Social media is buzzing over the ongoing Headies award but for the wrong reasons. The live coverage is of poor picture quality and it seems lots of Nigerian music stars are missing from the roll call.
Apart from the absence of Mavin records crew, YBNL chief Olamide and Patoranking, who has bagged an award already, belong among top names missing at the popular award show, which also include, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, Don Jazzy, Davido and Tekno
Another 21 of the kidnapped Chibok Schoolgirls have regained freedom.
According to a report by the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), the girls were brought to Yola International Airport in Yola, Adamawa State capital around 3 pm on Thursday.
The report did not include any more information, but said that the girls were en route Abuja to be presented to the president.
There is no official statement from the presidency.
The girls were part of more than 270 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls held since April 14, 2014, by Boko Haram. Over 50 of them escaped on the night of their kidnap. 21 of them were released on October 13 in a deal brokered by the International Committee of Red Cross and the Swiss government.
After the release, the federal government said that the terrorist sect was willing to negotiate the release of more girls.
A protester accidentally set himself on fire after pouring petrol on a government effigy at a rally about teachers’ contracts in India.
The man Sukhminder Singh Mann, was immediately rushed to hospital, but his condition is unknown.
He had been taking part in demonstrations in Bathinda, which included burning a dummy depicting the Punjab government amid unrest over the structure of education.
Wearing a coat and jeans, Mr Mann can be seen screaming as his whole body is engulfed by flames. It appears a number of fellow protesters attempt to pat him down, but the fire is too fierce.
He was helping sprinkle the effigy with an accelerant to make sure it burned quickly, but he ended up going up in flames.
The demonstrations were over teachers’ complaints the Punjab government has gone against their word by not regularising their services.
An accident said to have happened in Banana estate, Kiambu county has surprised many.
An Uber driver reportedly lost control of his Mazda vehicle and veered off the drive way before crashing into a residential house.
From the pictures, the wall seems to have been the biggest casualty of the day since it is NOT known whether anyone was injured in the unfortunate event.
Here is food for thought, which is stronger between the wall and the car?
The stunning actress and her daughter, were most definitely one of the lovelies that blessed our year with their beautiful mother-daughter bonding… From matching outfits, to goofing around and car selfies, there are many reasons why we love Monalisa and her adorable daughter.
A Guyanese man allegedly stole $28 million from a cartel and foolishly showed it off on social media… this allows him get caught, tied to a bed, beaten and his family given two days to refund the money.
According to an exclusive report by Zetbra, popular Nigerian singer, Raoul John Njeng-Njeng, widely known as Skales, is currently trailed in a babymama drama.
Below is how the popular platform reported the story;
“A young Nigeria Mother, Peace, has call on Singer Skales to take ‘Responsibility for his child, or else he will regret it’ – The woman claims she tried to reach out to the singer through numerous means, but Skales has paid no attention to her and his allege son.”
Below is a screenshot of the conversation between the lady and a blogger who broke the story online;
We reported on Wednesday that the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode and his Kebbi State counterpart, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, launched the much anticipated Lagos-Kebbi Rice christened LAKE RICE, saying that the partnership which culminated into the launch was not only designed to ensure food security but showcase the ability of Nigeria to become a producing nation.
Giving a breakdown of the prices, Governor Ambode said that while the 50kg will sell for N12,000, 25kg would go for N6,000 and 10kg for N2,500, adding that for now, an individual would only be allowed to purchase a bag to enable it go round.
Below are the designated zones where you can benefit from this special offer which is selling fast;
Two members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have been spotted in a compromising position inside the orientation camp, sharing passionate kiss as they serve their fatherland in romantic style.
The photo which emerged online some hours ago, has since gone viral as mixed reactions and criticism from online users are trailing the controversial the couple
The identities of the corps members was not immediately uncovered as at the time of filing this report.
According to the twitter user, King Savage who shared the photos, a fight broke out at a wedding reception after the bride’s ex shared photos of her giving him a Mouth Action to the guests. This happened at Wakefield, England.
According to Whatsapp chat the twitter user had with a friend who was present at the wedding, the bride’s ex was angry with the lady for dumping him and getting married to another man. He decided to take revenge by distributing the incriminating photos.
A 21-year old man, Tosin Lamidi who burgled a woman’s apartment and stole her laptop and phone, has been arrested after the victim, Gift Nseobong contacted him and offered sex to him in exchange for her sim card in Lagos.
The burglary took place at 8 Mutiatu Okesalu Street, Ikotun, Lagos where Nseobong resides.
Lamidi was arrested at Ikotun Roundabout where he arranged to meet Nseobong to take her to a hotel as they agreed.
He was arraigned in a Lagos Magistrate’s court sitting in Ejigbo where he was remanded in prison custody at Kirikiri, Lagos.
The Victim, Gift Nseobong
P.M.EXPRESS gathered that Lamidi allegedly broke into Nseobong apartment, stole the items, sold them and retained the sim card and started using it.
However, when Nseobong bought another sim card and tried the number of the stolen phone, Lamidi picked the call. She engaged and pleaded to the suspect to return the sim card because of the contact numbers in the Sim card which are so important to her and offered to do anything in return.
Lamidi then gave her condition which involved that he would sleep with her before he can release the sim card to her and she agreed.
They arranged to meet at Ikotun roundabout from where they will move to a hotel for a sex romp.
However, that decision was what landed Lamidi to prison as he was arrested and taken to the police at Ikotun division where the sim card was retrieved.
He was charged with conspiracy and stealing under the Criminal Code.
He pleaded not guilty.
The presiding Magistrate, Mrs J.O.E Adeyemi granted him bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in like sum.
He was remanded in prison custody pending when he will perfect his bail,
The Yuletide has been a rough time for members of the controversial MMM money-doubling scheme who are currently working judiciously to remove the tar from the public image of the platform.
It would be noted that the accounts of subscribers was frozen on the 13th of December, 2016 due to frivolous reasons that have become subjects of public discuss.
An image laundering attempt has been undertaken by the MMM guiders in Abraka, Delta – South-south part of Nigeria where relief materials like rice, money, groundnut oil, palm oil and other necessities were donated to the less privilege people to mark the Yuletide.
The guiders visited an Orphanage Home in Delta cruising around town in exotic vehicle as they created scenes on the street as part of the awareness exercise.
The kind gesture was in a bid to mark the first year anniversary of MMM in Nigeria as participants impatiently wait till the 13th of January, 2017 for the embargo on their accounts to be lifted.
Five Star Music is celebrating their fans this Christmas season.
Today, the label record’s front line artiste, Kcee, took to his Instagram to announce that they would be distributing branded bags of rice and cartons of tomatoes to fans at different locations in Lagos.
“Christmas means giving,” the Limpopo singer began. “The father gave his son and his son gave his life . Without giving they will be no Christmas.”
He continued, “In the spirit of the season and in no particular order I will be coming to a street near you tomorrow within Lagos axis to share some bags of rice and tomatoes courtesy of Five star music limited.”
This comes at a time Nigerians are moaning the high cost of food items, especially rice, which retail price doubled due to the present recession tightening its choke on the economy. To help families during this festive period, the Lagos State Government launched the LAKE Rice and stated that the 50kg bag would sell for N12,000, while the 25kg would go for N6, 000.
And while Lagosians scurry to get the bags, Kcee and his team at Five Star Music, knowing that rice is a necessary staple during festive periods, have stepped in to help those who may not be able to afford a bag.
“It is our own little way of saying thank you for all the love and support over the years,” Kcee says of their motive. “Merry xmas to you my dear friends.”
Funke Akindele and her husband are exiting 2016 with a bang and to crown their big year, they just moved into a mansion in the high brow Victoria Island area of Lagos.
The Jenifa’s Diary producer who has had a phenomenal year both personally and professionally, shared pictures of her new home located at Amen Estate in Eleko with her many adoring fans.
Taking to Snapchat to update fans with the progress, the 39-year-old actress shared several shots of packed suitcases, furniture and the living room of the new home which was tastefully done. She captioned some of the shots:
“#Newhome #AmenEsateEleko #AwesomeGod.”
Her husband also shared several shots on his own Snapchat handle.
Funke Akindele married singer, Abdulrashad Bello popularly called JJC Skillz, in August, in a very hush London ceremony. However, the public caught wind of it when JJC Skillz took to his Instagram page to wish her a happy birthday on August 24, calling her by her new initials- F.A.B (Funke Akindele Bello). They later released a joint statement through their publicist to confirm the news of their wedding.
Congratulations to the gorgeous pair. We wish them many more blessings.
Beautiful 33-year-old Dayo Adeleke, was getting ready to be a bride but wouldn’t be able to live that dream after she allegedly died in the hands of her Cameroonian housekeeper who stabbed her at her home in Parkview estate, Lagos.
According to Tony Ipriye Uranta, who shared the story on Facebook, the incident happened on Tuesday, December 20th. The housekeeper identified as Smith has been arrested and is currently in police custody.
He shared a video of him dancing in the house that same day on his Instagram page. See more photos and watch the video below:
In the penultimate week, reports of Adakole, from Benue State whose wedding is slated for December 28, went viral how he had invested N300 thousand into the MMM scheme last month and was expecting to get his 30 per cent income before his wedding.
He then attempted to take his life in Otukpo, Benue State by drinking insecticide, last Tuesday following the news that the ponzi scheme had crashed.
Speaking on his ordeal on a radio programme, Weathering the Storm with Naomi De Diva on 92.1 Vision FM Abuja on Tuesday, the young man said contrary to the report, he invested N750,000 in the scheme against the N300,000 that was widely reported.
Adakole, who opened up on his predicament during the phone-in programme admitted that he had earlier made profits from the scheme.
He said amid sobs:
“I came to Abuja here few months back in preparation for my wedding and my friend introduced me to the MMM thing. He told me about the benefit involved, though I was a bit hesitant about it but he succeeded in convincing me to register under him.
To be honest, I initially invested 20k into the scheme and I got 30 per cent the following month. The following month, I rendered help of N50k and I still got 30 per cent commission and my full investment back.
This time, I believed it was real and I decided to increase the money. Before then, my fiancée had warned me against it. So I went to my cooperative to obtain a loan and they gladly gave thinking it was for my wedding. I put in N750k last month, hopping than it would yield 30 per cent income this month only to wake up one morning to discover that my account has been suspended.
To be sincere, the best option I had then was to take my life, because I had thought of how I am going to face my woman. I didn’t even know when I took the insecticide. It was my guy, Fred who rescued me. My wedding is around the corner, I have been saving the money ahead of the wedding only to end up that way.
As we speak, I have not set my eyes on my woman. I put off my phone since then because the shame is much. My wedding is 8 days from now and I am confused. I just returned from the hospital. I don’t know what to do.”
Meanwhile, many callers, who phoned in during the programme scolded the young man for attempting to take his life because of money.
Others advised him to get loan from bank for the wedding, while some asked him to put his wedding on hold till January when the scheme might have returned.
The lady whose name has been given as Naddy Obeng, in a Whatsapp chat with one of her friends, allege that she has infected eight men already and would not die alone as she embarks on a nationwide tour of spreading the disease to randy men because one of them infect her the same way.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission yesterday December 21, 2016 secured the conviction of one Friday David for stealing the sum of N40, 035,350.00 (Forty Million, Thirty Five Thousand, Three Hundred and Fifty Naira) belonging to Universal Steel Limited.
The convict was arraigned by the Commission on April 16, 2008 on 50 counts of stealing and fraudulent false accounting before Justice M. O. Obadina of the High Court of Lagos State, Igbosere.
The 87 count criminal charge was initially amended on April 23, 2009 and further amended to a sole count of stealing on March 7, 2016.
Upon arraignment, Friday David pleaded “not guilty” to the charge preferred against him.
In order to prove the case against the convict, the prosecution called 11 witnesses and tendered 38 exhibits (P1-P38).
The investigation leading to the conviction commenced when the Commission received a petition on September 6, 2005 from Universal Steel Limited, the biggest Iron manufacturing Private Limited liability Company, against one Friday David, Sales Manager, Enamelware Division of the Company.
Upon conviction by Justice Obadina, Mr. Friday David was sentenced to two years imprisonment without the option of fine commencing from the day of Judgment.
The convict was also ordered to pay the sum of N40, 035,350.00 as restitution to the Universal Steel Limited
Can. You. Seriously. Imagine?! This Twitter user, @BiggieMonzie, shared how a married man was on the phone shouting on his girlfriend and accusing her of cheating on him… Can You IMAGINE?
A married man, who obviously is cheating on his wife, is angry at his girlfriend who is cheating on him… Just imagine the sickening twist and irony…. Pfft!
A middle-aged woman, Linda Alapa, has been apprehended by the Lagos State police command for allegedly beating her 10-year-old housemaid, Joy Mbafan, to death.
Mbafan lived with the suspect on Bolanle Oduniyi Street, Okegbegun, in the Ikorodu area of the state.
According to reports, Alapa was flogging the girl for a misdemeanor around 3am last Monday when she passed out and died afterwards.
At the Ikorodu General Hospital morgue where she had gone to deposit Mbafan’s corpse, a doctor on duty was said to have noticed marks of violence on the body and alerted the police at the Sagamu Road Division.
A police source told Punch that after interrogation, Alapa confessed to beating the girl, adding that she would be charged with murder.
“She wanted to absolve herself of the death of the victim, but for the doctor on duty who raised the alarm after a close examination and she was arrested. There are marks of violence on the body of the deceased and she did not deny beating her.”
Some residents of Bolanle Oduniyi Street, who spoke to PUNCH Metro on Wednesday, said they had warned her many times to desist from assaulting the victim to no avail.
A neighbour of the suspect said Alapa did not only beat the girl but also starved her of food.
The woman, who gave her name only as Ellen, said although she did not know what led to the beating on that day, “she usually beat the girl for messing up their apartment.”
“Around 3am on the day the girl died, I heard her crying as the woman (Alapa) flogged her. I woke up my husband to intervene. He said he was tired of the woman’s insults. After a while, she stopped crying.
“It was when I came back from work that afternoon that I saw a crowd on our premises in tears. They said Joy (Mbafan) was dead. The woman’s husband was not at home that day. It was the landlord that told him about the incident on the telephone.”
Punch reports that the landlord and Alapa’s husband were not around when they visited the residence on Wednesday. The Alapas’ apartment was locked.
Another resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the girl’s father was late while her mother was ill, adding that Alapa had brought her to Lagos from a village in the eastern part of Nigeria.
“But she used to beat up and starve the girl of food. On several occasions, the girl would come to me to eat, saying her aunty did not give her food.”
Lamenting Mbafan’s death, a trader in the area, who identified herself only as Deborah, told PUNCH Metro that she had urged the suspect to counsel Mbafan rather than apply corporal punishment.
She said,
“She made that little girl to lose self-confidence. Her body bore marks of lashes. Now that the girl is dead, she should also face the music.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, in a text message, said,
“I confirm the case. The suspect is under investigation while the corpse has been deposited in a morgue for autopsy.”
This is just adorable… The photo was sent in to TLIB, showing four Nigerian sisters who recreated their childhood photo… It really is funny how the last born has grown to be the tallest among them.
A young Nigerian student, Aror Oghenerukevwe who was denied admission into the University after scoring a whooping 320 marks in her 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) has cried out that she is tired of the system.
She gave an outcry on her social media page over inability to secure admission after scoring 320. She said:
”I am tired of the system, at least they could have given me a different course, Who wants to send me to school? I know for sure that I’m not registering again. 320 in JAMB and still did not get admission.”
Instagram user, babaahmiteh, shared the photo you see above with the caption:
As funny as this might sound, 2 months ago a model approached me to coach her for a pageantry, at my leisure time I did and ladies and gentlemen, here’s the winning prize. Truth is as little as my spare time I had to tutor her, I actually feel like trashcan, waste bin, I feel useless, dilapidated and corroded for the time spent. Ok, that aside, she has to pay 100k to claim that “car” , they tried to start the car and it didn’t come up, she wad told to get a new battery, according to her the form was 4k. That also needs panel beating, then the “organizers” had the effrontery to wrap the seats as per “tear rubber” or?. Did she tell them she wanted to open driving school? . #stopdefraudingyoungnigerians
A screenshot of a conversation thread on Whatsapp of a girl who intentionally infected 8 men with HIV, and has sworn to infect up to 400 more men, has been leaked online and has gone viral.
The Ghanaian girl, who has been identified as Naddy Obeng (above) is currently HIV positive and has already infected 8 men, and has also sworn to infect at least 400 men as she doesn’t plan to die alone with the disease after she was jilted by her ex.
So Instagram entertainment platform, Kraks TV, shared a lovely photo (above) of a girl child which had an interesting caption, asking her followers if they’s slap the child for N50m.
While their followers went on about how they’d slap her and even her family, Nigerian rapper, M.I Abaga, who’s a leading advocate against domestic violence on women, followed the train and said he’d even slap her soul.
Now the apparent question is, given the celebrity’s status against the pressing issue in the society, is it right for him to have joined in in the trend which was tricky or he should have used the opportunity to further press that no woman should be a victim of domestic violence?
Should he be overlooked or be condemned?! Is the question on everyone’s lips?
ju, popularly known as “W4 Mr Wonda” finally returned to the entertainment centre stage.The talented Afro-pop singer will never be forgotten for his striking roles in Nigeria’s music scene from his melodic debut titled ‘Solo’ followed by the viral single hit ‘Wa Gba Kontrol’ in 2012, a song
which stands him tall in the industry, this popularity of this same song was intensified after protesters improvised the title as ‘Wa gbaPetrol’ for their campaign slogan, during the fuel subsidy protest in
Nigeria.
W4’s new song, ‘Foreign dance’ portends huge entertainment values for
listeners and has all the potentials to be on high demand as usual of the artist’s songs which are most times distinct from the regular Nigerian music, especially with his creative ability of reawakening Fela’s mantra in his own contemporary style of music delivery now return with his new single titled “Medicine “Produced by 2jo and mixed and mastered by Indomix. W4 mrwonda is back and ready to drop is back to back watch out..”
Ace rapper and G.R.A.P Music front man Vector officially drops his much anticipated album ”LAFIAJI”.
