35 Nigerian police officers missing after insurgent attack

Thirty-five Nigerian policemen are missing following an insurgent attack on Gwoza Training camp in Borno State.It was not immediately clear whether anyone had claimed responsibility.

Afterwards, the force's Inspector-General Suleiman Abba ordered that security be tightened around all police facilities in the country.

It's not known what happened to the missing officers, though the police force statement did say there is a "very promising prospect of locating them."

"While enjoining all citizens to remain calm and join hands with the security forces in the collective fight against insurgency, the IGP restates his determination to work closely with other security agencies to stem the tide of terrorism in the country," added the police in their statement out of Abuja, Nigeria's capital.

Food For Thought

It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return. But what is more painful,is to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel.

Oyo NDLEA intercepts 532kg of cannabis sativa

The Oyo State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted 532 kilogrammes of compressed cannabis sativa, popular called skunk inside the bush at Ayete town in Oyo State. Skunk is a type of powerful and strong-smelling marijuana.

Speaking with Crime Reports on the seizure, the state commander, Mrs Omolade Faboyede revealed that her command received an intelligence report on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 that some people were moving sacks of the illicit drug through the bush path within Ayete zone into the town.

This, according to Mrs Faboyede, prompted NDLEA officers from Igbo-Ora Area Command of the anti-drug agency to move on surveillance to the bush which was accessed by motorcycles because of its unmotorable state.

The commander stated further that the officer remained in the bush until they sighted a Nissan Sunny car with registration number KTU 158 AH loaded with sacks suspected to contain the illicit drug at about 12.30a.m.

“Immediately the driver of the car saw NDLEA officers, he jumped out of the car and ran into the bush under the cover of darkness. Though our officers went in his pursuit, they could not get him because of the terrain and the fact that it was in the dead of the night,” she added.

On searching the vehicle, it was discovered that it was loaded with 24 sacks of skunk. Crime Reports learnt that 20 of the sacks had 25 packs of compressed skunk in bread loaf size while the remaining four sacks contained uncompressed cannabis sativa.

The drug was suspected to have been brought in from one of the neighbouring countries sharing borders with Nigeria. The smuggling into the country was said to have been made possible by the porous Nigerian borders.

The vehicle conveying the illicit drug was said to have been remodelled in a way that would give room for many sacks to be loaded into it.

Mrs Faboyede assured that efforts were being made to trace the driver of the vehicle with a view to getting him arrested.

SAD-Cameroun striker Ebosse dead after hit by object

Cameroonian football player Albert Ebosse died after he was hit by a projectile thrown from the stands following his team's loss in the Algerian football championship, APS news agency reported.

Ebosse, who was 24, was declared dead after he was rushed to a hospital at Tizi Ouzou, east of the capital Algiers, where the match took place on Saturday.

He scored the lone goal for his club JS Kabylie in the home match in what turned out to be a 2-1 defeat against USM Alger, on the second day of the tournament.

Fans had started throwing objects from the stands inside the Tizi Ouzou stadium after the match as the players were returning to their changing room.

Ebosse joined JS Kabylie in 2013, and was best scorer in the 2013-2014 championship.

The Algerian interior ministry ordered an investigation to search for the culprit.

Ebola: British National test positive in Sierra Leone as Ivory Coast closes its border

A British national residing in Sierra Leone has tested positive to the deadly Ebora virus. According to a statement released by the British Department of Health, medical experts were assessing the situation 'to ensure that appropriate care is delivered". The statement also added that Consular assistance is being provided to the Briton.
The Deputy Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Health, Professor John Watson said;

"The overall risk to the public in the UK continues to be very low. Medical experts are currently assessing the situation in Sierra Leone to ensure that appropriate care is provided. We have robust, well-developed and well-tested NHS systems for managing unusual infectious diseases when they arise, supported by a wide range of experts."

Meanwhile, Ivory Coast has closed its land borders with Liberia and Guinea, two countries strongly hit by the deadly virus. The closure was announced today August 23rd.

2face Idibia Loses Dad To Cancer

The father of prominent Nigerian musician, 2Face Idibia, is dead. He died on Saturday evening sources told The Eagle Online. 

Pa Idiabia died at an undisclosed hospital after an unsuccessful battle with Prostrate Cancer. 2Face, at a charity event a while back in Ikoyi, Lagos State, revealed that his dad had prostrate cancer.
2Face’s Manager, Efe Omoregie, confirmed the development to The Eagle Online.

Olabisi Onabanjo University shut

The Ogun state government has ordered the Governing Council of Olabisi Onabanjo University to shut the school ‘immediately’, to forestall the breakdown of law and order. Parents and guardians of the students have also been asked to call their wards to order as government said it will not tolerate “any act that will disturb the peace being enjoyed by the people of the state”

Government handed over the directive today as students unrest persisted over the slashed school fees by Governor Ibikunle Amosun.

In a statement  signed by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Barr. Taiwo Adeoluwa, government said  the decision to shut the university was taken in the overall interest of peace and order as the students of the university have continued to issue threats while rejecting all entreaties and concessions made by the government on their various demands concerning the recently announced reduction of school fees.

Female soldier beats bus conductor to coma over N500

A female soldier allegedly beat a conductor to coma at Iyana Isashi, along Lagos- Badagry expressway in Lagos State yesterday.
The beating degenerated from a mild argument on the transport fare paid by the soldier in question.
According to Leadership, the soldier (dressed in a mufti) was said to have boarded the mini- bus at Mile 2 and was going to Agbara area of Ogun State before the incident occurred.
An argument which degenerated into a fight began when the soldier who allegedly gave the conductor N500 demanded for her change and the conductor said he had given her the money.
One of the passengers, Ikechukwu Obi confirmed the incident saying, that the woman even identified herself as a soldier but the stubborn conductor did not want to listen.
Obi said when the woman became angry and ordered the driver to park, they knew that trouble was brewing.
He said the woman grabbed the conductor by his collar and the conductor threatened to beat her.
He said his utterances angered the soldier who dragged him down from the vehicle and gave him the beating of his life.Although some passengers in the vehicle supported the woman, asserting that the conductor did not give her any change, all efforts made by the passengers to make the conductor do so proved abortive.

Nicki Minaj VS Miley Cyrus: Nicki's 'Anaconda' Breaks Miley's 'Wrecking Ball' Song Record on Vevo

Controversial singer Nicki Minaj has broken the record of yet another controversial singer Miley Cyrus. Nicki's sexually explicit music video of her latest song "Anaconda" has become the most watched song on Vevo. "Anaconda" received 19.6 million views within the first 24 hours of its release on August 19. Comparatively Miley Cyrus' naked anthem "Wrecking Ball" was viewed only 12.3 million times on Vevo in the first 24 hours

Music sharing site Vevo revealed the information about Nicki's song on Twitter. "‪@NICKIMINAJ ‪#Anaconda broke the ‪#24hrVevoRecord w/ 19.6M views! How you gonna celebrate, Nic? ‪" wrote Vevo on Twitter.

Nicki was ecstatic when she received this news and shared it with her fans on social media. "WE BROKE THE RECORD BABY!!!!! Anaconda Video 19.6 million views in 24 hrs!!!! :)," revealed the 31-year-old on her Instagram and Twitter page. ‪

Interestingly Miley Cyrus too seemed quite impressed with Nicki Minaj's artwork of "Anaconda" where Nicki has posed in a tiny pink thong and exposed her now famous butts. Miley photo shopped Nicki's butt-revealing picture and used her face on Nicki's body. She even called the new picture "Hannah Conda" and used the picture on her Instagram page too. When Miley Spoofed Nicki's song, little did she know that Nicki's song will be beating her very own Vevo record of the most viewed song in 24 hours.

See video here -

http://markkyony.blogspot.com/2014/08/watch-nicki-minajs-most-explicit-video

So SAD-Covenant University student kidnapped and murdered by friend in Lagos

A 300 level Electrical Engineering student of the Covenant University, Otta in Ogun State, John Chinedu Okere, has been murdered and left in the pool of his blood by friends, who demanded for ransom from his parents.

According to reports, Chinedu, 20, left home Wednesday morning, August 6, 2014, to a Hospital in Yaba, Lagos for medical reasons and never returned.

He reportedly left home with about N6000 and that was the last time he was seen alive.

The mysterious disappearance of Chinedu caused tension as the parents ran helter-skelter in search of him to no avail.

They gathered from some family members that one of his friends called on phone earlier that morning to tell him to meet him at an undisclosed hotel.

At about mid-day, thThe 24-year-old suspect, Okorocha Michael, who was arrested on Sunday, in a friend’s house around Ajah area in Lagos, is a graduate of Lagos City Polytechnic, Ikeja. He has been unemployed since he completed his youth service in February this year.e victim’s father, Jude Okere, received an SMS notifying him that Chinedu had been kidnapped.

After the case was reported to the Police at Sabo, Yaba, it was later transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja the next day where investigations commenced.

It was learnt that initially whenThe Lagos state Police Command is currently investigating the case. the whole issue started, the family of the victim felt it was a kidnap that would just be resolved but unfortunately, as events continued to unfold, it turned out to be a premeditated murder. Shockingly, the decomposed corpse of Chinedu was discovered in one of the rooms at ‘DE Homes Hotel’ located in Ejigbo by one of their staff, two days later.

According to reports, the Manager of the hotel went to Ejigbo Divisional Police Station on Friday, 8, 2014, to report the case of murder and investigation began.

A reliable source in the hotel told Vanguard that early Wednesday morning, the prime suspect, Okorocha Michael along with another young man simply identified as Okey, checked into the hotel with the name Christian. “He booked the room for three days with the name Christian. He claimed he was a youth corps member who wanted to write exams and would be there from that Wednesday to Friday. He also said he was expecting his Cousin to join him in the hotel.

‘After booking, Michael left his friend Okey in the hotel and returned an hour before the victim, Chinedu arrived the hotel, which was at about 3pm that day. As soon as Chinedu arrived the hotel, Michael took him to the room. We don’t know what happened inside the room. However, it was later gathered that during their stay in the room, the suspect reportedly confronted the victim on some personal issues. The confrontation eventually led to a heated argument, which later led to the suspect strangulating the victim to death.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubts.

Miley Cyrus Concert Banned in the Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic government commission that oversees public performances is banning a Sept. 13 concert by Miley Cyrus on morality grounds.

The commission said in a statement Thursday that it took the action because Cyrus often "undertakes acts that go against morals and customs, which are punishable by Dominican law."

Tickets ranging from $27 to $370 for the concert in the capital have been on sale since July.

Some critics have declared Cyrus's onstage antics, including twerking and crotch-grabbing, as vulgar.

Robin Williams' ashes scattered in San Francisco Bay

 

Actor Robin Williams was cremated and his ashes were scattered in San Francisco Bay, according to his death certificate.

Williams was found dead in his Northern California home August 11 from what investigators suspect was a suicide by hanging. The certificate, obtained by CNN on Thursday, says his ashes were scattered off the coast one day later.

Science Things-Human skull suppliers arrested in Sagamu

Two herbalists, Mustapha Murtala and Sunday Oluyeba have been apprehended by the police for alleged involvement in the sales and supply of human skulls in Sagamu.

Arrested along side the duo is Mrs Adenike Olarewaju, a 34 year old mother of two whose husband was alleged to be a supplier of the human parts.

Report says two human skulls suspected to have been procured from a graveyard were recovered from the suspects.

According to Police sources, their arrest came sequel to an intelligence report received by the Lagos State Police Command on activities of human parts dealers, which prompted the Commander of SARS, Abba Kyari, to order for a manhunt that resulted in the arrest of the three suspects, with others still at large in Ojumerin area of Sagamu, Ogun State.

In the course of interrogation, 42-year-old Murtala said he got involved in the business two years ago following an offer of N30,000 for a human skull.

According to the father of one, “I am a herbalist from Sagamu, Ogun State. I was introduced to human parts business by one Sunday Oluyeba I knew through my friends, Olanipekun and Kazim, three years ago.

“My friends asked me to get native birds called eyeoshi and eyeoke, and I succeeded in getting them. They later came and requested a human head with an offer of N30,000. They said they wanted to use it to prepare concoction for a pregnant woman in labour.

“They told me they also use human parts to prepare concoction for women who have difficulty in getting pregnant. What they do is to grind the human skull, mix it with water and give to the woman to drink. Such concoction cleanses the stomach, after which she would become pregnant.

“Sunday brought the human head and I paid him N15,000 for it. This is the second time I am buying a human skull from him. I do not know where he got them from.

“I was going about my herbal business when a man came and demanded human skull. As I handed the nylon where I kept it to him, some men I later discovered to be policemen swooped on me. I have never killed anyone in my life.”

Subsequently, he was made to put a call across to his colleague in crime, Oluyeba, demanding a human head. Oluleba could not attend to the supply, however, he instructed one of his herbalist friends,Baba Beji, to go for the supply. He was arrested when he got there.

His statement led the police to another suspect in Sagamu. The suspect, Juwon Olarewaju, another herbalist, purportedly fled on sighting the policemen but his wife was arrested instead.

Mrs Olarewaju, in her statement to operatives, expressed shock over the sales of human parts by her husband.

“I have been married to Juwon for five years and we have two children. My husband is a herbalist but I didn’t know he was dealing in human parts. I was arrested in my house at about 2am over the weekend. I swear, I didn’t know anything about all these. I was arrested because my husband whom they came to arrest ran away. These people implicated my husband in the matter; they said my husband supplied them with a human head.” She said

Woman arrested at Lagos Airport for trying to export cannabis

Ezeh Ifeoma Maureen, A 37-year-old mother of three who hails from Enugu state, has been arrested with substances suspected to be cannabis by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

According to The Nation, Maureen was caught at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport.

The agency’s Airport Commander, Mr. Hamza Umar, said the suspect told the officers that her bags contained vegetables and other foodstuff.

“She declared the content of her bags as vegetables and foodstuff, but during a search, the vegetables turned out to be cannabis weighing 6.200 kilograms. The drug was packed in two parcels.” Umar said

“I am a business woman; I sell women’s clothes at the Onitsha main market. I usually export foodstuff to China and import female dresses to Nigeria. One of my customers in China called to tell me that his brother would give me two parcels of vegetables to bring to him. I collected the parcels at the airport from the boy. Unfortunately, when they tested them, I was told that they contained cannabis.”

Ahmadu Giade, Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA advised the public to learn from the cases of those arrested for drug trafficking.

“This mother of three children would have been killed in China for drug trafficking if she was not apprehended here. It is important for the public to learn from her experience and shun drug trafficking,” he said.

He went further to warn travelers not to collect items from people who will not be there during a search.

He said the suspect would be charged to court for unlawful possession of, and attempt to export cannabis.