BABY BURIED ALIVE Miracle as screaming newborn is ‘pulled alive from shallow grave THREE DAYS after his teen mum left him to die

The baby had reportedly been left in a makeshift grave near the factory in the town of Paddock, in KwaZulu-Natal Province, eastern South Africa.

Her colleagues found the Baby boy under some sand and timber she had taken from the factory.

The 25 year old mother, from the town of Izingolweni in KwaZulu-Natal’s Ugu District, acknowledged to police what she had done.

Captain Gerald Mfeka said: “They combed and found him hidden underneath some timber, covered in sand.

“On hearing the tumult, the mother confessed that the child was hers. Her explanation was that she was afraid of her parents.

“This was her second child, the elder one being four years old, and she felt her parents would not support of another baby.”

The baby was placed in an intensive care unit at the nearby Port Shepstone Regional Hospital.

His mother was reportedly also taken there, though the reason was not clear why.

She was discharged from the hospital and it was not disclosed what charges she faces or whether she will be reunited with her baby.

Bill Gates bans his children from cellphones till they are 14 years old

The Microsoft billionaire,Bill Gates says no child of his is permitted to have  a phone until they are 14 years old

The richest man in the world, Bill Gates disclosed that he is rigid on technology use in his home  .
He also gave reasons why he prefers to live simply instead of in luxury.Many people today are disturbed about the growing dependence of youths on digital devices which sometimes borders on addiction. Amazingly, one of the founding fathers of the digital revolution, Bill Gates is also worried about this very situation.

The heroic founder of the world’s largest software firm, Microsoft, a company that made him the richest man in the world, has stern rules concerning technology use in his home especially when it comes to children.

An instance in an interview with  with a news source, he disclosed that he forbade his kids from having mobiles until they were 14, and also forbids them using phones at the dinner table. He also restricts his youngest child's screen time before she goes to bed.


He said: “We often set a time after which there is no screen time and in their case that helps them get to sleep at a reasonable hour. “You’re always looking at how it can be used in a great way,homework and staying in touch with friends and also where it has gotten to excess. “We don’t have cellphones at the table when we are having a meal, we didn’t give our kids cellphones until they were 14 years and they lamented other kids got them earlier.”Besides his kids, despite his wealth, Gates himself has simple tastes, during the interview,when asked what he eats, he said: “I’m big on pretty mainstream American hamburgers, McDonald’s, Burger King.” Bill Gates also stated that for him, spending time with his children was quite important. He says they, and his wife, are secrete to his happiness, not his wealth. “Having money doesn’t give you all the answers,” he concluded.

When Fortune released its annual list of World’s 50 greatest leaders, News pinnacle reported that Bill Gates' wife, Melinda Gates was on it and this was no surprise.

Russian Supreme court bans Jehovah’s Witnesses, calls them extremist

Russia’s Supreme Court has banned Jehovah’s Witnesses from the country.

The court pronounced the decision after describing the group as an extremist organization

Four former members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses had told a Russia’s Supreme Court how they were swayed by the 'church' against receiving higher education or having a family.

A wtiness, Natalia Koretskaya from St. Petersburg had told the court she had been a member of that organisation from 1995 to 2009 and had discovered over this period that the group's members “were living under full and complete control of the "Jehovah’s Witnesses" Administrative Centre.”

“The leaders of the Jehovah’s Witnesses formally watch canonical compliance with the norms but in reality the talk is about absolute control of an individual’s personal life – his intimate life, education and work,” Koretskaya told the court.

Koretskaya said she had been dismissed from the religious organisation and its members had been banned to communicate with her after she started an officially unregistered relationship with a man.

“Therefore, a person turns out to be expelled into the outer world, in which he has already abandoned how to live over the years of his stay in the organisation,” Koretskaya added.

Justice Yury Ivanenko in his verdict on Thursday, said Russia had decided to shut down “the administrative centre of Jehovah’s Witnesses and the local organisations in its possession and turn their property over to the Russian Federation.”

Nigerian footballer slumps and dies on the pitch

Ugochukwu Ehiogu, Nigerian by birth and  ex-England international footballer, has died after suffering a heart attack on Thursday.

The 44 year old Ehiogu suffered the cardiac arrest at the training ground of Tottenham Hotspur, where he was coaching the U-23 team where he slumped and died.

His death was announced by his employers on Friday morning.

Born of Nigerian parents in Homerton, England, on November 3, 1972, Ehiogu chose to play for the English national team despite numerous attempts by Nigerian football association to convince him to switch loyalty.

Ehiogu played for Aston Villa between 1991 and 2000, making over 200 appearances.

In 2000, he joined Middlesbrough football club where he spent seven years.

He won three League Cups —  with Villa in 1994 and 1996, and Middlesbrough football club in 2004 when he beat Jay Jay Okocha’s Bolton in the final match.

He also played for West Brom, Leeds United, Rangers and Sheffield United, before hanging his boot in 2009 after a 20-year professional career.

US Police Launch Manhunt For 37-Year-Old Man Who Broadcast Killing Of Man On Facebook Live

A warrant arrest has been issued by Cleveland police for a gunman they said killed a man in a crime he broadcast live on Facebook.

Officials in the Ohio city said the 37-year-old suspect, Steve Stephens, shot his 74-year old victim Robert Godwin Sr at random on Easter Sunday, in cold blood.

“Suspect did broadcast the killing on Facebook Live and has claimed to have committed several other homicides which are still unverified,” Cleveland police said in a statement.

“Suspect in this case is… armed and dangerous. If seen call 9-1-1. Do not approach.”
Police said Stevens may be out of the Midwestern state, and asked occupants of Indiana, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania to be on guard.

Stevens worked for Beech Brook, a behavioral health agency serving children through mental health services, foster care and adoption, at-risk youth programs and other services.

In his broadcast, Stevens exhibited his Beech Brook badge. The facility did not instantly respond to requests for comment.

At a press conference late Sunday, authorities advised Stephens to turn himself in.

Some local media reported that he had boasted on Facebook of killing more than a dozen people in an Easter Day massacre, but authorities said there was no sign of a broader killing spree.

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Man Handcuffs Wife To Generator From Evening Till Morning In Ogun State

 A 37-year-old man, Ifeanyi Ajaero  have been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command  for reportedly chaining his 28 old  wife, Obiageli Ajaero, to a generator set from night till the following morning.

She was allegedly chained on the night of Friday 14th April till  morning of Saturday 15th April 2017.

Obiageli was said to have been seriously beaten by her husband before being chained.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the incident happened at Ewooluwo, Sagamu in Sagamu Local Government Area of the state.

He said the suspect who is a member of the already dissolved merchant Navy used a handcuff to chain his wife who has become so frail as a result of severe beating from the husband.

Oyeyemi said Ajaero’s neighbours who had been witnessing his constant beating of his wife alerted the police of the current happening.

He said , the Divisional Police Officer of the command in Sagamu, Aduroja Moses quickly led his men to the scene, rescued the victim and  arrested the suspect.

On interrogation, he said the suspect confessed chaining his wife to the generator, but he claimed that his action was for self-defence.

Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, who related the action of the suspect as the height of wickedness has ordered the quick transfer of the case to Anti- Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the state Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution.

He also warned residents of the state that the command would not condone any act of domestic violence no matter who was involved.

Boat accident leaves 7 dead, 133 people missing in Kebbi state

No fewer than seven people have been declared dead and seven hospitalized when a boat carrying 150 passengers capsized 

The accident occurred on Friday, April 14, when the boat returning from Malali Market struck a branch of tree in the water and capsized.Seven people have confirmed dead and seven hospitalized in Ngaski Local Government Area of Kebbi
The Coordinator of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), in charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States, Alhaji Sulaiman Muhammad, confirmed this to News sources  in Ngaski on Saturday.

He said that all efforts were on going between fishermen and the Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) to rescue the missing passengers. “As soon as we had got the hint of the mishap, we put a call to the Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority to assist in  rescuing the missing passengers. “

All the people on board were missing, but as rescue and search continue wide and deep of the river intensified, 14 people have been found so far; seven died and seven have been Hospitalized in Ngaski,” he said. News sources gathered that the accident took place when the boat on transit carrying 150 passengers hit a branch of tree in the water and capsized.

Facebook shareholders demand report on fake news threat to Politics

The Real Problem Behind the Fake News harming our politics

Shareholders have advocated that Facebook Inc. prepare a report on the threat fake news spread on the social media poses to politics and free speech,
According to a proxy filing made on Friday, which its board of directors have recommended a vote against, the shareholders also want the report to look into the dangers fake news may cause to the company itself.
The suggestion, which recommends the company review the issue broadly, said Facebook had provided a financial mechanism supporting false content on the internet.
It was reported on Saturday, that it also includes the extent to which it blocks fake posts, how its strategies impact free speech and how it assess claims in posts.

According to the proposal, “Facebook is highly unprotected, as fake news promoters are spamming their way to visibility for fake news through systematically gaming Facebook’s algorithms and publishing platform.”

It added that, “In light of the societal crisis generated by the explosion of fake news and related hate speech, failure to effectively manage this issue creates public policy danger.”
The U.S. presidential election of 2016 brought the fake news issue to the radar, as many incorrect posts were widely shared on Facebook and other social media services.
The social platform, however, said it was resolving the problem.

On Thursday, more than 30,000 accounts were suspended in France, ahead of the country’s presidential election.
Similarly, the media platform already has a program in France to use outside fact-checkers to combat fake news in users’ feeds.

In the meantime, shareholders also suggest a gender pay equality report be prepared by December, with recommendations that the company reveal the percentage pay gap between male and female employees across race and ethnicity and the policies taken to address the gap.
furthermore, they want the media platform to state the technique used to take those measures as well as targets that could be set to close up the gap.

US Doctors Arrive Nigeria to Provide Free Services

A group of doctors from the United States of America will this weekend arrive in the country for a medical mission at Ile Ife, Osun State.

 The 20-man collaborative squad of physicians, surgeons and medical support staff is made up mostly of alumnus of the Obafemi Awolowo University, formally University of Ife.

 Among other things, the week-long activities for the medical assignment include free medical clinics at the Ooni’s palace; and a full day of “Campus” clinics, health fair, preventive/public health activities, including screenings for diabetes, hypertension and some communicable diseases.


According to the programme, while the doctors are managing the clinics, there will be simultaneous surgeries at designated centres within the University teaching hospital by the United State based surgeons and their Ife counterparts on cataract patients and laparoscopic procedures using top-notch, state of the art and innovative technology equipment brought from the US. According to the team, all surgeries will be conducted for free.

Also members of the team interested in teaching and giving lectures will be giving the opportunity to do so at the university.

The team led by Dr. Olabisi Jagun, who relates her role as a fortunate one is sponsored by the Mercysaidno Foundation (an Atlanta-based  Nigerian Philanthropic organisation), Ifemed Alumni Association (USA),  member physicians, Friends of Ifemed Physicians and Ife Ooye  North America  Association (IONA).

“Our team is very excited and ready to go, and we are grateful for the wonderful opportunity to give back,” says Jagun.

She explains that all their physicians and surgeons are brilliant and famous in their field of expertise; a few of them are leading world experts; they have all been screened and their licenses are current.

It is estimated that during the mission, the team will see between 5,000 to 10,000 patients and hand out over $150,000 worth of free medications and prescriptions.”

 Dr. Yemi Ogunbiyi, the Chairman of the Governing Council of the university, who is planning many initiatives for the institution, says the medical mission is a great thing to happen to the university and Ile-Ife city.

“It fills me with joy to see distinguished physicians and surgeons in the United States remember home for this kind gesture. The Council and the entire university are proud of this wonderful support.”

The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is a leading federal government owned and operated Nigerian university at the ancient city of Ile-Ife, Osun State. It was founded in 1961 and classes began in October 1962 as the University of Ife by the regional government of Western Nigeria, and was renamed Obafemi Awolowo University on 12 May 1987 in honour of Chief Obafemi Awolowo  first premier of the Western Region of Nigeria, whose idea the university was.

PDP Chieftain slumps, vomits blood and dies

The chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Iba Town and chairmanship candidate in Ojo Local Government of Lagos State in the coming LG elections in the state, Chief Emmanuel Nwankwo has died.

The  Chieftain also known as the Ndiowu in Orumba North Local Government of Anambra State-born politician died barely ten minutes after returning from a PDP meeting held at the Lagos State Secretariat on Wednesday.

It was gathered that the late Nwankwo slumped while returning from the meeting and started vomiting blood and was rushed to a hospital where he was admitted in Ojo .

But when his condition was beyond  hospital capacity, he was transferred to another hospital on the Lagos Island where he finally died.

His death has thrown the residents and party members into disarray and  shock as they alleged that he might have been poisoned due to the party leadership crises in the area.

Though, autopsy report is yet to confirm the cause of his death,  there has been leadership tussle among the PDP members in Iba town between the Igbo and other ethnic groups in the area.

At the end, Nwankwo, popularly known as Guilder, emerged as chairman and was hoping to be the party candidate before this incident occurred.

When visited his popular hotel where he used as his office, the staff confirmed the incident but still stunned over what happened.

Some of the party members contacted also were still in shock over his death.

One of them said that indeed there has been crisis in the area but it was resolved with late Nwankwo emerged as the Party leader in the area.

Meanwhile, his body has been taken down to his home town and deposited at a mortuary from where he will laid to rest.

According to the family members, no date has been fixed for his burial.

The late Nwankwo survived by  two wives and had many children.

world's most evil street gang butcher four people in New York

The world's most deadliest street gang whose over 100,000 members want to top the world league for murder are suspected to have butchered four people in New York.

Police believe Mara Salvatrucha - also dubbed MS-13 - were responsible for the deaths of four males, in a park in Central Islip, a working-class community about 47 miles east of New York City.

Suffolk County Police discovered the bodies late on Wednesday in a wooded area. It wasn't instantly clear what led them to the park.

The victims "suffered from severe trauma throughout their body with a sharp instrument," county Police Commissioner Timothy Sini said.

"The way in which they were killed is in line with the modus operandi of MS-13," Sini told reporters.

MS-13 is one of the largest criminal group in the United States, with more than 6,000 members in at least 46 states and the District of Columbia, the US Attorney's Office said.

In addition, more than 30,000 MS-13 members work internationally, mostly in El Salvador, Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala.

Its members are typically identifiable by their  facial and body tattoos - as well as their use of their own hand signals.

They are expected to remain loyal to the merciless gang, with punishments including the amputation of limbs and murder.

In one similarly horrific case, a pregnant gang member who had been a government informant was stabbed 16 times by two other members.

Her body was found by a pertubed fisherman on a river bank in 2003.

Although MS-13 originated in Los Angeles, its core membership reportedly comes from El Salvador.

The Mara Salvatrucha name comes from 'mara' - a Central American term for gang, salva- which refers to El Salvador, and trucha, which means trout in English, is slang term for clever .


As well as sporting large tattoos on their bodies and faces, gang members use hand signs referencing the devil to communicate.

One of the most widely publicised MS-13 crimes took place in Honduras in December 2004, when a bus was showered with automatic gunfire.

The attack, which took place just two days before Christmas Days, killed 28 civilian passengers, most of whom were women and children.


As passengers screamed and ducked, another gunman then seemingly climbed aboard and  butchered passengers.

The killing was said to be in opposition at plans to bring back the death penalty.

The discovery of the bodies comes about a month after more than a dozen MS-13 members were charged in seven killings on Long Island over three years, including the deaths of several high school students last year.

Why the N5,000 monthly stipend to unemployed Nigerians is facing implementation challenges

Can the N5,000 monthly stipends be able to alleviate the sufferings of the unemployed Nigerians

The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has said that the Federal Government was facing some challenges in the implementation of the N5,000 monthly stipend to unemployed Nigerians.

Speaking at a media summit with journalists organised by the Presidency’s Office of Digital Engagement at his residence in Abuja, Osinbajo said government was facing the challenge of “ascertaining the right beneficiaries” for the programme.

He said, “The recent World Bank yardstick isn’t as effective in reaching the five million people we estimated and that is why we have only reached one million people

The Vice President also revealed that the welfare programme had been extended to 10 states as the government continues to manage resources.

Speaking on why some high profile detainees like leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col Sambo Dasuki(rtd) have not been released yet, Osinbajo said the presidency had to ignore court orders because of lawyers’ penchant for extending cases indefinitely.

Northern elders against restructuring of Nigeria

Many of  the leaders of the Northern part of Nigeria have strongly kicked against the calls in some parts of the country to be restructured in order to make the nation more productive.

The northern leaders yesterday rejected the calls and insisted that the federal government must vote more resources for exploration of oil in the region.

The northern leaders, who were members of the 2014 National Conference, in a meeting in Abuja, spoke on the forum of the Northern Delegates’ Forum.


They said, “The North was not given fair representation in the conference with 189 representatives despite its landmass of 70 per cent and 55 per cent of the country’s population.

“Therefore, we were not satisfied with the report and have come out with this second report and communique.”

A former Minister of Power and Steel in the Sani Abacha regime, Bashiru Dalhatu, while presenting his hallmark address also said, “The 2014 national conference had 492 members and the north which constitutes about 70 per cent of the country’s landmass and 55 per cent of its population was allotted 189 delegates while the South with only 30 per cent of the landmass and 45 per cent of its population was given 305 delegates.


“This went against reasonable demographics, law and practice, which could have hardly been done in good faith. Certainly it was intended to put in particular our delegates and the North in general at a disadvantage.

“All attempts to get the President Goodluck Jonathan administration, including pleas by well meaning Nigerians who genuinely wanted a national conference to reflect the diversity and complexity of the Nigerian society, prove unsuccessful.

“To recapitulate and maintain our position that the report of the confab is of questionable legal validity, the outcome of a process that lacks popular mandate or support and major decisions were arrived at by undemocratic means or at variance with due process.

“To disunite the NDF from any attempt by any group to seek to implement or force the federal government or any of its institutions to use the report of the conference, under any guise for the purpose of restructuring Nigeria.


“To call upon any group of sponsors or individuals campaigning for any form of restructuring of the federation, firstly, to respect the existing constitutional order and to seek to do so within the bounds and limits stipulated under our constitution and law. To suggest otherwise would lead to disorder and anarchy,” the NDF said.

Man allegedly killing his own mother appears in court

How can someone allegedly kill because of greeting

Godwin Banchir,24, appeared before a Jos High Court, on Wednesday, charged with killing his 65-year-old mother.

Banchir, following to the prosecutor, Luka Pam, killed his mother for refusing to reciprocate his greetings.

The judge, Justice A. I. Ashom, adjourned the matter to May 30, for  hearing, after Pam requested an adjournment to allow him present a key witness.

Pam, of the Plateau State Ministry of Justice, said that the witness, a police personnel, was “unavoidably away on police duties”.

The accused person was first arraigned on June 22, 2016 on a one-count charge of culpable homicide, an allegation he had since denied.

According to Pam, the accused committed the offence on January 27, 2016 at his home in Fuskar Mata Village, Bassa Local Government Area, in Plateau.

Pam told the court that on the said date, the accused used a stick to strike his mother, one Saratu Banchir, which later resulted in her death.

The prosecuting counsel said that the accused had told the police, in a confessional statement, that he killed his mother because he was angry that she did not respond to his greetings.

The statement quoted the accused as saying that when he woke up at 6 a.m on the said date, he saw his mother sitting in the compound, while on his way to his farm, and greeted her, but that she did not responded.

It further quoted the accused as saying that her silence annoyed Banchir, who used a stick and the handle of his axe, to beat her until she lost consciousness.

The prosecution quoted the accused as saying that when he struck his mother on the rib and stomach, she fell down and let out a loud cry which drew the attention of neighbours and family members.

The statement said that Banchir’s uncle, one Godwin, rushed into the compound and took the woman to the hospital for treatment and, on his return, beat up the suspect before handing him over to the police.

“The statement shows that the accused was in the habit of quarreling with his mother anytime he was hungry.

“It (statement) also claimed that the woman used to challenge her son whenever he fetched water from her room to take his bath,” Pam added.

He further quoted the accused as alleging that he did not know that the beating would result in the death of his mother.

The prosecutor then told the court that the offence contravened section 221 of the Penal Code, Laws of Northern Nigeria, and was punishable with death, upon conviction. (NAN)

Police, military shoot-out in Yobe

Military and police men early this morning begun a shoot-out over an issue that is yet to be confirmed in Damaturu the Yobe state capital.

However, no death or injury has been reported as at the time of  this report.

Confirming the shoot-out, the Army spokesman in Damaturu,Yobe. Colonel K.O Ogunsanya said they are investigating the matter to know “What happened and who among their personnel were involved,” adding that “a statement would be issued as soon as they get to the bottom of the matter“.
News sources gathered that the violent clash between the security operatives started at the Presidential Lodge, at about 6am and lasted up to 10am.

A security source reported that the quarrel is related to the abduction of the Mopol commandant in charge 41, Damaturu.

“Yesterday, the Commandant was moving in a convoy when a man intercepted, and the police attached to him harassed the man, not knowing that he is an Army officer. Later this morning, the Army kidnapped the commandant,”he said

He said that the Mobile Police went to the Presidential lodge to free the commandant and the clash ensued.

 report shows that the shoot-out has caused serious panic in the state capital forcing traders and government workers to stay home because of the uncertainly.