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Wednesday, 15 July 2015

Policemen foil bank robbery in Delta

There was pandemonium on Tuesday after a group of armed youths tried to attack a bank on Udu Road, Warri, Delta State.

The incident started when a bullion van conveying money to the bank was held in a traffic jam, and the driver decided to drive against the traffic.

An oncoming tipper, in an attempt to avoid colliding with the bullion van, swerved from its lane and rammed into a pregnant woman.

Seventeen-year-old Beninoise woman, Abiodun Ojo, who killed her husband, Jimoh, in the Makoko area of Yaba, Lagos State, has said she poisoned her husband because she hated him.

Abiodun, during an interview with Punch Metro, blamed her father for forcing her to marry Jimoh, who she said never took care of her.

She said she had run away from the deceased three times, and was sent back by her father, who she described as the architect of her problem.

Punch Metro had reported that Abiodun had been handed over to Jimoh as wife by her father to stop her from marrying her boyfriend.

Fenerbahce have confirmed that Robin van Persie has joined the club from Manchester United.

The two clubs had agreed a fee for the 31-year-old striker last week while Van Persie passed a medical in London and signed a three-year deal, according to Soccernet.

Fenerbahce chairman Aziz Yildiram had claimed the deal was done on Saturday and Van Persie was mobbed by supporters when he arrived at Istanbul airport on Sunday before his unveiling on Tuesday.

The dreaded Boko Haram sect has killed 25 persons at the outskirts of Maiduguri, a member of youth vigilance group, Abba Izge, told our correspondent on the telephone on Tuesday in Maiduguri.

Izge said over a hundred Boko Haram militants stormed Mainok village in Konduga Local Government of Borno State, North-East Nigeria on Monday at about 6pm, killing residents at will in a siege that was on four over three hours.

He said the vehicles that were trapped in Mainok, along Maiduguri/Damaturu highways, were not spared as they were set ablaze by the hoodlums.

'Money is not justice,' says family in NY police death

Eric Garner's death in July 2014 was the first in a year of high-profile, racially-charged incidents in which white officers have been accused of using unreasonable force or being too quick to fire at black suspects.

The deaths have fueled nationwide protests, bitter debate about racism and demands for structural reforms to police practices.

The city of New York announced a settlement with the Garners on Monday, nine months after the family took steps towards seeking $75 million in damages.

Garner's loved ones and civil rights campaigner Al Sharpton urged the US federal government at a news conference to take up the case and to hold the white police officers accountable for his death.

"This does not represent justice. We call on the Department of Justice and (US Attorney General) Loretta Lynch to deliver justice for my father," said daughter Erica Garner.

"Justice is indictments and a fair trial."

MEET the eight-year-old girl who has two wombs, is unable to use the toilet and doesn't have a vagina.

Poppy Wadsworth was born with an incredibly rare condition which has left her "looking like a doll".
The little girl a has congenital birth condition called cloaca, which is when the rectum, vagina and urethra share a common channel.
She also has two wombs and has had to use a stoma bag since birth as she is unable to go to the toilet naturally.
Her one functioning kidney does not work properly and she is permanently on antibiotics to fight infections.

Until now not a lot could be done for Poppy, but her mum Alison Wadsworth is working hard to raise money for new life-altering operations.

The Federal Government has said it had succeeded in jamming the transmission signals of Radio Biafra, which had been operating illegally from an unknown location.

Dr Yemi Folasade-Esan, the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Information, stated this while speaking with State House correspondents after she had briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the activities of the ministry.

The six were placed in isolation cells in a basement in Kgosi Mampuru II Prison - dubbed ''the Cave'' - after being labelled troublemakers. They were representing prisoners from Odi Prison, north of Pretoria, who threatened to go on a hunger strike over a lack of parole programmes.

The commissioner of correctional services in Pretoria, Zebilion Monama, ordered the isolation of the inmates on June 25.

They have been in the Cave ever since, according to their lawyer, Connie Ntsoko.

She has being trying to bring their plight to the attention of correctional services since July 2.

The Correctional Services Department yesterday failed to respond to e-mail and SMS requests for comment.

Not a few security observers saw the above changes coming, especially since the president and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), have consistently condemned the failure of the military to tame the monster of terrorism under the watch of the last administration.

A former military officer, who did not want his name published, said: “The only surprise about the appointment of the new service chiefs is that it came later than expected. We all know that General Buhari was not happy with the way and manner the terrorists have been killing and maiming the people and what people were expecting was the immediate sack of the service chiefs on the day he was inaugurated, but that did not happen until today (yesterday). Buhari may have been biding his time in doing so.”

29 year old Lady Gaga shared photos of herself dressed in white holey Lycra jumpsuit while aboard a private jet and captioned it 'Fly Me To The Moon, can I take stow your bags for you sire.' l. More photos..

5 people have lost their lives in a stampede while waiting to collect Ramadan gifts from a businessman in Kaduna on Monday, July 13.

It was learnt that many others fainted during the stampede. The incident happened when people learnt that a businessman,who deals in dairy products, was sharing gifts at the Kabala Constain area in Kaduna North local government area of the state.

Hyon (far left) would typically sit just two seats away from Kim Jong-un at formal part meetings

North Korean military chiefs have confirmed that they brutally executed the country's defence chief using a massive anti-aircraft gun at close range. Seoul's National Intelligence Service told lawmakers that People's Armed Forces Minister Hyon Yong Chol was killed by anti-aircraft gunfire in May on charges of disloyalty to leader Kim Jong Un.

The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday morning ordered his vehicle to stop on Osborne Road, Ikoyi, while on his way to the office.Reason? He had just witnessed an accident on the road and stopped his vehicle in order to assist in the rescue of the victim.

Accoding to reports, the victim, Miss Angela Anukam, was driving alone in a wine-coloured Toyota Corolla at about 8.15am, when she lost control and rammed into the median of the road before the vehicle somersaulted.

president Muhammadu Buhari has approved N160 to $1 exchange rate for the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission’s (NCPC) operations.

The commission’s Executive Secretary, John Keneddy-Opara, told State House correspondents after briefing Buhari on the commission’s activities at the State House, Abuja.

He said: “As you are aware, he has approved $1 to N160 for the conventional exchange rate for this pilgrimage operation and he also agreed that he will continue to encourage us, particularly as we drive to ensure self-sustenance, to make sure that the pilgrims are able to pay for the pilgrimages by removing government sponsorship.

Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole has again taken on former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

He accused her of illegally taking $1 billion from the Federation Account to fund the failedre-election bid of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Explaining how he arrived at the figure, Oshiohmole said the former minister’s claim that the $2.1 billion alleged to have been illegally withdrawn for subsidy payment had been refuted by fuel importers, who said they got only $1 billion.

There is a direct link between headaches, high blood pressure (or hypertension) and stroke. If you have high blood pressure and are experiencing constant headaches, chances are that you are well on your way to having a stroke.

Of course, not all headaches are due to high blood pressure, but all high blood pressure causes headaches. Although headaches may be due to several maladies, including tension, migraine, eye strain, dehydration, low blood sugar, sinusitis and common cold, much rarer are headaches due to life-threatening conditions such as meningitis, which is a bacterial infection of the brain covering, encephalitis – an infection of the brain; cerebral aneurysms (an expansion of the blood vessels in the brain), extremely high blood pressure and brain cancer.

Freeze Reveals His Estranged Wife Was Physically Abusive & Left Him With Injuries

Popular radio personality Freeze has opened up on his sour relationship with estranged wife and mother of his two kids.. He alleges during his 15 year union with her, she beat him up and left him with injuries ...

Gospel singer, Nikki Laoye has explained to E-Rave why she thinks marriages fail especially celebrity marriages. Here is what she said to them.

Most individuals do not find their ‘friends’ in their partners which however contributes to the growing rate of failed celebrity marriages. One major thing I think is responsible for failed marriages is when one is very insensitive to his/her partner. Women love attention.

Cossy released hot new photos...

Sokoto Governor Pays July Salary Ahead Of Eid-el-Fitr

The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal has approved the immediate payment of July salaries to workers of the state ahead of the Eid-el-Fitr.

This was made known in a press statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mallam Imam Imam today. It also stated that payment of salaries has commenced for all categories of workers in the state civil service.

A mother who allegedly allowed a 41-year-old man to move into her 13-year-old daughter’s room has been charged with permitting sexual abuse of a child.

Aurora Vertiz, 55, is accused of fostering the relationship between her daughter and the man who is nearly 30 years older than her, including being aware of their sexual relationship.

Within three months of the man moving into the home in Chicago, Vertiz’s 13-year-old daughter had become pregnant, which she failed to report to the police.

African Football.com can exclusively reveal that former Nigeria skipper Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha has made a last-ditch move to assist in-coming Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh.

Oliseh will this week sign a contract as the Super Eagles coach after Stephen Keshi was sacked for a breach of trust.

However, AfricanFootball.com has reliably learnt that ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha got through to several top officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) while discussions with Oliseh were on to put himself forward as assistant coach.

Barclays English Premier League champions Chelsea’s management has slammed a staggering €35 millon tag on Nigerian international John mikel Obi, if he hopes to leave Stamford Bridge for any clubside during the current transfer window.

Indications to this effect emerged on Sunday morning when a website AA cupiously quoted Fenerbahçe president Aziz Yildirim has saying in Turkey that Chelsea’s management asked him to cough out €35 million for Mikel. The Fenerbache president didn’t say if he would meet the €35million asking price for Mikel or look elsewhere for his replacement.

Residents of Starline Housing Estate located off Ovom-Azumini road, Ofgbor Hill on the outskirts of Aba, Abia State were at the weekend thrown into confusion as gunmen stormed the area.

The gunmen said to be four abducted a nurse whose name was given as Uchechi Stephen.

The nurse according to sources in the area was abducted in front of her resident while waiting for her gateman to open the gate of her compound.

The incident, Nation gathered happened around 8pm while returning from work without knowing that the gang had laid ambush for her.

AT least 15 persons were killed on Saturday when a group of unidentified gunmen opened fire at the popular Agbonchia Market in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State.

The gunmen, who were about three in number, stormed the market on a motorcycle and shot sporadically at a place where motorcycles were washed inside the market.

Apart from those that were killed as a result of the attack, an undisclosed number of people sustained serious injuries.

It's no news Freeze of Cool Fm has separated from his wife of 12 years. However, he may have been hinting at the reason for their split..The couple who have two kids got married in 2002 after dating for three years..Freeze is said to have dragged her to court for the dissolution of their marriage and she is not objecting it...
Last night, he posted this alongside a shot of his Hublot watch

I thank GOD for the fact that I don't have to wake up beside a violent adulteress! It's 12 minutes to 5 on the 12th of July all I have is praise for the Almighty!

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a woman, Helen Okeke, who allegedly killed her neighbour, identified only as Rose, in the Ikota, Ajah area of the state.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Okeke slit Rose’s throat after the duo reportedly had an argument over who poured urine on the latter’s clothes that were spread on the entrance door to her room.

The incident occurred at about 5pm last Wednesday in the Ikota Housing Estate, Ikota Second Gate area.

Our correspondent gathered that Rose, who was reportedly preparing for her wedding, had returned from work in the afternoon, and noticed a foul smell on the clothes spread on her door.

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Sunday said the Central Bank of Nigeria’s decision to stop foreign exchange sale to importers of 41 items might lead to the closure of many manufacturing companies in the country.

According to the chamber, many of the listed items are raw materials, which manufacturing companies usually need for production.

In a communiqué it issued after a public forum with officials of the CBN in Lagos, the chamber said the policy might lead to job losses.

Photos: Trailer Falls On Family Car, Kills Four Out Of Six

A trailer today fell on a car conveying a family of six at Finotel Junction, along Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, Awka, Anambra State killing four out of six of them instantly, which included their parents.

The accident which was so fatal got the attention of the State Governor who has said he will be responsible for the hospital bills of the two surviving family members. See more photos of the fatal accident after the cut.

Bill Cosby’s wife knows her husband is a serial philanderer, but believes his scores of accusers consented to drugs and sex, two confidants of the couple say.

Last week’s revelation that Cosby admitted during a deposition that he intended to ply women with Quaaludes before bedding them barely fazed Camille Cosby, the insiders told The Post.

“Camille still doesn’t believe that Bill provided drugs and had sex with women without their consent,” said a source employed by the Cosby family. “She’s well aware of his cheating, but she doesn’t believe that her husband is a rapist.”

Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, celebrated her 18th birthday in Lebanon on Sunday by opening a school for Syrian refugee girls and called on world leaders to invest in "books not bullets".

Malala became a symbol of defiance after she was shot on a school bus in Pakistan 2012 by the Taliban for advocating girls' rights to education. She continued campaigning and won the Nobel in 2014.

"I decided to be in Lebanon because I believe that the voices of the Syrian refugees need to be heard and they have been ignored for so long," Malala told Reuters in a schoolroom decorated with drawings of butterflies.

This man who disguised as a woman was arrested near the market where Boko Haram suicide bomber struck in N'djamena the Chadian capital killing a total of 14 people yesterday July 11th. There has been an increase in number of male suicide bombers who disguise as females in the West African region.

PHOTOS: Actress Yvonne Jegede Flaunts Her Assets

Yvonne Jegede sure want the guys to see her stuffs. See more photos

IF 37-year-old Tope Oni could turn the hand of the clock back, he would have wished he never knew a man called Mr Kayode Adebayo (37). This is because the man, Adebayo, who is currently on the run from law enforcement agents in Oyo State Police Command, allegedly introduced Oni into the crime that has landed him in police net.

The stock in trade of Oni and his runaway partner was to look for vehicles put up for sale, tender a fake bank draft which would be given to the vehicle owner. After the payment of the fake bank draft into the account of the vehicle owner, a fake bank alert would be received, which would make the car owner believe the payment and release the car, only to discover later that he had been conned.

Nollywood actress, Florence Onuma, is not a new face in the movie industry. Though she has not been featuring in movies lately, her contributions to the craft can’t be easily forgotten. The veteran thespian, in this interview with SEYI SOKOYA, speaks on her new comedy series, Akpos & Company, her career and proffers solutions to marriage problems. Excerpts:

You have been in the industry for decades; could you still recall how it started?

I graduated in 1991 from the University of Jos, where I studied Theatre Arts. My husband studied abroad and we got married after school. I had done some stage plays in UniJos during the university days. I would say I started acting before I got married. So, I combined acting with my marriage.

A 32-year-old man, Adebisi Ademola has been arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court sitting at Iyaganku, Ibadan, for conducting himself in a manner likely to cause the breach of peace at Soka area of Ibadan, Oyo State.

Brought before Magistrate Munira Giwa-Babalola on Monday, July 6 in Court 9, Iyaganku, the charge against Ademola, with suit number MI/382C/2015, read: “That you Adebisi Ademola (32) and one other at large on June 28, 2015 at 9a.m. at Soka area, Ibadan, did conduct yourself in a manner likely to cause the breach of the peace by unlawfully entering the house of one Yinka Ayoola of Soka area, Ibadan, and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 249 (d) of Criminal Code Cap 38 Volume 2 laws of Oyo State of Nigeria 2000”.

Apart from the documented 444 murdered victims, hundreds of wounded persons and thousands newly displaced, all from a surprising fresh onslaught by Boko Haram on scores of communities and towns in at least six northern states of Nigeria, the questions on the lips of Nigerians monitoring the carnage would all meet at some point. Was the inaugural speech of President Muhammadu Buhari on May 29, 2015 in which he promised to stamp out Boko Haram shortly, just a brilliant prose with no work plan for execution?

Was his diatribe on the terrorists and his renewed pledge to route the insurgents mere bravado; a politically-right outing to woo everyone as the messiah, while knowing deep inside him he had no such capability?

Thirty-year-old Blessing Augustine, who hails from Kogi State but resides in Lugbe Zone 4, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, has been accused of defiling the one-year-old daughter of his neighbour.

While pretending to play with her, he allegedly poked his finger at different times into the baby girl’s genital and in the process broke her hymen. The alleged act of Augustine came to light when the baby’s father reported him to the police and he was arrested. The baby was taken to Gwarimpa General Hospital and Amaco Hospital, a private health facility, where doctors in both places confirmed that she was defiled.

According to Premium Times, the incident occurred at ECWA church in Tudunwa, Angwan yashi, near the Federal Secretariat in Jos. Leadership reports that it was a twin explosion.

An eye witness characterized the explosion as “massive” and the sound from it as very loud. The death toll is feared to be high as there were a lot of worshippers present at the service.

Don’t sacrifice human lives on altar of money, profit, Pope tells politicians

Pope Francis decried the scourge of corruption as the “gangrene of a people” on Saturday in Paraguay, one of the poorest countries in South America and where graft is rampant.

The 78-year-old pope — in Paraguay on the last stop of a three-nation tour of South America — also railed against ideologies and hammered home the central theme of his trip to his home continent: equality.

Speaking to an enchanted crowd of 5,000 at a small stadium in the capital Asuncion, Francis drifted away from his scripted remarks, saying that “ideologies end badly, they do not work, they do not take into account the people.”

“Look what happened with ideologies in the last century… they ended in dictatorships, always,” he added, applause ringing out in response.

(Photo/ Screenshot of CCTV News)

A total of 109 illegal immigrants, who were repatriated from Thailand to China onThursday, had been on their way to Turkey, Syria or Iraq to join jihad, the Ministry of Public Security confirmed Saturday.

Several recruitment gangs were uncovered in Turkey by a Chinese police investigation,which was also discovered that Turkish diplomats in some Southeast Asian countries hadfacilitated the illegal movement of people.

A large number of radicalized Chinese and the heads of organized gangs, also known assnakeheads, have been deported from Southeast Asia this year, according to the ministry.

The concept of love transcends time, culture and geographical location. Love can calm the greatest storms in life, bring joy to those in mourning, and not to mention cover a multitude of sins (1 Peter 4:8). I believe love is oxygen for the soul.

This concept is something that I’ve been processing for awhile now, so much so that it will be the focus of my next book. Why? Because I believe love is one of the greatest forces the world has ever seen. The greatest example of it? Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross for the sake of those who didn’t deserve an ounce of it.
Love is powerful. Love is contagious. Love is Jesus.

LAST Sunday’s stunning healing testimony of 43- year old Ifeyinwa Okafor who claimed to have been miraculously delivered from the scourge of breast cancer has re-enacted the debate over whether faith healing which is based on beliefs should be integrated into science-based medicine.

Despite loud allegations of some clerics financially inducing people to give fake testimonies, people still claim that they have been healed of cancer and other debilitating ailments and terminal diseases. Not too long ago, there were reports of a mini revival at Ketu Bus Stop in Lagos when an unidentified pastor allegedly delivered a mentally unstable man from the spirit of insanity.

Amber Rose showed off her new swimsuit as she hung out by the pool. Another photo..

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that his eldest daughter, Iyabo, told him he was going to die in office. He also said his daughter said if that should happen, she would not weep for him.

The former President said he, nevertheless, replied his daughter that such weeping or no weeping would not mean anything to him since he would not be there to appreciate it.

For Bobby Brown, the clouds of grief that have been hovering for months parted for a moment on Saturday. As his eldest daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown lies in hospice care, Brown's wife Alicia Etheredge welcomed a brand new baby girl.

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT- Eric Garner put in fatal chokehold by NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo

Loathed, threatened and a pariah, Daniel Pantaleo, the NYPD officer who put Eric Garner in fatal chokehold, is ready to get back on job..

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Buhari sacks Tafida, Bianca, Maduekwe, Farounbi, others

The call of duty is over for top ranking members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who were appointed ambassadors by former President Goodluck Jonathan.

They were recalled home last night by President Muhammadu Buhari after three years of service abroad.

Prominent among them are a former Foreign Affairs Minister , Chief Ojo Maduekwe (Canada); Chairman of the Jonathan Presidential Campaign Organisation in the 2011 election, Dr. Dalhatu Tafida (UK);Professor Ade Adefuye (USA);widow of the late Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Bianca (Spain);and former deputy governor of Oyo State, Mr. Taofeek Arapaja (Jordan).

Silifat and Nurudeen are children of the late prominent politician from Ibadan, Oyo State, Adegoke Adelabu. The duo tellsOLUFEMI ATOYEBI that the death of their father in 1958 denied them quality education

How much of your father do you know?

Nurudeen: I am the only surviving son of the late Adegoke Adelabu. I was two years old when he died but it is difficult to forget what he looked like and the affection he gave us. I also learnt a lot about him through my siblings and the life he led.

He was a political hero and contemporary of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo. They were at the centre of the country’s politics at the same time. When Awolowo was the Premier, my father was the pillar of the opposition at the time. He put Awolowo and his Action Group on their toes with constructive criticisms as the opposition leader in the Western Region House of Assembly.

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