Collapsed Building at Oba Akran Ikeja Lagos

Several people sustained injuries in the early hours of Monday after a building collapsed in Ikeja, Lagos.

According to source, who visited the scene at 114 Oba Akran Road, reported that officials of the state Emergency Management Agency were on hand evacuating those trapped in the building.

It was gathered that the building was a cold room owned by Hano Industry.

Millions of naira were said to have been lost as thousands of cartons of frozen fish littered the scene.

A security guard who spoke to our correspondent, said the building began to shake a few minutes before the incident.

He said, “About six labourers were inside the building when the building began to tremble. Two men escaped unhurt while four others were trapped.”

The General Manager of LASEMA,  Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the four people trapped had been rescued.

He said, “We were notified at 10.15am.

Bayo Ligali, the death, The mystery yet unravelled

Some Deaths may not be Natural. Bayo Ligali died at aproximatly one year after unilateraly deciding the fate of thousands of Zain employees.....

Drive 2011: Welcome to a new dawnDear Zainers,

Further to the Group Internal Communications of Monday, May 4th, I wish to announce the formal implementation of the restructuring of our operations in Zain Nigeria line with Zain Group's ‘Drive2011', which will focus on customer facing services and commercial activities while centralizing or outsourcing some back office/non-core functions to strategic partners in order to become a much more efficient organization.

Since January, when we held our Strategy Meetings on the way forward for our organization, there have been a series of changes and new initiatives aimed at driving the company on the path of growth. Specifically, we have, through the various Cross-functional Teams (CFTs) and Task Force Teams (TFTs) developed initiatives that will strengthen our defenses and sharpen our attacks in the ever so competitive Nigerian telecommunications market.

As you already know, the IT Applications and Infrastructure Departments have, through managed out-sourcing, become part of ITS. In future where significant value creation opportunities exist, using the same philosophy from our IT experience, we will outsource activities to strategic partners who have a track-record of excellence in managing such activities.

From today, we will let go 300 of our colleagues. This was a very difficult decision but something that is required within our new business context. The colleagues that are leaving us are brilliant and excellent people and will be treated with the highest degree of respect and dignity. The company will provide these ex-colleagues of ours with every support required including outplacement and counseling services as well as medical insurance for them and their families for three months.

We have also reviewed our regional operations to achieve greater efficiencies and focus on the commercial opportunities available in each of the regions. This review has resulted in the reduction of our regions from seven to five namely East, West, North-West, North-East and Lagos. Details of the structures of the regions will be released shortly.

Over the next few weeks, each of the functional chiefs would be sharing with you their roadmap towards the achievement of our short-term and long-term goals, as well as your individual and collective responsibilities towards the achievement of these.

I am counting on your continued support, hard work and commitment to make Zain Nigeria a successful organization contributing towards our global objective of becoming one of the top 10 telecommunications company in the world by 2011 serving over 150 million customers in the Zain family.

The next few months will test our will to succeed, our desire to contribute and our capacity to play to win. You are my topmost priority right now, and together we will work at rebuilding the morale and injecting the required positive energy and motivation needed to stay the course and win the race.

Thank you all and God bless

Bayo Ligali

Malady mutated to vocabulary on Waziri’s removal by Patrick Obahiaghon

The vaudeville of ratiocinations as
to why Farida Waziri was committed
to Presidential harakiri is not of the
moment to me hoc loco.
It suffices for me to reiterate for
the upteenth time that for any
serious pugilism towards cleansing
the Augean stables and cesspool of
corruption to succeed in Nigeria,our
major anti-corruption armada-the
EFCC- must per force be extricated
from executive suzerainty which
renders it susceptible to odoriferous
and harum scarum paternalistic
intervention.
Save and until this is done in the
mode of appointment of the anti-
corruption czar,a guaranteed tenure
and an unmanacled modus operandi,i
dare posit that the fight itself
suffers from an institutional
thalidomide,abovo.Res Ipsa
Loquitur.

Odimegwu Ojukwu, He died with His anger on Nigerian unnecessary amalgam

One of the most charismatic figures in Nigeria’s history, Mr. Ojukwu, who held the traditional title of Ikemba Nnewi, came to international prominence when he served as leader of the secessionist Biafra during a bloody civil war in Nigeria from 1967 to 1970. An Oxford-educated historian, he became the face and voice of the doomed struggle by south-eastern Nigerians to achieve self-rule.

A source within the family told newsmen through SR that Ikemba Nnewi died in the UK after months of hospitalization to treat the effects of a serious stroke he had suffered late last year.

The late Ojukwu was married to Bianca Ojukwu (nee Onoh), an ex-beauty queen in Nigeria. He is survived by numerous children, including Emeka Odumegwu, Jr. and Okigbo Ojukwu, who is based in London.

Mr. Emeka Ojukwu, Jr. has issued a statement confirming his father’s death.

“The sword of Damocles” Farida Waziri, Good riddance to bad rubbish

President Goodluck  Jonathan has removed the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, Mrs. Farida Waziri.Her removal was contained in a three-paragraph statement signed by Jonathan’s spokesperson, Dr. Reuben Abati in Abuja on Wednesday morning.

Jonathan named Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde as the Acting Chairman/Chief Executive of the lame duck commission.

Larmode was among the effective team of the former chairman of the commission, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu.
PRESIDENT JONATHAN APPROVES APPOINTMENT OF NEW EFCC CHAIRMAN
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the appointment of Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde  as the Acting Chairman/Chief Executive of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The appointment takes immediate effect, and effectively relieves Mrs. Farida Waziri of her position as EFCC Chairman. Mrs. Waziri was appointed EFCC Chairman by Late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua on May 18, 2008 and confirmed by the Senate on May 27, 2008.

Mr. Lamorde, an officer of the Nigeria Police, was, until this appointment the Director of Operations of the EFCC. He was also Ag. Chairman of the EFCC before Mrs. Waziri assumed duty at the Commission.
SR

Mrs Taiwo Aduroja, an example of a Good Nurse in Maitama Hospital

“It is not easy to make a career in nursing. You should be prepared for extreme hard work and dedication.”

Nurses in Nigeria like many other fields have had an image bash in the past, just like the Police Force, NEPA now Power Holding, the weight of criticism in Nigerian Hospital seems to bounce on the desk of Nurses because of individual character flaws

One Nigerian committed to changing the Negative Societal norm is a Matron at the Maitama National Hospital Abuja, Mrs. Taiwo Aduroja, Popularly Called “Goodness and Mercy”  a nurse per excellence, she is friendly and cheerful at her post, a woman in her late 40s or early 50s.

Mrs Taiwo is known to give instructional health advice to Patients who visits the Maitaima Hospital for several ails, many of whom are ignorant of the ailment yet desiring to see the doctor.

While waiting, she will lead Patients in Prayers on the Two major Nigerian Religion, one of the Patients will be asked to pray for all, a Christian and a Muslim leading the prayers respectively, she then begin a good health talk conversation on several topics ranging from Hypertension, Diabetes, Arthritis, Hepatitis, Venereal diseases, Dietary information etc.

Her lectures are usually enriching and she shows a high skill in her training, Mrs Taiwo shows empathy to the elderly and speaks with them in Kind words, the young are not excepted as she is fondly called Madam Goodness. Her class is fun filled as many of the patience sometime forget reasons for which they visited and concentrate on her daily health seminar.

Those who knows Mrs Grace and mercy as she is fondly called says

She displays a high skill in Health information

She is willing to Learn from the Patients

She is accessible and ready to help with empathy   

If this is happening in Nigerian Hospital, then, the change is gradually setting in……………..

    

co-founder of social network site "Facebook" dead at 22

A 22-year-old co-founder of privacy-themed online social network Diaspora died during the weekend, the San Francisco coroner confirmed.

Local media reports indicated that Ilya Zhitomirskiy may have committed suicide, but the coroner's office said it will take several weeks to determine the cause of death.
Zhitomirskiy was one of four US college students who launched Diaspora last year in a bid to win fans as an easier, more private alternative to social networking powerhouse Facebook.
Mysteriously, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg was reportedly among those who financially backed Diaspora.
The fledgling social network's home page at diasp.org on Monday featured a picture of a giant dandelion going to seed next to an image of Zhitomirskiy seated in a classroom. Beneath the image was his name and "1989-2011."

"We'll all miss Ilya more than we can say," Diaspora co-founder Peter Schurman said in a statement released late Monday.
"Ilya was a great friend and a brilliant person, a visionary whose work for a better future online brought hope to many people," he continued.
Public memorial services are being planned for Friday in San Francisco and two days later in Philadelphia, according to Schurman, who said details of the events would be released after arrangements are finalized.
"In life, Ilya brought people together," Schurman said. "In death, he would have wanted the same thing."
Zhitomirskiy and three fellow students at New York University built Diaspora as a "privacy aware, personally controlled, do-it-all, open source social network."
Diaspora opened to software developers in September of last year and a version of the online network went public two months later.

Yahoo

Gbile Akanni and D. K Olukoya don’t agree on Deliverance

These two don’t seem to agree on issues of Deliverance, Gbile Akanni preach the total work of Calvary for Christian who have accepted Jesus as Lord

Siasia Appears At Keshi's Unveiling

"Former Super Eagles' head coach, Samson Siasia made a shock appearance at the unveiling ceremony of his successor, Stephen Keshi in Abuja on Thursday.

Siasia, who was sacked by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for failing to lead the Super Eagles to the 2012 Afcon, walked into the media centre of the National Stadium, Abuja - venue of the unveiling ceremony at about 1.55pm local time.

His appearance raised a few eyebrows while others simply applauded as he walked up to Keshi on the podium and embraced him in an emotional atmosphere.

And in a dramatic manner, Siasia handed over an all-green coloured Super Eagles' jersey to Keshi with number four inscribed behind it.

It would be recalled that Keshi wore the jersey number four during his more than 10-year reign as a defender and later captain of the Nigerian men's national team.

The gesture of the former Nigerian Under20 coach drew more applause from those gathered inside the media centre of the Abuja stadium, as he stole the show."
Supersport

Jim Iyke Arraigned In Court Over N15m Fraud

Nollywood big boy and fashion mogul, Jim Iyke, was on Thursday, November 10, 2011, arraigned for Criminal Breach of Trust, Criminal Force, Assault, Cheating and Criminal misappropriation before an Abuja Chief Magistrate Court.

The Police Prosecutor, Chijoke Okezie, told the court that the popular actor defrauded an unsuspecting lady to the tune of N15 million (Fifteen Million Naira) on the pretense that he would give her…
15 percent equity shares of his entertainment outfit, Untamed Records Ltd. According to court document, the lady, Habiba Abubakar, had wrote a petition to the Inspector General of Police asking that the matter be investigated. Surprisingly, investigation into the case revealed that the accused, Jim Iyke, indeed ‘deceived’ Habiba Abubakar.

Further findings also revealed that the complainant paid the money into the actor’s Oceanic Bank account No. 00500173691, but he diverted the money for his personal use. It was also said in court that Habiba confronted him about their business deal, only for him to resort to beating her and threatened to kill her if she disturbs him again.

According to the prosecuting officer, the offences committed by Jim Iyke contravened sections 312, 265, 322, 397 and 309 of the Penal Code. When the charges were read to him in court, the bad-boy actor pleaded not guilty, like many accused used to do. His counsel, Esther Uzoma, then prayed the court to grant him bail on self recognition, while promising that he would not jump bail.

In his ruling, Chief Magistrate Okeagu Azubike granted the accused bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum. He however added that the sureties must be responsible Nigerians and reside within the jurisdiction of the court. The case was subsequently adjourned to December 9, for the substantive case.

Hmm, na wa o! No wonder buying clothes and international shopping has been so easy recently. Children will be children.
"Naijabb"

Veteran Actor Enebeli Elebuwa bows to Stroke : Needs Finacial help.

The famous Nigerian Movie actor Enebeli Elebuwa has been down with Stroke for the past one month. Informations confirm that he was admitted at the St. Luke’s hospital, Sabo, Yaba, Lagos. That is where He is presently receiving treatment from.

To further his treatment Enebeli Elebuwa calls for financial help from fans, well wishers and the Delta State Government.

Remember only prayers will not help, help with your substance as well as your prayers.

"Latestgist."