Man caught his bride to be 2 days before their wedding cheating on him

A wedding billed to happen on Thursday, December 29, was cancelled by the groom, Izuchukwu Ekweanua, who took to Facebook to announce to his friends that his traditional and white wedding is cancelled.
Couple calls off wedding on Facebook Also, the next day the bride-to-be, Frances
Uchechukwu Obi, took to her Facebook wall to announce the cancellation of the wedding.

However, when friends started to ask why the wedding was called off on Facebook, a man
who claimed to be the lady's cousin accused her of still seeing another man days before the wedding.
See all the drama below;

President Buhari children education profiles

-Qualifications of President Buhari’s children have been revealed

-The revelation has shown that they are extensively educated. 

The President and his family President Muhammadu Buhari has been largely touted as uneducated but his children cannot be branded so because findings show they are
well-educated.
According to Premium Times, in its review of the book “Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria” written by American professor, John Paden, President Buhari s children had extensive education.
Here are the profiles of his children and the good schools they attended:
1) Fatima: Born March 7, 1975. Education: Airforce Primary School, Victoria Island, Lagos;
Government College, Kaduna; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; postgraduate degree, Business Academy, Stratford, United Kingdom.
2) Nana - Hadiza: Born June 23, 1981. Education: Essence International School; Cobham Hall, Kent, United Kingdom; University of Buckingham; Postgraduate, National Teachers
Institute, Kaduna; Masters in International Affairs and Strategic Studies, Polytechnic Kaduna.
3) Safinatu: Born October 13, 1983. Education: Essence International School; Cobham Hall,
Kent, United Kingdom; University of Plymouth, United Kingdom; presently at Arden University, United Kingdom
4) Halima: Born October 8, 1990. Education: International School, Kaduna; British School of
Lome; Bellerby’s College, Brighton, United Kingdom; University of Leicester, United
Kingdom, Nigeria Law School, Lagos.
5) Yusuf: Born April 23. Education: Kaduna International School; British School of Lome;
Bellerby’s College, Brighton, United Kingdom; University of Surrey, United Kingdom.
6) Zahra: Born December 18, 1994. Education: Kaduna International School; British School of Lome; Bellerby’s College, Brighton, United Kingdom; University of Surrey, United Kingdom
7) Aisha (Hanan): Born August 30, 1998. Education: Kaduna International School.
8) Noor (Amina): Born September 14, 2004. Education: Kaduna International School.
Recall that in November 2012, Mr. Buhari’s first daughter, Zulaihat Junaid died of sickle cell anemia after giving birth. Much earlier, a son of President Buhari's - Musa- died in infancy from sickle cell anemia.

Attempt to blow up third mainland Bridge foiled by police

- Nigerian police have foiled an attempt to blow up the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos by notorious Niger Delta militant group operating in with the creeks of Arepo and Ikorodu

- The militant group have been responsible for bank robberies and high profile kidnappings around Lagos and Ogun state recently.
Police foils plan to bomb Theird Mainland Bridge Men of the Nigerian police have foiled an
attempt to blow up the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos by notorious Niger Delta militant group operating in with the creeks of Arepo and Ikorodu area of Ogun state and Lagos.
According to reports by The Nation, Abiodun Amos a top commander of the group also
known as Senti, an Ijaw from Arogbo, Ese-Odo Local Government of Ondo State, who is also said to be the group’s explosive expert, was arrested by operatives of the Inspector General
of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT), who trailed him to a river bank at
Majidun, Ikorodu, Lagos. Recovered from him were Two AK47 rifles hidden in a “Ghana-Must-Go” bag. He led the IRT operatives to a vehicle parked discreetly within Ikorodu, where a large catches of dynamite and detonators was recovered.

The report said the arrest of the militant followed intelligence generated by the office of
the National Security Adviser (NSA), which was passed on to the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, indicating that the group was at its final stage of carrying out an attack on the Third Mainland Bridge—Africa’s longest at 13 kilometres.
The 43-year-old suspect confessed that his group was formerly into pipeline vandalism but they resorted to kidnapping when it became difficult for them to vandalise and sell their
stolen petroleum products.

“We went into bank robberies and kidnapping because we wanted to get to attention and all we wanted was for them to grant us amnesty and also offer us pipeline protection contract. We have made several appeals and the government is not listening to us. “General” Ossy said ‘if we don’t blow up the Third Mainland Bridge government’ they would not listen to
us. We had concluded plans and we decided to carry out the attack by November ending. I am the groups explosive expert and before I was arrested we were going into the creek to conclude plans on how to carry out the attack.”
The militant group have been responsible for bank robberies and high profile kidnappings,
including that of three schoolgirls at Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary School in Ikorodu, four landlords at Isheri North, Oniba of Ibaland, Oba Goriola Oseni and many others within Lagos and Ogun states, boasted in an interview that his group had over 21 “generals”
commanding 7,800 battle-ready boys.

Davido aka OBO acquired a 2017 Range Rover for himself as a Christmas present

- Davido aka OBO is an American-born, Nigerian recording artiste
- The rich man's son is only 24 but has the bank account of someone much older
- For Christmas, the rich musician got himself an exepensive care worth between N80m- N200M 2017 Range Rover car as a present.
David Adeleke popularly know as Davido began his music career in 2011. Two of his hit tracks was well received and shot him straight into lime light. The music producer and boss of Henry often refers to himself as Omo Baba Olowa (OBO) which means son of a rich man.
In the beginning of the year, Davido signed a one million dollars deal with global record label Sony and has been seen rolling and collaborating with international stars.

As other celebrities like Funke Akindele and Yemi Alade receive Christmas presents from friends, Davido got himself something instead. OBO put his money where his mouth is when he purchased the latest Range Rover for himself as Christmas present.

Davido sitting on his Christmas present. The car is said to be worth between 80- 200
million naira and the HKN CEO paid cash and in dollars for his new ride. He was seen sitting on his Christmas present after the purchase.

It's been a swell Christmas for the young artists who spent time with his daughter this Christmas as well as gift himself an expensive bad boy toy.

40 Foreigners arrested within sambisa forest in Borno State Nigeria

- 40 foreigners were arrested within one week within the deadly Sambisa forest following the recovering of the forest from Boko Haram terrorists

- It is believed that the foreigners were providing “back-up” for Boko Haram 40 foreigners arrested in Sambisa forest At least, 40 foreigners were arrested within one

week within the deadly Sambisa forest following the recovering of the forest from Boko Haram terrorists.

According to a report by The Nation, profiling of the foreigners has started to determine whether or not they were working in cahoot with Boko Haram insurgents.

A military source said the identities of the foreigners and their missions in Sambisa Forest

will not be revealed untill after a thorough screening has been completed but it is believed

that the foreigners were providing “back-up” for Boko Haram.

”In the last one week since we launched massive operations in Sambisa Forest, we have arrested over 40 foreigners.

“We will come up with the details later after the profiling of these suspects. They are all being debriefed. But we discovered that there were so many foreigners in the midst of Boko Haram.

“We have also rescued a lot of people who are being screened too.”

Speaking further, a source said that that recovering the forest from Boko Haram was no easy feat.

“As for the operations in Sambisa Forest, our gallant troops have successfully taken over Camp Zero and Camp S (Shape) which are the headquarters of Boko Haram.

“The success of the operations is significant because there is no habitation beyond these areas in Sambuca Forest. The area is about 66,000 sq kilometres and there are so many parts uninhabited.

“Many insurgents, including their leaders, were killed and many were captured. Many insurgents are now fleeing. The situation now is that Boko Haram insurgents have been dispersed and dislocated.” On the fate of the remaining Chibok girls, the source said: “The fleeing Boko Haram insurgents must have relocated them from Sambisa Forest but we are all ready hunting for them.”

But a DSS source said the invasion of Sambisa Forest had entered the second phase, which is the pursuit of the fleeing insurgents.

The source said the operations in Sambisa were both intelligence-driven and military onslaught has resulted to the elimination of the insurgents from the forest.

“We have finished almost 90 per cent of the job with Boko Haram. We are now in the second phase which is the most difficult. We are pursuing the fleeing Boko Haram insurgents.

“The good thing is that we prepared for this fallout (the fleeing of the insurgents) long before the takeover of Sambisa Forest. We are trained professionals to curtail the effects of Boko Haram insurgency, especially the fallout of routing them out.

“We are apprehending the fleeing insurgents. Even yesterday, we took some of them in," the security chief stated.

DSS arrest 3rd most wanted terrorist

- Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested the third most wanted terrorism suspect in the world
- The suspect remains unnamed because he is still “undergoing profiling”
- DSS also intercepted a plot to carry out a deadly terrorist attack on the United States through its active intelligence alert DSS arrests third most wanted terrorism suspect.

Nigeria’s secret police, Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested the third most
wanted terrorism suspect in the world. According to a report by The Nation, the terrorist suspect has been accused of killing of expatriates in the country between 2012 and 2013 as secret services in various parts of the world have been trooping into Nigeria to interact with the suspect.
The suspect remains unnamed because he is still “undergoing profiling”, a source told the
newspaper. “He is still in our custody. “This suspect was responsible for the killing of some expatriates in the country between 2012 and 2013.” The source also confirmed how DSS intercepted a plot to carry out a deadly terrorist attack on the United States through its active intelligence alert. “About six months ago, we burst a terrorist attack that was to happen in the United States. This earned the service a letter of commendation. “In fact, President Barack Obama placed a call to President Muhammadu Buhari to acknowledge what we did. “We did not make it a media issue because before you know it, there will be editorials asking us whether we had addressed security challenges in Nigeria before helping the US. “But the speed with which things are changing and expanding around us, I can tell you that security challenge is becoming more globalised. “We have been taken into confidence as a nation better than what it was before.”

The arrest is seen as a significant anti-terrorism breakthrough. United States President Barack Obama telephoned President Muhammad Buhari to hail the feat, a source told The Nation. Meanwhile, ahead of 2019 election, activities of some politicians are under watch by the secret service.
The politicians include a few who are making inciting statements and “beating war drums
ahead of 2019 general elections”. “If there is any one group that is dangerous, it is the politicians. They are more dangerous than Boko Haram. ”The way 2019 is being looked at, many knives and sticks are being sharpened because of some people’s interest.
“A politician now throws decorum to the winds because he wants to be president or governor. He is now dishing out stories that will make this country to be burning… We want to reach 2019 in peace and not in pieces.
“The way they are interested in power without any plans on what to do gives calls for concern. They are turning truth into falsehood," a DSS source was quoted.

Freed Chibok Girls prevented from spending Christmas with their family

Kidnapped girls freed from more than two years of captivity by Boko Haram fighters were prevented by Nigerian officials from spending Christmas at home with their families, relatives and a lawyer says.
The news raised questions about Nigeria's handling of the 21 girls freed in October through negotiation mediated by the Swiss government and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Nearly 300 girls taking science exams were kidnapped from a government boarding school in the northeastern town of Chibok April 2014. Dozens escaped within hours, and 219 remain captive. The mass abduction brought Boko Haram world attention and sparked an international social media movement to "BringBackOurGirls". Those freed in October have been held for trauma counselling and rehabilitation in Abuja, the capital. They demanded to spend Christmas at home. The government tried to appease them saying they
would fly their parents to Abuja, human rights lawyer Emmanuel Ogebe said. He said the girls insisted on being at home and arrived in Chibok on Christmas Eve but were held at a legislator's house. Christmas Day passed but they were not allowed to see their parents until Borno state Governor Kashim Shettima showed up on Monday, with
cameras to have his photograph taken officially presenting the girls to their parents, Ogebe said. "In terms of a Christmas family reunion, this has got to rank amongst the world's most spectacular failed parties," Ogebe said by phone from his base in the US. "The Grinch, or in this case the government, stole their Christmas this time. Not the terrorists." The mother of one girl and the father of another said that the girls wanted to attend Christmas service at their church but were told they had to remain at the legislator's house for their security. The relatives spoke on condition of anonymity, fearing repercussions from the government for them and their daughters. The Bring Back Our Girls movement, Human Rights Watch and lawyers like Ogebe, who has organised scholarships in the US for some of the girls who escaped the night of the abduction, are asking if the traumatised girls have escaped one form of captivity for another.

Nigeria's army has freed thousands of people from captivity by Boko Haram this year as it has driven the Islamic extremist group out of towns and villages where they had declared a caliphate. Most have been detained for interrogation in appalling conditions that have resulted in the deaths of newly freed hostages and their babies, Amnesty International has reported.

President Muhammadu Buhari this week declared that Boko Haram had finally been "crushed," driven out of their last stronghold in the northeastern Sambisa Forest where they were believed to be holding many Chibok girls. The government said this week that negotiations to free the rest of the girls continue.

The military victory in Sambisa, which could not be independently verified, is unlikely to end the deadly suicide bombings and attacks on remote villages and army camps staged by the insurgents.

Alleged 80 year old witch trapped on an electric pole

A social media user has shared photos of a supposed witch that was trapped.
According to the social media user, the 80 year old alleged witch was trapped on an electric
pole while she was on her way back from her witchcraft mission.

She was however assisted down the pole by people around.

Limbless Girl Rahma Haruna is dead

20-year-old Rahma Haruna, who lives inside a bowl in Kano, has been reported dead. She died on Sunday, December 25. Limbless girl Rahma Haruna who lives inside a bowl dies in Kano A man identified as Shamsuddeen Luk man Abubakar took to his Facebook handle on
Monday, December 26, to share this news saying: “ Rest in peace Rahma Haruna.”

Rahma has lived inside the bowl all her life and it was reported that about six months ago, her limbs stopped developing. Her story went viral in January when her pictures, carried by her 10-year-old brother in a bowl, drew sympathy and attracted a lot of donations in cash, clothes, foodstuffs, wheelchair, among others.
Born in Lahadin Makole village in Kano, Rahma, who barely had any limb, suffered stunted growth of torso and lived on receiving alms to feed herself and assist her parents.

5 things to do as we count down to New Year

Hey everyone,the new year is almost here!!!!! But before kick
start, here are 5 things you should do as you countdown
to a brand new year
Score yourself
1. SCORE YOURSELF : take stock of the outgoing year. How did you do? On a scale of 1-10 what would you score yourself? Do like an annual review of all that you set out to do in the outgoing year, kinni scores? How far? Progress? Same ol’ same ol’? Is your game still on point? Plan
2. PLAN AHEAD &PRAY AHEAD : write the vision, make it plain. Writing out your plans would help you keep track of what you want to achieve, when you want to achieve it and how you intend to go about achieving it.The goals, the targets, and the very things you want to make of the New Year. You want to go on a vacation or bae-cation? Bae cation You want to lose weight? You want to join the natural hair gang? You want to get that ride? You want to remove negative people and things from your life? Start getting ready to do that.Plan it now. Getting married? Start planning. If you are getting married in 2017 you should read
Before you say I do You can also read Is Marriage Really Worth It? Asides planning, it's important you pray. A man devise the his way, the lord directeth his step Proverbs 16:9
3. FORGIVE EVERYONE & YOURSELF TOO! : there's really no need carrying baggage into the new year. Get OVER IT! Move on Whatever they did, whatever they said….just LET IT GO! I know it’s not so easy but you can try. Your heart would be more at peace when you forgive. Forgive yourself too, sometimes we mess up, we do the very things we told others not to do, we make mistakes that make us almost hate ourselves. Forgive yourself. It’s the first step to moving past the mistake you made. Give
4. GIVE : there’s that bag you didn’t use all through the year. I’m right isn’t it? There’s that shoe you didn’t even look at this year. There’s that dress that is now too short or too tight. GIVE IT OUT! Create space for the new things coming in the incoming year. Don’t over crowd your closet; let some items go to new owners. Y’all stingy kokos listen up! This is especially for you Positive thoughts only!
5. BE POSITIVE : Okay, okay I know. You had a bad year…that’s what you think huh? You are already thinking the New Year would be the same? Naah don't be like that. As a man thinketh… Be positive. Speak Positive. The recession and cash crunch won’t follow you into the New Year. The New Year might just be the ‘IT’ year for you. Stay Positive! How’s the season coming along guys? Y’all are having lots of fun I believe. thanks guys So that’s my Lil som’n som’n for you delivered with so much love, what else would you add to this list? Comment and plsssss share, there’s someone you know that needs to read this

Wishing all my Christian friends a merry Christmas and a prosperous new year

After 832 in foster care, he is finally adopted.

It’s nice to be able to share some good news during the holidays. Media reports of one family’s heartwarming tale has gone viral.
According to reports, a 3-year-old boy named Michael Brown has finally been adopted after spending 832 days in foster care. Reportedly, his new adoptive sister Dezhianna Brown posted joyful photos of her new brother on social media.

According to media accounts, Tara Montgomery and her two daughters had been fostering Michael since early 2015 when the toddler was only 18 months old. Reportedly, Montgomery did not intend to adopt Michael because she believed he would be reunited with his biological mother. But, according to reports, when those plans fell through, Montgomery and her daughters happily moved to make Michael’s home with them permanent. Dezhianna has tweeted several photos from the day Michael officially joined the family. The youngsters happiness is infectious, and the photos quickly went viral.

Two men who hijacked an aircraft and threatened to blow it up had a grenade and guns that were both fake.

Two men who hijacked an aircraft and threatened to blow it up had a grenade and guns that were both fake.

The pair surrendered peacefully after several hours of negotiations at Malta International Airport, where the internal Libyan flight had been diverted. The hijackers, named as Libyans Suhah Mussa and Ahmed Ali, gave themselves up after allowing passengers and then some crew off the Afriqiyah Airways jet. The pair, believed to be aged in their twenties, later left the plane with the rest of the crew. Maltese soldiers found a second pistol when they searched the aircraft.

The Maltese prime minister, Joseph Muscat, said their weapons had been examined and were found to be replicas. The Airbus A320, with 111 passengers and six crew on board, was travelling from the Libyan city of Sabha to the capital Tripoli when it was forced to land in Malta on Friday morning.

The hijackers initially wanted the plane to be flown to Rome but it ended up in Malta due to fuel limitations. All flights to the airport were immediately diverted. Mr Muscat said his government had told the hijackers to release all the passengers before there could be any talks. He said: "This request was negotiated and eventually accepted, and passengers were released in consecutive groups."

In a series of tweets, Mr Muscat said 65 people had been allowed to leave, then another 44, including some crew, followed by the hijackers and the final crew members.

The passengers were being questioned by police and will then return to Libya on another Afriqiyah Airways jet, while the hijackers are being interrogated. At one point during the hijacking a man, believed to be one of the perpetrators, briefly appeared with a plain green flag at the top of steps outside the aircraft.

The flag was thought to be of Libya when it was ruled by former dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. The plane's pilot Ali Milad told Libyan TV the hijackers had been seeking political asylum in Europe and wanted to set up a political party called "the New Fateh". But the Maltese prime minister said the pair had not issued any demands. Fateh is a reference to Gaddafi, who led the Fate revolution after his coup in 1969 and was killed in 2011 after being overthrown in an uprising.

Child trafficking gang arrested in Mumbai

Police say they sold at least five babies in the past year Police stand with the members of an alleged child trafficking gang in Mumbai. New Delhi (CNN) — Police in Mumbai have arrested six people in connection with a baby smuggling ring. The gang, five women and a man, would abduct babies in Mumbai and sell them to childless couples in other parts of India, according to senior police inspector Naresh Kasale. The activities of the gang came to police attention when they received a complaint about a missing boy who had been kidnapped from his home in Mumbai. The child was tracked down earlier this month and found with a gang member in Goa.

She confessed that the gang would kidnap babies and present them as their own to sell to customers for around 200,000 to 300,000 rupees ($3,000 to $3,600). In the past year they sold five babies in this fashion, Kasale said.
He said police are still investigating the gang, as they believe more people may be involved.
Child trafficking Last month, police in West Bengal rescued 10 babies, all girls ranging from one to 10 months old, during a raid in Kolkata on a suspected international child trafficking ring, according to CNN News 18 .

The bodies of two infants were also discovered at the old age home the traffickers were using as a base.
"An initial probe revealed that at least 50 infants have been sold from the home and the number could be more," police told CNN News 18 at the time. More than 73,000 children were reported missing in 2014, according to the most recent official statistics. Last year, the National Crime Records Bureau registered 41,893 cases of kidnapping and child abduction, and 3,490 cases of child trafficking.

Child trafficking includes crimes such as buying and selling of minors for prostitution and importation of girls from abroad. According to an Indian government report "a large number of children are trafficked not only for the sex 'trade' but also for other forms of non-existent based exploitation that includes servitude of various kinds, as domestic labor, industrial labor, agricultural labor, begging, organ trade and false marriage."

‘A WIFE MATERIAL MUST BE A LADY WHO ADDS VALUE TO YOUR LIFE, AVOID AMBIGUITY, SEX IS NOT VALUE’ -RENO OMOKRI

Plan carrying 118 people hijacked over Libya.

Plane carrying 118 people is hijacked over Libya by ‘two men'

Two men armed with hand grenades are threatening to blow up a plane carrying 118 people, including a child, after hijacking it over Libya. The plane was travelling on an internal flight when the hijacking took place and has since been diverted to Malta International Airport where emergency measures are being taken. Libyan media suggest that there are two hijackers on board claiming to be in possession of hand grenades, and demanding the release of  Muammar Gaddafi s son Saif al Islam. Reports state that the hijackers are threatening to blow up the aircraft which was carrying 111 passengers, including one child, and seven crew, if their requests are not met. Negotiations are ongoing but it has been confirmed that the first 25 passengers, consisting of women and children, have been released, although it is believed the male passengers are still on board.

Sources at the airport told the Malta Independent that negotiations are ongoing and the first passengers could be let off the aircraft soon. Footage from the scene showed passengers, many clad in black, exiting the flight was is stood stationary on tarmac at the airport.

A Flight Radar image was released showing the path of the flights as it headed towards the Mediterranean island. The prime minister of Malta, Joseph Muscat, confirmed he had been informed of the incident involving the Afriqiyah Airways A320 flight. Informed of potential hijack situation of a # Libya internal flight diverted to #Malta . Security and emergency operations standing by -JM
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A spokesperson from the Armed Forces of Malta told the Malta Independent that counter terrorism officers had been deployed.

Afriqiyah Airways operates from Sebha to Tripoli on Friday, leaving at 10.10am and arriving at 11.20am. It operates another flight on Tuesdays. It is more than 30 years since the last major hijacking took place in Malta. Hijacked Afriqiyah Airways flight diverted to Malta flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/…
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In November 1985 an EgyptAir Boeing 737 was diverted to the island and what followed
was a 24 hour standoff that ended in the brutal massacre of 62 people.

Seasons Greetings to you all

How to prepare Nigerian white rice and stew for Christmas

Cooking white rice is as easy as boiling eggs for breakfast. It is usually cooked plain with no added ingredients. Some people add salt but this is optional. This procedure applies to the long grain white rice.

Ingredients:....
Long grain parboiled white rice Salt (Optional)
Cooking Directions
1. Parboil the rice using the method detailed in How to Parboil Rice for Cooking White Rice . You may want to parboil it for much longer depending on personal preference.
2. Pour the rice in a sieve to drain out the hot water.
3. Dip in cold water, then wash and drain.
4. Meanwhile set some water to boil in a pot big enough to accommodate the rice bearing in mind that the rice will rise some more. The extent of rising depends on the type of rice and for how long it was parboiled.
5. Add the parboiled rice and salt (optional). Check to see that the water level is just about the same as the rice.
6. Cook till the water is just about drying up. Check that the rice is done. If not, add more water and keep cooking.
7. Keep checking till the rice is done. Leave to dry completely. This is usually confirmed by a ticking sound coming from the pot.

Ingredients and PREPARATION METHOD
1.5 kg Fresh Tomatoes or Tinned Tomato Puree,
100 g Canned Tomato paste,
1 litre Vegetable Oil,
500 g Beef,
2 or 3 onoin bulbs,
5 Habanero Pepper (atarodo),
2 Knorr Stock Cubes
1 Tbsp. (15 ml) of Thyme and curry, Salt to Taste
1. Wash and cut the meat into bite-sized cubes Place in a pot and add water, thyme, curry, one Knorr Stock Cube and salt to taste. Cook the meat until done and then fry/grill the chunks, set aside and reserve the beef stock.
2. Open up the canned tomato paste, scoop the contents into a bowl and dilute with a little water and set aside.
3. Grind the tomatoes, peppers and onions.
4. Pour the ground tomato mix into a pot and leave to boil until the consistency is thicker and the excess water has dried up.
5. Heat up the vegetable oil and, add some onions. Add the dried up tomatoes and the diluted tomato puree and fry for about 25 minutes or until the tomato loses its sour taste. Stir continuously to prevent burning at the bottom.
6. Add the beef stock and cook for 10 minutes. Serve with baby potatoes, mash and rice.

President Buhari orders state government to pay workers salaries before Christmas.

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked governors in the country to pay workers in their states all outstanding salaries and entitlements. The governors are to make the payments with parts of the at least 25 percent of the refunds made to them from excess deductions for external debt service.

Buhari asked the governors to pay the salaries through the refund from the federal government. The Punch reports that the president said this through one of his spokespersons, Garba Shehu adding that the sum of N552.74 billion had been approved as refund to the governors.
Many state governors have expressed their inability to help the situation with workers owed at least five months in salaries and other entitlements.
In some states, workers are owed up to eight
months.
Now, about 33 governors are reportedly expected to receive 25 percent of their approved.
The report quoted Shehu as saying the payment followed the claims by the states that they had been overcharged in deductions for external debt service between 1995 and 2002. He noted that the president directed the minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, to make the payment as he remained troubled over the issue of workers’ benefits, particularly salary and pensions which he said must be paid immediately. According to the statement: “When he assumed office last year, the President declared an emergency on unpaid salaries, following the discovery that 27 out of the 36 states had fallen behind in the payments to their workers, in some cases for up to a year. “Following this, a bailout loan was issued to the states twice, with a first batch of about N300bn given to them in 2015 in the form of soft loans.
“The administration also got the Debt Management Office to restructure their commercial loans of over N660bn and extended the life span of the loans. “Because this did not succeed in pulling many of the states out of distress, the Federal government this year gave out a further N90bn to 22 states as yet another bailout loans under very stringent conditions.
“President Buhari is of the opinion that the payment of salaries and pensions must be given priority to save both serving and retired workers and their families from distress.”

London busiest tube line strike

Strikes: passengers are being warned to leave extra time to travel or seek alternative routes

Central line strike: London's busiest Tube line facing Christmas Eve chaos as drivers' walkout announced.
Londoners face travel chaos on Christmas Eve after Tube drivers announced last-minute strike action.
Drivers on the Central Line are planning to walk out in a row over the dismissal of a fellow driver for "gross misconduct". Transport for London is warning passengers to allow plenty of time to travel or seek alternative routes with a reduced service on the line throughout December 24.
The walkout on the Underground’s busiest line could cause mayhem for Londoners trying to get home for Christmas or desperately scouring the shops for last-minute presents. Transport for London said trains would still run every five minutes between Ealing Broadway and Liverpool Street, but warned trains on the West RuislIp branch would be severely effected.

Organised by the RMT union, the strike is in response to the sacking of a driver who was found to have put others at risk after passing a red signal. As well as a reduced service, there will be no trains at all between White City and West Ruislip. Peter McNaught, Operations Director for the Central line said: “This dispute concerns the dismissal of a Central line driver for gross misconduct following a serious breach of our safety. procedures while operating a train. What are London's most delayed Tube lines? “We carried out a full and fair disciplinary process which found that the driver failed to take the appropriate action having passed a red signal, potentially putting the safety of others at risk. We urge the union to withdraw its action and not cause disruption to Londoners.”

Fire engulfed over 100 buildings in Japan

A wind-fanned fire engulfed 140 buildings in central Japan with hundreds of residents advised to evacuate their homes, local media reported. The Niigata prefectural government called on the military to dispatch troops to help contain the fire in Itoigawa City on the Sea of Japan coast, 250 km northwest of Tokyo. Two people were injured after the fire broke out in a restaurant and spread quickly, broadcaster NHS reported.

The city issued an evacuation advisory to 740 people as firefighters were battling the raging blaze. "I'm astonished to see the fire spread so quickly. I first thought one or two houses would be burned in the fire," a witness told NHK.

Clash in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has left 18persons dead

Fighting between Hutu and Nande ethnic militias in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 17 civilians and one police officer, in a sign of worsening insecurity across the vast country. "Some were killed by gunshots and others by machetes," Captain Guillaume Djike told Reuters.

Innocent Gasigwa, a local activist, said the clashes involved the predominantly ethnic Nande "Mai Mai Mazembe" militia and mostly Hutu "Nyatura" fighters. Separately Human Rights Watch (HRW) said security forces killed at least 34 people during protests this week against President Joseph Kabila's refusal to step down at the end of his mandate.
Congo's capital Kinshasa and other cities were convulsed by violent demonstrations on Tuesday as Kabila, in power since 2001, reached the end of his second term in office without an election in place to choose his successor. HRW's Central Africa director said on Twitter that the deaths, including 19 in the capital Kinshasa and five in the southeastern mining hub of Lubumbashi, happened at protests early on Tuesday and HRW was verifying reports of more deaths.
Congo's government says 22 people were killed in the clashes, including a police officer, most of them by stray bullets or while looting.

Bride to be stabbed to death by her house help.

A 33-year-old bride to-be, Dayo Adeleke, was stabbed to death by her Cameroonian cook at
her home in Parkview estate Lagos. According to a former member of the Presidential Advisory Committee On National Conference, Tony Ipriye Uranta, who shared the sad story on Facebook, the sad incident happened on Tuesday night December 20.

 The houseboy was said to have asked for increase in salary in which the victim said she does not have. The deceased was set to get married next year.

The victim when she was proposed to earlier this year The deceased was said to have helped the houseboy who was a refugee and living in a church. She gave him accommodation and a job.

A screengrab from the dance video he posted on It The Cameroonian house-help who goes by the handle @william_smith1059 on Instagram actually shared a dance video on Tuesday December 20, same day he allegedly killed his boss, Dayo Adeleke.

He was arrested within an hour of the murder. He's in Panti police station right now.

How to prepare Nigerian fried rice for the holiday season

Nigerian Fried rice recipe:
•Total time: Over an Hour
•Serves: 8

Ingredients:.....
• 3 cups White Rice
• 2 cups Liquid Stock (Boiled meat water) i.e. Turkey stock , Beef Stock or Chicken stock
• 2 tbsp. Curry Powder (For Colour)
• 3 Seasoning cubes
• Salt to taste
• 4 cloves Garlic,minced
• 8 tbsp. Vegetable oil
• 3 medium sized Carrots
• 2 large Green Capsicum (Green bell pepper)
• 1 cup Green Peas
• 2 bulbs Red Onion
• A handful Green Beans
• 200g Cow Liver

Directions:...
Preparation of the liver:
Wash the liver thoroughly with water and dice. Place the diced liver in a small pot, season with salt and steam for 10 minutes. Turn off the burner and set aside.

Preparation of the vegetables
Step 1: Scrape the back of the carrots, Wash and dice.
Step 2: Remove the seeds from the green bell pepper, Wash and dice.
Step 3: Wash and dice the runner beans.
Step 4: Wash and steam the green peas with a little salt to taste.
Step 5: Wash and chop the Onions. Set the veggies aside.

Preparation of the Curried rice
Step 1: Parboil the rice in water for about 10mins. Cooking for this short period of time ensures it doesn't get too soft before the real curried rice preparation as well as removes some of the starch to prevent it from sticking together. Wash and rinse with clean cold water.
Step 2: Place the washed rice in a pot and add the Stock (I used turkey stock for this). Add some water, Curry powder (For color and taste), Seasoning cubes, Salt to taste and minced garlic. Cover the pot and leave to cook till the liquid in the pot dries up leaving the softened (But not too soft) rice .

The Fried Rice Preparation:....
Fried rice is usually done in batches (if you want to go the Authentic way) so you’d have to divide the veggies, rice and liver into 4 batches (let’s call it batch 1,2,3,4)
Step 1: Heat two tbsp. of vegetable oil in a large pan.
Step 2: Add the batch 1 veggies (carrot, green pepper, peas, runner beans, onions) and stir-fry for about 1 minute. Add the liver (Batch 1) and stir-fry for 2mins. Add the rice (Batch
1) and stir to incorporate the mixture, leave for 1 minute before turning out into a pot.
Repeat the process above till the whole batch is used up

P.S: If you do not want to go through the stress, Simply Stir-fry all the veggies and liver in a pan, Add it to the curried rice and mix to incorporate. Leave to heat further on low heat before turning off the burner. Serve hot!

Please feel free to ask me any questions.

Tasty jollof rice to try this season

This is the most popular Nigerian rice recipe. This is why you will always see it in parties. It is quite easy to prepare if you follow the simple steps.

The following are other variations of Jollof Rice:
Coconut Rice
Mixed Vegetable Jollof Rice
Rice and Beans

Ingredients
3 cigar cups | 750g long grain parboiled rice
Tomato Stew 500 mls
Chicken (whole chicken, drumsticks or chicken breast)
Pepper and salt (to taste)
2 medium onions
3 Knorr cubes
2 teaspoons thyme
2 teaspoons curry powder (Nigerian curry powder) Before you cook Jollof Rice
1. Prepare the tomato stew. It is advisable to prepare tomato stew before hand and keep in the freezer. This is so that whenever you want to cook any jollof rice related dish, it is just a matter of adding it to your cooking.
2. If you will use whole chicken then wash and cut it into pieces. Cook with the thyme, Knorr cubes and 2 bulbs of onions (chopped). The cooking time depends on the type of chicken.
The rooster or cockerel cooks much faster than the hen but the hen is definitely tastier.

When done, grill it in an oven. You may also fry it. This is to give it a golden look which is more presentable especially if you have guests for dinner.
3. Parboil the rice using the method detailed in parboiled rice for cooking jollof rice . Rinse the parboiled rice and put in a sieve to drain.

Cooking Directions
1. Pour the chicken stock and the tomato stew into a sizeable pot and leave to boil.
2. Add the drained parboiled rice, curry powder, salt and pepper to taste. The water level should be the same level of the rice. This is to ensure that all the water dries up by the time the rice is cooked.
3. Cover the pot and leave to cook on low to medium heat. This way the rice does not burn before the water dries up.

If you parboiled the rice as described at parboiling rice for cooking jollof rice , the rice should be done by the time the water is dry. Taste to confirm. If not, you will need to add more water and reduce the heat to prevent burning. Keep cooking till done.

Serve with Fried Plantain, Nigerian Moi Moi, Nigerian Salad or Coleslaw .
You can spice up this recipe by adding 2 well known vegetables to arrive at what we refer to as Mixed Vegetables Jollof Rice .
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me.

Former Borno State Governor Senator Ali Modu Sheriff give out daughter Halifax's hand in marriage.

Maiduguri, the Borno State capital will be agog with weddings this December. Aside from the India is who are receiving President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Zahra, into their fold as a wife; Halima, one of the daughters of a factional Peoples Democratic chairman, Ali Sheriff, is also set to walk down the aisle this month. The lucky groom-to-be, Ronnie, is said to be one of Northern Nigeria’s most handsome and eligible bachelors. In his early 30’s, he is the aide-de- camp to the Chief of Army Staff of Nigeria, Tukur Buratai, and a Captain in the Nigerian Army. On the other hand, Halima is a fashion designer and a graduate of the Canadian University in Dubai.

The couple have released some pre-wedding photos which were shot by ace Abuja-based wedding photographer, Big H Studios.

Berlin Christmas market killing, suspected Tunisian on the run

German police are looking for a Tunisian man after finding an identity document under the driver's seat of the truck that ploughed into a Berlin Christmas market, killing 12 people.

The document was in the name of Anis A., born in the southern city of Tataouine in 1992. The man is also believed to use false names, it said. Daily newspaper Bild reported he was known to police as a possibly dangerous individual, and part of a large Islamist network. Police initially arrested a Pakistani asylum-seeker near the scene, but released him without charge on Tuesday. Authorities have warned that the attacker is on the run and may be armed. It is not clear if the perpetrator was acting alone or with others.
The 25-tonne truck, belonging to a Polish freight company, smashed into wooden huts serving mulled wine and sausages, injuring about 45 people. The Polish driver of the truck was found shot dead in the cabin of the vehicle. Bild reported that he was alive until the attack took place. It quoted an investigator as saying there must have been a struggle with the attacker, who may have been injured. Islamic State has claimed responsibility, as it did for a similar attack in July when a Tunisians born man rammed a truck through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice. Eighty-six people were killed, and the driver was shot dead by police.

The head of the Association of German Criminal Detectives, Andre Schulz, told German television that police hoped to make another arrest soon.
"I am relatively confident that we will perhaps tomorrow or in the near future be able to present a new suspect," he said.
Wednesday's Passauer Neue Presse quoted the head of the group of interior ministers from Germany's 16 federal states, Klaus Bouillon, as saying tougher security measures were needed. "We want to raise the police presence and strengthen the protection of Christmas markets. We will have more patrols. Officers will have machine guns. We want to make access to markets more difficult, with vehicles parked across them," Bouillon told the paper. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who will run for a fourth term next year, has said it would be particularly repulsive if a refugee, seeking protection in Germany, was the perpetrator. Some politicians have blamed her open-door migrant policy for making such attacks more likely. The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD), which has won support in the last two years as Merkel's own popularity has waned, said that Germany is no longer safe.

Some politicians have also called for changes to Merkel's immigration and security policies after she allowed more than a million migrants to enter Germany in the last two years, many fleeing countries such as Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann told German radio on Wednesday that there was a higher risk of Islamist attacks because of the influx of migrants. Later Die Welt reported that the man's identity documents were issued in Kleve, North Rhine- Westphalia, and he had an address in both Berlin and North Rhine-Westphalia. He had been charged with assault in the summerbut disappeared before he could appear in court.

Kicked out of Delta Air Line in London for speaking Arabic

Delta Air Lines Inc removed two men from a plane at London's Heathrow Airport before takeoff, with one of the men accusing the airline of acting on passenger complaints he had been speaking on a phone in Arabic.

Adam Saleh, a Muslim American, appeared in a Twitter video retweeted more than 440,000 times. Speaking from the plane on Wednesday he said: "We're getting kicked out because we spoke a different language...Six white people against us bearded men."
It was not immediately clear what took place before the recording began. Saleh has posted what he calls "experiment" videos in the past showing him speaking Arabic on planes. In a statement, Delta said two customers were removed from Delta Flight 1 after a disturbance in the cabin prompted more than 20 customers to express their discomfort. The airline said it spoke to the two passengers it removed and rebooked them. Delta said it would speak with the crew and other passengers when the flight landed at New York's Kennedy Airport on Wednesday afternoon.
It said the airline had an obligation to ensure a safe environment and promised an update once it had more information.
"We take all allegations of discrimination seriously and we are gathering all of the facts before jumping to any conclusion. Our culture requires treating everyone with respect," the statement said.
Airlines have in recent months battled negative publicity over incidents in which Muslim passengers were removed from flights. In November, a supporter of President-elect Donald Trump was allowed to stay on a domestic US flight after going on an expletive-filled rant. He was later slapped with a lifetime ban from Delta flights.

University of Lagos increases accommodation and caution fees for Post Graduate students

UNILAG increases Post Graduate accommodation,
caution fees.

- The school authorities have increased the cost of
bed space and caution fees on the post graduate  students by 500%. According to InfoNaij.com.

- The students are agitated by the schools action. The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has increased the cost of bed space and caution fees of postgraduate students by 500%. UNILAG increases accommodation, caution fees According to The Punch, the students are now demanding a reversal of the hike and the refund of the backlog of caution fee.

They also want the school management to reinstate the Graduate Fellowship and the Teaching Assistant Programmes hitherto enjoyed by indigent postgraduate students. A letter signed by the Dean, Students Affairs Division, Professor Ademola Adeleke, had announced an increase from N11,000 to N70,000 for bed spaces at the Henry Carr Hall and to N120,000 for Erastus Akingbola Hall. Caution fee was also increased from N3,500 to N25,000, while students expected to resume for the new session at the newly opened Sodeinde Postgraduate Wing are also expected to pay N120,00 for accommodation per session.
According to Adeleke, the increment takes effect from the 2016/2017 session. “The cost per bed space is N70,000. This means that for Henry Carr, rooms with a single occupant will attract N70,000 X 2, which is N140,000. Caution fee is N25,000,’’ part of the letter read.
One of the students who spoke in the issue under the condition of anonymity said: “ For us here, we are now expected to pay N184,000 for a bed space and anyone who wants to pay for two-bed spaces is expected to pay N265,000. ''For Henry Carr, the cost of a room inclusive of bed space, caution and maintenance fees was initially N58,000 for a session for PhD students. That included bed space cost, caution fee and maintenance fee. “But now, the amount has been jerked up to N165,000. That is over 600 per cent increase for an eight-by-eight cubicle. That is ridiculous compared to the N35,000 members of staff of the university pay for a three- bedroom flat with a boys quarters of two rooms.’’ When contacted on the phone, Adeleke declined to speak on the matter. “You should get in touch with the Information Unit. They are the spokespersons for the university,’’ he simply said.