9ja Mingle : 05/18/15

May 18, 2015

Pres. Jonathan's daughter and hubby expecting first child

President Jonathan's daughter, Faith and her husband, Godswill Osim Edwards are expecting their first child together. The couple got married in April 2014. Faith and her baby bump pictured at the presidential Thanksgiving and Farewell service which held at Aso Vila Chapel yesterday May 17th.

Gov Amaechi, Rivers APC members hold Thanksgiving Sevice - more photos

Governor Rotimi Amaechi led other members of the APC Rivers state chapter to the new Obi Wali International Conference Centre in Port Harcourt yesterday for an interdenominational church service where they gave thanks to God for a successful administration. More photos after the cut...

First Lady Patience Jonathan says she never thought in her life that she will be the First Lady of Nigeria. She said this during the thanksgiving and farewell service organised by the Aso Villa Chapel for her and her husband, President Jonathan yesterday May 17th. Mrs Jonathan while thanking God, revealed how she survived 12 major operations in the one month. She expressed gratitude to God that she and her husband were leaving the villa alive. What she said after the cut...

Tragedy struck in Omuko Village Awka in the early hours of yesterday Sunday, May 17th, when fire engulfed and burnt a two bedroom house, completely razing the house and killing four children inside sleeping. The photos from this incident are so gory but I'll leave the children's pics out and only include one that I have cut just for you guys to have an idea what happened here. Continue to see the photos...*warning - graphic content*

In Bangladesh, Islamists made a list of 84 secular and atheist bloggers to be killed. So far they have killed 9 of them. Many others attacked. These bloggers, who are against Islamist fundamentalism, have been forced - out of fear - to close their blogs and social media accounts. Many have fled.

The singer took to twitter to share his thoughts on governance in Nigeria since 1999. More tweets after the cut..

Find the EFCC press statement below

President Jonathan today May 18th sacked the Executive Secretary, Nigeria Investment Promotion Council, Saratu Umar . Her sack comes months after aggrieved staff of the NIPS called on President Jonathan to remove her from office over allegations of highhandedness, staff intimidation and gross incompetence.

Pres. Jonathan announced Uju Hassan-Baba as the acting Executive Secretary of NIPS. See official press statement after the cut...