jahsharon: No country in the world that Nigerians are not known.
Why are you responding to that guy? He's just trying to provoke me. Anybody that reads my post knows that I never said that Indians are silent, I only quoted someone else that said that Indians are silent.
jahsharon: Developed nations are nations that build their own cars, planes, jets, medical equipment, drugs and even bombs to fight their enemies, not nations that create senseless records.
How many cars, planes, jets, medical equipment, drugs and bombs have you built?
Hilda Baci is a chef and she has achieved a lot in her profession. It's not her job to break new frontiers in science, technology, arts, and human innovation. Have the critics broken new frontiers in science, technology, arts and human innovation?
Hilda Baci is a chef. She is not the government. She owns a private restaurant. She will do what she needs to do to attract publicity and prestige to her restaurants and TV cooking shows.
She is not the government.
What on earth have the complainers done in the fields that they are referring to? What have they done except to sit and complain about what someone else is doing (something that has nothing to do with them)?
He has also set world records for eating various things, for example he set the record for eating the most Marmite in a minute and he also set the Guinness World Record for most boiled eggs peeled and eaten in one minute (6 eggs).
The Guinness world record book has now been bastardized, it used to be coveted and revered, but now, they have records for all manner of rubbish.
But I knew about Ashrita Furman in the 1990s and he began his record setting campaign in 1979.
Others said:
Indians have been cooking with larger pots since the creation of the world yet they don't make noise about it.
Ever wonder why USA, UK, Germany, China, Canada, Australia and other sane countries don't engage in this trash? Because they are busy thinking of the way forward for their countries and not engaging on trash like this
But Ashrita Furman is an American.
Who is Ashrita Furman?
Ashrita Furman is the man that has the Guinness World Record for the most world records.
His world records include things like doing 27,000 jumping jacks (that's the first world record that he set in 1979), most jumps on a pogo stick (I watched the video of him setting this world record in the 2000s), most pogo stick jumps under water, etc.
These "strange" world records have not stopped America from going to space or doing any other thing. You see, it's not Ashrita Furman's job to do any of the other things and there is no correlation between them, just as it's not Hilda Baci's job to do any of those other things.
Here is a video of Ashrita Furman. He is demonstrating some of his world records. I'll explain them to you. The first one is running on stilts, the second is jumping on a pogo stick while juggling three balls, the third is balancing on a cylinder, the fourth is using a hula hoop, we come back to the pogo stick (while he explains that his favourite record is jumping on a pogo stick up and down Mount Fuji in Japan) then there is sack racing and finally there is bouncing on an exercise ball.
I often bought the Guinness World Record book in the 1980s and they showed the Guinness World Record TV show on Nigerian TV in the 1990s and 2000s.
Ashrita Furman has set more than 700 official Guinness World Records since 1979 and currently holds over 200 standing records, including the official record for holding the most records at once.
Photo 1) Ashrita Furman setting the world record for balancing a chain saw on his chin.
Photo 2) Ashrita Furman jumping on a pogo stick.
Photo 3) Ashrita Furman running on stilts.
Photo 4) Ashrita Furman with his Guinness World Record certificates.
Hilda Baci is a chef. She is not the government. She owns a private restaurant. She will do what she needs to do to attract publicity and prestige to her restaurants and TV cooking shows.
She is not the government.
What on earth have the complainers done in the fields that they are referring to? What have they done except to sit and complain about what someone else is doing (something that has nothing to do with them)?
Hilda Baci is a chef and she has achieved a lot in her profession. It's not her job to break new frontiers in science, technology, arts, and human innovation. Has BuharisBoy broken new frontiers in science, technology, arts and human innovation?
2025 World Championships: Amusan Wins Silver In Women’s 100m Hurdles
September 15, 2025
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, has won silver medal in the women’s 100m hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, clocking 12.29s in the final.
Amusan powered through the final at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan finishing just behind Ditaji Kambundji of Switzerland, who struck gold in a new National Record of 12.24s.
Grace Stark of the United States Of America took Bronze in 12.34s.
Her fellow American Masai Russell came fourth in 12.44s.
Earlier in the day, Amusan booked her place in the final with a commanding semifinal victory, running 12.36s (-0.2) to hold off Nadine Visser of the Netherlands (12.45s) and Pia Skrzyszowska of Poland (12.51s).
It was Nigeria’s first medal at the ongoing World Athletics Championships.
semid4lyfe: Aaah my respected Egbon. would the cheating have been....for want of a better word "less worse" and a bit tolerable if the wife had not just given birth prematurely?
Would the cheating have a greater impact on the wife, including on her health and mental state, if she had just had a premature baby or if she had not just had a premature baby??
Pinching a man is a bad thing, but which is worse, punching a man that is completely healthy or punching a man that just had an operation?
ASSUMPTION OF DUTY OF SP ABIMBOLA ADEBISI AS POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, LAGOS STATE COMMAND
The Lagos State Police Command wishes to inform the public and esteemed members of the press that Superintendent of Police (SP) Abimbola Adebisi has formally assumed duty as the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Lagos State Command, following her appointment by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, NPM, Ph.D.
SP Adebisi brings to her new role a wealth of academic, professional, and operational experience. She holds a BA (Ed) in English Language and Literature from Tai Solarin University of Education, Ogun State, a Postgraduate Diploma in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, and a Master of Arts (MA) in English Language from the National Open University of Nigeria.
Her professional development includes a Certificate in Child Protection from the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Accra, Ghana, alongside certifications in Human Rights, Human Psychology, and Conflict Management. She has equally attended the Advanced Detective Course at the Police Staff College, Jos.
SP Adebisi is an Associate of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), and a member of notable professional bodies including the International Public Relations Association (IPRA), the International Association of Women Police (IAWP), and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP).
Her past postings include serving as Staff Officer to the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Operations, and as Personal Assistant to the Commissioner of Police, Special Protection Unit (SPU).
Until her present assumption of office, she was the Police Public Relations Liaison Officer at the SPU, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
The Command warmly welcomes SP Abimbola Adebisi and assures the public and media stakeholders of her readiness to consolidate the existing synergy between the Police and the people of Lagos State, in line with the vision of the Inspector-General of Police.
She can be reached on 09055390070 or via email at abimbola.adebisi001@gmail.com for media inquiries and official correspondence.
DSP BABASEYI B. OLUSEYI DEPUTY POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER FOR:COMMISSIONER OF POLICE LAGOS STATE COMMAND IKEJA
Jerry Useni, Ozekhome, ‘Tali Shani’ caught in a web of forgery, fake deaths and false names in UK property case
by Malik Abdulganiy September 15, 2025
A UK property tribunal has handed down judgment dismissing competing claims over a London house in a case bordering on alleged fraud, forgery and false identities.
The suit was filed by “Ms Tali Shani” against Mike Ozekhome, a senior advocate of Nigeria.
The first-tier tribunal (Property Chamber), presided over by Ewan Paton, ruled that neither the applicant, “Ms Tali Shani”, nor the respondent, Ozekhome, could prove ownership of 79 Randall Avenue, London NW2.
Instead, the court concluded that the real owner was Jeremiah Useni, a retired lieutenant-general who served as minister of the federal capital territory (FCT) and governor of the now defunct Bendel state in the 1980s and 1990s.
Useni, who died in France early this year, was a very influential member of the Sani Abacha government and was even in contention to be head of state following Abacha’s death in June 1998.
IN THE BEGINNING…
The case began with what appeared to be a routine application at the Land Registry in London in February 2023.
Ozekhome sought to register a transfer of the property executed in his favour in August 2021 by “Mr Tali Shani”.
That transfer stated that it was “not for money or anything that has a monetary value”. He had claimed that the transfer of the property by Shani was a “gift”, and “out of gratitude”, for the “many legal services” he had rendered to him in the past.
But when solicitors representing “Ms Tali Shani” lodged an objection, insisting she was the rightful registered proprietor and “outraged” at the purported transfer, the matter escalated.
Effectively, both “Mr” Tali Shani and “Ms” Tali Shani — one male, the other female — were claiming ownership of the same property.
What followed, the tribunal said, was “a quite extraordinary” series of hearings filled with mutual accusations of forgery, conspiracy, corruption, and impersonation.
FAKE IDENTITIES AND WEB OF LIES
Central to the case was the identity of “Ms Tali Shani” who never appeared before the tribunal, despite multiple adjournments.
In 2024, her lawyers said she was hospitalised and later produced documents claiming she had died in Nigeria.
The tribunal examined those documents closely: medical reports, a Nigerian national identity slip, a mobile phone bill, a death certificate, and even an obituary notice.
Anakwe Marcel Obasi had testified as a witness claiming to be a cousin of the applicant.
He claimed that “late cousin (Ms Tali Shani) and the late General Jeremiah Useni had a very long affair; an affair that I believe lasted a decade” and “remained cordial and friendly” afterwards.
Obasi claimed that his cousin (Ms Tali Shani) had told him that she once wanted to move to the UK but changed her mind, but then “gave money to the late General Useni to assist her in the purchase of a property in London where she was going to reside” in the “early 1990s”.
The witness admitted that he had not produced a single photograph of himself with his supposed cousin, Useni, the respondent, or even his purported nephew, Damola.
‘PHOTOGRAPHER KILLED BY BANDITS’
When pressed on this, he explained that he was “not a photogenic person” and that he “never found it necessary” to take such pictures.
Regarding the alleged funeral rites and burial of his cousin (Ms Tali Shani), he said that there had been an official photographer present, but added a dramatic claim that the photographer was “killed by a bandit two days after the funeral”.
Ayodele Damola, who claimed to be the biological son of Ms Tali Shani, said his mother purchased the property in 1993. He also claimed that his mother was in a relationship with Useni in that period, and that “my mother, through General Useni agreed to rent out the property rather than leaving the same fallow.”
Damola also alleged that the transfer of the property to Ozekhome was an attempt by Useni to repay “54 million Naira” which he had borrowed from the senior lawyer for an election campaign.
He told the tribunal that the general had first asked his mother to transfer the property to the respondent, but when she refused, they then persuaded a “poor innocent man” (presumably Mr. Tali Shani) to apply for a passport and pose as the owner.
A SERIES OF CONTRADICTIONS AND DISCREPANCIES
While Obasi had claimed Ms Tali Shani was terminally ill, resided in Lagos and barely had any mobility, Damola in an affidavit, said his mother died in a road accident along Jos-Abuja road.
The purported death certificate stated that she died in a “hospital,” while an affidavit sworn in Abuja on 7 October 2024 by her supposed son claimed that she had died “on 3rd October 2023 by accident along Jos Plateau State and Abuja way.”
Another contradiction was that on the obituary, a “thanksgiving service” was listed for Sunday, November 30, 2024, but that date did not match the calendar.
November 30, 2024 was actually a Saturday, with the Sunday falling on December 1. This mismatch was one of the factors that led the tribunal to dismiss the obituary as a forgery.
There were also discrepancies in Ms Tali Shani’s date of death presented by the witnesses.
FAKE NIN, FAKE ADDRESS
Festus Esangbedo, head of legal, regulatory and compliance services at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), testified that he investigated the National Identification Number (NIN) slip presented by “Tali Shani” was “fake, fraudulent and not authorised by the commission.”
His inquiry revealed that although a NIN had been issued on June 23, 2024, “the picture attached to the NIN has some distinct irregularities and does not comply with ICAO standards.” As a result, the NIN was suspended.
Further investigation, he said, confirmed it was obtained “by irregular means,” leading to its complete removal from the system.
Among the irregularities he highlighted were that the registration was done remotely in Monaco rather than in person, no fingerprints were captured because “the unknown agents who created this NIN had fraudulently made use of the ‘amputee’ provisions of the NIMC,” and the photograph used was non-compliant with international standards.
Another witness, Ibrahim Sini, a superintendent with the Force Intelligence Department, Nigeria police force, traced the mobile bill, supposedly in the name of Ms Tali Shani, back to its real source.
Enquiries with the telecommunications company revealed that the account was actually registered to Mohammed Edewor, the Lagos solicitor connected with the applicant’s legal team.
State intelligence operatives in Jos were then dispatched to verify the address. They “went there physically,” Sini testified, and confirmed that “this address simply did not exist”.
FAKE SON, FAKE COUSIN
The judge concluded that all the evidence to prove Ms Tali Shani’s identity were fraudulent.
“I do not accept that ‘she’ was ever a real living person. I do not accept that ‘she’ therefore died, whether in hospital or in a mysterious car accident on the road to Abuja. I certainly do not accept that ‘she’ purchased this property in London in 1993 in her ‘hey days’. Nor do I accept that Mr. Ayodele Damola is ‘her’ son, or that Mr. Anukwe Obasi is ‘her’ cousin,” the tribunal held.
He added that the evidence showed “forgery and deception” and struck out the case as an abuse of process.
“The case has been pursued by others in the name of a person who never existed,” the judgment declared.
OZEKHOME’S CASE COLLAPSES
Ozekhome, who represented himself in the latter stages of the proceedings, argued that the property was transferred to him in 2021 by “Mr Tali Shani”, who he claimed was the true registered owner — although Useni registered it in the name of “Ms” Tali Shani.
He admitted that he had never known “Mr. Tali Shani” before January 2019, and that he had no personal knowledge of the original 1993 purchase of the London property or of its management in the years that followed.
Instead, he relied on his relationship with the Useni, whom he had known for over two decades as both a client and a friend.
According to Ozekhome, his acquaintance with “Mr Shani” developed after their introduction in 2019.
He described Shani as a man from a wealthy family, involved in farming cattle, groundnuts, and mangoes, and as a “big property guy” engaged in commercial dealings. Ozekhome stated that he undertook a number of legal matters for him, winning several cases.
These services, he said, ranged from advisory work to court appearances.
Although pressed, he declined to produce documentary proof of this work, citing the shield of client confidentiality and privilege.
The central plank of Ozekhome’s evidence related to the transfer of the London property to him in 2021.
He insisted that the transfer was a gift from “Mr Shani,” given in gratitude for the extensive legal services he had rendered in the two years since their introduction.
Ozekhome testified that Shani felt “beholden” to him, even describing him as a father figure. He denied ever paying the £500,000 mentioned in Shani’s statement or any other sum in cash.
Instead, he argued that the property was transferred to him as recognition that the value of his legal services exceeded that amount
But the tribunal found this story equally false.
“Mr. Tali Shani… did not purchase this property himself in 1993, and so had no title of his own to pass to the respondent,” the judge ruled.
The court said the narrative advanced by Ozekhome and supported by his son amounted to “a contrived story… invented in an attempt to provide a plausible reason” for the transfer.
THE REAL SHANI IS…
The tribunal accepted that a man named Mr Tali Shani exists and holds a genuine Nigerian passport, but found his claim of buying a London property in 1993 at age 20 to be “implausible and unproven”.
Shani, who testified as Ozekhome’s witness, had claimed in his evidence that he bought it with his own money as an investment and appointed Useni to manage it from the start.
However, the tribunal held that his account lacked detail, supporting documents, and credibility, and that his explanations —claiming wealth from cattle and mango sales — were unconvincing.
His stated purchase price conflicted with documentary evidence showing the property was first bought in 1993 by one Philips Bincan for £110,000. Shani later altered his story but could not reconcile the discrepancies.
His testimony clashed with Useni’s own statement that they only met years later, with Shani approaching him in 2010 to manage the property.
The tribunal, therefore, concluded that Shani had nothing to do with the 1993 purchase.
USENI USED FALSE NAME TO BUY THE PROPERTY
Useni was eventually called to testify as a witness.
The retired general, who died in January 2025, gave video testimony in June 2024, confirming that he — not anyone called Tali Shani — bought the property in 1993.
“I owned it… I bought the property… before I gave it to someone to run… I paid the deposit… then bit by bit…. I bought it… it is my property,” he told the court.
The tribunal noted that Useni’s evidence was consistent with documents showing the 1993 purchaser as “Philips Bincan”, another alias.
The tribunal concluded that the London property was purchased by Useni, who was also a minister of transport under President Ibrahim Babangida, and not the man claiming to be “Mr Tali Shani”.
Although, the property was registered under the name “Tali Shani”, the tribunal held that evidence from a Jersey court case showed that Useni had a practice of using false or “coded” names, such as “Tim Shani,” for bank accounts and companies.
The court held that the similarity of names and timing strongly supported the finding that Useni deliberately used the false name “Tali Shani” to register the property.
The tribunal ruled that since “Mr Tali Shani” had no legal title to transfer the London property to Ozekhome, the chief land registrar must cancel Ozekhome’s application to be registered as proprietor.
The evidence showed Useni who was the real owner of the property had directed the transfer to Ozekhome.
The tribunal rejected “shifting claims” by Ozekhome and Shani about consideration for the transfer — ranging from cash payments, to legal services worth over £500,000, to gifts of property, to a gesture of gratitude — finding them contradictory, implausible, and fabricated.
The court concluded that Shani was merely a conduit used by Useni, who had registered the property in the false name “Tali Shani” in 1993, and therefore Shani could not pass ownership to Ozekhome.
“As to precisely why General Useni chose to direct this transfer to the respondent, I do not need to (and indeed cannot) make detailed findings. I consider that it is highly possible that it was in satisfaction of some debt or favour owed,” the judge held
“The final outcome of this case, therefore, is that both parties have failed. Neither ‘Tali Shani’ was who they said they were… The real owner, via a false name, was General Jeremiah Useni.”
Finally, the court held that since Useni is deceased, ownership now rests with whoever obtains probate of his English assets.
The decision will be published, leaving it to the relevant authorities to decide what further action to take.
This is not an issue at all because the place has an indigenous name which still exists.
The original name of the place is Iru. The Colonial Government bought part of Iru from the Oniru in order to build a residential estate called Victoria Island and the government of Tafawa Balewa completed the project.
The land is still called Iru land, it is on the buses and it is also in the name of the local government, Iru/Victoria Island LCDA. It's also in the name of the monarch, the Oniru of Iru.
The Rolls Royce Phantom 8 is the second Phantom that has been produced by the BMW owned Rolls Royce Motor Cars. It is the current flagship of the company.
The giant engineering company, Vickers, owned Rolls Royce Motors (which made Rolls Royce and Bentley cars), Rolls Royce PLC (which made aircraft jet engines) and other businesses that made armoured tanks and other military equipment (Nigeria bought Vickers Eagle tanks from them).
Vickers decided to sell Rolls Royce Motors in 1999 and both BMW and Volkswagen bid for the company. Volkswagen won the bid, but BMW and the families of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce were not happy.
BMW had a deal to supply engines for Rolls Royce and Bentley cars and they threatened to stop supplying the engines.
Volkswagen began as a car for the masses (folks wagon) and the Rolls Royce families, which still held the rights to the name, believed that it did not gel with their brand.
A deal was eventually reached in which Volkswagen got the original Rolls Royce factory and the Bentley name, while BMW got the Rolls Royce name and it was to build a new factory.
BMW created a new company called Rolls Royce Motor Cars and it built a new factory in the UK. The Rolls Royce Phantom 7 was the first car that was produced by the new company.
The car was made in sedan/limousine, drop head coupe and coupe body styles.
The Rolls Royce Phantom 7 was less exclusive than all previous Phantom models, 10,327 of the cars were produced. It was the first new Phantom in 35 years.
Sports › Re: Meet Ashrita Furman Who Holds The World Record For Most World Records by naptu2(op): 7:25am On Sep 16, 2025
