Gisttube9ja: December 2016

Saturday, December 31, 2016

Boko Haram leader urges fighters to 'kill, slaughter and abduct ... and detonate bombs'

Boko Haram's leader has urged his fighters to "kill, slaughter and abduct ... and detonate bombs everywhere" in a new video which denies Nigerian government claims that his Islamic extremist group has been crushed.

Iraqi officials said at least 19 people were killed and 45 others injured in two bomb blasts in central Baghdad

At least 28 people were killed and 54 others injured when two bombs exploded in central Baghdad, Iraqi officials have said.

The presidency has denied reports that Ibrahim Magu, has been relieved of his appointment as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The Guardian newspaper quoted an unnamed source as saying Mr. Magu had been asked to vacate his seat by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.

Officials at the presidency denied the report.

Touching Photo Of A Soldier Comforting An Old Man Who Was Held Hostage And Assaulted...

This aged man who was allegedly held hostage and brutalized -couldn't contain his emotion while being comforted by South African soldiers who rescued him.

World’s Most Identical Twins Who Share A Boyfriend Now Both Want To Mary Him

The World’s most identical twins who share a boyfriend now both want to marry him. Anna and Lucy DeCinque, from Perth, Australia, have been open about a unusual part of their life – the boyfriend they share, who’s called Ben. They met him on Facebook five years ago and it seems things are getting serious, because in their latest video the pair have announced plans to marry him. Yes, both of them.

Pro-Biafra Members & Their Flag Pictured In Front Of Trump Tower In New York

Some members of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) took their campaign to another level after storming in front of the popular Trump Tower (the abode of US president-elect, Donald Trump) in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. According to the pro-Biafra supporters who flew their flag -they were there to make in solidarity over Nnamdi Kanu -who is being held over treasonable felony against the Nigerian government.

The IPOB members also took pictures with policemen station in the area.

"Love Me Or Hate Me, I No Send Anybody" -- Charly Boy Says As He Blasts His "Haters"

Nigerian entertainment icon and drama king, Charly Boy just shared another "controversial and interesting" piece on his Facebook page.

Since my life, I just dey maintain my lane Jejely, I no send anybody. However I know say people mind dey my matter even if I scratch my blokus .

Free-For-All Fight Erupts During Football Match After Player Slapped Referee

A video has emerged showing the moment a mass brawl erupted during a non-league Uruguayan game between Conventos and Boca Junior. The footage begins with the referee calling the shots over a clearly controversial decision - and players from both sides surrounding the official.

DSS Arrests Men With Cash For Terrorists’ Activities Coordination....

The Department of State Services (DSS) says it arrested two men with cash worth two million Naira meant for the coordination of a terrorist operation in Yobe and Bauchi States. A statement by the spokesman for the DSS, Mr Tony Opuiyo, said Sani Digaru and Mohammed Ali were arrested on December 25 at about 1:15 p.m. along Gombe-Dukku road in Gombe.

Ooni Of Ife Described As Re-incarnate Of Oduduwa. Photos

The Alayemore of Ido-Osun, Oba Adedapo Aderemi, has described the Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, as the Oduduwa re-incarnated, praising him for celebrating Obalufon Ogbogbodirin the father of his own ancestor Obalufon Alayemore.

Oba Aderemi who is also the secretary of South-West council Obas said this during the unveiling ceremony of Obalufon Ogbogbodirin Statue and grand-finale celebration of Obalufon Festival, 2016, on Thursday at the Ile-Oodua palace in Ile-Ife.

Nigerian Man Allegedly Killed For Selling Drugs In South Africa... Graphic Photos

Outrage has been sparked following the alleged killing of a Nigerian man by security men in South Africa. Mr. Tochukwu Nnadi popularly known as King -was allegedly squeezed on the throat to dead by SA Interpol early hours of yesterday for selling drugs after being handcuffed...According to reports. the brother who was called to the scene trying to find out why his brother was brutally killed in such a manner was also shot and taken to custody without explanation.

Why I Joined Robbery Gang – 22-Year-Old Suspect Reveals....

A 22-year-old armed robbery suspect, Ahmed Akinade, has confessed that the irresistible spoils of robbery operations compared to what he previously made as a smuggler made him to join the underworld.

Actor and professional wrestler, Dwayne Johnsosn, AKA The Rock, has shared a sad story about all that his dad suffered at a very young age and how it has shaped his life. Read the touching story below;

Russian president Vladimir Putin has decided not to retaliate against the US for expelling 35 Russian diplomats and imposing sanctions on two of the country's intelligence agencies on Thursday. He made this statement after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the country planned to expel 35 U.S. diplomatic staff from Moscow and close two facilities used by the U.S. embassy in Russia.

Former Borno state governor and factional leader of PDP, Ali Modu Sheriff, has said that the recent capture of Boko Haram's strongest enclave in Sambisa forest known as Ground Zero, by the Military, has vindicated him.

Police in Vienna on Thursday, December 29th, arrested 50 people in connection with a Nigerian drug ring which operated in the Austrian capital. Investigators said they had been on the trail of the gang for the past three years, and that in that time it has netted a profit of over €6 million. 21 kilos of illegal drugs, mainly cocaine and heroin, were seized during the raids.

Few months ago, LIB reported that one of the sons of Maiduguri billionaire Alhaji Mohammed Indimi is engaged to a Maiduguri beauty. See post here: The Indimi sisters sort of confirmed the impending wedding of their brother to the beautiful daughter of former Borno State governor, Ali Modu Sheriff.

Wonderful to hear...though some started bashing her for showing off so much cleavage in the photo of herself she shared...

Court Orders Osun CP To Arrest Oluwo

A magistrate’s court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State has ordered the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Fimihan Adeoye, to arrest the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, and bring him to court on January 6, 2017.

President of Omega Fire Ministry, Apostle John Suleman has released his prophecies for the year 2017 and they are 50 in number. A summary of the prophecies, with focus on Nigeria and the world at large, is as follows:

The Indigenous People of Biafra on Friday said international observers would monitor the court session of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, coming up on January 10, 2017.

Islamist terrorism is the biggest challenge facing Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said in her New Year message.

Referring to the deadly truck attack in Berlin by a Tunisian asylum seeker, she said it was "sickening" when acts of terror were carried out by people who had sought protection.

Some stars came into the Nigerian music scene and like meteorite, they were up in the sky, shining like light and having so many fans endeared to their heats. But in 2016, it was as if their light started dwindling. When so many thought they might have been cooking something in the studio hoping such would be released before the end of the year, these stars lived on past glory while new acts sprang up and some of their contemporaries shone brighter.

Saturday Beats brings some of the artistes whose light didn’t shine so brightly in 2016

President Buhari removes Magu as EFCC boss

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, may have finally been removed from office.

The Guardian reports his redeployment back to Nigerian Police Force (NPF) was to pave way for a fresh person to be presented by President Muhammadu Buhari as the nominee to head the anti-graft agency before the Senate.

To make the situation look like a routine exercise, some senior Police officers would be re-deployed
by the Police hierarchy to resume as conventional Police officers.

It was equally reliably gathered yesterday that the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has already issued a letter to Magu on the development and directed that he hands over to the Director of Operations in the Commission.

Magu’s nomination was recently rejected by the Senate following allegation of graft leveled against him by the Department of State Security Service (DSS).

7 deaths that shocked Nigerian football in 2016

The sporting fraternity will for long remember 2016 as the year the cold hands of death snatched some of its icons.

The deaths, especially in the football family, brought tears and anguish to family, friends, and sports followers.

As part of PREMIUM TIMES’ 2016 year end review, we look at seven of Nigerian football’s most shocking losses in the outgoing year.

Top Nigerian businessman wanted for “international corruption” in Italy

Aliyu Abubakar may be the owner of Abuja’s most luxurious building and a friend to several Nigerian government officials, past and present, but the noose is reportedly tightening on him in Nigeria and in Europe.

About a week after Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, EFCC, filed money laundering charges against him for his role in the Malabu $1.1 billion scandal, evidence has emerged that Italian authorities also want him for “international corruption” for his role in the matter.

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Cheating wife of Greek ambassador to Brazil and lover arrested after lover killed husband

The wife of the Greek ambassador to Brazil and her policeman lover have been arrested today after the ambassador, Mr. Kyriakos Amiridis vanished without a trace on Boxing Day Monday and his charred remains were found on Wednesday.

This is coming days after the ambassador reportedly caught his wife, Francois Amiridis in bed with military policeman Sergio Gomes Moreira Filho.

Police Brutality: How I was almost shot dead at Nkpor junction - Praise-Legend Onwuachu

In the wake of recent police killings across the country, a photographer, Praise-Legend Onwuachu, has narrated how he had to resort to grabbing and holding on to the gun of a policeman, who was about to shoot him while conducting a search on him and his friends on Monday, December 26.

Onwuachu said he was on his way back from covering an event on Boxing Day, had driven from Owerri, Imo State to Onitsha, Anambra State without incident, until he got to Nkpor Junction and encountered a team of policemen.

He said a member of the team asked him if he had a tinted glass permit, which he said he had and was trying to retrieve the document as he sat in his car when one of them became angry, asking, “So, you don’t want to come down?”

Story continues below:

The singer showed it off on her Twitter page yesterday after the social media website went up in flames over her lyrics.

Investor Seeks Full Private Sector Participation in Port Dev

One of the investors in the development of deep seaports in the country, Mr. Victor Akpanika has called for the full participation of the private sector to ensure that Nigerians derive maximum benefits from the projects.

President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his resolve to oppose the devaluation of the naira and increase in fuel price.

That day was December 22, 2016. The occasion was the Economic and Security Summit of South-East Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari, the tough talking, body language-fear-inspiring, retired army general Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the federal republic, was scheduled to be at the occasion as chief guest of honour. But as we heard, Buhari did not turn up for the auspicious occasion.

Ibrahimovic: Pogba was trying too hard to validate £89 million transfer

Zlatan Ibrahimovic claims teammate Paul Pogba struggled with the pressure of being the world’s most expensive player when first arriving at Manchester United.

Naira Ranks One Of The Worst Global Currencies In 2016

The naira is one of the world’s four worst performing currencies in 2016, according to a report by Bloomberg LP.

The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has accused the leaders of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State of planning to bomb him while travelling in a plane.

Wike explained that the target was for the state APC to get rid of him in its desperate bid to unseat the Peoples Democratic Party-led government in the state.

The Conference of Islamic Organisations, CIO has rejected the gender parity bill currently in the National Assembly describing it as offensive and anti-Islam. CIO said the bill seeking to ensure men and women have equal right to inheritance among other areas is unaccepatable.

A 33-year-old man, Kema Akejelu, yesterday, appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court accused of beating up his wife and throwing her off a storey building.

The photo was shared on social media.

Drama In Rivers State As Former Speaker Re-Emerge Speaker

The former Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly, Mr. Ibani Ikuinyi-Owaji who resigned from office on the 18th of December, 2015 under controversial circumstances, has re-emerged the new Speaker as Adams Dabotorudima resigned today.

Recall Adams Dabotorudima who resigned today had succeeded Ikuinyi-Owaji last year, now Ikuinyi is also succeeding him.

He, Ibani Ikuinyi-Owaji, was elected in an exercise that was conducted by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Mr. Marshal Uwom.

Speaker Of Rivers State House Of Assembly Resigns...The 2nd In A Year

The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Adams Dabotorudima has resigned from office. It will be the second time a speaker in the House of Assembly would be resigning in one year.

He resigned today, Friday, December 30, 2016.

Recall that Dabotorudima’s predecessor in office, Mr. Ikuinyi-Owaji Ibani, resigned on Friday, December 18, 2015.

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