Saturday, October 3, 2015
Goodluck Jonathan On A Shopping Spree Abroad
Hajj: Nigerians won’t stone devil again – Sanusi
The Emir’s reaction followed the recent stampede in Saudi Arabia that killed several pilgrims, including about 70 Nigerians.
He also reiterated his earlier position that blacks, particularly Nigerians were not responsible for the stampede.
The Emir, who quoted several verses of the Qur’an, said refusal to perform the stoning of devil ritual does not in any way invalidate one’s pilgrimage.
He said, “During the era of Prophet Muhammad (SAW), he permitted pilgrims who came on camels to stay in Makkah after Arafat, instead of staying in Mina and sleeping at Muzdalifa.
“So, if the Prophet can give such grace to some people, just to protect their animals, why didn’t our scholars educate our people properly to avoid this untoward hardship and death?
“Therefore, it will be part of my recommendation to the Federal Government that, if we cannot get accommodation close to Jamrat where the Arabs reside in Mina, then this year may be the last time we will sleep in Mina and Muzdalifa because we want to stone the devil.
“If one deliberately refuses to perform the stoning of the devil ritual, all he needs to do is just to slaughter a ram. So, if this is the situation, why do we go and suffer and die instead of sacrificing a ram.”
Buhari reacts to Abuja bomb blast, says latest attacks expose real perpetrators of terror
"These cowardly attacks expose the real faces of the planners and perpetrators of these crimes. What quarrel do they have with the good people of Nyanya motor park? What issue do they have with innocent people in market places in Maiduguri, Yola and Kuje? It is clear this battle is not ideological. It is between the forces of peace and order and the evil forces of murder and destruction", he said.
He said the security agents including the police and army have been instructed to be extra vigilant in this time. He sympathized with the families of all the victims that died in the attacks.
Photo: Nigerian man sentenced to 12 years in jail in Vietnam for conning with false promises of love.
The love con involved three others, including a Vietnamese woman who is serving a 3-year sentence given in February for the crime.Two other Nigerian men, the alleged masterminds, are still at large.
The four met each other in September 2012 and decided to cheat Vietnamese women by hooking up with them online, pretending to become their lovers and promising them expensive gifts, then faking phone calls and emails from customs and shipping agencies to ask them to transfer shipping fees to certain accounts.
Investigators found they had stolen more than 400 million (US$17,800) from 10 women. Anyasi got 15 percent for playing the role of an English businessman and chatting with the women, the Vietnamese got 10 percent, and the other two, reportedly based in Malaysia, took the rest.
One woman in southern Vietnam paid a “shipping fee” of nearly VND21 million before getting an email asking for another VND46 million. It was then that she realized it was a scam. A woman in Nha Trang in central Vietnam paid nearly VND100 million, believing it was a fee to receive around VND10 billion Anyasi was transferring to Vietnam to buy land in the resort town.
A Ho Chi Minh City woman, who was promised an iPhone, a ring and 10,000 pounds, paid nearly VND12 million. In the other fraud case, Anyasi stole nearly $12,000 by hacking into the email of a Vietnamese company and asking its partners to transfer the money. He was arrested in February while waiting to board a flight to Cambodia.
This twitter user had tweeted of a possible attack in Abuja and Lagos a day before the attack
Photo: Vincent Enyeama buries mum
Super Eagles captain Vincent Enyeama is burying his late mum, Madam Lucy Phillips Enyeama in Akwa Ibom state this morning. The service took place at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, in Urua Inyang, and internment follows immediately after. May her soul rest in peace, amen!
Selebobo and Beverly Ukegbu..:-) (photos)
The two artists have been collaborating recently The Made Men Music group artist used the sexy singer as the star vixen in his video 'Miracle Girl', and Beverly recently released a song titled 'Papilo' featuring Selebobo. The two have been spotted together in town severally. But I hear nothing is going on between them but if they decide to go that route, they will make a fine couple!
