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Two Nigerians, a man and a woman, have been arrested over claims that they forced  a Nigerian women into prostitution and used voodoo to keep their victims under their control, Spanish police said Sunday.

The two suspects were arrested on a warrant issued by Norway after a Nigerian woman lodged a complaint against them in Oslo.

Spanish police said the pair promised their victims, who were living in extreme poverty, a job and that they would cover their travel expenses. They would then force them to become prostitutes.

The young Nigerian woman who filed the complaint had herself been lured in 2011 to Spain by a woman who promised her work.

When she arrived in Spain, however, she was kidnapped and held in an apartment on the southern edge of Madrid.

Her abductor then forced her to work as a prostitute in several Spanish cities, as well as Bordeaux in France and finally Oslo, claiming she was owed a 60,000-euro ($66,000) debt).

“The ‘madam’ and her accomplices had control over her, using all methods of aggression and threats and resorting to traditional Juju voodoo practices, including animal sacrifices,” the police said.

In these rites, the victims are forced to take a pledge of obedience, which they are then persuaded into believing that they would fall ill or become insane if they fail to obey, according to Amnesty International.

The two suspects were arrested at their home with police finding false identity documents and several objects linked to the rituals there.

Six Nigerians including four women were convicted in France last month over similar charges.

Also in June, Spanish police dismantled a trafficking ring that they said used voodoo rituals to defraud their victims.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/two-nigerians-arrested-in-spain-for-using-voodoo-to-force-woman-into-prostitution/

Troops of the Nigerian Army have succeeded in dislodging Boko Haram insurgents from Faljari , a strategical point and stronghold of the Boko haram insurgents.

The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman also said the troops also destroyed the camps of the insurgents at Faljari village along Dikwa-Maiduguri road, Borno State on Sunday.



He said Faljari was used by the insurgents as one of their logistic bases in the face-off with the troops.

According to him, “Five vehicles heavily laden with Improvised Explosives Devices about to be unleashed into the society, four motorcycles, one Toyota Hilux mounted with Anti-Aircraft Guns, one Anti-Aircraft Gun and one General Purpose Machine Gun, three extra Barrels of Anti-Aircraft Gun, a box of Anti-Aircraft Gun Ammunition, 3 SIM cards and a damaged AK-47 Rifle” were recovered from the insurgents.





Usman said the troops also destroyed five motorcycles decorated with terrorists’ flags and a Toyota Hilux vehicle mounted with Anti-Aircraft gun during the raid.

He said the troops detonated and traced an IED with wires connected to the residence of a terrorist commander in the village.



The Army Acting Spokesman said the insurgents had been occupying portions of Gamboru  Ngala, Kala Balge, Guzamala and Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State while the headquarters of Guijba Local Government of Yobe State was long deserted.





He added that the troops also cleared towns and roads that were held by the terrorists and laced with mines such as Biu-Buni Yadi-Damaturu and Biu-Sabon Gari-Damboa roads and made them safe for pubic usage.

He said that the troops and indeed the Nigerian Army would not rest until every portion of the Nigerian soil was liberated from the control of the insurgents.





The military had dislodged the terrorist from Dikwa during a combined operation which involved the fighter pilots of the Nigerian Air Force and ground forces on Friday morning.

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Sources: http://nigeriainfohub.com/faljari-fallsanother-success-achieved-by-the-gallant-troops-of-the-nigerian-army-as-boko-haram-stronghold-is-freed/

Former military head of state Gen Yakubu Gowon, says “Nigeria is better off with Igbos.” He spoke while delivering an oration at the burial service for Chief (Mrs.) Chinyere Asika, wife of the former Sole Administrator of East Central State; just as the governor of Anambra State, Chief  Willie Obiano, described the deceased as a woman who exemplified the virtue of patience, charity and humility. The service took place at the All Saints Anglican Cathedral, Onitsha, Anambra State.

Gowon’s declaration was borne out of a deep appreciation of the commitment and sacrifice of the deceased and her husband, Ajie Ukpabi Asika, to the survival of Nigeria as one entity. The former Head of State recalled that when he proposed the post of Sole Administrator of East Central State, Asika told me, “I prefer to do this for the good of Igbo people.”

He went on: “I was struggling to get an administrator for the newly created East Central State when the name of the late Ukpabi  Asika came up. He was then a lecturer at Ibadan. When we met, I did not know which one of us was younger. But he exuded strength of character and understanding, and wanted to start work immediately. I cautioned him to think about it. I told him, `you must consult your brothers, and your wife to know if you would accept’. I came away convinced that this was the man I needed.

“I did not know how to place his wife, Chinyere, but when she arrived from Kenya, she plunged head-on into the idea. She was a courageous woman, caring and humble. I remember her efforts in “Otu Olu Obodo”- a public service initiative which she used as a tool of empowerment for her Igbo kinsmen and women.”

Obiano told the children and the Asika family to imbibe the virtues of patience, charity and humility from Mrs Asika, while urging the congregation and Ndi Anambra to remember “her good deeds and pray for the repose of her soul.”

The service was attended by many prominent personalities including a former Minister of Defence, Gen. T.Y. Danjuma, who represented President Muhammadu Buhari.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/gowonnigeria-is-better-off-with-igbos/

A suicide bomber have invaded and bombed a crowded market in the capital of Yobe state Damaturu with unconfirmed report indicating that at  least eight persons lost their lives.

The explosion occurred at around 9.30 am on Sunday – just six days after a suicide bombing occurred at a checkpoint in the same city.

Many killed in a blast at the crowded market in the city of Damaturu – just six days after a powerful blast at a checkpoint on the outskirts of the capital of Yobe state. (File photo)
Dozens were injured and at least 11 people killed at spot in a powerful blast that hit a crowded market in the city of Damaturu on Sunday. The explosive device went off at around 9.30 am on Sunday.

The attack comes just six day after a suicide bombing at a checkpoint on the outskirts of the same city.

According to the latest reports, 15 people were killed and at least 50 others seriously wounded when a female suicide bomber detonated a bomb hidden under her veil at a market, popularly known as Sunday market. Two other female suicide bombers with hidden explosive devices were arrested in the city hours after the blast. Ket

The Sunday market in Damaturu attracts thousands vendors every week on Sundays. According to survived witnesses, the female suicide bomber set off her explosive device in the crowded place right outside the entrance of the market where traders usually off-load their goods.

“It was a messy scene to behold. More than a dozen persons were battered by the bomb – beyond recognition; many other victims who did not die, were left with damaging injuries that they may not survive”, told the press a trader Abdullahi Haruna, who witnessed the blast.

Damaturu Specialist Hospital representatives confirmed to the press that “as at 11am, fifteen people were confirmed dead, while over 50 are seriously injured and are being attended at the accident and emergency ward”.

The checkpoint on a major highway connecting Damaturu with Borno state capital Maiduguri was reportedly hit by the bomber on Monday.

A hospital representative informed the press that at least two people, whose bodies were transported to the hospital, were killed in the blast. Another three received injuries.

The police spokesman, Toyin Gbadegesin told the press that “eight people including the suicide bomber died, two security operatives were among the dead“.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/breaking-many-killed-as-suicide-bombs-crowded-market-in-damaturu/

The management of the University Of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) hereby invites candidates who made  UNN their first choice in the 2015 University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and scored 200 and above for the Post-UTME 2015  screening  exercise.

The computer Based Test screening  will be conducted at the Nsukka campus of the University as follows:

DAY ONE:

DATE: Tuesday August 11, 2015:
FACULTIES: Agricultural Sciences, Medicine and Surgery , Dentistry, Health Science Technology, Veterinary Sciences and Engineering .
TIME; 9:am - 11am - Veterinary Medicine - (All candidates)
Agricultural Sciences - (All candidates )

11:am - 1:pm - Medicine and Surgery -(All candidates )
Dentistry- (All candidates)

1:pm - 3pm - Health Sciences and Technology - (All Candidates)

3pm - 5pm - Engineering  - (All candidates)

DAY TWO:
DATE: Wednesday August 12, 2015:
FACULTIES: Law, Arts and Education.

TIME- 8am - 10.am - Law - (All candidates)
Arts- ( mass communication)

12pm - 2pm - All other departments in Faculty
of Arts.

2pm- 4pm - Education (All candidates)

DAY THREE:

DATE: Thursday August 13, 2015:
FACULTIES: Biological sciences Pharmaceutical sciences, physical sciences and environmental studies:

TIME:
9am - 11am - Biological sciences (Plant science and biotechnology, Microbiology, Zoology and
Environmental studies and Combined Biological sciences )

11am - 1pm :Biological Sciences - (Biochemistry)
Pharmaceutical Sciences (All candidates)

1pm - 3pm - Physical Sciences(All candidates)

3pm - 5pm - Environmental Studies (All
candidates)

DAY FOUR:

DATE: Friday August 14th, 2015:
FACULTIES: Business administration and Social sciences .

TIME:
9am - 11am - Business administration- (All candidates)

11am - 1pm - Social Sciences -(Economics , Public administration and Sociology/anthropology)

1pm- 3pm - Social Sciences - ( All other departments in Social sciences)

ONLINE REGISTRATION:

A. Eligible candidates should pay a processing fee of Two thousand naira (N2000) only through e-transact for online registration at any branch of:


UBA

Zenith Bank Plc

Access Bank Plc

First Bank of nigeria Plc.

Fidelity Bank.

B. Online Registration starts on Monday 27th July 2015 and ends on Friday 7th August 2015. Those who fail to register within this period will not be screened .

Candidates should access and complete the University Of Nigeria 2015/2016 Post-UTME screening form online at unnportal.unn.edu.ng

C. All candidates are required to bring the following for the screening exercise.
i. A copy of ONLINE form duly completed
ii. 2015/2016 JAMB slip.

Best of Luck Guys!

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/unn-post-utme-2015eligibility-status-registration-details-and-cut-off-mark/

Haruna Baba Jauro  has been appointed the new acting DG of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).

President Muhammudu Buhari, had only earlier this week appointed  Calistus  Obi, an Igbo by ethnicity, as acting director general/chief executive of  NIMASA and now with no explanation put in someone  from the northern part of Nigeria where he hails from.

This  sparked accusations in political circles that the president was biased in all his appointments.

This comes after Buhari had appointed  Mrs. Amina Bala Zakari as acting Chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who remained in office despite the expiration of her tenure since July 21 2015.

One politician from Anambra speaking in Anonymity told reporters that he and other igbos are extremely  troubled by President  Buharia's action on the leadership of NIMASA.

Anybody who knows about maritime issues can tell you that Calistus Obi is very knowledgeable , said the source, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party. He added, Why would Mr. President remove him after just a few days, even though he was appointed in an acting capacity? What was the hurry in firing him? And it is interesting that Alhaji Jauros appointment is also in acting capacity.

This is also now affecting the members  of  the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) who told journalists of their concern that Mr. Buhari's appointments so far have been more than 90% in favor of northerners and Muslims.

Mr Buhari had last week said that he would  treat all regions of the country equally. After realizing the political implications of his reckless statement, the Nigerian president made a belated attempt to correct the statement.

It’s said that during their visit to the land of the Free, that it was obvious that Buhari seemed to listen only to members of his inner circle, led by former Nigerian Defense Minister, Theophilus Y. Danjuma.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/ethnic-sentiments-buhari-accused-of-being-bias-in-appointment-of-nimasa-boss/

This is not good news for African ,The organisers of the popular big Brother Africa TV reality program have indicated that the program may not hold this year.

This according to the organisers is due to lack of sponsorship. The organizers of the show, Africa Magic and Endemol have been unable to get sponsorship for this year’s edition of the show.

The Manager of Multichoice Ghana, Anne Sackey confirmed to Razz Newspaper that they at Multichoice Ghana have received notice from MNET that this year’s edition of Big Brother Africa will not come off.

She explained that MNET did not give them any reasons as to why they will not be airing the Big Brother this year, but she suggested it could be due to sponsorship constraints.

“They didn’t give us any reason though, but I think it’s mainly because of cash constraints as we all know the show is very expensive to put up” she said.

Anne Sackey said since the organizers don’t have a constant annual headline sponsor (s) for the show, it becomes difficult sometimes getting sponsors.

“They don’t have fix sponsors on the show. Every year the sponsor changes, sometimes it’s Coca¬Cola, sometimes MTN and other companies from Ghana have sponsored before” she noted.

Idris Sultan, 2014 BBA Winner,
On further interrogation to shed more light on whether their inability to get a sponsor is a publicity stunt or not, she stated that MNET is a separate company and that they have their target and strategies so until they write to them, she can’t answer any more questions on their behalf.

Source:

http://nigeriainfohub.com/big-brother-africa-2015-cancelled/

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia State in the 2015 elections, Dr Alex Otti on Friday said that unknown gunmen invaded his Abuja guest house in the early hours of the day, apparently to assassinate him.

Briefing journalists at his campaign office in Umuahia over the unsavoury incident, the former bank boss said he escaped the assassin's bullet by 24 hours but a policeman on guard duty was shot dead.

He said that in the last seven days he had been staying at the guest house located at Maitama area of Abuja and only left on Thursday for Abia State in order to attend the tribunal sitting in Umuahia. Otti is at the tribunal challenging the outcome of the April 2015 gubernatorial poll in Abia.

According to him, the invading gunmen struck at about 2am on Friday thinking he was still around, adding that what could have been fate was left for the imagination,

"In the early hours of this morning (Friday) I got information that yet-to- be identified people invaded my guest house in Abuja through the back fence, cut the wire mesh and scaled through the fence and made through to where I stay.

"One of the policemen that guard the place was shot dead and the body has been deposited in the mortuary, if I had spent the day yesterday there, maybe it would have been a different story now,” he lamented.

While pointing out that he was not suspecting anyone or group, Otti recalled that "There have been pockets of attempts on my life but not to this magnitude".
He said that police have stepped in and launched investigation into the incident.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/narrow-escape-alex-otti-escapes-death-police-officer-shot-dead/

Former musician turned writer, Etcetera have said that God won't listen to Nigerian songs and thinks most Nigerian artistes are confused and bewildered. He says Nigerian artistes sing meaningless songs and that those who listen to Nigerian songs need to ask themselves why.

“Shoki hey hey Shoki!” cries a voice from the radio to the beat of a nerve-wracking pandemonium that seems designed to drive you insane.

A quick flick of the dial and “Shakiti bobo” is playing. The worse thing is that the raucous noise emitted by the artiste is no match for the loud, odious din coming from the beat. The lyrics are completely lost – which may not be regrettable to some – but the whole tumult sounds more like bad static than music.

I tuned the dial again. This time it was Olamide screaming “VANESSA VANESSA.”
As the last strains of the song died away, the OAP cheerfully and enthusiastically breaks in, “Yes, that’s for all you listeners out there. That’s the way we do it right here at your cool station. We personalise our playlist to make you feel cool.”

Cool kor, cooler ni…. I felt like telling the OAP that his choice of songs made me feel SICK. 
This is simply today’s Nigerian music! Something is terribly WRONG with it! Yet millions around the country – especially the young people – listen to it by the hour. WHY?
What is there about this music that is so gripping? How can something so meaningless hold millions under its spell? Why does it serve as a common denominator – as “the tie that binds” – for so many youths?
Judging from how and what they’re saying and singing, it is easy to conclude that some of these artistes should be taken for mental evaluation! Music mirrors our emotions; it reflects our thoughts; it echoes our activities – it shows us the way we really are!

Most Nigerian artistes are confused and bewildered – or they wouldn’t sing songs about not being able to tell right from wrong, or songs which purposely don’t say or mean anything, or which try only to “embody an emotional state that points indirectly to marijuana and crazy sex positions.”

Music,just like other forms of art is like a social barometer. A strong and healthy society produces dynamic and stimulating music; a diseased and decaying society produces sick and decadent music.

It’s a simple matter of cause and effect!

This is now a SICK SOCIETY and, therefore, it produces SICK MUSIC. It’s just that simple! Both parents and the young people are to blame. My point is, we all don’t have to be a part of this sick society – or its sick music.

Even talking about today’s gospel songs, many are lacking in purpose and quality. The gospel singers are forgetting that God believes in QUALITY. Look at the universe He created! He also believes in human improvement and GROWTH. “Become ye therefore perfect” (Matt. 5:48) and “Grow in grace and knowledge” (II Pet. 3:18), He commands.

God wants His people to grow in the right kind of culture – the right kind of appreciation for the finer things in life. He says that mature Christians are “those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to DISCERN both good and evil” (Heb. 5:14).
God wants us to EXERCISE our five physical senses. He wants us to learn what the true values for the enjoyment of the senses are. One of these senses is hearing. And one of the ways we need to exercise our hearing sense is in the appreciation of quality music. Quality in music involves, first of all, the way it is composed or arranged. Secondly, it involves how the music is performed. And thirdly, the setting (the place and occasion) in which the music is heard.

You attend a concert only to see artistes with a hodgepodge of idiotic noise played from a CD and the audience seated at round tables like they are in a canteen, screaming with mouthful of small chops and ‘samosas’ as every new song is introduced by the performer. What utter nonsense! What is WRONG with us? How did we completely lose our sense of value regarding music? Do we even know the purpose of music?
A mother justifies her daughter who’s listening to an obscene song by saying,  
“If you listen to the words of that one, it’s pretty rough. But it has a real good beat. My daughter says she doesn’t pay any attention to the words anyway.” Are we really that naïve? 

What erroneous reasoning! Go along with the crowd – even if the crowd is on the way to suffering, misery, pain, extinction? Do we think that these songs have no part in the tidal wave of promiscuity, venereal disease, illegitimate babies that are all over the country today? If you are one of those who like today’s Naija music, you ought to honestly and truthfully ask yourself WHY.


Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/etceteranigeria-artists-confused-god-wont-listen-to-nigeria-songs/

keyzid:
Ow. So irritating and disgusting. Can't just imagine myself kissing a nigga like me or f*cking him. Damn. > > This people must be insane. Taking human right to the extreme level. This ain't human right. This is human insanity.

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so so inhuman....

Rivers state police said on Saturday, June 27
that Rosemond Osagholu, the Vice Chancellor
of Ignatius Ajuru University in Port Harcourt,
who was abducted by gunmen has been
finally released.
The professor who was abducted by gunmen
a week ago on June 20 as she was leaving
the campus of the Rivers state government-
owned institution.
According to the News Agency of
Nigeria, Ahmad Muhammad, the police public
relations officer in Port Harcourt, said that
Ms. Osagholu was released on June 26.
However, he did not disclose the exact
location of her release or if any ransom was
paid for her freedom. Also he did not confirm
if any arrest had been made.
“I can confirm to you that the Vice Chancellor
of the Ignatius Ajuru University has been
released. She is in good health and has been
reunited with her family,” Mr Muhammad said.
Reportedly, the vice chancellor’s abduction
threw the academic community into a state of
shock. Unions, associations and groups in
the academic community mounted pressure
on the police to rescue her.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/abducted-vice-chancellor-in-rivers-state-freed-one-week-later/

Just minutes after the Supreme Court
announced its landmark decision to strike
down bans on gay marriage nationwide, the
White House showed its support on Facebook.
The image above is a vibrant illustration of
the White House colored in with the bright
stripes of the iconic Rainbow Flag.
The White House also shared a screenshot of
President Barack Obama’s tweet in support
of the historic decision, below is the tweet
which has received lots of retweets and
generated much buzz on Twitter.
Obama has been a public supporter of same-
sex marriage since 2012.
In an interview with Robin Roberts of Good
Morning America that year, he said that he
personally felt that gay couples should be
allowed to marry. He’s since come out with
more forceful stance on the issue, and
addressed the issue during his second
inaugural speech.
“Our journey is not complete until our gay
brothers and sisters are treated like anyone
else under the law, for if we are truly created
equal, then surely the love we commit to one
another must be equal as well,” he concluded.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/white-house-updates-official-facebook-page-in-support-of-supreme-court-ruling-on-same-sex-marriage/

Below is a press statement from the office of
the former governor of Imo state Ikedi
Ohakim.The statement reads…
Following some recent developments around
my person and the avalanche of
misinformation and deliberate lies being
peddled about me, I am constrained to issue
this statement, first to douse anxiety of every
well-meaning fellow who has shown concern
and second, to alert members of the Nigerian
public to a clear danger to my life.
NEWSPAPER REPORTS
On June 1, 2015, I travelled out of the
country by LH 595 operated by Lufthansa with
seat number 04K to honour a medical
appointment and also attend my daughter’s
graduation at the Royal College of Surgeons in
Ireland. On June 02, 2015, a newspaper
posted a headline that I had been
apprehended and taken to custody by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) for fraud and misappropriation of
public funds.
On inquiry, I discovered that the story was
taken to the newspaper in question by an aide
of a top politician in my state, Imo.
Instructively, the story was carried by only
the newspaper in question. A few days later,
the same aide of the supposedly top politician
took another fake news to some media
houses that I sneaked abroad to dispose of
my properties because of bankruptcy.
THE PETITION AGAINST ME
What is playing out began with a petition
against me to the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) by the same
desperate politician in my state. The petition
was written by a group he fabricated that
goes by the name, Alliance For Good
Governance. Those who are conversant with
the politics of Imo state would recall that it
was this same group that constituted itself
into a vicious gang-up against my
administration. It was this group, the Alliance
For Good Governance, that sold the lie that I
molested a Catholic Priest in Imo state.
It was the same group that carried out the
failed public demonstration against me in
front of the EFCC Headquarters in Abuja. It
was the same group, led by this same
politician, that was used by those who were
bent on denying me my victory at the April 26,
2011 governorship election, to kidnap an INEC
returning officer, one Mr. Ngozi Nwoko, and
took him to Bolingo Hotel, Onitsha, Anambra
state, where he was locked up, thus
preventing him from turning in the results
from Ohaji-Egbema local government area
which put me in a clear lead. The kidnap of
Mr. Nwoko was the first script that led to the
so-called supplementary election of May 6,
2011 during which the final script was acted
out.
One of the issues raised in the petition was
the same carried in similar petitions shortly
after I left office four years ago. For example,
the petitioners demanded, among other
things, that I should be investigated for
misappropriating the proceeds from the
N18.5billion draw-down from the Imo N40
billion Development Bond which my
administration issued in 2010.
Faced with the severe financial crunch of
2008 – 2010, my administration mustered the
discipline and secured a N40b Development
Bond in 2010 with a first tranche draw-down
of N18.5b. Before we left office, we serviced
our obligation to investors for the first tranche
of the bond to the tune of N10.1b (principal +
interest) and we left behind the sum of N13.3
billion from it, being part of the total of N26.6
billion we handed over to the succeeding
administration. Up till this moment, the
administration that took over from mine has
not denied that I left behind N26.6 billion
including the N13.3 billion from the Bond
proceeds. And on this score, I challenge
anybody, whether in government or outside
government, to controvert this assertion.
Even so, let me refer to a statement credited
to the current administration through its
Commissioner for Finance and as reported in
the Daily Sun Newspaper of Wednesday
January 23, 2013, page 10. The report quoted
the Commissioner as saying that “the
previous administration of Ikedi Ohakim had
secured a bond of N18 billion for capital
projects such as roads, water and Oguta
Wonder Lake, but when we came to power,
we decided to prioritize our projects. Out of
the N18 billion that was secured, about N6
billion had been spent and we met only N12.5
billion and we convened a meeting of all
stakeholders and got their approval to
approach SEC to change the use of the fund”.
The report further stated that the
Commissioner disclosed that “the balance of
the bond proceeds were channeled into
critical areas of infrastructure development
such as the building of 305 classroom blocks,
building of ultra-modern general hospitals in
the 27 local government areas of the state
and construction of vital roads across the
local government areas, informing that works
were currently going simultaneously in the
various communities”. Need I say more?
CLONING MY VOICE
Part of the script is to set me up against the
federal authorities especially those manning
the security agencies. I have it on good
authority that, again, my voice has been
cloned in a purported interview I granted to a
radio station in which I supposedly lambasted
some top federal government officials,
including those heading the security
agencies. The tape of this fake interview was
then handed over to some of these key
Federal Government officials.
While I do not necessarily link this
development with a recent incident with the
EFCC, there can be no doubt that the intention
is to put me on a destructive collision course
with the federal authorities. But I believe this
plot will also fail because those top
government functionaries being targeted are
not vulnerable to such evil machinations and
antics. Still, I feel it is important to alert fellow
Nigerians to this practice which is however
not new in my state, Imo. Apart from that this
method was massively deployed against me
prior to the 2011 general election. Another
former governor of the state and an elder
statesman, also from the state, recently
suffered a similar fate in the hands of these
criminals using the same trick.
Apart from voice cloning, these elements are
also experts in forging signatures. They did it
in 2010 when they forged the signatures of a
prominent Catholic Archbishop, an Anglican
Bishop and other prominent political leaders
in the state in a petition against me to the
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
But the plot failed because the latter, upon
investigation, discovered that the Archbishop,
the Bishop and the leaders in question never
wrote any petition. The discovery was also to
the bewilderment of those highly regarded top
clergymen and leaders. I advise other public
figures in the entire country to be on the
watch because this habit is capable of
spreading.
THE DRAMA OF JUNE 18, 2015
Finally, let me seize this opportunity to make
some clarifications over my so called arrest
by the EFCC on Thursday June 18 2015. As a
law-abiding citizen, I will always make
myself available to any investigative agency
because I have absolutely nothing to fear.
However, let me seize this opportunity to
state that it is high time we stopped trying to
create disord between vital agencies of
government like the EFCC and pubic officers,
past or present. The agencies are there to do
their jobs. Orchestrating newspaper reports
on their legitimate lines of actions gives the
erroneous impression that the agencies and
their officials are out to witch-hunt. This is
unfortunate and, in my view, it is one of the
major reasons why there is so much myth
about the accountability by public office
holders.
On the incident of Thursday, June 18, 2015, I
would submit, with the highest sense of
responsibility, that the drama was
unnecessary. I never evaded invitation by the
agency. This can be corroborated by the
statement made by the commission’s
spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, as quoted
in the media: “We were expecting a former
governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, today
(Wednesday) to come and shed light on some
issues in an old case we have been
investigating. We are about rounding off the
investigation and we need him to clarify some
issues but he didn’t show up; he may still
come today or tomorrow” (see Daily Sun of
Wednesday, June 17, 2015; page 13). So, the
question is, if the commission knew or
realized that I could still “come today or
tomorrow”, why the drama just the following
morning?
In other words, the admission that they were
still expecting me “today or tomorrow”
negates the impression created by a section
of the media that I was avoiding arrest. It
means that by the time the spokesman made
that statement on Wednesday June 17, 2015, I
was not yet a subject for arrest;
notwithstanding the fact that I was at the
headquarters of the commission the same
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 to submit a letter
asking for more time in view of my health
challenges; and which letter was duly
acknowledged.
There is no intention here to pitch my words
against that of the commission which, as I
noted earlier, is doing its legitimate duties.
But I am compelled to make this clarification
in order to erase the impression that Ikedi
Ohakim was evading “arrest”. Let me repeat
for the umpteenth time that I have no reason,
whatsoever, to evade interrogation by any
anti-corruption agency in Nigeria, or
anywhere in the world, concerning my tenure
as governor of Imo State.
CONCLUSION
Throughout my tenure as governor, we never
hunted political opponents. There was no
political assassination, no arson, no official of
government disappeared. There was no
impeachment of any kind or threat of
impeachment. No senatorial zone complained
of marginalization. No contract failed. No
contractor ran away with the state’s funds.
There was labour harmony. We never owed
salaries as we made payment of salaries a
first line charge. In short, there was law and
order and Imo worked on one page.
But contrary to the goodwill that existed while
I was in office, I have since become an object
of attacks and ridicule. Nigerians will recall
that on May 15, 2014, directly after I declared
interest to re-contest the governorship
election of my state, my only house in Owerri
was bombed in what was evidently, an
attempt to assassinate me. As I write this
statement, my portrait is still missing from
amongst those of other former governors in a
gallery created for that purpose at the
Government House, Owerri.
Still, let me state that in spite of the
misadventure of some of these elements who
see me as their only obstacle to ‘greatness’, I
remain committed to the peace, progress and
stability of Imo state in particular and Nigeria
in general. I have implicit confidence that the
vision, dedication, fear of God and honesty of
purpose with which I served my people shall
vindicate me.
To God Be The Glory.
IKEDI OHAKIM

Source; http://nigeriainfohub.com/press-statement-former-imo-state-gov-says-his-life-is-endangered/

The divisional headquarters of the Nigerian
Police Force, Plateau State Police Command
have arrested a 40-year-old man, Surulere
Raphael, for cutting off his daughter’s finger
on allegation that she stole his money.
Mr Raphael was paraded on Friday at the
police headquarters alongside one Ponjue
Domsing, who was alleged to have killed his
father, Mr. Domsing, for not buying him a
motorcycle as promised.
Raphael said he cut off his daughter’s finger
because she stole his N1,500 and meat from
her mother’s pot of soup. The girl’s severed
finger has, however, been recovered as an
exhibit, while the girl is being treated in the
hospital.
The state Commissioner of Police, Nasiru Oki,
said the suspects would be charged to court
for culpable homicide and criminal
conspiracy.
He said:The Plateau State Police Command,
in its resolve to rid the state of crime and
criminal activities, has arrested some murder
suspects and other individuals for various
offences ranging from criminal conspiracy to
armed robbery and car snatching.
May 2, 2015, at Doruwa Vwang village in
Shendam Local Government Area of the
state, one Ponjue Domsing killed his father,
Mr. Domsing, for refusing to buy a
motorcycle for him as promised. The
investigation has been completed and the
suspect will soon appear in court when court
resumes from strike. Also on May 4, 2015,
there was a report from Bukuru Division that
one Christopher Vincent was stabbed to death
by Mondam Pam and dumped his body by the
roadside along Zawan Road. Detectives
arrested the deceased’s girlfriend, Magdaline
Fidelis, and upon interrogation, she confessed
that the deceased was killed by Monday Pam
over misunderstanding between them in her
house.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/man-in-police-custody-for-chopping-off-his-daughters-finger-over-stolen-meat-allegation/

Two gunmen opened fire at a beachfront hotel
packed with holiday makers yesterday killing
38 people, with 36 seriously injured. Majority
of the people killed are British followed by
Germans, then Belgians. ISIS has since taken
credit for the brutal massacre.

One of the killers, who has been identified as
Abu Yahya Qayrawani, 23 (pictured above)
was reportedly seen laughing and joking with
holidaymakers, looking like any other tourist
but used the time to carefully select the
victims he would murder with a Kalashnikov
hidden in his parasol. The were said to be his
primary target.

‘He was laughing and joking around, like a
normal guy,’ said one witness. ‘He was
choosing who to shoot. Some people, he was
saying to them ‘you go away’. He was
choosing tourists, British, French.’
Tom Richards, a university graduate who was
on holiday with his mother and younger
brother, found himself face-to-face with a
man with ‘long black hair and a beard’,
between 20 to 25.

He and his mother Sam had fled from the
pool when they heard the shots ring out, but
were confronted with the Kalashnikov-
wielding terrorist inside the hotel, where they
were sheltering with other guests.
The gunman shot two people in the head,
before turning his attention to Mr Richards.
The 22-year-old told The Guardian: ‘He
looked right at me, I thought I was dead.’
But instead of shooting Mr Richards, he shot
the floor – allowing Mr Richards and his
mother, who were injured by shards of
marble, to escape to a nearby toilet. “I don’t
know why he stopped. He could have killed
everybody,” he said.

Many tourists barricaded themselves in their
rooms after the 23-year-old student opened
fire.In another chilling account, Ibrahim el-Ghoul
revealed how the killer had been smiling.
The trainee mechanic, who works part-time
at hotel nearby, said the gunman told him ‘I
don’t want to kill you; I want to hit tourists,’
according to The Independent.
The terrorist after he was killed by police
Olivia Leathley, 24, a chef from Chorlton,
Manchester, said she and her boyfriend
escaped the massacre at the Imperial
Marhaba hotel only because she was
charging her phone.
‘We then heard a shot from inside the hotel.
Somebody just shouted run so we sprinted off
in all directions,’ she said. ‘The machine gun
fire was so close, it sounded like it was right
behind us.
‘I was then on the phone to my dad,
screaming at the top of my lungs and telling
him ‘I love you, I love you’.
‘My dad Glenn was saying ‘I love you’ and
shouting prayers down the phone, begging
‘Lord, protect them’. We eventually found an
office building and hid in a room. As soon as I
got somewhere safe, I threw up.
‘I later came across a woman who said her
husband had been shot in the stomach on the
beach. He was bleeding heavily, but she had
to leave him there.’
A hotel worker said a shoeless Yacoubi, who
arrived on the beach by inflatable boat, had
tried to blend in with the crowd. He added: ‘He
opened fire with a Kalashnikov. He was a
young guy dressed in shorts – like he was a
tourist himself.’
Rafik Chelli, Tunisia’s secretary of state for
national security, said the gunman – named
locally as Yacoubi – entered the Marhaba
complex through the pool area.
‘He entered by the beach, dressed like
someone who was going to swim, and he had
a beach umbrella with his gun in it. Then
when he came to the beach he used his
weapon,’ Mr Chelli said. Yacoubi was shot
dead by the security forces.
Because of the Ramadan religious period,
there were few Tunisians on the beach and
few children because most schools have yet
to break up.
Houcine Jenayah, a businessman, said the
gunman arrived at speed on an inflatable
Zodiac boat.
‘He opened fire and had grenades with him,’
said Mr Jenayah. ‘He hid his Kalashnikov
behind a parasol that he had in his hand.’
Within minutes of the massacre, photographs
had been posted on an Instagram account
showing a middle-aged man wearing blue
shorts lying face down in the sand with a pool
of blood around his head.
Father-of-three John Yeoman, 46, of
Kettering, Northamptonshire, used a bed to
barricade himself and his family in the room
of his hotel. ‘We were in the pool when we
heard automatic gunfire. People ran past
saying there was an armed man on the
beach,’ he said.
Tweeting a picture of his barricaded room, he
added: ‘Hope it’s enough. It’s been going on
for 20 minutes. We blocked in our room.
There are sounds of a gun battle.’
The final moments of the terrorist were
captured on camera as, weapon in hand, he
prowled the streets of Sousse. With the
gunman dead, police pursued suspects
through the streets of Sousse, which is about
90 miles south of the capital Tunis.
More than three hours after the massacre an
apparent accomplice was arrested near the
motorway.
Police were pictured detaining several men in
the aftermath of the carnage but it was not
clear last night whether the suspects were
connected to the attack.
While there were multiple accounts of what
happened, most witnesses spoke of a lone
gunman who was later shot dead by the
Tunisian security forces.

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday made
marriage for same-sex couples legal
nationwide, declaring
that refusing to grant marriage licenses to
gay and lesbian couples violates the
Constitution.
The landmark ruling will produce the most
significant change in laws governing
matrimony since the court struck down state
bans on inter-racial marriage almost 50
years ago.
The majority opinion in the 5-4 decision was
written by Justice Anthony Kennedy.
“No union is more profound than marriage,
for it embodies the highest ideals of love,
fidelity,
devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a
marital union, two people become something
greater than once they were,” Kennedy wrote.
“As some of the petitioners in these cases
demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that
may endure even past death.”
Kennedy went on to speak directly to the type
of criticism that often comes from
conservatives in
pushing back against marriage equality.
“It would misunderstand these men and
women to say they disrespect the idea of
marriage. Their plea
is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply
that they seek to find its fulfillment for
themselves,” Kennedy said. “Their hope is
not to be condemned to live in loneliness,
excluded from one of civilization’s oldest
institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the
eyes of the law.
The Constitution grants them that right.”
A total of 36 states now permit gay couples to
get married, covering roughly 70 percent of
the US
population. Today’s ruling means the bans
must end in the other 14 states of Alabama,
Arkansas,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan,
Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North
Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee and
Texas.
The decision capped a remarkably quick
turnaround in public and judicial acceptance
of same-sex marraige. In the past 18
months, court rulings struck down marriage
bans in rapid succession, nearly 60 separate
decisions in more than half the states.
Today’s ruling overturned a decision from the
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati,
which said states had legitimate reasons for
maintaining the
traditional definition of marriage. The appeals
court also said it would be better “to allow
change
through the customary political processes”
instead of the courts.
Public opinion has shifted dramatically in
recent years. The first Gallup poll on the
subject showed only 27 percent approval for
same-sex marriage in 1996. Gallup’s most
recent poll, taken last month, showed 60
percent approval.

http://nigeriainfohub.com/breaking-news-u-s-supreme-court-legalises-same-sex-marriage-nationwide/

French President Francois Hollande
confirmed that a Friday incident at a factory in
southeastern France was a “pure terrorist
attack.”

Hollande said a body had been found, along
with a severed head with a message. He said
a suspect
had been arrested and identified.
Full story below…
A suspected Islamist attacker pinned a
severed head covered with Arabic writing to
the gates of a
gas factory in southeastern France on Friday.
French news agency AFP reported.
One person is in police custody and is
suspected of involvement in the attack, which
also involved at least one explosion.Joelle
Huillier, a local politician, told BFMTV. He is
being questioned by police, she said.
A source cited by BFMTV also said a severed
head had been put in front of the company,
next to which
was found an Islamist flag. CNN has not been
able to confirm the report independently.
A man described as a witness, whose name
was given as Patrice, also told BFMTV that a
group of
men carrying Islamic flags forced their way
into the factory, beheaded a person and
targeted gas tanks.
Le Monde newspaper cited unidentified
sources as saying that two people rammed a
vehicle into the building, causing the
explosion. Banners in Arabic that haven’t yet
been examined were found at the
scene, the paper added.
The Paris prosecutor’s office said its anti-
terrorist section was opening an investigation
into the
attack. It is investigating possible murder and
assassination attempts by organized gangs in
relation to a terrorist enterprise; destruction
and degradation resulting from explosive
materials by organized gangs in relation to a
terrorist enterprise; and terrorist conspiracy
to commit crimes against people, the Paris
prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
A spokeswoman for the company concerned,
Air Products, confirmed there had been “an
incident” at its Grenoble location.
Spokeswoman Nicola Long said emergency
services were at the scene. There was an
explosion, she said, and a fire that has been
put
out. She was not able to give any information
on any deaths or injuries. The company
supplies gases for industrial use.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve is
making his way to the scene in the small
town of Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, between
Lyon and Grenoble.
President Francois Hollande, who’s been at a
summit of European leaders in Brussels,
Belgium, will give a statement in the
afternoon, the Elysee Palace said.
Security has been heightened in France since
an Islamist terror attack in January , when
attackers
targeted the satirical Charlie Hebdo magazine
and a kosher supermarket in Paris.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/four-people-killed-in-suspected-terror-attack-in-lyon-france/

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