I lost my father and mother but I didn't lose my dream- Nigerian man who recently graduated as a doctor in Ukraine says

Well done. So inspiring!

Disrespecting Jonathan won’t help your struggle for Biafra- Ex-President's kinsmen tell IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu

The Ogbia Brotherhood Youth Council (OBYC), has asked Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, to desist from disrespecting former president Goodluck Jonathan, as he makes his case for the creation of Biafra.

Our lives are in danger, Billionaire kidnapper, Evans' victims cry out

Some victims of the notorious kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeje Onwuamadike “Evans”, have expressed fears that their lives may be in danger considering that there are members of his gang and people loyal to him who are yet to be arrested.

Chief Donatus Dunu, one of Evans' victims who escaped from the Igando hideout after plans were made to kill him, condemned the release of his worker, Emeka Egbulugha, who he claimed supplied inside information that led to his kidnap. 

 

Another victim, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, said he was held by the abductors for six months and still lives with the trauma. He added that since his release, he keeps a low profile. 

He said: “I am yet to get over the shock of my kidnap. Honestly, I am afraid to talk about it because I believe a lot of his members are still walking free. The police have done well by arresting him but they should round up all his other gang members.

“I was detained for six months until my family paid the last dime demanded. I have been hiding since my release. I know the trauma Evans and his members put me through. Till this day, I get scared when his name is mentioned. It took me two months before I could sign my cheque.

“Now, I heard that criminal is begging for forgiveness and that people are even campaigning for his release. Has he forgotten the damage he did to my family and many others? The police should please ensure his other members walking free are caught. That’s the only way I can feel safe.”

Dunu, the owner of Maydon Pharmaceutical Company, Ilupeju, Lagos, said the release of Emeka and a couple of others has placed his life and those of his family members in danger. He insisted that he saw Emeka at the kidnappers' den in Igando, when he was kept there as a victim for over two months. 

He said: “Nobody should have allowed those suspected workers in my company to be granted bail in any guise because I have evidence of the active participation of, particularly, Emeka, my pharmacist. Releasing him has worsened my plight and that of my family.

“Why should police release Emeka, the chief accomplice in my kidnap? I not only heard his voice while in captivity, but saw him there few days after my kidnap. He came asking them where I was kept. When they showed him, he opened the door where they kept me in chains and our eyes met. Though I was blindfolded, I was about eating when I heard his voice and I normally remove the blind. That was how I saw him and I had the greatest shock of my life.

“He was always there with my abductors. His voice is unmistakable to me having stayed with him since 2003. The man in charge of the den, Uche, whom he claimed he does not know, speaks the same dialect with him. He is the person Emeka met each time he visited. There was also another member of the gang who spoke the Abakaliki dialect of Yoruba and I don’t know whether those arrested have confessed about his whereabouts to the police.

“I have a strong feeling that Uche and Emeka are from the same town because they speak the same dialect. Those guarding me were initially two. When the Abakaliki man travelled on Easter Monday, they brought another person to replace him. That one is very sick because he was coughing constantly. I knew that the Abakaliki man travelled because I heard Emeka discussing with Uche, asking whether he had travelled and Uche said, yes.

“That same Easter Monday, I overheard Emeka and Uche saying “We will kill him.  We have no alternative until chairman comes back.”

“Two weeks after, chairman came back and I knew whenever he visited because they shut all the doors and switch on the generator perhaps, to stifle their discussions.  His visit did not last more than 10 minutes and that was the first and only time he came to the den while I was there.  That same night, the Abakaliki man brought noodle for my dinner.

“He told me to eat so that I will have enough energy to face ‘us at the canal.’ They later told me that canal is where they use to ‘bath’ their captives and I concluded that it means where they killed their victims. I was made to understand that the Abakaliki man is the one that would kill me if chairman gives the order.

“That was when I realised the killing they were discussing with Emeka was about to take place.  Earlier, I thought that the killing they were discussing must be probably another person. But after this canal; discussion, I now knew that I was their target.  After that, I overheard Emeka again, about two weeks later, discussing with Uche saying ‘If they want to kill him, they should kill him.  In fact, kill him.’

“Then, their last discussion was on Wednesday before my escape on Friday. I heard Emeka again asking whether they had killed me. They said no, it was going to be Friday night. That was when I concluded that it was all over.”

The Nation reports that when asked if he had any disagreement with Emeka before his kidnap, Dunu said the only thing he remembered was making some adjustments after he suspected Emeka was fleecing him.

He said: “I suspected that he and some of my boys were stealing goods from my warehouse and I made changes, which I suspect did not favour him. I strongly suspect that this must be his motive to connive with those kidnappers.  In fact, before my abduction, we had a meeting with a foreign partner and I remember vividly that during one of my telephone conversations with their chairman whom I suspect is Evans, he asked me who the two ladies in my office were the same day I was kidnapped.

“Emeka came to the office that same day and those ladies were with me.  Why did the chairman ask that question? Who told him that I was with two ladies in my office? These are the unanswered questions police should have asked.

“Secondly, my kidnappers told me that they have a group picture of my staff which we took last January.  We use to meet every January and all the sales representatives including Emeka attended. They also claimed they went to take inventory of the goods in my warehouse. Yes, they did but we are still auditing to know whether goods were missing or not.

“Even, an account opening document was found in Emeka’s official car before he was taken to the anti-kidnapping unit after his arrest.  Emeka was the only visitor that came to the den while I was there. He was not an ordinary friend to those that guarded me.

“I feel so bad that the police allowed the court to set him free thereby endangering my life. I don’t think the police carried out a thorough investigation after the so-called identification parade which was simply a charade. I am calling on the police authorities to do the needful by re-arresting Emeka and investigating him thoroughly.”

The police have explained why Emeka and a couple of other kidnappers were released.

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Administration, Dansuki Galandashi, said  Emeka and two others, Kingsley and Tochukwu, were arrested and charged to court on May 17. The suspects, he said, were remanded in prison custody before court granted them bail on June 23.

“Before they were granted bail, Evans was arrested. We did an identification parade and they said they did not know Evans. Evans also claimed not to know any of them. “Since the Inspector-General of Police (IGP’s) creed is to inspire openness, we had no choice than to charge the case to court. The court looked at the evidences and released the suspects. The police did not release them, the court did,” Galandashi said.

Poor funding by Federal/State Govt force 38 Nigerian Universities to increase tuition fees - ASUU

No fewer than 38 universities across the country have increased their tuition fees as a result of poor funding by the Federal and State governments.

The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan Chapter, Dr. Deji Omole, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday.

The statement which assessed the two years of President Muhammadu Buhari in office, lamented that the current government had made Nigerians poorer.

Sen. Dino Melaye trolls Governor Yahaya Bello for commissioning a transformer as his first project in Kogi

Reacting to the viral photo of Governor Yahaya Bello after he commissioned a 300 KVA Transformer installed in Lokoja as his first project, after spending a year and six months in office, Senator Dino Melaye who has been in a social media fight with the Governor, took advantage of the photo. He shared the photo on Facebook and wrote:

 'Big party as Yahaya Bello commissioned his first project since he became governor. One transformer in Koto with red carpet and platform. Allah ya isa. Kai!!!!

Throwback photo of late military dictator Sani Abacha at the Umrah, Saudi Arabia

Photo credit: Gumsu Abacha

Photos: Lol...Nigerian woman bathes and bottle feeds her adult son like an infant to celebrate his birthday

There is nothing one won't see on social media..lol! Bojor Okongor, a Calabar-based Facebook user, who works for the Nigerian Navy, posted the photos to celebrate his birthday on Monday, June 26.

Zimbabwean man kills his 68-year-old employer, burns her body after she turned down his love proposal

A 25-year-old domestic worker has been arrested for allegedly killing and burning the body of his 68-year-old employer after she turned down his love proposal in Zimbabwe.

Emmanuel Sibanda on Monday, June 26, appeared before Gweru magistrate Mr Musaiona Shortgame on a charge of murder.

He was not asked to plead and remanded in custody to July 7 for confirmation of his warned and cautioned statement. Sibanda was advised to apply for bail at the High Court.

Prosecuting, Mr Daniel Tapfuma told the court that on June 21, Sibanda had a misunderstanding with his employer Mrs Jerina Chipato after she turned down his love proposal.

“Sibanda went on to attack the now deceased by striking her once on her head with a dry log and she fell on the ground unconscious. The accused went on to drag the deceased into her kitchen hut and set alight the thatched roof,” he said.

The woman was burnt to death. Sibanda then called out for help claiming that Mrs Chipato had accidentally been burnt to death in her kitchen hut.
He said suspicious neighbours who responded searched the accused’s bedroom hut for some clues on what could have happened.

“The matter came to light when the accused’s bedroom hut was searched, leading to the recovery of Sibanda’s clothes which were stained with blood. The deceased’s cellphone was also found hidden in his clothes,” said Mr Tapfuma.

Sibanda, in his statement, confessed to murdering his boss. He said on the day in question, he had proposed love to Mrs Chipato and she turned him down.

“She then asked me to go and fetch water at night and we had a misunderstanding and I struck her with a log on the head. I then dragged her body to her kitchen hut and lit it to cover up the offence since it wasn’t my intention to kill her,” Sibanda said.

Source: The Chronicle

Photos: 200 level UNILORIN student drowns after he was pressured to swim by his colleagues

 Bolaji Shamsudeen, the 200 Level English Education Class Representative of the University of Ilorin UNILORIN in Kwara state, drowned after he was allegedly forced to swim by his colleagues yesterday June 26th. They had all gone to the pool to relax and swim but he took a dive into the pool after being pressured. He was rushed to the hospital in Ilorin where he was certified dead. Meanwhile his friends have taken to social media to express their sadness over his death. See their tributes after the cut...

Doyin Okupe reacts to President Buhari speaking Hausa in his Sallah message

Former media aide to former president Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, has berated the media aides of Presidnet Buhari, for allowing him speak in Hausa in his Sallah audio taped message to Nigerians. On Sunday, an audio tape of President Buhari wishing Nigerians well as they celebrate Eid-El-Fitri, was released by the presidency to some media houses.

Photos: Medical Director, National Ear Centre Aminu Bakare dies after he slumped while praying at mosque in Kaduna

The Medical Director of the National Ear Care Centre, Kaduna, Aminu Bakare, is dead.

He died at a private hospital in Kaduna around 7:27 p.m. on Monday, June 26. Bakare, an indigene of Adamawa State is survived by one wife and three children.

Lol. Goat reportedly spotted with a kettle on its way to fetch water for its owner in Cross River State

A goat was spotted on Monday, June 25, at Ishibori community in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State with a stainless steel kettle on its way to fetch water for its master.

According to Calabar Reporters, the goat's master, who is believed to be a Clan Head of Ikajor in Ishibori community allegedly possesses spiritual powers beyond human imaginations.

Photos: Kano State indigene emerges best graduating student from Russian medical school

Mohammed Mustafa Cengiz, a Nigerian student has emerged the best student from Kazan State Medical University, with a perfect CGPA of 5.0 (Russian Red Diploma)

The Kano State indigene received his award from the Russian Minister of Health at a ceremony held on Monday, June, 26. More photos after the cut...

Facebook hits 2 Billion users worldwide

Social networking giant, Facebook, has just achieved a new milestone by clocking 2 Billion users worldwide. Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, made the announcement on his Facebook page and wrote:

Heartbroken father prepares sick daughter for death by taking her to play in her own grave

A heartbroken father who can no longer afford to pay for his sick daughter's medical treatment is now preparing her for death by taking her to play in a grave dug for her.
Zhang Xin Lei, two, was only two-months-old when she was diagnosed with a blood condition called Thalassaemia.

South Sudan deports three American journalists

The  South Sudan government has deported Three American journalists intercepted at the Nadapal border in Namurunyang State, alleging that the journalists have visa issues.  Foreign Affairs ministry spokesman, Mr. Makol Mawien said the deportation happened last Friday, but did not give their names or the organisations they work for.

Photos from the burial of Jose Mourinho's father

Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho said an emotional goodbye to his father Felix as he attended his funeral in Setubal, Portugal on Tuesday.

Mourinho had confirmed that his father passed away on Sunday evening at the age of 79 after suffering ill health for several months.

'Your lack of knowledge is worrisome' - Fashola fires at Nigerian Senate over alteration on Ministries budget

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola and the Senate have been engaged in a war or words in the last one following the senate's decision to alter the Ministries provision in the 2017 budget. 

He argues that the Senators do not have the power to alter the budget, but the senators argue that they have the constitutional right to do do. In this statement released by his media aide, Hakeem Bello, Fashola said the senate's lack of wisdom on issues such as this is quite worrisome. Read the statement after the cut... 

New Poll: More people in the world have confidence in Vladimir Putin than Donald Trump

According to a new survey of citizens in 37 countries around the world, more people have confidence in Russian President Vladimir Putin to "do the right thing regarding world affairs" than his US counterpart, Donald Trump.

27% say they have confidence in Putin while 22% say they have confidence in Trump; In comparison to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, about whom 42% say they have confidence.

The shocking confessions of two teenage double murderers

The chilling confessions of two teenage killers believed to be Britain’s two youngest double murderers have been revealed, after judges allowed the pair to be identified last week.
Three Court of Appeal judges in London lifted a prohibition banning the identification of Kim Edwards, 15, and her 15-year-old boyfriend Lucas Markham, in the murders of Elizabeth and Katie Edwards, Kim’s mother and sister, as they slept in their home in Lincolnshire in April 2016. The two hatched the plan after her mother tried to break them up, according to The Sun.