ABDULKARIM MUSA'S BLOG: December 2014

31/12/2014

AirAsia Flight Found in The Sea...See Emotional Photos from Indonesia

The first coffins of AirAsia flight 8501 have taken to Juanda Airport where devastated relatives anxiously hprepare to identify their loved ones

Seventh body pulled from water at crash site was wearing a life-jacket. Pilot assisting search added that three victims were found holding hands Details indicate passengers knew plane was about to crash and suggests some may have been alive after impact Earlier two coffins - holding a woman and a boy - arrived at Juanda Airport. Family members have been stationed there since the plane vanished from radars just 42 minutes after departing the airport on Sunday. Next of kin have been asked for DNA samples to help identify the victims. More victims are expected to arrive at the airport as the day progresses.But search for further bodies is being hampered by stormy weather. Strong winds and currents moved floating wreckage 30 miles overnight

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Nigerian man sentenced to death by hanging for drug trafficking in Malaysia

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A 37 year old Nigerian man, Ibe Godwin Uzochukwu has been sentenced to death by hanging in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia after he was found guilty by a Malysian high court for trafficking 2,150.4 grammes of methamphetamine. He was arrested with the drugs at KL International Airport (KLIA), Sepang in 2011.

At least 40 bodies have been recovered from the sea in the search for missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501, the Indonesian navy says.

According to BBC, the bodies were spotted along with debris floating in the Java Sea off the Indonesian part of Borneo, in one of the search zones for the plane.

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Above is INEC Timetable for the 2015 General Elections. Found it on Premium Times. See the rest of it after the cut...

Obasanjo, Buhari

The Minister of Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan, on Monday, said a plot by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to form an interim government has been uncovered.

The minister said this in Lagos at the launch of a book titled, ‘Watch the Watcher,’ written by an activist, Yinka Odumakin, in reaction to Obasanjo’s controversial book, ‘My Watch’.

Adesiyan said he had already directed the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba; and the Department of State Service to arrest anybody that made inflammatory statements ahead of the 2015 elections.

Robbers

Four armed robbery suspects identified as Onyenge Osanie, Azuka Eboh, Ezelonwu Michael and Afolabi Shakiru, all pictured above who were arrested by officers of the Lagos state Police state command for looting shops and stealing from some phone dealers at the Alaba International Market in Lagos on December 20th, told the police that they did not steal from the traders but only collected their dues as the phone dealers failed to settle them after they supplied them with stolen phones.

According to Punch, the ten-man gang, with other members still at large, raided mostly shops of phone dealers, stealing 70 smartphones and Ipads which were worth about N1.5m.

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Barely one year after Nigerians stopped him from turning the National Theatre into a hotel, the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Edem Duke, secretly jetted off the country to the United Arab Emirates, UAE, where he traded off the nation’s cultural pride to Mulk Holding, a diversified UAE-based conglomerate with interests in retail sector and other businesses.

The secret deal which was successfully shielded from the Nigerian media, in spite of a subsisting concessioning arrangement with the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, was signed and sealed in December , 2014 between a delegation led by Duke, the General Manager of the National Theatre, Kabiru Yar’Adua and representatives of Mulk Holding, said to be ploughing the sum of $40 million (about N7.5 billion) counterpart fund into the project.

According to GulfAfrica Review, in its December 10, 2014 edition, Sharjah’s Mulk Holdings, a diversified UAE-based business conglomerate, “has announced its entry into the retail sector in West Africa through a $40m joint venture to develop Nigeria’s National Arts Theatre in Lagos into a duty-free shopping centre in partnership with the Suzanne Group.

At least 41 militants and one soldier were reportedly killed as the Cameroonian military launched an air raid on suspected Boko Haram fighters who attacked one of its bases on the border near Amchide and seized a huge portion of the town of Ashigashia.

The Voice of America quoted Cameroon military spokesman, Col. Didier Badjeck, as saying that about 1,000 suspected Boko Haram fighters had seized parts of the villages of Ngouma, Sagme, Ardebe, Mbaljuel, Dambore, Soueram and Ashigashia and briefly occupied a military camp on Sunday.

Badjeck also said the militants also kidnapped several girls on Friday and forced them to marry the group’s fighters. He said the military was informed by local residents that Boko Haram members had abducted girls between the ages of 12 and 15 and forced them to marry sect members.

Two groups of warring thugs who have been fighting since last week over money given to them by a Fuji musician had on Saturday, December 27, 2014 gruesomely murdered two teenagers while they were fast asleep in their rooms at the Ijoria Badia, Apapa- Iganmu Local Council Development Area of Lagos State

According to New Telegraph report, a witness said that the hoodlums attended a stage performance of the Fuji musician, identified as Remi Aluko, at Bobland Hotel, Ijora but soon engaged in a free for all when one faction, after collecting money from the musician, refused to share.

Gen. Buhari’s running mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo had nothing but praise for pop artist, Olamide after attending his Olamide ‘Live In Concert’ show. He said:

by Dr. Peregrino Brimah

It is happening now: Nigeria is at the head of 46 days of a billions of naira aggressive campaign sponsoring ethnic fractionation, religious strife and media propagated slander and libel.

SaharaReporters came under early attack with the Nigerian army being recruited by the Presidency to castigate the reputable New York based media as “Boko Haram sponsors.” This was in addition to several smear campaigns in recent weeks against the media and its ownership.

The person of the chief opposition candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari is center recipient of the invested targeted slander; the presidential aspirant has begun to be targeted in aggressive slander campaigns.

Former Minister of the FCT and Kaduna State governorship candidate under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has said that Nigerians will witness three major changes during the first 100 days of an APC led government at the centre.

Asked in an interview what the APC would do in the first three months if it get power at the centre, l-Rufai sai...d the government will begin to tackle insecurity, stabilize the economy and fight corruption.

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Barely few weeks to the 2015 governorship election, elders of Rivers State have given the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) a week ultimatum to substitute its governorship candidate in the state, Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike with a candidate from the riverine axis of the state.

The elders, under the auspices of Rivers Elders and Leaders Council (RELC) also called on President Goodluck Jonathan to prevail on the national leadership of the PDP to ensure the withdrawal of Wike in the interest of equity, justice and fairness to various ethnic nationalities that make up the state.

Photos : Father weeps uncontrollably after son was buried alive by lorry dumping sand

Father weeps uncontrollably after son was buried alive by lorry dumping sand

A heartbroken father cradled the body of his six-year-old son who was buried alive while building sand castles on a construction site.

Chien Hao died after a lorry dumped its load of sand on top of him as he played with his eight year-old sister and a friend of hers.

The Tifases' apartment

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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 22-year-old Oluwaropo Tifase, for allegedly killing his father, Moses Tifase, in the Mile 2 area of the state. It was learnt that Oluwaropo, who is the fifth child and only son of the family, had had clashes with his parents in the past over financial issues.

According to the police, Oluwaropo, a suspected cultist, was rusticated from a university in Ondo State, a few years ago for some cult-related offences.

It was gathered that 75-year-old Moses, a retired mechanical engineer, was stabbed to death in the neck with a pair of scissors.

The Tifases, who hail from Imesi Ile, Osun State, were living in an apartment in Block 285, Jakande Estate, Mile 2, Lagos. It was learnt that Oluwaropo allegedly sneaked into his father’s bedroom to carry out the act on December 6.

Aremu Afolayan grabs Yoruba Actress Big Boob at a Party

A rough guy will always be one, no matter where he meets some big oranges, he'll grab them. Lolz!

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Kunle Afolayan & Family visit Dubai for vacation (photos)

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After more than a few days of family vacation, Nollywood actor and producer Kunle Afolayan is set to return to Nigeria with his gorgeous wife and lovely kids.
The Afolayan’s certainly had fun on their trip – with ice skating, swimming, shopping, dinners and more included in their family vacation. See photos below:

An explosion rocked Arikime Primary School playing ground in Potikum, Yobe state around 6pm yesterday Dec. 28th, killing a sugar-cane vendor who was heading home after the day’s trading.

9ice and his fiancee Sunkanmi Ajala and their daughter Michelle looking lovely in a ChelseaFC-themed Christmas shoot. See Another pic below:

PHOTOS: JJ Okocha & Son Step Out At Love Is The Musical Show

JJ Okocha and son stepped out late last night at Love Is The Musical Show which took place at Eko Hotel & Suites. His son is so grown now!

Man who tried to kill Pope John Paul II puts roses on his tomb

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The man who tried to kill former Pope John Paul II 33 years ago showed up at the Vatican on Saturday to put white roses on his tomb and said he wanted to meet Pope Francis.

Mehmet Ali Agca, a Turk, left John Paul critically injured after firing several shots in the failed assassination attempt in St. Peter's Square on May 13, 1981.

The former pope forgave Agca, once a member of a Turkish far right group known as the Grey Wolves, and went to meet him in 1983 in the Rome prison where he had been sentenced to life imprisonment for the attack.

An Indonesian family reportedly missed boarding Flight QZ8501 after they failed to read an email from AirAsia advising them of a change in departure time.Ari Putro Cahyono and nine members of his family would have boarded the Singapore-bound flight on Sunday had it not been for the unread message.

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Didier Drogba In Romance Scandal!

Chelsea and former Ivory Coast captain, Didier Drogba has reportedly been named in a fresh cheating scandal with Miss Netherlands 2014, Tatjana Maul. According to news making the rounds, the former Galatasaray star is said to be in a secret romantic

...Nigeria Does Not Have The 47 Days Till Elections Toward Handover

Borno state Deputy Governor, Zanna Umar Mustapha in a report in The Nation of December 28th, 2014 announced that Boko Haram now controls 20 out of 27 local governments in the large state.

Only Maiduguri the state capital, Jere, Konduga, Kaga, Bayo, Kwayakusar and Biu local governments are still in the hands of the Nigerian state. The rest majority of Borno is ruled by the most callous, deadly and insane terrorist group in the world.

In early 2013 Boko Haram likewise came out of the forest and occupied most local governments in Borno; then ENDS.ng as part of an intelligence think-tank, strategically recommended the state of emergency and drafting of troops up north which President Jonathan obliged to and this pushed Boko Haram back into Sambisa; but the callous government and their friends in Chad decided to end the victory against the terrorists and ceased the pursuit, allowing them to regroup and come back out of Sambisa and again occupy most of Borno this 2014.

A renowned Abuja based minister and General Overseer of the Garden of Love and Deliverance Ministries, Prophet Sunday Balogun has revealed that God is unhappy with President Goodluck Jonathan over the inability of the federal government to contain the current insurgency which has resulted in the death of thousands of Nigerians.

Prophet Balogun who spoke with journalists about what he termed a revelation from God on the state of the nation, urged President Jonathan to apply the full weight of the federal government in tackling insurgency ahead of the 2015 general elections.

After nearly 20 years of marriage, comedian Chris Rock and wife Malaak Compton have decided to end their marriage. Malaak last night announced the split in a statement:
"After much contemplation and 19 years of marriage, Chris and I have decided to go our separate ways,' she said

A lecturer at the Federal College of Education, FCE, Kabuga, Kano, Chief Christian Ojimba, in a recent interview with Vanguard recounted the ordeal he and some of his students went through when Boko Haram members visited their school on September 17th, an attack that lasted 45minutes. Below is what he said...

"It was a very serious attack and an unexpected one. Before the attack on our school, Boko Haram terrorists had attacked Kano State Polytechnic inside the city centre, with the new strategy of using female and male teenagers, who they arm with bombs. In broad-day light on Wednesday, September 17, our school, the Federal College of Technology, Kano, was attacked.

That day, I didn’t have lectures, but, in my usual way, I had to go to school, because I am very friendly with my students.

Around 12noon on 23rd, armed robbers invaded Access Bank in Agbor, Delta state. They engaged in a gun battle with the military who managed to kill one of the robbers. See Pics from the incident below:

Who Impregnated Tonto Dikeh? See Photo

As far as we know, Tonto is still hiding her new boo so the big eye girls around wont tamper with him from the back door. No much information yet but a photo just came out. See the pic below:

An ARIK Air Scheduled Service with Flight no. W3 408 from Abuja to Yola has aborted the flight and made an Air Return to Abuja. The Aircraft a CRJ 900 with registration no. 5N - JEA was on its initial climb out of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,Abuja when the Crew had a loud noise.

"I couldn’t wrap my head around it,” says Oby Ezekwesili. “More than two hundred schoolgirls!” Eight months on, she still sounds incredulous as she recalls the moment she heard Boko Haram had kidnapped more than 200 female students in north-eastern Nigeria.

The mass abduction, during which extremists stormed the girls’ dorm at around midnight and forced the terrified teenagers on to trucks at gunpoint, propelled the remote village of Chibok into the global spotlight in April. The fact that it has stayed there is in large part due to the Bring Back Our Girls movement co-founded by Ezekwesili and three other Nigerian women. In the face of personal threats, they have remained driven by an abiding sense of outrage.

The Murtala Muhammed Airport Police Command has launched a manhunt for a passenger who disappeared with N28 million ($150,000) belonging to another passenger on board Med View Airline.

The huge sum, which was kept in the luggage of the owner and was kept in the hand luggage compartment in the upper cabin of the plane, was stolen by the passenger. Trouble started when passengers had already boarded the 8.50am Abuja/Yola bound, waiting for clearance for take off, when the owner of the luggage discovered that the money had disappeared.

Information gathered was that unknown to the owner of the luggage, another passenger was said to have opened the luggage containing the money and made away with the money. The passenger, after removing the money, was said to have told one of the crew that he forgot his phone at the check-in counter that he should be allowed to go and pick it.

THE former governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, has expressed regret that he supported Mr. Rotimi Amaechi to become the governor of the state in 2007.

Odili said Amaechi dismantled the structure of the Peoples Democratic Party through his (Amaechi) defection to the All Progressives Congress.

He explained that but for the quick intervention of a former Minister of State for Education and PDP governorship candidate in Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, the party would have gone into oblivion.

The ex-governor, who spoke on Saturday during Wike’s campaign tour in Ndoni Local Government Area on Saturday, said Amaechi worked against the PDP structure put in place by the founding fathers of the party.

Super Eagles and former Enyimba and Rangers player, Ejike Uzoenyi who was also named the most valuable player in CHAN 2014, got married yesterday to his girlfriend of five years, Chioma Loveth Abum at St Brigids Catholic Church Enugu. The reception held at the high profile Blue Island Hotel & Suites in Independence Layout, Enugu. The event attracted the ” who is who” in Enugu State and football circles in Nigeria. Big congrats to them. More pics after the cut.

The Cameroonian military has begun cracking down on Nigerians in the Bakassi peninsula over taxes. They gained control of the peninsula in 2013, but most inhabitants in the oil-rich area are Nigerians.

“We don’t understand Cameroon’s tax laws,” a provisions store owner, Stanley Obi, told the Hausa service of the Voice of America (VOA), adding that he has seen an array of people seeking payments.

“At times, you see the council come to collect theirs. After, the tax officers will come, police will come; we are just confused with the whole system,” Obi said.

- AirAsia flight QZ8501 bound for Singapore from Surabaya, Indonesia and carrying 162 people on board went missing Sunday morning. - Contact with the plane was lost around an hour after departure, somewhere over the Java Sea between Belitung island and Pontianak, on Indonesia's part of Kalimantan island.

- Search and rescue operations have been launched with the Indonesian army as well as Singapore and Malaysia scouring the area around Belitung.

Wanted extremist leader surrenders in Somalia. (AP)

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A leader with the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab, who had a $3 million bounty on his head, surrendered in Somalia, a Somali intelligence official said Saturday.

Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi surrendered to Somali police in the Gedo region, said the intelligence officer, who insisted on anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press.

Hersi may have surrendered because he fell out with those loyal to Ahmed Abdi Godane, al-Shabab's top leader who was killed in a U.S. airstrike earlier this year, the officer said.

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari in the meeting he held with passionate volunteers in Lagos on Tuesday, 23 December, spoke with clarity and wit about issues ranking from the economy and stablilising the naira, to politics of issues, to his stewardship at the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF).

He also repeated his call for peaceful elections and for citizens to protect their votes.

Of particular interest however are his statements on misplaced priorities in the government spending and his government’s success in fighting domestic terrorism, a very important point in history to remember as Nigeria battles the now dreaded Boko Haram sect.

Obanikoro

A former junior defence minister, Musiliu Obanikoro, will be heading back to Abuja as a top cabinet member as part of a deal personally brokered by President Goodluck Jonathan, for Mr. Obanikoro to discontinue his legal challenge of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primary result for Lagos State, PREMIUM TIMES can confirm.

Mr. Obanikoro was one of the biggest casualties of the PDP gubernatorial primaries, after resigning his ministerial position to vie for the party’s ticket in Lagos for the 2015 election.

He lost to Jimi Agbaje, a relatively less known candidate, who had the backing of the party’s most powerful leaders in Lagos.

President Jonathan made a surprise visit to the former military head of state at his home in Minna and he explained to Nigerians why it was necessary for him to make such visit. According to The Cable reports, Nigeria's former military president Ibrahim Babangida has declared that well meaning Nigerians will vote for President Goodluck Jonathan come 2015.

Speaking at his home in Minna on Saturday after he received Jonathan, IBB said: “What I will say is simple: the president means well for this country and he is working well for this country. Anybody who means well for this country should support the President to make sure that Nigeria survives as a united country,” he said.

This is a big warning to whoremongers!!!

A 23-year-old lady prostitute resident in Imo State has made shocking revelations to the police after she was arrested for trying to cut off a man’s genitals.

The commercial sex worker, Uche Agunta told the security officials that she had cut off the penises of seven men with razor blades while they were having sex with her.

Unfortunately for her, she met her waterloo when she attempted to castrate her eighth victim, an anti-kidnap officer.

A Syrian boy escaped from Isis - by volunteering as a suicide bomber and then handing himself in at the mosque he was meant to blow up. Usaid Barho had a bomb vest strapped to his body before travelling to a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad, Iraq where he was supposed to detonate the explosive device.

But rather than killing himself and countless others, he took the brave decision to defy his orders by unzipping his jacket and handing himself in to guards standing nearby.He had reportedly walked up to the gates of the mosque in the Bayaa district of Baghdad before telling guards he did not want to blow himself up. According to NYTimes, he said:

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