President’s Convoy In Auto Crash In Nasarawa

The convoy of President Goodluck Jonathan, was on Monday, involved in an auto crash, leaving 14 persons injured.

Witnesses confided in the Nigerian Tribune that three confessional policemen, three mobile policemen, one member of the civil defence corps, as well as one official of the state branch of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and six civilians were seriously injured, and were currently receiving treatment at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Umar Shehu, who confirmed the incident on Tuesday, said the state government had since released funds for the treatment of all the victims. He said some of the victims have been discharged but those who have serious fracture were still at the hospital.

According to him, the accident happened when the vehicle of a prison officer ran into the convoy of the president and collided with one of the riders, who somersaulted and thereafter ran into the crowd.

“They are all responding to treatment at the hospital. Some have fractures on their legs. The prison officer sustained minor injury. He is still in police custody while investigation is ongoing,” he said.

It will be recalled that the president was in Lafia for the inauguration of the newly constructed Federal High Court and Ta’al Model School constructed by the present administration in the state. He was represented by Vice-President Namadi Sambo.

Shocking Photo: Lagos Policemen Kill Undergraduate And Friend In A Gruesome Video

Policemen attached to the Badagry Police Division, Lagos State, and some hoodlums have been accused of killing a 25-year-old undergraduate of Delta State University, Ifechukwude Nwainokpor, and his friend, identified simply as Kazeem.

An eight-minute video clip of the gruesome killing showed the two victims handcuffed together. They were covered in their own blood and beaten to death with sticks. Tyres were also put round   their necks.

An irate mob could be seen in the video, shouting, “die, die, burn them, burn them.”

At some points in the video, a policeman was seen interviewing the boys. He asked who sent them (victims) to rob the area, an accusation they denied. One of the hoodlums, holding a sharp object attempted to cut off the private part of

Photos: Mob Catch And Beat Up Thief Till He Bleeds In Delta State

The young man in the ditch is a thief, who was caught this morning in Shell road, Sapele, Delta state.According to an eyewitness, the thief (name unknown) had snatched a woman's handbag in another part of town, Ugbeyi Sapele and sped off on his motorcycle. 

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The poor woman couldn't raise an alarm, but fortunately a soldier who saw her bag get snatched quickly borrowed someone's Hilux and gave the thief a hot chase. 

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Somehow, the thief got away.

But not for too long. Cos nemesis caught up with the thief when he got to Shell road. 

Some young men noticed the motorcyclist was holding an handbag but was without a passenger. 

When the thief was approached, he sped off. But unknown to him, where he rode to was a dead-end.

The youth chased him into the bush, caught him, battered him, and threw him into a pit, waiting for the police to arrive.

Some members of a vigilante group came to take the thief away, but onlookers refused and told them they were waiting for the police to come and carry him. 

Finally the police came and what they could say was "we can't carry him the way he is" and they went away. 

Then somebody took a motorcycle and went to call the army. 
When the soldiers came, one of them said this was the guy I chased this morning with someone's Hilux but I didn't know where he diverted to with his motorcycle cos I wasn't familiar with the route. 

The soldiers ordered for him to be put into the trunk of their car. While doing that, a girl shouted "he is my brother" repeatedly. 
The soldier dashed off to her, flogged her with the fan-belt he was holding, kicked her feet off the ground and beat her till she took off. 

Boko Haram Slaughters 8 In Borno

Eight persons, including a lecturer at the College of Education, Waka, Biu Local Government Area of Borno State (names withheld) were, yesterday, slaughtered by suspected Boko Haram members.

They were suspected to have invaded the town after escaping from their camps in Sambisa and other camps in Borno and Yobe states, during the military raid.

It was learnt that the killing took place around the popular Kadafur Cinema area and other wards where a lecturer at the Waka College of Education, who was also an Islamic cleric, three members of a family and four others were slaughtered.

Meanwhile, the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Kano is considering floating a civilian JTF outfit to complement efforts by security agents to police Sabon Gari, a predominantly Christian quarters that had witnessed terrorist attack recently.

Briefing journalists in Kano, Chairman, Kano chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Tobias Idika, explained that the option had become "very viable in the light of increased activities of terrorists in the densely populated quarters.

Idika said that the "option of taking up our collective security through civilian JTF, is long overdue to set an example on how members of the guest community can best come together to confront a national question threatening the fabric of the nation.

"Residents of Sabon Gari have been the target of attacks by the extremist group since they struck January 20, 2012.

"The motor park bombing last March, with its attendant devastation, is still fresh in our mind and the question left unanswered is 'for how long would members of the guest community continue to lose its productive population?"

Borno Deputy Governor reacts

Last Tuesday, Deputy Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Zanna Mustapha, who is also from Biu Local Government Area in an interview with newsmen in Maiduguri, lamented the increasing killing of innocent people in Biu.

He said the state government was not interested in the restoration of GSM network in the state for now as doing so will jeopardise the relative peace being enjoyed in the state.

A reliable source, who just arrived Maiduguri from the troubled town, said: "Biu is no longer safe. There were pockets of killings by suspected Boko Haram sect in the last few days.

"In fact, most of the killings were targeted at school teachers and Islamic clerics, and the most unfortunate thing is that the terrorists have devised a means of using knives to slaughter their targets, as using gunshots will attract security agencies."

It was gathered that military task force has been deployed to the streets of the town to ensure safety of lives and property, even as some volunteered youths have offered to assist the security agencies in apprehending those perpetrating such act.

JTF spokesman, Lt-Col Sagir Musa, could not be reached at time due to lack of telecommunication services in the area. -Vanguard

Why Funke Akindele's husband announced their breakup on Facebook

Funke Akindele's enstranged husband recently revealed he was building a one-storey building for her before she left.According to a report by E24-7 magazine,this is what the real situation is.
"That place is not for me, I have been through hell and back," she told E24-7MAGAZINE on Friday.

"I was abused emotionally and verbally. Really, I felt we could work things out when the trouble started two months after the marriage, but I made up my mind and shut the door of the marriage at him when the trouble was coming to me too much. I stooped to conquer him; buried my fame and name to make him my husband, but it did not work.
At a point in time, I asked if it's not the same man that was all over me before we married. He nearly got me off my career. He called me severally; I did not pick his calls but when he realized my silence was tormenting him, he took to Facebook. It's alright. Ask him when did he come to my house last? He left me here in my rented apartment with nothing and he will just dash in and dash out. He gets abusive, caustic anytime we have a misunderstanding and often told me to my face, he's going to his wife in Oshodi."
At Oshodi, she said, she received a warm welcome from the wife, Fadekemi, but constant humiliation from Kehinde.
"She was really loved by the kids at home; she enjoyed taking them out to eateries and stores. Sometimes, they spent the weekend with her and she followed them to school. The children will surely miss her," our source, close to the family, said. Now that the cookie has crumbled, Kehinde, she said has been calling and sending text messages begging her to come back.
"He sent me sms that he has seen a buyer for his house at Adeniyi Jones for N40million. He asked me if he should sell it and that if he does, he will buy me a new car and a rent me a new apartment. Why now? I don't need all that, I want my sanity."

After she ignored him, he sent her another text abusing her and calling her names. "So you can see that he does not mean well for me," she re-iterated. E24-7 checks frevealed as at Saturday evening Kehinde was combing the nooks and crannies of Ikorodu to locate Funke's dad's house. He boasted: "I will do anything to win my wife back."

ASUU Strike: Please, “bear with us,” FG Appeals To Students, Parents

The Federal Government has appealed to university students and their parents to be patient as negotiations are ongoing with striking university lecturers.

Briefing journalists after the weekly meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation, FEC, the Information Minister, Labaran Maku, said government was worried because the disruption of the university calendar comes at a social cost to government.

"We are appealing to our people, particularly parents and children of this nation, to bear with us, to show more understanding and we pray that this type of strike will not reoccur; because the public school system suffers a lot of damage with the perennial strikes," Mr. Maku said.

University lecturers, ASUU, have been on strike for over four weeks demanding that the government fully implement a 2009 agreement it had with the union.

The government insists it wants a renegotiation of the some parts of the agreement claiming the agreement was not signed by the Goodluck Jonathan administration.

Mr. Maku said the government was very worried about the strike. He assured that the strike will soon be called off and that an "understanding will be reached soon enough to enable our students return back to school."

"Government is very worried and concerned every time the school calendar is disrupted. It has its cost to the nation; particularly the idle time our children spend at home can lead to a lot of social difficulties.

"We don't want school calendars to be disrupted and a lot of series discussions have been going on and we believe we should record some progress soon enough for these schools to open," he said.

Mr. Maku noted that universities have been relatively stable since the advent of the Jonathan administration, as in the last two years "there has not been a lot of strikes until this unfortunate one and I believe we will overcome it and in the end both parties will appreciate the need to keep the school calendar stable for the progress of our country."

He said the "government is working hard to ensure we reach an agreement to resolve this problem so that our schools can reopen" -Premium Times

ASUU Threatens To Cancel Post-UME Exams In Universities

Thousands of students who wrote the university-organised matriculation examinations, commonly called Post-UME, during university lecturers strike may have engaged in a futile exercise and may be forced to re-write the examination as lecturers complain they had no input in the exercise.

Speaking at a press conference called by the Ibadan Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the Lagos State University, Ojo, the Zonal Coordinator, Adesola Nassir, said the leadership of the universities that have conducted the examination hurriedly did so because of the financial gains accruable from the candidates.

"It is an abnormality," he said. "How can you hold such an important examination without the input of academic staff," he asked.

"Vice-chancellors are employing non-academic staff and consultant to do Post-UME. They are doing it because of money. The exam already constitutes a crisis-point in the universities."

Mr. Nassir said the "results from the examination may be jettisoned."

After writing the government sanctioned Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), most individual universities in Nigeria require students to pass internally organised matriculation examinations called Post-UME.

In most cases, an average a student's score from both examinations is considered before the student is granted admission. This arrangement started in 2005 over complaints about the falling standard of UTME by universities.

The Ibadan Zone of ASUU comprises University of Lagos (UNILAG), University of Ibadan (UI), Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Lagos State University (LASU), University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (UNAAB), and Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED).

Rivers Assembly Leader, Chidi Lloyd Arraigned For Attempted Murder

After eight days in police custody, the Majority Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Mr. Chidi Lloyd, on Wednesday, finally appeared before a High Court in Port Harcourt.
Lloyd, arraigned on six counts of attempted murder, conspiracy, assault and malicious damage, arrived at the court about 10.52am accompanied by riot policemen and other security operatives.

Clad in blue attire, the lawmaker limped as he entered the court premises, supported by two unidentified persons.

The offence of the PDP lawmaker, who was reportedly involved in the fracas in the State Assembly on July 9, 2013, the prosecution said, was contrary to Section 320 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap 37 laws of Rivers State of Nigeria 1999.

Lloyd allegedly hit his fellow lawmaker, Mr. Michael Chinda, with a fake mace during a fight at the Assembly chamber.

During the hearing, the prosecution counsel, Mr. Donald De-wigwe (SAN), objected to the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Worgu Boms' plea to take over the criminal proceeding.

De-wigwe argued that Boms could not take over the court proceedings since there was no proper arraignment of the accused before the court.

De-wigwe said, "Judicially, the argument does not stand. It is not a law of today. The issue is that whether or not there is a criminal proceeding before the court. Until plea is taken, there is still nothing for the attorney-general to takeover."

Referring to legal authorities to defend his argument, De-wigwe said the attorney-general's attempt to take over the criminal proceeding of the court was premature.

Boms had earlier noted that Section 211 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, empowered him to take over the case.

Noting that the measure was necessary in the interest of justice, the Attorney-General insisted that the alleged offence was against the state.

He added, "I stand here by the powers conferred on me by Section 211(1)(b) of the 1999 Constitution to take over the prosecution of the matter between the Commissioner of Police and Chidi Lloyd."

Also, Lloyd's lead counsel, Mr. Beluolisa Nwofor (SAN), who objected to the appearance of De-wigwe and other lawyers for the prosecution, explained that as private lawyers, they needed to obtain a fiat from the state Attorney-General to prosecute the matter.

Nwofor said, "I object to De-wigwe's appearance for prosecution. He is not a police officer, but a private practitioner. The law requires that for a private practitioner to appear in a criminal charge by the Commissioner of Police, he should tender a fiat from the Attorney-General of the state.

"I urge the court to expunge the appearance of all the lawyers announced by the SAN, except J.C.A. Ideachaba, a Superintendent of Police, who filed the information."

He argued that the letter presented to the court by De-wigwe was not enough as far as the law was concerned.

De-wigwe, however, disagreed saying the state Commissioner of Police initiated the charge not the state Attorney-General.

Justice Nyordee adjourned the case till August 6, 2013 to rule on the submissions of the opposing counsel as it concerned the declaration for a takeover of the criminal proceedings by the Attorney-General.

Meanwhile, there was tight security at the court premises as security operatives frisked all that entered the courtroom.

Husband Who Killed His Wife Over Snake Arrested In Edo State “Killing Snake Is A Taboo” – Suspect Claims

A Nigerian man identified as Godwin Idon is cooling off in police detention after he allegedly beat his wife to death in a rural area of Edo state after his son killed a snake in their living room.

NAN reports that serious quarrel ensued between the couple after one of their sons had allegedly killed a snake in their living room.

The husband was said to have been infuriated by the action which he described as a taboo in the community.

After a week of quarrel, the wife in company of her mother-in-law decided to seek the intervention of a native doctor to know the implication of the son’s action.

It was when she returned that the husband accused her of foul-play and subsequently hit the wife on the head with a plank during a fight before the woman collapsed and died.

The remains of the deceased, who died on the spot, had been deposited in a morgue in Sabongidda-Ora, headquarters of the council.

The Police Area Commander, Mr David Jimwang, who confirmed the incident, told NAN that the man has been arrested and transferred to the state police command, Benin for further investigation. [NAN]

Fish Boy:Pan Xianhang Suffers From Itchy Scale Skin With Fish-Like Scale As Skin

Eight-year-old boy, Pan Xianhang has been nicknamed 'fish boy' by neighbours because he's covered from head to toe in thick, itchy scales.

He was born in Wenling, China with a rare genetic skin disease known as Ichthyosis, after the ancient Greek word for fish.

Ichthyosis is a heterogeneous family of at least 28 generalized, mostly genetic skin disorders. All types of ichthyosis have dry, thickened, scaly or flaky skin. In many types there is cracked skin, which is said to resemble the scales on a fish.

Most sufferers develop dry scaly skin across part of their body, but Pan's case is severe, his scales have affected the shape of his eyes, nose, mouth and ears and they limit the movement of his arms and legs.

The condition also means he's in constant pain and struggles to sleep at night because of the itching.

Sufferers are treated with creams, oils and moisturisers, which are designed to hydrate the skin.

Liz Dale a spokesperson for the UK-based Ichthyosis Support Group said: "There is no known cure and treatments for ichthyosis are predominantly keeping the skin moisturised with plenty of emollients i.e. lotions and creams.

"The skin needs to be moisturized to prevent it from further drying out, which could cause the skin to crack, making it more prone to infection, which may be fatal."

It is estimated that each year, more than 16,000 babies are born with some form of Ichthyosis, varying in severity of symptoms, according to Foundation for Ichthyosis & Related Skin Types.

Even as Doctors are currently looking into other ways to treat him, Pan is not the first to make headlines for this stifling disease.

Total Nigeria Trainee Recruitment Programme 2013

Total E & P Nigeria Limited (TEPNG) is a leading Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Company and a subsidiary of the Total Group. The company is in a growth phase, and as part of its expansion activities, welcomes applications from suitably qualified Nigerians for its Oil & Gas Production Operations Training Scheme facilitated by a Training Company. During the training programme participants will be on a Training Contract and on successful completion of the training programme would be considered for the usual recruitment process leading to employment in TEPNG.

Total E & P is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Trainee Production Operators

Ref No: 10050514
Location: Any City, NG

Job description
Training Scheme facilitated by a Training Company. During the training programme participants will be on a Training Contract and on successful completion of the training programme would be considered for the usual recruitment process leading to employment in TEPNG.

Required skills

Education
OND or its equivalent in any Engineering Discipline.
Must have graduated not before 2010.

Experience: 
No work experience is required.

Skills 
Good aptitude and fast learning skills.
Application Closing Date
27th August, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:

Kano Bomb Blast Survivors Narrates Ordeal “The Bombers Attacked Us At Sabon Gari”

Few of the people who survived the multiple bomb blasts that hit Kano on Monday night recounted their experiences on Tuesday morning.

One of them, Mr. Emeka Mba, a member of staff of the transport company, Young Shall Grow Motors, who survived the blast with multiple wounds, recounted his sad experience to reporters.

He said, “I was with some of my friends along Ibo Road, when all of a sudden, I heard a loud sound and I saw people running. I just woke up to see myself in this hospital. Those who did this must be punished.”

Another victim, Mr. Emmanuel Ani, a bar attendant in one of the drinking shops, said, “As I am talking to you, I cannot explain what really happened.

“What I presently remember is that I was about giving a customer a plate of Isi-ewu (goat head) and suddenly, I heard a loud sound and everything went blank.”

At Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital, a survivor, Mr. Alade Ezekiel, 47, a printer, told newsmen that he went to Sabon Gari to eat when the incident occurred.

He said, “At about 9pm, I went to Sabon Gari to eat when the bomb blast happened. I heard a loud sound and I felt a sharp pain here (pointing to his left hand). A sharp object pierced through my left hand and leg; I saw blood all over. I managed to escape when a military patrol team saw that some of us were alive and they brought us here.” [PUNCH]

£3, 000 Uk Visa Bond: We Will Retaliate -FG

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru

The Federal Government on Tuesday insisted on retaliatory action against British citizens if their government went ahead with its plan to impose a £3, 000 visa bond on visitors from Nigeria and five other Commonwealth countries.
It expressed displeasure that Downing Street, which had already set November as the discriminatory policy’s commencement time, had not deemed it neccessary to formally communicate to it on the next step of action.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, had at a meeting with the British High Commissioner, Andrew Pocock, conveyed the desire of Nigeria to retaliate the policy.
The spokesperson for the ministry , Ogbole Ode, said in a statement in Abuja, that the British authorities were already aware of the Federal Government’s position on the matter.
The statement reads, “Media reports in Nigeria on Monday, July 29, 2013, indicated that the United Kingdom Government will begin to implement from November, 2013, the £3,000 cash bond for first-time visa applicants from Nigeria, and five other Commonwealth countries. The other countries are India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. These media reports themselves were quoting the Financial Times of London.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has yet to receive any official communication on the final decision of the UK government on this matter. The Federal Government has already conveyed its objection to the bond payment to the UK government. This was done when the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Ashiru, summoned the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Andrew Pocock, to the Tafawa Balewa House, on June 25, 2013.
“If and when a communication to that effect is received, the Federal Government will take appropriate steps to reflect its national interest. ”
When contacted, the spokesman for the British High Commission in Abuja, Rob Fitzpatrick, said, “No final decision has been made” on the controversial policy.
He said, “As British Prime Minister David Cameron has said, we want the brightest and the best to help create the jobs and growth that will enable Britain to compete in the global race. So, for example, if you are an overseas businessman seeking to invest and trade with world class businesses, one of the thousands of legitimate students keen to study at our first-class universities or a tourist visiting our world class attractions, be in no doubt: Britain is open for business.”
It will be recalled that Ashiru, at the meeting with Pocock, warned that the government would retaliate the discriminatory policy.
On Monday the British government defended a campaign advising illegal immigrants to “go home or face arrest.”
Two trucks, each displaying a large poster with a number for migrants to send text messages if they desired to return to their countries , were seen in six London boroughs for a week.
It was learnt that posters, leaflets and advertisements in newspapers would run for a month to further promote the campaign, a pilot scheme by the interior ministry.
A member of the Liberal Democrat Party, the junior partner in the coalition government with the Conservative Party and Business Secretary, Vince Cable, called the campaign “stupid and offensive.”
The opposition Labour Party’s home affairs spokeswoman, Yvette Cooper, also said the scheme was “ludicrous.”
But Prime Minister David Cameron’s spokesman defended the campaign, saying it was clear that it was “already working” as some illegal immigrants had voluntarily agreed to leave the UK.

Woman Pierces Neighbour’s Heart With Knife During Scuffle In Lagos

(Vanguard) – Saturday, June 22,2013, will for a long time remain indelible in the memory of Godwin Olah, 37, following an incident that claimed the life of his 28- year-old wife, Stella, during a row with a neighbour identified as Stella Omoigiafo Gilbert (31). The suspect, a mother of one, allegedly pierced the heart of the deceased, a mother of three aged between six and three, with a knife after a scuffle in their compound.

The grieving husband of the deceased who hails from Obudu local Government Area of Cross River State, Godwin, told Crime Alert at their number 59, Ojora Street, Ajegunle, Lagos residence that the suspect also inflicted severe injuries on his wife’s hand before piercing her heart resulting to her death. Amidst tears, he narrated his ordeal since the untimely death of his wife.

His story: ”It happened that on June 22, 2013, at about 6pm, one of my sisters came calling on us. I decided to carry one small bench at the front of a neighbour’s house for the visitor to sit inside our room. Immediately, Stella, our neighbour, rushed out of her room and accosted me, asking why I should carry the bench inside. The owner of the bench, on hearing our argument, came out and asked her to let us be, but she refused, instead she went inside, brought out hot water and poured on us. I reasoned that if I engage in a fight with her, it might result to some serious consequences, so, I went to the police station at Ajaromi and reported the case.

Stella

“On getting back to the house, I saw my wife lying on the corridor in front of our room. I shook her but no response came from her, and the lady that engaged her in a fight was nowhere to be found. Hence, I went back to the station the second time to report of her death. The Police sent an officer to accompany me and see things for herself. The officer came, saw the lifeless body of my wife on the corridor and we went back to the station where she made her report.

The Police also requested that I get a report from the General Hospital here in Ajegunle. I took the body of my wife there and she was confirmed dead on arrival. There after, with the help of some good Samaritans around, I took her body to the Naval hospital mortuary, but she was rejected because we did not go with a police report. I brought her back and laid her on the floor in our room until the next morning.

Then, I went back to the police station and was given a police van to convey her to Lagos Island mortuary. She has been at the morgue for a month and three days now. Since then, our children have been sleeping at their aunt’s house, I go there every night to pass the night with them because they can’t sleep if I am not there with them.”

Crime Alert gathered from an eye witness that after the accused poured hot water on Godwin Olah and his visiting sister, his wife went to her room to accost her on why she should treat her husband and sister in-law in such manner, a fight ensued between both women and in the process, the accused tried to drag the deceased to the stove where she was cooking to burn her, but when she discovered she could not drag Stella Godwin (the deceased) to the fire, she brought out a knife and pierced through her right arm and her heart.

“Stella died as a result of the knife wound on her heart; the fight was so fierce that we all took off, returning only to see Stella Godwin lying in a pool of her blood on the corridor in front of their room,” the eye witness said.

Another neighbour also told Crime Alert on condition of anonymity that there have been a no- love -lost relationship between the two neighbours. “Before that incident, both neighbours had lived like cat and rat in this compound. They quarrelled at the slightest misunderstanding. I wish they listened to us, this would have been averted.”

Genesis: Tracing the genesis of the quarrel between his family and the suspect, the husband of the victim also said he fell out with the accused who also shared the same first name (Stella) with his deceased wife, after he prevented her from using a knife on her (the suspect) sister during a scuffle. “I have lived in this compound for 20 years now. I was here when she rented her room. We lived as good neighbours, she was best of friends with my wife. It wasl the day I stopped the lady from using a knife to inflict injuries on her sister during a fight that she saw me, my wife and our children as enemies, “ he stated.

It was gathered that the body of the deceased has been conveyed to her home town in Obudu- Akwa-Ibom state for burial; while the accused Stella Omoigiafo Gilbert was remanded in prison custody after she was arraigned at the magistrate court in Ebute Metta.

Man Arrested For Attempting To Rob DPO

 An armed robbery suspect has been arrested by the Tolu Police Division, Ajegunle, Lagos, for allegedly attacking the station’s Divisional Police Officer, CSP Godwin Eze.
The suspect, who had refused to give his name, was said to have been arrested last Saturday when a combined team of policemen from Tolu and Bariga divisions stormed his home on Adetoke Street, Bariga, at 6am.

A police source said that the suspect along with several others suspected to be naval ratings, attacked Eze and attempted to rob him last Wednesday.

He said, “A group of men, had ambushed Eze last week and tried to disarm him of his service pistol. Unfortunately, they did not succeed. As they were speeding away, Eze was able to get the number plate of the vehicle.

“It was through this number plate that Eze traced the owner of the vehicle to his house in Bariga with the help of the motor licensing office.

“The suspect was arrested with some members of his family; they are still being interrogated by the police.”

The Lagos State Police Commissioner, Mr. Umaru Manko, confirmed that an arrest was made, but declined to comment when our correspondent sought to know whether some of the suspects were truly naval personnel.

Manko said, “The suspect currently in custody had attacked Eze last week. He was traced to his home through his number plate and arrested.

“We arrested the culprit only; no member of his family is in our custody.”

"If my husband cheats, I will castrate him' - Uche Jombo says in new interview

In this interview with Sam Olatunji, Uche Jombo speaks on cheating and new movie ‘Unconditional’.

What is it with the celebrity kids on your new movie, ‘Unconditional’?

We didn’t set out to use celebrity kids. I told everyone including you the age range I want and people suggested the kids. Aghahowa’s daughter has wanted to act since age 5, we auditioned Chigozie, and she did well and got a coach to coach them. 2face’s daughter is just a drama queen. And this movie, Unconditional is not all about them, Dakore, Ruth Kadiri and I acted in it. It’s the kind of move that will touch the heart.

If your husband were to be a serial philanderer like Desmond’s character in the movie, Lies Men Tell, what will you do?
I will castrate him, he knows and believes that. To me, there is no excuse to cheat, its either you are with someone or not, and if you are tired of the person, please accord the person decency of respect by saying it’s over. Don’t go making someone look stupid. The problem with me is there is no in- between.

Do you believe what you are saying or are you saying it for the purpose of this interview?
I am saying,Uche Jombo-Rodrigues doesn’t have in-between. That is the reason it takes me long time to make a decision or take a stand on something, but when I do, that is it. There is no excuse not to honour an agreement you have made, this doesn’t have anything to do with this interview. It is the principle that guides me. It is not just about marriage, it’s how I conduct my relationships, its either it is this or that, if that is mymind-set in a relationship, you should know that for marriage it’ll be 150%. There is no room for cheating.

So you believe your husband will or should not cheat on you?
I don’t have control over what someone will do, I’m not God. I’m talking about me, how I conduct things. It’s not an option that it will happen, I will not tolerate cheating.

Are you saying you will not forgive the man who cheats on you and is manly enough to say I’m sorry?
If you are in that situation Sam, oh God! You are going to slave for me for life. And do you know any man that will want to slave for a woman for life, answer?

Is it true you are older than your husband and the man you dated before him?
I have never dated or married someone I was older than in my life. If you have the illusion of someone’s age, that is your business, and I am even too mature for my age. That is the problem, because men of my age are ‘small boys’ around me, I can’t date them. I am someone who has to become a mother to some of my siblings at the age of 14. Because you are an under-achiever does not mean I should play down on my achievement. If age is the yard stick for you to succeed, you should not judge people with it, I don’t have an apology. If I’m learning from people who are older than me that is because I don’t hang out with my age mates; I don’t think there is anything else you want to teach me, and if you want to judge me by the people I hang out with or by when I started my hustle, where the hell were you at that time?  What really matters to me is that people who know me during my not-too-proud days are so proud that, this is me now. I have come far, it’s something I’m grateful for, and I couldn’t have even written it better if it were a story.

Nigerian Striker Michael Eneramo to earn €1.2m per yr with Besiktas

Nigerian striker Michael Eneramo will earn €1.2 million (which is over N
255million) per year after signing a two year deal withTurkish side, Besiktas. He will also earn €10,000 per-match bonus.

The Turkish football club yesterday released a statement which read;

“Michael Eneramo has agreed terms with Beşiktaş. Eneramo will earn €1.2 million per-season in addition to a €10,000 per-match bonus. In addition to this, Eneramo will earn the same salary in 2014-15 and 2015-16 if selected for the squad over 30 times over the course of each season.”

The 27-year-old striker played for Turkish side Sivasspor for a year and a half before joining Besiktas

Blue Ivy's Parent (Jay Z and Beyonce) visit North West while Kanye is in Milan

According to Us magazine, Jay Z and Beyonce recently visited Kanye's 6 weeks old daughter, North West, while the super star rapper is is Milan

From Us Magazine

Never too busy for friends! Beyonce and Jay Z took time out of their busy touring schedules to make a very important stop at Kris Jenner's home in Calabasas, Calif. on Sunday, July 28, to pay a visit to Kim Kardashian and baby North West, a source confirms to Us.

Though best bud Kanye West wasn't home at the time (the rapper is currently in Milan, Italy), both Jay and Bey spent the morning with Kardashian, 32, who has not been seen out in public since giving birth to her tiny bundle of joy on June 15.

Photo: Woman Sets 11-Year-Old Maid Ablaze Over Piece Of Meat

Policemen at Bode Thomas division of Lagos State command, Tuesday, arrested a woman who allegedly set her 11-year-old house maid ablaze in Surulere area of Lagos, for stealing a piece of meat from her pot of soup.

The maid identified as Ita Bassey-Eno who reportedly escaped death by the whiskers, is currently at the Burns and Trauma Centre of the Gbadaga General Hospital, with doctors battling to save her life.

Although her mistress, a staff nurse at an undisclosed hospital in Surulere, Mrs Nkese Iroakazi, reportedly denied the allegation at the police station, the ailing girl was said to have managed to state that she allegedly poured kerosene on her before striking a stick of matches to set her on fire.

The incident, as gathered, occurred last Saturday at 7, Adeniran Ogunsanya Street, after  Ita rushed out of  the apartment with fire on her, apparently in an attempt to plunge into a gutter. Unfortunately,  she reportedly fell before she could get to  the gutter.

One of the residents was said to have succeeded in putting out the fire with the aid of a fire extinguisher, before she was rushed to the hospital.

Eyewitness account

A resident who simply identified herself as Morakinyo told Vanguard: "I was just alighting from the bus when I saw people gathered in front of the building. When I got there, I saw Ita whom we all call Eno on the floor. Then, the flame had been put out.

"Two men who attempted to carry her into a car could not because the skin at that time had peeled off. They had to get a slab, placed her on it and rushed her to the hospital. From what I gathered, the girl has spent barely one month in Lagos before the incident.

"She was brought from her village in Akwa Ibom State last month alongside another girl called Happiness. Since then, we have not seen either of them going to school.

"We heard that while Happiness was in the sitting room, there was a cry from Ita in the kitchen and before she (Happiness) knew what was happening, Ita rushed out of the kitchen and straight to the road shouting for help.

"How could someone who has children of her own treat another's  like this? It was even the residents that alerted policemen who came to pick Mrs Iroakazi."

When Vanguard visited the hospital, Tuesday, a doctor who spoke on condition of anonymity  expressed fear about the  victim's condition, revealing that she suffered  95 per cent  burns.

"It will take a miracle for her to survive. In any case, we are trying all we can to ensure she gets back on her feet. That will entail some surgeries because her private part was badly damaged.

"Currently, she wears pampers and that area needs immediate surgery after the injuries would have healed."

Ita was sighted with bandage all over her body, except her face and feet. When a nurse approached her to administer the day's treatment, she groaned in pains.

As at 3 p.m yesterday, police sources told Vanguard that the suspect would be transferred to the state Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba  for further investigation.

iRoko TV boss Jason Njoku and wife Mary Remmy welcome son

iRoko TV CEO Jason Njoku and his wife, actress Mary Remmy Njoku welcomed a son this morning Tuesday July 30th in a UK hospital. Mother and baby are doing well. The baby has been named Jason Obinna Njoku. Congrats to them...

"I must be with a man for 5years before I marry him' - Eniola Badmus

When asked about her marriage plans in an interview with Encomium mag, actress Eniola Badmus said she must date a guy for at least five years before she will consider marrying him. Eniola said:

"What is the point if I marry today and tomorrow it's over? What's the essence? I am living my life. I will have a baby when necessary. Marriage is good but what's the essence of me getting married today and tomorrow I'm not in it? For any man I am going to marry or call my husband we should be together for five years before we walk down the aisle. We may have children but at least after five years I will know that you're ready for me. Not getting married today, and tomorrow he's out! I've seen it happen to my friends, I don't want to go through that trauma.

hmmmmm, that you date a guy for five years doesn't guarantee that the marriage will last...or does it? :-)

Baby Weighing 6.10kg Born Without A Caesarean Section

A baby weighing almost a stone and measuring 22.6 inches long has been born in Germany. Baby Jasleen arrived on July 26 and weighed a massive 13.47 pounds (6.10kg). Babies her size are usually born via a caesarean section, but she was born naturally.

Funke Akindele and Ex Husband soil each other's image in public

In a recent interview with Encomium magazine, Funke Akindele's ex husband, Keyinde Oloyede Almaroof, clearly stated that he was building a house for his wife before she ended the marriage. He revealed that it's a one-storey building (uncompleted) located off Adeniji Jones in Ikeja, adding that the rejection of the building was one of he reasons for their split.
He further tried to clear the air on the misconception blogs created about him, he said:
"They wrote that I am a tout, from what you are seeing here now, do I look like a tout or garage boy? They also said I'm a drop out, from the way you and I have been speaking, do I speak like someone who did not go to school? I have decided to follow the advice of those who said I should not join issues with her and her supporters. I am not a celebrity. I am an estate developer. She is the star that has her career to protect and I don't want to be the one to spoil her career."
 Well, in a revealing chat with E-247 magazine, Funke Akindele sort of replied her husband's interview...
Read what Funke told E24-7MAGAZINE on Friday:
That place is not for me, I have been through hell and back. 
I was abused emotionally and verbally. Really, I felt we could work things out when the trouble started two months after the marriage. 
But I made up my mind and shut the door of the marriage at him when the trouble was coming to me too much.   
I stooped to conquer him; buried my fame and name to make him my husband, but it did not work. At a point in time, I asked if it's not the same man that was all over me before we married.  
He nearly got me off my career.  He called me severally; I did not pick his calls but when he realized my silence was tormenting him, he took to Facebook.  
It's alright.  
Ask him when did he come to my house last? He left me here in my rented apartment with nothing and he will just dash in and dash out.  He gets abusive, caustic anytime we have a misunderstanding and often told me to my face, he's going to his wife in Oshodi. 
He sent me SMS that he has seen a buyer for his house at Adeniyi Jones for N40million. He asked me if he should sell it and that if he does, he will buy me a new car and a rent me a new apartment.  
Why now? I don't need all that, I want my sanity. I respect him to the end but he chose to treat me that way. He said he wanted to clip my wings. 

After Funke ignored him, he sent her another text abusing her and calling her names.

"So you can see that he does not mean well for me," Funke re-iterated.
Funke and Kehinde rarely spent substantial time together even at the peak of their marriage.
Both kept to hectic schedules by virtue of their chosen professions.

While Funke is often involved in back-to-back shooting on movie sets, Kehinde jumps from one   construction site to another; pressing buttons for his political ambitions; and  keeping dates with his wife at home and other women by the side.

Besides, Kehinde's disturbing and haunting pasts  have repeatedly stared Funke right in the face, and according to E24-7 MAGAZINE's impeccable source, Funke learnt shockingly that her once beloved hubby was expelled from the University of Jos almost as soon as he was matriculated as a student of the ivory tower.
His admission, was faulty right from the beginning and since that first attempt at tertiary education went awry, he shut his door at education.

When he returned from Jos, he found strength in his entrepreneurial skill coupled with the influence and support of his mother, a market leader and successful businesswoman; he became an estate developer, building chains of shops in Oshodi market.

Gradually, he crept into politics and his popularity soared  that he became a well-known grassroots politician and a great mobilizer.

To shore up his image, he found in Funke who has become monstrously popular with her movie, Jenifa and the sequel, The Return of Jenifa, a ready tool.
He convinced the favourite actress to lead him to the Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, whom he had assaulted many years ago during the market women leadership tussle between his mother, AlhajaAlmaroof and the late Iyaloja General Alhaja  Abibat Mogaji. 

After he atoned for his 'sins,' he joined the train of well- wishers that went to London to felicitate with the former governor when one of his sons graduated from a university in London.

Kehinde's lost bid to win the contract to rebuild Oshodi market really threw him off balance and that probably made him to turn the heat on his latest wife, Funke who wanted his attention.

The Goody Bag Master Mavin Artist D'Prince Releases Hot New Promo Pics

D'Prince is getting ready to release a new single titled Lori standing. Fine guy showing casing His selling Point. *wink*

 More pics after the cut

Stella Damasus' Ex Husband, Emeka Nzeribe, set to sue Stella & new hubby Daniel Adenimokan

New reports surfacing online claim that Emeka Nzeribe (Stella Damasus' ex husband) is set to "sue Stella and Daniel Ademinokan to court for getting married secretly" - the private wedding hasn't exactly been confirmed though, just rumours for now!

Reports claim that Emeka told some of his friends that the actress has no right to re-marry since they were yet to be properly divorced thus he's headed to court!

It's probably why Stella made the wedding private - since she wasn't properly divorced! Na wa oooo

ASUU Strike Latest: Lecturers Yet To Agree With FG As Meeting Is Postponed To Thursday

(Premium Times) – The meeting between striking university lecturers and the federal government on Monday did not resolve the contending issues but would continue on Thursday.

The lecturers, members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, met with a government delegation led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Anyim, on Monday in Abuja.

The lecturers demand full implementation of a 2009 agreement and a 2011 memorandum of understanding they had with the government on various issues ranging from university autonomy, to funding, and lecturers' remuneration. The government has said it wants a renegotiation of some parts of the 2009 agreement.

The President of ASUU, Nasir Fagge, told us that Monday's meeting held and the union was there to make its presentation after it had discussed with its principals.

Mr. Fagge said the government also presented its position on the implementation of the agreement adding that "the next meeting would be on Thursday still on the implementation of the agreement."

ASUU has been on an indefinite strike since July 1 with hundreds of thousands of university students forced to stay away from classes.

Kano Multiple Explosions Is Inhuman And Ungodly -Sultan

The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI), Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar on Monday condemned the multiple bomb blasts in Kano State, saying the "the attack inhuman and ungodly act."

A statement signed by the secretary general of the JNI, Dr. Khalid Abubakar Aliyu said "the the Sultan of Sokoto and the President-General of JNI received with bewilderment the news of the orchestrated multiple bomb blasts at Sabon Gari, Kano, Kano State resulting in collateral damage and loss of lives."According to Sultan, "We strongly condemn the inhuman and ungodly act in its totality as it is reprehensible, and we equally call for calm and restrain. As it has always been our prayers, whatever the intent of the perpetrators, they will never succeed."

"JNI is perplexed that this act of unleashing terror on human lives continued unabated, despite visible number of uncountable security check-points mounted all through Northern Nigeria."More worrisome is the fact that this beastly act of terror comes just 24 hours after unleashing same on fishermen and traders in Kaka and Kukawa local government areas of Borno State, which also claimed many innocent lives," the statement read.He said there was the urgent need for proactive and effective ways of addressing the precarious security upheavals currently witnessed in the country.

Man Bags 15 Yrs In Jail Over N210,000 Fraud

A  40-year-old man, Kenneth Ekeh, was on Tuesday sentenced by an Ibadan Magistrates' Court sitting at Iyaganku  to 15 years imprisonment over N210,000 fraud.

Magistrate Kehinde Omotosho convicted Ekeh of  three charges including obtaining money under false pretence and stealing.Omotosho  did not give the convict option of fine.

The prosecutor, Cpl. Sunday Ojeleye, said that the defendant was arraigned on a five-count charge which  included  obtaining money under false pretence and stealing.Ojeleye said that Ekeh specialises in stealing gas cylinders  and defrauding people, adding that he was arrested on  Nov. 11,  2011.

The prosecutor told the court that the offences contravened sections 419 and 390 (9) of the Criminal Code Cap 38 Vol. II Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria,  2000.The defendant had pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Satisfied with the evidence before her,  Omotoso  sentenced Ekeh to five years imprisonment with hard labour for each of the three charges, adding that the sentence would run concurrently.

OMG!!! Singer, Omawumi Beats Journalist, Gives Him Swollen Face Posted by

Warri-born Singer, Omawumi has been alleged of attacking a photo-journalist at an event held in Lagos recently.

While bearing out his lawful obligation, the photo-journalist, Adekola Bamigbala attempted to take images of Omawumi, but little did he understand that hazard was lurking around for him, as the vocalist supposedly pounced on him, snatched his big camera and with it, dealt him hefty strikes in the face in fast succession, which provided Bamigbala a swollen face.

It was big and strange blinks, not from his camera, but from alleged assaults from Omawumi that the reporter could see.

Omawumi was given a call but a woman, who asserted not to be her, denied to talk when she found out the reason for the call.

The vocalist still has not answered to the SMS dispatched to her.

The casualty, Bamigbala marvelled why Omawumi would descend so reduced to strike him as he could not recall having any matters with her.

Benítez dies Of heart attack

Footballer Christian Benítez dies at 27 after suffering heart attack

Former Birmingham City striker Christian Benítez died in hospital in Qatar today from complications leading to cardiac arrest at the age of 27. The striker from Ecuador died just weeks after a £10million move to Qatar side, El Jaish.

The Ecuadorian Football Federation said on their website that Benitez 'had severe stomach pain, was rushed to a hospital, where after a few hours suffered cardio respiratory arrest, which ended his life.' 

Christian is survived by his wife, children and his father, former Ecuador international footballer Ermen Benítez. May his soul rest in peace..amen.

GOBE: Nigerian music director jailed 90 years in the U.S. for raping, impregnating daughters

An award-winning Nigerian music director, Aswad Ayinde, will now spend a total of 90 years in prison after he was found guilty of fathering children with his daughters.

Ayinde, 55, who lives in New Jersey, was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Friday after he was found guilty of repeatedly raping his six daughters and fathering six children with them.

The music director, credited with the Fugees 1996 smash hit "Killing Me Softly" was first sentenced to 40 years in prison in 2011 after he was found guilty of having sex with one of his daughters when he was as young as eight years old.

The second conviction adds to his sentence for a total of 90 years in jail.

Ayinde's former wife in 2011 had testified that the child rapist was "trying to create a pure family bloodline" by impregnating his own daughters.

During his first trial, Ayinde had claimed that "the world was going to end, and it was just going to be him and his offspring and that he was chosen."

In this latest trial, the court heard how Ayinde began raping his second daughter at age eight and impregnating her four times. The assaults happened for some 30 years and in numerous homes across northern New Jersey until Ayinde and his wife separated.

In a report, NBC New York revealed the abuse happened even while the family was being surveilled by child welfare services.

Some rape episodes even happened in an abandoned funeral home. In 2000, Ayinde moved his family to Florida after case workers removed several children from his home.

He was arrested for kidnapping when he attempted to take his children back, and was sentenced to one year probation when he pleaded guilty to the lesser charges.

Ayinde's wife who testified during the first trial said the abusive father beat and starved his daughters and home-schooled his tortured children so as to keep the family's secret within the family.

Gobe As General Overseer's Wife Catches Him With A Member's Wife

"I was surprised that my husband locked his prayer partner, wife of another man, in his bedroom overnight... The act not only led to the collapse of our marriage but it also led to the break up in the woman's home because after I had left him, people were still seeing my husband and the woman together.
"Her husband eventually sent her packing from her matrimonial home..."

Those where the words of an estranged pastor's wife, Mrs. Rebecca Bamidele, while narrating to an Ojo Customary Court in Lagos, how her husband, Pastor Israel Bamidele, locked himself with a female prayer partner in his bedroom overnight on several occasions.

Giving evidence in a divorce petition which her husband filed against her in the court, Rebecca said although her husband falsely accused her of infidelity, he was the one that is neck deep in the shameful act.
Apart from the issue of hosting his prayer partner in his bedroom, Rebecca also disclosed that she caught her husband, Pastor Bamidele, sleeping with his school secretary on several occasion, but she couldn't complain because he would beat her silly.
When asked the position of her husband's family on the crisis, Rebecca said:
She once traveled to Osun State to meet her mother-in-law but to her surprise her husband's mum said she should allow his son marry another wife because her father-in-law, who is a prophet, had three wives.
redecca added, "When I returned to Lagos, my husband quarreled with me, saying why should I go to his homestead in Osun State to inform his mother about issues in our marriage in Lagos?"

She said, "anytime I complain, my husband will say I was becoming too stubborn for him. He would say in Yoruba, 'ila ti n ga ju onire lo', meaning, the okro plant was becoming taller than it's owner."

When the court asked her about the role played by other pastors to resolve the crisis, Rebecca said Bamidele is the founder and general overseer of his church and as such other leaders were subordinated to him since he appointed them.

The court president, Hakeem Tunde Oyekan, adjourned the matter till 27 August, 2013, for judgement.

Meet Koko Master D'banj's Girlfriend

You Didn't see it Here ooooo...

That's the Pictures of D'banj's Girlfriend that he has been hiding for sometimes now..

You Don't need to ask me how I got to know this, The pics is self explanatory *winks* #Ok Later#

Jealous Girlfriend Sets Her Boyfriend's Range Rover On Fire

What will you do, if your girlfriend did this to you?

Simply because you cheated.

Tension As Boko Haram Hijacks Explosives In Yobe

Suspected Boko Haram members have hijacked high calibre explosives from a quarry in Yobe State.

Investigations by our correspondents on Monday revealed that about 25 of the insurgents broke into the quarry located in Bara, the headquarters of the Gulani Local Government Area of Yobe State on Sunday night, carting away the high caliber dynamites neatly arranged in a room.

It was learnt that on their arrival at the quarry, the insurgents broke into the room where the explosives were kept, broke the door and took away five of the bags containing the explosives.

Our correspondents learnt that the invading Boko Haram insurgents, reputed for being brutal in all their operations, did not kill any of the quarry workers during the late night operation.

The invasion has triggered strong suspicions in security circles that the seizure of the dynamites from the Bara quarry might have an insider's collaboration.

It was learnt that one of the explosives in the possession of the Boko Haram members had the capacity to destroy a community.

Investigations revealed that the leadership of the Joint Task Force had commenced massive manhunt for the insurgents to prevent them from distributing the items to carry out devastating attacks in the three states under emergency rule.

The JTF, it was learnt, was apprehensive that the insurgents could launch attacks with the explosives during the Ramadan celebrations.

It was further gathered that the leadership of the JTF in Yobe State had written to all the quarries in possession of such dangerous explosives to move them to the state capital, Damaturu, where they could be protected but the companies allegedly ignored the directive.

A source said the security operatives would not hesitate to hold the companies accountable for any destruction wreaked by the Boko Haram with the dynamites.

The source said, "The Boko Haram invaded the quarry around 2am and carted away five bags of explosives. Each of the bags contains very high calibre explosives used for blasting rocks. These are the type of explosives that can bring down a community."

Pregnant Woman, 7 Others Die In Osun Auto Crash

Tragedy struck early Monday morning, when eight persons, including a pregnant woman, lost their lives in an auto crash, which occurred along Gbongan/Ibadan express road in Osogbo, Osun State.

Credible sources informed our correspondent that the victims of the auto crash were traders going from Ede to Owode via Osogbo. The sad incident occurred at about 6.40 a.m.

It was learnt that the accident which involved three different vehicles, happened when a blue Gulf car with registration number AG 19 EDE coming from the direction of Ede somersaulted and landed on an ash coloured Kia car with registration number KUJ 74 AJ while a white Toyota Hiace bus with registration number XR 930 ABC stumbled on them.

An eye witness at the scene of the accident informed Nigerian Tribune that charred bodies of the victims littered the scene of the accident until officials of the Osun Ambulance service arrived to pack them into the ambulance.

Investigations indicated that the accident paralysed commercial activities in the area as many traders who had gone to the popular Owode market to which the deceased were headed to when the tragic accident occurred returned home as a mark of honour for the victims.

While confirming the incident, Osun State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Imoh Etuk disclosed that corpses of the victims had been deposited at the mortuary of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Osogbo.

He hinted that the officials of the FRSC in collaboration with the Osun State Ambulance Service, O'Ambulance, and the Police promptly rescued the accident victims and rushed them to the hospital where they were confirmed dead.

Etuk said the identities of the victims could not be ascertained yet, adding that officials of the FRSC were intensifying efforts to contact relatives of the victims through the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW).

He, however, cautioned drivers against high speed, just as he charged them to observe all precautionary measures while on highways to avoid needless loss of lives and properties.

OMG!!! Did She Actually said THIS : God Will Place A Curse On You” – Toyin Aimakhu

Toyin Aimakhu has had enough of all the negativities coming from her critics. The actress who recently got married to fellow actor, Niyi Johnson took to her twitter handle @aimakhutoyin to condemn what she terms negative criticism faced by people in the entertainment industry.

Since she walked down the aisle with her handsome hubby, the pretty actress has come under criticisms. While some alleged that she's about three years older than her husband, others lambasted her for staging a low-key wedding ceremony as a celeb.

Not happy with all these, the Edo State-born actress has allegedly placed a curse on her critics and begged God to make it come to pass.

She tweeted, 'I don't understand anymore,  people will insult us to get married after getting married you will be cursing us that is just a year, if the marriage breaks again you people will be shouting that we arr irresponsible. Anyways anyone who places a curse or say negative words about my home GOD of Abraham,GOD of GOD, ALLAH will place a curse on them and all their lives will bring negative meanings to people".

She added, "Blood runs through our veins and not petrol or diesel, being an actor or actress doesn't mean we don't make mistakes, pleases keep praying for us. I will try my best to keep my head up and be the best wife, role model, actress, friend and mother. No more curses or abuse, we are human and not Holy Spirit".

The actress then rounded up her series of tweets, saying, "I rest my case till another day, for the future. I was never married, this is my first and only and last marriage till I die. I need your prayers to kip me going not curse."

23 Feared Killed, 11 Injured As Twin Explosions Rock Kano

No fewer than 20 persons were believed to have been killed in Sabon Gari area of Kano on Monday as suspected terrorists detonated about four bombs in the neighbourhood.

It was learnt that one of the explosions, believed to have been carried out by Islamic sect, Boko Haram, occurred at a drinking joint in Sabon Gari, where most of the non-indigenes reside.

The blasts occurred on Igbo Road, Enugu Road and New Road, opposite Ado Bayero Square.

The first blast was said to have occurred at about 9.12pm near International Hotel, while the second blast followed three minutes later.

Security forces immediately condoned off both sites, which prevented people from moving closer to the places hit by the explosions.

A resident of the area, who spoke to one of our correspondents on the telephone, said there were series of explosions, which had created pandemonium in the commercial area of the state capital.

The resident, who craved anonymity, said the explosions were still ongoing as of 10pm, adding that there had been at least two explosions before the latest one at about 9.30pm.

It was difficult to ascertain the number of casualties of the explosions but Channels TV, in its 10pm news report, said about 20 people had been killed.

AFP reports that "at least four explosions" had occurred in the Sabon Gari neighbourhood on Monday.

"There is confusion all over the place. There were four huge explosions, so huge that they shook the whole area. Everywhere is enveloped in smoke and dust," Chinyere Madu, a fruit vendor, told AFP.

Kola Oyebanji, a resident of the neighbourhood, believed "beer parlours" were the target.

He said, "My house is not far from there. All my windows are shattered."

The cause of the blasts was not immediately clear.

The spokesman for the Joint Task Force, Captain Ikedichi Iweh, confirmed the explosions but refused to give details.

The Commissioner of Police, Kano State, Mr. Musa Daura, who confirmed the incident, claimed that six persons were killed during the blasts while six others were injured.

Boko Haram had claimed responsibility for coordinated suicide blasts at a bus park in Sabon Gari in March that killed about 22 people.