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NIGERIAN ARMY DENY STORMING KANU'S FAMILY HOME                       IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu sighted at the Federal high court   Abuja, Nigeria. ONITSHA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A group campaigning for the secession of a part of southeastern Nigeria, formerly known as Biafra, on Tuesday accused the army of laying siege to their leader's home, a charge the armed forces denied. Rising tensions prompted the governor of Abia state, where the leader's residence is located, to impose a curfew. Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group said soldiers had surrounded the home of leader Nnamdi Kanu. Groups have stepped up calls for secession since Kanu was released on bail in April after being detained for nearly two years on charges of criminal conspiracy and belonging to an illegal society. "There was no surrounding of Nnamdi Kanu's residence. It is not true," said army spokesman Sani Usman. Secessionist sentiment has simmered in the region since th

BOKO HARAM EXECUTES EIGHT PEOPLE IN THE NORTH FOR KICKING AGAINST SHARIA LAW Boko Haram militants in Nigeria executed eight villagers in the West African country after they allegedly tried to fight off the group’s hardline Islamic police. A video released by the Islamist group showed eight people blindfolded and lying face down. A man in a white turban told a crowd that the people were “apostates [who] have left the fold of Islam.” Four masked gunmen shot the people at close range as the crowd cheered, AFP reported on Tuesday. Boko Haram—which means “Western education is forbidden”—launched a war against the Nigerian government in 2009. It has since killed tens of thousands and displaced millions in a bid to create an extremist caliphate in northeast Nigeria. The man in the turban said that the eight people who were executed had threatened to fight Boko Haram’s so-called Sharia police, who enforce the group’s hardline interpretation of Islamic law. Boko Haram has previo

Zimbabwean man with 108 children, 25 wives An 87-year-old man in Zimbabwe who has 108 children from 25 women and 10 wives has described himself as a bedroom machine who is not ready to stop having children iHarare reports that the octogenarian, Sekuru Tauzen Mujaji, from the Chipinge South in Zimbabwe, holds the record of having fathered the children from his wife and other women in a space of 43 years. ALSO READ: "Mr Endowed: Meet Ugandan man with 12 wives, some of them sisters, 61 children" Mujaji of the Shangani tribe was born in 1930 and had traditional challenges that resulted in him only being able to have his first child in 1974 when he was 44. The only child in his family, Mujaji told reporters that he a bedroom machine and that it always been his desire to have many children despite the challenges he has in raising them and giving them the good things of life. With the record 108 children and boasting of having slept with more than 50

Man who impersonates female prostitutes arrested in Benue The Benue State Police Command have arrested a 19-year-old man who pretends to be a female prostitute to sleep with men in hotels in the state. Punch reports that the suspect, Ushahemba Yaapera, had been impersonating female prostitutes with the name Jennifer Kpaakpa for the past five years and was apprehended during a raid at a brothel along the railway bye pass at high-level area of Makurdi, the state capital. A statement from the state police command states that Yaapera is a homosexual who has slept with over 1000 men since he started the shameful business and had been seen at different brothels at night soliciting for customers just like other prostitutes. In an interview with newsmen during his parade at the state police command headquarter, Yaapera, he claimed that his classmates in secondary school initiated her to the mermaid world five years ago and that he transforms into a woman at night. "For the past

Lola Omolola Created A Safe Space For Women On Facebook With 'Female In Nigeria' As much as we hope for an open and accepting society, this is sadly not true for many people, especially for those in marginalized communities. Everyone wants to be comfortable within their surroundings: being able to fully express their thoughts and feelings without judgement. And this is where safe spaces come in. Safe spaces are communities – either online or off – where bigotry and oppressive views are not tolerated. They are controlled environments in which people can discuss certain issues and support one another. The need for a safe space for Nigerian women is what led Lola Omolola to create the Females In Nigeria Facebook group – a secret group which has grown, in two years, to have over a million members sharing their stories and supporting one another.                Lola and Mark Zuckerberg    (Photo:  Mark Zuckerberg/ Facebook ) In recognition of the impressive work she&#

25-yr-old barman docked for allegedly raping 10-year-old boy The prosecutor said that the accused, a bartender, bundled the 10-year-old into a store at the back of the bar and forcefully had anal sex with him. A barman, Wale Ayo, 25, who was alleged to have forcefully had anal sex with a 10-year-old boy was on Friday arraigned before a Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos Island. Ayo who is facing a one-count charge of rape, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecutor, Insp. Nurudeen Thomas told the court that the accused committed the offence on June 2, at about 12: 00 p.m. at Jakande Estate, Lagos. He said that the accused, a bartender, bundled the 10-year-old into a store at the back of the bar and forcefully had anal sex with him. “The boy’s mother sent him to the bar to greet his uncle who came to visit them but went to the bar to drink with his friends. “Unknown to the boy that his uncle had left the bar, the accused lied to him that his uncle