Pic: Police officer knocks LASTMA official unconcious with his gun

A mobile policeman yesterday afternoon attacked three officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, and knocked one unconscious following an argument along Ashabi Cole off Lateef Jakande road Agidingbi in Ikeja.

Trouble started when LASTMA officials attempted to tow a vehicle parked in front of a bank which was causing traffic. The police officers guarding the bank challenged the LASTMA officials and tried to prevent them from towing the vehicle which was said to belong to a bank customer. An arguement ensued and before anyone could stop it, one LASTMA official was rushed to the hospital after a police man gave him a head butt and smashed the butt of his gun into his face.

When other LASTMA officials saw what had happened to their colleague, they turned the whole scene into a free for all show as both parties started arguing and fighting.
Head of LASTMA confirmed the incident and said the unconscious official is receiving medical attention.

D'banj Unveils His First Agriculture Product "KOKO GARRI" (Photo)

D'banj ventured into agriculture few months ago as was reported HERE.
Consequently, the Koko master himself has unveiled his first product from his agricultural investment as "KOKO GARRI". He really has a nice entrepreneurial concept. See his tweet below...

You'll Be Shocked When You Find Out How This Man Arrests Armed Robbers

Alhaji Shehu Musa Aljan does not belong to any security agency but he has shocked and surprised citizens of Plateau state with his unconventional means of arresting those criminals giving them sleepless nights and handing them over to Special Task Force on Jos crisis (STF).
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The Kaduna State born man who grew up in Bauchi state reveals his name, Aljan, in Hausa, means spirit.
Aljan tells The Sun in this interview that by merely looking at a criminal, he could identify and disarm him and considering the current insecurity facing the country, this is his own way of helping to save the country from criminals.
Read his story below:
On if how long he has been doing the job: For long, I have been going into the hinterlands to track down those causing trouble for the country, yet nobody has ever paid me a kobo for the job. Even the military has not been doing the job I am doing for the country. I go on my own to bring armed robbers to them. I do not go with any of their men to effect arrest. I go with men under me to places that the security forces cannot penetrate and bring them out for law to take its course. We know how we smoke them out of their hideouts.
On his operation in Plateau State: The head of the Special Task Force on Jos crisis (STF) in Plateau is hard working, a nice person. We work hand in hand. When I go out on our operations in the night, he keeps awake till we are through with the operation. I have no relationship with the government of Plateau State. I am not into politics. But the state government is not offended by what I am doing here because it wants peace.
Since I started working in Plateau, I have arrested about 28 people with their ammunition and stolen cattle. They confessed that they are not working alone but are being hired by people to commit all these atrocities. It is not only the Fulani doing all these destructions. They are of different tribes working together in teams. There are Fulani, Berom and (Yargan) Taroh, all working together to do the attacks. They have people they report to. After carrying out successful operations, they have their agents and sponsors who receive and sell all the loot.
It not true that some of those arrested are not thieves but innocent cattle owners going about with their cows in the bush. From their shoes, caps or anything on them, we can detect them. I do not need to be told who the assailants are before I know them.
By mere seeing them I know who they are. If the Nigerian government wants peace, let it enter into alliance with those of us using traditional methods to detect criminals. Our groups exist in different parts of the country. By so doing, all these attacks would be minimized. Money is being wasted unnecessarily in funding soldiers and those of us that have our own traditional ways of solving these problems are dying of hunger. I can boldly say that what I have done in two months, the security men have not done in the last 12 years. There is someone they have been looking for in the past six years, I was the one that went and arrested him. I arrested him in Riyom. I have arrested many, close to 30. I first arrested 16. Then I brought five. And recently, I arrested six with their ammunition.
I was not employed by the Plateau State government to do this work. I have never sat with Governor Jang. I do not know him and he does not know me. But with what we have done, all the arrests we have made of different tribes, everyone is appreciating us.
People can see the arrest I am making, so no one can say I am not working. If there is any need for me, government can call me if they want. I am a Nigerian and ready to serve anytime. It is God that would reward me. If not for the love of the people, I will not be doing this job. I learnt the job from our boss, the late Lawal in Mambilla in Taraba State. For months, we will be in the bush with our boss getting trained.
Aljan who says he's not persecuting any religion says all he does and he is after is arresting criminals as he had arrested about 17 armed robbers with their ammunitions in Kaduna state.
On why the police arrested him.
I was arrested by the Plateau State Police Command and kept for about seven days. But it happened because of the insincerity of the police. They betrayed me. The Inspector General of Police, M.D. Abubakar is someone that wants a honest job. But there are some few people under him who are using his name to commit many atrocities.
Then some policemen came and met me and said the IG had asked that I should be arrested. I asked what my offence was, they said they did not know. So, I followed them. I was kept with the criminals I arrested in a cell. But later, one senior officer said they should not put me together with the criminals. I was then moved to where police officers were being detained. That was where I spent seven days. They came to ask me to write a statement and I said I would not write any statement until I saw the IG. I said there would be no peace if the criminals were released and I was kept in detention. But I only allowed myself to be arrested. If they are up to 1000 and I do not want them to arrest me, they cannot.
While I was there, I was able to get a phone number with which I contacted my people, and they came with lawyers. That was how I left the cell.  Up till today I have not seen the commissioner again.
Since then, when I come back from my expeditions, I liaise with STF or the State Security Service (SSS). I have handed over 20 criminals and suspects to them. I have caught people with cattle, with guns, those going to attack villages, and handed them all to STF.  The IG will not say I should be arrested because he knows what I am doing on the Plateau. But I have touched the clique of some policemen and they wanted me punished. You know all these people have their own agents. There are some car thieves that confessed to me that they pay returns to some people.

WTF: Man Dumps 2 Kids In Court To Protest Wife’s Arrest [Photo]

There was drama at Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, western Nigeria, on Wednesday, when a man identified as Emeka Akabundu, dumped his two kids at the court premises in protest over the arrest of his wife by the police.



Before Akabundu left the court in tears, he alleged that the police at Ikotun Division detained his wife and two children for three days at the station because he could not pay them the money they demanded in order to set them free.

The kids identified as Miracle and Favour, were abandoned in the court premises while Akabundu complained bitterly that the police treated his family badly because he was poor.

This caused confusion as both the litigants and the counsel in the court were at a loss about what to do until a woman lawyer, Barrister Ngozi Wilson, intervened and took care of them.

According to him, “I pleaded with the police and my neighbour who is the father of the girl assaulted and asked them to allow me to treat the girl but the police refused, insisting that I give them money.”

Akabundu alleged that the police demanded N20,000 bribe as part of condition to bail his wife and settle the matter that brought her to the station.

He said his wife had a problem with their neighbour at their Ikotun home when he went to work and she was arrested.

He said when he went to the station and pleaded with the neighbour to settle the matter amicably,  the police insisted that the case must be taken to court and declined to release his wife.

He said instead, they handed him the children at the station and asked him to go and buy food for them.

He said when he went back to the station after feeding the children, he was told that his wife had been charged to court for assault.

In anger, Akabundu took the children and dumped them in the court premises and left.

Akabundu’s wife was arrested by the police for assaulting his neighbour’s daughter.

She was detained at the station for three days because the husband did not show up to settle the matter.
We confirmed at the station that the woman was actually detained behind the counter with the kids because the police found it difficult to charge the woman with the kids.

Our reporter could not confirm if the police actually demanded money from Akabundu at the station.

Efforts to see the DPO, Abba Haruna, failed when our reporter visited the station. Akabundu later returned to the court to take the two kids away after he was told that the court did not arraign his wife.

“If Boko Haram Attacks Niger Republic, They’ll Regret It” – Defence Mins. Karijo

“We will not provoke them, but if they attack, they will regret it,” says Niger’s Defence Minister Karidjo Mahamadou

(Reuters) – A proverb in the Hausa language, spoken on both sides of the border between Niger and Nigeria, warns: “When your neighbor’s beard is on fire, fetch water and soak your own.”



With conflict in Nigeria’s north between the army and the Islamist militants of Boko Haram killing hundreds every month, many in southern Niger fear not enough is being done to stop it spreading.

To the north, Niger is at the heart of international efforts to tackle Islamist groups in the Sahara, following a French-led offensive last year against al Qaeda-linked militants who occupied neighboring northern Mali.

In the south, though, the potential spillover from Nigeria’s Islamist uprising has attracted far less attention, despite 40,000 refugees flooding across the border into Niger.

Yet a growing number of incidents, including foiled kidnapping of officials, the seizure of arms and arrests of militants, suggest Boko Haram increasingly sees Niger’s remote southeast not just as a rear base but as a potential target.

“On the Nigerian side, there’s virtually no state,” Saouna said, warning the focus on battling Islamists in the Sahara was leaving Niger’s southern flank exposed. “The day it explodes in Diffa, it’ll be more serious for us than in the north.”

Bride To Be Juliet Igbinoba Dies In An Accident A Month Before Her Wedding Day

A 29 year old Accounting graduate Juliet Igbinoba died in a fatal car accident on Monday 17th of March. Juliet was travelling along the Lagos-Benin when tragedy struck.

Juliet had been planning her wedding to her fiance pictured above which was to take place in less than a month on April 19th and invitation had been sent to family and friends.



Juliet who worked at Fouani Nigeria Limited, had been travelling home to Benin to meet her family for further preparation over her forthcoming wedding. Such a tragedy.



May God give her family and fiance the fortitude to bear this loss.

Unemployed Graduates In Nigeria Writes Letter To Jonathan, (MUST READ)

 
Our dear president, we write this letter to you with great passion, and in a state of curiosity and concern.
We understand your zeal as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to invest in the next generation of the country’s youths by presenting a budget that contains reasonable projects that are aimed at tackling the far-reaching malady of UNEMPLOYMENT in our beloved country, Nigeria.
But, it is so unfortunate that the unemployed graduates of Nigerian institutions of higher learning have no representatives at the ongoing National Conference. Having read the modalities of the National Conference and the components involved, we are convinced without prejudice or doubt, that our children would blame us if we fail to inform you, Mr. President, of the mockery of the committee as a result of misplaced priorities.
Mr. President Sir, the only common element which costs less, and can solve the myriad of problems faced by most Nigerians is EMPLOYMENT.
Unemployment is a big challenge in Nigeria, which over the years has represented a lost opportunity for national economic development. With the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) putting the current rate of unemployed Nigerians at 23.9 per cent, up from 21.1 per cent in 2010 and 19.7 per cent in 2009, the rising unemployment rate in Nigeria has in no small measure contributed to the continuous rise in social vices like terrorism, political thuggery, violence and even teenage pregnancies among youths in many parts of the country.
In view of these, the Association of Nigerian Graduates against Unemployment, an association of well cultured youths and intellectuals, was formed. We represent the frustrated  and angry youths in the society, forced to act after going through the 492 political selections for the National Conference and noticing the deafening silence concerning unemployment and the unemployed.
We are happy you know, according to statements credited to you, that Nigerians are already talking about their national challenges through the print, electronic and social media and this is how we intend to make our voices heard.
The political selections will only give the same answers and report only what they feel you would be comfortable hearing. The truth, Mr. President, is far from comfortable. What affects us is UNEMPLOYMENT, and we want you to take a critical look at the following issues:
1. Contract Staffing – This is in fact one of the biggest problems hindering graduates from getting jobs. Most of those assumed to be workers in most industries, firms and companies are in fact, not permanent staff. They are all under-employed and are also competing with fresh graduates for any available vacancy.
2. Age limit as a prerequisite for employment opportunities.
3. The issue of years of experience by several government ministries and parastatals.
4. Employment not being on merit.
5. Provision of social welfare for all unemployed graduates and more for the physically challenged graduates. (Return to the quota for each firm to employ, as a percentage of their total workforce, a specific percentage of physically challenged graduates)
Mr. President, from the various statistics we have from the National Bureau of Statistics, and other sources, the number of unemployed citizens ranges from 30 to 45 million, and that is about the population of five major cities in Nigeria. An average of 4.5 million graduates enter into the job market annually with no access to soft loans or any type of enabling environment coupled with epileptic power supply, even after the privatization of PHCN.
The “YouWin” programme is more like and very similar to the visa lottery game, where only lucky winners are empowered and only the families of public office holders and those in government get the little available jobs. We are citizens and should also be given access to enjoy social facilities like those in government e.g. NHIS scheme. We are products of our society and we want to be treated equally like those in government.
We passed through various challenges and delays in school such as ASUU strikes, late school enrolment due to poverty and/or ignorance, bureaucratic arrangement in government, unfortunate policies and administrative problems.
Mr. President, we live in a country where people now sell jobs. Everyone had hitherto been quiet about this completely unacceptable and despicable act and it must be looked into. We are human capital, and this is by far, the greatest asset any country can have. We are worth more than the oil in the South-South or the pepper from the North. We cannot afford to sit down and watch ourselves waste away anymore.
Our dear president, we commend you for what has been done so far in addressing the issue of unemployment such as NDE, YouWin and others, but we are asking that you help us to help this nation and youth restiveness caused by unemployment by empowering us.
We are tired of running out of our fatherland to foreign countries and yet treated and addressed as third class citizens through Visa bonding and the rest, when our country is blessed.
The stakes are high now and we are using this opportunity to address the polity that this association is not a political movement or a violent sect. We are a pressure group crying out in splinters but with one voice for our needs in our country ,Nigeria. We denounce and disassociate ourselves from the methodologies of some home based terror groups/sects in the Northern part of Nigeria that have adopted violence and are unleashing carnage on the society in fighting their cause.   However, it should not be forgotten that the problems of these Home Terror groups in the North started when their needs were not met, and with lots of anomalies in their society. Now it’s spiraling and all nations are called to join in securing the region. All we are saying is listen to our cries now and not when things go bad. We are accessible and open for discussions on how to forge ahead in addressing the problems of unemployment with your support.
Mr. President Sir, ignoring the points raised here can have unpleasant consequences. We implore you to urgently address these points to halt the steadily growing number of angry and frustrated unemployed graduates who may be tempted to channel their knowledge and energy into negativities. God bless you, sir, as we await your speedy response and God bless Nigeria
By Ehis Abuya (National Coordinator, Association of Unemployed Graduates).

NYSC, Batch ‘A’ Call-Up Letters Are Now Available In Various Institutions

National Youth Service Corp, NYSC has announced that the Batch ‘A’ call-up letters have now been distributed to various institutions in Nigeria.
The 2014 Batch ‘A’ Prospective Corps Members are by this publication urged to check their school for their posting and collect their call-up letters.
Foreign trained Nigerian graduates are to collect their own from the NYSC secretariats of their states of domicile as indicated during registration.
Corp Members who are Deployed to Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States are to report to Taraba, Gombe and Bauchi orientation camps respectively on the date indicated on their Call-up letters.
Various institutions have different policies on how to conduct clearance and distribution of the call-up letters so you are advised to begin querying your schools and round up clearance on-time to join your mates.

The Side Effect Of Eating Beef (Meat)

In this part of the world, it is seen as a mark of affluence when foods are accompanied by the generous servings of beef. The average beef aficionado that the Westerners in Nigeria (Yoruba) call ‘orisirisi’.

The orisirisi is a mouth-watering

and appetite-inducing potpourri (ponmo), and organ meat like tripe, liver, lungs, kidney, appendix, heart, intestines and other internal foods.

 Indeed when you talk of a typical Yoruba Soup ‘Efo riro’ that is the Vegetable Soup, the dish cannot be regarded as complete without the presence of orisirisi, which usually makes the vegetable a ‘foreigner’ in a dish named after it.

Some high profile hotels serve efo riro ‘elemi meje’ that is seven lives; meaning a well seasoned vegetable soup with assorted meats.

Researchers in recent times are beginning to draw attention to the possibility dangers in eating too much animal protein, of which the beef (meat) is an integral part.

Recently, the internet community went viral with the report of a study published in the online journal, Nature Medicine, warning that a compound abundant in red meat- carniture- has been detected to promote atherosclerosis (hardening or clogging of the arteries).

Dr. Stanley Hazen, the section head of preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation, Miller family Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, United States of America, led the researchers.

They found out that increased Carnitine levels in patients predicted increased risks for cardiovascular disease and major cardiac events like heart attack, stroke and death.

 The bacteria living in our digestive tracts are dictated by our long term dietary patterns. A diet high in carnitine actually shifts our gut microbe composition to those that like carnitine, making meat consumers even more susceptible to its artery-clogging effects. Hazen said.

 Still the researchers contend, carnitine is not an essential nutrient; as the human body naturally produces all the carnitine it needs. What this means logically is that if ever we need eat meat, it must be in small quantity.

Nutritionists say red meat sure has a nutritional benefit to the overall growth of the health. A dietician, Dr. Rosemary Ogbebor, says, red meat is high in iron, which is very important to the teenage girls and women in their childbearing years. The body easily absorbs the iron in the red meat.

Again the red meat supplies the body with vitamin B12, which helps the body to make DNA and keep nerve and red blood cells healthy. It also contains zinc, which keeps the immune system working properly. Moreover, red meat provides protein, which helps to build bones and muscles.

The red meat is one of the most nutrient-rich foods, because a small serving of lean beef contributes only 180 calories, but you get many essential nutrients such as omega 3, niacin, vitamin B6, phosphorus, riboflavin and possibly vitamin D.

Nutritionists are of the opinion that red meat should not be caught off totally from the regular diet. They advocate portion control, and also counsel that it should not be allowed to crowd out fruits, vegetable and whole grains during any meal.

They also advise that when buying red meat, you should opt for lean meat, instead of fat-ridden parts like the torso and organs meats.

Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology and Medical Director of MART Life-Detox Clinic, Lagos, Oladipo Ashiru, warns that excessive consumption of beef could shorten life span.

Through meat is a rich source of protein, too much of it a diet could pose long term cardiovascular risks.

He also warns that a diet bathed in excessive red meat could lead to a decline in the kidney functions and lead to gout (Swollen joints); in addition contributing to the increase risks of heart disease and cancer.

He says eating too much of meat, fish and other key sources of protein contribute to the state of bad health, because they take longer to digest. When you eat lots of protein and meat, it takes significantly time to digest.

This is because meat takes time to be broken down, and that means that the enzymes in the stomach and the intestines will have lots of work to do to process them. It really takes time to process this down compared to the vegetables and fruits.

A nutritionist with the UNICEF, Dr. John Egbuta, is of the view that the real danger is not in the red meat; rather it is the presentation.

This is because, with the frying comes the excessive absorption of oil, which then increases the fat content and result in health complications, including high cholesterol, which is hazardous to the body.

Ginger: A Safe, Effective Herbal Remedy

When you have ailments, the medicine or drugs that you take for them often have side effects and can often be worse for you than the ailments themselves.
There are so many medicines that are being recalled, many people are starting to question if taking medicines are safe.

Chinese herbal remedies are alternatives that many people turn to. Do we know if Chinese herbal remedies are effective, or more importantly, are they safe?
While I think there is a place and time for medicine and drugs, I always try to look for more natural cures when I have a problem. I think that putting to many different foreign and man created substances in our bodies can’t be good for it.
I always try herbal remedies first. Many herbal remedies are foods and other natural things that won’t effect our bodies the same way traditional medicines would.
When I was pregnant I had very bad morning sickness. For me the nausea lasted all day, I was miserable. I always try to look for natural cures but this was even more important to me since I was pregnant. I didn’t want to take any kind of medicine that could have an effect on my unborn baby.
I knew that anything that I put into my body would go directly to my baby, and I wouldn’t take any chances on something hurting her. I decided to try ginger, to see if it would help with my nausea.
I started with ginger tea in the morning. I noticed right away that I had less nausea.
After drinking the tea a couple days in a row, I was able to get up in the morning without having to run to the bathroom. This worked so great in the mornings that I decided to try it at other times. I tried taking a ginger supplement thinking that maybe it would give me more and work better.
The supplement didn’t work for me. I think part of what was helping me with the nausea was the smell, so when I took it as a supplement I wasn’t getting the chance to smell it. I also would drink protein shakes during my pregnancy ad I would grate fresh ginger into the drink.
The ginger was really effective it helping me keep my food down. There were a few times that I would feel so sick and nauseous that I would cut a piece of fresh ginger and suck on it. It was strong, but it was worth it to feel better.
I think there are many Chinese herbal remedies that are very effective. I think it’s very individual to each person to which remedies work for them. If something is ailing you then it is usually worth trying a Chinese herbal remedy first to see if it works for you.
Most Chinese herbal remedies don’t have side effects and are safe to take, unlike many drugs and medicine. Just be sure to check with your doctor to make sure that the herbal remedy won’t have a side effect on your specific condition

2015: NYSC DG Warns Corps Members Against Electoral Fraud

Ahead of the 2015 general election, the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier-General Johnson Olawumi, has warned corps members not to engage in electoral fraud.
Olawunmi issued this warning during his visit to the Rivers State Permanent Orientation Camp in Nonwa Gbam, Tai Local Government Area.
He reminded corps members that they were not employees of the Independent National Electoral Commission and should not collect any financial inducement from anyone.
Promising that the NYSC will pay corps members’ allowances promptly, Olawunmi pointed out that plans were in place to ensure the security and safety of corps members in the country.
“I am using the opportunity to caution corps members not to engage in any election fraud or malpractice during the 2015 general election. You should also shun any financial inducement from anyone.
“We promised to deliver corps members who came to serve their fatherland back to their parents in good health. We will pay your allowances promptly through the NYSC,” Olawunmi said.
He urged corps members to desist from unauthorized journey, recalling that some NYSC members had in the past been involved in road accidents while travelling without permission.
The NYSC boss advised corps members that rather than embark on unnecessary journeys, they should always meet their zonal and local government officers to help them solve their challenges.
On the skills acquisition training at the orientation camp, Olawunmi urged them to pay attention to the programme and strive to become more proficient in their field of endeavour.

The Man With Largest Testicles Dies At 49

Wesley Warren Jr., who received worldwide notoriety because of his problems with a scrotum that grew to 132 pounds, died Friday at a Las Vegas hospital. He was 49.
No cause of death was officially announced, but Warren’s roommate, Joey Hurtado, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that Warren had suffered two heart attacks recently.
“He was in the hospital for five and a half weeks,” Hurtado told the paper. “He had infections that I think were brought on by his diabetes and then he had those heart attacks.”
Hurtado also told the paper he didn’t believe that his friend’s testicle removal surgery last year was a factor in the death.
When Warren had the surgery last April, he entered the operating room weighing 552 pounds. Thirteen hours later, he was 200 pounds lighter.
Warren said his scrotum first became enlarged in May 2008 when he suffered an injury on his right testicle.
“I woke up the next day and my scrotum was the size of a honeydew melon,” he told HuffPost Live in August. “My personal hell was just beginning.”
With every passing month, Warren’s scrotum grew 3 pounds or more. And with no health insurance, he had little opportunity to seek help, until he became internationally known for his freakish bulge.
To cradle his watermelon-sized sex organ, he wore a hooded sweatshirt as pants, using the hood as a makeshift scrotum sling.
“Even when I got offers to help, it was hard,” he told HuffPost. “My scrotum was so large I couldn’t get on a plane. I was too big to use an airplane restroom.”
Warren’s condition first made headlines in October 2011.
He initially sought donations to pay for the estimated $1 million surgery, but turned down an offer from the “Dr. Oz Show” to pay for the surgery in exchange for exclusive interview rights.
Some speculated that Warren’s interest in fame was bigger than the misery caused by his enlarged scrotum, a charge he denied vehemently.
“Who would want to live like this?” Warren said. “I just don’t want to die during the operation.”
With the help of radio talk show host Howard Stern, Warren finally agreed to see Dr. Joel Gelman, a California urologist who specializes in scrotal lymphedema, a disorder that causes the scrotum to become “extremely large as lymph fluid and tissue accumulates.”
Although Warren had hoped to find a woman after his scrotum issues were solved, that may not have happened.
Warren admitted to HuffPost that his condition left him with no sex drive and “little or no testosterone.”
However, he said that lack of a sex drive may have been a blessing in disguise.
“Imagine if I had desires,” Warren said. “There isn’t anything I could’ve done about it. That would be a personal kind of hell.”

Stephanie Okereke Begins TV Show For Lovers

Nollywood actress Stephanie Okereke is currently shooting parts of her new Tv show called ‘Make Me Fabulous’. The Tv show is all about bringing couples together. The actress believes the daily activities of most partners are always too much, which leaves them with little or no time for each other, talk less of having a romantic time together.

Her own Tv show, is to pick a lucky winner, who will be pampered and ‘transformed’ for her husband/boyfriend, which she believes will excite the partner and make them start their romance all over again. See pictures from one of the scenes after the cut.

GEJ Orders Moro To Refund N1,000 Fee To Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Job Seekers

President Goodluck Jonathan has reportedly ordered embattled Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, to refund the N1,000 application fee collected from job seekers who were to write the ill fated Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) aptitude test that turned sour at the weekend.
Scores of youths lost their lives in a stampede in Abuja and several other cities, including pregnant women, when they presented themselves for the screening exercise organised by the NIS.
The President had on Monday summoned both the minister and Comptroller General of the NIS, David Paradang, apparently to explain their roles in the recruitment tragedy.
On its part, the House of Representatives ordered investigation into the death of about 20 applicants at some venues of the NIS recruitment exercise.
The House joint Committee on Interior, Labour and Productivity, Public Service Matters, and Justice was mandated to organise an investigative public hearing on the matter, and report back its findings within four weeks.
Senate similarly mandated its Committee on Interior to investigate the recruitment tragedy.
The resolution of the House was a fall-out of a motion at Tuesday plenary under Matters of Urgent Public Importance by a member, Karimi Sunday, who expressed concerns on the manner the exercise was conducted, leading to the death of innocent job seekers.
The House while condemning the tragedy, further called on the Federal Government to take steps towards identifying relatives of the deceased victims, and offer them automatic employments, since in members’ opinion, the victims died in active service to the nation.
The House also commiserated with the families of the deceased, as well as empathise with those who suffered injuries as a result of the exercise.
It resolved that henceforth, all mass recruitment exercises into Federal Government agencies must be done via the internet, and in more conducive environment than that of last Saturday.
The NIS had last September advertised vacancies for recruitment into various positions in its service.
Several thousands of job seekers responded, culminating in the weekend’s massive turn out for the aptitude test the NIS organised across Nigeria.
Official information available was that only 4,500 vacancies across board existed in the Immigration Service.
But Sunday, while leading debate on the motion, lamented that “in Lagos alone, about 70,000 youths showed up at the stadium for the test. In Ibadan, the Liberty Stadium played host to about 20,000 Nigerian youths.
“In Abuja, the 60,000 capacity National Stadium was overcrowded with 70,000 youths. In Ilorin, 25,000 candidates showed up like a sea of heads at the llorin Stadium.
“In Benin, at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, 26,000 Nigerian youths trooped in, all in a bid to write the aptitude test. The Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano played host to 15,800 youths.
“In Benue State 17,800 youths took part in the exercise and in Port Harcourt, about 23,000 candidates enrolled for the recruitment exercise,” the lawmaker added.
He argued further that “despite the crises and insecurity in the North East, Gombe and Borno states played host to about 5,000 applicants each, while in Sokoto State 10,000 applicants participated in the recruitment exercise.
“This was the same trend in other state capitals on the said date.”
He also said it was baffling that even when applicants were requested to come to the test centres in sport outfits, there was no record of physical test conducted, and that “only about 20 per cent of the candidates were able to participate in recruitment process as a result of its poor organisation”.
Sunday said the large turnout and poor organisation resulted in chaos and stampede in all the centres, recalling that “at least about 21 deaths were reported from the exercise”, including pregnant women.
He also raised questions that the high response to the advertisement and the fact that the Nigerian Immigration Service may have realised approximately N1 billion from the sale of recruitment forms.
“Why then could the Service not properly organise a recruitment test or programme? Why did the Service not conduct an internet based recruitment tests?
“Why could the aptitude test not have been conducted in conducive educational centres in batches all over the nation? Why was it so poorly co-ordinated that it resulted in the death of innocent and helpless Nigerians?”
The House unanimously adopted the suggestion by the lawmaker that the Federal Government work in conjunction with the state and local governments and public spirited individuals and organisations, including religious groups, to evolve a job creation scheme that will best address the unemployment situation in Nigeria.
Several members who spoke took turns to condemn the loss of lives, especially that the victims were Nigerians innocently seeking jobs.
According to Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, must take responsibility for the incidents, while steps are taken to ensure that the consultant who handled the exercise refunds all monies collected from applicants, and the families of victims duly compensated.
Also in his submissions, Bitrus Kaze expressed concerns that there were reports that members of the National Assembly were allocated slots in the ongoing recruitment process, a development he denied having knowledge of.
Peter Akpatason on the other hand described the incident as a fall-out of long existing systemic decay in Nigeria, and that it was an act of criminal negligence of duty which should be punished.
He also argued that the unusual turnout could be attributed to attempts at covering “up some certain things” which the investigation must seek to uncover.
However, a member of the House who was one time Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Emmanuel Go’ar, at a news conference in Jos accused those calling for the heads of the Interior Minister, Abba Moro, and Comptroller General of Immigration, David Paradang, over the recruitment tragedy of doing so to serve selfish purpose.
He said it is the responsibility of all to fight the unemployment monster that has brought the country to the current situation.
Go’ar called on the Federal Government to constitute a panel to unearth the causes of the tragedy.
Go’ar who is representing Pankshin, Kanke and Kanam Federal Constituency, said “what happened at the Nigeria Immigration Service aptitude test last Saturday is an eye opener”.
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) also promised to investigate the circumstances that lead to the death of job seekers at the NIS screening centres.
The commission expressed concern over what it called “avoidable death of about 20 persons who participated in the exercise”.
The NHRC charged organisations in the country to ensure that the human rights of Nigerians were taken seriously in their work to avoid such incident in future.
Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Bem Angwe, spoke on this indication in Abuja when he received in audience members of Citizens Advocacy for Social and Economic Rights who came to lodge their complaint against the NIS with regard to the ill fated recruitment exercise.
At its own plenary, the Senate also asked the executive arm of government to work out a Marshall plan to tackle the intractable and increasing unemployment menace in the country.
Like the House, the Senate also condoled with the families of those who lost their lives in the stampede.
The Senate resolution followed a motion of Urgent Public Importance brought by Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Atiku Bagudu, together with 10 other.
The motion was entitled, ‘Nigerian Immigration Service Nationwide Aptitude Test and Physical Examination of March 15, 2014’.
Bagudu who also led the debate on the motion, reminded the Senate of the recruitment exercise and noted that the Head of Service of the Federation had in 2011 granted approval for the recruitment of 4,556 personnel of various cadre for the Immigration Service.
The lawmaker said 700,772 reportedly applied for the NIS jobs, with about 70, 000 applicants registered at the Abuja test centre.
He said the exercise was held under the coordination of the Comptrollers of Immigration in the states and the FCT, with one representative of the Board in each centre.
Bagudu, however, regretted that the exercise resulted in the loss of lives and several injuries.
In his one contribution, Ita Enang urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on employment.
He lamented that “in the last five to eight years, only the para-military organisations are offering employment, as the manufacturing industries offer little or no employment to Nigerians”.
Also, Ayogu Eze (Enugu-PDP) called for the cancellation of the controversial recruitment exercise, and punishment of those involved in its management.
Gbenga Obadara (Ogun-APC) described the NIS incident as a national tragedy.
He lamented that unemployment was killing Nigeria as a country.
Sani Gumba (Bauchi-PDP) blamed the Ministry of Interior and the NIS for the poor handling of the exercise, stating that they ought to have grouped the applicants in batches to avoid the stampede that occurred as a result of the congestion of the centres.
The Senate Caucus of the All Progressive Congress (APC) also urged President Goodluck Jonathan to sack Abba Moro as Minister of Interior.
In a statement,Senate APC Caucus spokesman, Babafemi Ojudu, also called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on employment in Nigeria.

BREAKING NEWS: Mobil Petrol Station On Oba Akran, Lagos, Burning! (PHOTOS)

Another ghastly fire outbreak in Lagos: Mobil Petrol Station along Oba Akran in Ikeja caught fire Wednesday morning, Nigeriafilms report.

As at the time of filing this report the cause of inferno could not be confirmed.

More details coming soon.

Army Officer Shoots Worker Dead At Dangote Cement Factory,

Violence broke out today, Tuesday at Dangote Cement Factory in Gboko, Benue State. One of the worker was said to have stolen a spare tyre and was caught by the army. When his colleagues tried to get him off the hook, an angry soldier shot the young man and killed him instantly.

The incident has triggered a riot with shelling of gun fire. An eye witness said he saw two dead bodies and one seriously injured victim.

The Cement Factory is now locked down with staff are trapped inside the premises stranded.

It will be recalled that there was a similar incident last year that claimed thirteen lives and over one hundred trucks.

Please the pictures are a little bit disturbing...

UPDATE: Graphic Photo Of 35 People, Including 19 Church Members That Were Burnt

Thirty five people, including nineteen church attendees who were coming back from the service, died on Monday in a multiple accident on the Potiskum-Maiduguri highway.


Scroll down for the graphic photo below:

According to Yusuf Sani, spokesman of the Federal Road Safety Commission in Yobe, the bodies of all the 19 members of Redeemed Christian Church of God were burnt beyond recognition.

He attributed the tragedy to overspeeding and lamented that scores of people lost their lives only in the recent two days in road accidents.

The main reasons for crashes, which unfortunately often occur on poorly maintained Nigerian roads, are speeding, overloading and reckless driving.

Islamic Teacher who Sexually Abused Girl,11 as he Taught her the Koran is Spared

In a trial that has sparked outrage, an Islamic teacher who repeatedly molested a terrified girl of 11 as he taught her the Koran has escaped jail sentence because according to his defence, his family of six were so dependent on him, his wife’s English is so bad and he is ill with kidney problems.

Suleman Maknojioa, 40, was supposed to be giving the little girl and her two brothers private tuition. He was engaged by the children’s parents in 2012 to teach them about the Islamic faith. But instead of teaching the kids, Maknojioa picked interest in the little girl and repeatedly, began touching the girl’s arms and head, then
moved to her legs, feet and chest and her thigh.



 Maknojioa, a respected hafiz – a scholar of the Koran, claimed the touching was done to reassure the little girl but his confused victim became terrified whenever lessons were due. He was finally reported to police after the children’s mother overheard her two sons, aged 13 and seven, talking about the incidents.

Recounting her ordeal in court, the little girl said the touching typically occurred as she prayed or read from the Koran while kneeling or sitting cross-legged.
She told the jury:
‘I was too afraid to say something. He would put his hand under my headscarf on my chest and he would squeeze. He would only use the one hand. The other hand would be writing something or he would be pointing to my brothers and telling them to pray harder. No matter how hard my brothers tried to pray it wasn’t good enough. He would always say I was better, even if I wasn’t.

‘My brothers asked me what he had been doing and I didn’t know how to describe it. I told them he had touched me up. They told me to tell Mum and Dad – but I just didn’t want to tell anyone. It went on for ages, his hand going up and down. I was afraid of what my teacher would do.’
Her older brother said:
‘I knew what was happening for about a month before my parents. My sister would get very upset at the idea of anyone knowing. It was difficult for me to know what to do. He favoured her. He would give her ten pages to learn and we would only get three. That way he spent most of the lesson with her. He did it slyly. When it happened, she was trying to pray. I have seen him touching her thigh in a stroking motion. It was inappropriate.’
This went on from September 2012 to June 2013 until the course of lessons ended. The girl’s father later confronted Maknojioa at his home but he denied all the charges.
On the day he was arrested, Maknojioa was due to teach 30 children at a mosque near his home in Blackburn. He was later convicted of five counts of sexual activity but on Monday he escaped with a 40-week prison sentence suspended for two years.

Maknojioa's defence lawyer, Frida Hussain, said:
‘Maknojioa is married with six children. His wife doesn’t work and speaks very little English, they are dependent on him to lead their lives and with the running of the household. One of the children has learning difficulties. Because he doesn’t teach now he is reliant on benefits.’
However, his light punishment has sparked an outrage on the internet. A family friend, who asked not to be named, condemned the sentence. He said:
‘This is a total disgrace. What type of message does this send out to paedophiles? He should be behind bars for this type of abuse. We are all horrified.’
Maknojioa will be under supervision for two years and made the subject of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order for ten years.

FG may remove fuel and kerosene subsidies

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dieziani Alison-Madueke yesterday gave a hint of plans by the Federal Government to remove subsidies being paid on Petrol and Kerosene products. The Minister gave the hint while speaking at the Nigerian Oil & Gas Conference which took place in Abuja

While addressing the delegates, Alison-Madueke said subsidy being paid to marketers for petrol and kerosene was no longer sustainable and was only beneficial to the rich in the society.
"The continued regulation of the downstream sector has its positive and negative impacts on the economy. But the negative effect is more than the positive. The subsidy policy cannot be sustained any longer.This is because the subsidy payment is not benefiting the poor it is targeting; rather, it is benefiting the rich. The industry needs to move to next level by increasing revenue and curbing oil theft and pipeline vandalism.Without belabouring the point, we are all aware that the government has to deregulate the downstream sector. Continuing regulation, we all are aware, has negative effects. It is basically unsustainable, it discourages investment, and principally, it benefits the rich, not the masses in the society that we intend to reach in the first place" The minister said.
Analyst however say if petrol subsidy is removed, Nigerians would have to pay more for both products. Petrol for instance would rise to N144.66 for a litre, which is the landing cost of a refined litre as against the N97 its been sold for now at filling stations while Kerosene would go as high as N154.36 per litre, N138.87 as landing cost and N15.49 for distrubution margin, suming up to N154.36 it would be sold for

PHOTOS: Yvonne Nelson Shocks Fans With New Amazing Hairstyle

One of the most beautiful African female celebrities definitely likes to stand out of a crowd.
We like the new style. And what do you think

Woman molested, Eyes Plucked Out Cries For Help & See PHOTOS Of The Ritualists

There was a recent report on a married mother of four, Zainab Mohammed who was attacked by three suspected Ritualists who took turns to rape her and thereafter plucked her eye out in Bauchi State .



The suspects who have been identified as Sabo Rabo of Durr Katanga Village, Bitrus Yakubu of Dado Village and Mohammed Bamigboye of Durr Katanga Village will be charged to court.

The 32- year-old woman who is crying for help as she said her husband is not capable of footing her medical expenses not while narrated her terrible ordeal.  “After attending a turbaning ceremony in Lukshi, a village in Dass Local Government, I started to head home to meet my family as there was nobody to cook for them. When I reached a particular area close to a bush, I saw three men looking at me as I approached them.

“One of them approached me and said that he wanted to made loveual intercourse with me and that he was willing to pay for it, but I objected because I am a married woman. When they saw that I was not willing to cooperate with them, they pushed me to the ground and dragged me inside the bush and molested me, one after the other.

“After molesting me, one of them brought out a knife, stabbed and plucked out my right eye with it, while the other two  held me tightly to the ground. He also tried to removed the left eye,but he could not. But the eye ended up being damaged. After doing this, they left me in my pool of blood and fled”.

 Meanwhile the victim’s husband, Mohammed Usman who is shocked over what happened and also heartbroken said: “I waited for my wife to return from the ceremony she attended in a nearby village,but she did not show up . When it was getting dark, I began to get worried and wanted to go and look for her.

Suddenly, some of my neighbours ran to my house to inform me that my wife was attacked while returning from the ceremony. What broke my heart was that the attackers did not only rape her, but also blinded her”.

He's also calling on the state government to come to his wife's aid as he's a poor man and cannot shoulder the financial responsibilities of his wife’s medical treatment.

However one of the suspects, 45- year-old man Bitrus Yakubu who said it was the other two men that molested her in his own confession said: “One native doctor, Galambi, told me and my colleagues to get him the eyes of a woman. I don’t know what he intends to do with the eyes, but he promised to give us N1 million after the operation. We could not resist the offer because of poverty and the desire to become rich people like our friends”.

The native doctor, Galambi however denied  sending the suspects to remove the eyes of the woman,but admitted receiving the eyes from them. “The men approached me to prepare some charms for them because they wanted protection; so I told them to get the eyes of a woman, which they agreed to bring.

Another purpose of the charm is to help them to disappear whenever they want to. I don’t know whose eyes they removed or how they got it,my own work is to prepare the charms for them,” he said.

The woman, Zainab Mohammed who is currently in pain in the female surgical ward of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital with her left eye completely damaged may be able to see with her right eye after operating and repairing the globe, this is according to the Head of Ophthalmology Department of ATBU, Dr Mohammed Mahdi Abdull who operated on her.

BUSTED: 7 Pregnant Ladies Caught In Baby Factory, Akwa Ibom State

A baby factory was yet again uncovered by the police in Akwa Ibom state. Seven pregnant ladies were arrested at the baby factory located at at NEPA line in Ikot-Ekpene Local Government Area of the state.


the pregnant women

Mr. Etim dickson, the state Police Public Relations Officer on behalf of the commissioner of police, Umar Gwadabe, said the baby factory was busted following a tip-off that two women, Ima Thompson Akpan and Mma Nurse, were operating a baby factory where seven expectant mothers were camped.

These two operators are now at large as they escaped arrest. During interrogation, the pregnant women confessed going into the business because of the money involved.

They revealed that a male child is sold for N450,000 while a female child is sold for N350,000.

It was learnt that one of the suspects gave birth to a baby boy at the police station yesterday.

President Of Columbia Wetting His Trousers While Giving Election Speech

The president of Colombia was giving an important speech while launching his reelection campaign when he wet his pants, a video uploaded to the Internet showed.

The video showed the moment Juan Manuel Santos was giving the important speech when a wet spot suddenly began appearing in the crotch area of his beige pants.

The 62 year old, who is not known to have any disease, continued on with his speech, seemingly oblivious to his wet pants. As he continued his speech in the city of Barranquilla, the wet patch increased in size.

Santos, a liberal-conservative, is seeking to retain his position when the second largest country in South America goes to the polls in two months. He is facing competition from former Bogota Mayor Clara Lopez Obregon. The president hopes that when voters will be going to the polls they won’t remember this embarrassing incident.....

Pres Jonathan Offers Victims Families &Those That Wounded, Automatic Employment

President Jonathan this morning ordered three employment slots be left open for the families of those who died during the Saturday recruitment exercise conducted by the Nigerian Immigration Service.



The president also directed that immediate employment be offered to injured victims who are still receiving treatment in various hospitals across the nation.

Disclosing this after the Federal Executive Council meeting that held this morning, Minister of Information Labaran Maku said President Jonathan directed that one of the three beneficiaries must be female. Today's FEC meeting was devoted to the poorly conducted NIS recruitment exercise.

The President also ordered that the last ill-fated exercise be cancelled and set up a new panel which would conduct a fresh screening test for applicants. The Panel is to be headed by the Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission, Deaconess Joan Ayo and would have as members, a rep from the Inspector General of Police as well as the Heads of Immigration, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp, Nigerian Prison Service, State Security Service and the Federal Road Safety Commission.

The House of Reps has also summoned the Interior Minister and the DG of NIS to appear before it to explain the circumstances that led to the unfortunate incident at recruitment exercise on Saturday.

This Must Be The Latest Hair in Town, "CONDOM HAIR"

First it was dreadlocks, then Ghana weaving followed by human hair and now natural hair is the in thing.

There’s another hair trend in town however, as can be seen from the photo above, it is the condom hair style.

It looks weird, doesn’t it? Do you think it is a trend that will catch on?

I don't know where fashion is taking us to

Actress Kalsoume Sinare Foundation Supports 2,000 School Children

Give and it will come back to you its what the Holy Books say. Actress Kalsoume Sinare in collaboration with Coca Cola have donated some items to the less privilege school children in the Northern Region. This as part of the social responsibilities by the actress to help the poor to also have the chance to school. GNA was there and reports more on the donation.

The Kalsoume Sinare Foundation (KSF) in partnership with Coca-Cola Company has distributed over 2,000 shoes to school children in ten selected schools in the Northern Region to encourage the less privileged to remain in school.

Kalsoume Sinare, an actress and the Executive Director of KSF, presenting the shoes to some beneficiary pupils at the Dakpema Primary School in Tamale on Monday, said her outfit in partnership with Coca-Cola Company was to give relief to the less privileged in the three northern regions.

She explained that the aim of KSF was to ensure that children who could not afford to be in school due to poverty were supported with uniforms; and indicated that the shoes were given because without shoes children were susceptible to the heat and other dangerous materials on the ground.

She noted that as an indigene of the north, she knew the problems poor children faced and how some of them were socially excluded, hence the need to partner Coca-Cola Company to address some of the bottlenecks confronting education in the area.

The Head of Public Affairs and Communication for Coca-Cola in Equatorial Guinea, Ama Bawuah, said apart from partnering KSF to distribute over 2,000 shoes to school children, the Coca-Cola Company in the past had renovated and refurbished some schools across the country, as well as providing books and other educational materials to promote education.

She said the company’s initiative “5by20 female economic empowerment programme” was aimed at helping needy children and women to improve upon their living standards and assured that Coca-Cola would continue to partner with KSF to achieve its aims and objectives.

According to her, the 5by20 programme was also to help women succeed as entrepreneurs by providing them with access to business skills training, credit, asserts and support networks of peers and mentors. She said: “5by20 is aimed at helping women succeed as entrepreneurs by removing barriers they face, while creating thriving sustainable communities.”

Madam Bawuah said the 5by20 programme was initially piloted in four countries namely Brazil, India, South Africa and the Philippines, and that it had expanded to ten additional countries including Ghana and aimed at supporting some five million women.

She added that Coca-Cola’s 5by20 programme in Ghana was currently providing financial management skills training for female retailers of Coca-Cola, where over 300 women in Accra and Kumasi had undergone a 2-day business enhancement training programme to equip them with better bookkeeping.



Madam Bawuah further said some 1,000 women in the three northern regions would also be supported with access to business skills, financial services and asserts, while others would be supported and equipped to set-up small-scale Coca-Cola retail businesses.

“Others would also be supported to improve and expand their commercial activities such as Shea butter production, ice-block making, catering, dressmaking, hairdressing and batik-tyre and die”, she added.