Court refuses to stop impeachment move against Jonathan

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, refused to stop the House of Representatives from beginning impeachment moves against President Goodluck Jonathan over poor budget implementation.

Justice Gabriel Kolawole declined the exparte application by the National Chairman of African Liberation Party (ALP), Dr. Emmanuel Osita Okere, who asked the court to stop the House.



Emphasizing the need for caution, the court said it must have been established that the impeachment proceedings had begun before it could hear the suit in order not to interfere with the functions of the House.

By the provision of Section 143 (1) of the 1999 Constitution, the court held that no single arm of the national assembly can unilaterally impeach the president, adding that it requires a joint resolution of the House and the Senate before the president could be removed.

By not joining the Senate as a party to the suit, the court said, the motion ex-parte cannot succeed.

"This may not be the proper occasion for this court to grant ex parte order against the 2nd and 3rd defendants, as the reliefs sought by the plaintiff largely benefits the president", the court said.

Justice Kolawole accordingly refused the ex parte order and adjourned the matter indefinitely, for the Chief Judge to re-assign the case.

Moving the exparte application, the Applicant's counsel, Alex Williams had prayed the court to grant an interim order restraining the House, saying, it was capable of distracting the president from discharging his duties.

The defendants are the Speaker Aminu Tambuwal; the House of Representatives, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice and President Jonathan.

In his affidavit in support of the originating summons, the plaintiff stated that the move to impeach the president is heating up the polity, describing it as a disguise to cause political turmoil.

Source: The Nation

French magazine publishes topless photos of Kate Middleton

French magazine, "Closer", this morning published topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, with the headline - 'Oh My God - the photos that will go around the world.". Underneath, it says: "See incredible pictures of the future queen of England like you have never seen her....and as you will never see her again'.

The topless photos, taken while Kate and William were on private holiday last week, were splashed on the front cover of the magazine and inside on five pages. The photos were taken on the terrace of a guest house in Provence, France, where the couple vacationed last week

In one photo, William is seen rubbing sunscreen on the lower end of Kate's backside, in another the couple laugh as they lounge in chairs near a folded red parasol, in a third Kate holds the top of her bikini across her chest, either taking it off or putting it back on. The couple were beside a swimming pool.

The royal family have condemned the publication and are planning to send their lawyers to France.

They say victory loves careful preparation, ay? Well, I guess Emeka John got lucky in one of oddest places….. A beer parlour. Emeka is a trailer driver who was spotted drinking bottles of Star lager beer just in the right place and at the right time. Unknown to him, Star was giving away instant gift prizes for Star drinkers through a raffle draw. Emeka was given some prizes including a raffle ticket to participate in Star TV Game Show in Lagos.

He was later flown to Lagos, all expenses paid for, from his base in Benin, just to participate in the Game Show. Since Star Game Show is team-based, he was by sheer luck grouped alongside David Smith and Ugwu Chukwuemeka. At the end of the games, the trio emerged the winning team. Each team member pocketed N1 million for their victory. 

    Emeka John, first from the left

When he was asked the feeling he had about winning N1 million, he did not waste time to make the announcement of his resignation from  his work place. He declared: “My days of working for other people are over. I will use this N1 million to buy my own truck.”

If indeed he truly plans to buy his own truck, we wish him well in his future endeavours as an entrepreneur. But if he just uttered those words on the spur of the moment or out of sheer excitement, we can only hope that his boss neither gets to watch that particular episode of Star Game Show on TV stations; nor hear about this particular post! 

There are some statements bosses do not usually find funny when they are spoken by their employees. One of them is: “My days of working for other people are over!” 

Morenike Popoola Kidnapped in Lagos

                                                                     Morenike Popoola

Morenike Popoola was kidnapped around 9:30 -10 last night in Amuwo-Odofin on her way home. Her car, a wine-coloured Toyota Corolla Sports car was also taken, but was recovered very early this morning around Kirikiri.

Morenike's abductors contacted her family this morning but made no specific demands, just said they will call back. The police are now involved!

Anyone with any information or can offer any assistance please call 07062425660 or 08025045690

Lagos State Government says "beautify your house or go to Jail"

These people will not kill somebody with all their funny laws. The most recent law is; beautify your house or go to jail! 

The Lagos state Commissioner for Environment Tunji Bello said yesterday..

"It is now mandatory for tenement/owners and occupiers to landscape and beautify the perimeter areas of their properties. A violation of this would attract N250, 000 or the amount the state would incur if it decides to carry out the beautification, or six months imprisonment or other non-custodian sentences…also anyone caught felling trees in the state or trimming them without permission would be fined a minimum of N50,000 or sent to one year imprisonment.

It is also an offence to walk on lawns and gardens. Urinating, defecating in any of the parks, gardens and open spaces; loitering or soliciting for illegal purposes, smoking and dumping refuse among others in the parks are also offences.”

 The commissioner then added that.....

.... the Lagos State government wants Lagos to be as beautiful as Singapore. LoL! There's even an agency that will implement the law; it's called the Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency, LASPARK, which was inaugurated yesterday. So people please start beautifying your houses oo! plant flowers... :D

Oil and Gas Gala Night

Wow!! This is amazing.. I hope we can all see the same thing here. 

Oil & Gas Gala Night - September 29th, 2012. 

Ticket - N10 million. 

VIP - N30million. 

Table - N100 million. 

VIP Table - N300 million.

It was advertised on 'Thisday Newspaper' on tuesday. Some people don't have fear of God sha. I have the most surprised expression on my face right now. 

Assassins threaten Treasure Daniels. "Leave Lagos now!!"

                                                              Tracy and Treasure Daniels

This story is on the cover of Encomium magazine - written by Stella Dimoko Korkus. See below....

According to sources close  to the Identical twins; 'Treasure has been hiding. She started receiving threatening calls last year and this time handwritten death threats started arriving her door post asking her to leave town and not contact her twin sister anymore. Treasure didn't take it serious until she was called and told that one more visit would result in bloodshed, that she should leave town and not return. Treasure has left Lagos and is in hiding. Nobody knows who's behind the death threats but the people calling her knew of her day-to-day movement; what she eats and when she moved house. They even gave her her new house address before she moved.

The Nigerian police have stepped into the case but have not been able to solve or catch the culprit(s). But friends of the actresses believe that the threats are coming from insiders because they are able to tell the identical twins apart.