Monday 21 December 2015

D BANJ WITH DON JAZZY PERFORMING TOGETHER AT TIMAYA CONCERT

Photos/Video: D'banj & Don Jazzy perform together in Port Harcourt

D'Banj and Don Jazzy performed their hit single Igwe at Timaya's I Concur concert which held in Port Harcourt, Rivers state yesterday December 20th. See more pictures and a video of their performance after the cut ...

A NEW BORN BABY FOUND IN A PIT TOILET

Photo: Newborn baby rescued from pit toilet

A newborn baby was rescued alive today, December 21, by South African police in Ramatlhwa village. The baby has been take to the hospital where it is currently receiving treatment.

How Can Anybody Be This Foolish?

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He Is a big fool... a very useless man, jobless mumu, shameless idiot. Na only for food he dey get sense. no be him mates dey drive beta car. wetin make me marry am sef? Nonsense" By the time Mrs Atinuke finished narrating their family issues to her Aunty, Mama Janet turned around to look at him with such complete and utter PITY. Mr Adeola covered his face in shame...
What exactly had he done to deserve this treatment from the bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh?

The one and only true love of his life?

The one he exchanged such loving marital vows with and had faithfully and sincerely honoured them for the past seven years?

The woman who had given him three lovely children and swore to be by his side for better for worse till death do them part?


How had things gone so wrong?


Let me start from the beginning...


Mr Adeola was your average Nigerian man who graduated from the University of Ibadan with first class  in mechanical engineering and was part of the lucky few who got employment with one of the top federal I.T firms in Nigeria


He was also blessed with a darling wife...the mother of three wonderful children he loved so dearly.


A particular Sunday night, as he watched his wife and children sleep, he thought about what he had  and was feeling very grateful, after all he was so happy he could not have wished for anything more.

Little did he know that his life was about to take a turn for the worst

One Tuesday morning, Mr Adeola went to work as he had done for the past 5 years and immediately he arrived, he had this gut feeling that something was amiss...

Some of the office work stations were vacant and he knew a few of the people who worked on those places...they had never missed a day of work in their lives.


As if to confirm his suspicions, 20 minutes later he was urgently summoned to the office of his 'oga at the top'

On geting there his employer explained to him that since President Goodluck Jonathan removed subsidy on fuel in January 2012, things had not been the same at the company.

The company was not meeting up to its expected monthly quota and decided to downsize to save costs.

Then his boss dropped the bombshell...


"Mr Adeola, you have been a solid employee but we simply have to cut staffing. This is really hard for me, if there is anything I can do for you, just let me know..."


Then his employer handed him the much dreaded white envelope.

His world came crashing down in a matter of seconds...

He simply thanked his boss, packed his personal belongings and walked out of the building, never to step a foot in there again.


What just happened?

His mind was still in shock...

All the countless hours of sweat and blood he had poured into the company had gone down the drain.
He had heard of similar cases happening to other people, even read about it on the newspapers and saw it on the television news...

He even witnessed a firsthand experience when his dear cousin was sacked from her job and silently prayed to never experience it.

Unfortunately he was not spared...

After dinner, he mustered courage and told Atinuke he was back in the labour market.

"ehn, darling what did you just say?"

He could never have imagined she would react that way.

That her enchanting smile that melted his heart even when he was in a very bad mood vanished in an instant like a thief in the night.

She consoled him and assured him that he would soon land himself a better job

And so it begun...


Armed with his carefully written CV and application letter, he scoured through lots of newspapers and submitted his CV and application letter to different companies in his field that had advertised vacant positions.


He called family, friends and relations about his condition and some promised him help which never came as you cannot give what you do not have.


With the advise of a friend, he took his search to the internet and subscribed to different jobs and career sites like jobberman, ngcareeers, w3jobs and visiting
different job forums that could help him get different openings all over the country.


This indeed gave him some openings and he was contacted for some interviews.

Having done serious research on the company that contacted him before hand, he had dressed in his best suit and hustled through the tough traffic just to be very early for the interview where he did very well and was praised by the interviewers who promised him the job.

He got home happy and excited to tell his wife he had been successful and hoped to get a mail, text or call from the company on when he would start his new career.

All this while, it was his wife that had been taking care of their family and the three children.

She earned slightly less than one-tenth of his previous salary and she had to put in many extra hours in hope of receiving bonuses just to cope and prayed God her husband get the job so she could drop a part of the family burden


Two weeks passed and still no call, no mail, no sms from the company.
Mr Adeola was beginning to get worried so he went to their office the next morning to make an enquiry only to be dealt a devastating blow.

The job he was promised had been given to another man...one who was not even as qualified as himself for that position.


He left the compound in tears and later discovered the new employee was a close relative of the 'oga kpatakpata' so there was no way he could have even gotten the job.


His wife was not happy to hear this but encouraged him to keep on searching after which he had submitted his CV to many other companies and was expecting the result of the interviews in good faith.


Strangely he was beginning to feel a difference in his wife's attitude towards him but couldn't point out exactly what it was.

There was one Thursday morning when he had to run out of the bathroom even with a soapy body just to answer his ringing phone thinking it was probably one of the companies he had gone for an interview who wanted to finally offer him the job.


Sadly he was very disappointed as it was MTN calling to tell him of their new caller tune service.

"these yeye people don come again ooo" he lamented.

The Tuesday evening just after easter, as Mr Adeola was coming back from yet another failed attempt to get a job at Apapa, he was thinking about what his life had become, if there was any hope for the future...
...this was when he started feeling this sharp pounding in his chest and was so tired he fought to keep his eyes open that he didn't notice the Danfo bus approaching...

If not for the timely intervention of a LASTMA official who pushed him out of the road, he would have ended up in the cemetery with his destiny cut short.


He thanked the LASTMA official profusely and went to get himself checked out at a nearby hospital where he learnt he had abnormal high blood pressure reading of 145.
The doctor explained that what he had just experienced was a mild case of heart attack and he had to reduce the stress levels in his life or he may experience the full blown type.

This was the aftermath of many serial doses of Anxiously awaiting an employer's call that he had been "awarded" his well deserved job as a reward for all his struggling efforts just to get his hopes dashed in the mud.

This made him stop physical job hunting for many months to recover while he kept submitting CV's online and kept praying for the best.

Meanwhile his wife, though grateful for his life was not pleased he could not assist with the family matters financially and after sometime started seeing him as a nuisance and found fault with almost every little thing he did.

He did things to please her and did his best to avoid quarrels, even apologizing when he wasn't at fault but she treated him how she liked and he could not utter a word because he dared not bite the hand that was "feeding" him.


Luck was on his side that the growing children were still too young to really understand the meaning of the bad, bad words his wife frequently rained on him. Deep down he was gradually losing his self esteem and knew he could not continue like that for long...

One Saturday afternoon in may 2014, his in-laws came on one of those rare visits to him and "their daughter" were doing.
If anyone had told him that was going to be one of his worst days on earth, he won't have agreed to them coming over or even stayed away from home.

Things were going fine until one of the 'big aunties' said he had added quite some weight since she last saw him and teased him about how "life dey treat him well well".

That was the last straw as Atinuke bitterly narrated to Mama Janet her version of everything that went on in their house...leading to a great deal of unprintable insults on him.
This single event proved to be a great turning point of his life he swore it would never repeat itself.

Two weeks later, he was able to settle for a teaching job in Surulere...one he hated so much but was stuck at, where he earned a salary that will make any married man cry.

As our people say, behind every disappointment is a blessing...

It turns out God's blessing was indeed waiting for Mr Adeola, though dressed in a form he didn't recognize immediately. http://www.goo.gl/cTC484
It was one that he accidentally stumbled upon while reading a popular Nigerian forum.

Having failed in the past he worked on this differently and even went as far as begging his wife for a loan (which he later paid back) just to make the best of his opportunity.
Surprisingly, it grew bigger than anyone could have expected, and was responsible for saving his marriage from the brink of divorce, ending his financial crisis and giving his family a better life. http://www.goo.gl/cTC484

Adeola's story is truly one that proves the fact that no matter what you face in life, God is in total Control
 
You will learn some life lessons from this especially if you are a Nigerian married man who has lost his job or you are currently struggling with your job and really need another source of income.

MAVIN RECORDS FIRST EVER CONCERT SHOW

Mavin Records Set To Hold First Ever Concert In December

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Mavin records is set to hold one of the biggest concerts for the first time since inception three years ago.
Tagged the Access Mavin Concert, the label has teamed up with Access bank to say thank you to fans for all the years of support.
At the press briefing which held at Intercontinental Hotel on Wednesday, 11th November 2015, it was announced that the concert will hold on Wednesday, December 23rd 2015 at the Eko Boulevard, Eko Atlantic City, Lagos and it will be at a  minimal cost of N499.
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The entire Mavin Records lineup of Dr. Sid, Tiwa Savage, Korede Bello, Di’ja, Reekado Banks, D’Prince and frontman Don Jazzy are on the lineup to entertain guests on that night.
Speaking at the press conference, Don Jazzy stated:
“This is our way of saying thank you to our many fans around the world for supporting us from our launch three years ago to where we are now. We have achieved so many records and the only reason we have done all this in such a short space of time is because of our amazing fan base. The tickets are super affordable and can be purchased on PayWithCapture.”
Tiwa Savage who recently welcomed a baby boy will also be making her first stage performance at the event and we certainly cannot wait till this concert!
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Tuesday 15 December 2015

L.A.P.D African Cops movie

What do you get when two typical Nigerian men travel to the United States and join the Police force in this case, the LAPD? Lots of laughs and wahala, that's for sure. Join Pascal Atuma & his brother Oscar as they meander the mean streets of Los Angeles, dishing out their own brand of authentic African values to the boys in the 'hood!

LAPD African Cops, shows the African American cultural differences with Africa and intends to close the gap between African Americans and Africans, giving hope that the chains of the past will some day be broken, and then we will see each other as one.

The film stars Hollywood & Nollywood actors such as Vanessa Bell Calloway, Luenell, Dorien Wilson,Brian Hooks,etc. It was produced By Dr. Oscar Atuma & Pascal Atuma. Co – Produced By Ime Etuk and written & Directed By Pascal Atuma. LAPD AFRICAN COPS won three (3) Awards at the just concluded Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards (GIAMA) in Houston Texas out of a total of seven(7) nominations .The movie is being distributed in West Africa by Silver Bird Cinemas and is showing in cinemas nationwide. Make sure you go see!

Watch trailer below...
https://youtu.be/FNyaWUr3etc

TROOPS DESTROY MORE BOKO HARAM CAMP

Photos: Troops destroy more Boko haram camps, frees 31 hostages

Troops operating in Bama, Borno state yesterday cleared Boko Haram terrorists out of Aulari general area located within the Sambisa forest, clearing 4 camps located within the area that includes Faldan, Kidiziromari, Kuroshini, Kurumari and Ngulda.

According to a statement from the Acting Director Army Public Relations Col. Sani Usman, one Boko Haram terrorist was killed while trying to escape and about 31 persons were rescued from the terrorists.

During the attack, the troops discovered stockpile of farm produce in metal drums, sacks and underground storage facilities. Other items recovered included several bicycles and motorcycles. Some of the farmlands yet to be harvested were also set ablaze by the terrorists. A wooden rifle used for training and practice by the terrorists was also retrieved.

In a related development, troops of 7 Division Garrison conducted 8 fighting patrols along Leje Axis. The troops cleared the area and about 15 other villages around Leje. They include Khadadamamari, Ladin Buta, Hilmari, Kashauri, Keshan Ngala, Aiwa, Masu Kura, Mabirni, Grza 1 and 2, Mashuari, Dubenge, Tauba and Majande.

The troops also pursued and destroyed 2 Boko Haram terrorists on motor cycles. Troops have also blocked all known routes to prevent Boko Haram Terrorists from transporting livestock across borders. All these are with a view to stopping the Boko Haram from fueling their terror machines through cattle rustling and illegal trading.

A TRANSGENDER WOMAN SENT TO A MALE PRISON

Transgender woman sent to a male prison petitions to be sent to a female prison

Tara Hudson has been living as a woman for six years, but back in October she was sent to a men’s prison over an assault charge. The 26-year-old transgender woman was jailed for 12 weeks after she was convicted of headbutting a bar manager last year. During her first week in the prison Hudson was faced with endless abuse from other prisoners.

Tara told Metro.co.uk:
“When I walked into the prison, it was like a cat with five legs had entered the building.”
“They would call me ‘chick with a d***,’ ‘trannie,’ ‘shim’ (she/him) or ‘hybrid’ and shout that the ‘Lady Boys of Bangkok’ were in town. I even heard one say, ‘It should be shot.'”
Hudson said she was scared for her life around the other prisoners. According to Metro, she was forced to flash the inmates because she was scared of getting raped.
“Most of them were really excited. Everyone thought I was an ordinary woman and they hadn’t seen one in a long time. It was all very sexual – they were very sexually excited.”
Luckily for her, a petition was started to have her moved to a female prison. It gathered over 140,000 signatures, according to the BBC.
After a week, Hudson was moved to a women’s prison.
Two transgender women in England recently hanged themselves over the fear of male prisons. Vikki Thompson, 21, was found dead in HMP Leeds after saying she would commit suicide if she was sent there, and 38-year-old Joanne Latham hanged herself at HMP Woodhill

I NEVER GIVE DASUKI N40BILLION DONATION SAYS SANUSI

I never gave Dasuki N40billion donation - Sanusi

All these accusations and counter-accusations is beginning to get worrisome. Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II has denied claims that he gave the office of the embattled former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki N40 billion while he served as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. He denied the claims in an interview with The Cable...
“This is completely untrue. In the first place, I understand the laws of money laundering. And it is a criminal offence. The central bank is the chief regulator charged with ensuring we put an end to money laundering. This is partly why we started our cashless Nigeria project and why I started the BVN project. I would never authorize that amount of cash to be moved to the office of the NSA or to anyone even if it was in their account.
I do not know where they are getting these strange stories. I was removed from the CBN in February 2014, and to the best of my knowledge, the EFCC is probing disbursements allegedly made made in late 2014 and early 2015 before the general elections, if indeed they happened. I find it difficult to believe that this could happen in the CBN that I know but we have to wait and see what the investigations come out with. Certainly whoever is linking me to this did not even bother to look at the dates of the alleged transactions. I know nothing about them, period. We never gave cash to anybody. If we did we disclosed it in published accounts under CSR. Our interventions, be this to educational institutions or security services, took the form of clearly identified projects or specified procurement, done through well laid-down procedures, including competitive bidding, award of contracts, and collection of no-objection certificate from the due process office. We did not give cash to anybody. The total amount disbursed by the CBN on capital projects in my five years was N55 billion. And this included contracts for CBN branches and our CSR interventions mainly in the universities and secondary schools. How can anyone suggest that we gave N40 billion to ONSA?” he said

Thursday 10 December 2015

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TEENAGER CHARGED IN MURDER OF FLORIDA RABBI

Teenager charged in murder of Florida Rabbi

After a beloved rabbi was shot to death walking to temple last year, a shocked community came together. Neighbors pooled money for a reward. They went on high alert to help police find a killer.
But mostly they wondered who took the life of a religious man who wasn’t carrying money as he strolled to synagogue for Sabbath services.

Now, after months of painful mystery, a suspect is in custody. A DNA match and eyewitness testimony helped identify a 14-year-old Norland High student as the alleged killer who gunned down Rabbi Joseph Raksin.
“Everyone was talking about it in shul (temple) this morning,” said Yona Lunger, a Miami-Dade Jewish community activist and member of a neighborhood watch group known as the Shmira Patrol. “It couldn’t be better timing than to happen during Hanukkah when each day was a miracle.”
Izzy Labkowski, Raksin’s son-in-law, said Wednesday that knowing that someone is being held in custody for his father-in-law’s death brings some comfort.
“This is a sad situation especially when we hear that the (alleged) murderer was 14 years old,” he said. “We just hope other young kids learn from this.”
Miami-Dade police arrested Deandre Edwin Charles, now 15, at dawn Wednesday after a grand jury indicted him on first-degree murder and attempted armed robbery.

Raksin, visiting from Brooklyn, was felled with one fatal .40-caliber round to the chest on the morning of Aug. 9, 2014. Raksin was on his way to Bais Menachem Chabad.

In accordance with his beliefs, Raksin was not carrying any valuables on the holy day of rest — but was nonetheless targeted by at least two young people, one wielding a pistol.
“We believe this was a robbery,” Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez-Rundle said during a news conference on Wednesday attended by police brass, religious leaders and the county’s mayor. “It was a crime of opportunity.”
Said the rabbi’s daughter, Shulamis Labkowski-Raksin:
“We want this vicious thug to be prosecuted to the fullest extent the law allows.”
The killing rocked the tight-knit Orthodox Jewish community, where the devout suddenly feared walking to synagogue. They pooled $50,000 for a reward leading to an arrest. In New York City, hundreds mourned at services for the rabbi.

The arrest capped an exhaustive 16-month investigation in which homicide detectives combed through cellphone records, tested evidence for DNA and even relied on a sketch drawn by a neighbor who saw the gunman running from the scene.

Miami-Dade prosecutors declined to reveal more details about the case. Exactly where the DNA was found at the crime scene, and how detectives obtained a sample from Charles, remains shielded from the public as detectives look to build a case against others believed to be involved in the killing.
“Turn yourselves in or we will come get you,” said Juan Perez, Miami-Dade police’s acting director.
Prosecutors Michael Von Zamft and Marie Mato on Tuesday secured a grand jury indictment. By Wednesday morning, the Norland High student was arrested at his home in Northwest Miami-Dade.
Charles refused to talk to homicide detectives and was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

His family told reporters that Charles was home at the time of the shooting.
“He was home at the time. His whole family knows that,” stepfather Willis Archibald told reporters. “They are pinning this on a young teenager that has a lot of issues but this is ridiculous. I am 100 percent sure that he is innocent.”


Source: Miami Herald

Tuesday 8 December 2015

I WON'T BE AVAILABLE AS YAHAYA BELLO DEPUTY

I won’t be available as Yahaya Bello’s deputy - Faleke declares

Kogi State APC deputy governorship candidate, Abiodun Faleke who ran with late Prince Audu Abubakar in the November 21st governorship election, says he would not be available to be sworn-in as the deputy of the governor-elect, Yahaya Bello on January 27, 2016. Faleke said this at a press briefing in Kabba, Kogi state yesterday December 7th.


“I will not disappoint Prince Abubakar Audu. I, James Abiodun Faleke, will not be there for the swearing-in if we don’t finish the case before the January 27, 2016. Nobody consulted me before making me a deputy to Bello. He too did not consult me. I have made my position known to the party leadership on this. I am not ready to betray and disappoint Prince Abubakar Audu.”he said
Faleke in his speech exonerated President Buahri from the crisis in the party that resulted in the emergence of Yahaya Bello as the party flagbearer in the Saturday December 6th state supplementary election. He warned the leadership of the party against setting it on a path of destruction through impunity and injustice, saying they should learn from what happened to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said the present struggle was a complex one and beyond him, saying it was about emancipation of the people and the future of the state.
“People are fighting for 2019 in 2015. Are they God? What is happening is beyond human imagination. I am a marathoner, no matter how bumpy and rough the road is, we shall get there, “ he said.

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AFOREVO TALENT SHOW

What is Aforevo?

Aforevo (African Online Revolution) is a subsidiary of Murphy Ben International . It is the number one Youtube Network for African contents with over 1 billion views and over 9 billion minutes of watch time. Aforevo which has physical offices in Nigeria, Congo DR, Cameroon and about to make incursion into Ethiopia employing 200 young African graduates has also delved into digital television.



Our Community of movie viewers have grown our network over time and we believe it is time for us to give back to them starting with our "I am Talented" competition that is currently running on our website: www.aforevo.com. The competition will run for a few weeks and the winner will cart away N500k while the runners up will also go with juicy awards.
 
So, are you TALENTED? Prove it with a DANCE, a SONG or a short VIDEO SKIT. Registration is FREE!!! Simply LOGON to www.aforevo.com, NAVIGATE to COMPETITION on the MENU and UPLOAD YOUR VIDEO in MP4 format and must be 2mins long. All entries closes on the 12th of December.
 

Monday 7 December 2015

DAVIDO BLAST MTV BASE HOST

VIDEO: F78 Weekly – Davido Blast MTV Base Host, Olamide Accused Of Stealing D’banj’s Song, and More

MAN CAUGHT TRYING TO STEAL A GENERATOR FROM CHURCH

Monday, December 7, 2015

Photo: Man caught trying to steal a generator from a church

A man was caught trying to steal a generator from a church in the early hours Sunday morning, December 6, in Centuriom,South Africa. The man was apprehended by a members of a security outfit after he allegedly broke into Shalom Centurion in Johann Avenue.

Marcé Bester from OrangeFox Security said a resident staying near the church grounds alerted security. "He said he saw suspects in his yard and alerted security." A reaction team responded immediately and caught a man at the church. They recovered the generator which the man, and supposedly others, tried to steal. Nothing else was taken from the church.

Source: Centurion Rekord

WE WILL DESTROY ANY GROUP THAT TRIES TO DESTROY US

'We will destroy ISIS, and any group that tries to destroy us' Obama

President Barack Obama on Sunday vowed to "destroy" the ISIL group in a relentless, strong and smart campaign that is in tune with the nation's values. His speech meant to reassure a large number of Americans who feel the president's stance on terrorism is too weak, didn't announce an overhaul of a terrorism fight policy that critics have branded insufficient to take on the evolving threat of terrorism globally. 

Obama, said last week's mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, was a terrorist attack by a couple who had gone down the "dark path of radicalization" and embraced a "perverted" form of Islam.
"This was an act of terrorism designed to kill innocent people," Obama said. "Here's what I want you to know. The threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it. We will destroy ISIL and any other organization that tries to harm us. Our success won't depend on tough talk, or abandoning our values or giving into fear. That's what groups like ISIL are hoping for. Instead, we will prevail by being strong and smart, resilient and relentless. And by drawing upon every aspect of American power. We should not be drawn once more into a long and costly ground war in Iraq or Syria. That's what groups like ISIL want. They know they can't defeat us on the battlefield. ISIL fighters were part of the insurgency that we faced in Iraq. But they also know that if we occupy foreign lands, they can maintain insurgencies for years, killing thousands of our troops and draining our resources, and using our presence to draw new recruits," Obama said.

SANUSI,SAYS $1BN WAS LOST EVERY MONTH

Jailing Diezani will send a signal - Sanusi, says $1bn was lost every month during Jonathan's administration

Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II says if embattled former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke is jailed and convicted for corrupt charges, it will send a signal to other corrupt officials in Nigeria. Sanusi said this in an interview with US TV news, PBS Newshour
"If she (Diezani) goes to court and is jailed for example, it sends a signal I think that there is a day of reckoning. In Nigeria, there is no accountability at all and that is why I think Nigerian corruption is worse than in many parts of the world because it is the worst type of corruption. Its stealing".
He went on to say that under the last administration, a billion dollar was stolen every month.
"Frankly, I think a billion dollars under Jonathan a month was about what we were losing.”
Sanusi said the stealing of oil money was done via the award of oil blocs to groups of friends who do not have any knowledge of oil wells.
"Basically what it does is to allow a group of friends who do not have any kind of operating background to pay $50 million to access to crude oil in blocs valued at over $2 billion. and they just take the crude, ship it out and don't return the money. and there is no trace of where the money has gone. Someone gets a contract to lift crude from the terminals to the refineries. and in-between that crude is stolen in the high seas".
Watch the documentary which was carried out by PMS Newshour here...https://youtu.be/_r5PWtPB_og

Thursday 3 December 2015

2015 Calabar Festival/Carnival Audition Form now on Sales @Calabarfestival @pman_crs



Sales of Audition Forms for Calabar Carnival
Performances starts today 12th Nov 2015, it's open
to the general public in these categories:
Musicians, Dancers, Comedians, Models etc
Procedure:
Go to ecobank (former oceanic bank) by Murtala
Mohammed highway by diamond junction calabar,
cross river state and pay N2k, get a teller and pick
up the forms at any of the following Venues:
1) Cultural centre, Calabar
2) Tourism bureau, Calabar
3) Cross River Broadcasting Corporation, Calabar
Ensure you have your PMAN 2015 dues receipt with
you.
Auditions starts from 17th November by 8am
everyday at cultural centre main bowl, calabar,
Cross River state.
Good luck to you guys!! See you in carnival (Africa
Biggest street party)
- See more at: http://www.247xclusive.com/2015/11/2015-calabar-festivalcarnival-audition.html#sthash.JrnfnZRz.dpuf

TRISH WALKER IS A SUPERHERO

Rachael Taylor as Trish. Photo: Myles Aronowitz/Netflix
Marvel's Jessica Jones
AKA I've Got the Blues
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Episode
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Editor’s Rating
Since the first episode, Trish Walker has been itching to take more control of her life, whether it's through Krav Maga lessons or by packing a pistol. She's also been trying to help others do the same by joining Jessica's fight against Kilgrave. Although she lacks Jessica's superpowers, Trish jumps into the fray with endearing blind faith and an unwavering sense of justice. In "AKA I've Got the Blues," we learn just how far she's is willing to go to defeat Kilgrave.
The episode begins with Jessica covering Hope's body with a bloody tablecloth, while the noose victims recover from their near-hanging. Jessica takes a quiet moment to grieve Hope, then turns back to the chaos around her. She fabricates a cover story and convinces everyone to lie to the police. Later, Trish picks up a blood-covered Jessica near the scene. Trish tries to assuage her friend's guilt by pointing out that trading Albert for Hope made sense. Jessica says Albert is as good as dead, and now, she plans to track every elderly John Doe sent to the city's morgues. She hopes that Albert's death will provide a clue to Kilgrave's whereabouts.
Jessica and Trish arrive at a morgue and try to bluff their way inside to see the body. It doesn't work, and I'm kind of relieved because it would have felt so convenient to have such a gullible morgue monitor. What does get them in, though, is even more cheesy and annoying. Jessica notices that the monitor is reading a foodie magazine, then promises that Trish could use her "Trish Talk" fame to secure him a table at the restaurant of his choice. He bites. Trish makes a phone call in French and — voila! — they're inside the morgue. The body isn't Albert, and the monitor promises to alert Jessica of any suspicious arrivals.
Jessica is ready to visit more morgues, but an exhausted Trish thinks they both need to sleep. Jessica agrees, but then secretly conducts her own search. As she visits morgue after morgue, her exhaustion is palpable. She hallucinates a vision of Kilgrave, then runs after a man in the street, where she's hit by a food truck. As she writhes on the ground in pain, a crowd surrounds her. With her eyes barely open, she spies a pair of very familiar pointy shoes and lunges at a man — but it's not Kilgrave. Jessica limps away from the scene.
Back at work in the "Trish Talk" studio, a rested Trish interviews a famous flute player. (There's no way this is the top-rated talk show in New York, as Jessica claims.) A groveling Simpson interrupts the interview. He apologizes for being an asshole, but Trish stops him cold: "Assholes are a nuisance … you were violent and scary." He tries to justify his behavior by blaming the military pills he was taking. Trish accepts his apology, and reluctantly agrees to meet up at some point later. Simpson also wants to know where Jessica is, so he can apologize to her too.
Jessica, of course, is recovering from her accident. Later at Trish's apartment, Trish uses plastic kitchen wrap to bandage Jessica's ribs, then sweetly tucks her in on the couch. They joke about who she'd would be willing to sacrifice if it meant Kilgrave's death. (Sorry, puppies and nuns.)
There's so much love and respect between these two. In a series of flashbacks, we see the origins of their friendship. One day, teenage Trish escapes her mother's abuse by running into a bathroom, where Jessica has just discovered her powers. (She's lifting a heavy marble sink above her head.) They each have their secrets. "I don't tell," Trish says, "and you don't save me." But Jessica can't resist. When she sees Mama Walker forcing Trish to throw up, she tosses her against the wall.
Back on Trish's couch, Jessica gets a text from her morgue contact. Another John Doe has arrived. Jessica leaves to see if it's Albert, and her curiosity is piqued when she learns that the body was found at the CDC facility. She peeks under the sheet, only to discover a very burnt Detective Clemons. She calls Trish with the update, surmising that Kilgrave doubled-back to clean up evidence and took out Clemons in the process. Trish is now revved up to hunt for Albert, and promises to meet Jessica at her apartment in an hour.
On her way out, Trish finds Simpson waiting in the hallway. He claims to be there because she said she wanted to meet up later, but there's a desperation to his demeanor that suggests otherwise. Trish says she's running out to buy some soy milk — which, bless New York City, you can absolutely do in the middle of the night — but he knows better and asks if she's going to meet Jessica. He's mad because Jessica keeps interfering with his attempts to kill Kilgrave. At that moment, two men in black show up. They want to bring Simpson back to his mysterious doctor. When he declines, the men insist. Simpson turns to Trish, slips two red pills into his mouth, and promises her that he's "got this." He swivels around and shoots both men dead.
Later, as Simpson cleans up the bloody evidence, he calls Jessica. He's got a lead on Kilgrave's whereabouts, and he wants in on the action. He agrees to meet Jessica at her apartment. After he hangs up, we see that Simpson locked Trish in her gym room. It's a set-up. Using a dumbbell, Trish knocks the hinges off the door. She's not giving up yet.
Simpson arrives at Jessica's place with his gun pointed at the door. He's ready to kill her when she opens it, but when a neighbor enters the hallway, Simpson loses his nerve. After Jessica invites him in, she tells him Clemons is dead, nothing that he's not surprised to hear the news. Simpson claims he heard from the precinct that Clemons died in a fire. Jessica corrects him: according to the autopsy report, a police-issued bullet killed him. Simpson plays innocent, then Jessica points out that the only she and Clemons could have directed him to Albert's hotel, which means he had been at the CDC facility too…which also explains the burn on his arm. Jessica basically Columbo'd him.
Simpson tries to shoot her, but Jessica kicks his chair down. A brutal fight scene ensues, and it gets even more brutal after Simpson pops another red pill. He throws Jessica through a wall, then kicks her injured ribs. Suddenly, Trish appears and whacks Simpson with a fire extinguisher, which buys them enough time to hide in Jessica's bathroom. (Go, Patsy, go!) While Simpson tries to break down the bathroom door, Jessica confesses that she's too injured to beat him. Trish pulls out a bottle of Simpson's red pills. Simpson warns her not to take them; without a blue pill to bring her down, the red pill will make her brain forget to breathe. She takes one anyway.
Trish busts through the bathroom door and attacks Simpson. There's a fun, claustrophobic fight in Jessica's tiny kitchen that ends when Trish knocks Simpson out cold. Trish is super pumped. Too pumped. She starts to suffocate, then collapses. It's touch-and-go, but after Jessica calls 9-1-1, a medic gives her an injection that counteracts the unknown stimulant of the red pill. "You just had to be a hero, didn't you?" Jessica says in the back of an ambulance. "Learned it from you," Trish responds. (I wish the show would dial back some of this forced dialogue.)
Later that night in Trish's hospital room, Jessica wakes up to a text from an unknown number. It says if she wants to say goodbye to her "boyfriend," she'd better hurry. Jessica races to Luke's bar. As she watches from across the street, Luke stares at her through the windows. The blank look on his face says it all — he's been Kilgraved. Suddenly, as he stands inside, the bar explodes. But did Kilgrave know about Luke's unbreakable skin? He wanders outside, engulfed in fire, and falls to the ground. Jessica beats the flames off with her jacket and they silently look at each other, the bar burning behind them.

SEEWHAT THIEVES DID TO AN ATM

Choi! See what thieves did to an ATM in Niger state (photos)

This is what thieves did to the ATM of one of the first generation banks. It was destroyed and robbed at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger state. See another photo after the cut...



NCC REDUCES MTN FINE

NCC reduces MTN fine from $5.2bn to $3.4bn, deadline for payment now end of December

The Nigerian Communications Commission has reduced the $5.2bn imposed fine on MTN Nigeria to $3.4bn for flouting the regulatory body's directive on SIM deactivation. NCC has also given MTN until the end of the year to pay the fine. After the cut is the mail MTN management sent to its staff



 “The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) reduces imposed fine to US$3.4 billion equivalent and further cautionary announcement.

Shareholders are advised that, after further engagements with the Nigerian Authorities, the NCC has reduced the imposed fine.

MTN has received a formal letter dated 2 December 2015 from the NCC informing the Company that, after considering the Company’s request, it has taken the decision to reduce the fine on the MTN Nigeria business from the original N1,040,000,000,000 (One Trillion, Forty Billion Naira) to N674 Billion Naira which has to be paid by 31 December 2015.

The fine relates to the late disconnecting of 5.1 million MTN Nigeria subscribers in August and September 2015. The Company is carefully considering the NCC’s reply, however the Executive Chairman Phuthuma Nhleko will immediately and urgently re-engage with the Nigerian Authorities before responding formally, as it is essential for the Company to follow due process to ensure the best outcome for the Company, its stakeholders and the Nigerian Authorities and accordingly all factors having a bearing on the situation will be thoroughly and carefully considered before the Company arrives at a final decision.

Shareholders are therefore advised to continue to exercise caution when dealing in the Company’s securities until a further announcement is made.” As we committed to you previously, and in the spirit of our Vital Behaviour of Complete Candour, we will keep you updated as the matter unfolds. As we enter the busy year-end period in our business, I encourage you to continue focusing on our customers and strive to keep our promise to provide the bold, new Digital World to them.

Regards,
Phuthuma

NIGERIA PLAYER AND THREE OTHERS NOMINATED FOR ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE BEST AFRICAN PLAYER AWARD

Nigeria's Odion Ighalo, three others nominated for English Premier League's Best African player award

Nigerian international striker, Odion Ighalo has been nominated for English Premier League's Best African player award for the month of November. Ighalo will face his African international brothers, the likes of Ghana’s Swansea City star Andre Ayew, Congolese winger of Crystal Palace Yannick Bolassie and Ivorien Arouna Kone of Everton.
Ighalo who has scored eight goals in the premier leagues matches, makes him the highest Hornets goal scorer in the league.

He scored for Nigeria in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nation’s qualifiers against Chad also scored for Nigeria in the international friendly against Cameroon in October.
According to a release by the New African Soccer, Ighalo won the award by an overwhelming majority in October, and he seemed to continue where he left off in October, playing well enough to earn him a place in the shortlist for November.
The Nigerian international played every minute of Watford’s November fixtures, which was a difficult month for them given the home loss to Manchester United and the away loss to Leicester City.
The award winner will be announced in a matter of days.

Oscar Pistorius guilty of murder after court overturns previous verdict

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Oscar Pistorius reports for community service at the Garsfontein police station in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday Nov. 14, 2015.
Image: AP Photo/Associated Press
South Africa's supreme court of appeal has convicted Oscar Pistorius of murder, overturning an earlier verdict of culpable homicide or manslaughter.
The Olympic athlete will now have to return to the court for re-sentencing.
The 29-year-old killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp after shooting her a number of times through a toilet door in his home early on Valentine's Day 2013. Prosecutors said Pistorius shot Steenkamp during an argument, while the defense said he killed her by mistake, thinking she was an intruder.
Steenkamp's mother, June, made no immediate comment after the judge read the lengthy decision Thursday morning.
Pistorius has been under house arrest at his uncle's mansion in Pretoria. He served one year of his five-year sentence in prison.

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