Nollywood superstar, Funke Akindele after a tumultuous first marriage which recently crashed has found love again according to MJ Celebrity Magazine.
Jenifer, as she loved to be called; Funke’ secret love for an aide to former Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has been revealed. Jenifer is said to be deeply in love with the new found lover.
According to MJ; Funke Akindele went extra mile recently by procuring a Honda car for the lucky Bode, who was though an aide to former governor, but not as rich to have procured a car for himself. The love for Bode has totally overwhelmed Funke as she is so in fun and proud of the new found love.
If Funke is richer than Bode as reported by our source, definitely, the star actress must have learnt how to love and love indeed having suffered a setback in his first marriage to a ready-made rich polygamous man.
Once beaten, twice shy. Good luck Funke
Friday, 4 October 2013
HILARIOUS JOKE...
At a Wedding in a Church, the Pastor said to the Congregation; Is there any Man or Woman here who knows any thing that will make this wedding not to go on?. You may say it now or forever remain silent. Akpos quickly stood up at the back and started walking towards the altar. The Bride fainted, the Groom ran out of the church. The Pastor gave Akpos microphone to say what he want to say. Akpos said; Pastor, please show me the way to the toilet, i want to shit
How I Got My Police Dismissal, Demotion Reversed — Ribadu
Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Malam Nuhu Ribadu yesterday said the decision by the Police Service Commission (PSC) to demote him, and later dismiss him from the Nigeria Police Force was nulled by the court, necessitating reversal of the action taken by the government.
Ribadu was dismissed from the Police in controversial circumstances in 2008 and fled the country after two failed assassination attempts on him.
Against the backdrop of some insinuations that he got back his rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in 2010 out of magnanimity, Ribadu said he actually won a case against the government on rash action taken against him.
Speaking yesterday at a public lecture to mark the official opening of a new Law office of a renowned Lagos lawyer, Mr Tayo Oyetibo, SAN, Ribadu said it was Oyetibo that handled the case on his behalf.
Describing the case as one of Oyetibo’s many “many historic victories” Ribadu recalled that the lawyer succeeded in having “the decision reversed and my ranks restored”. He said the action of Oyitebo was “a huge favour which I may never be able to repay, except with these tokens of gratitude”.
“I’m here today not just to honour my brother Barrister Tayo Oyetibo, SAN, but to sincerely express a depth of gratitude for his selfless contributions to my personal and public service career. My relationship with this remarkable lawyer is one for which I must forever remain grateful. He has stood with me, believed in my causes while I was at EFCC and dedicated his time and resources to representing us pro bono.”
Ribadu also recalled the contributions of several other legal practitioners who supported his tenure at the EFCC and beyond as well as some operatives of the commission who payed the supreme price in the line of duty.
He said, without the sacrifices and support of those individuals, the commission, then under his leadership, may not record as much successes as it did within the six years of his stewardship at the EFCC.
“I want to seize this opportunity to thank the brilliant lawyers and brothers who stood for us and provided us with their free legal service at the EFCC, especially at the time we were under tremendous pressures in our struggles to carry out assignments considered impossible by detractors. These are distinguished lawyers and models for the practising and aspiring lawyers.
“I will forever remain indebted to the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi, his Chamber and family, for standing with us, and representing us in courts without asking for a kobo. Chief Gani was swift in challenging the decision to have me vacating office for a course at Nigerian Institute of Policy and Strategic Study (NIPSS)”.
Ribadu was dismissed from the Police in controversial circumstances in 2008 and fled the country after two failed assassination attempts on him.
Against the backdrop of some insinuations that he got back his rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in 2010 out of magnanimity, Ribadu said he actually won a case against the government on rash action taken against him.
Speaking yesterday at a public lecture to mark the official opening of a new Law office of a renowned Lagos lawyer, Mr Tayo Oyetibo, SAN, Ribadu said it was Oyetibo that handled the case on his behalf.
Describing the case as one of Oyetibo’s many “many historic victories” Ribadu recalled that the lawyer succeeded in having “the decision reversed and my ranks restored”. He said the action of Oyitebo was “a huge favour which I may never be able to repay, except with these tokens of gratitude”.
“I’m here today not just to honour my brother Barrister Tayo Oyetibo, SAN, but to sincerely express a depth of gratitude for his selfless contributions to my personal and public service career. My relationship with this remarkable lawyer is one for which I must forever remain grateful. He has stood with me, believed in my causes while I was at EFCC and dedicated his time and resources to representing us pro bono.”
Ribadu also recalled the contributions of several other legal practitioners who supported his tenure at the EFCC and beyond as well as some operatives of the commission who payed the supreme price in the line of duty.
He said, without the sacrifices and support of those individuals, the commission, then under his leadership, may not record as much successes as it did within the six years of his stewardship at the EFCC.
“I want to seize this opportunity to thank the brilliant lawyers and brothers who stood for us and provided us with their free legal service at the EFCC, especially at the time we were under tremendous pressures in our struggles to carry out assignments considered impossible by detractors. These are distinguished lawyers and models for the practising and aspiring lawyers.
“I will forever remain indebted to the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi, his Chamber and family, for standing with us, and representing us in courts without asking for a kobo. Chief Gani was swift in challenging the decision to have me vacating office for a course at Nigerian Institute of Policy and Strategic Study (NIPSS)”.
PHCN: FG, power sector unions resolve crisis
ABUJA — The Federal Government and electricity workers yesterday charted a new course for the resolution of lingering labour-related crises threatening the power privatisation programme.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Power, Dr. Godknows Igali, who spoke at the end of a meeting with organised labour in Abuja, said that all contentious issues have been resolved by the implementation committee.
This came even as the Chairman, Presidential Task Force on Power, Mr. Beks Dagogo-Jack, said in Lagos that the new investors will only be able to take physical possession of privatised assets after all labour issues have been addressed.
Speaking at the Power Investors Summit Nigeria yesterday, he maintained that the Federal Government is fully aware of all the issues, and has shown a level of goodwill never before seen in Nigeria over the years.
He reiterated government’s commitment to the power reforms programme, saying that the transition period will fully come on stream January 2014.
According to him, the pre-transition period will afford the new owners the opportunity to test-run facilities, fine-tune things; make adjustments, so that when they take full possession, they cannot go wrong.
“It is the best thing to have a very clear pre-transition dimension, where people are doing the business as if they are in transition. But a few things have not been properly set the way they should be. So they will test it and see what needs to be done. It is an adjustment regime and it is not bad at all,” he noted.
Severance package
Dagogo-Jack noted that the labour issues are multi-faceted, adding that payment of workers’ severance package is just a small part in the entire process.
He said the physical handover of the assets will take place after the last person has been paid, saying, “The physical handover is delayed to tidy up the payment, which has been agreed with labour.”
The presidential aide further said: “The dispute resolution has to be put in place before the new investors commence operations. However, I can assure Nigerians that the dispute resolution mechanism has been set up and all the disputes will be resolved.
“Paying the workers is not all the labour issues. All the labour issues have been done with, what remains is paying them, which is a process. We need to know who we are paying; where their banks are, what their names are. If you wire the money, it takes some time to enter the various accounts.”
In this regard, Igali after the meeting with the labour unions promised that about 38,000 workers will receive their severance pay before the end of this week.
He blamed the hiccups being experienced in the payments on the large number of people involved, adding that government has enough money for the exercise, but was being careful in ensuring that money are not paid into wrong accounts.
The Permanent Secretary commended labour for the show of patriotism, adding that about 45,366 out of the 47,000 staff have so far been captured, and that the remaining persons would be done after the office of the Accountant General finalised its processes.
Negotiation with labour
Also speaking at the end of negotiation with labour, Accountant General of the Federation, AGF, Mr. Jonah Otunla, expressed readiness of his office to pay all outstanding benefits after due processes.
He also reiterated the resolve of government to honour all obligations to PHCN workers.
Speaking on behalf of colleagues, General Secretary, Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, Comrade Joe Ajaero, blamed government for sending the wrong signals regarding what led to the stoppage of payments which had commenced earlier.
He expressed the hope that workers would be fully paid as promised, adding that government should complete the process as they don’t expect the process to be indefinite.
He commended government for providing solutions to issues agitating the minds of the unions, while supporting the need for a biometric capture of all workers before payments are made.
Ajaero urged all members of the unions nationwide, to suspend their planned action and protest, as this will give room for them to watch if Government will still be committed to ensuring prompt payment of entitlements to its members.
Post-privatisation success
In a video message to participants at the programme, Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo, assured Nigerians that the successes recorded following the privatisation of the telecommunication sector will be dwarfed by the success that will be recorded in the power sector.
According to him, investors will be overwhelmed by the opportunities and benefits that will be derived in the power sector in the next couple of years.
In a related development, the Chairman, House Committee on Power, Patrick Ikhariale, has emphasized the need to ensure that Nigerians get value for the promises made for the privatisation of the 17 PHCN successor companies.
He made the remark when he led his committee on an oversight visit to the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, recently.
He explained that over 70 percent of the socio-economic challenges facing Nigerians are as a result of the poor performance of the power sector.
He noted that if the promises of a stable power sector with the privatisation of the successor companies were consolidated, it would go a long way in addressing most of these challenges.
IFC to invest $1bn in Gencos, Discos
Speaking on the sidelines of the Lagos Power Summit, the Director, Infrastructure Department, International Finance Corporation, IFC, Mr. Bernard Sheahan, said the World Bank subsidiary plans to invest about $1 billion (N160 billion) in the Nigerian power sector over the next couple of months.
He said the fund will be deployed to power generating and distribution companies, especially Greenfield power projects.
He stated that the funds, which will be in form of longer term financing, will in the short term, be used to provide financing for three of the distribution companies.
He allayed fears that a number of the privatised assets of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, are obsolete, saying that a number of the assets are worthy of financing.
He said the IFC expressed interest in the Nigerian power sector since 2000, adding that its recent decision to invest in the sector is based on the seriousness and commitment of the Federal Government to the power reforms programme as well as the numerous opportunities it sees in the Nigeria power sector.
He further stated that the IFC has started disbursing funds to some developers in Independent Power Projects, IPPs, adding that its decision to invest a substantial part of the fund in Greenfield projects is based on the need to increase capacity in the sector.
According to him, the IFC will also provide financing for some of the existing projects, as the rehabilitated plants will be important in ensuring stable power supply in the short run.
Also speaking, the Country Manager, Nigeria, IFC, Mr. Solomon Adegbie-Quaynor, expressed optimism that in the next three years, things will stabilise in the power sector, especially when the IPPs start to come on stream.
In another development, a representative of the Investment Sector and Development Department of the Ministry of Power, Mr. Emmanuel Chukwu, said government has put in place policies that will enable investors to operate effectively.
Chukwu, who spoke at the 2013 Power Nigeria Exhibition in Lagos, yesterday, argued that the policies are meant to ensure mutual benefits for the both investors and consumers of power.
He said: “The role of the regulator (Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission) is to ensure that investors do not bring a different price and the end-user does not enjoy free electricity.
Meanwhile, a meeting between the Federal Government and Labour leaders in the Power sector yesterday in Abuja resolved that immediate payment of the terminal benefits of workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, would commence today and end in a week time.
The Accountant General of the Federation was said to have told the meeting that the Central Bank of Nigeria, credited N99billion to its account yesterday.
Vanguard that gathered that the meeting was told that payment was stopped after commencement because of the absence of National Council on Privatisation, NCP and the Bureau for Public Enterprise, BPE.
It was gathered that workers Pension Fund Administrators PFAs, would also be credited from today.
Confirming the development, General Secretary of the National Union of Electricity, NUEE, Joe Ajaero said labour would give government benefit of doubt, saying Government representatives apologized for the delay and mix-up.
According to him, the Accountant General Mr. Jonah Otunla told us among others, that they would begin full payment tomorrow (today) and hope to conclude payment before the end of next week. He said he got an alert of N99 billion credited to the office account by the CBN. He equally apologized for the delay and others.
Hoodlums fight over money found on crash victims
Some hoodlums on Thursday were seen exchanging blows and throwing bottles at one another over the money they found on the dead victims of the Associated Airline plane crash.
When our correspondent got to the scene of the incident, he observed that the hoodlums had turned the road leading to the crash site to a boxing ground.
It was learnt that when the hoodlums were assisting in the evacuation of the victims, they allegedly searched the victims’ pockets for money and other valuable things.
It was also learnt that they fight ensued due to alleged ‘insincerity’ in the sharing of the money they stole from the dead.
One of the hoodlums, identified simply as Loko, was heard saying, “You won’t believe that after the whole rescue thing, we luckily found money and they don’t want to share it equally.”
When our correspondent got to the scene of the incident, he observed that the hoodlums had turned the road leading to the crash site to a boxing ground.
It was learnt that when the hoodlums were assisting in the evacuation of the victims, they allegedly searched the victims’ pockets for money and other valuable things.
It was also learnt that they fight ensued due to alleged ‘insincerity’ in the sharing of the money they stole from the dead.
One of the hoodlums, identified simply as Loko, was heard saying, “You won’t believe that after the whole rescue thing, we luckily found money and they don’t want to share it equally.”
Agagu to be buried in hometown Today...
The remains of the former governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, will be buried in his hometown, Iju Odo, Ondo State, on Friday, despite the plane crash that occurred on Thursday in Lagos when the corpse was being conveyed to Akure, the state capital.
The Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the 2012 election in the state, Mr. Olusola Oke, said this in Akure after holding a meeting with the family members of the former state governor.
The Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the 2012 election in the state, Mr. Olusola Oke, said this in Akure after holding a meeting with the family members of the former state governor.
Thursday, 3 October 2013
PLANE CRASHED UPDATES: LIST OF VICTIMS ON BOARD RELEASED
We often get hunted by our unwillingness to accept our fate. What do we have to say when you have just few minutes left staring at your death forthcoming.
Since the early hours of the morning, we have been having updates on the Akure associated airline which crash landed near the local airport.
The names of the occupants on board has been released, and they are:
Passengers
1.Feyi Agagu
2. Femi Akinsanya
3. Akintunde Joseph
4. Akeem Akintunde
5. Tunji Okusanya
6. Chijioke Duru
7. Kingsley Amaechi
8. Deji Afolabi
9. Mrs. E.O. Alabi
10. Daji Bernard
11. Deji Falae
12. Samson Hassan
13. Olatunji Okusanya
Crew members
14. Capt. Yakubu
15. Flight officer Oyinlola
16 Engr. Saroh Elaiye
17. Flight dispatcher Ibrahim
18. Mr. Felix Latoye
19. Cabin attendant Owolabi
20. Cabin attendant Samson.
The survivors
1. Agagu Feyi – Survivor
2. Akintunde Taiwo – Survivor
3. Akintunde Akeem – Survivor
4. Akinsanya Femi – Survivor
5. Unknown male – Survivor
2591 194 15 1
Since the early hours of the morning, we have been having updates on the Akure associated airline which crash landed near the local airport.
The names of the occupants on board has been released, and they are:
Passengers
1.Feyi Agagu
2. Femi Akinsanya
3. Akintunde Joseph
4. Akeem Akintunde
5. Tunji Okusanya
6. Chijioke Duru
7. Kingsley Amaechi
8. Deji Afolabi
9. Mrs. E.O. Alabi
10. Daji Bernard
11. Deji Falae
12. Samson Hassan
13. Olatunji Okusanya
Crew members
14. Capt. Yakubu
15. Flight officer Oyinlola
16 Engr. Saroh Elaiye
17. Flight dispatcher Ibrahim
18. Mr. Felix Latoye
19. Cabin attendant Owolabi
20. Cabin attendant Samson.
The survivors
1. Agagu Feyi – Survivor
2. Akintunde Taiwo – Survivor
3. Akintunde Akeem – Survivor
4. Akinsanya Femi – Survivor
5. Unknown male – Survivor
2591 194 15 1
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)