Saturday, 26 March 2016
More photos from Omotola Jalade Ekeinde's anniversary getaway
The Authority Newspapers Today, March 26th, 2016
Buhari
disowns #IstandwithBuhari campaign group - http://goo.gl/iSVpY2
el-Rufai's
anti-preaching bill is 'anti-Christ' says PFN - http://goo.gl/3wJBtM
Tension
in Enugu community as suspected fake soldiers arrest 76 locals over clash with
herdsmen - http://goo.gl/ZRHGdH
Military
uncovers hoax video by Boko Haram terrorists - http://goo.gl/nHBslg
Religious
tolerance key to fight against insurgency - Saraki - http://goo.gl/eKmYSv
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Friday, 25 March 2016
Top 7 Confraternities in Nigeria and their History
In Nigeria, a confraternity is a group that is nominally
university-based, though 'street and creek' confraternities began in the
1990s. The first confraternity, the Pyrates Confraternity was created
as a social organization for promising students.
However, as new confraternities were formed, they became increasingly violent through the 1970s and 1980s. By the 1990s, many confraternities largely operated as criminal gangs, called "campus cults" in Nigeria. Besides normal criminal activity, confraternities have been linked to political violence, as well as the conflict in the Niger Delta.
In no particular order, here are the "Top 7 Confraternities in Nigeria and their History"
1 PYRATE CONFRATERNITY
Ahoi-Seadog
In 1952, Wole Soyinka and a group of six friends (Ralph Opara, Ikhehare Aig-Imokhuede, Sylvanus Egbuchie, Nathaniel Oyelola, Pius Oleghe, Olumuyiwa Awe) formed the Pyrate Confraternity at the elite University College, Ibadan, then part of the University of London. According to the Pyrates, the "Magnificent Seven", as they called themselves, observed that the university was populated with wealthy students associated with the colonial powers and a few poorer students striving in manner and dress to be accepted by the more advantaged students, while social life was dictated by tribal affiliation. Soyinka would later note that the Pyrates wanted to differentiate themselves from "stodgy establishment and its pretentious products in a new educational institution different from a culture of hypocritical and affluent middleclass, different from alienated colonial aristocrats". The organization also known as the National Association of Seadogs (NAS) adopted the motto "Against all conventions", the skull and crossbones as their logo, while members adopted confraternity names such as "Cap'n Blood" and "Long John Silver". When fellow students protested a proposal to build a railroad across the road leading to the university, fearing that easier transportation would make the university less exclusive, the Pyrates successfully ridiculed the argument as elitist. Roughly analogous to the fraternities and sororities of North America, the Pyrates Confraternity proved popular among students, even after the original members moved on. Membership was open to any promising male student, regardless of tribe or race, but selection was stringent and most applicants were denied. For almost 20 years, the Pyrates were the only confraternity on Nigerian campuses.
Beliefs and sayings:
Odas is Odas (010)
No Friend, No Foe (NFNF)
Absolute No Lagging (ANL)
Members are known as: Ahoy, PC, etc
2 BUCCANEERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA(BAN)
However, as new confraternities were formed, they became increasingly violent through the 1970s and 1980s. By the 1990s, many confraternities largely operated as criminal gangs, called "campus cults" in Nigeria. Besides normal criminal activity, confraternities have been linked to political violence, as well as the conflict in the Niger Delta.
In no particular order, here are the "Top 7 Confraternities in Nigeria and their History"
1 PYRATE CONFRATERNITY
Ahoi-Seadog
In 1952, Wole Soyinka and a group of six friends (Ralph Opara, Ikhehare Aig-Imokhuede, Sylvanus Egbuchie, Nathaniel Oyelola, Pius Oleghe, Olumuyiwa Awe) formed the Pyrate Confraternity at the elite University College, Ibadan, then part of the University of London. According to the Pyrates, the "Magnificent Seven", as they called themselves, observed that the university was populated with wealthy students associated with the colonial powers and a few poorer students striving in manner and dress to be accepted by the more advantaged students, while social life was dictated by tribal affiliation. Soyinka would later note that the Pyrates wanted to differentiate themselves from "stodgy establishment and its pretentious products in a new educational institution different from a culture of hypocritical and affluent middleclass, different from alienated colonial aristocrats". The organization also known as the National Association of Seadogs (NAS) adopted the motto "Against all conventions", the skull and crossbones as their logo, while members adopted confraternity names such as "Cap'n Blood" and "Long John Silver". When fellow students protested a proposal to build a railroad across the road leading to the university, fearing that easier transportation would make the university less exclusive, the Pyrates successfully ridiculed the argument as elitist. Roughly analogous to the fraternities and sororities of North America, the Pyrates Confraternity proved popular among students, even after the original members moved on. Membership was open to any promising male student, regardless of tribe or race, but selection was stringent and most applicants were denied. For almost 20 years, the Pyrates were the only confraternity on Nigerian campuses.
Beliefs and sayings:
Odas is Odas (010)
No Friend, No Foe (NFNF)
Absolute No Lagging (ANL)
Members are known as: Ahoy, PC, etc
2 BUCCANEERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA(BAN)
Thursday, 24 March 2016
Obama and Michelle Tango during state dinner in Argetina
Suspect in connection with the kidnapping of the three secondary school students asks for forgiveness
He told the parents that the back perimeter fencing of the school has been raised and that they now have a patrol van which the school will use to improve the internal security of the school.
Adeyemi added that the school has mounted a close circuit television, CCTV and security lights round the school to enhance security and protect the students.
Mr Olaniyan, the father of one of the girls, Tofunmi Olaniyan, who spoke on behalf of himself and the other parents thanked the school for its effort in rescuing the girls and improving security.
Vanguard
Governor Obiano Moves Around His Commissioners, Re-Designates Portfolios
(1) Ogbuefi Tony Nnacheta (Commissioner for Information and Communications Strategy)
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
CBN raises benchmark interest rate to 12%
FG to stabilise economy with N350bn
The Federal Government has resolved to
release N350bn into the economy, which has been battered by the sharp
drop in the price of crude oil in the global market, as parts of
measures aimed at stabilising it.
This is one of the outcomes of a two-day
retreat organised by the National Economic Council chaired by Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
2017 Range Rover Evoque Convertible offers fun
When the 2017 edition of Range Rover
Convertible manufactured by Land Rover arrives in the market in the
middle of the year, it will give a new meaning to fun in automobiles.
Many that have spotted and felt the vehicle say it is undeniably Land Rover’s surprise hit.
Gunmen kidnap three Kaduna pastors, demand N100m
Members of the Taraya Ekklesiyoyin
Kristi A Nigeria (Fellowship of Churches of Christ in Nigeria, TEKAN),
have been thrown into confusion following the kidnapping of their
President, Dr. Emmanuel Dziggau.
Siblings bury two alive over N130,000 .... theft
The Ondo State Police Command has
arrested two siblings who allegedly buried alive two persons – Igbekele
Orisabinole and Ogbaro Erinbo.
The victims were accused of stealing N130,000 belonging to the suspects’ mother, Mrs. Ogunnuga.
Mikel considering China
CHELSEA midfielder Mikel Obi is considering leaving the club for the Chinese Super League in the summer.
A number of Blues stars have recently been targeted by wealthy clubs in China.
Rivers: FG vows to hunt down corper’s killers
The Federal Government on Tuesday in
Abuja vowed that the killers of the National Youth Service Corps member,
Samuel Okonta, would be fished out and punished. Okonta was killed
during the Rivers election rerun last Saturday.
The Minister of Youth Development, Mr.
Solomon Dalung, who blamed the violence on politicians, described the
crisis as a display of primitive political culture.
National Assembly to pass 2016 budget today
After weeks of delay, both chambersof
the National Assembly received a report on the 2016 budget on Tuesday
from the Senate and the House of Representatives Joint Committee on
Appropriation.
The report retained the corrected total
budget figure of N6.07tn as presented to the National Assembly by
President Muhammadu Buhari.
There were strong indications that the two chambers of the National Assembly would pass the 2016 budget today (Wednesday).
The federal lawmakers, who had earlier
slated last week for the submission of the report, postponed it because
of fresh errors they said were discovered in the fiscal document.
In the Senate, the Chairman of the
Appropriation Committee, Senator Danjuma Goje, presented the report of
the budget on the floor of the upper chamber.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on
Education (Basic), Senator Aliyu Wamakko, confirmed to one of our
correspondents that the budget would be considered and passed today
(Wednesday).
He said the Senate might possibly hold two sessions on Wednesday to enable it to pass the fiscal document.
He said, “We have perfected necessary
arrangements to ensure that the budget is considered and passed before
we proceed on recess tomorrow (Wednesday).’’
The PUNCH learnt that the
Senate would proceed on Easter Break on Wednesday as a result of the
trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, which resumes at the Code
of Conduct Tribunal on Thursday.
In the House of Representatives, investigations by The PUNCH indicated that many lawmakers raised doubts as to whether the report contained padded provisions.
Members reportedly “grumbled” that there
was no verifiable information on the several meetings on the budget
held between the National Assembly’s joint committee and the officials
of the executive, led by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun.
“There were several meetings the officials held with the executive in their bid to clean up the errors in the budget.
“Those meetings did not provide details
of the outcome; members still cannot vouch for this report, that it does
not contain padded provisions in spite of the efforts made to clean up
the budget”, a National Assembly official disclosed to The PUNCH.
It was gathered that the suspicion of
padded provisions was the “real reason” the joint committee failed twice
to produce the report of the budget before Tuesday.
The development confirmed an exclusive report by The PUNCH last week that fresh discrepancies were delaying the submission of the report.
Findings showed that in a bid to bring
the matter under control, the various caucuses of the House held
marathon meetings up to Monday night, where the members were said to
have been briefed on the need to accept the budget so that government
activities could move forward.
It was learnt that the meetings were
rounded off by a meeting of the leadership of the House on Monday night
and another meeting on Tuesday morning few hours to the commencement of
sitting.
The Speaker of the House, Mr. Yakubu
Dogara, presided over the leadership meeting, which also had in
attendance the House Leader, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, as well as other
principal officers.
The Chairman, House Committee on Media
and Public Affairs, Mr. Abdulrazak Namdas, claimed that there were no
new discrepancies in the budget.
“There is no problem at all; the report has been laid,” he stated.
He admitted that a budget could not be
“100 per cent perfect”, adding that the final report was the painstaking
effort of the joint committee.
The House had planned to receive the
report on Monday and pass the budget, but had to suspend the
consideration in honour of a member, who died over the weekend.
The late member, Mr. Musa Onwana, represented Nasarawa State in the House.
Dogara, who presided over the session, only allowed the report to be laid due to “overriding national interest.”
He called that the House should adjourned till Wednesday (today) for the consideration and possible passing of the budget.
Members later observed a minute’s silence in honour of their late colleague and also prayed for the repose of his soul.
34 killed in Brussels terror attacks
Four days after Salah Abdesalam, the
most wanted suspect in the November 13, Paris attacks that killed 130
persons was arrested in Brussels, Belgium, three explosions hit the
country’s airport and metro station on Tuesday, killing no fewer than 34
people.
At least 230 others sustained injuries
in the attacks, which the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has claimed
responsibility, according to the AMAQ News Agency.
Presidency to deactivate redundant social media pages
This comes at a time the media team is
auditing the digital media presence of the President with a view to
deactivating those that are no longer active.
Buhari has two accounts on Twitter, one
on Facebook and another on Instagram. The Presidency, as an institution,
owns an account on Twitter in addition to the newly-created Facebook
page.
SEXUAL ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS
AMAZING FACTS ABOUT THE PENIS I
There are numerous facts about the penis that most of us don’t know which are going to be analyzed in the series;
-The average erect penis is about 5.5-6.2 inches long – and 94% of guys check in at this length. Only 6% have a micropenis,
which means it’s less than 2.75 inches when erect. If you are worried
about your size, you should shave, which makes the penis look bigger.
-There are two kinds of penises. The shower looks big but doesn’t
grow much bigger with erection. The grower may look small, but it
expands and lengthens by anything up to double when it gets erect. If
you’re a grower, you may actually end up bigger than a shower. So don’t
get jealous!
APC panel to resolve Kwankwaso, Ganduje’s fight
The All Progressives Congress has set up a three-man panel to resolve the crisis in the Kano State chapter of the party.
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has been
locked in a fierce battle with his predecessor Rabiu Kwankwaso over the
control of the APC in the state.
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
Sometimes I feel bad for not practising what I studied in school –Kiss Daniel
Hip Hop artiste, Oluwatobiloba Daniel
Anidugbe, popularly known as Kiss Daniel, has said that he feels bad at
times for not practising his discipline as a water engineer – a course
he spent five years to study in the university.
BREAKING: Judge withdraws from Saraki’s case over online reports
Justice Abdukadir Abdu-Kafarati of a Federal High Court in Abuja on
Tuesday withdrew from the case filed by the Senate President, Dr.
Bukola Saraki, seeking an order to stop his trial for false assets
declaration before the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
The development which followed reports on Sahara Reporters and
online media accusing the judge of having been compromised by Saraki
stalled the judgment that was to be delivered in the case on Tuesday.
Justice Abdu-Kafarati said his integrity had been maligned by the
reports and the honourable thing for him to do was to disqualify himself
from the case
Hearing begins today as medical students sue UNILAG
Some 100-level medical students at the
University of Lagos have urged a Federal High Court in Lagos to quash
the decision of the university’s Senate, which allegedly changed the
academic requirement needed by them to proceed to 200-level.
The students, numbering about 31,
claimed that the decision taken by the university’s Senate on January 27
was “an attempt to weed them out of the university.”
My former record label boss wants to ruin my career –Ara
Although Nigeria’s foremost female
talking drummer, Ara, is known to walk around beaming with smiles, not
many people know the pain behind the smile she wears. After 25 years in
the Nigerian entertainment industry, the mother of one has yet to have
an album to her name.
I stopped speaking with Paul since December – Peter Okoye
Chux Ohai
One half of the musical group known as PSquare, Peter Okoye, has
said that he has not been on speaking terms with his twin brother, Paul,
since December, 2015.
The singer made this known in an interview he granted Nigeria Entertainment Today.
Rapists strangle UTME candidate, dump corpse inside bush
Parents of 20-year-old Joan Egemba, have
been thrown into mourning after their daughter was stabbed and
strangled by some suspected rapists in the Ijebu Igbo area of Ogun
State.
Joan, who bagged a National Diploma in
Accountancy from the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, enrolled
for the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
Ndigbo are ‘incurably money-minded’ -Soyinka
The Igbo ethnic group does seem to be getting a lot of bashing these days from their countrymen. This time it was Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka who said they are probably the only set of Nigerians who are predictable when it comes to voting.
AGF, EFCC boss head to Dubai to recover $200b loot
Gospel singer Israel Houghton currently dating Adrienne Bailon
According to TMZ
Adrienne Bailon has a new curvy beach bod and boyfriend, who happens to be a Grammy-winning gospel singer, and she showed off both on a Mexican holiday.
The boyfriend first ... Israel Houghton is a famous Christian singer who's got 6 gospel Grammys. Adrienne appeared in the 2013 flick Israel produced called, "I'm in Love with a Church Girl."
Israel just recently became officially available, although he's been seeing Adrienne for a while. He divorced his wife of 20 years earlier this year.
More photos...
Photo: They also gave the suspended DG of PTAD a wig
Sunday Oliseh asks for prayers after Belgium bomb blast
Photos: Man, 62 takes 18yr old girl as bride..and she looks happy
'Those who steal must be punished & made to pay for what they do' - Okonjo-Iweala
If you want to conceive in a natural way, then you need to do these things
Dear expecting mother, Ever since we published our first article here(http://goo.gl/im2mm1) on Linda's Blog, we have gotten lots of questions from many "Trying To Conceive" women. This article is an answer to the questions.
Funny But True… All Nigerian Students Need To See This – Do You Agree With This Proffesor?
Read below:-
Lecturers in Federal University of Technology, Faculty of Engineering boarded a plane and when the plane was about to take off. The pilot said welcome on board ladies and gentlemen. May I be pleased to inform you that this plane was manufactured by your students in the university and this is its first time of flying. Thats a good news isn’t it?
Immediately they heard that, everybody ran out of the plane except one professor who sat comfortably.
People were surprised and rushed to ask him why he’s still sitting. He smiled and replied there’s no need to run out because if its true that this plane was made by our students. Then with what we taught them I’m very sure that the plane will not even move…
Enjoy!!!
You all should be sincere, Do you think you can fit into the Industry efficiently? Science students in Nigeria, here is a question for you all
Vendors sell bags of fresh air in China to combat air pollution
Britain braces for 10 simultaneous terror attacks across the country
Rihanna reacts to 'feud' with Beyonce, calls it 'nonsense'
'Nonsense!', Rihanna told Vogue. "Here's the deal' "They just get so excited to feast on something that's negative. Something that's competitive. Something that's, you know, a rivalry. And that's just not what I wake up to. Because I can only do me. And nobody else is going to be able to do that."Meanwhile Beyonce's life-long friend Kelly Rowland also says there is no feud between both stars.
“They are two women who support each other,” Rowland said to SXSW. “The rest of the world starts the rivalry. They are very secure women.”
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