An 18-year old mother, Ms Blessing John, has been arrested by officers of the Nigeria Police Force in Niger state, for selling her two weeks old baby girl for the sum of fifty thousand naira.

The baby was allegedly sold to Mrs Chikodili Jude, who has been childless for almost three decades.

The police’s public relations officer; Richard Oguche confirmed the development to Channels Television in Minna, the state capital where he explained that “Ms Blessing John transferred the ownership of the two weeks old baby girl to Mrs Chikodili Jude after collecting a part payment of twenty thousand naira.”

According to the police boss “Ms John was impregnated by one Sunday in Kwetere gwari area of Minna but he absconded after she informed him of the pregnancy, so Ms blessing was forced to approach Mrs Jude who had been married for twenty-seven years without a child to buy the baby as she cannot cater for her.”

He further stated that before paying the money, Mrs Jude forced her-the young mother- to sign an undertaking to release the baby to her after which she paid the first instalment of twenty thousand naira.

However the neighbours who suspected a foul play informed the police who after weeks of investigations arrested the suspects who confessed to committing the crime.

yamakuza:

Guess we have none.

Pity!

Way forward?

Tinie Tempah has been named the Best Dressed Man by GQ magazine in their 2012 poll, with Chris Brown coming out on top in a poll to find the worst dressed man in the world.

‘Written In The Stars’ hitmaker Tinie always looks sharp whether in concert or on the red carpet and his sharp style has been noted by GQ readers, who placed him above the likes of Dr Who star Matt Smith and Man City striker Mario Balotelli in the poll.

It was less complimentary for Chris Brown however, who was voted as the Worst Dressed Man in a top ten that also included Dappy and former TOWIE star Mark Wright

The Fuel Subsidy Probe:
Farouk Lawan: what is Nigeria’s daily fuel consumption?
Diezieni: 52million Liters
NNPC: 35m liters
DPR: 43m liters
PPPRA: 24M liters
Okonjo: 40M liters
Farouk Lawan: What was the subsidy for 2011?
Diezieni: 1.4Trillion
Okonjo: 1.3Trillion
CBN: 1.7Trillion
Farouk Lawan: Can we have the KPMG REPORT?
Okonjo: I have to go through the report first
Diezieni: I have not seen the report
>>>What
Farouk Lawan: What is the production capacity of our local refineries?’
NNPC: 30%
PPPRA: 20%
DPR: 13%
Diezieni: 15%
Farouk Lawan: Does Nigeria pay subsidy on locally refined Products?
Diezaini: it depends
NNPC: The lay man cannot understand how it’s done
PPPRA: yes
DPR: No
Farouk Lawan: Why is Kerosene still scarce?
Diezieni: Because its use by the aviation industry as aviation fuel
NNPC: Because there is no subsidy so NNPC overstretched its resources
PPPRA: it’s not properly deregulated
Farouk Lawan: what is the balance in the subsidy accounts?
Diezieni: it’s a virtual account
NNPC: There is no account in existence as d lay man will look @ it
PPPRA: The account is a technical one
CBN: There is no account with us for subsidy
Okonjo: The account exists but not with a bank
>>>What Na wa o!!!
Technocrats indeed!!!
Abracadabra, the more you look, the less u see, the more you're @ a loss for understanding! Stand up Naija!!!

see*noevil:

AFTER U DON SEND ALL YOUR FAMILY ABROAD NA IM U DEY YAN DIS ONE ABI ?

At last, the highly respected Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye has broken his silence over the incessant attack on Christians, their homes and places of worship by the Boko Haram, an Islamic sect in the North Eastern part of the country.

Several homes and churches had been burnt and Christians have been killed in their hundreds by the sect and the most unforgettable one was the attack on the worshippers at a Roman Catholic Church in Mandalla, Niger state where no fewer than 48 lives have been confirmed dead.

The Cleric, who is the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has read a Riot Act to the sect warning its members to stop attacking Christians, their homes and churches or face the consequences. "We are not allowed to burn mosques or kill people of other religious beliefs but d Bible says we are allowed to Defend ourselves, churches, homes. 'Be gentle as a dove but Wise as a Serpent'", Adeboye posted on his Face Book wall yesterday.

This position tallies with the resolve of the Christian leaders in the North who met recently in Abuja where they vowed never to attack anyone but tasked their members to defend themselves, their homes and the churches against any further attack.

At the meeting a fire-spitting cleric (name withheld) whose church is located in Area One, Abuja was asked to teach on the position of the Bible on religious intolerance.

The Pastor, according to an eye witness, took his audience from the Old Testament to the New where he cited how Christians were able to defend themselves against any unprovoked attack.

"We need to remind these murderers that Jesus, our Lord and Saviour, is both the Lamb of God who took away our sins and the Lion of the tribe of Judah. He is the Lamb to us but Lion against our foes. And more importantly, the roaring of a lion is purposely for the territorial protection. We used to run before but henceforth we run no more," the Pastor decleared.

"We used to run away before but henceforth we would stand to defend ourselves, our families and the church of God against any attack. No religion has a monopoly of violence. They were asking us to quit the North, to where? Do they think all the Christians in the North are non-indigenes? We are going nowhere, every church has been asked to provide adequate security to its members during the hours of worship and they leaders were charged to protect their families wherever they are located, "the Abuja based pastor who was at the meeting disclosed.

The Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Chief Patrick Ekeji is reportedly being summoned by the House of Representatives over the Commission’s expenditures, including N1.2 million for Facebook account.

In a high profile investigation panel set up by the House of Representatives over allegations of financial misappropriation and abuse of office, Chief Ekeji would explain how the N3.7 billion that was advanced to the Commission for the 10th All Africa Games held in Maputo in 2011 was expended.

According to the Nigerian Tribune;
“He (Chief Ekeji) is expected to defend how he transferred monies to 19 sports federation;  N1,200,000.00 (One million, two hundred thousand naira) used in opening Facebook account for the National Sport Commission; N182, 124, 179,000.00 used in rehabilitating the National Stadium in Lagos, and another N117,875,820.95 used in rehabilitating the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium (Liberty Stadium) Ibadan. Ekeji will also provide warrant of approval by President Goodluck Jonathan for him to expend the sum of N350,000,000.00 from the yet to be approved 2012 Budget for the London 2012 Olympic Game.”

The said Facebook account of theNational Sports Commission currently has about 5465 fans and doesn’t look like anything bought for N1.2 million (about $8000)