True story-Eight-year-old boy marries 61-year-old woman

This from Daily Mail:

An eight-year-old schoolboy has married a 61-year-old woman because the ghost of his dead ancestor told him to. Sanele Masilela tied the knot with Helen Shabangu, who is already married and a mother-of-five.

The boy, from Tshwane, South Africa, said he had been told by his dead ancestors to wed and his family, fearing divine retribution, forked out for a wedding.

Sanele's 46-year-old mum, Patience Masilela said: 'This is the first time this has happened in the family.
'Sanele is named after his grandfather, who was never had a white wedding before he died so asked Sanele to get married. He chose Helen because he loves her.
'By doing this we made the ancestors happy. If we hadn't done what my son had asked then something bad would have happened in the family.
'I didn't have a problem with it because I know it's what the ancestors wanted and it would make them happy.

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The widow, who works at a recycling centre, added: 'I would say that this is not wrong. 'Sanele was fine and he was happy about the ceremony and it was what he wanted. He was happy to get married and very excited.' Sanele and his bride did not sign a marriage certificate and do not have to live together. Both have gone back to their normal lives.

Sanele today said he hoped he would have a proper wedding to a woman his own age when he was older. He added: 'I told my mother that I wanted to get married because I really did want to. 'I'm happy that I married Helen - but I will go to school and study hard. 'When I'm older I will marry a lady my own age.' Despite being old enough to be his grandmother, bride Helen, whose children are aged between 37 and 27, was happy with the arrangement.

Helen, who also works at a recycling centre, said: 'I'm married and have five kids of my own, but I know that this is what the ancestors wanted - and now they are happy. 'It is a ritual. We are just playing now, but it is a sign that he will get married one day.' Her husband of 30 years, Alfred, 65, said: 'My kids and I are happy. 'We don't have problems with it but some of the community members were shocked. It's already shocked the community but the family has defended the ceremony, saying it was just a ritual and not legally binding.

They paid £500 for the bride and a further £1,000 for the big day, which was organised in just two months.

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Governor Akpabio's gift to tuface idibia& Annie’s wedding raises eyebrow

Tuface Idibia and wife, has sparked a lot of criticism by Nigerians over the wasteful nature of our politicians.
The car, the 29 delegates from Akwa Ibom to the United Arab Emirates(UAE) courtesy of the Governor who promised to throw the state's treasury open to bank roll, an all expense paid trip for the white wedding scheduled for March 23rd in Dubai.
Governor Akpabio also promised to rehabilitate the Eket Ibena road which is in a deplorable state before the next child dedication of the Idibia's.

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Despite the criticism, here are some of those who supported him for his kind gesture A supporter of the Governor,Egonde Okorie, was excited about the Governors donation to the Idibia's and expressed dissatisfaction at those 'making shallow minded comments which he said would not happen in civilised countries. Also another supporter of the Governor,Ikazabor Victor,said "there is no big deal about just two SUV's as wedding gift" and blamed poverty by the comments of the Governor's critics.

An activist stated that "if the money on the ego trip to Dubai were to be invested in the provision of books to school libraries,medical facilities and boreholes to communities in the state,including the musicians new wife's village, many citizens will derive more utilitarian value from the expenditure". Governor Akpabio's gift to tuface idibia& Annie’s wedding raises eyebrow

Seven foreigners killed Bauchi

They were killed by their captors

The Nigerian troops killed Boko Haram suspects in an operation.
Nigeria-based group Ansaru has said it killed seven foreign hostages it had seized on February 7 from a construction company in Nigeria,SITE Monitoring Service said.
The group issued a statement in Arabic and English on an affiliate of the Sinam al-Islam network accompanied by screen shots of a video purporting to show the dead hostages.

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One screenshot showed a man with gun standing above several prone figures lying on the ground. In a statement, the group said it had to kill the hostages, taken from the compound of a Lebanese construction company in the northern state of Bauchi, because of attempts by Britain and Nigeria to rescue them.

"The Nigeria and British government operations led to the death of all the seven Christian foreigners,"it said.

Armed robbers robs a Church& made away with N5million

 Five armed robber in Boji-Boji Owa, Ika North East of Delta state raided and snatched the church’s offering and abducted the security guard, leaving one person dead.

According to eyewitness the robbers shot sporadically into the air to pave way for their operation in the church at about 10:30am during prayer session and ordered the worshippers to face the ground while their operation lasted.

The gunmen ransacked everywhere in the church where some prominent politicians worship for close to an hour before they allegedly vented their anger on the pastor whose failure to make more money available earned him a punishment of “frog jumps”

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Sources revealed that the gangsters came in a black jeep with no plate number and were armed with AK 47s in a commando style to scare passersby.

However, the pastor in charge of the church who did not want his name in print, disclosed that the offering box contained an estimated sum of N5million being offering and thanksgiving by some highly placed personalities and appealed to the gang to release the security guard. Police spokesman in the state, ASP Famous Ajieh, confirmed the incident and revealed that the whereabouts of the security guard was yet to be established.

He said that concerted efforts to rescue the victim were ongoing, adding that efforts to also arrest the gangsters have been put in place especially in strategic areas.

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