Our condolences to her (Stella Oduah) as she is currently grieving over the death of her 28-years old son, who reportedly died after a brief illness.

 Ex-minister of aviation and Senator, Stella Oduah, has lost her 28-years old son to a brief illness, reports say.

According to Punch Newspaper, the Senator's son was reportedly pronounced dead at a private hospital on Friday, August 26, 2016 in Abuja.

Confirming the loss, Senator Uche Ekwunife representing Anambra Central in the Senate, said: “It is very unfortunate. It has shown that death and life belong to God and it is only Him who controls our life. It is a trying moment for her and all of us. I know how it feels as a mother. It is only God who can console her.”

Oduah, is currently representing Anambra North Senatorial District in the upper chamber of the National Assembly.

 

Neither the army, which has anchored President Robert Mugabe's 36-year rule, nor the police force have been paid on time since June.

Zimbabwe's army commander said on Friday that his soldiers will deal with threats from activists using social media to mobilise anti-government protests, the first time the military has commented on the demonstrations.

Lieutenant-General Valerio Sibanda, the Zimbabwe National Army Commander, said in an interview with state-owned The Herald newspaper that social media activism was cyber warfare that the army would deal with.

Neither the army, which has anchored President Robert Mugabe's 36-year rule, nor the police force have been paid on time since June.

Zimbabwe has seen several protests in recent months with unemployment above 80 percent, dollar shortages worsening as commodity prices slumped and as the region suffers its worst drought for 25 years.

The largest anti-government protest in Zimbabwe in the last decade was organised on social media last month, when a strike by #ThisFlag movement shut down businesses.

"As an army, at our institutions of training, we are already training our officers to be able to deal with this new threat we call cyber warfare where weapons - not necessarily guns but basically information and communication technology - are being used to mobilise people to do the wrong things," Sibanda said.

"The major task we are undertaking now is that of training and preparing the army for whatever eventuality."

Generals in Zimbabwe's military are veterans of the 1970s independence war, and while they publicly support Mugabe and his ZANU-PF, they have divided loyalties over who should succeed Mugabe, who is also under pressure from war veteran allies.

National leaders of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) last month said Mugabe was responsible for Zimbabwe's economic problems, in a stinging rebuke that laid bare cracks within the ruling ZANU-PF party.

Mugabe has responded by arresting and firing war veterans leaders from ZANU-PF, but his plan to use a splinter group to elect a new ZNLWVA executive was blocked by the High Court.

A court ruling seen by Reuters on Friday said the splinter war veterans group backing the 92-year-old president should not interfere with the ZNLWVA's operations, but he is expected to persist in his bid to push out his former allies.

He said payment would commence on Monday, adding that it would cover the five months salaries owed workers.

The Kaduna State Government said on Friday that N2.2 billion would be paid to 1,200 newly recruited staff of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.

The Commissioner for Education, Prof. Andrew Nok, said this in Kaduna while addressing journalists on the activities of the ministry.

He said payment would commence on Monday, adding that it would cover the five months salaries owed workers.

The commissioner said the delay in payment was to ensure that all the newly recruited staff passed through proper documentation to check the "ghost worker syndrome.’’

Nok also pledged that 15 secondary schools would be reactivated as boarding schools and equipped with standard facilities.

He said hostels, library, clinic, kitchen facilities, perimeter fence and potable water would be provided to give the schools a conducive environment for teaching and learning.

The commissioner also said security personnel would be provided to ensure security in the institutions.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 15 schools to be reactivated as boarding institutions included Queen Amina College, Kaduna, Government Girls secondary School , Kawo; Government Technical College, Malali and Barewa Collage, Zaria.

Others included Government College, Kagoro; Girls Science Secondary School , Giwa; Rimi College, Zaria; Girls Science School, Kowai; Government Girls Secondary School , Soba, Government college, Saminaka and Government College, Kagoro.

The National Association of Nigerian Prostitutes has vowed to offer free sex to members of the Dream Team VI for beating Japan.

he new leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Prostitutes (NANP), led by Tamar Tion, has expressed its happiness in the victory of the Nigeria U-23 football team, Dream Team VI, which against all odds, defeated Japan 5-4, in the early hours of today, August 5, 2016, in the ongoing Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil.

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The group, in a statement released by its secretary, Sandra Efosa, said to show their happiness, they will offer free sex to any member of the Dream Team that is interested when they come back to the country.

The statement reads:

"On behalf of our National President, Comrade Tamar Tion, the National Association of Nigerian Prostitutes (NANP), wishes to congratulate the U-23 Football team of Nigeria for defeating Japan 5-4 in the football match played at the Olympics.

We are delighted because they boys did not allow what they went through before they got to Brazil affect them as they still showed the can-do spirit of Nigerians.

Our President sat up through the night, watching the team do the impossible and to express our happiness and support for the team, we promise every member of the squad free weekend sex whenever they come back to the country."

"That is our modest contribution to encouraging them. We are all Nigerians and we would do anything to support our team.

Congratulations boys!"

The ever progressive Banky W isn't bothered if his wife is able to cook or not despite Pastor Adeboye's now famous advice.

‘Cooking’ seems to be such an innocent word but put it in the Nigerian societal context and it is a bomb, a raging topic and a controversial subject.

On Monday, August 1, 2016 a video clip of the General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God Pastor E.A Adeboye went viral. In the clip the spiritual head of the RCCG advised the men in his congregation not to marry a women who can’t pray for at least an hour and a woman who can’t cook.

His statement triggered a heated debate on social media especially Twitter for days. While some people saw nothing wrong in his statement about men not marrying women who can’t cook others took offense to it.

Feminists saw his statement as feminist and others thought it was insulting to sum a woman’s wifely qualities just down to her cooking. It would be safe to say that the man of God took some knocks for his marriage advice.

 

 

As expected some celebrities put their 2 cents in. Eccentric celebrity Charly Boy said Pastor E.A ‘misyarned’. “Oga pastor, that one na missyarn. Over praying does not make one a better husband or wife, because the world especially Naija is filled with Fake people and “Fakest” pastors. Does a man having a job guarantee that he will make a good husband? Does a woman knowing how to cook guarantee she will make a good wife? Haba” wrote Charly Boy in his article.

Another celebrity who aired out his thoughts on the issue was singer Banky W. During an interview with Ebony Life TV aired on Wednesday, August 7, 2016 Banky W said he is comfortable with a wife who does not know how to cook. 

“I cook. My wife doesn't need to know how to cook. I actually enjoy it” said the EME boss. Anyone who knows Banky W knows that he is a very good cook so having a wife who doesn’t cook won’t be such a big deal for him.

Banky W might not be married yet but he has an idea of the woman he wants to settle with. From his thoughts on marriage and this whole cooking debacle Banky W is progressive and his marriage will not be structured by the conventional family roles.

Whenever Banky W gets married, he surely won’t be bogged down by the traditional values. As for being able to pray for an hour I don’t think Bankole Wellington wants that kind of prayer warrior. 

Mbaka also warned the President to note that if things continue like this, nobody will vote for him in 2019.

Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has criticised President Buhari over his poor handling of the economic situation in the country.

Mbaka said Nigeria is being robbed by a set of people, whom he said swore that things will never be well with Nigeria.

The Priest also called on Buhari to do away with advisers who are not functioning, adding that Nigerians are suffering.

Mbaka alleged that some people in Nigeria have planned to continue the fraudulent practises of the past.

He said “As the President is fighting corruption, some of us are praying that he should also fight hunger. Hunger is everywhere, it is in the atmosphere.”

Mbaka, who claimed that Nigeria is being attacked ferociously, said Buhari should know that there is trouble in the land.

He also warned the President to note that if things continue like this, nobody will vote for him in 2019.

The Priest also complained that he has not been allowed to speak with Buhari, adding that he does not need the President to survive.

Mbaka, while calling on Buhari to assemble economic experts who will revamp the economy alleged that a lot of people have died as a result of the hardship in the country.

The Priest said “Go to mortuaries, go to mortuaries, there are no spaces. I repeat, myself went to Annunciation Hospital the other time to see my brother, coming in, there was no space, the whole mortuary was filled up and they told me it is the same thing in the Eastern Medical Centre and that if I go to UNTH, there is no space, the death rate is high.”

Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka recently complained that some people are telling President Buhari lies about him.

See video of Mbaka criticising Buhari's government below.

Similarly the Director announced that the president has approved the redeployment of eight other Permanent Secretaries.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday approved the appointment of Amb. Olusola Enikanolaiye as a Permanent Secretary in the Federal Civil Service.

The Director of Communication, Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, Alhaji Haruna Yazid, said that until his appointment, Enikanolaiye was the Charge-de affairs at the Nigerian High Commission, India.

Yazid said Enikanolaiye was to serve as Permanent Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Similarly the Director announced that the president has approved the redeployment of eight other Permanent Secretaries.

Under the redeployment Dr Habiba M.Lawal moves from Ministry of Sciene & Technology to Ecological Funds office (OSGF) while Alhaji Abbas Mohammed moves from the Ecological Funds office (OSGF) to the Ministry of Solid Minerals.

Similarly Mr Istifanus Fuktur was redeployed from Ministry of Solid Minerals to Police Service Commission, Mrs Adamu Bello from Ministry of Women Affairs to Ministry of Health and Dr Amina Shamaki from Ministry of Health to the Ministry of Women Affairs.

Also redeployed are Mrs Belema Asifieka from Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs to the Ministry of Science & Technology, Mr Alo Williams Nwankwo moves from Economic Affairs Office ,OSGF to Ministry of Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs and Amb. Bamgbose Akindele from the Political Affairs Office OSGF to Political & Economic Affairs Office , OSGF.

Yazid said a circular announcing the redeployments signed by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita, had directed that the process of handing and taking over should be completed on or before the August 5, 2016.

An Operation Mesa (OP MESA) van with eight soldiers was stationed at the Badagry roundabout carrying out surveillance.

The Police and the Nigerian military have beefed up security in Badagry area of Lagos State over reports that militants have fled to the area, NAN reports.

Report said militants from Arepo area of Ogun fled to Badagry due to the aerial bombardment of their camps by Air Force personnel.

It was gathered that security agents have been deployed in strategic areas.

An Operation Mesa (OP MESA) van with eight soldiers was stationed at the Badagry roundabout carrying out surveillance.

One of the soldiers who spoke on condition of anonymity told NAN that they were carrying out surveillance around the place.

"We are here on intelligence report that the militants that were chased out from Arepo had relocated here. So, we are here to make sure that everything is in order,’’ he said.

Also, some naval officers were patrolling the river close to Topo area of Badagry.

An official of the navy told NAN that the operation is to safeguard the waterways.

"Nobody is going to come through the waterways and we are here to ensure that nothing like that happens,’’ the official said.

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Also observed was the presence of policemen from the Area K Command, comprising Morogbo and Badagry Division, patrolling the area.

Some of them were also stationed at strategic places to forestall any outbreak of law and order.

Militant group, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) also warned the Nigerian Army to stop justifying extra-judicial killings carried out in the fulfilment of its duties.

Militant group, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has distanced itself from the criminal activities of other groups in Nigeria.

NDA also warned the Nigerian Army to stop justifying extra-judicial killings carried out in the fulfilment of its duties.

The group made the comments via a statement released by spokesman, Mudoch Agbinibo.

The statement reads:

“The Nigeria press community should not misquote the NDA on our statement on the Nigeria military killing innocent civilians in Arepo, Ogun State.

“The High command of the NDA only bemoaned and condemns the reckless war game that the military is embarking upon with the lives and property of defenceless law abiding citizens in those communities while the criminals have fled the area.

“We should not be linked to activities of criminals and illegal bunkering going on in any part of the country that the Nigeria security agencies are the main benefactors and collaborators.

“The military should not use such contrived video clips to justify their killings and destruction of property of defenceless citizens in Ogun State. That we cannot be intimidated by these video clips of propaganda and drones.

“The press and the general public should not quote us out of context; we only expressed our concern on the bombing by the government. When the criminals have already fled the crime scene.

“Which amount to the death of innocent citizens in Arepo. So the military should stop justification of extra judicial killings. That is our position.”

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Meanwhile, the group has opened a new Twitter account following the suspension of the old one in July.

• Granny was sighted with other whales on 27 July in the Salish Sea

• Scientists have been studying the remarkable cetacean since 1971

• Officially known as J2, she is the oldest known orca in the world

• Typically killer whales live to between the age of 60 and 80 in the wild

Born one year before the ill-fated Titanic struck an iceberg, the world's oldest known killer whale has been spotted off the coast of Washington.

Experts spied the 105-year orca nicknamed 'Granny' with other whales on 27 July in the Salish Sea.

Scientists have been studying the remarkable cetacean since 1971 when they estimated she was 60 years old and gave her the official name of J2

Experts have been studying whales in the North Pacific Ocean, called the Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW) since the early 1970s. Granny, pictured in 2014, is said to be the matriarch of the group and was spotted in the Strait of Georgia at the weekend

HOW DID EXPERTS DETERMINE GRANNY’S AGE?

Researchers began studying the resident orcas in the early 1970s. 

At that time they had photos of Ruffles, known as J1, and Granny, taken in 1971.

Their relative size suggests they were both fully grown adults when the photo was taken, meaning they were both at least 20 years old in 1971. 

Experts at the time said Ruffles was the younger of the two, and due to their association, suggested Granny was Ruffles’ mother. 

If Ruffles was at least 20 in 1971, she would have been born in 1951, and since Granny was not spotted with any more children after this date, the researchers assumed Ruffles was her final calf.

Female killer whales stop producing at around the age of 40, which means if Ruffles was born in 1951, and Granny was 40 at that time, her birth year would be 1911. 

Her presence has stunned scientists because killer whales, or orcas, typically live to between the age of 60 and 80 in the wild. 

Granny is a matriarch of a group called the Southern Resident Killer Whales in the Pacific Ocean.

Experts from Ocean EcoVentures Whale Watching were able to identify her thanks to a marking on her dorsal fin, as well as as a half-moon-shaped notch.

They said in a blog post: 'J2 and and her family have spent the past few weeks foraging and travelling the Georgia Strait.' 

Simon Pidcock, from the company, added: 'Granny has been swimming pretty much non-stop for over 100 years.

'The Southern Residents on average travel about 72 miles in a 24-hour period day in, day out. 

'This means in Granny’s lifetime she has swam around the world the equivalent of a 100 times.'

In 2014, Granny was spotted in the Strait of Georgia, when she was thought to have travelled up from California with her pod.

Her return to the area for the first time in years was announced by the Pacific Whale Watch Association (PWWA).

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3725304/Granny-world-s-oldest-killer-whale-swimming-Pacific-105-year-old-orca-spotted-coast-Washington.html#ixzz4GStN7NAr