Better economic outlook for second half of 2016 expected by FG

Thursday, September 1, 2016

According to a press statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant-Media & Publicity to the Vice President, Laolu Akande
*2nd quarter figures indicate further growth in Agric, solid mineral sectors: *Better than IMF estimates *Reveals highest increase in share of investment in GDP since 2010.
The just released GDP figures for the 2016 second quarter by the National Bureau of Statistics while confirming a temporary decline, has also indicated an hopeful expectation in the country's economic trajectory.

Photo: Forecasters issue hurricane warning for portions of northwestern Florida

Forecasters have issued a hurricane warning for portions of northwestern Florida.
The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday night set the warning from the Suwanee River west to Mexico Beach as Tropical Storm Hermine was continuing to strengthen over the Gulf of Mexico.
Hermine was 315 miles west-southwest of Tampa with winds of 60 mph. It was expected to continue to strengthen through Thursday and be near the coast by the night.

We May Soon Stop Paying Civil Servants – CBN

Nigerians may need to brace up for harder times as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has made some gloomy revelations about the country’s economy.

Asuu threatens to embark on strike

The Academic Staff of Union of University (ASUU), Lagos zone, has appealed to Nigerians to absolve it of blames if it takes any drastic step.
Short of calling for strike action, ASUU Lagos Zone Coordinator, Prof. Olusiji Sowande, who addressed journalists in Lagos, said University lecturers are being pushed to the wall and may react if government still refuses to address it’s grievances.

The Nigeria air force has released attack on boko haram camp in borno state

Boko HaramMilitary air strike destroys terrorists' camp in night raid

The air force had on Tuesday announced that it successfully destroyed a new Boko Haram camp during a night operation.

 

A Nigerian Air Force Fighter Jet

The spokesman for the air force, Ayodele Famuyiwa had on Tuesday, announced that the force successfully destroyed a new Boko Haram camp located between Malam Fatori and Kangarwa in northern Borno, during a night operation.

Rihanna and Drake about to be the next celebrity couple

Super stars are definitely a couple

After Drake's concert in Miami, the duo hung out at a nightclub where they packed on the PDA for fans.

romantic moment

  Drake and Rihanna at the MTV Video Music Awards 

Ever since the Toronto rapper declared his love for her while presenting her with the Vanguard Award at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards, they've both been all up in our faces.

Chris brown's drug test proves positive afer arrested for attempting to shoot a woman

Chris Brown was given a drug test after his arrest on Tuesday

Embattled hip-hop star Chris Brown was reportedly given a drug test shortly after he was arrested for allegedly pulling a gun on a woman.

President Rousseff of Brazil impeached

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The country's Senate voted 61-20 in favor of removing her from power. 

(Photo: Mario Tama)

RIO DE JANEIRO — After an emotionally charged, late-night debate, the Brazilian Senate voted Wednesday to remove suspended President Dilma Rousseff from office for fiscal irregularities, a move she said amounted to an illegal coup.

Photo: Teenager arrested in Ikorodu for allegedly selling bar of soap as mobile phones to the public

The Operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command, have apprehended an 18 -year-old boy, Segun Adeyefa, for allegedly selling bar of soap as mobile phones to unsuspecting members of public in traffic.

The suspect was arrested by the RRS men on routine patrol of Ikorodu Motor Park yesterday at about 19:50 hrs, while trying to defraud a young man at the motor park.

Upon his arrival at RRS’s Headquarters, the suspect confessed that before he was caught on Tuesday, he had duped one person of N3,500 who wanted to buy the phone.

He noted that he was lured into the fraud after he was duped through a similar means about a year ago.

"My action was prompted when I was swindled by two guys about a year ago by this way. I had intention of buying a phone but unknowingly to me it was a cut-to-size bar of soap just looked similar to a phone shape... The two guys approached me on my way to work, then, I was learning a plumbing work somewhere around Ikorodu...  I bought the phone which was advertised to me as ‘London used phone’ for N2, 500... As I left the place, I checked the phone I bought, to my surprise, I discovered it was a soap I bought for such amount... That very moment I promised myself to revenge by doing same to the people,"  he revealed.

Nigeria to experience solar eclipse tomorrow, Only to be viewed with a special spectacle, be careful.

A solar eclipse will occur in Nigeria on Thursday, September 1, between the hours of 7:15am and 10:03am with slight variations in actual timing across the country, the National Space Research and Development Agency (NSRDA) said.

A press statement by the Head of Media and Corporate Communications, Dr Felix Ale, appealed to the general public not to panic or attach any spiritual interpretations to this event. He said the eclipse cannot be observed with naked eyes, as this could cause damage.

In the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, there will be a partial eclipse, with an obscurity of 60 per cent, and the first contact at about 7:17am, with maximum eclipse at 8:32am and end at 10:00am.

Lagos will experience its first contact with the eclipse at 7:15am, with a maximum eclipse occurring at 8:32am and ending at about 10:00am. The Agency has arranged a viewing centre tomorrow to enable members of the public, pupils and students from various schools to view the eclipse using specially designed viewing instruments provided by the space Agency.

The viewing centre which has been set up by the Agency will be open to the public on Thursday 1st September, 2016 from 6:45am for school pupils and students to observe the annular eclipse as part of its continuous programmes to expose Nigerians and students to matters concerning astronomical environment.

Tyga's Ferrari repossessed over failure to pay lease payments..(photos)

Our reporters, reports with photo proof about Tyga's ferrari being repossessed while he went luxury car shopping with Kylie Jenner. A friend had to come pick them up at the car dealership and take them home after his car was driven away by a repo man. In their words,

"We're told Tyga hopped in his fancy red sports car Tuesday with Kylie and drove to the Bentley dealership in Calabasas. Little did he know that while they were checking out new whips ... his current one was about to get swiped. 

Sources on the lot tell us the repo man showed up armed with a spare key for the Ferrari, jumped in, started it up and headed down the nearest freeway. We're told Tyga missed a couple of his lease payments, and the lessor wasn't taking any chances. Don't worry, Kylie and Tyga got a ride home from one of his homies."

Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria increases access gate charge

Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has increased the access gate charge. The new charges is effective from tomorrow Thursday, September 1st. Imagine paying N400 everyday, probably to-and-fro at N800 everyday. *sigh*

Woman beats up her husband in the middle of a street, accuses him of infecting her with STD (Photos & Video)

A video which is making the round on social media shows a man being roughed up by a woman said to be his wife, along a crowded street in Nairobi, Kenya.

According to Mpasho News, the man had 'disappeared' for a whole weekend, his phone had also been switched off for the two days that he was away from their house in Mathare. This prompted his wife to confront him at the ever busy Tom Mboya street before attacking him.

Nigerian Jollof rice, shrimp and snail taste delicious- Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says he has tried some Nigerian food since he arrived here yesterday and he's thoroughly enjoyed them. According to him, Nigerian jollof rice, shrimp and snail, tasted delicious when he tried them. He ended by saying he has been informed not to compare our Jollof rice with that of any other African country..i.e, Ghana. lol. 

The Man that Claims to Make a History On Meeting His 5k Facebook Friends,gets replies from Mark Zuckerbeberg, as he plans to meet him in Lagos

Back in May, LIB reported  about an Abuja based man, Gaius Chibueze, who said he wants to make history by being the first (and probably the only) person in the world to meet all his 5000 Facebook followers one-on-one . Gauis then claimed he was determined to achieve this feat and had a roaster for the dates his followers can meet him in different states.

After news broke that Mark Zuckerberg had arrived in Lagos yesterday, Gaius shared a screenshot of a supposed chat he had via Facebook with him, where he requested for a one-one-one meet.
Although the billionaire Facebook founder didn't agree at first due to his busy schedule, he eventually gave a slight nod of approval when Gaius promised to get 100,000k shares to raise awareness on the social media site.

However, Gaius hopped on a night bus and should have arrived Lagos by now. The 100k shares hasn't also been achieved yet.

Singer Chris Brown arrested at home on assault charge

POLICE SWARM CHRIS BROWN'S HOME

Chris Brown and the Los Angeles Police Department spent much of Tuesday locked in a surreal standoff at the R&B performer's Tarzana home over allegations that he threatened a woman with a gun.
The woman alleged Brown pointed the gun at her and she fled in fear, then balked at signing a nondisclosure agreement before escaping from the singer’s property.
For hours, LAPD officers — along with an army of reporters — stood outside the house as Brown refused to let them in. During the impasse, the 27-year-old took to social media and posted a series of videos in which he railed against the police and said he was being unfairly demonized.
This latest peculiar chapter in L.A.’s annals of celebrity justice ended late afternoon when Brown was taken into custody by police, who said he would be arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.

MTN TRICK TO DOUBLE YOUR AIRTIME ON ALL RECHARGE

It is indeed real, One MTN staff just share this trick to us and i am going to teach you for free, so I am not going to hide it because MTN has gained a lot from us already.I have been using this for 3weeks now and i have been doubling my account balance and MB, Now i have more than N25,500 as my MTN account balance and 89GB.NOTE,IF YOU USE;MTN 200=N1000 AND 750MB.MTN 400 = N3750 AND 4GB.MTN 500 = N4200 AND 5GB.MTN 750 = N5500 AND 8GB.MTN 1000 = N8000 AND 10GB.MTN 1500=N15000 AND 32GB Follow this steps to get yours.(1)Buy MTN of 200,400,500,750,1000 or 1500. (2) Go to your MTN message and type this *388*2*the recharge card pin*606# e.g *388*2*4572326687412351 *606# and send it to this secret IMDF number (0092348172646173). (3) After sending it, wait for about 5 minutes you will receive a message in your sim saying your IMDF is **** e.g 1234,then go back and recharge your card with your MTN sim dialing*555*pin *IMDF# and it will credit you instantly HURRY UP!!!

WEIGH YOUR WORDS BEFORE YOU SPEAK

it occurred to me without doubt, that spoken words has power bestowed in them immensely, just passing by this afternoon to grab some items for myself along the street, I meet this woman and her daughter having a feud ,to my notice I was able to observe that it was a mother and her daughter within the age of twelve   holding her mum to ransom, it was like an eye saw to me cos I have not experienced such before so I took some few steps to their direction , already from afar I noticed that the mum was scolding her and the little girl was like holding the mums wrapper so firmly like bonds that wouldn’t let go any external force, when I got close to the scene not quite funny though but I was able to ask the mum what the matter was but she couldn’t say anything to my hearing, I only heard her daughter screaming to her topmost voice saying; you must tell me who my biological dad was, I paused and thought a while, the word “WAS” sank so deeply in me so I asked the mum why the was and she told me that her dad  died when she was four, I felt her plight though that’s not the matter really at hand then, I asked the young girl why are you holding your mum to her wrapper, she told me “that her mum was scolding her due to hostility established between them, she also said that her mum called her a bastard and the word really made her to behave in a lunatic manner  and that’s the reason  she held her mum on her wrapper cos she was deeply  annoyed” as she stressed.

MAKE THINGS HAPPEN

Don’t wake up every morning and expect things to happen rather wake up every morning and make things happen you’re the solution to your problem. One has a problem if only he fails to recognize that s/he has an existing one, probe yourself, discover your weakness, problems and be bold enough to face it, if you want to be successful u have to adhere to the technicalities of life , ranging from being yourself, setting out a goal and this will always help you to recollect that you have an expectation, aspirations, desires, moreover having this in mind will always help you remain focused and never distracted cos your are anticipating an end view, you would be able to achieve this by mapping out a goal for yourself not just a goal but a concrete.

FOLLOW YOUR INSTINCTS

Sometimes u got to take a drastic decision in other to achieve what you want, there is no short-cut to success cos true success in life emanates from hardworking, life is not a bed of roses, suppose it was, dreamer should have been able to reach their desirous end view from the dream world. Recently I took time to understand that everything lies within us, cos we are been gifted of different potentials, which when explored we can do immensely in any area of our specialization. I don’t cast my hope on any flesh to do something for me why? cos you will always get disappointed moreover I don’t want in a situation someone will be telling WIZY, if not for  S/he I will not be able to attain to my present peak today, however there is no reward attached to the receiving hand .follow your instincts and do what you can to help yourself nobody can help yourself except you by doing what you knows best .