Saturday, 11 July 2015
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Heartbreaking photos: 12yr old girl battered by her father in Lagos
She narrated her experience to TheNation
"I live with my parents at 4 Kuforiji Street, Orile. On July 7th, I ran away from home after receiving severe beating from my father. My offence was that I tried to stop him from beating my mother. My father accused my mother of using his hard earned money to play lotto game and he descended on her with anything he could lay his hands on. My father alleged that my mother loves patronizing lotto game and he beat her up mercilessly and broke her knees. Despite my mother’s cry for help, none of our neighbours came to her rescue because they are afraid of my father.
I could not bear the beating anymore and I begged my father to stop beating my mother. He became furious and pounced on me.
This is not the first time my father will beat my mother and I. I have lost count of his endless beatings. On one occasion, I begged my mother to relocate four of us her children to Ilorin so we can stay away from our father due to his constant beating. I am the first child but my mother said my father will change but he has gotten worse by the day. My mother is presently on admission at the Charity Hospital at Orile following the beating my father gave her.
I could not stand his beating anymore and I ran away from home to meet one of my mother’s friends at Oyingbo market but I did not meet her when I got to the market. I was in great pains and I decided to sleep in the market because I do not want to go back to my father’s house. It was while I was sleeping at the market that some vigilante men came and rescued me. I told them my plight and they took me to the hospital where I am presently receiving treatment”Also speaking, the secretary of the Vigilante group of Nigeria at Ebutte Metta where Kafayat was found, said after seeing the girl in so much pain, he mobilzed for her to be taken to a nearby hospital to receive medical attention
“On July 7th about 4am, I received a report from our members patrolling the Oyingbo market along the railway line that they found a girl laying in pains in one of the stalls. I told them to bring her to our office and when I saw her body, I asked her what happened and she told me that her father beat her with barb wire. I quickly mobilized and took her to the Star Clinic at Ebute- Metta where she is receiving treatment the wound on her body had become sores and I wonder what type of a father will beat a child like that. I took her to the Iponri police station to report the battering but the policemen there turned me back that they do not handle such a case. I took her to the Area C police Command at Surulere and the police there refused to attend to us. They told me to take her to the office of the Public defender. I have been running around with this girl since morning to get the necessary authority to look into this matter and arrest the father but they have refused to take the case,” the man said.Source: The Nation
Heartbreaking photos: 12yr old girl battered by her father in Lagos
She narrated her experience to TheNation
"I live with my parents at 4 Kuforiji Street, Orile. On July 7th, I ran away from home after receiving severe beating from my father. My offence was that I tried to stop him from beating my mother. My father accused my mother of using his hard earned money to play lotto game and he descended on her with anything he could lay his hands on. My father alleged that my mother loves patronizing lotto game and he beat her up mercilessly and broke her knees. Despite my mother’s cry for help, none of our neighbours came to her rescue because they are afraid of my father.
I could not bear the beating anymore and I begged my father to stop beating my mother. He became furious and pounced on me.
This is not the first time my father will beat my mother and I. I have lost count of his endless beatings. On one occasion, I begged my mother to relocate four of us her children to Ilorin so we can stay away from our father due to his constant beating. I am the first child but my mother said my father will change but he has gotten worse by the day. My mother is presently on admission at the Charity Hospital at Orile following the beating my father gave her.
I could not stand his beating anymore and I ran away from home to meet one of my mother’s friends at Oyingbo market but I did not meet her when I got to the market. I was in great pains and I decided to sleep in the market because I do not want to go back to my father’s house. It was while I was sleeping at the market that some vigilante men came and rescued me. I told them my plight and they took me to the hospital where I am presently receiving treatment”Also speaking, the secretary of the Vigilante group of Nigeria at Ebutte Metta where Kafayat was found, said after seeing the girl in so much pain, he mobilzed for her to be taken to a nearby hospital to receive medical attention
“On July 7th about 4am, I received a report from our members patrolling the Oyingbo market along the railway line that they found a girl laying in pains in one of the stalls. I told them to bring her to our office and when I saw her body, I asked her what happened and she told me that her father beat her with barb wire. I quickly mobilized and took her to the Star Clinic at Ebute- Metta where she is receiving treatment the wound on her body had become sores and I wonder what type of a father will beat a child like that. I took her to the Iponri police station to report the battering but the policemen there turned me back that they do not handle such a case. I took her to the Area C police Command at Surulere and the police there refused to attend to us. They told me to take her to the office of the Public defender. I have been running around with this girl since morning to get the necessary authority to look into this matter and arrest the father but they have refused to take the case,” the man said.Source: The Nation
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US jean makers say this woman has the most perfect butt in the US (photos)
"Jean makers say Natasha Wagner has the most perfect behind in America. She told Inside Edition: “I feel very flattered that anyone would say that I have a perfect butt.”
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The 34-year-old from Los Angeles is size six, has a 28 inch waist and stands 5’8.”
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Wagner said it's not easy to stay the same size and shape. She said: “My job is try on jeans and stay the same size.” To achieve her perfect derriere-- she sweats through 100 squats a day. She also spends 45 minutes on the treadmill and elliptical machine.
She eats only healthy treats, like a strawberry and kale smoothie.
LMC reports three referees to NFF over poor performance
The
League Management Company says it has reported the referees in last
Wednesday’s fixture between Shooting Stars of Ibadan and Warri Wolves to
the Nigeria Football Federation.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that LMC had, in a statement on Friday, said it had reported the three officials to the NFF Referees’ Committee.
“They
were reported to NFF for their role in the conduct of the rescheduled
Match Day 7 fixture, a role which has been considered inimical to the
good of the league,” it said.
The
statement said referee Francis Agbaegbu from Niger State Referees’
Council and the two others were asked to explain their performance in
the match.
NAN
reports that the two others are Assistant Referees, Minisen Iyorhe from
Benue State Referees’ Council and Garba Mesa from the Yobe State
Referees’ Council.
“They
have been referred by the LMC to the Referees’ Committee of the NFA to
explain their performance in the match played on Wednesday, July 8 at
the Lekan Salami Stadium,” the statement said.
It
said further that the LMC also requested the listed officials be
dropped from further officiating in Nigeria Professional Football League
games.
“This will be until further investigation of their performance in the match by the NFF Referees Committee,’’ the statement said.
NAN
recalls that the three joins the list of match officials who have been
either investigated or dropped to lower leagues and or rested for the
remaining games of the season.
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The former Rivers state governor paid a visit to President Buhari at Aso Rock today July 10th...
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Buhari, Osinbajo slash own salaries by 50%
Buhari, Osinbajo
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo have announced their decision to take only 50
per cent of the salaries approved for them by the Revenue Mobilisation
Allocation and Fiscal Commission.
Their decision was contained in a
statement made available to journalists on Friday by the Senior Special
Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu.
The President’s current annual remuneration as approved by RMAFC is put at N14,058,820.00.
With this development, Buhari will be earning N7m per year throughout his four-year tenure.
Shehu said the President’s decision to
cut his salary by half had been conveyed to the Office of the Secretary
to the Government of the Federation on Friday by the Permanent Secretary
of the State House, Mr. Nebolisa Emodi.
“I write to forward the completed IPPIS
registration form of Mr. President and to draw your kind attention to
Mr. President’s directive that only 50 per cent of his salary be paid to
him,” the presidential spokesman quoted Emodi as writing in the letter
with reference number PRES/81/SGF/17.
Shehu said Osinbajo had similarly given up half of his official remuneration.
He however did not disclose the reason behind the decision in his statement.
But in a telephone interview with our
correspondent, Shehu said Buhari, by his action, was sending a clear
message to Nigerians on the need to make sacrifice for national
development.
He said having done that for himself,
the President is expecting other political office holders and indeed all
Nigerians to borrow a leaf from him.
Shehu said, “That voluntary action of the President is pregnant with meaning.
“It is a message of sacrifice for national development.
“Since the President has done this for
himself, he is expecting that others will join him in making sacrifices
for their fatherland.”
Meanwhile, the Kwara State Governor,
Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, commended the slash in the salaries by Buhari
and Osinbajo, adding that the decision was a display of leadership by
example.
Ahmed, who spoke through his Senior
Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Dr. Muyideen Akorede, said
he would consider measures to reduce the cost of governance in the
state.
Akorede said, “While Governor Ahmed
commends the President and the vice-president’s admirable display of
leadership by example through cuts in their salaries, he is looking at
other sustainable ways of cutting the cost of governance and freeing up
funds for more pro-people programmes.”
But the Kogi State Governor, Capt Idris
Wada (retd), said the decision on whether he would cut his salary or not
had not been taken.
His Special Adviser on Media and
Strategy, Mr. Jacob Edi, said the governor supported genuine measures to
cut down the cost of governance, adding that the state had already
implemented measures that would plug government revenue leakages.
The Enugu State Governor,
Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has yet to disclose any intention to slash his salary.
Ugwuanyi’s Senior Special Assistant on
Media, Mr. Louis Amoke, said on Friday night that while the governor had
not disclosed plans to slash his salary, he had directed that no
political office holder or political appointee should be paid until the
workers have received their wages.
One of the aides to the Edo State
Governor, who did not want to be mentioned, said that both the governor
and his deputy had made their own sacrifices by denying themselves the
payment of allowances and overheads, which he said, accounted for the
bulk of financial entitlements to serving public office holders.
The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele
Fayose, has yet to make categorical statement on whether he will slash
his own salary or not.
When contacted, he simply said through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, “We have no comment.”
The Kano State Governor, Umar Ganduje, had announced a pay cut for all political office holders in the state.
The Special Adviser (Media) to the governor, Baba Dantiye told Saturday PUNCH,
“He has announced this (pay cut) for all political office holders. In
fact, we are the first to announce it followed by Governor Nasir
El-Rufai of Kaduna State.”
El-Rufai had announced a 50 per cent cut in his salary and that of his deputy on assumption of office.
The Chief Press Secretary to Governor
Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State, Mr. Eni Akinsola, said the incumbent
administration was more interested in other effective ways of managing
the state’s resources rather than slashing salaries.
Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar
Sani Bello, said that the slashing of the salaries of the President and
the Vice-President by 50 per cent was only symbolic, saying it would not
save much.
Speaking through his Chief Press
Secretary, Dooba Ibraheem, the governor explained that his salary is not
much to begin with. He said he would rather prefer to cut down on
things that would save reasonable amount of money.
He said, “To his shock, the governor
learnt that one trip can consume up to N1.5m per day. This can add up to
a lot of money in one month.”
Girl, 15, commits suicide after being gang- raped.
Rage,
shock and confusion pervaded Okwoyi village, Isieke community in
Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State as a 15-year-old girl
committed suicide after being ganged-raped.
The deceased, Comfort Uche-Ume, a native
of Amaeke Abam in Arochukwu LGA of the state, was allegedly raped by
three boys; Ndubuisi Wogu, Chinaza Ufomadu, and Francis Onwoboro now on
the run.
The deceased was a JSS 3 student of
Isieke Community Secondary School and had just finished writing the
“Junior WEAC” exam, according to a source.
The source also said two of the culprits hail from Okwoyi while the other is from Ikwuano LGA.
Confirming the incident, the Police
Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ezekiel Onyeke said the police had
declared the suspected rapists wanted.
Onyeke told Southern City News that the
victim who until her death resided at Iyienyi village with her parents,
had gone in the company of her sister who was married at Okwoyi, a
neighbouring village, to see her (sister) husband.
He said that as evening approached, the
deceased opted to return home to remove the clothes they spread outside
to save them from getting wet from the threatening rain.
But another source said the deceased
decided to return home because she was having the key to their house so
that the parents who travelled would not be stranded upon their return.
The PPRO said that as the deceased was
trekking back to Iyienyi village alone, she was allegedly accosted by
Nwogu, who had been making unsuccessful advances at her.
He said Nwogu, assisted by two other
accomplices, dragged the victim to a nearby bush where they gang-raped
her, threatening to kill her if she raised any alarm.
Police said that when the sister of the
deceased returned home, she met her crying and after enquiries, Comfort
narrated her ordeal to her.
Irked by the sexual assault on her
sister, she was said to have informed her husband, who quickly rushed to
confront one of the suspects and engaged him in a free-for-all.
According to the police, the victim was
later brought to Umuahia Central Police Station around 9pm by her
parents to officially report the matter.
Onyeke said after lodging the complaint,
the police first decided to take the victim to the police clinic for
examination and medical attention.
He said after she was examined and the
police wanted to take her statement, but the parents pleaded that they
should be allowed to take her home, promising to return the next morning
since it was getting late so that they could still get transport home.
The incident, according to him, took place Friday last week.
“But instead of returning as they
promised, the parents never showed up. The mother of the deceased rather
decided to scold her over the incident.
“The mother mismanaged the situation. She
said to her ‘Have I not warned you not to go to Okwoyi village alone?
Now three men have raped you and if you become pregnant, who will be the
father of the baby?’
“On Tuesday morning, the mother of the
victim allegedly went to her room again and started talking to her. She
later invited her for the family’s morning devotion, but she declined,”
The state police spokesman pointed out
that when the family began to hold their morning devotion about 20
minutes later, a shout was heard outside the house and the family
members rushed out.
According to him, the initial thinking of family members was that the rapists had come to attack her again.
But that was not to be as they were
shocked to their marrows to see the lifeless body of their daughter, who
was reportedly seen leave her room with a head tie/ veil across her
shoulders, dangling on a guava tree beside their house. She had
committed suicide!
Police said the deceased might have decided to take her life out of frustration and possible stigmatisation.
The PPRO, therefore, advised parents and
guardians to exercise caution when “they manage sensitive situations
that might come their way, especially the ones affecting their children
or wards.”
He said, “Parents should avoid
stigmatising their children, but treat them with love anytime such
unfortunate situation comes up.”
Onyeke also appealed to members of the
public with any credible information about the whereabouts of the
alleged rapists to volunteer same to the nearest police station for
prompt action.
Meanwhile, a source at Okwoyi told our correspondent that the villagers had begun a manhunt for the suspects.
The source said hunters had been mobilised to comb every nook and cranny of the village for their possible arrest.
According to the source, the villagers
are not taking the incident lightly, vowing to stop at nothing in
bringing the culprits to bok.
“This is an abomination and we will make sure we fish them out of any hole they may have run into,” the source said.
Iyabo said I was going to die in office – Obasanjo
Olusegun Obasanjo and Iyabo Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that his eldest daughter, Iyabo, told him he was going to die in office.
The former President also said his daughter said if that should happen, she would not weep for him.
The former President said he,
nevertheless, replied his daughter that such would not mean anything to
him since he would not be there to appreciate it.
Obasanjo, who said this in his controversial book, MY WATCH,
said that was Iyabo’s submission when he informed her and three of his
other children about his desire to contest the 1999 Presidential
election.
The meeting with the four children, which
he said came after he had consulted almost all those that mattered
before joining the presidential race, was held in New York.
He said it was ironic that Iyabo became a senator during his tenure.
Meanwhile, before being elected a
senator, Iyabo was appointed a commissioner by Otunba Gbenga Daniel,
while he was serving as governor of Ogun State.
Obasanjo said, “My mind was almost made
up (to vie for the position of President) but I had to consult with my
children. I got four of them together in New York.
“I told them I was going to decide whether to go into politics or not. Iyabo was the most antagonistic.
“She burst out loudly, ‘I know you will join and you will die there and if you die, I will not weep.’
“I told her ‘if I die and you weep, it is for yourself and others, not for me as I will not know you are weeping.’
“It is ironic that within 10 years, Iyabo became a Senator and I completed two terms of eight years without a scratch.”
The former President added that out of
the four children in attendance when he spoke with them, it was only
Segun who he said, had a few words of encouragement.
The son, according to Obasanjo, said,
“Daddy, you have always said that we must serve God and humanity and if
this is the way you have chosen to serve God and humanity, I will pray
for you.”
With those words from his son coupled
with the words of encouragement he said he got from those he had spoken
with earlier, the Owu-born retired general said “the die was almost
cast.”
In the book, Obasanjo also mentioned the
names of his 21 children. He was however silent on the number of his
wives or the mothers of the children.
Five of the children are holders of PhD in different fields.
The children are Iyabo (PhD), who is the
eldest; Busola, Segun(PhD), Gbenga(PhD), Deboye, Muyiwa, Funke, Bola
(PhD) and Seun (PhD).
Also listed were Dare, Kofo, Dayo, Biyi, Bisoye, Damilola, Jonwo, Bunmi, Funso, Dayo, Toyosi and Bukola.
The listing and mentioning of the names
of his children was the first time the two-time President of Nigeria,
would publicly talk about his children.
In the book, Obasanjo also extolled his late wife, Stella who he said had to contend with violent nature of his divorced wife.
He said he decided to bring Stella to his
house after the dissolution of his first marriage in a Lagos High Court
by Justice Dosumu. Stella, he added, was “one of the women who had
children for me.”
The former President noted that in the course of his marriage to Stella, she handled four major issues most admirably.
The issues, according to him, included
“constant harassment at home through telephone calls and name-calling,
and physical and violent confrontation in the streets by my divorced
wife.”
Obasanjo added that Stella tried to avoid
exchange, but said that he got at least one report of close combat
where both inflicted wounds on each other at his farm when he was not
there.
He also commended his late wife for
taking proper care of his other children and also visiting him on many
occasions while he was in Jos and Yola prisons.
He regretted the death of the former
First Lady, who he said was very close to him, but added that it was
after her death that he got to know that the desire to celebrate her
60th birthday made her to embark on stomach operation without his
knowledge.
Obasanjo said that it was after her burial that he decided to look into the circumstances that led to her death.
He said in the book, “After her death, I
found out the circumstances of her death. I found out that part of her
sixtieth birthday anniversary, which was unknown to me, was her
operation for her tummy and her shape.
“This was carried out in Spain. The
doctor was careless,” he said, adding that with the help of the Nigerian
Embassy in Spain and the Spanish Authority, he was able to prosecute
the doctor and the hospital.
Though he said he realised that once a
life has been lost it life cannot be brought back. He said he was of the
opinion that successful prosecution could prevent similar carelessness
and loss of life in future.
The doctor, he said, was made to pay damages while his licence was withdrawn for a considerable period of time.
He said Olu, Stella’s son, collected “whatever damages were paid.”
The former president said he was however
sad when he heard that some Nigerians were carrying rumours that he
might have caused the death of his wife “to sacrifice her for success in
my job.”
“That is how wicked and satanic some Nigerians can be in their rumours and mischief,” the former President added.