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Room</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Benedicta N</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SCzxl6cXtsY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAABU/yYVaa3-R3MM/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>83</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336878828126408211.post-3357266050066697312</id><published>2014-04-03T02:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2014-04-03T02:07:04.446-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Pants Down"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Pastor Caught Pants Down"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sex Scandal"/><title type='text'>Sex Scandal: Pastor Caught Pants Down With A Lady In Church Office</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.9janewsplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Pastor-Caught-Pants-Down-With-A-Lady-In-Church-Office.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://www.9janewsplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Pastor-Caught-Pants-Down-With-A-Lady-In-Church-Office.jpg&quot; height=&quot;162&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;It’s thіngѕ lіkе thіѕ thаt іѕ making ѕоmе people encourage polygamy bесаuѕе mоѕt оf thе men whо pretend thаt sexual feelings іѕ nоthіng tо thеm оftеn еnd uр dоіng worst thіngѕ іn secret. Whу nоt dо thіѕ thіng legitimately аnd live іn peace, rаthеr thаn claim tо bе holy but уоu аrе dоіng іt іn secret? It doesn’t mаkе sense. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Thе story circulating аbоut оnе Mrѕ Nneka Chimaobi whо lives wіth hеr husband аt Agulu іn Idemili North оf Anambra State аnd а lady simply identified аѕ Mіѕѕ Amala frоm Ogidi аlѕо оf thе ѕаmе Idemili North оvеr whо wіll bе іn enjoying thе “juice” оf thе Rev. Fr. оf St. Augustine Catholic Church іѕ vеrу shameful. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Aссоrdіng tо reports, competent sources wіthіn thе leadership cadre іn thе Catholic Church reveal thаt Rev. Fr. Celestine Chigbo whо hails frоm Ogbunike gоt hіmѕеlf enmeshed іn thе séxcapade whеn hе started eating thе “honey pot” оf Mrs. Chimaobi bеfоrе ѕhе gоt married. Funny enough, bесаuѕе оf thе sweetness, thе Parish Priest refused tо stop “doing it” wіth thе woman, whо іѕ nоw married. Anyway, trouble ensued whеn thе Reverend Father ate thе “honey pot” оf аnоthеr lady, Mіѕѕ Amala аnd fell іn love wіth her. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Hе ѕtіll invited thе married woman tо thе Parish House, untіl bоth ladies started suspecting. “Each time Mrs. Nneka аnd Amala meets аt thе Parish Priest house, thеу wіll engage еасh оthеr іn а fight. Thіѕ lasted fоr а long time untіl thе attention оf thе Holy Ghost Reverend Father, Rev. Fr. Gbuzue оf Mountain Solution Adoration Ministry’s wаѕ drawn tо thе matter”, ѕаіd а competent source. Thе Chairlady оf Catholic Women Organization, CWO, оf St. Augustine Catholic Church, Mrs. Uzodinma wаѕ alleged tо hаvе trіеd tо resolve thе séx matter wіthоut success. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Thе CWO chairwoman – аftеr hаvіng failed tо resolve thе matter recommended fоr thе suspension оf bоth Mrs. Nneka Chimaobi аnd Miss. Amala frоm thе Church. On hоw thе dirty scandal gоt tо thе public, іt wаѕ gathered thаt оn January 31, 2014, Mrs. Nneka Chimaobi wаѕ alleged tо hаvе slépt overnight іnѕіdе thе Parish Priest’s іnnеr room аnd іn thе morning оf thе 31st, thе clergy allegedly left Nneka іn hіѕ bedroom tо conduct morning mass аnd аftеr gіvеn Holy Communion, hе rushed bасk tо continue “things”. But bеfоrе hе gоt home, Miss. Amala hаd visited рrоbаblу оn thе instigation оf оnе оf thе servants іn thе Parish House. On noticing thаt Mrs. Chimaobi wаѕ аlrеаdу іn thе bedroom, Mіѕѕ Amala faced thе married woman іn а fight tо finish. Thіngѕ gоt оut оf hand аt thіѕ point аѕ thе mess wаѕ exposed tо оthеrѕ whо didn’t knоw аbоut it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/feeds/3357266050066697312/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/04/sex-scandal-pastor-caught-pants-down.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/3357266050066697312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/3357266050066697312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/04/sex-scandal-pastor-caught-pants-down.html' title='Sex Scandal: Pastor Caught Pants Down With A Lady In Church Office'/><author><name>Benedicta N</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/100474538903042181347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SCzxl6cXtsY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAABU/yYVaa3-R3MM/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336878828126408211.post-7298265497105361630</id><published>2014-04-03T01:45:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2014-04-03T01:45:27.800-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ibadan Forest of Horror"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lunatics from the streets"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Muslim cleric caught slaughtering"/><title type='text'>Police Confirm Ibadan ‘Lunatics’ As Human Parts Dealers</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZW8ZlsdvX-I/Uz0flpHrpFI/AAAAAAAAAXg/12AkJBmKCWw/s1600/horror+forest.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZW8ZlsdvX-I/Uz0flpHrpFI/AAAAAAAAAXg/12AkJBmKCWw/s1600/horror+forest.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Some days after the discovery of the Ibadan Forest of Horror, on the 22nd of March, a Ritualist disguising as a &#39;mad man&#39; was nabbed and beaten up by angry mob after he was discovered with&lt;br /&gt;human tongue amongst other things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &#39;lunatic&#39; suspect The Oyo State Police Command said, yesterday, that two of the arrested suspects, who disguised as lunatics, have confessed that they are dealers in human body parts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Indabawa made this confirmation at the end of a security meeting with Governor Abiola Ajimobi. Over the past weeks, many other suspects have been caught and also beaten up by angry youths as a result of finding human parts with them. It would be recalled a &#39;fake preacher&#39; with human skull and an Muslim cleric caught slaughtering a young girl were among those recently arrested.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of the suspects, however, did not survive the mob attack as they died afterwards. The CP has said that as a result of the recent happenings in the state 42 lunatics had been withdrawn from major streets by the government: “Police have rescued 42 lunatics or presumed lunatics from the streets so far. Two people have been killed. Investigation, like I said, is ongoing and out of the so called lunatics, two of them have&lt;br /&gt;confessed to be looking for human body parts, but they are not yet related to the Soka incident.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile the Special Adviser on Public Affairs, Mr. Toye Arulogun, said that the state government had also decided to create a temporaryshelter with medical personnel and other facilities to take care of the lunatics before they are re-united with their families.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/feeds/7298265497105361630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/04/police-confirm-ibadan-lunatics-as-human_3.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/7298265497105361630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/7298265497105361630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/04/police-confirm-ibadan-lunatics-as-human_3.html' title='Police Confirm Ibadan ‘Lunatics’ As Human Parts Dealers'/><author><name>Benedicta N</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/100474538903042181347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SCzxl6cXtsY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAABU/yYVaa3-R3MM/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZW8ZlsdvX-I/Uz0flpHrpFI/AAAAAAAAAXg/12AkJBmKCWw/s72-c/horror+forest.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336878828126408211.post-7976403997447092895</id><published>2014-04-02T04:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2014-04-02T04:35:23.939-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bible predicts coming of Prophet Muhammad"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="£14million Bible"/><title type='text'>The Secret £14million Bible predicts coming of Prophet Muhammad</title><content type='html'>&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/24/article-2105714-11E5192A000005DC-379_468x329.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/24/article-2105714-11E5192A000005DC-379_468x329.jpg&quot; height=&quot;224&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;The 1,500-year-old tome &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Vatican &#39;wants to see&#39; 1,500-year-old ancient script&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Has been hidden by Turkish state for 12 years&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Handwritten in gold-lettered Aramaic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;A secret Bible in which Jesus is believed to predict the coming of the Prophet Muhammad to Earth has sparked serious interest from the Vatican.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Pope Benedict XVI is claimed to want to see the 1,500-year-old book, which many say is the Gospel of Barnabas, that has been hidden by the Turkish state for the last 12 years.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;The £14million handwritten gold lettered tome, penned in Jesus&#39; native Aramaic language, is said to contain his early teachings and a prediction of the Prophet&#39;s coming.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;The leather-bound text, written on animal hide, was discovered by Turkish police during an anti-smuggling operation in 2000.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;It was closely guarded until 2010, when it was finally handed over to the Ankara Ethnography Museum, and will soon be put back on public display following a minor restoration.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;A photocopy of a single page from the handwritten ancient manuscript is thought to be worth £1.5million.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Turkish culture and tourism minister Ertugrul Gunay said the book could be an authentic version of the Gospel, which was suppressed by the Christian Church for its strong parallels with the Islamic view of Jesus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;He also said the Vatican had made an official request to see the scripture - a controversial text which Muslims claim is an addition to the original gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke and John.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;In line with Islamic belief, the Gospel treats Jesus as a human being and not a God.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;It rejects the ideas of the Holy Trinity and the Crucifixion and reveals that Jesus predicted the coming of the Prophet Muhammad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;In one version of the gospel, he is said to have told a priest: &#39;How shall the Messiah be called? Muhammad is his blessed name&#39;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;And in another Jesus denied being the Messiah, claiming that he or she would be Ishmaelite, the term used for an Arab.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Despite the interest in the newly re-discovered book, some believe it is a fake and only dates back to the 16th century.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;The oldest copies of the book date back to that time, and are written in Spanish and Italian.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Protestant pastor İhsan Özbek said it was unlikely to be authentic.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;This is because St Barnabas lived in the first century and was one of the Apostles of Jesus, in contrast to this version which is said to come from the fifth or sixth century.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;He told the Today Zaman newspaper: &#39;The copy in Ankara might have been written by one of the followers of St Barnabas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&#39;Since there is around 500 years in between St Barnabas and the writing of the Bible copy, Muslims may be disappointed to see that this copy does not include things they would like to see.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&#39;It might have no relation with the content of the Gospel of Barnabas.&#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Theology professor Ömer Faruk Harman said a scientific scan of the bible may be the only way to reveal how old it really is.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Source:&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2105714/Secret-14million-Bible-Jesus-predicts-coming-Prophet-Muhammad-unearthed-Turkey.html&quot; 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cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/04/02/article-2594842-1CB8A7B200000578-931_634x632.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/04/02/article-2594842-1CB8A7B200000578-931_634x632.jpg&quot; height=&quot;318&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;A previously unheard song of Michael Jackson&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;A previously unheard Michael Jackson track set to be released on the singer&#39;s forthcoming posthumous album is about child abuse.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;The new song, entitled Do You Know Where Your Children Are, tells the story of a 12-year-old girl who runs away from her abusive stepfather and turns to prostitution.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;It is one of eight tracks recorded by the singer before his death in June 2009 at the age of 50 which will feature on the new album Xscape, set to be released in May.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;n one of the song&#39;s verses Jackson sings: &#39;She wrote that she is tired of step-daddy using her/Saying that he’ll buy her things, while sexually abusing her,&#39; according to the Daily Mirror.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;According to leaked lyrics from the chorus, the song continues: &#39;Do you know where your children are? Because it&#39;s now twelve o&#39;clock/If they&#39;re somewhere out on the street just imagine how scared they are.&#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;The track includes the line: &#39;Save me (from this living hell) Save me (cause I don&#39;t wanna know)&#39;, and fans of Jackson have speculated that it was written in response to abuse claims made against the singer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;In the mid 1990s Jackson was accused of sexual abuse by the family of a 13-year-old boy Jordan Chandler.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;The case was settled out of court for about $25 million and no formal charges were brought against the singer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;In 2005, Jackson was tried and acquitted of further child sexual abuse allegations and several other charges after a jury in Santa Maria, California, found him not guilty on all counts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Dancer Wade Robson is suing Jackson&#39;s estate after claiming that he suffered sexual abuse over several years at the hands of The King Of Pop.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;In 2005, Robson was a key witness who helped clear Jackson of molestation charges. However, he has since claimed that he gave the favorable testimony after &#39;brainwashing&#39; by the singer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;A hearing is due to take place in June.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;The new record, Xscape, comprises of a collection of tracks recorded before the singer&#39;s death and &#39;contemporised&#39; by Epic Records boss L.A. Reid and a team of producers, including Timbaland.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Jackson&#39;s estate provided Reid with unlimited access to four decades worth of material by the singer, resulting in the new album, due to be released on May 13.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&#39;Michael left behind some musical performances that we take great pride in presenting through the vision of music producers that he either worked directly with or expressed strong desire to work with,&#39; said Reid.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&#39;We are extremely proud and honored to present this music to the world.&#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;The name XSCAPE is a nod to the late singer&#39;s favoured naming process of picking one of his songs to name his record after, in this case the title track which was written and originally produced by Jackson and Rodney Jerkins.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;A Deluxe Edition of the record will also be released which will include all of the sourced Michael Jackson recordings in their original form.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Jackson&#39;s last studio album was his 10th and final record Invincible, which was released in 2001 and featured singles You Rock My World, Cry and Butterflies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; 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cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k32y9c-_l8A/UtZUmHJ514I/AAAAAAAAAW8/MijrYGCjGmc/s1600/Maidugur.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k32y9c-_l8A/UtZUmHJ514I/AAAAAAAAAW8/MijrYGCjGmc/s320/Maidugur.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;A-scene-of-the-bomb-blast-in-Maiduguri-Borno-State&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;This year’s Eid Malud Festival was  marred in Maiduguri, Borno State&amp;nbsp; by a&amp;nbsp; bomb blast&amp;nbsp; at the busy Post  Office Roundabout&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; in Maiduguri, Borno State on Tuesday.&lt;/span&gt;A lone suicide bomber, believed to be a  member of the Islamist militant sect, Boko Haram, carried out the attack  which eye witnesses&amp;nbsp; said&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; left no fewer than 30 people dead and about  50 others injured.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The attack which occurred at about seven  hours after eight people&amp;nbsp; died&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; in an&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; accident&amp;nbsp; on&amp;nbsp; the Osara-Okene  Express Road, Kogi State, sparked protests by youths, who&amp;nbsp; alleged that&amp;nbsp;  it&amp;nbsp; was traceable to politicians.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The angry youths damaged former governor  Ali Modu Sheriff’s office&amp;nbsp; on&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Kashim Imam Way&amp;nbsp; before&amp;nbsp; they left&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  for the&amp;nbsp; Government Reservation Area&amp;nbsp; where they&amp;nbsp; also torched&amp;nbsp; a  building belonging to him.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;It was gathered that the former  governor, who was still in the state as of the time the explosion  occurred, was hurriedly driven to the Maiduguri Airport&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; en route for  Abuja. He&amp;nbsp; was said to have been escorted by a well armed police team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Soldiers fired shots into the air to disperse the youths&amp;nbsp; before cordoning off the roads around the blast site and the GRA.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt; Investigation, however, revealed that  Improvised Explosive Devices were wired to a vehicle and detonated&amp;nbsp; at  the&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; roundabout which also leads to the Monday Market, the busiest  market in&amp;nbsp; the troubled city.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;There were however conflicting reports  on&amp;nbsp; how the lone suicide&amp;nbsp; bomber&amp;nbsp; arrived and detonated IEDs close to a  roadblock mounted by the military near the roundabout.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;While the spokesman for&amp;nbsp; the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army Maiduguri, Col. Mohammed Dole, said the bomber drove a Honda car, &lt;i&gt;Reuters&lt;/i&gt; said he arrived at the area in a tricycle&amp;nbsp; laden with IEDs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Dole, who&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; blamed the attack on Boko  Haram, said,&amp;nbsp; “At about 14:13 hours on Tuesday,&amp;nbsp; January 14, a Honda car  laden with IEDs exploded near the Post Office area in Maiduguri  metropolis. Members of the frustrated Boko Haram terrorists are  suspected to be behind the bomb explosion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“Many deaths and injuries were recorded  and 10 vehicles and five&amp;nbsp; tricycles are confirmed damaged and one  suspect is arrested. This incident happened after a long period of  relative peace in Maiduguri and environs.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;But&amp;nbsp; the state Police Commissioner, Lawan Tanko, told &lt;i&gt;Reuters&lt;/i&gt; that his men counted 17 bodies&amp;nbsp; as of 2pm on Tuesday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“My men counted 17 dead persons as of&amp;nbsp;  2pm and they are still counting. I instructed my men to go to the  University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital and the&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Specialist Hospital  in Maiduguri to verify if there are others,” Tanko added.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Tanko&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; confirmed that&amp;nbsp; the explosion  was caused by a suicide bomber who drove a firewood seller truck and  detonated a bomb in the middle of the road.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Tanko, who claimed that only five people  were injured, added&amp;nbsp; that security operatives&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; were&amp;nbsp; immediately  sent&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp; public buildings to&amp;nbsp; prevent attacks on them by the  rampaging&amp;nbsp; youths.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;A journalist working at the state  television office, Abba Kankami, also told the British news agency that  he counted 29 dead bodies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“The attack happened just behind the  fence of my office. I counted 29 bodies, including two kids and a  mother. Lots of others seriously injured,”&amp;nbsp; he said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;However, health workers claimed that 30  bodies were deposited at different hospital mortuaries in the city. They  added that 50 injured persons were also brought in.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Another&amp;nbsp; eyewitness, Aisha Hassan, said&amp;nbsp; she saw&amp;nbsp; two boys whose&amp;nbsp; bodies were cut into pieces.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Hassan, who&amp;nbsp; added that two&amp;nbsp; cars  immediately caught fire&amp;nbsp; when the explosion happened, said,&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt; “I ran away  because there was too much blood.”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;A source&amp;nbsp; told one of our correspondents  that&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; operatives who rushed to the scene of the blast&amp;nbsp; which  occurred at about 1.30pm,&amp;nbsp; evacuated the injured and the dead to&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; the&amp;nbsp;  hospitals.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;When contacted, the&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Director of&amp;nbsp;  Defence Information, Maj.-Gen Chris Olukolade,&amp;nbsp; also confirmed&amp;nbsp; that&amp;nbsp;  security operatives had arrested a suspected insurgent in relation to&amp;nbsp;  the explosion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;He said&amp;nbsp; the suspect was already assisting a team&amp;nbsp; investigating&amp;nbsp; the incident.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The state Governor,&amp;nbsp; Kashim Shettima,&amp;nbsp;  condemned the&amp;nbsp; blast,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; saying it was&amp;nbsp; regrettable it happened at&amp;nbsp; a  time people&amp;nbsp; were enjoying&amp;nbsp; the return of peace to Maiduguri.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;In&amp;nbsp; a statement by his&amp;nbsp; spokesman, Isa Gusau, Shettima&amp;nbsp; expressed&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; condolences to the families of those who lost their lives.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The statement reads in part, “He  (governor) has directed the security to carry out a full scale  investigation into the bomb explosion which resulted in the unfortunate  youths’ rampage that led to the breakdown of law and order.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“The governor also condemned the  uprisings in the last three days in the state capital which he described  as unfortunate even though avoidable.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;He also said&amp;nbsp; that the governor had&amp;nbsp;  directed the Ministry of Health to ensure that&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; all the injured  received proper medical attention.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The statement added that the governor  had&amp;nbsp; met with the National Security Adviser&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; in Abuja&amp;nbsp; on&amp;nbsp; issues of  security of lives and property in Borno State.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The governor&amp;nbsp; appealed to all the&amp;nbsp;  residents of the state to remain law abiding and&amp;nbsp; reminded&amp;nbsp; them that  peace&amp;nbsp; was&amp;nbsp; a collective duty of all.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;In&amp;nbsp; Kogi State, an accident involving&amp;nbsp; a &lt;i&gt;Toyota Hiace&lt;/i&gt; bus, a trailer and a truck&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; claimed the lives of eight people on the&amp;nbsp; Osara-Okene Express Road&amp;nbsp; at about 6.30am on Tuesday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The Police Public Relations Officer,  Kogi State Command, Mr. Redengha Tampa,&amp;nbsp; said the&amp;nbsp; trailer collided  with&amp;nbsp; the&amp;nbsp; truck&amp;nbsp; and&amp;nbsp; the bus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;All the dead were said to be the bus  passengers.&amp;nbsp; Two other occupants&amp;nbsp; of the bus, who&amp;nbsp; sustained&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  injuries,&amp;nbsp; were rushed to Abobo Clinic, Itakpe, for treatment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; corpses were taken to the mortuary of the Federal Medical Centre,&amp;nbsp; Lokoja.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Source: Punch&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/feeds/5412560765510176718/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/01/30-killed-in-maiduguri-suicide-bombing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/5412560765510176718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/5412560765510176718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/01/30-killed-in-maiduguri-suicide-bombing.html' title='30 killed in Maiduguri Suicide Bombing'/><author><name>Benedicta N</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/100474538903042181347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SCzxl6cXtsY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAABU/yYVaa3-R3MM/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k32y9c-_l8A/UtZUmHJ514I/AAAAAAAAAW8/MijrYGCjGmc/s72-c/Maidugur.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336878828126408211.post-8579715115038312479</id><published>2014-01-13T08:38:00.003-08:00</published><updated>2014-01-13T08:38:57.168-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Jonathan gay law"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="same sex law"/><title type='text'>Breaking News: President Jonathan Signs Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill into Law</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-58HgZLrQzSg/UtQV-pXmflI/AAAAAAAAAWs/XDCq3UMvOds/s1600/Jona.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;In spite of protests from some countries, groups and activists President Goodluck Jonathan has signed into law the Bill which outlaws same s*x marriage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The assent to the bill was devoid of fanfare to reduce diplomatic tension, which it may likely attract.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some foreign embassies were shocked by the development leading to ‘curious’ inquiries from the Federal Government. Despite the inquiries, the Federal Government said there was no going back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The signed bill says the gays, lesbians in Nigeria will risk a 14-year jail term if they do not retrace their steps and renounce such marriage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, any person who operates or participates in gay clubs, societies and organizations directly or indirectly will earn 10-year imprisonment. Those who administer witness, abet or aid the solemnisation of a same s*x marriage are going to bag 10-year jail term.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-58HgZLrQzSg/UtQV-pXmflI/AAAAAAAAAWs/XDCq3UMvOds/s1600/Jona.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-58HgZLrQzSg/UtQV-pXmflI/AAAAAAAAAWs/XDCq3UMvOds/s1600/Jona.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Senate previously passed the bill in November 2011. Lawmakers in Nigeria’s house of representatives affirmed the decision by the Senate on May 29, 2013.&lt;br /&gt;The President assented to the Act last week, on January 7, 2014, but the details on this action have just leaked the web.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;tr_bq&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt; “I certify that this Bill has been carefully compared by me with the decision reached by the National Assembly and found by me to be true and correct decision of the Houses and is in accordance with the provisions of the Acts Authentication Act Cap. A2, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004. I assent,” The assent note read.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; “The President has signed the Same s*x Marriage (Prohibition) Bill into law. This has foreclosed any pressure on President Jonathan not to assent to the bill.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; “We received inquiries from some foreign embassies on why the bill was signed into law. But we told them that our cultural values do not tolerate same s*x marriage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; “Also, we made it clear that since most Nigerians were opposed to the bill, the parliament acted in line with the wish of the majority. We are in a democratic setting, the President has no choice than to bow to the wish of the people.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; “These embassies were shocked but there is no going back. We hope they will also abide by the decision of Nigerians,” a source close the President revealed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to some abstracts, obtained by The Nation, the Act reads:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;tr_bq&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt; “A marriage contract or civil union entered into between persons of same s*x: (a) is prohibited in Nigeria; and (b) shall not be recognized as entitled to the benefits of a valid marriage.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Act also stipulates the volume of the sanctions awaiting the violators of the new law.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; “A person who enters into a same s*x marriage contract or civil union commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a term of 14 years imprisonment.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; “A person who registers, operates or participates in gay clubs, societies and organizations directly or indirectly makes public show of dame s*x amorous relationship in Nigeria commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a term of 10 years imprisonment.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; “A person or group of persons who administers, witnesses, abets or aids the solemnization of a same s*x marriage or civil union of supports the registration, operation and sustenance of gay clubs, societies, organizations, processions or meetings in Nigeria commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a term of 10 years imprisonment.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; “The High Court of a State or of the Federal Capital Territory shall have jurisdiction to entertain matters raiding from the breach of the provisions of this Act.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/feeds/8579715115038312479/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/01/breaking-news-president-jonathan-signs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/8579715115038312479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/8579715115038312479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/01/breaking-news-president-jonathan-signs.html' title='Breaking News: President Jonathan Signs Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill into Law'/><author><name>Benedicta N</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/100474538903042181347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SCzxl6cXtsY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAABU/yYVaa3-R3MM/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-58HgZLrQzSg/UtQV-pXmflI/AAAAAAAAAWs/XDCq3UMvOds/s72-c/Jona.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336878828126408211.post-307829639049080938</id><published>2014-01-13T06:25:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2014-01-13T08:40:44.698-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How A Lady Was Forced To Make Love With A Dog And A Horse For Money [Photo]</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pICH-21NFKU/UtP3SE9saDI/AAAAAAAAAWc/z5qqyrBl964/s1600/DOGG_girl.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;273&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pICH-21NFKU/UtP3SE9saDI/AAAAAAAAAWc/z5qqyrBl964/s400/DOGG_girl.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;When the Internet first came to the continent of&amp;nbsp; African society, most people were&amp;nbsp; very pleased with it because it reduced stress of communication.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It served many people for chatting, sending mails and even business. As the time passed many ladies discovered that they could use the internet to find a chat friend or a life partner.Some girls have greatly benefited just by using the internet to find their dream marriages or relationhsips. Others have fallen into traps in the West and wish they would never have known what the internet was. This is the case of one Cameroonian, Elvire Axelle Tchamakoua.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;SEE HOW IT ALL HAPPENED….&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Axelle is prostituté who is pimped to various men by her main man Jean Claude (French Businessman). She did not mind serving her customers from the front or from behind. She has been doing this job for quite a while and was used to this. The shocking part of it is that, Axelle is a 24 years old girl with a Formal Training Certificate in Aesthetics and Beauty. Why a young lady in her age would wish for fast cash is the question many people are asking.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to reports Axelle met her pimping Boss, Jean Claude on the Internet in October 2011. They had a normal chat like every other person would have when chatting with a stranger. Jean Claude told her he was a Businessman based in Marseille (France) and was into import and export. Axelle who thought she had found the lové of her life continued her communication with Jean Claude Fayard and on March 2012 he came to visit her in Cameroon. There was a huge celebration at Axelle’s Aunt’s Residence at Santa Barbara in Yaounde. Two days in Cameroon, Jean Claude proposed to Axelle and got married to her in both traditional and Legal Ceremonies. Both marriages took place on the 18th and 20th of March 2012 respectively.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jean Claude made all travelling arrangements and the both of them flew to France on the 21 of March that same year.He even gave Axelle’s family the sum of 600.000 FCFA for their up keep. Not knowing that they were selling their daughter into séx slavery, the family happily bid the couple goodbye as they left for France.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The truth of the matter was that Jean Claude is a pimp who goes to Africa and picks up girls to come and work as séx slaves for him in France. Since Axelle did not know about this, she would wish she never used the internet in her life. As the couple arrived France, they lived in a town called Clermont Ferrand for about 9 months after which they moved to a new place called Lourdes. It is in this place that Axelle had the worst experience of her life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few days after their arrival to Lourdes, a man knocked on the door saying he wants to see Jean Claude. Little did Axelle know that, he would be her first client who had already paid into her husband’s bank account. When Axelle called her husband’s attention to the guest, she was shocked when her husband told her to do whatever the guest tells her to do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few days later after coming home from work, Jean Claude sits Axelle and laid down the rules and regulations of the job. He told her she has to pay back all the money he spent on her in Cameroon. He calculated the amount to be more than 3,000 euros and she will also be working for him for the next two years. Axelle who became speechless thought she was dreaming. It was&amp;nbsp; worse when Jean Claude collected her personal belongings and all her documents. She was also prohibited from making any calls to the outside world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every day she had male customers who would come for her service taking her from front and behind all the time. She was mandated to do whatever they wanted. They would not use any protection during intercourse. One day Jean Claude came home with a customer accompanied by a dog. The man whose name is Loiseau had deposited some money into Jean Claude’s account. Axelle who didn’t see this coming was pushed into the room and forced to have séx with the dog which she did. It is said that Jean Claude made more money when Axelle sleeps with an animal so these deals became the order of the day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After her encounter with the dog, Jean Claude left with Mr Loiseau leaving Axelle alone in the house. After numerous trials, she broke down the door and ran into the street where she met a Cameroonian couple living in the town. They helped her to get to the Embassy where she narrated her ordeal. The Police was immediately dispatched to Jean Claude’s house where they found evidence linking him to kidnapping and other serious allegations. Jean Claude was immediately arrested and is waiting for judgement. Meanwhile Axelle flew back to Cameroon and was immediately taken to the hospital for further examinations and treatments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See what the Internet can do to the youths of a country. All that glitters is not&amp;nbsp; Gold, my dear brothers and sisters. If some of you could hear the stories of some Africans in the Diaspora,you will not envy them at all. After everything, home is the best even when our government and politicians fail us.What do you guys think. I need your contributions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Naijnewsonline&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/feeds/307829639049080938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/01/how-lady-was-forced-to-make-love-with.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/307829639049080938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/307829639049080938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/01/how-lady-was-forced-to-make-love-with.html' title='How A Lady Was Forced To Make Love With A Dog And A Horse For Money [Photo]'/><author><name>Benedicta N</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/100474538903042181347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SCzxl6cXtsY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAABU/yYVaa3-R3MM/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pICH-21NFKU/UtP3SE9saDI/AAAAAAAAAWc/z5qqyrBl964/s72-c/DOGG_girl.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336878828126408211.post-8182134413035867623</id><published>2014-01-13T06:22:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2014-01-13T06:22:50.895-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Wizkid tweet"/><title type='text'>All She Wants To Do Is Smoke And F**k” – Wizkid Tweets</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4gbS8YJSKTY/UtP2QK78I8I/AAAAAAAAAWM/a-n9k0pitOU/s1600/wizkid_and_girlfriend11.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4gbS8YJSKTY/UtP2QK78I8I/AAAAAAAAAWM/a-n9k0pitOU/s1600/wizkid_and_girlfriend11.jpg&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The message contains vulgar words which fans are wondering whom the message is being directed to. The closet person that comes to mind after reading this message is the singer’s girlfriend… &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Read tweet below…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kIgJfg6C4aQ/UtP2ebOx4uI/AAAAAAAAAWU/UuLYkvDIHwE/s1600/wiz_tweet.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;41&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kIgJfg6C4aQ/UtP2ebOx4uI/AAAAAAAAAWU/UuLYkvDIHwE/s320/wiz_tweet.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What do you guys think&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/feeds/8182134413035867623/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/01/all-she-wants-to-do-is-smoke-and-fk.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/8182134413035867623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/8182134413035867623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/01/all-she-wants-to-do-is-smoke-and-fk.html' title='All She Wants To Do Is Smoke And F**k” – Wizkid Tweets'/><author><name>Benedicta N</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/100474538903042181347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SCzxl6cXtsY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAABU/yYVaa3-R3MM/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4gbS8YJSKTY/UtP2QK78I8I/AAAAAAAAAWM/a-n9k0pitOU/s72-c/wizkid_and_girlfriend11.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336878828126408211.post-9155911055856831254</id><published>2014-01-13T06:17:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2014-01-13T08:41:28.830-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="boko haram"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Borno attack"/><title type='text'>Boko Haram Trying To Wipe Out Christianity From Borno – Lawmaker</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HQTTdOFoZvI/UtP1abiKowI/AAAAAAAAAWE/bOCNXFROHM0/s1600/Borno-attack.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HQTTdOFoZvI/UtP1abiKowI/AAAAAAAAAWE/bOCNXFROHM0/s1600/Borno-attack.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;A group of terrorists yesterday launched a fresh attack on Sabon Gari village in Borno State, killing eight persons and inflicting severe injuries on others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the village in the night and opened fire on residents before they fled without being arrested.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This came just four days after gunmen suspected to be members of the outlawed Boko Haram sect burnt down a church and the country home of a serving member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Peter Biye, in Gwoza town in the state.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Biye was quoted to have accused the Islamist sect of a conceited effort to wipe out Christianity from the state.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He alleged that since the beginning of the endless Boko Haram attacks, about 200 churches have been razed down completely, leaving only about eight churches in the whole of Gwoza council, which is a Christian-dominated area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On January 8 this year, it was reported that eight gunmen stormed the lawmaker’s village which is a Christian-dominated community at about 8p.m., carting away about 70 domestic animals before setting the buildings ablaze.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A consignment of sorghum, which was meant for distribution to people of the community was also said to have been burnt at Biye’s house.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They also burnt 30,000 pieces of exercise books, 30,000 packets of pen, sewing machines, generating pump machines, 30,000 packets of chalk, among others which he bought at the cost over N38 million for distribution to schools and people in his constituency.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lawmaker, who is the only Christian House member from Borno State, lamented that since he was elected by the people of his constituency, there had been daily attacks targeted at Christian communities in Gwoza, Chibok and Damboa Local Government Areas, a situation that forced him to have no option than to stop visiting his people, including his family members for the past two years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Biye, who said no life was lost in the house, however, expressed disappointment over what he described as the “non-challant attitude” of security operatives to secure his constituency which is one of the worst hit by Boko Haram crisis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He revealed that prior to the attack on his house by the insurgents last week, he had earlier alerted the security authorities that there was a purported plan by terrorists to attack his village, but all plea to the security authorities to deploy its men to the area felt on deaf ears.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“What is happening in my constituency is very unfortunate, people are being killed by terrorists on daily basis, churches are being burnt, and if people like my Honourable self, who is also a member House Committee on Army will alert military authorities that based on intelligent report my village will be under attack by terrorists, and nothing was done to secure the area, then it is unfortunate, because an ordinary citizen of this country, especially those from volatile areas are no longer safe or protected by our security outfit,” he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“As I am talking to you now, I have spent over two years without going to see my people because I am no longer safe, all my projects which was aimed at alleviating the economic hardship of my people have been destroyed’ there was a time I sent my contractors to construct a health centre in Gwoza town, when they dug the foundation, a day after, some Boko Haram elements went and buried everything,” he lamented.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/feeds/9155911055856831254/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/01/boko-haram-trying-to-wipe-out.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/9155911055856831254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/9155911055856831254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/01/boko-haram-trying-to-wipe-out.html' title='Boko Haram Trying To Wipe Out Christianity From Borno – Lawmaker'/><author><name>Benedicta N</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/100474538903042181347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SCzxl6cXtsY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAABU/yYVaa3-R3MM/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HQTTdOFoZvI/UtP1abiKowI/AAAAAAAAAWE/bOCNXFROHM0/s72-c/Borno-attack.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336878828126408211.post-3428617439559762072</id><published>2014-01-13T05:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2014-01-13T08:40:10.689-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="examination malpractices"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="WAEC cheaters"/><title type='text'>15 born-again Christians return certificate to WAEC; confesses they cheated during exam!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RseDUXQT8tg/UtPv8A25Z5I/AAAAAAAAAV0/LZ8WV5gntHc/s1600/WAEC.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RseDUXQT8tg/UtPv8A25Z5I/AAAAAAAAAV0/LZ8WV5gntHc/s400/WAEC.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Source&amp;nbsp; – In what may come as a big surprise to most people, no fewer than 15 persons recently returned certificates issued to them by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). They said they had to give up the certificates because they cheated during the examination, and now as Born Again Christians, they could not live with “the sin.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some individuals, Saturday Sun gathered, had approached WAEC through letters seeking restitution after they had confessed how they dubiously acquired their certificates when they wrote the examinations at various periods.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The council wrote back to them, stating that what they were expected to do was to return the certificates awarded in line with the rules and regulations guiding the conduct of the examinations. However, only few responded, including a holder of Teachers’ Grade 11 certificate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was learnt that those who complied with the directive returned their certificates to various WAEC offices nationwide and the council took their case to the Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC), which, at its 55th meeting in Lagos, cancelled the returned 15 certificates.&lt;br /&gt;According to the council’s letter to NEC, “the listed candidates, in their letters of restitution, confessed that they were involved in various forms of examination malpractices in various years as indicated against their numbers. They have returned the original certificates issued to them.’’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The returned certificates by the Born Again Christians were for both the May/June (school exam) and November/December (private candidate) West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A breakdown of the year the examinations were taken revealed that the oldest dates back to June 1983 with certificate no SG 288999. Next is June 1990 (RS0680084c), June 1992 (NGSS 0994156), June 1995 (NGSS0265147) and December 1995 (NGSP 0169397), December 1996 (NGSP 0575264), December 2000 (NGWASSCP 038771), June 2001 (NGWASSCS 2451037).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Others are June 2002, two certificates with NGWASSCP 4100224 and NGWASSCS 3894794 were returned and cancelled, June 2003 (NGWASSCS 5009313), June 2006 two born again Christian returned certificates with NGWASSCP 7747466 and NGWASSCS 8423755, December 2008 (NGWASSCP 05790031) and June 2010 NGWASSCP 13327157.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are several Verses in the Bible to support restitution, which conform to what the 15 Born Again Christians did by confessing their sins and sought restitution from WAEC. In 1 John 1:9 says: “If we confess our sins, the is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness’’.&lt;br /&gt;While Numbers 5:6-7 says ’’When a man or woman commits any of the sins that people commit by breaking faith with the Lord, and that person realizes his guilt, he shall confess his sin that he has committed. And he shall make full restitution for his wrong’’. Efforts to get the names, and perhaps pictures, of the 15 persons were abortive, as WAEC officials said it would amount to violation of the rights of the individuals involved and that of their (officials) ethics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a related development, the N55th and 56th NEC meeting of WAEC has hammered 493 candidates who sat for both the May/June and November/December WASSCE by ordering the cancellation of their certificates/result slips taken at various periods.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A document available to Saturday Sun reads partly: “The under listed candidates were confirmed to have been impersonated in the various examinations and years indicated against them. The result slips/certificates have been returned by the Zonal/Branch Offices concerned to the Post Examinations Department for cancellation.’’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A breakdown of the statistics revealed that at the 55th NEC meeting (result slips and certificates of impersonators in previous GCE/SSC/ WASSC examinations), no fewer than 241 candidates were sanctioned while at their 56th deliberation (result slips and certificates of impersonators in previous May/June and November/December WASSC examinations), a total of 252 candidates had their certificates cancelled according to the rules and regulations guiding the conductor of WAEC exams.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A remarkable thing which Saturday Sun noted in the 55th NEC meeting decision was that the 241 cancelled certificates involved private candidates who wrote either the Nov/Dec GCE or WASSCE. Thus confirming stakeholders’ position that exam fraud is more rampart during the private candidate examinations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A breakdown of the 241 cancelled certificates revealed that the highest number occurred in 1998 (34), followed by 1999 and 2001 with 26 certificates each. In 2000, it had 24, 1997 (23), 1995 (22), 2002 (19), 1994 and 1996 each had 15, 2003 (14), 1993 (12), 1987 (3), 2005 (2) while 1985, 1986, 1991, 2006, 2007 and 2009 had one cancelled certificate each.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the 56th NEC decision, again statistics from the document indicate that majority of the 252 candidates whose certificates were cancelled sat for the Nov/Dec WASSCE (240) while 12 others wrote the May/June WASSCE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Detail breakdown of the 252 cancelled certificates at the 56th NEC meeting showed that 2009 recorded the highest number with 33, 2002 (26), 2007 (24), 2001 (20), 2008 and 2010 had 18 each, 2000 (17), 2004 (14), 1999, 2003 and 2006 had 13 each, 2011 (10), 1995 (eight), 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998 and 2005 recorded four cancelled certificates each, 1993 and 1997 produced two each and one in 1989.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/feeds/3428617439559762072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/01/15-born-again-christians-return.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/3428617439559762072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/3428617439559762072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/01/15-born-again-christians-return.html' title='15 born-again Christians return certificate to WAEC; confesses they cheated during exam!'/><author><name>Benedicta N</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/100474538903042181347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SCzxl6cXtsY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAABU/yYVaa3-R3MM/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RseDUXQT8tg/UtPv8A25Z5I/AAAAAAAAAV0/LZ8WV5gntHc/s72-c/WAEC.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336878828126408211.post-6402824497050904576</id><published>2013-12-27T01:15:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2013-12-27T01:15:54.844-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Gay Imam"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Gay Salat"/><title type='text'>SHOCKING! - Gay Imam in America! </title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sqdmvvTBUc0/Ur1E200n2XI/AAAAAAAAAVU/rIaPFAi720Y/s1600/gay+imam.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sqdmvvTBUc0/Ur1E200n2XI/AAAAAAAAAVU/rIaPFAi720Y/s1600/gay+imam.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;The land of freedom, America, now boast of an openly gay Imam. And the Muslim community is not happy about it. Imam Daayiee Abdulah, the only openly gay Imam in America &amp;amp; possibly the world, was born and raised a Baptist Christian faithful in Detroit but converted to Islam while studying in China. Upon his conversion, he noticed the spiritual gap lesbians, gays &amp;amp; transsexuals in the Islamic faith had and decided to become an Imam so as to provide an ideal Islamic support for them, he says.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;tr_bq&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&quot;Being an openly gay imam and having been identified as such, I do get a lot of feedback and also kickback, but that&#39;s OK,” he said. “I think that when people are unfamiliar with things, they tend to have an emotional knee-jerk reaction to it. Sometimes necessity is the mother of invention. And because of the necessity in our community, that&#39;s why I came into this particular role.&quot;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Abdulah, who says he told his parents he was gay at age 15, converted to Islam at the age of 33 and went on to study the religion in Egypt, Jordan and Syria. Asked what was his first spiritual act as an Imam, Abdulahi says it was the funeral for a gay Muslim who had died of AIDS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;tr_bq&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&quot;They had contacted a number of imams, and no one would go and provide him his janazah services. This pained me. I believe every person, no matter if I disagree with you or not, you have the right as a Muslim to have the proper spiritual rites and rituals provided for you. And whoever judges you, that will be Allah&#39;s decision, not me. The beautiful thing about God is that when you change your attitude, and say, &#39;God, I need some help,&#39; and mean it sincerely, God is always there for you,&lt;/b&gt;”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PEBZuy-A8KM/Ur1FFFmAkVI/AAAAAAAAAVc/dE73yId4skI/s1600/gay+solat.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PEBZuy-A8KM/Ur1FFFmAkVI/AAAAAAAAAVc/dE73yId4skI/s400/gay+solat.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Gay Solat&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Abdullah serves as the imam and educational director of the Light of Reform Mosque in Washington, D.C, a place he calls a a rare safe space for Muslim LGBT. In his Mosque, which he founded in 2011, women and men kneel side-by-side and women are allowed to lead prayers, an action that has sparked controversy in the Muslim world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/feeds/6402824497050904576/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/12/shocking-gay-imam-in-america.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/6402824497050904576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/6402824497050904576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/12/shocking-gay-imam-in-america.html' title='SHOCKING! - Gay Imam in America! '/><author><name>Benedicta N</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/100474538903042181347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SCzxl6cXtsY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAABU/yYVaa3-R3MM/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sqdmvvTBUc0/Ur1E200n2XI/AAAAAAAAAVU/rIaPFAi720Y/s72-c/gay+imam.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336878828126408211.post-5977620880441830262</id><published>2013-12-27T01:08:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2013-12-27T01:08:52.446-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Islamize Nigeria"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sa’ad Abubakar III"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sultan of Sokoto"/><title type='text'>‘No One Can Islamize Nigeria’ – Says Sultan of Sokoto</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IiBUC04cpCA/Ur1DeKTEOSI/AAAAAAAAAVI/fdj82iokBSQ/s1600/Sultan-of-Sokoto.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;241&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IiBUC04cpCA/Ur1DeKTEOSI/AAAAAAAAAVI/fdj82iokBSQ/s320/Sultan-of-Sokoto.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Sultan of Sokoto, Dr Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III has laid the blame of the present insecurity and other associated challenges afflicting the north squarely at the feet of the region itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Sultan who is also the president, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and president-general of the Jama’atul Nasril Islam (JNI) maintained that dialogue with any aggrieved party will always remain a better option than violence or force.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said though traditional and religious leaders have played their parts, they were not relenting in their efforts until the challenges are permanently solved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He, however, lamented the inability of the relevant government authorities to implement a series of excellent recommendations that will help to address the challenges.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The meeting of the Northern Governors Peace and Reconciliation Committee was attended by the Sultan and the leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Let us sit and freely talk and articulate positions that will bring us out of the quagmire we have found ourselves in. it is important that the religious and traditional rulers from our various states sit together so that each and every one of us will talk freely,” the Sultan said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He continued, “Whatever is happening in the North is our own doing, because we did not do what we were supposed to do. And since we know that, we have to solve our problems ourselves. So, I think, it is not a bad idea that the committee was set up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“We wrote a memo of about nine pages or thereabouts covering various issues affecting the country and the north in particular to the then acting president and now President Goodluck Jonathan. It was at the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) where we suggested solutions to the problems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Northern Council of Traditional Rulers also met and proposed solutions to the problems of the north to the governors, but we don’t know what happened to the recommendations at the various authorities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“If our recommendations had been implemented, we would have been singing a different tune ion handling the challenges.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On insinuations being made in some quarters about the country being Islamized, the Sultan said no person can either Islamize or Christianize the country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“If anyone thinks he can Islamize or Christianize the country, he is dreaming.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He also stated that politicians must have the fear of God in whatever they do. “If they want to solve the problem of this country, they will do so because they have the resources.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“There is little religious leaders can do without the support of the constitutional right to do certain things, but we must always watch our utterances and in making comments we cannot substantiate.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On his own part, John Cardinal Onaiyekan attributed the security challenges facing the north and the country in general to the high level of poverty in the region and country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He also added that another aspect of the problem was associated to religion. He said that the bad image of the country has spread in the outside world and there was a need for the stakeholders to address the issue with the view to ending the problems permanently.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said Christianity and Islam should not be seen as an accident of history, but as God’s design and it cannot be changed by anyone. He added that the main problem was bad governance and once that is tackled head-on, all other problems will be tackled too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Earlier, in their opening remarks, the chairman of the committee, Ambassador Zakari Ibrahim and a committee member, Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, expressed the committee’s commitment to discharging its responsibilities with all fairness.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/feeds/5977620880441830262/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/12/no-one-can-islamize-nigeria-says-sultan.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/5977620880441830262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/5977620880441830262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/12/no-one-can-islamize-nigeria-says-sultan.html' title='‘No One Can Islamize Nigeria’ – Says Sultan of Sokoto'/><author><name>Benedicta N</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/100474538903042181347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SCzxl6cXtsY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAABU/yYVaa3-R3MM/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IiBUC04cpCA/Ur1DeKTEOSI/AAAAAAAAAVI/fdj82iokBSQ/s72-c/Sultan-of-Sokoto.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336878828126408211.post-2596585021348483629</id><published>2013-12-06T01:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2013-12-06T01:47:57.143-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="died"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mandela"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mandela is dead"/><title type='text'>Nelson Mandela&#39;s Death and What Your Know About Him</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1uimUlQmtvo/UqGci4pLuVI/AAAAAAAAAU4/yKuZM3xtdgw/s1600/mandela.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1uimUlQmtvo/UqGci4pLuVI/AAAAAAAAAU4/yKuZM3xtdgw/s1600/mandela.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Freedom fighter, prisoner, moral compass and South Africa&#39;s symbol of the struggle against racial oppression.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That was Nelson Mandela, who emerged from prison after 27 years to lead his country out of decades of apartheid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He died Thursday night at age 95.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His message of reconciliation, not vengeance, inspired the world after he negotiated a peaceful end to segregation and urged forgiveness for the white government that imprisoned him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn&#39;t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I&#39;d still be in prison,&quot; Mandela said after he was freed in 1990.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mandela, a former president, battled health issues in recent years, including a recurring lung infection that led to numerous hospitalizations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite rare public appearances, he held a special place in the consciousness of the nation and the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost a father,&quot; South African President Jacob Zuma said. &quot;What made Nelson Mandela great was precisely what made him human. We saw in him what we seek in ourselves.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama, echoed the same sentiment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;We&#39;ve lost one of the most influential, courageous and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on this Earth,&quot; Obama said. &quot;He no longer belongs to us -- he belongs to the ages.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;A hero to blacks and whites&lt;/b&gt;Mandela became the nation&#39;s conscience as it healed from the scars of apartheid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His defiance of white minority rule and long incarceration for fighting against segregation focused the world&#39;s attention on apartheid, the legalized racial segregation enforced by the South African government until 1994.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In his lifetime, he was a man of complexities. He went from a militant freedom fighter, to a prisoner, to a unifying figure, to an elder statesman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Years after his 1999 retirement from the presidency, Mandela was considered the ideal head of state. He became a yardstick for African leaders, who consistently fell short when measured against him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Warm, lanky and charismatic in his silk, earth-toned dashikis, he was quick to admit to his shortcomings, endearing him further in a culture in which leaders rarely do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His steely gaze disarmed opponents. So did his flashy smile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Former South African President F.W. de Klerk, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with Mandela in 1993 for transitioning the nation from a system of racial segregation, described their first meeting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;I had read, of course, everything I could read about him beforehand. I was well-briefed,&quot; he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;tr_bq&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&quot;I was impressed, however, by how tall he was. By the ramrod straightness of his stature, and realized that this is a very special man. He had an aura around him. He&#39;s truly a very dignified and a very admirable person.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For many South Africans, he was simply Madiba, his traditional clan name. Others affectionately called him Tata, the word for father in his Xhosa tribe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A nation on edge&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mandela last appeared in public during the 2010 World Cup hosted by South Africa. His absences from the limelight and frequent hospitalizations left the nation on edge, prompting Zuma to reassure citizens every time he fell sick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Mandela is woven into the fabric of the country and the world,&quot; said Ayo Johnson, director of Viewpoint Africa, which sells content about the continent to media outlets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When he was around, South Africans had faith that their leaders would live up to the nation&#39;s ideals, according to Johnson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;He was a father figure, elder statesman and global ambassador,&quot; Johnson said. &quot;He was the guarantee, almost like an insurance policy, that South Africa&#39;s young democracy and its leaders will pursue the nation&#39;s best interests.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are telling nuggets of Mandela&#39;s character in the many autobiographies about him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An unmovable stubbornness. A quick, easy smile. An even quicker frown when accosted with a discussion he wanted no part of.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;War averted&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Despite chronic political violence before the vote that put him in office in 1994, South Africa avoided a full-fledged civil war in its transition from apartheid to multiparty democracy. The peace was due in large part to the leadership and vision of Mandela and de Klerk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;We were expected by the world to self-destruct in the bloodiest civil war along racial grounds,&quot; Mandela said during a 2004 celebration to mark a decade of democracy in South Africa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Not only did we avert such racial conflagration, we created amongst ourselves one of the most exemplary and progressive nonracial and nonsexist democratic orders in the contemporary world.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mandela represented a new breed of African liberation leaders, breaking from others of his era such as Robert Mugabe by serving one term.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In neighboring Zimbabwe, Mugabe has been president since 1987. A lot of African leaders overstayed their welcomes and remained in office for years, sometimes decades, making Mandela an anomaly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But he was not always popular in world capitals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Until 2008, the United States had placed him and other members of the African National Congress on its terror list because of their militant fight against the apartheid regime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Humble beginnings&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rolihlahla Mandela started his journey in the tiny village of Mvezo, in the hills of the Eastern Cape, where he was born on July 18, 1918. His teacher later named him Nelson as part of a custom to give all schoolchildren Christian names.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His father died when he was 9, and the local tribal chief took him in and educated him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mandela attended school in rural Qunu, where he retreated before returning to Johannesburg to be near medical facilities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He briefly attended University College of Fort Hare but was expelled after taking part in a protest with Oliver Tambo, with whom he later operated the nation&#39;s first black law firm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In subsequent years, he completed a bachelor&#39;s degree through correspondence courses and studied law at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He left without graduating in 1948.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Four years before he left the university, he helped form the youth league of the African National Congress, hoping to transform the organization into a more radical movement. He was dissatisfied with the ANC and its old-guard politics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And so began Mandela&#39;s civil disobedience and lifelong commitment to breaking the shackles of segregation in South Africa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Escalating trouble&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1956, Mandela and dozens of other political activists were charged with high treason for activities against the government. His trial lasted five years, but he was ultimately acquitted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile, the fight for equality got bloodier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Four years after his treason charges, police shot 69 unarmed black protesters in Sharpeville township as they demonstrated outside a station. The Sharpeville Massacre was condemned worldwide, and it spurred Mandela to take a more militant tone in the fight against apartheid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The South African government outlawed the ANC after the massacre, and an angry Mandela went underground to form a new military wing of the organization.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile for us to continue talking peace and nonviolence against a government whose reply is only savage attacks on an unarmed and defenseless people,&quot; Mandela said during his time on the run.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During that period, he left South Africa and secretly traveled under a fake name. The press nicknamed him &quot;the Black Pimpernel&quot; because of his police evasion tactics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Militant resistance&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The African National Congress heeded calls for stronger action against the apartheid regime, and Mandela helped launch an armed wing to attack government symbols, including post offices and offices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The armed struggle was a defense mechanism against government violence, he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;My people, Africans, are turning to deliberate acts of violence and of force against the government in order to persuade the government, in the only language which this government shows by its own behavior that it understands,&quot; Mandela said at the time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;If there is no dawning of sanity on the part of the government -- ultimately, the dispute between the government and my people will finish up by being settled in violence and by force. &quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The campaign of violence against the state resulted in civilian casualties.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A white South African&#39;s memories of Mandela&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Long imprisonment&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1962, Mandela secretly received military training in Morocco and Ethiopia. When he returned home later that year, he was arrested and charged with illegal exit of the country and incitement to strike.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mandela represented himself at the trial and was briefly imprisoned before being returned to court. In 1964, after the famous Rivonia trial, he was sentenced to life in prison for sabotage and conspiracy to overthrow the government.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the trial, instead of testifying, he opted to give a speech that was more than four hours long, and ended with a defiant statement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination,&quot; he said. &quot;I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His next stop was the Robben Island prison, where he spent 18 of his 27 years in detention. He described his early days there as harsh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;There was a lot of physical abuse, and many of my colleagues went through that humiliation,&quot; he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of those colleagues was Khehla Shubane, 57, who was imprisoned in Robben Island during Mandela&#39;s last years there. Though they were in different sections of the prison, he said, Mandela was a towering figure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;He demanded better rights for us all in prison. The right to get more letters, get newspapers, listen to the radio, better food, right to study,&quot; Shubane said. &quot;It may not sound like much to the outside world, but when you are in prison, that&#39;s all you have.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And Mandela&#39;s khaki prison pants, he said, were always crisp and ironed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Most of us chaps were lazy, we would hang our clothes out to dry and wear them with creases. We were in a prison, we didn&#39;t care. But Mandela, every time I saw him, he looked sharp.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After 18 years, he was transferred to other prisons, where he experienced better conditions until he was freed in 1990.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Months before his release, he obtained a bachelor&#39;s in law in absentia from the University of South Africa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mandela&#39;s jail: Robben Island&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Calls for release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His freedom followed years of an international outcry led by Winnie Mandela, a social worker whom he married in 1958, three months after divorcing his first wife.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mandela was banned from reading newspapers, but his wife provided a link to the outside world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She told him of the growing calls for his release and updated him on the fight against apartheid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;World pressure mounted to free Mandela with the imposition of political, economic and sporting sanctions, and the white minority government became more isolated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1988 at age 70, Mandela was hospitalized with tuberculosis, a disease whose effects plagued him until the day he died. He recovered and was sent to a minimum security prison farm, where he was given his own quarters and could receive additional visitors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Among them, in an unprecedented meeting, was South Africa&#39;s president, P.W. Botha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Change was in the air.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Botha&#39;s successor, de Klerk, took over, he pledged to negotiate an end to apartheid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;South Africa: Following Nelson Mandela&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Free at last&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On February 11, 1990, Mandela walked out of prison to thunderous applause, his clenched right fist raised above his head.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still as upright and proud, he would say, as the day he walked into prison nearly three decades earlier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He reassured ANC supporters that his release was not part of a government deal and informed whites that he intended to work toward reconciliation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Four years after his release, in South Africa&#39;s first multiracial elections, he became the nation&#39;s first black president.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;The day he was inducted as president, we stood on the terraces of the Union Building,&quot; de Klerk remembered years later. &quot;He took my hand and lifted it up. He put his arm around me, and we showed a unity that resounded through South Africa and the world.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mandela: Patriarch, legend, family man&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Broken marriage, then love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His union to Winnie Mandela, however, did not have such a happy ending. They officially divorced in 1996.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the two, it was a fiery love story, derailed by his ambition to end apartheid. During his time in prison, Mandela wrote his wife long letters, expressing his guilt at putting political activism before family. Before the separation, Winnie Mandela was implicated in violence, including a conviction for being an accessory to assault in the death of a teenage township activist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mandela found love again two years after the divorce.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On his 80th birthday, he married Graca Machel, the widow of former Mozambique president, Samora Machel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only three of Mandela&#39;s children are still alive. He had 18 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Symbolic rugby&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;South Africa&#39;s fight for reconciliation was epitomized at the 1995 rugby World Cup Final in Johannesburg, when it played heavily favored New Zealand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the dominant sport of white Afrikaners, rugby was reviled by blacks in South Africa. They often cheered for rivals playing their national team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mandela&#39;s deft use of the national team to heal South Africa was captured in director Clint Eastwood&#39;s 2009 feature film &quot;Invictus,&quot; starring Morgan Freeman as Mandela and Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar, the white South African captain of the rugby team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before the real-life game, Mandela walked onto the pitch, wearing a green-and-gold South African jersey bearing Pienaar&#39;s number on the back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;I will never forget the goosebumps that stood on my arms when he walked out onto the pitch before the game started,&quot; said Rory Steyn, his bodyguard for most of his presidency.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;That crowd, which was almost exclusively white ... started to chant his name. That one act of putting on a No. 6 jersey did more than any other statement in bringing white South Africans and Afrikaners on side with new South Africa.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;A promise honored&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1999, Mandela did not seek a second term as president, keeping his promise to serve only one term. Thabo Mbeki succeeded him in June of the same year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After leaving the presidency, he retired from active politics, but remained in the public eye, championing causes such as human rights, world peace and the fight against AIDS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a decision born of tragedy: His only surviving son, Makgatho Mandela, died of AIDS at age 55 in 2005. Another son, Madiba Thembekile, was killed in a car crash in 1969.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mandela&#39;s 90th birthday party in London&#39;s Hyde Park was dedicated to HIV awareness and prevention, and was titled 46664, his prison number on Robben Island.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;A resounding voice&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mandela continued to be a voice for developing nations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He criticized U.S. President George W. Bush for launching the 2003 war against Iraq, and accused the United States of &quot;wanting to plunge the world into a Holocaust.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And as he was acclaimed as the force behind ending apartheid, he made it clear he was only one of many who helped transform South Africa into a democracy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 2004, a few weeks before he turned 86, he announced his retirement from public life to spend more time with his loved ones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Don&#39;t call me, I&#39;ll call you,&quot; he said as he stepped away from his hectic schedule.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&#39;Like a boy of 15&#39;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But there was a big treat in store for the avid sportsman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When South Africa was awarded the 2010 football World Cup, Mandela said he felt &quot;like a boy of 15.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In July that year, Mandela beamed and waved at fans during the final of the tournament in Johannesburg&#39;s Soccer City. It was his last public appearance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&quot;I would like to be remembered not as anyone unique or special, but as part of a great team in this country that has struggled for many years, for decades and even centuries,&quot; he said. &quot;The greatest glory of living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time you fall.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With him gone, South Africans are left to embody his promise and idealism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/05/world/africa/nelson-mandela/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Source, CNN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/feeds/2596585021348483629/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/12/nelson-mandelas-death-and-what-your.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/2596585021348483629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/2596585021348483629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/12/nelson-mandelas-death-and-what-your.html' title='Nelson Mandela&#39;s Death and What Your Know About Him'/><author><name>Benedicta N</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/100474538903042181347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SCzxl6cXtsY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAABU/yYVaa3-R3MM/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1uimUlQmtvo/UqGci4pLuVI/AAAAAAAAAU4/yKuZM3xtdgw/s72-c/mandela.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336878828126408211.post-1822713915386968432</id><published>2013-12-05T04:07:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2013-12-05T04:07:50.385-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Kate Henshaw Dances Skelewu!</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; 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cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x5VLU1OEveY/Up-BMT10caI/AAAAAAAAAUk/2rtslspPjmA/s1600/Michael-Adebolajo.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;387&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x5VLU1OEveY/Up-BMT10caI/AAAAAAAAAUk/2rtslspPjmA/s640/Michael-Adebolajo.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;File:  This photo taken on November 23, 2010 shows Michael Adebolajo (C) among  the nine suspected members of the Al-Shabaab Movement arrested by  Kenyan police on November 22 on claims of being Al-Shabaab recruits on  their way to Somalia at the weekend.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Adebolajo has been asked to be referred to as Mujaahid Abu Hamza in court.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In recordings of the interviews shown to the jury at the Old Bailey criminal court in London, 28-year-old Adebolajo blamed his actions on “wicked” leaders such as Prime Minister David Cameron and his predecessor Tony Blair.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Asked by detectives to describe the killing, during which the two men allegedly hit Rigby with a car before attacking him with knives, Adebolajo said the soldier’s head was “almost detached and may Allah forgive me if I acted in a way that is displeasing to him”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In another interview, during which he had a blue blanket over his head, Adebolajo said the killing was “for those people who have not yet understood the nature, the nature of the war that’s ongoing and has been ongoing for some many years between the Muslims and the British people”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He went on: “Your leaders, you have leaders who rule over you, unfortunately they rule over you in a very wicked, corrupt, selfish and oppressive manner.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adebolajo said he was “particularly disgusted by David Cameron, the Miliband brothers and what’s-his-name, Nick Clegg”, referring to opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband, his brother David, and Liberal Democrat Deputy Prime Minister Clegg.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He also spoke of the “wickedness and corruption” of Blair, who took Britain in to the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Cameron, he said, was “trying to emulate the footsteps of Tony Blair as if he worships him”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But he added that it brought him “little joy to approach anybody and slay them”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rigby’s widow Rebecca left the court in tears as the interviews were played.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A psychiatrist’s report read to the court earlier on Wednesday found that Adebolajo showed “no regret or remorse”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adebolajo and 22-year-old Adebowale both deny murder.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;stcpDiv&quot; style=&quot;left: -1988px; position: absolute; top: -1999px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;LONDON  (AFP) – A man accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street  told police he was a “soldier of Allah” fighting a war against Britain  but that the killing brought him little joy, a court heard Wednesday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michael  Adebolajo, who is on trial with Michael Adebowale for the brutal murder  of Lee Rigby near his barracks in the south London district of Woolwich  in May, made the comments during interviews with police after his  arrest.&lt;br /&gt; - See more at:  http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/adebolajo-killer-of-british-soldier-says-he-is-a-soldier-of-allah/#sthash.EANDgTlX.oeDvBSxw.dpuf&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;stcpDiv&quot; style=&quot;left: -1988px; position: absolute; top: -1999px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;LONDON  (AFP) – A man accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street  told police he was a “soldier of Allah” fighting a war against Britain  but that the killing brought him little joy, a court heard Wednesday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michael  Adebolajo, who is on trial with Michael Adebowale for the brutal murder  of Lee Rigby near his barracks in the south London district of Woolwich  in May, made the comments during interviews with police after his  arrest.&lt;br /&gt; - See more at:  http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/adebolajo-killer-of-british-soldier-says-he-is-a-soldier-of-allah/#sthash.EANDgTlX.oeDvBSxw.dpuf&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;stcpDiv&quot; style=&quot;left: -1988px; position: absolute; top: -1999px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;LONDON  (AFP) – A man accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street  told police he was a “soldier of Allah” fighting a war against Britain  but that the killing brought him little joy, a court heard Wednesday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michael  Adebolajo, who is on trial with Michael Adebowale for the brutal murder  of Lee Rigby near his barracks in the south London district of Woolwich  in May, made the comments during interviews with police after his  arrest.&lt;br /&gt; - See more at:  http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/adebolajo-killer-of-british-soldier-says-he-is-a-soldier-of-allah/#sthash.EANDgTlX.oeDvBSxw.dpuf&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;stcpDiv&quot; style=&quot;left: -1988px; position: absolute; top: -1999px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;LONDON  (AFP) – A man accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street  told police he was a “soldier of Allah” fighting a war against Britain  but that the killing brought him little joy, a court heard Wednesday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michael  Adebolajo, who is on trial with Michael Adebowale for the brutal murder  of Lee Rigby near his barracks in the south London district of Woolwich  in May, made the comments during interviews with police after his  arrest.&lt;br /&gt; - See more at:  http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/adebolajo-killer-of-british-soldier-says-he-is-a-soldier-of-allah/#sthash.EANDgTlX.oeDvBSxw.dpuf&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/feeds/6537508957328053525/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/12/i-am-soldier-of-allah.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/6537508957328053525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/6537508957328053525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/12/i-am-soldier-of-allah.html' title='I am a soldier of Allah!'/><author><name>Benedicta N</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/100474538903042181347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SCzxl6cXtsY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAABU/yYVaa3-R3MM/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x5VLU1OEveY/Up-BMT10caI/AAAAAAAAAUk/2rtslspPjmA/s72-c/Michael-Adebolajo.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336878828126408211.post-5766773441838186456</id><published>2013-12-04T02:45:00.003-08:00</published><updated>2013-12-04T02:45:44.864-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dancing naked"/><title type='text'>Lady Dancing Naked in the BEACH!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; 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style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://diversitychronicle.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/muslims.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;233&quot; src=&quot;http://diversitychronicle.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/muslims.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;In the City of Wassenberg in Western Germany a woman has been found  guilty of seducing and raping eight men in the first case of its kind in  Europe. Maria Heidelsohn aged 18 alleges that on the afternoon of  August 23rd she was pulled away by eight men from the porch she was sun  bathing on and carried into a small shed in which she was brutally and  repeatedly gang raped. Heidelsohn alleges that she cried for help  repeatedly until she was bound and gagged, she then claims that she was  beaten severely and both of her arms and one leg were broken.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Wassenbeg Police Chief Abdullah Al Hussein contends that there is no  evidence Heidelsohn did not injure herself or ask a friend to injure her  in order to attempt to frame up her alleged attackers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;The Police Chief  noted that no male adult Muslim men saw the attack occur to corroborate  her story despite the area being largely Muslim. In the large German  town new legislation passed overwhelmingly last year stipulates that  four adult male Muslim witnesses are necessary in order to corroborate  any charges made by a woman in accordance with traditional Islamic  jurisprudence.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Police Chief Al Hussein noted “Maria Heidelsohn had been politely  requested at least two times that I know of personally to wear hijab  that is to cover herself more modestly yet she refused, she even had the  audacity and brazen effrontery to tell one Muslim man who made the  request she was “not a Muslim.”&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;This has been a majority Muslim area now  for some time yet she showed absolutely no desire to accommodate the  wishes of the majority in her community. She also earned the reputation  of a whore having once been seen sipping coffee with a man who was not  her husband and not believed to be a male relative shamelessly in broad  day light, several people saw it and it continued for almost thirty  minutes. She was seen smiling and laughing like the filthy kafir slut  that she is.”&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;The Judge in Maria Heidelsohn’s case the Honourable Muhammed Akbar  Khan himself a German of Pakistani Muslim ancestry announced in his  decision “I have generously given Maria Heidelsohn four days for any  eligible adult male Muslim witnesses to step forward in her case yet  none have done so. It is indisputable that Maria Heidelsohn was wearing a  revealing bathing suit, in fact a bikini at the time, she therefore  encouraged and invited sexual advances from all men within sight of her.  It is very clear that she was attempting wrongly and as the harlot to  engage in the seduction game. In fact it is she who is the rapist in  this case seducing men who were unable to withstand the lure of her  indecency, corrupting good and devout Muslim men luring them into the  sin of fornication through her gaze and uncovered state.” The eight men  of Pakistani origin range in age from 18-35 and were released by  authorities immediately after the ruling.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Heidelsohn has been sentenced to life in prison prompting outrage  among local Muslims who insist that she should have received the death  penalty for besmirching the names of several good Muslim family men, at  last two of whom are studying to become clerics. Judge Akbar Khan has  given the recommended stipulation that Heidelsohn can reduce her  sentence to six months if she converts to Islam while in prison and  agrees to marry one of the men she seduced and raped.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Radical right-wing German political parties with neo-Nazi symapthies  and Islamophobic hate groups have seized upon the case of Maria  Heidelsohn as evidence that multi-culturalism is failing in Germany.  Germany’s largest political parties have conferred with German Muslim  leaders and agreed to introduce stronger legislation to combat the rise  of Islamophobia and racism across Europe and Germany in particular.  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has proposed increased government  surveillance and censorship of the media including television,  newspapers, magazines and even online blogs in order to prevent the  propagation of racist stereotypes and hate speech especially that of an  Islamophobic  nature.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Although several Muslim leaders did meet with Merkel, a small number  of the clerics who were invited refused citing her gender and stating  that it would be inappropriate for them to be talking with a woman. The  clerics have made a counter offer instead agreeing to speak with  Merkel’s husband. There is no word yet on whether or not Chancellor  Merkel’s husband will meet with the Islamic leaders.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Racial and religious tension is at all time high in Germany as just  last month a German youth offered half of a ham sandwich to a Muslim  classmate who had forgotten his lunch.  Muslim leaders believe that the  six year old child was deliberately mocking Islam and was not ignorant  of the fact that pork is forbidden for Muslims. Maria Heidelsohn’s  lawyer states that she plans to appeal the case and refers to it as “A  travesty of justice that would have been unthinkable anywhere in Europe  just a few years ago. We really need to ask ourselves what sort of a  society this is becoming. Of course I condemn racism and Islamophobia  but we need to recognize that tolerance must be a two way street.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/feeds/390979052975290981/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/11/judge-finds-german-woman-guilty-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/390979052975290981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/390979052975290981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/11/judge-finds-german-woman-guilty-of.html' title='Judge Finds German Woman Guilty of Raping Eight Pakistani Muslim Men!'/><author><name>Benedicta N</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/100474538903042181347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SCzxl6cXtsY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAABU/yYVaa3-R3MM/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336878828126408211.post-4903490748874344651</id><published>2013-11-27T17:15:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2013-11-27T17:15:42.250-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Etisalat"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Julius Agwu"/><title type='text'>Julius Agwu Sues Etisalat For N100m</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ppmxKz846hw/UpZF8sJJoHI/AAAAAAAADss/dc1DAxLDWfM/s1600/julius-agwu-393x460.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ppmxKz846hw/UpZF8sJJoHI/AAAAAAAADss/dc1DAxLDWfM/s320/julius-agwu-393x460.jpg&quot; width=&quot;273&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Popular comedian, Julius Agwu is currently suing telcoms giant Etisalat to court over alleged blocking of his business line.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt; He is reportedly demanding for N100million as compensation for jobs  lost, contact lost, for the inconveniences, and for being mistreated by  Etisalat staff.&lt;br /&gt;  Read the statement from his lawyer below:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blogger.com/null&quot; name=&quot;more&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;We are solicitors to Mr. Julius Agwu, one of Nigeria&#39;s most  sought after entertainers (hereinafter referred to as &quot;our client&quot;) and  on whose behalf we write.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Our client is the owner of the Etisalat GSM phone number  08189555555, which he uses as his business line. On the 8th of October,  2013, our client travelled out of the country and returned on the 17th  of the same month. Upon his return, he tried severally to make calls  from the aforestated GSM line but same could not connect. Not only could  he not make calls, he also could not receive calls on the said GSM  line. This continued for some days until he got a message that his line  had been blocked by the network provider.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Sequel to the above message, our client promptly visited your  Abuja office at Hilton to report the matter. He was attended to by one  Miss Joan, who informed him that somebody swapped his line. After our  client successfully answered the security questions put to him, he was  informed that his line had been restored, but the credit balance on the  line was not returned.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Surprisingly, our client&#39;s aforestated line was blocked again  after he left your said Abuja office. Once again our client visited your  office at the local wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport  Ikeja, Lagos to lodge a complaint, but painfully, nothing was done about  it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;However, after sometime, our client was invited for a meeting at  your head office in Lagos on the 14th of November, 2013 which he duly  honoured. Present at the meeting (in addition to the officials of your  organization) was Mr. Mobolaji Okusaga, the Managing Director of The  Quadrant Company, in his capacity as media agents/managers for Etisalat  Nigeria.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt; At the end of the meeting, our client was told for the umpteenth  time that they would get back to him, which they again failed to do.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt; &lt;b&gt;LOSS OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt; It cannot be over emphasized that your actions of unlawfully  blocking and/or swapping our client&#39;s line occasioned loss of business  opportunities to him. As you are aware, our client as one of the most  sought after Nigerian entertainers needs his phone line to be easily  accessible to keep his business going. It therefore goes without saying  that our client has lost some business opportunities as a result of your  actions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt; TAKE NOTICE that we have our client&#39;s firm instruction to demand  and hereby demand the sum of N100,000,000.00 (One Hundred Million Naira)  as compensation for the loss of business opportunities and the  inconvenience caused our client by reason of your unlawful and  unjustified blocking and/or swapping of our client&#39;s Etisalat GSM phone  line.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt; &lt;b&gt;TAKE FURTHER NOTICE&lt;/b&gt; that in the event that you fail, refuse or  neglect to accede to our above stated demand within seven (7) days from  the receipt of this letter, we shall be compelled to set in motion  against you, all legal machineries necessary to obtain legal remedy for  our client.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt; Thank you. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt; Yours sincerely,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt; FESTUS KEYAMO, ESQ.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/feeds/4903490748874344651/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/11/julius-agwu-sues-etisalat-for-n100m.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/4903490748874344651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/4903490748874344651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/11/julius-agwu-sues-etisalat-for-n100m.html' title='Julius Agwu Sues Etisalat For N100m'/><author><name>Benedicta N</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/100474538903042181347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SCzxl6cXtsY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAABU/yYVaa3-R3MM/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ppmxKz846hw/UpZF8sJJoHI/AAAAAAAADss/dc1DAxLDWfM/s72-c/julius-agwu-393x460.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336878828126408211.post-1507583484721953455</id><published>2013-11-27T16:46:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2013-11-27T16:47:18.721-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="37 Christians killed"/><title type='text'>37 Christians Killed in Jos, Nigeria</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DROqFIGcK70/UpaSI6xrSOI/AAAAAAAAAUE/zwvxxOgZfAs/s1600/boko_haram561_3.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DROqFIGcK70/UpaSI6xrSOI/AAAAAAAAAUE/zwvxxOgZfAs/s320/boko_haram561_3.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;JOS, Nigeria&lt;/b&gt; Suspected Muslim herdsmen  slaughtered 37 Christians in coordinated attacks on four Plateau state  villages early this morning after Boko Haram terrorists killed at least  34 Christians in Borno state earlier this month, sources said&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;In attacks on the four predominantly Christian villages that started  at 1 a.m. in the Barkin Ladi Local Government Area in Plateau State in  central Nigeria, ethnic Fulani herdsmen killed 37 people, injured many  others and destroyed homes, the military’s Special Task Force spokesman,  Salisu Mustapha, said in a press statement. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“The attackers killed 13 persons in Katu Kapang, eight in Daron, nine in Tul and seven others in Rawuru,” he said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Mustapha told Morning Star News by phone that the heavily-armed  assailants were believed to be Muslim Fulani herdsmen. Soldiers were  still trying to repel the attackers as he spoke.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The Miyetti Allah cattle-rearing association reportedly denied that Fulani herdsmen were responsible for attacking the villages.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Most mainstream media mentioned vague accusations of cattle theft or  unsupported statements of political and land disputes as possible  motivations for the attacks, although in recent months Muslim Fulani  herdsmen have increased the unprovoked slaughter of unarmed Christians  in their homes that has taken place for several years in Plateau state.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Christian leaders otherwise at a loss to explain the increase in  attacks believe Islamic extremist groups are inciting Fulani Muslims to  attack them in Plateau state as well as in Kaduna, Bauchi, Nasarawa and  Benue states. They fear that the herdsmen, with backing from Islamic  extremist groups, want to take over the predominantly Christian areas in  order to acquire land for grazing, stockpile arms and expand Islamic  territory. Hit-and-run, guerrilla-style attacks on Christian villages in  which children are shot to death as they sleep support their suspicion  that the assaults are motivated by desire to eliminate Christianity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Christians make up 51.3 percent of Nigeria’s population of 158.2  million, while Muslims account for 45 percent. Those practicing  indigenous religions may be as high as 10 percent of the total  population, according to&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Operation World&lt;/i&gt;, so the percentages of Christians and Muslims may be less.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The Rev. Pam Jang Pam of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) in  Plateau state’s Foron village told Morning Star News that he received  phone calls from anguished members of his congregation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“I received distress calls at about 1 a.m. from the members of our  church in the villages of Rawuru, Tasu, Foron, and Gurabok informing me  that they were being attacked and that they need help,” he said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Felicia Anselem, spokesperson for the Plateau State Command of the  Nigeria Police, confirmed that the attacks on the villages were  coordinated strikes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;tr_bq&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“The attacks were carried out at about 1 a.m. this morning in the  villages of Rawuru, Tasu, Foron and Gurabok,” she said. “The attackers  attacked the villages at the same time, having gone there in groups.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The slaughters come after members of the Islamic extremist Boko Haram  group in Borno state killed at least 26 Christians Nov. 11-13 and eight  others on Nov. 3 in Nigeria’s northeast. Boko Haram, whose name is  translated as “Western education is a sin,” has attacked religious,  governmental and police centers in its campaign to impose a strict  version of sharia (Islamic law) throughout Nigeria.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The Rev. Titus Pona, chairman of the Borno chapter of the Christian  Association of Nigeria (CAN), told Morning Star News that Boko Haram  slaughtered the Christians and drove many others from their villages.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“For three days, between Monday, Nov. 11, and Wednesday, Nov. 13,  they attacked the Christian villages,” he said. “They came in two Hilux  vehicles, three buses and about 30 motorcycles armed with AK-47 rifles,  going from house to house, killing, looting, and burning houses.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Paul Gadzama, a director with Green Planet, a Non-Governmental  Organization and a Christian from Askira Uba Local Government Area in  Borno, said that more than 26 Christians had been killed and hundreds  forced to flee. Gadzama said the Islamic extremists attacked the  predominantly Christian villages of Bdagu, Izge, Hartsa and Yazza.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“They destroyed houses, killed Christians, and displaced hundreds of others,” he said. “They set fire to about 40 houses.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Pona added that Boko Haram attackers also invaded Dille and Lassa villages, among others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;CAN President Ayo Oritsejafor and the Rev. Dr. Musa Asake, CAN  secretary, said this month that Boko Haram members also attacked Ngoshe  village in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State on Nov. 3, killing  eight Christians. Several church buildings were razed. No arrests have  been made, they said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Among the dead were Baba Ayuba, Baba Bitrus and Baba Isa Biyabra, a  security guard and four others they had yet to identify, they said in a  statement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;tr_bq&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“They burned 11 houses owned by the Christians and three churches,  which were the EYN [Brethren] church, Deeper Life Bible church and the  Redeemed Christian Church of God,” the statement read. “We were informed  that when the Christian community sought to meet the state governor on  this issue, he said he has no time to see them until February next  year.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The Rev. Dr. Soja Bewarang, president of COCIN, said in a Nov. 22  address to the 83rd General Church Council that innocent members of the  church had been killed and their property destroyed by Boko Haram  militants and Muslim Fulani herdsmen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“In Borno, Yobe and Gwoza, our members are systematically identified  and killed,” he said. “My heart beats for our staff and members in  Borno. Retired Rev. Daniel Gula was almost killed by Boko Haram  recently. He is presently in Jos recovering from injuries sustained in  the cause of running for his dear life. His wife is in the UK for the  obvious reason of possibility of kidnapping, being a white person.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Bewarang said in spite of appeals to the Nigerian government to  contain the dangers confronting the church, Christians are not unmindful  that God has a final say on resolving the persecution the church is  facing in Nigeria.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;tr_bq&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“Even as we are looking at these issues, we need not forget that God  has the final say on man and his security concerns,” he said. “Therefore  we must always surrender our security concerns to the Lord, because the  Watchman watches in vain if the Lord does not watch alongside with  him.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/feeds/1507583484721953455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/11/37-christians-killed-in-jos-nigeria.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/1507583484721953455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/1507583484721953455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/11/37-christians-killed-in-jos-nigeria.html' title='37 Christians Killed in Jos, Nigeria'/><author><name>Benedicta N</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/100474538903042181347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SCzxl6cXtsY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAABU/yYVaa3-R3MM/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DROqFIGcK70/UpaSI6xrSOI/AAAAAAAAAUE/zwvxxOgZfAs/s72-c/boko_haram561_3.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336878828126408211.post-208414269217199989</id><published>2013-11-25T20:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2013-11-25T20:48:26.096-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Angola and Islam"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Angola ban Islam"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ban Islam"/><title type='text'>Angola Bans Islam All Mosques To Be Destroyed!</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.africanglobe.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Angola1.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://www.africanglobe.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Angola1.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Angolan President Eduardo Dos Santos&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;By popular demand, Angolan authorities have taken pre-emptive action  and decided to ban the Muslim religion, which they consider a cult, NOT a  religion. They see what Muslims are doing to non-Muslims, especially in  Africa, and are taking steps to prevent the same from happening in  Angola.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;In early October 2013, the Muslims living in Luanda in the  municipality of Viana Zango were shocked to see the minaret of their  mosque dismantled into pieces on the ground without permission. On  Thursday 03 October in the morning, the Angolan authorities decided to  destroy the mosque Zango located in the urban district of Viana 17 km.  The governor of Luanda Bento announced in a radio spot that radical  Muslims are not welcome in Angola and the Angolan government is not  ready for the legalization of mosques in Angola.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;And on Tuesday,  November 19, the Minister of Culture, Rosa Cruz e Silva said. “Regarding  Islam, the legalization process has not been approved by the Ministry  of Justice and Human Rights. Therefore all mosques would be closed until  further notice. “ It should be noted that the Angolan government has  made closing of all mosques a priority. The only two mosques located in  Luanda have already received a warning document signed by the mayor of  the municipality of Viana José Moreno.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The provincial governor of  Luanda, Bento Bento, said on the airwaves of local radio that “radical  Muslims are not welcome in Angola and the Angolan government is not  ready for the legalization of mosques.” Minister of Culture, Rosa Cruz e  Silva explained that the law on freedom of religion will be reviewed  given the current national context , noting that the Government will  redouble its efforts to fight relentlessly against religious cults like  Islam which are contrary to the customs of Angolan culture.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;95% of  Angola’s population is Christian. A quarter belongs to Protestant  churches founded during the colonial period, including congregational  evangelical church.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;This decisive action taken by the Angolan head of state is based on a desire to guard against the rise of the Wahhabi ideology  that has created havoc, death and destruction in Africa and elsewhere.  And as rightly explained Tunisian philosopher Mezri Haddad: “Islamism  and Islamophobia feed each other. Worse, long-term Islamism as an  ideology destroy Islam as religion. “&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;According to the International Religious Freedom Report 2008, Islam in Angola  is a minority religion with 80,000 – 90,000 adherents, composed largely  of migrants from West Africa and families of Lebanese origin. The  Muslims comprise between 2.5 to 3 percent of Angola’s overall population  of 17 million people, most of them Christians.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;in the last  decade, but especially during the last few years the Muslim community in  Angola has grown appreciably and Islamic activities have become more  common in major cities. Mosques have sprung up in a number of places and  Qur’anic schools have been built to provide Islamic instructions and  teach Arabic language to adherents.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Public attitudes toward Islam  have been generally negative. Cultural differences between Angolan and  Muslim immigrants have been the basis for negative views toward Islam,  as was the perceived link between Islam and illegal immigration. Since  the September 11 attacks, there has been a deliberate attempt to link  Muslims with terrorism. It has become a matter of routine at Luanda  airport for security officers to detain Muslims arriving from Sahelian  countries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;On September 1, 2008, a Muslim mob attacked non-Muslims  in the community of Andulo. The school-age daughter of a deacon at one  of the churches was decapitated. Forty Christians were assaulted or  tortured. The mob burned three church buildings. They also went to  non-Muslim houses to intimidate them or destroyed items of property.  Stones were thrown at the headquarters of a local Christian project,  causing some damage. An Angolan Christian leader said that the local  police were unable to stop the attack and fled the scene.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/feeds/208414269217199989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/11/angola-bans-islam-all-mosques-to-be.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/208414269217199989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/208414269217199989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/11/angola-bans-islam-all-mosques-to-be.html' title='Angola Bans Islam All Mosques To Be Destroyed!'/><author><name>Benedicta N</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/100474538903042181347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SCzxl6cXtsY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAABU/yYVaa3-R3MM/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336878828126408211.post-7631003622721994622</id><published>2013-11-05T04:21:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2013-11-05T04:21:50.240-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="car flys"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="flying car"/><title type='text'>A Flying Car!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RxBfIsUEt30/UnjiU7RZCAI/AAAAAAAAATk/8GZbeMFLxnc/s1600/flying.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RxBfIsUEt30/UnjiU7RZCAI/AAAAAAAAATk/8GZbeMFLxnc/s1600/flying.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Despite  the best work of thousands of inventors around the globe, and a vision  of every sci-fi movie, true flying cars have never caught on for a  multitude of engineering, safety and practical reasons. So it&#39;s worth  noting when a Slovakian designer reveals a new take on the idea that  avoids one of the great pitfalls facing any such project: At least it  looks good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Called Aeromobil, the car was created by Slovakian  engineer Stefan Klein, who&#39;s background includes work for Audi and BMW.  Based on the outlines of a single-engine plane, the Aeromobil version  2.5 draws power from a 100-hp Rotax airplane engine, and can travel 430  miles on a load of fuel in the air or 310 miles on the ground. When not  in use, the carbon-fiber wings fold solidly behind the two-person  cockpit, disengaging the rear propeller.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-054FGxh3RgM/UnjiSf22N6I/AAAAAAAAATc/RONwuQMaYP8/s1600/fly.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-054FGxh3RgM/UnjiSf22N6I/AAAAAAAAATc/RONwuQMaYP8/s1600/fly.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;The Car Flying&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That is the Picture of the Car Flying&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/feeds/7631003622721994622/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-flying-car.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/7631003622721994622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/7631003622721994622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-flying-car.html' title='A Flying Car!'/><author><name>Benedicta N</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/100474538903042181347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SCzxl6cXtsY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAABU/yYVaa3-R3MM/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RxBfIsUEt30/UnjiU7RZCAI/AAAAAAAAATk/8GZbeMFLxnc/s72-c/flying.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336878828126408211.post-1590181523741144665</id><published>2013-10-31T06:45:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2013-10-31T06:45:38.755-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="photoshop"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="police picture scandal"/><title type='text'>ACP didn’t fondle lady’s breast – Police</title><content type='html'>&lt;div id=&quot;nrelate_flyout_placeholder&quot; style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://edge.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/The-controversial-picture.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://edge.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/The-controversial-picture.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The  Nigeria Police has described the photograph, which showed a senior  police officer in the act of fondling the breast of an unknown lady, as  fake. It said the picture, which went viral on the Internet, was  deliberately fabricated with the aid of Adobe Photoshop technology to  mislead the public.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The alleged amorous scene, the police authorities claimed, did not take place and the officer had nothing to do with the woman.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The police said it arrived at this  conclusion after interrogating the policeman, who was seen in the type  of uniform worn by officers of the rank of Assistant Commissioner of  Police.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;On the official Facebook page of the  police, the affected police officer was quoted as saying, “I don’t know  this lady. I never took the picture with her.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;However, the authorities did not name the police officer nor give the details of the command where he is serving.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt; The police said that though it does not  forbid its rank and file to pose with members of the public for  photographs, it would not tolerate any display of affection for the  opposite sex in full public glare.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“An image showing one of our officers in  a compromising position with a lady has gone viral. Please check the  hands in the so-called picture that is in circulation and you will agree  that they were photo-shopped.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read more after the cut&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“Other citizens of this country are  encouraged to pose for snapshots with our uniformed officers if they so  desire, just as it is done worldwide. What we discourage is public  display of affection by our uniformed officers,” it said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;After it appeared online, the  controversial photograph provoked widespread condemnation from many  Nigerians who have described the development as an act of indiscipline.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Claiming to be policemen, some people  wrote on the police Facebook page that the phot0graph was the handiwork  of mischief makers, who were clearly determined to drag the name of the  security agency in mud.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;They said that no uniformed officer of  the rank of ACP would&amp;nbsp; be so careless as to pose for a photograph in  such a compromising position with a lady.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;One Oluwasegun Samuel-Alalade commented  on the wall of the Facebook page. “I know it is not real. Even a fresh  recruit undergoing training at the Police College will not do such a  thing, not to mention a top ranking officer. The Nigeria Police Force  should kindly disregard the photograph, “ he wrote.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Also Kabiesy Ojeabulu wrote, “Photoshop  or no Photoshop, all I have to say is that the Inspector General of  Police, Mohammed Abubakar, should always investigate issues before  taking actions. It appears that a large section of the general public  does not like the police. So they fabricate anything to tarnish our  image. God help us all.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Another policeman, Adegbola Olafiyin,  stated, “I don’t know the offence we committed to deserve this from the  public. Imagine here in the state where I am serving, commercial  motorcycle riders will not give you a ride despite the fact that you  have your money. This whole thing amounts to blackmail.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;But some Nigerians have disagreed with  the police authorities on the status of the controversial photograph.  They insist that it appears more real than fabricated.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;On &lt;i&gt;cknnigeria.com&lt;/i&gt;, one Lanre  Bewaji wrote: “There are many angles to this picture. It is obvious the  lady took the picture and the officer consented to it. No matter how  awkward the scenario looks, if the lady was his wife or fiancée, would  there be an issue? Until we know the real circumstances behind this  picture, the matter is neither here nor there!”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;In a tweet to the police, Hyke  Ekeanyanwu expressed doubt that the photograph was faked. He said, “I  may agree that the hand holding the breast was photo-shopped, but I will  not agree that the hand around his (police officer’s) neck does not  belong to the lady.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Wale Bolanle, also on Facebook,  queried,“What do you want us to believe? What else do you want him to  say? He must surely deny. Is he not a human being?”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Meanwhile, the police authorities may  have drawn the battle line with commercial banks in the country over the  non-payment of the salaries of policemen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The Force Headquarters wrote on its  Facebook and Twitter handle on Wednesday that then Inspector-General of  Police, Mohammed Abubakar, was “angry” with the banks over the matter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;“IGP MD Abubakar, is angry with bankers over delay in payment of Police salaries,” the message read.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Lamenting the situation, one Samuel  Dogo, wrote, “The police authorities have allowed the commercial banks  to deal with us the way they want because there is no proper monitoring.  Nobody wants to know whether we have families and other dependants that  are looking up to us for their upkeep.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“The police has the highest rates of  deaths and causalities among security agencies in the country. In spite  of our tireless efforts to protect the lives and properties of  Nigerians, we are not appreciated. We earn the least salaries. Yet, we  struggle so hard to ensure that this money is paid at the right time. If  I may ask, is it a curse to be a policeman? I don’t understand. 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Conrad Murray was released from a downtown Los  Angeles jail at 12:01 a.m., according to the sheriff&#39;s office. A change  in California law allowed his incarceration time to be significantly  cut down.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&quot;He was elated to be out of there,&quot; Murray&#39;s attorney  Valerie Wass said. She said the former physician plans to spend time  with his girlfriend and children and to readjust to his life outside  jail.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The former cardiologist was convicted in 2011 of causing  Jackson&#39;s death in June 2009 by providing the superstar with an overdose  of the powerful anesthetic propofol as a sleep aid. Jackson was in the  midst of preparations for a series of comeback concerts and Murray was  serving as his personal physician.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read the rest of the stories after the cut&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Murray&#39;s prospects are  uncertain: At age 60 his license to practice medicine has been suspended  or revoked in three states and his face and name are well known due to  his association with Jackson and his highly publicized involuntary manslaughter trial.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;nrelate_flyout_placeholder&quot; style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;nrelate_flyout_placeholder&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;yui_3_9_1_1_1383046889955_915&quot; style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Wass said Murray did a lot of  writing while incarcerated, but she didn&#39;t know if he had plans for a  book or any other projects that would allow him to earn a living.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;yui_3_9_1_1_1383046889955_915&quot; style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The  former doctor is appealing his conviction, although an appeals court  has questioned whether it needs to hear the case. His attorney has  argued that the court should not dismiss the appeal because it could  alter his overall sentence and reduce some of the stigma his conviction  has caused.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Despite being jailed, Murray hasn&#39;t been entirely  silent. Audio recordings of his calls have been posted on celebrity  website TMZ and the ex-doctor told the Today show that he cried tears of  joy after a civil jury recently determined that the promoters of  Jackson&#39;s comeback shows did not negligently hire Murray&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;He did not, however, testify in the civil case or take the stand during his criminal trial.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Murray  previously maintained clinics in Houston and Las Vegas and frequently  complained about conditions in jail after his conviction. He was allowed  to serve his entire sentence in a Los Angeles jail rather than a state  prison due to a law aimed at easing overcrowding by shifting nonviolent  offenders to local lockups.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&quot;Dr. Murray has not received any special treatment in jail and in  fact has many less privileges than most inmates because of his  notoriety,&quot; Wass said in a statement earlier this year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Jurors in a  lawsuit filed by Jackson&#39;s mother against concert giant AEG Live LLC  determined that the doctor was not unfit or incompetent to serve as  Jackson&#39;s tour doctor earlier this month. The panel heard testimony  about Jackson and Murray&#39;s relationship throughout the five-month trial,  but the panel said it did not condone the physician&#39;s conduct.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&quot;That doesn&#39;t mean we felt he was ethical,&quot;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; jury foreman Gregg Barden said of Murray after the AEG Live verdict.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;No  doctor or medical expert has condoned Murray&#39;s treatments of Jackson  during either the ex-doctor&#39;s criminal case or the civil litigation. The  former cardiologist told police he gave the superstar nightly doses of  propofol to help him sleep but lacked the proper medical or monitoring  equipment that&#39;s required to administer anesthesia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Although  widely used, propofol is intended only for surgical settings and experts  have noted that its effects are not actually sleep.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/feeds/4202375388660952770/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/10/finally-michael-jackson-doctor-released.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/4202375388660952770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/4202375388660952770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/10/finally-michael-jackson-doctor-released.html' title='FINALLY: Michael Jackson Doctor Released!'/><author><name>Benedicta N</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/100474538903042181347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SCzxl6cXtsY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAABU/yYVaa3-R3MM/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336878828126408211.post-6961623231309526582</id><published>2013-10-29T04:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2013-10-29T04:32:19.187-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mike Akhigbe"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mike Akhigbe dies"/><title type='text'>Ex-Chief of General Staff, Mike Akhigbe dies at 68</title><content type='html'>&lt;div id=&quot;nrelate_flyout_placeholder&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://edge.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MIKE-AKHIGBE-360x225.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;http://edge.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MIKE-AKHIGBE-360x225.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;A  former Chief of General Staff, Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe, is dead. He  died in a New York hospital at around 1.06pm, about 7.pm Nigerian time  on Monday.&amp;nbsp; Aged 68, Akhigbe, who was the second in command to the  former military ruler, Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, was said to have died  of cancer-related ailment. Before his death on Monday, there was  speculation over his state of health.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The Special Adviser to the Senate  President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Kola Ologbodiyan, who confirmed  his death, said his boss was the deceased’s course mate at the Nigerian  Defence Academy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Mark in a statement on Monday night described his death as the loss of “a brother, confidant, friend and comrade-at-arms.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Mark, who was overwhelmed by emotions,  recalled their days together&amp;nbsp; at the Nigerian Defence Academy, noting  that “Mike was fearless and very diligent in our course.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“He took these attributes to all the  formations where he was privileged to have been posted either in his  core military postings or political offices.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“He was one of the poster boys of our  Course 3 and we were all very proud of him. His death is a huge personal  loss to me, the members of Course 3, the Armed Forces, Edo State and  the nation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“But we cannot question God. He alone  gives life and takes it when he so desires. We are bound by his decision  to take our brother and friend at this time,” he said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Mark, who is the Chairman of Course 3  Alumni of the Nigerian Defence Academy, said, “We are however consoled  that while Mike was with us, he lived his life in the service of God and  mankind. May the Lord grant all of us the fortitude to bear this very  painful departure.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/feeds/6961623231309526582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/10/ex-chief-of-general-staff-mike-akhigbe.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/6961623231309526582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/6961623231309526582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/10/ex-chief-of-general-staff-mike-akhigbe.html' title='Ex-Chief of General Staff, Mike Akhigbe dies at 68'/><author><name>Benedicta N</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/100474538903042181347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SCzxl6cXtsY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAABU/yYVaa3-R3MM/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336878828126408211.post-7006677078647555886</id><published>2013-10-29T04:28:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2013-10-29T04:28:58.509-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Rebel governors"/><title type='text'>Rebel Governors Speak Up!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div id=&quot;nrelate_flyout_placeholder&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://edge.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Rebel-governors-360x225.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;http://edge.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Rebel-governors-360x225.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The  seven governors of the Peoples Democratic Party&amp;nbsp; on Monday opened up on  the cause of their dispute with President Goodluck Jonathan and the  leadership of the PDP.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;They said the President had refused to  act on the issues they raised during their meetings with him and some  leaders of the party on how to restore the crisis rocking the party.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;They added that the President had  refused to act on issues discussed with the Chief Olusegun Obasanjo-led  Elders Committee and the reports presented to him.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Rather than act, they said President Jonathan and his supporters bluntly turned down the report.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The governors stated this in the communique issued after the meeting, which they held in Abuja on Sunday night.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The communique was signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the New PDP, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The governors are Aliyu Wamakko  (Sokoto); Sule Lamido (Jigawa); Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers); Aliyu Babangida  (Niger); Abdulfatai Ahmed (Kwara); Murtala Nyako (Adamawa) and Rabiu  Kwankwanso (Kano).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Apart from the governors, others in  their group are former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and some former  governors – Bukola Saraki (Kwara), Shaba Lafiagi (Kwara), Danjuma Goje  (Gombe) and Abdulahi Adamu (Nasarawa).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Others include a former Acting National Secretary of the party,who is now leading the &lt;i&gt;New &lt;/i&gt;PDP,  Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje; Deputy Chairman Sam Sam Jaja; a former  National Secretary of the party, who is occupying the same position in  the faction, Prince&amp;nbsp; Olagunsoye Oyinlola; and Vice-Chairman, North-West  of the PDP,&amp;nbsp; Ibrahim Kazuare.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Eze said the Sunday meeting reviewed all  the peace meetings so far held with President Jonathan and the Dr.  Bamanga Tukur-led PDP and commended the aggrieved governors for the  maturity they have exhibited&amp;nbsp; since the beginning of the crisis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;He said, “Some of the demands presented  by our governors&amp;nbsp; include the need to reverse the impunity in Rivers  State, where a sitting governor was suspended from the party against the  constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the PDP  Constitution, and refusing to uphold the result of the Nigeria  Governors’ Forum election that saw Amaechi winning 19 votes as Jonah  Jang’s 16.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“Others include our request for the  removal of&amp;nbsp; Tukur as our party National Chairman knowing his flawed  election as our party Chairman, and ending the impunity in Adamawa  State, among other demands that will put PDP in a strong position as a  political party but for reasons not too clear to some of us failed to  receive the blessing of Mr. President.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“To us, we see all these as attempts by  the Tukur’s faction to destroy the party seeing that they (those in  Tukur’s group) have no stake in the party anymore.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The meeting mandated its  mobilisation/contact committee to explore other options available to the  members of the faction&amp;nbsp; should the dialogue with President Jonathan  fails to yield any positive result for its future political activity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Eze added that the committee was  expected also to liaise with the new five other PDP governors and other  leaders, who he said had indicated interest to join the group and to  submit their report during the next meeting of the caucus that will hold  in a week’s time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;On the deployment of Police to the  vicinity of the Sokoto Governor’s Lodge, Abuja to scuttle the caucus  meeting on Sunday evening, Eze said it was unfortunate that the police  who were unable to find a solution to the menace of Boko Haram,  kidnapping and other security challenges of the country could be cheaply  used to harass innocent and unarmed civilians.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;While reacting to the allegation against  him, Tukur said he did not set up any parallel state executive in any  state, adding that the party appointed caretaker committees in states  where the tenure of their substantive officers had expired.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Tukur, who spoke through his Media  Adviser, Oliver Okpala, said the aggrieved governors were not aware that  the executives that were removed in the affected states wrote to the  national headquarters of the party to inform it that their tenure had  expired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Punch&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/feeds/7006677078647555886/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/10/rebel-governors-speak-up.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/7006677078647555886'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1336878828126408211/posts/default/7006677078647555886'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naijanewsroom.blogspot.com/2013/10/rebel-governors-speak-up.html' title='Rebel Governors Speak Up!'/><author><name>Benedicta N</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/100474538903042181347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SCzxl6cXtsY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAABU/yYVaa3-R3MM/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>