Suspected Boko Haram members wipe out an entire family in Kano -These evil boko haram have started again . I leave you guys to God..he will deal with you all accordingly..wicked heartless bokos

Four men suspected to be members of Boko Haram have shot dead a member of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, his wife, his 3year old daughter and his crippled brother staying with him.

Police sources said today that four men arrived on the bikes and entered the home of the yet to be identified NSCDC officer in Hotoron Gabas district. They locked the entire family in a room and shot them dead.

After the killing, the men jumped back on their bikes and sped off.

NAPTIP rescues 10 Nigerian girls forced to work as prostitutes in Cote d’Ivoire

National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP) yesterday  Saturday 15th September, 2012, announced that they rescued 10 Nigerian girls forced to work as prostitutes in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire

NAPTIP said the 10 rescued sex workers are from Edo, Delta, Rivers and Benue states, with Edo topping the list with six girls.

NAPTIP said the rescue operation was done in collaboration with the regional bureau office of Interpol in Abidja and carried out based on a tip-off. The agency said the rescued girls will undergo medical screening, counseling and eventually rehabilitation.

Finally this is a way forward, very good...i hope more people are rescued, counseled, rehabilitated and given jobs to keep them busy...

Nigerian Professor becomes first black VC of University of Illinois

A Nigerian Professor, Ilesanmi Adesida made history last month by becoming the first black Provost/Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs of the well-respected University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in the United States.
Born in Ondo State, Prof Adesida is a Nigerian engineer whose outstanding work in the field of Nanotechnology has received much acclaim in the scientific community.
He obtained his Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and subsequently went on to develop a body of work in the processing of semiconductors and other materials at the nanometer-scale level.
After his studies, he worked in various capacities at what is now known as the Cornell Nanofabrication Facility and the School of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. He was also the head of the Electrical Engineering Department at Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria.
Commenting on his recently appointed role, Prof Adesida said: “I’m honoured and humbled to be selected as provost of this great campus. This is something I take very seriously. I know how to work very hard and I’m ready to roll up my sleeves and get the job done.”
Prof Adesida is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Vacuum Society, and the Optical Society of America. He is also the past-president of IEEE Electron Devices Society.


Source: Channels

Stephanie Okereke Featured in a Canadian Magazine

The magazine featured the Nollywood actress in its 'Next Big Thing’ Segment and says her wedding was the biggest wedding in 2012, do you agree?

“Where is our First Lady?” – ACN asks presidency

Leading opposition party, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described First Lady, Dame patience Jonathan’s ‘disappearance’ from the public scene as a national shame.
The party on Sunday called on the Presidency to tell the entire nation of the First lady’s whereabouts and her current health status.
According to the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Nigerians had the right to know the whereabouts of the President’s wife who is also a serving secretary in Bayelsa State.
Mohammed said, “She is the First Lady and as such there are certain duties she performs. Her wellbeing, to a large extent, is also the wellbeing of the nation, especially these days when the office is not just a glamour office; it packs a lot of power and influence.

“I am not wanted by the police, it is blackmail” – Davido

Following report yesterday that he was wanted by the police, David Adeleke better known as Davido has denied being wanted by  the police.
Davido, 19, said through a tweet this morning (Sunday) that the report by Punch newspaper yesterday was false.
He insisted that he never assaulted Mr Ajibola, a taxi driver that allegedly accused him of assault few months ago. Davido said, through his twitter, that the report was aimed at blackmailing him.
He said, none of the people involved confirmed his involvement at the Bar Beach police station in Lagos where the matter was reported, but only the taxi driver did (mentioned his name). Davido said even the lady that was also allegedly beaten by Davido, as claimed by the cab driver, clared that she was not beaten


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The statement reads; “I want to assure all my beloved fans and friends that, I am not wanted by the police and no officer in the Nigerian police gave an order for my arrest. I went to the police some weeks ago to give a statement and cleared my name.

Edo Police confirms abduction of Deputy governor’s aide, kidnappers demand N20million

The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the State Deputy Governor, Comrade Kelly Odaro on Saturday in Benin, the state capital by suspected gunmen.
Already, the kidnappers who contacted Odaro’s family through his wife yesterday are now demanding for the sum of N20m before he is released.
Narrating how the Deputy Governor’s aide was abducted to newsmen, his wife said Odaro had earlier called her that he was at the Edo State branch of Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ) Secretariat and would soon return home.
She added that kidnappers, who rode on a motorcycle, trailed his movement to Ikpoba Hill, which is very close to their residence before he was forcefully taking away around 6.30pm.
According to her, “He usually phones me when he is close to the house, so that we can come downstairs to open the gate for him. But I was surprised when people on our street came to call me that my husband had been kidnapped very close to our house by gunmen.
“When I got to where he was abducted, the doors of his car were open and the key was in the ignition. The helmets his abductors wore were by the car and my husband’s shoe was on the ground, but they went away with his phone.”