Kevin Abosi Updates

Friday, 28 August 2015

70 year old grandpa with his 7 children, 18 grandchildren and their spouses in cute photoshoot

Grandpa watches on as his kids do their thing with their spouses

How cute is this? This Nigerian family abroad recently had reunion in Memphis, TN. 7 children, 7 spouses, 18 grandchildren came together to celebrate their dad & mum as they turned 70. The wedding photographer, Bomaone who shared the lovely pics on Instagram said it was the first time everyone got together in 23 years, cousins meeting each other for the first time.
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The decomposing body of a 33-year-old man, Gbenga Ogundana, has been discovered by Police detectives in Akure, Ondo State capital, after he reportedly committed suicide over loss of his job.

Vanguard gathered that the body was discovered in his rented apartment located at Orisunmbare Street, Cultural Centre, Akure, four days after he allegedly poisoned himself.

Vanguard was informed that neighbours of the deceased had earlier reported to his elder brother, Segun, that the whereabouts of his brother was unknown.

Veteran reggae artiste, Ras Kimono has decried the heavy use of drugs and alcohol by young Nigerian entertainers. Speaking to The Nation, the root reggae crooner said, “With the rate at which our young entertainers are abusing drugs, and alcohol, many of them will be raving mad, in asylums, or rehab in the next 10 years”.

He opined that many youngsters fail to heed the fact that so many lives have been wasted by the twin evils of alcoholism, and drug addiction in different parts of the world over the years from Canada, to Europe, Africa, and the United States.

Cameroonian President, Paul Biya has commended the President / Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Industries Limited, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, for his massive investments in cement plants across Africa.

Biya gave the commendation yesterday while commissioning the 1.5 million metric tonnes per annum Dangote Cement Grinding Plant in Douala Cameroon.

The Senior Special Assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, says the Peoples Democratic Party may soon die.

The former presidential spokesman said the PDP might go into extinction soon except the party undergoes a complete overhaul.

Okupe said this in a Facebook post on Thursday.

He commended the PDP for the formation of a body headed by Chief Raymond Dokpesi to increase its membership.

Caitlyn Jenner has hinted she may date men.In a new episode of I Am Cait ,she admits to friend and transgender activist Jennifer Finney Boylan that she could be attracted to men. She says in the clip, obtained by People magazine. "

It would be very attractive to me to have a guy treat me like a woman,"That you would be treated like a normal woman. Like any other woman in the street and not make it this trans-[gender] thing, "Just a normal relationship."

THERE was an outrage in the ruling All Progressives Congress on Thursday over the announcement of new appointments by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Leaders of the APC, who spoke to The PUNCH, complained that the appointments tilted in favour of the North and said the party must move fast to cope with the backlash of expected rumblings in the polity.

“The President does not consult before making most of these appointments and I can tell you that Nigerians are going to term the party and the President as a northern party and the President of Northern Nigeria,” a leader of the party said to one of our correspondents late on Tuesday.

NUC Releases List Of Illegal Tertiary Institutions In Nigeria

The National Universities Commission has released a list of illegal degree awarding institutions operating in Nigeria.

The schools were published in the NUC’s weekly bulletin dated August 24.

According to the bulletin, the NUC Executive secretary, Julius Okojie, warned that those who patronise the schools, do so at their own risk.

“Certificates obtained from these sources will not be recognized for the purpose of NYSC, employment and further studies,” the NUC said.

Full list after the cut:

ARRESTED: Christina Busby is married, court documents said

A FORMER Christian school teacher has been accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student after his mum alerted authorities.

35 years old Steven Anowa, from Njikoka Local Government Area in Anambra State, presently cooling his heels with the police in Akwa Ibom State, has related how he butchered 31-year-old Daniel Bassey Solomon, the brother of his girlfriend at his one-room apartment in Itu Street, Uyo, the state capital.

Solomon hailed from Uruan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. His killer, who is in the habit of changing residences, had just packed from Uruan where he met and started dating Solomon’s sister, about two years ago.

Tonto Dikeh's husband, Olakunle Oladunni Churchill was reportedly robbed recently at his home in Trassacco Estates, Ghana while he was out of town.

The incident which occurred in broad-day light was carried out with the help of truck, which they used to transport the looted properties. Neighbours suspect may have been masterminded by a very close friend.

A STUDENT teacher who failed to control his sexual desires and caressed a fellow passenger's private parts in a commuter omnibus has been fined $100. Collins Mhise (35) was convicted of indecent assault by Mutare magistrate, Miss Nyasha Kuture. Mr Shepherd Chavarika prosecuted.

It was the State's case that Mhise fondled the 21-year-old complainant's breasts and went on to caress her private parts as they were travelling from Hob-House to the City Centre along Magamba Road recently.

Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC), were on Wednesday walked out of the public hearing session of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition on N1 trillion scam leveled against the chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde, by a concerned Nigerian, George Uboh.

This was even as the image of the agency they represented, was badly damaged by the petitioner with his submissions before the committee, one of which was the allegation that Lamorde gave some of the choice properties seized from former Bayelsa State governor, DSP Alamieyesigha and others, to Usman Lamorde, his younger brother.

The Anambra State Police Command on Wednesday paraded two policemen and 25 others for various offences. The two policemen ─ Corporal Peter Ilo and Constable Nicholas Ogbuanu ─ were paraded for alleged armed robbery and impersonation, respectively.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ali Okechukwu, at the command headquarters in Amawbia, said Ilo, who was serving at the Oguta Police Division in Imo State was arrested on August 20 along with suspected members of his gang ─ Ekenne Ohanusi and Benjamin Obinwanne ─ in connection with several cases of armed robbery, including the snatching of a Lexus jeep at the Ozubulu area of the state on June 5.

This is the incredible street fight that saw an Irish tourist take on an entire mob of angry Turkish shopkeepers - and win. In the footage - reminiscent of a Kung Fu film - the locals swarm around the holidaymaker, attacking him with chairs and wooden poles. But he is more than a match for them, ducking their blows before landing some knock out punches of his own.

he Taraba State Police Command has arrested a 51-year-old man for allegedly kidnaping a three-year-old girl.

Briefing journalists yesterday in Jalingo, the acting commissioner of police in the state, Mr. Bello Ahmad said that the suspect, Dalibi Tanko, was arrested by a team of policemen at Mallam Abba ward, Mutun Buyi, while he was trying to sell the girl to one Uba Idris Shagarda of Jantaro village.

In a bid to revamp the education sector in the state, the Katsina State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) today directed primary school teachers and all head teachers in the state to withdraw their children from private schools for immediate enrollment in public schools.

Oshiomhole

The verbal war between the former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe and Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Wednesday, worsened with the ex-minister calling Oshiomhole a ‘garage boy,’ vowing to expose his dubious deeds against Nigerians.

Orubebe, who reacted to Oshiomhole’s response to his (Orubebe’s) earlier remarks on him, said that Oshiomhole’s attempt to link his critical advice to President Muhammadu Buhari to be wary of popular ‘Villa sycophants’ to his fears of a possible probe in connection with the East- West Road project shows he was indeed a garage boy who lacks focus.

Niger Bridge

The Managing Director of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA, Mr. Uche Orji, has expressed shock over the allegation by Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, that N140 billion was spent on the consultancy for the Second Niger Bridge.

The MD disclosed in Abuja, yesterday, that only $2.21 million dollars (about N340 million, using the then exchange rate of N154/$1) was spent on the consultancy for that project.

The actress and her husband, who got married on the 27th of August, 2011 are celebrating their 4th wedding anniversary today. Mercy however took to her instagram page to express her love towards him and how happy she is to have married him.

2 Suicide Bombers Attack Checkpoint, Kill NAF Officer In Maiduguri

An officer of the Nigerian Air Force was feared killed last night by two suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers who launched an attack on a military checkpoint in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

According to security sources, a young girl who was with the soldiers at the checkpoint was lucky to survive the attack, even as she is currently being attended to by medics at a Maiduguri hospital.

The atmosphere at the Mobile Police Force 20, in the Ikeja area of Lagos, had been tense since Tuesday after a police inspector, identified simply as Medugwu, mistakenly shot himself dead, while adjusting a faulty rifle.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the inspector, who was attached to MOPOL 20, was the second-in-command to the armourer. He was said to have accidentally pulled the trigger of the rifle, which sent a bullet to his jaw.

Our correspondent gathered that on Tuesday, at about 10am, a policeman had brought the faulty rifle to Medugwu to examine and readjust for him.

The Deeper Christian Life Ministry has said that Lagos State is under siege and needs urgent divine intervention.
The ministry said the high rate of robbery, cultism, drug abuse and corruption, among other ills, could have totally destroyed the state, but for God’s grace.

The church stated this on Wednesday at Gbagada, Lagos, while announcing a city-wide crusade, organised by the ministry in conjunction with the Christian Association of Nigeria and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria.

Lagos shuts 2 Redeemed Churches, 20 other religious centres

New Redeemed Christian Church of God auditorium

The Lagos State Government shut down 22 religious houses, including two churches belonging to the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG and three companies over various environmental offences on Wednesday.

The General Manager of Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), Mr. Ademola Shabi said the state government took the decision after inspecting some of the facilities that violated the state’s environmental law in different parts of the state.

Scene of the accident

A police officer attached to Orile Division died in a motor accident opposite Fatgbems Filling Station, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway at about 9a.m., yesterday.

It was learned that the deceased, while attempting to apprehend a commercial bus (Danfo) driver, who was picking up passengers along the road, jumped into the moving bus with number plates KJA305XL.
The bus sped off, while trying to escape, and hit another car with number plates LND340DF. The sudden stop made the policeman, who was hanging on the bus, to fall.

Four Igbo students including a girl and three Igbo boys have made the headlines for all the right reasons after they emerged best graduating students out of 226 students at the Dillard University, New Orleans, in the U.S.A.

The country’s First Lady, Michelle Obama, last May, graced the graduation ceremony with her presence at the University Auditorium and gave a speech where she commended the four gbo students. Among the four students was a 20-year-old Merrilyn Akpapuna, now 21, who hals from the Igbo speaking part of Delta State.

Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN), a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, says it has contributed N160 billion to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) since its inception in 2001.

The MPN Manager, Media and Communications, Mr Ogechukwu Udeagha, disclosed this in Uyo on Wednesday at a two-day capacity building workshop for newsmen in Akwa Ibom.

The workshop, which was sponsored by Mobil, has the theme: “Professionalism, media ethics and responsibility in sustaining democracy and deepening oil and gas operations reportage.”

A Bulawayo man beat up his wife for asking for sex while he was trying to get close to the Lord — reading the Bible.

Clement Ndlovu (55) dimmed the lights in his bedroom to read the holy book but his wife Consilia Ndlovu (51) who had other ideas — lovingly threw herself on top of him while allegedly forcing him to join her in bed.

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,

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