Tuesday 25 March 2014

Boko Haram kills 5 policemen, 3 others in suicide car bomb in Borno

                              Members of Boko Haram today struck in a twin suicide attack around the Dalori Housing Estate in Maiduguri Borno State, killing 5 policemen, 3 civilians and wounding several others. The men were said to have rammed the Volkswagen Golf cars they came in into a police patrol van. The bomb they carried detonated, killing them, the police men,3 people around, other people were severally injured

Immediately after the blast, security operatives cordoned off the area to prevent further attacks.

Is Flavour officially the hottest naija artist we have at the moment?

 
I'm beginning to look at this guy in a different way now.He was cute before but now he's beginning to look like a hunk.Who agrees with me?

Rapper Olamide expecting a child with long-time girlfriend

   All you Naija celebrity men know you can have sex (plenty of it sef) without getting any woman pregnant, right? Olamide has joined the growing list of celebs having kids outside marriage as his long-time girlfriend, Adebukunmi Aisha Suleiman, is said to be expecting a baby.

Bukunmi is the same girl he flaunts on his instagram page (though he recently deleted most of her pics from his page) and calls her the 'love of his life' and 'boo from day one'. Congrats to them.

Cossy Orjiakor cries online about her broken vibrator

                                                                                 

Inside shots of Kim and Kanye's Vogue cover shoot revealed

Inside shots of Kim and Kanye's Vogue cover shoot revealed


In one adorable inside shot of Kim and Kanye's Vogue cover shoot, a shirtless Kanye West is seen cradling his naked daughter, while Kim places her hand over the little girl's bum bum. Other photos aren't as adorable but still cute. Check on them after the cut.

St. John’s Forum Inaugural Public Service Debate Holds Tomorrow



St. John’s Forum, a group of public spirited Nigerians with deep interest in promoting the common good, good governance, national development, peace and stability, announces the inaugural edition of its Public Service Debates.

This maiden debate will hold on March, 26th 2014 at 11.00am at Agip Hall, Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos, with the motion: “Will Nigeria be better served by a parliamentary system of government?”  Continue...

The debate is part of a Public Service Debate series designed to bring to the fore, critical issues that affects our society.  The Forum’s aim is to promote and enhance public awareness, dialogue, and encourage participatory thought on matters of social and national importance.

The speaking panel at this maiden edition comprises some of Nigeria's noblest minds, including Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka; former External Affairs Minister, Mr Odein Ajumogobia (SAN); Senate Deputy President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu; renowned Oxford University scholar, Dr. Abdu Raufu Mustapha. The former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku will moderate the debate.

The St. John’s Forum is apolitical. It is a platform committed to advancing dialogues that promote the common good in all aspects of our national life. Its activities will be of interest to all segments of the community - industry, commerce, the intelligentsia, the press, politicians, decision makers, and indeed ordinary Nigerians. The Forum believes that the coming together of such a diverse body of people with widely differing backgrounds and aspirations to debate a singular issue, must ultimately promote good.  

The debate is open to the general public, and all are welcome to engage the key speakers.
The first edition of the Public Service Debate Series will hold on Wednesday, 26th March 2014 by 11:00am at Agip Hall, Muson Center, Onikan, Lagos, Nigeria.

Thursday 20 March 2014

SILENT REPORTERS ON ITS WAY OUT OF SURGICAL ROOM



Its good news coming from the stable of silent reporters media,as the baby online magazine is set to be out of the surgical room in days.we actually went on restructuring and restrategizing.Our apologies to our loyal readers.

Wednesday 5 February 2014

Video: 12-Year Old Girl Who Cries Stones Instead Of Tears











A 12-year-old Yemen girl, Saadiya Saleh has left residents of her home community in fear due to her strange ailment. Saadiya is said to produce small stones under her eyelids instead of liquid tears when she cries, which has left even doctors confused as the girl has not been diagnosed with any specific ailment.

A YouTube film aired by Yemen’s Azal satellite TV channel showed doctors gathered a small box full of stones that dropped out of the girl’s eyes in just a few hours. A local presenter has also said, the girl’s case will be the second strange phenomenon in the region. “The case has triggered panic in the area where this girl lives… Some say the girl could be gripped by a magic spell while others say it might be the devil… Others fear it could be the start of a dangerous epidemic,” the presenter reported.

Former Lagos Deputy Governor, Alhaja Ojikutu, arrested for fraud



The Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police today Tuesday Feb. 4th arrested former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Sinatu Aderoju Ojikutu, Sahara Reporters reports.
She will appear in court tomorrow in connection with fraudulently obtaining N130million from one Cajethan Okekearu.
Mrs. Ojikutu was declared wanted on June 19, 2013, but she went to court to halt police investigations, a suit that was thrown out by a judge a few weeks ago.
The SFU police spokesperson Ngozi Isintume-Agu said in a statement that Alhaja Ojikutu, 67, who was picked up at her Lagos Island residence, allegedly connived with one Samson Adebisi Ojikutu Jnr, her son, to commit the offence. Samson is currently in the United States.

According to the statement, the former deputy governor and her son “were parties to the sale of the land and both signed the agreement given to the Complainant and obtained the sum of N130 million from him.”

The police said the suspect admitted the crime but explained it as a genuine mistake of plot identification.  She then refunded the sum of N50 million to the complainant and promised to refund the balance as soon as she had disposed of two other properties she had put up for sale.
The statement further said Mrs. Ojikutu has confessed that she injected the complainant’s money into her business.

 “She equally made an undertaking and payment plan which was drawn from September, 2012 and was to terminate by November 2012, but she defaulted due to lack of fund.”

The police further said the deal unraveled when Okekearu, on the verge of completion of development of the land, was accosted by the bona fide owner of the property and it was established that the land that the suspect had sold actually belonged to one Mr. Afolabi.

“It was also discovered that the Plot 24 Block 4, which actually belonged to Late Samson Adebisi Ojikutu Snr, the suspect’s husband who died in 2008 was sold by him in 1995 and the suspect was a life witness and appended her signature to the sale of the land.  A financial institution (name withheld) which was in possession of the CofO after payment was fully made also tendered the original CofO which the former Deputy Governor of Lagos State had earlier declared missing and even sworn an affidavit to.”

The statement recalled that Alhaja Ojikutu had sued the Inspector-General of Police, the Commissioner of Police, SFU, and the complainants, asking the court to restrain the police from further investigations and violations of her fundamental rights.

“The ruling by Justice Obadina (Mrs) on 17th December 2013, dismissed the Suit for lack of merit, that the Nigeria Police has the power to prosecute the Applicants, Alhaja Sinatu Aderoju Ojikutu and her son, Sampson Adebisi Ojikutu (Jnr) since the Police investigation revealed that there is prima-facie case of obtaining by false pretences against them and added that the court will not interfere or restrain the Police in carrying out their statutory function,” the statement said.

The former deputy governor will be arraigned at the Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday morning.

Culled Sahara Reporters

Tuesday 4 February 2014

Sean Tizzle don vex! Shows off his newly gained abs



All you people that abused Sean Tizzle in December, saying he had only one pack (See that here), the singer has put you all to shame...lol. He shared photos on his instagram page this morning showing his newly gained abs. As you can see, he's gone from one pack to four pack. Lol. Great improvement. Well done Mr Tizzle

Timaya shows off his daughter and baby mama on instagram




Timaya and his girlfriend Barbara welcomed their daughter in 2012 and currently live together at their Lekki home. The proud papa shared a pic of his daughter on his instagram page today and later a pic of his baby mama, describing her as hot!

How 28-Year Old Nigerian Man Killed 67-Year Old Australian Lover In South Africa



 I really don’t know why these boys do this. Fast money maybe? Haba! It’s not that hard to make it in life when you work hard and pray hard to God for his guidance. Really, it’s not. Now he is going to spend the rest of his life behind bars. Which is best? Sad.

Read how this 28-year old Nigerian killed a 67-year old, mother and grandma who he dated online for four years before meeting and killing her in South Africa last year.

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday said it had arrested a 28-year-old man wanted in connection with the death of an Australian woman, Jette Jacobs, and for defrauding her of $90,000 in an online dating scam.
According to the agency, Orowo Jesse Omokoh was arrested on January 28 in Nigeria, without stating where exactly.

The graduate, who attended the University of Ibadan, in the southwest of the country, will be brought before court for extradition proceedings, a spokesman said.

The suspect allegedly met the 67 year old Aussie on a dating site and struck a sizzling romantic affair that necessitated him moving to Johannesburg in 2013 to link up with his lover.

Omokoh allegedly arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa on February 4, 2013, to meet with Jacob who had been in Johannesburg since November 2012.

Five days after Omokoh arrived and took up residence with her, Jacob was found dead in her apartment with some of her valuables missing.

After the incident, Omokoh reportedly fled South Africa and returned to Nigeria.

“The South African police, which is investigating the mysterious death, are suspicious that Omokoh has a hand in the demise of Jacobs,” the EFCC said.

The organisation, which investigates money-laundering and online scams, said Australian Federal Police informed officers in March that Omokoh had allegedly defrauded Jacobs of $90,000.

Jacobs, a grandmother from Western Australia, reportedly sent tens of thousands of dollars to Nigeria during her four-year “romance” with a man known as “Jesse”, according to Australian media.

The 67-year-old is said to have previously met him in Johannesburg in 2010 without incident.

Her body was found on February 9. The EFCC said Omokoh had given “useful” information and “efforts are on to track his accomplices”.

Oscar Ibru's daughter, Makashe and husband welcome first child



First child of billionaire businessman and scion of the Ibru family, Olorogun Oscar Ibru, Makashe Ibru and her husband Kayode Awogboro welcomed their first child, a boy, recently. Both mother and child are said to be doing great. Congrats to them.

Makashe & Kayode got married in a superlative destination wedding in France in August 2012


Dakore Egbuson Akande welcomes baby



The actress just welcomed a new baby. The happy mum shared a photo on her instagram page announcing the birth of her second child. Dakore and Olu already have a two year old daughter. Big congrats to them.

Olubadan of Ibadan deposes Chief for using Magun on his wife



The Olubadan of Ibadan, HRH Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade1 (pictured left) has deposed one of his Chiefs, Chief Olusegun Ojetade (pictured right in hospital), the Balogun of Jagun community in Lagelu local government area of Oyo state for placing his wife, Mrs Racheal Ojetade with a deadly anti-adultery charm commonly known as Magun.

Two brothers, Kunmi and Adeniyi Adetokun died within days of each late last year in Oyo state after allegedly sleeping with Segun Ojetade's wife and his brother's wife. (Read the story here)

Speaking through the Baale of Jagun Town, Chief Isiaka Akinpelu, the Palace said they believe Ojetade used the mythical power on his wife, an allegation Chief Ojetade has refuted.

Pay Me My Pension Arrears Before 14th Of Feb. Or I Will Commit Suicide- Man Tells Oshiomhole



A 57-year old man in Benin City, Denis Amayo this morning has told journalists he will commit suicide on the 14th of February, 2014 if the State Governor refuse to pay his pension arrears before then. Denis said he served the state for 35 years in the Ministry of Agriculture and retired in August last year.Denis who just lost his father needs the money to bury him, as his corpse is still lying in the mortuary.

“I am my father’s first born. It will be immoral of me to task my younger ones to bring money for his burial while I cannot bring anything for the burial,” he said. I need my eight months pension arrears to bury my father he concluded.

He said, if the governor refuse to pay, he will sacrifice his life to raise awareness for other pensioners owed several months of unpaid pensions.

Policeman caught on video demanding bribe now in police custody



The police officer caught on video demanding 'dollar bribe' from a Nigerian-American he stopped for wearing a navy-like cargo pant, has been arrested and currently in police custody.

The policeman now identified as Corporal Aniyem Chiyem was heard in the video saying "Arrange dollars. Give us dollars".

According to a press statement released this evening by the Nigerian police, Cpl Chiyem is currently undergoing Orderly Room trials and if found guilty will face appropriate disciplinary actions. See the video and press statement after the cut...

Obafemi Martins shows off his bling collection



The Seattle Sounders player showed off his bling collection on his instagram page today. In the pics, he's rocking gold plated sunglasses, gold bracelet, chain and a gold-plated Rolex watch.

Monday 3 February 2014

READ Yvonne Nelson's Romantic Proposal To John Dumelo On His Birthday




Undergraduate In EFCC net over $90,000 romance scam



Find the EFCC Press Release
An undergraduate of the University of Ibadan, 28-year- old Orowo Jesse Omokoh, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly obtaining Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000.) from one Mrs. Jette Jacob, an Australian based in Johannesburg, South Africa, in what is known as a romance scam.
The suspect allegedly met the Aussie on a dating site and struck a sizzling romantic affair that necessitated him moving to Johannesburg in 2013 to link up with his lover.
Omokoh allegedly arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa on February 4, 2013, to meet with Jacob who had been in Johannesburg since November 2012. Five days after Omokoh arrived and took up residence with her, Jacob was found dead in her apartment with some of her valuables missing. After the incident, Omokoh reportedly fled South Africa and returned to Nigeria.

The South African Police which is investigating the mysterious death are suspicious that Omokoh has a hand in the demise of Jacob.

On March 15, 2013, the EFCC received a petition from Richard Stanford of Australian Federal Police, asking for help to track Omokoh, alleging that the Nigerian defrauded Jacob to the tune of $90,000 in a dating scam.

The Commission swung into action almost immediately but the suspected fraudster had been elusive until a few days ago when he was nabbed. He has already made useful statements while efforts are on to track his accomplices.

The suspect would be arraigned in court as soon as investigation is completed.
Wilson Uwujaren
Ag. Head, Media & Publicity
3rd February, 2014

Photos: AfroCandy Shares Bedroom Pictures



Federal Government Yet To Fulfil Their Agreement- ASUU



The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Dr. Nasir Fagge has said, they are yet to receive allocations which were agreed upon last year by the union and the Federal Government. According to him, the Minister for Education, Nyesom Wike, was made the head of the implementation committee who is meant to meet with them regularly for discussions, but has never been available due to his busy schedules.We have also asked that another person who is less busy be made available to us, but the government is yet to do that, he said.

 “The minister has been busy all this while and now he has travelled again. We had requested that someone who is less busy be given to us so that we can have regular meetings but it has not been the case. We hope that when the minister returns from his latest trip, our 2013 allocation out of the N200 billion for the revitalisation of our universities will be disbursed. Part of our agreement also was the fact that our annual allocation of N220 billion will be made available on a quarterly basis. So, we expect that part of the amount for the first quarter will be disbursed as well when we finally meet”, he said

Nelson Mandela's will read: was worth $4.1million



The will of former South African President and world hero, Nelson Mandela was read to his family members today February 3rd.

Reading the 40 page will, Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke said Mandela's third wife, Graca Machel, is entitled to half the estate under South African marital law but could waive her claims and opt for specified assets that include properties in her native Mozambique. Machel has not made a decision on whether to weave her rights, Moseneke said.

The will directs that each of his children and some of his grand-children are to receive $300,000. His upscale Johannesburg house, where he spent most of his life after being freed from apartheid prison, would be home to his deceased son Makgatho's children.


His longtime domestic staff including his personal assistant, Zelda Le Grange, also shared in the fortune with 50,000 rand each.
Mandela's Political Party, the ANC, is to receive royalties from his political books and testimonial adverts. The monies is expected to help propagate the ideologies of the party.

Local Schools in South Africa he attended as well as the Wits and Fort Harte Universities also benefited from his will as funds were provided which would be given as bursary and scholarship to students.

The will, which was first written in 2005 and amended in 2008, is open for contest within 90 days.

35-Year Old House Wife Stabbed Her Brother-In Law To Death



Some stories are just unbelievable. Obiageli Oriuwa, pictured above, killed her brother in-law, a medical doctor because she wanted him out of his father's house. She is married to the doctor’s elder brother and they both lived in the said house with their wives and children. She has been fighting him to leave the house with his family, because the house belongs to her husband, since he was the first son of their father. The unbelievable however happened on Tuesday, when Obi stabbed the doctor to death after a short argument.


The real motive, a 35-year old woman, Mrs Obiageli Oriuwa, allegedly killed a medical doctor, Ikechukwu Oriuwa, who was her husband’s younger brother, has been revealed by the family of the victim.

Obiageli, who has been arrested and is undergoing interrogation at the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos, allegedly stabbed the 37-year old medical doctor to death at their family house at 52, Ladega Street, Ajegunle in Apapa, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, during an argument between them on Tuesday.

She was initially detained at Tolu Police Station in Ajegunle before the matter was transferred to Panti.

A member of the victim’s family, Chinedu Oriuwa, alleged that it was not the first time Obiageli attempted to kill Ikechukwu. He said she had asked the doctor and his family to move out of the family house, claiming that the house belongs to her husband since he is the first son of the family.

Chinedu said though the matter was settled between them, Obiageli still continued to nurse animosity against everybody in the house, including their mother who has now travelled abroad.

Chinedu explained that Obiageli’s husband, Edward, who is their elder brother, married the suspect two months after he had married a lady identified as Veronica, against the wish of the family and this always caused quarrel between Obiageli and other members of the family, including the late medical doctor.

Confirming what led to the incident, the mother of three, who spoke with P.M.NEWS from police custody, claimed that she did not deliberately set out to kill the medical doctor, but only wanted him and his wife to pack out of the family house.

She said she was entitled to live in the house since her husband is the first son of the family.

The suspect explained that she was always having disagreement with the late Ikechukwu because he did not want his elder brother to marry her.

Obiageli said her husband married her against the wish of his family and because of that there was always quarrel between her and the family including the late Ikechukwu.

When asked how she felt about the incident, Obiageli said she was confused and that if she had known, she would not have married into the family.

P.M.NEWS had reported Wednesday how Obiageli allegedly killed the medical doctor at their family house.
According to their neighbours, Ikechukwu woke up in the morning, went to a gym for exercise and came back to prepare for work. But on getting home, tenants complained to him that Obiageli switched on her electricity generator in her shop where she sells drinks, locked the shop and went away on Monday night.
They told him there were sparks from the generator around 2 a.m. and almost burnt the building before tenants put out the fire.

P.M.NEWS gathered that after the complaint that Tuesday morning, Ikechukwu went to Obiageli to advise her not to switch on her electricity generating set in the shop and leave it as that could burn the house.

According to the tenants, Obiageli got angry and attempted to fight Ikechukwu that morning but the tenants separated them.

Obiageli later went to her room and brought a kitchen knife which she allegedly used to stab the victim on his left rib cage. She left the knife there and ran away.


Ikechukwu bled profusely and was rushed to Zollinger Clinic at 20, Taiwo Street, off Tolu Road Apapa, but he died on the way.

The doctor only certified him dead when he got to the hospital

Angela Okorie Debunks Death Rumour



Woody Allen’s adopted daughter recalls years of sexual abuse by the legendary director



n Saturday February 1st, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof published on his blog an open letter written by Dylan Farrow, the adopted daughter of actress Mia Farrow and legendary Hollywood film director Woody Allen.

The 28 year old who is now married described in vivid and horrifying detail how Allen sexually molested her from age 7. Dylan recalled how her abuse started and how it went on for a while. She then talks about her difficulties growing up with almost no one believing her, a victim, and everyone loving and praising Allen, a molester.

Farrow split from Allen in 1992 when she found out he was having an affair with another daughter, Soon-Yi who she adopted from Korea in 1978. She reported the sexual relationship between Allen and Soon-Yi and also filed charges that Allen had molested their daughter Dylan, then 7 years old.  Allen denied the charges and was never prosecuted. Allen went on to marry Soon Yi in 1997.


Mia Farrow and Woody Allen with their biological son Ronan and adopted daughter, Dylan

























WAEC Introduces 39 new subjects in the Syllabus



Plumbing and Fitting, Photography, Salesmanship, Upholstery, Painting and Interior decoration are amongst 39 subjects recently added to the examination syllabus of The West African Examination Council, WAEC by the examination body.

Of the 39 subjects, four of them, Computer Studies, Insurance, Store Management & Office Practice would serve as electives while the remaining 35 are for Trade-related courses.

Revealing this, the Council’s Acting Head, Test Development Division, Mrs. Olayinka Ajibade said the recent introductions were in line with the Nigerian Education Research & Development Council’s new secondary school curriculum.

Ajibade said the new syllabus would take effect from this year's May/June WASSCE Examinations and students would be required to take four core subjects which would include English Language, General Mathematics, Civic Education and Trade/ Entrepreneurial Studies.

Nigeria's oldest citizen in the UK Pa Lemoshe passes away just short of 100



Nigeria's oldest citizen in the UK Pa Gabriel Lemoshe passed away on Friday January 31st less than 2 months short of his 100th birthday. He would have turned 100 on March 15th and there was already an organizing committee working hard to put together a grand party to celebrate the milestone.

Organizers of his birthday now plan to hold a celebration of his life on March 15 instead of a birthday party. The Abeokuta-born Pa Lemoshe was one of the founding members of his native Egba United Society (EUS) in the UK.

Traditionally, the Queen of England writes a personal congratulatory letter to anyone who clocks 100 in the UK and Pa Lemoshe was on course to become the first Nigerian to receive such a letter but he unfortunately passed on. A life well spent. May his soul rest in peace, Amen.

Gunmen kill Newswatch Assistant Editor in Lagos



Toyin Obadina, an Assistant Editor with Saturday Newswatch Newspaper was on shot in the stomach by unknown gunmen while on his way from work on Friday January 31. He died two days later on Sunday February 2nd after a surgery was done to extract the bullet that was lodged in his stomach.

Recounting what happened, his wife said Obadina was approaching the Parafa end of Imota Road in Ikorodu when 2 SUVs coming from the opposite lane intercepted his car. Obadina came down from his car and surrendered to the men, asking them to take all they want but not harm him.

She said the men slapped him and shot him in the stomach. When he attempted to run, he was shot in the stomach a second time before the robbers fled.

Obadina was rushed to Gbagada General Hospital and later to Lagos State Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, where he died on Sunday. He was 50 years old. He is survived by his wife, three children and an aged mother. May his soul rest in peace...amen.