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Eko Atlantic City showcases first street light

Monday, 22 December 2014 00:00

Written by Tunde Alao

THE city carved out of the Atlantic ocean has started to take shape, as the first residential and commercial tower blocks under construction can now be clearly seen in the light of day from Ahmadu Bello Way on Victoria Island and the Marina on Lagos Island. Recently, another brave move was made by developers, with the launch of a new facility, known as LED Light, which the promoters described as the best technology in modern day streetlight. The lighting system is installed in one of the street in the Atlantic City, where road construction has reach an appreciable stage called Eko Boulevard.

Conducting Journalists around the first phase of the infrastructure last week, the Managing director of South Energyx Nigeria Limited, the developer of the new city, Mr. David Frame said the facility is to herald a new dawn in Eko Atlantic, thus, bring into light, huge construction work going on and that are not visible to those who have never visited the site. “But now there is something new to see at nighttime after a section of new road in the emerging city was illuminated by streetlights. Eko Atlantic’s road system is rolling out more and more each day but it is the first time any of the internal city routes have been lit”, said Frame.

First street lights in Eko Atlantic (LED Light)

According to Frame, the first row of lights along Eko Boulevard, a paved eight-lane thoroughfare that is over a mile long and is the spine of the Business District, will be extended in the New Year as the developers forge ahead with infrastructure development. “Presently, concrete block paved roads, spacious sidewalks and kerbs are being built in the first and second phases of developing the Eko Atlantic city. The project development area is now so large and progressing so quickly that it won’t be long before we need internal road signs to drive around,” said Frame.

To date 10 per cent of Eko Atlantic’s roads in Phase I and II are paved while 32 per cent have stone-base in place providing access to motor vehicles, while about 25 per cent of the roads are defined with kerb lines. Besides, 56 per cent of storm water drainage has been installed along with 34 per cent of what he described as “state-of-the-art communications”, while 50 per cent of the sewage distribution network and 36 per cent of the water supply network are already completed.

“We are very satisfied that the street lighting has come on as this represents another important step in the successful development of Eko Atlantic,’ said Frame, who hinted that every infrastructure, facilities and amenities in the city are being followed to the letter. “All what our consultant, Messrs Dar Handasah consulting engineering put in place is to ensure that the city will meet all the mission and vision of the new city.

”For those still in the dark about what Eko Atlantic City is about, the planned city is being constructed on land reclaimed from the Atlantic Ocean along the Lagos Bar Beach. It is expected that when completed, the new island will be home to about 400,000 residents, with a daily flow of 250,000 commuters. Adjacent to Victoria Island, Eko Atlantic is being touted by its proponents - South Energyx Nigeria Ltd, a subsidiary of the Chagoury group specifically created to undertake the development as the next generation of property in Africa, which will in turn transform Lagos into the economic hub of the mother continent.

Tension In Gabon As President Bongo Is Said To Be Of Nigerian Heritage

There has been deep rooted speculations over the nationality of the Gabonese president - Ali Bongo, with many claiming that he is of Nigerian descent. Presently there is crisis in the Central African country and part of the grievances is that they cannot have a foreigner (Nigerian) ruling them.

Links to the current crisis can be found below:

..............It is important to include in this report that President Ali Bongo had filed in France a complaint against Pierre Pean author of a book defending the theses that he is of Nigerian heritage. 

As Pressure Mounts In Gabon: President Ali Bongo's Birth Certificate Release By French Newspaper - See more at: http://cameroon-concord.com/news/world/item/1713-as-pressure-mounts-in-gabon-president-ali-bongo-s-birth-certificate-release-by-french-newspaper#sthash.uCToSYEh.dpuf

As Pressure Mounts In Gabon: President Ali Bongo's Birth Certificate Release By French Newspaper - See more at: http://cameroon-concord.com/news/world/item/1713-as-pressure-mounts-in-gabon-president-ali-bongo-s-birth-certificate-release-by-french-newspaper#sthash.uCToSYEh.dpuf

WOW>>>Oritsefemi Gets Replacement For Crashed Range Rover From Billionaire, Ayiri Emani

We all heard about the fatal car crash involving Oritsefemi and his brand new Range Rover, thank God he escaped unharmed

Anyways, the ‘Double Wahala’ singer is all smiles again as he has received a replacement for his Range Rover Evoque, which got damaged on December 6, from Warri billionaire, Ayiri Emami.

Oritisefemi shared the good news during the ongoing 2014 Headies while receiving the Best Street Hop award for ‘Double Wahala’

The singer’s Evoque got damaged when he and his manager, Dankun, were involved in a car crash while on their way to a meeting.

According to a statement, the accident happened because they were trying to avoid a group of robbers who were on their tail.

The crashed SUV had just been presented to Oritsefemi by his new record label, Avatar on December 2.

Au Revoir! Football Star Thierry Henry Retires

 

It is the end of a well played era.

Thierry Henry the Great officially retires after 20 years of entertaining football fanatics around the globe. The all time leading goal scorer for English FCArsenal, says “It has been an incredible journey.”

In a statement, the 37 year old French man also says;
“I would like to thank all the fans, team-mates and individuals involved with AS Monaco, Juventus, Arsenal, Barcelona, the New York Red Bulls and, of course, the French national team that have made my time in the game so special. I have had some amazing memories (mostly good!) and a wonderful experience. I hope you have enjoyed watching as much as I have enjoyed taking part. See you on the other side.”

He will surely be missed on the field.
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the hostage situation going on in Australian cafe.Read More

Around 9.30am this morning Dec. 14th, a man witnesses described as wearing a headband covered in Arabic walked into a central Sydney cafe, produced a gun and now holding several people - about 15/20 - hostage inside the cafe. He later forced crying women to hold a black Islamic flag up to the window. He is believed to be affiliated with Islamic sect ISIS. Read full story after the cut...
From UK Daily Mail  

Fear etched into their faces, two young female employees have fled a central Sydney cafe more than seven hours after a terrorist armed with a gun took more than a dozen people hostage and forced crying women to hold a black Islamic flag up to the window.

A total of five hostages, including barista Elly Chen, have now escaped the Lindt cafe in Martin Place an hour after a male employee and two male customers scrambled from a fire exit and sheltered behind heavily armed police officers shortly before 3.45pm on Monday.

It is understood the hostages escaped from the cafe, rather than being released by their captor. One former male hostage has been taken to nearby St Vincent's Hospital, in Sydney's inner suburbs, and is being treated for a pre-existing condition. 

The gunman flew into a rage when he realised some of his captives had escaped.

'The gunman could be seen from here getting extremely agitated, shouting at remaining hostages,' tweeted journalist Chris Reason, who has a direct line of sight into the cafe from the Seven Network newsroom directly opposite and inside the police cordon.  

The light inside the building has gone off tonight, Mr Reason said, but police would not reveal whether it was a law enforcement or hostage-taker tactic. 

Police negotiators have learned the name of the man and have made contact.

This evening, Mr Reason said he could see the gunman rotating the hostages through positions in the store's window.

'From inside Martin Place we can see the faces of hostages - pained, strained, eyes red and raw,' he recounted. Food and water was also being delivered to the prisoners from the cafe's back kitchens.

Seven Network staff have counted around 15 hostages in the cafe, he said, rather than the 50 reported by Lindt Australia CEO Steve Loane earlier on Monday. 

Daily Mail Australia understands a 25-year-old female fashion industry worker and two female baristas aged in their 30s are among that number.

As scores of heavily armed police, clad in black, remained on guard in Martin Place, Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione tonight said police would do whatever it takes for the situation to be peacefully resolved.  

On Monday morning, witnesses described how a man wearing a headband covered in Arabic walked into the cafe around 9:30am and produced a shotgun from a blue bag.

Shortly afterwards, as police surged into the city, hostages were seen with their hands pressed against the windows holding up the Islamic Shahada flag. It is an emblem of extremist group Jabhat al-Nusra, which is fighting the Assad government in Syria. 

The hostage taker is believed to have demanded a flag of the Islamic State terror group in Iraq and Syria and to talk to Prime Minister Tony Abbott.  

 
A young female employee came running out of the Lindt cafe shortly before 5pm and was sheltered by waiting police 

Ms Chen, pictured, was the fifth hostage, scrambling from the cafe with her hands in the air

Sydney was eerily quiet on Monday night. Office buildings went into lockdown earlier this morning, Martin Place train station - a central thoroughfare for workers - was shuttered. Events at the Opera House, such as a performance of the Nutcracker, were cancelled as the city icon was evacuated.

Hundreds of heavily armed police, operating under unprecedented Task Force Pioneer counter-terrorism protocols, were scouring the city, completely isolating the darkened cafe. 

In an evening press conference, state Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione sent a message of support directly to those imprisoned in the chocolate cafe, at the whims of an unknown quantity.  

'Rest assured, we are doing all we can to set you free,' he said, boasting that the state has the 'best police negotiators in the country' and that the safety of hostages was authorities' 'number one priority'. 

Police believe all hostages remain uninjured. '[And] if that's true, for that we're grateful,' Commissioner Scipione said. 

Detectives have refused to confirm what weapons the militant is carrying, or even if the militant is accompanied by allies. 

Queensland's police commissioner Ian Stewart said earlier on Monday that he had information an improvised explosive device may be involved, but state Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione has tonight refused to confirm that. 

NSW Premier Mike Baird warned workers in the Central Business District that Martin Place and surrounding areas would remain an exclusion zone into Tuesday. 

'If you work in this exclusion zone, I'd ask you to work from home tomorrow morning,' a resolute Mr Baird told reporters.   

Monday's crisis began just hours after a 25-year-old suspect was arrested in a terror raid in Beecroft, a leafy suburb in Sydney's north-west, but police denied a link between the two events.   

    

Two men, believed to be customers, ran around a corner and hid behind heavily armed police after six hours inside the cafe

On Monday morning, columnist Chris Kenny, who was in the shop about 20 minutes before the siege began, said he understood the automatic glass sliding doors had been disabled after the gunman stormed the store. 

'I did speak to a couple of people who saw a bit more of this unfold than I did,' he said. 'One woman said she tried to go into the shop just after I came out with my takeaway coffee but the doors wouldn't open.

'So obviously whoever is doing this has disabled the automatic glass sliding doors to stop anyone else going in and she said immediately she could see there was a weapon. 

'The woman was quite frantic but very clear what she was telling (the police).

'I know the faces of the people who are sitting there enjoying a morning coffee.' 

2GB radio host Ray Hadley said he had three tense telephone conversations with one of the hostages inside the cafe and he could hear the gunman giving demands.

The hostage asked to be put to air live following the instructions of the gunman. However, Hadley refused saying he didn't have the expertise to deal with the situation.

'There are some people who are not well. They've been in there for five hours, they're distraught,' he said. 

'I'm not in a position to comply with requests that have been made, I can't.

'The media can't play a role in negotiating with people purporting to be from Islamic State holding hostages in a cafe in Sydney. This is the job of authorities to solve htis problem.

'They want us to say things that we simply can't say.'

Witnesses described the chaotic scenes in the legal, business and media centre as it was shut down and scores of heavily armed police surrounded the Lindt building. 

All of the chocolate chain's stores around Sydney were closed following the incident, in an act of camaraderie. 

  

 

NEXT RATED>>>Patoranking's Hyundai SUV for winning next rated at Headies

Girlie O crooner Patoranking got himself a brand new Hyundai SUV last night after beating other musicians like Yemi Alade, Runtown, Skales and Orezi to win Next Rated Artist for the year 2014. See more exclusive pics after the cut.. 

Nigerians choose ''Dorobucci'' as Song of the Year

The winner:
- Mavin's Dorobuci remains Nigeria's number one song of the year.
- The Mavins made up of Don Jazzy, Tiwa Savage, Dr Sid, D Prince, Korede Bello, DiJa and Reekado Banks
-Directed by Nic Roux and shot on location in South Africa
- Song debuted earlier this year and has nearly 4 million views on YouTube in 4 months.
- Present on Nigerians number 1 on most top 10 song of the year
- Doro one of the most trended and searched words in Nigeria between April and August by Google.
The audience chose the song above "Olamide, Dbanji, Wizkid, Yemi Alade and Davido.

Maheeda Fantasizes On Twitter About Sleeping With President Jonathan.READ More...

She vanished off the scene for a while but she is back like never before. The controversial singer, wife and mother has been breaking the web with her photos in the last 2 weeks.
Maheeda aka ‘Goddess Of X’ said she would have loved to f*** the President and collect her own share of the federal money if she wasn’t married.
See her tweet below: – 

Bill Cosby Speaks out about Rape Allegations; Tells ‘Black Media’ to Remain Neutral

 

For weeks the media has been buzzing with several rape allegations made against Bill Cosby, an American dad figure, actor and comedian.

Having declined several opportunities to address the issue, Bill Cosby has finally granted an interview where he around the rape allegations without confirming or denying the 21 allegations that his lawyers have repeatedly called false.

According to Page Six, a Black reporter from the NY Post called the Cosby’s Massachusetts home but instead of denying those accusations, Bill Cosby actually took Black media to task, revealing what he expects of them. He stated“Let me say this. I only expect the black media to uphold the standards of excellence in journalism and when you do that you have to go in with a neutral mind.”

When he was asked how his wife has been through this ordeal he answered“Love and the strength of womanhood. Let me say it again, love and the strength of womanhood. And, you could reverse it, the strength of womanhood and love.”

These allegations span at least four decades, beginning in the 1960s.

Photo Credit: Getty Images/Gerardo Mora

Breaking: Buhari Picks Osibanjo As Running Mate

The APC Presidential flag-bearer has finally put an end to speculations on who becomes his Vice with the adoption of Yemi Osibanjo as his running mate ahead of other candidates thrown up for the position like Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State.

Drake seen out for the first time since fight with Diddy

  
Rapper Drake emerged for the first since that fight with Diddy outside a club in Miami on Monday night. The fight reportedly landed Drake in hospital but he looked unscathed as he unloaded shopping bags from his SUV following a shopping spree at the high-end Webster mall in Miami.

Kefee's Ex-husband Relocates To America, Wants Fresh Start...See What Happen

Remember Alec Godwin? He is a well known music producer and former husband of the late gospel artiste, Kefee.

Alec has finally left the shores of Nigeria and relocated to the US. He said he had to leave Nigeria for a “fresh start.”

The controversial budding music producer who eventually got married again few years after he divorced the Late Branama Queen, Kefee said, “I had to move basically for my family and my kids in particular. I have always wanted to raise them here in the US.”

However, Alec also said he wasn't done with music as he hopes to continue his career in the US.
“This is the part two of my entertainment dreams and I pray I can pull it off from here. I intend to do pretty much as I was doing in Nigeria. I don’t plan to come back soon unless something serious comes up. If I keep jumping around, I will not be able to settle down here,” he said.

OMG...Gulder's Ultimate Man, Chinedu Ubachukwu Dazzles In New Pictures.See Pics

Chinedu Ubachukwu winner of Gulder Ultimate Search 2014 looking uber cute in his new photo shoot. 

 

    lovely photos

9ice Takes His Beautiful Babymama On A Romantic Date..See More Pics

While embittered ex-wife of 9ice, Toni Payne was busy ranting about loving the wrong man, the man she is lamenting about seem not so concerned about the fuzz she's making. 9ice, took his new babymama out on a romantic date ignoring the lamentations of his one time sweetheart.

Few days ago, Toni Payne had declared her marriage to hip hop artiste, 9ice as her biggest regret. The estranged couple who separated few years ago sired a son together christened as Zion.

In a rather long epistle, the entrepreneur also expressed the pain of living with the false accusation that she had an extra marital affair with Rapper, Rugged man which she confirmed as a blatant lie. 

Inside Bishop Isaac Idahosa’s N2.5 Billion Illumination Assembly Church

General Overseer of God First Ministry, popularly known as Illumination Assembly, Bishop Isaac Idahosa is arguably one of the classy and wealthy clergy in Nigeria.

The handsome bishop whose ministry is tagged Celebrity Church, parades a N2.5 billion ministry.

His N1.5 billion 10,000-seater auditorium along Addo-Langbasa Road, Ajah, Lagos, is ready.

The new auditorium would serve as his new headquarters when commissioned this year. A close source to the bishop informed ENCOMIUM Weekly that he splashed over N1 billion on the project. The reason is that the acres of land he acquired were reclaimed at Ajah, Lagos.

We learnt he also acquired another multi million naira property around Ajah too recently. Insiders alleged that he invested heavily on property and ICT.

That explains the N100 million auditorium he reportedly erected at Surulere axis in Lagos. He also commissioned a multi-million naira auditorium at Okota, Lagos. This also serves as one of his branches. Amongst his multi-million naira properties, the branch at Minna, Niger State is acclaimed the biggest. It is an ultra-modern edifice. The reason is not unconnected with the fact that he started his ministry from there.

The soft-spoken clergy also invested in health centres. The health centres are directly under the supervision of the church. He has the main health centre at Ajah near the ministry’s headquarters.

In fact, Bishop Idahosa is widely known as Pastor of Celebrities. A lot of Nollywood stars grace his ministry and he holds special services for them.

The reason is that he is also an entertainment loving bishop with three hit gospel albums and the popular one is Don’t Give Up. These albums have net several millions for him due to his widespread influence.

He lives well and loves the good things. He lives in one of the most expensive estates in Ajah. He rides a Lincoln Navigator, Range Rover and has five SUV automobiles.

However, his rise to success is quite remarkable as he started his ministry with 50 kobo.

Today, the ministry has blossomed into a mega church. In September 2012, international gospel star, Ron Kennelly was among the special guests invited for the 23rd anniversary of Bishop Idahosa’s Illumination Assembly Church in Minna, Niger State.

His honorarium per annum from most of his engagements, home and abroad, is close to N50 million. As a celebrity pastor, he nets an estimated N500 million per annum as tithes and offering.

Bishop Isaac Idahosa is from Edo State. He was born into the family of six children and he is the third. He is married to Christie Idahosa. The marriage clocked 26 on Sunday, April 28, 2014. The union is blessed with two children, Christabell and Osagie.

Davido's Aye Is 81st Best Track In The World - Fader Magazine

Nigerian pop star Davido has just received another accolade. His latest achievement comes from one of the leading music magazines in the world Fader Magazine.

In its annual list of best tracks of 2014, Fader ranked 'Aye' as the 81st best track of 2014. The list contains 116 tracks from all over the world.
Written by David Drake, 'Aye' was described as "a complex mesh of cross-rhythms. This intricacy provides a nest for some gorgeous high-pitched guitar tones, which cut through the noise like birds chirping a love song. At the song's heart, though, is Davido's vocal performance, which communicates sincerity with a complete lack of self-consciousness or duplicity, a feeling of confident optimism bubbling over with certainty: 

Nobody can love you like I do/ No one can touch you like I do. This is the idealization of devotion, rendered in full color."

The number one song on Fader's list is iLoveMakonnen's 'Wishin You Well'. 

Ex-militant, Tompolo, Buys Six Warships

A former Niger Delta militant, Mr. Government
Ekpemupolo, alia Tompolo, has bought seven
decommissioned Norwegian battleships,
Saturday PUNCH has learnt.
Reports by a Norwegian newspaper, Dagbladet,
said that the fast-speed Hauk-class guided
missile boats had been re-armed with new
weaponry.
The report also revealed that Ekpemupolo’s
most recent purchase is a KNM Horten, a fast-
attack craft now used in fighting piracy in
Nigeria’s waterways.
It was learnt that in spite of his alleged history
of violence, Tompolo, now controls the Global
West Vessel Service, a privately owned
contractor for maritime security for the Nigerian
Maritime Safety Agency.
Buying arms from Norway requires an export
license from Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The ships were reportedly sold first to CAS
Global, a British security company that has such
a license, after which Ekpemupolo reportedly
bought the ships from the British company.
Dagblade reported that the seven Norwegian
ships are now part of the company’s maritime
fleet patrolling under a contract for the Federal
Government. 

Former Miss America Mary Ann Mobley dies from breast cancer

 

  
One of the first Miss American winners to make it big in Hollywood, Mary Ann Mobley, has died. Mary Ann, who won the Miss America pageant in 1959, died yesterday Tuesday Dec. 9th in Beverly Hills after a long battle with breast cancer, TMZ reports. She was 75 years old.

The former beauty queen appeared in several Hollywood movies and sitcoms including 'Diff'rent Strokes. Her family says she will buried next week in her native Mississippi.

Photos: Malala Yousafzai receives her Noble Peace Prize

17 year old Pakistani girl rights activist, Malala Yousafzai received her Nobel Peace Prize today  Dec. 10th at the city hall in Oslo, Norway. She won the award in October alongside Indian activist Kailash Satyarthi. Receiving her award, Malala said

"I tell my story, not because it is unique, but because it is not. It is the story of many girls. I am pretty certain that I am also the first recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize who still fights with her younger brothers". More pics from the ceremony after the cut...