Kevin Abosi Updates

Saturday, 29 August 2015

Boko Haram: How Nigeria lost N2.5b to fake ceasefire brokered by Presidential aides in Chad

There were indications last night that the claimed enthusiasm by the leadership of the Boko Haram sect with the Nigerian Government was not holding as planned.

Boko HAram militants arrested and paraded by Civilian JTF in Konduga during Gov. Shettima’s visit

Vanguard learnt from credible sources close to both the government and the terrorist group that no progress was being made in the expected dialogue because no identifiable representative of the group had shown up for the planned discussion with the federal government.

The Sultan of Sokoto and president, Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alh Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, yesterday tasked Muslim women to key into the fight against corruption by rejecting stolen money from their husbands who are public officeholders.

He also challenged wives of state governors and emirs to lead the campaign for girl-child education.

The Sultan spoke at the formal opening of the 30th annual national conference of the Federation of Muslim Women’s Association in Nigeria (FOMWAN) in Ilorin, tagged “Motherhood and Leadership.”

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, stated that it has shut down the Warri Refineries due to operational challenges.

Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, Mr. Ohi Alegbe, who disclosed this, noted, however, that the refinery is expected to be reopened for operations on Tuesday.

According to him, the decision to shut down the Warri refinery was taken because there was insufficient crude oil in the system.

Veteran Yoruba comic actor, Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe, who lost his wife about six years ago, told Saturday Beats that he currently has some women in mind for marriage.

When probed further about when he intends to tie the knots and the identity of the lady he likes the most among all the women he is eyeing, the ace actor said no one should snoop into his private life.

The Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said that he has no respect for Obasanjo, who he described as an indescribable liar.

Soyinka carpeted the former president on Friday night when he was responding to questions during a programme tagged: ‘An evening with Wole Soyinka’, organised by Globacom.

Asked to respond to Obasanjo’s assessment of him in the former president’s book titled ‘My Watch’, where he notes that Soyinka is good at hunting and wines but a political illiterate, Soyinka said that he was hardly bothered because he believed that Obasanjo was a liar.

NDLEA Reveals Shocking Details Behind The Arik Cocaine Peddling Scandal

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Thursday announced that it has apprehended another employee of Arik Air, Ikechukwu Chibuzor Oliver, for his alleged involvement in the alleged crime of cocaine peddling. This is in the backdrop of the arrest of an Arik Air attendant at Heathrow Airport London for the possession of 20 kilogrammes of cocaine,

The NDLEA said Oliver confessed to the crime and told detectives that he charged N400,000 for each of the three bags containing the substance.

His songs are recently turning street anthems and major club hits, yet YBNL Rapper and Boss, Olamide still has two major fears in life.
The young father of one knows that money & fame is so important in life and he also wants to make heaven on the last day.
The Bariga-Born artiste spoke revealed that his greatest fear is not making heaven, despite the crazy success he has amassed in recent Years, he still has a level head on him.
"My major fear is not making Heaven; the second one is failure," he said in a recent interview.

I have one or two things to say about married women who keep friends. I have been married for three years. I am the kind of lady that keeps a lot of friends and usually love them around me because my husband is not always around.

My husband often frowned at it when he calls and knows they are around. But I always enjoy their company so I usually ignore him.

I was naïve at first and told my friends what my hubby thought of them and they often treated him with disdain. I didn’t like it, but I let it go.

It didn’t take long before I was gradually introduced into clubbing, hanging out with ladies and completely forgot I was married...

Mrs Churchill dazzled in this beautiful red dress..

Graphic Photos: Troops kill Boko Haram members dressed in Nigerian military uniform

Boko Haram members dressed in Nigerian military uniform were killed during a raid of the sect members camp in the North East. See the photos after the cut... be warned it's graphic!

Miley Cyrus finally responds to Nicki Minaj's VMA outburst...
See her reply below:

Common has blessed Serena William's relationship with Drake..Common and Serena dated on and off from 2008 to 2010. After their split, Williams briefly dated Drake in 2011. During that same time, it was rumoured that Common and Drake had a feud because of their affections for Serena, sparking war of words with respective songs and even engaging in a fist fight at the 2012 Grammy Awards.
He told TMZ on Wednesday

The Ohaneze Youth Council

, OYC, Friday, expressed shock and deep anger over President Muhammadu Buhari’s latest appointments.
In a statement jointly signed by President of the of the OYC, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, and the group’s Public Relations Officer, Hon. Obinna Adibe, OYC said the appointments were totally unacceptable to Ndigbo and the nPresident had demonstrated his deep hatred for Ndigbo, even after he had said he belonged to nobody but belonged to everybody

The statement read:

67 migrants are feared dead off Libya and the coastal town of Zuwara after more than 3,000 people attempted the crossing between Tuesday and Wednesday. The crew of the Swedish rescue vessel Poseidon discovered around 52 bodies in the hold of a wooden boat from which around 400 people were rescued some 30 miles north of Libya.

You can tell a lot about a person when you notice his or her body posture, the way people hold themselves gives off important information. For instance a lot of people feeling down, will give that information by way of their shoulders sagging and head down, but also in the way they have very little eye contact. They say to the world that they are not interested in their environment nor the people in it. Your body posture often reflects how well you feel.

A man examines property models at a housing sales center in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province. [Photo/China Daily]

China has eased property investment rules for foreign individuals and institutions across the country, enabling qualified foreign institutional and individual investors to buy more properties on the Chinese mainland, authorities announced in a circular on Thursday evening.

In what seems to be a happy ending,more than $17,000 has been raised in just three hours to support a Syrian refugee pictured selling pens in Beirut,Lebanon while carrying his sleeping daughter.
In the heartbreaking images, the man offers out a handful of biros, clutching a plastic bag of more pens while his little daughter sleeps wrapped over his shoulder.

Amber McCullough is looking to Wednesday with mixed emotions. The Minnesota mother will deliver twin girls at the Colorado Fetal Care Center at Children's Hospital Colorado via cesarean section. No matter what, one of her daughters will not survive.
"I'm anxious and excited for Hannah and dreading what it means for Olivia," McCullough, 31, said.

A Michigan man accused of robbing a credit union told police he needed the money to help pay for his daughter's chemotherapy treatments, authorities said.

Brian Randolph, 23, is accused of robbing the Vibe Credit Union in South Lyon, Michigan, on Aug. 12.

Randolph entered the building and passed a note demanding money, police said. While the note indicated he had a shotgun hidden in his clothes, he never revealed the firearm and police told ABC News that he said he did not actually bring a gun with him.

Don't eat toads as medicine.

A simple lesson, unfortunately hard-learned by one 70-year-old man in Shanghai who was hospitalized after eating three toads which he'd bought and boiled into a soup in hopes that it would help his skin disease.

Chinese farmer Chen Xingyin who lost both arms when he was young has not allowed his disability to stop him from working hard or living a normal life. The 48-year-old from Chongqing city accomplishes most tasks using his mouth and feet, and even manages to care for his 91-year-old mother.

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.
See more photos below

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.

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