3 Cameroonian soldiers killed by Boko Haram militants in Dabanga bordering Nigeria

Three Cameroonian army personal, including one officer, were killed on Monday night, April  18in the country's far-North region by suspected Boko Haram terrorists.

Army source told Xinhua on Wednesday morning said that the three soldiers (Lieutenant Njilie and another pictured ) from Rapid Intervention Battalion, a special unit of Cameroon's army were ambushed when they were on a monitoring mission in Dabanga bordering Nigeria.

Body of woman found dead in a canal at Ikeja has been removed

Yesterday, I reported about a dead woman whose body was dumped at a canal behind a barracks in Ikeja..  Her body was removed this afternoon. See more photos after the cut...

           

 

            

         

Fire guts 50 shops in Ladipo Auto Spare Parts market

                         

There was a flame episode at Ladipo Auto save parts market, Mushin Lagos at around 2 am yesterday morning which destroyed around 50 shops to the ground.


No unmistakable reason for the flame has been determined as such. One source told The Nation that
                               


the flame was brought about by a gas blast while another source said it was by unpredictable force
supply. The flame purportedly began from the Osoro/Akinwumi range of the business sector.

One of the brokers at the business sector, Chukwu Ebuka Ekeneze said:

"The flame was brought on by gas; there is a lady who cooks close-by we heard her gas was left on and that prompt the flame episode," he said.

Another merchant, Emeka said:

"We got to the shop at the beginning of today and discovered our things copied; the flame began 3am early today, we couldn't rescue anything. My neighbor kept N2 million in his shop however arriving it was all smoldered, we picked the cash and whatever we could feel was the fiery remains. The security men on obligation instantly alarmed flame warriors, yet they arrived the scene around 6am."

Ifeanyi Maduka said:

"Well I can't give you certainties, however judging from all that has happened here since, we can't determine the reason for the flame, this flame began around 2.am. This is regularly a business situation; there is no probability anyone could have been here to determine how it began, yet some said it started from the electric post, and giving the way that there is gas around, it helped the flame to raise. The data did not get the opportunity to shop proprietors until around 5am."

Mr Felix Okoro, Chairman of the Osoro segment of the business sector, said no setback was recorded however products worth a great many naira were devoured by the inferno.

Lagos State Fire Service Director, Mr Rasak Fadipe, said his men reacted quickly, and that the flame was put out at around 10 a.m.

Source: The Nation.

Indian father hacks off hands of adolescent who assaulted his 8-month-old girl (photographs)

The father of an eight-month-old rape victim allegedly chopped off both hands of the 17-year-old accused in Punjab's Bathinda district, India on Tuesday, April 19.

Parminder Singh had allegedly raped the man’s 7-month-old daughter in April 2014 and was arrested and arraigned in court. The victim's father and the accused, who were neighbours, met in court for the hearing yesterday and after that, the victim’s father reportedly asked Parminder to reach a compromise and accompany him on his motorcycle to the village.

 

When they reached near Jhumba village, he allegedly tied the teenager to a tree and attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon. Besides inflicting injuries on his head and other parts of his body, the man chopped off both his hands, said police.

Some villagers rushed Parminder to the Bathinda civil hospital, where his condition was stated to be critical. Dr Ajay Gupta, who treated the victim, said both his hands were chopped off and cops brought the limbs later.

"He (the father) took him near a dried up canal, beat him up badly and then tied him to a tree and finall hacked his hands off. There is nothing below the wrists now," Swapan Sharma, a police officer of Bathinda, told AFP by telephone.

"Locals alerted the police and we rushed to the spot. We picked him up, his hands, and took him to the hospital," Sharma added.

According to Indian Express, the mother of the baby had allegedly found the accused molesting her child in April 2014. Police registered a rape case and the teen was sent to a juvenile remedial home pending trial.

The police said a case of attempted murder has been registered against the victim’s father, a brick kiln labourer, who fled after the incident.

Soldiers and Buni Yadi residents rejoice after returning to their community a year after they fled

They returned to their community over the weekend. 

Cristiano Ronaldo sends DM to Turkish model asking for her number

         

According to top Turkish model Cansu Taskin, she is in regular contact with Portugal and Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo and her Direct messages (dm) on Instagram which was leaked seem to prove so too. Cristiano Ronaldo, known for having 'a thing or two' for models has reportedly flown her on several occasions to his home in Madrid. The Super model's Instagram followers have increased by over 100,000 followers since she was linked with Ronaldo. See more photos of this hot super model and the leaked DM after the cut.
                              


                              

                                 

                          

In Ghana, a bridegroom was arrested during his wedding over suspected armed robbery, bride collapses

A wedding ceremony taking place at Takoradi Aldersgate Methodist Church in the Sekondi/Anaji, Ghana on Saturday, April 2, 2016 was cut short after policemen stormed the church's premises and arrested the bridegroom over suspected armed robbery. The arrest is in connection with a robbery case at Aniamote, a community in the Wassa Amenfi District in the Western region.
The 30-year-old suspect Aaron Ackah,(pictured) is alleged to have robbed a Chinese Small Scale Miner of an amount of Gh¢18,000 after inflicting knife wounds on his left hand.

A civilian, who led the police to the wedding venue at West Anaji told Starr News’ Western regional correspondent, Emmanuel Ohene Gyan the couple had just completed the exchange of vows and were about wearing their rings when two plain-clothed police officers from Bogoso stormed the place and whisked the bridegroom away after using one of the invitation cards to confirm his identity.
The joy that had filled the venue of the ceremony was cut short as many of the shocked guests started crying and wailing. The bride, Rebecca Buah, was reported to have collapsed after her groom was arrested. The suspect has since been taken to Prestea for further investigation.

Women who get illegal abortions should be 'punished' -Donald Trump

                        

Women who have illegal abortions should be punished, Donald Trump said on Wednesday. The Republican presidential frontrunner made the comments during a heated exchange at a town-hall event in Wisconsin over whether abortion should be banned. He told US broadcaster MSNBC's Chris Matthews: "There has to be some form of punishment." after calling for a ban on the procedure.


Pressed by the journalist to explain further, he responded: "I haven't determined what the punishment should be." Mr Trump said he was "pro-life with three exceptions", but did not provide details as to what they were.

Democratic frontrunner and his possible White House rival Hillary Clinton was quick to react on Twitter, branding his remarks "horrific" "Just when you thought it couldn't get worse. Horrific and telling." Clinton said.

A statement issued later by Mr Trump's campaign said the abortion issue should be left to individual US states to determine.

Bernie Sanders called it "shameful" and even major pro-life groups spoke out strongly against punishing women who have abortions.

Even Trump's conservative rival Ted Cruz, an evangelican Texas senator, bashed him, accusing the real estate mogul of saying "anything just to get attention".

Ohio Governor John Kasich, the third runner in the Republican race for the White House, also weighed in saying "Of course women shouldn't be punished," he told MSNBC.

Women's health provider Planned Parenthood, which conservatives oppose for its abortion practices, said Trump "is now inciting violence against women for making a decision that's theirs to make."

Trump later retracted what he said and stated that it's the doctors who perform the abortions that should be punished not the women.

See photos of a Nigerian Female soldier allegedly beheaded by Boko Haram

        

According to Facebook user, Saleh Abas, this pretty Nigerian female soldier named Oluwatoyin Ogunleye, was beheaded by Boko Haram members during their attack on a community in Borno state recently. So sad!

 

                                      

Nigerian replies Chinese man over email scam

                          

Mocking Nigerians, this Chinese tweeted this and got an epic reply from a Nigerian. See that below


       

Uncovered.. Osama Bin Laden Is Still Alive

           

Previous CIA representative Edward Joseph Snowden has asserted he has proof that demonstrates the serial aircraft and terrorist (Osama Bin Laden) is still alive and solid, the terrorist why should said have been killed in Pakistan in 2011 by the United States Special forces.According to Joseph Snowden, Osama is in Bahamas accepting more $100k a month.


I'm not sure where he's presently but rather i saw him motel 2013 he was enthusiastic unobtrusively in his manor with Five(5) of his wives and numerous kids"

Snowden who lives as an outlaw in Russia fled to the States in the wake of spilling archives about the NSA mass reconnaissance projects to the media in 2013.

He guarantees that Osama was transported to Bahamas to an undisclosed area, he encourage says: they sorted out his fake passing since no one knows and the assistance of his shaved facial hair and a military coat, no one would remember him..

Tiwa Savage shares adorable photo with her son

                             

Singer Tiwa Savage shared this very adorbale photo on her Instagram page and wrote

"Good Morning yummy mummies as most people are starting their day, we've probably been up for a few hours now as babies know how to interrupt our beauty sleep but that's ok because we love them more than anything. Anyhow Jamil is 6 months now and this morning I thought I heard him trying to say DaDa, Ahhhhh  I just quickly started saying MaMa MaMa MaMa before my husband heard, I mean I carried you for how many months, you come resemble your papa, now you wan come say daddy name first. Rara o, I go do ojoro LOL  but all jokes apart every new stage with your baby is so amazing, from first smile to first words to first steps. What was your babies first words". 

Man carrying two guns and a Koran arrested at Disneyland Paris.

                             

French police arrested a man carrying two handguns at the Disneyland Paris amusement park outside Paris on Thursday, an Interior Ministry official said.


According to the police, the 28-year-old man of European origin had been carrying the two guns, including an automatic handgun, concealed in a bag that also contained a copy of the Koran religious text. He is now being questioned by the police.

The man was reportedly arrested quietly and went with the police without protest, according to BBC. Park-goers seemed to carry on unaffected by the incident. Employees at multiple hotels around the resort told the Associated Press they continued functioning as usual after the arrest.

A woman said to be his girlfriend was also arrested. A spokeswoman for Euro Disney, which runs the amusement park and whose main shareholder is U.S-based Walt Disney Co., had no immediate information to offer about the incident.

The man was unknown to police prior to the incident and his bag set off a security alarm as he went through a metal detector at the Hotel. A police source said the investigation did not point to terrorism, and that the man claimed he was carrying the weapons for personal protection.

Man Crushed To Death While Crossing Road In Lagos

                                                  

Man Crushed To Death While Crossing Road In Lagos
One of his legs was completely crushed which ultimately led to his death.

RIP TO HIM,

I respect him for protecting her first!” M.I Abaga defends Ice Prince on Twitter

                        

Choc City boss M.I Abaga has added his 2 cents to the Ice Prince drama.

The rapper made it known that he has nothing but respect for Ice Prince for the way he stood up for his girlfriend Maima. He also let his followers know that he now fully understands “the depth of the situation”.

The meaning of lines on your palm

                                     

For hundreds of years palm readers have examined hands in order to predict a person’s fortune. As it turns out, they may not have been entirely wrong as the human hand contains a wealth of information. When it comes to palm lines, not all people are the same.

Apart from the four major lines, some people have a short arched line under their middle and ring finger. In fact, this small curved line can even make a whole circle or two shorter separate lines. It’s commonly known as the Venus’s circle or love belt.

In case this line is not on your palm, don’t be disappointed as it is usually associated with people who are very sensitive and inclined to love problems. According to palm readers, if the circle is closed, it means a great love disappointment.

But, in case you have this circle, it’s best for you view failed relationships as life lessons rather than fatal disappointments. If the line forms a semi-circle, it implies love difficulties that will be overcome some time in a person’s life.

Several semi-circled lines, one beneath another, mean that you are really emotional.

The heart line, one of the four major palm lines, begins just under the middle finger and ends under the small finger.

Which heart line is yours?

1) If this is your heart line, you’re intelligent, ambitious, and independent. Plus, you can make good judgement and decisions. However, you may have a selfish, materialistic attitude in life. Take advantage of your good qualities to improve your communication and life.

2) If this is your heart line, you’re considerate, kind, and trustworthy with people. You are prone to getting too emotionally involved. It’s important to know when to keep off guard.

3) If this is your heart line, you are content and confident in your love life, no matter if you’re single or in a relationship. You’re happy either way.

4) If this is your heart line, you’re patient, caring, calm, warm-hearted and full of good intentions. You’re the altruistic type.

25 year old Nigerian Girl Who Just Returned From the UK dies in Horrible Car Accident in Lagos

         

25 year old Doyin Sarak Fagbenro who spent most of her life in the United Kingdom and also completed her First and Second Degree there was killed in a fatal accident along Lekki-Epe Expressway.

The beautiful 25 year old relocated to Nigeria from the UK. Her cousin, Ken Davidson, took to his Facebook page to pay her a heartfelt tribute. It’s such a sad read. Read after the cut. May her soul rest in peace, Amen.

DSF: Tribute To A Shining Starlet. Oh death! Where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? Another Casualty of a broken and failed State. Your story is particularly Gut Wrenching as it is equally heartbreaking.

You spent near enough all but two of your 25 years on earth in the Country of your Birth, the United Kingdom where your Parents and entire family reside. You were born, bred and educated in the United Kingdom. But two years ago, immediately after you graduated, you elected to visit Nigeria where your Grandparents reside – both of whom are in their Mid Eighties.

You signed up for the National Youth Service having freshly graduated with a sterling First Degree in Law and a Post Grad immediately afterwards. You were headhunted by an Energy Firm before you completed your NYSC and a presto you gallantly announced to your Nervous Parents – Dad a Diplomat with the United Nations based in Italy and Mum a Pharmacist based in the United Kingdom, your country of Birth – that you were going to permanently relocate and make Nigeria your permanent abode. Your Grandparents were ecstatic, you being their most favourite Grand Daughter.

You were a straight A student right from when you passed your GCSEs through to when you excelled in your A’levels…so much so that Prestigious Queen Mary’s London University snapped you to study Law. You missed a First by whisker’s. Nevertheless you made your mark all the way through. Then it all came crashing down.

What was supposed to be a routine journey to Church on a relatively sombre, otherwise uneventful Sunday morning on the Lekki/Ajah Expressway around the Lekki Phase 1 approach turned into a living and eternal nightmare for those of us left struggling to pick up the pieces. Our lives changed forever, never to be the same again.

A victim of the reckless and probably high on drinks/drugs ‘Danfo’ Driver. The most galling of the entire episode was the fact that the driver of that Danfo survived unscathed, RAN away from the scene leaving a trail of Death and Destruction in his wake. Four people died at the scene. Your New Toyota Corolla was a crumpled wreck. But the Fighter that you were, despite massive injuries, you fought and fought and fought.

Your Dad, via his status at the United Nations, got you into Lagoon Hospital where you were for a few days. When it became clear that the extent of your injuries was too severe for the local facilities here in Nigeria, An Air Ambulance was scrambled from the United Kingdom to get you much needed Specialist Care in the United Kingdom. Your tireless mum who flew in from the United Kingdom, barely 48 hours after the accident, accompanied you in the Air Ambulance. Still we Prayed and Prayed and Hoped for the Best.

Sadly We lost you a day after you arrived in the United Kingdom. The Surgeons tried desperately. You fought desperately to hang on. But in the end, it was not to be. The pain is palpably raw as it is numbling. We asked again and again, Why you? Why You? If only you had stayed on in the country of your Birth, If only…so many questions but very few answers. Your Parents, Your Grandparents, Oh! Your Grandma, with whom you celebrated her 80th Birthday over here in Nigeria a few years ago has refused to eat since she was informed of your passing nearly a week ago…All she repeatedly does is wail, wail to space “God Take Me instead, Give My Granddaughter back to Nigeria. Nigeria Needs Her, Her Parents Need her. God Take me. God Take Me.”.

These are indeed extremely perilous times. And so it was that having just spent barely a few weeks in Nigeria after a prolonged Winter holiday and Christmas in the United Kingdom with family and friends, I now find myself in the rather unenviable position of scrambling for the next flight out back to the United Kingdom just so that I can attend your Funeral this weekend. Someone retorted to me “Oh, you know, ‘our tradition’ forbids older relatives attending and being present at funerals where the deceased is much younger than us…” I snapped back, which tradition? And what has tradition ever done for us? What did Tradition ever give to HER?

I am here like a Zombie, mechanically and circuitously packing a few items for my flight out in the morning. The Family has decided that yours would be a Celebratory Sending Forth, so RED rather than the traditional Grey, Black would be the colour to be worn on the Day. DSF as you were very fondly called, you touched so many lives in the quarter century, (twenty five years only!) you ran your race on earth.

You were considerate to the end so much so that you waited until you got back home – nearer your parents and many siblings – before you finally bade the World Farewell. Doyin Sarah Fagbenro, My Learned Friend in the Profession, My lil Sister, My Cousin, Sleep Well till we meet again. O Death! Where is Thy Sting!

Woman sentenced to death by hanging for killing her 8-year-old step-daughter

                       

A woman and three of her accomplices, were on Thursday, January 21 found guilty of killing her eight year-old step-daughter and sentenced to death by hanging.

Elenah Nyambura (pictured at Milimani law courts, Kenya with her accomplice) was charged with committing the offence at Civil Servants Estate in Kariobangi, with Peris Njeri, Geoffrey Njuguna and Kenneth Muriithi.

The court heard that Nyambura murdered Sheilah Wanjiku to win back her estranged husband Peter Kamau. The four had confessed to killing Wanjiku but later objected to the admissions, saying they had been coerced and threatened into signing statements prepared in advance.

 

While passing the sentence, Justice Fred Ochieng said the fact Wanjiku was stabbed in her neck and as the wounds were penetrative, there was no doubt the attacker intended to either kill or cause grievous harm.

"It did not matter who dealt the killer blow as each of them played a role which contributed to the success of the heinous act. Elenah Nyambura conceived the idea to eliminate Wanjiku. She enlisted the help of her own brother, Geoffrey Njuguna whose role was to identify and recruit the killers. Peris Njeri would point out the house to the killers," Ochieng said.

The judge said the retracted confessions were very detailed and could only be provided by persons involved, hence concluding the accused acted in concert.

"I find each and every one of the four accused persons guilty of the murder of Sheila Wanjiku. They are therefore, hereby convicted for the offence of murder," he said.

In her confession, Nyambura said she felt her husband loved Wanjiku more than he loved her son and thought if the girl was killed, Kamau would return to her. Nyambura was also unhappy because Kamau had married their former employee who was Wanjiku's mother - Eunice Nyawira - and decided to get rid of them both.

 

But according to Nyawira, there was nothing to suggest animosity between them as Nyambura's son would visit on weekends.

 

The court heard that on the fateful day, the accused persons visited Nyawira's house and stabbed the housegirl and the child, but the help lived to testify in the case. Wanjiku was stabbed ten times; six on the right side of her neck and four times on the left.

A postmortem revealed the stab wounds severed blood vessels in her neck. She died of severe bleeding. Investigating officer Sergeant Catherine Kinoti said Njeri coordinated the planning and execution of the child because Nyambura could not leave her place of work.

Kinoti testified that Nyambura made Sh80,000 available to Njeri, which she then paid to the persons who killed Wanjiku. During cross-examination, Kamau said after arrest, Nyambura confessed to him that she had been involved in the killing.

She allegedly blamed the devil for persuading her to pay people to kill Wanjiku.

Davido signs Multi-million Dollar global music deal with Sony Music

                               

HKN boss, Davido, has finally done the big reveal following the cryptic teases he has been raving about.

Davido has revealed that he has just signed a global deal with Sony Music Global.

The news reports reveal that the father-of-one is presently the first African artist to be signed to Sony Music Global.

The popstar shared photos on Instagram, commenting:

“TO ALL THOSE THAT DOUBTED ME!! ITS A DONE DEAL! 1ST AFRICAN ARTIST TO SIGN A GLOBAL RECORD DEAL !! MY STORY IS JUST STARTING!! MY MOTHER IS SMILING IN HEAVEN RIGHT NOW!! SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT !! OWO TI WOLE @sonymusicglobal.”

The photos showed the the star signing the papers with his brother, Adewale Adeleke (Chairmanhkn) and his manager, Kamal Ajiboye, as well as the Sony Music Global team behind him.

Big congrats to him!

Suspected cultists kill man in Ilorin, Kwara state today

                              

a popular man named Bayo Ajia was killed this evening by suspected cultists who stormed his car wash in the Ibrahim Taiwo area of Ilorin and killed him inside his office.
After the men, numbering about six left the area, his staff raised an alarm, alerting people to what had happened. People gathered and called the police who are now investigating. Above is the crowd that gathered after the murder...