Sunday 27 September 2015

Emir Sanusi Secretly Marries 18-Year Old Adamawa Princess

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has reportedly tied the knot with an 18-year old Adamawa princess named Sa’adatu Barkindo-Musdafa. Sa’adatu is the daughter of the Lamido of Adamawa, Muhammadu Barkindo-Musdafa.
The 18-year old who recently finished secondary school becomes the emir’s fourth wife. The secret wedding was contracted in a low-keyed ceremony in the town of Yola on Friday according to reports.

Brooklyn woman receives letter saying her Medicaid was cut off — because she's dead



Bureaucracy can be a real killer.

An 87-year-old Brooklyn woman found that out when she got a letter from the city’s Bureau of Fraud Investigation saying her Medicaid has been cut off — because she is dead.

“I couldn’t believe it,” said Selma Cohen, 87, a widowed cancer survivor who lives in Midwood.

At first I thought it was a joke or something.”

Pennsylvania mom posts photo breastfeeding friend’s son and own kid as 'milk brothers'



Pennsylvania Mom Posts Photo Breastfeeding Friend’s Son and Own Kid as 'milk Brothers'
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Pennsylvania mom Jessica Colletti says breast-feeding is so nice, she’s doing it twice — for her own son and a friend’s. And the friend likes the plan so much, she moved in with Colletti and her husband.

“It just seemed like the natural thing to do because I was already breast-feeding my son,” said Colletti.

The milky situation started last year after Colletti met Charlie Interrante, 25, at a magazine photo shoot for new mothers, and Interrante mentioned her trouble nursing her son, Mateo, now 18 months old.Interrante wasn’t able to pump her own milk for Mateo at her job as a barber, and Mateo had trouble digesting formula, Colletti said.

More Prominent Nigerians Discovered Dead In Mecca Stampede, As Death Toll Rises

Death toll of Mecca Stampede has risen to 769 and more prominent Nigerians are now been reported to have died in the stampede. A Justice of the Ilorin Division of the Court of Appeal, Justice Musa Hassan Alkali; the Emir of Zing, a brother of the former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, Justice Abdulkadir Jega; and Ameerul-hajj of Taraba State to 2015’s hajj exercise, Abbas Ibrahim and two of his wives have all been confirmed dead in the stampede that took place on Thursday.

Abdulkadir Jega was a judge of the Court of Appeal and also a brother to the Editor-In-Chief of Daily Trust Newspaper, Mahmud Jega.

Mark Zuckerberg & pregnant wife Priscilla Chan at the China State Dinner


The Facebook Founder & his beautiful, heavily pregnant wife's outfit to China State Dinner in the US, held in the honour of The Chinese President, Xi Jinping.

Woman believed 'murdered' 30 years ago turns up alive and well

An alleged murder victim has turned up safe and well 31 years after vanishing off the face of the earth.
The woman, Petra Pazsitka, from the northern German city of Braunschweig, was 24 years old when she was last seen in 1980. A man later confessed to killing her.

Now she is 55 and living as Mrs Schneider in Düsseldorf. Two weeks ago her home was burgled and she called police who discovered her true identity.
A police spokesman: “It is indeed the missing-presumed-dead woman. She said she lived in different cities under a false name. She never had a new identity card.”
But her original one was found in the flat by detectives investigating the break-in. She eventually confessed to living a lie for the past 31 years.

President Buhari Tasks Saudi Authorities On Identifying Flaws In Hajj Operations As Nigerians Die In Stampede

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President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) today expressed sadness over the calamity which occurred on Thursday in Saudi Arabia, which claimed the lives of hundreds of pilgrims, including some Nigerians.
In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, the president said he believed that the stampede at Mina near Mecca in which a notable Nigerian Journalist, Hajiya Bilkisu Yusuf, Prof. Tijjani El-Miskin and others lost their lives was a monumental tragedy, not only for citizens of the countries involved, but for the global Islamic community.
He commiserated with the families of the over 700 pilgrims who lost their lives in the stampede less than two weeks after a crane collapsed in Mecca and claimed more than a hundred lives.

Pension Fund: FG Discovers 20m Naira Excess In Police Pension Account


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The federal government, through the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) said it discovered about N20 million excess payment in the police pension account.
It has, therefore set out to clean up the civil service starting with the verification of over 100,000 civil service pensioners to identify ghost beneficiaries.
Director ‎General of PTAD, Mrs. Nellie Mayshak told journalists in Abuja that the agency would undertake the verification and had already worked out modalities to have anti-graft agencies represented at every verification centers.
“What we inherited from police pension for example is in excess of N30 billion, but that is less than N10 billion now because a lot of it was bogus. Yes, that helped us to know that yes, we are owing money but the truth of the matter is that it is not quite that as it was made to seem. That is the value of the verification exercise,” she said.

Confusion Over Paternity Of 21-Year Old University Student, Ex-Lawmaker Dragged In The Mess

For Shola Olusola Warah, 21, a student of Federal College of Technology,Akure,these are not the best of times. The absence of a fatherly care over the years,didn’t really mean much to him until recently when he was offered admission to College of Technology Akure, in Ondo state and he started mingling with friends and other course mates.
Shola Olusola Warah, a native of Ilorin in Ilorin West local government area of kwara state, in company of his mother Sarah and other members of the family was looking psychologically distraught when they visited Saturday Vanguard office in ilorin last week to narrate their dilemma.
But Honourable Sulyman Warah, immediate past member of Kwara state house of assembly ,now married to another woman with four girls still denied that Sola is his biological son even though he admitted that he dated his mother several years ago.

Woman About To Be The 11th Bride In Her Family To Wear A 120-Year Old Wedding Gown (Photos)

A young bride from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is bringing a whole new meaning to the term 'something borrowed'.  Abigail Kingston, 30, is set to get married in a wedding dress that is 120 years old and it has been previously worn by 10 other brides on her mother's side of the family.
Mary Lowry Warren, Kingston's great-great-grandmother, first donned the Victorian-era satin gown in 1895, and was last worn in 1991.
Leigh Valley Live reports that the tradition of passing down the dress took 50 years to start because Lowry's daughter's had no interest in wearing the dress. Lowry’s daughter got married in the roaring ’20s and wanted a flapper-style dress instead of the older style, Kingston explained. 
It was Lowry's granddaughter Jane Woodruff who was delighted to wear the dress for her February 20, 1946, wedding to John Kearns. The next to wear the dress was Virginia Woodruff on her October 13, 1948, wedding to Douglas MacConnell and the list went on…. More photos below.

Saturday 26 September 2015

Army Chief Holds Sallah Get-Together With Wounded Soldiers


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Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Friday organised a Sallah “get-together” for wounded soldiers in Yola as a way of motivating soldiers and give them a sense of belonging.
Buratai, who was represented by Colonel Aba Popoola, Commander, 23 Armoured Brigade, Yola, the army chief said the gesture was also an expression of love to the wounded soldiers and their families, especially during this festive period.

Meet The 7 Children Of 2face Idibia At 40

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Nigeria’s Legendary Act, 2face Idibia turns 40 on 18th September, 2015. While it’s no news the music legend is a father of 7! While he’s married to Annie Idibia.
We present to you the photos of his 7 kids.
Photos after the cut .......................

NSCDC Destroyed 10 Illegal Refineries In 3 States, Seized 42 Oil Tankers


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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said it destroyed 10 illegal refineries in three states and seized 42 oil tankers used in diverting petroleum products to the black market.
The Commandant General of the Corps, Abdulahi Gana, told journalists in Minna, Niger State, on Thursday that the operation was carried out between July and September.
“On Friday we destroyed three illegal refineries in Rivers state; within the week we destroyed five in Bayelsa and another two in Abia”, he said.
The commandant general expressed dismay that the Federal Government was losing much oil revenue to the operations of oil thieves than it was receiving.

Comedian Bovi And Daughter Share Same Birth Date


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Ace Comedian Bovi took to Instagram to celebrate himself and his daughter who share the same birthday today.
Showing gratitude, he wrote: –
“36 and no regrets! I asked God to let me survive every risk I take and let me learn from the mistakes I make. I saw stumbling blocks as stepping stones; I saw road blocks as detours. And this is only the beginning. And thank you to all those who didn’t have or see a reason to believe me but believed”.
He followed it with a photo of his daughter, Elena, who is now 2, captioning it: –

Did Victoria Beckham Forget Her Undies? See These Photos!



Paparazzi caught Victoria Beckham in a very compromising position while she was leaving her boutique’s first anniversary party in London the other night. Cling tightly to husband David Beckham, the former Spice Girl appeared to have had a lil’ accident on herself as there was a rather larger wet spot on her p@nts…RIGHT ON THE CROTCH!
We’ve heard of people getting drunk and peeing on themselves before, but did this fate befall bougie and glamorous Victoria at her own party???
Continue below to get a closer look at her soiled p@nts and check out the “explanation”…

Mecca Hajj Stampede: Nigeria's Emir of Kano urges leaders not to blame African pilgrims for deadly incident







Emergency staff stand near the bodies of hajj pilgrims at the site where at least 717 were killed in MinaSTR/AFP/Getty



A Nigerian religious leader has urged Saudi Arabian authorities not to blame pilgrims for the deadly stampede that caused the death of at least 717 people on the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. The Muslim believers were crushed to death and more than 850 were injured when two groups of pilgrims arrived at crossroads on Street 204 at the tent city of Mina.

Fake Lawyer caught In Ibadan, Made over 6 million by Duping Over 100 People

A fake lawyer, Olawale Falola, said he made N6m from his victims who he promised to help secure jobs at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
Falola, who was nabbed by the Oyo State Police Command during a stop-and-search in Ibadan recently, claimed to be a dropout of a university in Osun State, adding that he had deceived more than 100 people with his fake identity.
It was gathered that after seeing a sticker belonging to the Nigeria Bar Association on his windscreen, the police asked him about his identity, but he failed to substantiate his claim of being a lawyer.