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T his picture is haunting and it’s been floating around the internet with the sentence: The last sentence a 3-year-old Syrian said before he died: “I’m gonna tell God everything” And that’s equally haunting.  It’s impossible to verify but the picture tells a story about the pain and suffering that exists in Syria right now.  There are many in the media who would like to say this is because president Bashar al-Assad is a ruthless killer.  And that’s half true.  Like other government leaders – he has engaged in war and with that war has come the death of tens of thousands and the displacement of over 1 million Syrians now living in refugee camps. But this hasn’t always been the case.  This is the inevitable result of a covert war being waged by the U.S., Israel and other Sunni countries like Qatar and Saudi Arabia.  Our interests in taking down the Syrian dictator al-Assad are all about geo-politics.  If we take out Syria – we neuter Iranian ...

Popular video director, Clarence Peters, is said to be in a romantic relationship with Nigerian pop singer Seyi Shay. The relationship is new as the pair allegedly hit it off just a few weeks ago, towards the end of 2013. The lovers are very fond of themselves but have been trying their best to keep their love affair discreet. ‘They just started dating; it’s been a few weeks now. They look good together but have been keeping it on the low,’ a source close to Clarence Peters said. Seyi’s music video for one of her recently released songs ‘Ragga Ragga’ was shot by Clarence Peters in December, but seven months earlier the pair had worked together on her high budget music video, ‘Irawo’. It is believed that this is how they hooked up. If this is true, then it won’t be the first time Clarence has been romantically linked with a female Nigerian act. Back in 2007, he dated rapper Kelechi ‘Kel’ Ohia who was signed to his Capital Hill record label at the time. They, howeve...

A gang of thugs have stabbed the vice chairman of a branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers to death, Punch Metro Reports. It was learnt that the victim, Seyi Olaleye, aka Seyi Rugged, was killed on Moore Street, off Apapa Road in the Ebute Meta area of Lagos State. Our correspondent was told that Olaleye, who was in his 30s, was the vice chairman, NURTW, Deji Ayewa, Costain branch. It was learnt that he was killed during a clash with a group of thugs led by one Waheed aka Skippo. Report says Skippo and Seyi Rugged and their respective followers had been at loggerheads for some times. It was learnt that the fresh crisis began after some of Skippo’s boys attacked Seyi Rugged’s boys during a carnival in the first week of January. A member of the Neighbourhood Watch, who craved anonymity, said, “Seyi Rugged group controls Jones and Vaughan streets as well as Oto and Railway line. “Skippo controls Brickfield, Olokodana, Ilogbo and Fagbaimu ...

A couple identified as Keith Payton and Salina Johnson, from Pennsylvania, lost their lives on Friday when they decided to have s*x in a car parked in the garage. The couple, both 40, had left the engine of the car running, probably to make use of the air conditioning, while they had a quick love making session on that fateful day. According to reports, Salina and Keith had gone to drop off something in the garage when they got the idea to have s*x in the parked car with the engines on. The two were discovered by a family friend who was sent by Keith’s brother to look for Keith in the garage. Emergency services were called but by the time they arrived, Keith and Salina were already dead. Their car ignition was still on but the engine had run out of fuel. Police speculated the two were still having s*x when they died because Johnson was still partially unclad in car. Marijuana and drug paraphernalia were also found in the car as at the time the deaths...

An eight-year-old boy was allegedly beaten to death by his teacher for failing to solve an maths problem. Sujit Munda reportedly died on Sunday, a week after complaining of severe pain following a caning by his tutor. The schoolboy’s father has filed a police complaint against the teacher, Mohammad Arshad Hussain, Al Jazeera reported. The 45-year-old has reportedly been suspended from the village school of Balsokra, in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. A post mortem has taken place to determine whether the boy died as a result of the corporal punishment. A police investigation found the teacher had caned Sujit after he failed to solve the arithmetic problem, according to Al Jazeera.

Its a pity! This is not a good way to start this year because for popular actor Emeka Ike, this is not the best of times for him. As a school proprietor, the actor ventured into another business and turned educationist with his school located at 1, Raji Olamideji Crescent, Magodo beside PMS filling station on CMD road – but unfortunately the school was shut down or better still taken possession of by the court on January 24, 2014 after a protracted court case that lasted for 5 years. Emeka had for some time now been running a battle with the owners of the property during which the well known actor refused to pay a dime to the property owners. The school, St. Nicholas College, a secondary school was established in 2008 by the ace actor. According to gists, Emeka was supposed to have invested about N200 million in the making of the school. Some of the allegations are as follows: *Non-payment of salaries. *He was also alleged to prefer employing unqualified & non pr...

When you are in love, every single day becomes worth celebrating. That said, Valentine’s Day is one occasion when you absolutely do not want to miss being with your special someone, and go that extra mile to make them feel loved. Couples all over the world make plans days ahead of February 14 to create fond memories. But what if you are in a long-distance relationship? Being all by yourself, with your partner miles away on Valentine’s Day can be tough. But there is no reason to worry anymore, as we have five romantic ways for you to celebrate V-Day together, even while being away physically. Read on to know how, you are going to love this! 1. Do not forget the ‘I love you’ call We are sure you call your partner every day. But on this special day, don’t forget that romantic “I just called to say I love you” phone call. What’s better? Make it early in the morning. Hearing you say “I love you” as soon as they wake up can beat all other romantic gestures or expensive gifts...

The 4-year-old border collie spaniel cross had waited till her owner left for work before she started chomping her way through the DB9 Volante’s wheel arch, causing a £3,000 worth of damage to his luxury car. According to a distraught Royston, “I advertised to try to rehome her because she does not get on with my other dog. She must have overheard me because she’s normally friendly and never really chewed on anything before. “I came home and saw her covered in white stuff and I thought she had got a bird and it was feathers – but it was the fibreglass from the car.” A dog behaviour expert has suggested it was likely Luce, who Mr Grimstead claimed had never chewed any of his possessions before, went for the car after she became stressed while her owner was away.

A little girl has baffled doctors by crying stones instead of tears. The Yemeni girl, 12, produces little hard stones under her eyelids. Doctors said they still could not give an explanation for such a phenomenon since the girl, Saadiya Saleh, is not suffering from any known disease. Unfortunately this triggered a panic in rural areas where they assumed the girl must be possessed by magic. A YouTube film aired by Yemen’s Azal satellite TV channel showed doctors gathered a small box full of stones that dropped out of the girl’s eyes in just a few hours. The local presenter said: “This case in the second strange phenomenon in the region.” “The case has triggered panic in the area where this girl lives… Some say the girl could be gripped by a magic spell while others say it might be the devil… Others fear it could be the start of a dangerous epidemic.”

Omg, I really don’t know why these boys do this. Fast money maybe? Haba! It’s not that hard to make it in life when you work hard and pray hard to God for his guidance. Really, it’s not. Now he is going to spend the rest of his life behind bars. Which is best? Sad. Read how this 28-year old Nigerian killed a 67-year old, mother and grandma who he dated online for four years before meeting and killing her in South Africa last year. Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday said it had arrested a 28-year-old man wanted in connection with the death of an Australian woman, Jette Jacobs, and for defrauding her of $90,000 in an online dating scam. According to the agency, Orowo Jesse Omokoh was arrested on January 28 in Nigeria, without stating where exactly. The graduate, who attended the University of Ibadan, in the southwest of the country, will be brought before court for extradition proceedings, a spokesman said. The suspect allegedly met th...

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has dismissed claims by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC of spending money on kerosene subsidy which he calls a scam. Sanusi said this yesterday at the resumed Senate Investigative Public Hearing on un-remitted oil revenue in Abuja, stressing that the sum of $20 billion was un-remitted to the Federation Account by the NNPC, between January 2012 and July 2013. According to him, the NNPC has to prove that the $20 billion unremitted either did not belong to the Federation or was legally and constitutionally spent. The CBN Governor noted that the NNPC, by paying kerosene subsidy, confessed to a number of serious infractions. He backed his claim with data provided by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, stressing that kerosene was not a subsidised product, adding that the so-called subsidy was rent generated for the benefit of those in the kerosene business. Sanusi also produ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as reckless, irresponsible and totally condemnable the alleged threat by former militant leader, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo to wage war against Nigeria if President Goodluck Jonathan is defeated even in a free and fair election in 2015. The opposition party said the Department of State Security Services, DSS, must act immediately or be damned. “There is no better test of the fairness, non-partisanship and professionalism of the SSS than this Asari-Dokubo’s threat to levy war on his own country. If Asari-Dokubo is not above the laws of the land, he must be hauled before the SSS, just like the service did to our Deputy National Secretary, to explain his statement”, APC said. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday signed by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, APC said despite the attacks by oil militants in the Niger Delta and the ongoing insurgency by Boko Haram in some parts of the North, Niger...