Thursday, 31 December 2015

Why Okezie Ikpeazu Lost Abia Governorship At Appeal Court


The Court of Appeal, sitting in Owerri, has removed Okezie Ikpeazu of the Peoples Democratic Party as governor of Abia State.

The court also declared Alex Otti of the All Progressives Grand Alliance the winner of the April 11 and April 25 supplementary elections in the state.

Delivering judgment in an appeal filed by Mr. Otti, the five-member panel, headed by Justice Oyebisi Omoleye, said the APGA candidate scored 164, 444 valid votes to defeat Mr. Ikpeazu who scored 114, 444 votes.

Court declares APGA’s Otti, Abia Governor elect


The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri , the Imo State capital has nullified the judgment of the Abia State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, which was in favour of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia

The Appellate Court therefore declared Alex Otti of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) as the governor of the state.

I'm Fighting the Charges ... It's All Political Says Bill Cosby

                               
Bill Cosby is defending a case brought by a female accuser that could be even more serious than the criminal case that was just filed ... but we've learned Cosby and the woman may be close to a secret settlement.
Chloe Goins has sued Cosby for sexual assault, claiming he drugged and sexually abused her at the Playboy Mansion in 2008. Goins filed suit October 6th ... but something curious has happened, or should we say, hasn't happened.

Brooklyn baby-sitter caught on nanny-cam abusing 6-month-old girl charged with assault






  

                                                                                                                                                 




A nanny-cam planted by a suspicious Brooklyn couple twice captured a baby-sitter roughing up their helpless 6-month-old daughter.

Elena Bass, 36, of Staten Island, was charged with assault and acting in a manner injurious to a child Wednesday for the twin incidents just prior to Christmas.

Depression More Common in Daughters of Older Mothers - Study Reveals



Depression affects millions of people out there, particularly women. Scientists have already associated it with a wide range of factors that contribute to its development, but the new study could change the way we perceive depression and its causes. According to this study, depression is more common in daughter, but not in sons, of older mothers. Keep reading this article to find out why daughters of older mothers have increased risk of depression.

Indiana Woman, 69, Stockpiled Her Urine So She Could Dump It On Neighbor's Home


For months, a 69-year-old Indiana woman urinated in a bucket so that she could throw the waste on the home of a next-door neighbor whom she disliked, police report.

Jackie VanTyle was charged Monday with a pair of misdemeanor criminal mischief counts for the alleged urine attack on the property in Lynn, a town about 80 miles east of Indianapolis.

According to court records, victim Joseph Basler contacted police two months ago to report suspicions that VanTyle had been dousing his home’s exterior with urine.

New Year’s Eve: When 2016 starts across the world


Who knew it will actually take 26 hours for the entire world to enter the year 2016?


Well, that’s what happens and there are actually 40 different local times, according to timeanddate.com.

Here’s the list in full.

Beijing, don't kill my vibe, say banned Chinese rappers

Straight in at number one on the Chinese government's banned songs chart is IN3, a trio of brash, tattooed rappers who mix the earthy language of Beijing's streets with classic hip hop beats. And number two. And three. And so on, down to number 17.


                             

They have played packed houses in Beijing for a decade, but all three were detained after China's culture ministry published the list of 120 songs barred from the Internet for "trumpeting obscenity, violence, crime and harming social morality".

PHOTO: Woman crashes secret wedding of her husband of 20 years



A woman stopped her husband of 20 years from secretly marrying another woman,when she stormed the wedding .

Ndodana Chifamba, 42, and his bride, known only as Phindile, were preparing to exchange vows at their wedding in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, when the pastor asked if anyone objected to their marriage.
She got to her feet and announced she was married to the groom. Josephine Mhlanga, 46, then declared she had two children with her husband of 20 years - and had only found about his secret wedding that day, the Chronicle news reports ..

Pay us now, protesting contractors tell NDDC

                        Contractors protesting at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt... on Tuesday
A group of contractors on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest at the corporate headquarters of the Niger Delta Development Commission in Port Harcourt, calling on the management of the commission to pay them without delay

The protesters, who are contractors handling NDDC projects across the nine states of the Niger Delta region, said they were aggrieved at the non-payment of their money by the commission.

Ambode frees artisan locked in boot by cadets

• Air Force cadets – Abdullahi Fahad(left) and Peter Solomon – after they were apprehended by the convoy of Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, for locking an artisan, Dahiru Lawal, in a boot at Mile 12, Lagos ... on Wednesday. Photo: Lagos State Government House
The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday arrested two Nigerian Air Force cadets in the Mile 12 area of the state.

The cadets were nabbed while dehumanising an artisan, Dahiru Lawal, for allegedly breaking the windscreen of a Chrysler Stratus car with number plate, KRD 267 DV.

Singer Flavour Denies Being Secretly Married To Baby Mama Sandra Okagbue

                         

Rumors went viral that monstrously famous but controversial high-life crooner Chinedu Okoli A.k.a Flavor Nabania was married to his Original Baby Mama Sandra Okagbue whose claim to fame is being an Ex beauty queen.

Fani-Kayode: Jonathan’s govt bought arms to fight Boko Haram



Former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode claimed yesterday that former President Goodluck Jonathan administration did not divert money meant for arms purchase.

The former Director of Media and Publicity insisted that the last administration purchased arms and fought Boko Haram insurgents to a standstill, except not infiltrating the Sambisa forest.

Wednesday, 30 December 2015

More Than 100 Journalists Killed In 2015, Most In 'Peaceful' Countries

                

A total of 110 journalists were killed in connection with their work or for unclear reasons in 2015, according to the round-up published today by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which is in a position to say that 67 of them were targeted because of their work or were killed while reporting.

PHOTO: Filipino priest grounded by church for gliding on hoverboard during mass

            

Lol. Things we see every day. A priest in the Philippines has been suspended by the church after video shared on social media showed him gliding on a hoverboard while preaching during mass.

The video which has racked up millions of views, showed Father Albert San Jose from the Philippines Diocese of San Pablo gliding on a hoverboard during a Christmas Eve mass at the Lady of Miraculous Medal church in Biñan town.

Arrest warrant issued for Bill Cosby over alleged s*xual assault in 2004

     

An arrest warrant has been issued for Bill Cosby for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his mansion in Pennsylvania.
The Cosby Show actor has been accused of the incident which allegedly took place at his Elkins Park home in January 2004.

Proverbs 21 verse 13 lands Zimbabwean pastor in jail


A Zimbabwean pastor arrested for holding a placard telling President Robert Mugabe that "the people are suffering" and referring him to the Bible, has been in prison for two weeks because he can't raise the $500 bail fee, rights lawyers said on Tuesday.

Patrick Mugadza, 45, was arrested in Victoria Falls during the ruling Zanu-PF party's annual conference in the resort town in early December.

Kidnappers of Jonathan’s cousin reduce ransom to N40m


Abductors of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin and Bayelsa Commissioner for Local Government, Madam Serefina Otazi have allegedly reduced their ransom from N100 million to N40 million according to family sources.

Female Bombers Don’t Know They’re Carrying Explosives — FG

                            

The Federal Government says most of the female suicide bombers being used by Boko Haram do not know that they are carrying bombs.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this on Tuesday while reacting to the spate of bombings being perpetrated by teenage girls in recent times. He had paid a courtesy visit to the Punch's corporate headquarters in Magboro, Ogun State.

I didn't return to music because I failed in politics-9ice

                    

Music star, 9ice, has debunked claims that he returned to music because he failed in politics.

9ice who ran for a House of Reps seat in Oyo state but lost during the APC primary, told Punch that although he did not win the election, the experience has taught him a lot.

Turkish Football Federation Fined For Sacking Gay Referee

                            

An Istanbul court has ordered the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) to pay compensation for sacking a referee on the grounds of his homosexuality.

The TFF was fined 23,000 lira ($7,900; £5,300) for dismissing Halil Ibrahim Dincdag, 38, in 2009.

PHOTOS: Ritual killer's den discovered in Lagos after girl escaped with slashed throat

      

Residents of Big Daddy Street in the Atinplome, Bagadry area of Lagos State on Tuesday stormed an uncompleted building in the area, which they suspected to be a ritual killer’s den, after a female victim raised the alarm.

PUNCH Metro learnt that at about 12am, while a carnival went on in the area, a woman in her late 20s, whose name had yet to be known, had run into the party with her throat partly cut, while blood was streaming out of her body.

Tuesday, 29 December 2015

PHOTO: 60-Year Old Rapes 12-Year Old Girl On Boxing Day In Ogun, As Commissioner Vows To Prosecute Him



                            

A 60-year-old man has been arrested by Ogun State Police Command for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl in Abigi community located in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of the State.

The Command Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed this to journalists, said the suspect committed the crime on Saturday.

Gunmen abduct Uyo pastor, demand N50m


A Uyo-based clergyman, Rev. Friday Phillip, has been kidnapped in his native Oron council area of Akwa Ibom State and his abductors have demanded a N50 million ransom for his release.
Daily Sun investigation revealed that Rev. Phillip, a former superintendent of the Assembly of God Church, Eket District, was abducted along Ibo Street, Oron, at about 8.30 pm on Sunday.

Revealed-The only country ISIS fear


ISIS militants only truly fear one of the nations that opposes it, according to a journalist who spent time living among them., Islamic State fighters told Jürgen Todenhöfer, 75, that Israel is the one nation they are wary of.

Mr Todenhöfer, who spent 10 days in Syria in 2014, told Jewish News:

Vulcaniser leads 30-man gang to rob neighbour


A thirty-two-year-old vulcaniser, Jelili Dimeji, has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly leading a 30-man gang to rob his neighbour, Oladipupo Audu, of property valued at N1,750,000.

The suspect and the victim live in Isheri Osun, in the Ijegun area of Lagos. PUNCH Metro learnt that Audu and a friend were driving on Ijegun Road when Dimeji and his gang member, who are still at large, waylaid them.

Soldier, others arrested for selling weapons to robbers


A serving Lance Corporal in the Nigerian Army, Emmanuel Ebo, and seven others have been arrested for allegedly selling ammunition to a notorious gang of armed robbers which attacked banks in Lagos and Ogun states.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the corporal and the others – Ahmed Monsuru, Bayo Olaoye, Olamilekan Omopeji, Ayodeji Famileye, Opeyemi Balogun, Michael Adebayo, and Edward Paul – were arrested by the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Monitoring Team.

APC suspends Senator Shehu Sani



The Tudun Wada ward of the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State on Monday suspended the senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial Zone, Shehu Sani, from the party.

The senator, a registered member of the party from the Tudun Wada ward, was suspended for anti-party activities and other offences.

US opts to buy Nigeria’s crude, says Kachikwu



Minister of State for Petroleum Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachukwu has raised Nigerians’ hope about the dwindling oil revenue, with the news that the United States will now buy some crude from Nigeria.

“Post the President’s visit, there has been an overture from them to say they want to buy limited quantity of Nigerian oil to support the market. We are still ongoing on that,” he said.

Kachikwu allayed fears over the return of the U.S. to oil export, stressing that the country’s sale of oil does not foreclose its tendency to buy crude at the same time.

Monday, 28 December 2015

South Korea, Japan agree to irreversibly end WWII s*x slave row


 South Korea and Japan reached a landmark agreement on Monday to resolve the issue of "comfort women", as those who were forced to work in Japan's wartime brothels were euphemistically known, which has long plagued ties between the neighbours.

The foreign ministers of the two countries said after a meeting in Seoul that the "comfort women" issue would be "finally and irreversibly resolved" if all conditions were met.

Senator Shehu Sani Adopts 60 Orphans And Sends Two to China



The Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District and Chairman Senate Committee on Foreign and Local Debts,Comrade Shehu Sani yesterday adopted orphans totallingsixty (60) in number in the Adonai Orphanage Home,Kaduna as his children.

Frank Edwards Car Snatched And Returned In A 'Miraculous' Way


The gospel singer shared this testimony on twitter:

''I had over half thank of fuel , my car was snatched last night @ lekki 2nd round about before they cld get to Ajah d fuel dried up !!

Got my car back this morning with no scratch #IFGODBEFORME

Fuel that could last 4days dried up in less than an hour what a mighty GOD we serve !!!!!!!!!!!

You shall receive your own miracle & testify before the year is over!!!!!"

ISIS 'female squad kill and mutilate mum because she was breastfeeding


Islamic State's 'female Gestapo' mutilated and killed a mum - because she was breastfeeding her son,the Sunday Times reports.
The innocent mother covered her son with her burqa to hide him, but members of the Al-Khansa brigade spotted her and meted out their barbaric punishment.
Al-Khansa is a special brigade set up to enforce the terror group's strict Islamic views.

My Relationship With Don Jazzy - Di'ja


Beautiful Mavin artist music artist Di’ja has been in the news for a while now following her controversial traditional wedding ceremony held in Kaduna state.

In an interview with City People Magazine, Di’ja opened up on her relationship with Mavin Records boss Don jazzy, described her kind of music and how her parents embraced her music.
When asked about how her relationship with Don Jazzy, Di’ja disclosed that:

Minority Leader, Osun Assembly Dies On 48th Birthday


The Minority Leader of the Osun State House of Assembly, Mr. Oladejo Makinde is dead.

Makinde who is popularly called Igwe, one of the two members of the Peoples Democratic Party at the House died on Sunday, the exact day he clocked 48. Makinde died after a brief illness.

SEE IT + VIDEO: Flexible boy twists body 180 degrees at break-neck speed while head stays in place

                                             
 
A boy is contorting his body at break-neck speed in a viral clip showing off the flexible stunt.

Watch as the boy snaps, crackles and hugs his pop in this head-turning clip.

The unidentified child asks “say when” before he twists his body a full 180 degrees to hug a man behind him while his head faces forward, never taking his eyes off the camera.

UNGODLY UNION: Priest Condemns Homosexuality



The Assistant Parish Priest of St Patrick’s Catholic Church, Akwanga, Nassarawa State, Rev. Fr Raymond Tyohemba, has condemned the practice of lesbianism and homosexuality.

Tyohemba, while delivering a sermon yesterday, also warned people against destroying the marriage institution.

More women are going under the knife for a bigger butt


It doesn’t take a genius to know that Kim Kardashian West, Nicki Minaj and Jennifer Lopez have changed America’s body aesthetics.

“Behind-sight” is, after all, 20-20.

But what is less known is that US women, in an attempt to get a bountiful backside like their pop culture heroes, are packing plastic-surgery clinics in such numbers that the two types of butt augmentation procedures — implant and lifts — in 2014 became the No. 2 and No. 3 fastest-growing types of plastic surgery in the country, according to data compiled by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Anita Joseph Keeps Mum On Marriage, Speaks On N*dity

                           

Nollywood Actress Anita Joseph who is rumoured to have once been married with a child has said she won’t say a word on that but will keep quiet and let people say whatever thing they like about her. She said this while speaking to Spice. Hear her;

I’ve been stripped naked – Mother of twins killed by drunken-cop

Beatrice and sympathisers. Photo: Afeez Hanafi

Seventy-five-year-old Beatrice Oyesolu, the mother of twin brothers shot dead on Saturday by a trigger-happy policeman guarding Paulson Hotel on Anibaba Street, Ketu-Ikosi, Lagos, says the promises her children made to her had been shattered.

The septuagenarian said the children ─ Taiye, a naval officer and Kehinde, an engineer ─ had concluded plans to start building her a house next month before the tragedy struck.

Son kills father on Christmas Day in Enugu



A youth, Anselm Ugwuoke, is currently on the run after killing his father, Paulinus Ugwuoke, 60, on Christmas Day, in Enugu.

The incident occurred in Imilike-Agu, a community in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State.

It was gathered that at about 10.00 pm on the fateful day, Anselm and some of his friends had a heated argument with his father at their family house.

ELECTROCUTED: Man Dies Trying To Vandalise Power Cables In Kaduna



An unidentified middle-aged man was electrocuted at the early hours of yesterday while trying to vandalise power supply installation at Accra Crescent by LEA primary school, Unguwar Rimi, Kaduna.

The Dan Iyar Unguwar Rimi, Alhaji Muhammad Gidado, who confirmed the incident, disclosed that the corpse of the vandal was evacuated from the scene by the police from Unguwar Rimi Division.

Sunday, 27 December 2015

I can't marry a fair girl unless I see her childhood photo-M.I



MI has opened up on his phobia's ,confessing to Potpourri (Vanguard) in an interview that he lives in mortal fear of fair girls because he believes most of them are not natural. He said before he would take one for a wife he would need to see a picture of her as a child just to make sure she is naturally fair and not artificial. According to him, most girls have bleached their skins for so long that it almost looks natural. He said

27-Year Old Man Rapes Teen In Badagry Till He Damaged Her Womb

                                       

When Mrs Lawal sent her 11-year-old grand-daughter (names withheld) on an errand to deliver okro to a customer, she did not envisage that the girl would be ambushed not to talk of being raped. 

The fate that befell the grand-daughter on November 29, 2015, at Pure Water Bus Stop along Lagos-Badagry Road, was better imagined than experienced; she was found lying on a culvert unconscious, with blood all over her body.

PHOTOS: Muslim engineer raped female colleague for 5 days to convince her to convert to Islam



An Indian man has been accused of kidnapping and raping a female colleague for five days to force her to convert to Islam.

Engineer Syen Emad Hasan, 30, proposed to the 27-year-old woman but she rejected him and said her family would not allow 'an inter-religious marriage', police said.He harassed her until she cut short a work trip to Dubai. When she returned home to confront Hasan, he abducted her, locked her up at his house and took away her phone.

ISRAEL AND HAMAS AT WAR