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One of The Emirs Attacked By Boko Haram Today Dies

There were reports earlier today that two prominent Borno State Emirs, the Emir of Gwoza, Alhaji Idrissa Timta (pictured left) and Emir of Uba Alhaji Ali Ibn Ismaila Mamza (pictured right) were kidnapped by Boko Haram men while on their way to Gombe to attend the burial of Emir of Gombe, Shehu Abubakar.  According to Daily Trust, one of the Emirs, Alhaji Idrissa Timta has died. Security sources said he died of heart attack while fleeing into the bush after gunmen attacked their vehicle and fired several shots which forced it to stop. Continue... “Already, arrangement is being made to bring his corpse to Gwoza from Shafa. His corpse was found in the bush,” a source said. The Emir of Uba, Alhaji Idrissa Timta, who is younger, escaped while many of the people in their entourage have been reportedly abducted by the attackers. It was gathered that most of the vehicles in the convoy have been set ablaze.

Source: Daily Trust

Boko Haram Kidnaps Two Prominent Emirs in Borno State

Boko Haram men this morning kidnapped 2 first class traditional rulers in Borno State - the Emir of Uba, Ismaila Mamza and the Emir of Gwoza, Idrisa Timta.

According to security officials who spoke with Premium Times, the emirs were seized by the gunmen around 10a.m today Friday May 30th near Shaffa while they were traveling to Gombe to attend the funeral of the Emir of Gombe, Shehu Abubakar, who died on Tuesday May 27th. (pictured above) The Borno state government is yet to issue an official statement on the abduction.

Souce :Premium times

Nigeria Will Start Exporting Cars Soon-Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday during the democracy day celebration stated that the vision of his administration to revamp the capability of Nigerias automobile sector to export cars manufactured locally is close to realisation.The event was held at the international Conference Centre in Abuja.

    

President Jonathan Allegedly 'Received Video Of Missing School Girls Begging For Prisoner Swap'

A very interesting story, published recently on TelegraphUK.

According to TelegraphUK, sources close to Boko Haram told them Nigeria's president was sent a new video of the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in which they begged him to spare their lives through a prisoner swap. The video was said to have been handed to Goodluck Jonathan's office by an intermediary who started a dialogue with the group two weeks ago. The intermediary, a Nigerian journalist, obtained the video as a way of proving to Mr Jonathan's office that he had authentic lines of communication to Boko Haram's leaders. However, the source claimed that a subsequent deal to release the girls - planned for a week ago on Monday - was scrapped after Western governments placed pressure on Mr Jonathan not to negotiate for any prisoner swap. The deal would allegedly have seen around 50 of the girls released in exchange for an equivalent number of Boko Haram fighters currently in Nigerian jails. The Nigerian government has denied that any deal was on the table, and has so far neither confirmed nor denied the existence of the video. Claims of the video's existence surfaced as Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff claimed that the military now knew where the girls were located.   Speaking on Monday, Staff Air Marshal Alex Badeh, described it as "good news for the parents" but said that the military would not risk "going there with force". However, he declined to give specific details, raising speculation about the accuracy of his claims. The Nigerian military has made several unsubstantiated statements in the past over the girls, including a claim last week that it had been tracking them ever since they were kidnapped in mid-April. The Nigerian journalist who is said to have obtained the latest video was named by the source as Ahmed Salkida, who is from the north-east state of Borno, which is Boko Haram's main stronghold. His contacts with the group have been so close that on past occasions he has been arrested on suspicion of being a sympathiser, and two years ago he moved with his family to Dubai. However, around four weeks ago, the Nigerian government agreed for him to come back to Nigeria to see if he could assist in negotiating for the girls' freedom. He and a trusted cleric then risked their lives by heading up into the remote bushland areas where the group operate, meeting a senior assistant of Boko Haram's leader, Abubakar Shekau. The source said: "The government said to the intermediary to prove himself to show whether he was capable of brokering a deal or not, and insisted that he should obtain proof of life of the hostages. So during his talks with the insurgents, he obtained a DVD which had clips of girls being interviewed by members of the group, in which they asked President Jonathan to do a prisoner swap to get them freed.   That DVD was shown to the government, and a deal was arranged so that the girls would have been released a week ago on Monday, but at last minute the government backed out." Ahmad The precise reasons for the government's alleged change of mind were not known, said the source. But he pointed out that the weekend before the proposed release date, Mr Jonathan was at the summit to discuss the Boko Haram crisis in Paris, also attended by British and American officials as well as the governments of Niger, Cameroon and Mali. The source continued: "The Nigerian government got a lot of offers of co-operation by neighbouring countries at the summit, and I think that emboldened them against negotiations. They also seem to be afraid that if they do a prisoner swap, they will lose the support of the West." As a result, the source said, the negotiations had now "crashed", with Mr Salkida returning to Dubai. The DVD remains in the possession of the Nigerian government and has not been released publicly. The source added that a separate effort at mediation was now underway via Nigeria's former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, who stepped down in 2007 and was involved in a round of previous peace talks with the group in 2011-12. Mr Obasanjo is understood to have held a meeting in recent days with clerics at his country residence outside Lagos to explore new channels of dialogue. "Mr Obasanjo is very worried that this kidnapping is casting Nigeria in a bad light, and is also uncomfortable with Nigeria inviting other outside nations to assist. The plan is to get the girls freed in exchange for some Boko Haram suspects who have been put in jail but never actually brought for trial before a court," said the source.

Abducted Girls-Finally Fact Finding Committee Visits Chibok

The Presidential Fact-finding Committee on the Abducted Chibok Schoolgirls on Thursday finally visited Chibok, Borno State, in continuation of their investigation into the April 14 abduction.

  Kingsley Osadolor, the committees spokesman disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja. 

President Delares'Full Scale'Operation Against Terrorism

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered "a full-scale operation" to combat Boko Haram. He also gives reassurances that the more than 200 school girls abducted by the Islamist group would be found.

Jonathan said Thursday that he would use all available means at his disposal to ward off the threat of terrorism in Nigeria.

"I am determined to protect our democracy, our national unity and our political stability, by waging a total war against terrorism," Jonathan said in a televised speech on thursday during the country`s Democracy Day.        

India Gang Rapes:Outrage Over'Police Discrimination

There is outrage over police inaction in a village in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh where two teenage girls were gang raped and hanged from a tree.

The father of one victim said he was ridiculed by policemen when he sought help in finding his missing daughter. He said when the policemen found out he was from a lower caste, they refused to look for my girl.

At least three men, including one policeman, have been arrested in connection with the incident. The victims families have complained that police had refused to help find the missing girls, aged 14 and 16. India has numerous castes and divisions among them run deep.        

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Girl Bathes Wife Of Her Sugar Daddy With Acid-Laced Water in Delta

A lover girl identified as Stella Boise in Okpanam near Asaba, Delta State has allegedly bathed her sugar-daddy’s wife with water, laced with acid, leaving her with serious injuries.

Leadership reports that trouble started when the woman who had told her husband she was travelling out of town later returned home to find her husband in the company of his lover,  Stella Boise having sex on their matrimonial bed. The woman challenged Boise to discontinue the illicit affair with her husband and this did not go down with Boise who allegedly poured water, which doctors treating the victim at a private hospital, confirmed was laced with chemical suspected to be acid.

Spokesman of the police command, DSP Celestina Kalu who confirmed the incident, said the suspect was arrested by men of the state criminal investigation department in her lover’s house.

Police Uncover Hideout of Lesbians in Delta State

  Police detectives in Asaba, Delta State have uncovered a hideout of lesbians around Awai road Asaba and arrested about 26 suspects.

The public relations officer of the state police command, DSP Celestina Kalu who confirmed the arrest of the suspects, said they were arrested while allegedly having sex with one another at their hideout.

The police spokesperson who explained that the suspects were caught naked, averred that the hideout harbours perpetrators of various criminal activities especially lesbianism. She said the suspects who confessed to the crime during interrogation, claimed they engaged in the act to eke out a living. Kalu further said the suspects would be charged to court after investigation.

LEADERSHIP gathered that the hideout is operated as a pub to ward off suspicion by the public and operators of the spot who have been making brisk business in the last two years, employ thugs who stand sentry at the gate and collect fees from those willing to be exposed to the illicit sexual activities at the hideout. Teenage girls from neighbouring communities and states reportedly troop to the hideout at night where after smoking and drinking, they engage in sexual acts with patrons who pay them heavily.

Blame Opposition For Insecurity in Nigeria-Maku

Nigeria's Minister of Information, Labaran Maku yesterday May 28th said Nigerians should blame the opposition political parties for the rising security challenges Nigeria is facing.

The minister said this while addressing newsmen after the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja

"If you go back to the #bringbackourgirls campaign, 90% of those organizing it belong to a political party. Has the media ever analyzed this? And yet the insurgency is operating only in states controlled by that party. The entire money we are spending is to maintain security in the states operated by that party, so why go out and start playing politics? We are busy spending money to maintain security in those states, what have they done about it? Because 90% of all the insurgency is in those states controlled by that political party,  90% of those campaigning to bring back the girls are members of that party. Because the media would look the other way. I think if we want this country to grow, we must ask the relevant questions" he said.

D'banj Wins 'Best Selling African Artist' At 2014 World Music Awards

D''banj won 'Best Selling African Artist' award at the 2014 World Music Awards on Tuesday 27th of May at the Salle des Etoiles in Monte Carlo, Monaco,France. D'banj performed alongside artists such as Miley Cyrus, Mariah Carey, Flo Rider, DJ Khaled, Ricky Martin, Tinie Tempah, Leonah Lewis and more!

2face Idibia Looking At His Wife's Boobs.

2face Idibia checking out his wife of over a year and lover of over 15 years, Annie Idibia. They partied with friends recently.

Nothing is Wrong in Making A 30 Year Old A Minister GEJ

President Jonathan while answering questions at an interactive session marking Democracy Day at the International Conference center,said he has no reservations about appointing a youth as a Minister but said the elders must be around to guide the youth in carrying out the responsibilities of a Minister.

He said young people need the experiences of the elders to pilot the affairs of Nigeria.

"You talk about mentors. I'm not saying youths cannot do certain jobs. anybody from the age of 25 and above can do any job. I remember when Rivers state was created, I was a Rivers man before Bayelsa state was created. The first Rivers state Military Governor Diete Spiff was about 28years old when he was appointed the military Governor of Rivers state. Gowon when he became Head of State was about 33years old so my Governor and the Head of State were youths but they worked with elders because I remember the cabinet members of Rivers state then were very matured people working with Diete Spiff and that is why I remember one of our elders, Maitama Sule when he was speaking at the University of Port Harcourt, made the statement that young breed without the old breed will breed greed so you must mix. The best person to take care of a child may not be a child so you need somebody with some level of experience to mentor the youths. You cannot leave the teenagers there to get into the youth age before you mentor them. Start from them and the first person to mentor a young person is someone that has made some mistakes. Let us say a young lady, while in secondary school have affairs with a man and gets pregnant and had complications and couldn't graduate when her colleagues graduated. Along the line, she finds her path and goes back to the secondary school, completes her University. She can tell another young girl look this is my experience. Please don't go that way, see this is my experience. So a Minister of Youth development can be a very young person, anybody of 25years and above can manage that but the key thing is that in the cabinet we have only one youth. There is nothing wrong in making a 30-33 years a Minister of Petroleum or Finance if you are competent."

President Jonathan Plans To Offer Amnesty To Boko Haram Members

The Minister of Youth Development, Mr. Boni Haruna yesterday, May 29th revealed plans by the President  Goodluck Jonathan to offer amnesty to members of Boko Haram once they lay down their arms and embrace peace. The Minister said this while speaking this morning at the national Democracy Day event tagged A day with young leaders of Nigeria.

"President Goodluck Jonathan has also declared amnesty for members of the Boko Haram sect. Series of integration programmes have been lined up for the members of the sect who would surrender their arms and embrace peace. Let me use this opportunity on behalf of the Federal Government, to call on the members of the Boko Haram sect to embrace the government’s gesture and key into the amnesty programme " he said

Over 300, 000 youths from the Niger Delta region have so far benefited from the amnesty programme of the Government. He said the beneficiaries of the Amnesty programme are now generators of wealth and emloyers of labour.

Nollywood Stars March For Abducted Chibok Girls

Some Nollywood stars including Patience Ozokwo and Chinedum Ikedieze, yesterday,May 29th took to the streets in support of missing Chibok girls. They marched from Allen Avenue to Alausa Secretariat where they met with the Lagos state House of Assembly Speaker, Hon Adeyemi Ikuforiji.

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Teacher Who Defiled Minor Says One Made Passes At Him

A 38 year old nursery school teacher who was arrested yesterday for defiling three minors says he's not to blame so much because one of the minors made passes at him. Olayinka Oluwadare Folarin, (pictured above) took the young girls to the school toilet where he sexually molested them. Speaking during his interrogation yesterday, the paedoaphile said a little girl was the first to make a pass at him "One of them made advances at me. You know how children play with you in a funny way.
This thing is beyond me.” he said Mr Folarin, who has been arrested before for molesting children, said he believes he's under some demonic attack that pushes him to commit the act and so shouldn't be judged "I have been doing this for a long time. I feel terribly bad each time I did it but I could not stop it. Why don’t you find a way of helping me. Is this meant to expose me? Some people should just think and reason with me. The person who has not sinned before should cast the first stone. If God did not forsake some people, I know he would not forsake me. I am a changed person now.” Continue...

On how he carried out his evil act, Folarin said he would invite the little girls into the toilet, place them on the wash hand basin, lubricate their vagina with his hair cream, fondle them but says he never penetrated them with his manhood, a claim the police is refuting because medical examination on the little girls show their hymen was not intact. "I never penetrated them.

I only used my manhood to rub their private parts. Yes, I used my hair cream to lubricate my organ to stimulate myself.”. Oyo state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Olabisi Okuwobi‑Ilobanafor while confirming the incident said: “The suspect had engaged in multiple defilement and all the victims said the same thing that he always abused them twice a week since last year. The third girl was lured by the suspect to cover his illicit affairs.

The third girl he abused saw a note he wrote to one of the two girls when she was sweeping the floor and asked what was happening. The teacher then collected the paper; for fear of being exposed, he recruited her into the group" she said Due to the seriousness of his crime, Folarin would be transferred to the state Police headquarters where further investigations would be carried out.

Source: Vanguard

Pope Hugging A Muslim Cleric And A Jewish Priest

Pope Benedict the Sixteen seen in a warm embrace with Jewish Rabbi (Abraham Skorka) & Muslim Iman (Omar Abboud) at the Western 'wailing' wall of Jerusalem during his state visit to Jerusalem recently.

The Only Nigerian Journalist With Access To Boko Haram Flown Home To Negotiate With Group

Nigerian journalist, Ahmad Salkida, who previously worked for Daily Trust and Premium Times and reported extensively on Boko Haram, fled Nigeria to Dubai 2 years ago after being accused of being a Boko Haram sympathizer. He said he fled after 'his life and that of his family became endangered' after security agencies began to mistake his in-depth reporting on the terrorist group as evidence of his closeness to them. He went underground for several weeks before finally fleeing Nigeria. Salkida was perhaps the only Nigerian journalist/civilian to have access to Boko Haram, and he said at the time that he'd turned down Boko Haram's many requests for him to publish exclusive interviews and materials for them. Anyway according to new reports, the Nigerian government flew him back home a few weeks ago to negotiate with Boko Haram on their behalf, since he's the only civilian who has allegedly seen Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau and come out alive.

From UK Daily Mail One hundred non-combatant, low-level sympathisers were to be freed and the two groups brought together in a convoy of buses accompanied by a hand-picked go-between, respected Nigerian journalist Ahmad Salkida. The plan had been agreed in tortuous negotiations in response to worldwide outrage over a night-time raid on a school in the town of Chibok on April 14 when the girls were abducted from their dormitories. Mr Salkida was born in Borno State, where Boko Haram originated. He has known its leaders all his life and has unprecedented access. He has been arrested on several occasions accused of being a Boko Haram sympathiser, and he fled with his family to Dubai two years ago. But two weeks ago, he was summoned out of exile by President Jonathan’s aides. He initially feared he might face arrest, but was then given a letter of indemnity signed by the President when he flew to Nigeria. Sources said Mr Salkida was able to travel by taxi to the group’s forest camp to talk to Shekau two weeks ago. ‘His mission was secretive and dangerous,’ they said. He is probably the only civilian with access to Shekau. There is trust between them and Salkida had only one aim – to get the schoolgirls out. He reported afterwards that the group of girls he saw were alive and well, and being adequately fed and sheltered. They told him all they wanted was to go home. Salkida’s mission was complicated by the chaos surrounding government’s pronouncements about negotiations with the terrorist group. Shekau has released two shocking videos showing the girls dressed in hijabs and reciting verses from the Koran.

Culled from UK daily mail

Boko Haram Attacks Military Base,24 Feared Killed

BBC reports that gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram this evening around 5pm attacked a security base in Buni Yadi, in Gujba LGA killing 24 officials. Residents of the area said the victims include 13 soldiers and 11 police officers and said the gunmen came in 10 Hilux vans, an armoured tank, and several motorcycles.

BBC Hausa Service reports that the gunmen told residents of the area to stay indoors as their target were the security personnel in the town. The men then proceeded to attack the military base, a local government secretariat and burnt down several buildings.

Source:BBC

Folorunsho Alakija,Okonjo Iweala Makes Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women 2014

Forbes magazine recently released its list of the World's 100 Powerful Women 2014 and two Nigerian women made the list. They are; Nigeria's Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister for Finance,
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who came in at No. 44 and Oil magnate and Vice Chairman of Famfa Oil, Mrs Folorunsho Alakija, who came in at No. 96. Other women that made the list include Beyoncé - at No. 17, German President Angela Merkel at No. 1, Malawian President Joyce Banda at 40, Michelle Obama at No.8,  Lady Gaga at No. 67, Queen Elizabeth at No.35. Ellen Degeneres at No.46. Angelina Jolie at No.50, Gisele Bundchen at No. 89.

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Students of Polytechnics And Colleges of Education Protest in Lagos

Students from Polytechnics and Colleges of Education took to the streets of Lagos today to protest the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic, ASUP, strike. Academic activities has been grounded as a result of the strike which has been on for 9 months. Also unconfirmed source said that police shot at the students protesting in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos.

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