'Starved' Hamzah Khan's father asked police to intervene

The father of a boy who allegedly starved to death asked police to "keep an eye" on his mother, a court heard. Amanda Hutton, 43, from Bradford, denies the manslaughter of her son Hamzah Khan, whose body was found in a cot almost two years after he died. Bradford Crown Court has heard the four-year-old boy was found in a "mummified" state in September 2011. On day three of the trial, the jury heard police were called to Ms Hutton's home eight times before his death. Jurors also heard Hamzah's brother Qaiser Khan, 22, say he had seen his young sibling eating the contents of his own nappy and sleeping in a buggy that smelled of urine. 'Get a doctor' Details of a police interview conducted with Hamzah's father Aftab Khan recorded in December 2008, a year before the child's death on 15 December 2009, were read to the court. Mr Khan had been arrested on suspicion of violence towards his former partner, Ms Hutton, but told officers: "You've got to keep an eye on that woman. "All I want you to do is get a doctor to check Hamzah, check how undernourished he is, check how neglected he is, see how he is. " Jurors also heard how Mr Khan told police Ms Hutton was an alcoholic and there were vodka bottles all over the house. He said she would not let him take Hamzah to a doctor and that she was "overpowering" and "an alcoholic". In the interview he warned police: "When it all comes out I'll come back and see you and say I told you so... you guys are not listening." Mr Khan also told officers he would contact social services. The court was told that there was no record of a phone call being made to social services. 'Appeared neglected' The jury also heard that officers from West Yorkshire Police visited Ms Hutton's home but no further action was taken. Qaiser Khan initially refused to answer any questions put to him in court but was told by the judge he was obliged to give evidence. He told the court how he went to the house between December 2008 and March 2009 and saw Hamzah sleeping upright in a urine-soaked buggy that "stank". Qaiser Khan said his brother was left in a dirty nappy and he saw him eating the contents. "Hamzah appeared neglected," he said. The court heard he had sent a text message sent from his phone to Hutton in December 2008 saying he would report her for child neglect and abuse. Qaiser Khan said he did not remember sending it. Asked by Stephen Meadowcroft QC, defending, if he was exaggerating what was happening at the house because he had a bad relationship with his mother, he replied: "I've seen this with my own eyes." The trial continues.

Pope Francis: Church too focused on gays and abortion

Pope Francis has said the Catholic Church is too focused on preaching about abortion, gay people and contraception and needs to become more merciful. He warned that the Church's moral structure could "fall like a house of cards" unless it changed. The Pope used the first major interview of his papacy to explain comments he made in July about homosexuality. He told a Jesuit magazine the Church must show balance and "heal wounds". The pontiff used the 12,000-word interview with La Civilta Cattolicato to set out his priorities as Pope, acknowledge his own shortcomings and open up about his cultural interests. 'Freshness and fragrance' His vision for relegating the Catholic Church's reliance on rules marks a contrast to the priorities of his predecessors, John Paul II and Benedict XVI, who saw doctrine as the paramount guide for clergy "The church's pastoral ministry cannot be obsessed with the transmission of a disjointed multitude of doctrines to be imposed insistently," Francis said. "We have to find a new balance; otherwise even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards, losing the freshness and fragrance of the Gospel." Instead, he said, the Catholic Church must work to heal the wounds of its faithful and seek out those who have been excluded or have fallen away. "It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars," he said. "You have to heal his wounds. Then we can talk about everything else." He said the Church had become tied up in "small-minded rules" and risked losing its true purpose. "The most important thing is the first proclamation: Jesus Christ has saved you. And the ministers of the Church must be ministers of mercy above all.'' His remarks are could generate dismay among clergy in the United States who have already expressed disappointment that Francis has not pressed Church teaching on abortion, contraception and homosexuality. Last week, Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island, wrote in his diocesan newspaper that he was "disappointed" Francis hadn't addressed abortion since his papacy began six months ago, according to AP. Francis said it was not necessary to speak out on such issues. 'Home of all' "We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods. This is not possible,'' he said. "The teaching of the Church, for that matter, is clear and I am a son of the Church, but it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time.'' Francis created headlines two months ago when he spoke about gay priests during an impromptu news conference on a return flight from Brazil. He said it was not up to him to judge about the sexual orientation of clergy as long as they were searching for God and had goodwill. In his latest interview, Francis said his remarks were in line with Catholic teaching. "This Church with which we should be thinking is the home of all, not a small chapel that can hold only a small group of selected people. We must not reduce the bosom of the universal Church to a nest protecting our mediocrity,'' he said. Francis also used the interview to detail his favourite composers, artists, authors and films, which include Mozart, Caravaggio, Dostoevsky and Fellini's La Strada.

Frustration Sets In As Boko Haram Attacks Motorists, Burns Houses And Shops

Suspected Islamist insurgents dressed in military uniforms set up checkpoints in an attack in Nigeria’s northeast, killing an unclear number of people and burning dozens of buildings, residents and authorities said Wednesday. The attack on Tuesday evening in the Benishiek community in Borno state saw suspected members of Islamist extremist group Boko Haram invade the area, attacking residents and motorists. A Borno state government official said at least five local residents were killed in addition to an unclear number of motorists travelling through the area, while about 50 buildings housing shops and homes were burnt. “Based on the information at hand, only five residents of the area were killed,” said Garba Ngamdu, an adviser to the state governor. “A large chunk of the victims were motorists travelling on the highway, although we do not have a tentative figure yet.” An army spokesman confirmed the attack and said a number of residents and tanker drivers had been killed, but declined to provide further details. Residents recounted seeing bodies along the roadside and said the attackers were singling out those from Borno state. The reason why was not immediately clear, but Boko Haram members have repeatedly carried out revenge attacks against residents over the emergence of vigilante groups that have formed to assist the military. “The militants arrived in military vans and uniforms around 6:00 pm (1700 GMT),” Mallam Isa Manu, a motorist who escaped unhurt, told journalists in the Borno state capital Maiduguri. “They set up checkpoints on the Damaturu-Maiduguri highway and ordered motorists to park and identify themselves

PSquare, Wizkid grab 2013 MTV Europe Music Awards nomination

Two of Nigeria’s current sensation in the pop music category PSquare and Wizkid have been pitted against Fuse ODG, LCNVL, Mafikizolo in the BEST AFRICAN ACT of the 2013 MTV Europe Music Awards. The eventual winner goes on to compete in Worldwide Act category which last year flaunted D’banj who did not win. The other nominees for the awards includes… BEST SONG Bruno Mars – ‘Locked Out Of Heaven’ Daft Punk – ‘Get Lucky’ (ft. Pharrell Williams) Macklemore and Ryan Lewis – ‘Thrift Shop’ (ft. Wanz) Rihanna – ‘Diamonds’ Robin Thicke – ‘Blurred Lines’ (ft. T.I. and Pharrell) BEST POP Justin Bieber Katy Perry Miley Cyrus One Direction Taylor Swift BEST FEMALE Katy Perry Lady Gaga Miley Cyrus Selena Gomez Taylor Swift BEST MALE Bruno Mars Eminem Jay Z Justin Bieber Justin Timberlake BEST LIVE Beyoncé Green Day Justin Timberlake P!nk Taylor Swift BEST NEW Bastille Icona Pop Imagine Dragons Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Rudimental BEST VIDEO Justin Timberlake – ‘Mirrors’ Lady Gaga – ‘Applause’ Miley Cyrus – ‘Wrecking Ball’ Robin Thicke – ‘Blurred Lines’ (ft. T.I. and Pharrell) Thirty Seconds To Mars – ‘Up In The Air’ BEST AFRICAN ACT (winner goes on to compete in Worldwide Act category) Fuse ODG LCNVL Mafikizolo P-Square Wizkid BEST ROCK Black Sabbath Green Day Kings Of Leon Queens Of The Stone Age The Killers BEST ALTERNATIVE Arctic Monkeys Fall Out Boy Franz Ferdinand Paramore Thirty Seconds To Mars BEST HIP HOP Drake Eminem Jay Z Kanye West Macklemore and Ryan Lewis BEST ELECTRONIC Afrojack Avicii Calvin Harris Daft Punk Skrillex BIGGEST FANS Tokio Hotel Thirty Seconds To Mars One Direction Justin Bieber Lady Gaga BEST LOOK Harry Styles Justin Timberlake Lady Gaga Rihanna Rita Ora BEST PUSH Karmin (October 2012) Rudimental (November 2012) Imagine Dragons (January 2013) A$AP Rocky (February 2013) Bastille (March 2013) Austin Mahone (April 2013) Bridgit Mendler (May 2013) Tom Odell (June 2013) Iggy Azalea (July 2013) Icona Pop (August 2013) twenty one pilots (September 2013) BEST WORLD STAGE (WS) Alicia Keys – WS Manchester 2012 (aired Dec. 7th) fun. – WS Rock Am Ring 2013 (taped June 7th) Garbage – WS Mexico 2012 (aired Dec. 21st) Green Day – WS Rock Am Ring 2013 (taped June 9th) Jason Mraz – WS Live In Myanmar 2012 (taped Dec. 16th) Jessie J – WS Malta 2013 (taped 26th June) Linkin Park – WS Mexico 2012 (aired Oct. 26th) Macklemore and Ryan Lewis – WS Wireless 2013 (taped 13th July) No Doubt – WS Frankfurt 2012 (aired Dec. 28th) Paramore – WS Rock Am Ring 2013 (taped 7th June) Rita Ora – WS Malta 2013 (taped June 26th) Robin Thicke – WS Malaysia 2013 (taped 8th September) Snoop Lion – WS Durban 2013 (taped May 18th) The Black Keys – WS NY Webster City Hall 2012 (aired Oct. 12th) The Killers – WS Big Day Out 2013 (taped Jan 18th)

Nigerian wins World Muslim beauty pageant

JAKARTA (AFP) – A Nigerian woman tearfully prayed and recited Koranic verses as she won a beauty pageant exclusively for Muslim women in the Indonesian capital Wednesday, a riposte to the Miss World contest that has sparked hardline anger. The 20 finalists, who were all required to wear headscarves, put on a glittering show for the final of Muslimah World, strolling up and down a catwalk in elaborately embroidered dresses and stilettos. INDONESIA, JAKARTA : The newly crowned the Muslimah World 2013 Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola (C) of Nigeria speaks to audience during the Muslimah World competition in Jakarta on September 18, 2013. The finale of a beauty pageant exclusively for Muslim women was set to take place in the Indonesian capital on September 18, in a riposte to the Miss World contest in Bali that has drawn fierce opposition from Islamic radicals. AFP PHOTO But the contestants from six countries were covered from head to foot, and as well as beauty they were judged on how well they recited Koranic verses and their views on Islam in the modern world. After a show in front of an audience of mainly religious scholars and devout Muslims, a panel of judges picked Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola from Nigeria as the winner. While the event in a Jakarta shopping mall paled in comparison to Miss World on the resort island of Bali, in which scores of contestants are competing, Ajibola was nevertheless overwhelmed. Upon hearing her name, the 21-year-old knelt down and prayed, then wept as she recited a Koranic verse. She said it was “thanks to almighty Allah” that she had won the contest. She received 25 million rupiah ($2,200) and trips to Mecca and India as prizes. Ajibola told AFP before the final that the event “was not really about competition”. “We’re just trying to show the world that Islam is beautiful,” she said. Organisers said the pageant challenged the idea of beauty put forward by the British-run Miss World pageant, and also showed that opposition to the event could be expressed non-violently. Eka Shanti, who founded the pageant three years ago after losing her job as a TV news anchor for refusing to remove her headscarf, bills the contest as “Islam’s answer to Miss World”. “This year we deliberately held our event just before the Miss World final to show that there are alternative role models for Muslim women,” she told AFP. “But it’s about more than Miss World. Muslim women are increasingly working in the entertainment industry in a sexually explicit way, and they become role models, which is a concern.” Hosted by Dewi Sandra, an Indonesian actress and pop star who recently hung up her racy dresses for a headscarf, the pageant featured both Muslim and pop music performances, including one about modesty, a trait the judges sought in the winner. The pageant, which also featured bright Indonesian Islamic designer wear, is a starkly different way of protesting Miss World than the approach taken by Islamic radicals. Snowballing protest movement Thousands have taken to the streets in Indonesia in recent weeks to protest Miss World, denouncing the contest as “pornography” and burning effigies of the organisers. Despite a pledge by Miss World organisers to drop the famous bikini round, radical anger was not appeased and the protest movement snowballed. The government eventually bowed to pressure and ordered the whole pageant be moved to the Hindu-majority island of Bali, where it opened on September 8. Later rounds and the September 28 final were to be held in and around Jakarta, where there is considerable hardline influence. But there are still fears that extremists may target the event — the US, British and Australian embassies in Jakarta have warned their nationals in recent days of the potential for radical attacks. More than 500 contestants competed in online rounds to get to the Muslimah World final in Indonesia, one of which involved the contenders comparing stories of how they came to wear the headscarf. The contest was first held in 2011 under a different name and was only open to Indonesians, Shanti said, but after the media began comparing it to Miss World, it was rebranded as a Muslim alternative to the world-famous pageant. Because of its popularity, organisers accepted foreign contestants this year for the first time, with Iran, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Nigeria and Indonesia represented.

Paul Okoye proposes to his longtime girlfriend, Anita Isama

A few weeks after Peter Okoye proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Lola Omotayo, his twin brother has followed suit. A few hours after he returned from his US/Canada tour, (they returned just this morning) Paul Okoye proposed to his longtime girlfriend and baby mama, Anita Atokwu-Isama. He proposed to her this afternoon somewhere on the Island in front of family and friend. Big congrats to them. Oh and remember, you read it here first! Hehe

Redeemed Church battles Christ Embassy over land

If you call it a holy war, you might not be far from the truth. Right now, all is not well between two popular Pentecostal churches in Nigeria. And the cause of the feud? A parcel of land. The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), which has Pastor E.A. Adeboye as General Overseer, and Christ Embassy, headed by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, are involved in a big fight over a parcel of land situated along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The land, which the Redeemed Church claims it owns, is spread across Oloke, Asese, Maba and Gideon villages in Ogun State. RCCG says Christ Embassy has been using policemen and hoodlums to cause trouble on the land. Authorities of the Redeemed Church are, therefore, appealing to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. M.D. Abubakar, to use his good offices to avert an impending crisis in the villages. According to the church, a structure put up there by RCCG was earlier in the year demolished by some alleged land grabbers working for Christ Embassy. The church noted that the appeal to the IG had become necessary so that the nation’s top cop could help resolve the matter, even as it accused the other church of deliberately employing delay tactics to frustrate the rightful owners of the land. The crisis, it was gathered, has been on for long before reaching a head in March this year. According to the RCCG, hoodlums, armed with dangerous weapons, (allegedly led by one Lukman Jimoh, aka Ogo Oluwa), and purportedly acting on the instructions of the Christ Embassy Church, had on March 19, this year, invaded the villages in a Volvo car and Toyota Hiace bus, destroying the headquarters of Ogun Province 8 of The Redeemed Christian Church of God under construction. The Redeemed Church informed that the guard at the site, who reportedly escaped death by the whiskers, said the hoodlums told him to stay clear of the land, adding that the property belonged to the Christ Embassy which they were working for. “The thugs threatened to kill me or anybody who stood in their way and boasted that nothing would happen because, according to them, they and the police have been “heavily settled,” the guard was quoted as saying. In a petition addressed to the Inspector General of Police, the RCCG asked the IG to intervene in the case of trespass on the church land and the malicious damage to the church property. RCCG said it had done everything within the ambit of the law to possess the land. The church said despite the fact that the land falls under the government acquisition area, the church had, in June 1999, paid ratification fees for the land to the late Alhaji Tajudeen Ogo Oluwa (Lukman’s father), who subsequently gave the church a Deed of Surrender signed by him and witnessed by one Waidi Ogunsesan (aka Damolapa). The church said it was also given allocation of the land for 99 years by the Ogun State Government, in a letter with reference number LUD 9/LCI33/6, signed by the Director-General, Bureau of Lands and Survey, Surveyor Gbenga Ogunnoike. Ogun State also issued a Certificate of Occupancy with the Number 025748, dated November 7, 2006 and signed by the governor, to the RCCG. It was also gathered that, in 2004, the Redeemed Christian Church of God wrote to the Presiding Pastor of the Christ Embassy Church, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, following a programme held by the latter on the disputed land. The letter, signed by the Assistant General Overseer, Admin/Personnel of the RCCG, Pastor A. O. Akindele, partly reads: “It has come to our notice that your organization is inadvertently trespassing on the piece of land measuring about forty acres (40 acres) along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, precisely at Oloke Area. “We wish to inform you that this parcel of land belongs to the Redeemed Christian Church of God, and we have seized (sic) of the land for more than four years. “We shall appreciate your prompt intervention and godly directive to one Alhaji Ogo Oluwa, who has held himself out as your agent, to desist forthwith in continuing with the trespass.” The RCCG, it was learnt, also went ahead to solicit the help of officials of the Ogun State Government who invited the two parties with a view to settling the dispute. At the meeting, presided over by the then Director General, Bureau of Lands and Survey, Mr. Gbenga Ogunnoike and held at the Bureau’s office at Oke Ilewo, Abeokuta, the state government affirmed that the Redeemed Christian Church of God which has the duly issued Certificate of Occupancy of the land, is the rightful owner. The meeting also warned the Christ Embassy from further trespassing on the land. But the Redeemed Church said it was shocked that in spite of the resolution, the Christ Embassy Church and its agents still went ahead to demolish the structure put up on the land, which prompted the church to write to the Inspector General. The IG, it was learnt, directed the Eleweran Police headquarters in Ogun State to quickly resolve the matter. But RCCG said nothing tangible has been achieved since. According to the church, the hoodlums, who boasted that nothing would come out of the matter, were already being proved right. “Meanwhile, the hoodlums are still occupying the land and they keep threatening the other owner families of other plots of land who are ready to act as witnesses for the church,” the RCCG noted. Attempts by our correspondent to reach Christ Embassy officials were unfruitful.

BBA Winner Dillish Sheds Tears Of Joy As She Finally Meets Her Kenyan Dad

Dillish was crowned BBA 'The Chase' winner on sunday, August 25, beating 27 contestants from different African countries and going home with the grand prize of 300,000 dollar, approximately 24million shilling, after which a Kenyan man, Abdi Guyo surfaced claiming to be her real father. It was finally confirmed that the man was her father and she has been looking forward to meeting him. Her dream finally came through as she got to meet her father in an emotional reunion that brought tears to her eyes.

UniLagos Student Scientifically Proves Gay Marriage Unnatural

A post graduate student of the University of Lagos claims he scientifically proved that gay marriage is wrong. "I was the first to publish report about the 2006 total solar eclipse in the newspaper in Nigeria when I was writing for the defunct New Age newspaper," Chibuihem Amalaha says. "I also reported the true situation about the 2010 acid rain in Nigeria. I carried out analysis and found out that there was nothing like cancer of the skin attributed to the acid rain, and by 2011, I emerged the best science reporter in Nigeria where I won Nigeria Media Merit Award in the energy category as a science editor with Compass newspapers." "Ever since then I have been doing a lot of researches in the country. There are many discoveries and inventions I have made in science and technology. Gay marriage is spreading "In recent time, I found that gay marriage,which is homosexuality and lesbianism, is eating deep into the fabric of our human nature all over the world, and this was why nations of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by God: because they were into gay practice. That is, a man marrying another man and a woman marrying another woman. "A recent publication on May 3, 2013 shows that France is the 14th country in the world that have legalised gay marriage. I asked myself why should a man be marrying a man and a woman marrying a woman, does it mean that there is no more female for a man to marry or there is no more male for a woman to marry? "And recently, Britain told Nigeria to legalise gay marriage of forfeit international aid. I thank God for our lawmakers who refused to sign the bill legalising gay marriage. And so God gave me the wisdom to use science as a scientist to prove gay marriage wrong. "In the area of physics, I used physics with experiments, I used chemistry with experiments, I used biology with experiments and I used mathematics to prove gay marriage wrong. Physics of Gay Marriage "To start with, physics is one of the most fundamentals of all the sciences and I used two bar magnets in my research. "A bar magnet is a horizontal magnet that has the North Pole and the South Pole and when you bring two bar magnets and you bring the North Pole together you find that the two North Poles will not attract. They will repel, that is, they will push away themselves showing that a man should not attract a man. {read_more} "If you bring two South Poles together you find that the two South Poles will not attract indicating that same sex marriage should not hold. A female should not attract a female as South Pole of a magnet does not attract the South Pole of a magnet. But, when you bring a North Pole of a magnet and a South Pole of a magnet they will attract because they are not the same, indicating that a man will attract a woman because of the way nature has made a female. "Even in physics when you study what is called electrostatics, you found that when you rub particles together they don't attract each other but when you rub particle in another medium they will attract each other. Chemistry of Gay Marriage "In chemistry, I used chemical reactions and we have different types of chemical reactions. We have double decomposition reaction, decomposition reaction, neutralisation reaction and reduction oxidation reaction. "I used a simple one known as neutralisation reaction, which is a reaction where an acid reacts with a base to give you salt and water. For example, when you bring surphuric acid and you reacts it with sodium hydroxide which is a base you are going to have salt and water. That tells you that the acid is a different body, the base is a different body and they will react. "But if you bring an acid and you pour it on top of an acid chemistry there will be no reaction. If you bring water and pour it on top it shows that there will be no reaction. If you bring a base either sodium hydroxide and you pour it on top of a sodium hydroxide you find out that there will be reaction showing that a man on top of a man will have no reaction. "A woman on top of a woman will have no reaction, that is what chemistry is showing. "When you also use a process called electrolysis, which is if you use electrolysis of acidilated water, that is water you drop some droplets of acid on it, you find that the negative ions will be attracted to the positive ones while the positive ions will be attracted to the negative ones. So the negative ones are not attracted to their peers, they are all attracted to the positive electrode, and the positive ones are not attracted to the positive electrode. Instead, the negative ion is attracted to positive electrodes. And why is it that the negative is attracted to the positive? It is because they are not the same. "Likewise, a man cannot be attracted to a man as negative ion is not attracted to the negative electrode instead negative ion is attracted to the positive electrode. That is what electrolysis is showing us that gay marriage is wrong in the area of chemistry. Biology of Gay Marriage "In biology, I used simple experiments and I came down to a lay man. We have seen that the female of a fowl is called hen and the male of a fowl is called a cock. We have never seen where a cock is having sex with a cock and we have never seen where a hen is having sex with another. Even among lions, when you go to the zoo, you find out that lion does not mate with a lion instead a lion will mate with a lioness showing that a lion being a male will mate with lioness being a female. "Now, if animals that are of even lower creature understand so much, how come human being made in the higher image of God that is even of higher creature will be thinking of a man having sex with another and woman having sex with another woman? "That shows that it's a misnomer, and when you come to real biological standard, when you see a lady you love there is what is called the follicle stimulating hormone. The follicle stimulating hormone in a man triggers what is called spermatogenesis through your brain which is called hypothalamus. It will send message to your brain when you see a lady you love and through the hypothalamus you will go after the lady. And it will trigger your spermatogenesis and the lady's host follicles stimulating hormone will be triggered by the hypothalamus and it will stimulate her ovarian follicle. So in the man is the spermatogenesis, in female it's the ovarian follicle. You find out that the sperm alone does not produce a child and the ovary alone in the female does not produce a child. They need each other for reproduction to occur and the follicle stimulating hormone in the man and that of the female promote different things. The sperm in the man alone doesn't produce a child and ovary in the female alone does not produce a child, they need each other for reproduction to occur. So that shows how biology proves that gay marriage is wrong." Mathematics of Gay Marriage "In mathematics, which is another core area of science, I used what is called the principle of commutativity and idepotency. Commutativity in mathematics is simply the arrangement of numbers or arrangement of letters in which the way you arrange them doesn't matter. "For example, if you say A + B in mathematics you are going to have B + A. "For example, if I say two plus three it will give five. If I start from three, I say three plus two it also give you five showing that two plus three and three plus two are commutative because they gave the same results. That shows that A + B will give you B + A, you see that there is a change. In A + B, A started the journey while in B + A, B started the journey. "If we use A as a man and use B as a woman we are going to have B + A that is woman and man showing that there is a reaction. A + B reacted, they interchanged and gave us B + A showing that commutativity obeys that a man should not marry a man and a woman should not marry a woman. "If you use idempotency, it's a reaction in mathematics where A + A = A. Actually in abstract algebra, A + A =2A, but we are less concerned with the numerical value two. We are more or less concerned with the symbols A. You find out that A + A will give you AYou find out that A + A will give you A showing that the whole thing goes unchanged. It didn't change, unlike commutativity A + B give B + A, there is a change. "But in the case of idempotency, A + A will give you A, showing that it goes unreacted. You started with A and you meet A, the final result is A. Showing that a man meeting a man, A + A, will produce a man -- there is no reaction, it goes unreacted, and in chemical engineering you have to send the material back to the reactor for the action to be carried out again showing that it goes unreacted. That is how mathematics has shown that gay marriage is wrong because commutativity proves that gay marriage is wrong. "So these are the principles I have used to prove gay marriage wrong in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and by the grace of God I am the only one that has proved this in the whole world. "If you go on the Internet to check whether there is anybody who has used physics to prove gay marriage wrong, you find out there is none. You go to Google or Youtube, check whether there is anybody that has used chemistry to find same sex marriage wrong, you find out there is none and the same applies to biology and mathematics. "In general, same sex marriage is evil. It should be stopped by those practicing it. Now they are saying that they will go and adopt a child, the question is that if everybody shows interest in same sex marriage where would the child they are adopting come from?" His Commendations "At the University of Lagos, where I currently study as a student, you will find my publication on the notice board there. When you go to the Senate Building of the university you will see the same notice there. And even recently my lecturer at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Profesor D.S. Aribuike pointedly told me that I will win Nobel prize one day, because he found that my works are real and nobody has done it in any part of the world. "You know Nobel Prize is the highest award anyone could ever win, and no African has won Nobel Prize in science. So I am aspiring to win Nobel Prize for Africa. "Other universities have seen my work and sent me commendations. I have a professor friend who has seen the work I did and he sent me congratulatory message because of the originality of the work." His Next Step "I want to be able to publish it in international journals. The finance has been a problem in this area because I found out that you you have to pay in dollars for international journals to publish you. You know finance is a factor and I don't have money to start paying in US dollars and I need sponsors so that I can pay for the journals to be published."

CHILD MARRIAGE: Yemen Minister Wants It Outlawed

After an 8-year-old girl reportedly died of internal injuries that she suffered on her wedding night in Yemen, the country's human rights minister, Hooria Mashhour, said child marriage should be outlawed. The reports emerged last week that a girl named Rawan, from the northern Yemeni town of Haradh,dieda few days after being married off to a 40-year-old man. International scandal quickly grew, as the alleged incident has once again brought attention to the extremely controversial issue of child marriage in Yemen. Till now child marriage in Yemen is still legal. Against a background of the numerous claims and counterclaims, Mashhour has declared enough is enough. She told CNN that the growing anger over the sad Rawan's case has given Yemen an opportunity to "end this practice." "I personally have (talked to) the human rights coordinator for the ministry on the ground in Haradh,"said Mashhour, "and he informed me that nearly everyone he spoke to is denying the story, but he feels strongly suspicious.We feel people may be hiding information due to fear." CNN spoke with several locals who requested anonymity, as they feared possible reprisals. "No one is talking about this story because its an embarrassment, but this is what poverty can do to people," said one of the residents. Child marriage in Yemen In deeply tribal and conservative Yemen, according to rights group Human Rights Watch , more than half of all young girls there are married before age 18.About 14% of girls in Yemen are married before age 15. In 2009,Yemen's parliament passed legislation raising the minimum age of marriage to 17, but conservative parliamentarians argued the bill violated Islamic law, which does not stipulate a minimum age of marriage, and the bill was never signed. Several Yemeni child bride cases have emerged that have shocked the world over the last few years.In 2008, 10-year-old Nujood Ali became an international sensation when she went to a court in Sanaa and asked for a divorce.After a highly publicized trial, her demand was met. In 2010, a 12-year-old Yemeni bride died of internal bleeding following intercourse three days after she was married off to an older man, according to the United Nations Children's Fund

Nobody delivered baby on board our flight – Arik

Arik Air has debunked claims by a section of the media (notThe Punch) that a woman gave birth on board its flight from Lagos. A statement by Arik on Monday explained that contrary to claims that the pregnant woman gave birth aboard the flight on Sunday, the woman only suffered a miscarriage. The statement signed by Arik’s Public Relations and Communications Manager, Mr. Adebanji Ola, also stated that the woman in question was 12 weeks pregnant. The statement said, “The Arik Air flight W3 101 which departed Lagos for London Heathrow on Sunday, diverted to Palma Mallorca Airport, Spain at 5:44pm due to urgent medical attention for a 12-week pregnant woman on board. “The passenger reportedly developed severe pain during the course of the flight. The pain was later coupled with bleeding with a suspected miscarriage. “The passenger, who was initially attended to by two medical doctors on board the flight, was 12 weeks pregnant. She was later transferred to a hospital in Mallorca for further medical attention. This is contrary to a report in some papers to the effect that a woman gave birth on board Arik flight to London.” The statement added that the flight later departed Mallorca at 8pm for London Heathrow. The statement explained that the pregnant woman did not indicate her pregnancy status to the airline’s Passenger Service Agents at check-in and because her pregnancy was 12 weeks, the team didn’t notice her status.

Blackface reacts to Tuface’s alledged wedding invitation

Against the backdrop of the recent interview where 2face alleged he had invited Blackface to his wedding,Blackface has reacted in an interview with Abuja based radio station Hotfm stating that 2face keeps avoiding him for reasons best known to him. He says he’s been trying to get across to 2face to talk about his song African queen that has been sang by a Jamaican artist in the US without the right to do so…’ if someone sings that song it means someone gave out the right ’he keeps avoiding me cos he doesn’t want to talk about these issues. For the wedding ‘he would have put the blame on his management and called me or something’ but till today since he returned from his wedding in Dubai, he hasn’t called me, my uncle whose house we stayed throughout the days of our musical career passed away during the time of his traditional marriage, then the white wedding he never called to even ask about my uncle or to sympathize with me, so there must be something wrong somewhere …it must be about the music money. In any case Blackface has a new single titled ‘see you move’ enjoying airplay on some radio stations across the country.

Undergraduates, others arrested for stealing N2bn from Union bank

According to a report by Punch, two men who claim to be undergraduates of University of Jos, Isaiah Friday and Azzaior Samuel, have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission  for allegedly stealing N2.05bn from union bank Two bureau de change operators, Salihu Mahmoud and Dan Ibrahim, were also arrested in connection with the alleged crime. The Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, said: "Their arrest comes on the heels of a petition which the commission received from Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, Marina, Lagos, in January 2013, alleging that a criminal attack had been launched on its data base known as 'Flexcube', by yet-to-be-identified criminals who falsified the bank records and accounts and created unjustified huge opening balances in several accounts across the bank's branches. They subsequently transferred funds from those accounts to several accounts in other banks. The petition, which was signed by one A.F Olufade, Head of Fraud Investigation at the bank, said cash withdrawals and electronic transfers totalling N2.05bn was involved in the scam." It was learnt that EFCC initial investigation showed that Friday, who was carrying out computer system maintenance services for one of the Union Bank branches in Jos, Plateau State, on a part-time basis, paved the way for the fraudsters to penetrate the bank's database. Uwujaren said, "Friday was traced and arrested. His arrest led to the arrest of Azaaior Samuel. "Investigations further revealed that Samuel introduced Friday to Mahmoud, who is the mastermind of the fraud with others now at large. "Mahmoud and other collaborators told Friday that they needed access to the bank's database in order to carry out some postings. They promised to give Friday N.5m if the deal succeeded." PUNCH Metro gathered that Friday agreed. On the day the crime was committed, he told people at the bank that Samuel was his colleague who had accompanied him to work. It was learnt that after the gang had succeeded in gaining access to the bank's premises, it carried out the postings to six different company accounts domiciled in Union Bank's Marina branch in Lagos. Uwujaren said, "The accounts are Gona Bureau De Change Limited, Jaxmine Bureau De Change Limited, Dan Kawu Bureau De Change Limited, Godswill Great Communications, ZHG Services Limited and A and B Console Limited. The postings were carried out and the syndicate thereafter went to the bank to withdraw all the funds. Friday was paid as promised and other syndicate members now at large shared the remaining balance." The EFCC spokesman added that the commission had been able to recover $2,129,900 and another N134,542, from  the fraudsters. He said, "Other items recovered are furniture worth N10m from Salihu Liman's one bedroom apartment in Yaba, Lagos; four vehicles, landed properties in Kano and Kaduna and a four-bedroom duplex worth N45m in Lagos. Investigation into the scam continues."

Muslim woman must remove veil to give trial evidence

A Muslim woman can stand trial wearing a full-face veil but must remove it to give evidence, a judge has ruled. Judge Peter Murphy made the ruling at Blackfriars Crown Court in London where the woman is due to stand trial accused of intimidating a witness. The 22-year-old woman, from Hackney, has refused to remove her niqab and reveal her face in front of any man. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded not guilty at an earlier hearing. The judge's ruling means that if the woman, who started wearing a veil in May 2012, refuses to comply during her trial she could be jailed for contempt of court. The only part of a niqab-wearer's face that is visible is a narrow section across the eyes. The judge said he would offer the woman a screen to shield her from public view while giving evidence but that she had to be seen by him, the jury and lawyers. At other times during the trial the woman will be allowed to keep her face covered while sitting in the dock. 'Elephant in courtroom' In the ruling Judge Murphy said: "The ability of the jury to see the defendant for the purposes of evaluating her evidence is crucial." Referring to the woman as "D", he said he had "no reason to doubt the sincerity of her belief" and his decision would have been the same if she had worn the niqab for years. He said that "the niqab has become the elephant in the courtroom" and there was widespread anxiety among judges over how to tackle the issue. He added he hoped "Parliament or a higher court will provide a definite answer to the issue soon". Judge Murphy said: "If judges in different cases in different places took differing approaches [to the niqab] the result would be judicial anarchy." The woman's defence barrister Susan Meek had argued the woman's human right to express her faith through her attire would be breached if she was ordered to remove her veil. When asked if there would be an appeal against the decision, the woman's lawyer said she and her client would "consider our options". At a previous hearing, the issue of her identity was resolved when the woman removed her veil in private for a female police officer. Judge Murphy's ruling comes as Liberal Democrat Home Office minister Jeremy Browne said he was "uneasy" about restricting freedoms and called for a national debate on the state's role in stopping veils being imposed on girls. Keith Porteous Wood, executive director of the National Secular Society, said he believed it was "vital" defendants' faces were visible at "all times" and said he "regretted" the judge's decision. He added: "We will be complaining to the Office of Judicial Complaints and also be asking senior legal officers to make visibility throughout court hearings mandatory, and not subject to judges' discretion." The woman's trial over alleged witness intimidation is due to begin at Blackfriars Crown Court on 4 November.

Angelo Collins coming to Nigeria to see his boo, Beverly Osu

BBA housemates and lovebirds Angelo Collins and Beverly Osu will soon reunite. Angelo will be in Nigeria in a matter of days...where the two will embark on a press tour and hopefully continue from where they stopped.