PorkNoser: November 2014

Sunday, November 30

OBJ, the prowling goat seller

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is haunting his hand-picked former protégé, President Goodluck Jonathan, like a malevolent ghost. You may wonder why OBJ, after four years as a military ruler and another eight years as an elected president, is still butting like a stubborn, demon-possessed

LAGOS state Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives said a total of 3, 149 people in agricultural value chain businesses in four local government areas of the state have benefitted from its empowerment programmes.

Bayelsa lawmakers move against Speaker over comment against President

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, weekend, commissioned the Federal High Court complex, Asaba, Delta State, saying that all perpetrators of terrorist acts in the country would be held accountable.

According to the President, the presence of Federal High Courts in virtually every state of the

December Full of Special Celebration Days: Holiday Countdown

Christmas gets most of the press this time of year, but December is a month full of religious and secular festivals and holidays, along with some wild and wacky days as well.

Here’s a reminder of the major holidays this month, along with a collection of the most bizarre holidays gleaned from the corners of the Internet. We can’t vouch for the authenticity of some of these lesser known observances, but if you need a moment to forget the stress that sometimes comes with the major holidays, there’s got to be a few here to make you smile.

Forget the 12 Days of Christmas. Here’s a whole month of ways to celebrate:

Saturday, Dec. 1: AIDS Awareness Day; Eat a Red Apple Day
Sunday, Dec. 2: First Sunday of Advent; National Fritters Day

Ecopop referendum: Swiss reject immigration curbs

The country's 26 cantons rejected the proposal, with about 74% of people voting no in Sunday's referendum.
Supporters of the measure argued that it would have reduced pressure on the country's resources. Opponents said it would have been bad for the economy.

A blindfolded man suspected of passing military information to the Syrian government waits to be interrogated by Free Syrian Army fighters Monday, October 6, in Aleppo, Syria. The United Nations estimates more than 190,000 people have been killed in Syria since an uprising in March 2011 spiraled into civil war.

At least 40 fighters on both sides were killed as Syrian Kurdish fighters and ISIS militants clashed in the northern Syrian city of Kobani, a monitoring group said Saturday.

There ’ll be problems at 2015 AFCON – CAF

Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Issa Hayatou has disclosed that the upcoming Africa Cup Nations in Equatorial Guinea will not be devoid of hitches. Two weeks ago, Equatorial Guinea offered to host the 30th edition of Africa’s biggest football showcase after original host

Gunmen kill policeman, suspected cultist in Rivers

Akure — Tragedy struck at the weekend in Adeyemi College of Education, ACE, Ondo, following the death of two students of the institution, who were said have been knocked down by a commercial bus in the area.

Is the internet a safe haven for terrorists?

No.

Could the Internet have saved Lee Rigby's life?

Perhaps.

Those, at least, were the conclusions of the 192-page report, the most detailed that a cross parliamentary committee has ever authored, on the gruesome murder of the British soldier Lee Rigby by Muslim converts Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale in London in May 2013.

Mubarak cleared: Egypt protests as ex-leader charges dropped

Egyptian police have used tear gas to disperse protesters angry that charges against ex-President Hosni Mubarak over killings during the uprising three years ago have been dropped.

About 2,000 people massed in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the birthplace of the 2011 revolution. One

Bokoharam: the conspired measure of reducing the Northern Power?

Its just a thought!!!

This is lasting more than everybody's imagination. The thought in my head is the constant reflective question of Boko Haram not being a conspired package of reducing the Northern population and

A man speaks on his hospital bed on November 25, 2014 about injuries sustained following double female suicide bomb attacks that killed 45 people in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria. More than 45 people were killed when two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in a crowded market in northeast Maiduguri

I don’t know how I survived — Chief Imam of Masalacin

The orgy of violence in the Northern part of the country by gunmen, suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents, continued yesterday, with the killing of over 200 Muslim worshippers, who were sent to their grave by a triple blast that rocked Kano Central Mosque, where the Emir of

BENIN CITY- GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state yesterday declared that the President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration has killed many Edo indigenes due to the alleged refusal by the President to give ecological funds to areas devastated by

There was unrest on the campus of Obafemi Awolowo University, Osun State, southwest Nigeria, on Friday, 28 November, 2014 as students of the institution hauled stones and sticks at President Goodluck Jonathan during his visit to the campus.

President Jonathan Condemns Terrorist Attack On Kano Mosque

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan extends heartfelt condolences to the people and Government of Kano State over the heinous attack on the Central Mosque in Kano, earlier today.
He commiserates with all the families who lost their loved ones. The President calls on relief

The Deputy Governor of Kano State, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has commiserated with the families of those killed in Friday’s suicide bombings at the Grand Mosque in Kano.
At least 120 people have been reported killed and 270 others wounded when two suicide bombers

JAMB approves 30 centres for UTME in Lagos

Lagos – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Friday said that it had approved 30 all computer based centres for the 2015 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Lagos State.

Nigeria unrest: Kano mosque attack 'kills dozens'

Dozens have been killed in a gun and bomb attack during Friday prayers at one of the biggest mosques in the Nigerian city of Kano, reports say.

Many more people have been hurt, with one rescue official putting casualty figures at just under 200.

The solar-powered, portable laboratory should deliver results six times faster than tests currently used in West Africa.
The researchers involved say faster diagnosis would increase the chances of survival and reduce transmission of the virus.

David Cameron has passionately urged other EU leaders to support his "reasonable" proposals for far-reaching curbs on welfare benefits for migrants.

Britain's prime minister said lower EU migration would be a priority in future negotiations on the UK's membership and he said would "rule nothing out" if he did not get the changes he wanted.
Under his plans, migrants will have to wait four years for certain benefits.

UN declares emergency in Gaza over floods

Polls open in Namibia elections

Corruption Allegation: You lied, Senate hits back at Obasanjo

ABUJA—THE Senate yesterday tackled former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo over his allegation that the National Assembly was using constituency projects to siphon public funds, saying the former president was out to denigrate the sanctity of the

As President Jonathan hosts the entertainment industry

Some people have remarked in writing and in other forms of communication that President Goodluck Jonathan has given more attention to the entertainment industry to the detriment of other industries.

When I read such remarks or hear them from pundits on radio and TV talk shows, it does occurs to

India still searching for 39 workers abducted in Iraq- minister

India said Friday it was still searching for 39 construction workers abducted in Iraq in June, denying a report claiming they had been executed by the Islamic State group.

Fashola writes Jonathan over federal task force activities

LAGOS—Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has written to President Goodluck Jonathan over the legality of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme and Federal Road Maintenance Agency, SURE-P/FERMA task force and for occupying the old toll gate axis of the

With the February 2015 election on the horizon, political imperatives loom increasingly large in Nigeria. There is perhaps no more pertinent example than the fevered politicisation of the brutal Boko Haram insurgency. The decision by certain politicians to focus their energies on criticising the

Ferguson residents come together for day of kindness

Ferguson, Missouri (CNN) -- Ferguson streets were deserted early Friday after a Thanksgiving Day that mixed kindness with sadness, heartbreak with hope.

Gone were the blazing buildings, set on fire during the most contentious nights of protest this week.

The unspoken 'if only' in the death of cricketer Phillip Hughes

This week a young man in the prime of his life went to work. He was the envy of many because he loved what he did, and was living a dream he'd held onto since he was a boy growing up on a farm.

He did not come home.

At least 15 women have spoken out to various media outlets accusing the comedian of sexual misconduct.
Bill Cosby has agreed to resign as an honorary co-chair of UMass Amherst's capital campaign. He no longer has any affiliation with the campaign nor does he serve in any other capacity for the university," said Ed Blaguszewski, a spokesman for the school.

Illegal immigrants to be eligible for Social Security, Medicare

Nov. 21, 2014: Joselyn Vargas, 7, of Hyattsville, Md., waves a U.S. flag during a rally in Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington (AP)

Illegal immigrants who apply for work permits in the U.S. under President Obama’s new executive actions will be eligible for Social Security and Medicare, the White House says.

Nov. 26, 2014: This fake handgun taken from 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was fatally shot by Cleveland police over the weekend, is displayed after a news conference Wednesday. The 12-year-old was shot at a city park after he reportedly pulled the Colt 1911 replica on arriving officers. (AP)

CLEVELAND – The family of a 12-year-old boy fatally wounded by a Cleveland police officer said surveillance video of the shooting shows that if the officer had not acted so quickly the youngster would still be alive.

Family hears son’s heart beat in Vietnam vet’s chest after life-saving transplant

The family of a 21-year-old man who died in March heard his heart beating again after meeting a Vietnam veteran who received it in a life-saving transplant.
Matt Heisler was a student at the University of North Dakota when he was killed

The people of Pittsburgh in the US state of Pennsylvania have the "ugliest accent in America" - or that at least was the finding of one online survey.
Gawker Media ran a competition in which 16 cities were pitted against each other, with the audience asked to vote on which city's accent they thought was ugliest. The company told the BBC its competition was meant to celebrate the regions.

President Barack Obama has carried out the annual White House tradition of pardoning two turkeys, preventing them from becoming Thanksgiving dinner.

This year's lucky birds are called Mac and Cheese, a traditional Thanksgiving dish itself, and will live out their days in Virginia.

PM says bombing will stop when extremists surrender

Libya’s prime minister has refused a UN call to halt two days of air strikes against rebel-held positions in Tripoli as the country’s civil war escalates, The UK Guardian reports.

The bombing has seen the city’s Mitiga airport shut down, worsening a conflict that has already torn the country apart, displaced 400,000 people and threatened involvement by outside powers.

2015: Mimiko vows to tackle thuggery

CAC, Ondo sensitise SMEs on business registration

Abba presiding over most partisan police in history – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the Inspector-General of Police Suleiman Abba for daring to say he does not recognize Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and for weaving a web of lies to cover up the real reasons the police invaded the National Assembly.

Qaeda moved US hostage ahead of Yemen raid -report

Al-Qaeda militants holding an American journalist in Yemen moved him and two other foreign hostages just days before a raid to free him, a Yemeni defence ministry website said.
The journalist as well as a British national and a South African are among several hostages held by Al-Qaeda in the violence-wracked country, according to the ministry’s 26Sep.net news website.

Alison-Madueke elected OPEC President

Petroleum Minister, Mrs Diezani Allison Madueke, has been elected as President of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Alison-Madueke was elected President of the organisation, Thursday at the ongoing 166th ordinary meeting of the oil body in Vienna, Austria.

OPEC begins pivotal meet as oil prices hit fresh lows

OPEC ministers met Thursday to decide whether to slash oil production amid a glut in global supplies, sending crude prices to new lows ahead of their pivotal vote.

The 12-nation oil cartel is under pressure from its poorer members like Venezuela and Ecuador to cut output as collapsing prices have slashed their precious revenues.

Soldier killed in Indian Kashmir in ongoing militant attack

Militants attacked an army patrol in Indian Kashmir on Thursday leaving one soldier dead as fighting continued near the border with rival Pakistan, a security official said.

The attack coincides with a regional summit in Nepal attended by the leaders of India and Pakistan, which threatens to end in failure because of rising tensions between the arch-rivals.

Syrian government air raids on the city of Raqqa, which the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has proclaimed as its capital, have killed 135 people, activists have said.

Scores more people were reported to have been injured in the air strikes on Tuesday, which targeted a number of residential districts in the northern city.

It hardly seems the gateway to a new life of safety and prosperity: An office tucked away in a grey apartment block in Istanbul. Yet every day, dozens of Iraqi Catholics queue here, hoping it will open the door to a new life free of fear.

Eleven people died Thursday in a coal mine explosion in China, state media reported, in the second deadly accident in two days in the country’s notoriously dangerous mining industry.

Well, its true to me...
The popular Nigerian Music Producer Michael Collins Popularly known as Don Jazzy celebrates Birthday in a special way by declaring 2015 Presidential Ambition... I don't know how true it is but i feel he is serious about it... guess what the political party is... #SMD...

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