Some male traders in Yaba market mocked women who staged a very peaceful protest, demanding that they stop the habit of touching females, through the market, or harassing a female customer in a suggestive way.
The protesters were campaigning against, harassment, objectification, groping, catcalling of women and girls in Nigerian markets. But the traders fired back at them calling them ‘asewos’.
Yaba market male traders are well known for touching women who pass through the road where the market is situated, inapproriately.
Popular footballer, Yakubu Ayegbeni just acquired for his beautiful wife, a brand new Range Rover as a Christmas Gift to her.
Yvonne Ayegbeni who gushed over the new car her husband got her, thanked Santa as she stated that she was a good girl in 2018.
Here is a photo of the Range Rover car Yakubu Ayegbeni bought his wife below;
This is coming after Kadiri Ikhana, erstwhile Africa’s Best Coach, spoke in glowing terms and the joy in being a father-in-law to two former Super Eagles’ stars, Yakubu Aiyegbeni and Patrick Ovie.
In 2008, Aiyegbeni, fondly called Yakubull by football lovers, pulled all the stops as he took Yvonne Lameen, the beautiful daughter of the former Enyimba’s Champions League-winning coach to the altar at an elaborate ceremony held in Abeokuta and Lagos.
The marriage between Yakubull and Lameen was preceded with that of Ovie and Ikhana’s eldest daughter, thus making the highly-revered gaffer an in-law to two Nigerian soccer stars.
Delectable Actress Angela Okorie, as against what is considered the norm in the industry, has insisted that she doesn’t live fake life to impress people on social media.
Just some few days ago, another actress Dayo Amusa had mentioned that it is important as celebrities to live fake lives.
However, in a chat with Sunday Scoop, Angela said:
“For the people who live fake lives, that’s their personal decision and they should continue living that way (if it pleases them). Why would I live a fake life when I have money to lavish on myself and do whatever I want? Backbiting and envy are normal things in the movie industry. You’re welcome to a world where being fake is a routine. When we see them (people who do such), we know them.”
Okorie, who was recently involved in an online altercation with one of her followers, says she has grown a thick skin to criticisms.
“I am used to cyber bullying. Sometimes, I keep quiet. But if someone does something wrong, I have to address it. If I post something and you make a bad comment about it, or you try to shame me, I will give it back to you in the same manner,” she said.
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says he is not a spare tyre to the president, emphasizing that his roles as the number two citizen are spelt out in the constitution.
Osinbajo said this during the vice-presidential debate organised by the Nigerian Elections Debate Group (NEDG) and the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON).
He said this differs from the constitution of other countries.
Asked how taking the job of the vice-president has been since he assumed office over three years, Osinbajo said the demand of the role has since increased his grey hair.
He, however, said despite the herculean nature of his job, it has also been rewarding.
“I am sure that those who know me quite well know that my hair was not this grey when I started out in 2015. So really, it has been tasking,” Osinbajo said.
“And it has also been an incredibly rewarding experience especially looking at it from the point of view of the ability to do the things that one wanted to do all along as an individual.
“The role is one where you are in many senses the chief adviser to the president of the country and possibly the one person that would represent him when when he is absent for a meeting and even when he is absent for a longer period.
“So there is a sense in which the role of the vice president is one that very closely mirrors the role of the president in very profound ways.
“But our vice-presidency is different from that of other countries. Because unlike other countries, even countries that have similar constitutions, our own constitution actually specifies role for the vice president. The vice president is the chairman of the national economic council…that is a constitutional role.
“In some senses, those who say the role of the vice president is like a spare tyre have it wrong because they are probably looking at other jurisdictions. In our jurisdiction, there are specific roles that the vice-president is entitled by law to perform.
“The vice president is also the chairman of the NCP, that is the national council of privatisation , the vice president is also statutory chairman over 22 parastatals and agencies and these are defined by law.
“That role is one that a good degree of trust is required between the president and the vice president. The role of the vice-president is one which also requires, I think, a great deal of patience because you may not always agree with the policies.”
Earlier today, Offset in a new video begged his wife and mother of their baby, Kulture telling her to come back, saying that’s all he wants for Christmas.
Many have been divided with some saying Cardi should take him back and others telling her to just move on because he would never change .
Fellow celebrities have so far reacted to Offset’s public apology to his estranged wife, Cardi B. But the one which caught our attention was T.I’s comment.
T.I who has also been in the news severally for cheating on his wife, took to the comment section saying Cardi to forgive him, because no one is perfect. to ,asked Cardi to forgive because no one is perfect .
Fans therefore came for T.I, saying he shouldn’t even have an opinion and also reminding him of never publicly apologizing to Tiny.
OAP, Tolu Demuren aka Toolz and her hubby, Captain Tunde, have welcomed their first child, a boy. The couple got married in June 2016.
According to reports, Toolz welcomed their bundle of joy in a UK hospital this morning. Congrats to them!
Recall earlier this year, the OAP revealed her painful labour experience, and loss of baby. She stated that going through those labour pains, knowing her baby was dead, broke her.
“From the point we found out something was wrong till when the process was over was quite harrowing, but the parts that really broke me were going through the pain of labour knowing my baby was already gone,” the 35-year-old said.
“I also had a mini-breakdown when I had to get a death certificate so we could have a burial. I don’t think I’ve ever cried so much in my life.”
Chineye Ndubiife has been arrested for murdering Wisdom, the 2-year-old son of her neighbor, Promise Samuel, in Lagos. The incident happened, on Wednesday, December, 12, 2018, at 70 Lawani Street, Alakoto, Olodi Apapa.
The suspect who is cooling off in the cell at Tolu Police station, revealed how she sent a child to call Wisdom from their room.
Ndubiife, a mother of one, then took him to the backyard where she hit his head against the wall, before hitting his head again with a big stone, leading to his death.
Consequently, she dumped the child’s corpse in the toilet, where Mr Samuel later found him. Asked why she killed the boy, Ms Ndubuife disclosed that her intention was to inflict severe injury on him so that his father would spend money on treating him.
Maverick Nigerian entertainer and activist, Mr Charles Oputa, better known as, Charly Boy or Area Fada will walk his long time consort, Lady Diane down the aisle in Abuja for formal exchange of marital vows.
The wedding will take place at the chapel of the Sisters of Jesus the Redeemer, Catholic Church, in Gwarimpa Estate, where he resides.
The ceremony which holds today, Saturday December 15, will be officiated by the outspoken Catholic clergy, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah.
The wedding will have in attendance family members and close associates of the couple.
According to him, he hopes to convince his wife to ride with him in a tricycle to and from the church to underscore the low-key nature of the ceremony.
Mr Oputa was first married to Stella at a Catholic Church in Onitsha in 1974. The relationship produced one child.
The Catholic Church observes a strict marital doctrine which demands that couples who contracted a marriage on the church must petition the Catholic Pontiff for an annulment if they wish to opt out of the union.
According to Oputa, “We have been following through with the process of annulment for sometime. My former wife who has since remarried cooperated very well.
“She had no objection. The reason I put forward for the annulment was that I was underage. My mother actually got the wife for me at the age of 19 because I a little rascally with women.
“Getting me married at that age was supposed to curb my sexual excesses. “
Incidentally, Mr Oputa’s 101 year-old mother is once again the reason he is contracting a formal marriage to Lady Diane, who has three children for him.
He explained, “This is not that kind of marriage with fanfare. I am doing it to please my aged mother. She has been pleading that we do the right thing.
“This is a woman I have been living with for 40 years. We know each other well. This is about obedience to certain demands of the society.
“People wonder how I am able to live with one woman all these years. It is not that we do not have misunderstanding.
“Marriage is successful when you are able to manage your incompatibility. I saw my parents quarrel, reconcile, kiss and hold hands again. These are the values that have guided me my relationship. “
Charly Boy who is 62 years has nine children from different women insists that “Lady Diane is now the mother of all my children. We have 16 grandchildren.”
A Nigerian Female On-air Personality may have succeeded in annoying a cross section of die-hard feminists in the country with her latest tweets concerning the issue.
According to Beat FM’s Josephine Amiegbe, ‘many young Nigerian women that claim to be feminists, really want ‘equality’ only under conditions that suits them, and not in all areas of life’.
She justified her point saying men are not even equal among themselves.
She tweeted, “I noticed something. Many young Nigerian women that claim to be feminists, really want ‘equality’ only under conditions that suits them, and not in all areas of life.
“Women, can you ‘have it all’? No, you can’t. Because honestly, nobody really does.
“Women, you can NEVER be equal to men. MEN aren’t even equal amongst themselves”
“There are things women are better at than men. Fact. There are things men are better at than women. Also Fact. Why is that hard for some people to accept?”
She shared a video on things women are better at than men and things men are better at than women, she also shared a video on feminism and wrote,
“If some so called ‘feminists’ are not too lazy to watch this and share some insight, that’d be great”.
Congratulatory messages are in order for a Nigerian lady after she bagged a first class in Human Resources Management at a South Africa university.
The lady took to her Instagram page to narrate how it too her 8 years after she finished secondary school to graduate from a university.
She wrote about her multiple failed attempts to gain an admission into a Nigerian university, and how she had to repeat secondary school on getting to South Africa.
Her post reads ;
A very big thank you to God for making this graduation day possible after 8 years of finishing high school in Nigeria!!!! Had a nice ssce results and passed jamb( my score was more than the minimum requirement of gaining admission)but won’t still gain admission.
After spending several amount of money to process admission and all seems futile. I decided to be a tailor apprentice instead of sitting at home but still processing my admission. When we keep spending money every year to gain admission, then I got admitted to Mapoly to study Mass communications (Part time ) but that was not part of my plans. So my brother decided to send me to South Africa to study. Getting to South Africa and tendered my results, I was told my Nigeria certificate (ssce) was below standard and should repeat high school. T
hat was the lowest point for me in my education advancement. I decided to start from grade 11 ( Ss2) and I was the oldest in class ? but to the glory of God I passed Matric nicely as well and I got accepted to study Human Resources Management. Yesterday 14/12/2018, I bagged CumLaude (first class) in that field. I give all Glory to God and big thanks to my family and friends for the love and support.
It’s been a long journey but am grateful I did not give up!!! #Cputsummergrad2018 #OnlyGodMadeitpossible #nevergiveup #omoagege?? ????????
The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested two suspected cultists and recovered firearms.
Spokesperson for the command, DSP Asinim Butswat, who confirmed the arrest on Friday, said the suspects were nabbed during a Stop and Search Operations embarked on by operatives in Yenagoa metropolis.
Policemen on Friday afternoon, arrested a notorious Icelanders cultist, Ayibamiebi David, 20, AKA Desperado in a tricycle along Ekeki Road, Yenagoa.
The suspect, a native of Opuama Community, Southern Ijaw LGA, he was arrested in possession of a locally made pistol.
In a similar development, on Thursday, 13 December 13, at about 1Pm, the Surveillance team of the Command Monitoring unit, acted on a tip-off and arrested one James Oweifa, 22, AKA Grade, a native of Agbere Community, Sagbama LGA.
The suspect, also a notorious Icelanders cultist was arrested in possession of a locally made revolver pistol with five rounds of 9mm live ammunition. Investigation is ongoing to arrest his cohorts.
Five Star Music CEO, Emeka Okonkwo popularly known as E-Money has bought his wife and mother of his three sons, Juliet, a Rolls Royce Phantom as her 2018 Christmas gift.
He shared the photos of his wife posing in front of the car with these words ;
”Please help me pray for this Lady .She has been with me through thick and thin, She has never stopped praying for me…. My Love you deserve all the good things of life .Enjoy your Christmas gift….. Congratulations My Tomato Jos @iam_mrse #rollsroycephantom
Appreciating the flamboyant gesture, an excited Juliet wrote ;
”Oh my God! Christmas came early. I’m still speechless. Came back home for Christmas ,only to see a new baby Thank you my love , you see why l love you. You are so full of surprises and always ready to gift me with precious things …. You will forever be my Super man, l can never trade you for anything .. My Chocolate cake with caramel topping . I Love You baby @iam_emoney1 #rollsroycephantom”.
A 20-year-old Nigerian Big Boy who has enjoyed a successful year, took to his social media page to brag about 2018 achievements in a move to motivate youths to work harder.
His post reads;
My name is Ebhohimen Innocent from Edo State. I am so happy for what the Lord has done for me this year. This year I bought my father a highlander car, and I also buy myself a Mercedes Benz GL 350, and I also build a house which is almost complete now and my girlfriend is pregnant for me.
And I am just 20 years. This is a good news that is supposed to be spread round Nigeria to motivate other youth outside there. My girlfriend is just 18 years.
A Nigerian lady who was duped of 482K after forgetting to stay woke, has gave a narration on how the incident occurred.
According to the Nigerian lady, three well dressed men who needed 10 Infinix HOT6X which costs N48,050 each, duped her with the fake alert after claiming they had no cash on them.
She wrote;
So i was at the office today eating when three well-dressed men walked in,they said they needed 10 pieces of INFINIX HOT6X and each phone cost 48,050.
I was overjoyed that my xmas go dey soft little did i know that the devil was laughing at me….I started writing receipts and when it was time for payment,i gave them our boss’s Zenith bank account to make the transfer since they didn’t come with cash buh the transfer wasnt successful,so the sales girl who was banking with Fidelity gave them her own account number to run the transfer and boooom an alert entered indicating that the money has been transferred successfully.
I now sent the girl to withdraw the money as the customers left buh lo and behold the money didn’t reflect on the girl’s account and that was how i was duped today 482,500 which means the alert was flashing and not real..Now i will be paying for an avoidable mistake…
Please you all should stay woke this festive period so that no one will feel the pain that i am feeling now..
These day thieves wear suit and tie with matching shoes and briefcase
Cardi B’s face wore a tired and unhappy look , just 10 days after announcing she’s called it quits with estranged husband Offset.
The ‘Bodak Yellow’ rapper was walking through JFK Airport in NYC last night looking down and exhausted while talking on her phone.
You can understand why she might be feeling run down as she’s been on the go almost nonstop since the breakup — performing a bunch of shows, while also dealing with all the drama involving her estranged husband. Traveling during the holidays can’t help either.
They are siblings. Though unknown, they shot to limelight as a result of what has made one of them a celebrity—blogging.
Though Linda Ikeji has made a name for herself via blogging and putting her private life on the social media, her sisters— Laura and Sandra became popular on social media by reporting Linda’s ‘achievement.’
One of such was the ‘proposal’ and ‘engagement’ of their sister, Linda to an undisclosed man.
On March 28, 2018, Instagram went wild immediately Sandra, who Linda, before the incident, bought a vehicle worth N30million, wrote, posted:
“Congratulations @officiallindaikeji So happy for you sweet sis! This tells me that sometimes the wait is worth it. Can’t wait to plan your special day!”
Also confirming the news, Laura Ikeji posted another photo of the blogger and captioned it: “Congrats Linlin @officiallindaikeji”
Their followers took to Instagram and sent in congratulatory messages.
For 38-year-old celebrity blogger, Linda Ikeji, life took a new turn with the announcement of her engagement even when many don’t know who the lucky man was.
Congratulatory messages poured in on Instagram on this ‘joyous occasion’ and many prayed to ‘hit a man’ who would engage them like Linda.
Even Toyn Aimakhu wrote: “Congratulations to our very own Linda Ikeji for ticking one of the important boxes every woman has piled up on her list; as she got engaged to her heartthrob!
@officiallindaikeji, I can’t wait to fill my tummy up with the rice o, so don’t keep us waiting too long… We just can’t wait!!!
NB:FAM I’m next????????????????”
Toyin Aimakhu announced her own engagement a few weeks later. She was to later announce that the engagement was called off.
However, from the epistle released by Linda today, December 14, 2018, on how she met and dated her baby daddy, there was never a proposal or an engagement.
Revealing the incident, Linda wrote:
“…Then I fell pregnant. It wasn’t planned, it just happened; though we talked about having a child together just two months before I fell pregnant. He said something about putting a billionaire baby inside me and I remember jokingly telling him that I’m also a billionaire so our child was going to be a billionaire on both side…and we laughed. But after I fell pregnant, things became extremely weird between us. If I tried to explain what happened, I wouldn’t be able to because it was confusing to me. We went from talking about the pregnancy and being okay with it; he even suggested I go to Dubai for my pre-natals as he didn’t trust doctors in Nigeria, to literally not talking to each other anymore. Around when I was about three months pregnant, he did come to see my parents and actually became very cool with my dad. They were literally exchanging Whatsapp messages every day. He later agreed to a traditional wedding which he didn’t follow through and then he switched. He began to treat me with so much hate and aggression that I and my family had to cut him off completely.”
All through her pregnancy and birth of the baby, the ring was on her fingers.
Many Twitter users are of the opinion that Linda never was engaged and wondered why the Ikeji’s sisters sold a lie.
“The Ikejis are a bunch of liars and would never desist from lying to get social media validation. They are always seeking attention and would do anything to get it,” one of twitter users said.
Kizz Daniel and Chidinma’s rumoured on and off relationship seems to be back on track again.
This time, Kizz Daniel shared a video of his boo singing along to a song on his just released sophomore album, ‘No Bad Songs’.
In the comment section, a thirsty fan said, ‘those lips, I’m gonna suck it nicely’, but that didn’t sit well with Kizz Daniel as he gave a sharp response.
Raymond Azuka, who was prosecuted by EFCC for forging a reference letter purportedly signed by former minister of finance, Okonjo-Iweala, in order to gain employment at the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting, NSPM as Security Assistant 1A, has been sentenced to four years in prison.
Justice M.B. Idris of a Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Nyanya, had, on November 14, 2018, found him guilty of two counts of forgery, which he committed between May 2013 and August 2014.
Justice Idris held that the prosecution proved the counts beyond every reasonable doubt and so sentenced him to four years on each of the counts to run concurrently.
A Kenyan woman whose husband was killed last week caused a stir after she attempted to stop his burial.
Mary Wangari, wife of Edward Mwangi, jumped into the grave as the pastor gave his sermon. She demanded that the body be taken back to the morgue until Mwangi’s killer was found.
Mwangi’s cousin Charles Mucheru also jumped into the grave and sat next to Mary. They demanded to be left alone until their grievances were addressed.
Edward Mwangi, 33, was killed on the night of December 3 and his body recovered in a farm near his home in Bahati.
Residents say Mwangi and two others stormed the suspect’s home after learning that his lover was in the man’s house.
“The three went to the suspect’s house at night, one of them armed with a knife. They attacked him but he overpowered them and snatched the weapon. Two of them fled to safety,” said a resident who sought anonymity.
The suspect stabbed Mwangi in the chest several times.
“According to a postmortem examination report, Mwangi died after being stabbed through the heart,” said Mucheru.
Mwangi struggled to make his way home, but unfortunately collapsed and died in a farm next to the suspect’s house.
“The suspect explained the circumstances under which he killed my cousin and surrendered the bloodied weapon to the police. Mwangi’s body was taken to Nakuru County mortuary,” he said.
Wangari claimed the suspect had since been set free. “The suspect was…taken back to his home in a police vehicle. They denied me an OB (Occurrence Book) number and said they would follow up the matter. Even if the suspect killed my husband in self-defence the matter should be decided in court,” she said.
Mwangi’s parents and brothers, who live in Kirinyaga, planned the burial despite protests from Wangari and relatives from Nakuru.
“Those from Kirinyaga don’t know the pain we are going through. We want justice for (Edward). Burying him while his killer is walking free is denying his immediate family justice,” said Mucheru.
Wangari added: “All I want is justice for my husband. He will not be buried before I see the suspect in the docks. I want a fair hearing of the matter.”
Dundori MCA Michael Chege’s efforts to calm Mucheru and Wangari down bore no fruit.
“We equally want justice and truth over the matter. However, let us bury him with respect for his spirit to go in peace. God will serve justice if the Government system will fail,” said Mr Chege.
Nominated MCA Rose Karugi, Mwangi’s neighbour, called on the police to investigate the matter to its logical conclusion.
“Even if he was on the wrong the law should apply. We want justice for (Edward). We have lost him in a way that is painful. The suspect should be taken to court to defend himself,” she said.
The burial ceremony was stopped for over two hours as residents and kin pleaded with the two to let the burial proceed.
They ignored everyone, even Mwangi’s father Daniel Mwea.
“Mary, listen to me. This is my son. I’m also in pain and want justice for my son. Allow us to bury him and follow up the matter later,” he pleaded.
At 2.20pm, Mr Mwea lost his cool and ordered his other relatives to forcibly get Wangari and Mucheru out of the grave.
“My son will be buried. Today! Get them out and lower the casket,” he ordered. Relatives obliged.
After order was restored Mwangi was hurriedly buried with the casket ‘facing the wrong direction’.
Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been voted BBC African Footballer of the Year for the second time in a row.
The 26-year-old beat Medhi Benatia, Kalidou Koulibaly, Sadio Mane and Thomas Partey to win the prize.
The Premier League’s player of the year scored 44 goals in 52 games for Liverpool last season.
“It’s a great feeling to win again. I’m happy and I would like to win it also next year!” said Salah.
As well as inspiring his club to the Champions League final, Salah scored twice for Egypt at this year’s World Cup, having netted both goals in the match which took his country to the tournament for the first time since 1990.
“There have been many good moments in 2018,” he added. “The game against Roma at Anfield [Champions League semi-final first leg] was unbelievable. I’m scoring goals and helping the team to get the points to be top of the league. That’s always a great feeling.”
International act, Offset in a new Instagram video has begged the mother of their baby Kulture, Cardi B to take him back as a birthday gift.
In a lengthy apology on Instagram on Friday, Offset begged Cardi B to take him back as a birthday gift, admitted that he embarrassed and made her go crazy.
“I only got one birthday wish and that’s to get my wife back Cardi,” Offset began.
“We’re going through a lot of things right now, a lot of things in the media. I want to apologize to you Cardi. I embarrassed you. I made you go crazy.”
“I was partaking in activity that I shouldn’t have been partaking in, and I apologize. You know what I’m saying? For breaking your heart, for breaking our promise, for breaking God’s promise and being a selfish, messed up husband.”
“I’m trying to be a better person. I want to get this off my shoulders. I want to get this off my back. I apologize to you Cardi. I love you,” Offset continued.
The Migos rapper also went on to say “Kulture, I want to spend Christmas with you,” in reference to the couple’s 4-month-old baby girl.
“I want to be able to spend the rest of my life with you,” Offset continued. “I apologize. I am sorry for what I have done to you. I didn’t f— that girl, but I was entertaining her, you know what I’m saying? I apologize, and I love you, and I hope you forgive me. My birthday wish is just to have you back,” Offset added.
A fresh Kogi University graduate identified as Benson Ikani, reportedly died in a fatal accident which occurred in the state.
Benson, a fresh graduate of Fisheries and Aquaculture, reportedly died on the spot after he was knocked down by a vehicle today. It was gathered that the deceased was waiting for his mandatory one year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), before the tragic incident occurred.
Friends of the late graduate have already taken to social media to pen down tributes to him.
Joseph Tina Ejuchegahi wrote on facebook;
#Black Friday, Painful exit
Benson Ikani this is not part of our agreement oh,why did u have to go now? We where together on Wednesday n u promised me yesterday to see me tomorrow. May God forgive ur shortcomings n welcome u to Paradise. Eternal Rest grant unto him O lord
Rest in peace This pain is too much for me ooooo
A banker and Account Officer with Access Bank, Ojo Adefemi Adedoyin, who allegedly connived with one Favour Oriafoh, 30, to defraud a Hong Kong national, Xu Yue of £79,000 (Seventy Nine Thousand Pounds) has been arrested by EFCC.
They were arrested by operatives of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Commission, following investigation into a petition received from the Hong Kong Police Force, that the young lady was a victim of romance scam traced to Nigeria.
Admitting to the crime, Oriafoh who goes by the con name, Terry Mac, confessed that he opened a FaceBook account in the name, just to defraud whoever falls prey to his baits.
“She had fallen in love with me as Terry Mac, a football agent,” he said.
He thereafter took advantage of her love and defrauded her of the said amount, using the domiciliary account of one Adeyemi Hassan Adedeji. During interrogation, he confessed that the Banker, Adedoyin, provided him with the domiciliary account information to which the money was transferred to.
“The agreement was that whatever funds were received through the account, the account officer and the owner of the account will be entitled to 15 per cent of the funds,” he confessed. The Banker has made useful information to the Commission and they will soon be charged to court.
An angry man caused a mild drama which was caught on camera, after he was evicted from the hotel room he was having a romp in.
It was revealed that the angry Lagosian who was almost hitting climax, was evicted from the hotel room by the manager of the lodging facility, without prior warning.
Twitter user @ianwordi who shared the video wrote;
Story time! So the manager of the hotel I’m in went into an occupant’s room without prior warning to evacuate him. Apparently he had exceeded his stay. Sad part is he was engaged in hot steamy sex when the ambush occurred. Below is the aftermath
Story time!
So the manager of the hotel I’m in went into an occupant’s room without prior warning to evacuate him. Apparently he had exceeded his stay. Sad part is he was engaged in hot steamy sex when the ambush occurred. Below is the aftermath… pic.twitter.com/V5PkDJvHOw
Actress Wumi Toriola, who sat for an interview with BBC Yoruba revealed that Toyin Abraham cursed her when she told her to take back her estranged husband, Adeniyi Johnson.
According to Wumi, Seyi Edun, girlfriend of the Adeniyi Johnson was willing to let go of him over the public pressure she faced.
So it was an enthralling event as several Vice presidential candidates, including Yemi Osinbajo of the All Progressives Congress and Peter Obi of the Peoples Democratic Party debated today at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel.
Present for the debate were Khadija Abdullahi-Iya, the vice presidential candidate of the Alliance for New Nigeria, Ganiyu Galadima of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria and Umma Getso of the Young Progressives Congress.
The debate was anchored by Imoni Amarere
On unemployment
Obi said “On the issue of unemployment, which is worsening, we can see that millions of our children are out of school. You can see from a study that there is a straight link between SMEs and growing your economy, and we’re not supporting our own SMEs very well.
“If you look at what China has been able to do with SMEs, SMEs in China is contributing to 60 per cent of their GDP. And 60 per cent of China’s GDP is 7.2tn (dollars), which is 18 per cent of Nigeria’s GDP.
“China today, using the same SMEs, is guaranteeing 10 million jobs annually. Half of this year alone, China has produced 7.2 million jobs, which is over 40 per cent of their target. Within the same period, Nigeria lost four million jobs.”
On jobs
Obi said, “That is why we have issues of insecurity, instability and all sorts of things we are witnessing today. We now live in a country where we have the highest number of poor people in any nation — 87 million and growing six per cent every minute.
“Our country today has the highest number of school children in the world. Our HDI (human development index) has dropped from 152 to 157. Our global competitive index has dropped from 124 to 127.
“In terrorism, we have moved from seven to number three just behind Iran and Afghanistan. Our inequality has worsened. Our misery index has worsened. Stress index now places us at 148 of 149. These are hinged on two things from studies and that is on education and unemployment.”
On corruption
Obi said, “It is not that you cannot fight corruption but you can fight it more aggressively while addressing economic issues. For example, in 2015, unemployment was 24 percent. Today, it is 40 per cent. In 2015, we attracted $21bn in Foreign Direct Investment but we attracted only $12bn last year. Our GDP was $500bn in 2015 while per capita was $2, 500 today it is under $1, 900.
On fuel subsidy
Obi said, “If you look at our stock market, we have lost over N2tn in one year. So, that is not a policy. You’re just fighting corruption, you are not creating jobs. You cannot shut down your shop and be chasing criminals.”
“What we are subsiding today is inefficiency. If you get it right, the prices still come down. There is no way a country can have a budget of N340bn for health, which translates to N5 a day for (each of) its citizens, and then pay a trillion for subsidy.
“There is no way you can have an education budget, which is the most critical component of the development at over N400bn and you’re paying subsidy of a trillion. It is a waste. You need to reverse it because you’re not dealing with the engine that will drive your economy tomorrow.”
On corruption
Osinbajo said ‘If you allow criminals to steal all the inventory in the shop, there will be no shop. That’s the problem. And what has happened in Nigeria in the past 16 years is what the World Bank told us; that the major cause of our poverty is corruption.
“That is what we’ve been told. So, let me say there is no way we can minimise. You can’t minimise corruption; if you minimise it, we run the risk of completely — in fact, the argument is lost.
“We cannot do what we want to do unless we are able to minimise corruption or eradicate it completely, which is what we’re trying to do.”
On fuel subsidy;
Osinbajo said, “the NNPC is the sole importer of petroleum. So, it is from the balance sheet of the NNPC that the subsidy is being taken. Now, let me say that if today, you are to remove subsidy, petrol price could go as high as N220 per litre or higher. There is no country in the world, not even the wealthiest ones that don’t run some type of subsidy or the other.”
On the economy
Osinbajo said, “I think the common denominator between the two countries you mentioned is the strong infrastructure. Our nation in the past 16 years has suffered a major infrastructure deficit. So, we don’t have rails, roads. When we came into power in 2015, power was 4,000MW in 16 years.
“So, you need strong infrastructure. No one can argue about it. The second thing is you cannot have a strong economy if you allow the type of grand corruption that has taken place in Nigeria in the last 16 years.”
On social investment programme
Osinbajo said “Under the N-Power scheme, we are employing 500,000 graduates, who are in every single local government of the country.
“At the same time, we have the homegrown school feeding programme under which 9.2 million children are fed every single day in 26 states of Nigeria,’’ he said.
A member of a five-man kidnap gang, Sani Mohammed, who was arrested by operatives of the IGP’s Intelligence Response Team, has disclosed that they would have made a profit of N500 million from kidnapping wealthy victims in Abuja, and Kaduna.
He was arrested alongside three others from their base in Enugu State. Their arrest is sequel to the purported plan for the gang to kidnap one an Abuja-based businessman, Alhaji Ulere.
Those arrested along with Sani are: Babangida Garba, Dogo Ibrahim, and Ibrahim Haruna. Sani told the police interrogators that their plans were to make at least N500 million from ransom, from those they had intended to abduct in December.
Sani, who the police described as one of the dangerous armed robbery suspects and kidnappers, admitted abducting a lot of affluent people in the past.
He narrated:
“I’m from Zamfara State, and I was formerly into cattle-rearing. I had no formal education and I started off as a herder, which was the business my father was into. I came to Abuja in 2007 in search for greener pastures. While in Abuja, I started working for one Alhaji Ulere. I left him and went to join a friend in Enugu State after my boss refused to pay me my money. While I was in Enugu I discovered that my friend already had an armed robbery gang and they were into kidnapping. I joined them.”
“Normally we block the expressway with heavy logs in the dead of the night, forcing vehicles to stop. We would rob all the occupants of their cash and valuables. We take the rich ones among them hostage in a forest in Enugu. They will be released only when their relatives pay ransom. I can’t count the numbers of robberies I have taken part in, but the one that got me into trouble was the kidnapping of my former boss, who sells cows in Abuja. I told my friend Babangida about my boss and I told him that my boss usually sees me as a thief and that he thought I stole one of his cows. Babaginda accepted, and he went to Abuja to kidnap Alhaji. We kept him in a bush in Abuja before we demanded a ransom of N10 million from his family. We didn’t know that they will go to the police, but while we were waiting for Dogo to bring the money, we got information that police were coming after us. We then abandoned my boss in the bush and fled.”
Force Public Relations Officer, Moshood Jimoh, who confirmed the arrest, said that the suspects are members of an armed gang which specializes in robbing and kidnapping motorists on the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway. He said that the gang was arrested by IRT operatives led by Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari.
