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Friday, 7 August 2015

Man kills policeman over spaghetti in Lagos

A-38-year-old man, Haldu Shaibu, has been arraigned before an Ebute-Metta Magistrates’ court for killing one Corporal Babangida Yeiwa.Shaibu narrated that he moved from his single room apartment to live with the deceased and one other, Victor Kapivet, because people were calling him Boko Haram.

He stated that on October 12, 2013 around 7:00a.m., the deceased gave him N1,000 to prepare spaghetti and fish but because of the thugs that harass him by calling him ‘Boko Haram’, he refused to go out but insisted in buying the spaghetti and ingredients within the neighbourhood. He said the deceased then left angrily without saying a word.

The immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), has revealed that the acquisition of hitherto elusive weaponry in the last one year enabled the troops to have an upper hand against Boko Haram terrorists and the recovery of many local government areas that had been occupied by Boko Haram terrorists.

Sambo, whose homes in Abuja and Sokoto were invaded by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, in the week he left office named some of the deciding acquisitions to include Alpha jets, APCs, MRAP vehicles, advanced artillery pieces, assorted arms and ammunition, highly sophisticated surveillance drones, T-72 tanks and modified F7 supersonic jet fighters.

Tanzanian singer, Diamond Platnumz and his girlfriend, Zari Hassan have welcomed their daughter together. Zari already has three children with an ex.

I won’t die alone, kidnap suspect sings

A kidnap suspect, Linus Nlemadim, from Egbelu Obube in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State, shocked his captors yesterday when he expressed readiness to reel out the names of his colleagues in crime.

Nlemadim was allegedly arrested in connection with the recent kidnap of one Eziopara Ben Anyanwu, an American-based indigene of the same autonomous community.

Vanguard gathered from a source that the suspect, who made the promise soon after his arrest, vowed that he would not die alone.

There are three major types of the disease: type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes. With all three, your body can’t make or use insulin.

One of every four people with diabetes doesn’t know they have it. That amounts to about 7 million Americans. Might you be one of them? Read on to see if your risk of having diabetes is high.

Peace Hyde, the smoking West African correspondent for Forbes Africa!

Who said that women cannot be beautiful and smart at the same time is mistaken! The stunning British/Ghanaian TV personality Peace Hyde has been trending on headlines this week when she was unveiled as the West Africa Correspondent for Forbes Africa.

It's a common tradition in Swaziland, King Mswati reportedly tested girls virginity before choosing a wife for himself.

It has been a long time tradition in Swaziland and isn't the first time this controversial issue is making it into the news. King Mswati reportedly tested girls virginity before choosing a wife for himself.

Dailymail reported in 2012 that topless virgins were paraded in front of the Swazi King, to celebrate chastity and unity.

Nigerian rapper, Olamide, is really showing to the world that he came from the streets and would not forsake the ghetto. He is one artiste some up and coming stars love to relate with because of his open door policy.
No wonder he is rising by the day. Sometimes ago, he spoke against how some celebs discriminate against other artistes they feel are below class.
To him, he has no problem relating well with any artiste or celeb he comes across with so far bounds are not crossed.

Former House of Representatives member Abike Dabiri-Erewa, today slammed a N500m libel suit on Diamond Bank Plc for maliciously publishing her name as one of the bank’s debtors on Punch Newspaper which came out on Monday.

Dabiri said as a well known politician the said publication has subjected her to public opprobrium, ridicule and embarrassment of monumental proportion.

Rihanna showed off her curves as she hit the beach wearing a one-piece swimsuit with flame-inspired print, the 27-year-old star enjoyed some paddleboarding during her vacation in Barbados..

A Nigerian man living in the United States has been charged with murder after his mother was found dead at her Regency Park apartment in Texas USA.

Dr Hauwa Esther Kadima, 61, was found dead on July 28 after officers received a call from her son Daniel Basor Kadima, 31, alerting them of a person believed to be dead at her apartment

Daniel called 911 about 9 a.m. July 28 and told dispatchers he was calling to report a death, according to the warrant, which was released Monday. When asked when he had last seen the deceased, he responded “yesterday,” police said. Kadima identified himself but did not say the
victim’s name or the nature of their relationship.

The Miss Bum Bum Brazil 2015 saw women flock to Sao Paulo to take part in an annual pageant which judges them on their behinds.
The contestants stopped traffic as they posed in the middle of Sao Paulo's main avenue, Avenida Paulista.
More than 500 women are competing in the pageant and 27 will be chosen to represent each of the Brazilian states, with 15 then put before the public vote in November.

The Oyo State-born cleric, Jamiu Mukaila, reportedly defrauded Bose Alele to the tune of N350,000 after which he engaged her in a three-day marathon s*x under the false pretence of casting evil spirit out of her.

The incident happened at Ire-Akari Road in Isolo, a suburb of Lagos, where the victim resides and where the prayer took place.

According to Bose, who is still in shock, Mukaila approached her and introduced himself as Alfa and told her that he had a revelation from God concerning making her life better.

He told her that she was possessed by evil spirit called mammy water (mermaid) and that she needed deliverance to cast out the evil spirit so that favour will come her way.

Marufu and Kehinde

An indigene of Ilogbo in the Sango-Ota area of Ogun State, Marufu Olasoji, has beaten his wife, Kehinde Olasoji, to death for allegedly committing adultery.
It was learnt that the 35-year-old welder repeatedly hit the wife’s head with an iron until she gave up the ghost.
He was said to have sprayed cement on her face and fled the neighbourhood, leaving her in a pool of blood.
The incident happened around 8pm on Monday at the Chelsea neighbourhood of the Sango-Ota area.
PUNCH Metro gathered that Marufu had turned Kehinde, a hairdresser, who had three children for him, to a punch bag while their 15-year relationship lasted.

Our correspondent was told that the wife, aged 35, left the welder with her children three months ago

when she could no longer endure the assault.

Mercy Johnson is really a role model to many, and she always leave to that expectation. Mercy who got married some years back and since has being living happily with her hubby, no doubt she can keep her home. She was seen dressed up with the same stylish attire with her sweet daughter. One thing that amazes me about Mercy Johnson, is how she manage to keep the world away from her home.. Go girl..

Buhari orders quick action on new national carrier

• Orders take over of Nigeria’s airspace from Ghana

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday ordered the Ministry of Aviation to expedite action on the establishment of a new national airline for the country.

The president gave the directive while receiving briefing from officials of the Aviation Ministry, led by the Permanent Secretary, Binta Bello, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The House of Representatives was denied the opportunity of intervening on the reported inhuman treatment Nigerians working in some foreign companies operating in Nigeria were subjected to.

A motion to address the issue entitled: ‘Urgent need to curb unwholesome practices of Chinese, Indian and Lebanese companies in Nigeria, was withdrawn by the sponsor, Segun Adekola (PDP, Ekiti).

To the surprise of some lawmakers, who were prepared for the debate, Adekola took the leave of the House to withdraw the motion.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) yesterday said it had traced about $2.1million (N413million) seized at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos to a former Executive Secretary of a federal parastatal.

The commission said it might be forced to declare the man wanted if he does not show up for questioning.

The agency said all attempts to locate the man in Lagos and Abuja proved futile.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on July 3 arrested a bureau de change operator, Mr. Ibiteye John Bamidele, at MMA Terminal 2 (MMA2) Lagos with the cash.

The police in Lagos State have arrested a part-time lecturer, Afeez Baruwa, for allegedly raping an 18-year-old girl, identified as Caroline (pseudonym) in the Yaba area.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the victim, who was reportedly raped inside a study room, was seeking admission into the University of Lagos, Akoka.

It was gathered that Baruwa was arrested by the Surulere Police Division on Monday, August 3.

Blac Chyna showed off her hot body with caption "I know you miss me".. I guess she may be referring to baby daddy,Tyga. She has always said he still wants her despite being with Kylie..
She has once insinuated he was just using Kylie for fame...

CBN bans cash deposits into domiciliary accounts

The Central Bank of Nigeria has banned the payment of cash into domiciliary accounts in the country, TheCable reports.

In a circular released on Wednesday and signed by the Director of Trade and Exchange, CBN, Olakanmi Gbadamosi, the central bank said its action followed recent statements by individual banks suspending the payment of foreign currencies into domiciliary accounts.

The Enugu State Government has amended its Civil Service rules to grant six months maternity leave to nursing mothers.

Interestingly, husbands whose wives might put to bed were also given a ‘paternity leave’, but it would only be for just three weeks.

The paternity leave was meant to give such husbands the opportunity to support their nursing wives, according to the state government.

Before, female workers who gave birth were entitled to three months maternity leave while the men whose wives delivered babies were not exempted from work.

Similarly, the state government also resolved that henceforth, nursing mothers were free to breast-feed their babies in offices during work hours.

Criminals Who Hijack Lorries And Buses Arrested In Enugu (PHOTO)

According to the Nigerian Police Force, the Enugu state command of the Nigeria police through its

operatives of the special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)Enugu have nabbed a five-man gang of hoodlums that specialized on hijacking of lorries along Expressway together with the goods loaded in the said lorry and take it to where they now sell those goods and thereafter sell the lorry parts by parts.
Follow the jump to see the suspects' names and the full story

The suspects associated with the crime are:

This is unbelievable and yet real, why wouldn’t all these oyinbo people leave us Africansalone. According to a publication of the Moscow Faculty of Sciences , researchers have developed a chemical process to « whiten » quickly a person’s skin.

With a mixture that includes oxytane and benzodiazepine. It would suffice to stay for 6 hours in a bath consisting of 50grams per liter of water.

Desperate ladies from Edo and Delta states, the shame some of you are bringing to us is just too bad. This show of shame has reached the level that mothers now take their daughters by themselves to take demonic oath that would enable them travel out with this woman above for prostitution.

In fact, the big girls are made to take off their clothes in the process. See shocking details below:

According to a reliable source Madam Esther Otubo Nicole (pictured above) is a Human Trafficker who send Nigerian girls into prostitution in Dubai, she videotapes Edo and Delta ladies girls n*de and recruit them into prostitution in the Arab country. A source personally got the video of two different girls.

The email below was received from an anonymous source:

Man of the hour! Idris Elba is officially the first man to be featured on the cover of Maxim magazine.

The Avengers: Age of Ultron star, 42, landed the cover of the September issue, becoming the first man to do so after decades of sexy photo shoots with half-naked female models and actresses.

An Israeli doctoral student has launched a court bid to force his South African wife to put their three daughters on a flight back to Israel.

The 37-year-old man‚ who approached the Port Elizabeth High Court in terms of The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction‚ claims his wife’s actions in wanting to keep their children in South Africa without his consent amount to kidnapping.

He wants the matter heard as a matter of urgency as his children must be back at school in Israel on September 1.

Writer and poet, Kola Boof took to twitter to praise Nigerian men,not before she dissed Nigerian/US rapper, Wale's bedroom skills. More..

A mother of two, who gave her name as Chika Elekwachi has lost her pregnancy following police brutality. Narrating her ordeal to Vanguard, she said

“On July 19, 2015 at about 7 pm, I was driving along Old Ojo Road to my house in my Infinity QX35 Sports Utility Vehicle with registration number MUS157DG.
Park or I fire you: “In the vehicle with me were two friends of mine. On getting to Pako Bus-stop, a mini-bus with four occupants double-crossed us in a gestapo manner. This made me to suddenly apply the brake.

At that point, occupants of the mini-bus, who were dressed in civil attire, jumped out of the bus. One of the gun-wielding men had a black branded police T-shirt.I was ordered out of the car by the police who yelled, ‘’Park or I fire you’’. Another one spoke in pidgin English, ‘’Oga na pregnant woman o.’’

A Kansas man kept his ex-girlfriend hostage in her apartment for months, raping her at least twice before he was discovered, authorities said.

The terrified woman finally managed to mail a message to the manager at the Lenexa apartment complex, hiding it in an envelope with the rent check, police Cpt. Diana Mendoza told the Daily News.

The 46-year-old woman laid out a simple but daring plan in the note — if police could send a maintenance worker to open the door, she’d run to them.

“That’s precisely what we did,” Mendoza said.

When you wear extremely tight pants....this happens.... Musician Lenny Kravitz was performing in Stockholm, Sweden at Gröna Lund as part of his Strut World Tour on Monday when all of a sudden his leather pants ripped straight down the crotch and he wasn’t wearing any underwear!..

Gwen Stefani pulled the plug on her 13-year marriage to Gavin Rossdale because she believed he was cheating on her.
We're told Gwen and Gavin have not gotten along for some time. As one source put it, the split was "a long time coming."

We're told Gwen complained about Gavin being away from home too much, touring with his band Bush from December 2014 through March 2015. One source says Gwen put pressure on him to stop touring and stay home. For his part, he felt it she was hypocritical because she was on the road too.

A divorce-seeking retiree, Joe, told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Tuesday that his wife was too lazy and had left everything in the house to maids.
“My wife is very lazy; she has left everything in the house for our maids to do, including cooking,” Joe, 57, alleged.

PDP agents, especially those from South-East who are quick to criticise President Muhammadu Buhari have sworn that Mr President can never appoint a Southerner as NNPC GMD. See one below:

Nollywood actress and musician Tonto Dikeh recently woke up in a spiritual mood telling her fans to focus their attention on doing the needful rather than praying for their enemies.

She gave the advice on her instagram page, saying they should not give preference to the so- called enemy.
@tontolet: “I hear people pray for their enemies and am like why bother? Why give them so much attention or focus? Why make them important? why even know them or bother they exist? My laughter and life is way bigger than the devil can comprehend. It’s such a joy to feel great and know you are great.

A NEW helmsman took the reins yesterday at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, the Executive Vice Chairman/General Counsel of ExxonMobil (Africa), as Group Managing Director (GMD), asking him to give recovery of stolen oil money a priority, among other targets.

Buhari may also appoint Kachikwu, who beat three other candidates in the race for the job, as the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources to ensure synergy, a source said last night.

Coco Austin & Ice T are Expecting a Baby Girl - Check Out her Fashionable Name

Coco Austin and Ice-T have revealed they are expecting a baby girl.
The couple, who announced the pregnancy last week, shared the sex of their coming bundle of joy on Monday during the premiere episode of their chat show Ice & Coco.

If that was not enough, Coco, 36, and her rapper beau, 57, divulged the name of their baby girl - and it's certainly a fashionable one.

One of Ghana’s most sought after artistes, Michael Owusu Addo better known as Sarkodie, kept his fans wondering lately based on his write up on his social media page.

The rapper said the Devil has intelligently used the social media to lure Christians away from God.
Sarkodie, who wrote in his native Twi language, cited Instagram, Facebook and Twitter as the major tools Satan has used to engage Christians. He urged them to wake up from slumber and win more souls for God.

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Federal Ministry of Education to include two Islamic Studies books written by the late Justice Muhammad Bashir Sambo in the secondary school curriculum for all Federal Government Colleges.

The president, gave the directive at the weekend in Kaduna while launching the reviewed editions of the books which were first published in 1974.

The naira continued its upswing at the parallel arm of Nigeria’s foreign exchange market as it closed at N209 to $1 on Monday evening as banks continue to reject dollar deposits in customers’ domiciliary accounts. The current black market rate is a significant improvement compared with the N225 to a dollar the currency went for as at Friday.

Nollywood Actress ‘Uche Jombo’ and Husband Kenney Rodriguez had a baby dedication for their

son,Matthew Rodriguez at Praise Fellowship Church, Houston, TX on Aug 2, 2015, which was anchored by Pastor Domini Dompreh.

The adorable baby’s full name is Matthew Kenney Chinedu Rodriguez. Uche and Kenney were all smiles at their son’s dedication. More photos after the cut..

Show me who's badder1 Rihanna literally shut down Barbados Annual Kadooment Day parade in a very raunchy carnival costume..

Will Smith just took to Facebook to slam rumours of a divorce ..He wrote

Under normal circumstances, I don't usually respond to foolishness. (Because it's contagious) But, so many people have extended me their "deepest condolences" that I figured - "What the hell... I can be foolish, too! "So, in the interest of redundant, repetitious, over & over-again-ness... Jada and I are...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has given an insight into why former Minister of Finance Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was less effective under the immediate past administration of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.

Dr. Okonjo-Iweala’s tenure has turned out to be highly controversial, with the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Charles Soludo accusing her of running the economy aground.

Besides, Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole insists the former Coordinating Minister for the Economy should explain how $1.2billion Excess Crude Account cash was spent.

Dr. Okonjo-Iweala maintains that she did her best.

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency has sealed a hotel owned by ex-Super Eagles player, Kanu Nwankwo, on Victoria Island.
The hotel was among other hotels, churches and mosques sealed across the state on Monday over alleged air and noise pollution.

No fewer than 30 facilities were shut in areas, including Ketu, Ikorodu, Ibeju-Lekki, Victoria Island and Surulere.
According to Punch,LASEPA said the owners of the facilities had been contacted several times in the last one year, adding that they refused to fully complied with LASEPA’s instructions.

Senate president, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has assured the people of north-east that the entire country was solidly behind them in this time of trial.

Saraki, who spoke in Maiduguri, Borno State when he led a delegation of the senate on a one- day on the spot assessment of the security situation in Borno State, also made a cash donation N10million in support of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The senate delegation was received by Borno State, governor Kassim Shettima, at the Government House.

Unemployment rate is on the rise, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) alerted yesterday.

The Bureau said the unemployment rate in the second quarter (Q2) of the year rose to 8.2 per cent from the 7.5 per cent rate it was in the preceding quarter.

The latest rise was the consecutive jump in unemployment rate since the third quarter of last year.

NBS explained that the economically active population or working age, comprising persons within the 15 to 64 age bracket, increased to 103.5 million in the Q2 up from 102.8 million in the first quarter.

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