Xtopher Ephraim's Blog: September 2014

28 Sept 2014

The Hidden Secrets Behind Ekiti State Crisis, FINALLY REVEALED

As the political crisis in Ekiti deepens, allegations are rife that the plan to judicially stop governor-elect, Ayodele Fayose, from taking over the reins of power, is a self-preservation battle.

A senior citizen of the state told newsmen that he was already making efforts to open the eyes of Governor Kayode Fayemi to the alleged agenda of those involved, which he said was purely selfish.

The elder statesman who said he never supported Fayose, disclosed that some of those behind the plot had allegedly been managing properties belonging to the state in the last four years, without allegedly remitting any money into the coffers of the state.
Though he was convinced that the state could still re-elect Fayemi after Fayose’s tenure, he disclosed that the fear of imminent probe of the handling of funds accruing from the properties was the underlying objective of the suit seeking to stop Fayose from being governor.

Keeping a man faithful is not as difficult as it may appear at first. For starters, most of them want to be true to their spouses, but for that extra boost to ensure fidelity, try these steps.

Respect him as you would want him to respect you

Remind him from time to time why he's your man. In other words, take the time to make him feel special as if he's the only one in your life. Tell him how handsome he is every now and then.

Validate your man on a daily basis. Whether he works outside of the house, is currently unemployed or a stay-at-home Dad, (if you're married) your man still needs to feel like a man. You know he is, make sure he knows it as well.

MVP made its glamorous debut into the nightlife scene of Lagos on Friday Sept 26th with a very well attended and mind blowing All White Party.

The celebrities/elites that attended the Grand Opening included Ramsey Noah, Alibaba, Jay Jay Okocha, Ebube Nwangbo, Funke Akindele, Oge Okoye, Uti Nwachukwu, Seyi Law, Solidstar, Patoranking, Juliet Ibrahim, Toyin Aimakhu, Harrysong, DJ Jimmy Jatt, Alexx Ekubo, Gbenro Ajibade, IK Ogbona, Yomi Casual, Elenu, Chief Joe Penawou, Timi Alaibe, The Ibrus, Engr Abiye Membere, Hon. Warman Ogoriba, Simbi Wabote, Engr Billy Agha, Tony Attah, Engr Gilbert Odior, Nosa Omorodion, Amaju Pinnick,, Chairman Lekki Gardens, Chaiman Haven Homes, Chairman Dilly Motors, E-Money and AIG Alapini (RTD) and many others. See the pics after the cut...

Beyonce and Jay Z are still going strong after their Run the World Tour.She surprised fans by joining him onstage at Global Citizen Festival.
The most interesting thing is, she is back to wearing her diamond wedding ring which was noticeably absent for months.

Maybe its time to believe those reports that it was all a set up to sell concert tickets and be constantly in the news..

Its funny that while the media shredded their relationship to pieces, looking for dirt,the ones who were actually having issues (Amber/Wiz, Jason Durelo/Jordin Sparks)were projected as crazy in love..

The Australian priest who tried to negotiate the release of the over 200 Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram,says he will in due course name ‘bigger sponsors’ of the sect.

Dr.Stephen Davis who has already named former governor of Borno state, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, and former chief of army staff, Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, as backers of the sect opened up to The Cable, dismissing insinuation that Boko Haram commanders named the All Progressives Congress (APC) as their sponsor.

“ I have been in close contact with the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) and Boko Haram over several years. In that time, I have never heard any political party mentioned by any Boko Haram leader as funding or being associated with Boko Haram,”

“The JAS leaders and Boko Haram commanders have only mentioned individuals like former Governor Sheriff. I heard Sheriff was APC and now PDP but his political party is irrelevant to me. I have never mentioned political parties in my discussions with the JAS and Boko Haram. The names of individual sponsors were given by Boko Haram leaders, not their political party association.”

America’s Most (and Least) Educated States

The proportion of Americans with a college degree has increased steadily each year for more than a decade. According to the latest U.S. Census data, 29.6% of Americans at least 25 years old had at least a bachelor’s degree last year, up from 27.9% in 2009.

Chrysler Group has ordered a recall of 349,442 cars and SUVs from the 2008 model year to fix faulty ignition switches that can move out of position and potentially could lead to the engine shutting off while driving and air bags not functioning.

Chrysler says ignitions keys on certain vehicles may not fully return to the "on" position after they are turned to start the engine. Instead, the key ends up between the "on" and "start" position. In that case, the windshield defroster and windshield wipers won't work.

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On Wednesday we learned that Amber Rose filed for divorce from Wiz Khalifa, her husband of one year.

AND TODAY SHE’S TAKEN TO TWITTER TO CLEAR UP SOME RUMORS:

Please stop with the fake stories. I would never ever ever cheat on my husband in a million years I think u guys know this.....

Syria airstrikes disrupted planned terror attacks

The airstrikes Monday in Syria disrupted major terror attacks planned against U.S. and western targets, Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, said Tuesday.

The Khorasan terror group, an al-Qaeda-affliated terror organization, had established training camps in Syria and had been developing improvised explosive devices for use in attacks.

The airstrikes successfully hit their camp, said Army Lt. Gen. William Mayville, director of operations of the Joint Staff. However, he said assessment of the damage done to the group is still under way.

To no one's surprise, reality caught up with reality pioneers Kris Jenner and Bruce Jenner: After nearly a year of separation, the Kardashian clan's mom and stepdad are making their split official.

16-year-old Cole Custer, becomes youngest winner in NASCAR

Cole Custer became the youngest winner in Camping World Truck Series history as the 16-year-old dominated the UNOH 175 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday.

Custer started from the pole and triumphed in his seventh truck start to supplant Erik Jones, who won at Phoenix last November as a 17-year-old, as the youngest winner in a NASCAR national touring series. He led 148 of 175 laps.

Arsenal scores three goals in 192 seconds against Aston Villa

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After four weeks in the Premier League, Aston Villa is easily the most surprising team on the table, sitting second with 10 points. Villa started the year with wins over Stoke, Hull City and Liverpool, racking up more than a fourth of their entire season point total from last year in the first four games alone. It all came undone in the first half against Arsenal Saturday.

Midfielder Mesut Özil, facing increased expectations from fans and the media after winning a World Cup over the summer, hasn’t quite lived up to the hype in Arsenal’s first few games. He scored his first goal of the year in the 32nd minute, coolly finishing off a 1-on-1 with United States goalkeeper Brad Guzan.

Actress Ayo Adesanya says contrary to popular reports, says she doesn't bleach her skin. In an interview published on Punch today, Ayo said what she has is sun burns which most people confuse for skin bleaching ...

"No I do not bleach my skin. When you see somebody that bleaches, you will know. I have sun burns and it is not a hidden thing. I have tried a lot of things to make it fade away but it has refused and I have come to terms with it. I would never bleach my skin, a lot of people get confused about it but I don’t get bothered. I don’t owe anybody an explanation but when you meet me in person, you can always make up your mind"

Singer Praiz says marriage is not in the cards for him right now and said when he's ready to settle down, it won't be with any girl in the entertainment industry..

"I don't intend to marry anyone in the industry. I want my love life to be different from what you see on the screen" he said

"Marriage is not something one just rushes into. I can't say because everyone is getting married, I should now rush into marriage. It's a deal forever. Basically, I am just focused on my musical career" he said

Mario Balotelli drove to Liverpool training on Thursday in his £240,000 (about N65million) Ferrari F12 Berlinetta which he shipped from Italy last week. The 24 year old footballer moved from AC Milan to Liverpool in a £16million switch last month.

Dr Sid, born Sidney Onoriode Esiri no doubt is now one of the leading musicians ruling the Nigerian airwaves.

A dentist turned songwriter and singer, Sidney hails from Delta State but grew up in Lagos.

His legendary hits include Pour Something and recently Surulere under Mavins Records.

He also featured in the reigning hit Dorobucci, a hit number done by his friend and boss, Don Jazzy.

He just recently got married to his girlfriend and long time fiancée Simi Osomo. In this exclusive interview with Potpourri, he talks about his career, music and more:

What have you been up to?

I just got married so I’ve been up to that lately but musically, we’re working on promoting some more singles off the Seduction album.

Keyshia Cole who is separated from her husband,NBA baller Boobie Gibson, has officially confirmed she and Cash Money boss, Birdman are an item. However, she did this in the worst way ever after beating a woman she caught at his condo.She was then arrested. According to TMZ

It's no news that Nigerians have complained over the high cost of tuition fees for private universities,especially those owned by Churches.The founder of the Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo, has defended the tuition fees charged by schools owned by the church, describing the provision of quality education as an expensive venture. While addressing journalists on Friday in Ota, Ogun State, at a media chat organised in commemoration of his 60th birthday coming up on September 27, 2014.He said

“I’m sure we all agree that education is expensive. Education carries cost; nothing of
value is free. Our mission for years long, before we started any university or secondary school, was a bursary awarding church and we have not stopped doing that till tomorrow.

Our problem most of the time is priority; an average Nigerian can spend N1m on burial but to spend N200,000 on education (is a problem), because of wrong priority. On a yearly basis, we have N1.5trn that Nigerians spend to overseas universities, so people thrive on it. Nigerians spend N463bn a month on recharge cards, how much are they paying for schools fees? So it’s all a matter of priority. This is the largest market for telephone in the world. Now, to pay N500,000, some people have only one son, they have huge business and houses all over the places, they will never pay it.”

Ben Affleck admits to counting cards

Yup, he was counting cards, but that's not cheating, that's just being really, really good at blackjack, saysBen Affleck in the new Details.

Scottish voters decided they are better off remaining part of the United Kingdom, a blow against independence that produced a huge sigh of relief in London and averted an uncertain future for the country.

"The people of Scotland have spoken and it is a clear result. They have kept our country of four nations together, and like millions of other people, I am delighted," Prime Minister David Cameron said in a news conference from 10 Downing Street. "It would have broken my heart to see our United Kingdom come to an end."

With Scotland's 307-year-old marriage with England hanging in the balance, polls had indicated a tight race. However, the No vote made a decisive victory as the independence referendum was defeated 55% to 45% amid an unprecedented high voter turnout of 84% of the 4.2 million who had registered to vote.

2 confirmed dead in petrol tanker fire in Calabar

http://www.truyan.com/2014/09/2-confirmed-dead-in-petrol-tanker-fire.html

Two unidentified persons were killed on Wednesday following an explosion that occurred after a tanker laden with petrol exploded close to the Eburutu Army Barracks end of the Murtala Mohammed Highway in Calabar, Cross River State.

The incident, which happened at about 1.30pm, left pedestrians, commuters and transporters stranded for hours as the intensity of the inferno, which also spread to nearby buildings, slowed down movements in and out of the state capital.

It was learnt that the two dead victims were the driver and the conductor of one the petrol laden tankers.

The driver was burnt to ashes on his seat, while the conductor was flung out of the vehicle.

A large number of sympathisers gathered helplessly to watch the inferno before the arrival of fire fighters 40 minutes after the accident had occurred. Two buildings and two vehicles ─ Audi 80 and Peugeot 505 ─ were also burnt by the fire.

No fewer than fifteen soldiers who refused orders to report at the war front in Adamawa State have faced a court-martial and have been sentenced to four year jail terms.

The sentencing of the officers, who had been in detention for over three weeks, was done on Wednesday, 18 September, at the 23rd Armoured Brigade, in Yola by the military command.

The men were found guilty of insubordination and refusal to face the Boko Haram insurgents in the northern parts of the state.

A military source disclosed that the affected soldiers were those who ran away when Boko Haram attacked their duty posts and fled back to the cantonment.

Fresh single from Zucee titled "Monkey No Fine" Zucee a young talented artiste who started is music career with a band called Unique Band in Port Harcourt where he was born. Zucee is signed on to Yah Records and his currently working on his album. Enjoy below...

Happy birthday to 2face baba, plus his wife's lovely B'day message

Happy birthday to our legendary singer, 2face Idibia. Wishing him many more successful years ahead

Runtown drops video for ‘Baby Answer’

Douglas Jack Agwu otherwise called ‘Runtown’ has officially released the visual to his new classic tune ‘baby Answer’. The video was shot in Los Angeles, by award winning cinematographer, Sesan.

Runtown who is billed to headline the Naija Nite concert in Nairobi on November 1st is currently signed on to Eric Manny records, and he’s currently putting finishing touches on his debut album scheduled to drop in 2015. Enjoy the video...

FG defends $9.3m cash seized in SA, releases data on transaction

Nigerian Government has defended the controversial $9.3million seized from a private jet by South African immigration on September 5th. In a diplomatic discussion it opened with the South African government yesterday September 16th, FG said they are aware of the deal (money was meant to procure arms) and have presented documents on the transaction process to the South African govt as proof that the entire operation involving the seized aircraft belonging to CAN president, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, was genuine.

A source who spoke with Vanguard confirmed the on-going discussion between the two governments and said the seized aircraft has been released by the South African government. The source added that the money was seized following failure by Nigerian delegates to declare the money at South African airport

Beyoncé Shows No Sign of Pregnancy in Latest Bikini Shots

Beyonce posts bikini photos amid pregnancy rumors (Beyonce.com)

We guess the answer is no?

Beyoncé was hit with another round of pregnancy rumors after unconfirmed online reports recently claimed that Jay Z revealed the happy news during their "On the Run" tour stop in Paris. The rapper allegedly changed a "Beach Is Better" lyric over the weekend to say, "cause she's pregnant with another one."

Why Lady Gaga feels 'very humbled' today

Most celebrities (see: Carter, Nick; Sheen, Charlie) use social media to complain.

Kate! Anna! Charlotte! Peep the best looking front row ever

Anna Wintour, Kate Moss and Charlotte Casiraghi at the Gucci fashion show.
AP Photo/Luca Bruno

See the first photo from Lauren Conrad's wedding!

Us Weekly

It’s hard to make out the dress, but Lauren Conrad looks all glowy and happy on her wedding day to William Tell.

Her long, wavy hair is the perfect complement to Conrad’s brand of California cool, with the blingy hairpiece adding in some Hollywood glamour.

Speaking with journalists today September 16th in Abuja, President Jonathan appealed to members of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT to return to the classrooms on Sept. 22 as there is no known case of Ebola in the country at the moment. Below is what he said...

"We have been able to manage Ebola and the whole world is happy with us and we must tell the whole world that we have managed Ebola and no Nigerian should be segregated because of Ebola. In fact Osun State was to have their festival and the news came to me to cancel it I said no, Ebola is no longer a threat in Nigeria and we must tell the world that we have been able to contained Ebola."

Yes, Ebola is in the West Coast, it could happen in Ghana, it‎ could happen in Senegal or any of the West African countries or beyond but they have not closed down their institutions. If we still have Ebola definitely we will not open any of our institutions but we don’t have Ebola. I dare ask is NUT ‎saying that until the world is able to end Ebola is Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone before Nigeria should open our institutions? It is not right. Government is not a fool, it is not any labour body that asked us to take that decision, we took it because we felt that we must protect our citizens.

According to new reports,the doctor who performed a biopsy on Joan Rivers’ vocal cords stopped to take a selfie in the procedure room while she was under anesthesia and just moments before she went into cardiac arrest last month.

A member of staff at Manhattan's Yorkville Endoscopy clinic told investigators about the physician's questionable behavior.

Rivers, 81, was at the clinic for a scheduled endoscopy by another doctor, gastroenterologist Dr. Lawrence Cohen. That procedure, intended to help diagnose her hoarse voice and sore throat, involved the insertion of a camera down her throat.After Cohen, the clinic's medical director, finished his work, a biopsy was done on Rivers without her prior consent, according to the source.

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