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At least two people were killed in a suspected Boko Haram attack on polling stations in northeast Nigeria on Saturday, residents and an election official told AFP.
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By William 0yo-ita 28 March 2015 12;51am
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By William Oyo-Ita 28 March 2015 11;06am
In an interview with Channels TV yesterday, First Lady of Lagos state, Dame Abimbola Fashola opened up on how she and governor Fashola have been able to manage their home despite their religious differences. She’s Catholic. He’s a Muslim. She said;
“We got married in the Church, the Catholic church, that is who I am, that’s where you will take me from and that was done. But ever since then my husband has practiced his religion and I have practiced mine. There is no trouble whatsoever. My husband has his own part of the house where he prays, I have my own altar there with my crucifix and my rosary and everything and everyone is minding their own business. When its time for family prayer, we pray. I pray mine to the name of Jesus Christ while he prays in Allah’s name & the children understand all that. My children are baptized and they go to church. When he wants them to go to mosque with him they go to the mosque with him.
Mrs Fashola also revealed that to get her husband to do something she wants personally, he would ask her to put it in writing so that he would not forget and give it urgent attention. She said it has become important now that everything that she needs to be done has to be documented and passed to her husband because that is how he says he can manage the homefront and the state effectively.
By William Oyo-Ita 28 March 2015 10;36am
College students were disgusted to learn that a man sexually assaulted heterosexuals. Police in Maryland, said that so far, three people came forward and filed complaints of sexual assault against 38-year-old Joey Poindexter. Police found photos of victims in the phone of the suspect and they believe that there are a lot more victims in different states. Poindexter, who was nicknamed the “beer pong rapist,” hung out with people at bars and beer pong tournaments, where prosecutors said he was looking for drunk victims. One victim said that he was at a beer pong tournament at Looney’s Pub in College Park just off the University of Maryland campus, when he was taken to the suspect’s home without consent while he was drunk, according to reports from Montgomery County Police and University of Maryland Police.
The man said that he woke up in Poindexter’s home in Gaithersburg. He was without clothes and realized that he had been violated. The victim contacted police, and later recorded a phone conversation with Poindexter, leading to his arrest. In the recorded phone conversation, Poindexter told the victim “If it makes you feel any better, I don’t have AIDS.” Police then found photos of 10 more victims on his phone. Police said that the victims were clearly drunk and unconscious when they were sexually assaulted. “The victims have all stated that they are heterosexual and have never had consensual sex with another man,” Montgomery County Assistant Police Chief Russ Hamill said. There’s no conclusive evidence to prove if Poindexter drugged his victims, but authorities have not ruled it out. Poindexter faces a maximum sentence of 200 years in prison.
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By William Oyo-Ita 28 M arch 2015 10;24am
A bomb explosion was reported at the Women Training Center in Enugu this morning. The state police Commissioner confirmed the incident and said anti-bomb squad were immediately invited to the scene and were able to successfully detonate a second explosive found in the premises.
By Blessing Dickson
The Apc presidential candidate Muhammed Buhari and his beloved wife has been spotted at the pooling unit being accredited and waiting to cast his votes.
By William Oyo-Ita 28 March 2015 9;57am
INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega says that results from tomorrow’s general election will be announced 48 hours after the elections have been concluded. So expect results on Monday March 30. He said this during a joint press briefing with the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Johnson Olawumi in Abuja today March 27th.
“For the 2015 elections, we should be able to declare results nationally within 48 hours. Our aim is to improve upon our performance in 2011,” he said
By William Oyo-Ita 28 March 2015 9;55am
It’s the second edition of Cross River state most prestigious contest- Cross Rivers State Most Beautiful Girl (CRMBG2015). The pageant which is put together by former MBGN Queen, Isabella Ayuk is designed to project the winner for national honours and international recognitions.
The race is for….? Who Will Represent Cross Rivers State at the 2015 Most Beautiful Girl Nigeria Pageant.
REQUIREMENTS:
Beautiful, Intelligent, 5-7ft tall & above, Age 18-25yrs.
TO PARTICIPATE
(1) For indigenes Cross River State
(2) For Non indigenes living in Cross River State
I.e Must be a Crossriverian/ your mother is a Crossriverian / parents or you have lived in Cross River state for atleast 10years
PRIZES TO BE WON:
Brand new car.
Cash Prize.
Represent Cross River State @ Most Beautiful Girl In Nigeria(MBGN)2015.
A well furnished apartment in Calabar for one year, ETC.
All top six finalists become QUEENS.
WINNERS
•CRMBG 2015 will represent the state @ MBGN 2015.
•CRMBG INTERNATIONAL 2015 will represent Cross River State in an international pageant.
•CRMBG Tourism 2015 will represent Cross River State at the Queen of Aso Nigeria Pageant 2015
•CRMBG Culture & Heritage 2015.
•CRMBG Ambassador 2015.
•CRMBG Face of Belle’sabel 2015.
FORMS ARE AVAILABLE @
•LA’SHAKARA WEARS & BRANDING #1 Adiabo Street, State Housing Estate, Calabar
• 105 Ndidem Usang Iso Road (Fiesta Fries), Calabar.
• 675 Samuel Ademuleegun Street,Central District Area, Abuja.
HOW TO REGISTER!!!
PAY N5,000 into any Zenith Bank
ACCOUNT NAME: BELLESABEL MODELLING AGENCY.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 1012814881
KEEP TELLER SAFE FOR AUDITION
NOTE: REGISTRATION CLOSES 7/6/2015
INQUIRIES:
ABUJA. 08103339428, 09097163072 CALABAR 09097163068, 08032925969
BBM: 2AA252CA
By William Oyo-Ita 28 March 2015 9;52am
Are you at a polling center? snd us pics and videos via email negroidhavenblog@gmail.com
By Efio-Ita Nyok| 28 March 2015| 9:00 am
Today, Saturday 28 March has been set aside by Nigeria's electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), headed by Prof. Attahiru Jega, for the Nigerian electorate to cast their ballot in favour of any presidential and National Assembly candidates of their choices. Whereas, 11 April will witness gubernatorial & state assembly elections.
It's trite fact that politics is a viable avenue where the people/masses enthrone or dethrone the views of government. And the masses do this through the ballot. These political views are what is referred to as ideology. And they are embodied in political parties. In fact, what distinguishes one political party from another is the ideological orientation.
Nigeria has 26 registered political parties. But, only 11 of these have presidential candidates, in the 2015 general elections. Prominent among these presidential candidates are the PDP's Goodluck Jonathan, APC's Mohammadu Buhari and more recently Ms. Remi Sonaiya(Nigeria's first female candidate) of the KORA party.
In my opinion, these political parties are bereft of ideologies. Their proliferation is not based on multiplicity of variant ideologies but on what one may not readily hinge an argument on. To the question, what is the ideology of the PDP or APC, etc? May incite a difficult response(s), if at all any. They say, theory precedes practice. And practice without theory is empty. The most any observant electorates has heard about the PDP is 'power to the people' and 'transformation', the APC keep eliciting such term as 'change'. That is all we hear for that is all they are and have. They hardly tell us how they intend to 'transform' or 'change' the ordinary Nigerian. Consequently, I am forced to dismiss them as not having an ideology. But, I stand to be corrected.
In the absence of an ideology, sentiment of varied types take the centre stage. In the 2015 general elections, as in other general elections, the prevalent sentiments are religious and ethnic. Most, if not all Nigerians will vote for Buhari or Jonathan not on ideological grounds but on religio-ethnic considerations. Majority of the electorates will vote for Buhari because he is a Muslim and from the north of the country while others will vote for Jonathan because he is from the south and a Christian. This is pure sentiment. They won't be voted into public office because of the sound credentials of their policies if given the opportunity. As such, mediocrity, nepotism, tribalism, corruption, injustice, etc becomes the order of the day.
The negative effect of enthroning sentiments cannot be emphasised. The consequences for the economy, body-politic and culture are negatively profound. It's the pro-sentiment politics, devoid of ideology, of this nation for about 4 republics that has preceded our downward spiral in virtually every sector of our statehood. This explains why I say that the APC, Nigeria's foremost political opposition party does not mean well for Nigerians. What do they want to do, and how do they want to accomplish it? They have the former but are wanting in the latter.
As we proceed to the polling units, we should vote in favour of the ideology of the party despite its paucity and near inexistence. Sentiments of whatever orientation should be far from our considerations. We should try, and very hard to compare between 'change' and 'transformation' and the in depth components of these appellations before casting our votes. It's not too late to give thoughts to this before casting our votes in reality.