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Umar Mohammed who was recently apprehended by police in dutse alledgely went unconscious in police cell today. Dutse—Jigawa State command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, has arrested 30-year-old Umar Mohammed of Sakwaya village in Dutse Local Government Area for breaking into people’s homes to rape their wives. rape-toon According to NSCDC, the accused person confessed that he specialized in breaking into people’s houses in the area at midnight to forcibly rape housewives. Commandant of the Corps, Dr. Muhammad Gidado, who disclosed this while parading the man before the press in his office yesterday, said he had received several complaints about late night rape cases. He told newsmen that the suspect had admitted to jumping through perimeter fencing to break into homes, not to steal, but to rape women. The commandant said since the accused person confessed to the crime, it made their job easier, adding that the suspect would be arraigned in court o...

At an event in New York Thursday morning, Apple ( AAPL , Tech30) and IBM ( IBM , Tech30) announced they will deliver iPads with specially tailored apps for seniors. The apps connect elderly users with their families and serve three main functions -- monitor their health, remind them of their medications and doctors' appointments, and connect them to home care services. The program will be piloted in Japan, in conjunction with Japan Post, a government-owned life insurance, banking and postal service. The iPad is already the top-selling tablet in Japan, according to Apple. Japan Post will deliver the special iPads to seniors and help them set up and learn to use the devices. In addition, they will also provide a monthly check-in service for an additional fee. "Together the three of us and our teams will dramatically improve the lives of millions of people, and that at the end of the day is what it's all about," Cook said. "Where ...

  A Belgian footballer Gregory Mertens, 24 years old died today April 30th in the hospital, three days after he collapsed during a match. Doctors said he died of heart failure. The former Belgium Under-21 international fell during the first half of a match on Monday April 27th. He was first treated on the pitch but when they realized it was serious, he was rushed to the hospital where he was placed on life support. His condition didn't improve and today his family agreed his life support should be switched off. He passed away around 4pm today. "Gregory was only one-and-a-half years at the club, but in that short time his quiet modesty made him an indispensable person. Now we will have to learn to live with the loss." his club said in a statement. May his soul rest in peace, amen.

US First Lady Michelle Obama looked gorgeous in a blue dress by Japanese designer Tadashi Shoji at the White House State dinner held yesterday in honour of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. See more photos after the cut... Photo credit: Getty/AP

  Borno state govt says profiling of the 293 females rescued from Sambisa forest yesterday April 28th shows that they are from Damboa local government and not from Chibok as was highly speculated. Speaking with newsmen in Maiduguri today April 29th, the state Commissioner for Information, Dr. Mohammed Bulama, say the rescued females are from Bumsiri village in Damboa Local government area and were all kidnapped from the village by the sect members. "These girls and women rescued are still our daughters as much as the Chibok girls and we have to commend the military for liberating them, hoping that the rest will equally be liberated. Though everyone had thought they were the Chibok girls because of the hype surrounding the abduction of the girls, but we should not lose sight of the fact that they are as important as the Chibok girls and those that are still in captivity, which we hope would be liberated soon. But at the moment, we are looking up to the time t...

A female student in Kenya has revealed that she has infected a total of 324 men with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The HIV positive girl, who attends the Kabarak University in Nakuru, is said to have been infected by a man at a party. The unidentified 19-year old is allegedly aiming to infect a total of 2000 men in revenge. According to reports: The girl allegedly contacted Kenyan Scandals on Facebook and claimed she had something to confess. After she was assured her identity was going to be protected (the Kenyan Daily Post, however, published a picture from her Facebook profile along with the article) she wrote: “Sep 22nd 2013 is a day I”ll never forget, we went clubbing in town and got drunk with some senior students then went back hostels for party round 2″. She then explained that when she woke up, the morning after, she realised a boy called Javan had had sex with her while she was drunk. “I only asked if he used a condom...

      What is stress? From mental health perspective “ stress ” is a negative emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological, psychological, cognitive and behavioral changes. Stress is the consequences of a person’s appraisal of whether his or her person resources are sufficient to meet life demand.     Recent research shows that, Stress to a certain extent can improve our working efficiency and performance as well as promoting our personal growth. However, too much stress may give rise to a series of physical, psychological and interpersonal problems.      Effective stress management is concerned of how to make positive use of stress and avoid its harmful effects. Implication of stress Excessive or prolonged stress may lead to: Ø Peptic ulcer, hypertension ,insomnia, heart disease Ø Nervousness, anxiety, depressed or agitated mood Ø Decreased concentration, increased mistake...

Nigerian troops just announced that they have found 200 girls and 93 women in Sambisa Forest, but haven't officially confirmed if the girls found are the same ones who were abducted from their school in Chibok community in April 2014. Hopefully, it's them. See more tweets after the cut...

 I Never Apologized to Bode George - Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu PDP chieftain Bode George did an interview with Punch recently where he claimed the APC leader apologized to him. Tinubu says he never did . Read the press statement below... I was informed about a recent interview by Bode George in one of the national dailies and felt it necessary to clarify his claim that I begged him for forgiveness. I don’t know when and how I ever offended Mr.George. I have never wronged the man or even thought of it. I sought no forgiveness because no forgiveness was needed. I think somehow he is still trying to implicate me as instigating the criminal proceedings once lodged against him. From my recollection, Mr. George was found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction based on convincing evidence of wrongdoing. He insults the judiciary by implying that his conviction was wrongly derived. Mr. George seeks to imbue me with more power than I could poss...

Cholesterol Obesity and Heart Attack, How to Treat and prevent them   Having lower cholesterol is very important and by now we all know this. Age is not a factor when it comes to cholesterol as we can all have a problem here. It is also a fact that you can increase your chances of having a heart attack or stroke if your cholesterol is bad. In order to understand what this means and how to achieve it, we all need to understand a few of the key concepts and terms first. We will start with this.   Cholesterol is basically just a fat-like substance that is found throughout the body . The next thing is to know how it gets there. This is easy, you get your cholesterol through the body itself or in the foods we eat and put into it. You need to know that too much of it, however, is not healthy for the body. When your cholesterol is too high you will end up with clogged our arteries, block our hearts, and actually threaten to end our lives. Most of us have bad...

  Niger Delta War'lord Mujahid Asari Dokubo display series of pictures on his Facebook timeline today, titling the pictures "Dokubo Asari's clans". In what seems to be a replied to his Facebook's friend, he said: "Mohammed Kabir Ibrahim your Buhari does not have that power to send any body to prison....get that into your piggy skull and nobody is afraid of him....We are waiting for him....following the example of GEAJ does not make us cowards....If he Buhari wants to be a Pharaoh....then he will find a Moses in me".  

APC  governorship candidate loses rerun election to PDP candidate in Taraba State Nigeria's dream of having the first elected female governor has been dashed after the APC Guber candidate in Taraba state, Aisha Alhassan, lost the governorship rerun election to the PDP governorship candidate, Darius Ishaku. INEC this afternoon declared Mr Ishaku winner of the rerun election held yesterday April 25th. Mr Ishaku pulled a total of 369, 318 votes while Aisha Alhassan pulled a total of 275, 984.

   The incoming results from various pooling unit where the supplementary election has been held today in Taraba state shows that PDP is still leading the APC. The second tournament scheduled today by the INEC is exclusively held between Darius Dickson Ishaku (PDP) and the Senator Aisha Jumai Alhassan (APC) as the third fighter David Sabo Kente (SDP) bowed out after the first clamp down. During the first taurnament, Darius the gladiator pull out the she lion, senator Aisha with a heavy knock. The senator refused to accept defeat but rather complained that the referee has perpetrated injustice on the cause of the fight. The referee in response to her complain rescheduled the match which eventually took place today under the moonlight of thousands spectators. Already many people knew that Darius Ishaku which is more muscular than Aisha would fight with both hands, including his feet to run the senator lifeless because the woman stopped him from celebrati...