Tuesday, 31 May 2016

UK and Australia deport 40 Nigerians accused of committing immigration offences

The United Kingdom and Australia jointly deported 40 Nigerians (33 males and 7 females) accused of committing immigration and other unspecified offences. The deportees arrived at the hajj camp area of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) at 7:25a.m yesterday, with chartered aircraft and an Air Seychelles flight. The Nigerian Immigration Service confirmed the deportation.
Along with other various agencies such as the Police, National Agency for Protection and Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and other relevant stakeholders, the NIS checked their identities to ascertain their nationalities.
It is reported that some of the deportees were reluctant to undergo the collection of their fingerprints for data purpose. They refused to answer questions or talk to anybody and were ready to abscond unnoticed. Nevertheless, the NIS officers continued with the documentation of those ready and they were later allowed to leave the airport.

Photos: Man bitten on penis by 10-foot python while using squat toilet

38-year-old Thai man is recovering from a bloody encounter with a 3-meter (10-foot) python that slithered through the plumbing of his Chachoengsao provine, east of Bangkok home and latched its jaws onto his genitals while he was using a squat toilet.
Attaporn Boonmakchuay is pictured smiling as Thai television stations interviewed him in his hospital bed but photos of his blood-splattered bathroom were testimony to his ordeals.

He told Thai TV Channel 7 that he struggled to remove the snake for 30 minutes Wednesday before he managed to free himself with help from his wife and a neighbour. After his wife tied a rope around the snake, Attaporn pried open its jaws before passing out.

Emergency workers dismantled the Asian-style squat toilet, with the python still twined through it. The snake was taken away to be released back into the wild.
According to an emergency responder cited by the newspaper Thai Rath, doctors said Attaporn, bloodied but unbowed, will recover.

"He has a really good attitude... even though his own wife and children were in shock. He's been smiling and giving interviews all day from his bed," hospital director Dr. Chutima Pincharoen said.

14-year-old Ese Oruru gives birth to a baby girl

Ese Oruru, the 14-year-old teenager abducted by a man named Yunusa Dahiru from Bayelsa State and taken to Kano where she was forcefully married to him, gave birth to a baby girl today at Government House Clinic, Yenagoa.

Photos of Ese Oruru's baby girl

Ese Oruru, the 14-year-old girl abducted by a man named Yunusa Dahiru from Bayelsa State and taken to Kano where she was forcefully married to him, delivered a baby girl today at the Government House clinic Yenagoa, Bayelsa.
OkutasBlog's photo. Ese had a safe delivery and both she and her baby are in good health

Pastor Anita debunks rumours that she reunited with her ex-husband, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome

Pastor Anita Ebhodaghe, ex wife of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has debunked rumours circulating on social media that she is back with the founder of popular church, Christ Embassy.

The mother of two took to her official blog on May 26 to put to rest the persistent rumours and misinformation. Her full statement after the cut...
"It has been brought to my attention that there are persistent rumors and misinformation about my marital status being circulated and I would like to address the certain reconciliation rumours with this statement.

Further to the formal notification of the dissolution of marriage made by my Solicitors earlier this year, please note that this has not changed; and I am no longer a part of Christ Embassy aka Believer’s Loveworld or any such organisation in any capacity.
I am reiterating this to ensure that no one is misled by the false rumors or unfounded statements that show up and are spread from time to time on the Internet.
Any additional statement concerning me will be issued by my Solicitors, who are my legal representatives so please do not be deceived.
Thank you and God bless.
Pastor Anita Ebhodaghe formerly Oyakhilome
www.pastoranita.org

Photo: One killed as soldiers and Biafra supporters clash in Onitsha At least one person has been killed after soldiers

 soldiers and Biafra supporters clash in Onitsha
At least one person has been killed after soldiers and Biafra supporters clashed this morning at Nkpor in Onitsha, Anambra state.

The supporters were celebrating 2016 Biafran Heroes remembrance day today May 30th when the clash took place
The supporters were celebrating 2016 Biafran Heroes remembrance day today May 30th when the clash took place

Graphic photo: Northern Man beheads his mother for ritual purpose

According to Zuma Times Hausa, a man named Haliru beheaded his mother named Zandi. According to the story, Haliru joined a secret cult and was asked to bring his mother for sacrifice. Here is how Zuma Times Hausa is reporting it, and sorry it's in Hausa, if anyone can translate for us.
"Wani Ya Yi Zindir Sannan Ya Yanka Mahaifiyarsa Don Tsafi
Wani mutum ne mai suna Haliru wanda aka kama ya yi zindir,
 
 haihuwar uwarsa sannan yana yanka mahaifiyarsa a yayin da mutane suka falga da abunda ya ke yi sai suka yi saurin fadawa jami'an tsaro.

A nan ne jami'an tsaron suka cafko shi suka tafi da shi tare da kan mahaifiyarsa.

Da 'yan jarida ke tambayarsa dadilin yin haka sai ya bayyana cewa ya shiga kungiyar asiri ne bayan sun yarda da shi ne sai suka umarce shi da ya kawo mahaifiyarsa.

"Bayan na kawo ta sai suka ce suna bukatar kanta kuma in tambatar da idan zan yanka ta na yi zindir, a lokacin ne asirina ya tonu bayan na yankata ina kokarin insa aleda na kai musu."

Plateau state govt traces 1,832 ghost teachers to one individual A staff verification exercise in Plateau State

Plateau state govt traces 1,832 ghost teachers to one individual
A staff verification exercise in Plateau State has traced 1,832 ghost teachers to a single individual who is not even a teacher.
According to Daily Trust, the state governor, Simon Lalong disclosed this at a media parley at the Government House in Jos to mark his one year in office over the weekend.
 He also said a self-confessed man who has lived in the United States of America (USA) for years, admitted to him on phone that he had been drawing salaries for himself and for many more ghosts to fund charity for widows and orphans.

Thursday, 19 May 2016

Traffickers targeting migrant children and Nigerian women for sexual exploitation - EU

The European Union says traffickers are taking advantage of Europe's migrant crisis to target certain types of people, often for sexual exploitation, with children and Nigerian girls and women among the most vulnerable, AP reports.

                            
An EU report into trafficking released Thursday, May 19 said that crime gangs focus on children because they are easy to recruit and replace, with young migrants more exposed as they often travel long distances alone. 
The report also noted "a worryingly sharp increase in Nigerian woman and girls leaving Libya" has been seen.

The report says from January to September 2015, more than 4,370 Nigerian women and girls headed for Europe, compared to 1,008 the previous year. The International Organization for Migration says around 80 percent of them could be victims of trafficking

Sunday, 27 March 2016

Saturday, 26 March 2016

Bus crushes mother-of-two to death in early morning tragedy

Tragedy struck penultimate Tuesday at Cele Bus Stop, along Apapa-Oshodi expressway, when a bus allegedly crushed a mother-of-two to death.
The incident occurred in the early hours of the day while the unnamed woman waited to board a bus to the office.





It was learnt that a commercial bus which suffered brake failure rammed into the woman where she stood with other commuters.
An eyewitness who declined to be identified said the late woman failed to notice that other commuters had fled the bus stop on the approach of the errant vehicle until she was crushed by the hit-and-run driver. He said: “On sighting the bus, other commuters at the bus stop ran for their dear lives but it was too late before the woman could leave as the bus caught up with her and crushed her to death.
“The driver of the bus that killed the woman did not even wait to look at what has happened to her. He fled on sighting the woman in a pool of her blood.”
The Nation learnt that the woman did not get help on time from bystanders who preferred to take photographs of the scene on their mobile phones while the victim fought for life.
Another eyewitness was said to have identified the woman as a housewife and mother-of-two in the neighbourhood.
The victim’s body was evacuated several hours later by Lagos State health officials, The Nation learnt.

Friday, 25 March 2016

Eddy Murphy's girlfriend puts her baby bump on display as they stroll hand in hand

Eddie Murphy and his heavily pregnant girlfriend, Paige Butcher were both seen in Studio City, California yesterday. She put her baby bump on display in a form fitting dress. This will be the first child for the 36-year-old model and the ninth child for 54 year old Eddy

Tuesday, 22 March 2016

Rivers state Nigeria electoral staff killed and kidnapped

Nigeria's electoral commission says some of its staff were killed, injured and kidnapped during an election re-run on Saturday in Rivers state.
An Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) spokesman blamed the violence on "armed thugs... allegedly acting on behalf of some politicians".
Voting was suspended in most areas of the oil-rich state, which has suffered from political unrest in the past.
A re-run was ordered after legal disputes over elections in 2015.
Elections in the state are seen as a battle for the control of Nigeria's largest oil wells. Voters were choosing seats for the state and national assemblies,
 but not the governor as the Supreme Court ruled his election last March should stand.
Several other deaths were reported in the polls, which have now been indefinitely suspended.
In a statement lamenting the "deviant behaviour" of those involved in disrupting the polls, Inec spokesman Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi described "fatalities, kidnappings, [and] ballot snatching", among other offences, which forced the vote's suspension.

Results in areas which had already been declared would stand, he said.
Despite River state's huge resource wealth, it remains poor and underdeveloped for the majority of the communities who live there.

There is huge environmental pollution in some parts of the state due to oil spills.

Rivers state has long been a flashpoint for political violence with the two leading parties - the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) blaming each other for the friction.