beautiful *winks*).

If you were at the last NYSC orientation camp in
Lagos, or you have been in Unilag lately, you will
understand what I am talking about. They even
provide free Wi-Fi for anyone to download palmchat
to their phones, and trust these girls , dem no dey
carry last. They use it to download Vampire diaries,
Mount Zion movies or Scandal's latest series sharp
sharp! Who no like awoof?

But then they are still offering more. This time it's a
CAR!!! "Car?" you say… Yes you heard me right.. CAR!
And to think you don't have to do much like you are
applying for a state scholarship. It just works like a
referral thing. Download palmchat, which I believe
many of us have already, visit the palmchat.hotreferralinc.com site and register with
your unique palmchat I.D. You will then obtain a
referral link to invite friends to download palmchat,
and with this link unique to your ID alone, you earn
reward points for every person referred. And you
earn extra points, maybe even double points if it's a
girl referred. The person with the highest points at
the end date automatically wins the car! CAPISH!

Hmmm…Palmchat is favoring girls oo!.Now I'm
almost convinced one of these ladies that virtually
"sleep" online will win this Car. They have it all on
their side. It can't be difficult for them to get people.
But the guys stand a chance too, you earn the extra
points if you get a girl to register. All just in the
comfort of your room, bed even.

People, are you still reading this? Start off
immediately, no time. Palmchat is on all platforms;
Android, Blackberry, Nokia Symbian and windows
(any other one?). Stop giving yourself excuses.. Get
busy!

Great news for Car owners: Read Article

Did you ever think that you could make money by
driving to work, visiting friends, driving to the
supermarket, to church etc.? Brandmycar.com.ng
has launched a platform that matches everyday
people (car owners) – who want to earn extra income
with brands that want effective mobile Out-Of-Home
exposure.

Brands will travel with car owners where they work,
where they live…and where they drive.

This form of paid to drive advertising on-vehicles is
the first of its kind in Nigeria and set to make driving
rewarding for both car owners and advertisers. All a
car owner needs to do is to sign up on
brandmycar.com.ng and register for free.

Subsequently, advertisers can also pick cars to brand
easily on the website. Brandmycar.com.ng serves as
the link between people who are willing to display
commercial campaigns on their cars and the
advertiser. Advertising spaces on billboards and
traditional advertising mediums can be quite
expensive for advertisers hence the need for new
and impactful channels.

This advertising medium poses enormous benefits
for both the car owner and advertiser. The car owner
will be compensated for every month which they
have the advertisers' campaign on their vehicle -
which enables them to make extra cash.

Advertisers
benefit from getting enormous exposure for their
brands, reaching their target markets for a lower cost
than they would have to spend on other traditional
and non-traditional medium of advertising.

The application of vehicle branding cuts across
multiple uses, SMEs, FMCGs, Political parties, NGOs,
Corporate organisations etc can all benefit from this
form of advertising for their campaigns.

Brandmycar.com is available to interested car
owners and advertisers in Lagos, Abuja, Port
Harcourt, Owerri, Benin, Ibadan, Warri, Enugu and
Calabar.

For more information, visit www.Brandmycar.com.ng
+234-807-5299-839; 01-4531382
admin@brandmycar.com.ng

Couple having sex in sea became stuck together and have to be separated in hospital

Hard to believe but that is what Italian media
reported this week...lol. An unidentified Italian couple
had to be rushed to the hospital this week after their
genitals got stuck together while having sex in the sea
at Porto San Giorgio in the Marche region of Italy

According to Italian newspaper Il Mattino, the man
and woman called for help about 30minutes after
they went into the sea. A woman walking along the
deserted beach heard their call for help and handed
them a towel. Other locals went to rescue the
embarrassed couple and called an ambulance.

It took
about an hour for an ambulance to get there and take
the couple to the hospital.

A doctor was able to free them by administering an
injection to dilate the woman's uterus. Doctors later
told the press that the man was 'unable to extricate
himself from the woman due to suction'.

Lol don't laugh, It happens Atimes.

Asari Dokubo again! Shares another controversial write up

Ex Niger Delta militant Asari Dokubo posted this on
his Facebook page...

FAQs on DStv and GOtv Sales Rep recruitment drive

What is the DStv and GOtv recruitment drive
about?
It is an opportunity for unemployed Nigerians to
make extra income working as DStv or GOtv sales
agents.

Who is it targeted at?
It is mainly targeted at young school leavers, or the
unemployed who are interested in a flexible plan to
make more money.

How do interested people contact you?
Interested people should sms YES to 08141380848.

What does being a sales rep entail?
The sales reps will be responsible for selling DStv
and GOtv decoders. He will then receive payment
based on an agreed percentage of decoder sales. It is
very straightforward.

How much can sales rep make every month?
A rep can make up to N60,000 or more every month,
depending on how many decoders he is able to sell.

Is there an opportunity for growth for the sales
rep?
Yes there is an opportunity for growth. The sales rep
can grow to become vendors and have even more
flexibility in their businesses.

Describe the opportunities that exist
There are various steps in the value chain and
beyond being a vendor; the reps can rise to become
major dealers.

Can these sales reps quit whenever they want
to?
Yes the reps can pull out of the scheme when they
wish to.

What does this mean to you as an
organisation?
For us it is a way of celebrating Nigeria's
independence by providing a platform the Nigerian
youth to be gainfully employed. It will keep them off
the streets and focus them on the importance of
working for money, especially as it is a flexible
venture that will enable them chase other dreams.

Founder of Greater Evangelism World Crusade, Geoffrey Numbere, dies

The Founder of the Greater Evangelism World
Crusade, a popular church based in Port Harcourt
Rivers state, Apostle Geoffrey Numbere has died. He
died yesterday October 15th after a battle with
cancer. The clergyman is survived by his wife & 5
children. May his soul rest in perfect peace..Amen.

Photo: Fried meat with Allah's inscription found in Ilorin

I'm going to share this exactly as it was sent to me so
you know I had nothing to do with this...

Dear Blogger, please share this. It's fried meat with
Allah's inscription at Fola Meat Shop, Oro road, off
Taiwo road, Ilorin, Kwara state. Am a living
witness.......Allahu Akbar

Anyone see the inscription?

Source: Lindaikeji

Pic: Nigerian man jumps to his death trying to escape from police in Malaysia

The Nigerian man pictured above named Osazuwa
allegedly jumped to his death from a 15-storey
building on Monday October 13th as police stormed
a place he was staying with friends in Malaysia.

According to local media report, a Nigerian student
had lodged a police report in Puchong on Sunday
October 12th claiming his girlfriend had been
kidnapped by Osazuwa and his gang.

"The boyfriend said he received a call from a
suspect who demanded RM40,000 for the release
of his girlfriend, also a Nigerian student here.

We
suspected the kidnappers were people that the
victim must have known. Police immediately
tracked the victim and her kidnappers'
whereabouts." criminal investigator Datuk Mohd
Adnan Abdullah said.

Malaysia police said the victim's boyfriend
cooperated with the police in their investigations and
he managed to coax the suspects into giving him
more time and told them he was gathering the funds.

The police managed to find the victim's location on
Monday. She was being held in a condominium unit
in Taman Melati, Ampang.

"We formed a team to raid the condominium unit
and moved in on the suspects at about 5pm."

Mohd Adnan said when police ambushed the unit
located at the condominium's 13th floor, there were
three Nigerian men and two local women.

The victim was being held in one of the rooms.

"Upon seeing the police, the suspects attempted
to escape. The raiding team arrested two women
and two men," he said.

The other suspect tried to climb down from the
balcony to a unit below.

However, he could not grab hold of anything and fell
to his death.

"The suspect who died was in his 20s and we are
still trying to establish his identity," Mohd Adnan
said.

The victim was unharmed while in the custody of the
suspects. He said investigation are underway to
determine how many other kidnapping cases they
were involved in.

"The gang thought they could get money quickly
by carrying out this crime, but look what had
happened — it has just gone awfully wrong," he
said.

Source: Malaysia Star

Ebola fears as passenger flying from Nigeria to JFK dies in his seat after vomiting profusely

There was fresh Ebola fears yesterday October 16th
after an unidentified 63 year old man on board an
Arik flight which left Lagos on Wednesday night
heading to New York's JFK airport died before the
plane reached its destination after vomiting profusely
in his seat.

The plane crew immediately contacted the Centre for
Disease Control, CDC, and custom officials, who then
boarded the plane as it touched down, forcing 145
worried passengers to remain on board, UK Daily
Mail reports..

CDC then conducted tests on the body and found he
did not have Ebola.

According to The New York Post the unidentified
man's body was then handed over to the Port
Authority who removed it from the plane. What they
plan to do with the remains have not been made
known.

Throughout the ordeal, the door connecting the
aircraft to the terminal was left open, prompting
worries from Republican Congressman Peter King
that there are not enough checks in place before
reaching the screening process.

In a letter to the Department of Homeland Security,
King wrote:

'It was what I was told a cursory examination. The
Port Authority cops and personnel from Customs
and Border Protection were there, and they were
told there was no danger because the person did
not have Ebola,'

'But their concern was, how could you tell so
quickly? And what adds to the concern is how
wrong the CDC has been over the past few weeks.

'These individuals transit the airport with the rest
of the traveling population, including using the
restrooms,' King wrote in a letter on Thursday.

Source: UK Daily Mail

VOBZ Wreckord Presents: The Best of Blakemon & Charlie David

These Inspirational artistes have gone far and wide
with their respective sensational voices. Having found
music as an interesting career, they set to be
different in divers ways, with their magical voices and
originality.

Meet Blakemon:
Mosope Adebayo aka Blakemon
(Which was conned from 'Black man'), was born on
the 31st of August. He is indigenous to Ijebu-North,
He studied Economics In the Lagos State University.

Blakemon is a Hip-hop, R&B/Soul Nigerian artist.
After the release of "Totori Mi" Which gained lots of
air plays, Blakemon kept the fire burning with
"Sunmo mi" and "Ko ma roll"
Now in one piece, feel the passion of "BLAKEMON".

DOWNLOAD!
Watch Totori mi- http://t.co/G6xSidtvvY
Watch Sunmo mi- http://t.co/BZ1ARjPZzi
Twitter
@blakewaky

MEET CHARLIE DAVID :
Charlie David, a Ukrainian based Nigerian Artist, born
Charles Nnedu, on the 30th of March. He is from
Anambra state, in Umuoji town. He was formerly a
member of the already disbanded group "the
Vecks" (a Ukrainian pop, rock and soul group) in
which he was the lead singer, acoustic guitarist and
also the song writer. Following the collapse of the
group, he decided to pursue a solo career in music
doing what he loves best. To him, music is and will
always be a path to happiness and fulfillment .

Get the feel of "HEAL THE WORLD","WHAT DO YOU
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Nigeria, Senegal To Be Declared Ebola Free Countries By WHO On 20th & 17th Of This Month

World Health Organisation(WHO) has said it will
declare Nigeria and Senegal Ebola-free by Friday and
next week Monday if no new cases are recorded.

WHO yesterday made the statement in Geneva saying
it is believed that the two countries would have
completed a 42-day period with no new cases by
then.

The statement indicated that while the completion
date for Nigeria would be next Monday, October 20,
that of Senegal would be on Friday 17 October.

Keshi Reacts To His Dismissal As Super Eagles' Coach

Less than 24 hours after he was relieved of his
post as the head coach of the Nigeria's Super
Eagles, Stephen Keshi has said it is time for him
to move on.

"It is about time for me to move on, my dear. This is
not the end of the world for me," Keshi
told Premium Times moments after he was
dismissed as the coach of the Eagles.

It would be recalled that the former Togo and Mali
coach was booed by football fans when he stepped
into the national stadium in Abuja during Nigeria
versus Sudan 2015 Nations Cup qualifier on
Wednesday.

The match ended 3-1 in favour of the Super Eagles.
Keshi was asked to go after beating Sudan 3-1 on
Wednesday in Abuja.

The win came after Nigeria had lost two of its
previous encounters and had a draw in the
qualifying rounds, placing it in doubtful position of
qualifying for the football show piece.

Solidstar - My Body ft Timaya (prod. by Orbeat)

Solidstar has been on a run of form lately constantly
churning out club bangers, with his Baby Jollof ft
the Mavin's First lady Tiwa Savage which is still
trending across the country, here is another hit
banger My Body featuring Timaya, produced by
Orbeat. Listen here - www.solidstarmusic.com

Uche Jombo tops Nollywood's Most Influential Women list. See full list

ICampus mag, owned by Samuel Olatunji, an
entertainment and media entrepreneur just released
its list of Nollywood's Most Influential Women and
surprisingly Uche Jombo is at No.1. I would have
expected Genevieve or Omotola but what do I know?

See full list below and tell us if you agree...

Full list below..

1. Uche Jombo
2. Genevieve Nnaji
3. Rita Dominic
4. Ini Edo
5. Mercy Johnson

6. Blessing Effiong Egbe
7. Kate Henshaw
8. Omoni Oboli
9. Omotola Jalade Ekeinde
10. Emem Isong
11. Stephanie Linus

Donald Trump again calls for stop of all flights from West Africa, calls Obama a psycho

Following the new cases of Ebola diagnosed in the
US, billionaire business mogul, Donald Trump has
once again called for the stop of all flights to and
from West Africa. He's so frustrated about the
situation, he called his president a psycho...lol.

I
guess screening at the airport is not enough for him.
Thank God he's not the US president.

Find Out How You Can Work Better & Smarter With an iPad

Are you a doctor? A lawyer? An engineer? A teacher,
an artist, a sales executive? A banker, an airline pilot,
an entrepreneur?

Whatever you do for a living, your work does not
define you. Instead, you hold the power to define the
way you work. And the way the world works is
changing fast, thanks to the magic, convenience, and
versatility of mobile technology.

With an iPad in your hands, connected by WiFi or
3G to the Internet, you can instantly access the
emails, files, documents, and data you need to do
your job.

You can manage your workday, take notes, record
interviews and meetings, and run presentations
using the powerful and elegantly designed KeyNote
app, part of the Apple Creativity Suite that comes free
with every iPad.

You can also choose from thousands of specialist
apps, available on the App Store, that can enhance
and transform the way you work in your chosen
professional field.

More than ever, the iPad is everybody's business.

And now you can take a close look at how the iPad
can work for you, by signing up for a free "iPad in
Business" training session at iStore Ikeja Mall this
month.

The one-hour session will introduce you to great
ways of integrating the iPad into your small to
medium-sized business, and will cover activation and
setup, configuration, and device management as
well.

So pop into iStore Ikeja Mall , or visit http://
myistore.com.ng/ to book for the training session or
to find out more.

The world of work isn't what it used to be, and it
isn't what it's going to be, either.
It's going to be even smarter, even more switched-
on, even more geared to making life easier and more
productive for you…whatever you do for a living!

NFF sacks Stephen Keshi, replaces him with Amodu Shuaibu

Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi and the
team's coaching staff have been sacked despite
beating Sudan 3-1 last night. The Nigerian Football
Federation, announced his sack today October 16th
after an emergency meeting which held last night in
Abuja. Explaining the sack, the NFF said;

"In the interest of Nigeria football and the desire
to ensure qualification for the 2015 Africa Cup of
Nations finals, the Committee decided to relieve
them of their duties with immediate effect."

Keshi has been replaced with 56 year old Amodu
Shuaibu who has coached the national team before.
Shuaibu is an interim coach pending when they get a
new coach. Personally, I find this annoying!

Surebet introduces Feed The Ghetto Child

Coming weeks after Ukomadu John Ngozi won and Ogbuka Austin Ijora won N7.5m and N3.6m on www.surebet247.com with popular Comedian
Basketmouth also signing a multi-million naira deal
as the company's brand face .top
bookmakers Surebet247 has introduced a new policy
which mandates winners of amounts above
N3million to donate 5% of all winnings to a good
cause tagged- Feed the Ghetto Child

The initiative is to encourage their winners to
collaborate with the company to donate food items to
protect the poor in the community. The project has
already kicked off on the streets of Iwaya, Orile, Sari-
Iganmu and Makoko where bags of rice, Semo and
Vegetable Oil were distributed to the week and
needy.

Benin court sentences teacher to life imprisonment for raping 11yr old girl

35 year old Bright Asiruwa has been sentenced to life
imprisonment by a Benin city High Court for defiling
an 11yr old primary school pupil in 2007 at Osazuwa
Primary School in Ehor, Uhunmwode LGA of Edo
state, while he was a teacher in the school.

PM News reports that the case against the convicted
rapist started at an Abudu High Court in 2008 and
then finally moved to the Benin City High court where
the presiding judge, Justice G. O. Imadegbelo, after
examining all evidence brought against him,
pronounced him guilty of rape and then sentenced
him to life imprisonment.

Neil Young: 'We should impeach President Obama for fracking'

Neil Young has called for US President Barack Obama for
fracking.
The legendary rock frontman made the statement last night
(October 14) on Stateside talk show The Colbert Report,
writes Rolling Stone. "I think we should impeach him for
fracking," said Young when asked by host Stephen Colbert

if he thought Obama should be impeached over Iraq. "It's
not in the interest of the American people... I am part of the
free world, and he is the leader of the free world!"

Young will release his new solo album, 'Storytone' on
November 3. The LP is his second of the year following 'A
Letter Home', which was recorded in the vintage vinyl booth
at Jack White's Third Man Records store in Nashville.

The release will be a double album with a second disc
seeing the iconic rocker performing the same songs but
backed by a 92-piece orchestra.

Meanwhile, Neil Young recently said that he will never tour
as part of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young again.

David
Crosby subsequently responded to his to former bandmate
and said: "I hear Neil said 'there will never be any more
CSNY shows', that's like saying there are mountains in Tibet
we know Neil... we already knew."

Photo: Fake University agent sentenced to 9 years in prison

Find the EFCC press release below...

Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of Kano State High Court
on Friday Oct. 10, 2014 convicted and sentenced
one Abdul Auwal Yahaya to nine and half years
imprisonment without option of fine on six count
charges bordering on conspiracy, obtaining
money by false pretense and forgery.

The convict was arraigned on November 18, 2013 by
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
before Justice Aboki for allegedly conniving with one
Bashir Ahmed Haruna (already convicted) and
obtaining the sum N2, 027,000 (Two Million, twenty
seven thousand) under the pretext that he is an agent
of Future University, Cairo and was capable of
securing admission into the institution for the
children of the complainant.

The convict is to serve seven years imprisonment on
count two while in respect of counts one, three, four,
five and six, he is to serve six months imprisonment
each. The convict was also ordered to pay the sum of
N2, 027,000 in restitution to the complainant.
The sentences shall run concurrently and will start
from the date of arraignment.

Happy birthday to the living legend, DJ Jimmy Jatt

DJ Jimmy Jatt is a year old today October 15th and it's
only befitting to wish him a happy birthday. May your
days be long and may you continue to inspire. Happy
birthday, DJ Jimmy Jatt! Such an amazing man!

YQ releases visuals of comeback single, ‘Tear Rubber (Eru Ni)’

A couple of weeks after the release of his comeback
single 'Tear Rubber (Eru Ni) which is currently
rocking the streets, clubs and airwaves, talented
singer and Cadilly Entertainment's latest signee, YQ is
proud to present the highly anticipated rich video for
our viewing pleasure.

YQ recruits the services of the young, prolific and
most promising video director, Eddie Izycs to deliver
this entertaining video which features super
producer, Laylow and superstar artiste, Jaywon.

Filled with enthralling aesthetics, expensive props,
mind blowing light effects, excellent choreography,
lush motion graphics, amazing dance steps you'd
love to see and a bevy of beautiful lead ladies which
perfectly complements YQ's performance swag and
infectious vocal tones and flow.

Watch the 'TEAR RUBBER (Eru Ni)' video below and
get yourself to the nearest dance floor with this one!

#TearRubber #EruNi
Mobile Video Short link: http://goo.gl/mNvGZ2
IG/Twitter: @iam_YQ @cadillybaby

Another Texas health care worker tests positive to Ebola

Oh no! Sad for this hospital. A second health care
worker at the Texas Presbyterian Hospital has tested
positive to Ebola, a few days after a nurse, Nina
Pham, tested positive. The new case is also one of
those who attended to late Thomas Eric Duncan, the
Liberian who took Ebola to America.

Confirming the 2nd diagnoses, the US Center for
Disease Control and prevention said in a statement
"A second healthcare worker at Texas
Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for the
index patient has tested positive for Ebola
according to preliminary test performed overnight
by the Texas Department of State Health Services
Laboratory".

M.I Abaga announces album release date

Chocolate City's rap superstar/ Chairman recently in
an interview with Channels TV announced that his
highly anticipated upcoming album will be released
on the 30th of October 2014 on Itunes and in physical
CDs.

Photos: Singer Alicia Keys leads #BringBackOurGirls rally in NYC

To commemorate the 6th month of the abduction of
Chibok Girls in Borno state on April 14th, US singer
Alicia Keys led other women to the United Nations
Headquarters in New York where they called for
continued efforts towards the release of the
abducted girls. Alicia Keys said it is important
everyone keeps talking about the issue until it is
resolved because humans have the tendency to move
on quickly...

Mark Zuckerberg donates $25million to help fight Ebola

Facebook founder and the 13th richest person in the
world, Mark Zuckerberg, estimated to be worth over
$30billion just announced on his Facebook page that
he's donating $25 million to the Centers for Disease
Control Foundation to help fight Ebola.

Continue to
read the statement he released...

Priscilla and I are donating $25 million to the
Centers for Disease Control Foundation to help
fight Ebola. The Ebola epidemic is at a critical
turning point. It has infected 8,400 people so far,
but it is spreading very quickly and projections
suggest it could infect 1 million people or more
over the next several months if not addressed.
We need to get Ebola under control in the near
term so that it doesn't spread further and become
a long term global health crisis that we end up
fighting for decades at large scale, like HIV or
polio.

We believe our grant is the quickest way to
empower the CDC and the experts in this field to
prevent this outcome.

Grants like this directly help the frontline
responders in their heroic work. These people are
on the ground setting up care centers, training
local staff, identifying Ebola cases and much
more.

We are hopeful this will help save lives and get
this outbreak under control.

Photo: Dallas nurse with Ebola has been identified

The Dallas nurse who contracted Ebola while treating
Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan at the Texas Health
Presbyterian Hospital, has been identified at 26 year
old Nina Pham. Nina, according to report, was
among over 50 staff of the hospital that cared for
Duncan who later died on October 8th.

Nina is said to probably have had the closest contact
with Duncan, she was his personal nurse and was in
his room often. She and others who cared for
Duncan wore protective gear, including gowns,
gloves, masks and face shields, and sometimes full-
body suits but that didn't help Nina. She's officially
the first person to contract the disease within the US.

She's currently being treated at the same hospital.
Yesterday, she received a blood transfusion from
Ebola survivor, Dr Kent Brantly. Hopefully she will
make it.

Malala, Malia & Sasha Obama make Time 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014 list

The world's youngest person to win the Nobel Prize,
Malala Yousafzai, president Obama's two daughter's
Malia and Sasha Obama make Time Magazine's 25
Most Influential Teens of 2014 list. These teenagers,
according to Time, were ranked based on 'social-
media followings, cultural accolades, business
acumen and more.'. See the full list below...

1. Mo'ne Davis, 13, Little League Baseball pitcher
2. Sasha Obama, 13, and Malia Obama, 16, President
Obama's daughters
3. Kiernan Shipka, 14, "Mad Men" actress
4. Jazz Jennings, 14, Transgender internet personality
5. Flynn McGarry, 15, chef
6. Erik Finman, 15, entrepreneur
7. Nash Grier, 16, Vine video star
8. Rico Rodriguez, 16, "Modern Family" actor
9. Ciara Judge, 16, Émer Hickey, 17, and Sophie Healy-
Thow, 17, Irish scientists
10. Shawn Mendes, 16, singer
11. Jaden Smith, 16, actor
12. Becky G, 17, singer
13. Salma Kakar, 17, athlete
14. Lorde, 17, singer
15. Lydia Ko, 17, golfer
16. Chloë Grace Moretz, 17, actress
17. Kylie Jenner, 17, and Kendall Jenner, 18, reality TV
stars
18. Malala Yousafzai, 17, activist, Nobel Prize Winner
19. Rachel Fox, 18, actress
20. Bethany Mota, 18, YouTube star
21. Joshua Wong, 18, activist
22. Austin Mahone, 18, singer
23. Tavi Gevinson, 18, fashion blogger
24.Megan Grassell, 19, entreprenuer
25. Troye Sivan, 19, actor/singer

Looks like NFF is looking for another coach to replace Keshi

After losing 3-2 to Congo, 1-0 to a meek Sudanese
side, drawing with South Africa and being at the
bottom of Group A with a single point after three
rounds of matches in the qualifying tournament for
Morocco 2015, it looks like the Nigeria Football
Federation is getting ready to replace Super Eagles
coach, Stephen Keshi.

The NFF have said they won't make any hasty
decisions on Keshi's future but will wait till the match
tomorrow to know what step to take next. Sports
analyst believe that if the Super Eagles fail to win the
match tomorrow, then Keshi can as well kiss his job
goodbye.

The NFF board will meet today and tomorrow after
the match to determine where to go from here but
there are strong indications that they are already
looking for a replacement for the coach.
Meanwhile, Keshi has revealed that he has several
countries waiting to hire him should he be sacked.
Do you think Keshi should be replaced or left alone to
continue...?

Gays have gifts and qualities to offer the church - Vatican

The Vatican has asked for gay men and women to be
given a chance in the catholic faith as they have gifts
and qualities to offer the church. This call was made
in a document released yesterday October 13th by
the Vatican after a week-long Synod (Council of a
church, usually convened to decide an issue of
doctrine,) attended by about 200 bishops, who
deliberated and came up with the resolution
contained in a document which is known by its latino
name "relatio",

"Homosexuals have gifts and qualities to offer the
Christian community: are we capable of
welcoming these people, guaranteeing to them a
further space in our communities? Often they
wish to encounter a Church that offers them a
welcoming home," the document read..

The document also asked the Church to challenge
itself to find 'a fraternal space' for homosexuals
without compromising Catholic doctrine on family
and matrimony.

UN Worker dies of Ebola in Germany

A United Nation Aids worker who was being treated
for Ebola at the St George clinic in Leipzig, Germany
has died. The unidentified UN worker who was flown
back to Germany from Liberia last week after
contracting the deadly virus, died in the early hours
of today, October 14th. A statement from the hospital
read;

"The Ebola patient died during the night in the St.
George Clinic in Leipzig. Despite intensive medical
measures and maximum efforts by the medical
team, the 56 year old succumbed to the serious
infectious disease"

Question for the guys: Do you really check each other's 'junk' out?

Don't lie! Y'all do this.

Child labour: 6 year old boy photographed Hawking Drinks

Here are photos of a little boy, not more than 6 years
old, spotted hawking drinks as early as 10 this
morning in Lagos. I know some people need to make
ends meet to survive but sending a child this young
to the street is wrong on every level. This is so
heartbreaking to see!

Do you think there should be some kind of
punishment for parents/guardians who send an
innocent child out on the streets instead of school? I
think we should all get involved. Send a child to
#schoolnotstreet!

Pay tax for what? Bishop Oyedepo reacts to being named richest pastor in the world

Winners Chapel GO Bishop David Oyedepo who
recently turned 60, has reacted to the Forbes List of
World's Richest pastors where he was placed at No.1
with an estimated worth of about $150million.

Asked about Forbes' estimate of his fortune, Bishop
Oyedepo told Reuters that he doesn't know how
Forbes arrived at their figure but says he's blessed...

"For me, to have fortune means someone who has
what he needs at any point in time. I don't see
myself as having $150 million stacked up
somewhere. Whatever way they found their
figures, I am only able to say I am blessed by the
Lord."

Asked if churches should pay tax considering how
much they make, Bishop Oyedepo said;
"There is no single government input on this
premises. We supply our water, we make our
roads, then you ... say: 'Let's tax them'. For what?"

Win N250,000 & N30,000 weekly by creating your own Dance video

Nigerians are not smiling at all as Diamond bank is
giving away lots of cash prizes to fans who can dance
to the #YouNeedANewBank song. One winner is
going to be taking home the grand prize of N250,000
and they will also be giving out N30,000 every week to
one person who's dance video is extremely creative.

Do you think you have what it takes to win the
N30,000 for this week or are you aiming for the
N250,000?
Do not carry last oh, Follow this link to Download the
song, create your own video and submit: https://a.pgtb.me/jv0Xg3 Read the terms and conditions,
you will be disqualified if you do not follow it.

They've started rejecting Nigerian students admission because of Ebola

Despite being an Ebola-free country, some
universities in the US are now rejecting Nigerian
students admission.

Twitter user @Idrisayobello
shared one of those rejection letters on twitter and
wrote, "Ironic that NavarroCollege only 31 miles
away from Dallas with an active #Ebola case is
denying admission to Nigerians who are ebola-free!".

This is ridiculous!

Remembering The Chibok Girls - By Femi Fani Kayode

Article written by Femi Fani-Kayode

In the early hours of the morning of April 14th
2014 276 girls were abducted from their school as
they slept. They all came from a predominantly
Christian town in northern Nigeria called Chibok.

They were all between the ages of 15 and 18. They
were eager to get a good education and to make
something of their lives. 90 per cent of them were
Christians who believed passionately that their
God would always protect them and make a way
for them in the predominantly Muslim Borno state
where they resided in north-eastern Nigeria.

They left home on the morning of April 13th
confidently, eagerly and happily and went to school
to do an exam. The Federal Government of Nigeria,
headed by a Christian President by the name of Mr.
Goodluck Jonathan, had earlier reminded the local
authorities that the school had been closed for a
considerable period of time for security reasons and
warned that it should not be re-opened for the exams
to take place at Chibok because of the activities of the
deadly islamist terrorist sect known as Boko Haram
in that area. However the Muslim Governor of Borno
state, Mr. Kashim Shettima, ignored these warnings
and assured the Federal Government that he would
provide the necessary security. He also assured the
parents of the safety of the young girls.

He said that he would open the school specifically for
the purpose of the exams and he encouraged the
girls to not only come and do those exams but also
to spend one night at the school after finishing them.

Convinced by his assurances and moved by his
conviction and confidence, the parents of the girls
allowed their wards to proceed to the school for the
exam and they encouraged them to spend the night
there. The curious twist to the tale is the fact that a
few of the girls that went to take that exam were the
children of those that taught at the school yet after
the exams were concluded not one of them stayed in
the school or opted to spend the night.

It was almost as if they had a premonition of what
was going to happen or, perhaps, someone on the
inside had warned them about the horrors that lay
ahead. The Governor of the state did not honor his
word to provide security at the school. As a matter of
fact as the girls prepared to sleep that night not one
adult was in the school premises to watch over them
apart from an old man who was the school
gatekeeper and who slept at the gate. No teacher,
supervisor or school official stayed with them that
night and neither did the school matron, headmaster
or principal.

Not one person in authority was with them let alone
an armed man or woman to protect them from the
obvious dangers. They were on their own. Worse still
there was no electricity that night and no lights were
on because there was no power flowing from the
national grid and neither was the school generator
working. The girls were not only on their own but
they were also in total and complete darkness.

They
said their prayers, sang a few hymns, asked for God's
protection and went to bed. Then, at approximately
3.00 a.m. in the morning, Boko Haram stormed the
premises. The girls were subjected to the most
unspeakable forms of abuse: they were raped,
brutalised, traumatised and finally they were
abducted.

The terrorists not only took the girls but they also
ransacked the school, stole all the food in the
premises, burnt a number of school buildings and
made away with whatever they could lay their hands
on. They bundled the 276 young girls into their
lorries and sped in the dead of the night into the
deadly clutches and dark groves of their hideout- the
notorious Sambisa Forest. A few days later the
leader of Boko Haram, Mr. Ibrahim Shekau, released
a video of himself telling the world about his
intention to convert the girls to Islam, sell them into
slavery ''in markets'' and marry them off in foreign
lands.

He said that Islam permitted him to do so. He also
said that he would never release them. He claimed
that they had become slaves of Boko Haram and that
they would remain slaves forever. Two weeks later a
video was released of some girls covered in Muslim
shawls and garb reciting the Koran. It was clear that
Mr. Shekau had kept his word. These girls had been
forcefully converted to Islam and they were now
slaves.

Thankfully 55 of them managed to escape whilst they
were being abducted from the school on their way to
Sambisa forest. They did so by jumping off the
moving lorries that their captors had herded them
into. Two more escaped a few days after arriving in
Sambisa forest. They have since recounted some of
the horrors that they were subjected to and that they
faced whilst in captivity.

This includes multiple rapes on a daily basis from
several men, group sex, beatings, killings, torture,
enslavement, maimings and forced renunciations of
their christian faith and conversion to Islam. Clearly
the 219 girls that are still in captivity are literally in
hell. Stories are told of how some of them have been
sold off ''in marriage'' to wealthy Arabs in north
Africa and the Middle East and how others have
become sex slaves in bordering African nations like
Chad, the Sudan and Niger Republic. Up till today the
Nigerian Federal Government has no idea where they
actually are and have not been able to rescue any of
them.

A world-wide ''Bring Back Our Girls'' campaign has
been launched and this has created more awareness
about their horrendous plight and kept hope alive for
their safe return. However when a former President
of Nigeria, Mr. Olusegun Obasanjo, said that the
world would soon have to come to terms with the
fact that ''we may never see those girls again'' and
that ''by now some of them will be dead whilst others
will be pregnant'' it did not give much cause for hope
or cheer. Perhaps the utter despair that Mr.
Obasanjo's words reflected added to the anxiety,
trauma and heartache that resulted in the sudden
deaths of no less than 7 of the parents of the
abducted girls.

The truth is that the girls are not just the victims of
the most vicious Islamist terrorist organisation on
the African continent today, an organisation whose
sheer cruelty and barbarity is at par with that of ISIL,
but they are also the victims of an uncaring and
insensitive ruling political elite in Nigeria who would
prefer that the whole matter is just swept under the
carpet and forgotten simply because they do not
have the capability, the guts or the political will to
take on Boko Haram in any meaningful way and
rescue the girls.

The reality, as unpleasant as it may sound, is as
follows. When the question is asked ''where are our
girls?'', the answer is that they are somewhere in hell,
hoping and praying that the Nigerian authorities and
the international community never forgets them and
manages to muster the resolve, know-how and
courage to rescue them. We owe them that much:
after all they are our children.

Yet all hope is not lost. On 25th September 2014 one
of the girls was released by Boko Haram. Sadly she
was not only pregnant but she had also lost her mind
as a consequence of the trauma that she had
suffered from her ordeal. The good news is that she
is at least alive and safely back home with her family
where she belongs. This gives us hope for the others.
May God bring home our girls and may we never
forget them.

M-Net, multichoice lift the lid on new Dstv premium channels

This month, DStv audiences will be
exposed to two new high-end television
channels that will hit the screens in the
next two weeks. These out-of-the-
ordinary additions to DStv's Premium
package will be called M-Net Edge (113)
and VUZU AMP (114).

Switched-on, trendy viewers who
currently enjoy VUZU, will be able to
dive into the coolness and amplifi ed
experience of VUZU AMP for the first
time on Tuesday 13 October at 17:00
CAT. Channel 114 on DStv will be the
home of this amplified VUZU channel
featuring local and international content
in HD.

On Tuesday 20 October at 19:00 CAT, M-
Net Edge will officially launch on
channel 102, as the thought provoking
and more irreverent home to
awardwinning television.

It will be a companion to flagship
channel M-Net 101, known for its
blockbuster and Hot off the Heels
series.Due to the age restrictions linked
to the programming on M-Net Edge, the
channel will be on air for eleven hours
only – from 18:00 CAT in the evening
until 05:00 CAT the next morning.

The revolutionary M-Net Edge line-up
will feature the most critically acclaimed
cult-craze series from Hollywood – the
kind of risqué shows you would prefer
not to watch with the entire family. On
the October schedule, for example, you
will find the eagerly awaited Emmy
awardwinning comedy-drama Orange is
the New Black. Among the other big
attractions are the brand new series
Masters of Sex and Satisfaction, as well
as new seasons of The Americans, Defi
ance and American Horror Story.

VUZU AMP will kick off its mission to be
the antidote to average with The Flash,
which means that the channel will boast
"Express from the US" titles. The show
will premiere in the US on 7 October and
will make its debut shortly thereafter on
VUZU Amp. Already earning a huge
amount of attention in global TV-land,
The Flash is based on the DC Comics
character Flash, a costumed superhero
crime-fighter – and is a spin-off of
Arrow.

At the time of its launch, VUZU AMP will
also host many season premieres of
hugely popular television series, among
them The Vampire Diaries, Devious
Maids, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, So You Think
You Can Dance and Pretty Little Liars.

To make way for these two
unprecedented channels, the current M-
Net Series Showcase and M-Net Series
Reality channels on DStv Premium will
discontinue. Instead, the content from
these channels will be found on M-Net
Edge (channel 113) or VUZU AMP
(channel 114).

Woman who allegedly transformed from a bird dies in hospital

The woman who eyewitnesses claim fell from tension
wire while flying as a bird and turned into this
woman pictured above at Cappa B-stop, Oshodi on
Friday Oct. 10th, has died in hospital.

Witnesses claim they saw a bird flying around the
area around 12noon that Friday afternoon, then the
bird hit a high tension clable and then transformed
into a badly burnt woman. Policemen arrived the
scene as a crowd gathered the supposed 'witch' and
took her to the hospital..

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP
Kenneth Nwosu, told Punch that the woman died in
hospital and her body has been deposited at the
Mainland General Hospital's morgue.

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