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Thursday, 25 September 2014

Pastor, teacher, 18 others killed, churches razed in fresh Boko Haram attack

Some suspected members of dreaded Boko Haram sect attacked Shaffa and Shindiffu villages of Hawul Local Government Area of Borno state killing pastor Eliud Gwamna Mshelizza of the Living Faith Church, a teacher (name withheld) at Government Girls Secondary School Shaffa and other 18 others mostly Christians...

South African pastor, Daniel Lesego of Rabboni Centre Ministries who generated a lot of controversies few months back, after asking his church members to chew grass from a field. The pastor is back again with another huge one. According to reports, he gave his church petrol to drink. See more photos after cut...

Ramsey Nouah, has finally come to the conclusion that he has no father figure in his life and as such, he does not reckon with the man that abandoned him and his mother when he was a little boy. Ramsey whose father is apparently a white man going by his complexion, has made good of his life and has shown that such a circumstance should nit stop one from achieving anything he sets his mind to.

This photo shows the incredible moment a terrified woman named Melora Rivera hid from an intruder on the roof of her home in Venice, Los Angeles last week, only for him to appear behind her. The scary photo which was taken by her neighbour and later shared online shows Melora hiding from the man, later identified as 29 year old vagrant Christian Hicks, who had broken into her home as she slept. She hid on the roof and quickly called police but as she was there waiting for help, the intruder showed up on the roof with a knife looking for her.Fortunately, the police arrived at her home just in time to rescue her. And they also manged to coax the intruder down too..see more photos below.

The Senate on Thursday approved President Goodluck Jonathan’s request of $1bn external loan to fight the ongoing insurgency in the country.The decision was taken following the submission of the report of the Senate Joint Committee on Finance and that of Local and Foreign Debt by the Chairman, Senator Ahmed Makarfi...

Makarfi said the loan request was not in cash but supply of military hardware to be paid for, over seven years.He said the interest terms rate could not be indicated because it was the suppliers of the military hardware that would negotiate such agreement.He said, “Also, the request is for a ceiling of $1bn and not that, at the moment, the whole amount would be utilised.“Government will procure on the terms stated, based on needs assessment of our security agencies.”There was however, a mild drama on the floor of the red chamber when Senate President, David Mark; his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu; and Makarfi urged their colleagues not to subject the report to a debate because of its security implications.

There's currently panic, fear and confusion in two villages in Nimba County in Liberia after reports that two female Ebola victims have risen from the dead.

According to local reports, 44 year old Dorris Quoi who lived in Hope Village Community and a 67 year old woman identified as Ma Kebeh, died of the Ebola virus and were about to be taken for burial when they resurrected and are now walking among the living.

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly moved a motion yesterday September 24th asking the state Governor, Babatunde Fashola to rename the Infectious Disease Hospital, IDH, where Ebola disease patients were recently treated, after Doctor Stella Adadevoh.

Pandemonium broke out this morning at the Ekiti state High court after a judge, Justice John Adeyeye, was allegedly beaten up by thugs believed to be loyal to Governor-elect, Ayo Fayose, for allegedly being rude to him.

According to Premium Times, Fayose arrived the court house in company of about twenty of his 'supporters' for the Ekiti State Governorship Election petition tribunal which was to hold today.

The judge, seeing the number of supporters that accompanied Fayose to the court house asked him to direct them outside as they were not allowed inside the court premises. This is said to have infuriated Fayose and his supporters..

Other celebs whose naked photos were leaked online after their iCloud accounts were hacked may be embarrassed by the whole mess but not Russian politician, Olga Lyulchak. The stunning 30 year old's nude photos were leaked after her iCloud account was hacked last month by the same people who leaked the nude pics of celebs like Jennifer Lawrence, Gabrielle Union and co...

President Goodluck Jonathan and Nigerian delegation are currently participating in the UN General Assembly in New York. The president first met with UN Sec. Gen. Ban Ki-Moon on the sidelines, then he and British Prime Minister David Cameron met at a bilateral meeting...see more photos below

Popular Nigerian Afro-pop duo, P-square have reportedly been denied visas into Namibia for a forthcoming concert. The disappointment came as a result of the country’s immigration office allegedly refusing to grant the popular twins visas due to the Ebola scare that has rocked African countries in recent times. PSquare was billed to perform at a grand musical show organized by the Namibian Breweries Limited at Hage Geingob Stadium in Windhoek on Saturday Sept.28, with VIP tickets already sold-out. The concert was also set to kick off the group’s “Double Trouble” tour.Continue...

Nigeria schoolgirl Chika Anuonye who went missing in Croydon over the weekend has been found alive and well after an intensive search that involved the local police making a public appeal. Chika, 12, who lives at Gloucester Road in Croydon, was last seen at around noon on Saturday September 20. At the time of her disappearance Chika was seen wearing a pair of rainbow pattern trousers when she went missing

A coalition of Muslim organisation, Conference of Islamic Organisations (CIO), has described the $9.3million cash-for-arms-deal as a criminal act. It warned of consequences in case of a cover up. CIO Convener Sheikh AbdurRahman Ahmad, described as “ungodly and sinister”, the relationship between the Federal Government and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) President, Pastor Ayo Joseph Oritsejafor, on the illegal arms procurement in South Africa.

Few days after people of Awgu, in Enugu West Senatorial district purportedly endorsed Governor Sullivan Chime for Senate in the 2015, indigenes of the area have disowned the endorsement, saying they are not part of the support. However, the President of Ugwulesi Autonomous Community Town Union in Awgu Town, Dr. Dominic Ogbu, has released a statement saying that those who visited Chime were “self-appointed political jobbers representing no community from Awgu, hence neither represented the views of their village, let alone those of Awgu people.

Pop star/Limpopo crooner, Kingsley Okonkwo, a.k.a Kcee has acquired 2014 Range Rover SUV. As you'all already know, it costs whooping N24million. Congrats to him

Borno Gov Shettima to Spend N100m on 57 Escaped Chibok Girls

Borno government has set aside N100 million annually for the education of the 57 escaped students of Government Girls’ Secondary School (GGSS), Chibok. Gov. Kashim Shettima said that only 51 of the 57 girls would benefit from the gesture at the cost N1.4 million each. "The state government is spending N1.4 million on each of the girls per annum to ensure that they have access to good and sound education." Continue…

Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) have approached a federal high court sitting in Abuja to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the attorney general of the federation (AGF) from allowing President Goodluck Jonathan to participate in the 2015 presidential election. In a suit filed by four Senior Advocates of Nigeria, the plaintiffs argued that by the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the president, having contested the presidential election twice, won and took the oath of office and allegiance twice in respect of that office can no longer present himself for election to that office the third time.

Former governor of Abia State and founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Orji Kalu, has dissociated himself from potential posters linking him to presidential candidacy in the 2015 elections.The ludicrous and reprehensible campaign instruments purporting Kalu’s candidature for the plum position are almost ready for circulation nationwide, according to the grapevine.In a statement issued by his media advisor, Mr. Ebere Wabara, Kalu debunked and dismissed such brainwave electioneering materials as the handiwork of mischief makers, who are committed to causing disaffection between President Goodluck Jonathan and his good self, pointing out that this would not be the first time such seeds of discord would be sown by his vanishing clan of detractors.

The Imo State Police Command has banned vigilante groups and the Imo Security Network from bearing firearms.Governor Rochas Okorocha established the security network shortly after taking charge of state affairs.Similarly, the police warned that any person or group of persons found to be in possession of firearms at the expiration of the two weeks deadline would be ruthlessly dealt with.

Six men were on Wednesday arraigned along with their company, Oshine Resources Ventures Limited, for unauthorised fishing by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The men, said to be apprehended by the Nigerian Navy on March 27, 2014, were arraigned before Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court , Lagos, on two counts. The accused names were given as Adekunle Oshingbosi, Momodu Ibrahim, Idowu Tuesday, Yogbosi Christian, Benjamin Ayele and Anthony Mendeho.In a charge tagged FHC/LG179C/2014, the EFCC alleged that the men fished in the Nigerian territorial waters without obtaining lawful authority.

Former Senate President Ameh Ebute, on Wednesday filed an appeal against the execution of six of the 12 soldiers condemned to death by the Military Tribunal, which tried and found them guilty of mutiny.Ebute, a renowned lawyer, also filed a motion for a stay of execution of the condemned soldiers at the Appeal Court in Abuja. Ameh told Vanguard in an interview that he filed the appeal in accordance with Sections 183 and 184 of the Armed forces Act cap A of the Laws of the Federation, which give the condemned men up to 10 days to appeal against their conviction.

The Anti-Kidnapping Unit (AKU)of the 2 Brigade Command of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, has rescued the mother of Rivers State Commissioner for Transport, Mr. George Tolofari, from her abductors.The freed woman, Mrs. Gloria Tolofari, who was abducted about two months ago in Port Harcourt, was rescued at an enclave in Azuzuama in Southern Ijaw area of Bayelsa State.

A chieftain of the All Progressives congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, has revealed that the 2015 general election would be tough.The former military head of state made the revelation on Tuesday, at Lokoja township stadium, Kogi State, during the formal reception of Kogi PDP decampees to the APC, Vanguard reports.Buhari, who is also a presidential aspirant under the APC, urged party members to collect their voters’ card and hold on to them.

No fewer than 13 persons yesterday lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident along the Owerri – Aba Express way at Agbala near Owerri, the Imo State capital, when the commuter bus they were traveling in had a head on collision with a Mack truck, which was trying to overtake another truckIt was learnt that the bus which belonged to the Young Shall Grow Transport Company, with 14 occupants was on its way to Lagos from Aba, when the incident occured.It was learnt that out of the 14 passengers, only one person survived.

The Defence Headquarters has released a statement claiming to have killed a man posing as the leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau (or his impersonator) in an attack (both land and air) in Konduga Borno state between 12nd to 17th September. Find the statement after the cut...

These days you don't know what to believe and what not to believe when it comes to what's really happening in the fight against Boko Haram in the North...too many conflicting stories....but this is supposed to be a pic of the fake Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, immediately after the was captured by Nigerian troops last week. See an alleged pic of him after he was executed after the cut.

Until we see another video where he talks on behalf of the terrorist group, it's safe to assume he has been killed...

Actress Shan George became a grandmother on Sept. 6th after her first son welcomed a daughter with his girlfriend. Shan, who is in her mid 40s, says she's thrilled to be a grandmother. Speaking to Encomium mag this week, the mother of 2 boys says it feels good to have another girl in their family

"It feels really cool, especially the fact that I gave birth to all boys, now I have a girl. I was happy when my son told me about his girl being pregnant. Children are a beautiful gift from God.

ISIS-linked terrorist group beheads Frenchman abducted in Algeria

55 year old Herve Gourdel, has been beheaded by the ISIS-linked Islamist group Jund al-Khilifa in Algeria in revenge for France launching airstrikes on Iraq. The French man was captured in Algeria while hiking in the Djurdjura National Park on Sunday September 21st just one day after he arrived the country for a walking holiday.

The terrorists threatened to kill the Frenchman unless France stops bombing militants in Iraq. They killed him a few hours later and released the video showing his beheading. France started bombing ISIS in Iraq last Friday...

Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski a former Vatican Ambassador to the Dominican Republic has been placed under house arrest over sexual abuse of children. Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said on Wednesday in Vatican City that Pope Francis had personally ordered swift action in the case.

He said the 65-year old former archbishop was convicted of sex abuse by a Church tribunal in June and defrocked pending further criminal proceedings. Lombardi said the legal move was the result of the pope’s express wish for a case this serious and sensitive to be dealt with without delay.

He said Wesolowski was being held under house arrest in an apartment within the same building as the criminal court.

The Yar’ Adua Centre Axis of the Federal Capital territory, FCT has been permanently blocked by security agents and traffic officers, as the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar begins the declaration of his 2015 presidential ambition. A brief visit to the venue and all its surroundings by newsmen revealed the horrific traffic hold-up created by the security agents who were seen turning back workers plying that route to their offices. Most of the workers who have no alternative routes to access their offices were however left stranded, making phone calls to alert their superiors about the development. Most staff of Rhythm Fm and others working within the Silverbird gallery could not have access to their offices and were forcefully turned back. Workers that spoke with DailyPost on the development expressed great bitterness over the development. A staff of Rhythm FM told our reporter that it was highly irresponsible for anyone to block a major entrance and exit to an office environment without prior knowledge.Continue...

Two women were tricked into working as prostitutes by a couple who used African black magic to frighten them into complying, a court heard today. The young women were allegedly trafficked from Nigeria into Britain by Lizzy Idahosa, 23, and her husband Jackson Omoruyi, 41, who are accused of then terrifying them with 'juju magic' or African witchcraft.Cardiff Crown Court heard that the alleged victims, aged 23 and 29, were forced to eat snails and snakes as part of a black magic ceremony before being sent to work in brothels and massage parlours...

A health visitor with a first class honours degree in nursing was found hanged after she became tormented by her severe skin condition. Hollie McEwen, a dedicated professional, first suffered psoriasis as a 12-month-old but it eased with treatment. However, it later reappeared due to stress and the 28-year-old became so depressed she took her own life at home.Her father Andrew told an inquest: 'Her condition played a large part in what she decided to do. 'She was a beautiful, vibrant young woman who felt she couldn't deal with the condition. She felt this was the only way out.'

Yoruba actress Ronke Oshodi-Oke, her massive boobs, and other stars including Fathia Williams, Dayo Amusa, Iyabo Ojo attended Fuji star, Sulaimon Malaika's album launch concert which held on Saturday September 25th at the Haven Center in Ikeja, Lagos. See more photos after the cut...

A 55 year old man named Chief Jude Dike (pictured above) who police say is the sponsor and leader of a 7-man gang was today September 23rd paraded alongside six other members of his gang at the Lagos state police headquarters in Ikeja.

The others paraded were; Joel Eghon, 38, Solomon Igwe, 32, Ifeanyi Onwuegbuchi, 34, Emmanuel Ifeanyi, 34, Ejike Emegwo, 31, and Leonard Afoaku, 39. See more photos after the cut...

This is so silly but some of you might want to read it. Ghanaian star and former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan has been bizarrely accused of having a hand in the death of his friend, Ghanaian rapper Castro. Some people in Ghana are accusing Gyan of using Castro for human sacrifice ritual.

Australian Stephen Davis, who is famous to Nigerians for negotiating with Boko Haram commanders over Chibok girls release, disclosed when the sect leader Abubakar Shekau was killed. His claims follow the controversy surrounding the recent “killing” of “Shekau”. It was reported Sunday, September 21, that the commander, who has been mimicking Shekau” in recent videos was killed in Konduga September 17...

In June, felony suspect Jeremy Meeks' mugshot caused quite a storm online, with many describing it as the world's hottest mugshot and many women looking for his contact .we now have a female version of Mr Meeks. Her name is Angela Coastes and she's a glamour model who lives in Miami. Angela was arrested for disorderly conduct in Georgia, US, last month on Aug. 26th. She was released almost immediately but her mugshot only just hit the net and its gone viral with thousands of Twitter and FB users commenting on her good looks and offering to pay her bail. See more picture of her after the break...

A 62 year old man has been sentenced to 5 years in prison in the U.S for fondling and raping his 8-month-old pit bull puppy. James Guy Bull pleaded guilty to two counts of felony cruelty to animals, misdemeanor animal cruelty charges and misdemeanor sexual activities involving animals, On March 18, two of Bull’s neighbors came forward, claiming they had seen him fondling the dog’s private parts on several occasions, despite cries and yelps from the animal named Coco.

Remember the lady who said she got a third boob implant to scare men away? Well, she lied. The boobs are fake - a 3 breast prosthesis. TMZ just exposed her. In today's world, some people will do almost anything to be famous. See the TMZ reports below...

The General Overseer of the Living Faith Church Worldwide (Winners’ Chapel), Bishop Oyedepo is always addressed as the richest pastor in Nigeria. He was recently asked how he feels been attributed to being the richest pastor, he said;

“May I say here that God owned the silver and the gold and he is the most holy God. If wealth and righteousness are not the best of friends there is no way God will be the wealthiest of all. From his fullness we all received we are also told that Jesus died so that through his poverty we will be made rich and I think there is no father who wishes his children poverty. If God is truly a father he will not wish his children poor and the wealth of every parent is reflective in their children”

An ex-convict who was released from prison four moths ago after spending 7 years in kirikiri has been arrested again by men of the Lagos state Police command after he and his gang snatched a car in the Yaba area of Lagos.

According to Vanguard, Faruk Lawal and his gang snatched a car from its owner while the owner was having sex to a woman inside his car along Morrocco street in the Alade area of Yaba in Lagos.

Actress Doris Simeon in a recent TV interview spoke once again about her failed marriage to movie producer, Daniel Adenimokan. Speaking on TVC breakfast show, Your Views, this week, Doris said Daniel asked her for a divorce several times before they finally separated.

Nigeria is officially an Ebola free country. WHO already declared Nigeria an Ebola free country and now the health minister says all suspected cases of the disease that were under surveillance in Port Harcourt have been discharged after completing the minimum 21 days of observatio

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