Death sentence: Supreme Court decides Rev King's fate on Feb. 26

Death sentence: Supreme Court decides Rev King's fate on Feb. 26

Read the press statement from Lagos state government below...

The Supreme Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday fixed February 26, 2016 for judgment in the appeal filed by the General Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly, Rev. Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, a.k.a Reverend King challenging the judgement of a Lagos High Court sentencing him to death by hanging. The apex court presided over by Justice Walter Onoghen adjourned for judgment after entertaining arguments from counsel to prosecution and defence in the matter.

Lagos State Attorney general and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, who appeared before the Supreme Court alongside Mrs. Idowu Alakija, the Director of Public Prosecution  and other Senior Counsel in the State, urged the court to dismiss the appeal and uphold the judgment of the lower courts.

Ezeugo was arraigned on September 26, 2006 on a six-count charge of attempted murder and murder.

He pleaded not guilty to the allegation but was sentenced to death by the then Justice Joseph Oyewole of Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, on January 11, 2007 for the murder of one of his church members, Ann Uzoh.

Justice Oyewole is now a judge of Appeal Court sitting in the Calabar division.
The Lagos State Government had said that the convict poured petrol on the deceased and five other persons and that Uzoh died on August 2, 2006; 11 days after the act was perpetrated on her.

Specifically, Ezeugo was convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for the attempted murder and death by hanging for the offence of murder.
Dissatisfied, Ezeugo challenged the verdict before the Court of Appeal in Lagos, but the appeal was thrown out.

’’I hereby rule that the prosecution effectively discharged the burden of proof on it. This appeal is devoid of any basis and accordingly fails.

“The judgment of the High Court is hereby affirmed, and the conviction imposed on the appellant, (which is death by hanging) is also affirmed,” Justice Fatimo Akinbami who read the judgement held. The two other members of the panel of Justices, Amina Augie and Ibrahim Saulawa concurred with the lead judgement.

Again, Ezeugo not being satisfied with the verdict, approach the Supreme Court, and urged that the judgment be upturned.

The apex court has now reserved judgment.

SIGNED

BOLA AKINGBADE

DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PRESS & PUBLIC RELATIONS

LAGOS STATE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

DECEMBER 10, 2015​

Kim Kardashian donates 1,000 pairs of shoes to charity

Kim Kardashian donates 1,000 pairs of shoes to charity

Kim K who gave birth to a son, Saint West on Saturday said she was up breastfeeding and watching a show on TV this morning when she heard the cutest story of a girl who's trying to find 1000 pairs of shoes by Christmas. She volunteered to donate 1000 pairs of shoes to the girl and launched an appeal on twitter to find the girl.  Read what she tweeted below....

Photos: Dozens of AK 47's, ammunition uncovered in the home of APC Chieftain during police raid, thugs arrested

Photos: Dozens of AK 47's, ammunition uncovered in the home of APC Chieftain during police raid, thugs arrested

Photos and report as shared by Blessing Oyanimigha on Facebook today Thursday, December 10.

"On the 5th of dec, 2015, Bayelsa guber polls election in Oporoma, southern-ijaw headquaters unveiled on a bloody note with four persons gunned down and others sustaining various degrees of injuries from stray bullets and machetes, meted out on them by APC led militants on the order of Donald Egberien, former SSG Gideon Ekewei," she wrote.

Investigation revealed that, two buildings located in Oporoma belonging to Donald Egberibien and Mr Omiehi aka 'Oma tein kpo tein' was used as hide-out for militants,hoodlums imported into the town by APC chieftains, Donald Egberibien and Gideon Ekewei with the sole aim of disrupting the distribution of election materials and inflicting fear on potential voters.

Acting on a tip off, Police men aided by concerned citizens raided the hideout of these thugs and uncovered over 35 pieces of AK 47's and two bazookas being loaded with ammunition by the militants, to wreck more havoc on unsuspecting residents, but fortunately, the security operatives swooped-in, over powering the militants leading to their arrest.

The JTF was called by the police to assist in the transfer of arrested APC hoodlums,but on getting to the location, the military men released the militants, ordering their doctor to commence treatment on Gideon Ekewei's younger brother, Foncha Ekewei and other injured militants. 

At the time of filling-in this report, Several attempts to get clarification on the where abouts of Egberibien, Gideon Ekewei, Mr Omiehi aka 'Oma tein kpo tein and the arrested militants from the JTF command in bayelsa has been rebuffed.

EFCC to Tompolo : Report yourself in one week or be declared wanted

EFCC to Tompolo : Report yourself in one week or be declared wanted

EFCC announced today that they have given former Niger Delta militant leader, Mr Government Ekpemupolo a.k.a Tompolo one week to appear before them or risk being declared wanted.

EFCC says its investing Tompolo for unclear dealings involving sales of land totaling about N13billion to the Federal government under Jonathan administration. The former militant leader has been given latest Thursday, December 17 to appear at the EFCC office to explain the transactions or be declared wanted.

Bayelsa election: Install Timpreye Sylva and this country will go up in flames- Asari tells Buhari

Bayelsa election: Install Timpreye Sylva and this country will go up in flames- Asari tells Buhari

Former Leader of Niger Delta militant group MEND, Asari Dokubo has asked the Buhari led government to hands off the state governorship election or risk the whole country going up in flames.

In a statement he released today December 7th, Asari accused the Federal government of trying to rig the state governorship election to install APC governorship candidate Timpreye Sylva, an action he described as against the will of the people. He stated that any action in this direction will lead to a crisis that will make Boko Haram be described as a child's play.

"If by next week the Federal Government does not hands off from the Bayelsa polls by allowing the people to freely choose their leader but still interfering through the observed various guises and deception, then we would have no option than to return to the creeks to press for our rights as patriotic citizens being unduly oppressed and dehumanized all in the name of politics. We have said it before that President Buhari is executing an anti-Ijaw agenda and his aim is to steal our God-given resources to rebuild the north destroyed by Boko Haram. That is why he is hell-bent on manipulating the electoral process in Bayelsa State and hand it over to the APC. They are exploiting Sylva’s greed and desperation for power and therefore using him to carry out their evil agenda. But we want them to know that this country will go up in flames if they try it. Boko Haram will be a child’s play if President Buhari and his APC think they can upturn the people’s mandate. It would be a grave injustice which can never stand. We are Ijaw people and we have never been conquered”.

Aari stated that results collated and announced so far by INEC have shown that the incumbent governor and PDP’s candidate, Governor Seriake Dickson, had won 6 of the 7 local governments with a margin of 33,154 votes and has thus fulfilled constitutional requirement of 2/3 spread and popular votes. INEC had earlier this week canceled the election in Southern Ijaw local government area and declared the governorship election inconclusive.

Husband arrested for watching and recording his dying wife without offering help

Husband arrested for watching and recording his dying wife without offering help

29-year-old businessman, Oluchi Ajimowu, has been arrested by the State Department for Criminal Investigation, Yaba, Lagos, for his alleged involvement in the death of his wife, 23 year old Priscillia Ajimowu. The couple lived with their children in Festac, Lagos before the wife's demise.

The police think that Ajimowu either slammed his wife’s head on the floor, or the mother of two poisoned herself due to frustrations in her marriage.

 

Ajimowu claims that he had locked his wife in her room on November 29, seized her phone and went out with their two children, after they arrived from their outing, he reportedly met his wife foaming in the mouth.

His wife who was a nurse had asked to be taken to the hospital, but he allegedly refused, instead he gave her palm oil and recorded her with his phone for about 40 minutes until she died.

It was gathered that prior to her death, Ajimowu had battered and subjected the deceased to inhuman treatment throughout the four years they spent in South Africa.

 

They decided to relocate to Nigeria. Ajimowu arrived four months ago while the wife arrived on November 27, two days before her death.

 

It was gathered that Ajimowu had put their house for sale shortly after the wife’s death.

The couple’s oldest child, seven-year-old Ella, said that there was a pesticide and a drink in the room where her mother was on the fateful day, adding that her father was “not nice to my mother” while they were in South Africa.

She said:

“Dad used to shout at mummy and beat her and she would be crying. That day we left her alone in the house. Daddy took the keys and mummy’s phone and locked mummy inside.

“When we came back home, daddy parked outside, locked us inside the car and went inside. After that, he called us to ‘come, come and see your mummy on the floor’. Mummy was saying, ‘Take me to hospital, I’m tired’. He started videoing her. He gave her red oil, but she spat it out. Her body was cold.”

The deceased’s mother, Mrs. Stella Ayobo, said her daughter had planned to visit her on the fateful day, but had cancelled the visit.

 

She added that Priscillia had not been happy throughout her 7 year marriage to Ajimowu . She added that Oluchi had shortly after his wife’s death reported at the Aguda Police Division, saying a friend took poison and died in his house.

She said:

“Four years ago, they went to South Africa. She always called me to report how Oluchi maltreated her.

“She came back to Nigeria on November 27. She visited me on November 28 and promised to visit me again the following day, being a Sunday. But that day, around 8am, she called me that she would not be able to come again and promised to come with her children on Friday.

“Around 8pm that Sunday, her husband called me that she had been vomiting since morning and I told him to take her to the nearest hospital. He later called me and said it was a poison she took. I told him to bring her. By the time he brought her, she was dead. We took her to a hospital and the doctor said she had died.

“He went to the Aguda Police Station to report that a girl visited him from South Africa, took poison and died in his house.”

The mother urged the police to investigate the matter in order to give justice to the family.

 

Priscillia’s older sister, Mrs. Emenike Dorcas, said Ajimowu had convinced her sister to come to Nigeria under the pretext that he would open a chemist’s shop for her.

She added:

“I reported the incident to the police at Satellite Town and Aguda divisions. Policemen at Aguda were surprised when they eventually knew the truth of the matter,”.

Priscilla’s uncle, Francis Ayobo, said the suspect was not remorseful after his wife’s death.

He said:

“It is so surprising that the wife was dying and the husband started videoing her. The videos were more than 40 minutes. He sent it to Priscillia’s sister in South Africa. By that time he would have rushed her to a hospital for treatment.

“I noticed that about three other guys were in the background of one of the video because somebody was giving her water and she was foaming in the mouth. Those things should be questioned. He was handed over to SDCI on Wednesday.”

The Lagos State Police spokesperson, DSP Joe Offor, said the Aguda Police Station arrested the husband and have handed him over to the Satellite Town Police Division.

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Mark Zuckerberg speaks out in support of Muslims. "As a Jew, my parents taught me to stand up against attacks on all communities"

Mark Zuckerberg speaks out in support of Muslims. "As a Jew, my parents taught me to stand up against attacks on all communities"

Following the Paris and San Bernadino attacks, Muslims have been criticized all over the the world. The CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg took to his official page on Wednesday, December 9, to show his support for the Muslim communities.

"I want to add my voice in support of Muslims in our community and around the world," He wrote. "After the Paris attacks and hate this week, I can only imagine the fear Muslims feel that they will be persecuted for the actions of others. 
As a Jew, my parents taught me that we must stand up against attacks on all communities. Even if an attack isn't against you today, in time attacks on freedom for anyone will hurt everyone. If you're a Muslim in this community, as the leader of Facebook I want you to know that you are always welcome here and that we will fight to protect your rights and create a peaceful and safe environment for you. Having a child has given us so much hope, but the hate of some can make it easy to succumb to cynicism. We must not lose hope. As long as we stand together and see the good in each other, we can build a better world for all people."

Photos: Lady pours hot water on her half-sister in Port Harcourt

Photos: Lady pours hot water on her half-sister in Port Harcourt

A young lady identified as Yemisi Arogbonlo, a medical student at a University in Nassarawa state (pictured above) allegedly poured boiling hot water on her stepsister on December 4th while she was sleeping at the home they share together. The half-sisters share same dad but not same mother.

Yemisi attacked 32 year old Funke over a disagreement she had with Funke's mother Victoria at their home in Port Harcourt, Rivers state.

According to family sources, sometime in September while Yemisi was in school, Funke and Yemisi's mother, Victoria had an argument and in the process, Victoria fell and hit her head on the floor. She reported the matter to her daughter who was far away in school. When Yemisi returned from school on Friday December 4th, Funke explained to her that it was while she was trying to dodge a slap from her mother that she fell and hit her head on the floor. Yemisi behaved as if she was satisfied with the explanation and asked Funke to forget the matter based on the fact that they were sisters. Unknown to Funke, Yemisi had planned to attack her for making her mother fall to the ground.

In the night when everyone was asleep, Yemisi allegedly boiled hot water, sneaked into Funke's room and emptied the hot water on her sister. According to the victim, she knew it was her sister because immediately she felt the water on her body, she opened her eyes and the first person she saw was Yemisi.

The victim is now receiving treatment at a specialist hospital in Port Harcourt with her biological mother by her side. No arrest has been made but the matter has been reported at the Ada George Police station.

Source : Lindaikejiblog

Meet world's first test tube puppies (photos)

Meet world's first test tube puppies (photos)

A team of veterinarians, scientists and lab workers gathered around a surrogate hound and watched her give birth to seven half-pound puppies, the first dogs ever conceived in a test tube.

"We each took a puppy and rubbed it with a little towel and when it started to squiggle and cry, we knew we had success," said Dr. Alexander Travis, who runs the lab at the Baker Institute for Animal Health at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine in Ithaca, New York.

"Their eyes were closed. They were just adorable, cute, with smooshed-in faces. We checked them to make sure they looked normal and were all breathing," he said.

The puppies born July 10 are a mix of beagle, Labrador and cocker spaniel and are now healthy 5-month-olds, Travis said. All but one female were adopted. She's being kept by the lab to have her own litter.

The lab kept track of the puppies by painting their nails with different color polish. Travis adopted two, still known by their nail polish names, Red and Green.

In vitro fertilization, the process of fertilizing an egg with sperm outside the body, is widely used to assist human reproduction these days. The first human birth from IVF took place in 1978.

But IVF efforts with dogs repeatedly failed until now, according to Dr. Pierre Comizzoli, a reproductive physiologist for the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, which works with Cornell.

"The biology of the dog is really, really different than humans," Comizzoli said. Dog pregnancies last only two months and females go into heat just once or twice a year, releasing immature eggs instead of mature eggs needed for IVF.

 Source: AP

Senegal 0-1 Nigeria : U23 Nigeria team qualify for Rio Olympics

Senegal 0-1 Nigeria : U23 Nigeria team qualify for Rio Olympics

Nigeria's Olympic team last night qualified for next year’s Rio Olympics after they beat hosts Senegal 1-0 through a penalty by captain Oghenekaro Etebo in the ongoing Africa under 23 championship in Senegal.

Nigeria will clash with Algeria in the final on Saturday after Algeria beat South Africa 2-0 in the other semi final clash last night.

Nigeria’s hero in the match was goalkeeper Emmanuel Daniel, who saved a penalty in first half stoppage to hold hosts Senegal 0-0 after the first period and coach Samson Siasia was quick to praise the Enugu Rangers goalkeeper.

“I’m very happy to win against Senegal again after the Africa Cup of Nations in 1992 and achieving our objective, which was to qualify for the Olympics, ” Siasia said to cafonline.com. “I think the ‘gods of football’ were with my team today because Senegal created most of the chances but they failed to score. Emmanuel Daniel (Goalkeeper) kept us in the match as he made some brilliant saves today. On another day, we could’ve been embarrassed. We did the best we could because we had lots of injuries heading into this match but I hope that Senegal can qualify to Rio so as to have a strong African representation in Brazil. Creating chances and scoring them are different so I’m not concern that we allowed Senegal to have the best chances of the match,” concluded Siasia.

Charly Boy writes on Donald Trump & his anti-Muslim comments

Charly Boy writes on Donald Trump & his anti-Muslim comments

Article below by Charly Boy...

CNN, and the social media has been agog with the latest Donald Trumps declaration of banning Muslims from entering America. For the past few days I have remained fixed on CNN watching how the American media has become so bemused  with Trumps soaring position at the polls, regardless of his very wild and unpresidential statements. The fixation on a candidate who trades yabis for substance has become awesome. There seem to be this love hate relationship with the American media. Hummm! America for show. 

 On the 7th of December 2015 the front runner of the Republican Party, Donald Trump advocated for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States" 

Since then Trump has been widely and correctly criticized for this, accused of wanting to reproduce discriminatory policies like those of prewar Europe, when Jews were forcibly registered. But looking at the timeline of events since the Paris attacks, and indeed in the months before them, it becomes clear that Trump isn't actually the problem here. It has become obvious that Trump is merely indulging a sentiment that was already widespread, especially after the Paris/California shooting.

The fact that Trump has bluntly refused to stand down on his declaration about Muslims which is getting widespread outrage shows how accustomed Americans have become to out-in-the-open anti-Muslim prejudice in the country. Can't say I blame them that much.

America's climate of anti-Muslim hatred and fear is on the high rise, a form of bigotry known as Islamophobia, is rampaging out of control. And it has very real and legitimately scary implications for the millions of Americans who follow Islam.

The day after Trump's "I no send you" comments, a makeshift militia, wearing military-style camo, some of them masked, showed up outside an Islamic center in Irving, Texas, carrying assault rifles and announcing they had come to stop the "Islamization of America."  Where is all of this heading to, one wonders. It's not that Trump is the cause of such strong anti-Muslim hatred but rather that his comments widely believed and legitimately popular among a slice of Americans is the leading edge of an Islamophobic movement that may turn violent. It may no longer be police shooting Inocent black, but average Americans hunting and killing Muslims.

The threat of violence often has the same theatrical point as violence itself, to terrify and intimidate, to inflict psychological suffering on the targeted group in the form of fear and alienation, to force that targeted group to live a little bit less in the open and more in the shadows. 

So my question is this, for how long will Donald Trump be allowed to fan this Islamophobic messages which is definitely causing the GOPs sleepless nights. Is he going to be the favoured candidate for the republicans. A good meal for Hillary Clinton if you ask me. How can the excesses of Trump be cut down. For months, Trump has defied the laws of political correctness and gravity by maintaining his lead despite a never-ending string of mis-yarns and controversies. I strongly doubt if his improbable campaign can go the distance

Yesoooo, America may be down for the show. After all, slizzy shows like Jerry Springer was a Hit. But It is time for Americans to restore their political reputation by demonstrating the ability of the American political process to deflate the bubble of a candidate so high on self-importance and so low on policy-specifics. Donald is definitely in for the show, the new Reality show. Maybe very soon, republicans will have this to say. YOU ARE FIRED.

Teenager charged in murder of Florida Rabbi

Teenager charged in murder of Florida Rabbi

After a beloved rabbi was shot to death walking to temple last year, a shocked community came together. Neighbors pooled money for a reward. They went on high alert to help police find a killer.
But mostly they wondered who took the life of a religious man who wasn’t carrying money as he strolled to synagogue for Sabbath services.

Now, after months of painful mystery, a suspect is in custody. A DNA match and eyewitness testimony helped identify a 14-year-old Norland High student as the alleged killer who gunned down Rabbi Joseph Raksin.

“Everyone was talking about it in shul (temple) this morning,” said Yona Lunger, a Miami-Dade Jewish community activist and member of a neighborhood watch group known as the Shmira Patrol. “It couldn’t be better timing than to happen during Hanukkah when each day was a miracle.”

Izzy Labkowski, Raksin’s son-in-law, said Wednesday that knowing that someone is being held in custody for his father-in-law’s death brings some comfort.

“This is a sad situation especially when we hear that the (alleged) murderer was 14 years old,” he said. “We just hope other young kids learn from this.”

Miami-Dade police arrested Deandre Edwin Charles, now 15, at dawn Wednesday after a grand jury indicted him on first-degree murder and attempted armed robbery.

Raksin, visiting from Brooklyn, was felled with one fatal .40-caliber round to the chest on the morning of Aug. 9, 2014. Raksin was on his way to Bais Menachem Chabad.

In accordance with his beliefs, Raksin was not carrying any valuables on the holy day of rest — but was nonetheless targeted by at least two young people, one wielding a pistol.

“We believe this was a robbery,” Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez-Rundle said during a news conference on Wednesday attended by police brass, religious leaders and the county’s mayor. “It was a crime of opportunity.”

Said the rabbi’s daughter, Shulamis Labkowski-Raksin:

“We want this vicious thug to be prosecuted to the fullest extent the law allows.”

The killing rocked the tight-knit Orthodox Jewish community, where the devout suddenly feared walking to synagogue. They pooled $50,000 for a reward leading to an arrest. In New York City, hundreds mourned at services for the rabbi.

The arrest capped an exhaustive 16-month investigation in which homicide detectives combed through cellphone records, tested evidence for DNA and even relied on a sketch drawn by a neighbor who saw the gunman running from the scene.

Miami-Dade prosecutors declined to reveal more details about the case. Exactly where the DNA was found at the crime scene, and how detectives obtained a sample from Charles, remains shielded from the public as detectives look to build a case against others believed to be involved in the killing.

“Turn yourselves in or we will come get you,” said Juan Perez, Miami-Dade police’s acting director.

Prosecutors Michael Von Zamft and Marie Mato on Tuesday secured a grand jury indictment. By Wednesday morning, the Norland High student was arrested at his home in Northwest Miami-Dade.
Charles refused to talk to homicide detectives and was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

His family told reporters that Charles was home at the time of the shooting.

“He was home at the time. His whole family knows that,” stepfather Willis Archibald told reporters. “They are pinning this on a young teenager that has a lot of issues but this is ridiculous. I am 100 percent sure that he is innocent.”

Source: Miami Herald

Okonjo-Iweala should be included in probe- Oshiomhole insists

Okonjo-Iweala should be included in probe- Oshiomhole insists

Edo state governor Adams Oshiomole yesterday called for the inclusion of Okonjo-Iweala in the ongoing probe on missing $2.1billion arms deal. Oshiomole said this while speaking to state house correspondents after a meeting with President Buhari at the state house yesterday December 9th.

“The NSA is supposed to be an advisory officer. He is not supposed to be a procurement agent for government. I am happy the figures are coming out and I know that this is a tip of the iceberg and I read some reports, the numbers are in billions, Dasuki is just one bleeding point; there are several bleeding points in the system. 
You look at the total number of expenditure on subsidy which the World Bank has just released figures; about how many trillions of Naira over the past four to five years. I am shocked. I have been talking about it, I just said to a couple of persons, the government has to go the whole hog, because I know as a governor that no money gets out of the treasury even after I have approved as the governor without the approval of the Commissioner for Finance; so the probe should go into whether all these monies are appropriated all of it; when the money got out of the treasury, through who? The Minister of Finance under the rules must endorse before money gets out of the treasury, before the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) approves. So for the Ministers of Finance, including Okonjo – Iweala, I don’t care what people say because you cannot be coordinating a corruption-ridden economy and you pretend to be an angel, you cannot selectively deal with issues; you must deal with all involved in the conspiracy. In criminal law when two to three people are involved in a act of criminality, all of them are charged with conspiracy. Now if you lay your hands on the various appropriation bills passed by the National Assembly and see how much the National Assembly appropriated for subsidy for all those periods, you will find out they are not even up to half of what was spent. This means that money not appropriated for was spent. If people are involved in those acts, they must be brought to justice,” he said

Horrible assault from a boyfriend

Photos: Young girl assaulted by her boyfriend

The photos were shared on twitter. Her name is Irene Mueni from Kenya. She was allegedly battered by her boyfriend Enock Mutunga on Sunday, December 6. She reported the assault to the police but no action was taken. That's inhuman to treat a human being

Photos: Buhari hosts House of Reps members to a dinner at the state House

Photos: Buhari hosts House of Reps members to a dinner at the state House

President Buhari yesterday had dinner with some members of the House of Representatives led by the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, at the state house yesterday December 9th. Continue to see more photos

Convicted killer Michael Adebolajo sues prison service after having two teeth knocked out in jail

Convicted killer Michael Adebolajo sues prison service after having two teeth knocked out in jail

Remember Michael Adebolajo, the man who knocked down a soldier and stabbed him to death in broad day light just because he was wearing a military uniform in 2012? Well, he is suing the Prison Service for compensation after two teeth were knocked out in jail.

The Islamic fanatic, 32, launched the £20,000 claim following an incident with prison guards as they tried to restrain him.
He is alleged to have become agitated as five officers led him from his cell in maximum security Belmarsh prison and claims the resulting struggle led to the loss.
But the Ministry of Justice said it thoroughly investigated the 2013 incident and found staff had done nothing wrong.

Wednesday night a spokesman said:

“A police investigation into this incident took place and no charges were brought against members of staff.

“The public will be rightly outraged at the thought of this man receiving compensation from the taxpayer and we robustly defend claims made against the Prison Service.”

Adebolajo, then 29, and Michael Adebowale, 23, were jailed for life in 2014 for hacking to death Drummer Rigby as he walked to his barracks in Woolwich, South East London.

Adebolajo ran down the defenceless 25-year-old before “butchering him” with his accomplice in an attack which shocked the nation.

Both had denied murder because they were “soldiers of Allah” but were found guilty at the Old Bailey.
Adebolajo was taken from Belmarsh in South East London to Frankland, Co Durham last year amid fears he was radicalising inmates.

He had an appeal against his murder conviction thrown out by judges last December.

Source: UK Mirror

Muslim groups raise money for the victims of the San Bernardino shooting

Muslim groups raise money for the victims of the San Bernardino shooting

A coalition of Muslim-American groups has raised more than $165,000 to benefit the families of victims of last week's mass shooting in San Bernardino, California.

The crowdfund campaign was launched by Faisal Qazi, a Pomona, California-based neurologist, and Tarek El-Messidi, founder of the Muslim nonprofit CelebrateMercy, on Dec. 3 — one day after the shooting that left 14 people dead and more than 20 injured.
It has since earned endorsements from dozens of Muslim organizations and public figures. 

 "We wish to respond to evil with good, as our faith instructs us, and send a powerful message of compassion through action," Qazi wrote on the campaign website, which is hosted on the Muslim-oriented crowdfunding site Launchgood.  

Through the crowdfunding campaign, El-Messidi is aiming to change the negative perception of Muslim-Americans. 

“This united American Muslim campaign aims to reclaim our faith from extremists by responding to evil with good, by rebuilding what they destroy," he said in a press release.

The crowdfund campaign, titled "Muslims United for San Bernardino," is one of many fundraisers created in the week since the shooting. San Bernardino Mayor R. Corey Davis created a crowdfund campaign on Friday, and several of the victims have had campaigns created in their names.

Source: Business Insider

Father of Paris attacker said he would 'have killed' son if he knew of plot

Father of Paris attacker said he would 'have killed' son if he knew of plot

The father of the third gunman in the attack on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris said Wednesday he would "have killed" his son had he known what he was planning.
Said Mohamed-Aggad told AFP he only found out on Wednesday, with the rest of the nation, that his 23-year-old son Foued was among the three gunmen who sprayed concert-goers with assault rifles, killing 90 people in the worst attack of the November 13 carnage.

"Of course I'm surprised," he told reporters outside his home in Bischheim, a suburb of the northeastern city Strasbourg.
Had he known his son was planning to take part in the jihadist rampage that killed 130 people in total, "I would have killed him myself beforehand," he said.
Mohamed-Aggad said he was aware his son had travelled to Syria in 2013 with a group of youths from the Strasbourg area, "but not that he had returned".

"The last time I saw him was two years ago when he left. I have no words, I only found out this morning. I have to pull myself together."

Foued Mohamed-Aggad was the last of the three Bataclan assailants to be identified, all of them French. 
The two others, Omar Ismail Mostefai, 29, and 28-year-old former Paris bus driver Samy Amimour, had also been in Syria.
Two of the gunmen blew themselves up with suicide belts packed with explosives after the Bataclan attack. The third was shot by police who stormed the venue with hundreds of people still inside.

Source: AP

Nicki Minaj is engaged? Meek Mill finally put a ring on it?

Nicki Minaj is engaged? Meek Mill finally put a ring on it?

Nicki Minaj who celebrated her 33rd birthday yesterday shared this photo on her page with the caption "Now this is what I'm talking about baby. Lol. Love u @meekmill". There have been several rumours of their engagement, hopefully this is real this time or just another birthday gift? Another photo after the cut....

Police arrest security guards for impersonating soldiers in Lagos

Police arrest security guards for impersonating soldiers in Lagos

Two security guards, Richard Adamu, 25; and Musa Mohammed 26, attached to an estate in Akowonjo, Egbeda, Lagos were arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad for allegedly impersonating men of the Nigerian Army. It was learnt that the guards were arrested in the community in military camouflage.

A handcuff, two jack knives and a Nigeria Police Force crest were said to have been recovered from the two bags found with the suspects, who hail from Adamawa State.

It was gathered that the police team had stormed the neighbourhood on November 24 around 6am for an operation and had detained the guards after they could not give satisfactory explanations to the items recovered from them.

The source said:

“A team of SARS operatives, led by one Sergeant Emmanuel, embarked on a patrol within Area M Command, as a proactive measure to stem bank robbery in the state. The team intercepted two young men in military camouflage with two bags.

“They claimed to be members of the Nigerian Legion. A handcuff, one Nigeria Police Force crest and two jack knives were found in their bags. They were brought to the command for interrogation, but they could not give satisfactory explanations.”

One of the guards, Adamu, told the police that he bought the army uniform in a market, adding that he had never used the uniform to rob or oppress anybody.

He said:

“I bought the uniform in the market. I was walking along the road one day when I found the police crest. I have never used it to rob or harass people. I am a security guard.”

Mohammed said it was Adamu who gave him the clothes. He also denied using same to perpetrate any unlawful act.

They were consequently arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on three counts of impersonation by a police prosecutor, Inspector Benson Emuerhi.

The charges read in part:

“That you, Richard Adamu and Musa Mohammed, on November 24, 2015, at about 9.30am, at Akowonjo area, Egbeda, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire to commit felony to wit: impersonating yourselves as members of the Nigerian Army by putting on camouflage vests and green combat trousers; thereby committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 79 (1b) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.”

“That you, on the same date, time and place in the aforementioned magisterial district, did unlawfully have in your possession; one Nigeria Police crest, a handcuff and two jack knives ─ the items you could not give a satisfactory account of, and thereby committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 327 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.”

The accused pleaded not guilty to the alleged crime before the presiding Chief Magistrate, Mrs. O.A. Olayinka.

They were granted bail in the sum of N200,000 each with two sureties each in like sum, while the case was adjourned till January 28, 2016.

 

 

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Gov. Oshiomhole reveals that they uncovered fraud in pensions payment in Edo state

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Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State stated that the state government has uncovered fraud in pension administration in the state and ordered the scrapping of the state’s Pensions Board, saying that a bureau would be created to look into the payment of pension funds to pensioners.

He promised that within two weeks, local government pensioners will get paid as steps have been taken to ensure that going forward,there will be provision made for payment of council pensioners.
Oshiomhole said:

“Government is aware that quite a number of our senior citizens, particularly the ones who were in the employment of the local governments, covered by the Local Government Pensions Board, for some reasons have not received their pension for a couple of months.

“I need to make the point clear, because when I see their comments, they seem to indicate that the state government is responsible for the payment of their pensions. It is true that the state government has some level of responsibility to supervise and watch over the conduct of local governments. However, the local governments remain the 3rd tier of government and their roles and responsibilities are fully spelt out in the Constitution.”

“Since I assumed office, Edo State Government under my stewardship has never and will never interfere with the funds of local governments. However, following the recent sharp drop in the revenue accruing to the local governments from the federation account, many of our councils found out that after providing for payment of teachers salary, which we consider first line charge, what they have left was hardly enough to meet their salary obligations.”

Donald Trump's Anti-Muslim plan disqualifies him from Presidency - White House

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The Republican front-runner on Monday released a statement calling for the U.S. to refuse entry of foreign Muslims. His proposal was met with widespread criticism, including from several candidates in his own party, and now White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest says such a statement disqualifies him from serving as the President of the United States Of America.

"The fact is what Donald Trump said yesterday disqualifies him from serving as president," Josh Earnest said in Tuesday's press briefing. "For Republican candidates for president to stand by their pledge to support Mr. Trump, that in and of itself is disqualifying," Earnest said. 
"The question now is about the rest of the Republican Party and whether or not they're going to be dragged into the dustbin of history with him. And right now the current trajectory is not very good. The Trump campaign for months now has had a dustbin of history-like quality to it," Earnest said.

Secretary of State John Kerry also rebuked Trump's comments.

"I would simply say that nondiscrimination and equal treatment are a pillar of not just American values but of our immigration and our admission policies in this country and the State Department remains totally committed to treating all religions with respect and without discrimination," Kerry said during a press briefing in Paris. He added, "As I travel around the world, it is clear to me and how both our friends and our adversaries watch and listen to the discourse in the U.S., and I believe that comments such as those that we just heard are not constructive - and I would say that is putting it diplomatically

Before reducing minimum wage, remember you will meet the masses 4 years after now- Ben Bruce to Govs

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Well said!