RAINS ARE HERE AGAIN, PIC OF FLOODED BENIN STREET THIS AFTERNOON

Pic was posted by a facebook user, showing a street in Benin Edo state that was flooded when it rained this afternoon, according to him people had to stay in buses for hours.

UDUAGHAN WARNS BUHARI ABOUT SOUTH-SOUTH AND SOUTH-EAST GEOPOLITICAL ZONES

Daily Sun reports that Uduaghan, who spoke on Sunday night at a ceremony in Lagos where he was conferred with the Man of the Year award by the Silverbird Television, told the President-elect that the he should not attempt to deny the aforementioned zones their dues in power sharing and resource allocation.
Uduaghan stressed that both geo-political zones were critical components of the country that should not be relegated in the power equation under any circumstance.

According to him, equity, fair play and justice were imperative ingredients in building peace in any society.

“The incoming government cannot afford to ignore the South South and South East whether or not they voted for the party,” Uduaghan said.

The man of the year award winner revealed that his three virtues were his constant guiding principles throughout his time as governor of Delta State without which the implementation of his developmental agenda would have been more challenging.

AFRICAN BILLIONAIRE DANGOTE PLANS TO BUY ARSENAL FC

African billionaire Aliko Dangote has told Bloomberg he still plans to buy Arsenal for the "right price" in the future.

Dangote was linked with making an approach to buy a stake in Arsenal in 2010, before he said he decided against the investment.

This week, however, Dangote has been quoted as saying: "I still hope, one day at the right price, that I'll buy the team.

"I might buy it, not at a ridiculous price but a price that the owners won't want to resist. I know my strategy."
Arsenal fan Dangote is Africa's richest man, according to Forbes, and is worth $15.7 billion, reports the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Floyd Mayweather beats Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas

 Floyd Mayweather emerged victorious from the most lucrative fight in history, beating Manny Pacquiao via a wide unanimous decision in Las Vegas.

American Mayweather, 38, delivered a defensive masterclass against his Philippine rival, making the necessary adjustments after only a few rounds before disappearing out of sight.

Mayweather, who added the WBO welterweight title to the WBC and WBA titles he already owned, was awarded the fight 118-110, 116-112 and 116-112 by the three judges.

With his victory, Mayweather also cemented his status as the greatest pound-for-pound boxer of his generation.

The five-weight world champion is now undefeated in 48 professional fights, stretching back 19 years.

Six-weight world champion Pacquiao, 36, falls to 57 wins, six losses and two draws.

Tickets for the bout - billed as 'The Fight of the Century' - changed hands for as much as $350,000 (£232,000) and American fans were charged almost $100 (£66) to watch on television.

Reasons,your age and financial status should not affect your dreams

1. Stare your fear in the face
One of the reasons to start following your dreams is to overcome your fears. Want to travel around the world? Do it! You don’t need to be rich and have special skills. All you need is a desire. You will see many places, meet many new people – those who will support your dream and who will join you. You will experience things you never thought possible.

No matter what your dream is, stare your fear in the face to become more brave and live your dream life. You have a power to create the life you want – just use it correctly and don’t stop at nothing.

2. Live a life of purpose

If you have a dream, you are lucky. Many people live meaningless lives: they don’t have dreams so they can’t discover their life purpose. Once you start following your dreams, you will stop asking yourself, “What’s my purpose in life?” or “Why should I do this job?”

Your dreams will help you overcome the hardest days, become stronger and wake up each day on top of the world. You’ll feel more alive, excited, and assertive. It’s hard to fail when you are highly motivated and excited about doing what you love.

10 Things You Need To Do In Your 20s That Will Make Life Better in Your 30s

1. Figure out how to incorporate working out into your schedule. Life doesn’t get less busy, so you have to figure out how to make time for stuff that’s good for you. Not because you want to lose 20 pounds or become obscenely ripped, but because you want to feel better and when you work out, you feel better. It’s that simple.

2. Drink more water! No, more than that. The difference it makes in your skin, your body, and your mood is no freaking joke. Put in cut-up fruit if you have to, but just drink it already.

3. Try not giving a shit about your relationship status. Date around and have lots of sex. Or be single for long stretches of time. Enjoy this time to do whatever you want without stressing out about your relationship status or trying to find a husband. It’ll happen when it’s meant to and you’ll be so glad you didn’t spend all your time stressing about it. Stress is bad for your health.

4. Read a newspaper every day, even if it’s online. Knowledge about the world gets built over time, and if you want to be a well-informed thirty something, you have to build that base now. And it doesn’t have to be painful; just read something every day about a topic that interests you.

5. Take big career risks. Hate what you’re doing and want to try something else, but afraid you won’t make any money/don’t think you’ll get the job/have no idea what you’re doing? Who cares? Unless you have kids to feed, really jump off the cliff and go for what you want.

Oritsefemi tatoos "International Star" To Chest

2nd royal baby on the way Duchess of Cambridge Kate middleton goes into labor

The Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton who is 7 days overdue has been rushed to St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, west London, where she is due to give birth in the private Lindo Wing hospital where she is now in labour.
The Duchess and her Husband, Prince William haven't revealed the gender of their 2nd baby who is the fourth in line to the throne, but they sent breakfast to The Royal baby watchers camped at the hospital with pink ribbons so we're guessing that this baby may be a girl.

Singer Chidinma Ekile Celebrates 24th Birthday With Sizzling New Photos

Chidinma Ekile ,singer, songwriter and recording artist clocks 24 today! Chidinma who rose to stardom after winning the third season of MTN Project Fame in 2010, released her first  single "Jankoliko" featuring Sound Sultan in 2011, followed by other singles like "Carry You ''", "Kedike" and "Run Dia Mouth".

Veteran Actor Peter Bunor dies, finally succumbs to stroke

Talented, veteran actor Peter Bunor has died after battling with stroke for few years.

The actor died yesterday May 1st. His son, Peter Jr, who is also an actor took to Facebook to announce his passing.

"In the early hours of today, my father, friend, teacher, confidant passed on." he wrote

FUEL SCARCITY: National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) suspends strike

National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) on Friday suspended their strike which has caused scarcity of fuel in major parts of the country. According to an official, the agreement was reached with the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) to suspend their strike.

According to the MOMAN Executive Secretary, Mr Femi Olawore, the marketers are owing members of the transport association about N20 billion and their inability to offset the debt prompted the suspension of the lifting of products. He however said the release of N154 billion to marketers by the Federal Government as part payment of the subsidy, they had in turn offset part of the debt they owed the transporters. He said the the marketers, with the understanding of NARTO members, had given government a grace of two weeks to settle the remaining payments after which the marketers would return to their strike.

Nigerian Juju Priest Sentenced to 14 years in America

A Nigerian witch doctor was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for conspiring to smuggle drugs connected to providing his cohorts with magical and "supernatural" protection from cops, federal prosecutors said.
     Christopher Omigie, 58, of Lafayette, Louisiana, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Marcia A. Crone. He pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine this past October.
     Omigie had also faced one count of money laundering and one count of conspiracy to distribute marijuana, according to a September 2013 criminal indictment. He could have received up to life in federal prison and $4 million in fines on each of the conspiracy counts and up to 20 years and $500,000 in fines on the money laundering count.
     Prosecutors said Omigie presented himself to drug traffickers as a witch doctor and was paid "hundreds of thousands of dollars" to give supernatural protection from law enforcement.

Aposlte Jonhson Sulieman Explains why his election prophecies did not come to pass

General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministry, Apostle Johnson Suleman, who had earlier prophesied that many politicians who lost in the last election would win, has now explained why some of his prophecies didn’t come to pass.
In a chat with the Punch Newspaper, he revealed that some politicians contacted him to reverse the prophecies. He urged Nigerians not to accuse him of being a fake prophet on the strength of this.
“Let me tell you something about prophecies, they have leverages and you cannot judge prophecy except you have the spirit of prophecy. If you watch that prophecy manual, I said very clearly that President Jonathan would not win but that the man that would win would not be given. It was stated there. I said a few prophecies about some other people- (Ibikunle) Amosun, (Nasir) el Rufai, (Nyesom) Wike and some other people. Whether a prophecy is fulfilled or not depends on who it’s said about. Few of the people prophesied about contacted me. I don’t want to call names but they contacted me. You said I won’t get this or that, I want it. Can it be reversed?’
I said very well. If you are given certain prayers to make, prophecies can be reversed. If you’re given certain things to do, prophecies can be reversed. And actually, there were some people I never thought would reach out to me, those who were Muslims, those who were stubborn leaders, they contacted me. So, I told them ‘this is not about man, it’s about God. If you’re humble enough, we can pray about it.’ And we prayed. Like today especially, I’ve got messages from people who were happy and said ‘Oh, thank God, it was reversed.’”

Angola Bans Church Groups as Police Cracks Down Christian Sect

Angola has started banning churches, as the country’s government has reportedly banned nine church groups operating in central Huambo province, where the main opposition party said hundreds were killed this month in a police crackdown on a rebel Christian sect.

The Huambo provincial government and the national police have declared the fringe Christian groups illegal under new rules that require denominations to have 100,000 registered members spread across at least a third of Angola's 18 provinces, the state-run Jornal de Angola told Reuters.

Rights groups say the bans are an example of the increasing suppression of civil liberties and freedom of speech under President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has ruled the mostly Catholic southern African country for 36 years.

Michael Igbinedion gets an option of N3m fine after been sentenced to 6 years imprisonment over N25bn scam

Michael Igbinedion, younger brother of former Edo state governor, Lucky Igbinedion was yesterday sentenced to 6 years imprisonment for charges bothering on money laundering. Michael, alongside one Mr Patrick Eboigbodin, an aide to former Governor Lucky Igbinedion were dragged before a federal high court in Benin city on an 81 count charge bordering on money laundering said to be carried out while Lucky Igbinedion was still governor of Edo state.

Delivering his judgement, Justice A.M Liman sentenced Michael Igbinedion to 6 years imprisonment with an option of fine of N1million for each of the three counts 79, 80 and 81, for which he was convicted. Mr Eboigbodin was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment without an option of fine.

The accused used four companies, Gava Corporation Limited, Romrig Nigeria Limited, PML Securities Company Limited and PML Nigeria Limited to launder money.