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The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has acquitted Ivory Coast ex-President Laurent Gbagbo.

He had been charged with crimes against humanity in connection with violence following a disputed 2010 election that left 3,000 dead and 500,000 displaced.

Mr Gbagbo was captured in 2011 in a presidential palace bunker by UN and French-backed forces supporting his rival, Alassane Ouattara. He was the first former head of state to go on trial at the ICC.

The violence in Ivory Coast, the world’s biggest cocoa producer, came after Mr Gbagbo refused to accept that he had lost a disputed election run-off to Mr Ouattara in 2010.

The five months of violence that followed were described as some of the most brutal clashes the country had ever seen.

During the political stand-off there were bloody clashes and targeted killings in Abidjan in the south, and several hundred were massacred in the western town of Duekoue.
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Prosecutors said Mr Gbagbo clung to power “by all means” and charged him with four counts of crimes against humanity, murder, rape and other forms of sexual violence, persecution and “other inhuman acts”.

He denied the charges, which he said were politically motivated. ICC judges ruled, on Tuesday, that he had no case to answer and ordered his immediate release.

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@nyledimarco – Alright alright alright my turn! 10-year challenge!!! I was 19. Traveled around Costa Rica with my school backpack at the time this picture was taken. I only brought two shirts, two shorts and a pair of shoes. BROKE BUT HAPPY. Slept in hostels, hammocks by the beach, stranger’s home, and even on streets (how did I not get attacked or robbed!?! I guess me being deaf helped ignore thiefs trying to talk to me!). Life of the party and did not care about my future because my passion was no where to be found. Oh to go back… and at the same time to leave it there because I absolutely love what I do now, specifically changing the perception of deaf and disabled people.

If I told my 19 year old self who I would be in 10 years, my 19 year old self would throw his first generation T-Mobile sidekick phone (at the time) to my current self, thinking I’m one crazy fucker!
love you all and pura vida!!! xx

#10yearchallenge

@nyledimarco – Big DEAF Energy!!! –
I’ve been getting messages regarding sudden loss of hearing and/or the compatibility of fluency in sign language (or lack thereof) with the deaf community. Well @chellaman and I are here to tell you that there is no one right way to be deaf… so just BE YOU. Love yourself. Be your authentic self. And then the stars will align. I promise you this.

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As seen on Facebook.  A Muslim man has reported lost his life to the mind numbing burn injury sustained ffrom being set a blaze by his first wife.

According to source,  the Muslim man permitted by religion to have more than one wife, was said to have embarked on a second journey without the blessing  and approval of his first wife, who probably didn’t approval of another woman coming into her home to be a second queen.

After taking in the second wife, the traditional and religious rites were performed and then came the first night when the unsuspecting  man and wife were set to consummate the marriage, not knowing that the first wife had planned evil on them.

While the were in  bed, the wife poured petrol and struck a matches on them,  setting them ablaze.  When taken to the hospital, the newly remarried man lost his life to the degree of his burn, while his new wife is still receiving and responding to treatment. May his soul rest in peace.

Via:Facebook

Three children of the same mother were, this afternoon, killed in a fire accident along High Tension School Road, Ugwuagba-Obosi, Anambra State.

According to the police, the fire started around 2:15 pm inside two containers used as shop and apartment. .

Their mother, Blessing Nwafor, had left three of her children namely Chimierie, 5, Onyedika, 4, and Esther, 3, inside the container and stepped out before tragedy struck.

The cause of the fire is not yet known but the charred remains of the victims have since been taken to Bex Hospital mortuary.

Via: instablog

Extremely sad situation.

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A Nigerian man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 17-year-old Katrina Makunova in Camberwell, UK.

Oluwaseyi Dada, 21, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, yesterday, on the first day of his trial at the Old Bailey. The court heard how Dada and Katrina had been in a relationship that had recently deteriorated.

A series of social media communications between Dada and Katrina were obtained by police from the victim’s mobile phone. These posts showed there was a feud between them, with both parties making veiled threats and insulting each other.

On Thursday, 12 July 2018, Katrina had gone to the lobby of a block of flats on Brisbane Street where Dada lived. The pair encountered each other on the ground floor and a struggle began.

During the course of this altercation, both of them fell, but unfortunately Katrina was carrying a knife in her handbag. Katrina fell onto the handbag, causing the knife to pierce the bag and then stab her in the chest.

Despite the efforts of paramedics, she was pronounced dead at the scene at 13:02hrs. Dada was arrested on suspicion of murder at the scene and subsequently charged with manslaughter on Friday, 13 July. He will be sentenced on the Tuesday, 29 January.

Sad turn of event.

Via: Instablog

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A wanted Boko Haram terrorist, Babagana Abubakar aka Alagarno, was, today arrested in Bulabulim Ngarnam, Borno State. .

He was found hiding in a room in possession of 2 military Ballistic helmets, a pair of military desert boot, a fragment jacket, a Jersey pull over, military backpack, camouflage design shorts, 2 voters identification cards, National identification card, amulets, camouflage T-shirts and military jungle hat. .

He has since been moved out of the area for further interrogation.

My Opinion

In a matter of months he will be freed after being asked to public apologise for his wrong doing despite killing all these innocent soldiers. He will leave the prison and sent home telling people and the country at large ok his behalf, that he will turn a new leave. The level of ridiculousness going on in this country is just horrible. You watch and see,,this guy will not be charged.

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Yinka Badmus, a 24-year-old photojournalist with Talk Village International, has been arrested and remanded in Ikoyi Prison, over his dreadlocks, which some policemen felt made him look like a cultist. .
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Badmus, who had just bagged a scholarship, was arrested for committing no crime by policemen attached to the Lagos State Police Command Anti-Cultism Unit. .
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His boss, Stephen Oguntoyinbo, said he received disturbing phone calls from prison warders, urging him to ensure Badmus, who is now critically ill, was granted bail and taken to hospital to ensure he did not die. .
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He explained that Badmus was arrested on December 31, 2018, while eating noodles at Pedro Bus Stop, Gbagada, where he lives. It was learnt that after he was detained, the policemen refused to allow him to contact anyone. .
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While he was in detention, trying to convince the policemen that he was not a cultist, friends and family had become frantic with worry, searching for him. Badmus’ whereabouts was eventually known after a detainee, who was granted bail, contacted one of Badmus’ relatives. .
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He had already spent three days in police detention, contravening the stipulated instruction that every suspect must be charged within 24 hours. Oguntoyinbo said: “After days in detention, Yinka was able to send a message to a close relative on January 3. .
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He was found at the station. The information given by the police was that he was arrested because of his hairstyle. I was asked to come to Gbagada Police Station on January 4, to bail him and see the officer in charge of his case.” .
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The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Chike Oti, confirmed Badmus’ arrest. “Badmus was arrested along with others for unlawful gathering. They were arrested with a bag of Indian hemp,” he said.

Via:Instablog

My Opinion

It simply is very easy to arrest the innocent because the guilty ones know how to sort themselves out. What has dreadlocks got to do with what the problem of the world is. I hope this gets attended to.

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EFCC, Kano zonal office on December 31, 2018, arrested Sani Abdullahi, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, for money laundering offence.

Abdullahi was arrested on board Ethiopian Air enroute Kano to China for failing to fully declare the sum of $207,000in his possession, to the authorities.

He declared the sum of $86,000, but concealed the sum of $121,000. The concealed sum was discovered after he was searched by operatives of the Commission. .

It is an offence contrary to the Money Laundering Act 2011 (as amended). The suspect has been granted administrative bail and will soon be charged to court.

Via: Instablog

Samething has been said over and over again. Declare your money but you intentionally don’t,  then you get angry when the cold hands of the law comes down on you.

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The Nigerian man who fell to his death in Canary Wharf, has been identified as a 32-year-old mental health patient, Osazuwa Otote.

He died on the underground platform of the London Tube station after climbing up a glass balustrade on Monday afternoon.

Otote, originally from Benin, Edo State, broke free from his carer and jumped, landing backwards with his head towards the Tube doors, Poplar Coroner’s Court heard today.

Paramedics tried to revive him, but he was later declared dead from head and throat injuries. The deceased had been living in the Cygnet Health Care high dependency mental health unit in Lewisham, south London.

Via: Instablog9ja

My Opinion

Where were the people guarding these patients when this was happening? It is expected that these people go off every once in a  while.  It is just sad that this had to be successful. May her disturbed soul rest in peace.

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Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, are getting a divorce after 25 years of marriage.

“After a long period of loving exploration and trial separation, we have decided to divorce and continue our shared lives as friends,” the couple said in a joint statement statement.

“We feel incredibly lucky to have found each other and deeply grateful for every one of the years we have been married to each other,” the statement continued. “If we had known we would separate after 25 years, we would do it all again.”

Bezos, 54, and MacKenzie, 48, met and got married while working at D.E. Shaw, a New York-based hedge fund, in the early 90s. Shortly after, they packed up and moved across the country to Seattle, where Bezos launched Amazon.

Bezos is now the world’s richest person, with an estimated net worth of $137 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That means this divorce could end up being very costly. MacKenzie is an author of multiple novels.

Via:Instablog

My Opinion

The money can’t keep the love happening. Love went south.

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75-year-old Michael Carson, a former youth football coach accused of sexually abusing 11 boys, was killed in a car crash 16 minutes before his trial started on Monday in the U.K

Carson was due to stand trial for historical sexual abuse of boys aged under 16. Judge Matthew Lowe has now ruled that the case file be closed.

Via: Instablog

My Opinion 

In the dawn of revelations of sexual abuses, especially from Cosby, Weinstein, Rkelly and others, many other victims are boldly  finding their voices in speaking up against their abusers. The act has given everyone the idea that there is no abusers too big to be called out by their victims.

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The rapper and outspoken advocate for the LGBT community, Kevin Fret, has been shot dead in Puerto Rico aged 24.

The musician, described as Latin Trap music’s first openly gay artist, was killed in the capital San Juan on Thursday morning. .
Fret was shot at eight times while riding a motorbike in the street, and he was hit in the head and hip. His death brings the number of murders in Puerto Rico this year to 22. And to think that the year has only began. This is disturbing. May he rest in peace.

Via: Instablog9ja

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Kelechi Cosmos Emeh, a 32-year-old Nigerian man living in Queensland, Australia, has been charged after allegedly posing as a U.S soldier and forming a romantic relationship with a woman who sent him $370,000.

Kelechi appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday where it was revealed he had also been accused of trying to get the victim to send him a further $170,000 before officers swooped and arrested him at his Durack home on Thursday.

The suspect, who is in the country on a student visa, allegedly received the money over the course of three months from the 34-year-old Brisbane woman, who later contacted police and sparked the investigation.

According to his defence lawyer, the accused has been in Australia for two years. He had rented a Durack home with his partner, a permanent citizen, since entering the country.

The woman became involved with him on a social media platform in October 2018, while he was claiming to be a US soldier in Syria.

Prior to his court appearance, police issued a public warning after uncovering a “disturbing element” within the alleged scam. They claimed Kelechi- acting as an agent for the soldier he was allegedly impersonating – travelled to the victim’s home to collect another $105,000.

“Usually the offender’s interaction with the victim is all online so this further step of travelling to the victim’s home is certainly something we need the public to hear and be warned of today,” detective Terry Lawrence said.

Detective Inspector Vince Byrnes, of the same squad, said these were the first allegations he knew of that a scammer had met with their victim in person to collect money.

“In this case, the disturbing development is a person attending the address … the nature of this scam makes it different,” he said.

Via: Instablog9ja

My Opinion 

This is just another side of the same story in this country of ours. They definitely have this happening every single time. But they are getting them caught and we are happier.

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A student of the Adekunle Ajasin university, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, has set the room of her ex boyfriend ablaze for ending their relationship.

According to reports, the boyfriend, Dele, told Joy, on Thursday, that he was no longer interested in the relationship and he traveled shortly after.

However, angered by the abrupt end of the relationship, Joy broke the window of the room on Friday and through the opening, set the room ablaze. .

The fire allegedly destroyed everything inside the room. The case has since been reported to the police.

Via: Instablog

My Opinion 

I’m guessing he is only just realising the fact that he made the wrong choice of girlfriend. .  This breakup did not go down well.  That aunty was definitely on love before the said breakup.

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Mildred Amadi, a fresh Computer Science graduate of the University of Calabar, Cross River State, died this morning, following a cooking gas explosion which occurred on the 27th of December, 2018.

According to her cousin, Mildred, who was meant to go for her NYSC in March, 2019, had gone to braid her hair at a multipurpose hall in Rukpokwu rumuiwechiorlu, Port harcourt, Rivers state. .

While there, a boy was said to have turned on a camp gas and stepped out to get a lighter. Upon his return, he was warned against igniting the burner of the camp gas, since so much gas had already escaped.

However, the boy ignored the warnings and told them that nothing would happen. But immediately he ignited it, there was an explosion and Mildred was badly affected.

She was later rushed to Bridgestone Hospital, Rukpokwu, Port Harcourt, where she died this morning. .

According to the cousin, Mildred, the only daughter of her mom, never wanted to make her hair but her mom persuaded her to, so that she would look good.

Via: Instablog

My Opinion

We pray her soul rests in peace, and for the Good Lord to grant her family  the fortitude to bear the loss.

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