GOODLUCK JONATHAN WRITES NIGERIANS A HEARTFELT INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE

GOODLUCK JONATHAN WRITES NIGERIANS A HEARTFELT INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE

Guys, read ex-president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s message to all Nigerians as we celebrate Independence day. today.

Reactions from Nigerians continue below. Someone said he wishes God will bring GEJ back to villa to correct what Buhari has damaged. Do you want that too? Another person called Buhari a 'coconut head president'.

MAN TESTIFIES AFTER FULANI HERDSMEN FIRED AT THEM & NONE OF THE BULLETS PENETRATED

MAN TESTIFIES AFTER FULANI HERDSMEN FIRED AT THEM & NONE OF THE BULLETS PENETRATED

A Nigerian Facebook user has narrated how he was saved from death after some alleged Fulani men attacked his car on his way back from Abuja with a team and opened fire on them.

More photos after the cut.

SEE PHOTOS OF MAN WHO SPENT $26,000 TO LOOK LIKE DAVID BECKHAM

SEE PHOTOS OF MAN WHO SPENT $26,000 TO LOOK LIKE DAVID BECKHAM

Jack Johnson is a 19-year-old British man who has dropped an insane amount of money on the delusional idea of looking like David Beckham.

Thus far, Johnson has spent $26,000 on plastic surgery in an attempt to look like Beckham, and he plans on wasting spending $39,000 more to make his dream come true. And if that doesn't sound crazy enough, Johnson is actually unemployed at the moment and claims he's using loans to pay for
all of his plastic surgery procedures.

TEARS IN GHANA:- THOUSANDS OF GHANAIANS LOSE MONEY AS MMM CRASHES!!!!

TEARS IN GHANA:- THOUSANDS OF GHANAIANS LOSE MONEY AS MMM CRASHES!!!!

Remember what the government in Nigeria warned about MMM? Read HERE in case you missed it. Ghanaians are experiencing it first hand.

Thousands of people, among them civil servants and vendors, have lost thousands of dollars to fraudulent online pyramid scheme MMM Global Ghana after it collapsed recently. The social financial network, which relied on an accelerating number of new members to pay off the old, abruptly terminated its services last week leaving participants stranded.

  Ghanaians have in the past months been joining the online investment scheme in droves in a bid “to get rich quickly”. The Reserve Bank of Ghana warned people that the scheme was fraudulent and there was no legal recourse in the event they lost their money.

The scheme advertises itself as a mutual aid fund under which recruited members contribute money to assist others and are promised investment returns of 30 percent per month. Some of the people left counting their losses told The Herald that they received emails that the scheme had been suspended until September 15.

“All along things were moving in the right direction and we now have nowhere to claim our investments,” said Mr Tinashe Muza.

“When we started putting our funds in the scheme one could get assistance within seven days but things later changed to 14 days and when we were shut out the waiting period was 21 days. What it simply means is that the number of people in need of help has outnumbered the number of people joining. Right now we have nowhere to get our money which we invested.”

MMM stands for Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox and takes its name from its founder, Sergei Panteleevich Mavrodi of Russia. He founded MMM in 1989 and the scheme was declared bankrupt three years later leading to the disappearance of Mavrodi until his arrest in 2003.

While some people who were skeptical about the scheme started with small amounts, it is believed some poured in thousands of dollars anticipating higher returns. The RBZ said the schemes were fraudulent as existing investors were ‘paid money not from genuine market investment of their funds, but from contributions made by new investors, until a point when the scheme can no longer attract new investors,”

“The participants are made aware that they make their money by recruiting new members who in turn must recruit more members,” warned the Central Bank.

NIGERIAN LADY MYSTERIOUSLY DIES WHILE GOING TO THE TOILET (PHOTOS)

NIGERIAN LADY MYSTERIOUSLY DIES WHILE GOING TO THE TOILET (PHOTOS)

A young Nigerian entrepreneur named Adeyemi Abosede Tumininu, owner of a small-scale business called Tummie Collections tragically lost her life yesterday, according to friends, while on her way to the toilet. She just fell and died.

Adeyemi's last Facebook post

Continue to read the touching story/tribute shared by her friends to honour her.

I called her my wife, my bae! She told me she needed just N2m to start her fashion line and say bye bye to aliexpress importation! She always frown on Internet marketers that show off cars, wrist watches and new sandals! She motivated me to do more this year! She made me believe what a man can do, a woman can do it much better! Very jovial and down to earth lady! We joke virtually on everything and could get naughty at times but keep balling hard on our various businesses! 

She added to my bank balances, my experiences and orientation! She didn't waited for the government to get job for her, she hustled hard to create her own and banks substantial figures some bank MD's don't get monthly! I proudly tell other lazy ladies about her success and always make her role model ! She complained about the recent dollar increase and I told her the way out and helped with her FB ads account! Her type is different, not common. 

She died yesterday while going to the toilet, she fell and died! All the hustling is gone! All the balling don waka! She was the first to wish me happy sallah this last ileya! Wanted to call her yesterday but I was moody and disturbed throughout the day and forgot! 

God knows maybe the phone call could had stopped you from entering that toilet yesterday! Tumininu don goooooooo! We love you but God loves you more! I pray God gives the family (especially mom that got discharged recently from UCH) the fortitude to bear the loss! This is my last respect Tummie until we meet to part no more! 

Rest In Peace Tumininu, Rest In Peace TUMMIE COLLECTIONS!

HERE'S THE FULL TEXT OF PRESIDENT BUHARI'S 56TH INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH

HERE'S THE FULL TEXT OF PRESIDENT BUHARI'S 56TH INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH

Today – 1st October is a day of celebration for us Nigerians. 

On this day, 56 years ago our people achieved the most important of all human desires – freedom and independence. We should all therefore give thanks and pray for our founding fathers without whose efforts and toil we would not reap the bounties of today.

• 2. I know that uppermost in your minds today is the economic crisis. The recession for many individuals and families is real. For some It means not being able to pay school fees, for others it's not being able to afford the high cost of food (rice and millet) or the high cost of local or international travel, and for many of our young people the recession means joblessness, sometimes after graduating from university or polytechnic.
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• 3. I know how difficult things are, and how rough business is. All my adult life I have always earned a salary and I know what it is like when your salary simply is not enough. In every part of our nation people are making incredible sacrifices.
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• 4. But let me say to all Nigerians today, I ran for office four times to make the point that we can rule this nation with honesty and transparency, that we can stop the stealing of Nigeria's resources so that the resources could be used to provide jobs for our young people, security, infrastructure for commerce, education and healthcare.
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• 5. I ran for office because I know that good government is the only way to ensure prosperity and abundance for all. I remain resolutely committed to this objective.
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• 6. I believe that this recession will not last.
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• 7. Temporary problems should not blind or divert us from the corrective course this government has charted for our nation. We have identified the country’s salient problems and we are working hard at lasting solutions.
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• 8. To re-cap what I have been saying since the inception of this administration, our problems are security, corruption and the economy, especially unemployment and the alarming level of poverty.
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• 9. On Security, we have made progress. Boko Haram was defeated by last December – only resorting to cowardly attacks on soft targets, killing innocent men, women and children.
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• 10. Nigerians should thank our gallant men of the Armed Forces and Police for rescuing large areas of the country captured by insurgents. Now, residents in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States, as well as several neighbouring states go about their daily business in relative safety. People can go to mosques, churches, market places in reasonable safety.
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• 11. Commuters can travel between cities, towns and villages without fear. Credit for this remarkable turn-round should go to our Armed Forces, the Police, various sponsored and private vigilante groups, the local traditional leaders. Security is a top to bottom concern and responsibility.
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• 12. Besides Boko Haram, we are confronting other long-running security issues, namely herdsmen vs farmers, cattle rustling, kidnappings. This Administration is firmly resolved to tackle these challenges and to defeat them.
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• 13. A new insurgency has reared up its head in the shape of blowing up gas and oil pipelines by groups of Niger Delta Militants. This Administration will not allow these mindless groups to hold the country to ransom.
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• 14. What sense is there to damage a gas line as a result of which many towns in the country including their own town or village is put in darkness as a result? What logic is there in blowing up an export pipeline and as a result income to your state and local governments and consequently their ability to provide services to your own people is reduced?
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• 15. No group can unlawfully challenge the authority of the Federal Government and succeed. Our Administration is fully sympathetic to the plight of the good people of Niger Delta and we are in touch with the State Governments and leaderships of the region. It is known that the clean-up of the Ogoniland has started. Infrastructural projects financed by the Federal Government and post amnesty programme financing will continue.
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• 16. We have however, continued to dialogue with all groups and leaders of thought in the region to bring lasting peace.
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• 17. Corruption is a cancer which must be fought with all the weapons at our disposal. It corrodes the very fabric of government and destroys society. Fighting corruption is Key, not only to restoring the moral health of the nation, but also to freeing our enormous resources for urgent socio-economic development.
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• 18. In fighting corruption, however, the government would adhere strictly by the rule of law. Not for the first time I am appealing to the judiciary to join the fight against corruption.
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• 19. The Third Plank in this Administration’s drive to CHANGE Nigeria is re-structuring the economy. Economies behaviour is cyclical. All countries face ups and downs. Our own recession has been brought about by a critical shortage of foreign exchange. Oil price dropped from an average of hundred USD per barrel over the last decade to an average of forty USD per barrel this year and last.
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• 20. Worse still, the damage perpetrated by Niger Delta thugs on pipelines sometimes reduced Nigeria’s production to below One million barrels per day against the normal two point two million barrels per day. Consequently, the naira is at its weakest, but the situation will stabilize.
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• 21. But this is only temporary. Historically about half our dollar export earnings go to importation of petroleum and food products! Nothing was saved for the rainy days during the periods of prosperity. We are now reaping the whirlwinds of corruption, recklessness and impunity.
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• 22. There are no easy solutions, but there are solutions nonetheless and Government is pursuing them in earnest. We are to repair our four refineries so that Nigeria can produce most of our petrol requirements locally, pending the coming on stream of new refineries. That way we will save ten billion USD yearly in importing fuel.
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• 23. At the same time, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and the Central Bank have been mobilized to encourage local production of rice, maize, sorghum, millet and soya beans. Our target is to achieve domestic self-sufficiency in these staples by 2018.
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• 24. Already farmers in thirteen out of thirty six states are receiving credit support through the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers Programme. Kebbi state alone this year is expected to produce one million tonnes of locally grown rice, thanks to a favourable harvest this year. As part of the 13 states, Lagos and Ogun are also starting this programme. Rice alone for example costs Nigeria two billion USD to import.
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• 25. The country should be self-sufficient in basic staples by 2019. Foreign exchange thus saved can go to industrial revival requirements for retooling, essential raw materials and spare parts. It is in recognition of the need to re-invigorate agriculture in our rural communities that we are introducing the LIFE programme.
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• 26. Government recognises that irrigation is key to modern agriculture: that is why the Ministries of Agriculture and Water Resources are embarking on a huge programme of development of lakes, earth dams and water harvesting schemes throughout the country to ensure that we are no longer dependent on rain-fed agriculture for our food requirements.
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• 27. In addition, government is introducing Water Resources Bill encompassing the National Water Resources Policy and National Irrigation and Drainage Policy to improve management of water and irrigation development in the country. We are reviving all the twelve River Basin Authorities, namely;
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• Anambra - Imo
• Benin - Owena
• Chad Basin
• Cross River
• Hadejia - Jama'are
• Lower Benue
• Lower Niger
• Niger Delta
• Ogun - Osun
• Sokoto - Rima
• Upper Benue
• Upper Niger
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• 28. The intention is eventually to fully commercialise them to better support crop production, aqua –culture and accelerated rural development.
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• 29. This Administration is committed to the revival of Lake Chad and improvement of the hydrology and ecology of the basin. This will tune in with efforts to rehabilitate the thirty million people affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in the Lake Chad basin countries.
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• 30. The second plank in our economic revival strategy is centred on the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing. The Ministry will lead and oversee the provision of critical infrastructure of power, road transport network and housing development.
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• 31. Power generation has steadily risen since our Administration came on board from three thousand three hundred and twenty four megawatts in June 2015, rising to a peak of five thousand and seventy four megawatts in February 2016.
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• 32. For the first time in our history the country was producing five thousand megawatts. However, renewed militancy and destruction of gas pipelines caused acute shortage of gas and constant drop in electricity output available on the grid.
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• 33. There has been during the period June 2015 to September 2016 big improvement in transmission capacity from five thousand five hundred megawatts to the present seven thousand three hundred megawatts.
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• 34. There were only two system collapses between June and December 2015, but due to vandalism by Niger Delta militants the over-all system suffered 16 system collapses between March and July 2016 alone. As I have said earlier, we are engaging with responsible leadership in the region to find lasting solutions to genuine grievances of the area but we will not allow a tiny minority of thugs to cripple the country's economy.
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• 35. In the meantime, government is going ahead with projects utilizing alternate technologies such as hydro, wind, and solar to contribute to our energy mix. In this respect, the Mambilla Hydro project, after many years of delay is taking off this year. Contract negotiations are nearing completion with Chinese firms for technical and financial commitments.
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• 36. The project is to be jointly financed by Nigeria and the Chinese-Export-Import Bank. In addition, fourteen Solar Power Projects have had their power purchase agreements concluded. Hence the plan to produce one thousand two hundred megawatts of solar electricity for the country would be realized on schedule.
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• 37. And in line with the objective of government to complete all abandoned projects across the country, the Rural Electrification Agency's projects needing completion are provided for in the 2016 Budget. Bringing electricity to rural areas will help farmers, small scale and cottage industries to integrate with the national economy.
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• 38. Roads Construction and Rehabilitation has taken off. The sum of twelve billion naira was allocated to this sector in the 2015 Budget, not enough even to pay interest on outstanding unpaid claims.
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• 39. Notwithstanding the budgetary constraints, the current budget allocated two hundred and forty billion naira for highway projects against twelve billion naira in 2015. Many contractors who have not been paid for three years have now remobilized to sites. Seven hundred and twenty point five billion naira has so far been released this budget year to capital projects.
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• 40. The Ministry of Power, Works and Housing has received one hundred and ninety seven point five billion naira. Work on the following highways has now resumed.
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• Dualization of Calabar – Itu Road in Cross River/Akwa Ibom States.
• Dualization of Lokoja – Benin Road, Ehor - Benin city, Edo State.
• Re-construction of outstanding sections of Benin – Shagamu Express way, Edo/Ogun States.
• Expansion works on Lagos – Ibadan Dual carriageway, Ogun/Oyo States
• Rehabilitation of Onitsha – Enugu Expressway, Anambra/Enugu States.
• Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Enugu – Port Harcourt Dual carriageway, Abia/Rivers States.
• Rehabilitation of Hadejia – Nguru Road, Jigawa State.
• Dualization of Kano – Katsina Road, Kano State.
• Dualization of Kano – Maiduguri Road, Borno State.
• Dualization of Azare – Potiskum Road, Azare – Sharuri Road, Bauchi State.
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• Rehabilitation of Ilorin – Jebba – Mokwa – Birnin Gwari Road, Kwara State.
• Construction of Oju/Lokoja – Oweto Bridge over River Benue, Benue State.
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• 41. Other major highways are in the queue for rehabilitation or new construction.
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• 42. Already contractors have recalled about nine thousand workers laid off and Government expects that several hundreds of thousands of workers will be reengaged in the next few months as our public works programme gains momentum.
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• 43. On railways, we have provided our counterpart funding to China for the building of our standard gauge Lagos -Kano railway. Meanwhile, General Electric is investing two point two billion USD in a concession to revamp, provide rolling stock, and manage the existing lines, including the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Line. The Lagos-Calabar railway will also be on stream soon.
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• 44. We have initiated the National Housing Programme. In 2014 four hundred million naira was voted for Housing. In 2015 nothing. Our first budget this year is devoting thirty five point six billion naira. Much of the house building will be private – sector led but Government is initiating a pilot housing scheme of two thousand eight hundred and thirty eight units uniformly spread across the 36 states and FCT.
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• 45. We expect these units to be completed within 4 – 6 months. These experimental Nigeria House model Units will be constructed using only made in Nigeria building materials and components. This initiative is expected to reactivate the building materials manufacturing sector, generate massive employment opportunities and develop sector capacity and expertise.
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• 46. The programmes I have outlined will revive the economy, restore the value of the naira and drive hunger from our land.
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• 47. Abroad, Nigeria’s standing has changed beyond belief in the last 18 months. We are no longer a pariah state. Wherever I go, I have been received with un-accustomed hospitality. Investors from all over the world are falling over themselves to come and do business in Nigeria. This government intends to make business environment more friendly because we can not develop ourselves alone.
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• 48. All countries, no matter how advanced, welcome foreign investments to their economy. This is the essence of globalization and no country in the 21st century can be an island. Our reforms are therefore designed to prepare Nigeria for the 21st century.
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• 49. Finally, let me commend Nigerians for your patience, steadfastness and perseverance. You know that I am trying to do the right things for our country.
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• 50. Thank you and may God bless our country.

GORGEOUS, CHARCOAL BLACK MODEL KHOUDIA DIOP STUNS IN NEW PHOTOS

GORGEOUS, CHARCOAL BLACK MODEL KHOUDIA DIOP STUNS IN NEW PHOTOS

Senegalese model Khoudia Diop aka Melanin goddess and her very dark beautiful skin went viral last week.

Here are new photos she just released that are turning heads yet again on Instagram. More after the cut.

NIGERIANS BLAST BISI ALIMI AFTER HE BLASTED PASTOR WHO SAID EVIL CAT CAME TO ATTACK HIS MEMBERS

NIGERIANS BLAST BISI ALIMI AFTER HE BLASTED PASTOR WHO SAID EVIL CAT CAME TO ATTACK HIS MEMBERS

Insults and curses rained heavily on Bisi Alimi's Instagram page after he shared this photo of the Nigerian pastor that claimed an evil cat came to attack his church members after they concluded an intense night vigil.

Bisi Alimi had argued how on earth Nigerians could believe the pastor who he called an idiot and said should be arrested for animal cruelty. That his blood is boiling and yet, more Nigerian idiots are shouting Amen and sharing the stupid, silly post. Only for some of his followers to slam him saying how dare he blast a 'man of God'.

NIGERIAN MAN SUES UBER $80,000 (PHOTO)

NIGERIAN MAN SUES UBER $80,000 (PHOTO)

A Nigerian based in Perth Australia, is claiming $80,000 in damages from Uber, the global ride sharing service,  for deactivating his account without warning.

Uber charged back that that the Nigerian has been accused of driving while tired, speeding and leaving passengers at the wrong destination.
Nigerian-born Mike Oze-Igiehon said  he only discovered he had been sacked as a driver when he was unable to log into his account one day last November, reported The West Australian.
The 40-year-old accused Uber of deactivating his account with no notice or explanation, based on a couple of passenger complaints he was not told about and the truth of which he disputes.
Mr Oze-Igiehon does not have a lawyer and is representing himself against Silicon Valley-based Uber and Dutch-based Uber holding company Rasier Operations, which had three lawyers in the District Court of Western Australia on Thursday.
Uber’s lawyer, Alan Hershowitz, said Mr Oze-Igiehon was being untruthful and had been told about multiple complaints against him.
One passenger complained Mr Oze-Igiehon sped 10km/h over the speed limit, another said he was falling asleep behind the while while a third passenger said he was dropped off at the wrong airport terminal.
The company argues Mr Oze-Igiehon was taken off the Uber platform because of multiple safety-related complaints made by passengers.
Mr Oze-Igiehon became angry when Mr Hershowitz provided evidence of his work history, including that he had been sacked from his previous job as a security officer with Wilson Security.
The 40-year-old had claimed he quit his job with Wilson because he saw a career with Uber.
Mr Oze-Igiehon also admitted sending a letter last week to a woman who works for Wilson Security and who had taken photos of him asleep while working and was due to give evidence in the case.
Mr Hershowitz described the letter, which warned her about taking legal action, as threatening.
Mr Oze-Igiehon accused the company of imposing one-sided contracts on drivers, taking no responsibility for their safety and training and exploiting them while ignoring Australian workplace laws.

‘Uber deactivated my account – `bing’ – and I was off the grid with no warning,’ he told Judge Julie Wager.
‘I am speaking on behalf of hundreds of Uber drivers who can’t express their frustrations about their unfavourable working conditions.
‘Uber has total control of drivers. They suspend drivers’ accounts for refusing to take jobs, they change fees and contracts without notice and breach their own terms and conditions.’

Uber has rapidly grown in popularity in Perth in the past year – as it has globally – while taxi drivers’ business has suffered as a result.
Mr Oze-Igiehon is seeking unspecified damages, but has previously claimed he is bankrupt after taking out $80,000 in car loans that he now cannot meet.

VETERAN NOLLYWOOD ACTOR, ELDER MAYA IS DEAD!!!

VETERAN NOLLYWOOD ACTOR, ELDER MAYA IS DEAD!!!

Veteran Nollywood actor, Martins Njubuigbo, popularly known as Elder Maya has died months after battling a liver-related ailment. Actor Yomi Fabiyi broke the sad news last night.

Read what he wrote after the cut.

A campaign to raise funds for the actor, fondly called Papa Labista and popular for his village chief priest’s roles in movies, had been started by his colleague after he was diagnosed with liver disease at a hospital in Lagos State. May his soul rest in perfect peace.

HUGH HEFNER SPEAKS OUT AFTER REPORTS WENT VIRAL THAT HE'S DEAD!!!

HUGH HEFNER SPEAKS OUT AFTER REPORTS WENT VIRAL THAT HE'S DEAD!!!

Law enforcement rushed to the Playboy Mansion yesterday after rumours swirled that Hugh Hefner may have died.

According to TMZ, they and several news agencies got a tip the Playboy king had passed away.

We called law enforcement to confirm or shoot down the story ... and we were told they were unaware of a death at the Mansion.

We've learned earlier today, cops went to the bunny house and spoke with staff members who said Hef's health remained unchanged. A staff member told Hef the police had come to check on him and he then personally called cops to say he was okay.

Hef has been in frail health over the last few years ... and rarely comes out of his bedroom

After personally confirming with officers that he was still alive, Hugh took to his Twitter to quip back at reports.

“I wish the tabloids had informed me a little earlier in the week that I’m sick. I might have cancelled my weekend plans,” he joked.

Hugh also added a photo alongside his wife Crystal Hefner as the couple watched a movie together, writing, “Tonight’s Mansion movie is the classic western, ‘Shane.’”

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TURKISH GOVERNMENT ARRESTS 50 NIGERIAN STUDENTS OVER FAILED COUP

TURKISH GOVERNMENT ARRESTS 50 NIGERIAN STUDENTS OVER FAILED COUP

Over 50 Nigerian students were yesterday arrested in Turkey, allegedly on the orders of the Turkish government.

A source whose relative was among the detained students told ThisDay that “upon arrival at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, they were all escorted to a room and their passport confiscated by Turkish police.”

The detained Nigerians are mainly students of Fathi University, one of the private universities in
Turkey. The school which is located in the metropolitan Büyükçekmece district of Istanbul, Turkey was founded in 1996 with a rela- tively high rate of international students from 102 countries.

“When they enquired why they were clamped in a dirty room, the police said they are students of a terrorist organisation. They offered to transfer them to government schools but on the condition that we will pay same fees as private universities,” the source added.

The Fathi University is among the 2099 schools, dormitories and universities shut down in the wake of the July 15th failed coup in Turkey.

 The Turkish authorities said the schools and universities were terrorist schools because they have links with Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen, whom the Turkish government had accused of being the mastermind of the coup in Turkey.

It would also be recalled the Turkish Ambassador in Nigeria Mr. Hakan Cakil, had requested the Nigerian authorities to close down 17 Turkish schools in Nigeria for alleged links to the Hizmet movement.

The Nigerian Authorities rejected the call, stating that it would rely on evidence linking the proprietors of the schools in Nigeria to the failed coup in Turkey.

In exclusive pictures obtained by THISDAY, students could be seen lying down on the bare floor in a room that could barely be habitable.

Their source also hinted of a particular case of a Nigerian by name Aminat, a final year student in one of the universities affected by the closure at the time of the coup. The source said:

“Aminat came to the airport to travel to Nigeria since her school had been shut, but to her surprise, she was asked to pay a penalty for entering the country illegally. She paid the fine, and she was kept, alongside others in the same room with people waiting to be deported.”

THISDAY also gathered that some of those detained at the airport were made to sign documents giving their consent to deportation from Turkey.

An e-mail to the Turkish embassy on why the students were detained was not responded to as at the time of going to press, ThisDay reports.

CBN GOVERNOR:- GODWIN EMEFIELE THANKS EVERYONE OVER FREED WIFE

CBN GOVERNOR:- GODWIN EMEFIELE THANKS EVERYONE OVER FREED WIFE 

Mr Godwin Emefiele, governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has praised the security agencies for their gallantry in bringing his wife, Margaret back home within 24 hours.

This, he said, was in compliance with the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Emefiele also thanked the Delta and Edo State governments, friends and well-wishers, who through their actions, prayers and goodwill, helped to bring this harrowing experience to a joyful end.

Margaret Emefiele, who was kidnapped on Thursday by armed men on Benin-Agbor road,  was
 rescued from the hands of kidnappers on Friday night by the Nigerian security agencies. Earlier report had said she was released early today.

The Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okorafor, stated that the CBN governor’s wife confirmed that she was rescued on Friday night.

Okoroafor did not state  whether any ransom was paid.

The kidnappers had  made contact with the CBN governor, demanding a N100million  in ransom.

According to family sources Margaret  was rescued by a combined team of security agencies; Army and Police, at Ugoneki near Benin City.

To stem kidnapping in the state, the government of Edo  enacted a law  prescribing death penalty on kidnappers.

Okoroafor said despite the kidnapping trauma, the CBN Governor has reaffirmed his resolve to continue to serve the nation diligently, without any fear of intimidation.

WHAT MANNER OF HAIRSTYLE IS THIS???!

WHAT MANNER OF HAIRSTYLE IS THIS???!

I no fit shout! lol

HAPPY 56TH INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!! TO NIGERIA, NIGERIANS & ALL OUR FRIENDS

HAPPY 56TH INDEPENDENCE DAY! TO NIGERIA, NIGERIANS & ALL OUR FRIENDS

Hey Nigerians. Happy Independence Day!

Despite the numerous challenges Nigeria is facing today, there is still so much to be thankful for.

We all wish for a better Nigeria, and often times; we look outside of ourselves while dreaming for a better place we can call home. Often times we forget that a better Nigeria starts with you and me. It starts with how we the citizens, treat each other.

As we celebrate our independence, let’s also use the opportunity to reflect on how best we can be our sisters’ and brothers’ keeper.

PETER AND PAUL OKOYE'S CHILDREN LOVELY IN TRADITIONAL OUTFITS (PHOTO)

PETER AND PAUL OKOYE'S CHILDREN LOVELY IN TRADITIONAL OUTFITS (PHOTO)

Peter Okoye's wife, Lola Omotayo shared this adorable photo of her daughter Aliona, and Paul's son Andre.

Read what she wrote after the cut...

"Aliona & Andre.....cousins for life! These two cannot be separated...lol!😊😂😂 Andre's look is like, "what's that thing flying above the camera?" God's own children. #culturalday #traditional #cousins #besties #theokoyes #aliona #andre #myloves 🙏🙏💃💃😊😊😍😍💋💋👫😍😍😇👦👧👌👏❤❤"

LADY EXPLAINS WHY SHE STOPPED ATTENDING MFM CHURCH

LADY EXPLAINS WHY SHE STOPPED ATTENDING MFM CHURCH

As shared by OAP Freeze..MFM is Mountain of Fire Ministries..

OONI OF IFE HONOURS 2FACE IDIBIA AS AN AMBASSADOR OF PEACE

OONI OF IFE HONOURS 2FACE IDIBIA AS AN AMBASSADOR OF PEACE

African music legend, 2afce Idibia was honoured yesterday by the Ooni of Ife .He was awarded with an Ambassador of Peace title .This comes months he was honoured in Kaduna by the Galadima of Kudendan with the  ‘Tafidan Kudendan’ of Kudendan(Ambassador of Peace)title .