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Fifa president Sepp Blatter was forced to halt a news conference when UK prankster Simon Brodkin, whose stage name is Lee Nelson threw a pile of banknotes at him saying, "here you go, Sepp".

Brodkin is known for his pranks and interrupted Kanye West's Glastonbury set last month and tried to join the England squad as they boarded the plane for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

He also attempted to warm up with Manchester City players before a Premier League match against Everton in 2013. Shortly after interrupting the Fifa conference, he posted a message from the Twitter account of another alter ago Jason Bent - saying: "Excited to be at Fifa meeting with Sepp Blatter to secure the #NorthKorea2026World Cup."

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/hilariousfake-banknotes-thrown-at-fifas-president-sepp-blatter/

A German company have invented a new condom that detects one's sexual partner HIV status.

The condom which has been designed to flash a red and blue if either of the partners engaging in a sexual intercourse is HIV+.

The condom which has been
constructed with a special type of LED, which feels like latex. These condoms come with a USB 2.0 drive in other to charge the LED light should in case the condom lights run dead at the time of use.

The new condom in addition to being helpful in detecting HIV, are also reusable. Using a new latex technology , the condom can be easily cleaned and does not have to be disposed after the first use.

It has been recommended that although the condom is reusable, one shouldn't reuse the condom with the same partner and usage should not exceed 7 times or a week.

The condom is expected to be available this fall in Europe and in the U.S.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/new-invention-german-company-invents-hiv-detecting-condom/

This month, the world moved a step closer to the defeat of Boko Haram, the jihadist group that has terrorized hundreds of thousands in the northern states of Nigeria. In one of my first acts since taking office as president six weeks ago, I have replaced the heads of Nigeria’s army, navy and air force. Our new military leadership has not been chosen because of their familiarity with those in government, as was too often the case in the past, but on their track records and qualifications alone.

These new military leaders will be based in Borno State in northern Nigeria, where the headquarters of the armed services has been relocated. This shift of resources and command directly to the front line, in addition to the replacement of the head of the State Security Service, Nigeria’s intelligence organization, and a new emphasis on working in partnership with our neighbors, has equipped us to take the fight directly to Boko Haram.

Already we are beginning to see a degrading of Boko Haram’s capabilities as a fighting force. In recent weeks, it appears to have shifted away from confronting the military directly to an increase in attacks on civilian areas, as we saw only last week when an elderly woman and 10-year-old girl blew themselves up at a Muslim prayer gathering in northeastern Nigeria. We should not be confused by this change, hateful as it is: It does not mean that Boko Haram is succeeding in its aims — it shows that it is losing.

While we work to defeat the terrorists, I ask the people of Nigeria and the world for resolve and fortitude. The campaign we will wage will not be easy; it may not be swift. We should expect stages of success and also moments when it may appear that our advances have been checked. But no one should have any doubt as to the strength of our collective will or my commitment to rid this nation of terror and bring back peace and normalcy to all affected areas.

Similarly, my determination should not be underestimated in other matters. This includes instilling good governance and tackling the scourge of corruption that has held Nigeria back for too long.

As I meet with President Obama today — the first time a president of the United States will encounter a Nigerian counterpart following the peaceful transfer of power in a contested election in our history — I will be discussing my plans for critical reforms. So, too, will I discuss why the formation of my administration is taking time and, crucially, why it must. Already there are voices saying these changes are taking too long — even though only six weeks have passed since my inauguration. I hear such calls, but this task cannot and should not be rushed.

When cabinet ministers are appointed in September, it will be some months after I took the oath of office. It is worth noting that Obama himself did not have his full Cabinet in place for several months after first taking office; the United States did not cease to function in the interim. In Nigeria’s case, it would neither be prudent nor serve the interests of sound government to have made these appointments immediately on my elevation to the presidency; instead, Nigeria must first put new rules of conduct and good governance in place.

I cannot stress how important it is to ensure that this process is carried out correctly, just as it has been crucial to first install the correct leadership of the military and security services before we fully take the fight to Boko Haram.

There are too few examples in the history of Nigeria since independence where it can be said that good management and governance were instituted at a national level. This lack of a governance framework has allowed many of those in charge, devoid of any real checks and balances, to plunder. The fact that I now seek Obama’s assistance in locating and returning $150 billion in funds stolen in the past decade and held in foreign bank accounts on behalf of former, corrupt officials is testament to how badly Nigeria has been run. This way of conducting our affairs cannot continue.

Indeed, the failure of governance, it can be argued, has been as much a factor in Nigeria’s inability thus far to defeat Boko Haram as have been issues with the military campaign itself.

So the path we must take is simple, even if it is not easy: First, instill rules and good governance; second, install officials who are experienced and capable of managing state agencies and ministries; and third, seek to recover funds stolen under previous regimes so that this money can be invested in Nigeria for the benefit of all of our citizens.

We seek the support and partnership of the United States in these tasks. The importance of the fight against terrorism and corruption in Nigeria, Africa’s most powerful economy and largest populace, cannot be underestimated. Our allies can provide much-needed military training and intelligence as our soldiers take the war effort to Boko Haram. Similarly, we look to U.S. businesses as well as the Obama administration to help develop governance initiatives that can ensure that Nigeria’s wealth benefits all its people, not just a few. By taking these steps, we will be positioned to benefit from increased investment — particularly in energy and electricity — from the United States.

I was elected on a platform of change. I know this is what the people of Nigeria desire more than anything else. I know they are impatient for action. I realize the world waits to see evidence that my administration will be different from all those that came before. Yet reforming my country after so many years of abuse cannot be achieved overnight. In our campaigns against both Boko Haram and corruption, we should remain steadfast and remember, as it is said: “Have patience. All things become difficult before they become easy.”

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/buhari-ministers-will-be-appointed-in-september/

In an interview with Vanguard, presidential media adviser Femi Adeshina confirmed that president Buhari is planning to probe the administration of the former president, Goodluck Jonathan.

According to Femi Adeshina, Buhari has said that money in billions of dollars will be recovered. But you know the world is too small a place for anybody to hide if you are running from justice.You will be fished out. So, there is no need that you say they should not be heading for jail if eventually the law goes after them. Very few countries can they hide in and how long will they hide? So, it doesn’t mean that anybody that has ill gotten wealth will not regurgitate it, they will.

Remember when he went to Germany for the G7 summit, he met with President Obama and Obama told him to just give us information on where the loot is hidden and we will help you recover it and the government has been working on that. So, that shows that looters will never go free" he said

Asked if Buhari plans to probe administrations before GEJ , Adeshina said, "He can’t afford to go too deep into the past or else it will be destructive for his administration. There are some things you can’t close your eyes to while you don’t want to shine the torchlight into the dark recesses of our past; immediate past where things are evident.

The Yoruba have a saying that the corpse we buried, the leg is sticking out and, if you bury a corpse and the leg is sticking out, you can’t pretend. When there are trails all over of the monies in billions and trillions, then a responsible government can’t close its eyes to that.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/presidency-buhari-will-probe-jonathans-government/

A bomb have exploded at the Eid prayer ground in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital in Nigeria's  north-east.

Sources said unidentified number of persons were killed in the blast, which occurred on Friday morning as Muslim faithful prepared to go to eid ground for prayers.

According to sources, the blast occurred at an area called Gwange early on Friday.

“I have not gone to the site yet myself, but I surely heard the loud blast. Those coming from the area said it was a bomb inside a Keke NAPEP that exploded, ” he said.
He however, could not confirm casualty figure at the moment.

” I can see security agents and medical aid workers heading to Gwange now, ”

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/breakingbomb-explodes-at-eid-play-ground-in-damaturuyobe-state/

[NyTimes & Fox News]Nigeria's government says it has banned Radio Biafra because it is unlicensed but the station dedicated to creating a breakaway state remained on the airwaves
Thursday.

People in southeastern Nigeria confirmed the station is broadcasting in the area that is home to the Igbo people.The Igbos fought a civil war to form an independent nation called Biafra in
the late 1960s that killed about one million people, mostly Igbos from conflict-induced famine.

Unresolved causes of the war and results including the appropriation of property that has not been returned remain a sore point and
groups including Radio Biafra continue to claim the tribe is discriminated against and to agitate for independence. Many Igbos who fled into exile have not returned home.

Eleven pro-Biafra activists were arrested last year on charges of treason. Earlier this year, the Biafra Zionists Federation called for Ibgos to boycott presidential elections because the High Court refused to give them bail after months in
jail awaiting trial.

On Wednesday, Radio Biafra broadcast an alleged interview with the BBC Hausa service in
which it claimed a voice said to be that of newly installed President Muhammadu Buhari made derogatory comments about the Igbo. Buhari's office denied that, and the BBC also denied having such an interview.

The Ministry of Information announced Tuesday that it had "successfully jammed the signals" of Radio Biafra. But the station remained on the air with call-in
shows where listeners discuss issues confronting their region and their desire to break away from Nigeria.


Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/nytimes-nigeria-fails-to-block-radio-biafra/


http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/07/16/world/africa/ap-af-nigeria-radio-biafra.html?%3Cbr%20/%3E_r=1

The 2015 general elections in Nigeria have
come and gone, but unfortunately the
exercise left behind, some bitter taste in the
mouths and ninds of certain individuals and
groups in the country. This has further
divided the country along ethnic and religious
lines.

Nigeria’s New Telegraph, analyses the
situation that the country was left in after the
aftermath of an election many say would
have been disastrous if not for the
magnanimity of former president Goodluck
Jonathan.

Read further below…

The 2015 general elections have come and
gone leaving prints on the sands of Nigeria’s
history. A large number of Nigerians actively
got involved just to ensure their candidates
emerged victorious. Many were desirous to
see the country led by the best hands
irrespective of religion and ethnicity; some
others were motivated by monetary gains and
gifts they received from the contestants with
little interest in the quality of leaders that
emerged winners. The latter group could only
wish that elections were conducted more
regularly so they could amass wealth even at
the detriment of the country. One fact that
stands out is that the political consciousness
has risen among Nigerians and more
prominently among the youths. The divide is
no longer restricted to one’s ethnicity or
religion but consciously or sub-consciously,
Nigerians are torn apart politically.

The youths have not helped matters with the
constant vitriolic exchange of comments on
social media with each trying to shove his
opinion down the throat of others. In today’s
Nigeria you are either agitating for your ethnic
group to be adequately represented; lobbying
hard to have someone of the same religious
faith at the helm of affairs or pushing beyond
boundaries that your party takes it all and
painfully this is the legacy our leaders are
bequeathing to the youths.

This has led to increased tension among
youths creating unnecessary enmity and
exhibiting a high level of intolerance leading to
friends blocking themselves on social media
and deleting accounts of others who do not
share their political ideology. Another aspect
of the social media drama is the verbal attack
and direct insults youths pour on opposition
leaders who are old enough to father them
but in the words of an angry friend, “What
respect do you show an elder who has stolen
from you?’’ One can only admit that the
leaders have failed the youths and present
happenings are the realities of a failed state.
For some of us, this burning anger expressed
by the youths would only be justified if they
have sincere motives but unfortunately the
politicians understand the game and know
the carrots to dangle to make the youths their
stooge. Unfortunately some of us have
refused to put the events of the last election
behind us instead we prayerfully anticipate
failure from those with good intentions
because we do not share any affiliation.
Nigerians must look past the results of the
election and in the Jonathanian spirit; support
the men with good intentions irrespective of
their divide. If we must achieve the Nigeria of
our dreams, we must accept the fact that we
are first Nigerians and as a Nigerian, I belong
to any state under the Federal Republic of
Nigeria.Meanwhile,there are indication that
some Yoruba elders regreted supporting
President Muhammadu Buhari in the last
election.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/aftermath-of-2015-election-how-nigeria-have-been-further-divided/

In what could be described as leadership by
example,
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari,
According to Sahara Reporters, has ordered
security agents to arrest his brother-in-law,
Alhaji Musa Yola for allegedly extorting
money from an undisclosed business man
Alhaji Musa Yola, is the immediate younger
brother of his wife.
Yola was said to have received N300 million
from a businessman after promising to
provide him with political access to secure an
oil block from the Buhari administration.
A source privy to the situation revealed to the
online tabloid that the President personally
ordered last Monday night that his brother-
in-law be produced before him in handcuffs
in the company of the businessman.
Furious Buhari was said to have called the
businessman stupid for parting with such
amount cash when should know that he, Mr.
Buhari, would not participate in fraud, the
president ordered agents of the State
Security Services (SSS) attached to Aso Rock
Villa to thoroughly investigate the scam.
“Alhaji Yola has refunded the money to the
affected businessman.” An SSS
agent disclosed, “Alhaji Yola has been
released on bail.”

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/buhari-orders-arrest-of-his-brother-in-law-alhaji-musa-yola-over-money-extortion/

this is really bad and sad... The government should act fast

The United States State Department has said
that the Boko Haram sect has killed about
8,239 people since the insurgents started
their attacks in Nigeria.
It also stated that the sect has killed the
largest number of people in 2013 and 2014
when compared with other terrorist groups in
the world.The State Department, in a recent
report, compiled a list of the world’s deadliest
terrorist groups, with the total fatalities that
they caused in 2013 and 2014.
The Boko Haram group, it maintained, killed
the highest number of people in the period.
The sect, it would be recalled, has killed
thousands and displaced millions of Nigerians
as a result of its activities in the North-
Eastern part of Nigeria.
Giving a comparative analysis of killings by
several terror groups, the report stated that
the Boko Haram group caused about 8,239
deaths in the period; the Islamic State of Iraq
and the Levant in Iraq killed about 8,038
people. The Taliban group in Afghanistan
caused 5,848 deaths.
It maintained that the Al-Shabaab group in
Somalia killed around 1,539 people in the
period, while the Maoists/Communist Party of
India-Maoist killed 188.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/u-s-report-boko-haram-most-deadliest-terror-group-in-the-world-killed-8239-in-two-years/

Two suicide bombers killed at least three
people and injured 16 in the capital Borno
state on Saturday, the latest in a string of
deadly attacks by the suspected deadly Boko
Haram Islamist militants.
The two women tried to get into a hospital but
were stopped by security guards at the gate
and blew themselves up, witnesses said.
“We evacuated the charred bodies of the two
security guards, another civilian and the two
bombers,” said Auwal Mohammed, a member
of the community in Molai, where the hospital
is situated.
Muhammadu Buhari, the new president of
Africa’s most populous nation and biggest
economy, made Maiduguri the command
centre for the military campaign against
Islamist militant group Boko Haram after
being inaugurated last month.
More than 100 people have been killed in
northeast Nigeria in the past few weeks in a
spate of bombings, mostly in Maiduguri.
A source at the mortuary of Borno State
hospital in Maiduguri confirmed it had
received three corpses after the blast.
Another hospital source said 16 people injured
in the attack had been brought in.
Buhari has held talks with counterparts in
neighbouring countries to set up a joint force
to tackle the insurgents and he is planning to
visit Cameroon later this month to discuss
deeper collaboration.
Buhari is also due to visit U.S. President
Barack Obama in Washington on July 20 and
the fight against Boko Haram is likely to be
top of the agenda.
Boko Haram controlled territory the size of
Belgium in the northeast at the start of the
year but has been pushed out of most of it by
the Nigerian army, backed by troops from
Chad, Niger and Cameroon.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/two-female-suicide-bombers-kills-three-in-borno-state/

A press statement from Rivers state
government stated that,

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike
has formally restored all the entitlements and
benefits of Sir Celestine Omehia as a former
Governor of the state. Governor Wike on
Thursday also formally reinstated the official
portrait of Sir Celestine Omehia amongst the
line up of former governors of Rivers State at
the Government House, Port Harcourt
Executive Council Chamber.
Performing the exercise, Governor Wike said
that the decision to restore the entitlements
and privileges of Omehia as former governor
stemmed from the fact that he worked as
governor of the state between May 29, 2007
and October 25, 2007, wherein he took
decisions on behalf of the State and initiated
projects. He said: I hereby put back his
official portrait among those of former
governors. He is now entitled to the benefits
of all former governors.
The governor said that the era of politics of
bitterness in Rivers State was effectively
over, noting that it was not right to
personalise governance as was done by the
immediate past administration. Responding,
former Governor of Rivers State, Sir Celestine
Omehia described Thursday as the most
historic day of his political career. He said
that the restoration of his rights as a former
goveenor indicates that his dark political days
are over.
The event was witnessed by the Secretary to
Rivers State Government, Kenneth Kobani,
Rivers State Housing Commissioner, Barrister
Emma Okah and the State Attorney-General,
Chinwe Aguma.


View more pictures at: http://nigeriainfohub.com/gov-nyesome-wike-recognises-omehia-as-former-governor-of-rivers-state/

A press statement from the White House
states the following below.
On Monday, July 20, President Obama will
host Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari
at the White House. The visit will underscore
the United States’ longstanding friendship
with Nigeria, our commitment to
strengthening and expanding our partnership
with Nigeria’s new government, and our
support for the Nigerian people following their
historic democratic elections and peaceful
transfer of power.

President Obama looks forward to discussing
with President Buhari our many shared
priorities including U.S.-Nigeria cooperation
to advance a holistic, regional approach to
combating Boko Haram, as well as Nigeria’s
efforts to advance important economic and
political reforms that will help unlock its full
potential as a regional and global leader. In
addition to hosting President Buhari at the
White House, the United States will welcome
President Buhari’s senior advisors for
consultations with U.S. counterparts and
other events aimed at building on the strong
U.S.-Nigeria relationship.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/obama-to-host-buhari-at-the-white-house-on-july-20th/

According to Forbes, below is an excerpt of
the list of the top 100 the highest paid
Athletes of 2015.


1. Floyd Mayweather – $300m
2. Manny Pacquiao – $160m
3. Cristiano Ronaldo – $79.6m
4. Lionel Messi – $73.8m
5. Roger Federer – $67m
6. LeBron James – $64.8m
7. Kevin Durant – $54.1m

View more here: http://nigeriainfohub.com/forbes-list-world-highest-paid-athletes-of-2015/

The immediate past Minister/Deputy
Chairman, National Planning Commission
(NPC), Dr. Abubakar Sulaiman has faulted
President Buhari’s claim that the immediate
past government left behind an empty
treasury.
Pres. Buhari had in a media parley with state
House correspondents on Monday June 22nd
calimed that his administration met ‘virtually
an empty treasury’. In a statement released
yesterday June 23rd, Dr Suleiman said the
Good luck administration left behind $30
billion in the national treasury.
He argued that saying the past government
did not leave behind any money implies that
revenue generating agencies of the
government seized to work before and after
the Goodluck administration ended on May
29th .
“Government can’t tell us that there is no
Excess Crude Account (ECA), Sovereign
Wealth Fund (SWF) or are we saying the
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIR) and
related agencies had not in the last one
month been generating revenue? Until they
are able to prove they had no receipts from
these government agencies in the last one
month before Nigerians can now buy into Mr.
President’s claims of an empty treasury.
Money made by government is meant to be
spent, and this the immediate past
administration did responsibly. Every
government operates on deficit even in the
so-called western world, including the US
which today remains one of the largest debtor
nations in the world. Is it not on record that
President Obama inherited $3 trillion debt, a
collapsed banking sector and mortgage
industry, yet he never raised any alarm.
None of these has happened in Nigeria under
Jonathan. Under Jonathan, Nigeria became
the largest Africa economy and 26th in the
world amidst deadly security challenges and
dwindling international prices of oil. In spite of
all these, the Federal Government never
owed salary. Upon inception of Jonathan’s
administration, it is on record that the price of
oil at the global stage was over $100 per
barrel and at the close of the administration, it
dropped to $46. Yet, there wasn’t collapse of
government and federal civil servants were
paid as at when due. It will be misleading,
therefore, for our respected President
Muhammadu Buhari and indeed the ruling
APC to claim to have met an empty treasury.
Aspiration to governance is a call to meeting
and confronting challenges headlong.
So, we urge the APC-led government to hit
the ground running as promised Nigerians by
confronting the challenges. We are not in
doubt of the capability of Mr. President to do
it. He should, therefore, get to business, put
in place structures and personnel to redeem
the pledges made to Nigerians.”

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/former-minister-faults-buharis-claim-of-meeting-an-empty-treasury-says-goodluck-left-30/

A new ‘smart condom’ was created by a
group of teenage students for the Teen Tech
awards, which they claim will glow different
colors if it detects an STD!
The creators said the condom will work with
a layer of chemicals on the surface that will
attach to bacteria and viruses from STDs.
Here are the colors that the condom will
change if STDs are detected:
“glow green for chlamydia, yellow for herpes,
purple in the presence of the human
papillomavirus which causes genital warts,
and blue for syphilis.”
Not only will the “smart condoms” make you
aware if your partner might have an STD, one
of the designers explained:
“We wanted to create something that makes
detecting harmful STIs safer than ever
before, so that people can take immediate
action in the privacy of their own homes
without the invasive.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/teenage-group-invents-new-condom-that-changes-color-once-exposed-to-stds/

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday
said his administration had received firm
assurance from the United States and other
countries recover and return funds stolen
from Nigeria.
According to a statement by the President’s
Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr.
Femi Adesina, the President said it was now
up to Nigeria to provide the international
community with the facts and figures needed
to drive the recovery effort.
He said:
“In the next three months, our administration
will be busy getting those facts and the
figures to help us recover our stolen funds in
foreign countries,” Adesina quoted the
President as saying.
The president made this statement to
members of the Northern Traditional Rulers
Council led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji
Sa’ad Abubakar III, at the Presidential Villa,
Abuja.
Citing the report submitted by the Ahmed
Joda-led transition committee, President
Buhari said that several revenue-generating
institutions in the country had been
compromised.
In regards to insecurity, the President said
traditional rulers would play a key role in
stemming terrorism and insurgency in the
country.
This, he said, they would do by assisting the
government with cost-effective intelligence
gathering. Buhari also assured the traditional
rulers that his administration was working
hard to end insecurity and terrorism in the
country in the shortest possible time with the
cooperation of neighbouring countries and the
international community.
Acknowledging that Nigerians expected a lot
from his administration, the President
appealed for patience and understanding
while his government works diligently to
speedily overcome the huge national
challenges it inherited.
The Sultan had earlier presented the Northern
Traditional Rulers’ recommendations to the
President on issues related to national
development.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/buhari-the-us-and-others-will-assist-nigeria-in-recovering-stolen-funds-2/

Unknown gunmen on Monday June 22 shot
dead the Lagos state Coordinator of The
Lord’s Chosen Charis-matic Revival
Ministries, Pastor Chukwuemeka Okpokpo, at
Apple Junction, Amuwo Odofin area of the
state.

According to a report by Vanguard, the
gunmen, in a motorcycle, trailed the pastor
from a bank where he had gone to withdraw
N3million for the church, fired shots into the
air, which sent people scampering for safety.
Witnesses said Pastor Okpokpo tried to
escape when it became obvious that he was
the target. He reportedly slowed down on
reaching a bad spot in the road, and that was
when the hoodlums shot at the tyres of the
Chosen vehicle he was driving, which caused
the car to stop.

One of the gunmen then got down from their
motorbike, walked to the vehicle and shot
Pastor Okpokpo in the stomach. He was said
to have waited to ensure that Okpokpo was
no longer breathing before he took the nylon
bag containing the money, went back to his
two colleagues in the motorbike and they all
took off.

Residents were said to have rushed to the
scene then raised an alarm when they found
out that the victim was wearing the Lord’s
Chosen reflective jacket. Some of them were
said to have alerted members of the church,
who rushed him to the church’s clinic at
Ijesha.

When news of the tragedy filtered in, those
who knew him wept uncontrollably. It was
learnt that a prayer session aimed at
resurrecting him reportedly took
place between 12.30p.m. and 8p.m. Some of
the church members thought that the gunmen
could have been hired assassins and not
robbers.

The Lagos State Police Command said it had
begun investigation into the murder.
Okpokpo’s body has been taken to his home
town in Amizi, Ikwuano Local Government
Area of Umuahia of Abia.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/tragic-the-lords-chosen-pastor-robbed-and-killed-in-lagos/

A female suicide bomber believed to be about
10 years old this morning attacked a crowded
market in Wagir, Gujba local government area
of Yobe state.
Unconfirmed reports has it that that about 10
people died while many others sustained
various degrees of injuries and have been
taken to the hospital.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/10-years-old-female-suicide-bomber-attacks-yobe-market/

The governor of Osun state, Rauf Aregbesola
has expressed his sadness and pain over his
inability to pay his workers their monthly
salaries for about seven months now.
While delivering a Ramadan Lecture at the
Women Development Centre, Abuja yesterday
June 22nd, Aregbesola said his administration
borrowed N25billion from banks to support
the federal allocations to pay salaries but that
the banks have since stopped lending the
state money.

“It is extremely painful that I cannot pay
salary. It is painful that I have to be in this
condition. I am not helpless because I have
Allah and the people with me. And whoever
has Allah and the people has everything. I
didn’t envisage that 400,000 barrels of crude
oil would be stolen daily. But the whipping
boys must be the governors and I am the
‘Chief’ of the whipping boys,” he said.
He added that the state’s wage bill was N3.5
billion monthly and that his administration has
found it difficult to pay due to the dwindling
allocation in spite of increase in the Internally
Generated Revenue (IGR) from N900 million
to N8 billion annually.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/aregbesola-regrets-inability-to-pay-workers-salaries/

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday said
that he inherited a “virtually empty treasury”
with debts running into hundreds of millions of
Dollars and appealed to the media to explain
the true position to Nigerians so that “they
won’t match on us”.
The President who spoke while meeting with
members of the State House Press Corps
said it was a disgrace that Nigeria is not able
to pay workers salaries adding that this was
as a result of bad management. According to
him, there was already a lot of pressure on
his government due to the huge expectations
of Nigerians on what they desire from the
administration. While calling on the media to
cooperate with his administration, President Buhari said he choose Femi Adesina to be his Adviser
because he is ‘one of the best’.

“It is not by accident that I got the best of you
to be the special adviser, one of the 15 aides
I had to get clearance from the Senate. He is
one of the best President of the guild that I
can have as special advisers. I brought one
of the best of you so that he can consistently
defend me against you. “Whether my job is a
difficult one or easy it is up to him, but I’m
here to thank you in advance for what good
and ill you are going to do to me.
“I have to quickly come and see you and
welcome you to this place. I hope what
happened of recent between the former
president and one of you (the seizure of the
accreditation of the Radio Germany reporter)
will not happen between me and you.
“I hope we are starting and this culture
developed, of 100 days is bringing so much
pressure with treasury virtually empty, with
debts in millions of dollars, with state workers
and even federal workers not paid their
salaries. It is such a disgrace for Nigeria.
I think Nigeria should be in a position to even
pay it’s workers. This is bad management
that we find ourselves in, we really need your
help to protect us from people before they
match on us” he said.

For members of the State House Press Corps,
it is a first time that they would be meeting
the president, starting from President
Obasanjo up to President Goodluck Jonathan.
Chairman of the State House Press Corps,
Kehinde Amodu who spoke on behalf of
members of the Corp pledge to work with the
government in the interest of Nigeria.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/buhari-nigeria-treasury-virtually-empty/

The Movement of the Emancipation of Niger
Delta, MEND, has threatened to resume
militant activities if members of the National
Assembly receive any outrageous
allowances. Spokesman of the group Jomo
Gbomo said this while speaking to newsmen
yesterday June 21st.

“These wicked individuals appropriate to
themselves huge and absurd salaries and
allowances at the expense of the millions of
hapless Nigerians, who have not been paid for
months, their salaries, pensions and other
benefits they deserve.

The Niger Delta region, where the bulk of
revenue that sustains the nation comes from,
continues to suffer neglect, environmental
degradation and lack, made worse by the
very corrupt and visionless past government
of Goodluck Jonathan and his cronies, some
of who still shamelessly parade themselves
on national television and other media
platforms as ‘Niger Delta Activists’.

Nigerians refuse to tolerate this ostentatious
lifestyle of our lawmakers, whose main
objective, it seems, is to enrich themselves
and carelessly spend scarce resources. The
Niger Delta people refuse to pamper and
cater for the needs of these thieving
Assembly rogues to their detriment. If the
lawmakers refuse to make the necessary
adjustments needed to accompany the needs
of the masses and the Niger Delta region, it
may lead to the resumption of hostilities.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/mend-threatens-to-resume-hostilities-over-national-assembly-members-huge-salaries/

The mother of a newborn baby who was
mauled to death by the family dog was at a
family event following a bereavement,
according a family member.
Three-week old Reggie was rushed to
hospital following the attack by the Patterdale
terrier – but doctors were unable to save
him.
His family have said they are “trying to cope”
with the immense tragedy of losing little
Reggie, who lived at Falkland Road with his
parents Maria Blacklin and Ryan Young, a
builder.The parents are said to be “distraught”
after the tragedy which happened at their
home at 4.15am yesterday.
A family member who spoke to the Chronicle
outside Ryan’s family’s home nearby said:
“We are trying to cope with this the best we
can.”
Their family dog, called Tricky, is being kept
in kennels and is expected to be destroyed.
Northumbria Police said a 30-year-old man
had been arrested in connection with the
incident.
“We are carrying out enquiries to establish
the circumstances.”
A family member, who did not want be
identified, said the baby’s mother was not in
the house at the time of the attack, and added
that she never left her son alone with the dog.
The source said she had been at a family
event following a bereavement, and had
returned to find the distressing scene.
Neighbours yesterday spoke of their shock at
the death of Reggie, who is believed to have
four brothers and sisters.
One, who did not wish to be named, said: “I
know terriers very well. I think the dog had
become jealous of the baby and that is why
this has happened.
“It was Ryan’s dog as far as I’m aware. He is
a lovely lad, hard-working and an excellent
father. He will be devastated.”
Criminal psychologist Paul Tweddle, 50, who
lives opposite the family in Sunderland, Tyne
and Wear, said: “They are a caring couple in
their 30s and are a lovely family. This is a
complete tragedy.
“I see the terrier from time to time.
Sometimes I see it clambering at the fence
and it gets out so I shout to Ryan and he
comes and gets it.
“It is a tiny dog and I cannot say whether or
not it is dangerous. Sometimes appearances
can be deceptive.
“I am so shocked. It should be such a happy
time with a new baby. I have children myself,
so you can imagine how I am feeling.”
Another neighbour, Denise Haley, 59, is
grandmother to a six-week-old baby called
TJ.
She said: “Maria was in the house a few
weeks ago with Redgie. She is a lovely girl
and I simply do not know how she will cope
with this tragedy.
“I am scared of any dog but that dog seemed
okay. It is a tiny dog and brown in colour.
“I am in total shock – me and my daughter
have been really upset about it. We grabbed
TJ straight away and gave him a huge hug.”

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/three-weeks-old-baby-killed-by-a-dog-in-uk/

vimi:
When he was a kid, his mother had millions of chances to kill him, buh she didn't and this iis how this guy decide to pay back his mom's kindness n love.


Wic tribe him be sef??

shit happens...

Emmanuel Kalejaiye, the 21 year old Nigerian
man who stabbed his own mother, 41 year old
Tolu Kalejaiye, to death at their home in the
UK has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Emmanuel who has been diagnosed with a
mental ailment, stabbed his mother 40 times
in the head, face, neck, upper limbs & hands
during a frenzied knife attack in Sept2013.
His mum until her death was an accountant
with the Camden Council in England. When
interrogated, Emmanuel admitted to killing his
mother .

“I admit killing my mother by stabbing her. I
did this because she subjected me to a
lifetime of physical and mental abuse. She
used the Bible to rationalize what she did to
me. I believe she manipulated and
brainwashed me. I have been very depressed
for a long time. I have tried to overcome it but
I couldn’t take it anymore”.
A UK court had in April 2014 found Emmanuel
guilty of manslaughter and not murder due to
his mental ailment. At a resumed hearing of
the case on Thursday June 18th, a telephone
message she sent with her phone to her
boyfriend, Leo Shogunle, when she was being
attacked by her son was played.

In the audio, she was heard calling on her son
to stop stabbing her until the telephone
became chillingly quiet. Her boyfriend raced
to the house to find her in the pool of her own
blood.
Medical experts told the court that Emmanuel
has been suffering from Chronic depression.

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/nigeria-man-who-murdered-his-mother-in-uk-sentenced-to-life-imprisonment/

3 friends Habeeb Adisa (25), Kehinde
Aderinoye (25) and Ilyas Ogundimu (27) raped
one of their female neighbours, a young
woman,who was a close friends. This
incident happened in a neighbourhood in Iju
area of Lagos.

The victim, 19-year-old Adenike (not real
name), a hair stylist, said she summoned the
courage to speak about her ordeal because
she did not want the3 friends to go free and
do the same to someone else.
Narrating how she was violated by the three
men whom she trusted most in their
neighbourhood, Adenike said that there was
no way she could have suspected that within
the 2 years she had known them, that those 3
could have ever done what they did to her.
Calmly, but with a lot of anger and pain
showing in her eyes, Adenike said,
“I became friends with them as neighbours
two years ago when my mother first rented
an apartment in the area.
“Kehinde began to make advances to me. But
I told him we were friends and did not want to
be in a relationship with him. I have always
rejected his advances.
“Later he would tell Habeeb and Ilyas to
approach me to appeal on his behalf to accept
his proposal, but I made them to understand
that I could not go out with him. But we still
talked and sat together in the neighbourhood
as friends.
“Adisa Unknown to Adenike, the gentle
disposition of her three friends was just a
façade for the plan they had hatched on how
to sexually assault her. On Wednesday, June
17, 2015, an opportunity presented itself for
the rapist friends to put their plan to work.

Adenike said,
“In the morning of that day, around 9.30am, I
went over to Kehinde’s house like I usually
did sometimes when I had nothing to do at
home. I trusted them completely and usually
went there to while away the time.
“Habeeb and Ilyas were there also. We were
just talking when Habeeb suddenly came to
me and picked me up. He threw me on the
bed and I told him that I didn’t like that kind of
play. I said, ‘If this is part of your playful habit
I am not up for it.’
“But as he threw me on the bed, before I
could stand up, he lay on me and pinned me
down firmly. Kehinde quickly came over and
started to remove my underwear. That was
when I knew what they wanted to do. I
struggled with them but they pinned me down
and took turns to rape me.
“When I was screaming, one of them quickly
went to the CD player, which was on at the
time and turned on the music to maximum
volume so that it would drown out my
voice.”When they finished, the three friends
smiled at what they had done. They
told Adenike to pretend that what happened to
her was a mere sexual encounter.
“They told me to just forget what happened
and keep it between the four of us. But I
realised that if I was afraid of stigma and kept
it to myself, they would walk free and even
boast to their friends about what they did to
me. They would surely do it to someone
else,” Adenike said. Bruised and battered,
Adenike summoned the courage to approach
someone she trusted in the neighbourhood
and narrated what happened to her. She was
immediately advised to go to the Iju Police
Division and report the incident.

As soon as she reported, some landlords in
the area rose in the men’s defence.
Adenike’s mother said that because the
parents of the rapists are landlords in the
area, they first threatened her that if she
decided to make the issue a police case, she
would lose.
But on Thursday, after the police had arrested
the suspects, Punch correspondent
witnessed as families of the culprits and
other residents of the area came out to the
police station to beg Adenike’s mother.
Adenike’s case highlights the increasing
incidence of sexual offences in Nigeria, where
majority of sexual offences go unreported.
On Friday, the spokesperson for the Lagos
State Police Command, Mr. Kenneth
Nwosu, said that the suspects had been
charged to court.

source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/teenage-girl-narrates-how-she-was-raped-by-three-of-her-friends/

For the first time in more than a century, a
woman will finally get space on the nation’s
paper currency but she may have to share it
with a man.
The $10 bill, up for a redesign in 2020, will
feature a female face, Treasury Secretary
Jack Lew announced Wednesday. He’s also
considering keeping Alexander Hamilton, the
current resident of the bill and the nation’s
first Treasury secretary, on some of the
notes.

The decision to change the ten-spot came as
feminist groups have been pushing for a
woman on the currency in 2020 to mark the
100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment,
which gave women the right to vote. Sharing
space with Hamilton who not only conceived
the nation’s financial system but also served
as a protagonist in the nation’s first sex
scandal wasn’t exactly what they had in
mind.

A nonprofit organization, Women On 20s
(Slogan: “A woman’s place is on the money”),
has been campaigning instead to get rid of
Andrew Jackson, the nation’s seventh
president, whose face appears on the $20
bill. Jackson’s record of removing Native
Americans from their land and his opposition
to the central banking system made him a
good candidate to be yanked, they’ve argued.
Harriet Tubman was the winner of a poll the
organization conducted to determine which
woman should replace Jackson.
U.S. currency has rarely undergone major
redesigns, but in 2013, the $10 bill was
chosen for a remake partly to beef up
protections against counterfeit threats, the
Treasury said.

Lew said putting a woman on a bill had been
under consideration well before his tenure at
Treasury began, and President Barack
Obama endorsed the idea last year, when he
called it a “pretty good idea” during a July
speech about the economy in Kansas City.
The Obama administration will be considering
nominations of prominent women in U.S.
history over the coming months and expects
to announce its selection at the end of the
summer, the Treasury said.

Lew said it was “personally very important” to
him to preserve Hamilton’s place of honor on
the $10. So whether it’s by printing $10s with
different faces, or with multiple portraits on a
single one, the woman will have to share with
Hamilton.
In fact, Hamilton shared his bed with more
than one woman making him one of the first
subjects of a political sex scandal.
While his wife, Elizabeth, and kids were
staying with relatives, Hamilton began an
affair with a young woman named Maria
Reynolds in 1791. He was secretary of the
Treasury at the time, and Reynolds and her
husband started extorting money from
Hamilton. Hamilton eventually confessed to
the affair in full detail in a pamphlet that also
featured letters between him and his
mistress.

source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/a-woman-to-appear-on-10-bill-for-the-first-time-in-over-a-century/

shockwave91:
very good. Wonderful development. Hope they lose mercilessly against usa. Amen

how can this be a wonderful development??
They will win against USA.

Visocrate:
koma in Adamawa went there during my service year too

its in adamawa , but am not sure of the particular place

dimexilux:
na only u go fit answer dah question

lol!

oluwafemi113:
Ogogoro be like jona if you chack am you go high

Noah wa oo...
Show some respect please.

Guess where this corper is serving...

Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/hilarious-photo/