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"There is no such thing as a good writer and a bad liar." ― from A BLIND MAN CAN SEE HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU by Amy Bloom Here are characters confronted with tragedy, perplexed by emotions, and challenged to endure whatever modern life may have in store. A loving mother accompanies her daughter in her journey to become a man, and discovers a new, hopeful love. A stepmother and stepson meet again after fifteen years and a devastating mistake, and rediscover their familial affection for each other. And in "The Story," a widow bent on seducing another woman's husband constructs and deconstructs her story until she has "made the best and happiest ending" possible "in this world." LEARN MORE: http://knopfdoubleday.com/…/a-blind-man-can-see-how-much-i…/

"She sounded so close and familiar. It was as if she was looking straight at me.She was telling me a story about how she had once loved a man, and he was unkind to her and made her very unhappy ...she was telling me that things change, life moves on, laughter is followed by tears, and tears are followed by laughter. After you have been knocked to the floor, you rise up and get on your feet again." ―from WITH BILLIE: A New Look at the Unforgettable Lady Day By Julia Blackburn

These are photos of pupils at a school in Gubio LGA of Borno state. The school is among many others in the state that have now reopened for academic activities after being shut down for two years due to Boko Haram attacks. sources: LIB

A Nigerian journalist with DW Radio Service, Germany, Faruk Muhammad Yabo shared the sad story on Facebook: "The story of this under-aged Maimuna an orphan of Birnin ruwa village in sokoto who was raped, impregnated and abandoned by one Alhaji Giwa of the same village as accused, is very touchy.  Maimuna who is 8 month pregnant, has nobody to cater for her pregnancy in this very young age. She is now helpless her father died since, and the person accused of impregnating her denied before the upper sheri'a court in sokoto, but Maimuna insisted that Alhaji Giwa as accused, was the only one who impregnated her.   The two witnesses from the same village have attested before the court that Alhaji Giwa even told them that he will take Maimuna to a specialist for abortion, but later changed his mind. A child of a very poor family, Maimuna is in dare need of assistance from human right agencies because Alhaji the person accused of impregnating her already hired a la...

  Some PDP members yesterday alleged that Aisha Buhari's picture with Michelle Obama was photo shopped and went as far as pointing out why they believe it is so. Comedian Alibaba thinks such attitude is disgusting. What he wrote below... The extent some people will go to to discredit another person will tell you how bitter they are. Why would you go to these lengths just to show that you are pained you lost an election? Is that part of opposition politics? And the photoshopped one is clearer than the original? Haba naaaaa! Some people try too hard to just make others look bad and in doing so they don't know how disgusting that just makes them...

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The Presidency has sent a Letter seeking the screening and confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The letter was signed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo when he was acting president and was read by Senate President, Bukola Saraki at plenary today, July 14, 2016 .

    Kogi State University Students staged a protest at the early hours of today in Lokoja against the three months of industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kogi State University chapter. The lecturers had earlier embarked on a strike to demand for their 5 months salary arrears. However after the state government reportedly met 80 per cent of their demands by paying 4 months of the salary arrears, the Union still insisted on getting it in full. The students took to the streets of Lokoja to protest, demanding for the strike to be called off. More photos after the cut  

Troops of Sector 5, 27 Task Force Brigade, 3 Division, in conjunction Civilian JTF from Maiduguri on Thursday, June 16, arrested a suspected Boko Haram terrorist, Ibrahim Jagwal, aged 38 at Gishiwa Dabua area of Potiskum, Yobe State. The suspected terrorist who turned out to be the Ameer of the Boko Haram Terrorists at Tumbin Gini, Abadam Local Government Area of Borno State, also led the team to Garejin Audu in Potiskum, where another terror suspect, Audu Ahmadu, (alias Condemned) aged 45 years, was arrested same day. Preliminary investigation confirms that Audu Ahmadu is a Boko Haram Engineer who specializes in repairs of automobiles for the Boko Haram terrorists group. It was further confirmed he was at the garage to repair 2 vehicles. The vehicles were recovered by the team, while the suspects have been taken into custody for onward movement to Joint Interrogation Centre. In a related development, troops of 156 Task Force Battalion, 29 Task Force Brigade...

Hundreds of the Internally Displaced Persons in Bama Camp are at the risk of dying, according to the International Centre For Investigative Reporting. On May 5, 2016, health workers were alerted that some people needed help within the Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, camp in Bama, 70 kilometres from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.  (pictured is a plate of soup meant for seven people!) On getting there, five women were seen lying on the ground, some gasping while others were barely conscious. Three of the women were with children, including a little girl sucking her mother's breast while her brother lay on the ground with his head on the mother's leg. The only means of transportation in the camp are handcarts but by the time some were brought to transport the women to the clinic, two of them had died, one of them being the woman whose daughter was still sucking her breast. The little children were separated from the dead mother and...

                                 The Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has on the wee hours of Tuesday morning, expressed displeasure with the recent reports of allegations of corruption against her, by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. The former Oil Minister’s reaction came at the heels of a documentary by Al Jazeera, in which it was alleged that her piece of property in Abuja worth $18 million and her jewelry worth $2 million, were part of proceeds of alleged corruption. Diezani, who took a swipe at the alleged report, said she was “comfortable” before she became a minister, hence she could afford some luxury.   In a statement she personally signed, Diezani, described as cold-hearted, those maligning her in the media, while she was battling cancer. The statement reads: “My attention...

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in his Atlanta rally on Wednesday June 15th stated that he will welcome North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un to the U.S for Nuclear talks if he becomes president. If he came here, I would accept him,” Trump said during the rally. “But I wouldn’t give him a state dinner like China, or all these other nations who are ripping us off.” “It’s opening a dialogue, We shouldn’t be having state dinners at all, he continued. We should be eating a hamburger on a conference table and making better deals. I’m only going to make a good deal,”  Denigrating his likely general election opponent Hillary Clinton, a former secretary of state, as “a rank amateur” at the negotiating table. Trump said he would talk to Kim even if there was a 10 percent or a 20 percent chance that 'I can talk him out of those damn nukes.' This isn’t the first time Trump has suggested that he would talk with Kim. In a May interview with Reuter...

On Monday June 13th and yesterday, Wednesday June 15th, the Executive Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, instructed Empower 54 and Borno SEMA to immediately evacuate the  malnourished children rescued from Sambisa Forest by the Nigerian Army in Bama. Empower 54 has the difficult task of identifying the patients to be moved. Borno SEMA is providing shelter, food and other items for their care while Doctors Without Borders (MSF) are providing medical care. On Monday, over 1,000 extremely malnourished children were evacuated in 15 large school busses to a secure treatment location in Maiduguri provided by the Borno State government. Yesterday, despite heavy rains, Empower 54 was in the rain for over 3hours selecting children to be evacuated and successfully moved over 500 people. Trucks of food were sent and distributed at the camp by the Governor who also went to see the malnourished children and women rescued from Boko Haram. We thank the Governor of Bo...

Kano state governor, Umar Ganduje have met with Pastor Mike Agbahime, the husband of the Igbo woman, Bridget Patience, a deeper life member, who was beaten to death for alleged blasphemy in Kofar Wambai market in Kano on Thursday June 2nd. He met the husband of the deceased in company of the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria CAN (Kano Chapter) & leader of the Igbos of Kano. The governor condemned the act in its totality and condoled the husband stressing that “the killing of his 74 year old wife is illegal, unjustifiable and she is without fault”. He announced that a prime suspect identified as Alhaji Daudu has been arrested. Pic credit:@dawisu

Happy New Month Wishing everyone an amazing new month filled with only amazing happenings and to tell you all to remember, always, that the most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen. And they mostly happen to those who believe in them. It might take a little time, but they happen. Keep the faith..:-) Wishing you all a miracle-filled month of June

Adamu Ibrahim Gandi died in a ghastly car accident on Sunday, May 30, on his way to a wedding in Garu Jega, Kebbi State. Before his death, Adamu had already concluded plans for his own wedding. He was born in Lake Dandi LGA of Sokoto State, in 1985.  He is survived by his parents and sisters.  May his soul rest in peace, amen.                                                                     Source: Hausa Times

26 year old Happniess Umaru, has been arrested by the Lagos state police command for allegedly stealing a 7 month old baby at the Ijora area of Lagos state on March 16th. According to a report by Vanguard, Umaru was intercepted by some police officers patrolling Eric Moore road Surulere. When he was questioned, Umaru first lied that he was the father of the boy but after much interrogation, he confessed to have picked up the baby inside a bush at Ijora Railway where he had gone to answer the call of nature. When the police took him to the area where he took the child, they met with the child's mother, Patricia Victor who said she has been searching for her son since. Narrating how her baby boy disappeared, she said “I laid my seven months old baby (Favour Victor) on the bed inside my house at about 8p.m., to buy food for my son. By the time I returned with the food for my older son, my baby had disappeared. I raised alarm and neighbours joined me in the sea...

TWO militant groups in the Niger Delta region have declared their readiness to confront the Federal government in battle for its refusal to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Director, Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The groups, Concerned Militant Leaders (CML) and Niger Delta People’s Democratic Front (NDPDF) made the declaration yesterday in separate statements in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, following reports that there were plans by the Federal Government, to use witnesses in mask, to testify against the leader of IPOB, who was charged of treason in court. Reacting to the report, leaders of the two groups, General Ben (CML) and Precious Iyoyo (aka General playboy), stated that since President Muhammadu Buhari-led government was determined to cause problem in the country particularly in the South-South and South-East zones, by stubbornly refusing to release Kanu, the groups were ready to cripple the economy. Militants Specifica...