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Yoruba star actress Bisola Badmus son for Fuji legend King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal KWAM 1 turns a year older today. The pretty mum shares these adorable photo's to celebrate her son's birthday.
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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/07/actress-bisola-badmus-son-with-kwam-1.html

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Tarila Okah, the daughter of the suspected mastermind of the 2010 Independence Day bombing, Charles Okah, has written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari.



Read full letter below:

Your Excellency,
His Excellency,
President Muhammadu Buhari
President, Commander-in-Chief
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Dear President Buhari,

I hope this letter reaches you in good health. My name is Tarila Okah, daughter of Mr. Charles Okah, who is currently remanded at Kuje Prison and standing trial before Hon. Justice Gabriel Kolawole at the Federal High Court in Abuja over the 2010 Independence Day bomb incident.

Mr. President, I am writing this letter principally to draw your attention, the entire people of Nigeria, and members of the international community to what I perceive as injustice being wilfully and maliciously meted to my father by the Nigerian state.

Within the last 10 months, disturbing media reports about his attempt to commit suicide at the Federal High Court in Abuja on October 6, 2015 and his failing health are sad reminders of the harsh reality of my father’s frustration with the judicial system in Nigeria, which is notorious for elastic trials that can drag on for years on end and wear out all parties.

It is rather unfortunate that several court dates in the course of my father’s trial have been cancelled either because the presiding Trial Judge had a conference to attend or for other reasons that brings disrepute to the Nigerian justice system. For instance, the Prosecutor Dr. Alex Izinyon, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria failed to attend one of the trials on a date that had been agreed upon beforehand, instead choosing to attend his child’s graduation ceremony abroad.

With all due respect, Mr. President, no democratic Government anywhere in the world, including Canada where I currently reside, would treat a prisoner’s attempt at suicide as well as the prisoner’s failing health, with disdain. Such a peculiar prisoner’s case ought to be concluded speedily by the Judiciary. Alternatively, such a Prisoner of Conscience as my father, should be granted bail.

However, from all indications, the Nigerian Government is clearly insensitive to his plight.

Your Excellency, I have consulted with several Nigerian lawyers who have sufficiently educated me that, pursuant to Section 162 of the new Criminal Justice Administration Law in the country, my father is entitled to bail; having spent more than 3 years in prison custody. Nevertheless, Hon. Justice Gabriel Kolawole has on two previous occasions overruled my father’s applications for bail. However, the pace of the trial has still not been picked up. Meanwhile, Justice Kolawole in 2011 easily granted bail to Senator Ali Ndume who was standing trial for terrorism as an alleged sponsor of Boko Haram. Today, after being re-elected on the platform of your party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ndume is the Majority Leader of Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber, the Senate, while my father (who is equally as important to society) is still languishing in prison as an inmate awaiting trial; almost 6 years after he was first arrested on October 16, 2010 on suspicion of being “JOMO GBOMO,” the spokesman for the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND).

Interestingly, Nigerian media perception about my father’s culpability in the Independence Day bomb incident keeps changing. At first, he was accused of being the spokesperson of MEND. Later, he was described as an accomplice to the alleged crime; after the media and the Nigerian Government realised that ‘Jomo Gbomo’ was still releasing statements on behalf of MEND, even as my father was firmly held in custody! Now he is accused of being the mastermind.

Thus far, the prosecution has relied heavily on ‘witnesses’, all of whom have contradicted their statements under cross examination. In a recent court sitting, a witness from the Department of State Security (DSS) who introduced himself as a ‘Crime Scene Investigator’ admitted that, “no evidence was collected at the crime scene”. While another witness who supposedly ‘sold’ a Mazda car to the 2nd Defendant, admitted under cross-examination that, the very first time he set his eyes on the said Mazda car (Exhibit 2) was “at the premises of the DSS Abuja Headquarters.”

Without prejudice to his ongoing trial before Hon. Justice Gabriel Kolawole, I honestly believe that my father is innocent of the crimes alleged against him. Over the 6 year period of his incarceration and trial, his businesses which employed many Nigerians have collapsed; his family is in disarray. Years apart, especially under such circumstances, often dissolves the emotional bonds between a husband and his wife, and for my much younger siblings who have now spent more time without their father, there are virtually no emotional bonds to be dissolved.

On a more personal note, I will be getting married in a few weeks; albeit without the privilege of having my beloved father walk me down the aisle – the dream of every daughter. I feel an admixture of joy and pain as this day approaches knowing that my father is alive but held somewhere unjustly. Clearly, my siblings and I are being punished vicariously by the Nigerian state over crimes allegedly committed by our father which have not been proven beyond reasonable doubt by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Unfortunately, in Nigeria, the mere act of filing even trumped-up charges carries along with it a strong presumption of guilt, which has led to my father’s conviction in the court of public opinion and has also led to the abuse of his fundamental human rights. I know that some Nigerians, on reading this open letter, will attack me for daring to appeal for my father’s freedom. But my message to those compatriots is simple: it is high time we focused on finding the real perpetrators.
Finally, Mr. President, in your determined quest to fight corruption in Nigeria, I believe that the concept of corruption should be expanded beyond financial crimes.

We must also fight corruption in the system, and in this case, the judicial system. We have witnessed the speedy handling of cases involving high profile politicians, but a very sluggish process for others. The joy of my upcoming marriage plus the pain of a missing father (who is alive) equates to the simple plea: #PLEASEFREECHARLESOKAH!

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/07/charles-okah-daughter-writes-emotion.html

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Meet Kene, the handsome brother of Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Also pictured with their parents and nieces, who took so much like their aunt...

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/07/photos-meet-chimamanda-adichies.html

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Lt Gen TY Buratai, #COAS flag off #NADCEL2016 Environmental Sanitation Excercise at Nyanya, FCT.

see more pics below..

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/07/photos-buratai-flag-off-environmental.html

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The currency exchange rates for 30/06/16 as of 10:00am.

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/naira-exchange-rate-for-today.html

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An electricity pole fell on a parked car, following a downpour yesterday. Thank God no one was injured.
I couldn't stop imagining if someone were to be in that car.

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/photo-narrow-escape-as-electricity-pole.html

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The Gov Rauf led state govt is currently Constructing new Fakunle government high school in Osogbo.

see more photos below..

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/photos-of-ongoing-construction-of-new.html

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Sport Minister Solomon Dalung breaks Ramadan fast with Alhaji Mohammed Bello the FCT Minister.

see photos below

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/sport-minister-solomon-dalung-breaks.html

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike supervising the demolition of cultists hideout at Rumuolumini in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area on Tuesday.

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/photo-governor-wike-supervising.html

Until someone dies, this man won't be stopped. South African Prophet, Penuel, while ministering commanded a young lady to enter inside a deep refrigerator that was on a high freezing point and ordered her to fall into deep sleep.



The prophet then closed the deep refrigerator for more than thirty minutes. After that Thirty minutes he opened the refrigerator and commanded the young lady to wake up, and he asked the lady who had ice on her body what was happening. She replied:

"That inside the deep refrigerator was very hot and she didn't feel any coldness of the ice in the deep freezer"

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/controversial-sa-pastor-commands-young.html

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Osas Ighodaro & her husband, Gbenro Ajibade have welcomed a baby girl. Congratulations to them!

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/photo-osas-and-gbenro-ajibade-welcome.html

When i see stories like this my heart leap for joy. Francis Vincent aka Donvin the owner of naijabaddo just flaunted his new whip on his facebook page with the caption TELL MY MAMA I MADE IT.

congratulations bro..
see more photos below...

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/photos-blogger-donvin-flaunts-his-new.html

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What is an Economic Crime?
An economic crime is an act of sabotage that affects the economy of a state or nation. For example, pipeline vandalism, illegal oil bunkering, tax evasion, etc.

What is a Financial Crime?
A financial crime is an act that involves the illegal use of cash or financial instruments such as cheques, drafts, money orders, etc. For example, bank fraud, issuance of dud cheques, etc.

What is Advance Fee Fraud (419)?
Advance Fee Fraud is a kind of scam in which a fraudster through false pretences/deceitful information hoodwinks a person to make some upfront payment on a proposed business deal, romance, marriage, contract , etc.

What offences constitute Advance Fee Fraud and other related offences?
Offences relating to obtaining cash or property by false pretence, forgery, misrepresentation with intent to defraud using financial instruments.

What is Money Laundering?
Money Laundering is a process whereby ill-gotten wealth is transformed so that it appears legitimate.
What is Terrorism?
Terrorism is an act of violence and/or threats to intimidate another, to attain goals that are political, ideological or religious in nature.
What is Cyber Crime? Why do Cyber Cafes have to register with the EFCC?
Cyber Crime is the use of a computer or other electronic device to perpetrate criminal acts. Cyber cafes have to register with the EFCC so that Commission can monitor their operations and enforce operating standards that eliminate internet crimes.
What is Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU)?
The NFIU is the central national agency responsible for receiving, analyzing and transmitting financial disclosures on suspicious transactions in designated and non-designated financial institutions with a duty to report to relevant authorities.
What are some of the functions of NFIU?
I. Receive and collect Currency Transaction Reports and other information relevant to the money laundering and terrorist financing activities from financial institutions and designated non-financial institutions
ii. Trail money transactions in banks and other financial institutions
iii. Maintain a comprehensive financial intelligence database for information collection and exchange with counterpart FIUs and law enforcement agencies around the world
iv. Maintain a network and link of information with the regulatory authorities and law enforcement agencies in Nigeria
v. Provide financial intelligence reports/statistics in the investigation and prosecution of offenders under the relevant laws

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/efcc-sensitize-public-about-crime.html

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Three members of the Benue state vigilante group have been killed after suspected armed robbers attacked Okpoga community in Okpokwu local government area in the early hours of today June 26th. According to residents of the community, the robbers who were about 15 in number, stormed their homes and started shooting sporadically. 3 members of the local vigilante group were killed and their bodies have been deposited in a mortuary while 3 others sustained serious injuries and are being treated at the St. Mary’s Hospital, Okpoga. See the graphic photo after the cut.

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/graphic-photo-robbers-kill-3-vigilante.html

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Nollywood actress Mercy Aigbe-Gentry stepped out looking beautiful, as she hosted a fashion show in Greenbelt, Maryland, last night. See more photos after the cut...

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/mercy-aigbe-gentry-stuns-as-she-host.html

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Nollywood actress Kate Henshaw looks ageless and flawless in new pics shared via Instagram. See more after the cut...

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/stunning-new-photos-of-actress-kate.html

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25 year old Godfrey who plays for the Super Eagles and also Turkish club Çaykur Rizespor, shared the photos with his pretty daughter on his IG page. More photos after the cut...

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/photos-super-eagles-player-godfrey.html

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The actress who was a year older yesterday shared stunning photos to mark it.

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/actress-dayo-musa-shares-beautiful-new.html

Wow this is serious.


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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/physical-challenge-man-declared-wanted.html

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While holding an Interactive Session at the Presidential Villa with members of staff of the statehouse who had assembled to welcome him back from his recent vacation, President Buhari pledged that his administration's war against corruption will be vigorously sustained in order to rid the country of the debilitating effects of the wanton looting of public funds over the years.

According to spokesman Femi Adesina in a statement released today, Pres Buhari assured them he will continue to lead the country with patriotic zeal, integrity, dedication and commitment to improving the living conditions of ordinary Nigerians. He said;

"I have never in my life believed in corruption. If we make any mistake & compromise our integrity, Nigeria will be further dragged back. We will not touch anybody that did not touch public funds. If you behave yourself, you'll sleep soundly, your families will enjoy respect. But if you have short-changed the treasury, you will be caught and you’ll have your day in court."

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/war-against-corruption-will-be.html

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President Buhari's daughter, Zahra spoke at a symposium on indigenous mapping and management of Sickle Cell Disease which was organized by Sickle Cell Foundation SCAF in partnership with the US Embassy in Nigeria. More photos after the cut...

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/photos-zahra-buhari-speaks-on-sickle.html

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It was the birthday celebration of former militant leader and a big supporter of the entertainment industry in Nigeria, Chief Ateke Tom. The venue of the party was the town of Okrika, which played host to a multitude of people from different walks of life. See photos from the birthday party after the cut..


Present at the occasion were Government emissaries, top celebrities from the Movie, Music, and Comedy sector of the entertainment industry, dozens from the corporate world, and even the less privileged, who were assisted with food stuff, and cash gifts.

The likes of Timaya, MC Galaxy, Humblesmith, Harrysong, Xbusta, , Pete Edochie, Rachael Oniga, Francis Duru, Patience Ozokwor, were some of the A-list stars that graced the occasion.

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/photos-from-high-chief-ateke-toms.html

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo SAN Sunday delivered the keynote address at the First National Judicial Roundtable on The Intersection Between Law & Religion held at the National Judicial Institute, Abuja. More photos after the cut...

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/photos-of-vp-osinbajo-at-1st-national.html

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Peace Mass Transit is involved in yet another accident. The accident which occurred this evening along Airport road, Emene, Enugu State.

The number of casualties are yet to be ascertained

See more photos after the cut.

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/peace-mass-transit-involved-in-another.html

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President Buhari this evening hosted Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase to a dinner at the state house Abuja. Arase who was appointed IG by former President Jonathan in April 2015, will attain the mandatory retirement age of 60 on June 21st after serving for 35 years. Continue to see more photos...

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/photos-buhari-hosts-outgoing-ig-of.html

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The funeral of the late Osei Tawiah, who was allegedly brutalised to death at Krofrom, a suburb of Kumasi, Ghana by some personnel of the Ghana Police Service, was held today. According to Adom Online:

"Relatives of the deceased who have suspected a foul play in his death despite an autopsy report by pathologists at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) claiming he died of natural causes, rained all forms of curses on suspected killers of the young man.


The relatives after reigning the curses, armed the corpse with offensive weapons including a machete and a bullet. Eggs, sponge, a pair of shoes, a cap, pepper and other items were also placed in the coffin of the late Osei Tawiah.

The items, according to the relatives of the deceased are meant to aid Yaw Tawiah in the spirit world to avenge his death.







Nhyira FM's Kwasi Debrah reported that the items were given to the corpse

"because he through another person requested that he should be given these items so he can effectively avenge his death."

Relatives of the deceased were earlier denied the body last week after they had contested the autopsy report performed by KATH. The autopsy report made public by Dr Osei Sampane, Head of the Pathology Department at KATH on June 1, 2016, said Tawiah,27, died of a heart attack.

KATH explained that the family had by then not complied with procedure and presented the necessary documentation for the body to be released. KATH said since the matter was in the hands of the police, it expected the family to have gone for a copy of the death certificate before coming for the body.

Subsequently, the family spokesman Kofi Boadi said, the police had submitted all the necessary documents which necessitated the family to go for the death certificate for the body to be released.

"We have submitted the death certificate together with a burial permit for the body to be released and, hopefully, we will lay him to rest today," he said.

Following their rejection of the autopsy report, the hospital gave the family an option of either go to a private pathologist to conduct an independent autopsy or present a letter to KATH indicating it had accepted the first autopsy report based on which the body would be released.

The Public Relations Manager of KATH, Mr Kwame Frimpong, told the Daily Graphic that, since the matter has a legal implication, KATH needed to have a written document to tender in court in case it was being challenged.

But after the family submitted the death certificate with the necessary documents last Tuesday, KATH appeared to have softened its grounds to enable the young man to be laid to rest. He was sent to Kentinkyiren-Kyiransa in the Atwima Kwanwoma district for burial today.

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/photos-man-buried-with-machete-bullet.html

Bauchi State Government has explained photos of large stacks of cash said to be about N20million seen in the office of a state Commissioner, that has been trending on social media.

According to Shamsuddeen Lukman Abubakar, SA Communications to the Governor of Bauchi State, the money was earmarked for feeding during the Ramadan. The money was presented to the people by Commissioner Abdullah Mohammed Idris on behalf of the state governor Mohammed Abdullahi on Wednesday June 15. See the statement below:


"Good evening to the good people of Bauchi state. It has come to my attention, the circulation of certain photographs online of money found on the table of a serving Commissioner of Bauchi state. I wish to assure you all that, the said picture is no implication of corruption or illegal money transactions.

This period of Ramadan teaches us to extend love to the poor, less privileged and the non buoyant. In line with this, and as has always been done, the Bauchi State Government releases funds to mosques in Bauchi state for the provision of iftar to faithfuls. These funds are disbursed through the Office of the Commissioner for Religious Affairs, to assist faithfuls who are not buoyant enough to afford iftar.

Once again, we understand the insensitivity of the image, surfacing at a time like this when we as a Government are working hard to achieve a corruption-free and transparent administration.
We want to assure the good people of Bauchi state that all and sundry is being done to make the best use of resources, fight corruption within the State and ensure that all our promises to the people are fully delivered.

May Allah crown our efforts with success.

Shamsuddeen Lukman Abubakar
SA Communications to His Excellency the Governor of Bauchi State
16th June, 2016

More photos...

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/photos-bauchi-state-govt-explains-viral.html

Stephen Jnr and Jennifer Keshi have arrived Nigeria for preparation of their father, Stephen Keshi's burial. The former Super Eagles Coach died in Edo state last week Wednesday June 8th. Stephen Keshi Jnr says they are working with the Federal government, Delta and Edo state government and other well meaning Nigerians to give him a befitting burial. No date has been fixed for his burial.

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/stephen-keshis-children-arrive-nigeria.html

Lool! Someone said the man looks like he did the makeup

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/lool-checkout-this-endtime-makeup-and.html

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If IG user @aifs_fm is to be believed, it will seem that Marvin Record duo of Koredo Bello and Don Jazzy do not want people interfering with their business, or 'beef' with former MoHits star D'banj.
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The user claims Korede and Don kicked him off their handles and unceremoniously blocked him when he reminded them to wish the Kokomaster a happy 36th yesterday.

D'banj and Don Jazzy had a less than amicable split when they parted ways back.

See what the user wrote below

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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/don-jazzy-and-koredo-bello-block-ig.html

According to unconfirmed report on Facebook by Ekeng Iyang, the young man pictured was hacked to death in broad day light today at Mayne Avenue by Palm Street, Calabar, in what seems to be a cult attack. The photos are very graphic...*viewer discretion is advised* ...See them after the cut...


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http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/06/graphic-photos-young-man-reportedly.html

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