A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Batch B member has been reported dead at her orientation camp base in Kano state.
According to a post by a Facebook user identified as Emeka Stefano Ekwe, a young lady identified as Ifedolapo who was recently deployed to the NYSC orientation camp in Kano, has died.
According to his post, the lady had been sick and was refused treatment simply because they thought she had been pretending, in order to dodge the parade.
Popular Fuji musician, Adewale Ayuba, has opened up on his initial fear after he got converted to Christianity.Ayuba, now commonly known as Mr. Johnson, was born and bred in a Muslim family.
According to the ex-staunch Muslim, he had been a Christian since 2010, but hasn’t been practicing it for fear of being killed.
The ‘Ijo Fuji’ songster made this known in an open confession in the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, weekend.
While admitting that he is now proudly a full Christian, he said, “I have been a Christian for so long, even my family members especially my kids are all going to church but I make sure I go every December 31st. If I don’t, I will presume the New Year would be filled with dangers that will lead to my death.
“I was always scared of admitting to the world that I’m Christian, for fear of being killed, but now I have the courage to say it boldly, I’m a born-again Christian. I’m no more a Muslim,” Ayuba added.
The Oba of Lagos, His Royal Majesty, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, has revealed that despite Lagos being a metropolitan city, there are taboos in his palace.
For example, as a king, he is not allowed to see any newborn child born to him until 90 days. In an interview with Punch published today, the Oba said:
There is nowhere there are no taboos, in Benin, Yoruba cultures. For instance, in this house (
palace), if a child is born to me today, I will not see him or her and he or she will not enter this house (palace) until 90 days. And there are some drinks and food anybody with royal blood in this palace must not put in his mouth. That is why the Yoruba adage says the practice in one household is an abomination in another household.
Why can’t you see your child and what are the food and drinks that such persons from the royal lineage must not taste?
Just like I said, an adage says what an elderly person uses to eat pap is hidden under the leaves of the pap (which implies that there are certain details that cannot be made public).Beyond the ones in the palace, what are the taboos that millions of Lagos residents should know?
When it comes to taboos, Yoruba would say whoever does what no one has ever tried would see what no one has ever seen. The normal taboos in Yoruba customs are many.
Like it is in the Quran, all sins can be forgiven, except two. One is that anybody who deliberately kills another person cannot be forgiven and anybody who deliberately takes his mother to the holy mosque in Mecca, during the Ramadan fast, to go and have affair with her there, will not be forgiven.
But, people should know their limits. Like the popular adage, a farmland cannot belong to father and son without having a boundary; they would know their boundaries. And that is why nobody can ill-treat anybody around me here. Anybody who feels he can come and do anything unjust in Lagos here should know that it will not work.
Following the results of the Ondo Governorship election announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday, The Punch can report that Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress is the new governor-elect.
Top social media activist and journalist, Ms Kemi Olunloyo, has narrated how popular Nigerian filmmaker and Lagos socialite, Mr Seun Egbegbe, who was accused of stealing phones, tried to hypnotise a sales girl in Lagos on Tuesday, November 22, 2016.
Ms Olunloyo, in her investigation into the alleged phone theft, revealed that Mr Egbegbe left his house with the intention of using charm on phone retailers at the popular Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos.
She said however, during the process, he was caught and could have been killed if not for the intervention of some policemen from Area F Command, who whisked him away to their custody.
It was alleged that the filmmaker stole about nine iPhones from a store at Computer Village. He was beaten by a mob when an alarm was raised.
“#HNNInvestigates Seun Egbegbe #Nollywood film maker and marketer/CEO Ebony films indeed attempted to steal EIGHT i-phones two models.
“I spoke to several people including the woman he is currently dating. We shall call her “Bisi” to protect her identity.
“Seun Egbegbe told Bisi he was going out on a “RITUALISTIC” heist at Computer Village today. An attempt to jazz retailers.
“Bisi tells #HNNAfrica that this is not the first time Seun Egbegbe has STOLEN gadgets at CVillage. He’s ripped off many
“Seun Egbegbe took a cab to Keelcech stores to specifically STEAL I- phones which cost $650 unlocked in the US N300,000
“The Apple phones stolen today were worth about N2.4M according to an unofficial spokesman one Kola Aleshinloye the owner
“Keelcech employee told me it was NOT a movie set nor publicity stunt and that Seun Egbegbe could easily have been killed
“I have spoken out on ritualism in #Nollywood many times but to hypnotize a sales girl and flee with 8 Apple phones #BAD
“@PoliceNG @YomiShogunle have not returned my inquiries. Bisi tells me the NPF is “protecting” him due to his status. SMH
“Bisi told me Egbegbe is NOT at Area F police station & has been moved 4 “public figure” protection. 8 phones recovered
“One phone still missing according to store employee. Taken by Egbegbe’s accomplice who fled after being gifted.
“@PoliceNG is PROTECTING this celebrity like a looting politician who “returns” stolen items. Egbegbe needs CHARGES!
“@PoliceNG A teen gang member can be burned after stealing a phone while a celeb #Nollywood filmmaker MAY GO HOME!
“@policeng needs to give us accountability in Seun Egbegbe iphone theft case. @YomiShogunle, I Sent a MSG to PRO Badmos,” Ms Olunloyo said in a series of tweets on her Twitter handle.
The Christian Post reported that Bromleigh McCleneghan said single Christians can have sex as long as it’s mutually pleasurable and affirming.
In her book, the pastor says no one should be forced to abstain if they find themselves single by circumstance.
McCleneghan backs up her argument saying single Christians don’t need to abstain from sex to remain pure since being chaste is all about moderation.
The pastor who is a married mother of three argues that single people can be faithful in unmarried sexual relationships if they exercise restraint.
McCleneghan believes it’s unfair to ask single Christians who haven’t been called to a life of celibacy to refrain from sexual intimacy when both men and women need sex.
If we refrain from having sex that isn’t mutually pleasurable and affirming, that doesn’t respect the sacred worth of ourselves and our partners,” she explained.
The pastor teachings are contrary to many Christian teachings which mainly urge single individuals to abstain until marriage and go against the Christian tradition that advises against extra-marital sex.
Sex outside marriage is viewed as a sin, that will lead anyone to hell.
A Lagos State Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ikeja, yesterday, remanded in Kirikiri Prison, Seun Egbegbe, former boyfriend to actress and social media celebrity, Toyin Aimakhu, for alleged theft of 10 pieces of iPhones.
Seun was arraigned before Magistrate Y. O. Aje-Afunwa, on one count charge of theft slammed against him by the police. Seun, who pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him, was alleged to have committed the offence at the Computer Village, Ikeja, where he requested for the phones.
The police prosecution told the court that the incident occurred while the sales girl was trying to calculate the items Seun requested for, but that he allegedly ran out of the shop with the phones and tried to board a waiting vehicle.
The sales girl allegedly raised the alarm, which attracted other traders in the market. He was eventually caught and beaten to a pulp before the police intervened and rescued him.
The presiding magistrate, Aje-Afunwa, granted him N1 million bail and two sureties in like sum. He was ordered to be remanded in Kirikiri pending when he would fulfill his bail conditions.
A mild drama, however, played out outside the court as Seun’s supporters threatened to beat up journalists if they took the accused pictures. It took the intervention of police and court orderlies, who sent the rowdy mob out of the court premises, to save the situation.
While journalists waited to take Seun’s picture, his family members colluded with prison warders to sneak him out of the court premises through the back door into a waiting prison vehicle.
An officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority LASTMA, was allegedly brutalized by an escort police officer earlier today at the Ajah area of Lagos.
The LASTMA official’s crime is yet to be known but we can deduce from tweets of their official handle that the policeman, who is an escort policeman clashed with the LASTMA official and the above is the result.
Mr Dan Bature, an Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) of Police in Charge of Zone 11 comprising Oyo, Osun and Ondo states, says any policeman checking vehicle particulars on the highways is on illegal duty. Bature said this in Ibadan during a two-day familiarisation visit to Oyo State.
He said that the duty of the police was not to check vehicle particulars but to ensure safer roads. Bature warned policemen against blocking high ways, saying police patrol vehicles were not supposed to be toll gates.
He said the Inspector General of Police (IGP) was committed to changing the negative image of the police and supporting the anticorruption war of the Federal Government. Bature advised officers unable to key into the laudable initiatives of the IGP to resign from the force. He said that a lot was expected by the public from the police, adding that this informed the monitoring of officers. “The Inspector General of Police is determined to improve on your welfare and pursue the increment of your salary. “But this can only be achieved when the people have good perception about the police, “Bature said. Earlier, Sam Adegbuyi, the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, said that the officers were dedicated and patriotic. Adegbuyi said that in view of the population of Oyo State, the command needed to create three more Area Commands in addition to the existing four commands. He commended the AIG, Oyo government and the Police Community Relation Committee for the successes recorded so far in the fight against crime.
Woman Steals Jeep Then Uses It For Offering In Lagos Church.
A 44-year old housewife, Mary Onu has been arrested after she allegedly stole a Nissan Infiniti SUV belonging to a car dealer and used it to sow a seed offering to her church prophet, Solomon Orimisan of the Celestial Church of Christ, Idimu, Lagos, Nigeria.
The incident happened at Gabriel Bell close, Bamishile Estate in Idimu where the church was located.
Onu was arrested with her daughter, Alice who signed the agreement and handed over the Jeep to Prophet Orimisan after she obtained a token sum of N500,000 in exchange for the vehicle.
The Delta State-born Mary who was a member of the church went to the prophet and told him that she wanted to appreciate him for his assistance and prayer to her and her family which had benefited them.
She told him that she wanted to sow a seed offering with the Infiniti model QX56 which the market value is over N2 million.
She asked him that he should pay only N500,000 as a token, which an excited Orimisan agreed and paid the money into her account.
We gathered that she drove the SUV to the church with the owner, who is a car dealer and introduced him as her driver.
When they went inside the church to discuss, the owner of the SUV did not know what was going on and after Orimisan paid the money, she left both of them inside the church premises and bolted away.
When the prophet came out and saw the car dealer, he asked him to leave and informed him he had settled with Mary.
It was then the prophet realized that Mary have scammed him as the owner explained what transpired between him and Mary before the vehicle was brought to the church.
The matter was reported to the police who trailed Mary and her daughter, Alice for several weeks and later arrested them in their hideout.
At the station, Mary confessed to the crime but claimed she had already spent the money to solve her personal problem.
They were charged before Magistrate’s court sitting in Isolo on Thursday with conspiracy, obtaining under false pretence and stealing under the Criminal Code.
They pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor, Mr A.U. Ojei told the court that he was not objecting the bail condition, but the court should use discretion to grant them bail so that they will face trial.
The presiding Magistrate, Mrs A.K. Shonubi granted them bail in the sum of N200,000 with one surety in like sum.
They were remanded in prison custody pending when they will perfect their bail condition.
The matter was adjourned till 24 November 2016
The Ogun State All Progressives Congress Chairman, Alhaji Roqeeb Adeniji is reportedly to have died at the age of 79.
The news was confirmed to one of our reporters by Some members of the State Executives of the party this morning. His remains will be buried today by 4p.m in Ota, According to the Islamic rites.
It was gathered that 'Baba Computer' as he is fondly called was flown to U.K last week Thursday for the treatment by National APC Financial Secretary, Alhaji Bello and his Sons.
The Wife of the State Chairman, Kikelomo Adeniji had died a year ago through a Motor accident .
Mr John Edobor, who was recently fired from his Zenith bank job over allegations of domestic violence, has opened up on his own side of the story after his estranged wife, Ivie, accused him of battering her for failing to give him male children. Scroll down to read his story.
The killer and the cheat…the true Story of Ivie Edobor
Ivie Angela Edobor who lives in Number 43, Aderibigbe Street, Masha Kilo, Surulere, Lagos, got married at Saint Dominics Catholic Church, 356, Herbert Macaulay Street, Yaba, Lagos on Saturday, 30th June, 2007 at 12:00noon. We did the traditional marriage ceremony at the father’s compound at No. 2, Sola Oluwole Close, Abisogun Estate, Alafia Sari-Iganmu, off Lagos Badagry Expressway on a Thursday, 28th June, 2007. And as well as the marriage Registry in Lagos at Ikoyi on the 17th January, 2007 (all the marriage documents are attached).
Ivie and I are blessed with three children (three girls – senior 9 years old; second – 7 years and 4 years old respectively). Ivie and I had lived together all these years in peace devoid of rancour and acrimony together and love.
Ivie Edobor once worked for Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc until she resigned her appointment on the 11th July, 2011 in view of the fact that she was been accused of collecting kickbacks from the bank’s contractors in order for her to perform her duties as administrative staff. She exhibited these traits of fraud, corrupt practices and financial misappropriation which led to her termination and dismissal from Airtel and Starcomms .
When Ivie resigned (find attached her resignation letter) in order for her not to be at home doing nothing, we both had a discussion on her nest line of what she could do and then she suggested that she wanted to start importing diapers from the United Kingdom (UK) and start distributing and selling in retail which I obliged her by giving her initial start-up capital of about N500, 000 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira) and as the year progresses, we noticed that the business was moving I had to borrow moneys from friends and with my personal savings to inject into the business which amounted to about N8million (Eight Million Naira Only).
Every year, it was our agreement that audit be done to ensure that, the business is actually doing well and to make sure tax is paid to Government as well. This was actually adhered to in 2012 and in 2013, I noticed that Ivie had refused to call the accountant to come audit her books. I kept insisting on the audit to be done since she knows the accountant and have his contacts and moreover where we were staying in Ajah at No 76, House 3, Street X, Abraham Adesanya Estate, Ajah, Lagos, was not far from where the accountant was actually living in Ajah.
This persisted until in September 17th 2014 when strange faces of people I had never met or spoken with before kept coming to knock at my gate as early as 5a.m. every morning to demand for their moneys from Ivie and when the amount was added together that came knocking and requesting for their moneys it came to about N25,204,250 (Twenty Five Million, Two Hundred and Four Thousand, Two Hundred and Fifty Naira Only). Please see attached the list of people she was owing and these people are available if you which to speak with them.Despite all these borrowings, Ivie could not account for what the sum of N25, 204,250 was spent on and till date she has not being able to explain in clear terms what the money was used for. She could not explain to me or her family members how she spent such huge sum of money. It became clear of recent after two years that she actually borrowed these moneys to save face from shame since Mr. Matthew Agbaire who she was dating was threatening to blackmail her if she could not part with money anytime Matthew Agbaire requested for any sum to use for himself.
In November 24th, 2015, Ivie was pregnant for me with twins which she confirmed severally in our chat (see attached for your perusal and confirmation the Ultra Sound Scan Report for the LMP and EDD) and the pregnancy grow for 5 (five) months and the babies had become 5(five) months old in June.
Since Ivie was living in Surulere despite my several plead to the father to allow Ivie and the children to come join me in Yaba notwithstanding that Ivie and I looked for the apartment in Yaba for us to live as one family again, Ivie deceded to stay back in surulere and every Fridays she would come to sleep with me while on weekdays she kept sleeping with Matthew Agbaire who is married with his own kids.
Until May 2016, when my kids where on midterm break, and they came to spend the holiday with me in Yaba that two of my children told me that, every night, one uncle Matthew was always coming to the house to sleep in mummy’s room till the next day and he will buy them suya. And when I asked Ivie she initially denied until I showed her a video clip of what the children told me that she then admitted (see attached our chat for your perusal) and at this time Ivie was still pregnant.
Since Ivie knew the consequences of her action she begged and pleaded that, she would need to go for confession which she did in June 5th, 2016 at Saint Dominic Catholic Church, Yaba. There she promised the reverend father Felix never to go back to such life again. Two days later I received a phone call from the house help that, Matthew came again to take her out and did not return until late in the night. When I asked Ivie she denied and she beat up the house help as well as collected her phone from her.
At this time Ivie had threatened she was going to flush the babies since I am doubting the paternity of the twin. Because, I asked Ivie if you are pregnant for me and still kept sleeping with another man (Matthew Agbaire) so who own the babies? We would need to do a DNA test to actually know who their father is.
Three days later, Ivie and Matthew Agbaire went to abort the babies since she was worried that I kept insisting on the DNA of the children. When I asked ivie what happened to the babies she said she could not face the shame of having bastard children which am not ready to father and this kept me worried up till now since Ivie could kill children that were already formed (7months) babies.I spoke with the father who lives in Orile, in Lagos and even went to see him about it and all I got from the father was he will talk to Ivie and two of her aunties and I tried calling her mother who lives in UK but she would not pick her calls and as well told my family members about it too.
On what happened in June 19th 2016, incident that got ivie admitted at Tokin Hospital for broken leg, contrary to claims by Ivie, she actually got injured during a scuffle between myself and Matthew Agbaire who brought out a hammer his tool box in his car to fight me when Ivie at sighting me started shouting ole, ole for the security men to come and kill when Matthew brought her back home past one (1:00a.m.) in the morning while the children were left at home with a girl of about 13years old to care for them while Ivie and Matthew went to a hotel to have sex. Ivie in an attempt to allow Matthew to run away was holding on to my hands backward and in the course of my struggle, Ivie and I fell to the ground and then, Matthew wanted to seize the opportunity to slam the hammer in his hand on me which I dodged and then I noticed he was not relenting the second time after first strike which actually hit ivie, and then she shouted, when saw him trying to raise his hand again, I had to row over ivie and stood on my feet before the security men came to rescue the situation. Matthew quickly rushed her to a hospital in Surulere perhaps the same hospital the twin was aborted by Ivie and Matthew.
Ivie has consistently told people that I have not been taking care of the children school fees (find attached the receipts of my children school fees till date for your perusal). She has push out false information to the public for her to continuously gain sympathy from the public, press, bloggers, the civil society and human rights activist.
It will shock you to know that Ivie was married to one Mr. Benedith Jatto on the 17th December 2002 a document she used in her NYSC and equally in her former place of employment while she was working with Airtel Nigeria. I got to know and see all of these when this issue came up and a copy of the document is available for your perusal. And up till date that married has not been dissolved which means ivie is legally married to two men.
Ivie is doing all these for her to hide her shame and the face of Matthew Agbaire a father of two who is still married to his wife, and work in Centrix Allied Limited who is the brain behand her termination of the twin and the her broken leg. It is unfortunate that Ivie is acting this way because as my wife and mother of my beautiful children this is not the way I planned for us.
As a responsible father I have consistently played my role and provided for them to the best of my ability all that they needed.
So please tell me how I went wrong…. You can imagine my shock to find out that I am her 2nd husband…was it wrong of me to have encouraged and empowered my wife? Please tell me which man will take it…she only shouted out so the issue of the children she killed will not come limelight.
OGHA in chaos as Deputy Speaker and Commissioner for Works exchange harsh words as assembly suspends commissioner for works, directs him to hand over to the Permanent Secretary
There was a serious commotion in the Ogun State House of Assembly today after the Ogun State commissioner for works Arc Lekan Adegbite insulted the whole member of the OGHA.
The drama started when the assembly members concluded the valedictory service for one of its former members and returned to address the commissioner for works who had earlier been summoned.
The commissioner demanded for an apology from the whole house for keeping him waiting for 45 minutes before answering any of their questions.
This got all the members angry as members take their turn to remind the commissioner of how he had disrespected them during the house oversight function to his ministry and on other official and personal visits.
The speaker also tried to make the commissioner realise that they were at the valedictory service of one of their late colleague.
All these explanation didn't go down well with the commissioner who insisted on the apology. He was about walking out on the assembly members when the deputy speaker challenged him not to do so. The commissioner brushed aside the deputy speaker who in turn stood his ground firmly.
It took the intervention of other members to stop both of them from going physical and throwing punches.
This got the commissioner very angry and furious. He called the assembly members bunch of fools and other unprintable names before storming out of the assembly complex.
Meanwhile, the house has passed a resolution suspending the commissioner for works and directed him to hand over to the Permanent Secretary of the ministry.
The effort of the SSG to intervene met stiff resistance from the assembly members.
Part of the reason why the commissioner was invited was for him to explain the rational behind the construction of a N60bn 10 lane road from Government house to Interchange when there are so many abandoned projects.
The house also want an explanation on why no rural road has been constructed when funds had already been approved.
The house has directed the state government to immediately suspend the construction of the N60bn 10 lane road and focus on the completion of other abandoned roads and rural roads.
House of Assembly just moved a motion passing vote of no confidence on the Commissioner of Works and Infrastructure, Arch Olamilekan Adegbite for misconduct. The Gov has been advised to suspend him immediately. Details later................
You have 18 children; will you encourage the younger ones to have such figure?
I will not. The fact that I have many children is by destiny, because I did not plan for it. It happened when stardom came and there was nothing I could do.
Female fans were all over me and one way or the other, they wanted to attach themselves to me. I was just doing it. Now, I believe it is my destiny, because God gave me all I needed to use to train them. But not everyone would have the grace or opportunity like Bello.
So, I will not advise anyone to have many children. Apart from the present harsh situation of the economy, I will not even advise anyone to marry two wives. If I had my way, I would have loved to have a smaller family. But it is my destiny, like I said earlier. Why has it become extremely hard for celebrities to stay in marriage? It is possible that the couples are incompatible, when you look at things well.
If two actors get married, it is always hard. As an actor, female fans always love to be around the husband, but most women cannot tolerate that for too long. If the celebrity wife cannot control herself too, she could go astray.
For me, I will not encourage two celebrities to get married. It is preferable when they are doing different things.
How did you react when your son, Femi, told you about getting married a second time?
We have been looking forward to that. When his first wife left eight years ago, he did not want to marry anymore. But at his age, it is not good for him to be alone for the rest of his life. I really was disturbed.
We kept on searching, hoping he gives marriage another chance, until he brought his new wife to us. I am happy he eventually did.
Your children are already living your legacies; how does this make you feel? I thank God because such grace is uncommon.
Coming into acting, I did not think that any of my children would take after me, not to talk of it happening while I am still alive.
Why don’t you feature in English movies?
They do not invite me and I cannot lobby for it. Maybe they feel that my spoken English is not up to standard; I do not know honestly. But the fact is that I would give Yoruba movie more priority than English movies, because I like to promote my culture. My culture is who I am and where I belong to.
But anytime I get invitations, I am ready. For me, acting is acting; the only difference is the medium of expression.
If they invite me, I would surprise them. I have done more than eight English movies in the past.
Good Morning Friends, sometime ago i (Hon. Barr. 'Yinka Mafe) promised to sponsor a resolution on the floor of the house which should make DISCOS in Ogun State to compensate individuals or communities who on their own buy transformers or ANY equipment for the purpose of energising electricity same equipment which is later transffered to the DISCOS as their properties. This compensation by way of percentage of Bill Conssession or a period of moratorium on bill to encourage others and improve our energy distribution.
Am happy that at yesterdays sitting the House in its wisdom invited the Management of DISCOSs operating in Ogun State and the Officer incharge of Consumer Protection in Ogun State for Wed 23rd of Nov 2016.
Finally Afro Singer Oritse Femi Finally releases his statement on the fight that happened at Club Quillox.
He shared the above picture of himself on the hospital bed with the statement below:
Hello my lovely fans, I know a lot of you have been waiting to hear from me directly. Let me start by saying I’m sorry for disappointing you all. I have never been involved in any altercation before now. I love peace and I would never hurt anyone knowingly. Things got out of hands and I reacted badly, it was a mistake, and I take the blame. I’m human and at that moment I acted unruly.
I want to thank you all for your support over the years and I understand if you are angry with me, I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you to those that have reached out to me.
There is no ‘Oritsefemi’ without you my lovely fans. This will never happen again. Lessons learnt.
I will continue to give you good music that I am known for not violence.
Thank you once again and God bless you all for me….much love my people .
Amosun Signs Law Prohibiting Land Grabbing, Kidnapping in Ogun
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on Monday, signed into law, a Bill prohibiting land grabbing, forcible entry on landed property, violent conducts, armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism and other allied offences.
The Governor, who signed the bill in the presence of the state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Illiyasu; State Director, Department of State Security Service, Kabiru Sali; Commissioner of Justice and Attorney General of the state, Dr. Olumide Ayeni and other members of the State Executive Council, assured that Ogun State would not be a comfort zone for any criminally-minded individual or group, especially the land grabbers also known as "Omo Oniles."
Governor Amosun who assured that his administration would not allow criminals to operate in the state said, "kidnapping is alien to us in this part of the country and we have come to put an end to it as it now attracts 25 years jail term."
Speaking with journalists after the Bill was signed into law, Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Suraj Adekunbi, thanked the governor while adding that with the signing of the bill into law, "everybody would now sit tight and know that Ogun State is no hiding place for criminal elements."
On his part, Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Illiyasu said this is a clarion call for all criminals in the state to change their ways. The police boss assured that "henceforth, anyone caught would face the full wrath of the law."
Mikel: I wouldn't swap my Olympic medal for a place in the Chelsea team
Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel believes Antonio Conte is punishing him for his decision to play at the Olympics but says he would not swap his bronze medal for a place in the team.
Nigeria's technical adviser Gernot Rohr claimed that Conte has deliberately kept Mikel out of his plans as a result of his decision to forgo their pre-season plans in favour of playing at the Olympics.
"I have not one single regret in going to the Olympics. And I will not trade my medal for anything," said Mikel.
It happened around 2am Saturday morning, Jackson Bassey reported live from Quilox, night club confirm musician Oritse Femi just got into big trouble after he brutally stabbed one of the bouncers of the organization.
It happened that Rock Steady was resisted by Quilox bouncer from coming to a particular section of the club where Oritse Femi was seated, Oritse Femi got pissed by the way his Colleague was being treated and intervened giving the bouncer a dirty slap, Jackson Bassey also reported that his assistant added up by stabbing the bouncer in the face.
The rest of the bouncers reacted by taking Oritse Femi hostage and beat him up as well though he was finally released after much pleading.
The family of Chijioke Obioha, a Nigerian national given the mandatory death sentence for possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking on December 30, 2008, have been informed that November 18 is his new execution date.Amnesty International in a statement Thursday recalled that on April 9, 2007, Obioha was found in possession of more than 2.6 kilograms of cannabis, surpassing the statutory amount of 500 grams that under Singapore law triggers the automatic presumption of trafficking.
Also in his possession were keys to a room containing additional prohibited substances, leading the authorities to presuming him guilty of possession and knowledge of the drugs.
Obioha’s appeal against his conviction and sentence was rejected in August 2010, but maintaining his innocence of the crime, he initially refused to make use of his right to resentencing which amendments to Singapore’s mandatory’s death penalty laws made in 2013 allowed for.
“After the rejection of his clemency appeal in April 2015, his execution was set for May 15, 2015. It was stayed a day earlier to allow him apply for resentencing.
“His family were only informed on October 25, 2016 that he had resolved to withdraw his application for resentencing earlier in the year, following legal advice that he would not qualify as “courier” under the amended laws.
“Consequently, the Court of Appeal lifted the stay of execution with effect from October 24, resulting in the execution date to be set for November 18.
“Chijioke Stephen Obioha graduated in Industrial Chemistry from Benin University in Nigeria. He moved to Singapore in 2005, seeking to join a football club. His family members, who currently live in Nigeria and the United Kingdom, have been unable to travel to visit and had limited ability to assist him.
“Throughout the duration of the proceedings, they have received sporadic and often delayed updates, including when a legal representative was removed from the case,” Amnesty International stated.
House of Representatives member, Hon James Abiodun Faleke is a very lucky man.
He narrowly evaded the cold hands of death after his Vehicle was attacked by unknown assailants. An SUV was conveying him from Lokoja, the Kogi state capital, to Abuja, before it was shot at by the unidentified gunmen.
The visibly shaken Faleke disclosed this himself in a report he lodged at the Gwagwalada Police Division in Abuja. Police reports indicate the lawmaker was attacked between 7pm and 7.30pm on Sunday November 6.
The bullets hit the front windshield of his bullet-proof vehicle thrice before the first bridge at Gwagwalada. In his words;
I was returning from Kogi state on November 6 and my vehicle was shot at the first bridge in Gwagwalada, which is under construction between 7pm and 7.30pm. About three bullets hit my jeep, but thank God, it was a bulletproof car. The bullets cracked the windscreen but did not penetrate. I’m grateful to God for the life of my driver, orderly and myself. We reported the incident to the Police Division in Gwagwalada, FCT.
Faleke was the running mate to the Kogi state All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the November 21, 2015 election, the late Prince Abubakar Audu. He was set to become deputy governor of Kogi before Audu’s unfortunate death.
A jealous boyfriend has slit the throat of his female lover following an argument in Adamawa state. The victim was left with horrible wounds on her face and body.
According to HOOKUPTV Blog, the lady was identified as Witness and a student of Adamawa state Polytechnic, Yola campus.
She was quickly rushed to the specialist hospital Yola by her fellow female students of the State Poly after the incident.
“On the fateful day, eye witnesses say he called her several but to no avail as she did not pick or return her calls thus enraging her estranged lover. The lady was seen to alight from another man’s vehicle with polythene bag containing bread and some raw eggs. upon sighting her, her enraged lover ensues into a heated argument with her regarding her whereabouts. passers by who knew them prior to that time knew it was common place for them to have such verbal exchange thus ignored the two lovers to carry on their arguments.
“Things took a turn for the worse how ever when the man pulled out a knife and slit her throat as though slaughtering and animal. her screams for help thus attracted male folk around the area to fight him off but he had inflicted much wounds both on her throat and face. he quickly ran to the school gate threatening to stab the security man if the gate was not opened for him
“The lady was rushed to the hospital for medical attention. She is currently under stable condition and the lover has been apprehended and arrested.”
Mr John Edobor, who was recently fired from his Zenith bank job over allegations of domestic violence, has opened up on his own side of the story after his estranged wife, Ivie, accused him of battering her for failing to give him male children. Scroll down to read his story.
“On the fateful day, eye witnesses say he called her several but to no avail as she did not pick or return her calls thus enraging her estranged lover. The lady was seen to alight from another man’s vehicle with polythene bag containing bread and some raw eggs. upon sighting her, her enraged lover ensues into a heated argument with her regarding her whereabouts. passers by who knew them prior to that time knew it was common place for them to have such verbal exchange thus ignored the two lovers to carry on their arguments.
