11:09:00

Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, has been shut down following students' protest yesterday which saw school properties, including four cars destroyed. The protest allegedly began after an official of the school tried to stop a Muslim student from praying in the school, which is a Christian school.



The School's VC Prof. Ayo Olukoju announced today that the school will be shut down temporarily but will re-open on June 2nd. Speaking to Punch about the decision, Prof Olukoju said;

“We have rules and regulations in the school and all the
students agreed to abide by them. These rules are in the student
handout. Before now, we have been applying appropriate sanctions against
students who default in any of these rules. We wanted to enforce one of
such sanctions on Wednesday before this crisis escalated. Please, the crisis has nothing to do with religion. It has nothing
to do with being a Christian or a Muslim. People, especially female
students even went to their worship centres on campus on Wednesday to
pray after the incident. Again, I tell you this action was carried out
by the male students alone.”
See more pics from the damage the rampaging students caused, after the cut...

11:05:00


Weeks after a ferry capsized in South Korea killing almost 300 people, another ferry has capsized with 200 passengers on board. A Bangladeshi ferry capsized today May 15th following strong winds as it sailed through the Meghna river at Rasulpur in Munshiganj district near the capital, Dhaka.

Nine bodies have so far been recovered including those of women and children, according to police, with more bodies expected to be recovered in the coming days. Some of the passengers managed to swim to the shore of the river. Rescue operation has been going on since the disaster happened.

11:03:00
 
 
According to Reuters Africa, President Jonathan will today May 16th visit Chibok Community where over 200 girls were abducted by Boko Haram men on April 14th. This would be the President's first visit to the community since the abduction happened about a month ago.

10:59:00


The Army Commander whose unit revolted yesterday May 14th in Maiduguri (read here) has been removed by the Nigerian Army from the 7th infantry division.

Spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Major General Chris Olukolade, announced the removal of Major General Ahmadu Mohammed in a statement released today.

The Commander's battalion revolted yesterday, shooting sporadically after seeing the bodies of their colleagues who had been ambushed and killed by Boko Haram in Chibok. They also complained of not getting adequate weaponry to fight Boko Haram and poor conditions. The soldiers shot at their commander during the rampage but didn't kill him.

10:52:00




Barely one week after former United States Secretary of States Hilary Clinton accused the Goodluck Jonathan presidency of corruption, a serving government official under President Barack Obama has declared that the Nigerian military is corrupt. Testifying before the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Alice Friend, the Pentagon’s principal director for African affairs said; “We’re now looking at a military force that’s, quite frankly, becoming afraid to even engage. The Nigerian military has the same challenges with corruption that every other institution in Nigeria does. Much of the funding that goes to the Nigerian military is skimmed off the top, if you will.”

10:39:00
PHOTOS: Topless Femen Protesters Join #BringBackOurGirls Campaign (18+ Only)
More than a month has passed since the abduction of over 200 female students from GGSS Chibok by the Muslim extremist group Boko Haram, Borno.

The abduction is now generating worldwide attention and condemnation.
The British and French governments announced Wednesday that they would send teams of experts to complement the U.S. team in Nigeria helping with the search for the girls. The Chinese government has also re-assured Nigeria of its commitment to assist in the rescue of the Chibok school girls.
Meanwhile an exhibitionist feminist protest group FEMEN joined the #BringBackOurGirls campaign. At their official Facebook page they wrote:
"BringBackOurGirls! The terrorist group Boko Haram abducted 270 girls from a school in Nigeria about 3 weeks ago. 50 Girls were able to escape, but 200 are still in the hands of the Islamist organization.
The kidnapped girls are threatened with death, forced marriage or will live as slaves. That is terror,
death and absolute patriarchal oppression in the name of religion and power.  SEE MORE PIX

10:23:00

For the last several weeks, #bringbackourgirls has been trending on Twitter as an effort to raise awareness about the kidnapping of over 200 schoolgirls from their Chibok, Nigeria, school by the Boko Haram terrorist group.
Everyone from activists to celebrities has used #bringbackourgirls, causing the hashtag to be retweeted nearly 2 million times. But earlier this week, one random woman tried to lay claim to creating it.


hashtag creator #bringbackourgirls


In interviews with CNN and ABC, Ramaa Mosley (@marystrawberry), a documentarian based out of Los Angeles, said that after hearing the story of the girls, and noticing there was no social media outcry or mentions of it, she decided to take matters into her own hands and do something about it.


By do something about it, she actually means that she took a hashtag that was being used already and claimed it as her own. Mosley “Christopher Columbus'd” #bringbackourgirls, and unfortunately the media outlets who interviewed her about the hashtag didn't do a very good job of researching how #bringbackourgirls started.

10:19:00

 A baby in the US state of Minnesota has survived an 11-storey fall from an apartment balcony, local media report.
Musa Dayib, one, has two arm fractures and is breathing with the help of a ventilator but is expected to live, after slipping through a railing.



His doctor said his youth as well as the softer ground he landed on helped contribute to his survival.
Family and friends in Minneapolis's Somali community say the family is in shock.
"When people found out he survived, no one could believe it," community activist Abdirizak Bihi told the Star-Tribune newspaper.

10:06:00


Cristiano Ronaldo‘s model girlfriend Irina Shayk joined in by posting her own #BringBackOurGirls photo to protest against the abductions of over 200 chibok girls....
The model appears topless in the photo and that wasn’t well received by some of her fans

who branded it ‘Pretty tasteless and disrespectful. No class. This is exactly the justification terrorists are probably using to prevent women from receiving western education,’ a fan wrote on Instagram where the photo was posted..............

10:04:00


Albinos in Tanzania have become targets for body-snatchers seeking
 to sell them to witch doctors
Two witch doctors in Tanzania have been arrested after a woman with albinism was hacked to death.
One of her legs and several fingers were removed in the attack on Tuesday.

Albinos have suffered widespread persecution in Tanzania, where witch doctors say magic potions made with albino body parts can bring good luck.


Such killings have declined in recent years, but this latest attack has prompted a human rights group to call for all witch doctors to be banned.
At a press conference on Wednesday, the group, Under The Same Sun said the current regulation of witch doctors was clearly not working.


The BBC's Leonard Mubali in Dar es Salaam says that currently all witch doctors have to apply for a certificate from the ministry of health and welfare to practise.
The attack occurred in the village of Gasuma, in Simiyu province - a remote rural area in the north-west of the country where there have been killings of albinos before,
The woman's left leg, two fingers from her left hand and a nail from one of her thumbs were removed.
According to Under the Same Sun, which campaigns against the discrimination of people living with albinism, the last killing of an albino in Tanzania was in February 2013.


In recent years, the government has been also been trying to address the problem, and an albino MP was appointed several years ago.

10:02:00

The police on Wednesday arraigned an applicant, Kunle Opadeyi, at an Abuja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Karu, for allegedly stealing N1m at a wedding reception.



The accused person was arraigned on two counts of criminal conspiracy and theft.
The News Agency of Nigeria  reports that the prosecutor, ASP Adams Peter, told the court that the accused had sneaked into the wedding dinner at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, pretending to be a guest.

Peter alleged that while the event was going on, the accused stole the sum from the money donated by invited guests to the couple.

He said during investigation, the accused confessed to stealing only N200,000.
He added that the offence contravened the provisions of sections 97(2) and 287 of the Penal Code.

If convicted, he faces two years in prison or with fine or both.

The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge, but told the court that he stole only N200,000....LMAO

09:29:00

There was serious riot at Caleb University, Imota Lagos this evening. Unconfirmed reports
say the riot started when a Muslim student who was saying his prayers
was disrupted by one of the porters in the male hostel ... plus other irregular enforced school rules and security misunderstandings. The students went on a rampage destroying school property. The school
according to its website is a Christian University. See more photos after the cut...

09:16:00


Another Nyanya bomber has been arrested. Abubakar Sadiq Ogwuche (pictured above) was arrested today in Sudan where he was hiding after the Federal government placed a N25m reward on his head. He was arrested by Interpol with help from DSS and will be extradited to Nigeria to face charges of terror. This makes it a total of six suspects so far arrested. DSS on Monday paraded five suspects.

Ogwuche is said to be a student of Arabic Language at the International University of Africa, Sudan. He is British born and is the son of retired Col. Agene Ogwuche. He served in the Intelligence Unit of the Nigerian Army at Child Avenue, Arakan Barracks, Lagos, between 2001 and 2006 and was arrested in 2011 for being involved in terror activities but was released on bail to his father.

09:13:00

 Ailing ex-minister of Information and former NAFDAC boss, Prof Dora Akunyili who reportedly left for India on Sunday May 11th after her health deteriorated, is said to have started her treatment.
According to a statement she released through her Media Advisor, Mr. Isaac Umunna, Prof. Akunyili expressed gratitude for the outpouring of prayers and goodwill towards her since the information of her deteriorating health emerged on Sunday. The statement reads in part;

    "I am touched – indeed, overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and affection by my fellow countrymen and women, as well as numerous other well wishers around the world, many of whom have not only been praying for me but have also been mobilising through the various social networks for God’s healing hands to come upon me. I am confident that Almighty God will hear our prayers and grant me quick recovery. I love you all and pray that Almighty God blesses you all."

Akunyili left for India in company of her husband, Dr Chike Akunyili. She is said to be responding well to treatment.

09:54:00

According to reports, Jay Z and Solange were spotted shopping for jewelry together yesterday May 13th in NYC. If they've already reconciled, then it means this behaviour between them is common.

From TMZ

    Jay Z and Solange Knowles went looking for jewelry together Tuesday afternoon at a high-end NYC jewelry store ... TMZ has learned.

    Our sources says Jay and Solange were in Mr. Flawless, where they were looking for women's jewelry for around 20 minutes.

    We're told the pair showed no signs of strife, and looked at gems with Mr. Flawless himself. They looked, but tried nothing on. They left the store without buying anything.

    Jay & Solange didn't talk much inside the store ... they pretty much just browsed quietly.

09:27:00

54 out of the 130 girls shown in the 27minutes video released by Boko
Haram yesterday, May 12th, have being identified by their parents, Premium Times reports

In a video viewing session which took place at the office of the Chief of Staff to Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, the video was played before some of the parents of the girls abducted, teachers, security officers, female students which included some of the girls who escaped from the abductors. With their help, some of the girls shown in the video were identified by their names. The viewing session took place at about 2pm today.

In a press statement issued by Governor Kashim Shettima’s Adviser on media, Isa Gusau, he said the exercise is still ongoing and would involve other parents as well as other students. See the names of the 54 identified missing school girls after the cut...

09:11:00

 Solange has deleted all of Beyoncé's pictures from her instagram page leaving only one picture which she uploaded over a year ago that shows herself, Beyonce and a friend in a happy mood. (pic above). Whether she deliberately left the pic on the page or it was an oversight is unclear.

What is also unclear is when exactly Solange removed all the pics. It was definitely after the attack on Jay Z on Monday night but it's not clear if it was before or after the video was released by TMZ yesterday. Some sites are reporting she took them down before we all knew what happened, while some say they observed she took them down immediately after the video was released. Solange has also not tweeted since the video was leaked.

16:45:00

Kelly Rowland looked stunning in a yellow Lanvin woven draped dress as she attended the American Ballet
Theatre Spring Gala in New York last night, three days after she reportedly secretly married her manager/fiance Tim Witherspoon in a low-key wedding on Friday May 9th in Costa Rica, with guests including Beyonce, Solange and Michelle Willams.

She's so secretive...see her hiding her wedding ring....lol. Congrats to her!

16:43:00

The pic above showing rapper Phyno and good friend Kcee talking closely at the MAMA nominees party in Lagos went viral yesterday. Fans went crazy with the photo saying that the two men were kissing but Phyno says its the camera angle.
C'mon, if they wanted to kiss, will it be in public? See another tweet after the cut...

16:26:00

Happy news! The Lagos State Government has warned residents of the state against taking the laws into their hands, saying the full weight of the law would be brought on people caught engaging in jungle justice, I.e beating, burning or killing any suspect,
whether alone or in a mob



In a statement released last Friday, the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade
Ipaye, said;

"The full weight of the law would be brought to bear on anyone
henceforth caught engaging in jungle justice, no matter what the alleged
criminal could have done. The mob may well be wrong and the helpless victim may be anyone’s
child or relative. Even if they did commit the alleged offence, there is
a process for prosecuting and showing the evidence in court so that
proven criminals can be properly punished according to law,”
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Police also released a statement this morning, saying anybody caught engaging in jungle justice will bear the full wrath of the law. See the press statement after the cut...
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