CBN governor’s wife has been kidnapped

Mrs Margaret Emefiele was reportedly abducted on Thursday, September 29, 2016, along the Benin-Agbor Road.

Margaret Emefiele, the wife of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele has been kidnapped.

Donald Trump Is Having a Meltdown

After a terrible day, the alleged crimes keep piling up. Yesterday was a magical day in politics if you're one of those people that recognizes the clear and present danger that Donald J. Trump represents for the American people. Here are some things that happened JUST YESTERDAY for Donald Trump's campaign:

 It was discovered by the Washington Post that the Trump Foundation did not have the correct paperwork to legally be a charity and you know, raise money from people. 

Newsweek reported that Trump's company secretly did business in Cuba in violation of the embargo. 

The Los Angeles Times reported that Trump told managers at his California golf club to fire hostesses that Trump found unattractive

Shimon Peres funeral: Obama evokes ‘unfinished business’ of peace talks

Barack Obama evoked the “unfinished business” of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process as he delivered a pointed and moving tribute at the funeral of the former Israeli president and Nobel peace prize laureate Shimon Peres in Jerusalem on Friday.

Speaking in front of almost 80 world leaders gathered at Mount Herzl cemetery, including Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, Obama said Peres had understood that “the Jewish people weren’t born to rule another people”.

Van Gogh paintings stolen from Amsterdam found in Italy

Italian police have recovered two Van Gogh paintings stolen during a dramatic raid on an Amsterdam museum in 2002.

The works were recovered from the Naples mafia, they said.

The Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam said the works were found during a "massive, continuing investigation" by Italian prosecutors and organised crime officials.

The paintings were taken when thieves used a ladder and sledgehammers to break into the museum.

Rise in Nigerian sex slavery in Italy fuelled by violence and "juju" magic

Around 12,000 Nigerian women who reached Italy by sea over the past two years

 Italy, Sept 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Nigerian teenager Beauty arrived in Sicily after crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa last year, she had only hours to phone the man who trafficked her - or risk lethal repercussions for family members back home.

Before her journey through Niger to Libya, a spiritual priest practicing a form of black magic known in Nigeria as "juju" had forced her to swear an oath of obedience to her trafficker.

The threat of a "curse" if she broke her oath and the possibility of violence by her traffickers at home in Benin City, a southern Nigerian hub for human trafficking, were enough to trap her into sex slavery.

Iraqi grandmother 'beheaded and cooked' Isis soldiers heads to avenge her family's murder

A gun-toting Iraqi housewife has boasted of beheading Islamic State (Isis) militants before boiling their heads in cooking pots.

Grandmother Wahida Mohamed Al-Jumaily says her brutal treatment of the extremists is to avenge the deaths of her two husbands, three brothers and her father who were killed by Isis.

The 39-year-old, who carries a Beretta 9-mm pistol in a holster under her arm, says that her actions have led to personal threats from IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. So respected in battle after 12 years of skirmishes with IS, and their predecessors, she now commands 70 soldiers in Shirqat, northern Iraq, it is claimed.

Shirqat, around 50 miles (80km) south of Mosul in Salahuddin province, has recently been liberated from the terrorists after took over the town in 2014. Her battles with the extremists have left her with shrapnel in her head and legs and broken ribs, she says.

9-Year-Old Boy Graduates High School and Starts College, Wants to Become Astrophysicist: 'I Want to Prove That God Does Exist'

At 9 years old, William Maillis is like a lot of other boys his age, enjoying video games, knock-knock jokes, sports and hanging out with friends. But William is no ordinary kid when it comes to academics. 
In May, he graduated from high school and is now a college student already working on his own theories of how the universe was created. Most other 9-year-olds are in fourth grade. William, who lives in Penn Township, Pennsylvania, is among the youngest people ever to attend college.
He's currently taking a full slate of classes at Community College of Allegheny County as a way to ease into life as a college student and plans to enroll next fall at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, according to his father, Peter Maillis, a Greek Orthodox priest. "It doesn't bother me" being the youngest student in class by far, William tells PEOPLE. "I'm used to it by now." William, who wants to study the physics and chemistry of space, earn a doctorate degree and work as an astrophysicist, is at ease tossing around concepts like "displacement of space-time" "singularity" and "pure gravity" as he patiently attempts to explain why black holes aren't "super massive" as theorized by such other brilliant minds as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. 
Bottom line, according to William: "I want to prove to everybody that God does exist," he says, by showing that only an outside force could be capable of forming the cosmos.Maillis said he and his wife, Nancy, who also are parents to a daughter, 29, and son, 26, – "[William] was our 17-year-surprise," Maillis says with a laugh – realized their young son was advanced when he started accurately identifying numbers at 6 months old and speaking in complete sentences at just 7 months old, he said.

New Evidence: The Real Reason Gaddafi Was Killed

• Qaddafi was not killed for humanitarian purposes but for the oil and for money. His ideas of an African gold-backed currency were his major undoing.
• The recent Hillary Clinton email leaks have opened a can of worms everywhere including in Africa. Wikileaks released an unclassified U.S. Department of State document emailed to Clinton, dated April 2, 2011. Sidney Blumenthal, the sender of the email confirmed what the world already suspected. Qaddafi was not killed for humanitarian purposes but for the oil and for money. His ideas of an African gold-backed currency were his major undoing.

Hoboken train crash: 1 dead, more than 100 injured

A New Jersey Transit train plowed through a major station in Hoboken during Thursday morning's rush-hour commute, killing at least one person and injuring more than 100 others, officials said.

Witnesses said the train overran its stopping point, slammed into a bumper block, went airborne and hurtled through a passenger concourse at about 8:45 a.m. at the terminal, one of the busiest transit hubs in the New York area.

The person killed was standing on the platform and was struck by debris from the crash, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said.

Wenger coy over England links

Arsenal’s French manager Arsene Wenger looks on ahead of the UEFA Champions League Group A football match between Arsenal and FC Basel at The Emirates Stadium in London on September 28, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Adrian DENNIS
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has refused to completely rule out accepting a potential offer to take charge of England at the end of the season.

Wenger has been linked with the England job following the Football Association’s decision to part company with Sam Allardyce on Tuesday.

Quizzed on possible England interest after Wednesday’s 2-0 Champions League win over Basel, Wenger stopped short of confirming he would snub an FA approach.

Allardyce’s self-inflicted exit after his controversial comments to undercover reporters has left the FA searching for a new boss and they have appointed England Under-21 coach Gareth Southgate as interim manager to buy them time.

Southgate will pick the team for England’s remaining four matches this year and could be persuaded to remain in charge until the end of the season if there was a chance to hire a top-class boss like Wenger.

FG Orders Reintroduction of History in Schools

Following the criticisms that have trailed the suspension of the teaching of history in schools, the federal government on Thursday ordered the reintroduction of the subject in basic schools across the country.

Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who called for the disarticulation of social studies in the current curriculum of basic schools and reintroduction of history as a subject, said this has become imperative given the critical nature of history to the nation’s socio-political development.

The Minister made the call in Abuja Thursdaywhile addressing delegates at the 61st Meeting of the National Council on Education Ministerial Session.

Breaking: APC wins Edo governorship election

All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Edo State governorship election, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has been declared winner of the ‎September 28 governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Nineteen political parties contested in the election which was initially scheduled to hold on September 10, but had to be shifted to September 28 over security concerns as advised by security agencies.

INEC’s Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Kayode Soremekun, Vice Chancellor, Federal University, Oye Ekiti, who declared Obaseki winner of the election, said the APC flagbearer polled a total of 319,483 to beat his closest rival, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 253,173 votes.

He disclosed that out of the 1,900,223 total voters registered across the state, ‎622,069 were accredited for the election, out of which 613,244 voted.

‎Mr. Obaseki won in 13 local government areas of the state, while Pastor Ize-Iyamu won in five.

The results for the two leading parties from the 18 local government areas as announced by the INEC are as follows:

Edo North: Akoko Edo – APC: 24,545; PDP: 13,027; Etsako East – APC: 18,078; PDP: 12,552; Etsako West – APC: 29,199; PDP: 10,843; Etsako Central – APC:10,373; PDP: 8,827; Owan West – APC: 12,862; PDP: 10,132; Owan East – APC: 12,862; PDP: 10,132.

Edo Central: Esan West – APC: 13,114; PDP: 16,311; Esan Central – APC: 9,781; PDP: 10,180 and Esan North-East – APC: 9,130; PDP: 16,220; Igueben – APC: 7,802; PDP: 7,560; Esan South-West – APC: 9,554; PDP: 11,466.

Nigerian President removes aide who plagiarized Obama speech

Oil-rich Nigeria has seen its fair share of bad news in recent months. The largest economy in Africa has been hit with a fuel shortage, on top of currency problems and terrorism. "A lot of things that can go wrong, are going wrong at the same time," said London-based Nigerian accountant Feyi Fawehinmi. While economically the country is a "complete mess", Fawehinmi said the corruption situation in Nigeria is getting better under President Buhari, who took office a year ago
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has removed a speechwriter who caused him national embarrassment after he plagiarized US President Barack Obama.

Buhari delivered the lines at the launch of a landmark campaign on September 8, unaware that part of his speech was lifted.

MH17 missile 'came from Russia', Dutch-led investigators say

International prosecutors investigating the downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014 say the Buk missile that hit the plane was from Russia.

They also narrowed down the area it was fired from to a field in territory controlled by Russian-backed rebels.

All 298 people on board the Boeing 777 died when it broke apart in mid-air flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.

Transgender man gives birth to his OWN BABY in world first

A TRANSGENDER couple has become the first to have their own child after a man gave birth to his own baby.

Fernando Machado, who used to be a woman, met Diane Rodriguez, who used to be a man, on social media two years ago and started a relationship.

Ms Rodriguez made headlines in Ecuador in 2013 when she was the first transgender candidate to run for Government. 

The couple decided to be just as public with their relationship, sharing pictures on Facebook.

Then they decided they wanted a child, and Mr Machado soon made the discovery he was expecting.

The couple were able to have a baby because neither had undergone corrective surgery.

Posting a photograph of their new son on Facebook, the couple wrote: “Our son is not only a blessing, but he also promotes love.”

Ms Rodriguez, who was born a man named Luis, said: "We don't have a name yet, or rather we do, we are just waiting to announce it.

Shimon Peres, former prime minister of Israel, dead at 93

Shimon Peres, a former Israeli president and prime minister, whose life story mirrored that of the Jewish state and who was celebrated around the world as a Nobel prize-winning visionary who pushed his country toward peace, has died at 93.

The Israeli news website YNet reported the death early Wednesday, and two hours later his son Chemi confirmed it with "deep sorrow," as Peres's condition worsened following a major stroke two weeks ago.

"Our father's legacy has always been to look to tomorrow. We were privileged to be part of his private family, but today we sense that the entire nation of Israel and the global community share this great loss. We share this pain together."

Scandal: England manager dramatically resigns after just one game

Sam Allardyce has reportedly resigned as England's soccer manager, the Telegraph reported on Tuesday. 

On Monday, the Telegraph published secret video of Allardyce allegedly using his position as England manager to negotiate a deal worth £400,000 ($518,460) in which he would reportedly give advice to businessmen on how to "get around" FA rules regarding third-party ownership. 

The businessmen in the video, however, were actually undercover journalists. Allardyce can be seen in the video saying that third-party ownership is still possible. 

"It’s not a problem," he said in the video. 

Many have compared "third party ownership" to sports indentured servitude, as third parties — often wealthy businessmen — own monetary shares in different players. The practice has been outlawed by England's Football Association since 2008.

Tears as MMM crashes in Zimbabwe, millions lose money

Sergey Panteleevich Mavrodi is a Russian criminal and a former deputy of the State Duma. He is the founder of the МММ series of pyramid schemes

Lots of Zimbabweans are in a financial trauma as you read this, all thanks to the popular Ponzi scheme called MMM. Thousands of people living in Zimbabwe, among them civil servants, vendors and more, were said to have lost thousands of dollars to fraudulent online pyramid scheme MMM Global Zimbabwe after the system collapsed recently. The social financial network, which relied on an accelerating number of new members to pay off the old, abruptly terminated its services without any prior notice last week leaving participants stranded.

Sentencing begins for 'Magic Lady' Ponzi schemer Rashida Samji

Former notary public could face up to 14 years in prison for running $110 M scam

Sentencing will begin Tuesday in Vancouver provincial court for a former notary public convicted on 28 counts of theft and fraud for running a $110-million Ponzi scheme.

Rashida Samji could face up to 14 years in prison for defrauding more than 200 investors of millions of dollars. The 63-year-old has already argued for leniency after being fined $33 million by the B.C. Securities Commission.

But a provincial court judge has said she needs to face more severe consequences to atone for her crimes.

Thousands Of Zimbabweans and South Africans Lose Money As MMM Crashes

Thousands of people, among them civil servants and vendors, have lost thousands of dollars to fraudulent online pyramid scheme MMM Global Zimbabwe after it collapsed recently. The social financial network, which relied on an accelerating number of new members to pay off the old, abruptly terminated its services last week leaving participants stranded.

This comes as Econet’s mobile financial service platform, EcoCash yesterday distanced itself from the pyramid scheme. Participants claimed they were using EcoCash for their transactions.

How to protect your ATM card against phishing

As electronic payment culture gradually gains traction in the country, so also is e-payment fraud on the rise.
“That is the reason consumers have more responsibility to safeguard their details from phishing and social engineering attackers”, says Mr Dipo
Fatokun, the Director of Banking and Payments System Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
The most common among the e-payment frauds worldwide now is Phishing.
Phishing, according to Wikipedia, an online dictionary, “is the attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details( and sometimes, indirectly money) often for malicious reasons, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication”
The most common method now by these fraudsters is text message to their unsuspecting victims to update their Bank Verfication Number (BVN).
“When somebody sent a text message to you like this: Dear customer, your ATM card has been disabled because your BVN is not complete, please do not respond”, warns Fatokun.
“It may, however, interest you to know that some people have received such text messages and responded, and then lost millions. Most of the frauds that we have witnessed, currently ongoing, is due to lack of knowledge; due to what I would call gullibility.
“People would not ordinarily put their wallets on the table, even it is N1,000 that is there, because it is valuable to them. But people would put their ATM card on the table because they don’t believe that the card is as valuable as the wallet. The wallet contains N1,000ß and the card contains bank account where you have N50,000 or more. Many people have fallen victim because of lack of knowledge.We have that responsibility as account holders to ensure that we maintain confidentiality. Under no circumstance should we disclose the details of your bank accounts; the details of your ATM card. Do not give details.Your bank already has the details.Your banks can not be asking you to give details,” he added.

Emir calls for handover of public schools to top traditional rulers

EMIR of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouk Umar has called on the state government to hand over public schools to traditional rulers for effective monitoring, discipline and performance of students. Umar, who spoke yesterday while leading traditional title holders from Daura to Government House, expressed worry over the falling standard of education, insisting that all hands must be on deck to revive the sector. The monarch said if public schools were allowed under the control of traditional rulers, enrolment of students would increase and discipline would be restored among teachers and students.