Wednesday, January 15, 2014

"Forgive Me, It's My First Time" - Man, 62, Pleads After Molesting 7-Yr-Old Girl



A man in Taraba who was arrested by the police on suspicion of rape has been found guilty of the charges against him.  Boniface Ankwuli, 62, was sentenced yesterday before an Upper Area Court in Jalingo, the state capital and he is to spend 6 years in prison for his crime.

Mr. Ankwuli admitted that he had molested the 7-year-old victim and he pleaded with the court to be lenient with him as it was his first offence.

TB Joshua Talks about Same-Sex Marriage Ban




As news of the controversial law banning same-sex marriage continues to create headlines worldwide after it was signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan, the renowned spiritual head of the Synagogue church in Lagos, Prophet TB Joshua has spoken out on the contentious issue.

“Judge not, so that you will not be judged,” Joshua began, citing Matthew 7:1 for Scriptural backing. “We should talk to people to be saved and not to die. I mean, we should talk salvation, not condemnation. The Bible is my standard.”

Asian anti-Black racism at an embassy in Nigeria



Lagos, Nigeria 2007 (Photo: Paolo Woods)

Anti-Black racism from Arabs is nothing new, but anti-Black racism from East and South-East Asians is not what most Nigerians expect. For an Asian to call us "monkeys" is beyond preposterous. For Asians to shout and yell at us, even to the point of physically assaulting a woman in her 40s is unbelievable. As you may be aware, Nigerians thrive on respect, as do Asians. Older people, Asian and African, command respect, yet to my non-Nigerian colleagues this does not translate across nationalities. I see that they have respect for each other, but literally zero, zilch, none, for older Nigerian staff. I know a bit of the language, so I can understand when they are insulting us in our presence, calling us "bastards." 

Action Speaks: 168 arrested for just being gay in north Nigeria



 LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Human rights activists say dozens of gay men are being arrested in northern Nigeria.
They say such persecution will increase since President Goodluck Jonathan signed legislation banning same-sex marriage and criminalizing gay clubs and associations. Dorothy Aken'Ova is executive director of Nigeria's International Center for Reproductive Health and Sexual Rights. She said Tuesday the new law, already being dubbed the "Jail the Gays" law, will endanger and even criminalize programs fighting HIV-AIDS in the gay community.

More lives will undoubtedly be missing if Jonathan continues ruling Nigeria – Tinubu



Tinubu, while reacting to the recent disruption of a rally organized by Save Rivers Movement on Sunday, said it was a coup successfully planned by Jonathan.  He said instead of encouraging democracy, the Jonathan administration was now engaged in a fight against the rights of Nigerians.

The statement, released on Monday by Tinubu’s media aide, Sunday Dare, reads in full:

Woman sets herself, hubby to death to prevent him from picking new wife



Sorrow engulfed the Umuodo community of Itu in Ezinihitte LGA of Imo State last weekend when a man and his wife were burnt to death under very controversial circumstances. Mr Ngozi Chilekezi and his wife Patience alias Oil, had lived together as husband and wife for about 12 years before the tragedy.
“On entering the room, his wife poured fuel on him, lit a match and held him tightly to ensure that he did no escape from the evil plot,” a villager recounted.

US Condemns Nigeria's Same-sex Marriage Ban



The United States on Monday criticized Nigeria for approving a law that punishes same-sex marriage with prison, saying the move would curtail basic human rights.


Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States was “deeply concerned” by Nigeria’s new law which “dangerously restricts freedom of assembly, association and expression for all Nigerians.”
Kerry said the act “is inconsistent with Nigeria’s international legal obligations and undermines the democratic reforms and human rights protections enshrined in its 1999 constitution.”

Ex president OBJ calls for prayers over 2015 elections



Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday urged Nigerians to keep fasting and praying ahead of the 2015 elections, saying that only God has power to appoint leaders. Obasanjo said this when the National President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Dr. Felix Omobude, paid him a courtesy visit in his Abeokuta, Ogun State, home.
According to him, Nigeria is God’s project and as such the nation will overcome all its challenges no matter how insurmountable they can be.

Gunmen shoot Pres. Jonathan’s official photographer



President Goodluck Jonathan’s official photographer, Mr. Callistus Ewelike, was on Monday night shot by unknown gunmen in Abuja.
Ewelike, a photojournalist with the News Agency of Nigeria is attached to the State House, Abuja, and he is currently acting as the President’s official photographer.
The father of two was reportedly shot at a close range in front of his house in Nyanya in the outskirts of the Federal Capital Territory, between 10pm and 11pm.
He was said to be returning to his house after filing the photographs he took during Jonathan’s visit to Shape Community in the FCT, where the President inaugurated the Operation Light Up Rural Nigeria Project when the incident happened.

Tukur Finally resigns



Embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has resigned,  THE PUNCH learnt.
A senior member of the divided National Working Committee of the party, who spoke with our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday, said President Goodluck Jonathan will inform the meeting of the National Caucus of the party tonight in Abuja about the development.
With the resignation, Tukur has escaped being suspended from the party by the members of the NWC if he had refused to resign.

9ice Set To Contest For 2015 Elections



 The performer turned politician shared that on his Instagram site recently, he declared his political desire last year.

What is Wrong with this Photo ? (Complimentary Card Version)



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Ruggedman's point of view on recently signed anti-gay law



 
 Rapper & entrepreneur Ruggedman is one of many superstars who feel there are many crucial dilemmas to deal in Nigeria than moving anti-gay laws. He took to facebook to voice his opinion. See more tweets following the break.

Car bomb hit Maiduguri



A car bomb has exploded in Maiduguri, and there are fears of many casualties, the Media reports. The incident occurred yesterday around 1pm outside the state television offices.
Blood-spattered everyone was seen fleeing and vehicles crashed into each other, while soldiers fired automatic weapons. A suicide bomber is suspected of being behind the blast, reportedly near a market. The military confirmed to the media an explosion had occurred, but didn't give a figure for casualties. An eyewitness said he had seen what appeared to be dead bodies on the ground. Another car is reported to have been set burning by the blast.

What is wrong with this Photo ? ( Hair Style Version)



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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Mass Arrest in Northern Nigeria as GEJ signs Anti-gay Bill.



According to this report, they have started arresting people suspected to be gays in the Northern part of the country. Here's an article I found on UK Guardian. Read below

 Dozens of gay men are reported to have been arrested across northern Nigeria as police begin to enforce punitive new laws that criminalize same-sex marriages and membership of gay rights organizations.

Dorothy Aken'Ova, executive director of the country's International Centre for Reproductive Health and Sexual Rights, said that the legislation, hailed the "Jail the Gays" law, had led to mass arrests. Police in Bauchi state, she claimed, had a list of 168 purportedly gay men, of whom 38 had been arrested.

Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has not tendered any resignation letter to any person or quarter as the National Chairman of the Party



Alhaji Bamanga Tukur is still the chairman of PDP. His media aide just released a statement denying earlier reports that he's resigned. 

“Be informed that contrary to the report making waves in the internet and other social media, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has not tendered any resignation letter to any person or quarter as the National Chairman of the Party. Please disregard any information or report in this regard since the National Chairman is busy fashioning out new structures and areas of taking the party to greater heights.” Oliver Okpala Senior Media Assistant on Media to PDP National Chairman

Absolute Power Corrupts: Dubai Prince halts Airplanes from Flying to perform BBC Interview



http://omoooduarere.blogspot.com/2014/01/dubai-prince-halts-planes-from-flying.html
BBC reporter Jon Sopel explains how, during an exclusive BBC interview with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Prime Minister and Vice President of the UAE, and constitutional monarch of Dubai, halted planes in the sky in order for the interview to take place. (The roar of aircraft engines was making a lot of noise and they stopped planes from flying). Now, that's power!
 

UN Make IGODYE Millennium Ambassador



Francis agoda known as igodye,  now a United nation Millennium development goal Ambassador. The  Global Educators for all initiative has bestowed United nations millennium development Goal Ambassador on One of African’s Funniest comedian, Ambassador Francis Agoda fondly called I Go Dye.

This honor  is in recognition and mandate to continue to facilitate the realization of the United nations (MDGs)

Why the US government is after “Ogun State newest political Godfather” Buruji Kashamu?



Esho Jinadu aka Kashamu Baruji..

Why the US government is after “Ogun State newest political Godfather” Buruji Kashamu?

The controversy whether or not millionaire politician, self acclaimed philanthropist snd Nigeria’s newest “Godfather”, Alhaji Buruji Kashamu is a drug baron and fugitive from the United States law has been on in the Nigerian press for the past few months. A section of the Nigerian media had reported late year that that Alhaji Kashamu’s name came up in a recent Court ruling dated September 25, 2009 by Judge Charles R. Norgle of the United States District Court in Chicago, Illinois in which the Judge upheld Kashamu’s indictment by the U.S government on drug trafficking charges and conspiracy to smuggle heroin into the country. Kashamu was described by the U.S government as the kingpin of the drug cartel.

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