What Muslim Youths Did to Christian Worshippers On Christmas Day In Kaduna State

Muslim youths secured the Christian counter-part during Christmas church service in Sabon Tasha, Kaduna State.

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The earlier we know what we stand to gain in unity instead of disintegration and unwarranted chaos, the better for our progress and tranquility. As far as we know that there is every attempt to divide us through ethical and religious line, the better for our cooperation and attitudinal change.

Strange Traffic Jam Of 24th December

Pandemonium of a Standstill Resulted From Impatience and Carelessness of Commuters!
By: SADOH M.S.

      Traffic jam on Abuja-Lokoja Expressway on 24th Dec. 2014. Pic: Sadoh MS

It started like a mock hold-up but when we thought it was something that will last for minutes, just like the normal traffic slow movement, we sat still in our bus; until we couldn't hold up after 30 minutes of sitting-still, we decided to ask questions. We stepped down from our bus to do this questions which almost turned rhetorical.

This is all about our ordeal at Koton Karfi, the headquarters of Kogi LGA of Kogi State; a town of about 3 kilometres to the famous Murtala Muhammed Bridge on the Abuja-Lokoja Expressway. Normally, the cause of any traffic jam or traffic slow movement is commonly attributed to either diversion at a junction, or road construction diversion or military or police check-point. But the strange notion about this traffic jam at Koton Karfi that lasted for more than 6 hours on 24th December, 2014, was that: no diversion from any junction; no diversion from any road construction; and the army sentry which is stationed at about 100 metre from the Bridge was not responsible for the traffic jam!

Over Twenty-One Billion Naira (N21.27Bln) Raised For President Jonathan's Re-election Campaign!

           President Jonathan and other Nigerian Leaders (from PDP) at the Fund-raising Dinner last night in Abuja.

The Nigerian ruling political party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Fund Raising Dinner recorded over twenty-one billion naira (N21billion) gathered for President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election activities in 2015.

Why Timaya Is Yet To Get Married At 37

According to Timaya, his music career is more important to him than marriage. The 37 year-old Nigerian superstar singer and dancehall act, has revealed this as his bold reason why he has not proposed to anyone so far.

Timaya 

The Bayelsa native has a baby mama but has failed to tie the knot so far and he revealed why the situation in his personal life is so.

He said that in marriage a man has to sacrifice himself to his woman, and he is nonetheless ready for that.

Book A Course With Mikel Obi - Let Him Teach You How To Kiss! (see Pics)

Nigerian star footballer John Mikel Obi who plies his football profession at a top club: Chelsea FC of England, is definitely experiencing a good period both in his career and private life.

  

Before switching to the cutest and nicest moments shared by Mikel and his lovely beautiful Russian girlfriend Olga Diyachenko, let’s recall what he is currently up to in Chelsea.

The Nigerian midfielder scored his first goal in the Champions League in the match against Sporting Lisbon held December 10, 2014. The game ended up in Chelsea’s 3-1 victory and became a turning point for the footballer. The same Mikel was scolded enormously by fans and supporters at the weekend when his club, Chelsea lost their first game in the season to Newcastle United. The club supporters and fans saw his serial mistakes and 'misqued' performance in the game cost Chelsea the 2-1 lost to their opponent; Newcastle United.

Nigerian Army Yet To confirm Alleged Abduction Of 185 Women, Children In Borno State

High Command of the Nigerian army says it was yet to confirm news of supposed abduction of scores of villagers in Borno State on Sunday, December 14th, 2014; but says its executives were investigating as well as patrolling the region in search of terrorists and possible abductees.

Soldiers patrolling Damboa after clearing the town of Boko Haram insurgents.

The Defence Headquarters blog released a statement, which read in part: “Troops are patrolling the general area of Gumsuri in search of terrorists who were said to have attacked the community last weekend. Although it has been confirmed that some people were killed by the terrorists during the attack, the reported abductions as claimed by unidentified sources being quoted in some foreign media is yet to be verified from any credible sources in the community.

'Comparing President Jonathan With Jesus Christ Is No Blasphemy'- Okupe Maintains

Doyin Okupe Adamantly Maintains His Positions For Comparing Jonathan With Jesus Christ!

Doyin Okupe

The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Doyin Okupe, who was severely criticized for dropping such a phrase, defends his position.

See The Nigerian Actress Who Is Now Into Breast And Butt Enlargement!

Iyabo Ojo Now Into Breast And Butt Enlargement

Iyabo Ojo

The actress, who has joined the long list of Nollywood practitioners who have other businesses is known for her unique silver tooth and fashion sense.  The mother of two who owns a beauty palour is also know for her uncontrollable fetish for perfumes and shoes. She once revealed that she has over 50 bottles of designer perfumes and about 200 pairs of shoes, making it known that she actually lost count of how many shoes she owns.

Incredible! After 5 Children For 5 Different Men, AGN President Set For Marriage

The president of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), ex-beauty queen and actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima, who previously has five children for different fathers is set to wed!

The beautiful woman and soon-to-be bride who is so excited about her wedding and does not care about what anyone thinks about her recently took to her Facebook page asking people who were cussing her to shut up. In the update, she said:

APC Names Amaechi Presidential Campaign Director

The main opposition party All Progressives Congress (APC) has named the Governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi, the Director General of its party’s presidential campaign for 2015 election.

Read the Translated Speech of Boko Haram Leader: The New Video Released!

Words From The New Video Released By Boko Haram Leader: Shekau Dated 13th Dec. 2014

Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, threatened to attack the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. The video was released on December 13, 2014, Saturday.

The Emir has earlier issued a call to arms after Boko Haram attacked militants in Kano. He also charged the people of Kano to arm and defend themselves against the Boko Haram sect.

Surprise: See Why Nigerian Women Top World List Of Most Unfaithful Wives!

Top 8 Most Unfaithful Wives In The World

In the new survey gotten from IndianTv News, it  states the top women who are prone to being unfaithful even while being married, according to their countries.  The new survey showcased  how regardless of marital status, sexual orientation, or a committed relationship,  women still in the real sense tend to be unfaithful.

Mutiny: Another 54 Nigerian Soldiers Sentenced To Death!

How Easy It Is These Days To Sentence Nigerian Soldiers To Death?

A military court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, has condemned 54 Nigerian soldiers to death via firing squad after being found guilty of mutiny: Premium Times Report

The soldiers were convicted yesterday 17th December, 2014 in Abuja on a two count charge of criminal conspiracy to commit mutiny.

Four other soldiers were acquitted. The convicted soldiers, mostly soldiers involved in the fight against the Boko Haram terrorists in Northeast Nigeria, are to die on stakes, by firing squad.

Miss South Africa Emerges Miss World 2014

Rolene Strauss From South Africa Emerges Miss World 2014!

Rolene Strauss-Miss World 2014

The 22 year old beauty queen was crowned onstage at the competition’s grand finale at the Excel London ICC Auditorium.

Strauss, the daughter of a doctor and nurse, is a fourth-year medical student who put her studies on hold. She said becoming Miss South Africa and later Miss World and studying medicine were her childhood dreams. Now it can be said with ease that 75% of her childhood dream has already be achieved at a tender age of 22. The complement of her total dream now lie in her academic pursuit.

US Senate Report Uncovers CIA’s Brutality

 President Barack Obama of USA
An exhaustive, five-year Senate investigation of the CIA’s secret interrogations of terrorism suspects renders a strikingly bleak verdict of a program launched in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, describing levels of brutality, dishonesty and seemingly arbitrary violence that at times brought even agency employees to moments of anguish.

Court Fixes Date For Prophet TB Joshua's Hearing

An Ikeja High Court has fixed a date to hear the application filed by the Registered Trustees of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) and its founder, Prophet Temitope Joshua to dismiss the inquest proceedings.

Prophet TB Joshua SCOAN, Lagos.

ThisDay reports that Justice Lateefa Okunnu, fixed December 22, 2014 for the hearing after counsel to SCOAN, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) and lawyer to the Lagos State government; Femi Adamson had intimated the judge of challenges encountered in the exchange of court processes.
Joined as respondent in the suit are the Coroner’s Court of Lagos State and Chief Magistrate Oyetade Komolafe.
Meanwhile, the inquest was inaugurated by the Lagos State Government under the state Coroner’s System Law No.7 of 2007 to investigate what led to the collapse of the six-storey building guesthouse that claimed the lives of about 166 people. The coroner is also expected to take its findings and recommendations to the appropriate authorities
Prophet Joshua and the church in the said application dated November 11, 2014 and marked ID/188MJR/2014 had requested for a judicial review of the coroner’s proceedings, which began on October 13.
In the application filed pursuant to Order 40 Rule 5 of the High Court of Lagos State (Civil Procedure Rules) 2012, Joshua is seeking “An order of Certiorari to quash the proceedings of the 1st and 2nd respondents in the conduct of the coroner’s inquest into the death of unknown persons in the Synagogue tragedy September 12, 2014 in suit number CR/AL/01/2014 concerning matters, issues and circumstances other than what directly caused the death of the victims and the manner of their death for having been conducted without or in excess of the statutory jurisdiction of the 1st and 2nd respondents.
“A declaration that the decision of the coroner to summon the applicants to give evidence at a time when no materials were placed before the coroner against the applicants is a breach of the applicant’s right to fair hearing. A declaration that the coroner who relied on his personal knowledge of the facts of the case is not a proper person to preside at the inquest into the death of people at the collapsed building of Synagogue Church of All Nations. A declaration that the coroner who relied on extraneous matters not borne out of the records to reach his conclusion that the 2nd applicant is a necessary witness when in fact is not is in breach of the rules of natural justice and fair hearing guaranteed by the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” the application read in parts.
It would be recalled that Joshua’s request of a temporary suspension of the inquest probing the September 12, 2014 building collapse at his church, the Synagogue Church for All Nations, SCOAN, was dismissed by the coroner, Magistrate Komolafe.
However,  Joshua had on 11 November, 2014, filed an application asking Komolafe to put on hold further inquisition into the cause of death of the victims of the collapsed building at his church.

New Sanctions For Russia: US Congress Declares

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Security Council at the Kremlin in Moscow, November 20, 2014.
CREDIT: REUTERS

U.S. lawmakers were expected on Friday to approve new sanctions on Russian weapons companies and investors in the country's high-tech oil projects, putting more U.S. pressure on President Vladimir Putin for interference in eastern Ukraine.

Late on Thursday, the Senate and House of Representatives unanimously passed the Ukraine Freedom Support Act. A House panel made a small change and sent the bill back to the Senate for a last vote expected as soon as late Friday.

President Barack Obama has said he opposes further sanctions on Russia unless Europe is on board.

The bill, which will be sent to Obama to sign, requires him to apply sanctions on Russian state-owned arms exporter Rosoboronexport and other defense companies Congress says contribute to instability in Ukraine, Georgia and Syria.

It requires Obama to penalize global companies that make large investments in crude oil drilling projects in deep waters and the Arctic.

The penalties go beyond U.S. and EU sanctions imposed in September on the world's largest oil companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp and BP Plc.

The legislation would also provide $350 million in military assistance to Ukraine from 2015 to 2017, and other aid for energy to the country, which has been threatened by cutoffs in natural gas supply from Russia.

Republicans, who control the House and will have a majority in the Senate from January, have criticized Obama's reaction to Russian interference in Ukraine as inadequate.

"The hesitant U.S. response to Russia's continued invasion of Ukraine threatens to escalate this conflict even further," said Senator Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican, incoming chairman of the foreign relations committee.

The unanimous support for the bill showed a "firm commitment to Ukrainian sovereignty and to making sure Putin pays for his assault on freedom and security in Europe," said Corker, who co-authored the bill with Democratic Senator Robert Menendez, the current head of the panel.

The bill authorizes Obama to penalize the top Russian natural gas producer Gazprom if he determines it is withholding significant natural gas supplies from NATO members or from Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova. Lawmakers dropped a measure that would have designated Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova as non-NATO allies of Washington.

Obama on Thursday said slapping fresh sanctions on Russia without a similar move by Europe would be counterproductive.

In Kiev on Friday, Ukraine's defense minister called for a doubling of the military budget to buy weapons abroad and better equip the army to fight Russian-backed separatists in the east.

BBA Hotshot Star-Tayo Denies Getting $350,000 From Any Billionaire

I Didn't Get $350k From Anybody - Tayo Faniran

Big Brother Africa Nigerian finalist Tayo Faniran has denied receiving any $350,000 from Warri  Billionaire Ayiri Emani after coming as first runers-up in the just concluded BBA Hotshot 2014.

The rumour began earlier last week and even became a trend on almost every social media without any evidence or authentication to the trend.
It  was rumoured that Emani gave Tayo USD350,000 after he lost out to Idris at the 2014 BBA finale, as consolation for what all Nigerians believe as 'robbery' on Tayo. Nigerians believed that the massive votes they cast in favour of Tayo were not really credited to him but rather diverted or not recognized. It is now a credence in the mentality of Nigerians that other countries in Africa are clandestinely rebelling against Nigerian representatives at the BBA show recently. Idris, the Hotshot winner from Tanzania who went home with the USD300,000 prize is all the same considered by many Nigerians as also worthy of the prize but not at the expense of Tayo. "Tayo deserved to win...it was a fruad!..." This and many of such unsatisfactory speeches, are now the common expressions from many Nigerians since the conclusion of the BBA Hotshot.
Tayo denied the whole gossip of $350,000 through a tweet; excerpts:
 
Reiteration:
Tayo had lost out to Tanzanian to Idris at the final of the Big Brother Africa Hotshot (Season 9) after all speculations and expectation that the Nigerian representative would grab the winner prize of wholesome of USD300,000. What a gigantic miss of fortune for our dear Tayo!

DEATH TOLL RISES TO 146 WITH 132 DEATHS CHILDREN IN PAKISTANI MILITARY SCHOOL TERRORIST ATTACK

Early reports yesterday put the death toll of the Taliban invasion of a military school in northwestern town of Peshawar in Pakistan, at 126 claiming the number of children involved in the massacre was 84. Reports from early hours of Wednesday 17 December, 2014 revealed that the actual number of people involved in the terrorist massacre has out-numbered the yesterday's reports. Currently, it is confirmed that about 146 lifeless bodies has been seen in the school which another unconfirmed number has been hospitalized with different degree of injuries from gunshots.

Read earlier reports at: hmanisblack.blog.com