Monday, September 22, 2014

Photos: Ten members of Boko Haram surrender to Nigerian troops



 10 Boko Haram members surrendered to Nigerian troops yesterday September 21st at Kawuri in Borno state, just a day after 5 members surrendered. Many weapons were recovered from the terrorists. 

Defence HQ denies Cameroon military's claim in recent fights against Boko Haram





The Defence Headquarters has denied claims by Cameroonian military to be mixed up in fight Boko Haram recently, especially in Konduga Borno state in which a major victory contrary to the sect group was recorded. In line with the Nigerian Defence, all fights against Boko Haram in Kondura and other border towns were carried out by Nigerian troops.

The Cameroonian military had earlier in a statement claimed to have killed the person considered to be the impersonator late leader of the sect group, Abubakar Shekau.

Graphic Photos: Chopstick removed from Boy's Brain after shoving it up his nose



A 2 year old Chinese boy named Huang Zicheng had to get a chopstick taken from deep within his brain after he accidentally shoved it down his nose. The chopstick penetrated three inches into his brain and doctors who spent four hours carefully taking it out from the little boy's skull said if it had gone  further, it could have caused brain injury.

Thankfully, the chopstick didn't damage any major nerves and arteries and Huang expected to get a full recovery.
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Police Detonate 2 explosive devices at University of Uyo



The police command in Akwa Ibom said it had detonated two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) found in the male hostel of University of Uyo. Confirming the incident in Uyo on Monday, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Etim Dickson, told newsmen that the explosives were home-made.

Dickson, who said that the IEDs were likely produced by science students of the university, said investigations had commenced on the matter.

Daughter reveals how Mother Forced her to Sleep with 1,800 Men



Annabelle's mum pictured with Colin Batley

The girl, who has called herself Annabelle Forest, based on DailyMail, was initiated to the sick cult after having to view her mother execute a s3x act on the cult's ringleader Colin Batley at age seven.  At 11 she was raped twice by the person, and four years later designed to take part in group s3x with her mother and neighbours at their house in Wales. 

Colin Batley and Jacqueline Marling were jailed for systemically s3xually abusing your ex as she was growing up. 


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“Abubakar Shekau” Killed Was One Bashir Mohammed





A Nigerian military intelligence source has told SaharaReporters that the top Boko Haram figure killed in a recent operation was one Bashir Mohammed, leader of the Islamist sect’s Uye camp.

Mohammed Bashir's body in Konduga
Cameroonian authorities yesterday released a photo of a dead man they identified as Abubakar Shekau, the loquacious and attention-seeking leader of the terrorist group that has launched deadly strikes in Nigeria’s northeast zone as well as Cameroon.
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"Foreign Journalists were Offered the Bribe too" - Nicholas Ibekwe




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Ailing Gov Suntai Won't Appear before Medical Panel





Ailing Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba State has said that he will not appear before the recently-constituted medical panel set up by the state House of Assembly to determine his state of health.

The Speaker, Mr. Josiah Sabo Kente, had set up a five-man medical team to investigate the “true state of health” of Suntai. The action followed a letter from the State Executive Council to the lawmakers to constitute a medical panel to ascertain the “mental and physical condition of the governor so as to know whether he is capable of steering the affairs of the state.”
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Boko Haram Agrees To Release 219 Chibok Girls in Swap Deal




TheNation reports that the two parties have asked their representatives to go back to their leaders on the new swap deal proposal.

Prior to the latest agreement at the talks in Abuja, which was witnessed by some officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Boko Haram had insisted on a piecemeal release 
of the girls, with priority given to 30 married Christians among them. The Federal Government also offered to release six of the 18 sect leaders in detention.
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Photo: Police hunt man who killed siblings, hacked two in Edo state





The Edo State police command has launched a manhunt for 50 year old Mike Okeze, for allegedly hacking two children to death and viciously attacking two others.

According to a report by Punch, Okeze stormed the home of his neighbour, Oliver Udeh, last Wednesday September 17th in Okha II community, off Old Sapele Road in the Ikpoba-Okha LGA of Edo State, and attacked his children with a machete. He killed Udeh's two children, Destiny (3years) and Samson (6years). He then attacked two other children, Goodness (4years - pictured left) and Gift (8years - pictured right). He severed Goodness' arm and tore the nose of Gift. 

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Graphic pics: Mayhem in Lagos Island as popular Politician is killed by Suspected Political thug.



Political campaigns have begun and the 1st casualty has been recorded in the centre of Lagos politics, the Lagos Island. A favorite local politician named Azeez Ashake was shot dead at close range before his house at Isale Eko on Saturday September 20th by suspected political thugs.

His son, Usman was also shot but is believed to be alive receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital in Lagos Island. Azeez Ashake is considered a powerful leader of a specific political group in Lagos Island, and is considered very influential. His killing caused lots of chaos in Isale Eko on the weekend, where this has been reported that four folks have up till now been killed in retaliation for his death. Warning *Graphic pic once you continue*

GEJ yet to decide whether he will rerun with VP Sambo- PDP



The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, says President Jonathan will be the one to determine if he would still like to run with his Vice, Namadi Sambo in the 2015 general elections.

Metuh said this at a press conference yesterday September 21st in Abuja. He also said that President Jonathan is yet to respond to the decision the party members took on Thursday September 18th where he was adopted as the sole Presidential candidate of the PDP

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Cameroon military now claiming they killed BH leader Shekau, shares pic







The Cameroon military yesterday announced they've killed Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, in a statement released on the website. The statement was written in French (a language I don't understand...so I obtained the report from Cameroon Concord.View it below...


In a rare public show by the Cameroon army, photos of the Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau were made public alongside a statement claiming he was killed during a cross border raid deep inside Nigeria by the Cameroon military. A Cameroon military source who spoke to Cameroon Concord late last night, revealed that Abubakar Shekau was killed following an aerial bombardment of his hideout inside Nigeria. The Cameroon army has ever since yesterday been in serious combat against thousands of Boko Haram fighters trying to enter Cameroon via Fotokol from Gambaral Ngala in Nigeria.
Is that the same man though?
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Doyin Okupe reveals why Dr Adadevoh's name was not included in the 2014 national honors list



 You can find many persons who believe that late Dr Stella Adadevoh who died from the Ebola virus, must certanly be posthumously identified by the federal government as her singular act of stopping Sawyer from living the First Consultant Hospital saved many Nigerians from contracting the disease. However when this year's National Honors list was published the other day Thursday, her name wasn't included.

SSA to President Jonathan on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe explained why in a tweet... See his tweet after the break.

SitRep 14 Sep - 20 Sep: Transcarpathia & Transnistria





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More than one hundred Zakarpattya Border Guards were sent to front in the east. Groups photographs taken at the leaving parade show the extremes the Ukrainians have resorted to. The members are not of prime military age, are generally older adults. Their physique is very variable, including a significant proportion of extremes. The recruits are reported to have been given 2 weeks training. 

Four prisoners of war were returned to Transcarpathia as a result of the cease fire. These were members of the 51st Mechanized Brigade and were in good physical shape. They were captured near Ilovaisk on 24 August. A further two are due to be repatriated in the near future. 

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Western Sanctions to Boost Russian Industry Development: Kremlin Administration Head





Western sanctions could spur the development of Russian industry and the cooperation of Moscow with other nations, the head of the Kremlin administration Sergei Ivanov said in an interview published Sunday.


"In the defense [industry], and in other industries, the imposed sanctions could be a powerful incentive for our industries to take more active part in their own development, as well as in cooperation with the countries, which have not previously seen this cooperation," Ivanov said in an interview to Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper.
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Poroshenko Underlines Importance of Minsk Memorandum: Reports





In an interview with the country's TV channels, Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko underlined the importance of the Minsk Memorandum, aimed to restore peace in eastern Ukraine, Poroshenko's website reported Sunday.


"We can win only by peace," Poroshenko said.
Poroshenko reminded that the memorandum, achieved in Minsk on September 19, establishes the procedures for ending the armed conflict.
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Russia Makes Proposals During Talks Between P5+1 Group And Tehran, Hopes for Cooperation




 
– Russia has made a number of proposals during the talks between the P5+1 group of mediators and Tehran and hopes for collective work in this direction, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told RIA Novosti Sunday.
"We have proposed a number of additional ideas. We hope they will be perceived as an impetus for collective work," Ryabkov said.
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Ukraine’s Parliament Speaker to Keep Lawmakers Who Visited Moscow Away From Work




Speaker of the Ukraine's parliament Oleksandr Turchynov will draft a resolution to keep the lawmakers, who visited Russian parliament session in Moscow, away from work. More than 20 lawmakers of the Ukrainian parliament's group "For Peace and Stability" have recently visited Moscow to attend the session of the State Duma, the lower chamber of the Russian parliament. "We do not have much time left to work, but I will do everything possible to keep them away from the chamber [of parliament]," Turchynov told Ukrainian 1+1 TV channel. "For Peace and Stability" was formed in July and includes 32 lawmakers.

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Ukraine SITREP September 20, 23:34 UTC/Zulu: War or Peace?



[Quick note: I want to begin this SITREP with a correction to something which I mentioned in the last SITREP abouy General Bezler: even though his signature did appear to figure on the infamous statement of the four commanders declaring their loyalty to "General" Korsun, the information that he had been arrested is, according to sources qualified as "solid" by Colonel Cassad, not true. 

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3 Afghan Officers Go Missing in US Shopping Mall: Reports





Three military officers from Afghanistan have gone missing in the United States, ABC TV network has reported. The officers came to the United States on September 11 to take part in joint military exercise at Cape Code military base in Massachusetts and were last seen at the Cape Cod Shopping Mall late on Saturday. The TV channel cited a US Central Command official as saying that the men do not present any danger to the society.

US, Other Countries to Provide Ukraine With Non-Lethal Weapon: Poroshenko





Ukraine will receive non-lethal weapons from the United States and several other countries, which will help the country to strengthen its defense, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said.
"We have to get and got everything we need: intelligence, radar, surveillance and other types of defense equipment, which will allow us to increase the effectiveness of our weapons dozens of times, upgrade it and do everything possible to ensure that the efficiency of our weapons is much better and it is not only from the side of the United States, " Poroshenko told Ukrainian TV channels on Sunday evening.
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Boko Haram: Shekau impersonator killed by Nigerian troops?





The Nigerian military may have recorded a major victory in the war against Boko Haram as the man suspected to be mimicking late Abubakar Shekau in recent videos from the sect, may have been killed during the September 17th battle in Konduga, Borno state.

A senior military source said "it is getting more certain that the terrorists' commander who has been mimicking Shekau in those videos is the one killed in Konduga on September 17."

Sources at the image making company of the Nigerian government, PRNigeria, say the death of the man believed to be the leader of the group is responsible for the scattering of the sect members in different independent locations in neighboring countries.
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Katsina Gov. reportedly orders student detained for criticizing him on Facebook





A student of the National Open University of Nigeria, Abdulmalik Sa’idu, has been languishing in a police cell for over 20 days on the orders of the Governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema, for posting details of an alleged fertilizer scam in the state on his Facebook wall, Premium Times reports
This was disclosed to Premium Times by Mr. Sa’idu’s family and lawyer. Abdulmalik was first invited to the Katsina Government House on August 28 by a phone caller who claimed he had a message for him. But when Abdulmalik arrived at the governor’s office, he was promptly arrested, handcuffed and taken to Batagarawa Police Station just outside the state capital, Katsina, and detained on the orders of Mr. Shema’s aide-de-camp, Shehu Koko, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP.
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Former head of state, IBB reportedly hospitalized in Germany!



According with Sahara Reporters, former Head of state, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida popularly called IBB happens to be in a hospital in German. He was reportedly rushed to Germany about 10 days ago from his hilltop mansion in Minna, Niger State. SR reports that the former military head of state who's 73 years of age is severely ill and that his ailment pertains to a chronic back ailment which is why he earlier had surgery in Germany.


Photo: The Carter Pedestrian bridge needs urgent renovation !



The Lagos state or federal government is repairing the Eko Bridge which cracked recently. Now it's time to let them  take a close look at the Carter Pedestrian Bridge. It needs urgent renovation while the bridge is deteriorating. There is a feeling it might collaspse as there're loads of cracks on it.

Press Release Ban on police road-blocks/check-points still in force - IG of police





Find the press release below..


The Inspector-General of Police, Acting IGP Suleiman Abba, has stated unequivocally that the order banning the setting up of Police road-blocks nationwide is still strictly in force. In a directive issued to all Commands and Formations of the Force, the IGP warned that all semblances of Police road-blocks and permanent check-points reportedly re-emerging in some parts of the country, especially in the South-East, South-South and South-West geo-political zones of Nigeria should immediately be dismantled.

#FreeOurSoldiers: The 12 soldiers sentenced to death deserve to die - Ex-generals



While the rest of us are begging for leniency, some retired senior military officers say the 12 soldiers sentenced to death last week for attacking their GOC at their barracks in Maiduguri, deserve to die.

Speaking with Sunday Punch, the ex-generals said it's necessary for the military to maintain its age-long rules on discipline, hailed the judgement and said it must be carried out. A former Commandant of the Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Brig.-Gen. Williams Obene (retd.), said,
“I commend the boldness of the Army authorities to follow the terms and conditions of service – the extant laws that established the armed forces, particularly the Army– and for trying to uphold discipline at the highest level. When politicians and highly influential Nigerians interfere in the daily administration of the military, things become difficult. That situation is very prevalent under democracy.”

Saturday, September 20, 2014

Nigeria Takes a U-turn, head to Russia & China for military help and arms as UK & US disappoint





NIGERIA has requested the help of Russia and China to train its military and provide the armed forces with hardware in a desperate bid to combat the Boko Haram menace after traditional allies the US and UK have offered limited assistance.   Traditionally, the US and UK have been Nigeria's military partners but since the start of the current Boko Haram insurgency, their methods have been highly ineffective. Keen to crush the rebellion, the Nigerian government is looking to the Chinese and Russians in a bid to quickly recapture the towns and villages recently seized by Boko Haram in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States.  
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#Korobucci: Nigeria Twitter Reacts To Obanikoro’s Funky Campaign Slogan





The race to 2015 is on and heating up and Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro is getting a head start.
The former aspirant for the Lagos governorship seat has unveiled one of his campaign slogans as “Korobucci” obviously inspired by the MAVIN Records-produced hit track, “Dorobucci”.
The slogan was unveiled today, September 20, 2014, at a Peoples Democratic Party Rally in Lagos which had President Goodluck Jonathan in attendance.
Reports also have it that there is now an accompanying single recorded by the Koro All Stars.
Obanikoro has not revealed what office he’s campaigning for but judging from his past attempts at becoming the governor of Lagos, it’s safe to say he’s planning to contest again.
Let’s see if Nigerians will like Korobucci as much as they love Dorobucci. Meanwhile read reactions to the slogan via Twitter:
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Buruji Kashamu Accuses U.S. Judiciary Of Racism, Vows To Fight On





A leader of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in Ogun State, Buruji Kashamu, has accused the United States judiciary of racism, vowing to fight on until he gets justice after a U.S. court ruled that Mr. Kashamu be prosecuted for drug trafficking.

A U.S. Court of Appeal had on September 15 dismissed an appeal filed by Mr. Kashamu seeking to quash his indictment for smuggling drugs into the U.S.

The court upheld an earlier ruling, in May, by a U.S. District Court which equally dismissed the motion filed by Mr. Kashamu, a close ally of President Goodluck Jonathan.
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Taraba House Of Assembly Raises Panel On Suntai



Governor Danbaba Suntai

Taraba State House of Assembly, yesterday, set up a five-man panel to verify the health status of Governor Danbaba Suntai. This decision followed the receipt of a resolution of the state Executive Council meeting of September, 2014. By so doing, the Assembly is evoking the provisions of Section 189, Sub Section 1b and 189 Sub Section 4 of the Constitution which requested the Speaker to appoint a medical panel to verify the health condition of the governor. In a statement, the Taraba State Speaker, Hon. Josiah Kente, said he was compelled to set up the panel in accordance with the Constitution following the resolution passed by the state Executive Council mandating him to do so.

Video News: President Jonathan Visits Collapsed Building Site In Synagogue



President Goodluck Jonathan has promised to investigate the cause of the collapse of the Synagogue Church of All Nations six-storey building. The President who made this declaration during a condolence visit to the General Overseer and members of the church, also promised to collaborate with state governors to put measures that will check the illegal building of high rise buildings in the country. While expressing condolences to the families of the victims,The president assured that the FG will deploy every necessary to ensure that investigations into the cause of the collapse are treated speedily. The president says he Will convey a meeting with state governors to discuss the need for advice or measures that will help check the illegal erection of high rise buildings.
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45,000 Syrians ‘flee Islamic State’ into Turkey




Some 45,000 mainly Syrian Kurds have crossed into Turkey in the past 24 hours, officials say, as Islamic State militants advance in northern Syria.  Turkey opened its border on Friday to Syrians who had fled the Kurdish town of Kobane in fear of an IS attack. Activists say some 300 Kurdish fighters have crossed into Syria from Turkey to help defend the strategic town.


IS controls large areas of Syria and Iraq and has seized dozens of villages around Kobane, also called Ayn al-Arab. Turkey – which shares a border with Iraq and Syria – has taken in more than 847,000 refugees since the uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began three years ago.
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Kiev, Donetsk Exchange Prisoners in Donbas




Ukrainian security forces and Donetsk People's Republic militia have carried out another prisoner swap, with each side handing over 38 detainees.


The exchange took place some 30 kilometers north of Donetsk. Daria Morozova, the head of the Donetsk People's Republic's committee on prisoner exchange, told reporters that a new prisoner swap had been scheduled for Sunday, due to the fact that Ukrainian forces kept handing over less detainees than the sides had agreed on. An additional 27 prisoners are to be transferred back to DNR during the next swap, she said.
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NATO’s new cold war redraws left, liberal views on imperialism and war



The right-wing Canadian government endorsed a "Ukrainian Independence Day" celebration in Toronto that openly raised funds for the fascist Right Sector organisation and at which the group's red and black flags were displayed prominently.

September 18, 2014 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Just under 25 years ago, the Cold War ended with a capitalist triumph. The nationalised economies and political structures of the Soviet Union and eastern Europe collapsed and a transition to a harsh, anti-social capitalism began.
In the years that followed, an eastward expansion was undertaken by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the military alliance of the imperialist countries of Europe and North America. Many of the countries of eastern Europe joined the alliance, in explicit defiance of agreements by NATO with post-Soviet Russia not to expand in this way.
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Corps Member Donates ₦10,000 Allowy To Pres. Jonathan’s Re-election





A serving corps member, Ezemagu Sunday Nnamdi has donated N10,000 to President Jonathan's re-election bid. Patriotic or nah, guys?

In a press statement released by Mr. Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to President Jonathan on Media & Publicity, the young Nigerian sent the donation of Ten Thousand Naira as his humble contribution to the President’s  re-election. Reuben also disclosed that the donation was sent before the Peoples’ 
Democratic Party (PDP) adopted the President as its sole candidate for the 2015 presidential elections. 

Synagogue Building Crash: Govt Moves against T. B Joshua





The Lagos State Government has moved against the popular Synagogue Church of All Nations, Ikotun, after one of its buildings collapsed last week killing over 70 people including a 10-year-old kid with many others critically injured.


The structure, which was under construction, was initially a two-storey building before the addition of four new floors which were under construction. As of Thursday, after NEMA announced that rescue work has ended, the death toll in the building collapse hit 80. Among the dead were 67 South Africans. 

Ukrainian Army Attacks Military Plant in Donetsk





The Ukrainian military have carried out an attack on a military plant in Donetsk, where explosives are blowing up.  At the moment, there is smoke over the 107th military factory and explosions still could be heard. The locals said that there were ammunition supplies stored in the factory, which are currently exploding.
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The Devil did it, please forgive me -Herbalist who buried Customs officer & daughter alive [Photos]




The victims got missing on May 10 after which the family spent three weeks searching for them before eventually reporting to the po­lice on June 13.   For five days, despite all kinds of rigorous interrogations he was subjected to, Olatunji maintained that he was innocent. Not deterred by his tears and call on the almighty God to de­liver him from what he described as injustice, Head of the SARS team, Abba Kyari insisted that the suspect’s confession was not coherent, hence the need for further interrogation.
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Lagos Roads Blocked As President Arrives For PDP Rally



According to reports, President Goodluck Jonathan in expected to arrive in Lagos today.
The president is said to be visiting the commercial hub to attend a political rally organized by the top echelon of thePeoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West.
The event, tagged “Unity Rally”, is supposedly being organized in support of Jonathan’s 2015 re-election bid.  Some roads in Lagos have reportedly been blocked in preparation for the president’s arrival.  The Lagos bus transit service, LAGBUS revealed via Twitter (@LAGBUSOfficial) that:
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Akon to supply electricity to Kenya




Akon first met President Uhuru Kenyatta in Washington DC during the US-Africa Summit in August to discuss his intentions in assisting the country with electricity...
American/Senegalese singer Akon has promise to light up Kibera in Nairobi which is the largest urban slum in Africa. The R & B singer who first met President Uhuru Kenyatta in Washington DC during the US-Africa Summit in August to discuss his intentions in assisting the country with electricity, was at the State House Nairobi on Thursday, September 18, 2014, set up a meeting with the Energy CS Davis Chirchir, Kenya Power MD Ben Chumo, President’s Private Secretary Jomo Gecaga and Rural Electrification CEO and agreed on specifics for implementation that with be carried by ‘Akon Light Africa Project’. 

Akon who was welcomed to the State House by Kenya president will participate in the rural electrification process and will hold another meeting with Rural Electrification Authority to finalize on specifics. According to reports. See Some photos below…....

Frustrated Man commits suicide in Ekiti state after 2 failed attempts






After two failed attempts to kill himself within the last few four years, a person considered in his 30s named Mundiu (pictured above) finally succeeded in killing himself yesterday September 19th.

In accordance with Sun News, Mundiu killed himself in the hall way of his compound in Ayede-Ekiti community in Oye local government of Ekiti state in the first hours of yesterday morning.
 In accordance with one of his true neighbors, Muntiu had always complained to be poor and unsuccessful and was considered very frustrated. Each day before he killed himself, he mentioned to neighbours that they may be witnessing drama on Friday but no-one knew he was talking about him killing himself
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Car crash on college road - Pics



  A speeding car veered off the trail in the first hours of today and crashed right into a pole and stall on a road on College Road in Ogba, Ikeja. Fortunately, the guy suspected to be drunk, survived the crash but his car was totaled. See photos after the break...

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