Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson and her husband, Prince Okojie have welcomed their third child.
The couple gave birth to a baby girl on December 11, 2015 at the University Of Maryland (Saint Joseph), United States of America.
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Mercy and her husband are now proud parents of three children.
mercy-johnson-baby She got married to her husband on August 27, 2011 and welcomed her first baby, Purity on December 30, 2012.
She gave birth to her second child Henry on October 15, 2014. When news of her third pregnancy surfaced she came under fire from fans for not observing proper child spacing.

In reply she said: “I am expecting my third child and I’m a married person so I don’t think people should ask me why. I understand the ethics of spacing kids but I’m a married person and an adult, I can decide the way I want to live my life.”
A Federal high court has ordered all accounts belonging to former captain of the Super Eagles, Nwankwo Kanu anywhere in Nigeria be frozen.
Nwankwo Kanu
 According to Saharareporters.com, Kanu’s accounts and those of his company Hardley apartments anywhere and in any financial institution in the country have been ordered frozen.
The accounts were frozen because of the ex-footballer’s inability to recover a debt of N924,788,754.56.
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Director of Hardley Apartment, Ayoola Gam-Ikon was also reportedly affected by a suit which was filed by the Asset Management Corporation Of Nigeria (AMCON) in an affidavit sworn to by a Credit officer in the Directorate of AMCON, Mr Victor Igabor.
Barrister Niyi Olopade is representing AMCON. Kanu’s alleged indebtedness as at the 15th October 2015 stood at N924,788,754.56

Stephen Okechukwu Keshi
Stephen Keshi
Kate Keshi, wife of former Super Eagles Coach Stephen Keshi, died of cancer, her family has confirmed.
A statement from Emmanuel Ado, on behalf of the Keshi family, confirmed that the 54-year-old lost her three-year-long fight against the sickness on Wednesday night in the United States.
“With gratitude to God the Family of Mr. Stephen Okechukwu Keshi CON announces the death of our dear wife, mother, daughter, sister Mrs. Kate Keshi née Abureme,” the statement said.
“She died in the United States of America. She has in the last three years battled with cancer. She gave a good fight, until she finally succumbed yesterday.
“She is survived by her husband of 33 years, 4 children, her mother, brother, sisters and numerous relatives. We ask for prayers for her,” the statement said.
Already, the Nigeria Football Federation has sent out condolences to the Big Boss as the NFF president, Amaju Pinnick, described the death of Keshi’s wife as a big loss.
“Keshi is a Nigerian hero and we mourn deeply with him at this time. This has come like a big blow, but we pray that he receives divine strength to cope with the situation, and we also pray that the Almighty God will grant the departed eternal rest,” Mr. Pinnick stated.
Aside from being the second elected vice-president of Nigeria, not many can say too much about the private life of Atiku Abubakar.
Atiku Abubakar
The 69-year-old politician worked in the Nigeria Customs Service for twenty years, rising to become the deputy director, before he finally retired in April 1989 to face politics full time.
However, aside from all these ‘butterflies’ about the Ahmadu Bello University graduate, not many know what his home front looks like. According to reports, he has 26 children from his five wives. In the book titled ‘Atiku – The Story Of Atiku Abubakar’, the former vice president explains why he opted for polygamy as a young man. Atiku said: “I wanted to expand the Abubakar family. I felt extremely lonely as a child. I had no brother and no sister. I did not want my children to be as lonely as I was. This is why I married more than one wife. My wives are my brothers, my sisters, my friends and my advisers and they complement one another”.

Atiku Abubakar married Amina Titi Atiku Abubakar at the young age of 25 secretly in December 1971, at the Ikoyi registry in Lagos, because her family was initially opposed to the union.
In January 1979 he married Ladi Atiku Abubakar. He married his third wife, Princess Rukaiyatu Atiku Abubakar, daughter of the late Lamido of Adamawa in 1983. He married Fatima Atiku Abubakar his fourth wife in 1986. He later divorced Ladi, allowing him to marry, as his fourth wife, Jennifer Iwenjora, who then became Jamila Atiku

The first wife gave birth to four children, Fatima, Adamu, Halima and Aminu while the second wife, Hajia Ladi has six children, Abba, Atiku, Zainab, Ummi, Mariam and Rukayatu. The third wife, Princess Rukaiyat (current Lamido Adamawa’s 13th child) had  seven children, Aisha, Hadiza, Aliyu, Asmau, Mustafa, Laila and Abdulsalaam. Hajia Fatima has six children, Amina, Mohammed and two sets of twins, Ahmed and Shehu andAisha and Zainab. And Hajia Jamila has three children, Abdulmalik, Zahra and Faisal.
The embattled former national security Sambo Dasuki has made another stunning revelation in $2bn arms procurement scandal.
According to Sahara Reporters Dasuki reportedly said that former president Goodluck Jonathan asked him to convert N10bn to dollars then share to delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The PDP had earlier criticised Dokpesi’s arrest and said it has been made aware that “more notable PDP leaders have similarly been listed for arrest over unproven allegations” as a plan by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government silence opposition in Nigeria.
 
Operatives of the Department of State Services ended the nearly one-month old siege to the residence of former National Security and he was re-arrested shortly after.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrested the former chairman of DAAR Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, in connection with current investigations into the arms deal trial of Dasuki.
A source at the anti-graft commission has linked former Governor Peter Odili of Rivers state and once convicted top member of the PDP Bode George with receiving N100 million each from Dasuki.
Dasuki had earlier been charged to court on a four count charge bothering on illegal possession of firearms and money laundering.
Two bomb blasts has reportedly occurred in Kimba area of Biu local government area (LGA) and Sabon-Ngeri area of Borno state on Friday, December 4.
The numbers of causalities is unknown at the time of filing this report.
 
This attack is coming a week after

I started Social Security benefits early because I needed the income. Can I stop my benefit now, get a job for a couple of years and then get a higher amount on either my own record or my ex-husband's? Doesn't the amount you get increase up until age 72?
-- Joan
Woman looking out of her patio window © iStockDear Joan,
Social Security retirement benefits max out at age 70, not age 72, so there's no reason to delay benefits beyond that point.
You do have the option, once you have reached full retirement age, of suspending your Social Security benefit through age 70 to let it grow, even though you started early, says economist Laurence Kotlikoff, co-author of "Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security." Full retirement age is currently 66, although it will rise to 67 for those born in 1960 and later.
If you're receiving spousal or divorced spousal benefits, though, you need to be extremely careful because it's possible your check at 70 would be no higher and you would have given up years of checks for no reason, Kotlikoff says.

Unlike your own benefit, spousal benefits can't earn delayed retirement credits. If your own benefit grows, your spousal benefit can be reduced dollar for dollar to offset that increase.
The math is pretty complicated, so consider getting outside expertise or using software such as that found on Kotlikoff's MaximizeMySocialSecurity.com website to make sure you don't make a dangerous move.


Minneapolis Police make their way around the 4th Precinct after they cleared the protestors and their encampment early, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015 in Minneapolis. Demonstrators gathered at the site since the Nov. 16 death of 24-year-old Jamar Clark following a confrontation with police a day earlier. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES LOCAL TELEVISION OUT
Police ordered around 50 chanting demonstrators to disperse at about 4 a.m. and soon began removing tents and equipment while firefighters extinguished campfires. Dump trucks carried away tents and supplies while crews removed makeshift barricades that had been blocking the street in front of the station and erected a high fence to keep people off the lawn and sidewalk.
"It was time," Mayor Betsy Hodges said at a news conference. "We have been balancing the safety needs of the precinct with the right for people to protest and have their voices be heard." Demonstrators, led by the local Black Lives Matter group, had gathered outside the 4th Precinct station since shortly after the Nov. 15 shooting of 24-year-old Jamar Clark. He died the following day.
Police officers responding to a report of an assault in which Clark was a suspect said they arrived to find him interfering with paramedics who were trying to treat the victim. Police say a struggle followed and Clark was shot. Some community members have alleged that Clark was handcuffed when he was shot, but police dispute this.
State and federal investigations are underway. Protesters have demanded the release of any videos showing the shooting and called for a special prosecutor to be appointed instead of leaving it up to a grand jury to decide whether the officers should face charges.
Seven people were arrested during the eviction for obstructing the legal process and another was arrested for trespassing, Police Chief Janee Harteau said. Nobody was injured, she said. "I do want to make notice to future protests that we will continue to support and facilitate your First Amendment rights and freedom of speech. But, we will also support and enforce the ordinances of the city of Minneapolis and the laws of the state of Minnesota," Harteau said.
Protesters won't be allowed to set up similar encampments or block streets for extended periods, the police chief said. It wasn't immediately clear when operations would return to normal at the station. The new temporary fence blocked the sidewalk along the entire block and public access to the front door. A new fence across the street left the sidewalk open, a potential place for protesters to gather.
About 200 protesters and their supporters regrouped at 4 p.m. inside Minneapolis' City Hall, and speakers continued to press their demands for the release of videotapes and racial equity. The protesters then took to the streets, chanting and disrupting traffic in downtown Minneapolis.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter speaks during a news conference at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. Sepp Blatter says he will resign from his position amid corruption scandal and is promising to call for fresh elections to choose a successor. (Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP)
The seven officials — including two FIFA vice presidents, one member-elect of the FIFA executive committee and one FIFA staffer — were arrested in early morning hotel raids. All face extradition to the United States in a process which could last months. Only then could they be questioned about involvement in alleged racketeering, money-laundering and wire fraud in a $150 million bribe scheme spanning more than two decades.
Here are some things to know about the ongoing legal process in Switzerland

Sepp Blatter, President of the FIFA, left, shakes hands with the President of the Venezuelan Soccer Federation, Rafael Esquivel, in Caracas, Venezuela. A senior South American soccer official has been denied bail on health grounds in Switzerland as he fights extradition to the United Sates after being indicted in the FIFA bribery case. CONMEBOL vice president Rafael Esquivel of Venezuela, one of seven soccer officials arrested in Zurich in May, is currently in hospital in Switzerland, the Federal Office of Justice told The Associated Press on Monday, Oct. 5, 2015.
The FIFA president's future was being determined by the governing body's ethics committee at meetings in Zurich, with Blatter at risk of being suspended after a criminal case was opened against him. Blatter associate Klaus Stoehlker, who has no role at FIFA, told The Associated Press and other media outlets the ethics committee's adjudicatory chamber recommended a 90-day suspension for the sport's most powerful official.
"Blatter has heard that from several sources," Stoehlker said. "He has not got any message from the committee ... and he is perfectly under control. He is going to the office tomorrow." Blatter's lawyer, Richard Cullen, said the president "has not been notified of any action taken by the FIFA ethics committee."

Loretta Lynch
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch as she announces an indictment against nine FIFA officials and five corporate executives for racketeering, conspiracy and corruption at a news conference in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Federal prosecutors leading investigations of corruption in international football are to hold a joint news conference in FIFA's home city. On Sept. 14 in Zurich, U.S. attorney general Loretta Lynch and her counterpart from Switzerland, Michael Lauber, will give updates on their cases, Lauber's office said Tuesday Sept. 1, 2015.
On Sept. 14 in Zurich, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch will join her counterpart from Switzerland, Michael Lauber, for a news conference about their separate investigations of corruption in world football.
The joint conference will explain the "status of the two criminal proceedings," Swiss officials said in a statement on Tuesday. Though the cases are separate, the officials involved are cooperating in their investigations.
Lynch, who helped kick off the FIFA case several years ago as a U.S. Attorney in Brooklyn, is scheduled to attend an annual conference of federal prosecutors which is hosted this year by Lauber's department.
Across town, Blatter is working through the last months of his 18-year presidential spell after citing pressure on FIFA from the criminal cases as a reason to go early. Before deciding on June 2 to leave office, Blatter criticized Lynch — who was sworn into office in April — for conducting her case in Zurich.
"Listen, with all the respect to the judicial system of the U.S. with a new minister of justice," Blatter said in May, "the Americans, if they have a financial crime that regards American citizens then they must arrest these people there and not in Zurich when we have a congress."
The American case alleges bribery, fraud, money laundering and racketeering, including in the award of hosting rights for the 2010 World Cup to South Africa and broadcasting rights for World Cup qualifying matches and other international competitions.
FIFA was rocked on May 27 when Swiss federal police arrested seven officials, including FIFA's vice presidents for the North and South American regions, in a dawn raid at a luxury hotel in Zurich at the request of U.S. authorities.
They were among 14 football and marketing officials named in a 47-count U.S. indictment unsealed that day. Former FIFA vice president Jeffrey Webb, a Cayman Islands banker, accepted extradition to the U.S. and six others remain in Zurich-area prisons fighting the process.
Four more men — including Chuck Blazer, the most senior American in world football for 16 years until 2013 — had their guilty pleas unsealed on May 27. "They corrupted the business of worldwide soccer to serve their interests and enrich themselves," Lynch said at a news conference in New York hours after the arrests.

South Africa's sports minister Fikile Mbalula gestures as he speaks during a news conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Mbalula "categorically" denied on Wednesday that the $10 million paid to former FIFA official Jack Warner in 2008 was a bribe for his help in securing the World Cup.
On Wednesday, Blatter's staff gave him a standing ovation. As ripples of the scandal reverberated from Europe to Africa to the Middle East, the embattled president showed up for work at FIFA's gleaming headquarters in Zurich, where FIFA spokeswoman Delia Fischer said he met with staff and received their applause.
On May 27, Swiss police raided a luxury Zurich hotel on the eve of FIFA's annual conference and arrested seven soccer officials. They were among 14 current and former sports and marketing officials indicted by U.S. authorities on bribery, vote-rigging and other corruption charges.
In a separate investigation, Swiss authorities seized documents at FIFA headquarters in their probe into the bidding contests for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments. The 79-year-old Blatter has not been officially implicated so far in either investigation, and he won re-election to a fifth, four-year term Friday during the FIFA congress. But just four days later, he announced that he would resign and call for a new election to find a successor in a process that could take up to a year.
A man enjoys a morning walk as ferries are docked during a 24-hour strike called by labor unions at the port of Piraeus, near Athens, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. Greece's two largest unions, which cover the public and private sectors, have called a general strike for Thursday to protest the government's budget, which is to be voted on in Parliament Saturday night, and pension reforms.
12:35 p.m. With investors predicting a bold package of stimulus measures from the European Central Bank later, there is a risk that it fails to meet expectations and that could see the day's stock market gains evaporate and the euro rise.
Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets, cautioned that it's "highly improbable" that ECB President Mario Draghi will deliver everything that many investors expect it to and cautioned that the outcome of the policy meeting "is more than likely to disappoint."
However, Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at OANDA, argues the opposite is the case. The ECB under Draghi, he said, has a "history of exceeding market expectations when it comes to monetary stimulus and I expect the same to happen again today."
11:30 a.m.
Investors appear to be expecting bold action from the European Central Bank later in the day.
Stock markets across Europe are markedly higher — Germany's DAX and France's CAC-40 are up about 0.9 percent in late morning trading. The euro is also down 0.5 percent at $1.0555, a further indication that traders think ECB President Mario Draghi will announce a substantive package of stimulus measures.
Most economists expect the ECB to make it more expensive for commercial banks to park their cash at the central bank — cutting the so-called deposit rate further into negative territory — and to extend and swell its current 1.1 trillion-euro ($1.2 trillion) government bond-buying program.
James Hughes, chief market analyst at GKFX, says Thursday could be "a pivotal day" for the euro and says that parity between Europe's single currency and the dollar — last seen in late-2002 — is possible soon especially as the Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates later this month.
11:15 a.m.
Official figures show that retail sales across the eurozone remain sluggish despite the boon offered to consumers by cheap oil and subdued consumer price gains.
The European Union's statistics agency says retail sales slipped by 0.1 percent in October from the previous month. That's the second straight 0.1 percent decline and suggests that a rise in consumer demand earlier in the year may have run its course. October's weakness was largely due to declines in Europe's top two economies, Germany and France.
On an annual basis, Eurostat said retail sales were 2.5 percent higher in October, down from September's rate of 2.9 percent.
10:50 a.m.
A closely watched survey suggests that the economic recovery across the eurozone is getting stronger but that price gains remain subdued.
Financial information company Markit says its purchasing managers' index — a broad gauge of activity across the manufacturing and services sector — rose to 54.2 points in November from 53.9 the previous month. Anything above 50 indicates expansion.
Markit says that the rates of expansion in output, new orders and employment all accelerated to be at, or close to, the fastest for 4 ½ years. It also says backlogs of work suggest that solid growth may continue at the end of the year.
However, the survey shows that the faster growth is not fueling inflation. Low levels of inflation are the primary reason why the ECB is expected to announce new stimulus later Thursday.
Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps adjusts his goggles during a practice session for the U.S. Winter Nationals swimming event Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, in Federal Way, Wash. Phelps will put a cap on his 2015 season at the event this week. It's his final opportunity to show just where his comeback is at before the Olympic year arrives.
U.S. Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart will join former USA Swimming president Jim Wood for a meeting with FINA executive director Cornel Marculescu in Lausanne, Switzerland, next month to check in on the anti-doping actions of the sport's governing body.
"This is an effort to see if we can understand what's going on and maybe why certain decisions were made the way they were," USA Swimming executive director Chuck Wielgus told The Associated Press on Wednesday in a telephone interview from his office in Colorado.
Unlike with the IAAF and the ongoing corruption scandal at FIFA, though, there is no explicit concern about the people in charge. "We've been extremely supportive of FINA's leadership," Wielgus said. "(Marculescu) was very quick to agree to a meeting so we were very pleased by that. We saw that as a very positive response."
The concern lies with the way doping cases involving China's Sun Yang, Australia's Kylie Palmer and Russia's Yuliya Efimova were handled. USA Swimming wants to ensure the likes of Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky compete against only clean athletes at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
"There are two great concerns we have about the Rio Games. One is that there is clean competition. And No. 2 is that the water is clean for open water swimmers," Wielgus said, adding that water quality will not be discussed in the meeting with Marculescu.
Sun, the gold medalist in the 400- and 1,500-meter freestyle at the London Olympics, served a three-month doping suspension last year for using a banned stimulant. His punishment began immediately after he tested positive in May 2014, but Chinese officials kept the test quiet for six months and FINA also waited until late November to announce the sanction.
Sun was then named male swimmer of the meet at the world championships in Kazan, Russia, in August. Palmer, a member of the Australian 4x200-meter freestyle relay team which won gold at the 2008 Beijing Games, tested positive for low levels of a banned masking agent at the 2013 worlds in Barcelona, but she was not notified of the failed test until earlier this year.
Palmer denied taking performance-enhancing drugs but she accepted a provisional suspension, ruling her out of the Kazan worlds. Then FINA's doping tribunal issued Palmer with only a reprimand and warning in September, allowing her to resume her bid to compete in Rio.

A man stands in front of the logo at the FIFA headquarters "Home of FIFA" in Zurich, Switzerland. (Walter Bieri/Keystone via AP)
The justice ministry says both men have opposed their extradition to the United States at Zurich police hearings on Thursday. Napout, who is from Paraguay, and Hawit, who is from Honduras, were arrested at the request of U.S. authorities in early morning raids on the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich. Napout is president of the South American confederation and Hawit leads the North American regional body.
They are the third past or current presidents of each continental body to be indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice since May in a widening corruption investigation.

A second pilot looks out from a British Tornado warplane at the RAF Akrotiri, a British air base near costal city of Limassol, Cyprus, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, after arrival from an airstrike against Islamic State group targets in Syria. British warplanes carried out airstrikes in Syria early Thursday, hours after Parliament voted to authorize air attacks against Islamic State group targets there.
9:50 a.m. Britain's defense secretary says British Tornados struck at oil fields that help finance the activities of the Islamic State group — the first strikes to follow after a vote in Parliament authorizing military action in Syria.
Defense Secretary Michael Fallon told the BBC that the Omar fields in eastern Syria were targeted to strike "a very real blow at the oil and the revenue" on which the Islamic State group depends. The strikes follow within hours of Parliament's vote to attack the group, also known as Isil, Isis and by its Arabic acronym, Daesh.
Fallon confirmed that eight more jets were on their way to Britain's base in Cyprus to join attacks and warned that military action against Islamic State should be expected to continue not for months, but years.
9:40 a.m.
Germany's defense minister is heading to Turkey as Berlin prepares to send reconnaissance jets and other help in the fight against the Islamic State group in Syria.
The Defense Ministry tells the dpa news agency that Ursula von der Leyen plans to meet with her Turkish counterpart Thursday afternoon in Ankara.
The government plans to send up to six Tornado reconnaissance planes, tanker aircraft and a frigate to help protect the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the eastern Mediterranean, but won't actively engage in combat. It's also planning to commit up to 1,200 soldiers to support the international coalition fighting the Islamic State group.
Two Tornados and a tanker could be sent to Turkey's Incirlik air base next week if Parliament approves the mission Friday as expected.
8:40 a.m.
France's government is welcoming the first British airstrikes in Syria, saying they are a sign of the European solidarity promised after the Nov. 13 attacks that terrorized Paris.
In a statement Thursday, the president said the British vote to begin airstrikes in Syria — and an upcoming German vote Friday to take part in the operation — were a sign that Europeans would stand together after the Islamic State attacks that killed 130 people in Paris.
Musician and Activist, Charles Oputa also known as Charly Boy has said that he does not have anything to say about the Biafra agitation going on in the nation.
In this interview with Aderonke Bello of Naij.com the 65-year-old stylish grandfather talked about his late Dad, the great Justice Oputa, he expressed his love for him, how he missed. He also talked about marriage and the things that kept him going.
Charles Oputa with his late Father, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa

Charly Boy: Ask my area sons. I guess because I have mentored many and have inspired millions.

Charles Oputa: You’re looking in the wrong places.

Charles Oputa: Healthy life style. With an open and free heart

Charles Oputa pictured with his Dad
Charles Oputa: Marriage is not about living with someone you’re compatible with. It’s living and dealing with our incompatibilities.

Charles Oputa: I love criticism if its constructive., otherwise, I no send. If I am gay or bisexual I would be proud of it.
Charles Oputa: Who knows maybe I suck blood, ha ha ha.
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Charles Oputa: For the past twelve years before he passed on in my house in 2014, I brought my parents from Oguta in their retirement to live with me in my Abuja residence. To look after them, love, care and protect them in their old age. Some times I feel I was making restitution for all my rascality and the high blood pressure I might have caused them in my teenage years. Oh Yeah! I was a hand full.
The time we spent in my house were great years of great bonding between father and son. With hindsight I prefer to interpret that singular decision to bring them to live with me, as one of the most profound thing I ever did in my life. Through the constant casual discussions we had, engaging him at different levels of intellectual and interactive intercourse, I became very curious about life. He reawakened in me a deeper meaning to life, the realisation of my purpose on earth, the reinforcement of the strong values he engraved in my DNA. And above all, I learnt the value of contentment and humility from my Guru.
Not a lot of us are blessed with parents who make strong impact on our lives and shape our mindset. For this I am grateful to God. I feel blessed. I was raised on an overdose of strong morals, value, integrity, spirituality. It was pounded into my skull that a good name is worth more than all the billions in the bank. As a former Principal in his younger days, my father was a natural born teacher. Always wanting to share knowledge, so full of wits and wisdom. It was his love of wisdom that made me fall in love with him.
My father thought me Charles Chukwuemeke Oputa to lead a good moral life, to be mindful and aware of my thoughts and action and to keep developing wisdom and understanding in any situation I find myself.
We talked about the apparent injustices and inequalities that abound in Nigeria and around the world, and he kept downloading to me all the code of practice or way of life that leads to true happiness. One of his teachings was that wealth does not guarantee happiness and that wealth is impermanent. That in every country people suffer whether rich or poor. But those who seek to understand the true meaning of life can find true happiness.
As we both came into the light; understanding our individual gifts from God, he talked about me with Pride. About my tenacity, consistency, focus, belief in self, and in my ability to be who so ever I want to be in a conservative environment.
What’s the point in all of this

Politicians like Barack Obama can look so boring, day in day out wearing the same suits, so for a change, have a look at these world leaders in traditional costumes!

(White House/Pete Souza)
The above photo of Barack Obama, taken before a gala dinner in Kuala Lumpur last week, got us thinking.
The US president somehow managed to pull off pairing a traditional songket shirt with a Fitbit Surge smartwatch, but many other western leaders lack Obama’s panache.

Especially when it comes to ponchos.

(Apec summit in Santiago, Chile, 2004)

The George W Bush era was a bit of a golden age for silly shirts.

(Apec summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, 2006)

Just to be clear, there’s nothing silly about traditional Vietnamese ao dai silk tunics. Only when people like this wear them:

We don’t really know how anyone gets any work done at Apec summits.

(Apec summit in Lima, Peru, 2008)

Maybe this is the real reason they get together in the first place.

(Apec summit in Shanghai, China, 2001)

To be fair to Bush (ha!), he wasn’t the first…

(Apec summit in Bogar, Indonesia, 1994)

… and nor was he the last.

(Apec summit in Beijing, China, 2014) (Apec summit in Beijing, China, 2014)

Even the British royal family can’t escape from unusual clothing.  Look at the Queen Prince Charles, the Duchess of Cornwall, Prince William and Prince Harry wearing traditional Maori garb in New Zealand.


But the Maori costumes don’t come anywhere close to this:

What a time to be alive.

How do these figures compare with the fashion sense of some Nigerian leaders?

Former president Goodluck Jonathan looks a little awkward in this navy suit…

But current President Muhammadu Buhari looks very dapper in a tux!

Governor Theodore Orji of Abaia state certainly has an interesting taste in hats…

The last month of the year is usually packed with activities and interesting happenings. Lagos is no exception as the city is always bubbling with interesting activities lined up for December. Some of these activities are planned events while others are just things that happen all the time in December and worth looking forward to.
Here are 10 things to expect from Lagos in December
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Wedding

It isn’t news that all the Saturdays in the month of December are ‘booked’ for weddings. It is probably because the couples plan to start the New Year together or due to the guarantee of less or no rain during the period. If you are the type that has a lot of friends, then get ready to have all your weekends fixed to a particular wedding ceremony or the other. The owambe culture is likely to explode in Lagos this December as usual so get your gele and fila ready. Don’t also forget your dancing shoes as you will need them this December.

Surprising Birthdays

December seems to be the month in which most Lagos ladies were born. Forget the fact that her Facebook says something different or you sent her a happy birthday message in July. Don’t be surprised if a lady in Lagos ‘reminds’ you that her birthday is in December so you shouldn’t forget her gift o. it’s a way to enjoy the December holiday so bear with her if you don’t mind.

December Break-ups

December is a period for people to get together for the holiday but in Lagos, it is also a time to get away from that extravagant girlfriend. Some Lagos guys choose December to pick a quarrel with a lady they know might cost a lot of money if the relationship is allowed to go smoothly till late December. They temporarily severe the relationship to avoid taking the lady out on expensive get together and magically mend the relationship in January.

Change Of Apartment


December is a common period for Lagosians to change their apartment and possible start the New Year in a new place. It’s an indication of leaving the old behind and starting the New Year and possibly new prospect in a new and possibly better apartment. If you need an apartment, December is the time to get it.

New Year Resolution

Lagosians plan their New Year resolutions in December by listing things they hope to achieve in the coming year. Frankly however these resolutions are soon forgotten in January and this is because the resolutions are made partly to flow with the general idea of making a resolution that is put on social media. Don’t be surprised if someone puts up the same sets of resolution every December.

Street Carnivals

What other month to organise street carnivals than December? Lagosians know the holiday and festivity in December makes it a perfect month to wear colourful dresses, paint their faces and dance to loud music in the street. These carnivals are usually organised at night and some run till dawn.

New Year Eve

New Year eve is a great time to be in Lagos as there are lots of happenings you don’t want to miss. It’s not even a time to sleep as you’re not likely to get one. It’s a time to spend with someone you love and in a place you desire. There are also places that offer great times and programme during New Year eve in Lagos.

church Don’t be surprised if the number of people that attend your religious centre in Lagos increases. It’s December and somehow, Lagosians get a renewed sense of religiosity. People you haven’t seen in your church throughout the year are likely to appear in December solemnly. Don’t complain that you can’t find a place to seat as it’s only for a short period. As soon as it’s January, you’re likely not to see them again.

Traffic

Lagos is the unofficial capital of traffic in Nigeria and December is not going to be an exception. In fact, the traffic is likely to increase as lots of people want to go out and spend a great time with friends and family. The excitement somehow takes away the strain of the stress of traffic and it’s something Lagosians look forward to and want to do again and again.

Firework

December ushers in fireworks and while it has been banned in Lagos, firecrackers and bangers still find their way into the Lagos market. The deafening noise of the fireworks becomes an exciting sound in December and even when people go to bed, they don’t get disturbed by the sound of fire crackers. Colourful fireworks also light up the night in Lagos during this period.
The Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has expelled its national leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike.
On Monday, November 30, at a ceremony attended by national officers including the zonal and regional administrators of the group, they inaugurated a new leadership for the Biafra movement, The Nation reports.
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Uchenna Madu, the group’s former national director of information was made the new leader while Ugwuoke Ibem Ugwuoke, emerged as national secretary.
A resolution and communiqué signed by the national officers and administrators at Okwe, MASSOB’s Headquarters, was read by Madu.
The communiqué read: “A vote of no confidence and total rejection has been passed on Ralph Uwazuruike. His inability to sustain and maintain Ojukwu’s dream of Biafra actualization, his deviation into the mainstream of Nigerian politics and using the Biafra struggle to enhance his selfish political ambition in Nigeria are the reasons for our rejection of his association with Biafra struggle.”

The group warned Uwazuruike to stop parading himself as MASSOB leader.
According to Madu, this action was to redeem and revive the lost spirit and confidence of the Biafra revolution in the minds of the people.
Recently, , threatening to take measures if they fail to guide their utterances against the Biafra agitation.
Boko Haram militants reportedly stormed Gulak, the administrative headquarters of Madagali in northern part of Adamawa state, in order to take it over. The militants set ablaze a military base and artilleries.
Premium Times reports that the insurgents came around 7pm on Sunday, November 29, and engaged Nigerian troops in a fierce battle. They came in three vehicles brandishing guns, and burnt down a military base together with three artilleries.
Moreover, they carted away guns, security and local sources report.
  “They came around 7 pm and started firing on the soldiers during which all the soldiers ran away. There was pandemonium, people scampered for their lives, many slept in bushes, they killed one soldier during the fierce battle.
“Our local vigilantes had tried by staying back, until another troops were deployed from Madagali town and Shuwa, they engaged them, if not they would have recaptured the town for the second time,” said James Ularamu, s former chairman of Madagali.
A former council chairman and a local vigilante, who requested anonymity, said there was a heavy gun battle. “After we chased them away they fled to the nearby Sambisa area,” a local vigilante added.
A group, Arigidi Leaders Of Thought has asked the Ondo state government and security operatives in the state to caution the senior pastor of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), Pastor Temitope Joshua “and his agents to order and allow the prevailing peace in Arigidi Akoko to continue.”
T.B. Joshua
In a statement made available to our reporter by the group, the group accused T.B Joshua and his agents of unwholesome activities in the last five years in Arigidi Akoko, Ondo state.
“Shortly after transition of the former king into eternity, two prominent princes, among others, showed their interest to succeed the late king.
“The two are the incumbent, Oba Yisa Olanipekun and Prince Tunde Olanipekun, who is a member of Pastor Joshua’ church. After a thorough and profound selection process, the kingmakers settled for Oba Yisa Olanipekun with a vote of nine out of fourteen (9-14).

“The latest was last week when a group of war mongers decided to celebrate their own traditional Ajagbo festival, long after the traditional festival, which is traditionally held in the month of September, has ended.

“Expectedly, it led to trouble and a serious breach of peace, as those opposed to the desecration of the town’s age long tradition stood up to stop the abominable act.
“It took God’s grace and the wisdom of some leaders in the town to avert what may have been a bloodshed. We are particularly surprised with the actions and antics of Pastor Joshua and these people since the installation of Kabiyesi Oba Yisa Olanipekun,” the statement reads in part.
tosin badmus According to Yorubamoviegist.com, the cause of her death is still unknown. Badmus was reported to have been ill for a while before she died in the early hours of Monday, November 30.
The young Badmus was a makeup artist in the Yoruba genre of Nollywood.

and she died at the age of 70.
An alleged suicide bomber was arrested along Damboa road by members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) while attempting to detonate an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at a crowded fuel station in Maiduguri.
The member of the Boko Haram Islamist sect was arrested on Tuesday, December 1, trying to blow up a gas station where hundreds of people were waiting to buy fuel.

Garba Hussaini, a pump attendant, said: “Today, we are very lucky because there are over 500 people with hundreds of cars waiting for fuel when the sect member approach the crowd with 5 litres gallon, pretending to have come to buy fuel.”
Hussaini narrated that when one of the boys controlling the crowd tried to the suspect from entering with the gallon, he got angry and remove a knife, attempting to stab the boy.
He said: “In the process, a member of the Civilian JTF noticed that, bomb was tied round him and he quickly grabbed him before he made any attempt to detonate it.”
Witnesses affirmed that they saw the CJTF apprehend somebody,however, some only found out much later that the person who was grabbed was a member of the vicious group.
Daily Post reports that immediately the man came, they started suspecting him, then he went back and brought a gallon.
A local, Mohammed Umar, said: “A lot of people were trying to bribe their way in to have the fuel and the crowd was concentrated around the pumps. This man just pushed one of the boys controlling the crowd from outside and was going in when the boy held his hand, trying to stop him, and the man drew a dagger. We suddenly saw one of the JTFs grabbed the man from behind.”
 
Following the arrest, the manager of the station asked the pump attendants to stop selling, as the crowd gradually dispersed.The clamp down on terrorists activities have drastically increased as security operatives look to meet with the deadline stipulated by President Muhammdu Buhari.
While addressing the Senate committee on appropriation, Brigadier-General (rtd) Mansur Mohammed Dan-Ali, Nigeria’s defence minister, has said .

US President Barack Obama leaves the 'Mission Innovation: Accelerating the Clean Energy Revolution' meeting at the COP2, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, north of Paris, Monday, Nov. 30 2015. (Ian Langsdon, Pool photo via AP
Obama, in a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, vouched for the NATO ally's right to self-defense, pledging a solid U.S. commitment "to Turkey's security and its sovereignty." Yet he emphasized the need for Turkey and Russia to "de-escalate" their conflict and stay focused on the IS threat and the need to resolve Syria's long-running civil war.
"We all have a common enemy. That's ISIL," Obama said, using an acronym for the extremist group. Tensions between Turkey and Russia have been erupting into diplomatic crisis since Turkey shot down a Russian jet it accused of violating its airspace less than two weeks ago. Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed Turkey shot the plane down to protect oil he says Turkey is illegally importing from IS — a charge Turkey vehemently denies. Turkey has insisted it won't apologize for the shoot-down, which led Russia to slap a package of new sanctions against Russian products.
The spat between Turkey and Russia — two countries the U.S. sees as critical to resolving the Syria crisis — has threatened to undermine Obama's efforts to expand the U.S.-led coalition fighting IS. After IS claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks and shooting down a Russian passenger jet in Egypt, Obama had sought to turn the outrage across Europe into newfound resolve stepping up the fight.
Obama has been working to persuade Russia to focus its airstrikes in Syria against IS, instead of U.S.-backed rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad. Further muddying the diplomatic picture, Moscow has steadfastly supported Assad while the U.S. and Turkey insist he must leave power as part of a political solution to Syria's civil war.
Sitting down with Erdogan in Paris on the sidelines of global climate talks, Obama said the U.S. was very interested in accelerating its military relationship with Turkey. He also praised Turkey for generously accepting refugees fleeing violence in Syria, and said that Turkey had strengthened security along its border.
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