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       About 50 children have been raped in the state in the past four months alone, according to a shocking data disclosed by Plateau State Government: "Our records show 50 recent cases of rape in the state. This is just within the last four months or so," Mrs. Rufina Gurumyen, state commissioner for Women Affairs told newsmen in Jos, ahead of the launch of the state initiative to End Violence Against the Children (EndVAC), later this week. The initiative is a national child protection campaign funded by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).  "The last two cases are just days away; one in Jos involving a suspect who raped a child of two years, and another in Langtan. In Langtan, the suspect raped a disabled child. The first one was found to have raped a child sometimes ago, but the family decided to conceal it. So this particular one, a neighbour reported to the ministry for us to track him and the family to start the case." - Daily Trust quoted her a...

     Armed gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram are currently attacking Kuburvwa Village‎ which is just 10 km from Chibok Town. According to Premium Times, an official of the Borno state vigilante Group, Abbas Gava, who confirmed the attack, said suspected sect members stormed the village at about 6.30 p.m, shooting sporadically into the air. “As I am speaking to you now the gunmen are setting every house on fire after chasing the villagers away. From the information we have received from our operatives in Chibok and Kautikari, the number of casualty cannot be ascertained for now because the Boko Haram insurgents are still in the village”he said

A Thai woman and her five-month-old daughter were killed in a road accident early Saturday morning in Satun, Thailand. The devastated father, who sustained minor injuries, is pictured cradling the body of his dead child. May their souls rest in peace, amen.

People from the nearby town woke up only to see their river being turned to blood. This event took place in Russia, see the shocking photo. This is one of the northern Russia cities called Norilsk. The river has a tricky name Daldikhan and not so many people in the world knew about it until this happened. Over the night the water in it changed its color to bloody red. It looks like the Nile from the book of Exodus in the Bible or as one of the last days signs’ from the Revelations. For now no one knows the cause of the horrifying change. People in the city are scared. They do not know if the water they buy or get in the tubes is safe to drink or even touch. They certainly feel like those ancient Egyptians during the time Moses has performed his miracles. Some suspect the blood color of the river is produced by pollution. There is a large plant where they dig and purge nickel found near the city and it pours down the wastes right into the river. They get a lot of snow there in the win...

Nigeria as a nation is going through what many have come to term as the darkest hour in the nation’s long history. So many challenges besets the country’s growth and urgent solutions are needed. This article stems from the fact that most of the problems faced within the country have roots in politics, hence, if the political problem is fixed, every other thing begins to fall into place. It must be noted that most of the option given in this article were obtained from interviews and interactions with many Nigerians across the nation. We begin from bottom to top. 7.  Independent Candidacy One of the ways proposed for saving Nigeria via politics, is to have the option of Independent Candidacy. Proponents of this idea believe that an individual can be sponsored by the people to run for position in government. It is their believe that when a person gets into power with the aid of the people, he becomes solely accountable to the people whose votes and resources got him th...

A mechanic was crushed to death yesterday along 3-3 Onitsha, Anambra State. The trailer reportedly lost its break and rammed into the man while he was working on a vehicle at his repair workshop. Quite a sad sight to see. See the graphic pics after the cut...*viewer discretion advised*

Ray J has been telling his crew that Kanye West is a hypocrite for embracing his wife's sex tape now that it suits his purposes. He also blasted him for daring to write a song about the famous video. According to the TMZ report, Ray is furious that Kanye spoke about the sex tape during the VMAs and that he even gave him a shout-out when at the onset, he wasn't pleased about it. He feels that Kanye is two-faced for initially condemning the tape but now embracing it just to make money. Ray is mainly not happy about his cameo in the Famous ''Video'' but says there is nothing he can do about it. He is also pissed that Kim insulted  him after he released "I Hit it First," but then smiled at the VMAs when Kanye referred to the sex tape that made her popular and rich.  Kanye West and Ray J have never liked each other because they both dated Kim. Kanye even blasted him after he did the song  'I Hit it First' where he referred to his affair ...

Security officers have once again barricaded the Bring Back Our Girls group from gaining access into Aso Rock. The advocacy group today went on a silent march to the Presidential Villa, to advocate for the release of the Chibok schoolgirls that were kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists, 869 days ago. See photos after the cut.

  These are heart-breaking times for the Nigerian sports community The Nigeria Football Federation technical director, Amodu Shuaibu has passed on at age 58 Shuaibu was a former coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria The NFF has announced the death of its technical director, Amodu Shuaibu.                 Late Amodu Shaiubu  A former coach of the Super Eagles, Shuaibu was aged 58. His death comes three days after the death of another former Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi. The four-time coach of the Super Eagles was said to have complained of chest pains yesterday night, June 10 and died in his sleep. Before then, he drove himself in the afternoon to drop his friend with his car He  was discovered dead about 4am this morning. is at the mortuary at Stella Obasanjo hospital in Benin where his body was deposited. The late Amodu has always contributed his quota to the development of football in Nigeria. Under his stewar...

  Stephen Keshi, a former coach of the Nigerian national football team, the Super Eagles, is dead The sudden demise of the football legend was confirmed by his relatives and the Nigeria Football Federation According to family sources, Keshi complained of being unwell just before midnight on Tuesday, June 7, and he was found to be gasping for breath He was rushed to Faith Hospital in the Benin Government Reservation Area, where he died around 00.30 this morning Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, a former coach of the Nigerian national football team, the Super Eagles, is reportedly dead. The Cable reports that the football legend died in the early hours of Wednesday, June 8, in Benin City, Edo state.                          The sudden demise of the former international was confirmed by his relatives and close associates. “He was not ill at all, never showed any signs of illness, but we suspect he never got ov...

   Manchester City are in advanced talks with Borussia Dortmund over the signing of striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Aubameyang, the Bundesliga Player of the Year, had been linked with a summer move to Real Madrid, but the Spanish giants could be on the verge of losing out to City. The Gabon international's value sky-rocketed last season, with a haul of 25 goals in 29 Bundesliga games bettered only by Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski.

    The National Youth Service Corps in Abuja on Monday said the Batch ‘A’ stream II Orientation Course would commence on June 13 and end on June 29.                    The information was contained in a statement signed by the NYSC Director of Press, Bose Aderibigbe. The statement urged prospective corps members to log on to the NYSC portal to commence printing of call-up letters from June 7 by 2pm as the earlier printed call-up letters were invalid.    It said those who did not subscribe for online printing should start collection of call-up letters from June 9 from their various institutions of graduation.    The statement said the scheme had concluded necessary arrangements to hold the exercise after the Federal Government approved and released funds to it. It thanked all stakeholders for exercising patience and wished all prospective corps members a hitch free orientation.

   Former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday revealed that he is being investigated for corruption by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government.                                           The immediate past president, who disclosed this in an exclusive interview with Bloomberg TV in London, declared; “Obviously, I’m being investigated”. When asked whether anything “bad” will be unearthed by the probe of his stewardship, he said “I wouldn’t want to make certain comments because, when a government is working, it’s not proper for immediate past presidents to make certain statements. “I will allow the government to do the work it’s supposed to do. “I wouldn’t want to make serious comments on that, it’s not proper. “After all these investigations, the whole stories will be properly chronicled. “I’ve just left office, and I should allow the Pr...

 who will build our Nation? To me it sounded like a rhetorical question, which it really is Is the Nation to be built by the elders, youth or children? the elders are confused and all they could do is to sit down and eat Yam and oil Youth and children are tired and just got to plug that headset to their ear. We claim corruption is the bedrock of the nation Yes I agree with that, but who are the corrupt people? What should be done to people who are currupt? What is the cause of their corruption? Bear me witness, someone might say "our leaders are the ones corrupt another might say They should be killed or jailed. I concur with that... and I've come to think of it, the same set of people leading us since 1970s are still the ones leading, someone might like to say... Yaradua wasn't part of them neither Goodluck, let me bring it to your notice that Yaradua's brother was part of Obasanjo's team who went to prison and they decided to compensate the dead with his ...

   The management of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has dismissed the report that the scheme has been scrapped, describing it as a malicious and mischievous rumour. Reacting to the report on the scrapping of the scheme which trended at the weekend, the management insisted that there is no iota of truth in the report, announcing that the 2016 Batch ‘A’ (Stream II) Orientation course will commence soon. “Our attention has been drawn to the report trending that NYSC has been scrapped. We want to emphatically say that there is no truth in such report. That rumour must be a mischievous one.                                      The management wishes to inform prospective Corps members that, based on the assurance received from the Federal Government regarding release of funds, the 2016 Batch ‘A’ (Stream II) Orientation course will commence soon.    Prospective Cor...