There was a mild drama at the office of the Lagos State Police Commissioner in Ikeja on Friday as three suspects, who were arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, were paraded before the House Committee on Police Affairs. The suspects, Abiodun Ogunjobi, aka Godogodo; Felix Sunday, aka K Money; and Nwanyim Uche; pleaded for amnesty. Godogodo had been described by the police as the most wanted criminal in the South West for the past 10 years.He told the lawmakers that he had built six houses from his loot and never kept money in the bank in order not to be traced by security agents.He said, “I never drank, womanised or attended social events. Such vices made one vulnerable and made it easy for the police to find and arrest you. I had no friends. I never kept money; I used all of it to build the houses. “We don’t kill policemen except on one occasion when we went to rob in Ajah area of Lagos State. On that particular day, we had ended the robbery operation and were on our way back when my friend, Odun spotted a police patrol van. Odun opened fire and killed all of them because he needed their AK 47 rifles. “The unfortunate thing about crime is that you never have peace of mind. The police were always after me and I never lived in one particular house for more than a year. I regret my action now and I would be happy if I am given amnesty.” The other robbery suspect, K Money, who was among the robbers that attacked bureau de change operators at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, and killed two policemen, said the gang made $4m (N600m) in the operation. He said he got N45m and became a car dealer.He said, “I set up a showroom and registered my company. I bought many Tokunbo (foreign used vehicles) from Cotonou (Benin Republic)and started selling them. “When policemen started chasing me and my boys, I was completely disorganised and the business suffered. I plead for mercy sir.” Uche was said to be a member of the gang that kidnapped the Chairman, Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, Mr. Kehinde Bamgbetan; and a High Court judge. The Officer in Charge of SARS, Abba Kyari, told the lawmakers that Uche’s cohorts were killed during a shootout with his men a few months ago.Kyari explained that the modus operandi of Uche’s gang was to kidnap their victim, keep him in a house in the Agbara area of Ogun State while Uche would watch over him. The rest of the gang would then relocate to a hotel and negotiate a ransom with the victim’s family. After collecting the ransom, the suspects would flee to Ghana for some months before returning for another operation. Uche, while weeping profusely, said, “I never knew I would be involved in such a thing, I never knew I could stoop so low in life. I plead for mercy. Punch

Segun Arinze & Charles Novia react to Jim Iyke's deliverance, call it an embarrassment

Actor and former AGN president Segun Arinze reacted on his Blackberry. He wrote:
"This Jim Iyke's deliverance video at the Synagogue trending looks too contrived. It's a big embarrassment. Has anyone ever seen demons come out live and speak? Una fit stand demons? Una carry Nollywood enter Church, abi? How much did he get paid? I'm just wondering. Make una stop all these nonsense play. Haba. Stranger than fiction!
Outspoken Nollywood producer Charles Novia reacted on Twitter. See his Tweets after the cut...

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Boko Haram Beheads Seven People,Slit Another Four Throats

**TERROR!**


Seven people were killed and beheaded in Makintamari village in Kaga Local Government in Borno state along the Damaturu/Maiduguri road.
Eyewitnesses said the travellers were beheaded with their heads placed on their lifeless bodies on the main road.
At the Makintafamari village, in a separate incident, gunmen also cut the throats of four persons on Saturday. They were returning to Maiduguri in the evening.
Borno Police chief Lawal Tanko confirmed the attacks .
Makintamari is a few kilometers from Benishek where over 100 travelers were murdered a week ago by suspected Boko Haram sect members.
Yobe State Governor Ibrahim Gaidam said: “We call on Mr. President and all the security chiefs, to intensify security operations through aerial surveillance, to contain the situation before it consumes the region and country.
“On our way from Maiduguri to Damaturu this afternoon (Sunday), we saw a trailer and bus that were burnt, with the occupants slaughtered and their corpses littering the highway.
“Government should rise up to its responsibilities to save the lives and properties of its citizens,” he pleaded15.
The governor said that anyone travelling on the Damaturu to Maiduguri highway, was taking a huge risk.
He urged the newly established Seven Division of the Nigerian Army, to intensify surveillance of all flash points in the two states, to flush out the insurgents.

Woman is killed and man loses both legs after they are hit by a train as they have sex on the track

A thrill-seeking Ukrainian couple have met a tragic end after they stopped on their way home to have sex on train tracks and were hit by a locomotive.

The '30-something' woman was killed by the train in the city of Zaporozhye on Saturday morning.

Her 41-year-old male companion lost both legs, but survived to tell the tale.
Deadly: The train killed the woman instantly and severed the legs of the man. The couple couldn't get out of the way in time.

The Ukrainian Interior Ministry, which announced the Saturday morning accident, said the couple 'failed to overcome their natural passion when walking home.'

The pair, officials said, 'wanted to experience an extreme sensation near the railroad tracks.'
The extreme sensation they experienced happened to be a switcher locomotive, and they could not escape in time, reports Russia's RIA Novosti news outlet.
Yahoo 7 reports that the couple were drunk at the time. They were returning from a party at a friend's house when they decided to stop on the tracks.
Zaporozhye is the sixth largest city in Ukraine and has a population of more than 770,000.

Source: Dailymail

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Jealous ex-girlfriend sets rival ablaze in Enugu

According to a report by Sunnewsonline.com, a 20 year old girl allegedly set ablaze the 22 year old new love interest of her ex-boyfriend. Cynthia Onah reportedly went to her ex-boyfriend's house at Onugba Nike area in Enugu State late at night with a gallon of fuel and emptied its content on Chinwe Igwe, her ex's girlfriend, who was sleeping. The incident took place on August 24th.
The Commissioner of Police Enugu State, Mr. Mohammed Adamu described the incident as very unfortunate. “It is terrible that a girl because of jealousy would set another girl on fire simply because they are befriending the same boy.”
CP Adamu explained that on that fateful day, Cynthia had in connivance with another suspect, one Obiora Chukwuegbo stormed Chika’s home and set Chinwe on fire. It was only the assistance of  neighbours that Chinwe was rescued through the window as the fire consumed the room. She was said to have been taken to a private hospital before she was transferred to Annunciation Specialist Hospital  Emene, Enugu State where she is still receiving treatment.

The boyfriend, Chika told Sunday Sun
“I am a driver and I’ve been dating Chinwe for the past five years. We had little quarrel and we stopped dating. I meet Cynthia who is a prostitute and dated her for just one month. We separated one month after because at times she would be chasing me with a knife. I couldn’t bear it and so I went back to settle with my former girlfriend. Cynthia didn’t give up as she threatened that she was going to deal with us. She even threatened to pour acid on me.
Being a driver, I travelled the day Cynthia burnt my girlfriend. It was one of my neighbours that called me to say that my house was on fire and that somebody poured fuel under the door and it exploded and burnt my girlfriend who was sleeping in the room; that they have rescued her through the window.
“When I got home, I saw that all my property had been burnt to ashes. My girlfriend was hospitalized because she sustained injuries from the fire. But I am determined and I have promised God that with the condition of my  girlfriend that I am still going to marry her.”
The suspect, Cynthia, who hails from Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of  Enugu State, said
“I started dating Chika when he had misunderstanding with his former girlfriend, Chinwe. We dated for one month and then he told me that he was no longer interested in marrying me. Chika is owing me N12,000. When we had a quarrel, I did not threaten him with a knife. I only used the knife to deflate his tyres.
“I have quarreled with Chinwe several times. I sent her a text message to leave my boyfriend. Because she threatened  me, I also threatened her that she will never enjoy the relationship. I don’t  know anything about who took fuel to the house of her boyfriend and burnt  the house. On that fateful day, Chika called my phone at night and said that I should meet him at Emene junction. I was out waiting for him when the policemen from the State CID arrested me. I didn’t know anything about the incident. I only know we have traded words.”
When  Sunday Sun visited the victim at the Annunciation Specialist Hospital Emene Area, Enugu State, she said:
“I am still shocked at what happened. I regret dating Chika as I have been turned to something else now. I saw  Cynthia Onah and  Chukwuegbo Obiora after they had poured  fuel under the door and fire was everywhere. I was calling him for help. It was when I was calling  for help through the other window that  I saw Cynthia Onah and Obiora Chkwuegbo running away and I was shouting for help until the neighbours broke one of the windows and carried me out from the window”,  she said.
“My relationship with Chika is over. I am in pains and agony. I didn’t know what to do. I was sleeping and suddenly I saw smoke and it exploded and caught fire. I could have been burnt to ashes if not for the neighbours who broke through the window and rescued me,” she added.
CP Adamu said the suspects would soon be charged to court.

Drake & Chris Brown End Rihanna Feud & Hug At iHeart Music Festival

Drake and Chris were reportedly spotted backstage at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas on Sept. 21, laughing and drinking. They were even overheard talking about something that will blow your mind, read on to find out!

Drake & Chris Brown End Feud — Report

The artists, who infamously got into a brawl at nightclub W.I.P. in 2012, are said to have finally ended their bitter feud over Rihanna. Drake allegedly sent Chris a bottle of alcohol with a nasty note about how he slept with Rihanna. That’s when a fight between their entourages broke out, bottles were thrown and bystanders got hurt.
“Drake came on Friday with his whole crew, and watched Chris’ entire set,” a source says. “They were backstage hugging and drinking.”
But the most shocking part of all of this, they are planning on possibly recording music together, according to the report. Now that would definitely be quite the collaboration. Perhaps they would sing about RiRi?
Both Drake and Chris had a busy weekend and a lot to celebrate. Chris’ new dance film Battle of the Year hit theaters on Sept. 20, and Drake’s new album, Nothing Was The Same, made its official debut on Sept. 24.

Drake V. Chris Brown At Soul Train Awards

It’s a good thing that they have decided to work things out because they will be running into each other quite a bit in the coming months. Both of the singers are up for Song of the Year at the 2013 Soul Train Awards — Chris for “Fine China” and Drake for “Poetic Justice.”
They will come head-to-head in the Video of the Year category as well, Chris for “Fine China,” and Drake for his hit “Started From The Bottom.”

Culled from Hollywoodlife

I cant wait to listen to the tracks they ll make together....

Who Are The American Terrorists Behind The Kenyan Mall Attack? (PHOTOS)

According to the Associated Press the Kenyan president has confirmed that the terrorist in the Westgate mall attack have been defeated. Three of the malls floors were collapsed and the death toll has increased to 72.
More bodies are said to be trapped.
We’ll keep you updated on the latest.
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After much speculation and claims from the terrorist group al-Shabaab (a group allied with al Qaeda) that Americans were in fact involved in the bloody Westgate mall attack in Kenya, it has been confirmed.
Americans and at least one Briton are among those who attacked customers while they shopped at the Nairobi, Kenya mall, according to Kenya’s foreign minister.

The foreign minister, Amina Mohamed, said in an interview with PBS’ “NewsHour” program that the Americans were 18 to 19 years old, of Somali or Arab origin and lived “in Minnesota and one other place” in the U.S. The attacker from Britain was a woman who has “done this many times before,” Mohamed said.

Earlier this week U.S. officials started looking into the claims that Americans were involved. But State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Monday the department had “no definitive evidence of the nationalities or the identities” of the attackers.
But now that their identities have been confirmed, one thing is for sure. The world’s governments are going to have to start working together to prevent more terrorist attacks from happening.

Mohamed said Kenya needs to work with other governments to fight the increasing terrorist threat and “much more with the U.S and the U.K., because both the victims and the perpetrators came from Kenya, the United Kingdom and the United States. From the information we have, two or three Americans and so far I’ve heard of one Brit.”
She added: “That just goes to underline the global nature of this war that we are fighting.”

As of Tuesday morning, Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamist group said it’s militants were still holed up in the Kenyan shopping mall, boasting there there were countless bodies still in the building, raising fears that the staggering death toll of 62 could rise when all is done.
Our prayers are with Kenya at this time. We’ll keep you updated on the latest.
SOURCE: Global Grind

Lamar Odom’s Dad Speaks Out: ‘The Kardashians Are To Blame For All My Son’s Problems’

Lamar Odom’s father Joe has spoken out on his son’s fall from grace and in a sensational allegation, he’s pointing the finger firmly at the Kardashian family.
In a no-holds barred interview with RadarOnline.com, Joe rips into each member of the reality TV family and claims marrying Khloe was the worst mistake 33-year-old Lamar ever made!

Among Joe’s amazing claims are:
*   The Kardashians have cursed his boy and ruined his basketball career;
*   The reality show put too much pressure on Lamar, forcing him to turn to drugs; and
*   Kris Jenner is an “an evil b*tch” and dismisses Kim as a “porn star”.
Speaking from his home in Marina Del Rey, Calif., Joe reckons his NBA star son has been “cursed: ever since he became a member of the Kardashian clan when he married Khloe, 29, in 2009.
The former post office worker thinks Lamar needs to dump his wife and start life afresh as a single man if he wants any chance of beating his drug addiction.

He said: “Someone’s got to speak out, I’ve got to do something about this. It’s simple. They brought him down. He would be better off without them. Let him go and get his life together. I think the best thing for him would be to have a clean break, divorce Khloe and as a single man try and get his life back together.”
But Joe thinks Lamar’s drug problems are being hyped up by the Kardashian family, especially momager Kris, whom he thinks is trying to push Lamar out as it’s ruining their image!
He says: “The mother has been talking a lot of trash about my son, saying he’s on drugs and stuff like that. She’s got something against my son, something against my family. Kris Jenner is very negative. She’s an evil b*tch. She doesn’t care about Lamar, she just cares about their image and money.”

Bizarrely, Joe also hints that it’s the Kardashians that have caused his son to fall by the wayside and could be the ones giving him drugs.
When asked if the Kardashians take drugs, Joe said: “I blame Kris in particular, she’s been through a lot of stuff herself. She’s no Cinderella. I can’t really say if the Kardashians are doing drugs, but my son would never use hard drugs. I can’t pinpoint right now who’s giving it him, but I’m going to investigate. The Kardashians haven’t been a good influence on my son.”
He adds, “They don’t give a f*ck about my son. It’s more about the damage they do to the Kardashian brand. They brought him down. He’d be better off without them. Let him go, get his life together.”
Joe believes the towering ex-Los Angeles Clippers star has been controlled by the family and not allowed to be his own man.

Perhaps most surprisingly for fans of the family, he also reveals that his daughter-in-law Khloe is not as sweet as she seems to be!
Joe has met her several times and the pair have even posed for pictures together when she came to visit him at his luxury marina apartment.
He said: “I wish he had never got married to Khloe to be honest. She’s controlling. Those Kardashian women all are. You get married they think they wear the pants. You just bring them your whole paycheck, that’s how it works.
“I saw her totally differently when I heard the way she talked privately. It isn’t pleasant. In public she’s nice, but if you see her personally you see the real person come out of her. The mother’s like that too. The whole family, they put up an act.”
Joe thinks his son would still be one of the leading lights of basketball if he hadn’t got mixed up with the family.
He said: “They haven’t been a good influence on my son. It’s been the curse of his life. He hasn’t really accomplished anything since he’s been with them. Without them, he’d still be in the NBA playing basketball. He’d be playing for the Lakers and be one of the top players in the league.”
The 59-year-old says that if they end up getting divorced he believes it will eat into Lamar’s $56 million fortune, adding: “I guess he will have to pay her. He married her. You know how that goes.”
He also blasted new mom Kim Kardashian, saying she had no right to judge his son considering she became famous due to a sex tape.

“I heard Kim say they don’t have crackheads in their family. That *issed me off. Look at where she came from. We don’t want porno stars in our family,” adds Joe.
Joe reckons the reality TV show Khloe And Lamar ended up taking a heavy toll on Lamar and was the reason he turned to drugs.
He said: “The reality show was a curse because it put too much of his business in the limelight. That show messed him up because to me his basketball should come first. It took a lot out of him to perform for his job and in that show.

“That’s maybe why he took sleeping pills to get some rest, to relax a little. But they arent good for you either. They make you tired. I think he was taking sleeping pills and it slows you down to perform, especially in basketball.”
Joe understands more than anyone the dangers of drugs. He was an addict for many years, but has been clean for a decade and a half — and that’s why he’s so desperate for his son to seek help.
His two-time NBA championship son has been banned from driving for refusing to take a blood test after he was stopped for driving under the influence last month. He then entered rehab on September 5 but ended up lasting only one day.
Nearly a week later, he was spotted buying copper scrubbers, commonly used in homemade crack pipes.

Joe says: “I love my son dearly, but my advice to him would be: Leave the drugs alone. If he is abusing drugs, he’s got to stay straight and get his life together. Go into rehab. If it is crack he is taking, he’s got to get help.
“They’ve got to get him treatment. Nobody’s perfect. I would like him to get his act together. If something’s wrong he’s got to man up and talk about what’s going on with him.”
Source: Radar Online

Late Prophet Ajanaku's Close Aide Speaks…He Was A Liar, Cheat, Swindler & Adulterer

From Encomium Weekly Magazine;

Another shocking revelation has surfaced on the late Prophet Ireti Ajanaku. One of his close aides who worked for him for five years, Emmanuel Olasemeji who is a furniture maker,  opened up to Encomium Weekly on Wednesday, September 18, 2013, on the late Prophet he knew…

How did you become one of late Prophet Ajanaku’s aides?

The first day I saw him, I was not attracted to him because of his physical look. He bleached. However, when my boss who was one of his church members introduced me to him, he prayed for me. My decision to visit his church was based on curiosity. That was in 2007. Sincerely, there is no way you won’t marvel at his preaching. He preached with persuasive and authoritative words.


I was wowed. And that was when he was about completing his multi-million naira mansion. And most of the church members volunteered to assist the builders. He asked me to work for God in his house and do the furniture. I can’t lie to you, when Prophet Ajanaku spoke you would think it was God. His church members saw him as god. He often told us that he wines and dines with God and that if he wants anybody to die tomorrow, it would happen. We all respected and feared him. You dare not say no to his request.

He said he had the power to save someone from ultimate death. My decision to open up was not to malign his character but be factual. Even before his death, I confessed this feat openly to him. I can’t doubt his power but not as a Christian. For instance, someone came to see him. He said some people predicted he was going to die at a certain date. Thus, he was warned not to go out. Prophet Ajanaku closed his eyes for a minute and the next moment said the man should go out that day that nothing would happen to him. And nothing happened to him indeed.

I can say that though he was very powerful but his lifestyle and character were questionable.

How many months did you work in his house?

I stayed inside his house for nine months to complete the whole job. The reason was that most of the job was done at night. He won’t allow you to work on the upper parts of the house during day time until he gave you the nod. And mostly at night. If you complained that it would disturb people staying with him, he would say as the owner, all I needed was his approval.

How would you describe him?

Although he wielded spiritual power but he was not a man of God. The bubble burst some years back when one of his personal aides, Mr. Adefeso traveled with him to South Africa on a missionary assignment. The aide is quite educated. He is an elderly person. That was in November 2010. And there is one thing about prophet, whenever he is angry with anybody, he would tell the church members that God is angry with such person and that anybody that relates with such a person would incur the wrath of God.

Thus, once you incur his wrath, the whole church would stop greeting you. Before they travelled to South Africa, there was an issue on ground. He was renovating the church. He engaged the services of one of his church members who sold woods and planks to supply the church.

I supervised the project and it was N750,000. He was to pay after the project. After the project, he refused to pay. And the member knew it wrecked his small business. It became an issue and it was his personal aide, Mr. Adefeso who waded in and said prophet would pay. That was when they travelled to South Africa. When they got back, we discovered they had an issue.

The aide claimed he discovered some of his secrets while on the trip but till date refused to disclose them. However, when prophet came back, he quickly started telling us the man was evil, that we should excommunicate him. I know him well, once he knew you had discovered some of his negative acts, he would blackmail you with lies. That was the same thing he did for Tope Alabi.

What are the things you discovered about him?

First, he is a chronic liar. Do you know that the money he owed he never paid back? The matter was taken to the police at Panti and he denied owing the man. He said he has paid him. I was shocked. They called me as a witness. Though I was scared but I stood for the truth. He spent over N500,000 to settle the case. And at the end we even became the victim. He specialized in turning the tide against people who speak the truth.

He would fabricate lies against such person. And the medium he used most was a soft-sell magazine. Second, I can tell you authoritatively that he sleeps with his female aides who stay in his house. He has agents who recruit ladies in the church who are not employed.

They used their situation to entice them to work and live with the prophet. And some only live with him for like three months before he would fabricate lies against them and send them parking. But none of them could disclose their ordeal because he was a god.

But what about his wife?

His wife, Joy, was staying in the upper room. She only comes down during church services. That’s why most people don’t really know anything about her. She dares not come down unless he gave approval.

We only discovered the truth when one of the ladies who was also the wife’s aide known as Becky confessed to a pastor at Abuja that he was  sleeping with her. She was dating a friend of mine who was also staying in his house. The house is so big and many of us lived with him. My friend and Becky travelled to Abuja and he introduced her to a pastor in Abuja. That one now said Becky has a secret and unless she revealed it, it would affect their relationship. It took her four days to open up that she has been sleeping with late Ajanaku. She was scared she would die after the confession but with prayer in Abuja, nothing happened to her. Although we were suspicious but she gave us instances which we were aware of and revealed how other girls too were his sex slaves.

Also, most of his members go to the church with their wealth but left poor. He was very rich. He swindled them of their wealth and virtues.

Though we have never seen him with charm before but he often told us he knows about all incantations because he had been into all sorts of occultism before he started his ministry.

He said they are all powerless compared to God’s power. He is a pretender. Once he was about to discard his enemies, he would say negative things about them and since we were not privileged to see or hear from God, we believed him. That’s what he used on those girls too. He bleached and encouraged the girls too to use the cream. I had to leave in 2011. I spent five years with him.

Is it true that he once had a wife?

Yes. It’s no secret that he had a wife and two kids who died before he started the ministry. Aside that, he had a baby out of wedlock, but he rejected the mother.

What’s the woman’s name?

I don’t know because he was even the one who revealed it to us when the mother came to collect the boy’s allowance of N20,000. Only few aides knew. I was so close to him because I worked for him.

He had four rooms in that house which are exclusively his own. He had a particular room that if he was there for three months you won’t know.

On Friday, September 20, 2013, we contacted the ministry’s spokesperson, Tosin, over some of these allegations but he declined to make any comment. “Please, I have nothing to say.”

Source:National Encomium

"We're not against our father's new marriage' Iwuanyanwu's kids say

One of the daughters of billionaire businessman Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has rubbished reports making the rounds that they are against their father's marriage to the 26 year old daughter of one his late wife's close friends. I was reliably informed that they kicked against it initially but backed down after their father threatened to deal with anyone who gave him headache over his intentions to marry a much younger woman - but the children say it's not true, so let's believe them.

His daughter, Mrs Nwadiuto Iheakanwa, the MD of Champion newspaper told Encomium magazine:

"We are not against our father's new marriage. It's not true that we the children kicked against it. He made his choice and we wish him well in his new marriage. Papa is an old man (don't let his new wife hear that o..lol) we should not give him stress. We want our father to have a long life and enjoy himself. The lady herself consented to it. We spoke to her and she said she loves papa. We wish them goodluck."

Chief Iwuanyanwu and his late wife, Lady Eudora, who died in August 2011, were married for 40 years and had eight children, most of whom are older than the woman he married this past weekend.

Kenya Mall Terror is finally over

The 4-day siege at Westgate mall in Nairobi, Kenya is finally over. Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta addressed the nation a few hours ago, saying they have defeated the terrorists and arrested eleven of them. The president said three floors of the mall collapsed during clearing efforts and trapped some people. He said Kenyan forces killed 5 terrorists and are currently sweeping the mall for explosives.

Mr Kenyatta said 61 civilians and 6 soldiers were killed in the deadly mall slaughter that started on Saturday, and carried out by Al Qaeda linked militant group, Al Shabaab. Almost 200 people were injured while 65 people are still unaccounted for. The Kenyan president said he can't confirm the nationality of the terrorist. He also declared three days of mourning.

 May the souls of the people we lost rest in peace...amen. May we never see this again.

Tuface Idibia Presents N3Million to Peace Award Winners

  Three winners emerged from the 2Face Peace Awards which held on Saturday, Sept. 21 2013 (World Peace Day) at the Nicon Luxury Hotel Abuja. They received N1 million each to use in furthering the various
peace causes they have been involved in.
The Awards kicked off the Million Voices for Peace campaign being run by the 2Face Idibia Reachout Foundation. The winners were selected from a pool of young people aged between 18 to 35 whose initiatives helped in promoting peace in their areas for at least 18 months.

The winners were: Kyenpiya Jessica Makan-Nyabam of the CLAPAI (Child Love And Protection Advocacy Initiative) Orphanage, Jos. CLAPAI was set up in 2006 by Kyenpiya and her husband, Emmanuel, an ex-professional footballer, to cater for children orphaned, affected or infected by
HIV/AIDS. They also care for children outside the orphanage and Emmanuel uses sports to engage the older youth in the community to foster peace.
Second was the Christian Muslim Peace Movement which is based in Bauchi and Jos. They are a group of young volunteers led by Aminu Garba Sidi who do conflict mediation, peace sensitization and other activities in schools and communities. They also work in NYSC camps and are contact persons and mobilizers for other peace projects in Nigeria.
The third winner was Zainab Sandah who also received an honourable mention. She is involved in mobilizing and assisting the conflict prone Rigassa community in Kaduna in their efforts to access public sector
education. She assisted in setting up a VSAT with computers for a community skills centre.
2Face charged the winners to continue in their efforts to support the poor and promote peace in Nigeria. He explained that the MVP was meant to re-orientate the “mindset of Nigerians to realise the senselessness
in many of the conflicts and killings going on and let them know that peace is the only condition for progress.
“Most times when they tell you the reason for some of the conflicts,you will be very surprised and disappointed.
"As award winners, you are now peace ambassadors. People will be more interested in what you do. You have to continue to maintain the high standards you have set,” he said.
Present at the event were the president of the Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND), Hafsat Abiola-Costello, who gave a speech urging the rich to support d poor more; the Director of the National Orientation
Agency (NOA) who represented by David Manya Dogo and Prof Braide, DG IPRC and the representative of the First Lady's Peace Mission Mrs Betty Bassey.
The 2Face Peace Awards was supported by APURIMAC, Action AID, UNDP and KIND.

Famous Ghanaian Poet,Kenyan President's nephew among those killed in mall attack.

Famous Ghanaian poet, Kenyan president's nephew among those killed in mall attack.
Ghanaian poet and diplomat Kofi Awoonor, was among the 69 killed during the attack on Westgate Mall in Kenya yesterday. He was in Nairobi as a participant in the Story moja Hay Festival, a 4-day celebration of writing, thinking and story telling. The Ghanaian govt confirmed his death early Sunday morning. He was 78 years old. His son was also shot, but was not killed.Also the president's nephew, Mbugua and his fiance Wahito were killed in the attack yesterday.Over 1,000 people have so far been evacuated from the mall, but an unknown number of hostages are still trapped inside with the terrorists believed to be about 15. Kenyan security forces have been locked in a standoff with gunmen since yesterday.
Gun shots have been heard all morning in the area.
Heavily armed Islamic extremists pulled up in several cars yesterday and shot their way into the most upmarket shopping centre in Nairobi, ordering Muslims out if they could prove their religion by reciting a prayer or answering a question on Islam. They started killing those who failed the test.
BBC reported that at least one of theattackers was a woman who had English accent and gave command in Arabic.

The wife of 7/7 suicide bomber Jermaine Lindsay is 'prime suspect' in attack, whichhas so far killed 68 people

The wife of 7/7 suicide bomber Jermaine Lindsay is 'prime suspect' in attack, which has so far killed 68 people including three Brits. Terrified children wait by the body of a man after escaping from the shopping centre. Two innocent children stand bewildered beside the body of a man gunned down in the Nairobi shopping mall massacre.The youngsters, one clutching two chocolate bars, were caught up in the atrocity that has leftat least 68 dead – including three Brits. Just yards away explosions and gunfire rang out as Kenyan troops moved from shop to shop in a series of firefights with crazed terrorists and late last night tweeted they had freed most hostages.And last night it was feared that one of the ringleaders of the bloody attack is a British mother of three. Fanatical Samantha Lewthwaite, dubbed theWhite Widow, is a key member of al-Shabaab, the militant group which has claimed responsibility for the slaughter.The British soldier’s daughter, from Aylesbury, Bucks, is an Islam convert whose husband was one of the suicide bombers in the 7/7 attacks on London. Unconfirmed sources claimed that 29-year-old Lewthwaite may even be among the masked gun gang still under siege in the Westgate mall last night. An image on social networking websites appeared to show a balaclava-clad white woman holding a gun. In a Twitter message terror group al-Shabaab praised the White Widow and boasted that she was with them.On a site that has been repeatedly closed down,they wrote: “Sherafiyah lewthwaite aka samantha is a vrave (sic) lady! were happier to have her in our ranks!” In another posting they warned: “This is no more than a drill for a bigger event!” The bloodbath has left at least 175 seriously injured, including children as young as two. It began at about 1pm on Saturday when up to 15 heavily armed fanatics stormed the plush complex in the north west of the city and opened fire as they chanted jihad slogans. One mum who was at a kids’ cookery event in the mall told how she tried to protect 30 to 40 children as the bullets flew. Kamal Kaur said: “People were hysterical. The terrorists threw two grenades at us and they shot at us. My son, who is eight, just missed being shot.“My daughter was pulling him down and I was trying to pull the little boy next to him out of the way. Unfortunately a bullet or a grenade bounced off the wall and it hit the boy in his neck and chest area. He fell over, bleeding profusely. I was telling all the children to lie flat – just lie there and not scream or shout, just keep calm.”Within minutes of the carefully planned assault pools of blood smeared the pristine hallways and scores of bodies lay strewn across the floor. At one burger bar, a man and woman lay in a final embrace after being killed. The shooters targeted non-Muslims by asking them the name of the Prophet Muhammad’s mother before mercilessly slaying those who did not know. The city’s four hospitals struggled to cope with the number of wounded. Terrified patients besieged casualty units as volunteers helped distraught relatives find their loved ones. Briton Neil Saville, believed to work for global development company Dalberg in Nairobi, was among the wounded. He was undergoing surgery at the Aga Khan hospital last night after being shot in the chest. Getty Colleague Jason Wendlesaid: “Thankfully he is stable and it is not life threatening, but we’re all in shock.”State House spokesman Manoah Esipisu confirmed reports of a white woman among the terror gang. A Kenyan police source said: “Samantha Lewthwaite is target number one.”As security forces prepared to launch a final assault last night inan attempt to end the bloodshed, government officials revealed the fanatics were holding atleast 30 hostages. A senior source said: “There is a strong possibility that Samantha Lewthwaite could be one of the terrorists. We have reports that at least one, possibly two women were involved in this siege.”He added: “There are strong indications Lewthwaite has the capability and influence within al-Shabaab to carry out such an atrocity.”Lewthwaite, whose Muslim fundamentalist husband Jermaine Lindsay, blew himself up on a Piccadilly Line train during the 7/7 attacks in 2005, is also wanted over a bomb plot to kill hundreds of British tourists in Mombasa. Together with her British accomplice Jermaine Grant, the pair were days away from carrying out their attack before being arrested in December 2011. Grant from East London, is due to stand trial in Mombasa today. He was snared before their deadly plan succeeded but Lewthwaite escaped and has been on the run ever since. She recently wrote on her blog: “Fear can make you do many things. ”David Cameron condemned the latest atrocity. He said: “These terrorists do not represent Islam or Muslims in Britain or anywhere else in the world. ”Kenyan President UhuruKenyatta last night vowed to defeat the militants – after revealing that some of his close family members, including a nephew, were among the dead.

President GEJ appoints Onyeka Onwenu as NCWD Director.

President GEJ appoints Onyeka Onwenu as NCWD Director. President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the appointment of a ace singer, Onyeka Onwenu, as the Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the National Centre for Women Development, NCWD, Abuja.The appointment takes immediate effect.Onwenu is a member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Brazilian Businessman Buries His £310,000 Bentley So He Can Use It In The Afterlife

62years old wealthy entrepreneur 'Count Scarpa' will be burying his greatest treasure - his new £310,000 Bentley convertible today so as to avoid any chance of not balling in his afterlife.

In a bizarre announcement on his Facebook page Scarpa declared that he plans to do as the Pharaohs of Egypt did and take his riches with him when he dies by burying them.
So today, he will entomb his brand new Bentley Continental worth over £310,000 to make sure he has a comfortable journey into the ‘other side’.
The funeral ceremony, he promises, will be at 11am in Sao Paulo.

The self-made businessman, who has a degree in economics and is a black belt instructor and owner of the Institute Maruyama Aikido, a Japanese martial arts academy, explains that his decision to start storing up his treasures for the life beyond came after watching a programme on Ancient Egypt on Sunday.

'I was watching a documentary about the pharaohs of Egypt, very interesting. They buried their entire fortune to have a comfortable life "the other side"!' 
So, he wants to copy them.

Scarpa has been married twice - his first wife died, then he married a second wife whom he divorced. 
Scarpa has no children.

Mother Refuses Her New Baby BreastMilk Because Her Baby Was Born With Two Front Teeth (Photos)

A mother, Vicky Griffiths, has spoken of her shock after she gave birth to a baby girl with two fully formed front teeth.
According to her, she was so shocked that even though she had planned to breastfeed her little baby before giving birth, she changed her mind after seeing the newborn’s teeth. 

The new baby Eva Faith astounded nurses and midwives as well as her family when she was born.
DailyMail reports that initially, nobody realised and it was only when Mrs Griffiths went to have a bath after giving birth that her husband Steven spotted the teeth in his daughter’s lower jaw.

Mrs Griffiths, a 26-year-old child minder, said:

‘When I came back into the room Steven said, “she’s got teeth, you know! We were in shock, and so were the midwives.
She had her mouth closed to begin with, so we didn’t notice. It was quite bizarre to see them.
I kept asking the midwives and nurses what I could give Eva if she was in pain, but nobody was able to answer me. They just kept going away and then coming back with more people to look at Eva’s teeth. Nobody could believe it.
When we came out of hospital I went to see my GP and he said that he had never heard of this happening before.
Midwives with 25-years’ experience were also saying they’d never seen it.

She added: ‘I had been planning to breastfeed, but when I saw Eva’s teeth I was put off. I don’t think anybody could blame me!’

Little Eva Faith was born on September 8 and is now at home with her parents and older sisters Elizabeth, seven, and Emily, five, in Redcar, Cleveland.

President Goodluck Jonathan Sacks 2 Of His Special Advisers - Emordi & Olagunji

President Goodluck Jonathan has terminated the appointment of two of his Special Advisers.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati.

The statement said the appointment of Mrs. Joy Emordi, who was Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, and that of Dr. Tunji Olagunju as his Special Adviser on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) have been terminated with immediate effect.

“President Jonathan thanks Mrs. Emordi and Dr. Olagunju for their services and wishes them success in their future endeavours.”

Olagunju has served as Special Adviser to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on NEPAD since June 2007 while Emordi was appointed.

142 corpses recovered after Boko Haram highway massacre

There has been reports of killings perpetuated by Boko Haram in the past few days in the Northern part of the country. They are going to homes, highways and just killing people.

Just yesterday 142 bodies were discovered and evacuated from the highway and surrounding bushes in Borno state by officials of the Borno State Environmental Protection Agency (BOSEPA) after travelers were ambushed, removed from their cars and killed on the Maiduguri/Damaturu highway on Tuesday Sept 17th by Boko Haram members who dressed up as soldiers and set up checkpoints.

The officials said they believe there are more bodies they are yet to find but plan to keep searching.

The gunmen, said to be over 300 in number, also stormed Benisheikh town in Borno state on Wednesday, killing civilians, soldiers, policemen and setting houses, cars and motor cycles ablaze. 
 
The military post in the area and the local government secretariat were also attacked with rocket-propelled grenades.

The governor of the state promised people who lost loved ones or property N250,000 each as compensation and promised to rebuild the destroyed town. He described the attack as barbaric and un-Islamic.

The attack is believed to be in retaliation of a military strike on a Boko Haram camp last week that left about 150 members dead.

May D buys N150m 6-bedroom duplex in Magodo, Lagos

According to a press release sent out by his PR people, Ekiti state born dancer turned music sensation May D recently moved into his new 6-bedroom duplex in Magodo Phase II GRA said to be worth N150million. They didn't say rented, they said bought, hence my headline. Big congrats to May D.

Culled from Linda Ikeji's blog

Footballer Ronaldinho pays $58,000 to get his teeth fixed

After years of refusing to fix his crooked teeth, saying his fans loved his trademark grin, 2-time FIFA World Player of the Year winner (2004/ 2005) Ronaldinho has changed his mind and finally gotten it fixed. The Brazilian football superstar paid $58,000 to have his teeth realigned, and gums altered.

Rohaldinho had the procedure at an orthodontic clinic in Brazil last month but the photos and video of the surgery were only released to the public two days ago. See the before and after photos below

Gunmen attack & kill over 10 in uncompleted building in Apo,

*Viewer discretion advised*.. Gunmen attack & kill over 10 in uncompleted building in Apo, Abuja. Unknown gunmen dressed in military fatigue stormed an uncompleted building behind Legislator’s Quarters in Apo, Abuja in the early hours of this morning FridaySeptember 20th killing over 10 people. The people killed were inhabitants of the uncompleted building, mostly abokis who polish shoes and sell water. According to eyewitnesses, the owner of the uncompleted building had warned people who pass the night in the building to desist from it, but they refused. Then the massacre this morning happened.A survivor said they pay someone N200 every night to sleep in the uncompleted building and had been harassed and warned severally by military men to stop coming there...but they couldn't because they had nowhere else to go.A resident in the area said that at about12:30amhe heard gunshot severally throughout the night, causing panic in the area. The number of people who died may be more than 10..

Benue State Governor serves as cook's best man

Benue State governor Gabriel Suswam served as best man for a cook named Peter Anyiman at his wedding which held over the weekend at Our Lady Perpetual Help Cathedral, in Makurdi, Benue State.Governor Suswan told guests at the wedding that he decided to serve as Anyiman's best man to honour him because of his commitment to his job. Anyiman has been as serving a cook for Catholic Priest, Rev. Father Michael Tumba in Abuja for over 18 years.Anyiman expressed his delight at having his own state governor serving as his best man, saying he couldn't have wished for a better wedding gift.

"James Ibori gave me$15million as bribe in 2007" - Nuhu Ribadu

Desperate to halt a probe into his finances, governor James Ibori tried to bribe former anti-corruption bossNuhu Ribadu in 2007 with $15 million in cash in a bag so heavy oneman alone could not lift it, Ribadu told a London court on Thursday.Ribadu said he pretended to take the bribe because he wanted the cash as evidence to use against Iboriin a prosecution, but rather than keep the money for himself he had it taken straight to the Central Bank of Nigeria to be kept safe in a vault. Continue..Ribadu told the court that about $1 billion flowed from federal government accounts into Delta State coffers during Ibori’s eight years in power, and he estimated Ibori had stolen or wasted more than half of that amount.The charges to which Ibori pleaded guilty amount to the theft of about$80 million, but British prosecutors say that was only part of his total booty, which was kept hidden via a complex web of shell companies, offshore accounts and front men.Ribadu, who was chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from April 2003 to December 2007, was giving evidence at a confiscation hearing inwhich prosecutors are seeking courtorders to have Ibori’s assets seized.Under Nigeria’s constitution, state governors enjoy immunity from prosecution but are limited to two terms in office. With the end of his second term looming in April 2007, Ibori was worried the EFCC were planning to prosecute him, Ribadu said.“He was very desperate to terminatethe investigation,” he told the court.In late April 2007, a meeting was arranged between the two men at a “neutral place”, the house of Andy Uba, a close associate of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.Ibori arrived at the house with several members of his staff and a very large black sack containing $15 million in cash. Ribadu said he watched as two of Ibori’s men lifted the heavy sack and handed it over tohis own EFCC staff. “It was a bag that an individual could not carry alone,” he said.The EFCC men drove the bag to the central bank where the money was counted and boxed into smaller containers. The court was shown photographs of the boxes of cash.“I have given you money Nuhu, just give me my clearance,” Ribadu quoted Ibori as telling him after those events.Instead, the EFCC continued to investigate Ibori’s affairs and had him arrested on corruption charges on December 12, 2007.It will be recalled that the Delta stategovernment had approached the court asking that the money belonged to the state government and should therefore be returned to the state. The EFCC are however opposed to the return of the money to the state.The EFCC says that “that the said sum of $15 Million cannot be traced to any account owned or being operated by the Delta State Government or any of its agencies and officials”.

The Wait Is Over! BBM To Come On Android, iOS On Saturday And Sunday

The Wait Is Over! BBM To Come On Android, iOS On Saturday And Sunday BlackBerry confirmed on Wednesday that its messenger service would come to Android and iOS this weekend. A report had BBM coming to Android on Friday and iOS on Saturday. It turns out, it was a day off. The Android version will come on Saturday, while the iOS version hits the App Store on Sunday. BBM was previously exclusive to BlackBerry users, and is much loved by the BlackBerry faithful. But by expanding it across platforms, BlackBerry is looking to take over the likes of WhatsApp, which has garnered more than 300 million users. BlackBerry has attempted to rebrand BBM as more than a messaging service, positioning it as more of a social network. It’s been a busy day for BlackBerry, which introduced the BlackBerry Z30 smartphone earlier on Wednesday. The Wall Street Journal reported that it may cut up to 40 percent of its workforce by the end of the year.

Shocking! Nigerian Senate Pass Bill To Spy On Emails, Phone Calls And Internet Communications

Shocking! Nigerian Senate Pass Bill To Spy On Emails, Phone Calls And Internet Communications The bill will provide a legal footing for the federal government’s internet and phone spy program. The Nigerian Senate, Wednesday, brushed aside public discontent with a secret federal internet and phone spy program, and gave an early approval to a legislation seeking to empower authorities to intercept electronic communications between, and from Nigerians. On their second legislative day from a two-month break, senators voted in support of a second reading for A Bill for An Act to Provide for the Interception, Development And Protection of Communications Networks and Facilities For Public Interest And Other Related Matters, 2013. If given a third reading eventually, approved by the House of Representatives, and signed into law by the president, law enforcement agencies will have the powers to monitor and seize Internet and phone data-including emails, text messages, phone records and more- from several millions of Nigerians, a privilege many Nigerians fear will be abused. The law will be used in tackling terrorism, and ensuring that electronic communication from Nigerians are safe, the bill’s sponsor, Isa Galaudu, Kebbi North, said. It will also criminalize interceptions by unauthorized persons, and will ensure the confidentiality of electronic communications. “Consequently, the bill intends to provide for certain instances where lawful interception of communications data by law enforcement agencies shall be allowed while at the same time ensuring that privacy and confidentiality of communications of citizens is maintained,” Mr Galaudu said. He said the plan will allow law enforcement agents block loopholes in the current laws that provide for no monitoring of or protection against such communication. “Regrettably, the advancement of technology and the convergence of communication system have created a problem which aids terrorists and criminals to always keep a step ahead of the law in their nefarious activities,” he said. “In most cases, these communications may be the only source for proving that individuals have been involved in such criminality and activities that threaten national security.” The bill came months after an online website uncovered the federal government’s secret $40 million contract to an Israeli technology firm, which will provide the technical infrastructure and the skill to snoop on the digital activities of Nigerians. The clandestine programme, awarded to Elbit Systems, with headquarters in Haifa, will allow the government spy on citizens’ computers and Internet communications and emails under the guise of intelligence gathering and national security.

UK court sees video of Ibori’s palatial home in Abuja.

UK court sees video of Ibori’s palatial home in Abuja. The confiscation hearing of the assets of former Nigerian governor, James Onanefe Ibori continued in London today, with the court shown footage of a palatial property built in Nigeria for him. The mansion built for the jailed former governor, has marble columns and a private gym, that offered a glimpse into the lifestyle of Nigeria’s ruling class. The opulent mansion staffed by cooks, maids and chauffeurs was just one of a portfolio of properties across the world worth over $10 million in total that Ibori acquired while governor of oil-producing Delta State from 1999 to 2007, Reuters reported. Footage of the property at Clement Isong Street in Abuja, taken by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) when it searched the home this year, revealed a level of luxury unimaginable to most of Nigeria’s 170 million people. The majority live in ramshackle housing with little or no electricity or running water. The film showed a monumental facade with white marble columns two storeys high. Inside were vast reception rooms adorned with crystal chandeliers, gilded mirrors and marble-topped tables. The property also boasted a large private gym with a treadmill, cross-trainer and other fitness equipment. A close-up shot inside one of several marble bathrooms showed a power shower with electronic control panels. Last year Ibori pleaded guilty at London’s Southwark Crown Court to 10 counts of money-laundering and fraud in one of the biggest embezzlement cases seen in Britain. He is serving a 13-year term at Long Lartin maximum security prison in England. CHILDREN’S PARLOUR Shown as part of a confiscation hearing in which prosecutors are seeking court orders for Ibori’s assets to be seized, the film featured a directory of telephone extensions across the property including the “children’s parlor” and “staff house”. A list of staff and suppliers included multiple chauffeurs, cooks and housekeepers as well as details of how to reach the “TV man”. Footage of what appeared to be the master bedroom showed an enormous bed with an ornate velvet and silver headboard, facing a large flat-screen television flanked by four high-tech standing speakers. Outside the house were parked a luxurious Range Rover with TV screens on the back of the leather seats, a red Lexus car and a Toyota pick-up truck. EFCC investigators were filmed searching under mattresses, inside drawers and inside a toilet tank. They could also be seen looking through papers found in the property including what appeared to be an invoice from French luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton. That such footage was shown in open court in London will be a humiliation for a man who was once addressed as His Excellency and courted by crowds of people seeking his patronage. Ibori was not present in court, having declined to attend the confiscation hearing. In his heyday, Ibori was a power broker at the heart of Nigeria’s ruling party. He is by far the most prominent Nigerian politician to be held accountable for the corruption that blights Africa’s most populous nation and top oil producer.

U.S. Envoy explains Nigerians’ ban from 2015 visa lottery

U.S. Envoy explains Nigerians’ ban from 2015 visa lottery. Mr Jeffery Hawkins, U.S. Consul-General, on Thursday, gave reasons why Nigeria was banned from participating in its 2015 Diversity-Visa-Programme registration. Hawkins told journalists at the U.S. Consulate General in Lagos, that Nigeria was among other countries that had in the last five years, sent more than 50,000 immigrants to the U.S. through the programme. “As at today, Nigerians have graduated from being under-represented to being a fully well represented group in the U.S. “There is therefore no longer any need to encourage Nigerians to apply to travel to the U.S. through the Diversity-Visa-Programme. “Already there are too many Nigerians in the U.S. that have benefited from this programme,’’ he said. The Envoy explained that the diversity visa was created to promote countries with low rates of immigration to the US. Hawkins said that Nigeria and other affected countries had already exceeded their quota in the last five years. The Envoy, however, stressed that the U.S. authorities would continue to give preference to Nigerians travelling to U.S for visits, business transactions, studies and professional engagements. “All other types of immigration from Nigeria to the US, apart from the diversity visa, would continue unabated. “Also, let me say that the ban has nothing to do with our relations with Nigeria now, and in the years ahead,’’ he said. He also dismissed insinuations making the rounds that the move was to reduce the number of Nigerians travelling to the U.S. The U.S official also said that the development had “nothing to do with insecurity, activities of Boko Haram and other forms of upheaval in Nigeria”. It would be recalled that the U.S. Department of State, banned Nigeria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador and Haiti from participating in the 2015 Diversity-Visa-Programme. Other affected countries are: India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South Korea, U. K. and Vietnam. (NAN)

Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Contest

Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Contest A 21-year-old Nigerian woman, Aisha Ajibola, has emerged the winner of a beauty pageant that is exclusively for Muslims in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, on Wednesday. She was chosen among 20 contestants from six countries to wear the crown in the 2013 Muslimah World beauty pageant, ahead of the controversial Miss World event scheduled to take place in the same country in a few weeks from now. According to a report monitored online, all the 20 finalists in the contest were covered from head to toe during the event. They were required to wear headscarves, stroll up and down and do a catwalk in elaborately embroidered dresses and stilettos before an audience comprising religious scholars and other devout Muslims. A panel of judges chose the winner on the basis of how well she recited Quranic verses and her views on Islam in the modern world. In post event interview, the organisers of the pageant, which was held in a shopping mall in Jakarta, said it was designed primarily to challenge the idea of beauty as expressed by the Miss World pageant. Also, the founder of the pageant, Eka Shanti, said the timing of the event was intended to show that there were alternative role models for Muslim women around the world. In recent time, thousands of Indonesian Muslims took to the streets to protest the hosting of the Miss World pageant in the country. The protesters had denounced the contest as erotic and burnt effigies of the organisers to register their anger. The government had been moved by the protests to order the organisers to move the pageant to the Island of Bali, also in the country.

13-Year Old Girl Raped By Dad, Friend For 7 Years.

13-Year Old Girl Raped By Dad, Friend For 7 Years. A 13-year old girl has narrated how her biological father, Stephen Chimaraobi, and his friend, Paul Oha, raped her for seven years in their Ojodu home in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria. Following her revelation, the police at Grammar School Division, Ojodu, arrested her father and his friend. Chimaraobi from Delta State has remained single after his wife left him, while Oha from Mbaise in Imo State, is married and has two kids. The victim revealed that her 42-year old father and his friend started defiling her when she was six years old and continued till she became 13 without each of them knowing until she reported the matter to the police. She said she did not know the damage they were doing to her until now that she became an emotional wreck. The traumatized victim told the police that her mother left her in the care of his father at their home in Yetunde Morgan Estate, Ojodu, when she was six years old. She said her father did not re-marry after her mother left him and he took advantage of her mother’s absence to rape her repeatedly. The little girl said she was helpless because her father warned her not to tell anyone otherwise he would kill her. She said while her father was defiling her, his friend, Oha, who lives with his wife and two children in the same estate, joined in sexually assaulting her. She told the police that Oha usually comes to their house at odd time when her father had gone to work to have sex with her. She said after that, he would warn her not to tell anyone about it, including her father. “My father’s friend after abusing me, will ask me not to tell my father, not knowing that my father was also abusing me,” she told the police. The victim who has started learning hair dressing, said she went to the police to report the matter when the trauma became unbearable. When P.M.NEWS visited Chimaraobi’s residence, his neighbours confirmed the incident. On the allegation by the victim, the neighbours said they were not surprised because there has been rumours like that and nobody was courageous enough to confront Chimaraobi or inform the police. They condemned the act and said the police should ensure that the victim get justice. They also said they knew Oha as his friend who usually visited the girl and her father and said they did not know his visit was to defile the little girl. At Oha’s residence within the estate, his wife expressed shock over the matter. She said all she knew was there was a time Chimaraobi asked them to keep the girl in their house when he went to work outside Lagos. At the station where the suspects were detained, the Divisional Police Officer, D. P. O. Uduak Udoh said that the victim came to the station to report that her father and his friend abused her. He said the police have since started investigation on the matter and if our reporter needed any information, he should go to the PPRO. Police sources told P.M.NEWS that the mother of the victim and the relations of Chimaraobi have been invited as part of the investigation to authenticate the girl’s allegation. Chimaraobi told P.M.NEWS that he did not rape the victim as she claimed and said his daughter fabricated the allegation so that she will go back to her mother. He said he married her mother and when the victim was six years, she abandoned him and the girl and left. Chimaraobi said that since his estranged wife left, he has been taking care of the girl and she has just finished her JSS3, while her mother has been battling him to take the girl away. He also said he did not know his friend, Oha, was sleeping with her until she said so at the police station. The two men were charged with defilement and rape at the Family Court in Ikeja, yesterday. The matter was adjourned till 6 November while the suspects were remanded in Kirikiri Prisons.

Jonathan Pursues Promotion Of Cultural Heritage

Jonathan Pursues Promotion Of Cultural Heritage The president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, Wednesday, made an honourable mention of the country's rich heritage in the course of the National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) held in Yenagoa, the capital city of Bayelsa. Nigeria’s rich cultural heritage received presidential commendation Wednesday during the opening ceremony of the National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) in Yenagoa, the capital city of Bayelsa. “As we are gathered for the official opening ceremony of NAFEST 2013, the clips of what we have seen during the match past constitute an exciting display of our rich cultural heritage in a convivial atmosphere. This is indeed reassuring," he said as he pronounced the one-week festival open. “I therefore, urge you all to leverage on the NAFEST platform in tapping and promoting the virtues of cultural heritage, which abhors vices such as violence and indolence but encourages hard-work, peaceful co-existence and national integration.” Represented at the opening by the Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, the President underscored Federal Government’s belief that “a proper grasp of people’s culture enhances understanding and smooth administration at all levels.” According to him, for tourism to make significant contribution to the GDP, “it must be driven by the people’s culture and heritage.” The President acknowledged the success of Nollywood, which he stressed has continue to give “Nigeria a good image in the international arena”, in addition to becoming “a potent tool of national rebranding. This is attracting the desired global attention to our culture.” Jonathan therefore pledged continued support for the sector, as it has become one of the key drivers of the “Transformation Agenda of my administration.” Culture and Tourism Minster, Chief Edem Duke tasked participants from all over the country “to demonstrate that best that our culture has to offer as we earnestly seek new pathways to attract development and investment to our communities via the sector.” In his capacity as chief host, Dickson stressed that NAFEST is not just a cultural fanfare but rallying point for us to uphold and propagate our rich art, aesthetics and cultural values. “Apart from being instruments for promoting socio-political stability, Arts and Culture also generate revenue through tourism, thereby contributing to the nation’s economic growth. “Let me therefore, enjoin our artists and cultural workers to continue to protect the values and traditions which give us a unique identity as a people, to boost poverty reduction, wealth creation and value re-orientation in line with the Federal Government’s Transformation Agenda,” noted the governor. The chief executive officer of National Council of Arts and Culture (NCAC), M.M. Maidugu, who is also in-charge of directing the festival and as well the organisers of the yearly culture fiesta pointed out that: “NAFEST, in addition to promoting national unity, which is fundamental, has over the years developed to becoming an avenue for talent hunt, skill development, job creation and economic empowerment.” Also having “Culture, Peace and National Transformation” as theme, the festival runs till Saturday, September 21. Other highlights include Traditional Dance Music, Arts and Crafts, traditional furnished apartment, traditional cuisine, traditional wrestling, and the intellectual component and the colloquium.