Nsukka Local Government Council in Enugu State has admitted losing N20 million monthly to ghost primary school teachers.
Mr. Tony Ugwu, chairman of the council, disclosed this at a briefing, saying that although the council discovered the ungodly racket recently, everything was being done to nip the development in the bud.
Ugwu noted that the scam, which had been in the system of the council for long, had bloated the number of primary school teachers in the local government area.
According to him, this prompted the council to spend over N80 million on wages of primary school teachers at the detriment of capital projects.
Ugwu said: “We have recorded reasonable progress in our efforts to combat the unfortunate syndrome before the tenure of this administration elapses by December this year so that the next administration would not suffer what we suffered”.
“Fighting the endemic fraud, the Council has reduced the wage bill of primary school teachers in the area to N70 million as a result of the machinery put in place to fight the cankerworm that had eaten deep into the fabrics of the council”.
Ugwu noted that the council would not relent until the ghost workers in the primary school system in the area were flushed out.
He added that the council would no longer tolerate a situation where people would be in another employment and still earn salary as primary school teacher in the local government area.
Ugwu also said despite the shortfall in revenue occasioned by ghost primary school teachers scam, the council was able to augment through internally generated revenue, IGR, which had risen to N20 million annually against the N2 million by past administration of the council.
He said almost all the major projects executed by his administration were revenue driven, saying “we will not leave any project we embarked upon uncompleted.”
He said: “Before we leave office, we would account to the stakeholders and the entire people of the area how we used the revenue accruing from the federation account to the council and internally generated revenue.”

 

He said, “The girl was only being naughty.  I am a father myself and I would not do that to any child. I wanted to scold her. Maybe when she was running out, she sustained the injuries but I didn’t burn her with a iron.”

She said, “The child is in our custody. We are taking care of her and we will take her back to her family. The act is very horrible.  Such a treatment is not acceptable. This ministry will not relent on protecting the rights of children.”

Canada-based, Tracy Obonna, aka Nigerian Bombshell just graduated with a Masters Degree in International Business and Finance.

And Tracy says:

After all the late night studying, blasphemy, gossiping, and slander... Here I am, a Masters Degree Graduate. Hard work, determination and discipline always pays off.

That is the explanation Godwin Tom, Wizkid's manager gave Jaguda when they called him to ask about their visit to the Police yesterday. Godwin Tom confirmed that he and Wizkid were indeed brought in for questioning by men of the Nigeria Police Force - Zone 2 Command, Onikan.

But he states that the person the UNILAG group paid money to is not him, that the UNILAG students just got scammed. He went further to state that the emails, phone number, account details were all fake and not those from him or Wizkid.

Life is officially in the fast lane for Kanye West and Kim Kardashian.
On Saturday, their baby daughter arrived five weeks early, which means now is as good a time as ever to starting thinking the inevitable next step: marriage.

“They’ll start planning their next project, a wedding, sooner rather than later,” a source told People magazine. “He definitely wants to marry her, he hasn’t left her side.”

After witnessing Kim undergo what reports are saying was a difficult labor, Kanye is “in awe” of his girlfriend and is eager to make their love official on paper.
The source adds that they’ll starting planning the festivities as soon as Kim, Kanye, and the baby leave and return home from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
What do you all think the theme will be? Classic black and white? Gold cutlery and place settings? Leather Alexander Wang bridesmaids dresses and tuxes?

'The Sopranos' star James Gandolfini has passed away.
The actor died earlier today from a heart attack while in Italy, reports Deadline. He was 51 years old.
“Everyone is in tears,” a source close to the actor told the NY Daily News.
He was in Italy for the 59th annual Taormina Film Festival, where he was expected to participate in the festivities with director Gabriele Muccino.
James famously played mobster Tony Soprano in the HBO hit show 'The Sopranos'. He won 3 Emmy awards for the role during the show's 6-season run. 
“I seek out good stories, basically — that’s it,” he told The Star-Ledger last December.

Gandolfini’s wife, former model Deborah Lin, gave birth to a baby girl last October. The couple married in Hawaii in 2008.

UPDATE: David Chase, creator of The Sopranos, told Us Weekly: "He was a genius. Anyone who saw him even in the smallest of his performances knows that. He is one of the greatest actors of this or any time.  A great deal of that genius resided in those sad eyes. I remember telling him many times, 'You don't get it. You're like Mozart.' There would be silence at the other end of the phone. For Deborah and Michael and Liliana this is crushing. And it's bad for the rest of the world. He wasn't easy sometimes.  But he was my partner, he was my brother in ways I can't explain and never will be able to explain."
Gandolfini's managers, Mark Armstrong and Nancy Sanders, added: "It is with immense sorrow that we report our client James Gandolfini passed away today while on holiday in Rome, Italy," they said in a joint statement. "Our hearts are shattered and we will miss him deeply. He and his family were part of our family for many years and we are all grieving."

May he rest in peace.

 

When are you going to get married and have kids?
To tell you the truth, I would have been married if Mo’Hits had not broken up. The crisis really affected me and I had to start so many things afresh. Just like my mentor 2Face Idibia, I will be married and have my own kids one day.

The multimillionaire designers were accused of hiding millions of euros from Italian tax authorities, charges they deny and have said they intend to appeal against any conviction.
Italian authorities are accusing them of moving their brand to a Luxembourg-based holding company Gado - in 2004, so they could avoid declaring taxes on royalties of about 1 billion euros.
The Italian authorities have been investigating the designers for about six years now and they were actually cleared of tax evasion/fraud charges at a previous trial in April 2011 but Italy's highest court overturned that ruling, ordering that the case be sent back to trial.
Their sentences have been suspended pending their appeal.

Limpopo crooner Kingsley Okonkwo popularly known as KCee has joined other A-list stars as an ambassador for telecoms giant, MTN. He signed a one year endorsement deal with MTN today. Congrats to him! He is also a brand ambassador for techno mobile phone too

Some people are seriously crazy and out of their f**king minds. Rapper J.Cole was threatened by a crazy fan who tweeted a photo of a little girl with a gun to her head, claiming he would shot her if J.Cole refuses to retweet him.

The crazy fan tweeted

“@JColeNC retweet me and i’ll buy Born Sinner. Don’t retweet me and i’ll kill my lil sister.”
‘Born Sinner’ is J.Cole’s new album.
J.Cole who was frightened by the tweet, retweeted the message.

Church elders of Faith Ministries, a church in the Matobo District of Matabeleland South, have expelled its pastor after he impregnated six of the church’s married members.
The church elders brought to an end the sexual terror Derek Ngulube, the pastor had rained on its membership. The six married women had been impregnated by the pastor within the last one year.

“What he did is just disgraceful and a person like him could not be allowed to be part of a religious institution because what he did goes against all that Christianity stands for. Some members were threatening to beat him up but they were restrained by the church elders.”

The pastor is said to have opened up after prophesy by a visiting preacher that said that the church had an elder who was in the habit of bedding married women.

“He tried to deny the allegation but later came back to his senses and said he was the one in the prophecy,” the source said.

The church elders summoned the six women’s husbands and gave them an account of what had transpired.
When Pastor Ngulube was contacted for a comment, this is what he had to say:

“I feel bad and I want to say I am very sorry for what I did. If I could be given another chance I wouldn’t repeat the mistake. I also welcome the punishment that the church leaders gave me.”

Kukere crooner and MTN Project Fame winner Iyanya today Tuesday June 18 singed a one year contract with telecoms giant, MTN, said to be worth N60 million. The N60m includes sign on fee, performances and appearances for a whole year.

Heard Wizkid signed close to N45million with MTN, while Davido signed close to N32 million. These Naija artistes are balling. Big congrats to them!

According to our source, a young Ghanian student, who claimed to be in one of the well known Federal institution in Ghana, sent in a scandalous video.The source claims that the girl in the video, who happens to be the one of the `bigger girls on campus clique’  has been known for her promiscuous ways and sexual relations with loads of people
But has never gone to the extent of filming her sex-tape.The source also hinted that though the lecturer didn’t have a problem with their sexual desire videoed, he never would have expected it to leak as she assured him it was just for their viewing pleasure.Apparently, the video has been making its rounds on the internet lately.
Making and releasing sex-tape is starting to become a new norm in the African society as young men and women who are hoping for quick fame have now realised that selling sex is the fastest way to get there.Do you think we should accept these new acts as just the signs of changing times, or do you believe such acts of sexual promiscuity should be nipped in the bud.Share your views in the comments section.

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It may have been overlooked, if not for the incendiary lyrics in the song:

“My country ‘tis of thee/ sweet land of kill ‘em all and let ‘em die/ God bless Amerika/ This so godless Amerika … the stars on the flag are never shining,” the song, off this year’s “I Am Not a Human Being II,” goes.

The one-minute clip shows Weezy, 30, singing in front of the huge red, white and blue flag before it’s let go onto the Hollygrove, New Orleans, street. The drop reveals a group of people standing behind Wayne as he continues to rap, stepping all over the flag as he dances and moves in his hometown.
“All Americans should treat (the flag) with respect,” said John Raughter, an American Legion spokesman speaking generally about the flag and who admitted he had yet to see the clip. “It is the American flag that is draped across the coffins of our fallen heroes when they come back from war. In fact, any veteran can have a flag on their coffin. As such, it’s entitled to the highest respect.”

Shakira is really taking the lead here in Hollywood’s race for Most Photogenic Family…
She shared the latest in their never-ending album of adorable photos with fans in honor of her partner Gerard Pique’s first Father’s Day on Facebook over the weekend.
“Happy Father’s Day!! We love you! Your family,” Shakira captioned the image.

Shakira and Gerard flash a smile, while their son Milan, wearing a onesie with “DJ Sleep-a-lot” printed across it, just pouts his adorable way into every corner of your heart.
Recently, Shakira gave People a glimpse into their day-to-day routine. “Thank God [Milan's] father has been really involved,” she told the magazine. “He’s been amazing. The baby spends as much time with me as he does with his dad. He’s the kind of dad who is full hands-on. He changes diapers; he enjoys bathing him. That’s a real help for me."