Boko Haram: An open letter to the UN and the global community

(LONDON, England)

Today, more than 200 teenage girls will spend their sixth month in captivity, somewhere near the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, scared, hurt and alone.

Luguina Samuel, Kauna Lalai, Hannatu Ishaku – these are just some of the names of those girls held captive by Boko Haram, the Islamic terror group, who will spend another night away from their families and loved ones. Many have been tortured, raped and forced to marry their own captors.

Some aspired to be teachers, doctors and nurses. Others engineers, pilots and scientists. They represented Nigeria’s future. That is why their plight is so important and significant.

Jim Iyke shares photos of his Burgeon water-bottling factory

 The actor and businessman is getting ready to launch his Burgeon water and shared photos of himself and his partners inspecting the Burgeon factory headquarters.Continue for more pics...

Okocha— Nigerian football is long dead, gone

A former skipper of the Super Eagles, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, has expressed disappointment with the senior national team, over the 1-0 loss to Sudan in the African Cup of Nations Qualifiers in Khartoum on Saturday.

The two-time BBC African Footballer of the Year described the defeat as confirming his worst fears that “football is long dead and gone” in Nigeria.

Writing on Twitter on Sunday, Okocha wondered if the Super Eagles could have performed better, considering the level of development of football in the country.

Former Bayelsa governor DSP Alamieyeseigha's son killed in Dubai

Son of a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Oyoms, has been killed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Oyoms, said to be the second to the last son of Alamieyeseigha, fondly called the ‘Governor-General Niger Delta,’ while he was a governor, was killed on Saturday in the Middle East country.

Sources familiar with the development alleged on Monday that the deceased’s death was a case of assassination.

Two different versions have been given concerning where the former governor’s son was killed. The first version, our correspondent learnt, was that Oyoms was found dead by the staircase of his father’s house in Dubai. However, the second version alleged that the deceased’s body was found in his hotel room in Dubai, giving impression that he might have been assassinated.

(Reuters) -Nigeria's 'megachurches': a hidden pillar of Africa's top economy

When a guesthouse belonging to one of Nigeria's leading Christian pastors collapsed last month, killing 115 mostly South African pilgrims, attention focused on the multimillion-dollar "megachurches" that form a huge, untaxed sector of Africa's top economy.

Hundreds of millions of dollars change hands each year in these popular Pentecostal houses of worship, which are modeled on their counterparts in the United States.

Some of the churches can hold more than 200,000 worshippers and, with their attendant business empires, they constitute a significant section of the economy, employing tens of thousands of people and raking in tourist dollars, as well as exporting Christianity globally.Continue...

TECH:This New SmartPhone App Will Charge Your Phone Battery 6 Times Faster

Smartphones are great but don’t you just hate it when you have to charge them and the darn thing takes forever to charge up? Yes, that needs to be solved soon or has it been already? Qnovo is a startup in California claiming to have come up with a new approach to recharge the lithium-ion batteries about 6 times faster. As per Qnovo, users can enjoy 6 hours of phone life after charging for 15 minutes only.Software by Qnovo will Charge your Lithium-ion Batteries 6X Faster. Continue for more...

11 killed, others injured in Ibadan market fire

At least 11 people lost their lives while several others sustained varying degrees of burns after a tanker laden with petrol burst in flames around Molete Market, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

An employee of the Nigerian Tribune, Mr. Samson Oyewole, and an eight year-old girl were among the victims of the fire which burnt 45 shops at the market on Saturday night.

Although Oyewole was fortunate not to have died, eyewitnesses told Source learnt that the death toll could be as high as 15. It was the second major fire incident in the city in two months, with Alesinloye Market fire, being the first on August 16.

When our correspondent visited the scene on Sunday morning, the police and other security agents in large numbers were seen restoring order while men of the Oyo State Fire Service Department were trying to evacuate the fallen tanker and other vehicles affected.Continue...

Hoodlums invade Edo lawmaker's quarters, vandalise 36 cars, 7 houses

The crisis rocking the Edo State House of Assembly took a dan­gerous dimension yes­terday as suspected thugs invaded the legislators’ quar­ters and unleashed terror, de­stroying 36 cars belonging to members of the All Progres­sives Congress (APC).
The thugs who apparently came on reprisal attack, following an earlier attack on a former PDP law­maker, Hon. Razak Momoh whose seat has been declared vacant, also shot at doors and windows of seven chalets inhabited by APC lawmak­ers, leaving property worth several millions of naira destroyed on the trail of their operation.
Eyewitnesses said the invaders started converging on the George Idah Primary School as early as 6:30am from where they launched the attack.
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UNILAG students use pure water to put out fire at their hostel

The popular Madam Tinubu Hall, MTH, was gutted by fire in the early hours of today after a student used a hot plate to cook and put it under her bed without totally putting out the heat. The fire started from the room and spread to other rooms but thankfully no student was killed. A few of them were however injured when they tried to jump from their windows to escape the fire.

The saddest part of it all was that students had to resort to using pure water to put the fire because there was no water in the hostel.
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Cameroon frees 27 Boko Haram hostages

Twenty-seven people includ­ing 10 Chinese workers held for months by suspect­ed Boko Haram militants have arrived in Cameroon’s capital.

The hostages were flown to Yaounde from the country’s far north­ern region after being freed early Sat­urday.
They include the wife of Camer­oon’s Vice Prime-Minister, Amadou Ali.
They were seized in two separate raids in May and July close to the Ni­gerian border. It is not clear how their release was secured.
Boko Haram is seeking to estab­lish an Islamist state in Nigeria but its fighters often cross the long and po­rous border with Cameroon.
Many Nigerian civilians in border towns have fled to Cameroon to es­cape militant attacks, which have been stepped up in recent months.
In July, Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad and Niger agreed to form a 2,800-strong regional force to tackle Boko Haram militants.
Cameroon has reinforced its troops in its northern regions.

NIGERIAN BUSH MEAT SELLERS ARE NOT HAPPY AT ALL ... Why would they accuse them of spreading ;ABULA VILUS?

Came across this hilarious video on facebook it was actually posted by page (NIGERIA ENTERTAINMENT) where market women were being interviewed about Ebola. watch the video below...

The last thing a 3-year-old Syrian said before he died: “I’m gonna tell God everything”

This picture is haunting and it’s been floating around the internet with the sentence:

The last sentence a 3-year-old Syrian said
before he died: “I’m gonna tell God
everything”

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Sudan 1-0 Nigeria: Elgadir's header scuppers Eagles Afcon chances

Nigeria’s Super Eagles failed to beat Sudan in the away game on October 11, 2014, Saturday. Stephen Keshi’s team is now rooted to the bottom  of Group A with 1 point. However, there are still some theoretical chances for  them to go to Morocco next year and defend their title at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.
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Be Sincere, is this your Life Story :) ?

Actually this tends to be the life Story of many youths today thanks to the internet. True or false. share your views by commenting below...

Funny photos of the day

While surfing the net today, I came across some funny pics and decided to share them here. More pics after the cut have fun...

Nurse kills 10 year old girl

Mrs Comfort Adeoye, popularly known as Iya Emman, is a house hold name in Momudu Street around Iyana-Ipaja and its environs in Lagos.  Reason? She is a nurse by profession and owns a medicine store, where those who are sick normally go for medical attention because her charges are affordable compared to what obtains in well established hospitals.

Reports say all was going smoothly for the 35-year-old mother of two until two weeks ago, when a 10-year-old girl died in the process of administering medication on her.

The primary five pupil of Alagba Primary School, Agege, identified as Esther Lawrence,  met her  untimely death after she was injected by Mrs Adeoye.

Esther's mother , a widow, who resides in the same compound where Mrs Adeoye’s chemist shop is located, was said to have called the nurse to administer drugs to her sick daughter on July 22, 2010. The nurse on examining her, was said to have confirmed that Esther had malaria and thereafter, gave her two injections. But rather than alleviate the situation, it aggravated it, as Esther reportedly started behaving funny and breathed her last even before she could be rushed to the hospital.Continue...

Ebola virus victim seen in Delta state

We had all taught the end of Ebola had been seen until just this early morning a man had been confirmed to having the deadly Ebola virus and this had sent everyone panicking once more. The victim Mr. Yemi Ogundayo stays in Delta state but had been sick for the past 2 weeks now as he had just returned from a journey he had embarked on recently. According to his family members, he had travelled to Lagos on business purpose and had called them two days before he had returned that he was not feeling well and that he intends coming home because of his health.

It was after his arrival that he was taken to a hospital here in delta state that he had only said he may be having the deadly Ebola virus and that the residing doctor had asked his family to take him out of their home and take him to a medical ground where he could be tested for any trait of it less he transfers it to those In the medical facility. His family members on hearing this had ran for their lives as they had already known how the disease kills fast. The Doctor Mr. Mike Otobore had said the patient was extremely hot and his cells are all irresponsive and that in other to prevent him from been dead the family should act fast.

Nature is wonderful!!!

Bursted!!:Woman caught cheating inside Hostel room in Kwara state

 A woman was caught today red handed by her husband and friend sneaking up to meet her lover who was way younger than her. Funny enough the so called lover was still a student of a tertiary institution in his 2nd year and he has got nothing to offer. According to hostel mates they had thought her to be his mother or relative as she was always coming with food stuffs and other things for him, and that on some occasions she stays over till the next day.

Her luck ran out this afternoon when her husband and his friend has trailed her to her secret love spot. See Photos after the cut...

Boko Haram: Jonathan increases troops in N’East to 20,000

In the bid to end the reign of terror in the North-Eastern part of the country, President Goodluck Jonathan has increased the number of troops in the region from 15,000 to 20,000.

The Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who disclosed this in a lecture delivered at a forum in London also confirmed that Boko Haram has killed more than 170 teachers in Borno this year. The text of the lecture was made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Friday.

The minister also disclosed that the nation loses more than 100,000 barrels of oil per day to international oil thieves working in alliance with criminal elements in Nigeria.

She said, “First on security, our military men and women are confronting an unprecedented challenge with courage and bravery. The president recently increased the number of troops that are in the North- East from 15,000 to 20,000.