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Photos: Policeman allegedly kills an Okada man in Ajah

According to a LIB reader who is at the scene, a policeman this morning shot
dead an Okada rider. He said his body is still lying on the road and has caused
serious traffic along Badore Road in Ajah. He said he got there after the
altercation and shooting had occurred so does not know what happened but
will find out. Details later...

What was Amber Rose thinking really? (photos)

So this is what Amber Rose wore to the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards last
night. Don't know what she was thinking but this absolutely is not hot or sexy
in any way. It's almost sad she thinks she needs to dress like this to get
attention. See more photos after the cut...

'President Jonathan is not sick' - Presidency

Presidential spokesperson Reuben Abati has denied media reports that the
president, who left for Germany on Friday August 22nd, is sick and is in
Germany for medical checkup.
Abati said Jonathan traveled to Germany for a private visit and not because he
is sick. He said the false report is being peddled by a newspaper outfit owned
by a chieftain of an opposition party.
"Before leaving Nigeria, I issued a statement that the President will be
embarking on a private visit to Germany with a few of his aides. On
Saturday, I sent out a statement that the President spoke with the
Falconets on the telephone. I also sent out the video and audio of his
conversation with the players where he promised to stay awake and
watch the final match. The NTA and some other broadcasting stations
aired the video and audio. There are also photographs out there showing
the President when he was leaving Nigeria and when he was arriving
Germany. The President is hale and hearty. In fact, he is treating files in
his hotel room. Are these not enough proofs that Mr. President is not sick
as they want Nigerians to believe? It is important to note that the publisher
of the newspaper that has been writing this false report is a chieftain of an
opposition party who also have an ambition to be President." Abati said...

Mercy Johnson speaks on why she loves Genevieve Nnaji

Mercy Johnson has spoken once again of her love for actress Genevieve Nnaji,
who she says is her role model. Speaking with City People magazine, Mercy
Johnson said she adores Genevieve and doesn't know what she can do that
will be better than what Genevieve has done in the movie industry
"I think I have one of the best role models ever. I like Genevieve like crazy.
I started watching her movies from the onset but I didn't want to be
Genevieve, I wanted to be Mercy with the motivation that a Genevieve
could give me. So I watched lots of movies. I don't play with her movies. I
don't know what I can do that will be better than what she has done. But I
just try to improve on it, try to do it the way she will do it and perhaps
even better to my own level. I practice like all the time. It is like a passion.
It is just where I want to be. I am alive and I am in my space. It was
paramount to perfect that space. I need everything. I watch everything.
Nothing passes me by. I watch newscasters reading there news and after
they are done, I sit down the way they do and read the news like that. So it
is practice and Passion." she said. Continue...

Mercy went further to say that her love for Genevieve has never been
hypocritical.
"It was never a hypocritical kind of love or likeness. It was plain. I didn't
even ever think I will become close to her. It is like I can meet her anytime I
want to".

On how she felt when she first met Genevieve Nnaji;

"Ahh! The first time I met her, my friend took me there. When we got to
where she was, I became nervous. I told my friend "no, let me hide in your
boot". And I did. I got into her boot. Can you imagine I came to see her
and when I got there, I wanted to run back. I jumped into my friend's boot.
So when she came out of the hotel, I could not see her, I could only hear
her voice. The 2nd time I saw her was on set. When she came down and I
met her, she said" "Ahh! Mercy, I like your movies" and I started crying. I
was in tears of joy. I said "Aunty Genny, so you watch my movies?". She
was sort of embarrassed. Before I met her, she had already known that
there was somebody who was crazily insane about her. She was really
nice to me, receptive. And even whenever we work together, she will
correct me and say, that thing you did, you could have done it this way.

Usually in life, you will know somebody, who is more than you. Give him or
her that respect. You can't fight a battle you can't win. It does not make
any sense. If somebody is much more bigger than you, there is nothing as
big as you admitting it and hearing it from that person. I didn't come into
the picture to compete with anybody. I came to learn, do it well, make it
and be there" she said

Chef cooking snake dies after cobra bites him - 20 minutes after head was cut off

How this happened is beyond me. A snake that already had its head chopped
off, bites the chef trying to cook it and kills him. Full report below...
A chef preparing a dish from cobra flesh died when the snake's head bit
him - 20 minutes after it was cut off.

Victim Peng Fan had been preparing a special dish made from the
Indochinese spitting cobra, a rare delicacy in Asia where eating snakes is
commonplace.

But when he went to throw the serpent's severed head into the waste bin,
it bit him - injecting him with its fast acting venom.

Police say Mr Peng died before he could be given life saving anti-venom in
hospital.

Diners who were eating in the restaurant at the time have described
screams coming from the kitchen as the tragedy unfolded.
Restaurant guest Lin Sun, 44, who was in the restaurant with his wife Su
at the time said: "We were in the restaurant having a meal for my wife's
birthday when suddenly there was a lot of commotion.
"We did not know what was happening but could hear screams coming
from the kitchen.

"There were calls for a doctor in the restaurant but unfortunately by the
time medical assistance arrived the man had already died. After we heard
that we did not continue with our meal."

A police spokesman said: "It is a highly unusual case but it appears to be
just an accident. He prepared the snake himself and was just unlucky.
"There was nothing that could be done to save the man. Only the anti-
venom could have helped but this was not given in time. It was just a
tragic accident."

The snake was being diced up to be made into snake soup, which is a
delicacy in the area and a much sought after dish in high-end restaurants.
China has seen a rising demand for snake products, not only in
restaurants but also for use in traditional medicine.

Snake expert Yang Hong-Chang - who has spent 40 years studying
cobras - says all reptiles can function for up to an hour after losing body
parts, or even their entire body.

Mr Yang said: "It is perfectly possible that the head remained alive and bit
Peng's hand. By the time a snake has lost its head, it’s effectively dead as
basic body functions have ceased, but there is still some reflexive action.
"It means snakes have the capability of biting and injecting venom even
after the head has been severed."

Photos: Kim Kardashian puts her red hot bikini body on display

Kim Kardashian 'blesses' us .. once again .. with her bikini body..*sigh*. The
mother of one showed off her fab curves in a red bikini on holiday in Mexico last
weekend. More photos after the cut...

Photo: Human parts syndicate busted in Lagos

Operatives of  the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja, Lagos have
smashed a syndicate that specialize in selling human parts, Vanguard reports.
The 3 suspects whose names were given as Mustapha Muritala, Sunday
Oluyeba and Adenike Olanrewaju, were arrested at the Ojumerin area of
Sagamu, Ogun State following a tip off. Recovered from the suspects were two
human skulls suspected to have been procured from a graveyard.

When interrogated, one of the suspects, 42 year old Herbalist Mustapha
Murtala, said he ventured into the business two years ago following an offer of
N30,000 for a human skull. Continue...

"I am a herbalist from Sagamu, Ogun State. I was introduced to human
parts business by one Sunday Oluyeba I knew through my friends,
Olanipekun and Kazim, three years ago. My friends asked me to get
native birds called eyeoshi and eyeoke, and I succeeded in getting them.
They later came and requested a human head with an offer of N30,000.
They said they wanted to use it to prepare concoction for a pregnant
woman in labour . They told me they also use human parts to prepare
concoction for women who have difficulty in getting pregnant. What they
do is to grind the human skull, mix it with water and give to the woman to
drink. Such concoction cleanses the stomach, after which she would
become pregnant. Sunday brought the human head and I paid him
N15,000 for it. This is the second time I am buying a human skull from
him. I do not know where he got them from.”
Recounting how he was arrested, Mustapha said

“I was going about my herbal business when a man came and demanded
human skull. As I handed the nylon where I kept it to him, some men I later
discovered to be policemen swooped on me. I have never killed anyone in
my life.” he said

After his arrest, he was made to put a call across to his  partner in crime,
Oluyeba, demanding a human head. Oluyeba, who was indisposed, instructed
one of his herbalist friends, Baba Beji, to go for the supply. He was arrested
when he got there.

Further investigations by police led to the arrest of another suspect in Sagamu.
The suspect, Juwon Olarewaju, another herbalist, reportedly fled on sighting
policemen and his wife, Mrs Olarewaju was arrested instead.
34 year old Mrs Olarewaju, said she was shocked to find out her husband was
involved in such a trade. She said;

“I have been married to Juwon for five years and we have two children.
My husband is a herbalist but I didn’t know he was dealing in human
parts. I was arrested in my house at about 2am over the weekend. I
swear, I didn’t know anything about all these. I was arrested because my
husband whom they came to arrest ran away. These people implicated
my husband in the matter; they said my husband supplied them with a
human head.” she said

Police say the suspects will soon be charged to court.

Photo: Mother of three caught with Cannbis at Lagos Airport

A 37-year-old mother of three, Ezeh Ifeoma Maureen (pictured above), has
been arrested with substances suspected to be cannabis by the National Drug
Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

According to The Nation , Maureen was caught at the Murtala Mohammed
International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos, during outward screening of
China-bound Ethiopian Airlines’ passengers for allegedly attempting to smuggle
6.200 kilogrammes of dried weeds that tested positive for cannabis.

The agency’s Airport Commander, Mr. Hamza Umar, said the suspect told the
officers that her bags contained vegetables and foodstuff. Continue...
“She declared the content of her bags as vegetables and foodstuff, but
during a search, the vegetables turned out to be cannabis weighing 6.200
kilogrammes. The drug was packed in two parcels.”

The suspect, who hails from Anambra State, said:
“I am a business woman; I sell women’s clothes at the Onitsha main
market. I usually export foodstuff to China and import female dresses to
Nigeria. One of my customers in China called to tell me that his brother
would give me two parcels of vegetables to bring to him. I collected the
parcels at the airport from the boy. Unfortunately, when they tested them, I
was told that they contained cannabis.”

Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, advised the public to learn
from the cases of those arrested for drug trafficking.

“This mother of three children would have been killed in China for drug
trafficking if she was not apprehended here. It is important for the public to
learn from her experience and shun drug trafficking,” he said.

Giade warned passengers not to collect items from people, who will not be
there during a search.

The suspect, Giade said, would be charged to court for unlawful possession of,
and attempt to export cannabis.

Source: The Nation

LASU Ready To Refund Tuition Fees To Students

Barely two weeks after the reversal of students’ school fees, the authorities of the Lagos State University, LASU, have said they are ready to refund over N840 million to students who had paid the new fees before it was slashed.

The Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. John Obafunwa made this disclosure in an interview at the weekend, according to P.M NEWS.

It would be recalled that Governor Babatunde Fashola announced the reversal of the fees to the old rate of N25,000 during the last convocation of the institution in Lagos, western Nigeria.

“We have already calculated the excess paid by the students. Don’t forget that even before the reversal, a lot of them had already paid for this session We have calculated over N840 million. It will only be for this session. The reversal does not mean LASU will go back to where it used to be and the problems of the past. You cannot go beyond the available infrastructure. You cannot take more than what you can’t admit. I don’t see any disadvantage in the reduction of the fees,” Obafunwa said.

The vice counsellor also stated that the reversal of the fees was not completely a decision of the university’s management, saying “don’t forget there is still the governing council and government equally being involved. It is a joint decision. Be that as it may, it is a welcome decision in a way, depending on who is looking at it or commenting.”

He, however, stated that the reversal of the fees would have both good and bad side, but noted that the reversal did not mean there would be a reduction in the expenditure of the school.

“There are always good and bad sides of everything. You reduce the school fees, but that does not mean a reduction in the expenditure of the school. It will still remain the same. Whether you like it or not, someone will have to pick up the bills.

“We thank the Lagos State Government and House of Assembly. Nothing is going to happen to all the capital projects going on in the university. The students have a role to play, they should take advantage of the fee reduction, pay attention to their studies and they need to be more serious,” he added.

Obafunwa said the institution anticipated other ripple effect from the reduction, saying it might lead to a rush for LASU admission since the fees has been brought back to the normal rate.

“You can be sure that next year, you will have lots of people applying to come to LASU. You must have the necessary infrastructure in place to accommodate any number. If you have more people applying to LASU, it gives you the opportunity to pick from the best. We are preparing our minds for those things; we expect parents to educate their children to maintain a very high standard,” he stated.

The vice chancellor said it was unfortunate that the school had to go through a phase in the history of the university, saying that now that things were in shape, the current interest of parents, university administration and students would be to make progress as regards the academic calendar.

“And that is what we are focussing on now and I can tell you that we have had meeting with students union. The students have paid their fees. We reopened the portal after making adjustment to the new fees. The focus right now is on the calendar and we are going to have examinations as at when due,” he said.

Obafunwa said government had given the school assurance that the reversal would not affect the ongoing projects in the institution as government had requested from the State House of Assembly to approve some money for the school, saying that the school’s management had also asked for increase in the subvention to the school to take care of its needs, assuring that a positive response was expected from the government.

It would be recalled that after Governor Fashola announced the reversal of the school fees,students of LASU went on jubilation galore to celebrate the governor’s decision.

Prior to the reversal of the tuition fees, the students had protested at the Lagos State Governor’s house in Alausa.

The Lagos State University – also known as LASU – was established in 1983 by the enabling Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, for the advancement of learning and establishment of academic excellence.

The university caters for a population of over 61,000, enrolled in full-time and part-time programmes at the Diploma, Undergraduate and Postgraduate. Lagos State University (informally LASU), located in the city of Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria, is the only state university in the former British colony.

United Kingdom Warned Against Ebola Outbreak

Following Ebola outbreak in Nigeria, universities in the United Kingdom have been put on alert to be ready for a potential outbreak of the Ebola virus when the new term commences by September 2014.

The warning was contained in a letter written by Universities UK, the umbrella body that represents vice-chancellors and was issued to every university giving detailed guidance on how to deal with an outbreak.

Daily Independent reports that the guidance is expected to be sent to various institutions as they were expecting thousands of new students from West Africa.

However, Nigeria, which has confirmed cases of Ebola virus, is the fourth largest suppliers of international students to UK universities while the other three countries with recorded Ebola cases comprising Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone doesn’t have any students enrolled at UK universities.

A spokesman for Universities UK revealed that in 2012-13, the latest year for which figures are available, a total of 9,630 were enrolled.

“The issue is very much on universities’ radars. We circulated to universities the publicly available guidance on the topic” the spokesman said.

The spokesman explained that the guidance spelt out that anyone suspected of having Ebola should immediately be isolated in a side room away from any staff or student contact.

“The side room should have dedicated en-suite facilities or at least a dedicated commode. The level of staff protection is dependent on the patient’s condition” the spokesman said.

It said those who will have contact or any other dealings with the patient must take careful hand hygiene precautions, wearing double gloves and a disposable visor.

According to the guidance: “Evidence from outbreaks strongly indicates that the main routes of transmission of infection are direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membrane) and indirect contact with environments contaminated with splashes or droplets of blood or body fluids. Experts agree that there is no circumstantial or epidemiological evidence of an aerosol transmission risk from patients.”

Man Who Has Sex With Dead Women In Ebonyi Nabbed By Police

A 20-year-old man, identified simply as Chukwuma, who allegedly specialises
in killing women and having sex with their dead bodies in Ebonyi State, has
been arrested by the police.

Chukwuma who is a painter, was nabbed after the police set him up with a girl
along a farm pathway, where he usually waylays women, who are either going
to or coming back from the farm.
According to the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Chris
Anyanwu, he had the habit of pouncing on women on lonely bush paths where
he strangles them and has sex with their dead bodies, Daily Sun reports.
He said they got information that he had already killed three women in the
same way.

Recounting the incidents, Anyanwu said on July 15, he waylaid one Anyigor
who went to farm at a place called Okwulike. After strangling her and having
sex with her dead body, he robbed her of N8,500, which he found on her.
The suspect said he used the money to buy Nokia handset phone and used
the remaining money to drink local gin called 'kaikai'.
About a week later, he pounced on another woman, Mrs. Helen, 54, who went
to Egiagu village to farm. Her dead body was later found by a search party
along the lonely farm path.

Upon interrogation, Chukwuma confessed to the crime, saying he did it
because the community people refused to stop calling him a nickname
'Sogbodo', which he hated.
He disclosed that he used the N8,500 which he stole from one of his victims
to buy Nokia handset phone and used the remaining money to drink local gin
called 'kaikai'.

Boko Haram seizes four towns in Borno and Yobe states

Last week, Boko Haram men took over four towns in Borno and Yobe states
after a gun battle with  military men guarding the areas.The four towns they
seized are; Gwoza in Borno state and Buni Yadi, Buni Gari and Goniri, all in
Gujba local government area of Yobe State.
Not only did they overwhelm the Nigerian soldiers deployed to guard the towns,
they also killed at least 100 residents, including the brother of Emir of Gwosa
and the chief Imam of Gwoza's major Mosque. Continue...
A top security source told Sahara Reporters that Boko Haram had successfully
beaten back three separate columns of Nigerian troops from Gwoza. "The most
recent was a team of soldiers led by Lieutenant Colonel Agwu of the former
Special Operations Battalion (SOB) now 234 Battalion," the source said.
Security sources also disclosed that the sect killed or wounded numerous
Nigerian soldiers during their initial assault and, days later, in a counter-
offensive mounted by the Nigerian Army to try to wrest the town back from the
stranglehold of the Islamists.
The militants are now said to be occupying camps abandoned by soldier after
they fled from a series of fierce battles Boko Haram.
Boko Haram also bombed Katako Bridge that links Buni Yadi with Damaturu,
the Yobe State capital.
The Nigerian army are said to be planning to retake the four towns.

Adaeze Yobo's message to individuals with self-esteem issues

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Corpse of man who allegedly killed his wife after she gave birth to twins, found

On Friday August 8th, a man identified as Kola allegedly strangled his wife to
death just a day after she gave birth to their twins and disappeared with the
children (read here ). His corpse has been found.
According to a statement signed by the Ekiti State Police Command Public
Relations Officer, Victor Babayemi, Kola's body was dumped in a canal at Oke
Ila area in Ado Ekiti, after being killed by unknown persons. The statement also
said the twins are yet to be found.
"Kola was found murdered and dumped in a canal at Oke Ila in Ado-Ekiti
but the twins are yet to be found. Investigation is in top gear to find the
twins as well as the killers of the couple." Babayemi said
The police suspect Kola may have been killed by those he sold the twins to so
they can avoid being traced by the police...but maybe they killed the mother,
father and took the twins away? The state police has promised to do everything
within their power to bring those behind the hideous crime to justice.

Kanye West wears a shirt of Kanye West wearing a shirt of Kanye West

Classic Kanye! His ego has no limit.......Nice concept tho...