God, not Don Jazzy, made me. Still miss him - Wande Coal

In a recent interview with Channels TV, music star, Wande Coal, who was formerly with Mohits, says it was God who brought him out and not Don Jazzy

"I give all the glory to God Almighty. He is been the one that brought me out because Everyone keeps saying it is Don Jazzy that brought me out. I feel like its just two magical people having great talent and they come together to create magic. So its not by one man, its by God" he said  

Wande Coal also stated that he misses his former producer, Don Jazzy

"To be honest there is no lie about it. I miss Don Jazzy. When we are in the studio. he is funny. Trust me I am a comedian. I like to laugh. I like to joke. I like to create stuff. Jazzy is the same way too so I feel like our chemistry is mad but hopeful we could work together sometime. There is no beef, there is no stiff. I don't know why people are trying to create problems"he said

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Get your dream home on the Island

You don’t have to break the bank to buy a luxury house or apartment in Ikoyi, Lekki and surrounding area. At Affordable Lekki Homes (www.affordablelekkihomes.com), we have carefully searched and selected affordable and luxurious homes for you within this area. These apartments and houses are specially designed to give people affordable luxury homes within the lekki environment.

 
 

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ON UNN RESUMPTION AND SCHOOL FEES SCHEDULE FOR 2015/2016 ACADEMIC SESSION...

Many of you have waited for this post. You’ve browsed, called and did everything to get this information. It’s finally here and you’d do well to read through it very carefully.
Activities surrounding the forthcoming academic session in UNN have been very unique in their unpredictability. A lot of directives and counter directives from the school authorities. A lot of newly admitted students and hopefuls have made a couple of mistakes and even lost some money as a result of this. The issues started with the redesign of the school’s website and restructuring of the registration portal which many stakeholders complained bitterly about saying the timing was wrong. This was shortly followed by a directive by the newly instituted Buhari-led administration that every Federal Government Ministry, Department or Agency should start using the Treasury Single Account (TSA) for all government revenues, incomes and other receipts in order to promote transparency and facilitate compliance with sections 80 and 162 of the 1999 constitution. This, as we all saw, affected the already planned payment procedures and disrupted the school’s original schedules. Dates were shifted and shifted again to accommodate and cushion the effects.
Then the time for WAUGA Games came and UNN happens to be the host for 2015. The games started on Thursday, 15th October, 2015 and is expected to end on the 25th of October. Partly because of this, everything about supplementary list, payment of acceptance fee and other such activities were piped down though they are still being worked on.
Some of these have been the issues since the primary admission list was released. But maybe I should also remind you that the major issues are not peculiar to UNN. UNIZIK, for example, has had to amend her Academic Calendar for the 2015/2016 session – now with new resumption dates for both old and new students. The same is very likely to be the case in UNN. 29th of October has been widely circulated as the UNN resumption date for 2015/2016 academic session and many are planning towards traveling to UNN or UNEC on that date. Yes, planning is good but you are advised not to do anything by way of traveling until the school makes an official statement on resumption/calendar for the session. So just stick around this website to get updates about any new developments as they come up.
Let me also remind you that one or two faculties in University of Nigeria run calendars that are slightly different from others. Such faculties are Law and Veterinary Medicine (and I think Pharmacy also). Don’t get confused if you hear that they are starting soon or that they have started or writing exams while others are not.
You are, therefore, advised to keep getting your documents for clearance ready and handy while you wait till all these issues with payment in Federal Government agencies are resolved. If you need to look again at the list of documents required for clearance of newly admitted students, click this link =>>Documents Required for Clearance of Newly Admitted Students (fully listed and explained). Keep planning and budgeting. That’s the much you can do now and remember not to go around asking when this or that will happen. If you understand all that has been going on, you’d know it’s a wrong question to ask.
Ok. I just said keep planning and budgeting and many who’d want to do so don’t even have the slightest idea of what the school fees schedule would be like. Some of them have commented several questions on this website about the UNN consolidated school fees for the 2015/2016 academic session. Sadly, that information has not been released by the school. But you can find below, the consolidated school fees schedule for the last session. Only the First year fees are given because students of other years already know what they paid. You can take your time to view them below.
1. PHYSICAL SCIENCES, First year = N58,950
2. SOCIAL SCIENCES, First year = N57,950
3. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, First year = N60,450
4. AGRICULTURE, First year= N57,950
5. EDUCATION, First year= N57,950
6. ARTS, First year= N58,950
7. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, First year= N58,950
8. VETERINARY MEDICINE, First year= N64,450
9.MEDICAL SCIENCES, First year= N64,450
10. DENTISTRY, First year= N64,450
11. HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECH, First year= N64,450
12. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, First year= N60,450
13. ENGINEERING, First year= N61,450
14. LAW, First year= N63,450
15. PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, First year= N64,450
For those interested in getting the school-provided hostel accommodation, note that female hostels went for N11,500 while males got theirs at N9,000. You can plan and budget with the figures above bearing in mind that there would likely be some adjustments in the new session. Finally, as you plan, remember to factor in the money for the acquisition of your laptop. You can click the link =>>THE EM-POWER SCHEME (COMPULSORY LAPTOP ACQUISITION) FOR UNN ‘NEW’ STUDENTS to read about it. Direct Entry (D.E) candidates should note that there is very likely not to be any oral interviews for them this year. If you did very well in the CBT screening examination, expect your name in the forthcoming first supplementary list.
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Petrol price to come down - VP Osinbajo

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says that the government is working to reduce the price of petroleum products by encouraging and working with private refineries and reducing importation. Osinbajo, who is in the UK to sign the Nigeria-UK solar energy agreement, told Bloomberg in an interview...

"We are going to be unbundling the NNPC so that its various components are effective core centres and are able to do their business well. We are going to have private refineries at the site of the old refineries, so they can benefit from the available infrastructure. So, we think that in the medium term, we would be able to get cheaper pump price, pump price of oil would be cheaper because we would be importing far less refined petroleum. A lot of that will be produced locally.

“Now, we have well over 30 modular refineries licences, so we think a lot of modular refineries would come. Many of them, their major concern is feed stock, are we going to be guaranteed feed stock? We are working on that. Once we are able to deal with that, we feel we would substantially be able to reduce pump price and get the whole business of importation of refined petroleum and the NNPC just getting directly involved in business; we are going to reduce that. The objective is to make the NNPC play more regulatory function.

“They are options that are always there. But we think that there are ways we can raise our own potion of contribution to the Joint Ventures. It will only be a last resort and we have not come anywhere near that.” Osinbajo said

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Preparing your body for pregnancy after 30

Found this interesting article on SandraRose. Read below if it concerns you...:-)

Women were not designed to get pregnant or give birth after age 30. That’s why there are more risks involved with childbirth after age 30. The reason women in their 40s have fertility issues is because the human body is not prepared for natural birth at that age.

But according to authors Christa Orecchio and Willow Buckley, women over 30 can give birth naturally by preparing their bodies before conception.

In their new book “How To Conceive Naturally: And Have a Healthy Pregnancy After 30,” Orecchio and Buckley say women over 30 can prepare their bodies for late age childbirth by eating right.

1. Preparing your body. Prepare your body for childbirth by practicing proper nutrition such as eliminating artificial and processed food. “Proper nutrition forms the core of this foundation and dramatically affects preconception health,” Orecchio and Buckley write. “Prenatal nutrition also determines the quality of the baby’s major organs and even her predisposition to certain diseases.”

2. Eliminate stress. If your life is stressful, your fetus will feel stressed out. “A good mindset is key,” says Orecchio. “You create your own culture, so communicate with your baby before and during pregnancy. Create enough time for yourself; have a morning or night routine that’s sacred to you.”

3. Add placenta to your diet. Orecchio, a certified nutritionist, suggests eating encapsulated placenta 3 months prior to conception to balance your postpartum hormones. “The Kardashians are doing it!” said Orecchio.

4. Be good to your gut. Orecchio recommends taking a multi-strain probiotic for 90 days before you conceive to prepare your gut to cultivate digestive enzymes and to help with digestion in your stomach and intestines. “Whatever imbalances you have, youth can overcome that. But not as you age. Then you have to do the work,” says Orecchio.

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Fela Anikulapo-Kuti's preserved belongings

Today October 15th is late Fela's 77th post-humus birthday. Above is his preserved belongings in his Kalakuta, Ikeja home shared by photographer Yagazie Emezi.

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Econet chairman Strive Masiyiwa testifies against Ibori in UK court

Few days after making startling revelations about former Delta state governor, James Ibori and how he demanded $4.5 million bribe from him to successfully run Econet in Nigeria (read here), Strive Masiyiwa, the chairman of the telecommunication company, shared another part of his bitter encounter with Ibori. According to a new post on his Facebook wall, Masiyiwa said he was called upon by UK courts to testify against Ibori in London which he said he did without hesitation.

Corruption often involves very sophisticated bankers and lawyers in Western financial centers. When corruption happens in Nigeria, or any other African country, it usually also happens at the same time with at least one accomplice on the other side of the world, whether in London, Geneva, or the like.

The London lawyer Bhadresh Gohil, who I wrote about in my last post, is just one of scores of international advisors who handle the sophisticated movement of money in the world, in this case the money stolen from the Nigerian people and hidden in overseas bank accounts.

___When you choose financial or legal advisors, choose very wisely. Your very life could depend on it.

When Mr Gohil and other family and associates of Delta State governor James Ibori were arrested in London, I was asked by the British government to be a state witness in their trial. I agreed without hesitation.

Being a witness in such a case is not easy. It meant that I had to stop working for several weeks and just focus on preparation to give evidence. I knew I would be grilled in an open court by expensive defense lawyers who would try to challenge my integrity.

I was told that many potential witnesses had declined to give evidence in open court out of fear.

Not me!

I headed to England as a "Witness to Her Majesty's Government." For me personally, I went as a "witness on behalf of the people of Nigeria and Africa." It was my duty.

A witness can help ensure justice is done. Solid evidence is crucial in ensuring the truth is heard and that the rule of law is upheld. Without witness testimony, criminals can operate with impunity, one of the greatest threats to Africa’s future.

What is impunity? It basically means evil actions have no legal consequences. As a result, criminals are allowed to stay busy committing their crimes, knowing they can get away with it without punishment.

___A culture of impunity endangers the prospects for prosperity and security in Africa in every imaginable way.

Mr Ibori's wife, his sister, and his mistress, who each had each received money from the sale of the shares in V-Mobile (which were assets of the people of Nigeria), were also arrested in London and were sentenced to five years in prison.

My written witness statements were submitted and I prepared to appear in court to be cross-examined.

The night before I was due to take the stand in an open London court as witness for the state, I was told Mr Gohil and his associates had suddenly pleaded guilty. My lawyers told me that my witness statement was too strong and Mr Gohil and his team were afraid they would get even stiffer sentences!

In late 2010, Mr Gohil was sentenced to a total of 10 years in prison for crimes including conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to make false instruments, money laundering and proceeds of crime. The sentencing judge said to him, "You were a solicitor of the Supreme Court and holding out as a man of integrity... You have brought shame on your family, your profession and your country.”

When corrupt people like this get into trouble, they often pay some of the best lawyers in the world to help them get out of it. Taking them on successfully requires authorities equally determined and sophisticated in their approach. These authorities in turn need the cooperation of witnesses prepared to stand in court and help with the prosecution.

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BREAKING: Ex-Bayelsa State Governor Alamieyeseigha Is Dead

This is hard to believe but multiple sources have told Gossip Lions that Chief Diepreye S.P. Alamieyeseigha, the first civilian governor of Bayelsa State is dead. Details of his sudden death were sketchy as at the time of posting.
A big loss to Bayelsa and the Niger Delta. RIP!

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Corps member raped, murdered in Ibadan two weeks to wedding

According to a report by The Nation, Omolola Abogunrin, was allegedly raped and murdered by unknown men 13 days to her wedding (October 17th) and on her 29th birthday. The Corps member was reportedly murdered in the premises of an agriculture research institute located at Apata area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital last Sunday.

The deceased was said to have been raped and strangled beside a stream within the premises of the institute. Residents said the deceased appeared to be returning from church when she was waylaid by the hoodlums.

“We  saw semen in her private part and nail wounds around her neck when we found her corpse. That was an evidence that she was raped and strangulated,” a resident told The Nation.

A family source said:

“Omolola  was looking forward to her wedding which was scheduled for October 17, the day she would have been 29 years old. She and her fiancée to be held their family introduction four months ago to pave the way for proper marriage ceremony, scheduled to take place at a Christ Apostolic Church in Ibadan.”

The late Omolola graduated from The Polytechnic, Ibadan. She was on the verge of completing her one year National Youth  Service Corpse in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, as at the time of her death.

Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Oyo State, Adekunle Ajisebutu, said Omolola’s corpse has since been deposited at the morgue of  the Oyo State Hospital, Adeoyo. He explained that her lover, Mr Babalola, was arrested and detained as part of police investigation.

“The case has since been transferred to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the command. The Command would make sure the killers are brought to book.”

Source: The Nation

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Photo of an IVF baby surrounded by syringes goes viral

The photo was shared on Facebook on October 5, by Sher Institute, one the largest fertility clinics in the US, after the child's mother, Angela, finally succeeded in becoming pregnant after more than a year-and-a-half of cycles. The photo which has since been shared thousands of times reads: "Wow, what a photo. Thank you to Sher Fertility St. Louis and Dr. Dayal patient Angela, who shows the true definition of love that went into making this gorgeous new baby girl." 

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