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Monday 22 April 2013
9 Reasons Why Some Nigerian Ladies End Up Single For Life
1. Many African ladies will end up singles for life because of media exposure - it is so disheartening how a lady will glue her eyes on a mobile phone from morning to night, only to raise it up to focus on television to watch another celebrity entertainment channel. Tell, what else will dominate this lady’s mindset aside how to live a fake celebrity life being promoted on television channels?
2. Many African ladies now dislike cooking and home chores just because they had been totally brainwashed by movies showcasing men playing the role of women in a family, and due to excessive exposure to modern media that promotes gender-equality in a destructive way that’s aimed at destroying the unique African family setting that made our previous African marriages everlasting and envious to the westerns. Now, with this attitude, how do you expect a African man to desire to marry when he knows he is only buying more headache and trouble than helper for himself?
3. Excessive makeup turns most decent and serious-minded men off- if you have observed, you will discover that most men dislike excessive makeup, and more don’t even like it at all; reason they often times discourage their true loved ones to do away with it cos it speaks ill of a lady even though so many men will applaud and complement you for looking like an Egyptian mummy. A slight makeup is okay; but if you are out for marriage, try always to look simple and natural, it will attract better men, decent and serious-minded, except you are still living in your high school life and not thinking towards marriage.
4. Stop Giving Your Number Out To Every Joystick & Harry! No man would want to propose marriage to a lady whose phone is always talking and laughing with unserious calls. You may not be a playgirl, but he would judge you as one, and will likely flee at the slightest chance or disagreement.
5. You Don’t Bring Any Value Into The Life Of Men You Date or Are Dating- because your best friend married without contributing anything to the man that finally married her, doesn’t mean it will work for you that way. Think, work towards equipping yourself so that you can be a value and also add value to his life to convince him that you are worth committing to. Adding value to his life isn’t by giving him money, or material gifts, nope….good counsels, being his best friend, helping him at
Tuesday 16 April 2013
Blasts near Boston Marathon kill 2; injury toll rising
2 dead, 20 injured after explosions at Boston Marathon today. Below is how CNN is reporting it...
Blasts near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed two people and injured more than 20 others Monday, Boston police said.
The marathon itself, on its Facebook page, referred to the blasts as bombs. Authorities did not say immediately what caused the explosions.
Massachusetts General Hospital said it was treating 19 injured people; Tufts Medical Center reported that it was treating nine people. Combined, that brings the number of injured to at least 28. Police reported 22 people injured.
The explosions sent smoke billowing into the air at Copley Square, turning a site of celebration into a mess of destruction.
Crowds had gathered in the area to watch the runners.
Out of an abundance of caution, the Lenox Hotel was evacuated, the Boston Globe reported, as authorities looked into possible security concerns.
"We are currently in contact with federal, state and city officials," Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick wrote on Twitter.
Other cities, including New York and Washington, tightened security as a result. Following standard protocol, the White House cleared out an area in front of the West Wing.
"If you see something, say something," Mark Boughton, mayor of Canbury, Connecticut, wrote on Twitter. "All cities will be on a heightened state of alertness per Homeland Security protocols."
Mike Baingon, who works at the Atlantic Fish Company in Boston, said an explosion took place in front of the restaurant and that he was right by the front door at the time.
The explosions occurred at about 2:45 p.m., more than two hours after the first of the race's nearly 27,000 runners had crossed the finish line, CNN Producer Matt Frucci reported.
The race was halted as was subway service into the area.
Runners east of Massachusetts Avenue were directed to Boston Common; those west of Massachusetts Avenue were directed to Kenmore Square, the state's emergency management agency said.
Troops from the Massachusetts National Guard were assisting police as well.
Nicki Minaj went totally nude for king magazine
Popular Femcee the baddest bitch as she calls herself just went nude to cover the frontpage of an International Magazine. How could she have done that? Nicki OMG!!!!! She went totally nude for King's Magazine in the USA, and definitely she would be paid top dollar for this, please photo is for adults only, check the picture below:- What's your Say on this??
Monday 15 April 2013
Why We Want To Start Killing Muslims Now ––MEND Declares
There is fire on the mountain top and its fallout may be spreading pretty soon....
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has threatened to launch violent attacks on mosques, hajj camps, Islamic institutions, large congregations of Islamic followers, as well as assassinations of Islamic clerics who propagate doctrines of hate.
According to MEND in a statement issued on Sunday evening and signed by its spokesperson Jomo bomo, the proposed attacks is a crusade to:
Save Christianity in Nigeria from annihilation through what it called “Operation Barbarossa”.
According to militant group, "On behalf of the hapless Christian population in Nigeria, MEND will from Friday, May 31, 2013, embark on a crusade to save Christianity in Nigeria from annihilation. The bombings of mosques, hajj camps, Islamic institutions, large congregations in Islamic events and assassinations of clerics that propagate doctrines of hate, will form the core mission of this crusade code named “Operation Barbarossa”.
"This campaign will not in any way interfere with the ongoing “Hurricane Exodus” – which on Saturday, April 13, 2013, at about 01:00 Hrs, swept through the Ewellesuo community, Nembe, Bayelsa State, leaving the destruction of well 62, belonging to Shell Petroleum in its wake. We may only consider a ceasefire of 'Operation Barbarossa' if the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the Catholic Church and Henry Okah, one of the few leaders in the Niger Delta region we respect for his integrity, intervenes.
Also the assurance for a cessation of hostilities targeted at Christians in their places of worship, made privately or publicly by the real Boko Haram leadership will make us call off this crusade."
Saturday 13 April 2013
5 Reasons You Need to Eat Breakfast – Plus 7 Delicious Recipe Ideas
Your mother was right when she said that breakfast was the most important meal of the day. Some of the (many) reasons why, however, may surprise you.
1. Eating Breakfast Helps You Lose Weight
If you skip breakfast, you're saving calories, therefore losing weight, right? WRONG. Contrary to popular belief (and maybe counterintuitively) eating breakfast actually helps you lose weight.
If you eat dinner at 7, go to bed at 10:30 p.m. and skip breakfast, by the time you're eating lunch at 1 p.m., your body hasn't fueled up in 18 hours! When you go that long without eating, our body goes in to preservation mode, meaning that it conserves energy. Conserving energy means that your metabolism is slowing down. So not only are you not burning calories and fat as efficiently, you're also going to be plagued with low energy all day.
Eating breakfast revs our metabolic engines so that they're ready for prime calorie burn all day. In addition, studies show that people who skip breakfast actually end up eating more throughout the day – to the tune of about 100 calories, according to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
2. People Who Eat Breakfast Are Less Likely to Be Obese
In recent years, obesity has surpassed smoking as the number one leading cause of preventable death in the United States. So why not make our first big decision of the day to ward off obesity by eating breakfast?
Not only do breakfast-eaters consume fewer calories, but in a study published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, researchers found that people who ate a breakfast containing more than one-quarter of their daily calories ate better than those who skipped their morning meal. As further support, and to really hammer the point home, a study in the American Journal of Epidemiology found that people who skip breakfast are four-and-a-half times more likely to be obese than those who eat breakfast.
3. Breakfast Eaters are Healthier Eaters All Day
In a 2011 study published in in Nutrition Research and Practice, researchers found that people who eat breakfast consume less fat and more nutrients (like vitamins, minerals and fiber) than their breakfast-skipping counterparts. Not only that, they found that compared to breakfast-eaters, breakfast-skippers tend to weigh more and have other unhealthy habits, such over-indulging on sugary drinks or bad-for-you snacks.
And there's no small difference between the two groups. Studies show that breakfast-skippers consume a whopping 40% more sweets, 55% more sugary drinks (like soda), 45% fewer vegetables and 30% less fruit those who regularly eat breakfast.
4. It Improves Brain Power (Especially in Kids)
We all know that proper nutrition affects our kids' physical development. But can it really boost their brain power, too? All signs point to YES.
A recent study out this year from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing found that children who eat breakfast regularly had significantly higher full scale, verbal and performance IQ test scores. While compelling, these results are not surprising to the scientific community because quality nutrition in early childhood has been continually linked to increased intelligence and even decreased behavioral disorders through to later childhood, and even greater happiness and success as adults. As an added bonus, eating a healthy breakfast has been shown to boost memory and attention skills in children and adults.
5. Decreases The Likelihood of Developing Diabetes
This may come as little surprise, but eating breakfast also decreases your chances of developing Type 2 diabetes. By how much, however, shocked even me.
TERRIBLE! Kidnappers Kill Deputy Governor To Ezeife; Dumps Body On Road Side
When you ignore the ordinary citizens to their plight, the consequences is always grave. TON has observed that for too long the leadership of this country have enjoyed comfort to the detriment of the very people whose welfare they should take care of and the consequences are playing out.
A man who had rose to become Deputy Governor has been killed cheaply. A cheque of N30 million was found on its neck with a note: “Your death was as a result of your action. You think we are joking”...
Two weeks after his kidnap, the body of the former deputy governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chudi Nwike, was last Monday found in the middle of the road leading to Alizomor community near Agbor in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State.
According to The Sun, his body was discovered with two others by residents who invited the police.
The younger brother of the deceased identified him as the former deputy governor who served between 1991 and 1993, under former governor Chukwuemeka Ezeife, adding that the body had been released to the family.
It would be recalled that the former deputy governor was kidnapped in his home-town about two weeks ago. He was taken to an unknown destination where negotiations for ransom reportedly failed to yield results and the kidnappers make good their threat to kill him.
What kind of country are we living in? What kind of leaders do we have in Nigeria?
Tuesday 9 April 2013
Three friends identified as Saka Adeosun, 15, Kadri Akanbi, 20 and Wale Kola Ola, 18, died in their sleep after inhaling generator fume
The incident took place at 109/111, Alakuko Road, Akera area of Agbado, a suburb of Ogun State, southwest Nigeria.
The three friends were apprentices in a welder and vulcaniser’s shop partitioned with plywood.
They were sleeping in one of the shops and left the generator working on the other side when they died in their sleep after inhaling the fume. The incident, was reported at Ayila Police Station.
Mr. Shoremi Moses, the landlord of the shops where the incident happened, reported to the police that the three youths had died in their sleep.
When the policemen arrived the scene of the incident, they discovered that the victims were foaming from their mouth, ear and nose, an indication that they were choked to death by the generator fume.
Meanwhile, the families of the deceased have told the police that there was no need for post mortem to be carried out since nobody was responsible for their death. The bodies were subsequently released to them and they have been buried.
Upon visit to the police station, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Supol Daniel Okere, was said to have gone to the Area Command.
Monday 8 April 2013
Margaret Thatcher dies of stroke aged 87
Baroness Thatcher, Britain’s greatest post-war prime minister, has died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her family has announced.
Her son, Sir Mark, and daughter Carol confirmed that she died this morning.
Lord Bell, her spokesman, said: “It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning.A further statement will be made later.”
Known as the Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher governed Britain from 1979 to 1990.
She will go down in history not only as Britain’s first female prime minister, but as the woman who transformed Britain’s economy in addition to being a formidable rival on the international stage.
Lady Thatcher was the only British prime minister to leave behind a set of ideas about the role of the state which other leaders and nations strove to copy and apply.
Video: Panga robbery in Durban South Africa caught on camera
Residents in Hillcrest in Durban, South Africa, say they are under attack from violent gangs. There have been a series of armed robberies in the area this year. Several homeowners have been attacked with pangas and hammers. Panga is a Kiswahili name for broad / bladed African tool / weapon like a machete / cutlass. Warning: Some viewers may find the visuals disturbing.
Madonna blasted by the President of Malawi for sending a mispelled letter(see letter)
Madonna has become embroiled in a war of words with the President of Malawi after she sent her a tatty, misspelled letter.
President Joyce Banda has accused the superstar of going back on her promises and 'insulting the people' after receiving the letter, which kindly praised the leader but was riddled with mistakes.
The 54-year-old pop star asked to meet Banda - who was elected to office in April 2012 - during her visit, but was met with hostility and accusations.
But the Borderline star managed to make a number of errors, including misspelling 'responsability' for 'responsibility' and 'whish' for 'wish.'
Madonna, who has spent the week in the country to visit the schools she's funded through charity Raising Malawi, wrote in the rambling letter:
'I have always admired your strength and courage and have very good memories of when we met and spoke and we interviewed you for documentary as you know I am in Malawi for the week.'
'If you have any time in your busy schedule to meet that would be great if not you know I am here to be of service and continue to do what I can to support the children of Malawi!' she continued.
But instead of taking her up on her offer, President Banda has slammed the star for not living up to her word.
She has accused the pop-singer and her charity Raising Malawi of 'insulting the people' by building 10 schools without getting government consent.
But Madonna hit back in a video for The Telegraph, saying: 'I want to say that my reasons for being here have never changed. I'm here because I care deeply about the children of Malawi. That is my main priority.'
Sunday 7 April 2013
11 Killed As Gunmen Attack Adamawa Deputy Governor’s Residence
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mohammed Ibrahim, confirmed the attack stating that unidentified gunmen raided Midlu village, in Madagali local government area of the state, and attacked the home of the state deputy governor, Bala Ngalari.
The police officer failed to provide any more details.
“So far, the information available to me is that 11 people lost their lives in the village, including two private security men at the deputy governor’s house” Mr. Ibrahim said.
However, agency reports, say the gunmen attacked several houses, calling out names and shooting residents leaving some dead, and others injured.
An eye witness, who does not want to be identified according to agency reports said the incident took place in the early hours of Saturday around 2am.
The eye witness explained that the attackers went from house-to-house, picking out their victims, who they even called by name.
According to the witness, the exact number of deaths are yet to be ascertained.
Source: Channels TV
Deputy Governor of Ekiti State Mrs Funmilayo Olayinka Is dead
The deputy Governor of Ekiti state, Mrs Olufunmilayo Adunni Olayinka is dead.
She passed away after a battle with cancer.
A statement signed by the state’s Commissioner for Information; Tayo Ekundayo, announced the demise of Mrs Olayinka, late Saturday night.
“It is with sadness but with gratitude to God, the passing of the State Deputy Governor, H.E. Mrs Olufunmilayo Adunni Olayinka, aged 52, after a tough but courageous battle with cancer” the statement read.
“She died on Saturday evening.”
The late Mrs Olayinka, was an accomplished banker who worked in the financial industry for 21 years before her foray into politics and election as the deputy governor of Ekiti state on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).
She was sworn in as the deputy governor on the 16th of October 2010 alongside the state Governor, Kayode Fayemi.
“She demonstrated exemplary courage and dedicated service to Ekiti people both during the struggle to retrieve the stolen mandate and in her position as Deputy Governor.”
The late Mrs Olayinka holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a Master’s degree from the Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma,
She is survived by her husband and children as well as aged parents and siblings.
Source: Channels TV
Shema, Lamido, Keyamo welcome amnesty committee for Boko Haram
Governors of Katsina and Jigawa states, Ibrahim Shema and Sule Lamido, have praised President Goodluck Jonathan for initiating moves that could lead to the offer of amnesty to members of the extremists group, Boko Haram.
Mr. Shema said the president’s move showed courage. He urged all those aggrieved to lay down their arms and come forward in order to resolve the crisis.
“Many Nigerians, particularly leaders from the northern part of the country are yearning for a quick resolution of the crisis,” the governor said.
“President Jonathan has responded positively to the requests for amnesty for members of the sect being advocated for by some leaders in the country in order to ensure peace, progress and development in all parts of the country.”
He commended the Northern Governors’ Forum for its efforts at an addressing the crisis, noting that the forum had set up a special committee on peace, healing and reconciliation.
According to the governor, the committee has been working very hard and it will soon submit its second report to the forum for deliberation.
Mr. Shema said the president’s move showed courage. He urged all those aggrieved to lay down their arms and come forward in order to resolve the crisis.
“Many Nigerians, particularly leaders from the northern part of the country are yearning for a quick resolution of the crisis,” the governor said.
“President Jonathan has responded positively to the requests for amnesty for members of the sect being advocated for by some leaders in the country in order to ensure peace, progress and development in all parts of the country.”
He commended the Northern Governors’ Forum for its efforts at an addressing the crisis, noting that the forum had set up a special committee on peace, healing and reconciliation.
According to the governor, the committee has been working very hard and it will soon submit its second report to the forum for deliberation.
Untold Story Of Pastor Arrested Over Robbery Attack At Airport
On Tuesday, Lagos State Police Command, paraded seven suspects of a robbery gang that attacked the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, last month, killed two policemen and injured several others.
Among the suspects, was the General Overseer of The way of Joy church located in Egbe, a Lagos suburb. The clergy , identified as Pastor Ibikunle Olarewaju John, confessed to Crime Guard during the parade, that he administered an oath of secrecy on the gang members, on the day they attacked the Muritala Mohammed Airport.
Members of the gang discovered to have come all the way from Kwara, Osun, Ibadan and Ogun states, during interrogation, confessed to have attacked same airport last year,where they carted away N600 Million. They also stormed the airport on again on March 13, 2013 at about 7.30 pm.
But this time around, they were reportedly engaged in a gun battle by two policemen attached to Apapa division said to be on official assignment at the airport. Unfortunately for the policemen, they were gunned down in the process. But before they breathed their last, they managed to kill a member of the gang.
The robbers said to have succeeded in carting away over N10 Million from a Bureau-De -change operators, went straight to their hideout inside a bush in Ijebu-Ode, where they shared their loot.
Dedicates cars with members from loot
In this interview with Pastor Ibikunle, he disclosed that his share of the loot was N500,000. But investigation carried out by Crime Guard, showed that he might have got more than that. A suspected member of the gang confirmed Crime Guard’s claim. A further attestation to this claim, was the discovery that Pastor Ibikunle bought two cars apparently from his share of the loot, two weekes later.
During Crime Guard’s visit to The Way of Joy Church, located on Alliu Street, Egbe, Thursday, it was discovered that the church was built with planks. And locating the church was a difficult task, as there was no sign board. It took Crime Guard about an hour search to locate it .
On closer look , it was discovered that the church had been sealed. Although, no one agreed to talk about Pastor Ibikunle and the church when approached, apparently for fear of being arrested .
Finally, a man who pleaded anonymity opened up and asked :“Are you a member of the church”? The reporters shook their heads.
Among the suspects, was the General Overseer of The way of Joy church located in Egbe, a Lagos suburb. The clergy , identified as Pastor Ibikunle Olarewaju John, confessed to Crime Guard during the parade, that he administered an oath of secrecy on the gang members, on the day they attacked the Muritala Mohammed Airport.
Members of the gang discovered to have come all the way from Kwara, Osun, Ibadan and Ogun states, during interrogation, confessed to have attacked same airport last year,where they carted away N600 Million. They also stormed the airport on again on March 13, 2013 at about 7.30 pm.
But this time around, they were reportedly engaged in a gun battle by two policemen attached to Apapa division said to be on official assignment at the airport. Unfortunately for the policemen, they were gunned down in the process. But before they breathed their last, they managed to kill a member of the gang.
The robbers said to have succeeded in carting away over N10 Million from a Bureau-De -change operators, went straight to their hideout inside a bush in Ijebu-Ode, where they shared their loot.
Dedicates cars with members from loot
In this interview with Pastor Ibikunle, he disclosed that his share of the loot was N500,000. But investigation carried out by Crime Guard, showed that he might have got more than that. A suspected member of the gang confirmed Crime Guard’s claim. A further attestation to this claim, was the discovery that Pastor Ibikunle bought two cars apparently from his share of the loot, two weekes later.
During Crime Guard’s visit to The Way of Joy Church, located on Alliu Street, Egbe, Thursday, it was discovered that the church was built with planks. And locating the church was a difficult task, as there was no sign board. It took Crime Guard about an hour search to locate it .
On closer look , it was discovered that the church had been sealed. Although, no one agreed to talk about Pastor Ibikunle and the church when approached, apparently for fear of being arrested .
Finally, a man who pleaded anonymity opened up and asked :“Are you a member of the church”? The reporters shook their heads.
Thursday 4 April 2013
UNBELIEVABLE! Pastor Rapes Little Girls At His Orphanage
A pastor and director of Light of Hope Orphanage at Akute, Ogun State, identified simply Atunde, was on Wednesday arrested by policemen from Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos State, for allegedly raping two minors at his orphanage.
One of the girls was said to have showed up at school in March with blood dripping down her legs. When questioned by school officials, she said that Pastor Atunde had intercourse with her.
According to Punch, Zone 2 Police Command began investigating Atunde after receiving a petition from Project Alert, a non-governmental organisation, against him.
Project Alert programme officer, Tobi Asekun, said, “It was the school that brought the case to us. This is not the first time that we have received complaints against Tunde’s activities.
“Last year, one of his neighbours came to us making the same complaints but no one could take action because we needed his victims to confirm the claim. So when this case was brought to our attention, we wrote a petition to Zone 2 command.”
It was learnt that plain-clothes officers from Zone 2 had visited the school and spoken with the girls who are aged 13 and 14 years before picking up Atunde from the orphanage which also doubles as his family home.
The orphanage, a large one-storey building housing about 12 rooms, is said to have been functioning since 1996. Currently about 22 children live at the orphanage, most of whom are minors.
It was gathered that another 11 orphans were running various programmes in a private University with their expenses being paid by Pastor Atunde's orphanage.
Policeman Kills Pregnant Woman Over N20 Bribe
The Police authorities have dismissed one Corporal Abudu Alonge who was reported to have shot dead a pregnant woman in Akure, Ondo State, on Tuesday evening.
The shooting was said to have been caused by the failure of the driver of the commercial car the pregnant woman was in to part with N20 bribe along the Ijapo road in Akure.
The incident which caused pandemonium and disrupted peace in the metropolis for over two hours occurred around 6p.m.
It was learnt that the policeman attached to the Ijapo police post demanded from the driver particulars of the car and after producing them he insisted that he should "settle" which the driver refused.
Eye witness account said the driver was heading to Akoko area of the state in a Nissan Almera car with number plate, Ondo KAA 80 AA.
When the driver insisted that his documents were up to date, the policeman shot at the car and the bullet hit the pregnant woman who sat in the car. She reportedly died instantly before she could be rushed to nearby hospital and confirmed dead by doctors.
The policeman took to his heels and was assisted by his colleagues from being lynched by the irate youths who stormed the major streets and made bonfire.
However, Police authorities in the state have confirmed that the killer cop had been dismissed. The PRO, Wole Ogodo, condemned the killing and said the incident is being investigated.
I Have A Man In My Life, Lesbians Should Stop Texting And Pinging Me- Iyabo Ojo
She is well known in Nollywood most especially in the Yoruba genre. This single mother, who floated a foundation a while ago, Pinkies Foundations, Iyabo Ojo, has been having issues with lesbians who have become a pain in the neck for her.
When she was asked what her reaction was on the Pinkie Foundation that’s believed to be a group founded for lesbians she said “A lot of people had different impressions about when we started, because of the name, the sexy Pink Ladies.
So they thought it was a lesbian group, but 80 percent of the women in the group are married with kids. And I am not someone who supports lesbianism. I don’t have a problem with those who practice it, it’s their choice, but I do not believe in it because I don’t think it’s normal. So when people make such accusation, I just laugh.
I read a paper recently with the headline Iyabo Ojo in trouble over lesbian Party and I laughed. I do not want to talk bad about lesbians but I am not someone who supports it, and I don’t like them giving wrong impression about what I do, because I don’t want lesbians coming to me, pinging me or texting me and I have to start insulting or rebuffing them.
I have actually done that. The media is actually sending the wrong message, when you talk about my group being a lesbian group, because I do not support lesbianism, I do not believe in it, I do not encourage it. I have not been and never will I be part of that.”
On if she has a man in her life, “Yes, I have a man in my life and I believe in the normal way of life. I think it’s not normal, I think it’s mental dysfunction of anybody who does that.
I don’t see it as something that is right. I’m sorry if it sounds offensive to lesbians but I do not appreciate it. When they do it, it’s their life. I don’t condemn them for what they do, but I’m not a part of it.
Thanking fully, I’m using this medium to say it out to lesbians, they should stop texting me or pinging me, because I am not a lesbian and I do not appreciate it.
When they do that I would insult them, so they should please stop peddling all this rumors because it is not true,” she said.
Wednesday 3 April 2013
Nigerian Press Council director kidnapped
Chief P.O Agbebaku Izobo, Ag Director/Liason officer of the Nigerian Press Council, was abducted on the 26h March by four gun men at Apple Junction, in the Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos on his was home from work. His abductors are now asking for N10 million.
Anyone with any useful info about him should please call 08033844970 or inform the nearest police station.
Police arrest landlord over death of 65-year-old tenant
The police have arrested the landlord of a building on 41 Church Street, off Olamummy Street, Aboru, Lagos State, Mr. Akinrinade Adebayo, over the death of his tenant.
The 65-year-old tenant, Uche Samuel, died after he was beaten by some thugs allegedly hired by the landlord to evict him from the property.
Adebayo was said to have used the thugs because of Samuel’s failure to move out of his house.
Samuel, a father of seven and native of Ohaji-Egbema in Imo State, was an employee of Mandilas Nigeria Limited before his death.
When Punch Metro visited the house on Tuesday, Samuel’s corpse was still lying on the ground, while many people there discussed the unfortunate incident.
Our correspondent was told that Samuel was attacked by the thugs led by the landlord’s child, Tope and two of their neighbours’ children around 8pm on Monday.
Samuel died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba around 12.30am on Tuesday.
It was learnt that the tenant and the landlord fell apart some months ago when he (landlord) gave Samuel notice to quit his house.
‘I was forced into robbery’
A 27-year-old robbery suspect, Ifeanyi Douglas, has blamed his involvement in crime on intimidation.
Douglas was paraded on Tuesday alongside two others for robbing some banks in the South-West and Kwara State at the Lagos State Police Command.
The suspects were said to be part of a larger gang.
Douglas, Jamiu Isasi and Yinusa Lati were arrested last week by the Special Anti Robbery Squad Ikeja, Lagos after their locations were revealed by one of their accomplices.
Douglas, a former sales boy at Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, toldPUNCH Metro that he received N380,000 after the gang robbed a bank in Osun State.
He said, “I ran into the robbers by chance when I went visiting an elder brother at Ajue in Ondo State. I had taken my brother’s motorcycle out when a Toyota Sienna stopped by my side.
“There were about four men in the vehicle. They wanted the direction to the Benin/Ore Expressway. When I told them I had no idea of the direction, they brought out a gun and threatened me. I had no choice but to lead them. In fact, one of them got out of the Sienna and climbed on the bike behind me.
“After that, they took my number and began communicating with me. They threatened me that they knew my whereabouts and could harm me at will if I exposed them. Out of fear, I told no one, not even my brother.
“One day, they called me and asked me to meet them in Ore. Then I had gone back to my job in Ijebu Ode. I had to take a bike to Ore. I didn’t know they were planning a robbery in Osun State. That was how I went along for the robbery at First Bank.”
My share was only N45.5m – Airport robberies suspect
Lagos State Police Command has arrested members of a gang that allegedly robbed Murtala Muhammed International Airport on March 13, 2013.
The police on Tuesday said the gang was also behind another operation at the same airport in 2012.
One of the suspects, Atoba Adeniyi, who confessed to being part of the two operations, however, said his share was only N45.5m –N45m in the first and N500,000 in the second.
Adeniyi spoke while being paraded alongside six others involved in the robberies at the headquarters of the state command in Ikeja.
The suspects had stormed the airport on March 13 and carted away millions of naira and foreign currencies after killing two police inspectors.
It was learnt that the robbers, Ibikunle John, Atoba Adeniyi, Ibrahim Abdullahi, Kazeem Aderibigbe, Saheed Adekunle, Christian Joshua and Saheed Okunola, stole over $2.5m (N400m) in the 2012 robbery.
Adeniyi, who claimed he only drove those that carried out the recent robbery at the Airport, explained that he had a transport company and other businesses.
He said, “I was involved in the airport robbery in 2012. I am not naturally an armed robber. I used to be a truck driver in Bayelsa State and they (the other robbers) told me they needed my services. It was later I discovered that they wanted to stage a robbery. After the robbery, I was paid N45m.
“I went back to Ibadan in Oyo State, where I built a duplex and started a transport company. I cut all ties with the robbers and even changed my telephone line but they found me and told me that I must come for one last operation. After the second operation that two policemen were killed, I was given N500, 000 because things did not go as planned.”
John, who claimed to be a pastor, said he only prayed for the suspects and gave them spiritual items to aid them in their operations.
He said he only met the suspects in February and had tried to dissociate himself from them but they threatened to kill him if he did not play along.
The suspect said, “I met them through a friend, Paul, who brought them for prayers at my church, the Way of Joy in Egbe, Lagos. Later, they confessed that they were robbers and threatened to kill me if I exposed them. I made them to swear an oath of secrecy and also gave them some spiritual backing.
“I never followed them to any robbery because I still have a congregation that needs me.”
Abdullahi, who is a labourer at the airport, said he was not an active member of the gang but only an informant.
Abdullahi, an indigene of Plateau State, said he usually helped people to carry luggage at the airport.
He said, “I never followed them to any operation. I only told them how they could steal money from some people at the airport that carry large amounts of cash. After the robbery in 2012, they paid me N1.5m for my cooperation.
“I collected it because the amount of money I was making from pushing around trolleys was too little. Imagine, I was earning between N700 and N1000 per day. It was just too little.”
The Commissioner of Police for the state police command, Umar Manko, said the suspects had been linked to a series of robberies in the South-West.
Manko said three vehicles and some rounds of ammunition were recovered from them.
He said, “During last month’s robbery, two policemen were killed. However, one of the robbers, later identified as Teslim Okunola, was also killed. From the corpse, we were able to gather information which led to the arrest of the other suspects.
“We recovered from them, five AK-47 rifles, four dynamites, 64 AK 47 magazines fully loaded, two local pistols, two masks and many charms.”
Boko Haram Begin Mass Recruitment
The Jihadist violence which is ravaging the Northern region of the federal republic of Nigeria appears to show no indications of letting up. This is according to information received by 247ureports.com from a competent source within the top echelons of the security structure stationed in Kano.
As gathered, the Jihadist group who had recently ramped up their violent attacks in selected States of Northern Nigeria – particularly Kano, Bauchi and Borno State. Our source pointed to the continued talk of amnesty by stakeholders within the federal government of Nigeria – as the principal cause for the increased level of attacks.
Precisely, the antagonists against the effort to grant amnesty to the Jihadist based group – is alleged to have raised the combative tendencies of the group to continue in their Jihadist quest.
Our source further revealed that the Jihadist group has launched a broad mass recruitment campaign in the Kano State environs. The recruitment exercise is reportedly headquartered inside the ancient Islamic communities of Kano metropolis.
The new recruits are taken to the troubled West African country of Mali for training. The training is said to last a period of 4 to 6 months. A majority of the new recruits are said be arriving Mali by road transport.
According to our source, the leader of the Jihadist group was recently a guest of a wealthy Islamic leader at a home located in the northern senatorial district of Bauchi State.
The leader of the group had come to Bauchi to coordinate the Bauchi recruitment. They arrived Bauchi two days before Easter Day on March 29 and according to security sources – departed to Mali on Easter Day.
The recruitment exercise is reported by sources to have netted the group an estimated number of over 1,000 new members within 19 to 30 days of operation.
Already the Jihadist group has begun preparations for a Black June/July for the selected States in the Northern regions of Nigeria.
10-Year-Old Girl: My Dad’s Friend Raped Me 5 Times
A 10-year old girl (name withheld) who lives at Agbado Ijaiye area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has alleged that her father’s best friend, Sunday Nwankwo, raped her five times in two years. The suspected rapist, Sunday Nwankwo.
Nwankwo was arraigned at the Magistrate’s Court 6, Ikeja and sent to Kirikiri Prison as he could not perfect the stringent bail conditions granted to him by the magistrate.
The accused had pleaded not guilty to the charge of defiling a minor and having carnal knowledge of her forcefully.
He was granted bail on the condition that he provides three sureties in kike sum of N100,000 each, three years evidence of tax payment to the government and each of the surety must possess landed property worth N5 million.
The accused was alleged to have been having sex with the little girl since she was eight years old.
Test conducted on the girl at the Orile Agege General Hospital showed that she was no longer a virgin.
The alleged illicit act was exposed when the three-year old brother of the victim told their mother that somebody used to lay his sister down when nobody was around.
Their mother became curious and questioned the girl, who later revealed that Nwankwo had been having sex with her, saying that he had slept with her five times.
According to the girl’s mother, "When I first asked her, she denied it but when I threatened to pour pepper on her, she opened up and said it was her father’s friend that slept with her.
She said by the time I gave birth to my second son, that was the third time her father’s friend had slept with her.
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Video: Power Outage Disrupts Jonathan's Easter Service In Lagos
President Jonathan's first Easter Sunday service and celebration in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial city was marred by an embarrassing power outage at the Our Savour's Church Marina, where the President worshipped. The President speech was as the power outage occurred whilst the President Jonathan was delivering his speech to the congregation. He however vowed that by next year the power in the church will be uninterrupted. Laughing along with the congregation, Dr Jonathan remarked that "with the power outage, officials of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria are telling him not to sleep until the nation's power crisis is fixed. For more information log on to www.channelstv.com.
Power cut interrupts Jonathan’s Easter message in Lagos
President Goodluck Jonathan had a good dose of the epileptic state of the nation’s power supply as his Easter message during a service at Our Saviour’s Church (Anglican Communion), Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, was punctuated by an outage on Sunday.
Power supply to the church auditorium went off about six minutes into the President’s speech and lasted till he ended the message.
The President used battery-powered microphone to continue his speech which lasted for nine minutes, 40 seconds.
The service which ex-Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, also attended had earlier been interrupted by an outage for few minutes before the President mounted the podium to deliver his message.
Jonathan, however, made a joke of the situation, saying the power was deliberately put out in order to remind him of the urgent need to tackle the problem in the country.
“They know that I’m here; that’s why they took light, at least to remind me that I must not sleep until we stabilise power. God willing, next year they will not take light,” Jonathan said.
The President assured Nigerians that the country would survive the incessant terrorists’ attacks and other challenges facing it.
He thanked Christians for their prayers which he said had helped to keep Nigeria united as a nation.
Jonathan said, “I sincerely thank all of you and all the Christians in Nigeria for your prayers. It would have been worse if you have not been praying. This country has passed through a lot. I know all those last days of military transition to the regime that handed over power to Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo at the time the country was drifting, it didn’t know where it was going.
“We had political environments that we didn’t even know where we were transiting to. But with the persistent prayers by you, Christians, God stabilised the country. God will continue to stabilise this country. God will continue to keep us together. I promise you as a mortal, I will do my best.”
He urged Nigerians to “live within peace and love,” while reiterating Gowon’s famous civil war quote, saying “to keep Nigeria as one is a task that must be done.”
He said the deluge of terrorists’ attacks facing the country would not divide it, adding that his government was working tirelessly to overcome the challenges.
Jonathan said, “We have our challenges as a nation in these days of terrorism. It’s quite sad. I can assure you that we are working very hard and we will continue to work very hard and God willing terror attacks will not divide this country.
“We have our challenges as a nation but we must go to where we want to go. As the president, by the grace of God and your good will, I promise, I will do my best. I will not disappoint Nigerians within limitations of our resources. We will fix our infrastructure.”
Speaking to journalists after the service, Gowon urged Nigerians to continue to live in peace. Gowon backed Jonathan’s stand on not granting amnesty to Boko Haram members.
He said, “If it is something that can bring about the peace and understanding, then why don’t we pursue it. It is an opportunity, but as Mr. President says, let us know who are the leaders that will come out to accept the amnesty on behalf of other people.”
Man pours hot water on 13-year-old housemaid
A 13-year-old girl, Precious Edu, has accused the brother-in law of her employer of pouring hot water on her.
Edu, who said she was denied the opportunity of attending school after she was brought to work with Esther Amunde and her brother-in-law, Papa, in Calabar, Cross River State, said Papa poured the water on her after accusing her of splashing water on him.
She said after the hot water left some burns on her neck, shoulder and chest, she was left to wallow in pains for two days until neighbours took her to the hospital for medical attention.
Narrating her ordeal to PUNCH Metro on Saturday on her sick bed, Edu, who is currently being treated at the Calabar General Hospital, said she was brought to Ekorinim area of the state from Obudu in the northern part of the state to work as housemaid on the agreement that she would continue her secondary education.
But the situation changed as she was allegedly denied schooling by Amunde, who insisted that Edu must not be distracted from taking care of her little son.
Edu said, “Sometime in 2012, one woman, Amaman appealed to my mother to release me as a housemaid to her sister, Esther Amunde, residing in Calabar because she needed somebody to stay with her.
“When my mother accepted, it was with the understanding that I would continue my schooling. I initially stayed with Amunde’s mother in Obudu for three months before Amunde came during Obudu new yam festival in August 2012 to take me to Calabar.”
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