Question of the day: Would you ask for your money back?

Here's the question - If you donate N1million to the family of a very ill person who needs urgent surgery (the money is to pay for the surgery) and a few hours after you make the transfer, you learn that the ill person has passed away, would you ask for your money back?

Davido's girlfriend and his sister hang out in Tokyo

Thought Davido and his supposed girlfriend Funmi Aboderin were done after he tweeted that he was single again? Well, if she's hanging out and having drinks with his newly married sister, then maybe they are back on? Sharon Adeleke and her husband are currently on their honeymoon in Tokyo.

Man U striker Robin Van Persie says he's a fan of P-Square's music

During a chat with football legend Paddy Creramd, Manchester United striker Robin Van Persie talked about playing for the English club, working with Sir Alex Ferguson and much more. When asked what he does off the pitch, like what kind of music he listens to, RVP said: "I like to listen to music. ..all sorts honestly. I can listen to dutch songs, English songs..whatever...if the tune is good I like it." When asked who in particular he likes, he replied "Michael Jackson, Usher, P-Square...all sorts honestly

Who knew he too was/is a woman beater? Singer Michel'le and super producer/rapper Dr Dre dated from 1990 -1996 and had a son named Marcel born in 1991. Michel'le went on to marry Death Row Records founder/CEO Suge Knight in 1999 and had a daughter with him.  In the final episode of the inaugural season of "R&B Divas L.A." Michel'le opened up about being physically abused by Dr. Dre and revealed the abuse from him and another boyfriend was the reason she got a nose job, because of the physical damage she suffered in their hands. Well, her revelation upset a lot of fans who verbally attacked Dr Dre online. Dr Dre hasn't responded to the allegations yet. Michel'le ended up having to defend him from upset fans a few days ago urging them to calm down

Introducing Brown Button's Sterilised Mother's Delivery Kit

As part of efforts to drastically reduce the high rate of maternal and child mortality in Nigeria, here's introducing everyone to Brown Button Foundation's sterilised Mother's Delivery Kit, for expecting mothers, hospitals, birth attendants and pharmacies. This kit is developed by the social enterprise arm/Medical team of Brown Button Foundation and come in two variants, the regular pack and the combo pack. ... The Regular pack contains:                                          While the Combo pack contains                                1 absorbent delivery mat                                             2 absorbent delivery mat 5 pieces of maternity pad                                             10 pieces of Maternity pads 1 mackintosh mat                                                            1 bottle of Savlon disinfectant 2 sterile gloves                                                                  2 sterile gloves  2 cord clamps                                                                    2 cord clamps 1 antiseptic soap                                                              1 antiseptic soap  1 mucus extractor                                                            1 mucus extractor 1 sterilized scalpel blade                                               1 sterilized scalpel blade  5 pieces of gauze                                                            5 pieces of gauze  1 methylated spirit                                                          1 methylated spirit Cotton wool                                                                       Cotton wool The kits which are extremely affordable, contain best brands and are developed based on Brown Button's core beliefs that: ·         The location of a woman at childbirth should never be a predominant factor in determining whether she lives or dies ·         No woman or child should die at childbirth Brown Button Foundation, a 2013 United Nations' World Summit Youth Award shortlist as well as a 2011 Echoing Green Award Semi finalist, has been working in the field of Maternal and Child Health since 2011 with a focus on providing simple life saving solutions that can easily be owned and sustained by the populace themselves. They train traditional and skilled birth attendants and continue to work with individuals, organisations and government at different levels to promote maternal and child health.  In 2012, Brown Button Foundation visited Zamfara State and met a newborn who had been infected with tetanus as a result of a rusted razor blade used to cut his umbilical cord. Since 2011, the organisation has realised that a need exist for not only skilled health care workers and facilities but also life saving supplies at the most affordable cost. With these kits, they believe that the dream of a clean, healthy and safe birth place minimizing the risk of infection can come true. While they have some distributors covering specific locations for the sales of the kits, they are open to getting many more distributors across Nigeria to help them connect the woman in need to the life saving supplies she needs. You can pick up the kits by contacting any of our current distributors by following this link http://goo.gl/9NeNk8 However, if you will like to be a distributor or your area is not covered yet, kindly email info@brownbuttonfoundation.orgor call Brown Button on +2348033797112 Check out the general activities of Brown Button Foundation's activities on www.brownbuttonfoundation.org Follow them on Twitter: @brownbutton_org Like them on Facebook: http://goo.gl/7JnycI

Oba of Benin welcomes singer Waje with gifts and blessings

Waje recently paid a visit to Benin City, Capital of her home state, Edo. As part of her brief visit, the singer paid a courtesy visit to the Oba of Benin; Omo N'Oba N'edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Erediauwa, CFR.  During the visit, Waje sang a belated happy birthday to the delighted Oba who later presented the Edo-born star with a personally ordered gift-bag. Waje's visit continued with a courtesy call on the Commissioner of Information and Vibes, Rhythm and iNdependent Radio in Benin where she was able to relate with her Edo based fans over the radio. The singer is set to return to Benin City in a few weeks for more activities

HBD.....mitch

Happy birthday director mitch........we love u sir and we wllup

Ariana Grande Resting Voice After Suffering Hemorrhaged Vocal Chord

Ariana Grande has some strong pipes, but they need to take it easy at the moment. The 20-year-old singer has had to cancel some appearances and lie low for a bit after suffering from a hemorrhaged vocal chord, E! News confirms. "First day off in forever... Vocal rest and watching movies in with my best friend @alexaluria dunno what I'd do without her," Grande tweeted, and later added, "Thank you guys for the well wishes, I'll be better in no time... just need some rest." However, if there's a way to continue working without straining her voice, she'll do it! We know what you're thinking..."She's a singer, hello!" Just take last night as an example (plus, if there was a singing gig, maybe one of her friends could fill in?). Although Ariana was told to rest her voice, she continued to go through with an interview on KIIS FM last night, but she managed to do it without breaking any rules--thanks to technology. "ALERT: @ArianaGrande joins me next via #text2voice on @1027KIISFM! She's on voice rest, computer will do the talking!! Not kidding," radio deejay JoJo Wright tweeted. "Look who dropped by... @arianagrande!!! (I'm on the left) LOVE HER!!!...Why I LOVE @ArianaGrande: on voice rest, se we used text2voice! Warning: COMPUTER CURSES!!!" Aside from her unfortunate injury, Grande has had a pretty awesome week after receiving some great news yesterday. The young singer's first album, Yours Truly, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart! "My 1st album has debuted at #1 & I can't even begin to express my gratitude. Thank you for supporting my music, this really means the world," she tweeted. Congratulations! Now just make sure to take it easy so we can hear more hit records

Ministers shed tears as Jonathan sacks nine

President Goodluck Jonathan, in his first major cabinet shake-up since his inauguration on May 29, 2011, sacked nine ministers on Wednesday. The sacking , announced by the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, shocked the Federal Executive Council members, most of whom had arrived the Council Chambers in the Presidential Villa in high spirits exchanging banter. Before they left, deafening silence enveloped the Council Chambers as the President reeled out the names of the affected ministers. Some of the sacked and retained ministers betrayed their emotions as they shed tears. The Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, announced the cabinet shake-up after the weekly FEC meeting in Abuja. The sacked ministers are Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai (Education); Okon Ewa-Bassey (Science and Techology); Olugbenga Ashiru (Foreign Affairs); Hadiza Mailafia (Environment); Shamsudeen Usman, (National Planning); and Ama Pepple (Housing, Lands and Urban Development). The Minister of State for Defence, Olusola Obada, and her counterparts in the Agriculture Ministry, Alhaji Bukar Tijani and Power, Zainab Kuchi, were also affected. The PUNCHhad exclusively reported on August 29 that Jonathan was under pressure from his close aides to sack some ministers and appoint those believed to have political value in their states. The aides were said to have argued that if the President decided to seek re-election in 2015, many ministers lacked the required political clout to deliver their states. A top Presidency source had said that Jonathan was advised by the aides to constitute what they described as “election cabinet.” Such a cabinet, according to a source, will comprise mostly people that would be proud to defend Jonathan whenever he was being criticised. But Maku explained that the dropping of the ministers had no political undertone. Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the FEC meeting, Maku, said the cabinet shake-up was with immediate effect. He said the President, through the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, had named the retained FEC members that would oversee the affected ministries pending the appointment of substantive ministers to head them. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is to be overseen by the minisiter of State, Prof. Viola Owuliri; the Education by the Minister of State, Nyesome Wike; and the Minister of Solid Minerals, Musa Sada, Housing, Lands and Urban Development. The Minister of Communications Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson, is to supervise the Science and Technology Ministry; the Minister of State for Works, Ambassador Bashir Yuguda, Ministry of Planning; Maku, Defence; and Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Goodsday Orubebe, Environment Ministry. When Maku announced that he would oversee the Defence Ministry, State House correspondents shouted but he pleaded with them to allow him to continue his briefing. He then added that the Ministers of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina and Power, Chinedu Nebo would take care of the duties of the sacked ministers of state in their respective ministries. Maku said the President expressed satisfaction with the performance of the affected ministers while in office. He stated that Jonathan assured them that he would call on them whenever their services were needed for the development of the country. The Information minister said, “These ministers have been affected in the cabinet reshuffle and the President in Council expressed his satisfaction and happiness over their commitment to government since they were appointed.” “He (the President) also thanked them for their services to their fatherland and said he would continue to engage them in one way or the other in the implementation of the transformation agenda and of course in the various challenges that government faces around the country and in terms of efforts to transform our country.” The minister said that the President would soon send a list of new ministers to the National Assembly to replace those who had been dropped. Maku who described the cabinet shake-up as a normal process,added that it was meant to inject fresh blood into the government. Maku said, “There is no government in the world where the leaders do not reshuffle their cabinets, there is none. And cabinet reshuffle is part of a systematic public administration and I believe what the President has done is simply to address the issues of re-tooling his government to achieve service delivery. “It is at the discretion of the President at all times to reshuffle his cabinet. It is his own prerogative under the constitution and this has nothing to do absolutely with any other factor other than having come two years into his administration in the last lap, what I see the President doing is to refocus his government, to inject in fresh blood to achieve greater service delivery to the people of Nigeria. That is the only reason for it, any other thing has nothing to do with the decision of the President. “The President is trying to in reject fresh blood into the system while retaining again the loyalty of all those who have worked.” A source at the meeting said the President caught the ministers unawares. He quoted Jonathan as saying, “Some of you will not be with us at the next Federal Executive Council meeting. It is not because you didn’t do well, but that is the ingredients of democracy. You will hear the details from the SGF.” He then read out the affected names and then hurriedly left the Council chambers. One of the retained ministers,Edem Duke of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and National Orientation was seen dabbing his eyes intermittently with his handkerchief. The former Minister of Environment, Mailafia, also did the same before she was driven out of the Villa. Before Maku’s briefing, Duke’s action made journalists think that he was one of the nine that were fired.

Strike: ASUU, APC accuse FG of insincerity

The All Progressives Congress and the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Wednesday accused the Federal Government of “insincerity” in the way it was handling the industrial action embarked upon by public university teachers. This accusation came as the National Association of Nigerian Students asked ASUU members to return to class or drag the Federal Government to court in order to resolve the imbroglio. Lecturers in the nation’s public universities had started an industrial action since July 1 to protest against the non-payment of their earned allowances and non-implementation of an agreement they signed with Federal Government in 2009. The APC, in a statement by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, noted that the Federal Government’s handling of the crisis had been “insincere and amateurish”. According to the party, the government handling of crisis shows that it does not place premium on education. The Goodluck Jonathan administration, the APC alleged, engaged in extravagance by sponsoring the Peoples Democratic Party convention and the First Lady’s rally for women in Abuja even when the nation’s universities had been shut. The APC added, ‘’It is particularly shocking that the government has carried on as if everything is normal without bothering about the fate of the students who have been marooned at home since the strike started. “Perhaps, this is because the children and wards of those at the helm of affairs are luxuriating in schools abroad, or because they are too comfortable to worry about their less-fortunate compatriots.” Meanwhile, ASUU members in Ibadan zone have refuted the Federal Government’s claim that it released N130bn to the nation’s public universities. They spoke through their zonal coordinator, Dr. Nassir Adesola, during a meeting at the University of Ibadan. The zone has its members drawn from the UI, Lagos State University, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, University of Lagos, Olabisi Onabanjo University and Tai Solarin University. Adesola said, “Rather than for the government to source for the intervention funds from other agencies outside TETFUND, it has decided to hijack the resources of the agency and use it as intervention fund. This attitude of the government is fraudulent. “We are convinced that our nation has the resources needed to train our children. Nigeria must be free but Nigerians must be ready to struggle for freedom. If the government loves our children and the country, they would hasten to implement this intervention. But the government has being brandishing the release of N100bn for the funding of 59 universities and a number of other educational establishments such as the National Mathematical Centre, Nigerian French Language Village and Arabic Centre. Even the National Universities Commission got a chunk of the fund termed administrative cost.” In a related development, the NANS President, Yinka Gbadebo, has called on the striking university teachers to return to class immediately. Gbadebo, who spoke at a briefing in Lagos, said Nigerian students were no longer comfortable with the frequency of industrial actions in the nation’s universities. The strikes, he said, had frustrated and ruined the lives of many Nigerian students. Meanwhile, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities has said that non-teaching members of staff of the universities would go on strike if the Federal Government failed to pay the August salaries of university workers.

You can’t win without us, New PDP tells Jonathan

The New Peoples Democratic Party, has told President Goodluck Jonathan that he cannot win the 2015 presidential election without them. The group said the President must not be deceived that they have become inconsequential in the build up to the 2015 elections. The governors in the New PDP are the Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido; Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko; Governor of Kano State, Mr. Rabiu Kwankwanso; Niger State Governor, Aliyu Babangida; Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed and the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi. This was contained in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of theNew PDP, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze, a copy of which was made available to our correspondent in Abuja. Eze said, “Mr. President should not be deceived by some party leaders who are making him believe that he can do without us. “Most of these leaders currently cannot under a properly organised free and fair elections win their wards. “It is obvious that no presidential election in Nigeria can be won without states like Rivers, Kano, Sokoto, Adamawa, Kwara, Niger States, Jigawa and Kebbi states and these are states we are controlling. “Check the past general elections and see that some of these media-created PDP leaders have no followers in their states at the moment let alone making any impact come 2015.” The inclusion of Kebbi State among the states was not clear as the governor, Alhaji Seidu Dakingari had not openly identified with theNew PDP. Eze also denounced the insinuations in some quarters that former President Olusegun Obasanjo was behind the walkout staged by members of the faction at the Eagles Square, Abuja on the day of the party’s mini convention. “We view this as creating the impression that we are not matured enough to determine our political future and most importantly it was an attempt to smear the international image of Obasanjo as a distinguished statesman and father of PDP and rubbish his current efforts to restore peace to a party which is being threatened by the undemocratic acts of some of its leaders,” the statement added. Eze added that his group was aware of attempt to rubbish the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the party, Chief Tony Anenih, for saying that those in the group had genuine reasons for their action. He assured Anenih that members of the faction would not sit and watch some jokers in Tukur’s faction rubbish him or make him look ordinary in the affairs of the party

Family of 3 dies in their new house

Minna — Their joy knew no bounds when they parked to their new house last Saturday. It was a day they had looked forward to and they took the final decision to move into the new apartment in Gbeganu area in Minna, Niger State last Saturday. The Adewales Though not completed, the house was, however, habitable as the plan was to gradually complete the house as they moved in. However, instead of relatives and well wishers trooping to the new house to congratulate them and “wash” it, it was the burial ceremony of the family of three that relatives and other well wishers went for. The middle aged man, Seyi Adewale, a generator repairer, his wife, Felicia, aged 23 and their three-month-old daughter, Deborah, were, Tuesday, found dead in their room with the corpses already decomposing. It was gathered that they died on Saturday night, the day they moved into the new house. Vanguardgathered that the trio, who retired to one of their rooms late in the night to enjoy their first night in the house switched on their generating set close to the room while the fume emitting from the set consumed them overnight. They never woke up to see the next day. Unknown to other neighbours that the trio had parked in, the corpses of the three-member family remained in the room unattended to and were gradually decomposing. However, the junior sister of the deceased husband, Deborah, who had been making frantic effort to locate her brother got more worried, Tuesday, four days after they had moved into the new house. It was a shocker to her after forcing the door of the house open to meet them dead after being killed by fume from the generator. She immediately raised alarm which attracted other neighbours to the scene. She said: “We last spoke on phone on Saturday night, when he was moving his property and family to the new house. “On Sunday, which was the second day, I also called but nobody picked. I still tried on Monday thinking it was due to the poor network service or run-down battery and yet no response and that was why I decided to come down to the house only to meet my brother and family dead and decomposing. “It is very unfortunate for this to have happened to my brother, especially at a time when we are supposed to be rejoicing with them on their new house.” Land in contention Vanguardgathered that the land on which the deceased erected his house had been in dispute with another contender, which was, however, “settled” by the community head of the area. Contacted, the state police command through its spokesman, Mr Richard Oguche, who confirmed the deaths, said they must have died as a result of inhaling the carbon monoxide from the generating set, which was turned on overnight and left close to their room. The corpses have been buried in Minna, the Niger State capital.

10 killed in another military air strike on Boko Haram

MAIDUGURI (AFP) – Nigerian troops launched an air strike and later killed 10 suspected members of Islamist extremist group Boko Haram in a clash in the country’s restive northeast, the military said Wednesday. The military said troops clashed with “fleeing Boko Haram terrorists” late Tuesday following the destruction of two alleged Boko Haram camps in the Konduga area of Borno state. Details were unclear on the air strike and other aspects of the raid. Nigeria’s military has previously used air power since launching an offensive in May aiming to end Boko Haram’s four-year insurgency. The clash followed an “air strike and subsequent destruction of two Boko Haram terrorist camps at Mada, Konduga local government area of Borno state,” Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa said in a statement. It occurred on the road as troops were travelling to the town of Biu and “had an encounter with fleeing Boko Haram terrorists,” it said. “Ten terrorists lost their lives and some ammunition, including four AK-47 rifles, five AK-47 magazines and 250 rounds of assorted ammunition, were recovered,” the statement said. “Ten motorcycles belonging to the sect members were destroyed in the air and land raid.” Boko Haram’s insurgency has left more than 3,600 people dead since 2009, including killings by the security forces, who have been accused of major abuses. Konduga has been the scene of previous violence. On August 10 and 11, suspected Boko Haram members stormed a mosque in Konduga and shot dead 44 worshippers as well as 12 other people in a nearby village. Much of the recent violence attributed to Boko Haram is said to have occurred in revenge over residents forming vigilante groups to help the military track down insurgents. It also appears to have shifted from cities to more remote areas of the northeast

justin beier dad....

The family that gets tattooed together, stays together. Justin Bieber jetted to his father's side this week in Canada to be with him while he underwent surgery, apparently on his knee. "My boy @justinbieber flew all the way home to be with me for my surgery. What an incredible boy. #love," Jeremy Bieber tweeted yesterday. "@JeremyBieber of course. #love#family," Justin tweeted back to his dad. Jeremy still lives in Stratford, Ontario--where his 19-year-old superstar son grew up--with his wife and Bieber's half-brother, Jaxon, and half-sister, Jazmyn. "Layed up while the boyz out 4wheelin :(" he tweeted after the procedure, adding, "Ouch :(" earlier today. The Biebers have done a fair amount of globe-trotting together, getting matching tattoos in Israel and making a family vacation out of Justin's stop in Spain during that particularly eventful European leg of his Believe Tour earlier this year. Papa Bieber also gifted his son with a customized "bat bike" motorcycle for his 19th birthday in March, saying in his video card, "That's what you get when you're 19 and you're Justin Bieber." And when you're Bieber's dad and you're laid up for a bit, you get a whole lotta #love.

Colombia arrests woman 'with cocaine' in pregnancy bump

A Canadian national has been arrested in Colombia after trying to board a flight to Toronto with a phony pregnant belly stuffed with cocaine, police say. The tourist caught the attention of a policewoman at Bogota's International Airport who allegedly asked her how far along she was. She reacted aggressively, which aroused the suspicion of officials who went on to search her. This year, nearly 150 people were caught with drugs at Bogota's airport. About a third of them were foreign nationals, according to the Colombian authorities. 'Delicate touch' The Canadian national had entered Colombia at the beginning of August and was about to board a flight to return to Toronto, when a policewoman asked her how long she had been pregnant. "[The Canadian] didn't like the question, which made the official suspicious. Instinctively, she then very delicately touched the lady's belly, realising it was too hard and extremely cold," said the deputy director of Colombia's police anti-narcotics section, Colonel Esteban Arias Melo. The latex belly was stuffed with cocaine The woman allegedly said she was seven months pregnant. After performing a body search, the police found two sealed bags stashed inside the latex belly, which contained 2kg (5lb) of cocaine. Colombian authorities say the Canadian national will be charged with drug trafficking, possession and production and could be sentenced to between five and eight years in prison. The drugs would have had a street value of around $60,000 (£38,000), Colombian police said. Government officials say 874 foreigners are currently being held in the country's jails, the majority on drug charges.