14 year old daughter of Will Smith, 47, and Jada Pinkett Smith, 44, Willow has signed a modeling contract with Kendall's LA agency and has already appeared on the cover of i-D magazine and in the recent Icons issue of Harper's Bazaar as the Hindu goddess Kali..
On December 5, 2014, Joey Adesina was tracked, chased, cornered in a dead-end street in Padbury Court, off Bethnal Green road and stabbed to death by two men, Lincoln Olaribigbe, 23, and Georgie Philips, 20, according to prosecutors in court yesterday Tuesday, September 29.
The 15-year-old had been with a group of friends in Hoxton when he was chased by men from a blue Mercedes, the jury was told.
He hid with a friend behind a parked car in the dead-end street but was spotted, pinned against a fence, then dragged away and knifed.
Adesina from Dagenham staggered to a local convenience store where he collapsed and died. George Phillips and Lincoln Olaribigbe deny murdering the boy. Anthony Orchard QC, prosecuting,said it was not known who had actually committed the stabbing and the motivation "may never be completely clear".
But everyone in the Mercedes had been part of a joint plan to attack whoever they could catch in Joel’s group, so they were "in it together".Mr Orchard told the jury that earlier in the evening a silver Astra, linked to Olaribigbe, had driven repeatedly at Joel’s group outside a pub. CCTV catches them jump out of the way and Joel throws a rock at the car.
Some of the group, including Joel, had knives themselves, the court heard. As the group headed off, Olaribigbe transferred to the Mercedes, linked to Phillips, to search for them.
"Joel and his group of friends had been tracked and chased by two cars at different times in the hours andminutes leading up to the stabbing," said Mr Orchard.Near the Bethnal Green Road the car screeched onto the pavement by them and they ran in different directions.
Joel and his friend "ran into an apparent dead end road and hid behind a parked silver car," said Mr Orchard. "Two men were standing by the Mercedes which had its headlights pointing down thedead end.
The two men were saying: ‘Where did they go? (Joel’s friend) asked him if the men had gone. Unfortunately Joel poked his head over the top of the silver car to look and one of the men said words to the effect of ‘that’s one of them.’"
The following day the blue Mercedes was found burned out in an Islington car park. The case continues.
A teenage girl in Canada had an unusual food allergythat showed up only after she exercised, according toa new report of her case.
The 17-year-old's allergy first appeared when she had a small snack — a few rice crackers and hummus - right before she worked out on a treadmill at her home.She ran for just 10 minutes before her lips started to swell.
She stopped running, but her symptoms became severe, and she developed the puffy eyes, hives, itching and abdominal pain that occur in the body-wide allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis.
The girl was taken to the emergency room and treated with Benadryl and epinephrine, and she recovered about 3 hours later, the report said.
"We hope that this case will serve as an important reminder that although rare, food-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis exists and making a diagnosis can lead to life-saving preventative strategies," the researchers at Montreal Children's Hospital, who worked on the girl's case, wrote in theirreport, published online Sept. 3 in
the Journal of Medical Case Reports.
The girl later went to an allergy clinic, where testing revealed that chickpeas had triggered her allergic reaction.
However, the girl had previously eaten chickpeas on a number of occasions without any symptoms, and she had never experienced allergic symptoms after exercising, when she hadn't eaten chickpeas.
The doctors suspected that the girl had food-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis, or FDEIA, a rare allergy that occurs only when a person consumes a particular food just before exercise.
People with the condition don't react to either the food or the exercise by itself. Unlike other food allergies, FDEIA is more common in teens and adults than in children, the researchers said.Exactly why the allergy occurs only after exercise is not clear.
It's thought that the physical effort needed in exercise triggers a physiological change that enhances the absorption of the allergen in the intestines, the researchers said.
The doctors recommended that the girl avoid eating chickpeas, or foods like hummus that contain chickpeas, 2 hours before or after exercise.
Since her diagnosis, the girl has eaten hummus and fresh chickpeas without exercising, and she has not experienced any allergic reactions, the researchers said.
President Buhari while addressing some select reporters in New York on Tuesday, after addressing aGlobal Leaders’ Summit on Countering ISIL and Violent Extremism, he will remain the Minister of Petroleum.
He said the step is being taken as part of efforts to sanitise Nigeria’s oil industry which is said to be plagued by corruption, massive fraud, and crude oil theft.He said:“I will remain Minister of Petroleum.“I will appoint a minister of State for Petroleum”.
Buhari restated his determination to sanitise Nigeria’s oil industry and free it from corruption and create more transparency.
He said that his first step in sanitizing the petroleum sector has already begun with the appointment of a new management for the NNPC and said that the prosecution of those who misappropriated NNPC’s funds is already in the works.
Buhari, who took office at the end of May promising to fight corruption, has made it clear he wants to overhaul the oil sector in Africa’s biggest economy, which provides the government with about 70% of its revenue.
Press statement from the Nigerian ArmyIn an offensive operation to clear Boko Haram terrorists enclave around Kwatarha and Torikwaptir general area of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, a notorious Boko Haram terrorist that had been wrecking havoc among the communities was gunned by our troops on Monday afternoon. During the operation 4 other terrorists were believed to escape with gun shotwounds.
An AK-47 rifle was recovered from him.In a related development, troops of 3 Division have arrested a suspected Boko Haram terrorists group kingpin, Alhaji Tijjani Usman Damagum. He was tracked down and arrested at Damagum town, Yobe State yesterday.
A high profile Boko Haram terrorists’group member, he has led Boko Haram members on various attacks especially in Yobe State.
The suspectis currently undergoing interrogation with a view to arraign him soon. Thank you for your usual cooperation. Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman Acting Director Army Public Relations
Ten more bodies were identified on Tuesday, September 29, bringing the official death toll of Nigerians who died in the stampede to 64.
Spokesman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria Uba Mana, who confirmed the figure said 244Nigerian pilgrims are still missing following the sad incident.
The official also said 10 more pilgrims from Nigerian were injured in the stampede making the number of injured casualties 71.
According to the police, 21-year-old Stephanie Hernandez posted one picture of a gun and ammo in her Little Rock home and also sent a Snapchat photo showing her smiling at the camera while her boyfriend, Rafael Gonzalez, holds a gun behind her head. "Strap Chat," the caption said, punning a slang term for carrying a gun.
A few hours later, she died bythe same gun...That night, the mother of a 3-year-old and an 8-month-old daughter, was found dead from a gunshot wound in her house.
Police found the home ransacked, with blood all over a floor. Gonzalez, 20, was arrested the next day and and charged for first-degree murder, police said.It’s unclear what led to Gonzalez allegedly shooting his girlfriend.
Hernandez’s daughters were with relatives when the shooting happened, her friends said. Hernandez’s family members were horrified to see the pictures she had taken, not knowing they would be her last..."I guess they were loaded.
In her back — it is just mind-blowing. I don’t understand how anybody coulddo that." Hernandez's uncle Rey Hernadez told KATV.Now they’re left to explain to Hernandez’s little girls what happened."My nieces have been crying all night," Hernandez’s sister Camryn Startz told KATV.
"I haven't told my 3-year-old niece anything yet. She knows something is wrong because she wants her mom."Relatives said Hernandez had just moved into a new home weeks ago and was supposed to start a job Monday morning.
One friend, Jaquinlan Davis, told KATV Hernandez’s boyfriend was “a bad influence” and the two had a rocky, on-and-off relationship...
Disturbing footage has been released by Chinese media showing a nurse in tears after a grieving family forced her to hold their dead baby.
The video clip by Live leak shows the scared nurse clutching the small child while several family members walk by.
Some even slap her across the face and one man is held back as he attempts to launch a brutal attack.
Reports from China suggest that the child, who was named Yao Yao, had fallen ill the night before and had been brought into the hospital by his grandmother.
He died on September 27 after doctors repeatedly tried to save him.The nurse, who is reportedly an employee at the Taikang County People's Hospital, visibly flinches each time the family approaches her.
Incensed by the death of their child, the grieving family then forced the nurse to hold their baby as she sat at her desk in one of the hospital wards .
According to Chinese media, Yao Yao's family believe the hospital should be held responsible for the child's death and this appeared to be part of their'punishment'.
Choon Tan is one of the world's smallest body builders at 4ft 10in, he's officially the smallest in the UK.
The 21 year old started bodybuilding after being teased for being small...He has a genetic birth defect that affects bone development and stunted his growth.
He decided that if he couldn't change his height, he could at least change his body. He may still be small but he has a banging body now.
He told UK Metro"I didn’t feel that I was as good or the same as everyone else. I got bullied and tormented because of it.
Those several years were undoubtedly the worst of my life, but it is what led me to an incredible eye-opening journey.’
This incident happened in Awada in Onitsha few minutes ago...
The 2 women are living together in a flat because their husbands share a flat at our compound.
Even though their husbands were friends, The wives never got along and was always quarreling but nothing prepared Neighbours for what They saw this morning.
When thier husband left for shop this morning, another round of fight began and this time it was different.
screams were heard and then a huge thud and then wailing and crying ensued Neighbours rushed to the verandah and discovered to their dismay that the women fell from their 3rd floor flat and both of the shattered many bones in their bodies.
Both couldnt stand but it was suspected that the other may have broken her spinal cord because she couldnt move a limb and her head was severely bashed and she was bleeding heavily.
They have been rushed to Toronto hospital to ascertain the level of their injuries while we called up their husbands.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday appealed to world leaders, in whose domain stolen funds and assets are being kept by corrupt individuals, to help return such to their countries of origin.
Buhari also called on the international community to urgently redouble its efforts at strengthening mechanisms for dismantling safe havens for proceeds of corruption.He said in his address to world leaders at the 70th United Nations General Assembly holding in New York.
The President identified corruption, cross-border financial crimes, cyber crimes and human traffickingas major challenges of the 21st century, which he said the international community must work to collectively overcome.
He said his administration was determined to confront corruption and illicit financial outflows.Buhari told the world leaders, “Let me reaffirm the Nigerian government’s unwavering commitment to fight corruption and illicit financial flows.
“By any consideration, corruption and cross border financial crimes are impediments to development, economic growth and the realisation of the well-being of citizens across the globe.
“Nigeria is ready and willing to partner with international agencies and individual countries on a bilateral basis to confront crimes and corruption.“In particular, I call upon the global community to urgently redouble efforts towards strengthening the mechanisms for dismantling safe havens for proceeds of corruption and ensuring the return of stolen funds and assets to their countries of origin.
”The President also suggested the adoption of peace as a seventh essential element of the Sustainable Development Goals, which was adopted last Friday by world leaders in New York.He added, “The Secretary-General has grouped the SDGs into what he calls six ‘essential elements’ namely: Dignity, Prosperity, Justice, Partnership, Planet and People.
“As a prerequisite to these and as we look at history and remember the terrible events that gave rise to the birth of the United Nations in 1945, I would like topropose a seventh: PEACE.“Peace is close to the hearts of Nigerians, as we are in the front line in the war on terror.
Boko Haram’s war against the people of Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon may not attract as much worldwide attention as the wars in the Middle East but the suffering is just as great and the human cost is equally high.
“This is a war between progress and chaos; betweendemocracy and the rule of law. Boko Haram celebrates violence against the weak and the innocent and deplorably, they hide behind their perverted interpretation of Islam. Boko Haram is as far away from Islam as anyone can think of.
”Buhari assured the global community that his administration would do all within its powers to quickly overcome the challenge of terrorism and insecurity.“The new Nigerian government, which I have the honour to head, moved with dispatch to put in a boldand robust strategy to defeat Boko Haram.
Nigeria and her neighbours, Cameroon, Chad and Niger plus Benin, are working together to face this common threat within the regional framework of the Lake Chad Basin Commission.
“We have established a multinational joint task forceto confront, degrade and defeat Boko Haram. We have driven them away from many of their strongholds, killed or captured many of their operatives or commanders and freed several hundreds of hostages,” he said.
He also assured the world leaders that rescuing the Chibok girls kidnapped in their school in Borno Stateover a year ago remained one of the major objectives of his administration.“We are working round the clock to ensure their safety and eventual reunion with their families.
The girls are constantly on our minds and in our plans,” he said.The President condemned what he called the new and dangerous dimension of human trafficking in theworld.
“We in Africa are grieved to see hundreds of our able-bodied men and women dying in the de
sert or drowning in the Mediterranean. We condemn in the strongest terms these traffickers and will support any measures to apprehend and bring them to justice,” the President said.aaNoting that the world was witnessing a dreadful increase in conflicts fuelled by availability of small arms and light weapons, Buhari called on the international community to work towards the effective implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty toensure that small arms and light weapons could onlybe legally transferred.
He reminded the global gathering that peaceful co-existence and self-determination were among thekey principles that led to the establishment of the UN.
He also called for the urgent resolution of the question of self determination for the people of Palestine and Western Sahara.He said, “The international community has come to pin its hopes on resolving the Palestinian issue through the two – states solution, which recognises the legitimate right of each state to exist in peace and security.
“The world has no more excuses or reasons to delaythe implementation of the long list of Security Council resolutions on this question.
Neither do we have the moral right to deny any people their freedom or condemn them indefinitely to occupation and blockade.”
Former European champions Francis Obikwelu and Gloria Alozie have said they are in Nigeria to help the country produce track and field champions.
Alozie dumped Nigeria for Spain after helping Nigeria win silver in the women’s 100m hurdles at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Obikwelu switched his international allegiance to Portugal a year later – after representing Nigeria at Sydney 2000.
Both athletes, who are coaches/judges in the ongoing Top Sprinter Genesis, an athletic talent hunt,organised by Making of Champions, alongside other Olympians, Deji Aliu and Uchenna Emedolu, also gave reasons why they abandoned Nigeria.
Obikwelu, who won silver for Portugal in 100m at the2004 Athens Olympics, told reporters in Lagos that he dumped Nigeria for the European nation because he was poorly treated by the Athletic Federation Nigeria when he had a knee injury at Sydney 2000.
Obikwelu, whose 1999 Nigerian record in 200m has not been broken, said he would help produce athletes, who can win medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics.He said, “What happened has happened, I’m here to give 150 per cent to help produce champions for Nigeria.
We can produce athletes that can win medals at the Olympics.“If you give me an athlete that is not well known, in the next one year I guarantee that I can make him run faster.
I’m here to produce athletes that will break my Nigerian record in 200m.”The retired sprinter added, “A lot of people in Nigeria were not happy that I switched allegiance to Portugal.
I was not happy too. I want to use this opportunity to lay it down. I remember the Sydney Olympics, I was ranked number two in the world in 200m. I was in top shape but unfortunately I had a knee problem.
I told my federation (AFN) that I had aproblem with my knee and they said that I was lying.I went on and used the knee to run up to the semifinals and I could not run any more.“My knee was bad.
They took me to hospital and I did MRI scan and the doctor said ‘I don’t think you will continue running, your knee is bad and totally destroyed.’ I cried to the AFN and the only thing they told me was that they don’t need me; that they could produce another Obikwelu; that Nigeria had a lot of talents. I asked them to support me so that I could go for surgery.
They said they would approve some money for me for the surgery.“At the end, I went to Canada for the surgery. After the surgery, I had to stay in hospital for another two months. I almost died. Nobody from the federation called me. It was just my family.
I came back to Nigeria on crutches. The money was approved but all they could tell me was that they didn’t know where the money was. I went back to Portugal and I said to myself ‘I’m done’. I love my country.
This is where I started but what happened to me was not good. I think Nigeria should support its athletes when they have injuries. It is not about money. It’s also about respect and care. In Portugal, they support me, even if I’m not doing well.
They come to me and ask ‘what do you need?’. This is what athletes need.”Alozie said, “It was after I changed my nationality that I really knew what I had done. I went to Spain asa junior and I was still young so I did not really knowwhat I was doing.
“When they tried me and they said I had to officially switch, I considered that my home. My club, my coach and everything was in Valencia and I had to change.
That was why I changed.“I’m really sorry I changed. I didn’t really see it that way. But thank God I’m back and I promised to make amends. I’m here to produce another Gloria Alozie, who can win medals for Nigeria...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday appealed to world leaders, in whose domain stolen funds and assets are being kept by corrupt individuals, to help return such to their countries of origin.
Buhari also called on the international community to urgently redouble its efforts at strengthening mechanisms for dismantling safe havens for proceeds of corruption.He said in his address to world leaders at the 70th United Nations General Assembly holding in New York.
The President identified corruption, cross-border financial crimes, cyber crimes and human traffickingas major challenges of the 21st century, which he said the international community must work to collectively overcome.
He said his administration was determined to confront corruption and illicit financial outflows.Buhari told the world leaders, “Let me reaffirm the Nigerian government’s unwavering commitment to fight corruption and illicit financial flows.
“By any consideration, corruption and cross border financial crimes are impediments to development, economic growth and the realisation of the well-being of citizens across the globe.
“Nigeria is ready and willing to partner with international agencies and individual countries on a bilateral basis to confront crimes and corruption.“In particular, I call upon the global community to urgently redouble efforts towards strengthening the mechanisms for dismantling safe havens for proceeds of corruption and ensuring the return of stolen funds and assets to their countries of origin.
”The President also suggested the adoption of peace as a seventh essential element of the Sustainable Development Goals, which was adopted last Friday by world leaders in New York.He added, “The Secretary-General has grouped the SDGs into what he calls six ‘essential elements’ namely: Dignity, Prosperity, Justice, Partnership, Planet and People.
“As a prerequisite to these and as we look at history and remember the terrible events that gave rise to the birth of the United Nations in 1945, I would like topropose a seventh: PEACE.“Peace is close to the hearts of Nigerians, as we are in the front line in the war on terror.
Boko Haram’s war against the people of Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon may not attract as much worldwide attention as the wars in the Middle East but the suffering is just as great and the human cost is equally high.
“This is a war between progress and chaos; betweendemocracy and the rule of law. Boko Haram celebrates violence against the weak and the innocent and deplorably, they hide behind their perverted interpretation of Islam. Boko Haram is as far away from Islam as anyone can think of.
”Buhari assured the global community that his administration would do all within its powers to quickly overcome the challenge of terrorism and insecurity.“The new Nigerian government, which I have the honour to head, moved with dispatch to put in a boldand robust strategy to defeat Boko Haram.
Nigeria and her neighbours, Cameroon, Chad and Niger plus Benin, are working together to face this common threat within the regional framework of the Lake Chad Basin Commission.
“We have established a multinational joint task forceto confront, degrade and defeat Boko Haram. We have driven them away from many of their strongholds, killed or captured many of their operatives or commanders and freed several hundreds of hostages,” he said.
He also assured the world leaders that rescuing the Chibok girls kidnapped in their school in Borno Stateover a year ago remained one of the major objectives of his administration.“We are working round the clock to ensure their safety and eventual reunion with their families.
The girls are constantly on our minds and in our plans,” he said.The President condemned what he called the new and dangerous dimension of human trafficking in theworld.
“We in Africa are grieved to see hundreds of our able-bodied men and women dying in the de
sert or drowning in the Mediterranean. We condemn in the strongest terms these traffickers and will support any measures to apprehend and bring them to justice,” the President said.aaNoting that the world was witnessing a dreadful increase in conflicts fuelled by availability of small arms and light weapons, Buhari called on the international community to work towards the effective implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty toensure that small arms and light weapons could onlybe legally transferred.
He reminded the global gathering that peaceful co-existence and self-determination were among thekey principles that led to the establishment of the UN.
He also called for the urgent resolution of the question of self determination for the people of Palestine and Western Sahara.He said, “The international community has come to pin its hopes on resolving the Palestinian issue through the two – states solution, which recognises the legitimate right of each state to exist in peace and security.
“The world has no more excuses or reasons to delaythe implementation of the long list of Security Council resolutions on this question.
Neither do we have the moral right to deny any people their freedom or condemn them indefinitely to occupation and blockade.”
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has seized the October salaries of his commissioners, deputy chief of staff, special advisers and council chairmen for coming late to state functions.
Announcing the suspension of the salaries on the occasion of a school debate organised as part of activities marking the country’s 55th independence celebration, the governor, on noticing the scanty attendance at the venue, said that the absentee officials will forfeit their October salaries and their September over heads.
The event was also used to mark the 19th anniversary of the creation of the state.There was a mild drama outside the venue of the event as the Deputy Governor, Kelechi Igwe ,and the Secretary to the State Government, Prof Bernard Odoh, who arrived the venue of the debate a few minutes after the governor arrived, were also locked out.
The deputy governor and the SSG were later allowedto enter into the conference centre having spent more than 15 minutes outside.
Officials affected included the newly appointed 13 caretaker committee chairmen, the 64 Development Center Coordinators, the Deputy Chief of Staff and the Principal Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Clement Nweke.
Others include the state Commissioner for Environment, Moses Ali; Commissioner for Economic Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation, Sabinus Nwankwegu; and Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Charles Akpuenika, among others.
The governor also suspended the salaries of some Personal Assistants, Senior Special Assistants, Special Advisers and other government functionariesfor their lateness to the school debate titled “Government’s anti-corruption crusade and internally generated revenue drive,” held at the Akanu Ibiam International Conference Centre, Abakaliki.
It was gathered that trouble started when the governor arrived the venue of the debate slated to commence at exactly 11am and met empty seats.Umahi, who became angry by the situation after checking the manifest to ascertain the time for the programme, ordered the Head of Service, Mr. Chamberlin Nwele, to take the roll call of the government official present at the function and announce immediately the suspension of salaries of those absent.Speaking after the debate competition, Umahi expressed regret over the increase in examination ‘miracle’ centres in the state and called for the arrestand prosecution of proprietors of such centres.
He directed that all ‘miracle’ centers in the state be closed down by the ministry of education.The Senior Special Adviser to the governor on Religious and Welfare Matters, Rev. Fr. Abraham Nwali, in a paper titled, “Anti-corruption crusade in Ebonyi State,” said corruption affected political stability and security of societies.
A Rivers State High Court has sentenced one Inspector Samuel Timothy of the Nigeria Police to death by hanging for shooting and killing a sachet water dealer, Onyekachi Nwasouba.
The court’s ruling is coming about five years after Nwasouba was murdered by the police at about 5amon November 10, 2010 at No. 34, Old Aba Road, PortHarcourt.Nwasouba, who was a graduate of Industrial Chemistry, was branded an armed robber by the police while he was on his way to distribute his products to customers within the Port Harcourt metropolis.
The deceased was shot dead by a team of policemen, led by Timothy, at the front of his residence, even after he (Nwasouba) shouted to the hearing of the policemen that he was only a pure water producer and not an armed robber.
Delivering his judgment on Monday, the trial judge, Justice Adolphus Enebeli, declared that the convict (Timothy) demonstrated an act of inhumanity through his action.
Justice Enebeli, whose ruling took about three hours,however, discharged and acquitted one Corporal Moses, who had been standing trial together with the convict.
The judge said that based on the testimonies of witnesses, including members of the patrol team in the case, the convict was an “inhuman, trigger-happy policeman, who engages in murder; a hater ofhumankind and a merciless killer.
”Explaining that the killing of the sachet water seller by the convict was deliberate, Justice Enebeli, maintained that Timothy should die by hanging.
The trial judge added that based on the law and the circumstances surrounding the death of the graduate of Industrial Chemistry, he had no power tore duce the sentence.“
According to Section 319 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I do not have the power to reduce your sentence.
That you, Inspector Timothy Samuel be hanged on your neck until you are dead,” he held.
Justice Enebeli stated that Corporal Moses was discharged and acquitted because it became clear that the policemen on duty never conspired to kill the victim (Nwasouba).
The Ogun State Police Command has said that a blogger, Emmanuel Ojo, is currently in its custody.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed this on Monday to our correspondent on the telephone.
He said Ojo was being detained at the Command’s headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, for questioning.
The suspect was said to have been trailed and arrested by security men on Saturday and detained at Ibara Police Station, Abeokuta.
Ojo was arrested for a story that exposed the alleged quizzing the wife of the Ogun State governor, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun, in London, for money laundering.
In the story, Mrs. Amosun was alleged to have been detained by the London Police for being in possession of US300,000.
She has since denied being involved in any money laundering saga.
Adejobi said the Command received a complaint from the state government about the blogger which led to his arrest.
Adejobi said investigations were still being conducted on the matter.
He said, “We received a complaint from the state government on the suspect, and he was arrested. Presently, he is with us at Eleweran. We are still conducting our investigations. If he is found wanting, he will be charged to court accordingly.”
The Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Taiwo Adeoluwa, said the governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, was not connected with the arrest of the blogger, as being speculated in some quarters.
He, however, confirmed that the state government made a formal complaint to the police and the Director of the Department of State Services, about a false allegation that the blogger allegedly made against the governor’s wife.
He said, “The government reported the matter formally to the police and the state Director, Department of Security Services.
“The report by the blogger on the First lady is false and calculated to rubbish her image. The governor just arrived from the holy pilgrimage on Sunday; so he did not order the arrest of the Blogger"...
The traditional ruler of Isiebu autonomous community in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, Eze Hyacinth Onyenankeya, narrowly escaped being kidnapped yesterday.
Confirming his narrow escape to Vanguard,the royal father explained that the suspected kidnappers engaged the services of his house girl (names with held).“
She was assigned the responsibility of ensuring that the back door of my Amaifeke, Orlu residence, and all the doors leading into my bedroom were left opened,” Eze Onyenankeya recounted.
Explaining how the bubble burst, the royal father said he was startled by a strange drop of a whitish substance,adding that on flashing his torchlight at the window of his bedroom, he saw a figure walking away.
“I quickly alerted one of my tenants who also woke others up.Some of them came out but my house help was seen in my guest house.‘’She later confided in my sister, Cecilia Oguzie, and ran away from my house there after,” Eze Onyenankeya said.
The royal father affirmed that he promptly reported the matter to the police, adding that he gave the names of people he suspected of masterminding the plot.“I was, however, disappointed that what I told the police in strict confidence was later rolled out to the suspects and they later came back bragging, as they relayed all I told the police,” the royal father said.
While noting that most of the suspects had disappeared from Orlu, Eze Onyenankeya also appealed to the police high command to come to his aid.
When contacted on his mobile phone, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Andrew Enwerem,a Deputy Superintendent of Police, described kidnapping, murder and armed as capital offences that would not be toyed with by any police officer.
Although the PPRO could not categorically confirm if the letter addressed to the Commissioner of Police bythe royal father’s lawyer had been received,he was, however, unable to explain how the alleged kidnap suspects got details of the private discussion Eze Onyenankeya held with a top police officer in Orlu Area Command.
The Lagos state police command on Sunday September 27tharrested a woman simply identified as Victoria, for allegedly attempting to use the four-month old twins of Mrs Ruth Uche,whose husband fled after she gave birth to them, to defraud aretired police commissioner.
According to reports, Victoria who is a wife and mother of twois an acquaintance of the Uches and had asked that they"lend" her their twins so she could feature them in a movie.
Unknown to the Uches, Victoria wanted to use their twins to extort money from the police chief who is the father of her ex lover.Mrs Uche and Victoria arrived at the ex police chief's house atCollege Road Estate in Lagos.
The man was so excited to see his "grandchildren" but when Victoria could not correctly state the sex of the babies, he became suspicious.
Mrs Uche who also suspected foul play immediately owned up that they were her babies and provided facts regarding their age and when they were born“I did not understand what was going on.
I do not even know the place we went to. She has been pleading with us that she wanted to use the twins (youngest set) in a film.My husband initially denied but later since she said it was to act film; I begged my husband and he agreed on the condition that I gowith the woman.So, around11:30amon Sunday, we all left the house and came to Agege.
She took us to one big man’s house, I do not know the place and she told me to sit down that it is she and the kids that will act the film.But when I sat down, I heard the man asking her whether my children are two boys and how old they are.
She said two months and thatthey are boys but I told the man that they are a boy and a girl, and that they are four months old.The man asked whose children they were and I told him they are my children and that the woman said she wanted to act film with them.
That was when the man started shouting and saying that she told him that my children are his grandchildren. That she has senttheir picture before and that she told him his son impregnated her before travelling abroad.
The man now said that we were in it together and that I knew about it. I told him Ido not know anything that the only thing she told us was that she wanted to act film with my babies.Before she did not want to talk, but when people threatened her, she now told them that I am innocent. That she wanted to get money from the man.
That woman is a criminal,” Mrs Uche said.When interrogated, the suspect said she wanted to use the twins to get money from the retired officer for her children’s school fees.“Please I am sorry, have mercy on me. I am a poor widow and I have two children.
I begged their parents that I wanted to act film with the twins and the twins’ father told his wife to follow me.I wanted to use them to collect money from the man because I used to date his son after I lost my husband.
Before he travelled abroad last year, I got pregnant for him but I aborted the baby. So, because I needed money, I decided to use the twins and show his father so that I can getmoney from him and pay my children’s school fees.
I did not plan to sell them and I did not know that things will turn out this way,” she said.
Contacted, the command spokesman, Joseph Offor, a DeputySuperintendent of Police (DSP), confirmed the woman’s arrest.
Over the weekend it was revealed the tragic cause of death of the late Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown’s daughter has been determined –But a judge has ordered the medical examiner not to reveal all to the public because of the on going criminal investigation.
Bobby Brown is hopeful of “criminal action soon” after the cause of Bobbi Kristina’s death was finally determined.The singer – whose daughter Bobbi-Kristina Brown passed away in July after six months in a coma – claims the 22-year-old aspiring actress’ boyfriend Nick Gordon could be to blame for her death.
Bobbi Kristina and Nick Gordon Shortly after Bobby released statement released through his lawyer which said: “In regards to the civil litigation, we believe we know who harmed Bobbi Kristina Brown and his name is Nick Gordon.”
Hinting that domestic violence may have had a hand in his daughter’s untimely death, Bobby, who had previously revealed he would be setting up a centre to help women affected by domestic violence in memory of Bobbi Kristina, said “it’s a place that I’m building –that we’re just starting to build – that I feel is needed.
Because if I could have been there two days before anything happened to my daughter, it wouldn’t have went down like that.”
At about 3am this morning students of UNILAG students came out of their hostels in protests against bedbugs.
A student who called very early said bedbugs have made them unable to sleep and are calling on authorities to intervene.
They have alsoblocked the main entrance into the school..
A two-month-old baby who lived in a car with his homeless parents has tragically died.The baby boy, known only as Donald, was born prematurely two months ago and the cause of his death is unknown.
Donald ended up sleeping in the car after his parents were evicted from a house they were renting and couldn't afford the deposit for a new place.Jane gave birth to Donald, her first child, on July 6 byemergency caesarean after suffering from pre-eclampsia and kidney problems.
She said at the time of his birth: "I love him to bits. I just want him to be safe."He's my baby. I'm not going to let any harm come to him.
We're all together, we're still a family unit."Claire Matthews, who runs the Hope for Food soup kitchen in Bournemouth, worked closely with the family.She said the family are "grief-stricken".
"They are in a very dark place at the moment, they have nothing to live for now," she said.Claire said Donald's mum, known only as Jane, had moved to Dorset from Kent while still pregnant to escape the threat of domestic violence from an ex-partner.
Hope for Food has now offered to help pay for tragic Donald's funeral.
It is believed his devastated parents are currently living in a bed and breakfast and have said in the past they have been let down by local councils unable to find them permanent housing.
Claire said: "Because the mother was from Kent the local authorities wouldn't help her, despite the father being from Bournemouth.
"They were never after hand-outs - they just wanted support."After Donald's birth they moved back to Kent because that's what they were told they needed to do in order to get the help they needed.
"The authorities there put them up in a B&B but then they phoned to say Donald had died. We don't know why at the moment, but there will be an inquest to find out."It is disgusting that something like this could happen this day and age.
If they had just had some help from the local authorities when they first asked then Donald would still be here.
"Ben Tomlin, housing services manager for the Borough of Poole, said: "Borough of Poole was contacted by the mother and though she was not eligible, she was provided with as much support and guidance as possible.
"She last approached us in May and hadn't returned to Poole for help after her baby was born. Our deepest sympathies are with her at this time...
Mr Marcel Ossai Aba who was slaughtered with his wife, Jacinta, at Amaja in Enugu Ezike about eight days ago might have been killed by kidnappers.
Vanguard reports that,Aba was sleeping with his wife and three children penultimate week when someunknown persons woke him up and broke his head with a cutlass.
The assailants later went into his wife’s room and removed her one-year-old daughter who she was breast feeding before severing her head.The assailants left the scene of crime without removing any material or property.
However, investigations by Vanguard revealed that Aba and his wife were killed after an abducted man from Anambra State was rescued by the police in a bush near his house.
Those who spoke on the condition of anonymity at Amaja, informed Vanguard that an unidentified man whose mouth was covered with a black cloth, was seen in a bush which separates the village from Amaja with Adupi in Benue State,Aba lived at the border with his family.
It was gathered that another woman had found the abducted man and ran back to inform her husband who consequently alerted members of the vigilante group in the area.
The members of the vigilante were also said to have alerted the nearest police station in the area, which sent detectives to free the kidnap victim.
It was gathered that the abductors of the unidentified victimusually visited him between 2 am and 3.30 am each day to feed him.
However, sources said that when the kidnappers visited the area where they hid their victim in the bush, they were disappointed that the people living nearby alerted the police men who untied their victim and went to the nearby house to kill the couple.
An 11 year old daughter of the deceased, Chinonso narrated how her parents were killed in cold when her parents were killed at the palace of the Onyishi Amaja, Eze Nwidoko, where the people of the area returned en- masse to discuss the strange development weekend said that the assailants killed her father before killed her mother.”We were sleeping in the night when my mother noticed that some people were flashing their torches outside but were not talking.
As she was talking, the people came into our room and took her baby who was sucking her breast away from her and threw him to Ikedi, 5, before cutting my mother’s neck.
”The whole place was dark, We did not know when they left, After waiting for sometime I went to my father’s room and saw that his head was also cut, I used the lantern which was lit by mother before we went to bed.
Later I came out with Ikedi but the whole place was still dark,”It was later in the morning that we called those nearby who started shouting and calling others to come and see what had happened,” Chinonso who was carrying the last child of her mother said.
The traditional ruler of Amaja, Igwe Ignatius Idoko, aka Atlas, said that his community was the most neglected border area in the state,”We have been appealing to the relevant authorities to establish a police station between us and the people of Benue and Kogi states who are our neighbours.
Igwe Idoko who took Vanguard on a motorcycle to the family house of the deceased couple where it was discovered that the door leading to the man’s room was opened by the deceased for his assailantswhile the one leading to his wife’s own was broken has vowed that the community would leave no stoneunturned to get at the root of the matter.
Onyishi Idoko Igwe Idoko said that the couple had died for the liberation of the people of Amaja just as Jesus died for the liberation of mankind adding that the people would cooperate with security agencies toensure that justice was done.
When Mariah Idrissi got a call from a model scout earlier this year asking her to feature in a new ad campaign for H&M, the 23-year-old was skeptical.
“Are you sure they know I wear a hijab?” she asked.Now Idrissi, whose parents are Pakistani and Moroccan, is surprising the fashion world as a new model for H&M, the second largest global retailer after Zara.
This month she appeared in the brand’s denim collection launch video while wearing a headscarf.A handful of brands, including DKNY, Tommy Hilfigerand Mango, have launched special “Ramadan” collections in recent years, in time for the holiest month of the Islamic lunar calendar, or designed clothes with the world’s 1.6 billion Muslim consumers in mind.
Most of the outfits feature long, flowing dresses in jeweled colors, skirts, long-sleevedshirts and coats.
However, Idrissi is anything but shy and conservative, and flaunts her faith, face and talent for henna painting, nail art and flawless beauty application on Instagram, one of the ways she was discovered by H&M.
A 52-year-old psychiatric patient, identified as Tope Ogunmodede, has reportedly hanged himself in his house located at the Lafe area of Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Friday.
According to a source, it was suspected that the deceased, a cobbler, must have taken his own life out of frustration, following his health challenge, which he and his family had reportedly been battling with for the past 32 years.
The source narrated that the deceased’s family had spent a lot of money to treat the ailment without any fruitful result.
The deceased, who stayed in the same house with his mother, Mrs Comfort Ogunmodede, was said to be due for a check-up last Thursday but the appointment had to be shifted to Monday because ofthe public holiday.
The mother, whom Tope stayed with, was said to have discovered the lifeless body of her son hanged in one of the rooms in the house.
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Wole Ogodo, stated that police detectives had visited the scene of the incidentand had taken photographs of the scene.
He, however, noted that no foul play was suspected in the incident, saying the corpse had been depositedat the Ondo State Specialist Hospital, Akure..
All hopes of Dbanj and Donjazzy working together may be far fetched as Donjazzy reportedly ignored Dbanj's call to come on stage.
According to Vanguard, the snub occurred on Sunday, September 20,at the Eko Hotel-venue of 2face Idibia’s Fortyfied Concert.
D’banj mounted the stage to perform some of his hit songs to the delight of the audience, and halfway through, he said he was going to perform a song, ‘Feeling Good’ produced by Don Jazzy and featuring 2face that was leaked online before it could be properly released.
He beckoned on Don Jazzy to join him on stage to perform the song, but Jazzy remained glued to his seat with new Mavin signees, Reekado Banks, Korede Bello, and Dija.
Even when 2face begged the duo to produce one more hit together, Don Jazzy remained resolute. In 2face’s words, ‘Don Jazzy and D’banj, abeg make una do one more song, just one…. I take God beg una.
’D’banj instantly responded with the words, “Sure! It’s going to happen,” while Don Jazzy still remained on his seat without even a smile.
This led many of the guests in attendance to insinuate that D’banj was more eager for a come-back than Don Jazzy is.
Total eclipse of the moon will occur at the early hoursof September 28th, 2015. It happens to be the closest Supermoon of 2015.
This September full moon is also called a Blood Moon,A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon Passes directly behind the Earth into its umbra (shadow).
This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned, or very closely so, with the Earth in the middle. Hence, a lunar eclipse can only occur the night of a full moon.
After the cut are details on where and how it's going to happen..
The impression created by the police that the former minister of finance and chieftain of Afenifere,Chief Olu Falae was released by his abductors without paying ransom has been rebuffed.
According to theSUN,a family member of the elder statesman said contrary to the claim by the police authorities, ransom was paid before Chief Falae was eventually released.
The family source also berated the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase of claiming the glory for Falae’s release saying the police boss just came to Ondo for jamboree “because Police didnot have any input in Baba’s release.
”He regained his freedom after spending four days in the kidnappers’ den..“I wonder why people don’t investigate well before talking. It will be very unfair to give any kudos to the police over Chief Falae’s release having being held hostage for four days.
“If we relied on Police to rescue Baba and ignored his abductors on the ransom they demanded by now we would have been telling another story. But we thank God our Baba came back alive.
”The source did not disclose the actual amount paid but said the family had to appeal to the hoodlums to spare Falae’s life saying the kidnappers threatened seriously.
“So, in this kind of development, we should wait andbe listening to the police? My brother, forget. As far as I know, the police didn’t play any role in his release.
The family played ball with the abductors, and they took him back to his farm where he was kidnapped and dropped him there.
“Baba even said it when he got home that after the abductors had concluded their arrangements with his family, they took him back to his farm at Ilado and dropped him there.
“Baba said when his abductors dropped him, he trekked several kilometers from his farm to a hotel in owo where he met some policemen and introduced himself as Chief Olu Falae.
That was how the Police got to know of his release and hijacked the whole process as if they are the one who rescued him.
Only an unreasonable person will still give kudos to the police for the Chief’s release. We know who and who we should thank, not the police,” the furious family source said.
Coco Austin didn't look pregnant as she stepped outwith her man Ice-T last night..While supporting her man backstage at aBody Countconcert, the 36-year-old showed off her figure in two separate photos"Chilling baby..
I'm just chillin,"Backstage at BC concert supporting my man..That's how I roll#28weeks.
"As fans question her ,she had earlier insisted that she has a "baby lump" while admitting she's the most "unpregnant pregnant person."She told E! news"I don't have anything to prove to anyone.
My stomach is growing slowly," she wrote.
"Once my stomach really starts growing, they're not going to be doubting."
28-year-old Rebecca Morris-Roberts suffers an extremely rare condition which stops her heart and breathing until she is technically dead.
But seconds later, her body manages to 'jump-start' itself, bringing Rebecca back to life.She has suffered reflex anoxic seizures - thought to affect only four people in the UK - since she was a teenager. And they are usually brought on by a bout of nerves.
“My eyes roll up into my head, my lips and face turn grey, my body stiffens, I stop breathing and begin to convulse,” she said.
“When I go through it I’m out for the count and I don’tknow anything about it until I come around. My body somehow ‘defibs’ itself. It’s such an unusual condition and I have no idea what causes it.
I do something even superheroes can’t do – I regenerate!”So when she decided to tie the knot with long-term boyfriend Elfyn Morris-Roberts in April 2014, her family feared she might “die” walking down the aisle.
After much deliberation Rebecca, decided to have a pacemaker fitted just three months before the big day.“I didn’t initially want to have it.
From the age of 16 to21, I was told by various doctors that I was making it up and being a drama queen,” said Rebecca, who is originally from Wrexham.“So when I was diagnosed with reflex anoxic seizuresI finally felt like I’d taken control.
Mentally, I wasn’t ready for a pacemaker. I didn’t want to look back at our wedding photos and think something else was helping me live. But then I was told that every time I had an episode it would diminish my chances of recovery by 10%. I was living on borrowed time.
That’s when I realised I was being selfish so I decided to have it fitted – 54 years earlier than the average pacemaker.
”Adrenaline junkie Rebecca, who has worked as an outdoor activity specialist and loves canoeing and abseiling, said her wedding day went by without needing to call the paramedics.
“I have always had a fear of being in front of people and my father followed me around the whole venue because he feared something would happen,” she added.
“But I was completely relaxed. I was so proud to be sat at the top table looking at all the people who had been brought together. They all know what I’m going through and they didn’t pity me. I didn’t have to hide anything from them. It was incredible.”Former student Rebecca met love-of-her-life Elfyn during her time studying for a degree at Bangor University.
“I had been with him for eight months and then I was diagnosed so he was really thrown in at the deep end,” she joked.“He’s found me after a few episodes but he’s only properly seen one.
We share a bed together and whenmy breathing gets shallow he frantically wakes me up asking if I’m okay.
A Nigerian girl named Oyinkansola replied a DM (direct message) sent by a man named Olaoluwa on twitter and 3 years later, they are now husband and wife. Olaoluwa’s DM to Oyinkansola was his first attempt at sending a DM and he’s now married to thefirst lady who replied him.
.Their introduction which took place yesterday September 26th…Wishing them a happy married life…
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Just before you watch the final show tonight, let's give you heads up!Jeffrey Akoh has emerged as the 2015 MTN Project Fame winner.
The 18 year old beat 5 other finalists to emerge the winner of the 8th season of MTN Project Fame.
Jeff is a Sound Engineering graduate from the SAE Institute, Cape Town and has consistently wowed judges and the audience by going all the way in eachof his performances.
He joins the likes of Iyanya, iMike, Ayoola, Chidinma,Monica, Olawale and Geoffrey as a Project Fame superstar.
Third runner up in the competition was Ada, with second runner up being Anderson and Pearl being the first runner up.
An alleged murder victim has turned up safe and well 31 years after vanishing off the face of the earth.
The woman, Petra Pazsitka, from the northern German city of Braunschweig, was 24 years old whenshe was last seen in 1980. A man later confessed to killing her.Now she is 55 and living as Mrs Schneider in Düsseldorf.
Two weeks ago her home was burgled and she called police who discovered her true identity.A police spokesman: “It is indeed the missing-presumed-dead woman.
She said she lived in different cities under a false name. She never had a new identity card.”But her original one was found in the flat by detectives investigating the break-in.
She eventually confessed to living a lie for the past 31 years.Petra had gone missing after she visited a Dentist on 26 July 1984. She had left the place at 3.00pm to takethe bus to her parents in nearby Wolfsburg, accordingto a friend but she never arrived.
And because a year earlier, a 14-year-old girl had been murdered close to the stop where she was supposed to catch the bus, the police believed the killer had struck again.
Petra even featured on a German Crimewatch show called ‘Case Files XY....Unsolved’ but no-one had any info to help locate her.
At the end of March 1985 Günter K.,a 19 year old carpenter’s apprentice was arrested and confessed to the murder of the teenager.
In 1987 he also admitted to killing Petra. So the authorities declared dead by the authorities.
Since the discovery, she has refused to talk about her disappearance, only telling police that she wanted “nothing more to do” with her family....
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has reportedly finally tied the knot with his rumoured heartthrob, Sa’adatu Barkindo-Musdafa, the daughter of the Lamido of Adamawa, Muhammadu Barkindo-Musdafa.
The 18-year old becomes the emir’s fourth wife. She recently completed secondary school and is been enrolled for advanced level studies.In addition to his first wife, Sadiya, who is the daughter of the late emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, Mr. Sanusi has two other wives — Maryam and Rakiya.
The secret wedding was contracted in a low-keyed ceremony in the town of Yola on Friday.The wedding fatiha held inside the palace of the Lamido minutes after Jumma’at prayer.Insiders say that the influential emir only sent out invitation to some dignitaries across the country, as Kano government officials sneaked into Yola for the wedding fatiha to avoid journalists.
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, was said to have acted as the guardian for the groom, while his Adamawa counterpart, Jibrilla Bindow, played the role of the bride’s guardian, who gave her hands out in marriage to the monarch.
Shortly after the news broke, Nigerians took to Twitter to air their unhappiness that the Emir could marry someone that young.
Just before you watch the final show tonight, let's give you heads up!Jeffrey Akoh has emerged as the 2015 MTN Project Fame winner.
The 18 year old beat 5 other finalists to emerge the winner of the 8th season of MTN Project Fame.
Jeff is a Sound Engineering graduate from the SAE Institute, Cape Town and has consistently wowed judges and the audience by going all the way in eachof his performances.
He joins the likes of Iyanya, iMike, Ayoola, Chidinma,Monica, Olawale and Geoffrey as a Project Fame superstar.
Third runner up in the competition was Ada, with second runner up being Anderson and Pearl being the first runner up.
A 20 year old woman, Stephanie Moore sitting over asea turtle, apparently riding it, on a beach surfaced in July and sparked outrage and has been arrested.
Animal rights activists were furious at the creature being used for joke photographs and claimed the woman's actions could have harmed the beast.
In the United States it is illegal to interfere with sea turtle nesting.As the outrage grew, the photo was shared hundreds of ties on social media in the US and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission began an investigation.
The Melbourne Police Department posted the photo of Moore riding the turtle on their facebook page and said the 20-year-old has been arrested after officers responded to a "disturbance".
They said: "During the course of this investigation, officers encountered a subject with an active felony warrant."The felony warrant was in reference to a county court capias request reference possess, sell, molest marine turtle or eggs nest.
"The subject was one of the females seen taking photographs on the sea turtles and identified as Stephanie Marie Moore.
"Moore was arrested on the active warrant and taken to the Brevard County Jail where she will be held on a $2,000 bond.
No fewer than 30 people detained at the Kogi State office of the Directorate of State Service were freed on Friday night when it was attacked by gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect.
This was as four people, including an anti-riot policeman, were reportedly killed in the attack by the invading insurgents.
The attackers were said to haveimmediately made for the cell of the DSS office located along Hassan Katsina Road, Lokoja, and released all suspects kept there after gaining entrance.Our correspondent gathered that around 9.45pm on Friday, the gunmen with sophisticated weapons invaded the DSS office.
A source who spoke on condition of anonymity said the heavily armed men that stormed the DSS office appeared to have overwhelmed the DSS officials present, prompting a Deputy Director of the agency, whose name is yet to be ascertained, to quickly put adistress call to the police at about 10:40pm.
It was gathered that combined patrol teams of soldiers and policemen were later drafted to the place and they engaged the invaders in a gun duel for over seven hours.
The source said the security operatives later overpowered the attackers and some of them (invaders) fled into the bush.He added that at the end of the shootout, the bodies of a policeman and three of the attackers were discovered.
The source further said two of the attackers fled to Otokiti Housing Estate and forced themselves into one of the flats occupied by a woman. It was gathered that the woman quickly invited soldiers who responded immediately, arrested and took themaway.
The Kogi State Police Commissioner, Mr. Emmanuel Ojukwu, confirmed the attack to journalists in Lokoja.Ojukwu said,“We are still investigating and we cannot say much for now until we are able to lay our hands on the suspects. “We are working assiduously with other security agents in the state to ensure that we get to the root cause of the attack.
”Meanwhile the DSS has deployed operatives from itsAbuja headquarters to Lokoja, Kogi State to hunt down Boko Haram suspects that escaped from its detention facility in the state.
Beyonce took a break from her family vacation for a mind blowing performance at the Global Citizen Festival at CentralPark.
On stage with her was Edsheeran who brought Michelle Obama onstage..The two powerful women who are also close friendsembraced.
Earlier this month,Michelle was criticized for calling Beyonce an inspiration to women and young girls.
Many felt Beyonce isn't considering her 'nudity'' and raunchy performances on stage..
Some relationships end well, but some end very badly as one woman recently found out.News reports have not identified the woman or the nightclub but photos show what happened and it wasnot pretty.
When the woman, who was at the club with her new boyfriend, accepted a drink from her ex she did not realize what a mistake this was.
The drink was spiked, and the woman ended up leaving piles of poo all across the floor, her legs, her underwear, and her fashionable dress.
The ex was probably in stitches watching the woman desperatelytrying to hold it and being unsuccessful.
This is a warning to everyone, your ex may have more in mind than a truce, so don’t take that drink.
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Ms Shonibare is right after all. This report below by Reuters confirms that U.S. and European Union diplomats were disappointed Nigeria Government didn't send anyone to the event.
The United Nations, Chad, Niger and Cameroon appealed on Friday for help for millions of people in the Lake Chad Basin region forced to flee the violenceof Boko Haram and hit with repeated droughts and floods that have brought malnutrition and disease.
But while the radical Islamist militants operate out of Nigeria and U.N. aid chief Stephen O'Brien said that is where most people have been displaced by their attacks, Nigeria did not send anyone to the United Nations event. U.S. and European Union diplomats said they were disappointed that Nigeria did not attend the event chaired by O'Brien on the sidelines ofthe U.N. General Assembly.
The Nigerian U.N. mission was not immediately available to comment on its absence.
A regional offensive by Nigeria, Niger,Chad and Cameroon earlier this year drove Boko Haram from much of the territory it held in northern Nigeria.
But the militants have since struck back with a renewed wave of deadly raids and suicide bombings."These (displaced) families are being used as ammunition because it is the children that are used as bombers in markets and in train stations," said Chad's Foreign Minister Moussa Faki Mahamat.
"Trade is virtually wiped out in this area." Several U.N.diplomats at the event warned that the aid emergencyin Lake Chad Basin risked being forgotten amid otherhumanitarian crises in Syria, Yemen and South Sudan.
Niger Prime Minister Brigi Rafini said the region was in the midst of a "genuine disaster." "We need massive assistance from the international community," he said.
"It is the population that has shared with these refugees and displaced people the little they have while they themselves are living in extremely vulnerable situations."The United Nations said some 2.3 million people have been forced from their homes since May 2013, and a quarter of a million of them have fled from Nigeria into Cameroon, Chad and Niger, many walking hundreds of miles.
"Droughts and floods hit the region repeatedly. Malnutrition and disease outbreaks hover at emergency levels. Some 5.5 million people do not have enough to eat," O'Brien said."The emergence of Boko Haram has pushed them over the edge.
" O'Brien said U.N. appeals for 2015 to help those displaced people and refugees in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger were all less than half-funded.
The United States on Friday announced$6.8 million in funding for regional aid efforts. -Reuters
