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The hashtag is trending on twitter after CNN referred to Kenya as a terror hotbed. Kenyans are mad at the description and took to social media to voice their displeasure at CNN. President Obama is on his way for a three day state visit to the country. See their tweets below

  A 10-year-old boy was allegedly buried alive by suspected occultic men in Ngwo, Enugu State. The discovery was made during a three-day fasting and prayer crusade organised to cleanse the community of evil. Vanguard gathered that the boy was allegedly abducted along Independence Layout axis. However, a Catholic priest from Abia State, Reverend Father Modestus Chilaka, invited by elders to assist in cleansing the land, rescued the boy.At press time, it was not known whether the boy had been reunited with the parents; or his whereabouts. The traditional ruler, Ogwugwu Ebenebe 1 of Ameke Ngwo, Igwe Jerome Okolo, said:  “I was here and I saw a small boy who was buried alive as a sacrifice. “The priest said there was such thing happening and they have buried a boy for rituals.“He prophesied and said he will go there and rescue him. He went and they rescued the boy and brought him to this ground and everybody saw him.”

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has 21 children and though he  listed the names in his recent controversial book, My Watch, he did not mention their mothers.  However findings by  ENCOMIUM  Weekly  revealed the mothers of these children and other women that had dalliances with the two-time president of the country.  The mothers of the children include… MRS. OLUREMI OBASANJO , his first wife, who he married on Saturday, June 22, 1963, at Camberwell Green Registry, South East London.  She was just 21.  Mrs. Oluremi Obasanjo is the mother of six of the 21 children of the former president. They are Senator Iyabo Obasanjo,  Busola Obasanjo, ; Olusegun Obasanjo, the first son, ; Olugbenga Obasanjo,  Enitan Obasanjo, and Damilola Obasanjo, the last of the woman’s children who was born in 1982. MRS. STELLA OBASANJO , the late former First Lady died on Sunday, October 23, 2005, in Spain after a failed tummy tuck surge...

Six Nigerian women have been sent back to the country from the Burkina Faso where they were allegedly taken to for prostitution by a woman, named Balikis. While re-uniting the girls with their parents in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Wednesday, the Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Oyo State Command, Innocent Akatu, said the girls were tricked to leave Nigeria, adding that the victims did not tell their parents about the journey. Akatu said the girls refused to engage in prostitution in Ouagadougu, Burkina Fasso, and were locked in a room by the trafficker. He added that their journey back home after three weeks began when one of them escaped and alerted the Burkinabe police.He said, “The victims, after being smuggled to Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, discovered that they were going to be used for prostitution. They were not even told that they were going to Burkina Faso. These girls were told that they would be given lucrative jobs abroad; one of them was told...

The Lagos State Government yesterday alerted residents of the state on new tactics armed robbers have devised to rob. In a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Habib Aruna, the state government said robbers now render their prospective victims unconscious through rubbing a perfumed handkerchief on their faces before robbing them. The statement added that the robbers usually target unsuspecting victims either in a lonely commuter bus, taxi or a quiet corner. The statement listed the Igando axis in Alimosho LGA as one of the areas where this is common “It is not yet known how harmful the drug being used on the handkerchief is. While that is being checked out, it may be necessary to alert members of the public on this new dimension”, the statement said.

29 people have been confirmed dead and 105 were seriously injured from the multiple bomb attacks that happened in Dadin kowa motor park and Tashan Dukku motor park in Gombe state yesterday July 22nd. According to NEMA, the number may likely increase.

Wife of the Senate president, Toyin Saraki says she will give her maximum cooperation to EFCC officials when she appears before the anti-graft agency on  July 28th . Mrs Saraki has been invited by the EFCC to answer some questions regarding some funds found in some companies which she has interests in. A statement by her private secretary, Akeem Olagoke reads; “Her Excellency, Mrs Toyin Saraki, Founder of Wellbeing Foundation Africa and wife of the Senate President has been informed by her office that a letter of invitation was delivered to her office, by and from the EFCC. She has directed an immediate and formal response, to the EFCC, that she will be delighted to assist them with any lawful inquiries they may have, as a law abiding, transparent and accountable private citizen.”.