22 Arrested for Killing Anti-Ebola Campaigners in Guinea

Conakry (Xinhua/NAN) – Guinea’s Justice Minister Cheick Sacko said 22 suspects had been arrested in connection with last week’s killing of eight government officials.

The eight officials were involved in sensitization of the public against Ebola Virus Disease in the southeast region of Wome.

“The suspected perpetrators of the assassinations will be charged before a special sitting of the Conakry Court of Appeal,” the minister said on Wednesday in Conakry.

He said that those arrested included Labile Haba, a 30-year-old hawker, who was believed to be the head of the operation.

Sacko said other suspects include two residents of Wome who had tried to flee to Cote d’Ivoire, as well as their two colleagues arrested in the town of Gueckedou in Guinea’s southern region.

The justice minister said the suspects, who were arrested a day after the killing of the eight officials, had been questioned by investigators.

Ebola Casualties in Liberian Village “rise from the dead”

Residents in a Liberian village are alleging that two female Ebola victims have risen from the dead, and are now walking amongst living beings.

The victims, Dorris Quoiare and Ma Kebeh, who are in their 40s and 60s respectively, died of Ebola in communities in Nimba County, Liberia.

According to Mirror, villagers told a local newspaper that the two women were about to be transported to a burial site, when they suddenly rose from the dead.

The local newspaper also stated that this is the first incidence of dead Ebola victims resurrecting in Nimba County.

fulani-herdsmen Nasarawa crisis: 10 people feared dead, houses razed

No fewer than 10 persons were feared killed and many houses set ablaze yesterday during an early morning raid on Eggon community of Gidan Gambo in Lafia East Development Area of Nasarawa State.

The attackers, believed to be Fulani mercenaries armed with Ak 47 rifles defied the early morning rain and launched a surprise attack on the village, killing 10 people and injuring scores, before setting many houses ablaze.

The attack on Gidan Gambo is the latest in the serial attacks on Eggon communities carried out by suspected Fulani insurgents in recent times since hostilities broke out between the warring parties in the state.

A resident of Gidan Gambo, Likita Alaku, who escaped from the attack, told Daily Sun that the Fulani, numbering over 300, armed with AK 47 rifles invaded the village at about 6 a.m. and opened fire, killing any person in sight and burning houses.

“We woke up and saw many Fulani people with AK 47 rifles surrounding the village, shooting in all directions and burning houses,” he said.

Alaku, who lamented the sophisticated weapons in possession of the invading Fulani, called on both federal, state government and security agencies to disarm the gunmen to prevent them from further attacks on innocent people.

Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Nasarawa State Police Command, Umaru Ismaila Numan, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, said only one person was killed. Numan said policemen had been deployed to the scene to restore normalcy in the area.

Synagogue Church Collapse Death Toll Now 115 – South African Minister

The death toll from the Nigerian church collapse has now climbed to 115 people, with 84 of them South Africans, a South African minister said Monday, citing sources in Lagos.

“We understand from our assessment team that the total number of people who have perished is now 115, but those are not all South Africans. South Africans (are) about 84 that have died,” Jeff Radebe, the minister in charge of Pretoria’s response to the disaster, told reporters.

Speaking after around two dozen injured survivors were repatriated home, Radebe revised the numbers of injured that arrived to 25 because one had chosen to return to the church which crumbled in Lagos on September 12.

The plan was to bring back all the 26, but “there were only 25 who actually boarded the aircraft because one returned to the synagogue yesterday,” said Radebe.

The 26 survived after being trapped under rubble when a guesthouse attached to the church run by a prominent Nigerian preacher TB Joshua collapsed more than a week ago.

A 19-member medical team including specialised doctors, nurses and medical military paramedics took care of the injured on board a military C-130 aircraft.

“It’s the biggest evacuation effort by the (South African) Air Force since the dawn of democracy,” two decades ago, said Radebe.

Two orphaned toddlers – that lost their parents in the tragedy – were among the survivors that returned on Monday.

India Reaches Mars on First Attempt

New Delhi (Xinhua/NAN) – India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said on Wednesday that India has become the first nation to have successfully reached Mars on its maiden attempt.

He announced from the headquarters of the state-owned space agency in the southern city of Bangalore, that with 74 million dollars, the cheapest inter-planetary mission ever to be undertaken, an historic feat was made for the country’s indigenous space programme.

“India has reached Mars, history has been created, we are the only country to have succeeded in its first attempt,” he said.

Modi said that the success was an indication that India was a country full of determination to succeed.

“We have made it a habit of achieving the impossible. Humanity would not have progressed if we had not taken such leaps into the unknown and space is the biggest unknown out there,” he said.

Modi said that Mars has got its Mars Orbiter Mission, (MOM) and the moment it was named MOM, he knew it would not disappoint.

He commended the efforts of the scientists of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), for the laudable achievements.

“You have inspired our future generation, in spite of our many limitations, we aspired for the best and the success of our space programme has been an example of our achievement,” he said.

Modi said ISRO joined an elite group of only three other agencies worldwide to have successfully reached the Red Planet.

“India has now joined the U.S. the European Space Agency and the former Soviet Union in the elite club of Martian explorers,’’ he said. He said MOM was launched in November last year, by placing its mission in Mars orbit.

4 months after being released from prison, man gets re-arrested for robbery

An ex-convict who was released from prison four moths ago after spending 7 years in kirikiri has been arrested again by men of the Lagos state Police command after he and his gang snatched a car in the Yaba area of Lagos.

According to Vanguard, Faruk Lawal and his gang snatched a car from its owner while the owner was having sex to a woman inside his car along Morrocco street in the Alade area of Yaba in Lagos.

Parading Faruk and one of his gang members at the state Police headquarters in Ikeja yesterday Sept. 23rd, the state Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderanti, said the young men where arrested after a distress call was put across to them of a car theft incident at the Yaba axis of Lagos

"Two armed robbers, named Babatunde Makinde and Faruk Lawal, were arrested. A search conducted on the vehicle led to the recovery of one double barrel pistol, two single barrel pistols and 28 live cartridges. The suspects confessed to have snatched the vehicle from its owner at gunpoint in Alade area of Yaba few hours before they were arrested and that the third gun belongs to one Dayo, a member of their gang who narrowly escaped arrest. Investigation is still ongoing with a view to arresting the fleeing gang members.” While being interrogated, Faruk expressed sadness he was heading back to prison.

"I never wanted to go with them. If I had listened to my instinct, I would not have been involved. It means I am returning to prison where I spent seven years. I was released just four months ago with a promise to turn a new leaf" he said

Robbers shoot pastor’s mouth for begging them not to rape daughter(Photo)

The heartlessness of some armed robbers who not only steal from their victims, but also kill or maim them, was manifested recently when a gang of armed robbers attacked a pastor of pentecostal church in Abeokuta, Ogun State and shot him in the mouth for daring to plead that his daughter should not be raped.

According to information gathered by Crime Reports, the gang members, including Sodiq Asimiyu (21) a.k.a. Nokia, Lekan a.k.a Goddey, Ayo a.k.a. AY, Seun Ojo a.k.a. Sepe, Kassim and Sunday, among others, assembled at a hemp joint at Ojupa area, Oke-Bode, Abeokuta, on May 31, 2014, from where they took off to a robbery operation, using two Bajaj motorcycles.

They succeeded in their moves when they came across a man driving his Nissan X-terra Sport Utility Vehicle, whom they dispossessed of his vehicle in front of State Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta. Unsatisfied with the previous day’s loot, the gang took off again with the X-Terra vehicle at about 5a.m. on Sunday, June 1 and moved to Elite area, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, where they blocked a car driven by a Reverend at about 5.50a.m. while on his way to church with his wife and daughter. A police source further informed Crime Reports that the man was dispossessed of N150,000, a Samsung Galaxy tablet and HTC phone belonging to his daughter, among other items. Not satisfied, one of the armed robbers who eyed the cleric’s daughter with lust, ordered her to move away from her parents into the church, with the intention to sexually abuse her.

On sensing this, the Reverend was said to have pleaded with them to spare his daughter since he had surrendered all they wanted to them. In a fit of anger over the pleading, one of the gang members pulled the trigger of the gang’s gun and shot the man in the mouth. Not yet done, another member went to their operational vehicle, brought out a bottle of beer, opened it and poured the content on the man of God where he fell. They left afterwards.

Nemesis however caught up with Sodiq when he was arrested on September 11, 2014 when he reportedly came back to Abeokuta for another operation. He was caught with a cut-to-size single barrel gun put in a bag. Also arrested was one Tunde Egunjobi in whose house Sodiq was nabbed. Egunjobi was said to be the one releasing his motorcycle for robbery operation and had confessed to the police that he knew the gang members as armed robbers. Both are currently undergoing investigations at the Anti- Robbery section of the State Criminal Investigation Department, Eleweran, in Ogun State Police Command. Below are the excerpts of interview with the two suspects:

Sodiq Asimiyu

This is the first I would be going for robbery with the gang. I started with the gang six months ago. Ayo a.k.a. AY introduced me to robbery. I met AY at Saidi’s hemp joint where I used to smoke marijuana. He asked me to follow him somewhere but I didn’t know we were going for robbery. We went to Suraju a.k.a. Dajunja’s house at Oke-Bodea area of Abeokuta, from where the gang took off for robbery operation. I did not follow them that night but I knew they were going for robbery. Early the following morning, we entered the vehicle and started moving round the town looking for a victim to rob.

Suddenly, I saw that AY who drove the vehicle blocked a vehicle by the side. We ordered the driver, his wife and daughter to lie down and dispossessed them of their belongings. Kassim shot the Reverend and Goddey opened a beer bottle and poured its content on him.

I was given N40,000 out of the N150,000 collected from our victim.

I returned to Lagos after the operation to continue my meat selling business. I came back to Abeokuta recently and was given a gun by one Mojeed who is a cultist. He told me that there was clash between him and other cult members over the presidency of the Eiye cult to which he belongs. He asked me to join him on a revenge mission. He put the gun in a bag which he gave me. I was also initiated into Eiye cult about four months ago.

What happened was that anytime I had nothing to do, I would borrow Tunde’s motorcycle and one guy called School Boy and I would use it to snatch bags and dispossess people of their belongings. I used to give Tunde returns. I have been smoking marijuana for a very long time. I cannot remember the exact number of years but it is not less than five years.

Tunde Egunjobi I knew Sodiq and School Boy also at hemp joint where I used to smoke marijuana. I knew that they were robbers but I didn’t report them because we live within the same community. Sodiq was arrested in my house.

When contacted, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikemefuna Okoye, confirmed the story, saying that the two suspects would be charged to court after the completion of investigations. Nigerian Tribune..

Boko Haram Insurgents Reportedly Surrender to Soldiers in Borno

Some Boko Haram members reportedly surrendered to soldiers in Konduga, Borno over the weekend.

According to Smart Blaze News Update, the terrorists are beginning to surrender voluntarily, and five of them turned themselves and their weapons in to troops at Konduga.

Other sect members who have not surrendered, have reportedly been giving the soldiers pertinent information about Boko Haram’s plans.

Reports state that over the past few days, the insurgents have tried relentlessly to gain access to Konduga, but Nigerian troops have foiled their attempts.

Police Arrest Lagos-based Woman for Selling Guns to Robbers

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has arrested a Lagos-based woman for allegedly selling guns to robbers.

Vanguard reports that the 34-year-old mother of two, named Sarah Emmanuel, used to be a hawker of wares before she delved into illegal arms dealing. She is also said to be a robber’s wife. She was arrested after robbers revealed during a police interrogation, that she was the individual who sold arms to them.

Authorities say Emmanuel was in the arms-selling business with her friend, Modinat. They often traveled to a border town

between Benin Republic and Nigeria where they purchased locally-made guns and re-sold them to robbers. However, Emmanuel has denied the allegations, stating that only accompanied Modinat to buy arms on just one occasion.

“I was arrested because my friend Modinat escaped. We have been friends for six years. She asked me to accompany her to Idiroko where she told me of her plan to purchase a gun for one Ismaila, her armed robber lover from whom she collected N25, 000. I only accompanied her to Ifonyin once….

I am a widow and my husband, who was an armed robber was killed by police, we were married for ten years but I didn’t know he was an armed robber before he was killed.

If the police release me I will assist them to arrest my friend Modinat,” she said.

Cameroon military is claiming they killed BH leader Shekau, shares pic

The Cameroon military yesterday announced they have killed Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, in a statement released on their website. The statement was written in French (a language I don't understand...so I got the report from Cameroon Concord. See it below...

In a rare public show by the Cameroon army, photos of the Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau were made public alongside a statement claiming he was killed during a cross border raid deep inside Nigeria by the Cameroon military. A Cameroon military source who spoke to Cameroon Concord late last night, revealed that Abubakar Shekau was killed following an aerial bombardment of his hideout inside Nigeria. The Cameroon army has ever since yesterday been in serious combat against thousands of Boko Haram fighters trying to enter Cameroon via Fotokol from Gambaral Ngala in Nigeria.

Is that the same man though?

General IBB Flown to Hospital in Germany

Nigeria's former military President, Gen Ibrahim Babamosi Babangida is hospitalized in far away Germany for yet to be disclosed ailment. According to Sahara Reporters, IBB was rushed to Germany about 10 days ago from his hilltop mansion in Minna, Niger State. The respected Northern leader who is 73 years old is severely ill and could be related to a chronic back ailment.

President Goodluck Jonathan, who is in the US for the United Nations General Assembly, is expected to pay a visit to the ailing General Babangida in Germany later on Monday. We wish him quick recovery!

Watch: MC Galaxy's physical assault by US promoter captured on video

Music star MC Galaxy was physically assaulted by a music promoter on September 13 at a local club in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. Rarolae.com got hold of the video footage showing the incident. Unfortunately, this video only shows what happened immediately after MC Galaxy was assaulted by the promoter called T. Spotlite and after police was called to the scene.

Here's what's they said caused the fight. MC Galaxy was billed to perform at a club, but when he got there, he found there were less than 40 people at the venue, because the event was supposedly poorly promoted. After waiting for hours to perform, the Sekem crooner decided to leave, and that was when trouble started. The promoter allegedly grabbed and threw MC Galaxy from his car and punched him several times. He broke his belt, jewelry and shouted obscenities at him until the police arrived to escort MC Galaxy out of the premises. The singer didn't go to his hotel that day because the promoter had allegedly threatened to finish him. This is more MC Galaxy's side of the story, we haven't heard the promoter's side but it's still wrong to do this to an artist.

Watch the video after the cut

Three dead children found abandoned in Benin

Residents of Benin city in Edo state today September 17th woke up to the shocking discovery of the dead bodies of three children abandoned at two points along the 2nd East Circular Road by unknown individuals.

Two of the bodies, already in decomposing states, were wrapped and ‎put in a cardboard box and placed under a palm tree along the road while the third body of a girl of about a year old was dumped few meters away from the others along the road by Uwa street junction. Officials of the state Ministry of Environment have since taken the bodies off the street. See a pic after the cut...*graphic photo*

Other pics are too graphic - some of you will start complaining now...

FG defends $9.3m cash seized in SA, releases data on transaction

Nigerian Government has defended the controversial $9.3million seized from a private jet by South African immigration on September 5th. In a diplomatic discussion it opened with the South African government yesterday September 16th, FG said they are aware of the deal (money was meant to procure arms) and have presented documents on the transaction process to the South African govt as proof that the entire operation involving the seized aircraft belonging to CAN president, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, was genuine. Continue...

A source who spoke with Vanguard confirmed the on-going discussion between the two governments and said the seized aircraft has been released by the South African government. The source added that the money was seized following failure by Nigerian delegates to declare the money at South African airport "Nigeria and South Africa are getting closer to diplomatic resolution of the row over the $9.3m transaction. The two nations have opened discussions. The Federal Government has submitted relevant data and documents on the transaction to South Africa and insisted that the transaction was legitimate. It also clarified that the funds were neither laundered nor smuggled for any covert manoeuvres.

No launderer will be audacious to fly into a country in a chartered jet with such huge cash. The technical details on security matters, which necessitated the deal had been availed South Africa for screening. Based on initial scrutiny of the documents, the Challenger Jet has been released pending conclusion of a full-scale investigation by South Africa. There was procedural error at the airport, the team did not declare the $9.3million contrary to the aviation and Customs laws of South Africa. So, there was an oversight on the part of the delegation that went to complete the transaction.

Nigeria is trying to complete the formality and we are confident that the cash will be released for the purpose it was meant for. Movement of cash for strategic purchase of security equipment by intelligence services is not new; it is a global trend. The FBI, KGB, MOSSAD and others do it.” the source said

The 12 soldiers who attacked their GOC in Maiduguri have been sentenced to death

13 out of the 18 soldiers standing trial for participating in the mutiny (revolt action) against their General Officer Commanding, Maj. Gen. Ahmed Mohammed at the newly created 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri on May 12th have been sentenced to death by a military court that sat in Abuja yesterday night September 15th.

Five others were discharged and acquitted while one was jailed for 28 days with hard labor. Choi, they should temper justice with mercy biko o. Continue

The soldiers had on May 14th revolted against poor remuneration and lack of sophisticated weapons to fight Boko Haram. On that particular day, the soldiers lost their cool after seeing the corpse of some of their colleagues killed by Boko Haram men. They immediately opened fire on their GOC, who luckily escaped unhurt.

The President of the Court Martial (military court), Maj. Gen. C.C. Okonkwo, while delivering his judgement said the 12 soldiers were found guilty of criminal conspiracy, mutiny, attempt to commit murder (shooting at the vehicle of the GOC); insubordination to a particular order; insubordination and false accusation.

Those sentenced are Jasper Braidolor, David Musa, Friday Onuh, Yusuf Shuaibu, Igonmu Emmanuel, Andrew Ugbede, Nurudeen Ahmed, Ifeanyi Alukagba, Alao Samuel, Amadi Chukwuma, Alan Linus, and Stephen Clement. The legal team of the convicts pleaded with the court martial to be lenient and temper justice with mercy stating that some of the men convicted were the sole providers of their families. One of the convict is said to be the only child of his 80 year old mother while another is said to be the father of a 5-month old baby. The legal team argued that giving them maximum sentence would do more harm than good, adding that it would increase the agony of their dependants.

Other members of the court are: Col. TS Nurseman, Col. TO Olowomeye, Col. IG Lassa, Lt.Col. JK Feboke, Lt. Col. CR Nnebeife, Major I Yusuf, Major TA Yakubu and Major AE Martins. Lt. Col. AA Audu and Lt. Col. U Ukpe served as prosecutors.

2 Nigerians & 1 Israeli Citizen Probed for Attempting to Smuggle $9.3 Million Cash into South Africa

Police authorities in South Africa are investigating an Israeli citizen and two Nigerians who attempted to smuggle $9.3 million cash into the country.

The money was seized by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) at Lanseria airport in Johannesburg on September 5th, Reuters reports.

According to reports, the money which was transported from Abuja via a business jet, consisted of $100 bills and was packed in three suitcases.

When questioned, the three passengers reportedly told police that they intended to use the money to purchase arms for Nigerian security services.

Investigations are still ongoing, and the money is being kept at the Central Bank in the meantime.

Man Stabs His 62year Old ex-wife 84 Times And Covers Her Face With Pig Mask

A former New Jersey security guard has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for fatally stabbing his ex-wife 84 times and covering her face with a pig mask.

According to the Daily Record,Prosecutors say Novellino attacked his 62-year-old ex-wife, a schoolteacher and librarian, in June just 11 days after their divorce. Before the split, they had been married for 37 years.

Under the terms of the divorce, Novellino was to keep the home and pay Judith her share. He was also to give her $150,000 from his retirement fund, leading him to refer to her as a 'pig' to neighbors.

Prosecutor holds up the mask in court

She was back at the house and packing items to take to her apartment when she was stabbed.Novellino had claimed that his ex-wife had picked a fight with she was in the bathroom and lunged at him with a knife she happened to have in the room.

He insisted that he only acted in self-defense and told investigators after he was arrested that he could only remember stabbing her twice

Anthony Novellino was captured several days after the killing in Washington state, where he had fled to meet a woman he had been communicating with online. She helped authorities track him down..

Synagogue Building Collapse Update-- Former Gov Kalu Meets With T.B Joshua

Former Abia state governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu yesterday, September 13, paid a condolence visit to Prophet T.B Joshua, general overseer of the Synagogue Church of All Nations to commiserate with him over the collapse of a guest house in the church which claimed many lives.

Kalu encouraged the prophet to take the calamity that befell his church in good faith, urging him to draw strength from the word of God and also face the situation with courage, Daily Sun reports.

Citing Job as an example, the former governor said calamities and bad incidents are all part of life and even men of God in the Bible were not spared.

He said: “You are a man of God that many run to in times of their distress, and God uses you to give them strength, and now it has happened to you, the meaning is that you are also human and live in the world full of troubles.

“I know in times like these, people would say so many things about you, but I would encourage you to be strong and apply all the faith you have lived with and preached to others, that actually liberated them from troubles to overcome.”

Kalu called on Nigerians to pray for T.B Joshua and his church, asking God to grant the people who lost their lives peaceful repose and their families the strength to bear the loss. The prophet who still looked embattled, but wearing his trademark smiles thanked Kalu and his entourage for being so concerned and promised that the church and himself would do all possible to handle the situation.

He also thanked all those who have called for their concern, while also praising the public rescue workers – the police, Lagos State chapter of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Fire Service and other bodies including the State Security Service (SSS) for the response and show of love and concern for him and the church immediately the incident occurred.

A guest house belonging to the Synagogue Church in Ikotun, Lagos had collapsed last Friday, September 12, 2014.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed the death of 39 people after the building collapsed.

Speaking to journalists, T.B Joshua said the collapse was an attack from terrorists.

Cuba Contributing 165 health workers to Sierra Leone, But WHO Says 1500 Needed

Cuba’s health minister, Robert Morales Ojeda, has announced today that the country will be sending 165 doctors, nurses, and infection control specialists to Sierra Leone to help control the spread of the Ebola virus disease.

Mr. Ojeda said that the health workers will begin arriving in Sierra Leone in early October and will be deployed for a planned six months.

ba’s health minister, Robert Morales Ojeda, has announced today that the country will be sending 165 doctors, nurses, and infection control specialists to Sierra Leone to help control the spread of the Ebola virus disease.

Mr. Ojeda said that the health workers will begin arriving in Sierra Leone in early October and will be deployed for a planned six months.

According to The Nation, Chief of the World Health Organization (WHO), Margaret Chan, has warmly greeted the news and recognized Cuba for its record in contributing to humanitarian efforts around the world by deploying world-class medical professionals.

However, Chan warned that 1500 more medical professionals were needed to contain the spread of Ebola in West Africa, and Liberia-which has been hit hardest-does not have a single bed available for sick Ebola patients.

To date, over 2,400 people have died from the Ebola outbreak, with over 4,700 recorded infections.

Vincent Enyeama is Good with His Hands … in The Kitchen

Super Eagles goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama captured our hearts at the last World Cup in Brazil.

The jokes kept rolling in about how he can save anything, even money – ‘Enyeama Savings Account’ etc.

On his Instagram page, the footballer shows us he’s not only good with his hands on the field but also in the kitchen, by slicing up some okro. It doesn’t stop there, he was going to cook it too!

His caption, “I am going to make it a little spicy. Miss doing this. #okrosoupindemaking #dinnerloading”

Oscar Pistorious Found Guilty of Manslaughter

You will recall that yesterday, Pistorious was found not guilty of premeditated murder.

Just moments ago, the judge, Thokozile Masipa announced that Pistorious is guilty of manslaughter. He has also been found guilty of “discharging a pistol negligently in a public place,” but acquitted on two other firearms charges, Telegraph UK reports.

According to reports, the sentencing will probably will not take place today, and could take as long as two weeks before it is done.

We will provide updates on the case, as they become available.

ANC Women’s League Stages Protest at Oscar Pistorious Trial

There have been mixed views about the fact that Oscar Pistorious was found not guilty of premeditated murder. While some believe it is a fair verdict, others are calling for harsher consequences for Pistorious.

Yesterday, the ANC Women’s League staged a peaceful protest outside the North Gauteng High Court, where the Pistorious trial is being held, expressing their views about how they want justice to be served in the case.

The ANC Women’s League is the women’s wing of the African National Congress (ANC). The league’s members were very involved in protests against South Africa’s apartheid-era government.

They are passionate about women’s rights, and frequently advocate for harsher sentences for men who commit violent crimes against women, Enca reports.

Oscar Pistorious Granted Bail | Sentencing Hearing Starts Oct. 13

Earlier today, Oscar Pistorious was found guilty of manslaughter.

He has been granted bail, and the sentencing hearing will begin on October 13th, AU News reports.

Typically, the maximum prison sentence for manslaughter is 15 years. However, sentences could range from five to eight years, according to CNN.

Gunmen who Tried to Kill Education Activist Malala Yousafzai Arrested

The gunmen who attempted to kill Pakistani education activist, Malala Yousafzai, have reportedly been arrested. The Pakistani army confirmed the arrests today, The Telegraph reports.

In 2012, Malala was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen who opposed her involvement in activism for women’s education in the country. She however survived the assassination attempt, and went on to earn international acclaim for her campaign to give all children the right to an education.

She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, and won the European Union’s Sakharov human rights prize last year.

Liberian Woman Found Hanging from a Tree in Lagos

A Liberian woman named Kate, was found dead, hanging from a pear tree in Lagos this morning.

The scene of the incident was Bankole Street, in the Isheri-Oke area of town, Punch reports. Kate was reportedly well known in the area, and worked at a satchet worker factory.

Sources say she didn’t seem to have problems with any one in the community, however; after the Ebola outbreak some people in the area began to stay away from her when they discovered that it was Liberian Patrick Sawyer that brought the disease to the country.

She is said to have begun to look ill in recent times.

Police authorities are yet to comment on the matter.

BREAKING: Building at T.B. Joshua’s Synagogue Church Collapses | Scores Feared Dead

A building at TB Joshua‘s Synagogue Church of all Nations in Ikotun, Lagos has collapsed. Scores who were in the building when it collapsed, are feared dead. The incident occurred at 2 p.m today.

According to reports, the multi-storey building is a guesthouse for church members who visit the church for spiritual assistance, ThisDay reports.

Ambulances and rescue personnel are said to be currently at the scene.

Sources say there was an ongoing construction at the top of the building to create more accommodation for worshippers.

The exact number of casualties is unknown at this time.

We will bring you more information as it becomes available.

Saudi Arabia: Black Stone Of Mecca Revealed To Be A Meteorite

Mecca| A group of geologists from Oxford University have finally lifted the veil upon one of the most intriguing cultural and religious mysteries of the Islamic faith: Where did the Black Stone of Mecca originate? Every year, millions of muslim pilgrims gather around the Kaaba, also known as the Sacred House, a cubic-shaped building at the centre of Islam’s most sacred mosque, Al-Masjid al-Haram, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for the ritual of the hajj, where pilgrims must walk seven times around the Kaaba in a counterclockwise direction, a ceremonial practice that has endured for fourteen centuries.

According to Islamic tradition, the stone was set intact into the Kaaba’s wall by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the year 605 A.D., five years before his first revelation. Since then it has been broken into a number of fragments and is now cemented into a silver frame in the side of the Kaaba. Its physical appearance is that of a fragmented dark rock, polished smooth by the hands of millions of pilgrims.

Islamic tradition holds that it fell from Heaven to show Adam and Eve where to build an altar

Anthony Hampton and his team of geologists had, from the beginning, a major problem to further their examination of the Stone of the Kaaba since it may not be examined or fragments taken from it. “Part of the fog surrounding this stone is that the stone’s caretakers haven’t allowed any scientific tests to be performed on the stone, for obvious cultural and religious reasons, so we had to think of other ways of gathering information about this sacred object” he explains.

Local samples of sand where taken from a 2 km radius from the emplacement of the stone, which revealed its first clues. “We found important quantities of iridium, a metal that is found in meteorites with an abundance much higher than its average abundance in the Earth’s crust. We also found many shatter cones, a rare geological feature that is only known to form in the bedrock beneath meteorite impact craters or underground nuclear explosions” he adds.

Multiple evidence of shatter cones near Mecca prove that local rock formations in the surrounding area have been subjected to extreme shock and pressures The team of researchers hope the discovery will help shed light on the origin of the stone but also on the origins of Islam itself. “It is very interesting to see how, what started as the pagan worship of a meteorite, bloomed into, a few centuries later, a monotheistic religion that has spread around the world” comments religious historian Ahmed Ben Alifa.

40 People Killed In Nasarawa State

At least 40 people were reportedly killed in another fresh fight between the Alago and Eggon people at Tudun Adabu area of Obi local government with over 50 houses burnt down in the Nasarawa state. Source revealed that the state capital showed that the fight took a different dimension Wednesday as it took its toll on Alago extraction and Eggon nationality in the trouble area in the state.

According to eye witness account who was at the scene of the event said that fight was initially between Eggon and Fulani herdsmen in Assakio, headquarters of Lafia East development area of the state but latter escalated to Tudun Adabu in Obi local government on Wednesday, leaving scores dead thousands of people homeless.

It was also gathered that all the inhabitants of Assakio, Tudun Adabu and Dedere have deserted their homes as a result of the crisis in the areas. Victims of the troubled areas were seen moving their children and properties to Lafia town.

The crisis which started in Nasarawa Eggon has soon escalated to Wamba. Akwanga and obi local governments in the state leaving thousands homeless.

The governor,Tanko Al-makura has visited Wamba, Akwanga and Nasarawa Eggon local government’s yesterday to ascertain the level of destruction, also donated relief materials to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) ,affected by the crisis.

5 Killed In Cross River After Eating Dog Meat

FIVE persons, a man and two of his children and two others were confirmed dead on Friday in the village of Uchenyim , Wanikade, North Ukelle in northern Cross River State after eating the meat of a dog.

Reports from the area said the dog was fond of eating the eggs laid by native chicken in the Odareko-Uchenyim village and one of the villagers allegedly laced the eggs laid by his chicken with gamalin 20 insecticide and as expected, “the dog ate the eggs and fell ill and when it was about to die the owner quickly killed and prepared it into a delicacy which he, his family consumed and some neighbors consumed ” Ugbem Onawo, a villager narrated to Vanguard.

The man and his two children and the two others who died, according to the report also ate the intestines of the dog where incidentally the poison from the gamalin 20 is lodged leading to their taking ill and dying . “After the man shared the intestines among his children and the two neighbors and they ate death came calling and they all died though at different times ”. According to their

Khloé Kardashian Dumps French Montana

Ever since the Billboard interview where French Montana said he is taking advantage of her fame, Khloe and French haven’t been spotted together ever since with all indication that she might have dumped him.

However E! has confirmed she is indeed single again. The reality star is said to need some breathing room..

Read their report below ..

Khloé officially broke things off with French, who is having trouble with the split and “won’t really accept it.” Khloé grew weary of his “needy, obsessive” behavior and she slowly began distancing herself.

The exes are still in contact and French, 29, is trying to save their romance, “but eventually they will be totally broken up “For all intents and purposes, Khloé is single again.”The breakup has nothing to do with reports that French may have been using Khloé’s fame to boost sales of his recently released album. “That stuff never bothered her because she doesn’t care what people think,” says the source. “She’s just decided to move on.” Despite splitting up romantically, the insider adds, “Khloé thinks he’s a great guy but it just wasn’t working out.”

Three Nigerians deported for e-Shopping fraud in India

Three Nigerians, Oladapo Obasoto Olatunbosun alias Richard (32), Dickson M Dickson (29) and Abiodun Oluwagbemiga Oyekunle alias Jerie (33), all pictured above, are currently on their way back to Nigeria this morning after they were indicted in an e-shopping fraud in India, where they've lived for several years.

According to an Indian police report, the three young men had been previously arrested for indulging in cheating and online fraud in Chennai, India in 2011 and were recently arrested with an Hyundai Santro car, two LED TVs, 6 mobile phones, 3 cameras,3 watches, 7 imported perfumes, 3 laptops, 1 Ipod and 32 pairs of shoes, which they had purchased through fraudulent online shopping. Continue..

They were given their flights by the Special Tahsildar (Refugee) on Friday and this morning they took the 9.30 am flight from the International airport at Meenambakkam in India to Dubai. From Dubai, they will take a transit flight to Nigeria. They are expected to land around 6 pm Nigerian time

Two others Nigerian, Paul Osagie Cyrill and Okechukwa are also to be deported on September 22 after being involved in cheating cases in Chennai.

Fatal accident on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Nine persons including a child died this morning in a fatal multiple accident that occurred along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

According to eyewitnesses, 2 Mazda cars collided with a Petrol tanker which immediately busted into flames. Men of the Nigeria Fire Service, Police and FRSC are currently at the scene managing the situation. The fire has since been put out but the traffic is still said to be on a standstill. Continue...