Google shuts down Linda Ikeji’s blog

Tech giant, Google, on Wednesday shut down the blog of celebrated blogger, Linda Ikeji, following widespread allegations of copyright infringement and plagiarism levelled against her.

When We visited her blog,lindaikeji.blogspot.com, the American tech company stated on the free weblog publishing platform hosting Linda Ikeji’s blog that it “has been removed.”

“Sorry, the blog at lindaikeji.blogspot.comhas been removed. This address is not available for new blogs,” Google added in the message posted on her removed blog.

Linda Ikeji refused to comment on the development as calls placed

Mark, Mu’Azu, Daniel beg Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday tendered an unreserved apology to former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

The party appealed to the former President to return and lead the party.

Obasanjo, a former Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees, has refused to identify with the party following series of disagreements he has with President Goodluck Jonathan and the running of the party.

The former President even as the chairman of BoT of the party, did not attend meetings of the various organs of the party, including its National Executive Committee.

The former President had criticised President Jonathan on many occasions and even written an open letter to him, in which he accused him of many atrocities.

He had also criticised the way the President had handled the insecurity crisis in the North-East, an action that had made the President to also reply the former president.

FG installing anti-B’Haram alarm system in northern schools –Okonjo-Iweala

The Federal Government has said that it has begun the installation of an “alarm system” across schools in the north to guard against attacks by Boko Haram.

Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, stated that the move became imperative as many schoolgirls in the north have become “instruments of war.”

The former World Bank managing director said advancing safe access to education for girls in northern Nigeria was topmost on the agenda of the Federal Government following the abduction of the over 200 Chibok girls.

Are you under financial pressure?

Author of   ‘Practical Steps to Financial Freedom and Independence’, USIERE UKO, continues on how people create financial pressure on themselves

In part I of this article, the point was made that most financial pressures we experience are self inflicted. It could be directly by spending money on what we ought not to spend money on in the first instance, or spending too much to please others (temporarily). It could also be indirectly by not preparing for the unexpected through having an emergency fund and insurance.

We use our friends and family as our emergency fund and insurance and therefore expose ourselves unnecessarily to financial pressures by living on a financial brink without a

I asked for divorce –Ini Edo

Philip and Ini during the wedding

A few days ago, the gossip mill was awash with the news that popular Nollywood actress, Ini Edo’s marriage to US-based businessman, Phillip Ehiagwina, had broken up.

The news was initially received with mixed feelings. But some people, mostly fans of the actress, could not believe it.

Sources, believed to be very close to the couple, said the breakup was due to allegations of cheating and distrust between Ini and Phillip. Also, they accused the groom’s family of aiding the dissolution of the marriage because the actress did not give birth to a child.

Peddling the sad news across the social media, the sources added that the bride’s family had returned the bride price that was paid to them during the couple’s wedding ceremony.

I have warned my children against polygamy –Oga Bello

Oga Bello

Veteran actor Adebayo Salami, popularly known as Oga Bello, is a known polygamist, but he said he had advised his children not to follow in his footsteps.

He told Saturday Beats that he was destined to be a polygamist, but being one was not easy and that not everyone could bear the burden.

“I have never said I regret being a polygamous man. However, I am warning my children against polygamy because not everybody can be like Adebayo Salami who runs a peaceful home.

“It is not easy to run a polygamous house and it is only by God’s grace one can do that. It cannot be applicable to everybody. The best marriage is that of one man and a wife, but if any of my children’s destiny is to have more than a wife, then there is nothing I can do about it. I believe I am destined to be a polygamous person.

I won’t bite again –Suarez

Luis Suarez

Luis Suarez has promised Barcelona fans he will never bite another player, as he was officially unveiled by the club on Tuesday.

The Uruguay striker had been in limbo since FIFA imposed a four-month ban from all football-related activity after his infamous bite on Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup.

Suarez, who cannot feature for Barcelona in a competitive match until October 26, admitted he is also seeking professional help to avoid any further lengthy sanctions.

“The dream of playing for Barca comes from many years ago, as a kid. Everyone knows my relationship with family living here,” he said.

“My ban is what it is and we have to accept it. I have apologised

Nothing wrong with my dress to Aso Villa– Oboli

Jonathan and Oboli at the screening

Actress-turned film maker, Omoni Oboli, speaks on criticism that trailed the screening of her movie at Aso Villa, in this interview with JAYNE AUGOYE

Nollwood actress and first-time director, Omoni Oboli’s movie, Being Mrs. Elliot, was, on Thursday, screened to President Goodluck Jonathan and some members of his cabinet. While the landmark event ordinarily ought to be celebrated, instead, it is being greeted with mixed reactions as Oboli has come under scrutiny by critics and fans alike.

But Oboli, who studied Foreign Languages at the University of Benin, majoring in French, says she will focus on the positive and not the mixed reactions. Narrating how she got the ‘breakthrough’, she said, The Film Producers Marketers Association of Nigeria actually wrote to the presidency.

She said, “To our greatest surprise, they said they would do it. The event had the president,

What you should know about Ebola

Ebola virus
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Hundreds of people are dead as the worst Ebola virus outbreak in history sweeps through West Africa.It began as a handful of cases in Guinea in March but quickly spread to neighboring Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Here are vital information to know about what the World Health Organisation calls “one of the world’s most virulent diseases.”

The Medicins Sans Frontieres describes Ebola as “one of the world’s most deadly diseases.”

“It is a highly infectious virus that can kill up to 90 per cent of the people who catch it, causing terror among infected communities,” it says.

There is also no vaccination against it.Of Ebola’s five subtypes, the Zaire strain –

Ribadu denies insulting Amaechi, Kwankwaso

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu
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The former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has denied making any insulting comment against the governors of Rivers and Kano states.

He also said he did not issue any statement that disparages the All Progressives Congress, the party he left for the Peoples Democratic Party.

According to the former EFCC boss, any statement issued that belittled Amaechi and Kwankwaso   did not come from him, claiming that such statement was fabricated.

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Ribadu said, “I know how difficult it may be for you to come to terms with my defection to another party. But I must assure you that it’s a carefully considered decision for which I do not wish to hurt anyone’s feeling.

“I’ll not embark on a needless animosity with my good friends, irrespective of political, religious, regional and ethnic affiliations.”

The 2011 presidential candidate of the defunct Action Congress of

Ebola: Adadevoh, senior consultant infected by Sawyer, dies

Dr. Stella Adadevoh, a female consultant physician, in Lagos

Nigeria on Tuesday recorded the fifth Ebola virus fatality with the death of Dr. Stella Adadevoh, a female consultant physician, in Lagos.

Adadevoh, a consultant endocrinologist, was the first Nigerian to be diagnosed with the disease.

The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Dan Nwomeh, announced Adadevoh’s demise on Tuesday evening.

“We regret to announce the death of one of the primary contacts of the index case, the most senior doctor who participated in the management of the patient, a female consultant physician, with this unfortunate development the total number of Ebola virus related deaths now stand at five,” the terse statement read.

The late Adadevoh was a Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist, and a member of the Nigerian Medical Association and the British-Nigerian Association.

She obtained her MBBS

Why I dumped APC – Ribadu

Nuhu Ribadu
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The pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has partly broken his silence on his defection from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party, saying the step he took was in the pursuit of a “good cause”.

The 2011 presidential flagbearer of the Action Congress of Nigeria, a party which merged with other opposition political parties to form the APC, made his first comment on the defection to the PDP early hours of Tuesday

He promised to give details of his next political steps “in due time” but added that his decision to join the PDP was not borne out of selfish interests as being portrayed in some quarters.

He said, “As for my next step in this political struggle, this would be made known in due time. For now, I wish to assure you that my defection is in pursuit of a good cause, and never out of any selfish interests as portrayed by a section.

“Thanks for bearing with me on this decision, and for those who have been in

Ribadu picks PDP Adamawa gov election form

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu

The 2011 presidential candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Monday picked up the Peoples Democratic Party’s Expression of Interest form to contest for the governorship of Adamawa State.

Ribadu, who defected to the ruling PDP recently, said he had applied to the national leadership of the party for a waiver to contest the party’s governorship primary in Adamawa.

The PDP form was picked for the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission by his political associate, Alhaji Ahmidu Mahmoud.

Mahmoud, who spoke with journalists after he paid N11m for the form, said Ribadu was ready for the party’s primary and that he was confident of getting the waiver.

He said, “I’m here on behalf of Ribadu to purchase the nomination form in order to enable him contest the governorship primary in Adamwa State.

“We have commenced the process of getting waiver. The waiver clause in the party’s constitution was not inserted because of him.

There are goodies in PDP – Saraki

A frontline member of the All Progressives Congress and lawmaker representing the Kwara Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has admitted that there are a lot of “goodies” in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party.

Following the defection of the ex-Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, from the APC to the PDP, Saraki’s online followers had been prodding him to ascertain his political future.

The former Kwara State Governor said on Twitter that his decision to defect from the PDP to the APC wasn’t an easy one.

But Saraki assured his followers that despite the enticing and pleasing offers in the PDP, he would stay put in the APC to actualise his political ambitions.

We can assist to fight Boko Haram –Legionnaires

Nigerian Legion

The Bayelsa State chapter of the Nigerian Legion has asked the Federal Government to allow them to assist in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency in the country.

The Chairman of the Nigerian Legion in the state, Igirigi Effiong, said this in Yenagoa, the state capital, on Saturday shortly after the passing-out parade of Batch A Cadet Officers of the Nigerian Legion Corps Commissionaires.

The retired army officer noted that amongst the legionnaires were trained security men with tactical experience, who could be used at this trying moment of the country.

Effiong said, “There are trained military officers and men of the military intelligence that can be of great importance to the security of Bayelsa and Nigeria in general.

“Give a retired soldier a conducive environment and he will perform excellently well”

Efiong however regretted that both the Federal Government and the states were not being fair to the military retirees.