Army declares journalist, two others wanted

The Nigerian Army has pronounced a columnist, Ahmed Salkida, and two others, Ahmed Bolori and Aisha Wakil, needed for their charged association with Boko Haram.

The acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, on Sunday by means of email, saying the armed force chose to pronounce Salkida and the two others needed as a result of the conviction that they had significant data on the area of the Chibok young ladies.

He said that the armed force's choice needed to do with the two late recordings discharged by the authority of the extremist gathering and the discoveries by a preparatory examination by the military on the recordings.

He focused on that the military was certain that Salkida and the two others had contact with the terrorists and the missing young ladies.

Usman said that the three needed individuals must approach to tell Nigerians where the missing young ladies and other stole people were being kept to empower the military to safeguard them.

''There is undoubtedly these people have joins with Boko Haram."

The acting Army Spokesman approached Nigerians to give valuable data that could prompt the capture of the three needed people.

Wakil, who is a legal advisor, was in contact with the Federal Government in 2013, amid the acquittal arrangements with the radicals.

She was accounted for to have met with previous President Goodluck Jonathan as a component of the transaction, which later separated.

Bolori is said to be the organizer of the Fa'ash Foundation and the Partnership Against Violent Extremism. He lives in Maiduguri.

I got the video elite before discharge –Salkida

Salkida had on Saturday went on his Twitter handle, @ContactSalkida, to declare that he had acquired the video of the Chibok young ladies only from Boko Haram.

In a progression of tweets, the writer investigated what he found in the video, saying one of the young ladies in the video said airstrikes by the military had professedly executed some of her partners.

He said, "Just In: Jama'atu Ahlil Sunnah Li-Da'awati Wal-Jihad #BH has discharged a video demonstrating the kidnapped #Chibokgirls and restating their requests.

"This is the second time Shekau has requested a video of the young ladies to be discharged to the general population since the snatching of the young ladies 852 days back.

"I'm examining the video of the #Chibokgirls that was sent only to me before their abductors transfer on it YouTube later. @BBOG_Nigeria.

"A large portion of the young ladies can be found in the video; a Chibok young lady talks in native language and describes how airstrikes has murdered many her mates.

Salkida later twitted the YouTube connection to the video on Sunday morning.

In what seemed, by all accounts, to be a change of tone after the military announced him and others needed, Salkida tweeted connections to his report distributed on December 12, 2011, in which he said he was condemning of Boko Haram.

He tweeted the connection together with another connection to another report by him on the division in the camp of the organization, saying, "As of late, BH undermined me for this."

After this, Salkida twitted a connection to a paper he said he conveyed in Senegal in 2012, titled 'Reporting Terrorism in Africa: My Personal Experience with Boko Haram.'

My wife trafficks humans, man tells court

A moderately aged man, Simon Akor, has told a Nyanya Customary Court, Abuja, that his significant other, Patricia, requests cash before permitting him to have intercourse to her.

The man likewise asserted that his Patricia was included in human trafficking.

Simon said this when he affirmed in a separation appeal against his better half on Tuesday.

"My significant other dependably says I should give her cash before I enter inside her bottom, at times when I have cash, I give her.

"At whatever point am irate about it and converse with her about it, she will say that every one of her companions gather cash from their spouses before their husbands can get into them."

As indicated by him, Patricia rubs juju on her private part before having intercourse to me.

The candidate said when he defied her, Patricia said it was the local specialist that offered it to her.

"That the local specialist educated her to dependably rub it before having intercourse to me, so that regardless of the fact that I drive her out of my home, I won't have the capacity to perform with another lady.

"At whatever point my significant other rubs that sleek substance in her private part and I have intercourse to her, my penis will turn out to be extremely powerless. I won't have the capacity to do anything once more," he said.

He said that his significant other welcomed the local specialist to live with them without his authorization.

Simon said Patricia let him know that the local specialist saw "haziness in our home'' and had come to scatter it.

The applicant likewise told the court that his significant other was into human trafficking, adding that she used to get young ladies to individuals Abuja.

He told the court that his significant other pursued him out of the house, including that he was no more keen on the marriage.

Patricia, a specialist, denied the claims, adding that they pull assets to purchase the house.

The managing officer, Everyman Eleanya, prompted the couple to accommodate.

"You can't drive the court to separation you, this is a court of equity, we are going to give you space for compromise.

"This is not a direct result of you or your better half but rather as a result of your youngsters.

"You ought to consider your kids before you take certain choice in life," Eleanya said.

He asked the applicant's sister, Mary Akor, who was additionally present in court to attempt and accommodate his sibling and his significant other.

He advance prompted her to "investigate each conceivable means, including her congregation to bring peace and adoration between them''

He suspended the case till Sept. 5, for the report of settlement.

Octogenarian risks imprisonment for swindling suitors

Shine powers have captured a 80-year-old lady who purportedly tranquilized and afterward looted a string of senior national suitors she met through daily paper forlorn hearts adverts.

Amid supper, the ruthless retired person sprinkled lorazepam – a medication recommended to treat tension yet which instigates rest – onto her casualty's nourishment, a provincial court in Brzesko, southern Poland, listened.

In one case, she stole 8,000 zloty (1,800 euros, $2,000) in gems, hardware and money from a 78-year-old who had welcomed her to his home in the close-by town of Szczurow, the online release of the Polska The Times reported Tuesday.

"I'd never have envisioned this woman was fit for accomplishing something like this, nor that she's 80," said region prosecutor Andrzej Lesniak.

Proof assembled by neighborhood police proposes the lady, recognized just as Janina M., utilized the same strategy to loot a string of lovelorn seniors.

The lady has denied any wrongdoing.

Over the span of their examination police discovered she had eight past feelings for burglary and extortion.

On the off chance that discovered blameworthy, the octogenarian countenances up to 20 years in jail.

Police discover cache of ammunition in Anambra

The Police on Tuesday revealed a store of ammo covered at a development site at Umuowelle, Agulu in Anaocha board zone of Anambra State.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Nkeiru Nwode, said the ammo were uncovered by a few workers who were burrowing the establishment of the building .

Nwode said the laborers answered to Neni Police Division which went to the spot and cordoned it off.

She said the revelation which was in various sizes and gauges was worth a great many the naira.

She said the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Sam Kaula drove a group of officers to site to manage the departure of the ammo.

She said "The Police at the beginning of today found a vast amount of ammo at a bundle of area where building work was going ahead at Umuowelle, Agulu in Anaocha.

"A few workers at the site struck at the ammo and answered to the closest Police division and at the beginning of today, the Commissioner was there to by and by see things for himself.

"The ammo are extensive, and is worth a huge number of Naira, examination is still on and soon we should get to the foundations of this".

She said the package of area had a place with a unidentified man who lived in Enugu.

Nwode said no captures had been made while the ammo had been sent to the proper units for determination of their bores.

She asked the general population in the region to resist the urge to panic as the police were on top of the circumstance.

Guests stab schoolboy to death at birthday party

A birthday party on Kehinde Street in the Ajegunle region of Lagos State turned ridiculous when a few visitors started a battle and cut a schoolboy, Endurance Augustine, to death.

Policemen from the Ajeromi division were said to have expelled Endurance's carcass and kept it in a funeral home.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Endurance hosted gone to the get-together with some of his companions, when a battle broke out.

An occupant told our journalist that the reason for the battle was obscure, including that the gangsters, who were visitors at the gathering, fled in the wake of cutting the casualty to death.

It was assembled that two suspects, who were attempting to conceal the casualty's carcass, were secured by occupants and gave over to the police.

At the point when our reporter went by the range, Endurance's mom, who did not need her name in print, said she had gone to a congregation administration at 4pm on Wednesday just to hear the news of her child's demise on her arrival.

The mother of four included that if Endurance had advised her that he was going to a gathering, she would have deterred him from going as the range had been strained.

She said, "I don't think Endurance had a fight with anybody before he was wounded to death. He didn't advise me that he was setting off to a birthday party. He was an agreeable kid. He went to class each day and should be in the senior school by September. I am tormented that my child was killed. I don't know who sorted out the gathering."

An occupant, who distinguished herself just as Mary, said she was in her shop when she saw a horde of adolescents trooping into the road.

"Their dressing did not demonstrate great behavior. Truth be told, some of them went to the front of my shop and smoked hemp. I cautioned them to stop and requesting that they leave my premises, yet they overlooked me.

"It was on the next day that I was told they battled and a kid was killed," she included.

A witness, who talked on state of secrecy, said, "I learnt that the birthday host was a woman. She used to stay with her folks on Kehinde Street. She chose to go ahead Wednesday to praise the birthday.

"I was in my home eating when I heard individuals yelling that they were battling on the following road and a kid had been murdered. Everybody rapidly close their entryways until policemen came. They took the kid's carcass away. A tricycle was likewise set on fire by the hooligans.

"What started as a birthday party brought about a road battle. Group battles are getting to be uncontrolled now in Ajegunle. The police ought to reinforce security in the zone."

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, affirmed the episode.

She said, "Opponent cliques drew in each other in the city and the police activated to the scene. A carcass was found and saved at the Ajeromi General Hospital for a post-mortem examination. Two suspects were captured at the spot and endeavors are on to capture other escaping suspects."

Guests stab schoolboy to death at birthday party

A birthday party on Kehinde Street in the Ajegunle region of Lagos State turned ridiculous when a few visitors started a battle and cut a schoolboy, Endurance Augustine, to death.

Policemen from the Ajeromi division were said to have expelled Endurance's carcass and kept it in a funeral home.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Endurance hosted gone to the get-together with some of his companions, when a battle broke out.

An occupant told our journalist that the reason for the battle was obscure, including that the gangsters, who were visitors at the gathering, fled in the wake of cutting the casualty to death.

It was assembled that two suspects, who were attempting to conceal the casualty's carcass, were secured by occupants and gave over to the police.

At the point when our reporter went by the range, Endurance's mom, who did not need her name in print, said she had gone to a congregation administration at 4pm on Wednesday just to hear the news of her child's demise on her arrival.

The mother of four included that if Endurance had advised her that he was going to a gathering, she would have deterred him from going as the range had been strained.

She said, "I don't think Endurance had a fight with anybody before he was wounded to death. He didn't advise me that he was setting off to a birthday party. He was an agreeable kid. He went to class each day and should be in the senior school by September. I am tormented that my child was killed. I don't know who sorted out the gathering."

An occupant, who distinguished herself just as Mary, said she was in her shop when she saw a horde of adolescents trooping into the road.

"Their dressing did not demonstrate great behavior. Truth be told, some of them went to the front of my shop and smoked hemp. I cautioned them to stop and requesting that they leave my premises, yet they overlooked me.

"It was on the next day that I was told they battled and a kid was killed," she included.

A witness, who talked on state of secrecy, said, "I learnt that the birthday host was a woman. She used to stay with her folks on Kehinde Street. She chose to go ahead Wednesday to praise the birthday.

"I was in my home eating when I heard individuals yelling that they were battling on the following road and a kid had been murdered. Everybody rapidly close their entryways until policemen came. They took the kid's carcass away. A tricycle was likewise set on fire by the hooligans.

"What started as a birthday party brought about a road battle. Group battles are getting to be uncontrolled now in Ajegunle. The police ought to reinforce security in the zone."

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, affirmed the episode.

She said, "Opponent cliques drew in each other in the city and the police activated to the scene. A carcass was found and saved at the Ajeromi General Hospital for a post-mortem examination. Two suspects were captured at the spot and endeavors are on to capture other escaping suspects."

Help specialist, Anja R. Lovén, who safeguarded a 'Witch youngster' in Akwa Ibom, offers pics of a Childrens Center she's working in Nigeria

Danish guide laborer, Anja Ringgren Lovén, who saved and restored a young man that was blamed for witchcraft and surrendered by his family in Akwa Ibom, shared these photographs of a Children's inside she's at present working in Nigeria. As indicated by Anja, her beneficent association DINNødhjælp purchased a major real estate parcel here in Nigeria a year ago and are presently fabricating an inside as a team with Engineers Without Borders.

As per her,

"Place where there is Hope" is the name of our new land which is additionally composed over our principle entryway. The divider all around our huge area has as of now been fabricate and razor wire the sum total of what around has been put on the highest point of the divider.

We are currently in the proces of building 6 of our primary structures: Girls inn, young men inn, kitchen both indoor and open air, office/library building, security/generator house and volonteers house. Ideally we will complete in a couple of months. It's blustery season so the downpour is giving us a few difficulties yet the laborers are truly working quick and our architect is making an extraordinary showing with regards to!

We are likewise going to construct a Parliamentary Hall which will serve as an "Occasion Center". We will likewise assemble an ICT-Center ( Information Communication Technology Center ).

Lastly we will as the greater part of you likewise know assemble a Medical Health Clinic which we have as of now named "Trust's Clinic" - gave by Denmark. "Place that is known for Hope" will be the future area for the defenseless kids in Nigeria. A place that is known for trust in a brighter future.

Digital dangers: Why EFCC captured Abuja-based blogger, Abubakar Sidiq

Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, yesterday, captured Mr. Abubakar Sidiq Usman, a blogger, for offenses verging on digital stalking.Abdusidiq-Buhari According to Goggle, Cyber stalking is the rehashed utilization of electronic correspondences, especially the Internet, to irritate or scare somebody by sending undermining messages. The blogger is said to have utilized his presents on debilitate a few high-bothering Nigerians to do his offering or face negative distributions, inciting them to request of the EFCC to call him to arrange. Affirming his capture, the Spokesman for EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said Usman, was gotten by the commission's agents from his Kubwa habitation and promptly taken in for addressing at the office's central station in Abuja. The associate who is the distributer with a site distinguished as "Abusidiqu.com", was addressed over the claimed offense which the commission said contradicts areas of the Cyber Crime Act. The suspect was however admitted to managerial safeguard and would. On the off chance that sentenced, the blogger would be the third blogger to be summoned under the Cyber Crime Act, which was marked by previous President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011. It will be reviewed that two Nigerian bloggers Seun Oloketuyi and Emmanuel Ojo-were captured in 2015 for offenses which allegedly disregarded the digital law.

NSCDC captures three with human head in Niger.

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps in Niger on Saturday paraded three suspects who were gotten with a human head.

Mr Philip Ayuba, the Commandant of NSCDC in the state, told newsmen in Minna that the suspects were captured in Mokwa Local Government Area of the state.

He said that the suspects matured 34, 35 and 24 hail from Ekpa town in Mokwa.

"I welcomed you here to see three suspects that we captured on the ground of ownership of a human head.

"After we captured them, they admitted to us that they possess the human head,'' he said.

Ayuba said the suspects were captured on Thursday while arranging the offer of the head in Mokwa.

"Our work force put on a show to deal with them on the amount to pay before they were captured,'' he said.

The NSCDC manager said that the suspects had put forth confession booth expressions in composing, including that they would be given over to the police for further examination and arraignment.

The essential suspect told writers that his sibling had welcomed him to his home to see the human head and help with getting a purchaser.

"I searched for a purchaser for five months. So when I drew nearer one Isah to purchase the head he concurred and said that he has a purchaser in Mokwa.

"At the point when the purchaser came we began arranging the cost with him and it was in that procedure that we were captured,'' he said.

Another suspect guaranteed that the head had a place with a deteriorating female cadaver which was found amid a chasing campaign.

He said that he and another associate chose to remove the head and offer it to profit.

"Two of us chose in the shrubbery that we will offer the head to researchers and profit,'' he said.

Why have so many huge diamonds been found recently?

The huge rough diamond that went on sale at auction on Wednesday was one of three big diamonds found recently after a break of more than a century. The BBC's Clare Spencer asks why.

On 16 November 2015 Tiroyaone Mathaba was sorting through rocks at the Karowe mine in Botswana when he spotted what turned out to be the 1,109 carat diamond.
It was the size of a tennis ball.
His boss William Lamb told True Africa that all of the mine's 804 employees and contractors received a bonus, but he didn't reveal how much.
Mr Mathaba's discovery, The Lesedi la Rona which means "our light" in the Tswana language, wasn't the only big gem discovered that week - two other huge diamonds were found from the same mine within 72 hours.
A 374 carat diamond which hasn't been named and an 812.77 carat diamond called The Constellation were also discovered.
Mr Mathaba works for Canadian company Lucara which suspected that there might be big diamonds in the area after recovering a 239 carat diamond two years earlier.
At that time it was standard practice to break down any kimberlite ore to 30mm before putting it through the sorting machine to test its density and see if it contained any diamonds.

The machine couldn't cope with anything bigger.
But this raises the possibility that large diamonds were being crushed in the very process of trying to discover them.
So Lucara bought an X-ray machine to detect the carbon in the ore.
The investment paid off.
The Constellation was sold for $63.1m (£46m) in May.
The Lesedi la Rona had been expected to sell for even more on Wednesday but did not meet the minimum reserve price.
The two are the biggest diamonds ever recovered through an industrial process, says Paul Day, Lucara's chief operating officer.
The biggest diamond, the Cullinan, was found more than 100 years ago only nine metres from the surface and was extracted using a pocket knife, Mr Day says the story goes.
That's a far cry from the modern industrial mining techniques which use explosions to extract the ore and then crushing machines to break it down further.

Mr Day finds the gap of more than a century between finding the largest and second largest diamond surprising.
He points out that several large diamonds were also found before industrial mining began.
He says that it is not out-of-the question that bigger diamonds have previously been crushed down to smaller pieces.
"Diamonds are incredibly hard and also very strong but they do break."
"If you take a 100 carat diamond and you hit it with a hammer against steel there is a chance you will break it into pieces."
This kind of force is what the rocks undergo in the mining process.
It is what Mr Day calls the diamond miner's dilemma.
There's not much that can be done to reduce the damage done to the diamonds while extracting them from the ground, he says.
But changing the sorting process leaves diamond miners one step closer to having just one dilemma: How to spend the money.