CUSTOMS OFFICER COMMITS SUICIDE IN ABUJA

A 44 year old Assistant Superintendent of Customs simply identified as Christian, allegedly committed suicide in Lungu Village, Gwarinpa, Abuja. According to reports, Christian was found dead dangling from a rope in his one room apartment. He reportedly locked himself in the home and killed himself. His reason for committing suicide is yet unknown.


Confirming the incident, the Gwarinpa Divisional Police Officer, CSP Nuruddeen Sabo, said the deceased who was unmarried, was staying with his brother and was said to have been recently transferred to Lagos before the incident happened.

According to Sabo, preliminary investigations showed the deceased was suffering from depression. “Exhibits recovered include some drugs and knife"he said

TOO BAD! NUN ARRESTED FOR HELPING PRIESTS SEXUALLY ABUSE OF DEAF CHILDREN AT A CATHOLIC SCHOOL

A Roman Catholic nun from Japan, Kosaka Kumiko, 42, has been arrested and charged on suspicion of helping priests sexually abuse children at a school for youths with hearing disabilities in Argentina.

The children said the two Roman Catholic priests continuously raped them beside the image of the Virgin Mary.

The case against Kumiko began after a former student accused her of making her wear a diaper to cover up a hemorrhage. This was after she was raped by priest Horacio Corbacho.

At least 24 students from the Provolo Institute have come forward to accuse Corbacho, another priest named Nicola Corradi and three other men.

Kumiko, who’s presently in custody at a local women’s prison while detectives investigate the alleged crimes. however denied any wrongdoing during an eight-hour court hearing, maintaining her innocence.

Police arrested the five accused men last November, finding a slew of pornographic magazines and about $34,000 in Corradi’s room. If found guilty, they face up to 50 years in prison. Corradi had earlier been accused in Italy of abusing students at the Provolo Institute in Verona, a school for the deaf where hundreds of children are believed to have been sexually assaulted over the years by two dozen priests and religious brothers.

Three school employees were also arrested. Investigators are looking into more than 30 testimonies against the priests and teaching staff.

"V P OSINBAJO WILL TAKE CHARGE IN MY ABSENCE"~~ BUHARI

 President Muhammadu Buhari departed for London yesterday evening for further medical checkup. In his tweet, he says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will take charge of the presidential office. Read his tweets after the cut...

LETS RIDE! JAPANESE NEW LUXURY SLEEPER TRAIN @ $10,000 ONE WAY (PHOTOS)

A Japanese railway company has launched a new luxury sleeper train with sky views, bathtubs and dark wood interiors, specially made to attract tourists. The top suite on the 10-car Train Suite Shiki-shima goes for $10,000 per person for a four-day trip from Tokyo to Hokkaido,  including sea transfers to the island of Hokkaido, according to East Japan Railway Co.

The train, which left with 33 passengers on its maiden voyage from Tokyo on May 1, features traditional tatami rice straw mats and bathtubs made from Hinoki cypress wood in its executive suites. Glass ceilings and walls are built into two observatory coaches at the front and rear of the train for the passengers to watch the scenery. The10-car, luxury sleeper train includes a lounge and dining car as well as two observatory cars.

The trip includes stops in the northeast Tohoku region, which was hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
“We also want to empower the disaster-hit northern Japan for their recovery effort through the operation of Shiki-shima,” East Japan Railway Chief Executive Tetsuro Tomita said at the launch of the train.

14-YEAR OLD HOUSEMAID ALLEGEDLY POISON HER 63-YEAR OLD BOSS IN ONDO !

 A housemaid, Mary Akinnifesi,14, has been arrested by the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly attempting to kill her boss, Alhaji Nasiru Akinlosotu, with poison.

It was gathered that the incident happened on Adetomowo Street, Ondo town, Ondo State, on Friday.
Akinsolotu told PUNCH Metro that his wife asked Akinnifesi to prepare beans for the family, but the maid allegedly added rat poison to the food.

The 63-year-old explained that as he was eating the food, he noticed that it had a strange taste and an offensive odour.

He said he vomited the little he had swallowed from the food and asked the maid about the content of the food.

He said, “It was in the course of interrogation by our neighbour that the maid confessed that she put rat poison into my own share of the food.

“She also confessed that she decided to add poison to my food because I beat her anytime she committed an offence in the house.”

It was gathered that Akinifesi was handed over to the police at the Yaba Police Division in Ondo town.

The Public Relations Officer of the state police command, Mr. Femi Joseph, said the command would investigate the matter.

NOSTALGIA : PRINCE NICO MBARGA "SWEET MOTHER" EXPONENT

Prince Nico Mbarga was African born of Cameroonian and Nigerian parents. He was raised and lived in Nigeria until he died at the age of 47  in a motorcycle accident on June 24, 1997, leaving behind "Sweet Mother" as the most popular song amongst Africans .
 For Africans, Fathers not only mean a lot, but also determine their African tribal race. Prince Nico been born with Cameroonian Father and retained his Mother's Nigerian Nationality says a lot about  changing cultural norms in Africa.
According to Sam Oystein,Prince Nico is perhaps more popular in Ghana than most of his Ghanaian contemporaries. The quality of his music is extremely high. He was very much gifted and talented and blended many aspects of different genres of African music. There are elements of Akan, Ewe and Fon musical traditions in his songs. His ingenuity is his ability to transpose them to modern rock music. With your elaboration on boundaries,

Prince Nico Mbarga, formed his own band in the early 70 called  Rocafil Jazz, they performed regularly at the Naza Hotel in the eastern Nigerian city of Onitsa. "After releasing a disappointing single in 1973, Mbarga and Rocafil Jazz had their first success with their second single, "I No Go Marry My Papa," which became a regional hit. The band's inability to break past their local following, however, resulted in their recording contract being dropped by EMI. The label's decision proved ill-fortuned when the band signed with the Onitsa label and recorded "Sweet Mother." Sung in Pidgin English, the song became one of the top sellers in the history of Nigerian music. In the six years that Mbarga and Recotal Jazz remained with Onitsa, 1975 to 1981, they recorded nine albums. Temporarily relocating to England in 1982,

 Mbarga became known for his flamboyant, '70s glam rock-inspired performances. While he continued to appear with Rocafil Jazz, Mbargar also performed with London-based highlife band the Ivory Coasters and Cameroonian vocalist Louisiana Tilda. Despite launching his own Polydor-distributed record label, upon returning to Nigeria, Mbarga and the original members of Rocafil Jazz separated after several Cameroon-born members were deported. Although he later formed the New Rocafil Jazz Band, Mbarga failed to match his early success. Leaving music, he turned his attention to managing the two hotels that he owned, Hotel Calbar and the Sweet Mother Hotel."

PHOTO OF THE DAY: OONI OF THE SOURCE

OONI-RISHA His  Imperial Majesty Ooni ADEYEYE ENITAN BABATUNDE OGUNWUSI, Ojaja ll.Ooni of  Ile Ife