MUSIC: Modenine – Smiling Faces ft Ikechukwu

It’s day 8 of #30DaysOfMode9 – Modo let’s go of his 2008 recorded song entitled “Smiling Faces” featuring Ikechukwu aka Killz… Produced by Kraftmatiks. ENJOY!
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Obasanjo Foundation Sacks CEO Over Alleged Involvement In Money Laundering

Anne Welsh, the London-based Chief Executive Officer of the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation has been fired over her alleged involvement in money laundering activities for many years.
This action was taken following a video evidence obtained by Sahara reporters.

The video footage, which was shot at a United Kingdon meeting in December 2014, showed how Welsh allegedly plotted a $4.9m (N980m) scheme to exploit the Ebola Virus Disease tragedy in West Africa through helping a group of ‘Lebanese businessmen’ who wished to donate money to Obasanjo Foundation for some work in Sierra Leone.
The footage further revealed that the group demanded that it would make a donation of $2m (N400m) to the foundation if it helped it launder the balance of $2.9m.
Welsh was seen assuring the potential ‘donors’ that it would not be a problem as she was a master in the art of being discreet.
“I had to go through training, through president Obasanjo, political training for one year to become discreet,” she said in the video.
“Sometimes, we get dollars from people who give money to our foundation and they say they don’t want it to be known that they donated the money, but they want to have a letter on our letterhead paper and a letter from Obasanjo just to say ‘Thank you for your kind donations to the foundation for the work to support Ebola’. That’s it. That is what we normally do.”She added.
The group, however, told her they did not care how the money given to the foundation was spent as long as their interest was protected.
Welsh then demanded from the group an interest of 30 per cent of the $2.9m. “At least 30 per cent; think about the hard work I’m going to put into this, you will be so grateful to me,” she proposed.
The video evidence also showed that the group agreed to give her the 30 per cent, which was $900,000 (N180m), and detailed how the money would be transferred via a Nigerian bank which she uses.
Obasanjo, told SaharaReporters that he and other trustees of the organisation as well as staff members of the foundation were deeply saddened and disturbed by the allegations against Welsh.
He said the foundation had launched a full-scale investigation into the allegations and  the matter had also been reported to the London Metropolitan Police and the UK Charity Commission for a thorough probe.

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Clubs That Have Scored A Century This Season

In this season only a couple of teams have scored 100 goals this season in all competitions.
Messi-Suarez-Neymar Barcelona’s attacking force has netted over 100 goals this season which is more than most top flight clubs in Europe has in all competitions.
Still, this few made the cut.

Wolfsburg who are second in the Bundesliga with 62 points, have 100 goals after 48 matches.

Sevilla are fifth in the La Liga with 69 points, they recently won the first leg of the Europa league semifinals by 3-0. Sevilla have 105 goals in 54 games.

Arsenal on the other hand just recently joined the 100 goal club. They share the same points with Man City in the EPL. They’re third with 70 points. In 51 matches they’ve netted 100 times.

Chelsea just recently clinched the EPL trophy. They sit at the zenith of the league with 83 points. 105 goals in 51 games played.

PSG have 74 points and top the Ligue 1. In 55 games they have amassed 110 goals.

Bayern who recently just got whacked in the UCL by Barcelona and have been crowned Bundesliga champions, have 117 goals in 47 matches.

Madrid are second in the La Liga with 85 points, they have 147 goals in 54 matches.
Then there’s Barcelona who are first in Spain with 87 points. They have 159 goals in 53 games.

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ADDICTION: Teen Dies From Excessive Consumption Of Chewing Gum

A 19-year-old girl had died due to excessive consumption and swallowing of chewing gum, Mirror UK reports.

Samantha Jenkins who hails from South Wales died in a hospital days after having a violent seizure owing to the eruption of the gum in her stomach.

It was gathered that doctors found large lumps of chewing gum in her stomach which prevented her body from absorbing the vital minerals it needs.
Before she died, Jenkins was said to have been eating at least 14 sticks of mint flavoured chewing gum daily.

Jenkins was said to have been eating at least 14 sticks of mint flavoured chewing gum daily.

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Man Stabs Girlfriend To Death, Attempts Suicide After He Was Caught Sucking Sister’s Breast

Security operatives attached to the Bayelsa State Police Command have arrested a man for stabbing his girlfriend, Rita, to death.
He also attempted suicide by drinking poison.
The man who was simply identi­fied as James was whisked away by the police, yesterday afternoon.
It was revealed that trouble ensued after  James was caught sucking the breast of Rita’s sister, Juliet  at their White House road residence, Agudama- Epie.
Juliet who is breast feeding her baby paid a visit to her sister at her residence and at night when the breast feeding mum was asleep, James allegedly crawled up and started sucking her breast.

Juliet was woken up by this bi­zarre act and immediately raised the alarm waking up her sister and some neighbours.
As expected, Rita could not cope with the embarrassment and she decided to end her relationship with James.
Yesterday afternoon neigh­bours alerted the Akenfa Police station when Rita was found in the pool of her blood with a kitchen knife by her side.
The police having been told of the story between Rita and James immediately launched a man­hunt for him and he was found unconscious in a nearby bush af­ter taking a substance suspected to be poison.
The police rushed him to the Federal Medical Centre, where doctors were able to revive him and are battling to save his life, while the body of Rita has been deposited at the FMC mortuary.

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Nigerian Troops Recover Video Recordings, ICT Gadgets From Boko Haram Terrorists

Press Release

As terrorists continue to scamper following relentless pursuit by Nigerian troops, they have often left sensitive materials including arms, ammunitions, ICT gadgets and video recordings behind.
PRNigeria gathered that many of the video materials captured by the troops are currently being analysed by military experts.
Some of the videos included recording of scenes of trials, beheadings, executions, stoning, floggings and those taken during preparations for suicide attacks.
A military source informed PRNigeria that capturing such recordings was another major feat in the battle against insurgency as it was a tool used to really terrify mostly civilian population and cow them into submission.
The source added that “Some of the video were meant for release through their normal channels to the public before they were dislodged from their camps. They also show the barbaric life in their so-called caliphate”
“The media and the public are advised to be careful in handling or sharing sensitive and offensive videos depicting atrocities that some viewers may find disturbing,” the concluded.
Since they invaded Sambisa Forest a few weeks ago, Nigerian troops have liberated about 1,000 women and children from the various terrorists camps already dismantled.
There have been tales of woes and great distress from many of those rescued from the terrorists about their reign of terror and lately of despondency within the ranks of the insurgents.
When contacted on the discovery of video recordings, the Director Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade said “A number of vital materials, apart from arms and ammunition, have been recovered which are being subjected to intelligent analyses. We don’t want to say much about that now.”

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I’ll Soon Name Those That Didn’t Want GMB To Be President, I’m Not Afraid Of Humans – Oba of Lagos

The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu has confirmed that Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State and his predecessor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu indeed had a disagreement.
He said this on Thursday, May 8, as the outgoing governor of the state openly apologised to all Lagosians whom he said, might have been affected by different decisions he had taken in office.
Speaking at the Lagos TV complex, Agidingbi during a celebration of Fashola’s 2,900th day in office, the monarch said he did not realize the seriousness of the feud between the two politicians until almost all the Obas in the state called his attention to the development.
That was when according to him, waded in by urging both sides to sheathe swords and also extracted commitment to suspend the animosity in the collective interest of all Lagos residents.
Speaking in Yoruba language, the Oba noted that a majority of those responsible for the feud were also in the audience as they successfully created an industry out of reporting to “Party A” what “Party B” had said about him and vice-versa.

In the same vein, he accused some alleged fifth columnists of working against the choice of the president-elect Muhammadu Buhari, some of whom he said were seated right in front of him.
The same people, he contended, have started pitting the duo of Tinubu and General Buhari against each other the same way they set the former against Fashola.

“People, who are now telling Buhari all sorts of things, are sycophants. They did not want Buhari to emerge winner in the election. These people know themselves. When it gets to a stage, I will name them one after the other. I am not afraid of human beings,” Akiolu explained

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Patience Jonathan Is In Congo – Presidency Reveals First Lady’s Whereabouts

The presidency has issued a statement on the whereabouts of Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan.
Mr. Ayo Adewuyi, media assistant to Mrs. Jonathan, in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja, says the President’s wife is currently in Congo.
He said Mrs. Jonathan is in the country to join her colleagues from Africa for the celebration of the 30th anniversary a Non-Governmental Organisation, Congo Assistance Foundation, established by the Congolese First Lady, Madam Antoinette Sassou-Nguesso.
Adewuyi however did not indicate when Mrs. Jonathan arrived in Congo or when she is expected back in Nigeria.
He added that his principal was received on arrival by the Nigeria’s Ambassador to Congo Brazzaville, Princess ‎Onipede, in company with top Congolese officials.
The President’s wife has not been seen at any public event inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja, since her husband lost his re-election bid in the March 28 presidential election.
She was absent during the Good Friday and Easter Sunday services held inside the Aso Villa Chapel.
Mrs. Jonathan did not also join her husband for the funeral service held in honour of his top aide, Oronto Douglas, in Bayelsa State last Saturday.
While she voted alongside her husband in the presidential election in Otuoke, Bayelsa State, she stayed back in her home state, Rivers, during the April 11 governorship election.
She had expressed fears ahead of the elections that she would be thrown into prison if Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) won the election.
The Presidency had so far kept mute on her whereabouts, therefore giving room for speculation.
Adewuyi’s statement read, “First Lady, Dame Patience Faka Jonathan, is in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, joining other African First Ladies for the celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Congo Assistance Foundation, an NGO of Congolese First Lady, Madam Antoinette Sassou-Nguesso.
“The Foundation, established in 1984, has engendered social action in the areas of health, education, skills acquisition in favour of indigent people of Congo.

“Dame Patience Jonathan runs similar organisation ‎in Nigeria, the A.Aruera Reachout Foundation, which also focuses on the upliftment of women and children, the needy and imprisoned.
“The First Ladies of Benin Republic, Senegal, Mali, Tchad, Niger and Guinea Conakry are also in Brazzaville for the grand finale of the week-long programmes, during which a National Centre for Sickle Cell disease was inaugurated.

“Dame Patience Jonathan was received on arrival by Nigeria’s Ambassador to Congo Brazzaville, Princess ‎Onipede, in company with top Congolese officials.”

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Blame State Governors Not Jonathan For Unpaid Salaries – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala has absolved the Jonathan administration of blame in the inability of some state governments to pay their workers’ salaries.
It said the governors of such states should be blamed for the development in their states because they were told through the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee to make the issue of wage a priority.
The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said this in a statement by her Special Adviser on Communications, Paul Nwabuikwu.
The statement was necessitated by the All Progressives Congress governors’ claim that the negative manner the outgoing Goodluck Jonathan administration was running the economy had made it difficult for them to pay salaries regularly.
But Okonjo-Iweala said that despite the 50 per cent drop in gross federally collectible revenue, the Federal Government had made the issue of workers’ salaries a top priority in order to ensure that the “people do not feel the negative impact of the revenue drop on the economy.”
For instance, the minister said that contrary to the“misinformation being put forward by certain governors to the effect that federal workers are being owed, staff salaries at the Federal level are up-to-date.”
She said in the five paragraph statement that the states, being one of the three tiers of government that receive monthly allocations from the Federation Account, should be blamed for their predicament.
The statement read,“This is to clarify the misinformation put forward by certain governors to the effect that Federal workers are being owed salaries.
“This is incorrect. Staff salaries at the Federal level are up-to-date; workers have received their April salaries.
“Regarding difficulties in salary payments,
certain governors are trying to blame the Federal Government for their predicament. This is wrong. They had been told through the FAAC to prioritise salaries but they chose not to do so, hence the backlog that some states are experiencing.
“The 50 per cent drop in revenues simply means that salaries should be prioritised. The Federal Government should not be blamed for avoidable mistakes made at the state level.”
The APC governors had during a meeting with the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja on Tuesday, expressed frustrations about their inability to pay workers’ salaries.
They therefore appealed to Buhari to consider a bailout plan for all the 36 state governments after his inauguration on May 29.
They said, “One of the issues that became of concern to all of us is the state of the Nigerian economy which is really in a bad shape.
“We have come to notify the incoming president of the challenges ahead of him. As it stands today, most states of the federation have not been able to pay salaries and even the Federal Government has not paid April salaries and that is very worrisome, by May and June, that (salaries) will be in cumulative of three months.
“We wonder with the huge expectation of Nigerians and people who have voted us into power, we are hoping that the president-elect will do everything humanly possible to bring about a bailout not only for the states but the Federal Government, at least for people to get their salaries and turn around the economy.”
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Would You Lodge Here? ISIS Opens 5 Star Hotel (Photos)

ISISseem to have taken a break from terrorism to launch a luxury hotel in Iraq.
The extremist group has published photographs of its members sprucing up the multi-storey accommodation and grounds after it was recently taken over by militants.
Facilities include 262 rooms, two restaurants, two ballrooms, a swimming pool and a gymnasium, and a grand opening appears to have been held on May 1.
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Reminisce’s Baba Hafusa Album Tops Itunes Chart For 7 Straight Days

Alaga Ibile has done it again! Riding on the success of two major endorsements with Samsung Mobile and Orijin, Nigerian rapper Reminisce (Remilekun Safaru) seven days ago released his third studio album“BabaHafusa”. The albumwhich has received unending positive reviews has remained number one on the iTunes World Music Chart for seven days straight! “BabaHafusa” is presently ahead of the original soundtrack of hit TV series “EMPIRE” and the remastered version of “LEGEND” by Bob Marley and The Wailers.
In July 2014, TIME Magazine named Reminisce as one of its seven world rappers to meet in the article “Forget Eminem: World Rappers You Should Meet”
Reminisce says the goodwill and support thealbumhas enjoyed is only because of the unceasing love of his fans who have been with him from the days of “Book Of Rap Stories” through “Alaga ibile” till now. He’s also happy that someday his two daughters will be happy to say their father persevered and gave his very best to his art.

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See Sambisa Forest in Photos

The Boko Haram menace is gradually coming to an end. Few days aga, The Nigerian army personnels shared these photos from the once inpermiable Sambisa forest, the operation base of boko Haram.
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Truck currently burning on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway – PHOTOS

A truck is currently burning on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and it’s causing traffic on the route. The fire spread to a smaller truck.

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Photo: Graduate Disappears Immediatly After Collecting His B.Sc

A graduate of computer science, Valentine Jegede, has gone missing on the way to his hometown in Kanji, Niger State, after collecting his Bachelor of Science degree certificate.
It was learnt that the 27-year-old man had left Kanji on April 28 to collect his result at the North American University, Cotonou, Benin Republic in preparation for the National Youth Service Corps exercise.
PUNCH Metro learnt that he was billed to go to the orientation camp of the corps on Tuesday in Cross River State, where he was posted.
Our correspondent gathered that on his way back from the school, he stopped by in Lagos and passed the night at his friend’s house in Ijede, Ikorodu. He reportedly left for Kanji around 9am on Monday.
The father, Oluwaseun, said his son called him when he was at a motor park, informing him that he was in a bus en route to Kanji. He added that he had been basking in excitement and waiting for his son’s arrival to celebrate the result.
He said, “He told me on the phone that he was at a motor park and that the bus would soon take off.
“One hour later, I tried to get across to him, but his line indicated that it was not reachable. I became confused when it was evening and I did not hear from him.

“I called his friend’s mother, but she was confused too. We have been in darkness since then. We have no idea of where he could have gone to. I just pray he is safe wherever he may be. I jubilated when he informed me that he had collected his result and I promised him a special celebration. He was preparing for his nysc. The family is in deep sorrow now. Her mother has been crying.”
Valentine’s mother, Ronke Jegede, who also spoke with PUNCH Metro, appealed to the public to avail the family of any information that could lead to her son’s whereabouts. She described him as God-fearing and obedient.
“He is my first son and they are only two. Please pray along with us for Valentine to come back home safe. I believe it is not big for God to do. He is gentle and God-fearing.”

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Tonto Dike Pictured Kissing a Dolphin

Forever controversial nollywood actress, tonto dikehhas joined other 9ja celebs in kissing dolphins. The trend was started by Banky Wwhile he was in Dubai. Since then, other celebrities have joined the trend and shared the picture online. See the photo below..

itizen Earth Day Event, aWorld Bankinitiative.

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