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  Speaking on how they first met while they were at the Rivers state College of Education where she was pursuing her Nigerian Certificate of Education (NCE) and B.Ed while he was a lecture at the department of Biological science, First Lady Patience Jonathan said what attracted him to her was his religious background, and good looks.. "My first impression of him was of a tall, dark, handsome young man. I also found that he came from a good Christian home just like I did. His humble and gentle disposition caught my attention and most importantly, his intelligence". Dame Jonathan, who married President Jonathan in 1993, said praying together and discussing everything together has been a sustaining force in their 21 year marriage. "Both of us are from Christian homes and our complete trust is in Jesus Christ. We pray together as a family every morning. What keeps us together is that we are each others best friends and soul-mate. We discuss

Justin Bieber earned a whooping $80million between June 2013 and June 2014, making him the highest earning celeb under 30, according to a new list released by Forbes. See the top 10 below... 1. Justin Bieber, 20, $80 million 2. One Direction, 21 (average age), $75 million 3. Taylor Swift, 24, $64 million  4. Bruno Mars, 29, $60 million 5. Rihanna, 26, $48 million 6. Miley Cyrus, 22, $36 million 7. Jennifer Lawrence, 24, $34 million  8. Lady Gaga, 28, $33 million 9. Avicii, 25, $28 million 10. Skrillex, 26, $18 million

Presidential spokesman Reuben Abati, has reacted to criticisms leveled against President Jonathan by the Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, over an alleged Jewish sign on the yet to be released N100 notes. The Director of MURIC in a statement said that Pres. Jonathan was attempting to turn Nigeria into a Zion state through the introduction of a Jewish sign on the yet to be introduced N100 centenary commemoration note. Below is Mr. Abati reaction to the allegations... "Our attention has been drawn to a press statement issued by the Muslims Right Concern and signed by Prof. Ishaq Akintola who is the Director of the group which made a number of allegations against President Jonathan while alleging that there is a Jewish symbol in the proposed commemorative new N100 note which will be officially issued on December 19. I find Prof. Akintola’s allegations rather curious and they can be dealt with as follows:

Seven Ekiti lawmakers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today elected Honourable Dele Olugbemi as the Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly. The lawmakers held a sitting to elect the speaker and other principal officers while 19 lawmakers belonging to the All Progressives Congress, APC, were in Lagos, for a press conference. However, Adewale Omirin has described the move by the PDP lawmakers as illegal, insisting that he remains the Speaker. Olugbemi had been made the acting speaker on Monday, after seven lawmakers were escorted into the state Assembly Complex in Ekiti by Mobile Police Commander, Selenkere Michael.

PUNCH Nigeria crash out of 2015 AFCON I hardly get what I want in life, says Jonathan B'Haram: We've recaptured Adamawa towns, says military Tambuwal: Tension mounts as Reps reconvene today Synagogue: Saboteurs may be responsible for collapse, say police Amaechi, Oyegun, others protest withdrawal of Tambuwal's aides 119 million Nigerians lack toilets, says UNICEF Tukur wants court to return him as PDP chair Court rules on N'Assembly/Diezani suit December 17 Omirin is still our Speaker -Ekiti PDP lawmakers 'Probe stampede at Patience Jonathan's rally' N'West PDP group asks Jonathan to sack Mu'azu  

Nigeria’s first man , President Jonathan is 57 today. A little pray session was held for him this morning at Aso Villa with a very low key celebration. We wish him a happy birthday. See more photos

PUNCH Fayose has sealed my office, says Speaker Senators divided over emergency rule extension Tambuwal suspends presidential bid, to pick gov form Judge withdraws from Farouk Lawan's $620,000 bribery case Omisore tenders court ruling against REC at tribunal Disclose your election budgets, SERAP tells PDP, APC New CJN to tackle cases of conflicting judgments Lagos'll become Africa model city by 2015 - Fashola Lawyer asks court to cancel monthly sanitation S'South Forum accuses northern elite of sponsoring B'Haram 'UI needs special allocation to function well' Nine die in fresh Nasarawa crisis Austerity: PENGASSAN asks FG to reduce political appointees

  This article by Etcetera will bring memories back to you if you ever lived in Kirikiri town and you are of his age. Etcetera in this new article explained how he lived in Kirikiri town with few celebrity friends with whom they all engaged in one 'crime' or the other. He also explained his 'prison' life and how he had visited the maximum security prison because his father was the Chief Warder. He had fun watching and mingling with the likes of  Ade Bendel, Major Al Mustapha, General Bamaiyi and Colonel Gwadabe who were all in prison and described how Ade Bendel had swag in prison and how all prisoners loved him crazy. You will definitely enjoy this article if you have no hate for him, but if you have hated him in the past, you won't, lol.

  According to a breaking news report by AFP, Boko Haram men have captured Chibok community. A serving senator from Borno state and a resident Pastor confirmed the development to AFP. Chibok is the same community where over 200 school girls were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School in April. More details later

  The Confederation of African Football has announced Equatorial Guinea as the new host of the Africa Cup of Nations 2015 following the decision of the football body to drop Morocco 3 days ago. CAF dropped Morocco as host of the football to urnament on Tuesday November 11th following the nations request for postponement of the tournament in their country over Ebola fears. A statement released by CAF this afternoon says the dates for the tournament will remain from Jan. 17-February 8 2015 and that four cities will be used for the tournament: Malabo, Bata, Mongomo and Ebebiyin. Find the full statement by CAF 

  The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, who recently joined APC, has joined the 2015 presidential race. According to reports, he picked up his presidential nomination and expression of interest forms this past Monday November 10th. He joins former Head of State Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, former VP Atiku Abubakar, Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and the Publisher of Leadership newspapers, Sam Nda-Isaiah, in the APC presidential race.

  Very sad and unbelievable that Dr Myles Munroe and wife are gone! His books and messages are always a blessing and his constant visits to COD Sanctuary was one of the things I loved most about the Church.  His teachings on Purpose and Potential have always been impactful. May their Souls and that of others with them in the crash, rest in peace with the Lord!

After a suicide bomber killed 47 students and wounded 79 in a Yobe Government school this morning, Japheth Omojuwa took to his twitter page where he expressed the state of this country and how President Jonathan needs to take the matter of insecurity more seriously.     Continue to see the rest of his tweets...

Anger and frustration have trailed the much vaunted and much publicised collection of Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) which was supposed to kick off in Lagos, today, Friday, 7th November, 2014. The exercise which was to be held in 11 local government councils across the state did not see the light of the day after all. As at 1.20pm, the situation report in the 11 local government areas the exercise was supposed to take place came in, there was no Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) anywhere in all the local governments. During P.M.NEWS visits to Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland, Ifako Ijaye, Agege, Ikeja and Ojo, no collection of PVCs took place in any of the aforementioned local governments leaving residents who have trooped out as early as 8am frustrated and angered. Most of them have thus returned home in anger.

There were reports a few weeks ago that Stevie Wonder was expecting a set of triplets with his 40yr old girlfriend, Tomeeka Bracy. Turns out that rumor was only one-third correct. The legendary singer shut down the triplets rumour on Wednesday when he made an appearance on The View. He said he and Tameeka are expecting only one baby in December, a daughter they will name Nia.

A bomb explosion at the First bank in Azare, Bauchi state has killed several workers waiting to collect their monthly salaries. Eyewitnesses said the device planted within the bank premises exploded as workers lined up at the bank to pick up the salaries.

Fashola said that the agency was not established by law and do not have the legal right to manage traffic in the state. The governor described the officials as ‘illegal’, alleging that their establishment was done by some politicians to create confusion during the 2015 general elections in the state. Who should control traffic in Lagos, LASTMA or federal Taskforce?

  Oklahoma State Football team forward Courtney Dike has rejected the $7000 paid to her by the Nigeria Football Federation for participating at 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Canada saying the honour of playing for the country was enough reward for her. The 19-year-old, who is the younger sister of Super Eagles forward Bright Dike, represented the country a t the competition where she scored the fastest goal in the tournament’s history. NFF Head of Competition Sanusi Mohammed told Sports Radio, Brila FM, that the player rejected the outstanding allowances accrued to her for representing the country at the 10-day tournament. Sanusi told Brila FM, “When we called her mother to confirm the delivery of the allowances, she declined it and insisted that the opportunity of playing for Nigeria was all the reward the family needed.”

It is really a marvel how our leaders, and this is not just a Nigerian problem apparently, will see the mistakes made in other parts of the planet, and will simply copy the system which led to the error in the first place. Case point: ECOWAS, our beloved supra-national body, which has told us in unambiguous terms that we will be dumping our beloved naira, for something called the Eco, in a mere six years. Now forget the fact that the French, who control 106 millions out of our 340 millions of people will kick against this single currency, would it not make a bit of sense  if we take some of the lessons  learned by the French themselves, and their allies, with their failing experiment called the Euro? But then sometimes, lessons are only meant to be taught, and not necessarily learned, as the experiences of three random parents may signify. Chris, Iheoma and Amina have had varying experiences with their kids, and enforcing discipline. They  each talk about it in a pie

VANGUARD Boko Haram renames occupied Mubi town Boko Haram attack town, French-owned factory in Gombe Tambuwal storms NASS without security details 2015 budget in danger as crude price drops to $82 Christian couple killed for ‘desecrating Koran’ in Pakistan Performing poverty, Goodluck Jonathan and Mohammadu Buhari styles Delta: My mission and my message, by Tony Obuh Strike is over in education sector —SHEKARAU Foreign reserve now $38bn — Okonjo-Iweala 2015 budget in danger as crude price drops to $82 Keshi overrules NFF At last, Senate passes Cyber Crime bill into law Check Point curbs cyber attacks with threat emulation FG advocates appropriate framework for PPP arrangement Five burnt to death in Lagos road accident

South African prosecutors on Tuesday filed an appeal against the sentence and conviction of star Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, who last month was sentenced to five years for the culpable homicide of his girlfriend. “Today, we announce that the NPA filed the application for leave to appeal both the conviction and sentence,” the National Prosecuting Authority said in a statement. “The appeal on conviction is based on the question of law.” The athlete stood trial for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, whom he shot four times through a locked toilet door in the early hours of Valentine’s Day in 2013. Pistorius admitted to shooting Steenkamp, 29, at his upmarket Pretoria home, but told the court that he had mistaken her for an intruder.

Islamist militants group Boko Haram has taken over the premises of a a starategic cement manufacturing company in Gombe state shortly after killing five people including a Sheikh in a neighboring town.  Workers at Ashaka Cement factory  said the heavily armed militants arrived in convoy of pick up vans and began shooting indiscriminiately at workers after the security guards at the  company fled into the bush. Source: Sahara

  The government of President Goodluck Jonathan came on board totally unprepared for the insurgency ravaging some states in the North, the Presidency has said. Speaking at the public forum on the impact of the Jonathan administration on Tuesday in Abuja, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said those that were bent on rating the present government, based on the worsening state of insurgency in Nigeria, were wrong. He said, “Somebody wants us to believe that the only testimony of performance of this administration is insecurity. (But) that’s not true. This government was totally unprepared for the insurgency. Nobody planned for insurgency. And yet insurgency is a serious problem on its own to contain. America, with all its power and resources, was in Iraq for up to about five or six years with over 400,000 soldiers put on ground and yet see Iraq the way it is today.”

At Police Council meeting today, President Jonathan confirms Suleiman Abba as substantive Inspector General of Police, says Presidential Spokesman, Reuben Abati Tuesday.