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Saturday, 12 September 2015

DIA Arrests Eight Over Sallah Day Plan To Bomb Abuja

The Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) yesterday, arrested eight suspects over alleged plan to detonate bombs in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja during the forth coming Sallah celebration scheduled for Thursday, September 24, 2015.

LEADERSHIP WEEKEND checks confirm that the suspects were arrested by DIA when they sneaked into the FCT to perfect and execute the heinous crime.

Though the identity of the suspects were not revealed, our source said the DIA has already taken the eight men into custody and are currently undergoing screening and interrogation, adding that useful information is being extracted from the suspects.

Graphic photos: Over 50 killed in crane accident in Saudi Arabia

Over 50 people wer killed after a crane collapsed on the Grand Mosque in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca this evening. According to Saudi Arabia's Civil Defence Authority, 30 people were wounded and are currently receiving treatment. Details as to what caused the accident is still sketchy but the photos released so far show that the crane crashed through the mosque roof. More pics after the cut..

The management of the Western Lodge Hotel has announced that a man, identified simply as Sunday, has died at their hotel room at Ishawo Road, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

Room service discovered his corpse around 1am in his room.

All the contacts on his mobile phone were said to have been deleted, making it difficult for his relations to be contacted.

Patrick Zhuwawo takes over as Minister of Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment in place of Christopher Mushohwe, who assumes the information portfolio.

Zhuwawo becomes the third person to lead the empowerment ministry since Mugabe and his party won elections in 2013, heading up the drive to force foreign-owned firms, including mines, to sell at least 51 percent of their shares to locals.

A man surnamed Zhao and his brother in Xi'an dug up eight pieces of bronze wares of thelate Shang and early Zhou Dynasty in their backyard, and attempted to sell them. In April,Zhao was sentenced 15 years in prison. Lately, the Supreme Court of Shaanxi provincerejected Zhao's appeal.

Zhao, 52, is a farmer in Chang'an District in Xi'an. In July 2014, when Zhao and hisbrother, who is now on the run, dug up tree roots at their backyard, they found an ancienttomb and dug up eight pieces of valuable bronze wares.

A newly developed robot journalist "Dreamwriter" published its first news story on thewebsite of China's internet giant Tencent on Thursday, according to Beijing Times.

The article, titled “August CPI a new high in the past 12 months” written by the news-writing robot, is no different in quality from reports by human journalists, as it quoteddata from officials from National Statistics Bureau and analysis by experts.

Warning
Abuja, Sept. 11, 2015 (NAN) The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has warned troops involved in the offensive against Boko Harm insurgents in the North-East against being complacent in the tasks assigned to them.

A statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by Col. Sani Usman, acting Director of Army Public Relations, said Buratai gave the warning during one of his visits to troops in the frontline.

It said the COAS told troops stationed in Gamboru Ngala that the war was not over until all terrorists and their commanders had laid down their arms and surrender to the military.

Rick Ross and his baby mama are in an all-out war over a luxury sedan -- she claims Rick boosted it from his son, but Rick says that's impossible ... since he footed the bill for the ride!
Tia Kemp went HAM on Rick early Thursday ... saying, "Rick Ross takes the car from his Son Again!!" -- in a post that included a shot of their 9-year-old standing next to the BMW B7, just to tug at the heart strings.

Afrobeat icon Femi Kuti has revealed is he didn't marry his ex-wife Funke,they would have probably still been together Speaking to the Nation about his marriage to his ex-wife, he noted that he does not believe in the marriage institution.

Nollywood actor and producer turned politician,Desmond Elliot has revealed politics has not changed him..Speaking to journalists recently, the Lagos State House of Assembly Representative said

“I really beg to be different when it comes to politics. I didn’t go in as a poor man, I didn’t go in because I don’t have money to eat, that’s why I never changed my twitter or Instagram handle. I do everything myself, nothing changed about me.

A Hungarian camerawoman who caused global outrage after being caught on film tripping and kicking refugees as they fled police broke her silence on Friday, saying she had "panicked".

"As I watch the footage now, it's like I'm not watching myself. I honestly regret what I have done and take responsibility for it," wrote Petra Laszlo in a letter to Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemzet published on its website.

Some women and wahala, you just can't deal! A mother of three, Mrs. Bola Olowolagba has been accused by her neighbour, Mrs Adelowo Taiwo of biting off and swallowing her nipple during a fight.

The incident occurred after an argument between the two women over the dirty state of their compound in the Shasha area of Lagos.

A man believed to be the oldest student of a formal school in Kano – and perhaps in the country – Muhammad Modibbo, has died at the age of 81.

Mr. Modibo’s dream of becoming a graduate was terminated by death several years into the journey.

Mr. Modibbo, an itinerant petty trader, was unable to pursue education at a young age until he was in his mid 70s when he finally settled at his birthplace.

Governor Nyesom Wike

More witnesses from the Nigerian Army who testified on Thursday at the Rivers State Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja insisted that the April 11 gubernatorial poll did not hold in the state as claimed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor Nyesom Wike.

Video shows refugees fed 'like animals in pen' in Hungary camp

The video, shot secretly by an Austrian volunteer who visited the flashpoint Roszke camp on Wednesday, shows some 150 people wildly scrambling for bags of sandwiches thrown at them by Hungarian police wearing helmets and hygiene masks in a fenced-in enclosure inside a big hall.

Women and children were caught in the chaotic scrum as hungry people frantically tried to catch the bread flying through the air.

Many migrants too far back in the crowd climbed onto the fence, waving and shouting to get the officers' attention.

Pacquiao said the "truth finally came out" after it emerged Mayweather received an injection of vitamins and minerals in the build-up to their fight in Las Vegas in May.

Mayweather and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) have both insisted the boxer's actions were legal after a report on the SB Nation sports news website said he had broken World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) rules.

"Truth finally came out and I was vindicated," Pacquiao said in a brief statement to reporters in the Philippines late on Thursday.

Colorado woman who had baby cut from womb details attack, describes moment she held lifeless daughter: ‘She was perfect'

The Colorado mom-to-be who had her unborn baby girl cut out of her womb tearfully described the moment she held her lifeless daughter in her arms in her first interview since the horrific attack.

Michelle Wilkins, 26, who was eight months pregnant when a deranged woman brutally stabbed her, said the nightmare seemed "surreal" until she and her boyfriend Dan were able to meet their little girl Aurora in the hospital.

Japan evacuates 100,000 as floods swamp city of Joso

Japan evacuated about 100,000 people from their homes on Thursday, after rare torrential rains unleashed floods that left at least two people missing and stranded many more when rivers surged over their banks.

A couple with their pet dogs on the roof of their house in the flooded city of Joso Photo: AP

A further 800,000 people across eastern Japan have been advised to evacuate after officials issued predawn warnings of unusually harsh rainfall to 5 million people.

People inside houses wait to be rescued as the houses are submerged in water flooded from a river in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo Photo: AP

Japanese military helicopters plucked dozens of residents from the tops of their home, but rescue officials said they were unable to keep up with the pleas for help after raging floodwaters swamped parts of a city north of Tokyo.

Men and boys from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching through the Syrian city of Raqqa last year Photo: AP

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) have published macabre posters advertising ransoms for a Norwegian and a Chinese prisoner.

The announcements came at the end of the eleventh edition of Dabiq, an online English-language magazine released by Isil’s media arm.
The Norwegian man was identified as Ole Johan Grimsgaard-Ofstad, 48, from Oslo. The Chinese man was named as Fan Jinghui, 50, a freelance consultant from Beijing.

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has said that he is hale and hearty, describing his purported collapse and near-death rumour as the handiwork of mischievous elements.

El-Rufai said his rumoured collapse was a mere hoax designed by mischief makers for purposes best known to them.

The governor stated this while receiving the members of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House on Thursday.

Nigerian governors have rejected the death penalty for looters..The governors, who spoke with The PUNCH, on Thursday, out rightly rejected the suggestion that looters of the nation’s resources be sentenced to death.
This comes as Organised labour- the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress-at the beginning of the week said looters should be given the death sentence in order to serve as deterrence to others.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate sack of the Chairmen of the FCT Internal Revenue Service, Secondary (SEB) and the Universal Basic Education Boards (UBEB).
The sack was contained in a letter with reference sent to the FCT Permanent Secretary, John Obinna Chukwu, on Wednesday, by the Secretary to the Federal Government.

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has warned intending job seekers not to fall prey to fraudsters, as the commission insists that is not conducting any recruitment for now.

This was disclosed in a statement made available yesterday by the FRSC’s spokesperson, Mr Imoh Etuk.

The ststement reads in part, “The management of the FRSC wishes to discountenance itself from this criminal act and advice the general public especially, job seekers to disregard such unauthorised and mischievous antics as the corps is not presently embarking on any recruitment exercise.

The Ebonyi State Police Command said that the kidnapped Pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Ebonyi State and the Medical Director, Smile Hospital Abakaliki, Dr Johnson Obuna who was yesterday kidnapped by unknown gunmen, numbering about three, in Abakaliki was yesterday rescued from his abductors.

Dr Obuna, who was the former Chairman, Nigeria Medical Association, NMA according to the State Commissioner of Police, CP Peace Ibekwe Abdullah, who confirmed the kidnap, was abducted at about 8pm yesterday.

THE National Examinations Council has released the June/July 2015 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination results. The result showed a remarkable improvement when compared with previous examinations between 2011 and 2014.

The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of NECO, Prof. Abdulrashid Garba, on Thursday announced the results at the council’s national headquarters in Minna, Niger State.

Soldiers of the One Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army, Kaduna, have killed no fewer than 10 suspected terrorists in various joint operations code-named, “Operation Restore Peace II” in the North-West zone of the country.

Also in the operations, about 64 suspected terrorists and bandits were arrested.

Those arrested had been handed over to the police for further investigation and prosecution, according to the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, One Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna, Col. Usman Abdul.

Omotola Blasts Buhari, Ambode Over Death of Electrocuted UNILAG Student

Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade, is not happy with the way both the states and Federal government handles matters especially when human lives are involved.
According to her, the current administration keeps clamouring for Change, yet they cannot exhibit what they have been preaching about.

The actress frowned at the how the Lagos State government and the Federal government have kept silent over the sudden death of a 300 level student of the Accounting department of the Lagos University.

An 84-year-old Russian actor famous for more than 140 roles in Soviet and Russian films has announced he plans to start a family with his new wife who is 60 years his junior.

Legendary Russian actor Ivan Krasko married his 24-year-old fiancée Natalia Shevel, a former student of his, in a secret ceremony attended only by close friends and family yesterday in St Petersburg.

Despite criticism from many, the pair described their relationship in an interview with Russian media as a 'match made in heaven'.

Anambra State Police Command has discovered and evacuated four mysterious dead bodies in a room along Olisa Onyeka Crescent, Commissioner’s quarters, Ifite, Awka, the state capital.

The policemen led by the state Commissioner of Police, Hassan Karma invaded the room in a two storey-building Tuesday morning.

There once was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he should hammer a nail in the back fence rather than take it out on other people.

On the first day, the boy drove 37 nails into the fence. As the days went by, though, the number of nails gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

The Nigerian military on Wednesday said it has destroyed all known Boko Haram terrorists’ camps and cells in the North East.

The Defence spokesperson, Rabe Abubakar, said this at his maiden news conference, adding that the camps were destroyed by troops operating in the region.

Mr. Abubakar said the terrorists have been “so militarily defeated and weakened” that they can never hold any part of the territory in that part of the country.

Poor genital health seems to have become a major and worsening epidemic round the world. Most men , produce 50 per cent less live semen than 30 years ago. The density drops 2-4 % a year. As much as 40 per cent of 40-year-old men and 50 per cent of 50-year old men suffer from occasional or chronic erectile dysfunctions.

We also know that men all over the world are producing significantly less testosterone now than decades ago. This important male hormone, , keeps up the muscle size and condition, sexual capabilities, and the masculine characters determination and firmness. Testosterone is also needed to maintain the memory in the middle and older age.

An unidentified man jumped to his death Wednesday afternoon from the westbound flyover bridge of Loop 1604 to U.S. 281 on the North Side of San Antonio, Texas.

On Wednesday in Obele Lawanson Community, Surulere, Lagos, a family of seven died in a fire disaster.The victims, who lived on 23, Michael Ogun Street, died because their co-tenants did not make effort to rescue them when they called out for help around 11.30pm on Tuesday.

Those killed were a textile material dealer, 28-year-old Kelechi Onoja; his wife, 18-year-old Nkiru; their one year and eight months old first child, Favour; their three weeks unnamed second baby boy; two yet-to-be-identified family members; and Nkiru’s 80-year-old mother.

A 25-year-old man who attempted to hide under the tyre carriage of a Medview aircraft on a domestic flight was apprehended yesterday at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 (MMA2) in Lagos.
He was found by the pilot during his final check on the plane before its departure to Accra, Ghana.
Airport workers hinted that he succeeded in gaining access into the tyre compartment of the aircraft which was ready for taxing on the Tarmac .

He hid himself at the tyre compartment in the under carriage of the aircraft .A source hinted that final inspection round the plane by the pilot drew his attention to some strange movements and object inside the tyre compartment.

Survivor’s story: God was working that night

Agnes Mends-Armstrong is simply not a strong woman - physically. But an unknown arm was strong enough to pull her out of four feet of flood waters Wednesday night during Accra’s twin disasters of fire and floods.

Her story is about how strength is not a requirement for salvation or weakness a sentence for death in times of danger.

As one of the survivors that day, she was a panelist on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show Friday for the final series of survivor’s story.

The new smartphones are the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, keeping the same overall dimensions of the last version.

"They look familiar, but we have changed everything about these iPhones," chief executive Tim Cook said at a San Francisco media event.

News24 reports that South Africa's youngest millionaire's partner George van der Riet served time for manslaughter and drug dealing in the UK.

According to the BBC, van der Riet admitted to the crimes during a case at the Old Bailey in London.

He was using the name David van der Riet at the time.

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and President Muhammadu Buhari

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday dismissed the insinuation by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the APC-led Federal Government was dictatorial in nature.

Tinubu, who was fielding questions from State House correspondents in Abuja after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, said the president had been adhering strictly to rule of law.

According to him, president Buhari should rather be commended for stimulating the economy across the states of the federation.

FILE PHOTO: Muslim pilgrims gather on Mount Arafat near Mecca as they perform one of the Hajj rituals on October 3, 2014

(AFP Photo/Mohammed al-Shaikh)

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Wednesday said five Nigerian pilgrims had died in the Holy land

The Head of Madinah Operations of NAHCON, Dr Bello Tambuwal, disclosed this to newsmen in Madinah.

A 20 year old's article of her struggle with being beautiful has caused serious backlash online .Felicia Czochanski has caused an internet storm after sharing a blog post on the Cosmopolitan about her day to day struggles because she is ''too attractive"
Describing herself as a "girly girl" with "blonde hair, big hazel eyes, 34DDs, and toned calves", she says...

A woman has been arrested in western China after she swallowed 78 pellets of heroin, up to 1,700 times the minimum lethal dose.
The woman, who has not been named, was stopped by police at Turpan train station in the Xinjiang autonomous region after police noticed her behaving “erratically” during a routine security check, reported the China News Service on Sunday.

A man in Oakland County was stabbed after he discovered his wife in bed with her own father. The 25-year-old victim came home to find his wife and his father-in-law lying naked in bed together.

He woke his father-in-law up, and the two got into an argument that continued outside. The older man, Henry Allen Michael of Detroit, then allegedly stabbed his son-in-law in the back with a knife and drove away in the victim’s vehicle.

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a pastor, Abraham Sunday, for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl, Kike (pseudonym) in Adalemo Estate, in the Toll Gate area, on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Sunday, the pastor of Christ In All Nations Church in Adalemo, was arrested by the Ojokoro Police Division last Wednesday, September 2, from where he was taken to the Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba.

A Mother who complained of headaches most of her life is to have surgery to remove a needle from her brain.

Liu Kao, 48, always thought the pains – which often came during the cooler months of the year – were related to her heart.
But years of tests revealed nothing unusual.

China overtook the United States and became the world's largest recipient of FDI (foreigndirect investment) in 2014, according to the 2015 Chinese edition of the World InvestmentReport released at the 2015 China International Fair for Investment & Trade in Xiammenon Tuesday.

The report says China attracted 129 billion US dollars of FDI in 2014, 5 billion more thanthe previous year, and exceeded the United States for the first time.

Governor Nyesom Wike

The Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has refused to stay proceedings on the suit challenging the victory of Governor Nyesom Wike at the April 11 governorship election.

The new chairman of the tribunal, Justice Suleiman Ambrosa, in his ruling, held that the tribunal would carry out the Court of Appeal judgment at the date appropriate for it.

Former president Goodluck Jonathan

Amidst fanfare, pageantry and endorsement from former president Goodluck Jonathan, Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, on Tuesday declared his intention to contest the forthcoming primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and return for second term as governor of the state.

The Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko and Nyesom Wike of Rivers State graced the occasion, while four other governors sent their deputies.

The troops of the Nigerian Army have intercepted some suspected members of the Boko Haram sect believed to be suppliers of hard drugs and other stimulants to the deadly sect.

The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in a statement on Tuesday that the suspects were arrested at Depchi and Geidam in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State.

He said that the arrested terrorists were also involved in the supply of fuel aside from the hard drugs in their possession.

A British Airways flight bound for London Gatwick was taxiing on the tarmac at McCarran Airport on Tuesday night when it suddenly caught fire. Those on board were forced to jump down the evacuation slides and run away from the blaze. The plane was preparing for take off and only two people taken to a local hospital for treatment after suffering minor injuries. There were 159 passengers and 13 crew members on board at the time. It is not yet known what caused the fire..

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