Zahra Buhari reacts to the murder of rice farmers in Zabarmari

 

Zahra Buhari-Indimi has reacted to the murder of 110 rice farmers in Zabarmari village in Borno state.

 

The daughter of the president of Nigeria shared a newspaper shot of the Zabarmari massacre and wrote: "My heart bleeds".

 

 

Her reaction comes two days after Boko Haram terrorists attacked rice farmers in their farms and slaughtered them. The death toll was initially at 43 but has now been updated to 110.

"Soji Alabi is the only father I know" Tope Alabi’s daughter reacts to paternity scandal after another man claimed he's her biological father

 

Ayomikun, daughter of popular gospel singer, Tope Alabi, has said her mother's husband, Soji Alabi is the only father she knows.

 

This comes after a man named Mayegun Olaoye went online to claim he's the father of Tope Alabi's daughter.

 

Mayegun Olaoye

 

He began claiming the girl in 2018 on Instagram. He has shared multiple posts, claiming Ayomikun is his daughter and comparing her face to his to show the resemblance. He has also been tagging Tope Alabi to the posts.

 

 

Mayegun Olaoye also alleged that Tope Alabi had blocked every avenue for him to know his biological daughter in the past 22 years.

 

Reacting during an interview with Punch, Ayomikun stated that she was not surprised about the development as her mother had since informed her about the man who claimed to be her father.

 

Ayomikun, however, stressed that the only father that she has is Soji Alabi, who has been married to her mother for over two decades.

 

She said: "I will always know that my father is Soji Alabi. I do not know any other person and I have never met any other man. I cannot blatantly deny him because I have heard about him but I have never had anything to do with this man."

 

She added: "My mother never blocked the avenues for us to see. My mother even tried for me to have a relationship with him. I remember when I was about 15 years old, she used to tell me about him but he never tried to reach out to me.

 

"I am very grateful to God for the kind of mother and father that I have. After God, my parents are next in my life," Ayomikun said.

 

Ayomikun continued, "I cannot bear his surname. How can I bear the surname of someone that I have never met? There is no sense in that. I do not even know his surname. How can I bear the name of someone I have never met?

 

"God knows my real father and everyone knows who my real father is. I did not know this man when I was in crèche, daycare, primary, secondary or during my university days. I graduated and did not get a congratulatory message; absolutely nothing from him.

 

"So, there is no much story to tell. It is just a story about an irresponsible father and he is trying to cut every relationship he could ever build with his so-called daughter. I genuinely do not know why he is coming out after 22 years."

 

 Ayomikun stated that the only way she can grant Olaoye audience is if they meet in court and there is a judgment to that effect.

 

She said, "If the man wants to reach out to me to patch things up, it will be in court. I do not think that I want to patch things up with him but I know that I will definitely meet him in court if he ever wants to talk. It cannot be a civil matter because he did not make it a civil matter when he went to the social media to talk."

 

Ayomikun says Olaoye's public display has not affected her family in any way.

 

"I have spoken to my mother about it and we are all fine. It was not something that shocked us. He is not blackmailing the family but he is an example of a very terrible father," Ayomikun said.

BIG CONGRATS,........Joe Biden to appoint Nigerian-born Adewale Adeyemo as US Deputy Treasury Secretary

 

US President-Elect, Joe Biden, is set to announce a Nigerian-born lawyer, Adewale Adeyemo, as deputy Treasury secretary, website, Politico reported on Sunday November 29.

 

According to the report, Adeyemo’s appointment is one of many key cabinet positions Biden is expected to announce in the coming days as he prepares to start his White House tenure.

 

Adeyemo, a former senior international economic adviser during the Obama administration, will serve under former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, who Biden will reportedly appoint to lead the US Treasury Department.

 

Born in Nigeria, Adeyemo was raised in California where he obtained a bachelor’s degree before proceeding to Yale Law School.

 

Before his appointment into the Obama administration, Adeyemo worked as an editor at the Hamilton Project, then served as senior advisor and deputy chief of staff to Jack Lew in the United States Department of Treasury.

 

He later worked as the chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership and also served as the first chief of staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under former presidential candidate, Elizabeth Warren.

 

In 2015, he was appointed to concurrently serve as Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics and deputy director of the National Economic Council.

 

When appointed, the 39 year old Nigerian would have occupied the highest level a Nigerian-American has reached in the USA Government in the 244 years history of the United States of America.

 

NIGERIANS PLAY TOO MUCH..........HEHEHEHE.........AS SEEN ON TWITTER

 

Photos: Nigerian man arrested in Malaysia for allegedly throwing his 4-year-old step-grandson from third floor apartment

 

A Nigerian man was arrested for allegedly throwing his 4-year-old step-grandson out of a window from the 3rd floor of an apartment in Danau Kota, Setapak in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, November 29.

 

Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigation Department head SAC Nik Ros Azhan Nik Ab Hamid, who confirmed the development on Monday, said the 42-year-old suspect was detained at his house shortly after the incident at about 8am on Sunday. 

 

 

He said the incident happened when the suspect attempted to rape his 24-year-old stepdaughter who was the boy’s mother.

 

The suspect tried to rape his stepdaughter who was sleeping at that time but was stopped by his wife and three other stepdaughters.

 

 

The suspect became furious and went on a rampage, hitting and stomping on his wife and four stepchildren in the house,” he told journalists on Monday. 

 

Nik Ros Azhan said the suspect hit his step-grandson, before flinging him out of the window in the main room.

 

He said the suspect’s 49-year-old wife who saw the incident, then shouted for help and rushed to get help from the neighbours and security guards to save herself and her other children.

 

The suspect tried to escape by jumping out through the window and was injured. He was detained by the public and security guards at the apartment,” he said.

 

Nik Ros Azhan said the suspect suffered injuries to his hands and some parts of the body and was taken to Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) for further treatment. 

 

 

We informed military before the attack but nothing was done, Zabarmari residents say following massacre of scores of rice farmers

 

Residents of Zabarmari in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State have claimed that the killing of rice farmers in the community would have been avoided if the Nigerian military had taken action after being informed of the impending attack.

 

According to Daily Trust, one of the surviving villagers, who gave his name as Abubakar Salihu, said they foresaw danger after they arrested one of the Boko Haram terrorists and handed him to the security operatives.

 

He said: "We informed military beforehand that our members sighted Boko Haram in large numbers but nothing was done about it."

 

"It was a sad day for us in Zabarmari; it could have been averted but the military failed to act on the information we gave them," he added.

 

Another rice farmer, Mohammed Alhaji, told the publication that the victims were busy harvesting rice when the insurgents summoned and assembled them.

 

"It was a deliberate act to ensure that we do not harvest our farm produce. We need the federal government to assist us and secure our lives," he said.

 

The Zabarmari attack occurred on Saturday, November 28, as Boko Haram terrorists rounded up farmers on rice fields and slit their throats or beheaded them.

 

A total of 43 bodies were recovered in one location after the attack. Bodies recovered from other locations have raised the death toll to 110.

 

The military has not yet responded to the villagers’ claims. However, Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, has blamed the farmers' deaths on their failure to get military clearance before working on the field.

 

Garba Shehu said this while speaking to the BBC.

 

"The truth has to be said. Was there any military clearance from the military who are in total control of the area? Did anybody ask to resume activity?" Shehu said while speaking to BBC 'Newsday'.

HMMM........Garba Shehu asks whether farmers killed by Boko Haram got military clearance before resuming farming

 

Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu reacted to the murder of scores of farmers in Zabarmari village by asking whether the victims got military clearance before resuming farming.

 

Mr. Shehu said this while speaking to BBC 'Newsday' on Sunday, November 29, hours after the gruesome killings.

 

Garba Shehu said the government was sad about the tragic incident, but added that the "people need to understand what it is like in the Lake Chad Basin area."

 

He insisted that much of the area has been liberated from Boko Haram terrorists but said there are still some areas that have not been cleared for the return of villagers who have been displaced.

 

He continued: "The truth has to be said. Was there any military clearance from the military who are in total control of the area?

 

"Did anybody ask to resume activity?"

 

Mr. Shehu said he had been briefed by military authorities that the villagers did not seek military advice before exposing themselves to "a window that the terrorists have exploited."

 

He added: "So ideally, all of these places ought to probably be allowed to pass through proper military clearance before resettlement or even farmers resuming activities on those fields."

 

His statement comes only hours after at least 43 rice farmers were slaughtered by Boko Haram terrorists while they were working on their farms.

 

The entire country is hurt by these senseless killings - President Buhari reacts to killing of 43 farmers in Borno by Boko Haram

 

President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the killing of 43 farmers in Zabarmari village in Jere Local Government of Borno State, by Boko Haram insurgents. 

 

The Nigerian President who stated that the entire country is hurt by senseless killings, said his government had given all the needed support to the armed forces “to take all necessary steps to protect the country’s population and its territory.”

 

A statement released by his media aide Garba Shehu read; 

 

President @MBuhari  has expressed grief over the killing of farmers on rice fields at Zabarmari, in Jere Local Government of Borno State, describing the terrorist killings as insane.

“I condemn the killing of our hardworking farmers by terrorists in Borno State. The entire country is hurt by these senseless killings. My thoughts are with their families in this time of grief. May their souls Rest In Peace.”

President Buhari said the government had given all the needed support to the armed forces “to take all necessary steps to protect the country’s population and its territory.”

TODAY....#ServiceChiefs trended as Nigerians react to killing of 43 farmers in Borno by Boko Haram terrorists

 

#ServiceChiefs has taken the number 1 spot in Nigerian Twitter trends as citizens react to the killing of 43 farmers in Borno by Boko Haram terrorists. 

 

We reported earlier that Boko Haram insurgents killed at least 43 farm workers and wounded six in rice fields near the north-east Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday November 23. The assailants tied up the agricultural workers and slit their throats. 

 

 

Reacting to this, some Nigerians called for the sack of the service chiefs for allegedly failing in securing the country. See some tweets below; 

 

'Wizard' returning from coven crash lands on roof top in Delta (video)

 

A young man accused of being a 'wizard' allegedly "crash landed" on the roof top of a building at Okpokpor street in Okpara-Inland in Ethiope-East local government area of Delta State in broad daylight on Saturday November 28.

 

The man who was clutching a hundred naira note in his hand, was identified as Omamuyovwi. He is said to be a commercial motor cycle operator who is well known in the community and married with two children. 

 

It was learnt that he was flogged with plantain leaves and while at the point of setting him ablaze, the community vigilante rescued him. 

 

Eyewitnesses disclosed that Omamuyovwi was taken to his family compound at Igberhe street by the vigilante, where he reportedly confessed to being a Wizard and committing several mysterious atrocities in the area.
 

He allegedly confessed that he was being chased by a deity (igberhe juju) from the coven where he went to fortify his craft when he ran out of "fuel" and crash landed on the rooftop with one hundred naira in his hand.

 

TODAY Explosion rocked Governor Nyesom Wike's father's church in Rivers

 

An explosion has rocked the Christian Universal Church International that belongs to the father of Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, in Port Harcourt, the state capital.

 

The Nation reports that hoodlums numbering about five sneaked into the church premises located on Number 25 Azikiwe Street Mile, 3 Diobu, on Saturday night, November 28, and detonated the explosives suspected to be dynamite.

 

It was gathered a significant part of the church was damaged by the explosion, which created panic in the area.

 

Though no group had claimed responsibility for the dastardly act, two of the miscreants were said to have been apprehended by a vigilante group and handed over to the police.

 

The operatives of Eagle crack, an outfit of the state police command, Mopol 19 and other security agencies were said to have cordoned off the area.

RIP.........Zabarmari Massacre: SEE Photos from the funeral of 43 rice farmers slaughtered by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno

 

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Sunday morning, November 29, led kinsmen and other shocked residents of Zabarmari community for the funeral of 43 farmers slaughtered by suspected members of Boko Haram. 

 

Though the victims lived in Zabarmari, a farming community in Jere Local Government Area of the state famous for rice cultivation and local processing, they were attacked and brutally murdered on Saturday, at Koshebe village, in Mafa Local Government Area while working in a rice field. 

 

During the visit, a resident (named withheld) told Governor Zulum that some farmers are still missing after the massacre.

 

"Your Excellency, as you have seen here, 43 corpses were buried, but others have not been retrieved from the scene of the incident. Nobody can tell you the exact number of people killed. Some of the victims are still missing" the resident said.  

 

Addressing the bereaved community, Zulum expressed his condolence over the gruesome killing of the farmers. 

 

"First of all, accept my deepest sympathy over this carnage, once again, that affects all of us and every human with conscience. I am told some persons are still missing. We have been discussing with the military since yesterday, Insha Allah the remaining people will be traced soon." he said. 

 

The Governor while speaking to journalists said, "It is disheartening that more than 40 citizens were slaughtered while they were working in their farmlands. Our people are in very difficult situations, they are in two different extreme conditions, in one side they stay at home they may be killed by hunger and starvation, on the other, they go out to their farmlands and risk getting killed by the insurgents,"

 

"This is very sad. We are still appealing to the Federal Government to ensure recruitment of more our youths in the CJTF and hunters into the Nigerian military and the Civil Defence so that they can form part of the agro rangers that will protect farmers. We need many boots to protect farmlands and our youths understand the terrain. We will not lose hope because we have to remain optimistic about ending the insurgency" he added. 

19 year old boy dies during intercourse with sex worker in Lagos

 

A 19-year-old boy, Maduabuchi Okeke, died during a sex romp at a hotel in the Surulere area of the state.

 

According to SaharaReporters, a police report claims that Okeke took the sex worker simply identified as Sandra to Exclusive Mansion Hotel on Ayilara Street in the area for the night and that while they were having sex, Okeke ''died on top of Sandra''.

 

According to the report, when Sandra discovered that Okeke had died during the sex romp, she sneaked out and allegedly contacted two security men in the hotel identified as Ottah Nduka and Aliu Tiwalola, to smuggle the corpse out of the premises.

 

The police report reads

 

 "One Maduabuchi Okeke, aged 19, died on top of one Sandra (other name withheld) who is a prostitute at Exclusive Mansion Hotel. Two security men in the hotel smuggled the corpse from the hotel and placed the deceased on one Ejike NasoNaso's legs. They threatened to kill Naso if he told anybody how the deceased died.

Meanwhile, the prostitute and the two security men have been arrested to know the real cause of his death before his corpse would be released to his family for burial."

"Call me evil names, idolator, juju worshipper, God is the final judge of all our actions" - Says Nigerian man who publicly denounced Christianity

 

Bodmas Prince Kemepadei from Bayelsa State, who publicly denounced his Christianity and accepted the Egbesu worship, said people can call him evil names but God is the final judge of all our actions. 

 

Recall that the Niger Delta University graduate took to Facebook on Tuesday, November 24, to announce the denounciation and reaffirm his obeisance to Egbesu deity, saying that he has realized that that he was duped by foreign myths.

 

Taking to Facebook on Saturday night, Kemepadei said Christians have continued to allow religious entrepreneurs to mislead them. His post below: 

 

John 4:21-24

 

Jesus said, the time has come when you don't have to worship God in the mountains nor the synagogue for God is a Spirit: and they that worship God must worship in spirit and in truth.

 

If you like continue to allow religious entrepreneurs to mislead you and enrich themselves, we will all be judged according to our deeds and not according to our beliefs.

 

God does not live in religious homes, your everyday prayer and fasting without application of good conduct is self deceit.

 

Call me all manner of Evil names, call me a juju worshiper, call me an idolator, but God is the final judge of all our actions, and in the end, it is our actions that will determine our position with God.

 

- Apostle Bodmas Prince Kemepadei

 

EYAAAA..........Nigeria Police Force reacts as crowd disarm drunk police officer in Abuja (video)

 

The Nigeria Police Force has reacted to the viral video of its officer that was filmed while he was drunk.   watch

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The officer was seen in a drunk state at CBN junction close to police command headquarters in Abuja on Saturday, November 28th. Residents disarmed him to prevent him from shooting sporadically.

 

In a statement released on Sunday morning, November 29, the spokesperson of the Abuja Police Command, ASP Yusuf Mariam, says the officer has been arrested and will undergo a psychological and medical evaluation before he will be made to face a disciplinary panel. Read the statement below...

 

''Following the viral video of the ‘Drunk Policeman’ at CBN Junction, the FCT Police Command has identified, arrested and taken into custody the Police Inspector shown in the video.

2. Furthermore, the Commissioner of Police CP. Bala Ciroma has ordered that the Police officer be subjected to psychological and medical evaluation, preparatory to the commencement of disciplinary actions against him.

3. In view of the above, the Commissioner of Police wishes to unequivocally state that the behaviour portrayed by the Policeman in the video does not depict the standard discipline of the Nigeria Police Force.

4. While urging residents to remain calm, the Command wishes to reiterate its unflinching commitment to the protection of lives and property in the Federal Capital Territory''

NA BRIGHT OOO........Married Nigerian man arrested in India for duping women on matrimonial sites with promises of marriage

 

A 25-year-old Nigerian has been arrested in India for allegedly duping women after befriending them on matrimonial sites, police said on Sunday, November 29. 

 

The accused identified as Bright was arrested from Delhi by operatives of Whitefield CEN police divison in Bengaluru on November 23 following a complaint filed by a 34-year-old woman. 

 

Investigation revealed that Bright and his associates created several fake profiles on matrimonial websites, befriended women, cheated them of thousands of rupees under the pretext of giving them gifts or citing emergencies.

 

According to Whitefield CEN police, the accused who lives in Delhi with his wife, Devain met the woman on a matrimonial portal where he claimed to be Swain Rajkishore, a civil contractor and engineer.

 

He expressed interest in marrying Vidhushee, who signed up with the website in September and had no clue she would fall prey to an online scam.

 

Rajkishore told Vidhushee he had to visit Malaysia for a project. He sought financial help from her, claiming his money was stuck in a Scotland bank due to security reasons. Believing him, she transferred around Rs 25 lakh to him via multiple transactions between October 13 and October 16.

 

Later, he stopped replying to her messages and attending her calls. Realising she had been duped, Vidhushee approached police. A police team from Bengaluru visited Delhi and raided Brieght’s flat. Subsequently, they found it was a bigger scam.

 

"It was a six-member gang which was operating by creating fake accounts on matrimonial websites and siphoning off money from victims. Brieght’s wife Devain had also created an account to cheat men. When we went to nab Brieght, we found all the other gang members had escaped.”said Guruprasad G, inspector at Whitefield CEN police station.

 

"Bright had at least 38 bank accounts in India and 28 abroad where the money were diverted. We suspect the gang members siphoned off Rs 10 crore from people they met on matrimonial sites," Guruprasad added.

 

“On examining their laptops, we came across many photos of men and women on such websites,” he said.

 

Police have taken Bright into custody for five days. He and his associates didn’t have valid visas and passports.

 

Cops have seized four laptops and 10 mobile phones from Brieght and Rs 8.5 lakh from various bank accounts.

 

 

There is no way I can spend a month without spending three or four days in Yobe state — Governor Mai Mala Buni replies critics who accused him of abandoning state

 

Governor Mai Mala Buni has fired back at his critics who have accused him of being largely absent from the state since he took over as the caretaker chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

 

The Yobe State Governor in an interview with BBC, stated that he has been discharging his duties effectively even when he is not in the state. Buni added that he has spent at least three days in a month in the state.

 

He said; 

 

“On the issue of staying, there is no way I can spend a month without spending three or four days in Yobe state. And then even if I return to Yobe, I won’t advertise or make it public that today I will be in Yobe and tomorrow I will be leaving. 

“Wait, Let me land, listen to me, I won’t be revealing to the public that I came to Yobe or when I am leaving. And at this age of technology, when will anybody say that there were bunch of files waiting for me? Even before I came here I don’t know the numbers (of files I treated).”

Robbers arrested after invading church during vigil and abducting one person

 

Some members of a robbery gang which invaded Christ Apostolic Church at Gudugbe Alagbon area of Wasimi in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State, have been arrested by the police. 

 

The suspects who allegedly assaulted worshippers before dispossessing them of their valuables during a vigil, reportedly abducted Mrs. Mojisola Atolagbe, a worshipper before escaping into the forest in the dark. 

 

Ogun police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement released on Sunday November 29, said the incident happened around 1:30am on Friday November 27. 

 

The suspects arrested in connection to the attack have been identified as  Abubakar Ibrahim,38, Sulaiman Yusuf, 32, Ismail Yusuf 20, Umar Aliu, 26 and Yinusa Musa.

 

The abducted woman has been rescued safely by the police who also recovered a cutlass, two cudgels and assorted charms from the suspects. 

 

Oyeyemi said they would be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation as directed by the Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun. The police has also intensified effort to arrest the fleeing member of the gang. 

 

RIP........Senegal World Cup hero, Pape Bouba Diop dies at 42 after battling with long illness

 

Former Senegalese footballer, Pape Bouba Diop has passed away at the age of 42.

 

According to reports, Bouba Diop had been suffering from a long-time illness before his death. 

 

The midfielder became a national hero when he scored the goal which saw Senegal beat France 1-0 in their opening World Cup game in 2002.

 

He first arrived in English football when he joined Fulham from Lens in 2004. He later joined Portsmouth in 2007 and after a stint with AEK Athens returned to the top flight by joining West Ham in 2011.

 

After one season with the Hammers, he joined Birmingham City before being released in January 2013.

 

Diop won 63 caps for Senegal, scoring 11 goals including his historic World Cup strike.

 

Barthélémy Dias, the mayor of Mermoz Sacré-Cœur in Senegal paid tribute to Bouba Diop on Sunday, writing on social media: :Thank you GAINDÉ for making us dream so much.

 

"Your name will forever be engraved in the Football Hall of Fame alongside great legends.

 

"May God welcome you in his Paradise."

 

NA WA.......Total blackout in some parts of the country as National grid collapses again

 

The National grid has collapsed again, leading to power outage in some parts of the country.

 

This was disclosed by two of the power distribution companies in the country, Eko Electricity Distribution Company, and Kaduna Electric this afternoon November 29.

 

The message from the Eko Electricity distribution company reads

 

“Dear customer, the outage you’re experiencing is due to a system collapse on the National Grid. We are working with our TCN partners to restore supply as soon as possible. Please bear with us.”

 

Kaduna Electric in its message titled ‘National Grid Collapse’ and shared via its official Twitter handle reads

“We regret to inform you that the loss of power supply in our franchise – Kaduna, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states – is as a result of the collapse of the national grid. The collapse occurred at about 11:26 am this morning''