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US John Kerry speaks on the arms deal scandal, applauds Buhari's anti-corruption drive

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 12:56 PM PST

United State Secretary of State, John Kerry, has applauded President Buhari for his anti-corruption drive. Speaking at the ongoing World Economic Forum holding in Davos, Switzerland, Kerry spoke on corruption and how it threatens global stability, growth and future. He drew example from Nigeria, its fight against Boko Haram and how findings from the arms deal investigations showed that corruption stalled the fight against terrorism...


"When Nigeria's President, Buhari, took office last spring, he inherited a military that was under-paid, underfed and unable to protect the Nigerian people from Boko Haram. One reason is that much of the military budget was finding its way into the pockets of the generals. And just this week, we saw reports that more than 50 people in Nigeria, including former government officials, stole nine billion dollars from the treasury," he told the delegation

Graphic photos of the Nigerian who died in police custody in South Africa

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 12:52 PM PST

A Nigerian man who is alleged to have swallowed hard drugs while being chased by South African police, died in the Kempton Police station where he was taken to after he was arrested today. Many Nigerians residing in South Africa staged a protest in front of the police station today to demand justice. They believe that he was tortured to death.

Some Nigerians say contrary to what is being reported, the young man had a passport that was to expire this January and out of fear, started to run from the police. They say the police officers caught up with him, beat him up and then took him to their station where he died. However an autopsy to show whether he truly swallowed any drug is being awaited.


Good Samaritan shot to death trying to help a stranded driver in the snow

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 11:35 AM PST

A motorist shot and killed a good Samaritan who stopped to help him after his car slid off an icy North Carolina highway on Friday evening, according to the Catawba County Sheriff's Office.
Around 5:20 p.m. Friday, a group of people stopped to help a motorist who slid off the road in Catawba. The group called the Sheriff's Office for help, and when the driver of the car heard them calling law enforcement, he began shooting, authorities say.

The Samaritans ran, but one was shot. That's when, according to the Sheriff's Office, the driver, Marvin Lee (pictured above), approached and continued firing on the downed victim. According to the authorities Lee appeared to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

The suspect returned to the vehicle and wouldn't exit. A tactical team responded with an armored vehicle. Lee was pepper-sprayed and taken into custody.

The name of the victim has not yet been released.

Chicken Republic takes down their 'Olisa Metuh' ad

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 11:33 AM PST

The eatery tweeted that ad on January 15th but it was only today that people took serious notice of it...and shared their thoughts on it. Many liked it but most were offended, forcing the food company to remove the tweet. Read previous story here

Ben Murray-Bruce and his followers...lol

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 11:21 AM PST

Lol. Twitter drama...

Biko men, would you wear this Vivienne Westwood 'accessory'? (photos)

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 11:16 AM PST

It will take balls for someone to put this on. British designer, Vivienne Westwood has come up with a new fashion accessory which she put on show at a recent Men's fashion week in Milan. Would any of you men wear this? Lol. More photos after the cut...

FG dismiss senior government officials over job scam

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 11:13 AM PST

While speaking to select On-Air-Personalities in Lagos state today Jan 23rd, Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, revealed that when he assumed office as a Minister, he discovered some Senior officials in a particular parastatal who were indicted in a job scam where they collected as much as N400, 000 from unsuspecting job applicants.

According to him, he dismissed them from service after they were found guilty
"The first scandal I met in one of the parastatals when I assumed office was the illegal employment of 400 people. This scandal started with very senior officers up to level 17 in that department. They sent out letters and text messages asking people to apply for jobs for a fee of N400, 000 and they were given letters of employment. They did not stop there. They invited these people to go and be captured on the IPPIS and they even took cameras to hotels to get them captured. At the end of the day the bubble burst. One of the victims told these officials, you cannot take my money and still disengage me. I have a valid letter. That is how we got to know that there is a dedicated account these people pay to. Of course, we dismissed these officials and we even handed them over to the Police" he said

In this day & age, a group of white girls spell out Ni**er and think its cool

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 11:07 AM PST

A group of six girls from Arizona's Desert Vista High School in Arizona, USA shared this offensive photo on twitter showing them wearing black shirts with Nigger spelled out in gold letters. They are smiling like they think it's cool!

Photo: Met Police considers this missing Nigerian man dangerous and a risk to the public

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 11:07 AM PST

Police are concerned about Benedict Onyemaechi who is missing from his home in Southgate. According to the Police, 48-year-old Onyemaechi is considered potentially dangerous to the public and should not be approached. He was last seen on Monday, January 18, when he left his home address. He is described as a black man, 5ft 9ins in height and of stocky build.

An MoJ order was issued on Wednesday, 20 January, under Section 42(3) of the Mental Health Act stating that Benedict Onyemaechi is thought to be unmedicated and a risk to the public. The order recalled him to the NHS North London Forensic Service for urgent assessment.

Snow Storm in Maryland, USA (photos)

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 10:53 AM PST

A LIB reader in Maryland sent in the photos. Said they are practically snowed in now...and no bread or milk to buy at local food stores as they are all sold out. This is happening in most parts of the East Coast. See more photos after the cut...

Femi Adesina pays tribute to his elder sister who died last Boxing day

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 10:48 AM PST

In a post he titled "A crushing blow on Boxing Day", Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, paid a moving tribute to his elder sister, Professor Foluke Ogunleye who died in a fatal accident along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on December 26th last year. Read his very moving tribute to her after the cut... 

 
It's a day in British tradition dedicated to opening boxes of gifts received at Christmas, and that is why it's called Boxing Day. But what the Adesina family got this last December 26 was a crushing blow, the type Mike Tyson, in his heyday, handed out to his opponents in the ring. It was a blow to the solar plexus: painful, sad, traumatic, leaving an impact that not even time heals. Such pain lasts forever.
President Muhammadu Buhari, whom I am privileged to serve as Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, had told me at a private meeting before Christmas that since I was a Christian, I could take some days off during the Yuletide season to be with my family. That was why Boxing Day found me in Lagos, and at about 4 p.m, I left the house to attend a special church program billed for 5 p.m. The day was bright and beautiful.
At 4.30 p.m, a few meters to my destination, my phone rang. It was my immediate elder brother, Tayo, a Professor of History at the University of Ibadan. The news he gave fouled up the hitherto cheery atmosphere, and even the sun seemed to have fled from the sky. An official of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) had called him to say our sister, Foluke, a Professor of Dramatic Arts, at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, had been involved in an accident along the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. Of the four people in the car, two were certified dead.
The next half an hour was probably the longest I'd ever spent in my life. I made a detour for the house, and continued to communicate with the FRSC official, whose number I had collected from my brother. Later, I contacted Mr Bisi Kazeem, spokesman of the commission and a long time friend, asking him to help with precise information. It came almost at the speed of light. Two people were truly dead, and they were my sister, and her brother-in-law, who was visiting from America. It was him that was being taken to Lagos from Ibadan, to catch a flight back to the U.S that night. Now, he had boarded a last flight to eternity. Very sad! Tragic!
For the seven Adesina brothers and sisters, this was trauma in the true sense of the word. Five brothers and two sisters, and now, one of the sisters was gone. Like George Orwell wrote in his work, 'A Hanging,' "We were a party of men walking together, seeing, feeling, understanding the same world. But with a sudden snap, one of us was gone. One mind less, one world less."
From Lagos to London, Ibadan to Abeokuta, where the Adesinas are based, it was a festival of tears. Raindrops fell endlessly from our eyes. Was it not just a little over two years earlier that we buried our mother? Don't we still miss her keenly, though she died at 75? Yes, she could have lived to be 80, and even more. Foluke became the automatic mother, keeping everyone under her wings. From her base in University of Botswana, where she was a visiting professor, on sabbatical from OAU, Ife, she was the rallying point for everybody. She was merely home for Christmas, and was to return to Botswana on January 22. Now she was dead, at just 53 years old, a latest victim of famished Nigerian roads. A lifetime of study and research, gone. All the knowledge, wasted. There are only 10 female professors of Dramatic Arts in Nigeria. Now, one of them was gone, consumed by rapacious Nigerian roads. One mind less, one world less.
The Adesina family of Ipetumodu, in Ife North Local Government Area of Osun State had a patriarch in John Oyebade Adesina, an educationist, who was the first African principal of St Charles Grammar School, Osogbo, in the 1960s. The school was easily the best in the then Western Region, producing students who shone like stars in the West African School Certificate of Education. From there, the dyed-in-the-wool educationist was transferred to Notre Dame College, Usi-Ekiti. He retired from there to his Ipetumodu homestead in 1971, where his seven children were brought up under what was akin to a 'military regime.' He ran the home just exactly as he ran the school.
All of us grew up together, and became quite close, finding succour in one another, and in our mother, whenever our father whipped us till we saw stars. The patriarch passed on in 1985 (we had come to appreciate the discipline imbued in us by then), the matriarch followed in 2013, but the children remained inseparable. At any given time, you could have three or four Adesina siblings in different parts of the world, pursuing one professional thing or the other. Only Yewande, my immediate younger sister, lives in the U.K permanently, with her family. But we were always in touch. Foluke had created an email group of all seven of us, and we communicated at the touch of a button. There was no separating us. Till the blow of Boxing Day. Now, it is one mind less, one world less.
In 1982, Foluke (by the way, all seven of us are on first name basis, because we were brought up that way, and it is convenient for us) had gone to serve at NTA Minna, in Niger State, after graduating from the then University of Ife. She came back the following year, a completely changed person. We were a religious family, of the Roman Catholic stock, but in Minna, Foluke had met with the Pentecostals, and had become born again.
She has become an S.U, we screamed in mortification! What are you doing in the midst of people who cry when they pray, who wear long faces, and go about gently? Are you the one that killed Jesus? Our questions were endless. Such people were called S.U, meaning members of the Scripture Union. They believed in patterning their lives scrupulously after the words of the Holy Bible, and were considered rather stuffy by other kind of Christians.
We needled Foluke endlessly, and did all we could to test the quality of her conversion. She held on to her newfound faith, through master's degree, marriage, Ph.D, professorship, and all the days of her life. No looking back. She had just left the annual retreat of the Deeper Life Bible Church, a day before she met her death. She had spoken with me on getting home, with me not knowing it was valedictory. But what happened to all her scoffing brothers and sisters over the 32-year period in which Foluke was a born again Christian? Hear our youngest brother, Dr Olubiyi Adesina, a consultant endocrinologist, in a tribute paid to our sister at her burial in Ibadan last weekend: "I remember the early 80s when my older siblings used to make fun of your newfound S.U status. To me as a young boy, S.Us must have been goblins. To now imagine that all that laughed then are now all S.Us. You started the revolution in the family. Thank you for being a good example."
Foluke faithfully served the Lord she loved dearly for 32 years, using her skills as a dramatist for evangelism. Even as an academic, she took part in many stage plays, films and concerts, all to expand the Kingdom of God on earth. She was also Fellow of many associations in Nigeria and abroad. She became a professor in 2011, a position backdated by five years.
Time, like an ever rolling stream, has borne her daughter away. But she would not fly forgotten as a dream, which dies at the opening of day. Foluke will always be remembered by her siblings: Wunmi, Tayo, Femi, Yewande, Yemi, and Biyi. Her son, Oluwaseun, her husband, Engineer Segun Ogunleye, and scores of others on whose lives she made great impact, will never forget her.
It is said that as mere mortals, we must never ask God questions. Yes, God is sovereign, but one would not stop wondering why Heaven was so much in a hurry, as to take Foluke now. If Heaven had waited for 20 or 30 years more, would she not have come home one day? Heaven, you needn't be in such haste, for we shall all come. But let it be in due times and seasons.
I grieved deeply for my sister. I still ache and mourn. As the funeral service held at the Deeper Life Bible Church in Ibadan last weekend, it was as if the service should never end. The fact that her corpse was in the casket inside the church still gave some sort of cold comfort. But the service must inevitably end. And ended it did. As the casket was borne out, and knowing that interment was only few minutes away, I broke down completely. I wept. Yes, didn't Jesus also weep? I broke down, and when Dr Yemi Ogunbiyi, former Head of Department of Dramatic Arts in Ife, and Foluke's former teacher, came to console me, he had a hard job of getting me to stop crying. He ushered me into a vehicle, and that was where eminent virologist, and former oil minister, Prof Tam David-West came to pay his condolence. The man too was weeping, and I conveniently joined him. It was simply a festival of tears, as many sympathizers could not hold their emotions in check. When Foluke and Tayo had been named professors within a week of each other, I had hosted them to a reception in Ibadan. Prof David-West had been chairman of the event, he gave the professorial charge, so he knew my sister well.
A week before the burial, journalist, pastor and activist, Richard Akinnola, had given me a book written by Ukraine-based Pastor Sunday Adelaja. The book is titled "Myles Munroe: Finding Answers To Why Good People Die Tragic And Early Deaths." I read the 192-page book, and I must confess that it gave me a lot of relief. Myles Munroe, a great Christian preacher had died in tragic circumstances in 2014, and the author used him, supported by Scripture, to show that death is really gain. The manner of death, he submitted, does not matter. What matters, according to him, was to fulfill our purpose in life, "and die empty."
But Foluke still had a lot to give to the academia, to scholarship, to society, to her family, even to Christendom. Can one say she died empty? Well, questions abound. We do not understand it all. The things that are revealed are for men, while the ones that are hidden are for God. We will understand it better by and by.
Messages of condolence came from all corners of the land, and even beyond, to the Adesina family. President Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former presidents, clerics, illustrious Nigerians, and people from all walks of life, sympathized with us. I thank you all. The Good Book says it is through much afflictions and trials that we will enter into the Kingdom of God. But this one was sure too hard on us. It would be hard on anybody. 
"We were a party of men (and women) walking together, seeing, feeling, understanding the same world. But with a sudden snap, one of us was gone. One mind less, one world less." Seven has now become six. Very sad.
At times, while crying at the loss of my sister, I remember our parents, particularly my mother. She left just two years and five months ago. And I then understand why God took her when He did. If my mother had been around to witness the death of any of her children, it would have been too hard on her. She had died happy in 2013, knowing that all her children were accounted for. When I wept, therefore, it was partly in thankfulness that Mama was gone without her eyes seeing evil. God knew what was to happen on December 26,2015, and so took her ahead of time. But then, couldn't God have stopped the crushing blow of Boxing Day? He could. So, why didn't He? I stop, before I land in a theological labyrinth, from which I can't extricate myself.
Foluke, sleep well. I am sure our father's clock, which used to rouse all of us at 4.45 a.m, would not chime in Heaven. Sleep all you want, till the day of resurrection. The old educationist wouldn't be whipping you out of bed, like in those days of yore, for refusing to respond to the alarm bell at the height of harmattan.

Reality star Tara Wallace poses completely nude to show off baby bump

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 10:38 AM PST

Love and Hip Hop New York star Tara Wallace shared pics of her growing baby bump. She's expecting her third child with ex-boyfriend Peter Gunz. They already have two sons together, but Peter is married to someone else. Tara and Peter dated off/on for 13 years.

Photo: Genevieve Nnaji shares rare photo with her brother...

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 10:26 AM PST

She captioned the photo #Snowfie with bro"

You'll be surprised at what the ideal number of sex partners is according to this survey

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 10:24 AM PST

An online survey conducted by Britain's biggest, extramarital dating site, IllicitEncounters.com has found that the ideal number of former sex partners is ten, this means that respondents prefer whoever they're dating to have had ten former lovers.



More than 1,000 people who took part in the online survey were asked how many lovers they would want a new partner to have had. Between eight and 12 was the most popular answer, chosen by 38 per cent of women and 37 per cent of men.

Any number above 20 was considered a turn-off, chosen by 3 per cent of women and 4 per cent of men.

This is probably bad news for the good girls, it appears the bad girls winning. Lol.

Aww...Check out this wedding photo...groom is proudly showing off his ring

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 10:21 AM PST

His facial expression though...and the way he thrust out his fingers...he's really taken! Lol. 

Omotola replies fan who criticised her for sharing a sexy throwback pic

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 10:19 AM PST

Omotola shared this sexy throwback photo of herself on her IG page today and a male fan took an exception to it...saying as a married woman, the actress shouldn't show off thighs and chest to the public. Not only did Omotola's fans slam the man for his comments, Omotola herself was gracious enough to reply him.

Florida Man finds crocodile in his swimming pool (photo)

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 09:58 AM PST

One man had quite a fright when he found a most unwelcome guest in his swimming pool, an 8ft long crocodile. The reptile was found relaxing in the shallow part of the pool and didn't look like it was in the mood to share its space. Monroe County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman, Becky Herrin says a homeowner called about 7:30 a.m. Thursday Jan. 21st to report the croc in his pool.

Herrin says deputies and officers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission safely removed the animal and returned it to its native habitat.

Photos: Fire destroys 200 shops in Sapele Main Market

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 09:56 AM PST

Over 200 shops were destroyed in an early fire incident that happened at the Sapele Main Market this morning. Goods and money worth millions of Naira were destroyed in the fire. Cause of the fire is yet to be established. See more photos after the cut...

Nick Cannon's funny reaction to Mariah Carey's engagement

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 10:01 AM PST

Mariah Carey's Husband, Nick Cannon, shared this photo of himself on IG. This photo is actually from one of the scenes in the show-- Real Husbands of Hollywood. Read what he wrote below:

This is so mature of Nick. 

Meanwhile, Mariah is still legally married to Nick and her fiance is also still married to his wife- Erica Packer who's now dating singer, Seal.

Mocheddah and her boo loved up in new photos

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 08:29 AM PST

Rapper Mocheddah and her boo,  Bukunyi Olateru-Olagbegi, looking lovely in new photos she shared on her Instagram page. She wrote: "Lover.freak.wife.friend." More photos after the cut....

Lol. K Michelle claps back at fan after being criticized for posting boob pic

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 06:11 AM PST

The singer shared this cover for her 3rd album on her instagram page and got called out by female fans for over-sexualizing her brand. One particular comment got to K.Michelle and she clapped back. See the drama after the cut...

'Before you compare yourself to Don Jazzy...' - Teebillz writes

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 06:09 AM PST

Gbam!

PDP New Media Director Deji Adeyanju says he's been banned from seing Olisa Metuh in prison

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 11:30 AM PST

He went there last weekend and shared details on twitter...when he tried to go again this week, he was denied access to Olisa Metuh. See more tweets after the cut...

South African district offers study grants to virgin girls

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 11:25 AM PST

A South African region has launched a grant scheme for girls who remain virgins throughout their university studies. The bursary offered in Uthukela, in the south-east of the country near Durban, is the creation of  the municipality female mayor, Dudu Mazibujo.


News of the scheme sparked outrage from civil society groups, and other human rights group, with one women's association branding it unconstitutional.

A municipality spokesman Jabulani Mkhonza
"The bursaries are for young girls who are still virgins, it's a new category which the mayor has introduced this year", 
"The goal was to encourage young girls to keep themselves pure and inactive from sexual activity and focus on their studies,  beneficiaries of the grant would be subjected to regular virginity tests" he added
Those children who have been awarded bursaries will be checked whenever they come back for holidays. The bursary will be taken away if they lose their virginity," said Mkhonza.
The People Opposing Women Abuse (Powa) group said it was shocked that taxpayers' money was being used to violate girls' rights:
"Powa is shocked to hear that young girls are being tested for virginity in order to get bursaries ... it's a violation of their rights", the group's executive director, Nonhlanhla Mokwena, said.
"That is taxpayers' money that is being used to violate girls… (and) the constitution of this country" she added.
Many South Africans from poor  backgrounds rely on government grants to get through university.
Planned university fee increase last year provoked sometimes violent protests nationwide

Teenager caught having sex with a sheep in Enugu (photo)

Posted: 23 Jan 2016 06:14 AM PST

15 year old Miracle Oluebube Nweke, a native of  Eziagu, Enugu state, was caught on Monday, Jan 18  having sex with a Sheep. A friend who caught him in the act raised an alarm leading to his arrest by a vigilante group.

Miracle said he knew that it was not normal but that he could not help himself and that anytime he had the urge, a strange voice would lead him to where he would get a sheep which he would loose and drag to an uncompleted building to have sex with it.

According to Authorityngr.com
"It gives me great pleasure whenever I have sex with a sheep, I have never had sex with human being  in my life except sheep, I haven't tried any other animal to know the difference, my experience with sheep is sweet".
He explained that on sighting any sheep, he would engage, first, in sexual fixa­tion otherwise called zoophil­ia before graduating to raping it otherwise called bestiality or sodomy.
"Whenever I get any sheep of my choice, I untie it from the spot where the owner has left it and take the sheep to a secluded uncompleted building and have sex with it". 
"I don't do anything else with the sheep than that. I nor­mally make sure that no one is around watching while doing it because I know that the own­ers of the sheep may not like it.
 He however blamed evil spirit for being responsible for his sexual depravity
"There is a spirit that normally tells me to go and look for sheep and whenever I hear the com­manding voice of the spirit, it becomes irresistible for me to take away my eyes from sheep. I will be so restless and confused until after I have car­ried out the instruction of the unseen spirit.
 When asked if he regret his actions after now that he has been caught in the act, he answered in the affirmative but that he could not say categorically that he would not do it again. He also explained what he has been going through since the incident:
"The last time, our landla­dy accused me of stealing her money when she actually se­curely locked her doors and windows. How could I have en­tered her house? But I know she was just trying to eject my parents after the news got to her that I usu­ally sleep with sheep which she considered atrocious.  
"I don't steal and I don't molest chil­dren. I am not a criminal," he said
Mr Uche, the own­er of the sheep told the vigilante operatives that he would not go home with the sheep again, he demanded that the teenager who defiled his sheep must buy it. He also argued that it would be misleading for an­yone to think that the sheep is still normal after its encounter with Miracle.
"The best thing is to sell this sheep and its small baby to Mir­acle so that he can do whatever he wants with it. I cannot take them home again after their ex­perience in his hand.
"I will only be deceiving my­self if I believe my sheep is still normal. If I take them home and they start biting people, what would I do?"
"Again, if the sheep later gives birth to a half man and half animal, what do you want me to tell the world?" Uche queried
 The vigilante operative, Okeke, when asked on what becomes of the arrested boy, said that he would be released to his parents after they have made adequate payment for the sheep that was raped by their son, noting that the 15-year old boy would not be handed over to the police.
"You will agree with me that this is not a criminal case and I don't think it is necessary to start wasting our time and that of the police by taking this boy to the station.
"We will release him to his parents so that they can go and find spiritual solutions to his problems. This is more of a spiritual case than security matter"' he explained.
Miracle is a school dropout and the first of seven children of his parents. His father is a trader while his mother sells banana and groundnut in their neighbourhood.

Source: Authorityngr.com

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