Football Legend, George Weah Wins Liberian Senate seat

Liberian opposition politician and former football star
George Weah won a landslide victory in Senate elections in
Ebola-ravaged Liberia, official results showed Sunday.
Weah — who in 1995 became the first and only African yet
to win the Ballon d’Or as European footballer of the year
and who played for AC Milan, Paris Saint Germain and
Monaco — trounced his rival Robert Sirleaf, the son of
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
Weah got 78 percent of the vote in Montserrado county in
the December 20 poll to fill half the seats of the Senate.
Turnout was around 25 percent, according to the national
election commission.
The election was originally due to be held in October but
was postponed over the Ebola outbreak in Liberia.
Sirleaf, who was running as an independent, registered
10.8 percent of the vote.
Montserrado county, in northwestern Liberia, is the west
African country’s most populous region and home to nearly
a third of its population of four million.
Liberia tops the number of Ebola deaths in the current
outbreak with 3,384 fatalities, but it has seen a clear
decrease of new transmissions in the past month.
Ebola has killed 7,693 people, almost all of them in the
west African epicentres of Liberia, Sierra Leone and
Guinea.
Weah, a popular figure in Liberia since his days as a
deadly centre-forward, won the first round of the 2005
presidential election, but lost the runoff to Johnson Sirleaf.
A 2011 election campaign was also unsuccessful.

Top Actress Genevieve Nnaji receives Chieftancy Title. (photos )

 One of Nigeria’s top actresses, Genevieve Nnaji has
recently been honored with a chieftancy title in her
home town.
Genevieve took to her Instagram page on Sunday
December 28, 2014 to announce that she received the
title in her home town in Aboh, Mbaise, Imo State.
The dark skinned beauty received the title Eze Ada 1 of
Amuzu Nweafor.

cameroonian Soldiers chase Nigerians out of Bakassi

The Cameroonian military has begun
cracking down on Nigerians in the Bakassi
peninsula suspected of evading taxes.
Cameroon gained total control of the
peninsula in August 2013, but most
inhabitants in the oil-rich area are Nigerians
“We don’t understand Cameroon’s tax
laws,” a provisions store owner, Stanley
Obi, told the Hausa service of the Voice of
America (VOA), adding that he has seen an
array of people seeking payments.
“At times, you see the council come to
collect theirs. After, the tax officers will
come, police will come; we are just
confused with the whole system,” Obi said.
Obi also said a curfew was imposed on the
peninsula last week following disputes
between businessmen and groups of tax
collectors.
Fresh fish retailer, Na Eric, said that ever
since Cameroon gained sovereignty over the
peninsula, Nigerians in Bakassi have
frequently been harassed by Cameroonian
soldiers.
“It is a means of killing our businesses,” he
said.
The governor of the southwest region in
which Bokassi is located, Bernard Okalia
Bilai, confirmed that his administration had
imposed a night curfew in the area, saying
the decision is to halt people coming from
Nigeria’s Cross River State following a
meeting held at which peninsula residents
complained that others were disrespecting
maritime borders, attacking the locals and
refusing to pay taxes.
“Nigerians must understand that Bakassi is
now a Cameroonian territory and whoever
lives there must submit to all national rules
and regulations, including paying taxes,”
the governor said.
Immediately after the International Court of
Justice (ICJ) ruling, tax collection in
Bakassi was suspended, but as of mid-
August 2013, residents had to start paying
their share.
The governor accused Nigerians of
disrespecting the ICJ ruling’s terms by
refusing to pay taxes.
In 2002, the ICJ ruling had awarded control
of the disputed Bakassi Peninsula to
Cameroon, and Nigeria eventually decided
not to appeal the ruling, sparking protests
from many Bakassi residents. And other
Nigerians.
In 2008, the ICJ gave Nigeria five years to
transition and cede control. As of August
2013, Nigerians – who constitute 90
percent of the peninsula’s population – had
to obtain residence permits and be treated
as foreign nationals.
Those who decided to become
Cameroonians had to acquire national
identity cards and respect Cameroon laws
The United Nations-backed Green Tree
Agreement of 2006 set terms of the
handover and one of the articles states that
there shall be no indiscriminate collection of
taxes within the Bakassi peninsula.

Leadership.

My certificates are with Military, Buhari tells INEC.

Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)
A former Head of State and the Presidential candidate of
the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 general
elections, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has told
the Independent National Electoral Commission that his
academic qualifications and credentials are with the
military.
A visit by journalists to the headquarters of the commission
on Monday in Abuja revealed that Buhari’s academic
qualifications were not on display, unlike those of other
Presidential candidates, including President Goodluck
Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party.
But in an affidavit, which he deposed to at a High Court of
the Federal Capital Territory, he explained that all his
certificates were with the Secretary, Military Board.
The affidavit dated November 24, 2014, was stamped and
received by INEC on December 18 2014.
“I am the above-named person and deponent to this
affidavit therein. All my academic qualifications documents
as filled in my presidential form, President APC/001/2015,
are currently with the Secretary, Military Board as of the
time of presenting this affidavit. The affidavit is made in
good faith and for record purpose,” Buhari stated.
The PUNCH had exclusively reported that Vice President
Mohammed Namadi Sambo had also told INEC that his
Bachelors and Masters’ degree certificates in Architecture
from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, had been
consumed by fire.
Sambo, who is the Vice Presidential candidate of the PDP,
had made the declaration in the documents he filed with
INEC and displayed on the commission’s office in Abuja,
even though the details of the fire that consumed the
certificates were not given.
Sambo’s papers were received and stamped by the INEC
between December 10 and 18, 2014 and validated by two
letters from the ABU, a copy of which was obtained by our
correspondent.

Cameroonian Army attacks Boko Haram, kills 41.

At least 41 militants and one soldier were reportedly killed
as the Cameroonian military launched an air raid on
suspected Boko Haram fighters who attacked one of its
bases on the border near Amchide and seized a huge
portion of the town of Ashigashia.
The Voice of America quoted Cameroon military
spokesman, Col. Didier Badjeck, as saying that about
1,000 suspected Boko Haram fighters had seized parts of
the villages of Ngouma, Sagme, Ardebe, Mbaljuel,
Dambore, Soueram and Ashigashia and briefly occupied a
military camp on Sunday.
Badjeck also said the militants also kidnapped several girls
on Friday and forced them to marry the group’s fighters.
He said the military was informed by local residents that
Boko Haram members had abducted girls between the
ages of 12 and 15 and forced them to marry sect
members.
Consequently, President Paul Biya of Cameroon ordered
the air strike against the sect. This forced the Boko Haram
fighters from neighbouring Nigeria to flee the camp at
Assighasia, Al Jazeera quoted the Communications
Minister, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, as saying in a statement.
Bakary said the multiple attacks showed that Boko Haram
had adopted a new strategy aimed at “distracting
Cameroonian troops on different fronts, making them more
vulnerable in the face of the mobility and unpredictability
of their attacks.”
Bakary said at least 34 militants were killed after the army
raided one of their bases in Cameroon, while another
seven were killed in a separate clash which also claimed
the life of a soldier.
Last week, Cameroon said it had dismantled a Boko
Haram training camp on its territory, and had rescued 84
children who were being trained there.
More than 40 of its soldiers have been killed in fighting
with Boko Haram this year, according to Reuters.
A Boko Haram squad attacked the Assighasia camp on
Sunday morning and the “Cameroonian defence forces had
to withdraw after trying to defend the position”, the
government statement said.

Punch.

INEC Redeploys state RECS for 2015 elections.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,
has redeployed all its Resident Electoral
Commissioners, REC, nationwide as part of plans to
ensure the success of the February 2015 general
election.
The RECs were informed of their deployment to new
stations in a statement dated December 23 with
Reference number INEC/SEC/402/Vol.III/ 312 and
signed by the INEC Secretary, Augusta Ogakwu.
The Commission requested all the RECs to conclude
all handing over formalities latest by Wednesday,
December 31st, 2014.
According to details provided by the commission, O.E.
Onukaogu has been moved from Abia to Enugu State,
while Tukur Sa’ad leaves Adamawa for Bauchi.
Other transfers are: Ahmed Makama, from Bauchi to
Taraba State; Mike Igini, from Delta to Edo State;
Selina Omagha Oko – Ebonyi to Abia; Edwin Offor
Nwatarali – Enugu to Anambra.
Sadiq Abubakar Musa was also moved from Kaduna to
Sokoto State; Jibrin Ibrahim Zarewa – Kano to Kebbi;
Hussaini Ahmed Mahuta – Katsina to Kaduna and
Abubakar Umar Garba Wara – Kebbi to Zamfara.
Others are – Emmanuel Onucheyo – Kogi to Kwara;
Rufus O. Akeju – Lagos to Oyo; Abdullahi Umar
Danyaya – Niger to Nasarawa; Timothy A. Ibitoye –
Osun to Ogun; A.L. Ogunmola – Oyo to Osun; Barito
Lenusikpugi Kphagih – Rivers to Bayelsa; Haliru A.
Tambuwal – Sokoto to Jigawa; Kassim Gana Geidam –
Yobe to Gombe; Ibrahim Bagobiri Marafa -Zamfara to
Katsina and Aniedi Ikoiwak- Akwa-Ibom to Delta.
The remaining redeployments as announced by INEC
are – Habu Zarma- Gombe to Yobe; Akin Orebiyi-
Ogun to Lagos; Hussaini Halilu Pai -FCT to Kogi;
Kwanga Godwin Mbatsavbee- Benue to Plateau;
Sylvester Okey Ezeani – Anambra to Cross River;
Minkaila Abdullahi – Jigawa to Kano; Lawrence
Azubuike – Imo to Ebonyi; Sam Olugbadebo Olumekun
– Ondo to Ekiti; Istifanus Ishaku Dafwang- Plateau to
Benue Gesila Khan – Bayelsa to Rivers; Samuel Madaki
– Taraba to Borno; Gabriel Ada – Cross River to Imo;
Jacob Shekwonudu Jatau – Nasarawa to FCT; Baba
Abba Yusuf- Borno to Adamawa; Segun Agbaje- Ekiti
to Ondo; Nasir Ayilara- Kwara to Niger and Austine
Okojie – Edo to Akwa-Ibom.

At least 10 people were killed on Saturday night by unknown gunmen who attacked Tattaura village in Sanga local government area of Kaduna State. (photos )

AT least, 10 persons were on Saturday night killed by
unknown gunmen who attacked the Tattaura village in the
Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Tattaura is a community in Ancha District of Ninzo
Chiefdom in the southern part of the state. The village is
two kilometres east of Gwantu, the council headquarters.
Eyewitnesses said five others sustained serious injuries and
were rushed to the Akwanga General Hospital in Nasarawa
State.
The attack on Tattaura reportedly started at about
10.00pm on Saturday night, shortly after the community
celebrated Christmas with fanfare. It was learnt that the
community usually organise dances amongst children,
youths and the aged during the yuletide in the area.
Acting Chairman of the council, Alhaji Nasiru Harande,
confirmed the attack, which he described as “unfortunate.”
He said the attackers “came, shot and flee” to an
unknown destination and that “10 people were killed while
five injured are receiving treatment in a general hospital in
Akwanga.”
Harande however said normalcy had returned to the
community.
Mike Sanga, a community leader from the area, said the
attack took place in a shop where some men were relaxing
after a hectic dance.
He said, “Our community is about three kilometres to
Nandu – Ankpong where 19 people were killed in June,
this year. We identify the people killed to be Joel Ambo, a
primary school teacher; Yakubu Ambi, Yamu Idzi, Anche
Ishaku and Misalai Ngbo.
“Others are, Ishaya Anche, Monday Samson, Joel Anzah,
Jonathan Anche and one P – Square that visited from
Randa community.”
Another resident, Mr. Benard Tattaura said the mystery
behind the incessant raid on the community was still
unknown to the people of the area and asked the
government to fish out the attackers.
“If the government did not arrest these frequent attacks,
we are finished,” he noted.
As of the time of this report, arrangements were being
made to bury the victims.
The Kaduna State Police Command was yet to issue an
official statement on the attack and the command’s
spokesman, Aminu Lawan, was not available to confirm
and give more details about the attack.

Punch.

Men love my big Bum Bum; says woman with world's biggest Bum Bum: Measuring 7ft wide. (photos ).

Bootylicious Sarah Massey claims to have one the
world’s biggest butts – measuring a whopping 7ft
wide.
The mum-of-two, from Chicago in America, wears size
10XL trousers and once even cracked a toilet bowl by
sitting on it.
Sarah, who at 32 stone gets about £750 disability
benefit each month due to limited mobility, even
struggles to pass through some doorways.
The 33-year-old said: “Everyday I get some kind of
comment thrown at me, both good and bad – I used
to be ashamed but now I hold my head high.
“At school I was teased and called Dump Truck b*tt
by the other kids, but the condition is hereditary –
there’s nothing I can do about it.
“I went through a stage of worrying what people think,
but now I want to show the world I am proud to be
me.”
Now Sarah is so proud of her unique physique she
even takes part in sexy photo shoots for fans of her
figure.
But while Sarah is comfortable with her dimensions,
filling her wardrobe is expensive.
She said: “Because of my size I can’t ever find outfits
in normal stores. My top half is a 7XL and my bottom
half is 10XL so I have to go to specialists.
“I buy most of my clothes online because there are
few plus-size stores with big enough clothes.
“Larger outfits are expensive so I can up to £400
pounds per month on clothes.”
And Sarah’s problems extend to performing everyday
tasks while carrying added weight.
She said: “With most doorways I have to go in
sideways – I do the little wiggle dance to get through.
“I’ve broken chairs before and I once broke a toilet
bowl I was sat on at the theatre – it was awful.”
However, now Sarah is taking steps to tackle her
mobility issues with workout sessions to help her lose
weight.
She said: “Although I love my b*tt I would like to
make it just a little bit smaller.
“The size that it is causes back problems- even sitting
down on a chai can be painful.”
And though Sarah says large posteriors run in the
family, he admits to succumbing to cravings for junk
food which doesn’t help.
Sarah said: “Apart from my younger sister, the women
in my family all have large behinds – I only eat
between 1,500 and 2,000 calories per day.
“However I do have a problem with portion control and
I sometimes get tempted by ice cream – that’s my
weakness.”
Growing up Sarah says she was constantly teased
because of her developing behind – and was only
chatted up by older men.
She said: “Guys my age weren’t interested in me –
they liked my skinnier friends. Old guys would hit on
me because they appreciated my body.
“Because of that I always ended up in relationships
with guys ten, sometimes twenty years older.”
One of those men, Albert Little, is now the father of
her two sons, Christian, 14, and Aaron, 7.
Sarah says her behind is so outrageous she has even
been accused of having implants to enhance it.
She said: “Some people can’t believe one person can
have this much b*tt.
‘”Because I’ve got a relatively small frame on top they
say, ‘that can’t be real’,.
“I carry this weight with me all the time, everywhere I
go, it’s definitely not fake. Big booties are just in my
blood.”
And after discovering an online community of men who
appreciate curvy women, Sarah says she has no
shortage of admirers.
She said: “It began when I took pictures of myself to
document my weight loss and a photographer friend
put them on Facebook.
“They got so many likes that he asked if we could do
some modelling pictures, then those pictures went
viral.”
Now Sarah is able to cash in on her biggest asset and
change perceptions on beauty.
She said: “I’m trying to make the most of what I’ve
been given and being confident about who I am
makes me happy.
“If I can inspire others to embrace their curves and be
proud big, beautiful women, I would be very happy.”