Why we oppose use of condom for family planning - Catholic Church

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Punch

The Catholic church says it opposes artificial family planning techniques, because it encourages bastardisation of sexual activities by young people and “impedes normal procreation.”

The Secretary-General of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Ralph Madu, made this clarification in a response to an enquiry by The Punch on Sunday.

He said, “The Catholic Church believes that modern means, including the use of condoms is morally bad because it impedes normal procreation. You can meet with your wife when you do not want children and those periods when the woman is not fertile instead of having to destroy the sperm and all other forms of artificial prevention.

“They are very artificial means and they do not really give the moral lesson that borders around the use of the sexual organs.

Chinedu Ikedieze to bury late dad this Saturday

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Nollywood actor Chinedu Ikedieze's late father, Mr Michael Ogbonnaya Ikedieze, who died May 18th, will be buried this Saturday June 22nd at their hometown of Uzuakoli in Abia State. 

See How Nigerian Celebrities Are Killing Themselves

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Apparently basking in the euphoria of a new status, many Nigerians in showbiz throw caution in the wind in the process of “living it up”.

These days, hardly does a month end without news of someone in Nollywood or the Music industry, getting involved in car accident or public brawl...

This comes as no surprise, especially to those who are in the know of the background of today’s stars. Most of them, even in wildest dreams, never thought they would attain their current standing in the society. In fact, not only do they talk about the rise to fame in interviews, they also author books and record songs on it.

Yobe: JTF In Five Hour Gunfight With Boko Haram

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Residents of Damaturu, the Yobe state capital, have reported what they believe to have been a gun battle between security forces and members of the Boko Haram, which lasted for over 5 hours on Sunday night.

The relative peace currently being enjoyed in Damaturu the Yobe state capital suffered a setback as sound of gunshots were heard throughout the night.  Sporadic gunshots were heard within the Damaturu metropolis from 9pm and lasted for over five hours. Although an official statement is still being expected from either the Joint Task Force (JTF) or the police on the cause of the gunshots, residents believe it was a clash between security forces and the radical Islamic sect; the Boko Haram.

Yobe State government had four days ago reviewed the restriction of movement from 9pm to 6am in Damaturu, while curfew in other towns remained 6pm to 6am daily.  The last time gunshots were heard in Damaturu was 9 months ago when a field commander of the radical sect; Bakaka was killed in a gun duel with JTF at Khandahar area of Damaturu.

US and UK intelligence regarded G20 leaders as potential terrorists

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While the U.S. government keeps on insisting that the surveillance program was a limited one and designed to protect the United States and other countries from terrorist and other threats, new leaks reveal that the U.S. and U.K. intelligence services eavesdropped on world leaders at conferences in London in 2009. This included setting up fake internet cafés in order to intercept foreign delegates' emails as well as tapping the phones. The eavesdropping program was not limited to potential adversaries, but included the U.S. and U.K.'s allies as well.

A U.S. government paper released on Sunday states that among millions of phone and email records collected by the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2012, only fewer than 300 phone numbers were really searched in order to obtain detailed information.

Nigerians no longer have respect for their elders – Goodluck Jonathan

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President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday affirmed that Nigerians have lost the values for hard work, respect for their elders, truthfulness, honesty, contentment, humility, patience and all moral virtues.

The president blamed cultism, armed robbery, murder, kidnapping and other social vices in the country on its citizens.

Jonathan, who was represented by the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Ms. Ama Pepple, made this known at the official flag-off of National Christian Campaign on Social Transformation, tagged: Be The Change You Want To See, organised by the Christian Association of Nigeria,CAN, in Abuja.

Audio:British and American intelligence To Spy On G8 and G20 Governments - Evidence uncovered by the whistleblower Edward

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The British and American intelligence were spying on Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, and other politicians and officials who attended the G20 summit in London in 2009. Claims that evidence of the espionage is contained in top secret documents uncovered by the US whistleblower Edward Snowden. The documents reveal that the UK Government Communications Headquarters and American National Security Agency intercepted communications of foreign high-ranking officials.

Has there been any conspiracy behind Snowden`s leaks and is there specific timing behind his moves? To find out more we are joined live on the phone now by Jim Killock, a British political activist and Executive Director of the Open Rights Group.

Are these leaks being timed to some major political events such as the G20 summit?

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Does it help to úri-nate right after s-éx? SEE 7 facts about STDs

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Did you know that úri-nating right after having s-éx, especially for men, can flush those germs out?

These days, it’s not abnormal to learn that someone has an STD. In fact, even celebrities have STDs! I recently posted a blog on celebrities and STDs. Most of them had herpes and one of them had Hepatitis. Sure, some of you may know these 7 facts on STDs, but there are others, younger people, that are just starting out and may be in need of some facts, so this is more for them…

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Two Friends R-ápe Pastor's Daughter In Her Father's Presence

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What is wrong with guys these days? A high Court sitting in Ughelli, Delta State has sentenced two bad guys, described as “notorious rápists,” Ernest Steve, 30 and Jerry Godwin, 29, to life imprisonment for ráping a 17-year-old daughter of a Pastor.

Prosecution told the court that after robbing parents of the young girl of valuables, they went ahead and had carnal knowledge of the girl serially, causing severe injuries in her private area... The incident took place on November 5, 2007 when the duo broke into the residence of the parents of the girl at Young Africa Close, Ovwian, armed with a gun and knife. It caused a lot of  psychological trauma.

How I was kidnapped and taken into the bush – Boy, 7, narrates ordeal (PHOTOS)

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Eight suspected kidnappers were paraded  recently in Cross River State for kidnapping a seven-year-old pupil of Martha Dei Primary School in Ogoja, Cross River State.

The boy, Williams Ebele, has since narrated his ordeal saying he was enticed by the ice cream they offered him and that they had lied that his father sent them before abducting him on June 10, 2013.

Ebele was in captivity for four days and said he fed only on biscuits (cabin) and had a bath once by the river before he was rescued by the police.

On Friday at the headquarters of the Cross River State Police Command in Calabar, Ebele said:

S-èx addict Father rap-ed 3 Year Old daughter as wife held her hand

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A s-èx addict Michigan dad repeatedly raped his toddler daughter as his wife held her hand to calm her down, police said. The 27-year-old, who cannot be named to protect the girl, allegedly confessed to cops that he s-èxually assaulted the 3-year-old "too many times to remember."
The sickening acts were carried out over a period of six months in front of the girl's mom, who reportedly soothed her hands "so it wouldn't hurt so much."

It's also claimed he took illicit pictures of the girl "for his own s-èxual gratification," forced her to watch disgusting child po-rn and had showers with her. The couple, who lived at the Avalon Hotel in Jackson, are believed to have abused the girl between late last year until May.

Social services were called in May 7 after reports she was displaying "s-èxualized behavior," had asked her brother for s-èx and wanted to watch a po-rn movie.

Short sightedness is killing the economy – Ex-National Planning Minister

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Rasheed Gbadamosi

Mr. Rasheed Abiodun Gbadamosi is an economist. His credentials include being minister, National Planning, Chairman, National Committee on Industrial Development for the Industrial Master Plan project, Chairman, Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), Chairman, Governing Council, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) and member, Nigeria’s External Debt Rescheduling team. 

He speaks, in this interview, on the state of the economy in the last 14 years, the initiative by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to make cashless monetary policy a universal phenomenon, privatisation of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) and the need for government to harness the potentials in agriculture. Excerpts:

Nigeria has just celebrated 14 years of uninterrupted democracy. How has democracy impacted on the economy?

To start with, I do not like this exultation about democracy. It does not mean that if we do not have democracy we won’t have relative prosperity. Economic indices were positive even in non-democratic governments.

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Sign death warrants, Jonathan tells govs on Father’s Day

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President Goodluck Jonathan (4th r) leading other fathers in the presentation of a
special song during the 2013 Father’s Day celebration at the Aso
Villa Chapel Abuja on Sunday (16/6/13).

President Goodluck Jonathan has called on state governors not to shy away from signing death sentences passed on convicted criminals saying that as leaders, their responsibilities include doing both the “sweet and the ugly part” a long as it is sanctioned by law.

In a message at the Villa Chapel to commemorate the Fathers’ day celebration, president Jonathan expressed worry that discipline which used to be the hallmark of the family is gradually being eroded because of negative influence of modernism.

R.I.P: Bola Tinubu's late mother buried

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Former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu's mother, Abibatu Mogaji, died yesterday June 15th at the ripe old age of 96. The former President-General, Association of Nigerian Market Women and Men, was buried this morning Sunday, June 16 at the Vaults and Gardens Cemetery in Ikoyi, Lagos.  Photo above is Tinubu kissing his mum. May her soul rest in peace.

Ukrainian plane suspected to be carrying Military hardwares detained in Kano

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Security agents have detained an Ukrainian cargo plane at the Kano International Airport for carrying suspected military hardware. Vanguard gathered that investigation is ongoing on the owners and the destination of the cargo.

This is coming few weeks after weapons believed to belong to Hezbollah was uncovered in a building belonging to a Lebanese businessman in Kano. The items recovered from the building include; 40 air-to-surface missiles, 50 cluster bombs, 200 rocket-propel launcher, eight AK-47 rifles, 200 military hand grenades, uncountable number of live ammunition and certain military hard wares deployed to destroy Armoured Personnel Carriers, APC.

Details later.

German spy service plans more online surveillance, injects 100M Euro: Report

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Germany's foreign intelligence service plans a major expansion of Internet surveillance despite deep unease over revelations of US online spying, Der Spiegel news weekly reported Sunday.

Spiegel said that the BND planned a 100 million euro ($130 million) programme over the next five years to expand web monitoring with up to 100 new staff members on a "technical reconnaissance" team.

The report came ahead of a state visit to Berlin by US President Barack Obama during which the German government has pledged to take up the controversy over the US phone and Internet surveillance programmes.

Spiegel said the BND aimed to monitor international data traffic "as closely as possible", noting that it currently kept tabs on about five percent of emails, Internet calls and online chats while German law allowed up to 20 percent.

Alleged Abuja Bombing: We Exploded Two Fuel Tankers In FCT – MEND

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3 weeks after it called-off what it described as planned attacks on mosques and related institutions over the bombings and killing of southerners in the North by Boko Haram insurgents, the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, claimed it struck in the early hours of Saturday in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.

The militant group said it secretly attached portable military limpet explosives on two articulated petrol tanker vehicles outside the NNPC depot in Abaji, Abuja, at about 5.00 am and detonated the devices.

Sunday Vanguard could not verify the claim at press time while the media manager of Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidy of the NNPC, Nasir Imodagbe, denied the bombing claim.

Kaduna man allegedly sedated & raped man who called him 'uncle'

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You read some stories and all you can do is shake your head. According to this story from Nigerian Tribune, a Kaduna based successful business man named Alhaji Habu (pictured right in hospital after being stabbed) invited Kabiru (pictured left) to his home, where he proceeded to drug his tea and have sex with him. Kabiru claimed he was initially too weak to fight him off when Alhaji Habu penetrated him but eventually managed to gain enough strength to get the man he called 'uncle' off him, using a knife.

Meanwhile, Alhaji Habu is telling a different story. He claimed Kabiru came to his house and asked to spend the night, and in the middle of the night Kabiru tried to rob him and attacked with him a knife. The first explanation sounds more plausible. Read the full story after the break.

From Nigerian Tribune

Anambra to use Bill Gates money to build 10 hospitals

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AWKA- Anambra State government said yesterday that it would use the money it won from being the best state in the coverage of immunization programme in the South-East to build 10 maternities in the rural parts of the state.

Governor Peter Obi, who made the disclosure during the flag-off of the National Obstetric Fistula Repair Programme at the Anambra State University Teaching Hospital, Awka, said the state had matched the $US1 million monetary award with N120 million for the project.

The governor also flagged-off the fumigation exercise against mosquitoes in the state, explaining that the exercise was part of the state government’s programme towards elimination of malaria.

He called on the people of the state to corporate with those carrying out the fumigation exercise since it was for their own good.

Obi also flagged-off the construction of a hostel block at the teaching hospital to house medical students.

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SEE How These Filling Station Armed Robbers Were Nabbed

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If Sunday Ayogu and Kenneth Kingsley had known that their robbery operation could be botched, perhaps they would have experienced a rethink. Nevertheless they didn't and now they're cooling their heels in police custody. How made it happen happen?

Residents of Igboeze in Igbo Eze North Local Government Section of Enugu State were recently raised from their deep sleep by shouts of ‘Nyere m aka, Oye oshi'(Help! thief) from one of its residents.

The voice later turned out to be that of a filling station manager. On that fateful Wednesday, June 5, 2013, two suspected robbers stormed his residence and demanded for several he had. The suspects had scaled the fence of the home and forcefully gained entry into the main sitting room downstairs before they made their method to his bedroom where he was reportedly sleeping along with his wife and children.