Messi the hero off the bench as Barca grab late draw vs. Sevilla

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Jealous Rage: Woman stabs husband to death over secret child

The Gabonese military officer was, on Wednesday night, March 28, 2018, stabbed to death in his sleep, by his wife whose identity has not been revealed.

A woman has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her soldier husband to death after discovering that he had secretly fathered a child outside of their marriage.

The Gabonese military officer was, on Wednesday night, March 28, 2018, stabbed to death in his sleep, by his wife whose identity has not been revealed.

Local media in Gabon reports that the wife had become enraged by the fact that the deceased secretly fathered a child.

READ ALSO: Man murders boss's neighbour over job transfer

The officer's corpse was reportedly picked up on Thursday, March 29, 2018.

May his soul rest in peace.

Unwanted lover slices ex-boyfriend's neck with blade after argument

Following a disagreement, a woman has reportedly sliced the neck of her ex-boyfriend who earlier warned her to stop reporting him to family.

This was her response following a slap from former partner who reportedly slapped her for disobeying the order.

 

The victim was rushed to the St James Hospital, Amukpe, Delta State, where the incident occurred.

A gory image of the violent assault showed the ex-boyfriend on a bed with a deep cut to his neck.

ALSO READ: Pastor murders pregnant girlfriend, church member and baby

Gruesome: Abandoned corpses laid to rest in mass burial

A photo showing before and after the mass burial held in the state shows a truck piled high with decomposing bodies.

The Central hospital at Otta, Ogun state has conducted a mass burial for corpses abandoned at the hospital's morgue.

A photo showing before and after the mass burial held in the state shows a truck piled high with decomposing bodies.

READ ALSO: 11 persons killed in Plateau, over 50 houses reportedly burnt

Hospital workers are also seen with the truck as they prepare to lay the unclaimed souls to rest.

May their souls rest in peace.

5 of the deadliest massacres in Nigerian history

As a nation with contradicting values,  and ever-present tribal, religious and political tensions, Nigeria has witnessed its share of violence throughout its history; in the form of riots, war and in many of these cases, mass killings.

Events only ever hold relevance beyond a particular period for Nigerians. The effect of this is that we tend to forget some of the darkest periods of our history.

It is not out of a desire to push the past into the abyss, at least not on the part of the masses. It is mostly caused by an innocent lack of information.

ALSO READ: Five museums you must visit in Nigeria

It is why when we hear reports of mass murder, like Nikolas Cruz’ murder of 17 students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in the US state of Miami, we are often shocked.

 

It is so easy to overlook when one does not know that this is a reality that we have lived, albeit in a different form, in the past, and more recently that we would permit ourselves to admit.

Here are 5 of the deadliest mass killings in Nigerian history, for those who wish to remember that death has always been a part of our history.

Zahra Buhari: President's daughter is pregnant!

Zahra was spotted trying to conceal her growing baby bump at her Uncle's wedding which took place in Abuja on Friday.

Zahra Buhari-Indimi, President Muhammadu Buhari's daughter, is expecting her first child with hubby, Ahmed Indimi.

Zahra was spotted trying to conceal her growing baby bump at her Uncle's wedding which took place in Abuja, on Friday, March 30, 2018.

 

Of course, she was glowing with motherly beauty but this is no surprise as Zahra has always been a looker.

 

Zahra and Ahmed, who is the son of Billionaire businessman, Mohammed Indimi, got married at the National Mosque on December 16, 2016.

Big congrats to the expectant couple.

Blogpost: Flavour N’abania to host free concert in Enugu with Life Beer this Saturday

The concert, which promises to be a spectacular musical experience, is sponsored by Life Continental Lager Beer.

Nigeria’s singing sensation, Flavour N’abania is set to host a free concert this Saturday in Enugu.

The concert tagged “Flavour of Africa” will be homecoming of sorts for the Golibe, Ada Ada crooner.

The concert, which promises to be a spectacular musical experience, is sponsored by Life Continental Lager Beer. Flavour is giving this free concert to his fans especially the people of Enugu – the coal city where he started his career – as a form of “giving back” for their love and support” over the years.

The show will feature some of Africa’s biggest performers including Phyno, Tekno, Zoro and Semah at the Michael Opara Square.

If you are a fan of songs like Golibe, Ada Ada get ready for a riveting concert with Flavour. You also stand a chance of winning backstage passes, signed CDs, other spectacular gift and many more freebies on the day.

And that’s not all; you could Win a VIP ticket to the Flavour of Africa Concert Live in Enugu by guessing the first 3 songs he will sing on stage, all you have to do is follow @lifelager_ng on social media to participate.

Life Continental beer is a fine quality lager beer produced by Nigerian Breweries Plc., made from the choicest grains, hops extract and the purest of waters. Life is expertly brewed to give that rich, crisp distinctive taste and well-rounded aroma in true quality fashion of the master brewer.

In Delta: Court sentences traditional ruler to death by hanging

The traditional ruler was found guilty of the conspiracy to commit murder, the substantial offence of murder and conspiracy to commit attempted murder.

One of the highest ranking chiefs of Uvwie Kingdom in Delta State, Chief Newton Agbofodo, has been sentenced to death by hanging.

The  Delta State High Court in Asaba sentenced Agbofodoh, who is the community head of Ekpan, Uvwie Council Area of Delta State, after he was found guilty of all four count charges  preferred against him, including murder.

 

The traditional leader was arrested on June 17, 2016, and was later arraigned in court.

Charges brought against him were conspiracy to commit murder, the substantial offence of murder, conspiracy to commit attempted murder and an attempted murder.

ALSO READ: Tramadol overdose kills young man in Abraka, Delta state

In October 2012, Agbofodo was said to have been involved in the killing of one Edigbe Ikpesa and several others within Ekpan and its environs.

He was also implicated in the Delta Mall robbery and vicious destruction in January 2016.

54 soldiers get death penalty

Capital punishment, with methods of execution ranging from hanging to shooting, is a legal penalty in Nigeria.

 In 2017, Amnesty International called on the Nigerian government to stop the planned execution of some inmates on death row in Lagos State but the government rejected the call,  pointing that the death penalty is expressly authorized by section 33 of the Constitution of Nigeria.

On December 17, 2014, 54 Nigerian soldiers were found guilty of conspiracy to commit mutiny and they were sentenced to death by firing squad at a trial held secretly by a military tribunal.

 

 

Justice At Last: Police commissioner orders investigation into police assault case

The Divisional Police Officer in charge of Dopemu has been given the mandate to look into the case of physical assault which was shared on Social Media and succeeded in getting the CP's attention.

A press release issued by the Lagos State Police Command has revealed that the State Police Commissioner has ordered an investigation into a case of police assault in the state.

According to the statement shared on Facebook, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Dopemu has been given the mandate to look into the case of physical assault which was shared on Social Media and succeeded in getting the CP's attention.

According to the reports, a police inspector is alleged to have slapped a young lady inside a bus transporting passengers from Obalende to Dopemu.

The CP via the statement assured the public that the findings in the case would be made public as usual.

ALSO READ: Woman tortured to death by banker husband buried amidst tears

Barcelona's season will be defined by seven games in the next 22 days

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Homophobia: How Police and the public have driven Nigeria's gay people into hiding

You're probably friends with more gay persons than you know, and you might be oppressing them.

Despite the vocal activism of persons like Bisi Alimi, many Nigerians defiantly insist that the country has no gay people.

This is not true, of course, what they have is a denial of the obvious that is based on suppressing a culture they do not approve of until it no longer exists.

In parties held in hotels around cities like Lagos, men find a space to be openly gay, the Guardian reports.

At one of such parties, the turnout is low but men sit, fiddling with each other’s hair as music and drinks fill the space, anticipating more members of an oft-maligned society.

Nigeria is one of the five most homophobic countries in the world, and while there are activists who make a case for the country’s LGBT persons to be afforded their rights, being gay in Nigeria is a death sentence.

 

ALSO READ: We need to talk about homosexuality in Nigeria, mostly because of straight women

While the hostility towards gay persons has always been a part of society’s fabric, the Same-Sex Prohibition Act, which banned gay relationships and institutionalised intolerance was signed into law by former President Jonathan in 2014, all but certifying all forms of injustice against LGBTQ persons.

In July 2017, at Club Owode in Lagos, 70 men and boys were arrested by police.

"In the majority of these cases, the police extort funds from them, knowing that any court case will out their sexuality”, says Okoye, “For most of them, their single wish is to pay and get out, and the police use it against them”

But it’s not just law enforcement.

Are you trying to get rid of gay people too?

After the names of members of the House of Rainbow Church, an LGBT friendly ministry in Abuja was published in the newspapers, about a dozen of its members were attacked and beaten.

Omolara Oriye, a director at the Initiative for Equal rights told the Guardian that since the beginning of 2017, the spate of violent attacks had reduced, instead what has increased is extortion, blackmail, infringement of the right to assembly.

Gay persons often have to move in secrecy due to the hostility that they face on a daily basis. In Nigeria, it is no different.

Most of them keep their orientation and relationships hidden.

It explains why, when they have gatherings it is in secluded places, where secrecy and privacy are paramount.

But even at that, some of the participants are pressured or coerced into ratting out their peers. In other cases, they simply can’t be trusted.

 

A gay man shared a story of how his friends lived in his home for over three years.

“Some of them had lost or left jobs because people had found out about their sexuality, some of them weren’t allowed to be around their own family”, he says.

ALSO READ: How a Gay Nigerian is exploring self-love in the African Diaspora

“I was paying for everything, our food, our bills, even giving them money to go to places they needed to”.

Then one of his friends had a party while he was away. One attendee took pictures and tried to blackmail them, saying he’d show the police.

It should be said that this behaviour of extortion and underhanded practices is not unique to homosexuals. The Nigerian Police had a soiled reputation for unprofessionalism and corruption.

The Police is not your friend

Just recently, a social media campaign under the hashtag #EndSars highlighted the brutality of the Police’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad with photos and accounts of beatings, extortion and in cases, murder.

This is possible mostly because many Nigerians do not know their rights and when they do, they can be pressured into believing in that time and place, they do not matter.

For gay people, it is more extreme: they are a demographic whose lifestyle is viewed as indecent and so, finding support in the face of oppression is very unlikely.

 

To fight this and to help their peers find safety in the country of their birth, many activists have put their foot down and resources in place to protect their interests.

Azeenarh Mohammed, a 32-year old lawyer based in Abuja, is one of such.

“You live life here as a gay person, knowing that there’s no future in Nigeria if you want to live an open life, but I really wanted to change that”

In 2011, she spoke at a hearing in the National Assembly about gay rights, even though the lawmakers expected her to talk about the environment.

This sort of defiance is what it takes, but perhaps more importantly, we must also unlearn our homophobia.

The impact of narratives taught by religious institutions and families is instilling homophobia in a new generation.

This generation of LGBTQ persons may be safe in hiding but the problems that have created this circumstance are getting worse.

Wizkid: Hearing Daddy Yo in “Pacific Rim” made me want to fight for Nigeria

I wanted to fight with John Boyega, side by side in my own Jaeger painted in Lagos colours with the full version of Wizkid’s song playing in our ears.

International recognition is worth its weight in gold for most Nigerians, So it is understandable that we reacted like we’d won the lottery when British-Nigerian actor, John Boyega ‘disclosed’ that Daddy Yo, the 2017 single by our favorite mainland boy, Wizkid, would be featured in the second instalment of the Pacific Rim series.

Yes, he may decide to try out a few foreign accents once in a while or refuse to come home for an entire year, but Ayo Balogun is a national treasure.

Over the past few years, he has been one of the main ambassadors of the Nigerian sound. Snagging a few minutes of play on one of the most highly anticipated action-fantasy blockbusters of the year was another step in that direction.

The Hollywood star had in December disclosed that “Pacific Rim: Uprising”, would heavily target Nigeria as a main marketing spot.

Boyega on his Instagram wrote “One of the most exciting things about producing Pacific Rim Uprising was the opportunity to influence the creative choices.

”So I put @wizkidayo song “Daddy yo” in the movie. Jaegers need afrobeats too!"

After months in the works (people call these things “rollouts”), the movie finally released on March 22 in Nigeria.

 

I definitely looked forward to seeing machines the size of skyscrapers beat monsters to a pulp, but even though I could play a couple of thousand nairas to hear music anytime I want, I really just wanted to hear Wizkid’s debut in Hollywood.

ALSO READ: John Boyega lights up the beautiful mess that is "Pacific Rim: Uprising"

It lasted between 10–15 seconds.

John Boyega, the movie’s lead character, was at a crossroads between being a Philistine and ‘responsibility’ when he was narrating his reckless lifestyle.

The scene where the music comes on is like a montage of a party scene and the after party mess.

Daddy Yo comes on as we see Boyega ‘enjoying the life of his head”, and then, as quickly as it starts, it ends.

I was slightly pained.

A part of me expected that I would have the chance to get into the groove of the song, or at least, examine how the movie’s scene would interact with the music.

But the short cameo did one thing.

It made me identify with John Boyega as a Nigerian more than anything else, so when he went out in his Jaeger to fight the monstrous Kaiju, I wanted to fight with him, side by side in my own Jaeger, painted in Lagos colours with the full version of Wizkid’s song playing in our ears.

I reckon that’s what these songs do. A song like Daddy Yo creates a connection between you and the movie that makes you invested in it.

You may be tempted to feel like this means the world is paying attention to us like we did when Captain America brought his caped crusaders to Lagos in “Captain America: Civil War” and they are, but for the money more than how good the Jollof Rice tastes.

ALSO READ: "Pacific Rim: Uprising" dethrones "Black Panther" at the box office

Nigeria has a population of over 150 million people. It is the single largest economy on the continent, which means for investors and businesses looking to explore their frontiers, it only makes sense that they market their products to Nigeria.

“Pacific Rim is very important to me because Pacific Rim will actually be the first movie that I have done that I would heavily target Nigeria as a main marketing spot,” John Boyega said, in the lead-up to the movie’s release

One unintentional effect of this, though, is that it heightens your sense of loyalty and identity. Hearing Wizkid’s Daddy Yo on a blockbuster with a Nigerian in the lead makes you… proud of your country.

For years, the perception of Nigeria in the outside world has been determined by Nollywood, Internet fraudsters and corrupt politicians.

Recently, our music and creative talents, in general, have done well to paint us in a better light, and after years of ignoring the obvious, the world is finally turning their heads our way.

So in many ways, even though Pacific Rim tanked at the Box Office and was panned by the critics, it was a very big win for Nigeria.

God Is Good: Knife removed from man's brain in 5-hour surgery

A fight at a bar put a South African man in a situation where he had to fight for his life.

A knife has been removed from the brain of a man, Tshepiso Mothibi‚ in a five-hour surgery conducted by doctors in Magogoe, South Africa.

The 23-year-old patient was reportedly stabbed on the head when a fight broke out at a bar he was having drinks at.

This happened on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, according to Times Live News, which added that the victim immediately rushed to the Tshepong Hospital for medical attention.

 

CEO of the Klerksdorp/Tshepong Hospital Complex, Polaki Mokatsane, described the operation as a complicated one.

“The surgery took five hours to complete successfully. The patient underwent craniotomy to open a portion of the skull.

"The knife was carefully disengaged and withdrawn from the brain in a controlled manner, without causing internal bleeding or injury to the structures of the brain.

"This patient was very lucky. Had the object cut through the major internal carotid arteries or injured the brain stem‚ he could have lost his life," says Mokatsane.

Nasty God Is Good bus accident has got woman thanking God for life

The miraculous survival of her sister who was involved in a nasty car accident has made a woman, Joy Joseph, offer thanks to God.

A video shared on Facebook showed a massive wreckage involving a God Is Good (GIG) bus enroute Benin and another vehicle.

ALSO READ: Friends mourn as groom dies 3 days after wedding (Photos)

According to Joseph who is Law degree undergraduate at the University of Benin, her sister had just arrived Nigerian following a trip abroad.

"So my elder sister survived this and you wanna tell me there's no God up there.

"Tell me what He can't do, lemme show you what He has done... 

"She just came back to the country to spend the Easter with us and they wanted to change the narrative. She had the accident on her way to Benin.

"I can't even describe how grateful I am right now.

"When my sister told me about it, I thought it was a minor accident until my other sister sent me photos," writes Joy Joseph while sharing her thanks to God.

Racism: Can we start jailing bigots in Nigeria just like in South Africa?

South Africa just sent a white woman to jail for hurling racial slur at a black police officer

South Africa has jailed a white woman for screaming racist slurs at a black police officer.

The event has brought back harsh reminders of apartheid and a subtle jolt that there are still remnants of the system of segregation in South African society.

In 2016, a video clip of the incident between estate agent Vicki Momberg and the policeman whose name has been withheld went viral.

In it, the officer attempted to help Momberg after thieves broke into her car at night at a shopping centre.

ALSO READ: Documentary by Amarachi Nwosu explores what it means to be black in Japan

Momberg refused to be helped, insisting she would prefer the assistance of a white or ethnic Indian officer.

Her reason? That black people were “plain and simple useless” and “they are clueless”.

She also referred to the policeman as a “kaffir”, an apartheid-era slur used to refer to a black person and one of the worst terms of hate speech in South Africa.

A groundbreaking verdict

After a long trial, Momberg was sentenced to three years of jail time, with one year suspended, for directing offensive slurs at the officer.

The ruling is believed to be the first time a person is going to jail for using racial slurs in South Africa’s storied history.

 

Previously, persons convicted of the same crime have been let off with a fine.

In a world where Donald Trump is President of the United States and movements like Black Lives Matter have gained global significance, the bias and behaviours that have been termed racism have become more important on a global scale.

The case is usually made that racism is now an institutional problem, something that you can only notice in how companies hire staff or who is more likely to win an election, for instance.

But as instances like this show, there are many overt instances of racism but the perpetrators rarely suffer any sanctions for their misdeeds.

It is a major point of the demand for equality; that racism is no longer viewed as a cultural relic that occasionally rears its ugly head but seen as the very present evil that it is and criminalised accordingly.

That is the obvious first step, but the long journey is in eliminating racism from all society until no man is judged by the colour of his skin.

Is there racism in Nigeria?

The importance of this may be lost on persons who live in countries like Nigeria where the population of white persons is miniscule enough that racism is not particularly felt, but that, in itself, is a misconception.

 

Many Nigerians who interact or work with persons of other races are ofte subjected to inhumane treatment for no just reason. This is very common among unskilled workers.

ALSO READ: Africans in Israel are painting their faces white to avoid deportation

To be fair, it often goes the other way too. Nigerians can view caucasians as "soft" and treat them accordingly.

Even at that, the extent of its prominence is negligible. But still, you cannot avoid it when you eventually make that trip to Europe and you're received like the slightly-civilised monkey that your hosts see you as or when in a firm with white colleagues, you stagnate, despite having obvious skill.

Our real problem is tribalism, a system of bigotry that has taught us to look down on our fellow nationals because of their tribe.

We have a war and several uprisings and massacres as testaments of just how deeply this problem runs.

Of course, it will take a lot of effort to discard such perceptions but sending bigots to jail is a good place to start.

God Is Good: Knife removed from man's brain in 5-hour surgery

A fight at a bar put a South African man in a situation where he had to fight for his life.

A knife has been removed from the brain a man, Tshepiso Mothibi‚ in a five'-hour surgery conducted by doctors in Magogoe, South Africa.

The patient, aged 23, was reported stabbed on the head when a fight broke out at a bar he was having drinks at.

This happened on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, according to Times Live News, which added that the victim immediately rushed to the Tshepong Hospital for medical attention.

 

CEO of the Klerksdorp/Tshepong Hospital Complex, Polaki Mokatsane, described the operation as a complicated one.

“The surgery took five hours to complete successfully. The patient underwent craniotomy to open a portion of the skull.

"The knife was carefully disengaged and withdrawn from the brain in a controlled manner, without causing internal bleeding or injury to the structures of the brain.

"This patient was very lucky. Had the object cut through the major internal carotid arteries or injured the brain stem‚ he could have lost his life," says Mokatsane.

Nasty God Is Good bus accident has got woman thanking God for life

The miraculous survival of her sister who was involved in a nasty car accident has made a woman, Joy Joseph, offer thanks to God.

A video shared on Facebook showed a massive wreckage involving a God Is Good (GIG) bus enroute Benin and another vehicle.

ALSO READ: Friends mourn as groom dies 3 days after wedding (Photos)

According to Joseph who is Law degree undergraduate at the University of Benin, her sister had just arrived Nigerian following a trip abroad.

"So my elder sister survived this and you wanna tell me there's no God up there.

"Tell me what He can't do, lemme show you what He has done... 

"She just came back to the country to spend the Easter with us and they wanted to change the narrative. She had the accident on her way to Benin.

"I can't even describe how grateful I am right now.

"When my sister told me about it, I thought it was a minor accident until my other sister sent me photos," writes Joy Joseph while sharing her thanks to God.

Racism: Can we, like South Africa, start sending people to jail for racism?

South Africa just sent a white woman to jail for hurling racial slur at a black police officer

South Africa has jailed a white woman for screaming racist slurs at a black police officer.

The event has brought back harsh reminders of apartheid and a subtle jolt that there are still remnants of the system of segregation in South African society.

In 2016, a video clip of the incident between estate agent Vicki Momberg and the policeman whose name has been withheld went viral.

In it, the officer attempted to help Momberg after thieves broke into her car at night at a shopping centre.

ALSO READ: Documentary by Amarachi Nwosu explores what it means to be black in Japan

Momberg refused to be helped, insisting she would prefer the assistance of a white or ethnic Indian officer.

Her reason? That black people were “plain and simple useless” and “they are clueless”.

She also referred to the policeman as a “kaffir”, an apartheid-era slur used to refer to a black person and one of the worst terms of hate speech in South Africa.

A groundbreaking verdict

After a long trial, Momberg was sentenced to three years of jail time, with one year suspended, for directing offensive slurs at the officer.

The ruling is believed to be the first time a person is going to jail for using racial slurs in South Africa’s storied history.

 

Previously, persons convicted of the same crime have been let off with a fine.

In a world where Donald Trump is President of the United States and movements like Black Lives Matter have gained global significance, the bias and behaviours that have been termed racism have become more important on a global scale.

The case is usually made that racism is now an institutional problem, something that you can only notice in how companies hire staff or who is more likely to win an election, for instance.

But as instances like this show, there are many overt instances of racism but the perpetrators rarely suffer any sanctions for their misdeeds.

It is a major point of the demand for equality; that racism is no longer viewed as a cultural relic that occasionally rears its ugly head but seen as the very present evil that it is and criminalised accordingly.

That is the obvious first step, but the long journey is in eliminating racism from all society until no man is judged by the colour of his skin.

Is there racism in Nigeria?

The importance of this may be lost on persons who live in countries like Nigeria where the population of white persons is miniscule enough that racism is not particularly felt, but that, in itself, is a misconception.

 

Many Nigerians who interact or work with persons of other races are ofte subjected to inhumane treatment for no just reason. This is very common among unskilled workers.

ALSO READ: Africans in Israel are painting their faces white to avoid deportation

To be fair, it often goes the other way too. Nigerians can view caucasians as "soft" and treat them accordingly.

Even at that, the extent of its prominence is negligible. But even at that, you cannot avoid it when you eventually make that trip to Europe and you're received like the slightly-civilised monkey that your hosts see you as or when in a firm with white colleagues, you stagnate, despite having obvious skill.

Of course, it will take a lot of effort to discard such perceptions but sending racists to jail is a good place to start.

Deadly Hatred: Unwanted lover slices ex-boyfriend's neck with blade after argument

A woman in Delta State has attacked her ex-boyfriend with a blade following a disagreement.

Following a disagreement, a woman has reportedly sliced the neck of her ex-boyfriend who earlier warned her to stop reporting him to family.

This was her response following a slap from former partner who reportedly slapped her for disobeying the order.

 

The victim was rushed to the St James Hospital, Amukpe, Delta State, where the incident occurred.

A gory image of the violent assault showed the ex-boyfriend on a bed with a deep cut to his neck.

ALSO READ: Pastor murders pregnant girlfriend, church member and baby

300 level student slits girlfriend's throat for refusing to abort

One Ringim Ismail, a 300-level student of the Jigawa State College of Islamic and Legal Studies, has been arrested by security operatives over the murder of his girlfriend, Salamatu Garba.

According to the reports, the 22-year-old student reportedly slit his girlfriend's throat for refusing to terminate the pregnancy she had for him.

Premium Times reports that Ismail and the deceased 22-year-old had been dating for over eight years with hopes of getting married.

 

He disclosed that they had attempted to abort the pregnancy at three months but after the attempt failed, Salamatu refused to undergo the process for the second time two months later.

During his confession, the suspect said that he decided to kill Salamatu for her refusal.

At about 9 pm on Saturday, March 24, 2018, Ismail took Salamatu on a motorcycle to the outskirts of town and used a jackknife to slit her throat.

May the soul of the deceased rest in peace.

Brymo: Here's what singer was trying to tell you in his "Heya" video

Brymo's "Heya" is now popular for the singer's bare behind but he was really trying to tell you a lot more.

Since returning to the fold of independent artistes, Brymo has shown a knack for pushing the boundaries and exhibiting a form of original artistry that is rare in the Nigerian space. But none of all the things he’s done in the past, not even that time he painted himself in black and sat on a stool could have prepared us to see his black African behind in the video for his new single, “Heya”.

Except you’re one of Bobrisky’s fans, no-one wants to see another man’s butt.

Brymo’s artistic endeavour has drawn a wide gamut of reactions. There are those who believe this is an attempt at faux brilliance from an artiste who seems so desperate to carve his own niche and distance himself from the rest of the bunch.

Brymo’s fans though believe otherwise. For them, this is another masterclass, a moment of brilliance from an artiste whose ability is yet underrated.

It’s easy in times like this to get embroiled in the hoopla that Brymo must have expected when he put the video together, or to think more about how he’s using his bare buttocks to sell his album.

 

Between the leather covering over his masculine parts, his emergence from the dark water into a sparse, desert-like field of ruins and the emotive nature of his singing, Brymo’s “Heya” video has little to do with sex appeal and more to do with the idea of being a modern African.

The video is heavy with symbolism, starting with Brymo’s resigned appearance from a stark, dense body of water with a piece of leather that leaves his cheeks at the mercy of the elements.

A tribute to African identity

It is a throwback to an older time when African civilisations manipulated leather and plants into pieces of clothing, a time that Brymo pays respect to more because it was before the intrusion of the white man and colonialism.

Hear the man tell it himself.

ALSO READ: Why singer appeared nude, wore 'G-String', showed his “butt” in his new ‘Heya’ video

In an e-mail to Pulse Nigeria, the alternative folk artiste said, “ I decided to appear how my forbears dressed before the arrival of civilization to Nubian continent,”

“We have all seen the costume in many movies, “Heya” was my own representation of that age; A bushman in the city, that’s my image of most black Africans of today. Although we reside in cities, we are still villagers in our thoughts and actions”

It reminds you of one of the few African civilisations which have retained its culture through the years.

The San Bushmen are a tribe of hunter-gatherers who live in Southern Africa.

The tribe originally refers to themselves as “San” or “Saan”; the suffix “bushmen” was added by the white men ( which I say at the risk of over-flogging the same “anti-colonialist trope) to qualify the fact that they, despite the urbanisation around them, have preferred to live in the bush, in what has been their habitat for centuries.

Regression, brought on by Ignorance

Brymo addresses this perception, that Africans are backwards because we do not fit into western ideas of what civilisation is.

Moving from that body of water to a stark desert-like clearing refers to the loss of our values and originality that has been induced by the pressure to fit in, to meet certain standards.

ALSO READ: How Western influence broke spirituality and identity in African music

It is, at its most basic form, regression brought on by ignorance. The kind that invites pity, or at the most Nigerian form of it, a shout of “heya”, if only you had known to do better.

The reaction online is mixed, and many BrymO fans think it’s exactly what they wanted to see,” says Brymo. “For those who disagree with the image, I understand that they have forgotten how people dressed across the continent many centuries ago, or they couldn’t fit the costume to the story in the song… but what better way is there to tell the story of our disloyalty and disservice to each other, if not by bearing it all, butt and what not… lol."

No-one could have put it better.

Brymo: Here's what singer was trying to tell you in his "Heya" video

Brymo's "Heya" is now popular for the singer's bare behind but he was really trying to tell you a lot more.

Since returning to the fold of independent artistes, Brymo has shown a knack for pushing the boundaries and exhibiting a form of original artistry that is rare in the Nigerian space. But none of all the things he’s done in the past, not even that time he painted himself in black and sat on a stool could have prepared us to see his black African behind in the video for his new single, “Heya”.

Except you’re one of Bobrisky’s fans, no-one wants to see another man’s butt.

Brymo’s artistic endeavour has drawn a wide gamut of reactions. There are those who believe this is an attempt at faux brilliance from an artiste who seems so desperate to carve his own niche and distance himself from the rest of the bunch.

Brymo’s fans though believe otherwise. For them, this is another masterclass, a moment of brilliance from an artiste whose ability is yet underrated.

It’s easy in times like this to get embroiled in the hoopla that Brymo must have expected when he put the video together, or to think more about how he’s using his bare buttocks to sell his album.

 

Between the leather covering over his masculine parts, his emergence from the dark water into a sparse, desert-like field of ruins and the emotive nature of his singing, Brymo’s “Heya” video has little to do with sex appeal and more to do with the idea of being a modern African.

The video is heavy with symbolism, starting with Brymo’s resigned appearance from a stark, dense body of water with a piece of leather that leaves his cheeks at the mercy of the elements.

A tribute to African identity

It is a throwback to an older time when African civilisations manipulated leather and plants into pieces of clothing, a time that Brymo pays respect to more because it was before the intrusion of the white man and colonialism.

Hear the man tell it himself.

ALSO READ: Why singer appeared nude, wore 'G-String', showed his “butt” in his new ‘Heya’ video

In an e-mail to Pulse Nigeria, the alternative folk artiste said, “ I decided to appear how my forbears dressed before the arrival of civilization to Nubian continent,”

“We have all seen the costume in many movies, “Heya” was my own representation of that age; A bushman in the city, that’s my image of most black Africans of today. Although we reside in cities, we are still villagers in our thoughts and actions”

It reminds you of one of the few African civilisations which have retained its culture through the years.

The San Bushmen are a tribe of hunter-gatherers who live in Southern Africa.

The tribe originally refers to themselves as “San” or “Saan”; the suffix “bushmen” was added by the white men ( which I say at the risk of over-flogging the same “anti-colonialist trope) to qualify the fact that they, despite the urbanisation around them, have preferred to live in the bush, in what has been their habitat for centuries.

Regression, brought on by Ignorance

Brymo addresses this perception, that Africans are backwards because we do not fit into western ideas of what civilisation is.

Moving from that body of water to a stark desert-like clearing refers to the loss of our values and originality that has been induced by the pressure to fit in, to meet certain standards.

ALSO READ: How Western influence broke spirituality and identity in African music

It is, at its most basic form, regression brought on by ignorance. The kind that invites pity, or at the most Nigerian form of it, a shout of “heya”, if only you had known to do better.

The reaction online is mixed, and many BrymO fans think it’s exactly what they wanted to see,” says Brymo. “For those who disagree with the image, I understand that they have forgotten how people dressed across the continent many centuries ago, or they couldn’t fit the costume to the story in the song… but what better way is there to tell the story of our disloyalty and disservice to each other, if not by bearing it all, butt and what not… lol."

No-one could have put it better.

Tragic: Son of House of Reps member shot dead in the UK

The son of a Nigerian MP, Dolapo Badru, is the tenth person to be murdered in London within a 12-day period.

According to the Daily Mail, Abraham Badru, 26, the son of a House of Representatives member, Dolapo Badru, has been shot dead in the United Kingdom.

The deceased was killed late in the evening on Sunday, March 25, 2018.

He was murdered close to his family home in Dalston, Hackney. The young Badru was reported to have died at his mother's side who was in tears as she held on to him on the pavement according to The Daily Mail.

His death makes him the tenth person to be killed in a list of murders that have occurred in London over a 12-day period.

 

Reports of gunshot in the area had attracted the presence of the police who found him lying on a pavement. He was confirmed dead shortly after the discovery.

"As soon as I heard the bang, I knew it was a gunshot. I'm ex-military and knew that couldn't be a firework.

"I went to my balcony and saw a man slumped over on the ground at the back of a car.

"There was just one shot and a cry of pain. No speeding scooter and no speeding car.

"I didn't see anyone make off," a neighbour told the Daily Mail News.

"His mother came out and saw him on the floor. It was terrible listening to her collapse crying on the floor. She was just screaming.

"Everyone was very upset and I had to go away, I couldn't take it. It happened on our doorstep and I had to say a little prayer for the family," another witness revealed to the Daily Mail in a statement.

The Evening Standard, also reported that young Badru earlier received a recognition for his heroics in the year 2015, "for saving a woman from a sex attack."

He reportedly worked as a football coach after earning a Master's degree in the same year.

Like most people who recognise the deceased, his father Dolapo offered an inspiring opinion about his late son.

“A few years ago a girl was raped on the estate and Abraham fought them off. He went to court to testify against them and the police gave him an award," says the proud dad.

Dolapo Badru is a House of Reps member representing the Lagos Island and belongs to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

ALSO READ: London police investigate killing of Nigerian teenager, Oluwadamilola Odeyingbo

Disobedient Nigerian teenager shot dead at UK cinema

Similarly, Kelvin Odunuyi, a Nigerian teenager who lives in the United Kingdom, has been shot dead in front of a cinema in the United Kingdom.

He is suspected to have been killed in an ongoing gang war.

The mother of the deceased, 19, has expressed devastation over the death of her child who disobeyed an instruction prohibiting him from visiting Wood Green, an environment known for widespread violence.

 

Odunuyi met his end at the Vue Cinema located in the area on Thursday, March 8, 2018, shortly after his refusal to follow parental guidance.

"He was a lovely jovial boy. He was clever and loved by all who knew him. He had everything going for him.

"I have always lived in London but when we moved to Wood Green for a short time I got scared for my family. We now live in Harrow and I told him not to go back to Wood Green to see friends.

"But he did and now he is dead after being shot dead in a random attack. Police said it was wrong place at wrong time. I am devastated. I knew he would be safe at home with me but he went there and now he is dead.

"Another mother is grieving, enough is enough, the government needs to act to stop the bloodshed," says Afishetu Oniru, the mom of the departed youngster.

According to reports, no arrest has been made in connection to the killing of Kelvin Odunuyi who had aspired to become an expert in oil services.

ALSO READ: Woman forgives jailed youngster who murdered son, says his death was ordained

To help him achieve this goal, his parents reportedly enrolled him at the Fulneck School situated in Pudsey, West Yorkshire, a prestigious school where a sum of N12m was paid as tuition fees.

This adds to a list of incidents involving the deaths of a Nigerian citizen in the UK due to hateful violence.

Miracle: Nasty God Is Good bus accident has got woman thanking God for life

The sister of a woman who miraculously survived a nasty car accident is thankful to God for her sibling's survival.

The miraculous survival of her sister who was involved in a nasty car accident has made a woman, Joy Joseph, offer thanks to God.

A video shared on Facebook showed a massive wreckage involving a God Is Good (GIG) bus enroute Benin and another vehicle.

 

According to Joseph who is Law degree undergraduate at the University of Benin, her sister had just arrived Nigerian following a trip abroad.

"So my elder sister survived this and you wanna tell me there's no God up there.

"Tell me what He can't do, lemme show you what He has done... 

"She just came back to the country to spend the Easter with us and they wanted to change the narrative. She had the accident on her way to Benin.

"I can't even describe how grateful I am right now.

"When my sister told me about it, I thought it was a minor accident until my other sister sent me photos," writes Joy Joseph.

ALSO READ: Faulty brake kills man in Ogun

Groom-to-be killed in ghastly accident 6 days to wedding

A Nigerian man has been killed in an auto crash while on his way to prepare for his wedding this Saturday.

The shocking tale along with a photocollage of pre-wedding photos, was shared by a friend of the devastated bride, on social media.

The deceased, Mopmi Samson, who was set to wed his heartthrob on Saturday, March 31, was killed in an accident on Friday, March 24, 2018, while on his way to Bauchi from Abuja.

ALSO READ: Friends mourn as groom dies 3 days after wedding (Photos)

 

Samson was set to wed his fiancée, Pheobe Masoyi, at Winners Chapel on Saturday, in Bauchi State.

May his soul rest in peace as God grants his fiancée and family, the fortitude to bear this tragic loss.

Monster: Enugu man beheads neighbour at her farm

A search party had earlier tried to locate a woman who was beheaded by her neighbour.

Policemen in Enugu State have arrested a man, Tochukwu Chianugo, who allegedly beheaded his neighbour.

The deceased, was reportedly killed after embarking on a trip to the farm. Efforts made by a search party in a bid to locate her had proved abortive.

This prompted an intervention by law enforcement officers who soon discovered the severed head of the victim.

 

Chianugo had confessed to killing his neighbour who went missing on Tuesday, March 27, 2018.

“The suspect who hails from Ugwuoda village Nimbo was promptly nabbed in connection with the alleged incident.

“Following his arrest, he took the operatives to the place where he had beheaded the victim.

“The headless body, together with the severed head were recovered and deposited in a nearby mortuary,” police spokesperson Ebere Amaraizu told the reporters.

Lagos State Govt. staff nabbed with 3 human skulls in Kwara

The police in Kwara have arrested a man, Mr. Suleiman Ajenifuja, who was found with three human skulls.

State commissioner, Mr, Ado Lawan, confirmed this while parading the suspect alongside other criminals.

Ajenifuja who works as a sweeper with the Lagos State Government was apprehended on Monday, March 26, 2018.

ALSO READ: Grandma cries over pupil beheaded by BRT

He reportedly embarked on a journey to Ilorin in order to meet with an Alfa believed to have the power to make him rich.

His journey was soon cut short following a search by highway security operatives.

Abomination! “My younger sister is 3 months pregnant for me, call it incest, but we call it fate”- Guy

The man only identified on twitter as @gurujeremy2 shared photos of himself and the alleged pregnant sister, saying their parents are not yet aware of their relationship he refers to as unique.

A young man has blown everybody off their feet by resorting to twitter to drop a bombshell that his younger sister is 3 months pregnant for her, and they are both proud and happy about it.

The man only identified on twitter as @gurujeremy2 shared photos of himself and the alleged pregnant sister, saying their parents are not yet aware of their relationship he referred to as unique.

 

Instead of fearing that authorities would come after them for incest, the man said they don’t see their relationship and the resultant pregnancy as incestuous, but rather their togetherness is by fate.

 

READ MORE: Wedding turns fiasco after ring bearing Owl knocks groomsman to the floor

Read his post and more of their photos below:

"Me and my sister have a love that goes beyond the legal system. Some call it incest, we call it fate

"Our parents don’t know but they will soon cuz she actually 3 months pregnant with my daughter/niece

"Me and my baby sister. Cutest couple ever. I love her . The world will never understand the bond we have.

"Honestly I didn’t know dating your half siblings was a bad thing. We’re foreign we don’t understand these things

"It ain’t insects if we only half related

"Ok but that is my baby sister and we is f–ing so what else should I say?! Lol"

 

Photos: Couple poses nude for their maternity photoshoot

The photos have since gone viral since their release on social media.

Although these maternity photos are artistic, it has got people ‘talking.

The new rave of the moment, maternity photo-shoots, got these couple go raunchy in their photos from their maternity shoot.

Many couples lately are going all out for their shoots and this may be a very tasteful and artistic concept according to some but to others it may just be a little too much as the pictures reveal the expecting mother is barely clothed despite the shimmering body paint.

 

READ ALSO: Check out these beautiful pre-wedding photos of two amputees

The unidentified couple looked so happy as they posed together and the man who was wearing shorts cradled his wife’s baby bump.

 

Enviable: 16-year-old girl gets Range Rover on her birthday

The girl who identified herself on twitter as Destiny, made the revelation as she used the platform to express her gratitude to her mother for making her birthday special.

Some tongues are wagging after a 16 year old girl disclosed on her twitter page that her mother had bought a brand new Range Rover for her on her birthday.

The girl who identified herself on twitter as Destiny, made the revelation as she used the platform to express her gratitude to her mother for making her birthday special.

She also posted photos of the said car displaying both the beautiful interior and exterior with a red ribbon placed on it.

Accompanying the photos was a twit which read: “Thanks mom for my sweet 16 car”.

 

READ MORE: Slay Queen arrested for stealing man's wristwatches worth $2,400.

See more of the photos below:

 

Another Man's Sweat: Abuja car wash worker sells customer's Toyota to marry wife

Policemen in Abuja have succeeded in capturing a man who sold a client's car to sponsor his wedding.

A car wash attendant has been arrested by the police in Abuja for selling a customer's Toyota Camry car to marry a wife.

The suspect, Mohammed Chado, reportedly sold the vehicle for a sum of N450,000, which covered expenses required for the purpose of tying the knot as well as a year's feeding.

 

Part of the amount he realised from the sale was sent to family members who used it to secure items needed for the wedding ceremony.

"I sold the car for N450,000 and spent N300,000 on the wedding; I gave the money to my family to buy the needed wedding items, then I spent the balance on feeding myself for one year," says Chado who was paraded on Wednesday, March 28, 2018.

Sadiq Bello, the Commissioner of Police of Federal Capital Territory, confirmed his arrest in Punch News report.

The police chief mentioned that the vehicle has been recovered. Chado was apprehended in Niger State, where he reportedly hid following the theft.

“Chado was arrested at Batafe village in Niger State where he hid after he sold a Toyota Camry that was given to him for washing.

“He escaped with it, sold it for N450,000 and used the money to marry a wife. The stolen car has been recovered,” Bello said in a statement.

ALSO READ: Woman who stole mobile phone at wedding party stripped naked

Man who stole 400k from Ibadan rice dealer beaten black and blue

In Ibadan, Oyo State, a man who was accused of stealing N400,000 from a rice dealer, has received the beating of his life.

The thief, captured in a video, was seen glued to a bare ground while a group of men gave him a pummeling.

 

He seemed helpless in the hands of the mob who gave him hits on different parts of his body.

Loud chatters heard at the scene reflected a mood of anger over the alleged theft but some social media users felt the violent reaction was a step too much.

On Instagram, ensuring that the spinal cord of the man stays intact seemed the main concern.

Buhari: What Reno Omokri, angry Lagosians are saying about president's Lagos visit

Lagosians are angry over blockages observed on some major Lagos roads in the city.

Reno Omokri has condemned President Muhammadu Buhari's trip to Lagos following inconvenience to Lagosians.

The presidential visit on Thursday, March 29, 2018, has adversely affected the amount paid as bus fares - a factor that encouraged criticism from Omokri who also bashed the Lagos State Government for  disrupting movement to accommodate the president.

 

A commissioning of the Ikeja Bus Terminal is one of the activities listed out for execution during Buhari's visit to Lagos but the former aide to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan opposed this as a late move.

He blasted the president for earlier turning down a similar idea when he was Nigeria's Head of State.

President Buhari's message of change has no effect on Nigerians

Lagosians have submitted that a public holiday declared in favour of President Muhammadu Buhari's trip to Lagos was unnecessary.

His campaign message of "change" was a subject for ridicule on Twitter.

ALSO READ: Nigerians dig contraband chicken from dumpsite in hope to resell

 

Road commuters are mad at President Buhari for visiting Lagos

Civilians who ply Lagos busy roads have been made furious due to the challenges they have experienced while trying to reach their destinations.

This is the aftermath of the state government's decision shutting down major routes in Victoria Island, Ikoyi, Ikeja, Agege and Maryland.

“The temporary road closure and diversions would be within Ikeja, Maryland, Agege Motor Road, Victoria Island and Ikoyi axis.

“Security engagements are in top gear, as we are working with the Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigerian Navy, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency.

“We have done a threat assessment and engaged all stakeholders such as the National Union of Road Transport Workers and commercial bike riders. We are appealing that they abide by our agreement at the meeting.

“This is to ensure that Mr. President’s visit to Lagos is smooth, safe and hitch-free,” Lagos State Police Commissioner, Imohimi Edgal, revealed in a statement.

How Lagosians feel about the announcement:

 

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In Osogbo: 3 men remanded in prison for 52 days over kidnap of 2-yr-old baby

Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara, who gave the order, said the accused should remain behind bars at Ilesa Prisons pending their bail applications.

For allegedly kidnapping a two-year-old baby, three men are to cool their heels in prison for the next 52 days, an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court ruled on Wednesday.

Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara, who gave the order, said the accused should remain behind bars at Ilesa Prisons pending their bail applications.

The accused — Joy Osu, 26; Sidney Onwuka, 28; and Agubata Maxwell, 39 — are facing a two- count charge of kidnapping and child theft.

They, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

But the Police Prosecutor, Muyiwa Ogunleye, told the court that the accused committed the offences on Feb. 18 at 8.00 p.m. at Matanmije area of Oke-Baale in Osogbo.

Ogunleye said the trio stole the baby with the intention of selling him.

“It took the intervention of the police to rescue the boy from the kidnappers’ den.’’

The offences contravened Sections 364(2), 371 and 516 of the Criminal Law of Osun, 2003.

Counsel to the accused, Dr Victor Ezeji, urged the court to grant them bail on liberal terms.

The case has been adjourned until May 18 for hearing of the bail application. 

Because Of Money: Lagos State Govt. staff nabbed with 3 human skulls in Kwara

Suspect who works as a sweeper with the Lagos State Government planned to submit three human skulls to an Alfa in Ilorin.

The police in Kwara have arrested a man, Mr. Suleiman Ajenifuja, who was found with three human skulls.

State commissioner, Mr, Ado Lawan, confirmed this while parading the suspect alongside other criminals.

Ajenifuja who works as a sweeper with the Lagos State Government was apprehended on Monday, March 26, 2018.

 

He reportedly embarked on a journey to Ilorin in order to meet with an Alfa believed to have the power to make him rich.

His journey was soon cut short following a search by highway security operatives.

“I am a tailor, but I also work with the Lagos State Government as a street sweeper from 11pm to 2am.

"While I was working one night, I saw a bag containing these things (the skulls). I initially wanted to drop the bag, but someone told me that the skulls could be used for some things.

“I contacted one of the boys that we usually talk together, named Saheed, and he gave me the Alfa’s phone number. When I called the Alfa, he told me to come to Ilorin. I have never been to Ilorin before, but he asked me to alight at a particular place where he would come to pick me.

“He had earlier asked me what I wanted to do with the items and I told him that I wanted what would bring more people to my shop," the suspect aged 32 told newsmen.

ALSO READ: 'I sold hawker's head, intestines, hands for N8K' - Suspected ritual killer"

Police arrest man with 7 human skulls in Kwara

A suspected ritualist, Olayinka Abbas Akeem, has been arrested and paraded by the Kwara State Police Command with seven human skulls said to have been exhumed from a cemetery.

Punch Newspaper reports that Akeem was arrested along Ilorin-AjaseIpo road with a sack containing the human skulls by policemen on a stop and search operation on Tuesday, November 21, 2017.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Lawan Ado, said on interrogation, the suspect confessed that himself and his friend identified as Tunde aka Bante, exhumed the human parts from a cemetery located at Igbo Owu community in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state.

 

CP Ado said Akeem further confessed that Bante lured him into exhuming the corpses with the belief that using human parts for ritual is the surest way of making fast money.

ALSO READ: 'We buy human parts skulls, eyes, teeth, for N12K' - Islamic clerics"

The CP added that while Akeem was apprehended by the police, Bante took to his heels and he is currently on the run while all efforts are being made to track him down and bring him to justice.

In Sokoto: Court remands businessman for allegedly being in possession of 5.25kg of Codeine

According to the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Codeine is a narcotic pain-reliever and cough suppressant similar to morphine and hydrocodone.

A Federal High Court sitting in Sokoto State on Wednesday ordered that a 51-year-old businessman, Emeka Obi, be remanded in prison for alleged being in possession of 5.25kg of codeine controlled drugs.

According to the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Codeine is a narcotic pain-reliever and cough suppressant
similar to morphine and hydrocodone.

Justice Saleh Idrissa, gave the order after NDLEA Counsel, Beatrice Igberaese, prayed the court to remand the accused.

Igberaese told the court that possession of codeine, a narcotic substances similar to cocaine contravened Section
20 (a) of NDLEA laws of the Federation Cap (30).

She urged the court to remand the accused because he had violated an administrative bail the NDLEA had given him before.

The prosecution said Obi, a resident of Wamakko Local Government Area of Sokoto State, was arrested by the officials of the agency at Kara (meat) market in Wamakko town on July 19, 2017.

He had pleaded not guilty to the charge. In a similar development, the NDLEA, arraigned another businessman, Charles Ikechukwu, for illegal possession of 96kg of codeine substances.

Ikechukwu, a resident of Sokoto, was arrested on Feb. 6 at Alu Flyover Bridge in Sokoto.

The defence counsel, Chief Jacob Ochidi, applied for the bail of his client. Justice Idrissa granted Ikechukwu bail in sum of N900, 000 with two sureties in like sum.

Idrissa ordered that one of the sureties must be a civil servant not below grade level 12.

He said other surety should be a community leader resident in Sokoto and adjourned the case till May 3 for hearing.

Facebook: Why you should be worried that this social network has your call records

Facebook knows too much about you... way too much.

While it faces the heat from a data scandal where it ‘allowed’ Cambridge Analytica to download sensitive data belonging to millions of people, Facebook has now admitted that it had been collecting and storing data about call logs and text message for millions of Android users.

Following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, many Facebook users were interested to know the true extent to which the social media platform had violated their privacy. One user went a step further to download his data found that the company had collected a record of the date, time, duration, and recipient of calls he had made from the past few years.

He made these revelations on Twitter, spurring several users to download their data and share their findings.

On Saturday, the tech news site Ars Technica published an account of several others — all Android users — who found similar records.

 

For years, conspiracies have circulated on the Internet about how Facebook supposedly listens to its users’ conversations via the mobile app.

Some of the videos you will find point to a particularly interesting piece of evidence; after having phone conversations, they get targeted with ads relating to whatever they just talked about.

Facebook has repeatedly denied these allegations in the past.

Even now, it’s not admitting to listening to calls, just keeping metadata or information relating to call logs, records and duration.

"Targeted... everything"

All of this is useful for one main purpose; Facebook wants to give you exactly what you like.

The social network thrives off holding your attention and it has been trying for years to become the epicentre of whatever you do on the internet.

Already, Facebook has adjusted how posts appear on your feed to give you what you are interested in first.

There’s also a more financial twist to the whole thing. Facebook’s main customers are brands and companies, not people.

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What it sells is advertising and access to its massive subscriber base.

Mark Zuckerberg’s baby needs to sell ads and the value of its ads is directly related to how successful they are and how they convert into clicks and purchases.

 

Big Data, as it is called and its use for targeted advertising is what sets tech companies like Facebook apart from the rest and makes them so successful.

As of the fourth quarter of 2017, Facebook had 2.2 billion monthly active users. With this comes access to data filled in forms or observed from their activities on the network. It uses this data to determine their traits and what they are likely to buy. Then it sends them ads they are most likely to respond to.

All of this sounds very sketchy because it seems too much like a company is using information about you to take advantage of you, but it’s legal.

Also, you kinda agreed to it in the terms and conditions before you could open your Facebook account.

But what happens when a company collects that data illegally and uses it to send you targeted political campaign adverts based on your traits and preferences?

That’s what Cambridge Analytica did in the United States and reportedly tried to do in Nigeria.

Facebook already has an obscene amount of data about its users. Monitoring calls violates the users’ privacy. That sort of information could be lost to persons with worse motives or turned into a weapon to unfairly target a set of people, like ICE already does.

The agency uses data from Facebook to target persons believed to be illegal immigrants and deport them, in line with the United States’ new immigration agenda.

The prospect that big corporations may be using all this information to push specific agendas is certainly troubling, as one can deduce from the widespread outrage that has come in reaction to the recent revelations.

The danger of inherent bias

But an even scarier reality is that Big data is not exactly accurate or free of bias.

ALSO READ: Cambridge Ananlytica's parent company reportedly manipulated Nigeria's 2007 elections for PDP

After noticing that her search results on Google were followed by adverts asking “Have you been arrested”, Latanya Sweeney, a black scholar conducted a study which showed that the machine learning tools behind Google’s search are racist, associating black names to ads relating to arrest records.

 

Because big data is collected from a wide range of people, it is bound to reflect common large-scale associations or perceptions.

In the end, when the platform does things based on those biases, it seems to create an agenda that the platform does not even intend.

So who should you be scared of? And why?

Because in a world where your browser history is studied to tell you what to buy, free will is becoming a myth.

An advertiser can use big data to ensure that it advertises to the right people; a presidential campaign can use data to spread propaganda and sway votes by pandering to exactly what they care about.

The lines between the two are very blurred, but the latter presents a future where your privacy is a footnote and the sacrifice for premium service and efficiency across your life is basically access to everything about you.

We don’t want that.

In Kogi: Man caught defiling teenager

The incident occurred today, Wednesday, March 28, 2018.

A suspected pedophile was caught defiling a teenager in Anyigba, Kogi State.

According to Instablog9ja, the incident occurred today, Wednesday, March 28, 2018.

 

He was tortured by some residents and paraded naked before handing him over to the police.

Gang Rivalry: AAU undergraduate killed by suspected cultists in Obalende

A graphic picture of an AAU undergraduate who was murdered by suspected cultists in Obalende, offers a disturbing sight.

Suspected cultists have reportedly killed an undergraduate of the Ambrose Ali University, Edo State, in an attack that occurred in Obalende, Lagos.

He was murdered on Monday, March 26, 2018, at the Obalende roundabout report says.

 

A report has been filed at a police station in Onikan in respect to the killing of the deceased who was slaughtered late in the evening.

Suspects, Tunde Tigana and Ajayi, have been named on suspicion of his murder.

Frustration blamed for murder of kindergarten pupils in Ogun

In Ogun State, a mad man, Lekan Adebisi who reportedly slaughtered two kindergarten pupils, has blamed frustration for the murders.

The victims, Mubarak Kalesowo and Sunday Obituyi, who went to learn at St. John’s Anglican Primary School, Agodo, were attacked during lunchtime report says.

 

It appeared the suspect had a good idea of the likely consequence of his actions having stated this while answering questions posed by newsmen.

"It was due to frustration. When hunger gripped me and it became unbearable, I thought of my life and concluded that it was a bad life.

Then I grabbed a machete. I was prepared to face the consequence," Adebisi was quoted in a Punch News report.

It had required the efforts of policemen and some local hunters to capture him.

How Adebisi was apprehended

Earlier reports confirmed that the victims, Mubarak Kalesowo and Sunday Obituyi, died in a school attack on Monday, March 12, 2018.

The deceased both aged four years old, were killed at the St. John’s Primary School, Agodo, where they study.

Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police Public Relations Officer for Ogun State, confirmed that the suspect was arrested two days after the attack.

 

According to Punch News, the efforts made by policemen and some local hunters had proved successful in apprehending the suspected lunatic.

“Their efforts paid off in the early hours of today (Wednesday) when the suspect was seen in a bush around the community.

“When they wanted to arrest him, the suspect, who was brandishing a sharp cutlass, attacked them, consequent upon which he was shot and injured on the leg,” Oyeyemi told Punch.

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State police commissioner, Ahmed Iliyasu, has reportedly given approval for a transfer of the case to the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department in Abeokuta.

Revenge! Lady wants the head of devil who stabbed and watched brother die

Angry reactions has met the death of a young man alleged to have been stabbed to death by his girlfriend.

On Facebook, a young lady identified as Winning Winnie Wang, has expressed a desire to punish late brother's girlfriend who stabbed and watched him die.

A post shared on Wednesday, March 28, 2018, bore evidence of her grief.

Along with her comments came a note of warning concerning suspect, Sandra Doo, who she described as a devil.

 

Wang who also bashed her late brother's girlfriend on her Facebook, hoped for God's intervention in hope of a fatal consequence for Doo.

"Please Facebook be careful with this devil in human form. She stabbed my brother to death, she stood nd watched him died in pain, he struggled for over 7 to 9 hours before dying nd this devil stood right there watching the guy she claimed she loves die in pain and slowly.

"Be careful of these girls u date nowadays kuz u dunno who is really a human amongst them. My God of vengeance not gonna let this evil act go jst like dat. He must revenge for my brother.

"If humans were God(hmmmmmmm) Winnie wont wait a second before taking an action but as God isnt human we all gonna wait for His will to be done in this case.

"I dunno but I believe that my brother not gonna rest until justice is done. He gonna fight for himself nd this devil not gonna hv peace untill she kills herself too.....I call for justice dear Lord, untill my brother's death is avenged.

"I hv no powers of my own but I so much believe You on this nd I also believe u gonna do it for me. (Her name is Sandra doo on Facebook).....Please bookers, share this untill it gets to the last person on Facebook," she writes.

On Doo's Facebook timeline, comments accusing her of murder came in droves.

A desire to have her share a similar faith with the deceased seemed the ultimate goal for angry visitors.

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Babcock student commits suicide after killing girlfriend

News reports have revealed that a 30-year-old Nigerian man identified as, Onoseta Oribhabor, has committed suicide after taking the life of his 27-year-old girlfriend, Essozinam "Martine" Assali, in Toronto, Canada.

 

According to the reports, the police were called to a condo building in the north end of the Toronto, on Thursday, March 6, 2018, where Oribhabor was found dead on the building's balcony.

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Following a search of the apartment, a woman was found inside a unit with obvious signs of trauma.

 

She was reportedly treated for injuries after being rushed to a hospital, where she eventually died.

Instablog9ja reports that the deceased Oribhabor graduated from Babcock University, Ogun State, before leaving for Canada.

The case has been described by the Police as a murder-suicide.