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Ask Naij Shares a Story: "I Have No Boobs" 9 April, 2013 Life and Style Here's another letter we got from our female reader. She went through a painful experience but still hasn't lost her spirit and sense of humour! We find this pretty awesome and encouraging. Go on, read her story.  First things first. Mom and Dad, if you're reading this, stop now. I know you're still reading, mom. Fine, be that way. What you're about to read is on you. I warned you. So: I have no boobs. I don't mean I'm flat-chested, although I was. I mean a doctor scrubbed into an OR where I was anesthetized on the table, picked up a knife and cut me apart, removing both of my breasts and placing them in a plastic baggie to be incinerated with various other offal from the rest of the patients lucky enough to be dissected that day. Just like that, I went from a 32A to a 32Nothing. My chest became an arid wasteland, an Af

Military Uncovers 23 Illegal Bunkering Sites 9 April, 2013 Local A joint team of the Nigerian Army and Navy on Monday uncovered 23 illegal bunkering sites in Anambra State and impounded equipment worth over N500m.   General Officer Commanding, 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj. Gen. Adebayo Olaniyi, said illegal bunkering amounted to economic sabotage. He promised that the Army and other security agencies would work at ending it. “I am short of words because what I saw here is very alarming and I make bold to say that this is at variance with the developmental agenda of Mr. President because where illegal bunkerers continue to sabotage our economy, it is very bad. “We are going to take over the equipment, hand them over to the NSCDC after which both the equipments and the products will be destroyed,” he said. The GOC added that the Chiefs of Army and Naval Staff had concluded plans to increase surveillance on Nigerian wat

PHOTOS: Kate Henshaw On The Cover Of WOW! Magazine 9 April, 2013 Arts and Entertainment Kate Henshaw who turns 42 in July talks mostly about her twenty years in the movie scene and how she faced the pressure of acting at the early age of 22. The cover shoot is credited to Obi Somto, Henshaw was styled by Adebayo Oke-lawal, assisted Ian Audifferen while the make up was done by Banke Meshida-Lawal for BM Pro. Her hair was done by Ola Hair.    

Teacher, Two Others Arrested For N19m Fraud 9 April, 2013 Local The Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police has arrested a 43-year-old teacher, Garba Abubakar, and two others, Isa Shado and Muhammed Muhammed for allegedly defrauding a rice seller of N19.8m. According to the police in SFU, Abubakar, who is also the chairman of Civil Servant Cooperative Development Association, Niger State, bought rice from a company, Tessijo Nig. ltd, and issued three cheques as payment. The police alleged that when the three cheques were presented at the bank, they all bounced and all efforts made by the company to get its money had since proved abortive. The Commissioner of Police, SFU, Tunde Ogunsakin, said investigations revealed that Abubakar used his position as the chairman of the association to buy rice from the company under the guise of selling to members of the association only to sell it to members of the public. He said, “On

Champions League Quarter-final: Mourinho Wary Despite First-Leg Win 9 April, 2013 Football Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho remained cautious despite his team’s 3-0 win over Galatasaray in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final. Goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gonzalo Higuain put Real on the verge of the semi-finals. “If we score a goal in Istanbul they have got to score five so the result is very good,” Mourinho told Sky Sports. “But I’ve seen a lot of things in football so nothing can surprise me. Istanbul is a difficult place to go.” The Turkish side did not capitalise on a number of chances they created before Higuain’s goal sealed the win for Real, but Mourinho was adamant that his side could not underestimate their opposition. “We played seriously,” said the former Chelsea boss. “The Spanish press were not quite so respectful towards Galatasaray but we were very respectful towards them. We knew

Ferguson Blames Referee For Derby Defeat 9 April, 2013 Football Manchester United boss, Sir Alex Ferguson, says that referee Mike Dean, was wrong to allow Manchester City’s opener, scored by James Milner to stand. City defeated the league leaders 2-1 at Old Trafford, after substitute Sergio Aguero scored a stunning winner, but Ferguson insists that Carlos Tevez was in an offside position for the goal and obstructed goalkeeper David de Gea’s view. “The first goal, certainly Tevez is interfering with play. But the linesman on the other side? There is no way he was giving that. It was disappointing as he was clearly in the road of the goalkeeper. If that is not interference then I don’t know what is,” he said. The Scot was also unimpressed with this side’s defending for both goals, stating that: “In the second half we were the better team. We have to look at ourselves in terms of the goals we lost, we know Aguero is a fantastic f

Police Foil Attempt To Swindle Army General Of N300m 9 April, 2013 Local Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, have foiled an attempt by a syndicate to swindle a serving senior military officer of N300 million in Lagos. Also, they were said to have arrested three suspected members of the syndicate which specialized in printing fake foreign currencies, selling same at cheaper rates to gullible members of the public. Recovered from them were machines used to print the fake notes, fake certificate of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and a box containing fake $2.5 million in 1000 dollar bills. One of them, said to have impersonated a staff of the CBN, was found in possession of a CBN identity card bearing the name of a genuine CBN staff. The suspects were reportedly arrested, weekend, following attempt to sell $2.5 million, estimated at N400 million to a serving senior military officer for N300 million. Suspecting they

Baby Auction! 9 April, 2013 Accidents Wonders, they say, shall never cease. In what seemed a bizarre, sale of babies is booming in Abia State, according to feelers from the police command which reeled out statistics at a briefing in Umuahia yesterday. The Police Commissioner, Mr. Usman Tilli Abubakar, said that a 20-year-old father of one had sold his only son for N350,000 to enable him procure a Greek visa. Suspecting that something was amiss, his wife rushed to the police station and reported the incident. The police swung into action and arrested the father of the child who took them to the buyers and the child was rescued. The child was handed over to the mother, the suspect has been arraigned. But just as residents of Aba were trying to come to terms with the incident, a similar situation was playing out in another part of the state. In a similar development, a man, Oluchukwu, has accused his wife, Kelechi Amowse, 25, of

Details — American Woman Kidnapped & Killed During Vacation In Abia 9 April, 2013 Local Alhaji Usman Abubakar, the Commissioner of Police in Abia, has refuted reports that an American woman was kidnapped in the state, saying she was a Nigerian. Abubakar told reporters on Tuesday in Aba that there was no iota of truth in the report. He said that the kidnapped lady was an indigene of the state who lived with her mother who was a teacher in England. He said that the lady was on a visit with her boyfriend to Onicha Ngwa in the Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia for the Easter celebration when she was abducted by hoodlums. “She is not an American, the mother is from here, Onicha Ngwa. She came to celebrate the Easter with her boyfriend. She has not been to America, but lives with her mother who is a teacher in England,’’ Abubakar said. The commissioner said that the lady had not been seen after the abduction, adding that th

How Boko Haram Planned To Bomb Third Mainland Bridge 9 April, 2013 Local The security and intelligence community chiefs that talked about the vigilance that prevented the planned attack of Lagos three weeks ago failed to disclose to the public the magnitude of weapons the masterminds of the terror act had deployed for the failed operation and the main target.   At the weekend from the authorities concerned that apart from the deadly weapons uncovered, the arrested attackers’ main target was the strategic Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. According to revelations at the weekend, the attackers surreptitiously conveyed the weapons to Lagos inside some of the numerous fuel tankers that ply major roads to Nigeria’s former capital and indeed Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre. Related:   PHOTOS: Pictures Of Accident On 3rd Mainland Bridge This Morning At the weekend that indeed the Federal and Lagos State authorities were quite s

Woman Jailed For Faking Her Cancer For Breast Implants 9 April, 2013 Features A woman was arrested and charged after she faked her cancer in order to raise money for breast implants.   The Phoenix woman has been sentenced to one year in jail and three years probation. Court spokesman Kelly Vail said that 27 year old, Jami Lynn Toler, was sentenced Wednesday. She pleaded guilty to one count of theft in an agreement between the parties. Authorities say she helped organize fundraisers and raised over $8,000 beginning. Medical records obtained by police officers show that she did not have cancer and paid a plastic surgeon for breast implants with the money. Court Commissioner Brian Kaiser also ordered her to pay compensation. Police reports show that Toler told her former boss she needed a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction, but was not insured. She told the same story to her mother and grandparents. One of the duped

Boy” Corps Member Stabbed By GirlFriend 9 April, 2013 Local A corps member, Emmanuel Oyelara serving in Ohaozara Local government area of the state was weekend, stabbed in his left eye by one of his girl friends for allegedly having an affair with another lady within the area of his place of primary assignment. Oyelara who is now lying in a critical condition at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, FETHA, because of the injuries he sustained might never see again as it was reported that before the unfortunate incident his right eye were already defective. It was gathered that a fight broke-out when one Happiness and Maria, whom the "lover boy” Corps member was said to have been dating, eventually met in his house on the faithful day. Investigation revealed that the fight was the fourth time the ladies were fighting in Corper Oyelara’s house over who would take over the “lover boy” corps member. It was learnt

APC Leaders Agree On Office Sharing Formula 9 April, 2013 Politics The merger committee of the opposition political parties has adopted equality as the basis for sharing of offices of the All Progressive Congress (APC). The issue of the formula was said to have become a contentious issue, but a source in the committee told LEADERSHIP last night that the matter had been resolved underneath, adding that “the merger is as good as fully consummated”. The clarification was against the backdrop of reports that some of the four political parties that are merging into the APC had differed sharply on the initial modalities for sharing positions in the planned party, which was hinged on the strength of each party in the last general election, particularly in the National Assembly. An online outfit, Premium Times, had posted that the protesting parties in the merger were the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP

JAMB Is Credible, Don’t Scrap It, VC Urges FG 9 April, 2013 Education The Vice Chancellor, Wesley University of Science and Technology, Professor Tola Badejo has said the examinations conducted by the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) have become more credible. While speaking on Sunrise Daily, he credited the examination body for the increased level of reading among students who seek admission in higher institutions. He added that JAMB is better improved as opposed to the way it used to be. Prof Badejo also disclosed that while serving as the Post UTME Chairman in Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), he found out that many students who had high scores in JAMB did not perform well in the Universities’ examination. “We saw students who scored 300 over 400 in JAMB but couldn’t score 100 in our own (examinations); but that is reducing now. Now students are studying before coming to universities,” Prof. Badejo said. He add