Sunday, March 29, 2015

Breaking News: INEC Office Set on Fire by Thugs in Rivers /

Inec office on fire
The report reaching Dailytimes now reveals that the Independent National Electoral Commissions  Office situated at Emohua Local Government Area has been set on fire by some political thugs. This ugly incidence happen this Sunday morning but there are no indications yet if this is connected with the ongoing voting irregularities or not.
 Details later

Zara Gretti a candle in the wind (Officials apologise, identify Zara’s grave at Ikoyi cemetery..)

Zara Gretti

(Officials profusely apologise for mix up regarding Zara Gretti’s grave. Photo: Filed) Come tomorrow, Saturday, March 28, 2015, it will be exactly one year since fast rising, Nigerian music act, Margaret Mary Oluwatoyin Ejiro Joseph, popularly known as Zara Gretti passed on after losing her battle for life with Multiple Sclerosis. Her body was laid to rest at the public section of the Ikoyi Cemetery, Lagos on April 4, 2014. Controversy over her grave On a first visit to the site of her burial last Thursday, March 19, 2015, an official at the Ikoyi Cemetery identified simply as Sule, went through the cemetery records, and confirmed that indeed Zara was buried on the grounds. He obtained the location of the grave from the same records and a search was carried out. After hours of searching the entire area for the grave without success, he concluded that the grave was ‘missing,’ but promised to go back later for a more thorough check and revert. He never did. Sadly, it also turns out that Sule was wrong. A second visit to the cemetery on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 revealed that while he was right about the section he indicated via their records, he didn’t get the exact location of the grave correctly, or even know what it looked like. Hence, the two-hour search was just a wild goose chase; no thanks to Sule. Zara’s grave located A senior official of the cemetery, who identified himself simply as Akeem, on the second visit, apologized on behalf of the authorities, and led the way straight to her grave. A few interesting discoveries were also made… Akeem, after apologizing for the initial mix-up, stated that Sule would never have found the grave even if he had checked the right place because the grave wasn’t properly marked. Zara’s full name (Margaret Mary Joseph) was just hand-scribbled at the foot of the grave and would be barely visible for someone who didn’t know that her remains were buried in that particular vault. Zara’s grave is located at Gate 5, Right Portion 2, Vault F31. According to him, he (Akeem) personally handled Zara’s burial in 2014. He added that the family promised to contact him later to the grave properly marked, but never did till date. ‘I don’t even know who eventually came to scribble her name on the vault like this here sef,’ he stated. The Joseph family had purchased the vault used for her burial a long time ago, and two other relatives (Hilaria and Cyprian Joseph) had been buried there before Zara. The marble mantle head on the vault presently carries their inscription alone. The three-layer vault purchased by the Joseph family currently goes for N450k at the Ikoyi Cemetery. Akeem also disclosed that a Certificate of Occupancy (C-of-O) is issued to any family that buys any type of vault at the cemetery. ‘On no account is it possible for anybody not in possession of this document to have a body exhumed, or another body buried. Even if it’s the very same person that came to pay for the vault, one must produce this certificate before we can allow them to do anything on a grave,’ he said. He went on to give an assurance that, while it is not totally unheard of for graves to go missing in some public cemeteries across the country, it is absolutely impossible at the Ikoyi Cemetery. According to him: ‘Even after a hundred years of burial, our unique way of burials here makes it easy for us to trace and produce any grave upon demand. As long as the ‘C-of-O’ for the vault can be produced, we will always find any grave here, regardless of its age.... 

APC LG candidate in Epe dies in boat accident...



(APC candidate for Epe LGA chairmanship has been reported dead. Photo: Twitter) Reports indicate the APC chairmanship aspirant for Epe LGA in the forthcoming 2015 local government election, Muheez Bello is dead. Muheez was reported dead today, March 28, 2015 following a boat accident in Lagos. According to reports, Muheez went to vote and monitor the elections in Epe bu details are still sketchy on whether the boat mishap that took his life happened on his way to or from the polling unit as at press time. Muheez was called to the Bar in 2003, after completing his training at the Nigerian Law School after graduating from the Lagos State University. He was also an alumni of the School of Management in Geneva, Switzerland and made a name for himself with top law firms in Nigeria before becoming a partner in his own firm; Bello and Odeleke in 2006. Widely regarded as one of the pioneers of  entertainment, telecommunication, and electric-power sector law practice in Nigeria, Muheez served as adviser to top Nigerian music stars like 2face Idibia, Eldee, Sasha P and others.... 

INEC officials killed by unknown gunmen in Gombe yesterday

 

Two INEC officials were killed by unknown gunmen at Nafada/Dukku federal constituency in Gombe state today. Continue to see photos from the scene but they are graphic *viewer discretion advised*.


PHOTOS: Woman Caught With Electoral Materials In Lagos

A woman has been caught with thumb-printed electoral materials this morning in Lagos.It was reported that the woman, identified as a woman leader of the All Progressives Congress Lagos East was caught moving thumb-printed electoral materials in a yellow-coloured bus at about 12:15am.
The number plate of the apprehended bus is FKJ450XJ. Alhaja (Chief Mrs.) Basirat Olayinka Ojugbele, is also a Lagos fabric merchant and top socialite who emerged as the APC’s women’s leader of Ojokoro land in Lagos last year. See the alleged electoral materials below and the woman.
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Air Canada Airbus A320 "crashes" on runway during landing in bad weather

Snow at Heathrow
Shock incident: The Air Canada flight, not pictured, exited the runway
A passenger jet has "crashed" on the runway as it landed in Canada, according to reports.
The Air Canada flight, reportedly an Airbus A320 - the same plane as the one crashed into the ground by killer co-pilot Andreas Lubitz - "exited" the runway shortly after arriving at Halifax airport and slammed into a power pylon.
Air Canada confirmed the accident on its Twitter feed this morning, revealing that 22 people had been taken to hospital.
Treasure Addis-Mills, a passenger on the plane, told NBC: "There was bad weather and reduced visibility. They circled for a while and then went in when they saw a break in weather.
"People with bloody faces. Took a long time being stranded on the runway with snow coming down."
According to reports in Canada, the accident happened shortly after midnight local time, 4am UK time.
Electricity at the airport was said to have been knocked out at the airport following the incident.
None of the 137 passengers and crew on board were said to be hurt, but the accident caused blackout in the terminal building.
The plane, Flight AC624 from Toronto, crashed on landing while there was heavy snow in the area at the time and visibility was poor.
No explanation has yet been given for the incident.
Peter Spurway, a spokesman for the Halifax Stanfield International Airport, told CBC News in Canada there had been a "hard landing" at the airport

Saturday, March 28, 2015

James Bond is back in the first teaser trailer for 'Spectre'

The first teaser trailer for the next James Bond movie, “Spectre,” debuted on 007.com and it’s shrouded in mystery.
Daniel Craig returns as 007 in the 24th Bond film.
2012's "Skyfall" made over $1 billion in theaters.
"Spectre" is in theaters November 6, 2015.

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