welcome to martha igene blog: October 2012

Oct 31, 2012

Biafra: Group says no going back on Nov 5 declaration

Biafra Zionist Movement, BZM says there is no going back on the issue of re-declaration of Biafra on November 5 declaration, just as it condemned last Saturday's bombing of a Church in Kaduna.

Leader of the group, Mr. Ben Onwuka who addressed newsmen in Enugu yesterday, said that nothing should stop the campaign on that day "to re-affirm the sovereignty and independence of the Biafran people." "We are determined to make sure we get that Independence in order to provide security for our people; we are being killed on daily basis and there is no place in the world where a race was being targeted like the Igbo.

Gunmen numbering about 20 on Tuesday attacked the Kaboro community in the Dansadau Emirate of Zamfara, killing 18 people, including the village head.

A survivor, Malam Sani Abdullahi, who narrated his ordeal to newsmen in Gusau, said the bandits, swooped on the village at about 4 a.m and began to shoot sporadically.

“It was when the shooting started that the village head, identified as Alhaji Maiyara, came out to plead with the gunmen to stop the heinous crime. But they got at him and killed him.

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday warned residents of the state to prepare for the ripple effect of Hurricane Sandy in the state.

Hurricane Sandy is a 2012 late-season violent tropical storm that has affected Jamaica, Cuba, the Bahamas, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and the eastern seaboard of the United States of America.

The Commissioner for Waterfront Development and Infrastructure, Mr. Adesegun Oniru, said the government was projecting that within seven to 14 days, the state would experience the ripple effect of the hurricane in its coast lines.

The Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has sued the Independent Communications Network Limited, publishers of PM News for the sum of N1 billion.

This was disclosed in a release issued by Festus Adedayo, the governor’s Special Adviser on Media.

The evening newspaper had on Tuesday published a piece entitled ‘Anxiety over Florence Ajimobi’s alleged arrest in UK’ , wherein it published a story purportedly written by an online agency named Newsleak, which alleged that the wife of the governor had been arrested in London for money laundering.

It is surely not the best of times for star actress, Bisi Ibidapo Obe. The actress who is wallowing in deep mess over her controversial pregnancy, has relocated to Ghana where she’s said to be hibernating pending delivery of her baby.

According to an industry source, the actress decided to move out of Nigeria some days back after her UK based lover, Lopez, who is said to be footing the bill of her Magodo Lagos duplex, breezed into the country and kicked her out of the house.

I’m a grown woman I’m not young anymore, so definitely I have someone in my life that I love…that I love to death, i love him, i love him, he makes me happy, he makes me laugh. He’s making me blush, but I can’t talk about him, that’s all I can say.

Cossy Orjiakor Set To Release New Album

Well the actress just made this known in a recent interview. Here is what she said; “I am putting finishing touches to the album. I can assure you that the album launch would be on December 15th of this year at the Prest Boat Cruise, Lekki. The album is a 15-track album. I am still gonna do small tidying up and work with other acts and producers.”

“Leave my fianceé alone,” Flavour Nabania warns enemies

Popular highlife artiste Chinedu Okoli aka Flavour is telling those it may concern to leave his fiancée alone. Flavour made this appeal through a track on his recently released album titled ‘Blessed.’

On Wednesday, October 24, 2012, Flavour launched his nightclub in Enugu called, ‘2nite Club’ and his new album ‘Blessed.’ Although it was a successful launch, what seems to have caught the attention of many is a track on the album titled ‘Beverly’ which he dedicated to his fiancée Beverly Heels; the song isn’t just a love song, but also a story, a message and a warning.

The song goes…

Lola Alao replies Bisi Ibidapo-Obe over pregnancy scandal

During an interview with E24 magazine, pregnant actress Bisi Ibidapo Obe revealed that her colleague, Lola Alao introduced her to the man she claims is responsible for her pregnancy, ex Reps member, Dino Melaye, and she also alleged that Lola, after having introduced her to Dino, started dating the lawmaker.

Lola Alao has come out to deny Bisi's claim. What she told City People below...

Ksolo and Kike Their new born baby

K Solo is Angry. Angry because he feels Kike his wife has spoilt his image for whatever reasons. Yesterday afternoon Ksolo spoke to Naijahottestgist and gave his own side of the story.

Months back I met kike and within 3months, I left Bimbo my wife whom we had done our family introduction together. I really can't tell what came over me and I became an item with kike and dumped bimbo.

Plane Crash: Families Want Overseas Treatment For Suntai’s Aides

Families of the injured aides of Taraba State Governor Dambaba Suntai, on Sunday, asked the government to extend same overseas treatment to their loved ones as their injured boss. The governor and the aides were the occupants of the Cessna 208, 5N-BMJ Jet that crashed at the Yola airport last Thursday.

Some members of the families who craved anonymity told journalists in Abuja that if the governor could be flown to Germany, it showed that the government lacked confidence in the local hospitals.

They spoke their minds when the injured aides were transferred from Yola to the National Hospital, Abuja, 30 hours after Suntai was flown abroad.

Chief Chinwetalu Agu is a veteran actor, writer, comedian and movie producer, who came into limelight through two popular NTA soaps, Baby Come Now in Enugu and Ripples in Lagos 31 years ago. He hails from Amokwe in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State. The Enugu State born actor, responding to question on why there are sexual harassment in Nollywood, said it’s a general phenomenon and not limited to Nollywood alone.

Man Sues Wife & Wins $120K For Giving Birth To “Ugly” Baby

A man in China has successfully sued his wife after she gave birth to an unattractive baby girl. he sued his wife because she gave birth to an ugly baby.

The man argued that the woman he married was beautiful — and he’s not bad looking himself — so the baby couldn’t be his. After some investigation it was determined that the wife had a lot of plastic surgery before she hooked up with him — and her baby inherited her previous looks.

Bomb blast victims on treatment the Barau Dikko & Garkuwa Specialists Hospital in Kaduna as a result of the attack by a lone suicide bomber during church service hours at St. Rita's Catholic Church, Unguwar Gado Malali a suburb in Kaduna.

At least 41 Muslim worshippers lay dead yesterday in Afghanistan’s northern province of Faryab after a suicide bomber attacked a mosque during Eid prayers .

Fifty-one others were injured, local officials said.

The suicide bomber was said to have detonated explosives that he was carrying outside the mosque in Maymana, the capital of Faryab province.

Witnesses said the attacker wore a police uniform as he passed through four security checkpoints.
He blew himself up at the entrance to the city’s packed Eid Gah mosque, deputy provincial governor Abdul Satar Barez said.

Kim Kardashian managed to find a Halloween costume to perfectly accentuate her famous hourglass figure as she celebrated the holiday with her beau Kanye West.

The reality star decided to go dressed as a mermaid, squeezing her curves into a green fishtail skirt and a shell bra.

A suicide bomber has hit St. Rita's Catholic Church in Ungwar Yero area of Kaduna metropolis. The attack which seriously injured the Reverend father in the church occurred around 8:45 AM during the morning mass.

Eyewitnesses said that a lone car bomber approached the church gate hoping to quietly drive into the church before exploding the bomb but the security men at the gate refused him entry.

VIDEO: Another Community Tries To Carry Out Jungle Justice? (MUST WATCH)

We owe it to ourselves and society as individuals, groups and/or organisations to preach against the growing trend of jungle/mob justice. if we fold our arms and watch, thats akin to throwing stones into a market. one day, it might hit one of our own. this is a non-profit initiative. please spread the message- Bovi

Oct 27, 2012

HIV positive nurse win N7-million lawsuit

Mrs. Georgina Ahamefule, is an indigene of Imo State who tested positive to Human Immuno Deficiency Virus while working as an auxiliary nurse at a certain Medical Centre in Lagos. At first, due to her naivety, she found the whole world crashing on her, no thanks to her employer, Dr Molokwu, the Chief Medical Director of the Medical Centre who terminated her employment which began in 1989 and advised her to go back to her village and die since she had but little time.

A lot happened to this woman, as she shares her traumatic experiences during a tumultuous journey to victory. The high point of her account is that her fighting spirit is backed by God and the Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC).

‘PDP, Senator behind Boko Haram’

Former Borno State Governor Ali Modu Sheriff yesterday alleged that the state’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chapter “is the engine room ofBoko Haram”.

He also alleged that Senator Ahmed Khalifa Zanna, who is undergoing interrogation after a suspected Boko Haram Commander was arrested, allegedly in his house, engaged in terrorism.

Sheriff, who was also a Senator, has been exchanging accusations with Zanna over the arrest of suspected Boko Haram Commander Shuaib Bama.

Sheriff denied being an accomplice of terrorism urged the State Security Service (SSS) to intensify its interrogation of Zanna.

The plane crash involving Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba State, which was broken by SaharaReporters, apparently triggered a nationwide alarm and search for the governor and his five aides, Stella Oduah, the Minister of Aviation, has said.

The claim is contained in a statement on the crash of the Cessna 208, 5N-BMJ in Yola, Adamawa State. The statement was signed by Joe Obi, an aide to the Aviation Minister. But contrary to the statement that the Ministry began a "search and rescue" operation to locate Governor Suntai's crash site, SaharaReporters learnt that the crash victims were presumed dead for several hours, well before any search team could reach them.

Ten Tips To Survive Without Okada In Lagos-Tynna Olaye

Now that Fashola has decided to ban Okada on Lagos roads and suggested we start trekking, here are some few tips that you use to help you cope without our usual quick bike rides to our daily destinations.

10. Buy shoe protectors, replace as the need arises.

9. In relation to number 10, carry an extra pair of foot wear (preferably slippers) in your bag (men inclusive). That bag should also carry the following: a small umbrella, water bottle and small chops to go.

8. Wear casual clothes to work, change into your official clothes at work, then change back to the casual clothes for the journey back home. You don't want to look too official while trekking.

The Obamas recently celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary, marking two decades of love and devotion to each other.

The milestone fell on Wednesday October 3 which was the same date as the President’s first debate with Republican rival Mitt Romney. That Saturday they made up for it with a romantic dinner at the Bourbon Steak at the Four Seasons hotel in Washington, DC.

To mark the occasion Mr Obama tweeted: ‘Twenty years ago today, I married the love of my life and my best friend. Happy anniversary, Michelle.’

Ace comedian, Akinlami Babatunde Julius, popularly known as Elenu proposed to his long time girlfriend, Chinwe Anyanwu, on Sunday October 21st at Federal Palace Hotel.

Chinwe went with her boyfriend of three years to what she thought was dinner with friends, but when the waiter brought her plate to the table, Elenu had a ring ready. Awwww, so romantic!

The management of LAGBUS Assets Management Ltd on Tuesday said that 37 of its buses were damaged during the protest by commercial motorcycle riders in Lagos on Monday.

The company is one of the operators of buses using the dedicated Bus Rapid Transit lanes in the metropolis.

Mr. Babatunde Disu, Managing Director of LAGBUS, told the News Agency of Nigeriathat in spite of the damage, no passenger was injured.

Disu said that the company was still taking stock.

Five of the election Observer groups who monitored the just concluded Ondo State gubernatorial poll on Saturday have condemned the election which declared the incumbent Governor, Olusegun Mimiko the winner.

The group noted that the election was marred with an unprecedented level of election results manipulation, falsification and rigging in the history of Nigeria.

Speaking yesterday to reporters in Akure on behalf of other groups, Dr. Gabriel Nwambu of the Justice Development and Peace Commission [JDPC] said “in Orimolade Grammar School, Okelisa Okeduke, Ogbodu in Ondo West, unit 012 and area code 11, the presiding officer Oguntoye Yekeen, a youth Corps member and Miss Ebiloye Omolade, an Assistant Presiding officer were allegedly seen thumb printing for Labour Party [LP] with a cash of N50,000 each.

As Anambra State struggles to recover from the havocs caused by the devastating floods that hit the state, another heart-renting tragedy has hit the city as a 12-year-old Miss Chidimma Ukachukwu, student of a secondary school located in Awka, the state capital has been allegedly flogged to death by her teacher for failing to do her assignment.

The shocking incident according to a reliable source in the school took place on Thursday last week.
The source who doesn’t want his name in mentioned said that the victim fainted after being flogged severally by one of the female teachers and was subsequently rushed to nearby hospital, where she eventually gave up the ghost.

The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) has raised alarm over the plan of the radical Islamist sect -Boko Haram to massively attack some parts of the turbulent Northern states during this year’s Eid-el-kabir celebration, which holds on Thursday and Friday.

According to JTF, the dreaded group had been receiving back-ups from foreign militants to make the celebration bloody.

In a statement, the JTF spokesman, Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa, disclosed that their attacks have been designed to hit worship centres and other public places.

Following yesterday’s rumor that a man tried to bomb an Arik flight, the Department of State Service (DSS) has debunked the report, stating that the person in question was “mentally unstable”.

The story which circulated on several social media, had different versions with some saying they suspect the strange passenger was a member of a militant sect.

The DSS said it was imperative to release an official statement in order to stave needless panic from air travellers and the general public.

Jim Iyke Living With Yahoo-Yahoo Lover?

Before i start with this;I know Jim WILL GO AROUND POSTING TRASH as anonymous on where ever this memo comes up but who cares?

You live on the Internet defending yourself on various blogs and posting incoherent babash, cussing out the blog owners remember?Be my guest.

I start this memo by quoting the lyrics from Abolore Akandes(9ice)song where he mentioned the words "baaaaastard"in reference to his ex friend rugged man.

Ikechukwu(Jim my axx) you are exactly what 9ice said,a "baaaaastard"

Excerpts of a press briefing by Sen. Ahmed Khalifa Zanna (PDP, Borno Central), whose nephew was arrested by the military in Maiduguri last week for alleged membership of the militant Boko Haram sect. Zanna was a businessman before he ventured into politics, eventually winning the 2011 senatorial election after beating the then outgoing Governor Ali Modu Sheriff of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)

Background:

I am sure you know about the story going round in the country or in the world about Boko Haram issue or security issue in Nigeria. The current story emanated from JTF. It is actually as a result of an interview which I carried out on BBC last week, asking for their (JTF) withdrawal from the state because they are not working according to the rules of engagement. I noticed that they are just killing innocent people, detaining them unnecessarily, harassing the public, extorting money; all these have been going on and I became so concerned, and particularly the killing and burning of houses became an order of the day. At least 300 hundred houses were burnt within the last one and half months. And it will not be an exaggeration for me to say that up to 500 people were being killed by the bullets of JTF.

A commercial motorcyclist, identified simply as Ifeanyi, has been arrested for allegedly handing over a nurse, Mrs. Helen Ilonge, to ritual killers after collecting N10, 000.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Ilonge had on Tuesday last week took Ifeanyi’s motorcycle on her way to Igoli along the Ogoja-Ikom Highway in Ogoja LGA.

Ilonge, the coordinator of Primary Health Care in Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State, was coming from a programme at the Assemblies of God Church, Abakaliki in Ebonyi State, and had alighted from a vehicle at Okpongrinya junction before taking the bike.

A 20-year-old woman from Ebonyi State is accusing her husband of conniving with a medical doctor tosell off her one-day-old baby. Charity Nwuzo went to a hospital (names withheld by us) to seek medical care like other normal pregnant women, but little did she know that she was in the den of baby sellers. She was delivered of a baby boy, but she never came out of the hospital with her new bundle of joy.

The story of Charity was a very pathetic one. Mrs. Ngozi Ibeneme, a neighbour to the victim, said Charity endured unbearable pains before and while giving birth to the baby. Charity claimed she gave birth to a bouncing baby boy in the said hospital only for her to wake up and discover, to her chagrin, that her new baby was nowhere to be found.

Commercial motorcyclists popularly known as “okada riders” this afternoon marched through some majors roads in Lagos State protesting the recent law banning the riders from operating on about 500 roads in Lagos State.

Daily Post gathered that the protesters obstructed vehicular movements in some parts of Lagos, and attacked some government-owned Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) buses at Onipanu thereby making passengers to trek frustratingly to their destinations.

EFCC arrests official of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria with N218m at airport

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has apprehended an official of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, Mr. Akinyele Adetula, for trying to launder $1.4m (N218m).

The arrest came less than a month after the commission arrested a 24-year old man, Mr. Abubakar Sheriff, at the same airport with $7m (N1.1bn).

Sunday PUNCH learnt that the suspect was arrested at Murtala Mohammed Airport on Saturday.

According the Head of Operations, EFCC, Mr. Iliyasu Kwarbai, the suspect was able to pass through Nigeria Customs Service and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency security checks because he was wearing his identity card and therefore did not draw any suspicion.

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State on Saturday punched a protocol officer who refused to allow him sit on a chair reserved for the Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, at the 80th birthday celebration of former vice president, Chief Alex Ekwueme, in Enugu.

The incident occurred 20 minutes before most of the invited guests arrived.

The Couch was reserved for the host Governor, Mr. Sullivan Chime and Peter Obi. The Deputy Governor, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi, represented Chime who is still out of the country.

Serving Senator Ahmad Zanna, who was summoned over his alleged involvement with the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has said that it was all a frame up, adding that the Boko Haramcommander, Shuaibu Bama, was arrested in the house of former governor Ali Modu Sheriff and not in his (Senator Zanna) house, contrary to the claim by the Joint Task Force, JTF.

The Joint Task Force had arrested Bama in the building along Damboa Road in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, last Friday after soldiers stormed the House.

Super Eagles midfielder and Chelsea star, Mikel Obi has explained why he decided to float a new record label, even though it almost sounds like something unbelievable having a footballer in the music industry.

His words: ‘Apart from football, music is another thing I had passion for while I was growing up in Jos. I have so much emotional attachment to music. It lifts my soul and makes me happy. The arrival of MMM Records (Matured Money Minds) has gone a long way to show the deep love I have for music. I want to contribute my little quota to the growth of the music industry in Nigeria. I’m a good song writer and singer. If I wasn’t a footballer, I would have done well as a singer or a disc jockey (DJ)’ – Mikel Obi

Nigerian Couple In UK Allowed By High Court To Keep Alleged Stolen Baby

A couple, who could not have children, have been told by the High Court in United Kingdom they can keep a baby born in Nigeria, despite tests showing they were not the child’s biological parents.

The mother said she was tricked by a doctor into believing she had given birth while sedated, after she went to Nigeria for fertility treatment.

But the judge ruled they were victims of an “appalling scam.”

The presiding judge Mr. Justice Coleridge added the case was “extraordinary, bizarre and worrying.”

Charities meanwhile have raised concerns about the judgement, warning it may encourage trafficking.

No fewer than 33 persons, including nursing mothers and children lost their lives on Friday when a commercial bus veered off the road and plunged into a river at Ogbere-Ijebu on the ever-busy Sagamu-Ore Expressway.

The tragic incident, we learnt occurred when the bus sided off the dual carriageway and head its way into a dreaded river along the road, killing 33 occupants. Meanwhile, a heavily pregnant woman and three other occupants of the bus miraculously survived the tragedy.

Come November 17, all roads will lead to Benin City, Edo State capital, as Nollywood hunk, Charles Inojie sets to tie the knot with his heartthrob Miss Obehi Obhiseh, the lucky woman he has vowed to spend the rest of his life with.

According to elated Inojie, the reception for the wedding, which will be witnessed by family members, colleagues and friends of the couple would take place at 12 Powerline, opposite NNPC, Benin/Agbor road, Edo State, at exactly 1.p.m.

Due to election in Ondo state today 20/10/2012, FRSC advises motorists from Lagos axis to follow LAGOS- IBADAN-ILESA-EKITI-KABBA-OKENE

12:07 – Voting is underway at some PUs across the state

11:59 – NSCDC Commandant,Shuiab Yisa helped conveyed stranded INEC officials with materials to their centres in Akure South Council

11:56 – Mimiko also said he is optimistic about his chances of victory and expects to be declared winner based on what’s on ground.

11:55 – ACN candidate, Rotimi Akeredolu urges security agents to arrest anybody involved in election rigging and other malpractices.

Report says there is no polling unit in Oke Ogba quaters, behind Ilesha garage, Akure South LGA

11:49 – Tension in Akure as ACN supporters accuse LP of trying to intimidate their members uing policemen

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are officially married.

The couple confirmed the news on Friday in a statement, following days of mounting speculation about their nuptials.

Justin and Jessica said their I dos in a rustic Italian ceremony in front of close friends and family.

Their statement to People.com read: 'It's great to be married, the ceremony was beautiful and it was so special to be surrounded by our family and friends.'

Security forces in Maiduguri said they have made a huge haul in their campaign against the Boko Haram sect, arresting a top sect leader, Shuaibu Mohammed Bama, and linking him to “a serving senator’s house along Damboa Road, GRA Maiduguri.”

The Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Borno capital which said Mr. Bama was arrested on Thursday at about 11a.m, described him as “a high profile Boko Haram Commander who has been on the list of wanted terrorists operating between Bama and Maiduguri.”

Unknown gunmen killed a student of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), his girlfriend and a former corps member on Thursday night in Rumuchakara, Choba community, near the university.

This is coming two weeks after four students of UNIPORT were killed in a Omuokiri, Aluu.

Report says the victims were returning from the celebration of the passing out of the former member of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), who concluded his service same Thursday, when the car they were driving in skidded off the road and ran into a shop in the village.

According to Stella Dimokorkus of Encomium Magazine - Jim Iyke himself just found out that he has a son who is his mirror image and he is in shock because he found out a few days ago and does not know how to handle the situation. The star actor is yet to meet his son but they have spoken once on the phone''.

Many years ago the controversial actor met and fell in love with an Abia state University undergraduate (now a Uk based Barrister) named Chantelle Nkechi Benson. One thing led to another and she found out''she was four months pregnant whilst on pills''.

Photos: Dino Melaye Lead Protest At Ministry Of Justice Over Impeachment Of Kogi State Speaker

Former house member Dino Melaye lead protesters to counter the illegal impeachment of the speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly in Abuja on Friday.

Below is the letter protesters submitted to the office of the minister of justice.

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