Kevin Abosi Updates

Sunday, 13 September 2015

The couple who don't use phones,electricity, morden transport or internet..

For the last five years, a Seattle-based couple who married in 2002 have dressed, traveled, cooked, eaten, and entertained themselves as if they lived in the 19th century.
Sarah and Gabriel Chrisman do not use cell phones, internet, modern transport and sneakers .They bough an1888-built house.Sarah wears a corset all day, every day. Gabriel, a library and information science academic, wears authentic gold-rimmed 19th century glasses.

The Nigerian Government on Friday said there was no going back on the September 15, 2015 deadline for all Ministries, Departments and Agencies as well as the general public to comply with the directive on the Treasury Single Account, TSA policy.

The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, had set September 15, 2015 as deadline for the closure of all accounts of Federal Government MDAs with the commercials banks.

An officer of the State Security Service, Godwin Mba, has revealed that cult groups and thugs spearheaded the violence and carnage that characterised the April 11 governorship election in Rivers State.

Mr. Mba, who led SSS’ detectives on election duty to Andoni Local Government Area, told the Rivers State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja that the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State worked closely with known cultists and thugs in Andoni from the eve of the election till the announcement of result.

Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo, known as Angélique Kidjo, currently in Nigeria for the latest work of Kunle Afolayan, The CEO, speaks to DUPE AYINLA-OLASUNKANMI on her journey as a black musician who had survived the odds abroad, among other issues. Enjoy

CAN you tell us about your role in the movie The CEO?

I can’t tell you until you see the movie. If I give out the secret and the juices, then what pleasure would you have when watching the movie?

What made you accept the script?

Record signing Anthony Martial scored on his Manchester United debut as they beat Liverpool 3-1 to move up to second in the Premier League.

Daley Blind gave the hosts the lead shortly after the break, before Ander Herrera converted from the penalty spot after he was brought down by Joe Gomez in the box.

Christian Benteke pulled one back with a stunning strike, but Martial restored United’s two-goal lead with an excellent individual goal.

British heir accuses his mother of racism towards his half-Nigerian wife

The relationship between the heir to Longleat estate, future Marquess of Bath, Ceawlin Thynn and his mother has deteriorated so badly that she was not invited to his wedding to Emma McQuiston, the daughter of Nigerian oil tycoon Ladi Jadesimi and British mother, Suzanna McQuisto, The Telegraph reports.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Photo: EPA/TOM WHITE
Singapore's prime minister on Saturday lauded the city-state's youth vote for helping return his party to power in a massive election victory, and reversing a worrying drop in popularity it suffered in the last polls four years ago.

The ruling People's Action Party got 83 of the 89 seats in Parliament, while the opposition Workers' Party captured six in Friday's elections.

"It is a good result for the PAP, but it is an excellent result for Singapore," Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in the early hours of Saturday, after final results were announced. He said the result would not have been possible without broad support from all sections of society.

President Buhari this morning attended the Combined Passing Out Parade 7 Convocation ceremony of Cadets 62 Regular course and short service course 43 of the NDA in Kaduna state. Continue to see more photos from the event..

Bobby Brown has given his first interview over the death of his daughter Bobbi Kristina, saying he comforts himself with the belief that ex-wife Whitney Houston 'called my daughter with her'.

The singer said in a sit-down with syndicated daytime talk show The Real - set to air September 14 - that he and his family did all they could do for his daughter before her July death, six months after she was found unconscious in the bathtub of her Georgia home in mysterious circumstances. Supported by wife Alicia Etheredge Brown, Bobby said on the show:

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday said it had arrested a suspected notorious drug baron, Azubuike Odugwe AKA "Eze Ntu" meaning "Chief of Cocaine" over unlawful importation of 1.025kg of cocaine.

The Agency’s Spokesman, Mitchell Ofoyeju, said in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the arrest was made during inward screening of passengers on Emirates airline flight from Dubai.

Donald Trump gives Miss USA Olivia Culpo a kiss after she was crowned Miss Universe 2012.Photo: EPA

Donald Trump announced in a tweet on Friday that he had purchased the 51 percent of the Miss Universe Organization he didn’t already own.
Terms were not disclosed.

The move intrigued observers of the pageantry business, not because Trump bought full control of the company that owns the Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants, but because of the “stay tuned!” message at the end of the tweet.

Reuters – Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA has bought three new cargoes of Angolan and Nigerian crudes for delivery at Bullenbay terminal in the Caribbean island of Curacao, according to traders and Thomson Reuters vessel tracking data.

Kazakhistan president Nursultan Nazarbayev has appointed his own daughter as deputy prime minister, sparking speculation that she could succeed him as ruler of the mineral-rich Central Asian state.

The 75-year-old Mr Nazarbayev has ruled over Kazakhstan since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 but he has begun to hint that he is considering standing down after the end of his current term as president in 2020.

Kremlin Press Service

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R, front) and former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi (L, front) visit a monument to soldiers of the Kingdom of Sardinia, killed during the Crimean War, near Mount Gasfort in Crimea, Sept. 11, 2015.

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi rubbed shoulders with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Crimea, the most prominent Western politician to visit the Black Sea peninsula since Moscow annexed it from Ukraine last year.

Sergei Porter / Vedomosti

Russia and Algeria have signed a contract for the sale of 14 Russian-made Sukhoi fighter jets, Sergei Chemezov, the head of Russian defense technology holding Rostec, said Friday at a Russian arms trade fair, RIA Novosti news agency reported.

Donald Trump Tells Jimmy Fallon He Wants Kanye West As His Vice President

Donald Trump dropped by ‘The Tonight Show’ on the momentous day of September 11 and, as was to be expected, his interview with Jimmy Fallon was pretty wild! He even said he might ask Kanye West to be his Vice President. And no, we’re not joking.

Donald Trump, 69, infuriated Americans and citizens worldwide when an outrageously offensive tweet of his from Sept. 11, 2013 began to widely circulate on the historic day, two years after the fact in 2015. Later in the day, the republican presidential wannabe stopped by The Tonight Show to chat with Jimmy Fallon all about his, uh, love of country, as well as his desire to haveKanye West as his Vice President.

The Deputy Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, Adam Idoko, has been kidnapped.

Mr. Idoko is also the Chief Imam of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that Mr. Idoko, a famous Islamic cleric in the South East, was abducted in the early hours of Thursday in his village, Ogrute Enugu-Ezike in Nssukka, Enugu state.

So sad. Two crew members were killed in a deadly plane crash on the set of Tom Cruise’s new movie, ‘Mena,’ in Colombia Sept. 11. Tom was not on board the plane that crashed while being used in production, a source close to the actor confirmed to HollywoodLife.com.

This is so heartbreaking. A plane that was being used in production on Tom Cruise‘s new film,Mena, crashed in Colombia on Sept. 11. Two crew members were killed, while one person was left injured. Tom, who just wrapped a scene prior to the tragedy, is alive, a source close to the 53-year-old actor confirmed to HollywoodLife.com.

A drunk passenger on board a JetBlue plane was arrested on Friday upon arrival in the western US state of Oregon after urinating on fellow passengers, authorities said.

"Flight 45 from Anchorage, Alaska, was met by local authorities upon arrival into Portland at 4:26 this morning following an incident involving an intoxicated customer," the airline said in a statement.

Chris and Royalty after the ruling

Chris Brown has won his long drawn custody battle over Royalty .He got joint custody of Royalty, and he gets to take Royalty home today ... TMZ reports .His baby mama not only wanted to deny Chris any custodial rights, she also only wanted to give him supervised visitation.

Nigerian Pastor, Tunde Bakare, has disclosed details of his meetings with former President Goodluck Jonathan, and what he benefitted from the former leader while he was in office.

Mr. Bakare, a former running-mate of President Muhammadu Buhari on the platform of defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in 2011, said he wrote four -point letter to Mr. Jonathan, calling his attention to the level of impunity in his administration.

Nyesom Wike

The Rivers State Governor, Barr. Nyesom Wike, yesterday, said that he had declared his assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau in accordance to law.

Wike explained that he had by his action, fulfilled the country’s constitutional requirement, adding that public declaration of assets was not part of the dictates of the law.

The Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) yesterday, arrested eight suspects over alleged plan to detonate bombs in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja during the forth coming Sallah celebration scheduled for Thursday, September 24, 2015.

LEADERSHIP WEEKEND checks confirm that the suspects were arrested by DIA when they sneaked into the FCT to perfect and execute the heinous crime.

Though the identity of the suspects were not revealed, our source said the DIA has already taken the eight men into custody and are currently undergoing screening and interrogation, adding that useful information is being extracted from the suspects.

Graphic photos: Over 50 killed in crane accident in Saudi Arabia

Over 50 people wer killed after a crane collapsed on the Grand Mosque in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca this evening. According to Saudi Arabia's Civil Defence Authority, 30 people were wounded and are currently receiving treatment. Details as to what caused the accident is still sketchy but the photos released so far show that the crane crashed through the mosque roof. More pics after the cut..

The management of the Western Lodge Hotel has announced that a man, identified simply as Sunday, has died at their hotel room at Ishawo Road, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

Room service discovered his corpse around 1am in his room.

All the contacts on his mobile phone were said to have been deleted, making it difficult for his relations to be contacted.

Patrick Zhuwawo takes over as Minister of Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment in place of Christopher Mushohwe, who assumes the information portfolio.

Zhuwawo becomes the third person to lead the empowerment ministry since Mugabe and his party won elections in 2013, heading up the drive to force foreign-owned firms, including mines, to sell at least 51 percent of their shares to locals.

A man surnamed Zhao and his brother in Xi'an dug up eight pieces of bronze wares of thelate Shang and early Zhou Dynasty in their backyard, and attempted to sell them. In April,Zhao was sentenced 15 years in prison. Lately, the Supreme Court of Shaanxi provincerejected Zhao's appeal.

Zhao, 52, is a farmer in Chang'an District in Xi'an. In July 2014, when Zhao and hisbrother, who is now on the run, dug up tree roots at their backyard, they found an ancienttomb and dug up eight pieces of valuable bronze wares.

A newly developed robot journalist "Dreamwriter" published its first news story on thewebsite of China's internet giant Tencent on Thursday, according to Beijing Times.

The article, titled “August CPI a new high in the past 12 months” written by the news-writing robot, is no different in quality from reports by human journalists, as it quoteddata from officials from National Statistics Bureau and analysis by experts.

Warning
Abuja, Sept. 11, 2015 (NAN) The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has warned troops involved in the offensive against Boko Harm insurgents in the North-East against being complacent in the tasks assigned to them.

A statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by Col. Sani Usman, acting Director of Army Public Relations, said Buratai gave the warning during one of his visits to troops in the frontline.

It said the COAS told troops stationed in Gamboru Ngala that the war was not over until all terrorists and their commanders had laid down their arms and surrender to the military.

Rick Ross and his baby mama are in an all-out war over a luxury sedan -- she claims Rick boosted it from his son, but Rick says that's impossible ... since he footed the bill for the ride!
Tia Kemp went HAM on Rick early Thursday ... saying, "Rick Ross takes the car from his Son Again!!" -- in a post that included a shot of their 9-year-old standing next to the BMW B7, just to tug at the heart strings.

Afrobeat icon Femi Kuti has revealed is he didn't marry his ex-wife Funke,they would have probably still been together Speaking to the Nation about his marriage to his ex-wife, he noted that he does not believe in the marriage institution.

Nollywood actor and producer turned politician,Desmond Elliot has revealed politics has not changed him..Speaking to journalists recently, the Lagos State House of Assembly Representative said

“I really beg to be different when it comes to politics. I didn’t go in as a poor man, I didn’t go in because I don’t have money to eat, that’s why I never changed my twitter or Instagram handle. I do everything myself, nothing changed about me.

A Hungarian camerawoman who caused global outrage after being caught on film tripping and kicking refugees as they fled police broke her silence on Friday, saying she had "panicked".

"As I watch the footage now, it's like I'm not watching myself. I honestly regret what I have done and take responsibility for it," wrote Petra Laszlo in a letter to Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemzet published on its website.

Some women and wahala, you just can't deal! A mother of three, Mrs. Bola Olowolagba has been accused by her neighbour, Mrs Adelowo Taiwo of biting off and swallowing her nipple during a fight.

The incident occurred after an argument between the two women over the dirty state of their compound in the Shasha area of Lagos.

A man believed to be the oldest student of a formal school in Kano – and perhaps in the country – Muhammad Modibbo, has died at the age of 81.

Mr. Modibo’s dream of becoming a graduate was terminated by death several years into the journey.

Mr. Modibbo, an itinerant petty trader, was unable to pursue education at a young age until he was in his mid 70s when he finally settled at his birthplace.

Governor Nyesom Wike

More witnesses from the Nigerian Army who testified on Thursday at the Rivers State Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja insisted that the April 11 gubernatorial poll did not hold in the state as claimed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor Nyesom Wike.

Video shows refugees fed 'like animals in pen' in Hungary camp

The video, shot secretly by an Austrian volunteer who visited the flashpoint Roszke camp on Wednesday, shows some 150 people wildly scrambling for bags of sandwiches thrown at them by Hungarian police wearing helmets and hygiene masks in a fenced-in enclosure inside a big hall.

Women and children were caught in the chaotic scrum as hungry people frantically tried to catch the bread flying through the air.

Many migrants too far back in the crowd climbed onto the fence, waving and shouting to get the officers' attention.

Pacquiao said the "truth finally came out" after it emerged Mayweather received an injection of vitamins and minerals in the build-up to their fight in Las Vegas in May.

Mayweather and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) have both insisted the boxer's actions were legal after a report on the SB Nation sports news website said he had broken World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) rules.

"Truth finally came out and I was vindicated," Pacquiao said in a brief statement to reporters in the Philippines late on Thursday.

Colorado woman who had baby cut from womb details attack, describes moment she held lifeless daughter: ‘She was perfect'

The Colorado mom-to-be who had her unborn baby girl cut out of her womb tearfully described the moment she held her lifeless daughter in her arms in her first interview since the horrific attack.

Michelle Wilkins, 26, who was eight months pregnant when a deranged woman brutally stabbed her, said the nightmare seemed "surreal" until she and her boyfriend Dan were able to meet their little girl Aurora in the hospital.

Japan evacuates 100,000 as floods swamp city of Joso

Japan evacuated about 100,000 people from their homes on Thursday, after rare torrential rains unleashed floods that left at least two people missing and stranded many more when rivers surged over their banks.

A couple with their pet dogs on the roof of their house in the flooded city of Joso Photo: AP

A further 800,000 people across eastern Japan have been advised to evacuate after officials issued predawn warnings of unusually harsh rainfall to 5 million people.

People inside houses wait to be rescued as the houses are submerged in water flooded from a river in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo Photo: AP

Japanese military helicopters plucked dozens of residents from the tops of their home, but rescue officials said they were unable to keep up with the pleas for help after raging floodwaters swamped parts of a city north of Tokyo.

Men and boys from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching through the Syrian city of Raqqa last year Photo: AP

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) have published macabre posters advertising ransoms for a Norwegian and a Chinese prisoner.

The announcements came at the end of the eleventh edition of Dabiq, an online English-language magazine released by Isil’s media arm.
The Norwegian man was identified as Ole Johan Grimsgaard-Ofstad, 48, from Oslo. The Chinese man was named as Fan Jinghui, 50, a freelance consultant from Beijing.

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has said that he is hale and hearty, describing his purported collapse and near-death rumour as the handiwork of mischievous elements.

El-Rufai said his rumoured collapse was a mere hoax designed by mischief makers for purposes best known to them.

The governor stated this while receiving the members of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House on Thursday.

Nigerian governors have rejected the death penalty for looters..The governors, who spoke with The PUNCH, on Thursday, out rightly rejected the suggestion that looters of the nation’s resources be sentenced to death.
This comes as Organised labour- the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress-at the beginning of the week said looters should be given the death sentence in order to serve as deterrence to others.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate sack of the Chairmen of the FCT Internal Revenue Service, Secondary (SEB) and the Universal Basic Education Boards (UBEB).
The sack was contained in a letter with reference sent to the FCT Permanent Secretary, John Obinna Chukwu, on Wednesday, by the Secretary to the Federal Government.

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has warned intending job seekers not to fall prey to fraudsters, as the commission insists that is not conducting any recruitment for now.

This was disclosed in a statement made available yesterday by the FRSC’s spokesperson, Mr Imoh Etuk.

The ststement reads in part, “The management of the FRSC wishes to discountenance itself from this criminal act and advice the general public especially, job seekers to disregard such unauthorised and mischievous antics as the corps is not presently embarking on any recruitment exercise.

The Ebonyi State Police Command said that the kidnapped Pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Ebonyi State and the Medical Director, Smile Hospital Abakaliki, Dr Johnson Obuna who was yesterday kidnapped by unknown gunmen, numbering about three, in Abakaliki was yesterday rescued from his abductors.

Dr Obuna, who was the former Chairman, Nigeria Medical Association, NMA according to the State Commissioner of Police, CP Peace Ibekwe Abdullah, who confirmed the kidnap, was abducted at about 8pm yesterday.

THE National Examinations Council has released the June/July 2015 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination results. The result showed a remarkable improvement when compared with previous examinations between 2011 and 2014.

The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of NECO, Prof. Abdulrashid Garba, on Thursday announced the results at the council’s national headquarters in Minna, Niger State.

Soldiers of the One Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army, Kaduna, have killed no fewer than 10 suspected terrorists in various joint operations code-named, “Operation Restore Peace II” in the North-West zone of the country.

Also in the operations, about 64 suspected terrorists and bandits were arrested.

Those arrested had been handed over to the police for further investigation and prosecution, according to the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, One Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna, Col. Usman Abdul.

Omotola Blasts Buhari, Ambode Over Death of Electrocuted UNILAG Student

Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade, is not happy with the way both the states and Federal government handles matters especially when human lives are involved.
According to her, the current administration keeps clamouring for Change, yet they cannot exhibit what they have been preaching about.

The actress frowned at the how the Lagos State government and the Federal government have kept silent over the sudden death of a 300 level student of the Accounting department of the Lagos University.

An 84-year-old Russian actor famous for more than 140 roles in Soviet and Russian films has announced he plans to start a family with his new wife who is 60 years his junior.

Legendary Russian actor Ivan Krasko married his 24-year-old fiancée Natalia Shevel, a former student of his, in a secret ceremony attended only by close friends and family yesterday in St Petersburg.

Despite criticism from many, the pair described their relationship in an interview with Russian media as a 'match made in heaven'.

Anambra State Police Command has discovered and evacuated four mysterious dead bodies in a room along Olisa Onyeka Crescent, Commissioner’s quarters, Ifite, Awka, the state capital.

The policemen led by the state Commissioner of Police, Hassan Karma invaded the room in a two storey-building Tuesday morning.

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