tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27145679850663910112024-02-20T18:48:13.146-08:00GABROZEAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comBlogger1312125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-73677618657356651352012-12-24T03:29:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:30:53.581-08:00Directors In Civil Service Own More Houses Than Dangote – JonathanA damning verdict has been passed on the present crop of Directors in Nigeria’s civil service as President Goodluck Jonathan accused them of greed and amassing properties. The president gave this indication last Thursday at the funeral service of late Kaduna State Governor, Mr. Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa at Saint Paul Catholic Church, Fadan Kagoma, Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-30712503887200536962012-12-24T03:24:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:30:53.587-08:00Petrol Station Attendant In Police Net After Conniving With Armed Robbers To Rob Boss Of N2.65 MillionA petrol station attendant in Kano State has landed in police net after allegedly conniving with armed robbers to rob the petrol station where he works; and the sum of N2.65 million stolen by the armed bandits has been recovered.This was made known in a statement signed by the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) ASP Magaji Musa Majia, a copy which was made available to Sunday Tribune. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-3185660891442415042012-12-24T03:19:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:30:53.594-08:00Bakery Worker Battling For His Life After Hot Pipe Pierces Through His StomachA bakery worker simply identified as Timothy Ogunsola is presently between life and death after his stomach was pierced by a hot iron pipe while on duty. Doctors at the University of Lagos Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba, are currently battling to save the life of the 23-year-old. Ogunsola was hit in an explosion that occurred at a bakery located in Mile 2, Lagos, on December 20, while Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-38609608143959423982012-12-24T02:40:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:30:53.600-08:00Abuja Stadium Renovation Begins JanuaryThe Minister of Sports and Chairman, National Sports Commission, Bolaji Abdullahi, has said the renovation of the National Stadium in Abuja will commence in January.The Federal Government has awarded the contract for the renovation of the stadium to Julius Berger Nigeria Plc and has directed that the renovation begins next month.Abdullahi told the News Agency of Nigeriaon Sunday in Abuja Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-85224495607229015202012-12-24T02:28:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:30:53.606-08:00Please Come And Spend $16 Billion In Our Energy Sector – FG Calls On Private InvestorsIt has been revealed that the Federal Government needs an investment of at least $16bn (N2.53tn) from the private sector to address the myriad of problems in the energy sector. This was revealed by the Project Manager, Bank of Industry/United Nations Development Programme, Mr. Femi Adaju, in Abuja at the second edition of the renewable energy investment forum.According to him, the project would Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-74320375911651631052012-12-24T02:24:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:30:53.612-08:00Community Decries PHCN’s Neglect, InsensitivityThe Ireakari-Olorunfunmi Estate Community Development Association, Idimu, Lagos State, has cried out over neglect and insensitivity by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria. The association said for close to one year, all entreaties to the PHCN, Idimu Business Unit, to change the community’s transformer panel and ‘upriser’ cable had fallen on deaf ears.It said on many occasions, officials of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-14401268629597363482012-12-24T02:20:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:30:53.619-08:00CBN may revoke licences of more MFBsIndications have emerged that the Central Bank of Nigeria may revoke the operating licences of some microfinance banks in the country early next year, ADEMOLA ALAWIYE reports. With the financial sector smarting from the 2010 withdrawal of operating licences of 103 microfinance banks, indications have again emerged that more MFBs may soon lose their licences as a result of another Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-55390212642341177872012-12-24T02:17:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:30:53.672-08:00FG Begins Work On 10 New Rail LinesThe Federal Government has announced plans to construct 10 new rail lines to cover other parts of the country currently not linked by rail. The Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, said on Friday that already feasibility studies had commenced on seven of the proposed railway lines. Umar, who spoke in Lagos at the inauguration of the Lagos-Kano train service and resumption of fuel Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-28292778788015475282012-12-24T02:13:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:30:53.724-08:00Deregistration: We Are Not Interested In Merging With Other Parties – PDPFollowing speculations that the recent deregistration of political parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would bring about several mergers among parties in the country, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dismissed any such possibilities as far as they are concerned, saying that they are strong enough to remain a formidable force, come 2015. This was made known by Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-88762673013791628892012-12-24T02:01:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:30:53.777-08:00Fulani Herdsmen Invade Ogun Village, Slaughter One, Leave Several Others InjuredInformation on the website of the Sun Newspaper has it that nomadic Fulani herdsmen invaded the border town of Oja-Odan in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State on Friday, killing a farmer and injuring dozens of others. The daring herdsmen allegedly slaughtered one Agbaose Sewotan after invading his farmlands and destroying his food and cash crops. An elder brother of the deceased, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-23625905554165363422012-12-24T01:16:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:30:53.830-08:00Petrol Shortage WorsensFuel shortage bit harder across the country on Sunday, few hours to Christmas. The situation, which became evident in Lagos on Friday, worsened on Sunday, with many filling stations not having the product to sell. Those with the product, had long queues of motorists awaiting attention. Also, some filling stations had also resorted to profiteering, as they sold above the regulated price Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-24223948546155592082012-12-24T01:12:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:30:53.836-08:00Coping With Job LossWhen 44-year-old Dele lost his job just three weeks before Christmas, his first reaction was one of panic. He had worked in a construction company for 12 years and assumed that he had a stable job for many more years. Dele was his family’s main breadwinner although his wife worked part-time. They had two children under six and the usual rent and other bills to pay.Job loss ranks as one of life’s Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-26644786879786064372012-12-23T22:08:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:20:25.267-08:00BahAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-79519649701174300832012-12-23T22:07:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:20:25.274-08:00Trickmousing A compilation of tricks learned by mice using clicker training.YouTube link.You can see all of the various tricks individually, and more, here.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-36275286610813234612012-12-23T22:06:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:20:25.280-08:00Cat rescued after getting stuck to cactus They call him “Prickly Pete”, and he has certainly earned his nickname. A one year old orange and white domestic cat may have used up a few of his nine lives after he found himself stuck on a cactus.On Wednesday, Arizona Humane Society’s Emergency Animal Medical Technicians received a call of a cat stuck in a cactus in north Phoenix, near 19th Ave. and Cactus. When the techs arrived on scene, theAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-23455801707534035012012-12-23T22:05:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:20:25.286-08:00Man duped into undergoing vasectomyA Indian villager was duped by two persons who took him for vasectomy without his knowledge and then fled with the Rs 1,200 (£13.40, $21.80) that government hospitals pay for family planning. Forty-five-year-old Dayal Mahto, a resident of Sarishakuri village, 32 km from the district headquarters, was drugged before the no-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) surgery.The father of six is in a state of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-33245554105407880302012-12-23T22:04:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:20:25.292-08:00Wheelchair-bound boy placed in back row of his school graduation photoThe parents of a wheelchair-bound boy are considering legal action against the NSW Department of Education and Communities in Australia over what they believe is an act of discrimination. Luke Smith, 11, who suffers no mental disability from his condition, hydrocephalus – water on the brain, was left staring at the backs of his classmates in a photo taken to celebrate the year 6 graduation at Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-46382465106647170742012-12-23T22:03:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:20:25.299-08:00Boeing uses potatoes instead of people to test wi-fiUS planemaker Boeing used an unusual substitute for passengers to test its in-flight wi-fi system - potatoes. Passenger seats on a decommissioned plane were loaded with huge sacks of the tubers for several days as signal strengths were checked. The company's researchers say that potatoes "interact" with electronic signals in a similar way to humans. The technique also took advantage of the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-48250562316813118532012-12-23T22:02:00.001-08:002012-12-24T04:20:25.315-08:00Breastfeeding restaurant owner sparked food safety investigationA Nova Scotia restaurant owner says customers complained about her breastfeeding, sparking a food safety investigation. Hannah Gibson, who owns Rocco's Ristorante Italiano in Dartmouth, said when things get busy at the restaurant she'll pitch in even if her son Carson, who is just eight months old, is hungry. "I was clearing a table while breastfeeding," she said.A few days ago the restaurant Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-25800841603678763352012-12-23T22:02:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:20:25.307-08:00Ukrainian woman stripped naked at Beirut airport in protest at smoking banA Ukrainian national took her clothes off on Saturday at Rafik Hariri International Airport to protest the smoking ban. The woman was swiftly detained by airport security for questioning. The ban came into effect in September in accordance to Law 174, which passed a year ago. The National Tobacco Control Program of the Health Ministry says more than 3,500 Lebanese die each year from Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-61474814671387265132012-12-23T22:01:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:20:25.323-08:00Santa fined and his truck banned from roads for having dazzling lightsSanta and his Christmas truck were banned from the streets of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, on Saturday night leaving the community and Mayor Paul Pisasale dumbstruck. The 14-year-old tradition may have been brought to an end when the spectacularly lit truck was booked by an Ipswich Traffic Branch police officer for 'using lights to dazzle other road users'. Cr Pisasale said he hoped Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-5794112481407300532012-12-23T22:00:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:20:25.331-08:00Church offers mince pie reward for return of Homer SimpsonA Manchester church is appealing for help to find a seven foot figure of Homer Simpson, which went missing from the roof. Ivy Manchester Church, on Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury, said the illuminated inflatable was last seen on Thursday. Members at the church think the figure, which had been up for two weeks, was taken between 01:00 and 08:00 GMT. Church leader Anthony Delaney has promised a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-57074945166114196112012-12-23T15:52:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:30:53.890-08:00Four Kidnapped S. Korean Expatriates FreedFour South Korean workers who were kidnapped earlier this week in Bayelsa state have been released unharmed, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Saturday. The four workers from South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries, were abducted by armed men Monday while working at a construction site in the state of Bayelsa.They were freed unharmed late Friday, the South Korean foreign ministry spokesmanAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-3206295854910078142012-12-23T15:44:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:30:53.943-08:00Photo: Man Excretes 90 Wraps Of Cocaine In 2 WeeksA suspected drug trafficker recently excreted 90 wraps of a substance believed to be cocaine in 14 days.The suspect, Peter Onyeagba, 40, allegedly tested positive for drug ingestion after his arrest at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos during an inward screening of passengers on a Kenyan Airways flight. He was arrested by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714567985066391011.post-23027194947728066702012-12-23T15:11:00.000-08:002012-12-24T04:30:53.996-08:00Angry Youths Set Suspected Okada Thief Ablaze In NasarawaApparently some suspected thieves are more innocent than the other or how else can one rationalize the craze for dispensing jungle justice on ‘petty’ thieves while those alleged and known to have looted the public till still walk freely on the streets like peacocks? Friday would mark an unfortunate day for a man suspected to be a motorcyclist thief, when he was set ablaze by angry youths at Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613917760349174869noreply@blogger.com