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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday ordered for the immediate evacuation of all Nigerians who are willing to return home from South Africa following the xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals.
Abubakar expressed the deep concern of President Buhari and Nigerians about intermittent violence against Nigerians and their property/business interests in South Africa.
Better. I’m of the thinking that if these aggrieved (and silly) South Africans refuse to desist from maiming and killing foreign nationals in their country, then it’s high time governments of those countries take their citizens out of there. Yes, it’s sad and shameful that it has all come to this but a person’s life should be valued, and if their lives are no longer being valued, it’s safer—and wise—they leave.
The menace of open defecation in a Lagos market
They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that if the unhygienic situation is not arrested, it could lead to an outbreak of epidemic for traders and buyers patronising the market.
They appealed to the Lagos State Government (LASG) to provide public toilet facilities to curb such unhealthy acts in and around the market.
Chai. Lagosians, una just dey disgrace unaselves up and down. No wonder my bend-down-select clothes dey smell one kind.
How many lives does Shekau have sef?
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has appeared in a new video, reading a few lines of the first stanza of the Nigerian national anthem. The latest video was released a little more than two months after his last in which he recited the Nigerian pledge, which he denounced as shirk – an Islamic concept of associating a partner with God and is deemed one of the greatest sins in Islam.
In the 26-minute video, Shekau reiterated his anti-government messages and distaste for Western influence. He cited Dr Sanusi Iguda’s Dafin Boko and Babs Fafunwa’s History of Education in Nigeria to buttress why Muslims should reject western education because of its Judeo-Christianity roots.
The “real Boko Haram we know is defeated,” Garba Shehu, a spokesman to Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said in July. But an analyst at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change Audu Bukarti said Boko Haram “remains a potent threat”.
This Shekau must be Chuck Norris in another life, him no dey die! Or maybe it’s our military that is doing the film tricks? Who knows.
Hell hath no furry like a gang torturing a rapist
A drugs gang filmed as they held a naked man to the floor and stifled his screams with his clothes while he was castrated by a pitbull. The man, in his 30s, was attacked in revenge for allegedly raping a woman in Mexico City, Mexico, last month.
The gang released a graphic video of the moment the man was mauled by the pitbull terrier as a warning to other sex attackers, authorities believe. He was stripped naked, handcuffed and held to the ground by five men before the dog was let loose. In the footage, the victim is heard screaming in Spanish: ‘Stop, leave me now, leave me’ while the members of the group watch.
According to local media, in recent years methods of torture by Mexican criminal organisations have increased in their level of cruelty. Such attacks are becoming ‘increasingly frequent’ with reports dozens of women are being raped every day.
Wow. Not sure whether to cheer the gang or not. Wherever she is, hope the said woman finds peace of mind.
Keep it hush hush to earn cool cash
According to luxury services website Hush Hush, a millionaire is looking to splash out a small fortune to test the loyalty of his soon-to-be wife. The unnamed man – who admits he is “hardly in the prime of his life” – is seeking a male “honey trapper” to seduce his fiancée. The aim of the game? That she’ll be caught out and will reveal “her true intentions”.
“His reasoning behind wanting to do it is pretty simple – he’s been messed around before for his money, and since getting engaged to his girlfriend, has become increasingly worried that this relationship might be heading in the same direction,” the Hush Hush ad reads.
If you believe you’ve got the makings of a high-stakes honey trapper, this is the millionaire’s selection criteria: Be a fit, young hunk. Have facial hair. Act convincingly rich.
Hmmm. I know friends that fit this description but won’t I be enabling fraud if I pass this on to them? By the way, that unnamed millionaire should cancel the marriage and go and deal with his issues. I can smell his insecurity on my phone.