At least 100 dead in Burundi attack by rebel group – military source

At least 100 rebels have been killed after a cross-border
attack against the central African nation of Burundi from the
Democratic Republic of Congo, a top military source told
AFP Sunday.
A general in the Burundian army, speaking on condition that
he not be named, said the attack by the unidentified rebel
group had been defeated after five days of heavy fighting in
the border area north of the capital Bujumbura.
“After five days of non-stop military operations, the armed
group which attacked Burundi has been wiped out by our
security forces. In total, we killed 105 of them and captured
four, out of a total of the 121 who entered Cibitoke province
from the DRCongo,” the general said.
“We also seized a 60mm mortar, five rocket launchers,
machine guns and more than 100 assault rifles,” he said,
adding the Burundian army had lost two soldiers. Other
military sources said around 12 soldiers were killed in the
fighting.
There was no further confirmation of the claim, with army
spokesman Colonel Gaspard Baratuza declining to comment
officially on the fighting “while military operations in the
area are still in progress.”
A previous toll given on Wednesday put the toll at 35 dead,
including 34 rebels and one government soldier.
Burundian officials and witnesses said the group of
unidentified rebels crossed into Burundi overnight Monday
from DRCongo’s eastern Kivu region, a chronically unstable
and resource-rich area that is home to dozens of rebel
groups.
Colonel Baratuza said troops had seized documents
allowing the army to get information on the size of the force
and the identity of their leaders, but he did not disclose the
identity of the group.

- ‘Teach a lesson’ -

Security forces then fought to prevent the rebels from
reaching the Kibira forest, an area used in the past by rebel
groups as a base to stage further attacks inside Burundi.
“The security forces, backed by the local population,
surrounded the group in Murwi commune, and chased them
without respite, giving them no time to recover or sleep,”
said the military source.
Burundi opposition and civil society sources said they had
heard reports of rebels being disarmed and then executed
by shooting or with machetes, with the killings carried out
by the Imbonerakure, a controversial youth wing of
Burundi’s ruling CNDD-FDD party.
The Burundian military denied the allegations, but the senior
source acknowledge the security forces — which included
soldiers back from African Union operations in Somalia —
wanted to “hit the rebels hard” and “teach a lesson” to other
rebel groups.
Previous attacks in Burundi’s border region have been
claimed by a splinter faction of the National Liberation
Forces (FNL). The main body of FNL — a highly disciplined
group notorious for singing hymns as they carried out
attacks — signed a peace deal with the Burundian
government in 2009 and have since become a political
party.
The rebels who still fight on have claimed a string of attacks
in 2014, most recently in October when they claimed to have
killed six soldiers, and vowed to “intensify” their raids ahead
of presidential elections in June. The group, however, have
denied they were behind the latest attack.
Burundi, a small nation in Africa’s Great Lakes region,
emerged in 2006 from a brutal 13-year civil war and its
political climate remains fractious ahead of the elections
when President Pierre Nkurunziza, in power since 2005, is
expected to run for a third term in office despite opponents’
claims that that would violate Burundi’s constitution.

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Nigeria will change, when there is individual rebirth

The most common word among Nigerians right now is
“Change”. In every corner in Nigeria, change is the word.
And by extension Nigerians in diaspora are not left out.
They are also “demanding” change, mostly (though) on the
social media platforms.
Some of them are packing their bags and “jetting” to Nigeria
to be part of the change revolution. These patriotic
Nigerians in diaspora argue that you cannot effect change
by being thousands of miles away. They think to be agents
of change, they need to strategically position themselves on
ground in Nigeria rather than be contented with joining the
army of change on social media. They reckon that change
needs more than the “revolutionary posts” some of their
compatriots are churning out on Facebook, Twitter etc.
These set of Nigerians who have put their faith in their
“legs” and decided to relocate home must be praised. The
patriotic instinct in them has been ignited and they believe
they can make an impact in the process. However, I hasten
to say that at the approach of general elections in the
country, some Nigerians in diaspora usually see these as
opportunities to fit in to the “system” they walked away
from some years back. Unfortunately, most of them come
back after these elections with disappointments and
unpleasant stories.
I have often asked myself why majority of them get
frustrated out of Nigeria’s political system. The truth is that
things are done differently in the society they came from
and they soon discover they cannot fit into the peculiar
Nigeria “system” where every “card” is played on ethnicity
and religion.  But it takes a lot of convincing to change the
mind of a determined Diasporan not to go on a fruitless
political journey.
THE CHANGE IS HERE
The “journey” to “change” peaked in Nigeria towards the
end of 2014. The word has literarily replaced the national
anthem. It has also rested (hopefully) the iconic words
“Bring Back Our Girls”. In the last part of 2014, Nigerians
realised there must be a change.  And we have all been
chanting this word and making no progress towards
effecting the real change. The politicians are vociferous
about the change that has to come. The ordinary masses
are in it too, believing this is what can guarantee their basic
meals.
In recent times, especially with the Nigerian situation, I have
come to realise that change has different meanings. It
depends on what side you are. To the politicians shouting
change, what they want is a change in their personal status,
so they can have control of the resources. While the
ordinary Nigerians want a miraculous change that will
create millions of jobs, banish poverty and put nice meals
on their tables.
I love Nigerians. We are a unique people. This uniqueness is
reflected in what we do, and how we realise results. This is
also reflected in our politicians. They are all over the places
chanting change, with no laid down process to achieve this.
A friend of mine during the week lamented that what we are
demanding as a nation is superficial. He argued that for any
meaningful change to happen, the individual psyche must
be “retuned”. Unfortunately, what we want as Nigerians is a
change of government and not a change of individuals.
We ask who are the people who make up the government!
These are individuals and they are Nigerians. If we change
the government and bring in new set of Nigerians, we shall
still be shouting change in a few months’ down the line. It is
the psyche of the ordinary Nigerians that need change, and
not the political grandstanding our leaders are engaged in
now. An ordinary Nigerian believes the government is a
gateway to wealth, so getting into government is a means of
having a comfortable life for himself and his family. Without
a change of this mentality, there is no “change” coming to
Nigeria.
Change does not come in a vacuum, it has to be effected.
And no society can be changed without changing the
individual. The Nigerian has to change himself before the
society can change. And this is the mistake these agents of
change are making. Change cannot be achieved overnight.
It has to be a steady process.
The change campaign is obviously a failure from the
beginning. It is set up to fail because the foundation is
wrong. Our politicians have different reasons for demanding
“change”. Mr A. who lost his political party primaries is
demanding change. Mr B. is demanding change because a
party has been in power for “far too long”. While Mrs C. is
demanding a change because the candidate is not from her
“neck of the woods”. And Chief Z. wants a change because
there are more opportunities for economic patronage from a
particular candidate. While the masses are just confused,
they do not even know what they are supposed to be voting
to change.
The Nigerian case is different in many ways. This is a
country where politicians campaign to win a major election
purely on mudslinging and sentiments. In other climes,
elections are won on the basis of how candidates have
drawn out plans to change the lives of citizens. The 2015
General Elections in Nigeria is just a few weeks away, yet
no manifestoes and the voters do not know what “change”
these candidates are hoping to bring. All we hear is “Time
For Change.”
The United Kingdom General Elections takes place a few
months away too, yet the politicians are already educating
the voters on their plans. On Friday, the ruling Conservative
Party came out with its first campaign ad. It was a simple
yet effective one that highlighted how many jobs it created
and how it halved the country’s deficit. No mention was
made of the opposition parties’ educational qualifications or
religion.
But we are obsessed with change. Will there ever be a
change? Will the education sector ever witness a change?
Will the health sector ever witness a change? Will anything
ever change in the year 2015? Will anything ever change in
Nigeria after the elections? These are questions that are
begging for answers. Unfortunately, none is here.

Source: vanguard

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Ebola struck UK nurse in ‘critical’ condition

A British nurse who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone was in
a “critical” condition Sunday, locked in isolation inside a
specialist London hospital.
Pauline Cafferkey’s health has taken a turn for the worse in
recent days, the Royal Free Hospital said in a statement.
“The condition of Pauline Cafferkey has gradually
deteriorated over the past two days and is now critical,” the
Royal Free Hospital in London said in a statement.
On Wednesday, doctors had said the 39-year-old Scot was
sitting up in bed, reading and talking to staff from inside her
isolation tent in the hospital.
They said Cafferkey, who was working with the charity Save
the Children in Sierra Leone, had agreed to have blood
plasma treatment and take an experimental anti-viral drug.
However, they were not able to give her ZMapp, the drug
used to cure fellow British volunteer nurse William Pooley,
because global supplies had run out.
The plasma was taken from the blood of a patient
successfully treated in Europe, in the hope that the
antibodies it contained would help her fight the virus.
Doctor Michael Jacobs, infectious diseases consultant at
the Royal Free, warned at the time that “Ebola runs a very
variable course and the next few days are going to be very
critical.
“Things may get worse,” he warned.
Cafferkey, who works for the National Health Service in
Scotland, was volunteering at a British-built treatment centre
in Kerry Town, not far from Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown,
when she contracted the deadly virus.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Twitter: “My
thoughts and prayers are with nurse Pauline Cafferkey who
is in a critical condition with Ebola.”
Expert microbiologist Professor Hugh Pennington said
Cafferkey would need luck to survive the deadly virus, which
experts still do not fully understand.
“The plasma is probably her best chance of treatment,” he
said.
- Volunteer nurse’s courage praised -
Cafferkey is the second person to be treated for Ebola in
Britain after Pooley, who recovered and has since returned
to Sierra Leone.
She was diagnosed in Glasgow on December 29 after flying
home, and was transferred to the Royal Free, which has the
only isolation ward in Britain equipped for Ebola patients.
Meanwhile in Swindon, southwest England, a person with a
history of travel to west Africa was being tested for Ebola as
a precautionary measure after being admitted to hospital.
Around 100 people have been tested for Ebola in hospitals
across England during the current outbreak, with all of them
testing negative so far apart from Cafferkey.
Ebola has killed 7,890 people in the past year, out of 20,171
cases, according to the latest tally by the World Health
Organization.
Almost all the deaths and cases have been recorded in the
three west African countries worst hit by the outbreak:
Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
Ebola can fell its victims within days, causing severe fever
and muscle pain, weakness, vomiting and diarrhoea. In
severe cases it shuts down organs and causes unstoppable
bleeding.
The virus is spread through direct contact with the bodily
fluids of an infected person, meaning people caring for the
sick are particularly exposed.
As of December 28 — not counting Cafferkey — a total of
678 healthcare workers were known to have contracted the
virus, of which 382 had died.
Doctor Peter Carter, chief executive of the Royal College of
Nursing trade union, said Cafferkey had shown “incredible
courage” in volunteering.
“The efforts of frontline healthcare workers like Pauline
have been essential for containing the spread of Ebola, even
though it means they themselves face considerable risks,”
he said.
“Their bravery and their compassion is inspirational.”

Source: Vanguard

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SPORTS: Liverpool Must Spend Big, Rodgers Admits

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has admitted the Reds
must splash the cash on finished-product players,
after captain Steven Gerrad plans to quit the club at the
end of the season, Information Nigeria understands.
Liverpool have seen former defender Jamie Carragher
retire, talisman Luis Suarez depart for Spain and
Gerrard confirm that he is leaving the club he joined at
a young age.
Exacerbating the disaster sees the Reds unable to
match last season’s remarkable feat that saw them
come close to winning the English Premier League title,
and a return to club’s football most prestigious
tournament, the Uefa Champions League.

The Merseyside club sit eight on the Premier League
log this season, and have already been eliminated from
the Champions League.
Rodgers, 41, is heaping pressure on owner John W
Henry and his Boston-based Fenway Sports Group to
invest more on readily-made players, amid the club’s
policy of signing young players and turning them to
World Class stars, that saw them lavish £113m on
signing Adam Lallana, Dejan Lovren, Lazar Markovic,
Mario Balotelli, Alberto Moreno, Emre Can and Divock
Origi after the sale of Suarez.
“A large part of our squad is young players but there’s
no doubt that if you want to take steps forward, you
need to sign ready-made players,” said Rogers.
“The model at the football club is clear in that the
owners want to bring in young players in order to
develop and create them into world class players.
“Of course, that can be a longer and more difficult
process. It is certainly something I know the owners
look at. They know that not every player can be a
developer.
“If you’re going to keep progressing, you also need
those ready-made players.”

The gamble of Balotelli hasn’t paid off as Rodgers
might have expected. The Italian striker isn’t suited to
Liverpool’s pressing game, and it’s no new story that
the Irish manager prefers Sterling as the main-striker in
his team.
Gerrad’s imminent departure is most certainly a
setback, but not a disaster as it may seem. The club
must now spend big in the transfer market for his
replacement.
Unfortunately, Adam Lallana, Lazar Markovic among
others have been unable to match the impact of Suarez.
Alexis Sanchez would have been a like for like
replacement but the Chilean decided to join Arsenal.
Liverpool will ostensibly not be participating in the
January transfer market. With Daniel Sturridge close to
first team action, Rodgers has enough ammunition to
see the season through. The summer transfer will
mostly likely be the busy period for the club.

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Nigerians In US Tell Jonathan To Stop Paying Lip Service To Insurgency

Nigerians based in the United States of America, have
charged President Goodluck Jonathan to stop paying lip
service and bring an end to insurgency in the country
by taking more decisive action in this regard before the
general elections.
The Nigerians, speaking under the aegis of Nigeria
Moral Democratic Awareness Council (NMDAC),
however, praised Jonathan for the various electoral
reforms he had initiated in the country, saying this had
“started to manifest in the free and fair governorship
elections in Osun, Ekiti, Ondo and Edo states”.
A statement by NMDAC coordinator, Mr Samuel
Ayodele, and made available to journalists in Ado Ekiti,
the Ekiti State capital on Saturday, condemned what it
said was “the senseless killings and maiming of
innocent Nigerians and expatriates by insurgents in the
North”.
The group said it rejected impunity, violence and
political intolerance before, during and after the
February general elections for Nigeria to be in peace
and remain united.
Describing the body as a non-partisan, but patriotic
group, NMDAC said “We reviewed numerous reports
reaching us across the political spectrum at the end of
year meeting held at Marriot Hotel in Washington D.C
on December 30, 2014.
“We, therefore, resolved that the climate of violence,
counter-violence, intimidation and sheer thuggery may
not give room for any atmosphere of peaceful
coexistence in our dear and sovereign country. The
members concluded that the lack of effective
prosecution of several cases of corruption, lack of
meaningful jobs and insensitivity of our government
have led to several cases of insecurity in the country.
“We condemn various atrocity, murders, mayhem and
intimidation that have been going on unabated on daily
basis in the Northern part of Nigeria for the past few
years. We find it very difficult to believe why the
government does not have the will to confront these
problems and arrest the culprits.
“We also observed that our armed forces are not well
equipped to fight what we consider as the terror war
with the well-equipped Boko Haram sect. To win this
war of attrition, the Federal Government of Nigeria must
do more than paying lips service to it”, it stated.

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POLITICS: PDP Accuses Oshiomole Of Spending N142m On Projects Commissioning

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) has accused Governor Adams Oshiomhole of
spending N142million when the All Progressives
Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), and Sen. Bola Tinubu, the
National Leader of the party were in the state to
commission some projects executed by his
administration.
The state chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, made
the allegation at Igboubazuwa, headquarters of Ovia
South West Local Government Area, during a rally
organized to welcome defectors from the APC to the
PDP.
“Governor Oshiomhole sat in his office and signed two
vouchers to commission projects on 28th and 29th
November. In those vouchers, it was written, ‘voucher
to commission projects in Edo State by two eminent
Nigerians, Retired General Muhammadu Buhari and
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’. In those vouchers, the sum of
N76 and N66 million were signed away simply to cut
tapes for projects that had earlier been commissioned.
“How can a government sign away N142 million just for
Buhari and Tinubu to come to cut tape. Never before in
the history of this state had we witnessed this level of
misappropriation of public fund,” Orbih lamented.
Special Adviser to Governor Adams Oshiomhole on
Media Affairs, Prince Kassim Afegbua, in his response,
however described Orbih’s allegation as spurious. “Do
we run Edo State Government in PDP secretariat?” he
queried, adding that “Anybody can cook up memos but
I am not aware that our memos are missing”.
Similarly, State Commissioner for Information, Louis
Odion, described the vouchers paraded by the PDP
Chairman as forged.
“With Comrade Adams Oshiomhole commissioning
world-class projects all over Edo State in the last two
months, we knew PDP would be gnashing their
deformed teeth in envy. But we least expected malice
would push them into forging vouchers to back up a
shameless lie in their evil desperation to tarnish
Oshiomhole’s golden records,” a statement by Odion
read.
“But Edo people are not deceived. They know their
governor is a very prudent man. That is why even
today, whereas PDP-led Federal Government is owing
workers arrears of salaries despite cornering whopping
52 percent of federation account, Edo is not owing
workers.
“The joke is on Edo PDP. With less than six weeks to
the general elections, it is laughable that PDP, rather
than show remorse by first apologising to Edo people
for under-developing the state for 10 years, has
resorted to peddling fake vouchers for a transaction
that exists only in their crooked imagination. It is very
cheap indeed.”

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AMAZING: Meet New Year’s Baby Who Shares Birthday With Both Parents

As the New Year begins, we in the news business
always love to show you that fortunate first baby born
in the New Year.

But this story is not all about that first baby born. It’s
about a trifecta of birthdays.
Autumn Rain Stover was born early Thursday morning
at the University Hospitals MacDonald Women’s
Hospital.
While she is a blessing, she came about 10 days early.
Autumn Rain Stover (Photo: WKYC Barry Wolf)
That was not a problem, her coming into this world
early.

The “problem” will be once birthday parties will have to
be planned.

That’s because she was born on the same day as both
her mother and her father.
Yes, Qiana and Raheem share the same birthday as
their newborn daughter — Jan. 1.
They know they’re blessed, but they cannot believe the
odds that, in their family, they all have the same birthday.

The name Autumn comes from their favorite season, a
time that is usually overlooked for its beauty.
But make no mistake, this time and this child will never
be overlooked.

The Stovers do not know the odds of what they have
here, but they don’t really care.

They are fortunate that they have each other and their
health.
One good thing for Raheem is that he cannot and will
not ever forget his wife or daughter’s birthdays –or even his own.

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Buhari’s Academic Records Intact, But He Needs To Apply For It – Army Spokesman

The Director of Public Relations of the Nigerian Army,
Brig.-Gen. Olaleye Lajide, has dismissed reports in a
section of the media claiming that the academic records
of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) is not
in the army’s possession, describing the reports as
false.
The military spokesperson made the disclosure while
responding to a text message from SaharaReporters
seeking clarification about the status of Mr. Buhari’s
records.
In his response, Lajide affirmed that the Nigerian Army
is in possession of all records of serving, retired and
deceased officers since its inception. He added,
however, that all military officers are supposed to keep
original copies of their certificates.
According to him, in the event where an officer loses
his or her original copy of records, the affected officer
must officially apply for copies from the army – a
request he noted, the army treats expeditiously.
Brig.-Gen. Lajide, who told SaharaReporters that he was
once a Director of Records at the Nigerian Army
Headquarters, disclosed that he had come across
records of older and retired generals, adding that he
was in no doubt that General Buhari’s records were
intact.
He maintained that the claim in a section of the print
media that the army could not locate Mr. Buhari’s
record was untrue.

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See Photos: Bleaching or filtering?

Sean Tizzle's fans have been complaining a lot on
Instagram that he's bleaching with pics like this that he
posts. Some say it's filtering. What do y'all think?
Meanwhile, in some people's eyes, every one is
bleaching.
What do you think??

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2015: AD Presidential Candidate Pledges To Create 2m Jobs If Elected

The presidential candidate of the Alliance for
Democracy, Dr Rafiu Salau, on Saturday pledged to
create two million jobs if elected into office in next
month’s election.
Salau made the pledge while unfolding his manifesto in
an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in
Abuja.
To attain such a feat, Salau said his administration
would ensure more local content involvement in the
exploration and sale of crude oil as well as shipment by
local maritime companies.
He said: “First, a minimum of 70 per cent of the
exploration of the crude oil in the nation must be done
by local companies.
“Whatever the profit made by local companies will be
invested in the economy of the nation. This will go a
long way in increasing the revenue that will be
generated in the industry.
“Secondly, at least 70 per cent of the shipment of the
crude oil shall be assigned to local maritime
companies.
“Thirdly, 100 per cent of the oil products used locally
shall be refined by local refineries, meaning 50 per cent
of refined products will be enough for local
consumption while 50 per cent will be for exportation to
countries without oil or refineries”.
According to him, this strategy will create two million
jobs and increase oil revenue.
Salau said the national revenue being spent on the
importation of oil products and subsidy would no longer
be spent on consumption, but invested on capital
goods.
“This will generate more national revenue for decades
while the increase in national revenue from the
investment of the crude oil income will take the nation
to the path of G20.
“Nigeria will have 200 billion dollars in foreign reserve
before the end of my term in office”, he said. (NAN)

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Edo PDP Accuses Oshiomhole Of Misappropriation Of Public Funds

The Edo State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, has accused the state government of
misappropriating public funds and depleting the state’s
treasury to the tune of N142 million, which the governor
said was recently used to commission two projects in
the state.
The State Chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, made
the allegations at Igboubazuwa, in Ovia South West
Local Government Area of the state, during a reception
rally to welcome defectors from the All Progressives
Congress into the PDP.
Orbih, who was accompanied by some chieftains and
candidates of the PDP, accused the State Governor,
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, of signing out the sum of
N76 million and N66 million, on November 28 and 29,
2014 respectively, for the commissioning of projects by
the presidential candidate of the APC, Maj.-Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and a national leader of the
party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
It would be recalled that Buhari, had in November,
commissioned the six-lane Airport road and the
remodelled Imaguero College in Benin, while Tinubu
inaugurated the six-lane New Lagos Road and the
general hospital in Ewhohimi on December 19.
But Orbih, who claimed that the said projects had
earlier been commissioned, argued that the state had
never “witnessed this level of fraud and
misappropriation of public fund”, even as he warned the
two APC chieftains “to stay away from Edo State
because our accounts are usually emptied to rob their
over-bloated ego”, as their actions indicated that they
did not love the state.
The state chairman also used the opportunity to implore
the people of South South geo-political zone to make it
a responsibility to support President Goodluck Jonathan
in next month’s presidential election.
But the state government, in a reaction on Saturday,
described the claims as lies aimed at tarnishing the
image of the state governor, whom the people of the
state knew to be prudent.
The Commissioner for Information and Orientation,
Louis Odion, who responded to the allegations, said
that although the state government was not oblivious of
the envy of the PDP concerning the achievements of
the governor, it “least expected that the opposition party
would engage in forging vouchers to back up a
shameless lie”.

The picture below shows Chief Dan by the left and Gov. Oshiomhole by the right

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APC Criticizes INEC Over Redeployment Of RECs

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over
the recent redeployment of Resident Electoral
Commissioners (RECs), a move the commission said it
made as part of ways to ensure a free and fair election
in 2015.
The Chairman, Enugu State chapter of the APC, Ben
Nwoye said redeployment of RECs had almost become
a routine.
”It is bad for INEC to routinely, switch the RECs few
weeks before the general elections. It shows that INEC
trusted in the conduct of the elections,” he said.
The APC chieftain described the recent exercise as a
recipe for disaster, stating that the re-deployed RECs
already appreciate the geographical terrain of their
operations and had built confidence with the political
stakeholders in their various states.
“Enugu state do not have confidence that the new REC,
Prof. Chukwuemeka Onukaogu will be able to conduct
or supervise a free and fair election because of his
antecedents in Anambra State. He supervised the
conduct of the most unfair election in Anambra state
which is subject of litigation. INEC Charman, Prof.
Attahiru Jega admitted that the election he(Onukaogu)
conducted in Anambra last year was floored,” Nwoye
said.

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Photo of APC VP candidate Prof. Osinbajo with HID Awolowo

The report reaching us is that Chief Awolowo's widow has reportedly endorsed Osinbajo
and Buhari for this year's election

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Moment girl gang beat up man's girlfriend, shaved her head and wrote 'I got my a*** whooped' on her face

A teen in Ohio says she was ambushed by six women who
took turns brutally beating her on Christmas Eve — then
spread photos and videos of the attack on social media to
humiliate her.
Cheyanne Willis, 19, says she was pulling into the parking
lot of a suburban Cincinnati mall with her then boyfriend,
Quincy Gardner, when he parked and pulled her out of the
car. A group of six women, including two she knows, was
waiting for her and allegedly took turns kicking and beating
Willis, slamming her face on a car hood and shaving her
head...
Online footage shows Cheyanne Willis being visciously
attacked by a group of women on Christmas Eve ...below...
Willis is heard pleading and crying in a video of the incident
while others in the group shout angrily, according to the
station.
The attackers wrote 'I got my a** whopped' on her forehead
with eyeliner and signed their names, the video shows.
Willis is seen before the attack (left) and with her head
partially shaved (right) while being treated for for a
concussion following the attack
Willis says they took her purse with $50 and her cell phone,
then destroyed her driver's license and threatened to kill
Willis if she reported the crime.
'I am scared to leave my house still,' Willis, who was left
with a black eye and multiple concussions, told
DailyMail.com on Friday.
'I still haven't been to sleep— I hate to fall asleep because I
have nightmares.'
Willis says her then-boyfriend Quincy Gardner (pictured)
took her to the place where she was ambushed. He's been
charged with robbery over the incident
On Facebook, this woman—identified by Willis as Cheyenne
Fisher—says she 'slapped her up' over a stolen car. Fisher
has been charged with robbery over the incident
Willis says she's afraid of leaving her house now and
jumps 'at every noise.'
''I wanted to just die,' she told WCPO. 'I really wish they
would have killed me.
'I don't want to be here no more, honestly.'
Police told WCPO the incident remains under investigation

Source: UK Daily Mail

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Graphic Photos Of The Girl Whose Lover Cut Her Neck For Turning Down His Marriage Proposal

Eighteen-year-old Boluwatife Ajadi had been looking
forward to enjoying the New Year festivity with her
family in peace and happiness, but she spent it in
agony on a hospital bed, hanging on to life.
Boluwatife, who finished secondary school in
September 2014, fell victim of a vicious attack by a
scorned suitor, a young man who had been seeking her
hand in a romantic friendship, around 11pm on
December 30, 2014.
But the culprit, 21-year-old Sakiru Buari, insisted that
Boluwatife was his girlfriend.
When our correspondent visited Samas Hospital, a
private health facility in Baruwa area of Lagos, there
was no way of speaking with Boluwatife. She had been
unable to speak since the attack, her family said. The
girl had been induced to sleep by the hospital staff.
Her elder sister, Adeola, who narrated what happened,
said she had feared that her sister might not survive
the attack which left a long and deep gash on her neck.
A picture of the fresh wound showed part of the girl’s
neck, flesh that is almost the size of a palm, hanging
loose.
“The man used a razor to cut her neck,” Adeola began.
“There was no doubt that he actually wanted to kill her.
It all started about 11pm when we were hearing a noise
outside our house on Alhaja Wasilat Street, Baruwa.
Someone was shouting ‘thief, thief’ and we all rushed
outside but I did not realise my sister was not inside
with us.
“When I went outside, I saw someone staggering
towards us holding her neck. She was struggling to call
for help. By the time I realised it was my sister, she
collapsed on the ground.”
Saturday PUNCH learnt that soon after the attack,
neighbours who had heard Boluwatife’s initial alert for
help, were able to catch Buari who had attempted to
flee at the time.
“When they caught him, the man was even saying that
he regretted that she did not die. All I could do was
scream for help as I went to where my sister collapsed.
“At that time of the night, nobody was willing to help us.
No vehicle stopped for us to take her to the hospital. At
a point, I had to go to the middle of the road pleading
for help.
A doctor holds Boluwatife’s flesh in place
to stop bleeding during treatment at a
hospital
“Eventually, a young man at the scene picked her up
from the ground and carried her towards the nearest
hospital with
the help of other eyewitnesses.”
By the time Boluwatife got to the hospital, she had lost
so much blood that her soaked clothes were dripping
blood, it was learnt.
Banging on the door of the hospital with screams, those
who carried Boluwatife were admitted into the
compound as the doctor on duty went to work on the
barely conscious girl.
Adeola, said she had never seen the man who attacked
her sister before that day and was sure he was not her
sister’s boyfriend.
“The man must not escape justice,” she said. Their
father, Gabriel, said he was not at home at the time of
the attack but could not imagine what could have
pushed the man to want to kill her daughter.
He said, “I even thought she was dead when I was
called to the scene and saw the amount of blood on the
ground.
“The place looked like a slab where an animal had been
slaughtered. We are lucky that residents of our street
called the beast who did this to my daughter.
“He said it to my face that he had no regret for what he
did and was even angry that she survived the attack. At
least, we are happy that he had confessed to the attack
and we cannot wait to see him off to jail.”
The police at the Ipaja Division, Baruwa, have taken
Buari into custody with promises that the suspect would
be prosecuted appropriately since he had confessed to
the crime.
The Divisional Police Officer, Mr. Ajewole Adebayo, a
Chief Superintendent of Police, said Buari would be
transferred to the Department of Criminal
investigations, Yaba, Lagos, as soon as his men had
finished their part of the investigations.
When our correspondent and child and woman rights
activist, Esther Ogwu, visited the police division, Buari,
who was still wearing the clothes soiled with
bloodstains, had caked blood on his hands.
“I don’t know what came over me at the time,” he said.
The young man who said he was from Abeokuta, Ogun
State, explained that he dropped out of school in senior
secondary year one.
“She is my girlfriend and I don’t have any reason to kill
her. We did not fight. I just don’t know the spirit that
came over me at the time I brought out a razor and
slashed her neck. I know now that what I did was
terrible,” he said, as he looked away with.
Buari said both his parents were dead and that the only
known relation he had was in Abeokuta.
He said he works as a barber even though he did not
have a shop of his own.
Ogwu, who has taken over the girl’s case, said that the
most important evidence of the case would be the
explanation of the victim herself.
“Unfortunately, she is not in any condition to speak at
this time. But like every case of assault involving
women, we would ensure that the girl gets justice in
this case,” she said.

Source: The Punch

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Photo: Ex-Nigerian Player Found Dead At Home On New Year's Eve

Ex- Enyimba player, Romanus Orjinta who once played
and won CAF Champions League for Enyimba in 2003
is dead. Romanus was found dead on New Year’s eve
at his home in Enugu by neigbours who noticed he had
been missing.
Orjinta, 33, has since retired from playing to be a
coach, before his untimely death. No information
surrounding his death has been announced.

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Distraught Chibok Parents To Jonathan: Fulfil Your Promise On Rescuing Our Daughters From Boko Haram

Some parents of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls on
New Year’s Day recounted the kidnap of their children.

They wondered whether their daughters, who were
abducted by Boko Haram insurgents on April 14, 2014
would ever return.
The parents, who met with the #BringBackOurGirls
(BBOG) group in Abuja on Thursday, expressed
displeasure over the federal government’s inability to
rescue their daughters from Boko Haram’s captivity.
Led by Rev. Mark Enoch, nine of the affected parents
urged President Goodluck Jonathan to live up to the
promise he made to them six months ago on the safe
return of their daughters.
They, however, commended the BBOG campaigners for
not allowing the issue of their daughters’ abduction to
be swept under the carpet even as Rev. Enoch fingered
the government in the entire saga.
An aggrieved mother, Mrs. Samuel Abana, said: “I want
to remind the President of his promise. When he met
with us; he promised to rescue our daughters, he said
he would bring the girls back, but six months later,
there is no result.
“Mr. President, will you fail to rescue them if your
daughter was abducted? If you can’t do it alone, invite
the United Nations to come and rescue our daughters”.
Another parent, Mr. Bulama Jonah, recounted how his
daughter might have escaped been abducted.
He lamented: “the saddest thing is that my daughter
was sent home because of N300 just a day before she
was kidnapped. I gave her the money for her
testimonial and she went back to school only to be
abducted”.

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NSCIA Lampoons FG For Abstaining From UNSC Resolution On Palestine

The highest decision making body for Muslims in the
country, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic
Affairs (NSCIA), yesterday condemned the Federal
Government for refusing to vote in favour of
independence for Palestinian State.
It would be recalled that the United Nations Security
Council on Tuesday rejected a Palestinian resolution
calling for an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied West
Bank and East Jerusalem and the establishment of a
Palestinian State by late 2017.
The resolution also called for negotiations to be based
on territorial lines that existed before Israel captured
the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip in
the 1967 Middle East war. It also called for a peace
deal within 12 months.
The United States vetoed the resolution, which
needed nine votes in favour and no vetoes from the
council’s five permanent members.
The European and African camps were split in the
vote. France and Luxembourg voted in favour of the
resolution. Britain and Lithuania abstained while among
the Africans, Chad voted yes, but Rwanda and Nigeria
abstained.
However, Nigeria has come under heavy criticism
especially since it is a member of the Organization of
Islamic Countries (OIC) and has always supported
independence for Palestinian State as part of its foreign
policy.
Reacting to the development yesterday in Ilorin, the
Kwara State capital, NSCIA Secretary General, Prof.
Ishaq Oloyede, said: “Whatever must have influenced
the position of the Federal Government, it is
condemnable by all lovers of peace and liberation all
over the world.
“And we believe that Nigeria needs not degenerate
further than this because if we cannot manage our
domestic issues, it is clear that in foreign affairs we are
almost betraying the heroes of this nation.
“We are very sad about this and we feel Nigerians
should know that the NSCIA is opposed to this and we
believe that those who are at the helm of affairs of our
foreign policy will have to explain to the Nigerian people
what they should betray them”.
He added: “The NSCIA is very sad about this
development and we feel that the Federal Government
has betrayed the people of Nigeria and has created a
very serious problem for our foreign policy.
“We believe that what Nigeria has just done is not only
a somersault in terms of foreign policy of Nigeria it is
also a slap on those who are lovers of freedom all over
the world and one cannot explain why this ought to be
so except that we believe the Nigerian government is
carrying its divisive domestic policies to foreign policy
of the country and this is very sad.
“The main thrust of our opposition is just to call
attention of the people of Nigeria to the very sad
situation in which we have been plunged into by the
federal government. You all know the historic position
of Nigeria in terms of fighting for freedom and liberation
all over the world.
“You know Nigeria has always been on the side of
justice and liberation from South Africa etc. Nigeria’s
position has always been very firm on the part of
liberation and freedom of the people.
“We were therefore surprised and amazed by the turn of
events at the Security Council where nine votes were
required for endorsement of freedom for the people of
Palestine only for Nigeria, having played a mischievous
role of expressing its well position about liberation
turning round immediately after communication with
some so-called leadership of the foreign affairs
managers to abstain from voting for this historic
resolution of the 66 years old crisis.
“Of course, if countries like Britain and USA are
opposing it, we can understand; why should Nigeria be
the one to abstain from such a progressive step and
this is why the NSCIA is very unhappy about the
situation and we believe all lovers of freedom should
condemn the Federal Government for what it has just
done. It is a step against freedom and what Nigeria has
always stood for”.

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APC – Jonathan Not Capable Of Ending Boko Haram Insurgency, Corruption

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says President
Goodluck Jonathan lacks the capacity to tackle the
challenges facing the country. He has not been able to
do anything in six years, even if given more years,
nothing would change, the party claimed.
”The President has finally admitted that the two main
challenges facing the country are corruption and
insecurity, and seems to be telling Nigerians to give him
more time to tackle the problems. But the truth is that
he lacks the capacity to fight and defeat these
challenges, whether in six or 10 years,” the party said in
a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed.
”A President who has spent the last six years trying to
diagnose the main problems facing the country will
apparently need another four years to plan how to
tackle the challenges. By then, all of us would have
been buried under the rubble of corruption and our
country would have been decimated by insecurity. It is
therefore time for Nigerians to vote in a President who
will hit the ground running, a President who will tackle
the problems of corruption and insecurity headlong,
without giving excuses for failure,” it said.
The opposition slammed the Jonathan administration
as corrupt, noting that a corrupt government can never
fight corruption.
”Mr. President said he wants to put in place the
institutions to tackle corruption before taking on the
canker worm that has almost destroyed the fabric of
our society. Pray, whatever happened to the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related
Offences Commission (ICPC)? Were they not
institutions specifically created for the purpose of
tackling corruption, but which the Jonathan
Administration chose to castrate?
”There is no better way to say this: President Jonathan
lacks the political will to tackle corruption, and he will
not tackle it if he spends 60 years in office,” the
statement read.
The APC also criticized the way Jonathan has handled
Boko Haram insurgency. According to the party, the
president missed the chance to nip the menace in the
bud when it just started, as he was busy blaming
everyone.
”Had the President learnt a lesson or two from the
crushing defeat of the Maitatsine sect by Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari, which signalled the death knell of
the sect that is a precursor of Boko Haram, the
insurgency that is daily claiming the lives of our citizens
would have been defeated early on.
”It is too late in the day for President Jonathan to
engage in sophistry over the twin evil of corruption and
insecurity. He has reached the limit of his capacity to
tackle these challenges and it is time to allow those
with necessary political will and capacity to take on the
challenges before they crush the country,” the party
said.

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LAUTECH: SECOND SEMESTER EXAM TAKING PLACE BETWEEN JANUARY 28TH, TO FEBRUARY 10th

CONCERNING SECOND SEMESTER EXAM TAKING PLACE BETWEEN  JANUARY 28TH, TO FEBRUARY 10th  OR NOT.

Majority decisions tend to be made without engaging the systemic thought and critical thinking skill of the individuals in the group. Given the force of the group’s normative power to shape the opinions of the followers who conform without thinking things through, they are often taken at face value. The persistence minority force the other to process the relevant information more mindfully. Research shows that the decisions of a group as a whole are more thoughtful and creative when there is minority dissent than when it is absent.

These as to do with the on going RUMOURS concerning the rearrangement of school calendar, as stated that, the second semester examination will take place within January 28th to February 10th. Which simply mean a semester will be complete within a month. The school management came up with excuses like for the uncertainly as to what could happen after February’s General election of Nigeria and also to stabilize our already disorganized school calendar.     

Dear Ladokites, you will agree with me that will are the largest UNION with the largest stakeholder as far as this university is concern, in lieu of this if the school management will make any decision that will affect the member of our great UNION they need to put us into consideration.
But I want all Ladokites to contribute their own OPINION on this issue NOW before the Students Union Government will take her step by Monday to reject or accept the decision.

Because to me that decision has two major disadvantage and only one major advantage to the students,

ADVANTAGE
1)It can stabilize our already disorganized school calendar or make our programme faster.

DISADVANTAGE

1)It will highly affect the less privilege individual who will be force to pay their remaining part payment school fees before January 28th.
2)It will affect our lay down syllabus especially for the 100Level students because we have a limited time for lectures in a day (maximum of 11 hours).

Dear Ladokites, leave your own OPINION, GRIEVANCES and ADVICE because collective hands rescue mission and this is a crossroad decision that require wisdom. 

Note:  all your opinion and grievances will be submitted to the executives and the school management, in fact they are all reading it as u are typing. Your welfarism, yearning and aspirations are ALUTA ROCKET priority.

Thanks,
God bless u
God bless LAUTECH SUG.
God bless Nigeria
BETTER LAUTECH IS ACHIEVABLE

Source: LAUTECH SUG

So drop your comments as it will be passed across to the SUG and don't forget to share to other ladokites

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