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The Police Service Commission has announced the promotion of two hundred and thirty three (233) senior Police Officers. The promotion was said to be one of the decisions of the 9th plenary Meeting of the Commission held in Abuja on Thursday. Ikechukwu Ani, Head, Press and Public Relations of the commission, announced this in a statement in Abuja on Friday, saying that 55 of the officers were promoted from the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) to the next rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police, (DCP), 177 promoted from the rank of Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) to that of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) and one Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) promoted to a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP). He said the Commission took cognizance of merit, availability of vacancy and satisfactory appraisal of performance (APER) grading in considering and approving the promotion of the officers.

Not fewer than 43 villagers were killed on Wednesday after suspected Boko Haram militants attacked the Azaya Kura village of Mafa Local Government Area, Borno State. Militants, who rode in many vehicles stormed the village at about 12:30 p.m. and started attacking the residents, burning down many houses as they carted away foodstuff, wares, and livestock. According to local vigilante  Basiru Babagana, who escaped from the hands of the militants, "B oko Haram is hunting for men. They are not after women. "Our village has been burnt down many people in our place killed." Usman Yusuf, a local transporter, said "We were under attack on Wednesday. Nobody helped our people. As I am speaking to you more 40 people have been killed." Source: sahara Reporters

The Photo on the left was taken many years ago, while the one on the right is a present day photo

The Nigeria military just released a statement discrediting all those stories you've read about hunters and local vigilantes helping to liberate towns captured by Boko Haram in the North East. They are basically saying they are the ones who did it...with some help of course. I believe them. Find their statement below... Misrepresenting the involvement of hunters in the counter-terrorism operations All the flimsy and exaggerated claims of hunters’ exploits in the ongoing operations are simply intended to foster a mischievous campaign aimed at disparaging and depreciating the professional efforts of the Nigerian military at containing the terrorists especially in Adamawa. It is obvious that the intention is to ridicule and discourage the military. We are not moved. While appreciating the effort of the hunters and citizens who have been supporting our troops in the onslaught, the military still remains in the vanguard of the mission to rid the nation of terr...

Looks like Beyonce's new single 'Ring Off' may have been more about her parent's marriage than about hers. You see the way the two girls cut their dad off from their lives? He wasn't even invited Solange's wedding. Looks like he really hurt their mum and the girls are siding with Mrs Knowles. On the track, Beyonce sings; Mama, I understand your many sleepless nights
. When you sit and you think about Father. 
Or how you tried to be the perfect wife/ You used to dress and fix your hair
. Then you smiled through your tears
. In the mirror you would stare
. And say a prayer lLike, “I wish he said I’m beautiful
. I wish it didn’t hurt at all. 
I don’t know how I got here
. I was once the one who had his heart”/Until you had enough then you took that ring off
. You took that ring off. 
So tired of the lies and trying, fighting, crying. 
Took that ring off
. Oh, now the fun begins
. Dust yourself off and you love again. 
You found a new man...

Maybe this is part of his strategy to win the election...lol

40 people mining without licenses in the Ghanaian town of Tiagbani are reported to have been trapped in the pit they were mining in. According to a local Ghanaian radio station seven [7] of the unlicensed local miners were pulled out of the pit but died shortly afterwards. Another 33 are believed to be still trapped underground. The bodies of the those pulled out of the pit have been deposited at the district hospital for autopsy. “They went to operate at their site but unfortunately the pit caved in on them. Rescuers are doing their best to dig out the dead bodies but at the moment the whole township is mourning,” the reporter for the radio station said. Tiagbani is in the Talensi-Nabdam district of the Upper East Region, far from the traditionally-known gold mining sites in Ghana. Source: Sahara Reporters

I n a post titled  The Pot-bellied Creek Haramite And His Direct Threat,  which he posted on Facebook, former Aviation minister Femi Fani Kayode slammed River State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, calling him a cultist, house boy and monkey. These our leaders have no chill sha..lol. What he wrote below.. ''If the PDP rig the election in 2015 we will not go to court and we will make the country ungovernable. We will form a parallel government and there will be anarchy''- Governor Rotimi Amaechi. It is time for the President to take off the kid gloves and put this pot-bellied little monkey in his place. Once a houseboy, always a houseboy. Once a cult member always a cult member. Once a peasant, always a peasant. If Rotimi and his Haramite friends are looking for trouble then we should give it to them in full measure. It would be a pleasure. Anytime a cockroach shows it's head it ought to be crushed. Treason is a very serious business and the braz...

Iggy Azalea is standing up for herself and putting Eminem in his place after the ace rapper rapped about raping her violently in his newly leaked song, “Vegas”. Iggy who's been caught lately in heated celebrity feuds with stars like Snoop Doog, Nicki Minaj  and a mystery paparazzi, took to Twitter on Nov. 20 to respond to Eminem's disturbing and offensive rap lyrics. She tweeted:  "I'm bored of the old men threatening young women as entertainment trend and much more interested in the young women getting $ trend. zzzz" "Its especially akward because my 14 year old brother is the biggest eminem fan and now the artist he admired says he wants to rape me. nice!" "Women in music have the bigger balls anyhow we endure much more harassment and critic. good morninnggggg!!!!!! off to camera block for AMAs!" Way to go Iggy! She made mention of the fact that young women are taking over the music industry, and that trend is not going ...

A young man who has been parading himself as an army officerand defrauding some unsuspecting people of their hard earned money, Samuel Ita Ekeng, has had his cup full and is now cooling his heels in police detention at the Rivers State Police Command. The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Ahmad Mohammad, said Ekeng was apprehended while dressed in military uniform. He further accused the  fake  military personnel of intimidating and extorting money from the unsuspecting public, stressing that he would be charged for impersonation. A statement the command released reads: The Rivers State Police Command wishes to inform members of the public about the arrest of a fake soldier, Samuel Ita Ekeng. He was arrested while fully dressed in military camouflage uniform. He goes about parading himself to be an Army officer while harassing and extorting money from unsuspecting citizens. Items recovered from him includes one green guide Nigeria pa...

Below is a report I just received from a student from the school. Read below... A student of Computer Science Department of University of Calabar name withheld almost lost his sight after a lecturer known as Chris Otu in the Department of Economics, University of Calabar stabbed him with his-car key during lecture hour. According to an eye-withness Mr Otu was supposed to have a class with year 3 students of Computer Science Department by 10.am, today 21 Nov. but he failed to appear after keeping the students waiting for two hours, he later appeared by  12-noon . After the lecturer's arrival, the waiting students assembled themselves at the lecture venue New CES building room 7 behind Unical Library. The victimized student who is the lecturer's class rep. took white board markers to the lecturer (Mr. Otu) which is a regular routine in various Universities in Nigeria. But the lecturer for no reason premeditatedly used a book in his hand to hit the stude...

For a while now, Naija's baddest girl, Maheeda who usually strips to tease her fans has been off her social media pages. However, tomorrow November 22nd is her birthday and to start off the birthday weekend, an all covered up Maheeda was spotted enjoying dinner with her husband. They were at Monte Casino, Johannesburg South Africa last night and will be in SA for one week. If only Maheeda will keep looking this adorable.

According to Sahara Reporters, another military helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Airforce crashed in Damare, near the Federal University of Technology in Yola, Adamawa State, around the same spot where the last helicopter crashed on November 14th.  The military is yet to say anything about the crash and no word yet if there are casualties. Details later

When asked about any regret as a footballer, legendary footballer Austin 'Jay Jay' Okocha said; "If I have any regret that would be not winning The African Footballer of the Year. But then, I don't think I was meant to because I gave my best, but at the end, it wasn't good enough. However, I had a fantastic playing career" When asked why no other footballer has been able to fill the vacuum of the No.10 position he left behind, Okocha replied; "I don't want to sound arrogant but the truth it that there is something special about me. Sometimes, you have special players in a squad, when you lose them, it will take like five to ten years to get another set of such players. Not that the people trying to fill the vacuum are not good, they are great in their own way, but they are not just special. With time, Nigeria will get the special one that will fill the vacuum I left" He told Encomium

  The brutal assault of a woman by a man in Brazil has gone viral online. The very disturbing 35 second video showing the man beating a screaming woman repeatedly with a huge chunk of wood was posted to Youtube a few days ago. The poster said it happened in Brazil but didn't say who the victim and attacker were. Though some comments suggested that she's his partner. Now people are trying to identify the attacker so the police can have him arrested. I hope same thing happens to him. Animal! See the shocking video belowt...

Accused students led out of court What's happening with secondary school students attacking their teachers these days? Earlier, a female teacher in IMO state was attacked with machetes,now,  Vanguard  has another report of a teacher in Osun beaten black and blue by his students  For more than 15 years that Osho Bamidele Samuel has been teaching, Friday, October 24, 2014, will forever remain unforgettable, as he escaped death by whiskers, in the hands of some of his students who beat him black and blue because he scolded them for indiscipline. Trouble started that fateful day, when Samuel, who teaches English Language and Literature-in-English to the SSS2 and 3 students of St. Marks Anglican Grammar School, Kolabalogun area, Osogbo, Osun State, when he scolded a group of students, numbering five, who were not in their classrooms while lectures were ongoing.  Narrating his ordeal, Samuel said:  “It was around 1p.m on Friday, October 24, 2...

Celebrity stylist, Jeremiah Ogbodo posted this bundle of money on instagram claiming Tonto Dikeh gave it to him just for weekend enjoyment...

The General Overseer of Galilee Christian Center in Lagos, Prophet Williams Onuoha, has predicted that the current governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, would become Nigeria’s president in 2015. According to him, for this to happen, Okorocha would have to adhere to God’s direction, adding that only a running mate from the South West region can give him the presidency. In a recent interview with Daily Sun, Onuoha, who is seen and referred to by many who attend his church as a highly gifted proph­et of God, said he saw the vision in 2011 and now it’s coming to pass. “ In 2011, I saw in a vision that the present governor of Imo State Owelle Rochas Okoro­cha will be president in 2015. And in one of the national dailies recently, the governor said he would be president in 2015 and that it had been prophesied. True. I had seen this vision, but there are things that needs to be done before this prophesy can come to pass and one of them is that only a running mat...

If any of you understand what he wrote, please explain to the rest of the class 

Hon. Kawu Sumaila pictured right taking a break after jumping the fence at the Assembly ground yesterday and charging around during yesterday's commotion at the House Chamber. He later took off his suit to rest, looking quite exhausted. Lol

From left to right; Ini Edo, Chioma Akpotha, Uche Jombo, Monalis Chinda, Dakore Akande, Benita Nzeribe and Kate Henshaw on set of Games Men Play in 2006.

In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Peter Okhiria, Governor Adams Oshiomhole said; You can read about the fight ( HERE ) “We find it utterly laughable and as the height of political childishness for the Ekiti State Governor to hide behind his media aides and seek to drag the name of the Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, into his crude gangster tactics which he has re-introduced into Ekiti politics less than two months after assuming office. “If the Ekiti Governor is too lazy to read and too politically illiterate to know what is happening in Edo State House of Assembly, we expected his psychedelic media aides to simply shut their loud mouths rather than behave like capering neophytes." Continue.. “For the purpose of education, the Ekiti Governor and his media aides should be informed that there is no crisis in Edo State House of Assembly. Fifteen members of the 24-member Assembly are members of the All Progressives Congress, while nine a...

A team of medical personnel are battling to save the life of Mrs. Mary-Ann Oguezuonu, a female teacher at Obosima Secondary Technical School, Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, who was brutalized by irate male students of the college. Reports emanating from Obosima revealed that the students attacked the nursing mother with machetes. According to  Vanguard .the teacher’s alleged offence was that she spotted a female student that changed her school uniform into a skimpy outfit and threatened that the college authorities would send her packing if she wore such an indecent dress to school again. It was also gathered that while Mrs. Oguezuonu was cautioning the JSS2 student, a male SS1 student jumped into the classroom and rudely confronted the teacher on why she was embarrassing the female student. “The male student, who was not satisfied with the verbal insults he heaped on the teacher, went further to grab Mrs. Oguezuonu’s blouse,” a student tol...