Wednesday 31 October 2012
SUSPECTED BOKO HARAM MEMBERS ADMITTED KILLING POLICEMEN IN NIGER
Suspected members of the dreaded Islamist sect – Boko Haram who were nabbed in Minna, the Niger State capital recently by the police in connection with two bomb factories in Maitumbi and Tunga in Bosso and Chanchaga Local Government Areas of the state, have admitted to the killing of policemen in the turbulent state.
This was made known by the Niger State Commissioner of Police, Mrs Nsirim in an interactive session with the management staff of the state Ministry of Livestock/Fisheries, led by its commissioner, Dr Isah Yahaya Vatsa, during her familiarisation tour of the ministry.
The police boss added that the suspects had since been transferred from the Force headquarters in Abuja.
“Our decision not to mention the exact number of the hoodlums so far arrested in connection with the bomb factories and not to parade them before newsmen or exhibit the dangerous items recovered from the scence of crime is hinged on the security implications. We are also still in search of a vital information as regards the criminal activities of the suspects in the state prior to their arrest,” she said.
She added that the recent donation of 50 patrol vans installed with communications gadgets by the Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu-led administration in the state had augmented the performance of the command.
Wednesday 24 October 2012
SENEGAL FIRE COACH KOTO AFTER ...
SENEGAL FIRE COACH AFTER NATIONS CUP ELIMINATION
Senegal have fired coach Joseph Koto after their failure to qualify for the African Nations Cup finals, the country's football federation said.
The decision follows a Tuesday board meeting to discuss the rioting that caused the abandonment of their final round, second leg qualifier against the Ivory Coast this month.
"Koto has been removed because targets were not achieved," the federation said in a statement.
Koto been acting coach since Amara Traore was fired in February after a disastrous 2012 African Nations Cup finals for Senegal and had his appointment confirmed in July.
Senegal were trailing 2-0 in Dakar when home supporters caused the abandonment of the match by throwing missiles on to the pitch and lighting small fires in the stands.
The team were on their way out of the 2013 competition after being outplayed, 2-6 down on aggregate when play stopped. They have since been formally disqualified.
Koto, a former Senegal international, was also coach of the country's Under-23 side at the men's football tournament at the London Olympics this year.
The decision follows a Tuesday board meeting to discuss the rioting that caused the abandonment of their final round, second leg qualifier against the Ivory Coast this month.
"Koto has been removed because targets were not achieved," the federation said in a statement.
Koto been acting coach since Amara Traore was fired in February after a disastrous 2012 African Nations Cup finals for Senegal and had his appointment confirmed in July.
Senegal were trailing 2-0 in Dakar when home supporters caused the abandonment of the match by throwing missiles on to the pitch and lighting small fires in the stands.
The team were on their way out of the 2013 competition after being outplayed, 2-6 down on aggregate when play stopped. They have since been formally disqualified.
Koto, a former Senegal international, was also coach of the country's Under-23 side at the men's football tournament at the London Olympics this year.
MAURITANIA PRESIDENT DISCHARGED
MAURITANIA PRESIDENT DISCHARGED FROM PARIS HOSPITAL
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has been discharged from the Paris hospital where he was being treated for a gunshot wound, a presidency official said on Wednesday. Abdel Aziz, an ally of the West in its fight against against al Qaeda in Africa, was flown to France on October 14 after his government said a military patrol had fired on his convoy accidentally. “The president has indeed left Hôpital Percy and has gone to Mauritania’s embassy in Paris,” spokesman Rassoul Ould Khal told Reuters, adding Abdel Aziz was in good health.
TWO STUDENTS ARRESTED OVER RAPE CASE IN BENIN
TWO STUDENTS ARRESTED OVER KIDNAP, RAPE, MURDER OF COLLEAGUE
BENIN—TWO students of Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State, Henry Edewo, 21 and Emmanuel Isikhuime, have been arrested by the Police for kidnapping, raping and murdering a female student, one Mercy Peter, 21, also a student of the institution.
They were alleged to have buried their victim in a shallow grave in a forest at Ugbor village, Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, after killing her.
Media gathered that the victim, who was kidnapped on July 29, this year, was killed four days later after she was serially raped by the suspects.
They were also alleged to have continued to demand for ransom from her parents after killing her.
State Police Public Relations Officer, Anthony Airhuoyo, however, told newsmen that the police made a breakthrough in the case on October 17 when two of the suspects were arrested. He added that a third suspect, whose name was given as Charles, was still on the run.
Airhuoyo disclosed that the suspects took the police to the spot where they buried Mercy and her corpse was exhumed. He said they were awaiting autopsy report.
Culled: Vanguard
They were alleged to have buried their victim in a shallow grave in a forest at Ugbor village, Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, after killing her.
Media gathered that the victim, who was kidnapped on July 29, this year, was killed four days later after she was serially raped by the suspects.
They were also alleged to have continued to demand for ransom from her parents after killing her.
State Police Public Relations Officer, Anthony Airhuoyo, however, told newsmen that the police made a breakthrough in the case on October 17 when two of the suspects were arrested. He added that a third suspect, whose name was given as Charles, was still on the run.
Airhuoyo disclosed that the suspects took the police to the spot where they buried Mercy and her corpse was exhumed. He said they were awaiting autopsy report.
Culled: Vanguard
SPORT
ZENIT EDGE OUT ANDERLECHT
Ailing Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg grabbed their first win of this season's Champions League campaign here on Wednesday with an unconvincing 1-0 win over Belgian opponents Anderlecht.
A 72nd minute penalty by Alexander Kerzhakov gave the Russians a barely-deserved three points and saw them climb to third in the table.
Spanish debutants Malaga top the table with six points from two games, while AC Milan are on four and Anderlecht have just a point and are yet to score a goal in this season's competition.
Malaga host Milan later on Wednesday.
A 72nd minute penalty by Alexander Kerzhakov gave the Russians a barely-deserved three points and saw them climb to third in the table.
Spanish debutants Malaga top the table with six points from two games, while AC Milan are on four and Anderlecht have just a point and are yet to score a goal in this season's competition.
Malaga host Milan later on Wednesday.
EZEKIEL OF EL-KANEMI FOR CAMEROONIAN POWERHOUSE
CAMEROONIAN TICKET PENDS FOR EZEKIEL
Cameroonian powerhouse, CotonSport, are ready to make El-Kanemi forward, Thompson Ezekiel, their latest acquisition as they seek to fortify the team for domestic and continental assignments. The striker who is presently training with Premier League side, Enugu Rangers, confirmed the development. “CotonSport saw me when El-Kanemi played a friendly match to mark their anniversary in Garoua. I like the set-up, but I’m yet to take a decision,” Thompson said.
POLICEMAN KILLED AN OKADA RIDER
POLICEMAN ALLEGEDLY KILLS OKADA RIDER WITH SINGLE STRIKE OF BATON ON THE HEAD
An okada rider simply identified as Omo Saki has been killed by an unidentified policeman attached to the Pen Cinema Police Division, Agege, Lagos State. The okada rider was allegedly killed after the policeman hit him on the head with a baton on Oba Ogunnusi Road in the Ogba area. A witness who identified himself as Baba Lati, said the policeman hit the motorcyclist with the baton after he refused to stop when he was flagged down.
According to him, “It happened this morning (on Tuesday). An okada rider was stopped by a policeman but the man refused to stop. So, the policeman hit him with a baton he was holding. The man fell and died immediately.
“I don’t know why the okada man refused to stop but they have been warned not to pass through Agege, which is among the roads commercial motorcyclists were banned from plying.”
Another eyewitness, who wished to be identified as Iya Laje, accused the policemen of manhandling any errant motorcyclist accosted in the area.
According to him, “It happened this morning (on Tuesday). An okada rider was stopped by a policeman but the man refused to stop. So, the policeman hit him with a baton he was holding. The man fell and died immediately.
“I don’t know why the okada man refused to stop but they have been warned not to pass through Agege, which is among the roads commercial motorcyclists were banned from plying.”
Another eyewitness, who wished to be identified as Iya Laje, accused the policemen of manhandling any errant motorcyclist accosted in the area.
COMEDIAN, MALEKE GAVE HOPE TO KIDNEY PATIENT
MALEKE RAISES N6 MILLION NAIRA FOR ARTIST WITH KIDNEY AILMENT
In a very touching gesture and act worthy of emulation, popular comedian and musician, Idowu Moye, (aka Maleke), has raised over N6 million for a Benin artist, Esohe Osagiede who has an infection in her kidney. Esohe has been suffering the problem for some time now but unfortunately for the family, they were unable to raise the N8 million required by an Indian hospital for the treatment
However, the comedian, who had originally organised an occasion which was supposed to be the launch of his new album, after he invited Nigerian Musicians such as Tuface Idibia, Abdulkarim and others, turned the event to a fund raising for the ailing Esohe.
According to statement granted to Vanguard exclusively in Benin, Maleke said he decided to convert the occasion to a fund raiser.
However, the comedian, who had originally organised an occasion which was supposed to be the launch of his new album, after he invited Nigerian Musicians such as Tuface Idibia, Abdulkarim and others, turned the event to a fund raising for the ailing Esohe.
According to statement granted to Vanguard exclusively in Benin, Maleke said he decided to convert the occasion to a fund raiser.
ALUU4 KILLING
ALUU KILLINGS: COURT CASE SHOULDN'T STOP COMPENSATION
Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association says the ongoing trial of alleged killers of four students of the University of Port Harcourt should not stop “a responsible government” from compensating the families of the victims.
Acting Chairman of the branch, Mr. Adesina Ogunlana, said this at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday.
He said governments at all levels owed the families of the victims the duty of reducing the attendant pain of the brutal loss of their loved ones by compensating them. He said, “Some lives have been lost. The manner of the death of the victims is clear. They were not killed by the act of God. They did not die in their sleep.
“The case that is in the court should not stop any serious and responsible government to do anything to assuage the pains of the families.
“If you ask me, I will say both the federal and the state government and even the Local Government where the students were killed should compensate the families.”
In his address on the state of nation entitled, ‘Nigerian’s Hobbesian state of nature, a portent of a coming tragedy’, Ogunlana described the killing on October 5 as “outrageous”.
He said the Ikeja branch, the national leadership of the NBA and the branch of the association closest to where the incident occurred would work out how to be involved in the prosecution of the perpetrators.
Those who have so far been charged in connection with the killing of the four undergraduates were allegedly part of a mob that tortured them in Omuokiri-Aluu in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State
Acting Chairman of the branch, Mr. Adesina Ogunlana, said this at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday.
He said governments at all levels owed the families of the victims the duty of reducing the attendant pain of the brutal loss of their loved ones by compensating them. He said, “Some lives have been lost. The manner of the death of the victims is clear. They were not killed by the act of God. They did not die in their sleep.
“The case that is in the court should not stop any serious and responsible government to do anything to assuage the pains of the families.
“If you ask me, I will say both the federal and the state government and even the Local Government where the students were killed should compensate the families.”
In his address on the state of nation entitled, ‘Nigerian’s Hobbesian state of nature, a portent of a coming tragedy’, Ogunlana described the killing on October 5 as “outrageous”.
He said the Ikeja branch, the national leadership of the NBA and the branch of the association closest to where the incident occurred would work out how to be involved in the prosecution of the perpetrators.
Those who have so far been charged in connection with the killing of the four undergraduates were allegedly part of a mob that tortured them in Omuokiri-Aluu in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State
WHO WILL REPLACE SIR ALEX FERGUSON?
MANCHESTER UNITED COMPILE LIST OF COACHES THAT WILL REPLACE SIR ALEX FERGUSON
A list of potential successors to Sir Alex Ferguson, have been drawn up and hidden away in a locker at Old Trafford. Vice-chairman of the club, Ed Woodward, says only a select few know the names on the list, even as no date has been set for the Scot to step down, after a long trophy-laden reign as the club’s manager.“We have a view as to what that process [appointing a new manager] will look like in terms of finding a replacement and what type of manager we want and how and when we’ll go about it,” he said. “But it’s in the drawer and long may it stay in the drawer.”
In the recent past, coaches like Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho and even David Moyes, have been linked with the post. But it is still not clear when Ferguson intends to step down.
“I don’t know how long I can last now but if my health stays up I don’t think another two or three years would harm me any,” the 70-year-old said at his 25th anniversary as boss, earlier this year.
“I think you need stamina in my job. I am blessed with that. I’ll know when I’m not enjoying it and if I got to a point when I wasn’t enjoying it I would definitely do it (retire).
“But I think you always want to go out on a winning note. Hopefully we can do that.”
Ferguson had also insisted that there has no been discussions over who will take over from him.
In the recent past, coaches like Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho and even David Moyes, have been linked with the post. But it is still not clear when Ferguson intends to step down.
“I don’t know how long I can last now but if my health stays up I don’t think another two or three years would harm me any,” the 70-year-old said at his 25th anniversary as boss, earlier this year.
“I think you need stamina in my job. I am blessed with that. I’ll know when I’m not enjoying it and if I got to a point when I wasn’t enjoying it I would definitely do it (retire).
“But I think you always want to go out on a winning note. Hopefully we can do that.”
Ferguson had also insisted that there has no been discussions over who will take over from him.
Tuesday 23 October 2012
FAMILY ACCUSES DELTA POLICE OF KILLING ...
CONTROVERSY, AS FAMILY ACCUSES DELTA POLICE OF KILLING THEIR SON
Accusations and counter accusations have continued to trail the recent gruesome murder of Mr. Bernard Chigwe, Head of Personnel Management (HPM), Isoko North local government area of Delta state.
Mr. Chigwe was murdered in controversial circumstances on his farm in Kwale, headquarters of Ndokwa West council area on September, 30, when some policemen went with him to the farm to arrest some Fulani herdsmen who were alleged to have been destroying products.
Addressing pressmen in Asaba today, Barrister Emeka Chigwe, on behalf of the family, asserted that apart from the conflicting stories surrounding the murder, the police are attempting to shield the actual identity of his murderers and suppress all strategies towards their apprehension.
According to the lawyer, their belief is that one Momodu Osuya, a Vigilante and Youth Leader, and four police officers from Kwale Police Division, all of whom were present with the deceased when he was murdered, have a hand in it, judging from the contradictory accounts given by the police of the incident, and the incontrovertible evidence they say was gathered from the scene of the crime.
The lawyer said that even when the family petitioned the Commissioner of Police on the contradictions and suspicious complacency of the police team in Kwale, the crack team of homicide detectives from the state CID which visited the crime scene discovered no bush anywhere to facilitate the kind of ambush alleged by the Oferm team. Similarly, there were no fresh cattle footprints, nor were any wasted bullet pellet found in the area.
Chigwe maintained that the police’s spurious impression that a Fulani herdsman, Sule Maigari, who shot the deceased had been arrested was corporate false hood and an effort to absolve them of complicity in the murder of their son stressing that the said Maigari was nowhere near the scene of crime on the day in question.
But the Delta state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, said there is no controversy surrounding the matter. He claimed that one of the suspects, with a bullet wound in his stomach, was arrested at Onitsha through painstaking investigation, and that the doctor treating the suspect and two suspects are helping the police in their investigation.
He said the suspects have been charged to court for conspiracy and murder and have been remanded, regretting that instead of the family of the victims to commend the police they are blaming the force in an attempt to retrieve the vehicle of the deceased.
He threatened that if at the end of it the family is found to have given false information and are not able to prove their allegations as none of them was at the scene, they would be taken up.
Mr. Chigwe was murdered in controversial circumstances on his farm in Kwale, headquarters of Ndokwa West council area on September, 30, when some policemen went with him to the farm to arrest some Fulani herdsmen who were alleged to have been destroying products.
Addressing pressmen in Asaba today, Barrister Emeka Chigwe, on behalf of the family, asserted that apart from the conflicting stories surrounding the murder, the police are attempting to shield the actual identity of his murderers and suppress all strategies towards their apprehension.
According to the lawyer, their belief is that one Momodu Osuya, a Vigilante and Youth Leader, and four police officers from Kwale Police Division, all of whom were present with the deceased when he was murdered, have a hand in it, judging from the contradictory accounts given by the police of the incident, and the incontrovertible evidence they say was gathered from the scene of the crime.
The lawyer said that even when the family petitioned the Commissioner of Police on the contradictions and suspicious complacency of the police team in Kwale, the crack team of homicide detectives from the state CID which visited the crime scene discovered no bush anywhere to facilitate the kind of ambush alleged by the Oferm team. Similarly, there were no fresh cattle footprints, nor were any wasted bullet pellet found in the area.
Chigwe maintained that the police’s spurious impression that a Fulani herdsman, Sule Maigari, who shot the deceased had been arrested was corporate false hood and an effort to absolve them of complicity in the murder of their son stressing that the said Maigari was nowhere near the scene of crime on the day in question.
But the Delta state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, said there is no controversy surrounding the matter. He claimed that one of the suspects, with a bullet wound in his stomach, was arrested at Onitsha through painstaking investigation, and that the doctor treating the suspect and two suspects are helping the police in their investigation.
He said the suspects have been charged to court for conspiracy and murder and have been remanded, regretting that instead of the family of the victims to commend the police they are blaming the force in an attempt to retrieve the vehicle of the deceased.
He threatened that if at the end of it the family is found to have given false information and are not able to prove their allegations as none of them was at the scene, they would be taken up.
GOV AMAECHI RAISES ALARM ON SPORTS
AMAECHI RAISES ALARM OVER LEVEL OF CORRUPTION IN SPORTS
Gov. Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers on Monday identified corrupt practices by some Sports Administrators, as the greatest threat to sports development in the country.
Amaechi, who spoke at a Presidential Sports Sector Retreat in Abuja, said for the nation to regain its lost glory in sports, corruption must be addressed by government and all stakeholders.
He particularly frowned at the way and manner the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) was being managed and called for a total overhaul of the body.
The governor attributed the nation’s diminishing fortune in football to poor management on the part of the NFA.
He called on the Federal Government to take radical decision on the football body and damn possible consequences from the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), which might ban the country for two years.
“Mr President should go ahead and dissolve the NFA completely and let FIFA ban us from international football for two years.
“Let us come back home and start afresh. We will perform better later.”
Amaechi said that as the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, he knew that state governors were capable of funding sporting activities if there was transparency.
“Most state governors have been avoiding putting much money in sports because of large scale corruption.”
He said it was not right that public funds should be mismanaged as was currently being done by some sports administrators.
“Those who administer public funds should do so judiciously and transparently,” the governor said.
The retreat, which attracted many participants, including state governors, identified immediate practical actions to deliver results for each sporting event in the country.
Gov. Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers on Monday identified corrupt practices by some Sports Administrators, as the greatest threat to sports development in the country.
Amaechi, who spoke at a Presidential Sports Sector Retreat in Abuja, said for the nation to regain its lost glory in sports, corruption must be addressed by government and all stakeholders.
He particularly frowned at the way and manner the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) was being managed and called for a total overhaul of the body.
The governor attributed the nation’s diminishing fortune in football to poor management on the part of the NFA.
He called on the Federal Government to take radical decision on the football body and damn possible consequences from the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), which might ban the country for two years.
“Mr President should go ahead and dissolve the NFA completely and let FIFA ban us from international football for two years.
“Let us come back home and start afresh. We will perform better later.”
Amaechi said that as the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, he knew that state governors were capable of funding sporting activities if there was transparency.
“Most state governors have been avoiding putting much money in sports because of large scale corruption.”
He said it was not right that public funds should be mismanaged as was currently being done by some sports administrators.
“Those who administer public funds should do so judiciously and transparently,” the governor said.
The retreat, which attracted many participants, including state governors, identified immediate practical actions to deliver results for each sporting event in the country.
Monday 22 October 2012
NAKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES
WOMEN NOW GO MORE OR LESS NAKED TO THE CHURCH
An association of Christian clerics, Akwa Ibom Clergy Forum (AICF), has expressed worries over the issue of indecent dressing in some churches in the country. The group made this known at a press conference to announce its National Prayer Summit scheduled for October 27 in Lagos.
The president of the AICF, Rev. Samuel Udo, said indecent dressing constituted a moral burden to the nation, stressing that it was one of the major reasons for the country’s backwardness. According to him, “A church is supposed to be a holy place. It should not be a place to commit sins. Churches today have turned to places of abomination.
“Women now go more or less naked to the church. Men go with earrings and other materials associated with females. It is forbidden for a man to put on what belongs to a woman, but now such things have been turned to style.” The clergy therefore, urged worshippers to be righteous in their dealing with God to avoid disaster in the country.
Another pastor, Eyo Udo, lamented that people go to church with whatever they like, without necessarily considering where they are going to.
The president of the AICF, Rev. Samuel Udo, said indecent dressing constituted a moral burden to the nation, stressing that it was one of the major reasons for the country’s backwardness. According to him, “A church is supposed to be a holy place. It should not be a place to commit sins. Churches today have turned to places of abomination.
“Women now go more or less naked to the church. Men go with earrings and other materials associated with females. It is forbidden for a man to put on what belongs to a woman, but now such things have been turned to style.” The clergy therefore, urged worshippers to be righteous in their dealing with God to avoid disaster in the country.
Another pastor, Eyo Udo, lamented that people go to church with whatever they like, without necessarily considering where they are going to.
AKI AND PAWPAW FLOAT THEIR OWN ...
AKI AND PAWPAW FLOAT OWN PRODUCTION COMPANY
Nollywood comic acts, Aki and Paw Paw have floated their own movie production company which they have aptly named Aki and Pawpaw Entertainment Nigeria, APEN.
According to source, the duo decided to go solo in order to maximise profit and position themselves to help others who may want to go into acting without facing the challenges of going through cut-throat movie producers.
They are said to be working on their first movie project which is expected to be wrapped up before year end.
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According to source, the duo decided to go solo in order to maximise profit and position themselves to help others who may want to go into acting without facing the challenges of going through cut-throat movie producers.
They are said to be working on their first movie project which is expected to be wrapped up before year end.
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FG DECLARES PUBLIC HOLIDAYS ON ...
FG DECLARES THURSDAY & FRIDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
For the benefit of those who might have been wondering what days would be declared as holidays for Sallah celebrations, the Federal Government has declared Thursday and Friday as public holidays to mark the 2012 Eid El-Kabir celebrations.
The information was revealed by the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, who announced it in Abuja on Monday. The minister called on Nigerians to imbibe and emulate the worthy tenets of Islam as practiced by the holy Prophet Mohammad.
Also, a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of interior, Daniel Nwaobia quoted Mr Moro as urging the citizens to pray for peace and prosperity of the nation.
The information was revealed by the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, who announced it in Abuja on Monday. The minister called on Nigerians to imbibe and emulate the worthy tenets of Islam as practiced by the holy Prophet Mohammad.
Also, a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of interior, Daniel Nwaobia quoted Mr Moro as urging the citizens to pray for peace and prosperity of the nation.
MAN DEFILES GIRL ...READ ON
A DRUGSTORE OWNER ARRESTED AFTER DEFILING A 2-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A popular businessman in Ogoja, northern Cross River State, southsouth Nigeria, has been arrested for allegedly raping a two-year old girl (name withheld).
The man, Mr. James Eze, was detained by the police after he was arrested for allegedly having carnal knowledge of the child.
Eze, who owns a well-known Edoh Pharmacy located on 1, Mission Road, Igoli Ogoja, allegedly lured the girl into his office where he defiled her and thereafter gave her N25 to buy sweets.
Eze was alleged to have defiled the girl for ritual purposes as he “collected the blood that gushed from the girl’s private part with a white handkerchief. The handkerchief is now with the police,” an eyewitness says.
Mrs. Josephine Ibeh, the mother of the victim who owns a beer parlour at the back of the building where Edoh Pharmacy is located, said her daughter came back and told her that blood was coming out of her private part and on close examination she realised that she had been defiled.
“I saw that her private part had wound and was bleeding profusely, and when I asked her what happened, she told me that Edoh put his penis inside her,” Ibeh said.
Mrs. Ibeh said the girl’s private part was severely damaged by the suspect and when she confronted him, he gave her money to pacify her.
“When I confronted Edoh, he brought out N50,000 and told me to take the girl to the hospital, saying that it was the devil that pushed him to do it,” she said as tears streamed down her cheeks.
Mrs. Eze said the matter was reported to the police at the Divisional Headquarters in Ogoja and the man was arrested while the girl was taken to the General Hospital Ogoja where she was stitched.
A doctor at the hospital, who pleaded anonymity, says the girl had “four stitches as the tear was deep and the lacerations caused by the forced entry wide.”
A source at the Divisional Police Headquarters confirmed that Edoh is in their custody and may not be given bail immediately going by the inflamed passion in the town over the act.
“We suspect ritual purpose for the man’s act because that man is rich enough to have any woman of his choice in this town. The white handkerchief the man used to collect the blood is in our custody,” the police source said.
The matter, the source added, would soon be transferred to the state police Command Headquarters in Calabar.
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The man, Mr. James Eze, was detained by the police after he was arrested for allegedly having carnal knowledge of the child.
Eze, who owns a well-known Edoh Pharmacy located on 1, Mission Road, Igoli Ogoja, allegedly lured the girl into his office where he defiled her and thereafter gave her N25 to buy sweets.
Eze was alleged to have defiled the girl for ritual purposes as he “collected the blood that gushed from the girl’s private part with a white handkerchief. The handkerchief is now with the police,” an eyewitness says.
Mrs. Josephine Ibeh, the mother of the victim who owns a beer parlour at the back of the building where Edoh Pharmacy is located, said her daughter came back and told her that blood was coming out of her private part and on close examination she realised that she had been defiled.
“I saw that her private part had wound and was bleeding profusely, and when I asked her what happened, she told me that Edoh put his penis inside her,” Ibeh said.
Mrs. Ibeh said the girl’s private part was severely damaged by the suspect and when she confronted him, he gave her money to pacify her.
“When I confronted Edoh, he brought out N50,000 and told me to take the girl to the hospital, saying that it was the devil that pushed him to do it,” she said as tears streamed down her cheeks.
Mrs. Eze said the matter was reported to the police at the Divisional Headquarters in Ogoja and the man was arrested while the girl was taken to the General Hospital Ogoja where she was stitched.
A doctor at the hospital, who pleaded anonymity, says the girl had “four stitches as the tear was deep and the lacerations caused by the forced entry wide.”
A source at the Divisional Police Headquarters confirmed that Edoh is in their custody and may not be given bail immediately going by the inflamed passion in the town over the act.
“We suspect ritual purpose for the man’s act because that man is rich enough to have any woman of his choice in this town. The white handkerchief the man used to collect the blood is in our custody,” the police source said.
The matter, the source added, would soon be transferred to the state police Command Headquarters in Calabar.
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TWO POLICEMEN KILLED BY ....
UNKNOWN GUNMEN KILLED TWO POLICEMEN, INJURED TWO OTHERS
Two policemen were on Sunday night, shot and killed at their duty post at Heipang in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State by unknown gunmen. Two other policemen were injured in the attack.
The policemen were on duty in the village when the yet to be identified gunmen opened fire on them, according to eyewitnesses.
Mr. Mark Lipido, Coordinator of Stefanos Foundation, a non- governmental organisation, , was quoted as saying residents were now gripped with fear as a result of the attack.
Confirming the incident, spokesman of the Special Task Force (STF) maintaining security in the state, Captain Salisu Mustapha said there was a shooting but only one policeman was killed while another escaped.
He said investigations had commenced into the incident and urged residents to keep calm, promising that the police would unravel the case and catch the perpetrators whose motives are still unknown
The policemen were on duty in the village when the yet to be identified gunmen opened fire on them, according to eyewitnesses.
Mr. Mark Lipido, Coordinator of Stefanos Foundation, a non- governmental organisation, , was quoted as saying residents were now gripped with fear as a result of the attack.
Confirming the incident, spokesman of the Special Task Force (STF) maintaining security in the state, Captain Salisu Mustapha said there was a shooting but only one policeman was killed while another escaped.
He said investigations had commenced into the incident and urged residents to keep calm, promising that the police would unravel the case and catch the perpetrators whose motives are still unknown
GOLDIE IS CELEBRATING ...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MISS OLUWAGOLDIE HARVEY
Happy Birthday to one of nigerian's finest, eccentric female musician, GOLDIE HARVEY... May the best of the best come your way. Have a GOLDEN CELEBRATION!!!.
Happy Birthday to one of nigerian's finest, eccentric female musician, GOLDIE HARVEY... May the best of the best come your way. Have a GOLDEN CELEBRATION!!!.
OKADA RIDERS PROTEST OVER BAN
OKADA RIDERS DESTROYED BRT BUSES OVER PROTEST IN LAGOS
Commercial motorcyclists popularly known as “okada riders” this afternoon marched through some majors roads in Lagos State protesting the recent law banning the riders from operating on about 500 roads in Lagos State.
The protesters obstructed vehicular movements in some parts of Lagos, and attacked some government-owned Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) buses at Onipanu thereby making passengers to trek frustratingly to their destinations.
The Chairman of the Motorcycle owners and Operators in Lagos State, Tijani Perkis, stated that the union would meet with Governor Babatunde Fashola to relax the order banning okada from operating on about 500 roads in Lagos State.
“I have nothing to say now. But I will be meeting with the governor tomorrow and after our meeting I may talk to the press,” he said.
What do you think of this ban???
The protesters obstructed vehicular movements in some parts of Lagos, and attacked some government-owned Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) buses at Onipanu thereby making passengers to trek frustratingly to their destinations.
The Chairman of the Motorcycle owners and Operators in Lagos State, Tijani Perkis, stated that the union would meet with Governor Babatunde Fashola to relax the order banning okada from operating on about 500 roads in Lagos State.
“I have nothing to say now. But I will be meeting with the governor tomorrow and after our meeting I may talk to the press,” he said.
What do you think of this ban???
DANA AIRPLANE THE BEST ...
FAAN INSIST DANA IS NIGERIA'S BEST AIRLINE
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said on Monday in Abuja that it had no regrets for choosing DANA Airline as “the best domestic carrier for 2011”.
FAAN had on Friday named DANA Air as the best domestic airline in the “Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport 2011 Staff Awards”.
The award which were in different categories, also include best staff, best airline (local and international), best oil marketer, best luggage handling company and best concessionaire.
Mr Chris Bature, the Regional General Manager of FAAN, told NAN in Abuja that DANA Air deserved the award.
Dependable friends, do you think DANA AIR deserve this award?...After it claimed the lives of 153 passengers and crew, and 10 other people on ground on june 3rd this year!...so what makes i the best?
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FAAN had on Friday named DANA Air as the best domestic airline in the “Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport 2011 Staff Awards”.
The award which were in different categories, also include best staff, best airline (local and international), best oil marketer, best luggage handling company and best concessionaire.
Mr Chris Bature, the Regional General Manager of FAAN, told NAN in Abuja that DANA Air deserved the award.
Dependable friends, do you think DANA AIR deserve this award?...After it claimed the lives of 153 passengers and crew, and 10 other people on ground on june 3rd this year!...so what makes i the best?
Post your comments thru.
OSITA IHEME IS NOW AN AMBASSADOR IN SOUTH AFRICA
OSITA IHEME TO EARN $70,000 IN SIX
MONTH AS VUZU TV AMBASSADOR
Osita Iheme has been endorsed as the new face of South Africa-based entertainment TV, VUZU TV. The Nollywood star, more popular as ‘Paw paw’, will earn about $70,000 for a period of six months, which the contract will run for.
VUZU TV, is on Channel 123 on DSTV. The station is a one-stop shop for everything new in gossip, music, fashion, etc.
Paw paw has previously acted as ambassadors to Nigerian brands like Klin, OK Pop, etc.
MONTH AS VUZU TV AMBASSADOR
VUZU TV, is on Channel 123 on DSTV. The station is a one-stop shop for everything new in gossip, music, fashion, etc.
Paw paw has previously acted as ambassadors to Nigerian brands like Klin, OK Pop, etc.
MY HUSBAND AND DOCTOR SOLD MY BABY...
20-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN EBONYI ACCUSES HUSBAND AND DOCTOR OF SELLING HER NEW BABY
A 20-year-old woman from Ebonyi State is accusing her husband of conniving with a medical doctor to sell off her one-day-old baby. Charity Nwuzo went to a hospital (names withheld by us) to seek medical care like other normal pregnant women, but little did she know that she was in the den of baby sellers. She has delivered a baby boy, but she never came out of the hospital with her new bundle of joy. The story of Charity was a very pathetic one. Mrs. Ngozi Ibeneme, a neighbour to the victim, said Charity endured unbearable pains before and while giving birth to the baby. Charity claimed she gave birth to a bouncing baby boy in the said hospital only for her to wake up and discover, to her chagrin, that her new baby was nowhere to be found. She subsequently raised the alarm, which attracted passers-by to the hospital.
The incident was thereafter reported at the police station. It was gathered that young Charity got pregnant for her boyfriend who absconded to an unknown place afterwards. She later intimated her boss, one Emma (surname withheld) who she was working for as a salesgirl at Nkpor, of the development. He allegedly offered to marry her and assist her in her condition. It was Emma, Charity’s former employer, now husband, that allegedly took the young woman to the hospital located at Owerri-Ebo Street, in the commercial city of Onitsha where Charity registered for antenatal care. However, the unexpected happened after the young expectant mother allegedly gave birth to a bouncing baby boy. Instead of savouring the joy of motherhood, especially since her baby would no longer be called a bastard, Charity’s employer turned husband allegedly conspired with the medical director of the hospital to sell the one-day-old baby.
Narrating her ordeal, the victim disclosed that an ultra-sound test conducted on her by the doctor detected that she had a baby boy, which she said increased the joy of her supposed husband who later got the child sold off. “When the doctor conducted an ultra-sound test on me which detected that I was bearing a baby boy, he told my husband. And my husband was very happy. He even increased the love and care he had for me. I thought I had finally arrived and that at least my baby will no longer be called a bastard since somebody had agreed to be his father.“Then, one day, I was in a ward in the hospital when a woman dressed in Nigerian Immigration uniform entered and met the doctor. I saw them together, and I overheard them discussing something like buying or selling a baby boy for the sum of N600, 000.
Later in the evening of that same day, I was invited into the theatre where I was held and forced down by the wife of the doctor, my husband, and some other people that I could not identify. Then the doctor injected me and I fell asleep immediately. After that, I was operated upon.
“My unborn baby boy of seven months and three weeks old was removed and sold to the immigration officer. When I recovered and requested to see my baby, I was given N100, 000.“But I didn’t collect the money. I rejected it and insisted on having my baby because if I should go home without my baby, my people who were already aware of my pregnancy would reject me. When they realized that I was adamant and still refused to collect the N100, 000, they pushed me out of the hospital with the caesarean wire still in my stomach. They also seized my handset to stop me from communicating with people.
“It was one Miss Chika Ejiofor who took me to her house, and later introduced me to a lawyer, Mr. Akonanya who offered to give me free legal services.” Meanwhile, policemen attached to “D” Department of the State CID, Awka, swooped into action and arrested the said medical director, his wife and the supposed husband of the victim.
According to a police source who pleaded anonymity, the doctor was arrested together with his wife, and five other members of the syndicate. One of those arrested was a teacher at the Central Primary School, Umuoji in Idemili Local Government area. They were accused of taking part in the criminal buying and selling of
newly born babies.
The suspects, who are currently helping the police in their investigation, are accused of belonging to a very powerful syndicate that specializes in stealing babies and harbouring young pregnant teenagers to procreate for the purpose of selling their babies to wealthy individuals.
They were also accused of housing prostitutes, impregnating them for the purpose of rearing babies for sale, organizing maternity services for pregnant women and selling newly born babies without the approval of the mothers, among other accusations levelled against them.The medical doctor, who was described as the leader of the syndicate, was also accused of running a maternity home at Amaorji village, Umuoji in Idemili Local Government area of Anambra State where he allegedly employed many staffers that assisted him in transacting the illicit business.
The police source further revealed that the arrest of the medical doctor and the smashing of the dangerous baby stealing syndicate were made possible following a petition to the Anambra State Police Commissioner, Mr. Ballah Nasarawa dated September 17.
The petition was written by Mr. Afam Akonanya of the Obochie Chambers, Awka. He’s also the counsel to Charity Nwuzo. Akonanya, in the petition, had alleged that the medical doctor and his group were committing pathetic, awful and untoward criminal acts, including the sale of a newly delivered baby boy. He had urged the police authorities not to play with the petition.The lawyer said in the petition that to placate his client, the suspects must return the exact baby boy that Charity delivered in the hospital. “The act is barbaric and unless these issues are treated based on its merit, we shall explore legal means to get justice,” Akonanya had noted in the petition. When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ralph Uzoigwe, confirmed the arrests. He said, however, that he was yet to receive full details of the incident.
Culled: Dailypost
The incident was thereafter reported at the police station. It was gathered that young Charity got pregnant for her boyfriend who absconded to an unknown place afterwards. She later intimated her boss, one Emma (surname withheld) who she was working for as a salesgirl at Nkpor, of the development. He allegedly offered to marry her and assist her in her condition. It was Emma, Charity’s former employer, now husband, that allegedly took the young woman to the hospital located at Owerri-Ebo Street, in the commercial city of Onitsha where Charity registered for antenatal care. However, the unexpected happened after the young expectant mother allegedly gave birth to a bouncing baby boy. Instead of savouring the joy of motherhood, especially since her baby would no longer be called a bastard, Charity’s employer turned husband allegedly conspired with the medical director of the hospital to sell the one-day-old baby.
Narrating her ordeal, the victim disclosed that an ultra-sound test conducted on her by the doctor detected that she had a baby boy, which she said increased the joy of her supposed husband who later got the child sold off. “When the doctor conducted an ultra-sound test on me which detected that I was bearing a baby boy, he told my husband. And my husband was very happy. He even increased the love and care he had for me. I thought I had finally arrived and that at least my baby will no longer be called a bastard since somebody had agreed to be his father.“Then, one day, I was in a ward in the hospital when a woman dressed in Nigerian Immigration uniform entered and met the doctor. I saw them together, and I overheard them discussing something like buying or selling a baby boy for the sum of N600, 000.
Later in the evening of that same day, I was invited into the theatre where I was held and forced down by the wife of the doctor, my husband, and some other people that I could not identify. Then the doctor injected me and I fell asleep immediately. After that, I was operated upon.
“My unborn baby boy of seven months and three weeks old was removed and sold to the immigration officer. When I recovered and requested to see my baby, I was given N100, 000.“But I didn’t collect the money. I rejected it and insisted on having my baby because if I should go home without my baby, my people who were already aware of my pregnancy would reject me. When they realized that I was adamant and still refused to collect the N100, 000, they pushed me out of the hospital with the caesarean wire still in my stomach. They also seized my handset to stop me from communicating with people.
“It was one Miss Chika Ejiofor who took me to her house, and later introduced me to a lawyer, Mr. Akonanya who offered to give me free legal services.” Meanwhile, policemen attached to “D” Department of the State CID, Awka, swooped into action and arrested the said medical director, his wife and the supposed husband of the victim.
According to a police source who pleaded anonymity, the doctor was arrested together with his wife, and five other members of the syndicate. One of those arrested was a teacher at the Central Primary School, Umuoji in Idemili Local Government area. They were accused of taking part in the criminal buying and selling of
newly born babies.
The suspects, who are currently helping the police in their investigation, are accused of belonging to a very powerful syndicate that specializes in stealing babies and harbouring young pregnant teenagers to procreate for the purpose of selling their babies to wealthy individuals.
They were also accused of housing prostitutes, impregnating them for the purpose of rearing babies for sale, organizing maternity services for pregnant women and selling newly born babies without the approval of the mothers, among other accusations levelled against them.The medical doctor, who was described as the leader of the syndicate, was also accused of running a maternity home at Amaorji village, Umuoji in Idemili Local Government area of Anambra State where he allegedly employed many staffers that assisted him in transacting the illicit business.
The police source further revealed that the arrest of the medical doctor and the smashing of the dangerous baby stealing syndicate were made possible following a petition to the Anambra State Police Commissioner, Mr. Ballah Nasarawa dated September 17.
The petition was written by Mr. Afam Akonanya of the Obochie Chambers, Awka. He’s also the counsel to Charity Nwuzo. Akonanya, in the petition, had alleged that the medical doctor and his group were committing pathetic, awful and untoward criminal acts, including the sale of a newly delivered baby boy. He had urged the police authorities not to play with the petition.The lawyer said in the petition that to placate his client, the suspects must return the exact baby boy that Charity delivered in the hospital. “The act is barbaric and unless these issues are treated based on its merit, we shall explore legal means to get justice,” Akonanya had noted in the petition. When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ralph Uzoigwe, confirmed the arrests. He said, however, that he was yet to receive full details of the incident.
Culled: Dailypost
BRIDAL IN THE MAKING...KIM AND KANYE TRIP TO ITALY
KIM KARDASHIAN WEARS ROMANTIC BRIDAL INSPIRED DRESS AS KANYE BUYS HER ROSE FOR HER BIRTHDAY
Pictures below:
DO YOU THINK THEY ARE COMPARTABLE TOGETHER?
Pictures below:
DO YOU THINK THEY ARE COMPARTABLE TOGETHER?
GIRL ESCAPED RITUALIST...
13-YEAR-OLD NARRATES HOW SHE ESCAPED FROM RITUALIST DEN
When Emmanuela, 13, a JSS student of Shadoff Secondary school, Igbogbo, set out on that fateful day for her usual Thursdays fellowship and faith clinic service at a church, little did she know that it was going to be the most horrifying experience of her life as a teenager.
But by divine intervention, Emmanuela returned to tell the grueling story of her kidnapp and how she was slated for rituals before God set her free. But other ten passengers could not live to tell their stories. According to her, “I entered the bus from Igbogbo around 7pm. I was going to my church for our Thursday vigil. When I entered the bus, I noticed that all the passengers in the bus were sleeping. They were about ten. I felt something was wrong and I quickly told the driver to stop for me that I had forgotten my transport fare at home. The conductor then said that I should not worry that he would not collect money from me. I insisted I would get down, shouting that I was going to church and I would not be able to come back home even if he did not collect money from me. But he refused. As we were arguing on that, the conductor immediately brought out a handkerchief and waved it on my face and that was the last thing I remembered. “I then saw myself at a shrine with other victims. The following day at the shrine, they began to kill others with knife and machete one after the other. Although we were blindfolded, yet, I was able to see a bit of what was going on. They decided Sunday would be my turn when they would conclude their rituals.”
“We were there without food or water, and when it got to my turn on Sunday, I was taken to the shrine again along with the remaining two. But I heard one of them saying ‘no, they should return me back to where they picked me. We were three left out of about eleven people. ”But instead of returning me back to where they picked me , they kept me somewhere. The following day which was Monday, they took the three of us back to the shrine. The other two were killed that day, leaving only me. One of them again told the men that they should look for another person to replace me and that they should return me immediately. But they refused saying that they cannot return me and that they should manage and use me like that. After the argument, I was laid at the shrine, at that point, with the little consciousness I had, I was praying, I was weak and could not even move my body. I realised that the killer could not bring his knife on me. The next thing I heard was that ‘take this girl away’. Again, that was what I saw until I found myself at the Ita Elewa, Ikorodu late at night.
”Emmanuela said: “It was dark, I didn’t know how I got there; I just suddenly discovered I was out of their hands, but I was very weak. There, I saw a man in a suit walking on the street. I approached him and asked him where I was? He told me Ita-Elewa; I begged him to take me to my church because it was very close to the area they dropped me. He obliged me. When I entered the church, I fell and lay by the gate. “As a member of the drama group, we usually hold drama rehearsals every Tuesdays. So, it was co-incidental that the members of the group were there at that time. Somebody who was sent by our leader to check the gate saw me and took me inside, prayed for me and gave me food to eat. Throughout my stay there, I was never hungry, until I came out.
”Asked to describe the area where the ritual took place, Emmanuela said what she saw were materials and accessories used by ritualists, such as charms, knives, machetes among others. She explained that it was an isolated area, adding “there is no living house in the area. I really don’t know the place, but what I saw there were things used by ritualists. I can’t really say whether it was in Ikododu or its outskirts and I can’t determine the time we spent on the road because I didn’t even know how I got there.”
But by divine intervention, Emmanuela returned to tell the grueling story of her kidnapp and how she was slated for rituals before God set her free. But other ten passengers could not live to tell their stories. According to her, “I entered the bus from Igbogbo around 7pm. I was going to my church for our Thursday vigil. When I entered the bus, I noticed that all the passengers in the bus were sleeping. They were about ten. I felt something was wrong and I quickly told the driver to stop for me that I had forgotten my transport fare at home. The conductor then said that I should not worry that he would not collect money from me. I insisted I would get down, shouting that I was going to church and I would not be able to come back home even if he did not collect money from me. But he refused. As we were arguing on that, the conductor immediately brought out a handkerchief and waved it on my face and that was the last thing I remembered. “I then saw myself at a shrine with other victims. The following day at the shrine, they began to kill others with knife and machete one after the other. Although we were blindfolded, yet, I was able to see a bit of what was going on. They decided Sunday would be my turn when they would conclude their rituals.”
“We were there without food or water, and when it got to my turn on Sunday, I was taken to the shrine again along with the remaining two. But I heard one of them saying ‘no, they should return me back to where they picked me. We were three left out of about eleven people. ”But instead of returning me back to where they picked me , they kept me somewhere. The following day which was Monday, they took the three of us back to the shrine. The other two were killed that day, leaving only me. One of them again told the men that they should look for another person to replace me and that they should return me immediately. But they refused saying that they cannot return me and that they should manage and use me like that. After the argument, I was laid at the shrine, at that point, with the little consciousness I had, I was praying, I was weak and could not even move my body. I realised that the killer could not bring his knife on me. The next thing I heard was that ‘take this girl away’. Again, that was what I saw until I found myself at the Ita Elewa, Ikorodu late at night.
”Emmanuela said: “It was dark, I didn’t know how I got there; I just suddenly discovered I was out of their hands, but I was very weak. There, I saw a man in a suit walking on the street. I approached him and asked him where I was? He told me Ita-Elewa; I begged him to take me to my church because it was very close to the area they dropped me. He obliged me. When I entered the church, I fell and lay by the gate. “As a member of the drama group, we usually hold drama rehearsals every Tuesdays. So, it was co-incidental that the members of the group were there at that time. Somebody who was sent by our leader to check the gate saw me and took me inside, prayed for me and gave me food to eat. Throughout my stay there, I was never hungry, until I came out.
”Asked to describe the area where the ritual took place, Emmanuela said what she saw were materials and accessories used by ritualists, such as charms, knives, machetes among others. She explained that it was an isolated area, adding “there is no living house in the area. I really don’t know the place, but what I saw there were things used by ritualists. I can’t really say whether it was in Ikododu or its outskirts and I can’t determine the time we spent on the road because I didn’t even know how I got there.”
Sunday 21 October 2012
BOKO HARAM TOP COMMANDER IS MY NEPHEW!
SENATOR ADMITS BOKO HARAM TOP COMMANDER IS HIS NEPHEW
Senator Ahmed Khalifa Zanna of the Borno Central Senatorial District has denied that suspected Boko Haram top commander Mohammed Shuaibu Bama was arrested in his Damboa Road home, in Maiduguri’s GRA.
Speaking to newsmen in a telephone interview, Zanna confirmed that the suspect is his nephew, but asserted that there was nothing more than that. He said he was not harbouring Bama and that the suspect was not actually arrested in his home.
He challenged security agents, whom he accused of harassing and beating children in his house yesterday, to go and investigate the man’s relationship with the people in whose home he was arrested.
“They said they arrested the man in the house of a lawmaker in Damboa Road, and there is no any lawmaker in Damboa Road except me,” he said. “They did not arrest him in my house, they went to my house but did not find him, and instead they arrested children in my house and put them inside hot sun and started beating them. And they asked them whether they know Shuaibu Bama, and one of the boys answered yes. He then took them to where they arrest Shuaibu Bama.”
On his relationship with the suspect, he answered, “Shuaibu Bama is a son of my sister. But the lie is what they are saying that they arrested him in my house, which is lie. And we cannot hide or harbour a Boko Haram sect member. And since he was not arrested in my house, they should go and investigate his relationship with people they arrested him in their house. I don’t know anything about it and just heard yesterday.”
Speaking to newsmen in a telephone interview, Zanna confirmed that the suspect is his nephew, but asserted that there was nothing more than that. He said he was not harbouring Bama and that the suspect was not actually arrested in his home.
He challenged security agents, whom he accused of harassing and beating children in his house yesterday, to go and investigate the man’s relationship with the people in whose home he was arrested.
“They said they arrested the man in the house of a lawmaker in Damboa Road, and there is no any lawmaker in Damboa Road except me,” he said. “They did not arrest him in my house, they went to my house but did not find him, and instead they arrested children in my house and put them inside hot sun and started beating them. And they asked them whether they know Shuaibu Bama, and one of the boys answered yes. He then took them to where they arrest Shuaibu Bama.”
On his relationship with the suspect, he answered, “Shuaibu Bama is a son of my sister. But the lie is what they are saying that they arrested him in my house, which is lie. And we cannot hide or harbour a Boko Haram sect member. And since he was not arrested in my house, they should go and investigate his relationship with people they arrested him in their house. I don’t know anything about it and just heard yesterday.”
GADDAFI'S SON DIES
COLONEL GADDAFI'S YOUNGEST SON DIES FROM HIS WOUNDS
The youngest son of Colonel Gaddafi has reportedly been killed during fighting a year to the day after the former Libyan leader's death.
There are conflicting accounts about whether 28 year old Khamis Gaddafi was killed during a conflict battle or fatally wounded and later died.
His body is said to have been found yesterday after fierce fighting between pro-Gaddafi forces and militias allied to the Libyan government in the town of Bani Walid.
There are conflicting accounts about whether 28 year old Khamis Gaddafi was killed during a conflict battle or fatally wounded and later died.
His body is said to have been found yesterday after fierce fighting between pro-Gaddafi forces and militias allied to the Libyan government in the town of Bani Walid.
R I P: SHEILA MARY SOLARIN
WIFE OF LATE DR TAI SOLARIN IS DEAD
Sheila Mary, widow of Nigeria’s late foremost academician and social crusader, Dr. Tai Solarin is dead.
She founded the renowned Mayflower School with her husband in Ikenne, Ogun State, died this morning at Babcock University Teaching Hospital in Sagamu. The widow of the late founder of Mayflower School, Ikenne, social critic and educationist, Dr Tai Solarin, who passed away today, 21st of October, 2012 at the age of 82.
May her soul rest in perfect peace...AMEN
She founded the renowned Mayflower School with her husband in Ikenne, Ogun State, died this morning at Babcock University Teaching Hospital in Sagamu. The widow of the late founder of Mayflower School, Ikenne, social critic and educationist, Dr Tai Solarin, who passed away today, 21st of October, 2012 at the age of 82.
May her soul rest in perfect peace...AMEN
MESSI VOWS TO DEDICATE CHILD
MESSI VOWS TO SCORE AGAINST CELTIC IN DEDICATION TO SON'S DELIVERY
Barcelona superstar Messi’s girlfriend Antonella Rocuzzo is expected to deliver their son in the next 72 hours.
The couple already know it’s a son and have revealed they will call him Thiago.
And he has vowed he’ll score in the Group G tie — so that he can dedicate the goal to Messi junior.
The couple already know it’s a son and have revealed they will call him Thiago.
And he has vowed he’ll score in the Group G tie — so that he can dedicate the goal to Messi junior.
ADELE WELCOMES NEW BABY
ADELE GIVES BIRTH TO A BABY BOY!
Adele and partner Simon Konecki welcomed their child on Friday night. Adele announced her pregnancy back in June, writing on her official blog: 'I'm delighted to announce that Simon and I are expecting our first child together.
'I wanted you to hear the news direct from me, obviously we’re over the moon and very excited but please respect our privacy at this precious time. Yours always, Adele.
Congrats to you and hubby.
'I wanted you to hear the news direct from me, obviously we’re over the moon and very excited but please respect our privacy at this precious time. Yours always, Adele.
Congrats to you and hubby.
Saturday 20 October 2012
HUSBAND & WIFE TINZ...
MY WIFE 'CHARMED' ME INTO MARRYING HER, MAN TELLS COURT
A 50-year- old man, Chukwugozie Opara, of 58, Yaya Abatan Road, Ogba, accused his wife of charming him to love her. Meanwhile, the wife, Priscilla, denied the allegation.
The husband informed an Agege Grade A Customary Court, sitting in Lagos, that he did not know how he got himself attached to her, adding that he would not have slept with a lady of her type.”For six years, l followed her like a sheep being led to be slaughtered. If not for God, she would have killed me or made me mad”, he said.
Opara also claimed that Priscilla made life unbearable for him as she was quarrelsome.
”One of our pastors in church that wanted to settle our quarrel died a few days to the meeting, and my wife said she was the one that killed him”, the husband stated.
He said that the wife told him that she made her ex- husband mad, and adding that his wife abandoned their son for him when he was two months.
He urged the court to dissolve the marriage and grant him custody of their only child. Priscilla, resident at 5, Aina Ajob Street, Ogba, denied the allegations and said she lived with Opara with a true and honest heart, but “he treated me so bad, and threw me out of the house”.
She added: “I was told by one of our pastors that my husband was once mad, but I did not believe until he exhibited the trait”. She agreed with her husband that the court should dissolve the marriage but grant her custody of her child. The court dissolved the marriage “because it has broken down irretrievably”.
It granted custody of the only child of the marriage to Opara (the plaintiff).He ordered that Priscilla should have access to the child every holiday to enable his mother see him and give motherly affection.
A 50-year- old man, Chukwugozie Opara, of 58, Yaya Abatan Road, Ogba, accused his wife of charming him to love her. Meanwhile, the wife, Priscilla, denied the allegation.
The husband informed an Agege Grade A Customary Court, sitting in Lagos, that he did not know how he got himself attached to her, adding that he would not have slept with a lady of her type.”For six years, l followed her like a sheep being led to be slaughtered. If not for God, she would have killed me or made me mad”, he said.
Opara also claimed that Priscilla made life unbearable for him as she was quarrelsome.
”One of our pastors in church that wanted to settle our quarrel died a few days to the meeting, and my wife said she was the one that killed him”, the husband stated.
He said that the wife told him that she made her ex- husband mad, and adding that his wife abandoned their son for him when he was two months.
He urged the court to dissolve the marriage and grant him custody of their only child. Priscilla, resident at 5, Aina Ajob Street, Ogba, denied the allegations and said she lived with Opara with a true and honest heart, but “he treated me so bad, and threw me out of the house”.
She added: “I was told by one of our pastors that my husband was once mad, but I did not believe until he exhibited the trait”. She agreed with her husband that the court should dissolve the marriage but grant her custody of her child. The court dissolved the marriage “because it has broken down irretrievably”.
It granted custody of the only child of the marriage to Opara (the plaintiff).He ordered that Priscilla should have access to the child every holiday to enable his mother see him and give motherly affection.
UPDATE: BUS CONVEYING MOURNERS PLUNGES INTO RIVER
FRSC PULLS PASSENGER BUS OUT OF RIVER
The Federal Road Safety Commission on Saturday said it had pulled out a passenger bus that plunged into a river at Ogbere-Ijebu, Ogun State on the Sagamu-Ore Expressway on Friday.
A pregnant woman and three other passengers miraculously survived the accident, which was said to have occurred when the bus skidded off the dual carriageway and plunged into the river.
The pregnant woman and the two other survivors were said to have reached out for and clung to the branches of a tree as the bus lost control and began its fatal plunge into the river.
An FRSC statement said12 corpses, comprising one male and 11 female, were pulled out of the bus.
“According to our findings, 21 people were inside the bus, the three that survived have been taken to hospital.
“FRSC’s coordinated search for the remaining victims with local divers continues.
The Federal Road Safety Commission on Saturday said it had pulled out a passenger bus that plunged into a river at Ogbere-Ijebu, Ogun State on the Sagamu-Ore Expressway on Friday.
A pregnant woman and three other passengers miraculously survived the accident, which was said to have occurred when the bus skidded off the dual carriageway and plunged into the river.
The pregnant woman and the two other survivors were said to have reached out for and clung to the branches of a tree as the bus lost control and began its fatal plunge into the river.
An FRSC statement said12 corpses, comprising one male and 11 female, were pulled out of the bus.
“According to our findings, 21 people were inside the bus, the three that survived have been taken to hospital.
“FRSC’s coordinated search for the remaining victims with local divers continues.
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FINALLY TIES THE KNOT.
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AND JESSICA BIEL MARRY IN ITALY
JUSTINE TIMBERLAKE AND JESSICA BIEL are finally husband and wife after tying the knot on Friday.
The couple, who have been dating for five years, married in southern Italy, surrounded by close family and friends. "It's great to be married, the ceremony was beautiful and it was so special to be surrounded by our family and friends,".
The Sexyback singer, 31, and Jessica, 30, kept their nuptials a secret until the very last minute.
The newlyweds, who got engaged in December, started celebrating the special occasion earlier this week.
HAPPY MARRIED LIFE JUSTBIL!
JUSTINE TIMBERLAKE AND JESSICA BIEL are finally husband and wife after tying the knot on Friday.
The couple, who have been dating for five years, married in southern Italy, surrounded by close family and friends. "It's great to be married, the ceremony was beautiful and it was so special to be surrounded by our family and friends,".
The Sexyback singer, 31, and Jessica, 30, kept their nuptials a secret until the very last minute.
The newlyweds, who got engaged in December, started celebrating the special occasion earlier this week.
HAPPY MARRIED LIFE JUSTBIL!
5 SUSPECTS NABBED IN ABA OVER FAKE...
15 MILLION NAIRA FAKE DRINKS SEIZED, 5 SUSPECTS NABBED IN ABA
Nigeria’s National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized adulterated drinks worth 15 million naira during a market raid in Aba, Abia State, South -East Nigeria on Friday.
The Zonal Head of the Aba Special Zone of the agency, Mr Festus Anumba, made the disclosure in an interview with the told the News agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba.
He said that during the raid which the agency carried out with the police at Cemetery Market, Aba, five suspects, including a lady; were apprehended and two shops sealed.
Anumba said that the agency carried out the raid, following complaints by Intercontinental Distillers Ltd. and Grand Oak Ltd., that most of their brand products had been adulterated.
He said that the two companies disclosed that the adulterated drinks were being sold to unsuspecting consumers in Aba.
The products, according to the zonal head include; Seaman’s Schnapps, Chelsea Dry Gins, Squadron Dark Rum, Bull Gin, Bull Dark, Lords Dry Gin, Calypso, Bacchus, Eagle Majesty Aromatic Schnapps and Dark Sailor.
The others are Veleta Fruit Juice and Finlays Tonic Wine.
He said that the products were also not registered with the agency, stressing that their presence in the market posed health hazards to consumers and a loss of capital to the two companies.
Anumba called for the cooperation of the traders to enable the agency recover the fake products “before more damage is done to consumers of the product.”
Nigeria’s National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized adulterated drinks worth 15 million naira during a market raid in Aba, Abia State, South -East Nigeria on Friday.
The Zonal Head of the Aba Special Zone of the agency, Mr Festus Anumba, made the disclosure in an interview with the told the News agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba.
He said that during the raid which the agency carried out with the police at Cemetery Market, Aba, five suspects, including a lady; were apprehended and two shops sealed.
Anumba said that the agency carried out the raid, following complaints by Intercontinental Distillers Ltd. and Grand Oak Ltd., that most of their brand products had been adulterated.
He said that the two companies disclosed that the adulterated drinks were being sold to unsuspecting consumers in Aba.
The products, according to the zonal head include; Seaman’s Schnapps, Chelsea Dry Gins, Squadron Dark Rum, Bull Gin, Bull Dark, Lords Dry Gin, Calypso, Bacchus, Eagle Majesty Aromatic Schnapps and Dark Sailor.
The others are Veleta Fruit Juice and Finlays Tonic Wine.
He said that the products were also not registered with the agency, stressing that their presence in the market posed health hazards to consumers and a loss of capital to the two companies.
Anumba called for the cooperation of the traders to enable the agency recover the fake products “before more damage is done to consumers of the product.”
MORE TRAGEDY HITS PORT HARCOURT
PORT HARCOURT: GUNMEN KILLS EX-CORPER & TWO OTHERS
Barely three weeks after four students of the University of Port Harcourt were gruesomely murdered in a Omuokiri, Aluu, tragedy struck again on Thursday at Rumuchakara village in Choba community, the major host community of the institution.
It was gathered that unknown gunmen killed a UNIPORT student, his girlfriend and an ex-National Youth Corps member, who only passed out as a corps member earlier that day.
The ex-corps member had gone out with two others to celebrate his completion of the mandatory national service. On their way back, their car ran into a shop in the village.
Just then, an argument ensued between the owner of the shop and the three friends whose identities are yet to be ascertained.
Few minutes into the row, some men arrived the scene in an SUV jeep and opened fire on the three friends, killing all of them instantly.
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Barely three weeks after four students of the University of Port Harcourt were gruesomely murdered in a Omuokiri, Aluu, tragedy struck again on Thursday at Rumuchakara village in Choba community, the major host community of the institution.
It was gathered that unknown gunmen killed a UNIPORT student, his girlfriend and an ex-National Youth Corps member, who only passed out as a corps member earlier that day.
The ex-corps member had gone out with two others to celebrate his completion of the mandatory national service. On their way back, their car ran into a shop in the village.
Just then, an argument ensued between the owner of the shop and the three friends whose identities are yet to be ascertained.
Few minutes into the row, some men arrived the scene in an SUV jeep and opened fire on the three friends, killing all of them instantly.
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Friday 19 October 2012
BOKO HARAM COMMANDER CAUGHT....
BOKO HARAM COMMANDER CAPTURED IN A TOP NATIONAL POLITICIAN'S HOME
Nigerian troops in Maiduguri say they captured a top commander of Boko Haram during a raid on the home of a high-level national politician.
Lt. Col Sagir Musa, spokesman for the Joint Task Force (JTF) said in a terse statement sent to media this evening, that Shuaibu Mohammed Bama had been picked up and is in custody. However he declined to name the national politician.
Islamist sect Boko Haram has its strongest base in Maiduguri.
The official statement said: “The JTF have been successful in their ongoing anti-terror operations. A high-profile Boko Haram commander, one Shuaibu Mohammed Bama, who has been on the list of wanted terrorists, was arrested by task force troops in a serving politician’s house. He is in the custody of the JTF and assisting in the investigation and has since made startling revelations.”
Although Sagir did not state the relationship between the captured commander and late Habibu Bama, who was killed in Damaturu, and the name of the serving Nigerian lawmaker, sources said the suspect was arrested in a high brow area in Maiduguri axis of Borno State.
Another source said that crack security team have been trailing Bama, from Kano to Kaduna and finally Maiduguri where he was barbed on Thursday in Cordon and Search Operation style, that have armed to teeth combat soldiers who were well position to repel any counter from the Boko Haram’s sect.
Nigerian troops in Maiduguri say they captured a top commander of Boko Haram during a raid on the home of a high-level national politician.
Lt. Col Sagir Musa, spokesman for the Joint Task Force (JTF) said in a terse statement sent to media this evening, that Shuaibu Mohammed Bama had been picked up and is in custody. However he declined to name the national politician.
Islamist sect Boko Haram has its strongest base in Maiduguri.
The official statement said: “The JTF have been successful in their ongoing anti-terror operations. A high-profile Boko Haram commander, one Shuaibu Mohammed Bama, who has been on the list of wanted terrorists, was arrested by task force troops in a serving politician’s house. He is in the custody of the JTF and assisting in the investigation and has since made startling revelations.”
Although Sagir did not state the relationship between the captured commander and late Habibu Bama, who was killed in Damaturu, and the name of the serving Nigerian lawmaker, sources said the suspect was arrested in a high brow area in Maiduguri axis of Borno State.
Another source said that crack security team have been trailing Bama, from Kano to Kaduna and finally Maiduguri where he was barbed on Thursday in Cordon and Search Operation style, that have armed to teeth combat soldiers who were well position to repel any counter from the Boko Haram’s sect.
BOMB BLAST IN NORTHERN NIGERIA
ATTACKS KILL SEVERAL, DESTROYING PROPERTIES IN NORTH
A series of attacks by suspected Boko Haram Islamists in northeastern Nigeria has killed a number of people and destroyed several buildings, residents and a military source said Friday.
Explosions and gunfire shook the northeastern city of Potiskum late Thursday, with residents reporting several schools and a government building burnt, along with a number of dead. A military source said some buildings had been destroyed by homemade bombs and a security checkpoint was attacked, but he could not give a death toll yet.
Explosions and gunfire shook the northeastern city of Potiskum late Thursday, with residents reporting several schools and a government building burnt, along with a number of dead. A military source said some buildings had been destroyed by homemade bombs and a security checkpoint was attacked, but he could not give a death toll yet.
SAD NEWS...
BUS CONVEYING MOURNERS TO A FUNERAL PLUNGES INTO RIVER, 33 DEAD.
…..Driver reportedly slept on the wheels.
A commercial bus conveying mostly women on a burial trip from Lagos to Benin plunged into River J4, near Ogbere on the Ijebu-Ode-Ore Expressway on Friday, leaving no fewer than 33 persons dead.
The Head of Operation of the FRSC in Ogun, Mrs Cecilia Alao, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the accident occurred at about 12 noon when the driver of the 36-seater coastal bus slept off.
Alao said that the exact number of passengers and the registration number of the vehicle were yet to be ascertained.
She said that all the victims, apart from the driver, were women travelling from Lagos to Benin to attend a burial ceremony.
The FRSC head of operations, who described the rescue operation as difficult, said that the command engaged the services of local divers who helped to rescued three of the passengers.
‘’We also hired a crane to pull the vehicle from the driver but after trying from 12 p.m to 6 p.m, we could not find the bus and other victims apart from the three.
‘’All other efforts to locate the vehicle and the victims proved abortive, the operation will continue over the night as we are not going to relent in our efforts,” she said.
Alao said that the three survivors had been taken to hospital at Ore in Ondo State.
…..Driver reportedly slept on the wheels.
A commercial bus conveying mostly women on a burial trip from Lagos to Benin plunged into River J4, near Ogbere on the Ijebu-Ode-Ore Expressway on Friday, leaving no fewer than 33 persons dead.
The Head of Operation of the FRSC in Ogun, Mrs Cecilia Alao, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the accident occurred at about 12 noon when the driver of the 36-seater coastal bus slept off.
Alao said that the exact number of passengers and the registration number of the vehicle were yet to be ascertained.
She said that all the victims, apart from the driver, were women travelling from Lagos to Benin to attend a burial ceremony.
The FRSC head of operations, who described the rescue operation as difficult, said that the command engaged the services of local divers who helped to rescued three of the passengers.
‘’We also hired a crane to pull the vehicle from the driver but after trying from 12 p.m to 6 p.m, we could not find the bus and other victims apart from the three.
‘’All other efforts to locate the vehicle and the victims proved abortive, the operation will continue over the night as we are not going to relent in our efforts,” she said.
Alao said that the three survivors had been taken to hospital at Ore in Ondo State.
MAN DEFILES GIRL IN BAYELSA
MAN DEFILES AN 8 YRS OLD GIRL IN BAYELSA
The police have arrested a middle aged man, identified as Ben Ariwelo for allegedly defiling an 8 year old girl in Bayelsa State.
Saturday Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred last week at the riverside town of Otuoke in Ogbia local government area of the state.
It was gathered that the under aged girl said to be an imbecile was lured to a public toilet where the suspect had canal knowledge of her.
A neighbour who noticed the unusual movement around the public convenience reportedly raised an alarm which attracted other natives to the scene.
The randy man according to witnesses was caught pant down by the community folks and handed to the police.
The state police commissioner, Mr. Kingsley Omire confirmed the incident adding that the suspect would be charged to court.
He said, “yes one Ben Ariwelo, an adult was arrested for defiling an imbecile teenage girl of 8year in a public toilet at Otuoke community in Ogbia local government Area.”
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The police have arrested a middle aged man, identified as Ben Ariwelo for allegedly defiling an 8 year old girl in Bayelsa State.
Saturday Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred last week at the riverside town of Otuoke in Ogbia local government area of the state.
It was gathered that the under aged girl said to be an imbecile was lured to a public toilet where the suspect had canal knowledge of her.
A neighbour who noticed the unusual movement around the public convenience reportedly raised an alarm which attracted other natives to the scene.
The randy man according to witnesses was caught pant down by the community folks and handed to the police.
The state police commissioner, Mr. Kingsley Omire confirmed the incident adding that the suspect would be charged to court.
He said, “yes one Ben Ariwelo, an adult was arrested for defiling an imbecile teenage girl of 8year in a public toilet at Otuoke community in Ogbia local government Area.”
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BERLIN: NIGERIAN EMBASSY ATTACKED...
NIGERIAN EMBASSY IN BERLIN ATTACKED
The Nigerian Embassy in Berlin was attacked with paint bombs on Wednesday night by unknown persons, the police have said.
According to police spokesman, unknown attackers threw glass bottles filled with a thick and sticky liquid at the front of the building in Neue Jakobstraße, (The name of the street where the embassy is situated).
The spokesman said the police have handed over the investigation of the incident to state security authorities, adding that political motive may not be ruled out in the attack.
The police said security workers noticed the damage to the building on Thursday morning.
The spokesman said that on Monday, 120 activists, members of the “Refugee Protest March in Berlin campaign” gathered in front of the Nigerian Embassy to demonstrate against the practice of deporting asylum seekers from Germany.
According to him, 14 of the activists illegally entered to the embassy, in order to “occupy’’ it as part of the protest march.
He explained that those who entered the premises were later ejected by security officials while 25 of the protesters were temporarily detained and later released.
The spokesman stated that the demonstrators accused the embassy workers of “working closely with the German state to ensure that the processing of the largest number of deportations from Africa came from Nigeria’’.
He emphasised that his agency would, however, investigate if there was a connection between the attempted occupation of the embassy on Monday and the recent paint attack on Wednesday night to the early hours of Thursday. (NAN)
The Nigerian Embassy in Berlin was attacked with paint bombs on Wednesday night by unknown persons, the police have said.
According to police spokesman, unknown attackers threw glass bottles filled with a thick and sticky liquid at the front of the building in Neue Jakobstraße, (The name of the street where the embassy is situated).
The spokesman said the police have handed over the investigation of the incident to state security authorities, adding that political motive may not be ruled out in the attack.
The police said security workers noticed the damage to the building on Thursday morning.
The spokesman said that on Monday, 120 activists, members of the “Refugee Protest March in Berlin campaign” gathered in front of the Nigerian Embassy to demonstrate against the practice of deporting asylum seekers from Germany.
According to him, 14 of the activists illegally entered to the embassy, in order to “occupy’’ it as part of the protest march.
He explained that those who entered the premises were later ejected by security officials while 25 of the protesters were temporarily detained and later released.
The spokesman stated that the demonstrators accused the embassy workers of “working closely with the German state to ensure that the processing of the largest number of deportations from Africa came from Nigeria’’.
He emphasised that his agency would, however, investigate if there was a connection between the attempted occupation of the embassy on Monday and the recent paint attack on Wednesday night to the early hours of Thursday. (NAN)
RONALD FENTY BLESSES DAUGHTER'S MARRIAGE
RIHANNA'S FATHER GIVES HIS BLESSINGS FOR HER MARRIAGE TO CHRIS BROWN
While Rihanna recently announced that she was ready to release another album, she has been less vocal about her relationship status with Chris Brown.
However, her father has not only given his blessing for them to be together, but he has also said he wants them to get married.
Rihanna, 24, has reportedly reconciled with ex boyfriend Chris, even though he is still on probation for attacking her in February 2009.
Her father Ronald Fenty does not hold any grudges against Brown, 23, and has gone as far to say that he hopes they will tie the knot at some point in the future.
he said: ‘Whatever makes her happy. I hope one day she will get married. Everyone adores Chris, he’s a super guy.
‘The family loved Chris Brown before they met him. I always thought he was extremely talented. He is a good person and always gave me great respect.’
A friend close to Chris told the media how the former lovers have found happiness with each other again.
He said: ‘They’re riding high right now, you feel me, enjoying their lives and happy to be back in each others arms.
‘It’s true love and it stood the test of time. You know it’s real. It can’t be anything else. They done gone through hell and back together and I’m happy for both of them.’
Unfortunately, not everybody is happy about the reconciliation, with some of Rihanna’s camp expressing worry over Chris’s past actions.
A source said: ‘I wouldn’t be surprised if she married him just to show that she and Chris don’t care what anyone thinks and can do whatever they want.
‘It’s kind of scary. Their reconciliation has already upset her friends and management. They’re an explosive combination.’
She also cryptically tweeted: ‘I found the one, he changed my life…But was it me that changed and he just happened to come at the right time? #UNAPOLOGETIC’.
However, her father has not only given his blessing for them to be together, but he has also said he wants them to get married.
Rihanna, 24, has reportedly reconciled with ex boyfriend Chris, even though he is still on probation for attacking her in February 2009.
Her father Ronald Fenty does not hold any grudges against Brown, 23, and has gone as far to say that he hopes they will tie the knot at some point in the future.
he said: ‘Whatever makes her happy. I hope one day she will get married. Everyone adores Chris, he’s a super guy.
‘The family loved Chris Brown before they met him. I always thought he was extremely talented. He is a good person and always gave me great respect.’
A friend close to Chris told the media how the former lovers have found happiness with each other again.
He said: ‘They’re riding high right now, you feel me, enjoying their lives and happy to be back in each others arms.
‘It’s true love and it stood the test of time. You know it’s real. It can’t be anything else. They done gone through hell and back together and I’m happy for both of them.’
Unfortunately, not everybody is happy about the reconciliation, with some of Rihanna’s camp expressing worry over Chris’s past actions.
A source said: ‘I wouldn’t be surprised if she married him just to show that she and Chris don’t care what anyone thinks and can do whatever they want.
‘It’s kind of scary. Their reconciliation has already upset her friends and management. They’re an explosive combination.’
She also cryptically tweeted: ‘I found the one, he changed my life…But was it me that changed and he just happened to come at the right time? #UNAPOLOGETIC’.
KIDNAPPERS PARADED IN BENIN
ARMY PARADES 17 SUSPECTS FOR KIDNAPPING, THEFT AND CULTISM
The 4th Brigade Command of the Nigerian Army in Benin has paraded 17 suspected kidnappers at the Brigade Headquarters in Benin City.
The suspects were alleged to have committed crimes ranging from bunkering, kidnapping, cultism and illegal possession of military uniforms.
Also paraded were arms and ammunition, computers, handsets and bags of Indian hemp seized from the suspects.
Brigadier General Abel Umahi who addressed journalists on their exploits in the last one month disclosed that the suspected kidnappers were caught after a distress call was made by a victim, whom her abductors abandoned on sighting army patrol vehicle.
He said the Man O’ War paramilitary unit of College of Education Ekiadolor were also arrested for possession of military uniforms after flaunting an instruction by him to desist from the act.
He however expressed dismay at the arrest of a woman who they had previously arrested for engaging in sale of Cannabis and handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The suspects, however did not deny the offences they were arrested and paraded for.
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The suspects were alleged to have committed crimes ranging from bunkering, kidnapping, cultism and illegal possession of military uniforms.
Also paraded were arms and ammunition, computers, handsets and bags of Indian hemp seized from the suspects.
Brigadier General Abel Umahi who addressed journalists on their exploits in the last one month disclosed that the suspected kidnappers were caught after a distress call was made by a victim, whom her abductors abandoned on sighting army patrol vehicle.
He said the Man O’ War paramilitary unit of College of Education Ekiadolor were also arrested for possession of military uniforms after flaunting an instruction by him to desist from the act.
He however expressed dismay at the arrest of a woman who they had previously arrested for engaging in sale of Cannabis and handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The suspects, however did not deny the offences they were arrested and paraded for.
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Thursday 18 October 2012
WHAT A WAY TO CELEBRATE LIFE AT 43!!!
SINGER WYCLEF JEAN TURNED 43YRS OLD ON WEDNESDAY
The singer tweeted a picture of himself, wearing only a "THONG PANT"?...did i just say that?!, sorry CP Readers, i meant to say a red brief. #redbrief, #ducati powerbike, #oilyskin, hmmn...Ur fans all over wishes you HAPPY BIRTHDAY, just make sure you keep the ladies of ur back "because anything can happen". lols
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guys, isn't this guy hot?
The singer tweeted a picture of himself, wearing only a "THONG PANT"?...did i just say that?!, sorry CP Readers, i meant to say a red brief. #redbrief, #ducati powerbike, #oilyskin, hmmn...Ur fans all over wishes you HAPPY BIRTHDAY, just make sure you keep the ladies of ur back "because anything can happen". lols
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THE PRESIDENT'S WIFE SPEAKS...
DAME PATIENCE JONATHAN: "MY HUSBAND LOVES ME AS I AM"
First Lady Patience Jonathan yesterday returned to a tumultous welcome in Abuja, after a six-week stay in Germany. There was a burst of excitement at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja where the presidential jet that brought her back landed at about 4pm.
Dame Patience threw her two hands up in the air as the crowd of government officials, governors’ wives, politicians and women groups hailed her arrival.
Mrs Jonathan who spoke to reporters at the airport said: “I am happy to be back in Nigeria.
“There are a few Nigerians that are saying whatever they like, not what God planned because God has a plan for all of us.
“God has said it all, that when two or three are gathered in His name, that He will be with them. And Nigerians gathered and prayed for me and God listened and heard their prayers, so I thank God for that.
“At the same time, I will use this opportunity to speak to those few ones saying that anybody that goes to the Villa or Aso Rock will die.
“They mentioned the late Gen. Sani Abacha, they mentioned the late Stella Obasanjo, they mentioned the late President Umar Yar’Adua and other people. But why didn’t they mention those ones that went there with their families and succeeded and they still came out alive?
“We should remember that Aso Rock is the seat of power and that is where God has ordained for Nigerians that our leaders should rule from and to rule us right
“At the same time, I read in the media where they said I was in the hospital. God Almighty knows I have never been to that hospital. I don’t even know the hospital they mentioned.
“I have to explain what God has done for me. I do not have a terminal illness. I did not undergo cosmetic surgery, let alone a tummy tuck.
“My husband loves me as I am and I am pleased with how God created me, I cannot add to it.
“But at the same time, I will use this opportunity to thank my beloved husband and my children, my staff in general and all Nigerians for standing by me during my trying time.
“God has given me a second chance to come and work with women of Nigeria, children and the less privileged. I have come to serve Nigeria. I have come to work with Nigerians, I am there for them.
“Once more, I am pleased to be back. I love Nigerians; they are my family.”
You are welcome back home "OUR FIRST LADY".
Dame Patience threw her two hands up in the air as the crowd of government officials, governors’ wives, politicians and women groups hailed her arrival.
Mrs Jonathan who spoke to reporters at the airport said: “I am happy to be back in Nigeria.
“There are a few Nigerians that are saying whatever they like, not what God planned because God has a plan for all of us.
“God has said it all, that when two or three are gathered in His name, that He will be with them. And Nigerians gathered and prayed for me and God listened and heard their prayers, so I thank God for that.
“At the same time, I will use this opportunity to speak to those few ones saying that anybody that goes to the Villa or Aso Rock will die.
“They mentioned the late Gen. Sani Abacha, they mentioned the late Stella Obasanjo, they mentioned the late President Umar Yar’Adua and other people. But why didn’t they mention those ones that went there with their families and succeeded and they still came out alive?
“We should remember that Aso Rock is the seat of power and that is where God has ordained for Nigerians that our leaders should rule from and to rule us right
“At the same time, I read in the media where they said I was in the hospital. God Almighty knows I have never been to that hospital. I don’t even know the hospital they mentioned.
“I have to explain what God has done for me. I do not have a terminal illness. I did not undergo cosmetic surgery, let alone a tummy tuck.
“My husband loves me as I am and I am pleased with how God created me, I cannot add to it.
“But at the same time, I will use this opportunity to thank my beloved husband and my children, my staff in general and all Nigerians for standing by me during my trying time.
“God has given me a second chance to come and work with women of Nigeria, children and the less privileged. I have come to serve Nigeria. I have come to work with Nigerians, I am there for them.
“Once more, I am pleased to be back. I love Nigerians; they are my family.”
You are welcome back home "OUR FIRST LADY".
TRAGEDY: MAID BOILS 3 MONTH OLD...
MAID IN ZIMBABWE BOILS EMPLOYERS 3MONTH OLD BABY
Emakhandeni residents in Bulawayo were left shocked as to where the world is headed after a maid allegedly put her employer’s three months old baby in a container and boiled it for a hour. This was in revenge to her employer’s failure to pay her salary on time. The alleged incident occurred on Wednesday last week.
It is understood that the maid, Nokuthula Nyathi, usually gets paid on the first day of every month but at the time of the alleged incident, the woman’s salary was overdue by two days. According to a source, Nyathi and her employer, Karen Dube, have a long-standing dispute.
“I do not think that money was the reason for all this. Dube did not trust her because she has caught the maid stealing her belongings on several occasions. The employer tried to fire her but the maid resisted. So I think that might be the major reason behind the cruel deed,” said the source.
It is reported that on the day in question, Nyathi asked Dube to give her her salary. The employer said she did not have the money and promised to get it by the end of the week and left for work thereafter. Nyathi, however, appeared not to have believed her employer’s promise. She is alleged to have taken the three-month old baby and put it in a container and boiled the infant on a stove for close to an hour.
The maid then took her belongings and left. On her return in the evening, Dube found her baby still in the container and purportedly shocked by what was before her, she fell unconscious. The woman was discovered by a neighbour lying on the floor.
An ambulance was called to the scene while the body of the infant was taken to a mortuary. Nyathi was nabbed a day after the incident and appeared before Western Commonage magistrate, Mr Richard Ramaboea facing murder charges. She was remanded in custody to 23 October.
Emakhandeni residents in Bulawayo were left shocked as to where the world is headed after a maid allegedly put her employer’s three months old baby in a container and boiled it for a hour. This was in revenge to her employer’s failure to pay her salary on time. The alleged incident occurred on Wednesday last week.
It is understood that the maid, Nokuthula Nyathi, usually gets paid on the first day of every month but at the time of the alleged incident, the woman’s salary was overdue by two days. According to a source, Nyathi and her employer, Karen Dube, have a long-standing dispute.
“I do not think that money was the reason for all this. Dube did not trust her because she has caught the maid stealing her belongings on several occasions. The employer tried to fire her but the maid resisted. So I think that might be the major reason behind the cruel deed,” said the source.
It is reported that on the day in question, Nyathi asked Dube to give her her salary. The employer said she did not have the money and promised to get it by the end of the week and left for work thereafter. Nyathi, however, appeared not to have believed her employer’s promise. She is alleged to have taken the three-month old baby and put it in a container and boiled the infant on a stove for close to an hour.
The maid then took her belongings and left. On her return in the evening, Dube found her baby still in the container and purportedly shocked by what was before her, she fell unconscious. The woman was discovered by a neighbour lying on the floor.
An ambulance was called to the scene while the body of the infant was taken to a mortuary. Nyathi was nabbed a day after the incident and appeared before Western Commonage magistrate, Mr Richard Ramaboea facing murder charges. She was remanded in custody to 23 October.
EAGLES BOOKED TICKET FOR BEACH SOCCER
SUPERSAND EAGLES BOOKED TICKET TO DUBAI
The NFF has confirmed Supersand Eagles participation in the Eight-Nation Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup competition in Dubai, UAE from October 30 to November 3.
The tournament will feature four-time world champions, Brazil, reigning world champions, Russia, hosts, UAE, next year’s Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup hosts, Tahiti, USA, Japan and Switzerland.
The participating teams have been drawn into two groups of four teams each with UAE, Russia, Tahiti and USA in Group A and Nigeria, Brazil, Japan and Switzerland in Group B.
Teams are expected to arrive in Dubai on Sunday, October 28.
Only three of the invited 18 players are yet to report to the Supersand Eagles’ training camp in Badagry with Abdul Haruna having recently lost his father in-law, Bartholomew Ibenegbu down with typhoid fever and Ogbonnaya Okemiri excused to attend a screening exercise with Akwa United.
Coach Adamu Audu Ejor's team now train twice daily after maintaining once-a-day training for the past days.
The NFF has confirmed Supersand Eagles participation in the Eight-Nation Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup competition in Dubai, UAE from October 30 to November 3.
The tournament will feature four-time world champions, Brazil, reigning world champions, Russia, hosts, UAE, next year’s Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup hosts, Tahiti, USA, Japan and Switzerland.
The participating teams have been drawn into two groups of four teams each with UAE, Russia, Tahiti and USA in Group A and Nigeria, Brazil, Japan and Switzerland in Group B.
Teams are expected to arrive in Dubai on Sunday, October 28.
Only three of the invited 18 players are yet to report to the Supersand Eagles’ training camp in Badagry with Abdul Haruna having recently lost his father in-law, Bartholomew Ibenegbu down with typhoid fever and Ogbonnaya Okemiri excused to attend a screening exercise with Akwa United.
Coach Adamu Audu Ejor's team now train twice daily after maintaining once-a-day training for the past days.
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