Man and wife torture their 4-year-old daughter to death

Photos: Man and wife torture their 4-year-old daughter to death, hide her body in freezer for one week

 

A 26-year-old Kuwaiti citizen tortured his four-year old daughter to death and kept the body in a new freezer to conceal the crime. The corpse remained in the freezer for one week before the parents (suspect and his wife) were arrested.

A security source said security men received information that a Kuwaiti citizen had killed his four-year old daughter few days earlier and kept the body in a flat in Hawalli area. Acting on information, detectives conducted the necessary investigation and arrested the victim’s father. (Pictured is the apartment belonging to the suspects and father of the child)

He admitted the crime during questioning and confirmed that his 23-year old wife participated in the killing while they were under the influence of intoxicant. Public Relations and Media Information said investigations revealed that the suspect wrapped his daughter’s body with a shroud and kept it inside the freezer.

It also revealed that experts discovered traces of burns on the shoulders and feet, indicating she was tortured to death. It also said the parents neglected the welfare of their four children, while the father was sacked from his job in a private company due to misconduct. The man and his wife have since been referred for further investigation.

Source: Arab Times

The world's most expensive player

Lionel Messi is the world's most expensive player with a value of £163million

 

According to CIES Football Observatory, Lionel Messi is the world's most expensive player with a tag of £163million while his Barceloba teammate, Neymar is close on his heels at £155million. Predictably, C Ronaldo is not too far behind in third place at £106million while Antoine Griezmann and Tottenham striker Harry Kane make up the top five on the hundred-strong list.

The values of the players are based on several different variables including age, length of current contract and potential suitors. All 100 players in the list are employed by clubs in Europe's top five leagues - Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1.

The likes of Wayne Rooney and Zlatan Ibrahimovic do not feature on the list because of their age at 30 and 34 respectively. See the full list below.

CIES FOOTBALL OBSERVATORY'S VALUATION ON TOP 100 PLAYERS

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - £163m
2. Neymar (Barcelona) - £155m
3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) - £106m
4. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) - £93m
5. Harry Kane (Tottenham) - £87m
6. Anthony Martial (Man United) - £86m
7. Luis Suarez (Barcelona) - £81m
8. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) - £80m
9. Sergio Aguero (Man City) - £75m
10. Paul Pogba (Juventus) - £70m
11. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) - £62m
12. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) - £60m
13. Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal) - £58m
14. Dele Alli (Tottenham) - £58m
15. Thomas Muller (Bayern) - £57m
16. Raheem Sterling (Man City) - £56m
17. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern) - £52m
18. Alvaro Morata (Juventus) - £50m
19. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) - £48m
20. Gonzalo Higuain (Napoli) - £47m
21. Isco (Real Madrid) - £47m
22. P.E Aubameyang (Dortmund) - £48m
23. James Rodriguez (Real Madrid) - £45m
24. Romelu Lukaku (Everton) - £45m
25. Hector Bellerin (Arsenal) - £43m
26. Kevin De Bruyne (Man City) - £43m
27. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) - £40m
28. Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid) - £39m
29. Willian (Chelsea) - £39m
30. Koke (Atletico Madrid) - £39m
31. Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) - £38m
32. Diego Costa (Chelsea) - £38m
33. Mesut Ozil (Arsenal) - £38m
34. David Alaba (Bayern) - £38m
35. Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea) - £37m
36. Eric Dier (Tottenham) - £37m
37. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) - £37m
38. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) - £37m
39. Raphael Varane (Real Madrid) - £36m
40. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham) - £36m
41. David de Gea (Man United) - £36m
42. Cesc Fabregas (Chelsea) - £35m
43. Nicolas Otamendi (Man City) - £35m
44. N'Golo Kante (Leicester) - £34m
45. Douglas Costa (Bayern) - £34m
46. Memphis Depay (Man United) - £34m
47. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester) - £33m
48. Pedro (Chelsea) - £33m
49. Lucas Moura (PSG) - £33m
50. Jerome Boateng (Bayern) - £33m
51. Saul Niguez (Atletico Madrid) - £32m
52. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) - £32m
53. Andre Gomes (Valencia) - £32m
54. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) - £32m
55. Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid) - £31m
56. Virgil van Dijk (Southampton) - £31m
57. Daley Blind (Man United) - £31m
58. Ross Barkley (Everton) - £31m
59. Emre Can (Liverpool) - £30m
60. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) - £30m
61. Marco Verratti (PSG) - £30m
62. Mohamed Salah (Roma) - £30m
63. Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) - £30m
64. John Stones (Everton) - £29m
65. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) - £29m
66. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) - £29m
67. Erik Lamela (Tottenham) - £29m
68. Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) - £29m
69. Oscar (Chelsea) - £29m
70. Juan Mata (Man United) - £28m
71. Giannelli Imbula (Stoke) - £28m
72. Manuel Neuer (Bayern) - £28m
73. Angel di Maria (PSG) - £27m
74. Sadio Mane (Southampton) - £27m
75. Carlos Bacca (AC Milan) - £27m
76. Son Heung-min (Tottenham) - £27m
77. Felipe Anderson (Lazio) - £27m
78. Jamie Vardy (Leicester) - £27m
79. Denis Suarez (Villarreal) - £27m
80. Dimitri Payet (West Ham) - £26m
81. Leroy Sane (Schalke) - £26m
82. Marquinhos (PSG) - £26m
83. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Dortmund) - £26m
84. Chris Smalling (Man United) - £25m
85. Radja Nainggolan (Roma) - £25m
86. Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen) - £25m
87. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) - £25m
88. Bernardo Silva (Monaco) - £24m
89. Kostas Manolas (Roma) - £24m
90. Gerard Pique (Barcelona) - £24m
91. Paco Alcacer (Valencia) - £24m
92. Miralem Pjanic (Roma) - £24m
93. Danilo (Real Madrid) - £24m
94. Alessandro Florenzi (Roma) - £24m
95. Jordon Ibe (Liverpool) - £23m
96. Marco Reus (Dortmund) - £23m
97. David Silva (Manchester City) - £23m
98. Joe Hart (Manchester City) - £23m
99. Marcelo (Real Madrid) - £23m
100. Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen) - £22m

All values are rounded to the nearest million. Figures courtesy of Football Observatory.

Aftermath of Boko Haram attack on five communities

Photos: Aftermath of Boko Haram attack on five communities at Khaddamari village of jere, Borno

 

At least 13 people are feared dead and scores injured after suspected members of Boko Haram attacked five communities of Ladin Buta near Khaddamari village of Jere LGA of Borno state.

According to fleeing residents, the militants armed with Ak47 and petrol bombs including Improvised Explosives Devices (IEDs) invaded the communities around 7pm on Tuesday, May 24 and set ablaze many houses after killing 13 people and injuring dozens of others.

A policeman attached to Jere Division, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed the deadly attack and destruction of houses in the area. The policeman said they were helpless as there were no reinforcement from the military to repel the midnight attack. He also disclosed that the Divisional Police Officer ordered his men to visit the areas on Wednesday morning.

Vanguard reports that 13 dead bodies were recovered by the police, with scores injured with bullet wounds and burns.
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Photo credit: Sahara Reporters/DanBorno

70% of drivers attached to Governors have expired licences....

70% of drivers attached to Governors have expired licences and are not well trained - FRSC Corps Marshal

 

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Corps Marshal Boboye Oyeyemi has disclosed that seventy per cent of drivers attached to most state governors have expired licences and are not well trained.

Oyeyemi, who was represented by Assistant Corps Marshal/ Head Policy, Research and Statistics Kayode Olagunju, stated these yesterday, May 25, when he visited Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello in Government House, Minna in continuation of the commission’s public sensitization on use of standard tyres.

The corps marshal said the Federal Government is working on sensitisation programmes for drivers in the convoy of chief executives to educate them. He explained that lack of knowledge on the expiration date of tyres by drivers has led to the loss of lives and other challenges in traffic management, adding that this led the FRSC to begin a nationwide sensitisation on use of standard tyres.

According to him, agood percentage of road crash was caused by expired tyres. He stressed that people were not taking the issue of tyres seriously as the usage of expired tyres, over-inflating and under-inflating of tyres were among the most significant challeges in the country's traffic management.

Oyeyemi, however, hailed the governor’s efforts in the massive construction and rehabilitation of roads network within the state. He added that it would help in reducing carnage on highways and save lives of motorists.

The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Alhaji Ahmed Muhammed Ketso, urged the commission to create a synergy with other safety officers to ensure that the sensitisation programme get to the grassroots.

Source: The Nation

Alimodu Sheriff should apologize to PDP

Alimodu Sheriff should apologize to PDP - Governor Wike

 

Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has asked the immediate past chairman of PDP, Alimodu Sheriff, to apologize to the party for his conduct during and after the Saturday May 21st convention of the party held in Port Harcourt.

Alimodu Sheriff was sacked as the party chairman by members of the party during the convention and a caretaker chairman in the person Ahmed Makarfi, was appointed.

An angry Sheriff, approached the Lagos state High Court which gave an injunction barring INEC from recognizing the caretaker committee.

Wike's call for an apology from Sheriff is contained in a statement signed by his media aide, Simeon Nwakaudu

“We have seen that there is a hidden agenda. But nobody can destroy the PDP. PDP will wax stronger. Those around the former acting National Chairman have questionable character. They are people who think that they can use the judiciary to cause crisis. In my entire political career , I have never seen a man with many opponents as Senator Sheriff. Modu Sheriff should apologize to the party,” he said

Six of my colleagues dead, says rescued Chibok girl

 

Fidelis Soriwei, Olalekan Adetayo, Friday Olokor  and Kayode Idowu

One of the missing schoolgirls abducted by the fighters of the Boko Haram Islamic sect from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, on April 14, 2014,  Amina Ali Nkeki, has been found, the Nigerian Army has said.

Activists also told the BBC that Amina was found by a vigilante group on Tuesday in Sambisa Forest, close to the border with Cameroon.

Amina was reportedly recognised by a civilian fighter. She told her rescuers that six of her abducted colleagues had died while others were being held in Sambisa Forest by their abductors.

 The fighter belonged to the Civilian Joint Task Force, a vigilante group set up to help fight Boko Haram.

Aboku Gaji, leader of the vigilante group in Chibok, said, “The moment this girl was discovered by our vigilantes, she was brought to my house. I instantly recognised her, and insisted we should take her to her parents.

“When we arrived at the house… I asked the mother to come and identify someone. The moment she saw her, she shouted her name: ‘Amina, Amina!’ She gave her the biggest hug ever, as if they were going to roll on the ground, we had to stabilise them.

“The mother called the attention of other relations to come out and see what is happening. The girl started comforting the mother, saying: ‘Please Mum, take it easy, relax. I never thought I would ever see you again, wipe your tears. God has made it possible for us to see each other again.’

“Afterwards, we had to make them understand that the girl would not be left in their care. She must be handed over to the authority.”

Hosea Abana Tsambido, the Chibok community in the capital, Abuja, told the BBC that Amina had been found after venturing into the forest to search for firewood.

“She was saying… all the Chibok girls are still there in the Sambisa except six of them that have already died.”

The Nigerian military said she was from the town of Mbalala, south of Chibok, from where 25 of the kidnapped girls came.

Amina was later moved to Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria’s Borno State.

Before their arrival in Maiduguri, the Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, who was apparently delighted about the news, told the visiting United Nations Under- Secretary on Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Stephen O’ Brien,  that the freed girl might give information that could lead to the rescue of other abducted girls and perhaps to the hideouts of the insurgents.

The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division Nigerian Army, Brig. Gen. Victor Ezugwu, who brought the girl to Shettima, told the media that the governor had promised to present the freed girl to President Muhammadu Buhari.

The governor said as a sign of honour, he would take the girl to Mr. President on Thursday (today).

The girl was not allowed to have a chat with the media as she was led to meet with the governor by military personnel.

Shortly after presenting the girl to the governor, Ezugwu told journalists that Shettima would hand her over to President Muhammadu who would in turn present her to the nation.

“I want to further confirm to you that, we have found one of the Chibok girls but we plead for your understanding on this issue, we need to give her time to rest as you can see she is traumatised and nursing a baby.

“The governor has told us that he did not want to take credit for this and will hand over the girl to Mr. President who will in turn unveil her to the nation,” Ezugwu said.

As of  the time of going to the press last night, the governor and the freed girl had not emerged to address the media.

The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, who had earlier confirmed Amina’s rescue in a statement on Wednesday, added that a  suspected Boko Haram suspect, Mohammed Hayatu, who claimed to be the ‘husband’ of the girl had been arrested by the troops.

Usman, who had earlier given the name of the rescued girl as Fatmata Mbalala, said her name was Amina Ali.

He said that the troops of the 25 Task Force Brigade rescued the girl and arrested the terror suspect who claimed to be her ‘husband’ during what he described as a booking operation at Baale, near Damboa, Borno State.

He said that investigation conducted by the Army showed that the girl was one of the 219 girls abducted from GSS, Chibok

Usman said that the girl was rescued with her one-year old child, named Safiya.

He added that the girl, her ‘husband’ and the child had been taken to Maiduguri for medical screening.

“Please recall that we informed you that one of   the abducted Chibok schoolgirls has been rescued earlier today and promised to give further details.

“Further to that, in continuation of Operation Crackdown,  troops of 25 Brigade Damboa in conjunction with the Civilian JTF deployed in one of the blocking positions at Baale, near Damboa rescued one Miss Amina Ali  and a suspected Boko Haram terrorist, Mohammed Hayatu, who claimed to be her husband.

“Both were brought to the Headquarters of 25 Task Force Brigade Damboa at about 2.30pm today (Wednesday).

“Preliminary investigation shows that she is indeed one of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists on  April 14, 2014 in Chibok and her name is Amina Ali as against Falmata Mbalala that was earlier stated.

Meanwhile, the BringBackOurGirls movement on Wednesday in Abuja confirmed that the found girl is one of the over 276 schoolgirls kidnapped in Chibok.

A statement by the spokesperson for the  #BringBackOurGirls#, Sesugh Akume, gave her name as Amina Ali Darsha Nkeki from Mbalala.

Akume said the girl had provided useful information that her other classmates were still being held by terrorists in Sambisa Forest.

Reacting, a civil rights organisation, ActionAid Nigeria, on Wednesday said the discovery of Amina was an indication that the 218 others would also be found.

A statement by its Country Director, Ojobo Ode Atuluku, said it was great news that the first Chibok schoolgirl had been found.

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Egypt Air flight from Paris to Cairo disappears from radar

 

A search and rescue operation was under way Thursday after an EgyptAir flight with 69 people on board vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo, the airline said A tweet on the airline’s official account said flight MS804 left Paris at 11:09 pm local time (2109 GMT), “heading to Cairo (and) has disappeared from radar”.

Further tweets in Arabic said contact was lost at 2:45 am Cairo time (0045 GMT), when the plane was just inside Egyptian airspace and at an altitude of 37,000 feet (11,000 metres).

 There were 59 passengers and 10 crew aboard, according to the airline. “EGYPTAIR has contacted the concerned authorities and bodies and inspection is underway through the rescue teams,” another tweet in English said.

The flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Cairo normally takes just over four hours and the plane was due to arrive at 3:05 am local time. The Flightradar24 website said MS804 is an Airbus A320-232, and was delivered to the airline in 2003.

EgyptAir hit the headlines in March when a flight from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked and forced to divert to Cyprus, where the “unstable” hijacker demanded to see his ex-wife.

 In October, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for bombing a Russian airliner carrying holidaymakers from the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, killing all 224 people on board.

The disappearance of the jet on Thursday comes more than two years after the start of one of the most enduring mysteries in aviation history. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 vanished on March 8, 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew onboard, mostly Chinese and Malaysians. Authorities believe the Boeing 777 detoured to the remote southern Indian Ocean and then plunged into the water.

The costly, painstaking search for a crash site has yet to yield results, but five pieces of debris have been identified as either definitely or probably from the jet, all found thousands of kilometres (miles) from the search zone, likely swept there by ocean currents. Theories to explain the disappearance include a possible mechanical or structural failure, a hijacking or terror plot, or rogue pilot action.