METRO NEWS NG: 2017-05-07

Tuesday, 9 May 2017

DSS Presents Video Evidence To Nail Farouk Lawan

May 09, 2017 at 09:32PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Department of State Security (DSS), on Tuesday, presented a video evidence at the FCT High Court, Lugbe, showing where Femi Otedola was seen giving out a parcel to Hon....http://ift.tt/2pwPVfo

ICPC Secures 6-Year Jail Term for Visa Racketeer

May 09, 2017 at 09:26PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured a 6-year jail term for a visa racketeer,Mr. Victor Charles Ndubueze. Mr. Ndubueze was charged to court by...http://ift.tt/2pZmjdA

LASG removes VIO from Lagos roads

May 09, 2017 at 08:53AM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Lagos State Government has ordered the Vehicle Inspection Officers to leave Lagos roads. It was learnt that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode handed down the directive as a result of public...http://ift.tt/2pftSOh

Sokoto AG Not Authorised to Take over EFCC’s Case – DPP

May 08, 2017 at 08:43PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Barely a week after a controversial ruling by Justice Idrissa Kolo of the Federal High Court sitting in Sokoto which authorised the Attorney General, AG, of Sokoto State to take...http://ift.tt/2pZJQcN

NIS Assures of Availability of Passport Booklets

May 08, 2017 at 08:04PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The attention of the Comptroller General of Immigration Service , Muhammad Babandede, MFR has been drawn to some media reports of persisting scarcity of Passports Booklets across our Passport Issuing...http://ift.tt/2q0XluF

Lekki Free Zone: An Industrial Paradise – Commissioner

May 08, 2017 at 07:56PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Lekki Free Zone (LFZ) has been described as an Industrial Paradise where companies can operate freely without any hitch because it is equipped with all necessary facilities for optimal...http://ift.tt/2qTKB6V

RELEASE: 15th Monthly Meeting of Fashola With Power Sector Stakeholders

May 08, 2017 at 07:52PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Issued at the end of the 15th monthly meeting of the Honourable Minister of Power, Works and Housing with operators of the Power Sector, held on Monday, May 08, 2017...http://ift.tt/2qiCa8q

No immoral textbook in our curriculum – LASG

May 08, 2017 at 07:09PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Lagos State government, through its Ministry of Education, has declared in unequivocal terms that there is no textbook teaching and or encouraging immoral activities in the curriculum of the...http://ift.tt/2q3Cll1

Lagos CBD to provide support for business improvement

May 08, 2017 at 07:04PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Lagos State Government has re-affirmed its commitment to ensuring that the Lagos Central Business Districts sustains its recognition among other downtown areas of the world by providing necessary support for...http://ift.tt/2q18qvy

Excitement, anticipation as Ariya Repete storms Lagos, Ado Ekiti

May 08, 2017 at 06:59PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Aspiring Fuji and Juju artistes in Lagos and Ado-Ekiti have expressed excitement and enthusiasm as Ariya Repete, the biggest Yoruba music talent hunt show storms both cities on Wednesday, May...http://ift.tt/2q3Cxkh

Tanzania holds national funeral for 32 school kids killed in bus crash

May 08, 2017 at 06:54PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Tanzanian government has disclosed that it will be taking the full expenses of burial arrangements for the over thirty school children who perished in an accident on Saturday. A...http://ift.tt/2qiDs30

Drinking two cans of Red Bull kill you

Drinking just two energy drinks can cause cardiac arrest in patients who have an undiagnosed heart condition, experts have warned.

The Australian study looked into how caffeinated drinks impact on the risk of cardiac arrest in people with long QT syndrome (LQTS) – a hereditary condition that affects one in 2,00 people.

While the condition is known to cause problems with the heart’s electrical activity, because there are very few physical symptoms LQTS can often go undetected.

One killed, five vehicles vandalised as Customs, smugglers clash in Ogun

May 09, 2017 at 07:43PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J There was confusion Tuesday at the Sango-Ota axis of Ogun State when suspected smugglers clashed with men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). In the incident, which happened about 9:00am,...http://ift.tt/2psDzV3

Unpaid for nine months, Bayelsa teachers commence indefinite strike

May 09, 2017 at 07:36PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Teachers in Bayelsa public primary schools have embarked on indefinite strike to press for the payment of the nine-and-a-half months’ salary owed by local governments in the state. This was...http://ift.tt/2qOtbM8

Senate Overrules Buhari, Says Osinbajo Is Acting President Not ‘Coordinating Vice President’

May 09, 2017 at 07:09PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Senate affirmed on Tuesday that Yemi Osinbajo is the Acting President of Nigeria pending the return of President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari’s letter to the National Assembly informing the Parliament...http://ift.tt/2q0wn6k

Nigerian Senate Insists On Investigating $5bn Fraud Petition Against Chevron

May 09, 2017 at 07:05PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Despite the request by a petitioner, Dr George Uboh of Panic Alert Security System, PASS, who had written to inform the Senate Committee on Public Petitions of his decision to...http://ift.tt/2q3lrCP

Uncle Throws Teenager Off Ninth-Floor For Being Gay

May 09, 2017 at 07:03PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A teenager was pushed to his death from a ninth-floor balcony in Chechnya after his uncle discovered he was gay, it has been claimed. The 17-year-old was allegedly thrown from...http://ift.tt/2q0MFMJ

Fashola talks tough, threatens to sanction electricity distribution companies

May 09, 2017 at 06:56PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Minister of Power, Works and Housing , Babtunde Fashola, has threatened to sanction power distribution companies, Discos, for their continued breach of agreed terms and epileptic service. The minister,...http://ift.tt/2qYToVx

#NewTrendAlert Stripper Brutally Beats Man For ‘Stealthing’ (EXPLICIT)

May 09, 2017 at 06:44PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A new video is circulating on social media. According to the people uploading it, the video shows a man getting beaten up – by a stripper. The man allegedly tried...http://ift.tt/2pWY6V4

Nollywood Actor Pastor ‘Ajidara’ Is Dead

May 09, 2017 at 06:23PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J His state of health became public knowledge when popular actor Yomi Fash Lanso made attempt to raise funds for him to get better treatment. This was what he posted on...http://ift.tt/2qEku6Q

Court declares Rivers rerun election panel ‘unconstitutional’

A Federal High Court in Abuja has declared a 15-member panel that investigated violations during the December 10, 2016 Rivers State election rerun, “unconstitutional”.

In a lengthy ruling on Tuesday, the judge, Gabriel Kolawole, said the composition of the panel was not known to law.

The panel was raised by the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to probe allegations of violations and violence during the legislative re-run elections.

The team had personnel from the State Security Service, SSS.

Moon Jae-in Declares Victory in South Korea Presidential Election

Moon Jae-in, a human rights lawyer who favors dialogue with North Korea, declared victory in the South Korean election on Tuesday, after his rivals appeared to concede defeat.

His victory would return the liberals to power after nearly a decade in the political wilderness and set up a potential rift with the United States over the North’s nuclear weapons program.

“I will be a president for all the people,” Mr. Moon said in a nationally televised speech before a group of cheering supporters gathered in central Seoul, the capital. He said he would work with political rivals to create a country where “justice rules and common sense prevails.”

Justice Muhammed Idris of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has ordered the State Security Service, SSS, to produce the Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas Limited, Ifeayi Ubah on Friday, May 12 to show why he (Mr. Ubah) should not be released unconditionally.

Mr. Idris gave the ruling in favour of the ex-parte application filed by Mr. Ubah’s counsel, Ifeoma Esom, to compel the release of Mr. Ubah from the SSS’s custody where he had been held in detention since May 6.

Nigerian female artist Yemi Alade will replace Innocent Idibia popularly known as 2baba as coach in the second season of M-net music reality show, `The Voice Nigeria.’

According to the M-net West Africa team, 2Baba has left the show to pursue other commitments which has prompted the need for a new coach.

At least 12 people were killed, including five children, and 30 were injured in an explosion at a house where fireworks were stored in central Mexico's Puebla state, authorities said on Tuesday.

The blast occurred on Monday night in San Isidro, Chilchotla, during preparations for a local festival next week.

The chairman of Capital Oil and Gas limited, Andy Ubah has described his arrest by the Department of State Services as a complete attempt to blackmail him.

The oil magnate said the claim by the DSS that he was involved in theft of petrol kept by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, in his tank farm in Lagos was a wrong accusation.

The agency on Friday picked up Ubah over his connection with the missing petroleum product, which was valued at over N11bn.

The department said Ubah’s action amounted to economic sabotage, with “capacity to negatively impact on national economy”.

Facebook this week announced new efforts for tackling the spread of fake news on the site.
The social network says its systems are getting better at identifying fake accounts, which they attempt to do by analysing certain patterns of activity, such as repeated posting of the same content.

Facebook is monitoring the ways in which users interact with articles too. “We’ve found that if reading an article makes people significantly less likely to share it, that may be a sign that a story has misled people in some way,” it says.

Nigeria’s former Head of Civil Service, Stephen Oronsaye, has been discharged and acquitted of charges of corruption by an Abuja court.

Mr. Oronsaye was being prosecuted by the anti-graft agency, EFCC.

National Assembly Raises 2017 Budget By N143bn

The National Assembly has raised the 2017 appropriation bill by over N143bn, up from President Muhammadu Buhari’s original proposal of N7.298tn. The new figure of the budget is now N7.441tn.

This came to the fore on Tuesday when the Senate received the report on the 2017 budget from its joint committees of Appropriation and Finance.

United Nations officials said on Tuesday that 245 migrants were feared dead in two shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea. The death toll represents a major increase in an already grim tally this year.

More than 1,300 people are now estimated to have died while trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe in 2017, most while attempting to reach Italy from Libya or Tunisia, according to the International Organization for Migration. Last year, 5,098 people died that way.

The two recent shipwrecks occurred on Friday and Sunday, though details about the extent of the loss of life were not released until Tuesday.

Politics Should Be About Service - Ambode

…As Lagos Bishop, Ademowo Endorses Gov For Second Term

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday emphasized the need for Nigerians to embrace selfless service to humanity, saying that such remained the essence of existence to positively impact others.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of 33rd Synod of Diocese of Lagos, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) with the theme: “Serving”, Governor Ambode also charged political and religious leaders to continually tow the path of service to humanity, just as he said that politics in the real sense of it should only be about selfless service to the people

African mobile telecoms operators, infrastructure owners and service providers are ramping up investment and targeting acquisitions across the region
LONDON, United Kingdom, May 8, 2017/ -- African mobile telecoms operators, infrastructure owners and service providers are ramping up investment and targeting acquisitions across the region to meet the surge in demand for connectivity, a leading telecom transaction adviser said.

The CIO’s new job: no glitch business

By Keith Fenner (http://APO.af/OyBiub), Vice President: Sage Enterprise Africa & Middle East (www.Sage.com)

IDC CIO Summit, May 8, 2017/ -- The previous wave of digital disruption, triggered by mobile technology, caught most CIOs and organisations off guard.

10 years ago, hardly anyone owned a smartphone. Today, there are around 2 billion in circulation. What’s more, we use them every day to access Uber, WhatsApp, Instagram and many other services that didn’t exist when the first iPhone was released in 2007.

Nigerian Grammy award-winning percussionist, Lekan Babalola, has unveiled plans for his 2017 concert series tagged Ebo Tour.

Ebo which translates in Babalola’s native Yoruba language as a ‘traditional offering,’ is a beautiful nexus between the percussionist’s funk music and his Ifa way of life.

The anticipated concert has been scheduled to tour major cities in the UK from June and will be powered by the Sacred Funk project and his agency, Temple Management Company.

By Gboyega Adeoye

Special Adviser to the President on Political Affairs,Senator Babafemi Ojudu has congratulated the newly elected France President, Mr. Emmanuel Macron on his recent victory at the polls.

Thirty-nine year old independent centrist, Macron, defeated Front National's right-wing leader, Marine Le Pen in the run-off election conducted yesterday. Mr. Macron won almost two thirds of the total votes cast to emerge France's youngest-ever president.

#NewTrendAlert Stripper Brutally Beats Man For ‘Stealthing’ (EXPLICIT)

May 09, 2017 at 09:16AM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A new video is circulating on social media. According to the people uploading it, the video shows a man getting beaten up – by a stripper. The man allegedly tried...http://ift.tt/2pWY6V4

LASG removes VIO from Lagos roads

Monday, 8 May 2017

Sokoto AG Not Authorised to Take over EFCC’s Case – DPP

Lekki Free Zone: An Industrial Paradise – Commissioner

RELEASE: 15th Monthly Meeting of Fashola With Power Sector Stakeholders

Tanzania holds national funeral for 32 school kids killed in bus crash

DPO shots man dead at birthday party in Lagos

A 25-year-old fashion designer, Jamiu Ayoade has allegedly been shot dead by a trigger happy Divisional Police Officer of Ijeshatedo Police Division.

The incident happened around 7pm on Sunday at No, 49 Wosilat Daudu Street, Ijeshatedo, where the deceased went to celebrate a friend’s birthday party.

Police Find Woman’s Decomposed Body Inside Abakiliki Apartment

May 08, 2017 at 05:04PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Police Command in Ebonyi has confirmed the discovery of the decomposing body of a woman in an apartment in Abakiliki. The Spokesman of the command, DSP. Jude Madu, told...http://ift.tt/2pWRZRe

“No News On President’s Arrival Yet, Why?”

May 08, 2017 at 04:58PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Emerging report on Monday afternoon revealed that there is no news yet on President Muhammadu Buhari’s arrival to London, having left the shores of Nigeria for medical treatment, on Sunday...http://ift.tt/2pYIC1e

PDP faction’s statement on freed Chibok girls indecent, inhuman – FG

In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said it is patently insensitive for any individual or organisation to seek to douse, on the altar of politics, the universal joy that has greeted the release of the 82 girls – the highest number so far freed since their unfortunate abduction under the watch of the PDP over three years ago.

Emerging report on Monday afternoon revealed that there is no news yet on President Muhammadu Buhari’s arrival to London, having left the shores of Nigeria for medical treatment, on Sunday night.

Concerned Nigerians on Monday, raised alarm, accusing the Presidency of handling all Buhari’s Presidential activities on Sunday, in secrecy.

‘I’m Grateful!’, says Pastor Ajidara’s widow

May 08, 2017 at 03:47PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The wife of the late thespian, popular known as Pastor Ajidara, Mrs Taiye Adesanya has commended the Theatre Arts and Movie Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) members especially the executives...http://ift.tt/2pTKdH5

Meet Adesua’s Unlucky Ex-Boyfriend

May 08, 2017 at 02:45PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J It has been revealed that Adesua Etomi was in a relationship when Banky slid into her Direct Message to ask her out. But, she had to hold him off before...http://ift.tt/2pd4lFH

Dangote denies supporting new Ponzi scheme

May 08, 2017 at 02:10PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Dangote Group has raised alarm over a Ponzi scheme in circulation alleging partnership between the “Dangote brand, Nestle, Cussons and other reputable food processing companies” in launching a multi-level...http://ift.tt/2pWa0Pq

Woman Shows Off Her Very Intimate Tattoos

May 08, 2017 at 02:04PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A Chicago woman was seen in Walmart showing off her backside tatoo with inscription Child Support! Is this how you live in America now?http://ift.tt/2pYcZoC

Femi Kuti breaks world saxophone record

May 08, 2017 at 01:54PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Femi Kuti has broken the World record for the longest single note held on a saxophone. He attained the feat on Sunday at the New Africa Shrine as shared by...http://ift.tt/2qSlDFj

Nearly 200 feared dead in two migrant shipwrecks off coast of Libya

May 08, 2017 at 01:44PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Almost 200 people are feared to have died in two Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwrecks during the weekend, according to reports on Monday. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Libya...http://ift.tt/2qhltKr

Matters Arising in the Public Health Sector

May 08, 2017 at 01:35PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Kola Orilowo The ‘health’ of the health sector ordinarily should be a gauge of the wellness and wealth of a nation. This assumption takes its root from the saying...http://ift.tt/2qhrLd5

“Northern Governors Scheme To Be Vice-President Over President’s Sickness”

May 08, 2017 at 11:30AM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A socio-political organisation, Northern Youth Leaders Forum, NYLF, has described as “wicked, callous, selfish and insensitive”, the decision of the 19 Northern governors to “abandon President Muhammadu Buhari in his...http://ift.tt/2pqA426

Local Content : FG Saves N300 bn on Overseas Training – CMD Boss

May 08, 2017 at 09:38AM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Federal Government has saved not less than N300 billion from overseas training courtesy of the Centre for Management Development (CMD) via it’s local content policy. The Director General of...http://ift.tt/2qRXeQe

Fair-skinned, intelligent? Now, you can customise your unborn babies

May 08, 2017 at 09:33AM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Forget Vastu Shastra for taking possession of a new house or matching the stars before deciding a wedding date, the Rashtriya Seva Sangh (RSS) in India has a similar project...http://ift.tt/2qghJsC

Olori Wuraola Ogunwusi Speaks on Domestic Violence

May 08, 2017 at 09:07AM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Wife of the Ooni of Ife, Olori Wuraola Ogunwusi has spoken out against the increasing rate of domestic violence in our society. The Ife monarch talked on women speaking out...http://ift.tt/2pqgFON

Ariya Repete: Ten Artistes Selected for Quarter Finals in Osogbo, Abeokuta

May 08, 2017 at 08:58AM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A total of ten contestants, five each from Osogbo and Abeokuta, have made it to the quarter finals in the ongoing Ariya Repete, a talent hunt competition for Fuji and...http://ift.tt/2pc18Ga

5 signs of an abusive relationship most people will dismiss

May 08, 2017 at 08:46AM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J If asked to name signs of abuse in a relationship, many would assume physical violence. Domestic violence and relationship abuse are often cognitively associated with black eyes, broken bones, sexual...http://ift.tt/2qREnUq

RRS nabs suspected Uber taxi hijacker

May 08, 2017 at 08:42AM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The operatives of Rapid Response Squad posted to Oshodi Oke on early Friday morning foiled an UBER taxi hijack by three armed robbers with the arrest of one suspect. The...http://ift.tt/2pWYh10

Lagos State Polytechnic NASUP to Protest In Alausa by 10AM

May 08, 2017 at 08:30AM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Non Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (NASUP), Lagos State Polytechnic Chapter will this morning Monday, 8th day of May, by 10 am protest on the maladministration they are suffering...http://ift.tt/2pbU3p5

Former Kenyan Big Brother Africa reality show star shades Mercy Aigbe

May 08, 2017 at 08:28AM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Former Big Brother Africa reality show star and Kenyan socialite, Huddah Monroe has taken to her social media to shade embattled actress, Mercy Aigbe who is presently in a battle...http://ift.tt/2pX1DkI

Full list of 82 freed Chibok girls

May 08, 2017 at 08:09AM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Premium Times has obtained the full list of the 82 Chibok girls freed by the Boko Haram on Saturday. The girls were freed as part of a prisoner swap that...http://ift.tt/2qHSCPp

What Buhari told 82 freed Chibok Girls

May 08, 2017 at 07:11AM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J President Muhammadu Buhari has described the release of 82 abducted Chibok girls as a pleasant 2nd anniversary gift to Nigerians. Mr. Buhari stated this Sunday when he hosted the girls...http://ift.tt/2qgekdv

“Released” prisoners found executed in shallow grave

May 08, 2017 at 06:58AM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The bodies of the two men who were spectacularly sprung from police custody in central Maputo on 24 April have been found in a shallow grave, in Moamba district, about...http://ift.tt/2pbLvhY

Sunday, 7 May 2017

Again, Buhari Departs To London To Continue Medicals

May 07, 2017 at 10:44PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J President Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday night, departed to London for follow-up on his medical consultation with his doctors.This was disclosed by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, in a statement Sunday. “He...http://ift.tt/2qeI9Lh

We’re back!

May 07, 2017 at 10:38PM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J http://ift.tt/2pVKTKA

Freed Chibok Girls Having Medical Check-up In Aso Rock

The 82 Chibok girls freed from Boko Haram captivity on Saturday are undergoing series of medical check-ups in Aso Rock, Abuja.

Chibok girl comes back with leg amputated

One of the Chibok schoolgirls released by Boko Haram on Saturday returned with a leg amputated, The Guardian has learnt.

The unnamed girl was among the 82 girls taken from Banki, a town on the border with Cameroon, to Abuja, where they were taken to a Department of State Services clinic.

"Two [of the girls] have injuries," said, the chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, who received the girls at the Abuja airport.

"One has hand injury, the other has a leg injury." He was quick to point out that the amputation had nothing to do with the "rescue" operation, which he said was carried out"professionally, without any hitch."

The director of medicals, DSS Clinic, Anne Okoroafor, assured that the girls would be given adequate medical care.

The 82 girls were among the 276 female students kidnapped by Boko Haram from the Government Girls Secondary School on April 14, 2014. Fifty-seven of the girls escaped while being taken away and three others were found or rescued by the military.

On October 13, 2016, 21 girls were freed after the Swiss government and international Committee of Red Cross brokered a deal between Boko Haram and the Nigerian government.

The Nigerian government said in April it was collaborating with “foreign entities” to negotiate for the release of the remaining girls.

“Talks are ongoing through other means with the help of some foreign entities to free more schoolgirls,” presidential spokesman Garba Shehu said during an interview with BBC Hausa.

“These talks are going on with the help of some countries. You can recall the 21 schoolgirls were freed with the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Swiss government officials who got involved in the negotiations. These two have not withdrawn their support in the negotiations,” Shehu said.

“There are also other countries that are lending support to the negotiations by being involved in the talks,” Shehu added.

Nicki Minaj Went on a Spending Spree Paying College Tuition Fees for Her Fans on Twitter

Nicki Minaj promised to pay college tuition fees, student loans, and school supply costs for dozens of fans who reached out to her on Twitter Saturday night. Minaj was promoting her #RegretInYourTears challenge, retweeting submissions, when one fan asked her if Minaj would pay her college tuition instead of the prize on offer: to be flown out to meet Nicki, maybe listen to some unreleased tracks.

Update: Freed Chibok girls to meet President Muhammadu Buhari after swap deal

82 of the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in northeast Nigeria in 2014 today headed to meet President Muhammadu Buhari after a prisoner swap deal with Boko Haram secured their release.

The presidency announced late on Saturday that months of talks with the jihadists had "yielded results" some six months after 21 of their classmates were freed with the help of international mediators. "Today 82 more Chibok girls were released," a statement said. "After lengthy negotiations, our security agencies have taken back these girls, in exchange for some Boko Haram suspects held by the authorities."

No details were given about how many suspects were released or their identities. But AFP understands three Chadian nationals, allegedly senior commanders under Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, were handed over. Military and civilian militia sources in the town of Banki, on the border with Cameroon, said the girls left for Borno state capital Maiduguri on board six military helicopters at 6:10 am (0510 GMT).

"One of the girls was carrying a baby with her, a boy of less than two years," said the source on condition of anonymity. The presidency said the teenagers would be brought to Abuja to meet Buhari, who was swept to power on a promise to defeat Boko Haram, whose insurgency has killed at least 20,000 people in Nigeria since 2009.

Shehu Sani, a Nigerian senator who has been involved in previous negotiations, said the talks lasted for "three to four months". The government would now look to secure the release of the remaining hostages, he added.

Boko Haram fighters stormed the Government Girls Secondary School in the remote town of Chibok on the evening of April 14, 2014 and kidnapped 276 teenaged girls who were preparing to sit high school exams. 57 managed to escape in the hours that followed but the remaining 219 were held by the group. Boko Haram's Shekau claimed in a video message that they had converted to Islam.

The audacious kidnapping brought the insurgency to world attention, triggering global outrage that galvanised support from the former US first lady Michelle Obama and Hollywood stars. The girls have become a symbol of the conflict. In April, parents and supporters marked the three-year anniversary of the abduction, describing the situation as an unending "nightmare". But they said previous releases had given them strength.

Enoch Mark, a Christian pastor whose two daughters were among those kidnapped, said of the latest releases: "This is good news to us. We have been waiting for this day. "We hope the remaining girls will soon be released." Patrick Yousef, the deputy regional director for Africa at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), confirmed the group "facilitated the safe return" of the girls as a "neutral intermediary". The Swiss government was also involved, Nigeria said.

Military and civilian militia sources in Banki said the girls were brought back to the town in ICRC vehicles late on Saturday afternoon and stayed in the military barracks there overnight. Boko Haram has used kidnapping as a weapon of war, seizing thousands of women and children, and forcibly recruiting young men and boys into their ranks.

In a less publicised attack in November 2014, some 300 children were among about 500 people kidnapped from the town of Damasak, on the border with Niger, in the far north of Borno state. The release of the 21 girls in October 2016 followed talks between Boko Haram and the Nigerian government brokered by the ICRC and the Swiss.

Three other girls have also been found. The first had a baby and was accompanied by a man she said was her husband but the military said was a Boko Haram suspect. Shekau has previously said the girls would be released if militant fighters held in government custody were freed. When the 21 were freed, Buhari's spokesman Garba Shehu said the government was hoping to secure the release of 83 others being held by a different Boko Haram faction. A total of 113 Chibok girls are now missing, although Shekau claimed in August 2016 that some had been killed in military air strikes.

Parenting: What Am I Doing to My Kid When I Yell?

With the exception of coaches and political radio jocks, being a parent is one of the few occupations where yelling feels mandatory. The question isn’t why parents yell — there are myriad reasons — but what effect it’s having on children. And the growing scientific consensus is that yelling or scolding makes them more aggressive, more anxious.

I have met two people. David and the other,a lady. They are both from Chibok. They are both lawyers too. David was the first to give me a spirit killing pictures, videos and stories of the menace of BH. He had to bring his laptop to my office. David's friend ,Nonso, is from Anambra state but studied at the university of Maiduguri. He told me a lot too.

The 82 rescued Chibok schoolgirls have arrived Abuja to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential Villa, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

Keith Green

A wealthy heiress has been charged with getting her boyfriend to kill her husband. But she has dodged jailed after spending $86 million to ensure her bail.

A middle-aged man in Onuoji Umuhuali, Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Olugha Otubo at the weekend died after eating yam he harvested from a forest in the area.

Lawmaker’s mother, sister kidnapped

Some gunmen on Saturday night abducted the mother and sister of Kassim Mohammed-Kassim, member representing (APC) Akwanga South constituency at the Nasarawa State House of Assembly.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am here to speak with you on Prostate.

The topic is misleading.

Marlene Locke is forever haunted by the terrifying moment she watched on helplessly as her husband brutally stabbed her daughter Sherelle and the 23-year-old’s life ebbed away in front of her eyes.

Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, has said he informed President Muhammadu Buhari about the National Intelligence Agency’s covert operation that went awry with the discovery of over N13 billion in an apartment in Lagos last month, PREMIUM TIMES can report.

A popular Nollywood actor, Samuel Adesanya, popularly called Pastor Ajidara, is dead.
Mr. Ajidara, 62, died of kidney failure in the early hours of Sunday.

Nollywood Actor Pastor” Ajidara” Is Dead

May 07, 2017 at 12:07AM http://ift.tt/eA8V8J His state of health became public knowledge when popular actor Yomi Fash Lanso made attempt to raise funds for him to get better treatment. This was what he posted on...http://ift.tt/2qEku6Q

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