Goodluck Jonathan Beats Tinubu And Others to African Leadership Person of the Year Award

 Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has won the African Leadership Magazine Person of the Year, 2015.

 Jonathan defeated APC National chairman, Bola Tinubu, founder of ECONET wireless Strive Masiyiwa, former UBA Chairman Tony Elumulelu, President, African Development Bank Akinwumi Adesina and Koffi Anan, former UN secretary general to win the award. 

Jonathan's victory was disclosed in a letter sent to him by former, Pro Tempore president of the Liberian senate and chairman of the 2015 African Leadership Person of the Year selection committee, Cletus Wortoson. The letter in part reads:

"There is no one best suited at the moment than your excellency, to advise the continent’s leaders on the merits of good governance and enduring democracy”. Your popular mantra of ‘one man one vote’ and ‘my ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian,’ is a message that must be preached loud and clear on the continent, hence our endorsement. It is with great pleasure that I bring you the news of your selection as the African Leadership Magazine Person of the Year, 2015.   

Chief among the many factors we considered was your efforts towards promoting good governance in Africa through the promotion of free and fair elections across the continent.  Your recent assignment to Tanzania received accolades and international acclaim, because you discharged the responsibility most creditably.  

We resolved that there is no one best suited at the moment than Your Excellency, to advise the continent’s leaders on the merits of good governance and enduring democracy.

The board is fully persuaded that you have served your country, Nigeria, meritoriously, conducted a free and fair election, in which you lost and yet conceded defeat, a development seeing by many in the continent as historical.  

Your popular mantra of ‘one man one vote’ and ‘my ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian,’ is a message that must be preached loud and clear on the continent, hence our endorsement."

Deputy Governor of Yobe State Involved in an Accident in Kano State

 The Deputy governor of Yobe state, Abubakar Ali, was involved in an auto accident in Daka-Tsalle town along the Kaduna - Kano expressway today March 7th.
 According to eyewitnesses, the SUV of the deputy governor had a head-on collision with a Toyota Avensis. Although the deputy governor was unhurt, the Toyota Avensis somersaulted and was badly damaged. The deputy governor’s convoy later continued its trip to Kano. See more photos below...

There Are No More Witches in Ile-Ife - Ooni of Ife Says

 Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II says there are no more witches in Ile-Ife, Osun State. The Ooni said this while receiving members of an ile-ife socio-cultural group known as Ife Klub 1 in his palace yesterday March 6th. 

 He said sons and daughters of Ile-Ife who have hitherto been scared of investing in their hometown over fear of witches and wizards destroying their investments, should not entertain such fears again as there are no more witches in the town:

“This Klub worked with my last two predecessors and is now working with me, so by the grace of God it will never disintegrate. I must stress to you all that the wellbeing of Ile-ife is paramount to me because we are like the proverbial white chicken who doesn’t appreciate its value. Whereas, it is in its home that the chicken is not highly regarded, it is highly valued abroad.  

God himself resides in Ile-Ife and that is the truth. There are many Ife sons and daughters who the land has blessed but they abandon their roots. They say there are witches in Ile-Ife that kill children, or that if they establish businesses at home, witches won’t allow them to prosper.  

There are no witches here that will disturb anybody anymore. They now want to have money and send their children to school too.”

The monarch appealed to his people to contribute towards the development of the kingdom, saying

"Some are making money in Ife, yet they don’t contribute anything to its development, rather they take their monies to Ibadan, Ilesha, Lagos, London and America. The Almighty has restored Ile-Ife’s glory and we must not let it go dim. So many people of Ife origin have refused to come back home and this is why we are making concerted efforts to put many things in place to attract them"he said

EFCC Seizes One Million Dollar Raw Cash In Alex Badeh’s Mansion In Maitama Abuja,Trial Begins Today

 Alex Badeh's Mansion

 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered $1m cash from one of the houses belonging to the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh(retd.), The PUNCH has learnt.

 Following a tip off by some Bureau De Change operators in Abuja, EFCC operatives stormed the mansion of the former Chief Of Defense Staff at #6 Ogun Rivers Street in Maitama District Abuja.

According to the EFCC, the raw $million cash was found in one of his rooms.

Alex Badeh’s trial begins today.

Nigerian Christiano Ronaldo Fan Murders Nigerian Lionel Messi's Fan on His Birthday(Photos)

 A Nigerian man killed his friend in India after an argument on who is the better footballer - Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo. 

 According to a report in the Times of India, the incident occurred on Sunday morning at Mahesh building, Ostwal Nagri, Nalasopara.

Michael Chukwuma Nwabu (22) was part of the 34th birthday celebrations of Obinna Durumchukwu (victim) on Saturday night.

The party went on till 9 am in the morning. Both of them proceeded to play football in the common balcony on the building's third floor. 

The two were drunk and some time between 9.30 and 10 am, an argument broke out about who was the best footballer. Obinna supported Argentina and Barcelona striker Lionel Messi, while Nwabu argued that Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid and Portugal star) was better.

Verbal abuses began to fly thick and fast, and Nwabu hit Obinna, who threw a glass tumbler at him in retaliation. The tumbler missed Nwabu’s head and smashed on the wall instead. Incensed, Nwabu picked up a broken glass shard and rammed it into Obinna's throat, reports TOI.

On hearing the commotion, the flat owner woke up and saw Obinna lying in a pool of blood. He called the police and the hospital, but it was too late.

Nwabu, who ran to the fourth floor of the building, was then arrested by the Tulinj police, while the body was sent for postmortem.

Check Out This Adorable Mother’s Day Photo Of The First Lady Aisha Buhari And Her Children

 Yesterday was Mother’s Day and it was widely celebrated across the nation, as children sent happy Mother’s Day wishes their mums.

Nigeria’s First Family was no exception, as one of the first daughters, Zahra Buhari shared a photo of her siblings and their mother, Aisha Buhari, and wished the First Lady a happy Mother’s Day.

This Beautiful Woman Brutally Beaten & Stabbed to Death in Dubai by Ex-boyfriend For Dumping Him(Photos)

 Catherine Waithera Njogu(pictured) was brutally beaten and stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend after she dumped him.

 According to The Kenyan Daily Post, the suspect who is currently on the run stormed into Catherine Waithera Njogu place of work in Dubai and brutally beat her before stabbing her to death...

The couple had been together for two years during which he spent a lot of money to relocate her to Dubai and secure a job for her with DHL. She ended their relationship for unknown reason and he made several unsuccessful attempts to get her back. 

Watson is alleged to have said that that there was no way he could spend his hard earned money to facilitate her move to Dubai from Kenya and secure a good job for her only to be dumped.

Catherine's father, Joseph Njogu has called on the Kenyan Government to assist in apprehending the suspect.

Trinity Chapel Ruiru, a church in Nairobi shared a photo of Catherine on their official twitter account writing:

"We join family and friends of Joseph Njogu im mourning the loss of their daughter, Catherine Waithera"