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CastedDude:
una no understand...na Boko Haram capture these items from Nigerian army... make una dey read well naa

tochukwuifeduba:
http://dailypost.ng/2016/04/27/happening-now-schools-shut-as-fulani-herdsmen-launch-fresh-attack-in-enugu-community/

Pavarottii:
Don't worry shebi wat they did in Mile 12, Ketu, Orile and Ebute metta. Is not clear enuf for u. Let's watch and see. We r not even up to one year. As u wish other people. Wen ur time comes. We will call it a BIG JOKE.

Vivalavida99:
Chineke nna, what is happening to my country?

Nigeria on the brink of implosion.



The handwriting was on the wall all along, we just didn't pay attention.

Vivalavida99:
Chineke nna, what is happening to my country?

Nigeria on the brink of implosion.



The handwriting was on the wall all along, we just didn't pay attention.

dunkem21:
This better not be true

naijathings:
leave the mofos... their papa and mama wey holy pass charlyboy, who dem help ? who know dem ?

to all you blasting charley, will u get to heaven before him ?

this man has the right to live his life the way he wants to and i think he is happy and living the sweet life even as a grandpa. where una own grandpa ?

Michaeluzomam:
https://stargist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/charly1.png

Charly Boy also known as Area Father posted these pictures of his family on his Instagram page . He posted the pictures and captioned

it “Daddy’s girls” “like
father like daughter”

See more photos after the cut...



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SOURCE: https://uzopedia./2016/04/27/charlyboy-shows-off-his-family-in-new-photos/

nenergy:
Original copies of cartoons and children media entertainments are expensive, costing between (#2000-#5000), hence pirated copies (#100-#150) are selling like crazy.

I am not encouraging the purchase of pirated works, but when buying a pirated children's cartoon or educational videos, please preview it alone first before exposing your children to it.

A friend bought a pirates copy of "Tom and Jerry". It was a lazy Friday the kids where napping and we decided to catch a little action of the feuding cat and mouse.

30 minutes into the cartoon...like an interruption of scheduled program, a hardcore pornographic movie came on. See us scampering for the remote, like it was a kill switch to an atomic bomb

Thank God the kids were not in the sitting room. Mummy would have explained; " why one aunty didn't wear her pant and was shouting..Harder! Harder!! Harder!!!"

#ParentsPreview

blueto:
Catholic church,11 houses burnt

It’s a national issue, not ethnic —OKOROCHA

Cattle owners, not herdsmen, should be questioned—OHANAEZE

By Emeka Mamah, Clifford Ndujihe, Chidi Nkwopara & Chinenyeh Ozor

NSUKKA—About 40 persons have so far been reportedly killed by some Fulani herdsmen at Nimbo in Uzo- Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, sources told Vanguard at Nsukka Police Area Command, near the area yesterday.

The incident took place barely 24 hours after stories filtered out that no fewer than 500 heavily-armed Fulani herdsmen sneaked into the community preparatory to launch an attack.

About seven villages in Nimbo (Nimbo Ngwoko, Ugwuijoro, Ekwuru, Ebor, Enugu Nimbo, Umuome and Ugwuachara) were among the areas attacked.

Ten residential houses and a church, Christ Holy Church International, aka Odozi Obodo, were also said to have been burnt by the herdsmen just as vehicles and motorcycles were destroed and domestic animals killed.

A young man, whose name was yet to be ascertained, was burnt inside a commuter bus belonging to one Ejima, son of a prominent man popularly called ‘Are you there’ near the Christ Holy Church, Nimbo.

A victim’s story

Kingsley Ezugwu, former Councillor, Nimbo Ward 2, was one of the victims of the attack.

Speaking from his hospital bed in Nsukka, Ezugwu said: “I was coming out from the house when I heard the community bell ringing. I was going with a friend to know what the bell was all about, only to see about 40 Fulani herdsmen armed with sophisticated guns and machetes.

“They pursued us, killed my friend and shot at me several times but missed. They caught up with me and used machetes on me until I lost consciousness.”

He said one of them later discovered that he was alive and called on the others to finish him off. They ignored him.

He said he crawled until a good samaritan helped him to the hospital.

Dead bodies litter hospitals
Refugees: Some residents fleeing the community.Refugees: Some residents fleeing the community.

So far, six dead bodies have been recovered and deposited at Bishop Shanahan Hospital, Nsukka, while others, who sustained injuries were rushed to Royal Cross Hospital and Enugu State District Hospital, Nsukka.

Meanwhile, villagers and other residents of the area were fleeing the town.

It’s a national issue—OKOROCHA

In its reaction to the development, the South-East Governors Forum, said what happened at Ukpabi-Nimbo is like any other national issue that deserves the understanding and cooperation of all Nigerians of goodwill to tackle.

Governor Rochas Okorocha, Chairman of the Forum, speaking through his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, said: “It is a national issue that also requires national approach to resolve.

“Our problem in this country is that whatever happens is given an ethnic colouration and that makes the solution to such problem somewhat difficult.”

It’s failure of governance—Ohanaeze

To the Secretary General of Ohanaeze, Dr. Joe Nwaorgu, the continuous killing of people across the country by herdsmen without any response from the Federal Government is a failure of governance.

He said: “We are very sad and very disappointed that all over the country, not just the South-East, these killings by Fulani herdsmen have continued unabated and nothing concrete is being done by the Federal Government.

“The first act of governance is protection of lives and property. It is complete failure of governance. There has been no response from the Federal Government and this is allowing the Fulani herdsmen to continue the killing spree.

“Everybody is worried about the poor attitude of the Federal Government to this massacre across the country. Boko Haram is operating in the North-East and Fulani herdsmen are killing people all over the country. It is not the herdsmen that should be held responsible, but owners of the cattle.

“The herdsmen are under the instruction of highly-placed Fulani people who own the cattle. They are heavily armed. How many cows can the herdsmen buy? Federal Government should stop this nonsense before it causes a catastrophe.”

Meanwhile, police sources said it would be difficult to say the actual number of those killed, even as the killing is spreading to other parts of the local government.

Similarly, member representing Uzo-Uwani constituency at the Enugu State House of Assembly, John Ukuta, said: “I am shocked that this has happened to my people. It is disturbing to learn that security men that were earlier assigned to ward off the rampaging herdsmen disappeared few minutes before they struck only to re-appear after they completed their horrifying assignment.

“This situation has become a national epidemic. People are leaving their communities in droves. Security agencies should move in now.”

Victims

The bodies of those recovered included that of an old man of about 85, and another young man whose throat was slit.

One of the victims, who was simply identified as Mr. Ajogwu, father of the former Councillor for Nimbo Ward 1, Sunday Ajogwu, had his left hand severed.

Another one had his stomach ripped open, spilling his intestines.

Traditional rulers lament

The traditional ruler of Nimbo, Igwe John Akor, told Vanguard on telephone that the attackers struck at about 7a.m. when they had left for their farms.

He said: “Most of those who were killed died in the early hours of the morning. We are still counting our losses. We have not started going into the farms and bushes to look for our dead brothers and sisters.

“When the situation becomes very calm, we will start looking for the rest of the victims. For now, our prayer is that the Federal Government sends security men to restore peace.”

Also reacting, the traditional ruler of Abbi community, Eze Fidelis Igwe, complained that his community had over the years suffered untold hardship in the hands of Fulani herdsmen, who he accused of maiming and gang-raping “our women at farmlands” in addition to robbing and kidnapping his people or stealing and destroying cash crops in the community.

He said: “This is the fourth time Fulani herdsmen have invaded our community in three years. The losses are too much for us to bear.

“The remaining people of the community have now taken refuge in neighbouring communities due to fear of another invasion by the herdsmen who do not give signs before striking.

“We have made several appeal to the Police, Uzo-Uwani Local Government and Enugu State government demanding for the Fulani herdsmen to leave our community, but nothing has happened.”

In his reaction, Igwe Herbert Ukuta of Igga in Uzo Uwani said: “I am appealing to the state government and the Commissioner of Police to send some detachment of police and military personnel to secure the lives of Igga community where I come from.

“The Fulani herdsmen had earlier threatened that Igga community is among the areas they will attack.

“They have now attacked Nimbo, which is among the areas they vowed to attack. Others are Echenwo and Abbi. Already, the people of other communities are fleeing their homes over fear of the herdsmen attack.”

Already, the Enugu State Police Commissioner, Ekechukwu Nwodibo, had visited the troubled community with the Area Commander for Nsukka, Monday Kuryasi, among other top police officers.

‘They evacuated their cattle’

The Fulani herdsmen had vacated the area with their cattle in the early hours of Saturday, before the attackers, who reportedly came from Nasarawa State, struck.

There had been anxiety in Nimbo following reports that about 500 Fulani herdsmen were assembling to attack the area.

It was gathered that fellow Fulani herdsmen at Adani had, at the weekend, imported about 500 others from Nasarawa State to help them invade Nimbo community on the grounds that some of their cattle were missing in the area.

Stakeholders’ wasted efforts

However, as a result of the development, stakeholders from the local government met, weekend, in Enugu to find solution to the incessant attacks, kidnap and rape by herdsmen on communities in the local government.

According to sources, Chairman of Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area, Cornell Onwubuya, had alerted Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and the state Commissioner of Police, Ekechukwu Nwodibo, of the threat.

Onwubuya was said to have further alerted other stakeholders who met leaders of the Fulani community in Enugu State on the impending attack.

Speaking at the emergency meeting held on Saturday, Onwubuya said the local leaders of the Fulani community also confirmed that there were attempts to bring in mercenaries to attack some communities in Uzo-Uwani, adding that the Fulani leaders in Enugu had complained that some of their people were killed within the axis of Nimbo and Abbi communities in the recent past.

Fulani leader’s failed assurance

At the meeting, Enugu State leader of the Fulani community, Alhaji Haldo Saidu Baso, said he had lived in Enugu State for over 33 years and would not be alive to witness the type of crisis they were talking about.

The Fulani leader said he would talk to his people not to take laws into their hands but to report disturbing issues to the traditional rulers of the communities.

Vanguard learned from a native, who witnessed the gory scene that the herdsmen were armed with AK-47 rifles, and came with two buses fully loaded with arms and ammunition at about 7.13a.m.

Police, Army move in

Contacted, Police Public Relations Officer, Ebere Amaraizu, said: “The Commissioner, Ekechukwu Nwodibo, is in the area with a combined team of Army and Police. I can confirm there were casualties but the exact number is still what I do not know.”

At press time, efforts to speak with the Local Government Chairman failed as he claimed to be at the scene of the crisis with Nwodibo and other police officers.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/bloodbath-enugu-fulani-herdsmen-kill-40/


Photo: Refugees: Some residents fleeing the community.

dicefrost:
Should i feel sorry for him now? He played football for a while, at least he came by some money. What did he do with it?

magicminister:
All the clothes they put up there look decent to me.

LONGFUELCUE:
Karma everywhere you go until you confess how you and Sanusi sold Intercontinental bank to little Access bank.

Sanusi and Ik Imoukhode get ready for your own naked dance.

Ryabcool:
Religion is the worst thing to happen to man. Who ever came up with religion should be cursed

Firefire:
By Peter Duru

MAKURDI—Despite efforts by the Federal and Benue State governments to end clashes between herdsmen and farmers, indications emerged yesterday that Moor, a council ward in Kwande Local Government Area of the state had been sacked by armed herdsmen.

Vanguard learned that the crisis, which dates back to 2013, has left over 100 persons dead, scores sustaining varying degrees of injuries and close to 8,000 displaced.

A source said: “Moor in Kwande Local Government Area is now an occupied territory. Herdsmen have sacked the inhabitants from their ancestral homes and taken over the council ward.

The crisis started as far back as 2013 and has led to the death of over 100 persons and many others injured.

“All the local government clinics, including 21 primary and secondary schools in the area, have been completely destroyed. The indigenes of the community are refugees in other communities.”

Corroborating the story, the Executive Secretary of the Benue State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Mr. Boniface Otese, said the agency had been making concerted efforts to avail the displaced persons necessary relief materials.

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Yamu, said police, military and other sister security agencies were working round the clock to ensure that peace and normalcy returned to every trouble spot in the state.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/fulani-herdsmen-sack-benue-community/

ChangeIsCostant:
Can the battle against the deadly insurgents get any tougher? A REVA Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) belonging to Nigerian soldiers -was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during clearance operation in the northern part of the country as depicted in the pictures. None of the soldiers were hurt in the incident. May God continue to protect these gallant men....

Source; http://www.nationalhelm.net/2016/04/nigerian-troops-on-clearance-mission.html

ettaetta:
The Untold Story of Jesus of Ikot-Ekpene, EDIDEM BASSEY

This is story back in time. It is a story of a man who lived like an emperor, who lived as if the world would never end but about whom very little is known. This piece attempts to amalgamate the most reliable information found on him.

He proclaimed himself as Jesus Christ, the Messiah, the Saviour and the Lord. While some viewed him as raving mad, his ‘madness’ attracted hordes of devoted worshippers to his territory. Soon, news spread all over and beyond Eastern Nigeria, of a strange man named Edidem Bassey, revered by his followers and branded the Jesus of Ikot-Ekpene.

Today, the city of Ikot-Ekpene is located in Akwa Ibom State, a state that has the densest concentration of churches on earth. Ikot-Ekpene is regarded as the cultural and political centre of the Annangs and Ibibios and it is represented in the Nigerian Senate by a former governor of the state, Godswill Obot Akpabio Now, let’s roll back in time.

When the Christian missionaries arrived Nigeria, Ikot-Ekpene was one of the first destinations. And they arrived with fire and brimstone, their goal was to convert everyone from what they regarded as African paganism to Christianity.

The influence of Christianity is still very strong and visible in Ikot-Ekpene till date. However, since the native people already had their own set of traditional beliefs, what later emerged over time in some areas of Ikot-Ekpene was a blend of Christianity and African traditional religions, leading to a curious strand of syncretism that produced people like Edidem Bassey

nnachukz:
Another guess work.

madridguy:
KUDOS TO THE GALLANT NIGERIA ARMED FORCES FOR THEIR GREAT JOB.

KILL THEM ALL AND LET YOUR NEXT MOVE BE ON THE FULANI TERRORIST.

NEVER AGAIN WILL ANY TERRORIST GROUP HOLD US ON RANSOM.

freeze001:
The Police have declared war on Fulani herdsmen perpetrating unending attacks on farmers with unlicensed firearms.

The force said it does not issue gun licences to herdsmen and would henceforth clamp down on any one of them found to be in possession of firearms without Police licence.

This move has become imperative following allegations that Fulani herdsmen use dangerous weapons such as AK47 and other guns whenever they are embroiled in violent clashes with farmers over grazing areas for their cattle.

Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase
The Police have declared war on Fulani herdsmen perpetrating unending attacks on farmers with unlicensed firearms.

The force said it does not issue gun licences to herdsmen and would henceforth clamp down on any one of them found to be in possession of firearms without Police licence.

This move has become imperative following allegations that Fulani herdsmen use dangerous weapons such as AK47 and other guns whenever they are embroiled in violent clashes with farmers over grazing areas for their cattle.



The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, told Saturday PUNCH that the police do not issue firearms to unqualified persons and encourage Nigerians to provide information on illegal arms across the country.

Arase, who spoke through the Force Public Relations Officer, Bisi Kolawole, noted that any herdsman found carrying guns would be arrested and prosecuted under the law of the land.

“We have always confisticated illegal and prohibited firearms and prosecute those arrested. Police cannot issue firearms licence to herdsmen; we are encouraging citizens to provide information on illegal arms across the country. Public safety is the absolute priority,” the police boss said via a text message from Kolawole.

The IG said all applications for firearms’ licence must follow the right procedures. “The Police cannot issue out firearms licence to anyone that is not qualified to possess firearms. There are procedures to obtain firearms licence; if you don’t follow the procedure and you don’t meet the requirements, you will not be granted the approval to possess one.”

In similar vein, Police commissioners across the country are also talking tough vowing to arrest Fulani herdsmen with firearms and treat them like common criminals.

The Delta State Police Commissioner, Alkali Baba Usman, said the command had arrested many Fulani herdsmen and interrogated them over allegations of farm destructions and killings.

“We are not afraid of arresting any Fulani herdsmen if found to have committed an offence, but we work within the ambit of the law,” he said. “As regards the arms, they obtain permission to protect their cows. When they are arrested, we treat them as suspects until they are charged to court if necessary.”

The Niger State Police Command said Fulani herdsmen were not allowed by law to bear firearms to look after their cattle and that anyone of them found with arms would be treated like a criminal.

The command’s spokesperson, Bala Elkana, said the command had confiscated over 20 AK47 guns, 70 dane guns, 30 double barrelled guns and over 1,000 live ammunition from Fulani cattle rustlers.

Our correspondent in Osun State learnt that some Fulani herdsmen graze their livestock on farmlands in communities such as Inisa, Okuku, Oke Ila and others, leading to destruction of crops.

The Osun State Government and the police have been engaging the herdsmen and farmers in discussions to avoid a breakdown of law and order.

But the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Kola Sodipo, threatened that he would “arrest anybody with unlicensed weapon.”

He said, “If you are caught with illegal weapon, you will be arrested.

“It is childish to say we are afraid of the herdsmen. What for? If you see any of them with weapons, let me know.”

The Enugu State Police Command said it was not aware that herdsmen were moving about with guns and ammunition.

The command’s spokesperson, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, said the police had not arrested any herdsman for bearing firearms.

Amaraizu said the information available to the police indicated that herdsmen were armed with knives and machetes.

He, however, said the command had taken steps to avert crisis between herdsmen and host communities and vowed that anyone found with illegal firearms would be arrested.

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, described the bearing of firearms by Fulani herdsmen as illegal, saying that the police would not hesitate to arrest such persons.

He said, “In Ogun State, they only bear machetes, swords and sticks, also known as “sanda.”

“It is not illegal for them to bear those swords, machetes and sticks, unless they begin to use them to intimidate, harass or threaten the people, then the police can arrest them. No herdsman had approached us for licensing for firearms.”

He, however, admitted that the command had been inundated with cases of rape and cattle rustling, among others.

The Ekiti State Police Command said it had formed monitoring committees with communities to prevent attacks by Fulani herdsmen.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Alberto Adeyemi, told one of our correspondents that the command had held a meeting with traditional rulers, community leaders and leaders of other ethnic groups in the state over the issue.

On its part, the Edo State Police Command said that although the reported cases of herdsmen operating with firearms had not been established, proper engagement with the affected parties would aid in devising strategic methods to address them.

The Commissioner of Police in Edo State Command, Mr. Chris Ezike, said, “Several allegations have been made on both sides (farmers and Fulani herdsmen). The meeting the governor called the other day was meant to engender that engagement.

“In the process of that meeting, issues like the one you are discussing will come up and very strategic methods of approaching them will be devised, so that we don’t keep dancing at the middle of the market and over-heating the polity.”

Ezike added that the command was concerned about issues related to farmers-herdsmen altercation and was doing its best to address them.

At a stakeholders’ meeting in Ondo State during the week, the state Commissioner of Police, Mrs. Hilda Harrison, called on the Federal Government to create grazing areas or ranches for the herdsmen in order to put an end to the incessant clashes with the farmers.

On the issue of firearms possession by the herdsmen, the Public Relations Officer, Mr. Femi Joseph, said he was not aware of how the herdsmen got the firearms they used to attack their victims.

He said, “It is a common knowledge that anybody found with prohibited firearms would be arrested and prosecuted by the police. If they are caught, they would be arrested and prosecuted.”

The Delta State Commissioner of Police, Alkali Baba Usman, confirmed that the command had arrested no fewer than 20 Fulani herdsmen for suspected killings in the state, adding that they were undergoing interrogations.

In Bayelsa State, a handful of Fulani herdsmen exist in some parts of the state, including Yenagoa, the state capital.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Bayelsa State Command, Mr. Asinim Butswat, said the command had not received any complaints from communities on the activities of the herdsmen.

Of the five states in the South-East, communities in Enugu State were allegedly the hardest hit by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

Over the years, several clashes have been recorded between the host communities and the herdsmen, with the indigenes mostly at the receiving end.

The most recent incidents include the invasion of Abbi community in the Uzo-Uwani area of Enugu by Fulani herdsmen in February.

Two members of the community were allegedly killed by the herdsmen, while seven houses were razed.

Two women were reportedly kidnapped by the herdsmen during a clash which followed complaints by the indigenes over the destruction of their crops and farmlands by cattle.

Traditional rulers and community leaders in the affected communities have called on the Federal Government to address the menace of the herdsmen.

The member representing Awgu South constituency in the Enugu State House of Assembly, Nelson Uduji, who spoke with one of our correspondents, expressed fears that the situation could deteriorate further if nothing was done to check the excesses of the herdsmen.

“We don’t want to experience what is happening in Agatu, Benue State, in our community,” Uduji said.

Various South-East groups, including the Igbo Women Assembly and the Igbo Youth Movement, have urged the Federal Government to address the menace.

Also, President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, South-East chapter, Most Revd David Eberechukwu, urged the National Assembly to intervene in the matter.

The Onijoun of Ijoun in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Rasaq Adewusi, appealed to the federal and state governments to rescue the town from the menace of Fulani herdsmen who he alleged had been wrecking havoc in the town.

According to the monarch, the herdsmen have not only destroyed farms and their stored produce; they have been robbing people and raping women.

He said, “These people (Hausa-Fulani herdsmen) constitute a nuisance to the entire community as they cause a lot of havoc. They destroy our farms and stored farm produce such as yams, cassava, maize and cash crops like cocoa, cashew, coffee plantations.”

The Council of Obas of Ijebu-Igbo in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State, had at a recent meeting, raised the alarm over the alleged destruction of farmlands and the raping of women by Fulani herdsmen in the area.

More at
http://www.punchng.com/police-declare-war-on-fulani-herdsmen-bearing-arms/

Islie:
A so called man of God has been nabbed while raping a married woman during a deliverance programme.

i said it many times that ALL female members of churches have affair wit pastors of their churches.not just pastor biodun of zion or zoe.thats why pastors take pictures with their wives to tell every members they wont touch your wives.if u dont believe me just secretely monitor yours




http://opera.pulse.ng/gist/touch-not-my-anointed-pastor-caught-raping-married-woman-during-special-deliverance-id4922722.html

doublewisdom:
That Ruth Alabi is a liar and a runs girl masquerading as a student. I blame the Igbo man wey buy small stout give am.

olokedde:
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Jesse was one of the victims! He is Hadizas son( Hassanas younger sister) he went to spend the holiday in kaduna with Hassana and her family and she was bringing him back to Abuja that Saturday to his parents!

He was 4 years old!

He was the first son of Mr Gabriel and Hadiza Ajane!! May God comfort the family especially Hadiza who lost a sister and a son!
[img]http://3.bp..com/-q7qbQ_Saz0U/VeUCzT65lYI/AAAAAAACnL8/4JtmGqnbSqw/s400/IMG_0677.JPG[/img]
http://www.metronaija.com/2015/09/photos-4-years-old-boy-that-died-in.html

Islie:
http://www.punchng.com/metro-plus/landlord-sets-tenant-ablaze-in-lagos/

Picture of the tenant and the house

Cutehector:
Buhari is silent abt probing dieziani

dre11:
http://newtelegraphonline.com/man-rapes-widow-to-death-in-ebonyi/

BabyDaddy20:
First of all he is not a Christian.
Do you mean every person from the east is a Christian ??
We also have idol worshippers.

Islam is the only peaceful religion on earth.
You will get to enjoy 100,virgins when you commit suicide & go to heaven, I envy them.

No Islamic country in the world is in peace, can you mention any Islamic country in peace.

demmy0325:
.. That doesnt look normal to me anymre.. Involve God.. Go seek Ur pastor...