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14-year-old Endia Martin's life has been cut short after she was killed on Monday April 28th by another 14-year-old girl following a Facebook argument over a boy. Endia Martin, 14-year-old shot to death The incident occurred in West Garfield Boulevard, Chicago around 4:30 p.m on Monday when Endia Martin, who was walking home from school was approached by the other girl who pulled out a gun and opened fire. The victim who was hit in the back died on the spot, was pronounced dead after she was rushed to University of Chicago's Hospital. According to the Chicago police:     "What would have been, under any other circumstance, probably a fistfight between 14-year-old girls, because they were fighting over a boy, turned into a murder. You introduce a firearm and you have a murder." The police said The 14-year-old girl has been charged with murder as a juvenile. Meanwhile the Police have also arrested the girl's 24-year-old uncle and a 17-year-old boy,...

  A Boko Haram look-alike Islamic group has been uncovered in Bida, Niger State. Niger State Jumaat Imams Forum are concerned over the spring up of this Islamic sect which according to them is capable of impeaching the peace of the state. The Jumaat Imams yesterday at Government House, Minna told the governor of the state, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu that the position and belief system of the group was almost the same with that of the Boko Haram which has continued to wreck havoc across the nation. Following this report, Gov. Aliyu has set up a two-man committee made up of the Commissioner for Religious Affairs Alhaji Shehu Haruna and the commissioner for local government Alhaji Yusuf Garba Tagwai to investigate the activities of this Islamic sect which allegedly practises Islam the same way as the Boko Haram and report back to him within three days to enable government take an urgent step on the matter.. The governor said, "Based on your concern over the Islamic...

A 31-year-old man who deliberately infected his girlfriend with HIV has been charged with criminal transmission of HIV. Johanson Little, from Chicago who dated his victim for a year from June 2012 until June 2013 had apparently lied to her about his status and also told her that his late wife died of ovarian cancer when she actually died of AIDS. His ex-girlfriend, who went for a HIV test, eight months after their relationship ended after finding out from his late wife's family the cause of her death tested positive for HIV. Upon discovering this information, the victim confronted Little, who had been HIV positive since 2003, according to prosecutors who then confessed that he was aware of his HIV positive status when they had sex. The woman, however, was certain her ex-boyfriend infected her as she had alleged that she did not have sexual intercourse with anyone else apart from him either during/after their relationship. The Judge ordered Johanson Little's bail b...

The military has called on Nigerians to pray for the successful release of the schoolgirls who were abducted by Boko Haram from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State during a night raid over two weeks ago. The military spokesperson speaking during an interview said though they cannot disclose details of all their actions, they are working hard to secure the girls release and Nigerians should pray that the outcome of all their efforts yield positive results. He explained that no information gotten about the missing girls is being ignored but rather they are being duly analysed and acted upon accordingly. Mr Olukolade claims that a deal is “within reach” in the release of the girls, adding that the concerns and anxiety from all quarters is quite understandable. According to reports yesterday from a U.K. based media organization, a hostage negotiator, who is in direct contact with the kidnappers had disclosed that a deal for the safe release of the girls is bei...

An helicopter belonging to Aero Contractors was on Tuesday seized by the Enugu State government for landing at the Governor’s Lodge without approval. A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity said the incident cause panic at the government house as workers scamper for safety on sighting the helicopter. He said security operatives attached to the Government House quickly cordoned off the area and apprehended the pilots. When contacted, Chukwudi Achife, the chief press secretary to the state Governor, Sullivan Chime, confirmed the incident. He said that the incident occurred at about 10.30am when workers were already in their offices. "At about 10:30am today (yesterday),  a helicopter bearing the markings of Aero Contractors landed without permission at the Governor’s Lodge. The mission of the visitors was unknown to the government. After preliminary inquiries, the chief security officer  to the governor, Mr Fidelis Ogarebe, handed the three occupants of the airc...

There was panic among staff and security personnel on Tuesday after a mysterious pot containing fetish things was spotted at the Benue State Government House roundabout in Makurdi. According to sources, the pot which contained palm oil, pork meat and something that looked like red kola nut was seen as early as 4am and it is believed it may have been dropped there during the wee hours. When news of the mysterious pot got to the government house, most of the staff were said to have locked themselves in, the governor’s personal aides reportedly refused to come out of their offices. Even security men attached to the government house moved away from their original spot on sighting the pot. Why the pot was deposited at that spot or who deposited it is yet unknown It is not clear if the pot has anything to do with politics but people are already insinuating it may not be unconnected to the governorship race in the state for the 2015 general elections.

Officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) operating in Jigawa State, on Wednesday said it rescued a 35-year-old man (nameswithheld) accused of stealing 11 goats from being lynched by angry mob. Muhammad Gidado, the agency's state commandant, who made this known to journalists in Dutse, said that the suspect has been arrested and detained pending investigation. Gidado said that the incident took place at Jaruwa village in Jahun Local Government Area of the state. According to him, the suspect was arrested on Wednesday after he allegedly stole the goats belonging to Malam Sulaiman Adamu. the state commandant said that the matter was reported to officers of the command operating in the area by some residents of the village, adding that the suspect was rescued from the mob who said they caught him while taking the goats out of the village. "They beat up the suspect and almost lynched him" Gidado said. Gidado said the suspect was taken to t...

According to a report, Ambrose Ezewani, an ex student of the University of Lagos and former President of the National Association of Delta State students, UNILAG chapter, who blew the lid on a systematic student bursary racketing allegedly spearheaded by the Commissioner for Higher Education in Delta state, Mr Hope Eghagha has been handed over to the Delta state Government   Police officers in Sabo Station yesterday afternoon handed him over after the Delta State officials visited to ask for his transfer to Asaba, Delta State where he will be most likely tortured and “tried” for revealing the fraud perpetrated by officials of the state. Ezeanwani was President of the National Association of Delta State Students Union at the University of Lagos. During his tenure, he revealed that the bursary system was fraught with fraud, which he said was being perpetrated by men in the scholarship board in Delta State. Continue... Ezeawani alleged that the irregularities surfaced...

A 30-year old house wife, Mrs Chizoba Ejike, has been charged before the Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, western Nigeria for allegedly biting off her neighbour’s ear and swallowing it in anger. The victim, Mrs. Ndid Eze, was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment, but the chopped off portion of her ear could not be recovered as it had been allegedly swallowed by the suspect. According to their neighbours, the suspect committed the offence while fighting the victim at their residence at 20, Brinfalami Street, Ejigbo, Lagos State. During the fight, Mrs. Ejike allegedly grabbed the victim’s left ear and bit off a portion.Gistmania learnt that the two women have always fought since they started living in the house. When the suspect was initially charged before Magistrate M.B.Folami, she pleaded guilty and was remanded in prison custody at Kirikiri, Lagos. The court adjourned the matter for sentencing. However, when the matter came up on Monday...

Pinching, wrapping, corseting, shaving, painting, waxing, highlighting, tattooing, glossing, Spanxing, and surgically enhancing seem not to be enough for women any more. There’s a new procedure in town called the “Cinderella” surgery and the goal is to re-shape women’s feet to fit into their favorite pair of shoes.  Dr. Ali Sadrie, simply alters your foot to the shape of a shoe you want to wear, but can’t. The surgery helps in reshaping your feet to fit the heels of your dreams so you could walk on. Other foot procedures include the “Perfect 10″ where toes are cut off and reshaped to fit into smaller shoes, or the “Model T” where toes are actually somehow lengthened to fit into larger ones. Shockingly reports says the surgeries are now on the rise.

This woman was suspect on grounds of "indecent dressing" - is this fair?

Most of the 234 Borno schoolgirls in Boko Haram captivity, according to a report on DailyTrust, have allegedly been ferried abroad to Chad and Cameroon after they were married off to sect members on N2,000 bride price each. The female students were taken from their hostels at the Government Girls Secondary School Chibok on the night of April 14. About 40 had escaped in the days after the incident, but parents and school authorities said at least 234 of them were yet to be found. Dr. Pogu Chibok, who is the leader of the Chibok Elders Forum, told Daily Trust yesterday that latest information available to them indicates that most of the girls have been taken to the neighboring Cameroon and Chad by their captors. He said before they were ferried in canoes across the Lake Chad, a wedding ceremony was conducted at a town on the border with Cameroon where they were married off to Boko Haram militants. He said N2,000 was paid as bride price on each of the gi...

Defence Hqs •      Leaders of the gang arrested    •      US, UK assist with advanced satellite imagery •      A million women to march on Abuja to protest kidnapping By Senator Iroegbu   and Michael Olugbode The military has tracked down and surrounded the location, where over 200 schoolgirls who were abducted two weeks ago from Government Secondary School, Chibok, are being held captive, while exploring various options, including intense negotiations by locals and the Borno State Government to secure their release. Disclosing this yesterday, security sources said the military has already identified the various camps in which the girls are being held, but is being cautious about executing a full onslaught against their captors, in order to avoid collateral damage. Giving THISDAY a status report on efforts to rescue the girl...

Defence Hqs By Muhammad Bello  A member of the House of Representatives from  Chibok/Damboa/Gwoza Federal Constituency, Hon. Biye Peter Gumtha, has suggested that the surest and simplest way to quash the bellicose stance of the Boko Haram sect is   to clear the Sambisa forest, although he said that this may require half of the budget estimate for 2014. The forest, which happens to fall under his constituency, according to    Gumtha   " is a thick forest with variety of flora and fauna. The terrain is unlike the sahara desert in Northern Borno." The law maker  who described adherents of Boko Haram, holding more than 200 students as wicked and occultic, said despite the fact that the military had attempted to dislodge the terrorists’ single camp in the forest, they have dispersed and erected more camps in different locations in the 60 sq...

Beautiful Nollywood actress, Ini Edo who turned a year older on March 23, 2014 got a surprise party from her husband, Philip Ehiagwina. Although the actress who was on the set of a new movie in Enugu on her birthday, she made the most of it and still had fun and celebrated it with her colleagues. Ini Edo got married to American-based Nigerian businessman Philip Ehiagwina in 2008.

Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Honourable Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has accused politicians of stoking the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram ahead of 2015 elections. Speaking during an interview she said that things always seem to heat up in the country whenever elections are approaching as politicians would go to any length to win the elections. " What we are going through now is democracy in raw form, because people are fighting for power and they will use anything to get there ... and to win the election ," Okonjo-Iweala said. She explained that the Federal Government could handle Boko Haram as this is not the first time insurgency has been halted in the country, citing the Niger Delta militants who were attacking oil facilities as an example. She added that Boko Haram's threats did not measure to that of the Biafran War that split the country from 1967-1970. Oknojo-Iweala said Nigeria would overcome its challeng...

One of Nollywood's most respected film makers Amaka Igwe,CEO of Amaka Igwe Studios has passed on at the age of 60. The recipient of several awards has written & produced award winning movies & sitcoms such as Rattle Snake, Violated,Checkmate and Fuji House of Commotion.She is also the CEO of Top Radio 90.9FM,... She was in Enugu preparing to shoot a new Igbo soap when she suffered an asthma attack last night ,April 28th .She gave up as she was rushed to the hospital. She is survived by her husband of 21 years,Charles Igwe and three children...  So sad..May she RIP

18-year-old Ana Rosa Mora (pictured above) has been arrested for killing her own child because the the new born looked like her ex-boyfriend. Ana wrapped her baby in a bag and left him outside to die because she feared the child looked like her ex-boyfriend and her current boyfriend would leave her. The Chicago Tribune reports that the teen gave birth last weekend and attended school on Monday after allegedly committing the act and even showed staff members pictures of a newborn girl that she claimed she downloaded from the Internet. But after employees noticed strange behavior - such as the girl asking if authorities could link her to the child through DNA and lying about the baby's age - they alerted authorities. Continue... The child had been found by a construction worker a few hours after the child was left outside. The boy was born alive but died of asphyxia and possible exposure, authorities said. The new mother said her ex-boyfriend ...

2face Idibia may have disappointed his female fans with his latest declaration that he was tired of having babies and that he wants to concentrate on his marriage to Annie. 2face said it was time for him to give more time to his wife and ensure that the family gets the best of his attention as they continue to grow together. 2face who was the star of the night at Gbenga Adeyinka’s Laffmatazz in Ibadan last week Sunday appears to have turned a new leaf judging by his utterances during his performance that kept the entire crowd inside the Kakanfo Inn dancing and yelling for more. Many top musicians and comedians had performed that night before 2face and 9ice took the people to another level entirely with their popular track, ‘Street Credibility’. Shortly after his duet performance that night, 9ice left the stage for 2face to take over, and the African Queen crooner did not disappoint his fans who had waited patiently for their man to perform. 2face took the excited crowd...

I got plenty mails from some guys in South Africa who wanted me to expose Angela Okorie as a thief. They sent me pics, police phone numbers, details of what supposedly happened over there but I didn't touch the story because I suspected they were just trying to mess this lady up...and according to her own version of things, that's exactly what happened. Actress Angela Okorie was arrested and detained for a day in South Africa last weekend for allegedly stealing $3,200 from a friend's home. Reacting to the story to Yes! Magazine, Angela says it was all blackmail from a friend/fan named Prosper, whose sexual advance she turned down and whose stock in trade is to extort money from Nigerians who go to South Africa for project. Angela tells Yes Magazine... Quote "I left Nigeria for South Africa to shoot my movie, Nwa Abakaliki in South Africa on Monday April 7 2014 with Prince Ekeh, Muma Gee's husband. I paid for his flight and accommodation from Por...

Authorities of the Nigerian Police Force at the weekend withdrew the police officers attached to the Adamawa State Government House. Governor Murtala Nyako, who confirmed this to newsmen on Sunday, said he was yet to be officially informed why the police officers were withdrawn. It was gathered that the number of security operative attached to the government house was reduced from 170 to 30 in the past few days. It was further gathered that about 30 security operatives that were suppose to be redeployed had been directed to mount security in Yola, Abuja and the Lagos offices of Adamawa state government. When contacted, Ahmed Sajoh, the Director of Press to the state governor confirmed that Nyako, was not informed either by the state's Police Commissioner or the headquarters in Abuja, about the decision, adding that the governor was keeping his fingers crossed "We are waiting until Monday (Today) to see whether they will inform us. We don’t want to impugn anythi...

A 32-year-old man, Anthony Wayas has been arrested Rivers State Police Command for allegedly having sex with his 12-year-old niece since 2013. The girl (name withheld) has been living with her uncle Wayas and his wife in Finima community in Bonny Local Government Area since the death of her father while she still a baby. The accused, Wayas and his niece Recounting her ordeal, the girl said her uncle started abusing her sexually in 2013. He would leave for work in the morning and come back during the day while his wife is away at her work place where she's a cleaner. She said, "He would take the children to the big room, asking them to stay there, and would take me to the small room. He would remove my pant and push me on the bed. He would then remove his trousers and bring out his manhood. He would then put it inside me and sleep with me. I can’t count the number of times it has happened. When I told the wife, she threatened to return me to our village. ...

    Several houses and companies were over the weekend engulfed in fire in different areas of Lagos. According to the Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Razaq Fadipe, his agency was busy all through the weekend as they  responded to no fewer than 10 fire cases between Saturday and Sunday. He said they put out seven fires on Saturday and four on Sunday. At about 10.35am on Sunday, there was fire outbreak at an apartment building in Ozolua Staff Quarters, the University of Lagos UNILAG which was caused by an electricity surge. A branch of Access Bank at Ojo Alaba was razed by fire on Sunday. Firemen were said to have spent over four hours at the scene. “Around 12.05, we received a distress call that there was a fire outbreak at Access Bank. We were not quickly alerted so the whole building was smoke-clogged. The fire started from the ICT department," Fadipe said. Also, one Bella Furniture Factory on Ifosi Road, Iy...

Nigerian Tribune Abuja April 27, 2014 F resh trouble appears to be brewing for the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CB₦), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, as the Federal Government has discovered how he spent the sum of ₦1.3 billion for personal aircraft charter in 2013 alone. Indeed, investigations revealed that the budget for the CBN governor’s aircraft charter was adjusted twice in the year with a proviso for further expenses which are being investigated. Documents already in the possession of government investigators confirmed that while the sum of ₦800 million was initially approved in the CBN Governor’s Department Travels vote head for 2013, it was adjusted with additional ₦400 million in August and another ₦74 million in December of that year. While the aircraft charter bill at a stage stood at ₦1.2 billion, further adjustment was said to have been made to take the bill to ₦1.344 billion. A memo dated November 27, 2013, which originated from the D...

The United States of America and Britain have joined the search for the 200 girls abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno, by the dreaded Boko Haram sect. Nigerian soldiers had initially claimed that it had rescued all but 18 of the girls. But the school principal, Asabe Kwabura, debunked the military's claim. Also, parents who tried to rescue the children from Sambisa Forest where they are reportedly being kept by Boko Haram had to turn back when they learnt that the sect was heavily armed and that they might lose their lives if they should move further into the forest. But giving the new development, already some critical arrests have been made... On Friday the British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, said his country had begun talks with Nigeria over the incident. He stated this in a response made available to Punch by spokesperson of British High Commission in Abuja, Mr. Robert Fitzpatrick. “The appalling abduction in northern Nigeria on A...

Capt. Sambo (junior brother to Vice President Sambo) died less than 2 hrs ago in a ghastly car accident on Bill Clinton Drive. His car collided with a tree and bust in flames. It was obviously as a result of over speeding. He was on his way to the airport to embark on a flight. May his soul rest in peace

Former Chief of Army Staff, General Salihu Ibrahim has proffered a solution to the unabated destruction of lives and property being perpetrated by the Boko Haram insurgency in the country. According to the one time Nigerian army boss, community policing is the best way to curb the problem of insurgency in the north eastern part of the country. The chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC told Vanguard reporter in Lagos that all communities must cooperate with the security agencies to stop the destruction of lives and property in the country. Ibrahim also implored residents in the north-eastern part of the country to ensure that they give useful information about strangers and unusual activities around their communities to the security agencies. * Photo of a recent Boko Haram  bomb attack in Abuja He said: "There is need to re-emphasise and educate the public more to pass on information about any unforeseen or unjust activities going on a...

A judge of Grade 1 Area Court, Aso Pada, Karu LGA of Nasarawa State sentenced an 18-year-old teenager to four years of imprisonment, but then changed his mind, showed mercy and even paid a fine on behalf of the convict. The Presiding Judge, Mr Albert Maga, sentenced the resident of Aso, Mararaba, Victor Emmanuel, to jail for criminal trespass and theft of a Blackberry Curve 7 cell phone. He also gave an option of N700 fine to the young labourer, who pleaded guilty and begged the court for leniency. In a surprising development, the judge displayed his big heart, paid the fine for the accused and urged him to repent and get close to God. It would be recalled that Victor stole Blackberry cell phone on April 13, 2014, from a hotel room, while its owner was asleep. The convict was later arrested with the cell phone in Aso Pada by the police on April 16, 2014.

A 23-year-old musician, Mayowa Akinbowale has been arrested and charged to the court for allegedly demanding the blood of a cow that was slaughtered at a wedding. He was arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in the Abule Egba area of Lagos state on a three count charge of attempting to commit felony, causing a breach of peace and being in possession of charms. According to the prosecutor, Inspector Rachael Williams, the accused committed the offence on April 11 on  Shemboye Oladunni Street., Baruwa, Ipaja, Lagos State. The request of the accused had been declined by the complainant, Mrs Morenike Shemboye who is the bride's mother and she asked him to leave. He then showed up again at the reception venue. When he was asked by the complainant what he was doing there, he couldn't give a satisfactory answer and so he was arrested. After his arrest, the police searched his house and found different charms. The accused however pleaded not guilty to the ...

Firstly, we would like to thank everyone for the support pouring in, in response to our calls for assistance and contributions towards the obligatory mission to free our 200 abducted daughters. The promises from so many blessed youth, to head to the conflict zone and join the effort to rescue our girls and sack the terrorists out of their comfortable camps, is beyond words. May the Almighty protect and reward you in the ways that He only can. Nigerians and the world must know what the true situation in Sambisa and other forests in Borno is. It was in the media that the families who ventured in pursuit of their daughters turned back when they approached the terrorist camps. The media reported that what they saw, was “serious,” but they will not say it for security concerns. We are obligated to reveal what they saw. Inside The Sambisa Reserve From the credible participants we spoke to, the camps are real and live. The civilians actually reached the Boko Haram camps in Sam...