Visa Lottery Winner, Other Arrested Over Scam Marriage

Two persons, Adetokunbo Adejayan and Juliet Adebisi, have been arrested by the police Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi, Lagos, for pretending to be married in order to secure a United States visa.

The crime was said to have been brought to the notice of the SFU through a petition by the Assistant Regional Security Officer, United States Consulate General.

Police investigations revealed that Adejayan and Adebisi were not husband and wife as claimed.

It was discovered that the false union was arranged by one Segun and his syndicate, which specialise in teaming up US visa lottery winners with non-winners for onward “smuggling” to the US.

A statement by the SFU Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Isintume-Agu, said, “Their method is to merge a visa lottery winner with a non-winner and package both to US.

“In this case, the sum of N1.5m was paid by Adebisi and she was purportedly joined in matrimony with Adejayan, who genuinely won an American Visa lottery. Both suspects have made confessional statements that they are not legally married.”

Adeyanju, 35, who teaches in a secondary school in Mafoluku, Oshodi, was said to have won the lottery in May 2012.

His statement to the Police read in part, “It was my brother’s friend who played the lottery for me and he was the same person who called to tell me that I had won. He advised me to get a ‘wife’ before coming to the US. He then introduced me to Segun, assuring me that he (Segun) would help.

“It was Segun that brought Adebisi for the arranged marriage and subsequent interview and visa.”

Adebisi paid N1m to Segun in June 2012 to process her visa and another N500,000 for passports, medicals and training.

The Commissioner of Police in charge of SFU, Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin, said, “It was Segun who booked the appointment for the suspects at the embassy as husband and wife. The fake marriage was arranged last year.

“Investigation is ongoing and effort is on top gear to arrest Segun and his cohorts. The arrested suspects will be charged to court soon.”
Source: informationg

31 Migrants Drowned Off Libyan Coast, Nigerians Among Survivors

Thirty-one migrants, including nine women, drowned off the coast of Libya during an attempted crossing to Italy according to survivors who managed to complete the journey, Italian media reported Sunday.

A dinghy carrying 53 migrants capsized on Friday evening, and witnesses said 31 of those who had been thrown off it drowned in the accident.

The twenty-two survivors, who come from Nigeria, Gambia, Benin and Senegal, said the dinghy had capsized after three days at sea. They were rescued by a passing merchant ship and taken to Lampedusa island, the reports said.

As the number of boat immigrants attempting the crossing soars in the good weather, rescuers saved another 450 people trying to reach Italy on Friday and Saturday, increasing tensions at the already crowded refugee centre on the island.

Another 92 migrants — including 16 women — were rescued Sunday morning in the Strait of Sicily after their boat got into difficulty.

Since 1999, more than 200,000 people have arrived on Lampedusa — which is closer to North Africa than Italy — making it, along with the Greece-Turkey border, one of the biggest gateways for undocumented migrants and refugees into the European Union.

In nearby Malta, 112 migrants were saved from their drifting dinghy overnight Saturday in a 13-hour operation during which eight of those rescued were airlifted to hospital by helicopter for urgent medical attention.

That group — which included 20 women and four children — was suffering from exhaustion, dehydration and sun stroke, a Maltese army spokesman told AFP.

The latest arrivals bring the number of migrants to land on Malta in July to 880 — an all-time record for a month — while 1,200 people in total have landed on the island so far this year. — AFP
Does it mean one can't survive without travelling to Libya or Italy?

Guy Cheats And His Girlfriend Sets His Range-Rover Ablaze

A jealous girlfriend sets her boyfriend's Range Rover Sport ablaze simply because he cheated on her. Well, I don't know if am wrong but the truth is; Not a good idea to toy with people's heart but I think the lady went to far.There are other ways to settle such issue amicably.So What would you do if your lover did same?

Lagos Dumps Beggars, Homeless In Onitsha

AFTER 67 citizens were last week allegedly deported from Lagos and deposited at the Upper Iweka Bridge, Onitsha, Anambra State, the Lagos State government has defended the practice of expelling beggars and destitute rescued from the streets back to their states of origin.

In a chat with The Guardian, the Special Adviser to the Lagos Stats Governor on Youths and Social Development, Dr. Enitan Dolapo Badru, said at least, 1,708 beggars and destitute had been expelled from Lagos to their various states and countries since January, in Government’s bid to rid the streets of beggars and the mentally-challenged.

Badru noted that normal international standard requires the state to reunite them with their families. "The end result is to reunite them back with their families. We are not repatriating them out of Lagos, we are reuniting them with their families because once we rescue them, we cannot as a government, hold a child under the age of 18 in custody without parental or guardian’s consent. We found out that a lot of children on the streets of Lagos come from outside the state thinking that Lagos is an Eldorado. It is unfortunate that many of them are underage and very vulnerable because they can be introduced to so many vices.

70 couples wedded at the Church of Assumption Catholic Church, Abuja

 It was a joyful celebration, as friends and well-wishers thronged en-masse yesterday to witness the holy solemnization of over 70 couples at the Church of Assumption Catholic Church, Abuja, a ceremony which the church described as “Mass Wedding”.

The couples, who were drawn from Church of Assumption Parish, Asokoro; SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Nyanya, and Zuba, all in the Federal Capital Territory, participated in weeks of marriage training before they were finally joined in the church.

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, who was present to cheer the new couples, congratulated them for having waited patiently to be joined in accordance with the dictates of the Catholic Church.

“I congratulate the brides and their grooms for waiting patiently till this glorious day. Most of you that stopped receiving Holy Communion because you were not rightfully joined in accordance with dictates of Catholic Church, are now free to do so.’’
While appreciating the efforts of the host church for conducting the exercise, he advised the couples to live a righteous life by cherishing each other, even as he called on the Holy Spirit to guide their families.

Lagos, Abuja Among Top 4 Most Expensive Cities In Africa – EIU

Lagos and Abuja have been listed among the top four cities in Africa with high cost of living, according to an index released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on 25 African cities.
The key results of cost of living per city by the EIU reveal that Abuja is the second most expensive city with total expenditure score of 107.4, next to Luanda with a score of 131.8, while Lagos comes fourth with 100.8 total expenditure, as Addis Ababa came last with a score of 60.8.
A breakdown of the index shows that Abuja emerged number 12 out of 25 cities, in terms of consumption of alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics, scoring 78.3, while Lagos scored 63.8 to emerge number 21 of the cities that consume same.

Meanwhile, Khartoum in Sudan comes tops on the list of cities with highest consumption of alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics, scoring 121.3. On the other hand, Douala in Cameroon ranked last of the 25 cities sampled with 46.9 consumption rate.

In terms of transport, Lagos and Abuja emerged 15 and 22 out of the 25 cities, scoring 107.5 and 91.7, respectively. Top in the list is Abidjan with 172.0 score spent on transportation, while Alexandra in Egypt came last with a score of 71.7.

The Pope's position on gay people appears to contrast with that of his predecessors.

Pope Francis has said gay people should not be judged or marginalized.
Speaking to reporters on a flight back from Brazil, he said: "If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge him?"
The Pope's remarks are being seen as much more conciliatory than his predecessor's position on the issue. Turning to the issue of women priests, he said the Church had spoken and had said"no", but the role of women should not be restricted.
"We cannot limit the role of women in the Church to altar girls or the president of a charity, there must be more," he said in a wide-ranging interview with Vatican journalists.
Five months after he took over from Pope Benedict, he said gay people should be fully accepted in society.
""The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains this very well," Pope Francis said.
"It says they should not be marginalize because of this but that they must be integrated into society." But he condemned what he described as lobbying by gay people.
"The problem is not having this orientation," he said. "We must be brothers. The problem is lobbying by this orientation, or lobbies of greedy people, political lobbies, Masonic lobbies, so many lobbies. This is the worse problem."
  What do you think?

ASUU Denies Plan To Call off Strike

ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has described as speculative reports that the strike embarked upon by the union over the inability of the Federal Government to implement the 2009 agreement it willingly entered into with the union would be called off this Thursday.
photo ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has described as speculative reports that the strike embarked upon by the union over the inability of the Federal Government to implement the 2009 agreement it willingly entered into with the union would be called off this Thursday.
National President of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Fagge, told Vanguard that he was surprised to hear that the union was going to call off the strike on Thursday when the issues tabled before government had not been resolved.
Faggae said: "There is nothing like that (suspending the strike). I am also surprised to hear people say that we are going to call off the strike.
He said: "Our members have made it categorically clear what they want. This meeting we had with government on Friday at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, is just exploratory.
"We are trying to look at issues holistically and see how we are going to address them. So assignments were given to various people that attended the meeting and the expectation is that we will meet tomorrow (today), Monday and look at the assignment given and also look at it on Thursday again.

Man Anger Over Debt Sets Nursing Home Ablaze, Killing 11" news.

A squabble over $32 led a nursing home resident to set the building on fire, killing 11 people, Chinese state-run media reported.
Police said 45-year-old Wang Gui lost his temper after accusing another resident of stealing 200 yuan from him, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Staff members at Lianhe Senior Nursing Home tried to calm Wang down. So did other residents. But nothing worked.
Early Friday morning, Wang set fire to the home in the northeast city of Hailun, authorities said.
The blaze killed 11 people, including Wang. Their ages ranged from 45 to 87, the Hailun public security bureau told Xinhua.
Wang had been sent to the nursing home because he suffered a stroke and had no one to take care of him, according to Xinhua. About 32 people were in the inpatient building when the fire broke out, the agency said. The nursing home serves rural elderly residents who have no source of income.

70 beggars were dumped at the Upper Iweka Bridge, Onitsha, Anambra State.

No fewer than 70 beggars and the homeless were on Wednesday dumped at the Upper Iweka Bridge, Onitsha, Anambra State.
Agents of the Lagos State Government reportedly brought the destitute to Onitsha.
The destitute told journalists that they were dumped about 3am at Upper Iweka after being detained in Ikorodu, Lagos, for over six months for alleged wandering and other minor offences by the Lagos State Kick Against Indiscipline officials.
The destitute said they were brought to Onitsha in four buses, escorted by riot policemen.
 One of them, Mr. Osondu Mbuto, from Ohaozara in Ebonyi State and a petty trader in Lagos, said he was arrested by the Lagos State Government officials while going to his shop on December 18, 2012.
Mbuto added that the Lagos State Government officials were in company with some policemen.
The Chairman of Nigeria Red Cross Society in the South-East, Dr. Peter Katchy, described the action of the Lagos State officials as condemnable.

Pregnant Woman Arrested For Allegedly Killing First Husband In Ilorin.

Thirty-year-old pregnant woman, Fatimoh Issa, has been arrested by the Kwara State Police Command for allegedly killing her first husband, Issa Yunusa, 48.

Our correspondent gathered on Sunday that Yunusa was a commercial motorcyclist in Ilorin.

Though the marriage had been blessed with three children, it was said that Fatimoh abandoned Yunusa after he had an accident and became financially incapacitated as he was no longer able to operate his commercial motorcycle business.

Fatimoh was said to have later met another man, Gani Ajibade, 25, a tricycle driver, with whom she started another relationship.

Our correspondent learnt that the new relationship had been blessed with a child, while Fatimoh was also said to be expecting another baby for Ajibade.

It was learnt that not long ago, Fatimoh was informed that her former husband, Yunusa had fully recovered and had bought another motorcycle. She decided to go back to him.

However, while leaving Ajibade’s house, sources said she took his mobile phone. The source added that

Yunusa accepted Fatimoh back.

At 82, Prof. Nwabueze Begs God For Five More Years

At 82, legal luminary and elder statesman, Professor Ben Nwabueze (SAN) has left his footprints on the sands of time through active law teaching and practice and sociopolitical interventions in the polity.

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AT 82, legal luminary and elder statesman, Professor Ben Nwabueze (SAN) has left his footprints on the sands of time through active law teaching and practice and sociopolitical interventions in the polity.
However, the erudite constitutional lawyer, who helped a host of African countries to develop their judicial systems, says he is yet to finish his mission on earth. He is praying the God Almighty to preserve his life for five years or more, to enable him continue the fight towards transforming Nigeria into a better place for all.
Nwabueze prayed penultimate Thursday at the presentation of his two-volume autobiography titled: "Ben Nwabueze, His Life, Works, Times- An Autobiography," in Lagos.
The chairman of The Patriots, who is partially incapacitated with age and ill-health said: "The fact that I'm incapacitated by illness, which makes me not strong to stand on my feet to address this gathering doesn't mean that I'm ready to go. I hope to live up to 90 years."
Prof Nwabueze

Baby Stabbed 90 Times By His Mum For Biting Her During Breastfeeding

 An eight-month-old boy is lucky to be alive after he was stabbed 90 times by his mother, mostly in the face, for biting her while she was breastfeeding.
Xiao Bao needed more than 100 stitches after the incident in Xuzhou, eastern China’s Jiangsu rovince.
The infant lives with his mother and two uncles, who make a living recycling rubbish. It was one of the uncles who discovered Xiao Bao lying in a pool of blood in the yard of their home and rushed him to hospital.
The child’s mother later confessed that she stabbed the baby after he bit her during breastfeeding.

60,000 victims of last year's flood are to benefit from the N400 million

The Edo State Flood Relief Committee said that about 60,000 victims of last year's flood are to benefit from the N400 million relief fund given to the state by the Federal Government.
A member of the committee, Ms Benedicta Attoh, made the disclosure on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Agenebode, near Benin.
She said that payment identification forms had already been issued to identified flood victims in the state.The committee member, who said that all modalities for the payment had been concluded, added that payment was expected to commence before the end of this month.

WhatsApp messaging app to charge iPhone users an annual subscription

WhatsApp messaging app to charge iPhone users an annual subscription
WhatsApp is used by 250m people on iPhone, Android and other platforms
Instant messaging app WhatsApp Messenger has more than 250m active users, making it bigger than Twitter.
Now the company has changed its iPhone app from a paid to a free download, while introducing the $0.99 annual subscription that it already charges on Android and other devices.
"We are updating our business model for new iPhone users going forward. As you know, we used to charge iPhone users a $.99 one time payment, while Android and other platforms had free service for the first year and paid $0.99 a year after that," explained WhatsApp in a blog post.
"From now on, we've simplified our business model so that all users on all platforms will enjoy their first year of WhatsApp service for free, and only pay $.99 per year after that."
Existing users of WhatsApp on iPhone won't have to pay the annual subscription, however: "WhatsApp will be free of charge for the rest of your life," promises the company, which also sets out grand ambitions for its life as a fully-freemium product.

Baby delivered with prayer rosary round her neck in Niger

I'm quite sure these stories are beyond the Scientists and Philosophers or what do you think? I have heard series of story like baby holding koran on delivery, here we have a story of a baby delivered with prayer rosary round her neck. Is hard time we get closer to God my dear readers.
THERE was anxiety, on Sunday, following the delivery of a baby girl with prayer rosary wrapped around her neck during delivery in Bida, Bida Local Government Area of Niger State.
The incident, which occurred around 2.00 p.m at Kotuworo area of the town, close to the home of Alhaji Bello Mansaba, the man with 86 wives, was said to have caused uproar, with people thronging the town to have a look at the baby born to Mrs Adijat and Mallam Issa, both of whom hail from Lama, Kwara State.
Nigerian Tribune further gathered that Adijat rushed to the home of a midwife, Abubakar Baiwa Shasha, where she was delivered of her baby girl.
Further checks, however, revealed that when the baby was about to be delivered, the nurse, it was gathered, saw to her surprise a black rosary round the neck of the child, which immediately turned white as soon as she was delivered.

India Is Top Buyer of Nigerian Crude Oil

I don't know if it's true but I will like to share with you.I got this report from naij that  India has overtaken the US as the top buyer of Nigerian crude oil, a top Indian diplomat here has said.India Is Top Buyer of Nigerian Crude Oil
Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria Mahesh Sachdev said recent statistics showed that India had been buying more of Nigeria's crude than the US over the last three months.
"India will continue to cooperate with Nigeria to improve its economy and it will also assist the country in capacity building of workers in both the public and private sectors," Sachdev said,

Man Commits Suicide Over Wife's Infidelity

Kayode Onabamiro, a 35 year old motorcycle repairer committed suicide over his wife's alleged infidelity.
It was gathered on Monday that Onabamiro, who resides in Ijebu-Ode, southwest Nigeria, left a suicide note in which he wrote that he committed suicide because his wife was cheating on him.
The suicide note also said that he committed the act because of his huge debts and his inability to have savings.
According to reports, the deceased was said to have committed suicide on Saturday night when his wife an children were not home.
Onabamiro, a father of four and native of Isoyin in Ijebu-North East Local Government Area of the state, was said to have locked the door against himself and committed the act.
According to investigation, the wife returned and found the door locked from behind, she however forced it open and raised an alarm when she saw her husband's body dangling from a rope on his neck.

Naij:Snake Bit Man's Penis, As He Went To the Toilet

A man was rushed to a hospital after a snake bit his penis while he was relieving himself in a toilet, according to hospital officials in Israel.
The man, 35, of northern Israel was bitten on Friday after the snake suddenly appeared from inside the toilet.
The man suffered minor injuries from the bite, fortunately the snake was not venomous.
Rescue workers responded to the scene and took the man to Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, where he received medical treatment.
The man told emergency workers it happened after he went to the toilet to relieve himself and suddenly felt a strong burning sensation in his penis.

Tyson Gay & Asafa Powell Fail Drug Tests

    US sprinter Tyson Gay and Jamaica's former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell have failed drug tests.
    Gay, 30, the joint-second fastest man over 100m, was notified by the US Anti-Doping Agency on Friday that his A sample from an out-of-competition test in May had returned a positive.
    Powell tested positive for a banned stimulant while competing in June's Jamaican championships.
    Fellow Jamaican athlete Sherone Simpson also failed a drug test at the event.
    The sprinter, a 4x100m relay silver medallist at last year's London Olympics, tested positive for oxilofrine - the same stimulant Powell tested positive for.
    Powell and Simpson's doping positives come a month after Jamaican Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown tested positive for a banned diuretic.
    The 30-year-old Powell was the last man to hold the individual 100m record before compatriot Usain Bolt broke it in 2008. He is still the fourth fastest man of all time.
    Powell later helped Jamaica to win 400m relay gold at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
    He has run 9.88 seconds this year, but failed to make the Jamaican team for next month's World Championships.

World's Largest Building Opens In China

 You will agree with me, doing business with Chinesse government is not a bad idea.I'm looking forward to see this structure too in Nigeria hence MOU  had just been signed fo Nigeria to solidify her partnership with  the Chinesse.Move aside Dubai. China now has what is billed as the world's largest building — a vast, wavy rectangular box of glass and steel that will house shops, hotels, offices and a faux ocean beach with a huge LED screen for video sunsets.The mammoth New Century Global Center that opened last month in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu has 1.7 million square meters (19 million square feet) of floor space — or about 329 football fields — edging out the previous record-holder, the Dubai airport.The structure is half a kilometer long, 400 meters wide and 100 meters high.The New Century project is a sign that China's growth has spread from the country's more prosperous eastern and southern regions to the west, where wages are lower and the central government has encouraged development with subsidies and tax breaks. With its booming economy, China has become home to some of the largest and tallest buildings in the world.Backed by local governments, the building in a planned

3 Brothers Having Affair With One Woman - One Kills Another In Fight Over Pregnancy

3 Brothers Having Affair With One Woman - One Kills Another In Fight Over Pregnancy
The story would have sounded funny if not for the life that got involved. Or what would one say about the fight between two brothers over a woman that was inherited from a late elder brother, to the extent that the two living brothers would lay claim to the woman's child, with one of them killing the other over the issue?
This was what played out between two citizens of Benin Republic residing in Igbo Aaya village via Ijio-Meso in Iwere-Ile, Oke-Ogun axis of Oyo State. The elder of the two brothers, Kanso Ogunyale, had reportedly been living in Nigeria for many years before he decided to invite his younger brother, Sanya Ogunyale (25), to join him about two years ago.
Before Sanya's coming, Crime Reports gathered that Kanso had been living with a woman as his wife. He was said to have inherited the woman from his late elder brother about 10 years ago. Though she had a child for her late husband before marrying Kanso, the woman reportedly found it difficult to conceive after her marriage to Kanso. With the belief that the pregnancy would still come, Kanso continued his marital life with the woman.

Pastor Tunde Bakare Condemns Suspension Of John & Love Kumuyi

I don't know if you are also confused as I am for Church suspend a young new couple who ought to have been enjoying their honey moon are now been exonerated from the curch. May be dear reader you have your view on this?

Controversial pastor Tunde Bakare has expressed his displeasure over the Kumuyi Saga.
In a recent interview, he says;

Pastor Kumuyi To Resign Due To Son's Wedding Controversy

Pastor William Kumuyi offered to resign as General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church following the controversy that trailed the wedding of his second son, John.
John Kumuyi and his wife, Love had engaged in acts, which negated the church's tradition during their wedding held in Jamaica on June 15, 2013. Love, who is a daughter of the National Overseer of Deeper Life Bible Church, Jamaica, Pastor Augustine Odih, was dressed in a fitted stylish wedding gown with transparent short sleeves. She also wore makeup, jewelry and carried a bouquet of flowers. The couple cruised in a limousine and had a huge wedding cake.

Man Poured Acid, Axed Friend To Death Over Okada Money

A middle aged man, Deji Yussuf, has been arrested by the Police in Ondo State for allegedly axing his friend, Tope Ezekiel, to death and thereafter poured acid on him over argument on proceeds from commercial motor bike popularly known as Okada.
The family of the deceased said their son owned the Okada and was keeping the proceeds with the suspect on daily basis with intention of using it later to buy another Okada.
However, police source said the story is the other way round, that the suspect owned the motor bike.

Children Hacked Mother To Death With Machete Over Alleged Witchcraft

Honestly, I don't know what you believe but what you believe can either saves or kills you. This is a story of two siblings of the same parents, identified as Omolayo Ojeifo(25) and her younger brother, Taiye (20) reportedly lured their mother identified as Mrs. Itowo Ojeifo to a farm road and killed her in Lampese Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo State.It was gathered that Omolayo has had a running battle with her mother, whom she accused of being the reason she had not prospered in life and also being a witch.She was said to have apologised to her mother few days to the dastardly act and pleaded that she was misled into believing that her problems were caused by her, but unknown to the deceased, she was being tricked into her untimely death.It was gathered that the suspect, Omolayo, had last Wednesday, appealed to her mother to accompany her somewhere and despite her mother's refusal that she was busy at home, she was able to convince her mother to follow her, as the deceased abandoned the cassava she was peeling and accompanied her, not knowing that her children had perfected plans to kill her.

Retired Zookeeper Eaten By His Tigers As He Tried To Feed Them

Mauro Lagiard, 72, was attacked from behind while his wife Carla, 73, could only watch from outside the enclosure as the animals dragged his body into a clearing
A retired zookeeper was torn to pieces and eaten by at least three of his tigers as he tried to feed them.
Mauro Lagiard, 72, was attacked from behind while his wife Carla, 73, could only watch from outside the enclosure.
The beasts dragged Mr Lagiard’s lifeless body 100 feet into a clearing.
Alpha-male Samir started the horrific mauling as the pensioner tried to feed the tigers chicken meatballs on Tuesday night.
Two others joined in while five cubs watched from the sidelines.
It took paramedics half an hour to get close to his dismembered body.

15-yr-old Wins National Mathematics Contest

National mathematics Centre has never relent their effort in making sure mathematics is seen as a friendly subject not an enemy to those who are not interested.
  Punch news reported today that a 15 year-old boy, Akindele Oyedele, emerged as the National Champion of the 2013 Cowbell National Secondary Schools Mathematics Competition on Thursday.
The pupil of Iganmode Grammar School, Ota, a public school in Ogun State, scored 94 points out of a possible 100 to beat a 14-year-old pupil of Reality High School, Ilesa, Osun State, who scored 82 to clinch the second position.Obasi Peter, 17, from the University of Nigeria Secondary School, Enugu, scored 81 points to clinch the third position.Iganmode Grammar School has now won the competition back to back for three years. Akindele Nurein Oyetobi and Uwa Benjamin from the school had earlier won the competition in 2011 and 2012 respectively.In the Junior Category, 13-year-old boy, Iyoha Omonzokpia of Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja, scored 93 points to beat Omojola Samuel, of Reality High School, Ilesha, Osun state, who scored 91 to clinch the second position. Amulah Caleb, 14, of Mount Saint Gabriel's School, Benue scored 89 to win the third position.Over 30,000 pupils from different schools sat for the competition across over 200 centres in Nigeria.Managing Director, Promasidor Nigeria Limited -- makers of Cowbell Milk, Chief Keith Richards, noted that the

Why I prefer stealing from churches – Robbery suspect

Anti-robbery policemen attached to Oko-Oba division have arrested a 32-year-old man who allegedly specialised in bugling churches around Oko-Oba area of Lagos.

The suspect identified as Sannu Umaru was reportedly caught in the act inside one of the Pentecostal churches in Oko-Oba, weekend.

Umaru who claimed to be son of a retired army personnel, told policemen during interrogation that he preferred stealing from churches because of the security lapses.

Preliminary investigation, according to police sources, revealed that Umaru was allegedly involved in some robbery incidents in churches around the area. Before his arrest, he allegedly bugled a church where he made away with some musical instruments.

Chief Mike Adenuga paid 200M naira to secure burial spot in a cemetery

Maybe there are some soil that are short-cut to heaven or paradise, I don't know! comment if you know of one.
Billionaire businessman and Globalcom owner, Chief Mike Adenuga reportedly paid a whopping sum of 200million naira to secure a space for his burial spot in a cemetery.

The cemetery is at the Vaults and Garden, an ultra modern cemetery in Ikoyi, Lagos, situated beside Federal Radio Corporation Of Nigeria.

The cemetery which was opened in October 30th, 2006 by former Lagos state governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has a spot for the rich and another spot for the "super" rich.

A space for the rich costs from N750,000 and above, while that of the "super" rich costs from N40million and above. There you will enjoy a lush lawn, a balcony, beautiful gate, garden, more space, and all that..

Professor Sacked and jailed for sexual harassment.

There is an adage that says 99days for the thief while one day for the owner as I heard Professor David Kolo of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria has been dismissed from the institution for sexually harassing one of his female students, Weekly Trust exclusively reports.
This followed the endorsement of the recommendation of a disciplinary committee set up to investigate Professor Kolo of ABU’s faculty of education by the governing council of the university.

Kolo was earlier sentenced to two months imprisonment by a court in Jigawa State, after he was found guilty of attempting to force his female student to accept his sex advances. The student, who is a married woman, had through her husband informed security agents.

An impeccable source, close to the ABU’s governing council, said the council had on Wednesday, during its meeting, approved the dismissal of the professor.

U.S. President Barack Obama pledged $7 billion Sunday to help combat frequent power blackouts in sub-Saharan Africa.

(CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama pledged $7 billion Sunday to help combat frequent power blackouts in sub-Saharan Africa.
Funds from the initiative, dubbed Power Africa, will be distributed over the next five years. Obama made the announcement during his trip to South Africa, the continent's biggest economy.
"Access to electricity is fundamental to opportunity in this age. It's the light that children study by, the energy that allows an idea to be transformed into a real business. It's the lifeline for families to meet their most basic needs, and it's the connection that's needed to plug Africa into the grid of the global economy," he said.
Two-thirds of the population of sub-Saharan Africa lacks access to electricity, including more than 85% of those living in rural areas, the White House said.
"A light where currently there is darkness -- the energy to lift people out of poverty -- that's what opportunity looks like," Obama told students at Cape Town University. "So this is America's vision: a partnership with Africa for growth, and the potential for every citizen, not just a few at the top."