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A young man in Saudi Arabia was arrested on charges of rape and extortion. He was taken into custody after a young girl, 17, filed a police complaint against him. The two met for the first time after the man had initially got in touch with the teenager through mobile chat messenger application 'Whats App'. The man forced the girl to meet him the first time. He lured her into his car and took her to his apartment and raped her, reports Saudi daily Sabq. The 25-year old man raped her repeatedly and filmed those incidents and threatened to expose her by making images public on social networking sites. The girl fell deeper and deeper into his trap. He not only raped her himself in his car and at his friends' farm house but also passed her around to his friends for some further sexual assault. The girl called his bluff one day and the man uploaded an indecent (read: semi-naked) image on Facebook in a bid to make her submit to his demands. Finally, she approa

Fellow Nigerians, 1. Over the past few weeks, unprecedented floods have ravaged many parts of our country, rendering tens of thousands of fellow Nigerians homeless, and causing massive destruction of property, farmlands, and infrastructure across the country. 2. I wish to express our deep commiseration with all those who have lost loved ones; those who have lost their property; as well as all the affected communities and institutions. 3. It is sad that this global phenomenon of devastating floods has come to Nigeria at this time. 4. I want to reassure all Nigerians that the Federal Government is prepared to do everything possible to mitigate the impact of this natural disaster. 5. I had earlier set up a Presidential Technical Committee to visit all affected areas with a view to properly assessing the impact of the floods.  The Committee has since submitted an interim Report. 6. The Report, which contained a number of recommendations, was presented to key stakeh