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America's most deadly mass shooter, 29, called 911 to pledge allegiance to ISIS before shooting dead 50 in Orlando gay nightclub as his father reveals 'he got angry when he saw men kiss'

The gunman who slaughtered at least 50 people inside a gay club in Orlando called 911 and swore allegiance to the leader of Islamic State shortly before the massacre, according to law enforcement officials.
Shooter Omar Mateen, 29, from Port St. Lucie in Florida, opened fire at Pulse night club in the early hours of this morning.
At least 50 people were killed and 53 others were injured in the shooting in the deadliest mass shooting in US history. A surgeon at Orlando Regional Medical Center said the death toll was likely to climb.
Shortly before the attack, Mateen, who was born in New York to Afghan parents, called 911 and pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, law enforcement officials told NBC News.
California congressman Adam Schiff, who serves as top Democrat on the House Select Committee on Intelligence, told CNN: 'What I've heard from the Department of Homeland Security this morning is that, according to local police, he made a pledge of allegiance to ISIL (ISIS).'
He said the shooting was 'highly indicative of an ISIL-inspired attack'.
However Mateen's father, Mir Seddique, told NBC News his son became angry when he saw two men kissing in Miami several months ago.
'This has nothing to do with religion,' he said. 'We are saying we are apologizing for the whole incident. We weren't aware of any action he is taking. We are in shock like the whole country.'
An FBI spokesman said the mass shooting is being investigated as an act of terrorism.
US citizen Mateen, who was shot dead by officers, entered the nightclub wielding an AR-15 assault rifle and a handgun.
Writing on Facebook, Pulse urged party-goers to 'get out and keep running' as bullets started flying at around 2am local time.
Orlando Police Chief John Mina said the suspect exchanged gunfire with an officer working at the club around 2am, then went back inside and took hostages.
There were about 320 people inside the club at the time of the shootings and about 100 people were taken hostage.
At around 5am authorities sent in a SWAT team to rescue the hostages. Nine hero officers used a 'controlled explosion' to distract the shooter before fatally shooting him and were able to rescue about 30 hostages who were hiding in the bathroom of the club.
During the gunfire, an officer was shot, but he was saved by his helmet.


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So any of the new ministers cant afford a first class ticket without tax payers money? You get to a certain level in life where you can afford first class. Bruce snap and shame is not the way to fish out corrupt officials! Lets do stuff the right way and we will get the right result. Enough of this round about politics, chasing shadows and ignoring what matters.

iukpe:
Well, if he has to make sacrifices like denying himself the comfort he can afford as an example, fine. But I think he can afford the charter helicopter as Ben Bruce perhaps not as a senator's travel allowance.
But Luxury, flamboyant, majestic lifestyles and mode of travel with dozens of people should not be our politicians style and ways of telling us they have arrived.

I don't get it! Do these guys think we are fools? Is it not the same Ben Bruce that reportedly on Nov 9 took a private Helicopter (Aero) when he visited his constituency Oh, I guess the helicopter in the picture was chartered by the women.
Why didn't he travel there by road as an average Nigerian from his constituency will? Bruce please stop all these cock and bull reportage, you are no different nor are you better than those you are asking us to snap & report.
What we know is that we are on the look-out for all of you, like I am posting this pic of you and your chartered chopper (Except you paid for it from Silverbird's proceeds). Who the heck are you to command Nigerians to snap pictures and tag you in? Do you pay our school fees or you buy us data? Awon ole oshi.

Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh has finally told his own side of story regarding the issues he had with goal keeper, Vincent Enyeama, which saw Enyeama leaving the camp in Belgium yesterday Oct. 8th and quitting the team. In an interview with NFF's media officer, Oluwatoyin Ibitoye, Oliseh said
"Its puzzling really because it because to say the least I am very hurt, I am very disappointed at the character assassination that Vincent has taken on my personality as regards this issue. If you want to retire, retire. You don't have to drag and lie and insult somebody who did nothing. I will take you down to when this thing. We called everybody to camp We invited 24 players and most of the players, infact even Mikel came in on Sunday Night. He was supposed to be here on Monday which was very good. and most of the players came in on Monday but I knew Vincent had gone for the burial ceremony of his mum, that he might come in late. He came into camp on Tuesday afternoon by 5.20 or 5.30, just as the training was almost over he drove in from the airport and there are even pictures that we snapped of me hugging him because I was happy to see him back in camp. But when we trained that Tuesday afternoon, I wasn't happy with the physical involvement and input of my players so we had dinner and I spoke to the players and made it clear to them that I wasn't happy and that I needed an improvement for us to play more as a team and that we deserved better and I could see the body language of the players that they were very receptive and were conscious of what it was. Only for me at the end of my speech for me to go to my seat to sit down, was for Vincent to stand up to say he wanted to say something and I told him, look this is not the time to say anything because we just had a discussion about how to improve, we will discuss personal issues after. He said no he wanted to say something and I refused and said No i don't want you to say anything. Please sit down, later you can come to me, we could sought whatever it is out. He said No and he was adamant he wanted to say something. So I told him with all dues respect, this is the Super Eagles and I am the coach. We are not going to have two coaches. I decide who talks and when to talk at a meeting and at the moment I am telling you no. If you refuse to do what I am saying then it is better you go out. He was still adamant and trying to raise his voice and then I said it is either you go out or we leave the room for you or I will get you to be taken out because you are stopping the team from even having dinner and eventually his team mates got up and took him out and said hey come off it Vincent. At one point I told him, its either you stop this now or you can go back home and when he continued I gave him a handshake and told him Now you can go home. I have released you. You just came in, you have not even trained and you are already looking for an argument or problem and so I told him go home. because he had not even had any training session. So I went to my room and 5 of his colleagues Mikel, Emenike, Musa Onazi and Echejile, came to me and said coach we have spoken to him and he is aware. We know him sometimes he talks before he thinking. I said okay he can stay, we are trying to build a team, you can sty. The next morning he came, everything was settled, we ate breakfast. As we were about to go for training, I received a message from back home where Vincent had insinuated publicly that I had insulted the memory of his mother when I spoke to the team and this was really hurtful and a blatant lie and I find it quite, with all due respect, insane because you can't make an accusation, a false accusation when there are so many witnesses as much as 19 players, 3 other officials and there was no reason to talk about your mum because you were just coming into camp. There was nothing to talk about you. So to now try to make a character assassination and try to like make the people sympathize with the fact that he was mistreated against his mum. He was the captain of this team. When we played in Tanzania, I called the team administrator, Dayo, and we had arranged for the team to wear a black band and to have one minute of silence before we play in Tanzania in honor of Vincent's dead mum. The only reason why that was not done was because Dayo came back and said they refused us because we had to have a request for it. CAF made out and the time was too short. So how would a man that is sensitive enough to try to honor Vincent Enyeama's mum now try to insult his mum"he said
According to Sunday Oliseh, before he was appointed coach of the Super Eagles, Vincent Enyeama had a big rift with the NFF. He reacted to insinuations that he never wanted Vincent to be captain of the super eagles during his tenure hence he never carried him, Vincent.
"Listen, before I was appointed coach of Super Eagles, Vincent Enyeama had a big rift with the NFF concerning the statements he made concerning the pitch in Kaduna. I was not yet a coach. I was in Nigeria and I stood up for Vincent because I felt that he shouldn't be castigated for representing his team mates. When I was appointed as Chief coach of Super Eagles, the first thing I did was to pick up my car very early in the morning, drove and spent a whole day watching Vincent train, took him to Lunch which I paid for. I had Lunch with him to intimate him with my plansto build the team with him as captain of the team. When I spoke to him, I spoke to him about the tactical things we wanted to change the policy changes we wanted to make like you do with a captain. When I spoke to him then, he made one statement. He was talking about retiring in a year or two years time and I told him, Vincent, I am trying to build a team till 2018. I don't need a captain who is thinking of retiring or who is planning for after football while we were preparing and nobody does that in football. You wait till your last game or your last match then you announce retirement. Let this be out of the agenda. Two weeks ago to this time, Vincent called me to discuss about the funeral arrangements for the Mum and I told him its saddening what has happened to you but I cant be available because of some other reasons but I have spoken to the NFF president and he was going with a delegation. He said he will be there so we will be represented and while we were having this discussion he was talking again about retirement. That was when I decided to pick Ahmed Musa as captain because I felt then that he is probably not into it anymore. Personally I don't know Vincent so to carry a grudge against a person that i don't know is..."he said


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-WXBNwwsjc

Oliseh just shared his own side o. Now we can read and clarify issues:


Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh has finally told his own side of story regarding the issues he had with goal keeper, Vincent Enyeama, which saw Enyeama leaving the camp in Belgium yesterday Oct. 8th and quitting the team. In an interview with NFF's media officer, Oluwatoyin Ibitoye, Oliseh said
"Its puzzling really because it because to say the least I am very hurt, I am very disappointed at the character assassination that Vincent has taken on my personality as regards this issue. If you want to retire, retire. You don't have to drag and lie and insult somebody who did nothing. I will take you down to when this thing. We called everybody to camp We invited 24 players and most of the players, infact even Mikel came in on Sunday Night. He was supposed to be here on Monday which was very good. and most of the players came in on Monday but I knew Vincent had gone for the burial ceremony of his mum, that he might come in late. He came into camp on Tuesday afternoon by 5.20 or 5.30, just as the training was almost over he drove in from the airport and there are even pictures that we snapped of me hugging him because I was happy to see him back in camp. But when we trained that Tuesday afternoon, I wasn't happy with the physical involvement and input of my players so we had dinner and I spoke to the players and made it clear to them that I wasn't happy and that I needed an improvement for us to play more as a team and that we deserved better and I could see the body language of the players that they were very receptive and were conscious of what it was. Only for me at the end of my speech for me to go to my seat to sit down, was for Vincent to stand up to say he wanted to say something and I told him, look this is not the time to say anything because we just had a discussion about how to improve, we will discuss personal issues after. He said no he wanted to say something and I refused and said No i don't want you to say anything. Please sit down, later you can come to me, we could sought whatever it is out. He said No and he was adamant he wanted to say something. So I told him with all dues respect, this is the Super Eagles and I am the coach. We are not going to have two coaches. I decide who talks and when to talk at a meeting and at the moment I am telling you no. If you refuse to do what I am saying then it is better you go out. He was still adamant and trying to raise his voice and then I said it is either you go out or we leave the room for you or I will get you to be taken out because you are stopping the team from even having dinner and eventually his team mates got up and took him out and said hey come off it Vincent. At one point I told him, its either you stop this now or you can go back home and when he continued I gave him a handshake and told him Now you can go home. I have released you. You just came in, you have not even trained and you are already looking for an argument or problem and so I told him go home. because he had not even had any training session. So I went to my room and 5 of his colleagues Mikel, Emenike, Musa Onazi and Echejile, came to me and said coach we have spoken to him and he is aware. We know him sometimes he talks before he thinking. I said okay he can stay, we are trying to build a team, you can sty. The next morning he came, everything was settled, we ate breakfast. As we were about to go for training, I received a message from back home where Vincent had insinuated publicly that I had insulted the memory of his mother when I spoke to the team and this was really hurtful and a blatant lie and I find it quite, with all due respect, insane because you can't make an accusation, a false accusation when there are so many witnesses as much as 19 players, 3 other officials and there was no reason to talk about your mum because you were just coming into camp. There was nothing to talk about you. So to now try to make a character assassination and try to like make the people sympathize with the fact that he was mistreated against his mum. He was the captain of this team. When we played in Tanzania, I called the team administrator, Dayo, and we had arranged for the team to wear a black band and to have one minute of silence before we play in Tanzania in honor of Vincent's dead mum. The only reason why that was not done was because Dayo came back and said they refused us because we had to have a request for it. CAF made out and the time was too short. So how would a man that is sensitive enough to try to honor Vincent Enyeama's mum now try to insult his mum"he said
According to Sunday Oliseh, before he was appointed coach of the Super Eagles, Vincent Enyeama had a big rift with the NFF. He reacted to insinuations that he never wanted Vincent to be captain of the super eagles during his tenure hence he never carried him, Vincent.
"Listen, before I was appointed coach of Super Eagles, Vincent Enyeama had a big rift with the NFF concerning the statements he made concerning the pitch in Kaduna. I was not yet a coach. I was in Nigeria and I stood up for Vincent because I felt that he shouldn't be castigated for representing his team mates. When I was appointed as Chief coach of Super Eagles, the first thing I did was to pick up my car very early in the morning, drove and spent a whole day watching Vincent train, took him to Lunch which I paid for. I had Lunch with him to intimate him with my plansto build the team with him as captain of the team. When I spoke to him, I spoke to him about the tactical things we wanted to change the policy changes we wanted to make like you do with a captain. When I spoke to him then, he made one statement. He was talking about retiring in a year or two years time and I told him, Vincent, I am trying to build a team till 2018. I don't need a captain who is thinking of retiring or who is planning for after football while we were preparing and nobody does that in football. You wait till your last game or your last match then you announce retirement. Let this be out of the agenda. Two weeks ago to this time, Vincent called me to discuss about the funeral arrangements for the Mum and I told him its saddening what has happened to you but I cant be available because of some other reasons but I have spoken to the NFF president and he was going with a delegation. He said he will be there so we will be represented and while we were having this discussion he was talking again about retirement. That was when I decided to pick Ahmed Musa as captain because I felt then that he is probably not into it anymore. Personally I don't know Vincent so to carry a grudge against a person that i don't know is..."he said

easydone:
Oliseh is yet to share his own side of the story, hence, judging without hearing both side wont be fair. But let us put ourselves in Vincent's shoes, if my papa die and I go bury am for Saturday, I con report for camp for Tuesday, should that really be a bone to the coach? Remember when Mikel's father was kidnapped years ago (kidnapped o, no be say hin die o), his club gave him leave to go sort things out.
How much more an African originated coach that understands our value of honouring our dead.

I am not saying Vincent is 100% right o, but please to honour the memory of his poor mother, Oliseh for take am easy; vincent just went through the trauma of losing his mum etc, Oliseh for just let the dust settle.

Still waiting to hear Oliseh's side though,

These are amazing pictures! What a passion!!

This is the same issue that wont make us honour our national hero even in their death! As at this 2015, Yekini was remembered in Portugal and the whole stadia kept silent in his honour!!! Did it cost millions to honour him? NO. What does it cost Nigeria to honour these guys, forget that they are paid money, there is a pride you get when you wear your National jersy and sing that sweet national anthem! We dont expect much from the NFF anyway, and this is not just in our football, every spheres of Nigeria gives no honour to whom its due. No wonder our stars prefer to Naturalise and play for other countries, they get better treatment, better medical cover, better social services just for being a veteran!!!WE NEED HELP!!!!!

Oliseh is yet to share his own side of the story, hence, judging without hearing both side wont be fair. But let us put ourselves in Vincent's shoes, if my papa die and I go bury am for Saturday, I con report for camp for Tuesday, should that really be a bone to the coach? Remember when Mikel's father was kidnapped years ago (kidnapped o, no be say hin die o), his club gave him leave to go sort things out.
How much more an African originated coach that understands our value of honouring our dead.

I am not saying Vincent is 100% right o, but please to honour the memory of his poor mother, Oliseh for take am easy; vincent just went through the trauma of losing his mum etc, Oliseh for just let the dust settle.

Still waiting to hear Oliseh's side though,

wow. Your lyrics sef captivate person pass the pictures OP posted. Do your thing bro and believe in God. You will definitely achieve your dreams.

Chidexter:
I wanna be a billionaire so freakin' bad
Buy all of the things I never had
Uh, I wanna be on the cover of Nairaland fp
Smiling next to other stars like me
Oh every time I close my eyes

I see my name in shining lights
Yeah, different websites, with my pics on them
I swear the world better prepare

oooh ohhh ohhh ooooh...For when I'm a billionaireeeeee

Very nice. Sounds like when we used to sing "Akoba adaba, bambi ala, olorun majeari, bambi ala"

Truth must be told, this is a huge opportunity for a rival company to do massive PR, drop price to entice vendors and capture Lacasera's market share. How I wish it'll be a local company though, owned by Nigerians!

Guy, what you typed is short but e get power mennnnn! I hail you jare.

Imortal001:
Working vice president!

HMMMM. 9/11. Awon eleyi ma popular ku ni.

Dottore:
Correct. Proudly Sept 11th

The summation of the matter: If you like, put a ring in the nose of a pig as jewelry, it doesn't stop the pig from exhibiting the characters and features of a pig. And we are here wondering why that area of Nigeria is the most backward!!!!! So the dents on her car were made by spirits and principalities!!! Governor, you are one of those that allow the youths to blast elders with abuse!

Se oro leleyi nso? After, they will say youths are abusing elders!!! When elders refuse to act and speak like elders, why won't youths step up and speak. Is this not the same goon that dressed up as a woman to escape from the UK?? Only in Nigeria will this happen; if we have the death penalty in place, would goons like this even smell state pardon Onyi ara, aka-ewu.

OP, You deserve every abuse you get with this!!! I am a Christian but will never start a topic on this issue with "Bad Omen"!!! Lets be humane. People are dead tonight, families are mourning. The fact you have access to internet via a whatever phone gives you no right to demean or ridicule those who lost their lives tonight.

May the souls of the departed find rest.

This is so sad:

At least 87 people were killed and as many as 184 more were injured when a crane collapsed at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca on Friday, the Saudi Arabian government has said.

Live Mecca crane crash: 87 dead at Grand Mosque - live
Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defence authority says 184 people also injured in preparations for annual hajj pilgrimage
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The country’s civil defence authority said on its Twitter account that rescue teams had been sent to the scene. The tweet said that the authority’s director general Suleiman al-Amr attended.

Source: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/11/crane-crashes-grand-mosque-mecca-haj-pilgrimage

Nairaland shaaa!!!!! Post something bad, dem go yab your mama join. Post something good, dem go still yab your village!!! But na the thing wey make me like the site be dat. My people, I hail una!!!!

Na lie o, it works like hell!!! My last job was with a female boss and we worked together for over 7 years. It was at the 4th or 5th year I got to know all her gragra na tactics. What did I do, I copied her and even over-sabi the thing pass her.

My own point, NEVER RESPOND TO THIS KIND OF BOSSES WHEN THEY ARE ARGUING WITH YOU. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE NO POINT AND WILL ONLY RESPOND BASED ON WHAT YOU SAY!

By the time she realised I dont respond to her, she called me into her office and asked me if I have an offer somewhere else. She told me all sort of bla bla bla, sweet talking me like toast-bread.

Everyone seeks their own, your loyalty is to yourself o!!!!

misspicy:
Nice points but that number one is rather too harsh.....we dont wanna come as an always angry person,not good for office personality besides some people like me have naturally smiling face.

Nigeria and her misplaced priorities! Social Media liberated us in the first place!! This present administration won the election on Social Media before it won it at the polling stations! Whoever gave them this idea, tell them its doom from the word go! We can't go back to 1984! I know bloggers lie and social media is awash with such but a government without opposition is bound to be an oppressive one.

Why am i even troubling myself, this is a war these guys cant win. Do they know whats IP address? Can they track me with my IP? Do they know coding language and hacking? Do they know anything about cyber warfare, cyber security The government should please face and sort out pangs of hunger killing Nigerians instead of chasing down bloggers. Is it not hunger and lack of jobs that chased many of us into blogging anyway?

When the make-up fades, and all is stripped away, and she simply comes.......

These are nice!!! guy. Keep it up. The last one funny die!

Dear all,

Please I need help. I am not in the country and I need to get my LASU certificate verified by the school. I have made all necessary payments but was informed I need to send the receipt of payment to this email: dr_examsandrecords@lasu.edu.ng

I did send twice but got error messages that the email does not exist. Please is there a chance of anyone in the house knowing the real email address.

Thank you all in advance.

Level of retards making it to frontpage these days gets me wondering how we think!!!! Not everyone can make money like the Kardashians, we may not even make as much as Linda Ikeji but there are other ways to be popular and be celebrated! If you dedicate 2 Saturdays in a month to cook N2,000 indomie and a crate of egg for a needless clan, you will be known, we will snap your picture and post you on Nairaland and Facebook (well if its popularity you want!); but as far as somebody's stomach is filled that Saturday, you will be celebrated; not all these quickie in the can, i last had sex 7 months ago that now trend everywhere! Our children need role models to look up to please!!!!

Tell your boss this and you might likely be on your way out!

Every trade and profession has its trademark and branding. Wound you not be surprised if you see Dangote wearing such blings? Blings/dressing are the trade tools of these artists. No matter how simple, these artists must wear something to depict what they do, some do it in dressing, others jewelry etc. And before you judge, mind you, these guys don't just make money for themselves, they employ managers (who has family), they entertain in clubs (owned by ordinary Nigerians who can afford them); etc etc etc.

Finally, "Motion pictures, sound recording and music production are collectively now worth billions of pounds, and constitute 1.4% of the country’s £307bn GDP, according to the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics."

kennygee:
Our Celebs and their fake and exorbitant life style.

Idris Elba is way richer than Dbanj and you don't see him in all those mumu chains and Glasses.

You'll never find Bill Gates, Aliko Dangote and Femi Otedola looking like this. They look simple.

The bank balance and Forbes does the talking.

Cooking. It's just like maggi!!! See question!!!

chudidonas:
Please what will it be used for?

So sad, Officials have reported that the wreckage of the plane has been found, by residents in the village of Okbape.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3199842/Rescuers-launch-search-Indonesian-aircraft-carrying-54-people-goes-missing.html


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EgunMogaji:
Joker.

Safe ko, intact ni.

I move quarterly, 3 months in SA, 3 in Qatar, 3 in Brazil and the rest in Australia. I was fortunate to join a Redeemed church where the Nigerian brethren introduced me to 'Towns' where you can buy Nigerian food. So anywhere I go now, I look for Nigerian churches.

ronald4lif:
It must be too expensive where you live for you to eat it occasionally. Please where is that if I may ask?

Yes you can but its very expensive. Buying chicken, cereals and soups are far cheaper, na on special occasion we dey spend money arrange Naija food o.

Yevgeny:
As far as i know. You can get all these food anywhere abroad.

3 african stores on my street alone. In fact most Nigerians i know eat this kind of meals daily. Even those that have never been to Nigeria before

Whoever started this thread, this is not fair o!!! lol