Sunday, 26 October 2014

'No time for hate just love': Mom of boy, 14, shot point-blank in head by his cousin in school love-triangle shooting shows remarkable compassion as all four survivors fight for their lives in hospital

The mother of one of the five teenagers shot at point-blank range by their friend in a high school cafeteria has delivered an emotional appeal for peace in the community of Marysville. Denise Hatch-Anderson's son Nate Hatch, 14, is fighting for life after his cousin and best friend Jaylen Fryberg fired a bullet into his head. The deadly attack that left one dead and four critically wounded has crushed the community with many branding Jaylen a 'demon'. But in a striking statement of pacifism, Mrs Hatch-Anderson has urged those reeling in anger to be peaceful, saying: 'no time for hate just love'. She thanked the thousands of friends, relatives and strangers who have donated gifts and money in the 24 hours following Jaylen's attack on Marysville-Pilchuck High School. 'Thank you so much from the mother of Nate Hatch,' she wrote on Facebook. 'I cant thank everyone from our community for the outpouring love that has been showen [sic] to me since this tragic happened....i love everyone!!! 'No time for hate just love.'

Saturday, 25 October 2014

Police kills robbery suspect after attack on NYSC lodge

Asaba – The Police in Delta on Friday confirmed the death of an armed robbery suspect during a gun duel between its patrol team and a robbery gang which attacked National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in Oghara. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Celestina Kalu, in a statement in Asaba, said that the gang attacked Corpers’ Lodge at Ovade-Oghara, in Ethiope West Local Government area of the state. Kalu said that the suspect, a member of the four-member gang, died on the way to the hospital from gunshot wounds he sustained during the exchange of fire. “On the 16th of October, 2014, at about 8.30 p.m., the police at Oghara Police Station received a distress call that four armed men had invaded Corpers’ Lodge at Ovade-Oghara. “They robbed the youth corps members of their money, laptops, electronics and handsets,” she said. According to her, based on the information, a Police patrol team and a Navy patrol counterpart, with support from the local vigilante group, mobilized to the scene and confronted the hoodlums. - See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/police-kill-robbery-suspect-attack-nysc-lodge/#sthash.CBrEaQZE.dpuf

Interesting! OAP Osam reviews P-Square's new album

If you loved or didn't like P-Square's new album Double Trouble, then you need to read this review by popular OAP and comedian, Osam. Find below... The accepted norm to know a singer or an artiste’s worth is the reeling out of an LP or an album. In Nigeria today, there is more concentration from artistes in spewing out single after single in the silent bid that one just might be the hit they have been craving for. P-Square is a group that defies logic in this game of from single to album. There is this midas touch from these boys that just keeps everybody in awe. Hate ‘em, Love ‘em, they are one of the very few professionals left in this dispensation. As an OAP, I play back to back hit songs for 6hours Monday to Friday, and I now want to take a critical look at albums that have come out recently so as to know why the craze for singles short of albums which is every artiste’s nightmare. This is a review of Psquare’s 6TH album DOUBLE TROUBLE. Track 1: SHEKINI An ‘African Jungle Beat’ as I term it, popularised the likes of Davido’s ‘AYE/SKELEWU’,Runtown’s ‘GALLARDO’ etc. It’s a beat with a waist winding push and prompts to mind the wave of the SHOKI/SKELEWU/SEKEM dance. The joker about this track is that the Igbo boys that isPsquare actually sang the hook in impeccable Yoruba. Attention grabbing track for an album opener. Track 2: MISSING YOU A nice highlife track. I believe Sunny Neji is one ingredient missing from this track. It has its upbeat swing that brings in the vintage Psquare flavour. Guys, make sure you are not missing your lady when listening to this track. Track 3: BRING IT ONft DAVE SCOTT A personal favourite. An initial 20 second listen of this track from the start would leave you guessing if it’s a foreign track. Featuring Dave Scott, a hitherto unknown American singer from Texas. Listening to this mid tempo pop track with its undulating beat, apart from its message of hope, voice artistry comes into play here. The harmony of Dave’s voice and that of Psquare is absolutely timed and mind blowing. Rudeboy himself solely produced this one, and that would be Paul Okoye!

'He makes me feel sexy and confident every day': Kim Kardashian opens up on her marriage to Kanye West as the couple celebrate her 34th birthday in Las Vegas

If anyone is going to feel sexy and confident, it’s Kim Kardashian. But it turns out the reality television star, known for her curvaceous figure and tight outfits, gets even more of an ego boost from her husband, Kanye West. The buxom brunette, who was joined by her husband of five months as she celebrated her 34th birthday at TAO Nightclub in Las Vegas on Friday, revealed West is her biggest cheerleader when speaking to the Daily Telegraph recently.

Ex-private schoolboy, 19, who became fourth Portsmouth jihadist to die fighting for ISIS tried to flee Syria but was caught by militants just eight minutes from the border

A former Portsmouth schoolboy who died while fighting for ISIS tried to escape Syria but was captured only minutes away from meeting his mother across the Turkish border. The family of Mehdi Hassan, 19, who attended a private Catholic school in Hampshire, confirmed he died in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani after a picture of his body emerged on Twitter. Hassan, who also used the alias Abu Dujana, had expressed plans to return to Britain over the last few months but had been scared about the repercussions and the threat of prosecution on terror charges, his family said.

Jonathan can’t win in 2015 because he never won any election in the past –Junaid Mohammed

In this interview with JOHN ALECHENU, a Kano State delegate to the just concluded National Conference and convener of the Coalition of Northern Politicians, Academics, Professionals and Businessmen, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, speaks about his brush with the law and other sundry national issues. Excerpts You were once arrested by the State Security Service for a statement you made which it considered inciting. What do you make of your arrest? It was true I was invited. That was the word they used. I was invited by the SSS to present myself at their Kano State office which is about one and half kilometres from my residence. Before I arrived Kano from Abuja, there were some shadowy characters who were following me. The order for my arrest came directly from the Director of Operations, an Igbo man. Apparently, he does not like anyone who says anything uncomplimentary about Igbo people and their greed. I think he was particularly very unhappy because I said Igbo have taken charge of the economy and that they have also grabbed most of the land especially for estates in Abuja;