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The Nigeria Police Force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has said that officers seen in a viral video picking money on the ground at Benin airport will not be dismissed.  He gave the clarification on Friday after some Nigerians expressed fear that some officers seen in a viral video picking money singer Shallopopi threw into the air at the Benin Airport might be dismissed from service.  He emphasised that while they may receive a lecture on refraining from such actions, it wouldn't lead to dismissal as it is considered a less severe offence.  Reacting to the video on Instagram, Adejobi said, ‘’We won't dismiss a policemen for picking such money, we can only lecture him not to do so again, as such relegates him." 

It was gathered that the incident happened about 3 pm on Friday when the father of the family who conveyed his wife and children in a Sienna vehicle ran into a stationary truck carrying an iron rod. Visblog learned that some residents and policemen broke the vehicle to recover the bodies of the family members and deposited their corpses at a morgue. Confirming the incident, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Ikeduru LGA, Lucky Ahiole, a Chief Superintendent of Police, noted that the stationary truck was parked at the roadside when the driver of the Sienna vehicle ran into it. The DPO said, “Eight died and we have taken them to a morgue. We had to break the Sienna vehicle to bring out the dead bodies. The rod pierced their eyes and bodies and even the children died.”

Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye launched a virulent anti-gay tirade on Friday, saying same-sex couples should be publicly stoned. He also lashed out at Western countries that press other nations to allow gay rights or risk losing aid. Homosexuality in Burundi, a conservative Christian country in East Africa, has been criminalised since 2009 with prison terms of up to two years for consensual same-sex acts. Ndayishimiye, a Catholic, described marriage between same-sex couples as an "abominable practice". "Personally, I think if we see these kind of individuals in Burundi we should put them in a stadium and stone them. And it would not be a sin for those who do," Ndayishimiye said in response to a question at a public event in the east of the country that was broadcast by Burundian media. He also criticised Western countries that urge smaller nations to allow gay marriage or risk losing aid, saying: "Let them keep their help, let them keep it."...