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 I'm writing dis with tears in my heart.yesterday 15th july 2014,my younger brother was given a sum of money to pay into his boss account,on getting there,he had no biro on him,he decided to go and purchase biro from a woman who hawks her wares beside zenith bank ikotun,he paid for the biro and left,returned to the bank and deposited the money. On coming out of the bank,d woman whom he bought d biro from started screaming ole!ole!,a mob gathered and she said immediately my brother left her 5k was missing(now dis was around 12pm,how can a woman who sells only biro have made up to dat amount),the mob seized my brother(p.s he's 15 years)  and they asked him to bring out the money,they searched him and found 3k on him(the sales he had made b4 his boss sent him to the bank)he xplained dat d money belongs to his boss,he pleaded with them to call his boss on d phone but his pleas fell on deaf ears. He was taken to iyana ipaja,a herbalist home where he was made to go throu...

Operatives of the Special Task Force (STF) in Plateau State have recovered over 218 cows stolen by cattle rustlers in various parts of the state, this is according to a news report on the website of the  Defence HQ . Some of the cattle were salvaged when troops carrying out special patrols to deescalate cattle rustling in the region were alerted to a group of youthful cattle rustlers who had made away with some cattle after killing herdsmen at Kanke town. The Operatives who swiftly trailed and intercepted the rustlers have taken one of the suspects into custody for preliminary investigations after which he will be handed over to the appropriate prosecuting agency. A separate operation carried out by the special patrol operatives has also led to the recovery of 30 cows from cattle rustlers in Panchiki village in Plateau State. The cattle were recovered following a pursuit by the troops, compelling the rustlers to abandon the cattle. All the cattle have been returned to ...

Press statement from representatives of parents of Chibok girls/survivors regarding the  cancelled  meeting between them and president Jonathan yesterday July 15th. Find it below...  We the members of the Kibaku (Chibok) Community and representatives of the 12 fathers and 5 escaped girls who were hosted by Malala during her visit to Nigeria hereby speak on their behalf to offer to Nigerians the facts as they are and to put the records straight and correct the erroneous impression making rounds in the media on the botched meeting with the President: Continue... #Bringbackourgirls group also released a statement regarding this. Continue...  1.  The logistics and meeting between the twelve (12) fathers and five (5) girls and Malala was facilitated by the Abuja Chibok Community and the Citizens platform of BringBackOurGirls with our consent and on TRUST considering their sustained and focused advocacy to Bring Back our daughters. 2. These parents and...

A 14-year-old boy committed suicide last November after video of him pleasuring himself spread all over his school in Southern California, USA. Matthew Burdette, 14, took his own life during his family’s Thanksgiving vacation, leaving a note saying he could no longer "handle school" and had "no friends." Now his parents filed a $1 million lawsuit  against the San Diego Unified School District. According to their claim, Matthew, who was on the water polo and wrestling teams, was kicked out of class on Nov. 15 for eating sunflower seeds. The teacher didn’t give him anywhere to go, so he wandered the halls and ended up in a boys’ bathroom. " Another student peeked over a bathroom stall and videotaped Matthew, allegedly masturbating. That student posted the video on social media and it quickly went viral among students at schools through the district," the claim said. The parents, Timothy and Barbara Burdette, didn’t learn about the video until ...

How he emerged Africa’s richest pastor Amazingly, the richest clergy in Africa, Bishop David Oyedepo is worth over N600 billion.  The founder and shepherd-in-charge of Living Faith World Outreach Ministry, popularly known as Winners Chapel is an epitome of wealth and affluence. …in one of his jets According to reports by Encomium , With the outstanding Cannanland, reportedly worth over N90 billion, with diverse projects erected and revenue accrued from it, four jets valued at N25 billion, N15 billion on  three universities and several other schools, a reported N250 billion housing estate when concluded, annual offering and tithes to the tune of N31.2 billion annually, 7million books estimated to have raked in N1billion, 400 buses worth N600 million, N10 billion Goshen City at Abuja and several other ventures have made him a pastor with uncommon grace for prosperity. According to the Wikianswers.com, Bishop Oyedepo is arguably the richest pastor in Africa. The ch...

The General Overseer of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor W.F. Kumuyi, has denied media reports that he banned the use of Ipads and Iphones in his church. He released a statement to that effect on his Facebook page. Find it after the cut... THIS REPORT IS FALSE. There was never a time as referred to in the article, when Pastor W.F. Kumuyi made this statement or “BANNED” the use of mobile devices in the Church. As much as every Christ-loving believer is encouraged to give God his/her full attention when in Church or in any other place, where the Word of God is being taught, this story is HIGHLY MISCHIEVOUS and MISLEADING. There is no doubt that Technology has its place in the spread of the gospel message as well as believers’ development where such is put into proper use but its misuse or abuse is not encouraged. “Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: And that we may be delivered from unreasonabl...

President Jonathan is seeking $1billion loan to fight Boko Haram. In a letter sent to the House of Representatives this morning, President Jonathan asked the Rep members to approve a request for an external loan of $1billion (about N165billion) which would be used to upgrade the equipment of the Armed Forces in the fight of the insurgent group, Boko Haram. The letter was read this morning during the house plenary session.

AFP) – Relatives of some of the schoolgirls seized in a mass kidnapping by Boko Haram demanded Wednesday that Nigeria’s president meet everyone affected, describing a hastily-arranged plan for a visit with a select few as offensive. More than three months after the Islamist rebels seized 276 girls from a secondary school in the northeastern town of Chibok, President Goodluck Jonathan has not met the parents of the hostages or with any of the 57 girls who have escaped. Visiting Nigeria this week to campaign for the girls’ release, Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived a 2012 assassination attempt by the Taliban, urged Jonathan to hold face-to-face talks with those touched by the abductions. A meeting scheduled for Tuesday was called off at the last minute, with the presidency saying the families had been manipulated by activists who are exploiting the hostage crisis to damage Jonathan politically. But Chibok community leaders told AFP that ...

A German national simply identified as Mr Fisch has been abducted by gunmen in Gombi town in Adamawa state. According to Premium Times, Mr Fisch, who runs a free of charge technical school in Adamawa state was said to be on his way to work when he was abducted around  7am  this morning around the Anguwan Faransa area of the town. A resident of the area said the gunmen laid a siege on the man's house and accosted him as he came out of his house to enter his car  " The abductors laid siege on his house, and they came on motorcycles. As soon as the man came out and was about to get into his car, two persons on foot approached him and pointed a gun at him. They now called the two sets on motorcycles who approached them and they carried him away on their motorcycle. Almost everybody in this town knows him because he helps us a lot, especially in the area of repairing the town’s water bore holes. Most of the time he uses his own money to buy equipment and repair our ...

The Abia State Commissioner for Agriculture , Dr. Ken Nwosu, who was shot last week Wednesday by some gunmen, is dead.(READ IT HERE ) Announcing the death on Tuesday in Umuahia, the Commissioner for Information, Eze Chikamnayo, said the commissioner died on Monday night at the Abia State Specialist Hospital where he was hospitalised after the attack. He said the government made spirited efforts to save his life, adding that arrangements had been perfected to fly him abroad, but doctors said he had to be put on stable condition first. He said it was a sad moment for the state government and the entire people of Abia State “because we have lost a colossus; the best hand in agriculture.” Chikamnayo said security agents had been directed to fish out the attackers, vowing that they must be made to face the music. The late commissioner, who hailed from Amizi in Olokoro community, Umuahia South Local Government Area, was appointed Commissioner in September 2013. A family s...

A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and member of the All Progressives Congress, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has accused the Presidency of orchestrating the impeachment of the Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako. Fuming few minutes after the news of Nyako’s removal by the Adamawa State House of Assembly filtered in, El-Rufai stated that the development was capable of “endangering the nation.” Writing on his Facebook page on Tuesday, the former minister, however, alleged that the scheming by the Presidency to deal with the APC was not over. According to him, he and other leaders of the party have uncovered plots by the Presidency to perfect the impeachment of three more governors from the opposition party. He listed the governors as Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State; Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State. “Jonathan’s impunity is endangering the nation. Adamawa APC governor Murtala Nyako was impeached to pave the way for a PDP man to be...

the very hotel A security guard, Azeez Ibrahim, has shot dead a female undergraduate of Babcock University, Busayo Ogunkoya, during a birthday party in a hotel in Ikorodu, Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that 22-year-old Ogunkoya was celebrating with her friends on Saturday evening, July 5, 2014, at Mambillah Hotel, when the guard fired a shot that killed her. Our correspondent learnt that immediately the incident happened, there was confusion as the people fled the hotel. A source said Ibrahim was drunk. He said, “The incident happened on Saturday night when Busayo and her friends were having a party. “She did not know the person celebrating, but she was invited to the party by her boyfriend. “The party was going on fine until the security man, who was holding a gun which he claimed he had seized from some robbers, mishandled the gun and fired a bullet which hit Busayo. The guard was said to be drunk.” Our correspondent gathered that the bullet lodged in the ne...

An unsuspecting womanizer would easily fall into their traps seeing their feminine faces made-up with cosmetics, with weave-on hairdo that dangles on both sides of their broad shoulders. Their coated lips look inviting. No doubt, countless men must have fallen prey to them. Many passersby who thronged the state headquarters of the Police command at Eleiyele, Ibadan to catch a glimpse of these attractive “women” could not hide their disbelief. Though, their chests were flat which should convince doubting Thomases that the suspects were not women, some still insisted on seeing their private parts due to their looks. But, behind these deceptive looks are more than meets the ordinary eye. The hearts of both Omooba Oyewole and Lawal Kabir are fortified with cold steel. They are suspected dare-devil robbers. If they have conscience, it must be made of solid concrete. One of the suspects, Lawal Kabir whose eyelids blink momentarily like a doll in the old Kingsway Store claim...