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Controversial British media personality, Piers Morgan insulted a Nigerian in Nigerian pidgin English as they argued about the match between Nigeria and Argentina.

During the World Cup game, Piers didn’t agree with the VAR when the machine gave Nigeria a penalty kick after Leon Balogun was fouled.

Pierce said the VAR had failed and there was no way that was a penalty because it was the Nigerian player who leaned in and dived.

Piers tweeted:

“VAR fails again. No way was that a penalty.. leaned in & dived.”

But a Nigerian felt he was being biased and called him out.

Emmanuel Babalola tweeted back at Piers: “If it is England or Argentina ?? the VAR is correct right? But now it’s Nigeria ?? the VAR has failed. You are such a racist!”

And Piers immediately went ghetto on him, writing: “Emmanuel, you dey craze.”

The VAR has stirred up a sort of controversy across the world as most football fanatics are of the belief that it was created to side-line a certain set of participants at the Russia World Cup.

The match between Argentina and Nigeria was obviously going in Nigeria's favour and football lovers are of the opinion that the tide changed after the referee's decision not to award a penalty to Nigeria after Rojo handled the ball in the 18 yard box.

https://lailasnews.com/british-personality-piers-morgan-blasts-nigerian-in-pidgin-english-over-var/

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A lady identified as Chidinma Succes has taken to her Facebook page to call out her friend whom she accused of having the intention to disfigure her face.

According to the lady, after a minor misunderstanding with her friend, she later barged into her room and claim she was going to ensure no man finds her appealing before slashing her face with a sharp object.

SEE GRAPHICS PHOTO HERE

Read her story below:

June 23rd 2018 was the darkest day of my life when someone I regarded as a friend and a sister turned against me and said "let's watch how I can settle down or move on with this unforgettable mark"

I was left in a Delima when she bounced into my room after our misunderstandings outside not knowing she was with an arm to get me blinded for the rest days of my life. Little did I know that a friend I held in high esteem and was willing to take any bullet for was behind the trigger.

#Ann with great pains in my heart I regret not listening to people who have tried their best to tell me your kind of person and to let you out of my life. I regret loving you not just like a friend but like my biological sister. I am always Happy for you come what may! But how do I know that your plan was to get me disfigured for life.

#MyGreatestMistakeInLifeWasMyFrienndshipWithU
#SoHeartBroken
##LORDINeedYOURGRACEAtThisMinute

https://lailasnews.com/lady-slashes-friends-face-with-razor-over-minor-misunderstanding/

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Anthony Joshua has been given a 24-hour deadline to sign to fight Russian Alexander Povetkin or face being stripped of some of his world heavyweight titles.

Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, has been negotiating for a unification bout with WBC champ, Deontay Wilder, but the WBA has refused to cooperate and wants him to face its own mandatory challenger.

WBA president, Gilberto Mendoza, said in a statement:

“Today, the WBA requested an answer from Anthony Joshua’s team regarding his fight with the mandatory challenger, Alexander Povetkin.

“The WBA have allowed over a month extension to negotiations with Povetkin and also ongoing discussions with Deontay Wilder.

“It appears the Wilder team have not returned the contract for the fight and therefore we are requesting a date for the ‘Joshua versus Povetkin’ fight with immediate effect.”

The demand will not cause Joshua’s team too many issues, given negotiations with the Wilder camp appear to be deadlocked and former champion Povetkin represents the next-best bet for a stadium-filling autumn bout.

Povetkin, who held the WBA’s ‘regular’ title between 2011 and 2013, beat Briton David Price in his last fight in March on the undercard of Joshua’s win over Joseph Parker in Cardiff.

The Principality Stadium would be favourite to host the prospective contest between Joshua and Povetkin, confirmation of which would delay a clash with Wilder until at least next year.

https://lailasnews.com/anthony-joshua-gets-24-hour-ultimatum-to-fight-or-risk-losing-title/

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Nollywood actress, Georgina Onuoha has slammed Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, over his comment on the recent killing in Plateau State.

The Vice President had mentioned in his speech that there will be resettlement and rehabilitation for farmers to go back to their farmlands in Plateau and Georgina believes that is not the solution to the incessant killing in the state and other parts of the country.

Read her post below:

“I can not believe that this man is a pastor and now the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Prof Osinbajo @profosinbajo , you can not serve God and Man at the same time. If the root cause of these senseless killings are not addressed it will keep repeating itself. It’s been blood bathe since this your regime because we are no longer in a democratic nation so I won’t call it administration.

Resettlement and rehabilitation of these farmers is not going to stop these hoodlums from invading again. What happened to using the full force of the Nigerian arm forces to fight against these killers. If the non violent protesters of the Biafra agitators are met with killings and beatings by the Nigerian Army and armed forces ordered by your regime, what happened to using that same forces in tackling this menace ravaging our nation.

It is time you begin to speak truth to power. Enough is a Enough. Extending your condolences will not change anything. Protect Nigerians with your military and save them from these herdsmen killing them.

You pastors in Nigeria have bastardized religion in Nigeria that even the people have become docile to fake miracles and prayers.

Fellow Nigerians, go and get your PVC, fasting and prayer points will not count. Only your votes will count. God will not do for man what he has given Man the ability to do for himself. Your vote is your power.

They’ve used Cambridge Analytical to sow religious tensions and hate amongst us, so that their divide and conquer strategy will work. Don’t allow it this time around. Go and get your PVC. Enough is Enough. Our hearts are with the Plateau State “

https://lailasnews.com/i-cant-believe-this-man-is-a-pastor-georgina-onuoha-slams-vp-osinbajo/

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Eight people, among which are to Nigerians, have been arrested for their alleged roles in an Africa-based cyber conspiracy that U.S. law enforcement officials say defrauded companies and citizens of millions of dollars.

Five of the defendants – a Mexican, two Americans, a Ghanaian and a Nigerian – were arrested in the U.S., the Justice Department said, NAN reports

The other three – two Ghanaians and a Nigerian – were arrested outside the U.S. and were being held pending extradition.

The arrests were made as part of the department’s efforts to fight schemes to intercept wire transfers from businesses and individuals.

“The defendants allegedly unleashed a barrage of international fraud schemes that targeted US businesses and individuals, robbing them to the tune of approximately 15 million dollars,” said Acting Assistant Attorney-General John Cronan.

The indictments are part of Operation Keyboard Warrior, a recently announced effort coordinated by U.S. and international law enforcement to disrupt online frauds perpetrated from Africa.

The Africa-based co-conspirators committed a series of intrusions into the servers and email systems of a Memphis-based real estate company in 2017, according to the indictment.

The defendants were able to use spoofed email addresses and other anonymisation techniques to identify large financial transactions and initiated fraudulent email correspondence with relevant business parties.

They then redirected closing funds for real estate transactions to destinations in Africa.

The indictment includes charges related to wire fraud, money laundering, computer fraud and identity fraud.

Some of the Africa-based defendants are also charged with operating romance scams, fraudulent-check scams,gold-buying scams and credit card scams.

https://lailasnews.com/2-nigerians-6-others-arrested-for-allegedly-stealing-15m-from-us-firms/

Motunrayo Anikulapo-Kuti, one of the daughters of the late Afro singer, Fela has taken to her Instagram page to narrate a bitter experience she had at an accident scene, where people just stood and watched the victims while they writhed in pain.

According to her, she had to scold the men around the scene before volunteering to take the victims to the hospital in her car. Unfortunately one of the men died on the way to the hospital.

Read her post:

Tonight I witnessed how incompetent even men that claims to be men are. I was driving to my destination in agidingbi when I noticed these marwa keke poeple parked recklessly blocking both ways of traffic that I had to squeeze my car through only to come down and see 2 men helpless on the floor. Wet in dey happen wet in dey happen?

Them say he Hit and Run.. I am not the type to carry camera and be filming instead of helping. Of almost 20 men that gathered there not one was willing to help these victims. Na so I start my craze dey insult them o say he me dey be woman go carry them.

Told them to carry the man inside my car. Two of them now volunteered to carry one of the victim, the most critical one inside my car to the hospital. The man didn't survive it. .... blood inside my car ni. God have mercy on his soul.

Please always try to render help to a fellow human being. God save and protect each and every one of us. Amen

https://lailasnews.com/felas-daughter-motunrayo-narrates-her-experience-at-an-accident-scene/

A 41 year old suspect identified as Fidelis Nelson (aka Mp), and leader of dare-devil robbery gang operating within Lagos and Ogun state has revealed that he went into armed robbery to raise money to build his church.

According to the father of three, who spoke to newsmen:

“I have a pastoral calling; unfortunately I don’t have money to start my church. I have had the calling for a while years but to finance to make it a reality. ”

Nelson who has masterminded several robbery operations also noted that he and members of his gang carried out three robbery operations recently:

“We actually snatched three cars last month.”

The gang met their waterloo on the 16 of June, after the police received credible information indicating that some group of dare-devil armed robbers specialised in snatching cars in Ogun state and thereafter bringing their loots to Lagos to sale were planning an operation.

Armed with this intelligence, ambush was laid for them by FSARS operatives and conventional policemen from the command leading to the arrest of six suspects.

The suspects identified as Emmanuel Ogaba aka tablet, (45), Matthew Ogaba (30), Fidelis Nelson aka MP (41), Augustine Stanley, (31), Abayomi Adebisi, (42), and Emmanuel Olusegun (37) were arrested in Lagos.

Also recovered from the suspects are the following Items: One Toyota Camry car, one toy gun and various sim cards.

https://lailasnews.com/i-went-into-armed-robbery-to-raise-money-to-start-my-church-suspect/

Some few weeks ago, popular singer, Davido, took to his various social media timelines to announce to the world on his purchase of a new Private Jet.

The pop star also announced that it would be arriving in the country in about two weeks from the time of the announcement.

But surprisingly, Nigerians have not seen any evidence of the Private jet and a lot of people have been throwing questions at Davido and at the same time questioning the authenticity of his purchase.

It was even reported on some media that the billionaire's son actually lied about acquiring the jet all by himself, rather it was actually a “fractional ownership” in which his financial commitment in the arrangement is meagre while the major financiers have chosen to play down their involvement to give Davido conceded prominence.

After the initial jet ownership saga, Davido who was relatively quiet over the issue, has now taken to his Twitter page and reacted to the question on his ownership of the private jet.

The singer was made to react to the topic when one of his Twitter followers asked him about Air OBO.

The DMW man responded in a jocular manner, saying:

“e dey ground yakata… but as dem no wan gree say we get .. us sef gree say we no get … ”

See tweet exchange below;

https://lailasnews.com/davido-addresses-questions-on-his-alleged-private-jet-purchase/

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benjamin007:
When the line gets straight everybody will love you...Nairaland have yo guys ever posted anything about him before he's death

He wasnt popular in his lifetime in Nigeria

The host of the BBC show ‘The Apprentice’, Lord Suger, has come under severe criticism for referring to Senegal’s football heroes as people selling sunglasses and handbags on beaches.’ on Twitter.

Although in his opinion he actually meant that they were ‘multi-tasking resourceful chaps’, but it did not go down well with social media users who accused him of being racist.

He tweeted with the picture of the team, some handbags, and sunglasses that he recognised some of these guys from the beach in Marbella.

Sugar has since deleted the tweet.

See some of the responses:

When racism becomes acceptable and "funny".

Always call it out.

Disgusting by @Lord_Sugar and not even an apology but tries to defend it.

Another person tweeted:

A tweet about Senegalese players working on the beach is causing outrage and everyone is disgusted.. Yet a tweet about Polish people cleaning cars gets 10,000+ RT’s

Funny how stereotyping and racism only applies to certain races isn’t it? We’re all fucking human! @Lord_Sugar

And this:

Why did you delete the tweet if you thought it was so funny @Lord_Sugar ? I saved it for you. Maybe there is an issue with your Twitter app. Here you go! Glad to be of service, you racist cunt!

https://lailasnews.com/bbc-shows-host-lord-suger-called-senegalese-players-beach-salesmen/

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Data ey me dey give wella for my Instagram page

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Dottore:
Even though I don't welcome the idea of promoting prostitution in any way but I still maintain that if anyone must pay for sex then it should be females because everything about them is overhyped.
A female bum, boobs and poocy looks great only when confined under nice tight fitting fancy clothings.

The bitter truth is that when u finish your round of sex and take a look at her naked body again, you'd have a rethink whether all the efforts u put in place are worth it.
Females know this that's why they are insecure and very conscious of their looks they'd try all manner of manipulative ideas on men to get what they want before sex. The competition amongst the female folks to outdo each other to garner men's attention is another topic. I don't want to talk about the disgust of flappy bums, folding skin at the back stomach region, stretch marks, sick poocy, bleeding poocy or smelly poocy.

Imagine getting a fine attractive and beautiful lady only to discover that her poocy is a terrible 'odorant'. My brother only fingerling her will make u feel like a sinner. If u make the mistake of sexing her even with double shield c0ndom you'd still feel like not only a hopeless sinner but you'd still be doubting if condoms are actually good shields.

Imagine seeing a very fine lady, holding her in high esteem and spending a lot only to discover that her boobs are fallen irredeemably, her hole is like putting a bamboo in a well of water and she floods everywhere disproportionately with wets and cums, and creampies and moans you'd definitely demand for refund with interest of everything u spent including the fuelling of your car.

I don't blame Hausas that can kill for young teenage girls. A worn out tire takes u no where.

Men pls lets turn things around. Stop dying in silence #DONTPAY4SEX

This is the best thing have read in years....Thank You

After the demise of the fast rising American rapper XXXTentacion, a lot seems to be unraveling on the rapper who wasn't quite popular on this side of the world.

Not many people also know that his manger, Solomon Sobande is of Nigerian origin.

XXXTentacion was shot dead in Deerfield Beach, Florida, on June 18. Authorities believe that he was the victim of a robbery. The Broward County Sheriff’s Department is offering a reward of $3,000 for information that leads to an arrest in the case.

According to a report by Heavy.com, here’s what you need to know about Solomon Sobande.:

1. Sobande Has a Pending Criminal Case in Which He’s Accused of Selling Fake Credit Cards:

Online records show that Sobande is facing criminal charges of trafficking in counterfeit credit cards. Sobande was charged in Broward County, the same county where XXXTentacion was shot dead. Pitchfork reported in September 2017 that Sobande was also being represented by XXXTentacion’s lawyer David Bogenschutz. The same article notes that Sobande has pleaded not guilty in the case.

2. While a Student at the University of Hartford, Sobande Was Accused of a Prank that Caused a Lockdown at the School

In November 2009, Sobande was a student at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. The Hartford Courant reported at the time that Sobande, along with three other students, were accused of staging a mugging in April of that year.

The four allegedly held two other students at gunpoint as part of a prank. The incident led to a lockdown at the school and the presence of SWAT officers on campus. The four avoided jail time after pleading guilty to criminal trespass, criminal mischief and interfering with police.

The judge in the case said that he didn’t understand how pretending to mug someone at gunpoint qualified as a prank.

According to his LinkedIn page, Sobande graduated from the University of Hartford in 2012 with a degree in marketing as well as being prelaw.

That same profile says that Sobande has worked for RCA and Columbia Records. In 2010, Sobande set up Sounds Music Group in New York City.

3. Sobande First Met XXXTentacion While the Rapper Was in Jail

Sobande told Billboard Magazine in October 2017 that XXXTentacion was “just a young kid that was lost and needed a chance in life. So much stuff around him touched my heart. I just came to the point like, “I gotta help this kid.” Sobande said that he first began working with the rapper in late 2016.

In a separate interview with the Los Angeles Times, Sobande said that the first time he met XXXTentacion, the rapper was in custody at the Turner Guilford Correctional Center in Miami. Sobande said, “I looked at him and I’m seeing someone who literally got dealt a bad hand in life… Knowing he had all this potential, I was sad for this kid.

He’s got his own issues, but it’s safe to say he didn’t get the fairest hand.” At that time, XXXTentacion was being accused of witness tampering and harassment.

https://lailasnews.com/meet-solomon-sobande-nigerian-manager-of-late-rapper-xxxtentacion/

A terrible accident has happened on the Ojuelegba Bridge in Lagos and it involved a container falling off the bridge and landing on moving vehicles.

Eye witnesses at the scene claim that their are people in the ill-fated vehicles and rescue mission is on-going to get them off the rubble.

One twitter user who claims the accident happened right in front of her wrote:

'Container legit just fell from the bridge in ojuelegba on the cars right in from of my car I’m still in shock. These men are really pulling things apart just to get the people under the rubble'.

These men are really pulling things apart just to get the people under the rubble

Another user wrote:

Mehn, another container just fell off the bridge at Ojuelegba and the tricycle I was in drove by the bridge a few seconds not minutes but seconds after the container fell. I am speechless.

Another one:

Another Container fell on a bus at Ojuelegba tonight. And Ambode is in this country and state. It’s God that will punish him and all the owners of the containers.

There's no report on casualty at the moment or if emergency officers are at the scene yet.

https://lailasnews.com/container-falls-off-the-ojuelegba-bridge-lands-on-many-cars/

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News made headlines earlier this month on a student of The Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, who was declared missing after going on a date with her boyfriend Adebisi Oriade aka Oh Dollar.

The pair went missing late in May and later, the boyfriend's car was found opened with the girlfriend's slippers. Neither the lady nor her boyfriend, who was also a student of Olabisi Onabanjo University, were found.

Sadly, both of them have now been found dead. Their decomposing bodies were found today inside a bush at Oru, Ijebu, Ogun State, weeks after they were declared missing.

The boyfriend was a 300-Level Computer Science student of OOU while the girl was a Diploma student of same institution.

Friends and course mates have posted heartfelt tributes to the pair on Facebook.

A certain who claimed the boy was her school son took to her timeline to mourn the couple and asked that people shouldn't like the post as it was suppose to be a period of mourning:

Gone too soon.....My School Son nd his girlfriend Adebisi Oriade.... Oh Dollar et Julia rest in peace I can't believe both of you are gone until i see ur lifeless body ....Crying mood pls don't like the post Am talking about death an u liking the pic

https://lailasnews.com/oou-student-and-girlfriend-declared-missing-found-dead/

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Some pupils of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus School, Isolo, were reportedly detained by officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, after the school bus driver allegedly violated the state traffic law.

Punch Metro learnt that the bus driver had penultimate Wednesday gone to pick up pupils of the school at their houses in the Isolo area of the state.

He had reportedly picked up two pupils in the neighbourhood when he was accosted by two LASTMA officials, who accused him of not using a seat belt.

It was gathered that the steering of the Sienna bus was taken over by one of the LASTMA officials, who drove to the agency’s yard at Isolo.

The pupils were reportedly held for over three hours and were released after their parents went for them.

The vehicle was allegedly released to the school proprietor after an undertaking was signed.

A parent, Mr Ikem Okuhu, whose kids were in the vehicle at the time, said the encounter traumatised his children.

In a petition to the Lagos State Ministry of Transport, Okuhu said his children were released after his wife visited the LASTMA yard, adding that the officials insulted the woman and asked her to go to court if she felt her children were ill-treated.

Okuhu’s lawyer, Nnamdi Nwonyishi, who wrote the petition, dated June 6, 2018, copied the General Manager of LASTMA and the Officer-in-Charge of LASTMA, Isolo.

The lawyer demanded that the officials be disciplined, in addition to an apology and payment of N5m for general damages.

Nwonyishi threatened that if the demands of N5m, an apology and sanction for the officers were not met, the case would be taken to court.

The Public Affairs Officer of LASTMA, Mahmud Hassan, said although he doubted that a school bus was involved in the incident, the agency would investigate the allegations.

https://lailasnews.com/lastma-officials-allegedly-detain-school-pupils-over-drivers-traffic-offence/

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A Nigerian father in the UK has been left to bring up his daughter alone after his wife died while six months pregnant - but her baby was delivered alive.

Emmanuel Olubayo could only watch helplessly as Emma, a nursing team leader, collapsed from an undetected heart defect and died in the home they shared in Leicestershire.

Paramedics tried for an hour to resuscitate the 41-year-old before performing a rare posthumous delivery.

They carried out an emergency Caesarean section on the living room floor last November.

The couple's baby girl Aretha was delivered alive then taken to hospital.

Emmanuel said he was shocked to become a father and a widower on the same day.

The 35-year-old education consultant said:

“It is hard and I don’t really know how I am coping as single dad but I am.

“I have to be strong for Aretha. One day I will tell her all about her mother and how wonderful she was.”

He said he believed his wife of eight months, whose heart suddenly stopped, had battled on to give their daughter Aretha the chance to live.

Aretha was born 10 weeks prematurely and was taken to hospital where she was cared for by members of the team that Emma led – the critical care outreach team which covers Glenfield Hospital, Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicester General Hospital.

Emmanuel, who was living in Birmingham, told how he and Emma fell in love after meeting in an internet dating chat room.

“I knew when I started chatting to Emma online that she was special," he said. "We had an immediate connection.

“We got on really well and arranged to meet after three weeks chatting.”

The pair had their first date at the Parcel Yard pub in Leicester in May 2016.

Emmanuel said:

“I caught a train after work and we met at about 7pm. We did not want the night to end and I caught the last train home to Birmingham. The evening had flown by and we talked about everything and nothing.

We could not wait to see each other and were in contact all the time from that night on. It was as if we were meant to be together.”

The romance blossomed as Emma travelled to Birmingham and Emmanuel came to Leicester to see each other.

In December 2016 – seven months after they first chatted online – Emmanuel popped the question.

“We were out for meal in Birmingham when I got down on one knee in the restaurant," he said.

“I gave Emma a sapphire ring and asked her to marry me. She said yes and was ecstatic. Everyone cheered. It was beautiful.”

The pair married in Birmingham in April 2017.

https://lailasnews.com/nigerian-man-in-the-uk-loses-wife-at-6-months-pregnancy-baby-survives/

Big Brother Naija finalists Tobi and Alex seems to be inseparable after the show in April and the duo have been spotted on numerous occasions having fun together.

Alex' familiarity with the Tobi has got an Instagram user pissed and the man has taken to the platform to blast her saying she has not proven herself to be a true-born Igbo lady.

In the man's opinion, Tobi will only use and dump her and he wonders why she has not been seen with her own family members.

The user wrote:

“Alex is not just a fool but a shegoat at that….never seen an igbo girl this behave this stupid seriously …after the bb show what stopped Alex from going to her house ?”

“Was she driven away from her house pls…? Stop deceiving urself because topi will only Bleep n dump ur dirty igbo ass.”

Alex has actually come under a lot of criticism with most of her non-fans claiming that she is living under the shadow of her close buddy, whom a lot of people believe has more prospects that the female reality TV star.

Although she is also making waves and sealing some deals, but some of her fans are of the opinion she needs to break off from her strings with Tobi.

https://lailasnews.com/man-calls-alex-a-fool-says-tobi-will-only-use-and-dump-her/

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Two Nigerian women have been hailed across India after they were able to resist attempts by some men to molest them. They eventually overpowered the men before handing them over to the Police.

According to The Times of India, the unnamed Nigerians are students of Loyola college and Madras Christian college in India.

They were reportedly walking to their rented accommodation when the two men accosted them and tried to molest them. The women would not go down without a fight, rained blows on their assailants while screaming for help.

Their cries for help attracted people to the scene and on seeing this, the assailants tried to flee but the two women would not give up and gave chase.

Helped by a few passersby, they outran and overpowered the men before a police patrol team arrived the scene.

The two women sought the help of officials at the Nigerian embassy, saying they were set to leave for home soon after completing their studies.

Santhosh Haidmeni, Kancheepuram district superintendent of police, said the accused were in custody.

“We have the two accused with us and are questioning them; we are waiting for a formal complaint to draft our first information report (FIR),” he said.

“The police registered a case against the men under IPC 354 (a): assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty; 323: attack with hands; 294 (b): abusing and 506 (II): criminal intimidation, apart from Section 4 of Tamil Nadu women harassment prevention act.

“A magistrate court is set to send them to jail on Wednesday.”

There have been reported cases of rape in India, sometimes leading to the death of victims.

https://lailasnews.com/2-nigerian-women-overpower-beat-their-molesters-in-india/

The Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup kicks off today and the entire world is looking up to the host Russia to deliver the best of the biggest sporting event in the world.

According to PremiumTimes, there are three things that will constantly be highlighted by the media – Video Assistant Referee [VAR], racism, and goals.


VAR

FIFA has decided referees need help so they have conscripted more referees to become Video Assistant Referees [VAR] to help ensure that more often than not, the proper decisions are made on the pitch.

“If you see some assistant referee not raising the flag, it’s not because he’s making mistakes,” said Pierluigi Collina, the chairman of FIFA’s referees’ committee.

Collina added: “It’s because he’s respected the instruction to keep the flag down. They were told to keep the flag down when there is a tight offside incident and there could be a very promising attack or a goal-scoring opportunity because, if the assistant referee raises the flag, then everything is finished.”

In what many had called for – the need for technology to increase the efficiency of referees to get correct decisions -= this trial must succeed for many others to follow.

Racism

Bryan Idowu changed nationality last year and will represent Nigeria at Russia 2018.

He told Amkar Perm website in 2016, “…Then it was hinted to me that with my skin colour the path to the main team was unfeasible. The reason was the fans, who don’t like dark-skinned players.”

Racism in Russia is a fact, whether it would rear its head during this tournament is the question. As recent as March this year, Russian fans heckled some black players from France during a friendly match – a case for which FIFA fined Russia’s soccer federation $29,600.

Aleksandr Alayev, the Russian federation’s acting chief told Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency, Russia would make the persons responsible for the rude actions to pay and that the federation “will do everything possible to prevent the repetition of such incidents in the future.”

Goals

Football is about goals and will always be. The greatest cheer in the stadium and far away from the action across many television sets is when the net bulges.

The Technical Study Group for the 2014 World Cup revealed, “the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil was marked by top quality and attacking football, excellent players, and a positive general football philosophy.

“The teams’ objectives were to score and win matches instead of trying not to lose or concede. This led to a glut of goals, 171 in total at an impressive average of 2.67 goals per match, which matched the record set in France in 1998.”

The UEFA Champions League, with which many judge FIFA’s footballing extravaganza, also saw more attacking football, which led to more goals, and spectacular at that, being scored.

Will the matches in Russia be open and free flowing or will they be cagey and boring? The fans want to see goals!

https://lailasnews.com/3-key-things-you-need-to-understand-as-world-cup-kicks-off-in-russia/

Last week, a youth corps member serving in Lagos state was humiliated after a video of some persons accusing her of stealing an iphone 6s went viral.

The ladies in the video accused her of stealing the phone and wanting to extort money from them before she returned the phone.

Jojo through her lawyers have now released a statement detailing what transpired with evidence to back up her claims.

Read the statement and see all the evidence below

We are Solicitors to Miss Jojo (hereinafter referred to as ‘Our Client’) on whose instructions and behalf we issue this statement. We are aware that some individuals have erroneously labelled our client “a thief’ out of sheer ignorance or heightened sense of malice as a result of the incident that occurred on June 6, 2018. This is of course, due to the lack of a full grasp
of the true story leading up to the incident. Thus, for the avoidance of doubt, and to make right her precious image, we deem it expedient to make a statement, on the true facts of what transpired. These facts are hereby set out forthwith seriatim.

On March 23, 2018, our Client entered a contract for the supply of clothes with one Mr. Fumbi Kuponiyi (trading under the name and style of Fame Wears) who persistently refused and/or willfully neglected to discharge his obligations under the terms of the contract, upon payment
of the sum of #40,000.00 ( forty thousand naira only) by our Client. We have attached below, a screenshot of our Client’s conversation with Fumbi acknowledging the debt of #40, 000.00 to our client.

Upon series of futile attempts to recover her money, which saw the said Fumbi ignoring her calls and messages, our Client was able to set up a meeting with him at the Ikeja City Mall on April 27, 2018 where upon verbal confrontation, an iPhone 6s was forcefully collected from
Fumbi as collateral for the unliquidated debt albeit not without him making fuss about it in public.

In a rather shocking period that followed, Fumbi neither called nor attempted to recover ‘his iphone 6s’, especially as he had earlier strongly resisted the use of the said phone as a collateral. Our client reached out and informed him, to come and retrieve the phone. (a screenshot of this conversation is attached below) but Fumbi remained unperturbed. It then
became clear that something was amiss. Our client then thoughtfully, reasoned that the only basis for Fumbi’s nonchalance was perhaps, because the phone did not belong to him.

However, there was a problem, the screen of the phone was damaged and the owner of the said phone could not be ascertained. To cure this anomaly, our Client demonstrated an extraordinary act of kindness by repairing the screen of the phone for the sum of #30,000.00 (the invoice from the repairer with the said amount is attached below). After repairs it was discovered that the phone had icloud protection and the repairer suggested that the owner might be contacted using contacts from the sim card found during repair if inserted into another iphone.

Our Client honourably contacted the owner of the phone(Miss Judith) and informed her of the circumstances surrounding her phone. She in turn told our client that she had misplaced the phone in NYSC camp, at which point our Client realised that she was also a Youth Corps member and they had been in the same NYSC camp although they never met. The owner also
acknowledged that the screen of the phone was damaged at the time it was stolen and our client made it clear that the phone was a collateral for the debt incurred by Fumbi who had then become inaccessible, but emphatically stated that she could come for her phone as she
had no intention of punishing her for Fumbi’s actions. The owner thanked her for her kind gestures and both parties eventually agreed that Miss Judith would liquidate the sum of #30,000.00 used in fixing her phone, and on the suggestion of our Client, that she will liquidate
an additional debt of #20,000 (adding up to #50,000.00) owing to the fact, that once the phone is gone, her #40,000.00 debt owed her by Fumbi will be lost. Miss Judith saw reason with this, and agreed. (We have begun the process of retrieving the telephone communication between our client and the said owner which would be made available to the
public to buttress this point).

We make bold to say, that our client had at no time demanded for any ransom from the owner (this would be hilarious as she never kidnapped any phone nor had interest in keeping a phone that was not hers), all she wanted was predominantly the #30,000.00 expended on the phone to ascertain its true owner. (We have attached a video dated June 5, 2018 sent to the owner calling on her to come and retrieve her phone, and just bring her money, her loss was becoming too much).
The parties agreed to meet at Circle Mall, Lekki. However, the owner of the Phone came with a Police officer to arrest our client as the “thief” of her stolen phone.

Our client explained her story to the police, who neglected, refused and failed to investigate or inquire about the said
Fumbi. Our client was painfully and unfortunately detained at the Ilasan Police station, Lekki Jakande without legal representation. The police refused to hear or investigate her story. She was eventually granted bail at 8p.m in the tune of #80,000.00 (eighty thousand naira only)
and her iphone was seized till full payment was made the next day.

We must categorically state, that our client was charged to court, but all allegations against our client were struck out by the learned trial Judge who demanded our client to be more careful with her business partners (in reference to Fumbi Kuponiyi) in future by signing an undertaking to that effect. (A copy of this ruling is accessible to any member of the public who so desire to have it).

We wish to state that up till this day, the 30,000.00 used in fixing her phone, and on the suggestion of our Client, that she will liquidate an additional debt of #20,000 (adding up to #50,000.00) owing to the fact, that once the phone is gone, her #40,000.00 debt owed her by Fumbi will be lost. Miss Judith saw reason with this, and agreed. (We have begun the process of retrieving the telephone communication between our client and the said owner which would be made available to the public to buttress this point).

We make bold to say, that our client had at no time demanded for any ransom from the owner (this would be hilarious as she never kidnapped any phone nor had interest in keeping a phone that was not hers), all she wanted was predominantly the #30,000.00 expended on the phone to ascertain its true owner. (We have attached a video dated June 5, 2018 sent to the owner calling on her to come and retrieve her phone, and just bring her money, her loss was becoming too much).

The parties agreed to meet at Circle Mall, Lekki. However, the owner of the Phone came with a Police officer to arrest our client as the “thief” of her stolen phone. Our client explained her
story to the police, who neglected, refused and failed to investigate or inquire about the said
Fumbi. Our client was painfully and unfortunately detained at the Ilasan Police station, Lekki Jakande without legal representation. The police refused to hear or investigate her story. She was eventually granted bail at 8p.m in the tune of #80,000.00 (eighty thousand naira only)
and her iphone was seized till full payment was made the next day.

We must categorically state, that our client was charged to court, but all allegations against our client were struck out by the learned trial Judge who demanded our client to be more careful with her business partners (in reference to Fumbi Kuponiyi) in future by signing an
undertaking to that effect. (A copy of this ruling is accessible to any member of the public who so desire to have it). We wish to state that up till this day, the #30,000.00 expended on the phone by our client has not been paid to her, irrespective of the fact that the owner acknowledged that the screen of the phone was faulty even when she had it.

We wish to reemphasize the fact that our client is not a thief and has never demonstrated any criminogenic propensity. We use this medium to call on all purveyors of defamatory publications and comments or insulting rumours to desist from such. In all honesty, somelogical questions should pass through our minds as seekers of the truth:

I. True, the phone had icloud protection, is it not possible for it to be sold in the ‘black market’ at whatever value possible? Why go through the hassle of getting to the owner if our client had a guilty mens rea?

II. Why did the police not investigate the said Fumbi or at least bring him in for questioning? (We have attached a conversation between Fumbi and our Client on June 8 immediately after becoming aware of the ‘theft’ story propagated on social media).

We leave these questions for the public to answer without the clouding effect of sentiments.

We humbly entreat ALL bodies or individuals promoting defamatory content against our client to kindly desist and remove ALL defamatory content forthwith. Failure to do so, we will be
forced to seek redress via litigation and its antecedent consequences.

JOSEPH OSAZUWA BAKARE ESQ
Associate
FOR: MAINLAND COMMERCIAL SOLICITORS

Below are the chats with Fumbi and screenshot of the payment receipt for the phone screen repair;

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This is the moment a woman was left with an eyeliner pencil lodged in her eye after the taxi she was travelling in slammed into a truck while she was putting on her make-up.

The passenger, in her 20s, was sitting in the back of the cab in a slow-moving traffic jam in Bangkok, Thailand, and applying eyeliner on the way to see her friends.

But the cab driver then crashed into a pick-up truck in front – jolting the woman forward. She hit the seat in front, accidentally thrusting the pencil into her left eye.

When rescue workers arrived at the scene they found almost the whole of the eye liner pencil lodged in her eye. The woman, who was still conscious had blood coming from her nose.

This morning Thai media reported that doctors had managed to safely remove the pencil and described the woman’s condition as stable. The woman was expected to make a full recovery with no lasting damage to her eye, doctors said.

Paramedic Thanabodee Sabbodi said while the crash was minor the ‘freak accident’ had caused half of the pencil to plunge into the eye socket of the young woman, who has not been identified.

He said:

‘The crash happened at 5.20pm in Din Daeng area of Bangkok while the lady was putting on make-up on her way out for the evening.

‘We received a call and there was one injured female with an eyebrow pencil inserted into her left eye.

https://lailasnews.com/lady-gets-eyeliner-pencil-lodged-in-her-eye-while-applying-make-up/

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A man identified as Paul Achegbulu has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for running an illegal blood bank in the Bariga area of the state.

Achegbulu was arrested by a team led by Police Commissioner Imohimi Edgal Tuesday after detectives got information that the suspect was draining blood from children in his one-room apartment and selling same to some clinics.

It was gathered that the police team recovered seven pints of blood from his 18, Kusa Bus Stop, Bariga residence.

According to residents, trouble started for the suspect on June 10, after he drew two pints of blood from a 17-year-old boy, Ayomide Adesanya, which made the victim to pass out.
He was said to have also drawn two pints from the same victim on June 4, and on each day, he gave the victim N2, 000.

Imohimi, who also visited Adesanya at the hospital he was admitted after he passed out, told reporters that the suspect lured underage children with the N2, 000 offer, while he confessed that he sold the blood for N7, 000.

He said:

“Adesanya became weak after donating four pints of blood. He collapsed and is currently receiving treatment at the Bariga Hospital.

“The mother told us that the daughter’s friend informed them of Adesanya’s condition after she saw him on a bike.”

But the suspect said he did not know Adesanya was underage, adding that the victim told him he was 20-year-old.

“It was when his parents came to confront me that I knew he was 17. He told me he was 20. I am a lab scientist. I was trained five years ago at Nigerian Institute of Laboratory Science Technology.

“Lab technicians from hospitals used to come and buy blood from me. I used to sell the blood through my assistant, Alfa. He’s the one who knows the hospitals he sold to. I do not know where he is at the moment.”

https://lailasnews.com/police-uncover-illegal-blood-bank-in-lagos-arrest-suspect/

Tanzania has all bloggers and online forums that are not registered in the country to suspend their websites immediately or face criminal prosecution, as critics accuse the government of tightening control of internet content.

Several sites, including popular online discussion platform Jamiiforums, said on Monday they had temporarily shut down after the state-run Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) warned it would take legal action against all unlicensed websites.

Regulations passed in March made it compulsory for bloggers and owners of other online forums such as YouTube channels to register with the government and pay up to $900 for a licence. Per capita income in Tanzania is slightly below $900 a year.

Digital activists say the law is part of a crackdown on dissent and free speech by the government of President John Magufuli, who was elected in 2015. Government officials argue the new rules are aimed at tackling hate speech and other online crimes, including cyberbullying and pornography.

"All unregistered online content providers must be licensed before June 15. Starting from today June 11 until June 15, they are prohibited from posting any new content on their blogs, forums or online radios and televisions," the regulator said in a statement on Monday.

The statement said legal action would be taken against any unregistered websites posting new content.

Anyone convicted of defying the new regulations faces a fine of at least 5 million shillings ($2,200), imprisonment for a minimum 12 months, or both.

Jamiiforums, a whistle-blowing website, said it had shut down its online discussion platform after the threat from the communications watchdog. The website has been enmeshed in a court battle for nearly a year to keep the site online.

The website's slogan is "where we dare to talk openly". Most users post their comments under pseudonyms, but the website has been accused by authorities and individuals of allowing people to post fabricated allegations.

The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders group has said the new online content rules "will kill off Tanzania's blogosphere".

This year neighbouring Uganda and Kenya have also moved to regulate internet uses with new laws, though their new rules are less strict than Tanzania's.

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A newly wed bride identified as Virtuous Joy, who is also a plus-sized lady, has taken to her social media to narrate how she was able to overcome hateful comments about her size.

The lady who seemed so overjoyed about her new status shared on how her husband appreciates her for whom she is and how this gave her confidence in herself.

Joy shared this motivational piece on her social media. Read below:

I remember being so happy and excited about my wedding day and how beautiful I felt. When my husband first saw me in my wedding attire he couldn’t take his eyes off of me. He couldn’t stop talking about how beautiful and amazing I looked.. it was such a magical moment for the both of us.

Once we posted our pictures for our family and friends. So many people were so happy for us! Then there were those folks that wanted to let me know just how much a fat girl did not deserve this kind of happiness so they tried their hardest to take it away.

People will try to take away your joy. They will try to disturb your peace. They will do everything in their power to make you feel miserable and worthless. DO. NOT. LET. THEM! For so long I let people dictate my every move and decisions! I let what people thought or said about me effect how I viewed myself. At one point I felt like I didn’t deserve to feel beautiful. I didn’t deserve to be loved. I didn’t deserve to pursue my dreams. Oh, how wrong I was!

I’m so happy I’m constantly being reminded of who God says I am! I am fearfully and wonderfully made!

Sis, PURUSE YOUR DREAMS. WRITE THAT BOOK. START THAT BUSINESS and continue to know and remind yourself that you are loved, you are so important, you are BEAUTIFUL in so many ways, and you are needed!

Let today be the day that you stop letting people who don’t matter hold you back!

https://lailasnews.com/never-allow-people-take-away-your-joy-plus-sized-bride-says/

Former Big Brother Naija housemates, Ifu Ennada, Alex and Rico are currently in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State where they have been booked to host some shows.

The former housemates then took to the street on a peace walk and just as it is the norm, they decided to share the photos on social media.

The photos actually didn't go well with some non-fans who took their time to berate the reality TV stars, especially Ifu Ennada and Alex.

A particular fan in her comment asked Ifu to shut up because of her drama with rapper CDQ, While another asked why Alex looked like a drag queen, well Ifu Ennanda was on duty as she promptly replied them in kind.

If you recollect, Ifu Ennada while still on the show, had accused rapper CDQ of using and dumping her. The rapper in his response claimed he never did anything of such and she was just an item for a one-night stand.

This actually led to series of responses from both parties before they finally settled. Ifu Ennada even made an appearance at the rapper's birthday party which had a whole lot of other stars in attendance.

Alex on the other hand has not found herself in the good books of some fans who still believe she actually snatched Tobi from Cee-C.

https://lailasnews.com/may-envy-bitterness-and-hate-destroy-you-ifu-ennada-replies-non-fan/

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A Nigerian lawyer and writer, Elnathan John has heaped a lot of praises of Nigerian cross-dresser Bobrisky and according to the legal practitioner, the self-acclaimed Barbie Doll is a million times braver than he his.

He took to Twitter to make this statement, saying Bobrisky seems to be stronger than most activists he knows.

He believes if in a society that openly frowns against what Bobrisky stands to believe in and he still maintain his stand in all circumstances, then the bleaching cream expert deserves some accolades.

Read his tweets below…

“One day in Nigeria we will talk about Bobrisky’s quiet revolution. Theses will be written about how, with all her issues, she is challenging the meaning and idea of gender in a way more radical than we can ever do with words. You don’t have to like her. But she is important.

Bobrisky is a million times braver than I will ever be. Braver than most activists I know. In a country where you are one wrong move, one wrong place away from death, away from a mob, away from murderous religious bigots selective in their enforcement of the rules of their gods.

Remember Bobrisky had at a time openly mentioned that he was gay without any fear of being prosecuted.

https://lailasnews.com/bobrisky-is-a-million-times-braver-than-ill-ever-be-nigerian-lawyer/

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Two Nigerian women were spotted in Stratford, London fighting each other on the street and in the process stripped themselves as the scuffle got intense.

The women who are reportedly fans of two Nigerian Facebook personalities, Tolulope Bashirat Adeoye aka Abike Jagaban (Omo Aye) and Tokunbo Aboderin (Omo Ewe) threw caution to the wind yesterday as they engaged in a free for all fight.

According to reports, the fight was as a result of the contents from each of the Facebook personalities post on their walls.

Police later showed up and intervened in the fight.

The video which was posted on Facebook has gone viral with a lot of people condemning their actions and blaming it on their upbringing in the downtown part of Lagos.

A user wrote:

The reality is that there are a lot of diasporans who grew up in Isale Eko. They are not going to metamorphosise into cultured human beings overnight just because they are in the UK.

In the days of our parents when everyone received missionary education, it was not like this. Back then, a diasporan was classy, cultured and polished. Men of my dad’s generation seldom appeared in public without a tie self.

I am not bothered about this as with a population of 180m, there are bound to be dregs among us. I do not think you find a lady who went to say FGGC Sagamu, Akure, Bakori or Benin or QC and then proceeded to Unilag, Ife, UI, UNN or Uniben behaving this way.

This is the reality of Nigeria. As Leon Trotsky once said: “Whenever the soul of a nation is stirred, the bottom most parts come to the top.”

Another woman wrote:

Brainless bunch.Sad and sick people. Did that one say she left her kids at home? So she is a mother? Please what is she reaching her children? I feel sorry for their families

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The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, has dismissed the three policemen, comprising of an inspector and two sergeants, who were alleged to have sprayed tear-gas on one Ademuwagun Temitope Solomon which provoked severe asthmatic crisis in him.

The incident took place at Chinese town, Ojota area of Lagos state. The men whose names and service numbers are: (1) 220957 Inspector Momoh Sulaiman, (2) 429659 Sgt. Emmanuel Monday and (3) 434246 Sgt. Adamu Usman, were tried in an orderly room which commenced yesterday 09/06/2018 and were found guilty as charged. .

They were therefore dismissed and de-kitted accordingly. However, the dismissal proceeding of Inspector Momoh Sulaiman has been forwarded to the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2 for approval.

Similarly the Command released its half year disciplinary record for the period spanning from January to June, 2018. .

The officers were tried in a properly constituted orderly room and were found guilty of various offences against discipline which earned them appropriate punishments depending on the charges against them.

Below is the breakdown of types of punishment awarded to deserving officers :
DISMISSAL = 8
REDUCTION IN RANK =4
MAJOR ENTRY =43
SEVERE REPRIMAND = 3
EXTRA FATIGUE =4
WARNING NOTICE = 28
DISCHARGED AND ACQUITTED =5
TOTAL = 95


The Commissioner of Police said that this would serve as a deterrent to other policemen wishing to toe the path of infamy, that the Nigeria Police under the watch of the Inspector General of Police, have no room for them. .
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He warned all serving police officers to be professional at all times in the discharge of their duties and shun corrupt practices.

https://lailasnews.com/3-policemen-dismissed-in-lagos-over-assault-on-asthmatic-patient/

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