Welcome to Fayemioye's Blog

President Jonathan met with members of the Yoruba Council of Elders at the State House in Marina, Lagos earlier today.

Chairman of the Yoruba Obas Conflict Resolu­tion Committee, Oba Obateru Akinrun­tan, has said Nigerians should not think that for­mer president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, and the incumbent, Dr. Good­luck Jonathan, are en­emies. Speaking after a meeting of the committee members in Ibadan yesterday, he disclosed that the duo would resolve their differences. Checks by Daily Sun re­vealed that many Nigerians believed that Obasanjo, who dumped the Peoples Demo­cratic Party (PDP) earlier this week and Jonathan, who is the PDP presidential candidate for this year’s general elections had fallen apart. Akinruntan, the Okoro Agija 1, who is the Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom in Ondo State, noted that Obasanjo and Jona­than knew how to settle their differences, adding that the committee wanted peaceful conduct of this year’s general elections. “We don’t dabble into poli­tics. They (Obasanjo and Jona­than) have been friends for ages. They would settle them­selves. If you see them fight­ing on p...

A mum who allegedly throttled her 10-year-old son to death because she thought his big ears were ruining his life is facing murder charges in Turkey.Nuray Sacan, 37, had paid for the boy to have cosmetic surgery in Gazi Hospital in the capital Ankara, but when she turned up after the operation she told surgeons she was unhappy with the results. It's claimed she took the youngster to the women's toilet in the hospital in the early hours of the morning and choked him to death with her own scarf.She was caught when she fled the hospital in her car but hit another vehicle. Sacan confessed to the killing while she was being taken back to hospital in an ambulance.The mum told police later: "Both his ears had become even bigger after the surgery.He became very ugly. He would have felt even more ashamed in front of his friends. I did it to save him such embarrassment.I was trying to protect him from a lifetime of pain." She claimed she had paid for the surgery becau...

A total of 158 Women and children abducted by Boko Haram insurgents from Katarko village in Yobe have been reunited with their families in Damaturu, Yobe. The victims were released by the sect members after three weeks of captivity. Alhaji Ahmed Goniri, the state Commissioner for Justice and Chairman of the State Committee on Rehabilitation of Victims of Insurgency, said this while addressing newsmen in Damaturu on Thursday. “The victims were screened by security operatives to authenticate their status while government provided them with psychological therapy to ease their trauma,” Goniri said. NAN reports that the victims were released by the insurgents three weeks ago but remained in custody of security agencies to undergo screening to ensure that they were indeed captives. Alhaji Abdurahman Dauda, a displaced person, said his wife and six girls were released by the insurgents. “Two of my boys are still in their custody but, I am of high spirit that they will soo...

Barcelona star Lionel Messi has admitted problems "on and off the pitch" affected his performances in 2014. The 27-year-old still managed to score 41 goals in 46 games in all competitions last term, but failed his own incredibly high standards as Barca ended the season without a trophy. Messi has now acknowledged that injuries and his tax case hurt his form last campaign and he is desperate to show his true self again in 2015. "The truth is that this year I tried to get to my best form as quickly as possible. I knew I was coming off the back of a not very good year, during which I went through a lot of problems on and off the field," the Argentina international told Mundo Leo. "It was a challenge to change the image that I had given out last season and to be the player I had been in previous seasons again. That was my objective and that's how I came out at the start of this season, really up for it." The four-time Ballon d'Or winner then went ...

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, has said he cannot guarantee if elections will hold in March or not, stating that major part of it still has to do with the issue of security, which only the Military can clarify. Jega appeared before the Senate yesterday and when asked by the Minority Leader, Senator George Akume, to give a clear assurance about the dates of the elections, Jega said; “I think it is a very difficult question to answer. I have said consistently that there are things under the control of electoral commission and there are things that are not under the control of electoral commission. For things that are under our control, I can give definite and categorical assurances. On what is not under our control, it is futile, it is fruitless and useless to give a definite guarantee on them. I think that question should be directed appropriately. The questions of security, I will leave it, I don’t think I am compe...

Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe will turn 91 years old on February 21st and the country’s ruling party, Zanu PF is planning to host a $1million birthday jamboree to celebrate him just as they didlast year when he turned 90. According to an official of the ruling party, Tongai Kasukuwere who spoke with Zimbabwean media, the party had raised 60% of the total money needed for the birthday jamboree which is expected to be hosted at the luxurious resort town of Victoria Falls. “We have sourced more than half of what we want and more companies and individuals are promising to contribute in the near future. We are looking at a sizeable figure which is befitting the magnitude of the person whose birthday we are celebrating. To us as Zanu PF youths, this is a moment to celebrate his achievements and greatness and celebrate what he has done for Africa and the world as a whole.” he was quoted as saying. President Mugabe came into power after Zimbabwe’s independence ...

In an interview with Thisday Style this week, Mrs Aisha Buhari, wife of APC Presidential candidate, General Buhari, said that one thing most people don’t know about her husband is his love for comic stories and his very humorous nature“Gen. Muhammadu Buhari is a very humorous person and enjoys listening to comic stories. Whenever he cracks jokes you will laugh till you shed tears. He also likes taking people by surprise” she saidMrs Buhari who is an esthetician by profession with spa houses in Kaduna and Abuja, says she has been married to her husband for 25 years now and that he is a caring and protective person “My husband is a family-oriented person. He has very close relationships with his children, grandchild, and entire members of the family. He is very caring and protective of us” she said  According to Mrs Buhari, her husband is a very gender sensitive person who believes in women’s education“My husband believes in women’s ...

More facts appear to be emerging on the allegation by Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, that President Goodluck Jonathan gave pastors across the country N6bn to vote againstthe Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), in the presidential election.A Borno-based Pastor, Kallamu Musa-Dikwa, said on Thursday that the money that was given to pastors by the President was actually N7bn and not N6bn asalleged by Amaechi, who doubles as the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation. Amaechi had alleged that unnamed leaders of the Peoples Democratic Partypaid N6bn to Christian clerics to campaign against Buhari and the APC. The governor’s allegation caused a stir among the Christian clerics, with the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria and the Northern State Christian Elders Forum asking Amaechi to name the church leaders, who collected the huge bribe. But Musa-Dikwa, who is the Executive Director of the Voice of N...