Obi to Spend N40B on MDGs, Pays 1.5 Billion Naira to Churches

Obi to Spend N40B on MDGs, Pays 1.5 Billion Naira to Churches to Rehabilitate returned secondary Schools
The Anambra State governor Peter Obi is to spend a whopping sum of 40 billion naira to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The governor who stated this yesterday while handing over a cheque of one billion four hundred and sixty million naira to churches for the infrastructural development of primary schools in their care, said it was in fulfillment of his earlier promise to invite stakeholders of the state to meaningful events.
According to the governor, N5 billion each would be spent on each of the eight MDGs in order to ensure a secure future for the children of the state.
Cheered on by hundreds of school teachers and schoolchildren at the Women’s Development Centre Awka Obi announced plans by the government to employ an additional 4000 teachers in both primary and secondary schools while 2000 people would be employed in the state civil service.
He also announced his government’s decision to give every secondary school a brand new bus in addition to those given to some schools before as well as providing 450 generating sets to every secondary school in the state including those earlier given because of their population.
His largesse to schools also include the provision of N1.2 million to every secondary school for laboratory; provision of N.75 million to every secondary school for their library and another one for sports development.
Gov Obi also announced government’s decision to provide fire fighting trucks to all the fire stations in the state spread across the three senatorial zones, even as N1 billion had been made available for micro credit facilities.
He assured the people that money for the maintenance of the mission schools had been secured and would run till the end of 2015, while the salaries of the new staff to be recruited would be provided for the next one year in order to assist the next government.
Obi however harped on the importance of being succeeded by a worthy person in order to continue with the strides already made by his government.
Speaking earlier the commissioners for education and local government as well as the chief of staff all recalled the strides of the present government in the state which they said started with nothing but had succeeded in turning around the state’s fortunes and making it a haven for investors.
The national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Chief Sir Victor Umeh extolled the governor’s prudent management of resources which had given the state a new face.
He noted that Obi was doing things people had hitherto thought impossible because of his prudence and said it was the reason why he had fallen out with some people who wanted the state’s lean resources to be shared among them rather than the funds being deployed for public good like Obi was doing.
In his remarks the Anglican bishop of Aguata Bishop Christian Efobi said the state was reaping the fruits of Obi’s focused, dynamic and committed leadership anchored on the fear of God.
He described Obi as the only Igbo man he had seen who had used public funds for public good and prayed for the emergence of a worthy successor.
In his own remarks the Catholic archbishop of Onitsha Arch Diocese, Arch Bishop Valerian Okeke described Obi as a visionary leader, pointing out that what the state needed at this time was someone who would be like Obi so that the state could build on the foundation already laid in order to make it a pace setter in the country.

No Nigerian university makes world’s most influential list

The annual Global Universities' ranking by Quacquarell Symonds (QS), was released recently and no Nigerian university made the top 1, 000 most influential schools in the world. Seven universities in South Africa and six in Egypt were among the top 700. Sad for us. Check on it HERE

Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth split, call off engagement

Is anyone surprised? The rumours that actor Liam Hemsworth was planning to end his relationship with Miley Cyrus because he believed her new erratic behaviour could hurt his career in hollywood is apparently true, because according to reports, the two have official split and called off their wedding and it was Liam who ended it. Reps for the singer and actor confirmed the split to E! News.

Miley, 20, and Liam, 23, got engaged in May 2012 after dating for over two years. Liam moved in with Miley shortly after the engagement but is said to be in the process of moving out of her LA home.

Miley over the weekend unfollowed her former fiance on Twitter as photos emerged of him with Mexican actress Eiza Gonzalez partying it up in Las Vegas after the Mayweather fight. (right photo)

Late prophet Ajanaku's wife moves to rented apartment as his family fight over his assets

Joy Ajanaku, the wife of the late spiritual leader of Christ Victory Chapel International, prophet Ireti Ajanaku, who died August 18th (or 22nd), has been forced to move out of her matrimonial home into a rented apartment after her husband's family allegedly made life difficult for her after the prophet passed on. According to reliable sources, the ministry's board moved Joy Ajananku and her children out of her husband's Lagos home into a 3-bedroom flat in Abule Egba, Lagos after constant harassment from the prophet's family, who are insisting that Joy is not legally married to their son.

Joy and Ireti Ajanaku lived together for 7 years before finally formalizing their union with a court wedding in 2010 but the family insist that the wedding never took place...and want her removed as the man's next of kin. Family members are now fighting over his assets said to be worth millions of Naira.

Despite having issue's her late husband's family, Joy Ajanaku is on great terms with members of the church her husband left behind. The ministry's board agreed to install her as their new leader and said the late prophet anointed her as the chosen one before his death. They also said they have a wedding certificate to prove that she was truly married to their late spiritual leader. Joy and some members of the church are getting ready to take late Ajanaku's family to court over his estate

A fun evening with Miss Russia, Miss Kenya and Miss Ghana in Lagos

Some of Nigeria’s leading celebrities came together yesterday, Sunday, September 15, 2013 to support the Exquisite Face of the World 2013 launch in Nigeria which will have over 50 beauty queens from across the globe converge in Lagos for the pageant. The event, which held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos, had past beauty queens, Miss Kenya, Miss Russia and Miss Ghana in attendance as well as Ethel Okosun, former Miss Earth, 2005 and daughter of late musician, Sunny Okosun who is the Nigerian Project Director for the pageant.

Guests in attendance include Dbanj, Uti Nwachukwu, Steve Onu, Tee A, Toni Kan, Latasha Ngwube, Yvonne Vixen Ekwere, DJ Zeez, , Tolu Ogunlesi, Gbemi Olateru-Olagbegi, Azuh Arinze among many others. More photos

Couple Finds 2,000-Year-Old Archaeological Treasures Under Their House

When Miriam and Theo Siebenberg purchased a plot of land for their new home in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City that Israel had just a few years before captured from Jordan, they had no idea of the antiquity treasures dating back from Jesus' time and before that lay underneath.
Before the Siebenbergs built their house in a neighborhood where archaeological finds were regularly cropping up, Israeli Department of Antiquities inspectors examined the site, but found nothing of historical significance that would have stopped construction.

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Descending into history at the Siebenberg House (Photos Credit: Tzuriel Cohen-Arazi/Tazpit News Agency)

In 1970, they moved into the new home and were soon to discover how wrong the inspectors had been.

At the time, archaeologists from the Hebrew University were excavating all around the Jewish Quarter.
"I went over one day and asked the archaeologists if they had checked the area where my house was," Theo Siebenberg told the New York Times in 1985. "They said they had and that they were sure nothing was there."
But to Siebenberg, that answer didn't seem right.
"I would stand here and picture myself in the Second Temple Period. The temple was just over there," he told the Times, pointing to the nearby Western Wall, the most holy site in Judaism. "Why wouldn't Jews have built here then? Every inch of land near the Temple must have been very valuable."

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The enormously challenging digging project in the early 1970s (Photo courtesy: Siebenberg family)

So he took matters into his own hands. He approached the engineers who had built his new house, asking if he and his wife could conduct an archaeological dig underneath. They told him that if an excavation upset the stability of the land, it could cause the neighborhood to slide down the hill.
Still, he didn't give up.
Engineers came up with a pricey plan to construct a restraining wall held down by steel anchors which would secure his neighbors' homes. A wealthy man, Siebenberg was able to fund the project independently, according to media accounts 30 years ago, and to guarantee his neighbors that he would pay for any damage the dig might inflict on their homes.
So the wall was built and the Siebenbergs were able to embark on their treasure hunt. They hired a team of architects, engineers, archaeologists, laborers and even donkeys to bring the rubble up from down below.
It was only after eight months of digging that they found their first artifact, a bronze key ring from the era of the Second Temple which may have been used as a key to a jewelry box.

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The first find: a bronze key ring from the Second Temple period (Photos Credit: Tzuriel Cohen-Arazi, Tazpit News Agency)

Soon after, they came across an abundance of ancient archaeological treasures. Among them: the wall of a 2,000-year-old home, two mikvehs (Jewish ritual baths), arrowheads possibly used by Jews defending themselves from the Romans, a Byzantine water cistern, an ivory pen and an ink well. Encouraged by their finds, they dug further. Sixty feet below, they found empty burial chambers believed to be at least 2,600 years old, dated to the First Temple.
"The Siebenberg excavation is not only a monument to determination and plain bull-headedness, but an engineering and structural marvel," wrote Biblical Archaeology Review in a 1982 article about the project.

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Arrowheads on display at the Siebenberg House (Photo courtesy: Siebenberg family)

After digging for 18 years, they converted the lower levels of their house to a museum where visitors can view the ancient treasures and descend into the excavation to feel what it was like to dig into ancient history.
For Theo, the project was motivated by his personal quest to find his roots. At age 13, he was forced to flee Belgium to escape the Nazis. After moving around Europe and eventually to the U.S., he felt he was missing a connection with Jewish history. His wife Miriam tells TheBlaze that he dedicated his life to finding a true home he felt he had lost in Europe.
The project "was motivated by wanting to find his roots. My husband was born in Antwerp. He felt like a boy without a home. He was searching for a spiritual home," Miriam says.
"All of the investment and the dedication and effort were aimed at finding the home he was looking for his whole life. That was the idea, finding the historical continuity," she adds.
The Siebenbergs decided to one day donate the museum and its contents to the Israeli public. They have set up a non-profit organization for that purpose.
You can view many more photos of the museum and collection on their Facebook Page.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar turns blogger

All the people we are inspiring...lol. Read his message on his blog HERE

15 year old Jaden Smith thinks school is dumb

Will and Jada Smith's actor son Jaden Smith shared his thoughts on school on his Twitter page a few days ago....and yes he actually wrote that! Kinda sad that a 15 year old feels this way about school. See more tweets...

Nothing we no go see: what kinda piercing is this???

Some girls have gone totally mad! What kind of piercing is this? And I don't mean the one you see above, this one is called 'Spiral Binding' and it's the sickest piercing out there. Some girls are actually getting it. #faints! Too dirty for FOAB. Find it HERE. *Warning* Not suitable for work place!

2face Idibia says he invited Blackface to his wedding...

In an interview with Rubbing Minds yesterday, 2face said he invited his former band mate, Blackface to his March Dubai wedding, contrary to what Blackface wrote on Twitter at the time (above)