CAMEROON RESCUES VICE PM’S WIFE KIDNAPPED BY BOKO HARAM

Security Forces in Cameroun Republic have rescued the wife of the country’s Deputy Prime Minister, Amadou Ali, who was abducted on Sunday by suspected members of the extremist Boko Haram sect, the BBC Hausa service has reported. 

News agency Reuters had reported the Information Minister, Issa Tchiroma, saying that the wife of Deputy Prime Minister and her maid were kidnapped in Cameroun’s northern town of Kolofata.

The attackers stormed their residence and took the woman away.

A military commander in the area said Boko Haram militants engaged Cameroonian soldiers in the town for some time. The deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Ali, managed to escape the assailants to a neighbouring town, commander Feliz Formekong was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying.

A local religious leader, named Seini Lamine, was also abducted from the same town in a separate incident.Mr. Lamine, who is called the Lamido, is the mayor of the town.Cameroun had said it strengthened security at its border in April after Boko Haram abducted nearly 300 school girls in Chibok, Borno State. More than 200 of the abducted girls remain in captivity. The attack is the third Boko Haram attack in Cameroon since Friday.

At least four soldiers were killed in the previous attacks, Reuters reported.

The report by the BBC on Monday did not provide more details, but it quoted the spokesperson of the government of Cameroun, Tchiroma Bakary, as saying the government is still investigating to know the exact number of persons that died during the attack.

Osun campaign: Lagbaja rejects Iyiola Omisore’s offer, blasts him..

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Muiscian Lagbaja over the weekend reportedly turned down an offer by the Iyiola Omisore Campaign Organisation to perform at the grand finale rally & reception for Pres. Jonathan scheduled to hold in Osogbo, Osun State, next week.

According to The Nation, Lagbaja was approached to entertain supporters of Omisore, the candidate of PDP in the up-coming governorship election in Osun State, but he declined the offer, saying;

"Though the court of the land discharged and acquitted you (Omisore) in the murder case against the former Minister of Justice in Nigeria, the late Cicero of Esa-Oke & foremost nationalist, Chief Bola Ige, I have deep-rooted innermost conviction that you are culpable in the death of my mentor and benefactor. If you offer me all the allocation of Osun State during your four-year-tenure peradventure you win (which I seriously doubt), I will not perform for Iyiola Omisore governorship election.”

Don Jazzy Replies Charles Novia On “Dorobucci” Music Video

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Nollywood producer and director Charles Novia who always shares his opinions on trending topics in Nigeria. This time, he it is taking on the “Dorobucci” music video. 

Dorobucci video by Mavin Records dropped on Wednesday noon. It features Don Jazzy, Tiwa Savage, Dr Sid, D’Prince, Reekado Banks, Di’Ja and Korede Bello.

Charles Novia took to his official Twitter page to discuss the video :

 

However, Don Jazzy saw the tweets and his humble reply:

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Why Working with Kiefer Sutherland Made Freddie Prinze Jr. Want to Quit Acting

Kiefer Sutherland, left, is pictured on May 6, 2014 in London. Freddie Prinze, Jr., right, is pictured in a March 2014 episode of "Bones."

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Freddie Prinze Jr. was a can't-miss movie star in the late 1990's with hits like "She's All That" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer."

The 38-year-old father of two grew into different roles on TV and film until he co-starred in "24" alongside Kiefer Sutherland in 2010 -- a role that almost led him to quit acting, Prinze told ABC News.

"I did '24,' it was terrible. I hated every moment of it," Prinze said. "Kiefer was the most unprofessional dude in the world. That's not me talking trash, I'd say it to his face, I think everyone that's worked with him has said that."

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He continued, "I just wanted to quit the business after that. So, I just sort of stopped."

Prinze, who was at San Diego Comic-Con while promoting his new Disney XD series "Star Wars Rebels," dropped off the map for a while and even ventured into other projects.

"I went and worked for Vince McMahon at the WWE for Christ's sake and it was a crazier job than working with Kiefer," he said. "But, at least he was cool and tall. I didn't have to take my shoes off to do scenes with him, which they made me do. Just put the guy on an apple box or don't hire me next time. You know I'm 6 feet and he's 5'4."

As for Sutherland, who was also at Comic-Con promoting "24: Live Another Day," he's back on "24" and Prinze has made appearances on "Bones," among other hits shows.

In an interview with Parade in 2009, Sutherland had nothing but positive things to say about working with Prinze.

"We have some great actors joining us — Mykelti Williamson is the head of CTU, Freddie Prinze Jr. is playing my partner," Sutherland said of season 8. "So, it’s this great balance between something that’s new and what fans will find familiar.”

A request for comment from Sutherland's rep has not been returned to ABC.

For the full interview with Freddie Prinze Jr. and to see what else he had to say, Click Here

Arik Halts Flights To Liberia and Sierra Leone Over Ebola Virus

Flights spokesman for Arik Air, Mr. Banji Ola, has announced that Arik Air will be suspending its operations to Monrovia (Liberia) and Freetown (Sierra Leone) effectively from July 28, 2014 until further notice.

Banji said, "We are taking this impor­tant step as a concerned cor­porate organisation bearing the interest of Nigerians at heart and this decision is a pre-cau­tionary measure aimed at safe­guarding the precious lives of Nigerians."

He said the airline acknowl­edged the steps taken by the Federal Government to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus and as a Nigerian opera­tor that had halted its flight into the two countries, it would also suggest to the Nigerian government that all in-bound flights into the country, which originate from any of the two Ebola-affected countries, be immediately suspended.

Second American Infected With Ebola

A US aid worker has been infected with the deadly Ebola virus while treating victims of the disease at a hospital in West Africa.

Nancy Writebol, a missionary sent by the Calvary Church in North Carolina, becomes the second American citizen to contract the virus after Dr Kent Brantly, a doctor also working at an Ebola centre in the capital of Liberia, Monrovia.

On Saturday, Samaritan's Purse announced that American doctor Kent Brantly had become infected. The 33-year-old former Indianapolis resident had been treating Ebola patients in Monrovia and started feeling ill, spokeswoman Melissa Strickland said. Once he started noticing the symptoms last week, Brantly isolated himself.

Brantly, the medical director for Samaritan Purse's Ebola Consolidated Case Management Center in Monrovia has been in the country since October, Strickland said.

"When the Ebola outbreak hit, he took on responsibilities with our Ebola direct clinical treatment response, but he was serving in a missionary hospital in Liberia prior to his work with Ebola patients," she said.

Boko Haram abducts Cameroon deputy prime minister’s wife

The Cameroonian military says members of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram have abducted the wife of the country’s deputy prime minister in the northern Cameroonian town of Kolofata.

A local religious leader and mayor was also abducted from the same town.

Separately, at least five people in northern Nigeria were killed in a blast – residents suspect Boko Haram.

Boko Haram has stepped up cross-border attacks into Cameroon in recent weeks, as the army was deployed to the region.

Militants have kidnapped foreign nationals in northern Cameroon before, including a French family and Chinese workers.

‘Critical situation’

The wife of Deputy Prime Minister Amadou Ali and her maid were taken in “a savage attack” on his home by Boko Haram militants on Sunday, Information Minister Issa Tchiroma said 

But Mr Ali, who was breaking his fast for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan at the time of the attack, managed to escape to a neighbouring town, regional commander Col Feliz Nji Formekong told the Reuters news agency.

French Catholic priest Georges Vandenbeusch was taken hostage in northern Cameroon and released over a month later

“The situation is very critical here now, and as I am talking to you, the Boko Haram elements are still in Kolofata town in a clash with our soldiers,” he added.

A local politician and his family were also abducted in a separate attack.

Meanwhile, Nigerian police say five people were killed when a bomb was thrown at worshippers as they were leaving a church in Nigeria’s main northern city of Kano on Sunday.

A young female suicide bomber also wounded five police officers as she rushed towards them and blew herself up in a separate incident, they add.

Charges

Cameroon’s long and porous border with Nigeria means Boko Haram fighters can come and go at will, attacking police stations and villages, and spreading terror throughout the region, says BBC Africa editor Mary Harper. 

The group has attacked Cameroon three times in as many days in the past week, killing at least four soldiers, Reuters reports.

Boko Haram loosely translates as “Western education is forbidden”

On Friday, more than 20 members of the militant group were jailed in Cameroon on charges of possessing illegal firearms and plotting an insurrection.

The armed group is seeking to establish an Islamists state in Nigeria.

Earlier this week, Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad and Niger agreed to form a 2,800-strong regional force to tackle Boko Haram militants.

Efforts to step up regional co-operation gained momentum after Boko Haram caused an international outcry by abducting more than 200 girls from a boarding school in north-eastern Nigeria.

The girls are thought to be held in the vast Sambisa forest, along Nigeria’s border with Cameroon.

Many Nigerian civilians in border towns have fled to Cameroon to escape from the Boko Haram attacks

Police Averts Another Bomb Blast, As Female Bomber Kills Herself in an attempt to bomb Northwest University in Kano

The Nigeria police in Kano today said it averted a major catastrophe in Kano, Nigeria as its Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit de-activated a powerful bomb targeting Muslim faithfuls observing the Sallah break.

Briefing newsmen on the discovery of what he described as high-caliber car bomb, the state commissioner of police Mr. Adenrele Shinaba said the causality figure would have been so alarming had the bomb exploded at a time when tens of thousands of Muslims were observing their Eld-El-Fitr prayer at the Mosque.



The Police commissioner told the media that a Peugeot 406 car rigged powerful explosives had been discovered neatly tucked at the gate of Isiayaku Rabiu Mosque in Goro Dutche quarters in the city. The car had been timed to explode during Eid Fitr’s prayers on Sunday (today).

The police EOD unit has defused the car bomb with no injury to anyone, the police officer said.










Also, the Nigeria police said a lone female suicide bomber died in an attempt to bomb, Northwest University in Kano around 1PM Nigerian time.
The female estimated to be 16 years of age, was walking suspiciously towards the gate of the university when police guarding the area spotted her, isolated her and called for reinforcement from female police officers adept at handling Muslim females.

The young woman who had a bomb concealed inside her hijab, killed herself by detonating her explosives, five policemen suffered minor injuries

Lionel Messi Having Nice TimeWith His Girlfriend and Son

Lionel Messi Vacations With His Girlfriend and Son

The Baloon d’or and Fifa World player winner has put aside the disappointing loss of his team, Argentina, which they suffered from the Germans at the recently concluded world cup and is on vacation with his girlfriend Antonella Roccuzzo and son, Thiago on the beautiful Italian island of Capri.

Lionel Messi and his girlfriend who he has been dating since 2008 were seen enjoying themselves on a luxury yacht.

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19-year-old boy is Nigeria’s youngest certified pilot!

Daniel Adeyelika 

19-year-old First Officer, Daniel Adeyelika is the youngest certified pilot in Nigeria and he flies the Boeing 737, 600 series to 900 series.

Adeyelika, who was born in England, had his pilot training at Delta flight school, Dallas, Texas where he was the youngest in his class but still managed to come top of the class at the end of the 9-month duration.

He said, “I did my flight training in Texas, Dallas with Delta Flight School for nine (9) months. I knew I went there for a reason and not to play, I needed all the concentration, I go to school from Monday to Sunday. My Private Pilot License (PPL) was for one and a half month and my International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) was for three years.”

Daniel says he was never subjected to taunts and teases by his much-older classmates in flight school, but his age once proved to be an encumbrance when he was told to wait till he turned 18 before he could take a certain exam.

However, he says he faced a major challenge when he was sent to Amsterdam for his type rating.

“The challenge basically was when I was sent to Amsterdam for my Type Rating, it was really the toughest period I cant lie to you because it was not an easy task. I actually thought I was going to fail because I was the weakest in the class at the beginning but I came top of the class at the end. I kept telling my self “I can do it.” God really saw me through. The exercise lasted for one month.”

Bad Hygiene Saved Lives: Underwear Suicide Bomber Failed Because He Wore Same Pants For 2 WEEKS

Underwear bomber Umar Abdulmutallab failed in his bid to blow up a transatlantic flight because he had been wearing the same pants for TWO WEEKS, it’s been revealed.

Nigerian Abdulmutallab was sentenced to life in prison without parole after he pleaded guilty to the Christmas Day 2009 plot, which saw him board an Amsterdam to Detroit flight with a bomb in his underwear.

Thankfully the explosives failed to fully detonate – something a US security official yesterday claimed was down to how long he had been wearing his pants.

Asked why Abdulmutallab’s attempt had failed, John Pistole from the Transportation Security Administration told the Aspen Security Forum: “He had had the device with him for over two weeks.”

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

His interviewer Catherine Herridge then asked if the device was “damp”, to which Pistole replied: “It was degraded… it’s efficacy was degraded.”

Herridge then quipped: “Thank god for bad hygiene.”

Abdulmutallab admitted his attempted attack was inspired by Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical American-born cleric and leading al Qaida figure who was killed by a US drone strike in 2011.

Nigerians die in Cameroon’s detention

    

Two Nigerian fishermen died in Cameroon’s detention while three others regained their freedom after spending one year in captivity, a member representing Okobo Constituency in Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Mr. Efefiong Antigha, has said.

The men were said to have been abducted by the Cameroonian gendarmes as they were fishing in the high seas between the border of Nigeria and Cameroon.

Antigha, who disclosed this in Uyo on Wednesday, condemned the continuous harassment, unlawful arrest and detention of Nigerians who eke out their livelihood through fishing in the seas.

Addressing journalists when some residents of his constituency who had regained freedom from Cameroonian’s detention paid him a visit, the lawmaker urged the Federal Government not to sit back and allow the gendarmes assert authority over its maritime boundary.

He said, “The continuous harassment, unlawful arrest, detention, and killing of innocent Nigerians by Cameroonian gendarmes must be resisted.

“It is painful that most of the victims are people of my constituency. We are fishermen; we have the right to fish in the Nigerian territorial water, but often- times gendarmes are seen to be crossing to Nigerian territory to intimidate, arrest and loot fishermen of their catch.

“We are calling on the Federal Government to warn its Cameroonian counterpart to stop harassing our fishermen in Nigerian territorial water. If the Federal Government delays action in this direction, gendarmes will continue to harass, arrest, detain and kill these Nigerians.”

One of the victims, Mr. Stephen Etim, said the gendarmes arrested them in March 2013 while fishing in the high sea within the Nigerian territory.

Hurray Chelsea fans,Drogba is back.

The legendary Blues striker left Stamford Bridge two years ago after celebrating Champions League glory, but has been lured back by Jose Mourinho

Chelsea have completed the signing of Didier Drogba on a one-year contract.

The 36-year-old returns to Stamford Bridge having left in 2012 after winning the Champions League.

Drogba, who featured for Cote d'Ivoire at the World Cup earlier this summer, has scored 157 goals in 341 appearances for Chelsea and has also won three Premier League titles, four FA Cups and two League Cups with the club.

"It was an easy decision,” the striker told the club’s official website. 

"I couldn't turn down the opportunity to work with Jose again. Everyone knows the special relationship I have with this club and it has always felt like home to me.

"My desire to win is still the same and I look forward to the opportunity to help this team. I am excited for this next chapter of my career."
Drogba is reunited with Jose Mourinho after working with the Portuguese for three years before his departure in September 2007.

"He’s coming because he’s one of the best strikers in Europe," the former Real Madrid and Inter coach said.

"I know his personality very well and I know if he comes back he’s not protected by history or what he’s done for this club previously. He is coming with the mentality to make more history."

Top 10 Wealthiest People Under the Age of 40 in the World .

1.Larry Page

Larry Page

Just making the list of wealthiest people under 40, Larry Page, 39, is one of the richest men in the world. Having an estimated net worth of over $23 billion, Page made a name for himself with the famous search engine Google.

2.Mark Zuckerberg 

Mark Zuckerberg

Of course the founder and CEO of the largest social media platform in the world makes it to the list. Mark Zuckerberg, 28, is not only one of the richest men in the world having a total of $3.8 billion net worth, but he is also considered one of the most influential.

3.Alejandro Santo Domingo Davila 

Alejandro Santo Domingo Davila 

Being the eldest son of the late Colombian beer king Julio Mario Santo Domingo Pumarejo has its perks, including an $11.7 billion fortune. Davila, 36, also made a name for himself as he sits on the board of Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and is the managing director of a New York-based investment advisory firm.

4.Albert Maria Lamoral Miguel Johannes Gabriel Prinz von Thurn und Taxis 

Albert Maria Lamoral Miguel Johannes

At the age of 8, this German aristocrat was in line to inheirt one of the largest fortunes in the world. Now 29, Albert Maria Lamoral Miguel Johannes Gabriel Prinz von Thurn und Taxis is one of the richest men in the world with an estimated net worth of $1.5 billion.

5.Dustin Moskovitz

Dustin Moskovitz

Dustin Moskovitz, 29, co-founded Facebook along with Mark Zuckerberg. Leaving Facebook in 2008, this $3.8 billion computer engineer went on to develop Asana, a mobile application designed to enable teamwork without email. Despite his enormous wealth, Moskovitz continues to live a moderate lifestyle.

6.Scott Duncan 

Scott Duncan

With an estimated net worth of $5.5 billion, Scott Duncan is easily one of the richest men in the world. Duncan, 30, gained his billions by inheriting it from the family fortune. His late father, Dan Duncan, was a energy pipeline entrepreneur and owned Enterprise Products Partners. The company now owns over 50,000 miles of natural gas, oil, and petrochemical pipelines.

7.Sean Parker 

Sean Parker 

At the age of 31, Sean Parker became the first president of the largest social media service in the world known as Facebook. He also co-founded the file sharing service Napster. This 34-year-old is one of the richest entrepreneurs in the world with a net worth of $2.1 billion.

As an industrious high school student Sean Parker interned for some powerful people, reportedly worked on projects for the CIA, and was earning more than $80,000 a year by the time he graduated from high school. Like many other billionaires, Parker did not graduate from college.
Parker devotes much of his personal time and wealth to many charitable causes, as well as founding some charities of his own. While many wealthy people contribute to social causes for the tax breaks that are earned, Parker claims to be doing so for purely philanthropic reasons. In recent years he has spoken in favor of levying higher taxes on the wealthy.

8.Huiyan Yang

Huiyan Yang 

Huiyan Yang is one of the richest people, not only in China, but the world. This billionaire’s net worth is estimated to be $5.7 billion. Yang made her billions by being the daughter of the founder of real estate developer Country Garden Holdings. Only 31-years-old, she is also the majority shareholder in the company.
Despite being a Chinese national, Huiyan Yang graduated from Ohio State University in 2003. Shortly after her graduation, her father transferred the majority of the shares of Country Garden Holdings into her name. When the company made its IPO in 2007, the capital raised from the IPO skyrocketed her net worth. Her company’s IPO generated more capital than Google did with their IPO. This made her the wealthiest woman in all of China at the age of just 26 (at the time).
Huiyan’s father, Yang Guoqiang, is one of the most successful businessmen in all of mainland China. Huiyan’s company is a real estate company that controls a lot of important real estate world wide. The net worth of her company is estiamated at times to be upwards of $17 Billion.

9.Yvonne Bauer 

Worth over $2.4 billion, Yvonne Bauer made her fortune by being the daughter of world famous publisher Heinz Bauer. Only 37-years-old, this billionaire now leads the German media company Bauer Media Group and is one of the richest women in the world. She is a 5th generation publisher in the Bauer Media Group.
Bauer Media Group is responsible for the publication of over 600 magazines in various countries, making Yvonne one of the more powerful women in the corporate world. In addition to magazines, her company also oversees many Radio and TV stations worldwide, as well as online media publications. While primarily based out of Germany, Yvonne Bauer’s business takes her to places all over the world such as Australia, New Zealand, England, The US, etc.
Her personal wealth is only a small portion of the total wealth of her family, making them one of the wealthiest families in the world. Many others in her family are equally as wealthy, depite not having the same public profile as Yvonne. Her attitude and success has made her a role model for many women aspiring to make an impact in the business world all across the globe.


10.Ayman Hariri

Ayman Hariri

Ayman Hariri was born into his $1.35 billion wealth. This 34-year-old is the son of of the deceased Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. He is also one of the leaders involved in running Saudi Oger, one of the biggest construction companies in the Middle East. Before inhereiting his father’s fortune Ayman worked with Oger Telecom, a large telecommunications provider in Africa and the Middle East.
Forbes lists Ayman Hariri as the 618th richest person in the world, regardless of age. He and his siblings acquired portions of their father’s $4.1 billion wealth after he was assassinated, supposedly by Hezbollah militants. Ayman Hariri served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 2009 to 2011. He left office shortly after the collapse of his government in 2011. Fallout and speculation from the assassination of his father caused many people in the government to voluntarily resign from office.
In more recent years, Hariri was accused by the Syrian government for providing financial assistance to Syrian rebels during their civil war. Hariri’s wife is a Syrian national from a wealthy family. Ayman Hariri maintains his innocence in the matter, despite an arrest warrant being issued by Bashir Al-Assad of Syria.