FG Gets N1.21bn EU, Japan Grants To Fight Insurgency

The Federal Government has received two grants totalling N1.2bn from the European Union and the Government of Japan to tackle insurgency in the North-East as well as to improve the level of disaster management in the country.

The agreement for the release of the grant was signed in Abuja between the Federal Government and representatives from the EU and the government of Japan.



Minister of National Planning, Dr. Abubakar Sulaiman, signed on behalf of the Federal Government while the Head of the European Union Delegation to Nigeria, Mr. Michel Arrion, and the Charge the Affairs of Japan, Mr. Masaya Otsuka, signed on behalf of the EU and Japan respectively, Punch reports.

See What Happened In Burundi As Violent protests against President's 3rd term bid continues

Violent protests against Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza's 3rd term bid has entered its 3rd day as protesters continue to clash with police in capital, Bujumbura.

According to the Red Cross, at least 6 people have been killed in the demonstrations since Sunday while over 24,000 people have fled the country this month, as tensions mount ahead of presidential elections in June.

BBC reports that gunfire was heard and streets were barricaded in parts of Bujumbura. Residents have also reported that police are blocking students in the second city, Gitega, from joining the demonstrations.

The army and police have been deployed to quell the protests even as UN chief Ban Ki-moon said, in a statement, that he had despatched his special envoy for the region, Said Djinnit, to Burundi for talks with President Nkurunziza.

Meanwhile, according to BBC analyst, Prime Ndikumagenge, phone lines of private radio stations have been cut by government authorities in other to prevent news of protests from spreading.
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Earlier, government authorities described the protests as an insurrection while the ruling party's Vice-President Joseph Ntakirutimana compared one radio station to a former Rwandan broadcaster, accused of fuelling the 1994 genocide.

Pierre Buyoya, Burundi's ex-President who was involved in the peace process that ended the genocide conflict  has warned that Burundi could return to war if the crisis is not resolved.

Burundi President,  Pierre Nkurunziza who is a former rebel leader, took power after the civil war ended and is looking to seek a 3rd term which members of the opposition say is a breach of the consitution.

ICC To Probe South Africa's President, Zulu King for The Xenophobic Attack

Following a petition from the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has decided to probe the xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other African citizens in South Africa Vanguard reports.........



SERAP had in a petition dated 23 April 2015 and sent to the Court requested the Prosecutor Mrs. Fatou Bensouda to use her “good offices and position to investigate allegations of hate speech by the Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, which has resulted in killing, violence and discrimination against Nigerians and other African citizens living in South Africa, as well as the complicity/negligence of the country’s law enforcement agencies to prevent these crimes against civilian population.” 
                         

The ICC responded in a letter dated 28 April 2015, and signed by M.P. Dillon, Head of Information & Evidence Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor said, “The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court acknowledges receipt of your documents. This communication has been duly entered in the Communications Register of the Office. We will give consideration to this communication, as appropriate, in accordance with the provisions of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. As soon as a decision is reached, we will inform you, in writing, and provide you with reasons for this decision.”.

SERAP in its petition had urged Mrs Bensouda to “bring to justice anyone who is responsible for these international crimes prohibited under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.” 

SERAP also said that it “considers the use of speech by the Zulu King to promote hatred and/or incite violence against non-nationals such as Nigerians, particularly in the media as a clear violation of the provisions of the Rome Statute of International Criminal Court.........

            “Grave statements by political leaders/prominent people that express discrimination and cause violence against non-nationals cannot be justified under any law. This hate speech generated fear and hatred that created the conditions for violence and discrimination against Nigerians and other African citizens. SERAP believes that this has given rise to individual criminal responsibility under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court,” the organisation said.

The organisation argued that, “the statement by the Zulu King amounts to a harmful form of expression which incites or otherwise promotes hatred, discrimination, violence and intolerance. We are seriously concerned that crimes against humanity are often accompanied or preceded by the kind of statement made by the Zulu King.” 

Meanwhile a South African politician, Makashule Gana, revealed that the reason South Africans were attacking Nigerians and other immigrants is because they are snatching their girlfriends.

See How Teenagers Rescue Abducted Ten-Year-Old Girl

Police were today hunting a man who attempted to abduct a 10-year-old girl by pretending to be her father.

The victim, who has not been named, was rescued by two teenage girls.

The girl left Tootal Drive Primary School in Weaste, Salford, Greater Manchester, for the five-minute walk home on Wednesday when she was approached by the man.

She was bundled into a black Ford Fiesta and driven away.

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President sacks NHIS CEO

President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Femi Thomas.

Thomas was relieved of his duties on Monday, April 27, 2015 and immediately replaced with Olufemi A. Akingbade, who will serve as acting CEO.

News of the development was disclosed via a statement released by the Special Adviser to President Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati.

It reads:

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South Africans are full of anger

In the wake of the xenophobic attacks which happened over the last few weeks in South Africa, the country's president Jacob Zuma has said South Africans are full of anger.

Speaking at the Union Buildings in Pretoria during a Freedom Day event, Zuma called on South Africans to reflect on the progress made over the past 21 years, adding that there were underlying issues affecting South Africans which must be addressed.

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Buhari bans AIT from covering activities

I'm sharing this because people in the media should be a little scared of what happened yesterday. If they can do this to AIT, they can come for the rest of us. And before you know it, we can no longer write what we want. I hope it doesn't come to that. A lawyer shares his opinion. Read below...

    Maybe I should attempt to open our eyes just a little to what is actually going on: 'Buhari bans AIT from covering his activities'. This is nothing for you to rejoice about that AIT sponsored hate campaign and so it's a good response. No! It isn't. It is just a true reflection of the 1984 hatred for critics and the press. Indeed, you may repackage a despot, but he is what he is.

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Hundreds of decomposed bodies found in Damasak in the wake of attacks by Boko Haram

Hundreds of decomposed bodies including those of women and children were discovered by a government committee in Damasak, northern Borno State this past weekend. The committee was set up by Governor Kashim Shettima to assess the level of destruction in towns


According to Daily Trust, the victims were suspected to have been killed by Boko Haram insurgents as they fled the town following an onslaught by Chadian forces to recapture the town.

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Man rides bicycle from Kaduna to Lagos

A 35-year-old Kaduna-born cyclist and supporter of the president-elect Gen Buhari and Professor Osinbajo, Mohammed Kabiru Jafaru, has embarked on a bicycle ride from Kaduna to Lagos to meet with the vice president-elect, Professor Yemi Osinbajo in Lagos State as a way to show his appreciation to the Yorubas for voting en-mass for the Buhari-Osinbajo ticket during last election.

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Obasanjo & Buhari will eventually fight, Buhari will be a formidable opponent

In an interview with Punch, PDP chieftain, Ebenezer Babatope said former president Obasanjo and incoming president Buhari will eventually fight but Buhari will prove to be a formidable opponent. When asked what he foresaw of Buhari and Obasanjo's relationship, Babatope replied;

    Many of them who are jumping up and down now will know better when Buhari must have finished dealing with them. Buhari is a Fulani man from Daura.

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Lagos Govt to provide Wi-Fi services in Park

The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos state Ministry of Information Communication Technology, ICT, Mrs Nike Animashaun, has revealed plans by the state government to provide Wi-Fi services to residents of the state. Speaking at the state ministerial briefing in Alausa recently,

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Death Toll In Nepal Massive Earthquake Rises Above 1,000 (Disturbing Photos)

The death toll in the powerful earthquake that struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India on Saturday has risen above 1,000.
The earthquake toppled a 19th-century tower in the capital Kathmandu and touching off a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest.

There were reports of devastation in outlying, isolated mountainous areas after the midday quake of magnitude 7.9, Nepal’s worst in 81 years, centered 50 miles (80 km) east of the second city, Pokhara.


As fears grew of a humanitarian disaster in the impoverished Himalayan nation of 28 million, an overwhelmed government appealed for foreign help. India was first to respond by sending in military aircraft with medical equipment and relief teams.

A police official said the death toll in Nepal alone had reached 1,130, more than half of them in the Kathmandu Valley. A further 36 fatalities were reported in northern India, 12 in Chinese Tibet and four in Bangladesh.

Thousands have built camps outside their homes for fear of aftershocks of the earthquake that also affected India and China.

Imo Election: Senator Uzodinma, Sister, Others Arrested For Electoral Fraud

Senator Hope Uzodinma representing Imo West and his sister were arrested for alleged electoral malpractices at Omuma, Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State on Saturday by a combined team of policemen and soldiers.

The Senator who was later released on self-recognition, allegedly mobilised hoodlums who set bonfires on the road to prevent the security men from taking away the suspects.

It took a reinforcement of soldiers and men of the Department of State Security to rescue the policemen and take the suspects to the Police Headquarters in Owerri, where they were detained.


Also, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Job Doma, arrested 25 officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Imo State for alleged thumb printing of ballot papers during the election rerun exercise on Saturday.

Some of the suspects were said to have been picked after a tip off at Osu Primary School, Omuma, where they were allegedly engaged in massive thumb printing for one of the political parties.

Also arrested were fake INEC officials who posed as Returning Officers at the Collation Centre.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Edo State, Mr. Mike Igini, who was in the INEC team deployed for the election, said some INEC officials were arrested at Umumma Primary School Ward 10, Polling Unit 008, 003 and three others.

“Myself, accompanied by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police and the Commissioner of Police have arrested poll officials in Oru-East involved in mass thumb printing and are now being taken to Owerri.

“Upon my suspicion, I caught an impostor who claimed to be INEC staff without proof, acting as a presiding officer; l ordered his arrest and it was executed by the Police,” Igini said.

But INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Imo, Dr. Gabriel Ada, while confirming the arrest, told our correspondent that identities of those arrested had yet to be confirmed to him as of press time.

He noted that the suspects were ad hoc staff of INEC.

When contacted, the Police Public Relation officer, Andrew Enwerem, said he had yet to be briefed on the incident.

Meanwhile, a recent defector from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressive Congress, Mr. Rex Anunobi, was kidnapped in Oru-East LGA by thugs suspected to be working for a political party.
According to a witness, Anunobi, who hails from Nkwere, was said to have been abducted while working as an observer at Omuma.

The politician was, however, rescued by the Police after giving his abductors a hot chase.

Abomination: See The Brother Who Slept With Sister And Gets Her Pregnant

In Malawi, two siblings, Zione Jere, 17 and Nelson Jere, 21, have been detained for engaging in incest, Mzimba Police PRO, Constable Gabriel Chiona confirms.

“Yes I can confirm that we have arrested the two, who are brother and sister on suspicion that they committed incest,” Chiona was quoted as saying.

Chiona further said the father of the two siblings received a report that her daughter is pregnant, and when questioned about the man responsible, 17 year old Zione identified his brother as the father.

“The victim was referred to Mzimba district hospital where test results revealed that Zione was 16 weeks pregnant,” Chiona said.

The two suspects will appear in court soon to answer charges of incest contrary to section 157 of penal code which attracts a maximum sentence of 5 years imprisonment with hard labor.

The two hail from Bekhandnhale Village Traditional Authority (T/A) Mzukuzuk in Mzimba district.

No More Boko Haram Now Called Islamic State in West Africa

BBC just announced that the terror group has released new images and also renamed itself - "Islamic State in West Africa". TF? Can they get rid of these people once and for real?

Nigerian troops pull back from Sambisa forest

Nigerian troops have pulled back from their ongoing operations in Sambisa forest after 3 members of a government approved vigilante were killed by landmines setup by Boko Haram in the deadly forest today April 23rd.


The soldiers and the vigilante group members made an entry into the deadly forest on Sunday April 20th to destroy the sect members camps in the forest and if possible liberate the missing Chibok girls.

Reuters reports that a soldier who confirmed the retreat of the Nigerian troops said........

    "The soldiers have retreated to Bama because of mines. They had been on the road but that made them vulnerable, so they moved to the bush but there are mines planted there (too),"

A member of the vigilante group, Muhammad Mungonu, while confirming the recent development said

    "Three of our boys were killed by a landmine as we progressed into Sambisa. We've suspended going farther."

Boko Haram runs out of arms and ammunition, now using bow and arrow..lol

Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade says Boko Haram members have resorted to using bows and arrows to carry out their attacks after running out of arms & ammunition. Olukolade said this while speaking to newsmen in Abuja today April 23rd.


    "The Boko Haram terrorists have run out of arms and ammunition because the usual supplies they get are not forthcoming. They now have only bow and arrows, machetes, daggers and other local weapons.


You can find more than 500 of them with only few having rifles and even when one or two of them have rifles, they have no ammunition. I am optimistic that the military will succeed in killing many of these insurgents who have been terrorizing residents for the past three years.”he said

Chad’s Troops Rescue 43 Boko Haram Child Soldiers in Nigeria

Azem Agouna, Chadian Army Spokesman, said on Wednesday that they have repatriated 43 children, who had been kidnapped by Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram and forced to become child soldiers.

He said in N’djamena that the children, who are aged 12 and older and are Chadian nationals, were found in the Nigerian town of Damasak, in North-Eastern Borno.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Damasak was under Boko Haram control until Chadian and Nigerian forces recaptured the town in early March.

Agouna said the children managed to escape during the clashes between the insurgents and soldiers, while the local families helped them to hide from the jihadists.

He disclosed that when it was certain that Boko Haram had been defeated and would not return to the town, the children came out of their hiding places and asked Chadian security forces for help.

The spokesman said the army would look into how and when Boko Haram abducted the children from Chad.

Who Wants To Be Born Again [JOKE]

 A Governor was in the church for thanksgiving... The topic of the sermon was "repentance".

After the sermon, pastor Akpos asked the congregation

'if you want to be born again, lift your hand let me pray for you.'

Nobody responded for about three times. The Governor mounted the altar and made a statement.

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This Will Make You Cry.Shocking Photos Of The Foreign Blacks Brutalized In South Africa

Shocking Photos Of South Africa Xenophobic Violence. God save us. Check below for more.........



                                          

                                                
                                            
                                                
                                          
                                             

Popular photographer Obi Somto sends weird memo

You know they say very creative people can be weird. A model just drew my attention to something popular photographer Obi Somto posted on his instagram page and I found it a little cray cray lol.

Obi has photographed quite a number of models in the nude, and it looks some of them think he wants to sleep with them. This is like a disclaimer from him. Read what he posted below...

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Mother locks young daughters inside alarmed bedroom so she can live with child abuser

 A mother locks her two young daughters inside an alarmed bedroom so she can share a bed with her husband who is a convicted child abuser. And social services in the area have approved the plan

From UK Mirror

    Two young sisters are being locked inside an alarmed bedroom at night to protect them from their mother’s paedophile husband – and social workers say it’s fine.The authorities have astonishingly given the go-ahead to the monstrous plan the mum dreamed up so she can sleep with their vile stepfather.

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Reuben Abati responds to Punch Story - 'Jonathan demands N2trn election funds refund, audit'

 The Presidential Spokesman has officially responded on behalf of the office of the president. Find it below...

    The front-page story of the Sunday Punch of April 19 alleging that the Presidency spent a whopping N2 trillion on the 2015 General elections, and that a Committee of Five has been set up by President Jonathan to conduct an audit of how the funds were disbursed by party members and state officials is mischievous, false and embarrassing.

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Obasanjo plotting to extradite me to the US- Buruji Kashamu alleges

Chieftain of the PDP, and Senator-elect for Ogun East Senatorial District, Prince Buruji Kashamu, has raised alarm over what he describes as a plan by former President Obasanjo to instigate local and foreign security agencies to arrest him in Nigeria and extradite him to the US, to answer to some alleged drug-related charges. Recall that Prince Kashamu was the one who got the Federal High court order that banned the former President's autobiography, My Watch, which has now been vacated by the same court.

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ISIS beheads & shoots more Ethiopian Christians

 wo months after ISIS in Libya beheaded 21 captured Egyptian Christians on a beach, the ones in Ethiopia have done same. In a 29mins video released over the weekend titled 'Until It Came To Them - Clear Evidence', ISIS showed the beheading of at least 30 Christians they described as 'followers of the cross from the enemy Ethiopian Church'.

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Ijaw group asks GEJ to grant Presidential pardon to James Ibori

An Ijaw group called the Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, IPDI, in Delta State, over the weekend asked President Jonathan to grant presidential pardon to former governor of Delta state, James Ibori, before he leaves as president of Nigeria on May 29th.

    "Ibori should be freed. Hundreds of persons, who looted heavily from government coffers are walking freely in the streets.

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Indomie Heroes Search 2015 begins

The search for the 2015 Indomie Independence Day Award for Heroes of Nigeria, a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative of Dufil Prima Foods Plc, makers of Indomie Instant Noodles has began, giving thousands of Nigerian children the chance to be rewarded.

At the Press Conference, on Wednesday, April 15th, 2015 which took place at Protea Hotel, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos, the leading noodles manufacturer called for nominations from the public for the 2015 edition of the award.

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How Much Nigeria Lost In South Africa Xenophobic Attacks

Ambassador Uche Ajulu-Okeke, the Nigerian Consul-General in South Africa, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, said Nigerians living in South Africa have lost more than N21m since the xenophobic attacks started.


Ambassador said: “Nigerians have compiled damages to their property and it is totalling about 1.2 million Rand or N21 million, which will be sent to the Federal Government for further action.”

Okeke added that in Durban, two of the three Nigerians who were injured during attacks had been treated and discharged from the hospital..

“The Nigerian mission in South Africa is on top of the situation. We are working hard to protect Nigerians in South Africa.

“Though, the task has not been easy, we are trying our best. In one of the hot spots at Jeppe, near Johannesburg, the mission assisted about 50 stranded Nigerians to re-settle.

“I have also visited the site of the attacks in Johannesburg to assess the damage and it was enormous,” envoy said.

According to the ambassador the Nigerian mission would meet with all Nigerian Union chapters in the nine provinces of South Africa to find approaches on how to stop the attacks.

“I am bringing all Nigerians together so that we work out a vigilance and alert mechanism; they will also tell me what their challenges and issues are,” she said.

Okeke said the mission and the Nigerian Union had been working affectionately to meet the problems caused by the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians

Meanwhile, Ikechukwu Anyene, the President of the Nigerian Union, said that the 50 Nigerians were displaced at Jeppes Town, near Johannesburg.

“We met about 300 Nigerians in Jeppes town, near Johannesburg, who fled for their safety and about 50 of them do not have any place to stay. We are making arrangements with the Nigerian mission in South Africa to get them a place to stay for their safety.

“The Nigerian union has also presented relief materials to those affected by the attacks and we are in touch with various branches of the union in the provinces on their safety and security,” he added.

Anyene said Nigerian shops and businesses in Durban and Johannesburg had been looted and some burnt. He said two shops belonging to Nigerians in Durban were looted and they lost goods worth 400,000 Rand.

The minister of home affairs says that more than 300 people have been imprisoned in South Africa in linking with a wave of violence against immigrants.

Malusi Gigaba released a warning to those responsible, saying that they would be topic to “the full might of the law”.

It should be noted that Martins Cobham, acting High Commissioner of Nigeria to South Africa, said that removal of Nigerians from the country was not an option for now

He said the situation was being checked on lower, middle and high threat and stressed the need for Nigerians in the country to evade areas of looming threat, abide by the laws of the host country and cooperate with local security officials.

In the past two weeks, shops and homes owned by Somalis, Ethiopians, Malawians and other immigrants in Durban and surrounding townships have been targeted, forcing families to flee to camps protected by armed guards.

The Nigerian President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has recently said he is in full support of the steps taken so far by the Nigerian government in its efforts to protect the country’s citizens from the wave of xenophobic attack.

The mystery behind Ondo strange disease outbreak

A chief in Ode-Irele Community in Ondo state where a strange illness that kills its victims within 24 hours, has explained why the community was struck by such a deadly disease.

According to Chief Moses Enimade, the Oyewoga of Ode Irele in Ondo State and the second in Command to the Oba of Irele community, the disease is a punishment for the sacrilege committed against a local diety, Molokun, by some youths who wanted to use some stolen items from the dieties shrine for money ritual.

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The Xenophobia Syndrome

Here's Charly Boy's take on the Xenophobic attacks happening in South Africa currently. Read below

    I am not feeling good today. Perhaps I got up on the wrong side of the bed. But the bad news from my telephone conversation with my granddaughter who is an undergraduate in Mauritius last week could be a factor. She expressed her deep concerns regarding safety in her country of study, highlighting strings of attacks on foreigners.

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Migrants feared dead in deadliest Mediterranean ship capsize

700 migrants are feared dead after their packed 20-meter fishing boat capsized off Libya today April 19th. Reports say the migrants, whose boat was 70 miles (126 km) off the Libyan coast and 110 miles (177 km) south of the Italian island of Lampedusa, issued a distress call to Italy's coastguard who immediately instructed a nearby merchant ship to go to its aid and it was when the merchant ship arrived at the scene that the fishing boat capsized, most likely as the migrants tried to get its attention, stampeding to one side of the boat.

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Delta NBA chairman assasinated

The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Ughelli chapter in Delta state has been assassinated. Austin Icheghe was killed yesterday April 16th in front of his home.

According to his niece, Egunor Uviesa, who spoke with NAN, unknown gunmen shot the deceased as he was coming down from his car in front of his home at about 9pm yesterday.

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Singer Adokiye shares s*exy photos (SEE HOT PHOTOS)

                                                         See her hot photos below.........

Lionel Mess Forward scores 400th goal for Barcelona

Lionel Messi scored his 400th goal for Barcelona in the Catalans 2-0 La Liga win over Valencia to remain top of the league table.

Luis Suarez opened scoring for Barcelona just inside the first minute with a fast move from one end of the pitch to the other.


Goalkeeper  Bravo release the ball quickly before Sergi Busquets passed to Messi who laid it of for Suarez to score his 12th goal in his last 12 games.

Valencia however dominated the first half at the Cam Nou and nearly got an equaliser after a penalty was award to them.

Bravo however got down well to Parejo’s kick to save it..


Valencia kept on troubling Barcelona all through before Messi added the second goal of the game and his 400th goal of his Barcelona career.

Messi who revealed that he cannot remember all his hat-trick's for Barcelona hopes to be on the score sheet more for the Catalans.

"I hope to score many more,' he wrote on his Facebook page after the match.

The Argentine has reached the 400 goal total in just 471 games with 309 goals in the league, 75 in the Champions League and 32 in the Copa del Rey pulse goals in the World Club Cup, the Spanish and European Super Cup.

He also made 141 assists in those 471 matches.

Boko Haram Insurgents Behead 19 Cameroonians In Bia

Members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect on April 16, Thursday, killed 19 people in a Cameroonian village.

A security source, who pleaded for anonymity, disclosed that the majority of the victims had been beheaded, Vanguard reports.



“The final toll from this attack is 19 dead, with a majority of the victims decapitated.”

It had been initially provided that 10 civilians of Bia village, located in the Far North region of the country, had been killed.

It should be noted that Bia used to be identified by the security as a place where Boko Haram recruited the fighters.

Speaking with AFP on April 18, one of the security sources lamented over the slow reaction of the security to the terrorists’ raid on Bia.........


“We noted a late response by our forces.  Many huts were burned down.”

Cameroon has been actively participating in the fight against Boko Haram militants and has recorded numerous successful operations.

Cameroon is also part of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) which was some time ago formed to tackle insurgency in the area.
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ChelseaLeague leaders beat Manchester United

Chelsea are a step closer to their first English Premier League title in five years after a 1-0 win over Manchester United at Stamford Bridge.

An Eden Hazard first half goal was all Chelsea needed and a resolute defence in the second half to see off a resurgent Manchester United side on the back of a morale boasting 4-2 win over rivals Manchester City.




         The visitors started the brighter side as to Herrera dominated the midfield from the holding role in the absence of injured Michael Carrick.

Wayne Rooney was back in midfield and also had a good first half but was unable to find a way past Chelsea defence.

He nearly scored after one of Luke Shaw's runs and cuts backs on the  fourth minute but fired wide with the goal gaping.

Many thought Rooney converted the chance with David de Gea even celebrating with the United fans behind his goal.

Chelsea however took the lead after with Eden Hazard.

John Terry muscled Falcao off the ball before passing it to Oscar who back heeled an onrushing who fired past De Gea.

He will also be hoping to tops David de Gea in the PFA Player and Young Player of the Year awards.

Why I usually wear Palm slippers - Sen. Obanikoro

Minister of State II for Foreign Affairs, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has explained why he usually wears Palm-slippers following harsh criticisms he received on social media last week from people who felt he dresses 'too informal for so a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

Speaking to Breaking Times today, Senator Obanikoro explained;

     “I have serious problems with my toes. I was operated on them twice but the pain still won’t go away. This has made it very difficult for me to wear proper shoes as frequently as I would love to”, he said.

World's Most Powerful passports

If you have a UK or US passport, you can enter 147 countries without a Visa! For real :-). Financial firm, Arton Capital, which specializes in helping wealthy individuals obtain multiple citizenship, has compiled a ranking of the World's Most Powerful passports - based on how many countries one can be enter without a visa, or by getting a visa upon arrival. See the top five below...

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President Goodluck explains why he conceded defeat to Buhari

You think Goodluck Jonathan is honorable for that victory call he gave president elect Buhari after the March 28 election, well this story will make you love him more.

During a meeting with the new ambassadors of France, Senegal and Ethiopia today, Jonathan, who will be handling over the president title to Buhari in a few weeks, stated that he was concerned about allowing his personal ambition scuttle a democratic system he helped nurtured, with the likely consequence of a “collective tragedy”.
Read his words below:

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Nigerian Lawyers can no longer speak GOOD English

Apparently, Nigerian Lawyers don’t speak good English anymore and it is so embarrassing that Justice Ishaq Bello, acting Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, is advocating for continuous English education for them.

At the launch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) stamp and affinity products on Wednesday, Bello said that it was becoming rather irritating for lawyers to appear before a judge and continuously mix up their tenses in trying to present their cases.
He observed that the declining standard of lawyers could be noticed in the quality of legal practice, where a lawyer stands from the bar saying “I didn’t did it” or “I saw them passes”.
He urged the leadership of the NBA to do more to further encourage the continued education of lawyers, saying the trend was becoming quite irritating.
“All lawyers must go through what is called Language Usage Course (LUC); all lawyers must be exposed to the dynamics of global evolving legal landscape,” he said.

A thought provoking message from TB Joshua!

"The LORD is not so much interested in how many times you go to church, pray and fast a day, how much Christian service you render, the amount of tithes and offerings you pay, the Christian titles and names you bear - as the number of people's lives you have affected. Many people are suffering out there; they want to change but do not just know how to go about it.

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U.N envoy to country announces resignation on Facebook

The United Nations envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar has resigned.

Reuters reports that Benomar announced his resignation on Wednesday via a statement on his official Facebook page.

The UN peace envoy reportedly resigned after losing support from Gulf countries for his mission in the conflict-riven Yemen.

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Young graduate commits suicide after fiancé dumped her to marry another girl

The parents and family of a young graduate of Economics from the University of Benin identified simply as Egoli from Asaba, Delta State, have been in mourning when the lady allegedly committed suicide because her fiancé dumped her and got married to another lady in Lagos without her knowledge.

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Buhari, Oby Ezekwesili, Chimamanda Adichie, Shekau make 'most influential people' list

Nigeria’s President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari has been named one of the world’s most influential people by TIME Magazine.

Other Nigerians who made the list are former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, bestselling author, Chimamanda Adichie and Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau.

Read their profiles as written on TIME’s website below:

Muhammadu Buhari  - A new choice for Nigeria (by Aryn Baker)

Muhammadu Buhari made history in March by becoming the first candidate to oust a sitting Nigerian President through the ballot box. Now he has to live up to voters’ expectations.

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Joss Whedon, Lionsgate hit with $10m copyright lawsuit over movie

According to Hollywood Reporter, Joss Whedon, who produced and co-wrote the much talked about 2012 horror comedy 'The Cabin in the Woods', and film studio Lionsgate, are being sued by author Peter Gallagher for copyright infringement.

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Photos: Air passengers stranded in various airports in Nigeria

Here are some passengers at Abuja airport, waiting for flights that won't be coming anytime soon following a national air traffic control strike. The passengers say the planes have been grounded but no one is really telling them anything, they are just announcing flight cancellations and delays

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Young graduate commits suicide after fiancé dumped her to marry another girl

The parents and family of a young graduate of Economics from the University of Benin identified simply as Egoli from Asaba, Delta State, have been in mourning when the lady allegedly committed suicide because her fiancé dumped her and got married to another lady in Lagos without her knowledge.



        Close friends of the lady who just finished her National Youth Service Corps scheme, disclosed that she was shattered when she discovered that the man she had dated for over three years and had hoped to get married to actually went behind her back to marry another woman, so she decided to end her life by drinking poisonous substance suspected to be sniper.


According to the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Celestina Kalu, Egoli's lifeless body was discovered in her room in the morning by her younger brother who raised an alarm.

Beside her on the bed was the can of the poison and a suicide note stating why she took her life.

A source claims Kylie Jenner really did get butt implants

The 17 year old has been denying for ages that she got her but enhanced but anonymous source told OK magazine that Kylie did get butt enhancement and got approval from her mum. They said she spent her childhood dreaming of the day she could finally get some ass like big sisters, Kim & Khloe

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Nigeria faces cash crunch - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

In an interview with CNN's Richard Quest, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said this will be a difficult year for Nigeria financially because of the cash crunch we are experiencing, but said with the financial assets the current administration has been able to build over the years, our cash flow will improve over time.

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Flights suspended till 12noon nationwide, as National Air traffic control embarks on strike

According to viral reports, all planea are currently grounded following strike action at the Lagos, Abuja and other airports in Nigeria.  Passengers on board have been made to disembark  flights. see more after the cut>>>>

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See the entire story of how OLX housemaid was arrested + how Orekoya kids were returned

According to the Lagos Commissioner of Police, the OLX maid, Mary Akinloye who abducted the three Orekoya kids was arrested last night.

Meanwhile, the father of the Orekoya boys, Leke has disclosed that the abductors were paid a ransom as against earlier claims by the Lagos state police commissioner that no ransom was paid. He however failed to disclose the amount which was paid for the release of their kids they found in a bag at Egbeda, Lagos. 

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This is the first message from Nigeria's first elected female Governor

The APC governorship aspirant of Taraba state, Senator Jummai Alhassan, is extremely grateful to the people on social media for supporting her campaign.

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May 29th handover: Ministers, heads of agencies, others prepare handover notes

Ahead of the May 29th handover to the General Buhari-led government, the federal government has directed all Ministers, heads of agencies, Service Chiefs and others to prepare their handover notes.

According to an exclusive report by Premium Times, in a memo titled "Request For Hand Over Briefs”, the Secretary to the Federal Government, Senator Ayim Pius Anyim, directed that handover notes be submitted on or before April 20th.

The memo in part reads "You may recall that President Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR has constituted a Transition Committee to midwife the handover of Government from the present administration to the in-coming one.

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The Major Reason Why Married Women Cheat: Must Read

It has become a deafening lamentation of sorts from the menfolk, on the rising infidelity amongst ‘married women’. Some men even claimed that the women have toppled their male counterparts in the game of ‘cheating’.

I have been studying the issue for some time and what I detect as the root cause of rising infidelity amongst the married women in this society is ‘suppressed emotions’. Our men have carried their ‘it is a man’s world’ mentality too far. It has become an implied ‘you had be playing with fire’ (in this environment) not tolerate a man’s ‘marital excesses’ as a woman.


Women have been made to endure all sorts in the name of ‘staying married’ or risk being judged by the society and our men seem to be cashing in on this-as evidenced by the gross infidelity, economic irresponsibility, emotional and physical abuse(on the part of the men), which pervade most marriages.

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Imo governorship rerun election to hold April 25th

The Imo state governorship rerun election has been fixed for April 25th. INEC had on Sunday April 12th declared the election between APC candidate, incumbent governor Rochas Okorocha and PDP candidate, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Reps,

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Another church gives money to honest airport cleaner

osephine Ugwu, the honest airport cleaner who returned about N6million she found during a routine cleanup at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport airport toilet, was hosted by Pastor Wole Oladiyun and the congregation of Christ Livingspring Apostolic Ministry in Lagos recently.

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In Libya Over 400 fleeing immigrants feared drowned in the Mediterranean

No fewer than 400 immigrants are feared drowned after their boat capsized off Libya, BBC reports.

Survivors say that the tragic episode happened after the boat, which was carrying about 550 migrants in total, overturned a day after leaving Libya....



Nine bodies have already been recovered, but no more survivors have been found since then.

144 people were reportedly rescued from the capsized boat on Monday by the Italian coast guard, many of whom international children's' rights NGO, Save The Children has said were "young men, probably minors".

Air and sea search operation were also launched in hopes of saving others.

Hundreds more migrants rescued from boats in the Mediterranean are due to arrive in Sicily during the day, even as Italy's interior ministry has instructed officials throughout the country to be prepared to house the new arrivals, many of whom are children.

 Over 8,000 migrants have been picked up since Friday, and more boats are heading for the Italian coast.

According to Save The Children spokesman, Michele Prosperi, the migration season has just started and "when the weather improves... we may have many more arrivals".

Officials say 170,000 migrants crossed the Mediterranean to Italy last year and as many as 3,500 died while making the journey.

Meanwhile amid growing concerns that their rescue missions were encouraging migrant crossings, the Italian government scaled back on its maritime rescue operation and a more limited EU border security operation took over.

Also, since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya has been without a stable government allowing trafficking networks to thrive.