Jonathan Summons Police, NSCDC(Oga At The Top), over Lagos Clash

The Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were summoned on Thursday by Mr. President to shed more light on the clash that transpired between the two security agencies leaving two officials of NSCDC dead. Led by the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Department 'A' (Finance and Administration), Suleiman Fakai, the police delegation comprised of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko; Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Anti-Vandalism, Friday Ibadin; and the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba. Prior to yesterday’s meeting, the president had met separately with the leadership of the NSCDC on Wednesday evening. The outcome of this meeting will be communicated shortly.

Mandela Making Progress

(Reuters) - South African former President Nelson Mandela is in good spirits and making progress, doctors said on Friday, after the 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero was taken to hospital for the third time in four months for a lung infection. The medical report was a relief to South Africans who had been anxiously praying and waiting for an update on the health of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, hospitalized before midnight on Wednesday. Global leaders sent their best wishes. President Jacob Zuma's government had already reported Mandela was responding well to treatment, and Zuma had sought to reassure the nation, recalling that the revered statesman's advanced age meant he required frequent medical checks. "President Nelson Mandela is in good spirits and enjoyed a full breakfast this morning," Zuma's office said in a statement. "The doctors report that he is making steady progress. He remains under treatment and observation in hospital," it added.

British Businessman Kidnapped In Lagos

Police spokesman Frank Mba said reports indicated the man, who has not been named, was abducted at about 11pm on Saturday night while on his way home from a nightclub in the high-end residential and business neighbourhood of Victoria Island. "I think they trailed him back to his house and picked him up," he said. "We are doing everything operationally possible to solve this crime." A spokesman for the British High Commission confirmed an expatriate worker had been kidnapped, but declined to give his nationality or any further details. The spokesman said "there is no indication of terrorist involvement at this stage." An unnamed security source told Reuters that he was an oil worker.

Tonto Dikeh Mobbed

Now, don't you want to be the next superstar! Nice...

Girl Raped With Wood???

Saw this grotesque picture and thought to share. Ladies please be careful who you roll with and where you go. Damn!

African Leaders Meet With Pres. Obama

The leaders of four African nations met with President Barack Obama yesterday March 28th at the White House. They leaders were: Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone, Macky Sall of Senegal, Joyce Banda of Malawi and José Maria Pereira Neves of Cape Verde. The Presidents of the two giants of Africa, South Africa and Nigeria (bigger boys), were conspicuously absent.

Mystery Of The Shroud Of Turin

Culled From Wikipedia Giulio Fanti and his research team conducted a shroud testing at the University of Padua and reported the results of some chemical and mechanical tests they performed which they claim "confirms that the Shroud dates back to the 1st century." The shroud of Turin or Turin Shroud is a linen cloth bearing the image of a man who appears to have suffered physical trauma in a manner consistent with crucifixion. It is kept in the royal chapel of the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Turin, northern Italy. The image on the shroud is commonly associated with Jesus, his crucifixion and burial. It is much clearer in black-and-white negative than in its natural sepia color. The negative image was first observed in 1898, on the reverse photographic plate of amateur photographer Secondo Pia, who was allowed to photograph it while it was being exhibited in the Turin Cathedral. The origins of the shroud and its image are the subject of intense debate among scientists, theologians, historians and researchers. Scientific and popular publications have presented diverse arguments for both authenticity and possible methods of forgery. A variety of scientific theories regarding the shroud have since been proposed, based on disciplines ranging from chemistry to biology and medical forensics to optical image analysis. The Catholic Church has neither formally endorsed nor rejected the shroud, but in 1958 Pope Pius XII approved of the image in association with the Roman Catholic devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus. In 1978, a detailed examination was carried out by a team of American scientists called STURP. STURP found no reliable evidence of forgery, and called the question of how the image was formed "a mystery". In 1988 a radiocarbon dating test was performed on small samples of the shroud. The laboratories at the University of Oxford, the University of Arizona, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, concurred that the samples they tested dated from the Middle Ages, between 1260 and 1390. In 2008 a former STURP member stated that sample was representative of the whole shroud. Since 2005, at least four articles have been published in scholarly sources stating that the samples used for the dating test may not have been representative of the whole Shroud. According to former Nature editor Philip Ball, "it's fair to say that, despite the seemingly definitive tests in 1988, the status of the Shroud of Turin is murkier than ever. Not least, the nature of the image and how it was fixed on the cloth remain deeply puzzling". The shroud continues to remain one of the most studied and controversial artifacts in human history.

Police Intercept These In Kano!

Culled From The Punch The police in Kano averted a planned bomb attack as the command intercepted a bomb-laden Golf car and other dangerous weapons. Other items recovered from the car include an AK 47 Rifle, Assault Rifle, 238 live ammunition of different caliber, Rocket Launcher, AK 47 Magazines, seven Turkey oil—stuffed with remote-control bombs, two cylinder remote-control devices, 14 hand grenades, four rolls of wire connector and 12 power source. Commissioner of Police, Musa Daura, told reporters on Wednesday that the command, acting on intelligence, engaged a group of terrorists in a gun battle on the outskirts of the city, injuring some of them and recovering abomb-laden Golf 3 vehicle, as well as arms and ammunition. Daura said the occupants of the vehicle instantly opened fire upon sighting a police patrol van and a gun battle ensued,with the militants retreating after receiving bullet wounds. The CP claimed that no policeman was hurt during the attack. He said, “On Tuesday, on about 2130 hours, based on a tip-off, our men intercepted a Golf 3 Motor Vehicle with Reg. No. AG 701 KTN at an outskirt village here in Kano. “The occupants of the vehicle on sighting the Patrol Vehicle opened fire and immediately, our men responded with superior power, which made the occupants to abandon their vehicle and escaped with bullet wounds. “The intention of these hoodlums was to cause havoc and destabilize peace which will subsequently lead to economic and social sabotage in Kano state. “However, my men sealed up the whole area with a view to identify and arrest the fleeing suspects.”

Oscar Pistorious Free To Travel Abroad After Challenging Bail Terms

courtesy: Bellanaija BBC reports that Pistorius sought an end to supervision by a probation officer and compulsory drug and alcohol testing but the state opposed the application. However, he was granted permission to travel as long as he complied with certain conditions and could also visit his hometown Pretoria, where his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was killed. “It is not as if the appellant is travelling for holiday in Mauritius; it’s only to gain an income, there’s no other reason,” Pistorious's lawyer Barry Roux was quoted as saying.

Spanking New Wizzy Pics: Lagos To Soweto

Thanks to Wiz Kid for giving us a sneak peak of his video shoot for latest new single From Lagos To Soweto via instagram. Yaga!

Ethnic Clash In Plateau State Leaves 27 Dead

2009 Jos crisis pictures 27 people on Wednesday, witnesses said, in a region straddling the country’s largely Christian south and mostly Muslim north that is prone to civil unrest. Witnesses said armed Fulani herdsmen attacked the villages of Da Jak and Attakar in Plateau State in the early hours, spraying residents with automatic gunfire and setting houses on fire. The military declined to comment, but a Plateau State legislator, Daniel Dem, said dozens had been killed. When will all these senseless killings seize???

Nelson Mandela Back in Hospital With Lung Infection

JOHANNESBURG – Former President Nelson Mandela of South Africa was readmitted to the hospital overnight because of a recurring lung infection, President Jacob Zuma said in a statement on Thursday, appealing to people around the world to pray for him. Mr. Mandela has struggled with lung problems since he contracted tuberculosis during his 27 years in prison in the apartheid era, when his incarceration became a potent symbol in South Africa and around the world of the struggle to throw off a codified system of racial domination devised by the country’s white rulers. May God grant our good leader rest.

Naeto C shares picture with son

'Thanks 2 every1 for all the messages…words arent honestly enuff to express this moment…its ironic especially for some1 like myself who is used 2 putting words 2gether…mayb later…but right now i’m just Thanking God w/my Family and enjoying my son’s company! I wish u all similar moments at some point(s) in your lives!‘, he wrote Congratulations to the rapper. Things are really not the same as before...

Topless Tunisian

This 19-yr-old activist posted this picture on the Femen-Tunisian facebook page with the words "F**k your morals" written across her chest as part of a feminist movement in Tunisia. She has been threatened with death by stoning...

POOR NIKE

I never heard of this until i read her story. In Nike Oshinowo's own words: "I have lived with Endometriosis since the age of 13. I went to boarding school in England when I was 7. I went to prep school. It was during the first few days in secondary school that I began my periods. They called the ambulance and I was hospitalized for 10 days because the pain wouldn't stop. The pain was so intense I passed out. I thought I was going to die. Living with Endometriosis is a challenge. When you see your doctor, your doctor tries to treat the symptoms and assumes the pain revolves around your menstrual circle. But this is not so. The pain affects every single aspect of your life. I have never had an examination without my period. There are so many things I have never done without my period. When I am happy, my period comes. When I'm depressed, my period is there. I learned to just cope with it. Looking fabulous by the way!