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SERAP Sues Nigerian Govt. For Failing To Name Looters

Lobatan! The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Federal Government for failing “to release the names of suspected looters and the circumstances under which recovered stolen public funds were recovered.”

The suit, filed Friday at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, followed a Freedom of Information request to the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, asking him to “provide information about the names of high ranking public officials from whom public funds were recovered and the circumstances under which funds were recovered, as well as the exact amount of funds recovered from each public official.”

The originating summons, with suit number FHC/CS/964/2016, was brought pursuant to section 4(a) of the Freedom of Information Act, and signed by SERAP executive director, Adetokunbo Mumuni.

Pakistani Social Media Star Allegedly Strangled By Brother In ‘Honor Killing’

LAHORE, Pakistan, July 16 (Reuters) - Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch was allegedly strangled by her brother in what appears to be an “honor killing,” police said on Saturday, shocking the south Asian nation where she divided opinion.
Baloch’s raunchy social media photos challenged social norms in Pakistan, a deeply conservative Muslim country where women are often repressed by their family or the community.
Baloch received multiple death threats and suffered frequent misogynist abuse, but continued posting provocative pictures and videos. In Facebook posts, she spoke of trying to change “the typical orthodox mindset” of people in Pakistan.
Punjab Police spokeswoman Nabeela Ghazanfar told Reuters Baloch, real name Fauzia Azeem, was 
killed in her family home on the outskirts of Multan, a large city in the Punjab province.
“Her father Azeem informed the police that his son Waseem has strangled Qandeel,” Ghazanfar said. “Apparently, it is an honor killing but further investigations will reveal the real motives behind this murder.”
Police were now looking for Waseem, who has disappeared, she added.
Reuters was not immediately able to reach the family for comment.
Baloch had struggled to reconcile her family’s conservative values with her social media stunts, including a selfie with a famous Muslim cleric that led to widespread condemnation from powerful religious figures.

Source: http://www.kevindjakporblog.com/2016/07
Local media reported Baloch had traveled to Karachi, Pakistan’s biggest city, due to security fears.
Baloch’s death sparked an outpouring of grief on Twitter and other social media websites and reignited a debate about honor killings in Pakistan.
More than 500 people - almost all women - die in Pakistan each year in such killings, usually carried out by members of the victim’s family meting out punishment for bringing “shame” on the community.

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Baloch has been described as Pakistan’s Kim Kardashian and had built a modeling career on the back of her social media fame. She recently also appeared in a music video, gyrating bare legged to an Urdu-language song in high-heels and a see-through top.
In May, Baloch offered to strip if the wildly-popular Pakistani cricket team beat arch-rival India. When they lost, she berated the Pakistani cricketers and posted a video in which she danced for the Indian team wearing a bikini.
Though popular with many liberals, Baloch often struggled with the frequent abuse aimed at her. In one Facebook post this month, she thanked her supporters for “understanding the message I try to convey through my bold posts and videos.”
She added: “It’s time to bring a change because the world is changing.”
After her death, #QandeelBaloch began trending on Twitter in Pakistan, with many people offering support for her efforts to make Pakistan a more liberal society for women.
Others, however, could not hide their delight that she had been silenced.
“What she (was) doing is a disgrace for Pakistan so she deserve this,” said Twitter user Asad Iqbal Orakzai.

Paris is a nightmare now. I lived in a world that no longer exists' - Fashion legend Karl Lagerfeld Source: http://www.kevindjakporblog.com/2016/07/paris-is-nightmare-now-i-lived-in-world.

82-year-old Fashion Designer Karl Lagerfeld said this in a recent interview with CNN. The German-born designer who moved to Paris in 1950 to take up his first job under French fashion giant Pierre Balmain and has been at the helm of Chanel since 1983, said

Paris by night is a nightmare now. It is not a cliché anymore. This is not the most glamorous moment in Paris. I must say, in my whole life I never saw Paris that gloomy. It was another world. There was no feeling of danger, and not even a boy of 16 years old could walk in the street. Things are changing. I have the feeling I lived in a world that no longer exists."

Photo: Stepmother allegedly poisons twins in Niger state

An aggrieved stepmother in Niger state allegedly used rat poison to kill these twin babies, Hussani and Hussain while they were sleeping in their mother's room at Rafingora near Kontagora in Niger State.


According to Zuma Times, this incident happened shortly after they were born but they didn't say why the woman committed the atrocity! 

Nigerians are yearning for the return of PDP - Wike

Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, says Nigerians are yearning for the former ruling party, PDP to return to power. Wike said this while speaking during a solidarity visit the Grassroots Development Initiative (GDI) Worldwide, paid him at the government house yesterday July 13th.


“It is obvious that Nigerians are yearning for the return of the PDP. No amount of intimidation will change the support of the people for the PDP. Nigerians are wiser now”he said.