Police shoot sales girl dead, injure 3 others

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A 20-year old sales girl identified simply as Lucy, was on Friday shot dead by policemen in the Apo area of Abuja.

The girl was hit in the chest by bullets fired into a photography shop where she worked as a sales girl.

Three other people sustained gunshot injuries when policemen from the FCT Police Command fired bullets indiscriminately in an attempt to enforce the demolition order of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council.

The policemen had stormed the area around 7 am with officials of Development Control Department, who had come to demolish illegal structures.But residents and indigenes,

UNILAG student jailed for defrauding an American lady

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For allegedly defrauding an American lady, Kathy Lunsford through the internet under the pretext of marriage, a University of Lagos student, Michael Opaleye has been sent to jail by a Lagos State High Court
Opaleye was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment yesterday by Justice Aishat Opesanwo for defrauding Miss Kathy Lunsford, of 9,200 US dollars under the pretext of getting married to her.
The convict who is studying computer science at UNILAG had pleaded guilty to the charge of obtaining by false pretence and forgery.
He had entered into a plea bargain deal with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) and offered to pay back the money to his victim.The judge in her judgment, said the sentence would commence on 15 March when he was first arraigned before the court.

Nollywood Actress: Dino Melaye Is A Potential HIV Carrier, He Gave Me Syphilis

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The ‘dirty water’ controversial former Kogi State federal lawmaker, Dino Melaye may have found himself swimming in has taken a new turn. If what we are now getting is anything to go by, then, more troubles await the husband of Tokunbo Melaye.
This is because the ‘activist’ has now been dragged into another controversy, which may be messier than the pregnancy mess he is in with beautiful Yoruba actress, Bisi Ibidapo Obe.
According to what BON reported, an up and coming Yoruba actress has accused the father of three of infecting her with a sexually transmitted disease called Syphilis. She also alleged Dino to be a potential carrier of the dreaded STD called HIV.BON reported that a budding actress (name withheld) sent a mail to them. A copy of the mail is presented below.

Lawmakers Ask For Life Imprisonment For Homosexuals In African Countries

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In many African countries, it is illegal to be gay. 25 out of 38 African nations have passed laws that give varying degrees of prison sentences to people caught practicing homosexual acts. In Nigeria, a 14-year jail term is prescribed for convicted offenders under the Same Sex Marriage (prohibition) bill which was passed into law in 2011.
These laws have received mixed reactions from Africans across the continent. While some have lauded it in countries where they have been passed, others have said there are more important things to focus on and an individual’s sexuality should not be subject to scrutiny and punishment.
At the recent Pan African Parliament in Johannesburg on 9th October, 2012, the topic of imprisonment of homosexuals in Africa was again raised.A Ugandan lawmaker, Atim Ogwal Cecilia Barbara called

Man Finds Wife In Bed With Her Boss

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This woman's husband was said to have begged the man on the bed to employ his wife so they could have money to feed until he could sort out his financial problems. The man accepted after several pleas.

But unfortunately, because her husband no longer has money the woman started disrespecting him and keeping late nights. Acting on a tip off, the husband and his friends caught her live in the act with her boss.
The worst is that she didn't even look for a handsome man to sleep with but one who's "uglier" than her husband.
Since she already has a job, is it right for her to sleep with a man for money?

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Marya Rosales, 1000-Pound Woman Charged With Murder, Discusses Her Trial On TLC

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When Sergio Valdez saw his 1000-pound client, Marya Rosales, in bed for the first time, he almost mistook some of her folds of fat for pillows.
"We've all seen obese, heavyset people. You have not seen obesity at this level," Valdez said in "Half-Ton Killer?" a TLC special airing Oct. 10 about Rosales, a woman bedridden from obesity, who claimed she accidently crushed and killed her two-year-old nephew
Rosales reportedly weighs nearly 1,100 pounds, enough to qualify her as one of the world's fattest women, but Valdez says even knowing she weighs more than five average men, doesn't prepare anyone for her sheer massiveness.

Judge Sentences Two Students To Death By Firing Squad For Stealing Phones

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Justice Theresa Igoche of the Makurdi High Court, on Tuesday sentenced two students, Vershima Kaachi and Akaazua Akpen, to death by firing squad for armed robbery.
The convicts were arrested on the eve of Christmas in 2007 for criminal conspiracy and armed robbery, contrary to Sections 5(b) and 1(2) of the Robbery and Firearms Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990.
In his testimony, the victim of the offence, Jonathan Usenge, told the court that five armed men came to his house, attacked and robbed him of some valuable items on that day.
He stated that the robbers collected his Nokia 1600 phone valued N12,700.00, two torch lights valued N350.00 and a sum of N16,500.

4,000 Nigerians in Turkey prisons – IG

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By Albert Akpor, Evelyn Usman & Daniel Eteghe.
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, yesterday, in Lagos, said that no fewer than  4,000 Nigerians  are in Turkey prisons over drug related and human  trafficking cases.
The IG who arrived from Turkey,  vowed to fish out killers of the four students of University of Port Harcourt and those at Mubi, in Adamawa State.Briefing  journalists on arrival at the Police Air Wing, Ikeja, Abubakar  explained that  his

Meet Africa's Sexiest Man. Adonis O'Holi

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 Adonis O'Holi is an actor, writer and model from Sierra Leone. On Saturday 7^th October, he beat 16 other country delegates to win Mr Africa International 2012. Is he hot or hot?

UNIPORT Killings: Policemen said they should burn them alive - Tekena’s sister

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A sister of one of the four University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) students brutally murdered last Friday in Umuokiri village, Aluu, Rivers State, has narrated how her younger brother and his friends were lynched. Miss Ibisobia Elkanah, elder sister of Tekena Friday Elkanah (both pictured above), revealed yesterday that policemen visited the scene where the students were burnt to death after they
were severely injured and that one of the law enforcement agents told the perpetrators of the dastardly act “to burn them alive” The murdered students,

OMG!! 6 Million Nigerian School Age Girls Are Not In School - Report

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As the world marks the International Day of the Girl Child with the theme ‘Ending Child Marriage’, the Action Aid Group in Nigeria is advocating the ratification and full implementation of the Child Right Act in all 36 states of the federation.

 Deputy Country Director, of the Action Aid Group, Mrs Ifeoma Charles-Monwuba said the weak implementation of the Child Right Act which was enacted in 2003 has encouraged the continued practice of child marriages in Nigeria. Only 23 states of the federation have ratified the Act while 12 states especially in the northern region are yet to.  A recent report by Action Aid says that 36 million girls of school age are not in school globally

A 36-year old woman, Ngozi who was arrested kidnapping

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A 36-year old woman, Ngozi Onuonwu who was arrested in Lagos for her alleged involvement in kidnapping has opened up and said that frustration led her into it because she did not see any man to marry her. The remorseful Ngozi said if she had married like her mates she would not have lived with her younger brother, Chibuzor who got her involved in kidnapping.

She narrated how the youths in her community at Umuleri in Anambra State engaged in a communal war with their neighboring community, Aguleri which lasted for several years.She said many youths died and this affected many girls including her as they could not get married.She said her fiancée died in the war and she did not get another man and so she had to move to Lagos and started living with Chibuzor.

Biden, Ryan squabble in vice-presidential debate

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United States Vice-President Joe Biden and Republican vice-presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), late Thursday squabbled over the economy, taxes, Medicare and other issues in a contentious, interruption-filled debate.
“That is a bunch of malarkey,” the vice-president retorted after a particularly tough Ryan attack on the administration’s foreign policy, the Associated Press reports.
“Not a single thing he said is accurate,” Democrat Biden declared after Ryan said U.S Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, had been denied sufficient security by administration officials.
Stevens died in a terrorist attack on the U.S Consulate in Benghazi on September 11.

REST IN PEACE ALUU 4. A MUST READ

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 "Thieves, thieves" he screamed, it was almost funny. Not until more voices joined the chorus as they screamed and shouted on us. We could have ran at least to save our lives, but little did we know how the day would end.

From a handful of young men shouting and throwing questions at us, it escalated to a crowd of angry mob. There was no way we could escape this one, so we calmed down.

They pushed us around and then stripped us all. These men pulled us pants down, we were more than embarrassed, the whole community watched, I recognized few faces from the crowd. Obviously they were so afraid to say "stop" then the beating started, I wished it to be just a nightmare....
But it was real! These men were determined. They dropped heavy rocks on our heads, they pounded our faces wit largeplanks, blood covered our eyes, they matched and kicked us right on our nostrils, we couldn't breathe."Bring tire" one of the men repeated, until they brought the tires.

Fish out perpetrators

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Pastor David Sadiq, Royalpriestofjesus@yahoo.co.uk: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr once said that, “Through violence you may murder a murderer, but you can’t murder murder. Through violence you may murder a liar,  but you can’t establish truth. Through violence you may murder a hater,  but you can’t murder hate. Darkness cannot put out darkness. Only light can do that…”

The people that brutally and in such a inhumane manner, murdered the four university students in Aluu, Rivers State have done nothing to ward off evil but in their callous and barbaric jungle justice have demonstrated that they are nothing but harbingers of death.

Taking lives of fellow human beings in such a calculated coldness and alacrity can only confirm what the scripture says that in the end “the love of many shall wax cold.” Matthew 24:4-12.

A full inquest must be carried out by the Nigeria Police to bring the perpetrators of this heinous crime to justice.

Let us all rise and pray for our youths that our tomorrow shall not plunge into dark oblivion.

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Why we embarked on evaluation of NTI study centres –NCCE boss

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Executive Secretary, National Commission for Colleges of Education, Prof. Mohammed Junaid
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The Executive Secretary, National Commission for Colleges of Education, Prof. Mohammed Junaid, has said the urge to ensure quality of teachers being produced by the National Teachers’ Institute for the nation’s basic schools informed the body’s decision to embark on the monitoring and evaluation of NTI’s study centres across the country.

Also, stakeholders in the education sector, who attended the opening ceremony of the evaluation exercise in the South West geo-political zone, in Lagos on Wednesday, have faulted the Federal Government’s decision to scrap teacher training colleges in the country.

Court remands petroleum magnate, others in police custody

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A Lagos State Magistrate Court presided over by Martins Owumi on Thursday at the Tinubu Square Magistrate Court 5, Lagos Island, ordered the police to remand the Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas Limited, Ifeanyi Ubah, and four of his staff for alleged fuel subsidy scam.
Ubah and other senior officers of the company – the Head of Trading, Nsikan Usoro; the Depot Manager, Godfrey Okorie; the General Manager, Operations, Chibuzo Ogbuokiri; and the Executive Director, Operations, Orji Joseph Anayo – are being held for alleged diversion of fuel subsidy payment by the Federal Government, Eagle Online reports.

Four Nigerian farmers sue Shell

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THE HAGUE  (AFP) – Four Nigerian farmers take on Shell in a Dutch court on Thursday, accusing the oil giant of destroying their livelihoods in a case that could set a precedent for global environmental responsibility.
The civil suit, backed by lobby group Friends of the Earth, alleges that oil spills dating back to 2005 by the Anglo-Dutch company made fishing and farming in the plaintiffs’ Niger Delta villages impossible.
The case was initially filed in 2008, demanding that Royal Dutch Shell clean up the mess, repair and maintain defective pipelines to prevent further damage and pay out compensation.

Bad spot causes gridlock on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

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A bad spot at NASFAT junction on the inward Lagos side of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has been identified as the cause of daily gridlock on the busy highway.

The bad spot comprises some flooded potholes at the intersection and has reduced the inward Lagos side from two lanes to one.

An abandoned container, which fell off a truck some weeks ago, is also sitting at a conspicuous spot on the right side of the highway, a few metres from NASFAT Campground.

The gridlock usually stretches for over two kilometres from the intersection to Mowe junction, causing agony to road users.

Federal Road Safety Commission officials sometimes help to direct traffic at the bad spot.

The gridlock usually stretches

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Man arraigned for allegedly stealing computers from church

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The police on Thursday arraigned one Paul Ogor before a Kubwa Senior Magistrates’ Court in Abuja on a two-count charge of house-breaking and theft.

Police prosecutor, Sandra Oparaugo, told the court that one Immalusi Silas, a security man at St. Bartholomew Anglican Church, Kubwa, reported the case to the police on October 1.

Oparaugo said that on the same day, the accused allegedly broke into an office in the said church and stole two sets of computer valued at N150, 000, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

“He was arrested while trying to escape from the crime scene,” Oparaugo said, adding that the offence contravened Sections 346 and 286 of the Penal Code.

The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The prosecutor, however, requested for an adjournment to enable the police to prove their case.

The presiding Magistrate, Mrs. Simisola Adeniyi, adjourned the case to October 19 for hearing and granted the accused bail in the sum of N100, 000 with two sureties in like sum.

She ruled that both sureties must reside within the jurisdiction of the court while one of them must be a civil servant.

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