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A gallant Nigerian soldier, David Okechukwu Smart, has urged Nigerians to pray for him and his colleagues that are battling the Boko Haram insurgents in the vast and dreaded Sambisa forest. According to the soldier, it is the prayers of Nigerians that are keeping them alive despite loosing many officers in the war against Boko Haram.

Below is what he shared on Facebook;

Ndi igbo ibem... As you celebrate this Xmas and new year to come. I want to use this medium to urge you to pray for those of us that are suffering in sambisa forest... Is your prayers that have been keeping us here alive,,, though we have lost many... Without the military, Boko Haram would have taken over some eastern and western states. Pray for soldiers in northeast of borno state. (maiduguri) and yobe state... Happy new year in advance... God bless the Nigerian Army... Victory is from God alone..

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/12/nigerian-soldier-urges-citizens-to-pray-for-them-in-sambisa-forest.html

A Nigerian man identified as Chidiebere Nwaojiekwu was on Friday, December 1, brutally murdered at Galeshewe location of Kimberly town in Northern Cape, South Africa. The deceased who is said to be 26-years-old hails from Unubi in Nnewi south Local government, Anambra state and was allegedly killed after an argument over rent fee which was reportedly initiated by the landlord.

Senior writer at Sun Newspaper, Peter Agba Kalu shared the story on Facebook as he wrote;

A Nigerian, Chidiebere Nwaojiekwu was on the 1st of December brutally murdered at Galeshewe location of Kimberly town in Northern Cape. Chidiebere is 26 years old and he is from Unubi in Nnewi south Local government, Anambra state Nigeria.

This wicked act was done by the landlord of the house he is staying with with other five boys. It was just an argument about rent fee and it led to a fight. The landlord then called his boys and they started stabbing him. Chidiebere ran out of the house and they pursued after him and kept stabbing him till he slumped and died. Nigerians were informed and the cops came to secure the area and start off investigation.

Nigerians in Kimberly gathered with Northern Cape chairman at the forefront asking questions. The body is the mortuary and a case has been opened with a case number GALESHEWE CASE : 05/12/2017 Murder.

The cops have promised together with the community to provide those 6 persons involved and yesterday three were caught and kept in custody. Nigerians in Northern Cape are mourning and grieving. Chidiebere is single. He is a business man that deals in hair piece and accessories.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/12/nigerian-man-chidiebere-nwaojiekwu-killed-in-south-africa.html

A young man identified as Akinwumi Olalekan, was killed yesterday at Ojokoro Local Council Development Area at Ifako Ijaiye, Lagos. A member of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), shared a photo of the deceased and the man accused of killing him, one Kunle 'Magic finger'....

According to the OPC member, Kunle who is said to be the brother of Sola Dangote, a top Eiye cultist (number 2) in the area - murdered the deceased... The reason for the alleged murder was not revealed.

The victim's corpse has been evacuated and deposited at a mortuary in Lagos.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/12/young-man-allegedly-murdered-brother-top-eiye-cultist-lagos-photos.html

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A 15-year-old girl identified as Amaka Constance Ogbugo has been declared missing after she was last seen on Thursday, 30th November, 2017 at Jumofak Bus stop BRT Terminal Ikorodu area of Lagos. Anyone with useful information should please contact the police authorities....

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/12/15-year-old-girl-declared-missing-last-seen-bus-stop-lagos-photos.html

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A Nigerian man (@kelvinbraid) has taken to twitter to reveal how a man's plan to surprise his girlfriend by proposing to her with the help of police was thwarted. The young man decided to "arrest" his girlfriend and propose to her amid the drama but things didn't go according to plan. Read the full git below;

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/12/lady-foiled-plan-boyfriend-propose-help-police.html

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Here are some photos of some Nigerian ladies reportedly married to White men in Italy. A Facebook user Lydia, took to her social media account to share photos of these "happily-married" ladies as she highlighted that not everyone's destiny is in Nigeria. Below is what she wrote on Facebook;

Not everyone destiny is in Nigeria. Some Nigerian Ladies married to Italian men.

I know like 20 Ladies from Nigeria married to Italian men and they are happy in Italy.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/12/photos-nigerian-ladies-happily-married-white-men-italy.html

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Olu of Warri, His Majesty Ogiame Ikenwole, has crossed over to Ancestral Palace in Warri area of Delta state. The monarch who was accompanied with Chief Ayiri Emami the Ologbotsere (Prime Minister) of Warri kingdom, and other high chiefs are set to participate in the 'Okunkpikpa' - which means paying of homage to the goddess of the river which symbolizes the authority of Ogaime (Olu of Warri) as the King of the rivers.

This activity is part of the rites been done by the Ogaime to mark his annual/yearly coronation Anniversary...

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/12/billionaire-ayiri-emami-joins-olu-warri-cross-ancestral-palace-across-river-photos.html

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The provost, College of Medicine at the Kogi State University, Prof. Margaret Olabisi Araoye, has narrated how a cab driver, Abubakar Hassan returned her lost bag which contained her laptop, bundle of N50,000, ATM cards, pair of golden earrings among other items - after she misplaced it in his cab...

Read the full details below;

"'On my way from Anyigba to Abuja by commercial transport, I had to alight at Giri junction, to pick a cab that was to link me with another cab to my destination. I had a heavy suitcase and a bag. When we got to Lugbe, the cab driver hurriedly dropped me off when he saw a cab going to my final destination. In the process of dragging the heavy suitcase, and in the usually chaotic motor park, I forgot to pick my bag.

As I approached the hotel in Jabi, now feeling relaxed, I remembered my bag which contained the following items:

1. Laptop
2. A bundle of N50,000, and a cheque
3. A pair of golden earrings
4. My International Passport
5. Power bank, ATM cards, Driver's license, etc.

I went back to Giri junction to report to the NURTW officials. That was when I discovered that many drivers operated as freelancers and might not be traceable. I became desperate. I exchanged contact numbers with the NURTW official and went back to the hotel. I couldn't really concentrate on the assignment I came to Abuja for.

I'd not informed my husband. The cab driver searched my bag, extracted my husband's mobile number from my driver's license and called him.

My husband mistook him for a fraudster and told him off. I later informed my husband and he gave me the driver's number. I called him. Alas! He had my bag. He had even attempted to reach me on Facebook.

I got my colleagues Clara and Moses to speak Hausa with him and we arranged to meet at the hotel two days later, when he returned from a trip. He emerged at the hotel with the bag and the contents intact!

Despite the rot, decadence and economic hardship in our land, there still exist millions of people like Abubakar Hassan with good morals. Please appreciate him with me"'.

Prof. Margaret Olabisi Araoye
Provost, College of Medicine,
Kogi State University

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/12/cab-driver-returns-lost-laptop-n50k-atm-cards-items-professor-kogi-photos.html

A Church member attacked a Facebook user for not agreeing that her pastor changed someone with Sickle cell SS to AA. Gwen Divy Ifeson who shared the screenshots of her chat with the other lady - revealed that she told the lady that there is no way someone who has been declared as SS can become AA all of a sudden as she even tried to explain to her the cause of such results.

Rather than end the argument there, she sent the below messages to Gwen Divy Ifeson via Facebook inbox;

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/11/church-member-attacks-young-lady-online-disagreement-pastors-miracle-photos.html

A ghastly motor accident involving a truck and a commercial bus occurred earlier today at Ilaje bus stop before Ajah area in Lagos. One of the accident victims was carried in a wheelbarrow as he was rushed by passersby for medical treatment. Security operatives arrived the scene to calm the angry mob who were about to go on rampage.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/11/injured-victim-carried-wheelbarrow-motor-accident-lagos-photos.html

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It's a sad moment for the family and friends of Idongesit Emmanuel Inuk popularly known as Eka Iban- following her tragic demise. According to information gathered from her friends online, the pretty lady died just few months after her glamorous wedding. The lady who was a serving Youth corper - was said to be preparing for her child's dedication before passing away. .

Her burial was held today 29th November, 2017 at The Lutheran Church of Nigeria, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Itiam Ikot Ebia, Uyo, Akwa Ibom state.

May her soul rest in peace.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/11/tragedy-lady-dies-ahead-child-dedication-months-wedding-photos.html

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A Nigerian man identified as Stanley Eze, couldn't contain his amazement after encountering these two different and opposite set of persons during his visit to Dubai. The young man who is on an official duty in the Emirate country - met with "the tallest and shortest guys" as he posed with them for series of pictures.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/11/nigerian-amazed-meeting-set-persons-dubai-photos.html

A Facebook user, Tesem Akende, has recounted his bitter-sweet experience after entering a train from Kaduna to Abuja. According to him, there's a massive corruption going on in the sector as he called on anti-graft agency EFCC to look into the matter. Read what he shared below;

My Abuja – Kaduna train experience; A sweet bitter pill

Alarming corruption envelopes train stations, NRC personnel subject commuters to hardship as Tesem Akende writes

I arrived Idu train terminal at 6:25am, on Monday November 27, 2017 and headed straight for the ticketing booth. It had been a really good weekend. Visiting Abuja once in awhile from Kaduna is always a chill pill for me - this wasn’t different at all!

My friend would tell me; “Tesem, you work hard, you should ball hard too.” Trust me, I have been very obedient since then. O, how we nailed at Cold stone creamery and Domino’s pizza in Wuse II on Sunday night, thanks to my friend, Olalekan Michael Onilede.

At Idu, I was impressed with the infrastructure, my first visit/experience apparently. I took a few photos, and at 7am on the dot, the journey back to Kaduna began. We had a brief stop over at the Kubwa station to have more passengers on board, and what started very well soon turned sour.

Passengers with tickets in hand began boarding, and before long everywhere was filled. Each coach I gathered has a carrying capacity of 88 passengers, but on this day carried far beyond that number.

Where are we supposed to seat? The passengers with tickets in hand asked. ‘Abeg, make una just manage,’ an official replied. “Manage! What does that suppose to mean?” An aged woman obviously in her 60s asked. “Why did you sell the tickets in the first place? Was there no communication between Idu and Kubwa on ticket sales? Why should we stand, while others seat when we’ve paid the same fare?” Several questions were advanced, and the only answer was – “abeg, make una just manage.” “But this wasn’t what we bargained for,” she insisted. “Gentlemen, honestly I shouldn’t be standing at my age for two hours plus on this journey, can’t you understand”?

Out of empathy I gave the aged woman my seat, and offered to stand – after all, I’m still far from the 60 mark.

“Ma’am, please how much did you pay”, I asked? Behold, it was the same amount, N1050 only.

But looking closely, a seat number was indicated on my ticket and other Idu commuters, but not so on some of theirs (Kubwa squad). My thought; perhaps some of those tickets were illegal after all. Some chap could just be playing smart, and not remitting the proceeds to government, I thought again. About thirty minutes into the journey, the standers devised ways to make themselves comfortable. Some squatted while others leaned to funny spots raging.

But their rage had an outburst when we arrived the Jere station, and the officials began another ticket verification exercise. “Your tickets please…your tickets please…your tickets please”…they hummed. “See, can’t you guys just hide your faces in shame”, a raging commuter vibrated.

And in a fireworks approach, one of the officials responded – “Abeg, na our work we de do o, make una no vex.” That phase passed, and we managed to arrive the Rigasa train terminal in Kaduna.

My very good friend, Patrick Oga had been standing by to fetch me, and off we cruised away. But my mind wouldn’t stop pondering.

A while ago, my friend TirNom Dogo had shared a similar tale with me. She called hers, ‘original suffer head’. We further outlined the pluses the rail system has brought.

It’s indeed a laudable project that has received several accolades. Thanks to the PDP government for initiating and largely executing, and yes, the APC’s for getting it running. But all said, I implore related authorities to keep an eye on operations at the rail track. Traffic at the train stations has tremendously increased, following the unrelenting kidnap cases along the Kaduna-Abuja highway.

I believe considering another rail track now is a stitch in time that would save far beyond the proverbial nine. The anti graft agencies must also up their game and fish out the bad eggs rubbishing the good work by government.

EFCC, this is also corruption – it shouldn’t be in our country!

Newsmen, lets also take investigative journalism a notch higher, and visit the train stations.

God bless Nigeria, my fatherland.

My name is Tesem Akende, I'm a concerned Nigerian.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/11/man-narrates-bitter-sweet-experience-boarding-train-kaduna-abuja-photos.html

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Congratulations are in order for Bucharest based Nigerian Big Boy and socialite, Samuel Afolabi, who proposed to his longtime girlfriend Henna Luiza in a romantic way some days ago. The young man from Lagos state and the CEO of Sam Club (the only black owned club in Romania, according to reports), surprised his partner romantically with the marriage proposal after booking a hotel for themselves...

And of course, Henna accepted his proposal as she said YES to him.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/11/nigerian-club-owner-based-europe-proposes-longtime-girlfriend-photos.html