Wednesday, 29 October 2014

Africans In New York Complain Of Ebola Stigma

There're complaints by African communities in New York, USA that their children are been stigmatized as a result of the Ebola Virus outbreak that started in West African.
The stigmatization was even made worse as US states and the Pentagon have imposed quarantine rules for people returning from Ebola-afflicted countries, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
This situation has necessitated a community group in New York "The African Advisory Council" (AAC), which called a news conference in the Bronx, home to one of the largest African communities in the United States, to demand better education to end the fear.
*The public (New York) should be well educated on Ebola Virus outbreak so that this stigmatization against Africans in New York can be discontinued.
Source: Yahoonews

Monday, 20 October 2014

Fashion Guru Oscar de la Renta Is Dead At 82


Fashion Guru Oscar de la Renta is dead -- known for designing dresses for top celebrities and popular figures like the first ladies of United State of America: Reagan, Clinton and Laura Bush for their inaugurations. He also has great patronage from world known celebrities like, Oprah Winfrey, Cameron Diaz to mention a few frequently wore his luxury designs... It should be noted that he most recently designed wedding dress for George Clooney's wife,  Amal Clooney.
According to TMZ, De la Renta had been diagnosed with cancer in 2006 ... though it's unclear at this point what caused his death. 

De la Renta was born in the Dominican Republic, and became internationally known in the 60s as one of Jackie Kennedy's favorite designers.

He built his brand into more than just a fashion house -- eventually launching his famous fragrance ... OSCAR ... and also a home wares line.  
RIP Oscar De la Renta





OMG! Armed Robbers Kill Pastor Inside Church In Ogun State

                      Mr. Joseph Adebo                          
Apparently some armed robbers are not familiar with the popular Holy Bible saying that "touch not my anointed and do my prophet no harm" as they killed A 60-year-old pastor, Mr. Joseph Adebo. The armed robbers were unleashing terror on residents of Oke Ela area in Ilaro, Ogun State.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the pastor was shot in the chest and his left arm by the robbers. It was further gathered that Adebo was pastor in charge of a Pentecostal church situated at Powerline, Oke Ela in Ilaro.
Our correspondent learnt that the robbery gang, whose number has yet to be ascertained, stormed the area around 3am of Saturday, October 4. They were said to have fired several gunshots into the air to scare the residents as they went from one apartment to the other, dispossessing residents of their valuables.
PUNCH Metro learnt that when they got to Adebo’s church, an argument reportedly ensued between the robbers and the pastor during which he was shot dead, while the assailants were said to have quickly taken to their heels.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, while confirming the death, said the police were still working on a lead to get the robbers.

Nigeria Is Ebola-Free -- WHO


The World Health Organization declared Nigeria free of Ebola on Monday, a containment victory in an outbreak that has stymied other countries’ response efforts. The milestone came at about 11 a.m. local time, or 6 a.m., E.T. The outbreak has killed more than 4,500 in West Africa is remains unchecked in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, so Nigeria is by no means immune to another outbreak.

Nigeria's Health Minister: Onyebuchi Chukwu
“It’s possible to control Ebola. It’s possible to defeat Ebola. We’ve seen it here in Nigeria,” Nigerian Minister of Health Onyebuchi Chukwu told TIME. “If any cases emerge in the future, it will be considered—by international standards—a separate outbreak. If that happens, Nigeria will be ready and able to confront it exactly as we have done with this outbreak.”
For the WHO to declare Nigeria as Ebola-free, the country had to make it 42 days with no new cases (double the incubation period), verify that it actively sought out all possible contacts, and show negative test results for any suspected cases.
Nigeria had 20 cases of Ebola after a Liberian-American man named Patrick Sawyer flew into Lagos collapsed at the airport. Health care workers treating Sawyer were infected, and as it spread it ultimately killed eight people, a low number next to the thousands of cases and deaths in other countries. Nigeria’s health system is considered more robust, but there was significant concern from experts that a case would pop up in one of the country’s dense-populated slums and catch fire.

Friday, 17 October 2014

Western Media Bad Blood/Negative Coverage Of Africa

Sometimes one wonders why the western media always focuses on negativity within the African continent? Is it that nothing good comes out of Africa? Not mistaking many African nationals have been given western nationalities due to their contributions to the western nations, e.g. Nigerian-born now America's computer scientist Philip Emeagwali. This Nigerians and many others from Africa have been given citizenship by western countries in order to discourage them from going back to their homeland.
As an oversea postgraduate student in developmental studies, i understand that most African countries and Nigeria precisely, are very much underdeveloped even with enormous resources at its disposal but i believe there's room for development. Nigeria would have been developed above its present state if not for the poor security state confronting it-- no thanks to the Boko Haram, whom obviously are been sponsored by political enemies of the present administration headed by President Goodluck  Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) and these anti-GEJ political enemies are obliviously enemies of the Nigerian state.
Nigerian government under GEJ have been battling the dreaded Boko-Haram terrorist group with an efforts at bringing back the chibok girls that   have attracted global attention due to the social media awareness created by the #BRINGBACKOURGIRLS campaign.
In recent days Nigeria in collaboration with its neighouring countries affected by the Boko Haram menace has intensified efforts to crush down the terrorist group, these multi-nation effort has led to a noticeable progress.
One can vividly recall that during the height of Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, the western media where fairly objective with their reportage which were a bite lopsided and  against the Nigerian government. However, now that the government has recorded some progress in it's battle approach against Boko Haram, no credit is being given to the government for its efforts so far by the western media.
I'm not pro-Goodluck Ebele Jonathan's (GEJ) neither a pro-opposition coalition in Nigeria but it's obvious that in-spite of various crisis confronting Nigeria, GEJ in collaboration with other states were able to control the dreaded Ebola Virus outbreak in Nigeria even better than the United State of America at the moment, this feat deserves commendation from the western media as they were the ones that blew the Ebola Virus outbreak in West Africa out of proportion and now that the Nigerian government under GEJ has been able to control the outbreak, one can rarely see any commendation of Nigeria from the western media... This is so not cool. The western media has been known to be spreading negative news and propaganda about Africa but at-least a credit of positive development in Africa won't be a bad idea, especially with Nigeria's efforts at controlling the spread of Ebola Virus.
Africa and Nigeria in particular should be aware of these unprofessional pattern of African affairs reportage by the western media.

Sincerely
KachiZone


Tuesday, 14 October 2014

Snoop Dogg Keeps Slamming Iggy On IG

The dog father, Snoop Dogg is slamming female rapper Iggy Azalea hard on Instagram for the past 48 hours!
He first posted the above pic and Iggy replied him but still not relenting, Snoop posted the below.

And wait... check this videos Snoop posted on Instagram!
VIDEO1,
VIDEO2,
What ya'll think? Is Snoop going to FAR?

Mr. & Mrs. Bola Tinubu Were Drug Distributors Between Late 80s & Early 90s -- Mr. Aye Dee

The controversial Mr. Aye Dee, an African & Middle Eastern Public Policy and security expert and the editor-in-chief, of  The Past 8 Media Group just came after former Lagos state governor and APC leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu via his social media accounts. In the article he titled "Let's Talk About Bola Tinubu for a Few Minutes... " is explosive, revealing alleged ugly details of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his wife Remi.
Read the article below and be WOWED!!



"While the world was protesting against Shell Oil and the Abacha Administration for the pollution of the Niger Delta and the hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa, Bola Tinubu secretly owned and operated a Shell Oil Station in Washington DC.



This is despite the fact that he was a part of NADECO and was publicly involved in condemning Shell Oil and the Abacha administration.



Indeed, Bola Tinubu is a shining example of a person who has extremely low moral turpitude. In my 20+ years of observing his operations, I realized long ago that If he has to choose between personal profit and doing the right thing, the former always wins.



Speaking of, as much fun as we make of Buruji Kashamu for being wanted in the USA for Heroin distribution, Bola Tinubu and his wife, Remi, were also involved in the distribution of that drug in the late 80s, early 90s.



Their career in the drug trade was  cut short when they were apprehended by the US government.



To get off the hook, Bola (who was then a Senator in Nigeria) and Remi Tinubu struck a deal with Federal Prosecutors where they turned state's evidence and forfeited the  bulk of the assets they got from the narcotics trade. In exchange their criminal records were sealed, and all that was left was the civil forfeiture of assets judgement.



Below is part of that judgement:



1:93-cv-04483 USA v. Acct 263226700, et al
John A. Nordberg, presiding
Cause: 21:0881 Forfeiture of Property
(Cause 21:881  means the property is forfeited because it was acquired through the distribution of drugs)



MINUTE ORDER of 10/4/93 by Hon. John A. Nordberg : Counsel for the plaintiff appeared. Enter Decree of Forfeiture as to funds held by First Heritage Bank.
 It is ordered that the funds in the amount of $460,000 in account 263226700 held by First Heritage Bank in the name of Bola Tinubu are forfeited to the United States pursuant to 21 USC 881(a)(6) and 18 USC 981. 
It is ordered that First Heritage Bank shall issue a check in the amount of $460,000 payable to Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago terminating case Mailed notice (fce)



Of course I need not go into the issue of Bola Tinubu's real identity, his birth name isn't even  "Tinubu" for starters, nor do I need to rehash the issue of his falsified tertiary academic records."

Monday, 13 October 2014

"Ebola Epidemic Is A Form Of Population Control" -- Chris Brown

With Everyone giving their thoughts on the deadly Ebola Virus that's gradually spreading across various continents, controversial international musician Chris Brown isn't let behind as he twitted his view on the Ebola Virus; claiming its a conspiracy attempt by world powers at reducing population.
See his tweet below and give your thoughts!

SDK Wins Best Newsonline Magazine @ADMA 2014


Congratulations to popular Nigerian-German based blogger Stella Dimoko korkus aka SDK who just won African Diaspora Merits Awards (ADMA 2014) as the Best Newsonline Magazine.
SDK was elated about the award and thanked God for the award, posting the award trophy with the below caption:
"AFRICAN DIASPORA MERIT AWARD FOR BEING THE BEST AT WHAT I DO.......This means everything to me becos i was like the forgotten stone that held the pillar in Journalism.For years I wrote and other people got acknowledged for my sweat....IF GOD HAS DECIDED TO CALL ME OUT AND BLESS ME.Please do not stand in the way.whatever i get now has been a long time coming..I give this award back to God and i say TAKE ALL THE GLORY LORD! *high five*"
Congrats once again... Many more coming your way!

Sunday, 12 October 2014

More Beef Alert! "I Really Do not Care About Davido Collabo" -- Wizkid

It seems like Wizkid and Davido's beef is not going to end anytime soon! Wizkid gave a subtle clue to this during an interview with Tim Westwood on the Tim Westwood TV show in London.
When asked by Tim Westwood how he would feel to collaborate with Davido on a joint, Wizkid replied that he "really don't care about him."
Though he laughed over his response, he stated that he was just being real with his answer. He also made it known that he's focusing more on his career, thus won't be excited over such collaboration.
See the video below

#FALSENEWS !! Michael Essien Is Not Infected With Ebola Virus

There has been rumours all around the social media claiming that Ghanaian and AC Milan football player, Michael Essien has contracted the deadline Ebola Virus. These rumours has caused many of his fans to become a bite frenzy and worried over his health.
Michael Essien minutes ago took to his twitter handle to shut down the rumours as having no basis. He basically hash-tagged it #FALSENEWS
See his Tweet below 

Davido Blast Haters! "F*ck Haters!!!"

Davido aka Omo Baba Olowo slammed a "Hater" for saying he lacked home training. 
OBO was obviously pissed by @Aaoux's tweet that he replied with simply "Cool" while captioning it with "F*ck Haters!!!"
Whose side are you on?

Saturday, 11 October 2014

Photos: Rochas Okorocha's Daughter Wedding

Imo-State Governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha's daughter Uju got wedded today to her heartthrob Uzoma Anthony Anwukah. 
Owelle Rochas Okorocha was all smiles throughout the ceremony according to an eye witness. He even shared photos the traditional wedding yesterday on his twitter handle @GovernorRochas
"I gave out my second daughter's hand in marriage yesterday in my country home, Ogboko."
Congrats to the new couple and KachiZone wishes them a blissful married life.









Photos credit: Imostateblog/@GovernorRochas

Kidnappers Release Ogun Lawmaker’s Mother


The kidnapped mother of Remmy Hassan, an Ogun state lawmaker, has been released.
Mr. Hassan’s mother was kidnapped ‎on Wednesday, October 1at about 9pm from her Omu-Ijebu home.
Confirming her release to PREMIUM TIMES, Mr. Hassan, a former deputy speaker of the Ogun state House of Assembly and a current member of the assembly, said ‎”I thank God she has been released unhurt and healthy,” he said.
‎A source told PREMIUM TIMES that the kidnappers demanded a N50 million ransom.
Mr. Hassan refused to comment on whether there was a demand for ransom or if any was paid to the abductors.
The Ogun state police spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, also confirmed the release of the Mr. Hassan’s mother.
“Yes, the mama has been released unhurt,” the PPRO said in a text message.
He also did not say anything as regards the ransom.

I Drink Cow Blood Before Operations – 19 Years Old Robbery Suspect

A 19-year old Chadian citizen and cross-border armed robbery suspect, Jamal Nasiru, arrested by the men of the Lagos State Special Anti-Robbery (SARS) has confessed that he normally drinks cow blood for spiritual powers before he embarks on any robbery operation in Lagos State Western Nigeria.
Nasiru was arrested after his normal cow blood ritual failed him and his gang during an operation. He was subsequently arrested by the police along with him, Abubakar Sala, Ahmed Mohammed, Umaru Abubakar while their leader Mohammed Abubakar who was reportedly killed during gun battle with police.
According to Nasiru, “I drink raw cow blood which enhances my morale and gives me confidence and spiritual power, any time I want to go for any robbery operation.”
He said he was surprise why he did not escape on the day they were arrested and would not tell how many people he had killed during his operations. He explained that those who were killed, are those who tried to be stubborn and uncooperative to their directives.
Read more HERE (PMNEWS)