Tuesday 30 April 2013
Homosexual Stabs Partner To Death, Police Arrest Neighbours
The Lagos State Police Command has started investigation into the murder of a banker, Adindu Ohamara, who was stabbed to death by his suspected homosexual lover in Akoka, Bariga Local Council Development Area of Lagos State.
It was gathered that Ohamara lived in a three-bedroom flat with his elder sister, Flora and one Collins, an undergraduate of the University of Lagos.
According to residents, the banker was stabbed repeatedly at his residence located at 26 Obayan Street.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Ohamara, who was believed to be a homosexual, was fond of bringing different men, who were also believed to be into same sex relationship, to his home.
It was learnt that trouble started when he (Ohamara) decided to get married due to pressure from his family.
A resident, who craved anonymity, said after the banker had his wedding introduction, a man, believed to be also a gay came to fight him.
He said, “A few weeks ago, Ohamara did his wedding introduction and shortly after that, one man came to the compound to fight him.There was a lot of noise over the issue and even neighbours had to come to settle the matter.
“The unidentified man complained that he had been jilted and threatened to deal with Ohamara before he left in anger.”
Our correspondent learnt that on April 9, 2013, the banker returned home with a man, who allegedly stabbed him at midnight and left.
NCC Orders MTN To Collapse Rates
TELECOMMUNICATIONS regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission, has ordered MTN Nigeria to collapse the rates for its on-net and off-net voice services, which it said has a 300 per cent differential with effect from tomorrow, May 1.
The NCC, in a report titled, ‘Determination of dominance in selected communications markets in Nigeria,” signed by Mr. Eugene Juwah, Executive Vice Chairman, NCC, said it plans to make a determination of pricing principle to address the rates charged for on-net and off-net voice calls for all other operators, to manage dominance in the market.
The NCC also disclosed that competition in the Nigerian mobile voice market is not highly competitive, and using what it called the HHI, said MTN with 44 percent of the market share has emerged the dominant operator in the mobile voice segment.
Five doctors sentenced for up to eight years in prison for involvement in international organ trafficking ring.
A panel of two EU and one Kosovo judges gave Lutfi Dervishi, an ethnic Albanian and prominent urologist, the harshest term of eight years in prison for "organised crime and human trafficking" on Monday.
His son Arban Dervishi was sentenced to seven years and three months for extracting kidneys from poor donors who were lured by financial promises.
A third defendant, Sokol Hajdini, was sentenced to three years in jail for causing grievous bodily harm. Two others received suspended sentences, while two were freed, including former Kosovo health minister Ilir Rrecaj. The defendants can appeal the verdicts.
The indictment says that at least 23 illegal kidney transplants were carried out at the clinic in the Kosovo capital in 2008. Police raided the clinic after a Turkish man collapsed at Pristina airport waiting for a flight back to Istanbul after having had a kidney removed.
If You Want To Have A Male Child, Eat Banana A lot – Scientists
Women can influence the gender of their child with what they eat before they conceive, according to new research that lends scientific support to age-old superstitions about pregnancy.
The discovery shows higher calorie intake prior to conception can significantly increase the chances of having a son while women on restricted diets are more likely to produce daughters.
Scientists at Britain's Oxford and Exeter Universities, who studied eating habits of 740 women during their first-time pregnancies, say that their findings seem to back certain traditional links between diet and gender while disproving others.
Pastor Arraigned For Allegedly Raping Three Primary School Pupils
A pastor, Emmauel Mathew (50), was on Tuesday arraigned before Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf of the FCT High Court for alleged rape of three pupils in his school.
Mathew, who is the pastor and General Overseer of The Choice Bible Church, Mpape, and proprietor of the primary school where his victims attended, was arraigned on a six-count charge of rape.
He was accused of having carnal knowledge of two seven-year-old pupils and a nine-year-old on different occasions in his school office without their consent, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 283 of the Penal Code.
"Whoever has canal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 14 years and shall also be liable to fine'', the Penal Code reads.
Mr. Mathew pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge, while the presiding judge ordered the prosecuting counsel to amend the remaining three-count charge against the accused.
The prosecutor, Stalley Nwodo, urged the court to fix a date for the amendment of charges.
Mr. Baba-Yusuf granted the prosecutor's application and adjourned the matter to May 8 for amendment of charges and re-arraignment of the accused.
Auto Crash: Why Gov. Okorocha Was Not Treated In Govt Hospital
Okorocha's vehicle had head-on collision with another vehicle belonging to one Osita Nnawuihe on Friday, April 19, 2013 at Umuoma, Orlu, while driving himself without the usual outriders and government house ambulance.
Former Nigerian lawmaker, Dino Melaye, has sued ex-Governor Ibrahim Idris of Kogi State
Mr. Melaye, who heads an anti-corruption network, wants Mr. Ibrahim Idris declared guilty of looting the funds spent by his administration within a period that the Supreme Court declared the administration illegal. The court ruling was handed down last year.
Mr. Melaye's lawsuit commenced yesterday in a Lokoja High Court, with I. Akubo appearing as the former governor's defense lawyer.
Mr. Idris was removed from office alongside four other governors last year after a ruling by the Supreme Court held that they were enjoying an illegally extended tenure. The other governors affected by the ruling were Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa, Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto and Liyel Imoke of Cross River State. All five governors removed by the Supreme Court judgment belonged to the the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Mr. Melaye's suit was adjourned to May 15, 2013.
Meanwhile, several sources in Kogi State told Saharareporters that Mr. Melaye, a former member of the House of Representatives, is planning to run for the governorship of the state.
An associate of former Governor Idris told our correspondent that Mr. Melaye's lawsuit was an effort by the ex-lawmaker to prop up his political credentials. "He's just trying to use this lawsuit to announce that he has arrived," said the critic.
Ex-pope may return to Vatican on Thursday
An Argentina court ordered a bishop from a town outside Buenos Aires to pay damages of $30,000 plus ten years' interest to a priest sex abuse victim, according to the ruling released Monday.
The appeals court ruling, handed down on April 9, came just days after Pope Francis, originally from Argentina, told Vatican disciplinarians to act "with determination" against the scourge of pedophile priests.
In Francis's first official pronouncement, the newly elected pontiff asked for "stepped-up measures to protect minors and help those who were subjected to such violence in the past."
Argentina bishop forced to pay over priest sex abuse
An Argentina court ordered a bishop from a town outside Buenos Aires to pay damages of $30,000 plus ten years' interest to a priest sex abuse victim, according to the ruling released Monday.
The appeals court ruling, handed down on April 9, came just days after Pope Francis, originally from Argentina, told Vatican disciplinarians to act "with determination" against the scourge of pedophile priests.
In Francis's first official pronouncement, the newly elected pontiff asked for "stepped-up measures to protect minors and help those who were subjected to such violence in the past."
First Suspension Bridge opened in Lagos
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde has finished building the first suspension bridge in
Nigeria. The 1.358km bridge, which will link Ikoyi (Alexander Street) to Lekki (Admiralty Way), cost about N29 billion to build and a toll will be collected to recoup the investment.
Well done but will the suspension bridge stops the hold-up and ugly traffic in Lagos State? Eko o ni baje
Patience Jonathan, Ailing Again....Saharareport
The health of Nigeria's First Lady Patience Faka Jonathan has deteriorated again. She has become so critical that she has been dropped from President Jonathan’s upcoming official visit to Namibia and South Africa.
Sources in Aso Rock said Mr. Jonathan will fly out for the four-day junket to the two Southern African countries on May 5th and return to Abuja on the 10th.
Sources informed of the medical situation stated that Mrs. Jonathan remained unwell after returning from Germany about three weeks ago. She had stated that her trip, which started on March 17 in Paris took her through Italy to Germany where she claimed she tendered to her foster mother, "Mama Sisi."
Man Jailed 45 years For Stealing Nigerian Governor Phone-PUNCH Newspaper
Ighodalo stole the phone from the pocket of Aregbesola on November 27, 2010, when the governor was being inaugurated at Government Technical College, Osogbo.
Justice Oyejide Falola, who heard the case, found Ighodalo guilty on six counts, which included conspiracy, stealing and fraud.
He was sentenced to 10-year imprisonment for the first three counts and five years for each of the last three which included impersonation, obtaining property by falsehood and collusion.
Falola, who ruled that Ighodalo deserved the jail term, held that the convict used the phone to obtain N500, 000 from the Owa of Ilesa, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran, while he obtained N200, 000 from Mr Shengen Rahman, an associate of the governor.
The jail term, which Falola pronounced will run concurrently, means that Ighodalo will spend the next 10 years behind bars.
Assistant principal state counsel, Mr Biodun Badiora, told the court that the convict had served six-year imprisonment in Ikoyi prison custody in connection with a murder case in 2005.
Counsel to Ighodalo, Mr. Ameachi Ngwu, prayed the court to commit him to community service, stressing that the convict should not be incarcerated but rather be placed where people could see him as a convict.
ASUU Begins Strike In Uniabuja
We got a report that the University of Abuja chapter of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) started a two-week warning strike on Monday over the failure of government to implement a visitation panel report.
Dr Clement Chup, the Chairman, University of Abuja branch of ASUU, who disclose this at a press conference, said Federal Government's delay in implementing the white paper was not in the interest of the university.
He said the union's resolution to embark on a two-week warning strike followed government's failure to listen to the university's longstanding complaints over governance crisis at institution.
According to him, the specific element of the crisis is the continuing delay in the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the 2012 Presidential Visitation Panel.
Chup said the implementation of the report would no doubt commence the needed cleansing and rebuilding that would bring lasting solution to the crisis in the university.
Dr Clement Chup, the Chairman, University of Abuja branch of ASUU, who disclose this at a press conference, said Federal Government's delay in implementing the white paper was not in the interest of the university.
He said the union's resolution to embark on a two-week warning strike followed government's failure to listen to the university's longstanding complaints over governance crisis at institution.
According to him, the specific element of the crisis is the continuing delay in the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the 2012 Presidential Visitation Panel.
Chup said the implementation of the report would no doubt commence the needed cleansing and rebuilding that would bring lasting solution to the crisis in the university.
Monday 29 April 2013
Husband Slaughters Wife In Lagos
How husband allegedly slaughtered his wife in Lagos
• Deceased’s father narrates family ordeal
ENDURANCE Agbobonye-Ajisegiri, a native of Uro Ivrogbo Iri in Isoko South Local Council of Delta State was enjoying a blossoming career in Speech Writing.
In fact, she had concluded plans to pay for a Sports Utility Van (SUV) at the car dealer’s place as a surprise gift for her husband, when the same man sent her to her early grave with a knife, which he used to slice her throat.
But for the quick intervention of the Medical Doctor of the hospital who prevailed on the police from Shasha Division to arrest him, her husband, the prime suspect, who is now in the cell of the homicide unit of the State’s Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba Lagos alongside his mother and sister, would have escaped the wrath of the law, when Endurance finally gave up the ghost at the hospital.
Photo:Part of Bwari Area Council in Abuja
Mad cow infected blood 'to kill 1,000’
Government experts believe there is still a risk of people contracting variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) through blood transfusions, as about 30,000 Britons are likely to be carrying the brain-wasting illness in a dormant form — double the previous estimate.
Man Blames Wife’s Death On Colleagues’ Negligence
Affiong, who was a Chief Matron at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, died on February 11, 2013, after attempts to bring her blood pressure under control failed.
Accident: Okorocha Leaves UK For Israel
We got a report that Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has left London where he was receiving medical treatment for Israel, Sunday Punch learnt on Saturday.Okorocha had left Nigeria on April 20, 2013, after he sustained a head injury in a car accident.
When our correspondent made an enquiry from one of his aides on Friday it was learnt that Okorocha had left London for Israel.
Okorocha's Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Ebere Uzoukwa, confirmed that the governor had left London. "He has left London and he is
Saturday 27 April 2013
Husband, In-Laws Inject Pregnant Woman With HIV Blood
In a shocking incident, a woman was allegedly injected with HIV infected blood by her husband and in-laws at Cherukupalli mandal in Guntur district for conceiving a baby girl and failing to get more dowry, India.
The husband and his parents allegedly did the ghastly deed with the help of a compounder who is also their relative.
Though the incident occurred three months ago, it came to light only Wednesday when the victim, Asodi Tirupatamma of Betapudi village in Bapatla mandal, lodged a complaint with the Vedullapally police.
The victim, eight months pregnant, alleged that her husband Mutyala Srinivasa Reddy, father-in-law Venkateswara Reddy and mother-in-law Indravati of Mutyalavaripalem in Cherukupalli mandal had harassed her for additional dowry and injected HIV-infected blood with a syringe with the help of compounder Nagireddy.
Bapatla inspector Y Ramarao told Express a dowry harassment and another case for outraging the modesty of a woman was booked against the husband's family members for insulting the woman and allegedly driving her out of home.
Another case was also registered for conducting sex determination test.
9 JAMB candidates die in accident
Just got a report that no fewer than nine candidates going to sit for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examinations today were feared dead in an auto crash on the Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway.
The Public Relations Officer of the Abia State Police Command, Mr Geoffrey Ogbonna, said seven persons, including the driver died instantly while two others died later in hospital. The police did not identify the victims.
The police image maker said that the candidates were travelling on a Hiace bus with registration number Rivers XY 249 from Port Harcourt to Aba. Ogbonna said that the driver of the bus rammed into a truck with with registration number Lagos XC 109 SLK, parked off the road.
He said that the accident occurred at Obeaku-Ihie in the Ugwunagbor Local Government Area of Abia at about 10.40 a.m.
Ogbonna said that the dead had been deposited at the mortuary while six survivors of the accident were in critical condition and receiving medical attention in a hospital Aba.
He said that the 15 seater-bus, was conveying mainly people, going to sit for the JAMB examination, slated for 27 April.
According to him, the clue comes from the items recovered at the scene of the accident.
A witness, Mr Peter Okolo, attributed the accident to over-speeding and recklessness on the part of the driver.
He said that the driver lost control of the vehicle when he wanted to overtake a vehicle in front of him.
“When he saw an upcoming vehicle while he was over-taking the car in front of him, he veered off the road and then rammed into the truck parked off the road,” Okolo said.
What a great lost to the families of those candidates.If you are arrived at the center, you have to thank God specially for the safety. But why should candidates travel far to sit for an exams? The JAMB organiser should look into this.
Mother, Baby Detained 3 Months In Hospital For Failure To Settle N150,000 Bill
When a private clinic and maternity home, Jola-Oluwa Medical Clinic, was started over 20years ago by Dr. Kayode Koyejo, it was a succour to residents of Ikotun and its environs.
The street where the clinic was located was named after it's founder, Rev. Dr. Kayode Koyejo because he was rendering selfless services to patients.
He was reputed for taking all cases brought before him as a challenge to ensure satisfactory medical attention, and that attracted several patients, both rich and poor to the clinic.
Little wonder he became a household name within a short time, and the reputation of the clinic was so high that he garnered several awards including 2006 best private health facilities on Immunization and Utilization Services award.
However, this benevolence was short lived as Kayode Koyejo, 64, died in a ghastly motor accident on the 9th of March 2012, as he was rushing to the clinic to attend to an emergency situation.
There were outbursts of emotion and anguish as residents of the area and other beneficiaries trooped to the clinic to mourn their hero.
Expectant mothers were worst hit by the cruel turn of events. Soon after his burial, his wife, a Matron at Ikotun Medical Centre, Titi, took over the responsibility of managing the clinic.
JAMB Registrar escapes assassination
The Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde escaped assassination by whiskers when hired assassins went after him.
The incident happened on Monday night when the intruders scaled through the fence of the house, entered through the back door and gained entrance into the house while the security men attached to the compound did not notice as they were stationed at the gate of the house.
The security personnel which include two regular armed police men and other private security guards at the gate did not take notice of the incident throughout the period the operations lasted.
Notorious Boko Haram Operative, Mohammed Chad, Shot Dead
The notorious Boko Haram operative, Mohammed Chad, was yesterday evening killed in a gun battle with JTF. The fight occurred at Ruwan-Zafi area of Maiduguri metropolis when the officers of the JTF’s Operation Restore Order and operatives of the State Security Service confronted Boko Haram fighters.
Mohammed has been on the top list of the most wanted Boko Haram leaders. Intelligence sources told Saharareporters that Mohammed was involved in the planning and execution of various terrorists attacks in and outside Borno state. He was allegedly the mastermind of the March 18th Boko Haram’s attack on Sanda Karami Secondary School at Ruwan-Zafi in which a teacher and three female students were killed.
Mr. Mohammed is believed to be the successor to Ba'ana Assalafi , a Boko Haram commander who was killed in a gun battle with security agencies in Sokoto.
Source: Sahara
Friday 26 April 2013
SACRILEGE: Worshiper Gives Used Condom As Offering In Church
"Offering time, blessing time!" So goes the chorus from members of the congregation whenever it's time to give offering in most churches.
To most Christians, the offering time is, indeed, a time of immense financial blessing. But recently, the offering time turned into a moment of hot curses in a Lagos church when an already used condom, dripping with semen, was discovered inside the offering box after the Sunday service.
It was like a weird dream, according to the former Chairman, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Ogba Zone, Prophet Tobi Okonkwo, who witnessed the incident. The cleric said he couldn't believe his eyes when a discarded condom, with stains, was discovered in an envelope in the offertory box of his former church.
When Pope Paul VI warned on June 29, 1972 that the smoke of Satan had entered the church, not many Christians took the warning seriously.
With this recent incident, Okonkwo admitted that the agents of darkness had infiltrated the churches in large numbers and now occupy high-ranking positions in the gathering of God's children, where they wreak untold havoc on the unwary flock.
Okonkwo, who is also the General Overseer of Living Word Prayer Assembly, Agege, Lagos, wept over man's ingratitude to God during a recent monthly thanksgiving programme of the church, tagged Manna from Heaven.
Although the service was a joyful moment where the shepherd distributes food items and other gifts to his flock, his startling revelation brought a hush of silence on the congregation.
His words pierced the hearts of the worshippers, as he explained how man had become ungrateful to divine benevolence. His several instances of the atrocities committed in hallowed places pointed to the fact that messengers from hell now walked about freely in hallowed places. "It is really bad.
It has got to a point where some people come to the church to mock God. They are anti-Christ but they still go to church. You could imagine how somebody came to the church and decided to give a used condom in an envelope to God.
You can see how wicked man has become," he said. Okonkwo said the giver of the abominable gift refused to confess his crime, even when the entire church rained curses profusely on whosoever was responsible.
He said, "A curse was laid on the person. Even before the people laid the curse, God had already seen the abomination committed in his house by someone, who pretended he came to the church to worship God."
Chile: Cult Burns Baby Alive On Bonfire
Chilean police have arrested four alleged cult members who they accuse of burning a baby alive in a ritual.
The leader of the sect reportedly believed that the end of the world was near and that the three-day-old child was the antichrist.
The baby was taken to a hill in the town of Colliguay near the port of Valparaiso on November 21, 2012, and was thrown into a bonfire, reports Sky News.
DEADLY WAEC: Three Killed, 200 Injured As Examination Hall Collapses
THREE pupils, including a girl, were killed and hundreds injured on Wednesday when a building in which they were writing the West African Examination Council School Certificate examination (WASCE) collapsed on them.
The incident occurred in Alpha Academy, a private secondary school in Mararaba, Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State.
Some 560 candidates were writing the examination in Alpha Academy. Many of them complained of the cracks before the building came down on Wednesday.
Of the 200 injured candidates, 30 are said to be in critical condition at the CRCN Hospital, Takum, where doctors are battling to save their lives.
One of the survivors, Godiya John, 22, who sustained a spinal cord injury, was immediately referred to the National Hospital, Abuja.
Donga council chair Capt. Douglas Ndatse (rtd), who confirmed the incident, described the examination hall as a one-storey building.
He said the examination was taking place upstairs.
Another survivor, simply identified as Ezekiel, said they were waiting for the Biology question paper when the building suddenly came down on them.
Ezekiel, who is seriously injured, said the incident occurred at about 6:48pm, more than three hours behind the time scheduled for the examination.
“The paper was slated for 3:30pm,” Ezekiel said, attributing the delay to officials.
Some 560 candidates are writing the examination in Alpha Academy.
Communal War: 70 Churches Destroyed
The Catholic Church in Benue says 70 of its churches have been destroyed in the crises that rocked Benue in the past few months.
Rev. Felix Apine, Coordinator, Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC), an outreach arm of the Church, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi that the destroyed churches were outreach arms of the Diocese.
“Thirty churches, mostly outreach stations in Gwer West Local Government were either burnt or completely destroyed, while the parishioners had fled to other villages for safety.
“The remaining 40 are in Guma Local Government Area,” he said.
The cleric said that primary and secondary schools belonging to the Diocese in the affected areas had also been destroyed.
Married Pastor Sleeps With Church Members ........... Christian beware!!!
As far as I'm concern, is no longer a news when some people who called themselves and professed to be Prophet of God abused the position by sleeping with married women.I decided to include this to my blog should in case you still don't believe it happens. An estranged housewife, Abosede Fasina, has told an Agege Grade ‘A’ Customary Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, that she caught her divorce seeking husband, Pastor Segun Fasina, having sex with a church member who had come for deliverance on their matrimonial bed.
Boko Haram Attacks Home Town Of Governor Nyako Of Adamawa State
The militants attacked a police facility and raided local banks, carting away weapons and huge sums of money.
Mayo Balwa is the home town of the governor of the state, Murtala Nyako.
Security source said the attackers also broke into a prison and freed some inmates.
Residents of the area said they are still in shock and scared about the fierce gunfight and explosions of items suspected to be IEDs carried out by the sect.
The police has officially confirmed the attacks, saying they will give comprehensive details as they are collating information about the attacks.
Bill Gates Commits $1.8Billion To Polio Eradication
Bill Gates, world's second richest man, announced in Abu Dhabi on Thursday his foundation will contribute $1.8 billion to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a third of the total funds needed.
"I am pleased to announce for the foundation that we are committed to fund a third of what is needed for this campaign," the Microsoft co-founder told the Global Vaccine Summit in Abu Dhabi. "So for the fully funded campaign, that would be $1.8 billion that we are committed to."
"There has been a total of four billion dollars raised here. That gives us 73 percent of" the $5.5 billion needed, he said. Other participants at the summit also announced their contributions - $457 million from Britain, $250 million from Canada, and $240 million from Norway. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahayan announced he will donate $120 million. Germany, which had already pledged 100 million euros, announced it will donate a similar amount again. Meanwhile, the Islamic Development Bank offered $227 million. The number of worldwide polio infections plunged to 223 in 2012, compared to 360,000 in 1988 when the United Nations launched a campaign to eliminate the highly contagious and crippling illness.
Homophobic 'Death To Gays' Hashtag Trending In France
Beginning in the evening, the hashtags #MortAuxGay ("death to gays") and #ilfauttuerleshomosexuels ("we must kill all gays") began showing up on Twitter.
RELATED: France Gay Marriage: Legalized
According to a Twitter Trending Topics page, #MortAuxGay was a trending term in France on Tuesday. AmericaBlog also took a screenshot of Twitter's trending terms list.As the term gained notoriety, many French users took to Twitter to criticize their homophobic countrymen, but initially, the hashtag was used to convey anti-gay sentiment.
("For the benefit of our society")
("The shame of man") and ("I say no to gay marriage")
The debate over gay marriage has rocked France over the past few months, with massive -- and sometimes violent -- protests occurring in the streets.
Indeed, Tuesday night riot police battled with anti-gay protesters who attacked photographers and journalists, according to The Independent. There have also been reports of anti-same sex marriage protesters using human shields and using the fascist salute in clashes with police.
The Advocate notes that the country has seen an increase in anti-gay attacks throughout the past few weeks.
In October, French Twitter users used the hashtag #UnBonJuif, which translates to "#AGoodJew," to disseminate a variety of anti-Semitic tweets. The Union of French Jewish Students (UEJF) is currently suing Twitter for $50 million in damages relating to the tweets.
Indian village with 250 sets of twins
The phenomenon has seen almost six times as many twins born than the global average in the remote village of Kodinhi, in Kerala.
In 2008 alone 15 pairs of twins were born in the village out of 300 healthy deliveries and this year is expected to top that number.
In the last five years alone up to 60 pairs of twins have been born, with the rate of twins increasing year-on-year.
Local doctor and twin enthusiast Dr Krishnan Sribiju has been studying the medical marvel of Kodinhi for the past two years.
Although 250 sets of twins have been officially registered in the village Dr Sribiju believes the real number to be far higher.
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Thursday 25 April 2013
Dead civil servant signed employment letters – FCSC
Odey and Tijani, who testified before the Joint Committee on Federal Character and Labour, explained how they paid N250,000 each to be employed in the federal ministries.
Although the case is before the Police, the applicants said they petitioned the committee in order to expose the syndicates in government ministries and agencies.
The applicants noted that after making the payment, they received letters of employment, posting them to a government agency.
The duo stated that it was after they arrived at the agency that they realised that they were carried fake appointment letters.
Fat or Slim - Who Needs Exercise?
Exercise is an activity necessary to keep the body healthy & fit no matter the physique of the person involved except there is a special case of disability.
Apart from being fit, there are other benefits of exercising & these include the cardiovascular health, muscular health in terms of contractility & resistance to stress. Others are mood elevation, stress reduction, agility etc.
Often times, people say that the gym is for the fat ones and because they are slim, they are fit. This is where the question arises - Who Needs to Exercise?
Looking from the physiological perspective, a fat non-exerciser & a slim non-exerciser share the same potential risk of suffering a bad health condition. This was observed in a study published in "The International Journal of Obesity" by a London-based team, to ascertain the levels of heart clogging cholesterol (LDL - Low Density Lipoproteins) in lean & obese non-exercisers. The study found that lean & obese exercisers maintained good levels of LDL. But those in lean & obese non-exercisers were similar & higher.
Unemployment in Spain hits historical high
I thought unemployment among the youth only peculiar to Nigeria, I never knew the rich also cry Imagine over six million unemployed in Spain.
The National Statistics Institute today published its latest Active Population Survey (Encuesta sobre la población activa) and the report makes sombre reading. In the first three months of 2013 237.000 people became unemployed - a rise of 1.14% compared to the first term in 2012. 130,400 males lost their jobs and 107,000 lost theirs. Unemployment among young people (under 25) has reached 57.2% and the number of families whose members are all unemployed rose by 72,400.
This means that for the first time ever there are over 6 million people in Spain without employment (the exact figure is 6.202.700) - 27.16% of the active workforce. Nearly 3 million unemployed (2,901,000) lost their jobs more than a year ago
As news came out last week that for the first time since population surveys have been carried out (1998) population in Spain had fallen by 0.4% largely due to the fact that the economic crisis has driven over 200,000 foreign residents to return to their native countries, the INE report released today shows that unemployment among foreign residents rose by 80.500 in the first term of 2013 meaning that the rate of unemployment among foreign workers in Spain has risen to 39.21 %.
Unemployed youth in Spain
Protest Over Death Of Nigerian In UK Prison Custody
Umale, a Masters student in Pipeline Engineering at Northumbria University, Newcastle, was arrested and while it was still unclear the reasons for his arrest, on March 24 authorities at Her Majesty Prison, Durham announced that he had died!
While friends, in shock, were still rallied round, trying to talk the Nigerian High Commission in UK to action, while trying to ask for a post-mortem result and to ensure justice is done, and while his family is yet to be officially informed, only yesterday, Barrister Adeniji of Rock Solicitors, the lawyer hired by his
Technology makes it easier for terrorists to act, senior official warns
Modern technology is allowing terrorists to act more easily without the risk of being caught, the Government’s most senior counter-terrorism official has warned.
Charles Farr, Director General of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism in the Home Office, said the threat meant new powers to allow extended monitoring of communications was vital.
The Coalition is facing a bitter split over its so-called “snooper’s charter” which would allow the police and security services to monitor every phone call, email and website visit.
The plans are currently being redrafted after previous proposals were severely criticized by a special parliamentary scrutiny committee amid fears they are a breach of privacy.
New proposals could be included in the next Queen’s Speech.
Mr Farr told a London security conference that it was becoming easier for terrorists and extremists to plan and carry out attacks because of advances in communications, and something had to be done
Violent computer games led to the brutal stabbing of a teenager
A gang of knife wielding teenagers who stabbed a schoolboy to death in front of hundreds of terrified commuters had lost their grip on reality after playing violent computer games, a leading murder detective has claimed.
Sofyen Belamouadden was chased by around 20 youths, one of whom was holding a samurai sword, into Victoria Underground Station in London, where he was attacked and killed at the height of the evening rush hour in March 2010.
Father killed three children after his wife
A father killed himself and his three children after his relationship with his wife broke down after she developed a crush on her lecturer, an inquest heard.
Ceri Fuller, 35, is believed to have stabbed his 12-year-old son Samuel and daughters Rebecca, eight and Charlotte, seven, with a hunting knife, before killing himself.
All four bodies were found at the bottom of a disused quarry in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, on July 16 last year. The children had been slashed in the neck, and Samuel and Rebecca are believed to have tried to defend themselves.
An inquest into their deaths heard Mrs Fuller told her sister Joanna Ballard that her and her husband had agreed to split up before he disappeared with their three children from their
Wednesday 24 April 2013
5 Things You Should Never Say at Work
By Catherine Conlan
Monster Contributing Writer
Saying certain thing at work can give others the wrong idea about you and your motives, so be aware of how your words come across to others. Here are five career killers.
"It's all your fault."
This one is fairly obvious -- direct blame never looks good. "What people are saying is 'I've got to cover my rear end,'" says Barb Krantz Taylor, principal consultant at The Bailey Group in Minneapolis. And that can make you look insecure, reluctant to take responsibility, or even a tyrant. "Leaders need self-management, and if I feel angry, I need to find ways to deal with it," Taylor says. Lashing out and blaming others not only doesn't solve the problem at hand, it wrecks business relationships and can seriously hurt your career. Instead, focus on solving the problem and then, when things are quieter, finding out how to prevent it from happening again.
"It's all my fault."
This seems like it could be helpful, but Taylor warns that it's not. "Falling on your sword brings you into a place of shame," she says. Being the martyr and taking everything on yourself can set you up for future blame, as well as plant the impression that you are incompetent. Accept the responsibility for things only if that responsibility is truly yours. "You can apologize for a situation that someone is in," Taylor says, adding that doing so can be effective in moving the focus away from who's at fault and onto finding solutions.
Football: Luis Suarez 10-game ban: FA punishes Liverpool striker for bite
An FA statement read: "A three-person Independent Regulatory Commission today upheld The FA's claim that a suspension of three matches was clearly insufficient and the player will serve a further seven first-team matches in addition to the standard three. The suspension begins with immediate effect.
"The Liverpool forward had accepted a charge of violent conduct but had denied The FA's claim that the standard three-match sanction was insufficient for the offence.
"The incident was not seen by the match officials and has therefore been retrospectively reviewed.
"Suarez has until midday on Friday, 26 April to appeal the additional suspension, above the standard three matches."
The ban covers their final four games of this season, and the first six games of 2013-14.
LFC managing director Ian Ayre said: "Both the club and player are shocked and disappointed at the severity of today's Independent Regulatory Commission decision.
"We await the written reasons tomorrow before making any further comment."
It is not the first time Suarez has been charged with such an offence. He was banned for seven games when he was at Ajax after biting PSV Eindhoven midfielder Otman Bakkal's shoulder during a match in November 2010.
During his time at Liverpool, he was also given an eight-match ban and £40,000 fine by the FA for racially abusing Manchester United left-back Patrice Evra in December 2011.
Man Finds 'Jesus' In His Laundry (PHOTO
A man who ruined his clothes during a recent laundry session says a heavy-handed mishap led to a holy discovery.
Martin Andrews was doing laundry and spilled some fabric softener on a shirt, according to the United Kingdom's Metro. When he took a closer look at the fabric softener stain, he says he saw 'Jesus Christ'.
In the splotch, one can make out a man with his two arms outstretched. It appears the figure also has a halo on his head. Still, it might be a bit of a stretch to call it Jesus.
Woman Squeezes Man's Testicles Until He Dies of Shock
The woman was picking up her son from school when she got into a row with a shopkeeper after parking her electric bike in front of his store in the Meilan District of Haikou City, Hainan.
The 42-year-old man came out of the shop and told her she could not leave her bike their and the pair reportedly got into a shouting match.
A fight ensued with the woman calling her brother and husband to help.
But she then reportedly grabbed the man by the testicles and squeezed them so hard that his body went into shock.
Bangladesh factory building collapse kills nearly 100
An eight-storey block housing garment factories and a shopping center collapsed on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital on Wednesday, killing nearly 100 people and injuring hundreds more, officials said.
Fire fighters and army personnel worked frantically through the day at the Rana Plaza building in Savar, 30 km (19 miles) outside Dhaka, to rescue people trapped in the rubble. Television showed young women workers, some apparently semi-conscious, being pulled from the debris.
One fireman told Reuters that about 2,000 people were in the building when the upper floors jolted down on top of each other.
Bangladesh’s booming garment industry has been plagued by fires and other accidents for years, despite a drive to improve safety standards. In November last year, 112 workers were killed in a blaze at the Tazreen factory in a nearby industrial suburb.
“It looks like an earthquake has struck here,” said one resident as he looked on at the chaotic scene of smashed concrete and ambulances making their way through the crowds of workers and wailing relatives.
“I was at work on the third floor, and then suddenly I heard a deafening sound, but couldn’t understand what was happening. I ran and was hit by something on my head,” said Zohra Begum a worker at one of the factories.
An official at a control room set up to provide information about the missing and injured said that 96 people were confirmed dead and more than 700 were injured.
Mohammad Asaduzzaman, in charge of the area’s police station, said factory owners appeared to have ignored a warning not to allow their workers into the building after a crack was detected in the block on Tuesday.
Tuesday 23 April 2013
Finance experts say Nigerian inflation to rise in second quarter
Nigeria’s inflation rate has fallen to the lowest and will start to rise in the second quarter, experts say.
Nigeria’s inflation rate which fell to about 8.6 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in March, from 9.5 per cent in February has reached its lowest and will begin to rise from the second quarter, finance experts have said.
The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, in a report issued last week, said the Consumer Price Index, CPI, which measures inflation, rose by 8.6 per cent year-on-year in March. Relative to February, the report stated that relatively lower rise in the headline index could primarily attributable to base effects from March of 2012.
Nigeria’s inflation slowed to an almost five year low in March 8.6 per cent YoY in March, from 9.5 per cent YoY in February and 9.0 per cent in January. Inflation came in lower than the consensus expectation of some experts at 9.0 per cent.
Abortion Doctor Faces Death Penalty as Macabre Details Emerge During Trial
U.S. - A judge and jury in Philadelphia began hearing testimony in the case of Dr. Kermit Gosnell more than a month ago. Gosnell is being tried on eight counts of murder. Gosnell's defense is scheduled to begin this week, and observers are waiting to see if he will testify.
The charges include eight counts of murder. Seven of them are first-degree murder and could bring the death penalty. Those are the charges involving the babies who were allegedly born alive. The eighth murder count is a third-degree murder count involving the overdose death of the 41-year-old patient, Karnamaya Mongar.
RELATED NEWS: Shocking: The "House Of Horrors" Abortion Clinic
This all stemmed from investigators coming into the clinic a few years ago. They were actually looking for something else, responding to a tip about drug, his prescribing of prescription drugs. He was apparently one of the more high-volume prescribers in the state of Pennsylvania. And the raid was intended to examine that. Allegedly, he was freely writing prescriptions for addicts and drug dealers, etc.
But the FBI and other federal and state authorities stumbled upon abortions which were going on that evening. They were expecting to arrive at the clinic in the evening and find that -- they were hoping that they wouldn't encounter the abortion going on. They didn't want to interrupt that.
But, in fact, Gosnell tended to perform the surgeries that night after the patients had been there during the day. And they found, they said, very unsanitary, filthy conditions, somewhat macabre findings, including fetuses that were stored in the freezer. That was perhaps because he was in a billing dispute with his medical disposal company, and they were not being picked up.
So that actually provided evidence for prosecutors. They could perform autopsies and learn whether or not they believed the babies were late-term and conduct other investigation on the findings in the clinic.
Much of the prosecution testimony come from former employees, eight of whom have pleaded guilty in the case. Three of them indeed pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and await sentencing. They will get credit for their cooperation.
They have testified to a number of things, including about themselves that they were often unlicensed or untrained. Some of the women who were doing I.V. drug administration, as well always ultrasounds and indeed assisting with abortions, had merely a few months of training to be medical assistants.
Man Asks For His Penis To Be Cut Off
Chinese surgeons have performed the world's first penis transplant on a man whose organ was damaged beyond repair in an accident this year.
The incident left the man with a 1cm-long stump with which he was unable to urinate or have sexual intercourse. "His quality of life was affected severely," said Dr Weilie Hu, a surgeon at Guangzhou General Hospital.
Doctors spent 15 hours attaching a 10cm penis to the 44-year-old patient after the parents of a brain-dead man half his age agreed to donate their son's organ.
The procedure, described in a case study due to appear in the journal European Urology next month, represents a big leap forward in transplant surgery; it required complex microsurgery to connect nerves and tiny blood vessels.
Google to boost advertising in Nigeria with Adwords
This, the firm said, demonstrated its commitment to helping agencies and businesses to harness the Internet in Nigeria.
Google stressed that it was one of its ways of helping to prepare agencies and advertising practitioners in reaching their audiences.
The Head, Agency Business Development CEEMENA and Country Manager for new Market in Central Eastern Europe, Mr. Goetz Trillhaas, said the rate of Internet adoption in Nigeria was growing very rapidly.
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Bill Gates 'disrespects' South Korean president with casual handshake
Bill Gates has been accused of disrespecting Park Geun-hye, the South Korean president, after being pictured shaking hands with her, with one hand in his pocket.
The picture of the meet-and-greet between the Microsoft founder and Ms Park on Monday was front page news across the country. Some
Liverpool striker Luis Suarez gets support from Mike Tyson
Liverpool striker Luis Suarez gets support from Mike Tyson after biting arm of Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic
Mike Tyson believes Liverpool striker Luis Suarez will make up with Branislav Ivanovic - just as the former world boxing champion did with Evander Holyfield.
Suarez is facing an extended ban from the Football Association for biting Chelsea defender Ivanovic on the arm in Sunday's 2-2 draw at Anfield.
Tyson was involved in similar controversy when he bit off a chunk of Evander Holyfield's ear in the WBA heavyweight title fight between the two in 1997.
The Americans have since settled their differences and Tyson is confident Suarez and Ivanovic will do the same.
He told the David Glenn radio show in America: "He (Suarez) bit someone, it happens. I am sure he will make amends with this guy.
"I made amends with Evander and we got on with our lives."
Tyson started to follow Suarez on Twitter when he heard of the weekend incident.
He added: "I saw this guy (Suarez) on the Twitter thing and thought I would check it out and see what his journey was all about."
Suarez, who has been fined by Liverpool, called Ivanovic late on Sunday to apologise for his actions.
Oshiomhole Calls Igbinedion To Order
Speaking during the swearing-in of 14 newly elected local government chairmen, in Benin, the governor said government has the capacity and the will to contain Igbinedion's excesses.
He also asked the state Independent Electoral Commission, to tender unreserved apology to the people of Edo State for the lapses recorded in the Local Government election held in the state, last weekend.
He said, "There is evidence that he (Igbinedion) has undermined the prosperity of the state for a very long time. Those who live in glass houses do not throw stones".
Guardian Tortures 12-Year-Old Girl For Getting Raped
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a guardian, Edwin Alagbaso, for allegedly torturing a 12-year-old rape victim.
Chibueze, The injured leg and The victim
Alagbaso, who used razor blade, knife and an iron rod to punish the victim, blamed her for "causing the rape".
A 22-year-old man, Uche Chibueze, who raped the minor, was also arrested by the police.
Chibueze, on April 15, 2013, had sex with the victim near the home of her guardian located at number 1 Magente Street, Pipeline, Akute.
Chibueze, however, told our correspondent that he did not rape the victim since it was consensual.
He said, "I was at a friend's gathering when she came to me saying she had spiritual problem and wanted to know her real family. I told her that she should follow me to Solution Church which was nearby and she agreed.
5 Things You Should Never Do After A Breakup
Dealing with a breakup can be a very painful and confusing experience. A lot of emotions run through you and you are likely to take rash decisions if care is not taken.
Here are a few things you must NOT do after a breakup:
1, Don't Beg:
For God's sake, don't beg! Begging after a breakup only makes matters worse. It makes you appear pathetic and it can be very irritating. Maybe you don't understand why it ended. Maybe you think it ended for the wrong reasons. Maybe you'd just rather be in a bad relationship than be in no relationship at all. No matter what you do, don't beg for him/her to return. Deep down, you know that you don't want to be in a relationship with someone you had to beg to be with you. Besides, if your ex rejects you a second time, it won't just hurt; the rejection will sting with extra humiliation and regret
Nigerian Girls Sold Into Sex Slavery & Trapped In Italy's Sex-slave Trade
Read a report from Daily Beast about how Nigerian girls, as young as 13, are sold and forced into sex slavery in Italy...
Across Italy, Nigerian women are forced into the sex trade, essentially kept as slaves who are bought and sold and moved according to a moribund supply and demand. Some of the prostitutes are young girls, just 13 or 14 years old. Others are in their 20s or 30s. Many have children. Some are still married to men in Nigeria. They usually sit on white plastic chairs under umbrellas to protect them from the rain in the winter and the harsh sun in the summer.
Monday 22 April 2013
393 Rapes In Delhi In Past Three Months
For the second time since December 2012, Delhi saw a tsunami of anger over rape.
A couple of dolls, flopping akimbo on the five-year-old girl who was raped over three days in a capital slum became the emblem of a city's sound and fury, signifying its anger towards a police that fails to protect women and children, and towards a political establishment that seems to have done little except repeatedly appoint commissions as after the December gangrape.
As Delhi seethed in sullen rage, the government seemed to be expecting a December protest redux.
Section 144 was hastily imposed as if anticipating the capital's anger rising in the early summer heat.
Soon, the number of protesters swelled at the protected enclaves of the capital-the homes of Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Sushilkumar Shinde and Delhi Police headquarters.
74 School Girls Poisoned In Gas Attack
As many as 74 school girls at the Bibi Hawa Girls High School are feared poisoned after falling sick from smelling a strange gas on Thursday morning.
The school, located in Taluquan, the capital of Afghanistan's far North province of Takhar, is only the latest incident of mass poisonings of girls schools - a sadly recurrent tragedy being coordinated by the ultra-conservative elements of Afghan society that believe girls should not be educated.
As President Karzai calls for local leaders to promote fairness and equality in education for women, a right that was granted to women after the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001, the Afghan Education Ministry has closed 550 schools across the country due to security concerns, affecting 300,000 students in eleven provinces.
Pastor In Court For Stealing Female Church Member’s Underwear
The police in Lagos on Monday arraigned a 25-year-old pastor, Tommy Issachar, over an alleged stealing of a female church member's underwear and N10,000 cash.
Issachar, who resides at No 35, Mafoluku St., Mafoluku, Oshodi, Lagos, appeared before an Oshodi Magistrates' Court in Lagos, on a two-count charge of breach of public peace and stealing.
The prosecutor, Cpl. Kehinde Olatunde told the court that the accused committed the offences on April 12 at Mafoluku, Oshodi.
He said that the accused stole two pants, one bra and a cash sum of N10,000 belonging to Mrs Gift Bassey.
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