Yobe School Attack: Death Toll Rises To 40

Death toll in the Yobe college attack has risen to 40, according to a hospital source.

Boko Haram gunmen on Sunday opened fire in a college dormitory in Yobe as the students slept, killing at least 40 people, in the latest violence blamed on the Islamist insurgents.

The early morning assault targeted the College of Agriculture in the town of Gujba, some 30 kilometres (18 miles) from Damaturu’s capital of Yobe, said area military spokesman Lazarus Eli.

“Boko Haram terrorists went into the school and opened fire on students” while they were sleeping, he told AFP.

An official at the Damaturu Specialist Hospital, who requested anonymity, said ” 40 bodies” had been received so far from the Gujba massacre. [AFP]

Floods wreak havoc in Ibadan, kill two

The rain that fell for almost two days in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has claimed  lives of two people and destroyed property.

The rain began on Sunday and continued till Monday night, sending panic through the flood-prone city. The Oluyole Local Government Area of the state was mostly affected by the downpour.

Flood wreaked havoc in the Arapaja area, opposite the Ibadan/Lagos Expressway and Akala new extension as  motorists who risked wading through the flood lost control of their vehicles. Unknown to some motorists, the flood had swept off a linking bridge. Commercial tricyclists and motorcyclists were said to have fallen victims. Eye witnesses said two people were swept away in the area.

Police Public Relations Officer, Oyo State Command, Olabisi Ilobanafor, confirmed the death of an aged man and a commercial motorcyclist. She said the bodies of the two unnamed victims were recovered by rescue workers.

Ilobanafor said the corpses were recovered around 8.15a.m. on Tuesday near Challenge Police Station.

Dear LIB readers: I have had sex with 4 men, is that too much for an 18 year old?

From a female LIB reader

I am 18 years old and in my second year in a private university. I started having sex when I turned 16 after leaving secondary school and I have had four sexual partners so far. I dated 2 of the boys while the other 2 were just flings. Recently I confided in a friend the number of men I've been with and I later saw text exchanges between her and another mutual friend of ours laughing at me and criticizing me. They called me all sorts of names including wayward and loose. I've been with only four men, is that too much for a girl my age? I thought it was the norm so why are my friends condemning me and passing the info around?

Four sexual partners at 18? That's waaaay to much! My opinion. What do you guys think?

10 things the U.S. does better than anywhere else

  

 Even if it's not the land of opportunity it once was, the Big Mobility Scooter still has a lot going for it.

In fact, there are at least 10 things by our count that you can't find as good anywhere else on earth.

More: 10 things Italy does better than anywhere else

With the caveat that China is on a trajectory to take over at least six of these categories by 2016, we present them without further interruption.

Except for this last interruption (interrupting also being something Americans are fantastic at): Be sure to express your wholesale agreement with our list in the comments.

Man killed by hit-and-run motorists

Some residents of the Olopomeji end of Oworonshoki Expressway, Lagos State on Monday cried after one of them, identified only as Emmanuel, was crushed by a vehicle while attempting to cross the expressway.

PUNCH Metro learnt that after the deceased was knocked down by the vehicle, other oncoming vehicles heading towards the Third Mainland Bridge also ran over him.

It was learnt that the corpse was left on the road for hours until emergency officials arrived the scene.

When our correspondent visited the scene, relatives of the deceased were seen crying while the corpse was being conveyed into an ambulance.

Our correspondent also observed a pedestrian bridge about 60 metres from where the incident occurred.

Residents, however, blamed the government over the incident.

PUNCH Metro had reported on June 11, 2013 that the Chairman, Kosofe Local Government, Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Sofola,  ordered the sealing of the pedestrian bridge due to its derelict state.

Baby Buried Alive In Church

The police in Lagos State, western Nigeria, have shut a church where a two-year old baby girl was allegedly buried alive at Egbeda.
Already, the police at Idimu Division have exhumed the body of the victim for autopsy and arrested the pastor of the church identified as Dare Ogunloye.

Sources told us that the DPO, Mike Ochuko, ordered his men to exhume the corpse from the church premises for autopsy..
The incident happened at Christ Gospel Apostolic Church located at Destiny Avenue, Egbeda, close to the Palace of the traditional ruler
of  Egbeda kingdom, Oba Samson Balogun.

Following the incident, the monarch  has called on the Lagos State Government to close down the church permenantly if the allegation was true.
Oba Balogun said he was informed about the incident by his wife and it was very strange to him and the residents because his area has been peaceful.
He said he did not know that the incident happened very close to him until journalists came calling for his comments on the matter.
He said the police should thoroughly investigate the matter and bring those involved to justice.

Ribadu blasts ex-IGP Okiro, describes him as corrupt, 'shameless'

Former EFCC chairman Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has responded to former Inspector General of Police Mike Okiro who said yesterday that Ribadu lied when he claimed that he (Okiro) was behind two assassination attempt on his life and not Ibori. Okiro said in a statement released yesterday that Ribadu is an inveterate liar and desperately wanted to be IG. Ribadu has responded to Okiro, calling him corrupt and a shameless liar. See his press statement below...

Our attention has been drawn to the shameless lies a former Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro recklessly spewed to the media yesterday. The cause of Mr. Okiro's anger, the statement, in a London court, by Mallam Nuhu Ribadu that James Ibori was instrumental to his emergence as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) needs no further equivocation as it was an open secret to everybody in the government circle then. If Okiro is now denying this in public, there is no way he can deny this open secret to a number of people including an influential governor from the North-Central then, and a couple of other people who helped facilitate his selection by Ibori. It was this same shameless method of desperate lobbying that Okiro, a chronic political jobber and sycophant of the first order would use in getting subsequent appointments as Chief Security Officer to the PDP national chairman and later, regrettably, as the chairman of the Police Service Commission.

67year old Nigerian man dies on United flight from Lagos to Houston

A 67 year old Nigerian passenger died on a United Airline flight which left Lagos on Monday night September 23rd and landed in Houston, USA early Tuesday morning.

Benedict Sylvester Igwedike died in the air after the flight left Lagos according to the Houston Police Department. Mr Igwedike was found dead in his seat on United Flight 143 which arrived at George Bush Intercontinental Airport yesterday Tuesday September 24th

Houston police say they are awaiting autopsy results to determine the exact cause of death, according to a press release.

Why I Quit Smoking – Obama

US President Barack Obama said on Monday that he stopped smoking out of fear of his wife, in an unwitting admission captured by a loose microphone.

The US leader, taking part in an event on the sidelines of the annual UN General Assembly on the importance of civil society, was exchanging small talk at the end of his remarks.

In a recording taped by CNN, Obama is standing up after the event and asking the man next to him if he had given up smoking.

When the question is returned to him, Obama, in a light-hearted tone with a smile on his lips, said: “I haven’t had a cigarette in probably six years. That’s because I’m scared of my wife.”

Usually known for his fit figure and healthy lifestyle, Obama has long had a weakness for cigarettes and depicted himself as a smoker in his memoir of his youth, Dreams From My Father.

Kaduna Assembly Speaker, Deputy Impeached… New Ones Elected

More than one month after he was given an ultimatum by his colleagues to improve on his leadership style, the Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Hon Usman Muazu Gangara, from Giwa East Constituency and his deputy, Dr Dogara Mato, from Lere Constituency, have both been impeached by 19 out of 34 members of the Assembly.

The former Speaker, his deputy and six other principal officers of the House were all absent on Tuesday, when the impeachment proceeding presided over by Hon. Philemon Usman Mana, representing Makera Constituency, was carried out.

19 out of 26 eligible voters from 34 members that were present during the session gave their nod for the impeachment.

Graphic photo: LAGBUS crushes soldier to death in Lagos

This horrible accident happened yesterday Monday Sept. 23rd along the Alaka/Costain crossover bridge in Surulere. The driver of one of the buses in the state mass transit scheme lost control of his bus and crashed into a soldier riding a motorcyle on the express. The yet-to-be identified soldier was cut almost into two by the bus. (Too graphic...but will show you just one pic).

According to a source who witnessed the accident, the driver was on top speed when he lost control of the vehicle as he approached a bad spot on the dilapidated bridge. The driver, while trying to avoid the bad spot, swerved to the left pinning the soldier on the railing of the bridge. The bus dragged the soldier for a bit and cut through his bowel.

Funke Akindele denies launching Jenifa perfume

The report that Funke Akindele was getting ready to launch her own perfume line called Jenifa went viral online a few weeks back. But according to the award winning actress, there's no such thing. She recently dissociated herself from the perfume line, telling Encomium magazine:

"That's not true. I'm not aware of anything like Jenifa perfume. I'm not launching any perfume. I don't know anything about it"

Pakistani Christians Protest Church Attack That Killed Over 80 Persons

Pakistani Christians have protested across the country to demand better protection for their community after a pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a historic church in Peshawar, killing more than 80 people and wounding at least 140 others.

Monday’s protests in towns and cities throughout Pakistan included major cities Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and Faisalabad.

Angry Christians blocked roads and burned tires as they demanded government to take stronger steps to protect them.

Churches and other sites important to the Christian community in Peshawar have been given little extra security, said police official Noor Khan.

Photos: President Jonathan and Obama in New York

President Goodluck Jonathan being received by President Barack Obama of the US at the Waldorf Hotel, New York on today Monday September 23rd. More photos after the cut...

Police Arrests 40 Suspects Over Nasarawa Crisis

The Police in Nasarawa State on Monday confirmed the arrest of no fewer than 40 suspects in connection with the recent ethnic clashes in the state.

Also The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, says the military intervention in parts of Nasarawa State is successful and yielding positive results.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Umar Shehu, told newsmen in Lafia that the police also recovered weapons and charms from the suspects.

He disclosed that the police had also discovered a shallow grave at Tudun Adabu in the Obi Local Government Area of the state, where Alhaji Alhassan Gidado, Managing Director of the Police Community Bank, Tunde Banwo and their driver, Aliyu Adamu, were buried after they were killed.

He said the trio were declared missing on Sept. 14, having left Abuja on Sept. 13, to attend a wedding in the Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State but that they could not reach their destination.

The commissioner said that the suspects directly linked to the killing of the bank chief were among those arrested by the police, while their remains had been unearthed for proper burial.

Shehu said that all the arrested suspects would be made to face the full wrath of the law.

According to him, the police will not relent in their efforts to ensure that lasting peace was restored to the affected communities.

72 yr old billionaire Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu marries 26year old bride

Two years after loosing his wife of 40 years, Eudora, to cancer, 72 year old billionaire businessman and chairman of Champion newspaper, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has given marriage a second shot.

Chief Iwuanyanwu married 26 year old Frances Chinonyerem Enwerem (pictured above with him), the daughter of one of his late wife's close friends, on Saturday September 14th (traditional wedding) and this past Saturday September 21st (main wedding) in Owerri, Imo State.

The new bride, who doesn't have the blessings of the Chief's children (mostly because of the age gap) is said to be expecting her first child with the extremely rich businessman cum politician.

Chief Iwuanyanwu has his hands in various businesses cutting across over 20 sectors of the economy. He is the founder of the Iwuanyanwu Football club now known as the Heartland FC. Pics from their traditional wedding after the cut...

Nairobi Westgate attack: Six Britons believed killed

Six Britons are thought to be among those killed in an attack by militants on a shopping centre in Kenya.

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond, speaking after a meeting of the emergency Cobra committee, said the number was their "best estimate" but the figure could increase.

Five British casualties are confirmed and another victim is "thought" to be British, Mr Hammond told the BBC.

At least 62 people have been killed since the attack began on Saturday.

Mr Hammond added that there was no evidence Britons were among the militants who had attacked the Westgate mall in Nairobi.

One of the UK victims has been named as architect Ross Langdon, who has British-Australian citizenship

Behind the Candelabra takes top Emmy awards

The Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra has taken the top honours at this year's Emmy awards, held in Los Angeles on Sunday.

The film, shown on the cable network HBO in the US, won three awards including best TV movie and a best actor award for Michael Douglas.

Breaking Bad was named best drama, while Modern Family took the leading comedy award for the fourth time.

Claire Danes took the best actress prize for her role in Homeland.

Accepting his first ever Emmy award, Douglas thanked his family and his wife, Catherine Zeta Jones.

BlackBerry Move Away from Consumers Unlikely to Stem Decline

BlackBerry Ltd's plan to retreat from the consumer market in favor of its traditional strength serving businesses and governments is widely seen as a desperate move that industry watchers warn will only accelerate its downward spiral.

The strategic shift and dramatic restructuring are fueling fears about BlackBerry's long-term viability. The uncertainty created could easily push a growing number of its telecom partners, business customers and consumers to abandon the platform.

"Perception is nine tenths of reality and if customer and supplier confidence continues to fall it doesn't matter how much cash they have on the balance sheet. Things could get worse," said GMP Securities analyst Deepak Kaushal.
The Canadian smartphone maker, once the leader in wireless email, announced the change in focus on Friday afternoon when it also said it will report a quarterly loss of close to $1 billion and slash more than a third of its workforce, reports Reuters.

Pastor Adeboye Reveals: God Has Not Told Me To Retire As General Overseer

His ascension to the post of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in 1981 after the death of the founder of the church, Pastor Josiah Akindayomi, was mired by controversy to the extent that some senior pastors of the church, who considered themselves as being superior to then young Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye in age and rank, reportedly left the church in annoyance.

But, it seems that was not the end of the contention for the highly referred post of the GO, which Pastor Adeboye is occupying as the man in-charge of the fastest growing church in the world. Those, who have been clamoruing for his retirement as the GO of the mission after clocking the age of 70 may be in for a shocker.

As Adeboye reportedly revealed few weeks back, nobody can take over from him as GO until God tells him to leave and sit back to watch another person do it.

Lagosians spend N36billion annually on parties - Governor Fashola

Lagos state governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, this weekend revealed that more than N36 billion is spent by Lagosians annually to organise parties. The governor said this at the 4th edition of the Lagos Ignite Enterprise and Employability project, a joint youth empowerment programme between the government and the Afterschool Graduate Development Centre, AGDC.

Governor Fashola said:

“This was the study of night life carried out by the government in five local governments including Agege, Mushin, Ifako-Ijaiye and Ikeja and another local government. It showed that more than N36 billion was spent on 1555 parties held within the period. We did a study between October and November last year. We studied from Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, three days every week for four weeks which was 12 nights. In 12 nights, 1555 parties were held in these local governments. In terms of drinks, food and all other engagements during such parties, about N1.2 billion was spent and when we dis-aggregated them we saw how much went to DJ, MC, food and drinks, the total picture in the state now and I don’t want to give you a wrong number but it’s something in the region of about N3 billion monthly on that side of our life and people are playing and impacting on that side of our economy.

 The governor further stated that Aso Ebi alone gulped a minimum of N1.2billion monthly.

65 Killed In Iraq Bombings Targeting Shia Funeral

At least 65 people have been killed in car bombings targeting a funeral in the Iraqi capital, officials said.

Police said a first car bomb went off near a funeral tent for a Shia man in the Baghdad neighbourhood of Sadr City on Saturday afternoon. A suicide bomber driving a car then blew himself up near the tent, and a third explosion came as police, ambulances and firefighters were gathering at the scene.

The officials said women and children were among the dead, and that at least 60 people were wounded.

The first explosion set several nearby cars on fire, sending a towering plume of thick black smoke over the city.

Earlier in the day a suicide assault on a police headquarters and other attacks in northern Iraq killed 11 members of the security forces.

Police officials said four suicide bombers stormed a headquarters for police commandos in the city of Beiji, killing seven policemen and wounding 21 others.

Kenyan mall ablaze as names of terrorists and victims are released

Kenyan special forces were today locked in a fight to the death with Islamic terrorists who have been barricaded inside a Nairobi mall with up to 40 hostages since Saturday.

Witnesses described hearing four large explosions at the Westgate Shopping Centre followed by fierce gun fire after the military tried to break the three day siege by gaining access from the roof. 

It is feared that some of the gunmen inside may have blown themselves up, though a Kenyan government minister said that militants had set fire to some mattresses in a supermarket as a decoy.

Update: It's been confirmed that the terrorists didn't blow themselves up, they set ablaze mattresses they got from one of the supermarkets in the mall, as a diversion. The terrorists have been corned in one of the rooms inside the mall. Continue... 

'Nigerian Players In Dull Weekend'

Many of them had sad tales to tell except for Mikel Obi who had every reason to celebrate after scoring his first league goal in eight seasons for Chelsea on Saturday. Mikel made it 2-0 over Fulham, momentarily lifting the London club to the top of the English Premier League table.

Osaze Odemwingie was a 65th minute substitute for Cardiff City in their loss to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. It was the first time the former West Brom striker would be listed in the squad since joining them in the summer transfer window.

Dundee United’s Olalekan Kudus Oyenuga was an unused substitute for the Scottish giants as they thrashed visiting Motherwell 2-1 at the Tannadice Park on Sunday.

The striker, who moved to the Scottish outfit from Haye & Yeading United where he scored 15 goals last season, was listed for the first time in the squad on Sunday.

Nosa Igiebor was not listed for Real Betis as they hosted Granada, who were also without Odion Ighalo, in their goalless match. Ighalo is serving a match ban after bagging a red card last week.

Ikechukwu Uche did not get off the bench on Sunday for Villarreal as the Yellow Submarines picked an away point against Celta de Vigo at the Estadio de Balaídos. The goalless draw put Villarreal in fourth with 10 points in the Spanish league table.

Give Me The Chance To Do My Job, Jonathan Tells Critics

Following the barrage of criticism directed at the presidency by the seven aggrieved governors of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and individuals unsatisfied with the President Goodluck Jonathan’s style of leadership, the president yesterday told his critics to stop distracting him and allow him to do his job, warning those seeking his job “not to blow up the house you are seeking to occupy with dynamite.”

Speaking at an interactive lunch held yesterday with the Nigerian Diaspora community at the New York Plaza Hotel, the president also spoke on his achievements and his transformation agenda in office, adding that when he appointed a team to his cabinet, he went out of his way not to appoint politicians but appointed transformers to help him achieve his objectives.

The president mentioned specifically, the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina; and Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, whom he said he barely knew but appointed them primarily on the basis of the recommendations made to him and their CVs.

“My goal was to bring in more technocrats to the cabinet and not just political appointees. That is why I appointed the likes of Ngozi (Okonjo-Iweala), Adesina and Aganga.

“I did not know these people before I appointed them. When Ngozi was finance minister the first time, I was a deputy governor and out paths hardly crossed. But based on recommendations and their CVs I appointed them to help me in my transformation agenda.

OVERLOADING CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT

When Motorcycle  are overloaded accidents may occur, resulting in unnecessary and preventable injuries to other people who share the roads with trucks. While it is generally construction trucks and other large tractor trailer trucks that cause these types of accidents, motorcycle like pickups may also be overloaded.

State laws limit the amount of materials that may be safely loaded into a vehicle, which if not followed can cause injuries and be considered “negligence per se.” If you or someone you know was injured or killed in such an accident, Krohn & Moss, Ltd. will investigate your claim to find out if overloading caused the accident in question.

LMDGP rounds off 'Keep Your Environment Clean' campaign

LMDGP – Lagos Metropolitan Development and Governance Project –  is a world bank assisted initiative of the Lagos State Govt. Recently, the project embarked on a massive communication campaign, with road shows and through mass media, to sensitize Lagosians in general, and its slum area communities in particular, about the urgent need to deviate from behaviors & attitudes hazardous to the numerous facilities already provided  under its ‘slum upgrade’ intervention projects. 

Now, it is important, that with these new public utility infrastructures in place, the public should take ownership, and maintain these facilities. The slum areas covered in Lagos State include: Agege, Orile Agege, Ajegunle, Amukoko, Badia, Iwaya, Makoko, Ilaje, Bariga and Ijeshatedo/Itire.

Tour of Britain: Bradley Wiggins seals title as Cavendish wins stage

Sir Bradley Wiggins added the Tour of Britain title to his collection after sealing an emphatic victory in London.

Wiggins, who won the Tour de France and Olympic time trial last year, had led since winning the third stage and began stage eight with a 26-second advantage.

British road race champion Mark Cavendish won the concluding stage, his third stage win in this year's race.

But Wiggins, 33, negotiated the 10-lap 88km course along the Thames to retain his place at the top of the standings.

Following a remarkable 2012 in which he was also knighted and voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year, the Briton has been blighted by fitness problems this year.

He had to pull out of the Giro d'Italiabecause of a chest infection and was unable to defend his Tour de France crownbecause of illness and injury.

US House passes budget bill that would defund healthcare law

House Republican members, including Speaker John Boehner, rally at the US Capitol after passing a temporary funding measure on Friday

US lawmakers have passed a budget bill that would keep the government operating, while defunding President Barack Obama's healthcare law.

The Republican-led House of Representatives voted 230-189, largely along party lines, in favour of the controversial measure.

The Democratic-controlled Senate has promised to strip the "defund Obamacare" provision next week.

Mr Obama vowed to veto the bill in the unlikely event it ever gets that far.

During a speech at a vehicle factory in Liberty, Missouri, on Friday, he criticised Republicans for the vote.

"They're focused on politics, they're focused on trying to mess with me," he told his audience. "They're not focused on you."

Jonathan Arrives In New York, Ready To Address UN General Assembly -

President Goodluck Jonathan arrived at the JFK International Airport in New York early of Sunday ahead of the 68th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA).

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the President was received by the supervising  Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Viola Onwuliri, the  Nigerian Permanent Representative to the UN, Prof. Joy Ogwu and the Nigerian Ambassador to the U.S., Prof. Ade Adefuye.

The President was later received  at the city centre by the Minister of State for Works and supervising Minister, National Planning Commission, Alhaji Bashir Yuguda, the Minister of Agriculture, Mr Akinwumi Adesina and Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State.

Jonathan is scheduled to meet with no fewer than 250 selected Nigerian professionals in the U.S. later in the day and also meet the U.S. President on a later date.

The President is expected to hold five bilateral meetings that will cover the EU, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Lebanon, as well as Trinidad and Tobago.

Senator Asks Okonjo-Iweala, Ngama To Resign Over State Of Economy

The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonka -Iweala and her junior, Dr. Yerima Ngama have both been asked to resign if they lack ideas on how to run the economy.

Senator Abdulmumuni Muhammad Hassan, who stated this in an exclusive interview culled from LEADERSHIP SUNDAY said, “I believe the two ministers of finance are short of ideas and if that is the case, they should resign and allow other people to come in and inject fresh blood and ideas into the economy.”

According to him, “the minister of state was reported to have said that the budget cannot be implemented and yet, Ngozi is telling us that the economy is buoyant”.

The lawmaker also stated that, “Our sources of revenue has not decreased, nobody has come out to say there is a short fall. So why won’t they implement the budget fully? We the PDP are feeling guilty and ashamed of what is happening to the economy. Nobody doubts that they have good qualifications, but their ideas are exhausted and we advise them to resign and allow the president to bring in fresh blood into the system”.

Kenya Mall Shooting and Standoff Victims, personalities Dead as of Now

Details are emerging about some of those who died in the attack on a Nairobi shoppingcentre by suspected al-Shabab militants. The standoff is ongoing, below are some personalities who have so far lost their lives.

                                                       KOFI AWOONOR (poet)

The 78-year-old was a Ghanaian poet and former professor at the University of Ghana. He was also the former chairman of the Council of State. He was in Nairobi to take part in a literary event.

                  RUHILA ADATIA-SOOD(radio africa host)

Ruhila Adatia-Sood, a popular Radio Africa host, was in the car park of the Westgate shopping centre where she was hosting a cooking competition, according to reports.

She was pregnant.

                                                    

                 MBUGUA MWANGI & ROSEMARY WAHITO

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s nephew Mbugua and his fiancee Rosemary Wahito are among the many Kenyans killed in the attack on the Westgate shopping centre.

Addressing the nation on Friday, Uhuru Kenyatta said:

“I ask God to give you comfort as you confront this tragedy, and I know what you feel having also lost very close family members in this deadly attack.”

WHAT A BAD ATTITUDE FOR A MAN TO BEAT HIS WIFE

Question:I was married to a man who called himself a Christian and who ended up beating me all day. I asked for help and we got separated for one year. I accepted him back, because he said he was now a new man and also because of our two boys. He continued to beat on all of us. We got divorced. I found this man to whom I am married now and we are truly happy. We are a real family. The children are great and we attend a local Christian church always with a great joy in our hearts. My question is: am I living in sin? Thanks

What married women really need

Overview

"The biggest problem in relationships is women not understanding how men work and men not understanding the inner workings of the female mind," says therapist and relationship coach Catherine Cardinal. If you want to know what married women really need, you must listen to your wife and attempt to understand and respect her thoughts and feelings..

Expert Insight
According to a 2006 study by sociologists W. Bradford Wilcox and Steven L. Nock from the University of Virginia, the level of a husband's emotional engagement matters most when it comes to a woman's happiness. The study, titled "What's Love Got to Do With It? Equality, Equity, Commitment and Women's Marital Quality," was based on a survey of over 5,000 American couples. Wilcox and Nock found that more than anything, married women care about how understanding and affectionate their husbands are and the amount of quality time they get to spend with their husbands.

DJ Switch wins Glo X Factor!! Takes home 24 million Naira

Globacom’s Group Executive Director, Mrs Bella Disu (right) handing over a cheque for N24million to the winner of Glo X Factor singing reality show, DJ Switch. Left is Sony Music Marketing Director, Spiro Damaskinos.

The 29-year-old geology graduate of the University of Port Harcourt and native of Udi, Enugu State, was declared winner at the grand finale of the show held at Dream Studios, Bamako Street, Omole, Lagos. She beat the two other finalists Ethel Eshun and Vicky Gomoti in the last round of voting to win Globacom’s N24 million cash prize and a recording contract with Sony Music. Continue..