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According to new reports, the Queen of
England is down to her last $1.6m in
reserves after royal overspending. She was
once the richest woman in the world (in
the 80s) and in 2010 Forbes mag
estimated her net worth at around
$450 million and now she’s broke? Nah!!
Read the report below..
From E-online
Perhaps Queen Elizabeth II could learn
something from her thrifty
granddaughter-in-law Kate Middleton.
The 87-year-old monarch has been
overspending the royal family’s
famous fortune, according to a report
published by the Commons Public
Accounts Committee on Monday, Jan.
27.
Following her courtiers’ advice, Her
Majesty the Queen’s reserve fund has
fallen from £35 million ($58 million) in
2001 to just £1 million ($1.6 million)
in 2014. The report states the royal
family is “spending above their means
and dipping into the reserves…the
balance now stands at an all-time
low.” Continue…
The report also reveals that a number of
palaces are in “dangerous or
deteriorating” conditions. Forty percent of
them, in fact, are “below acceptable
standards.” It’s not exactly new
information, as Queen Elizabeth II knows
that there’s an $82 million backlog in
repairs due to tightened government
funding.
Taxpayers fund the royal palaces in Britain,
comprised of more than 300 buildings. In
2013, the public spent about £31 million
($51 million) renovating and operating the
facilities. The report urged the treasury to
“get a grip” and help the royal family to
prevent “further damage and
deterioration.”
According to the report, royal staff
members have been forced to catch rain in
buckets to protect art and antiquities in
some locations. Queen Elizabeth II’s
“antiquated” boilers are more than 60
years old.
“The Queen has not been served well by
the Household and by the Treasury,” said
Margaret Hodge, the labor chairman of the
Public Accounts Committee. “We got the
impression that they just haven’t tried to
make greater savings. Here we are, we’re
all in it together, but they are failing to eek
better value for the Queen. They are
dipping into their reserves in a way that
just isn’t sensible.”
“If you look at the Tower of London and
its visitor numbers it makes you think that
there’s potential there. Have they done
their darndest to maximize value for
money?” Hodge wondered.
The royal household has pledged to
introduce a 10-year maintenance plan to
resolve the backlog. It has also pledged to
increase the size of its reserve fund.
Married to Prince Philip since 1947, Queen
Elizabeth II has four children and eight
grandchildren—including Prince William &
Prince Harry.
Yola—The death toll arising from the two
separate attacks on a Church in Chakawa
village, Madagali Local Government Area of
Adamawa State and Kawuri village in
Konduga, in Borno State has now risen to
138.
Armed men
Armed men suspected to be members of
the Boko Haram Islamic sect attacked
Chakawa village in Madagali Local
Government Area of Adamawa State as well
as the Kawuri village in Konduga, Bornro
State killing innocent people.
In Chakawa, the terrorists attacked a
Catholic Church while the faithful were
praying on Sunday with AK47 riffles and
Improvised Explosive Devices, IED, killing
many of them and wounding several
others.
Also at Kawuri village in Borno State,
another gang of terrorists invaded the rural
community killing no fewer than 52 people.
Council boss speaks
However, the Chairman of Madagali Local
Government, in Adamawa where a Catholic
Church was attacked, Mr. Maina Ularamu
said that local officials have counted 47
corpses, including those of two policemen,
adding that several others who were
wounded were still receiving treatment in
some hospitals in the area.
Ularamu said that the gunmen who were
armed to the teeth with sophisticated
weapons later invaded another border
village and killed more people before
fleeing to the neighbouring Cameroun
Republic.
A resident of the area who pleaded
anonymity, however, stated that he
counted about 53 bodies before they were
evacuated to hospitals.
Commander confirms attack
The Brigade Commander of the 23
Armoured Brigade, Yola, Brigadier-General
Rogers Nicholas, confirmed the attack
saying, however, that he was yet to
ascertain the death toll.
Nicholas further said that the impact of the
attack was minimal pointing out that the
military was on top of the situation.
This was even as residents of the area said
they were living in perpetual fear as more
attacks could be launched since none of the
attackers had been apprehended by the
security operatives.
Catholic spokesman
The spokesman for the Catholic Diocese of
Yola, Reverend Father Raymond Danbouye,
also confirmed that dozens were killed and
that some of corpses were buried after a
funeral service on Monday.
At Kawuri, Borno State, residents said that
gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram
terrorists attacked them on Sunday
pointing out that they had so far buried 85
bodies even as more others were still being
discovered.
The residents spoke when the state
Governor, Kashim Shettima, visited to
condole with them on the tragedy
yesterday. According to them, they had
buried 83 bodies earlier before recovering
two unidentified bodies which were buried
yesterday morning.
Victims with bullet wounds
Councillor of Kawuri village, Dala Lawan,
said about 40 persons with serious bullet
wounds and burns were earlier recovered.
“We have been searching and burying
corpses since yesterday. We first buried 53
corpses and more are still being picked up
in the bushes. Those with serious wounds
died. We have just found two more corpses
which brings the death toll to 85 for now,”
Lawan told Shettima.
A victim of the attack in the hospital.
Vanguard observed that some women,
children and the aged who had high
degree burns were writhing in pains on
hospital beds in Konduga town, about 10
kilometres away from Kawuri village.
A mother, Rabi Mallam, 46, who had second
degree burns said she was hiding along
with her son and grand daughter inside
the room when the gunmen set their
house on fire.
“We ran inside the house to escape the
bullets from their riffles but they came and
set our home on fire while shooting
sporadically. We could not come out
because they were shooting, we were
there for hours before they left thinking we
were dead. I shieded the kids with heavy
blanket soaked in water, but we were still
burnt badly. I cried for the children because
they were calling me to take them out, but I
couldn’t ,“ Rabi who had blisters all over
her body said.
40 victims on admission
About 40 injured persons were currently
on admission in the hospital.
A newly married couple who said they lost
everything was among those fleeing
Kawuri with other villagers at the time
Vanguard visited the village alongside the
state governor.
Meanwhile, Governor Shettima who shed
tears while inspecting the level of the
destruction of Kawuri village by the Boko
Haram insurgents yesterday urged the
remaining residents to take heart and leave
everything that happened to God.
He, however, promised that his
administration would rebuild the burnt
houses even if they were burnt again.
Governor Shettima donates
Shettima then announced the donation of
N250,000 each to the families of those who
lost their beloved ones, even as he
promised to settle all the medical bills of
those injured.
The governor said: “It is sad that some
innocent people who have never seen me
or benefited anything from me as governor
are being killed by terrorists in the name of
politics. We pray that Allah will touch the
heart of these terrorists so that they can lay
down their arms and embrace peace in our
dear state.”
Condemns killings
He also condemned the wanton killings and
destruction of property on a daily basis in
the state, describing it not only as anti-
Islam, but callous and barbaric.
While at the General Hospital, Konduga,
Shettima sympathised with a 12-year-old
boy and another 80-year-old Mallam
Mohammed Mustapha and prayed Allah to
grant them quick recovery.
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UK Guardian. Read below
According to this report, they have started
arresting people suspected to be gays in
the Northern part of the country. Here’s an
article I found on
Dozens of gay men are reported to
have been arrested across northern
Nigeria as police begin to enforce
punitive new laws that criminalize
same-sex marriages and membership
of gay rights organizations.
Dorothy Aken’Ova, executive director
of the country’s International Centre
for Reproductive Health and Sexual
Rights, said that the legislation, hailed
the “Jail the Gays” law, had led to mass
arrests. Police in Bauchi state, she
claimed, had a list of 168 purportedly
gay men, of whom 38 had been
arrested.
The laws, she cautioned, will
endanger medical programmes
combating HIV-Aids in the gay
community. Nigeria has the second-
largest HIV epidemic globally with an
estimated 3.4 million people living
with HIV.
Responding to the spread of anti-gay
legislation,Kerry said: “The United States is
deeply concerned by Nigeria’s enactment
of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act.
Beyond even prohibiting same-sex
marriage, this law dangerously restricts
freedom of assembly, association and
expression for all Nigerians.
“[The law] is inconsistent with Nigeria’s
international legal obligations and
undermines the democratic reforms and
human rights protections enshrined in its
1999 constitution,” he added.
“People everywhere deserve to live in
freedom and equality. No one should face
violence or discrimination for who they
are or who they love.”
The London-based Human Dignity Trust,
which supports legal actions around the
world aimed at overturning anti-gay
legislation, criticised both the Nigerian and
Ugandan acts.
Jonathan Cooper, the trust’s chief
executive, has described the Ugandan
legislation as “a bleak day for human
rights. The bill undermines Uganda’s
human rights protection, breaches its
international treaty obligations and
violates Uganda’s own constitution”.
One of the men whose legal challenges the
trust supported, Roger Jean-Claude Mbede,
34, died this week after being removed
from hospital by his family. He had been
jailed in Cameroon for sending a text
message to another man saying: “I’m very
much in love with you”.
Mbede, whose case was highlighted by the
Guardian in 2012, was subsequently
declared a prisoner of conscience by
Amnesty International.
His lawyer, Alice Nkom, said: “[Mbede’s]
family said he was a curse for them and
that we should let him die.”
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