Former Nigerian goalkeeper Wilfred Agbonavbare has died

Former Nigerian International goalkeeper, Wilfred Agbonavbare has reportedly lost his battle with cancer. The ex-Rayo Vallecano goalkeeper who had been receiving treatment at a Spanish hospital was said to have died yesterday January 26th.

Agbonavbare, who was a member of Nigeria’s U-21 Mexico 1983 Flying Eagles, lost his wife three years ago to breast cancer. May his soul rest in peace, Amen.

Buhari would lead the Nigerian military to fight Boko Haram - Osinbajo

VP candidate of the APC, Prof Yemi Osinbajo says if elected into government, Buhari would lead the Nigerian military in the fight against members of Boko Haram. Speaking at a town hall meeting organized by the Act Now Professionals in Abuja yesterday Jan 26th, Prof Osinbajo said the fight against Boko Haram can not be won by leading from the rear...

"The first priority is security and to question what has gone wrong in the military. Then, funding the military adequately and ensuring that the Commander-In-Chief leads from the front. But when he was Commander-In-Chief, Buhari led from the front as a soldier. You cannot lead from the rear. You cannot fail to go to where the insurgency is taking place and that is what Buhari has been saying.

Photos: Unmanned drone (allegedly) crashes in Borno village

Found this on Borno state government media aide's Facebook account - KSM News. A fully armed unmanned drone allegedly crashed in Mafa LGA of Borno state yesterday. See more pics and what he wrote after the cut...

Incredible recovery of girl, 16, who lost her hair, fingertips and half of her skin in freak home explosion 2 months ago

On November 10th 2014, 16 year old Kilee Brookbank returned to her home in Georgetown, Ohio and perceived a strange odour. To combat the odour, Kilee lit a candle and that was when her life changed forever. The house immediately exploded and she was engulfed in flames that razed off 25% of her skin. The freak explosion burned off her finger tips, hair, eyebrows, eyelashes, and obliterated the skin from her arms, back, legs, face, and stomach with third-degree burns.

Valuable tips on how to manage your finances in marriage...

If you are newly married, there are money matters you need to quickly understand and apply to forestall problems in your marriage. Most marital problems are often traceable to spouses’ lack of understanding of how to manage their finances.

There are vital issues that need tackling early in your marriage like, understanding your personality type when it comes to spending, how risk-averse you and your partner are when it comes to investing, how to build a portfolio that would help stabilize your marriage and so much more. For valuable tips on how to manage your finances along with your marriage,

Olga Diyachenko shares another loved up pic with boo, Mikel Obi

Cute couple!

Peter Okoye, Lola and their kids take a boat ride

Good looking family. Peter shared the pic on instagram...

Defence HQ updates on situation in Konduga, Maiduguri

An update on the situation in Konduga where Boko Haram attacked very early yesterday morning...

Man who threatened to kill Bisi Alimi apologizes

Man who threatened to kill gay activist, Bisi Alimi on Facebook has publicly apologized to him. He also wrote to me saying he didn't mean it. People should be careful the kind of threat they make on social media...

PHOTO: jimi agbaje At The Lagos Chamber of Commerce Gubernatorial Debate

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Nigerian parents left their twins, 9, alone in the US and traveled to Nigeria

Nigerian parents, Jerusalem and Gladys Monday, have lost custody of their 9 yr old twins after they left them mostly to themselves in their New Hampshire apartment for four months and took their other three children to Nigeria. They left their twins in the care of an uncle who hardly visited. More of the story below from AP...

Manchester police said the uncle, 25-year-old Giobari Atura (pictured above), told them he would stop by every couple of days to drop off food, but when police got involved in November, they found no edible food in the refrigerator and only ramen noodles in a cabinet.

Atura was charged in December with one count of endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor. He was freed on $500 bail.

Atura's older brother, Jerusalem Monday, left for Nigeria with his wife and three of their children in July, intending to return in August. They told police they were delayed by illness and passport problems.

Ayo Fayose warns APC and Buhari over attack on Pres. Jonathan

Just got this press release. Read below...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has sounded a note of warning to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari over unprovoked attacks on the campaign train of President Goodluck Jonathan in some parts of the north.

The governor said; "We will no longer tolerate any orhestrated attack on Pesident Jonathan and supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party anywhere in the country."

Governor Fayose , who spoke through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said President Jonathan's humility and silence of must not be taken for granted.

PDP vs APC...see the hilarious ads that's got everyone talking...

The one on the left is a pro-APC ad against the PDP, while the one on the right is sponsored by pro-PDP group against APC. Both on Thisday Newspaper. These our politicians are comedians. Hilarious...

Former VP Atiku Abubakar condemns violence against GEJ

Well said!

Photos: Football star, Asisat Oshoala signs on to Liverpool

20 year old current African Female Footballer of the year Asisat Oshoala this afternoon Jan. 23rd signed on to Liverpool Ladies football club. Asisat is the first African to be signed on the club.

A delighted Asisat had this to say about the new deal...

“Since I began my football career I have always dreamt of being a professional footballer so to be able to join the reigning Women’s Super League champions is absolutely fantastic. Liverpool Ladies are a massive Club who have some fantastic players who I believe can help to develop my game to the next level." she said. Congrats to her!

OMG! Baby killed by trailer in Orile this afternoon (graphic pic)

 

 

This is so graphic and one of the worse things you will ever see. A young boy crossing the highway at Orile by Doyin bus-stop, Lagos was crushed to death by a trailer this afternoon. The source who sent the pic wasn't able to tell me how come the boy was crossing the road by himself. Please don't look if you don't have the heart.

Woman rescues baby lying next to his dead mother as she fled Baga

As this woman fled Baga, Borno state last week with her family, she saw a baby boy crying next to his dead mother. She stopped and picked him up. She now cares for him. Photo credit: UN Refugee Agency. See photos of other Nigerian refugees currently in Chad, after the cut...

PDP Bauchi attack: 6 of GEJ's security aides hospitalized

Six operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) attached to President Jonathan's security detail in Bauchi have reportedly been hospitalized following the attack on the President's convoy by some youths at the PDP campaign rally in Bauchi state yesterday January 22nd. 

According to Channels TV, the youths attacked the convoy of President Jonathan as it left the venue of the campaign, throwing stones, sachet water and slippers. The attack became worse as the last car which was carrying the 6 DSS officials was attacked with big stones, causing major damage. The 6 officials were immediately rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. Two of them who sustained more serious injuries will be flown to Abuja today for further treatment

Africans come for The Economist, after they ask if an insect could be responsible for Africa's underdevelopment

Lol. Some of these people have no sense. The Economist shared a link to a story on its site with the question on whether an insect could be responsible for Africa's underdevelopment. Imagine! Trust Africans, they came in their forces on twitter to slam the site. See some tweets after the cut...

Fastest growing economies in 2015 will be...drumroll...China, Qatar, Nigeria!

This is according to CNNMoney, a business analysis programme. We pray o!

AMEBO EXCLUSIVE: AM THE CHANGE LAGOS NEED, JIMI AGBAJE (PDP) GOVT. CANDIDATE

Looking at the annual Internal Generated Revenue in Lagos State, can you really say that the state government has matched the money with the level of devel­opment across the state? 

 

The answer is no. Although I am not saying the state has not done anything at all. The IGR has moved from N10bn in 1999 to N400bn today. So you have an increase in capital. But then what has been the other side of it? The question is one, our borrowing has also increased. As recent as 2007, I think our borrowing was about 51 per cent of the total rev­enue but today as at the end of 2014, our borrowing is now about 113 percent of the total revenue. In other words, today, Lagos owes about N435 billion and our income is about N389 billion. So, our debt has increased tremendously. Here people talk about the rating and rank­ings, but everyone knows that rating or not, when you are borrowing at that rate, especially now that oil has crashed, and we have debts in dollars which we have to pay, we are in for a tough time ahead....continue after the cut

Graphic pics: Fatal accident on Ikorodu Road this morning

Sad incident on Ikorodu road this morning, the Ketu area to be precise. A trailer carrying a container collided with a commercial bus, and the container it was carrying fell on some vehicles, leaving a few dead. The accident is causing serious traffic going into Ikorodu this morning. See some pics from the accident after the cut, but we warned, it's graphic.

Should FG withdraw Nigerian soldiers involved in peace keeping missions abroad?

I support this. You can't be sending troops on peace keeping mission in foreign countries when your own country is burning. Nigeria stands a better chance of defeating Boko Haram if these troops return and are deployed to the North. Which country is helping us tackle this Boko Haram menace? What do you guys think?

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah dies aged 90

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has passed away, aged 90. The monarch died late last night January 22nd (Nigerian time) in his home. His death was announced in a statement broadcast on Saudi state TV.

"His Highness Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and all members of the family and the nation mourn the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, who passed away at exactly 1am this morning (Friday - Saudi time)," the statement said.

Abdullah became king in 2005 after the death of his half-brother King Fahd. The late king's brother, Salman, 79, has been announced as the new ruler of the kingdom.

"I first saw my wife on social media" Bauchi gov's son, Umar Yuguda opens up

Handsome son of Bauchi state Governor, Isa Yuguda, Umar married his beautiful bride Safiya in Dec. 2014. Umar, revealed that he first saw her photos on social media (instagram) and fell in love even before he met her in real life

"I was just scrolling through a social media site, I wouldn't mention which one so that other people wouldn't go and be searching for my wife too. So as I was searching through and I now saw the finest girl. To me she was the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen and I was like you know what, this has to be my wife because obviously she is the most beautiful girl in my eyes, that means I can't look outside. So, funny enough you know how God works and how fate works, one of my friends his name is Ogbonna, he was going through the same social media site and he just randomly saw a girl and he told me about the girl and he was like Umar I have seen a girl for you, I think you guys will be perfect....bla bla bla... and I said no problem I cant wait to see her and then he called me one day and told me this is the girl I am talking about. I was so shocked because it was the same girl that I'd seen online, that I was like this is my wife. I now went on a mission to get my wife"he said.

2 year old shoots himself dead with his dad's gun inside family car

2yr old Kaleb Ahles shot himself dead with his father's gun which he found in the glove compartment of their family car. The sad incident happened yesterday January 21st . The mum told Florida police that she and Kaleb's dad had been moving out of their home is Eastlake Florida and had left Kaleb inside the car briefly to pick some things when they heard a loud bang from inside the car.

They ran to the car to find the toddler had mistakenly shot himself in the chest with a .380 calibre loaded handgun. The parents said they began performing CPR but he was pronounced dead after arriving at a local hospital.

Photo: Fatal accident on Third Mainland Bridge

A terrible accident occurred this afternoon on Third Mainland bridge which left at least two people dead. According to eye witnesses, 3 vehicles were involved in the collision. The accident is currently causing traffic both ways..

JIMI AGBAJE SPEAKS THROUGH MANIFESTO

I have always maintained that irrespective of religion, tribe or political affiliation, at the end of the day, each voter must ask these basic questions: "Which candidate's plan adequately articulates my interests and dreams as well as that of my family? Which plan offers me a chance to get ahead in life? - which could be starting a business, or attending and completing school with the possibility of getting a job, or accessing better healthcare for you and your loved ones, or simply being treated with dignity and respect as a human being

Without prejudice or guile, I'm confident in my vision for Lagos and in our ability as a people to move this State forward in a fundamentally new direction. A direction that exalts the welfare and prosperity of ordinary people over the narrow and selfish worldview of "vested interests". This is why today, I am proud to present my MANIFESTO to the people of Lagos.

Download a copy of my MANIFESTO. Visit www.jimiagbaje.com/manifesto
Feel free to leave a comment below and share this Manifesto with friends and family. God bless.

Come Join The Train ….To free Lagos!!!!

Since inception, Lagos state has been a place where people have lived, co-habited and developed freely and without fears.

Never in the history of our great state has one man pocketed and cornered the entire resources of lagos state until the advent of a particular leader (Dealer).

He has boasted that even if he puts forward a goat, the people of Lagos will vote such a candidate once he is paraded under his banner. Of course, it is an open secret that he himself freely boasts that he has maximum control of all levers of influence and power round the state, namely: the judiciary, security apparati, leaders of corporate sector, transport union leaders, market men and women association: artisan(s), and students groups.

As a style, every four years, he seeks out novices, political neophytes and cronies: and propels them into the fray of key political contests; backing them with his entire financial armory.

Tacitly, this our man had completed four terms in office as CEO, Lagos state PLC……whilst honest, hardworking and law abiding (legitimate) sons and daughters of Lagos are fed crumbs from the table of this GRANDMASTER!

Photos: APC and PDP supporters clash in Abule Egba, Lagos

APC and PDP supporters clashed at Ekoro Junction, Command Road in the Abule-Egba area of Lagos this morning. APC supporters were doing their rally in the area when they were confronted by PDP supporters. According to an eye-witness who spoke with LIB, bottles and cutlasses were used but no one died in the mayhem. The police was quickly called to the scene and they've since brought calm to the area. More exclusive pics after the cut..