END TIME: Robbers Attack Vine Branch Church During Service In Ibadan

Every Sunday, people throng to places of worship to be nearer to God. However, as some were trying to get close to God, some have already made up their minds to give their soul to the devil!

Rev. (Dr.) Sola Kolade

During Service today, a seven-man gang of dare-devil Armed Robbers stormed Vine Branch Church located at No. 1 Olubadan Way, Mokola, Ibadan, started shooting sporadically inside the church and robbed members as they were peacefully going through their worship service.

Information reaching Naija Chit-Chat says, two Policemen stationed at the entrance of the church were killed in cold blood, while some members were brutalized and robbed of cash and other valuables like phones, tablets e.tc. Although divine providence prevailed as the Senior Pastor, Rev. (Dr.) Sola Kolade was unhurt.

It would be recalled that this is not the first time thieves have gone to the church but this is sure the first time this dastardly act took a violent form. In time past, it was breaking-in and stealing of money and some valuables but the Armed Robbers have become brazen thus using a day as this to perpetrate their evil.

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Nigeria Attack bloodies Marketplace In Boko Haram Stronghold

At least 10 people were killed Saturday when a bomb exploded in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, witnesses said, in a region where the Islamist sect Boko Haram is pursuing a bloody insurgency.

Boko Haram, whose fight for an Islamic state in northern Nigeria has killed thousands and made the group the biggest threat to security in Africa's top oil producer, is increasingly targeting the civilian population.

The bomb went off at around 6 p.m. local time in a busy market area in Ajilari-Gomari near the city's airport, two witnesses and a police source said.

"I am at the scene now, it is very bad," local resident Ismaila Abdulraman told Reuters by telephone.

"Many men, women and children died. The fire service are on the ground now and they are bringing corpses of people and trying to put out the fire at the scene," Abdulraman added, saying he had already seen 10 bodies.

Dozens trapped in rubble

The final death toll was likely to be higher because dozens of people were trapped in the rubble, the witnesses said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing, but Boko Haram only communicates occasionally through Internet videos, days or weeks after attacks.

The military and police did not immediately respond to requests for official comment.

President Goodluck Jonathan started an intensified military push to end Boko Haram's four-and-a-half year insurgency almost a year ago but the bloodshed has not diminished. He is expected to run in a closely contested election next year.

The violence has been largely contained to Nigeria's remote northeastern rural areas on the borders with Cameroon and Niger, far from commercial hubs such as Lagos and Abuja, and from the southern oil fields. The attack in the northeast's biggest city marks a setback for Jonathan's military campaign.

"The insurgents targeted a busy area where they knew many people usually visit in the evening for commercial activities. It appears Boko Haram are in the city again," a policeman said, asking not to be named.

Dozens of school children were shot or burned to death in a rural region near the northeastern city of Damaturu last week.

Insurgents killed more than 300 people last month, mostly civilians, including in two other attacks that killed around 100 each, one in which militants razed a village and shot panicked residents as they tried to flee.

Western governments are concerned about Nigerian groups such as Boko Haram linking up with al-Qaeda-linked cells in other countries in the Sahel region, such as Mali, where France sent troops a year ago to oust Islamist militants.

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BREAKING: Aita’s New Single Release Date Postponed!

The new single by gospel Artist, Aita slated for release on March 1, 2014 has been postponed by 3 weeks! This could not be unconnected with the fact that the Music Video, which was expected to be released simultaneously, has not been completed.

Competent source from KingZion Records have it that the bitter cold currently being experienced in the North East of the USA could be responsible for the delay because according to gist, the last time an attempt to shoot a video outdoors resulted in the Artist falling sick wit cold.

Another scheduled recording for today was also cancelled because the temperatures dropped to 13 degrees in Washington DC Metropolitan Area; the frigid Artic Air has struck again in the North Eastern part of the country. The National Weather Service advise that some places from the central U.S. to the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys could be having some frosty high temperatures, as low 20 to 30 degrees below normal.

However, Naija Chit-Chat can exclusively reveal that the Rhythm of Gospel Awards Nominee's much expected single is titled Hero From Zero, which is dedicated to those who have been looked down upon yet conquered adversities.

In the meantime, fans are encouraged to vote for him in the forth-coming awards ceremony by clicking here. Aita is nominated in category #7, #32 and #47, closes tomorrow March 1, 2014.

Keep in touch and stay warm for the release, which promises to be soul-soothing. 

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10 Most Chilling Stories of Modern Day Human Sacrifices

1. The Sacrifice of Albinos in Order to Become "Invisible" to the Human Eye

Albinism is a genetic disorder that impairs normal skin pigmentation and afflicts more than 200,000 Tanzanians. They are called “muzungu,” which is Swahili for “white man,” or “zeru zeru,” meaning “ghost.”

The phenomenon is not limited to Tanzania, of course, as all over Africa, in varying intensity, Albinos are often hunted down and killed by locals under the instruction of witchdoctors. Sometimes it's for “revenge” for natural misfortunes, for use in medicine, or to become “invisible” to the human eye.

The taking of body parts is called “muti,” or potion. People of light complexion are believed to make strong “muti.” It is believed that if a body part is cut while the victim is still alive, then the increased pain makes the “muti” all the more powerful.

The mistaken belief that albino body parts have magical powers has driven thousands of Albinos in these sectors of the African continent into hiding, fearful of losing their lives and limbs to unscrupulous dealers who can make up to US$75,000 selling a complete dismembered corpse. Wealthy buyers use the parts as talismans to bring them wealth and good fortune.

People with albinism in Tanzania are not only brutally mutilated and tortured, but they're also killed or buried alive with deceased tribal chiefs so as not to leave them in the grave alone. (Source)

2. The Indian Couple Who Kidnapped and Sacrificed a Child in Order to Have Their Own Child (2003)

In 2003, Madan and Murti Simaru, a married couple from Uttar Pradesh, India, were desperate for a son but nature failed to provide them with one. So, they decided to see a tantric guru. Unfortunately the outcome could hardly have been more shocking.

The guru said that they should kidnap a boy and sacrifice him on the banks of the river.

Acting on the tantrik's instructions, the couple arranged the kidnapping of Monu Kumar, a 6-year-old neighbor. Then, as the tantrik led them in chanting mantras, they mutilated and killed the boy on the bank of an irrigation canal. Mr. Simaru allegedly completed the fertility ritual by washing in the child's blood.

The Simarus already have a daughter, but like countless other couples in this male-dominated society, they yearned for a son to look after them in old age and carry the family name.

The couple was arrested, along with Ms. Simaru's brother, who also participated in the kidnapping. (Source 1 | Source 2)

3. The Bangladeshi Man Who was Beheaded by Laborers to "Redden Bricks" After a Fortune Teller Suggested a Sacrifice (2010)

In March 2010, the owners of a brickyard in Bangladesh became concerned that bricks were losing their sought-after reddish hue, so they decided to consult a fortune teller.

The seer suggested that the brickfield needed a "human sacrifice." Therefore, the owners ordered four of their workers to kill one of their fellow laborers. The victim, a 26-year-old man, was killed and his head was baked in a oven.

Of course, the four workers, the owners, and the fortune teller were arrested and prosecuted for murder. (Source)

4. The Farmers Who Killed a Girl and Removed Her Liver as an Offering to Ensure a Better Harvest (2011)

In October 2011, Lalita Tati, a 7-year-old Indian girl, was dismembered by Ignesh Kujur and Padam Sukku, two farmers who killed the girl and removed her liver as an offering in a ritual sacrifice to ensure a better harvest.

The men were described as "tribals," a term referring to the region's indigenous people, most of whom remain mired in poverty and illiteracy. If a victim is under 12 years of age, then local mythology believes that crops will flourish following a sacrifice.

However, the remorse-filled farmers wrote to Lalita's father, allegedly confessing and offering cash in compensation for the loss of his daughter. Of course, the tribal-murderers were prosecuted for the crime. (Source 1 | Source 2)

5. The Liberian Commander Who Practiced Human Sacrifice and Cannibalism to Increase His Power (1979-1993)

Milton Blahyi is a former feared rebel commander in Liberia's brutal civil war who was initiated as a tribal priest and participated in his first human sacrifice at the age of eleven. During the course of the ritual, Blahyi says that the "Devil" told him that he would become a great warrior and that he should continue to practice human sacrifice and cannibalism to increase his power. Later, the Krahn elders appointed him as high priest, a position that would lead him to become the spiritual advisor to Liberian President Samuel Doe.

Blahyi stopped fighting in 1996, saying God appeared to him and told him that he was doing Satan's work. So, he became an Evangelist preacher. Now, Blahyi, 42, is the President of the End Time Train Evangelistic Ministries Inc., with headquarters in Liberia.

There are numerous rumors of human sacrifices during the 1979-93 conflict, but Blahyi was never punished for his crimes. The Truth Commission's only mandate was to investigate the crimes. The International Criminal Court in The Hague only has jurisdiction over crimes that have been committed since it was founded in 2002. (Source 1 | Source 2)

6. Mapuche Indians Who Sacrificed a Boy in Order to Placate Continuing Quakes in Chile (1960)

In July 1960, the continuing quakes in southern Chile forced Mapuche Indians of the Lago Budi community to sacrifice a boy between the age of five or six and offer his heart to the sea in order to placate the gods. When police arrested two of the Indians, they explained, "We were asking for calm in the sea and on the earth." Of course, the calm did not come.

According to investigative journalist Patrick Tierney in his book The Highest Altar: Unveiling the Mystery of Human Sacrifice, the child-victim, José Luis Painecur, had his arms and legs removed, and his body was stuck into the sand of the beach like a stake. The waters of the Pacific Ocean then carried the body out to sea. On that occasion, Juan Pañán and Juan José Painecur (the victim's grandfather) were accused as perpetrators of this terrible fact.

The sacrifice was rumored to take place at the behest of local machi Juana Namuncurá Añen. The two men were charged with the crime and confessed, but later recanted. They were released after two years. A judge ruled that those involved in these events had "acted without free will, driven by an irresistible natural force of ancestral tradition." (Source 1 | Source 2)

7. The Stoning to Death of Adulterers in Iran

Upon browsing through the internet, one will find that the practice of human sacrifice by several different cultures or religious groups throughout the world to appease the gods, or God, flies in the face of religious idealism.

Unfortunately, in Iran the act of stoning is cloaked in religion since it specifically falls under the dictates of “God's law” for the purpose of fulfilling or abiding by God's will, which makes it a human sacrifice.

Stoning is a recognized form of execution under Iran's penal code, which is based on Islamic Law. Considering that the Quran does not mention stoning as a prescribed method of execution, the practice finds its legality under Iran's debatable interpretation of Sharia law, which is considered by Muslims to be God's law.

So how is stoning carried out? After the convicted individual, who is a female in the vast majority of cases, is wrapped in a white shroud from head to toe and buried in a hole up to her breasts, rocks are then thrown at her head until she dies. Article 104 of Iran's Penal Code specifically states that the appropriate stones for carrying out the killing “not be large enough to kill the person by one or two strikes; nor should they be so small that they could not be defined as stones.” According to reports, anywhere from ten to thirty minutes of pelting the victim's head with rocks by a group of citizens usually accomplishes the goal.

One of the most famous cases is that of Sakineh Mohammedie Ashtiani, a forty-three-year-old mother of two who was convicted of adultery by an Iranian court and was sentenced to death by stoning in 2006. The international publicity, generated through her children, led to numerous diplomatic conflicts between Iran's government and the heads of certain western governments. As a result, her execution has been stayed indefinitely. (Source 1 | Source 2)

8. Two Thousand Children Who were Allegedly Sold to Russia and Buried Under the Rails in Order to Strengthen Them (19th century)

The custom of burying infant children in the foundations of new buildings – a sacrifice to "ground" the building and assuage the gods of earthquakes, floods, and other misfortunes – was well established in ancient and even medieval times. However, nowadays we run into this extraordinary legend about the nineteenth-century Chinese and Russian railway.

According to the legend, as the Siberian Railway approached the northern boundaries of the Chinese Empire, a great amount of excitement was produced in Pekin by the rumor that the Russian minister had applied to the Empress of China for two thousand children to be buried in the roadbed under the rails in order to strengthen it.

The "rumor" can probably be brushed gently to one side, though it says a lot about nineteenth-century China that such a rumor could grow to maturity. Or is this just Russians barbarizing the Chinese with tall tales? (Source 1 | Source 2)

9. The Oklahoma Virgin Who was Nearly Sacrificed to Save the World When Halley's Comet Came (1910)

Perhaps the most intriguing story surviving from the visit of Halley's Comet in 1910 concerns the Oklahoma virgin who was nearly sacrificed to save the world when it came in contact with the Comet's tail. The sheriffs arrived just in time to prevent the sacrifice of a virgin by demented Americans calling themselves "Select Followers."

The story first appeared on May 19, 1910 in at least two newspapers far from the alleged scene of the action in Aline, Oklahoma. However, data didn't match concerning the young lady's age, the place where she was found, and the clothes that she was wearing (or lack thereof). The position of the Oklahoma Historical Society is simply stated. “None of the above considerations confirm or deny the Jane Warfield story.”

It is difficult to prove that something DID NOT happen, but when ALL of the existing evidence is negative, then we can be fairly positive that it did not, but the rumor is in the air. (Source)

10. The Alleged Dark Secret of the Song "London Bridge is Falling Down"

"London Bridge Is Falling Down" is a traditional nursery rhyme and singing game which is found in different versions all over the world. Several theories have been advanced to explain the meaning of the rhyme and the identity of the "fair lady" of the refrain. One of these was based on the idea that the bridge would collapse unless the body of a human sacrifice was buried in its foundation. So "the watchman" of the refrain is actually a human sacrifice who will then watch over the bridge. However, there is no archaeological evidence of any human remains in the foundation of London Bridge.

It's believed that this rumor was started by Alice Bertha Gomme, a leading British folklorist and a pioneer in the study of children's games between 1894 and 1898, and perpetuated by Iona and Peter Opie, a husband-and-wife team of literature folklorists who applied modern techniques to children's literature using this song. (Source)

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Nigeria School Attack: Fury At Military Over Yobe Deaths

The remote boarding school was attacked during the night, Will Ross reports

Nigeria under attack

Residents of a town in north-east Nigeria are furious at the Nigerian security forces for withdrawing checkpoints ahead of a bloody attack by Islamist militants on a local school.

At least 29 teenage boys died in the raid, blamed on Boko Haram, on a rural boarding school in Yobe state.

Residents say soldiers guarding a nearby checkpoint were mysteriously withdrawn just before the attack.

Another checkpoint on the outskirts of town was also withdrawn a week ago.

The authorities have confirmed 29 deaths, but the AFP news agency has reported 42 dead and other sources have claimed even higher death tolls following the raid on Monday night on the school in Buni Yadi town.

Ibrahim Gaidam, the governor of Yobe state which has a mainly Muslim population, has also criticised the security forces for their extremely slow response.

"It is unfortunate that up to five hours when this massacre took place, there were no security agents around to stop or contain the situation," he said in a statement.

 
'Abandon education'

The attackers reportedly hurled explosives into student residential buildings, sprayed gunfire into rooms and hacked a number of students at the secondary school to death.

"Some of the students' bodies were burned to ashes," Police Commissioner Sanusi Rufai said of the raid on the Federal Government College of Buni Yadi.

Most of the school was burned to the ground and at least 11 students were seriously injured.

All the victims were boys - female students were told to go home, get married and abandon education, said teachers at the school.

The government has vowed to defeat the militants

Boko Haram has been accused of numerous attacks in the north including one earlier this month in Borno

 

Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is sin", has attacked dozens of schools in north-east Nigeria, since it began it began its bloody fight for an Islamic state in the north of the country in 2009.

'Deranged'

The group has not claimed responsibility for the attack.

Last September, 40 students were killed at an agricultural college during another night-time raid, and 300 people have been killed this month alone in attacks blamed on it.

Nigeria's military said on Tuesday it was pursuing the attackers.

"We assure all law-abiding citizens that we will continue to do what is necessary to protect lives and property," a statement said.

President Goodluck Jonathan condemned the killings as "heinous, brutal and mindless", labelling the perpetrators "deranged terrorists and fanatics who have clearly lost all human morality and [who have] descended to bestiality".

The BBC's Isa Sanusi, from the Hausa service, says Boko Haram tends to attack schools in the mainly Muslim north that teach Nigeria's national curriculum, which the militants consider to be Western.

Mr Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Yobe and two other northern states in May in an attempt to quell the insurgency.

He has defended the army's record, saying the militants have been confined to a small area near the border with Cameroon. 

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Nollywood Actor, Emeka Ike Evicted From House

Nollywood Actor and school proprietor, Emeka Ike has been thrown out of his rented apartment in Magodo GRA, Ikeja, Lagos, over his inability to pay an accumulated three years rent of N8.5 million.

The Twin Duplex located at 1, Raji Oladimeji Street, Magodo GRA, was until his ejection, used by Emeka to run his business.
 

Emeka had in 2007 diversified by establishing a secondary school named St Nicholas College and decided to hire the premises on a five-year lease agreement from an 87-year-old retiree, Chief Samuel Agboola Akintan at the rate of N2 million per annum for the first two years and N3 million annually for the remaining three years, bringing the total rent of five years to N13 million.

Reports have it that Emeka was able to get his landlord accept a deposit of N2 million with a promise to pay the rest later. Trouble, however, started when a year after moving in, the popular Actor began to default and at a point issued a dud cheque of N1.5 million.

To force Emeka to pay his money and eject him from the property, Chief Akintan through his company, Samak Investments Ltd, had to drag the Actor to the Ikeja Magistrate court where he was ordered out of the house.

BREAKING: Nigerian Islamists Kill 29 Pupils In Boarding School Attack

Gunmen from Islamist group Boko Haram stormed a boarding school in northeast Nigeria overnight and killed 29 pupils, many of whom died in flames as the school was burned to the ground, police and the military said on Tuesday.

"Some of the students bodies were burned to ashes," Police Commissioner Sanusi Rufai said of the attack on the Federal Government college of Buni Yadi, a secondary school in Yobe state, near the state's capital city of Damaturu.

All those killed were boys. No girls were touched, Rufai said.

The Islamists, whose struggle for an Islamic state in northern Nigeria has killed thousands and made them the biggest threat to security in Africa's top oil producer, increasingly are preying on the civilian population.

Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is sinful" in the northern Hausa language, have frequently attacked schools in the past. A similar attack in June in the village of Mamudo left 22 students dead.

More than 200 people were killed in two attacks last week, one in which militants razed a whole village and shot panicked residents as they tried to flee.

The failure of the military to protect civilians is fuelling anger in the northeast, the region worst affected by the four- and-a-half-year-old insurgency. An offensive ordered by President Goodluck Jonathan in May has failed to crush the rebels and triggered reprisals against civilians.
A military spokesman for Yobe state, Captain Lazarus Eli, confirmed the attack and said "Our men are down there in pursuit of the killers."

Addressing a news conference on Monday, Jonathan defended the military's record, saying it had had some successes against Boko Haram. He also said Nigeria was working with the Cameroon authorities to try to prevent the militants from mounting attacks in Nigeria and then fleeing over the border.

The military shut the northern part of the border with Cameroon on the weekend. The insurgents mostly occupy the remote, hilly Gwoza area bordering Cameroon, from where they attack civilians they accuse of being pro-government. They have also started abducting scores of girls, a new tactic reminiscent of Uganda's cult-like Lord's Resistance Army in decades past.

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Meet The Whatsapp Boss Everyone Has Been Talking About

Until some days ago, WhatsApp founder Jan Koum and his business partner Brian Acton were relatively unknown outside Silicon Valley tech circles.

Now they are being discussed worldwide as California’s latest billionaires.

The internet is alive with the news that Mr Koum, 37, and Mr Acton, 42, have sold WhatsApp to Facebook for $19bn (£11.4bn).

In fact, before founding WhatsApp, both men were actually turned down for jobs at Facebook.

This is an irony that has not been lost on internet commentators in light of the huge amount the social networking giant is laying out for WhatsApp.

So what do we know about the men behind WhatsApp?

‘Appreciate communication’

Ukrainian Mr Koum emigrated to the US at the age of 16 with his mother, to escape “the political and anti-Semitic environment”, according to Forbes.

His childhood in the Ukraine was a seminal influence on the creation of WhatsApp, according to investor Jim Goetz. The service, with its emphasis on messaging privacy, was influenced by “growing up in a communist country with a secret police”, Mr Goetz said in a blog post.

“Jan’s childhood made him appreciate communication that was not bugged or taped,” Mr Goetz wrote.

When he arrived in the US, Mr Koum and his mother lived on food stamps, Mr Goetz added.

Mr Koum has been shaped by his experiences, and appears to remain true to his roots, reportedly signing the Facebook deal that is set to make him a billionaire on the door of his old benefits office.

Mr Koum met Mr Acton in 1997, and the two became friends while they were both working at Yahoo.

Mr Acton’s background was somewhat different from Mr Koum’s – his adoptive father had attempted a career in golf, and his mother ran an air-freight business, according to Wired UK.

By 2007, both men had become disillusioned with their employer, and had developed an intense antipathy to advertising, a central plank of Yahoo’s business model.

“No-one wakes up excited to see more advertising, no-one goes to sleep thinking about the ads they’ll see tomorrow,” Mr Koum said in a 2012 blog post.

They left Yahoo to unwind and follow other opportunities, leading to Mr Koum setting up WhatsApp in 2009.

Mr Acton joined the company in November of that year after a failed job hunt, which included rejections from both Twitter and Facebook.

But the California-based software engineer took the knockback from Twitter with good humour, tweeting: “Got denied by Twitter HQ. That’s ok. Would have been a long commute.”

And when he also failed to get a job with Facebook, he took it graciously, tweeting: “Facebook turned me down. It was a great opportunity to connect with some fantastic people. Looking forward to life’s next adventure.”

Silicon Valley maverick

Despite WhatsApp’s emphasis on social messaging, Mr Koum has been opposed to much of what makes Silicon Valley tick.

Rather than embracing self-promotion, marketing, an advertising-funded business model and an eye for a fast buck, Mr Koum has gone in the opposite direction.

“Next person to call me an entrepreneur is getting punched in the face by my bodyguard. Seriously,” he tweeted in May 2012..

“People starting companies for a quick sale are a disgrace to the valley,” he said in a later tweet.

Some might say that just five years after starting, 450 million users and 50 employees later, the deal with Facebook would constitute a “quick sale”.

Just don’t call Mr Koum an entrepreneur.

BBC

Nigeria Military Closes State Border With Cameroon

Nigeria's military says it has closed hundreds of miles (kilometers) of its northeastern border with Cameroon to stop Islamic extremists using the country as a haven and launch pad for attacks.

Brig. Gen. Rogers Nicholas of the 23rd Armored Brigade told reporters Saturday he was exercising emergency powers because it is "imperative" to seal the border between Cameroon and Nigeria's Adamawa state against illegal crossings.

He said customs and immigration officials are working with soldiers and police "to ensure that nothing crosses into Nigeria." Large stretches of that porous border are generally left unpatrolled.

The border between Borno state and Cameroon, which Nigerian troops and a jet bomber crossed last month in pursuit of extremists, apparently remains open.

The move will affect hundreds of traders who routinely cross the border.

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Jonathan Surrounded By Incompetent, Fraudulent Aides – Sanusi

The suspend governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has described President Goodluck Jonathan as a man trying to do well but whose efforts are being undermined by incompetent and fraudulent aides.

In an interview with AFP in Lagos yesterday, Sanusi said many of the people advising Jonathan are sycophants who do not speak frankly about the extent of corruption in his government.

He said, “When you sit with President Jonathan himself, he appears a nice simple person who is trying his best to do his best. His greatest failing obviously is that he is surrounded by people who are extremely incompetent, who are extremely fraudulent and whom he trusts,” Sanusi told AFP.

On why he secured a court order against his arrest, Sanusi said, “I thought taking away my passport was the beginning of infringement on my fundamental human rights.”

Regarding the allegations against him, Sanusi explained that he had written to the president when he heard about a report condemning his performance, asking if an explanation was needed, but received no reply.

He argued it would be too simple to describe his removal as payback for his attacks on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

“Since 2009 I have been annoying the government… You’ve got people who think I have the wrong friends, people who think maybe I have not distanced myself enough from people who are seen to be opposition figures,” he further stated.

In the short term, he voiced readiness to face any attacks that may be coming from those committed to preserving the status quo, adding: “If I am sacrificed in whatever way, my freedom or my life… if it does lead to better accountability it will be well worth it.

“I think everybody has known that NNPC is rotten. I don’t think it has ever been as bad as this. The so-called kerosene subsidy money in fact pays for private jets…yachts… and expensive property in Beverly Hills and Switzerland,” Sanusi alleged.

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Fire Burns Father And Baby To Death In Ebute-Metta

Two persons including a one- year old baby and its 45-year old father, Mathew, were Friday morning, consumed by an inferno at Ebute Meta, Lagos.

This incident, which occurred at 4, Nubi Close off Park road, along Apapa Road, Ebute Metta West, was the 20th, the fire services have attended to in one week.

It reportedly started in the wee hours of Friday.

It was learnt that the inferno which razed two flats in a two-storey building, was caused by a lit candle because there was no electricity supply at the time the fire started.

The wife and mother of the deceased persons was said to have been rescued through community efforts, but the neighbours could not rescue the two victims because the fire had escalated.

When contacted, Director State Fire Service, Rasaq Fadipe, confirmed the incident.

He told newsmen that the service was not contacted early but still got there early enough to stop the fire from affecting other flats.

“Yes, we recovered two bodies, a year old baby and a man of about 45 years. We were told their mother\wife was rescued by people in the area who first gathered to put out the fire.

“They did not call us early. If they had called us immediately while still continuing with their efforts, we may have been able to safe those lives.

“The Fire involved the upper floor of a residential two- storey building, consisting of two flats of three bedroom each built on a land of about 60 by 120ft.

“The affected two flats at the upper floor were severely damaged by fire.

“A male adult of about 45 years and a child of about a year old were recovered dead from the inferno,” said Fadipe.

Similarly, fire service personnel at Agege responded to an emergency call at 11, Akinleye Street, Oko Oba, where a man of about 35 years was recovered dead from a well.

The deceased Lawal Ganbo, was said to have been working in the domestic well

University of Ibadan Student, Taiwo Shittu Raped and Killed In Her Home

Parents suffer on their children to help them become achievers in life and to also reap the fruits of their labour. What will now be the fate of the parents of this 27 year old Taiwo Omolara Shittu (pictured above), a 500 Level student of the Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, University of Ibadan, who was attacked and killed on the 19th of February at her sister’s home at Opeyemi Street, Gbagi in Ibadan?

Her sister, who she lived with, returned home from work around 5:30pm on Wednesday to find Taiwo in a pool of her own blood, her pants down to her ankle, and a machete stained with blood on the bed. Taiwo had been attacked with the machete as there was an opening on her head.

A man who cuts grass for her sister has been arrested and is currently being held at Alakia Adenubi police station in Ibadan. The man, said to be in his early 30s, has denied any involvement in the murder but it was the machete he uses to cut grass that was found in the crime scene.

The case has been transferred to the State CID.