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Photo – Mercy Johnson and Husband Welcome Baby Girl

We are happy to announce to our readers that are favorite Actress Mercy Johnson Okojie has just delivered a bouncing baby girl in Atlanta GA.
Mercy Johnson and her baby girl are in good health.
MJ team and fans send out our congrats to Mercy, Prince Odianose and the entire family at large. Hoping to bring you more photo later.

Kidnappers Abduct Gombe Lawmaker ... WITH MOTORCYCLE (OKADA) FOR GOODNESS SAKE?

Kidnappers Abduct Gombe Lawmaker

Unidentified persons have kidnapped a member of the Gombe State House of Assembly, Alhaji Jalo Ganga (PDP-Gombe North ), in his residence in the Gombe metropolis on Sunday.
A source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the kidnappers with a motorcycle, abducted the lawmaker around 5 a.m. when he was going for his morning prayers.
The source said the lawmaker shouted for help to no avail as his captors were bent on taking away to an unknown destination.
The Commissioner of Police in Gombe, Malam Mohammed Sule, confirmed the incident, saying that the lawmaker was kidnapped on Sunday morning.
“Yes, we just heard this morning that some hoodlums came with a motorcycle while he was going to pray.”
“He was accosted and they took him on a motorcycle; it seemed a vehicle was parked close to his house, because people said they heard a sound of a vehicle zoom off, ” he said.
The police chief explained that the kidnappers abandoned their motorcycle with no plate number.
He assured the public that the police comand would do all within it powers to rescue the lawmaker.
“My investigators and intelligence officers are already working to trace his whereabouts and the motive behind his kidnap," he said.
He noted that two mobile phones owned by the lawmaker were abandoned, wondering if a ransom was the motive for the kidnap.
The Gombe State Director of the State Security Services (SSS), Mr Bitrus Asher, also confirmed the incident.
The Speaker of the Assembly, Alhaji Inuwa Garba, said: "we are making some efforts please and I don't want to say anything about it now".
NAN reports that Ganga who is the Chairman of House Committee on Finance, was at the Seventh Annual Cultural Festival, staged by the Tangale ethnic group on Saturday.
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Igbinedion buys wife N83m Rolls Royce Phantom as birthday gift

His wife of many years turned 60 early this month and the Esama of Benin, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, bought her a customized 2012 Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead worth 330 thousand pounds. The car was released into the market just a few weeks before Lady Cherry got one as a birthday gift.

After a successful surgery on Gov Wada in Abuja, family insists on flying him abroad [DETAILS] ... The Punch Newspapers. KOGI NO FIT CARRY LAST .. Yeye de smell.

Kogi Governor Idris Wada

Dr. Felix Ogedegbe of the CedarCrest Hospital, Abuja, who is treating the governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada, for injuries sustained in an autocrash on Friday has confirmed that he is in a stable condition after a successful surgery on his broken thigh bone.
According to the doctor, “When the governor was brought in at 8pm, we were told he was involved in a car accident. We checked him and explained the nature of his injuries to him. We also told him about our ability to manage his injuries. He had a broken thigh and he was taken to the theatre. The governor has since stabilised and he had a nice night. He said he does not want to be taken abroad for treatment because he has confidence in our capacity to manage him. There is no immediate need to fly him abroad.”
The special adviser to the governor on media, Jacob Edi told newsmen that the news conference was necessary to dispel rumours over the health of the governor.
He said, “The governor’s driver is alive and in stable condition. The governor is in a stable condition. I was at the hospital with him throughout the night and we shook hands this (Saturday) morning. He insisted that he would not like to be flown abroad for treatment because he believes in the competence of Nigerian doctors.”
The governor’s Aide-de-camp, Mohammed Idris, who died in the accident, has been buried in his hometown, Zaria, Kaduna State on Saturday.
The state health commissioner, Dr. Omede Idris said, “The governor is doing very fine; I am not yet in Abuja but he is in a good state. He had his surgery yesterday (Friday) and he never lost consciousness for one second. He is talking to people. I have spoken with him and we are going to his ADC’s burial.”
Sources, however, say the family of Governor Wada prefer he is flown abroad for treatment believing he would be better taken care of.
The source also said that they reckon that taking him abroad will shield him from sympathizers and give him ample space to recuperate.
According to the source: “The family feels the governor will get better treatment abroad since they can afford it.”
- The Punch

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More Photos Of Calabar Girls Exposing Their Bodies For The 2012 Calabar Carnival

The 2012 edition of one of Africa's biggest street carnivals, the Calabar International Carnival, lived up to expectations as it attracted more foreign tourists who visited Calabar for the carnival.
It is gradually matching up to the standard big carnivals like the Nottinghill Carnival in the UK and the Rio Carnival in Brazil have set.

Even with absence of the ailing governor of the state, Liyel Imoke, the carnival didn't fail to hold as the atmosphere around the streets of Calabar was lively. Top Africa's pay-TV provider, DSTV did a live broadcast of the event. Both local and international media had their reporters covering the carnival.

Brazilian Sampa performed on the stage right before the performance of TRINADAD AND TOBAGO who used drums and acoustics to play many local tunes.

2012 CALABAR INTERNATIONA CARNIVAL is great fun filled event that truly worths all the troubles and roads closed to allow the processions of the entertainers. The carnival was started by Donald Duke, governor of the state between 1999-2007.
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