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Hundreds of bodies of some of the victims of Boko Haram attacks who fled from Gwoza community in Borno state are reportedly decomposing at the mountains that surround Gwoza community. A source who spoke with Sahara Reporters say most of the victims died due to hunger as they could not get food while they took refuge on the mountains during the period Boko Haram took their community hostage. "Many atrocities were committed by Boko haram insurgents during Boko Haram reign at Gwoza, most of the mountain unburied bodies lying down. Hundreds of corpses are still there. If you go to the these mountains around Gwoza axis you wouldn't be able to eat meats, sand has eaten some the bodies as many bones dry up due to heat" the source said

The teenage daughter of Queen Of Versailles stars David 80 and Jackie Siegel 49, has been found dead at the family's luxury Florida mansion. 18 year old Victoria Siegel was found unresponsive by sheriff's deputies at the Seagull Island mansion on Green Island Cove just after 2 p.m. on Saturday and performed CPR on Siegel. She was discovered by the family housekeeper and was rushed to Health Central Hospital in Ocoee, where she was pronounced dead. The family and their extravagant lifestyle gained international attention after the release of the 2012 documentary The Queen Of Versailles Investigators are working with the medical examiner to determine cause and manner of death, but it is rumoured  that she died of a drug overdose. 'The victim's father has informed investigators that he will be making a statement in the coming days regarding the death of his daughter, and is requesting privacy at this time,' said Orange County Sheriff spokesman Jeff Willia...

Ifeoma Sharon Anya beat other beauty queen hopefuls to clinch the Miss Tourism Nigeria 2015 title. The event held on Saturday night June 6th in Lagos. Congrats to her. More photos after the cut...

HYDERABAD: A purported conversation in an audio tape between Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and nominated MLA Elvys Stephenson, aired in a section of local TV channels, gave a new twist to the cash-for-votes controversy today. Parakala Prabhakar Advisor (Communications) to the Andhra government strongly denied reports saying that the tapes were fabricated and the AP government will take up the issue seriously. The reported conversation suggested that the Andhra CM was giving "assurance of all sorts" to the MLA if he votes for TDP nominee in the Telangana Legislative Council election. Prabhakar further alleged that the Telangana government is trying to malign the image of the AP chief minister by resorting to cheap tactics. "It is not the chief minister's conversation. How come they are available outside. Telangana Government has to give answer to this. Telangana CM and Home minister should give answers," Parakala said. He said that...

Hip hop star, Adeleke David, popularly known as Davido, has graduated from Babcock University, Ilishan- Remo, Ogun State on Sunday. He bags a Bachelor of Arts Second Class Upper degree in music. Davido came into musical limelight with his monumental hit song "Omo Baba Olowo".

A group of APC lawmakers-elect is dissatisfied over supposed fraudulent activities that trailed the selection of the party’s candidate for Speaker House of Representatives. Femi Gbajabiamila (Lagos) won the mock election held on Saturday by the party. But the lawmakers-elect who lobbied for Yakubu Dogara (Bauchi) as speaker boycotted the poll. At a meeting held in Bolingo Hotel and Towers Abuja, the aggrieved lawmakers-elect concluded the mock election is “fraudulent” and “not in tandem with the constitution.” In a statement issued in this regard, the group accused John Odigie-Oyegun-led leadership of the APC allowing the number four citizen of the country to be pocketed by one selfish and greedy individual ”The APC leadership keep telling the public that an election was conducted and Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila got 154 votes while Hon. Yakubu Dogara got 3 votes. It is a blatant lie, fraud and shameful for the APC leaders to descend so low.The mock election actually showed that ...

Former President Thabo Mbeki was the one who decided to donate the $10m to the soccer associations of North America, Central America and the Caribbean Islands (Concacaf). This is according to Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula, in an interview with Beeld newspaper, a day after he told reporters at a media briefing that this controversial transaction was "government's idea".

A bomb explosion was recorded at a cattle market in Musari, on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Borno State, late on Saturday, with as many as 16 people dead, hospital and military sources said, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Islamist Boko Haram militants. "At about 4:30pm on Saturday they brought casualties from the blast scene ... 16 bodies were deposited with 24 injured," a paramedic at the teaching hospital in Maiduguri, Lawal Kawu, told Reuters news agency. He said some of the injured were also in critical condition. Eyewitnesses said the blast in the small community destroyed many shops in the market and left a deep crater where the bomb went off.

Dozens of fighters from the armed group al-Shabab have attacked two towns in southern Somalia, sparking clashes with government troops that left at least 18 dead, according to a Somali military official. Mohamed Abdullahi, a Somali military commander in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region, said the clashes on Saturday happened in Awdhegle and Mubarak townships, but that fighters were driven out after government troops launched a counter-attack. He gave no more details on the causalties, saying only that there were deaths on both sides, the Associated Press news agency reported. The fighting in southern Somalia came as gunmen attacked two Somali MPs in the capital Mogadishu, killing one. Yusuf Mohamed Dirir died in hospital after a group of men stopped his car and proceeded to fire at him and his colleague, Abdallah Boss, who escaped unhurt. The latest attack took place on Maka Almukarramah Boulevard, which is mostly used by government officials and African Union forces in Mogadishu. ...

Some Muslim youths on Friday stormed the Kano Government House and the palace of the Emir of Kano, Mahammad Sanusi II, to protest an alleged blaspheming of Prophet Mohammed (SAW) by a Tijjani preacher, Abdul Nyass. The protesters, armed with sticks and other dangerous weapons, stormed the streets of the city to express their anger over Nyass’ alleged blasphemous statements against Prophet Mohammed. The youths attempted to gain entry into the Kano State Government House, but were prevented by security operatives, who had hectic time calming them. Chanting “Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar,” meaning “God is great,” “God is great,” the youths temporarily caused chaos at the Government House, causing stampede for about an hour before the intervention of government officials and security agents, who also formed a ring-like barricade to prevent their entry. The intervention of Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso was said to have averted a bloody clash between the protesters and security operatives ...

This pastor of a church named End times disciples ministries in Gauteng, South Africa made his members strip and then he marched on them during an evening Live Service yesterday 20 May 2015.

AT least 21 suspected cult members were killed by operatives of the Rivers State Anti-Robbery Squad in Egi community of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area. A source from the community explained that the incident happened in the wee hours of Thursday in a forest located between Egi and Egburu. It was gathered that security operatives, who got wind of the hideout of the cultists, stormed the forest and opened fire on them. The team that stormed the bush was said to have left the corpses of the suspected cultists in the bush while permitting the deceased relatives to get their bodies there. It will be recalled that Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni had in recent times been the centre of most cult-related killings, with scores of people losing their lives before and during the 2015 elections. Another source, who preferred not to be mentioned, told Saturday PUNCH that three suspected cult members were arrested by the police on Friday morning in the area. However, the State Police Public ...

No fewer than 50 shops and two residential buildings located within the Oja-Oba market in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, were burnt as the crisis between drivers and Hausa traders escalated on Friday. The arson took place at about 2am in spite of the dusk to dawn curfew imposed by Governor Ayodele Fayose on Thursday. Interestingly, the market, which is populated by people of different ethnic groups, predominantly Yoruba, is directly opposite the king’s palace. As of press time, the police had yet to announce any arrest made in connection with the arson. Traders cried uncontrollably on Friday, lamenting the loss of goods estimated to be worth several millions of Naira. Security agencies had taken over the place on Wednesday to prevent the fight between the two groups from escalating. Residents and workers living along Odo-Ado, Ajilosun-Ikere Road woke up to see thick smoke rising from the market. Most schools in the city shut their gates to pupils while those that ope...

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday said his major commitment after leaving office on May 29 is to engage religious and ethnic leaders across the country on the need to allow peace to reign. The President said he took the decision because of his strong belief that Nigerians could only practise their different religions in an atmosphere of peace. Jonathan stated this shortly after he was presented with the 2015 Epitome of Peace Award by the Field Superintendent of The Apostolic Church Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory Field, Apostle John Buzu, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Jonathan said the award, which was in recognition of the step he took after the March 28 presidential election, had further spurred him into doing more for the country. He said he would work hard to reduce religious and racial discrimination in the country after leaving office, expressing the hope that people would be ready to join him in the crusade. Jonathan said, “To whom much is given, much is e...

The President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has again commended President Goodluck Jonathan for conceding defeat at the March 28 polls. Mr. Buhari, who gave the commendation in Abuja on Thursday when he received Nigerien President Issoufou Mahamadou, said Mr. Jonathan’s action turned around Nigeria’s nervous political process. He said: “The Nigerien president purposely came to congratulate me on my victory and President Jonathan for the maturity and statesmanship that he exhibited by accepting that he had lost the election. “His action actually doused tensions and averted crisis in Nigeria. “Not only Africa but the world has commended the president for that because if he had disputed the elections, there would have been crisis in the country. “That is what people don’t want, not only Nigerians but other countries. So, he came to commend President Jonathan for his courage and statesmanship.’’ He said Mr. Mahammadou had also come to show solidarity and acknowledge Nigeria’s im...

On Sunday, April 19, two unidentified men sneaked into the Surulere Baptist Church, Ojuelegba Road, Lagos State premises and abducted a three-year-old girl, Oluwabunmi Ajelero. According to reports by Punch, the girl was playing with other children on the church premises at about 1pm when the kidnappers came in through the back of the church and tricked her out with Gala before whisking her away on a motorcycle. Oluwabunmi’s parents and other members of the church were inside the church immersed in the service when the incident happened. The service stopped when one of the toddler’s playmates alerted the congregation to the incident. Apparently, the captors had pretended as members of the church and established rapport with children in the church. The victim’s father, Oladapo Ajelero, said the captors had contacted him on the phone after, telling him to cooperate. He, however, said they had yet to request any ransom. He said, “It happened around 1pm on Sunday. The child...

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday declared as unlawful, the deployment of soldiers for maintenance of security and order during elections in the country. The declaration was made by Justice Ibrahim Buba in a judgment delivered in a suit filed by a member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila. Buba’s pronouncement was the third of such declaring as unconstitutional, the use of soldiers during elections. The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal had, on February 16, made a similar pronouncement while ruling on the appeal against the judgment of the Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which upheld Governor Ayodele Fayose’s victory. The appellate court had cited and relied on an earlier judgment delivered by Justice R. M. Aikawa of the Federal High Court in Sokoto ‎on January 29, 2015 barring the use of the armed forces in the conduct of elections. Buba on Monday reiterated that the deployment of soldiers for elections was a contravention of Sectio...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Zamfara, lost one card reader during the training of ad-hoc staff in Anka Local Government Area, an official has confirmed. Alhaji Garba Galadima, INEC Head of Voter Education and Publicity in the state, who confirmed the incident on Sunday in Gusau, said security agents, were investigating the matter. Reacting on the issue, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Sunusi Amiru said the police had already arrested some suspects in connection with the stolen machine. He said investigation had also commenced to unravel the circumstances behind the missing machine. Amiru expressed the command’s readiness to ensure peaceful election in the state, saying that “we will not tolerate any threat to disrupt election process and we have to ensure full protection of INEC materials”. He called on members of the public to cooperate with security agents and the INEC to ensure successful elections.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Zamfara, lost one card reader during the training of ad-hoc staff in Anka Local Government Area, an official has confirmed. Alhaji Garba Galadima, INEC Head of Voter Education and Publicity in the state, who confirmed the incident on Sunday in Gusau, said security agents, were investigating the matter. Reacting on the issue, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Sunusi Amiru said the police had already arrested some suspects in connection with the stolen machine. He said investigation had also commenced to unravel the circumstances behind the missing machine. Amiru expressed the command’s readiness to ensure peaceful election in the state, saying that “we will not tolerate any threat to disrupt election process and we have to ensure full protection of INEC materials”. He called on members of the public to cooperate with security agents and the INEC to ensure successful elections.

Former governor of Kwara State and Senator representing Kwara Central in the National Assembly, Dr Bukola Saraki, has asked if the First Lady of the country, Dame Patience Jonathan will go the way of former First Lady of Ivory Coast, Simone Gbagbo, who was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for her role in 2010 and 2011 post-election violence in her country. A court in Abidjan on Tuesday found Gbagbo guilty of undermining state security and organizing armed gangs in violence that left 3,000 people dead. She and her husband, Laurent Gbagbo, disputed the 2010 presidential election won by Gbagbo’s challenger, Alassane Ouattara. It will be recalled that the party of Bukola Saraki, All Progressives Congress, APC, and its presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, have reported Mrs. Jonathan to the International Criminal Court, ICC for allegedly mobilising a hate campaign against Buhari. Buhari in the petition to the criminal court claimed that Mrs. Jonathan, whose husband, Goodluck...

The players of Kaduna United FC on Wednesday appealed to the management of the club to pay their one year salary arrears for 2013/2014 season. The Assistant Captain of the team, Ali Adam, told newsmen in Kaduna that some of the players had left because of the non-payment of the salary arrears. Ali said that those still with the club had vowed not to commence training until their salaries were settled or receive concrete assurances that they would be paid soon. “Most of us are bread winners of our family; we now work without motivation. We protested peacefully to tell the government about the hardship we are facing but no response. “We have been suffering since the 2013 Glo Premiere league season, and this made the club to be relegated to the lower division. “The players could not play well because they were thinking of how to survive. We are very sad because life has not been easy for us and some of us are students who struggle to pay our school fees. “When you work without being paid...