A pick pocket was served a 'mild' Jungle Justice this morning in Oshodi. The thief had tried to steal from someone but unfortunately for him, the said person was at alert.
The man reacted swiftly immediately he discovered some of his belongings had left his pockets by raising an alarm. The thief was caught and beaten up.
The thief was rather lucky as he wasn't set ablaze by the mob.
Ace Nollywood actress, Grace Ama--who has being off our screens in recent times--took to her Instagram page to celebrate her parents, Chief and Lolo Ogbonnaya Ama who have been together for the past 39 years.
The Actress heaped praises on her parents calling them an example to humanity.
We are quite impressed. With the divorce trends in our society today, it isn't easy to be together for 39 years.
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Top Actress, Yvonne Nelson had great fun as she celebrated her 31st birthday on Saturday, November 12.
Yvonne, who held a lavish party which was attended by her family and friends took to her Instagram page to thank her followers for their well wishes.
She shared this photo with the caption:
"Yesterday......the love was overwhelming.. Just wanna say a big thank you to all those who one way or the other, made my birthday memorable. Means a lot."
An excited Nigerian man, Mr Michael Ale paid for a whole page advert on Punch Newspapers just to congratulate American President-elect, Donald Trump.
The bottom of the page also features a company, Male Integrated who brought to the notice of the Public that they would be digging free boreholes through out the Federation due to Trump's victory.
Top Ghanaian actor, Majid Michel has stressed that he would no longer take raunchy roles in movies again.
The actor who recently became 'born again' and has been going to several churches to preach and do wonders says he would be regulating the roles he takes in movies.
Speaking to HitzFm, the actor who intends to propel the spirit of the viewers by impacting good moral values in them said:
'You will not see my buttocks, you will not see sexually explicit scenes, you won’t hear bad language but you will identify things that will propel your spirit to somewhere great. Basically we will reduce all the explicit scenes you used to see. I’m going to regulate whatever provokes the emotions of man, be it sexually or any negative way. I won’t stop being bad in movies but I will regulate the kind of bad scenes you will see.’
Miss Anambra 2015, Chidinma Okeke has been declared missing by her family following the leak of a sexual video which featured her.
Her father with a voice laden with heavy emotions, told Sun's reporter that the family had handed over the situation to God. The 65-years-old man said:
“Chidinma is my own daughter but there is nothing much I can say about this because there is a lifestyle adopted by my family. We don’t foment troubles.
“I, as the father, have committed everything to God in prayers. Human being cannot fight our cause but only God in heaven. We are in serious prayers for God to intervene. I don’t have anybody on earth except God.”
Asked if his daughter has before the incident complained to him that she was being sexually harrassed, he said he was confused about the whole matter, even as he raised the alarm over the whereabouts of his daughter.
“I am confused about the whole thing as of now. It is only when I set my eyes on my daughter that I will know about all these. As it stands now, I don’t know where my daughter is.”
He said he was not suspecting anybody of having a hand in his daughter’s ordeal as speculated in the social media. Going back memory lane, Okeke recalled that God’s mighty hand on him was evidenced on his miraculous survival from his childhood tragedies.
“There are many ways God is fighting my battle. I was only five years when my father died. I don’t know whether I got up to six years before my mother died too. I don’t have anybody but it is only God that sustained me all through. It was same God that assisted me to raise and train all my children. All the family members are praying.
“As it stands now, my daughter is still a small girl. I don’t know whether she is still alive or dead. But all I know is that God will prove Himself worthy to fight His children’s battle. I don’t have much to say for now.
“So many people have told me to take certain actions but me and my God are still communicating through prayers. There are several ways God reveals some things to me. I am not suspecting anybody but only God knows who is behind that; whether he is human or spirit.
"I’m leaving whoever that is behind it to his conscience. The life of my daughter is most important to me now. Wherever she is, let her be alive for me.”
Popular Ghanian actress, Juliet Ibrahim, is one of the ladies in the entertainment scene to have endured a broken marriage.
Although her marriage to Kwadwo Safo Jnr. lasted for only four years, 2010-2014, it produced a lovely son.
In a chat with Saturday Beats, the delectable actress said that even though she maintains a cordial relationship with her ex-husband, there is no hope of them ever getting back together as a lot of water has passed under the bridge.
“I speak with my ex-husband; it is a must we speak because we have a son together. Everything is fine between us. But there is no way we are getting back together because it is in the past and he has moved on,” she said.
Ibrahim said she is currently open to love again, stating that she does not have any criteria when it comes to her dream man.
“Of course I am open to love. I don’t really look out for anything in a man because I believe if the right person is there, God would definitely bring him my way and I would just feel it. I would just know. I don’t have a list of quality a man must possess. It also has to do with the man’s personality because from the first greeting, you can tell if we would click or not.
"I don’t really have so much I expect in a man but I know that he has to be God-fearing. With the kind of industry that I have found myself, you can only pray for a God-fearing man who would not listen to rumours.
"There are lots of evil spirits and people who are always ready to break relationships because we here in the limelight. They feel we do not deserve the best; that is what I noticed. They just don’t want us to be happy,” Ibrahim said.
Just after announcing Iyanya has been signed to Mavin Records, Don Jazzy liberates his first single under the imprint featuring the head honcho – Don Jazzy and Dr Sid.
The video is already done, you can peep the trailer.
Pastor E.A Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has begged youths of the church to stop uploading his videos or quoting him on social media.
The general overseer said this in order for him to be spared the torrents of backlash from such uploaded posts attracted from millions of social media users.
This is coming after the pastor received serious backlash over his counsel to young men and women concerning marriage.
Speaking during the church’s youth program plenary session themed ‘vessels unto honour’ some days ago, the popular pastor pleaded with the participants to spare him the problem of social media by not uploading the program’s video on YouTube.
He said:
“Spare me the problem. I’m not talking to you so that you can put me on YouTube.”
Some months ago, Pastor Adeboye in a video, warned women,
“Don’t marry a man who has no job. Before God gave Adam Eve, he gave him a job” and advised men,
“Marry a prayer warrior! Don’t marry any girl who cannot pray for one hour non-stop. Don’t marry a girl who is lazy! If she is lazy when she is single, what will happen if she is married?"
Many social media users lambasted the man of God following his message.
The Leader of vigilantes in Yobe State, Hon Awana Talala has confirmed that a fierce battle has erupted between the Nigerian military and Boko Haram sect in Damboa local government, near the Yobe border.
Earlier report said about 20 people have been killed in the ensued battle but there was no confirmation as to whether the casualty is on the side of the military or the Boko Haram insurgents.
In his statement, however, the leader of the vigilante group said that the outlawed sect suffered defeat during the battle.
A twin bomb blast which rocked Maiduguri, Borno state, early this morning has killed at least six people according to witnesses.
The first blast was said to have went off at about 7a.m. at a coffee drinking spot near the Bakassi IDP camp, along the popular Maiduguri-Biu road. A resident of the area, Yunus Musa said:
“Six persons were reportedly killed in the blast and have been evacuated to the hospital,”
Shortly after that, at about 7.35a.m., another blast went off in a tricycle near the NNPC fuel depot along Damboa Road, killing a woman and the rider. It was not clear who the bomber was between the woman and the tricycle driver.
An official of the Civilian-JTF, Alhaji DanBatta, who also confirmed the two incidents, told PREMIUM TIMES that the first blast came from suicide bombers who were trying to invade Bakassi IDP camp, one of the largest displaced persons amp in Maiduguri.
“We have another sad day today, but we thank God the worst did not happen; because the suicide bombers actually wanted to enter Bakassi camp, and that could have been really bad,” Mr. DanBatta said.
“There was another one just opposite the NNPC Depot along Damboa Road. But I cannot give you the details of the casualties recorded immediately because we are presently conveying the victims to the hospital. I will get back to you when the doctors confirm their conditions,” he said.
The city has not witnessed bomb attacks for months, and the twin blasts have created panic amongst residents who had started to let go of their fears of terrorist attacks, a PREMIUM TIMES correspondent in the city said.
The spokesman of immediate former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reuben Abati, is still in custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) because he is unable to satisfy his bail conditions, Premium Times reports.
Abati, was arrested on Monday, October 24, by operatives of the EFCC on allegations of financial impropriety to the tune of N50 million.
But he said he did not keep records of the disbursement when queried for evidence.
Abati was subsequently granted an administrative bail that requires presenting a senior federal civil servant—preferably a director with landed properties in Abuja. A source within the EFCC informed on Friday, October 28 said:
“He will be released when he meets his bail conditions.”
When he was questioned about how he spent the funds, Abati said he disbursed it to media practitioners in his capacity as the spokesman for the Goodluck Jonathan led administration.
Nigeria will invest $10bn (£8bn) in its oil-rich south to end an insurgency by militants, the oil minister has said.
The money would be used to build infrastructure, including roads and railways, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu said.
Militant attacks have severely disrupted oil production, fuelling a recession in the West African state.
The militants have been demanding that the government spend more of its oil wealth on tackling widespread poverty in a region, known as the Niger Delta.
They also accuse multinational firms of polluting the environment, destroying the livelihoods of farming and fishing communities.
Mr Kachikwu said that President Muhammadu Buhari would meet the militants and community leaders next week.
"Our target is to ensure zero militancy in the area," he said.
"This planned meeting shows the level of interest the president has to ensure peace in the area."
The $10bn would "not necessarily" come from the federal government, but from "oil companies, investors, individuals", he is quoted by Reuters news agency as saying.
A new militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), emerged after President Buhari, a northerner, took office last year after winning elections.
It has carried out a spate of attacks on oil plants and pipelines, causing a sharp fall in oil production and worsening the financial crisis in Africa's most populous state.
Mr Buhari's predecessor Goodluck Jonathan came from the Niger Delta, and managed to broker a peace deal with militants in the region.
The militants accuse Mr Buhari of reneging on the deal, an allegation he denies. Oil is the Nigerian government's main source of income.
Nollywood Actress, Chika Ike seems to have found love again three years after divorcing her ex-husband, Tony Ebireri.
The actress’ marriage to Ebireri had come under heavy storm of accusations and counter accusations of infidelity, insubordination and domestic violence before it finally collapsed in 2013.
Now, the movie star is all set to try marriage again.
In an exclusive chat with Inside Nollywood, Ike talks glowingly about the special man in her life and plans for remarriage.
“Marriage is a beautiful institution. I will never talk down on marriage because it’s something I still look forward to. It’s what every woman hopes for. Though, I’m focused on my career right now, I do have a very special person in my life,” she enthuses.
When pressed further to reveal the identity of the man that tickles her heart, Ike whose latest movie, Miss Teacher is making waves in the cinemas, refused further talk about him.
“Well, that’s all I can say about my relationship; I have a special someone. His profile doesn’t matter to you right now,” she said.
When asked if she is a fulfilled woman despite her fame and fortune? She said:
“Honestly, I am not fulfilled yet. There are certain things I haven’t achieved. Every day I wake up, I want to get to the zenith of my career, but it takes one step at a time. I am still hoping to achieve more which would eventually make me a fulfilled woman.”
Fulani herdsmen who were disguised as Army officers late on Thursday, October 28 killed about 7 people in different communities in Kaduna state.
Leadership reports that the herdsmen, wearing military fatigues, carried out the attacks in Passakori, Mile One, Ungwan Misisi and Tudun Wada of Kaninkon chiefdom in Jema’a local government, Kaduna state, killing an 85-year-old traditional ruler and six others yesterday, Friday.
“On this day, 27th October, 2016 a group of men in army uniforms came to Ungwar Misisi Village and called the Village Head, Mr. John Zogo and the elders of the village for what they claimed to be security briefing on the situation in the area.
“As soon as the soldiers came and started discussing with the Village Head and the elders, our people heard gun shots in the outskirts of the village and these same soldiers then shot and killed the Village Head and some others in the house of the Village Head and fled,”
Leadership quoted an eyewitness as saying. The National Caretaker Chairman of the Koninkon nationality Waje Goska Williams said the attackers fled immediately after killing the traditional ruler.
“The whole village was burnt down and those who managed to escape are now internally displaced persons.
“Those that were killed in the attacks are John Zogo – 85 years (The Village Head), Yakubu Abuja (80), Adamu Bulus – 30 years, Majhe Audu – 50 years, Karu Amos – 42 years, Confidence Kibadu – 29 years and Kurma Amos – 44 years,” he said. He recalled that
“this attack is clearly preplanned and there seems to be a clear conspiracy on the party of the Government and Security agents to look the other way while the killings and destructions are going on. It is clearly a plan of genocide against the Kaninkon people.
"We have no defence even from the Federal and Kaduna State Governments who have made security a top priority on its agenda.” He added:
“We, the entire Kaninkon people in Kaninkon Chiefdom, are under unprovoked and sustained attacks by the people whoare not known but who are working closely with the local Fulani people that we have lived with for many years.
“The motive of the attacks is clearly unknown but we can see that it is a genocidal mission. We are particularly worried because there seems to be a conspiracy of silence and complacency on the part of the Security Agencies and the Kaduna State and Federal Governments on the plight of our people.
“While these attacks are going on, we do not observe the presence of security men in the area giving protection to our people since we are not at war with anybody.
“The weapons of death used by the assailants are so sophisticated that we suspect these people to be Boko Haram that are on mission to clear our people. The professionalism employed by the attackers is such that only trained people who have the backing and aid of some people in Government and the security forces.
“Kaninkon Chiefdom is one of the ethnic groups in Southern Kaduna and the entire northern Nigeria that was not conquered by the Fulani Jihad of the early Nineteenth century. These attacks are clearly an attempt at achieving what they did not achieve by the Jihad.”
Meanwhile, the Nigerian military has warned Fulani herdsmen that they are next on the agenda following the sound defeat of the Boko Haram insurgents.
Spokesman of the Defens headquarters made this revelation on Friday also in Kaduna, noting that the military has begun putting plans in place to ensure that the herdsmen’s menace is ended.
The world’s richest man Bill Gates has admitted he will not be leaving his £70billion fortune to his three children instead giving it away to charity when he dies.
Appearing on ITV’s This Morning the Microsoft creator, who has an estimated net worth of $81.7 billion, says his kids understand his decision.
Speaking to Holly Willoughby and Ben Shephard, the 60-year-old said:
“Well, our kids receive a great education and some money but they will go out and have their own careers."
He reasoned that by allowing his children - two daughters and a son - to inherit his fortune “distorts anything” they might try to do. Gates said all three were “proud” of his decision.
The businessman-turned- philanthropist said instead of billion-dollar trust funds, the children would have their own careers.
Laughing, he added they would never go short saying “They are never going to be poorly off'. Gates said:
“It's not a favour to kids to have them have huge sums of wealth. It distorts anything they might do, creating their own path.”
The billionaire and his wife Melinda, 52, have three children together, Jennifer, 20, Rory, 17, and Phoebe, 14.
The eldest is in her second year at the prestigious Stanford University, California, where her father donated £5million to the construction of a computer science building in his name.
She is also a highly regarded show jumper competing nationally throughout the states.
Rory and Phoebe are understood to live at home with their parents outside Seattle, Washington.
Gates has vowed to pass on a fraction of their vast wealth to their children while the rest will go to the couple’s charity.
The Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation was set up to fund health and education projects around the world.
He said the decision to give away his money to good causes had made his children proud. Gates added:
“This money is dedicated to helping the poorest. They know that, they are proud of that, they go on trips with us to see the work that's being done.”
ABUJA – A star witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Alade Oluseye Sunday, on Thursday, narrated before the Federal High Court in Abuja, how he helped an ally to Governor Ayodele Fayose, Mr. Abiodun Agbele, to move about N1.2billion, prior to the 2015 general election.
Sunday, who is the Branch head of Zenith Bank in Akure, said the fund which was moved in two tranches, was stuffed inside Ghana-must-go bags.
The witness said he was among the team that evacuated the money to the bank with a bullion van after it was flown to the Akure airport in a medium sized aircraft by Senator Musliu Obanikoro. He said:
“The driver that drove the bullion van on that cash pick-up engagement was Olaolu Omotosho. I do not know the registration number of the aircraft but the colour is metallic grey.
“I was able to recognise Senator Musliu Obanikoro since the appearance resemble his picture that I used to see on the television or newspaper, but I cannot recognise the third person that came out of the aircraft with him.
“The cash was packed inside several sacks popularly referred to as Ghana-must-go sack. The aircraft that brought the second tranche of the cash was of a smaller size when compared with the aircraft that brought the first tranche. The sacks were many and as such I cannot remember the number”.
The bank official, who is the first prosecution witness, PW-1, was led in evidence by EFCC lawyer, Mr. Wahab Shittu.
The Federal High Court Abuja will begin the N4.6bn money laundering charge against Governor Ayodele Fayose’s aide, Abiodun Agbele, today October 27.
Agbele along with Sylvan Mcnamara Ltd, De Privateer Ltd and spotless Investment Ltd are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The judge, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, had overruled Chief Mike Ozekhome, counsel to the defendants, who objected to the appearance of a new counsel in the matter.
Dimgba held that there was no sufficient reasons by the defence to stop the commencement of trial over the appearance of a new counsel.
He ruled that it was only the state that could challenge Shittu’s appearance in the matter.
The judge appealed to the prosecuting counsel, Wahab Shittu, to talk to the EFCC to release the defendant’s International Passport to the registrar of the court.
He said this would enable the court to make it available to the defendant after satisfying the court on the need to travel outside the country.
Dimgba adjourned the matter till Oct. 27 for hearing.
At the resumed sitting on Wednesday, Shittu told the court the matter was slated for trial and that his three witnesses were present in court.
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