Ex-President Jonathan’s relative who was abducted with his uncle, found dead

 “On 17th February, 2016, at about 03.30hrs, seven unknown gunmen abducted one Inengite Nitabai along side Samuel Oki,  at there residence in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area.

 According to Premium Times, the Bayelsa state Police spokesperson, confirmed this development. Some fishermen in Otuoke community discovered the decomposing body of 35 year old Samuel this morning. The whereabouts of 72 year old Pa Jonathan is still unknown.

Troops returning from a peace keeping mission in Darfur, Sudan were redeployed to Maiduguri without Pay

 

 

There was tension at the 55 Battalion Bonny Camp, Lagos on Thursday following the grumbling by 200 soldiers over the alleged non-payment of their three months mission allowances. 200 soldiers who were part of the 800 troops that just returned from a peace keeping mission in Darfur, Sudan. The soldiers were redeployed again to the North-East to join the battle against insurgents.

The contingent is said to be led by Lt. Col. H. Dasuki, who unconfirmed sources said, is related to the immediate former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.).
They are expected to leave Lagos for Maiduguri on Friday (today).

It was learnt the soldiers refused to proceed to Maiduguri except their allowances for the Sudan operation were paid.

This, they argued, would enable them to leave money behind for their families. The issue had not been resolved as of the time of filling the report.

A military source said such posting without payment of allowances was not acceptable to the military high command as it was contrary to a directive from the Defence headquarters.

Reacting to the subtle protest, the Public Relations Officer of the 81 Division, Lt. Col. Kingsley Samuel, said that the soldiers who returned from foreign mission in Sudan were not involved in such a protest.

He said that that there was no grumbling whatsoever in the Bonny Camp.

He said, “There is nothing like grumbling in that battalion. It is not true.”

US hits ISIS targets in Libya after months of debate

U.S. warplanes carried out airstrikes Friday that targeted an ISIS base and a senior militant believed to be behind two deadly attacks against Western tourists in Tunisia last year.

The air strikes was targeted at  Noureddine Chouchane, believed to be behind two deadly attacks against Western tourists in Tunisia last year, as the number of ISIS terrorists in Libya hits an estimated 5,000.

It was the second U.S. air strike in three months against Islamic State in Libya, where the hardline Islamist militants have exploited years of chaos following Muammar Gaddafi's 2011 overthrow to build up a presence on the southern shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

He said 41 people had been killed and six wounded. The death toll could not immediately be confirmed with other officials. 

Wizkid featured on Vogue as Nigeria’s Best-Dressed pop-star

The 25-year-old superstar had a chat with Vogue.com via Skype and he shares his shopping habits, his favourite brands and more.

According to Vogue.com, Wizkid “has become almost as known for his trendsetting style as his sound, and his is a thoughtful and fun approach to wardrobe: clean lines and minimalism; a mix of fresh streetwear with traditional Nigerian clothes; and bold, bright accessories.”

See excerpts from his interview below.

On shopping in Lagos: I have local tailors out there who make me traditional stuff. So I get material from Lagos, and I have them make me pieces. I mix them up with whatever I wear. I have a whole lot of tailors. The fabrics are from different parts of Nigeria. We have the tie and dye from the western part of Nigeria. We get stuff from the north. I mix it up. When I’m back home, all I wear is African fabric. All I really rock is the traditional stuff. That’s the in thing right now. That’s really coming back. Back in the day, our parents used to wear it every day, and they still do, but now it’s cool for wee young ones to wear it. It’s amazing. We’re doing it differently. We’re having it a little bit more fitted. We have styles on it, embroideries and stuff, by local people, made by hand, designed on it.

On Lagos style: Lagos style is fresh and different. Even with the tailors, they get very innovative with their stuff, with the cuts. When my parents used to make the traditional wares, it was a little bit baggy. But now the tailors are able to infuse the European style, making it slim-fit. Lagos style is different, man. Innovative.

On his traditional outfits: I design everything myself, and I get them to make it. I do a little sketch; sometimes I just sit down with a tailor and describe what I want. Sometimes we go back and forth, like, for days, trying to get it right. Sometimes it’ll take a day to make it, sometimes three, four days. I have a lot of tailors. If I want something made in 12 hours, it will be made in 12 hours.

On his style growing up: Growing up in Lagos, I wasn’t fortunate enough to get the fresh stuff when it was new. There was this place we used to go to find stuff that had been shipped from America, like secondhand clothes. I used to rock a lot of Reebok, just a lot of sporty stuff.

On launching a clothing line: I’m hoping to release a clothing line after my EP, planned for April. It’s going to be tracksuits, T-shirts, hats, and African attire as well. I’ll have a special line for traditional [clothes] with my tailors. Taking Africa to the world.

 Read his full feature here.

Florida boxing champ stopping robbery with a few jabs

 
A robber who was about getting into action met his water loo as he was stopped by four punches from a boxing champion who came to rescue

A would-be robber was left beaten and bruised by a bystander -- who happened to be a state boxing champion -- at a Florida Walgreens on Valentine's Day, police said

 Anthony Nemeth, dressed in a hoodie, covered his face when he walked into a neighborhood Walgreens and tried to rob the store, he demanded for all of their Oxycodone 30 milligram,” police said. At first, the store clerk couldn’t believe a robbery was occurring, but Nemeth assured him it was and that he had a gun, police said.

 

David West, a 25-year-old who reportedly holds two state boxing titles, overheard the demands and jumped into action.

It took the boxer four punches to knock the suspect out cold, 

 

West, who was visting his girlfriend, said he wasn't trying to hurt anyone, but wanted to protect his significant other. He said he told the suspect to "use this as a turning point."

Nemeth has been charged with attempted armed robbery and is currently being held in Manatee County Jail on a $15,000 bond.

Pope Francis says Donald Trump's behaviour 'is not Christian', Trump fires back saying Pope's comments are disgraceful

 

Pope Francis has publicly denounced Donald Trump – billionaire businessman and aspiring Republican U.S. Presidential candidate.

The Pope said

“A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not the gospel,”

This is in reference to one of Trump’s proposed plans to build a wall between the U.S. and its southern neighbor Mexico, due to thousands of illegal immigrants who enter from the country.

 According to reporters who were on the plane with the pontiff. The pope stressed that he was not suggesting whom American voters should vote in the election:

"I am not going to get involved in that. I would only say that this man is not Christian if he has said things like that."he said

Trump has reacted to the news, calling it “disgraceful” for the Pope to question his Christianity. CNN reports,

“No leader, especially a religious leader, should have the right to question another man’s religion or faith,” he said in statement. Trump added that the government in Mexico, where Francis spent the past five days, has “made many disparaging remarks about me to the Pope.”

“If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS, which as everyone knows is ISIS’s ultimate trophy, I can promise you that the Pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been president,” Trump said.

By Thursday evening, the GOP candidate had softened his tone.

“I don’t like fighting with the Pope,” Trump said at a GOP town hall debate in South Carolina hosted by CNN. “I like his personality; I like what he represents.”

He added that he thinks Francis’ remarks were “much nicer” than the media reported and that the Pope had been misled by Mexican officials.

Trump also said that the Pope has an “awfully big wall” himself at the Vatican.

 Trump’s social media advisor echoed these sentiments, with this Tweet

Italian ‘coffee king’ buried in giant Coffee pot

An Italian man Renato Bialetti, nick name "coffee king" died last week at the age of 93 and and his freshly ground ashes were buried in a fitting stovetop espresso maker, which he inherited from his father. 






A man named Luigi di Ponti designed the appliance in 1933 and sold the patent to Renato’s father Alfonso Bialetti, an aluminum vendor.

Bialetti took the modest sales of his father’s company, which had only manufactured 70,000 pots when he gained control in 1947, and spearheaded a massive marketing campaign across Italy for the pots, which were branded with a mustachioed caricature.

Dakota Johnson- Men are Afraid to Aproach me

Actress Dakota Johnson a single mum said in an interview that she is attracted to people who respect her but for most part of her life men are afraid to approach her

“I’m attracted to people who respect me, who are kind, who are intelligent and who can keep up with me,” she says with a laugh.

“But for the most part, men don’t approach me. I think they’re afraid. But right now I’m just focused on my work so it isn’t an issue for me.”

Pathetic photos of a starving and malnourished 2-year-old child from Gombe State

 

A man named Alhassan Yahaya Abdulllahi share the picture above on his facebook while appealing to Government and NGOs to come to their aid in Gombe state. 

"This is not Ethiopia, Neither Somalia,this is nigeria infact in my own state Gombe, This Beautiful child is 2 years old and HIV negative, then you will keep asking what's the problem, it's malnutrition in fact Severe malnutrition, our sincere appeal is to Govt, NGOS, and entrepreneur to come to aid of our dear state from this deadly menace, so help us God"

“The economy is bad. It is obvious” Wole Soyinka asks Buhari to Hold Emergency Economic Conference

 

According to Vanguard, Nobel Prize Winner Wole Soyinka asked President Muhammadu Buhari “to convene an emergency economic conference for experts to brainstorm on the way forward and future of the economy.”

“I agree with those who say the economy is bad. It is obvious and it is so bad. I think the Presidency should call an emergency economic conference where experts will be enlightened.

“We really need an emergency economic conference, bringing experts together to march the nation forward. I think the economy is not encouraging. Quite frankly, I think most economists will agree with this.”

He also asked Nigerians to be patient,

“Don’t wait to see a bonanza economy in the next few months to a year. Recovery is going to take time. But at the same time, we have to rely on the objective analysis of experts to tell the government when it gets bad, which might compound the problem and ultimately left the people as victims.

“Government, for me, is a very complicated matter and there is a lot of debris to be cleared. Maybe, we need to be a little bit more patient to see what the administration will do.”

Pastor Chris & Anita Oyakhilome are Divorced

officially  Pastor Chris and Anita Oyakhilome are divorced

Her lawyers Attwaters Jameson Hill stated the following, confirming the divorce on their website:

We have been requested by Anita Oyakhilome to confirm that on the 8th February 2016 a decree absolute was pronounced in the High Court of Justice Principal Registry of the Family Division dissolving her marriage to Christian Onehirokpeana Oyakhilome.

Anita Oyakhilome would like to confirm that she is no longer involved in or part of Christ Embassy AKA Believers Loveworld inc.