Boko Haram slit throat of 20 villagers in Borno state

Boko Haram members yesterday June 22nd stormed Debiro village in Hawul LGA of Borno state in trucks and motorcycles, burnt houses and slit the throats of 20 villagers.

A resident of the village who spoke to Sahara Reporters, on condition of anonymity said; 

"It was in the afternoon time when we started hearing gunshots and people were running helter-skelter, there was confusion everywhere, some were shot dead and many had their throats slit. We were helpless as our foodstuffs were carted away by the rampaging militants who later burnt down most of the houses in our village. I can't say tell you the correct number of people killed, but at least 20 people including women had their throats slit.''

This is the official portrait of the First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari...

This is the official portrait of the First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari...

At Last, President Buhari Moves Into Presidential Villa

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday evening finally moved into his official residence in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Buhari and the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo have lived outside the Villa and used the Defence House, Abuja as their offices since their inauguration three weeks ago in order to allow renovation works to be carried out at the facility.

The President’s wife, Aisha Buhari had moved into the official residence since last Thursday.

Buhari, who returned to Abuja from Katsina State on Saturday, began the movement of his properties to the seat of power on Sunday evening.

Source: TheNation

'I will not remarry' - actress Fathia Balogun says

Popular Yoruba actress and ex-wife of Saidi Balogun, Fathia Williams Balogun says she has no plans of ever getting married again. The mother of two said she's more interested in making money and taking care of her children

"I won't re-marry. That's not even something I am thinking about. My only interest now is making money and taking care of my children. I want to concentrate on work. I want to make movies. I want to be like Kunle Afolayan and of course continue acting. Acting is what I will do for the rest of my life. I want to be like Joke Silva and Bukky Ajayi and even surpass them" She told HipTV in a TV interview

Angelina Jolie Pitt visits refugees in Turkey with daugther - Shiloh

Angelina Jolie Pitt and daughter Shiloh continued their humanitarian trip on yesterday Saturday June 20th, visiting southeastern Turkey for World Refugee Day.

Jolie Pitt, who serves as a special envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and her 9-year-old daughter with husband Brad Pitt visited a Syrian and Iraqi refugee camp in the town of Midyat, in the Mardin province of Turkey.

The star also met with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, discussing the crisis in the world's largest refugee community, according to a press release.

"Our world has never been richer or healthier or more advanced. Yet never before have so many people been dispossessed and stripped of their basic human rights," she said according to the release. "We should call this what it is: not just a 'refugee crisis,' but a crisis of global security and governance, that is manifesting itself in the worst refugee crisis ever recorded – and a time of mass displacement."

The mother-daughter pair were also joined by the UNHCR High Commissioner Antonio Guterres on their refugee camp visits.

"This is a central problem. We cannot pick and choose which human rights violations we will and won't tolerate," Jolie Pitt said while at the Midyat camp.

The actress, who has six children with Pitt, brought Shiloh first to Lebanon to spend time with a 12-year-old Syrian girl she met a year prior during another UNHCR trip.

"Shiloh is very aware that I hold refugee families in high regard and has been asking to come on missions and meet them for many years,".

Jolie Pitt and Shiloh spent time with the little girl named Hala, who has no parents and lives with her five siblings in a tented settlement.

"Upon leaving the family, Shiloh asked many questions,". "It is of course hard to explain all of the harsh realities of war and displacement. She said she felt sad, but was happy that she went and is looking forward to the next visit."

The actress and Shiloh will join Pitt and the rest of the famous family for Father's Day on Sunday.

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