Some photos that were shared on social media and have gone viral, shows how a boy hailing from Boko village in Zamfara State, who was sent to Kaduna to become an Islamic school student, was reportedly chained and turned into a beggar by his teacher.
Social media user, Aisha Alubankudi who shared the story, wrote;
“Gov Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai pls investigate
The following unconfirmed report received!
This boy was sent to Islamic school in Zaria from Ɓoko village in Zamfara State. His teacher put chain on him and sent him to beg for food to eat. The name of the Mallam is Sufi, at Rimin Tsiwa quarters in Zariya City Kaduna State. The Islamic School is adjacent to Alhaji Sani Rimin Tsiwa house. ??????????
It’s part of the menace of Almajiri system. May be the boy finds it difficult to adapt to the system and wanted to run away so he was chained when they caught him.”
After their traditional marriage which was held on on Friday, the 16th of June, 2017, at Dr. Louisa’s family house in Tema, the couple Dr. Louisa and Stonebwoy, held an elaborate wedding at Unique Floral at the Trade Fair Centre in Accra.
Top Ghanaian celebrities were in attendance of the colourful wedding ceremony, that had the couple smiling and all cheerful.
The Imo State Police Command have arrested a five-woman gang who specializes in child trafficking, for stealing a three year-old boy in Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of the state.
The suspects have since been identified as Chinonye Okere, Joy Ama, Eucheria Amadi, Pauline Uzoamaka and Nnenne Okere.
Parading them before newsmen in Owerri, the state capital, the Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, commended the Surveillance Unit of the command, led by Bassy Asamba, a Superintendent of Police, for doing a good job and for going the extra mile to Lagos to rescue the child. Punch reports.
Ezike described the suspects as a chain, whose act could best be described as shameful.
“In the 21st Century when people are engaging in productive activities, like going to the moon, these ones are shamelessly engaging in buying and selling of God’s beautiful creation.
“To learn that they sold this handsome child for a pittance of N600,000 is most annoying and shameful.
“We will not spare them. We will arraign them in court on Monday (today) for them to answer their charges. The gang is a criminal chain and we will ensure that the law takes its full cost,” he said.
Responding to a question, Ezike said the police officer identified as Felix, whom the suspects accused of being part of the gang, was facing an orderly room trial and would be dismissed and charged to the court if found guilty of being part of the child-trafficking syndicate.
When interviewed, the prime suspect, Okere, who allegedly stole the child at a funeral ceremony confessed to the crime, but stated that one police man, Felix, planned and executed the criminal act with her.
She said that her husband and one other person she named as being part of the crime, Rose, were on the run.
The alleged buyer, 55-year-old Uzoamaka, who told newsmen that she lived in Lagos, said she bought the child for N600,000 from 54 year-old Mrs. Amadi in Nnewi, Anambra State in April.
A new law in Sokoto state will mandate potential suitors to add insecticide-treated mosquito nets to the brideprice they pay before getting married.
The couple will also have to undergo testing for sickle cell gene and enrol for a state community contributory health scheme to reduce the cost of medical treatment, according to the law.
Sokoto health commissioner Balarabe Kakale said the law makes it compulsory for couples to undergo testing for HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis B.
The state health ministry is to sponsor a private bill before Sokoto legislature.
But that will not come until a seminar agrees on the position of the law, Islam, and culture on premarital testing.
Kakale said the measures were meant to reduce the menace of the diseases in Sokoto
Big Brother Naija 2017 contestants, Tokunbo Idowu aka TBoss and Ekemini Ekerette aka Kemen, have finally reconciled.
The peace meeting was organized by journalist, Azuka Ogujiuba and Charles Opaleke, a night club owner in Abuja, and it of course brought an end to the lingering quarrel between the duo who were both housemates in the last edition of the Big Brother Naija.
They had not spoken to each other since they all returned from South Africa, where the reality show took place.
While in the Big Brother House, Kemen was alleged to have attempted to assault Kemen sexually and was disqualified from the show.
Returning to Nigeria, Tboss had granted an interview to Ebuka Obi-Uchendu and declared she would never talk to Kemen again!
She said in the TV programme ‘Rubbin Minds,”
“I considered Kemen a friend. He was my go-to guy. He was my buddy, my muscle. He encouraged me. He motivated me. So for what happened to have happened considering all the people that look up to me, it was sad. I was angry.
I was humiliated and I did feel violated but I don’t play the victim card. I honestly think that the decision that Big Brother took was the only decision that could have been taken. And everything that Kemen has to say about that, na him get him mouth, e fit use am talk wetin him wan talk but he knows and we know.”
Asked if she had seen Kemen after Big Brother House and pretty Tboss said,
“I have seen him a few times but I really don’t want to talk to him because honestly the day you (Ebuka) came into the house with Karen, I was thinking what would happen if I see Kemen because I thought there would be a party after then. I just wanted to slap him. I think I even said that but then I came out and I said you know what everyone can make mistake because I am an attractive person but then, I come out and I hear the interviews he has given, today he makes an apology and then tomorrow he comes out to say TBoss knows what happened and that if there was no N25 million involved, hopefully she would tell the truth. What truth are you talking about? You are contradicting yourself. And then you are calling me? He has called me like over 15-20 times but I don’t want to speak to him. I am not ready because if I talk, I would say the wrong things. I want to calm down.”
However, the peace meeting which took place in the early hours of Monday, June 19, in an Abuja club settled all scores and Tboss was seen in a video talking with Kemen.
The duo spoke for some minutes before taking several pictures together.
A very heartbroken Nigerian man has cried out on Social Media after finding out that his son whom he really loved isn’t his. The heartbroken man while wishing all Fathers’ a Happy Fathers’ Day advised all Fathers’ to do DNA tests for their children. He wrote;
“I will tell a story!!! A story that brings so much pain to me, for a minute I thought I was his dad, my mom was super happy,the smile on her face the day I showed pictures of My little man to her.
I paid all I was asked to pay. I mean,I was ready to spend my last cash on this little man ( his name ) NAJIB. I took full responsibility and did all she asked for. I was the best father to this little man,she didn’t lack noting,any of my friends then will complain my spending on this Evil Lady.
Happiness went sore on that Monday morning when I took my brother @iamstanchesta he came from Nigeria to Ghana just to see my son, nigga was so happy he thought he was already someone’s uncle and then the whole truth unveiled. He was never my son, NAJIB was never my son.
Girls can be so devilish.Don’t just be fast to judge me if I act like an asshole towards you. Trust me I seen the dark side.
Happy Father’s Day to all the amazing dad out there please try go for DNA be sure that child is yours.U won’t be happy to walk my path. #beenhurt#amstrong #shouldhavebeenadadbynow#sad #lofegoeson”.
A pervert rugby player was duped into thinking he was meeting a 13-year-old girl by paedophile hunters after chatting to her about sex.
After she told him she was a virgin, Joe Snowdon told the “girl” he would like to do “more than kiss her”.
But in fact, he had been talking to members of Dark Justice, a group who trap would-be paedophiles before alerting the police who swoop in to make an arrest. The Chronicle Live reports.
A court heard the 24-year-old started chatting to “Amanda” on adult social networking site Skout, and then moved on to private conversations over WhatsApp.
Kidnap kingpin, Evans has taken Police officers from the Federal Anti-kidnapping Unit to the houses he detained and kept his victims.
The buildings are located in Igando and Ejigbo areas of Lagos State.
While speaking to newsmen, Evans said that his arrest would mean the beginning of the end of kidnapping in Nigeria as his gang is the most sophisticated in the ‘business’.
Evans was arrested on June 10, along with six suspected top members of his gang at Magodo Estate in Lagos.
His arrest followed “an intense gun battle” with the Joint Special Forces led by the Intelligence Response Team, the Lagos State Police Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit and Technical and Intelligent Unit of the Force under the supervision of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State.
They were paraded at the headquarters of the Lagos State Police Command by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Jimoh Moshood.
Sharing how much Father’s day means to him, Nigerian veteran actor, Richard Mofe Damijo, RMD, says he’s happy he can ‘relate better with his children, have conversations with them rather than just give orders/instructions, have them run up to him when he gets home other than run off into their rooms.
Read his heartfelt Instagram post;
“When I was younger, I looked at my dad as very old and now, In a changing world when 70 (years old) is the new 40, I wonder how my kids look at me-lol-. I am grateful I can relate better with my children, have conversations rather than just give orders/instructions, have them run up to me when I get home rather than run off into their rooms.
I have resolved to evolve with them, watch trends closely and keep finding ways to keep up with them without losing the values I hold dear and want to impart in them.
To every father providing not just financially but also providing the love, acceptance, emotional and spiritual stability their children need. To every father looking for ways to win or retain the confidence of their children in a changing world.
To every father striving at being a better dad than our fathers were. To every father who has resolved to raise their kids better than our parents did, I say Happy Father’s Day and I pray for you today that God will furnish you exceedingly and abundantly with all the wisdom and resources you require to be the father your family needs. God bless you all.”
Malaysian based Nigerian Instagram big boy, Hushpuppi Ray, feels that some people are out to compete with his extravagant lifestyle and he has warned them to be humble.
He recently spent over 3.3 million naira at a club in Lagos on Saturday night to prove that he’s not their mate and it has got people wondering if he worked so hard to get that kinda money, why then would he be so lavish?
According to the media house, this news was revealed to them by a source close to the family who claimed that the twins were born on Monday in a Los Angeles hospital. The source added that the doctors discovered the ‘minor issue’ after birth and do not feel comfortable releasing this babies now.
The nature of the alleged ‘minor issue’ is yet to be made public. However, the source added that the mother is doing fine.
This news comes hours after sources revealed to US Magazine yesterday that the Knowles-Carter has grown by two, confirming speculations by fans days ago after they spotted Jay Z and Blue Ivy at an LA hospital.
The Ministry of Health has released a communiqué on enforcing the ban on smoking in public spaces including shopping malls, restaurants and bars, schools, and bus parks, Punch reports.
The ministry says the communique is in accordance with Section 9 of the Nigeria Tobacco Control Act 2015, which will henceforth be enforced, and offenders will be liable to pay a fine of not less than N50,000, or not less than six months’ imprisonment, or both.
“The World Health Organisation estimates that worldwide, second-hand tobacco smoke is currently responsible for the deaths of about 600,000 people yearly, 80 per cent of which occur in low-income and middle-income countries like Nigeria.
“Smoking in public places is now banned in Nigeria. Section 9 of the Nigeria Tobacco Control Act 2015 stipulates that offenders, once convicted, are liable to a fine of not less than N50,000 or not less than six months’ imprisonment, or both.
“Public places where smoking is prohibited by law in Nigeria include: child care facilities, educational facilities, health care facilities, playgrounds/amusement parks, public parks (gardens), stadia, restaurants/bars, public transportation parks and plazas.
“The Federal Ministry of Health is committed to the fight to ensure a tobacco-free Nigeria, and will in the weeks and months ahead actively collaborate with law enforcement agencies to ensure enforcement of the Act, and with the National Assembly to ensure that necessary supporting regulation is passed.”
Known as the Clean Air Campaign, it is supported by the Cancer Society of Nigeria, World Health Organisation, ONE Campaign, Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, Civil Society Organisations and the Tobacco Free Kids.
Tony Rapu, medical practitioner and a Pastor of This Present House, a popular church in Lekki, Lagos – has shared a video footage of a young Nigerian boy identified as Shanawole, who was rescued from the streets during a recent God Bless Nigeria/Freedom Foundation rehabilitation mission.
The 11-year-old boy who says he belongs to Eiye confraternity and smokes marijuana well – revealed that if anyone messes with him or his group, it’s his job to kill the person/hack the person down. He also said that if anyone tries to fight them, he and his boys will hit the person very hard.
The young boy who also claimed to be robber – has been taken off the streets and is undergoing rehabilitation.
Still in celebration of Fathers’ Day, DMW Boss, Davido shared an adorable photo of his daughters, Imade and Hailey Adeleke, professing his profound love for them.
He also reminded his girls, that he is working day in day out for them, so they can have a good life. This is coming after the singer subtly replied his rival, Wizkid after the latter called him a local Champion.
Davido who is currently in France wrote;
“Happy Father’s Day to all Fathers out there and to my Father as well .. remember they didn’t ask to be here !! my babies so much .. I’m out here getting for y’all so UNA GO CHILL SEE FRONT!! Daddy loves you
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Again, Davido has reacted, or instead replied Starboy, Wizkid after the latter called him a local champion, and of course cautioned the former to stop hating.
Recall it all started when Wizkid announced he’d be dropping his EP any moment from now, and Davido shaded the singer.. Wizkid was quick to subtly reply Davido. IN a series of tweet the starboy wrote:
U can’t hate on someone doing better than u in what u failed at! Learn and appreciate! Free ur mind from hate young kids ??
The game is only for the real! Catch up or stay local! Don’t blame anybody for ur failures! Pray and work hard kids!
And remember kids! Drink more water!! ?
Davido has now replied him yet again, the singer shared a video from a party, in Cannes, France where he performed, and then captioned it:
“Local Champion……….. I love it! Congrats to the beautiful couple. The Groom is Nigeria Right! Wankolo No dey game!”
Going away from the recent drama between Churchill and Tonto Dikeh… The former has decided to share an old picture of himself and his son, Andre to celebrate Fathers’ day.
In celebration of Fathers’ Day today, Ghanaian Actress, Nadia Buari has finally shared a glimpse of her baby daddy’s face as they both stroll on the street with their twins.
The 34-year-old actress kept his identity a secret after she welcomed their twin daughters back in 2015.
“Happy Father’s Day to the king of our castle. I love u,” she wrote in an Instagram post.
A CHANCE ENCOUNTER: Evans in shock as reporter confronts him with family photograph
Security at the State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, Ikeja, yesterday afternoon, was extra-ordinarily tight.
The visit by Sunday Vanguard to the State Command was in pursuit of the need to serve the readers with the latest in the unfolding saga of the arrested kidnap kingpin, Chukwudubem Onwuamadike a.k.a Evans.
The earlier impression was that the notorious gangster was being kept in a hidden location outside the headquarters.
Clutching a copy of Saturday Vanguard’s Special Edition, which was an expose of the kingpin, the story of his father, how his mother was a major influence in his life, as well as the plea by his Ghana-based wife and his children, the reporter stepped into the building housing members of the equally dreaded Special Anti-Robbery team, SARS.
Now, this team of crack detectives is noted for its swiftness in dealing with criminals, especially armed robbers.
Just as the reporter made some flights of stairs towards the first floor, he was confronted by fierce-looking and heavily armed policemen who were also descending the stairs.
His attention was immediately drawn to the man in their midst, who was gingerly toeing their steps.
Behold, it turned out to be the notorious man of the moment, Evans, in leg chains.
Instantaneously, the reporter’s instinct was aroused.
Without weighing the consequences of what he was about to do, he dared the menacing presence of the gun-totting policemen and confronted Evans.
This, inspite of the pushing and shoving by the eagle-eyed policemen wearing black vests with the bold inscription, FED SARS.
Sunday Vanguard’s reporter wasted no time in establishing communication with Evans – an act considered a breach of protocol.
But he was an experienced crime editor, with decades of experience, risking it all just to get his scoop.
The encounter:
Sunday Vanguard: Evans, (he raised his head eagerly looking at the reporter). – I just spoke with your wife and kids in Ghana.
Evans: It is not true. It can’t be my wife.
Sunday Vanguard: (Showing him the front page of the copy of Saturday Vanguard with the photograph of his wife and kids weeping) Look at them here.
Your son in particular, crying his hearts out.
Evans: (He quickly retraced his steps, looked intently at the photograph). Suddenly, his countenance changed.
(He became speechless upon seeing the photograph clearly).
Sunday Vanguard: Are the people in the photograph not your wife and kids?
Evans: (Looking downcast and in deep thought, maintained a studied silence).
Sunday Vanguard: Just look at what what you have done to your family. The many lives of innocent people you have ruined with your activities. Look at your beautiful kids crying their hearts out just for…
His hostile stare towards the reporter spoke volumes.
Were it possible, he would have grabbed the riffle from the policemen and shot at the reporter.
Sunday Vanguard: Evans, you are a very wicked man. See what you have done to your family. This is judgement time.
Meanwhile, this encounter may appear smooth and easy, but it was more like passing through the eye of the needle while it lasted because the policemen, though decorous, did not particularly cooperate and were angry.
At this stage, the policemen pounced on the reporter with guns drawn for a kill.
“Oga, if you don want trouble, leave this place now. (They snatched the newspaper forcefully from the reporter and ordered one of their armed colleagues to escort him out to the gate).
As the reporter was being led out, it was noticed that the copy of Saturday Vanguard was being passed from one eager hand to another as they quickly threw Evans back to the cell where they were taken him to.
Bimbo Coker, the estranged wife to Churchill, whom she is still legally married to, has reacted to the supposed text messages Tonto Dikeh sent to her mother-in-law.
Recall, you brought you screenshots, courtesy OAP, Lara Olube, who claimed the screenshots were text messages sent to her aunt, (Churchill’s mom) by Tonto Dikeh. (See the screenshots here)
Bimbo in reaction to the text messages, she tags as untrue has said Churchill’s family are wicked and filled with evil thoughts/plans.
She wrote:
“Smh, this people will never stop lying or even change from their evil ways… soon I know your can of worms will be open Kunle and you mom..Wicked family filled with evil thoughts and evil plans. Someday people will know the real you kunle,just can’t wait for that day to come”.
Then Tonto responded by commenting:
“Sisterly these people don’t deserve your Words!! It’s well,Love u mama #Sisters for life”
The other day, we brought you facts about Tonto Dikeh’s Ex-husband, and we stated that he was still legally married to his estranged ex-wife, Bimbo Coker.. We were called out of course, by folks who claimed Churchill was never married, as the above picture (left) was taken during Churchill’s visit to wedding.
Guess you all are wrong! Now, His wife, who appears to still be legally married to, has asked Churchill in an Instagram post to sign their divorce papers so she could be free of him.
She also accused him of getting married to Tonto Dikeh while still being legally married to her and threatened to expose the real Churchill. Read What she wrote below;
@trutha619032 hi Churchill I see you , I’m not pained by all this your write ups.. the truth someday will come out and people will know the real you, please kindly sign my divorce papers and let me be free.
You went ahead to marry @tontolet without divorcing me and I didn’t sue you or come out to say anything,please don’t let me say all you did for people to know who you all really are okay? I wont come out to tell lies against you but the truth and I got prove and you know it
After his arrest last Saturday, more and more details has been revealed concerning the luxurious lifestyle of Billionaire Kidnapper, Evans.. and how he kidnaps his victim plus how he operates.
Vanguard during a return visit to Akamili, Umudim in Nnewi, the home town of the dreaded kidnap kingpin, Mr. Chidumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans, they have revealed that a magnificent property in the maiden home compound of his mother, Mrs. Chinwe Onwuamadike, was built by the mother.
Meanwhile, following the statement by Evans father, Mr. Stephen Onwamadike, that his estranged wife and mother of Evans, Mrs. Chinwe Onwuamadike, had so much influence on his son, and that that contributed greatly towards the wrong path the ioy toed, it became more difficult to know her where about.
Evans Mother.
Though she no longer lives with her husband, she was said to be virtually residing in her maiden home a few meters away from her husband’s home. In fact, Mrs. Onwuamadike was believed to be the bread winner in her maiden home, where it was also believed that the magnificent house in that compound was built by her.
However, checks in her maiden home showed that she disappeared few days after the arrest of her son by the police and fled to an unknown place. While some people in her village, Akamili, Umudim said she was seen in Nnewi few weeks ago, others said she traveled to Lagos few days before the arrest of her son.
According to reports making the rounds online, foreign singer cum actress, Beyonce Knowles, has given birth to her much expected set of twins.
The singer and her rapper husband, Jay Z welcomed twins some days ago, multiple sources confirm – there have been signs that she might have given birth to a boy and a girl based on the balloons that were delivered to a hospital, but no hard evidence so far.
The couple’s new twins join their daughter Blue Ivy, 5 – Beyoncé and Jay Z tied the knot in 2008 and recently celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary.
An abduction carried out by the Evans gang on February 14 this year proved to be a fatal error as the captured businessman, Donatus Dunu, became the gang’s nemesis.
Dunu is a pharmacist and the owner of Maydon Pharmaceutical Company, Ilupeju, Lagos.
He had barely left his office on the evening of 14 February, the lovers day, when he was blocked by a vehicle. Before he knew it, Evans’ gun-wielding men had stepped out and bundled the pharmacist into their vehicle. They sped off to 21, Prophet Asaye Close, New Igando, a Lagos suburb where he was kept for three months.
While looking for the money, Dunu’s wife, who is also a director of the company, staff members organised prayers for the safe return of their boss.
One of the workers said: “We did not only pray but engaged in fasting too. Who will not pray and fast if his or her boss was in such condition? It was really traumatic for us.”
Unknown to Dunu’s wife and the workers, the person who gave the information leading to Dunu’s abduction was one of the staff members of the company, identified as Emeka, who was employed about five years ago.
Emeka of Maydon Pharmaceuticals: gave his boss to Evans gang
At the gang’s den in New Igando, where Dunu was kept, Dunu had given up hope on the possibility of regaining his freedom. But he had a big break in the early hours of Friday, May 12, 2017, while his captors were deep asleep.
Dunu managed to wriggle out of the leg manacles. He was only wearing a pair of shorts and white singlet. A perimeter fence with broken bottles atop was to become a major obstacle to his escape, but the victim found a way. He clambered atop and jumped into freedom.
The Igando house where Evans kept his preys
Evans subsequently demanded the payment of one million euro as ransom. Despite pleas by the family of Dunu to make Evans reduce the ransom, even after N100 million had been paid to him, he was adamant. He insisted on the one million euro or Dunu’s life.
It was learnt that when he landed into an adjoining building, he was mistaken for a fleeing robber or cultist.
Security guards raised the alarm which attracted neighbours to the scene and it was providence that saved him from being lynched by a mob.
One of the security guards who asked not to be named said:
“I just came to my duty post that day when I started hearing the shout of ‘thief! Thief!’ I came out and saw this fair-complexioned man running towards me.
I stopped him near that mini- tanker (he pointed at a decrepit stationary tanker). He was wearing only his boxer with his white singlet placed on his shoulder. There was fear in his eyes and he looked sick and traumatised.
His body was blood-stained and there were injuries on his legs probably because he had been cuffed on his legs for a long time.
“Some people were unwilling to listen to him and they wanted to take him away. I said no, they should leave him here and instead call the elders of the community. I took him to the front of that Foursquare Church and told him to sit at the entrance of the church. I then asked how much the kidnappers were demanding from him and how much he had paid and he said they were demanding N500m and he had paid about N100m. I was shocked. We then took him to the Igando Divisional Police Station. Later that afternoon, the operatives of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) returned with him to the street, but he was so tired and sick; he did not even come out of the vehicle. They broke into the compound but the kidnappers had escaped. So many things were discovered in the compound, including guns, a white bus and a power bike. I had never seen any power bike on this street before then.”
House 21 Prophet Asaye Close is a bungalow and sits at the end of the road. The floor of the compound is covered with interlocking stones. Carved on the gate is the sentence ‘Jesus is Alive.’ There is a doorbell on the left side of the gate.
Asked about the activities in the compound, our source said:
“They (abductors) kept to themselves. The guy there, whenever he was driving in from outside, the gate would have been opened before he got to the gate. In addition, loud music was always wafting from the bungalow. This always muffled every noise coming from there. This happened mostly in the day time. In the night, of course, the generating set would take over. So, we (neighbours) could never have known what went on there”.
With the escape of Dunu, he was able to make useful statements to the police about his kidnap. The next day, May 13, SARS operatives in four patrol vans stormed Franzaki Street, Bucknor Estate, off Isheri Osun Road. It was the rented home of one of the workers of Maydon Pharmaceutical, identified as Emeka, a pharmacist. He is from Oguta, Imo State, and in his late 30s or early 40’s; he has a wife and a child, according to the residents, who were rattled by the early morning raid.
Emeka was whisked away from his house by the police. Since then, the residents said he has not returned.
It was on the basis of this breakthrough that the Lagos Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, four days after Emeka’s arrest on May 16 declared a certain faceless Evans wanted. He said:
“We are encouraging Nigerians to blow the whistle on this kidnapper. Whoever blows the whistle will get N30 million rewards as stated by the Inspector General of Police…Evans has been on the wanted list of the Police in Anambra, Edo and Lagos states for years. The suspects arrested have given us valuable information, which the command is working on to ensure that he is apprehended by all means.”
Operatives of the Inspector General of Police’s anti-kidnapping team went into action and with the aid of high-tech equipment, they were able to track key members of the kidnap syndicate, rounded them up and then set the stage for the final arrest of Evans. This came last Saturday when Evans was demystified by the police.
Mood at the victim’s firm
At the headquarters of Maydon Pharmaceutical Company Limited at 15 Wilmer Street, Ilupeju, Lagos, the atmosphere was subdued. The workers discussed in a low tone. There were several innuendoes about a certain Emeka from Oguta. Both Mr Donatus Dunu, the chairman of the company, and his wife, the managing director, were not on available.
However, one of the male workers said they had been warned not to discuss their boss’ harrowing experience with pressmen and that it was only the boss or his wife that can speak on the matter. Pressed further, he described his boss’ escape as miraculous. When shown the picture of the compound where Dunu was kept with the inscription ‘Jesus is alive’, he exclaimed ‘indeed, Jesus is alive!’
The Federal Government is set to shut down a section of the Apapa Wharf road for a year to allow engineers carry out reconstruction on the road that has been in a deplorable state over the past few years.
Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this at the signing of a N4.34 Billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dangote Group and other stakeholders for the reconstruction of the road in Lagos today June 17th.
The reconstruction, according to the minister, will be funded by AG Dangote Construction Company Ltd, an arm of the Dangote Group, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and Flour Mills of Nigeria. He said the use of AG Dangote for the construction of the 2 kilometer road was to give the very important road a better outlook with the use of concrete.
Fashola added that the reconstruction kicks off today June 17th. He appealed to residents of the state to persevere as the reconstruction exercise goes on.
“We are embarking on what will be the final solution to the massive inconvenience. Businesses and residents in Apapa and its environment have had to endure for a couple of years. I like to acknowledge the leadership role of Dangote and Flour Mills who are operators and have also contributed to make this reality. They are doing this as a total Corporate Responsibility without asking for tax holiday or reduction. We are also working on how to ensure free access to Tin Can Island. From today that we are handing over the project, the road will take one year to be completed. We need the cooperation of all the stakeholders. There will be some discomfort on the way but we appeal for tolerance and perseverance. It will continue to get better, people should please ensure more to solve the challenge.”
Nigerian music mogul and producer, Michael Collins Ajereh, better known with the name, Don Jazzy took to his Instagram some moments ago to share a selfie with a mystery lady.
The photo of course, caused his fans, mostly females to go gaga – the music producer was earlier, under fire after fans asked him to go and marry, so he decided to keep mouths shut by sharing the now viral selfie with a lady who had her huge backside turned on the camera with the caption:
A really jaw dropping and quite sad story which has been shared by Vanguard newspaper tells of a man with the name, Chief Donatus (as he preferred to be identified in story for security reasons), who is one of Evan’s kidnap victims and he was abducted near his office on February 14, 2017.
He was held for three whole months and miraculously escaped from their hideout. In his exclusive interview with Vanguard, the man gave a vivid account of the breathtaking ugly encounter.
Read it below:
(Chief Donatus would not want his pictures published as police have not offered him any protection and he is still afraid of the Evans gang)
Excerpts;
On the 14th February, 2017, at about 7:30pm, while I was going home from my office at Ilupeju, I suddenly saw an SUV opposite me. I wanted to reverse but somebody in the front came down with a long gun and dragged me out from my car.
He pushed me inside the SUV. Immediately they moved away from the street, they transferred me to the back of the SUV and covered me with a car mat while one of them sat on top of me. They drove me to an unknown place but before we got there, the one at the back with me now put iron (chain) on my hands.
There were about five of them in the SUV. I was carried away and didn’t know what to say. I was afraid for my life and was thinking whether they were assassins or kidnappers because I have some cases in the court. So, I thought maybe those people are the ones after me.
Trip to hideout
When we got there, they asked me to come down but remain faced down, which I did. The house was a bungalow with a parlour and their generator was on.
They asked me; are you Chief Donatus, I said yes, what’s your wife’s name? I told them. They now told me that they were not going to harm me, that what they wanted was their own share and that I should corporate.
After that, they brought out one AK-47 and a pistol with live ammunitions and showed me that this is not a child’s play. They now brought out a locally made iron like chain and put on my legs, blindfolded me, then pushed me into one dark room. It was a self-contained room with bathroom and toilet inside.
There was a standing fan, one high rise foam with bed spread and curtains on the widow but throughout my stay there, it was not opened even for one day.
I was there till the following day. There was no food for me through out that night, but in the morning, they brought Indomie for me after brushing. I took my bath and ate.
They asked me not to look at them any time I wanted to bath so when the time comes; I raised the blindfold up a bit, making sure that they did not see me.
Familiar voice echoes
After about two days, I heard a voice that sounds like my pharmacist, Emeke and it was while I was eating, normally while eating, I used to raise the blindfold up small to enable me to see. He asked them where they kept me.
As he was talking, ours eyes met and he shuddered. He now withdrew, but before he left, he asked them whether they have contacted my brothers and they said no. I was hearing everything they were discussing. They even asked how they could get to my wife but he told them that my wife doesn’t usually come to the office.
What I noticed was that, in the first one week, they were not harsh but that changed all of a sudden. I used to brush every morning but it became once in a week. I noticed that, any time they wanted me to bathe, they would come to my room early morning with one small bucket of water and asked me to get up and take my bath.
Then after that, everywhere would be so quiet as if nobody lived in that compound. So, in the night before they put on their generator, it used to be around 8:30pm so that the neighbourhood would now think that they have come back from their home while they were inside the house all through without any music and no television.
I noticed also that, whenever their boss called them, they would put on one small radio so that neighbours would not hear whatever they were discussing. After five days there, I started getting weak and I asked them how much I have to pay. Their manager now called their chairman and they discussed.
Their chairman, as they called him, was not discussing with anybody except the manager, they were three. The manager now came to me and said his boss said my bill was two million dollars.
I asked where I would get that kind of money. We don’t usually keep money at home; we do borrow from banks to do business. After much pleading, he reduced it to one million dollar. But after two days, he said, he has gotten more information about me and it’s no more dollars again, it’s one million Euros.
At exactly two weeks of my hostage, they contacted my brother through the phone number I gave them. When he called my brother, he asked his manager to connect me, I think it was a conference call because he was hearing the conversation but whenever he wanted to talk to me, he would put it on pause and would tell me what to tell my family.
Negotiation starts
Initially, I was telling my brother that, they said it was one million Euros but he said, “No, that I’m a mad person, that I should tell my brother that I have agreed with them that it is one million Euros” and I did so. My brothers were crying because where would they get such an amount of money. There were times they would be beating me so that my brothers would hear and know that I was suffering.
That iron was on my leg throughout my stay in the place except when I was going to bath. They used to serve me indomie twice a day or some times, Semovita with one meat. They used to cook in the house. There was a lady that used to come and cook for them.
The lady used to come with a small girl. My brother called and said that there was no money but they managed to gather fifty million and he said my brothers were all mad, that if they did not complete the money, he was prepared to keep me for the next one year and that they were not paying rent and that they were the owners of the house.
For one month, I was there because gathering that money was not easy. I did not know whether I was the only victim there or not because throughout my 90 days incarceration, I was only in that one room.
He vowed to collect the ransom complete. My brothers went to collect a lot of money from our relatives. I know when it was one hundred million, but he still insisted. I knew there was a time the exchange dropped, so, he now asked them not to change the money.
When he said one million Euros, the Euro was about five hundred and thirty naira per Euro. So, when the rate was dropping, he asked them not to change, that it was now naira they wanted because he thought naira was gaining value, which would have been five hundred million. When my brother now told them that he was not able to get one hundred million, they said he was talking rubbish.
It was Tuesday before Easter; my brothers were doing everything to get me out to celebrate Easter with them. He now called my brother and said he should bring whatsoever they had; my brother now told them what he had.
He told my elder brother that he was going to be the one that would deliver the money and that he would shoot his two legs if he tried to joke with them.
They were all quarrelling. The manger now took the phone from me and started insulting my brother that, he was very stupid, and very wicked, that he wanted me to die so that he could go and inherit my property. On Thursday, before Easter, I asked the manager about their chairman.
I used to chat with them, and I was trying to be friendly with them. Then the manager told me that the chairman travelled to America. He came back the next Sunday after Easter. I now asked; can I talk to my brothers? Because it was like I have already been cut off from the real world.
Effect of Vanguard publication
So, the first publication about my abduction in Vanguard newspapers was on Saturday, then, the chairman (Evans) called his manager and was speaking with anger saying that my brother wanted to kill me.
After the call, his manager now came to me to say that, “your brother doesn’t want you alive. He went to do a newspaper publication while he has been begging that he doesn’t have money. Now, where did he get the money to do the publication?”
On Sunday, the chairman called to say that I should thank my God, that if they had published that story in Vanguard before now, there was no way he wouldn’t have collected one billion naira from me. Then on Tuesday, the story was everywhere on Facebook.
The chairman now called the manager again complaining bitterly about the publication on Facebook. But again, I pleaded with them that my brother didn’t have Facebook account just like me. He doesn’t have time for all these things, maybe it could be women that did that.
They were very angry about that newspaper publication. After that, there was no communication from the chairman even my brothers again.
Calls for change of negotiator
Exactly one month after Easter, he now called again that he didn’t want to discuss anything with my brothers again, that I should call another person.
I now called my cousin and the manager asked me to tell chairman whenever he called that, my brother wanted to kill me so he should hands off this case.
One day after that discussion with the chairman, I heard Emeka, my pharmacist discussing with them. Normally, he did come there every day. Sometimes, he stayed till late night. And I was overhearing his voice. At a point I thought, he was no longer living with his wife because he stayed late there.
Decision to kill me
I heard Emeka discussing with manager but what drew my attention was when the manager said “… .ehh… for that reason, we don’t have choice than to kill him, we would kill him. We don’t have alternative than to kill him.
I overheard Emeka calling my staff from there. He was complaining that I was very wicked, that this was what I have done to some persons.
He was complaining that one of my pharmacists was not cooperating. When I now heard that they would kill me, I now encouraged myself that, maybe it’s not me. There was a day Emeka came again and said, “If you want to kill him, kill him, in fact, kill him” until that week that I escaped from them on Wednesday, Emeka came again and asked them whether they have killed me. They said no… that it is going to be on Friday night.
I said to God, that it has been said that nobody knows when he is going to die but it is like I know when I’m going to die. Even the first day that they made up their mind to kill me, the manager now called the one that travelled to come back so I thought it was going to be that night. I was counting the days because I did not know when my end would come.
I didn’t even know that this was even almost two months after collecting ransom from my brothers. I didn’t know that they collected it. I was told this when I came out. When their Chairman travelled, I thought he travelled to America like his people said or South Africa maybe; he went to save the money. Throughout that Wednesday, I wasn’t myself even when they brought the Indomie, I couldn’t eat.
Mysterious escape from the dark room
It was on Friday night that my miracle happened. Way back, for the 90 days period of my captivity, I was trying to remove that iron from my leg without success, but that night around 2:00 am to 3:00 am, something asked me to get up and I got up and prayed.
After that, the voice said to me that I should try opening that padlock which I did. I squeezed small size of the bed spread and passed it through the padlock and pulled it with little effort once, and the padlock opened.
I said to myself, God, if I go and these people catch me, I will die, and if I remain here till daybreak, I would also die. So, the best thing is that, let me go and try it. It was God that opened this padlock, because I know that it wasn’t my personal power.
That God will lead me out. Before then, I had begged them to be leaving the door linking my room to the parlour open so that I will be getting fresh air from there.
Luckily, there was light that night and there was curtain and linen, so I made sure that the inside of my room was darker than the palour so that, even if they opened the curtain and look inside, they would not see me.
There were two of them sleeping at the palour and because there was light that night, I couldn’t step on anyone of them. I said to my God, I will go; I will go. I left for the palour, from there to the kitchen.
There, I saw another burglary at the kitchen door and I concluded that I could not open it and had to go back through the palour to my dark room again while those people were still sleeping.
I carried the iron and put it back on my legs but didn’t lock it again. One mind said I should go again, I should go and try, I got up again went through the palour yet, they did not notice, then I closed the back door.
Luckily, the wooden door that leads outside was not locked while the burglary was locked at the middle. The upper bolt and the down ones were just held down. When I pushed the upper bolt and the down one, the burglary opened and I now went outside their compound.
I saw their gate, I turned the other side and I saw something like ladder resting on the fence. Their fence had broken bottles on top of it but at that point where the ladder was, the broken bottles were not there. That was where I climbed the fence, stepped my foot and jumped to the other compound.
Escape route.
While inside that compound, I knocked at the door of a flat, one man and a woman came out.
I told them that, I was a kidnap victim being kept in the other compound; I just managed to escape now, please help me. The man said, “Mr. Man get away from this compound before I call the police or vigilante for you” and I responded, please call the police.
The man and his wife went back to sleep leaving me there alone. All of a sudden, everywhere became quiet again. One mind told me that I should go somewhere and hide till day break which I did.
Not up to ten minutes that I left to hide, my abductors now opened their gate looking for me everywhere with their motorcycles. I was in my hideout praying to God to save my life. I was there till day break.
I was looking like a mad person. For three months, I had not shaved, everywhere was white, and I was only putting up a dirty boxer that I had worn for the past 90 days without washing.
When those couple woke up and saw me, they were surprised and as he wanted to raise alarm, I said no, these people there don’t let them know I am here.
I said to him, “please sir; can you just put me inside your booth and drive me away from here?” He said no … he was not going to do that, that I should wait here. He now said he was going to call the chairman of the estate. After about 45 minutes, they came back.
Rescue at last
One young boy that should be above 20 years came with something like a plastic conduit wiring and started chasing me away that, I should go out of the compound and he continued calling me a thief.
There was this uniformed security personnel there, he hit me on the leg and I fell down. I was injured while jumping down from the fence. I now walked out of the compound to one school very close to my abductor’s gate.
I was there as people gathered. I told them that, if these people come and see me here, they would kill me, this is how much I have offered them, that I’m not a thief but they insisted that I should wait until the estate chairman came. I asked what if they come with gun and all of you will run away and they will kill me.
Luckily, one young guy came and listened to me and asked if I could give him my wife’s number? I gave it to him, he called and the number did not go through. I then gave him my cousin’s number and he got him on phone. So, my cousin told him my story and he was now convinced.
From there, we took a bike to the express from where we entered a bus. While inside the bus, people were just staring at me. What they used to blind fold me was a singlet, for ninety days, there was nothing like seeing the sun, so my body turned white. When we got to Idimu police division, we did not spend up to 20 minutes when my brother came.
They now contacted Ilupeju police division where they first made the report. From there, we went to command headquarters where we wasted a lot of time before going to Anti-Kidnapping unit at Surulere.
After that, we went to Igando. While going there, I could not recognize the road but the young man that took me out of that place led us to the place. So, when we got to the estate, I was able to recognize the school where they asked me to sit down which was not too far from the place where I was kept for 90 days.
I recognized the house by the coconut tree there and I told the security operatives, that this was the house. When we came to the gate, it was locked with a padlock and they have all run away.
They had to break it and go inside where their cars, motorcycles and all their properties left behind were there. The security operatives went inside and collected all the weapons they left behind.
Reminiscences
When I heard that they were going to kill me, I said is this how my life was going to end? I was calling my wife, my son and my daughter in my mind, thinking that was the end. Emeka joined me in 2013; he joined me as a sales representative but later became a superintendent.
I used to give him goods to sell and return the money. After sometime he stopped retuning the money and I asked them not to give him goods again. I never expected to hear his voice there. Before then, something happened.
They started telling me things that I did, it’s like they had a lot of information about me. I was told that I gave 40 Toyota Corolla cars to my staff and I said yes, I had 40 marketers and I gave them cars. Everything including my warehouses, they knew.
One Sunday in April, I heard Emeka telling them they should go and start working, and that they shouldn’t talk about money which I suspected they were transferring goods from my stores to where they would take them out of Lagos. I heard him requesting for form M which could help him out in case of police.
My plea
Now that they have arrested their king pin, Evans, I plead with the police that did this good job to ensure that justice was done in this case. It is obvious that many of his gang members are still on the loose.
They should all be rounded up because although I have been freed, I am still not only traumatized but also afraid of my life. It is unfortunate that since I came out of this ugly experience, the police did not deem fit to provide security for me.
I have since relocated with members of my family to an unknown place. It is worse even now that I have no means of livelihood. I have been wrecked after borrowing money from banks to pay the ransom. What we are trying to do now is to start paying debt to the bank.
Things are getting heated and it’s certain most of y’all who love drama can’t wait for the heat to be above 100 degrees!! We earlier reported how “Fall” crooner, Davido threw a subtle shade aimed at Daddy Yo following the latter’s promotion of his soon-to-released EP. (See here if you missed it)
Well, it looks like… no no, it’s apparent that Daddy Yo has replied OBO’s subtle shade and we’re more than anxious to watch as the drama unfolds.
Following OBO’s rant on Snapchat, Wizzy took to his Twitter page to say that the “kids” of today shouldn’t blame anyone for their failures but they should rather work hard.
Follow his thread below:
U can't hate on someone doing better than u in what u failed at! Learn and appreciate! Free ur mind from hate young kids ??
18-year old former sales girl, Angela Uzordima who has been arrested and arraigned before an Isolo Magistrates court, is currently facing trials for allegedly sending threat text messages to her female boss and Lagos big girl, Folayo Adeola over N6000 salary debt.
Trouble ignited after Angela who started working in the lady’s boutique at Duduyemi street, market bus stop in Egbeda, after she finished her secondary education, was fired after she came back from a burial to traveled to the village for.
It was gathered before she traveled, her boss Adeola, only gave her N3,000 out of her N9,000 salary. However, when she returned from the burial, Adeola had employed another worker. When she asked her the balance of her salary and she refused to pay her, she wrote threat messages through her phones and gave the complaint her account number at Fidelity Bank PlC.
According to PM Express, she warned the complainant that if she did not pay the money, Adeola family will face danger.
The complainant became afraid that Angela knew much about her family and she might plan something evil against the family.
According Adeola, when she received the text messages, she contacted her husband in Abuja who immediately contacted the police at Idimu Command.
P.M.EXPRESS gathered that the police tracked Uzordima through the Bank and arrested her and took her to the Station.
At the Station, she admitted that she sent the text messages and explained that she worked for Adeola and refused to pay her. However, the police insisted that she committed offence and charged her before the court under the Criminal Code.
The presiding Magistrate, Mr A.O Ogbe granted her bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in like sum. She was remanded in prison custody pending when she will perfect her bail condition.
Brittany Seymour, has been murdered by her cousin, Dannisha Green after they got into a fight over the former’s ex-boyfriend, whom they are both romantically interested in.
It was gathered that the 22-year-old woman who had an argument with her cousin who she went to a club with, was reportedly stabbed by Dannisha while they were surrounded by the suspect’s friends and onlookers.
Narrating the incident which happened at about 1 a.m. on Thursday, Brittany’s sister, Bria Seymour, said she had gone to a club with the deceased, unaware that their cousin will be there.
“We were getting ready to leave and somehow those two got to each other and started fighting,” Bria Seymour told Nola “And in the midst of it my sister was stabbed two times.”
According to Nola, Dannisha Green will be charged with murder.
OAP, Lara Olubo has shared screenshots of some shocking text messages actress, Tonto Dikeh sent to her estranged husband’s Mother.
This is coming after the actress dressed up and made up like a man for her son’s Fathers’ day celebration his school. The shared the shocking screenshots and captioned it with:
Part 1:
Dear Mama/Papa king! I’m taking dis up publicly for pple 2know dat as a family we hv tried 2settle dis rift btwn u both!
I wish nd pray someday soon all dis ld stop nd u both can come togeda as one 2raise OUR KING!
Anike, I know wt d help of no one u wl raise King 2d best of ur ability, d Zenith bank acct ur ola opened 4ur son is accessible 2u, he can’t lack anything.
But i need u 2know u hv a SON darling! The bond btwn a father nd a SON is always very thick! Wt all what is goin on right now, even if we all forget about it, internet wld remind ur Son, pple wld bring all dis out sooner or later!
Deep down inside ur heart u know ur hubby never raised his hands on u, u know how much u hv blocked all access 2reach u nd we are still trying to! Deep down inside ur heart u know dis Issue started wt u nd my “Aunt” bcos ur hubby bought a house for his mom!
All the fabrications going round has been crafted to tarnish his image. Both of you never had any prior problems about infidelity and Domestic Violence like you mentioned during your interview..
The chronicles of all the problems started when u caused a scene for 2 hours straight breaking down all the electrical appliances and interiors in the newly finished house he acquired for his mom last December in the process of doing all dis, u attacked ur mom inaw physically which is a Taboo in YorubaLand; The house warming was fixed 4d next day and u ruined it 4my aunt who had flown all d way from UK to enjoy the comfort of her new house.
The injuries u sustained while breaking appliances is d injury on ur leg. Ola left for Ghana to cool off with Dunlop slippers after u had destroyed all his personal effects. We all his family members saw dis nd blamed him that he had covered up too much bcos of ur image! Dont forget he has family and it is time that we come out and say something.
Mom King, I wish u can allow us as a family to settle dis amicably, u know how many family meetings we’ve called nd u never showed up!
I just wish nd pray u both can be one again, i wish u can gv us d audience to settle dis! I know u both are adult thou nd old enough to take decisions about ur lives!
Hmmmmm! Anike!
Wt all u hv done nd said to my “Aunt” we still forgave u bcos no one is perfect! When i saw dis msg u sent to her?i was in shock nd all shaken up.
We still feels we can settle dis Anike bcos of KING, but u refused to pick anyones call nor make urself available to settle dis. Please my dear, since u made up ur mind dat u are not coming back, then let all dis be! Let it go!
Move on wt ur life dear, u guys dont need to abuse nor say nasty things to one another no more! U guys dont need to try nd destroy one another’s career no more!
All I truly want to do is to appeal to u Anike to let him have full access to his son and make him available to him regardless of ur differences..I do not want dis boy to grow up and have sad moments when his peers would taunt him with negative stories about his parents from years ago; he’s a major priority to him and He’ll do anything to protect his son and family from bad vibes..Internet never forgets oo.
He has tried all things humanly possible to get through to u and his son; Searching 4u both for d past weeks, He’s bnRoaming Abuja to find u guys just to see his son.
Kai! And u both are so good togeda o nd we know u both compliment one another! Esu ma labara oooo sugbon ko ni igbala!
Im not saying my brother is right nor wrong, neither saying u are right nor wrong! Whatever that is hidden is open in God’s presences!
My mother’s saying “love keeps account of no wrong” im begging both of u for the sake of the love u both hv for ur son! Please, let dis go! if u do not want us to be one family no more! Just let it go nd move on then!
If u both cant get over each other, then lets settle dis…. marriage is not by force. Neither is Marriage for everyone…theirs no need goin to the extreme acting on the threat u made claiming u gave him fame and u’ll take it back!
A make up artist that could skillfully make u look like a man; Can as well do a make up to convincingly present Pictures of Domestic Violence. We all know how these things work in the movie industry.
Kai! I know Nigerians would tongue lash me for this, Aburo mi ni Kunle oo, Eje mi ni ooo but its okay! But i beg u all bloggers, after dis, let them be!
my babies so much .. I’m out here getting for y’all so UNA GO CHILL SEE FRONT!! Daddy loves you
