Saturday, 11 November 2017
Oh this! Nigeria Police "Worst In The World"- Report
Nigeria has the worst police force in the world, according to World Internal Security and Police Index International, WISPI.
The 2016 report rates the Nigeria Police Force the “worst” globally in terms of its ability to handle internal security challenges.
KABOOM!!! Vote And Die, IPOB Threatens Anambra Residents (VIDEO)
Nigeria - One week to the governorship election in Anambra State, the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra has threatened voters with death if they vote. They also vowed to disrupt the election.
The members of the group marched around some streets in Onitsha, Anambra State on Friday, vowing a lockdown on the day of the election, which is scheduled to hold on Saturday, November 18, 2017.
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Cameroon says soldier killed in restive region
A soldier was killed by suspected separatists in southwestern Cameroon, an official said, bringing the number killed in restive English-speaking regions to four in one week.
“During the night of 9 to 10 November, a soldier serving the 22nd motorised infantry battalion was cruelly killed by a squad of terrorists,” government spokesman Issa Tchiroma Bakary told AFP.
Oh gosh! Crocodile snatches child on Philippine tourist island
A 12-year-old girl is missing after being attacked by a crocodile on the Philippine island of Palawan, police said Saturday, just weeks after a similar incident in the region popular with foreign tourists.
The girl was fetching water in a heavily-forested area of the island Thursday when a crocodile dragged her away in front of her horrified siblings, a police report said.
CAN on what they told President Buhari at Aso Rock. Read FULL SPEECH
Nigeria - Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Saturday released full text of the speech its President, Rev Dr Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, read out when the group met President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday .
Ayokunle led a CAN delegation to a closed-door meeting with the president at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Relief as Niger Delta Militants' threat to resume bombings extended by 3 months
Concerned Nigerians can heave a temporary sigh of relief with the decision of the dreaded Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to suspend its plan to renew attacks on the nation’s oil installations in the oil-rich region.
The Nation reports that some elders and opinion leaders in the region, after various appeals and discussions with the group, have secured an extension of the existing ceasefire by three months to allow the federal government to demonstrate its sincerity.
Fire trucks to spray Indian capital New Delhi amid smog emergency
India plans to use fire trucks to spray water over parts of its capital to combat toxic smog and dust that has triggered a pollution emergency, with conditions expected to worsen over the weekend.
Illegal crop burning in farm states surrounding New Delhi, vehicle exhausts and swirling construction dust have contributed to what has become an annual crisis.
What President Buhari told Christian and Muslim leaders at Aso Rock (PHOTOS)
Nigeria - President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja assured religious leaders, and all Nigerians, that his administration will address rising concerns of corruption, insecurity and injustices in various parts of the country.
He gave the assurance when he received a Christian delegation led by the President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Olasupo Ayokunle and a Muslim delegation led by the Secretary General of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), Dr. Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, in separate meetings at the State House.
Hehehe... PSquare puts Ikeja home up for sale
Psquare Ville, the Ikeja, Lagos mansion of Jude, Peter and Paul Okoye has been put up for sale.
The singing twins and their brother who now live in their Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos mansion attached a ‘for sale’ sign on their Ikeja house.
Friday, 10 November 2017
Patrice Evra Fired by Marseille, Banned from UEFA Club Competitions
Marseille defender Patrice Evra has been suspended until June 2018 for kicking one his own team’s fans before a Europa League game, UEFA said Friday.
Evra was suspended from ”all UEFA club competition matches” until June 30 and must pay a fine of 10,000 euros ($11,650).
EFCC boss Magu never said Ikoyi whistle blower has been paid
Nigeria - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has clarified remarks credited to its Acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu, concerning the Ikoyi whistleblower on Thursday.
Spokesman of the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement on Friday that Magu never said the whistleblower had been paid his compensation as being insinuated in a section of the media.
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Lagos Court Dismisses Billionaire Kidnapper Evans’ Application To Quash Murder Charges
Nigeria - Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, sitting at Lagos High Court in Igbosere has dismissed an application by billionaire kidnap kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike alias "Evans" seeking to quash the charges of kidnapping, murder and illegal possession of firearms filed against him by the Lagos State government.
The court also rejected Evan’s contention that the court has no jurisdiction to try him.
KABOOM! Nigerian Army Brigadier General Faces Court Martial For Spreading Rumor About Pres Buhari's "Death", Demanding $600,000 Bribe
Nigeria - Brigadier-General Lym Hassan (N/826) will face prosecution by a military court-martial for falsely claiming that President Muhammadu Buhari had died when the latter was hospitalized in London and for demanding a $600,000 bribe from a defense contractor.
According to the Nigerian Army Headquarters charge sheet exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters, the first of the two-count charge stated that Brigadier-General Hassan, in a phone conversation on January 17, told one Mr. Yarima Ibrahim, that President Buhari was dead.
Philippines President Duterte once stabbed a person to death, he says
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he stabbed a person to death as a teenager, in a defiant speech to promote his drug war ahead of a summit of world leaders in Manila.
Speaking to the local Filipino community in the Vietnamese city of Danang on Thursday, Duterte also threatened to slap a UN rights rapporteur if he met her, and used obscene language to hit back at critics of his deadly drugs crackdown.
Applicants protest ‘secret recruitment’ in NPA Kano
Nigeria - Dozens of youths yesterday stormed Tahir Guest Palace to protest alleged secret interview conducted by the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, for job placement.
The said exercise was conducted by the NPA Human Resource Manager, Bukar Yahaya, for selected applicants.
KABOOM!!! Hehehe... Gov. El-Rufai makes teachers’ competency test scripts public (PHOTOS)
Nigeria - Governor Nasir El-Rufai yesterday shared some scripts of the primary four competency test conducted for primary school teachers on his personal twitter handle.
While he shared a few scripts with the names of the teachers covered, he said, “We are putting these out in the court of public opinion for Nigerians to make their verdict.
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Dozens more Saudis detained in $100 billion corruption sweep
Dozens more people have been taken into custody by Saudi authorities, the kingdom said Thursday, bringing to 201 the number detained in a sweep that investigators say has uncovered at least $100 billion in corruption.
Saudi critics and experts have called the unprecedented purge of top princes and businessmen a bold and risky move by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman aimed at consolidating power as he casts his eye toward the throne, sidelining potential rivals and dismantling alliances built with other branches of the royal family.
Revealed! Whistle blower on Ikoyi money now a millionaire,says EFCC
Nigeria - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says the “young man” who blew the whistle on the massive stash of money recovered from an apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos, is now a millionaire.
Acting Chairman of the commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, stated this in Vienna, Austria, on Thursday, spokesman of the EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement.
Oh gracious! Nurse kills 100 patients, gets life imprisonment
A former German nurse serving a life sentence for murdering patients by injecting them with a deadly medication is now suspected of killing more than 100 people.
If he is found guilty, this would make him one of the nation’s worst serial murderers.
And President Buhari returns to his main office at last
Nigeria - About 81 days after he returned to the country from his medical trip to London, United Kingdom, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday finally returned to his main office inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Buhari who arrived the country on August 19 to a wild jubilation by Nigerians after spending over 100 days abroad has been operating from an office located inside his official residence and another one located inside the Presidential Banquet Hall.
Thursday, 9 November 2017
Wow! Google maps save Nigerians time, ₦190billion
Maps and Street View from Google, American multinational technology company, is positively impacting geospatial services in Nigeria, a report has revealed.
Launching the report conducted by a research group, Alpha Beta, on the economic impact of geospatial services in Nigeria, Google noted that its tools like Maps and Street view are making positive economic contributions around the globe to employment, emergency responses and time management.
Algeria coach Rabah Madjer, mocks Eagles: Nigeria is a team of benchwarmers
Algeria’s new coach, Rabah Madjer has described the Super Eagles as a team of benchwarmers, which has only one regular player in its squad.
Speaking ahead of tomorrow’s 2018 World Cup qualifier against Nigeria, Madjer, who was one of the stars of the great Algerian side of the 1980s, said the Super Eagles should not pose any threat to the North Africans because it is a team with many players who don’t get to play for their European clubs.
Anxiety as Okada riders in Lagos protest seizure of motorcycles by task force
Nigeria - Hundreds of commercial motorcycle riders, otherwise called Okada have barricaded the Iyana-Iba road leading from Lagos State University (LASU) main gate to protest against alleged seizure of their motorcycles.
According to Sun, the riders made several bonfires along the expressway.
Oh dear! Police pull python out of drunk man’s pants
Police in Germany pulled a baby king python from a man’s pants after noticing what they described as a ‘considerable bulge’ in his trousers.
The 19-year-old man was being arrested for drunken behaviour in the city of Darmstadt, near Frankfurt, when they made the unusual discovery.
Nigeria's Asisat Oshoala wins best striker in Chinese women’s league
Nigeria’s Super Falcons striker and Dalian Quanjian F.C. forward, Asisat Oshoala has been crowned Chinese Women’s Super League ‘Best Striker of the season’ for 2017.
The award follows her club’s win of the Chinese Women’s Super Cup on Tuesday after she scored twice and provided two assists to help Dalian Quanjian win the title.
Spain's Constitutional Court officially annuls Catalan independence declaration
Spain's Constitutional Court has ruled illegal the ousted Catalan parliament's recent vote to declare the region independent from Spain.
The ruling Wednesday came as pro-independence protesters blocked roads and stopped commuter trains in the northeastern region as part of a strike to protest the jailing of ousted Catalan government officials and secessionist activists before and after the Oct. 27 declaration.
Monkeypox victim reportedly loses pregnancy in Benue
Nigeria - Miss Wuese Aloo, the suspected monkey pox victim in Benue State, has lost her four-month-old pregnancy.
This was confirmed at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH), Makurdi.
Ronaldo rejects Real Madrid's plan to sign Spur's Harry Kane
Real Madrid superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo does not want Tottenham’s Harry Kane at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Sky Sports reports that the Portugal captain is unwilling to share the limelight at Real Madrid with the Tottenham star.
Ibrahim Magu reveals amount recovered by EFCC in 30 months
Nigeria - Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has given insight into the amount recovered by the agency in the last two years.
He spoke at a meeting with Dr. Nassar Abaalkhail, Head of International Collaboration, National Anti-Corruption Commission, Saudi Arabia.
Wednesday, 8 November 2017
Oh dear! See VIDEO as five teenagers arrested for burglary in Abeokuta
Nigeria - A group of five teenagers between the age of 13 and 14 were recently arrested by men of the OPC vigilante outfit in the Ita Elega area of Abeokuta for burgling a shop in the night.
The teenage boys who were captured on video while confessing to the crime said they noticed that the shop was not ususally locked properly so they decided to steal from it in the night.
JAMB delists 72 CBT centres over attempted rape, extortion
Nigeria - The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB has said it delisted about 72 designated CBT centres for engaging in various acts of misconduct during the 2017 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examinations held in different parts of the country.
Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this at a meeting with CBT owners and operators from the 36 states in Lagos on Wednesday.
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Nigerian Army destroy 46 oil bunker sites in Niger Delta
The Nigerian Army said it had destroyed 46 illegal bunker sites in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Rivers at the just-concluded Exercise Crocodile Smile II.
Col. Aminu Iliyasu, Spokesman of 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, said in a statement that several wooden boats and barges loaded with huge quantity of crude oil were seized.
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Wow! ‘Corps members’ arrested in Ondo over alleged Crime
Nigeria - Youths suspected to be National Youths Service Corps Members serving in Ikaram-Akoko, Akoko Northwest local government area of Ondo state have been reportedly arrested by security operatives.
They were alleged of blackmailing women in the community, inviting them to hotels, taking their photographs and threatening to relay it on social media, if they failed to cooperate with them.
Sacked Zimbabwe VP in exile, vows to defy Mugabe
Zimbabwe’s sacked vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa said Wednesday he had fled the country as he issued a direct challenge to long-ruling President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace.
The ruling ZANU-PF “is not personal property of you and your wife to do as you please,” Mnangagwa said in an angry five-page statement, vowing he would return to Zimbabwe to lead party members.
Oh gracious! Teenager kills schoolmate to postpone exams
India arrested a teenager Wednesday for allegedly slitting the throat of a seven-year-old schoolmate in hopes the murder would lead to an exam being postponed, federal investigators said.
The 16-year-old is accused of killing his young schoolmate in September at a smart private school near Delhi in an attempt to delay an impending test and parent-teacher meeting.
And Biafra group gives update on referendum
Nigeria - Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL, on Wednesday said the ongoing referendum in communities and local government areas in the South South is “recording huge success.”
BNYL had on Monday commenced referendum activities in Akwa Ibom State, a day which marks the death of Philip Effiong, Biafra Chief of General Staff, despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s warning against agitators.
Tanzania President sacks officials who couldn’t recall budget figures
Tanzania President, John Magufuli, sacked two senior officials on Monday for failing to immediately recall the amount of money allocated for construction of roads.
This was said to be in tune with the President’s campaign promises of eliminating corruption and red-tapism concerning any project.
Health Research: Bowel cancer completely cured in mice
Scientists say they have ‘completely’ cured bowel cancer using a pioneering form of immunotherapy. They report they have achieved a ‘100 percent cure rate’ in mice without any treatment-related toxic effects.
A United States (U.S.) team developed a new type of radioimmunotherapy (RIT), which combines traditional radiation treatment and immunotherapy. They believe it has the potential to eradicate ‘virtually all’ types of tumors.
Updated: 4 Suicide bombers Killed, 8 others injured in Borno explosion
Nigeria - Borno state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Damian A. Chukwu has confirmed that four suicide bombers died, while eight people sustained injuries when some insurgents attempted to sneak into Maiduguri today.
Mr. Chukwu while confirming the incident said, “Today 7/11/2017 at about 0820, four (4) female suicide bombers attempted to infiltrate Maiduguri township through a farmland behind the parapet in London Sudan of kaleri area, Jere LGA.
Wow! Nursing mother, others beat up DPO in Lagos
Nigeria - A nursing mother and her friend alongside four men were on Tuesday arraigned in an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly battering a Divisional Police Officer, DPO, who was on his way to perform his official duty.
The accused are 40-year-old Kehinde Alimot, 32-year-old Bukola Ahmed, Ifeanyi Kanu 32; 22-year-old Owolabi Ibrahim; 54-year-old Aikulola Olamijin and Jamiu Yusuf 39, all residents of Ikorodu, near Lagos.
Tuesday, 7 November 2017
Texas shooting update: Gunman had briefly 'escaped mental hospital'
The gunman who killed 26 churchgoers in Texas escaped a mental health clinic in 2012, according to a police report.
El Paso officers who detained Devin Kelley were told he was "a danger to himself and others".
See breakdown of Buhari's 2018 Budget Estimates
Nigeria - Budget size: N8.612 trillion (16 % higher than 2017 estimates)
Assumptions, projections
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• Benchmark crude oil price-US$45 per barrel
• Oil production estimate – 2.3 million barrels per day
• Exchange rate – N305/US$ for 2018
• Real GDP growth of 3.5 per cent
• Inflation Rate of 12.4 per cent
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• Benchmark crude oil price-US$45 per barrel
• Oil production estimate – 2.3 million barrels per day
• Exchange rate – N305/US$ for 2018
• Real GDP growth of 3.5 per cent
• Inflation Rate of 12.4 per cent
KABOOM!!! Hehehe... Gov. Okorocha set to unveil another president’s statue in Imo
Nigeria - Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state, Tuesday, announced that Liberian President, Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, will on Thursday, be conferred with a chieftaincy title and a road named after her in the state.
A statement in Owerri, by Okorocha’s Chief Press Secretary, CPS, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo, said Sirleaf would also deliver lecture on “Women in politics.”
Tragedy Again As At Least 1 Killed, 6 Injured In Maiduguri Suicide Attack
Nigeria - At least five people were killed while six persons wounded when multiple blasts rocked Maiduguri on Tuesday, an eyewitness said.
Four female bombers stormed Kaleri Area, an outskirt of Maiduguri in Mafa Local Government Area, and exploded the IEDs wrapped around their bodies, killing at least one farmer and injuring six others.
Four female bombers stormed Kaleri Area, an outskirt of Maiduguri in Mafa Local Government Area, and exploded the IEDs wrapped around their bodies, killing at least one farmer and injuring six others.
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