Buhari Tells NEMA To Assist Benue Floods’ Victims

President Buhari has directed the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA to immediately mobilise personnel and resources to come to the aid of the victims of the flooding that has displaced over 100,000 persons in 12 local government areas of Benue State.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement yesterday.

The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari has received with great concern reports of the flooding in Benue State, which, according to early estimates, has affected thousands of homes and displaced more than 100,000 persons in 12 local government areas.


“Consequently, the President has directed the National Emergency Management Agency to immediately mobilise personnel and resources to come to the aid of the victims of the flooding.

“The President is closely monitoring the situation, and will be receiving regular updates on the scale of the disaster, as well as the Federal Government’s humanitarian response.

“The President extends his sympathies to the Government and people of Benue State, and assures that the Federal Government will make available any assistance needed to enable the state government and the affected communities to cope with and surmount the impact of the flooding.”

Sallah: K1 De Ultimate Welcomes Wife, Fatia and New Baby, Melisa from USA [Photos]

It promises to be SALLAH unusual at the sprawling Ijebu Ode home of Fuji music Lord, K1 de Ultimate as he welcomed the return of his beautiful wife, Fatia Opeyemi and new baby, Melisa from the United States.

Lady Aisha and her baby accompanied by their daughters, AnjolaOluwa and  Sawatuarafat arrived the famous music star’s  Ojusagbola’s mansion with joy Thursday evening.

Speaking to E24-7 Magazine, elated K1 said: “This is a special SALLAH for me and my entire family. It is a great re-union and I’m excited to receive my darling wife and the kids. It’s SALLAH unusual.”




It could be recalled that Fatia in April was delivered of Melisa at the St. Bernard Hospital, Chicago,State of Illinois, USA.With glee, K1 took to the social media to announce the arrival of the bundle of joy to the world.



“To God be the glory, my wife, Fatia Opeyemi Adufe Marshall did it again, @ exactly 11:41PM at St. Bernard Hospital in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, delivered another baby Girl.. Mother & child doing very well… Opeyemi a new record has been set by you. Thank you God Almighty.- K1 de Ultimate.”

My Nigerian boyfriend planted cocaine in my bag - Russian woman facing execution alleges

A 30-year-old Russian woman facing the death penalty in Vietnam for being a cocaine mule has fingered her Nigerian boyfriend.

Maria Dapirka, who has already written a ‘farewell letter’ to her mother, claims she was set up by her lover who posed as a top footballer.

Her lawyers have said she has accepted she may soon be executed, but still clings on to some hope she will be freed after three years in prison.


Dapirka, who lived in Thailand when she met her lover, known as Nick, was caught with almost 3kg of cocaine by Vietnamese customs on a flight from Singapore.

She said the cocaine was planted in her luggage by Nick — or ‘Chib Eze’ — who apparently has a penchant for seducing attractive young women before conning them into carrying drugs.

Dapirka’s verdict and sentence was due to be handed down by a Vietnamese judge on Thursday in a Ho Chi Minh city court, but the session was postponed ‘for further investigation’ for the fifth time.

In a letter to her mother Olga, a desperate Dapirka said she was ready for any decision by the court.

She wrote:

 “Don’t worry about me. I am fine. I am ready for any end. I hope you will manage to visit me.
“I’ve not seen you for four years. I miss you so much! Please take good care of your health.”

Her lawyer Sunkar Nurmagambetov said:

 “We have received Maria’s appeal. She addressed her family and said that she has not lost faith yet, but realistically, she understands there might be scenarios like a death sentence or life term.”

Pro-Kremlin news site Mash in Russia published a picture purporting to be ‘Nick’, the man she accuses of framing her after they met in Thailand.

A campaign organised by Maria Dapirka’s friends calling for her release alleged that ‘a whole criminal syndicate of Nigerian men work in Asia and all around the world, like Maria’s so-called boyfriend.

“They make up all sorts of stories, win trust, some even marry their potential future drug mules. Maria is not in this alone, there is plenty of girls like her who trust these men.”

Maria was caught with two nylon bags packed with cocaine in her hand baggage, and more wedged inside a magazine, at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport in August 2014.

Popular tourist destination Vietnam has some of the most severe penalties for drug offences in the world.
People caught with even small quantities of hard drugs are liable to be executed.

More than two dozen foreigners are currently facing the death penalty or life imprisonment for drug trafficking offences.

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Akwa Ibom Governor Promises Super Eagles $10,000 Per Goal

Udom Emmanuel, the Akwa Ibom State governor has promised to pay the Super Eagles $10,000 for every goal the team score against Cameroon in their 2018 World Cup qualifier in Uyo on Friday.

The governor also redeemed his pledge of $30,000 to the Eagles for their 3-1 win against Algeria in a 2018 World Cup Group B qualifier last year.

Emmanuel called on Nigerians to support the Eagles with prayers as well go to the Uyo stadium to cheer the team to victory against the Indomitable Lions.

Photo: Suspended Murderer On The Run Nabbed

A 27-year-old suspected murderer, Amadi, said he was arrested recently by policemen in Port Harcourt because of his dressing.

Amadi has been at large since December 19, 2016 when he allegedly stabbed somebody to death at Aker Base waterfront in Rumuolumeni, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The suspect told Daily Sun yesterday that he was apprehended on Monday, August 21, 2017 along Nkpordiagha road by policemen from Rumuolumeni Divisional Police Station overseen by Mr. Kingsley Chukwueggu.


He admitted to have committed the act as a retaliation during a fight with some boys who stabbed him and his companion.

Amadi said that he fled home after the incident in December 2016 and was nabbed recently when he boarded a tricycle from Nkpordiagha to waterfront to enter Port Harcourt City.

He said: “I was arrested on Monday, August 21 along Nkpordiagha road, by policemen when I wanted to cross water to Port Harcourt City.  Policemen were searching keke Napep (tricycle) passengers passing the road. They did not see anything with me but because of the way I dressed.  Police arrested me because I was wearing an earring and head-warmer. One of the policemen said I looked suspicious and arrested me.  I did not drag with them.”

He recalled the incident that led to the death of the boy was refusal of people carrying out oil bunkering at Aker Base waterfront to pay their daily fee to the community.

Amadi said he is an unemployed welder and was among the youths appointed by his community to collect money from the people doing bunkering business at the waterfront.

He explained: “When we got there (waterfront), we asked the boys doing business there the owner of the product. The boys did not respond.  We asked them again but none of them answered us.

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South African student turns to 'slay queen' after her account was mistakenly credited with over $1million

 A student who mistakenly received about $1 million instead of her usual $100 monthly university food grant splashed out on a massive massive 73-day spending spree with her friends.

Sibongile Mani, 27, who was claiming benefits to allow her to study, was said to have undergone a transformation overnight after the cash blunder.



The accountancy student at the Walter Sisulu University in Eastern Cape, South Africa, gets R1,400 ($100) each month put into her bank account in food and book allowances.

But instead the company that administers the financial aid allowances at the university mistakenly sent R14-MILLION ($1 million) in cash to the student.
 Eyebrows were raised initially when her neat corn-row hairstyle was replaced with  Peruvian weaves and she began wearing designer outfits and bought a brand new i-phone 7.

She began flashing the cash kitting out her closest friends with new outfits, drinking R700 -a-time bottles of whisky and jetting herself and her pals round the country to wild parties.

Suspicions grew when a till receipt from a local SPAR shop was leaked showing that she he had R13.6-million ($900,000) in her account and her wild spending became more lavish and talked about.

She was finally outed by Samkelo Mqhayi, deputy branch secretary of the South African Students Congress (SASCO), who reported her to the National Students’ Financial Aids Scheme.

He told Herald Live:

“She threw surprise birthday parties for her friends and showered them with expensive gifts and flew them to events where she bought the best seats.
“When the SPAR receipt was leaked showing a balance of R13.6-million in her account I called NSFAS and they checked their records and confirmed that the initial amount was R14-million".

By the time they found out after her two-and-a-half-month spending spree they discovered she had been blowing R11,000 a day which is a staggering amount in South Africa.
The total missing from the account is R818,00 ($64,000).

A fellow student said:

 “She went from a hard up, humdrum run-of-the-mill student to one who was leading a lavish lifestyle and seemed to have no bottom to her purse and lived the high life.
“She became very glamorous in beautiful dresses with all the accessories and we thought she must have won the Lottery. She must have thought she had won it too when she got that cash!”.

In a Facebook post Miss Mani claimed she had reported the error to the authorities.

She said:

”Today my personal life has become a social media scandal. I have been named and shamed in public. Today, I am a bad person, a person who stole the money of students.
“With that being said, and being named a thief, but as we all know in every story there is truth and there are lies with the very same story”.

She said she was not denying anything but would tell her side later but she has fled the campus and gone into hiding and shut down her Facebook page.

Police arrest man who stole N22.4m fishes

Police has arrested a 42-year old man Daniel Olokor, who allegedly stole 6,799 cartons of frozen fish, worth N22.4million. The said Olokor was on Thursday arraigned in a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State.

The defendant is facing a count of stealing.

According to prosecuting counsel, the accused posed as delivery man and absconded with the products.

The offence contravened Section 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The Magistrate, Jimoh Adefioye, granted the accused bail in the sum of N500, 000 with two sureties in like sum.

The case was adjourned until Sept.30 for a mention.

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Checkout Thin Tall Tony, Lilian Bach And Rosalin Meurer In This Photo

The skin tone on all of them though....

5 persons arrested by the police for lynching suspected ritualists in Mushin

5 persons were on Thursday arrested for lynching suspected two suspected ritualists in Mushin area of the metropolis.

The spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, who confirmed the arrest, said the suspects would be charged to court for jungle justice once the investigation was concluded.
Another ritualists’ hideout was uncovered in a tunnel at the Challenge area of Mushin, Lagos on Wednesday.

Sources said that two of the three suspects found at the hideout were lynched by a mob before the arrival of policemen.

“The hideout used to be the sewage tunnel of a moribund company in the area.
“Syringes and needles were also found in the hideout,” a source said.

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Notorious kidnappers nabbed in Lokooja

The Kogi State Police Command on Wednesday arrested three notorious kidnappers who have for a while been terrorizing the state, particularly Okene axis. The suspects are Mohammed Abdulrazak ‘m’ 30year, Yusuf Abona Jafaru ‘m’ 27 years and Iliyasu Yusuf Nyamida ‘m’ 37 years.  Commissioner of Police  in the state Wilson Inalegwu at a press briefing in Lokoja said the arrest is part of the commands fight against criminal activities such armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism, cattle rustling and other violent crime in the state, through a proactive crime preventing strategies.

Inalegwu said,

 “On the 30/08/2017 at about 9am, the Police Officers attached to OKENE Division on pin down duty stopped a Gulf Station Wagon, but the driver refused to stop, and was trying to escape but was given a hot chase by the operatives and eventually intercepted the car and arrested the three suspects at Okene Check point.
Items recovered from the suspects according to the Police Commissioner include; One Barreta Pistol with six rounds of live ammunition, One Tiger Pistol Revolver with twelve live ammunition, Nine Hand sets of different types, Small box containing surgical implements, One HP Laptop and One Ash colour Gulf station wagon Car with Reg. No. EKP 394 EX, EDO “The suspects will be arraigned in court on completion of investigation, while effort is on top gear to track down other members of the syndicate” the CP added.

Ooni Of Ife Tricked 201 gods To Marry Olori Wuraola

With their marriage confirmed to be over by Olori Wuraola, more details keep emerging about the 17-months old union.

Although the Ooni, Oba Adeyeye declared in 2016 when he took Wuraola for a wife that she was the choice of the gods, new findings have revealed this as a lie.


Ooni's first marriage to Adebukola nee Bombata was troubled before he was installed king but they had to patch things up for the coronation.She however lives in London now.

Upon Bombata's exit after coronation, the king reportedly presented three names of his then girlfriends—Adediwura Adeyemi, Sonia Obahon and another lady.

The king was said to have given Sonia the name Wuraola.

“But he (Ooni) was warned by many not to marry Sonia. She was said to have been married to a Lebanese businessman who was resident in Dubai and had kids. He was adamant and must have allegedly bribed his way with some priests to have the name Wuraola chosen. Even if you bribe human beings, can you bribe the gods? It’s a sacrilege for any woman to walk out of the palace. It’s a slap on tradition. A slap on the throne,” said a source close to the palace.

So, the oracle chose the name Wuraola and dropped others.

Ambode Donates N5m To Widow Of Man Killed For Exposing Kidnappers’ Operation [Photo]

The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has donated N5 million to the widow and children of Osaze Omorogbe, a community leader killed and burnt by kidnappers for leading security agents to foil their operation.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Community and Communications, Kehinde Bamigbetan, who presented the cheque to the family on behalf of the governor at a ceremony at the family’s residence in Isawo, Ikorodu, praised the deceased for his heroic role.

Mr. Bamigbetan was received by the Chairman of the Community Development Association, Ahmed Yusuf.


Reading the condolence message personally signed by the governor, the Special Adviser said the late Mr. Omoregbe paid the supreme sacrifice while responding to the government’s charge to community development associations to support its effort to rid the state of kidnappers.

Part of the condolence message read, “It is with deep grief that I share your sorrow on the unfortunate death of your father, husband and breadwinner, Mr. Osaze Omoregbe.

“At a time our administration is consolidating partnership with our communities and their courageous and committed leaders, your benefactor stood up to be counted. He supported the forces of light seeking to crush the notorious kidnappers who had turned your neighbourhood into a jungle of death.

In that patriotic response to our call to join hands and collectively secure our communities, he paid the supreme price.”

Receiving the cheque, the widow, Omodunni Omoregbe, who was short of words, broke into tears.

Speaking on behalf of the LCDA, the chairperson, Jumoke Ademehin-Jumbo, thanked the Lagos State Government for coming to the rescue of the family.

I have many more songs for you people to ban - 9ice to NBC

Last week NBC banned a couple of songs to include 9ice's Living Things.

The veteran singer has finally spoken about the ban in a new interview telling NBC to be ready as he has even more songs for them to ban.

Speaking with Hip TV:

'After the ban there was another letter that the song was not banned. But I am thanking the NBC for the ban, because after the ban the song go blow so NBC I am releasing more songs soon that you guys will have to ban' he said.

Photos: Emmanuel Emenike & Fiancee Welcome Baby Girl

Iheoma Nnadi is a mom! The ex-beauty Queen and her fiance, Nigerian Footballer, Emmanuel Emenike who plays at a Turkish club have welcomed their bundle of joy.

Iheoma and Emenike got engaged last year and have been living together ever since, in fact before the engagement. They welcomed their baby at a UK hospital yesterday and excited Emenike took to IG to break the news.  He wrote;
  
“Blessed and highly favored. Our princess is here. #daddyduties”

We say big congrats to he couple.

Leo DiCaprio Also Donates $1m For Hurricane Harvey Relief

Leo DiCaprio has just donated $1 million for Hurricane Harvey relief just like Sandra Bullock.

Leo's foundation gave the money to the United Way Harvey Recovery Fund which is meant to be used for both short and long-term relief.

United Way says the entire amount will go to help victims of the epic storm.

Photos: 6 Top Boko Haram Commanders Killed

The Nigerian Army in conjunction with the Nigeria Airforce have killed six top Boko Haram commanders in the Northeast during a bombardment of their hideouts.

A statement released by Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman, Director Army Public Relations revealed that the Boko Haram commanders were killed in their hideouts.

”The key Boko Haram terrorists (Ameers) neutralized within the week during the joint artillery and Nigerian Air Force air bombardments include; Abu Dujana, Man Tahiru (Deputy to Boko Haram terrorists group Hisba leader), Man Chari, Malam Abdullahi (left) Abu Sa’ad (Right) and Goni Bamanga.” More photos...

Demolition Of Owerri Market Led To My Grandma's Death- Kelly Hansome

Aww Kelly Hansome is so bitter and has taken to instagram to pour out his mind after claiming he lost his grandmom over the demolition of Owerri market. What he wrote;

“My Grandmother died from complications that developed after her blood pressure went up following the news of killings and destruction of the Eke Ukwu Market in Owerri. The fear created by the chaos and lives lost by the shootings raised her blood pressure too high and this eventually resulted to a heart attack which the doctors tried to manage to no avail. Now she’s gone, never to return. What have I done to deserve this? So this (is) what I get in return from the Imo State Government? Nnu emena. To all those that have lost their loved ones or valuables or even both, please take heart. My comfort lies in one unchangeable fact – NA GOD GET POWER. Till we meet again Mmakuku, rest in peace.”

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When we link up it's magical -2Face can't keep his hands off Annie Idibia as they reunite

After some time apart,power couple, 2Face and Annie Idibia reunited last night .She shared a video which sees her husband all over her writing

Loveeeeeeeee himmmmm...
Ain't no shame in it.. When we link up it's magical ... #tooblessedwithDaBest

They are so cute together.

We don't have the power to arrest people for hate speeches-Nigerian military

The Defence authorities have denied the claim that the military is monitoring hate campaigners  with the aim of arresting them, saying it does not have the powers to arrest Nigerians in that capacity.

The Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. John Enenche, said this while featuring on Sunrise Daily on Channels Television on Wednesday.
He explained that the military would only monitor the social media for information that could be useful for the planning of its operations.

When asked to respond to the accusation that the military was planning to arrest hate campaigners, he said,

“There was nothing like that. We do not have power to arrest people for hate speeches. It is just false assertion, against the military, and against my humble self that I said that we will be arresting people or checkmating people.
“The military is not going to be monitoring hate speeches. Did I tell you hate speech in your recordings? We have a strategic media centre, our strategic media centre monitors the media, simple. And it is like that all over the world. And we take that because it helps us to transform the nature of the intelligence to enable us to prepare for whatever call up we get to ensure security in this country.
 “Let me tell you and tell the public without fear of anybody; we are trained to do threat analysis of anything that would threaten the security of this country. So, it is part of our threat analysis. Any person can interpret it to mean that it is a follow up to the speech of the Vice-President (Yemi Osinbajo), the then Acting President and then the minister of interior; then that person can be right. Where do we take instruction from, where do we get information from? But on the whole, it is part of what is called threat analysis.”