American Newspaper Names Goodluck Jonathan the 'International Person of the Year 2015'

Former President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has been honoured by a globally recognised magazine that focuses on African affairs.

Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

 

The African Sun Times, Africa’s number one and largest newspaper in America, has announced its Persons-of-the-Year, as well as the Corporate Social Responsibility Company of the Year.

 

The categories the newspaper has chosen this year include International Person of the Year, African Statesman of the Year, Corporate Social Responsibility Company of the Year, Pan-African Person of the Year, Diaspora Person of the Year, Most Influential Person of the Year Under 40, and the African Tourism Ambassador of the Year.

 

Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, received the honourary award of the International Person of the Year, 2015. The Nigerian leader shocked the whole world by swiftly calling current Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on phone to concede defeat in the March 29, 2015 Nigerian presidential election, thereby stopping the predictions of violent bloodshed in Nigeria, and keeping his words that he would not allow the blood of a Nigerian to be shed to further his political ambitions.

 

President Jonathan must be applauded for creating a solid foundation for the growth of democracy in Africa. The world has started to recognize President Jonathan’s courageous act.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike to Bow to Supreme Court Ruling

Wike seems to be leaving no room for surprises following the annulment of the gubernatorial election which brought about his emergence as governor.

Nyesom Wike

 

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has told his loyalist that he has braced up to accept the verdict from the appeal he filed at the Supreme Court challenging the annulment of his mandate at the Election Tribunal and the Appeal Court, according to P.M news.

Wike also admonished all his political loyalists, especially members of the National Assembly and the state assembly who lost their mandates at elections Appeal Court never to condemn judges and the judgments of the courts of law simply because they did not favour them.

He said that it is wrong for politicians to hail judges and their judgments whenever they favour them and condemn whenever verdicts are unfavourable. Wike then charged the state candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to be confident because they will still emerge victorious, citing the commitment of the party to the wellbeing of the people as their biggest arsenal.

He further declared that the people are waiting for the total deployment of card readers, saying that the defeated APC in Rivers state will not win any unit because the APC and its sponsors have since betrayed the people.

Wike’s optimism was expressed at the New Year Banquet, the first under his administration.

The ceremony attracted former governors, state and federal legislators, national and state party officials and critical stakeholders of Rivers state.

Meet the Top Police Officer Trending Online for Public Show of Appreciation for His Wife (Photos)

This is so cool!..a Nigerian Police officer's public show of affection towards his wife, has drawn plaudits and shows another side of the Nigerian Police Force.

 

A Deputy Superintendent of Police at the Nigerian Police Force, Abdullahi Bala Rano, who is also a devout muslim, is trending online and on social media for being a supportive husband and for his public display of affection and appreciation for his wife.

 

The photos which were shared via his Facebook was captioned; "If she can hold and back my child why can’t I hold her bag?." 

 

 

The reaction from the post has been mainly positive with Nigerians all over the world commending him. This is really positive for the Nigerian Police Force too, as it definitely showed another side of their life.

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Omg! 81-year-old Woman Squanders $25,000 on Breast Enlargement to Look More Attractive to Men

An 81-year-old Chinese woman has done the unbelievable after she was sweet-tongued by a telemarketer into squandering over $25,000 on breast enlargement to be attractive with men.

 

An elderly Chinese woman has spent more than Ksh2.6 million (USD25,000) on breast-enhancement pills and other health products over a six-month period after being exploited by a telemarketer.

 

According to the Shangaiist, the 81-year-old retired teacher identified as Ms Wang lives alone in the city of Hanzhong, Shaanxi province in China. The website noted that Ms Wang had lived comfortably on her retirement income but when she recently began borrowing money from relatives on numerous occasions, her daughter, Ms Feng, got curious and investigated the new behaviour.

 

“She receives her retirement income and normally we give her some money, but I had no idea why she needed money from our relatives,” said Feng.

 

Ms Feng discovered that her mother has been spending all her money on health products, which were recommended to her by a friendly telemarketer.

 

“We’ve confiscated eight mobile phones from her in order to stop her from buying these health products,” she added.

 

The telemarketer reportedly took time to shower the elderly woman with affection, and he kept her company on the phone while she was lonely. Ms Wang began to enjoy the attention from the telemarketer and she bought all the health products recommended to her. Within six months, the elderly woman was conned into spending about USD25,000 on products, which included many breast enlargement pills and other products that health experts consider unfit for use by the elderly.

 

Wang’s 15-square-meter apartment is now full with a huge pile of health products, many of which remain unopened. The incident prompted her daughter to make an official complaint with the city’s Consumer Complaints Center. Cang Hongjie, director of the complaints center, said Wang had started to buy the health products after reading a magazine advertisement. The marketing company responsible for selling the products had reportedly used flattery and promises of small favors to encourage Wang to buy the products, Cang said.

 

Since the company only sold the goods, and relied on another company to distribute the products, it would be difficult to investigate the matter further, Cang stated. However, police managed to track down and contact the telemarketing company who finally agreed to take back all unopened products and reimburse Mrs Wang a total of USD17,804 (Ksh1.8 million).

I Didn't Bleach My Skin - Nollywood Actor Frederick Leonard Explains How He Suddenly Became Light Skinned

Addressing rumours of skin bleaching, Nollywood actor, Frederick Leonard has explained the change in his skin complexion.

Nollywood Actor, Frederick Leonard (before photo)

 

Nollywood actor, Frederick Leonard has said he never toned nor bleached his skin, but life only got better and he changed his moisturizer.

 

According to Frederick, there comes a time in a man’s life that he has to hustle, and when things get better, he will relax and everything changes about him including his skin. i.e, he won’t need to stay longer in the sun like he used too.

 

In his interview with Punch, when he was asked is it true that you bleached your skin, He said: "There will always be speculation. When you start out life as a young man and hustle like everyone, you are bound to have pimples, look skinny or scruffy. But when life gets better; you change your moisturiser and no longer have to stay too long under the sun, one is bound to look fresher than normal. That is when people speculate that you bleach."

 

Frederick Leonard (current  photo)

 

"I did not bleach my skin and the only way to prove it is to show critics my childhood pictures. I think their speculations are as a result of their level of understanding and I forgive them. My mum is dark-skinned while my dad was fair in complexion."

$2bn Arms Deal: Dasuki's Lawyer Pleads With President Buhari...See Details

Counsel to the embattled former National Security Adviser, Dasuki Sambo has sent a fresh appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari over the controversial $2billion shady arms procurement deal.

Former National Security Adviser, Dasuki Sambo

 

Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ahmed Raji,who is defending the former National Security Adviser, Dasuki Sambo, over the weekend pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to allow all accused persons in the $2bn arms deal scandal, who have been granted court bail to go and enjoy their bail.

 

Raji, who spoke with told Daily Trust said that he was too small to join words with the president.

 

He said: “On the isolated case of my client- Sambo Dasuki, I plead with the President to allow him to enjoy his bail. I am too small to join words with the president of the country, I will only plead that he allows him to go on bail,” he said.

 

Raji who had secured bail for the former NSA in three different courts said, “in law, we have judicial review of administrative actions. We don’t have executive review of judicial decisions. That is why I would beg the president to allow all those that have been granted bail to go and enjoy it,” he said.