Kevin Abosi Updates

Wednesday, 2 September 2015

Pope changes Catholic rule on abortion

Pope Francis on Tuesday directed priests across the world to grant forgiveness to women who have had abortions.

The pontiff said the women should be granted absolution during the Jubilee year of Mercy which starts on December, 8.

The gravity of abortion, according to the church, is likened to attacking a bishop or desecrating the Eucharist. Tuesday’s announcement, however, did not change the belief but sought to relieve affected women of the burden for the specific period of the Jubilee year – December 8, 2015, to November 20, 2016.

Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez, oil magnate, diplomat and Permanent Representative of Central African Republic to the United Nations (UN) is dead.

The billionaire businessman died yesterday in a Brussels, Belgium hospital after a brief illness, a source close to the family said. He was 79.

Details of the death remained hazy last night.

One of Africa’s richest men, the late Fernandez was born in Lagos into the Fernandez family which originated from Brazil.

Mr. Ohi Alegbe

•Vandalism claims 350 lives in three years •Warri refinery remains shut •Crude prices drop over 4% on China worries

Ejiofor Alike in Lagos and Chineme Okafor in Abuja â€¨
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced its intention to end crude oil theft in Nigeria within eight months using drones to monitor the movement of crude oil bearing vessels.

PHOTO: African migrant caught hiding in car's engine in attempt to enter Spain

A desperate migrant was captured attempting to smuggle himself into Spain while hiding behind a car’s engine.
The unidentified man - who is thought to be from Guinea - was discovered by stunned officials at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.He were discovered after police thought the car’s driver was nervous.

According to the Telegraph,the car had travelled from Morocco and border officials found the migrant lying in a foetal position behind the car’s engine and radiator.

Senator Shehu Sani who represents Kaduna central senatorial district at the Senate has described Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state as a glorified tout deficient in morals, character & courteousness.

Senator Sani said this while responding to the statement released by Fayose yesterday August 31st in which he, Fayose, described President Buhari as the President of Northern Nigeria. In his response, Senator Sani said

Ngozi Nwosu had a close shave with death few years ago and it took the prompt intervention of the Lagos State government to come to her rescue, footing the bills of her treatment abroad.
At a point, a magazine even reported that she was suffering from the deadly HIV/AIDS disease, but today, the actress is back on her feet, doing what she loves doing, putting smile on the faces of people through acting.

Ngozi, who spoke with Encomium magazine recently, said she wishes not to remember her sad experience because it was then she confirmed her true friends.

A 45- year- old teacher , Akintobi Kayode , who allegedly put his sexual organ into the anus of a 14 -year -old deaf and dumb boy, was on Tuesday hauled up before an Ikeja Magistrates ’ Court.

The Magistrate, Mrs L .Y . Balogun, slammed on the accused a bail of N200 , 000 and with two sureties in like sum. Balogun said one of the sureties should either be a religious leader or a traditional leader .

The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that Kayode, who resides at 8, Oladelu St. , Ogba in Ikeja , is standing trial on a two -count charge of rape and breach of peace .

Kris Jenner's lips were mysteriously swollen,causing her to cancel an appearance on planned segment on Bachelors In Paradise .The swelling happened shortly after she returned from the Caribbean isle of St Barts.Sh called in to the show and said

'I don't know what happened. I feel like I got a bite on my face and like half of my face blew up,'Kris said she tried everything to get her face back to normal.'They [her doctor] gave me everything they could possibly give me in 12 hours,' 'It went down a little bit, but not quite enough. I'm a little too vain, I think, to go on live TV with a huge lip.'

The Kardashian momager explained that it wasn't the first time her face had swollen up, with a similar thing happening back in 2012 as pictured...

Police officers in Ondo State has allegedly brutally murdered a widow simply identified as Mrs Aderonke Eze, The lawless police officers from the Ala unit of the Oda Divisional Police Station of the Ondo State Command. allegedly killed her after brutally hitting her head with the butt of the gun repeatedly until she collapsed.
Mrs Eze who lived at No. 1, Akinyemi Street, off Ijoka road, Sijuwade close in Akure, runs “mini bear parlor joint” close to her residence in Akure, SaharaReporters learned on Monday.

The late widow was killed on Sunday evening by the officers.

After her death, the policemen dumped the remains of the deceased widow, who left behind three little children, at the general hospital’s morgue in Akure.

A police sergeant in Bauchi State, Godwin Hosea, has been promoted to the rank of Inspector for fabricating a bullet proof jacket.

Decorating the officer at the police headquarters in Bauchi on Monday, the state police commissioner, Mohammed Mohammed, commended him for displaying exceptional talent.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday arrested top officials of the Adamawa State University for selling a N13 million government-owned Toyota Land Cruiser as scrap.

The commission’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the arrest in a telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES.

Mr. Uwujaren said the vice chancellor of the university, Shall David Joshua, and the bursar, K.E. Anjili, were among those arrested.

Self-acceptance begins in infancy, with the influence of your parents and siblings and other important people. Your own level of self-acceptance is determined largely by how well you feel you are accepted by the important people in your life.

Your attitude toward yourself is determined largely by the attitudes that you think other people have toward you. When you believe that other people think highly of you, your level of self-acceptance and self-esteem goes straight up.

File photo: Suspects paraded in Rivers

The two months emergency declared by the Rivers State Police Command against violent crimes came to an end, yesterday, with the arrest of 214 armed robbery suspects and recovery of 152 arms.

Speaking on the operations of the command, outgoing Commissioner of Police, Mr Chris Ezike, at the headquarters of the Police command in Port Harcourt, said 638 ammunition and 312 cartridges were among items recovered from suspects, adding that 41 different brands of vehicles , cash sums were also recovered from the suspects.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday reflected on its 17 years of existence and concluded that some of its pioneer members left because they could not handle the competition within the party.The party also stated that only Nigerians could explain why it lost the 2015 presidential elections in spite of the achievements in the last 17 years.

The party however denied that corruption was part of its achievement in the light of attempts by current administration to probe the immediate past administration.

Gov Lamido

The newly appointed Managing Director of Jigawa State Television House, Alhaji Ishaq Hadeja, has vowed to recover over N136 million from the former interim committee of the station.

The committee, headed by two former Director Generals of NTA, Alhaji Muhamamd Ibrahim and Mr. Tony Iredia, with three other veteran broadcast journalists, Timawus Mathias, Adamu Aliyu Kiyawa, and Aminu Ahmed, were alleged to have received a whopping N136m from the administration of Governor Sule Lamido.

Compliments complement

For nearly three decades, relationship expert Terri Orbuch has conducted a research project following 373 married couples. She’s found that couples who regularly give each other “affective affirmation” — meaning “compliments, help and support, encouragement and subtle nonsexual rewards, such as hand holding” — are the happiest. Orbuch, host of the upcoming public television special, “Secrets From The Love Doctor,” says a key finding is that “men crave affective affirmation more than women, because women typically get it from people other than their husbands.”

An Egor Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo State, on Monday sentenced one Lucky Esonahae to five years imprisonment for setting his pregnant lover ablaze.

The 37-year-old bar operator was arraigned on one count bordering on causing bodily harm.

The charge read, “That you, Lucky Esonahae, on July 6, 2015, at Uwelu Quartres, Benin, in the Egor Magisterial District, did cause grievous harm to one Stella Isaac, by setting her on fire with kerosene, which cause her bodily harm and, thereby, committed an offence punishable under Section 355(B) of the Criminal Code Cap 48, Vol. II, Law of the defunct Bendel State of Nigeria, 1976, as applicable to Edo State.”

A Church service was reportedly disrupted by four masquerades who flogged the pastors and the worshipers in Epinmi Akoko area of Ondo state.

One of the masquerades, Tunde Arohunmolase was however arrested while others fled after flogging the pastors and the worshipers.Police source said that the masquerades invade the Christ Apostolic Church in the town while the service was on-going and abruptly ended it.

About 17 years after she was born through In Vitro Fertilisation, Nigeria’s first test tube baby, Miss Hannatu Kupchi, has secured admission into a Hungarian University to study medicine.

The medical doctor that supervised the first IVF experiment in Nigeria, Dr. Ibrahim Wada, said Hannatu’s birth on February 11, 1998, at Nisa Premier Hospital in Abuja, signalled a revolution in the practice of medicine in Nigeria.

Speaking on Sunday evening in Abuja during a brief reception and presentation of an award to Kupchi, he said, “When I was out of this country, I knew there were people who wanted babies. I made the decision to come back to Nigeria to help people. It happened on February 11, 1998 when this historic event occurred in this hospital.”

The Presidency and the ruling All Progressives Congress have come under fire for saying that President Muhammadu Buhari never promised Nigerians that he would achieve specific things within his first 100 days in office.

Nigerians on social media expressed disappointment at the party and Presidency’s excuses.

The protest on Twitter, which was titled, #100dayspromise, was directed at the APC and the Presidency for being insincere with Nigerians during the electioneering.

Ivy-covered house witnesses love of 23 years

Ivy-covered house witnesses love of 23 years. (Photo/ huaxi100.com)

Sun Sufang, 65, sits in a chair in the front of an ivy covered house at the end of JunxingRoad in Ziyang City, Sichuan province on Aug 26. The house behind her is about to bedemolished by local government.

Sun and her family reached an agreement to leave the old house for a new one a day ago.

Sun said those ivy wines were planted by her late husband all around the house. "Heplanted for me because he knew that I love greens." Sun’s husband passed away six yearsago. "That ivy wines are precious,because they are all he left for me."

At first, Sun were not willing to move out the ivy-covered old house, where is filled with allgood memories with her husband. In order to provide a better housing condition for hergrandchildren, she finally decided to say goodbye to those 23 year old ivy wines.

23 years ago, the house is situated in the suburb of Ziyang city. Neighbors plantedvegetables around their houses at that time. Only Sun’s family planted ivy wines aroundtheir house. At time goes by, the house is now fully covered with ivy wines and becoming adreamy place for tourists.

The lush ivy wines often remind Sun of her late husband. She used to compliment herhusband, saying "Ivy wines turned our home into a dreamy place".

However, Sun’s house is about to be demolished because local government plans to buildhigher buildings there. Sun’s family will move to a new house. "I want my son and mygrandchildren to live in a new house but I’ll miss my old ivy-covered home."

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Mike Kusneraitis, who shared this picture with the caption 'If Carlsberg did illegal immigrants', admitted some of his posts were 'misjudged'

A Conservative councillor is being investigated by council chiefs after sharing a photo of a boat full of 14 naked women with a caption reading: "If Carlsberg did illegal immigrants."

Mike Kusneraitis, on the Tory-run Runnymede Borough Council in Surrey, said he should be judged on his actions in the community, not by "misjudged postings on social media".

The councillor admitted making a number of "offensive" postings on a Facebook page, which have now been removed.

A former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, now Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, escaped death Monday morning after his car got involved in an accident along the Airport Road in Abuja.
PREMIUM TIMES learnt that the accident occurred near the Bolingo Junction close to the Ship House, Abuja.
A witness said Mr. Akpabio was moving in a convoy of vehicles towards the City Gate when his vehicle ran into another car.

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said President Mohammadu Buhari was operating as a president of the Northern Nigeria only, describing steps taken by the president since May 29, 2015 as tainted in ethnic and tribal colouration, which is inimical to the unity of Nigeria.

In this dynamic age, it is not too difficult to distinguish between a serious/committed partner and a ‘runs babe’. Some of the signs that will enable you know that your own gal is manifestly a ‘runs babe’ are summarized below:

The MTV VMAs returned to Los Angeles on Sunday, Aug. 30, and the stars were out to play. With Miley Cyrus leading the charge as host just two years after that infamous foam finger incident, the night showcased music’s biggest names and collaborations.Taylor Swift went into the night with nine nominations, winning Best Pop Video over Beyonce’s “7/11” and pal Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud,” while Fall Out Boy took home the Moonman for Best Rock Video for "Uma Thurman."

See the full list of winners and nominees below.......

I have been wondering what will make a trained police officer, soldier, navy or even a vigilante to open a direct gun fire aimed at unarmed civilians if not madness.
I don't encourage violence but what happened in Onitsha yesterday was a provocation to violence which I am very sure the people involved may not be able to curtail when it starts.

Horror photos when you continue:

In order to look more like US president Barack Obama, Xiao Jiguo recently got plastic surgery to slightly adjust some of his facial features.

The 29-year-old already bore a striking resemblance to Obama and has been making a livelihood by mimicking Obama for almost four years.

There was commotion on Sunday at the United Methodist Church, Mafoluku, in the Oshodi area of Lagos as members of the church rejected their pastor and chased him away for allegedly impregnating his housemaid.

It was learnt that the pastor, Barkuma Andrew, was stopped from leading the church seven months ago when the housemaid, who was also a member of the church, Grace, had complications after aborting the pregnancy.
Andrew lives with his wife, children, wife’s cousin, Favour, and Grace in a three-bedroomed flat on the church premises.

Operatives vow to frustrate sect’s activities

Detectives have arrested 19 suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Lagos, Enugu, Plateau, Kano and Gombe states.

The suspects were some of the commanders and frontline members of the sect who had played active roles in its bloody campaign, particularly in the Northeastern.

The MTV Video Music Awards saw stars strut in some interesting outfits.Aside from host Miley Cyrus who kept shocking in different attires,Amber Rose and Blac Chyna made an interesting entrance in outfits with words commonly attributed to them boldly writen.Amber is obviously promoting her Slut Walk event..
See more stars below

An Asaba-based vigilance group has uncovered a joint where female teenagers dance naked and has arrested the operator of the joint.

The joint, located in Asaba, hosts bizarre activities, including pornographic shows, especially at weekends.

Confirming the arrest of the operator, the vigilance group boss, Chukwudi Nnamdi, said the suspect was arrested last week Thursday and handed over to the police.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has commenced a full investigation into the activities of the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.

It was learnt on Sunday that the commission constituted a four-member committee of crack detectives to probe all the NNPC accounts which were supervised by the former minister.

It was learnt that the committee was led by a Superintendent of Police, who was seconded to the commission.

Mikel Obi Secretly Fathers Two Children with Different Women A Report Claims

UK Mirror reports: Chelsea footballer John Obi Mikel has secretly fathered two children with different women, it has emerged today. The 28-year-old midfielder is dad to a four-year-old son and a one-year-old daughter after short relationships with the women.

He is understood to have bought a £500,000 house in 2013 in the Home Counties for his son and mum and is keen to play a part in the boy's life.

In a new memoir Chrissie Hynde reveals she was sexually assaulted by a motorcycle gang in Ohio in the early 1970s

Women who walk around drunk and provocatively dressed should expect to be sexually assaulted, Chrissie Hynde, the lead singer of the Pretenders, has suggested.

The former chart topper claimed in a Sunday newspaper interview that scantily clad women were likely to “entice a rapist” and that it is their “fault” if they are attacked.

An air strike by a Saudi-led coalition killed 36 civilians working at a bottling plant in the northern Yemeni province of Hajjah on Sunday, residents said.

"The process of recovering the bodies is finished now. The corpses of 36 workers, many of them burnt or in pieces, were pulled out after an air strike hit the plant this morning," resident Issa Ahmed told Reuters by phone from the site.

A man has been arrested for allegedly shooting a sheriff's deputy while he was at a gas station in northwest Harris County, Texas, at about 8:30 p.m. on Friday night.
Darren Goforth with the Harris County Sheriff's Office in Texas, was shot from behind while pumping gas at the Houston station. He was in uniform at the time. He died from his wounds. "The male suspect came up behind him and shot the deputy multiple times," Deputy Thomas Gilliland said at a press briefing.

After the officer fell, "the suspect came over and shot the deputy multiple times as he lay on the ground," Gilliland continued.

British Library. File photo.
Image by: Wikimedia Commons

Academics have criticised the British government for creating a "climate of fear" after the national library declined to store the world's biggest collection of Taliban-related documents over concerns it could be prosecuted under terrorism laws.

A group of international researchers spent years putting together a trove of documents related to the Afghan Taliban, including official newspapers from their time in power, poems, maps, radio broadcasts, and several volumes of laws and edicts -- digitising the estimated two-three million words and translating everything into English.

It was hoped the project, which was launched in 2012 and included members of the British Library on its advisory board, would prove an unprecedented resource for academics and officials trying to understand the movement and the ongoing insurgency in Afghanistan.

Between himself, his Chief Security Officer and the former Petroluem Minister, former President Goodluck Jonathan spent, in just one deal, a princely $6.9 million dollars to buy three 40-feet mobile stages for use during mass public speaking events, investigations have now revealed.

The Saudi man currently weighs in at a hefty 23 stone – but his potential father-in-law wants him to lose another nine before he can set a wedding date.
A dad has told his daughter's potential new husband he must lose up to NINE stone before he marries her – because he is too fat.

The hopeful husband-to-be wants to ask his neighbour for her hand in marriage – but her dad told him he has to shed nine stone from his hefty 23-stone physique.
The dejected man told Saudi Arabian newspaper Makkah: "For the last three years, I have been working hard to slash my weight.
"I have been exercising and dieting relentlessly."

A student with 42D boobs claims Cristiano Ronaldo's "obsession" with her boobs led to his split from model Irina Shayk.
Brazilian Diana Satilho said the Real Madrid star nicknamed her impressive assets "his girls" and asked to see them over webcam, according to a new report.
The 29-year-old told The Sun:

"He said he loved big ones, that's why he noticed me. He asked me to strip a few times but mostly he just wanted to see his 'girls'."

Diana claims the pair finally met during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and then in September, where they allegedly had sex three times in one night.

A Nigerian health tourist who cost the NHS £145,000 having quintuplets has said she never even saw a bill.

Bimbo Ayelabola, 37, had to have a complex caesarean section after travelling to Britain while pregnant in 2011. The operation and neo-natal care for the five babies cost the Health Service in excess of £145,000 – but Miss Ayelabola never paid a penny towards the bill.

Tonto Dikeh is now officially married to Mr X, Churchill Oladunni. Their traditional wedding held yesterday at Tonto's hometown in Obiokpor LGA, Rivers state.

This is a big surprise. Tonto's team did a fab job keeping sealed lips about her wedding till it happened. Strong team she's got. Wishing her and hubby a happy married life. See more pics after the cut.

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Dozens of virgin girls and young women were killed as they traveled to the traditional festival where the King of Swaziland is know to pick a new bride from thousands of topless, dancing virgins.
The tragic accident, which happened along the MR3 Highway, Mahhala, involved two trucks, which were ferrying maidens and a sedan.

Gloria Ogunbadejo

When women are not interested in sex or struggle to be physically intimate with their partners, my experience in talking to them is that they generally tend to blame themselves (I’ve never understood that). Many women actually say they ‘fake’ it (I used to think that was only in magazines).

Many women believe it’s their duty, and it doesn’t really matter if they don’t want to as long as they take care of their partners (another rationale that I find curious). Don’t get me wrong, it goes without saying that there will be days when both couples may not particularly be in the mood and you find ways to attend to your partner in the way loving couples do. I am more concerned about women who are not paying attention to those ongoing uncomfortable emotional or psychological feelings they have in relationship to sex and intimacy with their partners.

On June 13, 2015, a baby was dumped at Obazuaye Street in Evbuareke Quarters, Uselu, Benin City, at about 11am.

Residents, including Mr and Mrs Osarhiakhi Ebohon, thronged the scene to catch a glimpse of the little girl, wrapped in a black nylon bag. The Ebohons, among other residents, placed curses on whoever might have thrown the child away. The police was invited to take away the baby who was later sent to the Ministry of Women Affairs in Edo State. But later that night, Mrs. Ebohon observed that their eldest daughter, Joy, was feeling uneasy. She tried to find out what her daughter’s problem was, to no avail.

However she went to inform the husband to probe Joy to know her problem. At about 5am the following day, Mr Ebohon woke her daughter up and threatened her to tell him the cause of her unease.

Former Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday, warned his successor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, against taking God for granted.

Amaechi also said he decided to shun the judicial commission of inquiry set up by Wike because the panel was illegal.

The ex-governor, while speaking with his supporters and members of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, stated that he would only appear before the commission of inquiry if Wike complied with the law.

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