Maiyegun's Diary: October 2015

Tuesday 27 October 2015

Nigeria | Article: Telling Lies Is Corruption, By Femi Aribisala

President Buhari

More money has been allegedly stolen under Goodluck Jonathan than there was money to steal.

Rare family photos of Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun

Young Ibikunle

Amaechi and his wife

FILE PHOTO © Jaime Saldarriaga / Reuters

Lebanese security forces are interrogating a Saudi prince on charges of carrying drugs on his private plane after they allegedly retrieved 2 tons of narcotics from the aircraft, local media reported.

Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ooni-elect

The new Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, was born 40 years ago into the family of Ropo and Margaret Ogunwusi.

Disgusting!!! Man ‘made £5,000 a month pimping out his wife at home while he sat in the family car with his kid’

The 54-year-old is on trial for pimping (Picture Getty)

Dr. Arnold Klein (above with Michael Jackson and Elizabeth taylor) passed away Thursday night in California aged 70

Prof. Osinbajo VP Nigeria

The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has revealed that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is presently working on a medium-term reduction of the pump price of petroleum products.

VP Osinbajo, First Lady Aisha Buhari, Pres. Buhari, Fmr. Pres. Goodluck During Buhari's Inauguration May 29, 2015

Muhammadu Buhari pose for photograph with Germany Chancellor, Angela Markel

Edinburgh is the flower of Scotland but Blackpool isn’t brilliant (allegedly)

The results are in: Edinburgh and Sollihull are officially the best place to live in the UK, while Devon, Blackpool and Bradford are languishing near the bottom of the list.

This drug dealer has an unusual method of enforcing payment

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Erm…

BREAKING NEWS!!! Amosun wins at the tribunal

The governorship election petition tribunal seating in Isabo Abeokuta has dismissed the petition of the PDP candidate Gboyega Nasir Isiaka against Ogun state governor, Ibikunle Amosun for lack of merit.

Gov Amosun

Photo: IBB Spotted Babariga on Trainers

The former Nigerian Military dictator, General Ibrahim Babangida seen in a group photograph after the Council of State meeting at the state house abuja

Tuesday 20 October 2015

'Clock Kid' Ahmed meets President Obama, astronauts at the White House Dinner

Ahmed Mohamed, the teenager whose clock sparked fears of a bomb in a school in Texas, meets President Obama at the White House.

Ahmed met the president at a White House astronomy night

Distraught Amaechi

Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) has informed that the name of Rotimi Amaechi, ex-governor of Rivers state, has been excluded from the list of those to be screened by the Senate today, October 20.

Emmanuel Emenike

Super Eagles striker, Emmanuel Emenike, has announced that he is retiring form the national team after five years.

(Picture: Disney/LucasFilm)

Oh, humanity.

The Jagaban of Borgu has been slain politically upon his high places. How are the mighty fallen!

12 year old boy thrown off the bridge for refusing to kill a bus driver

Angel Ariel Escalante Perez’ father found him just before he died (Picture: CEN)

Photo Credit: emn-news.com

The Nigerian military on Thursday convicted a Brigadier General, Enitan Ransome-Kuti, blamed for the loss of Baga in Borno State to Boko Haram insurgents in January.

Reuben Abati, Fmr Presidential Spokesman

I have tried delaying the writing of this piece in the honest expectation that someone probably misquoted Chief E.K. Clark, when he reportedly publicly disowned former President Goodluck Jonathan. I had hoped that our dear father, E.K. Clark, would issue a counter statement and say the usual things politicians say: “they quoted me out of context!” “Jonathan is my son”. That has not happened; rather, some other Ijaw voices, including one Joseph Evah, have come to the defence of the old man, to join hands in rubbishing a man they once defended to the hilt and used as a bargaining chip for the Ijaw interest in the larger Nigerian geo-politics.

United States: 30 Years on Death Row

In an incredible miscarriage of justice, a prosecutor admits his cowardice and indifference led to the wrongful murder conviction of a man sentenced to death

The following is a script from "30 Years on Death Row" which aired on October 11, 2015. Bill Whitaker is the correspondent. Ira Rosen and Habiba Nosheen, producers.

Better keep an eye on that ring…(Picture: ABC News)

Losing an engagement ring is bad enough – but it’s particularly worse when you happen to lose your wedding ring only two days later.

Oops.

Manchester fire

Ridley Scott’s The Martian has been hit with claims of ‘white-washing’ for not casting assumed Asian-American characters with Asian actors.

Delighted Amaechi

The senate committee on ethics has suspended hearing on the petition against the ministerial nomination of Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers state.

Some of the students during the protest Photo credit: YNaija

The main campus of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has been shut following students’ protest on Monday, October 12, over the institution’s neglect of their welfare.

(Picture: Sanmay Ved)

Remember Sanmay Ved?

The death of DSP Alamieyesiegha has certainly stunned Nigerians. I have been reflecting on the broad implications of the life and death of Alams, as he was popularly known. The transience and futility of life stare everyone in the face at moments like this. Nonetheless, there are other salient issues that Alams’ death throws up beyond metaphysical concerns.

ABDULRAHMAN BELLO DAMBAZAU

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH

Nigeria’s Super Eagles yesterday in Belgium redeem their image with a 3-0 thrashing of Indomitable Lions of Cameroon. After the shambolic show of shame against DRC on Thursday, Coach Sunday Oliseh succeeded in charged his boys in raised their game to brought Volker Finke’s side down to their feet in Belgium and ease pressure on him following his falling out with Lille goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama.

Aishat Al Hassan

As the Senate begins screening ministerial nominees this week, Gombe State youth group, under the aegies of Youth Salvation Awareness Forum, have faulted the authenticity of the secondary school certificate of Amina J. Mohammed, a nominee.

Fresh facts emerged yesterday on how the first elected governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Solomon Peter Alameiseigha died at the Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) few hours before he could be flown abroad for further treatment by the Bayelsa State government.

Sometimes living with anxiety feels a little like this (Picture: Katie Crawford)

It would be unlikely that the flaperon (above) had been able to drift from the Philippines to Reunion, given that land – Borneo, the Malaysian mainland and parts of Indonesia – would be in the way

Jim Carrey Carries Ex-Girlfriend's Coffin at Funeral in Ireland

Actor Jim Carrey, carries the coffin of his ex-girlfriend Cathriona White in Cappawhite, Ireland, before her funeral on Oct. 10. AP Photo / AP

Actor Randy Quaid arrives at his Immigration and Refugee Board hearing in Montreal, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015. Quaid said in an interview that he could be deported from Canada next week and that he would like to resolve his legal issues in California and "move on with my life." The actor and his Canadian wife fled the U.S. in 2010, saying they were victims of persecution. (Peter McCabe/The Canadian Press via AP)

The first executive governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha is dead.

Shettima

The governors of the 19 northern states on Friday inaugurated a committee to identify the sponsors of Boko Haram with a view to prosecuting them.

Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources, who is being investigated by UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) for alleged corruption, wants Nigerians to keep her in prayers.

Mayor Joe Anderson walks along Garrick Street in Picton where homes are being sold for £1 (Picture LCC)

Nigeria: EFCC goes after former Benue Governor, Gabriel Suswam, grills ex-Finance commissioner

Suswam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, grilled a former Benue State Commissioner for Finance, Omadachi Oklobia.

The cars were gridlocked on Tuesday on the Beijing–Hong Kong–Macau Expressway, near the border with Hong Kong, following the end of a week-long national holiday.

(Picture: Metro/Getty

Earlier today, the news broke that the National and State Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun state, has nullified the election of Senator Buruji Kasahamu, who represented Ogun East senatorial district.

7 Things You Should Avoid Doing On A First Date

#1 No Technology!

How about be present and in the moment. There's no need to live tweet how your date is going the entire time.

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Reuters Abdulfetah Huseyin/Anadolu Agency via Getty

Putin’s latest weapons were mostly unknown to the outside world—until they began slamming into Syria.

U.S: 18-Year-Old Freshman In Custody For Shooting At Northern Arizona University

One person was killed and three others were wounded in the early morning shooting on campus Friday.

An 18-year-old freshman was arrested following a shooting at Northern Arizona University’s Flagstaff campus on Friday that left one person dead and three others injured, campus police said.

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