Welcome to Bimmy's Blog: September 2015

Wednesday, 30 September 2015

I will be Petroleum Minister -- President Buhari

Addressing some selected reporters in New York on Tuesday, the President said he would personally head the Ministry of Petroleum Resources in the new cabinet. His words;

“I will remain Minister of Petroleum.

“I will appoint a Minister of State for Petroleum”.

PDP has called on all Nigerians to show some respect to the office of the President. In their independence message to Nigerians, the party said, "The PDP urges all citizens to have full respect for the office and person of the symbol of the leadership of our great country, the President. The President can be constructively criticized, but under no circumstance should he be abused or insulted in any way and under any guise whatsoever. On this note therefore, we expect those around our dear President to be cautious and desist from actions and utterances that tend to set him up for public ridicule”.

See the full text of their independence message signed by Olisa Metuh after the cut ...

The Chief Magistrate Anthony Araba of the Magistrate court in Isabo, Abeokuta today finally signed the bail bond of the arraigned blogger, Emmanuel Ojo Adediran, who was arrested over the weekend over a Facebook post alleging that governor Amosun's wife was involved in money laundering in London.

At around 3:00pm, Ojo was released from the remand prison to his team of lawyers.

One of President of Gabon's wives has filed for divorce in an LA court.

The President of Gabon in West Africa has two wives with very different lives ... one who lives in the presidential palace and the other who's on welfare.

Guess who's unhappy and wants a divorce? President Ali Bongo Ondimba lived in L.A. when his dad was the president. He met a woman named Inge in 1991 and married her 3 years later. They had 3 kids and lived lavishly ... private jets, mansions, cooks, the works. In fact, in 2006, Inge was featured on a VH1 show -- 'Really Rich Real Estate' -- where she bid $25 mil on a Malibu mansion.

Some weeks ago, two actresses in the Yoruba movie industry, Kenny George and Awele Odita were in the news over alleged affair with a top shot of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Lagos called Koko Zaria.

It was reported that Awele accused Kenny of dating her man, which the latter denied. Kenny claimed that the acclaimed ‘Right Man’ of another NURTW top shot, MC Oluomo, was just only a friend, who featured in her movie.

Bola Ogunbiyi, President, Nigerian Association of Dermatology, has advised Nigerians against the use of skin lightening cream popularly known as `toning cream’, saying it is harmful to our health.

Ogunbiyi gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday.

He said that the application of such creams to the skin has adverse effect on the internal organs.

She explained that whenever such cream is applied on the skin it absorbed into the body damaging the internal organs like the pancreas and adrenal organs, among others.

The election tribunal sitting in Taraba state has nullified the election of PDP Senator Bashir Marafa representing Taraba Central Senatorial district.

Prolific filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan, is a year older today, Wednesday, September, 31, 2015.

The talented filmmaker-cum-director is 41 and he is celebrating on board a plane from South Africa to Nigeria.

‘My birthday celebration on board the plane with the award-winning legendary Uncle S and my father, friend and mentor, Tunde Kelani. I feel highly honoured,’ the excited celebrant wrote.

It would be recalled that the actor clinched a

It seems Nollywood actress, Angela Okorie, is furious and the reason is because of critics, who like to use every available opportunity to pounce on her.

A moment ago, she was in the news over the display of her ‘mammary glands’, which some of her fans found unpleasant.

They slammed her for showing too much for people to see, saying such is not expected from a married woman.

Ex-Governor Akpabio's credit card declined at London hotel

Former Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio, who is currently in the UK to get treatment after surviving a car crash in Abuja on August 31st, suffered embarrassment at Mandarin Oriental Hotel, a luxury five-star hotel in the Knightsbridge area of London after his credit card was declined while he attempted to check into the hotel.

According to Sahara reporters who released the photos, Akpabio was heard making a call to a banker in Lagos state eiquiring why his card was declined. When SR contacted him, Akpabio said his card was declined because he had used the card to check out of the Four Seasons luxury hotel earlier in the day. Akpabio stated that his credit card had maxed out of its daily spending limit, hence he could not make use of it.

'Johnny' crooner, Yemi Alade, who has claimed in different interviews that she is yet to find her man, has disclosed the number of children she hopes to have when she is eventually married.

Yemi Alade, who wants to approach marriage with caution, said she is presently in no rush for living under the same roof with a man as wife.

The artiste said she would give marriage a thought at the right time.

Mercy Johnson replies her critics, ‘If I chose to have another baby, deal with it’

Talented actress Mercy Johnson who turned 30 recently and shows-off her child-number-3 baby bumps have replied fans who criticized her to think of child-spacing.

Mercy posted thus; “I know about child spacing so it is my life and choice to have another baby so soon. I am a married woman and if I chose to have another baby deal with it because the fourth one will be coming soon."

Men should marry more than one wife to end prostitution, Kenyan Politician advises

A Kenyan politician has advised men to marry more than one wife as one way of combating prostitution. David Gikaria, a Nakuru, Kenya Member of Parliament said that if men married more than one wife then prostitution would end because all single women will get husbands.

Speaking on Monday, September 14 at a free medical camp he had organized in his constituency, Gikaria, who has three wives, said that prostitution is on the increase in Kenyan towns because women lack husbands.

"There are so many women in our towns who don’t have husbands or men in their lives and this forces them to resort to prostitution and this thing can be solved if only men agree to marry more than one wife," he said. "Why should we allow these women to suffer cold at night when we can take care of them in our homes." he added. Gikaria gave his own example saying that he has three wives and called on men to learn from him.

"I think those people who have money especially MPs are well off should lead from the front by marrying many wives," said Gikaria.

Why I can't relocate abroad - Omotola

Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, has explained why she has been reluctant to relocate abroad despite opportunities to do so.

According to the superstar actress, she is scared such move might destroy her family, which she does not want.

Nollywood actress, Toyin Aimakhu, has poked some of those who criticize her over her troubled marriage.

It is no more news that her marriage to Niyi Johnson is not smooth and her husband ran to Instagram to confess sleeping with other women, vowing to turn over a new leaf.

After announcing on his Instagram page on Tuesday that he has sealed a deal with Air Peace, Five Star artiste, KCce has come under attack.

The singer had reportedly claimed that he was the first artiste to be named the brand ambassador for the airline, but his fans took him on it.

“Whoever said hard work doesn’t pay hasn’t tried hard enough! Air Peace just added another feather to my cap by making me their brand ambassador. Shouts out to all the other major brands I represent in Nigeria. First Nigerian artist to be endorsed by an airline,” he had claimed.

Popular comedian, Bright Okpocha, better known by stage name Basketmouth, tagged yesterday, Wednesday, September 16, 2015, a ‘Throw back Wednesday’ on his Instagram account and posted pictures of him with popular Nollywood actress, Patience Ozonkwo, better known as Mama G.
He explained that the pictures were taken from his first trip out of Nigeria.

This is not the best of times for the Koko Master, D’banj as he recently had a rough time with the area boys in Lagos.

It was gathered that trouble began for the singer last Saturday, at Tin Can Port, Lagos, when he showed up for a video shoot in a Toyota RAV 4 with registration number KJA6158BE.

Saraki to face false asset declaration charges on Friday

The Code of Conduct Bureau has filed a 13-count charge against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

Saraki is said to have made false declaration of his assets, the trial of the senate president will begin on Friday in Abuja.

The Deputy Director in the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, M.S.Hassan, filed the charges against Saraki on September 11.

The Senior Special Assistant to the Senate President, Mr. Yusuf Olaniyonu, confirmed to one of our correspondents that Saraki had been served notice of the charges.

“Yes. We have been served,” Olaniyonu said.

The charges against Saraki include false declaration of assets, alleged acquisition of assets beyond his legitimate earnings and keeping foreign accounts while holding public office first as Kwara State governor in 2003 and later as a senator.

A drama played out at the Akwa Ibom National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday in Abuja when suddenly one of the witness of embattled former governor Godswill Akpabio, Mr. Stanley Annah from Ikot Ekpene dramatically turned blind when given the card reader report to state the total number of accredited voters for Ikot Ekpene.

Mr Annah, who told the tribunal that elections held in all the polling units of the council, suddenly turned

Maverick artiste, Charles Oputa, who is fondly called Charly Boy, has shared his opinion on the way women are viewed in Nigeria as incomplete when they are yet to get married.

Area Fada, as the former PMAN president is also called, stated that the society puts pressure on women of marriageable age to settle down with a man, not minding if it would eventually work or not.

A woman who had been suffering from severe headaches was horrified to discover they were due to tapeworm larvae sacs growing in her brain. Yadira Rostro first started to notice bad headaches nine months ago and finally sought medical help after they continued to get worse.

A mother, Erika Wigstrom, has pleaded guilty to killing her Down’s syndrome child, 17 month old, Lucas Ruiz by injecting hand sanitiser into his feeding tube. She was sentenced to 40 years in jail yesterday. The tragic 17-month-old was born with Down's syndrome and another condition that left him with holes in his heart.

After six months of speculation, former Senate leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN), formally resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday.

In a resignation letter dated September 14 and personally signed and addressed to the PDP chairman in his Akparabong Ward in Ikom local government area of Cross River State, Ndoma-Egba cited factors which necessitated his exit from the party on which platform he contested election and was in the Senate for 12 years.

Yesterday, September 16th, people heard the agonizing cries of a mentally challenged woman, begging people not to let her die.

She was on the streets and in labour. Good spirited Nigerians heard her cries and helped her deliver her baby on Ayodele street in Ebute Metta around 4 am before calling the Lagos State Emergency number, who came and carried her and the baby to Lagos State Island Maternity hospital where she and the bouncing baby boy are doing well.

Lawyers to Oscar Pistorius say he cannot afford another murder trial. The athlete was found guilty of culpable homicide - a similar charge to manslaughter - by a judge and was sentenced to five years in prison last year for shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at his home on Val's Day 2013.

However, South African prosecutors have appealed the conviction and say Pistorius should be jailed for murder. His lawyer Barry Roux filed fresh evidence to the Supreme Court of Appeal yesterday arguing the runner cannot afford a new trial - and he would be unable to get a fair hearing anyway.

US President Barack Obama has issued a White House invitation to a Muslim schoolboy who was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school.

Ninth-grade high school student Ahmed Mohamed from Irving, Texas, was arrested on Monday after his teachers reported him to the police for making a clock, which they said resembled a bomb.

The arrest prompted outrage with thousands expressing their anger at authorities for arresting a 14-year-old boy over his school project.

Masturbation opens spiritual portals for demons

People who cannot control the urge to masturbate or watch pornography are almost always plagued with a sexual devil. Maybe more than one.

In the world of the spirit and according to Jesus Christ: the sexual thought is the same as the sexual act (Matthew 5:28).

When we use the powerful force of imaging something as if it were real, we are actually attracting that which we image into physical being.

Singer, Dencia, is all out to look good and tender in every possible way she can maybe trying to avoid aging though.

The singer who dabbles as an entrepreneur, is about to try something new on her face which she hopes will make her look more supple with the use of breast milk.

I can’t marry your wife, Pastor Chris Okotie replies Emeka Ike

Recently, Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike, dragged the name of the Founder of the House Hold of God Church, Pastor Chris Okotie into his family affairs after he accused him of taking sides with his wife without hearing him out.

In his official press statement, Emeka Ike claims Okotie helped his wife hire a lawyer to speed up his divorce case.

But speaking through his media consultant in a telephone interview yesterday, Pastor Chris Okotie, claims the actor’s accusations are baseless as he is just set out to tarnish his image in the media.

The immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday refused to answer questions on the allegations of corruption levelled against him.

Fashola was alleged to have spent N139m on two boreholes at the Lagos House, Ikeja, and another N78.3m for the upgrade of a personal website.

The former governor, who was the guest speaker at the 16th Bishop Mike Okonkwo Annual Lecture, urged Nigerians to ensure that they hold their leaders accountable always.

The event, which was held at the Shell Hall of the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos Island, was titled, ‘The Nigerian political Class and the Citizen’s Quest for Good Governance.’

The governor said most Nigerians failed to hold their political leaders to their campaign promises after elections.

Helen in circle

Meet Helen Mukoro, a Nigerian-Spanish Lawyer who hailed from Delta state.She worked briefly in Delta State Governor’s office before she left Nigeria for Spain in 1992.

Mukoro gained prominence in Spanish politics, when she founded a political party and later became the first Nigerian-Spanish to contest for the Mayor of Denia in May this year. Although she lost the election, her popularity soared higher as several people endorsed her for the highest office in the land.

She has set a record as the first woman and an immigrant to emerge a presidential flag bearer of a political party in Spain.

Oldest living triplets in US celebrate 95th birthday

Born in 1920, triplets Catherine, Frances, and Marguerite Kirchner remember living through the Great Depression, Pearl Harbor and the trials of World War II together.

Now, the trio are celebrating their 95th birthday together in an Albany, New York, hotel – all wearing the same outfit. The sisters are the oldest living triplets in the United States, reports WNYT.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, the women were a big surprise to their mother (and to their doctor). The three gals were raised in Long Island and led similar

A woman was rushed to a hospital after she dislocated her jaw by laughing too hard while playing poker with her husband.

The woman identified as Jiao, was playing poker with her husband on a train, which was traveling from Nanning to Qingdao on Friday. Jiao told doctors that when she was dealt a good hand, she laughed. She laughed hard and long, and ended up dislocating her jaw.

Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Do not abuse or insult Buhari - PDP tells Nigerians

Thursday, 17 September 2015

Friday, 4 September 2015

The immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday refused to answer questions on the allegations of corruption levelled against him.