Fani-Kayode returns home to PDP for good, predicts PDP will win Osun elections!

Former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode said he has returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for good.

Fani-Kayode said this while speaking to newsmen on Tuesday in Osogbo- Osun state, adding that, his return to the ruling party was a “return home”. 

Predicting the PDP will win the 9 August election in Osun state, he said he was optimistic that PDP will win just as it did in Ekiti state, noting that, the people of Ife would vote massively for PDP candidate Senator Iyiola Omisore, whom he described as a true son of Ile-Ife.

“This is an opportunity for the people of Ife to have their own person at the executive level in the state.

“Omisore was a Deputy Governor, my father was a Deputy Prime Minister in the old Western region.

“This time around, we are going for the highest executive level in Osun because Omisore has what it takes to be governor,” he said.

On why he decided to return to PDP, Fani-Kayode said he left the main opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC) because he did not like the way the party was being handled.

“Moreover, some of the issues that initially took me out of the PDP have already been addressed". he said.

Body of teen store-away found in the wheel well of U.S. military plane!

CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports that the body of a child of unknown nationality was found in the wheel well of an American C-130 aircraft after it landed at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.

According to Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby, the teen stowaway was a black male who may have been of African origin. The flight originated in Mali but had other stops in between.

Kirby said the body was found during a routine post-flight maintenance inspection of the cargo plane.

He said the body had been turned over to German authorities for autopsy, and the matter is under investigation. He added that it is not known when or where the stowaway entered the landing gear wheel well.

Kirby further said the cause of death had not yet been determined. Lab results from samples taken from the body were negative for communicable diseases, Kirby said.

In addition to identifying the child, Martin reports, officials will now have to determine how a child managed to sneak into the wheel well of an American military aircraft. The fact that an unauthorized person managed to stow away aboard a military plane without being detected was a significant security breach.

The plane had stopped for refueling in Sigonella, Sicily, but it is considered unlikely the child got on there because Sigonella is a secure base.

Woman dies after ex-boyfriend douses her in gasoline and sets her ablaze!

Diane Prater, the Alabama woman whose former boyfriend doused her in gasoline and set her on fire died early on Tuesday after spending two days in the hospital.

Reports said that the 49 year- old woman, had recently ended her three-year relationship with her ex, Michael Kennedy, he came to her house in a Birmingham suburb early on Sunday and argued with her before setting her ablaze.

“It’s a totally senseless and violent loss of life,” said Sergeant Jack Self, spokesman for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. “This is a special kind of evil that has no place existing in our society.”

The 48 year- old ex- boyfriend who fled in Prater’s sport utility vehicle, was arrested on Monday about five miles away by U.S. Marshals. He was initially charged with attempted murder – a charge likely to be upgraded with Prater’s death.

Prater, who suffered burns on her head, face, chest, arms and legs, was hospitalized in serious condition before turning for the worse on Monday night, she died just after midnight on Tuesday, he said.

Authorities said that Kennedy, who remains in jail on a $250,000 bond, has a criminal record that includes arrests for robbery and assault.

El Rufai loses son in auto crash!

Former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasir El Rufai on Tuesday morning July (29th) lost one of his sons Hamza El Rufai in a motor accident at about 5:30am.

According to reports, 23-year-old Hamza El Rufai, who was a student of Rochester Institute of Technology- Dubai, was driving the a black Lexus car when he ran into a stationery blue colored Volkswagen Saloon car around the Ningi Barrack along A.Y.A – Kubwa road, Abuja. Two persons were reportedly involved in the crash but only Hamza died in the crash. 

According to the Federal Road Safety Corps, his corpse was taken to the national mosque by his parents while the crashed vehicles were deposited at the Maitama Police station.

Confirming the incident, El-Rufai in a statement posted on his Facebook page wrote: “From Allah, we came and to Him we shall return. Please join our family in praying for the repose of the soul of my son, Hamza El-Rufai who died this morning in a motor accident in Abuja.”

We send our sincere condolence to the El-Rufai family, may God grant you the fortitude to bear this lose, Amen.

Presidential fund - Sharing formula causes chaos within Chibok community!

This is a serious matter, which calls for Presidential attention; it will be a shame to us all, if this allegation is true.

The sum of N100 million, reportedly handed down to parents of the abducted Chibok girls, is currently causing serious argument in Chibok community over the way it was shared amongs the parents.

report has it that on July 22nd, President Jonathan released the money to leaders of the Chibok community in Abuja for onward passage to parents of the kidnapped schoolgirls. But it seems the supposed leaders decided to help themselves with a large junk of the dough, leaving the affected and aggrieved parents with crying foul play over the sharing formular.

A father, whose daughter was among the kidnapped girls was quoted thus: “I got only N200,000 out of the said N100million allegedly received by our leaders in Abuja. Some of us got N300,000 and some less than that”.

“Our leaders in Abuja are using the girls to enrich themselves. In fact, some of the parents were screened out of the entourage by the Chibok leaders in Abuja. Many of them are residents of Abuja, not parents of the kidnapped girls,” He claimed.

Another parent lamented he got only N7,000 out of the money.

“I was at the farm when they brought the N7, 000 to my house and I collected it. Some of us got even less, N300 and below,” he reportedly said.

A Chibok community leader, Pobu Bitrus, who was present at the meeting between the President and the parents explained to the BBC Hausa Service that after meeting, monies were distributed to the parents in envelopes.

“After we met with the presidency, the parents were given monies in envelopes and that’s all. All other things they are saying about N100million, I don’t know about that,” Bitrus said.

It was gathered that Presidential aides, Reuben Abati and Doyin Okupe, could not be reached as at the time of this report.

We believe it was a largess from the President towards the affected parents to put themselves together while the search continues, The Chibok kidnap issue should not be an avenue for some sects to enrich themselves, otherwise, nah blood money una dey chopooooo! 

Police tortures man to death in Lagos!

Men of the Police force attached to the Elere Division, Agege, Lagos have been accused of raiding a street in Lagos, arresting three men – and torturing one of them to death.

The victim, 29 year-old Kazeem Oyolola, had been a resident of Ajayi Ibe Street in Agege area of Lagos state, for about a year and half. 

Reports says he died at a private hospital in Agege on Friday after the beating by the policemen.

The late Kazeem and two of his friends were taking drinks at a bar, when  police van with four policemen allegedly drove into the street to have them arrested for being suspected Internet fraudsters (419), otherwise known as Yahoo boys.

At the station, the policemen had allegedly tortured the three men to make them confess to the crime, during which Oyolola slumped.The policemen then rushed him to a nearby hospital in the area, and allegedly told the medical personnel that Oyolola was drunk.

However, as a result of the wounds sustained, he was said to have passed in the hospital at midnight in the presence of his parents who travelled to Lagos after they learnt of his arrest.

A  tenant who begged for anonymity told Punch newspaper that,  when she visited him at the hospital on Thursday evening, Oyolola’s hands and legs were swollen, and he could not speak.

“When I got to the hospital, his parents had arrived to look after him. His hands and legs were swollen. His mouth was wide open and he could not talk. You could see several bleeding spots all over his body. I do not know what information the police received, but I can tell you that Kazeem is an easygoing man in this area. He is a trader who deals in Aluminium products, and he has a younger brother who stayed with him. He should not have died in this cruel way.”

It was gathered that on Friday morning from about 10 am, a large number of aggrieved youths in the area protested Oyolola’s death to the police division. However, they were said to have been resisted by the Rapid Response Squads, who allegedly shot into the air to scare away the protesters.

We say NO to Police brutality on presumed innocent citizens biko. 

Study reveals women with morning sickness have healthier babies!

A new study found that women with symptoms of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy had fewer miscarriages and gave birth to bigger, healthier babies than women without symptoms. Morning sickness also was associated with fewer birth defects and better long-term development for the child, according to the study, a meta-analysis published in the August issue of Reproductive Toxicology.

As much as 85% of pregnant women develop morning sickness, which can range from mild to severe, the researchers said. Rapid increases in human gonadotropin, a hormone released by the placenta, are believed to help trigger the symptoms. Relatively high levels of the hormone, and possibly other hormones not yet identified, may contribute to a more favorable prenatal environment, the researchers said.

The analysis, conducted at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, pooled data from 10 studies conducted in five countries from 1992 to 2012. The studies, which involved an estimated 850,000 pregnant women, examined associations between nausea and vomiting and miscarriage rates, prematurity, birth weight, congenital abnormalities such as cardiac defects and cleft palate, and long-term child development.

The risk of miscarriage was more than three times as high in women without symptoms of nausea and vomiting as in those with symptoms. Women 35 years old or older, who generally have a relatively high risk for miscarriage, benefited the most from the "protective effect" associated with morning-sickness symptoms, the study said.

Nausea and vomiting were associated with a reduced risk of low birth weight and short body length. Women with symptoms also had fewer preterm births: 6.4% compared with 9.5% for those without symptoms, one of the underlying studies found.

The risk of birth defects was reduced by between 30% and 80% in infants of mothers with symptoms. These children, when tested years later, also scored higher on tests of IQ, language and behavior.

Taking drugs to reduce symptoms of nausea and vomiting doesn't affect a woman's hormonal levels and therefore shouldn't alter any positive effects associated with morning sickness, said Gideon Koren, director of the Motherisk Program at Hospital for Sick Children and lead author on the report.

The report noted that only a few of the underlying studies examined in the meta-analysis included information about the severity of nausea and vomiting symptoms.