MBGN: How Anna Banner won.

YENAGOA—Miss Bayelsa State, Anna Ebierie Banner, weekend, emerged the winner of 2013 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageant with Imo State representative, Okwu Stephanie as 1st runner up.
Banner, 18, also won the best traditional costume award, beating other 31 contestants to clinch the crown at a ceremony held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital.
Meanwhile, Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has appointed  Anna  Banner as his Special Assistant on Culture and Tourism.
Anna  Banner is meanwhile to represent Nigeria at the Miss World pageant later this year in Jakarta, Indonesia.
She has now taken over the reigns as the Most Beautiful girl in Nigeria 2012 winner, Isabele Ayuk.
The Minister of Culture, Tourism and National Orientation, Chief Edem Duke, at the event, also announced the new queen as the Ambassador of Culture and Tourism in Nigeria.
Meanwhile, contestants who made it to the Top 5 were Miss Imo, Miss Abuja, Miss Kaduna and Miss Adamawa.
In his speech, Governor  Dickson called on investors to avail themselves of the numerous tourism potentials and investment opportunities in the state. “As a state, we consider it a unique privilege to have an array of important personalities and elegant young ladies in our midst today, just a couple of months after we hosted the prestigious Africa Movie Academy Awards, AMAA.

Mr Ben Bruce of the Silverbird Group and MGBN 2013 winner Anna Banner

“For us, playing host to these historic events within a space of just four months gives credence to the fact that Bayelsa is fast growing to become the next tourism hub of the country. It also speaks volume of the restoration of government unwavering commitment to the promotion of gender equality as illustrated in the national gender policy of our great country.”
Chairman of Silverbird Group, organisers of the pageant,  Mr. Ben Murray-Bruce said the essence of the competition was to bring about unity among ladies with different cultural and social backgrounds. According to him “all 32 delegates worked tirelessly with one common goal, although we can only have one winner, I see everybody who has come this far as an individual who possess great value and have exhibited a great level of competence.
“In over 25 years, we have produced beautiful ambassadors who have represented Nigeria at various international events.”

FINALLY! The Royal baby has Arrived.

We have a new royal!!!
The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William have welcomed their first child, a son, PEOPLE confirms.
The news the world’s been waiting for since Kate went into London’s St. Mary’s Hospitalearly Monday morning was revealed Monday afternoon, some four hours after the Duchess, 31, gave birth.
The message was delivered in a press release, stating that a son was born at 4:24 p.m., weighing 8 lbs., 6 oz. After about 14 hours of labor, Kate had a natural delivery.
With a broad smile the couple’s press secretary Ed Perkins took the announcement to a waiting blue Jaguar to be whisked to the palace.
Kate and William wanted to spend a bit of time with their baby and make their phone calls. But William, 31, personally told the Queen, his father, Prince Charles and wife Camilla. Kate’s parents were also called.
“It’s been a wonderful day and everyone’s delighted,” says a palace source.
British Prime Minister David Cameron is also among those informed, along with other high-ranking officials.
The waiting crowds celebrated near St. Mary’s. The theatrical presentation of the birth news continued when the official notice was placed on an easel on the Buckingham Palace forecourt. “Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well,” it read. A gun salute in the royal parks in London is expected to follow.
The new arrival is third in line to the throne, following the baby’s father, William, and (first-in-line) grandfather, Prince Charles, 64. The public will get its first glimpse of the child when the couple leave the hospital in the coming days.
Kate’s pregnancy was revealed on Dec. 3, 2012, when she was admitted to the hospital in London suffering from severe morning sickness.
William spoke of the couple’s desire to have children when they announced their engagement in 2010. He told ITN they would get to planning after their wedding: “Obviously we want a family, so we’ll have to start thinking about that.” And he has since said that he wants two kids.

VOTE FOR DR CHIKE OBIDIGBO COMES 2014 ANAMBRA GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION.

Vote for Dr chike Obidigbo comes 2014 Anambra gubernatorial election

Dr chike Obidigbo, from umunya a graduate of salford Manchester and Lancaster, UK one time lecturer, journalist, and now an industrialist engaged in product manufacturing an d job creation for over two decades. He's the current chairman of manufacturers association o Nigeria (Man), enugu, anambra and ebonyi states; member national council of small and medium scale industries; fellow and chairman board of trustees certified institute of management of Nigeria; external associate African research in business school, London metropolitan university UK; founder/chairman hardis and dromedes ltd, with three manufacturing plants at abakaliki, enugu, and umunya, employing a little under one thousand workers of various categories. founder/chairman osisioma education foundation.

He's willing and ready to serve Anambra state if he's found worthy ton do so by the people. He understand politics to guarantee economics growth. it bis the harbinger of quality of life to the people. therefore, anyone aspiring for political leadership should be someone with proven capability to put substantial value on the table for the people. the new anambra should encourage politics that based on issues and values addition as against our present practice of politics of expandable bread and butter for the stomach. "anytime we miss and abuse the opportunity ti choose and enthrone the right persons into core leadership positions, we mortgage the future of our children, even those yet unborn. now therefore is the best time for all of us to take our firm resolve ton allow those carrying massive palm fronds to share out those inexplicable wealth. and thereafter, through our ballot, teach them that we are no goats after all.

thank you all, the good people of anambra state.
by: Arinze Michae

Signs of End time: Strange fish with human parts cause panic in Ibandan Today... Oyibo mammy water found in cartoon of frozen Fish.

It was a pandemonium in the ancient city of Ibadan on Tuesday as many people rushed to catch a glimpse of a strange fish which was said to have human parts at Asaka compound area of the city.It was like a scene from the horror film to see a mermaid in a broad day light. According to eye-wtiness,the strange incident happened at Ile Akindele when a fish seller noticed the strange creature after removing the wrap of a frozen fish. Ramota, who was said to be the fish seller reportedly, raised alarm to attract others to the strange sight. She said, “I went to where we usually buy fish at Kola Eleja, Oke Ado, Ibadan. After I finished, I boarded Okada to my place to prepare the fish for sale. Before getting the fish out of the ice-pack, we needed to use knife to remove them and use water to de-freeze. I was shocked to see the frozen fish developed into a living being in the water, the description of which showed half human and half fish. I quickly called my father and some Alfas to see the strange fish”. The father of the woman, a retired civil servant, Pa Rauf Salawu who corroborated the story said he had never seen such a thing before. He narrated his own side of the story saying, “it was around 11am, when I started hearing the voice of my daughter while I was resting on my bed. She was shouting and screaming to the extent that people in the compound were attracted. Then, I decided to check what was the problem. I took along my Quran and on getting there, my daughter had gone to call another Muslim leader in the neighbourhood. I saw the strange fish inside water in the bucket . It was strange, how can a fish bought in the cold room develop into human. That I cannot fully explain.” Due to the crowd, police men from Mapo police station were called to control the surging crowd. The fish seller was then taken into the custody of the police. Several calls made to the police were not picked.