Bearded Lady Says She Now Loves Her Unshaven Look After Years Of Being Bullied

24yr old Harnaam Kaur, who lives in Berkshire, UK, and suffers from what doctors calls polycystic ovary syndrome (facial hair growth in women) says she now loves her beards and have stopped trying to get rid of it. Harnaam said she started growing the beards when she was just 11 years old and had to endure years of bullying and people making fun of her.

Harnaam, who once attempted suicide, had in the past tried to wax, bleach and shave the hair which also started growing on her chest and arms but finally decided to stop after being baptised as a Sikh, a religion that forbids the cutting of body hair. She’s now speaking up about her new-found confidence.

Borno Pastor Reveals How DSS Forced Him To Sign Document Recanting ‘N7bn Bribe’ Allegation Against CAN

The Borno State-born pastor, Kallamu Musa-Dikwa, who affirmed the allegation that President Goodluck Jonathan gave the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, N7 billion to support his re-election bid, has cried out over threats to his life by operatives of the Directorate of State Service (DSS).

While insisting that the Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor-led CAN collected the said amount, Dikwa said the DSS had forced him to sign a document which they would use against him to prove to the entire world that “the President (Jonathan) did not bribe CAN to work against the presidential candidate of APC”, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)

Dikwa said the DSS planned to use the ‘document’, which he was made to sign under duress in some national dailies to portray him as telling lies against the body of Christ.

“They forced me to sign and promise to link me up with the CAN President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, for us to ‘settle’,” he said

CONFAB: FEC Approves Full Implementation

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) wednesday formally approved for the full implementation of the recommendations contained in the 2014 National Conference Report.

The immediate past supervising Minister of Information, Chief Edem Duke disclosed this to newsmen after the FEC meeting.

Chief Edem Duke who was joined by the Secretary to the government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim said the cabinet members hailed the report and commended delegates to the conference for a job well done.

He said council also appealed to Nigerians to look at the document and follow up its implementation by government.

Expatitaing further on the decision of the council, the secretary to the government of the Federation, Anyim,noted that the Council specifically approved the modalities for implementation of the report.

The Reward of Honest Airport Cleaner Is N7,200 Salary Increment!

Josephine Ugwu, the airport cleaner who returned a passenger’s luggage containing local and foreign currencies to the tune of N12m has been rewarded with a N7,200 salary increment.

Ugwu, who works for Patovilki Cleaning Services, a concessionaire engaged by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to keep the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos clean, was on a monthly salary of N7,800 before the incident.

The National Diploma graduate of Our Saviour Institute of Science, Agriculture and Technology, Enugu, now enjoys a N7,200 salary increment, bringing her new salary to N15,000.

During a visit to the airport on Monday, PUNCH Metro interacted with Ugwu’s colleagues who expressed disappointment that such act of uncommon integrity was not noticed by the government.

Silverbird Cinemas Staff Stabbed 11 Times to Death

The body of a female worker with Silverbird Cinemas, Aishat Noble-Mustapha, has been recovered at her house in Ogudu GRA, Lagos State.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the 26-year-old lady was formerly in the communications department of the company’s branch on the Victoria Island before she was recently posted to the box office section in the Ikeja Mall.

The Kogi State indigene had reportedly closed from work on Saturday, March 14, around 7.30pm, and got home, when she was murdered.

A source, who pleaded anonymity, said she was stabbed about 11 times in the stomach.

He said, “She works with the Silverbird Cinemas in Ikeja. She was even at work throughout last week.

“She closed from work on Saturday and when she got home, we learnt she was stabbed in the stomach 11 times by a lover, who she had a disagreement with.

ELECTRICITY: FG Slashes Tariff By 50%

THE Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has reduced electricity tariff by as low as 50 per cent and as high as 103 per cent depending on the zone. This comes on the heels of complaints by electricity consumers over the estimated billings regime introduced by the electricity distribution companies (DISCOs)

NERC in a statement on its website blamed the DISCOs for passing the bulk of lost energy on power consumers forcing them to pay for what they did not consume. The Commission determined as inappropriate to transfer to consumers, collection losses that are controllable by DISCOs. It stated that it is the responsibility of the DISCOs to collect their revenue from their customers.

“Failure to do so should not be a penalty to customers who pay their bills. It is clear that removing the collection losses will lead to lower tariffs for consumers. The removal of collection losses from customer tariff has reduced tariff by more than 50 per cent in some places. Please note that the reduction does not affect the CBN facility and its repayment,” it stated.

AeroMobile Aiming To Put Flying Cars On The Market By 2017

At SXSW this week, AeroMobil CEO Juraj Vaculik revealed that the company is aiming to put flying cars in the sky and on the market by as early as 2017.

“We are now scaling up quite fast, building the team, and the plan is that in 2017 we’ll be able to announce the first flying roadster,” Vaculik told CNBC. “The point is not only to showcase that it’s possible to marry together a plane and a car, but to really commercialize it.”

According to the report, AeroMobil's first model will be a two-seater with a top air speed of 124 miles per hour and the ability to take off and land on grass.