First case of Ebola recorded in New York.

A US doctor based in New York who recently returned from treating Ebola patients in Guinea has become the first person in the city to test positive for Ebola. 33 year old Dr. Craig Allen Spencer (pictured above) had been working with Doctors Without Borders in Guinea, and returned to NYC on October 17th. He tested positive to the virus the Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan New York yesterday October 23rd.

He and three other people he had contact with in recent days, including his girlfriend have been placed in isolation at the Bellevue hospital. He's officially the 4th person to test positive on American soil.


Many are alarmed at this new case due to the population of the city but the New York mayor while confirming the recent case said New Yorkers have nothing to fear

"We want to state at the outset, there is no reason for New Yorkers to be alarmed. Ebola is a very hard disease to contract." Mayor Bill de Blasio said

Baby born in Ibadan with holy Qur’an.

For those who believe in things like this...Nigerian Tribune is reporting that a baby was born recently in Oyo state clutching a pocket-size Qur’an (pictured above).

The baby, who has since been named Ismail, was born in a church at the Oniyanrin area of Ibadan in September, the reports states. A renowned Islamic preacher who the newspaper spoke with said the woman who delivered the baby threw away the object she found in the baby's hand thinking it was something devilish, only for them to later find out it was a pocket-size Qur’an which contained all the 114 chapters in the holy book. It was wrapped in a thread. The preacher said although the Qur’an was small, the lettering inside was readable.


The child's parent who were not practicing any faith prior to the birth of Ismail, now say they will revert to Islam as this was a sign directly from Allah.

They also said since the news broke, their residence have become a mecca or sort as Ibadan people troop there to have a glimpse of the little boy.

Peter Okoye & wife as they stepped out for dinner last night.

Peter Okoye and his wife Lola Omotayo looked great in red as they stepped out for dinner last night. Peter shared the photo on instagram and wrote "Lastnight b4 heading out for dinner with my Ije love"

High rate of unemployed pilots in Nigeria - an article From a Nigerian pilot.

A Nigerian pilot writes about the high rate of unemployment for pilots in Nigeria. Read below...

Achieving the dream of becoming a pilot is a very long and frustrating path to follow, it takes pure will and  determination  to earn a commercial pilot license. The very moment you make up your mind about joining possibly the most exhilarating career on the planet, the struggle begins which includes raising the funds for your flight training which frankly isn't a joke. On average a pilot spends nothing less than N10million on flight training. 

The funds needed to see a pilot through flight school is nothing compared to the stress and mental concentration needed to attain a commercial pilot license.

One would expect that after all the struggles of of getting a commercial pilot license, the will always be job openings to crown the efforts of the ever growing number of pilots fresh out of flight schools. Sadly this is not the case, as a matter of fact there are over 200 unemployed pilots presently in nigeria with some pilotsbeing out of jobs for over 3 years.

This number is constantly rising as there are more Nigerians finishing from flight schools all over the world on a daily basis to return home and join the saturated market of unemployed pilots. This is a sad situation because some pilots had to take loans from relatives and in some cases banks just to achieve there dreams, which right now is a nightmare.

The depression and frustration of unemployed pilots in Nigeria is being fueled by the high amount of expatriates pilots working in Nigeria while Nigerians are lavishing at home with no jobs. It's really sad that the airlines in Nigeria prefer hiring this expatriates pilots when in their countries you can't get the same job if you are not a citizen or permanent residence in most cases.

Job creation is a fundamental responsibility of the government in power, that being said the Nigerian government has been siting idle about the issue of unemployed pilots in Nigeria hence allowing it to escalate to this stage.  The government cant force private aircraft owners to employ any of the unemployed, but government can support the airlines in this country through subsidized operational costs, government bail-out to airlines struggling in debt, passed laws that favors Nigerian citizens than expatriates and ultimately create a NATIONAL CARRIER, which is the foremost cause of the problem. It's a shame that the most populous country in Africa is without a national carrier.

 The reasons giving by airlines why the don't hire pilots straight out of flight school is that they are inexperienced and without type rating, then again how can pilots get this experience when they are not hired. General aviation is really not practiced in Nigeria which is another way young inexperienced pilot can build flight hours which is the proof of your experience by flying smaller planes for banner towing, sight seeing, pipelines inspections, tourism, skydiving, aerial photography and flight instructing.

The future is uncertain for so many pilots in this great country and a drastic change is needed urgently.

Mobo awards for best African act...Congrats to the antenna crooner.

 Ghanaian artist Fuse ODG last night won the Mobo Awards for Best African Act. The 2nd time he will win the award. I think it's well deserved. His new song 'Dangerous Love' featuring Sean Paul is my new obsession. Congrats Fuse!!

Imagine if these two were to get back together...(photos)

Awww...Impossibility is nothing,Former spouses Femi and Funke Kuti looking so comfortableholding each other tight.

Toke Makinwa talks about pressure of getting pregnant after marriage.

The TV/Radio personality took to twitter just now to talk about the pressure she's receiving from folks about her not being pregnant many months after marriage.More tweets below.

Don Jazzy shares throwback pic of when he used to play for Muma Gee

Who knew Don Jazzy once played for Muma Gee? He shared this old pic on instagram and wrote; 

"Classic throwback of me and some other instrumentalists just before a show. We were playing for the artist Muma Gee. Opening for the late Mariam Makeba @ the Royal Albert hall. Na me sit down for front. Lol...

Military arraigns five Lance Corporals over mutiny.

Five Lance Corporals of the Nigerian army were yesterday October 21st arraigned before a military court at the Army Headquarters Garrison, Mogadishu cantonment in Abuja over a two count charge of conspiracy to commit mutiny and mutiny.

Daily Trust reports that the soldiers are alleged to have committed the offenses in October 2013 after shooting into the air when they received the news of the death of some of their colleagues who were killed by Boko Haram in the North Eastern part of Nigeria.

  

When the two count charge was read to the soldiers, they all pleaded not guilty. The soldiers are part of 59 soldiers of the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, Borno state, who are standing trial for various offenses ranging from insubordination, mutiny and others.

"Women are women's worst enemies" - Toyin Aimakhu lashes out at women

"I am not in politics to compete" - Desmond Elliot

Over 1000 youths gathered at the Eagles square, Surulere on Sunday Oct. 20th to interact with actor,Desmond Elliot and to endorse his candidature for the APC constituency seat ticket at the Lagos State House of Assembly Representing Surulere constituency one. 

Speaking after the event with journalists, Desmond Elliot said 

“I have plans of taking this above legislative work, I believe 80% of the youths should have access to tertiary education and still earn a living, so we have a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the National Open University on admissions and to grant the students work permit. There is also an empowerment program for the youths which will come up soon; we also have plans for the elderly ones with an insurance scheme”.The actor who graduated from LASU promised wave of change and said he’s assured of winning Surulere for APC as soon as he gets the ticket to run.

Gbenga Adeyinka & wife celebrate 20th wedding anniversary, share wedding pic

Top comedian and host Gbenga Adeyinka the 1st shared a photo from his wedding which took place exactly today 20 years ago. Gbenga and Abiola got married on October 22nd 1994 and are blessed with four children. Congrats to them. 

Pics from Mavin's Concert in Manchester.

Mavin artists - Don Jazzy, Tiwa Savage, Dr Sid, Reekado Banks and Di'Ja rocked the stage and gave their fans a performance of a lifetime at their concert which held at The Ritz Manchester  See photos from the Manchester .

Police parade dogs attacked 4-year-old boy in Lagos.

Meet the dogs that viciously attacked 4 year old Omonigho Abraham inside his compound in the Igando area of Lagos state on September 25th (read story here).

The Lagos State Police Command paraded the two German shepherd dogs yesterday at its headquarters in Ikeja, Punch reports. According to the police, the dogs were paraded "so that the public would be convinced that they were still in police custody, and had not been released as was being rumoured." Really? Continue...

Speaking about it, the Commissioner of Police, Cornelius Aderanti, said;

"We have brought the dogs out so that the public would know that they are still in police custody. They have been examined and they show no negative trait. It is only the court that will decide what happens to them. The police cannot decide to kill the dogs.”

Am I the only one who finds this weird? Anyway, the little victim, Omo, had asked that the dogs be killed but the police say it's up to the courts. Meanwhile the owner of the dogs, Stanley Wesley, was arrested and arraigned in court for negligence but has since been granted bail. 

Source: Punch

Man chopped into pieces at railway crossing line in Ibadan.

This horrific scene happened around 5.30pm today at the railway crossing area in Bodija Ojurin in Ibadan. A man was found dead cut in two on the railway tracks. No one saw what happened, but they suspect he was crushed by a train. The pics are really touching...will share one...but be warned, it's really touching.

Nigerian man arrested after jumping White House fence.

A Nigerian man living in Maryland, Dominic Adesanya, (pictured above) has been arrested after jumping the White House Fence. According to police reports, around 7.15pm yesterday Wednesday October 22nd, Adesanya, 23, climbed the fence on the North Lawn of the building and got about 20 yards past the fence before he was taken down by Secret Service and dogs.

He's currently in police custody but is being treated in a hospital for injuries he sustained during the encounter. He was attacked by K.9 dogs. The White House was on a lock-down for about two hours after Adesanya jumped the fence. President Obama was said to be in the White House at the time of the incident. Police also said Adesanya was not armed...but he's still in big trouble.

According to his Facebook profile, he attended Stevenson University for business administration and management and Hartford Community College for an associate of science, along with partially business administration and management.

His father spoke with ABC 2 and said Adesanya had been arrested at the White House before and that the family had tried to get him help. 

His jump comes weeks after a similar incident happened, prompting the resignation of the director of Secret Service, Julia Pierson on October 1st. In September, a 42 year old man named Omar Gonzalez also jumped the fence and got in the East room before he was arrested. Guess there will be more copycats. The Secret Service need to pay more attention.

 Some of the dogs also had to be treated after Adesanya kicked them.

Tu baba and Wizkid arrives in Ghana for their concert.

Liz Benson, Patience Ozokwor, others at BON Awards + Full list of winners

BON 2014 Winners...

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (ENGLISH)

WINNER: TOPE TELEDA IN A MILE FROM HOME

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING( YORUBA)

WINNER: YINKA QUADRI IN AREMO ITE

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (HAUSA)

WINNER:  SADIQ SANI IN HADARIN GABAZ

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE(IGBO)

OKEY BAKASSI IN ONYE OZ1

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE(ENGLISH)

WINNER: IVIE OKUJAYE IN BLACK SILHOUETTE 

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE(YORUBA )

SEYI ASEKUN IN FIFEHANMI

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING (IGBO)

WINNER: QUEEN NWOKOYE IN ADAMOBI 

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE (HAUSA)

WINNER: ASMAU ABUBAKAR HADARIN GABAZ

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (ENGLISH)

WINNER: FEMI JACOBS IN DREAM WALKER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (ENGLISH)

WINNER: RITA DOMINIC IN THE MEETING 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (YORUBA)

WINNER: DELE ODULE IN KORI KOTO

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (YORUBA)

WINNER: AYO ADESANYA IN SANBE

MOST PROMISING ACTOR

WINNER: ABDULATEEF ADEDIMEJI IN KUDI KLEPTO

MOST PROMISING ACTRESS

WINNER: IJEOMA AGU IN MISFIT

BEST CHILD ACTOR

WINNER: OLAMIDE DAVIDS IN BLACK SILHOUTTE 

BEST ACTRESS 

WINNER: KANYISOLA ENIOLA IN ORITOKE

AND PRISCILLIA OJO IN SILENCE

MOVIE OF THE YEAR

WINNER: SILENCE

COMEDY OF THE YEAR

WINNER: 30 DAYS IN ATLANTA

MOVIE WITH THE BEST SOCIAL MESSAGE

WINNER: OUR DIFFERENCE 

MOVIE WITH BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

WINNER: A MILE FROM HOME

BEST KISS IN A MOVIE

WINNER: MICHEL MAJID AND BEVERLY NAYA IN FORGETTING JUNE

BEST USE OF MAKE UP IN A MOVIE

WINNER: COBRA

MOVIE WITH THE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 

WINNER: APAYE

MOVIE WITH THE BEST SCREENPLAY

WINNER: RENDER TO CEASER

BEST SHORT FILM

WINNER: BRAVE

BEST DOCUMENTARY

WINNER: BAD BUDGETTING FOR DEVELOPMENT 

BEST TV SERIES 

WINNER: LEKKI WIVES

 

BEST EDIT IN A MOVIE

WINNER: A MILE FROM HOME

BEST USE OF FOOD IN A MOVIE

WINNER: BEING MRS ELLIOT

MOVIE WITH THE BEST SOUND

WINNER: RENDER TO CEASER

MOVIE WITH THE BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN 

WINNER: OSUNFUNKE

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

WINNER: DESMOND ELLIOT 

REVELATION OF THE YEAR (MALE)

DANIEL K. DANIEL

REVELATION OF THE YEAR (FEMALE)

LINDA EJIOFOR

Nigerian Defence HQ affirms Boko Haram ceasefire, releases statement.

Found this on the Nigerian Defence Headquarters website...

While closing the coordinating conference between Nigeria and Cameroon on trans-border military operations, the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh informed the delegates that without any prejudice to the outcome of the three days interactions and the conclusions of the forum, a cease fire agreement had been concluded between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Ahlul Sunna Li Daawa Wal Jihad. Accordingly, he directed the Service Chiefs to ensure immediate compliance with this development in the field.

At the meeting was the Cameroonian Chief of Defence Staff, GCA Meka Rene Claude leading his country’s military delegation. Service Chiefs and senior military officers also attended the event.

Alaafin of Oyo pictured with his wives on their way to the mosque today.

Pictures from the traditional wedding of pastor Ashimolowo's son,Tobi..Contratulations!!!

KICC senior pastor Mathew Ashimolowo's second son, Tobi, got married traditionally to his love, Toyin Omotayo yesterday October 16th at Romford Essex in England. Their white wedding will hold tomorrow October 18th at KICC Prayer City in Kent. Congrats to them.

Photos from the inauguration ceremony of Ekiti new Gov, Ayo Fayose.

Ayo Fayose has been sworn in as the new Governor of Ekiti state. He took his oath of office yesterday Oct.16th. Present at his wearing in were the Governors of Akwa Ibom, Delta, Bauchi and the national chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Muazu Adamu...Congratultions.