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A Texas woman who has the world’s longest legs says there are serious setbacks to being super tall. 

 

Maci Currin, 21, stands at 6 feet,10 inches, with both of her legs measuring more than 52 inches in length.

 

The world record holder says she’s subjected to cruel comments from strangers, while also struggling with dating and finding fitted pants for her legs. 

 

“If someone is going to hate, they hate because they don’t understand,” Currin claimed in an interview with Jam Press. “[I’m] called horror movie characters, like Slenderman.”

 

 

The super-tall Texan shares videos on TikTok, where trolls often leave rude remarks about her appearance. 

 

“That would be scary to see in a dark hallway,” one person wrote on a recent video of the content creator. 

 

However, it’s not just strangers that treat Currin cruelly. 

 

She told Jam Press that she always towers over her dates, leaving some of them feeling inadequate and “embarrassed.” 

 

“All the times I’ve dated, especially with men that are shorter than me by a significant amount, has just felt off,” she stated. “Like they were almost embarrassed of me.” 

 

 

In one TikTok clip, Currin claimed that men are reluctant to kiss her in public because of the height difference.

 

Finding clothes that fit is also an issue. 

 

“I shop at American Tall mostly, although they don’t have any long pants that fit me,” she explained. 

 

“I have to get them custom-made, which costs around $250 for one pair of jeans. I’m not made of money [so] I only have two pairs of jeans that fit me right.” 

 

Currin says she hasn’t drawn the short end of the stick with her long legs, and loves being her height in spite of the setbacks. 

 

“I hated my height [as a child] because it was the one thing kids could target me for,” she stated. “But the best perk would have to be that no one is like me. I am unique.”

 

Currin is now on a mission to encourage other similarly tall women to love themselves.

 

“As a 6 foot, 10inch female, my job is to empower other tall women,” she said.

 

 

 

 

The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed an  appeal at the Appeal Court against the Nigerian government on the ruling of Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.

 

Kanu, who filed the appeal through his legal team led by its Lead Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, rejected the March 19 ruling of Justice Nyako on the criminal charges the Nigerian government preferred against him.

 

According to the notice of appeal court document obtained by SaharaReporters, Kanu’s legal team informed the Appeal Court that the lower court erred when it denied the IPOB leader his constitutional rights to fair trial.

 

Kanu also noted that the Department of State Services (DSS), failed to provide adequate facilities to prepare for the defence of the criminal allegations against the Appellant and his right to counsel of his own choice, thereby occasioning a grave miscarriage of justice.

 

The notice of appeal with charge No: FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015, reads, “Take Notice that the Appellant being dissatisfied with the Ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division coram: B.F.M Nyako, J. delivered on the 19th March, 2024 doth hereby appeal to the Court of Appeal Abuja upon the grounds set out in Paragraph 3 below and will at the hearing of the appeal seek reliefs as set out in Paragraph 4 hereof from the Court of Appeal.

 

“The Learned trial Court erred in law when the Court assumed jurisdiction to proceed with the hearing of the criminal trial against the Appellant when the Appellant is glaringly denied the constitutional right to fair trial with particular reference to denial of adequate facilities to prepare for the defence of the criminal allegations against the Appellant and his right to counsel of his own choice, thereby occasioning a grave miscarriage of justice.

 

“Fair hearing/trial bears the constitutional safeguards of ensuring that the Appellant is accorded the adequate facilities to prepare for the defence of the criminal allegations levelled against the Appellant.

 

“The denial of the Appellant the opportunity to interact and brief his counsel on what line of defences the Appellant tends to agitate in the trial court and rely on was adequately brought to the attention of the trial Court by Motion.

 

“The trial Court failed and neglected to make necessary orders that would protect the Appellant’s aforesaid rights but rather held that the Court cannot dictate how the Respondent carries out its work.

 

“The trial Court has the powers to order the Respondent (being the detaining authority) to cease and desist from interfering with Appellant’s constitutional/fair hearing right to adequate facilities to prepare defence and his right to counsel of his choice; and where it is impossible to do so or where the Respondent persists, the trial court has the power to order an alternative custodial arrangement or non-custodial arrangement for the Appellant.

 

“Denial of the Appellant’s right to adequate facilities to prepare defence as enshrined in Section 36 (6) (b) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 is a jurisdictional issues in the absence of which the trial Court cannot assume or proceed with the jurisdiction over the case unless and until such facilities are accorded to the Appellant.”

 

The legal team also accused the trial judge of erring when she held that “I cannot make orders directing a security agency on how to do their work.

 

“I can only direct that whatever is within the law must be allowed to the Defendant. Counsel cannot direct the court or give condition to the court on how to conduct its business.

 

“The Defendant is entitled to a counsel of his choice and should be given the facility to conduct an interview with his counsel within the confines of the law.”

 

The detained IPOB leader by a notice of preliminary objection prayed the appellate court to find and hold that trial in the case cannot proceed except, the “respondent stopped the unconstitutional acts of forcibly seizing and photocopying confidential legal documents brought to the Appellant by the Appellant’s lawyers meant for the Appellant’s defence of the charges against the appellant.

 

“Stopped eavesdropping on the Appellant’s confidential consultation/conversations with the Appellant’s counsel which discussion is aimed at preparing the Appellant for his defence.

 

“The Respondent denied counsel to the Appellant the right to take notes; denied them the rights to transmit messages and information to the Appellant; secretly took pictures of counsel and the Appellant’s interviews and recorded briefings between the Appellant’s lawyers and the Appellant, scanned documents meant for the Appellant from the Appellant’s team of lawyers and even refused to allow lawyers to the Appellant deliver letters to the Appellant.

 

“The action of the Respondent in the instant case is a flagrant violation of the appellant’s right to counsel of his own choice as stipulated in Section 36 (6) (c) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).”

 

He also accused Justice Nyako of erring in law by ordering for accelerated hearing of the case given the facts of the case showing that the respondent had consistently refused to afford the Appellant the right to adequate facility to prepare for the defence of the charges leveled against the Appellant and his right to counsel, and thereby occasioned miscarriage of justice against the Appellant and in favour of the Respondent.

 

Kanu stressed that the judge “Cannot order accelerated hearing of a criminal charge where it is brought to the attention of the Court that the Appellant is denied the adequate facilities to prepare his defence and his right to counsel.

 

“The order for accelerated hearing of the case in face of the constitutional breaches of fair hearing/trial rights of the Appellant is a credence to the Respondent to proceed on the unconstitutional denial of the Appellant his right to adequate facilities to prepare for his defence and his right to counsel of his choice.”

The Defence Headquarters, on Thursday, released the full identities of some top terrorists commanders who were killed in the Northern region of the country during various operations across all the theatres between January and March 2024. 

 

Among those killed by the troops attached to different operations included the Head of Is-Al Furqan Province (ISGS and ISWAP), Abu Bilal Minuki, popularly known as Abubakar Mainok among his criminal gang members as well as Haruna Isiya Boderi.

 

Mainok, a notorious terrorist who operated along Birnin Gwari Forest in Kaduna State as well as the Abuja Kaduna Highway, was killed by troops on 21 Feb 24. 

 

Others are Kachallah Damina (Neutralised on March 24 by troops. He was neutralised alongside over 50 combatants), Kachallah Alhaji Dayi, Kachallah Idi (Namaidaro), Kachallah Kabiru (Doka), Kachallah Azarailu (Farin-Ruwa), Kachallah Balejo, Ubangida, Alhaji Baldu among several others.

 

The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba revealed the names to journalists during a briefing in Abuja. He added that a total of 2,351 terrorists were killed while 2,308 were arrested and 1,241 kidnapped hostages were rescued during the period under review.

 

Buba said: “The armed forces is fighting a vicious enemy in the ongoing operations across the country. Nevertheless, the military is ready, prepared, equipped and focused on what to do with these terrorist and their cohorts. 

 

“Surely, we have been collecting intelligence, hunting them and striking them where they maybe hiding and hibernating. Our aim is to kill this terrorist and the infrastructure that supports them.”

 

The senior military officer explained that the fit was achieved through synchronised airstrikes which both the ground and air troops carried out on terrorists’ enclaves. 

 

He added, “For instance, immediately upon acquisition of vital targets, fighter jets are scrambled to carry out major bombarding raids on significant terrorist enclaves. 

 

“Troops equally conducted ambushes, raids, fighting patrols and offensive against the terrorist. The attacks and offensive actions by troops during the period Jan – Mar 2024 resulted in 2,351 terrorists neutralised, 2,308 persons arrested and 1,241 kidnapped hostages rescued. 

 

“Furthermore, troops recovered 2,847 weapons, and 58,492 ammunitions and denied the oil theft of an estimated sum over N20bn (N20,331,713,910.00) only. 

 

“Breakdown for the period includes and is not limited to the following: 1,497 AK47 rifles, 33,878 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 12,698 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 948 assorted arms and 5,520 assorted ammo. 

 

“Others are 21,573,310 litres of stolen crude oil, 2,723,430 litres of illegally refined AGO, 53,300 litres of DPK and 52,730 litres of PMS amongst other item. 

 

“The foregoing demonstrates that ongoing operations are effective and result-oriented. Accordingly, the military is raising the bar in the prosecution of the war. Consequently, citizens will continue to witness the incremental effectiveness and efficiency of the armed forces.”

 

 

The Nigeria Police Force, Kaduna State Command, has confirmed the arrest of a suspected gunman in possession of a complimentary card belonging to a Brigadier General of the Nigerian Army in a wallet also containing a First Bank ATM card amongst other items.

 

This was contained in a release issued and signed by the police command’s spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan, on Tuesday in Kaduna.

 

The police said the command accomplished a big breakthrough in crime prevention and detection by apprehending an armed robbery suspect and recovering his operating weapon, an AK-47 rifle. 

 

The command attributed the operatives’ success to acting on solid intelligence information obtained from the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Maraban Jos Division on March 24, 2024, at approximately 2030 h

 

The statement reads: “According to a report received from the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Maraban Jos Division, on March 24, 2024, at about 20:30 hours, acting on credible intelligence, police operatives arrested one Salim Aliyu, a 22 years old resident of Badarawa Kwaru in Kaduna North, Kaduna State in possession of one AK47 rifle with Breach No. 01585, along with three rounds of 7.62 x 39mm live ammunitions.

 

“Equally, other items recovered from the said suspect include; a Nigerian Immigration Service camouflage singlet and face cap, a sharp knife, a flier, a desert handbag, a wallet containing a First Bank ATM card, a complimentary card belonging to a Brigadier General of the Nigerian Army. During interrogation, the suspect, Aliyu confessed to being on a robbery mission to Maraban Jos.

 

“This successful operation underscores the Kaduna State Police Command’s unwavering commitment to maintaining law and order in the state”, the CP Ali Audu Dabigi, asserted.

 

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