Photos from the Jos Bomb Blast at Yan-taya Mosque + Eyewitness Account of how it Happened

 

A deadly bomb blast hit the Yan-Taya mosque in Jos yesterday. The blast happened as a sermon on the occasion of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan was going on.

Another blast also occurred at Bauchi Road, a major thoroughfare in Jos that is also in an area where many Muslim families reside.

 

Below is an EYEWITNESS' narration of the incidence: 

Today (Sunday) started as a normal day, it was around 9:45pm I was just walking past the Izala mosque besides Yan Tayah junction, when I stopped to buy what would be my last cigarette When I heard a burst of multiple gunshots.  I had planned to quit smoking today and Infact since the Ramadan fasting began, I have been buying just a single stick thrice a day just to cut down on the number of cigarettes I smoke.  

As usual, I stopped at Babawo to buy my good night stick, when I heard the shooting. I immediately dropped to the floor and behold, I saw the gunman shooting directly at the Mosque on RAPID MODE. Then from the direction of GOOD NEWS Church, another Gunman started shooting at people running away from the scene.  I remained calm and pinned to the ground observing and watching, then all of a Sudden, a young man dash from the direction of the first gunman and head straight to the mosque and detonated his explosive.

Immediately after the blast, the echo of advancing youths chanting "Allahu Akbar" coming towards the scene of blast forced both gunmen to escape from the scene. While running away, unconfirmed report suggest they threw an hand grenade at a white garment Celebrum. Chruch, while another account said irate miscreants burnt the church.  

However, at as 12:00am, 18 people are confirmed death. Both gunmen escape and the apparent target was Mallam Yahaya Sani Jingir the National President of IZALA sect.  If we could remember. After Boko Haram have killed Albani Zaria, Shekau have explicitly stated that he is the next target

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Julius Agwu undergoes Brain Surgery in America

Popular comedian Julius Agwu recently traveled to the states for brain surgery treatment.

 

The comedian carried out the operation secretly and the media was not informed. Julius is now back to Nigeria and he’s doing fine.

He shared his story with YES magazine. Read below.

On the genesis of his ill health, he said he can’t say specifically when and how it started. But all he could recollect was that at some point, he went on and on losing serious weight, which got many people wondering. Some concerned ones started proffering solutions, both medically and spiritually, while others resorted to murmuring and gossiping.

It went on and on until sometime in May when he had a seizure at home and while his wife, Ibiere, whom he lavished with so much thanks all through our stay for her love, care, understanding and support, battled to halt that, he ran out of breath. 

Almost lifeless. And with the likely consequences starring her in the face, Ibiere got their maid and the security man to assist her in getting him into one of their cars. And from there, they practically sprinted to their hospital in Lekki.Thank God the doctor was on call. He battled for hours with his team to ‘bring him back to life again’. And upon stabilizing him, Julius and his wife immediately left for the United States of America. Houston to be precise, where arrangement had been made at the Park Plaza Hospital. After a series of tests, two lumps were discovered in his brain! The lumps had been messing up his health and causing his incessant weight loss. Immediately, the Caucasian surgeons went to work, operating on him for about 4 hours on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at the Park Plaza Hospital in Houston Texas, United States of America. 

Upon being discharged, Julius rested in the US for sometime before returning home recently.
Currently putting things together for the 10th anniversary of his annual Crack Ya Ribs in London, the father of two (Zhara and Zadok) told YES INTERNATIONAL! Magazine that all through the time he was medically down, he was always thinking about what would become of his wife and children should anything go wrong. “Onyeoma, I no go lie to you, na dem I just dey think about. But like I said earlier, it’s God at work. I want to thank everybody who supported me in one way or the other. Those that were praying for me and all that.

I’m planning a thanksgiving where I will still tell the full story. But for now, I just want to thank God and my wife. Onyeoma! My wife tried. The day I had the seizure, she put her finger in my mouth and I bit it…All the vomit; the mess; she was the one brushing and bathing me on the bed and clearing and cleaning them. IB really, really tried for me”. A smile immediately erupted on the face of IB who was sitting adjacent us and also listening to her husband narrate his story. His two children who were also nearby immediately made for where we were sitting and started crawling all over us. And as if on cue, Julius quipped in an emotional voice: “Onyeoma, wetin for happen like say…” And he left it hanging there. I remembered I hadn’t had my breakfast then, having come straight from the church. I voiced this out and the wife arranged something for us to eat, and as we ate and discussed, Julius just kept thanking, appreciating and saluting God for the miracle He just did in his family, his life, his career and everything.

 Thank God for safe surgery!!!!

Eagles Striker, Emmanuel Emenike Reportedly Converts To Islam!

Emmanuel Emenike has sensationally told Fenerbache coach Vitor Pereira that he is a Muslim.

Emenike failed to join the squad up for breakfast on Saturday, prompting the Portuguese to probe his absence on why he didn’t join up with the squad in the morning: “I’m fasting,” Emenike reportedly told the coach according to Turkish daily Fanatik.

Pereira however replied: “You’re not a Muslim,” insisting that Emenike is a Christian. But in the response, the former Spartak Moscow player did not back down.

“I became a Muslim, I am a Muslim,” he continued to claim.

Emenike is yet to feature for Fenerbache in their two pre-season games so far.

Teacher Gets 22 YEARS in Prison For Sex with Students

Jennifer Fichter, a 30-year-old Florida teacher, was sentenced to 22 years in jail for having sex dozens of times with three teenage students.

One of the 17-year-olds got her pregnant.

"I hate what I have done," Jennifer Fichter told the court in Polk County. "I wish I could go back and think about [the victims] before me. But I can't."

"I can't do that … If you hate me, I understand."

Hate wasn't a word used by the judge, but he did call Fichter a predator and handed down the harsh sentence of more than two decades:

"You're going to have a long time to think about what you did. I trust that your faith is real, and you'll have a long time to let your faith work."

"When you come out you're a different person. It bothered me that there was references to that faith and yet there was this activity."

A former Central Florida Aerospace Academy teacher, Jennifer Fichter was arrested 15 months ago and pleadd guilty to 37 counts.

Each sexual offense carries a maximum penalty of 15 years, so she could've been facing 500 years in prison if you look at it that way.

At one point, Fichter became pregnant by one of her victims and had an abortion, she said in a phone call with that victim's mother.

"It hurts," one mother told the court. "I saw myself losing my son before my very eyes and there was nothing I could do to reach him."

Fichter has 30 days to appeal her sentence.

PHOTO: Check Out Tuface’s Sons In New Picture!

Tuface’s babymama, Sumbo Adeoye has just shared a picture on social media of Tuface’s boys and we can’t deny that they are cute.

See the photo below:

New Photos From Gbenro And Osas Ajibade’s Wedding

Gbenro And Osas had their stupendous white wedding on saturday, 4th of July, 2015 in the beautiful city of New York.

The event saw its expected turn out of celebrities, with singers Praiz, Ubi Franklin, Kenneth Okolie and Dr. Sid on best man duty.

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Meet Transgender Personal Trainer And Bodybuilder, Shawn Stinson

 

Could you have believed he was born a girl before transitioning into this amazing man?

He was once a soldier in the Prime Marine Corps from 1998-2005, Shawn Stinson is a 35 year old transgender male who is originally from Peoria, IL but resides in Atlanta, GA.

He is currently a personal trainer and health fitness coach and, in 2014, he won the 1st annual FTM Body Building Competition.

According to him, he "transitioned without knowing he was transitioning". In 2008, after feeling weird and knowing something wasn't right and still being unaware of what a transman was, he went to a surgeon who had never done FTM Top surgery before and said, "This is what I want. I have the money just do it". 

Then in 2010, while watching a special on TV about a transgender man, he realized that he was not the only one. It was at that point, he came to understand and was able to put a name to what he was, a transgender man. Once he realized this, he began medically transitioning by starting hormone therapy.

  Shawn is currently engaged to this beautiful lady below;

 

 

 Culled from CCNA

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Photos: KCee Wants His Fans To See His Shoe Closet

Locate your place, start something positive in your life no matter how little, do your best and leave the blessings for God. KCee, a once hustling young man on the streets of Lagos and the slums of Ajegunle, is a clear testament.

Check out the photos below:

Goodluck Jonathan Urges Nigerians To Support and Pray For Buhari

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians to support and pray for his successor, President Muhammadu Buhari as the insurgency activities intensify. 

Jonathan took to Facebook to express his mind. GEJ wrote:
“The death of any Nigerian at the hands of terrorists is a sad reminder that the war on terror is a task for all Nigerians not just the armed forces. I urge all Nigerians to continue to pray for peace in Nigeria and to support the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as the government does its best to bring an end to these acts of terror and secure all Nigerians. May God bless Nigeria.”