Friday 22 March 2013

Breaking News VP’s convoy in fatal accident


Breaking News VP’s convoy in fatal accident

Two Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  supporters died in an accident Friday while on their way to receive the Vice President, Mohammed Namadi Sambo at the Kaduna Airport.

The accident happened at about 5.30pm when a bus carrying them was involved in an accident along Kaduna Airport Road, about 15 kilometres east of Kaduna town,
Sambo had arrived Kaduna ahead of today’s reconciliation meeting of the Northwest zone of the PDP.

Four of the supporters were also critically injured and were rushed to the 44 Army referral Hospital, Kaduna.

The Senior Special Assistant to the VP on Media,Alhaji. Umar Sani described the incident as unfortunate, saying, “The supporters had come to receive the Vice President at the Airport. When we left the Airport, they bus carrying some of the supporters was driving very roughly.

This is something we had been warning them about, but they would not hear. They bus crashed shortly after we left the Airport. Two people were killed. Four were injured. I feel very sad about this. The injured ones, four of them are in 44 Army Hospital.”

ASHLEY GREENE West Hollywood Condo UP IN FLAMES


ASHLEY GREENE West Hollywood Condo UP IN FLAMES

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12:16 PM PT  A firefighter tells us ... Ashley, her boyfriend and her brother were out late last night and were sleeping when the fire broke out on the living room sofa.  They ran out of the apartment, and then realized the dogs were still there.  The 2 men tried to get back in to rescue them but couldn't.  We're told Ashley wanted to keep the dog that died, so firefighters wrapped it in a sheet and gave it either to Ashley or one of the 2 guys.

11:50 AM PT  A firefighter and a neighbor on scene just told TMZ ... one of the dogs died at the scene ... under the bed.  We have been told a second dog is expected to be taken to Animal Control ... to be checked out. And, we're told several other residents tried to fight the blaze with fire extinguishers.  They were covered in soot.

11:15 AM PT -- Residents in the building who live near Ashley tell TMZ ... Ashley's brother and assistant had been going in and out of the condo all morning.  One resident says she heard glass exploding in Ashley's condo.  The woman says Ashley's toy fox terriers were inside the unit.   As we reported, one dog was definitely saved.


"Twilight" star Ashley Greene's home has been burnt to a crisp ... after a fire ripped through her West Hollywood condo, TMZ has learned ... but luckily, one of her dogs was saved.  We know Ashley has 2 dogs, and we don't know the status of the second.

Marlo is a girl and Theo is a boy ... we're not sure which died.


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At least 10 fire trucks swarmed to the 7-story building moments ago to extinguish the blaze. The full extent of the damage is unclear ... but a photo agency has released shots of the aftermath inside the apartment.


We don't know if Ashley was home at the time.  One fireman told TMZ ... the fire started on a sofa.

Three people were treated for minor injuries.





novelist Professor Chinua Achebe dies at 82


novelist Professor Chinua Achebe dies at 82

Novelist, poet, professor, critic and the author of the most widely read book in African literature (Things Fall Apart) professor Chinua Achebe, has passed on. Professor Achebe died last night March 21 in a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He had been ill for a while. He was 82 years old.

The legend has gone home. May his soul rest in peace...Amen. 

Thursday 21 March 2013

How 49-yr-old allegedly defiled daughter, grand-daughter

How 49-yr-old allegedly defiled daughter, grand-daughter

The accused and the children

Emotion ran high, Wednesday, at the Oduduwa office of the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Ikeja, following a startling revelation by a seven-year-old girl of how her father had been having carnal knowledge of her since she was six.

Aside this, her 49-year-old father, Sylvester Ehijire, who was paraded before newsmen, was also alleged to have had carnal knowledge of his one-year, three month-old grand daughter, in their one-room apartment, 13, Kolawole Street, Ejigbo.

The seven-year-old girl (names withheld) told a bewildered crowd that her father usually committed  the sacrilege whenever her mother was away.

According to the primary three pupil,“every time my mother was not at home, my father will call me, dip his finger into my anus and his manhood inside my virgina. He would then promise to buy me biscuit and toy cars if I did not tell anybody. There is no Sunday that he did not do it.”

He threatened to blind me if I tell my mother

Asked why she did not tell her mother, she replied: “Anytime I wanted to tell my mother, he would hold my mouth and remind me of the things he promised me. But I would challenge him that he had never bought any of the things for me. At times when he  finished and I threatened to tell my mother,  he would  tell me he would pluck out my eyes if I told anyone.

“Sometimes, he would even beat me whenever I attempted to open my mouth and also beat my mother with cane.”

Her 45-year-old mother, Mrs Ehijire, who hails from Iseleuku, DeltaState, corroborated her daughter’s claim, disclosing that the abominable act became known in 2006 when her first child, (now married) informed her that her father had been having carnal knowledge of her.

“I travelled to Abuja for a catering job because I am a caterer. At about 1 a.m that fateful day, my daughter called me to say she had just been raped by her father. Then, she was 17 years old. I had to leave the job and travel back to Lagos the next day.  I informed my husband’s parents but all of a sudden my in-laws turned against me, saying I was lying.

“This continued until I could no longer bear it. I had to leave the house with my children in 2007. But I came back in 2011, after entreaties by my in-laws.

“Since then, I did not know he was still doing it until my seven-year-old daughter told me, saying he even threatened to blind her if she opened up to anyone.

“When I confronted him, he started beating me. I went to his family members at Okota to report again  but they did not do anything.

“The height of the abominable act happened last Wednesday after when I returned home to meet my one-year three-month-old grand-daughter crying.

“In a bid to pacify the baby, I took her to the backyard for a bath only to discover that her pampers were stained with blood and semen.

“At that point, I screamed and alerted my co- tenants. That was the last straw. I quickly rushed to the Ejigbo police station to report the case.”

Asked why she did not make an effort to protect her female children against such abuse, she explained that after reconciling with her husband in 2007, she usually left her daughter and grand-daughter in a creche until her return at about 6 p.m.

She said: “I gave a clear instruction to the proprietress never to allow anyone pick the children but me. But last Wednesday, I was told my husband went there and requested to pick them. Even when they resisted, he picked quarrel with them,asking if he had no right to pick his children.

“When I asked my seven-year-old daughter what happened thereafter, she told me that on reaching home, the father sent her and her elder brother who is nine to go and buy bread. She said when they returned, they met the net-door locked.

“While they were waiting for their father to open the door, the baby was yelling inside. Neighbours at this point became suspicious because they were aware of his antecedents. They started banging on the door.

“When my husband opened the door, they said he was sweating. One of them asked him to bring the baby and he did. They tried to pacify her to no avail. Can you imagine that my baby started crying from 3 p.m until 6 p.m when I returned.”

Medical test

To ascertain the claim, policemen at Ejigbo reportedly took both children to the hospital where the medical result made available to journalists showed that both of them had their hymen broken.

While the report of the seven-year-old read: “normal virginal and vulva, broken hymen (dis-virgined), that of the one-year three month-old baby read: “ bruised perineum, hymen broken, absent.”

My wife is lying – Accused

But when approached, Ehijire who hails from Uhumwonde area of EdoState, denied the claim, saying it was a mere ploy by his wife to ruin him.

He said: “She is only doing this because I am jobless. I used to be a truck driver. But when the truck engine had problem, I started staying at home. This was exactly what happened to our first daughter who is now married. My wife told the children to lie against me. I did not do it.

“What happened was that last Wednesday, I was at home when my two children came back from school. I told them to show me the creche where the baby was kept and I went to bring her, with the hope that I was helping my wife.”

He, however, told Vanguard in confidence that “I swear I did not know what is wrong with me. I believe this is not real. I believe something above the natural is using me to achieve its devilish purpose.”

A mild drama, however, ensued  when all of a sudden his wife started pleading on his behalf, after she over-heard the command’s spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, briefing journalists on the legal implication of the man’s act if he is found culpable.

At that point, Mrs Ehijire said she did not want her husband dead. “If he dies it will affect me as well. I want him to be dealt with and not be killed,” she said.

But Braide hinted that the suspect would be charged to court soon

Alamieyeseigha’s Pardon Is A Symbol Of Corrupt Mentality - Wole Soyinka

Alamieyeseigha’s Pardon Is A Symbol Of Corrupt Mentality - Wole Soyinka

The Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described the state pardon granted a former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, by President Goodluck Jonathan,  as an act of impunity and a symbol of corrupt mentality.
Also,the Nigerian Bar Association on Wednesday described the pardon as a bad signal in the anti-corruption campaign.
Alamieyeseigha, who was convicted of corruption charges, was pardoned alongside other ex-convicts, including Shettima Bulama, Lt. General Oladipo Diya, Major-General  Tajudeen Olanrewaju, the late Major General Musa Yar’Adua and the late Major-General Abdukareem Adisa.
Soyinka, on Wednesday, lent his voice to those of civil society groups, international community and individuals who had stridently condemned the President’s action.
He spoke in Lagos during a programme ushering in the Lagos Black Heritage Festival.
Referring to a statement made by the Special Adviser to President Jonathan on Media, Dr. Reuben Abati, who had, on a TV programme, described those who are criticising Jonathan over the matter as suffering from “sophisticated ignorance”, Soyinka said he did not mind being called such a name for bearing his mind on the state pardon.
“On the state pardon granted the former governor, I want to join the bandwagon of the ignorant persons. I am happy to be counted among them. For me, this kind of impunity is not unconnected to the controversy, which has been surrounding the N4bn allocation being sought by the First Lady Mission. It is part of the same corrupt mentality,” he said.
The renowned writer added that it was also disappointing that some ministers had given contradictory interpretations to the object of the pardon.
Soyinka said it was not right for Jonathan to lump Alamieyeseigha’s  case  with those of the other people granted pardon alongside him.
According to him, the cases of other ex-convicts were largely political, as evident in the antics of the late Sanni Abacha junta that implicated them in a controversial coup.
The Nobel laureate said, “What is going on right now gives the picture of a government that is floundering and justifying the unjustifiable. It amounts to encouragement of corruption. The felon is wanted by the United States Government.  We have a case of an officer of the law – a governor – who went to another country and broke the law of the nation. He jumped bail.
“I believe that such a person does not deserve a state pardon. So, I have joined the league of the ignorant persons condemning  the act. I criticise and deplore President Jonathan for granting  pardon to the former governor.”

Kano Explosion: Igbos Declare 3-day Mourning, Fasting And Prayer


Kano Explosion: Igbos Declare 3-day Mourning, Fasting And Prayer
The Igbo community in the crisis-ridden city of Kano, Wednesday, commenced three days’ mourning over last Monday’s bomb attack at Sabon Gari bus Park, which left scores of people dead and several others injured
Chairman of Ohaneze Ndigbo in Kano, Mr. Tobias Idika who made the announcement yesterday said that during the ‘mourning period’, all Igbos would be expected to remain calm at home while also fasting and praying to God for his intervention.
Commercial activities in the ancient city were temporarily brought to a halt, as all the Igbos did not open their shops while security was also beefed up.
The three-day mourning, which commenced on Wednesday, saw many schools, shops in the Sabon Gari area of the city under lock and key.
According to Idika, “what happened was a calamity and we must fast and pray to God that such a thing will not happen again.”
Speaking further, Mr. Idika stated that the Igbo community was opposed to the plans by the state government to conduct a mass burial for the victims of the blast. The state government had argued that some of the victims were burnt completely beyond recognition as their relations could not identify them.
However, Ndigbo have been advised against avenging the terrorist attack. Making the plea yesterday, the Igbo Youth Movement (IYM) in a statement by its President, Evang Elliot Uko said any form of retaliation would aid the terrorists in achieving their goal of setting Nigeria on fire.
His words: “It has become necessary for the Igbo Youth Movement to sound a note of warning to individuals and groups who are planning demonstrations and rallies of any kind against the Kano bus station bomb blasts, to sheathe their swords immediately.
“These planned protest march could get out of hand. Properties could be damaged and lives lost. We do not reply to the Kano bloodshed with more bloodshed. Painful and regrettable as the bombings were, we call on Ndigbo all over Nigeria to show restraint and maturity at this time.
“Doing otherwise will amount to eventually achieving the aim of the anarchists who bombed those buses. Their agenda is to deliberately provoke Ndigbo to revenge and kick-off mayhem that would lead to an uncontrollable conflagration. Do we play into their hands? Who benefits if Nigeria is set on fire. We plead with all aggrieved Ndigbo to remain calm and cautious.”
“We assure Nigerians and the international community that Ndigbo will not go to war neither will our people descend upon innocent northerners in our midst. It is not in our nature. Boko Harm will be defeated. We will overcome,” the statement added.
Also, the Aka Ikenga, the Igbo intellectual think-thank described the incident as a senseless and barbaric, calling on well-meaning individuals to condemn the attack.
Aka-Ikenga President, Chief Goody Uwazuruike said: “We call on all men and women of goodwill to rise up and condemn this horrendous crime. It should be noted that the only tonic evil needs to grow is for leaders of any type to sit on the fence. History or posterity will never forgive any one who chose to remain silent in the face of evil. Those in authority should rise up in defence of our right to life and freedom of movement and religion. Only a man who has never tasted war hungers for it. Do not forget that insecurity is an evil wind that blows no one any good. Go to Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria and see what has become of them.”

RIHANNA Tour Buses Stopped at Border WEED FOUND


RIHANNA Tour Buses Stopped at Border WEED FOUND


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Rihanna's tour buses were stopped at the border between Michigan and Canada ... and law enforcement .. authorities found weed.

A total of 10 buses were stopped at the Ambassador Bridge, which separates Windsor, Canada and Detroit. Inspectors smelled marijuana on one of the buses and initiated a secondary, bus-to-bus search.  

Inspectors then brought drug-sniffing dogs on board, and one of them made a beeline for a passenger and authorities found he was in possession of pot. We're told he was cited with a civil penalty.

Rihanna was not on any of the buses.

The real headline -- they only found a "small amount" of marijuana on one person in one bus. Who woulda thunk?



Wednesday 20 March 2013

Kanye Wants to Name His Baby North West



Kanye Wants to Name His Baby North West


Insiders claim Kanye West wants to name his baby North..
ECCENTRIC Kanye West wants to call his baby by Kim Kardashian NORTH.
The rapper, 35, came up with a list of potential names for the baby — due in July — but North is at the top because he thinks it sounds good with his surname.
He sounded out pals about the moniker last month while working in Paris during fashion week.
But the title is unlikely to go down well with girlfriend Kim, 32, whose family have a tradition of starting their first names with a K.
The reality star might also have a problem with her boyfriend’s next album title — I Am God.

I thought bombers were potential passengers - Survivor


I thought bombers were potential passengers - Survivor
As the smoke cleared from the New Road Luxury Bus Motor Park, in Sabon Gari Kano, victims of the terror attack, who were lucky to be alive to tell their stories, on Tuesday recalled moments before the bomb went off.
Most of the injured victims are currently receiving medical attention at the Murtala Mohammed Memorial Hospital, Kano.
One of the victims, Mr. Emmanuel Bassey, 37, who works at the Luxury bus park as a  park attendant  attached to Ezewanta  Transport, said he was hurt but lucky and happy to be alive.
In a telephone interview with our correspondent, (before hospital staff ended the encounter), he was full of gratitude to God for sparing his life.

According to him, he and several of his colleagues were going about their normal duties of attracting passengers to board buses for a commission when a small car with two occupants came into the park.
“I rushed to them faster than most of my colleagues. I went and asked them where they were going and one of them said they had yet to decide and that when they decided they would let me know. I left them and went away.

“But four of my other colleagues rushed to the car when they saw that I did not succeed.
“As they approached the vehicle, the driver sped off and headed towards some of the parked buses. Almost immediately, I heard a deafening sound! Then a thick black smoke and fire; there was confusion everywhere. I thank God I am lucky to be alive, my other colleagues died.”
He was not alone, Magawa Goje, 45, a retailer of dried beef, popularly called Kilishi, also counted himself lucky.

Goge said, “I sell Kilishi (dried beef) at the Sabon Gari Luxury bus park. I was busy selling my Kilishi to people who are getting on the bus when I heard a loud band and felt a sharp pain on my chin. That is all I can remember before I woke up on this bed. I heard people saying Boko Haram did this. Whoever did this will rot in the hottest part of hell. Allah will surely judge them.”
Meanwhile, traders in and around the park have relocated into other areas of Sabon Gari as rumours of reprisals continued to fill the air. Security has also been beefed up around places of worship.

Petrol price to go up-President Goodluck Jonathan


Petrol price to go up-President Goodluck Jonathan
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President Goodluck Jonathan says he will definitely raise gas prices again, but will “discuss” with the public the easiest way to do it.

On New Year’s Day 2012, Jonathan greeted Nigerians with the shock of new oil prices as he attempted to scrap so-called oil subsidies, leading to widespread strikes and protests that almost toppled his government.

He solved the problem at that time by partially revoking the effort.  He raised the price to 97 Naira a liter, up from 65 Naira.

According to agency reports, Jonathan said at a press conference in Lagos today, “We cannot continue to waste resources meant for a greater number of Nigerians to subsidize the affluent middle class, who are the main beneficiaries.”

He did not make any reference to the mammoth corruption and manipulation in the oil sector, and has kept in place Petroleum Minister Diezani Allison-Madueke, who has been serially accused of corruption and self-enrichment, as well as other officials.

Jonathan has also failed to implement the report of the Nuhu Ribadu-led Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force which last year made important recommendations on how to correct problems in the sector, just as he has throughout his presidency failed to implement various anti-corruption and good governance reports.

Hoodlums rape, kill market woman in Uyo


Hoodlums rape, kill market woman in Uyo

Afaha market.

Tragedy struck at  Afaha Market in Ibesikpo/Asuntan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on Tuesday when a trader was strangled after being raped by suspected hoodlums.

It was learnt that the woman from Ogoja, Cross River State,  had  gone  to  the weekly Afaha market  when the  incident occurred at night.

The woman, popularly called ‘Mama Oliver’, was said to have  gone outside the house to urinate when  four-man hoodlums swooped on her and took  turns to rape her.

The hoodlums thereafter strangled her for fear that she might recognise one or two  them.

An eyewitness, said, “Mama Oliver said she was going to urinate. It was in the process  that the hoodlums seized her. They had bouts of sex with her.

“It was believed that they strangled her because she could  identify some of the criminals. They feared that she might expose them if they let her go.”

A   friend of the deceased , Mrs. Eno Edet, told our correspondent that the death of Mama Oliver was shocking.

Pointing to Mama Oliver’s space in the market, Edet said, “I would never assume   that anyone  could  be so callous as to kill  an innocent woman just because of sex.

 “We have refused to  sell things. The death of Mama Oliver is painful. She and her other sisters usually come from Ogoja  on  Afaha Market days.

“You can see her  space in the market  with her wares. We are really sad.”

Another trader, Mr. Ekong Okon, said what happened in Afaha Market on Tuesday could be attributed to darkness.

He said, “Where the women slept was not far from where Mama Oliver went to urinate. If there was light, we  would have seen the men.

 “I think Mama Oliver knew some of these men. This could be the reason why they killed her. I still believe that if the place had been properly illuminated, the sad incident would have been averted.”

When Punch Metro  went to  the market , the deceased’s corpse had already been taken to a mortuary  in Ibesikpo/Asutan LGA.

All attempts to speak with Mama Oliver’s  sisters were unsuccessful . One of them  was said to have left for Ogoja while the whereabouts of the second were not known.

The state Command’s spokesperson, Mr. Etim Dickson, neither responded to text messages sent to his phone nor picked his calls.

Kano Bomb Blast: MASSOB Threatens War


Kano Bomb Blast: MASSOB Threatens War

The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has warned the nation about the possibility of another civil war over the incessant killings of Ndigbo in the Northern part of the country.
MASSOB leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike who issued the warning while reacting to Monday bomb blast at a motor park in Kano stated that Ndigbo would be forced to defend themselves from the recent killings in various parts of the North.
Uwazurike noted that the Igbo had been pushed to the wall by the Boko Haram insurgency, adding that the people would be left with no other option than rise to the occasion to defend themselves. 
He said: “I am ready to declare another civil war in this country if this killings and other senseless activities on Ndigbo continue like this because I know that it was this type of massacre that brought about the first civil war in Nigeria.”
“I am disappointed in our people, because when they were being slaughtered, I brought out buses to bring them home, but they refused to come home and keep living in the North.
“What I did was to safeguard their lives because their lives were in danger. But I want to warn President Goodluck Jonathan that there is limit to everything. Ndigbo can no longer continue to allow themselves to be senselessly killed in the North.
“We are not cowards because I believe that it was this type of senseless killings that prompted the civil war and we are aware of the consequences of the ongoing provocation, but I must warn, that Ndigbo are not cowards and will react if pushed to the walls because there is limit to everything,” he said.
Meanwhile, it was gathered that five luxury buses belonging to Gobison, Ezenwata and Chimezie transport companies were affected in the bomb blasts.

Plane loaded with one million euros dispatched to Cyprus


Plane loaded with one million euros dispatched to Cyprus


THE RAF is flying one million euros to provide British armed forces based on the skint island with emergency loans.
Banks in Cyprus are currently closed ahead of a proposed levy on savers - many of whom are Brit servicemen and their families.
The government wants to take cash from residents' accounts so they can secure a loan EU bailout as the country drowns under massive debts.
And it closed banks to stop people from getting their cash out.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the RAF flight, which left this afternoon, will provide people with emergency loans in the event that cash machines and debit cards stop working completely.
The MoD said it is determined to minimise the impact of the Cyprus banking crisis on “our people” and it will consider further shipments if required.
The Cypriot parliament held discussions on the levy and the bailout today but the leading party said it may abstain from any vote and the finance minister has reportedly offered his resignation.
The MoD said that as well as sending out the emergency fund, it is asking personnel if they would prefer this and future months’ salaries to be paid into UK bank accounts.
It said in a statement: “An RAF flight left for Cyprus this afternoon with one million euro on board as a contingency measure to provide military personnel and their families with emergency loans in the event that cash machines and debit cards stop working completely.
“We will keep this under review and consider further shipments if required.
“The MoD is proactively approaching personnel to ask if they want their March, and future months’ salaries paid into UK bank accounts, rather than Cypriot accounts.
“We’re determined to do everything we can to minimise the impact of the Cyprus banking crisis on our people.”




Boat Carrying 166 Passengers Sinks in Calabar

Boat Carrying 166 Passengers Sinks in Calabar


The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed that a wooden boat carrying 166 people about 40 nautical miles off the coast of Calabar capsized on Tuesday with only two known survivors. The boat which left on Friday from the remote town of Oron, in Cross River state was heading to Gabon.

David Akate, the Assistant Director, Information, Cross River Emergency Management Agency, confirmed the incident to National Mirror.

As at yesterday, the mood at the morgue of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, where 45 corpses of some of the victims have been deposited was that of gloom and people thronged the hospital to try to identify the remains of loved ones.

Official sources said the victims’ corpses were brought to Calabar instead of Malabo, where the mishap occurred, because they were believed to be Nigerians.

A Marine Transporter at the Calabar Inland Waterways, Ikechukwu Egwu confirmed the incident to National Mirror adding that the passengers of the boat were mostly Igbo traders who were travelling to Gabon. He said they boarded the wooden boat because it was cheaper.

How sad. May their souls Rest in Peace.

Lil Wayne Released From the Hospital

Lil Wayne Released From the Hospital


Days after it was reported that Lil Wayne was on his death bed , Weezy has been released from the hospital...

Lil Wayne was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Hospital in West Hollywood and spent 6 days in ICU after suffering several massive seizures caused by a suspected drug overdose.

Weezy's friends and family vehemently denied the reports.
Lil Wayne

According to gossip website TMZ.com, troubled rapper Lil Wayne was released from Cedars-Sinai hospital yesterday, where he was treated for recurrent seizures related to a reported drug overdose.
Confusion reigned when Wayne was re-admitted to Cedars-Sinai on Friday after a bodyguard found him unconscious on the floor of his hotel room.
Sources on the west coast told several websites, including this one, that Wayne was on his death bed. But the rumors turned out to be false. A tweet allegedly sent from Wayne’s phone only added to the confusion — and confirmed suspicions that Wayne was in no condition to send the tweet himself.

Monday 18 March 2013

60 killed, Dozens Injured In Luxurious Bus Explosion In Kano

60 killed, Dozens Injured In Luxurious Bus Explosion In Kano


Over 60 passengers were killed while dozens got injured following an explosion that hit an inter-state luxurious car park in Kano State North West Nigeria.

A member of Igbo traditional council in Kano, Tobias Idika confirmed the explosion to us shortly after the blast.

According to Mr Idika “IED was kept inside the luxurious bus which was about to leave Kano to Lagos, people were frying like chicken here and you know there are over two hundred people in this bus when the two IEDs”

Another eyewitness told us that Dozens of people were injured but could not count the number of dead persons.

At the moment, no one can confirm the status of casualties in this attack as effort to contact the police or JTF was not successful as at the time of compiling this report, however residents say the area was combed by JTF.

 

Saturday 16 March 2013

Father nails own kids to plank, says they are witches

Father nails own kids to plank, says they are witches

A  forty-year-old man, John Friday Akpan, from Akwa Ibom State but  resident in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, is now explaining to the police how he allegedly heeded the advice of a herbalist, one Dr Okokon, and tagged his two children, Elisha Udobong  and Esther, as witches.

Akpan, who allegedly subjected the two children, aged 12 and 6 respectively, to harrowing treatment by nailing them to a plank and locking them up without food for days, was said to have told the police   the children took his money to their “master in the witchcraft world and therefore deserved no mercy”.

The children, whose emaciated and dirty appearance replicated the images of starving children in famine ravaged Somalia and war torn Sudan following weeks of  starvation, said they survived  on water  supplied by one of the man’s kids by another woman. “Our sister, Peace, usually brought us water inside the hut when our father and our mother  had gone out”, Esther said.

The father, the kids said, used to reside in Akpabuyo with the family where he sent them to a private school, Regent Nursery and Primary School, Ikot Nkanda, but when their mother died and the man took another wife, Iquo, the story changed. Elisha, in JSS1, said: “My mother (stepmother )  said the woman who used to live near our house in Akpabuyo gave us food and she put something in the food and when we ate it we changed to birds at night and took out father’s money to our master in the witchcraft world”.

According to the boy, he was alleged to have taken 4 000 naira while Esther took 2000 and that angered their father and step mother who started beating them and denying them food “because they said  we took the money to our master”. The maltreatment became worse when they relocated to Calabar  and took up residence at 23 Akpandem Street, off Edim Otop Street at the municipality. “He (father) nailed us to one big plank and beat us that we should bring back the money but we had no money to give to him”, Esther said.

Unable to get back his money from the children, Akpan  allegedly went for the final onslaught against the kids by locking them up in an abandoned hut where he lived so that they could die. “When the situation became too bad, neighbours, worried that the children may die and the police descend on them, raised the alarm and reported to the police at the Airport Division who swooped on the parents and got them arrested”, Mr James Ibor, a  child rights activist,  told  Sunday Vanguard.

He said the DPO of the Airport Division called him “at about 11 am on Friday, March  8 that there was another case of children stigmatisation as witches and I went to the station and behold, what I saw made me weep”.

Ibori said the children were so hungry and weak that it was apparent that they would have died  if they had not, been rescued. “They were so weak that we had to give them water first, then some fruits; even at that the system of the girl could not accommodate the fruits and she had to visit the toilet  a few minute after she ate the banana I gave to them”.

DSP John Umoh, the spokesman of the Cross River State Police Command, said efforts were  on to arrest Okokon the herbalist so that “he and the parents can appear in court to answer charges on felony”.

Lil Wayne in Critical Condition


Lil Wayne in Critical Condition

Rapper Lil Wayne is in a medically induced coma after a suspected codeine overdose...

From TMZ 
5:16 PM PT -- We're told Wayne is being given his last rites ... with his family surrounding him to say their goodbyes.
Lil Wayne is in ICU in critical condition after suffering yet another seizure, and we're told it doesn't look good ... TMZ has learned.
We broke the story ... the 30-year-old rapper was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Hospital in L.A. Tuesday night after suffering multiple seizures. He was released Wednesday but just hours later one of his bodyguards found him in his room, on the floor and unconscious.
Wayne was rushed to the hospital again, but this time he did not stabilize. He was taken to ICU, where he was placed in restraints because he was shaking uncontrollably.
We're told Wayne is currently "unstable," and has been placed in an induced coma. He is breathing through tubes.
We're told several people are at Wayne's bedside crying, and a number of rap artists and family members are on the way. Sources say the scene is violent as Wayne shakes uncontrollably.
Sources say there's evidence Wayne went on a Sizzurp binge after being released Wednesday, because doctors found high amounts of codeine in his system.
We're told Wanye's stomach was pumped 3 times to flush the drugs from his system.

Man Charged With Killing Woman, Raping Her Daughter

Man Charged With Killing Woman, Raping Her Daughter
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A NY man who was previously arrested for possession of child pornography was charged with abducting and murdering a school librarian and raping her 10-year-old daughter, The Associated Press reports.
Police say David J. Renz, 29, removed his ankle monitor, then drove to a mall near Syracuse, NY, where he abducted the woman and her daughter as they left a gymnastics class, around 9 p.m. Thursday.
Renz forced the woman and her daughter into their SUV, bound them both, fatally stabbed the woman and raped the girl.
Police say he then drove a short distance to a location where the girl was able to escape. A passing motorist spotted the girl and stopped. The motorist told 911 dispatch he saw a man running away from the scene.
Sheriff’s deputies on the ground and in the air tracked Renz down and arrested him.
Renz was previously arrested in January and charged with the felony possession of child pornography consisting of 500 videos and 3000 images on one of 4 computers found in the bedroom of his North Syracuse apartment in June.
Renz was released from jail under the condition that he wear the ankle monitor, stay home at night, avoid the Internet, and stay away from schools and areas where there are children.
According to The Associated Press, Renz lost his job at a grocery store and moved in with his mother. He was unable to find work.
Federal probation officials are trying to determine why a monitoring company didn’t alert police when Renz removed his ankle monitor. Renz is being held without bond on federal and state charges.

Thursday 14 March 2013

LIL WAYNE HOSPITALIZED AGAIN For Seizures


LIL WAYNE HOSPITALIZED AGAIN For Seizures 
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Lil Wayne was hospitalized this week in L.A. following what appeared to be multiple seizures ...

Sources close to the rapper tell us, Wayne suffered the seizures Tuesday night after shooting a music video in L.A. and was subsequently taken to Cedars-Sinai hospital. Weezy was released several hours later, early Wednesday morning. We're told he's doing much better now.

It's not the rapper's first encounter with seizures either -- broke the story ... Wayne suffered two seizures on board separate airplanes last October.

Lil Wayne later acknowledged he'd been prescribed seizure medication by his doc.

Weezy's rep declined to comment.



Lawyer Jumps From 8th Floor Window With Baby in Her Arms

Lawyer Jumps From 8th Floor Window With Baby in Her Arms
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A Manhattan attorney jumped from her eighth floor Upper Manhattan apartment with her baby in her arms Wednesday morning.
Cynthia Wachenheim, 45, died on impact with the ground but, miraculously, her 10-month-old son Keston survived the impact, DNAinfo reports.
Wachenheim held the baby to her chest before she leaped. As she hit the ground, the boy bounced off her chest and started crying. A passerby ran to pick the infant up just as police and emergency responders arrived.
The attorney, known to friends as “Cindy”, leaped from an eighth story window of The Sutton building on West 147th street, at about 3:25 p.m., after arguing with her husband. Police believe he left the building before she jumped.
“I heard a small scream when she was in the air, and then I heard a nasty bang,” neighbor Steven Dominguez, 18, told DNAinfo.com. “It sounded like a big piece of wood hitting the ground.”
Dominguez’s mother, Adelina Dominguez, 45, ran to the wailing infant to pick him up.
“I saw the baby on the ground and I tried to pick it up, to comfort it, but the police told me not to,” she said.
Wachenheim started working as an associate attorney for the New York State Supreme Court in 1997. She recently took a leave of absence.
“All of us in the court family are saddened by this tragic incident,” said David Bookstaver, a courts spokesman. “Our thoughts are with her family during this difficult time.”
“They looked like a really happy family,” said neighbor Yaa Dwamney, 32. “I never would have thought she would be dead.”


McDonald’s Lawsuit Claims Toddler Ate Used Condom

McDonald’s Lawsuit Claims Toddler Ate Used Condom
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A Chicago woman is suing the McDonald’s corporation claiming her 2-year-old ate an item that wasn’t on the menu.
According to court documents, 2-year-old Jacquel “picked up a used condom that was on the floor” in the children’s play area of a Chicago McDonald’s. Then, the complaint alleges, the toddler coughed up a piece of the used condom.
The child’s mother, Anishi Spencer, claims her son, who is now 3, “has suffered severe and permanent injuries, both physical and psychological, as well as pain and discomfort.”
The complaint adds that the boy “will become liable for sums of money for continued medical care throughout his life.” The complaint also names Jacquel’s 4-year-old brother Jonathan, who Spencer said also handled the used condom.
She is seeking $50,000 plus attorney’s fees.
The complaint says McDonald’s Corporation and McDonald’s Restaurants of Illinois, Inc. “failed and neglected” to keep their restaurants clean of used condoms. But the lawsuit doesn’t mention the mother neglecting to monitor her own children.
McDonald’s USA director of operations Wanda Haltek said in a statement: “Providing a safe, clean environment is a top priority for us. This restaurant is no exception. These are just allegations and we strongly caution anyone from jumping to conclusions without having the facts.”
Haltek said she is still waiting for Spencer turn over the used condom for McDonald’s to examine.
“Because this is now a pending legal matter, it would be inappropriate to further comment or speculate,” she said.

Kidnapped foreign hostages killed in Bauchi?


Kidnapped foreign hostages killed in Bauchi?

Wait minute, let me get this straight. There's another terrorist group in Nigeria aside from Boko Haram? Which one is Ansaru again? Heard they broke away from Boko Haram, and their own is to kidnap and kill foreign workers. The Islamist jihadist militant group claimed their group kidnapped the seven Setraco workers on Saturday February 16th in Bauchi. 

Ansaru - which is vanguard for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa, claimed they'd killed the foreign hostages, then released a video on Monday March 11th showing some of the corpses of the slain hostages. (Pictured above)

The foreign hostages were from Greece, Italy, Britain and Lebanon. God help us in this country!

Nigerian man jailed 14yrs for trafficking teenagers from the UK to use as prostitutes across Europe

Nigerian man jailed 14yrs for trafficking teenagers from the UK to use as prostitutes across Europe


A Nigerian man has been jailed for 14 years for his role in the 'horrific' ordeal of two teenage girls being trafficked via London to work as prostitutes in mainland Europe.

A court heard Odosa Usiobaifo, 35, from Enfield, north London, was involved in a 'significant' organised crime gang trafficking young women for the purposes of sexual exploitation.

Usiobaifo was arrested after two Nigerian girls missing from local authority care in London were given false passports and tickets and placed on a flight to Spain.


 The 35-year-old, who had collected the girls from a pre-arranged meeting point before they were given the false documents and put on the flight, was found guilty of conspiring to traffick for the purposes of sexual exploitation following a four-week trial at Isleworth Crown Court.

He had pleaded guilty to conspiring to facilitate illegal immigration earlier in the trial.

The court heard the girls, aged 14 and 15 at the time, had previously been stopped by Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport separately on September 17 and November 23 2011. Both were using false passports which indicated they were adults.

They had arrived on flights from Lagos, Nigeria, and were attempting to travel on to Paris, the trial heard.



During interviews with the Serious Organised Crime Agency's Vulnerable Persons Team it became clear that the pair were being trafficked to mainland Europe, via London, for the purposes of sexual exploitation.

They were placed in local authority care but on 6 April 2012 were reported missing to Sussex Police by their respective foster carers.

Investigations revealed that contact had been made with the girls and Usiobaifo had collected them from a pre-arranged meeting point before they were given false passports and tickets and placed on a flight to Spain.

One of the girls was refused entry to Spain and returned to the UK, where she remains in the care of the UK authorities. The other passed through Spanish border controls and is still missing.


Usiobaifo was arrested at his flat in Enfield on 3 September 2012 alongside his partner Katie Igha, 25.

Last Thursday a jury found Usiobaifo guilty of all charges but acquitted Igha of trafficking. They failed to reach a verdict on a charge of conspiring to facilitate against Igha.

Senior investigating officer Jonathan Bush, from the UK Border Agency's Criminal and Financial Investigation team, said: 'We believe our investigation has disrupted a significant organised crime group suspected of being involved in the trafficking of young women into Europe through London.
'The ordeal these girls went through was horrific and tragically one of them remains missing.
'Working with Border Force, the police and SOCA we are determined to do all we can to stop the abhorrent crime of trafficking.'

Chief Inspector Jo Banks, who led the Sussex Police investigation into the girls' disappearance, said: 'This was a joint investigation with the UK Border Agency that led to the identification of Usiobaifo, and after a complex investigation showed his involvement in an organised crime group with the aim of trafficking young women for sexual exploitation.

'The two girls went through a turbulent ordeal, clearly aware of what was intended for them, and under the control of the traffickers. We will continue to search for girl who remains missing.'
A joint UK Border Agency and Border Force investigation, codenamed Operation Hudson, has involved law enforcement agencies in Britain and abroad. It is targeting a number of organised crime groups suspected of trafficking young women, via London, for the purposes of sexual exploitation.



New Pope Elected: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina

New Pope Elected: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina


76 year old Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Buenos Aries in Argentina has been named the 266th Pope. He's the first Latin-American Pope in the history of the Catholic Church, which is the longest running institution in the history of mankind...almost 2,000 years old.

The new Pope was the archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina before he was elected to lead the Catholic church. He was ordained for the Jesuits on Dec. 13, 1969. He has chosen the Papal name - Pope Francis 1.

Here are the facts:
-- He staunchly opposes gay marriage and abortion
-- He's from Argentina
-- He's 76 years old
-- He's the son of Italian immigrants
-- He's the first Latin-American pope ... and the first from the Americas
-- He's known for his advocacy on behalf of the poor, primarily in his home country



Wednesday 13 March 2013

Photo: Human parts seller caught red handed in Osun State

Photo: Human  parts seller caught red handed in Osun State

A middle-aged man has been caught selling human parts in the Oke-Opo area of Ilesha in Osun State. The man was caught by the Osun state police command after a tip off by residents of the area. He was actually caught while dismembering an unknown man. What he has refused to say is if he finds people, kill them, butcher them then sell their parts or if he digs graves for dead bodies and sell their parts. See the shocking photo after the cut...but *viewer discretion seriously advised*


Accident on 3rd mainland bridge this morning

 Accident on 3rd mainland bridge this morning





The accident happened around 11.45 am today. It was caused by a red saloon car which was loaded with foodstuff. The saloon car lost control and hit an SUV, causing the SUV to somersault. Fortunately no one was injured in the accident. After all that effort, it's only fair for me to post it and for you guys to read it and comment.. See more photos after the cut...



Monday 11 March 2013

Fashion nite with our own Mr . Kharkov 2012


Fashion nite with our own Mr . Kharkov 2012 


Watch out for the biggest show ever in  Kharkov, Ukraine  this year, this semester..
Fashion nite with our own Mr . Kharkov 2012 don't miss out
Follow my blog for details.

P-Square Spreading there Business to the Oil Sector

P-Square Spreading there  Business to the Oil Sector
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When they say Igbo people are enterprising, don’t take it for granted. And, even though we don’t know who ‘they’ are, stereotypes are there for a reason, right?

Peter Okoye (of P-Square) posted this photo on Instagram a few moments ago with the tag -

“Hustle must continue…. Oil business tinz….. No time.”

He also posted the following photo with this tag -

“When u start from the bottom..Who knows? God bless ma hustle. Wink*”
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In all honesty, I can’t tell if this should be taken literally (seriously) or not, but nonetheless, with all that security and with the look of that location, whatever type of ‘meeting’ they may be having there, must be bringing in the big bucks.

What do you guys think? Have P-Square gone ‘importer-exporter’

Mixed reactions about Genevieve Nnaji’s cleavage baring dress at AMVCA


Mixed reactions about Genevieve Nnaji’s cleavage baring dress at AMVCA

Genevieve at AMVCA ... is this going too far?

For years, Nollywood power diva, mother of one and award winning actress Genevieve Nnaji or Genny as her close friends call her has maintained a fashion signature that depicted her as a bold, confident, very Miss Independent kind of lady; her dresses were never revealing, her make-up far from over-done, her hair-do and body carriage showed her class as a woman not ready to flirt around; but last weekend at the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards held at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos, Genny stunned everyone!!!.

She appeared on the red carpet in a dazzling white piece dress and eyes, mouths around her popped open in shock. Genevieve had her parted cleavage area bare for everyone to see; her light fabric dress hid just half her breast.

It’s not the Genevieve Nnaji everyone used to know. She flicked across the red carpet and photographers, cameramen fell over themselves; pausing when she paused and falling apart again when she moved.

She was bold, staring everyone in the eye. She answered questions and still had that mighty presence that made her Genevieve Nnaji … but her dress was the ticking attention.

Clearly not all of the eyes and mouths popped because they felt she looked stunning. Genny is at the moment being lashed left and right on on-line media and social networks.

It is important to note here that Genevieve was not the only celebrity wearing a dress that showed a lot of skin, Karen Igho of Big Brother Africa was also in a daring dress of her own with half her cleavage exposed.

However it’s Genevieve Nnaji everyone is talking about. Her critics claim the dress was outrageous and completely undeserving of the character she had etched for herself over these years. Her formidable supporters however feel other wise. In their generous chorus, they insist Genny only tried to make a statement as a very dynamic and unpredictable woman backing up their claim with the fact that she had quickly switched back to a more modest yellow clad dress that had her amply covered.

But then statement or no statement. Do you think Genevieve Nnaji went too far in this dress?

Terrorists kill four in Kano drive-by shooting




Terrorists kill four in Kano drive-by shooting



Unknown gunmen on tricycle, Sunday, shot dead four persons in three separate incidents in Kano.

Security sources said that the first incident was recorded at Dakata, where a middle-aged man was shot at close range.

Minutes later, another person was shot opposite Custom barracks, located along Hadejia road all in Nassarawa Local Government Area of the state capital.

The source further explained that two other persons were shot dead at Hotoro Primary School, in the same local government.

Kano State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Musa Daura, however, said three persons were killed. A statement by the Police boss said: “The attack was carried out by unknown gunmen on tricycle around 1.30pm.

“Five fleeing suspects were arrested along Gezawa road shortly after the attack.”

The killings coincided with the one-day visit of Vice President Namadi Sambo to the state.

CHRIS BROWN 'IT'S JUST A SONG' I Don't Really Own RiRi's pussy


CHRIS BROWN 'IT'S JUST A SONG' I Don't Really Own RiRi's pussy


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Chris Brown is backing off last week's proclamation that he is sole and rightful owner of Rihanna's lady parts ... telling TMZ, "It's a song ... it's a song ... that's all it is."

Brown was leaving Lure nightclub in L.A. this weekend when we brought up the statement he made at the Emerson Theater last week ... when he gave the crowd a quick lesson about how to talk to women.

"You GOTTA say that one thing to her," Brown said ... "Don't make me have to tell you again, that's my p***y baby! ... so you better not give it away!"

But on his way out of Lure, Brown was playing it off as if it were only a joke ... so we joked back.

Chris laughed ... it was kinda funny.  Check out the clip.



12 HUGE CELEBS HACKED FINANCES EXPOSED


12 HUGE CELEBS HACKED FINANCES EXPOSED
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Twelve big celebs and political figures, including Jay Z, Beyonce, are the victims of a hacker who has posted detailed information about what appears to be their finances ... and we've learned law enforcement is on the case.

A website -- we're not disclosing the name -- has posted social security numbers, mortgage amounts, credit card info, car loans, banking and other info of major celebs.  In addition to Beyonce and Jay Z ... the site has snagged financial dossiers of Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton, Mel Gibson, Ashton Kutcher, Joe Biden, Robert Mueller, Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck.

The site was not able to get a lot on Joe Biden or Hillary Clinton, but most of the others on the list have had their financial info compromised.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... the LAPD has already launched an investigation.  We're told the FBI is looking into it.





Mother sells 18-month-old baby to man to make child pr0n

Mother sells 18-month-old baby to man to make child pr0n
Natisha Hillard and Christopher Bour

An Indiana mother sold her own infant to a man to make a child pr0n, NBC News reports.
Natisha Hillard, 24, was arrested after she sold her 18-month-old infant daughter to 39-year-old Christopher Bour for the purpose of making child pr0n.
Police say Hillard, who met Bour in an online dating chat room, was fully aware of Bour’s intentions when she agreed to the illegal transaction.
The FBI learned of the deal after being tipped off by an unidentified masseuse who said Bour phoned her about his intentions to sexually abuse the child himself.
According to London’s Daily Mail, two of the text messages read: “U wanna watch me play with a baby tomorrow a real one” and “I get a chance once in a while I was just seeing if you would hold the camera.”
An FBI agent pretending to be the masseuse texted Bour back, asking what he planned to do to the baby.
Bour responded with graphic details describing his sick plans to molest the baby.
FBI agents raided Hammond’s home in Hammond, Indiana, confiscating his computer and boxes of evidence, including photos and videos of Bour engaging in sex acts with minor children.
Hillard is charged with selling her daughter for production of child pr0n, and with allowing the child to participate in child pr0n.
Bour was charged with production of child pr0n, purchasing a child for the purpose of child pr0n and possession of child pr0n.
All of the charges are felonies. The FBI did not disclose the amount of the transaction.

Saturday 9 March 2013

Red Carpet Photos: Africa Magic Viewer's Choice Awards

Red Carpet Photos: Africa Magic Viewer's Choice Awards


The Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards took place tonight at Eko Hotel. From top left: Funke Akindele, Genevieve Nnaji, Rita Dominic, Osas Ighodaro and Karen Igho. Best dressed goes to?. See more red carpet photos after the cut...

Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi
Kunle Afolayan
Karen Igho
Efya & Lynxxx
Toke Makinwa
RMD & Toke Makinwa
Banky W
Eniola Badmus
Jim Iyke