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Funny : See Outfit A Lady Ordered Off Instagram & What She Got

A lady with Instagram name - Carpe DM shared her friend's photo last night. On the left is what she saw and ordered only to be dealt the fashion fail on the right when outfit was delivered. Nothing is as they seem right?

Nigeria Is Broke – Federal Goverment

The Federal government has raised the alarm that the country is broke and cannot sustain the subsidy regime, hence the hike in the price of fuel.

Speaking to State House Correspondents on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council(FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed lamented that the economy of the country is shrinking.

According to Mohammed, the government has the responsibility at times to take very difficult decisions which may be unpopular.

He said the current problem is not really about subsidy removal. It is about that Nigeria is broke. Pure and simple!

“It is like somebody who has been earning N100,000 a month and he is faced with a situation where his employer says henceforth you will be earning N10,000 a month. He would need to make some very painful decisions and some very painful adjustments. That is the situation with Nigeria today.

“A few months ago, we were earning as much as $100 for every barrel of crude. In the months of February and March, we no longer have the resources, the foreign exchange to bring in refined fuel products. And our economy is shrinking.

“We appreciate the fact that the decision is going to affect everybody. We appreciate what we are going through, but Nigerians should also know that the government has the responsibility at times to take very difficult decisions. So, it is not always about popularity.

Armed Men Attack Police Station, Kill 2 Officers

According to The Nation, Two officers were reportedly killed in an attack carried out by 12 gunmen in Osara police station in Adavi Local government area of Kogi state today May 19th.

The gunmen stormed the police station at about 2am this morning with the purpose of stealing from the station's armory and also set free one of their colleagues who was in jail.

The gunmen carted away arms and ammunition and also released other detainees in custody.

The two policemen who were killed were gunned down while trying to resist the gunmen. Two other officers that were critically injured during the attack are said to be responding to treatment at the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja.

The gunmen who reportedly operated for over two hours unchallenged, were said to have set ablaze a vehicle parked at the station during the attack.

The spokesperson of the Kogi Police Command, Willy Aya, confirmed the incident but denied reports that there were fatalities from the attack.

"I Look Awesome" - 17yr Old Girl Who Suffers From Rare Genetic Disorder That Makes Her Look Over 70 Years Says(Photos)

Ontlametse Phalatse from South African is the first black child with progeria, a rare premature aging disease.

The small girl with big personality is one of only 80 children in the world diagnosed with the condition. She turned 17 this month even though doctors didn't expect her to live past the age of 13 Phalatse attended her school matric few days ago and shared lovely photos on Instagram.

"Thanks to everyone who made this day a success. I look awesome" she wrote. Awww!

Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, commonly known as progeria, is an extremely rare condition where a child ages eight times faster than normal and hence has a much shorter life span than children their age. Such children usually die from a heart attack or stroke.

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How Abducted Chibok Girl Amina Nkeki Was Rescued, Pregnant Again

Emotions ran high in Chibok community yesterday as the first of 219 school girls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents over two years ago was brought forward to be identified.

Amina Ali was rescued on Tuesday night in Bale village at the edge of the Sambisa forest by a Chibok vigilante group which handed her over to the military.

Residents poured on to the streets as news spread that troops had brought one of the abducted girls to the village. Some of those who saw the girl recognised her instantly and sent for her mother to come. On sighting each other mother and daughter ran into an emotional embrace.

The girls were seized by the insurgents from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, in Borno State in April 2014 as they stayed in school to write their final examinations. Since then no one had set sight on anyone of them.

She was 17 when she was abducted, now she is 19, “married” to a Boko Haram fighter and carrying his four-month old child.Her father died of trauma while she was in captivity. Six other parents also died of trauma.

“Amina, are you truly the one? So, you are alive!” the mother, was quoted to have said. The two cried for a while before Amina narrated her ordeal. Many of the residents also shed tears.

Amina reportedly told the community leaders that her school mates were in Sambisa forest, but that six of them had died”They are “well secured and protected” to stop the Nigerian Army from rescuing them,” she said.

Secretary of Chibok Local Government, Awomi Nkeki, who is also the acting chairman of the council, and from the same clan with Amina, told our correspondent on phone, that the rescued girl had been reunited with her mother.He said the reunion was emotional because Amina’s mother was shocked by what she saw, and nearly slumped.

Amina was found in a building at the Bale village after a fierce fighting between some Boko Haram insurgents and youth vigilantes, also known as Civilian JTF.

Sources said Amina, who looked dejected and walked with a limp, was found breastfeeding her daughter.

A doctor from Chibok, Idriss Danladi, who has been treating beleaguered parents of the abducted girls, said she is pregnant again.

Her rescue has now heightened hopes in Chibok and across the country, that some of the girls, whose kidnap had attracted the attention of world, are still alive.

She reportedly told her rescuers that six of her friends died in captivity and expressed optimism that many others were still alive.

Amina’s rescue came when vigilantes from Damboa town launched a counter attack to stop fleeing Boko Haram from the Sambisa forest.

James Bako, an opinion leader in Chibok, who was one of the first people that saw the rescued girl, said she escaped from the Sambisa forest together with her “husband” as a result of ground and aerial offensive by Nigerian security forces.

He said the girl told them that she had resigned to fate, after she was forcefully married off to a man, whom she said was equally abducted, conscripted and told to fight for the insurgents.

“After she was found in the house, Amina was smart enough to hide her identity. She was being careful when she earlier gave her name as Falmata Mbalala, which was quoted by the army. “She wanted to be sure she was safe after leaving the Sambisa forest before revealing her true identity,” he said.

Vanessa Gar, a mother of one of the abducted Chibok girls, said after the civilian JTF fought the Boko Haram assailants, they arrested two alive, who said they would give “good information” if their lives were spared.

“The vigilantes agreed and the captured terrorists took them to a house in Bale. Many women were in the house.

“One of the vigilantes, who surveyed the faces of women in the house, paid special attention to Amina. He realised that she looked like the people from one of the Chibok communities. He spoke to her in their local dialect and she responded,” he said.

How Amina got married

Nkeki, who confirmed the reunion, said the name of the man that got “married” to Amina is Mohammed Hayado.

“Amina said Mohammed was also captured and forced to become a member of the Boko Haram. The terrorists’ commander, who was in charge of handling her and other women, directed that she should marry Mohammed and she had no option but to agree,” he said.

Jummai Salama, who was present when Amina was taken to her mother, said the girl told the vigilantes that her “husband” was not far from where she was found and wanted him to be rescued also.

“Of course, Amina is one of our daughters that were abducted at GGSS Chibok. We are really happy that she is back.

“Somehow, I think she got used to the young man and does not want him to be killed, probably because she has a child for him,” She said.

She said Amina’s return has rekindled hope in Chibok and environs, that their daughters, who are still alive, would one day return.

Adamu Musa, a trader in Chibok, whose three nieces were among the abducted school girls, said they had been grieving in the last two years.

“There is a new hope now. We are glad that at last one of the girls has been found, meaning that many more would be found by the grace of God.”

Renewed prayer in Chibok

Daily Trust correspondents reports that many people have gone to the Chibok to give gratitude to God.

Ishaya Musa, a parent of one of the Chibok girls, who is now in Maiduguri, said, “We went to Church to give gratitude to God. I wish my daughter will also be found. I love all the girls but I pray my daughter is not one of the six that died,” he said.Her rescue has elicited wild jubilations in her ancestral home, Mbalala.

Amina, mother and grandchild now in Maiduguri

Amina, her child, mother as well as her ‘husband’ were taken to the government house in Maiduguri by military authorities.They were received by Governor Kashim Shettima. Sources close to the meeting said they would be taken to the Presidential Villa in Abuja today after debriefing.