PlateauNews: The five aid workers including Plateau born Jennifer Ukambong Samuel abducted on December 22 by gunmen believed to be Boko Haram terrorists after their vehicle was ambushed along Monguno and Damaturu, have reportedly been released. The release of the aid workers said to be two females and three males, was facilitated by the State Security Service. Though it is not clear if any ransom was paid to secure the release of the five abductees, it was however gathered that they arrived at the DSS office in Maiduguri at about 4 pm today, January 15. The source said; “It is a big day for us here in Borno with the release of the five abductees. “Two of the abductees were staff of ALIMA, an international NGO; one from Solidarity International, one from International Organization on Migration and one from Red Cross.”
The 26years old has since called home to confirm her release.
The 18-year-old suspected internet fraudster, Victor Oji, who set his girlfriend Tolani Mariam, 24, ablaze in Iba Town in Ojo Lagos, was remanded on Tuesday by an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court.
The Magistrate, Mrs A. Kusanu, did not take the teenager’s plea, but ordered that he should be kept at the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, Lagos, pending advice from the state director of public prosecutions. Kusanu adjourned the case until Feb. 19.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Jimah Iseghede, told the court that the defendant committed the crime on Dec. 7, 2019, at 10.00a.m. at No. G549, Army Post Service Estate, Iba Town.
He said that the defendant set ablaze his girlfriend because he suspected she was cheating on him. She later died from burns she suffered.
Update: Court remands teenager who set 24-year-old girlfriend ablaze in Lagos for allegedly cheating on him
According to the prosecutor, the deceased told the defendant that she was going to visit her sister who was put to bed, adding that she returned to the boyfriend some days later.
Iseghede said that the defendant later saw in the girlfriend’s phone, a video of her in a hotel taking hard drugs. This, he said, triggered his action.
The prosecutor noted that murder contravened Section 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, and carried death penalty.
Ctorch: Chief of Staff to the Rivers State Governor, Engr Chukwuemeka Woke receives the Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II to the Government House Port Harcourt.
The Oba is on a historic visit to Rivers State. He will meet with the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, the Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers and Edo Indigenes resident in Rivers State during the visit.
They portray this man to be such a superior king yet he can't call to order the politicians that are turning Edo state into a battlefield. I'm sure that's hard to do when his hands have been greased with big brown envelopes containing dollars. Not only politicians both thugs that are widely know to have killed for politicians..nothing to see here
OlawaleBammie: Ogbenii, wooo may baba God forgive and bless you.
I don't have strength for dis phantom fight jare, go sleep abeg.
stay blessed.
remember to pray before you sleep sha. Have a wonderful night.
Pray for your own blessing because you clearly don't have any and that's why you had the time to insult people online and don't speak no Yoruba to me. I don't understand that shit.The messages were clearly different but you wanted to pretend to be smart by calling your wrinkled mother confused
Hunter2009: TB Joshua’s Prophecy About British Royal Family Comes To Pass
When God speaks, the wise listens. Barely three days after his global prophetic warning to the world, the 11th prophecy released by internationally acclaimed TB Joshua of Synagogue Church of All Nations has come to pass.
The clergy in his prophecy warned against rift, disunity and breakaway in the Royal family :
"Pray for unity and understanding among the Royal Family – because of what I am seeing."
And in fulfillment of the prophetic warning Harry and Meghan has announced their decision to step back as members of the British family house.
Reportedly in CNN today, Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, are stepping back from their roles as senior members of the British royal family and plan to work towards becoming "financially independent," the couple announced on Instagram on Wednesday.
"After many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year" they wrote, explaining that they hope to "carve out a progressive new role within this institution." "We intend to step back as 'senior' members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen," they said.
The couple revealed they plan to split their time between the UK and North America. "This geographic balance will enable us to raise our son with an appreciation for the royal tradition into which he was born, while also providing our family with the space to focus on the next chapter, including the launch of our new charitable entity," they wrote.
"We look forward to sharing the full details of this exciting next step in due course, as we continue to collaborate with Her Majesty The Queen, The Prince of Wales, The Duke of Cambridge and all relevant parties. Until then, please accept our deepest thanks for your continued support."
felong: Please I Need Detailed Advice In Starting A Filling Station
Good evening nairalanders. please I would appreciate it if I'm given a detailed breakdown of what it would cost to open an run a filling station. also someone a friend advised that franchising would be good I would be operating with a branded name. so which independent oil marker in Nigeria is the best for franchise.
My location is Abakaliki Ebony state. I will also like to know how many tankers I call sell on an average per month in a place like Abakaliki. thanks.
Do u know how much it cost to open a business like this? Just an estimated cost I mean
Mecoy: Send me a message. I will schedule a meeting with the Executive Director of one of these popular filling stations, he will let you know what it takes to be a dependent marketer under them. (Franchise)
Please don't try and scam him . Ogango with police ..these scammers everywhere LOL
robosky02: Siasia Resorts to GoFundMe to Raise Money for His Appeal at CAS
Former Super Eagles forward and coach, Samson Siasia, has started a GoFundMe appeal to raise money to fund his case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in order to overturn the life ban slammed on him by world football governing body FIFA.
Siasia, who scored Nigeria’s goal in the 1-2 defeat to Argentina at the country’s first appearance at the World Cup in 1994, according to Opera news, had the appeal created for him three days ago and is aimed to raise $250,000.
“Samson Siasia was alleged “to agree to collect bribe” in relation to a football match. He was subsequently banned for life from all footballing activities, without the benefit of defending himself.
“The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) has now accepted an appeal from Samson on FIFA’s ruling.
“Legal cost of defending himself is needed for him to clear his name,” observed the statement attached to the GoFundMe appeal.
Siasia, a member of Nigeria’s famed ‘Class of ’94 Eagles,’ was handed the ban by FIFA last August for allegedly agreeing to “receive bribes in relation to the manipulation of matches.”
A statement from the FIFA Ethics Committee at the time stated: “The Ethics Committee has found Mr Siasia, a former official of the Nigeria Football Federation, guilty of having accepted that he would receive bribes in relation to the manipulation of matches in violation of the FIFA Code of Ethics.”
Siasia was banned “for life from all football-related activities (administrative, sports or any other) at both national and international level.” In addition, a fine in the amount of CHF 50,000 (US$50,000) was imposed on Mr Siasia.
However, further probe revealed later that Siasia was banned after failing to respond to, (or appear) email requests from FIFA to appear before the Ethics Committee to present his defence.
With the decision, Siasia’s next recourse was to head for CAS, but to file an appeal required the former international to pay $100,000 excluding his legal costs.
Close associates of the former Nigeria coach revealed that Siasia has been in depression for the last few months.
Apart from the case with FIFA/CAS, his mother was kidnapped and was with the criminal gang for months before allowed to go after a ransom was paid. It was the second time the 76-year old lady was taken into custody by the kidnappers.
Siasia coached Nigeria’s Super Eagles between 2010-2011 and returned for another spell in 2016 and also served as coach of the country’s Under-20 and Under-23 sides at different times.
But the FIFA indictment did not state if it was during either of these periods that the alleged infractions was committed.
Siasia has continued to protest his innocence, saying he had no recollection of ever agreeing to manipulate any football match and has also said in previous interviews that members of the Super Eagles team he played with have not offered him the kind of support he needed.
“But I will fight to the last to clear my name because I know that I did nothing wrong.
“I only heard about all of this for the first time just like everybody else on social media and then I got a call from (NFF President) Amaju Pinnick asking me if I had seen any letter from FIFA.
“I said no and he asked me to check. That was when I checked my email. But I know that I am innocent and I am asking everybody to help me raise this money to clear my name.”
This cone headed crook collected bribe and now he wanna collect money from Nigerians who struggle everyday to pay for his case. Even if the case is overturned,no decent football club or country will touch him..he's always soiled his name
sylvestersamuel: Notorious kidnapper Evans has said he made a covenant with God. Evans said he is believing God for a miracle in his life .He also promised never to lie to the court all through his trial Nigeria’s most popular kidnapper Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike has said he made series of covenant with God over his trial before a Lagos High Court. Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans the Kidnapper said he is hoping to get a second chance to live life rightly. Speaking in an interview with The Sun, Evans said he believes God for a miracle over his life. He said: “I already have a covenant with God. If police take me to court, I told God that I will not tell lies against the police or victims. “I promise to tell the court the truth about any crime that I am guilty of. Please, people of Nigeria should forgive me. “I just believe in God for a miracle. “I will serve God all my life. I also promised the police that I will help them to fight crime,” Evans said. The billionaire kidnapper who pleaded guilty to 52 charges leveled against him by the police said he has already become a pastor and will never lie. He said it was never his intention to kill anyone during his operations as the most deadly kidnapper. “The only time that someone died (during his operations) was during the attempted kidnap of the chairman of The Young Shall Grow Motors. “During that operation, we were attacked and there was exchange of gunshots. They shot at us and my gang members shot back at them. It was in the morning that I heard that one inspector and the driver who drove the Young Shall Grow chairman died. “It was an unfortunate incident. I have totally regretted everything about crime. It does not pay. I keep telling people to learn from my story. Crime does not pay. Everything I acquired all these years are gone just in a day. I will be an agent of change in prison,” Evans added. it was earlier reported that Evans may face life imprisonment having pleaded guilty to two counts charges in court. Also, one of his accomplices, Amadi who is the second defendant on the matter pleaded guilty too.
ogawisdom: U are simply myopic or plain ignorant There are always two sides to a coin, that u failed in business speaks volumes of your narrow mindedness but don't forget we still have many success stories like dangote et al. If u don't want to invest in the real sector then shut up and accept the 1% on offer n crawl back to your cave.
Crashing TB n FD is excellent for our economy
People use myopic and think they are smart..that man didn't insult u in any way and for you to attack him like that says more about your weirdness. People always use dangote as an example yet you people don't even know the history of dangote and the deals he got from military and civilian governments ..dummy
FactBoyz: Larry Ehizo, a Customer Service Officer of a first-generation bank in Abuja, has narrated to the police how he got involved in last Saturday's failed bank robbery attack in Mbappe, a surburb in Abuja.
Larry was paraded before newsmen at the Abuja police command headquarters, said that the mastermind of the robbery, one Ernest, who is at large, had threatened to kill him, his girlfriend and his family if he did not help him and his gang members to rob the bank. According to the 30-year-old University of Abuja graduate, he drove the five robbers into the bank premises in his vehicle.
In his words
[b]“I met a friend (Ernest) in November and we had a discussion where we used to hang out and I said something after he complained about our services in the bank and we almost got into a serious argument and I told him that the only thing he would do is get angry and maybe not bank again with us. He said he was going to hurt someone and I told him not to do that. That the highest he can do is to do that or maybe rob the bank to make them feel bad.
I did not know he had that on record and he used that to threaten that after some time that I must take the people that he would bring into the bank. He threatened my family, myself and even the people around me. Even my girlfriend. After that, I was afraid to go to the police because he said even if I go to the police that he had already informed his colleagues and because he is a cultist and he said that anything I get after that I should take it.
“That is when he brought them. I still begged him and he went as far as my family house and threatened to kill them. He now brought them on that day that I should take them in and tell them what to do.
“He even followed to the bank but escaped when they caught them. He insisted I take my car to take them inside the place and that was the only thing I was supposed to do and leave the rest for them to do. The person is at large. His name is Ernest.
I didn’t report to the police because of the threat. He actually brought his fellow cultists to my house and threatened me and my girlfriend that I must take them. He said he was going to give them N7 million. He said I was going to get 20 per cent and I told him I did not want anything.
He said I must collect it. I am a Customer Service Officer. I have been with the bank for over two years. If I had gone to the police I would not have been here talking now. Members of my family also would not be. He knows my family house and knows where I stay personally at Mpape.
He waited to see when we entered inside and he immediately called me and I did everything out of fear of not dying and not having anyone dying because of me. Ernest is a customer at the bank. He comes around. There is a place I go to hang out in Mpape. He is a barman there. He sells drinks.
On normal situations, we have sat down to have drinks. We discussed football, family and how to move forward. He is a barman''.
One of the suspects, 24-year- old Princewill Obinna, said Larry and the said ''Ernest'' assured him and the other robbers that it would be an in-and-out operation.
‘I was among those people that robbed the bank. It happened that Mr Larry invited us. Mr Ernest met us and told us there is a job we wanted to do but he would connect us to the person that had the work. I asked him who the person. So he called me and introduced us to Mr Larry, who told us that there is an event that he wants us to carry out that Ernest has been troubling him. That if only we can successfully do it, that he and Ernest have the background and survey, that they are going to guide us. That it is going to be stressless (sic) and that within some minutes we are going to wrap up the deal.
I said what was the deal about and he said it was a bank. I was shocked and said I have never done such before. He said we should not worry that there is a vehicle that is tinted and nobody would see us and that everyone would be okay. He asked if I know some persons that can help us and I said I had friends that come around and they said okay. They also never wanted to do it but we all agreed at the end of the day. That is how we came to find ourselves there.
“The message came to me on Tuesday and the operation was on Saturday. So we were just thinking about what they told us that it would be easy and they would give us money. They promised to give us N7 million to share. I coordinated the other boys. The ammunition we took there was a local pistol that our late friend (robber who was shot) brought. He said he would be the one to stand at the gate and that I should hold this one and threaten the Mobile man''[/b]
According to the police, no money was stolen during the attack.
Dead men tell no tales lol these tales they are telling is just a waste of time.. They are as good as dead as I'm sure time in a Nigerian prison is the closest thing to HELL. They can give all the stories they want but they are all looking at 35 years each
modsfucker: Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has decried combined efforts of operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command and soldiers from the Guards Brigades, who foiled robbery attack in Mpape area of Abuja on Saturday.
Effiong, a constitutional lawyer, who premised his criticism upon Section 218 of the Nigeria’s Constitution, argued that foiling robbery attack is not the business of army personnel, describing the joint efforts as a “national scandal”.
“It is not only wrong but also unconstitutional. The Army has no business confronting armed robbers. Section 218 of the Constitution limits the role of the Armed Forces. The Army is not supposed to be deployed to fight regular crimes.
“I insist that what happened in Abuja on Saturday is a national scandal and those in power in this country should be ashamed. Deploying soldiers to tackle five armed robbers trapped in a building is a manifestation of the total collapse of our security architecture.
“How can our troops be reduced to this shameful level? A country where soldiers chase suspected rice smugglers is a big joke. I insist that what we’re witnessing is an aberration. The Armed Forces was not established for this,” Effiong tweeted.
He further stated, “The Guards Brigade do not protect Abuja. They only protect the President & the Villa. The security of Abuja is primarily within the jurisdiction of the FCT Police Command. The Army has no business protecting Abuja except if Abuja is under serious attack beyond the capacity of the police.”
Nitah1: Did you got the house thru agent? If the above question is "yes" then the agent is behind it. Check how many keys supposed to be there for every padlock has specific number of keys,the agent can duplicate it even.
You sound smart to dumb people . you can't say the agent is behind it. You don't know that for sure..that's the issue with Nigerians today.bearing false witness and putting people in trouble that's like a policeman stopping you and saying because you are black and ugly ,u must be behind a robbery that just occurred as witnesses said the suspect was black and ugly
Mike4S: I came back from the the church on Sunday only to see my apartment rummaged. My gas cylinder that I just filled, my new electric iron that is still intact in the packet, my new stainless vacuum cup, aso ebi 2 each 6 yards and Polish and brush were all carted away.
What really surprised me is my key being intact and no sign of break and enter from any part of the apartment.
Air of mystery still surrounds how my apartment was robbed.
I want to go and just drop statement with the police. Hope that one will be welcomed? Guys I need your contributions. I just packed in there. It's somewhere opposite Lagos Business School along Lekki Epe express way
Charmingrascal: Four cows and ten bags of rice for each of the ex Governors when many people no even get money to buy shawa fish and one cup of rice to celebrate Christmas for the same Edo State. Ex Governors that are already rich are getting ten bags of rice and 4 cows.
Fear God oh fear God oh
And ex governors wouldn't want to have 4 cows in their luxurious compounds anyway
Onyi22: Ike is a confused guy, I thought BBN is over? Y can't he go back to the U. S and continue from where he stopped, instead of following women up and down like a goat
That's because he is a goat..didn't you see his big lips on big brother and how they hardly ever closed? He also drools saliva from time to time as seen on one particular video..
xxxtedyxxx: Leave Marley alone, and focus on your destiny.
Leave him and his style of music alone. Every artiste has what works for him/her.
And please don't turn around and be a hypocrite tomorrow by criticising politicians. I guess every politician has what works for him or her .Let's just leave people and their bad behaviour alone
Injustice anywhere is a threat to everywhere. I dont understand the inconsistency and hypocrisy of some people. Arsenal distanced themselves from his comments and yaya youre spoke against him with his big lips but what I dont get is that these same people cry out against racism in football but somehow ozil calling out the injustice is China is wrong ?
Crime › Re: Plateau Born Jennifer Abducted By Boko Haram Has Been Released by Torg77: 7:38am On Jan 16, 2020
