AMAZING STORIES AROUND THE WORLD: 2015-02-08

Saturday, 14 February 2015

The Man Who Rescued 500 Nigerian Schoolgirls From Boko Haram – Channel 4

A civil rights worker in Nigeria's restive northeast organised the dramatic rescue of nearly 500 schoolgirls from a town under attack by Boko Haram.

He has been credited with averting a repeat of the abduction, in April last year, of 279 students from the town of Chibok, most of whom are still missing.

Judge John Hurley has come face-to-face with murderers, rapists and drug dealers during his time in bond court.

But when plucky 80-year-old Dolores Sheinis walked in wearing a prison jumpsuit, he quickly realized it was going to one of his most entertaining hearings.

Her appearance at Broward County Court, Florida, quickly turned comical with the inmates sat behind her, attorneys and the judge breaking into hysterics.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the controversy over the educational qualification of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, as the degeneration of political campaign to triviality.

Mr. Obasanjo who was speaking during the launch of his latest book, “My Watch”, in London, said there was no way Mr. Buhari would have been admitted into the army in the 1960s if he did not have the Cambridge Secondary School Certificate or West African Secondary School Leaving Certificate.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, speaking during an exclusive interview with The Wall Street Journal in Abuja on Friday, has called on the U.S. to send troops to assist in the battle with Boko Haram.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday issued a rare public rebuke of his predecessor, Olusegun Obasanjo, accusing him of attempting to return to power through the backdoor by foisting an Interim National Government on Nigeria, in the hope he will be made head of the administration.

Mr. Jonathan’s remarks followed comments by the former president on Saturday that President Jonathan was plotting to destabilise Nigeria as it becomes apparent he will lose upcoming elections.

Obasanjo Accuses Jonathan of Training,& Arming Killer Squad for 2015 Elections

Mr. Obasanjo also alleges the president has put 1000 politicians on his watch list.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan is currently keeping over 1000 people on his political watch list while also secretly training snipers and other armed personnel as well as acquiring weapons for political purposes.

He stated in an 18-page letter to Mr. Jonathan, exclusively obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, that from what had been alleged, the snipers were being trained at the same place the late Head of State, Sani Abacha, trained his own killer squad.

Ballots meant for the Nigerian presidential election were found yesterday at the premises of a local printer in the Essex area of London.

Our sources said the sensitive election materials, which ought to have arrived in Nigeria earlier in the week, were unsecured at the premises of Panther Printing Services in London. SaharaReporters was able to confirm that a Nigerian firm named Cemoz International Limited had been contracted to print some ballot papers for the 2015 presidential elections.

Two suspected witches have been arrested after they were found naked outside a house in Harare’s Budiriro suburb, police Inspector Tadius Chibanda confirmed.

An attempt by two domestic staff to poison Pastor Itua Ighodalo of Trinity House, a mega church in Victoria Island, Lagos, western Nigeria, has been foiled.
The two workers allegedly connived with a herbalist to hatch the plot to enable them kidnap the pastor’s wife, Ibidunni, and demand for a ransom of N80 million.
But the plot was foiled by the couple before they could actualise it. The police have arrested the two domestic staff and the herbalist and charged them to court for attempted murder.
Police identified the suspects as Abdulkareem Mohammed, 24, the alleged mastermind of the plot, employed by the couple as a dog handler, Makinde Ewuosi, 36, a native doctor who resides at 21, Joseph Street, Lagos Island and has his shrine at 9, Alofun Street, Lagos Island, and Paul Eke, 29, a security guard at Osborne Foreshore Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos where the couple resides.

An astute journalist and achiever joins the club of elders

On February 1, Dr. Hamidat Doyinsola Abiola joined the club of septuagenarians and could therefore reminisce on the past with a view to guiding the up and coming. Although she would have loved a very quiet and silent celebration, the public eye, being on her projected the event as an uncommon attainment. While it is given for many in the society to attain the age, not many are considered as achievers who have the right stories to tell.
As a journalist, she attained a height that is the dream of many. In 1980, she was appointed the first woman editor of a national newspaper, National Concord. An incredulous public was soon convinced that there is nothing about the office that should make it an exclusive preserve of men. She adroitly ran the newspaper and it became a reference point

Dr. Abiola who obtained a doctorate degree in journalism in 1979 also proved that theory and practice should not always run along parallel lines. She managed the men and resources in the paper in such a way that it became the envy of older newspapers and those who had thought partisan considerations would becloud the writers’ sense of judgement were soon disappointed.

With the storm over the shift of polls yet to settle, the Presidency has run into a fix over what to do with four of its governors said to be secretly working for the success of the opposition in the rescheduled elections.

Saturday Vanguard learnt yesterday that the Presidency became convinced that the four governors were not sincerely working for the success of the ruling party after reviewing their activities in relations to the presidential campaigns in their respective states.

It was gathered that an appraisal carried out by security agents and placed at the disposal of the ruling party clearly indicated that PDP would lose election in the affected states because of the activities of the governors.

Veteran journalist Mallam Garba Shehu is at the head of the Media Directorate of the Buhari Campaign Organisation. He gives the campaign’s perspectives on the shift and on who gets the advantage.

Let use this opportunity to reiterate what our leaders, General Buhari, Chairman Odigie-Oyegun and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu have been saying: in as much as the postponement is in line with the law, that there must be elections at least 30 days before May 29th.

Video: The Truth About Muna Obiekwe's Death By His Sister

Although his close friends, colleagues and family members are yet to deal with the shock of the sudden death of top Nollywood actor, Muma Obiekwe who breathed his last on Sunday, January 18, 2015, his emotional laden step-sister has made more revelations on the demise of the star.

Chinwe Obiekwe said Muna's diagnosis and eventually death happened in just a year, because his kidneys were badly affected.

A woman allegedly locked her three children in a shed and burned them alive, before forcing her husband to listen to them scream over the phone.

Thioro Mbow, 35, reportedly told her husband, Hellmut Ulin, 38, over the phone: ‘I can hear their screams but I will do nothing to save them.

‘You’d better hurry but you will be too late to rescue them, They won’t survive.’

Mr Ulin, from Lennik near Brussels, Belgium, was working 12 miles away on a building site and raced back home in his car as quick as possible.

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The newly posted Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2, Joseph Mbu, on Thursday declared that the elections in his zone will be “fire for fire” if politicians play any pranks.
The controversial police boss made the declaration at a meeting with police of the Ogun State Command at its Eleweran Headquarters, Abeokuta.
Mr. Mbu instructed his men to be battle-ready for the election and warned politicians to have a second thought over any planned criminal act.

Army Board Of Inquiry Tried Capt. Koli For Exposing Ekiti Rigging

New Leaked Documents Reveal Nigerian Army Board Of Inquiry Tried Capt. Koli For Exposing Ekiti Rigging

The panel called nine witnesses, including three from the 32nd Artillery Brigade, Captain Koli’s regiment. Copies of the findings and opinions were not part of the leaked documents, but were to be completed and submitted on August 14, 2014.

New documents exclusively leaked to SaharaReporters authoritatively confirm that Brigadier General A.A. Momoh, the Commander of the 32nd Artillery Brigade, convened a Board of Inquiry (BOI) to investigate Captain Sagir Koli, the conscientious whistleblower who exposed the 2014 plan by which the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rigged the Ekiti gubernatorial contest.

This is the message we found on the fence of the APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu's house this morning. The two banners hung in the fence of the main house and the next building to his house.
The message was loud and clear to the military who have been patrolling Tinubu's house and the stretch of Bourdillon Road since last Sunday. The message on the banners meant for the military- "This is not Sambisa Forest. Wrong Posting."

Outrage: An Arizona photographer was shocked when her photo of women nursing their children was yanked from Facebook despite her having blurred the NSFW parts

"I have been photographing women for 15 years," says photographer Jade Beall, above, "but it was a nude self-portrait I took of myself breastfeeding my son (when I was 80 pounds heavier), that sparked my desire to photograph and celebrate the beauty, 'flaws', shapes, and vulnerabilities of all mothers."

When Beall recently posted one of her group portraits of mothers breastfeeding to her Facebook page, she was overwhelmed with responses.

Arizona photographer saw her photo of breastfeeding women yanked from Facebook after a chorus of male detractors reported them as obscene.

'I received many private messages (all from men) telling me I should remove the photo,' she told Cosmo. When someone, likely one of these men, realized she'd missed blurring one nipple, the photo was taken down.

Teenager Has Penis Reduction Surgery So He Can Have Sex [Photos] Viewers discretion strongly advised

A teenager has had what surgeons say is the world’s first penis reduction surgery.

The 17-year-old complained that he couldn’t have sex or play sports so requested that his penis be shortened.

When it was flaccid, it measured 7ins long and was 10ins round.

Pictures from before the operation show that it looked something like a rugby ball.

Before the Council of State meeting, the position of the president, and that of the ruling party, PDP, was that the elections should be postponed. The argument was that by virtue of Section 132 (2) of the 1999 Constitution as amended, there was time to make adjustment.

The Section provides that “an election to the said office (presidency) shall be held on a date not earlier than one hundred and fifty days and not later than thirty days before the expiration of the term of the last holder of that office.” That was the subtext to the Council of State meeting.

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming election and former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has described the support of former President Olusegun Obasanjo as a confidence booster for him and his party, adding that the action will surely win them more supporters.

Buhari, who described Obasanjo as a well respected Nigerian who many people go to consult before making key decisions, noted that the endorsement of Obasanjo of his candidacy also means that many Nigerians who look up to the former President for direction will follow in line to support his ambition.

The APC standard bearer who spoke yesterday in a media chat with the Cable News Network (CNN) also spoke on peoples’ perception of him as a former dictator who banned political meetings and free speech, detained thousands of people, created secret tribunals, executed people for crimes that were not capital offences, among others.

While not faulting the issues raised about his tenure as a military dictator, Buhari pointed out that what was possible under a military rule could not be contemplated under a multi-party democracy.

The video for Flavour’s new song ‘Ololufe’ is out and he features Chidinma. The video was shot in Cape Town, South Africa and directed by Godfather Productions.

Now this is getting very steamy right here. Check out the brand new video for Flavour N’Abania‘s Ololufe featuring Chidinma. And yes they are actually kissing. We thought getting cozy was suspect, but this right here takes the cake. Now if Chidinma and Flavour have partners I wonder how they feel… but who cares? It’s all acting right? Or is it? What we can say is that there are a lot of men jealous of Flavour right now… and a lot of women are jealous of Chidinma.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said Wednesday that he was "not consulted" on a controversial decision to postpone national elections, but vowed that the vote would take place and an elected government sworn in on May 29.

Some have accused Jonathan's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of secretly lobbying for the six-week delay out of fear that it was heading for defeat in the polls initially scheduled for February 14.

INEC on Feb. 7 moved national and state elections back by six weeks, to March 28 and April 11, citing concerns that there won’t be adequate security for voting as they step up their offensive against Boko Haram Islamist militants in the northeast.

“I didn’t decide the dates for the elections, I wasn’t consulted, I didn’t want to be consulted,” Jonathan said in an interview broadcast Wednesday on state television. “Elections will be conducted and if I lose, we’ll inaugurate a new government.”

Gynecologist Loses License After Having Sex With Patients Who Asked About G-Spots

The Smoking Gun obtained documents showing that a 48-year-old gynecologist brought two of his patients to orgasm in order to show them where their G-spots were. The State Medical Board of Ohio stripped Dr. Kurt Froehlich of his license.

The first time Froehlich sexually assaulted a patient was in 2010. "Patient 1" was a medical professional Froehlich had worked with about three times a month. The first time she came to him as a patient, she waited until after the regular gynecological checkup had concluded to ask questions about arousal and her G-spot. Instead of drawing a picture to demonstrate, Froehlich put a glove back on and "just show[ed] her basically where it is." Froehlich says he "did not stimulate her to orgasm that time."

According to the documents, the next time he met Patient 1, he did stimulate her to orgasm.

Mothers whose babies were switched at birth in hospital blunder awarded £1.5million

Mrs Serrano discovered she was not Manon’s mother 10 years ago (Picture: AP

Two families who discovered they had been given each other’s babies ten years after the girls were born have been awarded €2million (£1.48million) in compensation by the hospital that made the blunder.

Sophie Serrano, 38, discovered she was not the mother of her daughter Manon 10 years ago after her husband – who expressed concerns that she bore no resemblance to him – failed a paternity test, prompting her take a maternity test of her own.

15 Stunning Photos Of Parents And Their Kids Resemblance At The Same Age

Hearing you look JUST like your mom or dad is not everyone's favorite compliment. Yet, there are times when the resemblance is just uncanny, and one cannot help themselves in pointing it out. My brother is often stopped by people asking him if he's "Steve's son" based on how my dad looked when he was my brother's age. The following people understand the genetic duplication conundrum perfectly, as they look just like their parents did at their age.

The resemblance between Lupita and her mum is unreal. That's her mum pictured left in 1983, and right is Lupita in 2015. The actress shared the pic on instagram

'Feminist' says she aborted baby because it was a boy

A blogger has claimed that she aborted her baby when she discovered it was a boy because of bad experiences with men.

In her blog, the author, known only as Lena, wrote that she found out she was pregnant in 2012 and describes the father as ‘the donator’.

Describing the pregnancy as a ‘diagnosis’ she said that she was ready to have a child.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has raised fears that the political posturing of President Goodluck Jonathan – using the military to delay scheduled election – might invite a military coup on the country.

“The signs are not auspicious,” Mr. Obasanjo told the Financial Times in an interview in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. “I don’t know whether a script is being played.”

“I sincerely hope that the president is not going for broke and saying ‘look dammit, it’s either I have it or nobody has it’. I hope that we will not have a coup . . . I hope we can avoid it.”

The Nigerian military has dismissed fears that it was planning to truncate the country’s democracy, maintaining that it would remain “apolitical” despite the “palpable tension”. Messages have been circulating on the social media that the military was ready to take over from President Goodluck Jonathan rather than allow Muhammadu Buhari, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to win the presidential election.

The United States of America has condemned the rescheduling of Nigeria's general elections from the initial dates of Saturday 14 and Saturday 28 of February 2015 to Saturday March 28 and Saturday April 11, 2015.

That country’s secretary of state, Mr John Kerry, has described the postponement as “unacceptable”. Its position is apparently informed by the assurances earlier given by President Goodluck Jonathan during a recent visit to Nigeria by Mr John Kerry, that the polls would not be postponed under any circumstances.

However, the position of the US with respect to Nigeria’s polls, particularly the shift in dates, is curious, given that the Boko Haram insurgency and related insecurity in the country remain the reason for the development. It is recalled that the US had earlier denied Nigeria critical military assistance to combat the wave of insecurity when such was needed most.

After months of berating the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared his support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

Obasanjo, who is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, made his opinion known during an interview with the Financial Times at the launch of his controversial autobiography titled, ‘My Watch’, in Nairobi, Kenya.

Obasanjo said Buhari, who ruled Nigeria between December 1983 and August 1985, was aware of the challenges of Nigeria today and was qualified to rule the country.
He said, “The circumstances he (Buhari) will be working under if he wins the elections are different from the one he worked under before, where he was both the executive and the legislature – he knows that. He is smart enough. He is educated enough. He’s experienced enough. Why shouldn’t I support him?”

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suffered another major setback as President Goodluck Jonathan’s Campaign Security chief in Edo State, Mr. Fred Ikhuebor, led over 3,000 people to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Other former PDP stalwarts who defected with their teeming supporters to the APC at a rally held in Benin City, include Chief Sunny Erhengbo, Dr. Friday Omokaro, former PDP House of Representatives aspirant for Ikpoba Okha/Egor Federal Constituency, Dr. John Ogbomo and Mr. Lucky Akalede, among others.

Family Portrait Of The Emir Of Kano Sanusi, Lamido Muhammed His Wives & Kids

Lagos APC Condemns Military Siege on Asiwaju Tinubu’s Residence

Press Release -The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has condemned the military siege being laid at the residence of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The party sees this as clear and present danger th

at the ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan to hang onto power even as Nigerians have clearly rejected him, is prodding Nigeria into disaster if not arrested now.

For three consecutive days, helmet-wearing and battle-ready soldiers have kept surveillance at the Ikoyi home of Bola Tinubu, a leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, a statement from the politician’s media office claimed Tuesday.

Mr. Tinubu is also a former governor of Lagos State.

According to the statement issued by Sunday Dare, the Special Adviser on Media to Mr. Tinubu, soldiers numbering up to 30, riding in three patrol vans and army trucks, and stationed close to the entrance of Mr. Tinubu’s home, had become a permanent feature.

The statement said Mr. Tinubu was the target of the patrolling soldiers.

INEC Chairman: Attahiru Jega: not going on terminal leave

The spokesman for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mr. Kayode Idowu, has debunked reports that INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, would proceed on terminal leave on 1 March this year.

Idowu, who spoke on a TV programme monitored in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, on Tuesday, said Jega’s appointment was not guided by civil service rules and so he would serve until his tenure elapses on 30 June this year.

After the postponement of the elections last weekend, there have been reports that President Goodluck Jonathan’s next move is to relieve Jega of his job and replace him with a pliant person to conduct the elections.

A political consulting firm founded by Obama administration confidante David Axelrod has been far more involved in backing controversial Nigerian presidential candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari than previously disclosed, according to a series of emails obtained by the Washington Free Beacon and interviews with sources on the ground.

Axelrod’s firm, the Chicago-based AKPD, has admitted to doing work on behalf of Buhari’s All Progressives Congress (APC) party in the past, but claimed to have ceased its ties in March 2014 after the Islamist terror group Boko Haram kidnapped hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls.

An uneasy relationship now exists between presidency and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the reason adduced for the adjustment of the general election dates,

Information indicates Attahiru Jega, a professor of political science and INEC chairman, had attributed the shift in dates from February 14 and 28 to March 28 and April 11 respectively to a letter written by the military over its “inability” to provide security for the elections because of ongoing operations against Boko Haram in the north-east.

But a presidency official who spoke with TheCable at the weekend said Jega was being “clever by half” and was attempting to “pass the buck” in order to cover up for INEC’s poor preparations for the elections.

Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has dismissed the reason given for the postponement of the election, accusing Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), of acting out a script. He alleged that Jega was hiding under the guise of insecurity to safeguard the interest of the federal government.

“What happened Saturday was actually not a postponement due to security or logistical reasons. What happened was the by-product of overt political interference undermining the independence of the election management body, INEC,” he said in a statement. “Jega said he hinged his decision on a purported letter stating that due to an impending offensive, the security agencies would not have the personnel to spare to adequately guard the polling areas in the northeastern states. “It is nothing but a lie draped in a falsehood born by deceit. It was not done for the national good. It was the wrong thing done for the wrong reason by the wrong man.

A court of Appeal Sitting in Ado Ekiti has reserved judgment over an appeal suit filed before it by the Ekiti State All Progressives congress against Peoples Democratic Parties Governor Ayo Fayose.

The appeal is challenging the victory of Governor Ayo Fayose in the elections held in Ekiti state on June 21, 2014.

Recall that the Ekiti state election petitions tribunal on December 19, 2014 dismissed a petition brought before it by Dr. Kayode Fayemi, praying that Fayose was not qualified to contest the election having been impeached as the governor of the state in 2006 among others.

For three straight days, the private residence of the national leader of the APC, Bola Tinubu, has been under surveillance by battle-ready and helmet-wearing soldiers. Numbering close to thirty and riding in three patrol vans and an army trucks stationed close to the entrance of the gate to Tinubu’s house along Bourdillon Road in Ikoyi, they have become a permanent feature.

Their obvious target is Tinubu himself and perhaps the hordes of politicians and visitors that visit his Bourdillon residence.

The soldiers were first noticed on Sunday a few minutes to 11pm in an army truck. They stationed about 500 meters away from Tinubu’s gate.

Later they moved close to his gate as if making efforts to enter. The stern looking soldiers were around for hours on Sunday and returned on Monday to continue their surveillance.

On Monday night about 10.45pm, they returned to the residence in two army vans and were there throughout the night. Some of the soldiers discharged from the van and walked back and forth in front of the house and around the house in what is clearly some casing effort.

This morning, Tuesday, two vans from the army were stationed on both sides of the house along Bourdillon, road their missions shrouded in secrecy.

Nigeria's general election will not be postponed past March 28, National Security Advisor Sambo Dasuki told AFP on Monday, after he successfully lobbied for a poll delay because of Boko Haram violence.

"Those dates will not be shifted again," Dasuki said when asked if the polls, initially scheduled for February 14, could be pushed back further.

Dasuki urged election officials to postpone the vote on the grounds that the military could not provide nationwide election security because all available resources were being deployed to the northeast to fight Boko Haram.

ABOVE PHOTO: Sambo Dasuki and President Jonathan

ABOVE PHOTO: jonathan, Sambo and defence chiefs

On 25th February, 2013, the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) organized an interactive session for Public officers elected on its platform. As a follow-up to the Memo sent to the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Party, General Muhammadu Buhari (GMB), the National leader, used the occasion to drum up support for the merger with other Political parties under the Nation’s political space. He said: “A brief glance at the political history of Nigeria confirms that to hold power at the centre you need a broad coalition, alliance, merger or whatever you may like to call it. Today’s situation is no different.” The content of that message was well received by all because it was the needed elixir for assuring on the victory of the Progressives in future elections against the reactionary ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

*As General Warns That Further Delay In Polls Will Amount To Coup*

The first elected President of Malawi and Leader of the Commonwealth Election Observers Group, Dr. Bakili Muluzi yesterday paid a courtesy visit to former Head of State and Presidential candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd).

Buhari while speaking with Journalist in Abuja during the Malawian leaders visit while advising INEC to take note of its constitutional limitations has warned that further postponement of the March 28 election by the Independent National Electoral Commission will amount to “a civilian and military coup.”

The former minister of information and the governorship candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance [APGA] in the coming election in Nasarawa State, Labaran Maku has said the Boko Haram insurgency is a product of Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] government.

Maku stated this during his campaign tour of Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.

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