This past Sunday, 27th of November, a final year student of Agric Economics, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Tobechukwu Okeke committed suicide allegedly over a debt he owed.
According to his close friends, he was a very hard working student who did electrical repairs for his fellow students in order to earn extra cash.
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A chartered plane conveying the Brazilian first division football team, crashed near Medellin when it was on its way to the finals of a regional tournament. 75 people on-board the ill-fated flight reportedly lost their lives with only 6 left to survive.
The aircraft, which had departed from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, was transporting the Chapecoense team from southern Brazil for the first leg of a two-game Copa Sudamericana final against Atletico Nacional of Medellin, which was due to be played on Wednesday November 30th.
Just before takeoff, the players did a video where they were seen laughing and full of life. It looked like nothing was ever gonna go wrong… It’s just so sad.
Watch below:
Contrary to reports that made rounds yesterday alleging that the Acting rector of Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe, Bayelsa State slumped and died during a sex romp with an unidentified teenager at a hotel in Zekoh place, located at Onoharigbo street, Ughelli, the rector is still alive.
Mr. Seiyaboh Idah who is still very much alive, expressed serious concerns over the false report, describing it as embarrassing and an assault to his character.
He said the report was baseless, “careless, irresponsible, unprofessional and contrary to a minimum standard of journalism anywhere in the world”.
Idah said there was nothing true about the report, adding that it was totally against his “character, moral rectitude, ideals and qualities.”
He said:
“I was highly embarrassed by the report. The school, the students, my family including my parents, were all embarrassed and assaulted by the falsehood. “My friends all over the country and the world have been calling me over this incident to confirm whether l was still alive. You can see that l am alive and kicking.”
Heavy criticism followed the author, over the dress she donned to her book launch this past weekend… one can’t simply overlook that of controversial journalist who dubbed the outfit in an open letter as “slutty and inappropriate“.
But in a new development, some people have taken an in-depth look at the dress and have read meaning to it and it kind of makes much sense now (I think it does).
Let’s take a look at what these people have to say below:
So according to a new report, it seems the head of states, is at cross roads about his 21-year-old daughter, Zahra‘s wedding to billionaire, Indimi.
Reports of the wedding has been the talk of many tongues over the past few weeks since it was disclosed, with photos of her expensive wedding gifts from her soon-to-be husband.
But it looks like the president will not be having any of these eccentricities. A report by Daily Correspondents, gives us key details on the whole issue.
Read below:
“The wedding ceremony of Zahra, daughter of Nigeria’s president Buhari to son of billionaire businessman, Mohammed Indimi, scheduled for December 4, 2016, has been put on hold indefinitely, Daily Correspondents can authoritatively reveal.
The postponement, Daily Correspondents learned, was on the insistence of President Muhammadu Buhari, who, according to a source close to the two families, was uncomfortable with the attention his daughter’s wedding has received in the media, particularly with news of customised wedding boxes as gifts to Zahra costing a whopping N44m.
An introduction ceremony between both families had earlier held at the Aso Villa, Abuja on Friday, November 18, but the wedding programme itself scheduled between Wednesday 30th November and Sunday 4th December, 2016, is supposed to be on a low-key celebration as the President desires it to be a simple and an intimate ceremony to be attended by only close family and friends.
“But the whole media attention has changed everything now and the President is not happy,” our source said.
Aside that, it was also gathered that the President who has ordered that a security check be conducted on Ahmed and his source of stupendous wealth, is also not comfortable with the groom’s father, Alhaji Mohammed Indimi’s perceived closeness to ex-President Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB.
Former President Ibrahim Babangida is believed to be a long time godfather of billionaire Mohammed Indimi, more so the former President was against the emergence of Buhari in 2015.
Our source further said President Buhari who had such information at his disposal before consenting to the marriage may have been prevailed upon by his closest political allies to have a rethink on giving out his daughter to the Indimis.
It is however “very unlikely that President Buhari may give his go ahead for the wedding in the near future,” our source concluded.
Beautiful Nollywood actress, Queen Nwokoye has blamed the irrational effort to live up to people’s expectation as the core reason why Nollywood actors/actresses run out of money and start experiencing a form of retrogression.
Speaking with Broadway Africa TV, Queen says:
“I don’t think it is because they are being extravagant, how many people are to begin with? The truth of the matter is a lot of people are known faces but they are not actually making the type of money people think they make.
Then again, it is an individual thing, it is either you are here or you are there but the truth is a lot of people don’t make that kind of money they think we have.
Some people think we get paid 10 million for acting {laughs} so a lot of times, actors want to live up to false expectations from their fans and that is how they get into trouble.
As far as I am concerned, if you are paid in Nigeria and you want a Gucci bag and you convert your Naira to dollars to go and buy it because Kim Kardashian is carrying it, it doesn’t make sense because she earns dollars.
So for me it is not about being extravagant, everybody loves the good things of life but you have to draw a balance. It is about not truly making that huge amount that actors and actresses make.”
On trading her stardom for her privacy, she says:
“We enjoy the stardom and attention but sometimes you just want to walk past unnoticed and just be yourself but I wouldn’t give this up for anything in the world. I love it and appreciate it.”
Julia, a final year student of the department of Mathematics and Statistics, was murdered in her room in a private hostel off Polytechnic Road in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, on Tuesday, reports Saharareporters.
According to one of her co-students in the hostel, the lover had spent the previous night in the room of the deceased, and had stolen her ATM card.
“After her cultist lover had left the following day she received a debit alert of a N100,000. She received another debit alert of N45,000. Before leaving for the bank, she complained to us [about] the strange development. .
On her return from the bank where she went to complain, she told us the bank assured her that the culprit could only be known and arrested after going through their CCDC camera. She was told to go home and report back the next day, before meeting her untimely death,” the co-student said.
The source speculated that unknown to anyone in the hostel, the suspect sneaked into Julia’s room and murdered her with a battle axe, locked the corpse inside the room and ran away with her keys.
“Not until the next morning when everybody became apprehensive of her whereabouts and we had to break her door where we saw her lifeless body with blood stains everywhere in the room and the matter was reported to the Ogwashi-Uku Police Station,” the source narrated
A source at the Ogwashi-Uku station confirmed the story, adding that the police and the bank are currently working around the clock to arrest the suspect, who is on the run.
As people keep reading the already sold out book of the media personality, more shocking revelations keeps unveiling – this portion of the novel speaks on how Toke Makinwa and her estranged husband Maje set new rules while trying to work out their marriage.
The new rules were that she will have to be the connection in terms of communication between Maje and Anita when she needs anything for her son.
Read below:
“New rules were set in place: anything Anita needed, she had to
come through me. She was not to contact Maje, or he contact her.One time Anita called Maje to say she needed money for the baby.
But because of the new rules I was the one who got to communicate
with her. I kept asking Maje for her account details but he wouldn’t
give them to me so I called Anita.“What’s your account details,” I said, dispensing with any
pleasantries. “I have to send you some money.”“Keep your money,” she said.
“I am not doing it for you,” I said. “Left to me, this money would
buy shoes or designer bags. I don’t really care about your situation.
I’m doing it for my husband. You don’t want to deal with me but you
should have thought about the fact that you’re having a baby by a
married man. How did you think this was going to play out?”And she went, “Oh, right now you probably think you’re superior
to me.”“I actually don’t feel superior to you. I feel sorry for you because
you fell for the oldest trick in the book. At your age, you’re older than
I am, a man told you he was going to leave his wife. So he came to you
and told you he wasn’t happy and he was leaving me and you bought
it, hook, line, sinker. That’s on you, that’s not on me. You can’t be
mad at me for reaching out to pay my husband’s son’s monthly fees.
You didn’t do anything special; he already has a son. I now have Maje
by his balls, and if I wanted him to forget you for the next five years he
would forget you and only deal with you away from my eyes and the
eyes of the press.”“Hmm,” she said. “Typical Maje, telling you what you want to
hear. My child was not a mistake, my child was planned.”“No, he wasn’t planned—”
“He was.”
And then I remembered the press release and said, “Woman to
woman, what sort of woman writes a press release with a guy to leave
his wife.”“Correction, he wrote it. All I did was vet it.”
“Okay. So you vetted a press release written by a man with which
he was going to publicly humiliate his wife and send that to the press.
What happened to quietly separating from his wife? If you really want
this man so bad then he must get a divorce and it doesn’t have to be
public. Why would you address it to Pulse TV?”That conversation was one of the points where I realised that if I
stayed married to Maje, this was what my life would be about—forget
what I’d said to Anita about having Maje by the balls. As if it wasn’t
bad enough that he had committed adultery, there was a constant
reminder in the form of Anita and her son who would never go away.
It was a battle, and I was exhausted from wounds that were yet to
heal.”
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde is one of the longest-married Nigerian celebrities at the moment. So when she has something to say on relationships, it has to be valid, right?
At the Africa International Film Festival which recently ended in Lagos, the actress and mother of four shares the opinion that sharing faith with one’s significant other and being disciplined are both key to making any celeb’s marriage work.
She says “If you’re a Christian and you marry someone who is not born again then you are on your own.
“Your partner needs to be stronger than you. They are the ones getting the aftermath of your own action.
“Choose a partner who understands entertainment. Don’t choose your fan. Personally, I don’t believe in love at first sight.
“Pick someone who sees your heart, your soul, someone who sees the real you and not afraid to tell you about your flaws.
“Discipline is key. Everyone wants freedom but too much freedom is bad. Be disciplined. It’s better to be an enemy to a work partner than to your family. Learn to say No!
“We are like nurses and doctors in the industry because we can be called upon at anytime”.
She also advised against giving in to advances to get movie roles.
“Sometimes you will get a role for giving yourself out but you won’t be able to retain it.
“If you become famous it will later haunt you. But don’t run away from your sexuality, don’t shy away from who you are, enjoy who you are, come on there but come out with substance.
Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde is a marriage veteran of some sort, having been married to Capt. Matthew Ekeinde in 1996
Fresh off an Asian tour to promote his new album “New Era” pop-superstar Kiss Daniel returns with this titillating visuals for one of the fan favourites off the album.
The track “UPON ME” which also features his label mate Sugarboy was produced by Beatburx, and the video was shot by Ani James for AJE Filmworks.
Kiss Daniel who was nominated for five awards in this year’s HEADIES AWARDS says he is excited about the song and video, and feels fans would love it as much as he does.
The G-Worldwide Entertainment artiste recently won “Artiste of the Year” at the Nollywood Europe Golden Awards in Germany, is due to release more videos off the “New Era” album that debuted at number 8 on the Billboard World Albums Chart.
Nigerians have reacted angrily to the recent directive by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to telecom operators to increase the tariff for data services, with several of them calling on the National Assembly to intervene in the matter.
In reaction to the NCC directive, MTN has started sending out bulk messages to its subscribers alerting them of the planned increase. The text message read: “Dear customer, please be informed that from 1st Dec, some MTN data tariffs will be increased to reflect the new rates set by the NCC to operators. Thank you.”
Sources indicate that the new rate could see subscribers of MTN, GLO, AIRTEL & Etisalat paying as much as N1000 for 500 megabytes instead of the 1 gigabyte, 1.5 gigabytes or 2 gigabytes they currently get, depending on the network.
There could be charges for other telecom services in the country in order to meet the reported proposition by Godwin Emefiele, the Central Bank Governor, for a tax from mobile phone users in the country as part of efforts to address the economic recession.
Many subscribers who reacted to the issue via their twitter handles wondered why NCC would seek to bring more hardship on Nigerians who are battling to survive the economic recession. They called on Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to stop the draconian directive by NCC.
The Senate President in a short message on his Twitter handle has promised that the Senate would intervene.
Senator Shehu Sani was among those who condemned the planned increase. “At a time telecom companies are still making billions in profits despite the recession, increasing tariff on data services is simply about extorting more from the people for data after paying more for electricity,” Senator Sani wrote.
Henry Ezeanya wrote: “can you people kindly look into the NCC’s hike in data charges. Market force bringing prices down, but NCC wants it up..”
Seyi Benz: “they want to gag us by increasing tariff so we can’t come online n harangue them on bad governance. It’s a ploy.”
Judith Hanrankis : “sir, am a student that still manage to subscribe with 1500 for my assignments, pls I can’t afford this NCC new rate,do something”.
David Olar tweeted: “Pls #SaveOurSoul @bukolasaraki Call Tariffs should be cheaper @NgComCommission can not be acting a script of incompetent.”
Olumide: “still wondering how people in NIGauthority think, other countries: almost free wifi, Nigerian govt. data4d rich”.
Umar. S: “Pls sir, don’t let them hike it. Nigerians are already feeling the heat.”
Nwachukwu Ugochukwu: We trust you to act fast on this as usual. Thanks Mr President.
Kazzem Mossa Tijani: “Enough of these extortions. Salary is not increased. Salary is not regular and everything is just going up. What a country. It seems NCC is not experiencing recession. God save us from these heartless people.”
Olushola Olufolabi: “cheap cost of reliable communication enables good business, good business translates to good economy growth”
In a short reply to the numerous tweets, Saraki confirmed that the Senate will look into the data tariff increase. “Will do”, the Senate President said.
Italy’s Emma Morano, the world’s oldest living person, marked her 117th birthday today, blowing out all the candles on her cake.
Beaming at the attention, Morano took in the festivities for her milestone celebration sitting in an armchair in her one-room apartment in the northern town of Verbania, joined by her two elderly nieces, a pair of caregivers and her long-time physician.
She received a greeting from Italy’s president, read by an official, wishing her “serenity and good healthy,” and appeared for a brief live broadcast on state-run television. She happily accepted some gifts, including her favorite cookies, which she ate with some milk.
Then she blew out the candles on her cake – not one for every year, but three numerals to show her age, 117 – and quipped: “I hope I don’t have to cut it!”
To the assembled well-wishers, Morano said, “I am happy to turn 117,” and drew encouragement from her physician, Dr. Carlo Bava.
“Who would have said it?!” the doctor remarked. “When you were young everyone used to say you were weak and sick.”
“Yes, yes,” she responded.
Happy birthday to her plus she has outlived all her seven siblings despite being the first child.
The music mogul made a pledge of 1 million naira cash for the media personality’s hugely popular tell all book, ‘On Becoming‘, and he fulfilled it.
The author took to her IG page to gush:
There are friends, and there are FRIENDS!!!!! Dapooooooooo………We go way back and it’s always been support, kindness and more support.
Thank you for your huge contribution to my book #OnBecoming.
You really didn’t have to and I know you’ll be mad at me for making this public but we’ll talk it over.D’banj made a pledge of 1 million Naira, and he redeemed it. Thank you bro cc @iambangalee
Oya blast me now but before you do, let me shout about your own book. You must release it! ? cc @teeacomedian
The delectable actress and mother of one, has served us this insightful relationship advice on her social media page. Be sure to take a point or two down as you read below:
“HE FORGOT ABOUT YOU.REMEMBER THAT!!!
I’m not sure why but we all do it.
Many beings waste years of their lives, chasing after people they can’t have, or lifestyles that aren’t sustainable, for reasons we don’t know.
You can’t have a person, either they will f*ck with you, or they won’t.
Nobody is out of your league, they just don’t want you in their life.
We are all human so we all make mistakes, but a mistake made twice is a choice.
Try not to seek the best looking, or those with the most money, for these are superficial ideas and money doesn’t make you happy.
You make you happy, so if you are in a situation with a person and you have the freedom to choose, but you are unhappy, this is your fault not theirs.
Stop wasting your time.
Leave the situation.
You should be looking for someone who shares sympathetic vibrations.
Someone who is on your wavelength, someone who can share the same frequency as you. Everything is a vibration, positive or negative. All elements are made up of atoms. And these are made up of a nucleus, protons (positive), neutrons (no charge) and electrons (negative). Opposites attract but if someone is in a negative space, you being in a positive space, isn’t necessarily going to help them and vice versa. You choose your own happiness, as you can choose the people you are around. (Obviously free from war, famine, poverty, drought, oppressive systems of government/religious opinions, disease etc) If you aren’t happy within yourself, you can’t be truly happy around others.
Health is not just physical.
I think this is why people Who know me love me, because I am happy and I love people.
Don’t chase waterfalls, on the surface they appear beautiful, but they are usually hiding rocks that will kill you. #chkb #POKOBARS”
…and she’s killing it!! Though the African attire doesn’t show off her endowments, you can’t deny she’s “slaying” with the outfit.
All covered up, all African! We just might start falling in love with you Blac… *muah!*
What’s the joy of marriage with no fruits in it ? That aside, what’s your business with how much children a person wants in his/her marriage ?
Someone who obviously doesn’t have the answers to these questions took to the comment section of ex-beauty queen and mother of two, Adaeze Yobo to slam her and ask that she should “be useful” rather than just be a housewife who bares children only.
They went back and forth as the now pregnant beauty replied the follower who she says suffers from depression…
The user has since deleted his/her page and we can close the curtains as Adaeze has the last laugh… Hehe…
Catholic Priest and Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Father. Mbaka spoke on the recent arrest of judges for alleged involvement in bribery scandals and stated that more arrest of judges will be a welcomed development.
He made the assertion at the thanksgiving mass to mark the Enugu State Judiciary 2016/2017 legal year. He is quoted as saying:
“The arrest of the judges is a supernatural brand new revolution that is going on in all dimensions, in all the three arms of government.
When a revolution starts, you cannot imagine where it would reach.
I urge judges to remain incorruptible or be arrested and whoever arrests them should be praised.”
Reno Omokri took to his Facebook page to slam the Father for his statements and for criticizing the former president.
The Enugu Police Command on Tuesday commenced an investigation on alleged suicide by a University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) student.
In a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Mr Ebere Amarizu, the command said that the deceased, identified as Mr Tobechukwu Okeke, was a final year student of Agriculture Economics and a native of Awgu in Enugu State.
It said that Okeke was seen in his room lifeless with a blue rope on his neck hung on the ceiling fan’s hook on Nov. 27.
The command said that a note written by the deceased to his friends and relations was found at the scene of the alleged suicide.
“Some of the excerpts from the note read as follows: “I got it all wrong when I rejected Jesus. God gave me wisdom, God gave me all I needed to succeed. I rejected Him.
“My fellow gamblers, I am sorry; my fellow lions, I am sorry; my family, I let you all down,” it said.
The command noted that the body of the late student had been deposited at the Bishop Shanahan Hospital Mortuary, Nsukka.
The Acting Rector, Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe, Bayelsa State, has slumped and died at a hotel in Ughelli during alleged sex romp with an unidentified female teenager.
The rector was said to have slumped at his hotel room in Zekoh Place located at Onoharigho street, Ughelli and was rushed to a private clinic, few kilometers from the hotel were he was confirmed dead on arrival.
“He had gone to the hotel in company of a female teenager and booked a room for an hour of love session with the girl,” a source at the Ughelli Area Command told Vanguard.
Speaking further, the source said: “The girl raised an alarm when the chief slumped but absconded following reports that the victim was confirmed dead. “Though no arrest has been made in connection with the incident, a female manager of the hotel was arrested for questioning but has since been released.
”Suspecting foul play over the incident, a family member who spoke to Vanguard at the Rector’s Upper Agbarho residence said: “We are having a meeting with elders of the family if an autopsy would be conducted after which we would take a stand on the matter.”
The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, on Monday said soon, Nigerians might begin to show evidence of tax payment before obtaining their passports.
Tunde Fowler said this at the 136th meeting of the Joint Tax Board which had the theme: “Increased Inter-Agency Co-operation to Enhance Tax Compliance and Optimise Revenue Collection” in Abuja.
He said: “We did take a position and I believe it would be implemented in the very near future that before you get any services from the immigration department: renewal of passports etc, you’d have to show that you are a tax payer.
These things are normal all over the world, In an effort to serve Nigerians and Nigeria better. People believe that payment of tax is a burden and I’ll repeat that you only pay tax on income and profits.
So if you reside in Nigeria and you are benefiting from being a Nigerian resident, it is only fair that you contribute to the system that makes you enjoy that standard of living.”
Popular Fuji musician, Adewale Ayuba, has opened up on his initial fear after he got converted to Christianity.Ayuba, now commonly known as Mr. Johnson, was born and bred in a Muslim family.
According to the ex-staunch Muslim, he had been a Christian since 2010, but hasn’t been practicing it for fear of being killed.
The ‘Ijo Fuji’ songster made this known in an open confession in the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, weekend.
While admitting that he is now proudly a full Christian, he said, “I have been a Christian for so long, even my family members especially my kids are all going to church but I make sure I go every December 31st. If I don’t, I will presume the New Year would be filled with dangers that will lead to my death.
“I was always scared of admitting to the world that I’m Christian, for fear of being killed, but now I have the courage to say it boldly, I’m a born-again Christian. I’m no more a Muslim,” Ayuba added.
Mavin Records act, Hadiza Blell, better known by her stage name Di’Ja is out with the video of her previously released record titled “Sowemo”
Quite intriguing. Enjoy below and share your thoughts.
Media personality Toke Makinwa has a lot of dirty secrets to spill from her marriage to Maje Ayida.
Toke who launched her book “On Becoming” on November 27, 2016, revealed some things about Maje Ayida that we can never forget.
She also breaks her silence on the marriage scandal and how it changed her life, finding forgiveness and strengthening her faith in God.
“On Becoming” is Toke’s journey through pain to victory. So, we’ve brought to you five unforgettable things Makinwa revealed about her estranged husband in the book.
According to her, “He had given me an STI in the past. He’d returned from a trip once and we had sex, and a few days later I was itching.
I went to the doctors and they prescribed medication, but when I asked Maje about the infection he denied knowing anything about it. I went through his phone and saw a conversation with Anita where she complained that she had been itching.
This wasn’t news to Maje, more like an update that she was giving him on a situation that he already knew about.
He asked her what the doctor’s report said and what was prescribed.
I knew I would be putting myself at risk if I closed my eyes to whatever he chose to do on the side. So I went back to putting all my attention into my work.”
READ ALSO: “When We Have Sex, My Husband, Maje Would Not Cum Inside Me” – Toke Makinwa.
“I had been with Maje from when I was an immature teenager, through my twenties, and for most of those years, Anita had been the standard I had to live up to. I had lightened my skin at some point – Anita was half Lebanese and half Ibibio, and Maje made me feel like he preferred her lighter skin.”
“At some point while we were dating, Maje had asked if he could tape us having sex. This was a new one for me but I would do anything to keep my man, or so I thought, and so I obliged.
But I was nervous afterwards because I didn’t want the tape to get into the wrong hands…. I dragged the file back to his desktop, and I could tell from the stilled image in the video that the person in it was not me…. I clicked play and watched horrified as Maje had sex with Anita.”
“Finally, I thought. He chose me! He has stepped up and he’s finally ready to make us a priority.
It was my wedding day.
I was happy, yet I was waiting for something to happen. Maje had disappointed me three times before. We would pick a date to go to the wedding registry and he would call it off…. We had discussed eloping, but he’d never committed to any plan.
It wasn’t until we shared our first dance to John Legend’s ‘All of Me’ that I finally believed that it had happened.”
“Maje and I had been together for nine years, on and off, at this point, and it had been an unending cycle of hurt and betrayal. Every time we took ten steps forward in our relationship, we took fifty back. Each time I gave up and let go, Maje would come after me and hold on so tightly till I gave in.”
It’s funny how this OLD system is still being used. The same modus operandi, how they try to lure you into a conversation, and if you’re a greedy person, pft, you just might fall flat on your face.
It happened to this female corp member named Dumbira Efe Bukola, serving in Akure and she is still in shocks.
She narrates her story on social media as thus:
This was me yesterday morning, hale and hearty, full of life before I stepped out to work not knowing of the danger that lies ahead……?
As I closed from work, took a bike to a supermarket called NAO along cathedral Akure, after picking few stuffs i needed, I crossed to the other side to board a taxi to my estate called Ijapo here in Akure, then I waved this taxi and the driver stopped, I moved closer and told him ijapo then he asked me to get in.
Inside the car I met two already seated at the back, then one at the front seats with the driver making 4, we became 5 plus me but after a few second of driving a guy from the back alighted, leaving two of us at the back sit, then the guy with me at the back sit told the driver to pack that he wants to drop too and the driver asked, “bro! Are you the owner of the Ghana must go filled with dollars at the booth, the guy replied yes and the driver said il drive you to our chairman at the garage, you want to put me in trouble abi? You entered my taxi with such big amount of money without telling me.”
Immediately I told the driver what right has he got to open a passengers bag, b4 I finished this statement the guy who claimed to own the bag started crying, begging the driver not to expose him , that he works with one Alhaji at Lagos who sells gold and change dollars then Alhaji just died and everyone absconded with what they like, that inside the bag he had 1.5m dollars.
Immediately my guardian angel appear and instructed me to look at the side mirror of both front seat I did, behold the first guy had scar all over his face and the driver’s eyeball covered in blood but already healing. Immediately I shouted with my whole strength “Drop me now!!!
He said “Aunty you need to follow us, today is our lucky day, this guy will settle us”.
Again I yelled “I say Drop me now!!!!”
Then he parked drop me off on motion around oja market and zoomed off.
God saved me! Then people gathered round me and started sharing thier experiences. A woman told me that normally they have jazzed me but it wasn’t effective on me that, as I entered the taxi I am suppose to agree with them the next thing il find myself in a bush!
After raping me turn by turn, they will take my naked pic, give me other concoction to swallow, dispose me off my valuables, drive me at night to an ATM, where il withdraw all my money for them, and if I am from a rich family they will set me free but they’ll be calling me to bring them huge amount of money or threaten to release the pics to social media , and if i am not from a rich family, that’s how they’ll sell to the ritualistic , or do the cutting themselves.
I was in shock, crying and weeping profusely as I thank my father In Heaven for not making my years of suffer go down just like that. If you’re within Akure please be careful, they are roaming the streets freely, I wonder what the force men are doing about this, if you go out and see 20taxis, I assure you 6 to 7 of them are set of this guyz!
Fellow corpers be careful, everyone at Akure open your eyes and don’t let love of money make you fall victim, I heard lots of people are missing , some are found with their hair scraped , while some are dead with many parts missing.
Shine your eyes well, am yet to recover from the shock, glory to God, to my guardian Angel and to my mother who pray ceaselessly day and night for me. We shall not mourn ourselves in the remaining of the year and the years a ahead.??
The Point newspaper in an article dated November 25, reports that the camp of President Muhammadu Buhari may be planning to replace VP Yemi Osinbajo with a politician from the South East ahead of the 2019 elections.
The paper reports that the presidency plans to woo a former governor of Abia state, Orji Uzor Kalu, as a possible replacement for Osinbajo in the next general elections so as to pacify the southeast.
According to The Point, the Buhari camp, sensing a potential loss of support and electoral votes from the south west, in the event of the Tinubu forces pulling out, is tinkering with options to win over the south east and perhaps south south blocs.
“With many gladiators, who joined forces to see APC through to victory during the last elections already fingered in the movement to form a new mega party, there is intense calculation being done to get a crowd-puller from the South East geo-political zone. This is to garner substantial votes from the region to shore up what may be lost should the South West go with Tinubu,” one of the sources said.
A radio presenter based in Tarkwa in the Western region of Ghana has allegedly been murdered during a fight over a 15-year-old girl.
The deceased, Kojo Quayson who was an employee of Tarkwa-based Pure FM was said to have been hit on the back of his head with a fufu pestle by the father of the teenager.
The suspect, Ali Mohammed, according to reports, was angered when the late Quayson disregarded his order not to see his teenage daughter again.
Uncle of the deceased in an interview with Adom News said, the late radio presenter on Sunday November 27, 2016 went to look for the girl in the absence of her father.
“His elder daughter called him on phone to inform him about Quayson’s visit and Ali quickly rushed to the house” he added.
The uncle noted that, Ali out of anger confronted the deceased which resulted in a fight and allegedly hit Quayson’s head with a fufu pestle.
The deceased who was also the Safety officer at Goldfields Ghana Limited Tarkwa Mines lost consciousness and was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital.
His uncle indicated that, he is not surprised about the conduct of Ali since he had always threatened to kill his nephew.
Latest members of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) posted in Ondo State, shared these eye churning photos of a “place” that is supposed to be their toilet and bathroom at their orientation camp in Ikare-Akoko, Ondo state.
The toilets are so filthy, it is hard to imagine humans are expected to use it, they complain.
Another photo below:
Seriously, are our policemen this desperate ?! This is just pure evil… and to think that the man who was to be implicated only tried to help and he was paid back with evil ? Nawa oh…
Read below:
“Please, be careful to give any Policeman a lift when traveling. My friend gave one a lift on his way to Ibadan recently. The officer sat in front of the car and was also going to Ibadan.
All of a sudden, he changed his mind and came down at Shagamu junction. My friend suspecting something was wrong drove down a bit and decided to check the seat where the officer sat. Lo and behold, he saw 4 bullets carefully tucked under the seat the Policeman sat.
He picked them and threw them into the bush. Few kilometres after, he was stopped at a check point and was asked to come down for stop and search.
They searched for more than 30mins. Puzzled, he asked what the matter was? No answer. He noticed one of them was on phone all the while and he kept quoting his plate number on the phone.
After 1hr of search, nothing was found then he was asked to go.
Obviously the officer he gave a lift wanted to implicate him which failed.
Stay vigilant & prayerful!”
Subscribers of the Global System of Mobile telecommunications across the country would pay more for data with effect from December 1, 2016, The PUNCH learnt on Monday.
Although the telecoms companies declined to speak on the matter, top management workers across the networks confirmed the story to our correspondent, saying that the directive was from the Nigerian Communications Commission.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a senior management employee of Etisalat Nigeria said,
“The NCC issued the directive late last week on the orders of the Federal Government. We have not announced it yet because most of the major telcos have been meeting the NCC on how to reverse this policy, because it will be too harsh for Nigerians.
“However, we further gathered that the Federal Government took the decision having discovered that data rates are very low-priced in Nigeria, compared to other countries, including nearby African countries.
“The government might have also taken the decision given that Nigerian subscribers have been kicking against the proposed nine per cent Communication Tax, whose bill is currently in the National Assembly.”
Pleading not to be mentioned, an employee of MTN said,
“What this means is that MTN, Airtel, Etisalat And Globacom will increase their data rates as from December 1, 2016. A data plan of N1,000 for 1.5 Gigabytes will now be increased to N3,000 at N1,000 per 500 Megabytes.”
In text messages sent out to its subscribers, MTN, Africa’s mobile telecommunications giant, confirmed that it had agreed to implement the directive of the NCC.
The MTN text read, “Dear customer, please be informed that from 1st of December, some MTN data tariffs will be increased to reflect the new rates set by the NCC for operators. Thank you.”
The PUNCH could not obtain an official response from the NCC at of the time of filing this report.
However, a representative of the commission said that the telecoms regulator was unaware of such plans by the operators, even as she said her bosses had claimed ignorance of the circulated message.
“We are unaware of it. I just asked my bosses; they are unaware. We will forward your query to MTN for appropriate attention,” she said over the telephone.
However, in a letter by the NCC to the operators sighted by our correspondent, the commission stated,
“This rate will subsist pending the finalisation of the study on the determination of cost-based pricing for retail broadband and data services in Nigeria.
“In order to provide a level playing field for all operators in the industry, small operators and new entrants to acquire market share and operate profitably, small operators and new entrants are hereby exempted from the price floor for data services.”
It added, “For the avoidance of doubt a small operator is one that has less than 7.5 per cent market share and a new entrant is an operator that has operated less than three years in the market.
“All operators are to ensure that subscribers are not automatically migrated to pay-as-you-go platform.
“Also, note that effective date for the interim price floor is December 1, 2016.”
Reacting to the development, the President, National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers, Mr. Adeolu Ogunbanjo, said that the NCC representative was being economical with the truth.
He said that for MTN to have sent out millions of text messages to its subscribers “clearly shows that the NCC indeed issued the directive.”
Ogunbanjo, however, said that the association would resist the tariff hike, adding,
“We will challenge it in court. We are going right away to set the machinery in motion. We are also going to do an urgent letter to the NCC Executive Vice Chairman, Prof. Umar Danbatta, which we will drop in his e-mail box.
“Unfortunately, the notice is short; yet the order will take effect from December 1. It is not just good for broadband penetration, whatever the reason may be. It is against telecoms subscribers.”
According to him, data availability means more youth engagement because they use data to develop apps and build software.
“But with what the NCC has done, these boys who develop apps will be slowed down and limited. The cost of doing business will also increase,” he added.
Catholic Priest and Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Emene, Revd Fr. Ejike Mbaka has called for prayers for President Muhammadu Buhari and has absolved him of blame in the country’s economic challenges.
Fr. Mbaka, however, reassured Nigerians that the current economic condition in the country will soon be over.
In a sermon to mark the opening of the 2016/2017 Legal Year, organized by Enugu State Judiciary, Mbaka who prophesied Buhari’s victory in the 2015 presidential election recalled that, in 2012, he prophesied that doom time would follow the oil boom, if there was no good planning of the country’s resources.
“But, the past administration was one of ‘LOOT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.’ Look at a place like the Niger Delta and one of them became president and did nothing for his people and now, you want Buhari to perform magic. But, we are a mono economy and every country depending on oil is suffering the same fate with Nigeria today.
“Buhari is not the cause of hunger in the country; not the cause of starvation in Nigeria.
“The tap root of Nigeria’s economy has been cut; Buhari is just trying to hold a rolling vehicle; a vehicle that the brakes have been destroyed.
“So, Buhari is not the cause. If (former President Goodluck) Jonathan was the president today, the situation would have been worse.[/color]
“Economic recession will not last long; the solution will come in a super natural way.
“Just like Ebola, we thought everybody would die; where is it now? Recession will go as Ebola has gone.
So, all we have to do is to pray for Buhari; he has good agenda but, many around him are planning to pull him down.”
On the recent arrest of judges by the Department of State Services (DSS), Mbaka said Nigerians are beginning to lose hope in the Judiciary,
“but with Buhari’s revolutionary experience going on, I am not saying that all who are accused are guilty but, I am saying that judges ought to remain incorruptible.
“If they are corrupt, they should be arrested and whoever arrests them should be praised.
“So, if president Buhari has that courage, that lion heart, to touch the tiger’s tail, he is a hero.”
Mbaka lauded the performance of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State and described it as “an exemplary display of visionary leadership which has enthroned peace, uniting diverse political interests.”
He called on the people of the state to continue to support his government which he said has been anointed by God.
