11 dead, three injured in Lagos auto crash

Three females and eight males died when a 14-seater commercial bus had brake failure, somersaulted and burst into flame at about 5p.m. yesterday at Otedola Bridge end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
It was learned that the 14-seater bus was heading to Berger from Mushin, when it had a brake failure, somersaulted and caught fire immediately.
Confirming the accident, the state Police Public Relations Office, Dolapo Badmus, Director of the Lagos State Fire Service, Rasak Fadipe and General Manager Lagos State Emergency management Agency, LASEMA, Mr. Michael Akindele, disclosed that the bus burst into flames.
Fadipe noted that the 14-seater bus caught fire while on motion and landed on its door, thereby trapping the passengers.

Taxi driver absconds with passenger’s N1.8m

A 38 year-old taxi driver, Muritala Olugunju, has been arrested by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, for stealing the sum of N1.8 million from a passenger.
The suspect, who is a native of Ogun State, was said to have picked his passenger, identified simply as Mohammed, at Wuse Zone 6 Area of Abuja for shopping, before taking him to a hotel where he was to stay.
The victim, who was visiting Abuja, was said to have entered into the hotel to book a room, leaving his bags containing his cash and other belongings in the taxi.
The taxi driver then made away with the passenger's belongings.
The victim, who became helpless following the incident, alerted the police, who trailed the suspects and arrested him few weeks later.

22 teenagers nabbed for robbery, cultism in Lagos

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of Lagos State Police Command have arrested 22 teenagers for robbery, stealing and cultism.
Commander RRS, Tunde Disu, while parading the suspects in Alausa, Ikeja, said the suspects, among who are four females, were arrested for their alleged involvement in separate incidences of robbery, stealing and cultism around Agege and its environs.
The leaders of the first gang, which consist of eight members, Babatunde, 15 and Tayo, 15, were arrested last Thursday, in Mulero, Agege for assaulting and robbing one Aladegbo Abidemi with an axe, and snatching her Blackberry Z10.
The suspects were reported to have given out other members of the gang the next day.
The others include Matthew, 18; Sakiru, 16; Ganiyu,13; Reliwan, 15; Ibrahim, 15 and Kudus, 15.
According to one of their victims, Aladegbo Abidemi, a 26-year-old female, who was in Alausa: “I was coming from work and decided to pass through Mulero to link the closest bus stop around 10p.m.
“My phone rang and I picked it. Few seconds into the call, I noticed some young boys swarming like bees towards me.

4 teenagers arrested over sale of human skull

Luck ran out of four young men said to be trading in human parts as they were, yesterday, arrested by operatives of Criminal Investigation Department, CID, of Akwa Ibom State Police Command, when the suspects went looking for a buyer of a human skull in their possession.
The suspects are Emmanuel Edet Ikot, 17,  from Edeabasi, Oron; Ubong Udong, 18; Bright Effiong Okon, 19 and Okon Ita, 20, from Orukim.
The alleged leader of the group, Emmanuel Edet, denied the accusation, saying he only stumbled on a human skull while working at an uncompleted building for a man (names withheld) in Oron.
The Akwa Ibom State Police Public Relations Officer, Delia Nwawe, who spoke on behalf of the Commissioner, Mr. Murtala Mani, said the suspects were arrested by officers of the CID of the command in Mbo Local Government Area on receiving an alert from vigilant youths in the area.
He said with the arrests effected, the suspects would be charged to court for the law to take its course.
Leader of the gang, Mr. Emmanuel Edet, said: “I was paid to cut grass and clean up an uncompleted building by one man in Oron.

This Kano girl lives in a bowl

Like any other teenager, she is a bright, happy girl who one day dreams of one day opening her own shop.

But after being born with a mystery condition, Rahma Haruna has no limbs and suffers constant pain, as she lives most of her life in a plastic bowl. 

The 19-year-old, from Kano, Nigeria, was born a healthy baby but when she turned six months old her growth came to a sudden halt and she stopped hitting key development milestones.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE:UK Dailymail

Siblings murder 2 people to send elder brother to jail

Three suspected ritualists, Saidi Amadu, Idris Amadu and Quadri Ayodele, paraded by the Kwara State Police Command yesterday alongside two others, disclosed that they killed their victims to implicate their elder brother, Ayodele Amadu, who is now in prison.
They hatched the plot because their elder brother, Ayodele Amadu, took the larger portion of the property left behind by their late father.
It was gathered that the three suspects were arrested in connection with the killing of Fasilat Azeez and Rohimat Kehinde last week Tuesday.
The Kwara State Police Commissioner, Mr. Sam Okaula, who complained about the rising cases of ritual killings in the state, explained that the victims, Fasilat Azeez and Rohimat Kehinde, were hawking drugs and other items around Gaa-Arasiko via Alapa last week when they were waylaid and gruesomely killed.

New Evidence: The Real Reason Gaddafi Was Killed

The recent Hillary Clinton email leaks have opened a can of worms everywhere including in Africa. Wikileaks released an unclassified U.S. Department of State document emailed to Clinton, dated April 2, 2011. Sidney Blumenthal, the sender of the email confirmed what the world already suspected. Qaddafi was not killed for humanitarian purposes but for the oil and for money. His ideas of an African gold-backed currency were his major undoing.
In April 2011, then President of the World Bank, Robert Bruce Zoellick spoke at a panel discussion about how he hoped the World Bank would have some sort of role in the reconstruction of Libya along with other countries.
The African Exponent

Vanguard nailed it with this editorial cartoon

Man acquitted after 11 years on death row

A man, Mr. Ganiyu Wahab, who has been on death row for 11 years, finally regained freedom as he was discharged and acquitted by a Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos.
Wahab was arrested on January 23, 2005 on the allegation of murder and subsequently convicted and sentenced to death on July 2, 2007 in a judgement delivered by Justice Oluwayemi of Lagos High Court.
The case against Wahab at the High Court was that he murdered one Kolawole Alaran on January 23, 2005 by stabbing him with a bottle.

3 die in Benin gas explosion; 12 hospitalised

A cooking gas explosion in Benin, Edo State capital, in the early hours of yesterday left three persons dead, with 12 others lying critically ill at a medical facility in the state.
Among the victims were two members of a family, identified as Favour Godwin, 11 and Odion. Their parents are currently receiving treatment at a medical centre.
The incident reportedly occurred around 7a.m. on Sunday at their 32, Osazuwa Street residence, off Benin Agbor Road.

Girls breed babies for sister to sell

A 26-year-old lady, Gift Etim Ikono, and her two sisters, Esther Etim Ikono and Florence Victor Ikono, are currently in police custody in Calabar, Cross River State, for allegedly selling their babies to yet-to-be identified persons.
The Akwa Ibom State-born suspect, Gift, who resides at 8th Mile, Calabar, was arrested on June 28 for allegedly selling two children belonging to Esther and Florence, her sisters.
It was gathered that Gift harboured Esther and Florence in her apartment while they were pregnant, and sold their babies at birth.
According to Mr. Jimoh Obeh, Cross River State Commissioner of Police, “the two girls got pregnant and when they gave birth, the babies were sold out by the suspect (Gift) to unknown buyers.”
The principal suspect, along with her sisters, according to the Police Commissioner, would soon appear in court after investigations are completed.

This woman allegedly lures secondary school girls into sex work during school hours

She say it's a lie: BUT I AM A SEX WORKER

A widow, who was paraded by Lagos State Police Command alongside some criminals for allegedly recruiting young schoolgirls as commercial sex workers in a hotel in Surulere area of the state during school hours, has denied the charge.
The suspect, identified as Chinonso Okolokwo, said she was a commercial sex worker at the said hotel located at Ikate area of Surulere.
Briefing newsmen on her arrest, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, disclosed that the suspect’s method was to lure the students from different secondary schools around Surulere to the hotel.
Okolokwo, according to the CP, would give the students clothes to change into and use them as sex slaves until school closing hours.
Some of the students, as gathered, went home with between N1,000 and N2,000, depending on the number of men they attended to. But the amount, it was learned, was just 10 percent of what was paid by their male customers, while the rest was allegedly pocketed by their managers, among who is Okolokwo.

36-yr-old man impregnates daughter, aborts pregnancy

A 36-year-old father, Peter Kennedy, has been detained by police for impregnating his 16-year-old daughter and aborting the pregnancy.
Peter was also detained with his wife, step-mother to the victim, who revealed that her husband said he wanted to test his ability.
The man, who had been detained at Anthony Division, had allegedly been sleeping with his daughter since 2013.
Peter, a resident of 5 Kode Street, Mende, Maryland axis, was reported to the police by a neighbour after the father allegedly had sexual intercourse with his daughter again on Friday, July 8.
It was learned that the victim had been taken to MIRABEL Centre at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Ikeja, for test, even as the case was said to have be transferred to Gender Desk of the Commissioner of Police’s office, for further investigation.

THE STRANGE THINGS I HEARD THIS WEEK

A) Ghana's Vice President drove into a local (home brand) vehicle factory and bought two SUVs.

Eh! Na custom-made BMWs our Ogas at the top they use here o.

B) One bros said he would impregnate and beat another man's wife.

However, I can't tell which of the two doings will come first. He must have been practising these for a while. Anyway, make we ask wetin the woman tell am b4 e get these ambitions sha.

C) Lawmakers making laws, sorry, noise about being owed one month salary!

Who be the slothful worker wey no know say our lawmakers need even their August salaries and allowance because times are hard?

President No Nonsense

Vendor escapes N44,000 recharge card scam

The almost-sharp guy

A middle-aged man, yesterday, met his waterloo while attempting to steal recharge cards worth N44,000 from a female vendor at a complex around Bode Thomas area of Lagos State.
The suspect was apprehended, beaten up and taken to the police station.
According to an eyewitness, Temitope Ajayi: “The suspect, who was well dressed, told the young lady selling recharge cards that he owned an office in the complex and one of the parked  Sport Utility Vehicles.
“He took all the lady's recharge cards and asked her to sit somewhere in the compound to calculate the total cost, while he informs his Secretary to bring her the money.
“After pretending to climb the stairs into the building, the suspect returned and told the young lady that her money is on the way, she should wait for his Secretary.”

He had unprotected sex and prankster took him to the cleaners

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IT CAN ONLY BE EDUCATION

The Yoruba proverb has established that the child that is not trained will sell the family’s heritage. This is supported by all religions and traditions. I conceptualise the family here as a nation or country. Any country that takes for granted the EDUCATION of her citizens will not have peace. Now you are bothered by the pipeline destructions. Now you want to arrest all hawkers in Lagos. Now you want to ban okadas on highways because its casualties dominate the emergency wards.

Dear Government of Nigeria, there is only one thing that is best to do now: solidify education!
Vocational education is evidently collapsed and schools are now overcrowded. Twenty thousand students apply to schools that can at best admit seven thousand students. Great tailors, painters, hair stylists, mechanics, vulcanizers are busy writing UTME. 

 Gani Gab Abisoye Bamgbose

Black Lives Matter: The Baton Rouge photo hailed as 'legendary'

In the wake of ongoing protests in the US against the killing of black men by police, more than to 100 people were arrested in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Saturday.

In the wake of the demonstrations, and growing debate over the seeming militarisation of American police, one photo has stood out.
It was taken by Jonathan Bachman, a New Orleans-based photographer who has been working for Reuters in the past few days.
BBC

Abuja preacher's murder

Pastor Olawale Elisha, her hsuband

Wife of the Vice President, Dolapo Osinbajo, with some of the late preacher's children.

Late Mrs Eunice Olawale

Where she was killed

One of the miscreants living in the area

OKIJA AGAIN: Anambra landlord drags tenant to Kija over N36,000 rent

A tenant, Mr. Chukwudi Diribe, in Awada, a suburb of Onitsha, Anambra State, has been reportedly dragged before the celebrated Ogwugwuakpu shrine in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state, popularly known as Okija Shrine, over house rent.
His 70 years old landlord sought the aid of the shrine when his tenant, Mr. Diribe, insisted that he does not owe the him the N36,000 he (landlord) alleged.
Few days after insisting that he paid the landlord when due, a messenger from the shrine brought a letter, saying that the shrine had invited Mr. Diribe to come and defend on the allegation levelled against him by his landlord.

A SELFIE? She must be in the SPIRITE!

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OPINION: Before Parents Start Eating Their Kids...

Haven't been able to write or post steady for awhile. So I appreciate this write-up and wish to share. Read the full piece on the original writer's blog.

“Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man is starving.” O. Henry, 1862-1910, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, P 233. 

Nigeria is descending to a new low in barbarism, which if left unchecked will define the new era of politics. Parents, presumed to be sane, but obviously callous and distressed, now sell their kids to procure food for the rest of the family. Whether the evil is perpetrated with a heavy heart is difficult to say until we conduct a study into the motivations of the few known examples to date. And, the sooner the better, because this trend might gain momentum and become irreversible for a long time to
come. It is difficult to imagine how parents would determine which of their kids to be sold. That they don’t particularly care what fate befalls that child is obvious. That they don’t consider that the sale of one child for a pittance will not solve their problems permanently is also clear. They certainly don’t ask themselves what will happen when the food purchased with their own kids’ blood money is exhausted.
Kevindjakpor

Robbers chop off DPO’s ear in Anambra

The Divisional Police Officer for Ajali in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State (names withheld) had one of his ears chopped off and was stripped naked for attempting to arrest members of a notorious robbery gang.
The said DPO had led his team to the den of the nine-man gang that had been terrorising Nanka, also in Orumba North, for years.
Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Awkuzu Okechukwu, said that following a raid on Nanka community, Ifedilichukwu Nwankwo, Chidi Nwankwo and Udoye Kenechukwu were arrested after previous attempts by the police from Force CID, Abuja, and Zone 9 Headquarters, Umuahia, to arrest them failed.

Sex worker causes pandemonium after attempt to seduce magistrate fails

A sex worker,  who failed to show up in court last week Friday, caused a stir at the Magistrate’s Court, Monday, when she could not seduce the magistrate, who then ordered her remanded at Afokang Prison, Calabar, for jumping bail.
The Bayelsa State-born sex worker, Princess, was reportedly arrested alongside her colleagues at the Moonshine Brothel, located at Uwanse two weeks ago in the wake of the clamp down on sex workers and hoodlums, following rising crime wave in Calabar.

PLAYFULLY: 7-yr-old kills househelp with father’s gun

Police in Abia State are currently investigating the death of a female househelp allegedly killed by a toddler with his lawyer-father’s gun in Aba.
Meanwhile, security agents in the state have launched efforts to rescue a kidnapped Medical Director of Abia State Polytechnic, Aba.
Though information about the death of the househelp is still sketchy, it was gathered that the lawyer’s child, said to be about seven years old, jokingly shot dead their house help with his father’s gun.
The child was said to have picked the father’s gun from his bedroom, thinking it was a toy gun.

Economic situation is affecting One Chance business in Lagos

According to one of the six On Chance robbery suspects arrested by operatives of Rapid Response Squad, RRS, in Lagos, yesterday, the economic situation in the country is affecting ‘business.’
The suspect, Adeleke Rasaq, 24, who was arrested alongside his gang members, Lucky John, 22, in Abule-Egba, Agbado Oke Local Council Development Area, they do not make much money from One Chance as they used to in the past.
One Chance is the popular name for a type of robbery in Lagos, where unsuspecting passengers are robbed in commercial buses, Danfo, whose ‘driver’ and some ‘passengers’ are members of a robbery gang.
The arrested Adeleke, who resigned as a factory worker to join One Chance robbery gang, said: “We do not make much money like before. The present economic condition in the country has greatly affected One Chance business. We have not been able to make much money— everywhere is dry.”
Corroborating Adeleke’s confession, his gang’s member, Frankly, said: “We have not made much money since Monday (last week). We have been sharing N20,000, N30,000 and N40,000.
“This is unlike before. When I operate alone, I could make close to N150,000 daily. Now, business is so difficult.”
He said he teamed up with Lucky because pocket-picking was not easy in Lagos any longer.
He said: “When you work alone, you might not make much. It has not been easy working independently lately. So we have to team up to make more money to survive. Both of us live in Badagry.
“Every day, we come to Abule Egba, Agege, Fagba, Egbeda to operate. As soon as we make enough money, we would retire for the day.”
Explaining how he joined the robbery syndicate, he said: “I resigned from the company I worked for when I noticed that a lot of my friends in Ajegunle, who were doing this kind of hustling were living better than companies’ chief executives.
“Every guy does this in Ajegunle. We do not see it as a crime: it is called hustling,” adding that he joined the gang six years ago.

3 injured in free-for-all over Ronaldo, Messi in Abakiliki

Three football fans were wounded in a free-for-all in a bar in Abakaliki on Saturday night over an argument about who is the better player between Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and Lionel Messi of Argentina.
An eyewitness said that the incident occurred at the Kpirikpiri area of the town during the EURO 2016 second round match between Portugal and Croatia.
Portugal won the match 1-0 courtesy of a Ricardo Quaresma 114th minute goal that sent them into the competition’s quarter-finals.
Trouble started when a Ronaldo supporter, identified as Marshal, celebrated wildly as the Real Madrid star’s shot was parried into Quaresma’s path for the goal, to the annoyance of the Messi supporter, named Obinna.
The duo had argued all night over who the better player is between Messi and Ronaldo: the stars play for Spanish clubs, Barcelona FC and Real Madrid FC, respectively.
It was learned that immediately Quaresma scored, Marshal rushed to Obinna and mocked him, chanting “I told you, I told you Ronaldo is the best.” Obinna reportedly pushed Marshal and a fight ensued.

Will my boyfriend ever propose after 19 years together?

My boyfriend and I have been together for almost 20 years and we have two children whom he takes full responsibility for.
We’ve discussed marriage but he says with the high rate of divorce and the experience he’s had living in a polygamous home, he doesn’t want the hassle of a divorce if we ever spilt up.
Everyone around me is married, but my man simply refuses. I feel so rejected; we don’t live together. Do you think he’s using me?

Is he controlling me through sex?

I love my boyfriend, but when he wants sex, he wants it right away— whether I’m about to leave for work, I’m getting ready to meet friends or just in a hurry to get something done at home.
I used to find this quite a turn-on, but recently a friend has warned me by suggesting it could be his way of controlling me, especially if I’m about to do something that doesn’t involve him.
What do you think?

Sahur is not breakfast

As-salam Alaikum waramotullai, wa barakatuh!
The kindness of Allah cannot be overemphasised when one ponders on the blessings in the act of eating sahur during Ramadan. For almighty Allah (SWT), it is not enough blessings that He provides us with food on our table, but He further blesses anyone who wakes up in the first rays of dawn to eat the same food for sahur.
The Prophet (s.a.w) was reported by Anas to have said: “Eat something for sahur even if it is a date. For there is in it barakah.” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim) Isn’t it great that Allah is rewarding us for eating?
The prophet taught his companions and, by extension, every Muslim that they should begin their fasting by taking something. It does not necessarily have to be a heavy meal. In fact, overeating negates the spirit of fasting. It is advised to wake in the pre-dawn period to appropriately kick-start fasting by eating sahur among other things. Eat moderately even as you remember those who could not afford a meal for that purpose.

Master's students drown during birthday party in Lagos beach

Tragedy struck in Lagos when two ladies drowned at Elegushi Beach, Lekki.
The ladies, Funmi, 24, and Shola, 27, were graduates of International Relations from Covenant University, Otta, Ogun State, and were studying for their Masters in International Law and Diplomacy at the University of Lagos, UNILAG.
The deceased, who were in the company of some friends, were at the beach to celebrate the birthday of one of their friends, when an alarm was raised by one of them, who noticed a heavy tide sweeping the ladies away.
Unfortunately for them, they drowned before help could come, with some local divers saying such incidents occurred daily.

ALLI

I'm that star up in the sky
I'm that mountain peak up high
Hey, I made it
I'm the worlds greatest
And I'm that little bit of hope
When my back's against the ropes
I can feel it mmm
I'm the world's greatest

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You are too ugly for King Kong, Meryl Streep told

Meryl Streep - "This was me on my way home from an audition for King Kong where I was told I was too “ugly” for the part. This was a pivotal moment for me.
“This one rogue opinion could derail my dreams of becoming an actress or force me to pull myself up by the boot straps and believe in myself. I took a deep breath and said “I’m sorry you think I’m too ugly for your film but you’re just one opinion in a sea of thousands and I’m off to find a kinder tide.”
Today Meryl Streep has 18 Academy Awards.
Moral- Never ever give up on your dreams. Only you know your true worth

I wasn't there. But talk of billions in some politicians' account

Mender of souls

Man divorces wife hours after wedding over SMS to friends

A husband divorced his wife hours after their wedding because she was too busy texting her friends to consummate the marriage.

The groom took his Saudi bride back to their hotel room after the ceremony in the city of Jeddah.

But when he tried to get intimate with her, he was pushed away by his wife because she was trying to respond to congratulatory messages from friends on her phone.

She became angry when he asked her to stop. 

A relative told Saudi daily Al Watan: 'The groom tried to get closer with her and more intimate, but he was shocked when she ignored him, not responding to his words and action. 

'When he asked her if her friends were more important than he was, the bride answered that they were.
DailyMail Online 

Are there two faces of Cameron, or is it just my eyes?

New fuel pump price, mere tokenism – APC (January 19, 2015)

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the Federal Government of making a show out of deceit by its so-called fuel price reduction, saying a 10.3 percent slash in the price of petrol (from 97 to 87 Naira) is a mere tokenism at a time the price of crude oil has crashed by about 60 per cent.

In a statement, Monday, in Lagos by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the pump price of a litre of fuel should not be more than 70 Naira, meaning that at 87 Naira per litre, the government is forcing Nigerians to subsidise the massive corruption in the oil sector by 17 Naira for every litre of fuel.

It said: “When crude oil was selling at 100 dollars per barrel, the landing cost of PMS without subsidy was 125 Naira per litre. Now that the oil price has crash to about 44 dollars per barrel, landing cost without subsidy is about 65 Naira per litre. The same goes for diesel, which should not sell for more than 90 Naira per litre.”

APC said while governments of countries, which are not as economically endowed as Nigeria have reduced the pump price of fuel as far back as early January 2015, Nigeria that is the world’s sixth largest producer of oil is just announcing a price slash that is far below those countries.

“Early this year, Zambia slashed the price of petrol by 23 per cent while Tanzania reduced the pump price of the product by 16%. In the US, which until recently was importing crude oil from Nigeria, the price of fuel has fallen for 113 consecutive days as of January 16. Therefore, the 10.3% price slash in Nigeria is too meagre too late,” the party said.

The pride of a nation or personal stubbornness?

Fani-Kayode adamant over N840m campaign fund

Abuja—There were indications last night that the embattled former Aviation Minister and spokesman of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, might not be freed from the custody of the anti-graft agency in a short while.
Vanguard learned that the former minister was adamant that the N840 million he got from the Finance Director of the campaign organisation, Nenadi Usman, was promptly used for the specified assignments outlined for him.

Nigeria fantastically corrupt— David Cameron

He’s living in the past, Presidency replies

Credit: Paul Hackett/Reuters

British Prime Minister, David Cameron, has described Nigeria and Afghanistan as “fantastically corrupt” in a conversation with the Queen of England, Elizabeth II.
However, in a swift reaction, the Presidency said the British Prime Minister, Mr. Cameron, still had the “old snapshot” of what Nigeria was before the coming of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to have described it as “fantastically corrupt” alongside Afghanistan.
While talking about this week’s anti-corruption summit billed to hold in London tomorrow, where President Muhammadu Buhari will give a keynote address, Cameron said: “We have got some leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to Britain— Nigeria and Afghanistan— possibly the two most corrupt countries in the world.”
Asked whether he knew he was being filmed, the Prime Minister said: “There were multiple cameras in the room.”
After Mr. Cameron’s comments, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, intervened: “But this particular President is not corrupt. He is trying very hard,” before Speaker, John Bercow, said: “They are coming at their own expense, one assumes?”
The conversation took place at Buckingham Palace at an event to mark the Queen’s 90th birthday.
BBC diplomatic correspondent, James Landale, described the Prime Minister’s comments as a “truthful gaffe,” because the two countries involved were widely perceived as having a corruption problem.

Yekini’s mother sells bread for survival

Alhaja Sidikat Yekini aged mother of late Super Eagles striker, Rashidi Yekini now sells bread to survive in Ira Town in Kwara State of Nigeria, four years after the death of his son.
It was gathered that life has been pretty difficult for the Yekini’s family since the passing of the former African football king. It was also gathered that Alhaja Sidikat cried out for help few months ago, after revealing that ‘life has been difficult for her’ since the passing of her son.
“My son has served this country, and I want the government and other people to come to our aid because It would not be good for me to die in this situation,” she pleaded.
Yekini scored 37 goals in 58 appearances for the Super Eagles and died in May 2012 at the age of 48. He remains the highest goal scorer for the Super Eagles with 37 goals and represented Nigeria in five major tournaments, including two FIFA World Cup competitions in USA ‘94 and France ‘98 respectively.

Of world-class morons and world movers

Kenya arrests three over ‘IS’ anthrax attack plot

Three Kenyan suspected members of an Islamic State affiliate have been arrested for allegedly planning an anthrax attack, Kenyan police said on Tuesday. The man and two women arrested on Friday were part of “an East Africa terror group network, that has links to ISIL,” another name for the Islamic State terror group (IS), according to Kenya police chief Joseph Boinnet. They are accused of “planning large-scale attacks” including “a biological attack in Kenya using anthrax,” said Boinnet.
Vanguard Online

He can’t fulfil my sexual fantasy

Recently, my boyfriend and I were discussing what would really turn us on. For years I’ve had this fantasy of a rough sex with a really macho man.
I’ve had one or two meaningful relationships, but the men I’d met were not really macho. Least of all, my current boyfriend who’s somehow weedy!
Now he wants us to act out my fantasy, but his physique won’t turn me on in that way. How can I put him off!

Fantasy isn’t reality. So you don’t need your boyfriend to be a genuinely strong man to act out your sexy dreams.
Simply close your eyes and pretend. You never know— he may be more powerful than he looks! But if you’re really sure this won’t work, explain to him that although you like to fantasise when you’re alone, you don’t need or want to act it out.
That will let you off the hook and spare your feelings.
(Bunmi Sofola)

Tupac's mother Afeni Shakur Davis dies at 69

Afeni Shakur Davis, the mother of late rapper, Tupac Shakur, is dead. She died in Sausalito, California, aged 69around 10:28p.m., Monday.

She was the subject of Tupac's 1995 hit ‘Dear Mama.’

25-year-old Tupac was shot on September 7, 1996 in Las Vegas, Nevada. After six days in the hospital, he died.

Is her sex drive normal?

My 25-year-old girlfriend is 10 years younger than me. I have noticed that her sex drive is stronger than mine, but I’m a bit concerned about how much she masturbates.
We live together and I caught her recently masturbating when I came home earlier than expected in the night. She admitted she masturbates at least once a day.
This is on top of the sex she has with me (about four times a week). Is this normal? Does it mean I’m not satisfying her? She says I am and she just likes doing it, but I’m not sure I believe her.

Baffled my 9-yr-old is diabetic

When my nine-year-old suddenly started wetting the bed years after he had stopped, I noticed he drank water all of the time.
When I mentioned this to a close friend who is a nurse, she said I should bring him to the teaching hospital where she worked, she suspected he must have symptoms of diabetes. I was skeptical until a blood test confirmed it; my son had an insulin-dependent diabetes.
He was placed on admission straightaway and I was told it was lucky I brought him as the glucose levels in his blood were too high. At the level he was, he could have fallen into a coma.