Merry Christmas from smallpickin !!!!
Xmas 2008 Gbedu !
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas from SmallPickin!!
Please enjoy this small gbedu while you celebrate the holiday.
Merry Christmas from smallpickin !!!!
Xmas 2008 Gbedu !
Merry Christmas from smallpickin !!!!
Xmas 2008 Gbedu !
TUFACE FEAT. R. KELLY OR R. KELLY FEAT. SHAGGY
R. kelly tell tubaba "o boy FLex na my song b dis o"...lol. Which version is better? You be the judge
Tuface feat. R. Kelly "Flex"
R. Kelly feat. Shaggy "Flex"
Tuface feat. R. Kelly "Flex"
R. Kelly feat. Shaggy "Flex"
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
NEWS UPDATE: 11yr Old Girl Beheaded for Ritual
By Tega Uloho
Just few weeks to the Christmas celebration, a little girl of about 11 years old, Miss Love Balogun of Egini Town in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State has been beheaded, ostensibly for ritual purposes by her cousin, Mr. Oyovwevotu Gberhere who owned up to the crime immediately he was caught. The incident took place in the early hours of Saturday December 6, 2008. Eyewitness account stated that Mr. Oyovwevotu Gberhere, in his late twenties and father of two, had beckoned on his little cousin under the guise of sending her on an errand that fateful day when the girl, was playing with her friends in the neighborhood.
But when hours later, the grandmother with whom the poor girl lived in Egini, could not find her grandchild, she raised an alarm and a search for the little girl commenced immediately. Those with whom she was playing in the compound volunteered that Miss Love left with her cousin, Oyovwevotu some hours earlier. In no time, Mr. Oyovwevotu Gberhere was found in a church with double edged knife screaming at the top of his voice "Omiriruakpore", meaning, "it has spread all over the world".
Our source added that Mr. Oyovwevotu was shouting like a man possessed with the spirit of insanity that, "what I was asked to do, I have done it. I have fulfilled my mission", he allegedly stated severally. Those who saw him in the church later discovered a black polythene bag in the altar and as soon as the bag was opened and the little girl's head discovered inside, Oyovwevotu, the alleged killer went wild, broke loose and jumped into the nearby bush. The whole town was shocked at the discovery and the Police at Ovwian Aladja Police Station were alerted immediately. The Police responded by arresting one Mr. Agbo and Mama Marie, close relations of the deceased and killer. The Community Chairman, Mr. Henry U g h w u j o h w o v w o quickly rallied the Community youths together to search for the girl's body and Mr. Oyovwevotu but the search, we gathered yielded no results.
The following day, being Sunday, Mr. Oyovwevotu was arrested by the Community youths in far away Ayagha Town in Ughelli South LGA and was quickly handed over to the Police, who immediately ordered the self confessed killer to lead a search party for the body. At about 12 noon on Sunday, the headless body of Miss Love Balogun was recovered from the bush where Oyovwevotu, according to his confession strangled her after abusing her sexually and later chopped off the head.
Back at the station, Mr. Oyovwevotu Gberhere confessed to killing his victim for ritual purposes as he was allegedly contracted to go for the head of anyone called "LOVE". According to the killer, "I searched everywhere for one to no avail. So, when I discovered that my cousin is called Love, I decided to go for her," he was alleged to have confessed. He gave the name of 7 people who, he alleged were accomplices to the crime, including the name of the Bishop of the church where the head was discovered. As at the time of filing this report, 3 of those who were allegedly involved, including the Bishop were already arrested. Miss Love Balogun, was the first of four children of late Mr. Vono Balogun, who died as a result of industrial accident at his place of work in 2005. The mother, we were told, decided to come and drop the 4 children with his husband's kinsmen a few months ago when things became difficult for her. Those who spoke to our correspondent believed however that Mr. Oyovwevotu Gberhere had traces of madness in him and that his confessions of notable people in the area may be a result of the spirit of insanity in him. Police investigations were still on going as at the time of filing this report.
Source
Just few weeks to the Christmas celebration, a little girl of about 11 years old, Miss Love Balogun of Egini Town in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State has been beheaded, ostensibly for ritual purposes by her cousin, Mr. Oyovwevotu Gberhere who owned up to the crime immediately he was caught. The incident took place in the early hours of Saturday December 6, 2008. Eyewitness account stated that Mr. Oyovwevotu Gberhere, in his late twenties and father of two, had beckoned on his little cousin under the guise of sending her on an errand that fateful day when the girl, was playing with her friends in the neighborhood.
But when hours later, the grandmother with whom the poor girl lived in Egini, could not find her grandchild, she raised an alarm and a search for the little girl commenced immediately. Those with whom she was playing in the compound volunteered that Miss Love left with her cousin, Oyovwevotu some hours earlier. In no time, Mr. Oyovwevotu Gberhere was found in a church with double edged knife screaming at the top of his voice "Omiriruakpore", meaning, "it has spread all over the world".
Our source added that Mr. Oyovwevotu was shouting like a man possessed with the spirit of insanity that, "what I was asked to do, I have done it. I have fulfilled my mission", he allegedly stated severally. Those who saw him in the church later discovered a black polythene bag in the altar and as soon as the bag was opened and the little girl's head discovered inside, Oyovwevotu, the alleged killer went wild, broke loose and jumped into the nearby bush. The whole town was shocked at the discovery and the Police at Ovwian Aladja Police Station were alerted immediately. The Police responded by arresting one Mr. Agbo and Mama Marie, close relations of the deceased and killer. The Community Chairman, Mr. Henry U g h w u j o h w o v w o quickly rallied the Community youths together to search for the girl's body and Mr. Oyovwevotu but the search, we gathered yielded no results.
The following day, being Sunday, Mr. Oyovwevotu was arrested by the Community youths in far away Ayagha Town in Ughelli South LGA and was quickly handed over to the Police, who immediately ordered the self confessed killer to lead a search party for the body. At about 12 noon on Sunday, the headless body of Miss Love Balogun was recovered from the bush where Oyovwevotu, according to his confession strangled her after abusing her sexually and later chopped off the head.
Back at the station, Mr. Oyovwevotu Gberhere confessed to killing his victim for ritual purposes as he was allegedly contracted to go for the head of anyone called "LOVE". According to the killer, "I searched everywhere for one to no avail. So, when I discovered that my cousin is called Love, I decided to go for her," he was alleged to have confessed. He gave the name of 7 people who, he alleged were accomplices to the crime, including the name of the Bishop of the church where the head was discovered. As at the time of filing this report, 3 of those who were allegedly involved, including the Bishop were already arrested. Miss Love Balogun, was the first of four children of late Mr. Vono Balogun, who died as a result of industrial accident at his place of work in 2005. The mother, we were told, decided to come and drop the 4 children with his husband's kinsmen a few months ago when things became difficult for her. Those who spoke to our correspondent believed however that Mr. Oyovwevotu Gberhere had traces of madness in him and that his confessions of notable people in the area may be a result of the spirit of insanity in him. Police investigations were still on going as at the time of filing this report.
Source
NEWS UPDATE: Ghana pipeline gets first Nigerian gas
Article By Kwasi Kpodo
ACCRA, Dec 13 (Reuters) - A new West African gas pipeline has begun pumping Nigerian gas to Ghana, where new gas-fired power generation should start up as early as January, companies involved in the project said.
ACCRA, Dec 13 (Reuters) - A new West African gas pipeline has begun pumping Nigerian gas to Ghana, where new gas-fired power generation should start up as early as January, companies involved in the project said.
The $620 million, 678 km (420 mile) pipeline has been built to transport natural gas from Nigeria's Niger Delta to Benin, Togo and Ghana to help ease chronic power shortages.
Ghana's Volta River Authority (VRA) power utility said in a statement late on Friday that the pipeline had been successfully filled and shut in, and the company was talking to suppliers to ensure continued flow once commissioning was completed.
VRA, which produces most of Ghana's electricity from the huge Volta dam, said on its website www.vra.com that it is increasing capacity at its Takoradi thermal plant to 660 MW from 550 MW, and switching from liquid fuel to gas to cut costs.
Frequent power cuts, especially in 2006, forced rolling blackouts across Ghana and reduced mining output from Africa's second biggest gold producer.
'This will ensure a reduction in the cost of production, as natural gas is cheaper than light crude oil that has been the source of fuel for the Takoradi plant since its construction 10 years ago,' VRA spokesman Kofi Asante Okai said in Friday's statement.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
NEWS UPDATE: Germans smash Nigerian human trafficking ring
A human trafficking ring that moved Nigerians into Germany has been broken up, with seven persons under suspicion of organised money laundering, trafficking and tax evasion, police said Friday.
Www.earthtimes.org reports that German authorities stumbled on the group when an unemployed Nigerian with a German home was discovered in May 2007 carrying 364,000 euros in cash through Madrid Airport in Spain. He could not explain its source.
German police then checked out his friends. The report stated that federal police in Wiesbaden said they raided 21 premises around the country, but none of the suspects had been put under arrest. They were accused of improperly obtaining a large number of visas at a German embassy outside Germany, enabling Nigerians to enter Germany, where they were forced to hand back their passports to the traffickers to be used again.
The migrants adopted false names and applied for political asylum in Germany. The gang allegedly laundered the money through various accounts or by buying mechanical items to export to Nigeria.
Monday, December 22, 2008
NEWS UPDATE: AY Is Comedian Of The Year •Gets New Car, N1m
Source
Upwardly mobile comedian, Ayo Makun a.k.a. AY, says that God’s mercy in his life and career shall endure forever, having won the comedian of the year award at the maiden edition of Diamond Awards for Comedy.
AY at the weekend won the prize which included a brand new Kia automobile and N1million cash, during a well-organised ceremony held at Planet One (De Event Place), Maryland, Lagos.
Dedicating the award to his mentor and king of comedy, Ali Baba, AY who attended the event with his wife and daughter, was full of thanks to God for blessing him throughout the year.
According to him, the award which he received exactly a week after a well-attended church wedding on Saturday 29 November crowns all his achievements in the year 2008.
“This is my year of breakthroughs, I am so happy. Early this year, God blessed me with a beautiful daughter, I bought a new car, my T.V. programme made its debut, I married my wife formally in the church just last week and now, I have won the award for Comedian of the Year."
“This year is indeed a year of breakthrough for me,” he said, promising not to rest on his oars.
AY was nominated in three other categories before he finally clinched the Comedian of the Year award.
Speaking after the ceremony, adjudged the best and only credible comedy awards ever organised, initiator of the event, Ms. Ladi Gombe, said her company will continue to build structures that will make the comedy awards unbeatable, even in years to come.
She noted that the award ceremony was borne out of her passion for the genre of comedy in Nigeria’s entertainment industry.
“This is for real and we shall make sure that the awards get a boost next year,” she added.
The awards continued and snowballed into an all-night party, where guests and award winners were given a treat at The Place, G.R.A., Ikeja.
NEWS UPDATE: Nigeria, Third Best in PeaceKeeping
By Tunde Sanni
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General AbdulRahman Dambazzau yesterday said the Nigerian Army has been ranked the third best peacekeeper in the world due to the military persistent contributions to peacekeeping in war-torn nations.
The COAS, who addressed men and officers of the 2nd Division of the Nigerian Army during a send forth party for him the division, said the military authority was not ready to compromise the position to indiscipline.
Dambazzau, who until his elevation on August, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the division, lamented the indiscipline, especially among the soldiers and urged them to wake up to the challenges of professionalism in the military or face the consequences.
He however blamed the level of indiscipline in the military to the faulty recruitment exercise in the past, which he said gave room for bad eggs to be enlisted in the military.
He decried the indiscipline in some soldiers who go outside the barracks, harass civilians and commit criminal acts which negate the objectives and mission of the Nigerian Army.
Dambazzau read the riot act to Senior Non-Commission Officers {SNCOs} to hold firmly the troops and platoons under their command or be sanctioned according to the military rule .
The COAS was particularly unhappy at the way some aggrieved soldiers ventilate their grievances through anonymous letters and text messages to superior officers to complain against the mismanagement of their allowances and traveling allowances.
He clarified that no senior officer could mismanage the claims and allowances as thery have been built into the salary of all respective soldiers.
His words, “some of us are being mischievous or misinformed. When the federal government increased the salary by 15 per cent, the Salary and Wages Commission had harmonized all the allowances and circulated it throughout the formations. But some soldiers started complaining that their allowances had been embezzled. This is not true”.
The COAS who described the style of complaint of the soldiers as “unmilitary act” reminded them that discipline is the bedrock of military and “without it, we can’t be able to defend the territorial integrity of the country”He reminded the soldiers of their mission to the country and pledged his determination to improve excellent civil-military relations, meet contemporary challenges through the effective utilization of available resources, high standards of training and discipline, adherence to military values, effective command and control and observance of the rule of law.
The COAS later paid a courtesy call on the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Samuel Odulana where he thanked the monarch for his support while at the headship of the 2 Div.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
NEWS UPDATE: Nigerian Economy in Trouble, FG Admits
Gbola Subair, Abuja
THE Federal Government has said that the economy faces real dangers next year. Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Remi Babalola, made this revelation at the last meeting of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) for 2008 at the weekend.
Babalola disclosed that the road to 2009 was full of potholes. He said the bottom line was that Nigeria had a challenging time ahead, stressing that “we must be courageous to come out a better structured economy.
“With strong economies going into recession and the whole global economy falling into lower growth, decoupling Nigerian economy from the global space is a non-starter. Deepening global downturn, shrinking capital flows and tightening credit conditions will task our fiscal ingenuity in 2009,” Bablola said.
Babalola, who added that the risks to the economic outlook were real, said “we need to be realistic, pragmatic and futuristic about our policy effectiveness.”
The minister, likening the outgoing year to a chapter in a good book, said as in many books, 2008 had certainly been full of many surprises, with some interesting turns of anxiety and uncertainty.
He said the government had been through some challenging times this year, especially with dwindling oil prices and the budget, stressing further that there had been many satisfying accomplishments along the way.
According to him, the government succeeded in resolving all outstanding issues emanating from Paris Club debt exit payments.
“We also resolved and implemented the holding of FAAC meetings not later than the 16th of every month to facilitate prompt payment of salaries and immediate fund utilisation nationwide. The decision to discontinue debiting beneficiaries with bank charges by the NCS and FIRS was also made in the year,” the minister said.
Source
THE Federal Government has said that the economy faces real dangers next year. Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Remi Babalola, made this revelation at the last meeting of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) for 2008 at the weekend.
Babalola disclosed that the road to 2009 was full of potholes. He said the bottom line was that Nigeria had a challenging time ahead, stressing that “we must be courageous to come out a better structured economy.
“With strong economies going into recession and the whole global economy falling into lower growth, decoupling Nigerian economy from the global space is a non-starter. Deepening global downturn, shrinking capital flows and tightening credit conditions will task our fiscal ingenuity in 2009,” Bablola said.
Babalola, who added that the risks to the economic outlook were real, said “we need to be realistic, pragmatic and futuristic about our policy effectiveness.”
The minister, likening the outgoing year to a chapter in a good book, said as in many books, 2008 had certainly been full of many surprises, with some interesting turns of anxiety and uncertainty.
He said the government had been through some challenging times this year, especially with dwindling oil prices and the budget, stressing further that there had been many satisfying accomplishments along the way.
According to him, the government succeeded in resolving all outstanding issues emanating from Paris Club debt exit payments.
“We also resolved and implemented the holding of FAAC meetings not later than the 16th of every month to facilitate prompt payment of salaries and immediate fund utilisation nationwide. The decision to discontinue debiting beneficiaries with bank charges by the NCS and FIRS was also made in the year,” the minister said.
Source
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