Kevin Abosi Updates

Wednesday, 26 August 2015

Dangote loses N141bn in 24 hours

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, on Monday, lost N141 billion following intense pressure of global markets as a result of ripples from the Chinese economic crisis.
He joins a long list of billionaires whose fortunes have tumbled over the past few days.

A gunman is on the loose after killing two broadcast journalists in a shooting that was captured on live television in Moneta, Virginia early Wednesday morning.

WDBJ cameraman Adam Ward was filming reporter Alison Parker interviewing Vicki Gardner, the local chamber of commerce director, for a light-hearted segment at 6:45am when about eight shots rang out.

President Buhari pictured above doing his National Identity Card registration at the state house Abuja yesterday August 25th.

Ekpo Nta

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr Ekpo Nta, Wednesday, clarified the move, behind seizure of 24 property and several cars from three officials of the Ministry of Niger Delta.

The Chairman, who made the clarification on a Television programme in Abuja, explained that those property were excessive, having regards to their present emoluments and all other relevant circumstances.

Marcy Borders was famously photographed covered in ash pulverized concrete as she fled the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001. She became known as the 'dust lady' and for many years shared her experience on surviving the terror attack on the US.Unfortunately she has died.

A woman has been arrested after a man was left with a severely deformed, 1-inch penis following alleged botched a surgery.

Nery Carvajal-Gonzalez, 48, is accused of mutilating the victim by injecting his penis with fillers to make it appear bigger and thicker.

The 55-year-old man told police he had been left unable to have sex.

Full load of God is Good motors this morning collided with a Dangote truck heading to Lagos. The commercial bus was from Lagos heading to the East when it got involved in a head on collision at Ore Sagamu Expressway with the truck that was heading to Lagos. All passengers in the bus died.. and the photos are sad and very graphic so be warned. More photos below...

An angry Ekiti businessman Muyiwa Owolabi, has dragged his wife, Tinuola, to an Ado Ekiti Customary Court to seek dissolution of their ten-year-old marriage over “serial adultery with several men” she met on social media platform Facebook and Whatsapp.

Both the petitioner and the defendant agreed on the dissolution the marriage over irreconcilable differences but the court is yet to resolve on the custody of their two children,

Muyiwa, the Petitioner, who told the court to dissolve the union claimed that he had caught his wife with several men including his junior at secondary school.

A 25-year-old man from Ghana is feared to have left his country to join the Islamic State (IS) group, his father says. It is the first reported case of a Ghanaian joining IS.

Abdul Latif Alema told the BBC that his son's disappearance was "like someone in the family has died". Mohammad Nazir Nortei Alema sent him a text message on 16 August to say that he was joining the group fighting in Syria and Iraq, he added.

A 67‎-year old pastor and grandfather, Felix Adebayo, has been nabbed by operatives of the Edo State Police Command for allegedly defiling a 10-year old girl in Ubiane community, Aviele, Etsako West local government area of the state.

The suspect who was arrested on Thursday last week, was paraded on Tuesday at the Command’s headquarters in Benin, alongside 35 other suspects arrested for various crimes.

• Gaidam condoles with victims as CDS meets with regional chiefs to fast-track MNJTF

Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri and Senator Iroegbu in Abuja â€¨
Two teenage suicide bombers yesterday morning detonated two bombs that left six persons dead, including a pregnant woman, and 26 others injured in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.

President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet may not materialise soon if his level of anti-corruption hurdle for prospective ministers is not reduced.
Speaking on Liberty Television Current Affairs programme, ‘Perspective’, monitored in Kaduna, the participants submitted that corruption is not fought with a bang, but by a gradual and systematic approach driven by a leader who has integrity and the political will. They, however, acknowledged that Mr President possesses these qualities.

The apex northern socio-cultural group, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), yesterday took a swipe at Ndigbo leaders over the Biafra movement which it alleged is beating drums of another war and secession.
This is just as ACF expressed confidence in the ability of President Muhammadu Buhari to deliver dividends of democracy to Nigerians, saying “we are confident that Nigerians will soon begin to reap the benefit of his experience and credibility.”

The photo says it all...

Shan George Says EFCC Needs To Probe Nollywood

Nollywood Actress, Shan George has joined veteran actor, Lari Williams on the need to investigate the Nigerian film industry.

It would be recalled that some days ago, Lari Williams urged President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the $200million released to the creative industry in Nigeria by the immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan.
This forced a statement out of the Bank of Industry, which claimed the money was never released to them by the last administration.

A landlord in the Idumota, Lagos Island area of Lagos State, Sola Solomon, has allegedly poured petrol and set fire to one of his tenants, identified simply as Abeeb, aka Ogbon.

PUNCH Metro learnt that as the victim struggled to put out the flames, the 67-year-old landlord pushed him down from the top floor of the three-storey building.

The father of one was said to have landed with a thud, as the flames ate through his body.
Our correspondent was told that Abeeb had barely spent five months in the house located on Iga Idunganran Street, Idumota, when he was killed.

PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident was caused by a disagreement over the use of the compound toilet.

• Eyes 6,000Mw this year

The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has denied abolishing fixed charge on electricity consumers’ meters in the country.

Its Chairman, Dr. Sam Amadi said the fixed charge cannot be removed with executive fiat.

He said: “Fixed charge has not been removed. A regulator does not remove something by executive fiat. It has to go through a process.’’

Sixteen senators and members of the House of Representatives from Rivers State on Tuesday petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged interferences by security agencies in the hearing of cases before the state election petition tribunal.

The lawmakers singled out the “State Security Services” and the “Nigerian Army” as security agencies the President should call to order to forestall a possible “injustice” in the prosecution of the cases.

Among the petitioners were Senator George Sekibo and Mrs. Betty Apiafi, both of the Peoples Democratic Party.

The petitioners complained to Buhari that soldiers and the Department of State Services operatives had allegedly aligned with the All Progressives Congress to appear before the tribunal to testify.

They appealed to the President to halt the trend in order not to soil the integrity of his administration and his promise to be fair to all Nigerians.

Kardashian Family FURIOUS Over Tyga's New Sex Song About Kylie

Earlier today, Tyga dropped a single called “Stimulated” off of his new album "Fu-- Wat They Talkin Bout" and a source is now revealing to Radar Online that there is one group of people that are definitely not feeling the song at all: the entire Kardashian family!

In the song, Tyga raps,

A male cabin crew member of popular aviation company, Arik Air, who has been identified as Chika Egwu Udensi was on Monday night arrested at Heathrow Airport, London, by the United Kingdom Border Force for allegedly possessing items suspected to be 2.76 kilogramme of cocaine.

According to Arik Air spokesman, Mr. Ola Adebanji, the company is presently carrying out private investigations to determine how the cabin crew member came about the banned substance. Adebanji also said Arik Air will cooperate fully with UK authorities and other appropriate agencies in their investigations.

Follow the jump to see the full story and Adebanji's complete statement:

See more photos after the cut. The gorgeous queen in Purple!!!

Mercy Johnson and her husband Prince Odianosen Okojie are said to be expecting their third child together..Their first child Purity is 3 years old and the second ,Prince Henry Okojie was born in October 2014 ..She is expected to give birth in December..

‘Okija Shrine: No longer a bee-hive of activities for politicians

THE SLEEPY community of Okija in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State came into limelight in August, 2004, when the media, both print and electronic, became awash with gory stories of goings-on inside Ogwugwu Akpu, one of the shrines in the area.

Before then, Ogwugwu Akpu was just like any other shrines in Igbo land which served as checks against impunity and man’s inhumanity to man.

The Prince of Ile-Ife Barrister Adedamola Aderemi has former president Olusegun Obasanjo, Dele Momodu among others after being tipped as the next in line to inherit the prestigious throne of Ife...The Prince's latest host is the Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II at his Kano palace on Monday.

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Sources say she has no skill and not ready to work but just use what she has to make cash. Another picture.

Not real photo

A middle-aged woman, Toyin Akinrosotu, was on Monday arrested by the police in Idanre, Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State, after allegedly causing the fatal fall of an infant strapped on the back of its mother.

A witness said the baby fell during a scuffle between the mother of the baby and the suspect.

He said the suspect, who lives at Awolata Street in Idanre, led some thugs to beat up the mother of the dead baby in her house.

The NJC issued the query dated July 28, 2015 and with reference number, NJC/S.29/HC.OS/16/1/55.

Oloyede came to prominence recently after she submitted a petition to the Osun State House of Assembly calling for the removal of Aregbesola on the grounds of his alleged financial misappropriation.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of the NJC, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, who personally
signed the query, directed Justice Oloyede to respond to the query within 14 days of receiving it.

The Federal Government has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to retrieve forthwith all valid diplomatic and official passports from all persons who are not entitled to hold such documents.

This is contained in a statement by Mr Yusuf Isiaka,the Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Interior, on Monday in Abuja.

A missing statement from a key witness has allegedly hampered the case of Nelson Mandela's 24-year-old grandson.

The witness is said to have overheard Mandela and a teenage girl talking before the alleged rape took place.

According to Sunday Sun, Nico Swart who is representing Mandela, told the court he needed more time to find the witness who could bolster Mandela's claim that the sex was consensual.

The Lagos State Government has removed the list of contracts awarded under the administration of former Governor Babatunde Fashola.

The list which was published on the website of the state’s Public Procurement Agency,www.lagosppa.gov.ng, stated that Fashola’s administration spent N78.3m on his personal website, www.tundefashola.com, in 2014.

There was pandemonium yesterday at Majidun area of Ikorodu as a Naval personnel allegedly shot three persons, leaving them in a critical condition.

Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred around 3p.m. at Tipper Park, when the Naval personnel, suspected to have been drunk, allegedly left his duty post to unwind and, thereafter, visited the park where he was playing with his gun, which went off and injured the three persons, who were going about their businesses at the park.

The Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ajjampur R. Ghanashyam, has revealed the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Allison Madueke, failed to sign a long-term agreement with New Delhi, Nigeria’s Number One oil buyer, but rather used intermediaries in the annual $15 billion deal.

The High Commissioner stated that Nigeria is the only country who uses intermediaries in its oil deals with India,Instead of Signing Long-Term Agreement ,she delayed Approval of Oil Concession After Receiving $25 Million Signature Bonus

India is now Nigeria’s number one crude buyer, an importation that grosses $15 billion yearly.Ghanashyam told Daily Trust.

A former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, has advised the immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, to go and make peace with his former boss, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Fashola, who has been in the news for spending N78.3m of taxpayers’ money on a personal website, www.tundefashola.com, and for spending N139m on the drilling of two boreholes at the Lagos House, Ikeja, is believed to be at loggerheads with Tinubu.

Celine Dion has revealed her husband wants to "die in her arms".Celine's 73-year-old husband René Angélil is battling throat cancer and his final wish is to be with the singer when he passes away. The couple married in 1994 after knowing each other for 14 years.
Recalling their conversation, she told ABC

"I'll say, 'You're scared? I understand. Talk to me about it.'
"And René says to me, 'I want to die in your arms.' OK, fine, I'll be there, you'll die in my arms."He can’t eat so I feed him,” she said. “He’s got a feeding tube. I have to feed him three times a day.”

She said

"Don't forget, he's been the leader of the band all my life. So it [hacks] him off to not see me all day and over here working. But he wants me to do this, do the show, do the interviews. But he freaks when I'm not home with him, too ...

Plateau State governor Simon Lalong yesterday took his kinsman and suspended comptroller-general of the Nigerian Immigration Service, David Parradang, to Aso Villa to plead with President Muhammadu Buhari.

Parradang, a native of Plateau State, was last Friday suspended from office indefinitely over allegations of illegal recruitment exercise and the porous state of the Immigration Service.

Obasanjo backs Buhari over ultimatum on Boko Haram

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for given ultimatum to the service chiefs to end the Boko Haram insurgency by November.

Obasanjo gave the commendation on Saturday in Abeokuta while addressing officials of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), who paid him a courtesy visit at his hilltop residence.

A buttocks on display for her birthday shindig in Lagos.
Looking at the dress from the front, it appears to just have daring cut outs, which one could almost over look. But alas, the back of the dress is all sheer, exposing her black derriere through the very thin material.
More photos below:

via Mail Online:
City paramedics arrived at the apartment of Marie Bowman, 70, on 111th Street around 1.15pm Friday and quickly realized that she was too large to fit through the front door of the dwelling.
The emergency workers were able to treat the retiree but they called in the firefighters so she could be removed from the apartment, which she hadn’t left in almost a year, using a crane and net.After being taken to hospital. Bowman tearfully told that New York Post that she felt like part of a ‘three-ring circus’ during the embarrassing event and now wants to lose the weight.

The FDNY workers performed a ‘high angle operation’ in order to secure the ‘larger patient’ and take her from the building safely after removing a window, the New York Daily Newsreported.
A large net was placed around her body and she was lowered into an ambulance below.

The Chief Matron of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs. Caroline Oriola, has been found dead in her office. Oriola was found dead this morning when a cleaner who had gone to clean the clinic before others resumed found her corpse.

CONTROVERSIAL rapper The Game has left us speechless after being caught in the middle of a filthy sex act in public.

The Game, whose real name is actually Jayceon Terrell Taylor, was enjoying a day in the park with 18-year-old girlfriend China Love when things got strictly X-rated.
Seemingly oblivious he was getting papped, The Game got more than a little carried away in the PDA session as he was spotted slipping his hand down China's trousers.
But if you think that's bad then you may need to sit down for the next bit.

Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman

The Nigerian Army has recalled over 2,500 soldiers who were asked to withdraw from service for alleged offences committed under the counter- insurgency operations code named Operation Zaman Lafiya.

The review panel set up by the Army, which began sitting in Kaduna on August 17, has also screened and reinstated 102 officers, who were sentenced or facing prosecution in relation to the operations in the North-East.

Former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki

The Department of State Services has charged a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), to court over illegal possession of firearms.

The service, in a statement by a DSS official, Tony Opuiyo, on Monday in Abuja, said Dasuki was charged to court for owning firearms without license.

Congratulations are in order! Tracy Morgan and fiancee Megan Wollover tied the knot in an intimate wedding ceremony in Cresskill, NJ, on Sunday, Aug. 23, multiple sources confirm to Us Weekly.

The happy couple, who began dating back in 2011, have so many reasons to celebrate. Morgan, 46, was involved in a headline-making car crash last June, one which killed his friend James McNair and left him with debilitating injuries.

The wives left behind by the late‎ Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, have been banned by tradition from re-marrying, The Nation reports.
Quoting a palace chief, who preferred not to be named, the report said the order was prescribed by Ife tradition, since the Ooni is not considered dead but to have transited to a higher realm.
The chief, maintaining that the Ooni still lives, said it is forbidden for wives left behind by Oba Sijuwade to re-marry.

Two trailers suspected to be carrying logistics support to members of the Boko Haram Terrorist sect have been intercepted and destroyed by the Nigerian Air Force Agusta helicopter on armed reconnaissance mission around the Nigeria-Cameroon border.

The trailers were covered and parked at different locations in the bush around the border town of Belel. The recent air operation against the BHTs was commanded by the Chief of the Air Staff, CAS, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar from NAF reconnaissance aircraft, the King Air 350i.

After three years of friendship, a girl discovered her best-friend is actually a male.

The case is before an Abu Dhabi court, ‘Al Bayan’ newspaper reports, after the woman filed a charge over threatening text messages being sent to her mobile.

The woman was summoned to the prosecution to identify the person sending her the text messages.
At first she said she did not know the man standing in front of her.The man in question was wearing a cap and the prosecution asked him to remove his cap.

Former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed the corruption allegations against immediate past Governor of the State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, with a wave of the hand.

The party in a statement issued Sunday morning in Port Harcourt by its State Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, said that the latest allegation by the wailing Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike camp that Amaechi has foreign bank accounts lacks substance.

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