Akwa Ibom Govt. Needs N50b To Tackle Flood, Says Commissioner

The Commissioner for Environment in Akwa Ibom, Mr Enobong Uwah, has said that the state government needs N50 billion to effectively tackle the problem of flood in the state.
Uwah, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Uyo on Sunday, said that the state government had requested for fund from the Federal Government to check the menace.
“We are already making moves to access the ecological fund. Meanwhile, the state government has started intervening, especially as it concerns damage caused by last year’s flooding in the state.
“If you go to Brooks Street, you will appreciate the work the state government is doing to check gully erosion threatening to eat up the area,” he said.
Uwah said that the damage caused by flooding in the state was on the increase, attributing it to the flouting of environmental laws by residents, who built houses on waterways.
The commissioner said that the state government would demolish such buildings to check flooding in the state.
He also call on the people to stop dumping refuse in culverts constructed to ease the flow of water, adding that such habit would only compound the problem.

SHOCKING AND STRANGE: These Nigerian Communities Worship Giant Pythons As their Gods

As odd as it may sound to people who aren’t familiar with any other religion apart from Christianity or Islam, there are communities in Nigeria that place snakes as their gods

An example of such communities where residents still regard python as one of their gods is Mgbidi, the headquarters of Oru West local government area of Imo State. Mgbidi is made up of eleven communities including Imeoha, Eziali, Umuekwe, Okwudor , Umuorji, Umuokpara, Umuehi , Umuabiahu, Uziaumu , Ihitte and Ugbele.
In a chat with one of the priests who identified himself as Ngozi Obiwuru, he boasted that no amount of civilization can change that part of their culture; worshipping of python. “Several churches have come to deliver this community but have failed to stop the worship of snakes. I used to be a Christian before my father whom I inherited this job from died. I had to relocate to the village and learn the traditions of our people.
“If you mistakenly kill a snake, you will simply appease the gods or face the consequences. There was a particular case, the man called all kinds of pastors to pray for his family, at the end of the day he came to me and performed the sacrifice. It dawned on him that it was not a joke when his three kids died mysteriously.
“Several churches have been advised to stay away from that part of our religion. We welcome the fact that they have brought a lot of development in our area, but the fact remains that no one can force us to abandon what we believe in.”
To appease the gods, Obiwuru said: “It is very simple. The individual will buy a white coffin, white cock, goat and will come to the shrine for sacrifice. The coffin will be used to bury the snake. These snakes do not bite anyone; it is a sign of blessing if it chooses to visit your family at night.   It is an honour to have a god in your home, just as the Christians rejoice when they spot an angel in their homes.
“One of my close relatives tried it. He came back from the city, and told me that he has just finished seven days fasting. To try the potency of his prayers, he said would kill as many pythons as he could lay his hands on. He actually went to the bush to find one. Today, my brother is dead and buried and no one can explain what happened to him.”
Just as he claimed that python is a sacred animal, Obiwuru also warned visitors to steer clear of Obana River. “It is a taboo for an indigene or visitor to kill a fish in the river.  If a visitor unknowingly takes it away, he or she will not be affected.

Herdsman Cuts Off Farmer’s Hand For Driving His Herd Away

A Fulani herdsman has cut off the right hand of a farmer, Mallam Sani Abubakar who is a resident of Maduba Village of Zaki local government area of Bauchi state following a heated argument over grazing of cattle on his farm.
According to reports, the unfortunate incident occurred when the victim who happens to be the owner of the farm attempted to drive away the cattle from his farm, but his action angered the herdsman leading to a heated argument.
It was in the course of the heated argument that the herdsman used a cutlass in his possession and severed the right hand of Mallam Sani.
Narrating his ordeal to newsmen while recuperating at Hadeja General Hospital in Zaki local government, Mallam Sani said that on that fateful day, he discovered that some cattle belonging to a herdsman who is a son to one Alhaji Gainako Bayaro were grazing on his farm.
He said that the herdsman did not make any move to drive his flocks out of the farm and when he attempted to drive them away, it resulted to a heated argument between him and the herdsman.
“The herdsman hit me twice with the flat side of his cutlass and then struck again with an extra force that cut off my right hand from the wrist as I also had to protect my face from sustaining any futher injury. When he discovered the magnitude of his offence, he panicked and escaped. Although the herdsman is at large, the brother of the herdsman is in police custody to assist in tracing his whereabouts,” Mallam Sani said.
He demanded for justice and called on the state government to assist him financially as he is incapacitated at the moment.

Man Commits Suicide Over Inability To Raise N40,000 Bride Price In Kebbi

A 24- year old man, Abubakar Ahmed, was on Saturday found hanging on a tree in Ganten-Tudu in Kaoje Development Area of Kebbi State.

A resident of the area, Malam Tukur Mohammed, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Birnin Kebbi that the deceased was believed to have committed suicide over failed marriage bid.
Mohammed said the deceased had been farming to earn a living.
He added that the deceased ostensibly committed suicide after failing to produce N40, 000 bride price for the marriage scheduled for Friday, Jan. 31.
The witness said that the deceased was not happy with an arrangement to postpone the marriage to Friday, Feb. 7 in spite of assurance from relatives that the money would be paid.
The deceased reportedly travelled to neighbouring Buya village with a friend on a motorcycle to recover a debt but was unsuccessful.
He was not seen again until his corpse was found dangling on a tree on Saturday.
The sole administrator of Kaoje Development Area, Malam Bello Abdullahi, confirmed the incident.
He said the deceased had been buried according to Islamic injunction while the Police had commenced investigation into the matter. (NAN)

White Lady Agrees to Séx with This Naija Guy; Then Sue Him for Not Using Condom

Some ladies are just crazy and the guy too, why not stick to the agreement before action? Lol...

A Nigerian from Bayelsa, Imomotimi Wilson, is standing trial for refusing to use condom on the third rounds of séx he had with a woman he picked in the club. Below is how Daily Mail is reporting the story:
A man on trial for rapé for allegedly refusing to wear a condom on the third time he had séx with a woman in a one-night stand has told the jury it was 100 per cent consensual.
Imomotimi Wilson, 30, met the woman in a pub and she agreed to go back to his house but told him she would only have séx with him if he used protection.
They had consensual séx twice but on the third occasion she claims that Wilson failed to use a condom.
The woman, a 40-year-old, said Wilson treated her 'like a piece of meat'. She said he held her hands over her head and told her 'if you love me you'll do it' before raping her for 15-20 seconds.
But giving evidence at his trial at Cambridge Crown Court, Imomotimi Wilson said, "she said stop and that's when I stopped'.
According to him: "She said 'I feel like having séx again' and I said "Yes, I feel like having séx with you as well again but there is no condom".
"She was romancing me, touching and kissing, and I said 'no, I do not want to do that because there is no condom'.
"She started kissing me again and then I penetrated her. I believed 100 percent it was consensual. Then she said 'stop' and that's when I stopped. There were three seconds of penetration."
The court heard how the pair met at The Regal pub in Cambridge on June 9 last year and took a taxi back to Wilson's shared house in the city at 2am.
She then spent most of the evening in bed with the defendant before leaving the property at around 6am. She called police later that afternoon and Wilson was arrested.
Caroline Allison, prosecuting, said: 'The prosecution say that she had made it perfectly clear in plain straight-forward language that the situation was no condom, no séx and that nothing had happened in the intervening period that would invite a reasonable belief that she was indeed consenting to unprotected séx.'
Wilson has pleaded not guilty to rapé. The trial continues.
I just hope this guy wont land in prison because of three seconds of penetration. Oyinbo country wahala.

Baby corper taking a nap

Awww………I came across this photo and decided I just had to share it with all of you, my esteem readers.
It’s a photo of a Youth Corper who obviously is also a nursing mother and brought her child to the orientation camp with her.
The cute part is how she got the exact replica of the NYSC uniform mandatory for corpers for her infant.
Such a cute photo!!

Court Seals Emeka Ike’s Secondary School Building + Owes Teachers Salary

This issue started months ago and is now at it’s peak.
Nollywood actor — Emeka Ike and his wife own and run a Secondary School, St. Nicholas College, which they started in 2008.
The couple have had themselves evicted from the building with the help of the law court.
The building was sealed last week Friday after a court case that lasted for 5 years.
The said owners also accused them of not paying their dues before now. Sources said, St. Nicholas College has been experiencing a lot of troubles especially, when the actor started owing the teachers and employing incompetent hands.
A lot of kids were also withdrawn from the school by parents, with others threatening to do the same; but all that is over now, as the school building has been sealed up.

Schoolgirl Rushed to Hospital After Swallowing LIVE BULLET While Drinking Orange Juice

An eight-year-old schoolgirl was rushed to hospital after swallowing a live bullet as she drank orange juice.
Suncica Jovic took a swig from a carton while she was at school and started to choke.
A teacher saw the girl in trouble and managed to help her to cough up what she had swallowed.
They called cops when they realised it was a live bullet.
The girl was taken to hospital to check that none of the chemicals in the bullet had leaked into the fruit juice and to make sure that it hadn’t damaged her throat.
She was released the same day to her parents and police are investigating how the bullet could have got into the orange juice carton by speaking to the store and the Italian packager.

Basket Mouth Shares Photo Of Himself & His Two Kids

Basketmouth shared this picture hours ago and captioned it ”My earth, life, love, peace, happiness and my future……” Cute kids he got

STRANGE: Secondary School Students Threaten To Kill Corpers In Kogi (PHOTOS)

NYSC batch A Corp members are living in fear over the threat made by secondary school students to kill Corpers serving in Kogi state.

Here how a serving corper in Victory Model College, Efodo - Okpo, Olamaboro L.G.A of Kogi State reports it:

It's no good news to hear that NYSC Corp Members are treated with discontentment in Kogi State, especially in remote local government like Olamaboro.

There have been cases of some drunk youths ganging up to launch attack on corpers at their capital project sites, accusing them of integrating strange norms into their culture

Let me go straight to what I witnessed this morning. I woke up this morning like every other boring mornings in the village where I serve, dressed up, and went to the school. On arrival, all the students were gathered at one corner looking at me and the other Corp members, some with satisfaction, while others with pity.

On getting to the class rooms, we saw some write-ups directly warning me and other three(3) batch A Corp members.

Four(4)  of us (batch A) and two (2) other batch C corpers are on hide out, praying God to intervene on the issue.

Batch A passing out parade (POP) comes up on the  13th of February, and the question is why would people whose lives we have impacted for close to one year decide to reward us with death threats?

See pictures of their threat message below

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Eagles Get 32.5 Million Naira Reward, Urged to Demolish Zimbabwe.

Sports minister, Bolaji Abdulahi, has fulfilled his cash promise to the Super Eagles of Nigeria by remitting his pledge of $200,000 (32.5 million Naira) for their victory against Morocco and the loss to Ghana.

Abdullahi had promised to give the players the sum of $100,000 for victories over Morocco in the quarter-final and Ghana in the last-four.
But the team beat Morocco and were knocked out by the Black Stars in Wednesday’s semis in Bloemfontein (by penalties).

Rabiu Ali Struggles for the Ball Against a Mozambican Opponent.

The minister who was in company of NFF president Aminu Maigari, technical committee chairman, Chris Green, and the Senate Committee Chairman on Sports, Adamu Gumba praised the leadership of the NFF and the technical crew for raising a team that has made Nigerians proud at the African Nations Championship (CHAN).
Abdullahi urged the team to go out and beat Zimbabwe in Saturday’s third-place match, while also assuring them that their effort will not go unnoticed by the government.
NFF boss Maigari, who himself personally doled out $10,000 to the team before the Ghana game on Wednesday, assured the minister that the team will get better.