ABDULKARIM MUSA'S BLOG: September 2015

20/09/2015

Emir Of Kano Sanusi In Mecca For Pilgrimage (photos)

More than 10,000 migrants flooded into Austria on Sunday, according to police – as a war of words between Croatia and Hungary continues to escalate.

Many have faced a confusing, exhausting and unpredictable journey after being taken by bus from Serbia to Croatia, over to Hungary, and up to Austria.

A fatal accident, today,occurred at Lekki Express Way,Just after marwa bridge in a multiple car crash after a commercial cab rammed into car causing another car to join in the unfortunate incident, The accident was said to have claimed 6 lives and left many injured.

The former Head of state, Sani Abacha Turns 72 Today! (posthumous birthday).

Police officer claims he was paid $1.5m to fake 2Pac's death

A retired police officer has revealed some shocking details ,claiming 2pac is still alive.

David Myers, who is in a critical medical condition in hospital, claims he was paid $1.5 million to help the star fake his own death.

Tupac Shakur, or 2Pac as he was known on stage,after he was hit in a drive-by shooting back in 1996 when he was just 25. DailyMirror reports Myers says he now wants the world to know the truth and from his death bed – he said:

These are photos from the funeral prayers and burial of Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed, the prince of Dubai who died yesterday at age 33. It took place at Umm Hurair Cemetery late yesterday. More pics below...

The remains of late Nigerian billionaire, Chief Antonio Dehinde Fernadez have been laid to rest. That happened yesterday, 18th September in Brussels and in attendance were the late billonaire's children, family members and friends including Chief Dele Momodu and Pastor Tunde Bakare.

Immigration officer dupes siblings of N625,000, escapes

Obeye and Lucky

He could easily pass for someone who was tired of everything around him, not even with the way he carried himself, but beyond his gloomy demeanour, he is truly hurting, angry and deeply frustrated, all at once, though he tried to hide it with some fake smiles.

Iduh Lucky, as he introduced himself to our correspondent when he came to share his story with Saturday PUNCH at the PUNCH headquarters recently, is not only sad about the unemployment crisis in the country, but more so because he has been duped of thousands of naira by a senior immigration officer who offered to help him secure a job and is now nowhere to be found.

No time! The policeman, Aremu Musiliu who killed a woman in a tricycle on Wednesday in Alimosho, with her husband still battling a bullet wound on his neck at a Lagos hospital has been dismissed from the Nigerian police force and was yesterday arraigned before an Ebute Metta Chief Magistrate court on two counts of murder and causing grievous body harm.

Chelsea defeated Arsenal 2-0 in the premiership game. This is Chelsea's first win since premiership league games kick started.

An okada rider raped a 14 year old teenager who was returning home from visiting her aunt's shop.

According to a report by Punch, the teenager, currently an apprentice at her aunty’s cake shop was a virgin, until she lost it violently to the okada rider. (pictured rigft after he was caught and beaten)

The teenager who was visibly and emotionally in pain said she'd never forgive her rapist, identified as Sharafa Wasiu, for violating her, she also wished him death, “because of what he did to me. I feel sad anytime I remember that day.”

Igbo, Yoruba clash over leadership at Lagos market

The Yoruba and Igbo factions of a major association in the Olugbede Model Market in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos are poised for a showdown which could result to loss of lives and property if not nipped in the bud.

The Model Market was rated as one of the most peaceable markets in Lagos State until recently when crisis erupted among members of the GSM Association who constitutes about 95 per cent of the market population.

Wow! Remember foreign media reported Mikel Obi already fathered 2 kids from two different baby mamas..Now, he just showed off his new twins..Pooh3 and Pooh4. Could that mean his 3rd and 4th kids?

Timaya was involved in an accident yesterday and thankfully he wasn't hurt. His Bentley was badly damaged though..

Code of Conduct Tribunal has began the trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki. Saraki is being tried for alleged ''false declaration of assets''. THE CABLE reports that Saraki is absent in person, but he is represented by his legal counsel, Mahmud Magaji.

Mecca Crane Crash: Families of Nigerian victims to get N70m each

The families of the six Nigerian pilgrims who died in the last Friday crane collapse at the Makkah grand Mosque are to get N70 million each. This was disclosed on Tuesday by Custodian of the two Holy Mosques, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

Wife of Deputy Managing Director of The Sun Newspapers, Mr Steve Nwosu who was abducted a some days ago has been released.

The Federal Government will, on Friday, arraign the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Abuja, over allegations bordering on false and improper declaration of assets allegedly acquired during his tenure as governor of Kwara State from 2003 to 2011.

The 13-count charge against Saraki, Tribune Online gathered, was filed before the tribunal by the Code of Conduct Bureau through the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation.

New photos of Kim K has flooded the online community, this is just her way of life. See more photos...

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Hameed Ali, has requested for the files of serving Customs officers found to have been involved in corrupt practices in the past with a view to determining their fate over the next few days.

Ali, who formally resumed duties as the new Customs boss last Thursday, said that President Muhammadu Buhari gave him a three-point mandate to reform, restructure and boost Customs revenue.

Money is good, everyone needs money, but the love of money is dangerous, it blinds your conscience:

Reading the Premium Times investigation report of how former president Goodluck Jonathan, oil goddess Diezani Alison Madueke, mogul Tunde Ayeni and Idahosa Wells setup a siphon to drain as much as 100 million dollars monthly via unnecessary and hyper-inflated ship lines, one has to conclude that the former Jonathan administration is the greatest thieving establishment in world history.

Man flees hotel in his underwear after lover hacks off his penis(Photos)

A man whose penis was allegedly cut off by his lover with a scissors,was spotted running out of a hotel in Hangzhou, eastern China, wearing just his underwear and covered in blood.

According to People's Daily Online,the man, who is thought to be around 50, is reportedly named Liu.

He was meeting a woman, identified as Zhang, at a local hotel. The pair had reportedly known each other for over 10 years.Liu revealed the couple had been having an affair for the past year despite the fact that Zhang was married and had a child.

The league of Imams and Alfas in Ekiti state have denied reports that it ordered Muslims in Ekiti not to accept the state governor, Ayo Fayose's Sallah ram and rice gifts. The groups denial is contained In a statement released today by the General secretary of the league, Alhaji Abdulrazak Adenipekun.

Our attention has been drawn to media reports credited to a certain Alhaji Quadri Oguntuase, who claimed to have spoken as the Assistant Secretary General of the League of Imam and Alfas in Ekiti State.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that one of the conditions given by Boko Haram for the release of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls was for the Nigerian government to release one of the sect members with expertise in making Improvised Explosives Devices (IEDs).

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the President stated this on Tuesday in Paris while responding to questions from members of the Nigerian community in France under the auspices of Nigerians in Diaspora Organization (NIDO).

Located at Gora in Karu local government area in Nasarawa State, about 40 kilometres from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) along the Abuja-Keffi expressway, the Tukur & Tukur Snakes Farm evokes both the curiosity and imagination of passersby and visitors. The reason is not far-fetched as the snake is generally regarded as man’s sworn enemy only meant to be killed at first sight; which makes keeping it as pet or for whatever reason unthinkable to many.

Allah’s Punishment Awaits Any Muslim Who Collects Ram Or Food Stuff From Fayose… Ekiti Muslim Leaders Warn

League of Imams and Alfa in Ekiti State have warned Muslims against collecting Sallah rams from Governor Ayodele Fayose over what they described as the deliberate marginalization of Muslim members by Ekiti State Government.

According to Modern Kenyan Corps, a Facebook page showcasing happenings in the East African country, a vengeful house girl who was maltreated by her boss' family took vengeance on the entire household by using her own urine to prepare meals for the household.

According to report,this happened in Kazaure town (Jigawa State) ,a man was trapped as he tried to steal the human body 2 hours after they buried the deceased,

The owner of the truck whose container fell and killed three people at Ojuelegba overhead bridge, in Lagos, on 2 September, 2015, Mr. Kilani Ojo Adesanya, has been arraigned before an Ebute Metta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State Southwest Nigeria.

He was arraigned Tuesday, on a two-count criminal charge of giving the truck to a driver without driving documents. The 50-year-old man was arraigned before the court by the men of Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department of Lagos State Police Command, Panti,Yaba, Lagos.

According to Minority Report Nigeria, at least 17 people were killed in the early hours of Sunday, September 13 in Zakupwang community, Foron District and Fan village in Fan District of Barkin Ladi LGA of Plateau State. The attack was carried out by Fulani herdsmen between the hours of 12am to 1am. This is one of the survivors of the attack...a baby shot in the back.

Deposit Money Banks in the country have transferred about N1.5tn from the accounts of Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government to the Central Bank of Nigeria as the deadline for the commencement of the Treasury Single Account policy expires yesterday (Tuesday),.

Top bank executives said a huge chunk of the amount left the MDAs’ accounts in the commercial banks for the CBN on Monday.

It was gathered that some of the eight Systemically Important Banks moved about N70bn on the average to the MDAs’ accounts in the CBN on Monday.

The emir of Lafiagi, Alhaji Saadu Kawu Haliru, said Nigeria can overcome its security challenges and ethno-religious skirmishes only when there is love, tolerance and inter ethno-religious marriage among the diverse ethno-religious groups in the country.

The frontline monarch made this submission in Lafiagi at the Nikkah Fathia between the brother of the speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Yahya Ahmad and the daughter of the Kangiwa of Lafiagi, Sufiyat.

There was palpable air of excitement in Cross River State as the state gets set to host President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, September 21. President Buhari is visiting the state to flag off the construction of the 260km Calabar-Kasina-ala Super Highway.

The road is to serve as the evacuation route for another project, the Bakassi Deep seaport. Both the super highway and the sea port are estimated to cost about N700 billion.

• FG offers ex-militants rehabilitation at prison complex, while also aiding women that are traumatised

Usman Balami once commanded hundreds of Boko Haram jihadists in attacks on police stations and banks. Now serving time at a prison complex in northern Nigeria, he says he is a changed man.

“In the past, I would have loved to die as a martyr,” said the 34-year-old, after changing out of a yellow goaltender’s jersey following a morning soccer match. In a nearby room, a group of former insurgents strung together beaded necklaces in a jewelry-making class.

Nine people were on Tuesday killed at Ibi in Ibi Local Government Area of Taraba State in a reprisal attack carried out by Fulani herdsmen to avenge the killing of their kinsman by Tiv farmers.

Besides, several people including women and children sustained varying degrees of injuries in the attack, which occurred in the early hours of the day while properties worth millions of naira including houses were destroyed.

''Throwback Wednesday....me and Patience Ozokwor. My 1st trip out of Nigeria...I am sure you can tell from my smile.

Throwback photo from their hustling days. Flavour just shared the pic and captioned it: Thankful.

Court Convicts Woman for Pretending to Be a Man in order to Have Sex with Female (PHOTO)

A British woman was convicted of sexual assault today, Tuesday after conning a woman into sex multiple times while pretending to be a man — even using a prosthetic penis and blindfold to maintain the ruse, prosecutors said.

Gayle Newland, 25, began a 2-year online romance with the victim through her fake Facebook profile, in which she used the name Kye Fortune and a photo of an Asian-American man to lure women.

A graduate of Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, waiting for the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, call up, has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself with a rope in his family house.

Vanguard gathered that the man whose name is yet to be ascertained at press time, allegedly killed himself on Sunday after attending a mass service in one of the Catholic churches in the area.

No fewer than 16 people have been confirmed dead with over 170 hospitalized after a recent cholera outbreak at the three IDP camps in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. UNICEF officials and those from the World Health Organizations who are stationed at the camps say the situation in the camp at the moment is terrible and requires immediate and drastic action.

The remains of 32-year-old Dapo Olasore, who was allowed to drown by officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, have been recovered by residents of the Agboyi Community in the Alapere area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the body of the victim floated around 9pm on Monday.

*INEC Deputy Director says only 293,072 voters accredited

It is revelations galore at Rivers State election petition tribunal as the Nigeria Police revealed at the sitting in Abuja that agents of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were caught openly thumb-printing in a house opposite their party’s secretariat.

A Superintendent of Police, Mr Tafa Michael, appeared before the tribunal.

Another Senior Police Officer said: At the field in front of the Area Commander’s Office in Bori, we saw people thumb-printing. I went to the Area Commander’s Office, surprisingly, I met the E.O. with him. I reported to him what was happening outside but he said I should mind my business.

Wife of Deputy MD of Sun Newspapers kidnapped in Festac this morning

The wife of the deputy managing director of The Sun Newspaper, Steve Nwosu, Toyin Nwosu was kidnapped this morning in Festac town, Lagos around 2:00am right in the presence of her family.

President Buhari has arrived France on his 3 days visit. He was received at the Pavillion de Honour, Orly International airport, Paris by H.E. Mr. Thierry Leleu, Governor of Val de Marne. Continue to see more photos

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