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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

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A gory sight met residents of Masfala area of Ibadan, Oyo State who were unfortunate enough to witness the discovery of severed human parts in a plastic bag by policemen.
They also found out that their neighbour was responsible for the dastardly act. Abideen Raheem, a 35 year old herbalist, has been arrested on allegations of homicide following the discovery of two human hands cut from the wrists down reported to be linked to him.
According to reports, the suspect is currently helping homicide detectives at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Iyaganku, in their investigations into the case.
Information about the presence of the body parts in the neighbourhood first got to Operation Burst operatives. They were joined by detectives from Ogbere police station, and when confronted with the body parts, Raheem confessed that he was the one who put them in the polythene bag but claimed that he took them from a dead body he found at Ibadan Toll Gate area.
When detectives went to the spot he claimed to have seen the dead body, no carcass was found, an indication that the suspect was economical with the truth.
Raheem however opened up at the CID during interrogation, confessing that he removed the hands and head from a corpse in a grave at Muslim cemetery at Aba Onde area on Monday September 9 and hid them beside the cemetery. He revealed that he went back a week after, precisely on September 16 to take the hands while he still kept the head there.
Police sources said that the head had been recovered from where it was kept, but the identity of the corpse remains unknown.
In an interview, the suspect said it was his quest to become rich that pushed him to committing the act, saying that he knew he was in trouble when police came to arrest him. He also said that the act was his first attempt. The Ibadan indigene, who is married with three children, said he was an herbalist and also into poultry business. “I learnt the profession from a herbalist who is dead. My poultry business failed during last Ramadan period as I lost 100 birds.
“I went to Muslim burial ground at Aba Onde to exhume a corpse from a grave. I cut the hands and the head. I used my hands to dig the grave and cut the parts with the knife I took there. The corpse was already decomposing so it was not difficult. I wanted to use them for money ritual for myself.
“The Baba who trained me said if I got those parts, I would burn the hands along with a snail, a turtle and Sawepepe leaves and mix the ash with black soap. I would then put the soap on the head and would be using it to litter the floor of my room so that my business would get be boosted by the number of the clients that would be flocking my office for consultation,” he narrated.
Though he said he regretted his action, he stated that he would not have known that God existed indeed if he had not been caught. He pleaded for mercy from the government, promising not to do such again.
Confirming the story, the police image maker, Olabisi Okuwobi-Ilobanafor said that the state police commissioner, Mohammed Indabawa, had ordered the State CID to conduct further investigations into the case, adding that the suspect would be charged appropriately after the conclusion of investigations.
Yvonne Nelson gladiators by Oge Okonkwo
Actress Yvonne Nelson is definitely proving  to us that she is still sexy no matter what she wears.  The knee high gladiator definitely brings out her well-toned shapely long legs, with the camouflage top, black shorts and nerdy eyewear… she’s ready to rock.
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“Just our hopes, our fears, our regrets, our joys.”
We each have a throne on which we rule;
the extraordinary things that make us superior, the next man, the mule.
We are kings, crowned by every addendum in life that makes us better,
more suitable than the former, doubtlessly wary of the latter.
Godlike people, non conformists, blinded by our self righteousness,
given the right to judge the weak, for their lowly souls are but a terrible mess.
We are soldiers, driven by our self interests – the human nature of old,
with our beings covered in perfection, we lead the lost to the scaffold.
Captivated by our endless struggle to do the shot-calling,
taking the shots to get so high we don’t realise we’re falling.
We are civilians, made to follow, but ever looking to lead;
harnessed to fears, marred by the past, with scars from helpless needs.
Corrupted by democracy, for when we gained our freedom we became one slave.
Serving our selfish wants, rejoicing in the conflagration of the home of the brave.
We are loners, dwelling in the conundrum of our busy minds.
Searching frantically for something familiar, a thing of our kind.
A stranger to ourselves, a mass of insecurity, each day a different story.
We eat alone, we weep alone, we die alone, no one knows we’re lonely.
We are lovers, finding strength in the joy of another.
I drink to quench your thirst, none different from the other.
Forgetting that the cordage love is, eventually gets weary;
And all that is left is hate, love’s ever present parody.
We are masterminds, eclectic brains, uncertain insanity.
Wiser than the insane, who is content in oblivion, and certain in sanity.
We are better off, though we fear the unknown and doubt the germane;
until life wakes us to reality, until life opens the eternal curtain.
We are who we are because of the people we’re with;
the situations we find ourselves in, the edges of life’s lengths and breadths.
With every struggle we overcome, we become the wiser – a better person.
It’s only natural to want to improve yourself, something only death can jettison.
Whoever you choose to be deserves to be happy, to live life, love people and learn from the mistakes of others.
For in the end we all leave with nothing;
not our thrones, nor badges, nor honours, nor lovers.
Just our hopes, our fears, our regrets, our joys.
The dreamer, the realist, the better immortals.
But for tonight, we are humans. This is who we are.
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Ezinne Onyeka is the 4th girl of 6 children.  She finds solace in the words and lyrics of books and music. She tweets from @ezi1nne #AnyBodyCanWrite
30 Days, 30 Voices series is an opportunity for young Nigerians from across the world to share their stories and experiences – creating a meeting point where our common humanity is explored.
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by Akan Ido

Superstar Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji recently posted a picture of herself on her Instagram page relaxing and enjoying a drink.
The sexy diva was wearing a wine-coloured top on a blue short skirt with a matching footwear.
[READ: Pregnant? Naaa!: Nollywood sweetheart, Genevieve Nnaji sparks debate with (interesting) picture (LOOK)]
She posted it with the caption: “Looks like a game of #spotthedifference.
We confess here that we failed at the task of spotting the difference but we’ll give you the chance to take a crack at it and give your answer in the comments section.
Anything for our dear Genny…
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A Bismarck middle school teacher has been charged with having sex with a 15-year-old student, and she could face up to 15 years in prison, if convicted.
Susan Duursma, 34, was charged Monday with three counts of corrupting or soliciting a minor.
Her attorney, Tom Dickson, told The Associated Press that she will plead not guilty.
Duursma, a physical education teacher at Wachter Middle School, is accused of a sex act with a 15-year-old boy three times between March and July, including once at her home and twice in a vehicle, according to KXMB-TV.
“There’s always two sides to every story; sometimes these situations are a little more complicated than they might appear initially,” Dickson told the AP. “Susan will get her opportunity to explain her side of what happened.”
South Central District Judge David Reich set Durusma’s bond at $1,000 and stipulated that she not have contact with any minors other than her own child. He didn’t set her next court date.
Bismarck Superintendent Tamara Uselman told The Bismarck Tribune that she received a complaint about Duursma late Thursday, concluded it had merit and forwarded the information to police on Friday. The school district has put Duursma on administrative leave while officials decide what to do.
This was Duursma’s seventh year with the Bismarck schools. Her file has no previous complaints or concerns, Lisa Kudelka, the human resources manager for Bismarck schools, told the Tribune.

Female teenager found dead in hotel room

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An 18-year-old girl, Chinyere Onorfue, was in a hotel room in Benin City, capital of Edo state,
Chinyere who allegedly checked into the hotel, with one Emmanuel Ajayi, on 19 August, was discovered dead in the room at about 8 pm of the same date, with her throat slashed.
Investigations by operatives of the Edo state police command led to the arrest of Emmanuel Ajayi and another suspect who were allegedly found in the hotel room, with the girl’s mobile phone in their possession. They were paraded before journalists in Benin.
Also paraded by the state commissioner of police, Foluso Adebanjo, were 20 suspects who allegedly gang raped their victims at different locations in Benin.
Amongst them were Emmanuel Okoro, Lucky Ighodaro, Moses Israel and Osakpamwan Ameye, who allegedly dragged their 20-year-old victim (names withheld) into an uncompleted building at Evboutubu area of Benin at about 10 pm and gange-raped her.
In yet another incident, Sunday Erico andOsifo Okumabo along with four others now at large, allegedly forced their 17-year-old victim into the back of their compound where they serially raped her.
Mr. Adebanjo disclosed to journalists that 44 suspected criminals were arrested bythe police in the state over alleged involvement in various criminal activities in the past few weeks, 26 of whom were paraded.
The police commissioner further disclosed that 10 of the suspects were already being prosecuted, including one James Farmer who was alleged to have been part of a gang that kidnapped a politician in the state along Emaking Junction, Irrua, Edo state where they allegedly attacked two prison officers and shot one dead while they went away with their rifle.
He called on residents in the state to be very cautious as the yuletide draws near and report suspicious persons and activities to the police.
“The war against crime and criminality is being waged relentlessly here in Edo state and I want to let the members of the public know that this is the ember months and everybody has to be security conscious. This is the time criminals want to reap where they did not sow. The people must be security conscious, they should know their neighbourhood very well and promptly report suspicious movements.
“We will continue to do our best but we want to cooperation of members of the pubic because we can’t do it alone, we need the collaboration of everybody in Edo state to fight crime and criminality in the state. As you can see, there have not been any case of kidnapping in the past one week plus, we want to sustain and we can only do with the cooperation of the members of the public,” Adebanjo said.
He noted that the recent stakeholders meeting the command organised few days ago was already yielding results as “people are calling us, giving us information. It is always good to work with the public, the police is part of the public and the public is part of the police.”

BlackBerry suspends release of BBM for Android and iOS


According to a BlackBerry blog post, the unreleased app "caused issues", that the company has been trying to resolve. The Android app has now been disabled, but customers who downloaded the BBM for iPhone app will still be able to use BBM.
"Our teams continue to work around the clock to bring BBM to Android and iPhone, but only when it’s ready and we know it will live up to your expectations of BBM," said BlackBerry's Luke Reimer. "As soon as we are able, we will begin a staggered country roll-out of BBM for Android and continue the roll-out of BBM for iPhone."
Although BlackBerry did not elaborate on the cause of these "issues", security expert Graham Cluley suggested that BlackBerry may not have been able to cope with the spike of activity hitting its servers.
"What seems, in part, to have tripped up BlackBerry is the poorly-policed free-and-easy Google Play Android app store, where multiple BBM apps, posing as official releases, appeared," he said.
"Most Android users assume that if an app is in the official Google Play store, it must be official and safe to install on their phone. The truth, sadly, is rather different."
Reimer noted that more than 1.1 million active users downloaded the BBM for Android app – albeit the unofficial version – in the first 8 hours after launch, indicating that demand for the Blackberry instant messaging service on other mobile platforms is high.
However, the decision to pull the app is likely to knock consumer confidence in the platform, with users not knowing how long the service will be available for.
The news follows BlackBerry's announcement last week it will be laying off 40 percent of its global workforce – around 4,500 positions – and reporting losses of nearly $1 billion at its second quarter results later this month.
The announcement will include a mammoth writedown of up to $960m, partly down to unsold handsets, and a $72m charge for restructuring.