Forget Boko Haram, Lagosians live in the fear of kidnappers

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Before now, the notoriety of kidnappings was loudest in the South-South and South-East regions of Nigeria because of neglect by the government and mass unemployment. But FRANCIS SUBERU reports that the crime has assumed new dimensions in Lagos and other parts of the country.

Fears of two criminal activities gripped Lagos, Nigeria’s former capital city and the commercial and economic hub of the country in the second quarter of this year. While the first, a rumoured planned attack of the Boko Haram terrorist group, was nipped in the bud, the other, kidnapping for ransom, gained ground and is still keeping residents on the edge.

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Lagos, hitherto thought to be impenetrable to kidnappers, suddenly became the focal point and hot bed of the criminals, who abduct high profile personalities and even ordinary citizens, such that no week passes without an incident being reported.

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Kim Kardashian's Biggest fear: Kanye W could be gay

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Kanye can't be gay na, stop the rumour! :-). Insiders are claiming that gay rumors about Kanye is pushing Kim to the breaking point. There are rumours that he's dating 39 year old Riccardo Tisci, the creative director of fashion power house, Givenchy, and that's why he's more in Paris than in the US.

When fashion bloggers slammed the flowery Givenchy dress she wore to Met Gala, it was clear that Kim was crushed. But her humiliation ran much deeper than just a gown. Online commenters are speculating that her boyfriend, Kanye, is in a romantic relationship with the man who designed her controversial dress, Givenchy creative director Riccardo Tisci!. “Kim’s freaking out,” says a friend. “If it turns out Kanye is involved with Riccardo, she will be utterly embarrassed – more so than she’s ever been in her life.”

Then on the cover it says; "humiliated by rumours that her baby's father has a secret boyfriend in Paris, Kim cries: you spend more time with him than with me!" 

C'mon, In Touch, don't break my heart. Kanye isn't gay! :-). Who thinks he might be?

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Nigerian married to British takes overdose over fear of deportation •Hospitalised, in coma, may be deported today

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A Nigerian asylum seeker in the United Kingdom, Mrs May Brown, who is married to a British man is fighting for her life in hospital after an overdose, even as she has been booked for deportation to Nigeria.

Mrs Brown, according to information, is due for deportation today after British authorities said her marriage to her husband, Michael Brown, was a sham.

Before she took the overdose, May reportedly said she feared her abusers would kill her if she returned to Nigeria because she witnessed her father’s death.

“If they send me back to Nigeria they are signing my death warrant, they will cut my life short because I will be killed,” she said.

According to information gathered on Mail Online on Wednesday, the lady, May Brown, a 19 year-old college student, fled to Britain from Nigeria, three years ago after witnessing her father’s murder and being subjected to sexual abuse.

Fear Grips Ebonyi Community As 200-Year-Old Tree Seen As A Deity Falls

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Residents of 7b, Nnorom Street, Ntezi-Aba, Abakaliki couldn’t believe their eyes at the weekend when they discovered that the 200-year-old tree most of them worshipped had fallen without any visible force causing its fall.

The big tree had been a worship centre for some residents, while others had described it as a deity responsible for the protection of the people of the area. Sacrifices were offered at the tree, and it also served as a bus-stop for passengers leaving Ebonyi or going into the State.

When the tree fell, a 12-bungalow building was destroyed. Mr. Sunday Eze, owner of the destroyed building called on the state government to quickly come to their aid by removing the tree and possibly assist them with basic amenities and reconstruction work.

Fear of firecrackers in a season of festivity

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Lagos residents lived in fear as the sound of firecrackers constantly rent the air during the Yuletide, write OLUFEMI ATOYEBI and ’NONYE BEN-NWANKWO. A few hours to the end of 2012, the residents of Lagos and its suburbs were engaged in activities marking the New Year in style. While many people were getting ready for the usual crossover church services, others were busy igniting firecrackers and in the process, sowing seeds of fear among decent folk and disturbing the peace.In some parts of the city, such as Egbeda, Dopemu and Ikeja, the din raised by exploding fireworks on the eve of the New Year was not only intimidating, it was so frightening that even the Lagos fire incident of December 26, which killed a teenager and burnt 15 houses, could not be compared to it.