We're not involved in Hezbollah armoury saga - Lebanese community

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The Lebanese community in Kano has exonerated itself from the large consignment of arms  uncovered by the Nigerian security agents in the troubled northern Nigerian commercial city that was linked to international terrorist organization, Hezbollah.

Addressing newsmen in Kano in its first official reaction since the Hezbollah cell in the city was busted by the security agents, Chairman of the community, Tahir Fadlallah said that the Lebanese Community ‘’unequivocally condemns crime in whatever form”.

Tahir Fadlallah,  who also doubled as the chairman of the Tahir Guest palace in Kano said that, “with almost 100 years of our stay in Kano, we have never been associated with any crime that threatened the peace of our host”.

Heartless: Brother Stabs Sister, 23, To death Over Noodles Meal

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A 23-year-old girl has been stabbed to death by her brother during a scuffle over noodles meal in Warri, Delta State. Daily Sun gathered that trouble started when the victim, in a fury, inflicted injuries on her brother with a sharp razor blade, which resulted to serious bleeding.

It was gathered that her brother, in a bid to avenge the harm done to him, picked up a sharp object, later identified as knife and stabbed his sister in the neck, which subsequently led to her death instantly.

Cossy Orjiakor responds to Afrocandy's : Why I can’t strip fully in films – Cossy Orjiakor

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Talking of blue films, US-based Nigeria actress and producer, Afro Candy, said she would like to feature you in one of her s-ex movies.

Like I said, talk is cheap. I’ll like to have a dinner date with Richard Branson, it’s just a wishful thinking. It’s when she approaches me then I will know she is serious. I have gone through a lot, now I know better. I can’t condemn her, she is Hollywood standard when it comes to showing off her body. The likes of Janet Jackson, Halle Berry even most of their female musicians have gone nude, and Nigerians adored them. For me, I can’t go totally nude, never. My mum told me never to go nude. If not, I have got a beautiful body and I’m not afraid to flaunt it. Besides other artistes have taken pictures with panties and bra, maybe on the beach. So it looks cool but when you wear and pose on bed, it smells s-ex.

Popular entertainer, Cossy Orjiakor, blows hot on several issues in this interview with Ademola Olonilua

10 found dead after boat sinks in Delta State

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Ten bodies have been found during a rescue operation off the coast of Nigeria after a tugboat contracted by Chevron sank on Sunday in rough seas, the vessel’s owner said on Friday.

The Jascon-4 capsized early on Sunday at a mooring point around 30 km (20 miles) off oil-producing Delta state. Of 12 people who had been on board, one was rescued alive and another is still missing.

“The search and rescue operation that has been under way since 26 May has had to be stopped for safety reasons,” the ship’s owner West African Ventures said in a statement.

Police Recover Pasuma's Range Rover Jeep

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The police have recovered Pasuma's stolen Range rover jeep. 

The fuji Musician was robbed of his vehicle and other valuables on monday night at meiran, Lagos-Abeokuta expressway by armed bandits.

It took the joint effort of the police and OPC men to recover the metallic coloured Range rover SUV jeep, with registration number, MUS 830 AP.  Meanwhile, Fellow musicians and prominent politicians in Lagos have been calling Pasuma on the phone to sympathise with him since the incident occurred. Artists like Malaika, Daddy Showkey and Wasiu ayinde

Appeal court reverses Baba Suwe’s N25m judgment

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The Court of Appeal in Lagos has set aside the judgment awarding N25m compensation to Yoruba actor, Babatunde Omidina (aka Baba Suwe) for alleged wrongful detention by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in October 2011.

Justice Yetunde Idowu of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, had on November 24, 2011 ordered the NDLEA to pay N25m to Omidina and publicly apologise to him in conspicuous pages of two national dailies for violating his rights to personal liberty.

However, in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Rita Pemu on Friday, the appellate court upheld NDLEA’s appeal against the judgment.  The three-man appeal panel held that the Lagos High Court, Ikeja lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the matter in the first place. The panel added that even if its decision on the jurisdictional issue was wrong, the arrest and detention, which the respondent (Omidina) had complained of was “not unreasonable.”

Council declares war against vendors in Onitsha

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Newspaper distributors and vendors in Onitsha, Anambra State on Friday protested the mass destruction of newspapers by officials of the Onitsha North Local Government. The vendors, who organised themselves under the umbrella of Onitsha Newspapers Directors and Distributors Association, marched through the streets of Onitsha, Nkpor and Obosi, causing traffic jam on the road.

They carried placards with inscriptions like, ‘Anambra State government caution Onitsha North chairman,’ ‘Anambra State government, don’t declare war against vendors,’ ‘Governor Peter Obi caution your task force men,’ ‘Vendors are not part of the people polluting the environment,’ ‘Enough is enough to assault on the vendors, ‘Onitsha North chairman, is it part of your duty to stop the sale of newspapers in Onitsha?’

NGF: Jonathan-Amaechi hidden Stand-Off Worsens

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Rotimi Amaechi and Goodluck Jonathan

Culled From Vanguard Nigeria

There was an election held on Friday May 24, 2013, at the Rivers State Government House, Abuja by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) to elect a chairman. Against all odds, Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of RiversState, who was having a running battle with the presidency, got re-elected for a second tenure as he defeated Governor Jonah Jang of PlateauState, said to be the candidate of President Goodluck Jonathan by 19 to 16 votes.

According to media reports, the results were announced by A.B. Okauru, the Director-General of NGF, immediately after counting of ballots. 

All the 36 state governors apart from Yobe’s Ibrahim Gaidam participated in the vote conducted through secret ballot.

JTF uncovers Lebanon-based Hezbollah terror cell in Kano

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The Joint Task Force on Thursday said it had uncovered a Lebanon-based Hezbollah armoury and terror cell in Bompai, Kano State.

The force, which said it found large cache of arms and ammunition, also confirmed the arrest of three persons in connection with the armoury and the cell.

A Lebanese national currently out of the country reportedly owns the premises where the armoury and the cell were found at No 3, Gaya Road, Off Bompai Road in the ancient city.

A statement by the JTF spokesman, Captain Ikedichi Iweha, said the JTF operatives, comprising officials of the 3rd Army Brigade in Kano and the State Security Service conducted the operations.

The operatives, he said, uncovered an underground bunker in the premises where large quantities of assorted weapons were hidden.

Iweha, who said the construction of the bunker was special, listed anti-tank weapons, rocket propelled guns and anti-tank/personnel mines as some of the dangerous weapons found in the premises.

27 year old man claims he is former US president Bill Clinton's Son

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A 27-year-old man, Danney Lee Williams Jr from Arkansas is claiming he is Bill Clinton's secret son. From Globe Magazine Bill Clinton has a secret son he fathered with a hooker – and the now 27-year-old young man is desperate to meet his biological dad. In a bombshell exclusive interview, Danney Lee Williams Jr., the love child the then-governor of Arkansas conceived with ‘working girl’ Bobbie Ann Williams, tells GLOBE he fears Clinton, 66, who’s battling heart disease and also suffers from Parkinson’s, will pass away before they can meet. “I read he doesn’t have long to live and I want to meet him face to face before he dies,” says Danney, who lives in Little Rock Ark. “I just want to shake his hand and say, “Hi Dad,’ before he dies.

 I’d like to have a relationship with Chelsea, too. She’s my half-sister." Danney also wants Clinton to acknowledge and meet his five children, who he says are the former President’s only grandchildren and range in age from 10 years to just 4 months old.

Huge anti-capitalism Blockupy rally hits Frankfurt (LIVE UPDATES)

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The entrance of the ECB is blocked by over 3,000 'Blockupy' protestors in a march against austerity. 'Blockupy' has announced the coalition has “reached its first goal” of the day.

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  Ever more groups block various shops in the Zeil. Several hundreds still sit and stand in front of MyZeil - Blockupy. (The MyZeil is a shopping mall in the city center of Frankfurt).
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  Blockupy plans to assemble outside of the airport to protest against German immigration policies and what activists have decried as an “inhumane deportation system.” Fraport, the airport operator, has advised passengers to arrive early for their flights.

Heartless: Woman drowns her son, 9, because his Prick was too small

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A woman was arrested and charged with murder related charges after drowning her son in the bathtub because his private part was too small to enjoy life, according to a statement released by police in Indonesia.

The woman, 38, was arrested after her son, 9, drowned in the family bathtub. During police questioning, the woman admitted to drowning her son, telling police that her motive for the murder was because his penis was too small to possibly enjoy a happy life.

N6.4 Billion Fraud: You Have A Case To Answer, Court Tells Sylva

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A Federal High court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed an application by the former governor of Bayelsa state, Timipre Sylva asking the court to quash corruption charges against him on grounds that evidence submitted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) does not in any way link him to the allegations laundering the sum of N6.4 billion.

The trial Judge, Justice Adamu Bello had refused Mr Sylva’s application to quash the charge against him on the ground that it lacked merit, having held that the former governor has a case to answer. Similarly, Justice Bello also refused Mr Sylva’s application for the release of his international passport to enable him travel abroad with his wife who is scheduled for surgery at a United Kingdom hospital tomorrow.

Update: Ibragim Todashev's death is extrajudicial killing - lawyer

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In an interview with the Voice of Russia, the lawyer of Abdulbaki Todashev, Zaurbek Sadakhanov, qualified what the FBI agents did with Ibragim Todashev as a deliberate murder. “Today, we saw photos of the killed Ibragim,” Mr. Sadakhanov said. “Judging by these photos, they shot at him 7 times. One of these shots was at the back of his head, so, this shot was obviously unexpected by him. It is hard to say which shots were made earlier and which later.”

“This incident raises many questions,” Zaurbek Sadakhanov continued, “and I hope that all of them will be thoroughly investigated. Thus, it looks very strange that the FBI agents came to Todashev’s place instead of ordering him to come to a police office. Then, why was he integrated without a lawyer, although this was already his third interrogation? Todashev was going to leave for Chechnya on May 24, and he already had a ticket, but the FBI did not allow him to leave the US, saying that he will have another interrogation. Then, why did they shot at him as many as 7 times? There were 5 policemen, and Todashev was alone in his flat, so one bullet was quite enough to kill him.”

Congratulations: GT Bank Named 2013 African Bank Of The Year

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Guaranty Trust Bank PLC has been named the 2013 bank of the year by the African Banker magazine.

The award recognizes financial institutions that have emerged as industry leaders and continent trend setters, due to good corporate governance practices, exceptional service delivery within the financial services industry of their country and innovative products.  Chief Executive Officer of Guaranty Trust Bank PLC, Mr Segun Agbaje attributed the recognition to hard work, discipline and a well-defined operating strategy.

Last year, the bank was named the best bank in Nigeria by the Euro Money magazine for the fourth consecutive year while it earned the 2011 Best Bank in Nigeria award from EMEA finance.  Guaranty Trust Bank also emerged as the first Nigerian financial institution to cross the N100 billion profit before tax milestone from operations at both bank and group levels.

SAD: Father Of 3 Commits Suicide After He Loses His Job

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BENIN— A father of three, who was identified as Patrick Essien, was reported have committed suicide, yesterday, in Benin after he was allegedly sacked from the transport company where he worked.
His dangling body was found in the roof of the toilet at the residence at Imasabemwen Street, off Siluko Road.

AGAIN!! Two Drug Trafficking Nabbed at Lagos Airport

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Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) yesterday at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos arrested two men in connection with unlawful exportation of narcotic drugs.

The first suspect was arrested with 3.700kg of narcotics hidden in a false bottom of luggage.

The drug, according to a statement by the Head, NDLEA Public Affairs, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, was detected during the outward clearance of Arik Air passengers to Monrovia.

The second suspect, Ifeanyi Okafor, was arrested with two kilogrammes of cannabis concealed in dried bitter leaf during the search of goods meant for export on board Qatar airline flight.

Terrible: Train derails in Lagos

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A section of a train returning from Ijoko in Lagos State to its base at Ebutte Metta, Lagos on Wednesday derailed at Agege.

The incident which occurred between 11.30pm and 12.30am was said to have been caused by defective tracks.

As of 11am on Wednesday, the scene of the accident had been cordoned off by policemen from the Railway police.

An employee of the National Railway Corporation told PUNCH Metro, on the condition of anonymity, that the driver of the locomotive also shared the blame in  the accident.

Black Democracy Day: 18 students die in Head On Collision Accident In Bayelsa

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It was a black Democracy Day celebration in Bayelsa State yesterday as no fewer than 18 students died in a head-on collision between two 18-seater commercial buses.

The incident occurred at about 8:03pm on Amassoma Road in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state.

The deceased’s bodies have been deposited at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital in Okolobiri.

Over 11 injured occupants of the buses are currently receiving medical treatments at a private hospital in Yenagoa, the state capital.

Syrian forces kill 3 Westerners believed to be fighting against forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad

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Syrian state-run television reported Thursday that forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed three Westerners, including an American woman and a British citizen, who they claim were fighting with the rebels and were found with weapons.

Syrian TV identified the woman, releasing what it claimed were images of her Michigan driver's license and U.S. passport. It also released what is said was the name and passport of a British citizen. It did not identify a third person who it claimed was a Westerner. The report said the three were ambushed in their car in the flashpoint province of Idlib in northwestern Syria, where government forces have been battling rebels for control. TV footage showed a bullet-riddled car and three bodies laid out. It also showed weapons, a computer, a hand-drawn map of a government military facility and a flag belonging to the al Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front.