Welcome to Geophilworld's blog: 04/12/15

Sunday, 12 April 2015

Singer Harrysong loses dad

Singer Harrysong is currently mourning. He lost his dad, Dennis Okiri, on April 8th after a brief illness. May his soul rest in peace, amen.

55 NYSC members released after being held hostage for 24hours in Nasarawa

55 Corps members and staff of INEC deployed to serve as presiding officers, who were held hostage yesterday in Assakio, Ashige and Adogi in Lafia LGA in Nasarawa state on Saturday April 11th, have finally been released, according to a report by Vanguard

The Corpers were rescued by security men this afternoon and brought to INEC Headquarter in Lafia. The Corps members said they were held hostage by the host communities because INEC returning and collation officers refused to show up after the election was peacefully concluded to collate and return election results.

They said when they tried to call the returning officers, they didn't pick their calls and the host communities refused to let them go until security men came to their rescue today.

Former Speaker, Aminu Masari Declared Winner Of Katsina Governorship Election

Former Speaker of the House of Representative and APC Governorship candidate in Katsina state, Aminu Bello Masari has been declared winner of the governorship election in Katsina state. He polled a total of 943,085 votes to defeat his closest rival and PDP candidate Musa Nashuni, who polled 476,768 votes.

Photo Of The Day...To My Igbo People

LWKMD..This photo is trending...I no fit shout!

American Rapper, Nelly Arrested For Drug Charges

Popular American rapper, Cornell Haynes aka Nelly has been arrested by the Tennessee state trooper for drug charges after marijuana and meth were found on his tour bus.

Nelly was arrested on Saturday morning, April 11, 2015 on felony drug charges in Tennessee after a state trooper stopped his tour bus for not having the correct ID stickers.

According to reports, the troopers noticed the smell of marijuana when they stopped the bus and then proceeded to search it.

The search uncovered marijuana, meth, as well as multiple handguns. Nelly and one of the other five people in the bus were immediately arrested and taken to the Putnam County Jail.

In an official statement released by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Securities, Nelly was charged with felony possession of drugs, simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

At approximately 9:20 a.m. on Saturday, Trooper Michael Loftis stopped a Prevost motor coach bus on Interstate 40 near the 275 mile marker for failure to display a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and International Fuel Tax Association (IFTA) sticker on the vehicle.

Further investigation revealed approximately 100 small Ziploc bags that are commonly associated with the sale of narcotics and numerous handguns, including a gold-plated 50-caliber Desert Eagle pistol, a 45-caliber Tarus pistol, and a 500 magnum Smith and Wesson.

The bus was occupied by six subjects, one of whom was identified as Nelly, 40, Brian Jones, 44, of St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Jones, a convicted felon, was also in possession of a handgun and was charged accordingly.

See The Photo Maheeda Posted On Instagram

Maheeda shared this photos on her Instagram page with the caption:Masterpiece!!!

Terry G Cuts Dreadlocks. Checkout his New Look (Photo)

He looks very gentle and innocent. Akpako boy!

Okonjo-Iweala Is To Blame For Nigeria's Financial Situation - Buhari

President-Elect Gen. Muhammadu Buhari in a chat with SaharaTV spoke on how he plans to deal with corruption, the government’s finances, Boko Haram, and Nigeria’s economy.

When asked about statements from Minister of Finance Iweala on the fiscal conditions and government spending in Nigeria, President-Elect Buhari told SaharaTV that “I’m afraid the Finance Minister has no cause to complain because the governors cannot force the central government to act outside the Constitution.”

President-Elect Buhari firmly stated that “all those that were governors, ministers, permanent secretaries, head of foreign staff and all those with political appointments will have to declare their assets on the assumption of their appointment and definitely with the courts. And once they leave they have to re-declare their assets.” He said this would ensure greater accountability among public servants.

He told SaharaTV that he does not plan to interfere with the judiciary and whatever action it may take pursuing corrupt public officials. He stated that his administration would not “become embroiled in investigation every ministry, then the government will not have time to move forward.”

On the contentious issue of Oil Block ownership in Nigeria, and an equitable distribution of the country’s wealth, he suggested that partisan politics in Nigeria is the cause of inequitability in the oil sector. President-Elect Buhari claimed that he wanted to professionalize the oil sector in Nigeria.

He said that the “proliferation of oil fields to people who don’t even know what it is, is one of the messes partisan politics has brought.” Within the equitable distribution of wealth and job creation for youth, the President-Elect pointed to the APC manifesto calling for greater emphasis on mining and agriculture development.

When pressed on rumors that former president Obasanjo was exercising inordinate influence on Buhari’s administration he said, “I think that people have to accept the realities of Nigeria’s political development.

General Olusegun Obasanjo is the only living Nigerian that led Nigeria for more than 11 years, so for anybody to think that General Obasanjo is irrelevant or he was trying to push his influence over issues, I think is being uncharitable and not being fair to Nigeria’s political development.”

The president-elect, has made it known that his government would have no place for defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said members of his All Progressives Congress (APC) have nothing to fear over the mass defection of PDP members to the party.

Kwara Election: INEC Declares Governor Ahmed Winner

The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), on Sunday night declared Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed of Kwara State as the winner of Saturday’s governorship elections in the state.

Ahmed who contested the election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 295832 to beat his arch rival and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Simeon Ajibola who scored 115220.

The candidate of the Labour Party, Dr Mike Omotosho scored 2973 to emerge the second runner up in the election.
The Returning Officer and Vice chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Professor Musbau Akanji announced the results at the INEC collation centre in Ilorin, the state capital.

According to the results,APC scored 5525 in Isin while PDP polled 4202 and LP 97. In Oke-Ero, APC polled 6631, PDP (3815) and LP (36) while in Ekiti, home to the PDP candidate, Senator Simon Ajibola, APC polled 6269 to beat PDP which scored 4398 and LP (229).

In Offa, APC scored 18569, PDP (4778) and LP (110). In Oyun APC scored 10267 while PDP polled 4916 and LP 36 while in Asa APC polled 18363 with PDP scoring 6186 and LP 56.

In Ilorin South APC scored 21,220 while PDP polled 11, 439 and LP (519) and in Patigi APC scored 16,335 while PDP polled 3,033 and LP (13). In Irepodun APC polled 14, 970 while PDP polled 7,380 and LP (103). In Edu, APc scored 22,963 to beat PDP (9229) and LP (36).

Other results include Ilorin East where APC scored 25,700, PDP (10,923) and LP (296) while in Ifelodun APC polled 25, 528 against PDP (8086) and LP (521). In Moro, APC scored 16,614 against PDP (6,630) and LP (521) and in Ilorin West APC polled 53, 284 against PDP (18, 196) and LP (555), Baruten, APC18734, PDP,9374 and Kaiama,APC,14850 while PDP scored 2935

''I will not be running for governor again'' - Jimi Agbaje

Jimi Agbaje says he would not be running for governor of Lagos state again. He says having lost the first and the second time, he would be seeking other ways to be of service to the people of the state. "If I have run once and I have run twice and I don't get my way to be Governor, then I will find another way to be of service to the people" he told Channels TV.