0ppa: What a super story! The culprits should be brought to book asap! No mercy for the wicked. But as for this lecturer lady.., I cannot support you lecturer if I reminisce on what I have to go through with you thieves in school. . 'I had no appetite but took the two meat.' You had no appetite but still plucked the two pieces of meat off the plate? Judas should have sold people like you!
MediaLife: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed the arrest of popular singer, Afeez Fashola, otherwise known as Naira Marley, and others in relation to alleged advance fee scam and related cyber crimes.
Premium Times had reported on Friday morning that the musician was arrested by the EFCC in Lagos.
The acting EFCC spokesperson, Mr Tony Orilade, in an interview with our correspondent, said, “Yes, he is with us. He’s not the only person; he had some other persons also arrested alongside (him).
“They were arrested in relation to advance fee fraud — Internet-related cases and all of that. Give me a little time and I will get you the details.”
A video featuring Ruggedman has gone viral this week in which the rapper called out Naira Marley for advocating Internet fraud. The artiste noted that the promotion of such cyber crimes impacted negatively on Nigerians abroad.
However, Naira Marley, whose recent song is titled ‘Am I A Yahoo Boy,’ responded by mocking Ruggedman in an Instagram video and defended his artistic choices.
Sunnyshinylight: POLICE DPO BRUTALIZES INNOCENT BENUE GIRL IN LAGOS
Residents of Ijegun-Egba of Lagos State penultimate Saturday evening returned to a shocking development as a Police DPO in the area personally tortured an innocent Nigerian lady to stupor for no just cause.
The Benue born young lady, Miss Fatu Rose Ochigbo of number 27, Musi-Anidu Street, Ijegun-Egba suburb of Lagos State is still fighting to regain consciousness at a hospital in Lagos after she was handpicked and beaten mercilessly by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Agboju Police Station, DST. Ibrahim Audu and his boys on Saturday
An eyewitness who is simply known in the area as Aunty Pauline told New-Nigeria Reporters that the victim, Miss Fatu Ochigbo, was in her house cooking and only came out of her room to throw off water in the gutter when she saw a number of persons being chased by Police men running toward her compound.
According to Aunty Pauline, out of concern for her own safety, Miss Fatu started running back to her room but the Police quickly descended on her and started beating her up mercilessly, adding that the DPO of Agboju Police Station personally hit the innocent lady on the head with the Police wooden baton leaving her broken skull gushing out blood
Upon investigation, the Police were said to be pursuing a MALE suspected hoodlum terrorising the area but descended on Miss Fatu over a reason best known to them (the Police)
New-Nigeria Reporters further learnt that Miss Rose Fatu Ochigbo was rushed to the nearest hospital and treated by the Police for N16,000 after realising the girl's innocence.
However, Miss Rose who is in great pain, cannot sleep and has lost substantial quantity of blood was forced by the murderous DPO who came back to demand for the N16,000 hospital bill he paid for the treatment. A source closed to the victim told New-Nigeria Reporters that Miss Fatu who could barely open her eyes due to the heavy cut on her head had to cough out the 16,000 to pay the DPO who had threatened to kill her if she refused to pay him back.
The victim's family are calling on Nigerians to come to their aid over this injustice, describing the incident as a disgrace to Nigerians and the womanhood, adding that Miss Fatu is an innocent young girl who was assaulted by members of the Nigerian Police Force for no just cause.
The family questioned why members of the Nigerian Police Force would mistake an innocent young lady for a male suspect.
Ikeboboafri: Speed Darlington who reacted to a photo of Olusegun Obasanjo in suit at Vietnam, called the former Nigerian President an international thief. Speed Darlington who called Obasanjo an international thief, further alleged that he is sure he bought the suit he wore with the money he stole from Nigeria. He wrote;
I know for sure this man obasanjo bought that suit with the money he stole from Nigeria. He was never executive of any company government was his one and only come up in life. ITT = International theif Theif. What you think he went to do in Vietnam? To go count our money.
unclesuruoffi: Yomi Shogunle, an Assistant Commissioner of Police and head of Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit has been transferred from Lagos to Nkalagu in Ebonyi State. The police officer who has always had face-offs with Nigerian celebrities, recently got Twitter users irritated after he claimed that prostitution is a sin under the two major religions practised in the federal capital territory (FCT). Shogunle made the comment following the reactions that trailed the detention and conviction of some women who were arrested for alleged prostitution at different locations within the FCT at the weekend.
Ends SARS campaign advocate, Segalink confirmed that Yomi Shogunle has been transferred to Nkalagu after @TrollMagazineTV tweeted;
BreakingNews: You can’t win a war against a United people. Thanks for listening IG @PoliceNG Thanks @segalink for being objectively resolute. #EndImpunity #ReformPoliceNG
Segalink tweeted in response
True Story. Yomi Shogunle bites the dust...may we never see his kind again at the helm of affairs. Good riddance. #EndImpunity #ReformPoliceNG
Here is how Twitter users are reacting to the report;
ennon92: There was this cat in my ceiling that usually disturbed me while sleeping @night. I didn't even have the plan to kill it but it trespassed it's boundary, could u imagine this cat was running helter skelter and crying in ths ceiling until it had it way into my room by destroying the pvc then moved into my living room; as such, i had no choice than to do justice to it. It really gave me a run for my money b4 i could kill it, it was spitting forcefully. What a creature!
Endtime cat sent by village people. Thank God for your liberation!!!
2 days ago my Girlfriend told me she travel home and will come back in 7 days time (she left hostel, last night I called & asked "how's home?" She said "everything is fine" she even added other cooked stories to it.
MXr8p: Anambra Born Ernest Ezeajughi Elected Mayor Of London Borough Of Brent, United Kingdom.
A Nigerian, Ernest Ezeajughi, has made history by winning election as the first Black Mayor of the London Borough of Brent, United Kingdom.
Ezeajughi, a native of Anambra State, was elected Mayor on the April 16, 2019 by the College of Councillors of Brent, London, and is scheduled to be sworn into office today, Wednesday, May 1, 2019.
Prior to his election as Mayor, Ezeajughi, a strong member of the Labour Party, won election for a Councillor position representing Stonebridge ward at Brent Council in 2014.
He was re-elected again in 2018, retaining his seat all in the white-dominated political environment after a very keenly contested election. He was elected Deputy Mayor of Brent within a year.
Born in Awgbu Town, in Orumba North, Anambra State, Ezeajughi had his primary, secondary and tertiary education in Anambra. He attended Aguata High School, Aguata, and Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, where he studied Applied Microbiology. Ezeajughi was actively involved in student union politics, representing the departmental student union body.
After graduation in 1998 and completion of his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), he worked briefly in the private family business – Koval Linkworld Agencies Ltd – before migrating to England to join his wife.
In England, Ezeajughi obtained a Master’s degree in Science (M.Sc) from the prestigious Kings College, London.
A Scientist by profession, he worked with Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
A father of four children, Ezeajughi was one of the founding fathers of a major Nigerian political party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) UK Chapter and was the Chairman in 2010-2012.
He thereafter joined UK politics and soon became a strong member of the Labour Party.
Innov8ve1: The Nigerian police force on Saturday, April 27, 2019 raided several Night clubs in Federal Capital Territory and arrested about 70 women for clubbing and then tagged them as prostitutes.
Martin Obono, a lawyer and activist, first raised alarm over the arrest when he took to his Twitter account (@martobono) to reveal that some of the women were molested and assaulted with injuries in their private parts.
According to Obono, the joint task force that arrested some of these girls have been allegedly molesting and assaulting them. Some even showed the bruises and bleeding in their vaginas.
Although prostitution is illegal in the Nigerian capital, law enforcement officials have used it as an excuse to assault and harass women who go out at night in the city.
When the officials raid the night clubs, they hardly arrest any men, but arrest women they believe are ‘scantily dressed’ and accuse them of prostitution.
In a new development, investigations conducted human rights lawyer Dorothy Njemanze, reveals that the women arrested during the raid were asked to either pay the sum of 5000 naira or have sex with them before they can regain freedom.
dainformant: A suspect has been arrested by the Anambra State Police Command in connection with the killing of Chief Frank Tony Igboka, the President General (PG) of Nimo.
On Tuesday, April 16th, Chief Anthony Igboka was shot and murdered by gunmen around Nimo market in Njikoka LGA of Anambra State.
Following the incident, the police launched an aggressive manhunt of perpetrators of the dastardly act which led to the arrest of the main kingpin one Chigbo Anyaegbu aka (Transformer) 'm' aged 27 years of Abba,Nimo in connection with the murder of the late President General. Other gang members are at large and effort is being intensified to apprehend them. They are ,
-Smart surname unknown 'm'
- Chukwunonso alias (Nwasami)
- Obinna Okafor 'm'
Suspects have all been declared wanted by the Command and a cash reward of five million Naira (#5000,000) was promised to anybody who provides useful information that could lead to the arrest of the suspects by His Excellency the executive governor of Anambra State Chief Willie Obiano.
LazyGold: The Recording Academy Grammy Awards is the most respected award every musician aspires to earn as testament to the impact of their career.
Well, we have some Nigerian Grammy award winners but you probably haven’t heard of them because it takes a rigorous research to find out some of this artists, as some are foriegn based with just blood ties to the country while others are old and probably no longer in the entertainment industry.
Some might have the illusion that its due to there racial differences as to why Nigerians or Africans are not really nominated or awarded the Grammy award. But as it says, its just an illusion because the Grammys had the African culture at heart when the started the ‘World music’ category in 1991 with Africans holding a significant number in this category over the years. There by striking off any illusion of racism and gives a clear picture for Africans who decides to pitch into the recording academy to include a proper category typifying new-fashioned African sounds.
So with thorough search and research we bring to you, the 5 Nigerians who have won this prestigious awards;
Sikiru Adepoju (pronounced Seek-ee-roo Ah-deh-po-joo) is a master of the talking drum and many other Yoruba percussion instruments. Born in Eruwa, Nigeria, Sikiru hails from the traditional lineage of Yoruba talking drummers culturally referred to as Ayan which means “one who has descended from drummers lineage,” and began playing under the tutelage of his father Chief Ayanleke Adepoju at the age of six. Along with his brothers Saminu and Lasisi, Sikiru accompanied the family’s talking drum ensemble for several years.
After moving to the San Fransico Bay Area in 1985, Sikiru joined the influential and pioneering Nigerian percussionist Babatunde Olantunji and his Drums of Passion. This marked a lengthy period of high productivity from Sikiru which saw him recording and performing throughout the world until a year before Olantunji’s death in 2003. During this period he was introduced to Grateful Dead drummer, Mickey Hart, who has called Sikiru “The Mozart of the talking drum,” and employed him on many of his personal projects including the Grammy award winning albumsPlanet Drum (1991) and Global Drum Project (2009).
Sade Adu This is the queen of the list. She has 4 Grammys in her inspirational career and they were won in 1986, 1994, 2002 and 2011.
Musician, singer. Born Helen Folasade Adu on January 16, 1959 in Ibadan, Nigeria. Raised in London by her English mother, Sade developed several interests as a teen, including singing, fashion design and modeling. She sang with a few local bands before signing with Epic Records and recording her first album, Diamond Life, in 1984. A huge hit in her native England, the album also had mass appeal across the pond thanks to such singles as “Smooth Operator.” In 1986, she won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
Sade’s subsequent multi-platinum albums, Promise, Stronger Than Pride andLove Deluxe, established her as a top-selling soul and pop artist. She took a new route with her 2000 album, Lovers Rock, which was released eight years after Love Deluxe and incorporated a more mainstream sound. The record, and particularly the chart-topping single, “By Your Side,” helped her win over new audiences. Two years later, the album and ensuing tour inspired her first live recording, Lovers Live. Sade returned to the studio and released her sixth album In February 2010, Soldier of Love.
Sealhenry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel
Seal is very Nigerian and even visited the country recently. He has 4 Grammy awards, winning 3 in 1996 and 1 in 2011.
Sealhenry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel was born in London, England, on February 19, 1963, of Nigerian heritage.
Seal went on to score a major U.K. hit, “Killer,” before releasing his 1991 debut album. He’s become an internationally renowned singer/songwriter with albums like Human Beingand hits like “Crazy,” “Prayer for the Dying” and “Kiss From a Rose,” which won multiple Grammy Awards. He was married to supermodel and TV host Heidi Klum for several years.
Kelvin Olusola Kevin is a beatboxer in the renowned acapella group Pentatonix and has won 3 Grammy awards in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Kelvin picked up an award alongside his acapella band, Pentatonix, taking home the award in the ‘Arrangement, Instrumental or acappella’ category for their medley ‘Daft Punk’, a remake of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.
Lekan Babalola Lekan is a Conga player with 2 Grammy awards to his name. He won the awards in 2006 and 2009. Born in Lagos State, Nigeria where he began playing the conga at a young age, he has released seven albums and jointly won two Grammy Awards.
Twice Grammy award winning Nigerian percussionist, Lekan Babalola, is well known for his innovative musical style, using his native Yoruba tongue infused with traditional music, Afrobeat and funky dance overtones.
However, some Nigerian icons have also been nominated for this award, the likes of; Sunny Ade, Wizkid, Timaya, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Femi Kuti, Seun Kuti is the latest Nigerian to make the coveted compilation to an extent of even landing a Grammy night performance.
goldcoinhub: Oldest Monarch in the world, The Obobanyi of Ohionwa in Ihima, Okehi Local Government of Kogi State, Chief Jeremiah Akaava, has died at the age of 116.
A statement issued by the Ohionwa clan in Lokoja on Saturday said that the monarch, who spent 36 years on the throne, died in the late hours of Friday.
The statement, signed by Mr Yusuf Itopa on behalf of the Ohionwa Clan, described the late monarch, who is reputed as the Oldest Monarch in the world, as a man who stood for peace, unity and progress of Ohionwa, Ebiraland and Kogi and Nigeria as a whole, The Nation reports.
The clan expressed its gratitude to men and women of goodwill who appreciated the late Obobanyi’s role as a unifying force in the land and consequently showed love and respect to him while alive.
dainformant: The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, was mobbed by a crowd of supporters moments ago in Germany.
This was after the pro-Biafran leader held an IPOB Town Hall meeting at Munich, Germany with many IPOB members in attendance. He was surrounded by scores of supporters who sang and hailed him as they called him their saviour.
During the meeting, Nnamdi Kanu said; "our way of life and culture is being turned upside down. They keep punishing us so that we travel abroad. And Yoruba's will tell you, it's because of oil that we want south-south. But, there's oil in Anambra state. There's oil in Imo state. There's oil in Abia state. The largest gas field in the whole of Africa is in ohaji, Imo State".
Nnamdi Kanu, who is facing trial alongside other Biafran activists for alleged treason, had gone into hiding months after his bail only to reappear in Israel after one year. He then moved to the UK.
LearnITsmash: That money should have been used for building a factory for employment, Nigerians and misplaced priorities
Are you in your senses at all, instead of you to vent your frustration on Buhari and APC you are faulting a private citizen over her money that does not in any way belong to you
Hitgistnaija: Newsbroadcastnaija: . . Comedian McChikaraw writes SARS after its officers left indelible marks on his back in Ozoro, Delta State. He said; “You have no right to check my phone... And this is what they did to me... If not that I didn't want to disappoint my wedding client today, I would have followed them to the station instead if brutalizing me and collecting my money... Our country is so lawless, they can even shoot me and lay allegations on me.... This have gotten to a frightening proportion.... The people that were recruited to protect us are now killing us!
August21: Clergy Man, Apostle Johnson Suleman in a 48- seconds video released on YouTube today has come out to speak about people’s reaction to his recent acquisition of a private jet. In the video, he said, ‘’…God told me we are going to have our own airlines, hangars. We are going to carry members for free…. So, if you are complaining about one jet, I don’t know what you are going to do when you hear twenty, I don’t know what you are going to do when you hear thirty. So, please keep your capacity, keep your gun powder because you will need it when the planes get to fifty. We are just starting’’.
Ravon: President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the donation of $500,000 to Guinea Bissau to support the country’s election process.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.
He explained that the approval was in response to an urgent request for assistance by the Government of Guinea Bissau.
Shehu added that the President supported the country with 350 units of electoral kits, 10 motorcycles, five Hilux vans, and two light trucks.
According to him, this will ensure that legislative elections, which should help in stabilising Guinea Bissau, hold in the country.
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Read the full statement below:-
In his capacity as Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State, President Muhammadu Buhari, this morning, directed the Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama to undertake an urgent mission as his Special Envoy to Guinea Bissau, in the company of ECOWAS Commission President, Jean-Claude Brou.
President Buhari had in response to an urgent request for assistance by the Government of Guinea Bissau graciously approved support to the country’s election process including three hundred and fifty (350) units of electoral kits, ten(10) motorcycles, five(5) Hilux vans, two(2) light trucks and Five hundred thousand US Dollars ($500,000).
This vital assistance ensured that legislative elections held in Guinea Bissau, which should help in stabilising the country.
In a separate development, Nigeria’s Foreign Minister will also undertake a mission to Cotonou, Benin, to deliver a personal message to President Patrice Talon from President Buhari.
The visit is in the context of the brewing political crisis ahead of April 28, 2019, legislative elections in the country.
joshchisimdi: Akin Alabi, Nairabet CEO and House Of Reps Member-elect has stated that the man who rejected a house offer for a borehole in his community didn't make a wise decision.Recall that it was reported earlier today that a gateman has rejected a house offer as a parting gift from his boss whom he served for 25 years. He, instead, requested that a borehole be sunk for his community which he said lacked water.
Akin Alabi who reacted to report admitted that it was selfless, but however stated that it was not a wise decision because he could have collected the house, sell it and sink multiple boreholes. He wrote;
dainformant: A Nigerian man has taken to social media to narrate his unpleasant experience at the Sam Mbakwe Cargo Airport in Owerri, Imo state.
According to Oladunjoye Tunde, there was power outage at the airport for over three hours as flight passengers were left stranded. The airport was also said to be leaking even as repair works were ongoing.
Below is what he shared on Facebook earlier today;
For the benefit of those who do not know, today, I discovered the full meaning of Iberiberism in Owerri.
At the Sam Mbakwe Cargo Airport, there was power outage for over three hours. We were all sweating like Easter Fowls! At a point I have to ask Angela Nkwo-Akpolu to leave to save her from further heat. We walked past the metal detector that what was not in use due to absence of electricity. The departure hall was in darkness and people had to sit outside and some actually sat on the edge of the tarmac.
When the Air Peace flight scheduled to take off from Owerri at 5pm arrived Owerri at about 5.45pm, people who were already outside on the tarmac refused to go back to the Departure Hall in order for their tickets to be checked before boarding.
The Airport was leaking seriously, even as repair works were ongoing.
AutoJoshNIG: These are photos of the Oshodi Transport Interchange, Oshodi, Lagos.
It was commissioned yesterday by President Mohammadu Buhari.
These photos were taken earlier today.
Clearly, the construction of this interchange is far from being completed.
Which begs the questions: what is the rationale for commissioning a project that is nowhere close to its completion?
Why is Governor Akinwunmi Ambode desperate to enjoy the credit for this project?
Was President Buhari not aware that the construction of this project was still ongoing?
See also: This Is The Airport Road That President Buhari Commissioned In Lagos (Embarrassing PHOTOS). To read, Click HERE
While we were there, some Lagosians who we discussed with expressed anger and disappointment at the apparent deceit.
According to them, some roads that were opened and motorable yesterday to make the environment appear appealing have all been closed as construction works continued this morning.
Again, what is the point in all these haste in commissioning an ongoing project?
This reminds us of the Ikeja bus terminal which remains non-functional as construction is still ongoing one year after it was also commissioned by President Mohammadu Buhari.
Is it safe to say that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode successfully pulled the wool over the President’s eyes twice?
BuhariAdvocate: Thank God for the merciful journey. However thunder fire your enemy that have bad impression about your personality. The hardworking president the most respected president in the world. You have done well sir, I wish you can be life president.
naijapikin04: Ghana’s Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Wednesday, launched the first ever medical drone delivery service in Ghana, and the largest of such drone delivery network in the world, at Omenako, near Suhum, in the Eastern region.
The ‘Fly-To-Save-A-Life Project’, a collaboration between the Ministry of Health and Zipline Technologies, will provide a rapid response to medical emergencies, especially in hard to reach areas, through the flying of unmanned drones to supply 12 routine and emergency services as well as 148 lifesaving medical products selected by the Ministry of Health.
The Omenako Service Centre, the first of four planned centres, will supply these products to facilities located in the whole of the Eastern Region, and parts of the Volta, Ashanti, Central and Greater Accra Regions. Three other centres are expected to be completed this year to cover most of Ghana.
The service will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Each centre will be 100% staffed by Ghanaian engineers, health care professionals and logistics personnel, and paid for by the private sector through their corporate social responsibility obligations with no cost to government.
Speaking almost a year to the day since the possibility of setting up a medical drone service in Ghana was broached to him, an elated Vice President Bawumia said the successful launch of the service is yet another example of the triumph of innovation, especially in the use of technology, being championed by the Nana Akufo-Addo government.
Vice President Bawumia was especially delighted that such innovation was being applied to improve access to health care to deprived and hard-to-reach communities, as it forms part of Government’s strategy to reduce inequality and hardships by ensuring the inclusion of every Ghanaian irrespective of status in national development.
“One of the biggest pillars of this government has been how to grow this country without leaving anyone behind; inclusiveness. And one of the ways we are working on is how to use technology to advance our development, improve the ways we do things in our offices, and how to improve citizens’ access to and delivery of the public services they need no matter where they live in this country.
“President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is determined to reduce inequality and hardships for every Ghanaian, especially the disadvantaged. That is why we are implementing Free SHS. This determination informed government’s decision to increase the portion of the District Assemblies Common allocated to Persons Living with Disability by 50%. That is why we restored the Nursing and Teacher Training Allowances cancelled by the previous government, set up the Zongo Development Fund, and are constructing dams in northern Ghana through the One Village One Dam to ensure all year round farming.
Crime › Re: Female Lecturer Kidnapped And Raped In Rivers State (Photos) by foreshore(m): 11:37pm On May 10, 2019
Nigerians and misplaced priorities
