Thousands gather to bury Ghana’s Mills

Accra (AFP) – Thousands of mourners from presidents and dignitaries to ordinary Ghanaians arrived in the capital’s Independence Square on Friday for the funeral of president John Atta Mills.

His body lay in state early Friday, for a third straight day, for a final viewing before being placed in a black limousine for the short drive to the funeral site under military guard.

JTF recovers rocket launchers from terrorists in Maiduguri

The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno State yesterday announced its recovery of nine Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) launchers from a hideout of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, in Maiduguri.

Also seized were four AK47 rifles, one General Purpose Machine Gun ( GPMG), 11 chargers, 1,032 rounds of ammunition, three AK47 Magazines and three Wooden Butts.

Meet Barack Obama's Brother, who lives in a ghetto in Kenya

As a tall, strangely familiar figure leaves his one-room shack in a notorious African slum this week, a few people jokingly call out to him: ‘Mister President! Mister President!’


Heading for breakfast through his junk-strewn yard, stepping over streams of sewage, the appearance of this slim, angular man prompts giggles and pointing from children in rags playing in the muck.

late Ghana president to be laid to rest today



The funeral of Ghanaian President John Atta Mills, who died suddenly in July, is to be held in the capital Accra. It is a day that they would bury Professor John Evans Atta Mills, the first Ghanaian president to die in office. Today is a climax of a three-day burial programme, which began on Wednesday. Mills is to be buried on the grounds of the seat of government at Osu Castle in Accra, the Ghanaian Capital.

US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton Refuses to spend the night in Nigeria because of security fears

 



The heightening of security in Abuja on Thursday notwithstanding, the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, shelved many of the activities scheduled for her and left Nigeria for Ghana.

She later held a meeting with the Ghanaian President, Mr. John Mahama, at his residence in Accra. She is billed to participate in the state funeral for the late President John Attah Mill.

Dana Air Crash :Journalists Assaulted At LASUTH

Journalists Assaulted During Release Of Bodies of Dana Air Crash Victims At LASUTH.more photos when you continue

Nokia PureView promo: Buy the 100k phone for 41k

Hey Guys! Nokia is bringing to you over 50% discount on its newly launched 41 Megapixel Nokia 808 PureView. Guess what? The phone also comes a FREE magnetic Joby Gorilla Pod Tripod Stand to make your photo and video shooting experience very comfortable.

The first 41 people to get to any of these stores;

30 HIV Lovers wed in Jigawa State

Thirty persons living with HIV and AIDS have entered into marriage contract under the couple matchmaking scheme initiated by the Jigawa Action Committee on AIDS.

The Executive Secretary of the Agency, Dr. Bashir Ahmad, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse on Wednesday that the measure was to control the scourge in the state.

Ahmad said the agency, in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria, had so far trained 50 HIV positive women on various trades.

Odumosu comes last in 400m women’s Olympic hurdles Final

Nigeria’s Ajoke Odumosu failed to ignite the country’s hope for a medal, as she came eighth in the 400m hurdles on Wednesday night.

She followed the footsteps of Blessing Okagbare who gave so much hope in the heats but placed last in the 100m final following 'injury'.The 2010 Commonwealth gold medallist who is also the current African champion in her event, finished eighth in the final after a difficult start to the race, cruising home in 55.31 seconds. Her personal-best is 54.40.

hitman in Dewani honeymoon murder gets 25 years

One of the South African hitmen, Mziwamadoda Qwabe (pictured above on the right), accused of killing honeymooner Anni Dewani was this morning sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to her murder.

28 year old Anni Dewani (pictured above with her husband) was shot and killed after the taxi she and her husband were travelling in was hijacked on the outskirts of Cape Town on November 13, 2010 while on their honeymoon. Her British husband Shrien Dewani is accused of masterminding the killing in a murder set up to look like a botched carjacking. He allegedly hired three men to kill Anni. He says he's not guilty.
South Africa is still awaiting his extradition. Qwabe is the second of three South African suspects to be jailed. In 2010 another man turned state witness and implicated Dewani in plotting to kill his new bride. He was sentenced to 18 years

Suspects That Killed Over 24 Church Member in Kogi arrested

The police claimed on Wednesday to have arrested three suspects in connection with the Monday and Tuesday gun attacks in Okene, Kogi State, in which a total of 24 persons, including two soldiers, were killed.

Kogi State Police Command, yesterday, announced that it had arrested the leader of the gang at Ibillo, EdoState.

Kidnappers Seize Delta’s Newest Judge

From Vanguard

Kidnappers struck again in Delta State, Tuesday, abducting a newly-appointed judge of the Delta State High Court, Justice Marcel Okoh.

Justice Okoh, a former Director General of Public Prosecution, DPP, in the state, was kidnapped by armed men at Oria-Abraka in Ethiope –East Local Government Area of the state. Okoh had been on his way to the oil city of Warri.

Lawan Stopped at Airport from Travelling Abroad

The suspended Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on the Monitoring of the Fuel Subsidy regime, Hon. Farouk Lawan, was Tuesday night barred from travelling out of the country at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

Lawan, who is currently under investigation for collecting $500,000 from the Chairman, Zenon Petroleum & Gas Ltd, Mr. Femi Otedola, to doctor the report of the House ad hoc committee, was scheduled to board an Emirates Airline flight en route to Saudi Arabia to perform the lesser Hajj when he was stopped by operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) at the airport and prevented from leaving the country.

Woman Gives Birth In A Latrine

A middle-aged woman, Mrs. Chinwe Amoloku, on Sunday [Aug 5] gave birth to a baby in a latrine at Umusan Ogbe, Kwale, Delta State.
Amoloku, who it was learnt, had no inkling that she was due for delivery, had visited the convenience in the evening when she gave birth without the help of a birth attendant.

 n the process, the baby reportedly fell into the pit toilet.

7 Cameroon athletes go missing from Olympics Games

 

Seven Cameroonian athletes who participated in the 2012 London Olympic Games have disappeared from the Olympic Village, this is according to the mission head.

The athletes, five boxers, a swimmer and a footballer, (all pictured above) packed their personal belongings and disappeared when no one was looking. The woman disappeared first, and the others followed. Looking for greener pastures I guess.

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Scary as hell, huh? Was seen in Pretoria, South Africa

Asari Dokubo threatens to bomb Hausa's in Niger/Delta

What the former Ijaw Youth Council president and founder of Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force said while addressing a press conference in Abuja on Monday:

The arrogance of B/H is un-islamic. The type of bomb they are using is small small pikin bomb. If we begin, nobody will stay in Abuja. 

We don’t manufacture bomb but we buy bombs & dynamites. I started armed struggle in the N/Delta. It's because of GEJ that we at quiet. Soon, we will not be able to guarantee our patience any more. If Ijaw people should retaliate, every household in the North will cry. It is the North that needs peace more than us.

Gov of Kogi in full body armour as he visits DLBC victims

 

 The governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada, wore full body Armour while visiting injured members of the Deeper Life Bible Church in hospital yesterday.

At least 34 people were killed, including 16 children, on Monday night when suspected Boko Haram members opened fire at worshipers at the Deeper Life Church in Okene, Kogi State.

North ‘ll cause another Nigerian Civil War – Asari

Former President of Ijaw Youth Congress, IYC, and leader of Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Alhaji Dokubo Asari, has said that those scheming to remove President Goodluck Jonathan from office were fanning the embers of war in Nigeria.
He also accused Northern leaders of creating the atmosphere of insecurity in the country.
Asari, who addressed newsmen in Abuja, yesterday, recalled that the Isa Kaita, who he said represented a collection of Northern oligarchy, had prior to 2011 general elections, declared that they will make Nigeria ungovernable for Jonathan should he eventually emerged as President, pointing out that incessant bombings and killings credited to the North-based Boko Haram was the manifestation of the threat by Kaita.

My wife slaps me, man tells court

   

Mr Ayinla Kangu of Pakata Area in Ilorin on Monday asked an Ilorin Area Court to dissolve his five-year-old marriage to Raliatu Ologede, over alleged impatience and domineering attitude.
The complainant cited an instance when his wife slapped him for his inability to pay their child’s school fees.

Woman Made to carry the corpse of a boy that she killed

The woman was stripped naked and made to carry the corpse of the dead boy around her area. The sad incident happened on Sunday on Amosu Street, Ijegun, in Lagos.

The woman known locally as Iya Anu beat her 16 year old foster son, Seubow, to death for allegedly stealing N50. Seybow was Iya Anu's husband's nephew.

'One Chance' Suspects Mobbed In Abuja

 

This happened on Saturday August 4th in Abuja. Three men were caught by a mob trying to rob a passenger in a taxi. Read the full story and see all the photos HERE. But be warned it's extremely graphic.

40-foot container crushes car; kills three

The man you see in the photo above, plus two others in a Toyota Avalon car with registration number SQ 32 AAA, were killed around 7pm on Friday August 3rd on the Anthony Bridge, Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, after a truck hauling a 40-foot container suddenly slipped off the flat-bed and fell on their car
The driver of the Toyota and another man in the car died instantly, but not the one in the photo. He called for help for over an hour but the people around had no means to lift the container off the car. Even LASEMA couldn't help because the container was too heavy. The man eventually died.
Finally, four hours after the accident, a crane was brought to lift the container off the mangled car. The bodies of the three men were taken to Gbagada General Hospital.

Gunmen kill 20 at Deeper Life Church during service

A gang of gunmen yesterday invaded the Deeper Life Bible Church in Okene, Kogi state and killed no fewer than 16 christian worshippers, with scores of others seriously wounded.

NigerianEye gathered that the gunmen invaded the church while members were in the Monday evening bible study service, blocked all exit doors in the church auditorium and opened rains of hot bullets on them.

Man Marries Three Wives at the same time in a Church

It's not a movie scene, it is real

Christianity as many people know it permits a man to marry only one wife, the strict doctrine of monogamy is preached among all Christans
However in this church in Zaire, Pictured above is a man standing in front of a pastor who is blessing the marriage of a man to as many as three women at a time.
The funny thing here is that the pastor is also going to quote from the same Holy bible.

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Picture of the day: British Police Pays Tribute to Usain Bolt!

stand up for the champion

Father kills 8-day-old daughter for rituals

Asaba—AN eight-day-old baby girl, was, weekend, allegedly killed by her step father for ritual purposes. The gory incident took place in Jesse, Delta State.

Already, the suspect, has confessed that he carried out  the act on the orders of a spiritualist in Ghana

bomber attacks military patrol in Yobe state, Seven soldiers feared dead

No fewer than Seven soldiers and a suicide bomber may have died in an ambush by suspected Boko Haram gunmen on a military patrol in the Yobe State capital, Damaturu, on Sunday.

Some residential properties in Shagari Low Cost Housing Estate in Damaturu, Yobe State were also destroyed in the attack, which occurred when the suicide bomber detonated explosives hidden in a parked car.

LONDON 2012:Nigerian female boxer reaches quarterfinals,Nigeria through to 400m hurdles semis

Edith Ogoke, the last Team Nigeria boxer standing came out smoking yesterday and punched her way into the quarterfinals at the Olympic Games.

She beat her opponent from Azerbaijan, Vy Stropva Elena, 14-12 to move into the next round where she is expected to fight Russian Torlopova Nadezda on Monday (today) at 4.15pm.

Usain Bolt wins men's 100m final; sets new Olympic World record

Usain Bolt this night won the 100m men's final, setting an Olympic record time of 9.63. Usain is actually the first sprinter to defend the 100m title on the track. Carl Lewis won in 1984 but got the 1988 gold after Ben Johnson was stripped of his title

Keagan wins BBA Stargame

22 year old intern manager, Keagan lastnite won the Big Brother Africa Stargame. The South African won a mouth-watering sum of $300, 000, cash. That's N45m. Damn! He's made for life if he's wise. Talia must be a very happy woman :-)

Young Nigerian footballer slumps and dies in action

21 year old Nigerian born Romania-based footballer, Henry Chinonso Ihelewere, slumped and died yesterday while playing a friendly for his Romania team.

Henry collapsed with no-one around him just 15 minutes after coming on as a second-half substitute. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. Doctors said he suffered a cardiac arrest while playing.

Henry started playing with El Kanemi Juniors of Jos before he left for Romania. Dying of heart attack at 21? God help us!

PHOTO: D'banj in his University days

Africa's Superstar musician D'Banj pictured above in black singlet posing with his friends during his 100 level at the Lagos State University, School of Engineering, Epe, Lagos.hehehe,how time flys

Greatest Olympic Athlete of All Time, Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps ended his career with another gold as the United States won the medley relay at the London Olympics on Saturday.

When Michael Phelps left the swimming pool for the last time, he was carrying two things:
In his right hand was a statue from FINA, the international governing body of swimming. It had been presented to him earlier Sunday night, after winning his 22nd and final Olympic medal – 18 of them gold, including the last one as part of the United States' 400-meter medley relay. The inscription on the trophy declared Phelps, "The Greatest Olympic Athlete of All Time."

Argentina defeat Nigeria in Olympics basketball group match

In another disappointing day for Team Nigeria at the 2012 Olympics, The Male basketball team D'Tigers lost to Argentina on Saturday night in a Group A basketball preliminary match by 93 – 79.The match began at 10.15p.m (Nigerian time)It was the third match for Nigeria, which lost to Lithuania and the United States in earlier matches.

As the fourth and last quarter began, Argentina was leading Nigeria byNigeria will face France on Monday.

A win takes Nigeria to the quarter final.

If Nigeria lose, the team will crash out of the Olympics.

Boko Haram in mass importation of rocket launchers

Terrorists behind the rash of bombings in the North have a game-changer, as they plan to replace the Improvised Explosive Devices with rocket launchers and rocket-propelled grenades, investigation revealed on Friday.

Fraser-Pryce Wins 100m as Okagbare Freezes

Shelly- Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica last night defended her 100m Olympics title with an astonishing 10.75secs as Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria finished last in a star-studded final at a packed Olympic Stadium in London.