Indian Court Orders Woman To Be Gang-Raped For Having An Affair With Boy From Another Village

A 20-year old Indian woman is in critical condition after she was gang-raped for having an affair with someone from another village.

Reports have it that, last Monday afternoon, a group of tribal men found the woman sitting with her lover, who is from Chowhatta village and of a different religion and dragged the two of them to a religious place known as a ‘than’ where a makeshift court was hastily put together on the orders of the tribal chieftain.

The Police said that the youth was told to pay a fine of £245 and warned that if he did not pay, men from the village would ‘have fun with the girl’. With no money forthcoming, the woman was allegedly tied to a tree before she was forced into a shed and raped continuously until Tuesday morning.

Despite her critical condition and clinging to life, the female victim managed to tell her story to The Times Of India. She told the paper:

‘I had an affair with a man. We were dragged to a gathering where our community headman was present. They told me to pay 50,000 rupees (£490). When I said I couldn’t, they brutalised me.’

A doctor told the paper that the young woman was alive ‘only because she is a tough tribal girl. The woman’s distraught mother said that ‘the crime was committed by our own people.’

She added, ‘They tortured my daughter and dumped her home late at night. We were threatened not to go to police. We tried to go to Bolpur hospital, but they stopped us.’

The woman’s family were forced to remain indoors throughout Tuesday, doing their best to care for their daughter who was bleeding from severe injuries.

According to the Times of India, the family managed to slip out late on Wednesday afternoon and took the woman to a health centre, where doctors said she should be taken immediately to the nearest hospital.

But from that hospital she was shifted on to Suri hospital in a critical condition at night.

‘This is when the crime came to light,’ said police officer Prashanta Chowdhury. ‘She was gang raped and the details are yet to be investigated.’

NICE!: TONTO DIKEH OUT AND ABOUT WITH HER MAID SERVANT.(Photos)

Most prominent celebrities and well to do individuals have house helps who manage their home.

They do chores from cooking to cleaning, personal massages and a whole lot of other activities. Unfortunately, some heads of households or members of the home tend to rudely treat their maid servants and consider them as unequals.

But Tonto Dikeh is setting a good example of how to properly treat the maid servant buy going out to hang around and enjoy the fresh air together:

“My beautiful Onyinye, the woman behind all the food. My main servant, friend, and sister. She had a great time, lol maybe a little bit tipsy.”

Beautiful!: SCREEN GODDESS NADIA BUARI & MOM MAKE FAMILY LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL.

The bond between Jim Iyke’s boo, Nadia and her mom is really fabulous.

Nadia’s mother serves both purposes of a protective mum who vigilantly watches out for her daughter, and her manager overseeing all of Nadia’s professional affairs including movie contract negotiations, choice of costumes, etc.

LAURA’s Blog brings you latest pictures released by Nadia, you can see how much love she & her mum share. Soo cute!

TEENAGER IN BAYELSA STATE LOCKED UP IN WOODEN CAGE FOR TWO YEARS FREED.

A young girl in Bayelsa, identified as Blessing Olokumo who is said to have been locked in a wooden cage for more than 2 years after being accused of witchcraft by her family has been freed.

Information reaching LAURA’s Blog has it that the teenage victim, was said to have been suffering from a strange illness which made her lose control of her bowels.

According to Tonyon Ebitei Robert, the acting President of the foundation which rescued her, the strange illness led to the isolation of the girl by her parents due to her alleged constant incidence of defecation and soiling of the house.

Father of the girl, who is also a twin, allegedly built the cage and locked up the girl to keep her away from the main house.

“She was kept like a rabbit. She was given food when it is available and was allowed to sleep in her vomit, faeces and urine. She lost weight and could have died,” Robert alleged.

According to her, the group known for its campaign against maltreatment of twin child in the state, was contacted by concerned indigenes of Okolobiri community where the Olokumo family resides.

The first attempt by members of the group to reach the caged child was allegedly rebuffed by the father but their next trip was fruitful as he handed the child to them.

The rescued child was reportedly taken to the teaching hospital for proper medical treatment.

Though the father of the girl could not be reached for comment as he was said to have absconded from home, some indigenes of the community condemned the act, describing it as callous and wicked.

Credit: [Vanguard]

NIGERIANS SPENT MISSING $10.8billion – NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC on Monday, January 20 2014, stated that the $10.8bn it allegedly failed to remit to the Federation Account was not missing but was instead spent by Nigerians.

Specifically, the Group Managing Director, NNPC, Mr. Andrew Yakubu, said if the fund was missing, then it was missing in the pockets of Nigerians.

In what appeared to be a reply to the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the NNPC boss stated that the corporation had persistently filed its claims to the Federation Account monthly.

While explaining how the money was spent, Yakubu said, “The $10.8bn is not missing; if it is missing, then, it is missing in the pockets of the beneficiaries, who are you and I.”

Okonjo-Iweala had stated that the NNPC should provide evidence on how the fund was spent.
“If the money was spent on operational cost, let us see evidence that it was spent in an authorised way. And if not, let the amount be remitted to the Federation Account,” she had said.

According to Yakubu, the biggest chunk of the $10.8bn is the subsidy claims incurred on petrol and kerosene.
He said, “This is part of the NNPC’s quarterly allocation, which it is to provide to the country, especially for petrol. The NNPC is the only importer and producer of kerosene in Nigeria. The corporation brings in kerosene and sells at less than N50 at designated depots, and the landing cost of this is over N150.

“Now, we compute these numbers on monthly basis and that amount plus the subsidy on the PMS, which we all know, amounts to about 80 per cent of this $10.8bn that we are talking about.”

The NNPC boss maintained that the corporation was shouldering a lot of costs for the country with respect to the oil and gas sector, stressing that there were similar scenarios on crude and petroleum product importation lines as well as on the legacy assets.

Yakubu said, “All these are obligations that are on the NNPC and these obligations come at a cost. We have more or less fully militarised both the crude oil supply and crude distribution lines in the country.”

 

 

Credit: [Punch]

NOLLYWOOD ACTRESS BEATEN FOR STEALING, FINALLY SPEAKS OUT- “I Am Not A Thief, My Problem Is Spiritual”.

Upcoming Nigerian actress, Yetunde Akilapa who was recently allegedly caught trying to burgle a house and was beaten to pulp the second time in Lagos on Sunday, January 12 has finally spoken out.

Just last year, Yetunde was caught stealing with a bunch of master keys, breaking into a home in the Shomolu suburb of Lagos state and was prosecuted after which she was sent to jail in February 2013.

Now about two months after she was released, she was caught stealing again, but Yetunde says she’s not a Kleptomaniac, claiming her problem is spiritual.

“I am not a thief. I didn’t steal anything. I don’t know what is happening to me. I have every reason to believe my problem is spiritual. I can’t even explain the circumstance I found myself. People should not ruin my life and career. I am fed up with life. I am not what people think I am. I have never been to Kirikiri Maximum Prison as alleged. God please help me out of this mess! As I am speaking with you now, I am in Ibadan, Oyo state seeking the face of God and I believe I would get out of this dilemma one day. I am not a kleptomaniac. I have not stolen anything” she said.

Rumours making the rounds have it that Yetunde is said to have been banned from the Odunfa Caucus of the Yoruba Movie Industry, an allegation she strongly refuted stating she had called her bosses and they said such a decision was never taken.
She said ‘There is nothing like that. When I heard that rumor, I called all my bosses, and they said there was nothing like that. So it’s just a rumor. People are only interested in fueling issues because of my situation. Nobody banned me from acting”.

When contacted, a member of the Odunfa caucus, Yomi Fabiyi reacted to the ban allegation and spoke on behalf of the group.

“My opinion is that the association has procedures. With the report highlighted on social media, it looked half baked. To me, half truth is worse than a lie. I want to believe if she was caught with stolen items, the items must have been stated. She said they found her with four keys and nothing suggest the keys fit into any of the doors there. The association would even have to investigate the matter, especially when the reporter seem to be filing his report on a third party account. If there was any ban whatsoever, where is the proof? Then who banned her from acting? The association does not condone crime in any form and will act on authentic information. So Yetunde Akilapa to me has not been banned, But that will be investigated if necessary” Fabiyi told the press.

Counsel to Yetunde Akilapa, Barrister Bosun Osifowora released a statement on the issues surrounding Yetunde’s theft story, her alleged Kirikiri prison detention as well as her ban from the Odunfa Caucus of the Yoruba Movie Industry.

It reads:
“We write to expressly correct the impression that Yetunde Akilapa has been banned or suspended. She has not received verbal or written notice to that effect. Yetunde is sorry and remorseful that her name is involved in such things. She has very much regard for the industry and Odunfa Caucus, more reason she fights hard to always clear her name. It is ridiculous to suggest she wil be expelled when it is abundantly cleared that she has been cleared of any wrong doing but needs physical and spiritual help. There is no dignity fighting someone on the floor.

We also like to correct the following impressions:

* Yetunde was never in Kirikiri prisons during the first case. The matter was charged to court and bail application was granted and condition met same day which the media was aware of. The case lasted three months and she attended court from home, not from custody.

* There was nothing like master key and on no account did the police say the keys found on her were compared to the key hole of the rooms in the hosue and it opened. Why are journalist feeding people with stories so untrue? They were her keys, just four pieces.

* On this second case, whoever broke the news lied. Yetunde was never accused of stealing. The accuser suspects she may have been sent to drop some fetish substance. Must lies sell stories?

* The case got a twist when in an effort to prove her innocence of diabolical intentions, she confidently stated she is a budding actress. One of the guys googled her name and found the previous story, hit her in a swift reaction, hence she fainted. The guy has since apologized.

* It was on this note that the police was informed and the matter was settled and it was abundantly clear her accusers were also at fault. One thing now led to another until it dawned on her, after public accusation she began to realize she is in the wrong place.

* We are all Africans, efforts are in top gear to find a lasting solution to this menace. She needs your prayers, not your persecution now.

#StoriesWeHearOnlyInNigeria: JONATHAN APPOINTS TUKUR AS NIGERIAN RAILWAY CORPORATION BOSS

President Goodluck Jonathan continued his reshuffling of cabinet& appointment of heads of government parastatals yesterday with the jaw-dropping approval of the appointment of the Immediate-past Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur as Chairman of the Nigerian Railway Corpration.

The President also approved the appointment of Dr. Ghaji Ismaila Bello as Director-General, National Population Commission.

More interesting, was the big surprise from the statement by the Special Assistant (Media) to the secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sam Nwaobasi on Tuesday which said that both appointments took effect from January 8, 2014.

INCEST!: FATHER ARRESTED FOR IMPREGNATING 14-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER

The policeman in Lagos state has arrested and charged a man to court for allegedly having sexual intercourse with his daughter.

Jamiu Ajao who is 36years old is said to have had an incestuous relationship with his 14-year-old daughter which culminated in pregnancy.

The accused was arraigned before a Magistrate court in the Ebute Metta area of the state and has been remanded in prison.

Reports have it that Ajao is facing a two-count charge of defiling, unlawful and indecent assault at an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court.

The Chief Magistrate, S.O. Solebo, said the accused should be kept behind bars pending advice from the state Director of Public Prosecutions.

The prosecutor, Inspector R. Odigie, had told the court that the accused committed the offences sometime between October 23 and December 21, 2013 at his residence.

Odigie said the accused had picked his daughter, a school dropout, from her grandmother’s house on October 23 and took her to his house. He added: “The accused and the victim’s mother were separated, but he has another woman, who stays with him.

“The daughter sleeps in the living room, while her stepmother and the accused sleep in the bedroom. “The accused had a carnal knowledge of his daughter and while she was ill, he took her to the hospital for treatment.

“It was during a checkup that it was discovered that girl was carrying a two-months-old pregnancy.”

Odigie noted that the offences contravened Sections 135 and 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. Counsel to the accused, O.A. Ogunbiyi, urged the court to grant the accused bail.

But the chief magistrate refused him bail, citing Section 264 of the Criminal Law. She directed the social welfare office to take care of the daughter’s child.

The accused may be sentenced to life imprisonment on conviction. The case was adjourned to February 19 for mention.

SUICIDE: School head boy hangs himself during school hour

Staff and students of Oro Grammar School in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara state met a gory sight on Monday as they found the body of a student hanging from a tree.

17-year-old Anthony Oyeniyi, the head-boy of the school was found lifeless hanging from a tree and is believed to have committed suicide.

The late Oyeniyi is said to have taken his own life during school hours and his body was discovered after his absence from class was noticed.

Nigerian Eye reports:

Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened about 2pm on Monday while the school activities was going on.

Oyeniyi, who was the headboy in the school, was said to be a native of Oke-irimi,Oro, also in Irepodun LG of the state.

The classmates of the deceased were said to have become worried when they noticed that Oyeniyi was not in class with them.

Our correspondent gathered that a search party was constituted, which later found his body dangling from a tree.

Consequently, all the school gates were locked and people, except security operatives, were denied entry into the school.

It was also gathered that the school authorities hurriedly sent students home to avoid any violence.

The community was said to have been enveloped in mourning when residents heard of the sad incident.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Kwara State Command, Mr. Okasanmi Ajayi, confirmed the incident.

He stated that the police had begun investigation into the matter.

YOU DEFINITELY NEVER THOUGHT “SWEET POTATOES” WERE SO NUTRITIOUS

A whole lot of persons are never interested in sweet potatoes. If you’re one of such persons, I’m very sure you’ve never discovered the real sweetness in “SWEET POTATO” especially with such great nutritional content……
We took our time to bring you a six nutritional revelations of one of natures gift to man.

Sweet Potato:
1.One of nature’s unsurpassed sources of beta-carotene

2. They also include storage proteins called sporamins that have unique antioxidant properties.

3.They are also a potent source of vitamin C and manganese

4.In addition, they are a good source of copper,magnesium,iron and potassium.

5. Tubers are packed with many essential vitamins such as pantothenic acid (vitamin B-5), pyridoxine(vitamin B-6), and thiamin (vitamin B-1), niacin, and riboflavin

6. Contains twice the fibre of normal potatoes.

Credits: http://www.drshalinisdiet.com