Hamburger has been laid to rest.

The remains of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) chieftain, Rasaq Bello, popularly known as Hamburger has been laid to rest.

According to those in the know, Hamburger was reportedly killed in Shogunle on 29th of May by members of a rival gang allegedly led by Samson Agbetoye, popularly called Golden.

The death of Hamburger who was recently installed as the Akinrogun of Shogunle, led to violent clashes in the area as cars were burnt by his supporter who also stormed the home of Golden and allegedly killed his aged mother when he was nowhere to be found.

After the disturbances which also saw the closure of the popular Ladipo Market, police were drafted in to ensure peace is returned to the area while the command has also vowed to bring the leader of the killer gang to book.

May his soul rest in perfect peace.

A viral story making rounds on Social Media claims a handshake with the Biafra leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu healed one of his followers of stomach pains.

The story shared on Facebook by one Engr Valentine Zimuzo Odogwu reads;

“My Handshake with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu (Nwachineke) today!!!. Minutes ago my great town ozzuh villa, Umunnachi hosted the Prophet of biafra land. He took time to greet both the elders and youths present. One of the youths who also had a handshake with the Prophet, confirmed that his stomach pains of about two months disappeared immediately. Biafran restoration seems closer than ever. All hail Nnamdi Kanu”.

A Malaysian High Court on Sunday, 28th of May sentenced a Kenyan woman to death after she was found guilty of trafficking methamphetamine four years ago.

The mother of three was arrested on November 30, 2013, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport after arriving from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Malaysian Daily Express reports that Rose Achieng Ojala had stuffed three capsules of the drug into her private part and swallowed another 68 capsules, all weighing about 400gm.

On the day she was arrested, an Immigration officer noticed that she was behaving suspiciously during the regular luggage inspection.

While she was being searched, the immigration officer found three capsules of methamphetamine weighing more than 20g in her underwear.

The woman, who claimed she was pregnant, was later taken to the Serdang Hospital, where an X-ray examination revealed that she had swallowed 68 capsules of the drug weighing more than 380gm.

She confessed to the immigration officer that it was her boyfriend who had stuffed the capsules into her private parts before she boarded the flight.

It was also reported that the single mother who allegedly suffered from Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), had fainted before the proceedings and had to be taken into the courtroom in a wheelchair.

In convicting Ojala, the judge said the prosecution had proved the case beyond reasonable doubt.

“You are found guilty and there is no other punishment under Section 39(B) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1962 except the death sentence,” he said.

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has called on Nigerians to stop birthing more children than they can cater for.

He spoke on Thursday when Mohammed malick Fall, the United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) representative in Nigeria paid him a courtesy visit in Kano.

According to him about 3 million children in Kano are out of school due to ignorance of their parents on their responsibility to their children’s educational up-bringing.

“For you to have kids you must make sure that the responsibility of their education, health, and general up-bringing both morally and otherwise are part and parcel of what a parent should do.”

“It is not only giving birth to the child that matters, but how to take your responsibility as a parent to bring-up that child to grow and be a benefit to the society in general.

“if people are aware of this they will not even have many kids that they know they cannot take care of,” Sanusi said.

The Senate wants the price of petrol to increase from N145 to N150. The senate committee made the recommendation in a report on the National Roads Fund NRF (Est. Etc) Bill (SB.218) bill that is currently before the house.

The NRF bill is designed to address the issue of poor funding of roads in the country.

According to the chairman of the committee, Senator Kabiru Gaya , the fund when established would “serve as a repository of revenues from road user related charges and other sources for financing, which shall be managed and administered for routine and periodic maintenance works on roads in the country”.

Part of recommendations the committee put forward is a fuel levy of N5 chargeable per litre on any volume of petrol and diesel products imported into the country and locally refined Petroleum products.

The committee also recommended toll fees; a percentage not exceeding 10 percent, of any revenue paid as user charge per vehicle on any Federal road designated as toll road. It further recommended international vehicle transit charges, inter-state mass transit user charge of 0.5 percent deductible from the fare paid by passengers to commercial mass transit operators and axle load control charges.

Out of the 15 members of the committee, the senators who endorsed the report are Senators Gaya, Clifford Ordia, Barnabas Gemade, Mao Ohuabunwa , Bukar Abba Ibrahim, Ben Bruce, Gilbert Nnaji, Abubakar Kyari, Ibrahim Danbaba, Mustapha Bukar, Sani Mustapha and Buruji Kashamu. Senators Olusola Adeyeye, Biodun Olujimi and Ahmad Ogembe who were members of the committee refused to endorse it. The report has been distributed to senators and would be up for deliberation soon.

Lewa Timothy, A Lagos-based pastor of First Born of The Spirit Ministries, Lagos has been apprehended and will be arraigned at a Lagos State Magistrate court for allegedly impregnating a 14-year-old identified as Chineye, the daughter of one of his members.

Read Below the report by LIB.

A Lagos based pastor, Lewa Timothy of First Born Of The Spirit Ministries, Lagos, has been arrested and will be arraigned at a Lagos state magistrate court for allegedly having sex and impregnating 14 year old Chineye, the daughter of one of his members.

In an interview with LIB, Barrister Kingsley Ughe who is the General Council of the Joint Action Legal Aids, an NGO following up the case, said Chineye is a student and an ardent worshipper of the church. She became very close to the pastor so much so that he entrusted her with his protocols in the church.

According to Ughe, the parents of the girl said the pastor would lavish the little girl with new clothes, shoes, expensive phones but they did not raise an eyebrow as they thought he was being charitable. Tongues started wagging about sex romps and unholy passion between the accused pastor and little Chineye.

No one believed it until on Wednesday May 31st when Chineye suddenly complained of dizziness and pains in the abdomen while in class. Then she started bleeding. She was rushed to a hospital where during examination, she confessed to the doctors that she was pregnant and had been given some colored pills by the pastor to swallow.

Her parents were contacted and they also contacted the pastor. The accused clergyman got angry and brought in the police. He arrested the victim, her parents and some other persons…14 people in all, for “threat to life”.

According to Ughe, his organization was contacted and they immediately began legal procedures. The police according to him had initially attempted to cover up for the accused pastor. It was after they came into the scene that the police released the arrested persons and in turn arrested the accused pastor who was transferred to the Lagos state CID, Panti, Yaba Lagos yesterday.

When interrogated, the Pastor said he only had sex with her once and that was two years ago when she was 12. He has denied having sex with her in recent times.

Meanwhile Chineye has been transferred to LASUTH Ikeja late night. Ughe said he spoke with one of the doctors that battled to stabilize her last night. He confirm she is in a stable but critical condition. The extent of damage to her womb is not known yet.

Meanwhile the accused pastor will be arraigned before a Magistrate court today June 2nd.

A close friend to the Anambra Couple who died in Kano State in a Fire incident that was started by the wife has come to the defense of the woman.

Recall, the pregnant woman identified as Anulike, set herself and her husband, Emeka ablaze at their Sabon Gari residence, in Kano over alleged infidelity.

In a Facebook post posted yesterday, Trooper described the deceased as a beautiful queen. Although, he admitted that she had always been hot-tempered, he, however said she would never have gone as far as killing herself and her husband.

“You are just a beautiful queen that one can never look away whenever you passed by.
Your beauty spark like thunderstorm whenever you put a smile.
However, Right from your birth, I know you as a hot-tempered girl. But you wouldn’t have gone so far.
Though, only God knows the best.
Rest in peace, Anurika”

21-year-old, Ibrahim Oyebanji, who allegedly assaulted a man with a razor blade for talking with his girlfriend, was on Thursday brought before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

Oyebanji, whose address was not provided, pleaded not guilty to a two-count of assault and stealing brought against him.
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But the Prosecutor, Sgt. Christopher Okoliko said the accused committed the offences on May 28 at 10.00.a.m. on Sari-Iganmu Road in Orile, Lagos.

‎According to him, the accused assaulted a 23-year-old, Michael Opara, by cutting him with a razor blade on his chest and caused him bodily harm.

‎The accused, he alleged, also stole‎ Opara’s N24,500 and a Nokia phone valued at N2,500, all valued at N27,000.

He told the court that the accused saw the complainant having a talk with his girlfriend and out of jealousy, he brought out the blade and cut him on the chest.

‎The offences contravened Sections 173 and 278 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 (Revised).
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The accused, however, pleaded innocence of the offences.

‎The Chief Magistrate,Mr. A.A. Paul, granted the accused bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in like sum.
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He said the surety must be gainfully employed and should provide evidence of tax payment.

‎The court adjourned the case until June 27 for mention.

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A South Carolina school bus driver, Teresa Stroble helped get 56 students off the vehicle before it burst into flames, Tuesday morning in Duncan, USA.

According to WSPA, the bus en route to Duncan Elementary, Beech Springs Intermediate and Byrnes High School when two students at the back of the bus noticed smoke.

The students informed the driver and she got each of the 56 students off the bus and asked the transportation office to call 911.

The bus then caught fire and firefighters arrived on scene to extinguish the blaze.

Superintendent Scott Turner told WSPA  that she was able to evacuate everyone in under a minute as he is very proud of her actions.

He said:

“She did exactly what she was trained to do. She was calm. She kept the students calm. She made sure they were safe. They were her first priority. She’s our hero today.”

The school district took to their Facebook page to notify parents about the incident.

They wrote:

District Five Schools of Spartanburg County has many reasons to be grateful today! This morning, just after 7:00 a.m., one of our buses carrying students on their way to Duncan Elementary, Beech Springs Intermediate and Byrnes Freshman Academy, caught fire.

Two 9th grade students immediately noticed the smoke, and alerted their driver. Teresa Stroble, a 7 year veteran driver and teacher assistant for our district, did exactly as she was trained and quickly and calmly evacuated all 56 students from the bus, and got them to a safe location. She is a true hero!!!

We are so thankful for the quick action of the Duncan Fire Department in putting the fire out, and all district administrators who responded and helped with what could have been a very tragic situation.

As all of our school buses are owned by the state of South Carolina, the investigation into what caused the fire is ongoing, and will be completed by staff at the state level. We are so blessed that all of our students, and Ms. Stroble are safe!

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