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81  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Gunmen kill security officer, wife, kids in Kano on: 17-09-2012 09:38 PM

Gunmen yesterday invaded the home of a Civil Defence officer, shooting him, his wife, two children and a physically-challenged dead, a police officer confirmed last night.
 
“The officer, his wife, three year-old daughter and his crippled brother staying with him were shot dead by the gunmen,” a senior police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the incident.
 
Neighbours said the officer was a member of Nigeria’s Security and Civil Defence Corps.
 
“Four of them came on two motorcycles and entered the house. They put all the four people (victims) in a room and shot them dead” before escaping, a neighbour said,
 
Although no one has claimed responsibility, members of the Boko Haram sect shot dead a secret police officer outside his house in the same Hotoro neighbourhood in June.
 
It was gathered that the four victims of the attack were killed instantly when the gunmen opened fire on them.
 
The scene of the attack was cordoned off by armed security operatives, who have intensified their search for the fleeing suspects.
 
Commissioner of Police Idris Ibrahim was not available to speak yesterday, but a senior Police officer said efforts have been geared towards tracking down the gunmen. He said they had received clues that will lead to the arrest of the perpetrators of the crime.
 
The bodies of the victims were deposited at the Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital mortuary.
 

via The Nation


http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/news/61786-gunmen-kill-security-officer-wife-kids-in-kano.html
82  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Lagos shuts 15 illegal hospitals on: 17-09-2012 09:34 PM
The Lagos State Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency has shut down over 15 illegal health facilities in the state.
 
In a statement on Sunday, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, said investigation and inspection carried out by the agency showed that these health facilities had violated some pro- visions under the States Health Sector Reform Law of 2006.
 
Idris stated that the health facilities were found guilty of offences including use of poor facilities, unqualified personnel and non-registration of facilities with appropriate agencies.
 
He added that the affected health facilities by their practices were promoting quackery by training auxiliary nurses to undertake duties beyond their competence and operating under unhygienic conditions.
 
Idris said, “Some health care providers train auxiliary assistants in their clinics to do what they are not supposed to do.They are bastardising the medical profession by recruiting auxiliary nurses and unqualified personnel, bringing the profession into disrepute as well as endangering the lives of innocent people who unknowingly patronise them.
 
“We are determined to put a halt to these ugly trends of having unqualified personnel work in health facilities be it private or public. We as a government will continue to insist that the environment for the dispensation of medical care should be suitable for the promotion and maintenance of good health and we will ensure that.”
 
He, however, urged all health care providers in the state to ensure that their facilities meet accreditation requirements, are duly registered and manned by qualified health care personnel.
 
Idris stated that henceforth, all health care providers must provide relevant evidence of Continuing Medical Education Programme for all health workers in their facilities in addition to providing monthly hospital data to the ministry of health.
 
He added that affected health facilities would remain closed until they meet the mandatory requirements for the registration of health facilities in the state.
 
via Punch


http://www.punchng.com/news/lagos-shuts-15-illegal-hospitals/
83  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Gunmen abduct Edo deputy governor’s aide on: 17-09-2012 09:32 PM
By Osemwengie Ben Ogbemudia
 
The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Edo State Deputy Governor, Comrade Kelly Odaro, was at the weekend kidnapped in Benin, the state capital.
 
Odaro was on his way home from the Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ) Secretariat on Saturday when the incident occurred.
 
According to his wife, Odaro left the Press Centre at 6:30pm and was abducted near their home in the Ikpoba Hill, on the outskirts of Benin, by two men who rode on a motorcycle.
 
Mrs. Odaro said: “He usually phones me when he is close to the house, so that we can come downstairs to open the gate for him. But I was surprised when people on our street came to call me that my husband had been kidnapped very close to our house by gunmen.
 
“When I got to where he was abducted, the doors of his car were open and the key was in the ignition. The helmets his abductors wore were by the car and my husband’s shoe was on the ground, but they went away with his phone.”
 
Yesterday around 6pm, the kidnappers contacted Mrs. Odaro and demanded N20 million ransom.
 
Police spokesman Anthony Airhuoyo confirmed the incident.
 
Before his appointment, Odaro was a lecturer at the Auchi Polytechnic.
 
via The Nation


http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/news/61770-gunmen-abduct-edo-deputy-governor%E2%80%99s-aide.html
84  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Sachet water consumers urged to be careful on: 17-09-2012 09:26 PM
By Our Reporter
 
Sachet (pure) water consumers have been urged to be careful because some of the products are not good for consumption. The Chairman of the Association of Table Water Producers of Nigeria, Lagos State branch, Dr. Olubode Samuel, spoke at the weekend in Lagos. He said faceless producers of sachet water sell sub-standard pure water to the public at N60 per bag instead of the N100 agreed on by members of the association.
 
He said any sachet water treated with the necessary chemicals required by the National Food, Drug and Administration Control (NAFDAC) could not be sold at N60 per bag.
 
According to him, the N100 agreed on by the association is in the interest of the consumers to ensure the water is hygienic.
 
via The Nation


http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/news/61743-sachet-water-consumers-urged-to-be-careful.html
85  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Diphtheria kills six in Bauchi on: 17-09-2012 09:15 PM
By Austine Tsenzughul
 
An outbreak of the diphtheria virus has resulted in the death of six children at Duzum village, Madara district in Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
 
The Sole Administrator of the local government, Alhaji Abubakar Dahuwa Abubakar, who resumed duty last week, said this when he visited the bereaved families at the weekend.
 
He said according to reports, five boys and a girl died as a result of ignorance and rejection of a medical advice. He urged the communities to embrace routine immunisation to guarantee the safety of children.
 
Abubakar said government is committed to delivering a free ante-natal service and routine immunisation to women and children.
 
The sole administrator enjoined residents of the local government to accept government programmes and policies on health as they are meant to maintain hygiene and clean environment.
 
via The Nation


http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/news/61746-diphtheria-kills-six-in-bauchi.html
86  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Who owns this ‘carpet of death’? on: 15-09-2012 10:29 PM






*The abandoned bundles of carpets
 

For almost two weeks,there was growing apprehension over abandoned bundles of carpet at the Nigeria Aviation Handling Company NAHCO, a subsidiary of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria FAAN. Some officials of the aviation handling company thought it could be one of those abandoned consignments, others thought otherwise.
 
One week on without any one claiming ownership of the goods, it was therefore agreed that operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA be invited and have it thoroughly scrutinized before its evacuation to a safer section of the shed pending the arrival of the elusive importer.
 
In the mean time, while the consignment which reportedly originated from Lahore, Pakistan was being unfolded and consciously inspected, there was a shocking revelation that it was after all, an agent of hard drug trafficking. Six out of the twelve bundles contained powdery substance which tested positive for heroine and were carefully concealed in the carpets.
 
The drug which weighed 24.5kgs had its street value put at a whopping N294m. Shocked at the strange discovery, officials of the anti-narcotic agency say it was the first time ever in the history of interdiction to have hard drugs concealed in carpets.
 
Whereas, there is still growing speculation that the drug may have been imported into the country by a strong syndicate for onward transition to user countries, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA has announced that it was already collaborating with its international allies and beaming its searchlight on Pakistan and the neighboring Asian countries with a view to unraveling brains behind the importation of the consignment christened ‘carpet of death’ NDLEA’s public affairs Director, Michelle Ofoyeju who confirmed the development said the agency would stop at nothing to crack brains behind the importation of the hard drugs into the country.
 
He said, ”The drug syndicate did their best concealing the drug but it was not good enough to go undetected. If drug barons will not lack concealment methods, we also will not be tired of detecting narcotics. This seizure is unique because it is the least place anyone will go to in search for narcotics. We shall continue with investigation until those behind the illegal shipment are brought to book.
 
Continuing, the agency image maker said though the consignment originate from Lahore, most of the information contained on the airways bill were fabricated stressing, “The consignment described in the airway bill as Pakistani hand-knotted new woollen carpets originated from Lahore, Pakistan.
 
It left Karachi Airport in an Emirate flight as unaccompanied cargo and taken to Nigeria Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) Shed, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos. The estimated value of the drug is 294 million naira. It is the first discovery of drug inside carpets in the country.
 
Mr. Ofoyeju further informed that anti-narcotic operatives had to monitor the suspicious cargo for one week upon arrival and thereafter, decided to conduct a search on it when it was clear that nobody would show up to claim it; adding, “ In all, there were twelve pieces of carpets but only six contained heroin. The heroin was prepared into tiny bits inside plastic hollow treads and woven in a way that makes it difficult to detect unless it is unfastened”


via Vanguard
 


87  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Woman stabs spouse to death in Bayelsa on: 15-09-2012 10:03 PM
By SAMUEL OYADONGHA, Yenagoa
 
The police in Bayelsa State have arrested a 27 years old woman who allegedly stabbed her husband to death in the Azikoro suburb of Yenagoa the state capital.
 
The woman identified as Osas Omorege according to eyewitnesses stabbed her spouse, Chukwuma Iwu over alleged marital squabbles.
 
It was gathered that trouble started when the wife of the deceased suspected he was having extra marital affairs due to his alleged late night outings.
 
The tragic incident which threw the rustic Azikoro settlement into mourning occurred last Friday when the deceased reportedly received a phone call which the wife suspected was from one of his lovers.
 
The wife’s suspicion and anger over the phone call the source said, might have been fuelled by his alleged absence from home for two days.
 
“After returning late to his matrimonial home he received a phone call which the wife suspected was coming from his girlfriend and attempted to stop him from answering it”, the source added.
 
Consequently, a scuffle ensued and the deceased ordered his wife to move out of the house with her belongings, the source further said.
 
Angered by the wife’s refusal to comply with his order the deceased was said to have reached for a kitchen knife ostensibly to frighten her but she was adamant.
 
Immediately he dropped the knife, the wife was said to have picked the said knife and stabbed the husband on the chest.
 
The loud cry of the husband for help attracted neighbours who rushed to the scene and took him to the health facility in the community where he was confirmed dead.
 
The woman it was learnt turned in herself to the police where she is currently in detention and assisting them in their investigation into the matter.
 
Contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Fidelis Odunna (DSP) confirmed the incident saying the woman voluntarily gave up herself to the police. He said she would be charged to court for murder.
 
via Vanguard

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/09/woman-stabs-spouse-to-death-in-bayelsa/
88  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Robbery kingpin shot dead on: 15-09-2012 09:46 PM
Nigerian Soldiers on patrol on Friday shot dead a suspected armed robber on Ukwuakwu Street, off Asumpta Avenue, Owerri, capital of Imo state.
 
The victim, popularly known as `Yoyo’, was said to be the kingpin of a robbery gang terrorising the area.
 
The Public Relations Officer of the Imo police command, Mr Vitalis Onugu, who confirmed the incident, said the soldiers acted on a distress call from victims of the robbery.Onugu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the robbers opened fire when they sighted the soldiers and the soldiers responded, gunning down the suspect while others escaped with wounds.
 
via PM News

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/09/14/robbery-kingpin-shot-dead/
89  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Girls are not cheap in Port Harcourt on: 15-09-2012 09:42 PM


PORT HARCOURT,widely known as Garden city is a bubbling capital city in the country. It is a place every Nigerian with taste for the good things of life want to visit and spend their vacation.
 
At a time, it was common gossip that the most fashionable people and beautiful women in Africa were in Port Harcourt. The emergence of Agbani Darego from the riverine speaking area of the state as the first African to clinch the coveted crown of Miss World, Most Beautiful Girl in the World, reinforced the talk that the most beautiful queens were found in this trendy city.
 
It is common knowledge that life is not cheap in Port Harcourt because the women like every glamour girl, are not cheap. You see some of them in their radiance and beauty at red light districts in new GRA area of Port Harcourt where you find most of the night clubs.
 
Before Chibuike Amaechi came on board as governor in his first term, night life was almost at a halt because miscreants and brigands who masqueraded as militants had held the state under siege. So most residents and party lovers had no choice but to remain indoors after close of work.
 
But when Amaechi assumed office, one of the first task he undertook was to dislodge these hoodlums from the city. He smoked them out from their hideouts with the aid of the Joint Task Force, JTF. The few who were lucky to escape arrest and prosecution by the security body fled the town. Night life resumed again, this time more colourful in almost all parts of the city.
 
In virtually all major streets you find drinking spots, with Nija jams blaring from speakers from 8pm and sometimes till dawn. It is difficult to tell which is a night club in this city because these drinking spots operate also as night clubs from 8pm, even some restaurants and car wash do too.
 
You spend about thrice the amount for any call girl in other states, in Port Harcourt. This is simply because the girls are rated in a class of their own.
 
Most guys begin their evenings with their lady friends at the Silver bird cinema. From the movie hall, they empty into the bar where there is a live Disc Jockey, DJ, dishing out jams from his corner at the bar. Later, they move out to other night clubs in new GRA and other parts of Port Harcourt. The list of night clubs, restaurants/bars and car wash-turned night clubs is endless.
 
You see all manner of charming babes at these spots mostly at weekends. Guys on their part have categorised these girls. There are those they nick named 100 level ( those between 18 to 21) and these ones are the most patronised even if they ask for as much as ten, twenty thousand to give a guy good company for a night.
 
The girls prefer night at hotels with guys. According to Nkechi, “night at hotels with the guys shields her from all kinds of harassment”. She said no woman for instance would walk into the room in a hotel to embarrass her for spending night with the husband.
 
Night life in the city has also brought brisk business for operators of popular drinking spots. At some of them, a bottle of Heineken sells as high as five hundred to eight hundred naira, sometimes even at one thousand, two hundred naira. Choice drinks like Hennessey, Black label go for as much as twenty five thousand naira at some of the spots.
 
These drinks are taken with ‘point and kill’ i.e. fish made into pepper soup. The customer is led to a makeshift pond in the bar or club and given the opportunity to point at any fish which will be used to prepare pepper soup for him and his guest (s). The price of the ‘point and kill’ varies from the size of the fish and the spot. Some of them could sell for four or five thousand naira.
 
Those into fast food business and suya are also counting their gains with the return of night life to the city. Sometimes, you see guys rush out of the clubs to have quick meals made from indomie prepared with fried eggs. Fast food operators mount their stands close to most of these busy spots.
 
There is also the angle of business for taxi drivers. You see them hang around these clubs and bars to take passengers home after a night full of fun. A taxi driver, Mr Bola told Saturday Vanguard that he only operated at night.
 
According to him, he starts working from 10 pm till 5am daily while he rests in the day time. He said he makes what he calls ‘his cool money’ at night. He said all he does is to hang around these busy night clubs and restaurants turned night clubs for patronage, adding that most of his clients were girls.
 
The taxi driver said some of the girls move to as much as three, four clubs in one night until they meet a guy that is ready to engage them for their ‘service’ for the night. “These girls they pay well o, Oga Journalist, “, he said.
 
Unlike in the past when residents of Port Harcourt lived in fear, with increased security patrol, night life has returned again, this time with much fun in Port Harcourt widely referred to as Garden city.
 
via Vanguard


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/09/girls-are-not-cheap-in-port-harcourt/
90  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / $620,000 BRIBE SCAM: AGF returns casefile to police for further investigation on: 15-09-2012 09:19 PM
Following what Police sources say are a wider dimension to investigations over the $620, 000 subsidy bribery scam involving erstwhile chairman of the Subsidy Probe Panel, Hon. Lawan Farouk, the office of the Attorney General of the federation which was given the investigation report by the Police about 2 months ago, has returned the case
 
file for some grey areas to be cleared. 

Consequently, there are indications that a quick end to the Farouk Lawan bribery saga may take longer than expected to be resolved as the grey areas expected to be cleared, would take more investigations and time  to clear, a situation described as ‘unending investigation’ by a Police source.

 The source noted that the office of the AGF has already given fiat to private legal practitioner and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Gboyega Awomolo to prosecute the case but that to make it water tight, there was need to secure the video recordings of the collection of the bribe money, which has been done with the SSS returning it to the AGF who handed same to the Police.
 
Aside the video clips however, the issue of getting the serial numbers of the dollars which were marked money is yet to be resolved as the source said the SSS has been foot-dragging on that aspect even after the Police wrote several letters requesting SSS to furnish it with the duplicate recordings of the marked money to assist their investigations.
 
Saturday Vanguard further leant that clarification is needed as to the controversy over the claim by Farouk Lawan that handed over the $620, 000 to Chairman of the Committee on Narcotics, Drugs and Financial Crimes, Hon. Adams Jagaba who has since denied collecting any such money from the embattled Farouk.
 
The reason according to the source, has to do with the fact that while Farouk wrote that he handed over the money to Jagaba at about 3 am in the early hours of the day at a venue, Jagaba countered that it could not have been possible as everybody knows, he takes his drugs by 3 am, would be fast asleep by then and couldn’t have gone anywhere.
 
To clear this grey area, it was leant that the Police was asked to investigate Jagaba’s medical records to determine if his defence is watertight.  Furthermore, the prosecution wants the photocopy of the complaint Femi Otedola made to the SSS which has not been handed to the Police.
 
There are the reasons why the case file was returned for further investigation even as it was observed that the embattled Lawan has continued to report to Force headquarters in fulfillment of his bail conditions.
 
The source disclosed that it is only when these grey areas are cleared that investigations will be deemed concluded and the charges can be filed in the law court.
 
Recall that Chief Femi Otedola had petitioned the IG of Police accusing Hon. Farouk Lawan of demanding the sum of $3million from him but collecting the sum of $620, 000, with a view to delete his company’s name from the list of indicted fuel marketers.
 
  Corruption: CJN blames AGF for delay in prosecution of high profile cases

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, Wednesday, blamed the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN, for unwittingly contributing to undue delay in the prosecution of high profile cases of corruption in the country.
 
The CJN who stated this on a day she administered oath on 25 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria, insisted that “the courts cannot on their own prosecute criminal cases,” noting that “on the streets of Nigeria and beyond, the cry for justice lingers.
 
According to the CJN, “the administration of justice is not confined to the courts; it encompasses officers of the law and others whose duties are necessary to ensure that the courts function effectively.
 
Besides, Justice Mukhtar who equally used the occasion to flag-off the 2012/2013 legal year of the Supreme Court, stressed that “the society can operate under the rule of law only if laws are administered fairly, rationally, consistently, impartially and devoid of any improper influences that may be inconsistent with each of these objectives,” adding “without judicial independence, there can be no preservation of democratic values.”
 
She said: “the prison system for instance presents a horrific state that calls for urgent attention. There are presently an estimated number of 40, 000 prisoners in Nigeria with about two thirds of this population not convicted. Perhaps the Amnesty International is correct for laying blame on the Nigerian judiciary. Unnecessary adjournments of cases along with the attendant ills of the courts to ensure that inmates are tried within a reasonable time, comes into play here.
 
Editors note   

By Section 174 CFRN 1999, some are crusading to amend, (some also suggest a separation of the offices of AGF from MoJ), Adoke presently reserves the constitutional powers to institute, undertake, continue or discontinue criminal prosecutions in the hands of the Chief Law Officer of the Federation.
 
The AGF exercises the wide discretionary powers to call for case file(s). All AGFs have the power to walk into EFCC, ICPC, IGP's office and demand for files and reserve the right to decide "in public interest" - Oh how the word is abused. The DPP is an officer under the AGF.
 
So the police hands in the file sometimes before the AGF asks for it. During Ribadu's regime as Chair EFCC, the AGF at the time Chief Bayo Ojo SAN under OBJ couldn't interfer with Ribadu's work but you saw that  subsequent AGF interferred from Aondoakaa to Adoke and Ribadu to Farida and now Lamorde who is silent upon being transformed from anti-graft czar Ribadu's partner to an arm-chair EFCC head. Same Lamorde turned lame duck!.
 
AGF Adoke SAN donated his fiat to Awomolo SAN to prosecute this matter and now this?
 
This is the problem!

Mr President Jonathan, you read distinguished Hon. CJN, please note that Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN, is NOT, never going to be prosecution-ready.
 
Send him back to his private law practice, he has two chambers - Kano and Abuja; has made more than enough!
 
Your Excellency, embarrassed your government enough!!

He has lowered FG's anti-graft posturing enough!!!

Mr. President Jonathan, sack AG Adoke, sack him now!

Best if you truly want a 2nd term, sack him this moment.
91  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Nigerian Ex-Minister and Oil Magnet arrested over oil theft on: 15-09-2012 09:08 PM

  FORMER Minister of Interior Captain Emmanuel Ihenacho 

A former Minister of Interior and owner of integrated Oil and Gas Limited Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho has been arrested over his involvement in  the hijack of a vessel, M.T. Grace,  laden with suspected stolen petroleum products. Disclosing this to  newsmen in Lagos, Director General of the Nigerian Maritime  Administration and
 
Safety Agency (NIMASA)  Mr. Patrick Akpobolokemi said Iheanacho was arrested yesterday when the search for the sponsors of these pirates led to the tracing of the stolen products to integrated oil and gas tank farm.
 
 Akpobolokemi who represented by NIMASA’s  Executive Director in charge of maritime labour services and Cabotage Barr. Obi Nwabueze said that the premises of integrated has been sealed off pending investigation.
 
He  said NIMASA has come to the realisation that behind the facade there are the kingpins and the big men who facilitate piracy adding the agency in collaboration with other security operatives will unravel the people behind the sale, purchase and storage of the stolen products.
 
“You recalled we had cause to parade some pirates here and we did say that we were going to continue to look for those who were behind these pirates because we came to the realisation that behind the facade there are the kingpins and the big men who facilitate piracy.
 
“So in line with our promise to the Nigerian public, we intensified our search for the big men behind the scene  and we are happy to tell you today  that we have  been able to trace them to  a company, a major company  integrated oil and gas.
 
“The products that were stolen from the activities of piracy  were conveyed  and stored at integrated oil and gas. As we speak we have sealed off the company and we have arrested the top management of the company.”
92  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Prophet Mohammed; is this your Islam? on: 15-09-2012 08:50 PM
Anti-American Protests Over Film Expand to Nearly 20 Countries, At Least 3 Protesters Dead in Attacks on U.S. Embassy in Tunisian, German Mission in Sudan 'Set Aflame’, Security Forces in Yemen Block Streets Near U.S. Embassy, On Friday, hundreds of demonstrators were back on the streets of the Mediterranean city, setting their
 
sights on the U.S. Embassy. They burned cars, stormed the complex and replaced the U.S. flag with their own black banner, according to eyewitness accounts. Three people were killed and 28 others wounded outside the embassy. More than 200 protesters gathered outside the US Embassy in London on Friday in protest at the anti-Islamic film that has sparked scenes of violence and murder in cities across the Middle East.
 
‎Yet as noted by Kamran Pasha, a Hollywood filmmaker and author, "Attacks on the character of Prophet Muhammad are nothing new. The Prophet himself endured insults, persecution and assassination attempts during his lifetime by his opponents. And yet the Prophet showed remarkable restraint against his enemies. At the end of his life, when Islam had grown from a persecuted minority movement to the dominant social and political force in Arabia, the Prophet had the power to avenge himself a thousand times over. But he showed remarkable clemency to his enemies at exactly the moment it matters the most -- when he was powerful enough to act with impunity against his opponents, yet offered them forgiveness".

 "And yet Islam continued to grow and spread, as it offered a better, more egalitarian way of life than the Meccan cult that served only the wealthy. Eight years after the Prophet fled his home, the beleaguered Meccans surrendered the city to the Muslims who were now the most powerful group in Arabia. The Prophet returned home as absolute ruler, with no fear of reprisal from any of his enemies. The Meccans feared that he would take vengeance on them for 20 years of vicious attacks. The Prophet certainly could have taken revenge; in the cruel world of desert warfare recorded in the books of Old Testament, no one would have been surprised if he killed all of his opponents. And yet he did something that left his enemies flabbergasted.
 
He forgave them".

   If this is true, then what happened to his followers? Why are they so intolerant?
 
Islam is again in the news associated with acts of violence and fanaticism. The death of Chris Stephens, American ambassador to Libya, as a result of an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi has shaken not only the United States, but also members of the Muslim community worldwide. A good Muslim, Abdallah Omeish, a filmmaker who is visiting Libya, posted on Facebook that the ambassador's death has been met with shock and grief by everyone he knows in the North African country. As a Libyan American, Abdallah was outraged at how a handful of extremists killed a man that was widely respected by the people of Benghazi. And as a devout Muslim, he was sickened by how the murderers cloaked their vile deeds in the name of Islam.
 
As a fellow Muslim, Kamran Pasha said he shares Abdallah's revulsion. It is regrettably a feeling that never quite goes away, like a wound that keeps being reopened so that it never properly heals.
 
He wrote: “ever since I was a child growing up in Brooklyn in the 1970s, the predominant image of Islam I have seen in the media has been that of a religion steeped in violence and misogyny. A religion of hate and self-destruction. It is an image that is utterly alien to the Islam of love and gentleness I have experienced and lived my whole life. Watching the news is like peering into a bizarro world, where another Islam exists that seems to be the polar opposite of the one that flows in my heart and blood.
 
The catalyst for the current wave of violence by a handful of extremists in Libya and Egypt has been the release of a small independent film entitled "Innocence of Muslims." I am of the opinion that it is a film of questionable artistic merit, backed by a group of bitter bigots whose only agenda was to incite hatred and violence by smearing the character of Prophet Muhammad. And yet as an artist and filmmaker myself, I absolutely support the right of these people to say what they want to say. In fact, I encourage them to keep making more such works, as they will actually be doing Islam a great service. I say to those who hate my faith: Make as many films and write as many books as you want insulting Islam and Prophet Muhammad. You will only bring more attention to Islam and make it stronger.
 
Islam is a powerful religion with more than 1.5 billion followers, a faith that continues to grow despite the best efforts of its opponents to crush it (and despite the stupidity of Muslim extremists who dishonor Islam with their brutality). Islam will not be harmed by any film, book or work of art. Indeed, the foolishness of those who seek to denigrate Prophet Muhammad in this fashion is that their work simply inspires more people to learn about the man who founded humanity's second largest religion. A man whose life was so remarkable that, 1,380 years after his death, it continues to attract enthusiastic converts to his teaching of the oneness of God and the oneness of mankind.”
 
  Fourteen centuries have passed since Mohammed, and and even as the Prophet showed grace and clemency to his enemies, so must his heirs do so today.
 
Islam has proved to be an unstoppable force that will keep growing. That triumph is assured by history, demographics and its inherent nature as a way of life for its adherents. No filmmaker, artist, author, musician -- or invading army -- can destroy Islam. Secure in that knowledge, it is time for Muslims to relax and ignore the daily offenses and insults thrown at them by denizens of the cheap seats. It is time for Muslims to show the powerful confidence that Prophet Muhammad demonstrated when he had won and his enemies trembled at his feet. The power that comes from three simple words...
 
I forgive you.

Hillary Clinton warns Arab Spring nations to protect embassies and halt violence...or else!
 
As anti-American furor raged in the home of the Arab Spring, the top U.S. diplomat gave a stern warning Friday to countries where the unrest has been most pronounced: Stop the violence and seek justice against those attacking diplomatic missions, or else the United States will.
 
Many have fumed over what Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described Friday as an "awful Internet video that we had nothing to do with" -- an inflammatory anti-Islam film posted online this summer, and publicized in recent days. The 14-minute film trailer, which was privately produced in the United States led by man federal officials identified as Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, mocks the Prophet Mohammed as a womanizer, child molester and ruthless killer.
 
These protesters while just a fraction of their nations' total populations; have been part of clashes that have left many dead, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three others killed in an attack Tuesday in Benghazi, Libya.
 
Clinton said these attacks are misguided, and fly in the face of the better society many in these countries recently fought for when they overthrew authoritarian rulers.
 
"The people of Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Tunisia did not trade the tyranny of a dictator for the tyranny of a mob," she said Friday during a ceremony in which the bodies of the four killed in Benghazi returned to the United States.
 
"Reasonable people and responsible leaders in these countries need to do everything they can to restore security and hold accountable those behind these violent acts. And we will ... keep taking steps to protect our personnel around the world," Hillary Clinton concluded.
 
Ogbuefi Ndigbo
93  Forum / The Buzz Central / Re: [Video & Photos] Ruffcoin – The Way You Dance ft 2face Idibia on: 15-09-2012 11:41 AM
He likes doing his videos in Dallas TX with the US firm makers, i guess he don't like the quality of made in naija videos...
94  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Re: President Barack Obama's Secret Son Appears [Photo] on: 15-09-2012 11:07 AM
Hey, i watched the convention from the beginning to the end, there's no such thing.. U need to stop spreading this rumors here in naijapal, lying wont take u nowhere....
95  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Re: Father remanded for killing 41-day-old son on: 14-09-2012 05:15 PM
Quote from: will0101 on 14-09-2012 01:32 PM
make una leave am oo...na devil work
Which kind devil's work, we always blaming devil for our evil's work.. We need to be responsible for the obligations that we've made....
96  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Re: Movie protests: Tension mounts in Kaduna, Jos on: 14-09-2012 04:54 PM
The blood suckers, now they have something to fight for... Useless set of people......
97  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Woman in court for forcing nieces into prostitution on: 14-09-2012 07:54 AM
A 50-year-old woman, Yemisi Olalekan, has been remanded in prison custody by an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court for allegedly coercing two of her under-aged nieces into prostitution.
 


Testifying before Magistrate Olusola Aluko, the accused pleaded not guilty to the charges of seduction, unlawful detention, exploitation and threat to life.
 
The charge sheet obtained on Wednesday alleged that Olalekan, who sells locally-brewed gin, was in the habit of tying her nieces to the bed in her room while she collected money from men to have carnal knowledge of them.
 
The charge sheet gave the nicknames of the nieces as Omogbe and Idi-Ileke aged 14 and 16 respectively, adding that the offence was committed in Ipetumodu last December.
 
Police prosecutor, Sergeant Elisha Olusegun, told the court that Olalekan exploited the under-aged to enrich herself.
 
Olusegun said Olalekan also threatened to kill the teenagers if they exposed her.
 
The police prosecutor contended that the alleged act was contrary to Section 222, 226 and 86 (A) (1) of the Criminal Code, Cap 34, Volume II, Laws of Osun State of Nigeria.
 
Aluko, who said the accused must file a formal bail application, ordered that she be remanded in Ilesa prison custody till October 18, 2012, when the case would be mentioned in court.
 
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http://www.punchng.com/metro/woman-in-court-for-forcing-nieces-into-prostitution/
98  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Movie protests: Tension mounts in Kaduna, Jos on: 14-09-2012 07:47 AM

There was tension in many cities in the North on Thursday as security agents made efforts to prevent outbreak of protests over an amateur film said to be offensive to Muslims.
 
In Jos, Plateau State; Kaduna in Kaduna State and Kano, Kano State, security operatives intensified patrols, especially at flashpoints in the cities.
 
The PUNCH learnt on Thursday that fundamentalists in the North had been holding meetings to kick against the film which on Tuesday caused riots in Benghazi, Libya; and Egypt.
 
The United States Ambassador to Libya, Chris Steven, and three other American diplomats were killed on Tuesday by gunmen who attacked the US consulate in Benghazi.
 
But less than 24 hours after the Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, put the Police on the alert nationwide, the US advised its citizens in Nigeria not to take the threat of attacks by extremists lightly.
 
“Extremists may attempt to target US citizens and other Westerners in Nigeria. The US Mission in Nigeria strongly urges US citizens in Nigeria to consider their personal security and to keep personal safety in the forefront of their planning,” the embassy warned in a statement on Thursday.
 


The statement on the Embassy’s website added, “The US Mission reminds citizens of the continued threat of terrorist attacks, demonstrations, and other violent actions against US citizens and interests overseas.
 
“Violent and deadly demonstrations and attacks occurred in Cairo, Egypt, and Benghazi, Libya, in the past 24 hours, including a lethal attack against the US Consulate in Benghazi
 
“Last week, extremists attacked cellular telephone towers in Northern Nigeria, damaging over 30 towers and degrading cellular telephone and internet communications nationwide.
 
“Additional attacks could further weaken the ability of citizens to communicate through cellular telephones and the internet.
 
“Land line telephone communications in Nigeria remain limited. US citizens should attempt to arrange for multiple means of communication during emergencies.”
 
The deployment of armed policemen in the northern states on Wednesday notwithstanding, residents of Kaduna, Kano and Jos as well as other major towns expressed fear that violence might break out, especially after Jumat on Friday (today).
 
“We are afraid, anything can happen tomorrow (Friday),” a Kaduna resident , who refused to mention his name, told one of our correspondents on Thursday evening.
 
He said many residents of the city had heard of meetings where the need for Nigerian Muslims to also “rise in defence of Islam” was drummed into the ears of youths.
 
According to him, participants at the meetings were said to have primarily discussed the strategies to beat the security cordon around the cities.
 
Security operatives also confirmed the situation in the northern states but assured that everything was being done to prevent violence, especially after Jumat today.
 
“There will be problem over the controversial film but the deployment of security agents in the region will prevent outbreak of violence in the north,” the source confided in one of our correspondents.
 
But the Kaduna State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Aminu Lawan, dismissed the planned protests as “a mere rumour.”
 
Lawan said the command had fully mobilised its men to forestall any breakdown of law and order in any part of the state.
 
“Our men are patrolling every nook and cranny of the state,” Lawan said, adding, “I want to say that any group planning such protest should handle it with maturity as the command would not hesitate to deal with any those trying to break the law.”
 
According to him, the police have been meeting with traditional rulers and other stakeholders to ensure peace.
 
In Plateau State, the Media Officer of the Special Task Force, Capt. Salisu Mustapha, told one our correspondents that men of the Task Force had been deployed in strategic areas in Jos and Bukuru metropolis.
 
He said that security agencies were not treating the protests in Libya lightly.
 
“We are fully aBosom  of the events and have mobilised our men by securing sensitive targets and vulnerable areas. So there is no cause for alarm,” he said.
 

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http://www.punchng.com/news/movie-protests-tension-mounts-in-kaduna-jos/
99  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Father remanded for killing 41-day-old son on: 14-09-2012 07:44 AM
September 14, 2012 by Eniola Akinkuotu
 
An Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, on Thursday remanded in Ikoyi Prison a 34-year-old bricklayer, Abiodun Otaoroju, for allegedly killing his 41-day-old son.
 


The defendant is facing a two-count of murder and administering obnoxious substance.
 
His plea was, however, not taken as the court has no jurisdiction to try such case.
 
“I hereby remand the defendant at the Ikoyi Prison, pending the outcome of the legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions,” Magistrate Helen Omisore said.
 
The prosecutor, Sgt. Idowu Onime, had told the court that the defendant, on August 30, unlawfully killed his son, Kazeem.
 
He said, “The defendant used an obnoxious substance known as ‘Bint El Sudan Perfume’ to kill the deceased.
 
“The defendant, who lives at 16, Aiyegbami Street, Ibeju Lekki in Lagos, was arrested by the police after the mother of the baby cried out to the neighbourhood for help.”
 
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the alleged incident, which took place in Epe, in Lagos State, contravened sections 221 and 241 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State, 2011.
 
Omisore adjourned the case to October 31, for the DPP’s advice.
 
Earlier, the accused had told reporters that, “I met Ronke in 2011. She’s a fashion designer. We later fell in love and early this year, she got pregnant. I went to meet her father and told him I wanted to marry her and he accepted.
 
“I have another wife and have three children. But I didn’t marry Ronke but I provided for her and made sure she was alright. In June, she gave birth to Kazeem and we had christening.
 
“I don’t live with them but I usually spend the weekend with them. On August 30, during one of my visits, I sent Ronke to buy bread and make me some tea. She left the baby with me.”
 
Otaoroju said when Ronke went out, he started hearing strange voices in his head commanding him to kill his child.
 
He said, “I went outside and bought a liquid substance known as Bint El Sudan, it’s a type of perfume.
 
“I took the substance, opened Kazeem’s mouth and poured it into it. I don’t know why I did that.”
 
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http://www.punchng.com/metro/father-remanded-for-killing-41-day-old-son/
100  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Man allegedly kills cousin in Bayelsa on: 14-09-2012 07:40 AM
By Samuel Oyadongha
 
Yenagoa—The serenity of Azikoro suburb in the outskirt of Yenagoa was yesterday shattered when a young man allegedly killed his cousin with a machete.
 
The tragic incident, it was learnt, occurred in the forest between Azikoro and Agbura community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
 
Though the motive for the attack could not be immediately ascertained, it was gathered that the assailant, identified as Richman Osain, now in police custody, dealt a fatal machete blow on one Diedem Otegbe, said to be his relation, leading to his death.
 
Sources from the area told Vanguard that until the sad incident the duo who went to the forest were best of friends and living in the same house.
 
Some of the natives returning from their farmland were said to have raised alarm on noticing the body of the deceased leading to the arrest of the suspect.
 
Contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Fidelis Odunna (DSP) confirmed the incident.
 
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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/09/man-allegedly-kills-cousin-in-bayelsa/
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