Actress Liz Da Silva's dedicates baby

The actress dedicated her new born son a few days back. Heard her baby daddy is that famous garage warlord. Congrats to them!

Nine Tourists Die In Pakistan Hotel Attack

Gunmen have killed 10 people, including nine foreign tourists after storming a hotel in far northern Pakistan, BBC reports.Officials say five are from Ukraine, one from Russia and three from China.
A Pakistani guide also died in the attack.It happened at the base camp of Nanga Parbat, the world’s ninth highest mountain, in Gilgit-Baltistan.It is the first such attack on tourists in the region. A Sunni militant group, Jundullah, said it was responsible.Police had at first said 10 foreign tourists had died. The motive for the killings is not yet clear.
One person, said to be Chinese, has survived the attack.Part of the Himalayan Range, Nanga Parbat, standing at 8,126m (26,660ft), is popular with trekkers and mountaineers, especially during June and July.
The assault is seen as a significant blow for Pakistan’s already struggling tourist industry, the BBC says.Gilgit-Baltistan, which borders China, had so far been considered one of the more secure areas under Pakistani control.
The attackers, reportedly dressed in police uniforms, stormed the hotel at the base camp in the foothills of Nanga Parbat shortly after midnight.

Why I Abandoned My Baby In The Bush — Abuja Woman

Favour Abdulazeez, who claimed to be the mother of a baby girl abandoned at the  backyard of an apartment in Kuje, Abuja, has solicited financial assistance from the public to enable her to claim and take care of the baby.
Ms. Abdulazeez told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that she abandoned her baby because she was jobless, divorced and had no means of fostering the child.She said that when she kept the carton with the baby inside the bush, she did not go away but hid in the bush to know who would pick the baby.
She stated that she did this to enable her know the person who would pick the baby girl to enable her to do a follow-up.“All along, I was monitoring the baby’s situation, I know those who picked the baby and took her to the police.“I was listening to their conversation from my hideout, I even followed them from a distance when they were taking my baby away,” she said.
Ms. Abdulazeez, who turned up at the police outpost in Gwagwalada on Friday to claim ownership of the baby, added: “I told the police that I would take care of my baby if only the government would assist me with a job or a trade no matter how small.’’Inspector  Yahaya Musa, the Police Area Command in Gwagwalada, FCT, had on Friday declined comments on the matter, saying that he was not authorised to speak to newsmen on the matter.
Mr. Musa instead referred NAN reporter to the social welfare unit of the Gwagwalada Area Council for further enquiries.Hanatu Turu, Head of the Social Welfare Department of Gwagwalada Area Council, said that she was aware of the incident.She said the police should be allowed to conclude their investigations.
Ms. Abdulazeez was said to have been delivered of the baby girl on June 13 and secretly put her in a carton and took her to a nearby bush behind her house at night, where she abandoned the baby.
A resident in the area, who pleaded anonymity, told NAN that Abdulazeez is her neighour, adding that it was the cry of the baby that drew the attention of passers-by who later took the baby to the police outpost.

Video: Nigeria 0-3 Spain

Spain wrapped up their group stage campaign of the Confederations Cup with ease after recording a comfortable 3-0 victory over Nigeria at the Estadio Castelao Fortaleza.
A brilliant solo double from Jordi Alba and a header from substitute Fernando Torres sealed the victory over a disappointing Super Eagles side, who were undone by their own inability to finish the numerous chances that came their way.
Predictably, Vicente Del Bosque made a number of changes from the side that dismantled Tahiti 10-0 on Thursday, with Victor Valdes starting in goal. Nigeria meanwhile, made two changes from the line-up that suffered defeat against Uruguay.And Spain settled into their rhythm early on, with Andres Iniesta nutmegging a defender en route to testing Vincent Enyeama with a good effort inside a minute.
However, the early barrage continued, with Jordi Alba opening the scoring two minutes later in scintillating fashion.Picking up the ball after a neat pass from Iniesta, the Barcelona full-back embarked on a fine run, slaloming past three Nigerian defenders before coolly slotting the ball past Enyeama to put La Roja 1-0 up.
The African champions struggled in the opening exchanges, with Cesc Fabregas denied by Enyaema, but at the other end, they too saw a chance go begging, with Sergio Ramos hurriedly thwarting John Obi Mikel, after the ball had fallen to him following good work by Joseph Akpala.Stephen Keshi’s side rallied, and were posing numerous problems for the world and European champions. Set through by Ideye Brown, Sunday Mba produced a stinging effort from distance which required Valdes to divert it away for a corner.But Spain continued to dominate in search for a second.
First, Ramos’ superb long ball picked out Roberto Soldado, whose brief hesitation allowed Enyeama to recover, before the Valencia striker’s pin-point delivery off the wing for Fabregas, saw the latter strike against the post.Nigeria’s profligate finishing continued early into the second half. Ahmed Musa’s threatening delivery off the right flank picked out Brown in the middle, but somehow, the striker couldn’t connect cleanly with the ball, though at the other end, Xavi flashed a free-kick narrowly over the bar as both sides’ search for another goal continued.
Just after the hour, Spain doubled their advantage. Torres, who had been only on the field for two minutes, capitalised on some poor defending to power a header from Pedro’s fine cross.Nigeria began to tire towards the end of the second period, amidst the typical passing intensity imposed by their opponents, but they once again failed to beat Valdes in the Spain goal.
Another teasing delivery from Musa saw substitute Muhammad Gambo to somehow fire horribly wide of the post.Alba wrapped up a fine performance with two minutes to go, latching onto David Silva’s long pass to round Enyeama and into an empty net to seal an emphatic second and Spain’s third.
Spain top Group B with nine points, and will face Itay in a rematch of last year’s Euro 2012 final in the last four on Thursday in Fortaleza.
In the other group match, uruguay thrashed tahiti 8-0.

Governor Aregbesola Denies Slapping His Deputy

 Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola has denied ever slapping his deputy, Mrs. Grace Tomori, stressing that the rumor was aimed at causing disaffection capable of destabilising the state.
The governor said a cordial relationship exists between the two of them.
He added that “I have never beaten anybody in my life. In fact, I don’t beat my children, let alone beating any other person. More so, the Deputy Governor is older than me, so how do I beat an elderly person.”
Governor Aregbesola, who spoke during a seven hour live programme tagged ‘Ogbeni till day break,’ weekend, maintained: “I don’t have any quarrel with my Deputy, and I can’t have any with her because I intentionally chose her and no one choose her for me.
“I think I can work with her and that is why I chose her. So, no differences exist between us.”
The deputy governor who was also present at the programme confirmed the claims of the governor when she was asked to respond to the allegation that the governor once slapped her.
The deputy governor stressed that a cordial relationship exists between her and the governor,, adding that she would remain loyal to the governor.
On the crisis rocking the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), Governor Aregbesola said: “Let the NGF take care of itself. The forum is a voluntary one and it is not compulsory that every Governor is a member.”
He also denied insinuation that the debt profile of the state has risen to N300 billion, saying that the opposition was only making the allegation to destabilise the progress of the state and cause confusion.
…lauded by Okonjo-Iweala, World Bank, over good governance
The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has observed that Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, through his programmes, has demonstrated that good governance is possible.
Also, the World Bank confirmed that the Federal Government’s Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO) was replicated from the Osun Youth Empowerment Scheme (OYES) started by Aregbesola.
In the same breath, the governor said that the nation would be great economically only if its people became very productive.

Bank Manager Arrested For Conniving With Robbers To Rob His Bank

 An Operations Manager with a first generation bank in Agbor, Delta State has been arrested by the police for allegedly conniving with an armed robbery gang that raided the bank, weekend.
The gang had in a commando style operation, succeeded in carting away millions of naira in both local and foreign currencies on Friday, while some bank customers and passers-by were wounded in the process.
Delta State Police command’s spokesman, Mr. Lucky Uyabeme, said that “the arrested Operations Manager of the bank is helping the police in its investigation. The command will not leave any stone unturned in ensuring that all the hoodlums involved are brought to book.
“Preliminary investigation revealed an insider connection in the bank robbery as the two keys to the strong room that were supposed to be kept by two different senior staff were left with the Operations Manager, who in turn left the strong room open.
“The four bullet proof doors were not tampered with. One of the senior staff of the bank who was supposed to be with one of the keys to the strong room purported to be sick, handed over the keys to the Operations Manager,” Uyabeme said.

Don Jazzy, P Square React To Backlash Over OJB Jezreel’s Health

Some frontline artistes have reacted to angry backlash from some members of the public over their alleged refusal to lend a helping hand to ailing music producer and artiste, OJB Jezreel.
OJB Jezreel, who produced Tuface’s highly successful song, African Queen, is currently battling with a kidney-related ailment and is reported to be in need of N16 million for a kidney transplant. The social media have been awash with various messages in the past few days, requesting help to raise the sum needed to get him back on his feet.
Many Nigerians received BlackBerry Messenger broadcast messages, Facebook updates, tweets, among others, on social media, while the hashtag, #SaveOJBJezreel was also employed to get the campaign into the hearts of Nigerians on Twitter.
But those whose social media platforms were flooded with several requests for help wondered why OJB Jezreel’s colleagues in the entertainment industry, many of who seem to be in money, based on the luxurious lifestyles they lead, could not put heads together to foot the bill.
In this wise, a handful of them who were taken aback by the development took to the social media to express their disappointment. For instance, a BBM message that circulated last week states, “If Wizkid can damage a N15m Porsche Panamera car in less than two months; if D’Banj can put on a N3m suit just for a show; if Davido can refer to a N10m endorsement deal as chicken change; if PSquare can buy just a property for N400m, if Don Jazzy can pop a $1.5Million champagne for just a bottle oo – and the many others, why can’t they put heads together and donate just $100,000 (N15m) in just 24 hours? It’s obvious there’s beef in the industry. If all these big artistes don’t save OJB Jezreel with their money, Sango kills anyone who goes to studio to produce ‘Tribute to OJB.’’’
Reacting to the backlash, Peter of the Nigerian R and B duo, P Square, took to his Twitter account to inform his over 300,000 fans on the social network he was not shying away from helping him.
He tweeted, “OJB Jezreel, you’ve got our support and prayers. We can’t afford to lose you. Thanks peeps for also showing love for a brother.’’
In a similar fashion, Chief Executive Officer, Mavin Records, Don Jazzy, urges his Twitter fans never to wait for his co-celebrities before they donate to save the life of OJB Jezreel.
“Guys, do not wait for celebrities alone. Anything you can do also can #HelpSaveOjb. May God help us all,’’ he says.
However, the explanation of the duo of P Square and Don Jazzy did little to placate those angry over the apparent apathy shown by leading entertainers to OJB Jezreel’s plight.
A comment on an online forum, nairaland.com by one, Hegelian, says, “If they can’t help one of their own, then they have all failed. We are the ones that buy their songs, attend their shows, pay for their endorsements, make them rich such that they flaunt and jump about. Yet, they want us to pay for their medical bills! For wetin naaa? Very soon, we will be paying for their coffins and funerals.
“If they cannot come together and pay this meagre amount (at least many of them sing about saying molowo molowo molowo noni ahnn ahnn- I’m rich, rich, rich and rich…), then it’s their fault not ours. We are supposed to be the one crying for help from them and not the other way round.’’
Another person on the forum, Daily News, observes that many of the celebrities may be living a false life of wealth displays since they are unable to raise what they regarded as a ‘’meagre’’ amount.
The person notes, “That means Nigerian musical artistes have been lying and deceiving themselves with their wealth display of recent, hmmm. So, Don Jazzy alone can’t foot this meagre bill after posing with a multi-million naira wine?
“Tuface, Don Jazzy, P Square, Wizkid, Dbanj, and Davido alone should be able to raise N15m for this guy in two days.
“Or better still, let them organise an urgent musical concert to raise funds for him because most ordinary Nigerians won’t contribute from the way I see things. The musical celebs ought to do this. This is not a great deal if truly the wealth they usually display is real, and not a false way of deceiving gullible-minded girls and their fans into falling for their unnecessary show-offs, and again, if they have a brotherly heart they ought to help him without calling for outside assistance.”
A visit to the Twitter handle of OJB Jezreel, @ojbjiggaman, on Sunday shows that he has since been retweeting messages of assistance which his well wishers have been circulating on the micro-blogging service.
The last message he posted via his Twitter handle states, “Thank you for your continuous love and support. May God bless all of us. Amen.’’
Don Jazzy was said to have donated N1m to him over the weekend, ruggedman has also donated.