[Photos]: Have You Seen Joseph Yobo's Family Xmas Card?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDqtT6FRc3myo0YYvYsTv45G1MyyvcBtI_tVLNIWa6sWL3I6SwH2w28B6T_-vWoirYzVxN85AgYHzip26ZhdwJUORVuTTrYeNq5y4E2tlC15s9aUMcejH9XqhJ6eJxn_VMuSq_bjpl1Js/s1600/joseph+Yobo2+Xmas.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDqtT6FRc3myo0YYvYsTv45G1MyyvcBtI_tVLNIWa6sWL3I6SwH2w28B6T_-vWoirYzVxN85AgYHzip26ZhdwJUORVuTTrYeNq5y4E2tlC15s9aUMcejH9XqhJ6eJxn_VMuSq_bjpl1Js/s1600/joseph+Yobo2+Xmas.png" /></a></div> <br /> <b style="text-align: justify;">Nigerian footballer Joseph Yobo, his beautiful wife Adaeze and son Joey look amazing in their 2014 family Christams card.</b><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0P_5zY0K5QKeyEjqNF3aRIDDsErpEyjnrHIuMsgAJllI7-ws1SCvU-4MpLAJjz7nu4DYfLuAYCicMdk7aNczhp3c-MeydSRz5sjV-dCv_PkKs7DMm64BdvZDblsqhFzjgbMuy3m5zV2c/s1600/joseph+yobo1+xmas.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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[Photos]: Have You Seen Joseph Yobo's Family Xmas Card?

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Wow! Check Out Nigerian Celebs Customized Xmas Cards

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTVIZ8VifFwAYSo3pXt9w3_238YNbpkk4KkOhKGAmO8gO8Eik6VGUtAMaHCn6E0AimZh_b8XUCSMDoR-tF-uS_tZLiD-4uKuRM5hx5uw3sqtOGImc9qx61-DdD5GwYsYiBE84ClDzfHE/s1600/Xmas+Funke+Akindele+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTVIZ8VifFwAYSo3pXt9w3_238YNbpkk4KkOhKGAmO8gO8Eik6VGUtAMaHCn6E0AimZh_b8XUCSMDoR-tF-uS_tZLiD-4uKuRM5hx5uw3sqtOGImc9qx61-DdD5GwYsYiBE84ClDzfHE/s1600/Xmas+Funke+Akindele+1.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>It's Christmas, no doubt and there's celebration in the air. Nigerian celebrities are not left behind in the celebration of the season with a reason. Funke Akindele, Monalisa Chinda, Julius Agwu, Desmond Elliot, Daniella Okeke and others have these beautifully worded customized e-cards for their fans.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Check them out and send a message back to <i><b>Nigeria Newsroom</b></i> for sharing with you...LOL.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZUtEKXt8IILdvHnRn58PP_k81tmK65jxVPOeO2Z0BDnCtVityR239If0ROHft6yhWafDtExhMqn-fI3pOrrB-nTPYTcAFN2-6jaoo07McMgv7LX37q3FOZXdD3Kfxxpk8a-f7BcuB6w/s1600/Xmas+Monalisa+Chinda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZUtEKXt8IILdvHnRn58PP_k81tmK65jxVPOeO2Z0BDnCtVityR239If0ROHft6yhWafDtExhMqn-fI3pOrrB-nTPYTcAFN2-6jaoo07McMgv7LX37q3FOZXdD3Kfxxpk8a-f7BcuB6w/s1600/Xmas+Monalisa+Chinda.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJx_X_n6mg1Hc6gO8_hsIzLDbyMClFCs1Vz9AqfOEuoG0j8QScFQXe50GChTPF4ZwY2LEiHpjAHRvYjGt7sKUuutyW_5fXXk0MpW4UcoGIQ4LJ-qFMYsuWuIc3Qe4D9fHN8lRGeSLBCXI/s1600/Xmas+Julius+Agwu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJx_X_n6mg1Hc6gO8_hsIzLDbyMClFCs1Vz9AqfOEuoG0j8QScFQXe50GChTPF4ZwY2LEiHpjAHRvYjGt7sKUuutyW_5fXXk0MpW4UcoGIQ4LJ-qFMYsuWuIc3Qe4D9fHN8lRGeSLBCXI/s1600/Xmas+Julius+Agwu.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0YQajwITh5S5-nMAoZmWFdfZKpYHin4h6q2uOQKvs9JU1Zz8t4hA88DrMiJ1-_jkRDKEPPdIpNJWX9vEophjg-HVEA2lBJyBL2TX5CsY6_2qWTxGhjriETiGu1JxiIBKysrLcVW_Oig/s1600/Xmas+Funke+Akindele+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0YQajwITh5S5-nMAoZmWFdfZKpYHin4h6q2uOQKvs9JU1Zz8t4hA88DrMiJ1-_jkRDKEPPdIpNJWX9vEophjg-HVEA2lBJyBL2TX5CsY6_2qWTxGhjriETiGu1JxiIBKysrLcVW_Oig/s1600/Xmas+Funke+Akindele+2.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnD-vBAVI-fifxkXSzm8B7pvJT8EwnEOontQQgOuFzNoAqTEJNWEsmHImoBOkvz6uk8w6tzFQoSB31NIG1256GfiP6u7j-npUzMHdeBo0dODgBBcP2GR2QFNGSHpLYyYhqaeGuGRVi2Og/s1600/Xmas+Daniella+Okeke.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnD-vBAVI-fifxkXSzm8B7pvJT8EwnEOontQQgOuFzNoAqTEJNWEsmHImoBOkvz6uk8w6tzFQoSB31NIG1256GfiP6u7j-npUzMHdeBo0dODgBBcP2GR2QFNGSHpLYyYhqaeGuGRVi2Og/s1600/Xmas+Daniella+Okeke.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiituLVbd6QnrnU70jbtYHZYejHy_w4uk7cRctkCtaswLAWWX_WyQ7TwK3NllokGL_5EhVOwjWCDYxxJn4L6bRSgyTUH8YJUdugU82UewPfc84FW7aMb0-IxUttzzQ_3VeQA8cq0pjIKSQ/s1600/Xmas+Desmond+Eliot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiituLVbd6QnrnU70jbtYHZYejHy_w4uk7cRctkCtaswLAWWX_WyQ7TwK3NllokGL_5EhVOwjWCDYxxJn4L6bRSgyTUH8YJUdugU82UewPfc84FW7aMb0-IxUttzzQ_3VeQA8cq0pjIKSQ/s1600/Xmas+Desmond+Eliot.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div>

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[Video]: Millions of Dollars Fly From Back Of Bullion Van

<div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI2b1LFkINdVviu2jD2ObrJLv7rljDruAHXi7ZC5Z4AEVNIt1Cr4U3hRG5uVA6e1WRjD105-80F9ANklu_noP5z6fLGHt-M5idcKxRIFStSYmZB3NisimKYfqOR2xgtDsZlUk4meemRHE/s1600/Hong+Kong.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI2b1LFkINdVviu2jD2ObrJLv7rljDruAHXi7ZC5Z4AEVNIt1Cr4U3hRG5uVA6e1WRjD105-80F9ANklu_noP5z6fLGHt-M5idcKxRIFStSYmZB3NisimKYfqOR2xgtDsZlUk4meemRHE/s1600/Hong+Kong.JPG" /></a></div> <b><br /></b> <b>Most times, I marvel at how God does HIS things. Okay! Imagine today is Christmas eve and 'home and abroad' you have no money to spend to celebrate the season with friends and family members. You've prayed hard to God but no answer seems in sight. As you you're returning home, you saw people scrambling to pick up 'something' on the road. Then you realised it's money they're picking up. Sure, you joined and picked as much as you could. Confident now that Christmas go do. Alas! The police are asking everyone who picked up the notes to return them or...</b><br /> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> People scrambled to pick up millions of Hong Kong dollars after notes flew from the back of a security van.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The bizarre scene unfolded in the Wan Chai area earlier today.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Police estimate that the equivalent of around £1.3million was taken – and officers are urging them to hand it back.<br /> <br /></div> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/59UB8Po5ErE" width="640"></iframe> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> District police officer Wan Siu-hong said: ‘Anyone who picked up the cash concerned should hand it over to the police as soon as possible, otherwise, they may have committed the crime of theft.’</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Traffic came to a grinding halt as motorists pulled over to grab as much cash as possible.<br /> <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://metro.co.uk/2014/12/24/millions-of-dollars-fly-from-back-of-security-van-in-hong-kong-4999037/">Metro UK</a></b></div>

[Video]: Millions of Dollars Fly From Back Of Bullion Van

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Armed Robbers Kill 4 Policemen In Kogi

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Armed Robbers Kill 4 Policemen In Kogi

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Amaechi's Comments On Mutiny Unpatriotic - PDP

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYk0qygYmlBXtyMnb3IX_5vs8K5RQKkdkKPypLLbsA5VL4BZ84YBlqZpliVWF2aenxCvGXa8YL-PKYRY_B2DHUylMORgl7CpZx0U7Gw_6woVZ67XB4bSwsVo8DGqYJbm2U87_RTVOIums/s1600/Amaechi+R.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYk0qygYmlBXtyMnb3IX_5vs8K5RQKkdkKPypLLbsA5VL4BZ84YBlqZpliVWF2aenxCvGXa8YL-PKYRY_B2DHUylMORgl7CpZx0U7Gw_6woVZ67XB4bSwsVo8DGqYJbm2U87_RTVOIums/s1600/Amaechi+R.JPG" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned politicians, particularly Rotimi Amaechi, Governor of Rivers State, against undue involvement with matters of discipline in the army. </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Olisa Metuh, spokesman of the party, who said this on Wednesday, maintained that such matters are within the purview of military authorities. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He urged politicians not to make comments that encourage indiscipline and disobedience. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Metuh said that during the campaign period, PDP would refrain from commenting on issues of military discipline, its command and control procedures. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “We believe that it is dangerous to politicise issues pertaining to the country’s armed forces,” he said. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “We will not join anyone or political party in the unpatriotic act of trying to subordinate national interest to any politically and selfishly motivated interest. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “It is in the light of this that we view the statement credited to the Director-General of the presidential campaign organisation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi, as not being in the overall interest of the military and the nation.” </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><a href="http://nigerianewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/12/breaking-54-soldiers-sentenced-to-death.html">READ: 54 SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MUTINY</a></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Metuh called on Nigerians to condemn what he described as the dishonourable tactic of the opposition to gain political capital by dragging the internal affairs of the military into the arena of politics. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Across half-a-century of our nationhood, the Nigerian military has remained the major catalyst and the last defence line in the unity and oneness of the nation,” he added. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “This sacred role, which it has successfully been playing, must be jealously guarded and its integrity not made subject to the vagaries of political interests. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “One of the major visions of the founding fathers of the PDP, which its leadership has successfully fulfilled, is the return of professionalism to the military and the re-channelling of its efforts to squarely face its constitutional roles. Nigeria’s democracy and the people have been beneficiaries of this insulation of our armed forces from politics. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “This painstaking process, in which we have been involved, has been responsible for the rebuilding and re-equipping of the military to confront the current security challenges.” </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> At a press briefing in Lagos on Wednesday, Amaechi criticised the decision of the <b><a href="http://nigerianewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/12/breaking-54-soldiers-sentenced-to-death.html">military court martial to execute 54 soldiers found guilty of mutiny</a></b>, saying the soldiers acted within their rights by protesting against the authorities that under-equipped them and blaming the inability of the military to quell the insurgency on corrupt management of security funds.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><a href="http://www.thecable.ng/pdp-amaechis-mutiny-comments-unpatriotic">TheCable</a></b></div>

Amaechi's Comments On Mutiny Unpatriotic - PDP

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I'll Meet Other Generals To Draft Our Anti-Terror Plan - Buhari

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7nFozunvRuDNCl1nBTg73aMUymjBfqLtKNyPkrskngMLlCVgI5xZy91abLcWn1TFVYcCWChsUEM1Vz8gsxS4tRYrWsDKRa_Yv2H0P9nSK6tX_2W-TVsrmp11yFwilCFzHKvE8XqquFM/s1600/BuhariFam07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7nFozunvRuDNCl1nBTg73aMUymjBfqLtKNyPkrskngMLlCVgI5xZy91abLcWn1TFVYcCWChsUEM1Vz8gsxS4tRYrWsDKRa_Yv2H0P9nSK6tX_2W-TVsrmp11yFwilCFzHKvE8XqquFM/s1600/BuhariFam07.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday promised to involve serving and retired military generals to devise an effective strategy to crush insurgency in the country, if elected as President in 2015.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Buhari, in his Christmas goodwill message signed by the Director of Communications, Buhari Campaign Organisation, Mr. Dele Alake, expressed displeasure at the security challenges in the country and the poor state of Nigerian roads.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said his administration would focus on how best to "make the condition of living of the common man the index for the assessment of our policies and not the amount of billionaires our administration would have made."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Buhari felicitated with Christians in the country as they celebrated Christmas, assuring Nigerians that they would have better reasons to celebrate the festival if he is elected in 2015.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said, "On my part, I intend to initiate consultations with serving generals and those who have served our country and distinguished themselves on the battlefield across the world to work out an alternative and effective strategy to crush this insurgency within the shortest possible time if elected president on February 14, 2015."</div>

I'll Meet Other Generals To Draft Our Anti-Terror Plan - Buhari

The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday promised to involve servi...

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