World's richest man, Bill Gates, is currently in Kaduna state to sign an MOU with Dangote foundation on Routine Immunization owned by Nigerian Billionaire. He was received by Kaduna state governor, Nasir El Rufai and Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal. Continue to see more photos...
Two year old twins, Amal and Israel Omijie and their Nigerian grandparents, Carolyn, 55 & Sampson Omogbo, 63 were killed after their Prince George County home caught fire yesterday night into this morning in Chillum, Maryland.
The mother of the twins, Elizabeth Omogbo, jumped from the second floor of the building when the fire started and is in a critical state in a hospital where she is receiving treatment.
The grandparents were pronounced dead at the scene while the twins were taken in critical condition to a hospital where they died. The cause is yet to be ascertained but Firefighters have not found any evidence of a smoke alarm in the home.
This incident has thrown the Nigerian community in the US into mourning. One of them identified as Festus Soho said
"When I heard the [family's name] I just jumped into my car to come and confirm if it was the same address that I knew,". "I don't know what to think of this. I cannot believe it," family friend Adele Benjamin said through tears. Vincent Omogbo who is the brother to Sampson Omoogbo said he was stunned. "It's like a dream. I don't believe. My brother was very nice to everybody. He goes to church and he is very godly."he said.
The grandparents who died...
An internally displaced person identified as Benjamin James was killed by an armed robber at the Prince and Princess Estate area of Abuja last week Thursday. Benjamin, who resides at the Durumi camp in Abuja and works as a motorcyclist, was out for his daily business when he met his untimely death. He was found dead with nail wounds on his neck and his motorcycle missing. Benjamin who hails from Gwoza in Borno State was only 22 years...a graphic pic of his corpse after the cut
Source: The Sun
… As MTV Base Lagos Party Special Premieres This Weekend
Lagos| Nigeria: Some of the biggest music artistes in Nigeria including Wande Coal, Reminisce, Phyno and many others will appear in an all new MTV Base television special. The first of many on MTV Base this year, the programme titled “MTV Base Lagos Party Special” premieres this Saturday.
Featuring a headline performance from Olamide in addition to sizzling performances by Lil Kesh, Falz, Adekunle Gold, Niniola, May D, CDQ, Immaculate, Big Sheff, Viktoh, JJC, DJ Xclusive, DJ ECool and many others, the MTV Base Lagos Party Special held at the Ikeja City Mall is hosted by MTV Base VJs Ehiz, Stephanie Coker and City 105.1FM’s Sensei Uche and C-Von.
The show features exclusive interviews, party footage and backstage access to the stars, giving viewers a complete experience of one the biggest Lagos party nights ever.
The MTV Base Lagos Party Special airs on MTV Base (DSTV Channel 322) at 8pm on Saturday 23 January 2016.
The name of the rat that Possess and spread the virus that causes lassa fever is called multimammate rat( because it has many Tips like all these local street dogs after delivery). While the botanical name is mastomys natalensis.
There is also an upsurge of the disease everywhere. So we should all practice hand washing hygiene.
Also all apple lovers should wash them with salt and warm water before refrigerating them to eat.
Our wives should avoid testing of dry garri by chewing them for starch in the market.
All garri soakers should let go for now.
The problem is that most of our garri sellers in the market buy their garri from bush markets.
These garri are often fried half dry and are subsequently dried on polythene sheets on the tarred roads or compounds in the villages.
These rat dive in at will, to feed their hungry bellies and in the process defecate and urinate on the garri, which dry up with it. If used for Eba, the virus may die because of the hot water used. But if soaked, the virus is directly ushered in.
Please no one should joke with this precaution, except you process your cassava yourself.
Two Islamic State terrorists were killed on Monday, January 18 by fighters of Derna Shura Council, Libya after they attempted to infiltrate into the city from Al-Fatayah mountains, where the remnants of IS militants are hiding. The two militants were wearing women's full-face veils and explosive belts. The Shura Council said the 2 were planning to carry out a suicide attack inside Derna. Another pic after the cut...
Gumsu took to social media to pay a touching tribute to her brother, Ibrahim Abacha. Late Ibrahim was the first son of late military dictator, Sani Abacha. He died in a plane crash on January 17,1996 along with 13 others. According to AP, the pilot was inexperienced and the plane was carrying too many people. Another reports states that an engine problem might have been the cause of the crash.
"Ibrahim Sani Abacha. ..20 years today. Allah ya jikan ka da rahama. Amin. .. u will never be forgotten. .. I remember so well the last time i saw u and u were giving Inna a goodbye hug.. not knowing it was actually gonna be The Last Goodbye." she wrote.
Alhaji Yamusa Shuaibi, the Chairman of APC in Adamawa State, died yesterday after a brief illness. Late Yamusa was buried according to Islamic injunction at his home town Numan Local government area of Adamawa state. Adamawa state Governor, Sen Muhammad Jibrilla Bindow and other state officials attended the funeral prayer. May his soul rest in peace. More photos after the cut...
Photo credit: Auwal Hajja
Dozens of Muslim employees at a Wisconsin manufacturing company claim that they were forced to quit this week, after the company changed its prayer-on-the-job policy to one that prevents them from participating in their daily prayers to Mecca.
WBAY-TV reported that before Thursday, Somali Muslims employed by Ariens Manufacturing were allowed to leave the producing line twice a shift in order to participate in two of the five daily prayers required by the Islamic faith.
Ariens, which is based out of Brillion, WI, primarily manufactures snow blowers and riding mowers:
The new policy, as told to the station by a company spokesman, only allows the employees:
…to pray during scheduled breaks in designated prayer rooms. Our manufacturing environment does not allow for unscheduled breaks in production.”
The dozens of employees affected by the policy allege that praying only during a meal break goes against their religion. Masjid Imam Hasan Abdi, an employee from Green Bay, told the station:
“If someone tells you, ‘You pray on your break,’ and the break time is not the prayer time? It will be impossible to pray.”
Added former Ariens equipment painter, who held out his unemployment packet as he spoke to WBAY:
“We pray by the time. So they say, ‘If you don’t pray at the break time,’ they give us this [unemployment] paper to just leave.”
According to the company’s spokesman, the policy change impacts 53 of the company’s workers, with the majority of them opting to leave the company as a result of the new company.
The spokesman added that the company “put a considerable amount of effort” into finding a solution that would work for both sides, which included meeting with members of their Somalian employee group.
Dan Ariens, the company’s chairman and CEO, also wrote in an open letter posted to Twitter that reads, in part:
“We continue to be open to any of the employees returning to work under the new policy…
We respect their faith, we respect the work they have done at Ariens, and we respect their decision regardless of their choice to return to work or not.”
Per US law established by the the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission on religious tolerance in the workplace, “an employer does not have to accommodate an employee’s religious beliefs or practices if doing so would cause undue hardship to the employer.”
The Council for Islamic-American Relations (CAIR) is also calling on Ariens to reverse its policy, per a Tweet sent on Saturday.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yet again welcomed two new born babies yesterday in Fufore IDP Camp Yola, Adamawa State. More photos after the cut...
Bet why? According to Aishat Alubankudi, the photo was taken yesterday & the family has received over N500,000 so far. She wrote;
"I'm really disappointed, after all the financial support that this girl and her family received in the last two weeks plus a new wheelchair from good samaritans, they are still on the street begging! This is why citizens do not give a damn about beggars! You will be shocked if I tell you the amount that they received!" she wrote.
Kaduna state Governor, Nasir El-Rufai launched the School Feeding Program in Public Primary Schools in Kaduna State this morning. The flag off took place at LGEA Primary School Aliyu Makama Barnawa-Kaduna, Kaduna South Local Government Area, Kaduna State. See more photos after the cut...
At least 4 people were killed in a suicide bomb blast that happened inside a mosque in Ngue Tchewe, a village in Far North Region in Cameroon today January 18th. The suicide bomber believed to be a teenage boy, attacked the mosque while the Muslim faithfuls were saying their early morning prayer. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack but it is believed that Boko Haram is responsible.
