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France Dismisses IS Claim For Christmas Market Attack French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner (C) gives a press conference in Strasbourg, eastern France, on December 14, 2018, as the Christmas market reopens after the author of the attack was killed on December 13, 2018. Photo: SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP France’s interior minister on Friday dismissed a claim by the Islamic State group that it was responsible for a shooting spree at a Christmas market in Strasbourg after the gunman was shot dead by police, ending a 48-hour manhunt. The city reopened the market on Friday, with officials praising the massive public help and quick police reaction that led to the death of suspected shooter Cherif Chekatt late on Thursday. He was tracked down at around 9:00 pm (2000 GMT) when a police patrol spotted him on a street in a district where he was last seen after Tuesday night’s attack. Around 800 people had called in tips to a hotline after the authorities released his name and...

       How Armed Robber Stormed Police Station To Expose SARS Officer Who Was Their                                                                            Gang Leader. A suspected armed robber, later dubbed Police informant, stormed the office of the operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Lagos State Police Command, located at the Ikeja, GRA, and announced, “I’m a robber! My gang stole the missing truck and container, with its N147million worth of goods.” The informant was quickly ushered into the office of Philip, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) in charge of the IRT Unit in Lagos State. After several minutes drilling under the unrelenting gaze of Philip, the story came pouring out of the informant. Yes, he ...

Nigerians react to Sholaye Jeremi’s dumping of Linda Ikeji as blogger turns ‘baby mama’ Popular Nigerian blogger, Linka Ikeji has come under attack on social media after she finally opened up on her relationship with an oil magnate, Sholaye Jeremi. Reports had it that Ikeji had a relationship with Jeremi, adding that the oil magnate was responsible for the blogger’s son. She had, however, been silent about the claims. However, the 38-year-old blogger, in a statement she personally signed yesterday, confirmed that Jeremi was the father of her son, Jayce. In the statement, Ikeji also confirmed that the billionaire businessman dumped her after she got pregnant. Her recent revelation stirred divergent reactions from Nigerians criticizing her for having a baby out of wedlock despite her backlash at ‘Baby Mamas’. The blogger in times past was quoted to have said she would never have a child out of wedlock and strongly kicked against the ‘Baby Mama’ trend. ...

Trump’s Son-In-Law Kushner May Be Appointed US Chief Of Staff – Report Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner is on the short-list of potential candidates for the president’s next chief of staff, US media said on December 13, 2018. NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner is on the short-list of potential candidates for the president’s next chief of staff, US media said on Thursday. Kushner, an influential White House adviser and husband of Trump’s daughter Ivanka, met with the Republican leader to discuss the job, according to the Huffington Post, which first reported the story. “I am not aware that he is under consideration but, as I think all of us here would recognize, he would be great in any role that the president chooses to put him in,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said of the news, which was also reported by CBS. The president has been searching in vain for a new chief of staff after announci...

2019: Group monitors FG’s spending of $322.5m Abacha loot By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA – AGAINST allegations that the retuned Abacha loot was being used for political campaigns for the 2019 elections, the United Kingdom Agency for International Department (UKAID) sponsored programme has begun the monitoring of the Federal Government’s spending of $322.5million looted funds recovered from former Head of State late General Sani Abacha being disbursed to the poorest Nigerians. Late Sani Abacha Executive Director of a civil society organization, Africa Network for Environment And Economic Justice, ANEEJ, Rev. David Ugolor who disclosed this while briefing journalists yesterday in Abuja, said 504 field monitors, eleven supervisors and 22 deputy supervisors drawn from members of the Nigerian Network on Stolen Asset, NNSA have been dispatched to monitor the Conditional Cash Transfer, CCT to the poorest of the poor. Rev. Ugolor said that so far, the distributio...

Ghanaian Actress, Salma, Covers Her Nude Body With Watermelons To Mark Her Birthday https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2018/12/blog-post.html

Liverpool Face Man Utd As Man City Look To Get Back Into Groove Jose Mourinho faces a quandary as he prepares Manchester United for a trip to Premier League leaders Liverpool while Manchester City will be keen to show that last week’s Chelsea defeat was just a blip. United have an impressive recent record against Liverpool, unbeaten in eight league games, but away fans will travel with a sense of trepidation to Anfield. Unai Emery takes his Arsenal side, unbeaten in 21 matches in all competitions, to face struggling Southampton while Chelsea also travels to the south coast to take on Brighton. Manchester City host seventh-placed Everton while Tottenham, fresh from reaching the Champions League knockout phase, face Burnley at Wembley. AFP Sports picks out some of the main talking points ahead of the weekend fixtures in the Premier League. Can Mourinho end Liverpool’s unbeaten run? Jose Mourinho came under fire last year for failing to attack Liverpool’s then...

                                     Malabu scam : Nigeria sues Shell, Eni in London The Federal Government said it had filed a 1.1 billion dollar lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell and Eni in a commercial court in London  in relation to a 2011 oilfield deal in Nigeria. FG sues Shell, Eni over oil field deal The two oil majors are embroiled in a long-running corruption case revolving around the purchase of Oil Prospecting Licence  (OPL)245. OPL 245, which is one of the biggest sources of untapped oil reserves on the African continent with reserves estimated at nine billion barrels, is also at the heart of an ongoing corruption trial in Milan, Italy, in which former and current Shell and Eni officials are on the bench. Milan prosecutors alleged bribes totalling around $1.1bn were paid to win the licence to explore the field which, because of disputes, had never entered in...

Popular Nigerian Pastor Kidnapped Inside His Church Premises In Calabar (Nigeria) A report by The Nation has shown that the General Overseer of the Bible Christian Crusade Mission (BCCM), in Calabar, Pastor Joseph Okoro, was on Wednesday evening kidnapped by unknown gunmen in the church premises. Some church members who spoke in confidence said Okoro was abducted around 9:00PM after an evening fellowship in his church located at 55 Webber Street by Elijah Henshaw in Calabar South. It was gathered that the gunmen may have disguised as church members and waited until the a church programme finished around that time and then accosted him in his office. “They came in as members. After the programme, he went to his office, and as he was about to leave and go to his car and go home, the kidnappers approached him. Some people tried to struggle with them and they brought out guns and threatened to shoot anyone who interfered. “They told everybody to lie down. Th...

Another Fallen Hero: Boko Haram Kills Platoon Commander, Captain Kabiru In Borno Re: Boko Haram Kills Captain Kabiru Hamza Kura, Platoon Commander In Borno by stephenduru: 6:10am https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2018/12/blog-post.htm

See How Linda Ikeji Broke Up With Her Baby Daddy, Sholaye Jeremi Finally Linda Ikeji Opens Up on her relationship, she shared this on her blog... Read below.... Two days before my 38th birthday on September 17th, I welcomed my first child, my son, Jayce. I look at him and I wonder why I waited so long to have a child. I’ve never known love like this. I literally have tears in my eyes every time I look at him. I can’t believe he came out of me. He is by far my greatest blessing and I’m looking forward to navigating him through life! Now to the reason why you are reading this. I argued with myself for a long time whether to put this out or not…and finally decided it was a story I wanted to share. I've always been open about my life but I'm sharing details about my personal life mostly because of the girls who look up to me. The girls I have mentored, mentoring right now and plan to mentor in the future. I’m very particular about our young girls and I have personal...

2019 Election: See What This Corper Wore That Got Nigerians Talking (Photo) A youth corper who just passed out today is trending online over what he wrote on his shirt ahead of the 2019 election. The corper is urging citizens who love Nigeria to vote out Buhari. https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2018/12/2019-election-see-what-this-corper-wore.html

Muslim man called out on twitter for saying he sees nothing wrong with a 70-year-old Alhaji marrying a 15-year-old girl Days ago, the story of a 70-year-old Alhaji who married a 15-year-old girl in Niger state caused massive outrage. But a comment by a Muslim on Twitter has generated even more buzz. A man in Niger State, Yakubu Chanji, has tied the knot with a teenager, said to be 15-years-old. Neighbours of the age-gap couple told DAILY NIGERIAN that Mr Chanji is in his early 70s. A correspondent gathered that the wedding Fatiha took place on Monday in Lapai, Niger State, with family and friends in attendance. Reacting to a much older man marrying a girl young enough to be his granddaughter, @its_shamex said: It’s his choice and also if there’s an agreement between the two parties and the marriage was done Islamically then I see no problem. Islam permits such thing. Ango Ka Sha Kanshi… Allah ya Albarka ci Auren, Ameen. He added: ...

Where’s the Devil in the Electoral Bill? Azu Ishiekwene Exaggeration is the most common strain of fever at election period. Politicians make voters – and the general public – believe that the world might end on ballot day, when in fact what they are playing for is their own survival. Electoral crises The Electoral Bill is not just the biggest talking point; it’s been perhaps the deadliest battleground since last week. What is it about the bill that gives the impression that its immediate non-passage is not only a threat to the 2019 general elections but also proof that President Muhammadu Buhari’s All Progressives Congress, APC, is determined to rig the elections? The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, among others, has said Buhari’s repeated claims of commitment to free and fair elections next year are just what they are – lip service. The party insists that the extension of the tenures of the service chiefs and the Inspector General of Police, re...

I have only one house, Magu tells court Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu told a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja that he has only one house in Karo, Abuja. He explained that this was contrary to two houses the Department of State Security (DSS) claimed his wife has in the Maitama area of Abuja, adding that the DSS or any other government agency never investigated him for any allegations. He testified before Justice Doris Okuwobi, Abuja while responding to allegations by The Sun newspapers in a publication of March 25, 2017, titled: Magu under fresh probe over two Abuja mansions, in which it claimed that two houses located in Maitama, Abuja were traced to his wife. Magu then instituted suit against the publishers of the newspaper for the publication, which he said, was libelous and had damaged his character nationally and internat...

Faces Of 24 Yahoo Boys Arraigned In Court By EFCC (Photo ) The yahoo-boys arraigned in court The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Office has arraigned twenty four students of Olabisi Onabanjo University and the National Open University of Nigeria who were arrested for alleged involvement in various cyber crimes. Ten of the defendants which include: Agboola Taiwo, Adetayo Tade Ademiluyi, Rabiu Daniel, Sokoya Oluwaseyi, Fredrick Shaibu, Oshikoya Gbolahan, Adegbola Kazeem Aina, Ademosun Opeyemi, Tosin Awobona and Babarinde Jacob were arraigned Monday, 10th December, 2018 before Hon. Justice Ibrahim Watilat of the Federal High Court 2 sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Fourteen others, comprising of Adeleke Oluwamayowa, Banjo Femi, Towolawi Olanrewaju, Tijani Babatunde, Sarafadeen Abibullahi, Adebowale Abimbola, Osunkoya Korede, Mufutau Yusuf Akorede, Salisu Ajibola, Olamikan Oluwasiji, Oduwole Gbenga, Damilare Adelaja, Bakare Azeez Adebola and Ed...