Ukraine’s president open to early vote, Polish leader says; scores reported killed in clashes

As the bloodiest day in Ukraine’s long-running crisis drew to a close with protesters unbowed, President Viktor Yanukovych told European foreign ministers Thursday that he would be open to early elections if that would restore peace.
One of those ministers tweeted that the mood in the presidential offices when he arrived — with explosions occurring nearby and black smoke swirling in the air outside — was “panicky.”
With an official death toll for the day of 75 and several dozen Interior Ministry troops captured by protesters after a truce Wednesday night lasted only a few hours, shocked members of Yanukovych’s Party of Regions began deserting him during a hastily called extraordinary session of parliament. They joined with others in passing a resolution calling on the police to pull back and not to use firearms.

Why Sanusi Lamido Was Suspended: The Financial Reporting Council Report That Nailed Him

President Jonathan's decision to suspend CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi yesterday Feb. 20th was based on a report of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, FRCR dated June 7, 2013. In the report, FRCR ripped apart the 2012 audited financial statement of CBN and exposed what it termed as 'fraud', 'clear display of incompetence',and  'excesses and wastefulness of Sanusi and the CBN.'

The 13-page report claimed a whooping N1.257 billion was spent for 'lunch for policemen'. There were also bogus payments to airlines to distribute currency nationwide. The FRCR also claimed CBN has held an account with a balance of N1.423b for an unknown customer since 2008. The report had recommended the sack of Sanusi and his deputy. Full report below...

Tinubu’s daughter reopens market, demands APC cards

Abibatu Mogaji Model Market, popularly called Iponri Market in Lagos State, has been opened 10 days after it was locked up by the state’s market leader, Folashade Tinubu-Ojo.

It was learnt that the market was opened, after each trader paid between N500 and N1, 000 as fine, while those who did not pay the money as of Saturday, were fined N5,000.

Market sources said while Tinubu-Ojo demanded N5m from the traders before the market was opened, those she sent to open it made an extra demand of N200,000, but the traders bargained and paid N50,000.

Karen Igho: Am Now Cancer Free

On December 18th 2013, BBA winner and actress Karen Igho discovered that she had cancer. She left Nigeria shortly afterwards to the UK for treatment. She took to twitter this afternoon to announce that she's cancer free. We thank God.

Museveni's Oil Bet

                    

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 30, 2014.

 

Feeble and gaunt from the illness that has eaten away at his body, Fideli Donge wobbled onto the porch of his mud-and-straw home, which is hidden by short palm trees off an isolated, craterous dirt road used mostly by barefooted pedestrians and the occasional bodaboda, an East African motorbike taxi. He’s in his 60s, he thinks, but a lifetime of hard labor and poverty has left him looking closer to 90. A few months ago, as Donge lay bedridden, and as his children and grandchildren -- he has 52 altogether -- worked the 20-acre farm that his family has owned for nearly half a century, men from the local municipality in his western Uganda village knocked at his door. 

Wizkid- First Nigerian Artiste To Hit A Million Twitter Followers

Omotola Ekehinde has been the Nigerian Facebook queen with over a million followers and sensational singer, Wizkid has joined her in another social platform, Twitter where he has hit a million followers, he had become the first Nigerian artiste to achieve such a feat within a short time.

J Martins Shares New Photos of His Son, Baby Jason

Nigerian hitmaker and super producer J Martins just recently welcomed his baby son into the world! Showing off a previously unseen doting side of him, the doting father yesterday released pictures of baby Jason, who was born exactly 2 weeks ago, to the world. Nicknamed ‘J Eto’o Fils’, the young tyke looks unbearably cute in his Chelsea FC outfit, mirroring his father’s love for the club as well as his belief that his son will grow up to be footballing star. Congrats J Martins..

President Jonathan Donate 50million Naira To Nigerian Supporters Club

President Jonathan yesterday, wednesday announced the release of N50million to members of the Nigerian Football Supporters Club as they prepare to go cheer the National team in the forthcoming Brazil World Cup tournament which starts in June.

 

In a ceremony where he was decorated as the Grand Patron of the Nigerian Football Supporters Club, President Jonathan said his administration will not relent in giving the support required to sports men and women to excel in all international football competitions, this by extension includes the Nigerian football supporters club. He also promised to seek the assistance of private organizations to help sponsor and bring more supporters to Brazil during the football challenge. More pics after cut..

Photos. BRIT AWARDS LONDON

     

Singer Jessie J poses with fans as she arrives for the BRIT Awards, celebrating British pop music, at the O2 Arena in London February 19, 2014.  More pics after cut..

Exclusive Pictures Of Beyonce From The BRIT Awards In London

Beyonce dazzled in a glittering long midnight blue Vrettos Vrettakos dress as she took to the stage at the BRIT Awards last night to perform her new song XO at London's O2 Arena. More pics and list of winners after cut..

Zenith Bank MD Godwin Emefiele Picked As New CBN Governor By President Jonathan

 

President Jonathan has picked the current Managing Director of Zenith Bank Godwin Emefiele to replace Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. His name has been forwarded to the Senate for confirmation. 

Photos: Genevieve, Mikel Obi Step Out Together..Into A Private Jet In South Africa

Movie star, Genevieve Nnaji and Mikel Obi have been spotted together.

The two Nigerian public figures were pictured yesterday, Tuesday, February 18, 2014 and it is believed that the pictures were taken in South Africa.

However, we cannot categorically state what took them to the former apartheid country, but for now, we will keep watching as events unfold.More pics after cut..

Apple Has Already Released the iWatch

Almost exactly a year ago, the blog AppleInsider revealed concept drawings of an iWatch, a wearable device rumored to be in development by Apple. Pundits and tech enthusiasts had been gossiping about the iWatch since at least 2010, but for years its very existence had been hypothetical. Information about the project had come in abundant supply and scant substance.

AppleInsider’s post had plenty of substance: It pulled its pictures directly from an Apple patent filing dated Feb. 21, 2013. Either Apple was hard at work on a wrist-based device, or it was stacking paper at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office purely to misdirect the press and its competitors. At least something seemed to be in the planning stages at 1 Infinite Loop.

6 Stroke Risk Factors All Women Should Know

For the first time in history, stroke-prevention guidelines have been released for women. And there is a good reason why we're being singled out. More than half of the 795,000 strokes that happen in the US annually occur in women. In addition, a recent study in the journal Neurology found that women’s quality of life post-stroke is worse than men’s. Our hormones, pregnancies, childbirth, as well as other gender-specific factors put us higher risk of this potentially fatal blockage in the brain. Read on to see how you can lower your stroke risk.

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