Nigeria under Jonathan is in safe hands—IBB

Nigeria's Former military leader Ibrahim Babangida said Nigeria under president Goodluck Jonathan is in safe hands.
He made this statement when he played host to Jonathan and his campaign entourage in Minna

IBB said Jonathan was a leader who would continue with the dreams of the country’s founding fathers.

Excerpt of his speech during the occasion:

I feel deeply touched Mr. President because on your own, you travelled to Germany to see me just coming out from hospital after a gruesome nine-hour operation on my back and tummy, I felt deeply touched by your kind presence.
Then when I struggled and traveled back to Nigeria, you found time to also visit and see how I was doing. I thank you Mr President and I want to tell you that I appreciate that very kindness.
You have also made a very good decision to visit me during your campaign tour because Minna is known for producing Presidents. Either from your name sake, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe who was born in Zungeru, not very far away from here.
....I want to commend the party and the party leadership for being very strong and one of the good things that this party has done, Mr Chairman of the party, is that our vision about the formation of two parties is good for this country.
I have seen in PDP a party or organisation that is devoid of religion, ethnicity and so on and this is something we prayed for and you are showing the lead and I want that to continue.
If others are breaking up, you must remain strong and I think that is how it should be.
I’m glad you backed the President, back him strongly. The passion which the President has got, I share a common passion with him. That passion is making sure that Nigeria stays peaceful, stable, developed and transformed.
It is a passion in Mr President that anytime I see you, talk to you, I come out with the impression of a very young man who has passion for this country.
I wish you well on this and I want to assure all of you that Nigeria under Jonathan, we are in safe hands.

Man gets nine life terms for raping lover's daughters.

A 28 years old Ayanda Sikhakhane, from Mshayazafe hostel in Thokoza, was slammed with nine life sentences for raping his lover’s children. Ekurhuleni, repeatedly raped a 12-year-old girl, and raped her 10-year-old sister, the older was raped on eight occasions and the younger one once.

During trial, he claimed he was in a consensual relationship with the 12 year old girl, but the judge dismissed it as “absolute nonsense”, saying a child could not give consent for sex and that this was an indication that Sikhakhane had no remorse for his actions.


Handing down the sentence in the high court in Joburg, sitting in Palm Ridge, Judge Eben Jordaan lambasted Sikhakhane for being ungrateful. he said the children’s mother worked extremely long hours to provide for all of them including Sikhakhane, who was unemployed, and whom she expected to take care of her children but unknown to her, she had left her children at home with a snake when she goes to work at night.


According to the judge, "The manner in which it happened was despicable. To prevent the neighbours from hearing as he raped them, he would turn on the radio and TV loud,”


Despite his lawyer plea for leniency because he was a first offender and needed a second chance, the judge handed him life sentences


The children’s mother moved in with Sikhakhane at the hostel at the beginning of 2012 after they had been in a relationship for a year. the 31-year-old mother cried tears of joy after the sentence, saying, “He got what he wanted now. When he was raping my children, where did he think this would end?”

To Kill A Mockingbird' author Harper Lee to publish second novel

Author Harper Lee

88-year-old author Harper Lee is set to publish her second book. According to a statement from Lee released by the publisher Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins, the book, "Go Set a Watchman," is essentially a sequel to "To Kill a Mockingbird," although it was written before the Pulitzer Prize-winning "To Kill a Mockingbird," which was published in 1960 and, until now, was Lee's only novel. .
The 304-page book will be Lee's second, and the first new work in more than 50 years. The title appears to be taken from Isaiah 21:6: "For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth."  The book will be released July 14.

Harper Lees's first book, "To Kill a Mockingbird" is one of the most bestselling books of all time. It has sold more than 40 million copies, continues to sell a million copies per year and has been translated into 40 languages. It was released on July 11, 1960, won the Pulitzer Prize and was adapted into a 1962 movie of the same name, starring Gregory Peck in an Oscar-winning performance as the courageous attorney Atticus Finch.

Although occasionally banned over the years because of its language and racial themes, the novel has become a standard for reading clubs and middle schools and high schools. The absence of a second book from Lee only seemed to enhance the appeal of "Mockingbird."

I will marry again - Saidi Balogun

Saidi Balogun

Saidi Balogun, a popular Yoruba/Nollywood actor, in a recent interview with Encomium magazine, disclosed he is ready to get married again.

The actor said , 

“I have said it, I have gotten someone to marry and they should let the issue end there. It’s my private life and should be treated as such.”

His marriage with Fathia Balogun has since collapsed.

I should be re-elected, govts. perform better during second term – Jonathan.

President Goodluck Jonathan

According to President Goodluck Jonathan, most governments worldwide perform better during their second term in office. He said his administration’s case wouldn’t be different and promised to do more in the next four years if re-elected.

GEJ disclosed this on Tuesday during a meeting with members of the Kogi State Council of Chiefs at the Chari Maigumeri Barracks, Lokoja, Kogi State, as part of the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential campaign rally.

According to the President, most governments perform better during their second term because they have enough time to settle down and plan for national development.

“Whatever we have done in the last four years, we believe that we will even do more in the next four years. “Most governments all over the world do better in their second tenure. “This is because the Presidents are more stable that time, especially in this two terms arrangement. “They are more stable. They sit down and plan for the country and focus on key areas,” Jonathan said.

He also pledged that if re-elected, his administration would give more attention to the Ajaokuta Steel Company of Nigeria and ensure that the steel is included into the nation’s rail system, adding that with the global fall in the price of crude oil, his administration would also continue to give more attention to the development of solid minerals and agriculture.

Jonathan also vowed to continue to work with the state government to develop Kogi State. Speaking earlier, the National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, assured the traditional rulers of Jonathan’s administration’s resolve to restore their constitutional roles, adding that the PDP could not understand why traditional rulers, 

“as the custodians of culture and tradition,” are still being denied of connotations roles. Our party leader, President Jonathan, is leading the crusade to bring you back into the constitution,” he assured the traditional rulers.

Muazu added that since the traditional rulers’ support in 2011 led to their success, they decided to visit them again for their royal blessings. Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State in his remarks said traditional rulers in the state had always been supportive of the present administration’s transformation agenda and said he was confident that they would do more as the elections draw nearer.

The Attah Igala, Idakwo Michael Oboni II, who spoke on behalf of the traditional rulers, told Jonathan to go ahead with his administration’s laudable projects, while also assuring him that the people of the state, being his second home, would continue to support him.

Man Electrocutes His Wife For Giving Birth To A Girl

The couple

A man in Turkey, has been found guilty of killing his wife for giving birth to a second girl when he expected her to give birth to a boy. 29-year-old Veysi Turan was sentenced to life in prison for  electrocuting his wife in her asleep. Worldwideweirdnews reports:

The court heard how Turan planned the murder. He bought electrical cables and exposed the wires. He then attached it his wife’s feet as she slept before plugging it into the outlet, electrocuting his wife.
Medical experts said that his wife, Mubarek, 33, would almost certainly have died in agony after being awakened by the electric shocks.
Turan claimed that he had killed her in a fit of rage, a day after the birth of their new baby girl.
However, prosecutors said that it was premeditated as he had purchased the power cord, thick gloves and insulated rubber plugs for use in the murder just one day before he carried out the fatal attack.

When he was sentenced to life in prison, judges at the Diyarbakir 2nd Heavy Penal Court told Turan: “Your callous behavior has left two children without a mother, and now with no father as well.”

Newborn baby dumps outside a motel

The baby boy

A baby, estimated to be about 3 days old, was found near a motel in Abule Egba Lagos.

Lagos State Police said that the baby was found abandoned in the early hours and People living within the area believed the baby was dumped by one of the prostitutes working in the mote.

Police launched an investigation, and are trying to locate the mother, meanwhile, the baby was taken to a nearby hospital, where he is said to be in stable condition.