Thursday, 20 August 2015

Bobbi Kristina drowning witness identified (photos)


After her death, the Estate of Bobbi Kristina Brown amended their $40 million civil lawsuit against Nick Gordon to include eyewitness accounts from a female claiming Nick Gordon fed Bobbi Kristina a lethal cocktail of drugs before submerging her in the bathtub. The female has been identified as Danyela Bradley, Bobbi's friend and newly released photos place her & Nick together at the hospital the night Bobbi Kristina was found…

 
From The Daily Mail

A dazed and pale young woman who was taken out of the hospital in a wheelchair by Nick Gordon just hours after Bobbi Kristina was admitted after drowning in her bathtub has been identified for the first time by Daily Mail Online. She is the same woman who was at Bobbi Kristina's townhouse when she was found unresponsive in her bathtub.
Danyela Bradley, 18, was pictured at 1pm on February 1, 2015, being wheeled out of North Fulton Hospital in Atlanta by Gordon just hours after her close friend Bobbi Kristina was hospitalized at the same medical center. Bobbi Kristina had been found face-down and unresponsive in a bathtub at her home on the morning of January 31.
High school senior Danyela had been staying on-and-off at Bobbi Kristina’s townhouse, which she shared with Gordon, in Roswell, Georgia.

Danyela was at the home on January 31 when Bobbi Kristina was found unconscious. Danyela’s boyfriend, accused drug dealer Max Lomas, 24, and Nick Gordon, 26, were also present.
Bobbi Kristina was placed in a medically-induced coma and later diagnosed with irreversible brain damage. She passed away on July 26 at the age of 22 – some three years after her superstar mother, Whitney Houston, died in eerily similar circumstances.
A civil lawsuit, filed on behalf of Bobbi Kristina’s estate, was amended after Bobbi Kristina's death with new accusations against Nick Gordon, claiming he drugged her with a ‘toxic cocktail’ and drowned her in a bathtub of cold water.
In an astonishing new revelation, the civil lawsuit claims a 'white girl' was lying on the bed in the master bedroom as the alleged altercation played out.
According to the suit, Gordon came out of the bathroom wearing different clothes, lay his head on the ankle of a female guest, and said: 'Now I want a pretty little white girl like you.'
The female guest is not identified in the papers but it has been confirmed that Danyela Bradley was present in the home at the time. 
The newly-identified photograph of Danyela emerging from the hospital a day after Bobbi Kristina was admitted, has raised new questions as to what took place on the tragic night.
Danyela’s horrified mother, Marlene Bradley, told Daily Mail Online this week that she had no idea her daughter had even been at the hospital.


Marlene Bradley identified the disheveled figure in the hospital-issue wheelchair as her teenage daughter.
‘What happened – was she sick? I never heard about that, I had no idea,’ Marlene told Daily Mail Online at her home in Cumming, Georgia.
In a series of pictures taken from outside the hospital’s main entrance, Nick Gordon comes out of the hospital and paces up and down, before chatting with acquaintances.
He then goes back inside and emerges pushing Danyela in a wheelchair. The girl appears drowsy, her head lolls to the side and she has her knees pulled up to her chest. At one point, she curls over to one side of the chair.
A silver sedan then pulls up to the hospital entrance and Gordon helps Danyela into the back seat. The gray Camry is being driven by a young, white male wearing a baseball cap, believed to be Max Lomas.

All patients are wheeled out of North Fulton Hospital for safety reasons in order to prevent accidents, according to an employee. However, wheelchairs are also available at the information desk for hospital visitors to use if they are unable to walk.

It is not clear why Danyela was being wheeled out of North Fulton hospital or whether she had been admitted.

Her mother has no contact with her daughter and does not know where she is living with her boyfriend Max Lomas, reportedly in an upscale gated community with security–guard checkpoint in Duluth, Georgia.

Source: UK Daily Mail

Photos: Buhari meets members of the Independent Petroleum Producers Group


President Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo met with members of the Independent Petroleum Producers Group at the state house Abuja today August 19th. He also met with members of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation Agency who presented him with a handmade sculpture from Anambra state. More photos after the cut..

Gabrielle Union & Dwyane Wade stun at party in LA


 

Photoshopped picture of Princess Diana bending over Charlotte goes viral


Nigerian Govt writes India to see Nigerian ISIS suspects


The Nigerian embassy in Delhi, India, has written to the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to see the 2 Nigerians that were arrested in Punjab recently while on their way to Pakistan, allegedly to join the Islamic State terrorist group.
The two suspects from Kano, identified as Imran Kabeer and Sani Jamiliu, are currently being detained by the Punjab Police in India.

'I took care of his kids': Ciara fires back at ex Future


Ciara has fired back at the ex-fiance Future's criticism of her parenting.
The 29-year-old responded after the rapper blasted her for allowing their son Future Jnr to spend time with her current boyfriend, footballer Russell Wilson.
She accused the 31-year-old of double standards, since she looked after his three other children when they were together.

Female rugby player dies from catastrophic brain injuries after tackle


A talented young rugby player died from catastrophic brain injuries over a month after she was injured in a tackle during a game, an inquest heard.
Tragic Sarah Chesters, 23, was playing for her ladies' rugby team on October 19 last year when she was bundled to the ground by a bigger opposition player.

Parrot arrested in India for insulting owner's elderly stepmother


A parrot in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, was detained by police on Tuesday after an old woman filed a complaint against it for making obscene remarks at her.

Janabai, who is in her 80s, filed the complaint with the police in Rajura city of Chandrapur District, saying the parrot had been tutored by its owner to shower abuses at her whenever she passed by his house.
The parrot, named Hariyal, is owned by Janabai's stepson Suresh. A complaint was also registered against him. Both live separately due to a property dispute.

Store clerk scares Machete robbers with a bigger sword


Two teenagers dressed like Ninjas armed with a machete and expecting an easy robbery at a Pittsburgh convenience store got quite a shock when the cashier pulled out a sword and started chasing them.

Man digs up Dad's grave to argue With corpse


 
An attempt to bury old wounds by digging up a corpse has landed a Kentucky man behind bars.
Michael May, 44, was arrested Tuesday evening after an officer saw him digging up a grave at a cemetery in Sanford, Kentucky.

Paula Abdul shows off her curves and long legs


 

Mentally ill man found guilty again after 35 years in prison


A mentally ill Texas man imprisoned for more than 35 years despite his original murder conviction being overturned was found guilty a second time on Wednesday.
Jerry Hartfield, 59, was convicted of murder in the September 1976 slaying of 55-year-old Eunice Lowe, who sold tickets at the bus station in Bay City, Houston.
The sentencing phase will begin Thursday, the judge said. Prosecutors said Hartfield faces five to 99 years in prison or a life sentence, but said before the trial that he could be immediately eligible for parole because of time served. 
Jurors decided against a conviction of capital murder, which carried an automatic sentence of life in prison.
Neither the defense attorneys nor the prosecutors would comment on the verdict, though the two defense attorneys fist-bumped after the jurors were let out of the courtroom.
 
At a hearing last Friday, a psychologist testified Hartfield's IQ is 67, below the threshold of 70 consid

Buhari to NNPC: work with indigenous oil producers


Buhari to NNPC: work with indigenous oil producers
• President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday assured indigenous companies operating in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector of the full support and protection of his administration.
He promised during a meeting with members of the Independent Petroleum Producers Association at the Presidential Villa, Abuja to do everything within his powers to address the challenges they currently face.
A statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President Mallam Garba Shehu, said he commended their determination to increase the participation of Nigerians in the country’s oil industry.
He directed the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to work closely with the indigenous oil producers to resolve the problems which they enumerated to him.
“We have the manpower for a more effective participation in our oil industry. We will  give you all possible encouragement.  You certainly won’t be ignored under my leadership,” President Buhari told members of the association which represents about  20 Nigerian companies operating mainly on onshore fields.

A new National Carrier…staging a comeback 12 years after


A  new National Carrier...staging a comeback 12 years after
•One of the plane in the fleet of Nigeria Airways Limited before its liquidation


The aviation sector is alive with a debate over the Federal Government’s plans to revitalise the national carrier. Experts and key operators are sharply divided in their perspectives on the modalities to be adopted in putting the Green-White-Green national colours back in the air, reports KELVIN OSA- OKUNBOR
The debate is on,  triggered by  a recent directive by President Muhammadu Buhari to  Aviation Ministry officials. They are to work out the modalities of setting up a new national carrier.
The rationale for such a carrier has engendered unease among experts, airline operators and watchers of the troubled aviation sector.
Expectedly, the directive has pitted against one another players in the sector on both sides of the divide. Those who are favourably disposed to the idea have described the directive as a welcome development. Others, who feel the government has no business going into such money-guzzling enterprise, have not hidden their opposition.
The divergent views raised on the proposed carrier by experts are predicated on seven failed attempts by previous administrations to reestablish a national carrier since the liquidation of the Nigeria Airways Limited (NAL) in May, 2003 by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Such attempts include: Virgin Nigeria; Air Nigeria; Nigerian Global Airline and Nigerian Eagle Air among others.
Since 2003, Nigeria has lost several billions of dollars to capital flights repatriated by over 27 foreign carriers that operate international flights into and outside of the Nigerians shore.
More than a decade after it went moribund, relics of the weather-beaten and decripit airplanes, that were once Nigeria’s flag carriers, have been sold  as spare parts when Arik Air got the fanchise to operate the defunct NAL’s workshop at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja in Lagos.
With no strong Nigerian carriers to reciprocate the over 73 Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) it signed with countries, Nigerian routes have remained not only lucrative but for foreign carriers, which enjoy multiple entry points into the country under lopsided air treaties and Open Skies Agreements (OSAs).
Worried by the trend, the President, penultimate Wednesday, directed Aviation Ministry to expedite action on the establishment of a new national airline.

1.5m IDPs in Nigeria, says UN


1.5m IDPs in Nigeria, says UN
•Ki-Moon
•Ki-Moon coming on Sunday
United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nigeria Mr Daouda Toure yesterday pleaded for more resources to meet the needs of internally displaced people.
There are about 1.5 million of them.
Toure spoke in Abuja during the activities to mark this year’s World Humanitarian Day celebration with the theme: “Inspiring the World’s Humanity”.
“We appeal for more resources to respond particularly to the education and health needs of the displaced people.
“What is available is not commensurate with the situation on ground as the crisis in the North-East is not publicised enough.
“Nigeria is the major contributor to peace keeping in the world, so the international community need to contribute more resources, step up their support and restore the livelihood of these vulnerable people.
“We need to come and help them, help their brothers and sisters and help them get a better future for their children.’’
Toure added that the major challenges facing the humanitarian community today was the lack of access to security and limited resources.

How PDP was destroyed, by BoT chair Haliru


How PDP was destroyed, by BoT chair Haliru
Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed
The Acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT), Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed, yesterday said the violation of the zoning principle by vested interests destroyed the party.
Mohammed, in a statement by his media aide, Mr. Emeka Nwakpa, attributed the fast declining fortune of the PDP to the abrogation of the zoning principle in 2011.
The party jettisoned zoning to pave the way for the emergence of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as presidential candidate — a development which Mohammed said severely undermined the principle of equity and justice on which the party was founded.
According to him, the PDP paid dearly for it with the loss of power at the centre in the last general election.
He added that the development created crises of confidence among key stakeholders and eroded sense of belonging among many party faithful.

EFCC moves in as $4.5b tax scandal hits agency


EFCC moves in as $4.5b tax scandal hits agency
Commission grills NIPC officials
Three ex-ministers, Customs chiefs for questioning
How did 20 oil companies get $4.5 million tax holidays to which they are not entitled?
This is the puzzle the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is battling to resolve.
Helping the EFCC are some officials of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) and the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.
The Ministries of Petroleum Resources and Solid Minerals and the Nigerian Customs Service may also be probed for questionable tax waivers, it was learnt yesterday.
A former Special Assistant to an ex-minister has been

Tuesday, 18 August 2015

NERC to Senate: we can’t abolish fixed charge


NERC to Senate: we can’t abolish fixed charge
•Fixed charged to be proportional to consumption
The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) yesterday told the Senate that it cannot abolish the fixed charge.
NERC Chairman Dr. Sam Amadi  said  the  National Assembly had passed the Electric Power Sector Reform  (EPSR) Act, which mandated the commission to produce a tariff methodology for the electricity market.
He argued that removing the fixed charge would contradict the law the National Assembly made on tariff methodology.
Amadi spoke with reporters in Abuja, noting that tariff making could not be an executive fiat.
He said: “The National Assembly made the ESPR Act. And the Act said the commission should produce a methodology. Tariff making is a process-based activity. It is not an executive fiat. The reason why the law created the regulator is to give confidence to the market;  their decisions are procedural and the decisions are deliberately considered.

Nigeria’s power sector: Huge investment, little result


Nigeria’s power sector: Huge investment, little result
In the past 16 years, the Federal Government tried unsuccessfully to make the power sector play its role as the driver of industrialisation. Despite the huge funds pumped into the sector, power generation has not gone beyond 4,500 megawatts. EMEKA UGWUANYI and JOHN OFIKHENUA examine the situation
With over N5 trillion estimated to have been spent on the power sector between 1999 and now, businesses should no longer see public electricity source as alternative rather than the real deal.
The Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), its successor companies – the generation, transmission and distribution companies received a chunk of the over N5 trillion.  Funds were also expended on the National Integrated Power Project (NIPP), which is supervised by a special purpose vehicle, the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) Limited. The NDPHC was created to fast-track the attainment of stable power supply in the country when past efforts failed.
Unfortunately, the corruption the government wanted to avoid caught up with the NIPP programme. The programme was conceived in 2004 and the NDPHC was created in 2005. In 2007, $16 billion was allocated to the NIPP and used up within four years. The project was engulfed in controversy and litigation because of the alleged unexplained utilisation of the fund. The immediate past administration suspended the NIPP programme dismissing it as huge fraud and drainpipe but after two years, the suspension was lifted and the government continued with the project.

Buhari accepts Abdullahi’s resignation from Customs


Buhari accepts Abdullahi’s resignation from Customs
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday accepted the resignation of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Dikko Abdullahi.
Abdullahi is billed to proceed on his voluntary retirement from Tuesday, August 18.
The Customs boss had earlier written a letter dated August 3 to the President notifying him of his desire to proceed on voluntary retirement from Tuesday.