Ben Carson considering the position of Housing And Urban Development Secretary

Dr. Ben Carson is reportedly considering accepting an offer to serve as Department of Housing and Urban Development secretary in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. The retired Neurosurgeon who previously reportedly rejected an offer from Donald Trump due to his 'lack of political experience', said Wednesday night in an interview with Fox News, that “the offer is on the table” and that he is seriously considering it because he grew up in Detroit and knows that the inner cities are in shamble and need to be taken care of.

“We did in fact have a discussion of what things need to be done in the country and what the options were,” he said.

Ben Carson's spokesman Armstrong Williams had said last week, that Carson wouldn't accept any government position. He said that in an effort to quash speculation that Carson would accept a Trump administration Cabinet role “or any position in the administration.”  But Carson told Fox News on Wednesday that Williams was “talking off the cuff.”

Trump tweeted on Tuesday morning that he was considering Carson to lead the HUD. He tweeted:

As secretary, Carson would lead the office that oversees affordable housing, fair housing laws, funding for development projects, initiatives to address homelessness and other related programs. He doesn’t have any experience with housing policy or development but in an interview with Fox News  Tuesday, he cited growing up in Detroit as a qualification for the HUD secretary role.

“I grew up in the inner city and have spent a lot of time there, and have dealt with a lot of patients from that area and recognize that we cannot have a strong nation if we have weak inner cities,” he said.

Ben Carson said there are other positions that have been offered to him and he will consider them and see what position he will be more effective in serving in. He added that his decision could be expected “in the next few days.”

Check out this restaurant that has no menu price and customers pay any amount they want

A restaurant in New Mexico, America called Karma Cafe gives customers the freedom to set prices, diners can just walk in, have a meal and pay whatever they feel like. David Wade McCullough who own the restaurant says he was inspired to open the restaurant by the philosophy of an eatery he encountered with a similar model in Australia.

"The restaurant operated on a 'pay as you feel' model," he said.

McCullough's restaurant initially started as a pop up food stand and three years later, he was able to upgrade it, thanks to hard work and a crowd funding campaign.

McCullough said he's found that most customers are more than willing to pay fair prices. H said:

"Most people are fair and honest and want to contribute." "Even if people are say..homeless or struggling, they still want to contribute or pay what they can."

McCullough said making money from the restaurant is secondary to his main purpose:

"Giving people a place, a safe place where they can come and have something to eat."

What do you think of this business model, can it work in our country?

55 year-old teacher rapes a 16 year-old mentally ill girl in Kenya

A 55 year old teacher, David Korir, in Nakuru county, Kenya has been arrested for defiling a 16 year old deaf and mentally ill girl while her disabled mother was away. According to a neighbor, he a saw the teacher dragging the young into his house and called other neighbors when he closed the door.
They saw him with the girl on the bed and quickly broke into the house and successful rescued the girl but the man escaped.

The mother said she couldn't report the case to the police initially because she had no one to guide her.

It is reported that the man who has been arrested by the police didn't deny the accusation and was almost lynched by angry residents.

Source: Star  

Photos: Two Lebanese arraigned in Enugu Court over N1.7M dud cheque

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Wednesday, November 23, arraigned two Lebanese, Imad Harb and Toni Harb, along with their company: Transparent Construction Nig. Ltd. before Justice E. N. Oluedo of the State High Court Enugu, for allegedly conspiring and obtaining the sum of N1, 760,000.00 (One Million Seven Hundred And Sixty Thousand Naira only) from one Desmond Ogadinma and subsequently issuing a postdated cheque that was returned unpaid.
While taking their plea, the accused persons pleaded not guilty on all counts of the three count charge preferred against them by the EFCC. In view of their plea, the defense counsel Barr. I. O. Ugwu immediately prayed the court to grant the accused persons bail as the offence was a bailable one. But the presiding Judge, Justice E. N. Oluedo instantly turned down the application on the grounds that it was not properly filed, and as such, needed time to see the application before the defense can move the motion for bail to be considered.

Before adjourning to December 1, 2016, for hearing of the bail application, the Judge ordered that the accused persons be remanded in EFCC custody.

Desmond Ogadinma owner of Rasing Cypon Global Services Limited petitioned the EFCC, alleging that Imad and Toni colluded between themselves to deny him payment for the supply of (800) bags of cement at the rate of N2,200.00 (Two Thousand, Two Hundred Naira only) per bag, which amounted to a total sum of N1,760,000.00(One Million Seven Hundred and Sixty Thousand Naira only) which he supplied to them within April this year. According to him, the suspects issued him a post dated cheque which he presented on the due date, but it returned unpaid due to insufficient fund in the account.

Photos: Suspected kidnappers apprehended in Calabar, Cross Rivers (18+)

A woman and two men believed to be members of a kidnapping syndicate, were apprehended in Calabar, Cross Rivers  state Wednesday. According to facebook user, Ifere Paul, who shared the story, the suspects, said to be from Delta and Enugu State, storm Calabar to kidnap people. Luck however ran out on them Wednesday when they were apprehended as they attempted to kidnap another victim. He wrote:

Bow Wow gets back together with his baby mama

Bow Wow and his ex, and mother of his daughter, Joie Chavis, are back together. He shared this photo and captioned it: "How we doing it on thanksgiving eve! We off that Deleon. Good looking @iamdiddy #happyprethanksgiving🦃 @joiechavis".
Bow Wow was engaged to Erica Mena

Castigating administrations before yours is uncharitable, fussy and uninstructive- Obasanjo tells Buhari

Former President Obasanjo Wednesday said it is uncharitable, fussy and uninstructive of this present administration to continuously castigate  the administrations before it. Obasanjo said this while delivering his keynote address at the first Akintola Williams Annual Lecture held in Lagos yesterday November 23rd. He said:

“The blanket adverse comments or castigation of all democratic administrations from 1999 by the present administration is uncharitable, fussy and uninstructive. Politics apart, I strongly believe that there is a distinction between the three previous administrations that it would be unfair to lump them all together. 

I understand President Buhari’s frustration on the state of the economy inherited by him. It was the same reason and situation that brought about the cry for change, otherwise, there would be no need for change if it was all nice and rosy. No administration can or should be comfortable with the excruciating pain of debilitating and crushing economy. Businesses are closing, jobs are being lost and people are suffering. 

I know that President Buhari has always expressed concern for the plight of the common people but that concern must be translated to workable and result-oriented socio-economic policy and programme that will turn the economy around at the shortest time possible. We cannot continue to do the same thing and expect things to change. 

Now that we have had change because the actors and the situation needed to be changed, let us move forward to have progress through a comprehensive economic policy and programme that is intellectually, strategically and philosophically based. It is easier to win an election than to right the wrongs of a badly fouled situation. 

When you are outside, what you see and know are nothing compared with the reality. And yet once you are on seat, you have to clear the mess and put the nation on the path of rectitude, development and progress leaving no group or section out of your plan, programme and policy and efforts. The longer it takes, the more intractable the problem may become"he said

Kylie Jenner goes braless in sexy new photos

Kylie Jenner showed of her curves and nipple piercing in new photoshoot. She captioned the photos "mornings with @sashasamsonova". Another photo after the cut...

EFCC arraigns Dasuki’s Aide, Col. Ashinze, Others for N36.8bn Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Wednesday November 23rd 2016 arraigned the quartet of Colonel Nicholas Ashinze, a former special assistant to the embattled former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki; an Austrian, Wolfgang Reinl; Edidiong Idiong and Sagir D. Mohammed before Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja on a 13-count charge of corruption and money laundering to the tune of N36.8billion. Ashinze and his co-accused were arraigned alongside five companies accused of allegedly diverting huge sums from the office of the former NSA.
The companies are: Geonel Integrated Services Limited, Unity Continental Nigeria Limited, Helpline Organization, Vibrant Resource Limited and Sologic Integrated Services Limited.

Count three of the charge reads:

“That you, Col. Nicholas Ashinze, being a serving officer of the Nigerian Army and a former Special Assistant (SA) to the immediate past National security Adviser, Wolfgang Reinl, being an Austrian national and managing director of Geonel Integrated Services Limited and Geonel Integrated Services Limited on or about 22nd April, 2014 at Abuja, in the Judicial Division of the Federal High Court did transfer the sum of Five Hundred and Fifty Million Naira (N550,000,000.00) to Edidiong Idiong, being a lawyer practicing in the name of Law Partners & Associates, knowing that the said sum forms part of the proceeds of an unlawful act to wit : 

‘corruption’ and thereby committed an offense contrary to Section 15 (2) (b) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 (as amended) and punishable under Section 15 (3) and (4) of the same Money Laundering (Prohibition), Act 2011 (as amended).”

The defendants pleaded not guilty to all the charges preferred against them.

In view of their plea, counsel to EFCC, I. O Uket expressed readiness for trial to commence immediately saying he had the witnesses present in court.

“If the court is ready, we are also ready to produce our first witness as we have our witnesses in court”, he said.

But, Ashinze’s counsel, Ernest Nwoye told the court that he had a pending application for the bail of his client. He urged the court to grant the defendant bail on self recognizance having earlier been admitted to bail by an FCT High Court.

Afam Osigwe, counsel representing the second and fifth defendants, also prayed the court to admit Reinl to bail. He stated that he has been enjoying administrative bail from the EFCC since February. He said that his travel documents are in the possession of the Commission. He added that the accused has lived in Nigeria for over 23 years and is married to a Nigerian. In his argument, counsel to the third defendant, Paul Erokoro, SAN, said his client, Idiong, being a legal practitioner knows what it means to jump bail. He stated that, aside the fact that he had earlier been grated bail by an FCT High Court, he had always made himself available to the EFCC.

In a similar vein, counsel representing the fourth defendant, N. Jimoh, while praying the court to grant his client bail presented 6 exhibits marked exhibits A-F respectively, to the effect that the accused had a health challenge which he had been managing for close to forty years.

Responding, Uket argued that the defendants had lost their administrative bail the moment their matter was charged to court and their counsels filed applications for their bail. “We are aware that the defendants are enjoying administrative bail. Their counsels understand that any administrative bail granted ends as soon as the matter is brought to court and bail applications are filed. Such bail cannot be extended since the charges have now been preferred to the defendants. We therefore urge the court to deny the bail application”, he submitted.

Ruling on the applications, Justice Kolawole held that the charges are all bailable adding that, “since each of the defendants has been on one administrative bail or the other, my sixth judicial sense informs me that I adopt the terms and conditions of the bail granted to the defendants by the EFCC and my learned brothers in the FCT High Courts.

The judge added that the case would be granted accelerated hearing and urged the prosecution to pick five days in the new year for trial. Consequently, the case was adjourned to January 23, February 1 and14; and March 7 and 21, 2017.

Meek Mill kisses Nicki Minaj's foot

Aww...a man in love. Rapper Nicki Minaj shared this loving photo of her boyfriend, rapper Meek Mill kissing her foot..while holding a game controller.