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In his last article, former CBN governor, Charles Soludo said that at least N30 trillion of Nigeria's money has 'either been stolen or unaccounted for, or grossly mismanaged over the last few years' under Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Finance Minister. He released a statement today saying that money doesn't include about N8.6 trillion the African Union claims is stolen from Nigeria annually. His statement after the cut... I STAND BY MY STATEMENTS Chukwuma Charles SOLUDO, CFR 1. My attention has been drawn to statements credited to the Hon. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in response to my latest article and call for a structured debate on the issues. According to the report, she no longer wants to join issues with me. In the circumstance of the moment, I therefore withhold parts two and three of my promised three-part response. 2. Let me also state for the avoidance of doubt that I stand by every statement I made ...

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State in his series of outbursts has accused Top Christian Leaders in the country of receiving a bribe of N6billion to campaign against the All Progressives Congress and its presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari. Amaechi made this accusation in a rally in Emohua LGA of Rivers state whilst urging the crowd to revolt against the church leaders and pastors who allegedly took the bribe in his words. Mr. Amaechi said the bribe sum was to ensure the Christian leaders promote propaganda to the effect the APC and Mr. Buhari would Islamise Nigeria if elected in the forthcoming 2015 elections and that the Church is fast becoming an enterprise.  “Some pastors collected N6bn and they are circulating document and telling you not to vote for an Hausa man; not to vote for a Muslim; that they want to Islamise Nigeria. Tell them to return our N6bn.” “They gave them N6bn; they should return it to the Federal Government coffers.” “I am a Catholic...

Wizkalifa says he can't get back with Amber. See Tweets between him and a fan after the cut

Japan’s biggest bank is preparing to unveil robot employees with a human touch. Nao, a 58-centimetre-tall humanoid developed by the French company Aldebaran Robotics – a subsidiary of the Japanese telecoms and internet giant SoftBank - will begin work on a trial basis at one or two branches of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group from April. Depending on his performance, more robots could appear at other branches in the coming months. Equipped with a camera on his forehead, Nao is programmed to speak 19 languages. He analyses customers’ emotions from their facial expressions and tone of voice, enabling him to greet customers and ask which services they need. The 5.4-kg robot, who was “born” in Paris in 2006, lived up to his billing with a faultless interaction with an English-speaking customer, during a presentation in Tokyo this week. “Hello and welcome,” Nao said. “I can tell you about money exchange, ATMs, opening a bank account, or overseas remittance. Which one would you like?...

Nine people are confirmed dead and rescuers were working Wednesday to pull survivors from the submerged wreck of a TransAsia flight in Taiwan. The flight, which was carrying 53 passengers and five crew, crashed shortly after takeoff from Taipei Songshan Airport ,  en route to the island of Kinmen. A Taipei City government spokesperson said the ATR 72 twin engine turboprop aircraft hit the Nanhu Bridge before crashing into the Keelung River, just before 11 a.m. local time (10 p.m. ET). Taiwan's official news agency CNA reported that the pilot appeared to try to control the plane as it descended, but the aircraft's wings grazed an overpass and hit a taxi. The taxi's occupants were injured but in a stable condition after being taken to hospital. Thirty passengers were still missing, CNA reported, as video from the scene showed rescuers in lifeboats trying to pull survivors from the water and the wreckage. According to the report, 31 passengers aboard the flig...

There was a massive outcry today on social media demanding for a Presidential debate amongst the leading Presidential candidates, this is not unconnected to the consistent decline by the APC Presidential candidate, General Buhari to show up for ongoing debates, Nigerians could no longer hold back their grievance as news filtered in this morning that the same Presidential candidate has decline yet another debate put together by an erstwhile neutral party, the obviously unhappy Nigerians took to twitter to show their dissatisfaction with a hash tag #NigeriansDemandDebate.

February 2, 2015 : According to the STREETS in Gulf Port Mississippi, R Kelly was kidnapped, beaten and then URINATED ON - by a group of goons - after R Kelly refused to perform at a club. Here's what we're told - and there are a lot of ALLEGEDLYS in here cause we are #TeamNoSnitchin#. R Kelly was paid $50K to perform at a club in GulfPort - and he took the money. At some point . . . ALLEGEDLY . . . R Kelly said he was not able to perform. Then some local goons ALLEGEDLY tried to persuade him, that wasn't a good idea. So allegedly R Kelly told the goons F*CK you - because he thought his security would protect him. Well ALLEGEDLY the goons beat R Kelly and his security, then stole his jewelry (which was fake BTW - allegedly), and urinated on him allegedly. We're told that R Kelly ALLEGEDLY begged for his life and promised to pay EVERY CENT of the money that was paid to him. And ALLEGEDLY if he doesn't pay the $$ . . . allegedly the tape of the beating and P...