10 Dec 2015

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''They Are After Me'': Anyim Pius Anyim Seeks Buhari's Protection

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Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim, has raised the alarm over a perceived threat to his life and property. He has asked President Muhammadu Buhari for extra security.

In a petition over a publication by Sahara Reporters, in which the online medium on December 2, stated that Anyim was under investigation over allegations that he is funding pro-Biafra protests, the former SGF linked it to a sustained media attack on his person.

In the petition Anyim said he was compelled to seek protection from government because of “the desperation that has sustained the evil elements in the last five months could drive them to become even more vicious and deadly.

“I have taken time in the last five months to uncover the masterminds of this dangerous plan and my findings reveal a bunch of touts and hirelings with a track record of dangerous capacity to commit any harm. They operate as a network and recruit other elements, when necessary, to act as their undercover agents.

“They occasionally appear frontal and, at other times, act as if they are faceless. They are well organised and employ multiple strategies to sustain their plans, including blackmail and spurious allegations.

“It may interest Mr. President to note that following my resolve to maintain my decency and absolute faith in God, I have watched their orchestrations unfold in the last five months. I may not need at this point to name the suspected masterminds but I believe that a clear presentation of their mode of operation would provide a useful lead to the investigating authorities.”

He, therefore, urged the government to uncover all the actors in the plan and bring them to book.
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Waje Shows Off Major Cleavage In Red (photo)

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The singer rocked this to The Future Awards on Sunday .One of her best looks tho...
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Tony Anenih Refuses To Honor EFCC Invitation

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According to reports bh Sahara Reporters,Tony Anenih declinned invitation by the EFCC... i dont think this is such a very good idea,i smell trouble.
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10 Celebrities You Probably Didn't Know Were Nigerians

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HUGO WEAVING :Australian-British actor, Hugo Weaving was born on April 4, 1960 in Nigeria. Although not to Nigerian parents but he was actually given birth to in Nigeria, which makes him a Nigerian by birth.
The 54-year-old old Hugo Weaving was born at the University College Hospital in Ibadan. The award winning actor has acted in several blockbusters movies the likes of, The Matrix Trilogy and Lord of The Rings Trilogy, Transformers Trilogy, The Hobbit Trilogy and Captain America.

 SOPHIE OKONEDO : Sophie is a British actress born to Nigerian father, Henry Okonedo and a Jewish mother, Joan nee Allman. Popularly known for her role in top movies such as After Earth, Hotel Rwanda. She also acted in the TV series ‘Doctor Who’. In 1991, she made her acting debut in the British drama, Young Soul Rebels. The Award winning actress, Sophie soaring high in her career was nominated for an Oscar.
In 2010, she was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2010 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for her services to drama. Sophie, a graduate of Cambridge University is single mother of one.

  NNAMDI ASOMUGHA : Is a former American football cornerback. Born on July 6, 1981 to Nigerian parents from the Igbo tribe. The football star, Asomugha is married to top American actress, Kerry Washington. They welcomed their daughter in April 2014. For many years he was frequently mentioned as one of the best shutdown corners in the National Football League. Meanwhile aside being a football player, Nnamdi is also an actor.

 TINIE TEMPAH : Tinie Tempah real names Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu is one of the top UK rappers. Born on November 7, 1988 to Nigerian parents from Ibusa, Delta state. Tinie Tempah began his music career in 2005 and he has since carved a niche for himself with several awards to his names. From Brit Award, Nigeria Entertainment Awards to MOBO Awards. In 2014, he won the BET Awards for the Best International Act. In 2013, Tinie Tempah travelled to his homeland, Nigeria, to play his first ever show in Lagos to thousands of fans. Apparently, Tinnie Tempah has got a thing of fashion, as he is reportedly one of the most stylish men in the music industry.

 SHIRLEY BASSEY : She is a Welsh singer born to Nigerian father, Henry Bassey and English mother, Eliza Jane Start. Born on January 8, 1937. Shirley Bassey is well known for recording the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever.
One of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during her time, she was awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1999 by Queen Elizabeth II for her services to entertainment.

 SEAL : Seal real names Henry Olusegun Olumide Adelo Samuel is a British singer and songwriter. Born on February 19, 1963 to Nigerian father, Francis Samuel and mother, Adebisi Ogundeji.
He was married to model/TV personality, Heidi Klum for seven years with three kids together before they got separated in 2012. The award winning R n B singer has won four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award amongst others. Seal has several hit songs which include ‘Kiss from the rose’, ‘Crazy, ‘Killer’, “Lips Like Sugar”.



ASHLEY MADEKWE : Ashely is an English actress born to a Nigerian father and English mother. Ashley is popularly known for her role in the ABC drama series ‘Revenge’. She is married to English actor, Iddo Goldberg.

  LEMAR OBIKA : English R&B singer and song-writer, Lemar Obika, born 4 April 1978 to Nigerian parents of Enugu State The award winning Lemar, although much hasn’t been heard of him of recent released hit songs like Time to Grow, If There’s Any Justice”.
He rose to fame following his position in the third place on the first series of British talent show Fame Academy. CHIWETEL EJIOFOR : Chiwetel Ejiofor was born on July 10, 1977 to Nigerian father, Arinze and mother, Obiajulu. His father was a doctor and mother, a pharmacist while his younger sister is CNN correspondent Zain Asher.
Chiwetel who has starred in top movies the likes of ’12 Years A Slave’, Half of a Yellow sun’ amongst others was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2008 Queen’s Birthday Honors List for his services to drama. He became more popular for his role as a slave in the movie “12 Years A Slave” , receiving the BAFA male acting trophy.
 OSITADIMMA UMENYIORA : Osi is a British- American football player born on November 16, 1981 to Nigerian parents. The award winning football player he is one of three British- born players to have won a Super Bowl ring.
Osi is an outside linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). In July 2014,Osi Umenyiora got married to Miss Universe 2011 , Leila Lopes .
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Nigeria Vs Algeria CAF U23 Championship Finals Sat.12 Dec.2015

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CAF U23 Championship Finals 

Nigeria Vs Algeria

Date: Sat.12 Dec.2015

Venue: Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar
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OSUN Writes JAMB To Delist It's Four Tertiary Institutions

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The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted four tertiary institutions owned by Osun State Government have been from its website. They were said to be delisted for next two academic sessions on the request of the state government over plans to restructure them.

The institutions ?as made known by the Alumni
Associations of the four state-owned tertiary institutions are Osun state Polytechnic Iree, Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke, Osun State College of Education, Ila Orangun, and Osun state College of Education, Ilesa.

This is as no fewer than 50,000 students who have been offered admission to study various courses in the four institutions might forfeit their admissions.

The President of OSPOLY Alumni, Iree who is
spokesperson of the alumni bodies, Mrs. Mobola
Odebode said state government had written to JAMB to delist the affected institutions for the next two years in order to give way for its proposed restructuring of the institutions.

Odebobe who was flanked by other alumni Presidents said the state government has refused to listen to the voice of reasoning on the rumoured merger of the four tertiary institutions stressing that Governor Rauf Aregbesola is trying to obliterate polytechnic education in the state.

She said that most of the affected admission seekers to these institutions had been offered provision admission for 2015/2016 academic sessions but were surprised to find out that their potential schools are no longer on the JAMB portals.

Her words: “It is painful that despite pleas from
traditional rulers, host communities, political parties,
students, market women, Alumni Associations and well meaning Nigerians, the government has refused to listen to he voice of reasoning on the matter. As products of institutions, we had resolved to continue the struggle to protect the existence of these institutions.

”Part of the frustrations we envisaged is already
manifesting. It is before the public knowledge that the state government, last week sacked over 250 workers in Osun state Colleges of Education, Ila Orangun and Ilesa. These institutions already lack academic and non academic staff for the past five years.

”Also, over 50,000 students who applied to the four
state owned tertiary institutions through Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will be denied admission as the government has written to the admission body to delist these four institutions for the next two years. This means that none of the affect state-owned institutions is on the list of JAMB.”

Odebode also disclosed that Osun state government had ordered the four institutions to advertise admission for vocational and remedial studies thus querying the government on why polytechnic should lay the role that a technical college could play more effectively.

She said “It is rather ironical that at a period that China is converting universities to polytechnics to advance the technological education as a key for the growth AF development of the country, the state of Osun government is trying to obliterate polytechnic education.

“We are so confident that the government wants to
destroy the whole system for their private business
benefits. We are fully aware of correspondences between some private institutions approaching the affected institutions to divert their admitted students to their various schools,” Odebode added.

The alumni body however condemned the alleged
dismissal of the over 250 workers and demanded for
their reinstatement.

The associations also demanded that the state
government withdraw the letter written to JAMB to allow admission to the affected institutions ad allow candidates who have been offered provisional admission to continue their programmes.
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We Don’t Have Money To Complete Our Secretariat – PDP

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The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has declared that it no longer has money to complete its multi-billion naira new national secretariat.

The new secretariat is located at the Central Business District, Abuja.

Our correspondent, who has been visiting the secretariat for some time, observed that contractors handling the project were only doing skeletal jobs at the site.

When our correspondent visited the site on Wednesday, there was no visible job being done there.

It was gathered that the project was billed to cost N11.5bn when it was awarded some years ago.

Once completed, the building will comprise 12 floors, including a parking space in two floors.

But the party said the hope of completing the secretariat lies on its ability to secure the services of a developer that would handle it, with an agreement on how it would recoup its money.

The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief Olisa Metuh, stated this in an exclusive interview with our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday.

Metuh also debunked the rumour making the rounds that members of the National Working Committee of the party got a huge sum of money from the fund realised for its Presidential campaign early in the year.

He said, “During our sales of forms, we had planned to use substantial part of the money to complete the secretariat.

“We also had a fund-raising dinner where money was raised and we were told that about N21bn was raised and that some of it would be given to us for the completion of the secretariat but we didn’t see the money.”

It will be recalled that a former Minister of Information and the Chairman of the party’s Fund-raising Committee, Prof. Jerry Gana, had said the controversial N21.8bn donated to the party by individuals, the party’s serving governors and private consortium was not meant for the presidential campaign of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan alone.

He was responding to criticisms that trailed the donation, as majority of the then governors owed workers’ salaries of their states.

Beside, the money raised was beyond the amount stipulated in the Electoral Act for political parties to seek votes for their presidential candidates.

Gana had said, “This administration of the party under our able chairman resolved that we must complete this (new secretariat) project so that we can move in there, and so, part of the preparations for this year’s campaign is for us to raise funds and I had the honour of leading a very distinguished team of Nigerians to prepare for the fund raising.

“We raised about N21bn on that day. The purpose of this press conference is to say that right from the start, we were raising money for the pdp and the project of the party, the documents and letters said so, the speeches confirmed it and during the day of the fund raising, in my own speech and the speech of the Vice President who happens to be an architect, there was a specific focus on this building–that this is one project we want to complete.

“The Vice President, being an architect, gave graphic details of where we were on this project and how we desire to be. Therefore, the central aim of the fund-raising is to empower the party to complete this building and other projects.”

Metuh also told our correspondent that the money the national leadership of the party had kept aside to use for the secretariat from the amount generated from the sales of forms was spent.

He said that the NWC was asked to divert the amount to the campaign of its governorship candidates during the last elections.

He said that the directive came after the party had lost the Presidential election to the All Progressives Congress. Metuh said, “The one (money) we kept for the completion of the secretariat, after we lost the presidential election. We were directed to divert the funds to the campaign organisation (of our governorship candidates).

“So, we channelled it directly to our governorship candidates across the country in over 30 states and other candidates in the House of Assemblies.

“That really depleted the funds of the party and almost brought it to ground zero.

“As we speak, we don’t have funds for the completion of the new secretariat. The acting chairman of the NWC would take the issue to the national caucus to know how we can engage the services of developers on some arrangements.”
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Afrocandy Acquires New Car In The US (Photo)

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congratulations to her... Nigerian Porn actress Judith Mazagwu popularly known as Afrocandy has just shared photos of her newly acquired ride

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Police Used Drones And Tracker To Recover Stolen Vehicle In Lagos

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he Rapid Response Squad recently used technology to retrieve a stolen jeep belonging to an Editor of the Ovation Magazine. The car was snatched at gunpoint in Maryland, Lagos. The police immediately deployed the newly acquired drones and GPS tracker to get back the stolen vehicle after an official complaint was made ...Read the press statement below;

On Sunday night, the car of Mr. Michael Effiong, an Editor of the Ovation Magazine, with special number plate "Ovation 3", was snatched at gun point in Maryland. Immediately, he reported to the RRS Commander, who in turn, sent radio signal to all Divisional Police Stations across Lagos state to track down the vehicle.

For Mr. Effiong, the car had gone forever. But for the RRS Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Olatunji Disu, it was a task that must be accomplished.

Immediately, the Commander deployed the RRS drones and the use of GPS tracker. Eventually, the stolen vehicle was discovered where it was parked around an hotel. He led the operation to the scene of the stolen vehicle with the help of the contemporary information technology deployed to track down the jeep. The jeep was recovered beside a popular hotel, Kalesco Garden Hotel, Badagry.

The joy of Mr. Effiong knew no bounds when he was handed over his vehicle that was stolen back to him. He praised the Lagos State Police for their doggedness in recovering the vehicle.
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Pastor Taiwo Odukoya Remembers Bimbo Odukoya, Late Wife 10 Years After Her Death

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The well respected Lagos pastor, Bimbo Odukoya died in the ill-fated Sosoliso crash on December 10th 2005. Her husband, Pastor Taiwo of the Fountain of Life Bible Church, who is now married to a South African lady, took to his Instagram page to remember her. He wrote; 

"It is exactly ten years since the grim incident that led to the passing of my late wife, ‘Bimbo Odukoya. Yet, as I look through the years, I am awash with feelings of gratitude. God, in His character, has been faithful. I am particularly grateful for the life that ‘Bimbo lived and the legacies she left behind.

It is incredible that ten years after her passing, her teachings continue to impact families, and the initiatives she drove while with us, are still here, touching the nations. Indeed, only God could have chosen an eager teenage girl and built her into a woman of international repute, to His glory alone. Only God could have given such a unique assignment and given the grace to run with it. And only God could have determined when the curtains were drawn. If there is therefore any lesson we must consciously strive to remember, it is that there is a divine calling and assignment on every life God created. As we celebrate ‘Bimbo today, let us stop to ask ourselves: ‘am I truly in the place of my assignment? am I living the life God intended?’ This should drive your life’s philosophy as it did hers. The world will celebrate your influence in Jesus name". May her soul continue to rest in peace Amen.
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Ini Edo Shows Off Her Massive Shoe Closet

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Veteran Nollywood actress, Ini Edo has gotten quite frequent on social medialately.
Constantly showing off her dress styles and looks.
The single actress went on her Instagram page to share new photos of her shoe closet.
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Cynthia Morgan Stuns In New Photos

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Controversial Edo state born female singer, Cynthia Morgan has switched up her look once again.
The dancehall singer who sees nothing wrong in showing off her lady parts has shared some new photos online.
Both photos can been seen above and below: –
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Kate Henshaw Pays To Have Lump Removed From Lady’s chest [Photos]

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The movie star, who recently lost her house to a serious inferno paid the surgical fees for a young Nigerian lady who had a lump removed.
She sponsored the surgery to remove the lump from the chest of the young lady identified as Adejoke.
God bless @k8henshaw for making one of her fans smile today by helping her pay her for the surgical removal of suspicious chest lump at my centre! Thanks Sis! V is for Victory!
“Thanks to the lovely Ms Henshaw @k8henshaw who paid for this lady’s chest lump to be removed today! @ardehjorkeh and her mom were so relieved as it turned out to be benign and not cancerous!” wrote Dr. Femi who handled the surgery.
“Thanks be to God. It was my pleasure indeed. Hope to meet her someday… bless your hands” replied Kate Henshaw.
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Nicki Minaj is engaged?Seems Meek Mill finally put a ring on her finger

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Nicki Minaj who celebrated her 33rd birthday yesterday shared this photo on her page with the caption "Now this is what I'm talking about baby. Lol. Love u @meekmill". There have been several rumours of their engagement, hopefully this is real this time or just another birthday gift? Another photo after the cut....

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Khloe K stunning in new photo

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Khloe K who returned to the gym after recovering from a staph infection shared this photo of herself on set.
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Police arrest security guards for impersonating soldiers in Lagos

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Two security guards, Richard Adamu, 25; and Musa Mohammed 26, attached to an estate in Akowonjo, Egbeda, Lagos were arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad for allegedly impersonating men of the Nigerian Army. It was learnt that the guards were arrested in the community in military camouflage.

A handcuff, two jack knives and a Nigeria Police Force crest were said to have been recovered from the two bags found with the suspects, who hail from Adamawa State.
It was gathered that the police team had stormed the neighbourhood on November 24 around 6am for an operation and had detained the guards after they could not give satisfactory explanations to the items recovered from them.
The source said:
“A team of SARS operatives, led by one Sergeant Emmanuel, embarked on a patrol within Area M Command, as a proactive measure to stem bank robbery in the state. The team intercepted two young men in military camouflage with two bags.
“They claimed to be members of the Nigerian Legion. A handcuff, one Nigeria Police Force crest and two jack knives were found in their bags. They were brought to the command for interrogation, but they could not give satisfactory explanations.”
One of the guards, Adamu, told the police that he bought the army uniform in a market, adding that he had never used the uniform to rob or oppress anybody.
He said:
“I bought the uniform in the market. I was walking along the road one day when I found the police crest. I have never used it to rob or harass people. I am a security guard.”
Mohammed said it was Adamu who gave him the clothes. He also denied using same to perpetrate any unlawful act.
They were consequently arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on three counts of impersonation by a police prosecutor, Inspector Benson Emuerhi.
The charges read in part:
“That you, Richard Adamu and Musa Mohammed, on November 24, 2015, at about 9.30am, at Akowonjo area, Egbeda, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire to commit felony to wit: impersonating yourselves as members of the Nigerian Army by putting on camouflage vests and green combat trousers; thereby committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 79 (1b) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.”
“That you, on the same date, time and place in the aforementioned magisterial district, did unlawfully have in your possession; one Nigeria Police crest, a handcuff and two jack knives ─ the items you could not give a satisfactory account of, and thereby committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 327 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.”
The accused pleaded not guilty to the alleged crime before the presiding Chief Magistrate, Mrs. O.A. Olayinka.
They were granted bail in the sum of N200,000 each with two sureties each in like sum, while the case was adjourned till January 28, 2016.
 
 
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Footballer Asamoah Gyan Denies Rape Allegation!

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Ghana Striker Asamoah Gyan has denied allegation of an ugly rape scandal. Naijaloaded understands.
The former Sunderland hit man was accused, last week, of an attempted rape on a Sarah Kwablah by Ghanaian lawyer Dr Maurice Ampaw.
Gyan, 30, who currently plays in Shanghai SIPG, has vehemently denied forcefully having anal s*x with Sarah.
Dr Maurice Ampaw told a court hearing that ‘Gyan forcefully had anal s*x with Sarah, got her pregnant and asked for an abortion in exchange for ‘any amount of money.’
Asamoah Gyan replied the accusations via a press conference, through his lawyer, Kusi Agyabeng, calling the allegations ‘the most ludicrous media tirade’ in Ghana’s history.
“The young woman lodged a complaint in June 2015 of rape under natural canal knowledge against Asamoah Gyan at the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit of the Ghana Police Service at the ministries, Accra,” He said.
“The docket was transferred to the headquarters of the criminal investigation department in Accra.”
“Asamoha Gyan fully cooperated with the police during the investigation and the investigation has come to an end”
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“In plain language, Asamoah Gyan has been cleared of all of Sarah Kwablah’s allegations of rape and sodomy,” Gyan’s lawyer said in apparent assurance that the Criminal Investigation Department in Accra has scrutinized the case and cleared the 30-year old Ghanaian international of any wrong doing.


“Ordinarily, we would not have bothered to address the media. However lives are involved and reputations have been affected. Right must be put right and wrong must be put in it’s place.” He concluded.
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Father of Paris attacker said he would 'have killed' son if he knew of plot

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The father of the third gunman in the attack on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris said Wednesday he would "have killed" his son had he known what he was planning.
Said Mohamed-Aggad told AFP he only found out on Wednesday, with the rest of the nation, that his 23-year-old son Foued was among the three gunmen who sprayed concert-goers with assault rifles, killing 90 people in the worst attack of the November 13 carnage.

"Of course I'm surprised," he told reporters outside his home in Bischheim, a suburb of the northeastern city Strasbourg.
Had he known his son was planning to take part in the jihadist rampage that killed 130 people in total, "I would have killed him myself beforehand," he said.
Mohamed-Aggad said he was aware his son had travelled to Syria in 2013 with a group of youths from the Strasbourg area, "but not that he had returned".
"The last time I saw him was two years ago when he left. I have no words, I only found out this morning. I have to pull myself together."
Foued Mohamed-Aggad was the last of the three Bataclan assailants to be identified, all of them French.
The two others, Omar Ismail Mostefai, 29, and 28-year-old former Paris bus driver Samy Amimour, had also been in Syria.
Two of the gunmen blew themselves up with suicide belts packed with explosives after the Bataclan attack. The third was shot by police who stormed the venue with hundreds of people still inside.



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Swansea Sack Their Manager

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Swansea City have “reluctantly” sacked manager Garry Monk.
The 36-year-old leaves the club at which he has spent the last 14 years, ending his playing career at the Liberty Stadium to manage the team in February 2014.
After guiding the club to their second-highest league finish last season – eighth in the Premier League – the Swans have struggled for results this term and lost eight of their last 12 matches in all competitions.
Announcing Monk’s departure on Wednesday, chairman Huw Jenkins said: “The decision has been made very reluctantly and with a heavy heart.
“To find ourselves in our current situation from where we were in the first week of September, and considering the drop of performance levels and run of results over the last three months, it has brought us to this unfortunate decision today.
“Garry took on the job 22 months ago with the backing of everyone at the club. And when you take into account the excellent campaign we had last season when we broke all club records in the Premier League, nobody foresaw the position we would be in at this moment in time.
“Bearing that in mind and the current uncertainty around the club, we felt the situation needed clarity to move forward. It was not a decision we took lightly, especially given Garry’s history and standing within the club.
“And it goes without saying that we wish Garry all the very best for the future and thank him for his tremendous service, not only as a player over the last decade, but also as our manager. He will always have a warm welcome at this football club.

“We hope to appoint a replacement as soon as possible.”
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Petition To Ban Trump From UK Tops 100,000

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More than 130,000 people had signed on Wednesday (Dec 9) a petition to ban US presidential hopeful Donald Trump from Britain following his call to bar Muslims from entering the United States.
Having topped 100,000 signatures, the petition now has to be considered for debate by parliament and will require a written government response.
“The UK has banned entry to many individuals for hate speech. The same principles should apply to everyone who wishes to enter the UK,” said the petition.
The petition was part of a social media storm after Trump said that radicalisation meant there parts of London where the police feared for their lives.
Tweeting under the ironic hashtag #trumpfacts, web users mocked the blustering tycoon.
One tweet had a picture of London’s telecom tower with the comment: “The world’s tallest minaret calls the whole nation to prayer in the UK”.
Another carried an image of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a headscarf with the inscription: “Even the British monarch is now forced to wear a hijab”.
The anti-Trump petition was posted late on Tuesday by Scottish resident Suzanne Kelly, a long-time critic of the 69-year-old.
Six MPs have also signed a House of Commons motion calling on the government “to refuse a visa allowing Donald Trump to visit the UK until Mr Trump withdraws his comments”, saying they were “extremely divisive and will incite discrimination and hatred”.
Finance minister George Osborne told parliament that Trump’s comments “fly in the face of the founding principle of the United States”.
He said democratic debate was “the best way to deal with Donald Trump and his views rather than trying to ban presidential candidates”.
Another MP, Tulip Siddiq, said Trump’s remarks were “dangerous”. “I would say to him you are not welcome in our country in the same way that you want to ban people like me going into your country,” she told BBC radio.
“I don’t think we need someone poisonous like Donald Trump in our capital city,” the niece of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said.
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Trump, the leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on” following recent attacks that left 14 people dead in California and killed 130 in Paris.
He later defended his comments on US network MSNBC, saying: “They have sections in Paris that are radicalised, where the police refuse to go. We have places in London … that are so radicalised that the police are afraid for their own lives.”
A spokeswoman for London’s Scotland Yard police headquarters said: “It’s important to state to Londoners that Mr Trump could not be more wrong”, adding that all US presidential candidates were welcome for a briefing “on the reality of policing London”.
London Mayor Boris Johnson dismissed Trump’s comments as “complete and utter nonsense” while a spokesman for Prime Minister David Cameron called the remarks “divisive, unhelpful and quite simply wrong”.
More than 17,000 had signed another petition, also launched by Kelly, calling on the Robert Gordon University in the Scottish city of Aberdeen to strip Trump of an honorary degree awarded in 2010.
Kelly is one of many Aberdeen residents and environmentalists opposed to Trump’s coastal golf course and hotel development outside the city, and a map of the government petition revealed a high number of signatories in the local area.
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Trump’s remarks on Muslims were “obnoxious and offensive, and have rightly been condemned by people across the political spectrum”.
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Niger To Transfer 500 Boko Haram Prisoners To Nigeria

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Niger has agreed to transfer hundreds of prisoners from the militant Islamist group Boko Haram back to their home country of Nigeria to reduce pressure on its crammed prisons, judicial sources said on Tuesday.
Boko Haram militants mostly operate in northeastern Nigeria but have also stepped up their insurgency within Niger’s southern region of Diffa in recent months, carrying out dozens of attacks.
Niger has declared a state of emergency there in an effort to improve security and has made hundreds of arrests.
“Nigeria sent a working group here (to Niger) last week and the two sides have established an initial list of 500 detainees who will soon be transferred to Nigeria,” said a magistrate working on the case who asked not to be named.
He did not give the exact timing of the transfer or say how the potentially dangerous prisoners would be transported.
The prisoners are currently being held in the detention centers of Kollo, Diffa and Koutoukale, all of which are overpopulated due to arrests of Boko Haram militants, a justice ministry source said..
Niger and Nigeria are both members of an 8,700-strong regional taskforce dedicated to destroying a group that has killed thousands of people and displaced millions in its push to create an Islamic caliphate in the region.
However, the task force’s operations have stalled for logistical reasons, security sources say, and regional armies are instead seeking to counter the group alone.
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Nigeria Beat Hosts Senegal 1-0 In The Afcon U-23 Championship Semis To Qualify For The Men’s Olympics In Rio

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Nigeria have qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics after defeating hosts Senegal in the semi-final of the 2015 Africa U23 Championship.
Etebo Oghenekaro’s penalty in the 75thh minute was all the Dream Team VI needed to ease past the hosts after Ousseynou Thioune had handled the ball in his penalty area to prevent Eyo Ebong from scoring.
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Man stabbed in head with knife and he didn't even appear to notice (photos)

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A shocking CCTV shows the moment a thug stabs a man in the head with a large knife and bizarrely the victim appears to have no idea. The armed man slams the blade into the top of the man's scalp as he sits behind a reception desk. But seconds later the victim stands up completely unaware there is a weapon protruding out of him.

He suddenly puts his hand up to his hair and realises something is wrong. And his attempts to pull the sharp knife out as the attacker starts to run off.

Amazingly, the victim even chases after the attacker as he runs away.

The knife is believed to have penetrated 10mm into the man's head, with him needing to spend two weeks in hospital recovering.

Police in Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan, where the attack took place have arrested a man in connection with the attack.


Source: NY Daily News
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Nigeria Ranks 10th Biggest Exporter Of Illicit Finance

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The Global Financial Integrity (GFI) ranked Nigeria after South Africa as the 10 biggest exporter of Illicit Financial Flows (IFF) between 2004 and 2013.
In a statement on Wednesday in Lagos issued by the Media Contact for GFI, Ms Christine Clough, GFI said the record was obtained from 20 emerging and developed economies worldwide.
It said that China came first with 139.2 billion dollars ouflow, followed by Russia (about 105 billion billion), Mexico came third with 52.8 billion dollars, while Poland came last with nine billion dollars outflow.
GFI said cumulatively emerging economies exported 1.1 trillion dollars (about N217 trillion) within the period.
It said that Nigeria alone exported 17.8 billion dollars about (N3.5 trillion), while South Africa exported 20.9 billion dollars during the period.
Dec. 9 is marked globally as International Anti-Corruption Day.
GFI is a Washington DC-based research and advisory organisation working to curtail illicit financial flows worldwide.
The UN scribe, Ban Ki-Moon, on Wednesday also called on world leaders to redouble efforts at fighting all forms of corruption in their countries.
The statement noted that the report entitled: “Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2004-2013,″ revealed that the 2013 IFF was higher than one trillion dollars obtained in 2011 by 100 billion dollars.
It added that the figure marked a dramatic increase from 2004, when illicit outflows totaled just 465.3 billion dollars (N9.2 trillion).
“This study clearly demonstrates that illicit financial flows are the most damaging economic problems faced by the world’s developing and emerging economies.
“This year at the UN, the mantra of ‘trillions not billions’ was continuously used to indicate the amount of funds needed to reach the Sustainable Development Goals.
“Significantly, curtailing illicit flows is central to that effort,’’ Mr Raymond Baker, GFI President, said.
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Putin threaten to go nuclear on ISIS?

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Vladimir Putin has warned that a new underwater missile system deployed by Russian submarines in the war against ISIS in Syria could be equipped with nuclear warheads.

The Russian president said that although using nuclear weapons was a possibility, he hoped that they would 'never be needed' in the fight against terrorism. 

His warning came as Russia stepped up its barrage on Syrian rebels with its first submarine-launched cruise missile strikes combined with bombing raids from the air.

Speaking on Russian state television today, Putin claimed his military had struck '300 targets of different kinds' in the past three days and helped Syrian special forces recover the black box of a Russian warplane downed by Turkey last month.


President Putin said the cruise missiles, launched from the submarine in the Caspian Sea, could be equipped with nuclear warheads but said he hoped they would 'never be needed in the fight against terrorism'.

'With regard to strikes from a submarine: we certainly need to analyse everything that is happening on the battlefield, how the weapons work. Both the [Kalibr] missiles and the Kh-101 rockets are generally showing very good results. We now see that these are new, modern and highly effective high-precision weapons that can be equipped either with conventional or special nuclear warheads.'
'Naturally, we do not need that in fighting terrorists, and I hope we will never need it. But overall, this speaks to our significant progress in terms of improving weaponry and equipment being supplied to the Russian army and navy.'  

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Wizkid’s Ojuelegba Ranked 12th Biggest Song Of 2015 By Us Magazine, The Fader

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Wizkid may have silenced some critics after his hit song Ojuelegba was ranked 12th best song in the world in the last calendar year, by New York based magazine, The Fader.
The fan favourite, Ojuelegba which got a remix from international rapper, Drake, was ranked above chart topping singles from American superstars such as Future, Fetty Wap, Rich Homie Quan among others.
Here’s what was written about Ojuelegba by Fader
“Let’s get what we all already know out of the way: Drake hopped on this song from Nigerian artist Wizkid for a remix, generously making the song more famous (at least in America) than it might’ve been on its own in 2015.
But let me state this clearly and definitively: the song never needed him. No matter the celebrity, you can’t improve on perfection, even if the Skepta verse that accompanied Drake’s on the remix was pretty great.
No,”Ojuelegba” is best on its own, a graceful slice of rhythm that does not need cultural translation. Like Popcaan’s “Everything Nice,” the iconic global jam from last summer, it has a message of grace, thankfulness, and happy perseverance that resonates in every home. And that beat? It’s got a shoulder-shrugging momentum so joyful, how could it not have wound its way all over the world?”.
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