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Saturday, 18 April 2015

Afghanistan suicide bomb in Jalalabad leaves many dead

At least 33 people have been killed and 100 injured in a suicide bomb attack in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad.

The blast happened outside a bank where government staff and military personnel were collecting their salaries.

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor E.A Adeboye pictured with UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, in London yesterday April 17th. Pastor Adeboye is in London for a religious programme taking place this night at the London Excel Center.

Another photo after the cut...

The outcome of the Governorship and State House of Assembly election in Delta state has again proven beyond any iota of doubt that the political dynasty of the former governor of the state, Chief James Ibori is still very much in total control of the politics of the state.A former commissioner and later Secretary to the State Government, SSG, under Chief Ibori’s administration, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa emerged victorious in the governorship election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had on Monday declared Senator Okowa, the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, winner of Saturday governorship election in Delta. The Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Bio Nyananyo, announced in Asaba that Okowa polled 724,680 votes to beat his closest rival, Chief Great Ogboru of the Labour Party, who got 130,028 votes.

The re-scheduled election in four state constituencies held in Anambra State amid tight security on Saturday.

The constituencies are Anaocha 1, Anaocha 2, Aguata 1 and Ekwusigo where elections were cancelled due to irregularities on April 11.

Accreditation of voters started at about 8a.m.

The electorate conducted themselves peaceful during accreditation of voters while the card reader machines were effective in every polling unit monitored in Agulu and Obeledu. (NAN)

South Africa violence: Arrests follow Johannesburg attacks

More than 30 people have been detained by police in South Africa after a fresh outbreak of anti-foreigner violence.

Overnight, small groups attacked shops in several areas around Johannesburg, the country's commercial hub.

Police used rubber bullets to disperse looters in Alexandra, a township north of the city.

At least six people have died in anti-foreigner attacks in the eastern port city of Durban, with violence spreading to other parts of the country.

Several thousand foreigners have fled their homes to shelter in makeshift camps, and neighbouring Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique have announced plans to evacuate citizens.

Meanwhile, police have urged people to stop sending unverified social media messages about attacks on foreigners because they are causing panic.

It was meant to be the ultimate symbol of menace: carving ‘666’ into his forehead.But in a phenomenal case of idiocy, convicted murderer Nikko Jenkins used a mirror – so the numbers came out backwards.

The symbol is described in the biblical book of Revelation as ‘the sign of the beast’, and has since been popularized by the horror movie The Omen.

However, with a series of upside-down 9s, Jenkins has fashioned himself an entirely unique – and irreversible – engraving.

Colorado Teacher Shares Heart-breaking Notes From Third Graders

Kyle Schwartz teaches third grade at Doull Elementary in Denver.

Although she says her students are a pleasure to look after, the educator of three years adds that many of them come from underprivileged homes.

"Ninety-two percent of our students qualify for free and reduced lunch," Schwartz tells ABC News. "As a new teacher, I struggled to understand the reality of my students' lives and how to best support them. I just felt like there was something I didn't know about my students."

The desperate parents of a boy whose head hangs at a 180-degree angle have admitted they would rather he died than continue to suffer.Mahendra Ahirwar, 12, from Madhya Pradesh in central India, suffers from a rare condition that makes his neck bend and his head hang from his body.

Niger State governor–elect, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello of the All Progressives Congress (APC), will, on May 29, be sworn in by his mother-in-law who is the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Fati Abubakar.

The moment Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini orders foreigners to pack their bags and leave the country, Zulu thugs have joined other South Africans to unleash terror on innocent foreigners and other immigrants from Africa.

The migrants were blamed for taking up jobs meant for South Africans and causing massive unemployment.

Some South Africans were seen stealing items from the shops of foreigners who had abandoned their shops for fear of being attacked.

See photo evidence of how foreigners are been maltreated in South Africa below:

The UN Security Council on Friday called upon all parties in Burundi to “refrain from any acts of violence and intimidation before, during, and after elections” in the country.

Pa Ikechukwu Okonkwo, a septuagenarian, and his family stayed back in their three-bedroom apartment in Festac Town, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos, to monitor reports from his large screen television while the April 11 gubernatorial election lasted.

A Boy, 14, stabs 18-year-old girl to death

The teenager was said to have stabbed his victim with a scissors on the neck.

14-year-old boy in Bauchi, who allegedly stabbed to death an 18-year-old girl, has been arrested.

The teenager was said to have stabbed his victim with a scissors on the neck.

Within a week, 20 people died in the quiet town of Ode Irele in Ondo state days after some boys stole from the shrine of Malokun goddess.

Some Ifa priests in Ode Irele alleged that the gods are angry with the whole community because some people stole from the shrine of Malokun.

There are indications that the All Progressives Congress is uncomfortable with the May 28 handover date proposed by the out-going administration.

Investigation by Saturday PUNCH revealed that the outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan and the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) are set to clash over a proposal by the Jonathan team to hand over the mantle of leadership to Buhari on May the 28th, instead of the 29th.

Saturday PUNCH gathered that the Buhari team was already over what they considered as an act of ill-will laced with sinister motives.

This is sequel to an announcement by the Minister of Information, Senator Patricia Akwashiki, that President Jonathan would perform the handover ceremony at a dinner on May 28.

Akwashiki made the announcement after Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting.

She told journalists, “By May 28, the President intends to have the formal handover done at a dinner so that we can reserve May 29 for the incoming government.”

However, since the return of democracy in 1999, the traditional date for the handover of power has been May 29, which is also observed as Democracy Day.

Banks in Ado Ekiti were again shut on Friday as organised labour took over the streets to protest against plot to impeach Governor Ayodele Fayose by the 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers of the Ekiti State House of Assembly.

The labour unions comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress and Joint Negotiating Council had on Thursday declared Friday as a work-free day for workers in the state’s civil service to pray for peace in Ekiti. They also declared a six-hour lockdown for public transportation in the state.

GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan yesterday commissioned the 447 metres dual carriage flyover on the Effurun Roundabout, Uvwie Local Government Area, Delta state.

The commissioning of the project awarded in August 2013 at the cost of N4, 181 billion cleared widespread doubt whether it would see completion before close of the governor’s administration next month.

Uduaghn said of the project,”Uvwie is very dear to us. It is like the heartbeat of Delta state. It can’t be ignored because it is a place where most people see and just serves as a link to many parts of the country.

”If we are not doing anything here, it means we are not doing anything in Delta. So whatever is done here is necessary to be done here.”

The governor listed Ugbomro Road leading to the Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun (FUPRE) as well as completion work on the electrification project in Jakpa to terminate at the expressway among new contracts that have just been awarded in Uvwie, adding that work will soon commence on them.

Boko Haram kills 11 freed civilians in Gwoza

Suspected Bubonic plague has broken out in eastern Zambia’s Nyimba district and has so far killed three people, the Times of Zambia reported on Friday.

Eastern Province Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo said the outbreak of the suspected plague has so far affected 13 people from a remote village of the district and claimed three lives.

Health workers have since been dispatched to the area to address the situation and prevent the disease from spreading further while blood samples have been collected from patients and sent to Lusaka, the country’s capital for confirmation of the disease, he added.

Bubonic plague is an infection of the lymph nodes caused by bacteria Yersinia pestis through fleas. Some common symptoms are chills, fever, general ill-feeling, headache, muscle pain and seizures, according to Times.

Killer disease breaks out in Zambia

Suspected Bubonic plague has broken out in eastern Zambia’s Nyimba district and has so far killed three people, the Times of Zambia reported on Friday.

Eastern Province Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo said the outbreak of the suspected plague has so far affected 13 people from a remote village of the district and claimed three lives.

Lilian Esoro, Ubi Franklin Engagement Drama, More Facts Emerging

While their fans are still wondering what might be going on with their recent engagement, It seems Iyanya‘s manager, Ubi Franklin has just announced himself as an expectant father.

The MMMG boss recently proposed to rising Nollywood actress, Lilian Esoro in March who said ‘YES’. Not long after that, Ubi granted an interview stating that wedding plans are already in the works for this year and the couple flew to London to shop for her wedding gown and other materials.

Niger State governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, on Friday, claimed that the defeat of the People’s Democratic Party at both national and state elections was not surprising to Nigerians, adding that the defeat was as a result of the refusal of the party to adhere to the single term agreement.

The governor spoke in Minna as a special guest of honour at the convocation lecture of the Federal University of Technology, Minna.

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered a member of House of Representatives representing Akure South/North Federal Constituency of Ondo State, Ifedayo Abegunde, to vacate his seat on account of his defection from the Labour Party, which sponsored his election in 2011, to the now defunct Action Congress of Nigeria.

In a unanimous decision by the seven-man panel, led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, the apex court held that Abegunde's defection could not be justified since his excuse of purported division in the Labour Party was not in existence in the 'national structure' of the party.

Nigeria striker Osaze Odemwingie has relived his six-month injury nightmare at Stoke City just as he is back in training in a bid to regain full fitness.

Osaze has been sidelined since last August after suffering a serious knee ligament injury in City’s 1-0 win over the Premier League champions Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium and he resumed training with Stoke squad on yesterday.

“It has been tough but the medical staff have been brilliant and helped me enormously,” he told Stoke City website.

The massive outbreak of looting and plundering, which targeted dozens of stores, began in Soweto after a foreign shopkeeper shot dead a teenager who allegedly tried to rob him on Monday night.

The most recent looting has spread to other townships west of Johannesburg,

See more atrocities below:

The South African government has been given 48 hours to stop xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals and their shops or else their companies abroad will be shut down.

An official with the newly elected All Progressive Congress (APC), Tolu Adesanya, confirmed to eNCA that they handed down a memorandum to the South African embassy in Lagos on Wednesday.

In the memorandum, the APC party officials and members of civil society groups have demanded that South Africa take swift action against attacks on foreign nationals.

Adesanya said that Nigeria will shut down South African businesses if their demands are not met by South Africa.

He can’t stop talking and he won’t stop.

Ali Baba is back again and this time, he talks about the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa.

Using his Twitter account, the famous comedian said the Nigerian government should kick out South African owned businesses in Nigerians, if the South African government cannot protect the lives of Nigerians.

“SERIOUSLY, OUR GOVT SHLD GIVE THE S/AFRICAN GOVT 48HRS & IF THE GOVT MAKES NO AMENDS, LET US ASK, MTN, DSTV, BANKS, SHOPRITE TO CLOSE SHOP” tweeted the comedian.

A 27-year-old driver, Chukwuma Okeke was Thursday sentenced by a Lagos State Chief Magistrates’ sitting in Yaba to one year imprisonment for kidnapping a 15-year-old girl from the residence of his employer.

It was gathered that the convict was initially arraigned on April 8.

The prosecutor, DSP Godwin Anyanwu, while testifying before the court said Okeke committed the offence on March 26 at 1p.m. on No.18b, Prince Bode Oluwo Street, Mende, Maryland, Lagos.

Anyanwu said, “The convict is the driver while the victim is a housemaid to the complainants, one Mr and Mrs Emeka Umeevuruo.

It’s no longer news that the umbrella body of Nigerian artistes has been severely riddled by negative and unprogressively politics for several years, and if the on-going activities are anything to go by, then, the supposed dead Performing Musician Association of Nigerian (PMAN), seems to have bounced back from the grave!

A Federal High Court in Lagos has suspended the enforcement of a judgment which stopped the Lagos State Government from imposing movement restriction on citizens during the monthly sanitation exercise in the state.

The fresh order, made by Justice Mohammed Idris on Friday, put on hold the enforcement of a March 16, 2015 judgment nullifying the power of Lagos State and its agents to arrest anyone found moving during the sanitation exercise.

According to the judge, the March 16 judgment would not be enforced until the outcome of the appeal filed by Lagos State challenging the judgment.

Idris, however, ordered the state to compile records of proceedings within 90 days otherwise the stay of execution would be voided.

The implication of the order is that anyone found moving between 7am and 10am on the last Saturday of the month, either on the state or federal roads in Lagos, while the sanitation exercise is being observed, would be liable to arrest.

The Lagos State Government, had through its Solicitor General, Mr. Lawal Pedro (SAN), filed an application for stay of execution, urging Idris to summarily suspend the enforcement of his judgment.

Multichoice Nigeria has challenged the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court to adjudicate in a suit filed against it over the hike in the prices of Digital Satellite Television (DSTV) and GoTV subscriptions.

On the contrary, the plaintiffs filed a contempt charge against two Multichoice directors, Managing Director John Ugbe and Manager, Public Relations Caroline Oghuma to throw them into prison for disobeying a valid court order.

Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke on April 2 granted an order of interim injunction restraining Multichoice from enforcing its planned price increase‎.

The judge asked parties to maintain status quo until the suit is determined.

The order reads in part: “That an order of interim injunction is hereby granted to the parties to maintain the status quo restraining the first defendant (Multichoice/DSTV) from giving effect or enforcing its planned increase in cost of the different classes of viewing or programmes bouquet, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.”

From being linked to one Ghanaian babe to another.

Reports now claim that popular Nollywood comic actor, Osita Iheme also known as pawpaw may be getting married soon.

According to reliable sources, wedding plans are already happening as I write this.

The source claims that Osita says he is getting married to a Ghanaian by name Nana Ama McBrown, and they are opting for a secret wedding.

Air Traffic Controllers Suspend Strike

April 17,– traffic controllers in Nigeria Friday suspended the nationwide strike they declared on Thursday to press for better pay and improved working conditions, but warned that that a more devastating strike will be declared next week if their demands are not met.

Thursday's strike crippled domestic flight operations costing airlines millions of naira in unearned revenue. Several travellers were also left stranded at various airports. The strike however did not affect international flight operations.

FAAN spokesman, Yakubu Dati, confirmed that normal flights have resumed saying, what the air controllers union declared was a “warning strike.”

Video: Nairobi Maid Caught On Camera Breastfeeding Employer’s Baby

A newly employed maid in Kenya identified as Grace Mwikali Mwema has been arrested by the Kenyan police after she was caught on camera breastfeeding her boss’s 9months old baby.

In the video which was aired on Kenya’s Nairobi news, the nanny, who is a mother of a three month old child, is seen offering her breasts to the baby who sucked for a few seconds and then refused to continue. Seeing that the child was no longer cooperating, the house help dropped the child to play.

Twelve Nigerian and Ghanaian migrants were thrown overboard following a fight concerning their Christian religion, Italian police said yesterday. The police said 15 African Muslim migrants have arrested over the incident.

The victims were “of Christian faith, compared to their attackers who were of Muslim faith,” police said in a statement, saying the 15 people arrested were accused of “multiple aggravated murders motivated by religious hate”.

The incident aboard the rubber dinghy, which was carrying about 100 migrants, took place in the Strait of Sicily, between Tunisia and Italy.

President Goodluck Jonathan has defended his decision to concede defeat to Muhammadu Buhari in the March 28 election, saying he was concerned about allowing his personal ambition scuttle a democratic system he helped nurtured, with the likely consequence of a “collective tragedy”.

Mr. Jonathan said Thursday that he needed to check his ambition, as the consequences of not doing so may have been dire not only for Nigeria, but Africa.

The president made the remarks during separate meetings with the new ambassadors of France, Senegal and Ethiopia. He was responding to commendations for his decision to promptly accept defeat after it became clear Mr. Buhari had won the polls.

The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Ughelli chapter in Delta state has been assassinated. Austin Icheghe was killed yesterday April 16th in front of his home.

According to his niece, Egunor Uviesa, who spoke with NAN, unknown gunmen shot the deceased as he was coming down from his car in front of his home at about 9pm yesterday.

“As soon as he came down from his vehicle, they accosted him and shot him on the head. He was immediately rushed to a private clinic in Ughelli where he was confirmed dead"

Delta state police spokesperson, Celestina Kalu confirmed his murder to NAN via a text message “Yes sir, he was murdered by unknown gunmen last night’.”

EXCLUSIVE! First Photos Of The Wicked Maid Who Kidnapped The Orekoya Kids

Presenting the face of a Kidnapper.....

Funmilayo Adeyemi

Remember the two boys, Raphael and Michael Esharegaran who were kidnapped from their home in Magodo shortly after their parents employed a nanny for them? See it here. Well, the same woman who kidnapped those boys and released them after a sum of N2.5m was paid is the same woman who kidnapped the just released orekoya boys, the police have said.

Shops set ablaze, looted as xenophobic attacks spread in South Africa

South African police fired rubber bullets Friday to disperse crowds setting immigrant businesses ablaze as attacks against foreigners spread to Johannesburg.

Chanting and singing, machete-armed residents burned down shops owned by foreigners, including a Nigerian dealership in the nation's largest city.

Immigrants carrying bricks accused police of not doing enough to protect them as businesses smoldered.

Six people killed

Violence targeting immigrant shops started recently in the port city of Durban, where two foreigners and three South Africans were killed. Residents have accused African immigrants of taking their jobs and committing crimes. The unemployment rate in South Africa is 25%, according to government figures.

How can a woman that have gone through three trimesters, also when through the process of labour would now decide to put this bouncing baby into a nylon bag and dump the baby in a waste bin and the community unknowing burnt the refuse area, only to discovered a melting nylon with a baby inside is dead.

THE WORLD IS FULL OF EVIL AND WICKEDNESS!!!

Disease Worse than Ebola Infects and Kills People of Ondo State Nigerians

The strange disease outbreak that has claimed more than twenty five lives in Ode Irele in Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State, still fears people dead.

In a telephone interview with our correspondent, the community leader, Ayodele Omole, stated that the “strange ailment” broke out on Wednesday morning and had already created panic among residents, adding that many people were fleeing from the community. In a radio broadcast, the Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dayo Adeyanju, confirmed the outbreak, but assured residents that it was not Ebola.

Even though the source of the epidemic has not been determined, Mr. Omole stated that many residents had blamed it on an “evil spiritual attack.”

The Nigeria Customs Service on Thursday said that it had released former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s autobiography titled, My Watch.

The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the NCS Comptroller-General, Alhaji Dikko Abdullahi, made the disclosure to newsmen when he inaugurated two new patrol boats of the service in Lagos.

Kidnapping is our family business, says arrested nanny
The nanny, who kidnapped three children in the Surulere area of Lagos State, has said her husband, Waheed Kareem, is the mastermind of the kidnap.

Strange disease hit Ondo community, kills 14

The ancient Ikale community in Irele local government area of Ondo state has been hit by a mysterious disease, killing at least 14 people.

it was learnt that the disease has been ravaging the community since the past 10 days.

Erudite lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana, SAN, has faulted the decision of President. Goodluck Jonathan to formally handover to President-elect Muhammadu Buhari on May 28, noting that it would create a power vacuum for the few hours between when he hands over and the morning of May 29 when his successor will be formally sworn-in as the president.

"Slow Down And Enjoy Life".

About ten years ago, a young and very successful executive named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his sleek, black, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE, which was only two months old.

He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something.

As his car passed, no child darted out, but a brick sailed out and-WHUMP! — it smashed into the Jag’s shiny black side door! SCREECH…!!!! Brakes slammed! Gears ground into reverse, and tires madly spun the Jag back to the spot from where the brick had been thrown.
Josh jumped out of the car, grabbed the kid and pushed him up against a parked car. He shouted at the kid, “What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing?” Building up a head of steam, he went on. “That’s my new Jag, that brick you threw is gonna cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?”

Quote of The Day

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. the quotations, when engraved upon the memory, give you good thoughts. they also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more

Winston Churchill...

Nyanya Bombings: FG’s Request Stalls Trial Of Ogwuche, Others

A motion filed by the federal government to modify the partial secret trial of the alleged mastermind of Nyanya bombing, Aminu Ogwuche and others to completely shield prosecution witnesses yesterday stalled trial of the suspects.

Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, Ahmed Abubakar, Mohammed Ishaq, Ya’u Saidu (alias Kofar Rama); Anas Isa, Adamu Yusuf and Nasir Abubakar are facing terrorism charges before Jutice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.

The full trial in the case was supposed to start yesterday but when the case was called, a representative of the prosecution counsel, M. Ogunsina, told the court he had a motion dated and filed on April 9, seeking to modify the order of the court made on March 18, 2015.

Lagos State government on Tuesday debunked the rumour making the rounds in the country that there are fresh cases of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the state.

Speaking at a joint news conference held at the Ministry of Health, Government Secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja, the state commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, traced the rumour to 9th April, when there was a rumour in the social media on the return of EVD to Nigeria which killed three and infected 12 other persons.

Idris, flanked by the commissioner for information and strategy, Aderemi Ibirogba and his special duties counterpart, Dr Wale Ahmed, said contrary to messages being circulated on the social media, there is no fresh case of Ebola outbreak in the state and the country.

THE Nigerian government said it is monitoring the situation in South Africa following attacks against foreign nationals in the country.

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mohammed Musiliu Obanikoro, said information available from Nigeria Mission in South Africa established no Nigerian casualty has been ascertained.

The minister added that efforts are being made to protect Nigerian citizens in South Africa.

“The Government of Nigeria is in control of the situation in South Africa as it affects Nigerian citizens. We are following the developments in South Africa and efforts are being made to protect Nigerian citizens in South Africa.

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