On
Friday, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Anchorage, Alaska largest
city violently shaking homes and businesses and knocking out power to
some residents. The quake was located about eight miles (13 kilometers)
north of Anchorage and struck at 8:29 am local time (1729 GMT), the US
Geological Survey said. The city’s police department said it had caused
“major infrastructure damage to Anchorage.” “Many homes and buildings
are damaged. Many roads and bridges are closed. Stay off the roads if
you don’t need to drive” the police department said in a statement. The
Anchorage Daily News, reported that the Glenn Highway had closed north
of Eagle River because of damage, and an onramp at the interchange of
International Airport Road and Minnesota Boulevard collapsed.7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Alaska (Photo)
On
Friday, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Anchorage, Alaska largest
city violently shaking homes and businesses and knocking out power to
some residents. The quake was located about eight miles (13 kilometers)
north of Anchorage and struck at 8:29 am local time (1729 GMT), the US
Geological Survey said. The city’s police department said it had caused
“major infrastructure damage to Anchorage.” “Many homes and buildings
are damaged. Many roads and bridges are closed. Stay off the roads if
you don’t need to drive” the police department said in a statement. The
Anchorage Daily News, reported that the Glenn Highway had closed north
of Eagle River because of damage, and an onramp at the interchange of
International Airport Road and Minnesota Boulevard collapsed.'Leave the Army out of politics and fake news' - Nigerian Army
Read
the statement as shared on their website below...The Nigerian Army has
noted with great concern the deliberate and concerted efforts to mislead
the public by some people through misinformation. Thus creating
erroneous impression of the Nigerian Army through inaccurate and false
publication of casualty figures on the unfortunate attacks on some of
its locations in the North East.The latest of this worrisome development
was the attack on our troops location at Metele, Borno State, in which
some persons and media outlets continued to circulate various wrong
acounts and inaccurate casuality figures of own troops without efforts
to verify from the military. This is coming at the heels of our release
of 28th November 2018 in which we gave accurate details of the attacks
and casualty figures in a bid to set the records straight and inform the
public true account of things. We also promised to continuously carry
the public along through accurate and timely information dissemination
on operations and other activities of the Nigerian Army in the
release. However it was observed that the trend continued unabated. Most
of these inaccurate, false reports and fake news were aimed at
denigrating the leadership of the Nigerian Army. Regrettably, the rate
at which some mischievous persons ignorantly attack the Armed Forces of
Nigeria, especially the Nigerian Army is very alarming and unfortunate.
This is deliberate attempt to demoralise the Nigerian Army which would
have devastating consequences on troops' will to discharge their
constitutional duties especially in the fight against terrorism and
insurgency, thus affecting national security.We would like to warn all
those mischief makers to keep the Nigerian Army out of their politics
and mischief. Journalists and media platforms should be professional and
accurate in their reportage. The achievements of the Nigerian Army
within the last three years are glaringly obvious, therefore, whatever
recent temporary setbacks we experienced in the course of the fight
against terrorism and insurgency should not be the yardstick for
condemning these laudable three and half years' accomplishments. We have
however identified the few unpatriotic harbingers of the fake news on
the attack at Metele and would take appropriate legal actions against
them. This is to ensure that the Nigerian Army is insulated from
propaganda and ulterior motives of destabilising the country. The
Nigerian Army is quite aware that the perpetrators through these acts
are covertly supporting terrorists and their activities in Nigeria with a
long term objective. We are also aware that they want to use insecurity
to scuttle and subvert the democratic process in the
country. Consequently, we would like to state unequivocally that no
amount of mischief or pressure would circumvent the journey to a
peaceful, free and fair general elections in Nigeria. We therefore need
the continued support, encouragement and understanding of well meaning
Nigerians as we deal decisively with the remnants of the Boko Haram
terrorists hibernating at the fringes of our borders with contiguous
countries of Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republic.We are committed to the
defence of the territorial integrity of Nigeria. We hasten to state that
we will continue to be professional in our assigned roles and remain
apolitical at all times. Once more we warn mischief makers and
proponents of misinformation and fake news to desist from the such
practice and join other well meaning, law abiding Nigerians to support
our Army to countering terrorism and insurgency in the country. Kindly
disseminate this to the public through your medium.Thank you for your
cooperation and support.SANI KUKASHEKA USMAN Brigadier General Director
Army Public Relations 30th November 2018Unknown group of suspected terrorists and armed men spotted in Sokoto State
A
suspected terrorist group carrying sophisticated weapons is currently
in control of Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State, applying
‘strange laws’ and punishing defaulters.According to reports, members of
the group believed to be from Niger Republic are in possession of
assorted weapons, preaching Islamic teachings, forcefully collecting
alms (zakat) and flogging defaulters.An eye witness stated that though
members of the terror group are yet to be identified by name, and have
been in the area for than two months, they are allegedly recruiting
youth in a nearby bush. After ‘training’ them, they give them a
motorcycle, he said.The witness, who pleaded anonymity, said members of
the group are more than 200. He said they looked strange, spoke Arabic
and wore turbans over their heads.“They imposed compulsory levies on
each household with cows and rams. Those with cows are paying N500 and
those with ram are paying N200. They are arresting and fining herdsmen
who encroach on farmlands and are keeping the money. They are operating
freely, scaring residents, without being challenged. They are going from
one community to another,” the witness said.Tangaza Local Government in
Sokoto State borders Niger Republic. The border communities of the two
countries inter-marry and are identical and speak the same dialect.
Drop your best caption for this photo.Estate agents executed after "burying clients alive" to steal property
Two estate
agents who klled six people after deceiving them into giving up their
homes have been executed.The "evil" gang consisting of three men and one
woman buried their victims alive.As a result two of the men were
sentenced to death, the other man was sentenced to 22 years in prison
while the woman was spared death because Belarus does not execute women.
She was, however, sentenced to 24 years in prison.The group were
convicted of persuading six lonely "alcoholics" who lived on their own
in Mogilyov region to exchange their flats for smaller apartments and
some money. They were shown their "new homes", which in reality is a
flat the estate agents had rented for a day. After they had signed over
their old residence to a gang member, the evil estate agents offered
them vodka to celebrate completing the deal.But the shots were spiked
with medication Clonidine to make them drowsy. Then they were taken to
"abandoned places" and killed, or in several cases, according to police,
were buried alive.Three empty graves had been prepared for "future
victims" when the men were caught, a court heard.Igor Gershankov, 37,
and Semyon Berezhnov, 32, were sentenced to death. 
Semyon
Berezhnov Belarus is the only country in Europe that still allows
executions. Alexander Lukashenko, the President who has ruled Belarus
for almost 25 years, refused to pardon both men so they went ahead with
their execution.The men were ordered to kneel then shot in the back of
the head with a pistol by a state executioner in a Minsk jail, say
sources. Their families were not informed in advance that the men would
be killed nor permitted a final meeting. It is unclear exactly when the
executions were carried out as the authorities routinely do not give
details.Gershankov’s wife Tatiana, mother of the couple’s two underage
children, was sentenced to 24 years thanks to the country's laws which
does not execute women. 
Igor Gershankov
and wife Tatiana A fourth member of the gang of "black estate agents"
named as Boris Kolyosnikov, 22, was jailed for 22
years.Cross River State Police warn social media users and bloggers operating in the state to desist from spreading fake news
The
Police Command in Cross River has warned social media users and
bloggers operating in the state to desist from using `online’ to spread
fake news. The command gave the warning in a statement by its
Spokesperson, Irene Ugbo, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, on Friday
in Calabar. Ugbo said that some bloggers and social media users were in
the habit of posting fake news in their blogs and websites to propagate
cheap blackmail by inciting the public against government institutions.
She said that the command, in collaboration with the leadership of
Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the state would not hesitate to
deal decisively with any individual or group peddling fake news.
According to her, some of the bloggers who have joined the media
profession without requisite training and journalism background were
frustrating the cordial working relationship of NUJ and the Police in
the state. Ugbo said that some unscrupulous social media bloggers were
trying to frustrate the media’s effort and reputation gained in
championing the enthronement of democracy and respect for human rights
in the country. “They are in a habit of posting fake and unconfirmed
stories in their respective websites and social media platforms, aimed
at cheap blackmail and spread of rumour to incite the public against
government institutions.In the same vein, the command wants to
categorically state that the fake news making rounds on social media
that three babies were stolen at the University of Calabar Teaching
Hospital is not true.The story is a blatant lie and calculated attempt
to undermine or tarnish the hospital’s reputation, thereby causing
security breach in the state and the hospital,’’ she stated.Nigerian man sentenced to death in Malaysia for drug trafficking
A
Nigerian man was sentenced to death by the High Court in KualaLumpur,
Malaysia, on Friday, November 30, after he was found guilty of
trafficking more than 700g of drugs into the country in May 2017. Judge
Datuk Azman Abdullah sent Sidrey Shalod Dike, 46, to the gallows after
finding that the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubt against
the prosecution’s case. “After examining arguments by both the defence
and the prosecution, the court found that the defence failed to raise
reasonable doubt and the accused is found guilty and sentenced to
death,” he said. Dike, a part-time delivery man, was charged with
trafficking 727.1g of methamphetamine at a lane at Jalan Segambut, Kg
Segambut Luar at 2.30pm on May 3, 2017. He was charged under Section
39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and punishable under Section
39B(2) of the same law, which provides the mandatory death sentence upon
conviction. The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor
Nadiah Isa, while Dike was represented by lawyer J. Kuldeep Kumar.78-year-old man confesses to killing 90 women since 1970
A
convcited felon in a Texas prison has confessed to killing 90 women
since 1970, according to a shocking FBI report released this week.Samuel
Little, 78, who is already serving multiple life sentences, reportedly
began speaking to investigators last spring in exchange for a prison
transfer after losing an appeal.Little, who may be "among the most
prolific serial killers in U.S. history", told investigators he may have
committed as many as 90 murders and authorities have evidence of his
ties to 36 of them so far, the FBI said.ABC News reports that the FBI
said it is now working with the Department of Justice’s Bureau of
Justice Assistance, the Texas Rangers and dozens of other state and
local law enforcement agencies "to match Little’s confessions with
evidence from women who turned up dead in states from California to
Florida between 1970 and 2005."Little is in poor health and will likely
die in prison, the FBI said, so investigators are racing to identify as
many of his victims as possible and help close these unsolved cases. 
Little,
who was once a competitive boxer, often knocked out his victims and
then strangled them, sometimes leaving no clear signs of a homicide,
according to the FBI. Many of their deaths were attributed to natural
causes, overdoses or accidents, officials said.One of Little's
confessions involves the fatal shooting of a woman in Richland County,
South Carolina, more than 40 years ago, the AP reported.Evelyn Weston,
19, was shot in the head in September 1978, and now-sheriff Leon Lott of
the Richland County Sheriff's Department examined her body at the time.
Forty years later, Lott is still on the force and got the call from
officials in Texas that Little had confessed to shooting a woman in the
head there, the AP reported.See where residents of Anguwar Bakaro, Bauchi reportedly fetch drinking water
A
Facebook user, Aminu Attahiru Abubakar took to the platform to call out
the Bauchi State Government for their ''non-chaland attitude towards
handling the affairs of the state.'' He shared photos of commuters
fetching 'drinking' water from a pipe inside a dirty place and
wrote; This is Anguwar Bakaro. Just look at the place where people are
fetching water to drink in Bauchi State. It is a major failure which may
result to cholera epidemic and cause death. I can excuse the government
reasons for failure to complete other projects but if they cannot
provide ordinary tap water for people in 4yrs, what excuse should I give
them? Haba Dan Allah! With all due respect to His Excellency, I like
him as a person but his nonchalant attitude towards handling the affairs
of our state is totally uncalled for. And his failure to fulfill his
campaign promises such as providing water to the citizens is one of the
reasons why I want him out of office. Let's try another person gaskia. 
TeddyA wishes his babymama a happy birthday, slams trolls that attacked him for being with Bambam
Today
November 30th is Teddy A's babymama, Layla's birthday. He took to his
Instagram page to wish her a happy birthday.''Happy birthday Mama Jay,
thank you for always being there for me and our lil man. This here's to
wish you God's blessings eternally, have fun big head! he wroteSee his
reply to two trolls that attacked him for being in a relationship with
Bambam instead of Layla below. 
Bambam took to her Instastories to also wish Layla a happy birthday. 
Guests have started arriving for Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas's wedding in India (Photos)
Guests
have started arriving in India for the wedding of Bollywood actress
Priyanka Chopra, 36, and American singer Nick Jonas, 26.The lovebirds
will tie the knot on Sunday in a Hindu ceremony, followed by a Christian
ceremony at the luxurious Umaid Bhawan Palace.Celebrities like singer
Manasi Scott, Designer Sandeep Khosla, Nick's Kingdom co-star, actor
Jonathan Moss Tucker, Yasmine Al Massri, Parineeti Chopra, Designer
Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Jonathan Tucker, Celebrity makeup artist Mickey
Contractor, Dostana director Tarun Mansukhani and among many others have
arrived in India for the couple's wedding.Nick's parents Denise Jonas
and Papa Jonas have also landed in India for their son's
wedding.Continue to see more photos below.
Trending video of a church crusade where the choir sang Shaku Shaku, Reggae Blues, other worldly songs
This
trending video shows members of a Christ Apostolic Church at a crusade
in Ogun state, singing and dancing to some ''worldy songs'' like Shaku
Shaku, Reggae Blues, and many others. Watch the video below View
this post on Instagram Is this for real? this happened at a
crusade in Ogun stateA post shared by LIB - Linda Ikeji Blog
(@lindaikejiblog) on Nov 30, 2018 at 6:43am PST20-year-old man drowns in a pool at his friends birthday party in Abia State
20-year-old Chidiebere
David, drowned on Thursday night in the swimming pool of a popular
hotel on Margret Avenue, GRA, Aba in Abia, during a friend’s birthday
party. According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in
Abia, Geoffrey Ogbonna who confirmed the incident, “the man is about 20
years old. His name is Chidiebere David. He accompanied his friends to a
birthday party in the hotel and got drowned there. That was exactly
what happened’’. The deceased went with his friends who were over 16 in
number to the hotel to celebrate the birthday of one of them. Chidiebere
who hailed from Imo died at the pool with no one realising that he had
drowned until it was too late. The relatives of the young man were said
to have later arrived at the scene, taken his body and deposited at a
morgue close to the hotel and friends of the deceased were arrested and
taken into custody same night by policemen from Aba Area Command.Graphic: 12-year-old girl beheaded in Oghara, Delta State
Suspected
ritualists beheaded a 12-year-old girl identified as Eguono in Oghara,
Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State on Thursday morning
Nov 29th. The incident took place in a compound close to Okwemeva
junction along the Scott Road area in Ogharefe, Oghara. The killing came
one month after a 60-year old woman was butchered on October 30, in
another part of Oghara. Oghara is the home country of former Delta
state governor, Chief James Ibori and host community to both Delta State
University Teaching
Hospital (DELSUTH) and the Delta State
Polytechnics, Otefe.Photos: EFCC nabs Lebanese with over $2million cash at Abuja Airport
Operatives
of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested one
Abbas Lakis, a Lebanese for money laundering offence. Lakis was picked
up at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, following
intelligence report that he had on him, undeclared huge sums of monies
aboard the Egypt Airline bringing him from the Kano Airport en route
Lebanon.
At
the point of arrest, a thorough search on his luggage uncovered
$2,104,936 (Two Million, One Hundred and Four Thousand, Nine Hundred and
Thirty six Dollars), £163, 740 (One Hundred and Sixty Three Thousand,
Seven Hundred and Forty Pounds), €144,680 (One Hundred and Forty Four
Thousand, Six Hundred and Eighty Euros).
Other
currencies found with Lakis include Riyal 391,838 (Three Hundred and
Ninety One Thousand, Eight Hundred and Thirty Eight Riyals), CHF 3,420
(Three Thousand Four Hundred and Twenty Swiss Franc),Lira 435 (Four
Hundred and Thirty five Lira), £109,000 (One Hundred and Nine Thousand
Lebanese Pounds), Dirhams 10,135 (Ten Thousand One Hundred and Thirty
Five UAE Dirhams) ¥10,000 (Ten Thousand Chinese Yuan) and Riyal10 (Ten
Qatar riyal), in his possession.He will be charged to court as soon as
investigations are concluded.
See the extent to which a teacher brutalized a 2-year-old girl because she pooped on her body
An
angry mother has shared a photo of the injuries inflicted on her
2-year-old daughter by her teacher.The mother revealed that the teacher
flogged the girl so much because she pooped on her body. In the photo
shared on Instagram, the child's fragile back is seen decorated with
angry red marks as a result of the brutal beating she suffered.The
mother asked other IG users for advise on how best to handle the child
abuse incident.See below. 
I am a descendant of Abraham, I don't hate Christians- President Buhari says
President
Buhari has once again reacted to his perceived hatred for Christians.In
a new article published on Churchtimes, a UK based online christian
platform, President Buhari said just like many Christians, he is a
descendant of Abraham and that he does not hate anyone that is of the
Chjristian faith, afterall his deputy is a Christian.He advised
Nigerians not to allow politicians use religion as a tool to divide the
country. Read his article below ''IN 1844, the Revd Samuel Ajayi
Crowther returned home to Yorubaland (now part of modern-day Nigeria).
Twenty years earlier, he had been kidnapped and sold to European slave
traders who were bound for the Americas. He was freed by an abolitionist
naval patrol, and received by the Church Missionary Society. There, he
found his calling.Crowther made his voyage home to establish the first
Anglican mission in Yorubaland. He came with the first Bibles translated
into Yoruba and Hausa languages. He opened dialogue and discussion with
those of other faiths. And his mission was a success: Crowther later
became the first African Anglican bishop in Africa.Today, Nigeria has
the largest Christian population on the continent. The messages and
teachings of Christianity are part of the fabric of each person’s
life.ALONG with the millions of Christians in Nigeria today, I believe
in peace, tolerance, and reconciliation; in the institution of the
family, the sanctity of marriage, and the honour of fidelity; in hope,
compassion, and divine revelation.Like Bishop Crowther, I am a
descendant of Abraham; unlike him, I am a Muslim. I believe our two
great religions can not only peacefully coexist but also flourish
together. But Muslims and Christians must first turn to one another in
compassion. For, as it says in Amos 3.3: “Do two walk together, unless
they have agreed to meet?”As they are People of the Book, I believe that
there is far more that unites Muslims and Christians than divides them.
In fact, I believe that the messages of the Bible are universal:
available for anyone to exercise, and instructive to all.We must resist
the temptation to retreat into our communities, because, if we do, we
can only look inwards. It is only when we mix that we can reach new and
greater possibilities.Whichever religion or religious denomination they
choose to follow, Nigerians are devout. Anything that Nigerians believe
will place impositions on their practice, and belief is therefore sure
to cause widespread alarm.And, unfortunately, there are those who seek
to divide Nigerians — and our two great religions — and to do so for
their own advantage.I stand accused — paradoxically — of trying to
Islamise Nigeria while also being accused by Boko Haram terrorists of
being against Islam. My Vice-President is a devout man, a Christian
pastor. He, too, is accused of selling out his religion, because of his
support for me.This is not the first time that I — nor, indeed, my
Christian-Muslim evenly split cabinet — have been the subject of such
nonsense. Fortunately, the facts speak differently from the words of
those who seek to divide us from one another.Since my administration has
been in power, Boko Haram has been significantly and fatally degraded; I
have befriended church leaders and church groups both within and
outside our country; my Vice-President has addressed and opened dialogue
with Muslims up and down our land.In all things, we seek that which all
well-meaning Christians and well-meaning Muslims must seek: to unite,
respect, and never to divide. Does it not say “There is no compulsion in
religion” (Qur’an 2.256)? Does it not say “Forbid him not: for he that
is not against us is for us” (Luke 9.50)? This, surely, is the path that
followers of both our two great religions must walk. UNFORTUNATELY,
those who wish us all to walk apart have recently found another focus
for their efforts: the tragic clashes between nomadic herdsmen and
settled farmers in the central regions of Nigeria.For generations,
herders have driven their cattle from the north to the centre of our
country; they tend to be predominantly Muslim, although not exclusively.
The farmers, in certain areas of central Nigeria, are predominantly
Christian.The causes of this conflict are not religious or theological,
but temporal. At the heart of this discord is access to rural land,
exacerbated both by climate change and population growth.Sadly, there
are some who seek to play fast and loose and so make others believe that
these are not the facts. When religion is claimed as the cause — and by
those who know that it is not — it only makes finding a resolution more
difficult.The government has taken action to mediate, to bring the two
groups together in peace and unity. But we also need all parties to
follow the teachings of the scriptures, and encourage reconciliation
rather than cause division. As it is said: “Having eyes do you not see,
and having ears do you not hear?” (Mark 8.18).As our constitution
codifies, politicising religion has no place in Nigeria; for it makes us
turn away from one another; it makes us retreat into our communities
and walk different paths.I believe that there is a better way. To those
who seek to divide, I still hold my hand out in brotherhood and
forgiveness. I ask only that they stop, and instead encourage us to turn
towards one another in love and compassion. Nigeria belongs to all of
us. This is what I believe.
