Diddy arrested following fight with UCLA football coach

LOS ANGELES –  Rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs was released from a Los Angeles jail late Monday, hours after he was arrested following a fight with a football coach at UCLA, where his son, Justin Combs, plays as a defensive back.

Jail records showed that Combs was released after posting bail. The records showed that Combs' bail was $160,000, but sheriff's officials reached by phone said he posted $50,000. The reason for the discrepancy wasn't clear.

A rep from UCLA confirmed to Fox News that Combs, 45, was arrested on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, which was a kettlebell. Later Monday, Los Angeles police updated the charges to three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of making terrorist threats and one count of battery.

No one was seriously injured and campus police said they were investigating the incident.

According to TMZ, which first reported the arrest, UCLA strength and conditioning coach Sal Alosi was screaming at Justin as Combs watched from the sidelines. Combs allegedly confronted the coach in his office and was then arrested for assault.

Nathalie Moar, a spokeswoman for Combs Enterprises, said "I'm not commenting until all of the facts are sorted out."

UCLA Football coach Jim Mora later issued a statement saying, "I'm thankful that our staff showed the level of professionalism that they did in handling this situation. This is an unfortunate incident for all parties involved. While UCPD continues to review this matter, we will let the legal process run its course and refrain from further comment at this time."

Alosi gained a measure of infamy in football circles while a strength and conditioning coach for the New York Jets. During a December 2010 game against the Miami Dolphins, Alosi was caught tripping Nolan Carroll as the player ran down the field covering a punt. Alosi was suspended and fined as a result of the incident and resigned the following month. He has been the strength and conditioning coach at UCLA since 2012.

Justin Combs is a redshirt junior defensive back on the UCLA football team, which has been working out on campus. He has played in just a handful of games in his three years with the team.

The son of another major rap star also plays football for the Bruins. Snoop Dogg's son Cordell Broadus is a wide receiver who signed with the team this year.

The arrest is the latest in a series of allegations against Combs. He was acquitted of bribery and weapons-related charges in connection with a 1999 shooting at a New York nightclub. A jury cleared Combs of firing a weapon during the dispute that wounded three bystanders, as well as bribing his chauffeur to take the rap.

Combs was arrested in 1999 for his involvement in the beating of former Interscope executive Steve Stoute in New York. Combs apologized, the charges were reduced, and he was ordered to attend an anger management class.

Source: Fox news.

ECOWAS plans to put end to Almajiri system

The Economic Community of West African States has concluded plans to put in place laws and strategies to address the phenomenon of street children popularly known as Almajiris, in West Africa.

To this end, the ECOWAS Commission’s Early Warning Directorate said it is organising  a workshop in Dakar, Senegal, from June 22-24, 2015, to launch the Regional Support Programme for the organisation’s Member States to put an end to Street Children Syndrome.

A statement from the Commission on Monday in Abuja, said at the end of the workshop,  a framework on the societal ill as well as a control measure based on the appropriate implementation of laws and strategies would be established.

It stated that the programme launch, which is the first in a series of activities envisaged in the biannual plan of action (2015-2017) to eliminate the street children syndrome in the ECOWAS region, would be chaired by the Senegalese Prime Minister, Mohamed Dionne.

Quoting the United Nations Children Education Fund, ECOWAS stated that Dakar alone accounts for over 50,000 street urchins, and over 100,000 in other towns in the country, who are placed under the tutelage of Islamic teachers called “marabouts” to learn the Koran.

The regional body adduced several reasons for the Almajiri phenomenon, which, it said, were mainly the result of domestic, economic or social crises, particularly poverty, breakdown of homes or families, political upheavals, sexual abuse, physical or emotional violence, domestic violence, mental health problems, and drug abuse.

It observed that cultural and religious reasons also play a role in the prevalence of street children, especially in Northern Nigeria, where the Almajiris are forced to abandon their homes in the quest for seeking the teachings of the Koran under the tutelage of a “mallam.”

“The ECOWAS Commission’s Early Warning Directorate will organise a workshop in Dakar, from June 22-24, 2015, to launch the Regional Support Programme for the organisation’s Member States to put an end to Street Children Syndrome.

“During their apprenticeship, the children are sent out to the streets to fend for themselves by begging for alms.  Often times, they are also compelled to hand over some or the entire collection to the ‘mallam,’ and are punished severely if they fail to do so,”


Source: Punch newspaper

Honduran Woman with cocaine in breast implants arrested in Colombia

Colombia police said on Monday that a Honduran woman, carrying 1.5 kg of liquid cocaine in her breast implants, was arrested at the Colombian airport in Bogota.

Airport police, Col. Diego Rosero-Paola, said 22 year-old Deyanira Sabillon was attempting to travel to Spain, when her apparent nervousness aroused suspicion in the security line.

He said X-rays revealed a recent surgery on Sabillon’s breasts.

Rosero-Paola said during interrogation that she confessed that an unknown substance had been implanted in her breast which she was meant to take to Barcelona.

The officer said a preliminary investigation showed that the surgery took place at a clandestine clinic, in the city of Pereira, in western Colombia.

Rosero-Paola said the implants were removed at a Bogota hospital where Sabillon was also being treated for an infection.

Shocking Story With even Shocking Judgements: Young Lady Bathed with Acid

Today I read a shocking story in the newspapers about how a 24year old lady was seriously and permanently maimed by her lover whom she decided to call it quits with bath her with acid.

Her story.......

“When we met, he was living with his uncle at Nnewi
Street, off Aka Avenue, Effurun.

“As the relationship grew, we rented a self-contained
apartment at satellite Ugolo community, Okpe
Council area, where we shared privacy occasionally,
while I still lived with my parents.
‘My fears’

“Though, I cherished his uncommon generosity
towards me and my siblings, I started getting worried
about the source of his income, which to me did not
connect with the generator repairs job he told me he
does for a living.

“My suspicions were confirmed the day we went to Obiaruku for the marriage of his friend. There is a particular bag he does not allow me or anyone else touch at all.

“This fateful day, as he was having an after wedding drinking spree with friends in the hotel we lodged, I
opened the secret bag in our room.

“I was shocked by two items I found. An identity card as a Federal Government Amnesty beneficiary and a
document list of guns and other dangerous weapons submitted by his group during the arms mop up.

“From that moment, my interest in the affair died and I wanted out immediately. I knew I was living
with an unrepentant criminal because he is easily irritated and always bragging about how tough he is and how he can deal with anyone and
go away with it.

Conflict

“That night at Obiaruku, I confronted him on his criminal identity and why he kept it from me. He said he was worried I would leave him and he does not want to lose me.

“That moment, I made it clear I was no longer interested and would not marry a criminal disguising as repentant. I meant every word of it.

“But I knew it was dangerous to make a sudden quit, so I started limiting my contact with him and thinking of how best to stop the affair permanently.

“Then, I further learned that the man I was planning to marry is a father of three, married to a woman elsewhere.

“I confronted him. He admitted and again said he kept that from me for fear of losing me. He said he could not do without me, so he wants me as second Wife. I said over my dead body.

… and the threats began

“As I gradually limited my contact with him, he introduced a catch phrase whenever the issue of breaking the relationship came up.

“He would say, ‘You can’t leave me. If you try it, I will so damage you that no man would want to look at
you, so I will still be the only one to marry you.’

“I could tell from his anger and tone, whenever he says it, that this was no empty threat, but I needed to
get out of the affair.

“I trained as a hair stylist and work for a salon owner, while also doing home service for some clients on Sundays.

“One Sunday, I was home fixing a customer’s hair when my phone rang. It was Austin’s call so I ignored
it.

“Usually, he is very jealous and gets upset if he does not know my whereabouts and cannot get me on the
phone for a second and he can beat me for that.

Pulling a knife; the acid bath

“At night at Ugolo that day, he pulled a knife from the kitchen, threatening to kill me, saying he saw a man taking me out the period I failed to pick his call.

“I was afraid he could harm me so I refused confrontation with him before he dropped the knife. Next morning, he came to my work place apologizing for his action after complaining to my madam.

“The evening of the Monday (February 25, 2013)preceding the Sunday he threatened me with a knife at Ugolo, I refused his calls again after closing from work and went to my parents’ home.

“He then called my younger sister, asking if my parents were home. That was about midnight.

“It was very hot that night. At some minutes to 1am, February 26, I had just my towel tied on me when I
slept close to the window.

“Suddenly, I heard and felt a shower of liquid from outside through the window. The person aimed and poured it all over my body as I lay faced up.

“Immediately, I started shouting, ‘Igwe (Austin) had poured acid on me’ repeatedly and ran out as the liquid was burning my body. I saw him running away.”

Sadly this lady spent about 2years in the ICU for the grievious injuries sustained that night.

It is, however, shocking that some individuals were of the opinion that she deserved what she got, while some attributed it to greed others stated the kinds of treatment they got from different girls.

One even said:

that is d girl's version..pls we need d guy's version because girls lie alot and always try to mop up
sentiments and emotions against guys. maybe d girl left d guy because she found another money bag after ruining this alleged ex-militant down. don't
believe everything a girl says.

I find it apalling that rather than condemn this act of barbarism and violence against this young lady some men are trying to make the action look permisible.

This is how much some peolple have lost it that their sense of judgment has been clouded by hate and vengeance.

If only they could put themselves in this young lady's shoes I am sure they would have thought otherwise.

Please let's us stand for the right things. The sanctity of human life cannot be overemphasised.

Story sourced from Vanguard newspaper

Boko Haram leader threatens Cameroon in YouTube video

Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has threatened Cameroon in a video message on YouTube, warning that the same fate would befall the country as neighbouring Nigeria.

The video, which was posted on January 5, is directly addressed to Cameroon's President Paul Biya after repeated fighting between militants and troops in the country's far north.

"Oh Paul Biya, if you don't stop this, your evil plot, you will taste what has befallen Nigeria... Your troops cannot do anything to us," Shekau said in Arabic.

It is first time Shekau has directly addressed Cameroon and is also the first admission that Boko Haram has been actively operating in the country.

Boko Haram fighters had in the past launched attacks on northeastern Nigeria from bases in Cameroon but recent months have seen an increase in strikes within the country.

Boko Haram, which began its violent insurgency in 2009, has taken over swathes of territory in three northeastern Nigerian states, and declared some towns as part of its Islamic caliphate.

Cameroon's far north has come increasingly into the group's firing line and on December 28, Yaounde deployed fighter jets against Boko Haram for the first time.

Biya personally ordered the air strike after the insurgents crossed the border and seized a military camp, the government said on December 29.

The aerial bombardment, hailed as a new phase in the counter-insurgency, forced the Islamists to flee, it added.
Cameroon's president has made a series of strong statements against Boko Haram and in October last year vowed to go after the group "until it's totally wiped out".

In May last year, he said that a Paris meeting of Nigeria's neighbours was designed to "declare war on Boko Haram".

But a key agreement at the summit to set up a regional force has yet to be implemented, with Cameroon increasingly vocal in its criticisms about the lack of a coordinated response to Boko Haram.

Love Story Of The Century

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 95-year-old newlywed Virginia man has died just weeks after his 96-year-old wife was taken away by family members to Florida.

Eddie Harrison died Tuesday in a hospital after suffering from influenza, said Rebecca Wright, who was caring for the couple in their Alexandria, Virginia, home. Harrison became distressed after his wife and longtime companion, 96-year-old Edith Hill, was taken away, Wright said. Wright is Hill's daughter.

"He lived for her, and she lived for him. It's the love story of the century," Wright said, recalling how they would dance, take walks and care for each other.

Harrison and Hill's marriage this year after 10 years of companionship was disputed in court. Their wedding was problematic because Hill has been declared legally incapacitated for several years. Another of Hill's daughters, Patricia Barber, contested the marriage, saying it would complicate the eventual distribution of Hill's estate. But Hill and Harrison said they wanted to stay together.

A judge appointed a new guardian for Hill to protect her interests, removing Barber and Wright as guardians, but left the marriage intact.

The interracial aspect of the marriage also was unique because the two longtime Virginians would not have been allowed to marry if they had met in their 20s, 30s or 40s under state law at the time.

On Dec. 6, Hill's guardian arrived to take Hill away to Barber's home in Florida for what was supposed to be a two-week vacation. Police were called to the home during a traumatic 40-minute negotiation to convince Hill to leave, Wright said.

When Hill did not return home as planned after two weeks, Harrison began to realize she was not coming back, Wright said. Daisy Birch, a family friend, said Harrison was heartbroken. He also became ill with the flu and checked himself into a hospital.

A dispute continues between the two sisters, Barber and Wright, over Hill's affairs and place of residence.

Source: Yahoo news

Oprah Not Dying Of Cancer

The news going round that Oprah Winfrey has been diagnosed of cancer and has a few weeks to live is a hoax.

Google search showed that the news originated from NAHA (Negros Against Hair Line Abuse, some bloggers and social commentators.

It seems that the fake news is a ploy to increase the number of visitors to the website. This is furthermore thought to be so as the likes of CNN, Times, and big media outfits seem not to be aware of such development since Oprah is such a big fish for such outfits.

PDP Replies Obanikoro

 

The Peoples Democratic Party has responded to the allegations of fraud by a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, in his suit before a Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging the conduct and the outcome of the party’s governorship primary in Lagos State.

 The PDP denied Obanikoro’s allegations in a counter-affidavit it filed in opposition to Obanikoro’s application for an interim injunction seeking to restrain the PDP from submitting any name as its governorship candidate in the state to the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Both the PDP and INEC are the defendants. INEC was not represented in court when the matter came up for hearing before Justice Ahmed Mohammed on Tuesday.

 The party, through its counsel, Paul Ananaba, had also filed a separate preliminary objection in opposition to the suit with which Obanikoro is seeking the nullification of the primary on the grounds of alleged irregularities.

The party insisted that there was no over-voting as the earlier announcement of 806 as the accredited voters was a tabulation error. PDP Youth Leader in Lagos State, Samuel Ladeinde, stated in the supporting affidavit, “At the conclusion of voting, a total of 864 ballot papers were issued to accredited delegates.

In the Electoral Committee Chairman’s (Senator Saidi Kumo’s) opening remarks, he mentioned that 806 delegates were accredited.

 “But this initial remark was a tabulation error, which occurred by the omission to tabulate the following list of delegates even though they had been duly accredited for the exercise. “Ikeja ad hoc delegates – 30; Ikeja automatic delegates – 7; Ojo automatic delegates – 6; Mushin automatic delegates -8; Alimosho automatic delegates – 7, and the total is 58. “The agents and aspirants were clearly informed at the electoral desk of this tabulation omission, which they accepted without opposition before the counting votes cast commenced.

“During the voting, the agents of the aspirants had verified each delegate before the delegate was given a ballot paper to vote, thus ensuring that only duly accredited delegates voted and each such delegate received only on ballot paper.” Obanikoro had, in his suit filed on December 15, 2014, asked Justice Ahmed Mohammed to nullify the primary on the grounds that it was marred with irregularities, including over-voting, disruption of the exercise by armed thugs, improper accreditation of voters.

He also accused a leader of the party in the state, Chief Olabode George, and the winner of the December 8 primary, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, of recruiting armed thugs to manipulate the exercise.

Ugandan Maid Sentenced to 4 Years in Jail For Abusing Toddler

A Ugandan maid has been jailed for four years for abusing a toddler in a case that shocked the country and the rest of the world after a graphic video of the assault was made public.

The 22-year-old maid, Jolly Tumuhiirwe, originally pleaded guilty about two weeks to torture, but later the charge was reduced to abuse, to which she also pleaded guilty to on last Friday. Tumuhiirwe on Monday remained apparently emotionless as her sentence was handed down in a court in Kampala. Chief Magistrate Lillian Buchan told Tumuhiirwe she had committed an ‘unjustifiable and inexcusable’ crime. She gave her a four-year sentence due to the ‘ruthlessness exhibited’ on an ‘innocent, helpless child.’ The maid, was filmed beating, kicking and stamping on the 18-month-old child.

On Friday, she said the attack was revenge after she was beaten by the child’s mother. The mother denied beating her. Earlier charges of torture were dropped.

The video footage, which prompted the case, came from a camera the child’s father, Eric Kamanzi, had installed in his home after noticing his daughter was bruised and limping. He reported the abuse to police last month and circulated the video online to family members. The footage was later shared more widely, provoking horror and upset internationally.

After the sentencing, Mr Kamanzi said: “It’s not for us to decide the punishment for what she committed”.

 “We hope this has set an example for other maids out there, that you can’t just go to someone’s house and torture their baby and expect to walk out,” AFP reports.

Police have recommended that parents do background checks with friends, neighbours, local police, council and previous employers before taking on nannies or maids given these responsibilities.

Finally! Bill Cosby's Wife Cammile Breaks Her Silence.

Bill Cosby’s wife Camille Cosby finally breaks her silence, defending her husband in a statement on the recent sexual assault allegations against her husband.

Bill Cosby kept quiet on the allegations until recently, where he asked the “black media” to have a neutral mind and gave credit and lots of praise to his wife for supporting him 100%.

She writes: “I met my husband, Bill Cosby, in 1963, and we were married in 1964. The man I met, and fell in love with, and whom I continue to love, is the man you all knew through his work. He is a kind man, a generous man, a funny man, and a wonderful husband, father and friend. He is the man you thought you knew. A different man has been portrayed in the media over the last two months. It is the portrait of a man I do not know. It is also a portrait painted by individuals and organizations whom many in the media have given a pass. There appears to be no vetting of my husband’s accusers before stories are published or aired. An accusation is published, and immediately goes viral. We all followed the story of the article in the Rolling Stone concerning allegations of rape at the University of Virginia. The story was heart-breaking, but ultimately appears to be proved to be untrue. Many in the media were quick to link that story to stories about my husband – until that story unwound. None of us will ever want to be in the position of attacking a victim. But the question should be asked – who is the victim?"

Over 20,000 braziers recalled due to injury fears

A Japanese lingerie maker is recalling over 20,000 brassieres after complaints that underwears suddenly poked out, sometimes while women were wearing them. The Japanese division of lingerie maker Triumph International, which has made a name for itself with concept lingerie such as a solar-powered bra and an “Abenomics” bra, said they took the move due to fears of injury. “We are sorry for the trouble, but we ask customers to stop using the bras immediately,’’ the company said in a statement. The company added that it deeply apologized and would take steps to prevent a recurrence. “The recall applies to roughly 22,000 bras ranging in cost from 5,600 to 6,200 yen (£30.4 to £33.7) and sold only in Japan,’’ a company spokeswoman said. There have been no reports of injuries from the defect, which caused the tips of the under wears to protrude from holes in the fabric, sometimes after washing and sometimes while people were wearing them. “It would be terrible if it happened again and somebody’s skin was scratched,’’ she added.

Source: Vanguard News Paper

Confusion over Beheading: ‘How air force pilot was captured, killed’

There was confusion, yesterday, over the alleged beheading, by Boko Haram, of an air force pilot whose fighter jet went missing three weeks ago. The military dismissed the claim that a man beheaded in Boko Haram’s latest video was the pilot.

A group which identified as Nigerian Army Support Group, however, confirmed the death of the pilot – a wing commander in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) – who was named as Chimda Hedima.

Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, had claimed in the footage obtained by AP on Thursday that militants shot down the Alpha jet and showed wreckage of an aircraft which included the Nigerian Air Force’s green and white roundel.

A man, wearing a camouflage print T-shirt and with a heavily bandaged hand in a sling, was seen later kneeling in front of an unmasked Boko Haram fighter in combat fatigues and saying in English that he was one of the pilots.

He appears to give his name, rank and date of birth but the video is inaudible. He is killed after he finishes speaking.

Asked directly about whether the man was an air force pilot, as claimed, spokesman Air Commodore Dele Alonge told AP: “The man shown in the Boko Haram video is not our officer. “The picture of a man beheaded in the video is superimposed,” he said without elaborating. “Our plane is still missing and we are looking for it. Boko Haram is just making unfounded claims.”

AP asked the same question to defence spokesman, Major General Chris Olukolade, who announced last week that Shekau was dead.

“No level or amount of barbaric display of bestial atrocities will distract the Nigerian military from sustaining the tempo of ongoing operations to decimate, degrade and bring the remnants of the terrorists already in disarray to due justice. The campaign against terror is still recording the expected result in the front. Nigerians should not despair,” Olukolade said in a text message that was repeated on his Twitter account. He insisted that the military believed that the jet crashed due to bad weather condition.

Nigeria’s military has been under pressure to reverse Boko Haram territorial gains in three northeast states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa in recent months, with reports that soldiers have fled militant attacks and complaints about a lack of adequate weapons.

According to one security analyst who tracks the conflict, the Alpha jet sent a signal that it had been hit and the two pilots’ families met air force officers in the days that followed and were told it had crashed.

The jet came down in the heart of rebel-held territory, making search and rescue impossible, he added. In the video, Shekau is seen on the back of a pick-up truck firing a powerful anti-aircraft gun and boasting about other aircraft Boko Haram has shot down.

Group identifies pilot, tells his story Meanwhile, a group identified as the Nigerian Army Support Group, yesterday, declared the death of the air force pilot who it named as Wing Commander Chimda Hedima. In a post on Facebook, the support group described the pilot as “a true Nigerian hero”, noting, “It is with deep regret that we announce the death of a true Nigerian hero, Wing Commander Chimda Hedima (1975-2014)”.

Continuing, the group said, “This is his story. Read it, share it. This man was a hero, of the highest order.

“On 11/09/14, a company of NA soldiers attempted to overrun a BH position in Borno. Due to the low altitude, the plane suffered significant damage from the terrorists’ gunfire. Wing Commander Hedima and his partner realised that they were going to crash.

“They, instead of hurriedly parachuting to safety within Nigerian controlled territory, chose to embark on a mission to destroy as many terrorists and their weapons as possible”. “They parachuted out at the last minute but not before ensuring their plane slammed into a column of terrorists; 63 Boko Haram members were killed as a result of their bravery.

Source: Vanguard news paper

Bad blood spills as APC presidential race turns into two-horse race

Permutations on the outcome of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential primaries are increasingly narrowing into a two-horse race in what is being dubbed as a contest of brain and brawn between former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and erstwhile head of state, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.

 Buhari, last Thursday, at a closed door ceremony in Abuja, inaugurated 37 state committees to guide the campaign in the 36 states and Abuja, at a function a source said was like the release of a bull to suppress what was described as the money plans of Atiku to prise the ticket to himself.

Sources close to the two aspirants told Sunday Vanguard that it was now openly being acknowledged by strategists of the two men that the contest would be a straight fight between the two camps. Not surprisingly, the strategists are increasingly turning fire on one another in a bid to decimate the potentials of one another.

Besides Buhari and Atiku, other contestants for the APC presidential ticket include Governor Rabiu Kwankwanso of Kano State, newspaper mogul, Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah, Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State and Governor Rochas Okorocha.

Meanwhile, in a development that was, at the weekend, being seen as a factor that may influence the presidential primary, sources in the national leadership of the opposition political party disclosed a consensus to adopt a Modified Presidential Primary System for the election of the presidential candidate.

 It is a major setback for the Buhari camp which had been canvassing for the use of direct primary that would allow all party members to be involved in the selection of the candidate.

The Buhari camp had advocated the use of consensus in which they advocated the selection of their man or in the alternative the use of the direct primary in the belief that involving all party members would limit the influence of money, a factor they claim Atiku could easily use to overwhelm Buhari.

 In a development that is even bound to raise concern in the Buhari camp, Sunday Vanguard learnt that party bureaucrats are pushing to cut down on the 20,000 delegates earlier proposed to attend the Abuja presidential nomination convention in November.

The move, one senior member of the National Executive Committee, NEC, told Sunday Vanguard is to manage the delegates in the Eagles Square which has a limited sitting capacity of not more than 8,000 persons.

 In the latest proposal to beat down on the number of delegates, it was learnt that ward chairmen, earlier slated to attend as statutory delegates, would be eliminated in a bid to cut down the delegates coming to Abuja by at least 7,000.

 “We have at least 10 wards in each of the 774 local government councils, you can then imagine how much can be saved in terms of number of delegates coming for the convention,” the NEC official said on the condition of anonymity.

 It was a development that was hailed in the Atiku camp. Another NEC member aligned to the Buhari camp, however, played down the matter of the adoption of the Modified Direct Primary System as he claimed that the adoption of the system had not been formally agreed.

The Buhari enthusiast in the NEC was dismissive of Atiku, saying dependence on money would not help the party. He explain that Atiku had not been able to make impact in the party despite his wealth.

 “Can you tell me how many members of NEC Atiku can count on? Even in his own state, Adamawa, we beat his candidate for the gubernatorial election despite the money they threw around, so Atiku is going nowhere,” the senior NEC official from Atiku’s base in the North-east said.

In a development that is bound to concern party strategists, Sunday Vanguard learnt that some associates of Buhari are vowing not to pull along should Atiku win the presidential primaries in a way that they consider to be unfair or through the use of money or other influence.

 “If Atiku wins free and fair, without money, we won’t have any problems with him, but if it is an election that is influenced by money, there is no way we will support him in the main election,” the Buhari enthusiast reportedly vowed.

In the mean time, the prospects of Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State have continued to raise excitement in some quarters given what his supporters say is his capacity to take the South-south votes from President Goodluck Jonathan, the presumptive nominee of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP. Oshiomhole, who was based in Kaduna before his emergence as the president of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, is also believed to be in good position to make a good bid for the North vote.

Aides and some other party stakeholders claim that Oshiomhole is in the best position of all the declared aspirants to wrest control of the country from the PDP given his goodwill in the South-south and the North.

Source: Vanguard news paper

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Touting the new offering’s full-bodied flavor and bold, fruit-forward bouquet, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer unveiled a vintage cask-aged variety of its popular cold medicine Robitussin on Friday.

Labeled as Robitussin Reserve, the high-end over-the-counter cough remedy is reportedly being marketed toward a more affluent segment of consumers with acute upper respiratory symptoms. Company officials confirmed the select Cough & Cold blend has been prepared in a limited run of 100 barrels and retails for $39.95 a bottle.

Pfizer officials say the new up-market blend has a sophisticated flavor profile of cherry, codeine, pseudoephedrine, and hints of citrus.

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— Discovery (@Discovery) October 3, 2014

No wonder their name. DON'T BE SLOTHFUL.

Mbu is a CONTROVERSIAL police officer who should be called to order by his supervisors. Send him to me for a FREE #Democracy101 tutoring.
— oby ezekwesili (@obyezeks) October 3, 2014

If only our men can be as courageous as this woman.

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