MCTV BLOG: November 2014

Sunday 30 November 2014

Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson Resigns

There have been "egregious" threats against the Ferguson Police in the months since the killing of unarmed teen Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson pictured above, Mayor James Knowles said today, but he denied that the city asked the cop to leave the force.
Wilson, who resigned from the Ferguson Police Department on Saturday, five days after a grand jury declined to indict him in the killing, said in his resignation letter he was concerned about whether his continued presence on the force would endanger police.

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State is likely to emerge as the director general of Muhammad Buhari’s presidential campaign if the former military head of state is selected as the presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on December 8th.

An Overland Airlines plane from Abuja has reportedly crash-landed in Ilorin, Kwara State.
Below is a statement from the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, about the incident;
“An Overland flight 1186, an ATR 72 aircraft with Registration number 5N-BPG from Abuja airport to Ilorin, carrying fifty nine passengers and four crew members,veered off the runway at low speed after a normal landing at the Ilorin Airport. The incident which occurred today Saturday, November 29, at 4.45pm, has no casualty recorded. However, the Accident and Prevention Bureau in conjunction with the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has begun an investigation into the cause of the incident. The authority wishes to use this medium to reassure Nigerians that safety of the traveling public is still paramount and cannot be compromised.”

EPL Watch: United hammer Hull, Arsenal and Liverpool grab narrow wins

Chris Smalling, Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie all scored, as Manchester United recorded a back-to-back win in the Premier League, with a 3-0 thumping of Hull City.
Louis van Gaal’s men defeated Arsenal 2-1 last weekend, even with the Gunners dominating affairs for much of the match. But at Old Trafford, the Red Devils were in firm control from start to finish and maintain their fourth position on the table.

YBNL boss, Olamide has been declared winner of the Most Gifted West category, beating Davido, Burna Boy, Dr Sid at the ongoing Channel O Music Awards 2014. Olamide was nominated for his song, ‘Turn Up’ alongside R2bees ft Wizkid – ‘Slow Down,’ Davido – ‘Aye,’ Burna Boy ft D’banj – ‘Won Da Mo’ and Dr Sid ft Don Jazzy – ‘Surulere.’ The award was presented to the Nigerian rapper by Iyanya and South African DJ, DJ Cndo.... See Full List of Winner

KANO MOSQUE ATTACK: At least 120 dead, 270 wounded

At least 120 people were killed and 270 others wounded on Friday when two suicide bombers blew themselves up and gunmen opened fire during weekly prayers at the mosque of one of Nigeria’s top Islamic leaders, AFP reports. The attack at the Grand Mosque in Kano, the biggest city in the mainly Muslim north of the country, came just as Friday prayers had started.

Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Friday accused President Goodluck Jonathan of seeking a third term in office by taking part in the 2015 election. The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant made the claim at the APC national secretariat when he came to submit his nomination form to the party leaders.

Rich Chinese man builds free luxury flats for poor people in the town where he grew up | Photos

A 54 year old Chinese businessman Xiong Shuihua did something amazing for the community where he grew up in Xinyu, Southern China. He paid to bulldoze all the wooden huts in the area then spent millions replacing them with an estate of luxury flats for the residents. See more pics.....

Harrysong beat Davido, Olamide and others to clinch on to the ‘Best Pop Extra’ category at the just concluded Nigerian Music Video Awards. The Five Star Music singer was the biggest winner and highlight of the night as he went home with plaques for ‘Best Pop Extra’ and ‘Best Contemporary Afro.’ He ended his reign of the night with an outstanding performance.

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday told President Goodluck Jonathan that he would be voted out of power in 2015. The APC leaders, including a former head of state, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.); ex-Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu; a former Interim Chairman of the APC, Bisi Akande; and governors of the states where the party is in power, stated this. According to them, majority of Nigerians were tired of the President and are looking to replace him with an APC president in 2015.

The battle to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan has begin..
Punch reported that 63 senators as of yesterday Thursday November 27th have signed up to the plan to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan in the upper legislative chamber.

Newly divorced, Cannon speaking in a recent interview was asked about the chicks he’d hooked up with before he got married to Mariah CareyThe ‘America Got Talent’ host made sure he answered the question with ‘the truth’.

Most fashion designers are working on a daily basis, looking to make relevance in the industry, but very few know what they need to do to attain great heights, catching up with the likes of Prada.
Spanish designer, Agatha Ruiz De La Prada, was in Nigeria for the Nigerian Fashion Week held on November 20 and 21 in Lagos and she left some tips she said could help designers attain greater heights.

A Presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Nda Isaiah, has been put under house arrest at Delight Hotel, along Ilawe road, Ado-Ekiti, as directed by Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state.

Obasanjo’s Corruption Allegation Is Unfortunate – Senate

The Nigerian Senate has described allegations of corruption levelled against the National Assembly by former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, as unfortunate and a deliberate attempt to denigrate the institution.

Ondo State House of Assembly, on Thursday extended the tenure of the Caretaker Chairmen of the 18 Local Government Councils in the state for another six months.
This, according to the House, was to avert any vacuum in the local government administration.

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Niyola’s ‘Toh Bad’ Takes Away Best RnB Video At NMVAs | See Full List

Empire Mates Entertainment’s First Lady, Niyola’s love track, Toh Bad, has received an award for Best RnB video of the year at the just concluded Nigeria Music Video Awards (NMVA). See full list of Winners after cut...

The thanksgiving service marking the 99th birthday ceremony of the matriarch of the Awolowo dynasty and wife of the late sage and Premier of the defunct Western Region, Mrs Hannah Dideolu Awolowo, has been held in Ikenne, Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State, South West Nigeria.

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Sir Paul McCartney made £60,000 every single day last year. Figures obtained by the Sun newspaper show that The Beatles star raked in £22 million over the 12 months as a director of his music firm. Paul was paid £15 million in dividends from MPL Communications as well as a hefty sum of £7 million as a salary for his role as company director.

The son of Nigeria’s former Prime Minister, Mr Abduljhalil Tafawa Balewa, has dropped his presidential ambition.Mr Tafawa-Balewa announced his withdrawal from the presidential race after undergoing a screening by the party’s screening committee in Abuja.
Mr Tafawa-Balewa refused to entertain questions from journalists after announcing the withdrawal.

Wednesday 26 November 2014

Obasanjo Rubbishes National Assembly,Call them Thieves and Looters

Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday lampooned the National Assembly, saying it is largely an assemblage of looters and thieves.
Mr. Obasanjo, who was speaking at the public presentation of the autobiography of Justice Mustapha Akanbi, in Abuja, regretted that every aspect of Nigeria’s national life is riddled with corruption.

The former president, who spoke on the state of the nation, reminded the Federal Government that his administration fought corruption using agencies like the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) to give the nation some level of integrity.

The Inspector general of police, Sulaiman Abba, appeared before the House of Representatives Police Committee today after several days of ignoring their invitation. The meeting chaired by Usman Bello Kumo quickly denigrated into bad blood between committee members and the IGP.

On Sunday November 23, 2014 the America Music Awards was held at the Nokia Centre in Los Angeles. Dencia, the Cameroonian artist who has a skin care line called Whitenicious arrived at the event and popular entertainment station E! Online mistook the African who stepped out in blonde hair as American rapper and singer Nicki Minaj!

Hon. Kawu Sumaila, one of the lawmakers who jumped the fence and fought for House of Reps speaker, Aminu Tambuwal to get into the chamber last week, is seeking to be the Governor of Kano state come 2015. Do you see it as a big deal?

Justin Bieber, One Direction Named ‘Richest Celeb Under 30′ By Forbes | Full List

Justin Bieber earned a whooping $80million between June 2013 and June 2014, Second on the list are One Directions, who were named Artist of the Year at Sunday’s American Music Awards. The group took in a reported 75-million-dollars for the runner up position. Taylor Swift was third on the “Forbes” list with 64-million-dollars in earnings, followed by Bruno Mars with 60-million and Rihanna with 48-million.

He tweeted this while sharing his thoughts on the Ferguson mayhem. But here's what Trump forgets, history will remember Barack Obama for generations. Trump's generation will read and study Obama in school five hundred years from now. Obama is history. Obama is phenomenal. Obama is legend.

See Trump's full tweets after the cut...

A Nigerian man, Abuchi Ngwoke, 35, was sentenced to death On Tuesday, November 25th, by a Malaysian Hight Court on a drug trafficking conviction

E.M.E boss, Banky W is back in the country after spending 3 months in New York studying filmmaking at the New York Film Academy. The versatile Nigerian singer returned to the country on November 21, 2014 and immediately headed to Abuja to perform at a private event and was also one of the headliners at the Corporate Elite Event that held at Eko Hotels and Suites on Sunday,November 24, 2014.

The University of Jos has been shut down indefinitely after a protest by students over hike in fees turned violent On Tuesday
Security officials was later called in when the protest continued to calm the situation. But a soldier attached to the Special Taskforce on Jos crisis (STF), instead of calming the situation opened fire on protesters leaving at least 8 students with gun wounds including a blind one.

Renowned playwright and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Oluwole Soyinka, on Tuesday disclosed his health status.
The maverick writer announced that he was diagnosed of cancer last December.
An expert and Founder of African Cancer Centre, Lagos, Prof. Olu Williams, however, assured Soyinka that he would “not die of cancer.”

Photos: Chris Brown Wears Safety Pins in his Nose

Chris Brown wore a safety pin through one side of his nose as he attended Trey Song's 30th birthday party in California on Saturday Nov. 22... See Pics after cut

Find the EFCC press statement below...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned two suspected fraudsters, Gabriel Osereme Xavi (a.k.a. Collins Page) and Aikhaituamen Best Junior Cyril, before Justice E.F. Ikponmwen of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin, on charges bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence.
While Xavi was slammed with a 12-count charge, Aikhaituamen was docked on 6-count charge.

Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience Jonathan on Monday urged Nigerians, especially women to re-elect the President in the 2015 election.
The First Lady said they should show appreciation to her husband for being gender sensitive by appointing women into key political offices.

It appears super star, D’banj is having financial challenges as available report shows he has been hit with a $240,000 debt scandal.

Renowned Nollywood actress, Stephanie Okereke-Linus has issued a statement asking the police to prosecute her brother of accused of raping a 300-level student of the University of Lagos.

I have read myriads of opinions since Thursday, November 20, 2014, many of which condemned the lawmakers for scaling the gates at the National Assembly complex in a bid to gain entrance into the chambers of the National Assembly after the premises was cordoned off by the Police. I am sorry to say that many of these opinions condemning the action of the lawmakers are actuated by misinformation, partisan politics, and lack of knowledge of the law or plain bias. I completely disagree with those condemnations.

A yet-to-be identified NYSC Corps Member was this afternoon, killed alongside three others by dare-devil armed robbers during an attack at a first generation bank.
DAILY POST gathered that the robbers numbering over ten stormed the bank, in Ikere Ekiti around 1pm.

Moves by members of the House of Representatives to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan may be gathering momentum, as a Peoples Daily report say a total number of 168 members have signed up to impeach the president as at Sunday.

House of Representatives minority leader, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has explained why he scaled the gate to gain entrance into the National Assembly premises. In a Facebook post, he said

Chinese inventors are known for their non-originality, and the way they re-make a replica of any world known brand. The sad part of their story is they Pros when it comes to producing fakes products no offence China. See more pics after cut,you can buy one of these!

He celebrated his 22nd birthday last week, he took to his IG to share sexy pictures for the female fans... See more pics after cut

Founder of Living Faith Ministries, David Oyedepo has written a touching tribute to the deceased prominent man of God, Myles Munroe who died in a small plane crash. Dr. Myles perished along with his wife, Ruth Ann and seven others on their way to the annual Global Leadership Forum at the Grand Bahama, Bahamas.

President Goodluck Jonathan has described himself as the best leader to be produced by Nigeria.
The President said no leader since the country gained independence in 1960 had done better than himself for the country.He, therefore, said the comment made by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in which the ex-President described Jonathan’s performance as below average, was untrue.

Boy Carrying Replica Gun Dies After Being Shot by Cleveland Police

A 12-year-old boy who was shot by Cleveland police officers in Ohio,US while carrying a replica gun in a park playground has died, hospital officials said today.

The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Lai Mohammed on Sunday urged members of the House of Representatives, who scaled the gate of the National Assembly to gain access into the hallowed chambers, to do it again if the police should stop them from gaining access.

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