Friday 29 November 2013

Teenager arraigned in Lagos for stealing N765,000

A teenage boy was arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate court yesterday over allegations of burglary and theft. Saheed Gafar, 19, appeared before the court sitting in Ikeja after he was said to have stolen a cash sum of N765,000. Gafar is being charged with two counts for the offence.

Vanguard reports:

The police prosecutor, Iranus Nnamonu, told the court that the defendant committed the alleged offences sometime in July 2013 at 16, Fadara Street, Ogba in Ikeja area of Lagos. He said Gafar broke and entered into the apartment of one Donatus Onyeagbara and stole N750,000 and tiles worth N10,500, all property of Onyeagbara.

Nnamonu said the offence contravened section 306 and punishable under section 285 of the Criminal Law ii Vol 44 Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011. Earlier, the defendant had pleaded not guilty when the charge was read. However, the magistrate granted him bail in the sum of N200,000, with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case to February 28, 2014.

Tuesday 26 November 2013

Man with 3 wives sentenced to death by hanging for impregnating sister

Upper Sharia court in Bauchi has sentenced a 30-
year-old man, Umar Mohammed Kandahar to
death by stoning, for impregnating his younger
sister. The court records, made available to
journalists on Wednesday in Bauchi , showed that
Umar was arraigned before Upper Sharia Court
Unguwar Jaki, by the Bauchi State Shari’ah
Commission, where he was accused of
impregnating his younger sister from the same
father.

Counsel to the Shariah Commission,
Barrister Dayyabu Ayuba, told the court that the
suspect is married with three wives, but forcefully
had sex with his younger sister.

According to
Ayuba, the younger sister was brought to his
house by their father to help take her to school,
but instead, he forced her and had sexual
intercourse with her, when she was 16 years old.

The act resulted in pregnancy and she has already
delivered a baby, contrary to section 136(1) of the
Bauchi State Penal code law 2001. When asked
by the presiding Shariah court judge, the accused
pleaded guilty, but disagreed that he forced her to
have sexual intercourse; instead he maintained
that she accepted to have a sex with him.
The Shariah Court Judge, Musa Barde sentenced
him to death by stoning. Meanwhile, the accused,
has filed an appeal against the judgment before
the Bauchi State Sharia Court of Appeal, arguing
that he did not agree with the judgment. Counsel
to Umar, Barrister Sadiq Abubakar on Wednesday,
filed a motion before Bauchi State High court
number seven, asking for the bail of the accused,
pending the determination of his appeal by the
Sharia Court of appeal.

He told the court that the
accused family suffered because of his detention
since 2011 and asked the court to release him on
bail, to ease the sufferings of his family. The
Presiding Judge, Justice Aliyu Baba Usman, has
fixed Monday, November 25, 2013, for mentioning
of the appeal.

Aviation Minister Fakes Attack On Her Car To Stop Jonathan From Taking Action Against Her

How do you describe a situation that men of the Nigerian police saw a metal object where the Aviation Minister Stella Oduah claimed her car was shot at three times, but they don’t think what they saw is a bullet? That is the ridiculous state of the alleged attack on one of Stella Oduah’s cars in Abuja last weekend.


 It’s funny that Mr Joe Obi, the man who confirmed the purchase of N255m bullet proof cars for Stella, but was asked to keep quiet, is also the one saying the attack is true. “You said you heard that the minister’s car was shot at, right? Of course that is true and it happened last Friday at about 10.30pm.” But the Police is not moved. The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Altienne Daniel, said… 


“The incident was reported to us on Monday at exactly 5.45pm and we are subjecting the metallic object we recovered from the car to ballistic test. I can’t say whether the object is a bullet or not. So I can’t give you any information on it for now.” There has been several efforts to change President Gooodluck Jonathan’s mind and stop him from taking action on the report of the Committee he set up to investigate Stella Oduah. I hear the report is damning!

Thursday 21 November 2013

Tania Omotayo shows off Rolex watch, gift from Wizkid?



Wizkid's girlfriend Tania Omotayo showed off her expensive Rolex watch on instagram last night and made reference to her man. She tweeted - 'He's the best'. If the Rolex is a gift from Wizkid, then dude is really serious. That watch is not less than $18k.

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Wednesday 20 November 2013

#AnambraElection: I did not rig alone, I was used and dumped – Arrested INEC official confesses

A principal actor in the controversial Anambra governorship election of November 16 has reportedly made sterling revelations to his interrogators in Abuja.


 Mr Okeke Chukwujekwu, the electoral officer in charge of Idemili North local government area of Anambra State, currently in police detention over his role in the electoral saga, was said to have told his police investigators that he was “being used and dumped”. 


The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, had, in the heat of the controversies generated by the flawed poll, admitted that the “electoral officer” in Idemili North “messed up” and that he would be handed over to the police for prosecution. Chukwujekwu was moved to Abuja on Sunday, just as INEC said it was conducting a probe into the deliberate sabotage of the governorship election.


 A top official involved in the election confided in LEADERSHIP yesterday that the arrested INEC official had made useful statements even as he was apprehensive that top directors of INEC might be “implicated”. “The way this whole thing is going, it looks as if many heads will roll in INEC because the young man has made useful statements and if what he said is anything to rely upon, it then means that some big names in that commission might fall with him. “At first, he was trying to rationalise his action in that local government area when he was verbally quizzed before the intervention of the police; but, after some time, especially at the point of his detention, he started to cooperate but the cooperation is loaded because he has mentioned some top officials of INEC, especially directors and a PDP chieftain, as those who ‘put him in trouble’. 


Although the source declined to disclose the identities of those involved, he said “preliminary confessions” point to the fact that the bungled election in most LGAs of the state was “packaged by aggrieved politicians in connivance with top INEC officials both in Abuja and Awka” adding: “It was a well-funded package.” “All fingers point to some aggrieved politicians and it was a well-funded package that involved quite a lot of people; that is why the man is saying he has been used and dumped,” he said.


 Meanwhile, Jega has said all enquiries regarding arrests made in the bungled Anambra election should be referred to the police. Jega’s chief press secretary, Kayode Idowu, told LEADERSHIP on the telephone that INEC would not comment on the arrested official who allegedly played a key role in the flawed poll. “One, I cannot say anything on his matter because the police has taken over a larger chunk of the matter; only the police can say something on the role of the man arrested and how far they have gone with their investigation; so you have to contact the police.


 “Again, it will be out of place for me to reel out what the commission intends to do. Mind you, INEC is also carrying out its administrative interrogation on his matter,” he said. 


  INEC does not need court order to cancel tainted 

poll - APC The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused INEC of being economical with the truth by saying only the courts can order the cancellation of last Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra in which about 1.3 million of the 1.7 million registered voters were unable to exercise their franchise. In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its interim national publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party reminded INEC that it did not wait for a court order to cancel the National Assembly elections in 2011 when it was obvious that many voters across the country could not vote due to the late arrival or non-delivery of voting materials. 


‘’In announcing the cancellation of the National Assembly election in 2011, INEC Chairman Attahiru Jega said, among others, that it was to ‘maintain the integrity of the elections and retain effective overall control of the process’,’’ it said. APC said the situation in Anambra last Saturday was even more serious because, in addition to the fact that voting materials were either late or not delivered at all, most voters were disenfranchised by an INEC official who apparently tampered with the 2011 voters’ register for the state. 


‘’Therefore, there are more compelling reasons now to cancel the Anambra governorship election than what led to the cancellation and rescheduling of the National Assembly election in 2011, unless of course INEC is still acting out the script handed to it for the ill-fated election,’’ the party said. 


Apologise to Nigerians, HURIWA, TCN tell Jega 

In a related development, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) and the Transparency Center Network (TCN) have asked INEC chairman Prof Attahiru Jega to apologise to Nigerians for the apparent failure and administrative flaws that marred the November 16, 2013, governorship poll in Anambra State. The groups also asked the hierarchy of the electoral body to name, shame and prosecute all the electoral officials that in one way or the other colluded with reactionary political forces to undermine the transparent conduct of the bungled election which was declared inconclusive.


 According to the groups, the bulk of blame and responsibility lies with INEC which is constitutionally empowered to conduct free, fair and transparent elections nationally. The groups stated this in a joint statement signed by the national coordinator of HURIWA, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, who is also the deputy chief of mission for Transparency Center Network (TCN), an officially accredited election observer to the Anambra election, as well as the national director of media affairs of HURIWA, Miss Zainab Yusuf.


 They noted that the failure of INEC in Anambra is an unfortunate foretaste of what may happen in 2015 unless and except comprehensive reforms are executed in INEC by the National Assembly to make it transparent, accountable, effective and efficient.

#AnambraElection: APGA’s Obiano thanks INEC for providing a level playing ground

The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, candidate Chief Willie Obiano has described last Saturday governorship election as a sign of great things to come to the state. 


Chief Obiano was speaking to journalists at his home town of Aguleri in Anambra East council area yesterday. Chief Obiano said the outcome of the election had confirmed that people of the state could forge a common front and take their destiny in their hands. 


He noted that the electorate had made a strong statement through the decision to vote massively for a candidate of their choice. The APGA candidate said the election was free and fair and thanked President Goodluck Jonathan for providing a conducive environment, and INEC for offering a level playing ground for all political parties as well as security agencies for maintaining law and order. 


He equally thanked the people of the state for their orderly conduct during the election and for giving him massive support and APGA for finding him worthy to fly its flag. Chief Obiano enjoined areas involved in the coming supplementary polls to participate actively and ensure peaceful conclusion of the exercise.


 In the The State Chairman of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Elder Chris Elumuno said the socio and cultural organization was satisfied with the conduct of the election as INEC provided a level playing ground for political parties and followed due process and lay down rules in the conduct of the election process. Earlier Elumuno who is also the President General of Nkwelle Ezunaka Town Union, explained that electoral materials arrived early in their areas and every eligible voter had opportunity to exercise their franchise. 


He enjoined those who lost the election to accept the result in good faith as the contest was not a do or die affair as they had no right to call for cancellation when the people of the state have made their choice. A former governor of the State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife said the election was fair, credible and violence-free. He emphasized that nobody should call for cancellation when INEC was already preparing for a supplementary elections to correct whatever hitches perceived. Also speaking, the President General of Association of Town Unions, ASATU, Dr. Innocent Onwubuya said INEC conducted commendable election that reflected the will of the people and enjoined the areas where supplementary election will be conducted to participate actively.


 The Traditional ruler of Nteje, Igwe Renald Odegbo also commended INEC and security agencies for proper conducts of the exercise, while thanking President Goodluck Jonathan for providing a conducive environment for a hitch-free election. Igwe Odegbo noted that the result at hand represent the decision of the people and recorded that those who are calling for cancellation were only trying to smear the image of the State. He also said that some people that planned to rig, but were stopped by the vigilance of security agencies were the people crying foul. Also presenting the stand of 16 political parties, the Chaiman of Congress for Progressive Change ( CPC), Prince Chuba Ikeagwu said they would also back INEC in its proposed supplementary elections for the conclusion of the governorship election to enable INEC declare the result without further delay so that the state could move forward. They commended INEC, security agencies and other stakeholders for conducting a peaceful election without loss of life and destruction of properties in the State. 


The political parties assured that they would give total support to whoever emerged the winner of the election. In his contribution, the State Chairman of KOWA, Evangelist Isaac Omouka said the election was free and fair and there was no ground for the call for cancellation nor resignation of INEC officials. 


Evangelist Onwuka stressed that the collective interest of the state should be placed above every other considerations. Also speaking, the State Chairman of ACD, Mrs. Oby Okafor enjoined INEC to conduct the supplementary election as soon as possible to declare the winner of the election. Speaking in a similar vein, the state Chairman of National Conscience Party (NCP), Sir Peter Okala said everybody should accept and support the outcome of the election as the will and mandate of the people should not be compromised.

Monday 18 November 2013

INEC refuses to declare APGA’s Obiano winner after clinching majority votes

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has refused to declare APGA’s Willie Obiano winner of the Anambra gubernatorial election with majority votes of 174,710. 


This was because the total numbers of cancelled votes was more than the difference between the numbers of votes cast for the winner and the runner up of this election according to the State INEC official who read the results at about 6am Monday morning.


 The PDP had 94956 while the APC had 92300. The INEC official however said that there will be a supplementary elections in the areas where election where canceled. 


He also enjoined politicians to give peace a chance. More details soon

Tuesday 12 November 2013

Wale and Chipmunk to perform at Ice Prince’s FoZ concert

Grammy award nominated rapper, Wale is set to perform in Nigeria for the first time at Ice Prince’s Fire Of Zamani concert. The big-budget concert is part of activities to commemorate the release of his critically acclaimed second album.


 UK rapper, Chipmunk will be performing at the Fire Of Zamani concert along with Africa’s biggest rapper, MI Abaga. Ice Prince will be hosting this explosive music concert on November 23 2013 at the prestigious Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Fuji Artiste, Pasuma In Murder Mess…

One of Nigeria’s most prominent Fuji musicians, Wasiu Alabi Odetola, popularly known as Pasuma Wonder is currently enmeshed in a murder mess. From all indications, the Fuji veteran who recently celebrated 20 years on stage may be on his way into police net if matters are not well handled. 


Eye witnesses are saying that a member of the convoy of the Fuji star over-ran a teenage fan after Pasuma’s vehicle knocked down the victim on their way from a show at Idimu-Council area of Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. 


The victim, Bidemi, a 12-year old fan of the ‘Orobokibo’ singer is said to have been lurking around to get a glimpse of the star as he was leaving the St. Augustine Events Hall, Isheri-Idimu where the show took place only to lose his life in the process. ‘Pasuma was trying to avoid the area boys as he was leaving and so he was driving fast and it happened that he knocked the boy down and the vehicle behind him ran over the boy’, an eye witness told NET correspondent. 


Pasuma is said to have been driving in his newly acquired Range Rover Sports and did not bother to slow down to find out what had happened. ‘He sped off without caring’, another eye witness said. But the singer’s minders insist he’s innocent and absolutely unaware of what happened after he left the event venue.

 Those close to Pasuma told NET he wasn’t initially aware of the situation and that the decease may have been hit by a random car coming behind the musician. NET investigations reveal that ‘Paso’, as the singer is fondly called in the streets was trying to avoid the area boys who were desperate to extort him. 


It has become an accepted tradition in the Fuji industry, for Fuji artistes who perform in an area to ‘settle’ the area boys because they form the largest percentage of their fan base. Pasuma according to a few ‘area boys’ who were at the scene of the incident said the self- acclaimed Oganla of Fuji is fond of not ‘settling’ the area boys and it was in this bid to avoid being extorted that led to the untimely death of the teenager. 


‘Paso no dey like to settle. Na because e no wan settle make am drive fast like that’, one of the area boys said. Other sources say he actually tipped fans and some miscreants, but like Oliver Twist, some camps wanted more and the musician sped off after he had had enough.


 Speaking to NET in a telephone conversation, Pasuma’s manager, Afolabi Oyekoya refused to confirm or deny the allegations. He was yet to issue an official statement as at press time, and NET enquiries were left unanswered. The family of the victim could not be reached for comment. 


Our correspondents’ visit to the St. Augustine Events Centre, venue of the show did not yield results as the management refused to comment on the incident. All efforts to get the police officers at Idimu Police Station Area M also proved abortive, as the officers refused to entertain any questions and directed that we referred the inquiry to the office of the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, whose number was switched off at the time. 


Pasuma is not the first celebrity to be involved in a hit and run. Years ago, the current president of the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria, Ibinabo Fiberesima was arrested and imprisoned for killing a Lagos doctor. Also, last year, singer Terry G was alleged to have been involved in a hit and run situation. It is not clear how the case ended.

Terrible: 4 people die in Kogi after attack on police station

Unidentified gunmen yesterday invaded the area police station at Osara in the Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State. The attack, the motive for which is yet to be identified, left three police officers and one passerby dead. 


 The assailants reportedly used explosives as well as guns during the operation which started at about 10pm.


 The gunmen were said to have shot sporadically to scare all the villagers and the students from the neighbouring polytechnic away before proceeding with their attack.

 Vanguard reports: 

 An eyewitness said some of the villagers scampered into the bush to avoid being victims. The villager who died in the attack was said to be visiting a friend who lives near the police station. He was hit by a stray bullet while running from the gunmen. 


The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Romanus Nwaneri, who confirmed the incident said investigation was ongoing on the motive of the attack, stressing that the gunmen were unable to get any weapon from their armory.

Monday 11 November 2013

Comedian Seyi Law opens multi- million naira lounge in Ikorodu

Popular comedian Seyi Law recently opened a multi-million Naira lounge in Ikorodu called Xcess Lounge and Comedy Bar. It features a restaurant, bar and night club and will be officially launched on Monday November 25th. Congrats to him.

Friday 8 November 2013

Terrible: How woman kidnapped these TWIN BOYS belonging to her former tenants (PHOTO)

A woman in Abia State has been arrested by police officers attached to the Abayi Division of the state on suspicion of kidnapping. The woman, identified simply as Chioma, allegedly abducted the twin sons of her former tenants, Mr. and Mrs. Okwudili Nwaeze. 


According to reports, Chioma went to the couple’s new home on the pretext of paying them a visit but instead went into the house when no one was looking and took the boys named James and John. 

The Nation reports : 


The Nation gathered that Chioma visited her former tenants’ home to, according to sources, exchange pleasantries with them.“ Mrs. Nwaeze, who was on her way to the bathroom, apparently uncomfortable with the visitor, changed her mind and waited until she (Chioma) left the compound. Mrs. Nwaeze was said to have gone back to the bathroom, leaving her twins (James and John) inside their room, unknown to her that her ex-land lady was still in the compound.


 A source close to the Nwaeze family said: “When she finally returned to their room, the twin babies (James and John) had disappeared. It was at this point that she started to raise alarm. In agony, she began a desperate search for her babies. Neighbours who had seen Chioma carry the babies told Mrs Nwaeze that her ex-tenant had the babies.


 An Afor Ule market trader, Abayi Aba, said nobody suspected that Chioma abducted the babies beacuse she had lived with the children’s parents before the incident. She said Chioma, on getting to Afor Ule junction, flagged down a commercial tricycle driver, who took her and the kids away. 


An unconfirmed report said Chioma had, at the initial contact with the children’s family, demanded a ransom of about N10million, which the family told her they did not have. On how the ex-tenant was apprehended by the police, sources said she was caught by some people selling wares at the Afor Ule market. They spotted her while she was attempting to drop the children on the main road. 


They took her to the Abayi Divisional police station where the Nwaezes had reported that their children were missing. When contacted, the Abia State Police PPRO, Geoffrey Ogbonna, said he was yet to be briefed on the incident. But, a police source at the Abayi Police Division confirmed the incident, adding that the police were still investigating the matter.

Thursday 7 November 2013

Police Kill Two Suspected Armed Robbers As Others Escape With Wounds In Jigawa

The Police in Jigawa on Wednesday killed two suspected armed robbers along the Kano- Ringim highway. 


The state’s Police Commissioner, Mr Theophilus Kayode, made the announcement at a news conference in Dutse. Kayode said that the robbers were gunned down by policemen at about 5 a.m., noting however, that two of the robbers escaped with bullet wounds. 


The commissioner said that two locally-made pistols, an AK 47 riffle and eight live cartridges were recovered from the robbers. According to him, other items recovered from the hoodlums include a Honda car with registration number AG 201 KCH, a hand set and N148,520. Kayode pleaded with the public to help the police with relevant information to get rid of criminals in the society.

Sunday 3 November 2013

I Am Going To Marry Nadia Because My Family Love Her – Jim Iyke


This love is really strong no doubts, I don’t know about you guys but I’m really happy for them, they seem really good enough for each other, it doesn’t matter but they have my blessing. If you are one of those who still habour doubts over Nigerian actor, Jim Iyke’s true intentions for Ghanaian actress, Nadia Buari, then it is time to hold your peace, as the now born again Jim has come out to say that he intends to marry Nadia because his family members love and adore her. 


Jim’s stand has now become necessary as many fans of Nadia, especially in her home country, do not believe that he will marry her in the end, as some see him as a serial heart breaker who has used and dumped many ladies. But the one-time bad boy of Nollywood movies has responded, saying that he has finally come to the point where he knows he must settle down, as he loves Nadia with all his heart. Jim has this to say; “Yes we have discussed marriage. But we are taking it one step at a time.


 I am actually at a point where starting a family is becoming an attractive proposition. Nadia and I have been to Nigeria and my family members love and adore her.”

Our party is the fastest route to Igbo presidency – APC

The South East spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Osita Okechukwu, has described the opposition party as the fastest vehicle for the actualisation of president of Igbo extraction. He stated this during a campaign rally held at Eke in Udi local government area of Enugu State. 


He insisted that under the PDP, it would be practically impossible for Ndigbo to produce the president or vice president in 2015 on the ground that President Goodluck Jonathan is a brother to Ndigbo and they cannot therefore deputise him. “Secondly, for 2019, it will be wishful thinking to wish that PDP will nominate an Igbo; because the rotation-convention is predicated on North versus South.


 “Therefore, a careful analysis of the gazette that APC presents is the fastest vehicle for Ndigbo to become president or vice president in 2015 or 2019”, he stated. Mr Okechukwu advised Ndigbo to vote for APC in local government council elections coming before 2015 and especially vote for Senator Chris Ngige as the governor of Anambra State.

Tragedy: Bridegroom, wedding guests killed by gunmen in Adamawa

A bridegroom, family members and friends were said to be among 30 persons killed yesterday in an attack by insurgents believed to be members of Boko Haram in Michika local government area of Adamawa State. The victims, eye witnesses said, were returning from a wedding Fatiha in Michika town when they ran into an ambush laid by the insurgents. The incident, it was learnt, happened along Bama- Banki -Firgi highway. One of the eye witnesses, a motorist, told our correspondent, in Maiduguri, Borno State capital “ I travelled on Adamawa- Michika – Bama- Maiduguri road. When we reached a place in the Firgi area, we saw many bodies many of which were riddled with bullets while some were covered in blood having been slaughtered beside the road. My passengers advised we should return to Michika, but I told them God was in control”. A source in one of the federal owned hospitals in Maiduguri said: “We have received the bodies of over 30 people suspected to have been killed while coming from a wedding Fatiha as most of them wore same wedding uniforms (Anko in Hausa) on Saturday evening, but we are are yet to ascertain who are those behind such a deadly attack”. Spokesman for the 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Lt. Colonel Mohammed Dole, and the Borno State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP, Gideon Jubrin could not be reached for confirmation of the attack at the time of going to press.