Aminu Tambuwal, Bukola Saraki Donate Blood To Bomb Blast Victims

House of Reps speaker, Aminu Tambuwal and former Kwara State governor, Bukola Saraki this afternoon donated blood to victims of Nyanya bomb blasts in Abuja. People who were there said more Nigerians have been coming in to donate blood. So amazing. More photos after the cut...

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In Nsukka, Power Outage Makes Phone Battery Chargers Smile To Bank

Service providers in Nsukka, Enugu State in eastern Nigeria, who charge telephone batteries for people in exchange for money now smile to the banks as many people now depend on them.
Called “telephone battery chargers’’ they have been making brisk businesses as a result of the perennial power outage in the town
Mr Julius Mbah, who operates at Odenigbo Road, in this university town, said that the worsening power supply had made his customers to increase.
“As result of prolonged power outage in the town which is about a week now, many residents now patronise us to enable them to make use of their phones.
“Since this power problem deteriorated, I now make N1000 profit daily after removing the money I use in buying fuel and other expenses.
“Because of the profit I make, I opened another centre at Onuiyi where I employed somebody. I open round 7a.m. and close around 9 p.m.,” he said.
Another “charger’’, Mr Sunday Eze, corroborated Mbah’s claim that the business was now more lucrative than when he started in 2010.
“Since the power problem worsened, I have recorded much gain from this business, though l at times run into the problem of impersonation as some fraudulent person often collect other people’s batteries.
“For instance, in the last two weeks, I paid for two Nokia phone batteries which some impersonators collected.
“That is why I now give numbered cards to my customers which they must present before they can collect their batteries,’’ he said.
Mr kennedy Ani, who operates at Ogurugu Road, said he would be happy if the poor power supply would continue to enable him make more gains.
“Do you know that some people, who looked down on us as mere phone battery chargers, now want to join in this business because it is now lucrative.
“People do not only charge their phone batteries, some bring their rechargeable torch, lantern and their laptops for charging.
“I charge N30 for phone batteries, N50 for reachable lantern and N70 for laptops. I must confess, we are making brisk businesses as result of constant power outage,’’ he said.
A customer, who identified himself as Mrs Chinyere Ugwu, said she had spent a lot of money charging her phones as all the members of her family charge their phones outside because of power outage.
“We stay at times for five day to two weeks without public power supply. I am trying to influence my husband to buy a small generator because we cannot continue spending money everyday to charge our phone batteries.’’
When contacted, an engineer in Nsukka Business District of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), who pleaded anonymity said the problem was not from them as they only distribute what they get from those in generation.
“We are not happy that our customers are complaining everyday of poor supply; the problem is from generation, our customers should bear with us.
“I also use generator in my house, everybody is suffering it,’’ he said




Source: PM News


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Photo: Fire Guts PDP National Secretariat In Abuja

The headquarters of the PDP, Wadata House in Wuse Zone 2 Abuja was gutted by fire around 8.15pm last night. A section of the building, which the party uses as its press center, was completely razed.

The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisah Metuh, confirmed the incident and said it was not sabotage, but electrical fault. He said the fire started from an air-conditioning unit in one of the cabins and had been put under control by men of the Federal Fire Service.

“The PDP rules out any form of sabotage or attack and hereby wishes to inform all our members and teeming supporters that the fire has since been put under control,’’ Metuh said in a short statement.

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Timaya Explodes! I Scored 17 In JAMB, Education Not For Me But For You

Rave of the moment, Ukwu master, Timaya has made an open confession during his performance over the weekend in Uyo that education is not for him, but for you. He said he gave up when he scored 17 in JAMB, but still thinks education is good and advised people to get it. But for him, it’s a capital NO.

“Education is not for me, it is important, yes, but not for me. I scored 17 in JAMB, that's when I gave up. I don’t have the brain for education but for those of you who do, please do it, its good.” he said.





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CASH FLOW: Atletico Madrid Must Pay Chelsea €6M To Play Courtois

Both teams are into the semifinals and should they be drawn together, Courtois will have to sit out the games. A clause in his loan deal means Atletico would have to pay a penalty to field the Belgian against Chelsea. It’s claimed Atletico would have to part with €6 million for Courtois to face Chelsea.

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Both teams are into the semifinals of the champions league and should they be drawn together, Courtois will have to sit out of the game. A clause in his loan deal means Atletico will have to pay a penalty to field the Belgian and Chelsea star. It's claimed that the Spanish club will have to part with €6M for Courtois to face Chelsea.

 Courtois is a fantastic young goal keeper that will give Hazard and his colleagues a run for their money. So it is better chelsea leave the money and allow Courtois miss the game because the big ear cup is worth more than €6M.

RIB is a die hard Chelsea fan, my blood is blue.




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Happy Birthday To A Great Blogger, Mojisola Delano

Mojisola Delano is a Lagos based blogger and entrepreneur. She is the blogger behind www.mojidelano.blogspot.com, an entertainment and gossip site.

RIBers i want you all to know that without Mojisola RIB wouldn't have birthed. She was instrumental in the establishment of this site, Rhodwell Ike's Blog [RIB].

I want the whole world to celebrate Mojisola for me, she is a woman of great substance.

Mojisola Delano today na your day, abeg do shakara.

I Relocated To Ghana So I Can Get Closer To God- Hanks Anuku

Well-loved Nollywood actor, Hanks Anuku says he has finally relocated to Ghana so he could get closer to God. The actor said a lot of things happened to him in Nigeria which made him leave. Aside being an actor, he was also a Special Adviser to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta state before leaving the country. He was rumoured to have been addicted to drugs and alcohol. His words;

“Yea, as you can see, I am in Ghana now. It was a decision I made to get a few things for myself and to get closer to God because so many things happened to me in Nigeria that I was not happy about. Everything depends on God. He is my provider. If God wants me to go to Nigeria, no problem.

Money Makes Me Wet- Lizzy Gold

Nollywood actress, Lizzy Gold, says the major criteria for any man to woo her is that he must be rich and that no poor man should even think of admiring her picture, let alone 'toast' her. In a chat with Entertainment Express, Lizzy also said bank alerts turn her on. What she said below...

"A poor man shouldn't even think of admiring my picture, not to talk of wooing me. I love money so much so I can't marry a poor man. I don't even want a man who is merely comfortable. My interest and affection are for millionaires, if possible billionaires. Money means so much to me, in fact money makes me wet. Sometimes when I imagine so much money in my account, I could just get wet. Bank alert is like my best friend. I just need to imagine so much money in my account and I am turned on. When I get a credit alert on my account, Oh my God, I get turned on immediately.

Lizzy says asides having money and being willing to spend it on her, another very important thing she looks out for in a man is that he must be well 'endowed'.

Photo Of The Day

 Chinedu Ikedieze ‘Aki’ , Ebube Nwagbo , Osita Iheme ‘Pawpaw’ are currently working on the set of a new movie.

lol... Nollywood no go kill us  o. Imagine Ebube carrying 36 years old married man on her back.


  

Jamaica's Dancehall Artist Vybz Kartel Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murder

Jamaican dance hall star Adidja Azim Palmer popularly known as Vybz Kartel has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a former business associate named Clive "Lizard" Williams.

Jamaica's supreme court sentenced Kartel today April 3rd after a 58-day trial, said to be the longest in the history of Jamaica's Circuit court. The musician's 3 other associates, Shawn Campbell, Kahira Jones and Andre St. John were also sentenced to life in prison.

The four men are accused of killing Clive after inviting him to Kartel's home to discuss two missing illegal hand guns. Though a body has never been found, the key piece of evidence that nailed Vybz was a text message that he sent from his phone which claimed 'Clive had been chopped up into so many pieces his body would never be found."

Kartel will not be eligible for parole until he serves 35 years of his life sentence. His lawyers are planning to appeal his sentence. Meanwhile, Vybz has been in prison since 2011 after he was arrested for possession of marijuana, illegal possession of firearm and the murder of a Jamaican businessman, Barrington Burton. Though he was later found not guilty and was acquitted of the charge of murder of Burton, he remained in prison pending his second murder case which started in November 2013.