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  • SPORTS: Gareth Bale To Chelsea; Will Real Madrid be 'Tempted' with £75m Offer?

    The Independent have claimed Chelsea are reportedly readying a £75m

    offer for Gareth Bale to tempt Real Madrid to sell the Wales

    international… http://bit.ly/1MjgFcm #Chelsea

  • BREAKING NEWS: Fire Engulfs INEC Office In Rivers State

    By Dickson Blessing
       
       The independent Electoral Commission in in Emohua local government area has been set ablaze by some political thugs.

        It was gathered that the building located at Emohua, the Capital of the council which houses the electoral body was Sunday morning engulfed in fire.

  • NEWS: Katsina state Police commissioner dies

    By William Oyo-Ita 29 March 2015 3;00pm

    The Nigeria Police has announced the death of Alhaji Muhammad Hurdi (pictured middle above), the Katsina State commissioner of police. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Aminu Sadiq announced the demise of Hurdi in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Katsina.

    Sadiq said that Hurdi died on March 27, after a protracted illness. The late commissioner joined the service in 1988 as ASP cadet officer and rose through the ranks to the rank of a commissioner.

    The PPRO said that Hurdi would be remembered as a patriotic and dedicated officer who gave his best in the service of his fatherland. The Deputy Commissioner of police, Mr Bala Zama Senche, prayed to God to grant the deceased eternal rest and gave the family fortitude to bear the lost. (NAN).

  • ENTERTAINMENT: Dillish Mathews says the $300k she won on BBA is finished. Spent on Rolexes and luxury travels

    By William  Oyo-Ita 29 March 2015 3;00pm

    In a video she posted on her instagram page a few days ago, Dillish Mathews, who won the grand price of $300k as winner of the 2013 Big Brother Africa contest, said the money is finished

    “Read about what I did with my money that I got from Big Brother? It’s finished. A couple of Rolexes, kept going to Milan, London, Hong Kong, Shanghai…it’s finished. Kaput!” she said

  • HEALTH :Health Benefits Of Laughter.

    By Lizzy Adie.

       Laughter is the movement of the muscles, particularly of the lips, and of the whole body, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually extended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of the air from the lungs. 
                BENEFITS OF LAUGHTER 
    1. Enhanced  Blood Flow :  The act of laughter helps in expanding blood vessels and this ensures all the body organs get better blood flow. This makes you feel more energetic. 

    2.  Easy Aerobics : You inhale more oxygen as you laugh, it is equivalent to doing aerobic moves. The difference is, you do not have to dance or wear specific attire while laughing. 

    3. Good For People With Physical Ailments And Limitations: There are lots of people who want to work out, but cannot, owing to their aliments and specific physical conditions. Laughter therapy can give them an easier alternative to keep their body organs in better shape. This is particularly useful for the elderly ones. It is possible to laugh heartily even if someone can not run or walk fast. 

    4. Fight Depression : A lot of people, both old and young, suffer from the feeling of loneliness and depression. This takes a toll on their relations and health in the long run. Laughter can help them overcome bouts of negativity and depression. That is why psychologist often advise people with depression and suicidal tendencies to opt for laughter therapy. 
    5. Pain Killer : Laughter enhances the flow of Endorphins in the human body, as it has been proved  these act as natural pain killers. Laughter can reduce the intensity of arthritis. 
    6. Helps Combat Asthma And Bronchitis : As amazing as it may sound, laughter can actually help you cope with lungs related ailments including asthma. Laughter elevates oxygen levels in the blood and enhances lungs capacity. 
    7. Improves Short term memory. 
    8.  Enhanced Group performance. 
    9.  Helps Make new Friendships. 
               From www.stylecraze.com 

  • NEWS: Graphic photos: APC members shot dead in Rivers state, many arrested… viewer discretion adviced


    By William Oyo-Ita 28 March 2014 10;40pm

    Today’s presidential and National Assembly elections have turned out to be a big nightmare for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, with the members being killed, attacked and disenfranchised in various parts of the State.

      “Armed militias working for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have intensified their killing of APC members. Scores have already been killed and several others marked for elimination. This morning in Kpite Town, Tai Ward 2 and other areas of the State, five people were shot dead by PDP’s armed militia, and that was before accreditation commenced,” Rivers APC Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, said in a statement in Port Harcourt. Pictures of our killed members are attached.

    Lamenting his party’s ordeal, Ikanya said: “It is sad that PDP and its collaborators are targeting APC strongholds and chieftains for attacks and killings. To intimidate our people and contrary to the court ruling forbidding the use of the Army in this election, there has been a massive deployment of soldiers in the State with clear instruction to shoot at sight any APC agent that refuses to comply with the evil plot of PDP to write the results of the election at some designated areas of the State in favour of PDP.”


    Chief Ikanya gave the following specific horrifying examples of APC’s travails:
    •Hon. Chidiebere Okwuwolu, former Commissioner and currently an APC leader, was arrested by police and taken to Olu Obasanjo Police Station in Port Harcourt along with 99 other arrested APC members scattered in various Police Stations in the State.

    •At Ubima, the home town of Governor Chibuike Amaechi, the INEC results sheets are currently with Chief Nyesome Wike, the guber candidate of PDP in Rivers State. Governor Amaechi has refused to embark upon any accreditation because of lack of result sheets in all the polling units in the State, a situation contrived by INEC and PDP to make room for PDP to rig the election.

    •At Andoni, the Local Government Area of Rivers State APC Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, and Chief Uche Secondus, the National Vice Chairman of PDP and his cousin, Engr Tele Ikuru (the Deputy Governor of Rivers State who few days defected to PDP) hell has been let loose; electoral materials have been hijacked by PDP agents in connivance with the Army that has been threatening to arrest and kill any APC chieftains in sight.
    •The Caretaker Committee Chairman of Andoni Local Government area, Esuku Esuku, has been ordered out of Ngo, headquarters of Local Government, by the Joint Task Force (JTF)/army personnel deployed to Ngo, or be killed. •At Abonnema, headquarters of Akuku-Toru Local Government, materials are being distributed from the house of Minister of Sports, Chief Tammy Danagogo, instead of the INEC office, without any security personnel. Danagogo has held the policemen that ought to escort these materials to the polling units hostage and injuring DPO of Abonnema, Mr. Joseph Kayode for daring to accompany Hon Isobo Jack the Commissioner for Urban Development to the Polling Unit, relevant pictures attached.

    •PDP thugs hijacked materials and INEC personnel meant for Akuku-Toru Wards 15, 16 and 17. The hijacked materials and men were taken to Freetown, a hinterland coastal community. The attack was led by two youths whose identities are known.  •In Tombia, in same Akuku-Toru Local Government, PDP had by Friday night filled the community with Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) bouncers who were attacking APC members and, at the same time, preventing those returning home to vote from entering the town. They were doing so in the presence of soldiers who were too few in number. The Caretaker Committer Chairman and others were injured on Friday. The over 30 APC members that were to act as agents were arrested.   •In Buguma, which is the Headquarters of Asari-Toru Local government, policemen were busy all day arresting APC chieftains. •In Gokana Local Government, trained INEC ad-hoc personnel were replaced with untrained manpower suspected to be PDP members. This is believed to have been done in connivance with the LGA Electoral Officer (EO).

    •At Opobo/Nkoro, the Local Government Area of Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, the gubernatorial candidate of APC, the house of Opobo/Nkoro Caretaker Committee Chairman, Loveday Jaja, was torched after he escaped to avoid being killed by the PDP hoodlums. Electoral materials meant for the Local Government Area have been diverted to John Africa/Ada Tom Pepple Compound area where they are thumb-printing in favour of PDP. One Barrister J.B Pepple was caught with stained thumbs and he admitted to thumb-printing. Another person Alafagha Oko-Jaja had his head broken head and he is seriously bleeding. No one is sure if he will survive. The army has been going around the community harassing people while Chiefs in Kalaibiama are compelling them to vote for President Goodluck Jonathan of PDP. This is said to be on the orders of Chief of Army Staff, Major-General Kenneth Minimah, who is also from the town.
    Mr. Harold Peterside a PDP Agent in Unit 006 Ward, Oopbo/Nkoro was caught with INEC Register and fake Results Sheet at the Polling Unit.
      •At Oyigbo LGA, 40,000 incident forms were being given out at 6:30 a.m. but they stopped when the APC Agent complained about it. He was however asked to leave the INEC office at about 11:30 a.m.Already, 120,000 incident forms have been to Port Harcourt LGA, 80,000 to Obio/Akpor and 50,000 to Ikwerre LGA. The incident forms are one of the ways PDP plans to use to rig the elections around the country, especially in the South South and South East.

    •In Okrika, there was sudden change and appearance of fresh and inadequately trained INEC ad-hoc staff who tried to persuade voters to undergo manual accreditation, claiming that card readers assigned to Okrika LGA polling booths were not working (even without trying them). In a few units where APC supporters insisted on ‘No Card, No Accreditation’, the card readers mysteriously began to work. But in majority of the places manual accreditation is being undertaken. Also in Okrika, there is insufficient delivery of electoral materials by INEC. Up till now no one, not even party agents, has seen the original result collation sheets. The INEC officials claim it is not everything that they must explain. Meanwhile, INEC delivered incident forms far excess of the number of registered voters.

    Meanwhile, PDP stalwarts are openly parading bundles of PVC cards in their possession. Rowland Sekibo, accompanied by police and PDP thugs armed with guns, are going around chasing away APC members from doing accreditation. They had done so in wards 1, 7, 8, 9 and 2. They tore the tags of our agents, beat them and chased them away, injuring scores of them.
    “We condemn this brazen rape of democracy by PDP in collaboration with INEC and the security agents. It is unacceptable as this is not what democracy should be. PDP should allow Rivers people to vote without guns pointed at their throats,” Dr. Ikanya said in the statement.

    Dr Ikanya passed a vote of no confidence on the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Gesila Khan, declaring that she has failed woefully as she is bent on carrying out her secret agreement with PDP to return victory to the party at all cost. Whatever trash she will announce as the result of today’s election is not acceptable to us and we ask for her immediate transfer and a new date be set for a proper election in Rivers State than the sham and charade that was calculated to rubbish INEC and democracy.
    The pictures of our killed members are attached.
    Long Live APC!
    Long Live Rivers State!!
    Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze,

    SSA Media and Public Affairs to the State Chairman, APC Rivers State.

  • TECH NEWs:Impressive New GTA 5 PC Screenshots

    By Eyizle Ene-Okon

    10:36pm

    Rockstar has released an all new set of high resolution 4K screenshots

    from the upcoming PC version of Grand Theft Auto 5, showing off the

    vibrant world and characters of Los Santos.

    In other GTA 5 news, Rockstar also mentioned that a new PC trailer

    will be releasing next week. however they did not say exactly when.

    Check them out:

    http://bit.ly/TGR-456

  • NEWS: Sad! Boat carrying Olu of Epe's son & APC Epe LGA candidate capsizes as they returned from voting

    By William Oyo-Ita 28 March 2014 10;32pm

    A boat carrying a director in the Ministry of  Chieftaincy affairs, Aremo Azeez Adewale, who is also the first son of Olu of Epe, Oba Sefiu Olatunji Adewale and and Muhiz Bello, a local government chairman, APC Epe candidate, capsized this afternoon as the men and others returned from a riverine area in Epe where they had gone to cast their votes. Mourners have thronged the Olu’s palace in to sympathize with him.

    The prince has since been buried according to Muslim rites at his house in Isasi, Epe. Muhiz Bello was married with three children. Sad. May their souls rest in peace

  • NEWS: INEC: Election Continues Tomorrow

    28/3/2015, 19:14pm

    By Dickson Blessing

         The Independent Electoral Commission has announced that election will continue tomorrow Sunday, the 29th of March 2015.

        This is as a result of the failure of the card readers in some places as well as places that experience slow accreditation process.

       

  • NEWS: Bishop Oyedepo, Ini Edo Casting Their Votes- Photos

    By Dickson Blessing

        The general overseer of Living Faith church a.k.a Winners Chapel Worldwide is seen today at his pooling unit casting his photo showing good example of leadership.
        Popular actress Ini Edo is also  seen today casting her vote.