Oby Ezekwesili And Others Sit On Floor As Police Deny BBOG Access To Aso Rock

The Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG, group,today marched to the Aso Villa, lending a voice to the continuous clamor for the release of the abducted Chibok girls.

The group, led by Oby Ezekwesili, former Minister of Education and leader of the BBOG, were denied access ‘as usual’ by a battalion of policemen at the entrance.

Security operatives barricaded the entrance, stopping the group from gaining access into Aso Rock.

They consequently resorted to sitting on the floor under the scorching sun with their lips sealed.

Dailypost.

Buhari’s policies are anti-people, dictatorial – Damishi Sango

A former Minister of Youths and Sports during former President, Olusegun Obasanjo’s regime and now Plateau State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chairman, Damishi Sango, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s policies as “anti-people and dictatorial.”

The former minister noted that the level of hardship under the current administration has reduced many Nigerians to live in untold poverty.

The party’s chieftain was speaking on Tuesday at a press conference which held at the party’s secretariat in Jos, the state capital.

He recalled that Nigerians suffered more than now during Buhari’s military government in 1983.

He said, “Buhari is not a democrat, he jailed our parents during his rule as military head of state; I was a witness to that, our people suffered severe hunger, just as the hunger that is biting now.”

He claimed most Nigerians who voted Buhari in 2015 were already disappointed.

He added, “Not many thought the first year of Muhammadu Buhari would look like this. The pump price of petrol at 145, per litre, the Naira at 380 to a dollar, not a single road tarred, the 2016 budget in baby step, no minister has received a tranche for work, salary backlog now a routine, herdsmen as killer squads, Biafra on the rampage, Niger Delta brigands reborn, the change mantra muted jobs.”

He lamented that Plateau State governor, Simon Lalong, was still owing civil servants in the state even after receiving N97billion from the federal government since he assumed office.

Teenager kills sugar mummy over infidelity, hangs self

A 17-year-old Zimbabwean boy, Chinhengo Timothy has reportedly killed himself after he found out that his 37-year-old sugar mummy was cheating on him.

Chinhengo committed suicide in police cell after he was arrested for stabbing his older lover, Patricia Chiweshe, to death, H-metro reports.

According to the report, Timothy, from Landa’s business centre in Chihota trailed his lover and saw her coming from a toilet in the company of a man, at the weekend, when he approached them and stabbed his lover several times.

The Police spokesperson, Siphiwe Makonese, who confirmed the report, was quoted to have said Timothy was arrested afterwards and hung himself at Mahusekwa police station in a cell using a strap from the blanket cell.

Timothy’s aunt, Sarah Mhondiw, speaking on the incident, recounted how she tried to stop him from dating the cougar but he was said to have been adamant.

Mhondiw said, “I really don’t know how to explain the story as I’m in shock. Timothy met Patricia at some bar, Patricia was said to be a prostitute at the time.
They started co-habiting despite our protests.

“The matter was reported to the chief and both were lashed. We even approached the police who said they could not intervene.

“I visited him while he was in police custody. He told me that he attacked Patricia because she was cheating on him with a guard who works at a bar somewhere at Landas shopping center. He said he had heard rumors and he finally saw it for himself. Patricia told him to mind his own business. He did not manage to tell me the rest of the story because we were told that visiting time was over.

“Later that day when we wanted to give him food the police told us that he had committed suicide.

“Timothy would confide in me all the time, he used to say that his wife drives him to drink often and that he cannot even pray anymore. He believed that Patricia had used juju on him,” Mhondiw sobbed.

Photos: New ISIS video shows children executing prisoners, British kids reportedly among them

Islamic State just released a horrible video showing three gruesome execution scenes in Raqqa, Syria. The video shows five ISIS children executing 5 Kurdish prisoners. The children are reportedly from Egypt, Britain, Tunis, Uzbekistan, and a Kurd. One of the prisoner is even a child himself. 



Photo credit: Jenan Moussa

Enugu Assembly summons FCMB, Interswitch over alleged diversion of funds

The Enugu State House of Assembly has summoned the chief executive officer of the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and Inter-Switch Ltd over the diversion of the state’s funds.
The Chairman of its ad hoc committee on diversion of internally generated revenue, Mr Sunday Ude-Okoye, gave the directive in Enugu on Friday during a fact-finding meeting.

He requested the bank to furnish the committee with the details of the state’s internally generated revenue account domiciled with it from 2008 to June 2016.

Ude-Okoye also asked the bank to make available statements of transactions made with the state board of internal revenue, including cheque books released to the board within the same period.

He said that the directive became imperative following petitions against the immediate past chairman of the state board of internal revenue, Chief Felix Chime, and other principal officers of the board.

The lawmaker said that FCMB was the central revenue collector for the state, adding that Inter-Switch is a company that helps it transmit all collected revenue from other banks.

Ude-Okoye said that the directive would enable the committee to get to the root of the allegations without bias.

He directed Chime and other principal officers of the board to ensure strict compliance with the directives given to the companies.

He appealed to officers of the revenue board to be meticulous in issues that related to revenue collection, adding that the committee would do its best to ensure that truth prevailed.

The legislator warned that all diverted funds must be returned to the state coffers, if established.

Ude- Okoye ruled out the involvement of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at this preliminary stage, adding that the commission would only come in if the allegation of diversion was established.

In his submission, Chime said that all actions taken by his board had the approval of the then state executive council, adding that the past administration was aware of their transactions with Inter-Switch Ltd and FCMB. (NAN)

After Sleeping With A Man In Abuja…She Later Dived in A Pool of Water

A 17 year old girl, Miss Tessy tried to take her life after finding out that her sugar daddy who took her to an unnamed hotel in Abuja had infected her with the much dreaded HIV disease.

Staff of the said hotel who were perplexed when Miss Tessy suddenly ran out of her hotel room heading to the pool side, got the shock of their life when she dived into the deepest part of the pool and started drowning.

If not for the timely intervention of the swimming pool attendant, who also dived into the pool and rescued the girl, the story would have been different.

After she was rescued, she started shouting“Please leave me to die, I want to die” However, a staff of the hotel saw a phone in her jean trouser’s pocket, he took out the Sim card from the phone (which was obviously soaked with water) and inserted the Sim in his own phone. He called the first number on the Sim “Aunty Gloria” when the lady “Aunty Gloria” picked up the phone, she was informed about Tessy’s attempted sui cide and was asked to come and take her home as her condition was  now stable (after the first aid administered).

Furthermore, Tessy was interrogated on the reason for her action, she started crying and speaking at the top of her voice, that the man who brought her to the hotel had infected her with HIV.

She told the hotel staff and guests that were with her, that the man after having s3x with her told her that he wanted to go out and buy some fruits from a fruit market not too far from the hotel.

However, two hours later after the man left, he sent her a text message telling her that he has infected her with HIV, he told her that he was infected with HIV last year by a girl and that he will never go down alone.

On further interrogation, the girl said that she is only 17 years old and that she just met the man (Philip) two weeks ago and decided to follow him to the hotel on his invitation.

Some people advised her to go to the hospital and test for HIV before jumping into conclusion.

Others scolded her for trying to take her life over a matter she is not even sure of, they told her that even if the test is positive, that does not give her the right to want to take her life because there are so many people living with the disease and doing very well in life.

Larry King's Wife Is Allegedly Cheating And He ‘Doesn't Know What to Do’ About it.

Larry King is distraught about an alleged yearlong affair his wife of 19 years has been having, sources confirm to PEOPLE. 

“It’s true, and Larry is completely embarrassed and anguished by all of this,” one source close to the situation tells PEOPLE of the alleged infidelity. “He doesn’t know what to do.” 

Another insider says that Shawn, 56, allegedly told Richard Greene that her marriage to Larry, 82, was over. (News of the affair was first reported by National Enquirer, and theNew York Post’s Page Six first identified Greene.) 

Though Shawn and Greene allegedly briefly split, the insider says they have since reunited. 

Shawn, a former singer and TV host, is Larry’s seventh wife. The two tied the knot in 1997 and share two sons: Chance, 17, and Cannon, 16. 

In 2010, Larry and Shawn filed for divorce, but laterreconciled and filed petitions to stop the proceedings almost three months after the original filing. 

“A lot of new things are happening to us, and we are happy to be together as a family with our children,” Larry said in a statement at the time. 

That same year, Shawn was hospitalized in May after being found unconscious at home. A police report at the time stated she was found with bottles of prescription medication and reported it may have been a possible suicide attempt. (In June 2008, Shawn sought treatment for addiction to painkillers, which her father said was in part due to her longtime struggle with migraines.) 

“Our marriage is still together and I am staying very close to our children, who we love immensely,” Larry said in a statement after the May 2010 incident. “We shall go through this difficult time intact as a family.” 

Reps for Shawn did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

Enugu herdsmen attack: We have arrested one suspect – Police

The Police in Enugu State, Friday, confirmed the arrest of one the suspected masterminds of an attack on Attakwu community.

Suspected Fulani herdsmen had carried out an early morning attack on the Enugu West community, leading to the death of a seminarian, Mr. Lawrence Nwafor.

Four others, including a pregnant woman, whose intestine was ripped off, are still battling for survival.

However, in a statement issued by the Enugu State Police command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, he said one of the suspects had been apprehended.

According to him, the “Nigeria police force in its resolve towards unmasking those behind the dastardly act perpetrated at Ndiagu Attakwu community of Akegbeugwu in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu state in the early hours of 25/8/16, which left one person dead and four others critically injured, have nabbed a suspect identified as one Umaru Isah from Gusau Zamfara State over his alleged involvement in the incident.

“His arrest came through intelligence information gathered. The said suspect, who claimed that he is 20 years old, revealed that he came in from Gusau Zamfara State to Enugu recently for the purposes of rearing cattle, but has none to rear till now.

“Investigations have commenced in full scale into his nefarious activities with a view to unmasking his gang members so that they can be brought to book.

“The state commissioner of police Emmanuel Ojukwu has vowed to unmask all those involved in the dastardly act and bring them to book.”

(Dailypost)

Kogi state governor reportedly attacked by aggrieved residents of the state

The Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello was reportedly attacked by some aggrieved residents of the state today August 26th. According to multiple sources, the governor who had gone to the Lokoja Central Mosque to observe his Juma'at prayer, was attacked by some aggrieved residents who threw stones, rotten food and fruits at his convoy as it departed the mosque.

 

The residents say they are not happy with the manner in which the state governor is managing the affairs of the state. They say they are groaning in hardship and hunger as most of the civil servants had not been paid their salaries. 

Cele Expressway In Lagos Is On Fire

This is live from the scene,two tankers containing fuel fell.The tanks emptied into the gutter and caught fire.According to an eye witness, "I can't explain biko buh this was taken from the scene, cars caught fire as well....''

LADIES! SEE 4 WAYS TO MAKE YOUR NATURAL HAIR GROW LONGER

How to make your natural hair grow longer – The long hair struggle is one we all know. Your friends are having hair length of 16 inches and such. But your hair has refused to grow longer than 8inches.

You’re always like: Don’t worry, we’ve got you. If you want your natural hair to grow longer, here are some simple things to try:

1.  Moisturizing is the way

Our hair is prone to dryness. Dry hair breaks easily. Moisturizing your hair with oils such as coconut, shea butter, jojoba oil and more keeps them soft. It prevents breakage and helps you retain length.

2.  Trim split ends

It may sound weird, cutting hair off to make it grow. But this works wonders. You know those split and damaged ends of your hair? Cutting off half or quarter inch helps keep them from working their way to the roots and damaging your hair.

3.  Deep Condition always

Deep conditioning sounds like an under sea thing right? It’s a technique for conditioning your hair that helps it retain moisture and keeps it soft.

After applying conditioner, use a shower cap to cover your hair for 30-40 minutes. Then wash. Do this at least once a month to keep your hair beautiful.

4.  Protective styling is bae

You know how you keep tugging your hair or touching it? That doesn’t help it’s growth.

This is why you need proective styles like box braids, Ghana weaving, crotchet twists etc.

They protect your hair from the pressures of constant maintainence.

Also, don’t carry protective styles for months on end. Switch them up as your hair needs to breath.

Chris Rock’s Divorce Has Been Finalized

Chris Rock’s divorce from his wife Malaak Compton-Rock has been finalized

The former couple finalized their divorce on Monday after appearing in front of a New Jersey judge, reports TMZ. 

The pair announced the end of their nearly 20-year marriage in 2014, and spent the next two years hashing out the details of their divorce settlement – including the issue of child support. 

Rock and Compton-Rock were in disagreement over whether the comedian should support a child whom Compton-Rock says was raised as their own for years. 

In Rock’s original divorce filing on Dec. 23, 2015, the comedian, 50, stated the couple have just two children together. However, in Compton-Rock’s counterclaim, she stated that in addition to their two children, there is a child “who has resided with the parties since before her first birthday.” 

Though Compton-Rock maintained that the couple raised the child together and served as her parents, she decided to proceed with the adoption process alone once the divorce was announced. 

According to TMZ, the divorce case was sealed, so details of their settlement, including child support, have not been disclosed.

People Mag.

Shallow grave found in Lagos pastor’s home

•Police deepen probe

The police in Lagos yesterday claimed that shallow graves were discovered at the residence of 70-year-old Prophet Emmanuel Adeyemi arrested for chaining his son and 27 others.

Police Commissioner Fatai Owoseni who confirmed the allegation said the place was raided following a tip-off that the suspect traded human parts to ritualists.

He claimed that Adeyemi who was arrested alongside his first wife on Friday, buried some dead persons in the swamps and three others at his residence.

Owoseni said: “We got a tip-off that they were people he buried in that compound and he confirmed it during interrogation.

“Because the area is swampy, the suspect had allegedly buried some people in the swamp and about three others in the house.

“When we asked him of their identities he said it was some of his patients that were brought to his home from the hospital, after they were given up for dead, who finally died in his care and were buried in the swamp.

“When we also queried him on the claims that he used the body parts of the deceased to sell to ritualists, he swore that he was only a traditional healer and not a human parts seller.”

Owoseni said Adeyemi was earlier invited for questioning after it was discovered that he put his son in chains.

The Commissioner said the suspect claimed he chained the teenager, Toba Adedoyin Adeyemi in order to cure him from stealing.

He said: “When we got information that a teenager was locked up in a house, the area G Commander invited the suspect, who claimed that his son was known for stealing and so he locked him up in chains to cure him of stealing.

“While we were still on that case, we got another credible tip off that there were other people chained up in that same house. Of course, we carried out a raid and confirmed the allegation to be true.

“But before then, we had contacted the Lagos State Government because we don’t have the facility to keep the rescued persons. His claims now that he was arrested is  that he is a herbalist, but why didn’t he tell us that when we first invited him to the station over locking up his stepson? He only told us that he wanted to cure his son of stealing.”

It was gathered that one of the victims who was feeble and had sores was currently on admission at a hospital, while the others were moved to the state rehabilitation centre.

(thenation)

Tension in Enugu as police, hoodlums engage in gun duel, two shot dead

 

Residents of Enugu State were on Wednesday thrown into panic following a gun duel involving nine suspected armed robbers, who raided several parts of the State and security operatives.

The hoodlums had launched an operation, which lasted for several hours.

‎DAILY POST gathered that they had attacked a location within the New Market axis of the metropolis before moving to the Obiagu Roundabout, popularly called Council, where they shot and killed a driver.

A dependable source revealed that before the suspected robbers drove off, they snatched three vehicles, adding that “they put one of the drivers in their boot.”

It was further disclosed that the dead victim, popularly identified as “Ayaka” was shot severally on many parts of his body.

The Police Public Relations Office, Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the incident, said two of the hoodlums had been arrested, while one was shot dead.

According to a statement he made available to journalists, “‎the Enugu state commissioner of police, Emmanuel Ojukwu has applauded his operatives on their effort leading to the arrest of two of the hoodlums, with one other shot dead.

“The ‎hoodlums had operated around Edingburgh /ogui new layout axis and some of the metro in the afternoon, which led to the death one person before operatives of the command confronted them headlong and ensured that they did not have a free day.

“Meanwhile manhunt on other members of the gang are on as operatives are still combing.”

(Dailypost)

Rapper DMX Welcomes 15th Child

DMX must be a pro in the delivery room. The rapper became a father for the 15th time when he and his longtime girlfriend, Desiree Lindstrom, welcomed their first child together on Friday, August 19, in New York City.

Per TMZ, the baby boy is named Exodus Simmons and weighed in at 6 pounds, 10 ounces.

TMZ reported that the multi-platinum hip-hop icon was performing in Arizona when Exodus made his entrance into the world, but he hopped on a plane back to NYC that day to meet his little bundle of joy. 

DMX told TMZ that the baby is a “blessing,” while the new mom wrote on her Facebook page: “I’m so in love with my son happy he’s here.” She also reported that her breast milk had come in.

The 45-year-old musician (real name Earl Simmons) and his ex wife, Tashera Simmons, with whom he has four children, appeared on season 1 of VH1’s Couples Therapy in 2012 — the same year she filed for divorce. One of their big issues: DMX fathered multiple kids outside of their union (he has 10 children with other women).

“I do still feel bad about getting a divorce, even after everything X put me through, because I took my vows very seriously. And I know X is never going to love anyone the way he loves me, and I feel the same way about him,” Simmons told Essence in 2012. “But [there] just comes a time when you give your all, and you know you gave your all, and it’s just time to move on.”

(USweekly)

God Have Mercy! See How Woman Ran Mad During Her Wedding Ceremony

This shocking incident reportedly happened yesterday in Uganda.

The beautiful bride-to-be was dancing with her man only to suddenly go wild, struggling with family to remove her clothes. See more pictures after the cut...

Tiwa Savage Says ‘My Biggest Failure Was Exposing My Private Life Too Much

Nigerian super star Tiwa Savage has been the most talked about celebrity for weeks.

She has been enjoying massive success recently that not so many Nigerian artistes have been able to reach that feat.

In a recent interview, the song goddess and mother of one disclosed her biggest failure is revealing her private life.

It seems the singer regrets putting her marital life up there for people to judge and make a big mess out of it.

In her words: “My biggest failure was exposing my private life too much, there will always be speculation, but by addressing it you are adding more fuel to the fire. I now choose not to address anything.

(Tracegist)

Terror: 8 Christian Students Burnt To Death In Zamfara Polytechnic For Blasphemy

No fewer than eight people have been burnt to death by a mob at Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Talata Mafara of Zamfara state as a result of alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by a student of college.

The incident occurred on Monday when a male student alleged to have committed a blasphemy during an exchange of words with a Muslim friend, a situation which caused tension in the school.

It was also learnt that a mob had penetrated into the house where the alleged person was said to be hiding to avoid being lynched.

After they gained entrance, they set the house ablaze along with seven other persons in it. .

Police in Zamfara state confirmed the incident and imposed an indefinite curfew in the town with a view to restoring peace in the area.Spokesman of the police in the state, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Shehu Muhammad, in a press statement, cautioned any person or group of persons found violating the curfew order to desist from doing so or they would be arrested and prosecuted.

The police then called on religious leaders in the state to engage their faithful to embrace peace and eschew violence of any kind for peaceful coexistence to thrive.

However, the authority of the polytechnic has closed down the institution with immediate effect for sanity.

(Dailywatchng.com)

Three killed in Edo cult clash

Three persons were killed in Benin City, Edo State, in a renewed cult clash that began on Sunday night.

One boy was killed at a popular bar on Sunday night along Sokponba road which led to reprisal attacks at Oyenwmosa Street and Second East Circular road on Tuesday morning.

One of the victims identified as Papa Obodo whose wife just delivered a baby boy had his head smashed.

His assailants reportedly dragged him into a block industry where his head was smashed.

The other victim identified as Osazee was shot in the stomach after his killers gave him a hot chase.

Sources said the clash was between members of the Aiye otherwise known as Black Axe and Eiye Confraternity group.

Osazee was said to be mourning his late father when he was killed.

The Edo State Commissioner of police, Chris Ezike, said the killing was as a result of the cold war between cult groups.

(thenation)

Arms procurement scam extended Boko Haram’s reign – Buhari

                                                                  Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday maintained that the embezzlement of funds meant for equipping the armed forces under ex-President Goodluck Jonathan strengthened the Boko Haram and extended its activities in the Northeast.

Buhari, who was represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, made the remark at the lunch of the Reviewed National Counter Terrorism Strategy (NACTEST) in Abuja.

The embezzlement, he said, led to the death of thousands of Nigerians and destruction of properties.

The President described the action of those who embezzled the funds as wicked and disgraceful.

He said: “Sadly because of the disgraceful deed and the wickedness of some in governance and some in high office in the armed forces at the time, funds meant to equip soldiers to continue the fight against terror was embezzled. The incredible selfishness caused the nation of thousands of lives, extended the reign of terror and strengthened the enemy.

“In the past few years our nation faced the threat of terrorism characterized by mindless killing of our people including children. The massacre of the Buni Yadi boys in their hostels at night, the bombing of churches, mosques and market places, the kidnap of the Chibok girls and many others.

“The sheer recklessness of the killings, the shootings and the executions were meant to terrorize and produce maximum fear. To further establish their reign of terror, the insurgents hoisted their terror flags in almost 27 local government areas in the northeast.”

‎President Buhari said his administration since inception has emboldened the morale of the armed forces and ensure absolute defeat of the terrorists.

He, however, noted that the visages of the activities and the warped ideologies of the sect still linger.

Man abandons wife, marries mother-in-law

A 22-year old Indian man, Mahto Suraj, has reportedly abandoned his wife and married his mother-in-law, Asha Devi.

Mahto claimed to have fallen in love with his 42-year-old mother-in-law when she came to stay with him and his wife, Mahto Lalita, in the village of Puraini in Bihar, in the north-eastern part of India in 2015, but two months into his marriage to his mother-in-law, Mahto says he has realized his mistakes, Gulf News is reporting.

He is now seeking a divorce from his mother-in-law and wants to go back to Lalita, his abandoned wife.

Meanwhile, when Lalita got wind of their romance, she asked her mother out of her matrimonial home but her husband objected and later eloped with Devi to a neighbouring town where he married her.

Mahto went ahead to marry his mother-in-law despite oppositions from villagers.

However, after two months of marriage, the ‘couple’ is begging for forgiveness.

Mahto said he has come back to his senses and wants to go back to his wife.

Speaking, he said, “I have come to realize my foolishness. I admit I have committed the mistake, but will never repeat in future. Now, I no longer treat her (Devi) as my wife, rather, I have started paying her regard as a mother and an in-law that she is.

“I am on my knees, I’m begging Lalita to take me back home for the sake of our son,” Mahto added.

On her part, Devi reportedly said she has realized her mistake.

She, however, sought for forgiveness, saying she will divorce her son-in-law.

Devi said, “I no longer treating him as my husband, but as a son-in-law.

“We have already filed a divorce petition in the court and I want to return to my husband as soon as possible,” she added.

NAF kills top Boko Haram fighters

Nigeria’s Air Force said on Tuesday it had killed several senior Boko Haram fighters and possibly their overall leader.

Government planes attacked the group inside the Sambisa forest in its northeast heartland on Friday, the air force said, adding that it had only just confirmed details of the impact of the raid.

“Their leader, so called ‘Abubakar Shekau,’ is believed to be fatally wounded on his shoulders,” Reuters quoted the military spokesman, Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman, as saying in a statement.

There was no immediate reaction from Boko Haram, which communicates with the media only by videos.

The military has reported the death of Boko Haram’s Shekau in the past, only to have a man purporting to be him appearing later, apparently unharmed, making video statements.

NAFDAC alerts on fake alcohol

The National Agency for Foods and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians on the prevalence of fake alcoholic drinks, especially dry gin in the nation’s markets.

The NAFDAC Director of Special Duties, Dr. Abubakar Jimoh, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Tuesday that the agency had continued to advise consumers of alcoholic beverages to be alert and be very wary of fake and unregistered drinks.

“Drinking alcohol is bad enough and people are always advised to take it in moderation. So, the danger associated with taking a fake drink can only be imagined,” he said.

Jimoh said the agency had taken its campaign against fake drinks to Plateau, Gombe, Benue, Bauchi and many other states in north and had engaged traditional and religious leaders to lead the efforts.

He particularly decried the rampant consumption of drinks like Ogogoro (dry gin) and “goskolo” by youths, and urged stakeholders to join in the fight “ since the youths are the group most affected.

“We have found that the youths rely on such drinks to gather enough courage to commit all manners of atrocities like armed robbery, kidnapping, rape, killing and the rest.

“We have, therefore, continued to intensify our campaigns and that has resulted into some states coming up with bylaws that banned some alcoholic beverages.

“We have also raided production and drinking points of some of these dangerous drinks, especially in Edo and Delta States, because the drinks have damaged many livers, kidneys and other vital organs of the body.

“They have also led to the gradual decline in the health status of many youths and totally destroyed their capacity to contribute to societal development,” he said.

(thenation)

Klint da Drunk & wife strike hilarious pose on Chigurl's butt

Comedian, Klint da Drunk and wife Lilien, pictured resting together on the back of fellow comedian/OAP, Chigurl, at an event last night. Klint shared the photo via Instagram and captioned it, 

" You don't stop playing cos you get old, you get old cos you stop playing"

LOL

Kendall Jenner covers the October 2016 issue of Vogue Japan

Model and reality TV star Kendall Jenner is the cover star for the October 2016 issue of Vogue Japan. On the cover, she is glammed up with a smokey eye, dark lips and braided pigtails. See more photos from the inside spread after the cut.

Happening Now: Man who named dog Buhari arraigned in court

The 40-year-old trader arrested for naming his dog Buhari, Mr. Joachim Chinakwe, has been arraigned before a Sango Ota Magistrate Court, Ogun State.

Joachim was arrested on August 13, 2016, at Ketere area of Sango Ota.

It would be recalled that Joe was arrested and detained in police cell in Sango Otta, Ogun State, for three days after a neighbor complained that he named his dog ‘Buhari.’

However, Chinakwe claimed the dog was named after President Muhammadu Buhari, who he said was his hero.

Details later…

(Dailypost)

DSS ‘arrests’ Boko Haram spiritual leader who masterminded Yobe school shooting

The Department of State Services, DSS, on Monday disclosed that it has arrested some Boko Haram terrorists plotting to carry out attacks in some states, including the “spiritual leader at a Boko Haram cell in Kano,” who is suspected to be the mastermind of the shooting of some students at Government Secondary School, Mamudo village near Potiskum, Yobe State, in 2013.

This was made public in a statement signed by an agent, Tony Opuiyo, which also disclosed that the secret police rounded up some members of kidnapping gangs in Benue, Akwa Ibom and Calabar states.

The statement reads in part, “Following threat messages against some members of the diplomatic corps in Abuja and Lagos, this service responded and subsequently apprehended one Aikhoje Moses, on 19 August 2016, at Azagha by-pass off the Benin-Asaba expressway in Edo state. Before his arrest, Moses had threatened the diplomatic community in Nigeria, particularly the consular-generals of Switzerland and Denmark and their embassies in Nigeria, warning them to leave the country.

“The service also arrested one Mudaisiru Jibrin aka Namakele/Alarama on 17 July, 2016, at Sauna quarters, Yankaba area in Kano. Jibrin was the spiritual leader to a newly uncovered Boko Haram cell in Kano. Preliminary investigation so far conducted revealed that he was also the mastermind of the shooting of some students at Government Secondary School (GSS), Mamudo village near Potiskum, Yobe State, in 2013.

“Similarly, on 8 July, 2016, at Kinkinau area in Unguwar Mu’azu of Kaduna metropolis, the service arrested one Mukhtar Tijani, a notorious Boko Haram fighter and three of his accomplices namely, Isiaku Salihu, Abdullahi Isah and Hindu Isah. The four suspects were apprehended while perfecting arrangements for major coordinated attacks on selected targets and locations in Kaduna state.

“In a related development, on 12 August 2016, at Auchi in Edo state, three members of the Ansaru terrorist group hibernating in Kogi state were apprehended by the service. Usman Abdullahi, Abdulmumuni Sadio and Ahmad Salihu were arrested while making arrangements to launch attacks on some selected targets in Edo and Kogi states, before escaping to join ISIS in Libya.”

The statement added that the DSS responded to recurring attacks by cattle rustlers in Zamfara state by arresting members of a gang which specialised in cattle rustling and kidnapping in Zamfara and Katsina states.

It added that the DSS “conducted series of operations in collaboration with the military to degrade the criminal network of one ‘Buhari General’ in the state. Sequel to these operations, this service arrested one Abdullahi Haruna aka Douglas, a bread seller on 13 August, 2016, at Hayin Buba area in Gusau LGA of Zamfara state. Haruna was intercepted while using the cover of his petty business, to monitor security bases and movement of security agents in the state, in a bid to facilitate counter-attacks against security personnel deployed to the state.

“Also, on 12 August, 2016, at Aliero town in Aliero LGA of Kebbi state, one Hussaini Alhaji Sule aka Yellow, was apprehended by the service. His arrest was facilitated by an earlier operation of 29 July, 2016, when one Hafizu Sani, a spy and criminal associate of ‘Buhari General’, was apprehended by this service. Prior to his arrest, Sani was also spying on the movements of security agents in Zamfara state. Sani, in concert with other elements, has been terrorising local communities in Kaduna, Katsina and Zamfara states respectively, engaging in cattle rustling and kidnap activities.

“Meanwhile, following the spate of gruesome killing and kidnap incidents in Benue state, on 8 August, 2016, the service arrested one Terfa Jirgba and two of his accomplices, namely Terzungee Kwaghaondo and Mathias Aende, at Badagry street off Esther Aka road in Makurdi, Benue state. Jirgba is an active ally and gang member of Terwase Agwaza aka Ghana, a notorious kidnapper who runs a kidnapping and criminal network in Benue state.

“In a follow-up operation, one Terungwa Abur was trailed to Port-Harcourt City in Rivers state. He was eventually picked up on 16August, 2016. Abur is the second in command to Agwaza and a key member of the kidnapping gang of Terwase Agwaza aka Ghana which operates from Benue state. He acts as a courier for the underworld gang and was the negotiator of the N4m ransom paid to the gang for the release of two Indian national staff of Dangote Cement Company, Yander-Gboko, who were kidnapped on 29July, 2016, in Markudi city. He also participated in the killing of one Ortin in Gboko township on 1August, 2016.

“To address the activities of various criminal syndicates that have in recent months terrorised residents of Calabar and parts of Akwa Ibom state, on 15 August, 2016, along Ukpong street in Oron LGA, one Benjamin Emomotemi and his accomplices namely Gabriel Ambrose, Godbless Taliboth Mattias, Blessing Sunday, Simeon Blessing Sunday, Edet Effiong Asanagasi And Rose Williams, were all apprehended by the service tactical team. The suspects were part of a kidnap ring which masterminded the abduction of one Mr Rufus AKV on 31 May, 2016 and Senator Patrick Ani on 6 July, 2016 in Cross River state.”